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Canadian Rail Canadian Rail No. 431 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1992 CANADIAN RAIL ISSN 0008-4875 PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY BY TH E CANADIAN RAILROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION EDITOR: Fred F. Angus For your membership in the CRHA, which includes a CO-EDITOR: Douglas N. W_ Smith subscripliOfl 10 Canadian Rail. write 10: PRODUCTION: A. Stephen Walbridge CRHA. 120 Rue St-Pierre, Sf. Constant, Que. J5A 2G9 CARTOGRAPHER : William A. Germaniuk Rates: in Canada: $29 (including GST). lAYOUT: =-ed F, An gus outside Canada: $26 . in U.S. funds. I-' RINTING: Procel Printing TAB LE OF CO~ITENTS THE PHOENIX FOUNDRY AND GEORGE FLEMING (PART 2) ....... FRITZ LEHMANN .... .. .............. 183 THE RAILWAYS AND CANADA'S GREATEST DiSASTER .............. DOUGLAS N.W. SMITH ........... 201 5909'5 NEW YEAR'S EVE -- A ROUNDHOUSE FANTASy .. .............. NICHOLAS MORANT .............. 214 DRAWINGS OF CANADA'S RAILWAYS IN WORLD WAR 11. .. .......... THURSTAN TOPHAM ............. 215 RAIL CANADA DECISIONS ............. .... ....................... ....... .............. DOUGLAS N,W. SMITH ........... 216 Canadian Ra il is continually In need of news, stories, historical data. photos. maps and other material. Please send all coolributions to the editor: Fred F. Angus, 3021 Tratalgar Ave. Mootreat. P.O. H3Y 1H 3. No payment can be made for contributions. but the contrlbuter will begivencredit for material submined. Material will be returned to tllecontnbutori1 reQUested. Remember "Knowledge is ol linle value unless it is shared with others". NATIONAL DIRECTORS Frederick F. Angus Hugues W. Bonin J. Christopher Kyle Douglas N.w. S'nith Lawrence M. Unwlf: Jack A. Beatty Robert Carl son William Le Surt Charles De Jean Bernard Martin Richzrd Viberg Wal:cr J . Bedbrook Gerard t- 'echeue Roben V.V. Nicholl!': A. Slephen Walbridge Alan C. B lackburn David W. Johnson Andrew W . Panko John C. Weir The CRHA has a number of local divisions across the country. Many hOld regular meetings and is sue newsletters. Further information may be obtained by writing 10 Ihe division. FRom COIIER: LocI.NIIQliu 144 ofllu: I lIIcl" CO /Ollial RaihWJ)' of Crmmia POSt'.', "'ill, IIIc NEW BRUNSWICK OIVISION CAlGARY & SOUTH WESTERN DNISION trai" cr... w . Somt limt III lilt 1890's. TIIi .• elM' 60 ·6100 ."'A.... N.E. P.O. 80>: 1162 sic 4-4'() ... .(JJ buill ill 1883 bl' lilt PlltXllix San Jotn N.B. E2\. 'G7 CIIDaor1. AtIena TLA 5Z8 FOfmdr), of Gt'or~t F/tmll/g (Ind SoriS lI/ Still/I ROCI(V ~ AIN DIVISION ST l..\WAENCE VAllEY Of\'1SION ! "h" . Nt ... · Hnms... ic£. No. 144 un·td ,ht leR PO EIo><6102.Sra.,;,;,n""C'" P 0 80. 22. SI3IIOn '"8' T56 2NO for ' ... ·OIi)'-S{'l·tl1 )"t(lrs. bti"g r('lIrtd UlU/ ~pa. HJ8JJ5 EdolO'IOn.""'" sera(1ptd In 1910. SELKIAI( DIVISION RIDEAU VAllEY DlIIlSlON PO 8,"39 Nell' 8ruIIs... irl: Mustum I f..t' Muse... d" Nou­ ~. B.C. VIlE. 2SO P O. 80>962 \'I'all-HrUIIJWI<~ ' . Gift "I Bl'IIll)wick 8 rocl; AI/til. Sm~n 'l Falls, Ont. K7A 5"S CROWSNEST 8 KEfllE VAllEY OIVI SION 1962 . P O. Be. 01.00 KINGSTON DIVISION C,_oak. BC. V1C ' 119 P O. Bo. 103. $!al.., -A' KngI.\Oft, One. K7M ~ NELSON ELECTRIC TRAI.1WA'I SOCIETY As part of its activities, the CAHA operales 1 23111ew~ the Canadian Aailway Museum al Delson / _.B.C. "',l 2V8 TORONTO & YORI< O/VISION SI. Constant, Que. which is about t 4 miles P.O. eo.. 5&l1J. T_ -A­ PRINC£ ~E·NE CHAl<o-FRASER Of\'1SION ToronIOOnI. M5W1P3 (23 Km.) fro m downtown Monlreal. 1\ is P O. Boa:u08 Prir'IoI~ . 8 C. V2N 2S6 open from lale May to early October (daily NIAGARA DIVISION until Labour Day). Members. and their Im­ PAC IFIC COAST DIVISION P.O eo. 593 mediate families, are admitted free of charge. S1 . ~. 0nI. l2R 6W8 PO. Be. H)Oe. SUli:ion ' A' "'~ , B.C. V6C 2PI GOAl OF THE ASSOCEATlON ' THE COllECTION. PRESERVATION AND DISSEMINATION OF ITHI S RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF RAILWAYS IN CANAOA NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1992 CANADIAN RAIL Page 183 The Phoenix Foundry of Saint John N.B. and George Fleming, Locomotive Builder Part 2 (1868 - 1954) By Fritz Lehmann After producing nine locomotives in the decade 1858- This was an incursion into its traditional market.7o The 1868, the Phoenix Foundry did not build another until late in 1880. elimination of tariff barriers between provinces, and the steady The firm continued to advertise its wide assortment of products, growth of cheaper and more reliable transportation, began to and regularly exhibited stationary steam engines, iron turning produce something approaching a national market with more lathes, water pipe stop gates, iron work for ship's use, and the like. potential for specialised manufacturers of machinery (and other The finn won a public contract and built a steam fog whistle for products). Fleming probably was not yet affected in 1868, but as Point Lepreaux in 1869, and was an unsuccessful competitor the transport work continued to grow (for example, the completion among the 33 firms bidding for work on the reconstruction of the of the Intercolonial Railway between Central Canada and the Saint John Custom House in 1879, following the great Saint John Maritimes in 1876), a number of his local customers undoubtedly fire of 1877. The Flemings were not directly affected by the fire began to tum to specialized products like the Bartley shingle mill. which spared both the foundry and the homes of the owners. The But for some years, the Phoenix Foundry continued to be a general Phoenix Foundry builtapowerful150horsepowerengine (cylinders producer of a wide range of goods. 361/2" diameter by 7'8" stroke) for the river steamer "May Queen" in 1869, reboilered the Dominion dredge boat at Saint John in Rathersurprisingly, the Foundry had anothertry at locomotive 1878, and was invited to tender for the engine for a new steamship building in the 1880's. This coincides with the gradual shift in by the International Steamship Co. (Boston-Halifax-Saint John leadership from the senior Heming to hi s sons. Although George services) in 1871. Fleming visited the plant daily right up to the last few months of his life, he is said to have retired "ten or twelve years" before his What happened to the locomotive business in th is period? death in 1887. This meant that the direction had shifted to James The political changes following New Brunswick's Confederation Fleming, 39 in 1880, and William, 37 in that year. James already with other provinces into the new Dominion of Canada brought had assumed "the practical supervision" of the works in 1875, some economic consequences. The European and North American when William was said to attend to "the outside and financial Railway (E&NA) and the Nova Scotia Railway were merged into matters of the firm." Both men had started work in the firm from the new Intercolonial Railway (ICR), and the major decisions were very young ages, William from about 11 or 12 years old. The three no longer made in the Maritime provinces but in Ottawa. The ICR men lived in rather modest houses on Hazen Street, within close bought locomotives in larger batches, beginning with orders for walking distance of the works. After George Fleming's death , lots of 15, 15, and 10, and the men making the decisions did not James moved away, but to Wellington Row, still a short walk from know Fleming or his Foundry personally, unlike the original the works. It seems that their lives centered around the family firm . E&NA Comissioners. During the 1870's, the Intercolonial began All three appear to have lived on a modest scale, and to have had a practice of selling outmoded locomotives to short lines and few interests ou tside their work.71 industrial users in the Maritimes. Thus the Intercolonial competed for the customers most likely to order locomotives one at a time, In early 1878, the Phoenix Foundry employed 55 men and the kind of customer best suited to the productive capabilities of 5 boys at average wages of $6.50 (men) and $3.50 (boys) per 72 the Phoenix Foundry.68 Indeed, a few of the Phoenix Foundry's week But by the end of 1878 the firm only operated three-fourths customers for new locomotives in the 1880sdid buy used locomotives time, employment was down to 40. The depression of that year left from the ICR as well. the finn with idle capacity, probably encouraging the Flemings' bid for new Intercolonial locomotive contracts. Their success in The closer economic ties with the other British North getting a contract for nine locomotives--equal to their total previous American colonies almost immediately brought competition in production--meant they ran full time through 1880, including other areas to Fleming's door. In the summer of 1868, the Saint three months of overtime, kept 90 men employed.7J The ICR had John papers carried big advertisements "To Millowners and called for tenders by December 5,1879, at which date the Flemings Lumbermen", extolling what was claimed to be "The Best Shingle won a contract for nine Mogul (2-6-0) freight engines at $9,900 Mills in the World", offered by the Montreal firm of W. P. Bartley each, a total of$89,100. These engines, with 18" ·x 24" cylinders & Co., the St. Lawrence Engine Works.69 And the Phoenix and 54" drive wheels, were larger than any previously built by the Foundry was still making and advertising: firm. When the last one was completed in June 1881, production "Machinery for Saw and Grist Mills; also Castings and had averaged one locomotive every two months. 74 The locomotives, Machinery of the various descriptions required in carrying on the of course, were built to ICR designs supplied from Ottawa.
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