Names and numbers
GTR Chaudiere Sub
1905 – 1923
CNR Chaudiere Sub
1923 – Abandonment
Locations
- Chaudiere mile 0
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History
147 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882-01-18 | E. McGillivray, President of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, wrote to the Clerk of the city of Ottawa applying, on behalf of the company, for the use of a portion of lands held by the city in connection with the waterworks property, lying between Broad street and the northerly line of Britannia street, and a small piece between Thomas McKay & Co.'s mill and the westerly end of the iron bridge, together with the necessary street crossings, for the purpose of laying out and constructing the Chaudiere terminal of the railway, with the switches and side tracks necessary in connection therewith. He proposed that representatives of the company meet a committee of the corporation to consider the conditions and details. Names E. McGillivray as President of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company as of January 1882 (Hon. D.A. Macdonald had resigned as President in February 1881, per the fact recorded for that date). | Ottawa Free Press 1882-01-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-03-02 | The city council met to consider the route of the Canada Atlantic Railway's Chaudiere extension. Source is Churcher's own summary of the item ('Report of council meeting to consider route of C.A.R. Chaudiere extension'), not a direct quotation. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-03-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-06-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway called for tenders for the clearing, grubbing, grading and masonry of the Chaudiere division, almost three miles, with no more than one mile to be let in any one contract. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-10-19 | A corps of surveyors was engaged in locating the branch line of the Canada Atlantic Railway to run from Elgin Street to the Chaudiere. They were at work in the vicinity of Dr. Malloch's residence, at which point it was thought the line would cross Richmond Road. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1882-12-19 | With the exception of the rock cutting at Mount Sherwood on the Chaudiere extension, work had stopped for the winter months. Messrs. Brown and Wilkins had the contract for the rock work, with a force of men busily engaged; the building of the bridges and culverts had been sublet to Mr. J. Black. No delay was expected until the work was completed. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-12-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-05-30 | The construction of the branch line of the Canada Atlantic Railway between Elgin Street and the Chaudiere piling grounds was being shoved rapidly ahead, with a large force of men engaged on the work, to be completed and opened for traffic at the earliest moment possible. Merges the substance of two closely-spaced reports of the same progress, 1883-05-28 and 1883-05-30. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-05-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1883-05-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-06-15 | While working on the Canada Atlantic Railway cut through Mount Sherwood, a horse suddenly sank into quicksand in the bed of the road, floundering and getting lower with every effort; a dozen men with planks and a span of horses had all they could do to save him. Several quicksands existed in the cutting between solid rock. | Mercury 1883-06-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-07-12 | Rapid progress was being made with the extension of the Canada Atlantic Railway to Richmond Road, with a large number of men employed grading the road near Martin's Mill. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-07-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-07-17 | The Chaudiere Extension of the Canada Atlantic Railway was being pushed rapidly forward. Arrangements were made for taking two lots from Mr. Dalglish, next to his match factory on Richmond Road; the line would pass alongside the factory without touching it. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-07-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-09-29 | The large steam shovel that had been working at Roxborough, on the line of the Canada Atlantic Railway, was to be moved up to the Chaudiere, where it would be used for the next two weeks. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-10-09 | Progress on the bridges of the Chaudiere Extension of the Canada Atlantic Railway was highly creditable. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-11-01 | The branch track of the Canada Atlantic Railway to the Chaudiere was now nearly completed. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-11-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway extension had now reached Broad Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-11-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-11-17 | A ballast train was working on the Canada Atlantic Railway's western division, in addition to the steam shovel still at work on the extension. The extension was said to be completed within the month. Merges the substance of two closely-spaced reports, 1883-11-13 and 1883-11-17. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-11-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1883-11-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-11-23 | The work of grading the new Chaudiere extension of the Canada Atlantic Railway was rapidly progressing. Separately, the company was raising the sidewalks and otherwise improving Richmond Road in the vicinity of their crossing of that thoroughfare. Merges two items published the same day, 1883-11-23. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1883-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-11-29 | The new bridge over the branch of the Canada Atlantic Railway at Bayswater was nearly completed. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-11-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1883-12-13 | The Canada Atlantic Railway was putting up a dry wall on each side of the track where it crossed Richmond Road, a decided improvement. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1885-09-15 | The C.A.R. Extension. The special committee of the city council appointed to confer with the Canada Atlantic authorities regarding the proposed extension of that line at the Chaudiere will hold a meeting in the city hall this evening. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-09-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1885-09-21 | On Saturday last the joint committee of the city and the Canada Atlantic railway company went over the ground which the company wishes to acquire as a right of way to the Chaudiere pilling grounds. No decision was come to but the line to be taken is hardly to be questioned: the rails already reach Broad street and the line will run along the bank north of Wellington street, cutting over the aqueduct close to the fire station and then across Queen street into Britannia terrace. This will render the fire station of no use -- the line will not cut into the building but will come so close to it that the reels will have no fair chance of turning out. The company is aware of this and is willing to build a new station for the city in any suitable location. A portion of the test house ground at the junction of Queen street and Britannia terrace will also be cut off, for which the company has also proposed to make compensation. One trouble exists from a legal point of view: can the city give the railway any right of way over the ground dedicated for water works purposes. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-09-21(The parties present on behalf of the company were ...) | |
| 1885-09-23 | The proposition for the Chaudiere branch of the Canada Atlantic to cross Queen street promised to meet with considerable opposition. The street is now one of the main outlets of the city and there will be a big kick against the chance of it being blocked by long freight trains. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1885-12-14 | It has been suggested by some competent engineers that, in order to avoid the crossing of Queen street by the proposed branch track of the Canada Atlantic, a lower level than at present should be taken and the trains run under Pooley's bridge. This would be a great convenience to the general public. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-12-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-03-11 | Today some of the officials of the Canada Atlantic railway were engaged in inspecting the site for the proposed crossing of their railway at Pooley's bridge. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-03-20 | The stone for the covering of the waterworks aqueduct is now ready at Hull quarries. The CAR company will have teams employed drawing the stone next week. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-03-20(The same item goes on to mention an unrelated sche...) | |
| 1886-03-20 | Canada Atlantic Extension: the railway to obtain right of way over the aqueduct. The civic committee to whom had been referred the application of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company for a right of way across certain streets and over the aqueduct and waterworks property for a proposed extension of their line into the lumber yards held their second meeting to complete their report to the Council. Mr. J.R. Booth represented the Canada Atlantic Railway. A report was drawn up recommending that the corporation give the railway company permission only so far as they legally have the power to do so. A single track only shall cross Broad, Lett, Lloyd and Queen streets, the approach to Queen street being between the waterworks pump house and the present No. 1 fire station, and the crossing of the street just north of Pooley's bridge. The company are to erect and maintain gates at the crossings. The width of land allowed across the aqueduct property has been restricted to about 25 feet in place of 100 asked. The aqueduct will be arched over with stone arching where the track will cross it, between Lett and Lloyd streets. In lieu of the present No. 1 fire station, which will be rendered useless by the extension, the company undertake to erect, before the 1st October 1886, a substantial brick building on Duke street, about 30 feet wide and 46 feet deep, two storeys high with mansard roof and hose tower attached. In compensation for the waterworks land, the railway company agree to purchase and hand over to the city other property of equal extent and value. The corporation gives the permission on the distinct understanding that the city shall not be liable for any expense whatever in connection with the matter. From Broad street the track will run along the side of the hill leading up to Wellington street. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-03-20(The committee members named were Mayor McDougal an...) | |
| 1886-03-23 | Proposed Extension Sanctioned by the City. A special meeting of the city council was held to receive the committee report respecting the right of way proposed to be granted to the Canada Atlantic Railway at the Chaudiere Flats. A communication from the solicitor of the Canadian Pacific Railway asked that in making the proposed arrangements with the Canada Atlantic Railway a participation in the privileges granted be provided for; this was laid over for consideration. Ald. Cox moved that the report not be adopted and that it was inexpedient to grant the Canada Atlantic Railway permission to lay their track along the waterworks property, and protested against the crossing of Queen Street at street level; there was no seconder. The council went into committee of the whole and took up the report clause by clause. Ald. Brown pointed out the compensation the company offered; Ald. Cox objected to the Queen Street crossing, where about twelve vehicles crossed every minute, and to the line running along the waterworks aqueduct; Ald. O'Keefe pointed out that the company employed 161 men around Ottawa, whose monthly wages were $66,000, and that winter shipments gave employment to 200 men who would otherwise be idle. The clause was adopted, and the following clauses passed without material alteration. The mayor said he had taken part ten years before in having a bonus granted to this railway, and pointed out that freight rates had fallen from 17c to 10c per hundred since the Canada Atlantic was built. He hoped the company would build a passenger railway on the route of their extension. He said that after the C.P.R.'s communication had been received, a special meeting had been held at which Mr. J.R. Booth had expressed his willingness that the C.P.R. should come in on the proposed extension, on reasonable compensatory conditions. The by-law authorizing the Mayor to enter into the necessary agreement with the Canada Atlantic company was read and passed. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-03-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-03-25 | Mr. Mountain and Mr. Linsley of the C.A.R. have been engaged to supervise the construction of the route of the C.A.R. extension. Both are efficient and experienced men. | Ottawa Journal 1886-03-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-03-25 | Work Commenced. Preparations for the Canada Atlantic extension at the Chaudiere are being pushed. The stone for the bridge across the aqueduct is now being hauled. It is calculated that 100 men will be employed in making the extension, which will be completed in about three months at an estimated cost of $125,000. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-03-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-04-05 | The Canada Atlantic railway is engaged in drawing stone for the new piece of line, and have concluded several contracts for the construction of the work. The agreement between the corporation and the company will probably be signed today. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-04-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-04-07 | The agreement between the corporation of the city of Ottawa and the Canada Atlantic railway, for the construction of the Chaudiere extension railway, was signed, sealed and delivered on Monday afternoon. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-04-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-04-17 | Preliminaries having been completed, the construction of the proposed extension of the branch of the C.A.R. into the Chaudiere will be commenced in a few days. Mr. Geo. Mountain, engineer to the C.A.R. company, was out with his staff making a preliminary survey over the proposed route this morning. Starting from the terminus of the track, at Broad and Wellington streets, the new line will run across Broad street and through Dr. Hill's grounds, clearing his residence by about forty feet. The extension will then be continued across Bridge street, below the Victoria ward school, to the aqueduct, which it will strike close to the Lett street bridge. It is intended to cover over the whole length of the aqueduct between Lloyd street and the Lett street bridges, to prevent any possibility of dirt or refuse getting into the water from the railway. The line will then be continued across Lett street, through the corporation yard, to the pump house, then curving round by the fire station, will strike across Queen street through the press house yard, along Britannia terrace into the lumber yards, probably terminating near the Chaudiere iron bridge. As the rails will pass within ten feet of the entrance to the present fire station, that building will have to be rebuilt elsewhere. There will altogether be five level street crossings: Broad, Bridge, Lloyd, Lett and Queen streets. The construction of the proposed bridge across the aqueduct will probably be commenced next week. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-05-06 | The men employed on the C.A.R. extension were busily engaged this morning laying the foundation for the proposed tunnel over the aqueduct. This work is now being pushed on rapidly and Mr. Mountain's, the engineer, prediction that this would be completed this season seems to be in a fair way to be verified. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-05-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-05-22 | The viaduct being constructed over the water works to enable the Canada Atlantic Railway to reach the lumber yards at the Chaudiere is progressing rapidly. A large number of masons are at work and a section of the arch is approaching completion. The work is of much greater proportions than was at first anticipated and will furnish employment for a large staff of men for some months to come. | Ottawa Journal 1886-05-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-05-31 | Operations in connection with the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere are making rapid progress. About one half of the aqueduct, between the Lloyd and Lett street bridges, have been tunnelled and the supports are being got rapidly in position for the remainder. Mr. Mountain, the company's engineer, informed a reporter that the tunnel would in all probability be finished by the 1st of July, at a cost of about $15,000. The whole extension is expected to be finished and in working order before the middle of August. Considerable work will be necessary to perform the grading between Broad street and the tunnel, which will skirt the side of a rather steep incline; a high embankment will be necessary in some places. The line running along the back of Britannia Terrace will also require a heavy embankment. The terminus will be close to the first iron bridge. There will be no gates for the crossing on Lett and Lloyd streets, but on Queen street automatic bars will be applied. The total cost of the extension will probably be over $125,000. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-05-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-06-16 | Work on the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere is being rapidly pushed forward. The tunnel over the aqueduct between the Lloyd and the Lett street bridges is almost finished and so far presents a most solid and substantial appearance. There seems to be a fair prospect of the tunnel being finished by July 1st, as predicted. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-06-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-09-21 | The tunnel over the aqueduct between the Lloyd and Lett street bridges in connection with the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere has been finished for some time past, and the residents of the Chaudiere are wondering when operations in connection with the road are to be commenced. Three months ago it was predicted that the extension would be completed this fall, but so far nothing has been done beyond the tunnel. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-09-26 | Work has been suspended on the construction of the Chaudiere extension of the Canada Atlantic railway for some time. It is probable that it will be resumed in the course of the next month. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-09-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-09-29 | Work on the extension of the Canada Atlantic at the Chaudiere is not being rushed at the moment, as the track cannot be extended past the waterworks property until the new fire station is completed and the old building is abandoned. Good progress is being made with the station. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1886-11-12 | It is reported that one reason why the Chaudiere extension of the C.A.R. has not been pushed this year is the enormous prices demanded by certain land owners on the Flats, for the privilege of running through their property. The owner of one lot, it is said, has asked $1,700. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-03-31 | It is highly probable that operations in connection with the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere will be commenced early in May. In that case the old fire station will probably have to come down. There is a general desire among the lumbermen to have the road completed as soon as possible and under this stimulus it will probably be finished by September. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-03-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-04-05 | It is expected that operations in connection with the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere will be commenced about the middle of May. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-04-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-04-22 | Operations in connection with the laying of the track on the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere will be commenced next week. It is thought the rails will be down by the beginning of August. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-04-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-04-27 | An old frame house near the aqueduct was pulled down this morning. It is said this is only the beginning of similar operations in connection with the extension of the Canada Atlantic railroad into the Chaudiere. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-05-02 | Matters in connection with the proposed extension of the C.A.R. into the Chaudiere are not encouraging. Last year it was the old fire station which prevented the work from being pushed forward. Since then several fresh obstacles have arisen, chiefly on the part of those holding land through which the proposed route lies. These obstacles are so complicated and have multiplied so rapidly, that the work promises to be postponed indefinitely. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-05-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-05-04 | Mr. Alex. Fleck, secretary of the Canada Atlantic Railroad, stated to a Journal reporter that the much talked of Chaudiere extension of that line would not likely be built this summer as the company are experiencing difficulty in obtaining land for the right of way and station building. | Ottawa Journal 1887-05-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-05-21 | It is understood that at the meeting of the Directors of the Canada Atlantic Railway to be held on the 31st inst. the Chaudiere extension question will come up for discussion, the right of way having, it is stated, been amicably settled between the company and the property owners. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-05-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-06-01 | Extract from C.A.R. directors meeting: the Chaudiere extension of the road will at once be commenced and finished as soon as possible, the proposed extension being considered a very valuable one. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-06-01(The same annual directors' meeting is also reporte...) | |
| 1887-06-10 | Uniting the roads: the purchase of the Aylmer branch of the Canadian Pacific by the Pontiac Railway Co. revives the scheme of bridging the Ottawa to the east of the Suspension bridge, by the Canada Atlantic, making a connection with the Pontiac road and the prospective Gatineau Valley road. In the charter granted the Canada Atlantic, permission is given to build a bridge across the Ottawa. Plans of this new structure have been made and the work will commence as soon as the transfer of the Aylmer branch takes place. The bridge, it is understood, will be both a railway and a passenger bridge. By the junction of the two roads at Hull, the Canada Atlantic will be able to tap the Ottawa Valley and the Pontiac people will have a short route to Montreal and the east. A new depot is also spoken of in connection with the prospect. | Ottawa Journal 1887-06-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1887-08-10 | The rails for the Chaudiere extension of the C.A.R. have arrived and the line will be completed this fall. A handsome new station will be built on the Flats and it is probable that a considerable amount of freight will be despatched from the new Headquarters. The offices will also be removed. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-09-11 | Mr. G.A. Mountain, engineer of the Canada Atlantic Railway, has completed plans for the extension of that company's line across the Ottawa river to Hull. The extension has been surveyed and definitely located from the corner of the Richmond road and Broad street to the square off Bridge street, where Ahearn & Co.'s blacksmith shop now stands -- giving the company an entrance into all the lumber yards on the Chaudiere, with the further desire to reach the yards of the E.B. Manufacturing Company and Messrs. Hurdman and Co. on the Hull side. Mr. Mountain's plans are for the construction of the line to the Ontario shore back of McKay & Co.'s flour mills, then an iron truss bridge across the river from a point about one hundred feet below the present Suspension bridge to the Quebec shore. It is hoped that before next fall the Ottawa river will be dredged and the line completed into the city of Hull. It is rumored that the real object of the Company in bridging the Ottawa is to connect their line with the Pontiac & Pacific Junction Railway at Hull, so as to compete for western freight business toward Sault Ste. Marie; failing that, the Canada Atlantic would run their line to Aylmer to make the connection there. | Ottawa Journal 1887-09-11(Churcher's own transcription flags '(Date may be w...) | |
| 1887-10-03 | Canada Atlantic Extension: the arbitration case between the Canada Atlantic Railway and Dr. Hill in reference to the value of Dr. Hill's property on the Richmond Road is being continued. As soon as the case is settled the case of Canada Atlantic Railway and Higginson will come up, to fix a price on property adjoining Dr. Hill's, and then the company will have the right of way settled until they reach Britannia avenue where another arbitration case with Messrs. Grier & Bronson will come up. A prominent official said as soon as the company have the right of way secured, and the arbitration cases finished, construction of the extension will be commenced. The line will run from the end of the present track on Broad street, along the waterworks aqueduct, crossing it between Lett and Lloyd streets, along the north side of the aqueduct to Queen Street West, crossing that street at the north end of Pooley's Bridge, through the yard of the Waterworks Press House, crossing Britannia Avenue, to the lot near the corner of Britannia Avenue and Bridge street. The station house, the termination of the extension, will be constructed on the property now occupied by T. Ahearn's blacksmith shop; branch lines will run into all the lumber yards. It is also the intention of the company to do away with the small passenger station on Broad street, and use the new station house on Bridge street as a central passenger and freight depot for the Chaudiere and Hull. Asked about bridging the Ottawa, a company official said: 'That is in the future... It is possible that the Ottawa will be bridged, or at least that the line will be run into E.B. Eddy's lumber yards, but nothing definite is known of that as yet.' | Ottawa Journal 1887-10-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-10-10 | For years the lumbermen of the Chaudiere have had the utmost difficulty in securing suitable piling grounds, until a short time ago the Canada Atlantic Railway Company decided to extend their line to the Chaudiere. The line of the Canada Atlantic Extension extends from the Elgin street depot around the outskirts of the city in a semi-circle over considerable high ground to a point near the Richmond Road and the Union Depot. As soon as the arbitration cases now pending are over, and the right of way settled, the Extension will be continued to the corner of Bridge street and Victoria Avenue on the Chaudiere where a large station house will be erected. From this station house a series of switch lines will be built into all the lumber yards and into each mill, so that flat cars can be run right up to the various mills and the lumber drawn by yard locomotives over the line to points between the present Richmond Road station and the Elgin street depot. The lumber firms, including Messrs. J.R. Booth, Perley & Pattee, Bronson & Weston, and others, have secured large piling grounds along the line of the railway from the Elgin Street depot to the Richmond Road station, in which they are now placing switch lines. | Ottawa Journal 1887-10-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-11-01 | Mr. Mountain, who has charge of the extension of the Canada Atlantic to the Chaudiere, has started a gang of men to build the line across Dr. Hill's property, recently obtained by arbitration for $10,000. As this portion runs through a swamp it will be necessary to construct an embankment ten feet high. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-11-01(The Citizen names the engineer 'Mr. J.A. Morrison'...),Ottawa Free Press 1887-11-02(Same work reported the next day: 'begun by a gang ...) | |
| 1887-11-05 | The court of arbitration in the case of the C.A.R. Company vs. W. Higginson, over the price to be paid by the company for a right of way through some property belonging to him adjoining the property of Dr. Hill, will sit next week. | Ottawa Journal 1887-11-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1887-12-01 | Messrs. J. R. Booth & Co. have completed laying the side tracks through the new piling grounds on the line of the extension of the Canada Atlantic Railway and the grounds are ready for use as soon as the extension is completed. | Canada Lumberman 1887-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-03-03 | Mr. E.J. Chamberlain, general manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, told a Journal reporter: 'There are two more arbitrations to come off before the right of way is secured, but it is expected that the cars will be running into all the mills on this side of the river before the close of the sawing season.' | Ottawa Journal 1888-03-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-05-31 | The Chaudiere Extension line and the Coteau Bridge questions will come up at a special meeting of the C.A.R. Company to be held on the 26th June. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-05-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-06-01 | A flagman should be placed at the cutting on Concession street, Mount Sherwood, by the railway company. It is said to be a bad place where drivers cannot see when a train is coming past until they are right up to the track. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-06-01(Mount Sherwood was along the route of the Chaudier...) | |
| 1888-06-13 | The Chaudiere extension of the C.A.R. is now being rapidly pushed forward. Surveyors were busy today placing pickets for the course and grading of the metals, and in a few weeks the cars will be running into the great lumber district. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-06-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-06-18 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have put a steam shovel to work at their gravel pit to load cars for the fill in on the line of their extension over the Hill and Higginson property. The work of building the revetment wall along the face of the cliff on Britannia terrace will begin next week. The line will cross Queen Street West and Britannia Terrace on Tuesday next, where a diamond will be made with the Street Railway Company's track. | Ottawa Journal 1888-06-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-06-20 | The C.A.R. company have arranged to have the work of constructing their extension at the Chaudiere completed by the middle of July. The extension track is now laid nearly to the waterworks aqueduct. It is said they contemplate building a bridge over the Ottawa river via the island opposite Parliament Hill to connect with the proposed Gatineau Valley railway on the Hull shore. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-06-21 | The Chaudiere extension of the Canada Atlantic Railway is now laid to the Waterworks Aqueduct, and preparations were commenced for bridging Queen Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-06-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Journal 1888-06-21(Same day, same news: 'completed to the waterworks ...) | |
| 1888-06-22 | The Canada Atlantic railway company have a gang of workmen engaged removing the street railway tracks at the corner of Queen street west and Britannia terrace at Pooley's bridge for the purpose of making a diamond crossing when the Canada Atlantic extension crosses the street. | Ottawa Journal 1888-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-06-26 | The Chaudiere line is being quickly laid. The work of raising the street car track is now going on. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-06-28 | The first train on the Chaudiere extension branch of the Canada Atlantic railway passed over the city waterworks aqueduct at seven o'clock this morning, consisting of ten flat cars laden with ballast in charge of Mechanical Superintendent Donaldson. The patent safety crossing bars worked like a charm, one man dropping four posts at once at the Queen street crossing to stop all traffic. Ballast trains ran all day, and the track is now laid a good distance towards Bridge street, back of the new No. 1 fire station. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-06-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Citizen 1888-06-29(Same first-train event reported the next day, more...) | |
| 1888-06-30 | The C.A. Railway extension track is now all filled in around the old waterworks office at the junction of Queen and Britannia streets. The trestle work is completed to the extremity of Britannia street. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-07-03 | On Saturday afternoon the trestlework on the C.A. railway extension near Britannia street gave way, and two flat cars of the gravel train were thrown off the track. Conductor Bob McKee, who was in charge, had to jump off and severely sprained an ankle. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-07-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-07-04 | The Chaudiere extension of the Canada Atlantic Railway is now almost completed. The work was done in remarkably quick time. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-07-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-07-13 | The C.A.R. having raised the street railway track a little near Perley's bridge have put in a fine cobble gutter to the side walk. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-07-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-07-17 | Gongs have been placed on the C.A.R. extension iron crossing bars on Queen street and ring a warning when they are about to be lowered. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-07-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-07-18 | The C.A.R. company have 60 men working day and night at their gravel pit back of Rochesterville loading gravel on cars and conveying it to the end of the line of extension on Britannia Terrace. | Ottawa Journal 1888-07-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-07-20 | To ensure more safety the Canada Atlantic Railway company are building a fence around their extension to Bridge street from the Queen street crossing westwards. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-07-26 | The Canada Atlantic Railway company have a number of workmen engaged excavating for the foundation of the new station house at the Chaudiere which will be erected at once. The press house yard has been considerably reduced by the new Chaudiere extension, and the waterworks will, in future, have no room to spare. | Ottawa Journal 1888-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Free Press 1888-07-26(Same day, on the press house yard specifically. Tr...) | |
| 1888-07-28 | Mr. E.J. Chamberlain, general manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway, inspected the extension of that line along Britannia Terrace to Queen's Acre, the work of construction having been entirely completed and found perfectly satisfactory. Workmen are now engaged removing the old buildings on Queen's Acre preparatory to the construction of the new depot at that place, and fencing in the track along Britannia terrace to the site of the new depot. A Chaudiere horse also came near being badly hurt this morning by making a break for the C.A.R. crossing while the bars were being lowered, getting a severe blow to the head. | Ottawa Journal 1888-07-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Free Press 1888-07-28(The horse incident, at the Queen street crossing, ...) | |
| 1888-07-31 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have completed laying rails on their Chaudiere Extension to the terminus on Queen's Acre. The line has yet to be ballasted from Queen street west to the terminus. | Ottawa Journal 1888-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-02 | Locomotives 5 and 6 of the C.A.R. are engaged daily in drawing some 110 car loads of gravel from Booth's siding to the Chaudiere extension. A monster steam shovel with a capacity of nearly two cubic yards a dip loads a train of six self-dumping cars in short order. After the siding is exhausted, gravel will be taken from Hurdman's Cut and Roxboro pit. Ballasting the extension, which now reaches to Bridge street, will probably take till the fall to complete. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-10 | The C.A.R. extension steam shovel has been removed to a fresh cliff of clay at Booth's siding, the old one having been exhausted. Locomotive No. 6 of the C.A.R. is now engaged in drawing stone from the Flats, west of Pooley's Bridge, for the Chaudiere extension. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-12 | A young boy named Watkins, living on Bridge Street, attempted to ride his bicycle across the new C.A.R. track on Bridge Street on Saturday. The attempt was not a success, as the boy came over the handles on to his head and received several scalp wounds. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-17 | A glance around Britannia terrace shows that the residents are presently suffering somewhat severely from the construction of the C.A.R. Chaudiere extension -- as Ald. Hutchison of the Board of Works pointed out, it is impossible, or next to it, for them to reach their yards with loads of coal or wood. Still, the construction of this line will, in time, greatly enhance the value of property in this neighborhood. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-18 | The ballasting of the extension of the C.A.R. at the Chaudiere is making good progress. The steam shovel has been removed to a fresh siding. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-23 | John Swirl, the guidesman of the C.A.R. steam shovel at Booth's siding, accidentally fell off it and sustained a few bruises which, fortunately, were not serious. The much wanted shelter for the gateman at the C.A.R. crossing on Queen street will now shortly be built. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-27 | A box car on the C.A.R. extension line suddenly collapsed off the trucks at the Queen street crossing about 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, while a gravel train was proceeding to the limit of the extension. The wreck was cleared off by daylight. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-28 | No. 30 locomotive of the C.A.R. has been withdrawn from the Chaudiere extension, and Nos. 5 and 6 engines are now doing the work of hauling gravel. No. 30 brings in fine gravel from Moose Creek. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-28(No unit entity exists on the site for No. 30. Tran...) | |
| 1888-08-29 | Engineer Jim Casey of the C.A.R. has been transferred from the extension ballast trains to the Montreal passenger services. No. 5 locomotive will shortly go into the shop for repairs and will hereafter be used for heavy work on the main line. The last train of earth from Moose Creek for the extension reached the city this morning; after today gravel will be drawn to the extension from Clarke's Island to Rouse's Point. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-08-30 | When completed the C.A.R. extension at the Chaudiere will include eight tracks in all. Lumber shipments will be taken on the new extension next week. The second track on the extension, laid down west of Pooley's bridge, has now been completed. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-09-08 | The Canada Atlantic railway company have at last got their Chaudiere extension into working order. On Saturday September 8th, the first shipment of lumber was made over the new extension: thirty-two cars of lumber from Messrs. J.R. Booth's yards consigned to Messrs. Shepherd and Morse of Burlington. The company have men laying down platforms between the four terminating switches. The idea of extending the tracks across Bridge street into Booth's lumber yards and across on to Victoria island into Messrs. Bronson & Weston's yards has been abandoned until next spring; for the present, lumber for shipment will be loaded at the Crown Acre station. | Canada Lumberman 1888-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-09-17 | The completion of the Canada Atlantic Railway Chaudiere extension is now almost accomplished, the switches laid over the last few weeks having been completed Saturday and made ready for traffic. During the night and to noon today, fully one hundred freight cars had been shunted from the yards on Elgin street over the new line to the Chaudiere, where they were being loaded with lumber and other materials. J.R. Booth found use for fully fifty box cars, shipping to Burlington, Vermont and other New England points. The Eddy Manufacturing Company also used the new branch, shipping pails, tubs and similar goods, which previously had to be conveyed from Hull across to the Depot on Elgin street. A space forty feet wide is planked with 3-inch boards between the switches throughout the yard. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-09-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Citizen 1888-09-18(Same opening reported the next day: 'nearly one hu...) | |
| 1888-09-21 | Evidence in the arbitration case between the Canada Atlantic Railway and the Chaudiere lumbermen regarding land on Britannia Terrace expropriated for railway purposes, was heard by arbitrators Hiram Robinson, C.R. Cunningham and Jas. Cunningham. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-09-22 | The C.A.R. steam shovel will be moved from Booth's siding at the Chaudiere to Perley's Cut, the former pit being exhausted for ballasting. Another new platform is being put down at the extension. A new shunting engine, a hard coal burner, will shortly arrive for use at the new Chaudiere yards. The extension into the lumber piling grounds is proving a great convenience and an unlooked-for economy: the Eddy Manufacturing Company are now able to load three additional cars per day with the same force of men, and Messrs. Perley and Pattee are able to do away with one gang of men altogether. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-09-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Citizen 1888-09-22(The economy details (Eddy, Perley and Pattee). Tra...) | |
| 1888-10-04 | Two hundred and thirty-five freight cars were loaded at the Chaudiere on the C.A.R. extension during last week with lumber for Burlington and New York. | Ottawa Journal 1888-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-10-05 | A complete block took place on Queen Street, Chaudiere, shortly before noon today, owing to the time the railway gates were closed to allow of shunting. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-10-08 | Two locomotives of the C.A.R. engaged in hauling gravel from Moose Creek to the Chaudiere extension for some time past have resumed operations hauling from Booth's siding, a couple of miles west of the Queen street crossing. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-10-18 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have a large gang of workmen engaged on building a cribwork on the embankment facing Britannia terrace, on which it is proposed to lay another siding track for lumber cars. The space between the tracks has been planked for a distance of one thousand feet from the end of the track on Bridge street, making room for the loading of some forty cars in one train. The C.A.R. are further extending their platform for the lumber business. | Ottawa Journal 1888-10-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-10-24 | The Canada Atlantic extension has given no end of satisfaction to the lumbermen. There are now three yards along the line, the object being to take green lumber from the mills to yards about a mile and a half distant to dry for shipment direct to its destination in the States, doing away with carting and extra handling, and drying faster than in the damp atmosphere of the Chaudiere. During the last week 942 carloads of lumber were taken from the end of the extension to the track at Crown Acre and piled in these new grounds. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-10-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-10-25 | During the past ten days the Canada Atlantic Railway has carried nearly 1,200 carloads of lumber from their Chaudiere extension to the piling grounds west of Pooley's bridge, a great boon to Chaudiere lumbermen who were cramped for room at their yards. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-10-27 | The amount of carloads taken daily from the Canada Atlantic is somewhat surprising. Yesterday nearly one hundred carloads were drawn to the piling grounds west of Pooley's bridge. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-10-29 | The Canada Atlantic Railway carried away about seventy-five carloads of lumber from their Chaudiere extension Saturday last. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-02 | The C.A.R. extension at the Chaudiere will be finished in two weeks' time, when the filling up will be finished. Some fifty carloads of lumber is the daily average now taken by the C.A.R. from the Flats to the piling grounds. The company have also nearly completed their coal sheds at the Union depot, which when completed will have a capacity of 25,000 tons. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Journal 1888-11-02(The coal shed detail. Transcribed by Colin J. Chur...) | |
| 1888-11-07 | In backing some freight cars on the Canada Atlantic extension Monday a G.T.R. car was pushed over the tracks on to Bridge street. While endeavoring to raise it on the rails, the wheels in the rear came off, having become fast in the mud on the other side of the crossing. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-16 | A neatly painted caboose has at length been constructed at the Chaudiere end of Pooley's bridge for the gateman at the Queen street crossing of the Canada Atlantic extension, with a miniature coal stove and comfortable fittings for the winter months. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-19 | The construction caboose of the Canada Atlantic was run in on the new Chaudiere extension yesterday morning and a gang of navvies were immediately set to work laying in a new switch. Some thirty cars were ready for shipment, hence the need for putting the men to work in order to get them off early this morning. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-23 | The workmen engaged in filling in the C.A.R. extension will finish up their work tomorrow and be withdrawn to other sections of the line. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-11-26 | The last load of ballast arrived at the Chaudiere extension Saturday afternoon, and a force of carpenters were put to work on the plank walk which completes the extension so far. The C.A.R. have recently erected five buffers to prevent freight cars being shunted over the side walk on Bridge street. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-12-01 | A number of Canada Atlantic railway cars are at present being laden with grain at the Chaudiere for transport for McKay & Co. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-12-01 | The Canada Atlantic Railway and the firms of J.R. Booth and Perley & Pattee have workmen engaged laying tracks in new lumber yards on the line of that road, a little over a mile from the mills -- extended almost into the heart of the lumber district, the station being but a few hundred yards from Booth, Perley & Pattee, Bronson & Weston Lumber Co., and Pierce & Co., as well as Barnes & Co's box shook factory. Lumber can now be taken almost directly from the saw to the yards by rail, more cheaply than by wagon, and seasons quicker on the high, open ground than in the overcrowded vicinity of the mills; but for this extension most of the mills would have been obliged to shut down for want of piling room. | Canada Lumberman 1888-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-12-03 | The C.A.R. gatekeeper at Pooley's bridge, Chaudiere, has been given comfortable quarters for the winter, a neat and comfortable cabin having been erected for his use. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-12-20 | The C.A.R. have purchased sixteen lots of land back of Mount Sherwood along the line of their Chaudiere Extension. The additional property acquired will be utilized for spurs to Messrs. J.R. Booth and Perley and Pattee's new lumber yards. | Ottawa Journal 1888-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-12-21 | Flagmen are placed at each of the crossings of the Chaudiere extension of the C.A.R. but with the exception of the one at Queen street west gates, no shelter is provided for them. Some of the men suffered severely from exposure during the blizzard this morning. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1888-12-29 | Some of the leading lumbermen are discussing the project of piling their lumber outside the city limits, the C.A.R. Co. having offered to haul it in green state at a special rate per thousand feet. | Ottawa Journal 1888-12-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) | |
| 1889-01-01 | New Year's morning very early a shunting engine on the C.A.R. between Elgin St. station and Chaudiere Junction ran its tender against a freight car, smashing the tender very badly. It being a dark night the engineer didn't take notice of the car until he struck it. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1889-01-11 | The pending arbitration between the Canada Atlantic Railway and the Chaudiere lumber firms will be held again tonight when the evidence on behalf of the railway company will likely be concluded. The arbitration is over the right of way of the Chaudiere Extension. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1889-01-21≤ | C.A.R. Enterprise. The Canada Atlantic Railway have proposed an extension for the Chaudiere lumbermen which, if consummated, will be of the greatest benefit to the city, opening up the valuable water lots at the Chaudiere which are now used by lumbermen as piling grounds. Mr. J.E. Chamberlain, General Manager of the Canada Atlantic Railway, said the railway company have made a proposition to all the lumber firms on the Ontario side of the Ottawa river and the Chaudiere to extend their tracks into every sawmill at the Chaudiere and take the green lumber as it comes from the saws, load it on platform cars and convey it to new piling grounds out back of Rochesterville for 15 cents per thousand feet. Some of the firms have agreed to the proposal, and before the end of next summer, Chamberlain said, 'you will see the Canada Atlantic cars into every mill at the Chaudiere.' | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-21(Chamberlain spoke to the Journal reporter 'last ev...) | |
| 1889-01-23≤ | The C.A.R. will commence next week a spur into Mr. Booth's new piling ground north of Concession St. with side tracks. A report the next day says 'a branch of the Canada Atlantic will be extended into the new district, work on which will commence next week.' | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1891-07-01 | The Export Lumber Co. have built a track from the Chaudiere branch of the C.A.R. on the line between their piling grounds and those of J.R. Booth. | Canada Lumberman 1891-07-01(A customer siding built from the Chaudiere branch;...) | |
| 1892-09-13≥ | By 13 September 1892, twenty carloads of lumber had left the Chaudiere junction of the Canada Atlantic railway for Montreal and American points. | Ottawa Free Press 1892-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-04-18 | J.R. Booth wrote to Ottawa city council asking permission to build a crossing over Preston Street for the Parry Sound railway, to connect the road with the Rochesterville lumber yards; on motion of Ald. Bingham, council granted the request on condition the company install a gate, station a watchman, and take all necessary precautions for public safety. | Ottawa Journal 1893-04-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-10-21 | The Canada Atlantic laid a new siding in rear of Catherine street and began removing lumber from Perley's Chaudiere piling grounds to deposit it in the new yard; it was thought the whole strip along the track between Kent street and Concession might soon be used the same way, and by October 21 a new lumber yard at the south end of Kent street, between the C.A.R. and Catherine street, already extended across the line of the former thoroughfare. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch on the inference that the Kent Street–Concession strip lies along that line; the source only names the C.A.R. track and the Chaudiere piling grounds. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-11-08≥ | By November 8, 1893, a Canada Atlantic train, while shunting on the tracks of Bronson and Weston's lumber yard, had crashed through the buffer at the street end of the track and smashed a candy stand on Bridge street; the trucks of the first car were broken against the buffer. | Ottawa Journal 1893-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1910-10-04 | The Railway Commission granted the application of the Grand Trunk Railway for authority to construct a siding from a point on the Chaudiere branch east of Lloyd street, thence westerly upon and across Lloyd street to the premises of the Continental Bag and Paper Company, west of Lloyd street. The order is subject to approval of plans by the commission's engineer. | Ottawa Journal 1910-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1910-10-04 | An application by the city for an order directing the Grand Trunk Railway to remove its tracks at the east end of the viaduct on the Richmond road was laid over. | Ottawa Journal 1910-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1910-11-03 | The Grand Trunk Railway will remove their tracks at the east end of the viaduct on Richmond road next week and place them under the viaduct. The promise was made to the Railway Commission today by W.H. Biggar Q.C., representing the Grand Trunk. The application of the city of Ottawa to compel the G.T.R. to place the tracks under the viaduct stands over until the next sitting; in the meanwhile the work will be rushed by the company. | Ottawa Journal 1910-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1911-01-07 | As a result of an agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway was yesterday able to use the track under the Wellington street viaduct, and steps were immediately taken to relieve the tie up of part of the Booth industries at the Chaudiere. The various freight cars which had been lying idle for a couple of days were moved out, and work was kept up all night by extra large freight crews. Today the big Booth pulp mill which had been shut down resumed operations, and the various workmen who had not been able to work, both here and at Madawaska, found plenty to do. | Ottawa Journal 1911-01-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1911-01-09 | Canadian Pacific Railway Company authorities say that their line has not been responsible for the recent tie up of traffic at the Chaudiere, owing to the Grand Trunk Railway not running under the Wellington street viaduct. The C.P.R. officials say that the Grand Trunk neglected to conclude proper arrangements with them regarding going under the viaduct, notwithstanding the G.T.'s statement to the Railway Commission that the matter would be adjusted. No agreement between the two companies has yet been signed regarding the G.T.R. running under the viaduct, but in the meantime the C.P.R. have given the other company that privilege until the matter is adjusted. | Ottawa Journal 1911-01-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1913-05-20 | The railway commission approved the G.T.R.'s application for authority to construct a branch line and spur from its Chaudiere branch westward across Rochester and Mark streets into Mr. Butterworth's coal chutes, on condition that all trains be flagged. The hearing included allegations by objectors' solicitor Mr. Kelley that Mr. Butterworth had made improper payments to try to get objections withdrawn, which Butterworth denied, saying he had only offered to pay the objectors' expenses if they withdrew opposition. Assistant Commissioner Scott ruled the board was not concerned with what use Butterworth made of his property, and authorized the spur given two tracks already crossed the street and the additional one would only be used for slow movements. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1926-05-27≥ | By 27 May 1926 (the issue date), the paper reported: Harold Pratt, six, "had his right leg so severely crushed by a Canadian National Railway shunting train near his home at 4.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon that amputation of the leg was found necessary to save the boy's life." The accident happened "while the train was crossing on the Booth mills spur line at Ottawa Street, between Lloyd and Lett streets", as he slipped trying to alight from a car on which he had "swiped a ride", according to the train crew. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Booth mills spur crossing at Ottawa Street. | Ottawa Journal 1926-05-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1926-12-11≥ | By 11 December 1926 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Falling under a box car, when playing near the tracks while a train was passing over the C.N.R. crossing at LeBreton street, at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Henry Rockburn, aged six years... received injuries from which he passed away a short time after at the Civic hospital." The company reported a yard engine drawing 12 cars proceeding east over the crossing at about ten miles per hour; the train was stopped in sixty feet and "None of the crew saw the accident." Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the LeBreton Street crossing. | Ottawa Citizen 1926-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1926-12-15≥ | By 15 December 1926 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A verdict of accidental death was returned in the case of the late Henry Rockburn, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rockburn... who was run over by a C.N.R. freight train at the Le Breton street crossing on Friday afternoon last." The jury "attached no blame on the train crew" in connection with the accident. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the LeBreton Street crossing. Follows the death of 10 December 1926. | Ottawa Citizen 1926-12-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1929-11-23≥ | By 23 November 1929 (the issue date), the paper reported: A C.N.R. freight train "backing over the crossing at Gladstone avenue, west of Preston street" collided with a car; William Watterson, aged 98, and his daughter Mrs. T. H. Wilson were hurt and the car was dragged 40 to 60 feet. At the place there are two level crossings, one "on the C.N.R. line connecting the Bank street yards and the yards at the Chaudiere and the other on the C.P.R. line between Broad street yards and Ellwood"; "while there is an electric bell and wig-wag signal at the C.P.R. crossing, the C.N.R. crossing is unprotected." Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Gladstone Avenue crossing. | Ottawa Citizen 1929-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1929-12-05≥ | By 5 December 1929 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A verdict of accidental death was returned by a coroner's jury at the police station last night inquiring into the death of William Watterson on Nov. 27 from injuries received when an automobile in which he was a passenger was struck by a C.N.R. freight train at the crossing on Gladstone avenue. The verdict also recommended that some means of protection be installed at this crossing." The C.P.R. crossing there was protected with a wig-wag and the C.N.R. crossing was not. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Gladstone Avenue crossing. Follows the collision reported 23 November 1929. | Ottawa Citizen 1929-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1930-09-11≥ | By 11 September 1930 (the issue date), the paper reported: A motor car "ran into the side of a lumber train at the C.N.R. crossing on Booth street, shortly before midnight last night. The train was in motion at the time. The front of the auto was badly damaged but the two men in it escaped without injury." Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the C.N.R. crossing on Booth Street; the tag is not Chaudiere. | Ottawa Citizen 1930-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1931-10-20≥ | By 20 October 1931 (the issue date), the paper reported: Thomas W. Johnston, aged 66, "was injured last night on Booth Street at 11.35 o'clock, when, police state, he walked into the side of a freight train which was passing across the street into the yards of J. R. Booth Ltd." Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the freight train crossing Booth Street into the Booth yards. | Ottawa Journal 1931-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1931-12-26 | "The presence of mind of Clifford Lahey, 26 Westmount avenue, driver of a motor car, saved himself and three others from serious injury in a collision early this morning with a C.N.R. yard engine and caboose at the Gladstone avenue crossing near Preston street." On Gladstone avenue "there are two crossings only a few yards apart. While there is a wigwag signal at the C.P.R. crossing, the C.N.R. is unprotected." Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Gladstone Avenue crossing. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-12-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1932-08-22≥ | By 22 August 1932 (the issue date), the paper reported: Michael Colabrese, crossing attendant, was "struck down by a motor car driven by Joseph Kenville, 165 Armstrong street, as it swerved to avoid a collision with a train at the C.N.R. crossing on Booth Street just north of Wellington." A yard engine hauling a string of freight cars was about to go over the crossing; Colabrese "was standing near the center of the roadway holding up a 'stop' sign". The car crashed into the crossing attendant's cabin. Kenville was charged with reckless driving. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Booth Street crossing. Churcher's tag is Renfrew, not Chaudiere. | Ottawa Citizen 1932-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1932-11-28≥ | By 28 November 1932 (the issue date), the paper reported: A milk truck driven by George Cassell, 18, "was hurled about forty feet when struck by a CNR passenger train at the Booth street crossing on the cross town tracks" on Saturday evening; the train was the eastbound Golden Lake to Ottawa train. Witnesses said the crossing bell was not ringing; "the warning bell commenced to ring as the train backed up." The yard limit on that line is near Bayswater avenue. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Booth Street crossing on the cross town tracks. | Ottawa Citizen 1932-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1939-06-08≥ | By 8 June 1939 (the issue date), the paper reported: "At the J. R. Booth, Ltd. railway crossing on Booth street about 11 o'clock last night, a car in charge of Gerald Desormeaux... struck the rear of a freight car that was being backed into the yard and then struck a parked car." A string of empty flat cars was being backed across the roadway, with a watchman with a red lantern signalling; engineer Kenneth Sullivan said he was sounding his whistle. Only slight damage was done. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the J. R. Booth Ltd. railway crossing on Booth Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1939-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1939-07-19 | John McGrath, 60, an employee of the Canadian National Railways for more than 20 years, "was found dead in his watchman's shelter at the Booth street railroad crossing at 5.15 a.m." The crew of a transfer train bringing empty cars from the Nepean yards to the Chaudiere lumber yards of J. R. Booth Limited stopped when they failed to see him; the coroner found death due to natural causes. McGrath had been a yardman for 22 years at the Bank street yards. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Booth Street crossing. | Ottawa Journal 1939-07-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1940-01-16 | A car driven by Albert Ardley of Toronto, skidding on the icy roadway of Gladstone avenue, crashed into the second last box car of a C.N.R. freight train "at the Gladstone avenue crossing at 2.30 this morning"; the train, with empty box cars, was about to enter the yards. The Journal says there is no wigwag at the intersection and the Citizen that the crossing is not protected by an automatic signal. Ardley was slightly cut; no charges were laid. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Gladstone Avenue crossing. | Ottawa Journal 1940-01-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1940-01-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1948-12-03≥ | By 3 December 1948 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A backing freight train pushed an automobile, driven by Robert Johnson, 362 Bell street, into a ditch at the Booth street CNR level crossing just before midnight, but the driver and two other occupants of the car escaped injury." The rear of the caboose struck the car; damage was estimated at $250. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Booth Street crossing. | Ottawa Citizen 1948-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1950-11-21≥ | By 21 November 1950 (the issue date), the paper reported: A car collided with a westbound C.N.R. freight train at the Gladstone Avenue level crossing "near the American Bank Note Company late yesterday afternoon"; Ruth Waldrron, 35, was slightly injured. "There was no watchman, and no signals were employed at the crossing"; it was "the fourth level crossing accident to occur within the Ottawa city limits during the past few weeks". Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Gladstone Avenue crossing. | Ottawa Citizen 1950-11-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1951-03-23≥ | By 23 March 1951 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A derailed CNR freight car at the Lloyd street crossing on Booth street last night tied up traffic for about an hour." A section of track caved in on the west side of the crossing shortly before eight o'clock; a work crew put the car back on the rails by 9.15. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Lloyd Street crossing on Booth Street. | Ottawa Journal 1951-03-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1951-09-14≥ | By 14 September 1951 (the issue date), the paper reported: Ernest R. Martin, 60, a C.N.R. yard foreman, "was crushed to death yesterday afternoon, when he lost his balance and fell between two boxcars" while directing the spotting of a car of malt into the siding at the rear of Brading's Breweries, a spur line; the train was going about a mile an hour, heading west. On 9 November a coroner's jury decided he "had to place himself in jeopardy" to do his job and recommended that all sidings be inspected and made safe; the tracks were only 11 inches apart at that point and the siding had since been changed. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the spur line behind Brading Brewery. | Ottawa Citizen 1951-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1951-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1951-11-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1952-01-23≥ | By 23 January 1952 (the issue date), the paper reported: Hugh M. Kelly, 17, escaped uninjured when his automobile "skidded into the path of a CNR locomotive, at the Gladstone Avenue level crossing, near Preston Street" about six o'clock last night on the icy pavement; the car was pushed along the tracks and damaged to over $300. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Gladstone Avenue crossing. | Ottawa Citizen 1952-01-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1953-12-07≥ | By 7 December 1953 (the issue date), the paper reported: Jack Jerome, 25, "escaped serious injury Saturday evening when his car was struck by a train on Booth Street at the CNR crossing near Lydia Street", the impact pushing the car 35 feet along the rails. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Booth Street crossing near Lydia Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1953-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1954-04-03 | Joseph Colosante "was slightly hurt when his car plowed into the side of a heavy Diesel locomotive in a spectacular accident at 7.30 this morning" at the CNR crossing on Booth Street; the car, driven by his son Anthony down a slight hill, could not stop on the icy road and hit a diesel shunting engine. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the CNR crossing on Booth Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1954-04-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1957-11-26≥ | By 26 November 1957 (the issue date), the paper reported: A car-train collision "on Gladstone Avenue near Standard Bread Company last night resulted in only minor damage to the car involved and no injuries"; Mrs. Winnifred Rosewarne said she had stopped for the crossing, then proceeded, and CNR brakeman Eric Low said he had blown his whistle. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Gladstone Avenue crossing. | Ottawa Citizen 1957-11-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1962-12-11≥ | By 11 December 1962 (the issue date), the paper reported: Michael J. Whalen, 42, of Nepean Township, "collided with a slow-moving train Monday but escaped unhurt and with only $70 damage to his car": he skidded onto the crossing on icy Lett Street and the C.N.R. diesel, engineer Romeo Cousineau, skidded along the track and damaged the fender. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch at the operator's direction; the item names the Lett Street crossing. | Ottawa Citizen 1962-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1964-04-17≥ | By 17 April 1964 (the issue date), the paper reported: Judith Dunlop, 22, "was taken to Civic Hospital with undetermined injuries after her car struck a CNR freight train Thursday night", westbound on Carling Avenue "just west of Preston Street" against the southbound train, at about 10 p.m.; damage to her car was $400. Filed on the Chaudiere Branch because Churcher tags the item 'Chaudiere'; the item names the crossing at Carling Avenue and Preston Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1964-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1964-09-03≥ | By 3 September 1964 (the issue date), the paper reported: Spiros Diamantopoylos, 30, and his wife Maria, 23, "were taken to Civic Hospital after the accident at Carling Avenue and Preston Street, examined and released": "a CNR yard engine slammed their car into a flashing signal post" Wednesday night at about 8.20 p.m. The diesel "was switching railway cars at the railway interchange just north of Carling Avenue on what one CNR official termed a 'regular assignment.'" Filed on the Chaudiere Branch because Churcher tags the item 'Chaudiere'; the item names the crossing at Carling Avenue and Preston Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1964-09-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
Practices
4 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892-02-10 | Quite a large quantity of pulpwood is arriving daily at the C.A.R. branch for the E.B. Eddy Manufacturing Company. About fifty cords a day is the average quantity. It is used almost exclusively now for the manufacture of paper. | Ottawa Citizen 1892-02-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-03-21 | At the C.A.R.'s Chaudiere lumber shipping yard, the company was over 500 cars short of the orders on hand. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-03-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-06-23 | The evening shunter that went around the Chaudiere yards brought up about thirty cars of lumber each evening to J.R. Booth's Mount Sherwood piling grounds, and about ten to Bronson & Weston's Stewarton grounds; Booth's piling grounds at the Chaudiere were very full, so more than usual was going to the Mount Sherwood yard. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1912-06-04 | By an order of the Railway Commission, the Grand Trunk must at once install a double diamond at Preston Street to allow the Ottawa Electric Railway company to run its tracks up the street and cross the G.T.R. tracks, which run into the yard of the Export Lumber Company. The Grand Trunk is also ordered to run its trains across the street only between midnight and 5 a.m., with a man on duty during those hours to warn pedestrians and traffic. The board found the siding, built in 1894, had never had its plans properly submitted to the railway committee of the privy council as the Railway Act required, but granted the G.T.R.'s application for legalization of the siding on condition that the road install the diamonds at its own expense and defray the cost of protecting its tracks at the crossing; the siding itself was authorized. | Ottawa Journal 1912-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1912-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |