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day, he promoted and succeeded in carrying out the Cipero 
Tramroad (a railway under another name) by. means of which 
Princestown has become the most prosperous internal town 
in the island. Mr. Guppy was Secretary and General Super- 
intendent and Manager of this concern until its completion 
in 1867. 
In 1862 Mr. Guppy had resigned his post as Warden 
and on the completion of his engagement with the Com- 
missioners of the Cipero Tramroad he resumed his practise as a 
Barrister. 
Practically, the first introduction of Railways into Trinidad 
was due to Mr. Guppy. No less was this the case with the 
electric telegraph, the first introduction of which into the 
island was by his hands in 1868. Mr. Guppy’s proposal to 
connect the towns of San Fernando and Port-of-Spain by 
telegraph was greeted by our Legislators in much the same 
manner as George Stephenson’s proposal to run trains drawn 
by steam engines was in the House of Commons. We need 
not add that it is many years since the proposed connecticn 
became an accomplished fact. 
Mr. Guppy was for many years Mayor of San Fernando. 
He took an active part in all measures for the well being of 
the Colony and he devoted a large portion of his life to the 
service of his fellow townsmen and his fellow countrymen. 
The above notice compiled by a member of Mr. Guppy’s family 
has appeared in most of the local papers. 
