The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
ROSES STOP TRAIN

One of the most picturesque incidents
of the reception to the train was it's
stoppage by a string of roses. Two
girls. Adrienne NJ Dennison and Ger
trude Schmidt, held the ends of the
string. A humorous feature was when
Colonel Irish, another of the speakers
rose to give his address. No sooner did
he launch upon his remarks than from
the exhaust of the engine came a rush
of steam. irish began to shout at the
top of his lungs, but the escaping steam
created more noise. The crowd added
it's quota of laughter and yells and
Irish, disgruntled and disgusted, gave
up in despair.
The parade was one of the largest
witnessed in the streets of Oakland
Every big business concern was repre-
sented and besides them there were
delegations from Che several improve
ment and social clubs and the central
labor union.
AS the great industrial parade dis
banded at Sixteenth street and Broad
way a long string of automobiles occu=
pied by railroad officials, newspaper
men, city officials and members of the
committee in charge of the celebration,
began a tour of the city, visiting all
points of interest. 1t was so arranged
that each auto had in it a member of
the general committee who fully eX-
planned the history and significance of
the points visited. The sightseeing tour
began at Lake Merritt and ended at the
Claremont country club, where an in
formal dinner was given.
DINNER AT CLUB
Walter s. Mackay. president of the
chamber of commerce and chairman of
the committee which had charge of
the days festivities, presided as toast
master at the country club, and was
surrounded at the head table by Vice
President Schlacks of the Western Pa
cific, General Traffic Manager e. l..
Lomax, Attorney Max Thelan of the
law department. Mayor Frank K. Mott,
H. C.. Capwell, Charles E. Shook and
others. Nearly 500 guests were present,
the elaborately decorated dining hall
being crowded to the utmost.
AS the party seated themselves at
the various tables, yells were given in
true college fashion by the visiting
press representatives. who began with
the name of George Gould, president
of the new transcontinental road, and
paid high tribute to each official of the
company officials and citizens of Oak
land, and all those concerned in both
the Western Pacific project and Oak
lands welcome, in songs and cheers
fttingly in keeping with the demon
stration.
At the conclusion of the informal but
elaborate dinner, Chairman Mackay in
troduced Mayor Frank K. Mott as the
first speaker, who again welcomed the
Western Pacific and its officials on be-
half of the people of Oakland. He said
in part:
Today's demonstration has been
one of the greatest in the history
of Oakland. 1t testifies of the faith
the people of this city have in the
Western Pacific as factor in the
commercial and industrial expen-
sion of Oakland. The Western
Pacific has won a great victory,
not only for itself, but for Oak
land. It is largely due TO the eff
forts of the Gould road that Oak
land has fought it's way into con-
troll of the water front. We ex-
pect the Western Pacific to do its
part for Oakland. and we know
that Oakland will do its duty for
the Western Pacific. Today marks
the dawn of a new epoch in the