The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-07
A 'SPORT'IVE TRIP.
Sunday Spent in the o. laint
Old Town of Shreve-
port.
FOUND THE CITY BOOMING.
The Shops of the K. c, S. & O., a
Thing of Beauty and Will
Prove a Joy Forever For
That City.


That City.
The TEXARKANIAN reporter, in
company with Mr.. Frank Whitley,
generaLmanagel- and proprietor of
the street railr Dad of this city,
boarded Tex rk,aua q TT. Smith
passenger train for Shreveport yes
terday. When tue wheels of the
train began to revOlve, that was to
take us out of town, we made an in
ventory of our su rroundings and
found in the same coach the follow
ing well known TeXarkanians:
George Williams, recO Td clerk of the
road, Mrs. E. Green Toos, l. Soko-
losky, Walter Allen and wife, and
MIR. Alfred Bright of Little Rock.
"There we're others" we did not
know, but they all ha d tickets to
the same Mecca as oursel f.
When we had become ,;Omforta-
bly, seated and opened out a Ca
zette," (Arkansas) of course, con-
ductor Gus Burke came alo ng, and
in iocular way, asked us W hat ex
cuse we had to offer for being
caught on the "vestibuled high
flyer" We pulled out our creden-
tials in the shape of mileage book,
and when he saw our signature he
knew from the chiography that he
had ran up against pigment" and
had no more "truck" with us.
The first town OF any importa nee
on this road reached, was Bloom
burg. We counted eleven store
houses, one or two livery stables, a
blacksmith shop, and some three or
four swinging signs and "index fin
gers" were tackled upon several
houses, inviting the wayfaring man
to ABIDE there for a small remuner-
alton. Bloomburg is a swell town
and presents the best appearance
from the train of any village on the
road.
Ravana was next reached and we
noticed some six or eight business
houses at this place. 1t seemed to
be enjoying some of McKlnley's
prosperity" as we noticed that
several of the business houses had
been painted since we were last
through the place.
Rodessa, another village on the
road, showed signs of life and activ-
ity, and will some day be a good
trading point.
Mooringsport was next reached. |
1t is an old town on the south bank !
of Caddo Lake, and the quaint, lit |
tie low houses the architecture of !
which was so much in vogue some !
fifty years ago, can be traced in
most every house at this place, with
the exception of nice modern cot
tage now under construction.
Shreveport was finally reached, |
after a three hours run, aud the |
reporter aud Mr., Whitley wended !
their way to the City Hotel, where
we deposited our names on the ho-
tel register as a guarantee to the
clerk, that we would take dinner
with him, and then started out to
take in the city,
We found signs in all the show
windows of a prosperous trade, and
things all about and around showed
that Shreveport of today is not the
old mud-clogged city that it was a
few months back.
Among those whom we met that
we knew were Maj, O, c, Pennock,
II, p. Thomas, Henry Afford, Harry
Hill, Sam Abbot, Al, Campbell, Ed
Mason, Jake Ellie, Horace Randall
and others.
After dinner we visited the shops
of the H. c. S. g. G. road, and was
shown through them by Master
Machinist Albert Campbell, who
pointed out to us the different laths,
planers, cranes, drills aud other
pieces Of mechansms until we felt
of our head TO see If our wheel
was intact, The shops are immense
as also is the twenty stall brick
round house, the car sheds, coal
chute and Offices, aud all of these
buildings and tracks cover many
acres Of ground,
After looking over the yards, we
took the electric car back to the T,
city While waiting for the train
to bring us back, we were utroduc-
ed to COL Charles n, Cash, who is
an author, poet wit and orator, q
lie wrote several books during the {
campaign on finance entitled, Cash
vs., Coin" which brought him in
money as well as fame, He Is now t
connected with the 20, q O." rail {
road We found him a gifted con. "