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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-02-24 | Mississippi River Bridge | Mr. J.R. Booth told the Ottawa Free Press on February 15 that the railway bridge at Galetta had been completed the day before and construction trains were running over it; he hoped the first train would reach Arnprior by that Saturday evening, though sections between Galetta and Arnprior remained unfinished, and passenger service would wait until spring grading was complete. The first carload of freight — flour — left Galetta for Ottawa that Saturday, with the first consignment reaching Arnprior (plate glass for a fire-damaged drug store) expected the following Wednesday. Work on the Madawaska River bridge at Arnprior was to begin immediately, and the Arnprior–Renfrew survey had just been completed. | Mercury 1893-02-24(Renfrew Mercury. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher ...) |
| 1893-02-27 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A couple of strong and handsome new locomotives arrived for service on the Canada Atlantic railway, and two others were turned out of the repair shops. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-02-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-03-03 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The O.A. & P.S.-versus-Atlantic & Northwestern court dispute, argued in Ottawa the previous week, came before Mr. Justice Falconbridge again in Toronto to let the defendants close their case; after cross-examination of engineer Wm. T. Jennings, the defendants applied for a delay citing the illness of W.A. Ramsay, the C.P.R.'s chief construction engineer, in Montreal. It was reported the O.A. & P.S. had already spent $700,000 and was willing to spend more if the defendants did not interfere; the case was adjourned, likely to be heard next in Perth in April. Separately, the Toronto Board of Trade was opposing further Dominion funding for Booth's railway, arguing the $868,400 already given had effectively subsidized a line built mainly in its promoter's personal interest, to the detriment of Toronto and other Georgian Bay shipping ports. | Almonte Gazette 1893-03-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-03-10(Renfrew Mercury, on the Toronto Board of Trade opp...) |
| 1893-03-04 | Rockland Branch | The ratepayers of Rockland village voted (on March 3rd) to grant a $6,000 bonus to the Central Counties railway for a branch from South Indian to Rockland. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-02-18(Announcing the upcoming vote: "it is thought that ...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-03-04(Reporting the result, "yesterday". Transcribed by ...) |
| 1893-03-04 | Middle Subdivision | The first passenger coach over the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway ran from Ottawa to Arnprior as a special inspection trip carrying J.R. Booth, chief engineer Geo. A. Mountain and other officials, averaging 25 mph despite the road being unballasted. Leaving Elgin Street station at 8.30 a.m. and crossing the Preston Street trestlework, the train passed Carp (10 miles out, already busy with farmers loading grain cars, station grounds located), Kinburn (described as the straightest 8 miles of railroad in America, with a grain shed already active), and Galetta (crossed by a new steel-truss bridge over the Mississippi on stone abutments), reaching Arnprior — a town of 3,000 people and home to the McLachlin Brothers' sawmills (700 men, 83,000,000 feet of lumber annually) — a few minutes after 10 a.m. The rails were 72-lb Sheffield steel, laid at 3,000 ties to the mile (350 more per mile than any other Canadian railway) for extra solidity. That same morning the first through freight left for Arnprior: the engine "Nellie Bly" (driver J. King) with ten cars of merchandise and four empty boxcars, conductor A.O. Boyle. | Ottawa Journal 1893-03-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-03-17 | Carp | Messrs. Argue and Kidd were handling large quantities of wheat and oats at Carp since the Ottawa & Arnprior R.R. Co. had placed an agent there to look after freight; a temporary office was fitted up, with Mr. Robinson in charge. | Almonte Gazette 1893-03-17(Carp News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Lo...) |
| 1893-03-29 | Unidentified Freight Cars | The Canada Atlantic railway employees broke up some forty of the old cars that had been in use when the line was first opened; the wheels were to be used for new freight cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-03-31≥ | Rockland Branch | By the end of March 1893, work had commenced on the new branch of the Central Counties railway between South Indian and Rockland, for which the Rockland bonus had been granted: gangs of men were clearing the route of timber, and tenders for construction were under consideration, with the contract to be awarded shortly. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-03-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-03-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-04 | Canada Atlantic Coal 612-694 | Built by CA | Cranstone 1996a |
| 1893-04-01 | Steam Shovels | A new, self-propelled steam shovel arrived for use in constructing the Parry Sound railway, to be moved to Carp once the frost was sufficiently out of the ground; it was expected two shovels would work outward from Carp in both directions. A second, larger steam shovel, "The Marion" (three-yard capacity), arrived shortly after for grading the line between Ottawa and Arnprior, with gravel cars being readied for the work. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-01(Also in the Renfrew Mercury of 7 April. Transcribe...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-10(On "The Marion". Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher ...) |
| 1893-04-04 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Two handsome new passenger locomotives and one extra heavy freight locomotive, manufactured at Providence, Rhode Island, were to arrive in Ottawa the following week for the Canada Atlantic railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-04-07 | Unidentified Freight Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway workshops at Ottawa had an order to build the rolling stock for the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway, including one hundred freight cars then being worked on; another addition to the workforce was expected within a couple of weeks so the cars would be ready for the beginning of regular traffic about May 1st. The new line's passenger coaches were being built at Cobourg. | Almonte Gazette 1893-04-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-04-13 | Graham Bay | The first accident on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway occurred about six miles from Ottawa, a short distance beyond where the line crosses the C.P.R.: the daily way freight to Arnprior was derailed when the roadbed washed out in a spring freshet. The engine crossed the damaged roadway safely, but five freight cars (three loaded, two empty) were thrown off and badly smashed; it took several hours to clear the wreck, though the regular train ran only slightly delayed the next morning. No one was injured. | Almonte Gazette 1893-04-14(Renfrew Mercury correspondent, near the C.P.R. cro...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-17(No trains except ballast cars ran over the line fo...) |
| 1893-04-14≥ | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | By mid-April 1893, a large gang of men (seventy to eighty, later over one hundred) had been constructing the centre pier and abutments of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway's bridge over the Madawaska River at Arnprior since mid-March; the crib-work foundation was solid square timber filled with stone and concrete, resting on a good rock bottom. Messrs. Wright & Sons of Hull were awarded the stone contract, supplying stone from the Hull quarries; McRae & Co. shipped 100 barrels of cement for the masonry. Chief engineer Mountain stated the bridge was expected to be completed about June 1. Work proceeded night and day, including Sundays. A new survey of the line through the heart of Arnprior, which would cut the town in half, was objected to by many residents as dangerous and detrimental to traffic. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-03-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-03-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1893-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-03-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-03-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-04-13(Ballasting commenced between Renfrew and Arnprior;...),Almonte Gazette 1893-02-24("The proposed new survey of the Parry Sound railwa...) |
| 1893-04-14≥ | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #606 | By April 14, 1893, No. 6 engine, with four cars, had run off the track near the C.P.R. crossing on the Monday; as far as could be learned no persons were injured. The engine and No. 30, which had been up the line at the time, had not been able to get back to Ottawa and were stationed near "Doyle's cut", a few miles from Carp, where men were working night and day; the loads of stone carried up to complete the Arnprior bridge were thought too heavy and to be destroying the track, and it was said no more freight would be carried until the ballasting was completed. | Almonte Gazette 1893-04-14(Carp News: "Yesterday (Monday)". Transcribed by Co...) |
| 1893-04-14≥ | Central Vermont #30 | By April 14, 1893, No. 30, which had been up the line when No. 6 ran off the track near the C.P.R. crossing on the Monday, had not been able to get back to Ottawa and was stationed, with No. 6, near "Doyle's cut", a few miles from Carp, where men were working night and day. | Almonte Gazette 1893-04-14(Carp News: "Engine and No. 30, which was up at the...) |
| 1893-04-18 | Chaudiere Branch | J.R. Booth wrote to Ottawa city council asking permission to build a crossing over Preston Street for the Parry Sound railway, to connect the road with the Rochesterville lumber yards; on motion of Ald. Bingham, council granted the request on condition the company install a gate, station a watchman, and take all necessary precautions for public safety. | Ottawa Journal 1893-04-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-04-21 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. Justice Falconbridge gave judgment for Mr. Booth in the "Haggarty pass" case, with the C.P.R. to pay all costs. The dispute was over a narrow (about sixty-foot-wide) defile through the Opeongo mountains in Renfrew County — the only feasible pass for many miles — which the O.A. & P.S. had surveyed and filed first, before the Atlantic and Northwestern (C.P.R.) surveyed and located its own line along the same route; the court found the two surveys interlocked too closely for both railways to pass through. Both companies were still racing toward the pass at the time of judgment: the C.P.R. already had trains running to Eganville, about thirty miles from the disputed ground, while the Parry Sound line had built as far as Arnprior and was starting construction from Arnprior to Renfrew, with clearing and grading from Renfrew to Eganville to begin shortly. | Ottawa Journal 1893-04-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-04-05(The final hearing on the same dispute (the narrow ...) |
| 1893-04-21 | Canada Atlantic Caboose | Two vans were being constructed at the C.A.R. workshops in Ottawa for the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-04-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-04-26≥ | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A beautiful new private car arrived at the C.A.R. station the previous day and was being fitted on its new trucks. It was the first official car the company had yet purchased, built in first-class style at Cobourg; the inside was not yet altogether completed, but would soon be fitted out for the use of the officials of the road, on which it would be remarkable for its beauty. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-26(The car arrived "yesterday". Transcribed by Colin ...) |
| 1893-04-28 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | J.R. Booth, president and owner of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway, asked the Ontario government for a grant of $3,000 a mile to build the 105-mile section from Barry's Bay to Scotia (where the line would meet the Northern and Pacific Junction railway); the Empire judged the request unlikely to be granted. By this point 25 miles were built at the western end and 35 at the eastern end, both open for freight traffic, with about 60 more miles to be built west from Arnprior toward Barry's Bay that summer. The company intended to complete the line to Renfrew by mid-July and to Eganville by about September 1, then as far west as possible before winter. The surveyors' headquarters were at Douglas, where they would remain until the line was located as far as Eganville. | Mercury 1893-04-28(Renfrew Mercury, on Booth's request to the Ontario...),Ottawa Journal 1893-04-28(On the Douglas survey headquarters and constructio...),Mercury 1893-04-21(Renfrew Mercury, quoting the C.P. Herald's Arnprio...) |
| 1893-04-28 | Renfrew | Arriving in Renfrew to inspect the routes located there by his surveying parties, Mr. Booth was asked by Mr. A.A. Wright, a local businessman keen on a union station, whether he would co-operate with the C.P.R. on the idea; Booth said he was willing to co-operate if the C.P.R. was, and agreed to meet Renfrew's civic authorities and C.P.R. representatives if the local council arranged it. Absent a union station, the probable route through the village was expected to run through the Agricultural Grounds, past Rouselle's windmill and Mrs. Freer's residence, down through the Sadler section and the lacrosse grounds, with the station and yard behind the British Hotel. Tenders for construction between Arnprior and Renfrew were to be opened that day, with awards expected within three or four days. | Mercury 1893-04-28(Renfrew Mercury. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher ...) |
| 1893-05 | Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Flat 300-399 | First listed in ORER | ORER 1893-04, ORER 1893-05 |
| 1893-05 | Algonquin Park | Algonquin National Park Act passed by Ontario Government. | Shaw p6 |
| 1893-05 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway Company | Line opened from Ottawa to Arnprior, 36 miles. Special train operated for officials. Bridge to be started soon. | Kennedy p171, quoting Ottawa Journal |
| 1893-05-03 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The engineers and construction gang of the Ottawa & Parry Sound railway company were removing the temporary wooden trestle on the portion of track crossing Preston street and putting in a permanent iron bridge. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-05-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-05-03≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | By May 3, 1893, the contract for building the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway between Arnprior and Eganville had been awarded to Mr. Fauquier of Toronto. Fauquier said he would begin active operations the following week and push through with all speed; the section ran through comparatively level country and, except for six or seven miles, would be easy to construct. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-05-03(Contract awarded "yesterday". Transcribed by Colin...),Almonte Gazette 1893-05-12(Arnprior News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in...) |
| 1893-05-05 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The new official car recently purchased by the Canada Atlantic Co. was attracting much attention by its beautiful appearance and had recently made its first trip to Montreal. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-05-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-05-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A steam shovel, built by the Marion Steam Shovel Co. of Marion, Ohio, was put in operation on the Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway at Carp, cutting a track through Mr. William Rivington's hill and loading sand and gravel onto a train of seven flat cars; described as "simply a dredge on wheels, carrying its own track and making its own road bed", it drew large crowds of townspeople to watch. | Almonte Gazette 1893-05-05(Carp News, the first morning of operation. Transcr...),Ottawa Journal 1893-05-08(Names the shovel's builder and the Barnhardt-owned...) |
| 1893-05-12 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Renfrew's Reeve, Jas. Craig, wrote to C.P.R. president W.C. Van Horne on April 27 proposing a union station at Renfrew with the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Ry., saying the O.A. & P.S.'s chosen station site was central enough but a union would serve both roads. The C.P.R.'s vice-president, T.G. Shaughnessy, replied on May 8: "We know nothing about the railway to which you refer, and are not, therefore, prepared to discuss the question of terminal arrangements with them, for the present at least," adding that the C.P.R. had its own plans for improved station accommodation at Renfrew that season. Earlier, on May 5, Mr. Booth had told Renfrew's Mr. A.A. Wright he was willing to co-operate with the C.P.R. on a union station at Renfrew. | Mercury 1893-05-12(Renfrew Mercury, headed "A Humorous Document". Tra...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-05-05(Booth expects the road at Renfrew by Dominion Day ...) |
| 1893-05-18≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | By May 18, 1893, the O.A. & P.S. railway had begun running passenger trains over its line: the train for Arnprior left the C.A.R. depot at 7 a.m. and returned at 6 p.m., the trip taking a little less than three hours, with faster times promised once the road was fully ballasted. | Ottawa Journal 1893-05-18(Trains began "on Monday" (May 15). Transcribed by ...) |
| 1893-05-19 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The sub-contractors for building the O. & P.S. westward from Arnprior were named: Wm. Heald for the eight miles from Arnprior, and Messrs. Golden & Secarton for the eight miles from Renfrew. Grading was to be done to Renfrew by July 15 and the iron laid by August 15. Mr. Heald had a large gang of men and teams at work on his section by May 29. On June 30 Mr. Jas. Contway of Renfrew was reported awarded the contract to fence 16 miles of the line between Renfrew and Eganville. | Mercury 1893-05-19(Renfrew Mercury. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher ...),Ottawa Journal 1893-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-06-30(Fence contract, Renfrew to Eganville. Transcribed ...) |
| 1893-05-20≥ | Canada Atlantic 0-6-6T #724 | By May 20, 1893, No. 4 shunter had collided in the C.A.R. yards, on the previous Thursday evening, with a boxcar a little foul of the track; the shock badly damaged the shunter's cabin, nearly tearing it off the locomotive, and the track was left covered with glass and bits of iron. The men running the engine escaped serious injury, only jostled by the cabin being torn down above their heads; both boxcar and shunter went in for repairs. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-05-26 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | There were renewed rumours that the C.P.R. had offered to sell its Atlantic & North-West branch from Renfrew to Eganville to Mr. J.R. Booth, for use as part of the Ottawa & Parry Sound railway; this was lent some colour by the further report that most of the men connected with the A. & N.W.'s engineers' office at Renfrew were about to leave, several having already gone. | Almonte Gazette 1893-05-26(Quoting the Renfrew Mercury. Transcribed by Colin ...) |
