The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-24
TRANsPORTAT|OVM MEN
ENJOY FESTIVITIES
More Than Hundred Partici-
pate in Elaborate Banquet
at Commercial Club.
WIT AND PHILOSOPHY
Addresses Sparkle With Trite
Sayings; kilograms of Fell
citation Are Numerous.
WIT AND PHILOSOPHY

With varied programme and an
originality Of procedure seldom seen at
81 banquet. tic feast Of tho salt Lake
Transportation club Was carried out last
night at the Commercial club. IT. was
the second annual banquet Of this club,
and more than IL hundred men filed up
the stairs to the blowing OF whistle
that sounded 50 much like that of To-
comotiYe that those who were not rail-
road men inStinctlVcly turned about. J..
w. Ellington. secretary Of tie club
shouted all board aud led the way to
The main dining room.
As the members Of the club and their
guests entered the room, the whistle
ceased, and the ringing Of n real en-
glne boil was kept UP until all we're
sealed Then the lights were suddenly
turned out and a troupe OF ABOUT twenty
men paraded through the dining room
carrying rcd: green and white lighted
lanterns that lacked only n little grease
and dirt 20 make them true To life. Dur
ing the parade the orchestra played and
Professor Kent sang A parody on
Boola' that had been prepared to suit
the occasion The lights were then
turned on and tho banquet began
Club Is Flourishing.
Most of the officers OF tho club were
present aud these. with Frank *, Neb-
eker and the Rev. Peter A. Simpkin and
The Rev +. b. Short occupied seats al
the head Of the tabl,. II. r, Gray. Drcsi-
dent Of the club made the openin,, ad.
dress, which was bubbIing with cio-
quencc, and introduced the toasrInaster
Frank h, Ncbeker. Mr.. Gray compli .
nented the members on the growth of
the club and said in the course OF his
talk that he expected. soon % see nc
transportatio men Of Salt Lake G ty
occupNlng the dlgniiied and respected po-
sition that ligbtfully belonged To- ,hem.
Mr.. Nebckcr told numerous stories al
the expense Of some OF those present and
read kilograms from many who were TN
able To attend the banquet. Among
those heard from We're r, g. Peck. gen :
eral passenger agent for the Salt Lake
Route; Frank III. Plaisted. assistant gen :
eral freight agent for the Denver & Rio
Grande, and r. S. Loyett. president OF
the Hartman system.
o. S. L. Still Here.
The telegram from MIR. Lovett read as
follows.
Tell the railroad officials for me that
according 10 the latest advices, the gen
eral Offices of the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company are still In Salt Lake
CITY This has. been addressed 10 Gov.
William SprT-
In addition to these. J. II. Pcarman,
district passenger agent for the West
ern Pacific. With headquarters at San
Francisco. being called on, rcad tele-
traffic manager OF the Western Paclnc.
and A. C. u. kcrrell. president OF the
Transportation club of San Francisco.
Bright Future for Railroads.
The Rev. Mr., Simpkin, William H.
Leary and Walter j. Sloan were called
upon and made short talks. Mr.. Simp-
kin spoke enthusiastically OF the work
the railroads are doing and OF their rn-
turc. He commended the railroad men
of the United States AS being thc bright
est, keenest, cleanest, most generous OF
men,
The control OF the railroads will not
pass 10 the government" he said "for
the people of this country are far too
wise to place the control OF our great
est industry in the hands OF any politi-
cal party.
The Rev. Mir. Short spoke on the sub
ject, The Relation of the Railroad Man
TO the Community"
During the banquet music was fur
nished BY the Beesley orchestra. with
Spencer Clawson and Charles Kent as
soloists, and as the closing number Of
the programme Prof. Kent sang Down
by the Old Mill Stream" In addition 10
the regular musical programme the nlu-
sjcians. joined by the members of the
club, sang numerous parodies that had
been arranged as take offs on those
present,