| 1895-7-9 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The length of siding along the Deep Cut excavation was 1200 feet but the total length to be excavated to Maria Street was 2700 feet. The width excavated on each pass was about 30 feet. |
| 1895-7-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The excavation of Deep Cut started. The fill was being dumped on flat cars, to be plowed off on the trestle a few hundred yards away. |
| 1895-7-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | 200 people were spectators on the evening of 15 July 1895 to watch the excavations in Deep Cut. |
| 1895-7-20 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The average depth being excavated at Deep Cut was 12 feet for 300,000 cubic yards of earth which turned out to be sticky clay. |