From L’Impartial, March 1, 1910 issue:
Seperate sealed tenders, addressed to the undersigned, and marked on the outside, “Tender for Buildings, PEI Railway”, will be received up to and including Thursday, March 3rd, 1910, – for the construction and erection of the following buildings on the Elmira Branch of the Prince Edward Island Railway:
One Standard Booking Station
One Standard Freight Shed
Two Standard Way Stations
Two Standard Tool Houses
One two-stall Engine House
One Coal Shed
and
One three-stall Engine House at Georgetown, on the main line of the P.E.I. Railway.
These buildings all appear on the surveys and fire insurance maps for the railway I’ve seen published in 1915. This is definitely a worthwhile inventory to keep in mind.
Read the full article, click on the link below:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kwEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cSkDAAAAIBAJ&dq=prince%20edward%20island%20railway%20coal&pg=4246%2C4766894
For those who don’t know, here are the locations of these structures on the Elmira Spur:
One Standard Booking Station: Elmira (now the Elmira Railway Museum)
One Standard Freight Shed: Elmira
Two Standard Way Stations: Harmony Junction and Baltic
Two Standard Tool Houses: Harmony Junction and Elmira
One two-stall Engine House: Elmira
One Coal Shed: Elmira
Any photos of the Elmira coal shed, and engine house, Harmony Junction station, Harmony Junction water tower (not on this tender), or either of these tool sheds would be very much appreciated… please contact Chris! Note, the tool shed located at Harmony in the 1970s/80s is NOT the one built as a result of this tender!
Steve Hunter