Facts citing this source
| Ref | Date | Subject | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1873-03-07 | 1873-03-07 | The Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1873', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1873.pdf (file revised December-10-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1881-01-13 | 1881-01-13 | Eastern Subdivision | Twenty-four miles of the Canada Atlantic Railway had been completed between Alexandria and Coteau, connecting the two places. It was expected the workshops would be located at Alexandria. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1881', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1881.pdf (file revised April-27-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1881-12-16 | 1881-12-16 | Eastern Subdivision | Mr. W.J. Featherston was awarded the contract for getting out 60,000 ties for the Canada Atlantic Railway, to be cut on the Madawaska River. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1881', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1881.pdf (file revised April-27-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1882-02-03 | 1882-02-03 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | At a special meeting of the Ottawa City Council, a motion to ratify the arrangement to pay a bonus of $100,000 to the Canada Atlantic Railway was defeated by a majority of one. As the road was intended to run in connection with the Toronto and Ottawa Railway, the vote seemed to indicate there would be difficulty securing the $200,000 bonus voted to that company. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1882', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1882.pdf (file revised April-28-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1882-03-31 | 1882-03-31 | Eastern Subdivision | Work on the Canada Atlantic Railway was progressing favorably. It was expected the road would be completed to Ottawa by the first day of July next. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1882', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1882.pdf (file revised April-28-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1882-10-06 | 1882-10-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | "Direct communication with Montreal by another line than the C.P.R. has been obtained by the Ottawa people by the opening of the Canada Atlantic Railway, which runs to Coteau Landing, where it meets the Grand Trunk." The line was formally opened the preceding Saturday, when 500 invited guests made a trip over it and expressed themselves delighted. The opening was expected to reduce freight rates between Ottawa and Montreal; when finished the line would cross the St. Lawrence by bridge and continue into Vermont, providing direct communication with New York and Boston and shortening the time for goods arriving from England via the almost-daily steamship service. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1882', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1882.pdf (file revised April-28-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1883-02-09 | 1883-02-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | An accident on the Canada Atlantic road at Kenyon, arising from want of due attention to instructions, resulted in loss of life: the night mixed trains, which were supposed to cross at that point, collided in dark and stormy conditions. The westbound train had discharged its passengers and was backing into the siding when the eastbound train, under one of the line's oldest and ablest engineers, failed to see it in time. The engines were not derailed but were considerably damaged; passengers were unhurt beyond fright. The fireman of the eastbound train, Mr. Clarke, a young man residing with his parents at Coteau, was killed; the engineer, Mr. Miles, had two ribs broken among other injuries; three other train hands were injured, not seriously. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1883', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1883.pdf (file revised April-26-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1887-08-05 | 1887-08-05 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | It is understood that the Canada Atlantic has completed the necessary financial arrangements for bridging the St. Lawrence at Coteau, and the work will be proceeded with immediately. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1887', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1887.pdf (rev. Feb-24-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1887-09-30 | 1887-09-27 | Eastmans | NARROW ESCAPE. Part of a Canada Atlantic train derailed and burned. Bush fires had injured the track near Eastman's Springs; the 4:50 p.m. express to Montreal, composed of an engine and tender, baggage car, smoker and mail car, second class car, a first class car and a Pullman, was derailed when the fire-loosened rails spread under it. The cars left the track and settled on their sides but did not overturn completely; dense smoke and nearby bush fire flames prevailed. The engine, tender and baggage car cleared the break, but the Pullman, first class, second class, mail and smoking cars, lying beside the track, caught fire within minutes and were completely burned. The roughly one hundred passengers escaped via the caboose of a following freight train, which had been flagged to stop. A special train with three doctors and stretchers was sent from Ottawa. Mail clerk Wm. Browne saved twenty-seven mail bags, about twelve being burned with the car. No passengers were seriously injured, though all were shaken up; Sir Adolph Caron was among the passengers in the Pullman, and an old man named Berraux from Vaudreuil was slightly cut about the hand. The line was cleared and the torn-up track re-laid; the up train from Montreal, due the previous evening, remained at Alexandria overnight and proceeded up the next morning. Corroborating weekly report of the same derailment: 'the ties having been burned by the bush fires raging along the line... no one was seriously injured.' Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1887', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1887.pdf (rev. Feb-24-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1889-08-30 | 1889-08-22≥ | Ottawa | A serious accident occurred on the Canada Atlantic Railway near Concession street about 3.30 in the afternoon: a yard engine with fifteen cars was coming from the Chaudiere when the eleven-year-old son of conductor D. O'Leary attempted to jump on the car next the engine, was prevented by the yard master, but managed to catch the sixth car, missed his hold springing to the seventh, and fell under the wheel. Reports differ on the injury: the Ottawa Journal (Aug. 22) and the Almonte Gazette (Aug. 30) say 'both his legs' were cut off, while the Ottawa Citizen (Aug. 23) says he had 'one leg cut off at the thigh'. He died that evening at his father's home on Bell street. Names the boy as John O'Leary and his father as conductor Leon O'Leary of the Canadian Pacific Railway; says he died half an hour after the accident. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1889', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1889.pdf (file revised April-29-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1889-12-13 | 1889-12-05 | Robert Hutcheson | Robert Hutcheson, night yardman at the Canada Atlantic yard, met his death suddenly at 10 o'clock in the morning while shunting cars: he was walking between the stake and the moving car, seemingly unconscious of the danger, and before he could get away he had been caught between the stake and the car and instantly killed, the stake pressing against his breast over his heart; death was instantaneous. He was 27 years of age and unmarried, and lived with his mother, whom he supported, at the Chaudiere. The Almonte Gazette quotes 'The Ottawa Journal of the 5th inst.', i.e. 1889-12-05, which is the date of the accident; that Journal issue was not itself transcribed by Churcher. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1889', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1889.pdf (file revised April-29-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1890-03-07 | 1890-03-07≤ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Chronicle says it is in a position to announce that the early construction of the Ottawa, Arnprior, Renfrew & Parry Sound Railway is now an assured fact. The Board of Directors have made arrangements for the location of the line, and a party of surveyors will commence work at once. Churcher's masthead names the company 'Ottawa, Arnprior, Renfrew & Parry Sound Railway'; filed on The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company per the operator. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1890.pdf (revised January-24-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1890-04-04 | 1890-04-04 | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | The surveyors of the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway have been making good progress. The route so far has been surveyed up through the valley of the Bonnecheree to Killaloe, then across to the Opeongo and into the Madawaska valley as far as Booth's depot, and it presents no serious obstacles. They are expected to reach the western terminus this week. The distance between Renfrew and Parry Sound is 180 miles. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1890', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1890.pdf (file revised January-24-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1890-04-18 | 1890-04-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The company to build the Ottawa, Renfrew & Parry Sound Railway has been organized and stock books opened. Two charters have been granted — one from Renfrew to Parry Sound, by the Dominion Government; the other from Renfrew to Ottawa, is a local charter granted by the Ontario government. The company organized is under the Dominion charter. Churcher's masthead names the company 'Ottawa, Renfrew & Parry Sound Railway'; filed on The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company per the operator. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1890.pdf (revised January-24-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1890-05-09 | 1890-05-09≤ | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway Company | A further step has been taken in connection with the Ottawa and Parry Sound R.R.: a part of the right of way has been purchased and some grading done. Quoting the Renfrew Journal. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1890', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1890.pdf (file revised January-24-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1890-10-03 | 1890-09-26 | Middle Subdivision | Messrs. George A. Martin, C.E., and Arthur H.N. Bruce, C.E. have commenced the preliminary survey of that part of the Canada Atlantic extension (the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway) lying between Ottawa and Arnprior. The point on the existing line of the C.A.R. from which the extension will be made, for Britannia, has not yet been selected, but upon reaching the village by the lake a bee line will be made for Arnprior. The sections already located are those between Parry Sound and Elmsdale, and between Renfrew and Barrie's Bay, leaving about 100 miles to complete the survey of the entire line once the Arnprior location is made. Says the survey of that part of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound R.R. between Ottawa and Arnprior has been begun. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1890', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1890.pdf (file revised January-24-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1891-02-13 | 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. Says the freight sheds 'were crushed to the ground' the previous week. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1891', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1891.pdf (file revised August-08-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1891-08-21 | 1891-08-21 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | An act uniting the Ottawa and Parry Sound R.R. and the Ottawa, Arnprior & Renfrew R.R. has received the royal assent. The new road will be known as the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound R.R. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1891', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1891.pdf (file revised August-08-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1891-10-23 | 1891-10-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Some people around Arnprior were beginning to wonder whether the proposed railway from Ottawa to Arnprior and Parry Sound wasn't all an election dodge. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1891.pdf (rev. Aug-08-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1891-10-25 | 1891-10-25 | Ottawa | The blacksmith's bellows in the C.A.R. shop at Ottawa filled with gas and exploded, throwing heavy irons across the shop; one piece struck Nelson Dio a heavy blow just above the right eye, cutting a gash three inches long in the scalp. No more specific location entity than Ottawa is named for the shop. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1891.pdf (rev. Aug-08-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-01-15 | 1892-01-15 | Middle Subdivision | The survey of the O.A. & P.S. line reached Egan's Farm on the Madawaska. The Ottawa Free Press (Jan 9) put this about twelve miles west of Bark Lake, the country lately passed through being reported unusually fine and admirably suited to railroad building. The Almonte Gazette (Jan 15) said Mr. Mountain's survey party had reached the same point, about twenty miles west of Bark Lake, and that from Renfrew to Egan's Farm the line was one of the most favorable he had travelled over. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-04-08 | 1892-04-08 | Carp | A delegation from Carp waited on Mr. J.R. Booth with subscription lists totalling nearly $5,000, offered as assistance if the line to Arnprior passed through Huntley Township and touched Carp. Booth explained that the road was first projected to run direct from Ottawa to Arnprior and on to Renfrew, but that the Pontiac and Pacific Junction road, as far as completed, was now on the market and its owners were pressing the company to buy it on favourable terms, so much so that engineers had been sent to run a trial line from Portage du Fort to Renfrew; Arnprior's apathy over its own contribution could injuriously affect where the line was located. Booth stated it was the company's intention to touch Galetta, and that a trial line would be run at once from Carp for that purpose. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-04-29 | 1892-04-29≥ | Middle Subdivision | By late April 1892 the surveyors had finished the survey between Shawville and Renfrew, and had brought the two places within fourteen miles of each other. On May 27, ratepayers of Arnprior were to vote on a by-law authorizing the corporation to take $30,000 of stock in the company. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-05-06 | 1892-04-29≥ | Middle Subdivision | By late April 1892 the surveyors had finished the survey between Shawville and Renfrew, and had brought the two places within fourteen miles of each other. On May 27, ratepayers of Arnprior were to vote on a by-law authorizing the corporation to take $30,000 of stock in the company. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-06-17 | 1892-06-17 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The by-law granting a bonus of $30,000 to the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound R.R. received its third reading in the Arnprior council; the money was to be paid over once the council received a guarantee that the new road would remain wholly independent of the C.P.R., or any other railway under its control, for thirty years. The same day, Mr. Fleck, secretary of the company, went to Arnprior and handed over the bonds and agreements made with the company, the resulting debentures being placed with the Bank of Ottawa. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-07-22 | 1892-07-19 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The first sod of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway was turned at 7 a.m. on July 19, 1892 at Mr. Wm. Rivington's farm about half a mile east of Carp village, before a large crowd. The ceremony was performed by G.N. Kidd, Warden of Carleton County, witnessed by chief engineer George A. Mountain and his engineering staff, contractors Fauquier Bros., and numerous local dignitaries and Ottawa guests. That evening the warden hosted a champagne supper for about thirty of those who had worked to have the line located through Huntley township, with toasts to the Queen, to company president John R. Booth (answered in his absence by Mr. Charles Mohr, Reeve of Fitzroy), and to the engineering staff. Detailed account of ground-breaking and the evening supper, datelined Carp. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-07-29 | 1892-07-19 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The first sod of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway was turned at 7 a.m. on July 19, 1892 at Mr. Wm. Rivington's farm about half a mile east of Carp village, before a large crowd. The ceremony was performed by G.N. Kidd, Warden of Carleton County, witnessed by chief engineer George A. Mountain and his engineering staff, contractors Fauquier Bros., and numerous local dignitaries and Ottawa guests. That evening the warden hosted a champagne supper for about thirty of those who had worked to have the line located through Huntley township, with toasts to the Queen, to company president John R. Booth (answered in his absence by Mr. Charles Mohr, Reeve of Fitzroy), and to the engineering staff. Fuller account of the same ceremony and supper, naming the sod-turning as performed at Mr. Wm. Rivington's farm. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-07-29 | 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". Carp News, quoting an Ottawa paper. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-08-12 | 1892-08-26≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Through the late summer and fall of 1892, construction of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway from its Carp headquarters progressed rapidly: about 300 men and 100 teams were at work by late July, rising to some 400-500 men and 60-150 teams through August and September (including groups of Italian labourers from Montreal), with the contractors, Fauquier Bros., building about three-quarters of a mile of grading a day working both east toward Ottawa and west toward Arnprior. J.R. Booth built the first three miles outside Ottawa himself to test construction costs, and it was expected the forty miles between Ottawa and Arnprior might eventually be operated by electricity, given the water power available at both ends of the line. Twelve miles under construction, six or seven miles graded; Italian labourers at work; a steamer, the Ocean Wave, placed on the Mississippi for the works. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-08-26 | 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. "The building of the railway bridge at Galetta has commenced." Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-10-07 | 1892-10-07 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | At the annual meeting of the Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway Company, the following were elected directors: Messrs. J.D. Booth, Claude McLachlin, Charles Mohr, Wm. Anderson, C.J. Booth, N. Mackintosh and J.F. Booth. Separately that week, at a meeting of the Ottawa Board of Trade, Mr. A.W. Fleck applied for a city bonus for the railway; Mr. Mountain (the road's engineer) and Mr. C.J. Smith (traffic manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway) spoke on the trade it would develop and the benefits to Ottawa, and Mountain said contracts had been let for the first portion of the road, to be completed by October 20. The Board resolved to ask City Council to submit a by-law for $125,000: $100,000 for stock in the railway and $25,000 toward a grand central railway depot. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-10-14 | 1892-10-14≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | By mid-October 1892 the Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway was progressing, with bright prospects for the future. The Board of Trade of Ottawa, at a meeting held a few nights before, had strongly recommended that the city grant the new road a bonus of $125,000, this being thought due it as opening up a direct route from the Great Lakes to the sea by way of Ottawa, and as part of the Canada Atlantic railway system, whose management had always been friendly and liberal. Quoting the Renfrew Journal. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-10-14 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The city of Ottawa had earlier voted a bonus of $100,000 to the Canada Atlantic Railway, and through some technicality were afterwards able to evade payment, though the company got the road and its benefits. Quoting the Renfrew Journal. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. | |
| 1892-11-11 | 1892-11-11 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Another New Railway. The Pembroke Observer reported a rumour that a number of local capitalists were arranging to apply to parliament for a charter to build a railway from Pembroke to Haliburton, some 80 to 100 miles, to connect at Haliburton with the Victoria branch of the Grand Trunk railway (which runs from Orillia), the Midland Railway running from Orillia to the Georgian Bay at Waubaushene. Quoting the Pembroke Observer. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-11-18 | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-11-25 | 1892-11-18 | Middle Subdivision | A dynamite explosion during construction of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway, near St. Mary's church in Rochesterville/Nepean township just outside Ottawa, killed Jule(s) Therien and fatally injured Thomas Brown, who died at hospital the same day; windows were smashed and furniture overturned in surrounding buildings in Rochesterville, and the shock was felt as far as New Edinburgh. Two coroner's inquests returned verdicts that the men died of the explosion, with no evidence of its cause and no blame attached to any individual; witnesses suggested a spark or dropped tool may have set off a box of caps near a fire where dynamite cartridges were being thawed. Shorter account (naming the victim 'Julius Therein'), quoting a November 18 Ottawa dispatch. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1892-12-09 | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1892', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1892.pdf (file revised January-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-02-24 | 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. "The proposed new survey of the Parry Sound railway through the heart of the town of Arnprior is being objected to by many residents." Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-03-03 | 1893-03-03 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The O.A. & P.S.-versus-Atlantic & Northwestern court dispute, argued in Ottawa the previous week, came before Mr. Justice Falconbridge again in Toronto to let the defendants close their case; after cross-examination of engineer Wm. T. Jennings, the defendants applied for a delay citing the illness of W.A. Ramsay, the C.P.R.'s chief construction engineer, in Montreal. It was reported the O.A. & P.S. had already spent $700,000 and was willing to spend more if the defendants did not interfere; the case was adjourned, likely to be heard next in Perth in April. Separately, the Toronto Board of Trade was opposing further Dominion funding for Booth's railway, arguing the $868,400 already given had effectively subsidized a line built mainly in its promoter's personal interest, to the detriment of Toronto and other Georgian Bay shipping ports. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-03-17 | 1893-03-17 | Carp | Messrs. Argue and Kidd were handling large quantities of wheat and oats at Carp since the Ottawa & Arnprior R.R. Co. had placed an agent there to look after freight; a temporary office was fitted up, with Mr. Robinson in charge. Carp News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-03-24 | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-04-07 | 1893-04-07 | Unidentified Freight Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway workshops at Ottawa had an order to build the rolling stock for the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway, including one hundred freight cars then being worked on; another addition to the workforce was expected within a couple of weeks so the cars would be ready for the beginning of regular traffic about May 1st. The new line's passenger coaches were being built at Cobourg. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-04-14 | 1893-04-13 | Graham Bay | The first accident on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway occurred about six miles from Ottawa, a short distance beyond where the line crosses the C.P.R.: the daily way freight to Arnprior was derailed when the roadbed washed out in a spring freshet. The engine crossed the damaged roadway safely, but five freight cars (three loaded, two empty) were thrown off and badly smashed; it took several hours to clear the wreck, though the regular train ran only slightly delayed the next morning. No one was injured. Renfrew Mercury correspondent, near the C.P.R. crossing: engine No. 6 with four cars ran off the track; loads of stone for the Arnprior bridge were reportedly too heavy for the unballasted track. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-04-14 | 1893-04-14≥ | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #606 | By April 14, 1893, No. 6 engine, with four cars, had run off the track near the C.P.R. crossing on the Monday; as far as could be learned no persons were injured. The engine and No. 30, which had been up the line at the time, had not been able to get back to Ottawa and were stationed near "Doyle's cut", a few miles from Carp, where men were working night and day; the loads of stone carried up to complete the Arnprior bridge were thought too heavy and to be destroying the track, and it was said no more freight would be carried until the ballasting was completed. Carp News: "Yesterday (Monday)". Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-04-14 | 1893-04-14≥ | Central Vermont #30 | By April 14, 1893, No. 30, which had been up the line when No. 6 ran off the track near the C.P.R. crossing on the Monday, had not been able to get back to Ottawa and was stationed, with No. 6, near "Doyle's cut", a few miles from Carp, where men were working night and day. Carp News: "Engine and No. 30, which was up at the time" (as printed). Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-05-05 | 1893-05-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A steam shovel, built by the Marion Steam Shovel Co. of Marion, Ohio, was put in operation on the Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway at Carp, cutting a track through Mr. William Rivington's hill and loading sand and gravel onto a train of seven flat cars; described as "simply a dredge on wheels, carrying its own track and making its own road bed", it drew large crowds of townspeople to watch. Carp News, the first morning of operation. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-05-12 | 1893-05-03≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | By May 3, 1893, the contract for building the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway between Arnprior and Eganville had been awarded to Mr. Fauquier of Toronto. Fauquier said he would begin active operations the following week and push through with all speed; the section ran through comparatively level country and, except for six or seven miles, would be easy to construct. Arnprior News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-05-12 | 1893-06-06 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Through the wet spring of 1893, grading and ballasting of the Ottawa–Arnprior line proceeded slowly: by May 6 no passenger trains were running and construction trains found the sodden roadbed hard to work, although 120 carloads of grain had already left Kinburn station that spring; about 500 men were ballasting by May 12, and by June 6 between 80 and 100 loaded cars a day left the Ottawa station for Arnprior and other points, with one passenger train a day (carrying freight each time). About 80 to 100 men were ballasting at Galetta on June 13, and the section was expected to be ready for the formal opening of passenger traffic on July 15. About 500 men ballasting between Arnprior and Ottawa. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-05-12 | 1893-06-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway company purchased a gravel pit from Thos. Willis of Fitzroy for $2,000 (reported May 12). On June 14 it was rumoured that Mr. J.R. Booth had also purchased the large gravel pit and plant belonging to Mr. Rivington at Carp village. Fitzroy gravel pit purchase. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-05-19 | 1893-06-23≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | By June 23, 1893, the right of way for the O.A. & P.S. between Arnprior and Renfrew had been purchased from all the landowners except two. In Renfrew, surveyors were picketing the line on the north side of the creek through the village (the route mapped out in the Mercury two weeks earlier), right-of-way purchases through the village were in progress, and a house opposite Mr. A.A. Wright's residence had been rented as offices for the company's staff; the engineering staff expected to remain at Arnprior until August, working between there and Renfrew. On June 24 the company stationed an agent at Arnprior to look after its interests there. Engineering staff expected at Arnprior until August. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-05-26 | 1893-05-26 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | There were renewed rumours that the C.P.R. had offered to sell its Atlantic & North-West branch from Renfrew to Eganville to Mr. J.R. Booth, for use as part of the Ottawa & Parry Sound railway; this was lent some colour by the further report that most of the men connected with the A. & N.W.'s engineers' office at Renfrew were about to leave, several having already gone. Quoting the Renfrew Mercury. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-06-23 | 1893-06-23≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | By June 23, 1893, the right of way for the O.A. & P.S. between Arnprior and Renfrew had been purchased from all the landowners except two. In Renfrew, surveyors were picketing the line on the north side of the creek through the village (the route mapped out in the Mercury two weeks earlier), right-of-way purchases through the village were in progress, and a house opposite Mr. A.A. Wright's residence had been rented as offices for the company's staff; the engineering staff expected to remain at Arnprior until August, working between there and Renfrew. On June 24 the company stationed an agent at Arnprior to look after its interests there. Quoting the Renfrew Journal. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-07-07 | 1893-07-07 | Carp | It was rumoured that the prolonged negotiation for the purchase of the Rivington gravel pit at Carp had been completed: the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company was now the owner, the price paid being between two and three thousand dollars. The gravel was to be used in ballasting between Ottawa and Carp, and the steam shovel was expected there the next day; the proposed line from Almonte was said to have been an important factor in the purchase, as it too would have required the hill. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-07-14 | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-07-21 | 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". Arnprior News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-07-28 | 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. Accident "yesterday", i.e. 1893-07-27. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-07-28 | 1893-08-03 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. Mountain said there was very little doubt that the C.P.R. had abandoned any intention of building a line to Parry Sound: the last of the big staff the C.P.R. had employed for months was withdrawn from Renfrew that week, and the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent trying to forestall the O.A. & P.S. "has been as good as wasted", though he allowed there was no saying what use the C.P.R. might find for the work. A week earlier (July 27-28) it had been rumoured that the C.P.R. had abandoned its intention to build a parallel line through the district and withdrawn all its survey staff, leaving Booth free to proceed unmolested. Reprinting the Ottawa Citizen rumour. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-07-28 | 1893-08-17 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Excursions on the new Ottawa–Galetta–Arnprior line: a Saturday excursion from Ottawa to Arnprior on July 22 was taken up by a number of Carp citizens; an advertised Civic Holiday excursion on Thursday, August 17 left the C.A.R. station at 7.30 a.m. (adults 75c, children 40c) for Galetta grove, where about 700 people picnicked and the O.A. & P.S. put on 13 cars, the train running slowly outbound to show the country, with the stations at Kinburn and Galetta nearly finished and the foundation in at March Corners; another report has 15 cars and about 600 people, with four car loads going on to Arnprior. A further excursion train the following Thursday (August 31) was to cross the new Madawaska bridge. Carp News, on the July 22 excursion. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-07-28 | 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. Carp News: the station house expected where the hill stands. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-08-11 | 1893-08-26 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Stations and station grounds along the Ottawa–Arnprior line were under construction in the summer of 1893: at Kinburn the company was building a 40x20 ft station (July 14), the contractor for all the stations between Ottawa and Arnprior being Mr. Tomlinson of Ottawa, and by August 3 the stations at Kinburn and Galetta were nearing completion, the Carp station (to be built east of the village on the site of Rivington's hill) was about to begin, and grounds were located at Kinburn for a freight shed and granary; by August 18 the stations at Kinburn and Galetta were about finished and the foundation was in at March Corners. At Arnprior the town council gave part of Tierney street for the station grounds (otherwise the station would have gone to Mansfield); Mr. Mountain said on August 3 the station would be on Tierney street in the centre of town, Mr. Morley Donaldson bought brick and stone for it in the week of August 7, and construction began by August 26 at the end of Tierney street, a short distance south of the C.P.R.'s station. The company was also paying good prices for right of way in Arnprior, with a representative buying properties (July 14, 21). Mr. Donaldson buying brick and stone. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-08-11 | 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". Mr. Donaldson buying brick and stone. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-08-25 | 1893-08-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. J.R. Booth and Chief Engineer Mountain visited Renfrew on Thursday, August 17, where Mr. A.A. Wright urged them to place the line alongside, and the station near, the C.P.R.'s to spare the town from being cut up by tracks. Booth said they had been over the ground and that following the C.P.R. would make the route longer and cost $30,000 more, so the creek route would be followed, with the creek bed "piled" instead of cutting through Rouselle's windmill and Mrs. Freer's residence; the Opeongo road would be crossed on James street, the track running through Mr. John Smith's vacant lot, the block with Mr. R. McEwen's new house and the south-west corner of the lacrosse grounds to cross the K. & P.R. at the Horton–Admaston town line. The station would be either on the Smith vacant lot facing Moffatt's factory or on the adjoining McEwen block; by August 22 the site was reported selected, one block south-west of Main street in the south end of town. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-08-25 | 1893-08-26 | Arnprior | An interlocking system and signal tower were being placed at the crossing of the O.A. & P.S. and the C.P.R. tracks at the western end of Arnprior: the tower was nearly finished by August 25-26 and was to be manned by two men, one appointed by the C.P.R. and the other by the O.A. & P.S. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-09-01 | 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. Mr. Chamberlain inspecting the nearly completed bridge. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-09-08 | 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. Bridge finished; track laid to the C.P.R. station. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-09-08 | 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. Carp News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-09-15 | 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. Carp News: station almost completed. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-09-22 | 1893-09-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Regular passenger service on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway between Ottawa and Arnprior opened on Monday, September 18, 1893, with two trains daily each way: trains left Ottawa at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (reaching Arnprior at about 11.20 a.m. and 6.15 p.m.) and left Arnprior at 7 a.m. and 4.10 p.m., the distance of about 36 miles being covered in roughly an hour and a quarter; stations and distances from Ottawa were Carp 19 miles, Kinburn 27, Galetta 32 and Arnprior 37. The first time card, dated September 18, provided through parlour car service between Ottawa and Montreal and daily sleeping car service to New York and Boston, with all trains arriving and departing from the Canada Atlantic's Elgin Street depot, and the run connected with the C.A.R.'s through service to Montreal, Boston and New York. A first excursion from Arnprior to Ottawa ran on September 23 for the Fair, and the company applied for Ottawa's $50,000 grant. Arnprior News, and the application for Ottawa's grant. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-09-29 | 1893-09-22 | Arnprior | The "diamond" crossing for the O.A. & P.S. over the C.P.R. at Arnprior was put in on Sunday, September 17, 1893. Before the O. & P.S. could run cars over it, 1,700 feet of rail had to be laid on the far side so trains could stand clear of the C.P.R. lines; the C.P.R. gave instructions to tear up the O. & P.S. track on its property until that was complete, which its men did while the O. & P.S. men were at dinner, and the O. & P.S. men promptly laid it down again; a rumour of near bloodshed between the workmen was played down as no more than this (the Arnprior News commented that "for all around 'hoggishness' the C.P.R. leads the van"). The crossing was reported completed on October 5, when rails began to be laid west of Arnprior. Repeating the Mercury, with the Arnprior News comment. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-10-06 | 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". Kinburn Notes, October 2. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-10-06 | 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. Kinburn Notes, October 2. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-10-20 | 1893-10-21 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Construction-train mishaps on the O.A. & P.S. in October 1893: on Saturday, October 14 a construction engine with four cars ran over the dump some miles above Arnprior, the rails covered with blue clay so the drivers would not catch, and went over on her side, smashing the cab, though nobody was hurt (the Watchman's account credits the spongy roadbed giving way under the heavy train, the engineer having stayed aboard to stop the machinery); the engine was brought down to the Elgin Street depot and repaired by October 21; the first locomotive to reach Renfrew slid into a ditch halfway between Arnprior and Renfrew about October 20; and sixteen cattle in two herds were killed by two freight trains at Armstrong's trestle a few days before October 20. Cattle killed at Armstrong's trestle. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-10-27 | 1893-10-21 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Construction-train mishaps on the O.A. & P.S. in October 1893: on Saturday, October 14 a construction engine with four cars ran over the dump some miles above Arnprior, the rails covered with blue clay so the drivers would not catch, and went over on her side, smashing the cab, though nobody was hurt (the Watchman's account credits the spongy roadbed giving way under the heavy train, the engineer having stayed aboard to stop the machinery); the engine was brought down to the Elgin Street depot and repaired by October 21; the first locomotive to reach Renfrew slid into a ditch halfway between Arnprior and Renfrew about October 20; and sixteen cattle in two herds were killed by two freight trains at Armstrong's trestle a few days before October 20. Arnprior News, also reporting a work-train engine ditched about ten miles above Arnprior. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-10-27 | 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. Arnprior News, giving the name as "Mr. J. Campbell" and "a large grain shed and warehouse". Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-11-03 | 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". Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-11-10 | 1893-11-05 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Two stations for the O.A. & P.S. Ry. went through Arnprior on a flat car on Sunday, November 5, 1893, all ready to be put together. Arnprior News: "Sunday last (5/11)". Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1893-12-01 | 1893-12-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Right-of-way dealings at Renfrew and Admaston in autumn 1893: on October 2 Mr. Booth agreed to pay the South Renfrew Agricultural Society $750 for the right of way through its fair grounds (leaving it the ground between the track and the creek), the railway making a cutting five feet deep through them; on October 10 the company settled with Mr. Jas. O'Connor and tore up part of the Main street bridge, and all rights through town were settled by then except with Mr. John Smith (tanner). Smith resisted the company's order to enter his premises before arbitration; arbitrators Cunningham, James Reeves and George Eady met on November 15, and Smith was awarded $3,700 (plus a crossing), $800 more than the railway offered — Smith wrote the Mercury on December 1 that he still thought he ought to have received more (he valued the damage at $12,000). In Admaston, Mr. Donald Campbell fenced the track when the company had not settled with him; railway men tore it down, and on legal advice they forced their way through and laid the rails. On Smith's property the grading, tie-laying, rail-laying, train running and ballasting were reported done in a single day. Award of $3,700. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1893', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1893.pdf (file revised December-12-23). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-01-12 | 1894-01-05 | Alexandria | The Dreadful Grade Crossing. Several level crossing disasters are reported, one occurred at Alexandria, on the 5th, when the Ottawa eastbound morning express, while entering the station, struck the sleigh of Mr. Donald Cameron, of Lochiel. The accident occurred at the railway crossing, a little west of the station. Mr Cameron, his daughter Winfred, and a Miss Young, of Montreal, were in the sleigh at the time, and were on their way in to the village with grist for the Alexandria roller mills. Seemingly, they did not hear the whistle, and were opposite the Alexandria Manufacturing Company factory, situated on the north side of the track, when they first perceived the approaching train. Knowing he could not turn his horses and believing he had time to cross, Mr Cameron made the attempt, but had hardly reached the track when the engine struck them, leaving the horses unscratched on the south side, and hurling the sleigh and its occupants to the north side. The two ladies escaped with slight bruises, but Mr Cameron received several scalp wounds and the right thigh bone was broken. Surgical aid was called in, and Mr Cameron is reported as doing well. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. This issue's own account gave the date only as 'Friday last', without the crossing detail. |
| 1894-01-12 | 1894-01-12 | Middle Subdivision | Mr. M.J. O'Brien, contractor of Renfrew, has been awarded the contract for constructing the third ten mile section west of Eganville on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-01-12 | 1894-01-12 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. As soon as the mail car is put into service on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. we will get our Ottawa papers the evening they are published instead of next day, as we do now. Mr. P. Done, who has the contract of shipping about 400 car loads of lumber from Gillies Bros'. yards, Braeside, is drawing it here and shipping it over the O.A.& P.S. railway. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-01-19 | 1894-01-19 | Galetta | While coupling cars at Galetta a brakesman named David Biggar had three fingers of his right hand crushed to a pulp. They had to be amputated. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-02-02 | 1894-02-01 | Middle Subdivision | Mail service between Ottawa and Eganville, and intervening points, on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, commenced on Thursday, February 1st. The mail from Ottawa, etc., will arrive by the train due here at 10 a.m.; and from Eganville by the train due at 2.49 p.m. The service will be a great accommodation to merchants and others all along the line. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. This issue's own wording: 'The contract for mail service between Ottawa, Arnprior and Eganville and intermediate points on the Parry Sound road went into effect today (Thursday).' |
| 1894-02-23 | 1894-02-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Fighting for the Pass. The appeal case of the C.P.R. against the judgment giving the Opeongo Pass to the Parry Sound railway is now being heard in Toronto before the Chancery divisional court. The courts gave the exclusive right of the pass to the Parry Sound railway company, and the C.P.R. are trying to upset the judgment. The pass in contest is a narrow gap between the mountains in the township of Algoma, county of Renfrew, and is only capable of giving a passage to one line of railway track. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-03-09 | 1894-03-04 | Dochart Bridge | The O.,A. & P.S. railway laid a new iron bridge across the Dochart on Sunday. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-04-06 | 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]. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-05-04 | 1894-05-04 | Arnprior | The O.,A. & P.S. R'y. has made a settlement with Mr. O'Keefe. Mr. O'Keefe got $100 damages. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-05-25 | 1894-05-25 | Arnprior | The O.A. & P.S. R.R. are pushing things along their road. Several horses and carts have been secured here lately for the construction. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-06-01 | 1894-06-01 | Eganville | The Fitzroy Agricultural Society excursion to Ottawa on June 7 will start from Eganville on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. Rates are less than half the regular fare. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-06-08 | 1894-06-08 | Middle Subdivision | The new Booth railway between Eganville and Golden Lake, a distance of eight miles, has passed the government inspector and passenger trains will be put on at once. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-06-29 | 1894-06-29 | Caldwell | Samuel Irwin, of Carleton Place, while working in the gravel pit at Caldwell's, on the O.A. & P.S. R. near Eganville Thursday last, fell between two gravel trains going in opposite directions and had his left hand so badly mutilated that it had to be amputated. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-07-13 | 1894-07-13≤ | Middle Subdivision | The new railway will reach 20 miles west of Eganville by the end of the present month. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-07-27 | 1894-07-27 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. have two trains at work now between here and Ottawa filling up the trestle work and grading. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-08-03 | 1894-07-05≤ | Killaloe | In the course of a few weeks passenger trains on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. will be running to Killaloe, a point twenty miles beyond Eganville the present terminus of the line. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. This issue's own wording: 'Trains will soon be running to Killaloe on the O.A. & P.S Ry.' |
