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Bytown and Nepean Road Company fonds [textual record, cartographic material, object]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1851-1923.

Reference:

R7040-0-3-E, MG24-E12

Type of material:

Textual material, Maps and cartographic material, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98791

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Bytown and Nepean Road Company fonds
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1851-1923.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

40 cm of textual records.
1 map.
53 tokens.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of minutes and by-laws, 1852-1922, stock transfers, 1851-1922; accounts and statements, 1897-1923; correspondence and directors' reports, 1854-1921; and legal documents and miscellaneous papers, 1851-1924 (volumes 1-5).

Fonds also consists of a plan for a proposed sidewalk in Westboro village, along Richmond Road.

Fonds also consists of toll tokens in various denominations.

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Bytown and Nepean Road Company

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Bytown and Nepean Road Company : The Bytown and Nepean Road Company was established at Bytown on 21 April 1851. Stockholders proposed to construct a plank or macadamized road from Bytown to Bell's Corners in the Township of Nepean, County of Carleton, and to collect tolls from users of the road. The formation of such a company was in accordance with provincial statutes of the time. However, the company had acted without the knowledge and consent of the Municipality of the Township of Nepean and became involved in litigation, for the Township of Nepean had passed By-law No. 17 approving the formation of the Bytown and West Carleton Road Company on May 22, 1851. A meeting between all affected parties resulted in the decision to amalgamate the two companies under the name of the Bytown and Nepean Road Company, and to increase the capital stock to 4000 pounds, of which the Township of Nepean was to hold 100.

On June 7, 1851, the Bytown and Nepean Road Company signed a contract with Mr. Isaac Hope of Kingston for the construction of the first section of the road, and by July of 1852 the contractor had macadamized and completed four miles from Bytown westward. A toll gate and side bars were erected, a rate of tariffs fixed, a gate-keeper appointed, and in October 1852 the shareholders in the company received their first dividend from the tolls collected. By July of 1853, the whole distance of eight and a half miles from Bytown to Bell's Corners was completed and a toll gate was erected at the western end of the road.

In 1888 the City of Ottawa extended its limits and negotiated to acquire the portion of the Bytown and Nepean Macadamized Road which lay within the city. However, the remainder of the road continued in operation under the direction of the Bytown and Nepean Road Company until it was expropriated by the County of Carleton on February 7, 1920, with the County paying 5 000 on March 17, 1922. At this time, the Company proceeded to wind up its affairs, surrender its charter, and distribute its assets. By December of 1922 all the stockholders had been paid off and the Bytown and Nepean Road Company ceased to exist.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a list of the collection by type of document. MSS0170 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001178.pdf

Objects: (Paper) Medal inventory number 7737.

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General note:

Received in 1958 from Mrs. Anna Pinhey of Ottawa.

Subject heading:

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Business records - Canada, 1851-1923

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1959-007 MED

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-E12

Other accession no.:

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83402/1378 CA
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 E 12] 1--5

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 170] 25

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

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Objects: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright unknown. Credit: National Archives of Canada. Records must be consulted under close supervision for conservation reasons.

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