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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899-09-09 | Plans have been drawn up for the new supply building and instruction offices to be erected by the C.A. railway company near the Rideau round house. The building will be a three storey one and part of it will be fitted up as a school of instruction. ... Apartments will also be fitted up for the use of the draughtsmen. See the held missing-entity note for the new supply/instruction building. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-09-30 | The C.A.R. will very shortly commence the erection of a large building adjoining the Rideau roundhouse. It will be 200 feet in length and thirty feet wide with two stories in one portion of it. The building will be used as a storehouse replacing the one destroyed by fire some time ago and will also contain the offices of Mr. Ogilvie and his assistants. A new track will be put in from the main line of the road to the new warehouse. See the held missing-entity note for this new storehouse/instruction building. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-10-06 | Yesterday the Canada Atlantic Railway company commenced the erection of a large two and a half story building at Ottawa East running parallel with the Parry Sound tracks, which is to be used as an extension of the shops. ... it will contain the general stores for the road, an instruction office, a dining room for the men who take lunch at the works and the mechanical office. ... As soon as the building is completed the mechanical office, now at Stewarton, will be removed to the new building. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |