The San Francisco call., 1909-12-19
CELEBRATE RETURN
TO old LOCATION
Transportation Clubs Members
Banquet Tuesday Night in
It's Palace Hotel Home

The Transportation club of San
Francisco viii return to its old quar-
ters in the Palace hotel tomorrow and
Tuesday evening will celebrate with
a banquet in the clubs new quarters
on the mezzanine floor of the hotel
The banquet will be the first to be held
under private auspices and will also
be the first of a series of entertain
ments planned by the entertainment
committee of the club.
S. L. Booth. general agent of the
Union Pacific, will officiate .as toast
master and after proposing a toast to
the president of the United States, will
call upon V. NJ. Smith, president of the
club, for a history of the club and a
prediction as to its future. Tirey L.
Ford will speak on Rehabilitation T;
". ]. Martin will speak on the club S
new home; the passenger mans view
and the freight mans view will be
touched upon by Henry Avila and H. p.
Anewalt, respectively; Clyde w. Colby
of the Erie, the bard of railroad row,
win speak on the poetical side and E.
Black Ryan will deliver few reminis-
cences.
An excellent menu has been pre-
pared and the banquet promises to be
one of the most notable ever held by
the club.
The Transportation club had its in
eipience in the old Pacific coast associa-
ton of traffic agents. Rod Guyett, at
that time chief clerk of the Union
Pacific having suggested club of
railroadmen. A committee of nine, COM
posed of Booth Fletcher, Alberger,
Bradley. Ritchie, Gordon, Crane, Tay-
lor and Cockroft, was appointed by the
association to discuss the matter and
report. The report of the committee
was favorable and after several months
of hard work the club was formally
organized March 16, 1904, with Ito
members.
The membership role included all of
the high officials of the Southern Pa
cific and Santa F'e besides the general
agents of the various rail and steam
ship companies. George Bradley was
selected as the first president and
temporary quarters were secured in
the old Palace. Shortly after the club
secured the old quarters of the Union
League club in the Palace hotel and
there the club prospered until the fire
Of April. 1906. After the fire temporary
Quarters We're secured until the Flood
building quarters were ready and in
these quarters which the club is now
ieaVing. many good times were en-
extent that the membership is now
nearing the 500 mark.
The decision to return to the Palace
hotel, where the club had it's inception,
was reached several months ago at a
special meeting of the members. The
present officers are:
President. V NJ. Smith, vice president and
traffic manager Southern San Francisco belt
railroad; first vice president. A. G. ID. Kerrell
general passenger agent Pacific mail STEAMSHIP
company: second vice pesident. ]. E. Newman
attorney claims department. Southern Pacific;
secretary Z. Z. Wade, chief clerk passenger de.
partment Southern Pacific; treasurer, Henry
Avla. city ticket agent, Union Pacific; assistant
secretary, Z. II. Jacobs, city passenger agent,
Union Pacific.
Board of directors-R. r. Ritchie, general Pa
cifc coast agent Chicago and Northwestern;
George G.. Fraser district passenger agent Chi
cago Great Western: e. F. Runyon vice presi.
cent Mil Valley Mount Tamalpas scenic rail.
way: J. c. Tice assistant general agent Wells
Fargo & co. express; II. p Anewalt assistant
general freight agent Santa Fe: J. II. Lyman
general agent Chicago Great Western; DR.. George
Carson physician Southern Pacific: F. II. Tor
/ pey travelling freight agent Pennsylvania lines
and H. J. Snyder, general agent National Rail
ways Of Mexico
House committee-John A. Gill, c. J. Jones
1 B. +. Alfs, ]. II. Steiger.
Auditing committee-E. r. Patterson, G. n
Fisher, A. Z. Nicholson.
Entertainment committee. II. Weeks W w
Webster. b. X. Smith.
Membership committee-J NJ. Brewer, c. w
Nelson, j. H. Griffin.