The Iron Age 1880-07-01: Vol 26 Iss 1

The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXVI: No. 1. ane el 82.50 a Year, Including Tostage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. New York, Thursday, July 1, 1880. The Manufacture of Pressed Fuel. | oughly stirred together. The mass rests Wood Preservation. 2. Preserving ingredients injected. A Southern Rolling Mill upon a rotating platform, D, from which it 3. Quantity injected per cubic foot or tie. i oo — . The utilization of inferior grades of fuel is taken at intervals by the scraper G, ad- We would direct the attention of those in- 4- Mode of application, process, time ‘The Birmingham Rolling Mill Company plays so important a part in the welfare of | justable by means of the screw X. It falls : s : employed, degree of heat, pressure, vacu- W. B. Caldwell, jr., president, have erected manufacturing industries abroad—notably through four tubes, H, upon another rotat- | terested to the following circular, feeling um, &e. ; , : a rolling mill at Birmingham, Ala., which, in Belgium and France—that a brief ac- ing cylinder, from which it is distributed to | confident that the assistance asked for will 5. Subsequent use and exposure of timber *% will be seen from the following descrip count of the apparatus used in making | the 16 molds described in detail in the above. | be gladly accorded by those in a position to | Guridecn, Walilines oF tenck) tion, for which we are indebted to Mr. A. J pressed fuel will be of interest. In this | When the briquettes are turned out of the | contribute to furthering our knowledge of 6“ Pon : ; Moxham, superintendent, has been designed country the most serious and, as we are | mold they strike against L, causing the plat- | the preservation of wood :} «stew 6. Result of pr — a one comparison in every respect to meet the conditions of told, now successful efforts in this direction | form Z to drop, so that the briquette breaks The undersigned, a 'committee of the with life of unprepared timber. | the locality, and may be considered a very have been made by E. F. Loiseau, of Philadelphia. In endeavoring to use the enormous quantity of an- thracite slack annually wasted, he has been forced to contend with conditions differing largely from those observed abroad; and he has, therefore, with much persistence and judgment, pursued an independent path. In Belgium and France the raw material is the culm of bituminous coal, which was first used for making pressed fuel in Belgium in the year 1852. Since then it has grown in that country until consid- erably more than half a million of tons is pro- duced, while France turns out more than double that quantity, and English, Spanish and Italian facto- ries considerably swell the total. The fine coal invariably produced in mining in con- siderable quantities is un- fit for use on the grate without further prepara- tion, and the purpose of the process and machinery to be described is to con- vert it into a shape in which it will be available for the uses to which the ordinary sizes are used. After ing washed, if necessary, the fine mate. rial is mixed with suitable cement to conglomerate the coal dust, and then pressed into shape of cyl- indrical or square blocks, called ‘‘ briquettes.” Nu- merous substances have been proposed as a cement, among the most recent and promising being Irish moss, which is converted into a gelatinous substance » f boiling or by addition of acids. The most gen- eral substance used, how- ever, is tar, either in the crude state or in the shape of ‘‘dry pitch,” prepared by separating the volatile substances by heating to a temperature of 570 de- grees. The former method is used chiefly in France, while the latter has be- come very popular in Bel- gium. When the dry pitch is used it is simply mixed with the coal dust, and the mass is rendered plastic in a mixing cylinder by the application of superheated steam. With tar, of course, a much lower temperature aren enanee aware od hsp cs eae Soars fae ewewrenet oe | ‘ nun eet Pa YH Y, il H . - ” 4 3 . _ = ao " ; 4 — a | | ms rf iy “ - | | 7 EERE ERTS 1} ) NB ae = Ss 3 : > Se 4 | } | i 4 = = good example of the type best adapted for that sec tion of the country, as well as for the South in gen eral, The mill consists of a forge with 12 double pud dling furnaces, a bar mill and a small mill. Though only medium in size, its appointments are superior, the object having been to make the mill as perfect asa judicious ex penditure could render it From the first it has been remembered that it is a Southern mill, and no ex pense which could add to the comfort and conveni- ence of the men has been spared. The puddling fur- naces are covered by a roof of 60 feet span and 21 feet high in the clear. It is 210 feet long. There are 28 feet between the furnaces. The stacks are of unusal hight, 56 feet, and in order to prevent radiation are double lined until they have passed clear of the roof. Every furnace is provided with water doors and sta- tionary water _ shields. Over-head telegraphs are used to convey the iron to the squeezer. A shed roof (kept up 16 feet in the clear to secure proper ven- tilation) covers the ash-pits and protects the men from the sun and the wea ther while they are clean ing their grates. All ma- terials are delivered to the furnaces by means of an elevated track,so that there is no intermediate handl- ing. The standings of the furnaces are nowhere more than 20 feet from the open, and there is nothing to pre vent the free circulation of air throughout the whole building. At right ahgles to this building is the build- ing covering the forge train, of so feet span, 21 feet high and 210 feet long. The train is 18 inches in diameter, driven by its own engine, having a 30- inch diameter cylinder and 48-inch stroke. It is con- nected directly to it and is speeded to 50 revolutions. The engine, a_ horizontal one, is of heavy and sub- stantial design, and was de- signed especially for its work, The squeezer is large and heavy and will squeeze 250-pound blooms. It is the intention to bring out heats of 1000 pounds in will suffice. ‘The machin- ae ery employed varies quite Y et four balls, thus securin, considerably, both as re- 4 j long lengths of muck bai gards the fundamental ty i and reducing the percent principles involved and as UZ } age of crop ends, = Thy concerns the details. U4 SE roughing and rag oe rol! : iy 4 are in separate housi: ™ chew in the peer Gi FS and Seth axe three-high seine “leweael ke — GyG The muck bar is to be well-known French’ eng!- tH yy : weighed and handled m neer, M. Evrard, which Ys = chanically in drafts of 6000 has been largely ned for J OQYYQILLEEELIlmE pounds, by means of ove! a number of years, both in Yi! ; head hoisting apparatus France and in Belgium. CELL ol f Z “3 Parallel to this buildin The principal parts and Si is the bar mill building, s their functions are the fol- feet span, 21 feet high and lowing: K is a eylindri- ' 300 feet long. ‘This build cal mold, into which the tape ing contains the bar mil | Ss and boilers. The bar mil! mass of tar and coal en- tUi“}f7;}7fj ters through an opening in tH Yi pes has a 16-inch train, driven the top. A piston, P, Yj ] t x by a 30x 36-inch horizontal! moves forward and baek- Yy Y Z LLL = engine, directly connected ward in this cylinder, the YY Pp este te abs etaes ata Bs of a i and is provided with a mold being filled as soon “tii YY Gps ade stig eee EEA dees mR AG pase three-high finishin train as it is withdrawn. By Y Ra astes eset Fe ' eTistees $a4c%s ’ ‘ ts Saf Mile % for all sizes. rhe large means of a lid and a spring f G { amownt of hoops, tire sizes acting upon it the exit opening of the briquette may be altered so that the and small tee and tram rails will permit of its being used, The roughing trains pressure can be varied—a 3 , . are three-hich Special device well adapted to * : provision is made for the sas uiencenl arches small rails, inthe hope that ing of the mass. Thess THE EVRARD MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESSED FUEL. the locality will permit of are 16 of these cylindrical a specialty being made of molds attached to the immovable disk S. Tho} ofl and drops upon the table M below. The| American Society of Civil Engineers, ap-| ‘Phis special and any general information | this class of produce. It is hoped that b mold pistons Pare actuated through the agen-| openings U behind the press molds are in- pointed to report upon the preservation of | on the subject is respectfully solicited. the large use of three-high rel's longer cy of the eccentric R, The entire operation is | tended to carry off the water expelled by | timber, earnestly solicit information con- Replies cau be mailed to the chairman of ' lengths can be secured than by the ordinary carried out in the following manner: The | the pressure. cerning past experience in the impregnation | the committee, B. M. Harrod, 122 Common | methods, and that their use will be favorabl coal dust is lifted by the elevator, from the| It is stated that the product turned out by | and preservation of that material. street, New Orleans, La. ; or to the members | both for an increase of pro rota d buckets of which it is dropped into cylinder | this machinery approaches in hardness that| Particulars of failures in this country, and, | of the committee, G. Bouscaren, 82 West | crease of croppage. Phe boilers cortaines B, where liquid tar is mixed with it: The| of solid coal. The production is given at|if possible, reasons therefor, are especially | Third street, Cincinnati, O. ; E. R. Andrews, | in this building are made of steel 5-1 cylinder B has a double casing, between | 450 pounds per horse-power per hour, while | desired. Also, information on the following 10 Warren street, New York city, N. Y.; | thick, all material having been tested bef which steam is conducted for the sake of | Habets states that in Belgium it has not ex- ints in each of the processes which may E. W. Bowditch, 60 Devonshire street, use. Nothing less than 60,000 nor mo! keepin , the whole mass hot. The worm in| ceeded, according to his observation, more ve been used ; Boston, Mass. ; Col. Geo. H. Mendell, U. 8. | than 65,000 pounds tensile strain per squar the cylinder conveys the material to the | thea 250 pounds. Pro%ably local circum-| 1, Kind of timber operated on (green or Engineers, San Francisco, Cal. ; J. W. Put- inch was used. They are suspended at such mixer ©, in which the ingredients are thor- | stances considerably affect the result. dry), age, dimensions, &c, |nam, P, Q, Box 2734, New Orleans, La, points as will secure the utmost freedom for 5 fe ‘2s a = 4" - a ee) a a =~ — ee ere a - a’ a. ae. a ee 2 THE I'R’OIN AGE. July 1, 1880. _ SAetals. fActals. fActals. Mire, ete. ANSONIA ) 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. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA * REFINED Mfg. Company, J PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, MANUFACTURERS OF President & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary. SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE,| Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering. Waterbury Brass Co. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. Sheet, Roll 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 FLASES, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF 80 Chambers Street, New York. 13 Federal Bes Macken: TRON, AND TRON AND STEEL WIRE. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Of Every Description. Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. IN oT Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. Rolling Mill, Factories, . v ri i Cc COPPER. QuviAlge etal in Sheets of Shells « Specialy, THOMASTON, Ct. | WATERBURY, Ct. A SPECIALTY MADE oF Sole Agents for the y r a a PHELPS, DODGE & CO, Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- Bridgeport Brass Co, () GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, ing Goods and Wood’s Paper j | GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, IMPORTERS OF Shot Shells. MANUFACTURERS OF Hf PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, TIN PLATE, oe. ee Sheet and Roll Brass, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, roadway, New Yor ' : : a. . ROOFING PLATE, | 189 Eddy St,, Providence, R. 1. Conn, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, ; AND PUMP CHAIN. BU esr i ° NEW YORK OFFICE ST. LOUIS WAREHOUSE: CHIC JSE : German Silver Metal and Wire, | a1 Cit St tcaNo.Secondst. top Lakes Manhattan Brass Co., Manufacturers of Sheet Rrass, Olmsted Patent Oilers, Brass Wire, Prior Patent Oilers Copper Wire, Broughton Patent Oilers, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements. | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, Copper Rivet Braas, Tin & Zinc Oilers, CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. nt Tubing, Brass Butt Hinges, Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and - Zinc Tubing, Hurricane Lanterns, manufacturing Metal Goods. Ss co Vv } L L aA FC co Brown's Patent Pictare Hooks, MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, . Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray St., N. ¥. —— Fire Sets, Fenders, &c. Harrison Wire Company, ST. LOUIS, MO. BRASS BLANKS AND TUBES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER. OFFICE AND WORKS, Ist Ave., 27th to 28th Sts., New York, THE NEW HAVEN COPPER CO., BRASS, HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. ———— BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. —~__——_ DEPOTS, FACTORIES, Tos. W. Fircnu, Cuas. Fisn, Prest. and Treas. Secretary. MANUFACTURERS OF All kinds of IRON & STEEL WIRE NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS. pe tether gi ‘ao. 255 Pearl Street, New York. 183 Lake St. Chicago, New York City. Manufacturers of and Dealers in AND Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. avenenm wal A ? a ° . ELOWARD ne DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,/Braziers’ & Sheathing| wire mill Specialties. 2 MORSE, Importers of nen Brass, Copper and Iron WIRE CLOTH, Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Iron Wire Bolting Cloth, Ship and Railroad Lanterns, Signal Lights, Conductor’s Lantern ADJUSTABLE GLOBE HAND LANTERN, Desk and Off_ive Railing, Kiddies, Ceal and Sand Screens, Nursery Fenders and Spark Guards, Ornamental Wire Fence WORKS ROEBLINC’S > ca —_ = ae sn gE Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 49 Chambers St. is Federal 5st. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, WATERBURY MFC. CO. re ee ve iu suuues, WATERBURY, CONN. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. A BRASS & IRON B| JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, A. C. NORTHROP, —[ocroury FORKS & SPOONS, Waterbury, Conn., Kerosene Burners, &c. NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS|joun DavoL & SONS, Brooklyn pee Copper Cov, Dealers in Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, Jobn Street, N. Y. COPPER. Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, &c. Incorporated 1876. Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper, Wire, Zinc, Efe. 29 & 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORE. Established 1837. New York Office 3 Warehouse 117 Liberty Street THE JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE! vivax, |Lron and Steel Iron, Steel and Copper Telegraph Wire, WIRE Hoisting Purposes of all Market Wire, kinds, for Ferries, Stays, ship Rigging, Sash Cords! Vineyard Wire, Lightning Rods, &c., &c. Buckle Wire, Spring Wire Suspension Bridge Cables, Rivet Wire, &e., &e. : _ GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. CORSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address, HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN x GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, Market Wire, Fence Wire FOF IWARE TRADE. OR HARDY % Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, on, Round and Square Head Cap and Wrought Iren and Brass Machine Screws; Turnec A, Beaae Set Screws; Brass and Iron Safety ana Jack é hain; Git, el Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all kinds. from Sheet Iron, Steel or Brass. Estimates on patenced articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and prone ptly give en. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. JAMES HALL, Treasurer. E. HANSON, Secretary. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, Fresident WM. HEWITT, Vice President. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STEEL WIRE OF ALL CRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED; Iron and Steel Wire Rods; MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'IAgents | = Sie MENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON —e RODS. 113 Liberty Strect, M. ¥- Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire. . GALV ANI”, . ° a Best Qualities of Gun- Screw and Charcoal lron Wire; Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., of Charcoal and Swedis _ =" PR ” searcetghens ee Re Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Stee! Wire. roe eee GALVANIZED STEE L WIRE, | For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, 4 and 7-ply Strand, Staples, &€c. Annealed te Oiled Fencing Wire, round and oval Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. _ Represented io New York by COOPE R, HEWITT & CO., 17 Berting Slip. BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTIRERS OF WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Foreign governments. The oldest house in the braneh on t tinent. Teles graph Addre ss, CARLSWERK, COLOGNE. —— General Agents for U. 8S. and C anada, PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N. Y. J. WOOL GRISWOLD, | WIRE RAILING IRON STEEL B co ered nameaind oa Tie right, ¢ Bee GUN SC REW WIRE tn arcer Of al) msen eheolaibte ad and en WIRE ROPE WIRE ROPE. The Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co., pee a Manufacturers of and D: in Manufacturer of A} SOLDER. TYPE,| Ornamental Wire Works. 00 N. Main St L Gtorectype, Bioctretype ane Babatis aie. WY IT Ft ES, No. 36 North omen es., 2 “Datetmene: : | Seay) nity Moe arr ot Boh stuart wennietig VERE, BALIN te Comet Pai Lead, Speier = Se 5 see 20th TRO z. N. Y. | Berges Woou Wire a mad and cos Street, between Avenues / | | | Ja Spi A Japr Cat é Seam PATE HOUSE pressure PATE) SILVER cesigns. GERN PO CO No, 5] HB IN Also Cake S. H. F Shipping, In No. 29 Pl Goods re the world. furnished, a of merchan freight coll aranteed estination, solicited. IRON | A genera] Rails ke ept ¢ made prom W. EB. C. ¢ 8. W. INC #. P. HO MOSES META And R. S| Deale Tian Pi 880. Wire Wire, Wire, rE, Re ‘encing 16 Con Y, ‘ G rks. ore. “4 Goat Chaim Jaly 1, 1880. THE TRON AGH. 0. LINDEMANN & (CO., Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of Spring Brackets for Bird Cages, | And manufacturers of the largest variety of Japanned, Brass and lin-Plated Bird Cages in this Country. Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl Street, New York. “VALE” AND “STANDARD” LOCKS “BROWN & BROTHERS, 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. Manufacturers 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 HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVEK-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich cesigns. 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. Our specialty. Also Crestings, Finials and Vanes; Stable Fixtures, and Window Guards, ings, &c. Address CLEVELAND WROUGHT IRON FENCE WORKS, J, H. VAN DORN, Proprietor, CLEVELAND, Ohio, U. 8. A. ALL WROUGHT IRON, 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 Exportation of merchandise carefully and promptly attended to at a saving in Freight and Entries of Goods made and all Custom House work effectually done. Claims for overcharges of freight collected free of charge. Rates of freight aranteed (when desired) from starting point to §estination, covering all charges. Correspondence solicited. THE MONTOUR Hitching Posts, Door Wrought Iron Grat- | erminal charges. | Bi ; | receive our prompt attention. CARY & MOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. | the longitudinal seams double riveted, ars Great care was exercised to provide ample blow-off area, and the most improved and re- liable safety valves and steam gauges were selected. Low water alarms are added for each battery. The setting of the boilers is such that any one department of the mill can be run with its appropriate supply of steam without the rest of the mill, and the smaller machinery, shears, crusher, «c., have their independent steam supply. All pipes and flanges are of wrought iron with drilled holes, and expansion and contraction in them is provided for by means ot copper goose-necks. Another building, parallel to the bar-mill building, contains the 8-inch train, driven by a horizontal 22 x 30-inch engine. This engine is also intended to run a cotton-tie mill. In this train, as in the others, special provision has been made in the turning of the rolls, arrangement of the train, &c. for long lengths of iron. Ample | warehouse room for the finished product is | provided in this building, and the cars are | run directly into it for shipping purposes. For the handling of scrap, ore, &c., a special building has been put up, containing shears, crushers, pulverizers, &c. The scrap | expansion and contraction without strain. All holes in these boilers were drilled and CLL L ULL hs \ VEL ME LELLLLELELESLELALALLAE cnr i TOU I CLELLLLLLEELELL ELE | Market Steet Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered, Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. | 934, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - - - - - NEW YORK. YALE LOCK MFC. CO. Office and Works, STAMFORD, CONN, St... New Work. Boston. St... Philadelphia. 563 Chambers 36 Pearl St., s 50G Commerce ‘Stanley Rule & Level Co., MANUFACTURERS OF FACTORIES, New Britain, Conn. Improved ’ | Carpenters 29 Chambers St., Tools. i New York, Manufacturers of Bailey’s Patent Adjustable Planes, General Agents for the sale of Leonard Bailey & Co.'s ** Victor Planes,’ | Manufacturers of ** Defiance? Patent Adjustable Planes, WAREROOMS, This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, D. G, GAUTIER, Chairman. D. J, MORRELL, Treasurer. CHAS. DOUGLASS, Gen’! Supt. GAUTIER STEEL CO. LIMITED, | SsTEEI., WIRE and SPRINGS. trucks which stand upon a track 6 feet lower than the shears. taken to the scrap furnace by the mill loco- motive and dumped directly on to the stand being thrown directly into the mouth of the pulverizer therefrom. It is also distributed by means of trucks, like the scrap. WORKS: JOHNSTOWN, PENN. Eastern Warehouse, 93 John St., N. Y.; Philada. Warehouse, 505 Commerce St. | breakers. The pig metal, as unloaded, will es a | be thrown on these and broken, thus saving | WILLIAM VOGEL, this labor afterward. handling of material a locomotive has been Manufacturer of Plain and Stamped 5 been laid. More than 1200 yards of masonry ‘TINWARE, SEAMLESS BOXES, ROUND, OVAL AND SQUARE CANS, | ss been used im the foundation. With ex- Special Articles Manufactured of Sheet Metals. ception of lathe, crusher and pulverizer, the . . : whole mill was built in Louisville ; the 41, 43 & 45 South 9th Street, Near the Ferries, BROOKLYN (E, D.), N. z. boilers by the Jos. Mitchell boiler yard, and ours H. voorL. | all the mechanism by Ainslie & Cochrane. HENRY J. VOGEL. The first drawing was completed about oe A New Punching Press. ALBANY SAND A SPECIALTY. ALBANY, N. Y., January, 1880, {SO WHOM. SF MAY CONSERM : ‘ The Peerless Punch and Shear Company, In future please send all orders for My Molding Sand to Messrs. Whitehead | <2 Dey street, New York, have just com pleted a new power press for punching, | similar in design to their No. 1 foot press, of which we published illustrations in August of last year. In the form of the frame the presses are alike. The pendulum, Orders for the above or any other kind of Molding Sand, Fire Sand or Clay, will | however, is replaced by a balance wheel for i belt. The press has an automatic attachment, | Bros., 517 West 15th St., New York, as by arrangements entered into with them they possess the exclusive right to sell the same throughout the United States and Provinces. HARVEY WOOD. | IRON & STEEL COMPANY, WHITEHEAD BROS., 517 West (5th St., New York "5" Gitowine tht out of cea, Works at Danville, Pa. AND PIG IRON. A general assortment of Mine and Narrow-Gauge Rails kept on hand, from which shipments can made promptly. W. E. C. COXE, President, Reading, Pa. 8S. 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, IRON, RACS, And all kinds of Paper Stock. W 2 invite correspondence. R.SELLEW & CO. Dealer in METALS, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Kt. BAINT LOUIS. | ee ne ee eS ee | | | | | | will make single strokes as the foot is placed upon the treadle. The punch holder is made in the form of a clamp. The shank of the punch is round, and fits the two half-round grooves which are formed im the clamp. Setting the punch is very quickly done. It is only necessary to loosen a couple of set screws in front, slip the shank of the punch into place and then tighten up the set screws. A wrench is then put upon a square head, formed upon the end of the crank-shaft, and the carrier turned down till the punch enters the female portion of the punch. The set screws are then tight ened and the work is done. This makes a great saving of time. The working por- | tions of the press, like the crank-shaft, con- | necting rod, &c., are all made of steel. One of these presses, although weighing only 500 pounds, will punch a '4-inch hole in %-inch iron, or 1-inch hole in '4-inch iron, land will cut a blank 6% inches square from No. 14iron. If used as a shear it will cut iron 2 by &% inches. The fly or pulley wheel is 22 inches in diameter and weighs 125 pounds. The design is very neat and lie the same time strong. i Registers, Ac. Established 1810. N, & G. ODD AND REGULAR SIZES TIN & ROOFING PLATES Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in PHILADELPHIA, purchased for it, and over a mile of rails has | the 1st January. All the patterns, even to | the engines, had to be made. Notwithstand- ing this, it is probable that the forge has | § been started, and by the middle of July the whole mill will be in operation. 3 ihe The sheared scrap is then | Many ot ‘count / a pendulum int of their convenience foot power. Tif presses are gold With one to the other in“@@6 to be worked by by slacking up a bolt, 229 be made from wheel and putting up the ‘putes, merely place. When this is done the pft the fly used for foot power the same as a pein its press of the same size. It is capable doing the same amountof work. The treadle is not at all in the way when the press is used for power, as it is jointed and can be ‘turned back against the back bar of the frame. This is a great convenience, as the operator is not altogether dependent upon steam power and can use his press at any time by merely taking off the balance wheel and putting on the pendulum. a - Drawing Canal Boats Through Locks, It is known to few not directly engaged in canal navigation that the canal officials of | New York have been devoting considerable attention of late to the subject of rapid transit through the locks, and that some interesting and highly successful experiments have been made. How necessary it is that some plan should be devised to reduce the detention at SALESROOMS, | is carried directly to the shears on the cars, | the locks to the minimum will be seen froma A NEW PUNCHING PRESS.—NO. I POWER PRESS. and as it is sheared it drops into hopper | few facts given by the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser : . There are 72 locks on the line of the Erie Canal. Loaded boats are detained at each | of these locks from 10 to 20 minutes, accord 1, : s c ing. The ore is also handled with economy, | ing to the luck each has in making a good | entry into the chamber, and the skill of the crusher from the cars and delivered into the | lock-tenders. . If we make the average 15 minutes, which is not wide of the mark, it | will be seen that the delay at the locks dur- through the pig metal yard, will be placed | quarters of a day. if Along both sides of the track, which runs | ing each trip is 72 quarter hours, or three There are about 4000 boats navigating the canals, and they make To avoid constant | at least seven trips each a season. It is plain, therefore, that an immense amount | of time is lost at the locks each year. } | | | | i _In discussing this subject Mr. Porter, En gineer for the Middle Division, expressed the opinion that he could perfect machinery that would greatly expedite the passage of boats, and finally received authority from the de- partment to make a trial. The Port Byron lock, which is the worst on the entire line of the Erie, was selected, and last week the machinery was put in position and got ready for work. The plan is to utilize the wast’ water, so that the working of the machinery will be attended with comparatively little expense and no loss of water. Between each pair of locks is a flume, through which the water passes from one level to that b: jlow. In this flume an improved water whe: | | is placed, which connects by means of heavy | gearing witha shaft on the surface, running from the head of one lock to that of the other. On both ends of this shaft, about 6 feet from the lock, are friction wheels, by which the power applied to the tow line is regulated by an attendant. When the bow of a boat appears at the lower end of the lock a line is attached to her and passed around a drum pulley on the outer end of the shaft. The water is then turned on and pressure applied to the friction wheel, gently at first until the boat begins to move, and then stronger until the vessel is drawn into the lock at as great a rate of speed as she could be towed by horses on the open canal, The machinery has been in operation now for some time and the results are highly en couraging. It will pull a loaded boat into the lock in 2'%% minutes, and after the lock tenders become more accustomed to oper ating it, this time will probably be cut down. As yet it isonly used to draw boats into the lock, but it is Mr. Porter’s intention to adjust it so that it can be used to as goo! advantage in pulling boats out of the lock as in drawing them in Another excellent feature of Mr. Porter’s invention is that it is comparatively inexpensive. The entire cost of fitting up the Port Byron lock with this power was about 3800, The canal authori ties should lose no time in providing the Jo: dan lock and those at Syracuse with this m: chinery. the entire line of the Erie in which loaded boats going East are lifted. These should be furnished with power at once, and the other single locks as rapidly as possible. A small amount of money could not be expend - . These five are the only locks on These presses | ed for a better purpose than this on the have been quite successful, and are much canals. 7 Asser ee s ‘3. _ Biase 4 Spe 5 ee “ ~- nn as ee OES — sh - . tn > = lle ” Pee « "J = 4 THE IRON AGE. July 1, 1880. / Xvon. - Xr on, xvon. Xv on. . Kvn, _NEW y YORK. _ NEW YORK. NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH. PITTSBURGH. = OGDEN & WALLACE, Successors te GAM’. G. SMITH & CO., IRON & STEEL, 85, 37,89 & 91 ELM ST., N. Y. COMMON AND REFINED BAR IRON. SHEET AND PLATE IRON, HOOP, BAND AND SCROLL IRON, Rod and Horse Shoe Iron, Angle and T Iron, Swedes and Norway Iron, Norway Nail Rods, Ir __ ron of all sizes and shapes made to orde r. PIERSON & CO. 24 Broadway, New York City. Iron & Steel. COMMON & REFINED IRON, Hoops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, Horse Shoe, Nail Rods, Steel, &c. A. B. Warner & Son, IRON MERGHANTS, 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington Sts. BOILER PLATE, Boller Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder tren, Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated “EKureka,” §Pennocks, “Wawasset,” Lukens, Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plate, Sheet, and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive iron. Fire Box Iron | & specialty. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, ROME, N. Y., Manufacturers of the best grade of Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. Horse Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal I a2 rior net of Iron branded J.G. All puddled bali s re duced by hammer. nea may be sent to the Millor to J. O. CARPENTER, our Agent, at 59 Jonn Street, | ‘ew York. MARSHALL LEFFERTS, 90 Beekman 8t., New York City, MANUFACTURER AND DEAL‘R, Galvanized Sheet Iron,| Ist and 2d Qualities. Galvanized Wire, ——- and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and Banda Iron lvanized Rod and Bar Iron, —_— Nails, Galvanized C hain, Galvanized Iron “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. Plate and ‘Tank Iron, CNo.1,C H No. 1,C H 7 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Flange Fire bet, Circles. BOILER IRON Stamped and Guaranteed. All descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to order. Price list and _ Price list and quotations sent upon application, W. BAILEY LANG, Sole Agent in United States & Canada for LOW-MOOR IRON COMPANY, NO. 50 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO.,|— SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New York. _ ULSTER IRON WORKS, 18 Wall St., New York. _ Orders promptly | filled f from 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. Refined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron, Common Iron, Band, Hoop and Scroll fron, Sheet Iron, Norway Nail Rods, Norway Shapes, Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, ete. A. R. Whitney, Manufacturer of and Dealer in IRON, & 60 Hudson as: 50 & 52 Thomas, and NEWYORK 12, 14416 Worth Sts., Oar specialty is Mianufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction of Fire-Proot Buildings, Bridges, &c. Plans and estimates furnished, and contracts made for erecting Iron Structures of ever description. Books containing cuts of all Iron made sent on ap- plication by mail. Sample pieces at office. s Please address 8 Hudson Street. — “BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 70 & 71 West St., ry Pesce f New York. Agents for the sale of Fall River lron 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. _™ H.Waiscm B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer tn SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. sg eag8 soar siz} NEW YORK. DANIEL F. COONEY, (Late of and Successor to Jas. H, Heldane & Ce.) SS Washington St., N. Y- BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, | RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP IRON. LAP WELDED BOILER | Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work. Boller Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nall ‘ foes 56 PINE STREET, Agency for Pottstown Iron Co. , Viaduct Iron Works D. L. COBB. N Le tan on Rolling Mills, Pine Iron Works, Laurel Iron | EW YORK, Wi rks, The Bergen Ro ling Mills, at Jersey C ity ?. W. GALLAUDET, | Banker and Note Broker, seer — _e | Iron Nos. 3 and 5 Wall css! NEW YORK. HARDWARE, METAL, IROX RUBBER, SHOE PAPER AND PAPERK-HANGINGS, LUMBER, CUAI AND KAILROAD PAPE! ADVANCES MADE OTHER BECU RITLES. — Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co Passaic Rolling Mill Co., PATERSON, N. J. lron Bridge Builders And Manufacturers of Beams, Channels, Angles, THES, Merchant Iron, &c., &c. New York Office, Boom 45, Astor House, Wa. BIsPHaM. WATTS QOOKs, Presid . O. FAY ERW £ ATHER, Treasurer. CARMICHAEL & EMMENS, 130, 132 & 134 Cedar Street, New Vouk. DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE, Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c, Agent for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel Boller Plates, | The Coatesville Lron C Pottstown Iron C Th Laurel Rolling Mills, anc iv nion Tube Works; Wro vaght Iron Beams, Angles, Tees, Rivets, &c. HUGH W. ADAMS, DEALER IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN ROOFING & SIDING, iit | Shutters, Doors Soren eaR Skylights, Bridges, & MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO. | & Dey Street. New York. | Buildings, BROKER IN IRON 40 WALL st, N-¥ N.Y. —— — Scrolls, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Reunds, pomnees and | _| W.S,. MIDDLETON, 62 John St, Joha St., Ne Y. | For spot delivery and for prompt or forward CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, John W. Quincy, Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &e HARRISON & GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 902, 904, 96 CHERRY 8T., NEW YORK, have on hand, and offer for sale, the following: Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and i Scrap Iron, Car-Wheels, Axies and Heavy t Iron; also old Copper, Composition, Brass, OXFORD IRON CO, (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) Cut Nails SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW 1 YORK. -BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” lron Boiler Rivets. Burden Iron Works, H. Burden & Sons, Troy, N. Y. EGLESTON BROS. & CO., 166 South Street, 267 Front Street, NEW YORK CITY. BURDEN’S H. B.-& S. AND ULSTER BAR IRON. All sizes and shapes in stock. Also Best Grades of Am. & Eng. Ref'd Iron,Common Iron,&c ELIZABETHPORT ROLLING MILL, Elizabethport, N. J., Common and Refined BAR IRON, Fish Plates, Spikes, &c. Address, DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., Importers of and Dealers in Scrap Iron and Metals, SS t to 96 Mangin St., New York. 'W. S. MIDDLETON, Broker in Machinery & Iron Agent for FORSTER’S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, The best in market Glengarnock and Carnbroe SCOTCH PIG IRON, | Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale in lots to suit by JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States, 72 Pine Street, New York. “——— OUT NAILS Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. FULLER BROTHERS «CO., 139 Greenwich Street, New York. Commission Merchant, Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boiler, Angle, T, and Ralliroad Iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R, R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGH, PA. JUNIATA — PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jam, 11, 1576. 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, Il! Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. The U. S. Iron and Tin Plate Co., OF PITTSBURGH, PA., Manufacture to order BEST REFINED CHARCOAL AND POLISHED SHEET IRON, Taggers Iron and Bessemer Steel Plate, in quality and size to suit the wants of consum- ers. Also Best Charcoal Terne Plates in Special Sizes, from 10x17 to 20X30 Orders solicited. Inquiries promptly answered. Address P. O. Box 24, Pittsburgh, Be Works at Demmler, Allegheny Co., Pa. Eastern Sales Soe 1232 Mar ei st., Phila. ELY & WILLIAMS, ; rig Joh sty No 36 Oliver st. Boston. Cc. BANE, Dealer in IRON and STEEL. Old Ralls, Wheels, Axles, Springs, Scrap, Turnings, &c., IRON. PIG IRON, BLOOMS AND BAR Duquesne Way, near 6th Street, Mile aa PITTSBURGH. - = C. A. von Bonnhorst. R A, Wilson, R. A. WILSON & CO., PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Rails, All Sizes, BLOOMS AND ORE, 88 Fourth ave., Cor. Wood st., Pittsburgh. ROADSTER PATTERN. SNOW SHOES. The only Snow Shoes in the market that abso- rately prevent all balling and give universal satis- on, Improved Snow Shoe Shapes. Standard Sizes. ¥%X7-16, 11-16X7-16, 4%X7-16, 13-16K7-16, %X7-16, 4x% 15-16X44, 1x4, 1 1-16x, 1 1-8x%. STEEL TOE CALKS, SHOENBERGER & C _ a Pittsburgh, Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co.., Successors to CAYLORD ROLLINC MILL CoO., Manufacturers of Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) STEEL BOILER PLATE, Agricultural and Machinery Steel and Steel Tire. Also, Homogeneous Iron Boiler Plate and Rive ta, Merchant Bar, Hoop and Sheet Iron, Wrought Spikes, Fish Bars a Office and Works : PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. J. C. LEWIS, GEO. 8. LEWIS, Pres’t and Gen’l Sup’ t. Sec’y and Treas. foha | Willams. Neary a Long. " Rethen Uf. MeDowel. A. J. STEINMAN. Chairman. we MIDDLETON, Supt. S W. G, MENDINHALL, Sec’y & Treas. Keystone Rolling Mill, “ay Williams, Long & McDowell, /PENN IRON COMPANY Manufacturers of (LIMIT ARs IZD), Merchant Bar and Skelp Iron, Sheets and Plates of all sizes, Office, No. 87 Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mill at Sono, Second Avenue. MANUFACTURERS OF Merchant Bar Iron, Hammered and Rolled Axles, Car Forgings, Bridge Work, Fish Agency of N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Swedish & Norway Iron of every descri riptien. Stock on hand at Boston, pol og and Philadelphia. Importation orders @ Bolt Ends, &e., &ec,. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 33 Kilby st., Boston. ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. Front Street. LANCASTER, PA. ZUC & CoO., Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers of Wheeler’s Iron & Steel Combination Shafting, Under license of the Combination Trust Co., Philadelphia. Joints, Bolts, R. R. Spikes, This Shafting is superior to any now on the market, and the attention of machinists is partic uls arly calle d to it and a trial orde or 3 slic ite od. P rice s furnished on application, LE ECHBURG IRON WoRKS. KIRKPATRIC Ik & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of EINE SHEET ITROnNs, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel.) TIN AND TERNE PLATES, made with Natura/ Gas as tuel. OFFIOE, No, 116 Water St., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa ANDREW KLOMAN, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURER OF Steel and Iron Structural Material EYE BAR BLANK AS IT LEAVES THE ROLLS. EYE BAR FINISHED FROM THE SAME. Btomen Patent Solid Rolled Eye Bars, finished in tron or Steel without welding or ** upsetting Jniversal Mill Plates of Iron or Steel. Steel Rails of all sizes and patterns. Splice Bars. SPECIALTY Unusual shapes and sizes in Steel or Iron; Avcles, Tees and other structural shapes in bron er Steel, W. OD, WOOD & C0’S| A. @. HATRY, — anf aml | Be Wr PA REF Pl Pa Or Last, § | iS) ; MANUFACTURERS’ FOUNDRY e g a AMER GRAP Rails, Ri General ¢ JAMES An Analy fitted wit! Ores, Slag Price lists 880. eee — —_—_—— ———_——- 7 9 int. >, T, t. plies, AX, t abso- Il satis- es. » 4X Ss. urgh, ae Co., TE, Rivets, roughtr oO. ‘WIs, reas. ‘, Supt. NY 6s ists is |, Pa al ing. es in July 1, 1880. THE IRON AGE. & Kyou. PHILADELPHIA. PHILADFOUPHIA. Siemens’ Regenerative _MENRY LEVIS & Co., 5 AS FURNA CE Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Lron and General Railway Equipments. RICHMOND & POTTS, | Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and se!d. 11308. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | 234 8. 4th St., rniladelphia. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works The Cambria Iron an | Having enjoyed for over TWENTY YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality ef RAILS, have now an annual capacity of (00,000 Tons of Iron 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 PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, W ELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order, Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street, BOSTON AGENTS, HOUDLETTE, ELLIS & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 4, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, ht and Jacket Iron. Orders solicited especially for Corrugate Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlig lb JAS. ROWLAND & CO. Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North vetawure Avowy - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS & 00.41 Manufacturers of rh a2 CAR AXLES. J BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philade!/phia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. . . —es pre re ee Preserving Timber Against the Teredo Xvon. Edward J. Etting, JUSTICE cox, Jr, CHARLES K. BARNS, IRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, JUSTICE COX JR. & CO. ’ ’ timber against the ravages of the teredo 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa, AGENTS FOR navalis. In January, 1869, work was com Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. Chickies, St. Charles, Montgomery menced on the construction of a line of rai\ OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &e- Agent for the and Keystone road between New Orleans and Mobile. ‘Lhe 7 De road extends for nearly fifty miles through MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Foundry & K orge : ig Iron. a flat, marshy country, crossing Varivis The Allentown Iron Co. and CATASAUQUA MFG, COS streams and bayous, which are at certain The Coleraine Furnaces, Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet [ron, | seasons of the year tidal and infested by the DELAWARE AVENUE AnOvE CANLOWAIG, SIRE RAILROAD CAR AXLES. leredo navalis. From thence to Mobile it connected by track with railroad)” appa NEW AND OLD RAILS. pee through a higher sandy country, Cash advances made on Iron. No. 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia. crossing several tributaries to and arms of _ the Gulf, also salt, in which the ravages of the teredo are very great. The bridges over all the water-ways were constructed on pile foundations, Yellow pine was generally though not always used for piles, and driven soon after being cut. During the months of May and June, 1869, a part of the piles wer driven for the bridge across Bay St. Louis, a sheet of salt water two miles wide, and the work was then suspended until the fol lowing fall and winter, when the bridge wa completed. During the succeeding Novem ber, or in less than nine months from the completion of the bridge, the piles began to give way and break off, being thoroughly honeycombed. A few weeks later the piles began to break in the bridge over Bay Biloxi —a bridge one and one-fourth miles long— and during the month of April following it broke down, letting an engine and four freight cars into the bay. The work of re- building was begun during the winter of 1870 and 1871, or within two years of the time of turning the first shovelful of earth in the construction of the road. The Bay St. Louis bridge was built on piles sheathed with yellow metal, and the Biloxi bridge on piles sheathed with zinc. The piles were hewn to one foot diameter, covered with a layer of felt, and then with the metal, the whole being securely nailed. The other bridges were not entirely rebuilt at that time, but had new piles driven underneath, and sprung into position. Inthe Pascagoula and Pear! rivers—streams from 20 to 50 feet deep, and having very strong currents dur ing the spring floods—piles were perforated by the teredo from within 5 or 6 feet of sur face of the water to the bottom, and some of them were found to be cut completely off. The sheathing was found to be an efficient protection for the piles as long as it remained intact ; but the waters of these harbors were found to contain something which, uniting with both kinds of metal, dissolved and rendered them worthless in a few years. The yellow metal lasted about twice as long as the zinc. With the great number of bridges subject to the attacks of the teredo navulis the contest was now seen to be one of life or death. The teredo navalis is an inhabitant of salt or brackish waters and lives within timber, the most of which has been carried out to sea by rivers. Hence, it is not probable that it would inhabit the waters of a rainless coast. It is of a translucent and jelly-like con sistence, varying in size from a creature in- visible to the naked eye to one, two, or more feet in length, with a diameter of five eighths of an inch. It seems to grow about two inches in length a month, and appears to live from 8 to 16 months. Between March and May the greater part of the old ones disap- pear. The young make their appearance in March, but do not become abundant until May, and continue to develop until Novem- ber. It is a solitary animal, living in a cell alone, and having no communication with its fellows. It is probably hermaphrodite, and like other low forms of life, is very prolific, a single one depositing from 1,000,000 to 3,- 000,000 eggs in a season. The eggs are only hatched by the action of salt water, as no young appear when the water is fresh by reason of rain. If they come in contact with timber which suits their taste, they attach themselves by a foot or sucker and enter, making their way by means of a pair of forceps-like cutters. The cutters are a pair of concave or partly spherical shells placed on each side of the head, and extending partly over it. They are joined by a hinge like joint at one end and free at the other, and are moved by a firm, strong muscle, w