Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-02-11

the young lawyer, it was not long be-
fore the rare personal qualities, that
won for Mr.. Lowry material success and
selves felt in the community, and within
tice. His nrst associate in business was
tab1ished p.rtnership in 1853. III This is con-
nection continued successfully until Judge
Young was appointed to the bench Of the
The energy and business acumen 81
Mr.: Lowrys mind soon extended his ac-
tivities beyond the boundaries Of his law
out r.n aBS b began t. fes her
saw the inevitable destiny Of the eity
and The t. be gained by th,
and active figure. The little town began
to assume the proportions Of city, and
Mr.: L9wrys imasination directed BY his
bilitfes. He gradually withdrew almost
entirely from the practice of law, and.
taking the savings that he had been en-
abled to lay aside, he fearlessly put them
into real estate, buying lots and bits OF
acreage here and there, selling to advan-
tage and putting the money thus gained
of the chief holders of and operators in
real estate in the Young city. He inter
ested Eastern investors and sold his
dence and suburban property, and his
name became known as a daring and sue
cessful business man.
Then came the panic of s73, which
worked as great havoc owing to GER
tain circumstances that are familiar his
tory, in Minneapolis as at any point in
the country. Here the rare qualities
in good stead as they have since at other
prosperity Of Minneapolis VA. apparently
Ml,{~ - a.. ~4A
M Lowry Sy saw beyond on the tn 81 SHADOW 70
the sunshine that its location and the
development Of the rich country Of which
i vas the center must bring again. &c
kept his hope and t.lth dlsins the dark TX
years Of 1874 to 1877.
IN the meantime other Miuneapolis citi-
enterprise, snall and feeble An it, In
fancy, and giving little apparent prom
ise of Its giant growth and strength.
This was g street railway - the ownes
Mr.: Lowry's interest WAS aroused IN tt:
little horse railway of few miles In
length as means Of bringing the then
the city. Interest in project meant, to
Mr.. Lowry, an exhaustive analysis Of ito
possibilities, and he soon became an
active member Of the newly organized
In 1879, the financial panic ended, Min
neapolis began the astounding civic de- 4
tFelOpIu6nL ana &fOWLn2 III business 6cIlV-
.ity and Importance that has never been
equaled, save by Chicago. by any city in
the world. Through all these wonderful
years ,h MI L. Lowry j, was rs leading figure
Minneapolis or by the Northwest. In the !
extension of his interests. particularly
those of the Twin City Rapid Transit
and the city of minneapolis This brought
him into intimate touch with the financial
eenters OF the iaas, an: any OF the OLD world,
ard his personal activities were of a mag
nitude to make Illln one OF the chief
agents in attracting worldwide attention
to Minneapolis Importance and manifest 4
destiny as the Industrial ces.ter of a
large portion of the Jllted S la s4,1uch
of the foreign capital that has gone into
the building of this city and its. sur
personal influence, and in Thousand di-
rect and indirect ways he has served his
city while serving himself and his imme-
date business associates. 455 t
5 i1is work brought him into close re-
lations, with Eastern capitalists, which
resulted in his Identifying himself with 4
New y. York club life Hs was q, member m
TAM Metropolitan, Lotus, Lawyers and
the New York Athletic clubs. and the
Chicago club of Chicago.
81 This company was at first regarded
merely as a means to an end; an In
strument to develop the real estate in 4
terests of the city But, as everyone
RVS fortune and became the enterprise
to which he devoted the best efforts OF
his most active and important years. i
as one Of the foremost street transit COM
panies in the world, covering several
cities and sending out long lines of sub
urban track, manufacturing and using
hundreds Of modern cars and giving en-
ployment to several thousand men. For
many years before his death Mr.. Lowry
was president and financial head OF this
Another great transportation enterprise /