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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189? | Scotia Junction | Northern and Pacific Junction Railway changes alignment from Burk's Falls to Scotia Junction. | Bell p157 |
| 1890 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #710 | Built by Rhode Island | O-SHO-ME plan 106 |
| 1890 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Acquired locomotive #1 from the CPR. | Railroad History Bulletin #147 |
| 1890-01-08 | Elgin Street | A special committee met to consider the petition of Stewarton residents complaining of a nuisance caused by continuous shunting on the Canada Atlantic Railway. General Manager Chamberlain showed the committee plans for a proposed entry to the city on the east side of the canal, submitted to the Government for approval, which would remove the necessity for shunting at Stewarton: the line would run along the east bank of the canal to the spot occupied by Dey's Rink, with no level crossing inside city limits, a retaining wall and continuous wharf, and trains passing under Theodore Street and over the diverted roadway at the Deep Cut. Two tracks would be built at first from Archville to the basin. Should other companies entering the city wish to join, the Canada Atlantic would help create a central station at Rideau Street near Sappers Bridge. Mr. Marcus Smith, for the petitioners, said the lumber trains had stopped for the winter and the nuisance was much reduced, but feared its return in summer, and wanted further assurance before withdrawing the petition. | Ottawa Citizen 1890-01-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1890-01-08(Also reports a 'CENTRAL UNION STATION' idea near S...) |
| 1890-01-27 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. J.R. Booth, ex-president of the Canada Atlantic Railway, said of the company's plan to enter Ottawa via the canal bank and build a union station: 'The Canada Atlantic has had the scheme in view for over two years and the Union station and new entrance would today have been an accomplished fact had it not been for several other undertakings...I refer to the branch line at the Chaudiere and to the Coteau bridge. This last great work is just finished and we are prepared to go on with the canal branch...If all goes well we will commence the new line and the union stations the first thing in the spring.' He said the object was to give convenience to the travelling public and avoid the Archville street crossings, and that the scheme was part of a larger plan for a bridge across the Ottawa bringing the Pontiac and Pacific and Gatineau Valley railways into the same union depot. On a bonus: 'The Canada Atlantic was built by local enterprise, and by Ottawa citizens, and never had any bonus, although the council voted it...if any bonus is going I think the Canada Atlantic...should get it.' | Ottawa Journal 1890-01-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-01-27≥ | Saint Polycarpe | One of the most distressing accidents recorded in the long list of casualties to railway employees was that at St. Polycarpe on Saturday last, by which brakeman Larue of the Canada Atlantic Railway lost his life. An engine and car were making a flying shunt, and while attending the switch the unfortunate man was caught by the passing car and thrown beneath the wheels, his body so shockingly mangled as to be scarcely recognizable. St. Polycarpe is the point at which the Canadian Pacific short line crosses the track of the Canada Atlantic. Larue was a resident of Coteau village. | Ottawa Citizen 1890-01-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1890-01-27(Also reported the same date, per the Citizen's own...) |
| 1890-01-28≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Addressing the legislative committee of the City Council, the City Solicitor said the Canada Atlantic Railway were applying for the power to come along the bank of the canal; they had to apply because they were going over Government property, and would be the first the committee would have to deal with, as their application came up on Thursday. The Vaudreuil Railway Company and other companies were also applying for entrance into the city, and it was agreed the Mayor would ask the Government not to grant any company a monopoly. | Ottawa Citizen 1890-01-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-02-01 | The Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company | Bridge over the St. Lawrence opened. | CNRHist |
| 1890-02-06 | Chaudiere | Messrs. Brewder & McNaught, contractors for the laying of the new steel pipe, got through the troublesome work of fixing the pipe in the aqueduct under the Canada Atlantic bridge today. After construction of the first pier they will put on another gang of men at work. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-02-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-02-07 | St Lawrence River and Soulanges Canal Bridges | The statement that the new Canada Atlantic Railway steel bridge over the St. Lawrence at Coteau Landing will be used for the passage of freight trains on Monday next is premature, but it is hoped that by the end of next week such trains will be able to cross. | Ottawa Journal 1890-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-02-24 | St Lawrence River and Soulanges Canal Bridges | A new Canada Atlantic timetable advertisement showed trains running over the Coteau bridge, with the new service having started on February 24. | Ottawa Journal 1890-02-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-03-07≤ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Chronicle says it is in a position to announce that the early construction of the Ottawa, Arnprior, Renfrew & Parry Sound Railway is now an assured fact. The Board of Directors have made arrangements for the location of the line, and a party of surveyors will commence work at once. | Almonte Gazette 1890-03-07(Churcher's masthead names the company 'Ottawa, Arn...) |
| 1890-03-15 | Middle Subdivision | A number of surveyors are now engaged in locating the line of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. It is said that the portion between Ottawa and Arnprior will be let to a well known contractor, and work will commence about May 1st. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-03-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-03-15 | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | The work of surveying the new line of railway from Ottawa to Parry Sound was commenced by Mr. G.A. Mountain, chief engineer of the C.A.R., on Thursday last, with assistants Messrs. J.A. Simpson and A.H.N. Bruce. This line will connect with the C.A.R. at Ottawa and is to be known as the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway. Mr. J.R. Booth, one of the prominent directors of the new line, said: 'At present we are surveying our end of the road. Forty miles at the...Sound end of the line is contracted for and is being constructed. This portion connects with the Northern Pacific Junction at Eganville, as will also our line...Construction will be begun early in the spring.' | Ottawa Journal 1890-03-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-03-24 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Three new engines, manufactured by the Rhode Island Locomotive works, of Providence, R.I., have been placed on the road of the Canada Atlantic Railway company. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-04-04 | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | The surveyors of the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway have been making good progress. The route so far has been surveyed up through the valley of the Bonnecheree to Killaloe, then across to the Opeongo and into the Madawaska valley as far as Booth's depot, and it presents no serious obstacles. They are expected to reach the western terminus this week. The distance between Renfrew and Parry Sound is 180 miles. | Almonte Gazette 1890-04-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-04-11 | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | The line is surveyed for nearly the whole distance and Mr. Mountain, C.E., and his staff are now engaged in surveying and locating the Parry Sound end. The line will form part of the western system of the C.A.R. | Ottawa Journal 1890-04-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-04-16 | Chaudiere | The Chaudiere yards of the C.A.R. are rapidly growing busier, and the prospects show that a brisk season's trade will be done. For some time past there has been a great dearth of cars, but now the car famine has terminated and over one hundred cars a day are being loaded and despatched. | Ottawa Journal 1890-04-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Canada Lumberman 1890-05-01(Repeats: 'Now that the car famine has terminated, ...) |
| 1890-04-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The company to build the Ottawa, Renfrew & Parry Sound Railway has been organized and stock books opened. Two charters have been granted — one from Renfrew to Parry Sound, by the Dominion Government; the other from Renfrew to Ottawa, is a local charter granted by the Ontario government. The company organized is under the Dominion charter. | Almonte Gazette 1890-04-18(Churcher's masthead names the company 'Ottawa, Ren...) |
| 1890-04-23≤ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A new draught locomotive, of the mogul pattern, has arrived for use on the Canada Atlantic railway, and will be put on the freight traffic. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-05-08≥ | St Lawrence River and Soulanges Canal Bridges | The Coteau bridge was formally tested yesterday. A special train left the C.A.R. station having on board ex-president J.R. Booth, General Manager Chamberlain, Mr. Donaldson (superintendent of the road), Mr. Mountain (the company's engineer) and government engineers Mr. Thomas Ridout and Mr. Marcus Smith. Two mogul engines each weighing 140,000 lbs and three flat cars each weighing 75,000 lbs were used, with a maximum deflection of 3/4 inch. There was to be no formal opening: the trains had been running over regularly since the bridge was finished, and the company seemed inclined to let things run on smoothly without needless formalities. | Ottawa Journal 1890-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-05-09≤ | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | A further step has been taken in connection with the Ottawa and Parry Sound R.R.: a part of the right of way has been purchased and some grading done. | Almonte Gazette 1890-05-09(Quoting the Renfrew Journal. Transcribed by Colin ...) |
| 1890-05-12≥ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Three new heavy locomotives arrived from the United States last week for the Canada Atlantic Railway and were sent to the shops to be got ready to go on the road for freighting purposes. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-05-19 | Ottawa Central Station | The application of the Canada Atlantic Railway for power to build a branch line from the main line to the Central Basin was heard before the Railway Committee of the Privy Council, with the Pontiac Pacific Junction, Canada Atlantic and City of Ottawa as interested parties. It was explained that the line would require not one level crossing, that the Vaudreuil and Ottawa Railway had filed plans for a branch over the same route and for a crossing over the Ottawa at the same point, but that there was room enough on the canal reserve for the tracks of both railways. It was suggested it might be in the interests of the companies to have a union station, but this would be a matter of agreement; the City position was that no one company should be given a monopoly. A continuation of the hearing on May 28 heard Mr. Chrysler for the C.A.R. explain the proposed branch would be a little over a mile in length, applying under section 121 of the Railway Act to expropriate private land up to government land near Maria and Nicholas streets; the Vaudreuil and Prescott road's plans would cross the Rideau at nearly the same point, but there appeared to be nothing in their application that would interfere with the C.A.R.'s, there being room for both lines. The city solicitor, Mr. McTavish, said the council opposed exclusive privileges to any company and wanted a central union passenger depot; he had received a telegram from the Montreal and Ottawa railway company asking him to oppose the C.A.R.'s application, and submitted that the C.A.R. had exhausted their charter, having built their line to Ottawa, and could not continue without a new one. The application was taken under consideration by the committee. | Ottawa Citizen 1890-05-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1890-05-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-05-21 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway is having new sleepers put down on the line from the Elgin street station outwards for several miles. The sleepers are being conveyed here from Rockland. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-05-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-06 | Canada Atlantic Box 1100-1199 | Last listed in ORER | ORER 1890-06, ORER 1890-07 |
| 1890-06 | Canada Atlantic Box 11100-11199 | Last listed in ORER | ORER 1890-06, ORER 1890-07 |
| 1890-06 | Canada Atlantic Box 700-799 | Last listed in ORER | ORER 1890-06, ORER 1890-07 |
| 1890-06 | Canada Atlantic Box 7900-7999 | Last listed in ORER | ORER 1890-06, ORER 1890-07 |
| 1890-06 | Canada Atlantic Box 900-999 | Last listed in ORER | ORER 1890-06, ORER 1890-07 |
| 1890-06-06 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A couple of new locomotives were placed on the Canada Atlantic railway line this week, having arrived from the Rhode Island Locomotive Works. They are intended for draught and passenger work combined. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-06-06 | Middle Subdivision | The surveyors are going on steadily with their work on the route of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. By Tuesday, they had reached Moore's Corners, near Douglas, and had it not been for a creek there, they would have had an almost perfectly straight line between Renfrew and Douglas. They took a second survey back some distance on Tuesday, and will probably take another, locating the line about midway between the first two surveys. | Mercury 1890-06-06(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header. Transcribed...) |
| 1890-06-23 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A new locomotive for drawing heavy trains of freight was added to the rolling stock of the Canada Atlantic on Saturday. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-06-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The C.A.R. had intended to erect new workshops at Clark's Island this summer. Their decision to build a branch line at Ottawa from the station down to the canal basin interfered with this arrangement, and the shops on Clark's Island have been re-arranged and temporarily fixed up pending the time when the construction can be commenced. A report three days later says the company is instead constructing four new sidings on the side of the canal near Ottawa East, to relieve the Elgin Street freight yard and lessen shunting, providing about as much accommodation as the present yard; owing to this work the old workshops (rather than new ones at Clarke's Island) have been remodeled to suit present emergencies. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-06-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1890-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-07-05≥ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A new locomotive arrived at the Canada Atlantic railway shops yesterday, having been built across the line [in the United States]. It will be used in the passenger service. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-07-26 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Twenty-one car loads filled with employees of the Canada Atlantic railway, their families and friends, left the Elgin street depot at 7 o'clock bound for Clark's Island and Valleyfield, for the annual picnic of the C.A.R. staff, with a long list of games and handsome prizes. Mr. Donaldson, mechanical superintendent, accompanied the party, which returned to the city at nine o'clock that evening; nearly two thousand persons in all went down. The locomotive was beautifully decorated with streamers, flags and flowers; the 43rd battalion band played, and a buffet car dispensed refreshments; a second engine was needed to help surmount some of the grades given the heavy load. The homeward trip, aided by a couple more locomotives, reached the city between nine and ten o'clock. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1890-07-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1890-07-28(Says the train consisted of twenty-one cars, and 1...) |
| 1890-08-06 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A new locomotive arrived yesterday for use on the Canada Atlantic railway. It will be used in the passenger service, and is designed especially for speed. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-08-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-08-22 | John Rudolphus Booth | Mr. J.R. Booth has built out into Carling Lake for some hundreds of yards in order to reach deep water, so as to be able to ship his lumber thence by water. He has filled in the space to the bank and made ground for two or three tracks. | Ottawa Journal 1890-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-08-30≥ | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic railway put in a large platform scale at their depot, an automatic register — the first of its kind used in the Dominion. The weight of each car is ascertained and registered as the train passes over the scale platform without the cars being uncoupled, saving an immense amount of time. The apparatus, invented by a Chicago merchant, will be put into regular operation once sanctioned by the government. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1890-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-09-26 | Middle Subdivision | Messrs. George A. Martin, C.E., and Arthur H.N. Bruce, C.E. have commenced the preliminary survey of that part of the Canada Atlantic extension (the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway) lying between Ottawa and Arnprior. The point on the existing line of the C.A.R. from which the extension will be made, for Britannia, has not yet been selected, but upon reaching the village by the lake a bee line will be made for Arnprior. The sections already located are those between Parry Sound and Elmsdale, and between Renfrew and Barrie's Bay, leaving about 100 miles to complete the survey of the entire line once the Arnprior location is made. | Mercury 1890-09-26(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header. Transcribed...),Almonte Gazette 1890-10-03(Says the survey of that part of the Ottawa, Arnpri...) |
| 1890-10-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | As was expected when the new and splendid bridge across the St. Lawrence was constructed, the Canada Atlantic Railway is floating first mortgage bonds on the road: it has issued $3,450,000 of first mortgage 5 per cent twenty-year bonds with interest payable on Jan. 5 and July 5. The net earnings of the Canada Atlantic Railway for the six months ending June 30, 1890, are $121,810, an increase of $14,370 over the earnings of 1889 and $35,560 in excess of 5 per cent interest on the proposed issue. | New York Times 1890-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-10-10 | Middle Subdivision | The engineers of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway went over the country lying between Arnprior and Ottawa, for the purpose of making a preliminary survey, coming up from Graham's Bay via the Torbolton route and returning by way of Kinburn and the Carp. They are now making, by order of the shareholders, a more detailed instrumental survey of both routes, and at an adjourned meeting it will be definitely decided which of the two routes is adopted. | Mercury 1890-10-10(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header. Transcribed...) |
| 1890-10-11 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A special committee re-considered the Bank Street crossing shunting complaint. Mr. Marcus Smith, for the petitioners, said the company had promised to do certain things but had not done much to abate the nuisance; the complaint was against the making up of lumber trains, which shunted backwards and forwards over the line, impeding traffic and posing a danger. He said there were only six or seven tracks in the yard, where some thirty or forty were required, and that the government had no objection to the proposed central depot at the Canal Basin, but a hitch had occurred between the companies. Mr. Chamberlain, returning to the city, said Mr. Smith had misunderstood him: about this time last year he had said they were nearly through their season's work with green lumber and the nuisance would be abated, but made no permanent promise; and that, contrary to what Smith understood, no negotiations over a central depot had broken down since none had been entered into, the C.A.R.'s plans for the proposed work not yet having been approved by the Railway Committee. | Ottawa Citizen 1890-10-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1890-10-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1890-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-10-13 | Ottawa Central Station | 'This is the spot where we propose to erect the new Central Depot,' said Mr. E.C. Chamberlain, general manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway company, on Sappers Bridge. 'Our plan is to come in at the head of the deep cut...and run down the side of the canal, passing under Maria Street bridge, cutting off the corner of the canal, and running down the side of the wharf...The station will be on nearly a level with the canal. The waiting rooms would be on a level with the sidewalk, and over them would be the general offices...Leaving our line just after it crosses the Rideau...we should keep straight on...The road to Hurdman's Bridge would by a very slight deflection pass under our line...we should pass under Maria Street bridge...Then passing on here, the line would pass under the Sappers and Dufferin bridges straight on to join the Pontiac Pacific Junction and the Gatineau Valley and finally the C.P.R.' Asked where the freight sheds would go, he said: 'No, higher up, above Maria Street bridge, so that traffic could be diverted from the main streets. You see that will be the depot of the future.' | Ottawa Journal 1890-10-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-10-18 | The Central Counties Railway Company | An enthusiastic meeting was held at Vankleek Hill concerning the Central Counties Railway and its connection to the C.A.R. | Ottawa Journal 1890-10-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-10-31≤ | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | In a few days the survey of the Ottawa and Parry Sound railway between Ottawa and Arnprior will be completed. The new road will not enter Ottawa but will pass off in a southerly direction, connecting with the C.A.R. at Eastman's Springs or some other point thereabouts. A branch line for passenger traffic may though be run into the city. Through freightage from Parry Sound to New York is the idea of the company. | Ottawa Journal 1890-10-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-11 | Canada Atlantic Flat 100-298 even numbers | {100-264}: 73 listed | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11 | Canada Atlantic Box 103-123 | {103,107,109,113,123} listed | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11 | Ottawa & Boston Lumber Line Box 2000-2699 | 700 listed | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11 | Canada Atlantic Flat 300-326 even numbers | 14 listed | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11 | Canada Atlantic Box 3000-3449 | 500 listed | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11 | Canada Atlantic Flat 333-549 | 200 listed | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11 | Canada Atlantic & Central Vermont Box 5050-5799 | 250 listed in {5050-5299} | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11 | Canada Atlantic & Central Vermont Box 8750-8999 | 250 listed | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11 | Canada Atlantic Caboose | {CA 1,101,105,111,115,117} listed | ORER 1890-11 |
| 1890-11-05 | Chaudiere | Brisk work at the Chaudiere: the supply of cars is far short of demand. The C.A.R. despatches about 400 cars each week for American points; neither is the C.P.R. able to supply a sufficient number for the demand. | Ottawa Journal 1890-11-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-11-10 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #610 | 'No. 15,' a splendid new engine, was rebuilt at the C.A.R. shops on Elgin Street, manufactured originally by the Baldwin Foundry company of Philadelphia but entirely rebuilt in the C.A.R. workshops under the direct supervision of Mr. Donaldson. She is a 17 x 24 cylinder engine, four wheels coupled, with an Eames brake, driving wheels 5 feet 8.5 inches in diameter, fitted with full equipment for heating the cars (dispensing with stoves), intended for about fifty miles an hour, and painted dark olive green and gold bearing 'C.A.R. 15'. The C.A.R. express from Ottawa to Montreal was taken down by the new engine on its first complete journey; its trial trip on the preceding Saturday, from the Elgin Street depot, ran 12 miles to Eastman's and back, in 8 minutes for the return 12 miles at a pressure of 140. | Ottawa Journal 1890-11-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1890-11-08(Says 'No. 15' would 'shortly be turned out of the ...) |
| 1890-11-28 | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | The preliminary survey of the Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway has been completed to Carp village on the alternative route back to Ottawa, expected to reach the city by December 1; the two routes will then be ready for selection. The first, the Torbolton or river route, runs through Nepean, March, Torbolton and Fitzroy to Arnprior, passing the Chats rapids and a galena lead mine owned by Robertson Bros. of Montreal. The other, the Carp route, runs through Nepean, March, Huntley and Fitzroy to Arnprior, passing a phosphate mine now being opened up. Mr. G.A. Mountain, the engineer in charge, found the country along both routes excellent, with exceedingly good grades; the distance to Arnprior by this route is about 33 miles, with scarcely a mile's difference between the two routes. | Mercury 1890-11-28(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header. Transcribed...) |
| 1890-12-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A passenger, R. Bowden, bought a first-class ticket at Bearbrook station, good to Ottawa and return, on December 1, 1890. Delayed in Ottawa, he missed the 1.30 accommodation train back to Bearbrook and took the 5 p.m. Montreal express instead, which was not timed to stop at Bearbrook; the Ottawa station agent said he thought the conductor would let him off there. Conductor Cole collected the ticket and demanded thirty cents extra fare (the fare to Casselman, the nearest station the express was timed to stop at), then let Bowden and his companions off at Bearbrook as requested. General Manager Chamberlin said the extra charge was to Casselman and that the 5 p.m. train did not stop at Bearbrook, though Bowden said he could prove it had stopped there that evening (December 9) to let passengers off. The Journal's editor, replying in the same column, said the conductor had done his duty in collecting the legal fare to Casselman and suggested Bowden had an old quarrel with Cole. | Ottawa Journal 1890-12-11(Letter from R. Bowden of Bearbrook, dated Dec. 9, ...) |
| 1890-12-13 | Maxville | The Maxville station of the Canada Atlantic railway is being considerably enlarged in order to meet the demands of the rapidly increasing business there. It is said the station agent will shortly have an assistant. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-7 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #607 | Acquired as Parry Sound Colonization Ry #1 | Lavallee pp236 |
| 1891 | Casselman | Casselman lumber destroyed by fire, including 18 box cars, 11 million feet of lumber. | Casselman |
| 1891 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Construction Begins | Stevens p367(Thanks to Jeffrey P. Smith) |
| 1891 | Frank Turner | Frank Turner was named by Austin Cross as one of two possible engineers (the other being McGaffney) involved in the Rideau Canal accident of 1891. | Ottawa Citizen 1948-11-11(Austin Cross column; https://sites.google.com/site...) |
| 1891 to 1905 | Charles Higgerty | Charles Higgerty was freight agent for the Canada Atlantic Railway from 1891 to 1905, where he learned how to clear goods through Customs. | Correspondence with Will Lockhart 2012-08-28(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) |
| 1891-01-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Ald. Gordon presented the report of the special committee appointed to deal with the complaint of residents of Bank street against the C.A. Railway. It recommended that the company be asked to desist from shunting on the streets complained of, and that if they did not comply, any application by the petitioners to the Railway Committee of the Privy Council to cause them to desist would be supported by the Corporation. The report was adopted. | Ottawa Citizen 1891-01-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-01-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. Mountain and staff, who are now at work locating the line of the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway, have reached Eganville's farm, on the Madawaska, about twenty miles west of Bark Lake. Mr. Mountain reports a very favourable line, and says that from Renfrew to Eganville's Farm the line is one of the most favourable he has ever travelled over. | Mercury 1891-01-08(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header. Transcribed...) |
| 1891-01-12 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #606 | No. 6 locomotive of the Canada Atlantic, a heavy freight engine, has arrived back from the shops of the Kingston locomotive works, where it was fitted with a new and massive boiler. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-01-12(No unit entity exists on the site for 'No. 6', so ...) |
| 1891-02-03 | Elgin Street | Station Constable Joseph Lauzon, of the Canada Atlantic railway, who was formerly a member of the city police force, has resigned his position, and will probably be succeeded by Mr. John White, of the blacksmithing branch of the road. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-02-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-02-03 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #611 | Locomotive No. 16, a passenger engine on the Canada Atlantic, is undergoing a thorough overhauling in the shops, and will be turned out almost new in about a week's time. No. 2 shunting engine has been taken apart for repairs. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-02-03(No unit entities exist for 'No. 16' or 'No. 2', so...) |
| 1891-02-06 | Elgin Street Freight Shed | The C.A.R. Freight Shed wrecked. Under an immense accumulation of snow the roof caves in. The large and commodious freight shed of the C.A.R. is a memory of the past. This morning about 5 o'clock the roof suddenly gave away and fell in, and in its descent shoved out the walls on either side so that scarcely a stick or piece of timber was left standing. The building was comparatively new and in good preservation. No lives were lost; the shed was about 75 yards long and 10 wide, holding a fair amount of freight (chiefly barrels and boxes) not badly damaged. Andrew O'Neil, the watchman, had a marvelous escape, having left the shed for the freight agent's office only a moment before. Freight Agent Mr. Claire said a temporary building would be erected immediately so as not to interfere with storing freight; it was not yet known whether the company would rebuild in the same spot. | Ottawa Journal 1891-02-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-02-07(Confirms the freight sheds fell in early the previ...),Almonte Gazette 1891-02-13(Says the freight sheds 'were crushed to the ground...) |
| 1891-03-31 | The Central Counties Railway Company | Ground was broken at Glen Robertson on the Canada Atlantic today for the Central Counties Railway, which will run from there across country by Vankleek Hill and Caledonia Springs to the Vaudreuil and Ottawa Railway. Work will be pushed rapidly. | Ottawa Journal 1891-03-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-04-01(Says the Central Counties Railway Company broke gr...) |
| 1891-04-14 | The Central Counties Railway Company | A meeting of the provisional board of the Central Counties Railway took place at the office of Mr. C.R. Cunningham, the president; the survey is completed and the first sod turned. The road will connect with the C.A.R.; the Glen Robertson line (20 miles) is the first branch, with three more planned to begin next year — Cornwall to Moose Creek, Rockland to South Indian or Casselman, and Vankleek Hill to Caledonia Springs (likely the next built) — all connecting with the C.A.R. and running to Ottawa. The total length of the four branches will be 67 miles. | Ottawa Journal 1891-04-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-05-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. G.A. Mountain, Chief Engineer of the C.A.R., returned to Ottawa on April 23rd from a drive over the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound railway, from Ottawa to the Bonnechere Valley, a distance of 100 miles; the road has been located to that point. Mr. Mountain went with a party of contractors proposing to tender for construction, who were highly pleased with the geographical features: grades and curves easy, similar to the C.A.R.'s, though some places would be expensive owing to heavy rock cuttings and timber clearings. The distance to Renfrew by the proposed route will be 50 miles, against 70 by the C.P.R.; the 100 miles located is halfway to North Pacific Junction. An application for amalgamation of the Ottawa, Arnprior & Renfrew and the Renfrew and Parry Sound railways, whose charters were granted at different times, was said to be coming before Parliament this session as a mere formality. | Mercury 1891-05-01(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header, itself quot...) |
| 1891-05-01≤ | Hawkesbury Branch | Vankleek Hill is in high glee over news that the Central Counties Railway Company expect to have the line from Glen Robertson to the village completed by November next; it is expected to connect at Coteau with the American system, enabling lumber dealers to ship at any season to Boston, New York and other US cities. The company has a bonus of $15,000 from the municipality of West Hawkesbury, and a number of smaller bonuses from farmers along the line. | Canada Lumberman 1891-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-05-27≤ | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. are building at Coburg a train of cars, to be completed by June 1st, which will run between Ottawa and Montreal; this train will be unsurpassed as to beauty and elegance of finish, with every convenience for travellers. | Ottawa Journal 1891-05-27(Not identified by car numbers, so filed against th...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-06-13(Says the new cars left the Canada Atlantic station...) |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 10 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 11 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 31 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 32 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 50 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06-12 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The act for amalgamating the Ottawa and Arnprior and Ottawa and Parry Sound Railroads received its second reading on June 1st. Mr. R. Turner showed a letter from Mr. John Ferguson, M.P. for the South Riding, stating that negotiations were in progress for a contract to build 200 miles of the road, commencing at Ottawa. | Mercury 1891-06-12(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header. Transcribed...) |
| 1891-06-16 | Casselman | Fire at Casselman: a special train was sent out at 11 p.m. with the engine and a relief train driven by Engineer Macdonald, Fireman Kane and Brakeman Keswick, carrying 30 miles' worth of hose (1,200 feet plus 1,000 feet of C.A.R. hose). At Eastman's, South Indian and Bearbrook the train took up hands until there were 200 buckets and some 420 men on board; they left Bearbrook at 11.45 and steamed into Casselman at 11.50. | Ottawa Journal 1891-06-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-06-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The fifth annual excursion of the C.A.R. employees took place to Clark's Island on Saturday, the most successful yet held. At 7 o'clock the train of fifteen coaches, drawn by engines 15 and 14, steamed out of the Elgin street depot with fully one thousand aboard, including Superintendent Donaldson and the committee, who travelled in a Pullman at the rear; a mail car was turned into a refreshment car. Clark's Island was reached at 10:25; several excursionists also came up from Valleyfield. Sports were held through the afternoon with the Guards band playing; at 5:30 the train recrossed the great Coteau bridge on the return journey, arriving at Elgin street at 10:30. The Ottawa Free Press's fuller account says eighteen cars were used, with No. 14 under engineer Phil Roy and fireman Fred Chase, and No. 15 under engineer Ed. Chase and fireman Tom Kane. | Ottawa Journal 1891-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-07 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 8 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-07-01 | Chaudiere Branch | The Export Lumber Co. have built a track from the Chaudiere branch of the C.A.R. on the line between their piling grounds and those of J.R. Booth. | Canada Lumberman 1891-07-01(A customer siding built from the Chaudiere branch;...) |
| 1891-07-09 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway has issued one of the prettiest blotters ever printed. It is an illustration, beautifully designed, of the new express train just put on between Ottawa and Montreal. This luxuriously appointed and perfectly equipped express is now regularly running, and has already been fully described in these columns. | Ottawa Journal 1891-07-09(Advertising blotter depicting the same Coburg-buil...) |
| 1891-07-18 | Morley Donaldson | Mr. Morley Donaldson, late superintendent of transportation of the Canada Atlantic Railway, has been appointed to the new office of general superintendent of the road. Born in Ottawa, he worked with Walter Shanly on the Hoosac Tunnel and did railway construction on the Pacific coast and in Mexico; when construction of the Canada Atlantic railway began he returned to Ottawa to take a position under the late Mr. Linsley, and was subsequently appointed mechanical superintendent of the road. | Ottawa Journal 1891-07-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-07-24 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The bill for the amalgamation of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway and the Renfrew and Parry Sound Railway charters under the title of 'The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company' has passed its third reading in the House of Commons, and is now before the Senate for confirmation. It was learned that as soon as the bill passed the Senate, construction work would begin at once. | Mercury 1891-07-24(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header, quoting the...) |
| 1891-07-27≤ | The Central Counties Railway Company | The engineer of the Central Counties Railway, Mr. Frank Hibbard, was in town today and stated he would want some five hundred men for construction purposes in a few days. | Ottawa Journal 1891-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-07-31 | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | Amalgamated with the Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew to form the Ottawa,Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company. Victoria 54-55, chapter 93. Deed of amalgamation dated 1898-05-18. | CNRHist |
| 1891-07-31 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Formed from amalgamation of Ottawa and Parry Sound Ry Co and Ottawa,Arnprior and Renfrew Ry Co. Deed of amalgamation 1896-07-15. Victoria 54-55, chapter 93. | Bell p158 |
| 1891-08-05≤ | Elgin Street | The train for the St. Andrews excursion to Clark's Island will leave the Queen Street crossing at 7.45 o'clock and the Elgin street station at 8 o'clock. | Ottawa Journal 1891-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-08-12 | Rideau Canal Bridge | An engine, tender and one freight car of a Coteau-bound way train dropped into the canal through the open swing bridge near the Elgin street depot at 6:10 a.m. Fireman Page had started the engine without the engineer (Michael Gaffney, who was in the office receiving orders) after Brakeman Gordon signalled to go ahead; the tug Minnie Bell had whistled for passage, and Bridgemaster Wallace opened the draw. Page reversed the engine too late; it plunged in, followed by the tender, with the first car cut in two. Page was thrown clear and swam ashore unhurt. Engine No. 33, a recent 70-ton (later corrected to 51-ton) engine with 19x24 cylinders, worth about $10,000, was blamed entirely on Page's unauthorized starting and failure to see the open draw or hear warnings; Conductor Cote and Bridgemaster Wallace were cleared of blame, though Gaffney was suspended pending inquiry despite having had nothing to do with it. Estimated loss to the company: $1,800–$2,000, mostly the cost of raising the engine. | Ottawa Journal 1891-08-12(The fullest account, naming the crew as engineer M...),Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-13(Next-day scene: the station 'wears its wonted aspe...),Montreal Daily Witness 1891-08-14(Repeated in the Kemptville Advance of 1891-08-14, ...),Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-12(Gives the fireman's name as 'Fred Page' rather tha...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-13(Calls it 'the first serious accident that has happ...) |
| 1891-08-12 | Elgin Street | In the afternoon, a gang of men started a string of fifteen cars lying on a steep-graded siding running along the canal from the railway bridge to the new passenger bridge leading to Archville; being novices, they could not apply the brakes fast enough, and the cars struck the buttress buffer at about ten miles an hour, tearing the structure away. One car was thrown across the roadway of the bridge, blocking traffic; two others were badly smashed and the rest piled up. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-12(No entity exists for Archville; filed on Elgin Str...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-13(Calls it 'not the only streak of bad luck the comp...) |
| 1891-08-21 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | An act uniting the Ottawa and Parry Sound R.R. and the Ottawa, Arnprior & Renfrew R.R. has received the royal assent. The new road will be known as the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound R.R. | Almonte Gazette 1891-08-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-08-26 | Hawkesbury Branch | The contractors for the Central Counties Railway, M.J. O'Brien & Co., have been making their mark: grading was started at Glen Robertson July 16th, and about 12 miles were ready for rail by August 15. The first rails were laid August 11, and the work of laying track was started on the 24th, intended to cover the 14 miles to Vankleek Hill by September 15. | Ottawa Journal 1891-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1891-09-08≥ | Rideau Canal Bridge | The submerged engine (No. 33) at the Elgin street depot was raised on Monday, using pontoons filled with water and pumped out to lift it gradually, under Superintendent Donaldson and Mr. Holtby/Holsby; it was placed on the track and run into the sheds. A diver, Mr. James Rolleau of the Waterworks department, had earlier examined it and found it comparatively uninjured. The tender had been raised separately some days before. Total time from the accident to recovery was about a month. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-14(Preliminary operations; corrects that Brakeman Gor...),Ottawa Journal 1891-09-09(Confirms completion via pontoons under Donaldson a...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-14(Says it will be raised by steam dredge. Transcribe...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-09-08(Raised Monday via pontoons under Donaldson and Hol...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-20(Engine turned over underwater; weight corrected to...),Ottawa Free Press 1891-09-09(Full recap of the pontoon method: filled with wate...),Ottawa Journal 1891-08-29(Expected to be got out the following Tuesday. Tran...),Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-15(Diver's inspection; tender raised via ropes/pulley...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-17(Says the diver was at work the previous Saturday. ...) |
| 1891-09-21 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #51 | The C.A.R. repair shops turned out No. 51 Mogul on Saturday morning, that locomotive having been almost rebuilt, making it one of the finest on the line. The engine which was submerged in the canal is being rebuilt. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1891-09-28≤ | The Central Counties Railway Company | The Central Counties Railway will be completed to Vankleek Hill by Saturday night. There will be a great excursion from there to Ottawa on the 29th, costing only one dollar to go and return. | Ottawa Journal 1891-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |