Arizona republican., 1909-02-05
NOTABLE BUILDER
 0F THE NORTHWEST
DEATH OF THOMAS LOWRY AT
 HIS MINNEAPOLIS HOME.
It Occurred Yesterday Morning After
 Months of Weary Illness.

There are many in Phoenix who were distressed to learn yesterday by wire of the death of Thomas Lowry in his home in Minneapolis. Minn., yes terday morning. even though the fatal ending of his long illness has not been unexpected for sometime. He was as- sailed by the dread disease tubercu- losis, late in life and made a valiant fight against it, death finally ensuing as the result of an added affliction, paralysis, with which he was stricken several months ago. It is said or him that he was always cheerful even In his double misfortune and that almost to the last he was confiden. of ulti- mate recovery.
 While there are many in Phoenix, as in almost every city in the country. who knew him personally, there was an added interest in him here through the fact that he spent two winters in Arizona. The first was several years ago when Mr and Mrs. Lowry occu- pied one of the Barringer houses dur ing the winter. and last winter he spent many weeks at Castle Hot
 
 turning east His lung affection was not considered especially alarming un- til complicated by that even more fatal malady paralysis.
 Tom Isowery, for by that appellation he was known the country over, was one of the most notable men in the business world of America, a man of great achievement and of much wealth accumulated by personal genuis that gave, him the capacity for large un- dertakings and the instinct to apply his efforts where opportunity was most inviting Many with his oppor- -tunity would have accomplished much less. Many with his business genius lack his appreciation of opportunity. or have had their lines cast where they could not meet 1t. Personally he was of a jovial disposition, a good story teller and a popular club man. Within his familiar precincts which were chiefly the north and northwest, he was well known and highly regarded by almost everybody, rich and poor alike The world generally has rec ognized Tom Lowry and Jim Hill as the two greatest builders" in the northwest, even though their interests often clashed and they were hardly to be regarded as friends in a business way. It was largely the competing ambitions of the. two men that wrought the wonderful development of Duluth. Minneapolis, Minnesota and it may be said, almost the entire north west.
 Mir Lowry was born February 27, 1S43, in Logan county. Illinois. and was therefore 66 years old. He was edu- cated in the common schools with year at Lombard university. Galesburg and was married in 1870 to Beatrice M. Goodrich, in Minneapolis. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and prac- ticed in Minneapolis for several years finally buying the street railway sys- tems of St Paul and Minneapolis. which were improved and recognized as the Twin City Rapid Transit com pany, of which he has always been the president It Is the boast of these cities that thev have the finest city railway system of the country. the best service and the best equipment, the cars all being made to order in the local shops. It is country peculiarly favorable to the development of that