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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-5 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-2 #618 | Built by Baldwin as CA 618 C/N 18977 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1901≤ | Ottawa & Boston Lumber Line Box 2000-2699 | Starting in 1901, the cars numbered 2000-2699 were relettered from Ottawa & Boston Lumber Line 2000-2699 to Canada Atlantic 2000-2699. | ORER 1901-10 |
| 1902 | Barrys Bay | Ontario Corundum Co puts new boat in service at Cobermere for service between Havergal and Barrys Bay. | leader |
| 1902 | William Shillito Cranston | Cranston died in 1902, at which time he was City Engineer for Ottawa. | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf |
| 1902 | William Pitman Hinton | William Pitman Hinton was General Freight Agent of the Canada Atlantic Railway in 1902. | Canada Atlantic Railway public timetable 1902-10-31(copy offered on eBay; noted on https://sites.googl...) |
| 1902-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Statement for years ended June 30 19011900 earnings1,786,338.271,824,865.28 expense1,411,433.041,458,828.38 profit374,905.23366,036.70 | |
| 1902-01-20 | Bank Street | Bank Street Subway. A question of Double Tracking Canada Atlantic prompts city engineer Ker to write a letter to the Board of Works. The sale of the Canada Atlantic railway and the probability of parts of it being double tracked brings to the fore again the question of a subway at Bank street to obviate the obstruction to general traffic as well as that of the street railway at that point. Mr. Ker wrote: 'I am informed that owing to the recent transfer, the Canada Atlantic railway crossing on Bank street will be double tracked and have a much larger volume of traffic in the near future... I think it would be advisable to take up the question of the Bank street subway with the different railway companies interested.' 'I suppose nothing can be done with this until the N.Y.C. formally takes over the road,' observed Chairman Davidson. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-01-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-01-25 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | NEWS OF THE RAILROADS; Canada Atlantic Railway Reported Under New Control. Said to Have Been Acquired by St. Lawrence and Adirondack Road. It was reported in this city yesterday that the St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railroad, through A.L. Meyer, its Vice President, had concluded negotiations for the acquisition of the Canada Atlantic Railway... The chief interest in the Dominion Securities Company is held by Dr. Seward Webb, who is president of the Adirondack Road. | New York Times 1902-01-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Record, Chesterville 1902-01-30(Booth's denial of this same report, datelined Otta...) |
| 1902-01-28 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | NOW OWNED BY N.Y.C. C.A.R. HAS BEEN SOLD. Dr. Seward Webb Completes Negotiations with Mr. Booth. The Canada Atlantic railway has passed into the hands of the New York Central interests, confirmed today by Dr. Seward Webb, representative of the Vanderbilt lines. Dr. Webb outlined the future policy: erection of a union passenger station at the canal basin; a fast train service between Ottawa and New York, shortening the time by two hours; immediate increase in rolling stock; increased tourist traffic via passenger steamers on the great lakes; a new grain elevator of 2,500,000 bushels capacity at Depot Harbor and another at Sorel; new steamers for the grain trade; and re-tracking and re-bridging of the line throughout. 'Practically speaking, it is not the New York Central which has bought the road, but rather a party of American capitalists, of whom I am the leader.' He said the road's name would not change: 'The C.A. It has got a good name and I don't see that anything is to be gained by changing it.' The line will lay 80-pound rails in place of the present 72-pound. The passenger schedule between New York and Ottawa will be shortened by two hours once the piece of road between Noyan Junction and Coteau is finished. The purchase does not include the Ottawa and New York or the Beemer system. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-01-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Record, Chesterville 1902-01-30(Corroborating report, datelined Ottawa Jan 27: Dr....) |