| 1893-05-27 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Incorporated under Ontario Act 56 V Chap 96 | CNRHist |
| 1893-05-27 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | At the rear of the C.A.R. office at the Chaudiere, a novel portable building was under construction to serve as a boarding house for the men working on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway: its sides, ends and roof were made of eight sections that could be taken apart and reassembled with a few bolts, so it could be moved from place to place. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-05-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-06 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 20 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1893-06 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 21 | Built by Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
| 1893-06-01 | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | The iron bridge for the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway spanning the Madawaska River was nearing completion at the Dominion Bridge Company's works at Lachine, to be ready for removal in a couple of weeks; by June 5 the bridge at Arnprior was expected to be completed in about two weeks, with the line's construction advanced to within a few miles of Renfrew. On May 12 the bridge site had been reported ready for the railway iron. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-06-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-05-12(Renfrew Mercury, quoting the Ottawa Journal: "The ...) |
| 1893-06-05 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A dry stone wall was being built by the Parry Sound R.R. company at the embankment at the Preston street crossing: the high embankment had been filled with clay, which began to slide during the recent wet weather and made the road unsafe at that point, so the wall was to keep the clay in place. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-06-06 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A fine first-class car had just been turned out of the C.A.R. shops at Ottawa, repainted, varnished and fitted out anew; it looked like a new one and would soon be put on the regular line. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-06-07 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Construction support for the Parry Sound line in Ottawa: on June 1 a number of Rochesterville men doing railway work at Carp reached it daily by special train; on June 3 over a dozen car loads of fine steel rails stood in the "C.P.R. Chaudiere yard" ready to go to the Parry Sound road; and on June 7 the big gravel plow used on the construction had to be brought down from Arnprior and placed in the Canada Atlantic workshops for repair. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-05-01(Rochesterville workmen and their daily special tra...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-03(Steel rails for the Parry Sound road. Transcribed ...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-07(Gravel plow repaired at the Canada Atlantic worksh...) |
| 1893-06-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The C.A.R. authorities were laying a new track in their yards to accommodate a number of cars while being unloaded; the yard was portioned off, so much room being given to coal and so much to lumber, and because of the immense quantity of coal coming in at the time the new siding would be kept for Russian coal. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-06-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway company purchased a gravel pit from Thos. Willis of Fitzroy for $2,000 (reported May 12). On June 14 it was rumoured that Mr. J.R. Booth had also purchased the large gravel pit and plant belonging to Mr. Rivington at Carp village. | Almonte Gazette 1893-05-12(Fitzroy gravel pit purchase. Transcribed by Colin ...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-14(Rumoured Carp gravel pit purchase. Transcribed by ...) |
| 1893-06-15 | Bank Street | Shunting engine No. 2 of the C.A.R., making a flying shunt, sent cars flying through the oil office of W.S.D. Morris, completely wrecking it, cutting a telegraph pole in two and smashing a swing gate on one side; only the iron standards supporting the swing bars across Bank street prevented oil from being spilled. No one was injured. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-06-15 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-0 #2 | Shunting engine No. 2 of the C.A.R., making a flying shunt, sent cars flying through the oil office of W.S.D. Morris at Bank street, completely wrecking it and cutting a telegraph pole in two; no one was injured. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-06-20≥ | Ottawa East | By June 20, 1893, a train of freight cars, partly loaded with lumber, had dashed into the passenger swing bridge over the canal at Ottawa East; one car was badly wrecked and the bridge considerably damaged, after a barge hand attempting to take the train down the grade to the dock to load the lumber could not work the brakes right. Repairs to the Ottawa East ("Archville") bridge were commenced on June 22, the delay being due to the non-arrival of suitable timber. | Ottawa Journal 1893-06-20(Accident "yesterday". Transcribed by Colin J. Chur...),Ottawa Journal 1893-06-22(Repairs commenced. Transcribed by Colin J. Churche...) |
| 1893-06-21 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Chief Engineer Mountain said the O.A. & P.S. would be completed to Eganville by September 1. (Mr. Booth had said on May 5 that he expected the road completed to Renfrew by Dominion Day and to Eganville by September, grading as far as possible before winter set in.) | Ottawa Journal 1893-06-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-06-23 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #607 | No. 1 locomotive from the Parry Sound Colonization company's road was turned out of the C.A.R. shops repaired and repainted and generally fixed up. The engine, of very old construction, burned wood altogether and had a funnel fully five feet in diameter on its smoke stack, making the whole engine appear ancient; the company found wood easier to use on its line because it was handier and cheaper there than coal. On June 29 the engine was lingering around the depot waiting for its tender, which was being repaired and repainted, its unique and ancient appearance attracting much attention. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-29(The item calls the engine "No. 2". Transcribed by ...) |
| 1893-06-23≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | By June 23, 1893, the right of way for the O.A. & P.S. between Arnprior and Renfrew had been purchased from all the landowners except two. In Renfrew, surveyors were picketing the line on the north side of the creek through the village (the route mapped out in the Mercury two weeks earlier), right-of-way purchases through the village were in progress, and a house opposite Mr. A.A. Wright's residence had been rented as offices for the company's staff; the engineering staff expected to remain at Arnprior until August, working between there and Renfrew. On June 24 the company stationed an agent at Arnprior to look after its interests there. | Almonte Gazette 1893-06-23(Quoting the Renfrew Journal. Transcribed by Colin ...),Mercury 1893-05-12(Surveys and right-of-way purchase through Renfrew ...),Almonte Gazette 1893-05-19(Engineering staff expected at Arnprior until Augus...),Ottawa Journal 1893-06-24(Agent stationed at Arnprior. Transcribed by Colin ...) |
| 1893-06-29 | Elgin Street Fuel | The large coal dump on the south side of the C.A.R. depot, which had been going up for some two weeks, was about completed. The dump would accommodate ten to twelve cars at once; a trial for its strength was made the previous afternoon, when the track was filled to its utmost capacity with heavy loaded cars. It was by far the largest in that section and would be ready for use in about a month. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-29(Trial made "yesterday afternoon". Transcribed by C...) |
| 1893-07-01 | Scotia Junction | Line completed, Scotia Junction to Edgington | Bell p157 |
| 1893-07-05 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Two new combination cars were at the station, used one on the Parry Sound and one on the Boston run in place of the old baggage cars; the new carriages were of the very best build and would accommodate about half as many passengers as an ordinary first-class coach. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-07 | Carp | It was rumoured that the prolonged negotiation for the purchase of the Rivington gravel pit at Carp had been completed: the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company was now the owner, the price paid being between two and three thousand dollars. The gravel was to be used in ballasting between Ottawa and Carp, and the steam shovel was expected there the next day; the proposed line from Almonte was said to have been an important factor in the purchase, as it too would have required the hill. | Almonte Gazette 1893-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-10 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Meeting attendance, W.B.McAllister, President, 10 shares; Thomas Hale, Vice President; J.G.Forgie, Secretary; Alexander Millar, Treasurer, 10 shares; F.E.Fortin, 10 shares; Wm Moffat; J.A.Thibodeau, 10 shares; Thomas Murray, 10 shares; Henry Jamieson, 2 shares | PSMinutes |
| 1893-07-10 | Alexander Millar | Alexander Millar was one of the founders of the Pembroke Southern Railway. | PSMinutes |
| 1893-07-10 | Thomas Murray | Thomas Murray was a founding board member of the Pembroke Southern Railway. | PSMinutes |
| 1893-07-10 | W.B.McAllister | W. B. McAllister was one of the founders of the Pembroke Southern Railway. | PSMinutes |
| 1893-07-12 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | It was said that Mr. J.R. Booth's various railway interests — the Canada Atlantic, the St. Lawrence and Adirondack, and the Ottawa and Parry Sound — would be amalgamated into a single system as soon as the work of construction was finished on the latter division, with the necessary legislation to effect the union to be secured in the meantime. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-07-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-14 | Douglas | The Ottawa Journal reported that the O.A. & P.S. Railway was not going to run into Douglas, because the grade on the proposed route was too expensive and the cuttings too heavy. | Ottawa Journal 1893-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-17 | Kinburn | Eight men working under Tomlinson to construct station. CA also grading yard and putting in sidings and switches. | Renfrew Mercury, 1893-07-17 |
| 1893-07-17 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Two cars, one a first class and the other a second class and baggage combined, were added that morning to the rolling stock of the Parry Sound railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-26 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #682 | Locomotive No. 32 of the C.A.R. was turned out of the sheds entirely rebuilt; it had been running for several years and, although no accident had happened to it, a thorough repairing was thought necessary. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-26 | Unidentified Freight Cars | Over one hundred new flat cars, all built at Cobourg, had been purchased for the new O.A. & P.S. railway and were sent up as they arrived to be employed at once in ballasting the line. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-26 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #606 | The old locomotive No. 6, which ran the regular morning train over the Parry Sound road, was sent down the line to Coteau, where it would act as a shunter; in its place the old engine from the Colonization road was put. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-26≥ | Plows | By July 26, 1893, a large gravel plow built at the C.A.R. sheds (the first attempt to build a plow of that magnitude in Ottawa, the new engine mounted on a flat car) had left, on Monday, July 24, for work on the construction lines of the Parry Sound railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-21(Plow under construction. Transcribed by Colin J. C...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-26(Left "on Monday last". Transcribed by Colin J. Chu...) |
| 1893-07-27 | Ottawa East | The C.A.R. authorities commenced work on July 4 on the Archville bridge, injured about two weeks earlier by a runaway train; by July 27 the bridge was being fixed up and given a coat of paint. | Ottawa Journal 1893-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-28 | Kinburn | Station nearly completed. | Renfrew Mercury, 1893-07-28 |
| 1893-07-28≥ | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | By July 28, 1893, two men working on the construction of the O.A. & P.S. railway bridge over the Madawaska had met with a serious accident the day before: a heavy girder fell from a temporary support and struck them, injuring the legs of both, and it was feared both limbs were broken; the men were taken to Arnprior for treatment. | Almonte Gazette 1893-07-28(Accident "yesterday", i.e. 1893-07-27. Transcribed...) |
| 1893-08-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | An excursion to Clark's Island required twenty-seven coaches, which had to be divided into two sections. | Ottawa Journal 1893-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-03 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. G.A. Mountain, chief engineer, told the Ottawa Citizen and Journal that work was "up to contract time": grading between Arnprior and Renfrew was finished, with five girder steel bridges on stone piers (the principal ones across the Dochart and Lochel creeks) and one span of the Madawaska iron bridge complete and the other ready to go up; between Renfrew and Eganville about half the grading was done, and everything was expected finished to Eganville by mid-September. In the short time since work began, 300,000 yards of grading had been done, sixty-eight miles were covered by contracts completed or underway, and about eighty miles in all, including some west of Eganville, would be finished that season. On August 3 the contract for the first ten miles west of Eganville was awarded to Mr. Wm. Heald, with another ten-mile section likely to follow; regular trains were expected between Ottawa and Arnprior by September 1 and to Eganville a month later. Mr. Mountain added that there would be one station between Arnprior and Renfrew, at New Glasgow. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-03(Headed "All up to contract time"; repeated verbati...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-07-24(Renfrew Mercury as quoted by the Journal: little m...) |
| 1893-08-03 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. Mountain said there was very little doubt that the C.P.R. had abandoned any intention of building a line to Parry Sound: the last of the big staff the C.P.R. had employed for months was withdrawn from Renfrew that week, and the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent trying to forestall the O.A. & P.S. "has been as good as wasted", though he allowed there was no saying what use the C.P.R. might find for the work. A week earlier (July 27-28) it had been rumoured that the C.P.R. had abandoned its intention to build a parallel line through the district and withdrawn all its survey staff, leaving Booth free to proceed unmolested. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-07-27(The rumour, reported as said "last night". Transcr...),Almonte Gazette 1893-07-28(Reprinting the Ottawa Citizen rumour. Transcribed ...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-03(Mountain's statement. Transcribed by Colin J. Chur...) |
| 1893-08-05 | South Casselman | Three flat cars of a freight train derailed at Wood station between Casselman and Moose Creek. | Ottawa Journal 1893-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-08 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #665 | Locomotive No. 61 was in the sheds for a thorough overhauling; already "the monster" had been greatly reduced in bulk until only the boiler and flues remained, and a new firebox was to be placed in her and new tires set on the drivers. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-08≤ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Two new locomotives for the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway, built entirely in the Kingston Locomotive Works, were expected the following week: a freight mogul with 18x26-inch cylinders, said to be the heaviest in that part of the country and able to pull 45 loaded cars on a slight incline with ease, and a heavy passenger locomotive expected to surpass the engines then running on the C.A.R. lines in weight and speed. Both were to be set to work as soon as they arrived, their assistance being "needed at once"; another passenger engine of the same build was to be ready for active service in less than a month. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-11(Quoting the Arnprior Chronicle. Transcribed by Col...) |
| 1893-08-12≥ | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | By August 12, 1893, many C.A.R. employees had gone to Moose Creek to attend the funeral of Rory Grant; the company furnished a special train. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-12("...went to Moose Creek yesterday..." Transcribed ...) |
| 1893-08-17 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Excursions on the new Ottawa–Galetta–Arnprior line: a Saturday excursion from Ottawa to Arnprior on July 22 was taken up by a number of Carp citizens; an advertised Civic Holiday excursion on Thursday, August 17 left the C.A.R. station at 7.30 a.m. (adults 75c, children 40c) for Galetta grove, where about 700 people picnicked and the O.A. & P.S. put on 13 cars, the train running slowly outbound to show the country, with the stations at Kinburn and Galetta nearly finished and the foundation in at March Corners; another report has 15 cars and about 600 people, with four car loads going on to Arnprior. A further excursion train the following Thursday (August 31) was to cross the new Madawaska bridge. | Almonte Gazette 1893-07-28(Carp News, on the July 22 excursion. Transcribed b...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-15(Advertisement for the Civic Holiday excursion. Tra...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-18(700 people, 13 cars. Transcribed by Colin J. Churc...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-22(15 cars, about 600 people. Transcribed by Colin J....),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-26(Next Thursday's excursion to cross the new bridge....) |
| 1893-08-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. J.R. Booth and Chief Engineer Mountain visited Renfrew on Thursday, August 17, where Mr. A.A. Wright urged them to place the line alongside, and the station near, the C.P.R.'s to spare the town from being cut up by tracks. Booth said they had been over the ground and that following the C.P.R. would make the route longer and cost $30,000 more, so the creek route would be followed, with the creek bed "piled" instead of cutting through Rouselle's windmill and Mrs. Freer's residence; the Opeongo road would be crossed on James street, the track running through Mr. John Smith's vacant lot, the block with Mr. R. McEwen's new house and the south-west corner of the lacrosse grounds to cross the K. & P.R. at the Horton–Admaston town line. The station would be either on the Smith vacant lot facing Moffatt's factory or on the adjoining McEwen block; by August 22 the site was reported selected, one block south-west of Main street in the south end of town. | Mercury 1893-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-22(The Renfrew station site selected the previous wee...) |
| 1893-08-18 | Galetta Depot | The O.A. & P.S. station at Galetta was nearing completion on August 3, 1893 (chief engineer Mountain), and about finished by August 18. | Ottawa Journal 1893-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-18(Picnic at Galetta report: "at Kinburn and Galetta ...) |
| 1893-08-18 | South March Depot | March Corners was among the station sites selected on the Ottawa–Arnprior line in January 1893 (with Carp, Kinburn, Galetta and Arnprior, the track then being laid 15 miles out to March Corners); by August 18 the foundation of the station at March Corners was in. | Ottawa Journal 1893-01-13(Station sites selected; also in the Almonte Gazett...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-18(Picnic at Galetta report: "at March Corners the fo...) |
| 1893-08-19 | Parry Sound Colonization Railway #2 - William Beatty | Engine No. 2 of the Colonization railway, named the "Wm. Beatty", arrived at the C.A.R. yards at Ottawa for repairs (the Free Press had said on August 8 it was expected down to the shops in a few days). It was one of the oldest locomotives in that part of Canada, one of a batch of twelve brought from Wales some twenty years earlier for the Toronto, Grey and Bruce road, and had been on the Parry Sound Colonization road since its inception. Built without a cab (a comfortable one was added later), it had forty-inch driving wheels of forged wrought iron and burned wood entirely under a broad-topped stack; driver Teague took up its companion engine No. 1 and brought No. 2 down by way of Toronto and the Grand Trunk, the 550 miles taking from Monday morning until half past five that morning. After repairs it was to ply the yards for a while and then go back to the Colonization road. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-08(Engine No. 2 of the Parry Sound road expected at t...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-22 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Continuing an earlier interview, Mr. Mountain said he had as yet received no instructions regarding the location of the proposed Central Station in Ottawa, nor any intimation of it, but felt confident the station would be erected in due time; once the work began it would be rushed through with as little delay as possible. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-23 | John Rudolphus Booth | The Renfrew Mercury reported J. R. Booth's insistence on fast trains for his railway: "Booth's trains will go at sixty miles per hour or he shall have no use for them." | Mercury 1893-08-23 |
| 1893-08-25 | Plows | A second large gravel plow for the Parry Sound railway was built in the C.A.R. car shops on Elgin street (the second built there that year): it was expected finished early in the week of August 7 but was not ready before the end of that week, the frame having yet to be sheeted with iron; by August 25 it was being sheeted with iron, mounted on a flat car, to be taken up the Parry Sound shortly. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-25 | Elgin Street | An extra yard shunter was put on the C.A.R. Elgin street yards, making three shunters working, one of which was engaged all night. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-25≤ | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A fine combination car for the Hawkesbury branch would be turned out of the C.A.R. painting shops the following Monday, divided into three apartments for first and second class passengers and baggage. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-25≤ | Hawkesbury Branch | A fine combination car of the Hawkesbury branch, in three apartments (first and second class passengers, and baggage), would be turned out of the C.A.R. painting shops the following Monday. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-26 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Stations and station grounds along the Ottawa–Arnprior line were under construction in the summer of 1893: at Kinburn the company was building a 40x20 ft station (July 14), the contractor for all the stations between Ottawa and Arnprior being Mr. Tomlinson of Ottawa, and by August 3 the stations at Kinburn and Galetta were nearing completion, the Carp station (to be built east of the village on the site of Rivington's hill) was about to begin, and grounds were located at Kinburn for a freight shed and granary; by August 18 the stations at Kinburn and Galetta were about finished and the foundation was in at March Corners. At Arnprior the town council gave part of Tierney street for the station grounds (otherwise the station would have gone to Mansfield); Mr. Mountain said on August 3 the station would be on Tierney street in the centre of town, Mr. Morley Donaldson bought brick and stone for it in the week of August 7, and construction began by August 26 at the end of Tierney street, a short distance south of the C.P.R.'s station. The company was also paying good prices for right of way in Arnprior, with a representative buying properties (July 14, 21). | Mercury 1893-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-07-28(Arnprior council granting part of Tierney street. ...),Almonte Gazette 1893-08-11(Mr. Donaldson buying brick and stone. Transcribed ...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-09(Booth and party arranging ground for the station s...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-07-14(Chronicle: good prices paid for right of way in Ar...) |
| 1893-08-26 | Arnprior | An interlocking system and signal tower were being placed at the crossing of the O.A. & P.S. and the C.P.R. tracks at the western end of Arnprior: the tower was nearly finished by August 25-26 and was to be manned by two men, one appointed by the C.P.R. and the other by the O.A. & P.S. | Almonte Gazette 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-26 | Elgin Street | Radical changes were being made at the C.A.R.'s Elgin Street depot: the big baggage room building was to be moved eastward and the siding past the freight shed carried down the north side of the station to the station house, solely for Parry Sound trains, since the single passenger track could no longer accommodate the trains once the Parry Sound road began running its morning train; two long platforms would extend on each side of this Parry Sound landing, and a siding on the north side of the long freight shed would be used for unloading freight. Mr. Donaldson said the change was a trial and the track could easily be torn up again. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-31 | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | Work on the O.A. & P.S. bridge over the Madawaska River at Arnprior resumed by July 14, with trestle work over McLachlin Bros.' siding also started; the iron superstructure passed over the line on July 26 and the Dominion Bridge Company of Lachine began placing it. One span was up by August 3, the bridge was about half constructed by August 9, the second span was being erected by August 17, work began on the last span by August 22, and the trestle work was completed by August 26, with Mr. Mountain reporting on August 22 that the bridge was to be finished that day (the Journal said the iron work was only about half completed and three weeks were still needed); the long approach was being filled in and the bridge was expected complete by Saturday night, September 2. Built about a hundred yards below the C.P.R. bridge, it was described as a magnificent structure. | Almonte Gazette 1893-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-07-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-31 | Parry Sound Colonization Railway #2 - William Beatty | The old Welsh locomotive No. 2 of the Parry Sound Colonization railroad was repaired and put to use as a shunter throughout the C.A.R. yards. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 52 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1893-09-05≥ | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | By September 5, 1893, track laying on the O.A. & P.S. bridge over the Madawaska at Arnprior had been completed (on Friday, September 1, under Foreman Leslie) and the first train ran over the new bridge on September 4; the bridge was reported finished and the track laid as far as the C.P.R. station by September 8, after General Manager Chamberlain inspected it on August 30. | Almonte Gazette 1893-09-01(Mr. Chamberlain inspecting the nearly completed br...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-09-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-09-05(First train over the bridge "yesterday". Transcrib...),Almonte Gazette 1893-09-08(Bridge finished; track laid to the C.P.R. station....) |
| 1893-09-11 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | An application was made to the Ontario Government to cut out of the Algonquin National Park the two townships (or part of them) through which the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway was to run, where large timber limits, formerly Perley & Pattee's, lay partly within the park, owned by Messrs. Fowler, Hill and Whitney; a deputation of J.R. Booth (president of the railway company), W. Caldwell, M.P.P., J. Loughrin, M.P.P., Messrs. Hill and Whitney, with counsel J. Whitney, Q.C., M.P.P., met the cabinet (Messrs. Mowat, Hardy, Gibson and Bronson present) on the Thursday afternoon, when the application was argued and the decision reserved. The Pembroke Observer added that Dr. Dowling, the local member, would also press the government to allow the American company that had bought Perley & Pattee's Madawaska limits to build sawmills at White Fish Lake, just within the park limits. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-09-11(Quoting the Toronto Empire. Transcribed by Colin J...) |
| 1893-09-13 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A committee (Messrs. F. McDougall, W.R. Stroud, J.M. Garland, Senator Clemow, H.K. Egan, J.W. McRae, Geo. Cox, Chas. Magee and A.D. Richard) was appointed to wait on the Minister of Railways and Canals to urge the government to grant J.R. Booth the right of way along the eastern bank of the canal to the Central Depot. | Ottawa Journal 1893-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-09-14≤ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The three new O.A. & P.S. Ry. engines, one mogul (ten tons heavier than the heaviest then on the line) and two passenger locomotives, were expected to arrive on Saturday from the shop where they had been fitted up, and would be put to work at once. They had been expected the previous Monday but were delayed in the shop. On September 20 the Journal noted that the C.A.R.'s locomotives were being used on the O.A. & P.S. for the present, with others to be built for special use on the line. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-09-22(The same three engines still expected. Transcribed...),Ottawa Journal 1893-09-20(C.A.R. locomotives in use for the present. Transcr...) |
| 1893-09-15 | B.W.Dunnett Elevator | At Kinburn, B.W. Dunnett's elevator was in course of erection, to have a capacity of twenty-five thousand bushels when completed; Foreman W. Winchester with a gang of twelve men was building a siding to the elevator and making other improvements such as gravelling the yard and grading the roadways to the station and elevator. By October 2 the new station yard and grain elevator were "making rapid strides towards completion". | Ottawa Journal 1893-09-15(Along the O.A. & P.S. between Ottawa and Arnprior....),Almonte Gazette 1893-10-06(Kinburn Notes, October 2. Transcribed by Colin J. ...) |
| 1893-09-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Regular passenger service on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway between Ottawa and Arnprior opened on Monday, September 18, 1893, with two trains daily each way: trains left Ottawa at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (reaching Arnprior at about 11.20 a.m. and 6.15 p.m.) and left Arnprior at 7 a.m. and 4.10 p.m., the distance of about 36 miles being covered in roughly an hour and a quarter; stations and distances from Ottawa were Carp 19 miles, Kinburn 27, Galetta 32 and Arnprior 37. The first time card, dated September 18, provided through parlour car service between Ottawa and Montreal and daily sleeping car service to New York and Boston, with all trains arriving and departing from the Canada Atlantic's Elgin Street depot, and the run connected with the C.A.R.'s through service to Montreal, Boston and New York. A first excursion from Arnprior to Ottawa ran on September 23 for the Fair, and the company applied for Ottawa's $50,000 grant. | Ottawa Journal 1893-09-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-09-20(Also gives the $75,000 rolling stock summary and t...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1893-09-22(Arnprior News, and the application for Ottawa's gr...),Ottawa Journal 1893-09-22(First time card of September 18, 1893. Transcribed...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-09-23(First excursion from Arnprior. Transcribed by Coli...) |
| 1893-09-18≥ | Casselman | By September 18, 1893, a "G.T.R. [sic]" freight train had killed a cow at a road crossing near Casselman, on the preceding Tuesday. | Ottawa Journal 1893-09-18(The item says the cow was killed "on Tuesday". Tra...) |