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History
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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897-09-27≥ | A combination locomotive and observation car passed through the city Saturday from Madawaska. The car is owned by president E.C. Smith of the Central Vermont railway and is called the 'St. Lawrence'. With his family, president Smith has been spending a month on the Madawaska. (As reported by 27 September 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) The source gives the initials 'E.C.'; the site's entity is William A. Smith, president of the Central Vermont (Col. Smith in other items). | Ottawa Journal 1897-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-11-09 | Col. Smith, president of the Central Vermont railway, with a party of friends, is in the city. Col. Smith is travelling in his own special observation engine and private car Mansfield. | Ottawa Journal 1897-11-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| Away from the railway, William A. Smith was an expert marksman who won the Beasley trophy in Great Britain and served in the Boer War, where he was mentioned in a two-volume history of that war. He lived on Cathcart Street in Lower Town, Ottawa, and his ancestors may have been from Buckingham. Personal life beyond the Canada Atlantic. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/s/william-a-smith | Correspondence with Bill Linley(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) |
Practices
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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| William A. Smith was a pattern maker for the Canada Atlantic Railway and worked on many of its passenger cars. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/s/william-a-smith | Correspondence with Bill Linley(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) |