| 1902-01-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Railway Deal Consummated. All but Paying Over the Cash. Vanderbilts have it. Canada Atlantic officials Partially Admit Sale, but Everyone Else Admits It. Dr. Webb: 'I can only say that everything I told you this morning... is absolutely correct in every detail.' 'The road is theirs,' said one of the C.A.R. managers, 'when they come up with the dough.' A figure of about ten million dollars is mentioned as being for consideration. Mr. C.J. Booth, president of the C.A.R., said: 'It's all a question of money, when we are paid our figure the road will be sold, but up to the present the sale has not been effected.' | Ottawa Citizen 1902-01-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-01-30 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Railway Officials' Admission. Respecting the acquisition of the Canada Atlantic railway by the syndicate representing Dr. W. Seward Webb, a statement was given out at the C.A.R. head offices: 'We placed a price on the road and Dr. Webb has been given a specific time to raise and pay over the money. Of course this has not been done so far and in the meantime it cannot be said that the line has changed hands.' Chauncey Depew and Sam Callaway are reported associated with Dr. Webb in the negotiations. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-01-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1902-01-31('C.A.R. Sold. The news has been given out that the...) |
| 1902-01-31 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the C.P.R., said in an interview that it did not make any difference to the C.P.R. who owned the Canada Atlantic. He had noticed Dr. Webb's statement that the road would now be an ally of the C.P.R. and said he supposed that would be true to a certain extent so far as some of the lines are concerned. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 2 | Listed in ORER as CA Combination 2 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 7 | Listed in ORER as CA 7 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 12 | Listed in ORER as CA 12 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Car 13 | Listed in ORER as CA 13 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Car 14 | Listed in ORER as CA 14 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 21 | Listed in ORER as CA Combination 21 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 24 | Listed in ORER as CA 24 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 25 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 26 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 27 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Listed in ORER as CA Coach 37 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 38 | Listed in ORER as CA Coach 38 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 40 | Listed in ORER as CA Coach 40 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Car First Class Car 51 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 52 | Listed in ORER as CA Coach 52 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | Listed in ORER | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 100 | Listed in ORER as CA Coach 100 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 101 | Listed in ORER as CA Coach 101 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 102 | Listed in ORER as CA Coach 102 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | Listed in ORER as CA 333 | ORER 1902-02 |
| 1902-02-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A Railway Purchase. Of late a good deal has been said with regard to the purchase of the Canada Atlantic and Parry Sound Railway by the Vanderbilt Syndicate. Telegram received: 'Our syndicate has purchased control of Canada Atlantic and Parry Sound Railway.' - J. Weley Allison, New York, Feb. 3, 1902. | Record, Chesterville 1902-02-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-02-06 | Ottawa East | BOY KILLED ON C.A.R. Otto Schroeder, a 19-year-old lad, was one of a gang engaged clearing snow from the C.A.R. tracks at Ottawa East. The snow was being removed on flat cars and Schroeder took up a position on the end of the last car of the train. A slight jolt when the train was being stopped threw him off his balance. He fell across a rail and the wheels of one truck passed across his abdomen. A fellow workman, Paul Rousseau, seized him and pulled him aside before further injuries were inflicted. Schroeder was taken to Ottawa East, but died before medical aid could be summoned. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1902-02-07(Corroborating report: Schroeder, one of forty-eigh...) |
| 1902-02-07 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A BIG R.R. DEAL: NEW YORK CENTRAL MANAGEMENT HAS ACQUIRED THE CAR AND MAY CONSTRUCT A TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE. All that remains to be done in the purchase of the Canada Atlantic Railway by the New York Central interests is the paying over of the cash, said Dr. Webb. The New York Central, the Rutland, and the Canada Atlantic will be practically one road. A fleet of eight vessels now plying between Ogdensburg and Chicago will be taken off, and in future will ply between Duluth, Chicago, and Depot Harbor. The rolling stock of the CAR will be increased by 1,000 boxcars and a number of locomotives, heavier rails will be laid, and a new grain elevator of 2,500,000 bushels capacity will be built at Depot Harbor, with elevators also at Quebec and Sorel. One of the leading officials of the CAR pointed out that the line will in all probability be extended from Parry Sound to Sudbury, the charter for which is now held by Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann. | Huntsville Forester 1902-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-02-08 | Car Shops | Fifteen Hundred Freight Cars are to be Built for the Canada Atlantic At Shops in Ottawa. One Thousand Men will be Employed and Sale of Road will not Affect It. Estimates have been called for by the C.A.R. on lumber, iron fittings and other materials entering into the construction of boxcars. If satisfactory negotiations can be made, work will be started in the spring at the car shops at Ottawa East. Over 1,500 box cars are provided for in the estimates. The daily output ranges from five to ten cars, so that the contemplated contract would keep the shops busy seven or eight months at the least. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-02-08 | Ottawa East | The Schroeder Inquest. The coroner's jury verdict: 'We, the jurors find that Otto Schroeder came to his death by accidentally falling from a snow train at Ottawa East on the 6th day of February, 1902. Orders appear to be given but not strictly enforced, consequently often disregarded... We don't consider that there was adequate accommodation for safety provided and that there should be a remedy provided in this respect by the railway company.' Mr. Donaldson, superintendent of the C.A.R. system, testified that the floor of one of the snow cars was about nine feet wide. The C.A.R. was represented at the inquest by Lawyer Bethune and Mr. Morley Donaldson, superintendent. | Ottawa Journal 1902-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-08(Fuller report of the same inquest and verdict. Tra...) |
| 1902-02-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Dr. Seward Webb and the party of railway magnates and financiers who have accompanied him on an inspection of the Canada Atlantic Railway, left for New York by their special train this afternoon. The party had a conference with Messrs. J.R. and C.J. Booth and afterwards took a special train and ran up to the Canada Atlantic car shops, which were closely inspected. Purchase finally and absolutely concluded, according to the report; sale of Canada Atlantic to the N.Y.C. progressing. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-02-25 | Chadiere Junction | The dense fog was responsible for a collision this morning about 9 o'clock on the C.A.R. tracks at Chaudiere junction. An engine of an incoming train struck the rear of a freight train, the cars of which were loaded with logs. Three of these cars were thrown off the track and the logs scattered about. This was the extent of the damage, the engine that struck the cars not being injured. The engineer could not see the train ahead on account of the mist. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-03-10 | Douglas Depot | The C.A.R. station at Douglas, Ont., was destroyed by fire Monday evening. The agent, Mr. Boyd, sustained a heavy loss - all of his household effects, which included a new piano, being burned. The goods in the freight shed were saved. The fire started from the flue. | Ottawa Journal 1902-03-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),The Equity, Shawville 1902-03-20(Fuller report, dating the fire to the Monday eveni...) |
| 1902-03-17 | Douglas | Station burned. | Shawville Equity, thanks to Colin Churcher |
| 1902-03-22 | Elgin Car Shops | Hot Night fire in Canada Atlantic yards. Car repair shops and 3 passenger cars destroyed in an hour. Loss about $45,000. The old wooden car repair shops of the Canada Atlantic Railway, situated east of Elgin street at the terminus of Catharine street, were destroyed by fire between ten and eleven o'clock. The building, one of the first erected when the C.A.R. was established here about 15 years ago, with more recent extensions, covered an area of about 10,000 square feet. Destroyed along with it were two first-class coaches valued at about $7,500 each, one baggage car worth $7,000, five freight cars and a wrecking train, and a snowplow. Several large freight engines standing alongside were not damaged. Mr. C. Jackson Booth, president of the C.A.R., was on hand shortly after the first alarm. He estimated the loss at between $40,000 and $45,000, covered by policies in the Home Fire Insurance Company of New York. The old round house adjacent had been destroyed by fire about three years earlier. All that now remains of the original Canada Atlantic buildings is the old station house on the west side of Elgin Street. The burning of the shops will temporarily throw some men out of work, but they will be required in the new shops at Ottawa East. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-03-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1902-03-22(Fuller corroborating report (includes a sketch). T...) |
| 1902-03-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mr. J.R. Booth was asked as to the accuracy of Mr. Arthur L. Meyer's statement that the Canada Atlantic Railway had been purchased but the new owners had till June 1st to take over the titles. 'There is very little change in the situation,' said Mr. Booth, 'they have paid us some money on the road, but it is not a very great sum and it is true that the syndicate have until June 1st to take over the titles but this has not yet been done.' | Ottawa Citizen 1902-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-04 | Canada Atlantic Coach 6 | Possibly destroyed by fire in CA car repair shops. | Lepkey p301 |
