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bpcn oi-(]eiT(l. but none of it will be delivered 

 inside oi^ thirty days. 



The eompany has secured the privilege from 

 the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company of utilizing 

 the old furnace engine house. Tliis is a brick 

 strucuire 101 I'eet in length by 24 feet in width, 

 with a wing on the north side IS by 24 feet. 

 The Consolidated people will construct a dry 

 kiln with dimensions of 135 by 21 feet, connect- 

 ing with the wing on the east side and extend- 

 ing some feet beyond the east end of the main 

 building. A boiler house will be erected on the 

 west side. 



Tracks will be extended to the east end of the 

 dry kiln building and all the lumber will bi' n- 

 ceivcd at that enl ranee. The kiln will have .i 

 capacity of od.iiOO feet. Edger. matcher, hand 

 resavv, end matcher, cut-off and twin saws will 

 all be in one room, from which the flooring will 

 pass directly to the warehouse. 



The managemi'Ut has not yet decided whether 

 to oiterate with steam or electric power, but all 

 of the drying will be done by steam coils. It is 

 claimed that green lumber will be thoroughly 

 dried in four days. 



Mayor Winter, who is a prominent stockholder 

 in the company, can take most of the credit for 

 securing the enterprise for Negauuee. It will 

 be of considerable commercial importance to 

 that municipality, providing steady employment 

 for from twenty to forty men in addition to the 

 Consolidated conipanj'"s present force. 



Several large tracts of maple stumpage have 

 been purchased by the company in the vicinity of 

 its mill and a supply of excellent stock is in- 

 sured for several years to come. Logging will 

 all be done by contract. The principal product 

 of the new concern will be maide flooring. 



The new plant will cost in the neighborhood 

 of $40,000. the bulk of which will be raised by 

 the sab: of rin.ooo addition.-d shares of stock 

 voted at the recent annual meeting held in Ish- 

 peming. There has been no dirticult.v in dispos- 

 ing of this issue as practically all the stockholders 

 have already asked for their allotment, and 

 many have expressed the desire to purchase any 

 shares that are uncalled for. The Consolidated 

 company is regular in its payments and Mana- 

 ger n. r. Bronson with his assistants handle 

 its affairs in a capable and efficient manner. 



borne, of the I'attington apartments, Graceland 

 avenue. Chicago. The ceremony was performed 

 at 4:30 in Francis I room of the Congress hotel. 

 l"he couple sailed on February 2 for an extended 

 European tour and carried with theiii the hearty 

 good wishes of their many friends. 



Taenzer Lumber Company, under which style 

 it has continued to the present. The elder mem- 

 ber of the Darnell family headed the new busi- 

 ness up to the time of his death, but of late 

 has not been actively associated in its affairs. 

 Mr. Darnell's demise will be the cause of sin- 



Fni;iii:ith'K .t.\mi:s .iioffri.s 



Marriage of Chicago Lumberman 



Frederick .T. .lefi'ris. the genial secretary and 

 treasurer of the Chicago Car Lumber Company, 

 with otBces in the Pullman F.uilding. Chicago, 

 was married on .lanuary 2G to Miss Gladys Os- 

 borne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,L Harrison Os- 



Obituary 



.loIIN- w. rOTIlCR. 



.lohn W. Potter of the lumber firm of Pot- 

 ter & Gardiner, Providence, It. I., died of ty- 

 phoid fever after an illness of two weeks on 

 Tuesday, .January 25, at St. Petersburg, Fla.. 

 where he had been spending the winter with his 

 w-ife. Mrs. Potter was with her husband at his 

 death and accompanied the body to the Potter 

 home, 4.51 Broadway, Providence, where the 

 funeral services W'ere held. 



Mr. Potter was one of eight children of the 

 seventh generation of his family in this coun- 

 try. Among his ancestors are numbered many 

 names directly connected with events of impor- 

 tance in the colonial history of New England, 

 and his father. Col. Isaac Potter, who died in 

 1902. was famous in Civil War times. 



The late John W. Potter after finishing his 

 course at Worcester Acadamy returned to the 

 home farm at Scituate, but soon went to Provi- 

 dence, where he engaged successfully in the real 

 estate business for several .years. In 1880 the 

 original partnership of Potter & Gardiner was 

 formed. .lames S. Gardiner beiug the first part- 

 ner. .\t his death Mr. Gardiner's son, Charles 

 C. Gardiner, became the ,1unior member of the 

 firm, this arrangement continuing up to the 

 present time. 



Besides his connection with the Potter & 

 Gardiner concern, Mr. Potter was chief execu- 

 tive of the L. II. Gage Lumber Company of 

 I'rovidence and Memphis and was connected 

 with the Crittenden Lumber Ounpany. operat- 

 ing in Arkansas. 



Mr. Potter was born December 31. 1S28, at 

 Scituate, and since young manhood had occu- 

 pied a prominent position in the business and 

 municipal affairs of that cit.y. His standing as 

 a business man had always been of the highest 

 and his reputation one of strict honesty and 

 integrity. Ho was twice married, and is sur- 

 vived by his second wife, .Vdelaide Stockbridge 

 Potter, and several nieces. 



I. M. Darxhix. 



I. jr. Darnell, president of the Darnell- 

 Tacuzer Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenu.. 

 succumbed to what was probably a stroke of 

 paralysis at St. Petersburg, Fla., Monday even- 

 ing, .January 24. Mr. Darnell had had several 

 such attacks and while this is not definitely 

 acknowledged to have caused his death, such 

 was probably the case. 



.Mr. Darnell began his active participation in 

 the lumber business in 1856, when he erected 

 what is said to have been the first circular saw- 

 mill in Owen count.v, Indiana. This mill was 

 successfully operated up to the time of the 

 Civil War. when its owner enlisted in the Union 

 forces, serving until he was wounded, in 1864. 

 The old mill was removed in 1S66 to Worthing- 

 ton, in the same state, and hero the deceased 

 remained for several years. 



The first Tennessee operations were begun in 

 1882, when a more up-to-date mill was con- 

 structed in Dyer Count.v. R. .T. Darnell .ioining 

 his father in the business. They continued on 

 that site for a year and removed to Lauderdale 

 County. H. Y. and W. S. Darnell, two other 

 sons, were made members of the firm two years 

 later, and in 1887 the first Memphis hardwood 

 yards of the concern were opened, although the 

 Memphis mill was not constructed until ei.ght 

 .years after. Following the withdrawal of the 

 first son, R. .T. Darnell, the firm united with the 

 E. E. Taenzer coi'poi'ation, forming the Liaruell- 



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DAliXELL 



cere sorrow on the part of his many business 

 and social friends. 



He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Emma 

 Darnell ; a sister. Mrs. .Teanette A. Branham, of 

 Spencer, Ind.. and the following children : H. Y. 

 Darnell. D.versburg ; R. .1. Darnell, W. S. Dar- 

 nell. Memphis : .Jennie Darnell, St. Petersburg, 

 Fla., and Mrs. Edward Hazeltine. Terre Haute, 

 Ind. 



The remains were taken to Terre Haute for 

 interment, all the members of the family be- 

 ing present at the services. 



February Meeting Cincinnati Lumbermen's 

 Club 



The Febrtiai'y meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Cincinnati was held at the (iibson House 

 Feb. 8, wdth the usual dinner. In line with the 

 announcements, the meeting was a lively and in- 

 teresting affair. During the dinner the guests 

 were entertained by the famous Smoketown Sere- 

 naders. the Pork (_'liops Band. 



The menu disposed of, and while coffee and 

 <-igars were bein,g passed, .J. IT. Baird of the 

 Southern Lumberman, guest of the evening, arose 

 and apologized to President Cliff Walker for 

 usurping his prerogative in calling the meeting to 

 order, but said that in so doing he was carrying 

 out the wishes of Jlr. Walker's hosts of friends. 

 He said that it had often been observed that, in 

 calling the meeting to order, Mr. Walker had had 

 to fish around in his i)0ckets and bring up a bone 

 handle, with a collection of blades of various 

 sizes and shapes on hoth sides, and a pruning 

 hook attachment on the end, with which he pro- 

 ceeded to rap the chinawarc, occasionally break- 

 ing it. Then, on behalf of his many friends 

 among the delegates to the late convention, and 

 in appreciation of his work in getting up the 

 greatest entertainment ever given a lumber con- 

 vention. Mr. Baird presented him with a hand- 

 some eb(my and ivory gavel as a slight token of 

 the appreciation in which President Walker is 

 held b.v. those who visited the city and the mem- 

 bers of the club. 



I'resident Walker thanked Mr. Baird and the 

 members in a few graceful words and immediate- 

 ly put the gavel into use by rapping for order 

 and announcing that it there were no objections 

 the minutes would be dispensed with. 



