The Iron Age 1880-02-26: Vol 25 Iss 9

80. er TY, ES ie 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. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXV: No. 9. Borsig’s Compound Steam Engine. As indicating the direction in which Ger- man machinists are seeking to improve upon their designs of compound engines, we show in the accompanying illustrations a style re- cently brought out by the firm of A. Borsig, Berlin-Moabit, well known on the Continent asa large manufacturer of locomotives and machinery. A 45-horse-power engine was used during a recent exhibition at Berlin for furnishing power to a portion of the machinery exhibited. The distinctive fea- tures of the engine are the peculiar valve gear adopted, the system of condensation used, and an arrangement which permits the use of the large cylinder alone. The high-pressure cylinder F, 9.84 inches in di- ameter, is not placed directly upon the frame D, but rests upon a hollow bed-plate H, which at the same time closes the cylin- drieal valve chest f. The low-pressure cylinder G, 15.47 inches in diameter, is jack- eted all around, and both the cylinders are connected and stayed by a casting, J, which also carries the regulator. The stroke is oe eee WY | the edges of the cut-off valve approach the | coneancuing edges of the main valve, so | that the steam is throttled. The action of the valves of the larger cylinder is much simpler, and may be readily seen from the |drawings. It works with a cut-off at four- | tenths of the stroke. The steam from the boilers enters the valve chest of the high- | pressure cylinder through Q, and after doing | its work goes through r to the receiver R (Fig. 2) which contains a bent tube, U. The latter is heated with fresh steam from the | | valve chest of the high-pressure cylinder, the object being to guard against condensation. | From this receiver the steam passes to the | low-pressure cylinder, from which it goes to |the horizontal pipe S. The steam is con- | | densed in two pipes, T and T', from which 'the water flows to the two air pumps U, | which are worked in the manner clearly | shown in the cuts. Two little feed-pump | cylinders are cast in one piece with each air- | pump cylinder, They force the water into | vessels, Z. | When it is desired to work with the high- | pressure cylinder alone, the receiver is cut off, Fig. 1.—Vertical Section. 15.75 inches, the piston rods boing guided as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The fly-wheel K, mounted on the crank-shaft, is 63.9 inches in diameter, and 19.69 inches wide, so that it can be used directly for the trans-| mission of the power. The valve gear of the high-pressure cylinder is constructed as follows: .A tubular piston valve (Fig. 5) to which the annular pistons (Fig. 4) are at- tached, moves within a circular valve chest, fitted with annular pieces, shown in Fig. 3. The annular pistonss(Fig. 4) move over the pieces (Fig. 3), being packed above and below them by annular springs. There is a free space between the annular pistons (Fig. 4) and the hollow body of the valve connecting them (Fig. 5), so that the steam can pass from the inner part of the valve to the annular channels of the main valve by two orifices. by means of a tubular rod attached toh, through the agency of a lever k(Fig. 2), one arm of which is connected with the rod of the eccentric M. Within the hollow valve is a tubular cut-off valve, of which Fig. 6 is | John Julien, of Dubuque, Iowa, has devised | a section and Fig. 7 a side elevation. The cut-off valve has two screw-shaped edges, both in its upper and its lower part, which cover the corresponding parts of the main valve, The cut-off valve is guided by a rod passing through the hollow rod of the main | valve, and capable of turning in the cross- head o, Fig. 1. This cross-head is connected by short rods with the lever !, which is gov- erned by the eccentric N. The other end of the rod of the cut-off valve passes upward through the valve horizontal lever, which is acted upon by the | pivoted thereon. |Segulater P, As soon as the latter is lifted, pro, | and by opening the valve near the receiver la direct passage is opened to the steam, | through the horizontal pipe S, to the left- | hand condenser. If the low-pressure cylin- der is te work alone, the portion q' of the | steam pipe is given a turn of go degrees and | is connected by a second portion, furnished to the T-shaped piece, while the latter is separated from the condenser tube S by a |plug. The exhaust steam is made to pass ! into the right-hand condenser. This method of using each cylinder singly is very con- | | venient whenever repairs to either are ne- | cessary. | An engine of this kind having a low pres- | sure cylinder, 30.51 inches in diameter, run- ning at a piston speed of 433 feet with steam ‘at six atmospheres, yielded 200 indicated | horse-power, the steam being cut off at one- | steam being 16 pounds. Se csoastasaniiiieaeeriniaosiae Expanding Drill for Blast Holes.— |a drilling machine for enlarging the lower or | inner ends of holes for blasting purposes, so placed at one point. He uses a tube, having |its upper end provided with screw threads, on which is screwed a jaw nut, and upon the lend of the tube is screwed a cap having | |radial arms. Through the center of the cap | | is passed a rod, having a thumb nut screwed | on its upper end. This rod extends down to | New York, Thursday, February 26, 1880. tube at the lower end, and within the tube is a slotted guide piece, which prevents the | cutter being drawn up with the tube. After the usual hole has been drilled, this instru- ment is inserted in such hole to any desired | depth and then rotated. The cutter is then, by screwing down the thumb nut, gradually fed outward through the slot, so as to make an enlarged chamber at the bottom of the hole for the purpose of applying an in- creased charge of powder. a - SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL. The Engineer-in-Chief of the United | States Navy, ma recent report on experi- ments in boiler bracing, gives the results of some interesting experiments on THE STRENGTH OF SCREW STAY BOLTS. The average strain in pounds required to pull ¥-inch iron plate, was as follows : l BORSIG’S COMPOUND STEAM ENGINE. With Supports 4 inches from Center to Center. sim, Delt, M06 FEVOCOR ..0 0 cvcccccccccccessccce 21,970 r-in. bolt, ordinary low conical head, three threads left through for riveting......... r-in. bolt, button head ; length of bolt left through for riveting equal to 7-16 diam- eter of bolt.. 1%{-in. bolt, button head; length left through for riveting equal to one-half diameter of bolt,............ ascauduvecun Gene With Supports 5 inches from Center to Center. 1-in. bolt, ordinary low conical head.. - 22,137 1-in. bolt, button head ; length left through | for riveting equal to 7-16 diam. of bolt 31,282 | x%4-in. bolt, button head ; length left through for riveting equal to one-half diameter of bolt... . . he ia ae The cause of the inferiority of the ordin- ary low conical head bolts is explained in 'the following way: It was observed that the bulging of the plates caused the lap of 25,147 35 612 The valve is moved | fifth of the stroke, and the consumption of | the rivet-head on the plate to commence giving way or break off some time before the | maximum strain was reached, thus leaving more for the threads of the bolts to sustain. As the strain and bulge of the plates in- creased, the plate around the bolt turned downward and outward, until the threads in the plate almost entirely cleared those in les to admit a large charge of powder being | the bolts, so that in almost every case there were only from one to two threads stripped or injured on the bolt when it drew out; therefore, it was deemed advisable to form the head in a different manner, and after several experiments it was decided that the rivet-head should be made as follows: First, by having as much of the bolt through \the bottom of the hole, and its lower end is This curved bit or cutter jects through a hole in the side of the the plate as could be riveted over without chest, and carries a small | forked and has a curved bit or cutter/ injury te the iron, which was, in case of the superior iron being used, equal in length to about one-half the diameter of the bolt. the 1 inch or 1 -inch iron bolts through the | Fig. 3. Fig. 4. ai | } | | ; % , y7N | ol Fig. 5 Fig. 6. Fig. 7. This was riveted over in the following man- ner: A few quick, sharp blows were struck on the end, slightly upsetting the iron; the head was then formed to shape with a but- | ton-head set made to a spherical segment. The value of this method over that ordin- arily adopted is clearly shown by the numer- ical results obtained. In the Philosophical Magazine for Janu- ary 1880, Mr. Robert Mallet discusses the PROBABLE TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH'S PRIMORDIAL OCEAN. According to the latest hypotheses as to the quantity of water on the globe, its pres sure, if evenly distributed, would be equal to a barometric pressure of 204.74 atmos- pheres. Accordingly water, when first it began to condense on the surface of the globe, would condense at a much higher temperature than the present boiling-point under ordinary circumstances. The first drops of water formed on the cooling sur- | face of the globe may not impossibly have been at the temperature of molteniron. As the water was precipitated, condensation of 1 Fig. 