The Iron Age 1880-04-01: Vol 25 Iss 14

a 1 scale I I ee. 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. The Iron Age Vol. XXV': No. 14. The Bethlehem Furnace. ment has been thoroughly and exhaustively The advantages of gas-heated” reverbera- tried at the works of the Bethlehem [ron Co., of the mixing current is t ‘ory furnaces for metallurgical uses over | those heated by solid or raw fuel, are so great as to have led to their adoption by many manufacturers, notwithstanding the loss incurred in the abandonment of the old forms and the heavy additional expense of the forms of gas furnaces adopted. In most cases, however, these items of expense and loss have been so considerable that they have kept ironmasters from using gas, and they have therefore retained the old form of puddling and heating furnaces, but at the same time have looked for some invention that would allowof the use of gas and not render valueless the immense sums invested in these old furnaces. We give in the accompanying cuts such a device, the invention of Mr. Wil- liam Stubblebine, of Bethlehem, Pa., who has been superintendent of the iron mill of the Bethlehem Iron Company. The invention is simply an improved combustion chamber for these old furnaces, and which at a trifling cost can be attached to them and secure the economic use and combustion of fuel. Before describing it, a few words about the method of combustion in the common reverberatory puddling and heating fur- naces will not be amiss. As is well known, the product of combustion, when the air first comes in contact with the lower layer of fuel next the grate bars, is carbonic acid. This carbonic acid, in passing through the upper layers of fuel, takes up carbon and becomes carbonic oxide. Many attempts, with varying degrees of success, have been made to burn the car- bonic oxide either in the upper part of the fire-box or while passing through the heat- ing chamber. The actual measure of suc- cess or failure thus gained is best shown by the trifling extent to which these various devices are utilized. They have failed to combine thorough combustion with desir- able qualities of flame, and hence have been discarded. Mr. Stubblebine, however, first brought into use the process of mixing a portion of the gases from the fire-box with the upper blast, and then discharging this mixture into the fire-box through properly propor- tioned and suitably arranged orifices, The accompanying illustration will convey to the reader a clear idea of the form, ar- rangement and position of this gas-mixing chamber. The arrows show the direction of the blast and currents of gases. The theory t the current of gas in the furnace over the bridge and toward the flue draws the upper blast to the front orifices in the floor of the mixing chamber, and the volume of the blast being insufficient to fill all these orifices, the action establishes an induced current of gases from the fire-box, up through the holes next to the furnace doors, The mingling of the gas and blast takes place, without combustion, in the mixing chamber, which possibly helps to counteract the evil of undue dilution by the nitrogen of the air, as is the case when com- bustion takes place at the first instant of contact. The perforations through the roof of the fire chamber shown in section in the longer sketch, Fig. 1, and in plan section L D, Fig. 2, are made 214 inches in diameter, and placed about 8 inches apart from center to center in four rows across the furnace. Two rows of these holes are in front and two in rear of a bridge wall built, as shown, fully across the mixing chamber. The ceil- ing of the mixing chamber is made solid over the rear half of it, and is filled with small holes 3 of an inch in size and ¥ of an inch apart in the front half. Above this ceiling of the mixing chamber is a smaller chamber into which the blast is admitted, being preferably projected to the rear so as to break the force of the blast and diffuse it throughout the inclosed space, and make it pass down through the small holes uniformly distributed. Under conditions favorable to working, the upper blast is forced with a gentle cur- rent into the fire-box, so that there is no surplus oxygen in the lower layers of the furnace flame, into which it would be car- ried by a more forcible blast down through the furnace, and by which it would be brought in contact with the metal charged and cause furnace waste. The lower blast is controlled to secure the greatest production of carbonic oxide, and by the gentleness of its current prevents the transfer of dirt from the grate to the heating chamber, thus keep- ing the iron purer, and securing thereby materially better quality in the product, Experience in puddling proves that the qual- ity of puddle bar from this furnace, as com- pared with that from similar furnaces without this process of combustion, is much bet- ter. This way of working the furnace secures a clean fire, there being less dirt in it after six or seven heats than there is often in three or four heats when the improvement is not used, and consequently avoiding the necessity of withdrawing the grate bars, as frequently is the case otherwise. The com- bustion being very rapid, secures as a re- sult a more intense heat than otherwise would be the case, and yields the impor- tant advantage of localizing the high tem- perature. In existing heating furnaces provided with this improvement, the piles charged next to the flue are ready to draw as soon as those near the bridge, and new furnaces must be built longer than those now in use, or with a reduced area of grate, before the full benefit (© be gained in utilizing this process of com- | and the records of their working show that ‘while their single puddling furnaces pro- duced an average of about 2200 pounds of puddle bar before the improvement was put on the furnace, they have since then averaged about 4200 pounds of puddle bar each turn. The record of their double puddling furnaces shows an increase, under like conditions, of from 4800 to 8000 pounds; and this result has been obtained with a reduction of coal consumed per ton of product of fully 33 per cent. Further, the quality of product has been greatly improved, while reducing the amount of furnace waste and increasing the life of the furnace. The cost of adding this improvement to existing furnaces will vary somewhat, depending on the peculiar surroundings of such furnaces, but may be estimated in a general way at $35; and we are informed that this furnace improvement is controlled by Mr. B..C. Lauth, of Philadel- phia, a gentleman whose experience in, and knowledge of, iron manufacture are suffi- cient guaranty of the value of the invention, SEC C-D PLAN | SEC. A-B o gee — “ — — Fig. 2.—Plan and Horizontal The arrangement of devices for applying the invention to other kinds of furnaces has beeu worked out, and it is expected to try the improvement at an early day on lo- comotives and furnaces of stationary and marine boilers, forge fires, reducing fur- naces, open-hearth steel furnaces, &c. Other devices for securing the mixing of gases with the blast have been invented to make the process available under the varied con- ditions which may be presented for solution ; and, as a comprehensive name of general application is desirable—one covering the contemplated diversity of devices—the in- ventor has christened his applied invention the Bethlehem Furnace. S$. Railway Extension in Austria.—The | reports of railway extension during 1879 in various countries are gradually coming in. The figures which thus come to us show how insignificant extensions abroad have been, compared to the development we are ac- | customed to witness in this country. Ac- | cording to the Railroad Gazette 94 miles | of new railroad were opened, on eight dif- ferent lines, the longest of which was 24 miles in Austria-Hungary. About 49 miles were in Austria and 45 in Hungary. At the close of the year the whole country had 11,348 miles of railroad in operation. The increase in 1879 was the smallest for 14 years. The flush times of railroad building there were about the same here, from 1868 to ‘or other accident. 2 ss ee } | bustion can be ascertained. The improve- | 1873, during which six years 5756 miles were opened, while in 1871, and also in 1872, 1322 miles were built. In the six years since 1873 the total built has been but 1790 miles. The country is not by any means well provided with railroads. am - The Belgian Exhibition. An International Exhibition of the Arts | and Industries is to be opened at Brussels on the first of next May. Although this ex hibition will be designed after the fashion of the great international fairs by which it Las been preceded, it will differ from them in two important particulars—it will be as per- manent as its fortunes will allow, and it will be arranged with a sole view to com- mercial profit. So far as can be judged from the circular which has been issued, the idea seems to be to make this exhibition a huge market, where the wares of the world will be on sale, Exhibitors will be required to pay rent for each square meter (3 feet 3 inches) they may desire to occupy. They must take the risk of any loss caused by fire The managers of the Fig. 1.—Vertical Section. Section. THE BETHLEHEM FURNACE. exhibition will provide watchmen, and take the best possible care of the goods deposited with them ; but they decline to hold them- | selves liable in case of theft in the absence of any special arrangement to that effect. Rent for the space occupied will be payable in advance every six months, the time to begin from the day when the administration acknowledges the receipt of the goods, All such furniture and fittings as are requisite for the proper display of the exhibits will be provided, but a supplementary charge will be made for this accommodation at the rate of 6 per cent. per year on the cost of the installation. Motive power will also be provided ; but this, like everything else, must be paid for by those who use it, the rate fixed for steam driving being 15 cen- | times each working hour. The Belgian Government has made ar- rangements for the transportation of pack- ages of 10 poundsor less, notexceeding a value of 200 francs, from Belgium to all parts of the world, at greatly reduced rates. The freight on such packages sent via Antwerp 'to any port of America will be: On packages without value, 5 francs 50 centiines, or about $1.05, and on packages of coo francs or less value, 8 francs 10centigmes, or about $1.54, to which will be added the expenses on packages of value (for the declaration and entry at the Custom Houses of the United States, of which the agents the Red Star Line will take care,) viz., on a gk- New York, Thursday, April 1, 1880. ages of a value of 50 frances or less, 11 francs, or about $2.09, and on packages of a value 5 a 82.50 a Year, Including Tostage. Stngle Copies, Ten Cents. Herr Von Kerpely’s report of the Paris Ex- hibition, published in 1879, the following list of the Bessemer and open-hearth steel works from 50 to 200 francs, 16 francs 50 cen times, or $3.14. of that country TT 7: BESSEMER WORKS, METALLURGICAL NOTES. , No, Con Capacity Output, Name verter. Tons Tens. —_——— Denain ? 8to 9 30,000 a Montlugon 4 1u,000 DRY OXIDE CINDER BOTTOMS FOR HEATING | Chitillon-Commentry : FURNACES, Bessege 4 ; 25,000 st Etienne 2 ° 10,000 While sand bottoms have long been dis-| Terrenoire ‘ 4to 5 25,000 Givors ‘ to 6 placed in the puddling process, they are| Assailly t ' : Aaa : >to g ,000 still used in heating furnaces, although | Creusot ¢ ; much attention has been given to cinder | 8 to to OPEN- HEARTH WORKS bottoms. In England much iron is double heated, the first heating being done on a No. Capacity. Output, cinder bottom, so as to secure the wastage | ee ‘ 12,000 or cinder for fettling purposes, while the] Terrenoire A <to 6 finishing or welding heat had to be carried out | Terrenoire 2 10 tO 20 on a sand bottom, because it was found ne 0 eee 18,000 difficult to secure a cinder bottom sufficiently | Montlucon : ts a dry or hard in the high heat required for | Chatillon-Commentry welding. Mr. J. Tibbs, of Tipton, England, spmers 2 ; 6,000 after much experimenting came to the con- | Aubin. __ ‘« clusion that the chief cause of former fail-| Assailly, Pernot .... ; a ures was that the cinder flowing from the cate ee . - 20 Though incomplete, this list shows that the capacity of the French works is prob- ably in excess of the current requirements of the country. COMPOSITION OF THE HOERDE CINDER. When, in the issue of The Iron Age of January 22, we published the data relating to the famous Hoerde experiments, the figures for the analysea of the cinder pro- duced during the process were not at hand, As they have an important bearing upon the process and will aid very considerably in judging its value, we give them below. The first two, a and b, belong to charges not specified ; the third, c, being the average of the cinders of charges 67, 68 and 69, the full details of which are given, and which are completed by this analysis : HOERDE CINDER, a, b ¢. Silica - 9.50 13.8: Ir.10 Phosphoric acid 9.76 7.38 12.43 Magnetic oxide of iron - 9.28 6.92 I1.a5 Protoxide of iron ‘ 1.4! ; Protoxide of manganese 6.16 6.20 4.40 Lime. 59-35 $7-85 50.21 Magnesia ; . . §-01 6.93 9.84 Sulphide of calcium 87 0.22 1.95 Alumina . trace, trace. trace. Total 99-93 100.72 100.38 TOOL STEEL AND THE OPEN-HEARTH PRO- CESS. A branch of steel manufacture that ap- pears to be gaining ground is the manufac- ture of the harder varieties of steel for tools, &c. Some of our Pennsylvania open-hearth works are now producing metal of this class which, it is thought, will actively compete with the product of the crucible steel works. For these classes of steel, of course much more pig iron must be used in the open- hearth furnace, and the successful produc- tion of high grade material will naturally depend very largely upon the purity of the pig used, for the very best brands of which it would open a market. It would seem that some of our manufacturers have been turn- ing to Sweden for a supply of pig metal which, it is claimed, must be very low, not- ably in phosphorus. Dannemora, among other works, is capable of sending metal running as low as 0.025 per cent. of phos- phorus, a figure which few, if any, of our domestic pig approaches, . FERROMANGANESE IN PUDDLING, Prof. Kerpely states that at Fourcham- bault, in the Department of Niévres, France, ferromanganese has been used in puddling, They have succeeded in making, from ordi- nary coke pig, wrought iron which is equal in every respect to that made from charcoal pig. ct . The New Western Steamer, The Iron Age.—One of the finest steamers on the Western waters has just been completed and christened The Iron Age. The steamer is built for Gray’s Iron Line, so well known on the Ohio and Mississippi. Neither pains nor expense have been spared to render her as near perfect as can be. Sheis of easy model and sits as graceful as a duck on the Fig. 3.—Side Elevation. flue pole had not been protected against the chilling caused by exposure to currents of | cold air, and he accordingly constructed around the orifice through which the cinder | water. She is 175 feet long, 32 beam, 5% issues, a chamber which keeps the cinder in| hold. Her machinery is of the very a liquid condition. By this expedient he} best; cylinders, 22 inches in diameter, has secured a dry sloped cinder bottom, | 8 feet stroke; five boilers, 26 feet long, which makes a pure flue cinder available} 40 inches diameter and furnished with for the puddling furnace, while it does away | nigger engine and boiler: three steam with the trouble and expense attending the capstans, fire pumps and everything else to use of sand bottoms, there being no sand/ make her complete. She has an electric cracks or marks on the product turned out, | light of the Brush type, the first ever put while the work of the heater is less laborious. | on any boat at Pittsburgh. The steel boil- In altering a furnace in accordance with! ers were tested and stood a pressure of 240 Mr. Tibbs’, modification, his representative, | pounds and were allowed 160 pounds steam, Mr. E. G. Scovil, 3 Mile P. O., St. John, N.| She has a cast-steel shaft 11% inches in B., suggests putting in cast iron plates 7 to} journal, 25 feet 2 inches long, made by the 8 inches below the fire plates. ‘These plates | Nashau Iron and Steel Company, Nashua, are made to slope toward the back wall, and| N. H., which is a splendid piece of work- from the bridge to the back flue jamb, where | manship, being the third shaft made by that a cinder spout is placed when practicable. | company for Gray's Iron Line, all of which This spout enters into a close chamber con-| have given great satisfaction. Capt. Gray taining a tapping waggon, so arranged that} was the first to introduce boilers with drilled it can be withdrawn and replaced without] holes, first to introduce American delay. The bottom is melted in with ground | shafts, first to introduce steel boilers on the iron ore such as used for fettling. It uses | Western waters, and first tointroduce barge from 1 to 2 cwts of ore per ton of heated iron | transportation from Pittsburgh for geaeral for repairs, the wastage from the iron run use, and has made Gravy’s Lron line one of ning off with the melted ore, and forming a} the foremost transportation lines of the pure cinder available for fettling West. THE STEEL WORKS OF FRANCE. As there appears to be little known of the} The gross amount of iron ore mined in number of the steel works in France and/ Essex County, N. Y., last year was 240,344 steel cng \their equipments, we have compiled from] tons, te THE IRON AGE. April 1, 1880, PActals. 2 _ #Actats. PActals. ANSONIA s The Plume & Atwood BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER IN Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. PURE COPPER WIRE For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Ptosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA * REFINED INCOT COPPER. Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF Waterbury Brass Co. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. Sheet, RoJl and Platers’ Brass, CERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS & BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASKS, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. 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. German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Kerosene Burners, 80 Chambers Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Rolling Mill, | Factories, THOMASTON, Ct. | PHELPS, DODGE & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, Lamp Trimmings, &c. WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co,, Cire, ere, gigs L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, resident & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary. Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering, MANUFACTURERS OF TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, Sr sea en & ao > ~ = aa ga ~ a s IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE, 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY Sheet and Roll Brass, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, ROOFING PLATE, | 189 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. Conn. Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, eee a ere ae ; NEW YORK OFFICE: ST. LOUIS OFFICE; CUICAGO OFFICE: 215 and 217 Lake St. 21 Cliff St, 707 No, Second St. German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, { LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF Manhattan Brass Co,, Manufacturers of Sheet Brass, Olmsted Patent Oilers, C 0 P Pp E R A N D R RAS S a hg — pmbees — * | Copper Wire, roughton Patent Oilers, | Ciocks & Fly Fan Movements. | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, [=2222 CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. pay an Stage a Saitieate attention paid to cutting out Blanks and toeee NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS, Zine Tubing, Hurricane Lanterns, manufacturing Metal Goods. ages H OWART 45 Fulton St., N. Brown’s Patent Picture Hooks. ; | SCOVILL MFC CO Fire Sets Fenders Bc, | Zustem comm [ae mean atm .| 3845 ARD. & “MORSE, -- + . ; ° soug¢ Brass, Copper & Iron Wire Cloth, BR ASS, BRASS BLANKS AND TUBES Harrison Wire Company cscea Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Iron Wire Bolting Cloth, HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER. . Sees. Ship & Railroad Lanterns, Signal Lights, Conductors’ OFFICE AND WORKS 8ST. LOUIS, MO yeahs a Adjustable Globe Hand Lantern, Desk y 7 7 . Sm Oo ‘ . PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. | ist Ave., 27th to 28th Sts., New Works | 0 pen, a gioy ictal cee — cen aan een ae oe ——@ SD en ~ B U T T oO N Ss THE NEW HAVEN Prest. and Treas. Secretary. EoeEe Ornamental Wire Fence. MANUFACTURERS OF SaSEs . CLOTH AND METAL. sbeteg a é DEPOTS FACTORIES COPPER CO., AE Rane oe gseze E 5 ’ ’ AA SSaS 419 & 421 Broome St., N, Y. Waterbury, Conn. etkecg 5 4 weer ee txervary, Comm. | 256 Pearl Street, New Vork. | [RON & STEEL WIRE 2:22: 5 183 Lake St. 188 Lake Sta Chteage. New York City. Manufacturers of and Dealers in de Esk ket ~ § "hn a a . s oefsa = D DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,/Braziers’ & Sheathing Wire Mill Specialties. th E ; Importers of SS a ~~ Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper, COPPER. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, q % Wire, Zinc, Ete. WATERBURY, CONN. 2 © ob & 83. GN Bin cnn, Peltor Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, eats agg é DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORE. Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, kc. 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. The Best Burning Kerosene Ou Lantern in the Market for me Money. = Manufacturers of all kinds of H. & M. Star Lantern, with Candle Socket, Sperm and Kerosene Oil Burners. Established 1537. Incorporated 1876. WATERBURY MFC. CO., WATERBURY, CONN. BRASS GOODS. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, neato Round and Square Head Cap and Set Screws; Brass and Iron Safety ona Jack Chain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all kinds, from Sheet Iron, Steel or Bras Estimates on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and promptly given. WORKS ROSELL ING Brass, Copper & German Silver, ___ New York Office ROLLED“AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn Brass aan Copper Co. Ingot Copper, "'Spelter, Lead, Tin, _ wig Solder & Old Metals. John Street,M. Ye N.Y. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. TRENTON, Warehouse N. 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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; MANNI: & & ‘SQUIER, Gen'l Agents For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS, |____ 13 titers stro mv SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE Best Qualities of Gun- Screw and Charcoal fron Wire; |G@eo. W. aie & Co., Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire. ; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. MOLYOKE, MASS. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths, of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths, _ Represented io New York by COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Oo.» 17 Burting Sip. GALVAN IZ E D STE te WI RE, . meets Ale For Plain. Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, <one a7 iy my oun, ae les, &c. Annealed and Oiled Fenaing WIRE ROPE: OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. 