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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889-01-21 | The coal sheds at the Elgin Street station of the C.A.R. are now completed, and are a source of much advantage to the local dealers, who experienced little or no trouble in clearing car loads. They are constructed after the style of the extension sheds at Lackawanna, Pa. Rumor has it that the C.P.R. will build sheds of the same model at their yards in the west part of the city next spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1894-07-07 | The large coal shed that is being erected at the C.A.R. depot is on a fair way to completion. The shed is about five hundred feet in length and of considerable width and will cost some thousands of dollars before completion. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-08-06 | The blow yesterday did considerable damage to the C.A.R. coal sheds on Elgin street, completely unroofing them. 'Yesterday' is relative to the issue date. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-08-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-08-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway has applied to Building Inspector Pratt for permission to erect new coal sheds on its property on the east side of the canal. The buildings now used for the purpose on Elgin street are, it appears, in the way of some improvements to be carried out by the commission and will have to be removed. (Ottawa Free Press, same date: the new sheds will be built 'south of Maria street on the east bank of the canal'.) The existing Elgin Street Coal Sheds were to be relocated to a new site south of Maria street; filed on the same entity as a relocation. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1900-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1901-08-02 | It was claimed to-day by a prominent ratepayer that the C.A.R. wooden coal sheds opposite the city hall across the canal were infringing the fire area by-law. These sheds are in fire area B. Mr. Pratt [the city building inspector] said that the C.A.R. coal sheds were yet in course of construction. When the building permit was taken out the C.A.R. authorities promised that these buildings would be sheeted with iron and thus be made to harmonize with the fire area by-law. The source does not name Elgin Street; identified as the Elgin Street Coal Sheds from the description ('opposite the city hall across the canal'), the location of the CAR's Elgin Street station. | Ottawa Journal 1901-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |