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Approvals 1914
Various activities of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company required approvals from government. This page shows approvals received in 1914.
DAR 1914 Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada Approval of Railway Rules
In 1914 a Rule Book for the Dominion Atlantic Railway was approved and distributed to employees who needed to know the rules in carrying out their duties.
This rule book was originally approved by the Board of Railway Commissioners in 1909, perhaps as a generic rule book for use of all Canadian railways, and was adopted by the DAR in 1914.
There was a process involved in getting the new Rules in place. In this step the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada sanctioned (or approved) the use of the new Rules by the DAR as shown below:
[Transcribed from a typewritten original.]
Order No. 21634.
THE BOARD OF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS FOR CANADA
TUESDAY, THE 14TH DAY OF
APRIL, A. D. 1914
D'ARCY SCOTT,
Asst. Chief Commissioner.
S. J. McLean,
Commissioner.
IN THE MATTER OF the applicatian of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company; herein-after called the 'Applicant Company', under Section 310 of the Railway Act, for a report to the Governor in Council for sanction of By-law No. 13, a
certified copy of which is on file with the Board under file No. 4135.27, approving the ‘General Train and Interlocking
Rules’ for observance by the Officers and employees of the Applicant Company in the operation of its railway:
File No. 4135.27
UPON the recommendation of the Chief Operating Officer Of the Board - - -
IT IS ORDERED that the said By-law No. 13, approving the said Rules, copies of which are attached, be, and it is hereby, reported to the Governor in Council for sanction.
(SGD) D'ARCY SCOTT,
Assistant Chief Commissioner,
Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada.
[Rubber stamp:]
BOARD OF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS
FOR CANADA
Examined and certified as a true copy
under Section 23 of "The Railway
Act
[unintelligible signature]
Sec'y of Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada
Ottawa
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DAR 1914 Governor in Council Approval of Railway Rules
In 1914 a Rule Book for the Dominion Atlantic Railway was approved and distributed to employees who needed to know the rules in carrying out their duties.
This rule book was originally approved by the Board of Railway Commissioners in 1909, perhaps as a generic rule book for use of all Canadian railways, and was adopted by the DAR in 1914.
There was a process involved in getting the new Rules in place. In this step the Governor in Council (the Governor General following advice of the Federal Cabinet ("Privy Council") or a Minister in the Cabinet) sanctioned (or approved) the use of the new Rules by the DAR as shown below:
[Transcribed from a type-written original]
P.C. 1105
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA
[handwritten note:] Saturday 25 day of April 1914
PRESENT:
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
- THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL:
Whereas the Acting Minister of Railways and Canals has submitted a certified copy of on Order of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, dated the 14th of April,1914, recommending for the sanction of His Royal Highness in Council, a certain By-Law, No.13, of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company, passed at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on the 26th of March, 1914, adopting certain Train and Interlocking Rules, governing their employees.
And Whereas the Acting Minister of Railways and Canals recommends that the said By-Law be sanctioned;
Therefore His Royal Highness the Governor General in Council is pleased to sanction and doth hereby sanction the said By-Law, accordingly.
[Signature of an unknown person appears above the signature of
the then Governor General, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]
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DAR 1914 OIC 1105 Sanction of Railway Rules
Order in Council 1522 - New Little Joggins Bridge - No Swing Span
Construction near or over "Navigable Waters" (typically a river or estuary) required approval of the Government of Canada in the interests of, at least, ensuring shipping was able to continue to use the watercourse.
In 1911, the DAR requested approval for a new crossing of the Little Joggins River. For reasons now unknown this request was not approved until 1914. The main question regarded replacement of an existing swing span with a fixed span. The original swing span had never been opened in 20 years of existence (presuming not including testing when first complete). Approval was granted in a Federal Order in Council number 1522 of the year 1914. (Orders in Council are numbered beginning from number 1 each calendar year.)
Below is the text of the approval. The application included a profile of the proposed crossing which showed construction of a considerable amount of fill with a two-span truss bridge.
[Transcribed from a type-written original]
P.C.1522
The Committee of the Privy Council have had before them a report, dated 27th May,1914, from the Minister of Public Works, stating that on July 29th,1911, the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company submitted for approval, under Section 233 of the Railway Act, a plan showing the proposed replacement by a fixed bridge of their swing bridge over the Little Joggins River, County of Digby,N.S.
The Minister observes that the District Engineer of the Department of Public Works at Halifax reported that at high tide the river was navigable above the bridge for boats and small craft, but that at low tide the area bounded by high water mark and the bridge was not navigable for craft of any size. He said further, that the draw span in the old bridge had never been opened since it was built some 20 years ago, and that in his opinion there was no need for a moveable span;
That one of the Supervising Engineers of the Department of Public Works was recently instructed to report with regard to the proposed new bridge, and he has stated under date of May 8,1914, that there is nothing above the bridge site at the present time to necessitate a swing span, and that unless some industry is started in the future there will never be any use for such a span;
That the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department has recomended that the attached plan submitted on July 29th,1914, be approved subject to the condition that the Company shall replace the fixed span with a drawspan immediately upon receiving a request from the Department of Public Works to do so, as the stream crossed is considered by the Department as being navigable water. It is further provided that the Company shall remove:any material which has fallen or been deposited in the channel in the vicinity of this crossing.
The Committee, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Works, advise that authority be granted to approve the attached plan No. 44374, submitted by the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company, of the proposed replacement of their present swing bridge over the Little Joggins River, Digby County,N.S.,by a.fixed structure, such approval to be subject to the condition that the Company shall, if called upon to do so in future by the Department of Public Works of Canada in the interest of navigation; insert at once at their expense, a draw span in the bridge, of a type to be approved by the Department of Public Works, such draw span to have a minimum clear opening of 30' ; and further that the Company shall at their expense remove any deposits which have fallen into the channel in the vicinity of the bridge.
[Signed:] [Illegible]
[Marked:] Approved
[Signed:] [Illegible]
[Marked:] June 12th 1914
[Marginal note:] In duplicate P W 13 June 14
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Scan of page one of the OIC 1522 Memo.
Scan of page two of the OIC 1522 document. Official approval.
Scan of page three of the OIC 1522 document. Supporting information - drawing.
External Links
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