The Iron Age 1880-01-08: Vol 25 Iss 2

‘The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Vol. XXV: No. 2. —_— New York, Thursday, Janitary 8, 1880. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. 84.50 a Year, Including Postage. Stngle Coptes, Yen Cents. Management of Steam in Factories. (Concluded. ) Before continuing our description of the boilers and steam fittings in use in the factory of Messrs. Bliss & Williams, we desire to cor- rect an error which occurred in the early part of the article published in last week’s issue. In asserting that the apparatus was designed especially for hard coal, we inad- vertently omitted after hard coal the worés, ‘‘and coke.” Messrs. Bliss & Williams are at present using the apparatus with gas coke exclusively, as will be seen by the continu- ation of the article below. Steam having been obtained in the most economical manner, the next important points demanding attention are the methods by which it is to be distributed and used, In the case in hand all the steam is taken to the engine, and, with the exception of the small quantity of steam taken to the office radiators, all that is used for heating is ob- tained by utilizing the exhaust. A 3%-inch pipe carries steam tothe engine. This pipe is protected by some 2 inches of felt and paper, so that the external diameier of the pipe is rather more than § inches, The ar- rangement of the layers is similar to that shown in Fig. 6. With such a thickness FREE EXHAUST To AIR | HEATER DRIP | | other is placed in the ground under the en- gine-room floor, to answer as a tank from which the pump draws its supply of water for feeding the boiler. The drip pipe from the coils, seen near the center of the old boiler, brings all the | water of condensation from the steam pipes, radiators, coils and steam apparatus in the factory. supply. The main steam pipe has a drip which drains all the water which may be formed in it during the night. Into this drip are brought the pipes ieading from the cylinder cocks, and the pipe is then led into the boiler. The exhaust leaves the engine ina thickly- jacketed pipe and goes into a heater, shown on the lert in Fig. 5, which has 48 feet of This is its chief source of | | pressure will distribute steam through about 1600 feet of properly constructed pipes, while scarcely any observable pressure will | be needed to drive it through rooo feet of | 4-inch pipe. Usually men working at the bench make |}much complaint that steam heat is unccm- |fortable. The hot air rising from the pipes strikes the underside of the bench and }escapes upward at the edge, just at the | point where the workman is standing. The | result is that the lower part of the body is kept in a constant perspiration and in gen- | eral discomfort. The bench adopted by Mr. Jordan, and | Shown in Fig. 8, does away with this trouble, while it is at the same time a first-class bench. Along the outside wall is placed a 4 by 4-inch stringer, A in Fig. 8, held in place chief export to the United States was coffee, valued at $30,000,000, Of the 1456 foreign vessels entering the harbor at Rio, only 171 were American. Roach’s line of steamers is the only one plying regularly between the United States and Brazil The Canadians have made arrangements for a line between Halifax and Rio. An exhibition of Cana- dian products is to be opened at Rio de Janeiro next June.”’ — Copper Rolling Mills for the Coast. The Mining and Scientific Press publishes editorially the following plea for the build ing of copper rolling mills at San Francisco, California : There has never been a period during the Pacific speedy and economical character of the transit to them, wou!d also conduce to a stil] greater activity in the mining department. No one rolling mill would be able to work up all the metal that would be produced this industry once inaugurated, other mil!s would be called into existence to work up the accumulating copper. Nor would this be de trimental to the first in the field. The copper consumed on the Pacific coast would demand the full working capacity of several mills to supply the needed quantity. ven if an ex- cess over the home demand should be pre duced, the inter-continental markets would be open to the producers, and they could le supplied at lower rates from this section then from elsewhere, on account of the facilities of production and the difference in freig).t charges. 14-inch pipe for heating the feed water. It then rises in a 5-inch pipe to the roof, where | by bolts passing through the wall and se- it is turned over so as to exhaust into the | cured on the outside by star washers, B. On small boiler, from which a drip leads down | these are bolted cross pins, whose outer Sheathing metal could be sold at San Francisco at a much less price than now rules, and afford a fair business profit to th» manufacturer. A reduction in its pric: existence of the mining industry of the Pacific slope in which a more propitious time could be found than the present for the to the old boiler tank under the floor. Half way up the pipe is a stop valve, and just below it a branch which leads to the coils | in the main building. The pipe as far up as the stop-valve and the branch which leads to the radiators have a very thick covering of felt, asbestos, &c. The arrangement of the clothing is shown in Fret e” pipe 3g” ENGINE 16”X 34 TRAP DOOR LEADS \TO SEWER \\ TOBLOWLOFF PIPE Fig. 5.—Arrangement of Pipes and Tanks to Save Hot Water. of covering the loss of heat from such a pipe would be a mere nothing, not amounting to more than 8 or 10 per cent. of that of a bare pipe. Having got the steam to the engine, the supposition is that in the engine itself it will be used with the greatest economy. If we increase the back pressure for the purpose of heating, it is because it is more convenient to use the low pressure steam thus obtained than it would be to take in steam from the boiler. Low pressure steam, it is very generally admitted, is much more desirable for heat- ing purposes than that of a higher pressure and temperature. It throws less strain on the joints and cocks, and can be made by condensation to give out all the heat that is needed. It is easy to see that there is some economy in putting a few extya pounds of. back pressure upon the engine, and taking the whole of the exhaust for the heating. To do this with the greatest economy, the whole of the drip must be returned to the boiler, and we find that not a drop of water is allowed to escape that can by any means carry any heat away with it. The first requisite in saving all the hot water produced is to have a large and well protected tank. The factory being located in the midst of the boiler and machine shop district of Brooklyn, it was found that the cheapest tanks to be obtained were old boil- ers. Twoof these were bought for a price but little exceeding their value as scrap. At the present moment they would probably sell for more than they cost. Fig. 5 shows how these boilers were placed and the general arrangement of the steam’ and drip pipes in the engine room. The smal! one on the roof acts as a drip gud condenser for the exhaust, while the | ends rest upon the posts D, 4 inches square, in the usual fashion. Three-inch plank, laid upon the outer one, is 14 inches wide and of | hard wood ; these complete the bench. At the back a board, 6 inches wide, finishes the bench and leaves a space of 5 inches between the back of the bench and the wall. This space is shown at E. The heated air, in- | STOP VALVE Fig. 6.—Section of Exhaust Pipe and Jacket. MANAGEMENT OF STEAM IN FACTORIES. stead of flowing out in a stream against the ‘upon them. establishment of rolling mills for the produc- tion of the various marketable forms of copper. The workings of the copper mines of the world have heretofore produced so large a supply as to greatly exceed the demand, and the result was seen in the re- duction of the price, which placed a check But the demand has so greatly 2 INCH PIPE IWPIPES COIL increased, owing to the enlarged require- | would lead to an enlarged consumption ; the same might be said with truth in regard to bolts, rivets and nails. The factories and mines of California consume a large amount of rivets for their belting, and their sale alone would be a leading feature in the trade. — o Fig. 8.—Steam Coils Under Benches, The field is a wide one, and as the ind l Fig. 6. The inside layer is asbestos; then comes a thick layer of hair felt. This is wrapped in paper and another layer of felt legs of the workman while a descending draft of cold air from the windows cools ment for articles of copper, both in the arts | tries thrive and the population of the far and in domestic uses, that the price has | West increases, there must bea correspond already advanced over 40 per cent. for ingot | ing increase in the demand of manufactured put on outside. Paper and canvas inclose the whole. The pipe is 5-inch, but the out- side diameter of the whole amounts to 12 inches. Through such a body of non-con- ducting material, heat passes so slowly that it may almost be said to be impervious. When it is desired to heat the building the exhaust is turned to the coils by shutting the stop-valva seen in Vig. 6. From the time that the steam leaves the engine room, the drip is all carried forward. With rare ex- ceptions both air cocks and drips from the coils lead into the return pipes, so that there is no annoyance of blowing off steam into the building. The main distribution of the steam in the factory is made upon the under side of the second floor, each system of coils having a single rising main to itself, arranged so that it may be cut off at pleasure from the others. Most of the coils are made in about 100-foot lengths. On one side of the build- ing, however, there are doors which neces- sitate the breaking in two of some of the coils, Fig. 7 illustrates how this is done, as well as the manner in which the coils and details of the pipes are arranged. The sec- tions on each side of the door are made in- dependent, although the one on the right is fed from the other. There are in all about 4000 feet of 11-inch pipe in the coils. The contents of the building to be heated is 265,000 cubic feet. The distribution of the steam is begun with 4 inch mains, which are reduced as the extremes are reached. Large sizes of pipes are used with the especial pur- pose of reducing the back pressure upon the engine. It is calculated by those who make steam heating a study, that five pounds the upper part of his body, meets with from the window QG, giv- without any Incidentally, there is a gain in having more light under the bench, which is, on that account, less likely to have a rubbish heap beneath it out of the way The holes nec- essary for holding the stringer were made the cold air ing a very disagreeable results. pleasant heat and out of sight and reach. by building pieces of iron rod into the wall at the proper hight and withdrawing them before the mortar was hard. The duty performed by this boiler and heating apparatus in this factory is very satisfactory. We have not accurate figures which would enable us to institute a com- parison between the economy attained here and that commonly obtained, but we know that the expense account is small. The whole cost of steam power. including engi- neer’s wages and five chaldrons of coke, amounts to a little less than $4.50 per day— a figure so small as to leave but little mar- gin for further saving. ] a Trade with Brazil.—The United States Consul-General at Rio de Janeiro, in a dis- | patch dated November 29, 1879, transmit- | | ting the annual report of the trade of Brazil, |says: ‘The traders from the United States, who arrive by every steamer from New copper, that being tha form in which the metal is put upon the market, and from which all subsequent forms are produced. The copper mines of this coast are now being brought into activity, and those now worked are producing an ample supply for extensive rolling works. On this score there need be no apprehensions of an insufficient yield to keep more than one large establish ment fully employed. Prominent among the copper mines of the Pacific coast are the San Francisco Copper Co.’s mine; the Battle Mountain mine; the Newton copper mine ; the Eagle copper mine, and several others. The San Francisco can produce about 60 tons per month of precipitated copper ; the others could probably be wrought up to a similar quantity, if not to a greater amount, | Besides those named there are many mines | that would be worked to advantage if there | was a home market for the copper or for the ore. The expense of sending the ore abroad tu be reduced to metal has been, and still is, so great as to amount to a prohibition of shipping it, except in choice lots of ex- ceptionally rich ore. Low grade ores would entail a loss tothe shipper who should send them abroad ; while if reduction and rolling works were established at some central point, even the moderate profits which accrue to the miners from their sale would be a York, manifest industry and enterprise. | sufficient inducement for the continued de- The imports from Great Britain during the last year amounted to about $12,000,000 ; from France, $6,000,000, and from the United States, about $4,000,000. Of the 453,734 barrels of flour imported, 394,954 barrels were from the United States, The velopment of the mines, more especially | when the hope of obtaining a higher grade of ore was at all reasonable. The better | price which they would obtain by the sale of | the mattes, or of the precipitate, at the re- copper. This branch of industry presents unusual attraction for the investment of capital, not only from the certainty of sale of its manufactures, with an increasine market, but also from the fact that the ir - trinsic value of the material used cann: t deteriorate while the goods are on hand . — A Large Steel Steamship.—The Inman Steamship Company have awarded to the Barrow Shipbuilding Company the contract for the building of the City of Rome, which is intended to be the finest and the larvest ocean steamship afloat, excepting the Great Eastern. ment, and to be constructed of steel upon the cellular or double bottom system, with two longitudinal bulkheads through th boiler and engine spac®s, and eleven tran verse bulkheads. The dimensions are to he 546 feet in length on the keel, 590 feet lon, over all, 52 feet beam and 358 , feet depth from the main deck, She will have four iron masts, three funnels three pairs of i; verted direct-acting compound engines, ejv}.t boilers and 48 furnaces, with an estimat: dl speed of 18'f knots an hour, bavinga por of 8s00 horses. The saloon and stateroom, are to be luxuriously furnished, There w il be accommodations for 300 saloon and over 1000 steerage passenzers. She is to be of 8300 tons measur _ lo Dr. Percy, the veteran lecturer on meta! lurgy, has resigned his professorship at the Royal School of Mines, London, apparently because he objects to the removal of the |duction works, combined with the more | institution to South Kensington, SH 0 oe TH S$ _ eS te ~ ~ . enn + — tonne ee AE ce ET — ——<A © @umas —- _—_—.* STs nar == = Ty CRC «25 January 8, 1880. THE IRON AGE. 2 ___ ets. Pietats. __ Blive, exe ag ANSONIA The Piume & Atwood Sle BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. Mfg. Company 4 | ° ’ PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, President & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary. SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury Brass Co. IN CAPITAL, - -« $400,000. German Sil ye ver and Gilding Metal Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Sheet, Rojl and Platers’ Brass, ; S WORCESTER, MASS. Seamless Brass & Copper GERMAN SILVER, Copper Rivets and Burs, y ' . Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, r D R A VW - R S Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, Kerosene Burners, . Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms.} COPPER RIVETS & BURS, Lamp Trimmings, &o. | Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering, PURE COPPER WIRE BRASS KETTLES, F MANUFACTURERS OF For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered.| Doo Rail, Brass Tags, 80 Chambers Street, New York. IRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal Street, Boston. r. Of Every Description ANSONIA * REFINED POWDER FLASES, 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, dc. Rolling Mill, | Factories, THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. A SPECIALTY MADE OF And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods and Wood’s Paper Shot Shells. INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO. IMPORTERS OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, Bridgeport Brass Co., GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, mis At | Sheet and Roll Brass, if AND PUMP CHAIN. DEPOTS: TIN PLAT E, 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, . : ROOFING PLATE, [189 Eddy St., Providence, R.1. Conn. | Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, i eta 2 ( ( E: ST. LOUIS OFFICE; 3 SAG r : 27 Cliff St, 707 No, Second = is uk OF als Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. SCOVILL MFC CO Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and a weep Wire & Lantern Works, manufacturing Metal Goods. Warehouse, MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, ~ 45 Fulton St., New York, PICTURE HOOK. Werranted to hold 100 Ibs. » Conn, 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Manufactured only by BRASS, Manhattan Brass Con! Harrison Wire Company, Jax HINGES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. sae ssn ie HOWA RD & MORSE, Manufacturers of Tuos. W. Fitcu, Cuas. Fisu, Prest. and Treas. Secretary. MANUFACTURERS OF All kinds of Solid brass, priee, $4 per gross, less 25 % discount. THE NEW HAVEN COPPER CO., PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. . Brass, Copper & Tron DEPOTS, FACTORIES, 09401 uae Sel, ¥ re ie 255 Pearl Street, New York. IRON & STEEL WIRE Wire Cloth, HY 183 Lake St Chicago, New York City, Manufacturers of and Dealers in an Seinainieiseatnttieaiin Cite oH ee CP x EN & CO. } Wire Mill Specialties. Gaetb, Gnte & tatireol a) DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO, 'Braziers’ & Sheathing| Wire xin Spe a oe ’ * da , 9 5 % Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper,| COPPER. (Holmes, Booth & Haydens, justable Globe Mand Lan Ss Wire, Zinc, Ete. ; mavennuny.'eoum tern, Desk & Office Rall. SK 80 & 81 CUM Ste, cor, Fulton, Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, rman Or a ing. eee sane a DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool, new yorK.| Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, &c. | 49 chambers st. 38 Wederel St. ana ra wire Went Orna- ps xt ence, ™~ e Manufacturets of all kinds of Established 1837. Incorporated 1876. WATERBURY MFC. CO., WATERBURY, CONN. Brass and Plated Safety Chains, Bath and Basin Chains, Brass Nuts and Washers, Special Brass Work. Correspondence invited. Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Wasiheuee Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. ar 117 Liberty Street BRASS & IRON | JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. | THE JOHN n ROEBLING’S SONS C0,, German Silver Spoons, MANUFACTURERS OF SILVER PLATED FORKS &SPooNS,, WIRE ROPE) .,....:.22> |Lron and Steel Kerosene Burners. &c. egg ee | Steel and Copper Telegraph Wire, WIRE JOHN DAVOL & SONS, ” ef p Holsting aie of all Market Wire, Brooklyn Bras a and Copper Co., kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Market Wire, Fence Wire Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Vineyard Wire. Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, New York Office AND Brass and fron Jack Chains, Silvered, Nickeled and Gilt Chains, Chisel Handle Ferrules, Brass Machine Screws, Manufacturers, iegense rs and Dealers, Wholesale and Retail, N. & G. TAYLOR CoO., Philadelphia. ESTABLISHED 1810. IN PLATES. A specialty for sizes used in the manufactureof| NW. & G. TAYLOR Co. Can make any size kinds of eee Soon Sheet Tin, Roofing Tin, Milk Cans, &e. wi si SSL Steet Lead: Ingot Copper, "toi, Lend, The, | "geenenticn uekace beiten, a ee _Sen or our spec al prices and list of s ’ ry ceases sea eictne en =e Metals. CALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. ABRAM 8. HEW atu, President. JAMES HALL, Treasurer. ines owe cui (PASSAIC ZING CO.| IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE eres For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, MANUFACTURERS OF [RON and STEEL WIRE OF ALL CRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED; Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun- Screw and Charcoal fron Wire} Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. Represented in New York by COOPER, ‘HEWIT® & & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Pure Spelter CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. R Address, HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. Cartridge Brass, Gas 0 SS re ee oe eee ‘ourmevonx IFELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Galvanizers & Brass Founders. Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'lAgents |PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, 4ond 7p 7-ply Grand, Shapies, &e. odiaatin. and Oiled Fencing round and ova WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. governments. The a house in the branch on the Con- opp ed, mmealed | § T E F L Bright, © 89 GUN ‘scHEW WIRE. ‘ontractors to the German and Foreign Of all mses OF al mace irsightaned and and cut to order. eit Telegraph Address, CARLS WERK, COLOGN i 2 ee B Liberty Street, N.Y. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF BRODERICK & - BASCOM, QRAY ENAMEL WARE. IRON . WIRE ROPE. QC WIRE ROPE. ret g se Ue | eae, i WIRE, | HOLLow ware. atty thie This is the most durab! Lin th k . TROY, N. ¥. Of ge and Warehouse, 78 Beekman St., Ne 800 N. Main St.,@ ee eee SOL Stereotype, importers of B ad, Spelter, and allt kin a Street, bet wee Ss. P. O. Box 134 Manufact Hardware, Kerosene e Late Orders sent di mediate profits, R. SE Dealer j Tin Plate, _ 4 ar ' re, re, cing on- Ons only January 8, 1880. ‘& ee a cae in SS 0. LINDEMANN & CO. Manufacturers of Japanned, Brass and Tin-Plated do rAUA\ Al BIRD CAGES. ct Being the in- p77 777/77 ventors and patent- ees of BRIGHT METAL Mtr ni CaGes, constructed ~ are enabled to sell our Brass and Tin- Plated Cages cheap- er than any other without solder, we | 1 | snail | manufacturers. | | | 4 } | — 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK, ! CARY «& MOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. SAGAS LI fa. ~ a _ — ~ ~ ~ ~ bent — bond ~ ~ ~ ~ on Pal ~ a heal ~ re) > S S b Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered ‘and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. | 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - ey in i cA BY eet ae mT CHESTS, CUPBOARDS, DESKS, BOXES, DRAWERS, Ete. Office and Works: Salesrooms: 36 Pearl St., Boston. MADE ONLY BY THE YALE LOCK MFC. gee STAMFORD, CONN. 53 Chambers St., New York. 506 Commerce St., Philadelphia CHESTS, CUPBOARDS, DESKS, BOXES, DRAWERS, Ete. beeee WIRE RAILING Ornamental Wire Works. DUFUR & CO., No. 36 Nerth Howard &t., Baltimore. Manufacture WIRE RAILING for Cemeteries, Balco- nies, &c.; Sieves, Fenders, Cages, Sand and Coal Screens, Woven Wire, Iron Bedsteads, Chairs, Settees, &c. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of MONITOR TIN PLATE WORKS, S64 Cliff Street, New York Manufacturers of LARGE TINNED SHEETS for DAIRY and OTHER PURPOSES, COTTON CANS, and all special sizes, shapes, gauges and qualities, from 10 to 40 inches wide, 1° to 96 inches long. Guaranteed Equal in Every Respect to Best Imported. CONDIT, WICK & CO., Brass, Gilding Metal, cop- ON Manufacturers and Merchants, | per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. | Rome, New York. I, SCHOENBERG, Pres. 8. BLonpueErm, Sec’y. The Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in SOLDER, AYPE Stereotype, Electrotype and Babbitt Metals, Importers of Block Tin, Antimony, &c. Refiners of Lead, Spelter, &c. Highest price paid for Old Metals and all kinds of Dross. 511 and 513 Fast 19th Street, between Avenues A & B, New York —___— — — Ss. L. SAMUEL. P. O. Box 1300. &7 Cedar St., N. Y. Manufacturers’ EXPORT Agent for Hardware, Brassware, Classware, WOODEN WARE, Kerosene Goods, Burners, Wicks, Oil. Late Agent for Wu. H. Samvet & Co. Orders sent direct will save the purchaser all inter- mediate profits. R. SELLEW & CO. Dealer in METALS, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, &c. SAINT LOUTS. me and ad See our advertisement in The Iron dee first issue of each month. E. OLIVE Rs PATENT ADJUSTABLE BOTTOM IRON RIM pT MOULDER’S RIDDLE. The above RIDDLE has been pronounced -_ , B. / largest Founders, to be superior to any RIDDLE in the market, The at- tention of all parties re advantages o RIDDLES. They are made of brass, steel and galvanized wire, We also | keep in stock Oak Wood Rim Riddles, Wire Window Guards, and Wire Goods in general, at the Lowest Figures. American Wire Works, 106 and 108 BEEKMAN STREET, Wholesale Dealers in Sheet, Tank and Plate Iron, Nails, Glass, Horse Shoes, Horse Nails, and other articles of HEAVY HARDWARE, CLEVELAND, OHIO. | (See advertisement in The Iron Age of January 1, 1880, } WHEELER & MELICK CO.,, ALBANY, NEW YORK, U. S. A., Manufacturers of IMPROVED FARM _AND MACHINERY. IMPLEMENTS Beardsley ‘Scythe Co, Manufacturers of GRASS, GRAIN & BUSH SCYTHES, Hay Knives & Corn Knives. West Winsted, Conn. after trial by some of the oyuing Sieves and Riddles is called to the the IRON RIM ADJUSTABLE BOTTOM | NEW YORK, es o o g 3 3 ao 3 A |S6ei40 eS =° pote. | 2 iad! 88) V8) £ Sec ies) 25] #3 é | ° Q Cn) | od 1877. ge i"?! & Aug. 20 1 45 45 3,000 3,000 5 6 30 3,000 15,000 4+ 7 28 3,000 12,000 3 6 18 3,000 9,000 4 7 28 3,059 12,200 17 149 51,200 Aug. 21 I 45 45 3,000 | 3,009 5 6 30 3,900 15,000 4 7 28 3,000 | 12,000 3 6 18 3,0c0 | 9,000 4] 7 28 3-250 13,000 a “a pits a 17 \ 149 52,000 Aug. 22..... 1 45 45 3,000 | 3,000 5 ¢ 30 3,000 15,000 4 7 28 3,000 12,000 3 6 18 3,000 9,000 4 7 28 3,000 12,000 1 10 19 4,300 4,300 18 159 __ 55.300 Aug. 23 1 45 45 4,009 3,000 5 6 30 3,000 15,000 4 7 28 3,000 12,000 3 6 | 8 3,000 9,000 6 aa 2,900 17,400 =e =m | om oe Radin 19 | 163 56,4c0 Aug. 24.....- I 45 45 3,000 | 4,000 5 6 30 3,000 | 15,coo 4 7 28 3,000 12,009 | 3 6 18 3,000 9,000 | 6 | 6% 40 2,733 16,400 so | .. | 868 | «+ 551400 Aug. 25...-. 1 45 45 3,000 3,000 5 6 32 3,000 15,000 4 7 28 3,000 12,000 3 6 18 | 3,000 9,000 4 7 28 3,375 13,500 17 * 149 ee 52,500 | Melting 3 Iron with Coal and Coke in Foundry Cupolas. BY EDWARD KIRK, I received several inquires lately from foundry men who have been accustomed to melting with coal as to how many pounds of | iron can be melted to the pound of coke, and as to how a cupola should be charged when melt- ing with coke ; and from foundry men who have been accustomed to melting with coke I have received the same inquiries about melting with coal. All this information, to- gether with accounts of melting and des :rip- tions of the methods of charging cupolas with coal and coke in various foundries, will be found in my work, ‘‘ The Founding of Met- als,”* and below I give an accurate account of a week's melting done in two of our leading stove manufactories. In each of the state- NEW YORK, | ments is given the amount of fuel in the bed, the amount of fuel in each charge, and the amount of iron on the bed and on each charge of fuel. The cupola used by the Ex- celsior Manufacturing Company is a round one, with a shell 6 feet 2 inches in di- ameter. It is lined with 8-inch brick to about 12 inches above the tuyeres, and with 6-inch brick from there up. Seventy-two small round tuyeres arranged in four super- posed rows are used in this cupola, and are supplied with air from an air chamber sur- rounding the cupola. The cupola used by Rathbone, Sard & Co. is a round one, witha shell 6 feet in diameter, lined with 6-inch brick from the bottom up. Eight oval tuyeres arranged at equal distances apart are employed in this cupola. Melting done with coke at the foundry of the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, at St. Louis, Mo., for the week ending Augut 25, 1877. Table showing the amount of coke required to melt iron and their mode of charging the cupola when melting with coke. In these heats 40 pounds of coke are counted to the bushel and the coke was the best Connellsville. Nore. —The first charge in each table is the bed charge. Melting done with Lehigh coal at the foundry of Rathbone, Sard & Co., at Al- bany, N. Y., for the week ending Sept. 6, 1877. Table showing the amount of coal required to melt iron and their mode of charging the cupola when melting with coal : August 31, 1877. Lbs. | Lbs. Coal in bed... ..... oe Iron onbed........ 7,200 First charge coal... 400 Second charge iron 3,600 Second - 2so| Third 3,600 Third - 7 400 Fourth _ ++ 3.600 Fourth “ . 400 Fifth = . 3,600 Fifth ..+. goo Sixtn * 3,600 Sixth = .... 400) Seventh ee -+ 3,600 Seventh “ 4qoo. «Eighth i 3,600 Eighth - .... 400 Ninth on ++ 3,0¢0 Ninth * ..+» 100 Tenth 7 ++ 1,000 Total coal used. . - 5,550 Total iron melted. 37,000 September I, 1877. Coal in bed......... 2,400 Tren on bed...... + 7,200 First charge coal... 400 Second charge i iron 3,600 Second - . 250 Third ” 3,600 Third = ..». 400 Fourth - ++ 3,600 Fourth - .... 400 Fifth - -+ 3,600 Fifth ” .... 400 Sixth “ 3,600 Sixth 20 ...» 400 Seventh ” +» 3,600 Seventh “* . 400 Eighth o «+ 3,600 Eighth “ . 400 Ninth o 3,600 Ninth * .... Yoo, Tenth ad + 1,000 Total coal used. . .5,550 Total iron melted. 375¢ ~ September 3 1877 7. Coal in bed......... 2,400 Iron on bed... . 7,200 First charge coal. goo Second charge iron 3,600 Second . 250 Third ” 3,600 Third - ... 400 Fourth ” 3,600 Fourth sad geo. Fifth " 3,600 Fifth * ...- 400/ Sixth ‘6 .. 3,600 Sixth sad .... 400. Seventh a 3,600 Seventh “ ...» 400, Eighth “ . 3,600 Eighth oe ... 400) Ninth .. 3,600 Total coal used...5,450! Total iron melted. 36,000 : September 4, 1877. Goal in bed........ 2,400 | Iron on bed 7,200 First charge coal... 400 | Second char ge iron 3,600 Second 2 ..-. 250] Third 3,600 Third . sees 400] Fourth ” 3,600 Fourth ” ..+- 400] Fifth ” 3,600 Fifth ” ... 400] Sixth = 3,600 Sixth w ... 400] Seventh “ 3,600 Seventh “* ..» 400] Eighth ne 3,600 Eighth = ..+» 400] Ninth *e 3,600 _ Total coal used...5,450| Total iron me sted 21. 36,000 September 5, 1877. Coal in bed ..... . 2,400 | Iron on bed ....... 7,200 First charge cont . 4oo | Second charge iron 3, 600 Second “ . 250 Third i Third “ .... 400! Fourth a 3,600 | Fourth “ ..- 400) Fifth at 3,600 | Fifth * ..+» 400| Sixth ée 3, Ox | Sixth “ .... 400) Seventh “ ,€00 | Seventh ‘ ... 40e0| Eighth = 3,600 Eighth oe - 400 Ninth * 3,600 Ninth “ aah 100 | Tenth at ‘ 400 Total coal used .. 5,550 Total iron melted. 36,4 ~* Published by David Williams, 8; Reade Street, New York, Price $2.50 September 6, 1877. Coal in bed 2,400 Iron on bed 200 First charge coal 400 | Second c harge iron 3,6 0 Second e 2so. «Third 3,600 Thi d = 400 Fourth ” 3,600 Fourth ea 4oo 6~Fifth : 3,6c0 Fifth " goo 6 Sixth : 3,600 Sixth ” 400 Seventh " »6« Seventh * 400. Eighth ¥ 3, Ox Eighth _ 400 Ninth " 3,600 Ninth ” too Tenth 400 Total coal used .. 5,550 Total iron melted. 36,400 The above statement does not represent the entire amount of iron melted by Rath bone, Sard & Co. in one week, but only the amount melted in one of their ‘cupolas. a The New York State Interest Law. The legal rate of interest in New York State on and after January 1 is changed from 7 to 6 per cent. Following is the new law : Section 1. Section 1 of title 3, chapter 4 part 2 of the Revised Statutes, entitled ‘‘ Of the Interest of Money ” is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ‘‘ Section 1. The rate of interest upon loans or forbearances of any money, goods or things in action shall be $6 upon $100 for one year, and after that rate for a greater or less sum or for longer or shorter time ; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any way to affect any contract or obligation made before the passage of this act.” Considerable discussion has arisen as to whether the date of passage referred to in the law is the date when it takes effect (January 1, 1880) or the date of approval (June 20, 1879). The Attorney-General has given an opinion that the former is the date of passage and that legal contracts made be- fore this date are exempt from its operation. The Albany Law Journal has taken issue with the Attorney-General, holding that no legal contract for more than 6 per cent. can be made after June 20, 1879, the writer of the article assuming that the passage of the act in June amounted only to ample notice that after January I the rate would be 6 per cent, and that all contracts made after such notice to extend beyond the coming date would be illegal. The Journal of Commerce recently combatted this theory as follows : ‘‘ This assertion overlooks the fact that the exception clause in the law was wholly un necessary as far as the rights of such con- tractors are concerned. This is provided for in the Constitution, and no act of the Legislature can violate it. A contract to pay interest at the rate of 7 per cent. for a given term of years was legal in this State, and so continues to be legal until there is a law to prohibit it. A law will go into opera- tion on January 1 to prohibit it, but a notice of the fact that such a law will operate at such a date cannot abrogate a contract fora higher rate previously made according to the law now in operation, and extending by its terms into the future. Such contracts will bear 7 per cent. interest until they ma- ture.’ The discussion of the question will probably never be closed until the courts have passed upon it. A legal gentleman of high repute and an ex-judge has given it as his opinion that all contracts made before January 1, 1880, and by their terms bearing 7 per cent. interest, will continue at the same rate until the date of their maturity ; that all contracts of this character, in which it is expressly stipulate@ that 7 per cent. interest shall be paid on the amount due until the principal is all re- turned, will also bear 7 per cent. interest up to the day of final payment, although the principal is already due and payable ; that all contracts not originally subject to either of the conditions that would extend the 7 per cent. interest beyond January 1, may be brought within the exception and continued at the existing rate by indorsing upon them, duly executed, a new contract for a consid- eration either extending the limit of ma- turity to a future date, or providing that they shall bear 7 per cent, interest until wholly paid off and the obligation dis- charged. And that all other interest-bear- ing contracts, debts, obligations, advances made on open account, ledger balances and the hke, will come under the operation of the new law, and bear only 6 per cent. interest after the ist of January. The following statistics will show the sen- timents of all the other States and Territo ries, as expressed by their laws, in regard to money borrowing and lending. Of the entire number ten only have what may be called a ‘‘ cast-iron interest law."”” These are Alabama, Connecticut, New Jersey, Del- aware, Maryland, New Hampshire, Penn- sylvania, Vermont, West Virginia and Col- orado. In all the other States and Territo- ries a higher rate of interest than that fixed by lew may, under certain circumstances, be charged, as when the parties agree be tween themselves to the increased rate, either verbally or in writing. In some cases a limit to agreement is prescribed, In others there is no such limit. The rates in the above-mentioned ‘‘ cast iron” States are as follows: Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Virgmia, 6 per cent.; Connecticut and New Jersey, 7 per cent. ; Alabama, 8 per cent. ; Colorado, to per cont. For the rest the law—-whicl, as above shown, may easily be evaded—fixes the rates of interest as follows : Six Per Cent.—Arkansas, District of Co- lumbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine (where the law allows parties to agree in writing to any rate), Massachusetts (where the Jaw is the same as in Maine), Mississippi, Missouri, North Caro- lina, Ohio (where the law allows no higher than 8 per cent. under any circumstances), Rhode Island (same law as Maine and Mas sachusetts) and Tennessee. Seven Per Cent.—Dakota, Georgia, Kan sas, Michigan, Minnesota, South Carolina oe | and Wisconsin. In Dakota, Georgia, Kan sas and Minnesota parties may contract as |high as 12 percent. In Michigan and Wi ‘ | consin they may agree to 10 per cent io | South Carolina the usury laws are practi cally abolished and parties may agree t& any rate, provided the agreement is in writing. Eight Per Cent.—Florida and Texas. In both of these States, however, usury laws \% ryt i ‘ el a ew eateetim +S . 7 7 "e ———— —— - i = - > -- EE EN . ow THEH IRON AGE. January 8, 1880. fActals. ThePlume & Atwood Mfg. Company, _ fActals. ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. Pee L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, resident & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary. MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. ie Established, 1 German Silver and Gilding Metal, Pita eecaiees ie $1,500,000 \y YO. Copper Rivets and Burs, * WIRE DR AWERS. Kerosene Burners, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER|Waterbury Brass Co. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. IN Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c, Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, CERMAN SILVER, Seamless Brass & Copper PP Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, p Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms.|} COPPER RIVETS & BURS, Lamp Trimmings, &c. | atent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering, PURE COPPER WIRE BRASS KETTLES, 90 sical MANUFACTURERS OF For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered.| poor Rail, Brass Tags, ambers Street, New York. IRON, AND TRON AND STEEL WIRE. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, aie Street, ee L Oe ees Menace, ANSONIA Yr REFINED POWDER FLASES, ke Street, Chicago. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. Rolling Mill, | Facteries, A SPECIALTY MADE OF And small Brass Wares of every Description. : 3 : ; INCOT COPPE R. — Cc ‘artridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. THOMASTON, Ct. | WATERBURY, Ct. Sole Agents for the PHELPS, DODGE & C0, Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods and Wood’s Paper ee ie GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE Br idgeport Brass Co., GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, MANUFACTURERS OF IMPORTERS OF Shot Shells. ; DEPOTS: Mille At c > 7 7 — TIN PLATE, 296 Broadway, New York, _ WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, | ae 189 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. Conn. Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, saa aaa ] ji ' P CHAIN. ORK ¢ ‘EB: ST. LOUIS OFFICE; CUICAGO OFFICE: ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, (THE NEW HAVEN CLOTH AND METAL. | COPPER CO., £7 Cliff St, 707 No, Second St. 215 and 217 Lake St. <= BROWN'S PATENT| German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements. | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and Nati O nal Wi re & Lante rn Works. rks, manufacturing Metal Goods, Warehouse, MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, 45 Fulton St., New York, Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray St., N. = HOWARD & MORSE, Manufacturers of PS aL] i PICTURE HOOK. Warranted to hold 100 Ibs. Manufactured only by Manhattan Brass Co., Harrison Wire Company, 1st Ave., 27th to 28th St. New York. Solid brass, priee, $4 per gross, less 25 % discount. ST. LOUIS, m0. Twos. W. Fitcu, Cuas. Fisu, Prest. and Treas, Secretary. MANUFACTURERS OF All kinds of Brass, Copper & Tron DEPOTS, FACTORIES, 8 St. N.Y. Ww , Conn. « 4104421 Broome St awry Com | 265 Pearl Street, New York. | IRON & STEEL WIRE Wire Cloth, 183 Lake St.. Chicago. New York City. Manufacturers of and Dealers in AND Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Iron Wire Bolting Cloth, Ship & Raltlroad Lanterns, Signal Lights, Conductors’ Lantern, Ad. justable Globe Hand Lan- tern, Desk & Office Rall- ing, Riddles, Coal & Sand DICKERSON, MAN DUSEN & CO., Braziers’ & Sheathing) Wire mill Specialties. Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper,,| COPPER. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. Wire, Zinc, Ete. : : on & 6 Cela tts Adee Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, seattieneal on 2 Slane | DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. © NEW ¥orm.| Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, &c. | 49 chambers st. 30 wedeses 80.1 and Spark Guards, Orna- \ |X} mental Wire Fence, ~ Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Warehouse Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. 117 Liberty Street BRASS & IRON - JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. THE JOHN A, ROEBLING’S SONS CO,, German Silver Spoons, MANUFACTURERS @F SILVER PLATED FORKS &SPOONS,| WERE ROPE) .,.,..2e> |Lron and Steel Kerosene Burners. &c. | iron, Steel 3 and Copper | Telegraph Wire, WIRE JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Hotsting ‘aides ot aun| Market Wire, Brooklyn wee ‘and Copper Co., kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Market Wire, Fence Wire Sesion Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Vineyard Wire. Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Established 1837. Incorporated 1876. WATERBURY MFC. CO., WATERBURY, CONN. Brass and Plated Safety Chains, Bath and Basin Chains, Brass Nuts and Washers, Special Brass Work. Correspondence invited. New York Office Brass and Iron Jack Chains, Silvered, Nickeled and Gilt Chains, Chisel Handle Ferrules, Brass Machine Screws, Manu facturers, Importers and Dealers, Wholesale and Retail, in all kinds of N. & G. TAYLOR CO., Philadelphia. ESTABLISHED 1810. TIN PLEA TES A specialty mk, used in the manufactureof} IN. & G. TAYLOR co. Can make any size Roofing Tin, Gecone aant —— ream Pans, Sheet Zine Sheet Iron, Milk Cans, Sheet Copper, Sheet Lead. Lightning Rods, &c., &c. Buckle W Spring Wire Cotten Cans, Be. _ Send f for our spec ial prices and list of sizes, oa es, tk Tin, Suspension Bridge Cables. Rivet Wire, xen ac. 2 a $$ er etais. | Sohu Street, N. ¥. GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. JAMES HALL, Treasurer. W M. HEWITT, Vice President. E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STEELWIRE OF ALL CRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED; Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal tron Wire} Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. __ Represented in New York by COOPER, HEW avr & CO., 17 Burling Slip. PASSAIC ZING CO.) IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE ae For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. Pure Spelter CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. FOR Address, HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. Coltiie fee, Gite, ee soutmewonx IFELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Galvanizers & Brass Founders. Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'lAgents |PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. 113 Liberty Street, N. Y. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, HOLYOKE, MASS., GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE MANUFACTURERS OF of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. CALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, «and 7-ply Girend, 6 Staples, &e. Aneesh and Oiled Fencing ire, round and ov: WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, STEEL Bright, Coppered, Annealed afd Tin ELEGRAI H CABLES. ated. soGUN SCREW WIRE. Contractors to the German and Foreign governments, The oldest house in the branch on the Con- tinent. Telegraph Address, CARLS WERK, COLOGN NE. WIRE ROPE,(CAUT!ER ce | J. WOOL GRISWOLD, | o**y, StAwes mane Sole Agent for FOXELL, JONES & CO., St. Louis, Mo, Manufacturer of is now prepared to supply the who: esa t WN IRE with Pinin Ground, pamela and red pene any BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON WIRE ROPE. 300 N. Main St. Q(t w IRE, | HOLLOW WARE. ay Enamel! Maslin Kettles and Stove clalty. This ‘s the most durab Saati maneie rt See page 30, TROY, N. Y. Of ee and Warehouse, 78 Beekman St., N. Brass, per ¢ (In § COPPE R I. ScHoEnsE The Se Ma SOL Stereotypd importers of Iter, and “a eet; Street, » betw Ss. P. O. Box 1 Manufad Hardward Kerosene mciters sent RS Dealer Tin Plate et | ire ire, ire, RE encing he Con- CO., e only b a spe January 8, 1880. 0. LINDEMANN & CO. Manufacturers of Japanned, Brass and Tin-Plated BIRD CAGES. ” Being the in ventors and patent- ees of BRIGHT METAL CaGeEs, constructed | without solder, we are enabled to sell our Brass and Tin- Plated Cages cheap- er than any other | manufacturers. CARY & MOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE for all purposes | and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. | ys \ ET Lee y Ls Ais Nd es No, Ct ELL LLELA LPG OL LEARLE VISAS LLIISISIILITILISI AST “ty e ed EE | VEALELELA My CL eA a cer J A WOU ECLE LLL LOL LE ELAL 254 PearlSt., | NEW YORK, Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - ~ - ~ NEW YORK, i | HA rounding the cupola. 3 Rathbone, Sard & Co. is a round one, with a | nil |shell 6 feet in diameter, lined with 6-inch HiIl Hii | brick from the bottom up. Eight oval Ni i tuyeres arranged at equal distances apart are | employed in this cupola. Melting done with coke at the foundry 4 a ai |of the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, |}at St. Louis, Mo., for the week ending Augut 25, 1877. Table showing the amount of coke required to melt iron and their | mode of charging the cupola when melting with coke. In these heats 40 pounds of coke are counted to the bushel and the coke was \ ‘Qe ' TTS he best Connellsville. CHESTS, CHESTS, the best Connellsvill & 38\_8 &h - ‘ Of | a= “es ac Date na §\33 A $n CUPBOARDS CUPBOARDS, sige es sg? | 3 ’ : So gy = “ Z Qo 3 ai = e 187 ~ fe} i ; Aug. 20 1 45 45 3,000 3,000 ’ \ Y : 5 6 « 100 xx DESKS, DESKS, isis = 3 6 3 3,000 9,000 > a 7 28 3,059 12,200 2K —— Be ; a ; BOXES, BOXES, |. ai” la sees | Aug. 21 1 45 45 3,000 3,009 5 6 30 3,009 15,000 \ 9 ‘ 4 7 28 3,0 12,000 8 ,00O 9,000 DRAWERS, DRAWERS, 5) Fm) See | ‘ose 17 149 52,000 Aug. 22. 1 45 45 3.000 | 3,000 Ete. Ete. } 5 ¢ 30 3,000 15,000 4 7 28 3,000 12,000 3 6 18 3,000 9,000 4 7 28 3,000 12,000 MADE ONLY BY THE Eat eek: 1 ee a . a 18 159 __ 55.300 YALE LOCK MFC. CO." :(:22 5 6 30 3,000 15,000 4 7 28 3,000 12,000 s 9 3 6 18 3,000 9,000 6 7 42 2,900 17,400 Office and Works: - -|— — | —- Yattinth((h 19 163 ; 56,4c0 iW aa e i | Aug. 24 r | 45 45 34090 3,000 STAMFORD, CONN a $12 | | Som | ies i} 4 7 28 3,000 12,009 ’ = {hat | 3 | 6 18 3,000 9,000 6 6% 40 2,733 16,400 = mR ra geen SS | Aug. 25 1 45 45 3,000 3,000 4 6 30 3,000 15,000 Salesrooms: i 412i Se | ae } 4 7 23 3375 1 ) 53 Champers St., New York. i i rae | vs_|_ sesso i | Nore.—The first charge in each table is the bed 36 Pearl St., B | — HTT » . " earl t, oston. tl , * At Melting done with Lehigh coal at the i i yee f ~- foundry of Rathbone, Sard & Co., at Al- 506 Commerce St., Philadelphia | erce "” elp | mam. i" Bi bany, N. Y., for the week ending ‘Sept 6, i Me I LHE TRON AGE. | Melting 1 Iron sie Coal and Coke in Romany Capoten. BY EDWARD KIRK. I received several inquires lately from | | foundry men who have been accustomed to | melting with coal as to how many pounds of | | iron can be melted to the pound of coke, and as | to how a cupola should be charged when melt | ing with coke ; and from foundry men who | have been accustomed to melting with coke I have received the same inquiries about melting with coal. All this information, to- gether with accounts of melting and des :rip- tions of the methods of charging cupolas with coal and coke in various foundries, will be found in my work, ‘‘ The Founding of Met- | als,” * and below I give an accurate account of a week’s molting done in two of our leading stove manufactories. In each of the state ments is given the amount of fuel in the bed, the amount of fuel in each charge, and the j}amount of iron on the bed and on each | charge of fuel. The cupola used by the Ex- celsior Manufacturing Company is a round one, with a shell 6 feet 2 inches in di ameter. It is lined with 8-inch brick to about 12 inches above the tuyeres, and with 6-inch brick from there up. Seventy-two small round tuyeres arranged in four super- posed rows are used in this cupola, and are supplied with air from an air chamber sur The cupola used by MONITOR TIN PLATE WORKS, 64 Cliff Street, New York Manufacturers of LARGE TINNED SHEETS for DAIRY and OTHER PURPOSES, COTTON CANS, and all special sizes, shapes, gauges and qualities, from 1o to 40 inches wide, 1° to 96 inches long. Guaranteed Equal in Every Respect to Best Imported. CONDIT, WICK & CO. WIRE RAILING | Ornamental Wire Works. DUFUR & Co. No. 36 North Howard &t., Baltimore. Manufacture WIRE RAILING for Cemeteries, Balco- nies, &c.; Sieves, Fenders, Cages, Sand and Coal | Screens, Woven’ Wire, Tron Bedsteads, Chairs, Settees, &c. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), Wholesale Dealers in | | | Sheet, Ta