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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899-7 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #697 | Built by Baldwin as OA&PS 697 C/N 16938 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1899-7 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #698 | Built by Baldwin as OA&PS 698 C/N 16939 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1899-7 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #699 | Built by Baldwin as OA&PS 699 C/N 16940 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1899-7 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Shovel working west of Barrys Bay. | Correspondence with Colin Churcher |
| 1899-8 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #700 | Built by Baldwin as OA&PS 700 C/N 16954 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1899-8 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #701 | Built by Baldwin as OA&PS 701 C/N 16955 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1899-8 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #702 | Built by Baldwin as OA&PS 702 C/N 16956 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1899-8 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #703 | Built by Baldwin as OA&PS 703 C/N 16957 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1900 | Scotia Junction | Freight shed built | GTR B&B-12 |
| 1900 | Canoe Lake | Canoe Lake Mills goes bankrupt. | Shaw p45 |
| 1900 | Algonquin Park | Hotel suggested by Mollie Cox. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park |
| 1900 | Barrys Bay | Pilot project mines 60 tons of grain corundum at Craigmont. | Fleming Lee Whiting, Brenda. "The Craigmont Corundum Boom, 1900-13" Canadian Geographic Journal, Vol 90, No 4, April 1975. pp22-29 |
| 1900 | Ottawa | Only CAR yards listed in Ottawa City Directory at Archibal Street at the canal (no round house). | Jeanes20020315 |
| 1900-01 | Depot Harbor | CA to extend yards and add docks. | CRSW p7 |
| 1900-01 | Golden Lake | Station being built. | CRSW p7 |
| 1900-01 | Elgin Street | New freight buildings and offices at Ottawa almost ready.. | CRSW p7 |
| 1900-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Trestle filling progressing. Arnprior and Nepean are only ones left. | CRSW p7 |
| 1900-01-05 | Ottawa Central Station | Hintonburg residents are uneasy over the fact that Mr. J.J. Morris of Pembroke, with his assistants, has been engaged in surveying through the center of the village. The survey is said to be in connection with the C.P.R. and the proposed track will run from the C.P.R. west of Queen street, southeast, and then near Concession street, turn straight east and run across the south of the city, either by Patterson's creek or by some one of the streets running east and west to the Central station. The C.P.R. is apparently determined to bring the western passenger trains into the heart of the city in order to compete with the C.A.R. system. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-01-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-13 | Unidentified Freight Cars | Thirty cars, each forty feet long and with a weight of 70,000 pounds have recently been completed at the C.A.R. car shops for use in Mr. J.R. Booth's log traffic between the upper Parry Sound district and Ottawa. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-13 | Western Subdivision | A branch line known as the McAulay Central railroad has been built from a point five miles west of Madawaska up to the scene of lumbering operations in the shanties. The line is about ten miles in length and most effectively facilitates the traffic between Ottawa and the lumber camps. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-13 | Car Shops | At the car shops all the new machinery has been placed in position. The machinery is run by electricity. The shops have started up again and are turning out three and four box cars a day. At present the shops are busy fitting up the cars to convey the horses of D battery to Halifax. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-13 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | The work on the new round house has been completed. The filling in at Ottawa East and the extension of the yards has been suspended until the spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-13 | Ottawa Central Station | The work at the new freight sheds and offices is now all but completed and it is expected they will be ready for occupation within a couple of weeks. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-13 | Ottawa Central Station | Very early Monday morning the men will depart from the Exhibition grounds, with all their baggage and guns. These with the horses they will bring to the Elgin street depot and will pack upon special cars that will be waiting for them. Then the men will form up and will march in Elgin street direct to the Central depot. ... The military train, which will consist of seventeen or eighteen cars in all, is timed to leave at ten o'clock. | Ottawa Journal 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-15 | Ottawa Central Station | The men numbered about one hundred and seventy, and the horses one hundred and thirty-seven. ... The battalion marched out the Elgin street gate and along that road to the Elgin street depot, where the horses were loaded. ... The horses were nervous at the noise of the trains and many of them refused to go into the cars at all. ... But the horses were loaded at last, sixteen to a car. | Ottawa Journal 1900-01-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-15 | Ottawa Central Station | Special train takes volunteers for the Boer War. Major Hurdman. Full account. Fifteen car train bound for Halifax. (Ottawa Journal, same date: the arrangements at the Central depot 'to prevent too great a crush around the men were excellent. A long double line of heavy ropes were extended along the centre of the depot platform.') | Ottawa Citizen 1900-01-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-01-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-19 | Vankleek Hill | Very large shipments of hay, grain and livestock were made from both stations here last week. Two carloads of grain were delivered by farmers at the C.A.R. one day. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-01-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-20 | Ottawa Central Station | It is said Patterson Creek route will be adopted by CPR. | Ottawa Journal 1900-01-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-26 | Glen Robertson | A serious accident occurred at Glen Robertson on Monday night by which Mr. Iem. Bathurst lost his right hand. In alighting from a moving freight he slipped and fell across the rail and had his right arm almost severed between the elbow and wrist. He was taken to the hospital in Montreal on Tuesday morning for treatment. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-01-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-27 | Graham Bay Station | The CAR has commenced the erection of a new station at Graham's Farm on the Richmond Road where the line crosses that thoroughfare. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-01-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-29 | Ottawa East | John Thomas Miles, a brakeman employed in the yard of the Canada Atlantic railway, was the victim of a horrible accident yesterday morning, resulting in his instantaneous death. ... In company with Paul Brennan, yard foreman, and a number of the yardmen, Miles was engaged in shunting cars on the siding a short distance north of the Maria street bridge. The train was backing up, and he was the hind brakeman. No one saw the accident, but after giving the signal, it is supposed, that Miles attempted to board the car, missed his footing and fell. He was crushed to death. (Ottawa Journal: names him John T. Myles, and gives the scene as 'near the coal chutes at the head of Nicholas street'.) | Ottawa Citizen 1900-01-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-01-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-31 | Ottawa East | The jury empanelled to inquire into the death of John T. Myles, the brakeman who was killed in the Canada Atlantic railway yard Sunday morning by being run over by a shunting engine and cars, brought in a verdict last night to the effect that the death was accidental. They recommended also that in future, only one man, the conductor, standing nearest the engine, be empowered to give the signals. | Ottawa Journal 1900-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1900-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02 | Depot Harbor | Press release regarding second elevator with capacity 1,500,000 bushells. Report was unauthorized. | CRSW p41 |
| 1900-02 | Depot Harbor | Filling trestle here, improving yards. | CRSW p41 |
| 1900-02 | Rainy Lake McCraney | Filling trestle here. | CRSW p41 |
| 1900-02 | Ottawa | Work on central station will not start until next fall as they are waiting for the military stores to be vacated. | CRSW p41 |
| 1900-02 | Hawkesbury | Filling trestle here. | CRSW p41 |
| 1900-02 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | J.E.Duval formerly Chief Despatcher, appointed to car service agent. | CRSW p46 |
| 1900-02-02 | Vankleek Hill | Large quantities of St. Lawrence river ice are being shipped into town by the C.A.R and will be sold here. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-02-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-02 | Arnprior | A large addition is being built to the O.A. & P.S. station. | Mercury 1900-02-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-03 | Unidentified Freight Cars | At the shops in Ottawa East, besides the regular repairs, air brakes are being fitted to all the flat cars and freights. As many as ten cars a day are fitted up with the air brake. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-02-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-10 | Western Subdivision | A steam shovel is being operated at Simm's pit. The station which was burned down at Racing River last week was simply a small office. The loss was inconsiderable and it will not be rebuilt until the spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-02-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-16 | Vankleek Hill | A new sign board and lamps to be used by the C.A.R. at this station have been put into position and add considerably to the exterior appearance of the building. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-02-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-17 | Western Subdivision | There is an unusually large lumber traffic on the line of the CAR at present. About seventy-five car loads of logs are brought down daily over the McCauley Central which connects with the western division of the road. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-02-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-21 | Ottawa Central Station | While the C.P.R. has its right of way practically all purchased for an entrance across the city by Patterson Creek to the Central depot, on certain properties they had only an option. The company last week renewed the options for a further period. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-02-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-27 | Ottawa Central Station | Another route now proposed by CPR for reaching Central Depot. ... A route on the south side of the canal has been sized up and a survey is being made. ... The canal would be crossed somewhere about where the present bridge on the Prescott line, or to the east of it, and a route taken through what is known as Wyoming Park. Bank Street road would be crossed at a point between the swing bridge and Billings Bridge. The line would skirt Ottawa East and strike the present line along the canal bank about the head of Nicholas Street. | Ottawa Journal 1900-02-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-03 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | CA has built branch, "McAuley Central Ry" from five miles west of Madawaska to lumber operations. | CRSW p72 |
| 1900-03-02 | Eganville | Mr. A. Geraldi, formerly station agent at Kinburn, is now in charge of the station at Eganville. | Almonte Gazette 1900-03-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-03-03 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The standard rules governing the running of all trains as in use on the leading railways have this week been inaugurated on the C.A.R. following a very thorough instructional course during which the employees have thoroughly mastered the new regulations. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-03-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-03-12 | Ottawa Central Station | At the station there was an immense crowd and the enthusiasm was of a most demonstrative character. Thousands of loyal citizens cheered the western horsemen. ... The men were accommodated by two trains, especially arranged by the Canadian Pacific officials ... The first train pulled out sharp at 10.30 o'clock amidst thundering cheers ... (Ottawa Journal: the Strathconas' horses were put on two trains at the Union depot the night before; the men paraded from Lansdowne Park to the Central depot and both trains left on schedule, the first at 10.30, the second half an hour later.) | Ottawa Citizen 1900-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-03-17 | Ottawa Central Station | A gas compression plant has been installed at the C.A.R. Central station for the supply of compressed gas to the passenger cars. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-03-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-03-17 | Ottawa | The bridge over the Canada Atlantic railway and other railroads at Maria street will be rebuilt this summer. Tenders for the work have been called for by the department of public works and the structure which for a long time has been an absolute necessity will be built as quickly as possible. The present bridge has long since been condemned as unsafe but cannot be dispensed with as a connecting link between Sandy Hill and Upper Town. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-03-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-03-17 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | At the car shops at Ottawa East, four box cars are being turned out completed each day. This has been the case for the past twenty days. One first class coach will be finished about March 20 and another by April 15. At the same time all the stock for the spring passenger business is being renovated and put into shape. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-03-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-03-17 | Chaudiere | Mr. Booth has 180 cars in service bringing logs from the McAuley branch which is about 138 miles west of Ottawa. About 75 of these cars are unloaded every 24 hours at the Chaudiere, the employees working day and night. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-03-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-03-30 | Rockland | C.A.R. Appeal. The Canada Atlantic Railway Company has entered an appeal in the court of appeals from the judgment of Justice Rose at Ottawa a few weeks ago, dismissing their action against the town of Rockland for $6,000 in bonuses made to the Central Counties railway company. The Canada Atlantic company took over the assets of the other company and in consequence claims the bonuses. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-03-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Ontario Legislature granted subsidy of $3000/mile for railway less than five miles in length connecting Parry Sound with the Canada Atlantic. | CRSW p115 |
| 1900-04-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.P.R. has removed its option on certain property between Isabella and Catherine streets in connection with the proposed route across the city. No definite plan however as to the route to be followed has been announced as yet. (Ottawa Journal, same date: the CPR 'has renewed its options for properties along Isabella Street and with this renewal it seems likely that the CPR intends getting into Centre Town that way.') | Ottawa Citizen 1900-04-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-04-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-04-14 | Ottawa Central Station | Speaking of the proposed new Central depot today Mr. Booth said he was glad the contract for the militia stores building had been let. He hoped the contractors would push operations with all speed in order that he might get to work on the new station as soon as the government stores were removed. Asked if he had any intention of acquiring the burned Howe block in order to afford him more room for a station site, Mr. Booth said he knew nothing of the matter at all. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-04-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-04-26 | Ottawa Central Station | A detachment of the Montreal fire brigade arrived at 6.50 over the C.A.R. It consisted of an engine, a reel, 8 men in charge of a chief and 5 horses. The trip from Coteau was made by engine 622 in 1 hour, 55 minutes. Another engine arrived from Montreal at 7.05 p.m. ... The Montreal Detachment returned to that city at four o'clock this morning. The Brockville and Peterborough brigades also returned this forenoon after paying their respects to Chief Provost. ... For Relief Fund: a great many friends of the sufferers from yesterday's fire have requested the Canada Atlantic Railway company to give them an opportunity to come to the city ... that company has very kindly agreed to run special trains from all stations, Valleyfield, Hawkesbury and intermediate points, to Ottawa, also from Pembroke and stations east, at a very low rate of fare. Twenty-five per cent of the revenue from these trains will be turned over to the relief fund. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-04-26 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #622 | The trip from Coteau was made by engine 622 in 1 hour, 55 minutes. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-04-27 | Ottawa | The trains on the Parry Sound were cut off yesterday afternoon, a man being sent out to flag the mixed train, which is due about 5 o'clock. The lumber piles were then on fire on both sides of the tracks. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-04-27 | Chaudiere | The C.A.R. bridge through the lumber yards at the end of Division street was not destroyed, and at about 10 o'clock an engine with several cars attached, passed over it. Passing between two walls of smoke and flame, the cars and engine formed a peculiar silhouette against the red sky. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-04-27 | Ottawa Central Station | During the afternoon Brockville was asked to send any assistance that could be spared from that town. An engine and a reel of hose was sent out ... When Smith's Falls was reached it was learned that the engine could not be landed in the city over the Canadian Pacific railway, and the train was run down to St. Polycarpe Junction and in over Canada Atlantic tracks to Central depot. The fire was well under control so that the steamer was not unloaded, but the Brockville firemen gave every assistance they could otherwise. | Ottawa Journal 1900-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-04-27 | Hawkesbury | A meeting took place of the board of education took place last night and decided to put up a fence between the play grounds and the C.A.R. station. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 26 | Built by CA | Lepkey p301 |
| 1900-05-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway has handed to the relief committee $700 as part of the proceeds of the excursions into the city on Sunday. It is expected that when all returns are in the company will be able to hand over $1,000 to the fund. Then hundreds of excursionists who came into the city on the Canada Atlantic trains on Sunday greatly appreciated the opportunity afforded them of seeing the ruins of the fire swept district, and at the same time most of their money goes to the relief of the sufferers. | Ottawa Journal 1900-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-02 | Algonquin Park | Renaud & Co., of Murray street, yesterday sent up 100 men, principally sufferers from the fire, to Canoe Lake, to work in the lumber camps of Messrs. Gilmour & Co. About 250 more are required and good wages will be paid as well as railway fare. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-05-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-05 | Chaudiere | The Canada Atlantic damage consists principally in misplaced tracks and the upset condition of its yards at the Chaudiere. The flatcars and lumber loaded on them were removed from the yard as soon as the fire commenced to spread. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-05-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-07 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The scene of the recent fire afforded an attraction again yesterday for many hundred excursionists to the city. Special trains were run on the Canada Atlantic railway from Swanton and intermediate points, Hawkesbury and Rockland, and brought about one thousand people. (Ottawa Journal, same date: 'One came over the Canada Atlantic railway from St. Hyacinthe and intermediate points, and brought in between 260 and 300 passengers.') | Ottawa Citizen 1900-05-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-05-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-07 | Chaudiere | The Canada Atlantic Railway company have almost completed rebuilding the trestle work in the rear of the old Martin, Warnock and Company's mills, which was destroyed in the fire. As soon as the rails have been laid over this trestle the Canada Atlantic will be able to run their trains to the Chaudiere again. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-05-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-11 | Eganville | The C.P.R. Co. is making some local improvements. Men are at work planking the railway for several hundred feet east of the post office. | Mercury 1900-05-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-12 | Ottawa Central Station | The heavy loss sustained by the Canadian Pacific in the fire is likely to temporarily derange any plans which it has had for securing a right of way across the city and connecting the transcontinental line with the short line running into the Central depot. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-16 | Ottawa East | The new building that is being constructed by the C.A.R. near the roundhouse is just about completed. It will be a great convenience and a source of pleasure to the workmen as it will contain reading, smoking and dining rooms and will be provided with baths. Its twelve rooms or so will be heated with hot air ... The rooms on the ground floor are very spacious and will likely be used for storing purposes. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-05-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-19 | Chaudiere | Mr. J. R. Booth this morning wrote the mayor: 'I beg respectfully to state that owing to my having to give up one-third of my piling ground in the city and the consequent restrictions placed on my lumber operations by the extension of the fire area, I would ask permission to cross Bridge street from the east to the west side with a continuation of one of the tracks of the C.A.R. ... in order that I may be able to remove as much as possible to a distance from the built up portion of the city.' | Ottawa Citizen 1900-05-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-05-21 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The car shops of the Canada Atlantic Railway have just turned out a landscape passenger car, seventy feet in length. It is finished on the outside in birch and presents a fine appearance. The coach is divided into three apartments, first and second class with baggage in between. ... The Canada Atlantic will probably erect this summer a large paint shop in connection with its buildings at Ottawa East. The proposed structure will be about 300 feet long and 70 feet wide. ... It is likely that the shops at Elgin street will be discarded in the near future in order that all the manufacturing buildings may be adjacent to each other. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-05-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-06-02 | Depot Harbor | Through the kindness of Mr. J.R. Booth arrangements have been made for an excursion of newspaper men of the parliamentary press gallery and the city papers to Depot Harbour today. The party will be the guests of the road and will inspect the freight handling facilities at the western terminus afterwards visiting the far famed Algonquin Park. ... For the trip a magnificent train with sleepers will be provided. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1900-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-06-02 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | A special train made up of two Pullman sleepers and Mr. Booth's private car Opeongo carried the party and left the Central depot on Saturday morning about three o'clock. (Ottawa Journal: 'consisting of the palace cars Tioga, Washita, and Mr. Booth's private car, the Opeongo. Engineer Ferguson and Conductor Bracken were in charge.') | Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-06-02 | Chaudiere | The Canada Atlantic railway have not yet decided where they will rebuild their Chaudiere office. The agent is at present stationed in a car. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-06-16 | Chaudiere | City council agrees to let Mr. Booth cross Bridge street. (Ottawa Journal, same date: after Mr. Booth told the Railway and Lighting Committee that without the crossing his mill would have to be removed, 'the committee decided to allow Mr. Booth to cross the street on certain conditions, including that between 6 in the morning and 8 at night, not more than four crossings are made, two trains in and two trains out.') | Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-06-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-06-22 | Glen Robertson | In a rear-end collision between two freight trains on the Canada Atlantic near Glen Robertson last night, Fireman J. Logan of Ottawa had his leg broken and several cars were damaged by fire. The trains were running in the same direction and the rear train was supposed to be at a safe distance from the one ahead. ... four cars loaded with grain and lumber caught fire and were somewhat damaged. (Ottawa Citizen, 23 June: the accident 'occurred through some misinterpretation of the rules.') | Ottawa Journal 1900-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1900-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-06-23 | Renfrew | The Canada Atlantic employees will hold their annual picnic at Renfrew today. ... It is usually held at Clark's Island, in the St. Lawrence, but this year a change in favor of a point on the Western Division was decided on. ... Twenty-six Canada Atlantic coaches filled with excursionists left the city to-day for Renfrew where the Canada Atlantic employees are holding their annual picnic. Fully three thousand people were on board. (Ottawa Citizen, 25 June: 'about four thousand journeyed up to Renfrew' with 'at least 6,000 people at Aberdeen park in the afternoon' including Renfrewites; the last train back 'was so crowded that the platform between the cars had to be utilized.') | Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-07-04 | Chaudiere | The Bridge street crossing is to be held over until the feasibility of the Sherwood street line is reported upon. | Ottawa Journal 1900-07-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-07-06 | Vankleek Hill | Mr. C.Y. Northcott, merchant, shipped this week six car loads of oats via C.A.R. Each car holds from 1000 to 1200 bushels. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-07-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-07-11 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | Electric lights and electric fans add a great deal to the pleasure of travelling on railroad coaches and the Canada Atlantic has commenced installing such on some of their cars. Mr. M. R. Shedd, of the Gould Electric Car Lighting Company, of Depew, NY, is in the city installing the plants in several of the cars, among them Mr. Booth's official cars 'Opeongo' and Mr. E. J. Chamberlin's car, No. 99. | Ottawa Journal 1900-07-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-07-11 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | Electric lights and electric fans add a great deal to the pleasure of travelling on railroad coaches and the Canada Atlantic has commenced installing such on some of their cars. ... among them Mr. Booth's official cars 'Opeongo' and Mr. E. J. Chamberlin's car, No. 99. | Ottawa Journal 1900-07-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-07-18 | Chaudiere | City Engineer Galt has prepared for city council a report on the approximate cost etc. of the proposed route along Sherwood street to enable the C.A.R. company to reach Mr. J.H. Booth's mill and to dispense with a level crossing at Bridge street. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-07-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-07-20 | Car Shops | A very unusual surgical operation was performed the other day in Ottawa. Foreman Tremble, of the C.A.R. machine shops, had one of his eyes penetrated by a piece of steel. His physicians tried an electric magnet on it and drew it out. | Almonte Gazette 1900-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-08 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Parliament voted for subsidy of $64,000 for line from Golden Lake to Bancroft. | CRSW p238 |
| 1900-08-10 | Elgin Street Coal Sheds | The Canada Atlantic Railway has applied to Building Inspector Pratt for permission to erect new coal sheds on its property on the east side of the canal. The buildings now used for the purpose on Elgin street are, it appears, in the way of some improvements to be carried out by the commission and will have to be removed. (Ottawa Free Press, same date: the new sheds will be built 'south of Maria street on the east bank of the canal'.) | Ottawa Citizen 1900-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1900-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-08-22 | Car Shops | New Fire Protective Methods are Being Installed - Active Operations. (Ottawa Journal, same date: 'A new fire fighting system similar to that in use in the Booth mills, is being installed in the Canada Atlantic shops.') | Ottawa Citizen 1900-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-09-07 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.P.R. company ... will cross the city next year connecting the transcontinental line with the short line between Ottawa and Montreal. ... The line will likely branch off at the round house on the Richmond Road, cross that thoroughfare and run south over the Prescott line to a point near Young street and from there run nearly parallel to the tracks of the western division of the C.A.R. to the short line tracks down near Hurdman's Bridge. ... When completed, the line will permit of through trains making much better time ... It will also enable western trains to run in and out of the Central depot when it is built. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-09-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-09-08 | Car Shops | At the car shops in Ottawa East everything is quiet. The last of the 1,000 box cars ordered last fall having been completed. Almost all the freight cars are now equipped with air brakes and automatic draw bar. This is a great boon to the brakemen and train hands. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-09-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | All the freight cars are now equipped with automatic draw bars and air brakes, making it much safer and easier for the yardmen and brakesmen. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-10-02 | Chaudiere | The city council last night gave Mr. Booth permission to lay a level railway track across Bridge Street. CPR had received permission for the same kind of crossings on Wellington Street just prior to Mr. Booth's application. | Ottawa Journal 1900-10-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-10-06 | Ottawa East | The old store sheds at Maria street, which were destroyed by fire some time ago, are being rebuilt. The yards at Maria street are also being enlarged, the steam shovel being engaged cutting down the bank. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-10-06 | Ottawa Central Station | As the work on the new government military stores is being rushed, it is expected that the stores will be out of the present building in the course of a few months and the space now occupied will be converted into offices for the Ottawa & Gatineau and the Pontiac & Pacific railways. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-10-13 | Maria Street Depot | The Canada Atlantic railway company are extending their yards near the canal basin and have commenced excavating at the Granite company's property and at the Maria street bridge. ... The old building that was used as a depot when the Canada Atlantic first commenced running in at the canal basin will be moved up to the rear of the freight sheds and the offices of Mr. R.K. Clairs and his staff will be moved into that building. This is necessitated by the large increase in package freight and as the offices are at present in the freight sheds, they will be moved to make space for freight. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-10-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-10-18 | Bank Street | A fatal accident occurred at the Canada Atlantic Railway crossing, Concession street, early yesterday morning. While Mr. James Killeen of Eganville, a cousin of Constable Killen, was crossing the Canada Atlantic at the said crossing, he was struck by a train and terribly mangled. ... Deceased was employed by the Dominion Bridge Company, on the Interprovincial bridge. | Ottawa Journal 1900-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1900-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1900-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-10-19 | Ottawa | A verdict of accidental death was returned yesterday afternoon by the coroner's jury empanelled to enquire into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of James Killeen, who was run down and killed in the C.A.R. yards, east of Concession street on Wednesday evening. ... From the position of the body which was found about 100 yards east of Concession street ... it would appear that the unfortunate man was struck by the tender and carried some distance in a westerly direction. ... At the time of his death he was evidently walking into the city along the tracks. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-10-20 | Ottawa Central Station | The Canada Atlantic yards between Central depot and the Maria street bridge are being enlarged and new tracks have been laid. The work of levelling and filling in the new yard is being expedited by means of steam shovels. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |