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 companies.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1871-03-13 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | The new railway from Ottawa to Coteau Landing will be called the Montreal Junction and Ottawa City Railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1871-03-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1871-04-14 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | Incorporated by Canada Act 34 V. Chap. 47 | CNRHist |
| 1872-06-14 | The Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company | Incorporated. Canada Act 35 V Chap 83 | CNRHist |
| 1872-09-09 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | A full meeting of the Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway Company was held at Lancaster. It was decided to increase the force now at work on the road so as to have twenty-two miles graded before the 1st of January 1873, from the Province line westward to Alexandria. | Ottawa Citizen 1872-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1872-09-19 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | The Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railroad Company have three hundred men at work on the section of their line between the Province line and Alexandria, and the work is advancing rapidly. | Ottawa Citizen 1872-09-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1872-10-05 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | Mr. McGillivray received a letter from the Superintendent of the Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway, stating that there are four hundred men now at work on the road, and it is expected that ten miles of grading will be finished in another week. | Ottawa Citizen 1872-10-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1872-11-02 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | There was, the paper reports, a great deal of talk in Montreal about the folly of building a wooden bridge from Coteau to Valleyfield, in connection with the Coteau and Ottawa Junction Railroad then in course of construction. The paper suggested that if not too late, Montreal should take stock in the road to the amount of $200,000, with the proviso that if the wooden bridge be built across the river, it shall be used wholly for the transport of lumber. | Ottawa Citizen 1872-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1873-01-30 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | A meeting of the directors of the City of Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway Company was held at Lancaster. The work on this line was being pushed forward as rapidly as possible for the season, with one hundred men employed at the heaviest cuttings, a force to be largely augmented in the spring. Fourteen miles of the railway had already been graded and prepared for track laying in the township of Lochiel and Kenegon. | The Times 1873-01-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1873-03-07 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | The route for the railroad between High Falls, on the Nation River, and Ottawa had been decided upon. Two hundred men were at present employed at the cutting, and at the bridges. | Almonte Gazette 1873-03-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1873-08-16 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | Mr. Chas. Legge, chief engineer of the Coteau Landing Railway, arrived in Ottawa from Montreal with Mr. Wm. Snedden, an engineer from New York representing the Americans interested in the line, to locate the line from Ottawa to High Falls on the Nation River and to examine the intended bridge line over the St. Lawrence from Coteau to Valleyfield and the South Shore. An application was to be made to the City Council shortly for aid, on condition that the company's machine shops be established in Ottawa. | Ottawa Citizen 1873-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1874-08-11 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | The Cornwall Gazette reported that the contractors for the Coteau and Ottawa Railway had made an assignment, being unable to draw funds from their head quarters in Boston to continue the work; they had built portions of the line without reference to the contract's stipulation that they receive no actual money payment from the Company until ten miles of the road had been graded. At the time of the assignment, the contractors had done work valued by competent engineers at $280,000, exclusive of their plant, and had received about $30,000 in Kenyon and Lochiel township bonds, which they had sold for about 85 cents in the dollar. The contract was assigned to Mr. E.P. Johnston of L'Orignal, one of the contractors' own number. A meeting of the creditors was held at Alexandria to appoint an assignee: the Hon. D.A. Macdonald, President of the Road, nominated Mr. Donald McLennan of Williamstown, but the creditors, wanting the contractors given a chance to complete the work and realise their assets, appointed the interim assignee Mr. Johnston instead, by a numerical majority of sixteen, representing two-thirds of the liabilities. Not one director attended the creditors' meeting. | Ottawa Citizen 1874-08-11(Item is a reprint from the Cornwall Gazette ('Grit...) |
| 1878-11-28 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | The line of the Coteau Landing Railroad is said to be located as far as High Falls. It is not improbable that it will pass in the vicinity of the Dominion Springs, and will have a terminus at the proposed Central Depot. | Ottawa Free Press 1878-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1879-03-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Formed by amalgamation of the Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Co. and the Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Ry Co. Canada Act 42. V Chap 57 | CNRHist |
| 1879-07-26 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | It is said the new Coteau road, if built, will run into the city parallel with the St. L. & O. R.R. from the Chaudiere Junction. | Ottawa Free Press 1879-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1881-02-28 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A private meeting of several directors of the Canada Atlantic Railway was held to consider an offer to build the road, and arrangements were made to carry the work through at once with Mr. Daniel C. Linsley of Burlington, Vt. At the adjourned meeting, held at Lancaster, the contract for construction was awarded to Linsley for $15,000 per mile plus municipal bonuses of about $400,000; the contractor put up $300,000 in cash and a $100,000 bond as security. The portion between High Falls and Ottawa was to be completed by 1 September 1882, and the rest of the railway, excluding the St. Lawrence bridging, by 15 May 1887. The resignation of Hon. D.A. Macdonald as President was accepted. | Globe and Mail 1881-02-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Globe and Mail 1881-02-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1881-02-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1881-03-12 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company opened an office at the corner of Wellington and Kent streets. Mr. Linsley, the contractor, was in town. | Ottawa Free Press 1881-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1881-03-24 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mr. Linsley, contractor for the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, placed $30,000 security in the Bank of North America. | Ottawa Free Press 1881-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-02-01 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | Line opened Coteau Jct to Casselman. 48.5 miles | CNRHist |
