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 structures.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882-03-04 | Rideau Canal Bridge | Ald. O'Leary, awarded the contract for constructing two bridges for the Canada Atlantic Railway, one over the Rideau River and another over the Canal, had commenced the work, which would be vigorously prosecuted until finished. The two bridges would cost $8,000 in all, the canal bridge to be one of the staunchest swing bridges in the district. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-03-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-04-14 | Rideau Canal Bridge | Ald. O'Leary reported fair progress with his contract for the bridges over the Rideau River and the Canal, having two stone piers completed on the Rideau and most of the stone drawn for the bridges. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-04-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-05-25 | Rideau Canal Bridge | Work on the railway bridge over the canal was progressing well; the piers were now almost completed, and preparations for the rest of the work, with material almost entirely on the ground, were going on rapidly. The contractors would easily complete the structure in accordance with their agreement. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-05-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1882-05-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-07-15 | Rideau Canal Bridge | Some fifteen cars loaded with iron work for the Atlantic Railway bridge across the canal had already arrived by the St. L. & O. R.; about three more cars were expected to complete the contract. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-07-20 | Rideau Canal Bridge | Mr. W. Palen completed the trestle approaches to the Canada Atlantic Railway's bridge over the canal. Separately, the work of taking the track of the Canada Atlantic Railway over that of the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway was completed under the superintendence of Mr. S.S. Churchill. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-08-04 | Rideau Canal Bridge | The swing bridge over the Canada Atlantic Railway was completed and the first train had passed over it. Passenger trains were to be passing over it within a few days. | Quebec Daily Telegraph 1882-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-30 | Rideau Canal Bridge | The authorities of the Canada Atlantic Railway stopped pedestrian passage across their bridge over the canal, posting a notice that it was dangerous for foot passengers, with the keeper ordered not to allow them to pass. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-12-12 | Richmond Road Station | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company, with commendable enterprise, have just erected a neat passenger station at the end of the Chaudiere branch at Richmond Road. This will be a great convenience to the travelling public, and shows that the company are determined to do all in their power for the convenience of their patrons. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-12-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1884-12-12(Same-day report of the same event, describing the ...) |
| 1885-01-01 | Chaudiere Depot | The new passenger station of the Canada Atlantic Railway at the Chaudiere was opened for the convenience of passengers on New Year's Day. It is a very neat and comfortable building and will be no doubt appreciated by passengers at the West End. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-01-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-08-22 | Rideau River Bridge | A fearful accident occurred this afternoon, on the Canada Atlantic Railway, at the bridge over the Rideau about a mile and a quarter from the Elgin Street station. A few minutes before three o'clock the freight train, No. 6, consisting of a locomotive, twenty-one cars and a van, was coming from the east and, when on the curve, just at the bridge, discovered four children on the structure. The bridge is one which is not intended for public use and warning notices are placed at each end of it. In some way two of the children got away, but the two eldest girls, of about eleven and fourteen years of age, were caught by the train and mangled to death. They are said to be the children of a man named Hogan, who resided on Theodore street. | Montreal Daily Witness 1885-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-03-29 | Chaudiere Depot | Burglars broke into the office of the Canada Atlantic Railway at the Chaudiere a few nights ago. They threw the contents of a trunk on the floor, and, as nothing was missing, it is expected they beat a hasty retreat. The police have been notified. | Ottawa Journal 1886-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887-09-21 | Elgin Street Fuel | The C.A.R. are procuring a new patent coal crane from the United States for use in hoisting fuel at the Elgin street station on locomotive tenders. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Citizen 1887-09-22(Same procurement reported the next day: 'Coal Cran...) |
| 1888-02-18 | Chaudiere Depot | On the Canada Atlantic there have been very heavy shipments of lumber. More lumber is being shipped from the Chaudiere depot than from any other shipping point in Canada. The yard is full of loaded sleds waiting for cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-02-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-03-03 | St Lawrence River and Soulanges Canal Bridges | Mr. E.J. Chamberlain, general manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, said the work on the bridge across the St. Lawrence River at Coteau would be started that spring: 'In fact the work has already been commenced, for a large quantity of material for the stone work of the bridge is now on the ground and men have been employed during the winter months preparing the stones.' | Ottawa Journal 1888-03-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-12 | Chaudiere Freight Depot | The Canada Atlantic Railway company have a number of workmen engaged in building a small station house at Crown Acre facing Bridge street. This station will be used only as a freight depot. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-03 | Chaudiere Depot | The Canada Atlantic Junction at the Chaudiere, capable of holding 200 cars, is almost filled; a lively winter is anticipated in shipping, with a large quantity of lumber to be exported and grain and potatoes brought in. Mr. Shaughnessy's present office is shortly to be replaced by a larger one for better accommodation. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1889-01-21 | Elgin Street Coal Sheds | The coal sheds at the Elgin Street station of the C.A.R. are now completed, and are a source of much advantage to the local dealers, who experienced little or no trouble in clearing car loads. They are constructed after the style of the extension sheds at Lackawanna, Pa. Rumor has it that the C.P.R. will build sheds of the same model at their yards in the west part of the city next spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1889-11-30≤ | Ottawa Central Station | The Canada Atlantic Railway gave notice of its intention to apply to the Railway Committee of the Privy Council to sanction the building of a branch line and the expropriation of the necessary lands through part of the township of Nepean, proposing to start from the main line near Archville and run north to the canal basin — a line along the east shore of the canal as far as the canal basin, with Maria Street passed by a subway. The object was understood to be the erection of a great central passenger depot; particulars of the scheme had already been published in the Journal the previous year. The Journal noted the company might have to give up their present line altogether west of Elgin Street and build a branch along the south shore of the Rideau River into the Chaudiere, where the St. L. & O. branch of the C.P.R. does. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-12-02(Says 'The Canada Atlantic Railway Company will ask...),Ottawa Journal 1889-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-12-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The application for power to traverse the east bank of the Deep Cut and erect a central depot near the canal basin, of which the C.A.R. gave notice in the Canada Gazette, was not likely to be allowed to pass the railway committee of the Privy Council without opposition. Mr. Charlebois of the Vaudreuil and Ottawa Railway said the application 'will almost certainly be opposed by our line, on the ground that it interferes with our charter'. Ald. Askwith said 'The C.A.R. asks to come from Hurdman's bridge, down the east side of the canal basin', with the Gatineau Valley road, the C.P. Ry. and the Vaudreuil and Ottawa expected to join in and eventually make it 'a central depot'. Among the business men in the neighbourhood of the proposed depot the C.A. Ry.'s proposition found great favour. | Ottawa Journal 1889-12-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-01-27 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. J.R. Booth, ex-president of the Canada Atlantic Railway, said of the company's plan to enter Ottawa via the canal bank and build a union station: 'The Canada Atlantic has had the scheme in view for over two years and the Union station and new entrance would today have been an accomplished fact had it not been for several other undertakings...I refer to the branch line at the Chaudiere and to the Coteau bridge. This last great work is just finished and we are prepared to go on with the canal branch...If all goes well we will commence the new line and the union stations the first thing in the spring.' He said the object was to give convenience to the travelling public and avoid the Archville street crossings, and that the scheme was part of a larger plan for a bridge across the Ottawa bringing the Pontiac and Pacific and Gatineau Valley railways into the same union depot. On a bonus: 'The Canada Atlantic was built by local enterprise, and by Ottawa citizens, and never had any bonus, although the council voted it...if any bonus is going I think the Canada Atlantic...should get it.' | Ottawa Journal 1890-01-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-01-28≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Addressing the legislative committee of the City Council, the City Solicitor said the Canada Atlantic Railway were applying for the power to come along the bank of the canal; they had to apply because they were going over Government property, and would be the first the committee would have to deal with, as their application came up on Thursday. The Vaudreuil Railway Company and other companies were also applying for entrance into the city, and it was agreed the Mayor would ask the Government not to grant any company a monopoly. | Ottawa Citizen 1890-01-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-02-07 | St Lawrence River and Soulanges Canal Bridges | The statement that the new Canada Atlantic Railway steel bridge over the St. Lawrence at Coteau Landing will be used for the passage of freight trains on Monday next is premature, but it is hoped that by the end of next week such trains will be able to cross. | Ottawa Journal 1890-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-02-24 | St Lawrence River and Soulanges Canal Bridges | A new Canada Atlantic timetable advertisement showed trains running over the Coteau bridge, with the new service having started on February 24. | Ottawa Journal 1890-02-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-05-08≥ | St Lawrence River and Soulanges Canal Bridges | The Coteau bridge was formally tested yesterday. A special train left the C.A.R. station having on board ex-president J.R. Booth, General Manager Chamberlain, Mr. Donaldson (superintendent of the road), Mr. Mountain (the company's engineer) and government engineers Mr. Thomas Ridout and Mr. Marcus Smith. Two mogul engines each weighing 140,000 lbs and three flat cars each weighing 75,000 lbs were used, with a maximum deflection of 3/4 inch. There was to be no formal opening: the trains had been running over regularly since the bridge was finished, and the company seemed inclined to let things run on smoothly without needless formalities. | Ottawa Journal 1890-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-05-19 | Ottawa Central Station | The application of the Canada Atlantic Railway for power to build a branch line from the main line to the Central Basin was heard before the Railway Committee of the Privy Council, with the Pontiac Pacific Junction, Canada Atlantic and City of Ottawa as interested parties. It was explained that the line would require not one level crossing, that the Vaudreuil and Ottawa Railway had filed plans for a branch over the same route and for a crossing over the Ottawa at the same point, but that there was room enough on the canal reserve for the tracks of both railways. It was suggested it might be in the interests of the companies to have a union station, but this would be a matter of agreement; the City position was that no one company should be given a monopoly. A continuation of the hearing on May 28 heard Mr. Chrysler for the C.A.R. explain the proposed branch would be a little over a mile in length, applying under section 121 of the Railway Act to expropriate private land up to government land near Maria and Nicholas streets; the Vaudreuil and Prescott road's plans would cross the Rideau at nearly the same point, but there appeared to be nothing in their application that would interfere with the C.A.R.'s, there being room for both lines. The city solicitor, Mr. McTavish, said the council opposed exclusive privileges to any company and wanted a central union passenger depot; he had received a telegram from the Montreal and Ottawa railway company asking him to oppose the C.A.R.'s application, and submitted that the C.A.R. had exhausted their charter, having built their line to Ottawa, and could not continue without a new one. The application was taken under consideration by the committee. | Ottawa Citizen 1890-05-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1890-05-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1890-10-13 | Ottawa Central Station | 'This is the spot where we propose to erect the new Central Depot,' said Mr. E.C. Chamberlain, general manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway company, on Sappers Bridge. 'Our plan is to come in at the head of the deep cut...and run down the side of the canal, passing under Maria Street bridge, cutting off the corner of the canal, and running down the side of the wharf...The station will be on nearly a level with the canal. The waiting rooms would be on a level with the sidewalk, and over them would be the general offices...Leaving our line just after it crosses the Rideau...we should keep straight on...The road to Hurdman's Bridge would by a very slight deflection pass under our line...we should pass under Maria Street bridge...Then passing on here, the line would pass under the Sappers and Dufferin bridges straight on to join the Pontiac Pacific Junction and the Gatineau Valley and finally the C.P.R.' Asked where the freight sheds would go, he said: 'No, higher up, above Maria Street bridge, so that traffic could be diverted from the main streets. You see that will be the depot of the future.' | Ottawa Journal 1890-10-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-02-06 | Elgin Street Freight Shed | The C.A.R. Freight Shed wrecked. Under an immense accumulation of snow the roof caves in. The large and commodious freight shed of the C.A.R. is a memory of the past. This morning about 5 o'clock the roof suddenly gave away and fell in, and in its descent shoved out the walls on either side so that scarcely a stick or piece of timber was left standing. The building was comparatively new and in good preservation. No lives were lost; the shed was about 75 yards long and 10 wide, holding a fair amount of freight (chiefly barrels and boxes) not badly damaged. Andrew O'Neil, the watchman, had a marvelous escape, having left the shed for the freight agent's office only a moment before. Freight Agent Mr. Claire said a temporary building would be erected immediately so as not to interfere with storing freight; it was not yet known whether the company would rebuild in the same spot. | Ottawa Journal 1891-02-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-02-07(Confirms the freight sheds fell in early the previ...),Almonte Gazette 1891-02-13(Says the freight sheds 'were crushed to the ground...) |
| 1891-08-12 | Rideau Canal Bridge | An engine, tender and one freight car of a Coteau-bound way train dropped into the canal through the open swing bridge near the Elgin street depot at 6:10 a.m. Fireman Page had started the engine without the engineer (Michael Gaffney, who was in the office receiving orders) after Brakeman Gordon signalled to go ahead; the tug Minnie Bell had whistled for passage, and Bridgemaster Wallace opened the draw. Page reversed the engine too late; it plunged in, followed by the tender, with the first car cut in two. Page was thrown clear and swam ashore unhurt. Engine No. 33, a recent 70-ton (later corrected to 51-ton) engine with 19x24 cylinders, worth about $10,000, was blamed entirely on Page's unauthorized starting and failure to see the open draw or hear warnings; Conductor Cote and Bridgemaster Wallace were cleared of blame, though Gaffney was suspended pending inquiry despite having had nothing to do with it. Estimated loss to the company: $1,800–$2,000, mostly the cost of raising the engine. | Ottawa Journal 1891-08-12(The fullest account, naming the crew as engineer M...),Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-13(Next-day scene: the station 'wears its wonted aspe...),Montreal Daily Witness 1891-08-14(Repeated in the Kemptville Advance of 1891-08-14, ...),Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-12(Gives the fireman's name as 'Fred Page' rather tha...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-13(Calls it 'the first serious accident that has happ...) |
| 1891-09-08≥ | Rideau Canal Bridge | The submerged engine (No. 33) at the Elgin street depot was raised on Monday, using pontoons filled with water and pumped out to lift it gradually, under Superintendent Donaldson and Mr. Holtby/Holsby; it was placed on the track and run into the sheds. A diver, Mr. James Rolleau of the Waterworks department, had earlier examined it and found it comparatively uninjured. The tender had been raised separately some days before. Total time from the accident to recovery was about a month. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-14(Preliminary operations; corrects that Brakeman Gor...),Ottawa Journal 1891-09-09(Confirms completion via pontoons under Donaldson a...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-14(Says it will be raised by steam dredge. Transcribe...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-09-08(Raised Monday via pontoons under Donaldson and Hol...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-20(Engine turned over underwater; weight corrected to...),Ottawa Free Press 1891-09-09(Full recap of the pontoon method: filled with wate...),Ottawa Journal 1891-08-29(Expected to be got out the following Tuesday. Tran...),Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-15(Diver's inspection; tender raised via ropes/pulley...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-17(Says the diver was at work the previous Saturday. ...) |
| 1892-04-14 | Rideau Canal Wharves | Extensive new docks were being erected by the C.A.R. Co. along the Rideau canal, on the west side between Ottawa East and the railway bridges and on the east side from near the Independent Coal company's yard. The docks were intended for the transshipment of lumber on to American barges bound for Whitehall and were to have 900 feet frontage altogether. Some thirty men were engaged in the work of building. | Ottawa Free Press 1892-04-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1892-04-28 | Rideau Canal Wharves | The new wharves which the C.A.R. were erecting along the canal were almost complete. When the rails were laid, cars would be able to be loaded from the barges. | Ottawa Journal 1892-04-28("The new wharves which the C.A.R. are erecting alo...),Ottawa Citizen 1892-04-28("The C.A. Railway company have about completed the...) |
| 1892-07-22 | Rideau Canal Wharves | Mr. J.R. Booth's large wharf at St. Louis' dam was rapidly approaching completion, extending from Foster's tannery to the centre of the roadway leading to the Experimental farm; the facing was finished and the inside was being filled with gravel. A channel was to be dredged alongside so lumber could be shipped from Booth's yards by boat via the Rideau Canal, and it would also be shipped by rail, as sidings from the C.A.R. were being laid to the wharf. | Ottawa Citizen 1892-07-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1892-07-27 | Galetta Depot | Mr. George Whyte of Galetta granted the railway company sufficient land on which to erect a depot at Galetta; the people of Galetta were said to be "in ecstasies over the prospect of the railway entering the town". | Ottawa Free Press 1892-07-27(Mr. M. Haig, returned from Carp, speaking to the F...),Almonte Gazette 1892-07-29(Carp News, quoting an Ottawa paper. Transcribed by...) |