| 1894-08-10 | 1894-07-21 | Barrys Bay | THE FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Three men who met their death were 'loading a hole' with dynamite in a rock cut at the western outlet of the Hagarty Pass, near Barry's Bay, had placed three cartridges in position and were about to place a fourth when the explosion occurred. The three men were blown many feet high in the air. George Marsten, of Carlow (son of a man who formerly kept the Basin Depot house at Barnet & Mackay's depot at the Basin, near Renfrew), was killed outright, found about thirty feet from the point of explosion, one arm and one leg broken; he died in twenty-five minutes. William Kellar (also given as Louis Kellar), of Palmer Rapids, had his clothes completely torn off and one leg and one hand blown off; he died about three hours later, leaving a wife and four children. An unknown Englishman, recently out from the Old Country and in Canada about a couple of years, died four hours afterward. The bodies were horribly mangled. Foreman Raymond Dunning, within six feet of the charge, was blown by the concussion, by one account fully 150 feet up the side of a hill (Mr. M.J. O'Brien says only about 20 feet), but fell on a brush heap and was able to get up within a few minutes. Coffins were made during the night and the remains placed in them; Marsten's remains were taken by his sister and brother-in-law, Wm. George of Barry's Bay, to Eganville and interred in Melville cemetery, Rev. Mr. Rattray officiating. Kellar's remains were taken to his home at Palmer Rapids. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. This issue gives the exact date (July 21) and the victims' names (George Marsten of Mattawa, Keller of Palmer Rapids, and an unnamed Englishman). |
| 1894-08-17 | 1894-08-17≤ | Middle Subdivision | The Ottawa and Parry Sound R.R. will be completed to Long Lake, 120 miles from Ottawa, this fall. There are 40 miles built at the Parry Sound end of the line, which leaves only 40 miles to be built to complete the through road from the Georgian Bay to Ottawa. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-08-24 | 1894-08-17 | Middle Subdivision | Government inspection of the latest section of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway from Golden Lake to Killaloe was performed on Friday, Mr. Thomas Ridout, C.E., acting for the Dominion government and Mr. McCallum, C.E., for the provincial. There were on board the special train Mr. John R. Booth, Mr. Mountain, chief engineer, and Mr. Morley Donaldson. The latest part of the new road is getting pretty well beyond the bounds of settlement; the country is for the most part hilly and wooded, and will no doubt be used for grazing in a few years. It was ten o'clock at night when the party returned to Ottawa. Trains will be run as far as Killaloe in a short space of time, the station house and yard at that place being about ready for occupation. The next section will bring the line into the famous Haggarty Pass, on which men have been engaged blasting a rock cutting since early spring. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. This issue's own (brief) wording: 'The government inspection of the O.A. & P.S. railway from Golden Lake to Killaloe took place on Friday last.' |
| 1894-08-24 | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-08-31 | 1894-08-31 | Middle Subdivision | Rushing The O.P.& S. Work. General Manager E.J. Chamberlain, of the O.A. & P.S. Railway, returned to Ottawa last week after making a trip up the line of the Parry Sound railway. He says the construction is going on rapidly, over two thousand men being employed on the works. This summer ten miles of the west end of the line - that is, between the Northern Pacific Junction Railway tracks and the Sound - have been built, which leaves about eight miles more to be constructed to connect Parry Sound Town with the Northern Junction line. These eight miles will be built next summer. In the meantime the line from the east is being rushed along, and it is expected that the road between Ottawa clean through to the town of Parry Sound will be finished about the first of November of next year. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-10-05 | 1894-10-05 | Barrys Bay | The O.A. & P.S.R. have started a steamboat service between the end of their line at Barry's Bay and Combermere, a distance of over 12 miles. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-10-26 | 1894-10-26 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. The O.A. & P.S.RR. are putting in a new diamond at the junction. The switchman there has improved the surroundings with pretty flower beds. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1894', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (file revised February-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1894-11-02 | 1894-11-02 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. A new engine made its first trip on the O.A. & P.S.RR. on Monday. The inhabitants were notified of its visit by its singular whistle. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1894-11-30 | 1894-11-30 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A man named Mahoney, brakeman on the O. A. & P.S. Railway, lost one of his hands while coupling cars last week. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1894-11-30 | 1894-11-30 | Middle Subdivision | Work on the O.A. & P.S.R. This week the season's work on the O.A. & P.S. railway will reach an end. The line will then be completed to Long Lake, a distance of 144 miles from Ottawa, leaving only 60 miles to be built next season to complete the line to Parry Sound. Rails are now laid to 149 miles from Ottawa. By the end of the week the fifteen hundred men who are still engaged on the work will be discharged. More than two thousand men were employed all season on the work. The trains coming eastward are to be seen crowded every day with returning laborers, principally Italians. During the winter nothing will be done besides survey work. One party has now set out from Long Lake and another from Elmsdale, at the western end of the line, to rectify the hurried survey made during the summer of the sixty miles of the line unconstructed. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1894.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-01-04 | 1894-12-28 | Arnprior | A man named Bourdeau (also given as Napoleon Bourdon), a resident of Arnprior, was badly hurt by a steam shovel on the OA & PS Railway on Friday. He was standing on the bank above the cut where the shovel was at work when the earth gave way beneath him and he fell into the shovel; the accident was not discovered before the derrick had been swung around and the contents dumped on a flat car, where he was found among the earth and gravel. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-01-04 | 1895-01-04 | Whitney | A new town is to be laid out on the O.A. & P.S. RR. at Long Lake. It is to be called "Whitney", after one of the members of the St. Anthony Lumber Company, to which this town will owe its existence. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-03-01 | 1895-02-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Half a million dollars is to be expended on the construction of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway this coming summer. The work of construction is about to be resumed; contractors have already gone out to select camp sites. Contracts have been awarded for three more ten mile sections and a fourth is to be let out: E. Fauquier will construct the first ten miles west of the present terminus at Long Lake, O'Neil and Ferguson the next ten miles west of Fauquier's, and Poulin and Fitzpatrick the ten miles eastward from the terminus of the Parry Sound and Colonization Railway, forty or fifty miles east of Parry Sound. The contractors will begin bare rock cuttings immediately, and start pile driving where necessary on 1 March. About the beginning of May a force of fifteen hundred men will be put on the general construction work; the part of the line being built passes through very mountainous, the heaviest part of the line. About 40 miles will remain to be constructed in '96 if the four sections are finished this season, the gap being this side of Elmsdale. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Not separately transcribed; noted only as 'Also covered in the Almonte Gazette of 1 March 1895' in the Ottawa Journal's own item. |
| 1895-03-08 | 1895-03-08 | Barrys Bay | Freight Troubles. A railroad tie contractor last fall gave out contracts for ties to be delivered at Barry's Bay station on the O., A. & P.S. railway. The ties were delivered but the company had closed the station there and refused to receive any freight at that point, so the contractor had to reload them on sleighs and draw them to Martin's station. A merchant at Barry's Bay, just previous to the closing of the station, had ordered a car of salt billed for Barry's Bay; the company brought the car through to Martin's, and the merchant refused to accept it there, claiming that if billed for Barry's Bay it must be delivered there. Pressed for the goods, he finally had to yield, but when he went for his salt he had to pay for five days' demurrage of the car. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. Attributed by the Gazette to the Eganville Enterprise. |
| 1895-04-12 | 1895-04-12 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Ontario Legislature. April 9th. - a strong deputation from Pembroke waited on the government today and asked for a bonus for a railway from Pembroke to Douglas - a distance of 25 miles. The deputation claimed that the proposed line would open up a fine tract of country and come into competition with no other road. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-04-26 | 1895-04-26 | Middle Subdivision | Four hundred men are already at work on the O.A. & P.S.R. Three hundred are engaged on the first section west of the eastern terminus and one hundred on the second section. The principal work at present is rock-cutting and clearing the right of way. Three hundred men are now at the end of the iron ready to go to work. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-05-17 | 1895-05-17 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A daily train is now running between Eganville and Whitney. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-06-07 | 1895-06-07 | Whitney | James Perrigo, of Eganville, at Whitney, on the O.A. & P.S. construction, had several fingers smashed, necessitating amputation. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-06-07 | 1895-06-07 | Middle Subdivision | There are 1,800 men at work on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-06-14 | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-06-14 | 1895-06-14 | Middle Subdivision | O.A. & P.S. NOTES. About 150 men are at work between Opeongo Forks and Whitney on 'the lift' and on ballast trains. Messrs. D. McDonald's and McMartin, sub-contractors for the first ten miles above Whitney, have about 400 men employed grading, rock-cutting, etc. Messrs. Breuder & McNaughton have two miles of trestle work on the first ten miles; there will thus be about 500 men employed. Large numbers of men are coming in every week looking for work, many returning without finding it. The railway is being constructed on the north shore of Long and Rock lakes, then crosses the Madawaska at the foot of Whitefish lake to the south side. Messrs. O'Neill & Ferguson have the contract for the second ten miles and have about 300 men at work, 100 of whom are Italians. The contract for the third ten has not been let, as the government have not given a bonus for construction past Whitefish lake. Whitney is one hundred and forty three miles from Ottawa, the present terminus of the O.A.& P.S., situated on the eastern end of Long lake in the southern portion of the District of Nipissing, named for Mr. Whitney, manager of the St. Anthony Lumber Co., who is erecting a large sawmill there. Construction work is being pushed and already the steel has been laid for a short distance up the newly graded roadway. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. 'From our own correspondent.' |
| 1895-07-12 | 1895-07-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A grand excursion of the railway employees came to Golden Lake last Monday, where a crowd of several thousands assembled for a picnic. By the new time-table there are two daily trains from Ottawa to Barry's Bay, and from Barry's Bay to Whitney every day, and a passenger going up Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and returning Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; the train service is thus much improved. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-07-12 | 1895-07-11 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | James and Alex. Avery, employed on the O.A. & P.S. railway, were injured by the premature explosion of a charge of dynamite while blasting on Thursday last; their faces and eyes were covered with sand and small stones. They will recover. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-07-12 | 1895-07-12 | Barrys Bay | Barrys Bay is again booming since the station has been opened and it has become a temporary divisional point between Ottawa and Whitney. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-07-19 | 1895-07-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Fired at Three Times. As Daniel Galligan, construction foreman for Mr. McDonald at the Parry Sound, was walking on the right of way between Maguire's camp and Camp No. 4 on Sunday of last week, a man walked out of the bush close to him and deliberately fired three shots: the first split the handle of the axe he was carrying, the second pierced a hole through the leg of his trousers, and the third missed him. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-07-19 | 1895-07-19 | Western Subdivision | The O.A & P.S. R.R. is now graded from end to end. 2000 men have been at work on it. It is expected that trains will be running 164 miles distant from Ottawa by Oct. 1st. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-07-26 | 1895-07-26 | Whitney | WHITNEY NEWS. The big Sawmill of the St. Anthony Lumber Co., at Whitney, has cut its first log. The main building is 207 feet long by 88 feet wide, three flats, and can cut about 250,000 feet of lumber a day. The engine is of 700 horsepower, with eight boilers, and a power-house for electric lights is being erected. Mr. Whitney, president of the St. Anthony Lumber Co., superintended the work in person; nearly 200 men, with 25 spans of horses, were employed. Mr. Anderson has taken charge of the mill. The undertaking is said to have cost upwards of $200,000, $150,000 for mill. Some 30 million feet of logs have been gathered in for the first season's cut, all of which has already been ordered. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. 'From our own correspondent.' |
| 1895-07-26 | 1895-07-26 | Western Subdivision | O.A. & P.S. Construction Notes. Messrs. D.R. McDonald and McMaster will finish the grading on the first ten miles shortly. Already the steel is laid across Mud Bay although the steam shovel is still working at a cut below that point; a second shovel has begun work on a good pit on the shore of the bay. Messrs. O'Neill & Ferguson had over 400 men on the second ten miles and are pushing the work to completion. A young Frenchman who had been away from friends for almost five years was drowned at camp No. 4 on Saturday — the second drowning accident at the same place. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-08-02 | 1895-08-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A young man named Eugene Debault, who came from St. John, Que., and was engaged on Messrs. McDonald & Martin's work at camp No. 4 on the O.A. & P.S. Ry., while in bathing was drowned in four feet of water. Debault was anticipating a pleasant time on his return home this week when death stepped in and claimed him. The body was shipped to St. John for interment. Three weeks ago Mazzo Antoine was drowned in almost the same spot. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-08-09 | 1895-07-27 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | DYNAMITE ACCIDENT: An accident took place on Saturday afternoon at Camp No. 4 on the OA & PS construction, about seven miles west of Whitney, by which one man was killed and two others were very seriously injured. The men were engaged in blasting rock and some of the drilled holes were being charged when the men left for dinner; on their return they commenced drilling at one hole in which some dynamite had been placed of which they were not aware. The explosion, from the first blow of the hammer, killed one man, a young Swede; shattered the leg of another and blew out the eyes of a third, both also otherwise injured. The wounded were taken down by train on Monday to the Ottawa Hospital, and the man killed was buried in the English Church cemetery at Eganville. This camp is rather unfortunate, as two drowning accidents recently took place at it. The two hospitalized men were named Matt. Sohr and Matt. Mattson, both about 25; the name of the Swede who was killed was not known at the hospital. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. Reports Matthew Soher's death from his injuries in the Protestant hospital. |
| 1895-09-06 | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Attributed to the Whitney correspondent of the Eganville Star; near-identically reported in the Renfrew Mercury of the same date. |
| 1895-09-06 | 1895-09-06 | Goshen | The people of Goshen, Renfrew Co., want a station on the O.A. & P.S. line, and the company is willing to build a station if the people interested will provide a site. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-09-06 | 1895-09-06 | Whitney | The St. Anthony Lumber Co's. mill at Whitney is cutting 150,000 feet of lumber per day. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-09-27 | 1895-09-21 | Douglas | An east bound freight train on the O.A. & P.S. railway, consisting of seven cars and the paymaster's van, ran off the track Saturday afternoon about half way between Douglas station and Renfrew. Fortunately the accident was not attended by loss of life. The train had just passed a slight curve when the engine, from some unknown source, jumped the track, pulling the cars and van along with it; for a couple of hundred yards the train went thumping along on the ties but remained on the roadbed. Driver Turner and his assistants stuck to their posts until the train was stopped. A couple of cars were toppled over, one loaded with horses and railroad construction tools; a man in this car was taken out from under a piece of machinery without a scratch. Paymaster Wilson, counting money in his van when the accident happened, was almost unconscious from the effects of a blow he received while being jostled about, his money scattered over the floor; Driver Turner had one shoulder badly bruised. A wrecking train left immediately from Renfrew under Roadmaster Hogan and the track was cleared in five or six hours. Two of the horses had to be shot, their legs broken; they belonged to Mr. Simmers, sub-contractor on the railway. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. Headline repeated verbatim from the Ottawa Citizen of 23 September 1895. |
| 1895-10-11 | 1895-10-04 | Western Subdivision | AT THE DOOR OF PARRY SOUND: Contractor Plouf, of the OA & PS Ry., who has the contract for the construction of the last ten miles at the western end of the line, is in the city today. The line is now built to within a mile of the town of Parry Sound, and within a few weeks it will be completed. The terminus of the line will be on an island in the Georgian Bay in front of the town, forming a breakwater with an excellent land locked harbour where the great shipping vessels of the lake could lie at anchor; the water is at least thirty feet deep all around the point of the railway terminus, so vessels can be loaded and unloaded to and from railway cars without inconvenience. Trains are now running over forty miles of the western end of the line. About six hundred men were employed on the construction this summer. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. Near-identical wording. |
| 1895-11-01 | 1895-10-25 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A private train of engine and five coaches went up last week to the Madawaska Forks, on the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway, with Mr. Baldwin, a wealthy car builder of Philadelphia, Pa., and a party of American tourists. The party are enjoying themselves hunting and fishing in the neighborhood. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-11-01 | 1895-10-26 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. At the intersection of the railway lines a new diamond is to be put in on Sunday. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. Co. wish to purchase McNab's grove on Chats Lake from McLachlin Bros. for the purpose of converting it into a picnic ground to be used by excursionists brought here by the railway. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. |
| 1895-11-08 | 1895-11-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | O.,A. & P.S. Notes. Snow has been lying almost all week. As the deer hunting season opens today, the country is flooded with hunters; it is estimated that several hundred have come up the O.A. & P.S. A party of hunters at MacAulay Lake (from Almonte) began the sport too early and were brought before the local magistrate and fined $10. American hunters carried off deer before the season opened, but escaped the deputy game wardens. The work in the shanties is booming all along the line; there will be over 1,000 men on the upper part of the Madawaska. The St. Anthony Lumber Company has over 300 men employed at the sawmill. 'Nipissing City' has been founded a short way east of Whitney, somewhat resembling the western city. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. 'From our own correspondent.' |
| 1895-12-13 | 1895-12-06 | Elgin Street | 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. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. Adds that he was native of Lanark county, began his railroad career at Carleton Place, had $2,000 insurance through the A.O.U.W., and had recently injured his foot, after which his wife had pleaded with him to leave railroading; his remains were interred at Watson's Corners. |
| 1895-12-13 | 1895-12-09 | Ottawa Central Station | Mrs. Augustus Keefer's stone quarry in Nepean township has been sold to Mr. J.R. Booth for $5,000. It is said Mr. Booth desired to procure the stone in the quarry for the construction of the temporary central station. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1895.pdf (revised February-25-24). Original not seen. Spells the name 'Reefer' rather than 'Keefer', probably a transcription variant; printed twice in the same issue. |
| 1896-02-14 | 1896-02-14 | Western Subdivision | Of the 47 miles, D.D. MacDonald and Murdoch have the first ten miles; O'Neill & Ferguson the next twelve miles; five remain unlet, and Poulin and Fitzpatrick have twenty miles on the other end of the work. Already the engineers have gone in with their staffs, and supplies for building camps are coming up the line. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-02-14 | 1896-02-14 | Western Subdivision | Supplies are taken to the American camps on the Upper Lakes by the last twenty miles of railway above Whitney. Even some of McLaughlin's camps on the Petewawa received their supplies by the railway. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-03-20 | 1896-03-20 | Western Subdivision | A large number of men are ging up the line to work on the railway, there being already some 400 at work. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-04-17 | 1896-04-17 | Western Subdivision | It is expected that the grading will be finished across Cache Lake ready for the steel by the end of May. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-04-17 | 1896-04-17 | Western Subdivision | Trains run from Whitney to the end of track Tuesdays and Fridays after the arrival of the mixed from Barry's Bay. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-04-17 | 1896-04-17 | Western Subdivision | Chambers and Richardson, of Whitney, have the contract for the last section let by Mr. Fauqier, about 6 miles. Some 500 men are at work on the first 20 miles, and more are expected as soon as snow goes. ... Clearing the right of way and driving on the first 20 miles about finished. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-04-17 | 1896-04-17 | Canoe Lake | The Gilmore Lumber Co. have also been rushing in machinery and supplies for the new mill on Canoe Lake. The foundation of the mill is being laid, and it is expected that one band saw will be running by August. The main building is 180 ft. by 65 ft. - not as large as the Whitney mill. It is estimated that it will cut 50,000,000 feet in the season. Two hundred acres of land has been leased from the local government at Park headquarters for the mill and yards, exactly ten miles from the end of track by the right of way, and 30 miles west of Whitney. About 150 men are employed at present, and a portable saw-mill is cutting lumber for the building. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-04-17 | 1896-04-17≥ | Whitney | A deaf and dumb man named Hoover, of Pembroke, had his foot taken off at the ankle by an O.,A. & P.S. Railway train on Saturday last. He was walking along the track above Whitney station when the train came up behind him; the engineer blew the whistle and expected to see the man step off the track, but he did not do so. The railway company sent a special train to Ottawa with him, where he was placed in the hospital. (As reported by 17 April 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-05-17 | 1896-05-17 | Western Subdivision | A daily train is now running between Eganville and Whitney. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-06-26 | 1896-06-26 | Arnprior | The railway company has filled with gravel the frog pond at the signal tower. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-07-24 | 1896-07-24 | Car Shops | Mr. J.R. Booth will commence building a round house and car shops at Ottawa East in the course of a couple of weeks. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-07-31 | 1896-07-29 | Madawaska Roundhouse | A new station and a large round house will be among the first things to be constructed. (Almonte Gazette, 31 July: 'A new station and a large roundhouse are to be erected there immediately.') Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-07-31 | 1896-07-29 | Madawaska Depot | A new station and a large round house will be among the first things to be constructed. (Almonte Gazette, 31 July: 'A new station and a large roundhouse are to be erected there immediately.') Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-07-31 | 1896-07-31 | Madawaska | It has been selected as the divisional station between the eastern and western sections of the railway. ... Yesterday morning Mr. Tomlinson, contractor for the railway, left with a staff of men to commence the work of construction. ... It has excellent natural advantages for a divisional point, inasmuch as the district thereabout is a level plain, well adapted for branch lines and sidings. On this account the place was selected in preference to Barry's Bay or Whitney. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-08-14 | 1896-08-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The road is open for traffic from Ottawa to a point about forty miles east of the northern extension of the Grand Trunk Railway at Emsdale, and it is open from Emsdale to Parry Sound. The last link of forty miles between the two is under construction, and the whole line will be ready for the opening of navigation in 1897. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-09-04 | 1896-09-04≥ | Killaloe | At the crossing near Killaloe station on Monday evening last a man named Lamontagne, (from Quebec), who had strayed on to the track in an intoxicated condition, was run over and killed by the train. His head was severed from the trunk, and the body was fearfully mutilated. An inquest was held, and a verdict in accord with the above facts returned. (As reported by 4 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-09-04 | 1896-09-04≥ | Renfrew | The second accident occurred on Tuesday. When about a mile this side of Renfrew a man was noticed walking on the track, and on whistling he left the rails, but returned. The train was brought to a standstill, but not before the man had received a tremendous blow, which lifted him into the ditch. It was found that his arm and a rib were broken, and he was brought to the Ottawa Protestant hospital. His name is Alexander Matthews, a stonemason by trade, having been at work in Renfrew for some weeks. He appeared to be under the influence of liquor when the accident occurred. He will recover. (As reported by 4 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-09-18 | 1896-08-07≥ | Algonquin Park | On Saturday, the bodies of two men were brought down to Renfrew by the OA & PS express ... One, whose name was James Ryan, was buried in the Renfrew cemetery. The other, Louis St. Pierre, was interred in the R. C. cemetery. Another body, of a man named McLeod, was taken to Cornwall: while a fourth victim, alive, was taken down to the Ottawa Hospital. So far as can be learned, the three deaths and the injury were due to a blasting accident. ... Foreman McLeod was badly mangled - his hands blown off and legs badly torn. Ryan was picked up dead in the bush, more than 100 feet away. The coroner's inquest as to the death of the three men killed in the dynamite explosion up the Parry Sound Railway resulted in a verdict of accidental death. Two boxes of dynamite had been placed in the hole drilled in the rock and the men were packing earth over it when the explosion occurred. (As reported by 7 August 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-09-18 | 1896-09-18 | Western Subdivision | End of the steel, Sept. 1 - Track laying began at this point on the 31st of August, and will probably be pushed through to Gilmour's Mill Junction by Sept. 19th. ... This covers the first to ten miles of construction this summer, which is being built by McDonald and Murdoch. Up to the present this distance had to be traveled on foot and by boat. On this nearly 1,000 men of all classes worked during the summer months. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-02 | 1896-09-28 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | It was a swell special that pulled out of the Central station Saturday morning at 8 o'clock, having on board about 100 Senators, members of Parliament, prominent citizens and press men, invited by Mr. J. R. Booth to make a trip of observation over the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. The train was composed of six cars, in the van being the sumptuous private car 'Opeongo,' a praiseworthy product of the Canada Atlantic shops ... The end of the run of Saturday was at Potter Lake, in the very heart, almost, of Algonquin Park, and 80 miles only from Parry Sound harbor. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-09 | 1896-10-09≥ | Ottawa | Thomas Costello, a car repairer at the Canada Atlantic railway works at Ottawa, was working at one of the bumpers of a car that had been jacked up. The jack slipped and the bumpers came down on his hands, crushing them into jelly from the wrist to the finger ends. (As reported by 9 October 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-16 | 1896-10-14 | Madawaska | Barry's Bay will not be the divisional point of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. after 15th November. Madawaska will then be made the terminus of the first division it being exactly half way between Ottawa and Parry Sound. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-23 | 1896-10-23 | Western Subdivision | The steel gang reached the summit cut at the end of O'Neill and Ferguson's section last week, and a portion of the gang is paid off. The large rock cut will probably be finished this week. Chambers and Richardson have completed their five - mile section. ... Snow fell on Saturday night and another fall came Monday morning. - the work of track-laying is almost completed. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-23 | 1896-10-23 | Whitney | The grading in the yard is almost finished. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-23 | 1896-10-23 | Gilmour's Junction Section House | A section house is being erected at Gilmore's Junction by Mr. Tomilson's Men. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-23 | 1896-10-23 | Bridge over Potter Creek | Breuder & McNaughton are building iron bridges over Potter and Joe creeks for the railway company. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-23 | 1896-10-23 | Bridge over Joe Creek Bridge | Breuder & McNaughton are building iron bridges over Potter and Joe creeks for the railway company. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-10-23 | 1896-10-23 | Canoe Lake | At Gilmore's mill on Canoe Lake a number of buildings are being erected - an office and store, store houses, boarding house, tenement for four families, all situated on a rising ground back of the park headquarters. Near the middle a large brick engine and boiler room is being built by Mr. Shugie, of Brighton. A frame building for electric light plant, blacksmith and carpenter shops is also under construction. There are over 200 men at work at and around the mill, and between 600 and 700 in the shanties. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-11-06 | 1896-11-06 | Kearney | Brakesman Villeneuve, who was run over by a construction train at Emsdale on the O.,A. & P.S. R on October 25th, died on Sunday the result of his injuries. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-11-20 | 1896-11-16≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Charles Fagan, policeman at the Canada Atlantic Station here, was caught last night by Detective Flanagan in the act of robbing the till in the ticket seller's office in the station and arrested. For several months past small sums, varying from twenty-five cents to two or three dollars, have been missed from the till, the robberies always taking place in the evening after the station was closed and the policeman off duty. (Almonte Gazette, 20 Nov: he 'was caught on Monday last in the act of stealing cash from the till at the station.') (As reported by 16 November 1896.) (As reported by 16 November 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-11-20 | 1896-11-18 | Ottawa Central Station | Charles M. Fagan, who was caught in the act of robbing the till at the C.A.R. Station on Saturday, was today sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in the Central Prison. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-11-27 | 1896-11-27≥ | Western Subdivision | W Crisper, aged about 25, a young man of Gloucester township, acting as brakesman on the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound railway, was killed on Monday afternoon at Sim's Pit, 150 miles up the line. No one witnessed the accident, but it is supposed that he was either walking alongside or on top of the flat cars and fell in between. The train was moving slowly at the time. The body of the unfortunate young man was cut in two so that death was instantaneous. An inquest was held Monday night, conducted by Mr. Simpson, Algonquin Park Commissioner ... the jury brought in a verdict of accidental death, attaching no blame whatsoever to the company. (As reported by 27 November 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-12-04 | 1896-12-04 | Barrys Bay | The rumor that Mr. J.R. Booth will build a sawmill at Barry's Bay has pacified the people with regard to the removal of the O.A. & P.S.R. divisional point to Madawaska. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1896-12-04 | 1896-12-04 | Depot Harbor Grain Elevator | The Parry Sound Railway company are erecting two large grain elevators at the Sound harbor to be in readiness for next year's business. They will have a capacity of fully one million bushels. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1896', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1896.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-01-29 | 1897-01-29 | Barrys Bay | The party responsible for the accident on the Parry Sound Thursday night is not known. There is difficulty in finding out who is responsible for the wrongly set switch. Dr. Galligan held an inquest at Eganville Friday night, and sectionman Stewart, who had charge of the switch, swore that he set it for the main line and locked it some three hours before the accident. The light was left burning. ... The jury accordingly brought in an open verdict, to the effect that the deceased met death through a run-off occasioned by a switch wrongly set by unknown parties. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-03-05 | 1897-03-05≥ | Eganville | Jamieson Bros. of Eganville have a contract for loading square timbers on the cars at the O., A. & P.S. railway station, and on Monday morning found it necessary to haul a loaded car to make room for an empty, and the place being on a down grade the car moved with greater speed than was expected, and one of the horses was knocked down and shoved for a distance ahead of the car. The animal's limbs are severely cut and it is otherwise injured. (As reported by 5 March 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-03-12 | 1897-03-12≥ | Killaloe | Arthur Sills, of Ottawa, aged 27, took another brakeman's place on the O.A. & P.S. R.R. on Monday last for one trip. While at Killaloe Station that evening he went to turn a switch, when he slipped and fell to the ground. The train was backing up at the time, and two wheels of the car passed over him, killing him. (As reported by 12 March 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-03-19 | 1897-03-12≥ | Barrys Bay | Peter Clement and his companion Charles Golgolin, had been acquitted at the Pembroke assizes. The charge was that of tampering with the rails which caused the late accident. There was no reason to show that either of the men had disturbed the rails. (Almonte Gazette, 19 March: at the Pembroke assizes 'the case against Peter Clement and Chas. Golgolin ... was dismissed.') (As reported by 12 March 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-03-26 | 1897-03-26≥ | Killaloe | The following severe verdict was brought in by the jury at the inquest of young Sills, who was killed on the O.A. & P.S. while coupling cars: That deceased's death was due to his foot being caught in an unpacked 'frog' and that the company were negligent in not having packed it as the law requires. (As reported by 26 March 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-05-28 | 1897-05-28≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | W.S. Dagette, a brakeman on the O. A. & P.S. railway, had his right arm broken by a barrel of sugar falling on it. (As reported by 28 May 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-07-16 | 1897-07-16 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The O.A. & P.S. R.R. Co. could not give the N.L.A.S. cars for their excursion to Ottawa on the 24th because on account of that day being given to employees of the road for their annual picnic at Clark's Island. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-08-08 | 1897-08-03 | Goshen | A train of 13 cars was ditched on the line of the O. A. and P. S. on Saturday afternoon last. The accident occurred at Goshen station about 2 p. m. A freight train was coming east and at Goshen station either ran into an open switch or the rails spread. The engine remained on the track and also the van. The tender and 13 cars were thrown from the track into the ditch, and considerably damaged. ... The wrecking train was sent out from Ottawa and cleared the track in a short time. The express trains up and down were considerably delayed by the accident. None of the trainmen left the train, and were in no way injured. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1897-10-01 | 1897-09-23 | Hawkesbury Branch | The largest excursion that ever came into Ottawa was brought in by the C.A.R. this morning. There were 2,300 people on it. It took twenty-five cars to carry the people and two engines to draw them. The train came in two sections ... The excursionists came in from Hawkesbury and intermediate stations between that point and Ottawa. ... On this day last year the same excursion train brought in 1,750 passengers. (Almonte Gazette, 1 October: 'There were 2,500 people on it.' Eastern Ontario Review, 1 October: the Canada Atlantic carried 457 excursionists from Vankleek Hill to the Central Canada fair at Ottawa.) Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1897', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1897.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1898-05-12 | 1898-05-12 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A freight train on the O.A. & P.S. broke into three sections and the rear one collided with another freight following. The runaway cars were ditched and the train went on, little the worse. The other loose section for the train from which broke away down a grade and bumped into the rear end of it at the station. No one was injured and little damage was done. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1898', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1898.pdf (file revised January-05-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1898-06-03 | 1898-06-03 | Renfrew | The engine of the Parry Sound railway passenger train going east on Thursday last killed fourteen cows and one deer before reaching Renfrew. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1898', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1898.pdf (file revised January-05-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1899-01-10 | 1899-01-10 | Ottawa East | Charles Armstrong, yardmaster of the C.A.R., Ottawa was run over by an engine last Wednesday and died a few hours later in St. Luke's hospital. (Ottawa Journal, 8 February: he 'was run over by a shunter at the semaphore near the Deep Cut at 6 o'clock this morning. Died.') Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1899', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1899.pdf (file revised March-06-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1899-07-28 | 1899-07-22 | Whitney | While Mr. Bull was standing on the tender of his engine shortly after six o'clock Saturday night, filling the boiler of the locomotive with water, a shunting engine jolted against the rear end of the train to which the locomotive attended by Mr. Bull was attached. The collision caused the man to lose his balance and fall to the ground. The train, set in motion by the jolt, passed over him, cutting off his right arm and crushing his right leg. He was pulled out and taken to Ottawa in a special car. In spite of all that could be done for him, however, he passed away yesterday morning. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1899', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1899.pdf (file revised March-06-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1899-08-11 | 1899-08-04 | Madawaska | Renfrew, Aug 4. - The O.A. & P.S. car shops at Madawaska were burnt down yesterday. (Almonte Gazette, 11 August: 'The O.A. & P.S. car shops at Madawaska were burned on Thursday.') Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1899', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1899.pdf (file revised March-06-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1899-10-13 | 1899-10-13 | Eganville | The Eganville Enterprise says that the village is badly in want of a new C.P.R. station. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1899', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1899.pdf (file revised March-06-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1899-10-20 | 1899-10-20 | Renfrew | There passed through Renfrew last week, one of the largest, if not the largest, wheat trains to pass over the rails there. It was on the Parry Sound line, and was composed of 36 cars, containing 37,000 bushels of wheat. The train, cars and freight weighed 1,650 tons. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1899', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1899.pdf (file revised March-06-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1899-11-10 | 1899-11-10 | Arnprior | All the C.A.R. section men from Renfrew to Ottawa were working on the trestle here on Sunday. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1899', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1899.pdf (file revised March-06-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1900-03-02 | 1900-03-02 | Eganville | Mr. A. Geraldi, formerly station agent at Kinburn, is now in charge of the station at Eganville. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1900', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1900.pdf (file revised April-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1900-07-20 | 1900-07-20 | Car Shops | A very unusual surgical operation was performed the other day in Ottawa. Foreman Tremble, of the C.A.R. machine shops, had one of his eyes penetrated by a piece of steel. His physicians tried an electric magnet on it and drew it out. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1900', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1900.pdf (file revised April-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1900-10-26 | 1900-10-18 | Bank Street | A fatal accident occurred at the Canada Atlantic Railway crossing, Concession street, early yesterday morning. While Mr. James Killeen of Eganville, a cousin of Constable Killen, was crossing the Canada Atlantic at the said crossing, he was struck by a train and terribly mangled. ... Deceased was employed by the Dominion Bridge Company, on the Interprovincial bridge. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1900', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1900.pdf (file revised April-25-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1901-03-22 | 1901-03-22 | Caldwell | An elderly man named Hugh Henderson, a resident of Grattan township, was killed by the snowplough special on the Canada Atlantic near Caldwell's station on Wednesday afternoon. Henderson was walking along the track with his shovel on his shoulder, and evidently heard the whistle, for he started to run ahead. But he must have been confused, for he remained close by the rails, and was struck and killed. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1901', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1901.pdf (file revised May-31-24), quoting the Renfrew Mercury. Original issue not seen. |
| 1901-07-26 | 1901-07-26 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. is going to test acetylene gas as an illuminant for its passenger trains. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1901', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1901.pdf (file revised May-31-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1901-08-16 | 1901-08-09 | Renfrew | A COLLISION AT RENFREW. West Bound Local Ran Into East Bound Freight but all Escaped With a Shaking up. Renfrew, Ont., Aug. 9. - The westbound local on the C.A.R. due here at 6.20 ran into the east bound way-freight last night by taking the switch instead of the main line. The switch board was properly set but in some way the switch was wrong or else sprung by weight of train. The engines and tender, along with two or three cars were smashed somewhat but all the passengers and employees escaped with a severe shaking up. The wreck is now cleared away and the line is again fit for traffic. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1901', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1901.pdf (file revised May-31-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1901-11-29 | 1901-11-29 | Barrys Bay | Peter Menzies, a C.A.R. engineer, fell beneath his engine at Barry's Bay recently. He was dragged by the cowcatcher for quite a distance but escaped with a fracture of his left leg and the crushing of three toes on his right foot. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1901', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1901.pdf (file revised May-31-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1901-12-27 | 1901-12-27 | Madawaska | Mr. Jas. Campbell of Eganville, a C.A.R. conductor, had his right leg run over by a train at Madawaska last week. The limb had to be amputated below the knee. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1901', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1901.pdf (file revised May-31-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1901-12-27 | 1901-12-27 | Caldwell | The company operating the St. Louis iron mines near Eganville, will build a spur line of railway from the mines to Caldwell's Station on the C.A.R. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1901', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1901.pdf (file revised May-31-24). Original issue not seen. |
| 1906-02-07 | 1906-02-07 | Grand Trunk Railway | All the sub-contracts for the building of the Parry Sound Railway have been let by Mr. Fauquier. The last one was given out on Wednesday, to Messrs. O'Neill & Ferguson for eleven miles. The distance and positions of the respective sub-contracts beginning from the Ottawa end are as follows: D. McDonald, Williamstown, first ten miles; O'Neill & Ferguson, next eleven miles; Mr. Fauquier, six miles; and Poulin & Fitzpatrick, twenty miles. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway Items from Area Papers – 1906', Ottawa Railway History Circle, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1906.pdf (file revised February-23-24). Original issue not seen. |