The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
MIR. LOVEJOY's LIFE
Came to St. Anthony With His
Parents in 1854.

Came to St. Anthony With His
Parents in 1854.
Stephen B: Lovejoy was born at Liver
more, Me-, Jan. 10, 1850 Four years later
he came with his parents to St. Anthony.
Mr. Lovejoy's father, John L. Lovejoy, came
from line of ancestors engaged in ship
building and numbering When he came to
ST. Anthony he began the manufacture of
lumber with John L. Brockway, but died in
1860. ''.'' g.
The son, Stephen, when 16 years of age,
was sent to the Pennsylvania Military
academy at Chester, and the following year
to the Clinton Liberal Institute at Clinton,
N. Y. Upon returning to Minneapolis in
1868 he became messenger boy and corre-
spondence clerk for the First National bank.
Later he was made assistant bookkeeper, and
In 1872 head bookeeper. In 1874 Mr.. Lovejoy
took charge of the W. Hale & Co. -four mill
at Manomln, Mimi, and upon dissolution OF
the firm was elected treasurer and agent OF
the Mississippi & Rum River Boom company.
For eleven years he held this position. Later
for one term as the appointee of Governor
McGill, he held the position Of surveyor gen.
eral of logs and lumber.
From Its organization until the dissolution
In 1895 he was member of the milling nrm
of Lovejoy, Hinrichs & Co.
In partnership with John Woods, Mr.. Love-
Joy went into the railroad contracting busi-
ness. The partnership was dissolved IN ls92'
but the business was continued by Mr.. Love
Joy himself for several years. He was about
settling up the business when he recelVeo'
at the hands Of President Mckinley, the ap-
pointment postmaster to succeed F. u.
Holbrook He was reappointed recently by
President Roosevelt the term beginning aug
l. He was the second Minneapolis postmaster
to receive a. second appointment. he was
also the second incumbent to die IN once.
DR.. George H. Keith, who died July 1o' 1857,
while postmaster, was serving MS 'nlro
term.
Mr.. Lovejoy was a successful postmaster
He was accessible to- the public. His rela-
tions with the employees were congenlal' YET
the administration of affairs was hrm anu
just Many changes important to the WORK
ing force and to the public were orougnt
about directly by Postmaster Lovejoy or at
his instigation. His progressiveness Is shown
by the fact that he was the pioneer IN the
trial of automobile service for the colleo-
| t1on for an appropriation of $25o,0oo, which
first acts was to get the working force out OF
an ill-lighted and poorly ventilated base
ment He very soon secured the addition TO
the federal building, in which the mailing
division is now installed. The postmaster
was also active in securing a recommenda-
ton for an appropriation Of S250,000, which
building for the next decade. Many I'M
provements in the conduct of the business
of the postoftlce have. been put into effect
In Mr.. Lovejoy's period as postmaster, tseY-
eral important changes have taken place.
The ofice was raised TO the first or $4,000
class within year after he went into oh1ce
This raise was based upon receipts. Forty
two carriers have been added, sixty-two
clerks, two full stations and ten substations.
One of Mr.. Lovejoy's latest official acts was
to secure, through personal interviews at
Washington, the advance IN salaries OF many
of the clerks in the Minneapolis. office.
Since voting for Grant In 1872, Mr.. Love-
joy has been a republican. Although hold
ing few Offices, he has been prominent po-
litical force in the city, county and state. He
had peculiarly successful faculty as a cam
paign manager. He has been for years the
confdant and able lieutenant OF Congress-
man Fletcher. Mr.. Lovejoy was frequently a
member of city, county or congressional and
campaign committees. AS apointee Of Mayor
Ames in former administration, he was
member of the old water board. In 1895 he
was elected to the state legislature from the
thirty first district. He was instrumental in
passage of the law regulating child labor. He
was thirty-second degree Mason, Scottish
Rite, knight Templar and Noble Of tss Ays-
tic Shrine, Zuhrah Temple.
Mr.. .Lovejoy married In October, 1872, Miss
E. Louise Morgan, daughter Of the late Bri-
gadier General George N. Morgan. Three
children are living-Mrs. G. T. Chapin, Mrs.
Frank c. Hale and Marjorie Lovejoy.