| 1882-02-03 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | At a special meeting of the Ottawa City Council, a motion to ratify the arrangement to pay a bonus of $100,000 to the Canada Atlantic Railway was defeated by a majority of one. As the road was intended to run in connection with the Toronto and Ottawa Railway, the vote seemed to indicate there would be difficulty securing the $200,000 bonus voted to that company. | Almonte Gazette 1882-02-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-02-13 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | Line opened Casselman to Ottawa, 31.5 miles | CNRHist |
| 1882-05-31 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | At the annual general meeting, President E. McGillivray read the directors' report: since the last annual meeting, satisfactory progress had been made constructing the railway from Coteau to Ottawa; the line to High Falls on the Nation River was completed in December last, with two trains each way per day running from January; receipts from passengers and freight exceeded expectations. The road was now open to South Indian, 56 miles from Coteau and 24 from Ottawa, delayed somewhat by right-of-way negotiations. The two principal bridges, over the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal, were making fair progress. A labourer shortage had been relieved by the arrival of immigrants. The line had been located through the city to its final terminus at the Chaudiere, with every effort made to open the road to Ottawa on the first of August. Preparations were being made to commence active work on the eastern portion, from Coteau to the province line, including the St. Lawrence crossing at Coteau. The directors were negotiating with the Postmaster General for a mail contract from South Indian to Coteau. A by-law was passed limiting the number of directors to seven, to be annually elected by shareholders. The directors for the following year were named as E. McGillivray, McLeod Stewart, G.B. Pattee and Geo. H. Perley, of Ottawa; E.C. Smith of St. Albans; Duncan A. McDonald of Lochiel; Alex A. Stewart of Kenyon; Job Rinkin of Montreal; and Guy C. Noble of St. Albans. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-05-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-08-24 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Applications had been sent in to secure an excursion on the Canada Atlantic Railway, expected to be completed about the 15th of September. The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards were the applicants; Mr. MacCuaig would manage the excursion once arrangements were settled, accompanied by the Guards' Band. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-09-12 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The directorate and several prominent gentlemen connected with the Canada Atlantic Railway took a trip over their line by special train, the engine and car specially decorated for the occasion. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-09-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-09-14 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The first regular express train on the Canada Atlantic Railway arrived in the city about five o'clock Tuesday evening from Coteau, met at the Stewarton station by hotel buses and hacks. Mr. John Brown, formerly of the Vermont Central, was conductor on the passenger train, with Ed. Chase, also of the Vermont Central, as driver; Dan Brown was conductor on the accommodation train, with Herby Pangburn (formerly of the North Shore) as driver. William Graham of Ottawa brought the first train over the road. Separately, an accident marred the new railway's construction: the boiler of a steam shovel near Roxborough exploded, injuring three men; two escaped without serious injury, but the cranesman, named McKenly, was so badly scalded that little hope was held for his recovery. The first train into the city also ran over and killed a bull near High Falls. Mr. Starr's contract on the railway was completed, and hotel buses were now running regularly to the station. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1882-09-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-09-16 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Stewart & Fleck, proprietors of the Vulcan Iron Works, repaired the engines and machinery of the Canada Atlantic Railroad. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-09-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-09-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway issued preliminary invitations to an opening excursion over their line from Ottawa to Coteau, to be held the following Saturday, inviting members of the Dominion Government, the mayor and aldermen, and leading citizens and businessmen. The intention was to take them to Clarke's Island on the St. Lawrence, recently purchased by the company (comprising 120 acres), and from there to Valleyfield. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-09-30 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The preliminary opening of the Canada Atlantic Railway took place. Fully five hundred public men and merchants of Ottawa, with the officers of the road, assembled at the Elgin Street depot at eight o'clock; a train of eight coaches and a baggage car, drawn by the engine 'Montreal', left Ottawa at 8:15. The party reached Eastman's Springs, then Coteau Junction at 11:15 for a fifteen-minute stop, before continuing to Coteau Landing. Among the party were E. McGillivray, President; R.H. Bronson, Director; W.G. Perley, Vice-President; R.B. Robbins, American Consul; Ald. Bobier; Robert Surtees, City Engineer; the Bishop of Ontario; W.A. Ross, County Judge; Ald. Wm. Cherry; Senator J. Skead; Dr. Grant; Hon. D.A. Macdonald; Mayor St. Jean; Collingwood Schreiber, Chief Engineer of the C.P.R.; A. Percy Sherwood, Chief of Police; and many others. From Coteau the party embarked on the steamer 'St. Francis' for Turk's Island, the proposed site of the St. Lawrence bridge crossing, where a luncheon for four hundred was laid under canvas. President McGillivray proposed toasts to the Queen and to the President of the United States (coupled with the name of Colonel Robbins), followed by further toasts including one to the prosperity of the Canada Atlantic Railway. The party then went on to Valleyfield before returning; the roughly 80-mile trip from Coteau to Ottawa took slightly less than eight and a half hours, reaching Stewarton at 8:20pm. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-09-30(Special dispatch from the paper's own corresponden...),Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-02 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | About 300 invited guests accompanied the directors of the Canada Atlantic Railway on the preliminary-opening trip, leaving the city at eight in the morning and arriving at Coteau at eleven, a distance of 87 miles. The road was well laid with slight gradients and few curves, resembling the Canada Southern in these respects. The line presently ended at Coteau, joining the Grand Trunk, but a bridge across the St. Lawrence to Valleyfield was contemplated, extending the railway 45 miles to the United States frontier to connect with the Vermont Central and provide direct communication with Boston and New York; when the road under construction to connect the Midland system with Ottawa was complete, there would be a through line from Buffalo to the seaboard of which this road would be an important link. At Coteau the party boarded the steamer St. Francis for Clark Island, the largest of a chain of islands across which the line was to be extended, where a luncheon was served under a large tent; speakers included Senators Skead of Ottawa and Sutherland of Manitoba, several Members of Parliament, Mayor St. Jean, Sheriff Sweetland, Col. Robbins (American vice-consul), Dr. Grant, and Mr. Lindsay (Linsley), the contractor; Mr. C. McGillivray of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company presided. Speakers anticipated great results for the Ottawa valley and urged the Ottawa corporation to pay its promised bonus. The party then visited Valleyfield before returning to Coteau and on to Ottawa in two and a half hours. | Toronto Daily Mail 1882-10-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | "Direct communication with Montreal by another line than the C.P.R. has been obtained by the Ottawa people by the opening of the Canada Atlantic Railway, which runs to Coteau Landing, where it meets the Grand Trunk." The line was formally opened the preceding Saturday, when 500 invited guests made a trip over it and expressed themselves delighted. The opening was expected to reduce freight rates between Ottawa and Montreal; when finished the line would cross the St. Lawrence by bridge and continue into Vermont, providing direct communication with New York and Boston and shortening the time for goods arriving from England via the almost-daily steamship service. | Almonte Gazette 1882-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-16 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Asked about competition from the Grand Trunk's new three-hour-twenty-minute trains to Ottawa over the (Canadian Pacific-controlled) route, an employee of the Canada Atlantic Railway said the Grand Trunk could run quicker over the Canada Atlantic's line than the Syndicate could over its own, since the Canada Atlantic's grades were easier and it had few bridges of consequence, and that time could be made half an hour shorter if necessary; he predicted further time savings once the Quebec and Ontario road was completed through to Toronto. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-18 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A special train left the Stewarton depot to test the bridges recently built by the Toronto Bridge Company, carrying Messrs. W. Shanly, T.C. Keefer and E. Ridout (civil engineers of the Department of Railways and Canals), D.C. Linsley (contractor), G.W. Lampman (resident engineer), A. Duffy (civil engineer), G.M. Spragge (auditor), E.C. Winnie (general freight and passenger agent), F.M. Barstow (civil engineer) and D. Donaldson (mechanical engineer). The train, three engines and a passenger car totalling 200 tons, tested the Rideau Canal bridge first, finding a deflection of one quarter of an inch; the other bridges showed no greater deflection, considered highly satisfactory. A meal was served between Moose Creek and Casselman. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-19 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Great activity was being displayed at the Elgin Street station: trains of ballasting material were being brought in at night and the work of levelling the yard rapidly proceeded; ten carloads of freight arrived in the city the previous day. It was thought probable the next Manitoba emigrant special, carrying settlers and their effects to the Prairie Province, would leave by the Canada Atlantic Railway to join the Grand Trunk at Coteau, instead of proceeding via the Canadian Pacific through Brockville as previously; the next such party was to leave on 8 November. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Reporting on the failed (by one vote) Canada Atlantic bonus by the City of Ottawa: work on the railway had commenced in August 1872 in Glengarry county, proceeding without interruption until January 1874, by which time over twenty-seven miles were fully graded and about ten more miles were under way, including bridges, masonry, culverts and fencing. The Canada Atlantic Railway was formed on 15 May 1879 by the amalgamation of the Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company and the Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway. The construction contract was awarded to D.C. Linsley, who continued in good faith believing the city would grant the $100,000 bonus; a writ was to be served on the city. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-31 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A press excursion train, with one Pullman, one first class, one second class and one baggage car newly purchased by the Canada Atlantic Railway, left Montreal at 9:00am and arrived at Ottawa at 12:29, one minute early. Messrs. Perley, Booth, Fleck, Spragge and Gormully waited for the press men at the station; the party left for Montreal again at 4:20pm. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-11-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Regular train service opened for passenger traffic on the Canada Atlantic Railway. The public now had at their disposal two first-class lines of railway by which to travel between Montreal and Ottawa. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-01-02 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | There was a boom in the freight trade of the Canada Atlantic Railway; no less than thirty-eight car loads of freight came in the previous Saturday. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-01-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-02-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | An accident on the Canada Atlantic road at Kenyon, arising from want of due attention to instructions, resulted in loss of life: the night mixed trains, which were supposed to cross at that point, collided in dark and stormy conditions. The westbound train had discharged its passengers and was backing into the siding when the eastbound train, under one of the line's oldest and ablest engineers, failed to see it in time. The engines were not derailed but were considerably damaged; passengers were unhurt beyond fright. The fireman of the eastbound train, Mr. Clarke, a young man residing with his parents at Coteau, was killed; the engineer, Mr. Miles, had two ribs broken among other injuries; three other train hands were injured, not seriously. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1883-02-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1883-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-03-22 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mr. Hiram Loomis, for many years locomotive engineer on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway and more recently on the C.P.R., accepted a similar position on the Canada Atlantic Railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-03-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-04-09 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | On and after Tuesday, 4 March [sic], the Canada Atlantic Railway and Grand Trunk Railway would run a Pullman sleeping car to Montreal, leaving Ottawa at 10pm and arriving in Montreal at 7am. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-04-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-05-18 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | With the road much improved since the first through train to Montreal ran on 30 September last, the managers made up a special heavy freight train to test the road's capacity for the Ottawa lumber trade, attaching a passenger car for reporters; Messrs. D.C. Linsley (contractor and manager), W.R. Hibbard (general agent) and E.O. Winnie (general superintendent) also rode. The engine, 'Mansfield', built by Mason of Taunton, Mass. -- a modification of the English Fairlie type with six coupled driving wheels and 16x24 cylinders, the only one of its kind in Canada -- hauled some forty cars, mostly empty, from Ottawa, exchanging empty for full cars at Eastman's Springs (where the party visited Borbridge's mineral springs, seven distinct varieties within a few yards) and South Indian, then ran a straight 22.5-mile stretch to Casselmans, where a luncheon was served and Linsley gave an account of the road's construction. At the Roxboro gravel pit -- the source of all gravel used in the line's construction, 32 feet deep and apparently inexhaustible -- more cars were exchanged; at Maxville, heavily loaded timber trucks were added, bringing the train to 45 cars (about 10 tons each, one measured car holding 9,000 feet of green pine lumber, roughly 18 tons). The train crossed the line's highest point between Maxville and Kenyon, reached Alexandria (waiting on the Ottawa express), and continued through the line's most difficult grades between Alexandria and Glen Robertson before reaching St. Polycarpe, where the party transferred to the express for a quick run to Coteau and supper. The trial was judged an unprecedented success; the contractor claimed the road's alignment, grades, curves and ballasting were second to none in the country. Of the roughly 53 total miles beyond Coteau still to be built, about a third was finished and in working order. The highest grade was 39 feet to the mile westward, 29 feet eastward. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-05-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1883-05-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-05-30 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | At the annual meeting of shareholders, President E. McGillivray's report, adopted by the meeting: last year's report described the completed railway from Coteau Landing to Casselman (50 miles, 30 from Ottawa), operating from 1 January 1882. The directors now reported the road opened for traffic between Coteau Landing and Ottawa on 1 November last, completing the distance in nineteen months, with much credit due to contractor D.C. Linsley. Satisfactory arrangements had been made with the Grand Trunk Railway for through passenger and freight traffic between Ottawa and Montreal -- two express trains each way daily, plus a local freight and passenger train each way, with a temporary night train added during the sitting of Parliament -- and with the Postmaster-General for through and local mail. Several villages had sprung up along the line, six steam sawmills were now in operation, and the population along the line was increasing rapidly. A full-year earnings comparison was not possible since only part of the road operated before 1 November, but traffic had exceeded the directors' expectations despite winter storms interfering briefly with running. The directors, having lately travelled the road, found it in first-class order, well ballasted with superior gravel and laid with superior steel rails, running Ottawa-Montreal in three hours and three-quarters; the Government's and the company's chief engineers had both certified the bridges and culverts as thoroughly tested and satisfactory. The eastern end south of the St. Lawrence to the province line was making fair progress, with about twenty miles to be ready for rails shortly; the portion between Elgin street station and the Chaudiere lumber district was expected complete about the middle of August. The directors were sanguine about the railway's future once the St. Lawrence connection and docks and elevators at Valleyfield were built, given the roughly 350 million feet of lumber cut annually at Ottawa and vicinity, for which the road would offer the shortest rail route to American markets, and cars loaded at Valleyfield could reach New York or Boston within twenty-four hours. Signed E. McGillivray, President, and A.W. Fleck, Secretary-Treasurer, Ottawa, 29 May 1883. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-05-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-09-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Invited by the manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway to ride from Montreal to Ottawa, said to be shorter than the C.P.R. route from Hochelaga, the paper noted the line was already favorably known to the Quebec press and recommended by members who had ridden it. Quoting the Montreal Witness: while Sir Henry Tyler had thought ten hours between Toronto and Montreal fast enough, D.C. Linsley, manager of the Canada Atlantic, had shown the popularity of fast trains -- in a recently published comparison of relative railway speeds, Canada took the lead on the continent. The Canada Atlantic covered the roughly 78.4 miles between Coteau and Ottawa in one hour thirty-four minutes with three stops, an average of fifty miles an hour, and eleven miles between Eastman's Springs and South Indian at a mile a minute by the fast express -- built, it appeared, especially for fast service, and expected to work a revolution in Ottawa-New York business once extended to its southern terminus near Rouses Point. Passenger traffic between Ottawa and Montreal had increased markedly since the Canada Atlantic began operating and its competitor the Canadian Pacific also increased speed. | Quebec Daily Telegraph 1883-09-29(Quotes the Montreal Witness at length. Transcribed...) |
| 1883-10-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Two trains of lumber per diem were now being run out from Ottawa by the Canada Atlantic Railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-10-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Governor General and Princess Louise left Ottawa by the Canada Atlantic Railway at noon, escorted from Rideau Hall by the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, with a guard of honor of the Governor General's Foot Guards drawn up at the station before a large crowd. The Marquis and Princess bade a kindly good-bye to many present, and a royal salute was fired by the Ottawa Field Battery as the train moved away. | New York Times 1883-10-16(Datelined Ottawa, 15 October. Transcribed by Colin...) |
| 1883-11-16 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The wood trains on the Canada Atlantic were running very heavy. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-11-17 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | After that day, the Canada Atlantic Railway's mixed trains would be discontinued for the winter, to the inconvenience of many who used them to travel between intermediate stations. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-11-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-11-26 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The new wood shed at the Canada Atlantic Railway was completed. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-11-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-11-28 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Lumber trains were being run daily on the new Chaudiere extension of the Canada Atlantic Railway; lumber merchants in the vicinity of the Chaudiere considered it a great convenience. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-12-11 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Owing to the increase in lumber shipments, the Canada Atlantic Railway decided to put on a special lumber train. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-12-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Rowdies were nightly infesting the Canada Atlantic station; this was no fault of the railway authorities, as the loafers kept out of the jurisdiction of the station officials. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884 | The Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company | Line opened Coteau to Coteau Landing - 2 miles | CNRHist |
| 1884-06-14 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The yard accommodation at the Canada Atlantic is being increased. Extra traffic demands extra accommodation and the company wants to accommodate the public. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-06-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-07-07 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A correspondent of the Citizen complained a few days ago that a parlour car, advertised to be connected with each train on the Canada Atlantic Railway, had been missing on several occasions. The reason was in consequence of the cars undergoing improvements. The cars will soon be running as usual. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-10-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The wood trains on the Canada Atlantic Railway have been started again and are busily engaged in drawing wood from down the line to Ottawa. | Ottawa Free Press 1884-10-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885 | The Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company | Line opened Clarks Island to Lacolle - 43.5 miles | CNRHist |
| 1885 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Major promoters from PS met with minister of Rys and canals. Minister was not encouraging as they had not mapped out business case. Promoters changed orientation of Ry to make it likely to become part of line from Ottawa. | Bell pp.45-52 |
| 1885-02-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | On Monday next the Canada Atlantic will open to traffic to Rouses Point whence it will connect with the entire American railway system. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-02-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1885-02-10(Same-day report of the same event, worded: "The Ca...) |
| 1885-03-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The morning train from Ottawa to Montreal on the Canada Atlantic Railway was delayed by the breaking of a driving wheel of the locomotive about a half a mile west of Alexandria. The accident necessitated the transshipment of the passengers from the Montreal train to the Ottawa train and vice versa. The engine alone left the rails and none of the passengers were aware of the accident until informed by the railway employees. Beyond the breaking of the engine, no damage whatever was done to either cars or the roadbed. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-03-04(The item also notes that an Ottawa Free Press repo...) |
| 1885-03-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway Company | Incorporated under Ontario Act 51 V Chap 71. | CNRHist |
| 1885-03-30 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Incorporated under Ontario Act 48 V Chap 78 to build from a point on the GTR's Toronto and Callander line to Parry Sound. | CNRHist |
| 1885-07-17 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Dr. Mullen's Salvation Car Coupler will be tested tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Canada Atlantic Railway station Stewarton. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-07-17('Stewarton' is the operator-confirmed older name f...) |
| 1886 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | In 1886 "All engines at that time were wood burners. The freight engines carried a wood car behind the tender, to ensure a supply. The passenger engines did not carry a wood car. Instead, each tender had built up racks to increase the carrying capacity." The early passenger trains on the C.A.R. carried only two coaches. The freight engineers of 1886 were James Casey, H. Kirk, Billy Sandow and Billy Eldridge. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-01-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway will commence today a new train service, connecting with the D. and H. and the C.V.R. via Rouse's Point, and securing a through passenger route between Ottawa, Boston and New York. Through Pullman sleepers will be run between Ottawa and Boston, and Ottawa passengers for New York will change Pullmans at St. Albans where twenty minutes is allowed for refreshments. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-01-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-01-09 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | In today's Canada Gazette appears an application to parliament from the Canada Atlantic railway, for power to extend their railway to the lumber districts around the city of Hull and Chaudiere; to issue further mortgage bonds and to extend the time for the completion of the railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-01-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-01-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The rumor circulated throughout the city yesterday that the Canada Atlantic Railway was making an effort to reach the Hull lumber piles by bridging the Ottawa via the Chaudiere island is denied. A director this afternoon stated that the project had not been contemplated but admitted that it would likely be a matter for future consideration. | Ottawa Journal 1886-01-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-03-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The lumber office of the Canada Atlantic railway on the Richmond road, as well as the freight office on Elgin street, has been connected by telephone with all of the principal offices in the city. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-03-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-04-14 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A RAILWAY PITCH-IN. One Engine Smashed, Three Cars Telescoped but Nobody Injured. A serious pitch in occurred on the Canada Atlantic this morning shortly after seven o'clock at a point about eight miles from the city. The out-going freight train, which was the first departure from Elgin Street station, was followed by another freight, which departed only five or ten minutes later and dashed into the rear cars of the forward train with tremendous force. A dense fog was prevailing at the time, preventing the engineer from whistling "down brakes" until too late. The driver and fireman had barely time to jump for their lives; they escaped unhurt. The engine was pretty badly smashed and lay overturned in the ditch. The three rear-most cars of the first train were partially telescoped and hurled from the track. The express for Montreal was brought to a standstill at the scene of the accident; the passengers were brought back to town and the train was cancelled. A wrecking train was despatched from the station about 8:30, and the track is now clear of the debris. The loss will probably exceed a couple of thousand dollars. | Ottawa Journal 1886-04-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-04-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The early morning mixed train on the Canada Atlantic Railway yesterday was brought to a stop about four miles from the city owing to the engine breaking down. A freight train coming along five minutes later ran into the rear of the mixed, the fog being so dense the driver had not time to stop the train after perceiving the obstruction. The freight engine was derailed and pretty badly broken, as were also three cars of the mixed train. None of the men on the trains were hurt. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-04-15(A separate incident from the 1886-04-14 collision ...) |
| 1886-05-17 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Loco #4 (later 724) refitted with Westinghouse Air Brake | Ottawa Journal, 1886-05-17. Thanks to David Jeanes |
| 1886-05-21 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Editorial. Supreme court has given judgment for the city against the Canada Atlantic. Question of subsidy. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-05-21(The item is a brief editorial note; no further det...) |
| 1886-07-20 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic, with considerable enterprise, yesterday instituted a buffet dining service on the train between the city and Montreal. | Ottawa Journal 1886-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-09-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | For some time past the Canada Atlantic trains have been annoyed by stones thrown at the cars while in motion. Last night County Constable McKenzie succeeded in tracing the nuisance to three small boys in Rochesterville. Owing to the tender age of the offenders he did not arrest the culprits, judging that a vigorous use of the sole of the paternal slipper would be as good a preventative to a repetition of the offence as any punishment the magistrate could inflict. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-09-13 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Messrs. Linsley and Chamberlain, with a view to testing the roadbed of the Canada Atlantic, had a quick run over the road on Saturday, leaving the station at Ottawa and accomplishing the distance to Coteau, including stoppages, at the rate of a mile a minute -- a run of eighty-one miles made in eighty-two minutes, including stops, the actual running time being seventy-eight minutes, said to be the fastest time ever made on this continent. Below Casselman the train, which consisted of a locomotive and one car, struck two cows, hurling them from the track and killing them instantly; the occupants of the car experienced only a slight shock. Mr. W.G. Cole was conductor of the train and Mr. Wm. Christie engineer. | Ottawa Journal 1886-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1886-09-14(Same Saturday test run to Coteau, reported a day l...) |
| 1886-10-28 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | One of the largest excursions that ever left Ottawa by the Canada Atlantic Railway, left here Tuesday for New York to witness the unveiling of the Bartholdi monument of liberty enlightening the world. | Ottawa Journal 1886-10-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | "When the C.A.R. started in 1882, the passenger service was supplied by the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1887 the C.A.R. began to handle its own passenger service, and put on fast trains to Montreal over the G.T.R." The engineers of these fast trains were F. Ferguson, Isaac Johnson, Robert Orr and Phil Roy; the conductors were John Roberts, Ned Martin, Dan Brown and J. Whitman. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887-05-30 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | General Manager Chamberlin, of the Canada Atlantic Railway, invited some friends to an excursion down the road: the facilities of the line for affording a day's outing from the city. To the regular morning express leaving the Elgin St. Station at 8 a.m. was attached a special car, on board of which a party of twenty ladies and gentlemen made themselves comfortable. At Coteau the excursion was joined by friends from St. Albans, Vt., and elsewhere. Taking the company's little steamer Anderson, the party steamed across the rapid current to Clark's Island, opposite Valleyfield, then down the St. Lawrence rapids to the mouth of the Beauharnois canal -- through the Coteau, Cedars and Cascade rapids -- and back up the canal, with a stage from Melocheville to visit Besson point, before rejoining the steamer and catching the Ottawa train at Coteau at 5:40 p.m. | Ottawa Journal 1887-05-30(The steamer 'Anderson', described as the company's...) |
| 1887-06-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The annual meeting of the Directors of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company took place yesterday afternoon at Mr. J.R. Booth's office. The report of the Directors for the past year was considered highly satisfactory and financial returns for the six months from 1st September last showed an advance of 60 per cent over the corresponding six months of last year. The increase in the traffic had been so great that it was recommended that 2,000 new cars be placed on the road. Should the traffic continue to increase in the way it has done the directors will consider the advisability of constructing a double track. The following directors and officers were elected for the current year: D.C. Linsley, President; G.H. Perley, Vice-President; Wm. Anderson, C.B. Powell, C.J. Booth, E.C. Smith, Guy C. Noble, directors. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-06-01(The same meeting also discussed the Chaudiere exte...) |
| 1887-06-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | In the report of the directors of the Canada Atlantic Railway, the docks at Coteau Landing and Clark's Island are said to be in a fair state of progress and will be pushed forward to completion as rapidly as possible. | Ottawa Journal 1887-06-01(From the same annual directors' meeting as the ful...) |
| 1887-06-23 | The Central Counties Railway Company | Incorporated as Prescott County Railway Co. by Canada Act 50-51 V Chap 82 | CNRHist |
| 1887-07-07 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | EMPLOYEES' EXCURSION -- The Canada Atlantic Railway contemplate giving their employees a free excursion to Valleyfield on the 23rd. The services of Barratt's band have already been engaged for the occasion. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-07-07(The excursion that took place on the 23rd (filed s...) |
| 1887-07-14 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Description of a press excursion to Montreal over the Canada Atlantic to Coteau and then through the St. Lawrence Rapids to Montreal. | Ottawa Journal 1887-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-07-23 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The first annual picnic of the employees of the Canada Atlantic Railway company left the Elgin Street Station (picking up more at the Chaudiere and other stations en route) bound for Clarke's Island, near Coteau Landing, with about 800-1000 excursionists and Barrett's band. At Alexandria several of the male excursionists ran an impromptu race from the train to McDonald's hotel and back, dubbed a 'Scott Act race' by onlookers. At Coteau Landing the party boarded the steamer 'Transfer' for the island. Clarke's Island, 'thousands of acres in extent', is the property of the C.A.R. Co., who intend making it a summer resort by building a large hotel and a track for races and sports. The day included baseball, lacrosse, dancing and other sports. On the way home a Mrs. Hill was taken ill from the heat and seen by a doctor at Coteau, with no danger found. The train reached Ottawa without further incident, the excursion judged an unbounded success. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-07-23(Brief same-day departure notice. Transcribed by Co...),Ottawa Journal 1887-07-25(Detailed account: 13 cars, about 800 excursionists...),Ottawa Citizen 1887-07-25(Detailed account naming the departure from Chaudie...) |
| 1887-08-05 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | It is understood that the Canada Atlantic has completed the necessary financial arrangements for bridging the St. Lawrence at Coteau, and the work will be proceeded with immediately. | Almonte Gazette 1887-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-09-27 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Mr. J. Logan, yard foreman of the C.A.R., says the bush in the vicinity of Wood Station, about 34 miles down the line, is all on fire, with the flames only a quarter of a mile from the station wood yard. He attributes the burning of the ties at the scene of the late accident to a wind that sprang up that afternoon. The whole country between Navan and Bearbrook Crossing was reported literally on fire, fifty men guarding property near Navan, and hundreds of acres of the best woods destroyed for fourteen miles. | Ottawa Journal 1887-09-28(Follows up the 1887-09-27 Eastman's Springs derail...) |
| 1888-01-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway Company | WANTED, A RAILWAY FROM ARNPRIOR TO OTTAWA THROUGH THE CARP. Dr. George H. Groves of Carp says a preliminary survey is being made by Mr. Bell, C.E. of Almonte, for a short line railway between Ottawa and Arnprior, hoped to be pushed through by the Canada Atlantic railway as a feeder to their line, running from the Union Station at Ottawa to Graham's Bay, then to Arnprior via March Corners, Carp, Kinburn and Moore's Corners, within half a mile of Galetta -- about thirty miles, estimated at $15,000 a mile. Arnprior's lumber mills (McLachlin Bros., Gillies & Co.) currently pay the C.P.R. $300,000 a year for transport and would benefit from the competition; Arnprior offers a $20,000 bonus and McLachlin Bros. offer to build a $20,000 bridge across the Madawaska if the road goes ahead. The road would likely continue on to Renfrew, connecting there with the Kingston & Pembroke. | Ottawa Journal 1888-01-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-01-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway Company | THE PROPOSED SHORT LINE TO ARNPRIOR. An editorial urging support for the proposed Ottawa and Arnprior railway, noting it would bring the output of the Arnprior lumber mills directly onto the Canada Atlantic railway, and that the Canada Atlantic 'has been of sufficient value to the city and shown itself to possess sufficient liberality and enterprise to entitle it to our good wishes'. The road, estimated at half a million dollars, would eventually extend beyond Arnprior to Renfrew to connect with the Kingston and Pembroke road. | Ottawa Journal 1888-01-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-02-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A traveller's letter to the Ottawa Citizen, comparing the Canada Atlantic to lines he had ridden across Britain and North America, judged that 'for speed, comfort and luxury of travel the Canada Atlantic has no equal in Canada.' The cars, he wrote, 'are, I believe, the only cars in Canada which are heated by steam from the engine, doing away with the unsightly box stove in the corner, while the antiquated oil lamp has given place to the electric light.' He rode in the parlour car 'Casselman', costing $50 extra, and praised the porter's service. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-02-10(Signed 'Caxton'; the parlour car's name is transcr...) |
| 1888-02-22 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Ottawa mayor, in a letter urging Council to bonus or exempt from taxation the Canada Atlantic Railway's proposed new workshops rather than let them go to Valleyfield, reported that the company intends to locate the workshops at Clarke's Island (where they own 120 acres, centrally on the road, with direct coal landing by water), employing two hundred and fifty men at the outset, and noted that 'the Canada Atlantic Railway, in the very near future, will extend its line to Parry Sound' and that a bridge would shortly be erected at Coteau. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-02-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-02-23 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | There is quite a division of opinion with regard to whether the Canada Atlantic workshops should be bonussed by the corporation. Ald. Hutchison is firmly against anything in the shape of a bonus while Ald. Roger thinks that anything that would add to the wealth or population of the city should receive a reasonable encouragement. | Ottawa Journal 1888-02-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-04-25 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A SHARP GAME: THE CANADA ATLANTIC VS. COAL CARTAGE CO. Percy R. Todd, general freight and passenger agent of the Canada Atlantic, told the Parliamentary Combines Committee how, having failed for years to get a share of Ottawa's coal freight, the company arranged for the Rathbun Forwarding Company of Deseronto to send an agent, J.C. Carter, to sell coal brought in over the Canada Atlantic. The threat of competition brought Ottawa coal dealers to agree to buy 7,000 tons over the C.A.R. -- but the Delaware & Hudson railway then refused, on a pretext, to quote Carter rates, which Todd suspected was engineered by the Ottawa coal men. The Canada Atlantic and Rathbuns instead contracted with the Pennsylvania Coal Co. for coal delivered by water at Rouses Point, of which the C.A.R. hauled a portion free to offset losses; a further 500 tons came via the Canadian Pacific from a Brockville surplus. This year the company have arranged their own retail coal grounds, opened a Rathbun office in Ottawa, and expect an independent dealer besides, with an agreement to charge the same freight rate to all parties and match any local dealer's claimed price advantage dollar for dollar -- 'the sole object of the Canada Atlantic is to secure a fair share of the coal freight coming into Ottawa.' | Ottawa Journal 1888-04-25(Testimony reported at length; condensed here to it...) |
| 1888-05-02 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have completed arrangements by which they can take lumber shipped from Ottawa to New York by rail to Rouse's Point and thence by barge to Albany and New York -- a shorter route than by water to Sorel and the Richelieu River to Lake Champlain. The new rates are actually lower than the all-water route, and the lumber is carried faster; the company expect a rushing business that summer. The arrangement will chiefly affect owners of American vessels carrying the transitory trade, not local forwarders under existing long-term contracts. | Ottawa Journal 1888-05-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-05-04 | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | Incorporated under Victoria 51, chapter 65. | Bell p158 |
| 1888-06-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canadian Pacific Railway company find the working of the North Shore line too expensive for the receipts it gives them owing to the lively competition of the Canada Atlantic. The line has long been coveted by the G.T.R. people, who are anxious to reach the capital to tap the lumber shipping trade but have been unable to secure it on account of the high price asked by the Canada Atlantic company. The Grand Trunk people have obtained control of two charters, one from Dr. Bergin's company and the other from the Vaudreuil & Ottawa Co., held as a menace to the Canada Atlantic if it does not come down on price. It is said the C.P.R. will attempt to acquire control of the Canada Atlantic in order to thwart the plans of the G.T.R. | Ottawa Journal 1888-06-04(Rumor/speculation as reported, not a confirmed tra...) |
| 1888-07-16 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Article speculating on the future of the Canada Atlantic: the C.P.R. will buy the road as soon as the Chaudiere extension is completed, and then sell the North Shore line to the Pontiac and Pacific. | Ottawa Journal 1888-07-16(Speculation, not a confirmed transaction; compare ...) |
| 1888-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | William H. Taylor recalled that in August 1888 he began running as a locomotive fireman on the Canada Atlantic: "Firemen in those days had to clean their own engines inside and out. They had to crawl under the engines and rake the cinders out of the ashpan with a hoe", four or five times between Ottawa and Montreal; "Engines in those days had no lubricators and had to be oiled by hand. That is why we firemen were called 'tallow-pots.'" The wood-burning engines carried a wood car behind the tender, which usually gave out before the train had gone thirty miles, and every member of the crew helped reload from piles carted by farmers. He first ran out of Ottawa to Coteau Junction with Phil Roy at the controls. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1888-08-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Second annual C.A.R. employees excursion to Clarke's Island -- ten cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-10(Brief notice; compare the much fuller coverage of ...) |
| 1888-09-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | At present the Canada Atlantic Railway is shipping an average of over 60 carloads of lumber per day into American markets. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-09-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic railway seems to be carrying far more lumber from Ottawa this year than any other road. As many as one hundred cars in a day have been shipped by this line. | Canada Lumberman 1888-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1889 | The Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company | Line opened Lacolle to international boundary - 7.75 miles | CNRHist |
| 1889 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Sir John A. MacDonald promises subsidy of 3200 per mile would be honoured providing local investment comes through. | Bell pp.45-52 |
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