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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898-10-07 | The company is also constructing a large coal chute over the C.A. tracks at the deep cut which will be used for coaling engines. Filed at the maintainer's direction on the entity created for this. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-11-22 | The work on the coal chute will be finished this week. Filed at the maintainer's direction on the entity created for this. From the item on the Canada Atlantic yards and shops. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-11-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-12-08 | The residents of Ottawa east who have to pass along Nicholas Street at the foot of Deep Cut have a grievance against the CAR. They complain that the recently erected coal chutes are a nuisance to passers by as, when the engines are being loaded with coal the dust floats across the street and anyone who happens to be passing is covered with coal dust. A petition is in circulation for presentation to the village council to have the chutes removed. Several ladies complain that their hats and dresses have been destroyed by the falling dust from the coal. The council of 1899 will be requested to take action on the matter. Filed at the maintainer's direction on the entity created for this. | Ottawa Journal 1898-12-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-03-08 | The residents of Ottawa East want the Canada Atlantic coal chute at the Deep Cut removed. They claim that the affair is a nuisance, from the fact that dust and smoke from it ruins everything in the vicinity, and that it is impossible to draw a loaded sleigh over the roadway there on account of the coating of coal dust on the snow. ... it is said, ruin clothing hung on the lines and property of all kinds. A petition is mentioned but not transcribed. Filed on Ottawa East; a structure entity for this coal chute already exists at Coteau but not for the Deep Cut chute (see the 1898 crawl's Ottawa East Coal Chute). | Ottawa Citizen 1899-03-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1911-01-31 | Superintendent Morley Donaldson of the Grand Trunk Railway said today that the removal of the coal chutes near the deep cut would probably be part of the plan for the construction by the railway of new and additionally large shops in Ottawa. The problem of coaling the engines was a big one, he stated, and some means would have to be found to take the place of the coal chutes, but during the summer they would, no doubt, be removed. | Ottawa Journal 1911-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |