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Canada Atlantic Railway Local Railway Items from Area Papers - Canada Atlantic Railway 13/03/1871 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic The new railway from Ottawa to Coteau Landing will be called the Montreal Junction and Ottawa City Railway. 01/08/1872 Ottawa Citizen Canada Atlantic Central Depot From a text ad repeated over several weeks Dufresne & McGarity are to move on 20 August to their own new and extensive warehouse situated on the south [sic] side of the Canal Bank contiguous to Sappers Bridge. These premises have been erected by the undersigned at an enormous expense, having been fitted up with all modern improvements, as well as for the receiving and delivering of goods of all descriptions, teams being able to pass through the building and discharge their loads or be loaded in the building by the aid of machinery. ... access from Sussex, St. Paul (now Besserer), & Rideau Streets. In addition to the above, they have their own steamer and barges, and freight of all descriptions is now and will be discharged on the bank of the canal at their own doors. 09/09/1872 Ottawa Citizen Canada Atlantic A full meeting of the Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway Company was held at Lancaster last Friday. It was decided to increase the force now at work on the road so as to have twenty-two miles graded before the 1st of January 1873m from the Province line westward to Alexandria. Our citizens may now look to the early completion of the road, now that the directors are pushing forward its construction with such commendable energy. 19/09/1872 Ottawa Citizen Canada Atlantic The Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railroad Company have three hundred men at work on the section of their line between the Province line and Alexandria, and the work is advancing rapidly. 05/10/1872 Ottawa Citizen Canada Atlantic Mr. McGillivray received a letter today, from the Superintendent of the Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway, in which it is stated that there are four hundred men now at work on the road, and it is expected that ten miles of grading will be finished in another week. 02/11/1872 Ottawa Citizen Canada Atlantic There as, we are told, a great deal of talk in Montreal about the folly of building a wooden bridge from Coteau to Valleyfield, in connection with the Coteau and Ottawa Junction Railroad now in course of construction. Considering that Montreal might have had a controlling interest in the road had she accepted the offer made by its original promoters, and considering also that the diversion of the road to Valleyfield must seriously injure several of her most important interests, this imputation of folly looks uncommonly like an exhibition of sour grapes. We don’t know if it be too late, but if not we would suggest to the wise men of Montreal that the city should at once take stock in the road to the amount of $200,000, with the proviso that if the wooden bridge be built across the river, it shall be used wholly for the transport of lumber which secured (piece missing). 30/01/1873 The Times, Ottawa Canada Atlantic City of Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway A meeting of the directors of the City of Ottawa and Coteau Landing Railway Company was held Monday last in the town of Lancaster. The work on this important line of railway is now being pushed forward as rapidly as is possible at this season of the year. One hundred men are now employed at the heaviest cuttings, and this force will be largely augmented in the spring. Already 14 miles of the railway have been graded and prepared for track laying in the township of Lochiel and Kenegon (s/b Kenaston) 11/08/1874 Ottawa Citizen Canada Atlantic Article on the meeting of the Coteau and Ottawa Railway. 03/10/1874 Ottawa Citizen Canada Atlantic Railway meetings in Glengarry and Kenyon. 28/11/1878 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic The line of the Coteau landing Railroad is said to be located as far as High Falls. It is not improbable that it will pass in the vicinity of the Dominion Springs, and will have a terminus at the proposed Central Depot. 26/07/1879 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic It is said the new Coteau road, if built will run into the city parallel with the St.L. & O. R.R. from the Chaudiere Junction. 25/02/1881 Globe and Mail Canada Atlantic A private meeting of several of the directors of the Canada Atlantic Railway was held in this city for the purpose of considering an offer to build the road, and arrangements have been made to carry through the work at once with Mr. Daniel C. Linsley, of Burlington, Vt., a thoroughly practical man. He has given the necessary security which is perfectly satisfactory. The road is to be completed from Coteau to High Falls on the Nation, on the 1st of January 1882, and from the Nation to Ottawa by the 1st of September 1882; and the portion south of Coteau Landing to the province line in about two years. Work is to commence within thirty days after signing the contract. 26/02/1881 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic Report of meeting. Contract awarded to Daniel C. Lindsey of Burlington, Vermont. 28/02/1881 Globe and Mail Canada Atlantic At the adjourned meeting of the Canada Atlantic Railway, held at Lancaster yesterday, the contract for the construction of the road was awarded to Daniel C. Linsley, of Burlington. Vt., for the sum of $15,000 per mileand the bonuses granted by municipalities amounting to some $400,000. The contractor put up $300,000 in cash, and a bond of $100,000 as security for the completion of the work. The portion of the line between High Falls and Ottawa is to be all completed by the 1st of September, 1882 and the rest of the railway, exclusive of the bridging over the St. Lawrence, by the 15th of May, 1887. The resignation of Hon. D.A. McDonald as President was accepted. 12/03/1881 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic The Canada and Atlantic Railway Company have opened an office at the corner of Wellington and Kent streets. This looks like business, Mr. Linsley, the contractor, is in town. July-13-21 Colin J. Churcher © Page 1 of 89 24/03/1881 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic Mr. Linsley, contractor for the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, has placed the $30,000 security in the Bank of North America. 06/04/1881 Ottawa Citizen Canada Atlantic Surveyors commenced work yesterday on the line of the Coteau Railway. Mr. William Surtees, a son of the city engineer, is engaged in the work. 12/05/1881 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic Work on the railroad between Coteau and Alexandria is progressing favorably. The engineers are Messrs. Geo. Mountain and Wm. Hall, Quebec; Mr. C. Keefer, this city; Messrs. Ennis, Duffy and Willis of Burlington. Messrs. Fitzgerald and Powell have a heavy subcontract from Mr. Linsley, and Mr. H. Boyd also has a large contract. It is expected that a train of cars will be run into Alexandria from Coteau Landing on the first of July. The work on the road is being pushed forward rapidly. 26/05/1881 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic Satisfactory progress is being made with the construction of the Canada Atlantic R.R. The line between Coteau Landing and Alexandria is all under contract; the bridges, to be of iron and steel, of the standard of the Q.M.O. & O. R.R., are being made by the Toronto Bridge Company, and steel rails for this section, about 30 miles, are now en route from England. Cars are expected to be running in September next. The route between High Falls and Ottawa is now being located by Mr. C.H. Keefer and staff. The annual general meeting will be held in Lancaster next Tuesday when full reports will be made. 27/06/1881 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic This company have been purchasing the right of way into the city through Stewarton and property for station grounds. The McDougal property has been purchased $3,000 an acre being paid therefore. A block of the By estate has been bought from Mr. C. Magee, and a quantity of land from McLeod Stewart, in all thirteen acres. 05/07/1881 Ottawa Free Press Canada Atlantic The engineers now locating the balance of the Canada Atlantic line are expected to reach the city in two weeks. They are now near Eastman's Springs. The track has now been laid from Coteau Landing to Alexandria, over which part a train now runs, and it is thought that the railway will be complete to Kenyon village a distance of 35 miles by September. The road is to be finished to the city by June of next year, at least that is the terms of the contract, and work is being pushed forward satisfactorily. The company have been buying the necessary lands in the city and Stewarton for station grounds and for workshops. Some six blocks are to be used, five of which are in Stewarton and one within city limits. Quite a number of lots in several blocks have been bought and paid for, but the price of others will have to be decided by arbitrators, the owners asking high figures therefore. The road will cross the canal shortly above the Deep Cut. The blocks of land for station grounds etc., lie between Elgin and John streets, in Stewarton, and between Elgin and Cartier in the city.
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