'the remaining vapor took place at a lower temperature. The primordial atmosphere would be more oblate and less penetrable by solar heat than the present, and the dif- ference of temperature between polar and equatorial regions would be greater; so that, in the later geological times, ice may have formed in the one, while the other was too hot for animal or vegetable life. In view of the success it appears to have secured recently in England, some data on THE BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHT may be of present interest. On a former occasion we illustrated and described the main features of the apparatus used by Mr. Brush, and need only add in this con- | nection that he has, by a simple, short-cir cuiting arrangement, ingeniously guarded against the danger of general extinction, always present when there are many lamps in circuit, Our present purpose is to briefly note the results attained with the Brush sys- tem in this country and abroad. At Cleve- land a series of experiments were made | with a No. 7 machine, running at an average speed of 770 revolutions per minute, driven by an automatic cut-off Buckeye en- gine making 157 revolutions per minute. Sixteen lamps, having a normal voltaic arc two millimeters long, were placed in circuit. By asimple method, devised by Mr. Brush, | it was found that the difference of potential between the terminals of each lamp was | equal to 42.46 Daniell cells. In order to de- | termine the resistance of each lamp, a coil ] I —4 Se 7 / i \ oH $2.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. ends of resistance, while the speed of the machine was 770 revolutions. The resist j} ance of this coil, upon being measured with care, was found to be 4.51 ohms, and from this it was easily deduced that the resistance of one lamp, corresponding to 42.46 Daniell | cells, was 4.56 ohms, which, multiplied by 16, | the number of lamps in circuit, gives a total resistance of 72.96 ohms. ‘This external resistance is increased by 10.55 ohms, found by careful measurement to be the resistance of the machine, thus making the total 83.51 ohms. Now, as 4.56ohms are equal to 42.46 cells, the total electro-motive force of the current is 777.59 cells. Assuming each cell to have an electro-motive force of 1.079 volts, we have 839.02 volts, which is equal, accordmg to Ohm’s law, to 10.04 webers, which represents the volume of the current. In order to determine what fraction of the whole current is utilized in the sixteen vol taic ares for light and heat, the resistance of the lamps and connections, minus the resist- ance of the arcs, must be measured. ‘This was found to be 2.1 ohms, which, subtracted from 72.96 ohms, leaves 70.86 ohms as the 2 —Side Elevation. ' resistance of the sixteen ares. As the work performed by the current in any part of the circuit is directly as the resistance of that part, it would appear, because 84.85 per cent, of the resistance of the whole circuit is absorbed by the lamps, that that portion of the whole energy of the current, or ap proximately that portion, appears as heat and light in the arcs. The total power absorbed by the 16-light machine in the pri duction of the current was 13.78 hors power, while the friction load of the engine running light, was 2.44 horse-power, and the total power expended was 18.73 horse-powe1 It is to be regretted that these experiments were not accompanied by full and accurate photometric tests, made at frequent inte) vals. Toward the close of last year publi exhibitions of the Brush light were given in London, and from the reports of the English technical journals we take the following data A No. 7 machine, running at 750 revoluti: ns was run by a Wallis & Steevens steam en gine of 8-horse-power nominal, « perating a circuit containing 16 to 18 lamps, each of which was rated by Mr. Ladd, an eminent English electrician, at g60 candles, placin the photometer on a level with the lamp The consumption of carbon was 1'; inches | per hour, and it is stated the current was sent through 1'4 miles of air, and then im mediately changed to a circuit of soo feet without any perceptible alteration in th intensity of the light from the 16 lam The reports of the steadiness of the licht of coarse copper wire was substituted for/are very favorable, and it appears t one of the lamps, and made of such amount likely that the Brush light will establish as that 42 cells of the battery exactly balanced | favorable a reputation in England as it has the difference of potential between the two | secured in this country, 7 come : —— — TED Pa ee MAS Re oe =% - Gita. 1 oth. 4 tek. Stee eo. = os eee = ex — on Tae Re ee . - 5 =, +. _ os - p= S07? 2 = seers r —= c <n . ? a eroe.s ers eee ee nee SE Ke x. ee a a Pa Pane: - 6 64 es oe pe ime Ganmeenan — tt, a PAS wear 4% tnt, iF ae, ae a e Ag 2s TAT te 1a ae eS = = wd : ¥ Sa! ae i EN Te -_ — BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED; WIRE ROPE. 5) THE IRON AGE February 26, 1880. ___ FAetals. fAetals. ine Wire, etc. ANSONIA ThePlume & Atwood | PHivirt mon, CHAS. 6. WASHBURN, BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Street, Pheips Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, President & Treasurer. MOEN M A NUE A C Vice-President & Sec'y AN) & Established 1831, lp CAPITAL, - - $400,000. 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WORKS: JOHNSTOWN, S54 Cliff Street, New York, Manufacturers of Carriace sprincS § ANNEALED wirE Raitroap sprRINCcS Coprereo wirE GALVANIZED wirE ‘TInneD wirnE Wire Fence staPceS CHAS. DOUGLASS, Gen’ Supt Johnstown, Pa. TIN PLATE WORKS, 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. Sheet, Tank and Plate Iron, Nails, Glass, Horse Shoes, Horse Nails, Foundry Facings and Blackings, Black Lead and Foundry Supplies, Monk’s Molders’ Tools, Molding Sands, Our Return ings are used by the U, 8. heavy castings are made. Ee QUALITY GUARANTEED THE BEST. S- OBERMAYER « Cco., Prop’rs. CONDIT, WICK & CO., Wholesale Dealers in and other articles of HEAVY HARDWARE, CLEVELAND, OHIO. CINCINNATI, MANUFACTURERS O} oo. Lubricating Plumbago, Facings are used by all first-class Stove Manufacturers. Government, COXE BROS. & Co., SEND FOR PRICES. a4 PHILADELPHIA OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE: 505 Commerce Street. PENN. LARGE TINNED SHEETS for DAIRY and OTHER PURPOSES, COTTON CANS, | lron Manufacturers and Merchants, EAGLE FACING MILLS AND PLUMBAGO WORKS. Our Heavy Black- by the leading Railroad Foundries, and wherever Brighton High Service.—Temporary Water Supply. The town of Brighton, Mass., has a tem porary high-seryice water supply, which is | Of especial interest because it illustrates | what may be done in a small, cheap way to ' give a town both water and fire protection. | This service was recently described and il- lustrated in a paper read by Mr. Dexter | Brackett, of the Boston Water Works, be | fore the Boston Society of Civil Engineers. | The works, which were built in 1876 to | supply the higher portions of the Brighton | Brighton Water Works.—Fig. 1.—Hall’s Electrical Indicator.—Apparatus at the Reservoir, which showing the Magnet by the Recording Motion is Reversed. District, Boston, are worthy of notice, not on account of their magnitude, but on ac- count of some details of construction. The pumping machinery consists of two Worthington duplex high-pressure pumps, each having a capacity of 250,000 gallons in 24 hours. This rate can be doubled in case of emergency. The reservoir, or tank, sit- uated about a mile distant from the pumping station, is about 29 feet square, and has a capacity of about 40,000 gallons. Its foun- dation is concrete, resting upon rock and Bright m Water Electrical Indicator.—Top view of the Ap- poratus at the Reservoir. Works.—Fig. 2.—Hall’s hard pan. The side walls are 10 feet high, 5 feet thick at bottom, 2 feet thick at top, built of rubblestone laid in cement. The sides and bottom of the reservoir are lined with a 4-inch course of brickwork, which is covered with a thin coating of Portland ce- a 7 — ara reservoir, and an indicator at the engine house, which shows at all times the hight of the water in the reservoir. The apparatus at the reservoir, consists of a horseshoe magnet attached at right angles to the bar A, and free to swi shown in Ef I and between the armatures B and C. A verti brass rod D, having projecting pins placed inches apart, passes through the guides E E and is upheld by a copper in the reservoir. When the water falls, the projecting pit upon the rod D strike the bar A, and the magnet over the armature B, as shown in Fig. 2. The attraction of the magnet raises the armature from the positi shown in Fig. 1, against the point F, and thus closes the circuit through the cups GG The water continuing to fall, the bar A is | released, the magnet falls back to a perper dicular position, and the circuit is broken. The water rising swings the magnet in tl |}opposite direction over the armature ( which, being attracted, another cir- | cuit through the cups H H. When the mag | net is released, it is prevented from swin | ing over the opposite armature by the at | traction of the iron bar K, which is placed | midway between the two armatures. At th | engine-house is the indicator, a rear view of |the mechanism of which is shown in Fig. | 3. It consists of two electro-ma A and B, which, by means of the armatures C C armature lever D, and slide E, revolve in either direction the toothed wheel F, to th spindle of which is attached the indicating hand. When the circuit is closed at the reservoir by the fe illing of the water surf the armature is drawn against the electr: magnet A, throwing the ae h G against a tooth of the wheel F, thus moving the wheel and indicating by the hand on the dial a fall of 3 inches at the reservoir; when the circuit is broken, the armature, being re leased, is drawn up by the spring K ints “ie position shown in the figure. When the water rises the wheel is moved in the op posite direction by means of the armature lever D. The end of this lever is toothed, the faces of the teeth being inclined planes, as shown by the enlarged sections on Fig. 3 The armature lever D also acts as a ratchet to hold the wheel F in position. The indi- cator has now been in constant use for three | years, and has given complete satisfaction When the works were built the reservoir was not located at as high an elevation as was desired, but as it was supposed that the works would be abandoned within four or five years, it was not deemed advisable to purchase land for the reservoir at a greater elevation. On account of the inefficient supply caused by the low grade of the reser voir, and the probability that the works would be maintained for some years, an ex periment was tried the past summer for the purpose of furnishing a supply for the build ings above the level of the reservoir The experiment, which has been entirely successful, consisted in the introduction of a check valve, with a safety-valve by-pass on the force main, which is also the suppl; main, just outside of the reservoir. This check valve consists of a cast-iron chamber containing a flap valve; the shaft upon ball float pla ed Is swung ? oul gnets, which this valve is fixed passes through the side of the valve casing, and has attached a weighted arm to counterbalance the weight of the valve. The by-pass is a 6-inch pipe, i U ] 2 Seale of Metres bi ee ees | 02 04 Q — A Fe | eel MS = __ to Lever Depressed I rk | Brighton Water Works.—Fig. 3.—Hall’s Electrical Indicator ipparatus at the Engi House for showing Hight of Water at the Reservoi) ment. This coating was added after the which passes around the check reservoir, as without it there was found to be a slight leakage. The reservoir is almost entirely above the level of the surrounding ground, and the only precaution taken to prevent the freezing of the water was by forming an air space be- tween the wooden roof, with which it is cov- ered, and sheathing on the under side of timbers placed across the reservoir at the top of the side walls. This has been effec tual. A reservoir of this size will hold water enough to supply a town of a very respect able size for 24 hours. In a place where water meters are used by all consumers, 40,000 gallons would be ample for 1600 for a week day, and would be a sufficient night supply for 4000 or 5000. This quantity is, however, rather small for Brighton, and on | this account it is absolutely essential that | the engineer at the pumping station should de pth “ completion of the Cross Creek Lehigh Coal, |i wsstieic'cnvet, sud ts ti his The Purity and Strength of this Coal especially adapt it for the working of Iron and Metals, GENERAL OFFICE, 12 & 14 Trinity Building, 111 Broadway BRANCH OFFICE, 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia. , New York. B. & S. W. ELY, Agents, P. 0. Box 262, WN. Y. | service supply is drawn from the tran main between the engine house and the reservoir, | a pressure gauge attached to the force main could not be used for this purpose. This result has, however, been attained by means of an electric indicator, designed and patented by Thos. Hall, an electrician of this city. It consists of an apparatus at the contains a safety valv« The pr sure of 2 pounds required to open the safety valve i regulated by @ weight upon a lever attached to the safety-valve stem. When the pum; are in motion the check valy emains closed, and the surplus wat the consumers passes throu and safety valve into the reservoi1 pressure in the mains is increased pour over the reservoir head. When the pu are stopped, or when from a1 Ls draft upon the mains is in exes pumping capacity, the pressure check valve opens and a supply is fur from the reservoir : The high presssure, or increa furnished during the day hou the night the supply is draw reservoir The check valv: and furnished by H R W New York An indicator similar to that t rik has recently been connect works at Haverhill, Mass Phe) s pumped into an open account of the freezing of t] ing the winter, a float coula 1 overcome this difficulty, the tank | nected with a tube « ontaining mercu! 1 | which the float for operatin; ig the apparat rests, ww ~~ wes ies | Glee Fee Ge Ab ubeele a a ee eo od mu ~~ : : ° LJ Mca ee ae ane be SE ee = = > ~~? i a =e. — ; a * 7] a es * _“ w P0" = ay : oe L/ ee aie ~ ss <= el a os Eron. NEW YORK. Successors to GAM’. G. SMITR & TLRON & a” 85 837,89 & 91 ELM ST., N. ¥. COMIMON AND BAR IRON. SHEET AND PLATE IRON, HOOP, BAND AND SCROLL IRON, Rod and Horse Shoe Iron, Angle and T Iron, Swedes and Serway Iron, Norway Nail Reds. irco of all sizes and ehapes made to eee. PIERSON & CO., 24 Broadway, New York City. lron & Steel. COMMON & REFINED IRON, Hoops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, Horse Shoe, Nall Rods, Steel, &c. Orders promptly filled from stock. ABEEL BROTHERS, Established 1765 by ABEMZ & BYVANCK, lron Merchants, 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. ULSTERIRON * A full assortment of all sizés constantly on hand. Refined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron, Common Iron, Band, Hoop and Scroll Iron, Sheet Iron, Norway Nail Rods, Norway Shapes, Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, etc. A. R. Whitney, Manufacturer of and Dealer in IRON, at soaee Thomas, anal oie 12, 14 & 16 Worth Sts Our specialty =} Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings, Bridges, &c. Plans and estimates turnished, and contracts made for erecting Iron Structures of every description. Booke containtog cuts of all Iron made sent on ap- plication by m le pieces at office. Please address oe 58 Mudson Street. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants | —_**.°" 70 & 71 West St., New York. Agents for the sale of Fall River lron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods. AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. ELIZABETHPORT ROLLING MILL, Elizabethport, N. J., Common and Refined BAR IRON, Fish Plates, Spikes, &c. Wm, Borden rt eames LN. Lovell, Address, DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., Importers of and Dealersin Scrap Iron and Metals, 88 | to 06 Mi angin St., New York. ~ WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., IRON MERCHANTS Cor. Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK orn Ww H. Wallace. . Barna. NI | DANIEL F. COONEY, Late of and Successor to Jas. H. ~— & Ce. | | SS Washington &t., BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, L a WELDED BOIL Boller ts, Angle & T Iron, Cat} Malle i Shen. Agency f cP ttstown Iron Co., Viaduct Iron Works, Lebanon Ro! gM Ue pine, iron Works, Laurel Iron Works, The be olling Mills, at Je ereey City. . Houdlette ie & E & Ellis, Mcnufacturers of and Dealers in MERCHANT BAR IRON, Homogeneous Steel and iron Boiler Plates. Sheet and Tank [ron us viler, Tank and Safe Riv Be st Lap- a Ide 4 Ir mn Be viler Tubes. Wrought lron ‘iirder, peck, and Channel Beams Ang le Tand @ ved Lron Ste ols in a Tron Fo orgings, Sennen er Steel Cut Nauis. line and Standard Babt itt Metals, “C ‘rescent Brand Journal Bearings. 19 to 31 Batterymarch Street, Boston, | ED | 98 & 29 West and 52 Washington bs. And Manufacturers of | WATTS COOKE, President, CUT NAILS THE IRON AGE. February 26, 1880, Ero. NEW YORK Sohn W. Quincy, 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, XL ot. ee ee Y ORK. IRON MERGHANTS, BOILER PLATE, Boller Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder Iron, | Beller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated “Eureka,” §Pennocks, “Wawasset,” Lukens, Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plate, Sheet, and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive Wrong ere, Bere alee. oid Gespen Cie, SD iron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. ‘ewter, dine. ine, IRON CO., IRON AND METAL DEALERS, NEW YORK, have uve ou hand, and offer for sale, the following: ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, QyEQRD (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) Manufacturers of the best grade of Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. ammer. Orders may be sent to the Mill - 0: CAR ENTER, our Agent, at 59 Joh Besse, ew Y« Ve ork. MARSHALL LEFFERTS, 90 Beekman St., New York City, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, Galvanized Sheet Iron, Ist and 2d Qualities. SPIKES. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. Gaiventasd W Wire, a and Ponee: Gojvenized Boop and vanized Rod and Bar —_— Malls, Saltenienk Chain, Galvanized te CORRUGATED SHEET IRON | For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. Plate and "Tank Iron, C No. 1,C H No. 1, GR Be. : Flange, Best Flange, Best Flange Fire Box, BOILER IRON Stamped and Guaranteed. All ry of Iron Work Galv: Tinned to ord a Price list ona Fquotations sent upon application. | W. BAILEY LANG, | Sole Agent In United States & Canada for | LOW-MOOR Boiler Rivets. IRON COMPANY, | NO. 50 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. | JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO.,| SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New York. “Burden Best” lron Burden Iron Works, H. Burden & Sons, Troy, N.Y, EGLESTON BROS. & CO., 166 South Street, 267 Front Street, NEW YORK CITY. BURDEN’S ULSTER IRON WORKS, | HO B. & S. 90 Broadway, New York. AND Tuckerman, Mulligan co ULSTER BAR IRON. All sizes and shapes in stock. 0. W. GRAVES & CO., Also Best Grades of METAL BROKERS, Am, & Eng. Ref’d Iron,Common Iron,&c Cor. Cliff and Beekman Sts., New York, B. F. JUDSON, TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, IRON WIRE, SHEET Importer of and Dealer in IRON, BRASS and COPPER GOODS, &c. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Passaic Rolling Mill Co. © 0 0 PATERSON, N. J. Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, lron Bridge Builders OLD METALS. 7 & 459 Water St., NEW YORK. - iz 3a 235 South St., W. S. MIDDLETON, BROKER AND BUYER OF | IRON, | Railroad, Mining and Steamship Supplies, Machinery, Hardware & Tools, 52 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK. Glengarnock and Carnbroe lron & Steel Boiler Plate, Lap Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c, alee Moet Taa,uc4c,"| SCOTCH PIG IRON. Agent for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel Boller Plates, The delivery and for pr Boat tesville Iron Co. and The Laurel Rolling Mii . ‘For spot ery P ompt “ forward a ey ae | shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, DEALER IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN ‘RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP IRON, Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work. 56 PINE STREET, N sw ¥ ‘OR K. Beams, Channels, Angles, TEES, Merchant Iron, &c., &c. New York Omice, 138 Chambers Street, . O. FAY ERWI e ATER, Treasurer. Room s. CARMICHAEL & EMMENS, DEALEN@ IN Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale in lots to suit by JAMES LEE & CO., | Sole Agents for the United States, . L. COBB. 72 Pine Street, New York. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. FULLER BROTHERS &« CO., 139 Greenwich Street, New York. | BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &e HARRISON & GILLOON 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 802, 804, 306 CHERRY ST., can Iron, Wro Cast and nn Cae Wheels Axles tna Heavy ass, siete Ovels, Half Ovals, Half Rounds Hexagon a and a ron. Also from Charcoal Pi rior Ge te branded J.G. All pudd ed baht is re- i ND J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, BURDEN’S Kron. PITTSBURGH. A. G. HATRY, Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boiler, Angle, T, and Railroad Iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R. R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGH, PA. Rvow. PITTSBURGH. W. 0, WOOD & C0°S PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jam. 11, 1676. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much leas price, FOR SALE, by all the principal METAL DEALERS JUNIATA ROADSTER PATTERN. i Ci i In the Large cities throughout = SY THE UNITED STATES. o é / And at their Office, = f Ill Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. The U. S. Iron and Tin Plate Co., SNOW SHOES. OF PITTSBURGH, PAs Manufacture to order BEST REFINED CHARCOAL The only Snow 2 POLISHED SHEET IRON, AND ted B Soto ok Sainte eae ainsi a Taggers I: and B e ate, =n ef geo oe aceon, ‘Improved SHOW Shoe Shapes. gasp et rong meen |" ta ret ae Works at a “Allegheny Co, ¥ Pa, STEEL TOE CALKS, astern ea ayy ile ree Sci yee SHOENBERGER & CO., **sbz7=™ cs. KANE, Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co., Dealer in IRON and STEEL. Successors to $04, Ragin, Whaesn, Anton, en GAYLORD ROLLING MILL Co., Scrap, Turnings, &c., PIG IRON, BLOOMS AND BAR Duquesne Way, near 6th in” PITTSBURGH. ~ €.A.von Bonnhorst. = RA, Wiison, R. A. WILSON & CO., PIG IRON, | Office Oe Works BLOOMS AND OR E, PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. 88 Fourth ave, cor. Wood st., Pittsburgh. Pres't aud | Gen'l Sup't Bec'y . ond Tear Bonnell, Botsford & Co. John f. Williams, lron, Nails & Spikes, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) ~ |STEEL BOILER PLATE, Agricultural and Machinery Steel ‘ and Steel Tire. Also, Homogeneous Iron Boiler Plate and Riv Merchant Bar, H ght Wien 00) yd Sheet Iron, Wrought Henry M. Long. Nathan M, McDowell. Keystone Rolling Mill, Williams, Long & McDowell, : Agency of Manufacturers of N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm, | ec Bar and Skelp lron, Swedish & Norway Iron. of every d Stock on hand at Boston, pi Sheets and Plates of all sizes, New York ond hiladel hia. In pow Sat Pp mportation orders e | Office, No. 87 Water Street, GUSTAF LUNDBERG, ;3 Kilby st., Borton, | ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. Pittsburgh, Pa. ¥ront Street. Oh. te 8 | some at Sono, Secnod Avenue. _ ZUG & CO. Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers of Wheeler’s Iron & Steel Combination Shafting, Under license of the Combination Trust Co., Philadelphia. This 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 WORKS. KIRKPATRICK, BEALE & Co. ufacturers ‘of all grades of E'INsE SHEET IRON Ss, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel.) TIN AND TERNE PLATES, made with Natura! Gas as tuel. OFFICE, No, 256 Water St., Pettatergh, Pa. WORKS, Lesehburg, Pa. mull, Allegheny Clty, Pa.; Omice, Cor. Water and Market Sta., Pittsburgh, Pa. ANDREW KLOMAN, tittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturer of STEEL AND IRON STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, Kloman Patent Universal Mill-Rolled Eye Bars. LIGGUT STEEL AND YRON Rals. MOULDING SAND, ALBANY SAND A SPECIALTY. ALBany, N. Y. a TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: , ¥., January, 1880. In future pleasé send all orders for My Molding Sand to Messrs. Whitehead Bros., 517 West 15th St., New York, as by arrangements entered into with them they possess the exclusive right to sell the same throughout the United States and Provinces. —_——————— MARVEY WOOD. Orders for the above or any other kind of Molding Sand, Fire Sand or Clay, will receive our prompt attention. WHITEHEAD BROS., 5/7 West (5th St., New York JW) _— MANUFACTURERS’ FOUNDRY CHppiice GERM AMERI GRAPE PLUME J. a Rails, | Ri General O: JAMES | An Analys fitted with res, 8 Price liste » T, t. plies, \X, | abso- | satis- es. UX Rivets, “ought >. WIS. eas. Dowell. ill, ron, et, Pa. —- — 16 sts is head they Ces. will February 26, 1880. Xron, PHILADELPHIA. Siemens’ Regenerative HENRY Levis & Co., BAS FURNAGE, [reruns teeter For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and RICHMOND & POTTS, Sheet Iron and General Railway 119 8. Fourth St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | xron. ee PHILADELPHIA. Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. The Gambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for 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 Street, Philadelphia. Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, 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 ef Iron Framing used in the construction of Iron Proof Buildings. DECK BEAMS, CHANNEL, ANGLE AND T BARS curvea to template, largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels. PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, For Top and Bottom Chords of Bridges. Ratlroad Iron, Street Rails, Rail Joints and Wrought Iron Chairs. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to Order. . Address, a DAVID REEVES, President. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. licited for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Les Oe Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. JAS. ROWLAND & C0,, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS & 00.1 al Manufacturers of CAR ASLES. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No. 265 S$. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. |e eu ssneiabonmsnensldlilil teem ani l——d FOUNDRY FACINCGS. or Ae, Ms, be ee ees BS GNVS SNIGINOW MANUFACTURERS’ FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. MACHINERY SAND, BRASS 66 CHARCOAL, BRUSHES, CHANDELIER ‘ MINERAL, CRUCIBLES, STOVE PLATE * , J, W. PAXSOM & CO. } xe, 02g ezs ee rere CONE nse, Pe. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 303 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. SIEVES, AMERICAN LEAD, ANTHRACITE, SHOVELS, BITUMEN, JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA, PA, Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted the a ratus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Iron Ores, mon Vato Coals, Clays. Fire Sands, &c. All analyses made by the members of the firm. Price lists op application. TEE IRON AGE. SaaS... esesteeneseerneeee Se — xvon. . = JUSTICE COX, Jr. na ward J. Btting, 'wUSTICE COX, JR. & CO. 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. AGENTS FOR _Evon. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the and Keystone e CATASAUQUA MFG, COS Coleraine Furnaces. o STORAGE WHARF & YARD, DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track withr road. Cash advances made en Iron. RAILROAD CAR AXLES, No. 383 Walnut St., Philadelphia, ——__ 407 Wainut St., Philadelphia, MINER, SHIPPER And Exclusive Sales Agent for Chester Iron Company’s Blue and Red Bessemer Ores, Hacklebarney, N. J., and Hoff Ore, Port Oram, N. J. Also of the Brotherton Ore, Kenvil, N. J. For Sale.—A limited amount of the celebrated Hibernia on Cornwall (N. Y.) Hematite, and ** Lake»? (Magnetic Bessemer). 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 ancl Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Quotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 52 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, Importers of German and English Pig, Scrap, And Iron Ore. Bankers and Stock Exchange Brokers, No. 35 South Third St., Philadelphia, No. 34 Pine St., New York, THE STANDARD Importers of Pig Iron, Ncw and Old Rai‘s, Scrap Iron, &c, D. W. R. READ, T. HORACE BR