| 1902-04 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 27 | Possibly destroyed by fire at CA car repair shops, Ottawa | Lepkey p301 |
| 1902-04 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 300 | Possibly destroyed by fire at car repair shops | Lepkey p301 |
| 1902-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | James Bay Ry has secured locomotive and passenger car from CA. | CRSW p132 |
| 1902-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Crossings in Nepean, Haggerty, Fitzroy and March receive Privy Council approval. | CRSW p121 |
| 1902-04 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | PS receives permission to extend to Ottawa River. | CRSW p144 |
| 1902-04-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mr. Arthur L. Meyer, the millionaire banker of New York, came via C.P.R. and was met by the C.A.R. and taken to Hawkesbury and then over the Great Northern to Quebec. Mr. Meyer, connected with the Webb syndicate in the purchase of the Canada Atlantic, reaffirmed that the transfer of the road had taken place, and that a large sum of money had been paid; they will wait until June 1st to take over the title. The same company is negotiating for the purchase of the Great Northern. | Eastern Ontario Review 1902-04-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-05 | Elgin Street | Car repair shops damaged by fire recently. Two passenger cars, a combine, two freight cars and a wrecking derrick were destroyed. | CRSW p169 |
| 1902-06 | Elgin Street | Car repair shops will not be rebuilt, Subsequent work to be done in Ottawa East. | CRSW p189 |
| 1902-06-01 | Whitney | The St. Anthony Lumber Company are building a railway from Whitney to Big Opeongo lake, a distance of fifteen miles. The work is in the hands of Thomas McLaughlin, contractor of Ottawa. | Canada Lumberman 1902-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-06-02 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Sir Thomas Shaughnessy's way was blocked. Stopped by Mr. Booth. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, intended to run over the entire route to be taken by the Imperial Limited through Ottawa when the new time table came into effect on June 16th, but came to a standstill and had to go back around by Chaudiere Junction because the C.A.R. had blocked the way over the Interprovincial Bridge from the Central depot. On Friday night the C.A.R. put a gang of men to work under electric light and tore up the crossover connecting the O.N.& W. tracks with the C.A.R. tracks alongside the platform at the Central depot, and on Saturday morning placed standard stop blocks under the Sappers' bridge, completely blocking the way for traffic from the Central depot over the Interprovincial bridge. Sir Thomas: 'I am very much surprised at the Canada Atlantic taking such action... we will have to see if we cannot establish our right to use this station... we will have to do so' (appeal to the Railway Committee). Mr. E.J. Chamberlin stated that his company had been notified of the withdrawal of the Gatineau trains and had simply restored the tracks to their original condition, since the C.P.R. had acquired the O.N. and W. and the C.A.R. no longer recognized that company's right to use the Central depot terminal facilities. | Ottawa Journal 1902-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-06-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | CANADA ATLANTIC NOT SOLD. The negotiations for the purchase of the Canada Atlantic Railway by Dr. Seward Webb have practically come to nothing. This was the day upon which the option expired, and Mr. J.R. Booth stated that to all intents and purposes the deal is off. 'I have heard nothing from Dr. Webb or those connected with him directly, and I would assume that if they intended to carry out the bargain involving such a large amount they would have communicated with me before this.' Asked if he would extend the option, Booth replied: 'No, I won't do that, for the reason that the financial standing of the parties on the other side is not the same now as when the option was taken.' Mackenzie & Mann were in conference with Mr. Booth on Saturday, but he denies any negotiations with them are afoot. | Huntsville Forester 1902-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-06-09 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mr. Booth agrees to use of Central Depot. C.P.R. may pass through. Before the Railway Committee of the Privy Council, Mr. J.R. Booth consented to allow the C.P.R. trains to run through the Central station yard pending some definite agreement as to terms between the two companies. Mr. Blair said he sympathized with Mr. Booth, as the proposed C.P.R. trains would interfere with traffic on the C.A.R., but 'the committee would endeavour to make ample compensation in the terms.' The committee ordered that the two companies get together and arrange terms. Mr. Booth finally agreed to allow the trains to go through without a formal order from the committee. | Ottawa Journal 1902-06-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1902-06-13(Corroborating report: 'The difficulty between the ...) |
| 1902-06-13 | Ottawa Central Station | Preparing the tracks. Cross over being laid for CPR trains at Central Depot. The Canada Atlantic Railway tracks will be in readiness for the CPR trains to pass through the Central Station on Sunday. Engineer Mountain superintended the installing of a crossover switch from the track adjacent to the canal to the one nearer the station. There was previously two crossovers but one was not used. The stop block on the track near the station will not be removed. The switch has a longer lead than the older ones as the CPR trains are longer than the Gatineau trains. | Ottawa Journal 1902-06-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-06-16 | Ottawa Central Station | First train pulls through. Imperial Limited Passes Central Depot. The Imperial Limited, the fastest train in the C.P.R. system, passed through the city by way of the Central depot yesterday afternoon. This was the first train to pass through the Central depot since the dispute between Mr. J.R. Booth and the C.P.R., which was heard before the railway committee and resulted in favour of the C.P.R. The fast train pulled in at 3.10, stopped five minutes, and passed on over the bridge through Hull and around to Union depot, where the engines and crew were changed for the west. | Ottawa Journal 1902-06-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-06-17 | Alexandria | A C.A.R. MISHAP. Owing to an accident at Alexandria this morning the Montreal express on the C.A.R. was over an hour late. A switch had been left open by mistake and when the train pulled into the station, going at the usual rate of speed, it ran from the main line on to a siding, crashing into a number of freight cars there. The pilot of the engine was broken, the van at the rear of the freight cars smashed and some other damage done, but no one was injured. Another engine had to be secured to bring the train to Ottawa. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-06-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-06-20 | Hawkesbury | While pulling out from the lumbermills on Saturday afternoon a C.A.R. engine ran off the track at an open switch, and after bumping over the ties for about 20 yards it toppled over. Several cars were also off the track. The wrecking gang from Ottawa arrived about eight o'clock at night, and by noon on Sunday they had the wreck cleared up. | Eastern Ontario Review 1902-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-07 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 3 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1902-07 |
| 1902-07 | Canada Atlantic Combination 22 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1902-07 |
| 1902-07 | Canada Atlantic Combination 23 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1902-07 |
| 1902-07 | Canada Atlantic Coach 36 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1902-07 |
| 1902-07 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 300 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1902-07 |
| 1902-07-20 | Whitney | Whitney to Opeongo Lakes branch line under construction for St. Anthony Lumber Co. | leader |
| 1902-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | New branch constructed from Whitney to Opeongo Lake for St. Anthony Lumber Co. The branch is 14 miles long, and was constructed by J.R.McQuigge, contractor. | CRSW p268 |
| 1902-09-23 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Stockmen want branch to grounds. Petition from stockmen who exhibit at the Central Canada Fair. Endeavour to be made to have one of the railway lines centering in the city extend their tracks to the grounds in order that the stock may be saved the hardship of the long drive from the present stations. | Ottawa Journal 1902-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-09-26 | Whitney | The Whitney and Opeongo Railway has been completed to Costello's camp, four miles from the big Opeongo Lake, the proposed terminus, or a distance of fourteen miles from Whitney. A steam hoist has been erected at the camp. Men are now employed in loading cars. One train-load of logs reached Whitney on Monday of this week. The Company intend on having all of Costello's cut of logs last season, numbering 45,000 pieces, immediately removed to their mill. Four or five camps are being opened up in preparation for this coming season's cut. Each camp will take out 5 million feet of lumber. It is estimated that it will take eight years to cut the limit. | Mercury 1902-09-26(Quoting the Eganville Star Enterprise. Transcribed...) |
| 1902-10 | Ottawa | Ottawa city solicitor believes Ottawa should recover $50,000 from CA for station bonus. J.R.Booth states that he has not abandoned the project, and that it is to start when the site becomes available. | CRSW p337 |
| 1902-11 | Caldwell | Location surveys completed for new four mile spur from Caldwell to Radnor Iron Mines. | CRSW p381 |
| 1902-11 | Ottawa | Work to commence on new Central station next spring. | CRSW p169 |
| 1902-11 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Location surveys completed for new four mile spur from Caldwell to Radnor Iron Mines. | CRSW p381 |
| 1902-11-18 | Whitney | Having finished the construction of the Whitney and Opeongo Railway, Contractor McQuigge has returned to Arnprior with horses and implements. The horses he does not need and will sell them by public auction next week. | Ottawa Journal 1902-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-11-26 | Whitney | Whitney to Opeongo lumber line completed after 15 months of labour. Cost: $200,000, 15 miles long. Trestles over 400 feet long. | leader |
| 1902-11-27 | Bank Street | By rail to the Exhibition. Canada Atlantic to build a line. It will run from Concession Street along the ravine to Bank Street. The Central Canada Exhibition Association has completed arrangements for the laying of a track to the vicinity of the grounds from the terminals of the Canada Atlantic in the lumber piles at Concession Street, near the corner of Muchmore Street. The branch will run from Concession along the foot of the hill to a point about opposite the end of Lyon Street and about one hundred yards from the Bank Street entrance to the grounds. It is estimated that the branch will cost about $7,000. The laying of the road and the furnishing of the material will be done by the Canada Atlantic Railway, but they will have to be paid a rental over and above the revenue to be derived from the branch. The revenue from shipping will be about $300 per year and the extension of the line will cost the Association about $200. The distance from the terminus to the cattle stables will be about four hundred yards. | Ottawa Journal 1902-11-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-12-24 | Wilno | 10000 tons of iron ore waiting at Dacre to be shipped here. | leader |
| 1902-12-24 | Searsons Siding | 10000 tons of iron ore waiting at Dacre to be shipped here. | leader |
| 1902-12-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | FROM STUMP TO SAW. Twenty-four Hours Taken to Turn Trees to Boards. For some time J.R. Booth has been making good time by handling the lumber from the forest to his mills at the Chaudiere over the line of the Canada Atlantic railway. Now an extension of the road from Whitney to Opeongo connects the St. Anthony lumber limits with the Whitney mills at Whitney station on the C.A.R. main line. Over this system it only takes twenty-four hours to handle logs from the stump to the saw. This is claimed to be the quickest work in the lumber manufacturing line in America. | Ottawa Journal 1902-12-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-01 | Elgin Street | Agreement with city respecting Elgin St. subway. Draft order in council prepared, subway to be 50 ft wide. | CRSW p19 |
| 1903-01-16 | Glen Sandfield | The new C.A.R. station at Glensandfield between Glen Robertson and Dalkeith is nearly completed. It will be a flag station. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-01-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-02 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Whitney to Opeongo line placed in operation. Cost $200,000 due to rock cutting and trestles. Four high trestles longer than 400 ft. | CRSW p49 |
| 1903-02-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canadian Atlantic Railway Company proposes to extend its road from Whitney to Sault Ste. Marie. | Canada Lumberman 1903-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1903-06-05(Corroborating report, 'The C.A.R. will be extended...) |
| 1903-02-02 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Ottawa may get second great railway system with the sale of the Great Northern to Mackenzie and Mann. Booth says they haven't asked him to sell the Canada Atlantic. | Ottawa Journal 1903-02-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-03 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Rumours of talks between C.J.Booth and CNoR denied. | CRSW p105 |
| 1903-03-24 | Glen Robertson | Killed at Glen Robertson. Sidney Cluff, son of Capt. Cluff of No. 9 fire station, Ottawa, was killed on the Canada Atlantic Railway at Glen Robertson about 10 o'clock Tuesday (24/3) night. Deceased was a brakeman on the C.A.R., and slipped down between two cars of a moving train. The wheels passed over his legs above the knees and he died from the shock and loss of blood several hours after the accident. He was about 27 years of age and had entered the employ of the company about a year ago. His work necessitated his residing at Coteau, from which place his trips were made. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-03-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-03-27 | Hawkesbury | The C.A.R. are making direct connection of their tracks from the Lumber Co's saw dust house to the furnace rooms at the pulp mills and the sawdust from the mills will be delivered direct. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-03-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-04 | Canada Atlantic Stock 1200-1236 | One car built, later renumbered GT 56635, then CN 150047. This car may have come from this series. | Cranstone 1996a |
