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Elgin Street
date unknown
Structures
History
90 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882-09-09 | The first train of cars carrying about 180 cords of firewood reached the city by the Canada Atlantic, eighteen cars loaded in the township of Cambridge, loaded from 8am and unloaded at Elgin Street by 3pm the same day -- about seven hours. Near Elgin Street, the company was laying sidings, erecting water tanks, laying down a turntable, and putting up other works; the framework of the engine house, to accommodate several engines, was under construction. Merges two reports of the same wood shipment and Elgin Street progress, 1882-09-08 and 1882-09-09. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1882-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-09-13 | Work on the Canada Atlantic Railway Company's station grounds at Ottawa was going on rapidly: the roundhouse, to accommodate five locomotives, was nearing completion; work on the new depot was being pushed ahead; sidings, water tanks and a turntable were being laid; and the frame of the car shed was going up quickly. A large number of visitors on the grounds were pleasurably surprised at the progress made over the past two weeks. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-10-07 | The new depots of the Canada Atlantic Railway at Stewarton, on Elgin Street about ten minutes from City Hall, were under rapid construction. The passenger depot, by Messrs. MacLaren and Parkham (who built all stations on the line from Coteau to Ottawa), was 72 by 24 feet, with a 300-foot covered platform, a ticket office, a telegraph room with a bay window giving the operator sight of approaching trains, and would be finished in about four weeks. The freight shed, built by Mr. Black, was 112 by 26 feet with platforms at each end, to be steam heated, and finished in about two weeks. The car sheds, by Mr. White, were 250 by 39 feet, a balloon-framework structure on the east side of Elgin Street covering two lines of rail. The roundhouse, by Mr. Palen, was a wooden structure 107 by 72 feet with stalls for five engines (all wood burners) and a turntable, to be finished by the end of the following week. The company had experienced considerable difficulty locating the Chaudiere branch, running from this point to the flats for the benefit of city lumbermen: the Government objected to the most recently determined route, at Richmond Road, as it would create two close railway crossings (the St. Lawrence and Ottawa's and this one); the Dominion Government suggested running the line alongside the St. Lawrence and Ottawa branch to make one crossing, a scheme under study by the Chief Engineer, though it would require a heavy grade and rock cutting. Two trains were running each way between Stewarton and Coteau, with travel already far exceeding expectations for a road open only a few days. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-10-27 | The new Canada Atlantic Railway station under construction at Stewarton would be completed within a few days; Mr. Howman had the contract for plastering the building and, with the painters, was busy at work. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-11-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway took possession of their new general offices on Elgin Street, near the Stewarton depot. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-11-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-11-14 | Construction trains were running nightly on the Canada Atlantic Railway, engaged in dumping earth into the new car shop site to form an embankment on which to lay tracks. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-11-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882≤ | After the Canada Atlantic Railway was built in 1882 the Stewarton public school on Bank Street "became impossible. The school was too near the tracks for the peace of mind of both parents and teachers"; children played hide-and-seek in culverts near the school and let trains pass over them. The board moved the school to Kent Street at the corner of Archibald. Filed on Elgin Street, where the operator says Stewarton is. The source gives no date for the move, only that it followed the building of the railway in 1882. | Ottawa Citizen 1930-03-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-05-16 | A sad accident occurred near the Canada Atlantic Railway station: a couple of men sawing wood for the locomotives were at work when the back of the hand of one of them, Nathaniel Gammon, came into contact with the saw. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-05-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-06-02 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company was making extensive additions to its station buildings on Elgin Street: one hundred and fifty feet were being added to the main freight shed, and a building for the storage of eggs for transportation and an office for the customs officer were under construction. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-10-29 | A new freight shed was going up at the Canada Atlantic Railway station on Elgin Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1884-12-09 | Sir John Macdonald arrives at the Canada Atlantic station at noon today. No doubt there will be a large and enthusiastic number of people present to welcome him back from England. A band will be in attendance and an address will be presented by the Liberal-Conservative Association. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-12-09(The report continues that the train was 30 minutes...) | |
