The Iron Age 1880-11-11: Vol 26 Iss 20

1e or The Iron Ag 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. 20. New York, Thursday, November 11, 1880. a An Adaptation of Bessemer Plant to} | and chemical action are most severe, is fre-| they may be readily changed; but basic half the time. This delay is really as im-| practicable way to replace a refractory lin- the Basic Process. | quently the cause of delay, and the operation | linings, near the tuyeres, and also in other portant in Europe as it is here ; the greater | ing (which cannot be handled by itself) is to | rapidly performed between heats is tedious| parts where abrasion is severe, wear the output from a given plant the cheaper |replace the vessel which contains it. The BY A. L. HOLLEY.* and costly. The accumulations cf slag on| rapidly, and must be frequently re- the product.* worn portions of the lining may thus be re- c : other parts of the lining must also be quar- | | paired by cooling the converter and in- In order, therefore, that the basic process | paired at leisure, in another part of the ried out, else the converter will become too | | serting new bricks, or patching in some may come into extensive use, basic linings | works, rather than in position for use, where The maintenance of refractory linings in | small for the charge. |suitable manner. The converter is thus must be so maintained that their output will | repairs would retard output. Bessemer converters, in such a way as to| These are the conditions of maintaining! put out of use for at least 24 hours—a very nearly equal that of acid linings. An obvious way to replace an entire romote regular and maximum production, | silica linings; but the difficulties are in-| serious delay to production, From a wide There are two reasonable conditions of | converter living is to replace the entire | been the subject of more experimenting | creased, probably about threefold, when the | observation, the author feels safe in saying improvement—the one is to prolong the en-|conveter. This system is already under than any other feature of the Be semer sys- linings are made of lime, for the basic pro- | that a basic lining is rarely ran above 60 «lurance of basie materials, so that their re- {construction in Europe. The method is tem, and it is still the least perfect and sat- | cess. The basic process consists in remov-| charges without extensive repairs, and in pairs can be made with little delay, | also obvious—lifting the converter bodily isfactory feature, excepting, perhaps, the |ing phosphorus from the iron under treat-| some works repairs are made every time a while the converter is in position for | out of its pillow bloeks, and conveying it to casting of steel. Linings are mot only | ment, by retainivg the phosphorus oxidized | bottom is set. With some irons there is also use. There seems to be little or no progress, |the repair shed by means of an overhead oo ane ey LH OS TLIO Ree x oe Ses eae Wes ‘i aon ; Pe eet . vy wy Sak ae? i Nv - :. nN Fig. 1.—Elevation of a Bessemer Steel Plant for the Basic Process. - > (\R RK } — Ze Pree mepnngiowens eee ee a ee = N jo / ", ° aN | roe i i te tS i { TN rN l° °| Si) | uier iN ! | 4 N ! Th 7 oD wo af io ° PIEC POLA -—— EL Cy 1 ff . = . ‘ f } f \ f i { ° ; A! / \ 7 \ ba / Y 17 ? Dl —/— it ae Se °o oon T Tr Ti °Q ONVERTER SHELL! REPAIR SHOP 2 7 1 7 oO j am TURN race | a a —_— ~Saemeee. — -—--— — —_ dineapenaiatettl iceman Saal °o oe ———— Z sel: f. om — , : O Fig. 2.—Plan of a Bessemer Steel Plant for the Basie Process, HOLLEY’S PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BESSEMER STEEL MILL WORKED BY THE BASIC PROCESS. erodod by the mechanical action of the | by the blast, in a basic slag formed of say | an accumulation of slag around the mouth | >r probability of immédiate progress, in this wapelies ; then setting a repaired converter charge, but they are chemically decomposed | 20 per cent. of lime added to the charge. | of the converter; its removal sometimes | direction. The other is the rapid and com- sete by the same means, Such a plant by ite various slags. The silica linings usu- | An acid (silica) Jining would vitiate the basic | also causes further delay. plete removal of worn lining and the ro- ubtless cheaper than a duplicate plant, ally employed have, indeed, been so im- | slag, and would also be rapidly destroyed by | Tne output of a pair of converters in Eu-| placement of a repaired one. A third —_ ite oubput should be materially greater proved that an average of say 60 charges | it. Lime containing some magnesia, and | rope averages about half that of a pair of | system, seriously proposed, is to double or| than that of fixed converters. But the per 24 hours can be got out of a pair of con-| produced by burning magnesia limestone | converters of the same size in the United | treble the entire converting plant. The only | operation of changing an entire converter verters, and the shifting of interchangeable | (dolamite), is at present the only basic | States, and is often less than half. The lim- ——_————-| must be slow and tedious. When the ar- converter bottoms (containing the tuyere) | material successfully used for converter | ived endurance of basic linings in Europe is. | iat The stat m nt momaiiones made in yd rangement is such that pillow-block caps is so rapid that it does not delay production, | linings. It is usually made into bricks, therefore, a less conspicuous defect tan it | | quality of pro saa "he teak eee tis inadequate | #Fe required, these must be loosened by un- but the repairing of the fixed lining just | which are hard burned and built to — ie here, where one converter must make 25 plant. steel is obviously no better because five | screwing heavy nuts; then they must be above t the tuyeres, where both mechanical | mortar of similar material to form the or a ones in 24 hours, so that the re-| hours instead of one are consumed in setting a| made fast to the crane chain, lifted, trav- “? Basic bottoms and tuyeres stand een 1s a of basic linings, as at present con-| |°> : bottone. ‘ish neeneee hay Se ®*/ ersed and set down, The blast- pipe connee- gmericnn eet Se Se ae = charges, nearly equaling acid bottoms, an ated, would keep an Ameriean plant idle proaues. a vm - tien must be broken, and posaibly some er oe a a os) ee >, = 4 ae THE IRON AGE: . November 11, 1880, - w hb ‘ fAetals. | Wire, ere. PHILIP L. MOEN, President and Treasurer. AS. F. WASHBURN, Vice President & Secret ""intg. Company, | WASHBURN & MOEN WANUEAETURING Co, Mfg. Company, Established 1831. STER, MASS. MANUFACTURERS OF gfuetals. Hietals. ANSONIA a BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Sts cet, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. alee” oh BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury Brass UO. Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brasss ‘ CERMAN SILVER, vr r Seamless Brass & Coppe Copper, Brass and German Silver Wires SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Kerosene Burners, Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, eal Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms.) CQPPER RIVETS & BURS, |1.amp Trimmings, &c.| 2 PURE U PER WIRE 7 7 i a : aaa ens 80 Chambers Street, New York. For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Door Rail, Brass Tags, Prosphor Bronze Rody for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. ANSONIA iv REFINED POWDER FLASES, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. Rolling Mill, Factories, MANUFACTURERS OF INCOT COPPER. And small Brass Wares of every Description. THOMASTON, Ct. | WATERBURY, Ct. IRON and Ss Tr 1 ri n ae - Patent Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. nn Eider tomas nema Sole Agents for the Os PHE LPS, DODGE & CO, |carevcit ates: cos rine ot svort-|Bridgenort BraSS Cosy |xcteecu cn Boe au BU SiR A at eh Pre te J — of 109 pounds, without smau or at eo if Gelve LING Telegraph Wire ©; Market and Stone Wine ing Goods and Wood’s Paper IMPORTERS OF Shot Shells. RANUPACTERERS C7 Tinned Broom Wire and Tinned-piated Wire of ail sizes. A specialty is nade of Clock, Spiral Spring Wire, and Refined Wi e to Pattern f rti : —Ay ock, Machinery, Gun Screw and Til ad re LAT Bo DEPOTS: ee Sheet and Roll Brass, Any grade of Wire furnished, Annealed, Bright, “Polished, Coppereds Galventacan ted, stampa wise Termiey . 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, Wire & Tubing, | Wire:, set tire for Springs, Needies fad Bee Miteee guteny tinge ania, Unrivated Stool Music : ; e a ROOFING PLATE, [189 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Conn. Brass & Copper ire ubding, WAREHOUSE, 21 Cliff Street, New York. Sf; Louls Warehouse, 802 North 2 2d St, s German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. NATIONAL WIRE & LANTERN WORKS, Warchouse, 45 Fulton St., N.Y. LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, HOWARD & MORSE, Manufacturers of KEROSENE BURNERS, Brass, Copper and Iron WIRE CLOTH. PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zine, &e. Manhattan Brass Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Manufacturers of Olmsted Patent Oilers, Sheet Brass, C 0 Pp 3 E Q A N D B R AS S Brass Wire, Prior Patent Oilers * | Copper Wire, Breughton Patent Oilers, OILERS and CUSPADORES, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements. : & Zine Oil es caret mv |e feeceees, | omens i sco Vv : LL Pe FC co Brown’s Patent Pictare Hooks. a i. - ganee aot " 3 : re —tme Fire Seis, Fenders, dc. | ef -~ s BRASS, BRASS BLANKS AND TuBeEs| Harrison Wire Company, Beis: HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER, ee gs es OFFICE AND WORKS, Ea = ml Tuos. W. Fires, Cuas. Fisu, Prest. and Treas. Secretary. MANUFACTURERS or All kinds of PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. | ist Ave., 27th to 28th Sts., New York. —— BUTTONS, (THE NEW HAVEN CLOTH AND METAL. COPPER CO., Lights, Conductors’ Lanter Ornamental Wire Fence, Adjustable Globe Hand Lantern. Desk and O dles, Coal and Sand Screens, Nursery Fen Cloth, Ship and Railroad 4 eS - B DEPOTS, FACTORIES, ; ‘194421 mone SLM. vatwrwy Comm | 255 Pearl Street, New Vork. | IRON & STEEL WIRE 4355), 183 Lake St. Chicago. New York City. Manufacturers of and Dealers in AND ; : DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & C0., Braziers’ & Sheathing| wire mill Specialties. Tin Plate, Pg Tin, Shoe Iron, Cooper, COPPER. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, = i _ ne ire, Zinc, Ete. Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, Warensve : a a uated” tar ceam.| tat@inse, Mele Olen te. lecakanants.. sntamren een erence nemneaensenl ote cepcaresety ereemcearaaee ee eee WORKS ROEBLINC’S Established 1837. Incorporated 1876. pee ee , - — — ace New York Office Brass, Copper & German Silver, ar = WATERBURY MANUFACTURING C0.,| ‘ncutes sxc meer. || reexrow, B) Warehouse a 117 Liberty Street. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, N. J. Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. THE JOHN NAR ROEBLING’S SONS CO., BRASS & IRON MANUFACTURERS OF JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. WIRE ROPE German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, | '"0n, Steel « and Copper | Telegraph Wire, WIRE Kerosene Burners, &c. Holsting sla ot au| Market Wire, kinds, for Ferries, Stay Market Wire, Fence Wire B, JOHN DAVOL, & SONS, je eerinsasac,ac | Vineyard Wire, /Brise wire: chain Wire Suspension Bridge Cables. Rivet Wire, &c., &c. CALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. WATERBURY, CONN. Brass Machine Screws, Jack and Safety Chain, Bibb Screws and Springs, Whip Mountings, Chisel & Screw Driver Ferrules, Patented Articles, BRASS AND METAL GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. —_ A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR VWARDWARE TRADE. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, He zagon, ) Round and Square Head Cap and Set Screws; Brass and Iron aoe and Jack Chain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all ras kinds. from Sheet Iron, Steel or I 8. Estimates on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and promp oy given, -_ $$$ ABRAM S. HEWITT, President, JAMES HALL, Treasurer, WM. HEWITT, Vice President, E, HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STEELWIRE OF ALL CRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED; Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal lron Wire} Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths, _ Be presented in New York by C OOPER, | HEW iT T & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Tron and Steel GALVANIZED Brooklyn Brass and Copper Coss Ingot Copper, "Spelter Lead, Tin, “Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, PAUAE THO UE. Seen Seeae eect Manufacturers of CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Pure Spelter Address, HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes r & LT E N & CG U 4 L L EA U vi E, AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. Galvanizers & BrassFounders:. |PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables, MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE _____—iS Liberty Street, He ¥. ” lusseisen, Swedish ond German = bareoal Wire. ° ¥6 of Charcoal and Swedish iro mn and Steel, eb with high conductivity, and in long lengths. HOLYOKE, MASS., GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, MANUFACTURERS OF For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, ¢ane 7-ply Strand, Staples, &c. Annealed ae Oiled Fencing Vire, round and oval, WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DES(¢ ‘RIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Foreign governments. Theo ate st house in the braneh on the Con tinent. Telegraph Address, CAKRLSWERK, COLOGNE. —— General Agents for U. 8S. and Sadun. aa tee gee el PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N. Y. .» GUN SOREW WIRE. The Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co, | 4- WOOL GRISWOLD, | bpanoed WIRE RAILING | Manufacturers of and Dealers in Manufacturer of SOLDER, TYPE, Ornamentab | Wire Works. Stereotype, Rlectrotype and Babbite Metals.” ¥, Y, Tt Es EE Ne. 36 th a i , 9 Manufacture WIRE RAILING for Cemeteries, Ralco- BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF a ears i reece P 800 N. Main St. Wie () = ats : Imporsers of Block Tin, Antimony, &c. Refiners of ——s { Lead, Spelter, , &e. s. Higheat pre Be pald $90 Bande piss, Se tn wee, wisers, Cages, Sand and Coal | Rey : and ali kinds or Eas r ens ove ° rou Sedsteads Sheirs Bireet, between protien k RE, Mow Tore, TROY, N. ¥, Betiova, Bo. oo ee ae 880, l h exclu IRE, in e Wire, Buckle g Wire rew and y Iron, mished, Mustle 2d St, Pe de , Rid- oe Spark ce Railing reand i q Bs eset sees Ornamental Wire Fence, Bignhts, Lona uctors e Globe Hand Lantern. Desk and O d Screens, Nursery Fen Coal and San Guards dles, Adjustabl fice 6 street. 'j teel Wire Wihlre, Wire, , &C. Pa. ies 2E, RE he. Fencing the Con a NG orks. more. ea, Ralco- and Coal Chairs November 11, 1880. _——— — —_— Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of Spring Brackets for Bird Cages, And manufacturers of the largest variety of Japanned, Brass and 1in-Plated Bird | Cages in this Country. Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl Street, New York. WESTON’S DIFFERENTIAL PULLEY BLOCKS. 0. LINDEMANN & (C0., THE IRON AGE. platforms must be removed. Then the traveler is placed exactly centrally over the CARY & MOEN, Mannafacturers of STEEL WIRE forall purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of eve ai s —_- ——— (a ry description. | converter, ponderous chains are made fast, 2 the mass is raised high enough to clear sur- rounding parts, and drawn laterally to the 3 2) UC CELL MALL MAE LLAAELA EUR LEELLLELAAARELLLLL LED ALAA MAAAAAIAITANA WEL ILL ELLE ELLE LLL LOE SO un — Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 934, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, ~ - - - > NEW YORK, SOLE MAKERS, YALE LOCK MANFC. CO., Office & Works, STAMFORD, CONN. SALESROOMS : | OB CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. | 506 COMMERCE 8ST., PHILADELPHIA. 36 PEARL STREET, BOSTON. ‘G4 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. Fig 3.—Section of Féolley’s Basic Converter. ~ BROWN & BROTHERS, ‘Stanley Rule & Level Co.. 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Manufacturers of BRASS, COPPER AND Carpenters’ 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. _ WROUGHT-IRON BEDSTEADS. The cheapest and Lest Beds in the market. Adopted by the United States Government. ‘SHO 8% SIAIS 109 Iron, Steel and Brass Wire Cloth. Wrought-Iron Fenc- ing and Ornamental Iron and Wire Work manufac- tured by E. T. BARNUM'S WIRE WORKS, Detroit, Mieh,. 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 unequaled purity and toughness. “ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. ~ THE MONTOUR © IRON & STEEL COMPANY, | Works at Danville, Pa, RAILS :—2 AND PIC IRON. A general assortment of Mine and Narrow-Gauge Rails kept on hand, from which shipments can be made promptly. W. BE. C. COXE, President, Reading, Pa. 8. W. INGERSOLL, Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. F. P. HOWE, General Supt., Danville, Pa. MOSES GOLDSMITH & SON, Key Box 156, CHARLESTON, S&S. C. Wholesale dealers in METALS, IRON, RAGS, And all kinds of Paper Stock, We invite correspondence, Waterbury, Conn. FACTORIES, MANUFACTURERS OF New Britain, Conn. WAREROOMS, 29 Chambers St. Tools. New York, Manufacturers of Balley’s Patent Adjustable Pla . General Agents for the sale cf Leonard Bailey 2? Co.'s ** Victor Planes,” Manufacturers of ** Detiance®? Patent Adjustable Planes, improved This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, D. G. GAUTIER, Chalrmay, CHAS. DOUGLASS, Gen’! Supt, GAUTIER STEEL CO, LIMITED. STE EL,., WIRE and SPRINGS. D. J. MORRELL, Treasurer, Fig. 4.—Horizontal Section of Holley’s Basie Converter, repair shed ; then the converter is placed centrally over its seats and lowered and steadied (as it swings from a chain) into itg pillow blocks. The repaired converter is repeating all these operations ; the blast connection is then male, and the pillow-block caps are lifted, tra- versed, steadied into place and screwed down. If the converter is removed in sections, transferring each section and making the re- fractory joints will occupy much more time. The chimneys and the openings in the side of the building must he high enough to make passage notonly for the traveler, but for the mt “ill q 5 Dt San Ta 4 P —— LOUIS H. VOGEL. ND CLAYS. converter when lifted out of its seat, il and for the chains that sustain JOHNSTOWN, PENN. . he req hight and length is obviously a pon- Eastern Warehouse, 93 John St., N. Y.; Phila. Warehouse, 505 Commerce St| “¢?ou® 224 costly structure, and to a fF independent steam power—the hy- draulic system of the works cannot Monaincturer of Pints and Stamped The method of replacing the lining proposed by the author, and shown TINWARE, SEAMLESS BOXES, ROUND, OVAL AND SQUARE CANS. in the engravings, is removing only 41,43 & 45 South 9th Street, Near the Ferries, BROOKLYN (E. D.), N. ¥. it out of the trunnion ring easily MENRY J. VOGEL. and rapidly, by means of a simple paired shell by the same means, No pillow block caps, blast connec- are touched; a dozen cotters are 4 knocked out, the shell is lowered . shed, tha, new shell is run in, lifted Albany Sand d S acialt and cottered on; this is all. The . the general level, and not*4o feet or more up in the air. The car may <r against a stop, and the lift is per- w Shovels Riddles Brushes dic fectly vertical, so that the shell may 9 3 9 s without the delay of adjustment. | tt ~—sS WHITEHEAD BROS, 1 WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 517 W. 15th St., New York, the shell is put in place, and bottoms (and tuyeres) may be separately re- moved, as at present, or they may be taken away with the shell and repaired without removal from it. In the latter case, the shell must be placed in trunnions, in the repair shed, so that the bottom may be turned downward for repairs. But if the bottom is first removed, the shell need not be placed in trunnions in the repair shed; the shell will stand mouth downward on the car, a position most favorable for repair- ing both the mouth and the lining about the tuyeres, which are the two places chiefly needing repairs. This is doubtless the better plan, and it saves the cost of supplement ary trunnion rings and turning gear. The engravings show the converter hung so high above the general level that the bottem and tuyere box can —1_te be hauled out, with the shell, under ‘« the trunnion ring. In case the bot- tom is previously removed, the con- verter may be hung some 3 feet lower. It has been remarked that inAmerican works converter bottoms are changed 80 mi nm WOoRKs, it. A traveler of the required power, work reasonable speed it must have WILLIAM VOGEL, 9 well reach it. Special Articles Manufactured of Sheet Metals. the shell of the converter ; lowering 8 lift and car, and replacing a re- tions, nor other surrounding parts and run straight back to the repair machinery and transference are on <r i be moved by a small reversing en- gine or by a hydraulic capstan, by Oo means of a wire rope and sheaves = 4 suitably arranged. The car runs be put in place by two rapid motions AMERICAN FACING CO. Established 1810, N. &G, TAYLOR CO, PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in ODD AND REGULAR SIZES TIN AND ROOFING PLATES Black and Galvanized Sheet Iron, Metals, Wire, Copper Stamped Ware, Hegisters, &c. ; j when tuyeres stand but § or 10 operations, raised, traversed and set in place by! The lining may Le heated before as rapidly that one is always ready, eveo } } Changing converter shells is much more rapid than changing bottoms. The several operations of removal and transportation are the same, but the converter lining must be trimmed eut to receive the new bottom, and a refractory joint must be made, The new shell has merely to be eottered on. The comparative cheapness of apparatus to change the shell, instead ef the entire converter, is obvious, The two hydraalie lifts for removing the bottoms are made or Fig. 5.—Position of the Converter Shell en the Car. heavier, and there are several ears ef simple construction; this is the entire apparat.s. The increased cost of the eonverters is net important. In the other ease, the traveller with its engine, and the standards and tura- rN FF Q re IN , rT [PSE [ A 4 re | ary oe (_ — = | yi. ait. at e \¥ Te scseniinail - fo . M7 7 . wh) are ‘5° $ Pimerete ne —-— ‘ fl Br a || Ps ” ‘7 Attys a" MM . ; : LAA ECV tates > ” Fie " , J 4! ~ a wr = = a Fiy. 6.—Position of Converter Shell Ready for Removal, Fig. 7.—Plan of Car. | ing gear in the repair shed, and the trunnion rings and pinions (the chief cost of the eon- verters) for each spare shell, approaeh in | expense that of a duplicate plant eomplete. ut ene objection hes been reised, 4 ed 4 ae etd THE IRON AGE. November 11, 1880, 4. xvON. | Xron. Xron. Xron. Eron. ss EW Tome NEW YORK. NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH. PITTSBURGH. John W. Quincy, 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Serap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &e HARRISON & GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 902, 804, 906 CHERRY ST., NEW YORK, have on hand, and offer for sale, the fottowsns : Scotch and American Pig Iro Wrought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car-Whee eels,” Ales and Heavy Ww ht Iron; also old Copper, Composition, Brass, saad, Pewter, ‘ewter,. ‘dane, & &c. OXFORD IRON CO., (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) Cut Nails AND SPIKES. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. ~BURDEN’S» HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” lron Boiler Rivets. Burden Iron Works, H. Burden & Sons, OGDEN & WALLACE, A. B. Warner & Son, TRON <STEET | IRON MERCHANTS, IRON & STE ei. 85, 87,89 & 91 ELM ST., N. ¥. AORNTS } . Sts, R . 28 & 29 West and 52 Washinzton MIDVALE STEEL WORKS." SOILER PLATE, Cast, Machinery, Tool, Spring, Tire, Sleigh Boller Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder tren, Shee, Toe Calk, Plow and Blister Steel. P Orders solicited for Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated Steel Tyres and Axles, Steel Forgings and Castings. ‘“ Eureka,” Pennocks, ? IERSON & CO, “Wawasset,” Lukens, PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 11th, 1865 ; April 8th, 18%3 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct, 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price, FOR SALE, by all the principal METAL DEALERS In the Large cities througheut THE UNITED STATES. And at their Office, I! 11 Water Street» PITTSBURGH, PA. C. A. ven 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. John |, Williams. Henry M. Long, Nathan M. McDowell, Keystone Rolling Mill, Williams, Long & McDowell, Manufacturers of Merchant Bar and Skelp Iron, Sheets and Plates of all sizes, Office, No. 87 Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mill at Sono, Second Avenue. CHAS. G. LUNDELL, 4 No. 7 Exchange Place 24 & 26 Broadway, 7 & 19 New St. and Hasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive NEW YORK CITY. oa . Fire Box Iron a specialty. “PICKS” of all kinds, |ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, Manufacturers of the best grade of Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops B EAMS, ANCLES, on “re > oval, mals Ovens. Half Reune * ie dase yrse Shoe A Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. Tt ge “Ait puaafed bale re All descriptions in stock. os pe DAR = PEN" TER, our Avent, at 59 Joan 90 Beekman St., New York City, “ABEEL EEL BROTHERS, {Established 176; by ABEEL & BYVANCK, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, lron Merchants, Galvanized Sheet Iron, U L STE Le | RO N renee ei trae. Colvanised hod sad Bar ion, oop ant ne ron Av ey od an 0 Pip A eee sizés constantly on hand. CORRU GATED SH FET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Common fron, Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common Band, Hoop and Scroll Iron, Sheet Iron, Plate and Tank Iron, er ee SHN ’ H_No, 1 Flange, Best Flange, Cc __Cast, Spring and Spring and Tire | Tire Steel, ¢ ete. ann 5s Flakes Ra ox = a 8 A. R. W hi it n ey, Stamped and Guaranteed. All descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to order. Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plave, Sheet, éé ROME, N. WY. ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, ‘the best » from Charcoal t - perior I RON N & ST EEL. EL. MARSHALL, LEFFERTS, 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. Ist and 2d Qualities, Seivanined Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron Horse-Shoe Iron, SHEET IRON. Norway Nail Rods, BOILER IRON Manufacturer of and Dealer in Price list and quotations | sent upon application, W. BAILEY LANG, Sele Agent In United Statos & Canada for LOW-MOOR IRON COMPANY, IRON, 8 & 60 Hudso as. so & 52 whemes and NEWYORK. 7 14 &16 Worth Sts., Our specialty is in saemnenustnn Iron Used in the Con- atraction of Fire-Proot Buildings, Bridges, «ce. Plans and estimates furnished, and contracts made | NO. 5Q BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. ee Lae Strectares, of ca aw : > “s Troy, N.Y. cae JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO.,| _ i BOSTON Sample pieces at office. Please address oe ’ 58 Hudson Street. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN U L S T S me BORDEN & LOVELL, PIC IRON AxD Mass. CommissionMerchants ' 0 Dar me __No. 69 Wall St., New York. _ 4 B & S Bar Iron. 4 a £ 70 & 71 West St, [ULSTER IRON WORKS,| © | sem onsenue Ekman&Co. ‘atat = (ew lek ss won nc, New Yeux. American & English Refined lron. GOTHENBURG, All sizes and sha . SWEDEN. Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods. Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. . . WILLAM H. WALLACE & co, | ‘on Bridge Builders IRON MERCHANTS | Beams, Channels, Angles, Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., TEs, ae See Merchant Iron, RC. &c. M. #1. WaLLace. New York Office, Room 45, Astor House. ” BB. F. JUDSON, 'EGLESTON BROS, & CO. 261 Front St t NEW YORK CITY, D aw’. W. RICHARDS, DAN’L W. RICHARDS & CO., Pig Iron and Bar Iron, Scrap Iron, Scrap Steel, WATTS COOKE, Presi Old Rails and Old Metals, Importer of and Deater in . @ ——————=| $8 to 96 Mangin St., New York. SCOTCH.AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, GARMCHAEL © MENS, W. S. MIDDLETON, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, | |RON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE ' Broker in Machinery & Iron Tuckerman, Mi Mulligan & Co Passaic. Rolling Mill Co., PATERSON, N. J. es Agency of N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Swedish & Norway lron of every descri pic ock on hand at Boston, New York and shiledelphin Importation orders e apecialty. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 38 Kilby st., Boston. ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 226 N. Front Street. : Monsen B. Swirn. Ww. BisruaM. W. D, WOOD & C0. § AG. HATRY, Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boiler, Angle, T, and Ralliroad Iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R. R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGH, PA. JUNIATA ROADSTER PATTERN. / SNOW SHOES. on only Snow Shoes in the market that abso- ey P prevent all balling and give universal satis- “Improved Snow Shoe Shapes. Standard Sizes. 34X7-16, 11-16K7-16, 4(x7-16, 13-16K7-16, 47-16, % x14 15-16X44, 1X44, 1 1-16X%4, 1 1-8x%. STEEL TOE CALKS. SHOENBERGER & CO., "ie." Cc. RANE, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, PIC IRON, BLOOMS, AND ORE. PITTEBV. ROH, PA. Portsmouth tron and Steel Co., Co., Successors to CAYLORD ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacturers of Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) STEEL BOILER PLATE, Agricultural and Machinery Steel and Steel Tire. Also, Homozeneous Iron Boiler Plate and Riveta, Merchant Bar, oop oe = Sheet Iron, Wrought Spikes, Fish Bars Office oe Weeks : PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. J. C. LEWIS, GEO. 8. LEWIS, Pres’t and Gen] Sup’ t. Ses: 'y and Treas. St Louis Malleable Iron Company, 2116 MARKET STREET, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. Henry M. Fituey, Joun D. Fiiiey, President. Secretary MANUFACTURERS OF Malleable and Gray Tron Castings, GENERAL HARDWARE, &c. SABLE IRON & NAIL WORKS Established 1828. Manufacturers of Merchant Iron, Universal Mill Iron and Nails of Superior Quality and Finish. Orders for odd sizes Iron filled promptly. @#aU Ge c& CO., _ PITTSBURGH, PA. _ 0 LD M E T A I S, Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c, Agent for ' | mie Coateceitie trom Cor, monies Botte Sha FORSTER’S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, o Lourel Rolling Mills and Unio on Tubs We rks; Wrought The best in market. orner 13th and Etna Streets, = ngles, Te W.S. MIDDLETON, 52 John St.,N. ¥.| 9 | Ry g33 ass scum sez} NEW YORK. DANIEL F. COONEY, HUGH W. ADAMS, “=| Glengarnock and Carnbroe DEALER IN | } FOREIGN AND AMERICAN | (Late of and Successor to Jas, H, ene SO SS Washington St., N. BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, | RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP IRON, SCOTCH PIG IRON WELDED BOILER | Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work. ' as er ay Angle & T Iron, Cut sulle ’ kes 56 PINE STREET, OFFICE, No. 143 First Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa. | For spot delivery and for prompt or forward j - , Viaduct Ire mm rks, | & urel Leos | D. L. COBB NEW YORK, ANDREW Agenc sy for P< »ttstown Iron ¢ Lebanon Ro'jing Mills, Pine fro on Works Works, The Bergen Re ing Mills, at Jersey c “ty P. W. GALLAUDET, *- A. LISSBERGER, Banker and Note Broker, _ svat & METAL DEALER, 11 and sig to s29 East isoth St New York. No 3 and 5 Wall Street, |; have ym hand end < Ter for sale, the follo owing: NEW YORK. -_ 1 and American Pig lroa, Wroug rht, Cas t| He avy wi ght i: ld ' r HARDWARE, METAL, IRON RUBBER, SHOF, | //C0), 2 rOUgE tron: als One Compe Compe ol PAPER AND PAPER-HANGINGS, aigieaccaa COAI AND PAILROAD PAPER WANTEI ADVANCES MADE ON BUSINESSS PAPER AND OLHER SECURITIES. f % TT. BATES & DESPARD. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. | shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or New Orleans, For sale in lots to suit by JAMES LEE & C@., Sole Agents for the United States, 72 Pine Street, New York. | Machine ery Serap pt yo, Car Whe els Axles and | 117 Pearl St., New York, P.O. Box 764 lmporters of LEECH BURG _ IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET Ronse, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. WORKA, Leechburg, Pa KLOMAN, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURER OF Steel a lron Structural Material EYE BAR BLANK AS IT LEAVES THE ROLLS. EYE BAR FINISHED FROM TUE S4MB. STEEL AND IRON RAILS, SWEDISH | r U LLER BR Kt n Patent Solid Rolled Eye B fi shed I Steel thout ldi ettl BARS, STEEL AND PIG IRON. OTHERS & CO., tere Fart sit Rated Bye Poe, ued sor und hr wpe econ, ‘or Thielsen Car Truck. in BEECIALTY —Vnusu U shapes gad sizes in Steel or Lv 2; Anglea Tees GOCRAP IRON and OLD RAILS c¢, f, and | to | sb ports. and ‘other structural shapes in Iron oy America, or f, a. b. Eagli 139 Greenwich Atreet, New York, aS Cth «A op = el November 11, 1880. EE ——————————————————————eeeeee Evo. Xp on. PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. EVIS & CO. Siemens’ Regenerative) HENRY LEVIS & ©0., BAS FURNACE, smiseturers_Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and RICHMOND & POTTS, Sheet Iron and General Railway 119 8, Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, staal Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality ef RAIS, have now an annual capacity of (00,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &C. ADDRESS, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, No. 218 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. 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. Ts WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOIS 9 and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction o i © Pre t Buildings, ‘ PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EY E BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. EFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. > : ‘ * Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID R BEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. e BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, PLATE cc SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. y, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, ly for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, co tee ve e, Loosmotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. Lest, Sianaping, Ferruls, Loom SS Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. PENCOYD IRON WORKS. l, A. & P. ROBERTS & co.,_' LF CAR AXLES. al BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL RON. f ale of G Z y Iron. Office, No. 265 %. Fourth St., Philade!phia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY FACINGCS. AND FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. MOULDING SAND A SPECIALTY. Albany, Crescent, Tullytown and Lumberton Sands. — rE GERMAN LEAD, BITUMEN, SIEVES, MACHINERY SAND, AMERICAN LEAD, ANTHRACITE, SHOVELS, BRASS SAND, PLUMBAGO, CHARCOAL, BRUSHES, CHANDELIER SAND, STOVE PLATE, MINERAL, CRUCIBLES, STOVE PLATE SAND, J. W. PAXSON & CO.,} os, 516 and 518 ee n'St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, — Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA, PA. Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of allkinds. A special department for the rT ' 's'no gy ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STELEL, i i cl . lysis of Iron Steel, Iron i atus and appliances for the rapid and accurate anal) » Ir _ _— “Timestomgg. Coals Clays. F ire Sands, &c, AJ) analyses made by the members of the firm. Prive lists op applicat THE IRON AGE. ep —— —— Evon. IRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co. and The Coleraine Furnaces. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track with railroad. Cash advances made on Iron. J. Wesley Pullman, 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Exclusive SALES AGENT, Chester Iron Co.’s Blue, Red and Hom ORES. Also celebrated ** Brotherton” Ore. D. W. R. READ, T. HORACE BROWN, D. W.R. READ & CO., Dealers and Commission Merchants in ORES, METALS, &c. Native and Foreign Iron, Manganese, and other Ores. 205% Walnut St.,. PHILADELPHIA. Office in New York, 142 Pearl St. J. O. RICHARDSON, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia. Pig Iron, Railroad Iron and Iron Ores. Sole Agent for the MONOCACY FURNACE CO, DEALER IN MOSELEM, ROCKHILL, WARWICK, And other Favorite Brands. SILVER GREY IRON A SPECIALTY. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., Iron Merchants & Railway Equipments, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate Iron. Celebrated *“*‘Glasgew’’ and ** Pine’’ brands for fire boxes and difficult flanging. Pig and Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Quotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. WROUCHT IRON Boiler Tubes, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Oil Well Tubing, Casing and LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, ROLLING MILL AND General Machinery. READING IRON WORKS, 261 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. G. A. HEBERTON, S. Frank SHARPLESS. HEBERTON & CO.,, Selling Agents and Commission Merchants For the sale 0 Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanized, Black, Sheet, Pipeand Railroad IRON. No. 333 Walnut St., Phila. Charcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. LOGAN IRON AND STEEL CO., 218 South 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. GREENWOOD & EMMA C. B. C, PIG IRON, REFINED AND CHARCOAL BAR IRON. Works at Lewistown, Pa., and Greenwood, Pa. | J. J. MOHR, Iron Commission Merchant, No. 430 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Sole Agent for the Sheridan and Leesport Furnaces. J. F. BAILEY & CO., 216 South 4th St,, Philadelphia. Selling ATKINS BRO’S—BEAMS, | eon, q Edward J. Etting, | wstice cox, 1. ; JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., Chickies, St. Charles, Montgomery and Keystone Foundry & Forge Pig Lron. CATASAUQUA MFG, COS Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. RAILROAD CAR AXLES, NEW AND OLD RAILS. No. 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PETER WRIGHT & SONS. 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 52 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, Importers of erman and English SPIEGELEISEN Pig, Scrap, NEW AND OLD RAILS, And Iron Ore. E.W.CLARK & Co. Bankers and Stock Exchange Brokers, No. 35 South Third St., Philadelphia. CLARK, POST & MARTIN, | No. 34 Pine St., New York, Bankers and Railway Commission Merchants, Importers of Pig Iron, New and Old Rai‘s, Scrap Iron, &c. a wee + SF THE STANDARD STEEL LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. BRAND ZF STANDARD. Quality and efficiency fully guarantecd. Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &c. Works at Lewistown, Pa. Office, 2:20 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa, LANGHORNE WISTER. RODMAN WISTER. | L. & R. WISTER, IRON BROKERS. Agents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Co.'s Fire Bricks. No. 230 South 4th St., Philadelphia, } _ A. PURVES & SON, Corner South & Peno Streets, Phila., Dealers in | Scrap fron & Metals, Machinery, Tools, Shatting & Pulleys, Steam Engines, Pumps & Boilers, Copper, Brass, Tin, Babbit Metals, Foundry | Faciogs. Best Quality Ingot Brass, ' Cash paid for all kinds of Metals ana Tools, FRANCIS WISTER, Sole Eastern Agent for A. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. CONNELLSVILLE COKE. | ORES, Native and Foreign. 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. NORTIL BROS... 23d and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Fine Light and Medium-Weight GRAY | IRON CASTINGS to order, | Correspondence solicited, | | | } | | | } 52 Wall St., (Room 8) New York, Agents CHANNELS, RAILS, &c. A. & P. Roberts & Co.—Car Axles, Plates, Channels, Tee, Angie and Bar Iron. WILLIAM McILVAIN & SONS—Boiler, Ship and Bridge Plates. BERWICK R. M. BARS AND SHAPE IRON. Advarces on Consignments of Old Material and sales promptly made. KIieyst« 81 These thoes and ready for holes are punc shoes. ing great tens of English Cro BRADLEE & CO. EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, me Horse Shoe Co., 6 Richmond St., Philadelphia Pa. Manu ‘acturers of all kinds of Chains, Also of the Keystone Patent | B Selid Steel Calk Horse and "ule shoes, are made of superior iron, completely finished cold shoeing; nave clip aud solid steel calk Thy hed through at the vroper angles and free fror birrs. Same number of Shves per keg as in kegs of unfinished We wish tocall particular attention to our D. B. G. special Crane Chain, mude of an extra brand of seworkediron, anuit- ile strength and wear, fully tested and war- ranted in every particular ; superiorto the very best brands wo chain, and specially adapted tor rafting, mining and dredging, CHARLES K. BARNS, | 5 far as the author is aware, to the plan pro- | posed, and that is the possibility of damage }to the lift under the converter, in case the charge should burn through and fall upon it. To avoid such damage, the lift table may be sunk several iaches below the pit level and covered with sand. It may be remarked, that lifts under converters are used in nearly all the Ameriean works with sitisfactory resul s, The engravings illustrate the construction | and arrangement so fully that little explan- ation is required. The trunnion ring (Figs. 3 to 6, page 3)is of cast iron, with an }iuch wrought-iron lining; or it may letter | be a steel casting, which will not require a lining. There is a 2-inch annular space be tween the trunnion ring and the converter shell, and the shell is prevented from shift- ing laterally by means of the wedges shown in Fig. 3. The car is raised by the lift to receive the shell; or the shell may be low- ered by means of a fork on the lift passing | through the ear. This construction of converters has led the way toa general improvement in the de- | sign of the plant. The shells and bottoms may be run out laterally into the converting house, but the space here is insufficient for convenient repairs, and the shells for qne converter could not be well got to the other. In order that there may be one common | place ior repairs, and ample room both for | Spare shells and spare bottoms, they must be | run out in rear of the converters, ‘as shown jin Fig. 2 (page 1). If blast furnace metal is | brought directly to the converters, this rear space is not otherwise wanted ; but if cupolas are placed there, as is usually the case, they must be so arranged that the shells ean pass j out under them, | But the cupolas (excepting the spiegel cupolas) may best be placed elsewhere ; if there are blast furnaces the cupolas may be so arranged near them as to utilize the same system of transportation, hoisting, blowing and hot blast. There should be plenty of spare gas from good furnaces to heat cupola blast. These are very important considera tions, regarding both cost of plant avd economy of working. And, judging from |the experience at many works, the disad- vantages of hauling fluid iron some thou- sands of feet in a railway ladle are less then those due to crowding the melting depart- ment and its stock yard and appurtenances, close behind the converters. Fluid iron is hauled from r to 2 miles* without chilling ; it need usually be hauled but a few hundred feet, and the cost of transporting plant and service should be about the same for the two systems. There are two important advan- tages in the arrangement shown by the en- gravings. 1. Placing only the spiegel cupolas, instead of the entire melting department, close be- hind the converting house, leaves its rear comparatively open to free ventilation, thus cooling not only the space around the con- verters, but also the casting pit. 2. This arrangement provides ample room for the convenient removal of slag, which in the basic process is very voluminous ; one long dumping car placed under both the converter and the ladle catches it all, and as the bottom of the pit is on the general level, the slag is neither handled nor lifted —the car is simply hauled out by the yard locomotive and dumped. Experts well know the cost and ingonvenience of breaking up and quenching slag in the pit, and of lifting it out of the pit, and then loading and re moving it, Iron may be got to the converters in a ladle by various means. It may be hauled on the general level to one or more hoists, and run into short spouts or directly into the converter mouths, or it may be drawn up a gradual incline or lifted by a hoist to an ele vated railway near the converters, aod thence tipped or tapped into them directly or through spouts. The short elevated rail way, as shown in Fig. 1 (page 1), las one conspicuous advantage—it is out of the way of all other apparatus and operations ; it | dues not cross railways, nor interfere with any transportation on the general level. isa is an important feature when a change | 1s made every 20 to 30 minutes. The ladle is drawn by a locomotive to short, steep spouts leading to the converters ; there is no | lateral nor hand movement, and hence no jdelay. <A spout leads to each converter, chiefly for the purpose of leaving the space between the converters (where the common spout 1s usually placed) quite free tor the | spiegel ladle. The spiegel cupolas and their appurten- ances occupy 60 little room that they are placed, without interference with other ap | paratus, very near and above the converters. A railway ladle receives the spiegel from cither cupela and tips it directly into the converter, quickly and hence completely, by a short run and without hoisting or lateral movement, It may be weighed in transit, if desired. The wide platform between the converters is at other times free for bring- ing lime, scrap or other materials to the con- verter mouths, and these materials are con- veniently raised by the cupvla hoist. . The floor of the converting house is raised a few feet, so that the pit bottom may be ou the general level, for the convenient 1 moval of slag, as before explained Phe ground outside of the converting house slopes tL gradually to the general level. This facili | tates the removal of products, and also tie { drainage. The plant for repairing shells consists of two turn-tables, some short railways and a | shed ; also some platforms and a lift for:ma iterials. If bottoms are ww be removed with the shells, there must also be mounted tren | nion rings and turning gear; also a crane, jin the shed; but, as befor plained, this seems unnecessary. Koom is shown for re | pairing four shells at a time, but tha ra’!- |} ways may be lengthened to accomniodate more. The pliant for repairing bottoms con sists of short railways and turn-tables, a space of ramming bottums under a shed and the necessary ovens ivr drying them; also a crane, which sets the Lottows directly on |the oven cars. If ordinary tuyeres are used, fewer ovens are required; it the bot- tom is all one tuvere, remmed sronnd it Mu ? that more and over us are recessar Che repairing department may obviously arranged in other wave fo suit 4 Al CASES * At the Barrow Works it is hauled ri . ab | Ebbw Vale, some miles 2 th THE IRON AGE. November 11, 1880, A. H. McNEAL & BRO., |ROANE IRON COMPANY,[E. S. Wheeler & Co. BURLINGTO N, Ne Je Manufacturers of and Dealers in 5 —-: Pig and Railro ad Tron. Solicit correspondence with close CHATTANOOGA, - _ TENN. buyers of LIGHT MADE A SPECIALTY BY NO. TAYLOR & BOGGIS, 65 to 73 Central Way, COLTNESS GRAY IRON OLEVELAND, OHIO. = Bote 5, ia Ss Having extensive machine shop connected — = with foundry, we are enabled to fit up all im Pi IR oO fy sr IRON PIPES CASTI i 6S kinds of light Hardware or patented articles. Correspondence solicited. FOR WATER AND GAS, ESTABLISHED IN 1848. ee —eeeee=—--| And other Scotch brands. SINGER, Gieien & CU, | Se ee eee Ce murumacroxses of ats-azmre o7 BOILER, TANK AND BRIDGE PLATES, HAMMERED AND ROLLED Galvanized and Black Sheet Iron. Warranted Equal to any Produce. JACKSON IRON aed Manufacturers of ) Especially : ; pecially adapted for Bessemer, Siem ens-Martin Fayette Pig Iron (L. 8. Charcoal), Malleable and Car Wheel purposes. BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL Stewart Pig Iron Gremieese Coal and Coke), § j Crueible Steel. ners of Jackson (Lake Super or) Iron Ores, Wer Edge and Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drilis, Punches, Shear-K nives, FAYETTE BROWN, Gen. Agent. HARVEY H. H. BROWN, Asst. Gen Agent. Offices, 130 Water St. @©old-Ohisels and Machinists’ Tools generally. ———— SAW PLATES HARVEY H. BROWN & CO., Flange Pipes. "yJOM Aipuno4 jesaue4y Also, English Foundry Iron. Proprietors NEW HAVEN WIRE WORKS 54 CLIFF ST., Wor Oireular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. PION IRON C0 AGENTS Sheet Steel CHAM 4 Vor Springs, Billet ‘Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, LAKE SU PERIOR IRON CO, Lake Superior tron Ores. N EW YOR K. Stamping Cold, &c., &c, Dealers in Pig Iron, Iron Ores and Old Rails. JOHN E. SWAN & BROTHERS, IRON MERCHANTS, Glasgow and Middlesbrough, SIEMENS-MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE STEEL| Ofices, 130 Water Street, - ~ CLEVELAND, OHIO. Wor Boilers, Fire-Boxes, Smoke Stacks, Tanks, &c. All oar Plate and Sheet Steel being rolled by a Patented Improvement is unequaled for surface S b WW NG M A 6 H | N E C A