| 1903-04-17 | Vankleek Hill | A gang of Italians arrived at the C.A.R. station at Vankleek Hill to take the place of the striking trackmen. A score of boys and young men, thinking it would be good fun to scare the foreigners, armed themselves with stones and attacked the car, yelling, and one discharged a gun; the Italians took to the bush in alarm. The next day several C.A.R. detectives arrived and got the names of some of the boys involved. Superintendent Donaldson and a solicitor for the Company laid a charge against Victor Blackwell and a young man named McIntosh. McIntosh appeared before Magistrate Thistlethwaite and pleaded guilty, and was remanded until Monday next. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-05 | Elgin Street | Ottawa city council passed bylaw to divert streets for construction of subway under CA yards at Elgin St. Cost is to be $51,000 to be born by the CA, CP and Ottawa Electric. | CRSW p146 |
| 1903-05-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Canada Atlantic Strike. Mr. Jacob T. Schall (Glengarry) asked in parliament if the government was aware that there is a strike on the Canada Atlantic Railway and that there are no section men employed on the road. Sir William Mulock, minister of labor, replied that the government was aware of a misunderstanding between the company and some of its employees, a strike of trackmen; the strikers' committee had asked for the intervention of the department of labor, which had offered its services, but no reply had been received from the company yet. On Wednesday a gang of 73 Swedes were sent up the western division of the Canada Atlantic Railway on the regular train to replace the striking trackmen on the different sections; several had their families with them and were given houses recently vacated by the strikers. Chief Engineer Mountain said the Swedes were a superior class of men to the Italians, many with experience in track work. Several strikers from the western division arrived at strike headquarters in Ottawa in search of other work. Tuesday the men at Valleyfield and Bearbrook took hold of the hand car again, and the foreman at Eastman's Springs was reported to have resumed work Wednesday; the men on the western division were still holding out. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-05-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The C.A.R. has discharged all the striking trackmen. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-05-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-05-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The striking trackmen held a meeting at South Indian last evening. The situation between the men and the road remains the same. | Ottawa Journal 1903-05-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-05-28 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Chief Engineer Mountain of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company has a new gasoline patrol car in use, which, when fully introduced, may revolutionize the work of trackmen. This car is like an ordinary hand car, except that it is fitted with a double cylinder gasoline engine and is capable of a speed of about 30 miles an hour. The introduction of these cars will mean that the section gangs will be larger and that the sections patrolled will be longer than heretofore, doing away with the hand work of pumping the old-time hand car. These cars will, it is expected, be introduced over the whole system. | Ottawa Journal 1903-05-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-06-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mr. Booth's new piling ground. Plans for new railway line filed. Mr. J.R. Booth will establish a new lumber yard outside the city limits on the McTiernan Farm, which he recently purchased. The plans for a railway line into the farm from the Parry Sound tracks were filed at the Registry Office, and at the next meeting of the Railway Committee of the Privy Council application will be made for their approval. The track leaves the Parry Sound road three quarters of a mile above the Merivale Road and runs direct to the McTiernan Farm. The new piling ground will be about two and a half miles from the city limits. | Ottawa Journal 1903-06-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-07 | Canada Atlantic Combination 22 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1903-07 |
| 1903-07 | Canada Atlantic Combination 23 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1903-07 |
| 1903-07 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 300 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1903-07 |
| 1903-07 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 301 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1903-07 |
| 1903-07 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 302 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1903-07 |