The Iron Age 1880-02-05: Vol 25 Iss 6

The Iron Age A Review of the Published every Thursday Morning by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Vol. XXV: No. 6. given quantity of steam at 100 lbs. per square inch as to make it at 50 lbs. | For a long time the boilers used in con-| Moreover, the initial and inevitable losses nection with the celebrated pumping engine connected with the use of steam bear a| of the Cornish mines held supremacy in the smaller proportion to the high than to the estimation as completely asdidtheen- | low pressure. A non-condensing engine ex- gine with which they were associatéd. They | pends about 15 lbs. per square inch uselessly were designed to burn coal very slowly upon in overcoming atmospheric pressure against a grate of large dimensions, combined with the piston. In such a case, if the working an extraordinary amount of heating surface. | pressure were but 20 lbs. above zero, very They were cylindrical in form, with a large | little would be left for useful propulsion. But flue running the whole length, one end of |if the working pressure were increased to which constituted the fire-box. The gaseous | 100 lbs., the percentage of loss adverted to products, after leaving the fire, traveled | would be very much reduced, Similar laws through the remainder of this large flue, | apply to all engines, whether condensing or through two smaller flues, which were | or non-condensing, and constitute the most sometimes substituted, to the rear of the | important arguments in favor of high boiler boiler, then back to the front end under one | pressures. Boilers for Water Works. New York, Thursday, February 5, 1880. The fact that the most active part of the | that, on thescale of athousaind horse-power, fire is expended under the body of the boiler | the interest would amount to more than the is a good feature of protection in case of | saving of fuel.” As that was at a time when accidental deficiency of water, as the upper | coal was several dollars per ton higher than tubes, which are the first to be bared, are | it is at present, the showing in favor of such not exposed to direct heat. The cylindrical | boilers as those we speak of would be much form is the very best of all forms, and the’! greater. numerous tubes operate as longitudinal ties| Since the day of the tests named above, the between the two flat heads. t is difficult | last-named boiler has held its place in the to imagine anything in the way of a boiler | first rank, when properly proportioned and more simple, strong ordurable. The endsof| managed. It is not a good boiler under other the tubes are easily accessible, and the ordin- | circumstances, for it will not bear crowding. ary deposit of sediment can be conveniently! Boilers of this pattern are in very general removed, The setting is double, with ex-| favor in the Eastern States. They are used terior expansion walls inclosing an air space. both for large and small powers by machine It isa rare thing for these settings to suffer | shops and factories. As the cost of coal is materially from cracking or displacement, a heavy item in the cost of power, only while the protection against loss of heat the cheapest and most economical forms of from radiation is almost complete. When boiler can be used successfully. These half of the shell, and again tothe rear under the other half on its way to the chimney. A very slow rate of combustion was insisted upon, and the greatest care taken to prevent radiation. Fig. 1.—EKlevation of Front Bnd of Boiler Setting. Fig. 4.—Cross Section of Brickwork through But while giving them due consideration, |the more important point is the safety and | durability of the machinery employed. One | of the most distinguished hydraulic engineers | of the day says, upon the most careful con- Center of Furnace, giving Section of Flues, and showing Front End of Boiler. combined in pairs or sets for duplicate ser vice, these boilers are furnished with entirely independent steam pipes, water pipes and feeding connections, to allow of the use of COPEL DEE ER EBON SEERA EEEOETED Fe i of Flues and Method of Making Connections. Fig. 5.—Top View of Boiler and Horizontal Section through Brickwork on Line of Ties. BOILERS FOR WATER WORKS. oe But although very efficient and economica] | sideration of the subject, that he has not| either one during the repairs of the other or in the use of fuel, the boiler was objectiona-| been able to see anything in the results | others. ble in its form and expensive in proportion |shown as attainable, to warrant departure The evaporative results obtained by these to the fire surface exhibited. For this coun-| from very conservative and moderate stand- | boilers, as compared with those from some try a boiler of this kind is out of the ques- lards. Undoubtedly some increment of tion in any but the largest works, and even duty and some reduction in size and cost in them it is net desirable, for subsequent | of engines might be gained by the use practice has fully demonstrated that its'of steam at higher pressures, but not claims to exclusive preference are by no) enough to justify the practical sacrifices means tenable. Whatever form may be which their realization seems to demand. adopted, the considerations of safety, steadi- In this gentleman’s very extensive prac- ness of action and durability are so con-/|tice the boiler almost exclusively adopted trolling as almost to reclude the use of any has been the form known as the return not conspicuous fur these characteristics. tubular boiler, of which we give several As to the pressure of steam under which drawings. In his practice the largest di- it is desirable to work, it is doubtless true ameter he has yet employed is 6'4 feet, with that a boiler can be made to withstand 4-inch return tubes, 18 feet long, limited to 100 Ibs. per square inch as well as 40 lbs. an extreme working pressure of 60 lbs. per of the well known and standard forms of boilers, are worth attention. The report of experts to the Brooklyn wa- ter works in 1857 and 1859 dealt carefully with this subject, and gave the followin results, which have always been consider good standards for comparison : Hartford Water Works.—Drop-flue boilers, 10.43. lbs. of water evaporated per lb. of coal from temperature of 100 degrees. Jersey City Water Works.—Cornish boil ers, 10.02 lbs. Cambridge Water Works.—Return tubu- lar boilers. Not exactly stated, but about boilers work well when of comparatively small size, and we have some modified forms of them which could be set almost like port- able boilers. The allowance of heating sur- Fig. 2.—Longitudinal Section through Brickwork, showing Arrangement face in the Cornish practice was oftentimes as high as 50 square feet per actual horse- power of 33,000 lbs., and it was very com- monly 30 or 40. But 22 square feet, not counting the top return surface, is ample allowance per horse-power in the return tubular boiler, the average activity of the fire surface being considerably greater than | in the Cornish boiler. Neitheris it necessary | to confine the combustion to the slow rate | of 4 lbs. per square foot of grate per hour, as was the general Cornish practice. Very good | results, and perhaps as good as any attaina- | ble in ordinary practice, where thin and light fires are apt to suffer from neglect, can be got froma combustion of about 8 lbs. per hour. It will be understood that the views above | advanced do not apply to the peculiar forms 10 Ibs. |of boilers made necessary by the impurity But it is also true that the tendency is The fire first passes under to take more or less risk and run closer to the margin of safety, rather than to increase weight and cost to the full degree required for increased pressures; and whether from prejudice or ideas deduced from general obearvation, there is certainly a feeling of increased responsibility in the mind of almost any careful man called upon to manage large boilers working under un- usually high pressures. The gain in their fee results from the fact that twice as much Coal is not theoretically required to make a | square inch. the boiler, returning through the tubes, and then over the top of the ot into the chim-| is true, but they would probably cost more ney, as shown in the drawing; or else dis-| than they would be worth. This was well penses with the top return, and enters the | illustrated by a reply made by Mr. Reot, the rere | located at the front of the boiler. | well known boiler maker, some years ago. In As the heat is effectually withdrawn by the | auswer to the question whether he could Better results than these are possible, it! of the water used for supplying them. Where deposits of scale or sedimentary matter in considerable quantity exist, it might be unprofitable to use any but the most elementary form, with a view to facil- ity for cleansing,'at some sacrifice of economy passage of the gases through the flues, this | build a boiler which should greatly exceed a top return has no appreciable effect in sur-| certain given duty, he said it could be done, charging the steam. It is frequently incon- venient to locate the chimney at the front end of the boiler, and this compels the top return arrangement in many cases, and after a few minutes figuring upon r, edded, ‘‘The apparatus for evaporating another pouud or pound and a half of water for each pound of coal would cost so much in evaporation. In by far the greater number of places where water worksare to be erect- ed, comparatively good water for boilers may be obtained if reasonable care is taken. In judging of the claims of the new boil- ers that are constantly presented to the Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. S4.50 a Year, dlmcluding Postage. Single Copies, Yen Cents. public attention, it is well to remember that the best result attainable from the combus tion of a pound of pure carbon, in 2 laboratory experiment, is set down by good authority at 15 pounds, nearly. This dues not leave much in the way of improvement upon such boiler practice as we have been considering, after deducting 15 per cent from the value of the coal for ashes, clinker and waste. It must also be remembered that the dif- ference between a good and a poor fireman will often amount to from 30 to 40 per cent. in the amount of fuel used; consequently, when parties begin to boast of a very high economy, and promise remarkable savings in fuel, it is safe to remember that the fireman can make greater differences in the working of almost any apparatus than extravagant inventors usually claim. One of the most difficult of all experi- ments, and perhaps the most uncertain in its result, under different conditions of man- Fig. 3.—Cross Section through the Back Con- nections, showing Damper, Rear End of Boiler and Air Spaces in the Brickwork. Fig. 6.Herizontal Section through Brickwork on Ling of Grate, agemient and pressure, is the one of ascertaiu- | ing the evaporative power of a boiler, The | rate at which coal is burned largely qualifies the result, and the rapidity of the evaporation | affects the amount of ‘“‘ priming” or water held mechanically in the steam, or ‘ en- trained,” as it is called. Anhydrous steam, by which is meant steam with only its theoretical proportion of water, is rarely, if ever, preduced. A percentage of water in |excess of this quantity is probably always resent. How much or how little this may be depends upon the proportion of the boiler to its work, the area of its steam de- livering spaces, the amount of steam room and good or bad form generally. Interme- diate between the condition of foaming, which will empty a boiler of all its water with dangerous rapidity, and that of wet steani, so called, almost every concentrated and active boiler will be found, and on such it is very difficult to make a correct trial of evaporation. Causes like these probably account for the extraordinary claims daily made of evaporative results as high as 12 and even 14 lbs. It may be noticed as a suspicious circumstance in almost all such cases, that the rate increases with the ac tivity and irregularity of the water circula- tion within the boiler. It may, therefore, be said that practicg 7h | ih fi f ) ull a 9 THE IRON AGH. February 29, 1880 fAetals. The Plume & Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. vac MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, re ent & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury Brass Co CAPITAL, - - $400,000. 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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 manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Harrison Wire Company, ST. LOUIS, "0, CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINGES, WIRE, GERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, THE NEW HAVEN CLOTH AND METAL. COPPER 00., DEPOTS, FACTORIES, Manufactured only by Manhattan Brass Co., ist Ave., 27th to 28th St. New York. beS 2525250 Ses Sees es 25s 2325233 O55 5525 ESS > Par e3e 3 SEER ERA OTD ? j c Seehof te ny Soe SE EEE NATIONAL WIRE J AND . LANTERN WORKS, Solid brass, price, $4 per Taos. W. Fitca, Cuas. Fisn, gross, less 25 * discount. « Prest. and Treas, Secretary. MANUFACTURERS OF All kinds of IRON & STEEL WIRE i 79 419 & 421 Broome St., N, Y, Waterbury, Conn. 177 Devonshire St., Boston. 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OBERMA Y ER & CO., Prop’rs. escription. 3 corroborates the declaration that if due re- gard be paid to the apportionment of fire and grate surface, and to the setting and management of boilers, the difference in re- sults between the several approved forms in | use will not be very great in this special de partment, where considerations of weight and room are neither controlling nor spe- cially important, and that no good can result from the,employment of more active and | concentrated forms, which are liable to rapid | alterations in pressure, require greater care inmanagement and are more subject to de rangement. The accompanying engravings, drawn to a scale of one-fourth of an inch to the foot, show in a very complete manner the details of a return tubular boiler of the pattern which we have mentioned. The boiler is, in this case, one of a set, but all the fittings and connections are so made as to enable | each boiler to be used independently ; hence } the only difference in the setting necessary for a single boiler would be to build the furnace and outside walls alike on both sides. Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of the boiler, with all the usual appliances. Two doors | open into the furnace, each about 18 inches wide by 12 inches high. Fig. 2 is a longitu dinal section through the brickwork, show- ing the general arrangement of the setting. At the front end there are no features par- ticularly noticeable beyond the connections, which are very carefully designed. of a combustion chamber back of the bridge wall, an apron is carried along to the back connection in such a way as to form a thin flue, less than 6 inches deep, from the fur- nace back to within 15 inches of the back end of the boiler, a distance of 8 feet. The furnace is 4 feet long. The boiler is 54 inches in diameter by 14 feet long and has 65 3-inch tubes. Through these tubes the gases from the back connection are returned to the front of the boiler. By this arrangement it will be seen that it is intended to obtain very perfect combustion in the furnace. This is compara- tively easy, as the amount of coal burned per square foot of grate surface per hour is quite low. From the front end the gases re- turn over the top of the boiler, which is covered by an arch. This top flue, show in section in Fig. 4, is about 15 inches deep. A damper at the back end of the top flue con- trols the draft. This damper is worked by a handie seen hanging at the right of Fig. 1. Bevel wheels, shown in Fig. 3, carry the motion of the long shaft to the rod on which the damper is hung. This arrangement is also shown in the plan, Fig. 5. Both side and back walls of the setting are built with | spaces in them. A cross section just in front of the steam dome is shown in Fig. 4. The arrangement of tubes is such as to leave a considerable body of water near or on the bottom plates of the boiler. The lugs by which the boiler is held are not arranged opposite each other (see Fig. 5), but are stag- gered. Tiv rods, also shown in the same fig- ure, hold the top of the walls together and take the thrust of the arch over the top flue. The furnace, of which a plan is given in Fig. 4, presents no features which need especial re mark. The width might, at first sight, seem excessive but for the fact of the double fire | doors. ee —— | The Melbourne Exhibition. ‘| | In Melbourne, one of the largest cities of Australia and capital of Victoria, which may be regarded in many respects as the | principal colony of the country, an inter national exhibition is to be held next Oc- tober. All the great nations have decided that their manufactures and produce should | be well represented thereat, and have al ready secured ample room for their exhibi- | tion. The United States government has, through its agent, Mr. Thomas B. Pickering, applied for 30,000 square feet of space for the accommodation of American manufac- | turers. This space will in all probability be granted, but should any unforeseen difficul ties arise the State Department will be re quisitioned to erect an annex, as it has done | before in many instances, so that ample room | will be secured for the most advantageous exhibition of American specialties and pro- duce. Leading men in different depart ments of manufacture have so eagerly taken up the idea that 17,500 square feet have been already secured, and by every mail | letters are received’ by Mr. Pickering either requesting information or applying for space. Shipping houses, both in New York and Boston, have offered reduced rates for the freight of goods destined for show, some of them oven soliciting the transportation of freight at somewhat less than half their usual rates, The exhibition will continue open from October 1, 1880, to March 31, 1881. All exhibits of whatever description | will be admitted free of duty, and a special inducement is offered to the owners of works of art by a regulation prohibiting the copy ing, photographing or reproduction in any way of any article without the special per mission of the exhibitor. Machinery is pro tected ina similar way, and inventors of new articles need be under no apprehen sions, as protection is amply provided by the patent laws of the colony. Arrange ments have been made to provide steam power so that all machinery may be seen at work. This steam power will be supplied gratuitously to all persons making applica tion for it. England has, as might be ex pected, made arrangements for a very large space. America and Germany follow next on the list, Then come France, Austria and Italy. A large number of American business men have formed an opinion that the Australian colonies are so clannish and attached to the mother country, that nothing will be pur chased unless of British manufacture. ‘This is very erroneous, At the Paris Exhibition, in 1878, the Australian farmer was well represented, and a large number of ma- chines used in agriculture, and especially those with Jabor-saving appliances, found a ready sale. In fact, in Australia there is a splendid field for American speculation, and it is a matter of surprise to many merchants that measures have not been taken to de velop trade with that country. It may be interesting to give a few statistics which indicate the vast and growing importance of the trade of Australia. By the latest available returns it is shown that, in the year 1876 the commerce of Australia| Instead | amounted to a total of $462,950,000, In Victoria the imports amounted to $78,520,- ooo, and the exports, $70,970,000. In the same year Australia took British manufac- tures and products to the value of 892,- 072,500, the United States during the same year having sent only $7,000,c00 worth It may be mentioned that the New Zealand railways, which are under colonial govern ment control, have all their furnishing the latest American invention, and 30¢ horse-power boilers and engines have r cently been exported there from this city. When the above statistics are considered, it will be seen that Australia is a most desira ble market, and there is no reason why the manufacturers and producers of the United States should not avail themselves of this opportunity to extend their trade there. In Australia there is always a demand for woodworking machinery, especially for the use of carpenters and builders, for stone cutting and dressing machines, agricultural implements, appliances for sheep-shearing, every description of machinery used in the dressing of wool and the manufacture of woolen goods—which is a staple trade in Australiam—all kinds of mining machinery, railway appliances, including steel rails and rolling stock, iron bridges, &c.; general and special tools and machines adapted for the construction and repair of machinery ; complete systems of narrow-gauge railway ; permanent and portable forges; plain, strong and economical steam engines, port able and stationary, with boilers, manufac tured with a view to easy transportation ; machinery for the production of tin and sheet-metal goods by the stamping or ‘*drawing” process, American specialties in household hardware, silver-plated ware, saws and edge-tools Although the above list by no means in- cludes one-third of the articles which it would be advisable to send for exhibition, it may suffice to give a general idea of the re- quirements of the Australian colonies, and may serve asa guide to intending shippers of goods for exhibition. In machinery Great Britain will undoubtedly be America’s greatest rival, in hardware Germany will be the chief competitor, while France threatens to run America closely with a splendid show of silver and silver-plated ware, but, judging from the easy victory achieved by Tiffany at the Paris Exhibition, America will, in all probability, have a good chance of winning the prize. American exhibitors should mark the trade price of the articles exhibited, in order to facilitate the judgment of the jury, as well as for the information of visitors and intending purchasers. Considerable com plaints have arisen on this subject at all the great shows of recent years, and it was in- sisted upon by the jury at the Paris Exhibi tion that all exhibits should have their prices marked on them in legible figures. The Sydney Exhibition, which has not been any- thing like a signal success, was held too soon after the Paris one, but this cannot apply to that of Melbourne, as the principal exhibits from Sydney will be transferred to the for- mer city, in addition to those now preparing for it. ceived by Mr. Pickering until the roth of Applications for space will be re- March, and goods may be shipped, if by sail- ing vessels from New York or Boston,.as late as May ; but if shipped by way of San Francisco, may leave that port as late as the 7th of July. Mr. T. R. Pickering, who has been connected with exhibitions for many years, and whose name 1s known in connec-~ tion with those held at Paris in 1867, at | Vienna in 1873, at Philadelphia in 1876 and at Paris in 1878, says that the Melbourne Exhibition will be a grand success, and strongly urges American merchants and manufacturers to send fair samples of their ordinary production, and he predicts a rapid development of American trade in the Aus- tralian colonies. = sieieccaiainitiaiamatiaitiainiibcaaas British Colliery Explosions. So many tons of coal so many lives. Roughly speaing, for every hundred thou- sand tons of coal raised in Great Britain one human life is paid. From 1861 to 1875, in- clusive, 15,905 lives were lost in raising 1,- | 605,576,193,tons of coal, or about 1000 lives a year. In 1864 the life tax was 857, or | one to 110,000 tons ; in 1866—the year when on two successive days in December, in the Oaks and Talk-o’-th’-Hill collieries, 425 men were killed—it was 1484, or one to 68,000 tons, In 1877 the loss was 1208 ; in 1878 it rose to 1413, the highest in 30 years save the memorable year already mentioned. Since the inspection of mines was under- | taken by the government the ratio of deaths to persons employed has been steadily de creasing. In 1851 one man of every 21g was killed ; in 1876 one of 551. Exception ally bad as 1878 was, the ratio was one to 336. The Continental rate of loss is higher ; in Prussia in 1873 one of every 355 employed was killed, as against one of 479 in England ; in 1877 the figures were 377 to 409. The English statistics for 22 years were as follow ie persons OI-7 . 3 26 lives lost of 1557-00. . noe suces 20,088 ve 1571-7 eecene ), lives lost of Bo , The showing is satisfactory enough, though the millennial period anticipated by Robert Stephenson has not yet been reached There was hardly a colliery in England, he said, that might not be worked with perfect safety from explosions, the great means for insuring safety being to quadruple the shaft area. ‘The most fertile sources of calamity are explosions of fire-damp and giving way of roofs. Of 1413 men killed in 1575 thera were 586 burned or suffocated and 3<; crushed, shaft, surface and miscellaneous underground accidents accounting for the remaining victims. If the inspectors and proprietors were only loyally supported by the men the loss of life from explosi: bs would be nil; but though the man who takes matches into the pit, or uncovers his lamp to light his pipe, plays the stake of his own life as well as the lives of the mates to res cue whom from peril he will at all times venture heroically, there is apparently no possible way of stamping out this carel: ness, though both inspectors and ma trates do their duty energetically, as readers of English papers can testif The list of notable colliery « x] is in Britain since the accession of Queen Victoria is & most formidable one, as any person will ae <a tte THE IRON AGE. February 5, 1880. 4 ‘von, | ¥ron. ¥ron. Xron. zron. ew YUKK NEW YORK. NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH. PITTSBURGH. ET OGDEN & WALLACE, |A. B. Warner & Son, TRONS STI IRON MERGHANTS, i RR IN « STEEL, 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington ds. MIDVALE STEEL WORKS. BOILER PLATE, A full assortment constantly on hand of —_— ™ achinery, Tool, Spring, Tire, Sleigh Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated “Eureka,” §Pennocks, “Wawasset,” Lukens, Stel Sone and Axles, Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plate, Sheet, Steel F orgings and Castings. PIERSON & CO,, 24 Broadway, New York City. Iron & Steel. COMMON & REFINED IRON, Hoops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, Horse Shoe, Nall Rods, Steel, &c. ROME MERCHANT. IRON MLS, Manufacturers of the best grade of Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. Scrolls, Ovals, Malt Ovals, Half Rounds, Hexagon and Horse e Shoe iro Also from Chare: oat as faced by na fron t branded J.G. All puddled ed by hammer. Orders m may bo bent to the Mill or oJ. o. BAR. ENTER, our Agent, at 59 Jo Street, Ne Vork. MARSHALL LEFFERTS, 90 Beekman &St., New York City, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, Galvanized Sheet Iron, Ist and 2d Qualities. 0 dees | peomns »tly filled from stock. -ABEEL BROTHERS, Established 1765 by ABZEL & BYVANCK, lron Merchants, anteeg Wire, oe and Fence; G: 190 South Street and 365 Water, N, Y. : Hoop and Ban alvanized Rod and Bar Iron, vanized Galvanized Iron ULSTER IRON [fist Shanied cite, A fall assortment of all sizes constantly on hand. CORRUGATED SHEET IRON Refined tron, For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. ee ea Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common Band, 0p and Serell fren. SHEET IRON. Plate and Tank Iron, Sheet Irc a. orwzy Nail Rods. “ 7 Bo SF Be. 2 C HI No, 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. Norway Sbares Cast, 8) Spring and Tire Steel, ete. BOILER IRON Stamped and Guaranteed. A. R. Whitney, All descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or Manufacturer of and Dealer in Tinned to order. Price list and quotations sent upon application. W. Bailey Lang, 4s, 60 4 53 Thomas, anal mesa Sole Agent In United States & Canada fer 12, 14 & 16 Worth Sts., portant LOW-MOOR Manumetaring Sree Uset™Nuase, | IRON COMPANY, struction o/ Fire-Proof Buildings, Bridges, &c. Plans and estimates turnished, ant ocngutiomate NO. 50 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. eeretting Iron Structures of eve JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New York. York. ULSTER IRON WORKS, 90 Broadway, New York. P 00 onteining cuts or all Iron mad e sent on ap- pit eatlo m by! mai Sampie pieces at office. Please addres 58 Hudson “street, BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 70 & 7i West St., Wm. Borden, | New York. LN. Lovell, f Agents for the sale of Fall River lron Co.’s Nails, Fie on oe eave. | Tuckerman, Mulligan &Co _— 0. W. GRAVES & CO., Borden Mining Company’s| METAL BROKERS, Cumberland Coals. Cor. Cliff and Beekman Sts., New York. WLAN N.WALACE 0" a IRON MERCHANTS | pagsaic Rolling Mill Co., Cor. Albany & Washington Sts., PATERSON, N. J. NEW YORK CITY. Iron Bridge Builders Wu H. Waliace. And Manufacturers of _ DANIEL F. ". COONDY, | “|Beams, Channels, Angles, BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, THES, Merchant Iron, &c., &c. ELDED E New Work Office, 138 Chambers Street, —— + Wh. BisruaM. es er i ts, a &T es, "Cn ‘tall, & Spee, +P ttstown Iron Co., V Ls luct Iron Works, | uate YR iin 8 M ‘lis, Pine Iron Works, Laurel Iron | Wor = The Bergen Rx ike az Mills, at Je rsey City. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED ON WATTS FO PETER CATHER. Nil ROOFING & SIDING, | CARMICHAEL & EMMENS, ‘Iron & Steel Boiler Plate. Lap Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c. 30 & 132 Cedar Street, New York, : nt for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel Boiler Plat Boatesville Iron tie and The Laurel Rolling Mile” Bhylighte: E core, Cor = MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO. 5 Rew Ateeot. New Vork “Houdlette & Ellis, — ers of and Dealers tn MERCHANT BAR IRON. | HU GH W. ADAMS, | DEALER IV FOREIGN AND AMERICAN Homogeneous Steel and iron Boiler Plates, | Sheet and Tank welt boiler, Tank and = RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP IRON, a ay We Ided a on Boiler Tubes. Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work. Wrough i . der, Docks, a ad Cacane! Beams. | 56 PINE STREET, ela rgings, Bessemer Steel Cos ae DL Coss. NEW YORK, Ge iS tanJard Babbitt Metals. id Journal Bearings ery sana Street, ‘Boston 319 to 31 4 Ag cy of N. M. i ND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Swed n 8 Norway lron Hot Pressed Nuts, vomnee FULLER BRO in po ortatio e orders e aueT AF LUNDBERG, 38 Kilby st., Borton. UTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 BH. i and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive == Cut Nails -CUT NAILS 139 Greenwich Street, New York. A. G. HATRY, Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boiler, Angle, T, and Ralliroad Iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R. R. Supplies. WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGH, PA. JUNIATA John W. Quincy, 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &e HARRISON & GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 802, 904, 906 CHERRY 8T., NEW YORK, have on han ff le, the follo Scotch Ses can Pig ito W rought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iro Axies and Heavy Wrought Iron j ralao, od Copper Composition, Brasa, OXFORD IRON C (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) W. D. wits & C08 PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; Apri] 8th, 1878 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jan, 11, 1676. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price, FOR SALE, by all the principal METAL DEALERS Inu the Large cities througheut THE UNITED STATES. SPIKES. Je HORAMEOM, Seles Agset I! Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. The U. S. Iron and Tin Plate Co., NEW YORK. OF PITTSBURGH, PA., —__*rress.__| "Qn Senmenne SNOW SHOES. BURDEN’S BEST REFINED CHARCOAL AND wits oovoar th Sea a » market thas abso HORSE SHOES. Detach) / ASE | PATTERN. POLISHED SHEET IRON, Improved SHOW Shoe Shapes. Taggers Iron and Bessemer Steel Plate, in qenatly and size to suit the wants ot consum- = tauameo Plates in Special Seup-s6, 20-26 ress 10X17 g-t6, 11-8 t — a sear. “ tbairios tre Pa answered. on 162% Net ‘ ee 3 oon ri _ _ Works at Domaine *hilesbont STEEL TOE CALKS, set Tae SHOENBERGER & CO., "“e2"=*- at 1232 genta st., Phila. Pt ELY & WILLIAMS, 4": ry John ty NY 55 Boston. Burden Best Cc. BANE, Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co., IRON and STEEL. @1d Malle, Wheels, Axice, Springs, GAVLOS ROLLING MILL co., Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) STEEL BOILER PLATE, Agricultural and Machinery Steel lron Turnip PIG IRON, “BLOOMS AND “BAR IRON, Duquesne Way, near 6th Street, URGH C. A. von Bonnhorst. R A. Whson. and Steel Tire. + ® Boiler Rivets R. A. WI LSON & CO., Also, Meseqpencene Iron Beller Plate and Rivets, ‘ PIG IRON, Spikes: Fish Bars cok Baia Lm Wrought Office and Works : BLOOMS AND ORE,| vorrsxdurs, ono. ___ 88 Fourth ave., cor. Wood st., Pittsburgh. Pred and Gen Sup"t t. Beo'y and Trees Burden lron Works, H. Burden & Sons, John |. Willams. Henry M. Long. Nathan M. McDowell Bonnell, Botsford & Co., Troy, N.Y. ULSTER | Iron, Nails & Spikes, Keystone Rolling Mill, BURDEN’S fai aaa Williams, Long & McDowell, H. B. & §. Bar lron./BRADLEY, REIS & CO..! erchant Bar and. Skelp Iron, NEW CASTLE, PA., Manufacturers of every descrption of ne & English Refined lron. EGLESTON BROS, & CO., bBS Fouth St t NEW YORK CITY, B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. 333 &25¢soucn sez; NEW YORK, W. S. MIDDLETON, BROKER IRON, Railroad, Mining and Steamship Supplies, Machinery, Hardware & Tools, 52 JOHN STREET, ___ YEW YORK. Sheets and Plates of all sizes, Office, No. 87 Water Street, PLATE & SHEET IRON Pitteburgh, Pa. OFFICER, at Works. Mill at Somo, Secuod Avenue. ZUG & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers of Wheeler’s Iron & Steel Combination Shafting, Under license of the Combination Trust Co., Philadelphia, Thig Shafting is superior to any now on the market, and the attention of machinists is particularly called to it and a trial order solicited. Prices furnished on application. LEECH BURG IRON WORKEKS. KIRKPATRICK, , BEALE & CO. EIN: sSsHEET TRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel.) TIN AND TERNE PLATES, made with Natural Gas as tuel. OFFICE, No, 116 Water St., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. Mill, Allegheny City, Pa.; Office, Cor. Water and Market Sts., Pittsburgh, Pa. ANDREW KLOMAN, Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturer of STEEL AND IRON STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, | Kloman Patent Universal Mill-Rolled Eye Bars. —_CIGHT STEEL AND IRON RAILS. = MOULDING SAND, | Albany Sand:a Specialty. FOUNDRY FACINGS, Shovels, Riddles, Brushes, &c. WHITEHEAD BROS, AMERICAN FACING CO, | Room s. Glengarnock and and Carnbroe SCOTCH PIG IRON, For spot delivery and for prompt or forward shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale in lots to suit by JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States, 72 Pine Street, New ¥« New York. t Bolts, Washers, &c. THERS &«CO., WM, WHITEHEAD, Treas., 517 W, 15th St. New York, FIRE SAND AND : MANIICAPTHDEDe taiunny reese Ra Gene JA fitted Ores, Price Ath Jetsam February 5, 1830. kvon. Edward J. Etting, IRON BROKER any COMMISSION MERCHANT, 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Allentown Iron Co. and the Coleraine Furnaces. STORAGE WHARF & YARD, DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track withr road. Cash advances made on Iron. J. Wesley Pullman, 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Exclusive Sales Agent for Chester Iron Company’s ‘* Blue and Red»? Bessemer Ore, “ Brotherton” Ore, Kenvil, N. J., for Foun- dry and Forge Iron, ** Hoff? Ore, Port Oram, N. J., for Foundry and Forge Iron. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO... lron Merchants & Railway Equipments. 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate Iron. Celebrated “Glasgow” and * Pine’ brands for fire boxes and difficult flanging. Pig and Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Guotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. kro, PHILADELPHIA. Siemens’ Regenerative) HENRY LEVIS & Co., CA S FURN ACE. Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and RICHMOND & POTTS, Sheet Iron and General Railway 119 8. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | Fro. PHILADELPHIA. Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and eels bought and sold. 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed ter over TWENTY YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality ef RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 100,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &c. ADDRESS, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, No. 218 South 4th Strect, Philadelphia. Or at the Works, JOH NSTO WN, PA. Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., N. ¥. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of CURVED, STRAIGHT AND HIPPED , Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Beams, Girders & Joists, and all kinds of [ron Framing used in the construction of Iron Proof Buildings. DECK BEAMS, CHANNEL, ANGLE AND T BARS curvea to template, largely used tn the construction of Iron Vessels. PATENT WROUGHT IRON CO LUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, For Top and Bottom Chords of Bridges. Railroad Iron, Street Rails, Rail Joints and Wrought Iron Chairs. @EFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to Order. Plane and Gpe