The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-06-28
TEXAS AND rAc,r,c RAILWAY.



Contamination ofGen. q. M. Dodge,
Chief Engineer of the Texas and Pa
citic Railway, the writer hereof was, on
Tuesday last, one Of Il small party who
went to the Eastern terminus of the
road The party consisted of General
Dodge, Governor J. w. Throckmorton,
George l.. Sands, Master Of Transport
taton, Major T.. W. Baylor editor of
the News, and the writer. We left the
depot nj half-past7 A. NJ, on engine No.
-, which was in charge of Mr.. Rus
SELL Master Mechanic of the road.
The first station made was Me2quit, in
the eastern part Of this county, and ut
present the shipping point for Scyene,
Haught's Store, etc Next, passing
through East. Fork Bottom and East
Fork of Trinity (which we found bank
full and running swiftly, we came to
Brooklyn, ~ new town which the rail-
road has brought into existence. Ten
O'Clock found us ut Terrell, also Il new
town which has just been laid of, near
the center of Kaufman county, and
destined to be II thriving town and the
shipping point for the towns of kauf-
man. Rockwell, Cedar Grove, and, in
fact, nearly all Of Kaufman county.
Already there are Il number OF build
ings put up and in course Of construc
ton, and every one we saw seemed to
be alive and active, rs though they
were getting ready fora large business.
TERRELL.
is prettily situated in the prairie, with
scattering small groves of post oak tim
Der, and is thirty-One miles east OF
Dallas. 1t is named ior r. A. Terrell,
Esq, an old citizen of Kaufman coun-
ty, and who, we believe, donated the
land on which the town is located.
Already, we learn, there is talk of
starting n paper in the place, and we
believe, from the preparations making
for building, paper will soon be
needed.
On Monday next, the Both inst, the
sale of lots in Terrell will take place,
and after that, improvements will go
on rapidly. The terms of sale are lib
eral and easy. A special train for the
sale will leave Dallas ut $50 O'clock,
Monday morning, returning after the
sale is over.
The road-bed Of the Texas and
Pacific has suffered II great deal by the
continued and heavy rains, but large
force of men are ON the road repairing
damages, and when it is ballasted, as
it will be, it will be one of the best
roads in the country. The track is laid
now about five miles beyond Terrell,
and track-laying is goingon at the rate
of one mile day. Gen. Dodge told us
that with fifteen days of good working
weather, he could close up the gap be-
tween here and Longview, about forty
five miles. 1t is certain that this gap
will be closed up by the first of August
and then we will have another all rail
route, connecting Dallas with the Older
States. n new passenger coach for this
end of the line has been ordered, and
will soon be here.
We remained in Terrell but ~ few
moments, rs The trip was merely one
of observation by the Chief Engineer.
General Dodge himself went out to the
end of the track with Mr.. Rowe, of the
construction company, while the bal
ance of the party mounted the engine,
and soon were speeding back towards
Dallas, which we reached Il little after
II o'clock.
We shall have more to say of Terrell
and its prospects after the sale, next
Monday.