Railway : Grand Trunk Railway Centennial
- CA ON00156 TR/2622
- File
- 1956
File contains a number of newspaper articles from the Intelligencer on the commemoration of the Railways Centennial celebrations.
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Railway : Grand Trunk Railway Centennial
File contains a number of newspaper articles from the Intelligencer on the commemoration of the Railways Centennial celebrations.
Railway : Grand Trunk, Belleville, 1856-1861
File contains a newspaper article recounting the inaugural trip of the Grand Trunk Railway from Montreal to Toronto 16 October 1856. Also present is a photocopied newsclipping announcing the reopening of the British American Hotel on Front Street in Belleville, in March, 1861.
Railway : Harvest Excursions West
File contains newspaper advertisements for the Canadian Northern Railway for dates and fares to Winnipeg from Belleville for Farm Laborers wanted out west.
Railway: Hastings County, 1861
File contains a manuscript resolution of the Council of the County of Hastings, 28 January 1862 resolving that no further aid should be given by the Government of Canada to the Grand Trunk Railway. Also contains a manuscript petition of the Corporation of the County of Hastings following upon the above resolution. Also present is a manuscript letter of 30 October 1861 from John MacKelcan, Hamilton, to the Warden of Hastings County requesting a meeting of municipalities concerning municipal indebtedness relating to railway construction in Canada West, and a letter of response from the Warden, County of Hastings, 4 November 1861, declining the invitation as Hastings County was not in a position of indebtedness due to railway financing.
Railway : Miscellaneous Brochures Railway Historical Society
File contains various brochures about Railway Museums and the Canadian Railroad Historical Association.
Railway : Municipal Railway Tax Association
File contains letter dated 24-January-1914 from A.M. Chapman, Secretary, Municipal Railway Tax Association, Secretary's Office, Shire Hall addressed to the County Clerk, Belleville.
File contains correspondence between Col. W.N. Ponton and J.D. MacMillan, Superintendent Canadian National Railway regarding right of way agreement.
Railway : Ponton letters, 1910-1913
File contains a mimeographed typescript letters originating from and received by W.N. Ponton in the period 1911 to 1913 concerning the sale of right-of-ways for railway crossings on lands belonging to W.N. Ponton and Ponton family members in Belleville.
Ponton (family)
Railway : Railway Musium - Quebec
File contains several pamphlets about the Railway Museum in Quebec.
File contains a copy of the "Railway Week Official Program -- Belleville, June 22-28, 1964", a newspaper article "CNR and City Plan Week-Long Railway Exhibit and Program and three copies of a booklet titled "Pioneer Railways of Central Ontario From the Past to the Present" written by William Michaud.
Michaud, William
File contains a number of newspaper articles on retirements of various individuals from the railway.
File contains Canadian National -- Grand Trunk Railway schedule dated 2-February-1922 departing Belleville
Railway : Belleville-Marmora, 1858-1865
File contains several signed printed petitions to the Warden and Council of the County of Hastings concerning the selection of a route for a railway following the Moira River Valley and passing through or near the Village of Madoc, to Marmora. Includes manuscript resolutions and motions of the Council of the County of Hastings concerning matters relating to the proposed railway route. Also present are three manuscript memorials of the County of Hastings to Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor General of Canada concerning the need for a railroad to exploit fully the mineral resources in Hastings County.
Railway : Canadian Pacific Railway letter Cornelius Van Horne to J.E. Walmsley, 1891
File contains a typescript letter from Sir William Cornelius Van Horne to J.E. Walmsley, Belleville, 28 November 1891 rejecting an offer to establish a branch of the CPR in Belleville.
Railway : Canadian Pacific Railway, 1883
File contains a newspaper article from the Monetary Times and Trade Review, 18 May 1883 concerning the financing of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Railway : Cobourg, Northumberland and Pacific Railway reference book
File contains a notebook entitled Cobourg, Northumberland and Pacific Railway Reference Book with manuscript entries completed by the Registrar, Hastings County 29 March 1898 concerning railroad allowances in Rawdon Township at 10 December 1894.
File contains a printed Grand Trunk Railway System safety pledge, a printed Grand Trunk order for track repairs, and a printed complimentary calendar for October 1881, issued by the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway.
Railway : Grand Trunk business forms, 1859-1893
File contains printed bills of lading and receipts for commodities transported on the Grand Trunk Railway line, 1859, 1880, 1890 and 1893.
Railway : Grand Trunk Railway strike at Belleville, 1876-1877 / by Gerald E. Boyce
File contains a manuscript paper entitled “The Grand Trunk Railway Strike at Belleville, 1876-1877 : a brief outline,” presented by Gerald E. Boyce at a winter, 1965 meeting of the Belleville Rotary Club. The paper discusses the strike action by trainmen and the dispatch of police and companies of the local battalion to deal with strikers and their supporters.
Railway : Grand Trunk timetables, 1860-1905
File contains photocopied and newspaper timetables displaying departure and arrival times of Grand Trunk Railway trains in Belleville on the main Montreal-Toronto line, 1860, 1876 and 1905.