In 1987, Southern Pacific competed in a series of corporate runs with other companies with a presence in San Francisco. Personnel from almost all of the Southern Pacific departments were members of the Southern Pacific team. Not only were the races fun for the participants, but they fostered new relationships within Southern Pacific and with those who worked for other companies in San Francisco.
Several years after the cyclone the House of the Good Shepherd found its quarters on Seventeenth and Pine somewhat crowded and plans were drawn for a new building. In 1900 it moved to the northwest corner of Gravois and Bamberger.