The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25


his old town became SO deep that q
few years ago he accepted the office
of superintendent of streets, a post
which paid him So day. 1t is esti
mated that Mr.. Rogers spent fully
100000 of his own money on the
streets and roads of Fairhaven. The
sewers and waterworks also were built
largely with his money. Last year he
carried his patronage to the extent OF
giving the teachers in the public
schools $1,000 each for their vacation.
He built beautiful three story Ma
sonic hall in the town and requested
that the lodge should be named after
Captain George H Taber, for cap
tain Taber,' said Mr.. Rogers, sis the
finest man ever knew. with. a heart
AS big as an OK and love enough for
the whole world" Among Mr.. Rogers
other philanthropies was the purchase
Of the old Lewis G. Morris homestead,
on Morris heights, for an orphans
home under the management of the
Church OF the Messiah.
Mr.. Rogers had come in for his share
of the trouble that has arisen for the
Standard Oil men out of the federal
and state agitation against the COM
pany. Mr. Rogers testified in the pro-
ceedings that were brought against the
company by the state of Missouri, and
he had said that he was ready to ap-
| pear as. a witness in other actions
whenever his testimony was needed.
y Mr.. Rogers was man of striking
appearance. He was also a man Of
great geniality. He was always fond
of joke and knew how to crack one.
He was once asked how he managed
to succeed SO well in the world. He
replied:
by working as hard as anybody /
ever saw or read about"
In 1897 Mr.. Rogers, at the behest of
representative Of the Danish gov
eminent. brought to the attention Of
the federal government the fact that
Denmark desired to sell to the United
States the Danish West Indies. The
outbreak Of the Spanish war stopped
the negotiations at that time. and this
brief connection Of Mr.. Rogers with
the matter was made the basis Of SEN
sational stories which had Mr.. Rogers
owning the United States senate.
Mr.. Rogers is survived by his wife
and four children-Henry Fl. Rogers,
Jr.; Anne, who became Mrs w. E..
Benjamin; Clara, whose first husband.
Bradford Duff. died four or five years
ago and who afterward married Ur-
ben Fl. Broughton Of Chicago. and
Mae, who also married twice.
Mr.. Rogers New York city home
was at 3 East Seventy-eighth street
The social organizations to which he
belonged included the Union League
club, the Metropolitan, Lotos. En-
gineers'. New York Yacht and Seawan-
aka-C orinthian Yacht. He was also a
member Of the American Fine Arts
and New England societies. the Amer
lean Museum Of Natural History. the
Municipal Art Society and others.
Here is the sort of talk that Rogers
gave to young men:
"Don't be pessimist. Believes in
yourself and your country. We are
entering upon an era of development
and prosperity unparalleled in the his
tory of the world. The young man
who realizes this fact is the young
man who viii succeed"
Mr.. Rogers was a handsome man.
Tall, 1.-THE, straight as an arrow, be
lowered far above the crowd any
where. His face was lean and clear
cut, the strong protruding jaw of the
fighting man attracting attention to
him at once. But the severity Of his
lower face was relieved by a twin.
king. merry blue eye and a lofty, be-
nevolent forehead.
IT have been hammered for years., -
Mr.. Rogers said recently. EVERY one
takes shot at Rogers at some time or
other in his life. OF course / don't
like it. The man doesn't live who does
not covet the esteem of his neighbors.
But what can do? Nothing that
could say would stop the torrents Of
4 abuse. So say nothing.
'sThe resources Of this great land
have only been scratched. The next
fifty years will see wonders In the way
of development that even we do not
dream of. That's why say to you
young men. don't be pessimistic. Get
into the fight and do a mans part
There never were so many opportuni.
ties as there are today. The great
trouble with our boys is that they
don't like work. They like to sit on q
high stool. wear high collar and ogle
the girls. The way to get along Is to
go to work. and by that mean so tt
work with your hands. No man ever
learned business in the office.
What does the president Of rail
road do with his son? Does he get hin
job In the office? Not much. The
boy goes into the shop and learns how
to do things worth while. Then after
he has shown that his hands win sup
port his head--that is. to feed htm-hs
is given a chance to show that his
head can support his hands.
"And another thing get married
There's nothing like good wife x
make a man hustle Just look arount
you. and you'll aud that nine out o.
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