| 1892-08-26≥ | Mississippi River Bridge | Construction began on the O.A. & P.S. railway bridge over the Mississippi River at Galetta, using limestone quarried at Pakenham and floated to the site on a scow towed by a small steamer. The bridge's "corner stone" was placed on Monday, September 5, 1892, and by late October the two shore abutments were finished and the centre pier well advanced, with all the masonry complete and ready for the iron work by October 27. | Almonte Gazette 1892-08-26("The building of the railway bridge at Galetta has...),Mercury 1892-09-09(Renfrew Mercury: corner stone placed "on Monday" (...),Mercury 1892-10-28(Renfrew Mercury: two shore abutments finished, cen...),Ottawa Journal 1892-10-27("All the masonry work on the Ottawa and Parry Soun...) |
| 1892-10-27 | Preston Street Bridge over CPR | Work on the Preston street trestle stopped at the boundary of C.P.R. land (the old St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway limits) after the C.P.R. objected to any building on ground under its control; if insisted on, this would require a steel bridge with a span of over one hundred feet instead. Negotiations were pending between Mr. Booth, the O.A. & P.S. company and the C.P.R., with an amicable arrangement hoped for. | Ottawa Free Press 1892-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1892-10-29 | Coteau Junction Station | A joint station for the G.T.R. and C.A.R. was being constructed at Coteau. Mr. Tomlinson, of Ottawa, was the contractor; the cost was to be about $4,000. | Ottawa Journal 1892-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1892-11-18 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. J.R. Booth, who was building the Ottawa and Parry Sound railway, agreed to construct a central station in Ottawa if given $50,000 by the city; he was to take the bonus and build the depot himself, including land for car shops. | Ottawa Journal 1892-11-14(Earlier, terser report of the same negotiation: "M...),Almonte Gazette 1892-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1892-12-09 | Bells Corners Bridge over CPR | About twenty men were employed constructing a high crossing over the main C.P.R. line near Bell's Corners, raised twenty-three feet above the track (enough for a man standing on a freight car to pass underneath a moving train); the structure was to cost $40,000. | Almonte Gazette 1892-12-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-01 | Maria Street Bridge | Recalled in 1931: in a January 1893 snowstorm the Canada Atlantic passenger train for Rouse's Point, leaving "the old stone station (now Central Station)" behind two engines, had "at the Laurier avenue bridge a mishap": "A casting on the front engine broke and she had to be taken off. This damaged engine was the best on the road. It was the 'Schenectady,' an engine which had been secured from the New York Central." Superintendent Morley Donaldson ordered the train on with one engine, Phil Roy at the throttle. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 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 ...) |
| 1893-04-14≥ | 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...) |
| 1893-06-01 | 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 ...) |
| 1893-06-29 | 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...) |
| 1893-07-28≥ | 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...) |
| 1893-08-18 | 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...) |
| 1893-08-31 | 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...) |
| 1893-09-05≥ | 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....) |
| 1893-09-15 | 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. ...) |
| 1893-10-06 | Kinburn Depot | The O.A. & P.S. station at Kinburn was built in the summer and fall of 1893. On July 14 the company was building a station 40 x 20 feet, with a force of eight men under Mr. Tomlinson of Ottawa (who had the contract for all the stations between Ottawa and Arnprior), and a large number of men were grading and levelling the yard and putting in sidings and switches; by July 28 the station was nearly completed and expected to be "the handsomest building in the village"; by August 3 and again August 18 it was reported nearing completion, then about finished, with grounds located for a freight shed and granary. In mid-September the yard was being gravelled and the roadways to the station and B.W. Dunnett's elevator graded; by October 2 the trains ran with some regularity and a station master was in constant attendance. On August 18 fifteen men worked a Sunday, and twenty-six the Sunday before, lifting a sunken trestle near the station. | Mercury 1893-07-14(Kinburn column. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher i...),Mercury 1893-07-28(Kinburn column. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher i...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-03(Mr. Mountain on the stations at Kinburn and Galett...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-08-18(The sunken trestle. Transcribed by Colin J. Church...),Ottawa Journal 1893-09-15(Yard gravelling and roadway grading. Transcribed b...),Almonte Gazette 1893-10-06(Kinburn Notes, October 2. Transcribed by Colin J. ...) |
| 1893-10-09 | Golden Lake Depot | Chief engineer Mountain said on October 9, 1893 that Golden Lake would be among the stations, with Douglas and Eganville, that the O.A. & P.S. would complete that fall west of Renfrew, the route having been finally located west of Golden Lake far enough for all of the next season's construction work. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-10-27 | A.J.Cambpbell Grain Shed | Mr. A.J. Campbell of Arnprior was about to erect a commodious grain shed and warehouse at McIntosh's crossing on the O.A. & P.S. Railway, a point midway between Arnprior and Renfrew in the township of McNab which, with a railway station, was likely eventually to become a good-sized village. | Mercury 1893-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1893-10-27(Arnprior News, giving the name as "Mr. J. Campbell...) |
| 1893-11-03 | New Glasgow Depot | Only one station was planned between Arnprior and Renfrew, at New Glasgow (the Journal of August 3 puts it ten miles above Arnprior; the Journal of October 31 has it "equally distant" from both towns). On October 9 chief engineer Mountain said the building of the New Glasgow station would begin that day; by November 3 the Journal and Almonte Gazette were reporting the station "half way between Arnprior and Renfrew". | Ottawa Journal 1893-08-03(Mr. Mountain: one station between Arnprior and Ren...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-10-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1893-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-11-04≥ | Ottawa Central Station | A deputation of the Ottawa Board of Trade met the Hon. Mr. Haggart, Minister of Railways and Canals, to urge granting J.R. Booth the right of way along the canal's east bank for a central railway station; the Minister said the government had never promised Booth or anyone an exclusive right to build there, and that he would favour only a union station open to all railways in common. He noted the government had received applications for use of the canal reserve right of way from the Canada Atlantic, the Ottawa Arnprior and Parry Sound, the Atlantic Pacific, the Montreal and Ottawa, the Vaudreuil, and the Pontiac and Pacific Junction railways, but no formal offer yet to build a union scheme; ex-Mayor McDougall explained that Booth's plan was to build as far north as Maria street, put up a temporary station there (at an estimated cost of about $73,000 for a retaining wall along the canal bank), and await the courts' ruling on the Sparks estate's competing claim to part of the canal reserve before proceeding to the canal basin proper. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-11-04(The deputation met the Minister "yesterday afterno...) |
| 1893-11-09≥ | Ottawa Central Station | By November 9, 1893, J.R. Booth, ex-mayor McDougall and engineer Geo. Mountain had spent an afternoon examining the proposed approach to the new central depot, looking at both the canal bank route and an alternate route east of Nicholas Street. Heavy excavation would be needed along the canal, requiring a crib work at the water's edge so cars could haul the spoil away to fill in where the Canada Atlantic and Parry Sound lines would junction; if the government built the crib work over the winter so a temporary track could be laid, Booth would begin the approach work in the spring. The Nicholas Street alternative would tunnel under Theodore Street, independent of the canal reserve, but would require buying considerable private property, including several houses. | Ottawa Journal 1893-11-10("Nearly all the afternoon yesterday..." Transcribe...) |
| 1893-11-10 | Carp Depot | The O.A. & P.S. station at Carp was built in 1893. It was expected on July 28 to stand where Rivington's hill was being removed by the steam shovel; chief engineer Mountain said on August 3 that work on the station, to be built east of the "city limits" (as printed), would soon begin. By September 8 the station house was well under way, with plastering expected the following week and the contractor determined to rush it because of the fair freight business, goods being dumped beside the track meanwhile; by September 15 it was almost completed, and the station was reported completed in early November, when agent F.K. Morrison moved into it from the little shanty he had used as an office. The company was also building houses for section hand-cars along the line, two at Carp the previous week. | Almonte Gazette 1893-07-28(Carp News: the station house expected where the hi...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1893-09-08(Carp News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Lo...),Almonte Gazette 1893-09-15(Carp News: station almost completed. Transcribed b...),Mercury 1893-11-10(Carp column: station completed; agent F.K. Morriso...) |
| 1893-11-16 | Renfrew Depot | The O.A. & P.S. station at Renfrew: the site was first debated in August 1893 (Mr. Booth said following the C.P.R. would add $30,000, so the station would be on the Smith vacant lot facing Moffatt's factory or the adjoining McEwen block), then reported selected on August 22 one block south-west of Main street; on October 3 it was definitely fixed on Doyle street beside the lacrosse grounds, entrance on Elizabeth street, Renfrew council agreeing on October 2 to close part of Doyle street on the company's petition (the site being recommended by Government Engineer Schreiber). Building began on October 9-20 (workmen first mistakenly started on the rear of Mr. James Reid's lot on Saddler street), by October 17 it had a veranda all round, and it was to be lighted by electricity. A large water tank was being built beside it by November 16, with an aqueduct to the creek beyond the lacrosse grounds, and J.R. Booth paid Mr. O'Keefe $1,000 for the property and $400 for damages caused by building the station. | Mercury 1893-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-10-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-10-09(Mr. Mountain: the station at Renfrew to be commenc...),Mercury 1893-10-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1893-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-09-02(Electric lighting of the station, quoting the Renf...),Mercury 1893-11-10(O'Keefe payment. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher ...),Ottawa Journal 1893-11-16(Water tank and aqueduct, quoting the Renfrew Journ...) |
| 1893-12-02 | Arnprior Depot | The O.A. & P.S. station at Arnprior was built in 1893. In July the situation was still uncertain (a council meeting on July 19 with Mr. Mountain representing the company reached no conclusion), then the town council gave part of Tierney street for the station grounds — otherwise the station would have been placed in Mansfield — and on August 3 Mr. Mountain said the site had been fixed on Tierney street "right in the center of the town". Mr. Booth and party made final arrangements for the ground, a short distance south of the C.P.R.'s station, and Mr. Donaldson arranged delivery of building material, buying brick and stone; construction had begun by August 22-26 at the end of Tierney street, "a large handsome building". It was expected completed in a week or ten days on October 21, and by December 2 it had been completed and was occupied, its rooms large, clean-looking, airy and handsomely furnished, with red pine finish stained and varnished, "a model one in every respect". | Almonte Gazette 1893-07-21(Arnprior News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in...),Ottawa Journal 1893-07-28(Council giving part of Tierney street. Transcribed...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-03(Mr. Mountain on the station site. Transcribed by C...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-09(Booth and party at Arnprior. Transcribed by Colin ...),Almonte Gazette 1893-08-11(Mr. Donaldson buying brick and stone. Transcribed ...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-26(Construction begun. Transcribed by Colin J. Church...),Ottawa Journal 1893-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-12-02(Station completed and occupied. Transcribed by Col...) |
| 1893-12-18 | Douglas Depot | A station at Douglas was among those Mr. Mountain said on October 9, 1893 would be completed that fall west of Renfrew. On November 21 the station house at Douglas, between Renfrew and Eganville, was to be commenced that week, and on Monday, December 18 nine of the twenty boarding cars on the siding at Eganville were taken down to Douglas, where men were commencing the building of the railway station. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-11-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-12-18(Also in the Renfrew Mercury of December 22. Transc...) |
| 1893-12-20 | Eganville Depot | The O.A. & P.S. station at Eganville was among those Mr. Mountain said on October 9, 1893 would be completed that fall. The Eganville Enterprise reported on November 24 that as soon as the rails were laid to Eganville the lumber for the station would be brought up and the station erected. By December 18 the framework of the station had been completed and the work of closing it in begun, and a station platform 200 feet long was being built; some twenty boarding cars stood on the side track. By December 20 the station was "just about complete" and being painted. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-11-24(Quoting the Eganville Enterprise. Transcribed by C...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-12-18(Framework, platform and boarding cars. Transcribed...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-02-14 | Car Cleaners Shanty | The car cleaners shanty at the Canada Atlantic railway Elgin street depot was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The damage will be repaired immediately. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-02-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-02-16 | Rideau Canal Bridge | A very singular railway accident occurred on the C.A.R. swing bridge last evening shortly after seven o'clock. A heavily loaded freight train of twenty-eight cars was leaving the yards for Rouse's Point. As usual the train was moving slowly over the swing bridge, in fact part of the train had crossed over and part was upon the bridge, when in some unaccountable way, the two rear cars and the van were derailed. Before the train could be brought to a standstill these cars had been dragged bumping over the timbers of the bridge. Reaching the further end of the bridge the coupling broke and the cars slid down a low embankment into a huge snow drift. When the cars were at first derailed, conductor Lemieux, fearing that they would tumble over the bridge, jumped from the top of the van to the ice of the canal below, a distance of about twenty-five feet, but fortunately was uninjured. One of the brakemen kept on the van until the far end of the bridge was reached where the cars went into the embankment. So severely shaken up were the cars that the trucks of two of them were detached. No one appears to know how the cars became derailed; the switch at the west end of the bridge was securely locked, and the only feasible theory for the accident is that a beam of one of the cars broke and, falling across the rail, derailed the cars. No one is blamed for the accident. | Ottawa Citizen 1894-02-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1894-02-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1894-02-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-02-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-02-16 | New Glasgow Depot | The O.A. & P.S. station here (New Glasgow) is about completed, and will soon be ready for occupation. It is a fine structure and a credit for both company and contractor. Besides, we have the most obliging and gentlemanly agent on the line. | Mercury 1894-02-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-03-01 | Rideau Canal Bridge | The damage which was done to the swing bridge across the canal at the Canada Atlantic railway by the run off two weeks ago has been repaired. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-03-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-03-04 | Dochart Bridge | The O.,A. & P.S. railway laid a new iron bridge across the Dochart on Sunday. | Almonte Gazette 1894-03-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-06 | Arnprior Freight Depot | A gang of men are now engaged erecting a freight shed in connection with the O.A. & P.S. Railway station here [Arnprior]. | Almonte Gazette 1894-04-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-21 | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | The lengthy trestle at the approach to the O.A. & P.S. bridge over the Madawaska river at Arnprior is being filled in with clay and gravel. | Ottawa Journal 1894-04-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-21 | Golden Lake Depot | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. have begun construction of station houses at Golden Lake and other places along the line. Mr. C. Tomlinson of this city is building the station at Golden Lake. | Ottawa Journal 1894-04-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-01 | Bonnechere River Bridge | A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE BONNECHERE: J. W. Monroe, Pembroke, F. Hilliard, Renfrew, were the competing contractors, but R. Weddel got the contract. | Mercury 1894-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-30 | Golden Lake Depot | The new station building at Golden Lake has just been completed. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-30 | Killaloe Depot | A similar structure is in the course of erection at the next station, Killaloe. The Killaloe station grounds have been laid out and masons are at work on the foundation of the station. By mid-August the station house and yard at that place were about ready for occupation. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-07-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1894-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-07-07 | Elgin Street Coal Sheds | The large coal shed that is being erected at the C.A.R. depot is on a fair way to completion. The shed is about five hundred feet in length and of considerable width and will cost some thousands of dollars before completion. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-24 | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | Two gravel trains on the O.A. & P.S. railway are now engaged in cutting down the grade which is about one mile west of here and emptying the contents into the trestle at the Madawaska bridge. | Almonte Gazette 1894-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-24 | Barrys Bay Depot | A contractor with a number of men will start next week to build a railway station at Barry's Bay on the Parry Sound railway. The track is constructed as far as the bay and passenger and freight trains will soon be running to that point. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-31 | Office and Freight Shed | The O.A. & P.S. Railway company are building an office and freight shed at the diamond crossing on the K.& P. Railway about a mile above Renfrew. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-09-06 | Rideau River Bridge | The C.A.R. bridge near Hurdman's bridge has just been painted a vigorous red. | Ottawa Journal 1894-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-06 | Alexandria Depot | The Canada Atlantic purposes erecting a new station at Alexandria. It will be about eighty feet long and work will be begun upon it at once. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-19 | Car Shops | Parry Sound car shops located - on Concession street. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-24 | Car Shops | Work commences on the [Parry Sound] car shops [on Concession Street]. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-09 | Bridge at Madawaska | The steel on the O.A. & P.S. is now laid as far as the crossing of the Madawaska, twenty miles west of Barry's Bay. The building of the bridge will delay them there for some days as the building could not be commenced until the steel reached that point to bring in the necessary stone, cement and iron superstructure for the bridge. | Mercury 1894-11-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-07 | Barrys Bay Depot | Barry's Bay is threatened with the removal of its station and water tank to a point four miles west. Disputes between land owners and the railroad company respecting land required by the company is the cause. | Mercury 1894-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-01-18 | South March Depot | A new station is being built on the O.A. & P.S. Railway at South March. | Mercury 1895-01-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-02-11 | Car Shops | Mr. Simpson of the O.A., & P.S. engineering staff has commenced taking levels on the site of the proposed new workshops, Concession St. | Ottawa Journal 1895-02-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-08 | Car Shops | May not go on Concession St. There is now a possibility that Mr. Booth may not build the Parry Sound Railway workshops on the proposed site on Concession st. A rumor to that effect was around town, based on the fact that yesterday the negotiations between Mr. Booth and Mr. Thos. Hickey for the sale of 12 acres of land next to the land recently sold to Mr. Booth by his brother Andrew Hickey fell through; Mr. Hickey, it is understood, asked more than Mr. Booth cared to give. It was stated that without the Thomas Hickey property, Mr. Booth would not have enough room for his shops, yards and other purposes, and would be obliged to look elsewhere for a site. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-10 | Ottawa Central Station | The order-in-council, the first official document in the case, was passed on May 10, 1895. It sets forth that Mr. Booth (that is, the O., A. and P.S. road) was pressing for a lease of the canal reserve ... 'That it is expressly to be understood that all railway companies, now or hereafter desiring to avail themselves of the said property, and of the Central station to which it is to be the approach, shall be entitled to the use of the same on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to be determined, if necessary, by the railway committee of the Privy Council.' | Ottawa Journal 1898-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-05-22 | Ottawa Central Station | THE CENTRAL STATION. It was learned last night from a reliable source that Mr. Booth had completed all arrangements for the central station project as well as for the construction of the workshops for the C.A.R. and the O.A. & P.S. railways. A station would be erected on the east side of Dey's rink near Theodore street. To reach it the line of the C.A.R., beginning at the west side of the bridge over the Rideau river, would be changed so that it would run directly to the head of Deep Cut and thence by way of the canal bank; the line of the Parry Sound railway would be extended on the east of the canal so that it would connect with the C.A.R. line at the head of Deep Cut; and the site of the proposed workshops would be the government property near the Deep Cut. There would not be a level crossing on Theodore street, for a subway was to be built. The pile driving necessary along the canal bank was to be commenced in a few days; two scows used by Messrs. Bronson and Weston in towing lumber had been taken up through the locks for the work, and another small scow was under construction at the C.A.R. workshops for the same purpose. Mr. Booth had concluded it was best to construct a temporary station on the site indicated pending a settlement on the ownership of the property along the canal basin, in dispute between the Government and the Sparks' estate; the property for the station had been purchased from Mr. Thomas Kirby, and it was likely Mr. Booth would have the station and railways completed by October. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-05-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-25 | Ottawa Central Station | C.A.R. Extension. The impression having got abroad that the Canada Atlantic railway was about to take vigorous action to prevent the tracklaying of the electric railway at the south end of Nicholas street, the point to be crossed by the C.A.R. extension down the canal bank to the Central station, the Journal called on Mr. Booth for information. Asked whether there was any ground for the report, Mr. Booth said: 'None whatever. I prefer to do things in an honorable and businesslike way.' Asked whether the Electric Railway's track would interfere with his line, he said 'Oh no,' and explained that he intended to make an undercrossing at that point, having discussed it with Mr. Ahearn and the city engineer; Mr. Ahearn agreed, and asked how long the undercrossing would take — about a month, Mr. Booth answered — whereupon Mr. Ahearn said he would stop the work there. Booth was surprised to learn a few yards of track had been put down at that point anyway, and that police protection had been obtained in anticipation of a difficulty. Asked what his company would do now, Booth said: 'Oh nothing, only to give them the level crossing that they appear to want.' Mr. Ahearn, asked separately, said the relations between the companies were most cordial, and that he had agreed to stop construction for a few weeks but was charged with not intending to go on with the road; to secure the right of way for the Electric road's extension to Ottawa East, he had decided to proceed with construction at the south end of the street instead. | Ottawa Journal 1895-05-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-30 | Ottawa Central Station | A young man by the name of Wm. Ogilvie in the employ of the C.A.R on the work of the pile driving on the east bank of the canal had his fore and second fingers badly jammed yesterday. | Ottawa Journal 1895-05-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-05 | Car Shops | Arrangements being made for locating work shops in Archville. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-06-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-05 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. A.W. Fleck, secretary treasurer to the O.A. & P.S. and C.A. Ry., was walking along the canal bank viewing the pile driving that is now being done there by Mr. Booth, when a Journal reporter met him. He states that Mr. Booth will be obliged to run night and day gangs, as they have only a limited time to complete the work. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The first lease to Mr. Booth followed on June 6. It was for the canal reserve from the head of the deep cut to the Maria street bridge, at $200 rental. ... They lease the land to Mr. Booth for 21 years, with option of renewal by him for 21 years further, and then, for 99 years. But he is placed clearly in the position of a trustee. If he fail to observe any condition of the lease, he loses it. ... the government can expropriate him at any time at 18 months' notice. | Ottawa Journal 1898-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-06-10 | Ottawa Central Station | An engineering party from the Canada Atlantic railway are surveying a route for a temporary track from the main line back of Ottawa East to the Deep Cut. A level crossing has also been laid over the roadway fronting the canal in the village just outside the city limits. The object of the track about to be laid is to secure a means of carting away the material that will be taken out of the canal, in connection with the pile driving, and also to draw material to fill in the flat below the Deep Cut through which it is proposed to run the canal bank line. There is also the likelihood that the line for which the survey is now being made will also be used as a permanent line, if the road goes on. Canada Atlantic officials said the idea that they were trying to secure possession of the street crossing was mistaken, as all crossings depended upon the approval of the railway committee of the Privy Council. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-11 | Ottawa Central Station | Trestle work begun. A definite move towards the canal bank line. The first definite move in the direction of building a line into the Central depot was begun this morning, when a gang of men were set to work to build the trestle work of the line from the C.A.R. main line to the head of Deep Cut. The timber is being laid today on Mr. Alex. Stewart's property, the low flat of land lying back of Ottawa East. An official of the C.A.R. stated the trestle work will go on at once. It will take some time to build the trestle, as it will be nearly a quarter of a mile in length. After the trestle is all built the company will begin filling it in with gravel. This work will keep a gang of men employed almost all summer. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-14 | Whitney Depot | WHITNEY NOTES. A station house is being erected a short way below the railway bridge. Mr. Cunnyworth, agent, intends to bring his family up from Killaloe as soon as it is completed. By September: The OA & PS Ry. Station at Whitney is about completed. It is the handsomest on the line. The respected agent, Mr. Cunnyworth will take possession on Thursday. His family from Killaloe will arrive here on that day. | Almonte Gazette 1895-06-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-18 | Ottawa Central Station | "There will be no delay in the work of building the line into the Central depot," said Mr. A.W. Fleck, secretary-treasurer of the C.A.R., "now that the trestle work has been begun. We are waiting for an answer from the Ottawa East council to our request for an exemption from taxes if we build our workshops adjoining the village. If it is in the affirmative we will then go on after the trestle work has been built to fill in the low property between the eastern and western lines preparatory to building our work shops there. If this is done a large force of men will be employed all summer." | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-18 | Ottawa Central Station | Building of the Trestle Work at the Deep Cut begun. Fifty men were at work this morning to build the trestle work of the line into the Central Depot. The survey of the line as far as Theodore Street has been completed, and yesterday Mr. Geo. Root and a party of the engineering staff of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. finished taking levels for the trestle work so that it could be immediately commenced. The timbers are all on the spot so there will be no delay on that score; framers and other workers are on hand framing the trestle timber, and today many of the heavy upright timbers had been placed in position. The trestle, which gives an inlet from the C.A.R. line to the Central depot, extends from the point where the line crosses the Rideau river bridge across the low flat of land owned by Mr. Arch. Stewart to the point where the Hurdman road connects with the Canal road above the head of the Deep Cut. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-06-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-20 | Car Shops | On at the same time: so will go the 'V' and the filling of the C.A.R. car shops. It is learned that the filling in of the main and switch track of the C.A.R. back of the Deep Cut and the workshops that are to occupy the 'V' space that is to be filled in, will go on at the same time. Ordinarily the earth in the space that is to be filled in would be too soft to permit foundations to be laid this summer, but Mr. Booth has decided to pile drive the foundations, and as the space is filled in piles will be driven and the workshops constructed concurrently. There are some fifteen acres to be filled in, to a depth of from 12 to 16 feet; the job will likely take all summer. A large part of the filling will be taken from the canal bank, which has to be cut down to the tops of the piles, a distance of about 12 feet; the material will be carried away on flat cars and dumped in the 'hole' back of the Deep Cut. Nothing is yet definitely known about the size or details of the workshops, but it is certain there will be, instead of one large shop, a number of small ones, used for the manufacture of cars of all kinds and for repairing; the company's roundhouse will also be situated inside the 'V'. The timber for one of the car shops is now lying out on Mr. Booth's property near Concession Street, where it was held in readiness to build if Mr. Booth had secured the Hickey property. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-24 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. A.W. Fleck was seen this morning with reference to the statement in the evening paper that a temporary Central depot will be built at Theodore street. Mr. Fleck said, "It's nothing but a mere conjecture. I know nothing about it and I am sure the paper that made the statement cannot know anything either about such move." | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-24 | Ottawa Central Station | An erroneous item appeared yesterday in an evening contemporary to the effect that the western end of the railway trestle at Archville is still unfinished owing to the company being unable to close a deal for the Daly property over which the trestle is to pass. The fact is that the property in question was sold to the company on Tuesday last by Mr. Charles Murphy, solicitor for Mr. Daly. On the same date Mr. Murphy also sold the Biggar lot which adjoins the Daly property, and the company have thus had a clear right of way for some days. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-28 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.A.R. Trestle work. The western end of railway trestle at Archville is still unfinished as the company have not yet closed a deal for the Daly property over which the trestle is to pass. It is understood that the real difficulty exists in the owner of the property wanting to sell the whole of his claim to the company while the company only want to buy a right of way through it. If the deal cannot be made very soon the work of completing the trestle will go on and the value of the property left to arbitration. It is learned that early next week the houses of squatters on Ordnance Land will be removed. The pile driving along the east bank of the canal is being rushed along quite rapidly; it has now been done to within 150 yards of Maria street bridge, which will be completed next month. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
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