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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888-10-25 | Chaudiere Branch | During the past ten days the Canada Atlantic Railway has carried nearly 1,200 carloads of lumber from their Chaudiere extension to the piling grounds west of Pooley's bridge, a great boon to Chaudiere lumbermen who were cramped for room at their yards. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-10-27 | Chaudiere Branch | The amount of carloads taken daily from the Canada Atlantic is somewhat surprising. Yesterday nearly one hundred carloads were drawn to the piling grounds west of Pooley's bridge. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-10-29 | Chaudiere Branch | The Canada Atlantic Railway carried away about seventy-five carloads of lumber from their Chaudiere extension Saturday last. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-02 | Chaudiere Branch | The C.A.R. extension at the Chaudiere will be finished in two weeks' time, when the filling up will be finished. Some fifty carloads of lumber is the daily average now taken by the C.A.R. from the Flats to the piling grounds. The company have also nearly completed their coal sheds at the Union depot, which when completed will have a capacity of 25,000 tons. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Journal 1888-11-02(The coal shed detail. Transcribed by Colin J. Chur...) |
| 1888-11-02 | Elgin Street | The yard room at the Canada Atlantic railway station has become so limited owing to the rush of business that two extra long sidings are now being put down. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-07 | Chaudiere Branch | In backing some freight cars on the Canada Atlantic extension Monday a G.T.R. car was pushed over the tracks on to Bridge street. While endeavoring to raise it on the rails, the wheels in the rear came off, having become fast in the mud on the other side of the crossing. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-12 | Chaudiere Freight Depot | The Canada Atlantic Railway company have a number of workmen engaged in building a small station house at Crown Acre facing Bridge street. This station will be used only as a freight depot. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-14 | Elgin Street | The C.A.R. have completed the erection of the new coal sheds at the Elgin street depot. As soon as the sidings leading to the sheds are completed they will be ready to receive winter supplies of coal. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-16 | Chaudiere Branch | A neatly painted caboose has at length been constructed at the Chaudiere end of Pooley's bridge for the gateman at the Queen street crossing of the Canada Atlantic extension, with a miniature coal stove and comfortable fittings for the winter months. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-16 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic railway will begin to receive the winter supply of coal in their new sheds by the end of this week. The new sheds are almost complete, with the exception of the sidings, which will be in working operation shortly. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-19 | Chaudiere Branch | The construction caboose of the Canada Atlantic was run in on the new Chaudiere extension yesterday morning and a gang of navvies were immediately set to work laying in a new switch. Some thirty cars were ready for shipment, hence the need for putting the men to work in order to get them off early this morning. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-23 | Chaudiere Branch | The workmen engaged in filling in the C.A.R. extension will finish up their work tomorrow and be withdrawn to other sections of the line. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-23 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. have received several large shipments of coal which they have stored in their new coal sheds. Heretofore all coal shipped to the city on the C.A.R. had to remain in the cars until removed by the dealer who owned it. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-23 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Two new locomotives and a couple that have been in the workshops for repairs will be added to the rolling stock of the C.A.R. next month. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-26 | Chaudiere Branch | The last load of ballast arrived at the Chaudiere extension Saturday afternoon, and a force of carpenters were put to work on the plank walk which completes the extension so far. The C.A.R. have recently erected five buffers to prevent freight cars being shunted over the side walk on Bridge street. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-28 | Elgin Street | The C.A.R. are putting down new siding tracks for the accommodation of cars laden with coal at the Elgin street depot. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-01 | Chaudiere Branch | A number of Canada Atlantic railway cars are at present being laden with grain at the Chaudiere for transport for McKay & Co. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic railway seems to be carrying far more lumber from Ottawa this year than any other road. As many as one hundred cars in a day have been shipped by this line. | Canada Lumberman 1888-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-01 | Chaudiere Branch | The Canada Atlantic Railway and the firms of J.R. Booth and Perley & Pattee have workmen engaged laying tracks in new lumber yards on the line of that road, a little over a mile from the mills -- extended almost into the heart of the lumber district, the station being but a few hundred yards from Booth, Perley & Pattee, Bronson & Weston Lumber Co., and Pierce & Co., as well as Barnes & Co's box shook factory. Lumber can now be taken almost directly from the saw to the yards by rail, more cheaply than by wagon, and seasons quicker on the high, open ground than in the overcrowded vicinity of the mills; but for this extension most of the mills would have been obliged to shut down for want of piling room. | Canada Lumberman 1888-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-03 | Chaudiere Branch | The C.A.R. gatekeeper at Pooley's bridge, Chaudiere, has been given comfortable quarters for the winter, a neat and comfortable cabin having been erected for his use. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-03 | Chaudiere Depot | The Canada Atlantic Junction at the Chaudiere, capable of holding 200 cars, is almost filled; a lively winter is anticipated in shipping, with a large quantity of lumber to be exported and grain and potatoes brought in. Mr. Shaughnessy's present office is shortly to be replaced by a larger one for better accommodation. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-04 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | J.R. Booth's locomotive is being renewed in the Canada Atlantic shop. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-04(Booth's own locomotive, serviced under contract at...) |
| 1888-12-05 | Elgin Street | Shortly after six o'clock this morning one of the men at work on the engine shed at the C.A.R. found it to be on fire and an alarm was sounded from box 134 at the depot. The brigade made quick time, guided by the whistles of all the engines being blown at once, and the heavy streams poured into the flames soon subdued what promised to be a serious fire. The loss was about $250, covered by insurance. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-05(Compare the similar 1888-12-06 boiler-house/roundh...) |
| 1888-12-06 | Elgin Street | A fire broke out in the boiler house of the Canada Atlantic Railway a few minutes after six o'clock. The engineer in charge did a smart piece of work tying down the steam whistle, which by its continuous blowing woke the neighbourhood and brought many employees to the scene; the brigade was quickly in attendance and the flames soon extinguished. The damage is estimated at $200, but might have been $50,000, as very valuable machinery and new locomotives were in the building; the loss is covered by insurance. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-12-06(Compare the similar 1888-12-05 engine-shed fire re...) |
| 1888-12-12 | Elgin Street | The boiler house of the Canada Atlantic railway company which was destroyed by fire a short time ago is now built up again. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-12(Follows up the December fire(s) at the Elgin stree...) |
| 1888-12-20 | Chaudiere Branch | The C.A.R. have purchased sixteen lots of land back of Mount Sherwood along the line of their Chaudiere Extension. The additional property acquired will be utilized for spurs to Messrs. J.R. Booth and Perley and Pattee's new lumber yards. | Ottawa Journal 1888-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-20 | Elgin Street | Proposal to build a Union depot between Elgin and Bank. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-21 | Chaudiere Branch | Flagmen are placed at each of the crossings of the Chaudiere extension of the C.A.R. but with the exception of the one at Queen street west gates, no shelter is provided for them. Some of the men suffered severely from exposure during the blizzard this morning. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-27 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic's application for permission to close a number of Stewarton streets so that a shunting ground may be established there came before Judge Rose, sturdily opposed by a deputation representing the property owners; Marcus Smith said it was in the best interest of the railway company to locate their shunting grounds across the Rideau instead. On Friday December 28 the C.A.R. withdrew its application to close the Stewarton streets. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-12-27('Stewarton' identified by the operator as the Elgi...) |
| 1888-12-29 | Chaudiere Branch | Some of the leading lumbermen are discussing the project of piling their lumber outside the city limits, the C.A.R. Co. having offered to haul it in green state at a special rate per thousand feet. | Ottawa Journal 1888-12-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-3 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #611 | Built by Baldwin as CA 16 C/N 9130 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1889 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #2 Ottawa | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1889 | The Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company | Line opened Lacolle to international boundary - 7.75 miles | CNRHist |
| 1889 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Sir John A. MacDonald promises subsidy of 3200 per mile would be honoured providing local investment comes through. | Bell pp.45-52 |
| 1889 | W.B.McAllister | In 1889 W. B. McAllister, with several shareholders, founded the Pembroke Electric Light Company Ltd.; he established generators along the Muskrat River to produce electricity. | Pembroke Soundscapes https://pembrokesoundscapes.ca/pembroke-electric-light |
| 1889-01-01 | Chaudiere Branch | New Year's morning very early a shunting engine on the C.A.R. between Elgin St. station and Chaudiere Junction ran its tender against a freight car, smashing the tender very badly. It being a dark night the engineer didn't take notice of the car until he struck it. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-01-11 | Chaudiere Branch | The pending arbitration between the Canada Atlantic Railway and the Chaudiere lumber firms will be held again tonight when the evidence on behalf of the railway company will likely be concluded. The arbitration is over the right of way of the Chaudiere Extension. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-01-11 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The committee appointed by the Council to look into the alleged grievances of some residents of the southern part of the city owing to the shunting of cars and the occasional stoppage to traffic by the Canada Atlantic Railway Company met, and the company sent the committee a reply to the complaints made, stating that they have no other place to do their shunting, and as to the danger at the crossings, they have had for years diligent and faithful watchmen employed. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-01-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-01-12≥ | Chaudiere | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company shipped last week from the Chaudiere 245 car loads of lumber to Montreal and New England points. These are large shipments for this time of year. | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-01-19≥ | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Before His Honour, Judge Ross, Patrick Hurley, county constable, was yesterday sworn in as city policeman and will do duty at the Elgin street station and on the line of the Canada Atlantic Railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-01-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-01-21 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic company are now having built by the Rathbun Lumber company of Deseronto two hundred twenty ton platform cars, thirty four feet in length, which will be needed in the Chaudiere lumber business, and fifty of that number are now at Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-21(A follow-up report (Ottawa Free Press, 1889-02-04)...) |
| 1889-01-21 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mr. J.E. Chamberlain, General Manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway, said: 'To aid us in the large lumber carrying business we expect to receive, we have just completed the construction of 1,000 feet of new dock at La Colle for the shipment of Canadian lumber via C.A.R. and boat lines to Whiteball.' He said the company could carry the lumber twenty-five to fifty cents per thousand feet cheaper than by boat from Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-21(Chamberlain spoke to the Journal reporter 'last ev...) |
| 1889-01-21 | Elgin Street Coal Sheds | The coal sheds at the Elgin Street station of the C.A.R. are now completed, and are a source of much advantage to the local dealers, who experienced little or no trouble in clearing car loads. They are constructed after the style of the extension sheds at Lackawanna, Pa. Rumor has it that the C.P.R. will build sheds of the same model at their yards in the west part of the city next spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1889-01-21≤ | Chaudiere Branch | C.A.R. Enterprise. The Canada Atlantic Railway have proposed an extension for the Chaudiere lumbermen which, if consummated, will be of the greatest benefit to the city, opening up the valuable water lots at the Chaudiere which are now used by lumbermen as piling grounds. Mr. J.E. Chamberlain, General Manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway, said the railway company have made a proposition to all the lumber firms on the Ontario side of the Ottawa river and the Chaudiere to extend their tracks into every sawmill at the Chaudiere and take the green lumber as it comes from the saws, load it on platform cars and convey it to new piling grounds out back of Rochesterville for 15 cents per thousand feet. Some of the firms have agreed to the proposal, and before the end of next summer, Chamberlain said, 'you will see the Canada Atlantic cars into every mill at the Chaudiere.' | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-21(Chamberlain spoke to the Journal reporter 'last ev...) |
| 1889-01-21≤ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Mr. J.E. Chamberlain, General Manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway, said: 'We will receive from Philadelphia in a few days a new locomotive, one of the most powerful constructed, which will be used to haul the green lumber from the lumber mills at the Chaudiere to the new yards. The new locomotive will burn anthracite coal so as to prevent danger from fire. It will cost about $11,000.' | |
| 1889-01-23 | John Rudolphus Booth | Mr. J.R. Booth, Chaudiere lumberman, has purchased for a piling ground about twenty acres of land extending from the line of the C.A.R. Chaudiere extension, north of Concession St., along the south side of Messrs. Perley and Pattee's new lumber yard to St. Louis dam. Mr. Booth's lumber grounds in Rochesterville cover about forty acres. | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-23(A report the next day (Ottawa Free Press, 1889-01-...),Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-24(Says Booth 'recently purchased about twelve acres ...) |
| 1889-01-23≤ | Chaudiere Branch | The C.A.R. will commence next week a spur into Mr. Booth's new piling ground north of Concession St. with side tracks. A report the next day says 'a branch of the Canada Atlantic will be extended into the new district, work on which will commence next week.' | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-01-24 | Rideau Junction | The old George Hurdman farm, east of the Rideau river, along the line of the C.A.R., has been purchased by the Shepherd & Morse Lumber Company, who will forthwith use it as a piling ground; well seasoned lumber will be shipped direct to Boston, Burlington and other American cities. The above firm formerly had their yards in Hull. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Canada Lumberman 1889-03-01(Repeats the same purchase with more detail: a cont...) |
| 1889-01-24≤ | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company will apply to the local legislature for an act to amend its charter and for the extension of its line to Renfrew, or to some other point on the C.P.R. | Mercury 1889-01-24(Almonte Gazette per Churcher's header, but the exi...) |
| 1889-02 | Canada Atlantic Transfer | In February 1889 "the Ottawa C.A.R. passenger train, with the addition of two freight cars, was loaded on to the train-boat for the trip across the river" from Coteau to Clark's Island in a blinding snowstorm; the boat "went about 100 feet out of its regular channel and ran on to a sandbar at the head of a little island" and stayed there for a week. Two tugs failed to free it; the passengers were taken back to Coteau Landing, the flour in the two freight cars was unloaded, and the two empty box cars were rolled into the river before the boat floated. Phil Roy was the engineer of the train. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-02-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway Company | Meeting of charter members of the Ottawa and Arnprior Railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-02-14(Churcher's masthead calls it the 'Ottawa and Arnpr...) |
| 1889-02-20≤ | The Central Counties Railway Company | A bill recently introduced by Mr. Edwards, respecting the Prescott County Railway, changes the name to 'Central Counties Railway Company,' and makes an addition to the present Act of incorporation, so as to empower the company to extend their line from some point in Stormont or Russell on the Canada Atlantic Railway, to the village of Rockland, with a branch to Ottawa City; and another extension to the town of Buckingham, and up the Lievre river and to Gilmour's mills on the Gatineau River. It is proposed to cross the river at Rockland either by means of steam ferry or a bridge. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-02-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-03-04 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-0 #2 | Newly arrived at Elgin Street station | Ottawa Free Press. Thanks to Colin Churcher |
| 1889-03-04 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-0 #2 | A new monster yard locomotive, known as No. 2, which was built in the United States, arrived at the Elgin Street station for the C.A.R. It is of heavy draught power. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-03-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-03-11≤ | Hawkesbury Branch | The Canada Atlantic Railway has decided to extend their line from Glen Robertson station in a north easterly direction to Hawkesbury on the Ottawa River. Work, so a director says, will be begun in the spring. The branch line traverses a rich section of Glengarry and Prescott counties in all a distance of twenty miles for which a charter was granted last session. It is pretty well known that the project was undertaken as a result of the agitation in favour of the road from Vaudreuil to Ottawa; the promoters of that enterprise, although encouraged by the various municipalities along the route, received assurances from lumbermen interested in the Canada Atlantic that they could not hope for a share of the Ottawa lumber traffic. | Ottawa Journal 1889-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1889-03-12(Says the Canada Atlantic Railway 'contemplate the ...),Ottawa Citizen 1889-03-13(Says 'The Canada Atlantic Railway company talk of ...) |
| 1889-03-11≤ | Rockland Branch | The Canada Atlantic also has under consideration a scheme to build a branch line from Rockland on the Ottawa River to their main line above Casselman. A report the next day says they 'may also construct a line from Rockland to Casselman, during the summer, to catch the lumber trade from that point.' | Ottawa Journal 1889-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1889-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Canada Lumberman 1889-04-01(Repeats, nearly verbatim, that 'The Canada Atlanti...) |
| 1889-03-16≤ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Two more locomotives will be placed on the Canada Atlantic in the spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-03-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-03-29 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Another new freight locomotive has arrived on the line of the Canada Atlantic. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-04-06≥ | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The new railway station indicator invented by Mr. J.P. O'Brien was tested yesterday on the Canada Atlantic Railway between Ottawa and Montreal and found perfectly satisfactory. The indicator will be on all passenger trains in future. The Intercolonial will be the next to use the indicator. | Ottawa Journal 1889-04-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-04-16 | The Central Counties Railway Company | Name changed to Central Counties Railway Co. by Canada Act 52 V Chap 80 | CNRHist |
| 1889-04-23≥ | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway company received from Detroit, Michigan, yesterday, batteries with which to run the electric light in their cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-04-30≥ | Rideau Junction | Hurdman's siding near the diamond crossing was completed last night and will be used by the Shepherd & Morse lumber company. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-04-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-05 | Canada Atlantic Box 9000-9099 | Last listed in ORER | ORER 1889-05, ORER 1889-06 |
| 1889-05-01 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Three double engines for shunting have been added to the rolling stock of the C.A.R. Two will be engaged in the Elgin Street yard, and one will draw lumber at nights from the Chaudiere to the sidings at Hurdman's Cut. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-05-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A new piling ground is to be laid out by Chaudiere lumber firms adjacent to the C.A.R. at Bank street and will comprise 50 acres. A track is now being laid on the reserve. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-05-01≤ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A new hard coal burner locomotive is being turned out for the C.A.R. by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pa. It will be used for drawing lumber and will have a capacity of hauling 41 loaded cars. This engine will not throw sparks. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-05-01≥ | Canada Atlantic 8 | Engines No. 8 (freight) and No. 14 (passenger), which were damaged by a recent accidental smash up on the C.A.R. at Buffalo, have been turned out from the repairing shops ready for traffic. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-05-17 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The C.A.R. have a large gang of men and a construction train engaged in grading up the approaches to their level crossings on Bridge, Lett and Lloyd Streets. When they have done this work the city engineer will bring before the Board of Works the question of grading them so as to avoid the steep ascent to Wellington Street. | Ottawa Journal 1889-05-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-05-23 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The new offices for the general officials of the Canada Atlantic Railway, immediately over Durie's stationery store, on Sparks street, are now ready for occupation. Part of the officials have already moved in. The city ticket office will still be run by Mr. S. Ebbs, in its present location in the Russell House block. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-05-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-05-27≤ | Vars | Vars: in consideration of the increasing business at the station, the Canada Atlantic Railway Company will put in a new siding connecting with the different mills. | Ottawa Journal 1889-05-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-06-01 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A couple of new locomotives of heavy build, for draught purposes, have arrived for the Canada Atlantic railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-06-22 | Vars | A 'flying gang' of the Canada Atlantic are now putting in new ties in this section. The want of a suitable station yard is much felt. | Ottawa Journal 1889-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-07-13≤ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Two new locomotives are being turned out for the Canada Atlantic railway and are daily expected at the Elgin street depot. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-07-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-07-23 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic employees excursion to Clarke's Island, which left the city at 7 o'clock, was the largest that ever left Ottawa for that place. Over one thousand people attended, and sixteen cars were required for their accommodation. The C.A.R. employees special for Clarke's Island left Elgin Street at 6.45 a.m., while a special started from Chaudiere about 25 minutes earlier, stopping at Rochesterville, Bank Street etc. so as to accommodate people from that vicinity and Hull. A report the next day describes it as the 'Third annual employees picnic to Clark's Island.' | Ottawa Journal 1889-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1889-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1889-07-24(Confirms it as the company's 'third annual employe...) |
| 1889-07-24 | Rideau Junction | A large gang of men are employed laying tracks in the Shepherd & Morse lumber yard on the Hurdman property in Gloucester. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-07-25 | Elgin Street | A new timetable advertisement, effective this day, shows two trains a day to Montreal and one to Rouses Point. All trains leave from Elgin Street, with no mention of Richmond Road. | Ottawa Journal 1889-07-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-07-29 | Elgin Street | The steamer Minnie Bell passed through the locks for Booth's lumber yard at the Canada Atlantic station, having in tow eighteen car loads of inch lumber. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-08-12 | Elgin Street | Messrs. O'Reilly and Heney, coal merchants, have had a large new coal shed built near the C.A.R. station. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1889-08-14≤ | Elgin Street | Special train tomorrow on C.A. railway for Clark Island leaves Richmond Road at 7.05 and Elgin street station at 7.15. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-08-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-08-22≥ | Ottawa | A serious accident occurred on the Canada Atlantic Railway near Concession street about 3.30 in the afternoon: a yard engine with fifteen cars was coming from the Chaudiere when the eleven-year-old son of conductor D. O'Leary attempted to jump on the car next the engine, was prevented by the yard master, but managed to catch the sixth car, missed his hold springing to the seventh, and fell under the wheel. Reports differ on the injury: the Ottawa Journal (Aug. 22) and the Almonte Gazette (Aug. 30) say 'both his legs' were cut off, while the Ottawa Citizen (Aug. 23) says he had 'one leg cut off at the thigh'. He died that evening at his father's home on Bell street. | Ottawa Journal 1889-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1889-08-23(Headlined 'LEG AMPUTATED BY A TRAIN'; names the bo...),Ottawa Journal 1889-08-23(Confirms the boy died the evening of Aug. 22. Tran...),Almonte Gazette 1889-08-30(Names the boy as John O'Leary and his father as co...) |
| 1889-08-27 | John Rudolphus Booth | Mr. J.R. Booth purchased some 15 acres of land for a piling ground near the St. Louis Dam. He said: 'I begin from below here, extend from the Carling Lake to the Concession line... I have made provision here for ground sufficient to pile all my cut... before the end of the season, I shall have some ten million feet piled here.' By this means he relieves the Chaudiere and lessens the fire risk there, saying he will 'pile there no more'; that ground will be turned into building lots. He also said: 'I intend to build a fire station down here at the end of the lake, and put in a steamer for the protection of this lumber.' A follow-up report (Sept. 5) says it is understood that lumber previously piled in his old Chaudiere-area yard will in future be brought by rail to his new yard near the dam. | Ottawa Journal 1889-08-27(Booth spoke to the Journal reporter on the precedi...),Ottawa Citizen 1889-08-28(Says the two branches into the new grounds will be...),Ottawa Free Press 1889-09-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-08-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A new railway construction for Mr. Booth's piling ground commences at the crossing of Rochester Street from the main line of the C.A.R. Here a branch line strikes off towards the dam; this line afterwards divides, and there are already some 2,200 feet of steel rails laid, consisting of two branches of 600 feet each and one of 1,000 feet. | Ottawa Journal 1889-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1889-08-28(Says 'There will be two branches, one 600 and the ...) |
| 1889-09-07 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Two new locomotives have arrived for use on the Canada Atlantic Railway and will be engaged hauling freight. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-09-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-09-21≥ | Chaudiere | The shipping of lumber from the Chaudiere Junction of the Canada Atlantic Railway is lively at present. During the past week close on to 5,000,000 feet were shipped. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-09-23 | Canada Atlantic 7 | Locomotive No. 7 has been placed permanently for Sunday shunting in the Canada Atlantic Railway yards. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1889-10-15 | Vars | After many changes the Canada Atlantic Railway company have appointed a permanent agent here in the person of Mr. T. Asselin. If they would now put in the long promised siding and level the station yard the public would be greatly benefited. | Ottawa Journal 1889-10-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-10-28≥ | Eastern Subdivision | An accident recently occurring between Glen Robertson and St. Justine, about 65 miles from Ottawa, showed that it was due not to any carelessness on the part of employees or defect in the road, but rather was caused by the deliberate act of some evil-disposed person: a large freight train ran off the track through an open switch, and several cars and their contents were made a total wreck, though the engineer, fireman and other employees narrowly escaped with their lives. The company engaged Detective Gross of Montreal, who arrested, near Casselman, a former employee of the road named James Beauchamp, on whom suspicion had fallen by reason of threats he is said to have made to be revenged for his dismissal from the road. Detective Gross brought his prisoner to Ottawa on Saturday evening and he was lodged in the police station. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-10-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-10-29 | Elgin Street | The city hackmen are said to have a grievance: there is too much light at the C.A.R. station, so that when passengers leave the train they fancy they are right in the city and, instead of taking a conveyance, walk to their destination. The hackmen do not therefore join in the cry of 'Light, more light.' | Ottawa Free Press 1889-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-11-16 | Vars | Vars, November 16 — a large gang of men are at work grading for the new siding here. Mr. A. Snyder is in charge of the work. | Ottawa Journal 1889-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-11-18 | South Indian | South Indian: Mr. Donovan, the genial station agent, has moved his family from Casselman and is now settled here for the winter. | Ottawa Journal 1889-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-11-23 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The Canada Atlantic have further replenished their rolling stock by the addition of a heavy draught locomotive. Two engines are at present under repairs in the shop. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-11-30≤ | Ottawa Central Station | The Canada Atlantic Railway gave notice of its intention to apply to the Railway Committee of the Privy Council to sanction the building of a branch line and the expropriation of the necessary lands through part of the township of Nepean, proposing to start from the main line near Archville and run north to the canal basin — a line along the east shore of the canal as far as the canal basin, with Maria Street passed by a subway. The object was understood to be the erection of a great central passenger depot; particulars of the scheme had already been published in the Journal the previous year. The Journal noted the company might have to give up their present line altogether west of Elgin Street and build a branch along the south shore of the Rideau River into the Chaudiere, where the St. L. & O. branch of the C.P.R. does. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-12-02(Says 'The Canada Atlantic Railway Company will ask...),Ottawa Journal 1889-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-12-05 | Robert Hutcheson | Robert Hutcheson, night yardman at the Canada Atlantic yard, met his death suddenly at 10 o'clock in the morning while shunting cars: he was walking between the stake and the moving car, seemingly unconscious of the danger, and before he could get away he had been caught between the stake and the car and instantly killed, the stake pressing against his breast over his heart; death was instantaneous. He was 27 years of age and unmarried, and lived with his mother, whom he supported, at the Chaudiere. | Almonte Gazette 1889-12-13(The Almonte Gazette quotes 'The Ottawa Journal of ...) |
| 1889-12-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The application for power to traverse the east bank of the Deep Cut and erect a central depot near the canal basin, of which the C.A.R. gave notice in the Canada Gazette, was not likely to be allowed to pass the railway committee of the Privy Council without opposition. Mr. Charlebois of the Vaudreuil and Ottawa Railway said the application 'will almost certainly be opposed by our line, on the ground that it interferes with our charter'. Ald. Askwith said 'The C.A.R. asks to come from Hurdman's bridge, down the east side of the canal basin', with the Gatineau Valley road, the C.P. Ry. and the Vaudreuil and Ottawa expected to join in and eventually make it 'a central depot'. Among the business men in the neighbourhood of the proposed depot the C.A. Ry.'s proposition found great favour. | Ottawa Journal 1889-12-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-12-12 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Some new and heavy locomotives for draught purposes, which were put on the Canada Atlantic line lately, have been tested and found eminently satisfactory. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-12-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-2 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-0 #2 | Built by Baldwin as CA 2 C/N 9810 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1889-2 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0s #681-683 | Built by Rhode Island as CA 31-33 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1889-2 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #681 | Built by Rhode Is. as CA 31 C/N 2199 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1889-2 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #682 | Built by Rhode Is. as CA 32 C/N 2200 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1889-2 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #683 | Built by Rhode Is. as CA 33 C/N 2201 | Railroad History #147 |