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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #694 | Renumbered GTR 1628 Class D10 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #695 | Renumbered GTR 1629 Class D10 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #696 | Renumbered GTR 1630 Class D10 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #697 | Renumbered GTR 1631 Class D10 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #698 | Renumbered GTR 1632 Class D12 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #699 | Renumbered GTR 1633 Class D12 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #700 | Renumbered GTR 1637 Class D12 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #701 | Renumbered GTR 1638 Class D12 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #702 | Renumbered GTR 1634 Class D10 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #703 | Renumbered GTR 1635 Class D10 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #710 | Renumbered GTR 2350 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910-01-10 | Grand Trunk Railway | Work on the construction of the Chateau Laurier will be shut down at the end of the week or thereabouts and will not be resumed until April. This was the information given out today at the office of the Geo. Fuller Company, the contractors in charge of the building. This is the result of the Dominion Bridge Company being unable to supply steel. | Ottawa Journal 1910-01-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-01-11 | Ottawa Central Station | The new power and heating plant at the Grand Trunk station, which has been in the course of construction for several months, is nearly completed. Fifty men have been employed on the building which is 100 by 65 feet square. Machinery of the latest pattern will be installed in the building. | Ottawa Journal 1910-01-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-02-09 | Chateau Laurier | It was thought some time ago that the Geo. A. Fuller Company, the contractors in charge of the Chateau Laurier, would be forced to discontinue the steel construction work because of the belief that a steady supply of steel was not to be obtained from the Dominion Bridge Co. at Montreal. The difficulty has been averted and it is probable that the steel work will be finished by spring. Fifty men are now employed and the contractors have on hand 200 tons or more of the material and there are prospects for a steady supply. | Ottawa Journal 1910-02-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-02-09 | Ottawa Central Station | The new Grand Trunk station is rapidly nearing completion and the conglomeration of steel and stone and timber that occupied the site a few months ago is slowly but surely being worked into a graceful building which, when completed, promises to be one of the most attractive railway stations in Canada. The contractors will begin the work of plastering in the building in a few days. | Ottawa Journal 1910-02-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-03-04 | Admaston | The G.T.R. station is a busy place these days: lumber, ties, telephone poles and pulp wood are being hauled to the station daily, by several men from the Shamrock side of the township. | Renfrew Mercury 1910-03-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-03-18 | The Central Counties Railway Company | The shareholders of the Central Counties Railway Co. met at the Russell House, Ottawa, on Monday to authorize the directors to issue in sterling or currency the first mortgage bonds to the extent of $475,000 and to amend the draft deeds of the mortgage. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-03-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-03-28 | Ottawa Central Station | The Grand Trunk Company is making rapid progress in the construction of the concrete wall on the left bank of the Rideau Canal. There are now over eighty men employed in the work. When complete the wall will be twelve hundred feet long, being the entire distance between the bridges. Though the work was begun only on the 12th of February, already three hundred feet are finished. | Ottawa Journal 1910-03-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-04-01 | Ottawa Central Station | The stonework on the new G.T.R. station at Ottawa was finished this week. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-04-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-04-16 | Hawkesbury | The Grand Trunk station here was partially destroyed by fire last night about eleven o'clock. The fire originated in the freight shed adjoining the station. The books and records of the office were saved, being slightly damaged by the water. The promptness of the fire brigade in responding to the alarm saved the building from total destruction. | Ottawa Citizen 1910-04-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-04-22 | Glen Robertson | A rear-end collision, happily unattended with loss of life, took place on the Grand Trunk about a mile east of Glen Robertson. Freight train No. 99 westbound had halted owing to a broken drawbar, and while engaged in effecting repairs a light engine from Coteau, in charge of Engineer Whitmore of Hawkesbury, speeding along at forty miles an hour collided with and demolished the van and damaged the engine. The engineer jumped from the engine, landing in a pool of water and sustaining injuries to his arm; he was conveyed to his home in Hawkesbury. A wrecking train from Coteau cleared the track and traffic was resumed after a nine hour interruption. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-04-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-06-25 | Chateau Laurier | At the present rate of progress the concrete work on Chateau Laurier will be completed about the third week in August, thus closing in the building. Similar progress is being made on the new station; the finishing work on the walls and ceilings will be begun presently. Very satisfactory work is being done on the lower tunnel, which will be 7 x 8 feet and 238 feet long, used for the transmission of electric and steam power to the Chateau from the power house south of the station, and 28 feet below the surface of Rideau street; thirty men are working in it, drilling and blasting in the bedrock. The management hope to finish the rough work on both the power tunnel and the passenger tunnel before October, with finishing work completed before Christmas. The passenger tunnel will be about the same length and 8 x 11, and will be ornately finished. | Ottawa Journal 1910-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-07-19 | Rockland Branch | An attempt to wreck the G.T.R. pay car, due here last night, was made between 6 and 7 o'clock, about three miles from the village on the Rockland branch. At a concession crossing some miscreant tore up the crossing in broad daylight and laid planks across the rails. The engineer of the pay car engine noticed the obstruction and rapidly threw on the brakes; the car was going slow and nothing serious happened. The people here feel that it is unfortunate that this attempt at wrecking should occur on the eve of the strike; citizens generally repudiate the thought that railway employees had anything to do with it, but think some miscreant took advantage of the occasion to throw suspicion on the railway men. | Ottawa Journal 1910-07-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Chesterville Record 1910-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1910-07-29 | Hawkesbury Branch | Freight trains began running on the Hawkesbury branch of the Grand Trunk on Tuesday last. Regular trains are now being operated both on the branch and main lines. Note: after a strike. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-08-04 | Grand Trunk Railway | Local officials had not yet been notified that the strike was at an end, although a settlement was announced Tuesday evening (2 August). The Grand Trunk trains arriving and leaving Ottawa were still being managed by strike breakers and officials of the company. Not a man had been taken back on the Ottawa division, although all had reported that they were ready for work; at the trainmaster's office the men left their names, being told they would be called when wanted. It was reported at the Grand Trunk office that no freight was being moved on the Ottawa division, and one official stated that matters seemed to be worse than when the strike was on. The passenger service was being operated as usual, by the crews who had been in charge since the strike was declared. | Ottawa Citizen 1910-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-08-05 | Grand Trunk Railway | Acting on instructions from the General Superintendent of Transportation, the local officials of the Grand Trunk last night placed twenty of the local strikers back at work, sending them to open up the branch lines on the Ottawa division, with instructions to take on others as soon as places are found for them. This was the first official word that the strike was officially off and that the men were to be taken back. There were no complaints against any of the men on the Ottawa division as regards the use of violence, so that all who went on strike were eligible for positions again. No instructions had been received locally as to the disposition of the pension question. A large number of the late strikers were at the Central depot last night to see those of their members who were taken on to man the trains again. | Ottawa Citizen 1910-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-08-12 | John Rudolphus Booth | Mr. J.R. Booth did the unusual thing by his men who were thrown out of work by the G.T.R. strike. He gave them full pay, just as if they had been working for him, at a cost to himself of $12,000. The men gathered and gave him a mighty shout of thanks. He told them that he thought he could afford the loss better than they could. | Renfrew Mercury 1910-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-08-12 | Arnprior | Fred Yahuke, a brakeman, was instantly killed in the Mclachlan lumber yard yesterday by being buried beneath a pile of lumber which fell from a lorry as he was passing. His home was in Mansfield, where he had been married a short time ago. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-08-19 | Vars | Dr. W.A. Empey of Vars was shot by a laborer. For two hours after the accident he was without medical aid; Dr. Chevrier of Embrun and Dr. Woods arrived about 2:30 in the afternoon. Arrangements were also made for a special train from Ottawa, on which travelled Dr. Webster and Dr. Graham of the Protestant General Hospital; the trip was made in seventeen minutes. On the physicians' arrival it was arranged to bring the wounded man back to Ottawa; he showed some anxiety on this point, for just before dying he asked about the departure of the train. | Ottawa Journal 1910-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-09-23 | Whitney | Falling off a wagon beneath the wheels of a moving train at Whitney, Martin Shields of Hastings County had both legs taken off. He was rushed to the hospital at Parry Sound, where he died. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-1 | Canada Atlantic 4-6-0 #630 | Rebuilt | Railroad History #147 |
| 1910-10-04 | Chaudiere Branch | The Railway Commission granted the application of the Grand Trunk Railway for authority to construct a siding from a point on the Chaudiere branch east of Lloyd street, thence westerly upon and across Lloyd street to the premises of the Continental Bag and Paper Company, west of Lloyd street. The order is subject to approval of plans by the commission's engineer. | Ottawa Journal 1910-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-10-04 | Chaudiere Branch | An application by the city for an order directing the Grand Trunk Railway to remove its tracks at the east end of the viaduct on the Richmond road was laid over. | Ottawa Journal 1910-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-11-03 | Chaudiere Branch | The Grand Trunk Railway will remove their tracks at the east end of the viaduct on Richmond road next week and place them under the viaduct. The promise was made to the Railway Commission today by W.H. Biggar Q.C., representing the Grand Trunk. The application of the city of Ottawa to compel the G.T.R. to place the tracks under the viaduct stands over until the next sitting; in the meanwhile the work will be rushed by the company. | Ottawa Journal 1910-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-01-07 | Chaudiere Branch | As a result of an agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway was yesterday able to use the track under the Wellington street viaduct, and steps were immediately taken to relieve the tie up of part of the Booth industries at the Chaudiere. The various freight cars which had been lying idle for a couple of days were moved out, and work was kept up all night by extra large freight crews. Today the big Booth pulp mill which had been shut down resumed operations, and the various workmen who had not been able to work, both here and at Madawaska, found plenty to do. | Ottawa Journal 1911-01-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-01-09 | Chaudiere Branch | Canadian Pacific Railway Company authorities say that their line has not been responsible for the recent tie up of traffic at the Chaudiere, owing to the Grand Trunk Railway not running under the Wellington street viaduct. The C.P.R. officials say that the Grand Trunk neglected to conclude proper arrangements with them regarding going under the viaduct, notwithstanding the G.T.'s statement to the Railway Commission that the matter would be adjusted. No agreement between the two companies has yet been signed regarding the G.T.R. running under the viaduct, but in the meantime the C.P.R. have given the other company that privilege until the matter is adjusted. | Ottawa Journal 1911-01-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-01-31 | Ottawa East Coal Chute | Superintendent Morley Donaldson of the Grand Trunk Railway said today that the removal of the coal chutes near the deep cut would probably be part of the plan for the construction by the railway of new and additionally large shops in Ottawa. The problem of coaling the engines was a big one, he stated, and some means would have to be found to take the place of the coal chutes, but during the summer they would, no doubt, be removed. | Ottawa Journal 1911-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-02-17 | Renfrew | Mr. M. Donaldson, superintendent of this division of the G.T.R., came up by the noon train on Tuesday and was met by the Mayor and Engineer and the waterworks and streets committees. First the group visited the railway tank, the condition of which had caused an urgent message to be sent to the railway officials. Mr. Donaldson promised to have some temporary improvements done at once, and more permanent changes during the summer, to prevent waste of water and damage to streets and property. Then the party went on to the Smith's Creek bridge crossing, where arguments were offered for the building of an overhead crossing. Mr. Donaldson said his company was not averse to building overhead bridges where the conditions were right, but believed the land damages would be excessive; altogether between the cost of bridge and land damages, he felt the cost would be prohibitive. He agreed to send an engineer to look over the grades and get an estimate of the cost. | Renfrew Mercury 1911-02-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-04-06 | Ottawa Central Station | A most peculiar accident occurred at the Union Depot, Ottawa, last Friday evening, when engine 1259, which was standing at the local chutes out in the yards, suddenly started to back up at great speed, and before anyone could reach it to shut off steam it dashed into the front of the engine on the Gatineau train which was slowly backing into the station. A remarkable part of the whole accident is that no one was near 1259 at the coal chutes, and no one was hurt. | Kemptville Weekly Advance 1911-04-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-05-05 | Chateau Laurier | The order for the china for the Chateau Laurier, the new Grand Trunk Hotel at Ottawa, has been awarded to the Theodore Haviland Co. of Limoges, France. This china is of a very handsome and unique pattern, and will be the best that can be turned out by this well known company, and includes Regular service, Banquet service, Palm Room or Tea Room service and a De Luxe set for use in the Royal Suite. | Eastern Ontario Review 1911-05-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-05-26 | Alexandria | The gang of G.T.R. employees who were engaged in laying the Eastern Pipe and Construction Co.'s siding at Alexandria have completed the same, and now three sidings at the station here will be operated by the one switch. Two carloads of piping consigned respectively to Vaudreuil and Rigaud were shipped out this week by the Eastern Construction Co. of Alexandria, and as four cars of British Columbia fir are expected in a day or so, we may reasonably look for a boom at this factory. | Eastern Ontario Review 1911-05-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-06-01 | Ottawa Central Station | Work on the new Central station has been set back owing to time lost in tearing down two arches at the rear of the edifice. It is understood that the architect objected to these two particular arches because they were too flat and therefore not strong enough to carry the material to be placed above them. A large gang of plasterers are at work within the building and the work is being rushed with all haste. | Ottawa Journal 1911-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-07-07 | Maxville | The little town of Maxville on the Grand Trunk Railway in Glengarry County was almost destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, with the loss in the neighbourhood of $100,000 and less than half that amount of insurance. The chief losses were: Smiley & Robertson, sash and door factory, saw mill and lumber yard, $30,000; J.W. Smiley, residence and granary, $7,000; W.H. Dwyer & Co. Ltd., Ottawa, two granaries, $3,000; R. Woodroffe, residence, $2,000; D. Duparent, residence, $1,500; D. McMillan, stables, $1,500; Grand Trunk Railway Company station platforms, five box cars loaded with pressed hay, rails etc., $20,000; A.J. McEwen, logs, $1,200. Assistance was sent from Ottawa but the fire was under control when it arrived. The fire broke out in Smiley and Robertson's factory about 9 p.m. from some unknown cause, and quickly spread to surrounding buildings. | Eastern Ontario Review 1911-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Chesterville Record 1911-07-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1911-08-03 | Ottawa Central Station | Mayor Hopewell is daily hoping to get a letter from Mr. Hays, of the G.T.R., in reply to one he sent asking what progress is being made at the Central station. The mayor is anxious that provision should be made for plenty of room at the station when the Duke of Connaught arrives. If the station is not finished in time it is likely that some arrangements will be made whereby a temporary platform could be erected in some part of the city where there are Grand Trunk tracks, possibly in the vicinity of Elgin street. | Ottawa Journal 1911-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-08-17 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. M. Donaldson, superintendent of the Ottawa division of the G.T.R., has assured the civic reception committee that the railway authorities will cooperate with the city in the reception to the Duke of Connaught. The new station will probably be formally opened on the day the new governor general arrives; the G.T.R. officials intend to attend to that part of the demonstration at the station, likely held in the large waiting room, which will accommodate 600 or 700 people. | Ottawa Journal 1911-08-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-08-21 | Chateau Laurier | An employee of the Dominion Bridge Company, was pushing a hand car, loaded with structural steel, when his foot slipped and he fell under the car which, passing over his leg, broke it. | Ottawa Journal 1911-08-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-09-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The removal of several of the local departments of the Grand Trunk Railway from the temporary station where they are now housed to the new station will, in all probability, says Mr. Morley Donaldson, superintendent of the Ottawa division of the Grand Trunk, positively take place about next month. About the end of September he will be in a position to say the last word on the matter. Most of the necessary finishings are completed in the new quarters but a few final touches are yet to be done. | Ottawa Journal 1911-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-09-22 | Barrys Bay | Four members of the railway commission took up the complaint of Mr. J.H. Dennison of Barry's Bay that he had not been allowed to board the Grand Trunk train when it stopped and took on other passengers; to get on the train, he said, he was compelled to walk three miles down the track, while others were taken on where he started to walk. Mr. Morley Donaldson for the Grand Trunk explained that the train stopped to take on employees, and there were not facilities for taking on passengers. It was finally decided that the train should stop for Mr. Dennison when flagged once a week, on Wednesdays, and that he could get on with the railway employees on other days. | Eganville Leader 1911-09-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-10-02 | Ottawa Central Station | The large refrigerator to be installed in the restaurant in the new Grand Trunk station arrived on Saturday; the sections alone required a car to themselves, and it will take a staff of men about a month to install it and put the sections together. A large ammonia plant is to be used in running this huge ice-box, which will be divided into three compartments of different temperatures. The kitchen is nearly all ready for operation and the restaurant is expected to open in about a month's time. | Ottawa Journal 1911-10-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-10-06 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | The G.T.R. train from Montreal was about twenty minutes late yesterday as a result of the derailment of a freight train at St. Polycarpe Junction last night. The freight, which was bound for Ottawa, ran into an open switch. No real damage was done, however, to either engine or cars, and it is not yet known how the accident occurred. | Ottawa Citizen 1911-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-10-10 | Ottawa Central Station | Saturday next will see the new G.T.R. station handed over to the regular station staff by the contractors. The flooring of the structure is now all down and only a few finishing touches have yet to be added. The railway commission will move into its new offices in the station inside a few weeks' time, while the G.T.R. office staff itself will be transferred as soon as possible. | Ottawa Citizen 1911-10-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-11-06 | Ottawa Central Station | It is positively assured that the Grand Trunk station will be opened by the middle of November. The different rooms are being furnished and the lighting fixtures are in place. The temporary station will be converted into a baggage room at the latter part of next week. Everything will be of the latest pattern and a new system of baggage checking will be introduced. | Ottawa Journal 1911-11-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-11-23 | Chaudiere | A collision occurred yesterday early, when an electric car in charge of Motorman Fournier crashed into a train that was standing on Booth's crossing near Bridge Street. It appears there were no lights on the train, or anything to indicate that the road was blocked. | Ottawa Journal 1911-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-11-27 | Ottawa Central Station | Central station opening at Xmas. The general appearance of the new Central station is rapidly assuming a different aspect; the marble work is now being treated with an acid for cleaning it. Work in connection with the ticket office is also receiving attention, to be fitted up with red oak woodwork and six wickets for the sale of tickets; as there is no partition specified in the plan, it is likely that the directors of the Grand Trunk and the C.P.R. will have to call a meeting to decide which part of the office each will occupy. The mammoth refrigerator, which has taken six weeks to install, was tested this week with a water test and worked satisfactorily. The train shed is also being rapidly erected, all of steel with a fireproof glass top; the section closest to the annex is nearly completed and will be used as soon as the roof is put on. The contractors are trying to have the station open for Xmas and should succeed. | Ottawa Journal 1911-11-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-12-28 | Ottawa Central Station | For the specific purpose of looking over the Chateau Laurier and the new Central Station, Mr. Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk, H.G. Kelley, vice-president, and a party of other prominent officials of the company arrived today from Montreal by special train. They returned this afternoon to Montreal. | Ottawa Journal 1911-12-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-01-05 | Ottawa Central Station | Two steel workers were injured during construction of the train shed. | Ottawa Journal 1912-01-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-01-17 | Ottawa Central Station | Delay in the opening of the new station; opening certain within the next two months. The delay is due to delay in delivery of materials. | Ottawa Journal 1912-01-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-05-27 | Ottawa East | The Ottawa Gas Company have decided to build an auxiliary plant in Ottawa East. Mr. Thomas Ahearn, president of the company, has bought eight and one half acres of land on Lees Avenue, close to the civic incinerator site, and intends to commence immediately on the erection of the plant. The property is close to the Grand Trunk Railway and a siding will be put into the works, enabling coal to be supplied at minimum expense. | Ottawa Journal 1912-05-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-05-29 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.N.R. is negotiating to use the G.T.R. Central station on the completion of the line from Ottawa to Toronto. | Ottawa Journal 1912-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-06-01 | Ottawa Central Station | A long existing want was filled for Ottawa this morning when the new Central station built by the Grand Trunk Railway Company was opened. There was no official ceremony in connection with the affair, Manager F.W. Bergmann simply opening the doors at the main entrance. The new Central Station, one of the finest of its kind in eastern Canada, was thrown open to the public on Saturday. | Ottawa Citizen 1912-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1912-06-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1912-06-01 | Chateau Laurier | The Chateau Laurier, the magnificent new hostelry erected at a cost of over $1,000,000 by the Grand Trunk Railway, was opened this afternoon. There was no official ceremony; the bust of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the rotunda of the hotel had been unveiled by Manager F.W. Bergmann the day before, with Sir Wilfrid himself present to see it. Every department of the new house was in good running order awaiting the arrival of the first guest. An informal dinner for newspapermen was given by the Grand Trunk in the Chateau that evening, with journalists from all over Canada and the United States present. | Ottawa Citizen 1912-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-06-17 | Morley Donaldson | On the absorption of the Canada Atlantic Railway by the Grand Trunk Railway and its operation as the Ottawa Division, Donaldson was appointed Superintendent, retaining that position until 17 June 1912, when he was appointed Vice President and General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific Coast Steamship Co. at Winnipeg. | CRSW 1918-09 p393(Canadiana.ca - https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0x34mk6...) |
| 1912-07-06 | Ottawa | The special Grand Trunk train which left Ottawa at 8.15 o'clock on Wednesday morning, July 3, carrying 200 members of the American Library Association, arrived in Montreal at 11 o'clock the same morning, making a record run which was very much appreciated by the delegates and their friends, who were warm in their praise of the Grand Trunk service. | Ottawa Journal 1912-07-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-07-16 | Carp | Mr. W. Glennie, Galt, spent last week in this vicinity buying and shipping hay. The Milne and Glennie Co. have a few more cars of hay to be shipped from the station here, which will end the shipment of last year's hay crop. | Ottawa Journal 1912-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-07-16 | Ottawa East | The gas plant is likely to be removed from King Edward avenue to Lees avenue, provided an agreement can be reached with the G.T.R. regarding a siding. | Ottawa Journal 1912-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-08-13 | Alexandria | On Tuesday morning a section man, Mr. Chartrand, was riding on a speeder when he was struck by an express about 9 o'clock. The train was stopped and he was picked up and brought to the station, where he lived for only a few minutes. These double accidents inside of a week cast a gloom over the town. | Eastern Ontario Review 1912-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-08-17 | Alexandria | On Saturday afternoon last about two o'clock little Isaac Theoret, aged fourteen, crawled under a freight car standing on the siding at Alexandria. He wanted to keep out of the rain and did not notice an engine shunting on the track. The car was moved in shunting and the boy was caught under it; his left leg and right arm were both severed. He died Sunday morning. | Eastern Ontario Review 1912-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-10-04 | Algonquin Park | An unusual use is being made of the G.T.R. In co-operation with the Ontario Government, a specially-modified car has been transporting black bass fingerlings to remote lakes in the Highlands of Ontario. Seventy-four thousand have been planted, with five thousand little bass going to Cache Lake. The bass grow quickly and after three years are of a catchable size; anglers report that fishing has improved greatly. | Renfrew Mercury 1912-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-11 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | Renamed "Ottawa" | Lepkey p301 |
| 1912? | Frank Turner | According to his obituary, Frank Turner retired from the Grand Trunk Railway about 1912. | Correspondence with Mark Cullen 2011-12-26(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) |
| 1913 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-2 #619 | Rebuilt | Railroad History #147 |
| 1913-02-03 | Barrys Bay | Craigmont mill destroyed by fire. | Fleming Lee Whiting, Brenda. "The Craigmont Corundum Boom, 1900-13" Canadian Geographic Journal, Vol 90, No 4, April 1975. pp22-29 |
| 1913-03-10 | Casselman | The Ottawa-Montreal train on the Grand Trunk Railway, due at Montreal's Bonaventure Station at 11:15 p.m., was derailed at about nine o'clock Monday night half a mile this side of Casselman, about thirty miles from Ottawa. The train, composed of three passenger coaches and a baggage car, left Ottawa at 8 o'clock and, running on schedule, had got half a mile out of Casselman when, from a cause not yet determined, the engine jumped the rails, pulling the coaches with it; two of the coaches turned over on their side, fortunately without loss of life. The only person injured was Mrs. Donald Campbell of Maxville, who was badly shaken. A relief train was despatched from Ottawa, and the Montreal-bound train returned to Montreal carrying the transferred passengers instead of proceeding, the single track making further progress impossible. | Montreal Gazette 1913-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1913-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1913-03-11 | Chateau Laurier | The white marble bust of Sir Wilfred Laurier, which originally served to embellish the rotunda of the Chateau Laurier, suffered destruction recently at the customs bondhouse because of the refusal of the designer to pay about $240 duty on it. The bust was made in France, but in putting it into position at the Chateau one of the employees fractured the nose; unsuccessful efforts were made to remove all signs of the defect, so it was decided to order a new bust and return the former one to France. When informed the duty still had to be paid, it was decided the bust would remain in the bondhouse, where it lay for several months until the customs officers shattered it into bits. Members of the bondhouse staff rescued some of the pieces for souvenirs, but most of it went to the refuse heap. The new bust is now in position at the Chateau. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-03-14 | Renfrew Depot | The Grand Trunk station is looking a good deal better this week. The company's painters passed by last week, and cleaned up both inside and outside. | Renfrew Mercury 1913-03-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-03-27 | Maxville | Grand Trunk train No. 23, Montreal to Ottawa, was wrecked about a mile east of Maxville station at 11:45 a.m., derailing completely at Christie's Pit between Greenfield and Maxville. Stopping dead in about twenty yards from a speed of about thirty miles an hour, the wrecked train tore up the rails, one of them piercing the second car along its full length; the three passenger coaches, baggage car and tender left the right of way and turned over on their sides, but the engine, though turned almost at right angles, did not leave the track. About a dozen passengers were injured, mostly thrown from their seats by the sudden stoppage, including several senators travelling in the parlor car; remarkably, no one was killed. The cause was supposed to be the washing away of the ballast by recent wet weather. Conductor A.J. Leamy, though badly cut about the head, walked to a farmhouse to phone Maxville for help; doctors from Alexandria and Maxville were sent in special trains, and a relief train under Superintendent Coleman brought the injured to Central Station at 4:05 p.m. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-03-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-05 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | Renamed "Niagara" | Lepkey p301 |
| 1913-05-02 | Ottawa | The building of a spur line by the Grand Trunk Railway to the proposed coal sheds of J.G. Butterworth on Mark street, involving a level crossing on Rochester and Mark streets, will come up at a meeting of the railway commission in Ottawa. The application will be opposed by residents of the locality, but it is thought likely it will carry. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-05-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-05-20 | Chaudiere Branch | The railway commission approved the G.T.R.'s application for authority to construct a branch line and spur from its Chaudiere branch westward across Rochester and Mark streets into Mr. Butterworth's coal chutes, on condition that all trains be flagged. The hearing included allegations by objectors' solicitor Mr. Kelley that Mr. Butterworth had made improper payments to try to get objections withdrawn, which Butterworth denied, saying he had only offered to pay the objectors' expenses if they withdrew opposition. Assistant Commissioner Scott ruled the board was not concerned with what use Butterworth made of his property, and authorized the spur given two tracks already crossed the street and the additional one would only be used for slow movements. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-07-08 | Chaudiere | An engine and three flat cars were damaged in a collision between two Grand Trunk Railway shunting trains on the Chaudiere branch near the Wellington street viaduct, at about the dinner hour. Fortunately no injuries were caused, the trainmen jumping clear. One engine was taking cars loaded with green lumber to the Fraserfield yards of the J.R. Booth firm, while the other was bringing back empties, backing with cars in front; due to some cause not yet ascertained, the two trains collided. As it was not a head-on collision and neither was moving at any considerable speed, the damage was confined to the smashing of three flat cars and the demolition of part of one engine, expected to total no more than $1,000. The track was cleared a couple of hours after the accident. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-07-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-07-24 | Arnprior | The other evening Samuel Spence was the means of saving a boy's life. The boy, the twelve year old son of Mr. John McGonigal, had his thumb caught in a 'D' rail operated in the diamond at the intersection of the GTR and the CPR tracks. A through freight on the GTR was coming along just as Mr. Spence managed to have it stopped, while another boy informed the signalman of McGonigal's predicament and had the switch opened. The thumb was much flattened and a physician had to be summoned. | Chesterville Record 1913-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-09 | Canada Atlantic Coach 5 | Renumbered GTR 2980 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1914 | Eganville | Station burned. Railway cars used until replacement constructed. | Fleming Eganville and District Old Home Week Souvenir. Aug 1-6, 1948 |
| 1914 | Herbert Alonzo Pangborn | After a year at Prince Rupert in the mechanical department of the Grand Trunk Pacific, Pangborn "returned to Ottawa and put in two more years of railroading. He retired in 1914 and took up residence at Rockland." | Ottawa Citizen 1932-05-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1914 | Eganville Depot | The Eganville station's "original building burned down in 1914 after 17 years service." The site "has been owned by a series of four railway companies"; the line, built by J. R. Booth, "was officially opened as the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railroad (OAPSR) in 1897". | Ottawa Journal 1977-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1914-02-21 | South Indian | The Grand Trunk train due at Ottawa at 7:13 on Saturday evening from Montreal jumped the track about four miles east of South Indian, at Pilon Siding, at 6:45, the spreading of a rail said to be the cause. None of the 40 passengers or crew received anything worse than a slight shaking up. The train was making about 40 miles an hour when it left the tracks; engineer J. Kickley of Montreal shut off steam and applied the brakes so quickly and carefully that he prevented the coaches from turning over. All four passenger coaches, the baggage car and the tender left the tracks, the engine alone remaining on; the middle coach was tilted at an angle of about 60 degrees and was quickly propped up to prevent it falling over. Passengers were taken to a nearby farmhouse until the arrival of a special train from Ottawa three hours later. The accident delayed all traffic on the Montreal-Ottawa line for about three hours. | Kemptville Weekly Advance 1914-02-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1914-02-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1914-04 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 21 | Renumbered GTR 944 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1914-05-12 | Saint Polycarpe | The G.T.R. station at St. Polycarpe was destroyed by fire at five o'clock Tuesday morning. The damage is estimated at $4,000. Sparks from a passing engine are believed to have caused the blaze. | Chesterville Record 1914-05-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1914-05-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1914-05-22 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | 12:50 Pembroke-Golden Lake train derailed a few miles outside Golden Lake. Noone hurt. Sunken track the cause. | leader |
| 1914-05-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Parliament confirms the amalgamation of the CA with the GTR in George 4-5, chapter 89. Deed of amalgamation dated 1914-02-09. | Bell p160 |
| 1914-05-29 | Madawaska | Word has been received at the G.T.R. office that unless the wind blows up, the bush fires in the vicinity of Madawaska are not likely to cause any further damage to property. Tents and blankets had been sent up by the militia department, although there was no need for them, as was first reported. The Grand Trunk had in all 16 freight cars burnt, one loaded with hay; a storehouse, wheelhouse and oilhouse were also destroyed by the flames, with a total loss to the railway of $6,500. A large number of men were fighting the fires, which were stated to be under control. | Eganville Leader 1914-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1914-06-13 | Hammond | Fire, said to have been started by sparks from a railway engine, did about $10,000 damage on Saturday morning in the village of Hammond, on the branch line of the Grand Trunk from South Indian to Rockland. The fire started in the Grand Trunk freight shed soon after a train had passed and gained considerable headway before it was noticed by the station agent about 10:30; a strong wind carried it to the station and then through the village, destroying the Grand Trunk station, Joseph Roy's butcher shop and residence, O. Heney's general store, the Orange hall, the Methodist church and W.F. Empey's residence within about two hours. Mr. Roy's loss was about $2,500, partly insured; Mr. Heney's $2,600, also partly insured; Mr. Empey's $1,000; the Orange hall, Methodist church and the Grand Trunk station $1,000 each, with very little insurance on any of the three. The volunteer bucket brigade worked valiantly and saved the remainder of the village, with water drawn from long distances and considerable aid from the boiler of a G.T.R. train which pulled into the village while the fire was raging. | Ottawa Citizen 1914-06-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1914-06-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1914-06-21 | Kinburn | Two men were killed and three others more or less seriously injured when two freight trains collided head-on on the Parry Sound line of the Grand Trunk railway about a mile west of Kinburn, at Smiths Crossing, at 9:30 the previous night, as a result, it is believed, of a misunderstanding of orders. The dead men were the firemen on the engines, H. Jessop, who was firing the eastbound train and boarded at 397 Elgin Street, Ottawa, and E. O'Connor, a native of Arnprior, employed at similar work on the other; both were single. The injured were George Smith of Ottawa, engineer of the westbound train, injured in the right arm and right ankle; W.J. Moylan, brakeman; and E. Carroll, brakeman, left ankle injured. | Eastern Ontario Review 1914-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1914-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1914-08 | Canada Atlantic Comabination Car 4 | Renumbered GTR 950 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1914-08-18 | Ottawa Central Station | A new passenger train service began operating between Toronto and Ottawa over the new lines of the Canadian Northern Railway, daily except Sunday, with trains arriving and departing from the Central Station, Ottawa, located in the heart of the city. New equipment was used throughout, consisting of electric-lighted coaches and cafe parlour cars. The new line provided a service between Toronto, Ottawa, Richmond, Smiths Falls, Brockville, Portland, Chaffeys Locks and stations on the Brockville, Westport and Northwestern Railway, in addition to Napanee, Belleville, Trenton, Brighton, Cobourg, Port Hope and Oshawa. | The Toronto World 1914-08-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1914-10 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 24 | Renumbered GTR 998 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1914-11 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 25 | Renumbered GTR 999 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1914-11 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 26 | Renumbered GTR 954 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1914-11-06 | Alexandria | Another attempt was made to wreck the G.T.R. train at Alexandria by a man named Diotte, who is supposed to be mentally deranged. The young man, about twenty years of age and a life-long resident of Alexandria who had worked that day as a teamster, is supposed to have quit work about five o'clock, put his horses in the stable, and gone and done the work a short distance west of the station. Three ties were placed across the track, two in a V shape and another under the connecting end of the V, a clever arrangement for derailing trains. Had it not been for the discovery of the arrangement by a young Alexandrian returning to town, the fast train from Montreal to Ottawa due in Alexandria at 5:30, a few minutes after the discovery, would probably have hurled many lives into eternity. The young man stood preliminary trial the following Saturday night, pleading guilty, and was taken to Cornwall on Sunday for a medical examination. | Morrisburg Leader 1914-11-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1914-12-09 | Vankleek Hill | The worst railway accident recorded in the vicinity of Vankleek Hill occurred on Wednesday night shortly after six o'clock, when Moses Cameron, his wife, and Mrs. Joseph Dupuis were struck and killed by a G.T.R. train at a private crossing at Steele's Brickyard, about two miles from town, leaving six children under 13 years old without father or mother. The regular evening train from Vankleek Hill to Hawkesbury, running about thirty to thirty-five miles an hour on a downgrade, struck the horse and buggy as they crossed; no one saw the accident and none of the three survived to tell the story. The engineer did not see them until he saw the horse go into the air and felt the jar on his engine. The bodies were found several yards from the crossing; death came almost instantly. The train hurried to Hawkesbury and returned with two doctors, but nothing could be done. The horse was killed and the buggy broken into matchwood. Driver Whitmore and Conductor McDonald, in charge of the train, had seen many years of service and were badly shaken by the accident, their first. | Eastern Ontario Review 1914-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Morrisburg Leader 1914-12-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |