The Iron Age 1880-05-27: Vol 25 Iss 22

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. $2.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. ry. Vol. XX V: No. 22. | in 40, which it did at a speed of 4 miles | the falls directs the water to a 16-foot bulk- | straight wire and loose barb, straight wire | terns averaged about three months, and cmmnapeatiaie |per hour. The same load was afterward | head, and is bolted tothe solid rock with and rigid barb, the twisted wire and rigid | broke in every instance. hase for use in the Rocky Moun- | drawn by the engine on the level at the rate | 5000 pounds of bolts. The water going barb, together with numerous other combi The need of heavy wheels that will stand of 8 miles per hour. through the bulkhead enters the flume and nations. The samples were produced in| the severe work of rolling mills is so press In the fourth series of tests the engine | the reservoirs and syphons in the derrick. | court in great profusion. ing, that the reports of the service of steel was found to be well adapted for driving a |The syphons will be nearly 100 feet long, wheels merit the most serious attention of circular saw, the fan of a smith’s portable | and the air receptacles or cylinders in the mill owners. forge, a general joiner, a set of pumps for | river bed (four in number) will each be 500 | New York, Thursday, May 27, 1880. An English Traction Engine. “9 The pure 4 tains of a number of English traction en- gines, has again directed attention to a sub- ject which, owing to a variety of circum- stances, ie not receiving that consideration ee TT ES at the hands of our machinery firms which its importance demands. numerous localities of this country offer- ing a field for enterprise in this direc- tion, seems evident, and we have there- fore chosen as an example, to show what is being done in England, a design re- cently constructed by Messrs. John Fowler & Co., of Leeds, for the English govern- ment. We take from Engineering the fol- lowing account of the construction and the trials made with the road locomotive, which was primarily to be used for military ser- vice, but of course is capable of doing work for ordinary purposes within the capacity shown by trials. The engine not only serves as a traction engine, being adapted for traveling on com- mon roads, plowed or uncultivated land, but is also arranged for use asa locomotive upon the ordinary 4 foot 8%-inch gauge railway. It is of 8 horse-power nominal, and has a single cylinder, which is supplied with steam at a working pressure of 150 lbs. per square inch from a vertical (steel) boiler of the ‘‘ Field” type. In addition to being adapted for use both asa road, trac- tion and locomotive engine, it is also pro- vided with a number of special self-acting appliances, such as a 5-ton crane, wire rope winding apparatus, bollards for working tackles, and a heavy fly-wheel pulley for driving steam machinery, all of which can, hy very simple arrangements, be worked separately by the one engine The whole of the gearing is of cast steel, and the main driving axle of the traveling wheels is fitted with a differential motion, which enables the engine to be turned in little more than its own length, and very readily around sharp corners. Motion to the gearing for working the crane chain, and also the rope- winding apparatus and bollards, is commu- nicated from the engine crank shaft by means of bevel gear, connected with a worm and worm wheel, so that the load, when lifted or hauled up, may be left securely suspended at any point without the inter- vention of brakes or ratchet wheels, a mat- ter of no small importance. Moreover, while each appliance can be worked separ- ately and distinct from the other, all may be thrown out of gear entirely, so that the crane chain and hook can be quickly lowered, or the fall ends of a set of blocks may be paid out by means of the bollards and a load allowed to descend rapidly. In addition to this the steel winding rope may be used from either the front or back end of the engine, and when the winding drum is disengaged and out of gear the rope can be uncoiled from the drum by hand, or if the loop end be made fast to a load, or held by hand, the wire rope will be uncoiled from the winding drum as the engine either ad- vances or recedes. The driver occupies a position between the crane and boiler, immediately over the front fore carriage, and has the steering wheel and engine levers all within his reach ; the boiler is also fed from the same plat- form ; the upper portion of each side of the carriage and framing is constructed to form coal bunkers, while the lower part carries a supply of water. The principal dimensions of the engine are as follows : Ft. In. Diameter of cylunder........---- ictocccon @ SO Length of stroke .......-.- oe staanand Oe Diameter of boiler .....---.---+++ 3 3 Hight of boiler ..... ie ae Te saps 7 6 Diameter of driving wheels dot bebdicnan ee Heating surface, square feet...........- 122.0 | Fire-grate surface, square feet 4-5 Weight of engine, with water, coal, &c., complete, tomS .......---+-eeeseeres . se ee 4 Trials were conducted by the military au thorities, and the programme was intended, first, to ascertain what loads the engine would take over ordinary country roads ; second, what loads could be taken over very | soft, marshy land direct by the engine and by means of hauling; third, what loads could be conveyed upon the ordinary 4-foot $!;-inch gauge railway and at what speed ; fourth, for what general purposes the engine was adapted in addition to the above. lt was found that the engine was capable of taking a load of 34 tons over the country roads and marshes at the rate of 4 miles an hour. A y2-ton gun was mounted and lismounted, and the steel-wire rope and wind- | i ing gear were used for landing a 34-ton gun | aud carriage from a barge and hauling it ip an incline of 1 in 16. In the second series of trials a 40-pounder gun, weighing nearly 4 tons, and coupled lirect on to the engine, was taken across | the soft marsh, which was in a very wet and spongy condition, and afterward the engine | Was taken over a soft broken part of the | Marsh, where it soon sunk down until the | ash-box and water tanks were deeply em- bedded. The winding gear was then brought into operation, when the engine soon hauled itself out of the hole and over the marsh by means of its own steel rope, subsequently | hauling the gun over by the same means. For the third series of experiments the rane and road wheels were “removed, flanged wheels substituted, and buffers fixed the front and back of main framing. The | *hgine was then placed upon the rails of an tdinary 4 foot 8%-inch gauge railway, | aud after drawing ordinary loads about at) varying speeds, it was used for drawing a) 33-ton gun and carriage up an incline of 1/ j That there are | raising water, &c. | feet long and 6 feet in diameter. The com —— A Plan to Utilize Genesee Falls. |the derrick. The dam was built last fal The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle of | when the water was low, and work upo1 April 3, gives the following description of | the rest of the machinery will be commence« | see Falls: the same effect, only in a smaller degree, as | served to supply compressed air and run all mitted sufficient flow of water to submerge | made of the fact that the company already | the top of the syphon on either side the flow | produces a light which meets the description | of the one to be erected at the lower falls, | city of Rochester and vicinity with a motor | stands in a room with the miniature machin- | (in lieu of steam) for mechanical and manu- | ery and airomotor. Water passes through | facturing purposes—a motor capable of small pipes and tubes into a flume at the | working every and all portions of the ma- would the force of the falling waters of the our street cars, unaided by any other pro- Genesee exert in a proportionately gigantic | pelling power. Also, to supply the city with flame. In the two perfectly gated com- alight (in lieu of gas) cheaper, brighter, partments of the flume there are two metal | softer and safer than the Edison horse shoe syphons. By the time the gate has per-| light. In this connection mention may be Heavy Steel Castings. pany intend to erect a suspension bridge | |running from the west side of the falls to We have several times referred to the 1 success that has attended the Pittsburgh 1 Steel Casting Company, during the eight years of their existence, in their attempts | the Rochester Hydraulic Motor Company’s | as soon as the weather permits. To state it to manufacture crucible steel castings | THE PRESERVATION OF IRON AGAINST RUST, plan for utilizing the water power of Gene- | briefly, the objects to which the company | propose to devote this enormous and ex- SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL. We have repeatedly called the attention of the readers of The Iron Age to the two systems for which are sound, strong and true to pattern. | which have been claiming attention in Eng- By processes covered by their patents, they | land for the past two years. One of these The derrick, which is a miniature model | haustless power are these: To supply the | have been enabled to make crucible steel | rival systems, that of Mr. George Bower, of castings of superior strength and durability | St. Noets, appears, according to the account that can be forged, tempered and welded, | of the Engineer, to have entered a new practically free from blow-holes and with a| phase. It seems that Mr. Bower has found tensile strength not less than 65,000 pounds | that the magnetic oxide which, being proof upper part of the derrick, and has precisely | chinery in the city, with force enough re-|to the square inch. Their largest success, against atmospheric influences, is sought to as well as the largest part of their business, | be produced on iron surfaces for their pro- has been in medium weight castings, but | tection against rust, is really a secondary the manifest advantage of steel as a mate- | product. The sesquioxide of iron, a lower rial for large castings, especially in places | oxide, is first produced, and this is subse- where great strain and wear have to be | quently converted into the magnetic oxide. provided for, led them to turn their atten- | According to the Engineer, the process is ex- tion to the production of heavy castings, and |tremely simple. An oven is constructed their success, notwithstanding the difficul- | large enough to contain, say, a ton of the is stopped, and as soon as the water reaches | given—and where it costs a dollar a foot to] ties, has been complete. The only limit to | articles to be coated. In connection with Mt Hil Uh Mi \ | a a UY A Il ih | wilt el AN ENGLISH TRACTION ENGINE, the syphon’s top the entire quantity within | generate gas, this light can be generated for the reservoir discharges itself through the a cent a foot. pipe of the syphon into another hydraulic In conclusion, it may be added that the process below. The two flume gates and Motor Company has already made partial syphons act alternately, and the double ac- arrangements with the street railway com- tion progresses like clockwork. The water | pany, so thut at the works of the former at through the syphon pipe goes down into an | the lower falls the air cylinders to be put air receptacle, the fall being 5 feet in the | upon each car can be filled, in a few seconds, model, but twenty times as great in the mo- | with enough compressed air to run them 16 tor itself, as designed to be erected ; and as miles. The tracks of the Rochester City the 5-foot fall constitutes the amount of | and Brighton Railroad Company are already hydraulic pressure contained in the model, | laid to the site of the company’s works, so the proportionate force of the motor may be | that the cars can be supplied without any faintly imagined while noting the work of | additional expense in this respect. The the small affair. Passing into the two air | new power can be supplied at less than one- receptacles or cylinders (which lie in the tenth the present cost of horse-power, and water trough representing the river bed) the ! yet aliow a very liberal margin of profit to water surges down and compresses the air, the Motor Company shareholders. which has already been admitted ahead of rt it into the cylinders. The water forces the A Barb Fence Wire Suit.—The Chicago | volume of air forward into a drum, through |Journal of Commerce of May ioth says: — 9 } another automatic closing valve. Fromthe Last week another one of these suits, in- drum the air goes into the final air reser- | volving heavy interests, was opened in this voir, where it remains compressed for use, | city before Judges Drummond and Bloggett and whence it may be drawn off or dis- | in the Circuit Court, which will, in all prob- | tributed through the pipes to any desired | ability, occupy the attention of the court for | point, for various uses. Even with this some days. There are several cases, all miniature model the air generated is very | consolidated, and all invoiving the legality | powerful, and will lift a heavy man right | of diverse patents for making barbed fence | off the floor. wire. The patents are considered very val- The original design of the inventor was | uable, and over a dozen lawyers of more or to utilize the cataract of Niagara for run-/less note are engaged in these cases. The | ning the machinery of Buffalo ; but the falls | present one is a suit in equity, brought by and the city were too widely removed for | the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Com- this to be practicable at an expense of less|pany and Isaac L. Ellwood against the than $2,000,000, so that Rochester was | Lyman Manufacturing Company, the Chi- chosen as the ground for the test, and the | cago Galvanized Wire Fence Company, the lower falls of the Genesee as the water | Illinois Wire Fence Company, the Sandwich power. The derrick for the motor will be | Enterprise Company, the Stone City Barb | erected on the east side of the falls, where | Fence Company and Jacob Haish. The there is a natural cove in the rock for the|complainants claim that the defendants works below. The frame of the derrick |above named have infringed upon a half will be 125 feet high, rising slightly above | dozen patents which the Washburn & Moen the edge of the falls and about 25 feet from |Company have secured on their different it, The dam already placed across part of ‘kinds of barbed fence wire, including the the size of the casting that can be made is the melting capacity of the works. At present their capacity is a 3-ton casting, but the enlargement of their works, now nearing completion, will enable them to make a 5 or 6ton casting. These large castings have all the qualities of the cruci- ble steel of which they are composed, and the process of their manufacture frees them from any danger of internal strains, and gives a perfectly homogeneous casting of the same quality in all parts. The great durability and strength of these castings has led to quite a demand for steel gearing. The Gautier Steel Company, at Johnstown, Pa., are putting in steel wheels all over their works as rapidly as the iron ones break. They are running a large steel wheel that was put in a year ago in a place where iron wheels had to be replaced every month, and the steel wheels, so far as wear on the cogs is concerned, are as good to-day as when they were put in. The Naumkeag Cotton Mills, at Salem, Mass., have just or dered one 43-tooth rim and one 33-tooth rim. The steel wheels used are not giving the least trouble. The Pacific Mills, at Law rence, give the following report of some gears and their work: They were a pair of steel bevel gears, 4 feet 6 inches and 4 feet diameter, 4 inches pitch, 10 inches face They were set at work March 20, 1877 Their average work is 450-horse-power. | After over 244 years of work they show no signs of extra wear or strain. Cast-iron gears from the same pattern, doing the same work, usually wear out or break in about one year. They are also running a smaller pair of bevel gears from the same foundry ; diameter, 3 feet 6 inches and 2 feet 6 inches, 2% inches pitch, 7 inches face, doing the work of 125-horse-power ; these commenced work about June 1, 1877, and after two years’ work are, to all appearances, doing well, Cast-iron gears from the same pat- | this oven is a gas producer, somewhat similar to that of the Siemens. Any required quan- tity of air can be admitted (the air being pre- vivusly heated to a high temperature) to the oven, which accordingly can be filled either with carbonic oxide from the gas producer, or with carbonic acid, or with carbonic acid and an excess of oxygen, at pleasure. After the articles have been placed in the furnace, air mixed with carbonic oxide is freely ad- mitted for some time, the carbonic oxide taking up another atom of oxygen from the air and becoming carbonic acid with evolu tion of heat. The excess of air in the fur- nace or oven supplies oxygen to the iron, which becomes coated with sesquioxide of iron, After a time the supply of air is shut off. The carbonic oxide then apparently abstracts oxygen from the iron, and the ses- quicxide becomes magnetic oxide. Curi- ously enough, and for some unexplained reason, the most uniform results are ob- tained, not, as might be supposed, by first establishing a coating of red oxide of the re- quired thickness and then converting it all at once, but by admitting and shutting off air alternately at regular intervals through- out the process, which lasts from eight to ten hours. The consumption of coal is about 5 cwt. per ton of small castings coated, No skilled labor is required, as even if too much air is admitted no harm is done. The only duty devolving on the attendant is to fill the oven, to lute up the door, to attend to the gas producer, and to move a handle between two fixed points half a dozen times in the ten hours. Any handy furnaceman could learn how to work the process in two days. The construction of the oven and the gas producers is said to presens ‘ome ingenious features of detail essential to the successful operation of the process, | which, it is claimed, yields uniform results. The color of the oxide resembles that of lead, aud, judging from earlier specimens which have reached this country, it does not appear to us sufficiently effective to be ad missible for most purposes without a coat of paint. The Engineer, in describing the works built at Fuerstenwalde, Prussia, by Herr Pintsch, for constructing the apparatus for his well-known system of lighting railroad cars, notes AN IMPROVED FOUNDRY LADLE, by the use of which, it is claimed, the pro- duction of clean castings is considerably fa- cilitated. The ladles are made of wrought iron, and have at their side, near the bottom, an opening which permits the iron to enter a lip riveted along the side of the ladle. The probability of any surface scoriw getting into the mold is thus prevented. A process has been introduced lately into France for ELECTROTYPING CHINA and similar non-conducting materials, Sul- phur is dissolved in oil of spike lavender to a syrupy consistence ; then chloride of gold or chloride of platinum is dissolved in ether, and the two solutions mixed under a gentle heat. The compound is next evaporated until of the thickness of ordinary paint, in which condition it is applied with a brush to such portions of the china, glass or other fabric as it is desired to cover, according to the design or pattern, with the electro metallic deposit. The objects are baked in the usual way before they are immersed in the bath, —— Engineering states that Mr. Frederick Ransome, to whose efforts in utilizing blast furnace cinder for the manufacture of a superior cement we called attention some time since, has succeeded in producing a still more remarkable article. Followiny the suggestion thrown out by Frémy. Rivyot and Chatony, that aluminate of lime is the principal hydraulic agent in cement, he has been careful to employ cinder containing a higher percentage of aluminum. The result is pronounced to be highly satisfactory, The Western Manufacturer states that Mr. James F. Duffy, of Chicago, intends to erect works for the manufacture of tin plates, with the aid of improved machinery invented by him, ~~ oo, a 2s Fs ae ono - du% vn ett FAH — ih eet ree ae “a rern & te & ve 4 4 * - f i 4 " 7 2 eRe Sr -* —" | = - : , a ee Pe 7 EP OPT ee de Gee epee ee =———— i ee . 4 ona a n¢ e . a i i eo lk + a le re — oor -=t Se e.g o- 4 a a — RE. RDS SF ie. MP. THE IRON AGE. May 27, 1880, setts, | Wire, ete. PActals. a a." Mw Ss oO fi i A The Plume & Atwood PHILIP L. MOEN. President and Treasurer. CHAS. F, WASHBURN, Vice President & Secretary. BRASS & COPPER CO., Mial-Conipany, WASHBURN & MOEN eae £0, No, 19 Cliff Street, Established 1831, Phelps Building NEW YORK. WORRESTER, MASS. MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury Brass Co. - - $400,000. Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c, Sheets ‘Rol ‘and Platers’ Brass, Seamless Brass & Copper CERMAN SILVER, st Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, ry 2 Pubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, Kerosene Burners, i Platforms. , : \ Ee _ Ansonia Corrugated Stove COPPER RIVETS & BURS, Lamp Trimmings, &c. y ne J , 5 fi tE - r 12 " ; ak he eee ‘ tt PURE COPPER WIRE BRASS KETTLES, : _ : 7 iy Ht piieet aguueeett caceueeetl es 5 For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. 4 : Tac 80 Chambers Street, New York. L io ’ Door Rail, Brass (Ags, cr Ptosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal Street, Boston. ANSONIA * REFINED POWDER FLASKS, 109 Lake Street, Chicago. cR Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, dc. Rolling Mill, | Factories, snaseiieasiniedatie ae INCOT COPP And small Brass Wares of every Description. =a ATE. RY, C RON 7 -_ - Cc tartridge Metal i in Sheets ts oO . ‘shi ‘is a Specialty. | _ a eee eee > xX £ PHELPS DODGE C0 palnaaien ges Sag B . Patent Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. & aaa . Co.’s Line of Sport- rl e ort rass 0 WIRE RODS of all Grades; Round Iron, Rivet qualit 216 tn. to 41 j a | Cape we ll Mfg. Co ’s I am ae F BY | s!ve Operators of the PATENT C¢ ONTINUOUS ROL LLING M sk , producti’ fren and Blecl iis ing Goods and Wood’s Paper Annealed Fence and Grape Wire iu long lengthen: Gan nivan ik zed Releyenph Wie, Market and Stone Wir Y ~ Y = eaniec 3 4 7 ¢ “3 copa Samat hala aad and Chain Wire. Wire for the manufacture of © cone lothing, Hedales, hon bridge, Bott, sere, vet, Buckle Tinned Broom Wire and Tinned-piated Wire of all sizes. A specialty is mad ze8. « ft Clock, M Spiral Spring Wire, and Retined Wire to Pattern for particuiar p varpose “a, from, sele ates a stainps ey ar ke and Any grade of Wire furnished, Anneale _ nm ht, Polished, U oppere d, Galvanized or Tin Plated. Wire > furnished, Straigntened and Cut to any length. Ste rinoline Wire, Patent Linen finish. Unrivaled Steel Musi Wire. Steel Wire for Springs Needles ior Drills. Market Stee) Wire kept in stock, all a wale WAREHOUSE, 21 Cliff Street, New York. Skiteee wurchenes ee North 2 2d St, IMPORTERS OF Shot Shells. DEPOTS: Wills At TIN PLATE, 296 Broadway, New York, _ WATERBURY, ROOFING PLATE, | 189 Eddy St, Providence, R. I. Conn, Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. National Wire & Lantern Works, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, ae, Be Manhattan Brass Co,, MANUFACTURERS OF ne re ' as lla OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, Wershuues 1° i, ste aten ers, C 0 p p F R A N D i R A S S So ae age? Abin a+ Moma LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, f ' *| Copper Wire, Broughton Patent Gilerss | Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, 45 Fulton St., New York. CLIF F STREET, NEW ¥ ORE. ee cahiees Grass Batt Hinces, : feeder sey we to cutting out Blanks and ae ———— Zinc Tubing, Hurricane Lanterns, manufacturing Metal Goods, H OWA R D MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSR, Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Harrison Wire Company, ST. LOUIS, MO. Brown’s Patent Pictare Hooks, FC CO! | SCOVILL M Fire Sets, Fenders, &c. BRASS, BRASS BLANKS AND TUBES HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER, eee OFFICE AND WORKS, PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. Ist Ave., 27th to 28th Sts., New York, BUTTONS, |THE NEW HAVEN ee COPPER CO., & MORSE, Manufacturers of Brass, Copper & Tron Wire Cloth, Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Iron Wire Bolting Cloth, Ship & Raltlroad Tuos, W. Fircu, Cuas, FIisn, Prest. and Treas. Secretary. MANUFACTURERS OF All kinds of Pea Sa Lg) ms ELSE RSE Ls DEPOTS, FACTORIES, a eee a” ys gyal 255 Pearl Street, New York. IRON & STEEL WIRE cue baaee ae Ne 183 Lake St. Chicago New York City, Manufacturers of and Dealers in ii justable Gtobe Hand Lan- SQ ee _ . . ~ tern, Desk & Office Rall- XE DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,| Braziers’ & Sheathing] wire mun Specialties.| a ean eames : Importere of : et le - Sh and Spark Guards, Orna- ‘~— D Tia Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet lron, Cooper, COPPER. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, mental Wire Fence. Wire, Zinc, Etc. : N. ons: 06 tate Ge. the, atti Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, ere Cal — Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, &c. | 49 chambers St. ne Sedeend Sh i New York Office DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. manuracture!s Of au Kinas of Brass, Copper & German Silver, 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, Agents for Brooklyn Brass and Copper Co., Dealers in Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, N. Y. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents 113 Liberty Street, N. Y. Warenqune N. J. eh 117 Liberty Street THE JOHN J iteaUR C0, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE) Q.ivasze, |Iron and Steel Iron, Steel and Copper | Telegraph Wire, WIRE Hoisting Purposes of all Market Wire, ats Kinds, tor Ferries, Stays, Market Wire, Fence Wire Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Vineyard Wire Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Lightning Rods, &c., &c. P Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, Suspension Bridge Cables, Rivet Wire, &c., &c. GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. _ Address, HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesharre, Luzerne Co., Pa. MOULDING SAND, Albany Sand a Specialty. FOUNDRY FACINGS, Shovels, Riddles, Brushes, &c. WHITEHEAD BROS. WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 517 W. 15th St. iz. AMERICAN FACING CO. New York. TUE BEST IN TIE WORLD. ‘Hall's Patent Compound Lever Cutting Nippers. Every Pair Warranted to Cut Steel Wire. | Worn or damaged parts can be replaced at a trifling cost. Manufactured entirely of Established 1837. Incorporated 1876. WATERBU RY MFC. CO., WATERBURY, CONN. BRASS GOODS. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS} Jo: FOR FTHARDWARETE TRADE. m, Round and Square Hlead Cap and el Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, Hexa ag Set Screws; Brass and Iron Safety ana Jack Chain; Gilt, Nic hinds. from Sheet Lron, Steel or Brass. Estimates on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and pr omptly given. JAMES HALL, Treasurer. ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, President. E. HANSON, Secretary. WM. HEWITT, Vice President, TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847) TRENTON, NEW e ERSEY, MANUFACTURERS OF IRONand STEEL WIRE OF ALL CRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED; Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal !ron Wire; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. Represented in New York by COOPER, HEWITT? & CO., 17 Burling Slip. BRODERICK & BASCOM, RON ae WIRE ROPE. ake 4 WIRE ROPE. RE SAND AND CLAYS. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF } THE IN TERCIIANG EA RBIE TOOT, COMPANY, Bright, o Sor cred) Annealed and Tin id for Price List A. GUSTAM, General Agent, $2 Howard St., N. ¥- Secret? | J. WOOL GRISWOLD, | ‘tegen WIRE RAILING Manufacturers of and Dealers in Manufacturer of SOLDER TYPE.) Ornamental Wire Works. . >| | & Co Stereotype, Electrotype and Babb ms — tals, | CA E Ere EBS » | No. 36 — oe - y > SR : | Manufacture WIRE R AILING fi 1 Cemete ‘ries, Balc« ' m . paw” ees rn ric 800 N, Main St., r ia , i St. Louis, Mo, imps riers of Blo ek Tin antion my fe g ef I 208 | ee a id, Spelte mB, Bc Highe st price pi oR nies, &c.; Sieves, Fenders ages, Sand oe Coal . a au kinds yn aes and 33 50. Kast so TROY, N. ¥ | Screens, | Wové xn’ Wire, [rc a Bedsteads Chairs Btreet, be aween Avenues A&B, Ne . 9 +%e . Betteca, &c nd exclu VIRE, in ne Wire, t, Buckle ng Wire crew ap ‘ay Iron, urnished, I Music 2a St, it. ks, di cy FT ae BD? So ie SOA ti S $2 S x 2a a a a ee le SPC SSA $ ORL = bo “J SS cH oO \X< o~ Ae OOS co hs sé Street | teel » Wire Wire, ; Wire, 5 &C. Pa, 1 St. , York. ners. tirely of 9 Les N. ¥. NG forks. imore. ies, Balco and Coal Chairs May 27, 1880. Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of Spring Brackets for Bird Cages, ] And manufacturers of the largest variety of Japanned, Brass and Jin-Plated Bird Cages in this Country. Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl Street, New York. 0. LINDEMANN & CO., VOL ILLL LLL LLELLEL ETRE STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINCS o f . PL ELLELLAALLAKALLLALLL A THE IRON AGE. Manufacturers of Market Stee! Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. NEW YORK, | 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - - - e AND “VALE” 3G H0G6 SALESROOMS, St., New Pearl St.. Boston. Commerce St., “BROWN & BROTHERS, ‘Stanley Rule & Level Co, 2 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. Manwfacturers of 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 f[OUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHAN SILVEK-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich cesigns. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. 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. rought Iron Fence, Our specialty. Also Crestings, Finials and Vanes; Stable Fixtures, Hitching Posts, Door W Wrought Iron Grat ings, &c. Address CLEVELAND WROUGHT IRON FENCE WORKS, J. H. VAN DORN, Proprietor, CLEVELAND, Ohio, U. &. A. ‘ S. H. PAYNE, Freight Broker, Shipping, Insurance, Custom House & Forwarding Agent, No. 29 PECK SLIP, NEW YORK, U.S. A. Goods received for re-shipment to all parts of the world. Insurances effected, Bills of Lading furnished, and all matters relative to Ex portation of merchandise carefully and promptly attended to ata saving in Freight and terminal charges Entries of Goods made and all Custom House work effectually done. Claims for overcharges of freight collected free of charge. Rates of freight guaranteed (when desired) from sturting point to destination, covering all charges. Correspondence solicited. THE MONTOUR IRON & STEEL COMPANY, Successors to Mesgs. Waterman & Co.,’ Works at DANVILLE, PA. PIG And all sizes of T and Street Rails. A general assortment of Mine and Narrow-Gauge Rails kept on hand, from which shipments can be made promptly W. B.C. COXE, President, Reading, Pa. S. W. INGERSOLL, Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. F. P. HOWE, General Supt., Danville, Pa MOSES GOLDSMITH & SON, Key Box 156, CITARLESTON, S&S. C. Wholesale dealers in METALS. And all kinds of Paper Stock, W 2 invite correspondence. R. SELLEW & CO. Dealer in METALS, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, «c. SAINT LOUIS. and Window Guards, | IRON SHANK, | | IRON, RAGS, | MANUFACTURERS Improved Carpenters’ Tools. OF SAAASVI IVINS IS WYorlk. > f every description. YALE LOCK MFC. CO. Office and Works, STAMFORD, CONN, “STANDARD” _. ......* LOCKS. Philadelphia. FACTORIES, WAREROOMS, 29 Chambers St., New Britain, Conn. New York, Manufacturers of Balley’s Patent Adjustable Planes, This Adverticement is Changed very Week. OR TE EE A, THE LUCIUS HART & CO., - 41,43 & 45 South 9th Street, Near the Ferries, D. G. GAUTIER, Chairman CHAS, DOUGLASS, Gen. Supt. D. J. MORRELL, Treasurer, GAUTIER STEEL CO, Limited. os STEEL, WIRE and SPRINGS. JOHNSTOWN, PENN, N. Y. Store, - - - 93 JOHN ST, Phila. Store, - 505 COMMERCE ST, BERTHA ZINC. Mine and Works at Martin’s Station, Virginia. Equal to the Best Spelter known. Nos. 8 & 10 Burling Slip, New York. WiIiiLIiLiAaAmM TTINWARE, SEAMLESS Articles Manufactured of Sheet RROOKLYN (E., Special HENRY J. VOOGRL. IMPROVED FARM hed 1810, is Estab N, & Gi O,, PHILADELPHIA, Wi Iitec Manufacturer of Plain and Stamped [See advertisement in The lron Age of May 6, 1880, MELICKI COQO.,, ELER & ALBANY, NEW YORK, U.S. A., Manufacturers of AND MACHINERY. ODD AND REGULAR SIZES TIN & ROOFING PLATES Metals, Black and Galvanized Sheet Iron, VOGEL, General Agents for the sale cf Leonard Bailey & Cos ** Victor Planes, Manufacturers of ** Defiance” Patent Adjustable Planes, Metals. ae. ts ee LOUIS H. VOGEL, Wire, Copper, Stamped Ware, - Sole Agents. BOXES, ROUND, OVAL AND SQUARE CANS. Y. Registers, Ac. fence to the cut. | smaller | small annular opening or ring is left between ithe two tubes. Brazing and Soldering Burner. } phat there was no mark whatever to show 10w the iron basis of the plates was manu factured, We give two illustrations showing a noz zle intended to be attached to a fan bellows, for the purpose of producing an flame for soldering, brazing, &e. Fig. 1 shows the form of the nozzle without cap It is of brass, tin or any other suitable metal. It is made in a conical form, and of a size to fit the nozzle of the bellows. The conical intense Brazing and Soldering Burner.—Fig. 1.— The Nozzle, Passages Around the Lamp. showing Arrangement of Air tube A is preferably made in two portions, although it can be made in one. ond tube B is of cylindrical form, closed at one end and opened at the other. A spiral wire is inserted in this tube to hold a wick firmly in place, as will be seen by refer This tube is somewhat exterior cone, and a The sec than the Through this ring the air from the bellows passes. A wick ot cotton is introduced into the tube B, and is satur- ated with benzine, gasoline or kerosene. After being thoroughly wet the wick is lighted and the bellows set in motion. The thin ring of air issuing around the wick car- ries an intense flame with it. This may be used not only for the purposes we have men tioned, but also for lighting fires and for other purposes. When it is desired to use this blow pipe upon an ordinary bellows, a plug like that shown in Fig. 2 is made, IMPLEMENTS H Brazing and Soldering Burner.—Fig. 2.— Plug for Adapting the Burner to any Bel lows or Fan. which adapts it to almost any shape or size of nozzle. The large portion of Fig. 2 en ters the bottom of the conical tube A, while the lower part C is made to fit over the noz zle of the bellows. The valve D is used to prevent a back draft, which would put out the flame if it were not checked. enn eee Brands of Tin Plate. The Jronmonger of April 17 contains the following interesting history of the grade marks in common use upon boxes of tin plate : The discussion relative to the rectitude or otherwise of ‘* private’ brands of tin plates, which is going on in our public correspond- ence columns, renders it advisable for us to endeavor to institute some inquiry as to the origin and scope of the general designations now in ordinary use. We do this under the impression that the whole subject is not quite so clear in some of its bearings as it might be, so that any light which we may be enabled to throw upon the matter will enable those who are following the corre spondence to do so with a fuller apprecia tion and readier comprehension of the argu ments used on both sides. Our statements and deductions are not necessarily irrefuta- ble, but, being based on facts obtained from most authoritative sources, and verified in a careful manner, they may be accepted as being approximately, at all events, correct, and as being honest efforts to place ‘the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” before the trade. The great point of contention between those who approve of, and those who condemn, “ private” brands seems to be based upon the origin of the two main divisions into which tin plates are now separated, namely, charcoals and cokes. It appears that prior to the year'| 1850, or thereabouts, tin plates were not commercially distinguished by the word **Charcoal,” nor were the boxes containing them branded ‘‘Charcoal,” but the production of each maker was sold in the market on its own merits, under the name or brand of its manufacturer. Plates of the highest quality known in those days were manufactured ac cording to specification, from iron made by three distinct methods, viz.: (1) from iron originally made in a refinery, with charcoal as fuel; (2) from iron originally made in a refinery, with coal coke as fuel ; and (3) from iron made originally in a puddling furnace, with raw coal as fuel. All the finished tin plates thus made were sold with the same high-class brand upon them, and it was ad- | mitted that intrinsically the quality of all was the same. Buyers recognized this fact in a tacit manner, and never inguired how the plates were made, the maker’s brand being to them a suflicient warranty of qual ity. It is, therefore, contended that up to | partly co upleted this period the quality of a tin plate was in-| struction—a_ total! About the year 1850 there was, from a variety of causes, a great dearth of tin plates of the bette: rades, and there came about a feeling of distrust as to the qualities of all tin plates. It was then al leged that inferior sorts had been marked *Charcoal,” ‘‘ Best charcoal,” or ‘‘ Best best charcoal,” and the reports to that ef feet much intensified the doubts of consum ers, as well as of merchants, particularly ithe latter class in Liverpool, which was then, as now, the chief point of exportation | Some of the manufacturers were accordingly requested by the merchants to add the |} word ** Charcoal” to their brands, which ggestion was complied with, notwithstand ing the fact that the said so-called ‘ char were still made by the three widely different processes enumerated above, Other producers, whose goods were used chiefly at home, made no alteration, but continued, as before, simply to use their own brand, no matter how the plates were manufactured. |} Somewhat later, about the year 1851, a | marked expansion of the trade took place, new works being erected in many places, and the output was much augmented. Whether as a result of the increased compe tition thus caused, or not, we are unable to ascertain, but it appears to be an undoubted fact that inferior and cheaper qualities of plates began to be offered, and the word | ** Charcoal,” qualified by the maker’s brand, became more general As time went on further qualifications came into vogue by means Of the addition of the words ‘* First,” *Second,” or ‘‘ Third.” About the same era the word ‘‘ Coke” began to be used as a distinctive brand of quality, the under standing being that the plates so marked might fairly be sold at much less per box than the old brands of established reputa tion, whether the plates were marked **Charcoal” or not It does not appear clear how the original ‘* Cokes” were ac tually made, but there are reasons for be lieving that the iron was manufactured by puddling, so that the mark purporting to represent the quality did not in reality dis- tinguish the method of manufacture, but simply a grade of quality. This is a dis- tinction and difference which it is as well to bear in mind, It isalso pretty well known that although there are three distinct com mercial qualities of coke tin-plates, namely, ‘** Best,”’ ‘* Common,” and a third nameless sort, yet the great bulk of all three qualities is made of iron originally worked in puddl ing furnaces with raw coal as fuel. Many At qualities, both of charcoals and cokes, however, have always been sold upon their merits with makers’ brands only upon the boxes. Out of these various and some- what confusing distinctions has grown the practice of marking what are termed ‘ pri- vate” or “fancy” brands, along with the word ‘‘Charcoal’’—a practice which has never been endorsed by many of the mak- ers, for reasons which at once suggest them- Into the ramifications of that prac- tice we need not go at present, m ismuch as the existing state of things in that respect is being sifted in our correspondence col- umns by gentlemen who are well able to explain their own views, and whose efforts will, we trust, place the whole matter on a higher and more straightforward footing. —_— oe The Recent Course of the Metal Markets. su coals” se!ves, English In order to show the course of prices in the English metal markets, and the wide fluctuations up and down for the last nine months, the London Economist, May 1, gives the price of several leading articles in July, 1879; again of the same articles six months later, January, 1550, and again the price three months later, in April, 1880. Bring ing the advance and decline to a percentage of the price, the following results appear, the rise in six months being given in the first column, and the fall in the subsequent three months in the second : Ver cent Per cent, Copper 4 Pig iron 7 61 Middlesborough bars ) 42 English lead 4 24 English tin O1 30 Straits tin 3 un Tin plates , ‘* The reasons for the rise,” says, *‘ have been more than once explained in these columns; and that the upward movement was far too wild to last was suffi ciently self-evident before the relapse really set in. Now, however, that more than half the rise has been lost—in pig iron the drop at the moment is nearly equal to four-fifths of the extreme rise—there is great anxiety to know when the dowuward rush of prices is likely to cease, It is a universal law that the Economist one extreme begets another, and hence it is not at all improbable that prices a month or so to come may be firmer and, perhaps, ac tually higher than they are now; but un doubtedly it is the glut of American markets with English and foreign pig metals which has hastened the drop We have sent the United States, or have contracted to send them, more metal than their manufactories can consume, and the result is just what was to have been expected. There is still in America a large consumption of finished iron—such as rails, bars, plates and cast ings—and heace we see that, although bar iron rose one per cent, more than pig iron in the second half of 1579, it has since fallen Anotlur fiyures, English tin was actually cheaper than for- eign nine months ago, while in January ‘t was £5 per ton dearer, and now it is £6 p. r to the fact that in prices here has attracted to quantities of for 1g per cent. less than pig iron curious point is shown by the above ton deare: lhis is owing the great ris this market much larger eign tin, and the result is the comparative y greater depreciation of the lnporte 1 metal, One thing, at any rate, seems probabl In the present gorged condition of t Ameri can markets the revival in prices here is not likely to be sudden — From the annual compilat f railroad statistics of Canada, we learn that on the 30th of June, 1579, there we 134 miles of railroad in actual operation ! Dominion | sg2 miles of railway under construction and under con agalnsy and 945 mile ol 5021 bles, dicated by the maker’s brand alone, and ,905 miles the year p-evious —- Ree. % ~ i aS a wen wth, re => ss Sey <> ~ - z . ton Ss nt men ® = - Peo, 4 TH E Xron. NEW YORK. A. B. Warner & Son, IRON MERCHANTS, 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington Sts. | BOILER PLATE, Boller Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder Iron, Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated ot orgiags ood Onctt __|“Eureka,” = Pennocks, “Wawasset,” Lukens, Steel For gings and c astings. Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plate, Sheet, and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive 24 & 26 Broadway, 7 & 79 New Stes iron. Fire Box iron & specialty. NEW YORK CITY. |- “PICKS” of all kinds, ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, | “ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON,| par tron, Bands and Fine H Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. | Scrolls, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds, He zagon = eon, 7 - WEW YORK. — |e OGDEN & WALLACE, Buccessers te GAM’L G, SMITH & CO., IRON & STEEL, 85,87,89 & 91 ELM ST., N.Y. ACBNTS MIDVALE STEEL WORKS. A full assortment constantly on hand of Cast, Machinery, Tool, Spring, Tire, Sleigh Shee, Tee Calk, Plowand Blister Steel. Orders solicited for B EAM Ss, AN CG i. E Ss, Horse Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal Pi superior pe | of Iron hennded J.G. All pudd ed ee. | or | — eo hammer. Orders m: ay be sent to th « CARPENTER, our Agent, at 59 ad Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. | tc All descriptions in stock. IRON & STEEL. 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. Refined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron, Common Iron, Band, Hoop and Scroll Iron, Sheet Iron, Plate and Tank Iron, Norway Nall Rods, H No. 1, C H No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, Norway Shapes, Best Tisnce Fire Box, Circles. Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, etc. BOILER IRON A.R.Wh ; tney, cramped an& Oueseneess. All Soeeieeens of Iron Work Galvanized or Manufacturer of and Dealer in IRON, _ Price list and quotations sent upon application. 56, 58 & 60 Hudson, 48, 50 & 52 Thomas, and NEW YORK. 12, 14 & 16 Worth Sts., Our specialty is in Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction of 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- lication by mail. ° Sample pieces at office. st address BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 70 & 71 West St., 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. mu. H. WALLACE. “ELIZABETHPORT ROLLING MILL, Elizabethport, N. J., Common and Refined BAR IRON, Fish Plates, Spikes, &c. treet, “New York MARSHALL LEFFERTS, 90 Beekman &8t., New York City, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, Galvanized Sheet Iron, Ist and 2d Qualities. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph nce ; Galva and Fe nized Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Irom, | Pipe anized Nails, Galvanized Cha in, Galvanized Iron CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. W. BAILEY LANG, Sole Agent In United States & Canada for LOW-MOOR IRON COMPANY, NO. “BO BEEKMAN ST., _NEW YORK. | JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS, 90 Broadway, New York. Wm, Borden, | aan L. N. Lovell, | Tuckerman, Mulligan& Co WW. T. WELL ae Sole Agent for Foxell, Jones & Co., manufacturers of HOLLOW WARE, and Broker in PIG IRON, 78 Beekman Street, New York City. | Passaic Rolling Mill Co., PATERSON, N. J. lron Bridge Builders — And Manufacturers of Beams, Channels, insts, TEES, Merchant Iron, RC. &C. New York Office, Room | 45, Astor House. Wa. Bisraam. WATTS COOKE, Presid | Ww. Oo. FAY ERWEATHER, Treasurer. DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO, “ARNEL EES, {mporters of and Dealers in Scrap Iron and Metals, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE, Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c, Agent Sor Cete’ celebrated Cast Steel Bi Miee. Fiske The Coatesville Iron Co, Pottstown Iron C rhe Laurel Ki ‘iling Mills, and Unk i a ,s Works ;Wro Dught Iron Beams, Angles, Tees, Rive HIUGH Ww. ADAMS. DEALER IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP IRON, Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work. Ron PINE STREET, NEW YORK, 88 to 96 Mangin St., New York. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON goa, ROOFING & SIDING, ro Iron Buildings, Roofs Shutters, Doors, Cornices, Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO. S Dew Street, New York Houdlette & Ellis, D. L. © M -nutacturers of and Dealers in Cc MERCHANT BAR IRON, Homogeneous Steel and ) wee mone Plates. heet and ‘Tank | Best Lap We tron Boiler Tubes. ught Iron vif Deck, and ( ‘hannel Beams Angle, Tan d Grooved Lron i lron Forging se mer Steel Cut Naus ine ar id St 1D, lard Babbitt Metals Cre ent WI id Journ al Be -arings «9 te 31 atterymarch Street, Boston. HORSE SHOES. ' Railroad, Xron. NEW YORK. - John W. Quincy, 98S William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c HARRISON & GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 302, 904, 906 CHERRY ST., NEW YORK, have on hand, and offer for sale, the following: Scotch and American Pig Iron By Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Whee 8, Axies and Heavy it Iron; ag’ _ Copper, Composition, Brass, Lend, Pewter Zinc, “OXFORD IRON co., Receiver, ) (B. G. CLARKE, Cut Nails AND SPIKES. Sales Agent, J. S. SCRANTON, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. - BURDEN’S “Burden Best” lron Boiler Rivets. Burden Iron Works, H. Burden & Sons, Troy, N. Y. ULSTER BURDEN’S HB. & 8. Bar Iron Also Best Grades of American & English Refined Iron. All sizes and shapes in stock EGLESTON BROS, & CO., 26 pouth St | NEW