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

the young lawyer, ii was not long be-
fore the rare personal qualities, that
won for Mr.. Lowry material success and
universal regard began to make them
selves felt in the community, and within
two tWo years he had built up large prac-
Judge A. H. Young, with whom he e.
tabished partnership in 1869 This con-
nection continued successfully until Judge
Young was appointed to the bench Of the
The energy and business acumen Of
Mr.: Lowry's mind soon extended his &C
practice, Minneapolis began to feel her
young strength aid the promise Of her
great future, and among the men who
say the nevitsbIe destiny Of the city
foresight, Mr.. Lowry was a prominent
and active figure. The little town began
to assume the proportions Of city and
Mr.. Lowry's imagination, directed by his
keen sightedness saw It's infinite posi-
bilities. He gradually withdrew almost
entirely from the practice of law, and.
ahled 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
into more property, until he became one
Of the chief holders of and operators in
real estate in the Young city: He inter-
eSleQ Eastern investors ana SOlQ MS
holdings to spectators in business. resi-
dence and suburban property, and his
name beca me known as daring and sue
Cessful business man.
Then came the panic of 1873, which
worked as great havoc. ow ing to GER
tain circumstances that are familiar his
tory, in Minneapolis as at any point in
the country. Here the rare qualities
Of Mr.. Lowry's mind and heart stood him
in good stead. as they have since at other
critical points in his career Though the
crashing about the ears Of its citizens.
Mr.. Lowry saw beyond the shadow to
the sunshine that it's location and the
development Of the rich country Of which
met every reverse philosophically and
kept his hope and faith during the dark
years Of 1874 to 1877. :, -.
7ers he'd brouGht into being an infant
enterprise, sinai, and feeble in it, in
fancy, and giving little apparent prom
Use OF Its giant growth and strength.
This was street railway. As the owner
Mr.. Lowry's interest was aroused in the
little horse railway of a few miles in
outlying districts" near to the center Of
the city. Interest in project meant, to
Mr.. Lowry an exha ustive analysis Of its
possibilities, and he soon became an
street car company.
In 1879, the financial panic ended Min
neapolis began the astounding civic de-
velopment and growth in business activ-
ty and Importance that has never been
euualed, save by Chicago. by any city in
the word Through all these won Ssrf
one which could i'll have been spared by
Minneapolis or by the Northwest. In the
extension of his interests; PARTICULARLY
company. he kept r're with the country
and the city of Minnta polls. THIS brought
him into intimate touch with the financial
ard his personal activities were of mag
nitude to make one Of the chief
asents in attrac ;n@ world wide attention
to Minneapolis impol lance and .lul.Aest
large portion OF tne UlAteu Sta.~a. -4uch
OF the foreign capital that has some into
rol,ndns country may be traced to his
pt rS0nnl influence, and in d thousand di-
rect and indirect ways he has served his
Guy while serving himself and his imme-
date business associates.
his work brought him into close re-
lutlons with Eastern capitalists, which
,esulted in his Identifying himself With
OF the Union League, Century, Manhat-
tan, Metropolitan, Lotus. Lawyers, and
the New York. Athletic clubs, and the
Chicago club of Chicago.
THIS company was at first regarded
merely as a means to an end; an in
strument to develop the real estate in
knows it laid the foundation of Mr.. Low
rvs fortune and became the enterprise
to which he devoted the best efforts Of
growing rapidly to its present position
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
company.
Another great transportation enterprise
which Mr.. Lowry was chief force IN
& Sault Ste. Marie railroad, Familiarity
known as the 500 There is no need
to go into detail regarding Mr.: Low
Development of this great railroad line,
amounting now to an important "sys-
tenn Wnen he became its president in
1880 it had 1888 miles of track. At the
present time it has 2,34O miles.
These two enterprises are those with
which Mr.. Lowry's name has been most
prominently and famlliariy t assoclat tS
story Of his manifold activities. No new
INDUSTRY that mas desired to enter the
:4ty. and that seemed to promise perma-
vain to Mr.. Lowry for aid. He believed
III minneapolis, loved her faithfully and
long, and has left upon her an impress
1t is impossible to write of Mr.. Low
rvs characteristics without noting his
difidence in regard to public acknowledge
ment Of his services to his city, state and
country, and his shrinking from publicity
for publicity's sake. This quality, while
it added to his personal charm. will make
. complete record Of his activities and
bensfactions impossible. These are en-
shrined in the hearts Of those who re-
= ceived them, and in the memory of his
ais. His recreations wsrc q the sinn.
plost, his home life ideally lovely ana
HE daily round among his intimate
friends and in society a. secluded and un.
Ment4 Of his important basinoos LIE, ssE