The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-11-20
THE GOSSIPER

L am sorry that Mr. Miner has
Cocided to sever his connection with
e Brownsville Road" said Sam
Robertson to The Gossiper at the Mil
Ter this morning. He has done great
work for the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley and his friendship has been of
incalculable benefit to all of this sec
ton. He knows the conditions here,
he knows the people, and in encour-
aging development he has been fac
tor that will be missed by everything
and everybody in the Valley. I was
anxious to see him reconsider his de-
termination to resign as vice-presi-
dent and general manager of the
road, and was disappointed when he
wired the Commercial Club here that
circumstances made it necessary fr-
him to stand by his determination.
He is not only one of the best rail-
road men in the State, but he is also
a great developer, as the country
traveTsed by the Brownsville road
will testify. 1 regret to see him quit
us, but wherever he may go, he will
take with him my best wishes.
don't know his successor, Mr.. Rod
gers. but the least | can hope for him
is that he will continue the same lib
eral and progressive policy toward
the Valley that has ever been fol-
lowed by Mr.. Miller" When asked
about the new railroad he is building
under contract, Mr.. Robertson said
work was progressing as fayorably as
he could wish and that there was
capital enough behind it to insure its
ultimate and successful completion.
What do l think of the Valley of
the Lower Rio Grande?" said Col J.
Hampton Sullivan to The Gossiper as
he sat on the gallery of the New Mil
Ter Hotel this morning lazily smoking
a good cigar and enjoying the balmy
springlike weather so peculiar to
this favored section. What do
think of the Valley?" he repeated
slowly between puffs of soothing
smoke; why l think it the garden
spot of the world and / wish l owned
it. have visited many socalled
best sections of the United States,
but in my opinion none of them can
compare with this in climate and fer
tility of soil. / cannot even imagine
a more delightful country in which
TO live. and life must be something
of a blissful dream down here, where
the flowers never cease blooming,
where the birds never grow tired of
singing and where you have spring
time in mid-winter | shall take an
auto ride up the Valley today with
Mr.. Smartt and when l return I will
be better prepared to answer your
question as to what | think of the de-
velopment that is going on in this
section. | came down last night. and
as it was dark when we reached the
Valley, of course l cOuldn' see much
from the car window. / am going
to see it all. however. and which |
must do to be convinced that the
wonderful development stories they
tell me are true. Col. Sullivan IS
none other than the gentleman who
for years has done the chief editorial
work on the San Antonio Express. He
is a Mississippian by birth, an editor
by profession, a bachelor by choice
and a Texan by adoption. He is
strong on society, long on brains and
two degrees removed (the good way
from the John Garner style of beauty
No man is more popular in San An
tonic socialdOm than Col. J Hamp-
ton Sullivan, and if he can be per-
suaded to linger a few weeks n
Brownsville The GOssiper feels as
sured that Mayor Fred Combe and
Dr. Harry Loew, bachelors like him
self. will see that society takes him
to its bosom and crowns him with a
wreath of roses whose fragrance will
be as sweet, but not as dangerous, as
that of the magic lotus of the Nile.
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