Chronology
Every dated history fact across the site, in date order. Precision varies — some dates are just a year — so ordering within a year is approximate. Showing all entity types.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899-08-30 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #697 | The first two locomotives Nos. 696 and 697, which were received last week, made their trial trips yesterday to Madawaska. The trials were satisfactory. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-31 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Indenture by Canada Atlantic Ry Co. to operate. | CNRHist |
| 1899-09 | Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Flat 1-45 | {OA&PS 1-45}: 23 listed; {701-722}: 23 listed | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Coach 1 | ORER lists Combination CA 1 and OA&PS Official car 1 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 2 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 2 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 7 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 7 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 12 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 12 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Car 13 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 13 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Car 14 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 14 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 20 | Listed in ORER as CA 20 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 24 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 24 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Coach 36 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS Combination 37 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 38 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 38 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 39 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 40 | Listed as OA&PS 40 in ORER | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 100 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 100 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 101 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 101 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 102 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 102 | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 200 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 201 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 202 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 300 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1899-09 |
| 1899-09 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic will not rebuild car shops at the foot of Elgin St, Ottawa which were recently burned as the shops built this year at Ottawa East & Stewarton provide sufficient facilities. | CRSW p267 |
| 1899-09 | Elgin Street | An addition of 9 stalls is being made to the roundhouse. | CRSW p267 |
| 1899-09 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | 5,087,000 bushells of grain have been received at Depot Harbor from start of navigation to Aug 1. | CRSW p261 |
| 1899-09 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on Sept 26. | CRSW p268 |
| 1899-09-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Anecdote of tramp asking for lift from handcar. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-09-01 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | Building operations on the large addition being erected at the C.A. railway round house are being pushed ahead rapidly. All the nine pits have been dug and the foundation timbers are being laid. Lumber is on the ground and work will be commenced on the frame in the course of a week. The six new locomotives already received at the Ottawa East round house from the Baldwin iron works, Philadelphia, have been fitted up by an expert sent ahead from the works. The six have been given their trial run and found satisfactory. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-01 | Ottawa East | The Ottawa East railway yards are the scene of great activity these days. Two trains are steadily engaged hauling gravel to fill in the Rideau ravine where the new works will be situated. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-02 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | CAR to operate PS, agreement dated 1899-08-31. | PSMinutes |
| 1899-09-02 | Ottawa East | The CAR authorities have decided to erect a new building at the Rideau roundhouse for the general stores, mechanical draughting and instruction offices. Most located in the offices near the old Elgin Street station. Eight new engines to be used for the grain traffic have arrived at the Rideau roundhouse. | Ottawa Journal 1899-09-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-02 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | OA&PS rapidly losing its identity owing to the act of parliament authorizing that the Booth system shall be known as the CAR. All cars turned out in the shops are being lettered CAR whereas previously some of them bore OA&PS. | Ottawa Journal 1899-09-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-02 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The new freight engines will greatly facilitate the handling of grain on the western division. These engines are capable of hauling from thirty to forty loaded cars. The bridges and trestles have been enlarged and strengthened and the engines, in the course of a week or so, will be put on regularly. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-09-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-09 | Stores and Instruction Building | Plans have been drawn up for the new supply building and instruction offices to be erected by the C.A. railway company near the Rideau round house. The building will be a three storey one and part of it will be fitted up as a school of instruction. ... Apartments will also be fitted up for the use of the draughtsmen. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-09 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | The work on the new round house is being rushed so as to have it ready by this fall. The present round house is not large enough to contain the engines now on the road. The new addition will provide accommodation for nineteen engines. The shops are busy turning out new cars and have enough work on hand to keep them busy for the entire fall and winter. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-15 | Vankleek Hill | The C.A.R. are putting in a new siding at the pulp mills. | Eastern Ontario Review 1899-09-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-16 | Bank Street | The Canada Atlantic railway is arranging to put in a new siding on its line between Bank and Concession streets, owing to the large traffic at that point. It will also be used by the Bellhouse Dillon Co. which proposes to erect an establishment near Concession street in connection with the paving business which it is carrying on. The new siding is also likely to have the effect of relieving the congested state of traffic in the yard above Stewarton and may somewhat lessen the traffic across Bank street. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-22 | Workshops | Mr. E. A. Wallberg, of New York, has just closed a contract with Mr. J. R. Booth to equip the C. A. railway locomotive repair shops with the fan system of heating and ventilation. This is the system that has already been introduced with successful results into the car shops and round house. The new plant will, however, be much larger than the present ones. ... The two dynamos with which these works will be equipped are of the most powerful build. Work has commenced on the erection of the power house and it will be rushed to completion. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-23 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #624 | At the shops in Ottawa East engine No. 624, the one that was in the wreck at St. Polycarpe, is being repaired and it will soon be in running condition. The two cars which were smashed are also being repaired. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-23 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | The superstructure of the addition to the round house is now being erected and it is expected it will be completed by the first of November. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | CP reduces schedule to Montreal to two hours. New engine to do the job. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-09-30 | Elgin Car Shops | The Canada Atlantic railway is turning out from 16 to 20 freight cars per week from its shops at the bottom of Elgin street. The facility with which the cars are manufactured is surprising and is accounted for largely by the experienced hands and the most improved machinery that is employed. ... Motive power for the shops is now furnished by electricity and it is working most satisfactory. A three hundred horsepower motor has just been placed in position in the Rideau roundhouse. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-30 | Ottawa Central Station | Work will start on new Central Depot as soon as Militia stores is vacated - More with drawing. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-09-30 | Stores and Instruction Building | The C.A.R. will very shortly commence the erection of a large building adjoining the Rideau roundhouse. It will be 200 feet in length and thirty feet wide with two stories in one portion of it. The building will be used as a storehouse replacing the one destroyed by fire some time ago and will also contain the offices of Mr. Ogilvie and his assistants. A new track will be put in from the main line of the road to the new warehouse. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10 | Canada Atlantic Box 6000-6999 | 500 built this year, about to build 500 more | CRSW 1899-10, p303 |
| 1899-10 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Notice that P.S. has been leased to CA for 5 years, percentage of earnings as rent. | CRSW p296 |
| 1899-10 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | It is said that the leasing of this line by the CA will not hinder the proposed extension from Golden Lake to Bancroft, so as to give a close connection to Toronto, but will materially assist the scheme at it will allow the projectors to devote their whole energies to its construction. | CRSW p296 |
| 1899-10-06 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | CA making arrangements for better passenger service on the PS. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-10-06 | Stores and Instruction Building | Yesterday the Canada Atlantic Railway company commenced the erection of a large two and a half story building at Ottawa East running parallel with the Parry Sound tracks, which is to be used as an extension of the shops. ... it will contain the general stores for the road, an instruction office, a dining room for the men who take lunch at the works and the mechanical office. ... As soon as the building is completed the mechanical office, now at Stewarton, will be removed to the new building. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-07 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #627 | Locomotive No. 627, that figured in the St. Polycarp wreck, has been repaired and replaced in active service. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-07 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A new code of signals for trainmen, engineers, conductors, etc., has been adopted on the system. This code is uniform on all lines throughout the country. Hitherto each line, in many cases, has had its own special code, and some lines have had several codes, one for each division of the road. ... An instructor is now putting the C. A. R. employees through the method of using the new code, and each man must pass an examination in the signals before being allowed on the road. | Ottawa Journal 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-07 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | Work is progressing favorably on the large extension being built to the C.A. railway round house. All the ten engine pits have been completed, and the foundation timbers put in place. Six fire walls are being built, running the full length and height of the building. ... A jetty has also been built at the coal chute near the end of the deep cut. This will accommodate the city fire engines. ... A new turret lathe has just been installed in the machine shop. ... The C.A.R. is rebuilding the old Parry Sound Colonization Railway cars that stood for a long time on the north side of the canal. They will be used to store supplies, etc. These cars are the pioneer ones of the road. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-07 | Workshops | Work has also commenced on the extension being built to the machine shop. This will be 150 feet in length, the site being provided for by the land filled in during the summer. A large pile driver has been placed in position and will be used in the foundation work. ... A new turret lathe has just been installed in the machine shop. It is used in the manufacture of bolts and has the capacity of four ordinary machines. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-07 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The C.A.R. is rebuilding the old Parry Sound Colonization Railway cars that stood for a long time on the north side of the canal. They will be used to store supplies, etc. These cars are the pioneer ones of the road. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-07 | Workshops | Canada Atlantic Railway workshops in Ottawa East will next week be fitted out with additional new machinery costing over $10,000. ... A machine known as a turret lathe for making bolts has recently been placed in the shops ... Another addition to the establishment is an apparatus known as a 'bull-dozer' ... The transfer table in the shops for moving locomotives under repair from any one place to another is operated by electricity. This is the only table in Canada that is worked by such a method. About 180 men are now in the shops. | Ottawa Journal 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-07 | Elgin Street | A stationary boiler has been placed on the site of the old round house at the Elgin Street works. This will be employed in the manufacture of calcium carbide. Part of the carbide will be used to generate acetylene gas for locomotive headlights. ... A number of lines of track have been laid in the Elgin Street yard, and on these many other new boxcars will be built. | Ottawa Journal 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-13 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Train that pulled government party to opening of Soulanges canal made record run of 76 minutes to Coteau. Locomotive 619 was engineered by George Orr, fired by Allan, conducted by O'Dell. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-10-13 | Eganville | The Eganville Enterprise says that the village is badly in want of a new C.P.R. station. | Almonte Gazette 1899-10-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-14 | Ottawa East | The filling in of the big ravine in the Rideau yards of the C.A.R. is now just about completed. The filling in of this patch of waste land increases the area of the yards by about 40 acres, as before the work was done the land was too low and swampy to be of any value. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-20 | Chaudiere | The C.A.R. company is constructing an office at the Chaudiere to replace the stationary car which is used for that purpose at present. | Ottawa Journal 1899-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-20 | Renfrew | There passed through Renfrew last week, one of the largest, if not the largest, wheat trains to pass over the rails there. It was on the Parry Sound line, and was composed of 36 cars, containing 37,000 bushels of wheat. The train, cars and freight weighed 1,650 tons. | Almonte Gazette 1899-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-21 | Ottawa East | Work continues to boom at the C. A. R. Locomotive repair shop. This week engines Nos. 629, 653, and 695, which have been undergoing repairs, were turned out of the shops ready for service again. ... At the C. A. R. car shops work on the new freight cars is progressing rapidly. Four and five cars of modern pattern are turned out each day. ... All the cars in use on the road will be hereafter built at the local works. ... In about two month's time the large addition being built to the C. A. R. round houses will be completed ready for occupation. When completed the shops will be 275 feet in diameter and 860 feet in circumference. The necessary piles have been sunk for the foundation work of the new office and store buildings. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-21 | Canada Atlantic 4-6-0 #629 | This week engines Nos. 629, 653, and 695, which have been undergoing repairs, were turned out of the shops ready for service again. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-21 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #653 | This week engines Nos. 629, 653, and 695, which have been undergoing repairs, were turned out of the shops ready for service again. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-21 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #695 | This week engines Nos. 629, 653, and 695, which have been undergoing repairs, were turned out of the shops ready for service again. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-21 | Elgin Street | Orders have been issued to the C. A. R. engineers shunting and running through trains at night at the Chaudiere, Central and Elgin Street yards to cease any undue and unnecessary whistling. Ottawans are affected with almost continuous discordant noises, and the railway officials are taking a step that will meet with popular favor in lessening the discord. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-24 | Casselman Depot | Mr. Coupel has just entered upon his contract to supply the tank with water. This is a new arrangement as up to the present the company have had their own pump house engineer. Mr Lisle Rice, who has had charge of the C.A.R. pumphouse here for several years leaves for Ottawa this week, where he intends taking up the machinist trade, He will work in the C.A.R. shops there. Mr Dewar who has been in town for the last three months superintending C.A.R. works, has left, the work having been completed. | Eastern Ontario Review 1899-10-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mail blockade at Scotia Junction due to change in GTR train times. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-10-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Landslide causes accident at Rock Lake. Fireman Ormier Garney killed; Arthur Grogan, engineer, injured. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-10-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Grain traffic congestion. The government allows US ships between Port Arthur and Depot Harbor. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-10-27 | Arnprior | There is a rumor in circulation that the O.A. & P.S. company will build a new and more pretentious depot here. The present building did very well in comparison with the old C.P.R. station, but now that the latter company has favored us with such a handsome structure, the rival line is considering the advisability of doing likewise. | Mercury 1899-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-28 | Workshops | A new wheel lathe the largest in Canada, is being erected at the shops. The superstructure of this new addition is complete and the men are now engaged in putting on the gravel roof. It was hardly expected that the superstructure would be up before the snow fell, but owing to the lack of space the work was rushed to completion and the engines will be housed there next week. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-10-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-28 | Ottawa East | At the yards, the work is almost finished, the ground now being almost level, and the additional tracks have been laid. The filling in is complete. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-10-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-10-28 | Galetta | At Galetta, the company have increased their yard capacity by the addition of a new siding. This also makes it more convenient for shipping. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-10-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11 | Canada Atlantic Box 6000-6999 | 500 being built | CRSW 1899-11, p82 |
| 1899-11-03 | Bank Street | An effort will be made shortly by the residents of the southern section of the city to have a local station established on the Parry Sound railway at Bank street. At present the people of this district are put to a great deal of inconvenience by being carried past their destination down to the Central depot. ... They intend, therefore, to petition the Canada Atlantic company at an early date to have a depot erected as indicated. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11-10 | Arnprior | All the C.A.R. section men from Renfrew to Ottawa were working on the trestle here on Sunday. | Almonte Gazette 1899-11-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11-10 | Vankleek Hill | The trial of two little boys summoned by the C.A.R. detective for throwing stones at passing trains, was laid on Friday last before the local magistrates. ... Mr. Donaldson of the C.A.R. appeared on behalf of the company, but owing to the boys being so young did not press the case. | Eastern Ontario Review 1899-11-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11-13 | Alexandria | The first class and Pullman car of the Canada Atlantic express from Montreal left the rails at Alexandria, Ont., Monday tearing up 300 feet of rails and ties. This was the only damage done outside of slight damage to one of the Pullman trucks. (Eastern Ontario Review, 17 November: 'The C.A.R. fast train left the track at Alexandria last Monday (13/11) owing to the switch breaking.') | Montreal Star 1899-11-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1899-11-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11-17 | Eganville Depot | The O.A. & P.S. railway company, not having room for the amount of freight handled, have commenced the erection of an addition to the freight shed at the depot here. It is our opinion that if the C.P.R. does not build a station here the O.A. & P.S. shed, even with the addition now being added, will not be able to hold all the freight. | Mercury 1899-11-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11-24 | Hawkesbury | The stage line between here (Hawkesbury) and Vankleek Hill will be established at once. The stage will meet all C.P.R. fast trains and will carry passengers, express and baggage. Mr. D. Themens will operate it. | Eastern Ontario Review 1899-11-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11-24 | Vankleek Hill | The C.A.R. depot presents a busy sight now nearly every day. Messrs. Revary and Vrevier are shipping large numbers of cattle and Mr. John Node is having large quantities of hay shipped. | Eastern Ontario Review 1899-11-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11-28 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.P.R. has acquired a right of way along Patterson's Creek, and it is said to be their intention to build a branch line from Rochesterville to Ottawa East ... It is suggested that some steps be taken to have the C. A. R. and C. P. R. use the bed of the creek on equal terms and that the present right of way owned by the C. A. R. be disposed of. ... The C. P. R., it is said, has been negotiating with the C. A. R. to secure the right to run over their tracks. | Ottawa Journal 1899-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-11-29 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. C.W. Spencer, general superintendent of the C. P. R., is in the city negotiating with the C. A. R. with a view to securing either a right of way alongside the C. A. R.'s right of way in Stewarton or else the right to use the latter company's tracks from the Chaudiere to Ottawa East. In the event of a failure to reach an agreement the C P. R. will proceed to build a line along the bed of Patterson's Creek. | Ottawa Journal 1899-11-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-12 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 200 | Built by Pullman (Lot 2391) | Lepkey p301 |
| 1899-12 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 201 | Built by Pullman (Lot 2391) | Lepkey p301 |
| 1899-12 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 202 | Built by Pullman (Lot 2391) | Lepkey p301 |
| 1899-12 | Elgin Street | Electric crossing signals installed at Concession, LeBreton, Division and Rochester Street crossing in Ottawa. | CRSW p351 |
| 1899-12-01 | Ottawa Central Station | A number of recent transfers of considerable blocks of property in the south end led to inquiry, the result of which is to show that the C. P. R. evidently means business in its scheme to connect the Montreal and Ottawa short line by a branch across the city, with the C. P.R. main line. ... The contention of the C. P.R. people is that they were induced to acquire this independent right of way through the failure of negotiations with the Canada Atlantic company for the use of the Parry Sound line between the Central depot and the C. P. R. track, near Mechanicsville. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-12-02 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. George E. Kidd, the barrister, has a bright idea to solve the difficulty of level crossings in connection with the entrance of the C.P.R. He suggests that the line be extended from the connection at Dow's Lake along Centre street to the Exhibition Grounds. ... Mr. Kidd says the Canada Atlantic Company should be forced to go in that direction also and remove its tracks from the heart of the city. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-12-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-12-04 | Ottawa Central Station | During the month of November there were registered with Commissioner Pratt 59 transfers of land. Nearly all of these involved comparatively small amounts, the chief one being a parcel of land east of Bank street and lying to the north of Patterson's creek, belonging to Mr. H.C. Monk, which was sold to the C.P.R. for $16,500. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-12-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-12-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Village of Rockland wins judgement re $6,000 bonus as CA not built in less than two years. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-12-13 | Ottawa East | With a terrific crash a massive iron chimney fell from the roof of a new boiler house just constructed by the C.A.R. company near Maria street bridge, at about a quarter past one o'clock today, tearing away a part of the building and smashing the derrick and other apparatus. ... Fortunately no one was hurt in the accident. (Ottawa Free Press, 14 December: the pipe 'was promptly removed from where it fell to the factory to be straightened out and repaired.') | Ottawa Free Press 1899-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1899-12-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-12-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | O'Neil & Ferguson (contractors for railway near Whitney) refused suit to St.Anthony's Lumber Co for wages during forest fire. Railway construction may have caused fire. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-12-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | 12 million bushels of grain sent from Depot Harbor. 20,000 freight cars in service. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-12-16 | Golden Lake Depot | Work has commenced on the erection of a new station at Golden Lake on the Parry Sound division of the C.A.R. It is now the junction of the main line and the Pembroke Southern Railway, which was taken over some time ago by the C.A.R. and is being operated very successfully. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-12-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-4 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-2 #619 | Built by Baldwin as CA 619 C/N 16678 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1899-4 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-2 #620 | Built by Baldwin as CA 620 C/N 16679 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1899-7 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #696 | Built by Baldwin as OA&PS 696 C/N 16937 | Railroad History #147 |