Names and numbers
GTR 30th District, Hawkesbury Branch
1905 – 1923
Locations
- Glen Sandfield mile 3.6
- Dalkeith mile 7.16
- Vankleek Hill mile 13.71
- Hawkesbury mile 21.02
History
45 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889-03-11≤ | The Canada Atlantic Railway has decided to extend their line from Glen Robertson station in a north easterly direction to Hawkesbury on the Ottawa River. Work, so a director says, will be begun in the spring. The branch line traverses a rich section of Glengarry and Prescott counties in all a distance of twenty miles for which a charter was granted last session. It is pretty well known that the project was undertaken as a result of the agitation in favour of the road from Vaudreuil to Ottawa; the promoters of that enterprise, although encouraged by the various municipalities along the route, received assurances from lumbermen interested in the Canada Atlantic that they could not hope for a share of the Ottawa lumber traffic. | Ottawa Journal 1889-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1889-03-12(Says the Canada Atlantic Railway 'contemplate the ...),Ottawa Citizen 1889-03-13(Says 'The Canada Atlantic Railway company talk of ...) | |
| 1891-05-01≤ | Vankleek Hill is in high glee over news that the Central Counties Railway Company expect to have the line from Glen Robertson to the village completed by November next; it is expected to connect at Coteau with the American system, enabling lumber dealers to ship at any season to Boston, New York and other US cities. The company has a bonus of $15,000 from the municipality of West Hawkesbury, and a number of smaller bonuses from farmers along the line. | Canada Lumberman 1891-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1891-08-26 | The contractors for the Central Counties Railway, M.J. O'Brien & Co., have been making their mark: grading was started at Glen Robertson July 16th, and about 12 miles were ready for rail by August 15. The first rails were laid August 11, and the work of laying track was started on the 24th, intended to cover the 14 miles to Vankleek Hill by September 15. | Ottawa Journal 1891-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1891-10-08≤ | The Central Counties Railway will be completed to Hawkesbury about the 25th of this month. | Ottawa Journal 1891-10-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1891-10-29 | On Monday of this week the rails of the Central Counties Railway were laid into Hawkesbury village, completing 21 miles from Glen Robertson Junction with the Canada Atlantic. The contractors, Messrs. M.J. O'Brien, executed the work with unusual dispatch: grading commenced July 16th and the last rail was laid three months and ten days from that date. Ballasting is about finished to Vankleek Hill (14 miles), and passenger trains will be put on that portion on or before November 15. | Ottawa Journal 1891-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1891-11-20≥ | The first train over the new branch of the Canada Atlantic railway from Glen Robertson to Hawkesbury, on the Ottawa river, passed last week. The line, however, is not yet graded. | Mercury 1891-11-20(Renfrew Mercury per Churcher's header. Transcribed...) | |
| 1891-12-02 | In a very few days the Canada Atlantic Railway's two latest enterprises will be in full swing. Ballasting of the 21-mile branch from Glen Robertson to Hawkesbury was completed yesterday and the road is now ready to be formally transferred by the contractors to the company; it will give railway facilities to a fine farming section besides connecting a couple of villages with the main line, and will likely open this week. | Ottawa Citizen 1891-12-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1891? | William H. Taylor recalled "the building of the C.A.R. branch line between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson, forty-six years ago", when he was firing for James Casey and the train crew was distributing the steel. "Mr. J. O'Brien was the contractor while his brother John, was walking boss. Frank Hibbert was the civil engineer and George Root was his assistant." "The job was started about the middle of August and completed about the middle of December"; headquarters were for the greater part of the time at Vankleek Hill. Same construction as the Central Counties Railway grading already recorded (fact 6aac798d000cbaed8691); this adds Taylor's recollection of the crew and the dates. The year is worked out from "forty-six years ago" in a 1937 paper, hence the ?; the source gives no year. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1892-02-18≥ | By 18 February 1892, the lease of the Hawkesbury branch of the Central Counties Railway to the Canada Atlantic Railway had been confirmed at a meeting of the shareholders of the Central Counties Railroad. | Ottawa Journal 1892-02-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-08-25≤ | A fine combination car of the Hawkesbury branch, in three apartments (first and second class passengers, and baggage), would be turned out of the C.A.R. painting shops the following Monday. An announcement of a car about to be turned out, not a report of its completion. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-09-22 | Central Vermont engine No. 30, in use by the C.A.R. for several years, had been used all summer of 1893 on the Hawkesbury branch, and was then put on the morning Parry Sound train. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-09-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894≤ | From 1894, when he was appointed engineer, William H. Taylor ran trains on the Hawkesbury-Glen Robertson line; he recalled one in a blinding snowstorm that stalled it for a whole day: "When they left Hawkesbury early that morning the weather was fine and clear, but by the time they got to within four miles of Glen Robertson the snow lay so thick on the track that they couldn't budge an inch." Conductor James Clarke snowshoed about four miles to get provisions for the passengers, and the coach heaters kept them warm. Dated only as after his appointment as engineer in 1894. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1896-12-11 | It is reported that the Canada Atlantic will put on an early morning train which will leave Hawkesbury at six o'clock, and Vankleek Hill at 6.15 making connection at Coteau with the 'Moccasin' arriving in Montreal about nine o'clock. This would be a great convenience, a person could then transact business in Montreal and return the same day. A report of a proposed train; not reported as begun. | Eastern Ontario Review 1896-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-09-23 | 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.) Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch, where the excursion began. The Journal says 2,300 and the Gazette 2,500; the Gazette says 'last Thursday'. | Ottawa Journal 1897-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1897-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1897-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-06-29 | A special meeting of the town council was called for Monday afternoon to draw up a by-law favoring a bonus of $7,500 to be given to the C.A. Ry. to cover expense of extending and operating their line in connection with a pulp mill to be erected near the western limit of the town, in connection with the Riordan paper mills. The town clerk is now framing same and expects to present it to the people inside three weeks. Datelined Hawkesbury, 29 June; announcement of a proposed by-law. | Ottawa Journal 1898-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-07-15≥ | A herd of cattle were seen on the C.A.R. track between the Hill and Dalkeith on Tuesday night last. They were grazing quietly when noticed. The owners hardly succeeded in getting them off before the evening train came along. An accident most certainly would have occurred if the animals had not been noticed just when they were. (As reported by 15 July 1898; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Eastern Ontario Review 1898-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-09-02≥ | On Saturday last a special train ran from Glen Robertson to the Hill to convey a camping party safely home from a pleasant outing at Parry Sound. ... They cannot say too much in favor of the C.A.R. and the accommodation furnished by the company. (As reported by 2 September 1898; the source dates the event only relatively.) The train ran from Glen Robertson to Vankleek Hill; filed on the Hawkesbury Branch, which serves Vankleek Hill. | Eastern Ontario Review 1898-09-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-09-20 | At the Central Depot the rush was unprecedented at so early date in the fair. The special from Hawkesbury brought in 18 car loads containing some 1,400 and the Boston eight cars crowded to their utmost. Central Canada Exhibition traffic; the Journal also reports large numbers on CPR, O&NY and M&O lines, not recorded. | Ottawa Journal 1898-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-11-18 | It is rumored that the C.A.R. will put on an early morning train from Hawkesbury to Coteau to connect with the G.T.R. train for Montreal. This would land Vankleek Hill passengers in Montreal at about 9 o'clock in the morning. ... It is also reported that the afternoon train will run to Alexandria so that the C.A.R. fast trains will not have to stop at Glen Robertson. ... On the Hawkesbury branch this would necessitate two trains - a freight and passenger, instead of at present, a mixed train. Rumour only. | Eastern Ontario Review 1898-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-05-12 | A bill respecting the Central Counties Railway was put through. It makes the point at which the railway may begin an extension westward along the Ottawa to Hawkesbury, instead of Vankleek Hill, and also authorises the construction of a line from Vankleek Hill to the Quebec boundary. ... power is given to lease, purchase, sell to or amalgamate with the C.P.R., C.A.R. and Great Northern. A bill about the Central Counties Railway, naming the C.A.R. among companies it might amalgamate with; filed on the Hawkesbury Branch as the nearest CA line to the proposal. | Ottawa Journal 1899-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-10-26 | The formal opening of the Great Northern Railway took place Wednesday when a through freight ran from Quebec to Hawkesbury, thence over the Canada Atlantic line to Parry Sound on the shore of Georgian Bay. ... It is expected that the first through train of grain from the west via Parry Sound for Quebec will pass over the Great Northern line within a fortnight. The Great Northern's own line; recorded for its new connection with the Canada Atlantic at Hawkesbury. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-11-09 | There were several grain trains passed through here this week over the C.A.R to connect with the G.N.R. at Hawkesbury for Quebec. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-11-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-11-16 | The roadmaster of the C.A. Railway was here last week. He said that a through passenger service would be established on the G.N.R. from Quebec to parry Sound. Conductor Cote, of the Hawkesbury branch, will get a run on the through service. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1901-09-14 | C.A.R. Leaves the Track. Bad wreck on the Canada Atlantic Railway last Saturday - much damage done but no lives lost. The Canada Atlantic mail train, due here at noon, was wrecked at Potter's brick yard on Saturday last on its way to Hawkesbury. The train was taking two new engines down to Hawkesbury for the use of the Great Northern Railway. It is thought the weight of these engines running at a rapid rate of speed spread the rails and derailed the train. One engine, four freight cars, a baggage car and the passenger coach were wrecked. The engine and one freight car were turned entirely upside down and another freight car was thrown at right angles across the track. The road bed and track were completely destroyed for several rods. There were only four passengers in the coach and they escaped without any injury. A wrecking crew came down from Ottawa in the afternoon and after working all night and all day Sunday in the rain succeeded in clearing the track. Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch per the operator (2026-09-28); Potter's brick yard itself is not separately modelled. | Eastern Ontario Review 1901-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1905-06-19 | The officials of the C.A.R and G.T.R. made a trip of inspection over the Hawkesbury branch in a special train. In the party were Messrs. McGuigan, Pullan and manager Hays of the G.T.R.; Mr. Jones of the Central Vermont; and Messrs. Chamberlain and Donaldson of the C.A.R. They went from Hawkesbury to Rockland. | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1905-11-03 | The Grand Trunk Railway is rushing repairs on its branch from Glen Robertson. The past week there have been three work trains and five engines at work ballasting and making other repairs to the branch. | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1907-12-24 | Breadalbane. What might have been a serious accident took place on the Grand Trunk Ry. on Tuesday, as the 10.45 a.m. train was going up, the rails spread and the coaches went for about a hundred feet on the trees. No serious damage resulted, however, and by 3 p.m. the train was got on the rails and proceeded to Hawkesbury. | Eastern Ontario Review 1907-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1908-06-20 | Breadalbane. The wreck that occurred on the G.T.R. here on Saturday afternoon was rather more interesting than usual and attracted a large crowd of spectators from the surrounding neighborhood. | Eastern Ontario Review 1908-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1909-03-12 | Through collision of a G. Trunk snow plow and an engine of the C.N.R. Quebec line on the Hawkesbury branch of the G.T.R. about half a mile out of Hawkesbury, Wednesday afternoon, plow foreman Marlow, of Coteau, lost his right arm and a boy was less seriously injured. The C.N. engine had been placing cars on the G.T. siding and was backing down to the junction switch when it struck the snow plow, wrecking it with the casualties mentioned. A wrecking gang was hurried to the scene and the wreck cleared in time to allow passage of the evening train from Glen Robertson. The 'C.N.' engine is the Canadian Northern Railway, a separate company that also used the junction; the wreck itself is a Grand Trunk (ex-CAR Hawkesbury Branch) event. | Eastern Ontario Review 1909-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1909-09-17 | A young man by the name of Dufresne was killed on the G.T.R. track in Breadalbane on Wednesday afternoon. He had come into Vankleek Hill on the morning train and was walking back on the track in the afternoon. There is a big curve and a steep down grade at the point where he was killed. It was impossible to stop a heavy freight train when the fellow was seen by the engineer. His body was completely severed in two. He was about 34 years of age and unmarried. | Eastern Ontario Review 1909-09-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1910-07-29 | Freight trains began running on the Hawkesbury branch of the Grand Trunk on Tuesday last. Regular trains are now being operated both on the branch and main lines. Note: after a strike. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1916-10-30 | A freight train on the G.T.R. left the tracks near the farm of Mr. Albert McLaurin, Breadalbane. Fourteen cars were ditched. Nobody was injured. It required some thirty-six hours for the wrecking crew to clear the track. | Eastern Ontario Review 1916-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1921-09-30≤ | From 30 September 1921 (the issue date), the paper announced: "Beginning on Sunday, October 2nd, the Grand Trunk railway from here to Glen Robertson will cancel all its passenger service. The only reservation for passengers will be a passenger coach attached to to the way freight. This train will leave Glen Robertson in the morning arriving in Hawkesbury about noon. In the afternoon it will return to Glen Robertson." A deputation from the Hawkesbury Board of Trade and others was to ask the Railway Commission to hold the change off until the municipalities could prepare a case. Announcement, not a report of the change taking effect; dated to the issue as a lower bound. The item calls it the line 'from here to Glen Robertson' and the trains run to Hawkesbury; filed on the Hawkesbury Branch on that basis (an inference, not stated). | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1921-11-04≤ | From 4 November 1921 (the issue date), the paper announced: "On Wednesday next week the Railway Commission will hear the case of the several municipalities between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson protesting against the G.T.R. intention to cut off their passenger train on the branch line." Announcement of a hearing to come; dated to the issue as a lower bound. | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-11-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1921-11-11≥ | By 11 November 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "On Wednesday the Railway Commission heard the protest of a municipalities between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson against the stopping of the passenger train on the local branch line of the G.T.R. Decision will be given next week. We heard unofficially that we would likely have only one train a day leaving Hawkesbury in the morning and returning in the evening." Dated by the issue; the paper says "on Wednesday" without a calendar date. | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-11-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1921-11-18≤ | From 18 November 1921 (the issue date), the paper announced: "As we predicted last week, beginning next Monday we are to have only one passenger train a day between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson. The train will leave Hawkesbury at 7:45 a.m. and arrived Glen Robertson at 9:45. The same train will leave Glen Robertson at 5:35 and arrive at Hawkesbury at 7:30. Two long hours to convey 21 miles." The change was announced for "next Monday" (the issue is a Friday); dated to the issue as a lower bound rather than a computed date. Railway is implied by the preceding weeks' reports, not named here. | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1922-06-02≥ | By 2 June 1922 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Mr. I. Sauve, section foreman of the G.T.R. branch line here, has lately purchased a gasoline railroad track car to travel to and from his work." The item says only 'the G.T.R. branch line here' (Vankleek Hill); filed on the Hawkesbury Branch because the same paper's 1921 reports call the Hawkesbury-Glen Robertson line the G.T.R. branch line. That identification is an inference. | Eastern Ontario Review 1922-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1938-12-12 | Arthur H. Heagle, 40, of 45 McGill street, was remanded for a week for medical examination in L'Orignal police court. He was "charged with placing obstacles on the Hawkesbury-Glen Robertson railway line in East Hawkesbury, following complaints by the train crew"; he had applied for a job as night watchman in the yards and "had apparently wanted to show the company that such was needed". He was arrested by C.N.R. Detective B. B. Harris. | Ottawa Citizen 1938-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1939-11-27≥ | By 27 November 1939 (the issue date), the paper reported: Olivier Menard, 65, and his wife were killed "when the car in which they were driving collided with a Canadian National Railways train at the level crossing on highway No. 34, just outside the town limits at 12.10 p.m." at Hawkesbury, "the Glen Robertson Hawkesbury train which passes close by his home and planing mill". The car was tossed into a ditch about 30 feet away; Dr. Martin Powers opened an inquest, adjourned to 30 November. Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch because the item names the Glen Robertson-Hawkesbury train. | Ottawa Citizen 1939-11-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1953-03-06 | Walter McLeod, 34, a trucker of Morrisburg, "was burned to death in the cab of his semitrailer shortly before noon Friday when the truck crashed into the side of a CNR mixed freight" at the crossing about two miles north of Vankleek Hill; the truck burst into flames and derailed eight of the freight cars, and an express-passenger coach was destroyed by fire. "Mainline traffic between Ottawa and Montreal will not be affected by the crash as it occurred in the side line between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury." Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch because the item says the side line between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury. | Ottawa Citizen 1953-03-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1953-03-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1954-12-06≥ | By 6 December 1954 (the issue date), the paper reported: Eugene Parisien, a farmer, jumped to safety "seconds" before "the Glen Robertson train" demolished his car at the CNR level crossing on Highway 34 about one mile south of Hawkesbury, on Saturday afternoon; "The train was pulling into Hawkesbury station a short distance away and was not travelling at full speed." The engineer was W. Peachy and the conductor Walter Moselle. Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch because the item names the Glen Robertson train. | Ottawa Citizen 1954-12-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1973-03-26≥ | By 26 March 1973 (the issue date), the paper reported: Seven cars of a 17-car CN freight train "which derailed 30 miles north of here, Friday, have been cleared from the track." The train, "travelling on a secondary track from Hawkesbury to Glen Robertson", carried cars of chlorine and caustic soda; one caustic soda car flipped over and a chlorine car derailed but remained upright. "Officials said there were no leaks from the cars." Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch because the item names the secondary track from Hawkesbury to Glen Robertson. The item is dated 24 March by Churcher but says the spokesman spoke "Sunday" (the 25th), and Churcher notes it was also in the Citizen of 26 March; the fact is dated to the later issue. | Ottawa Citizen 1973-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1996-01-05≥ | By 5 January 1996 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Canadian National has its Vankleek Subdivision up for sale. The 20-mile line links Glen Robertson (on the Alexandria Subdivision) with Hawkesbury, Ontario", with the 4.4-mile L'Original spur to L'Original. "Service is now offered on a 6-day-a-week basis by a road switcher out of Coteau, Quebec. The Vankleek Subdivision was built by J.R. Booth, legendary lumber king of the Ottawa Valley. Booth also built the Alexandria Subdivision as the Canada Atlantic Railway and the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, connecting Ottawa with Depot Harbour, Ontario. Part of this line survives as the Renfrew Subdivision operated by CN under contract with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton." Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch, which the item calls the Vankleek Subdivision between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury (inference that they are the same line). | Globe and Mail 1996-01-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1996-11-02 | "RailTex Inc. of San Antonio, Texas, has reached an agreement to acquire CN's 21-mile Vankleek Subdivision between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury, Ontario, plus the 4.4-mile L'Orignal Spur, for $1.1-million." "Operations commenced on November 2 on the line (named the Ontario L'Orignal Railway)"; the sale was scheduled to close on December 2. The company expected to handle 6,000 carloads a year, "primarily steel products from the IVACO mini-mill in L'Orignal, Ontario." Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch, which the item calls the Vankleek Subdivision between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury (inference that they are the same line). | Financial Post 1996-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 2000-12-30≥ | By 30 December 2000 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The Ottawa Central Railway has purchased the Ontario L'Orignal Railway, from Rail-America Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida." The L'Orignal Railway is "a 42-kilometre rail line based in Vankleek Hill. The track runs from Glen Robertson to Hawkesbury, then to L'Orignal." The OCR's general manager James Allen said the addition "doubles its operations", from 10,000 to 22,000 carloads a year. Filed on the Hawkesbury Branch, which the item calls the Vankleek Subdivision between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury (inference that they are the same line). | Ottawa Citizen 2000-12-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
Practices
4 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892-05-18 | The bulk of the Hawkesbury Branch's traffic was the transportation of through freight in the shape of timber from the Hawkesbury mills: "as a mere commencement, the railway company has carried over its line something above two million feet of lumber in the past two days." The branch also carried agricultural produce from the district between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury, and had stimulated the Canadian Pacific Railway to compete for the district's passenger traffic by offering a free stage and ferry connection from Vankleek Hill and Hawkesbury. | Ottawa Citizen 1892-05-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-06-29 | The Central Counties Railway had moved 21,000,000 feet of lumber from Hawkesbury to Glen Robertson (for onward shipment by the Canada Atlantic railway) during the preceding six to eight months, comprising almost half of the Hawkesbury Lumber Company's previous year's cut; the rest of the cut was shipped by boat. Large quantities of every kind of freight were being moved on the Central Counties Ry., and the management was gratified at the results achieved since the road opened. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Canada Lumberman 1893-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1902-03-14 | The Old, Old Story. Passenger traffic on the line of the C.A. Ry. from Hawkesbury to Glen Robertson is getting completely demoralized. A passenger train leaving Glen Robertson at 10 a.m. reaches Hawkesbury at 2 p.m. - 4 hours to run a distance of 20 miles - though it carries His Majesty's mail and should be run on time. Two or three cars full of passengers are left on the track near Dalkeith while the engine takes half of the train to the (Vankleek) Hill station and returns for the other half, owing to its inability to draw the whole train. - L'Orignal Advocate. Also run in the 21 March edition of the same paper. | Eastern Ontario Review 1902-03-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1903-03-20 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company contemplates a number of changes in connection with the service on the branch between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson. They will put on two passenger trains each way which will make the trip in 35 or 40 minutes and will carry no freight whatsoever. They will also endeavor to arrange for the opening of a ticket and express office at some central point in the town of Vankleek Hill. The company find that their passenger traffic is growing and they purpose entering for this increased traffic. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |