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R.E. WAUGH
[Welland Tribune, 26 March 1897]
Our old friend and former G.T.R. agent here, R.E. Waugh, has been transferred from St. Thomas to Guelph, and the Mercury has the following to say of him: “It will be news to many to learn that Mr. Waugh is an old Guelph boy. He came with his father and family to Guelph in 1867. Mr. John Waugh, his father, was then engaged by the firm of Armstrong, McCrae and Co. The family came from Harwick, Scotland. Mr. Waugh, sr., started and wrought the first machinery for the above firm. The new stationmaster was educated in Guelph and attended the Grammar school. After he received his education he worked for a time with McCrae & Co., and the he went to Woodstock in the capacity of baggageman on the G.T.R… During this time he applied himself to the study of telegraphy. Shortly afterwards he was promoted on the railway staff and has been in the employment of the Grand Trunk for 20 years. He has been stationmaster for 15 years. The last two years he has been in St. Thomas and the previous 15 years at Welland. The other periods were filled at other stations. A gentleman in the city who is intimately acquainted with the Waugh family, says that there seems to be a peculiar tendency towards railway business in the family. The new stationmaster’s eldest brother William has been for a number of years located in the Western States, in a high official capacity-in fact a second James still. No doubt many of Mr. Waugh’s old schoolmates will remember him.
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