7 — — Contractors to ihe German and Foreign ments, The oldest Bright, Goppered, As Annealed ae onl uncon Solegeaph AGaseen, ¢ pacn Ke es 7 See ei house in the branch on the Con- STEEL ratanete aah WIRE ROPE. See | J. WOOL GRISWOLD. foe WIRE RAILING »le Agent for Foxell, Jones & Co., manufacturers of Manipaediinen os F HOLLOW WARE, Ornamental Wire Works. - —< St. Louis, Mo, and Broker in WAT I Fe EB % M na 36 North a _ os el ? PIG IRON, sles, ee. | St ivan Fader Casha Read aaa 78 Beekman Street, New York City. TROY, N. Y. | Seen, &e Woven’ Wire, iron Bedsteada” Ghairs, BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON WIRE ROPE. BOO N. Main St., 380. ORKS. loth, g Cloth, luctors’ » Desk This Lantern is known as the H. & M. Star Lantern. , Pa. IRE, ty IRE ths. led Fenaing Ss. 10n the Oon- LING Works. . aitimere. ies. Balco nd and Coad Ghairs, April 1, 1880. 0. LINDEMANN & C0., Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of Spring Brackets for Bird Cages, And manufacturers of the largest variety of Japanned, Brass and Yin-Plated Bird Cages in this Country. Catalogues furnished tq the trade. 254 Pearl Street, New York. THE IRON AGE. CARY & MOEN, STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of o KK a, ELLA AL Fa SAWS IVI MINS SA ELLE ALLELE, UL LAL LIL WEL LLL LLG (Com spapnbiaine non mngt nmrrrd Ss C — 7 ee ae Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. so Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 984, 936 and 238 West 29th Strect, ; : : ss . WEW YORE. DIFFERENT BROWN & BROTHERS, 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Manufacturers of Waterbury, Conn, BRASS, COPPER AND: GERMAN SILVER, In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, | Rivets and Burs, Etc. ALSO, Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 lbs. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVEK-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich designs. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. POPE,COLE & Co. BALTIMORE — COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, Also Cakes, of unequalled purity and toughness. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver * dn Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. ——— Wrought lron Fence, Our specialty. Also Crestings, Finials and Vanes; Stable Fixtures, Hitching Posts, Door and Window Guards, Wrought Iron Grat- ings, &c. Address IRON FENCE WORKS, J, H. VAN DORN, Proprietor, CLEVELAND, Ohio, U. 8. A. ALL WROUGHT IRON, I. ScHoENBERG, Pres. = 8. BuonpueErm, Sec'y. The Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in SOLDER, TYPE. Stereotype, Electrotype and Babbitt Metals, Importers of Block Tin, Antimony, &c. Refiners of Lead, Spelter, &c. Highest price paid for Old Metals and al kinds or Dross. 5°28 ana 530 East 20th Street, between Avenues A & B, New York. ss. Wi SAMUEL. P.O. Box 1300. 5&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. BAINT LOUTS. WESTON’S PULLEY BLOCKS, | CLEVELAND WROUGHT SOLE MAKERS, YALE LOCK MFC. CO. Office and Works, STAMFORD, CONN, . SALESROOMS, 53 Chambers St.. New 36 Pearl St., Boston. 506 Commerce St.. Philadelphia. [AL Y ork. STANLEY RULE AND LEVEL CO, MANUFACTURERS OF a» | | Improved lx anaes ‘Carpenters’ Tools 29 Chambers St, ae a PM 9 New York, Manufacturers of Balley’s Patent Adjustable Planes. Genera] Agents for the sale of Leonard Bailey & Cos * Victor Planes.’ New Britain, Conn. WAREROOMS, ——_— This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, D. G, GAUTIER, Chairman D, J, MORRELL, Treasurer. CHAS. DOUGLASS, Gen’ Supt. GAUTIER STEEL CO., LIMITED. | STEEL.,, WIRE and SPRINCS. = WORKS, JOHNSTOWN, PENN. Eastern Warehouse, 93 John St, N. Y.; Philada. Warehouse, 505,.Commerce St. Sr WILLIAM VOGEL, Manufacturer of Plain and Stamped TINWARE, SEAMLESS BOXES, ROUND, OVAL AND SQUARE CANS. | Special Articles Manufactured of Sheet Metals. 41,43 & 45 South Oth Street, Near the Ferries, BROOKLYN (E. D.), N. ¥. HENRY J. VOOEL. LOUIS & VOGEL. | | ee LS N.&G, TAYLOR CO,, PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers and Importers of ODD SIZES TIN AND ROOFING PLATES. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in REGULAR SIZES, SPECIAL SIZES, ODD SIZES, IRREGULAR SIZES AND CIRCLES, Tin Plates for Every Conceiwvable Purpose, Please write to us when wanting any information whatever on Tin Plates, Metals, Sheet Iron, &e. N. & G TAYLOR CoO., Established 1810. PHILADELPHIA. very description. | A German Water Meter. | A German firm of instrument makers in Altona, near Hamburg, have had in use in their works for some three years a water | meter which has several points of novelty in its construction. It is the Mvention of Mr. Dennart, a member of the firm of Den os & Pope, the manufacturers. The ma chine is a piston meter, in which the motion |of the valves is almost instantaneously ac complished by means of a weight. The ex- ternal form is shown in Fig. 1. The ap | | Tt | | | | | | |A German Water Meter.—Fig. 1.—Side View, shou ing the Valve Motion b, Bar on which the Weight moves. Z Z, X, Spring and Stop. paratus consists of a cylindrical vessel, hav ing a piston moving in it, as shown in Fig. 3. A cross-head fixed to the piston rod gives motion to a weight, W, which rolls on an inclined bar, b, connected tothe cock, de tails of which are shown in Figs. 4 to 7. It | will be at once seen from Fig. 1 that, when the piston reaches the end of the stroke, the | frame carrying the roller W pushes back the spring X, the end of the bar 6 on which the | _A German Water Meter.—Fig. 2—End View, showing Cross-head, roller is resting then drops, and the ceck is reversed instantaneously; thus at each stroke a quantity of water equal to the vol- }ume swept through by the piston is dis- charged, and an accurate measurement of | quantity is thus obtained. | The piston is packed with leather, the | plug of the cock working in a lignum vite bush, and is quite cylindrical. In the meter now working at Altona, during the term of three years both piston and cock have | proved perfectly tight. The cock being ar A German Water Meter.—Fig. 3.—Top View land O, Inlet ¢ ranged below the cylinder, any impurities entering the cylinder with the water are washed out again, while, should the action of the cock be stopped by any accident, no water can pass the meter. One of these meters has been kept at work side by side with a Siemens meter at A German Water Meter.—Fig. 4.—Horizon tal Section of the Valve. the Altona Water Works. As we already mentioned, one of these has been at work at the maker’s place for | upward of three years under a pressure o! 130 pounds, and the packing had only to be meters > |A German Water Meter.—Fig. 5.—Vertical | Section, showing Valve. | removed once during this time, but the apparatus was also found to work satisfac- torily under as low a pressure as 1/4 pounds er 3 feet head of water, have 3 —— - 7 — This is a very good test for any meter. The most difficult one, however, for a meter of this kind would probably be to run on a very small stream with a variable head. If a meter can stand this test after it has been some time in use, it would appear to have met some of the severest requirements suc ‘essfully. We have not heard the particu- lars in regard to tests of the meter illus- trated, and hence cannot form an opinion in regard to its value The makers intend to use the same ap- a motor for small power, and paratus as W, the Weight, Side Connections between Cock a and Bar b, recommend it for this purpose on account of its simplicity and consequent small cost. Where high-pressure water is available at a reasonable price and small powers are only occasionally required, this apparatus may prove an efficient and suitable substitute for other small motors ; it requires no prepara- tion whatever, is noiseless and measures its own consumption, according to which payment will be made to the water com- panies. (YC) WAAC) Y \ Li fe cr 4, a | I. —< iis SHKZ A German Water Meter.—Fig. 6.—Vertical Section at Right Angles to Fig. 5, showing Ports and Passages, and Direction of Flow, The recording apparatus is not shown. The meter will have an abundance of power to run any style of counter which may be applied to it. ——E Knights of Labor.—The following state- this order has been made The ment concerning by James L. Wright, of Philadelphia ; 1 of the Meter Piston, shown by Dotted Lines, md Outlet Pi é organization is secret, and there are many things which I cannot diselose to you. When you ask me if [ ama Knight I oan tell you that 1 am, but when you ask me whether such and such a man is a brother Knight, I am not at liberty to inform you if he is. I could not, therefore, tell you the names of the chief men in the organization. One of the reasons for starting the organiza- tion lay in the fact that there has always been more need for secrecy regarding names in labor unions than among the Odd Fellows or Free Masons No argument is required to prove this, for it is well known that the Odd Fellows’ or Free Masons’ lodge would have no difficulty in getting a job at shoeing a horse or white-washing a fence, while the leader of a labor circle would be deemed worthy of ostracism by many capitalists and employers Although it is about 15 years since the organization of the society, which took place in this city, yet it did not begin |} A German Water Meter -End View —f} ig. 7 of Valve and Pipes to take remirkably long strides toward ita present great strength until 1870. Having been lounded in Philadelphia, its largest membership has naturally been in Pennsyl- vania, although it has alreadv ramified a larger number of States. It has between 80,000 and 35,000 members in Pennsylvania. The membership in Ohio and Indiana, too is conspicuously large The rather sudden increase Of membership about 10 vears ago was due, first, to the recognition of the failure of trades unions to accomplish their purpose 50 long as brik Sayers, tallors, Ina sons and all other laborers declined to ** pool their issues” and discontinue to hold meet ings open to everybody [here was &@ gen- eral feeling of the necessity of getting the various trades to join together ina commoy eause. 5 dad > — ws sce os et a THE IRON AGE. April 1, 1880. + Kron. ¥von. | ¥von. Kron. Kron, NEW YORK. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. 7 PITTSBURGH. ___ PITTSBURGH. GGDEN & WALLACE, Successors to GAM’L G. SMITH & CO., IRON & STEEL, 85,87,89 & 91 ELMST., N.Y. ACRETS MIDVALE STEEL WORKS. A full assortment constantly on hand of Cast, Machinery, Tool, Spring, Tire, Sleigh | Shee, Toe Calk, Plow and Blister Steel. Orders solicited for Stoel Tyres and Axles, Steel _Forgings and Castings. PIERSON & CO., Established 1790, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St. NEW YORK CITY, Ulster fron. All Sizes and Shapes kept in Stock. | ABEEL BROTHERS, Established 1765 by ABEEL & BYVANCK, Iron Merchants, 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. ULSTERIRON = A full assortment of all sizés constantly on hand. Retined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron, Common Iron, Band, Hoop and Scroll Iron, Sheet Iron, Norway Nail Rods, Norway Shapes, Cc __Cast, Spring | Spring and Tire ) Beess, ote ete. A. R. Whitney, Manufacturer of and Dealer in IRON, 56, 68 & 60 Hudson, 48, 50 & 562 Thomas, and toe 12, 14416 Worth Sts., Our specialty is in Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction oj Fire-Proof Buildings, Bridges, &c. Plans and estimates furnished, and contracts made for erecting Iron Structures of every description. Books containing cuts of all Iron made sent on ap- vipeien by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 58 Hudson Street, BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 70 & 7i West St., Oi Peeve —- New York. Agents for the sale of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, | Bands; Hoops & Rods. AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., IRON MERCHANTS Cor. Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK CITY. ELIZABETHPORT ROLLING MILL, Elizabethport, N. J., Common and Refined BAR IRON, Fish Plates, Spikes, &c. Address, DANIEL W. RICHARDS & C0. Importers of and Dealers in Scrap Iron and Metals, 88 to 06 Mangin St., New York. P. W. GALLAUDET, Banker and Note Broker, Nos. 3 and 6 Wall Street, NEW YORK. HARDWARE, METAL, IRON RUBBER, SHOE, PAPEK AND PAPER-HANGINGS, LUMBER, COAL 4ND RAILROAD PAPER WANTED ADVANCES MADE ON BUSINESSS PAPER AND OTHER SKCURITIES, Houdlette & Ellis, aanutacturers of and Dealers in MERCHANT BAR IRON, samageneous Steel and iron Boiler Plates, maee and Tank Iron bs er, Tank and Safe Best Lap-Welde dro » Boiler Tubes ought Lron Girder, Deck, and Channel Beams Angle, T and G re sd li Steel and Lron Fo »rgings, Beasen r Stee) Cut Naus Genuine and Standard Babbitt Me ls Crescent Braud Journal Bearin 19 to SI Batterymarch Street, Hoston, Wa. BispuaM. qT B. Warner & Son, | IRON MERCHANTS, | 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington Sts, BOILER PLATE, Boller Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder kron, Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated John W. Quincy, 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOCK wm LEAD, oe anenoenny on &e WD. WOOD & COS ‘A. @. HATRY, — Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boller, Angle, T, and Rallroad Iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R. R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGH, PA. JUNIATA — | | HARRISON & GILLOON Pennocks, | IRON AND METAL DEALERS, | 558, 560,562 WATER BST., and 302, 304, 306 CHERRY ST., “Eureka,” “Wawasset,” Lukens, icieaiaiial site oe et following: | Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plate, Sheet, | geotch and American Pig Iron, Wroug ast and and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive | Machinery Scrap Iron, Car-Wh eels, poy Rat "Bory Wronght Iron; also a Copper, Composition, Brass, iron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. Lead. Pewter. . Zine, & ROME MERCHANT IRON “MILLS, | OXFORD Cae PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865; April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jam. 11, 1876. 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 In the Large cities throughout THE UNITED STATES. And at their Office, {1 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | The US, on and Tin Plate Co. ON OW SHOES. Manufacture to order BEST REFINED CHARCOAL AND we only Snow Shoes in the market that abso- ly eer nt all balli d ni POLISHED SHEET IRON, |faction, er Taggers Iron and Bessemer Steel Plate, Improved Siow Shoe Shapes. in quality and size to suit the wants ot consum- ers. Also Best are Terne Plates in Special Standard Sizes. $6X7-16, 11-16X7-16, 4X7-16, 13-16K7-16, %X7-16, 4% Sizes, from 10x17 to 20x Orders solicted. Inquiries promptly ee en arene Sanene Works at Demmler, Allegheny Co., Pa. STEEL TOE CALKS., Eastern Sales Agents watt { 1232 arket st., Sa SHOENBERGER & C0., - ELY & WILLIAMS, ;* 114 John s Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co., ae Dealer in Successors to IRON and antiee. ° A Old Rails, Wheels, Axles, Springs, . Te nee aeene co., Ss . T i 1 & PIG IRON, BLOOMS AND BAR Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) meee — STEEL BOILER PLATE, ~~. A. von Bonnhorst. Agricultural and Machinery Steel and Steel Tire. R . A. W l L S O N . a 0. Also, Homogeneous Iron pete r Plate and Riveta, Merchant Bar, H and § t PIG IRON, oe Ween | Spikes, Fish Bars and Bolts. BLOOMS AND ORE, Office and Works : 88 Fourth ave., cor. Wood st., Pittsburgh. ROME, N. ¥. Manufacturers of the bent grade of | Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. we rolls, Ovals. Half Ovals, Half Roun 1s, He xagon and orse Shoe Iron. Also fré a Charcoal P ig. a superior | quality of iS yn branded J. All puddled balls re: | duced a hammer. Orders. om ay “he sent to the Nor | | to J. CARPENTER, our Agent, at 59 J | Kuréet, sew Y ork. ‘MARSHALL [aes 90 Beekman St., New York City, | MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. Galvanized Sheet Iron, | Ist and 2d Qualities. NEW YORK. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized ms cop and Band Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron, | — Nails, Galvanized C hain, Galvanized Iron (B, G. CLARKE, Receiver,) AND SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, phone and "Tank Iron, ’ H No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, bb ; Burden Best Price list and _ Price list and quotations sent upon application. ~W. BAILEY LANG, lron sea SOILER IROR Stamped and Guaranteed. | Sole Agent In United States & Canada for LOW-MOOR Boiler Rivets. IRON COMPANY, URDEN’S “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON B All Gecetietions of Iron Work Galvanized or | NO. 50 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. | Burden Iron Works, H. Burden & Sons,| _ For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. Tinned to ord | Bonnell, Botsford & Co.. John |. Williams. Henry M. Long, Nathan M, McDowell. PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. J. C. LEWIS, GEO. 8. LEWIS Pres’t aad Geni Supt Sec'y and Treas. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., (udaon Street. | SCOTCH AND AMERICAN | . Troy, N N. Y. K R li Mi I PIG IRON, ULSTER | Iron, Nails & Spikes, “eystone noting Nu No. 69 Wall St., New York. mumnmnes __ YOUNGSTOWN, ONTO, Williams, Long & McDowell, Manufacturers of Agency of N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Merchant Bar and Skelp Iron ’ Swedish & Norway lron of every descri riptio ock on hand at Boston, New York and hiedelphia 2S orders ? Office, No. 87 Water Street a . « . , specialty. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 38 Kilby st., Boston. Pittsburgh, Pa , * Mill at Sono, Beck on 1 1 Ave at ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 244 & 236 N. ~ ZUG&cOo., _ Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers of Wheeler’s Iron & Steel Combination Shafting, Under license of the Combination Trust Co., Philadelphia, ULSTER IRON WORKS, H.B. & S. Bar Iron. 90 Broadway, New York. Also Best Grades of ‘American & English Refined Iron. ‘Tuckerman, Mulligan&Co 0. W. GRAVES & Co., EGLESTON BROS, & CO.. METAL BROKERS, __2! hott Si) NEW YORK CITY. De7 Front. St; | NEW YORK CITY. | Cor. Cliff and Beekman Sts., New York, | B. F. JU DSON ° 'TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, IRON WIRE, SHEET | Importer of and Dealer in IRON, BRASS and COPPER GOODS, &. | SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Passaic Rolling Mill Co. 2S Fron, PATERSON, N. J. | Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, lron Bridge Builders OLD METALS. And Manufacturers of a7 & «335 es se . ; ‘NEW YORK. Beams, Channels, Angles, | Ww. S. MIDDLETON, Sheets and Plates of all sizes, . This Shaftipg is superior to any now on the market, and the attention of machinists is particularly called to it and a trial order solicite od. Prices furnished on application. L. EECHBU RG IRON WORKS. Vy aera ae A rRON, KIRKPATR Ick & CO. anufacturers of all grades of GrChant ION, &C., QC. paiiroad, “Mining and Steamship Supplies, FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel.) New York Office, 138 c ham bers Street, Machinery, Hardware & Tools, | WATTS COOKE, Preside 52 JOHN STREET, TIN AND TERNE PLATES, made wits Natura! Gee as fuel, Ww NEW YORK. Oo. F. AY ERW ¥ ATHER, Treasurer. | Room <, OFFICE, No, 116 Water St., Pittaburgh, Pa, WOR TS, Leechburg, Pa. CARMICHAEL & EMMENS, Glengarnock and Carnbroe Mi () lj [ } A C S A N p i Iron & Steel Boiler Plate, CH PIG IRON. é _ Albany Sand a Specialty. Lap Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c. For spot delivery and for prompt or forward 130 & 132 Cedar Street, New York, shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Shoveis, Riddles, Brushes, &c. Agent f r Otis’ ce en wate d Cast Steel Boller Plates, The DEALER IN Baltimore or New Orleans. WHITEHEAD BROS, Coat oo an ui The Laurel Rolling Mills FOREIGN AND AMERICAN For sale in lots to suit by RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP IRON, JAMES LEE &€ CO., AMERICAN FACING CO DANIEL Kr. COONEY. Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work Sole Agents for the United S:ates, New York. Late of and Successor to Jus, tt. ~~ & Co. SS eachineken ia. a 0: A-Bo n ‘BOILER PLATES and SHEET IPON. Geo YNto; ‘a HUGH W. ADAMS, 72 Pine Street, New York. as. eal /™a. TEHEAD, Treas., 517 W. 1léth St. cur N AILS Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. FIRE SAND AND CLAYS. > WELDED BOLLER ELUES, 3ROKER I RON 0” | ULLER BRO ! HERS & CO., Bol Rives Angle & T iron, Cut Nails & Spikes ¥ ‘BR RIN Ra =e }\ Agency for Pottstown Iron ¢ Viaduct lron Works, Rolling Mills orks rel Lro O WALL * NY. “ i 139 Greenwich Street, New York. Lebanon Ro Savhee favitee “ite mm Works, Laurel Ir . 10" LL St, N _——* SP MAMIIT SZ ATIINGE RA: Freres cs "Ore fitte Pric 2 't. les, veta, ught e 18 as. owell, sts is ww April 1, 1880. Reon. PHILADI LPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. Siemens’ Regenerative HENRY LEVIS & CO., f AS FURN At E ‘Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and RICHMOND & POTTS, Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments, i 119 S. Fourth St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | 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 lron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &. 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 PHCGNIX 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 tn the construction of Iron Proof Buildings. : DECK BEAMS, CHANNEL, ANGLE AND T BARS curvea to template, largely used im the construction of Iron Vessels. PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, For Top and Botiom 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. Plane and Specifications furnished. Address, DAVID REEVES, President. WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF ALAN Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cw SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, sen temuine. Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. JAS. ROWLAND & 60., 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 & o0.,_,% Manufacturers of rh LL CAR AXLES. ‘od BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philade! phia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. FACINGS. ad = = S a = ‘ o = = cn [= os = ‘ ol ww —_ oo = e = => oS 7? ei, o mt > sS = = Oo <= > : eee GERMAN LEAD, BITUMEN, SIEVES, MACHINERY SAND, AMERICAN LEAD, ANTHRACITE, SHOVELS, BRASS 66 GRAPHITE, CHARCOAL, BRUSHES, CHANDELIER * PLUMBAG® MINERAL, CRUCIBLES, STOVE PLATE * ° 1 W. PAYSON & CO. | ase, 020 rzs ee errr e ORS sense, Pe. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY. Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &ec. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 303 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. 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 with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c. All analyses made by the members of the firm. Price lists on application. THE IRON AGE. ee Eron. Xvon. | Edward J. Etting, IRON BROKER anv COMMISSION MERCHANT 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad tron. | Chickies, St. Charles, Montgomery OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &e. Agent for the f and Keystone MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Foundry & Forge Pig Iron, CATASAUQUA MFG, CO!S | The Allentown Iron Co, and | Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron, The Coleraine Furnaces. RAILROAD CAR AXLES. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD 2 r DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, | nN Ew . A N > — I. D> RAILS. connected by track with railroad. | No. 333 Walnut S8t., Philadelphia, Cash advances made on Iron. - - 4 | | JUSTICE COX, Jr. JUSTICE COX, JR. & C0., AGENTS FOR J. Wesley Pullman, PETER WRIGHT & SONS, 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, MINER, SHIPPER And Exclusive Sales Agent for Chester Iron Compapny’s Blue and Red Bessemer Ores, Hacklebarney, N. J., and Hoff Ore, Port Oram, N. J. Also of the Brotherton O