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The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company
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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1871-03-13 | The new railway from Ottawa to Coteau Landing will be called the Montreal Junction and Ottawa City Railway. Reported ahead of/around incorporation; the newspaper's word order differs slightly from the company's recorded name (The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company) but names the same Ottawa–Coteau Landing project. | Ottawa Free Press 1871-03-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1871-04-14 | Incorporated by Canada Act 34 V. Chap. 47 | CNRHist | |
| 1872-09-09 | 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. The newspaper calls the company the 'Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway Company', not its recorded name (operator confirmed 2026-09-11 this is the same Ottawa–Coteau Landing project as the 1871-03-13 Ottawa Free Press item on this entity). | Ottawa Citizen 1872-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1872-09-19 | 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. The newspaper calls the company the 'Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railroad Company', not its recorded name (operator confirmed 2026-09-11 this is the same Ottawa–Coteau Landing project). | Ottawa Citizen 1872-09-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1872-10-05 | 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. The newspaper calls the company the 'Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway', not its recorded name (operator confirmed 2026-09-11 this is the same Ottawa–Coteau Landing project). 'Mr. McGillivray' is named without further identification in the source. | Ottawa Citizen 1872-10-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1872-11-02 | 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. The newspaper calls the company the 'Coteau and Ottawa Junction Railroad', not its recorded name (operator confirmed 2026-09-11 this is the same Ottawa–Coteau Landing project). The item also says Montreal 'might have had a controlling interest in the road had she accepted the offer made by its original promoters' — an earlier, undated offer not otherwise detailed in this item. Final clause of the source is damaged ('which secured (piece missing)'). | Ottawa Citizen 1872-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1873-01-30 | 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 newspaper calls the company the 'City of Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway Company', not its recorded name (this is the same Ottawa-Coteau Landing project as the 1871-1872 items already recorded on this entity, per operator confirmation 2026-09-11). Churcher's transcription flags 'Kenegon' with '(s/b Kenaston)' — his own suggested correction, not the newspaper's wording. | The Times 1873-01-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1873-03-07 | 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. Source reads 'South Native [sic] River' — Churcher's own '[sic]' flags the transcription, and the following 1873-08-16 Ottawa Citizen item names the same route as the Nation River, so 'Nation River' is used here. | Almonte Gazette 1873-03-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1873-08-16 | 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. The newspaper calls the company the 'Coteau Landing Railway' / 'Coteau Landing R.R.', not its recorded name (same project per operator confirmation 2026-09-11). | Ottawa Citizen 1873-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1874-08-11 | 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. The newspaper calls the company the 'Coteau and Ottawa Railway' (same Ottawa-Coteau Landing project already recorded on this entity, per operator confirmation 2026-09-11 — the townships named, Kenyon and Lochiel, match the 1873-01-30 item on this entity). Names Hon. D.A. Macdonald as President of the Road. The item also describes allegations of 'wire-pulling' around the assignee vote (the Reeve of Kenyon canvassing claim-holders overnight, small claim-holders induced to sell their claims to build a majority) and that townships' bonds worth $20,000 were retained by the Company under contract terms the townships said they had not been told of; omitted from the statement as editorializing/allegation rather than a settled fact, but noted here for a reviewer. | Ottawa Citizen 1874-08-11(Item is a reprint from the Cornwall Gazette ('Grit...) | |
| 1878-11-28 | 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. The newspaper calls the company the 'Coteau Landing Railroad', not its recorded name (same Ottawa-Coteau Landing project already recorded on this entity, per operator confirmation 2026-09-11). | Ottawa Free Press 1878-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1879-07-26 | 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. The newspaper calls the company the 'new Coteau road', not its recorded name (same Ottawa-Coteau Landing project already recorded on this entity, per operator confirmation 2026-09-11). | Ottawa Free Press 1879-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-02-01 | Line opened Coteau Jct to Casselman. 48.5 miles | CNRHist | |
| 1882-02-13 | Line opened Casselman to Ottawa, 31.5 miles | CNRHist |