. The Street railway journal . The entire procession was over half a mile long. leaves a widow and two children, twelve and four yearsold, respectively. It is probable that few street railway managers have so fullywon the confidence and affectionate regard of their employees asM. K. Bowen. When he became superintendent of the ChicagoCity Railway in 1891, it was determined by the employees, thena rough, heterogeneous mass of men of all nationalities, andpractically all members of labor unions, to make the new super-intendents work ashard as possible, and,in fact, to run himout of town.
. The Street railway journal . The entire procession was over half a mile long. leaves a widow and two children, twelve and four yearsold, respectively. It is probable that few street railway managers have so fullywon the confidence and affectionate regard of their employees asM. K. Bowen. When he became superintendent of the ChicagoCity Railway in 1891, it was determined by the employees, thena rough, heterogeneous mass of men of all nationalities, andpractically all members of labor unions, to make the new super-intendents work ashard as possible, and,in fact, to run himout of town. Insteadof accomplishing this,the unruly elementwas weeded out, and astrong and coherentbody of employeeswas formed, whichquickly came to lookupon Mr. Bowen asan absolutely fair-minded, straightfor-ward man, on whosesense of justice theycould rely and whosemagnificent ability asan organizer andmanager they couldadmire. Mr. Bowenhas rarely failed incarrying out any plandirectors recognized histhe position of superin- Personal. M. K. BOWEN which he had at heart, and hisservices by advancing him from tendent to that of general manager, and eventually of presi-dent of the company—a company, one of the strongest and mostprosperous in the United States. It is characteristic of the manthat when early on Saturday morning he knew that the operationmust be performed, and realized as others did not that the resultof his long struggle of years against disease was likely to be fatal,he put aside his own pain and trouble fong enough to send forSuperintendent Nagle, of the Chicago City Company, to whomhe gave some final directions concerning its management, andbade farewell. Mr. Bowen was a man in the prime of life, being but forty-oneyears of age. His father was Gen. John S. Bowen, a graduateof West Point, and his grandfather. Pierre Menard, first Lieuten-ant-Governor of Illinois. He was educated at St. Louis andWashington Universities, and at the age of nineteen, entered theGovernment ser
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