Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-04-14
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WILLiAM MAvOR.


new City Council. will, Il In claimed,
have strong backing for the Repub.
lican nomination for Mayor next
spring. The Thlrty.secOnd Ward Al.
derman's political career began In the
City Council. and thus fur has been
confined to It. lie has served four
years, and In that time has made u
clean and cnviablc record. For some
time he Inns been one Of the Repub-
licnn leaders of the Thirty second
Ward, and In now considered the leader
Of the Republican majority in the Coun.
ell. 1t was Aid. MavOr who was Nc.
lccted nv chairman Of the committee
which In turn appointed the nonparti.
san committees Of the list Council.
Later he was made chairman Of the
committee on railroads, In which posi.
tlOn he directed the fight against the
Northwestern Elevated. The result OF
this battle was q victory for the city.
Aid. MavOr comes Of Scotch stock
! and was born In Aberdeen In 1SiS. In
1867 he came to the United states
alone. He had received a common
school education and had learned the
carpenter trade under his father. As
noon nv he landed In New York he NO.
cured work az u carpenter. and tOiled
steadily for ono year. Having saved
money enough nc started for the West.
where. he believed, his fortune was to
he made II made ut all. He got az fur
as Lake County, where two years more
were put In ut the carpenters bench.
Young MavOr then drifted to Chicago.
where he worked until the big fire
swept away the greater portion Of the
city. This fire gave him the idea which
resulted In eventually making him one
Of the most influential builders In the
city.
Looking ut tho ruins OF the city. Mr..
MavOr realized that Il great deal Of
building would have to be done In u
short time. Tho very next night after
the fire he went Into the contracting
business. He found plenty Of work to
do. and az he always did It well. pros.
perity ana Il growing business were
soon HIS 1t II this ability to seize OPP
pOrtunitics that has enabled Aid. Ma.
vOr to bring success to nearly every
thing that he has undertaken. Nearly
four years ago he organized tho com.
pany Of which he IL now President.
During the building Of the Worlds Fair
he secured his proportion Of the work.
constructing In its entirety the agri.
cultural building and several smaller
buildings.
The Masonic Temple. the Armour III
stitute, many large apartment buildings
and hundreds of houses In every pOr.
ton Of the city have been erected by
AID. MavOr. His home IL ut 100 Oak.
wood boulevard and his office ut 1917
Dearborn street. Many years ago hcsaw
the future Of real estate In Chicago aud
Invested largely In property In Hyde
Park. Upon II great portion Of this
property he built houses. For some
time he was President of the Cottage
Grove Building and Loan Association,
u director Of the Oakland Club ana of
the Building and Trades Club. He IL
also q prominent member of the Build
ers and Traders Exchange, and has
gained u reputation for fairness In tho
treatment Of the large number of men
In his employ.
Aid. MavOr takes an active interest
In the Masonic fraternity and In the
Knights Templar, and IL member Of
the Hamilton Club. In 1872 he mar
rled Mary II. Strang. the daughter of
u Lake County merchant, and they
have II family of five children, four Of
whom are girls.