| 1885-09-03 | The Canada Atlantic officials are busy at the station making preparations by clearing the station and otherwise to receive the immense Barnum and London special composed of nearly one hundred coaches. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-09-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886 | William H. Taylor, who began as a messenger boy on the Canada Atlantic in 1886, recalled that "at that time the C.A.R. train hands offices and sheds were just beyond Catherine street, west of what is now the Elgin street subway. The train despatchers office was on the northeast corner of Elgin and McLeod streets." He carried messages between the two places and occasionally to the general office on Sparks street. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-04-19 | The cars wrecked on the recent smash-up on the C.A.R. are being repaired at the Company's shops on Elgin street. | Ottawa Journal 1886-04-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-03-04 | Extension of the new piling grounds at Stewarton and the construction of a dock there. Railway connection, it is expected, will be established between this yard and the Canada Atlantic railway within the course of a few weeks. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-03-04(The yard belongs to Bronson and Weston, per the re...) | |
| 1887-09-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railroad company are having a large number of their box freight cars repainted and lettered anew. The work is being done in the car sheds, at the Elgin street depot. | Ottawa Journal 1887-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1887-11-03 | An immense storage shed, 100 feet long by 13 deep, has been constructed at the Canada Atlantic railway station by the Samuel Rogers Oil company. It has a capacity of holding one thousand barrels. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1887-12-12 | The Canada Atlantic have a number of men engaged at their car sheds, on Elgin street, making the winter improvements. | Ottawa Journal 1887-12-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1887-12-24 | Making improvements to locomotive sheds in order to make room for two new locomotives. | Ottawa Journal. Thanks to Colin Churcher.f | |
| 1888-03-01 | A man was found horribly mutilated on the line at the east end of the Canada Atlantic station about midnight, killed by the express which had come in at 8.30 p.m. but not discovered until midnight; he had apparently stepped off the platform onto the rails and been struck by the car of the attached engine used to take Chaudiere passengers to their destination. The body could not be identified that night. On March 2 he was identified as Francis Deslaurier, a farmer living about eight miles from Casselman; the coroner did not consider an inquest necessary, and his family took the remains home on the noon train. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-03-01(With a follow-up dated March 2 in the same transcr...) | |
| 1888-03-06 | It having been reported that the Canada Atlantic Railway were about to place gates on each side of their track at the foot of Elgin street and elsewhere, general manager E.J. Chamberlain told a Free Press reporter that it was not the intention of the company to place any gates on Elgin street, but when the road was running through to the Chaudiere they might place them at the crossing on Queen street; nothing definite had been decided. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-03-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-03-13 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have some twenty men building sheds at their Elgin street depot for the accommodation of the new cars lately purchased by the company. | Ottawa Journal 1888-03-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-04-23 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company are about to have conspicuous red lights placed on Elgin street where their line crossed that street as an additional preventative of accidents. | Ottawa Journal 1888-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-05-25 | Departure of Lord Lansdowne: the station was decorated, speeches were given, and the train went direct to Quebec. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-05-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-06-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have a gang of men engaged building two new sidings in their freight yards for the accommodation of their increasing traffic. | Ottawa Journal 1888-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-07-14 | The Canada Atlantic Railway intend erecting an addition to their station platform at the Elgin street depot as the present platform is too small. | Ottawa Journal 1888-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-29 | A new coal hoist on a large scale has been placed on the C.A.R. between the station and the bridge across the canal. New machinery has been put in by the company to effect repairs to the rolling stock when necessary. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Citizen 1888-08-30(Same installation reported the next day: 'The C.A....) | |
