The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08
From Sundays Daily Herald.l
ALONG THE LINE.
A Trip with Tom Scott and Party to
BrOOkStOn.
A Pleasant Time-SpeecheS by Scott
Thr0ckmOrtOn and Others.

party passed through this city, Friday
noon, on tour of inspection of
the lines of the Texas and Pa
cifc raiiway-the main line from Mar
shall to Dallas, and the Trans-Conti-
mental division from Sherman to
Brookston, Lamar county.
Colonel Scott had intended to have
spent several days at the main points
along both lines, such as Marshall,
Dallas, Sherman, etc, but having been
delayed over Il week, OH his return
voyage from Vera Cruz to Galveston,
and being due atPhiladelphia Oh We'd
nesday next, he was compelled to
make flying trip over the line, so as
to meet his engagements i'll that city.
The special car, "Pennsylvania,"
bearing the party, which was Joined in
this city by Colonel John Kerr, presi-
dent of the First National bank, and
the publisher of THE HERALD, left
Dallas at l:30 z. NJ, Friday, (being
Joined at Mckinney by Ex-Governor
j. w. Throckmorton and Charles Bah,
cock and reached Sherman at $3.50
o'clock. At Van Alstyne, the first
station south of Sherman, the regular
mail train of the Texas Central road
was met, from which committee
of gentlemen from Sherman was re-
ceived. The committee consisted of
f. W. Sumner, Esq, chairman, Rob
ert Randolph, Esq, 4. J. Crooks, Esq,
of the Sherman Courier, John Il. Dar-
nall, Esq, of the Sherman Patriot,
and Mr.. Martin, of the Sherman Reg
lister. These gentlemen, on boarding
the "Pennsylvania," through their
chairman, Mr.. Sumner, extended. on
behalf of the citizens of Sherman, II
cordial invitation to Colonel Scott to
stop and partake of the hospitalities of
their city. The colonel, in II brief ad-
dress, regretted his inability to do so
OH the present trip, thanked the COM
mittee, and through them the citizens
of Sherman, for the invitation, and
trusted that at some future day
he would be able to accept and par
take of their hospitality, and con-
cluded by assuring them of his ardent
desire to give them railroad connection
with the east, by the completion of
the Trans Continental division of the
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during the coming summer as possible.
He invited the committee to accom-
pany the party to Brookston, which
was accepted. At Sherman, though
the clouds looked angry and threaten
ing, there was large crowd at the
depot. After a brief delay to switch
of from the Central to the Trans-Con-
tinental the train was again Off and
OH the way east.
At Bonham the party was further
added to by Colonel H. w. Lyday and
Mr.. Grace, Oh behalf of the citizens of
that place, who came aboard in a
drenching rain, but were soon made
com Portable. Here, also, notwith-
standing the lowering clouds and
Jrenching rain, were assembled
at the depot large crowd of citizens
to welcome the party. Barely giving
these gentlemen time to board, the
train was Oft again for Brookston,
which place was reached after passing
the flourishing town of Honey Grove,
at about O'clock. During the whole
trip from Sherman to Brookston, a
distance of fifty-six miles, rain fell at
intervals in copious showers, but this
did not prevent Colonel Scott from
watching the beautiful country through
which he was passing, and with which
he seemed delighted. The fields of
cotton, wheat, corn, oats and other
cereals which bordered the road on
either side were looking fine, and the
colonel was evidently pleased with the
appearance of the country through
which he was passing. The Trans
Continental division of the Texas and
Pacific railroad, from Sherman to
Brookston, passes oyer some of the
finest lands in northern Texas-a
country susceptible of the production
of untold quantities Of grain, cotton,
tobacco, ETC., and all of which will be
opened up to the M markets of the world
by the completion of the road to Tex
arkans, and its connection with