The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-03
4 NEW DA=PO.
dI MAY BE CONSTRUCTED Al
An EARLY DATE
roe the \icksburg, Shreveport anc
Racifc Railroads. Difference Oves
Scoop by Rival Papers.


sle Caucasian will admit that d has
no inclination to intermeddle in % o.
lnterJect its views in any controversy Or
difference arising between its contem-
porarles. the Times and che Journal,
but it can not restrain an expression OF
its enjoyment from she perusal of local.
neWsy articles, in which the journal
announced that The Nicksburg, Shreve-
port and Pacific had acquired from ehe
Shresepors Compress and Warehouse
Company valuable property in the two
blocks bounded by Market, Bake and
Marshall streets, and the tracks % che
tickshurg. Shreveport and Pacific. in
sluding the warehouse, property OF she
company, &C, excepting the machinery.
which is 60 be, sernovea and which
statement led che Times, in a igurative
sense. to jump on the Journal will. both
feet. The Times not only challenged the
allegations but dehed the alligator, VINO
has met the issue with fats, 60 which
the Times agrees BY the publication of
about the same matter which it an
nounced was incorrect and which led it
to an attempt to paraiyze che Journal
In this controversy there is a central
feature, around which the elements Of
discord gravitated, and that element is
MIR. Ford, superintendent OF the Clicks
burg. Shreveport and Pacific, who when
approached on the subject not only de-
MED dehantly the allegations but was
about % sis dows on Che alligator. And
now tor the sequence which is of gen
erai interest 20 the public. The facts are
that che Shreveport Warehouse and
Compress Company sofa on Friday q
the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
Railroad Company the unexpired Tease
on the property and all the lots owned
by the compress company q, the swo
blocks bounded by Market, lake, Mar
shall streets and the tracks Of the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Pacific Included
in the sale is also the warehouse Drop
erty of the compress on the east side Of |
Market street and djoining the railroad |
tracks. The amount paid by the railroad |
for this property and for the lease re-
ferred to was S67,5oo The money was
paid in cash, all the popers transferring
the title were signed up, and it is in
tended that the deed will be offered for
record at the istrict celrk's office this
afternoon.
Which transaction is Of record.
The next proposition is speculative
Of course it could not be expected that
Mr.. Ford who dehed the alligator and
1enied the allegations, in this case would
admit anything or give the minutest in
formation Or even an inkling of the
'uture, but any man possessing the
,rais1s of pea fowl will readily con-
:lude that the Vickburg, Shreveport and
Pacific investment is more significant
han a man full of prunes."s The last
nan on earth to whom the Caucasian
would ever apply for information is a
know nothing' or a know all'' con-
lected with railroad or express COM
ANY or corporation, who, standing on
he dignity of their position, would, if
hey could, sit down on" the newspaper .
nan except when he would have "a bou-
uet," and who as a rule soar, in their
wn esteem, SO far above the common
erd that man possessing less than a
Million or 'diked out in tinseled tog .
cry should feel hattered in any con- .
ascension which these self-infated dig .
itaries would concede in their recog-
ition and sometimes circumscr1bed
lviity But it is unfortunate that some
len can not be purchased at their. self
stimated valuation and resold at their
ea1 worth Indeed there would be
larked difference such as astOunded {
nd made speechless "Humpty Dumpty' ,
hen he tumbled from the wall. But to
le proposition speculative. As alleged,
lere may be depot, regular passen-
er "dapo" which may cost 5, but
eing speculative we would hesitate to
anne or even intimate the amount.
[owever, from our point of view we
ave enjoyed immeasurably the little
fference in the statements of the two
ewspapers, but fact is fact, and
othing on earth can distort fact when {
,plied to logical reasoning and positive
,nclusions. The Journal in this in