| 1888-09-11 | The Canada Atlantic Railway company have concluded that their passenger terminus can be placed further up Elgin street with advantage. Engineer G.A. Mountain has completed plans for a new passenger station on the corner of Lewis and Elgin streets. Before the line was built, the company had purchased a block of land from the Stewart estate extending from the present station to the corner of Lewis street, intending to build there -- a quarter mile nearer the city centre -- but when the city refused to pay the $110,000 bonus the company claimed, it refused to enter the city and built its present station instead. Now that the city limits have been extended to take in the present station, the company plans to bring its passenger depot nearer the centre, with construction of the new station and approach lines from the Rideau canal bridge to begin the following spring. The company hopes to make the new depot a union depot, with the Vaudreuil and Ottawa road and the Gatineau Valley company arranged to run into it, and expects the C.P.R. to eventually follow suit. The old Elgin street depot would become a freight office; the Chaudiere would remain the road's proper terminus for the present. | Ottawa Journal 1888-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-09-13 | The C.A. railway have built unloading pens for live hog shipments which arrive at their Elgin street depot for local dealers. Messrs. Slattery and Thompson received two car loads of prize porkers by this road from Essex Centre, Ont. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-10-24 | The Canada Atlantic railway company have nearly completed their new coal sheds at the Elgin street depot. They will have a capacity of 22,000 tons of coal. | Ottawa Journal 1888-10-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-02 | The yard room at the Canada Atlantic railway station has become so limited owing to the rush of business that two extra long sidings are now being put down. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-14 | The C.A.R. have completed the erection of the new coal sheds at the Elgin street depot. As soon as the sidings leading to the sheds are completed they will be ready to receive winter supplies of coal. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-16 | The Canada Atlantic railway will begin to receive the winter supply of coal in their new sheds by the end of this week. The new sheds are almost complete, with the exception of the sidings, which will be in working operation shortly. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-23 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. have received several large shipments of coal which they have stored in their new coal sheds. Heretofore all coal shipped to the city on the C.A.R. had to remain in the cars until removed by the dealer who owned it. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-28 | The C.A.R. are putting down new siding tracks for the accommodation of cars laden with coal at the Elgin street depot. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-12-05 | Shortly after six o'clock this morning one of the men at work on the engine shed at the C.A.R. found it to be on fire and an alarm was sounded from box 134 at the depot. The brigade made quick time, guided by the whistles of all the engines being blown at once, and the heavy streams poured into the flames soon subdued what promised to be a serious fire. The loss was about $250, covered by insurance. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-05(Compare the similar 1888-12-06 boiler-house/roundh...) | |
| 1888-12-06 | A fire broke out in the boiler house of the Canada Atlantic Railway a few minutes after six o'clock. The engineer in charge did a smart piece of work tying down the steam whistle, which by its continuous blowing woke the neighbourhood and brought many employees to the scene; the brigade was quickly in attendance and the flames soon extinguished. The damage is estimated at $200, but might have been $50,000, as very valuable machinery and new locomotives were in the building; the loss is covered by insurance. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-12-06(Compare the similar 1888-12-05 engine-shed fire re...) | |
| 1888-12-12 | The boiler house of the Canada Atlantic railway company which was destroyed by fire a short time ago is now built up again. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-12(Follows up the December fire(s) at the Elgin stree...) | |
| 1888-12-20 | Proposal to build a Union depot between Elgin and Bank. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-12-27 | The Canada Atlantic's application for permission to close a number of Stewarton streets so that a shunting ground may be established there came before Judge Rose, sturdily opposed by a deputation representing the property owners; Marcus Smith said it was in the best interest of the railway company to locate their shunting grounds across the Rideau instead. On Friday December 28 the C.A.R. withdrew its application to close the Stewarton streets. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-12-27('Stewarton' identified by the operator as the Elgi...) | |
| 1889-07-25 | A new timetable advertisement, effective this day, shows two trains a day to Montreal and one to Rouses Point. All trains leave from Elgin Street, with no mention of Richmond Road. | Ottawa Journal 1889-07-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1889-07-29 | The steamer Minnie Bell passed through the locks for Booth's lumber yard at the Canada Atlantic station, having in tow eighteen car loads of inch lumber. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1889-08-12 | Messrs. O'Reilly and Heney, coal merchants, have had a large new coal shed built near the C.A.R. station. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1889-08-14≤ | Special train tomorrow on C.A. railway for Clark Island leaves Richmond Road at 7.05 and Elgin street station at 7.15. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-08-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1889-10-29 | The city hackmen are said to have a grievance: there is too much light at the C.A.R. station, so that when passengers leave the train they fancy they are right in the city and, instead of taking a conveyance, walk to their destination. The hackmen do not therefore join in the cry of 'Light, more light.' | Ottawa Free Press 1889-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1890-01-08 | A special committee met to consider the petition of Stewarton residents complaining of a nuisance caused by continuous shunting on the Canada Atlantic Railway. General Manager Chamberlain showed the committee plans for a proposed entry to the city on the east side of the canal, submitted to the Government for approval, which would remove the necessity for shunting at Stewarton: the line would run along the east bank of the canal to the spot occupied by Dey's Rink, with no level crossing inside city limits, a retaining wall and continuous wharf, and trains passing under Theodore Street and over the diverted roadway at the Deep Cut. Two tracks would be built at first from Archville to the basin. Should other companies entering the city wish to join, the Canada Atlantic would help create a central station at Rideau Street near Sappers Bridge. Mr. Marcus Smith, for the petitioners, said the lumber trains had stopped for the winter and the nuisance was much reduced, but feared its return in summer, and wanted further assurance before withdrawing the petition. | Ottawa Citizen 1890-01-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1890-01-08(Also reports a 'CENTRAL UNION STATION' idea near S...) | |
| 1890-05-21 | The Canada Atlantic Railway is having new sleepers put down on the line from the Elgin street station outwards for several miles. The sleepers are being conveyed here from Rockland. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-05-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1890-08-30≥ | The Canada Atlantic railway put in a large platform scale at their depot, an automatic register — the first of its kind used in the Dominion. The weight of each car is ascertained and registered as the train passes over the scale platform without the cars being uncoupled, saving an immense amount of time. The apparatus, invented by a Chicago merchant, will be put into regular operation once sanctioned by the government. | Ottawa Free Press 1890-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1890-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1891-02-03 | Station Constable Joseph Lauzon, of the Canada Atlantic railway, who was formerly a member of the city police force, has resigned his position, and will probably be succeeded by Mr. John White, of the blacksmithing branch of the road. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-02-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1891-08-05≤ | The train for the St. Andrews excursion to Clark's Island will leave the Queen Street crossing at 7.45 o'clock and the Elgin street station at 8 o'clock. | Ottawa Journal 1891-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1891-08-12 | In the afternoon, a gang of men started a string of fifteen cars lying on a steep-graded siding running along the canal from the railway bridge to the new passenger bridge leading to Archville; being novices, they could not apply the brakes fast enough, and the cars struck the buttress buffer at about ten miles an hour, tearing the structure away. One car was thrown across the roadway of the bridge, blocking traffic; two others were badly smashed and the rest piled up. | Ottawa Free Press 1891-08-12(No entity exists for Archville; filed on Elgin Str...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-08-13(Calls it 'not the only streak of bad luck the comp...) | |
| 1892-11-01 | A large number of people visited the Elgin Street depot to view the engine and car of the Vermont Central road, which had run in the night before to take home Col. Smith, president of that road, and his party, who had come up on the C.A.R. the previous day on a pleasure trip, their special train following them from St. Albans; they left at noon for home. The engine, never before seen in the area, had been turned out that spring from the Schenectady locomotive works and was capable of 70 miles an hour, commonly run at a mile a minute; it was named the St. Lawrence and had attached to it the Bellevue, Col. Smith's private car. | Ottawa Journal 1892-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-08-25 | An extra yard shunter was put on the C.A.R. Elgin street yards, making three shunters working, one of which was engaged all night. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-08-26 | Radical changes were being made at the C.A.R.'s Elgin Street depot: the big baggage room building was to be moved eastward and the siding past the freight shed carried down the north side of the station to the station house, solely for Parry Sound trains, since the single passenger track could no longer accommodate the trains once the Parry Sound road began running its morning train; two long platforms would extend on each side of this Parry Sound landing, and a siding on the north side of the long freight shed would be used for unloading freight. Mr. Donaldson said the change was a trial and the track could easily be torn up again. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-10-07 | Improvements at the C.A.R.'s Elgin Street depot in autumn 1893: the new sidings and platforms were about completed by September 14 (the Parry Sound train to start from the new track the following week), the platforms had been repaired and extended toward Bank street and the new sidings for the Parry Sound railway were complete by September 18, and on October 7 the station house was undergoing repairs, with the verandahs painted and the general waiting room kalsomined. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-09-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-08-20 | Passengers who come in at the C.A.R. station complain at the way they are "mobbed" by the cabmen. One gentleman a few nights ago nearly had his satchel torn out of his hand by a driver who wanted to carry him. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-12-21 | There are great improvements going on at the Canada Atlantic depot at present. All the offices have been removed from the depot to the handsome new three storey building across Catherine street and the interior of the depot is being completely changed. The eastern end, where the offices were, is being made into a ladies waiting room while the western end will be made into a restaurant. Mr. Burgess will have charge of the restaurant. The company are also to open a restaurant at Alexandria. | Ottawa Journal 1894-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-07-10 | The C.A.R. are shortly to begin building a siding into the new porcelain works near the depot. The siding will be about five hundred feet long. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-09-28 | An electric car full of people going home from the fair narrowly escaped missing the afternoon train on the C.A.R. Saturday. The train was half way out of the station when the car ran into the platform. The conductor had to pull his bell rope. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-12-06 | KILLED BY THE CARS. Andrew Easton (also reported as Eastman), a young brakesman employed in the C.A.R. yards adjoining the Elgin street depot, was almost instantly killed a few minutes after half past six o'clock in the evening. At half past six he was seen alive by yardmaster Patrick Brennan; five minutes later his body was found lying between two tracks by car inspector P. Driscoll and car repairer W. Crooks, with signs of life still present. Dr. Cormack arrived and pronounced the case hopeless; Easton expired within a few minutes, his back broken in the lumbar region, with otherwise only a swelling and bruise on the lower back. No one witnessed the accident, but O.A. and P.S. railway freight cars were being shunted down a siding at the time, and it was concluded he had been jammed between cars coming together. The body was taken to Moodie's morgue on Bank St.; Coroner Mark opened an inquest, adjourned until the following Monday evening. Easton, about thirty, lived at the corner of Percy and Somerset streets and left a widow and two small children. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-12-09 | NO ONE TO BLAME. JURY FINDS ANDREW EASTMAN'S DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. The adjourned inquest, conducted by Coroner Mark, lasted from half past seven until after eleven, examining a dozen witnesses. Engineer Thomas F. Kane testified he had been instructed to couple his line of 22 cars to a separate freight car; when the cars joined, the shock was no greater than usual, and he did not know at the time that the coupling had failed or anything about the accident. Yardmaster Paul Brennan, who gave the coupling signals, said he had noticed Eastman on the steps of the van preparatory to coupling, and that Eastman had partially succeeded, having put the coupling ring into the drawbar; the train, about 120,000 lbs, was thought to have passed over him, and the car was afterwards found off the track. Superintendent M. Donaldson stated a car has been known to be put off the track by running over a man's leg. Dr. Cormack, who performed the post mortem, found a compound fracture of the left leg and broken organs around the hip, death caused by internal hemorrhage, and thought Eastman had been killed by the car passing over him rather than being crushed between the cars. The jury's verdict: 'the deceased, Andrew Eastman, met his death by accident while attempting to couple cars in the C.A.R. yards of Ottawa, but the exact cause of such fatal accident does not appear clear to us,' and exonerated the railway company and employees from all blame. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-12-17 | Officials in the C.A.R. station on Elgin street are making preparations for the removal of the offices into the new temporary station. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-12-24 | The platform around the old Elgin street depot is being torn up in order to permit the laying of another freight track. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-12-27 | The Canada Atlantic depot is disappearing owing to the onward march of Ottawa's progress. People coming in from the west feel it strange to be whirled past the old depot and round the bend to the temporary Central depot. It is close upon fifteen years since these buildings were erected. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1898-08-11 | New sheds are being erected on Elgin street by the C.A.R. company near their old depot, in which to store the lumber used in car construction. This was necessitated by the Warren-Scharfe paving company using the ground on Elgin street formerly occupied by the C.A.R. as a site for their granite works. The new sheds have no entity; filed on Elgin Street. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-08-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-02-17 | Shops completed, work started on 500 grain, reefer, cattle cars. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury | |
| 1899-03-10 | Shops to be operated by electricity generated at Chaudiere. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury | |
| 1899-03-20 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company will build a gas reservoir at the Elgin street depot. It will be used for storing the gas for burning in the new Pintsch light. At present a portable reservoir is being used for bringing the gas from Montreal where it is manufactured. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-08-04 | The old CAR roundhouse, latterly used as a work and repair shop, situated on Argyle Avenue between the canal and Elgin Street was completely gutted by fire between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Several freight cars nearby were destroyed and some iron railway appliances and implements damaged. The loss which amounts to between $7,000 and $8,000 is fully covered by insurance. The blaze originated in the engine house at the west end of the building. (Ottawa Citizen: 'An old landmark and a relic of the days when the Canada Atlantic railway first gained access to the city ... The building was the old wooden roundhouse of the company, lately used as a workshop, just across from the old depot.') No entity for this old, now-destroyed Elgin Street roundhouse; filed on the Elgin Street location. The Citizen gives extensive detail on the fire and losses (four Grand Trunk cars, one Philadelphia and Reading car, one C.A.R. stock car). | Ottawa Journal 1899-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-08-05 | The damage by fire at the C.A.R. yards by Thursday's blaze in the old roundhouse will be much larger than at first estimated. The iron work which was contained in the building was very much damaged and it is thought the loss will amount to between $15,000 and $20,000. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-08-11 | Roundhouse destroyed by fire with 6 freight cars inside. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury | |
| 1899-08-22 | The C.A.R. company has commenced to clear away the debris of the old roundhouse on Elgin street which was partially burnt in the recent fire. The ten box cars which were also caught in the flames have been shunted on to a siding in Bronson's old lumber yard. ... It is not likely the site of the roundhouse will be built on, but will probably be used as a storage ground for trucks, rails etc. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-09 | The Canada Atlantic will not rebuild car shops at the foot of Elgin St, Ottawa which were recently burned as the shops built this year at Ottawa East & Stewarton provide sufficient facilities. | CRSW p267 | |
| 1899-09 | An addition of 9 stalls is being made to the roundhouse. Most likely Ottawa East - David Jeanes | CRSW p267 | |
| 1899-10-07 | A stationary boiler has been placed on the site of the old round house at the Elgin Street works. This will be employed in the manufacture of calcium carbide. Part of the carbide will be used to generate acetylene gas for locomotive headlights. ... A number of lines of track have been laid in the Elgin Street yard, and on these many other new boxcars will be built. | Ottawa Journal 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-10-21 | Orders have been issued to the C. A. R. engineers shunting and running through trains at night at the Chaudiere, Central and Elgin Street yards to cease any undue and unnecessary whistling. Ottawans are affected with almost continuous discordant noises, and the railway officials are taking a step that will meet with popular favor in lessening the discord. Concerns three yards (Chaudiere, Central and Elgin Street) together; filed on Elgin Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-12 | Electric crossing signals installed at Concession, LeBreton, Division and Rochester Street crossing in Ottawa. | CRSW p351 | |
| 1900-01 | New freight buildings and offices at Ottawa almost ready.. | CRSW p7 | |
| 1902-05 | Car repair shops damaged by fire recently. Two passenger cars, a combine, two freight cars and a wrecking derrick were destroyed. | CRSW p169 | |
| 1902-06 | Car repair shops will not be rebuilt, Subsequent work to be done in Ottawa East. | CRSW p189 | |
| 1903-01 | Agreement with city respecting Elgin St. subway. Draft order in council prepared, subway to be 50 ft wide. | CRSW p19 | |
| 1903-05 | Ottawa city council passed bylaw to divert streets for construction of subway under CA yards at Elgin St. Cost is to be $51,000 to be born by the CA, CP and Ottawa Electric. | CRSW p146 | |
| 1905-05-08 | Railway siding to the museum. Mr. George Goodwin makes application to Board of Works. A meeting was held of the Board of Works to consider an application by Mr. George Goodwin, contractor for the new Victoria Memorial museum, to lay a railway siding from the C.A.R. at Stewarton to the location of his work. The siding would pass by way of Catherine and Elgin streets and Argyle avenue. The board agreed to recommend that his request be granted, but the siding will have to be constructed according to plans and stipulations agreed upon by the city. The use of the siding would be wanted for the four years during which the museum will be in course of construction. | Ottawa Journal 1905-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1905-05-09 | Approves of the siding. City council gives permission to Geo. Goodwin. The city council adopted the board of works' recommendation to allow Mr. George Goodwin to lay a siding from the C.A.R. tracks along Catherine, Elgin and Argyle avenue to the new museum, subject to stipulations to be drawn up by the city solicitor and engineer: he must flag every train going in or out, be responsible for all accidents, and his tracks must be built at the level of the street railway tracks. On Elgin Street only two householders would be affected. | Ottawa Journal 1905-05-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1905-07-14 | At the board of works, Ald. Davidson drew attention to complaints made about shunting cars at night on the siding leading from the C.A.R. to the new museum grounds. He pointed out that unless the time of shunting is changed and the residents allowed to rest at night, he was prepared to move the privilege be cancelled. The board decided to hear some of the residents before taking any action; it was pointed out that the Railway Commission had set the hours and could doubtless change them. | Ottawa Journal 1905-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1905-09-01 | The C.A.R. applied to the railway commission for an order giving the right to operate a siding to the museum in course of construction at Argyle Avenue. An interim order was given and the company wanted it made permanent for the four years this work will be in progress. The board agreed to grant the order for as long as the city is willing to allow the siding to remain. | Ottawa Journal 1905-09-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1906-12-23 | UNIQUE ACCIDENT. Box Car Tumbles Off Bridge Onto Ice of Canal. A G.T.R. freight train bound for Montreal was shunting along to get out of Ottawa and after crossing the canal bridge at the end of Elgin street, the crew discovered they had lost some weight behind. They backed up to the bridge which spans the canal and found that one of the empty box cars had jumped the track while crossing the trestle and plunged headlong into the canal. Luckily the water was covered with ice. In falling, the car came in contact with a pier of the bridge, upon which one end of the car remained; it was smashed to pieces, to be taken apart on the ice before removal. The car was the second to last of the train, followed by the caboose in which two brakemen were asleep; had the couplings not broken, they would have been thrown headlong into the canal. Dated to the Sunday evening before the 1906-12-26 issue that reported it. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-12-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1936-09-19≥ | By 19 September 1936 (the issue date), the paper reported: Roland Duchesneau, 28, of Cacouna, Que., "climbed aboard the side of a box-car of a moving westbound mixed freight train in the yards of the Canadian National Railways near Elgin street at 7 o'clock last evening" and "was caught by the switch standard just west of the bridge over Elgin street subway and pulled from the train"; his right foot was amputated at the ankle. The train "had to stop before it crossed the bridge over the canal a little east of the Elgin street bridge"; the conductor was G. H. Everest. Filed on Elgin Street as the place the item names. | Ottawa Citizen 1936-09-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1941-12-22≥ | By 22 December 1941 (the issue date), the paper reported: Fire "almost destroyed" the first Canada Atlantic Railway station built in Ottawa, "situated on Catherine Street between Elgin and Metcalfe Streets", at nine o'clock on Sunday morning; damage was estimated at $1,500. The building, "now used by the C.N.R. as a storage place for repair parts for its rolling stock, and also as a registering office for freights, is a large frame structure more than half a century old"; the blaze started in the roof from overheated stove pipes. The Citizen describes the building burned as the car foreman's office in the Canadian National yards on Catherine street, "just west of the foot of Elgin street", a very old frame building reconstructed as a car department office and stores, the damage confined to the upper storey of the eastern end. Two reports describing the building differently at much the same place; taken to be one building and filed on Elgin Street, not the Elgin Street Depot, since neither paper gives that name. | Ottawa Journal 1941-12-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1941-12-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| The old Stewart homestead was demolished when the Canada Atlantic station was built. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-09-17(From a retrospective article on suburban Ottawa; n...) |