The Iron Age 1880-11-18: Vol 26 Iss 21

80. The Iron Age | Published every Thursday Morning by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Streat, New York. A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades, Vol. XXVI; No. 27. New York, Thursday, November 78, 1880. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Clasa Matter. SL°50 a Vear, Including Postage. Single Coptes, Zen Cents. | The 17-Ton Steam Hammer of Park, | used in construction, including anvil block, Co., at Creusot, France, a model of which | upon which the national armories were Bro. & Co., Pittsburgh. We give in the accompanying engravings illustrations showing the new 17-ton steam hammer now being constructed for Messrs. Park, Bro. & Co. by Messrs. Wm. B. Bem- ent & Son, of Philadelphia. The steam hammer will be the largest ever built in the country. It has a cylinder of 40 inches bore, with a stroke of 9 feet, and weighs 11 tons. | dies, holding-down bolts, &c., is about 525,- |000 pounds. The operator will stand on the ground level, and can allow the ram to fall | by its gravity alone, or can add the steam | pressure above the piston when the work re- quires it. The base plate occupies a space on the ground 13 x 26 feet, and the entire hight from ground level isa iittle more than 32 feet. The operation of the hammer and the was exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1878. It was stated some time ago that | Krupp intended to build a 120-ton hammer, but as yet it has not been built. mt Whitney’s Improvement in Firearms, | The first considerable improvement which | this manufacture received in this country | was given it by the ingenuity and industry of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton afterward arranged, and many of his im provements were transferred by his work- ‘men to other establishments, and have be- come common property. Hisimprovements in the manufacture of arms, it is generally conceded, laid his country under permanent obligations by augmenting the means of national defense. It is satisfactory also to know that though defrauded of his just rights by a portion of the country most bene- fited by his previous invention, his talents make ‘‘ the same parts of different guns as much alike as the successive impressions of a copper-plate engraving,” and left little for the skill of the workmen to accomplish. He thus found it easier to instruct green hands than to combat the prejudices of those in- structed in the English system, where each workman made a certain part of the gun, which required operations often widely dis- tinct in their nature. NS ee At a recent meeting of the Academy of The piston rod will be 11 inches in diameter, | means adopted for controlling the blow will , oo srs pool he er ® - X ae I? IV ~ oF 5 t 1° O° 0 2 a ¢ 19 9 Q of fo Y Oo OF lo 9 o Fi 10 9° o °F to > 0 ° 12 = oF lO 2 - ~j] i) 2 of Db o oO ov 2 °i oD O O 2 - — 190 VO 29 Dp > 2 9 0 ° 8 ie ¥ - ~ 9 9 ~ 9 > Oo ~ “ jo eo 9 O " 2 2 ~ 90 o OF , } 5 o ° 29 29 ipo 2 Y lo a) jo 98 a0 2° y 2) 4 ~ = | - 9 9° 10 2 an) }o °o YS / 4 ~ < o 9° ~ lo 4 a 19 } wy ~ ~ id 2 v — 2 ~ 4~ 2 - a | 9 © POP CSO oll - = : " —— 4 5 : Toda YOO OEKG 109929 29929 F029 0% 9 P04 q° : a? 2 J > 2 A o Jo BO M2 SII en ee A A DD Fig. 1.—Elevation of 17-ton Steam Hammer. Fig. 2.~-Side Elevation, THE 17-TON DOUBLE ACTING STEAM HAMMER OF THE BLACK DIAMOND STEEL WORKS. The tup is a Krupp steel forging, about 614 | be readily understood by reference to our! gin, who turned his attention, in 1798, to| were not unrewarded in this department, | Sciences, Prof. Newberry, of Columbia Col. feet long, 4 feet wide and 234 feet thick. | drawings. When it is completed and has the manufacture of muskets, and made a though many experienced gun makers, who, | lege, gave an elaborate description of the — The combined weight of the vertically mov- | been in operation, we may have occasion to | contract for 10,000 stand at $13.40 each, or | about the same time, contracted for the | antimony deposits lately discovered in South- ing parts, including a die or *‘ bit” suitable | give some additional details, $134,000 for the whole. He proceeded. to supply of muskets, which they attempted to} ern Utah. The mineral, a sulphide, is found for heavy forgings, will be about 17 tons.| This is the largest hammer ever built in| construct a factory at the present village of make in the English method, were ruined by | cropping out in a thin stratum above the The difficulties encoun- thick conglomerate rock of that section. When the steam is admitted on top of the | this conntey, and with it Park, Bro. & Co. | Whitneyville, Connecticut, where, through | their engagements. 1 piston it will produce an additional force or | weight of about 50 tons, making 67 tons! pressure in all when the ram or hammer is stationary. The framing is constructed en- tirely of wrought-iron plates, most of which are from seven-eighths of an inch to 1% inches in thickness, a few, however, being much thicker. The plates are joined by rivets and bolts with heavy strops and angle iron, The total weight of iron and steo} will be enabled to execute orders for heavy | cast-steel shafts and other forgings, which ' orders heretofore had to be sent across the Atlantic A great many steam hammers in this country run from 3 to 5 tons, and there may be about half a dozen which will reach 10 tons, but the average is not over § tons. In Europe there are many hammers of much larger size, one of the most notable being an 8@-ton hammer erected by M. Schneider & successive administrations from that of the elder Adams, repeated contracts for the supply of arms were made and fulfilled to the entire approbation of the government. The construction of his factory, and even of the commonest tools, which were devised by him for the prosecution of the business in a manner peculiar to himself, evinced the fer- tility of his genius and the precision of his mind, The became the mode} tered at that time by the undeveloped state | of many of the mechanic arts were overcome by the accuracy and dispatch of his ma- | chinery and tools, much of which was adapted to other manufactures of steel and iron, and may still be recognized in the leading workshops of the country. Prof. Olzastead, from whose memoirs we have obtained the foregoing facts, states that Whituey contrived by machinery to —— A trial of fire engines was recently made in this city, under the direction of the Fire Commissioners, The conditions were that the | engines should be run for twelve consecu- tive hours, with a steam pressure limited at 100 pounds, Two of the three entered were disabled, the third, manufactured by Messrs. Clapp & Jones, of Hudson, coming out best. — ee a a Snes t rd November 18, 1880, Q THE TRON AGE. _ ss SMV ettals. _ FAetals. PAetals. Sire, etc. ANSONIA | | ThePlume & Atwood BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Str cet, 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. Pnosphor Bronze Rody for Pumps, &c, ANSONIA * REFINED INCOT COPPER. | PHELPS, DODGE & CO. IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE, ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &c. 80 Chambers Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co,, Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements. | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. CHARLES F. WASHBURN, PHILIP L. MOEN, Vice President & Secretary. President & Treasurer. Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering, MANUFACTURERS OF TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. Of Every Description. 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, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, kc. And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods and Wood’s Paper Shot Shells. DEPOTS: Mille At 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, 189 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Conn. Manhattan Brass Co., Manufacturers of Olmsted Patent Ollers, Prior Patent Oilers Broughton Patent Oilers, A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. NEW YORK OFFICE: ST. LOUIS WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE: 802 No. Second St. 107 Lake St. Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Copper Wire, u x L a “a ET, NEW YORK. aaa gl ; Sa, _Terticuter sttention paid to ontting out Blanks and | iLL LL MFC co rown’s Patent Picture Hooks. enna 19 murray Bs ~ " 1 ‘ urray St., N. ¥. Pa Fire Sets, Fenders, &c. a 3 RAS ASS, BRASS BLANKS AND TuBEs| HafrfiSOn Wire Company, See HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER. Cis OFFICE AND WORKS, ST. LOUIS, M0. ai PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. | ist Ave., 27th to 28th Sts., New York. | aos. w. Frrcn, — HN Prest. and Treas. Secretary. $3 MANUFACTURERS OF THE NEW HAVEN BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. All kinds of ———————— ———— — COPPER CO DEPOTS, FACTORIES, °9 NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN ‘Ficumlan an iene * jet _ 255 Pearl Street, New York. IRON & STEEL WIRE Warehouse, 45 Fulten Street, New York. baeciaie S, 183 Lake Stu Chicago New York City. Manufacturers of and Dealers in HOWARD c MORSE, a oie Manufacturers of DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO, Braziers’ & Sheathing| Wire ™ Wire Mill ‘Seicctatiinn Sracn Center tnd tien WIR CLOTH, Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper COPPER Holmes, Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Iron Wire Bolting Cloth, Wire, Zinc, Et . Y, CONN. Ship and Railroad Lanterns, Signal Lights, Conductor’s Lantern on aan oe eas Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, — gi ADJUSTABLE GLOBE HAND LANTERN, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. § NEW woRK.| Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, &c. | 49 chambers st. 18 Federal st, | Desk ae ak ees » Rane sere mussery SSE ee ee ee eee Pnsipaiaaias' Manufacturers of all kinds of — . “ ‘s Established 1837. Incorporated 13876. ‘ ’ WATERBURY MANUFACTURING CO,.| *ss.fomer® Seman Site | wonss a ececremopeepeneny NOY YO Of ty ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. ar —— a AND WATERBURY, CONN. BRASS & COPPER WIRE,| yRenron, Warehouse 117 Liberty Street. Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, Brass Machine Screws, Jack and Safety Chain, Bibb Screws and Springs, Whip Mountings, Chisel & Screw Driver Ferrules, Patented Articles, ___BRASS Al AND METAL coops OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. A. C. NORTHROP, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Waterbury, Conn., Kerosene Burners, &c. NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS|JoHN DavoL «& sons, Brooklyn oa aa Copper Cos, Dealers 1n Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin Antimony, Solder & Old Metals. John Street, N PASSAIC ZINC CO. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for THE JOHN A ROEBLING'S SONS 60,, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE! ...vance, |Lron and Steel lron, Steel 2 and Copper Telegraph Wire, WIRE Hoisting ‘ental ot an| Market Wire, vo kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Market Wire, Fence Wire Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Lightning Rods, &c., &e, Vineyard Wire. Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, Suspension Bridge Cables. Rivet Wire, &c., &c. GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address, HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. “GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, “ene f dey ant, Sipates, &c. Annealed a Oiled Fencing WwiRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Foreign governments, The oe house in the braneh on the Con- tinent. Telegraph Address, CAKLSWERK, COLOG General Agents for U. 8. and Canada, PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N. Y. FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, Hexagon, Round and Square Head Cap and Set Screws; Brass and Iron Safety and Jack Chain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all kinds, from Ghee *t Iron, Steel or Brass Estimates on patented articles, or any de sscription of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and pr re omy tly give n, JAMES HALL, Treasurer. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President, E. HANSON, Secretary. WM. HEWITT, Vice President. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, MANUFACTURERS OF TRON and STEEL WIRE OF ALL CRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED;| Galvanizers & Brass Founders. Iron and Steel Wire Rods; MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. eee ee nS Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal tron Wire; |@e0. W. Prentiss & Co.. Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Oe ee Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. IRON WIRE. _ Re presented in New York by Cc OOPER, HEW TT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. BRODERICK ae BASCOM, RON ee WIRE ROPE, SKE 27 WIRE ROPE,| te Sionu wean, to, SOLDER, TYPE, Stereotype, _ Blectrety pe and Babbitt Metale, Importers of Block Tin, Antimony, &c. Refi Lead. Spelter, ae. pilighest rice pald for Old Bietals berween dreaues x ak oes.Ee" "J. WOOL GRISWOLD, begga WIRE RAILING meee 2 Ornamental Wire Works. ¥ A7 i EF. Ee * Ne. 36 North Howard. en. One Manufacture ING for Cem ° nies, &c. ; ves, Fenders Gand and Coal PE RS eg oe a Onalts Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated, Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. 800 Ns Main St. = aaa ES) St Louis, Mo, + TROY, N. ¥- Bettevs, ho, S eo wm TE =z oS Also i? ntern ursery eo Wire on Wire, gq Wire, ed Fencing . on the Cop- N. Ye ING orks. timere. = soe November 18, 1880. 0. LINDEMANN & CO., iL) 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. 234, 936 and 238 West 29th Street, - - - ° ~ WESTON’S DIFFERENTIAL | PULLEY BLOCKS. THE Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE forall purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. NEW YORK. SOLE MAKERS, YALE LOCK MANFC, CoO., Office & Works, STAMFORD, CONN. SALESROOMS : 3 CHAMBERS sST., NEW YORK. 506 COMMERCE ST., PHILADELPHIA. 36 PEARL STREET, BOSTON. 'G4 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. BROWN & BROTHERS, (Stanley Rule & Level Co., 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. Manufacturers of BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER, In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets and Bars, Etc. ALSO, Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 lbs. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich cesigns. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. W ROUGHT-IRON BEDSTEADS. The cheapest and best Beds in the market. Adopted by the United States Government. % S3AIS 1V09 Iron, Steel and Brass Wire Cloth. Wrought. Iron Fenc- ing ot eaeenee Iron and Wire Work manufac- tured E. T. BARNUM’S WIRE WOBEKS, Detroit, Mieh,. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Silver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- port shipments. 103 & 105 William St., NEW YORK. Largest variety in patterns and unsurpassed in low prices. New Lllustrated Catalogues and Price Lists on application. 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. THE MONTOUR IRON & STEEL COMPANY, Works at Danville, Pa. RAILS AND PIC 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. 8. W. INGERSOLL, Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. ¥. P, HOWE, General Supt., Danville, Pa, FIRE SAND AND CLAYS. FACTORIES, MANUFACTURERS OF Improved 9 Carpenters 29 Chambers St., Tools. 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, New Britain, Conn, WAREROOMS, This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, D. G. GAUTIER, Chairman. D, J. MORRELL, Treasurer, CHAS. DOUGLASS, Gen’! Supt, GAUTIER STEEL CO, LIMITED. STEEL and WIRE. Carriage and Railroad SPRINGS. WORKS, JOHNSTOWN, PENN. Eastern Warehouse, 93 John St., N. Y.; Phila. Warehouse, 505 Commerce St WILLIAM VOGEL, Manufacturer of Plain and Stamped TINWARE, SEAMLESS BOXES, ROUND, OVAL AND SQUARE CANS. Special Articles Manufactured of Sheet Metals. 41,43 & 45 South 9th Street, Near the Ferries, BROOKLYN (E. D.), N. ¥. HENRY J. VOGEL. LOUIS H. VOGEL, MOULDING SAND, Albany Sand a Specialty. FOUNDRY FACINGS, Shovels, Riddles, Brushes, d&c. WHITEHEAD BROS. _ AMERICAN FACING CO. WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 5617 W. 16th St., New York, Established 1810. N. & 6, TAYLOR 60, PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in ODD AND REGULAR SIZES TIN AND ROOFING PLATES, Black and Galvanized Sheet Iron, Metals, Wire, Copper, Stamped Ware, Registers, &c. TRON AGE. | CARYWT & MOEN, Papers on Practical Founding.—IX, | warm weather, and closed when it BY EDWARD KIRK. STOVE FOUNDING.—STOVE INGS. FOUNDRY BUILD- Stove foundry is the name given to a foundry in which stoves, ranges, grates and all the fixtures belonging to stoves are cast. When a foundry of this kind is started the first thing to be done is to erect the proper kind of a building. This building may be a brick or frame one according to the fancy of the builders, but a brick building is decidedly the better, for the floors of a foundry are always damp, and more or less dirt and rubbish is piled against the wall, both on the inside and outside. This dirt holds the dampness against the walls, and, if the building is a frame one, the sills and lower ends of the boards soon rot off and need re- pairing. Besides there is less risk of fire, and the sand wil! not freeze so readily in winter in a brick building as in a frame one. For a foundry of this kind the building need not be very strong, as there is little or no strain upon it. All that is necessary is to ‘cupola to the molds, an we rains or is cold. The foundry walls and beams should all be swept down and whitewashed at least once a year, and a foundry that is poorly lighted should be whitewashed oftener. A molder will put up more work in a well- lighted foundry than he can in a dark one, and he will make a better quality of work and have less discount. The next important thing to be considered is the arrangement of the molding floors and gangways. In stove founding the mol- ten iron is all carried in hand ladles from the The cupola should therefore be situated where it will be easiest of access from all parts of the foundry, and good wide gangways should lead from it to the molding floor of each molder. The gangways should be paved with brick or some other hard material, for if they are not paved they soon get full of hills and | hollows, which makes the carrying of the |the foundry and the molten iron more laborious as well as more dangerous. The arrangement of gangways varies according to the size and shape of mode of working ‘adopted in the region where it is located. I j Bloort Gangway Practical Founding.—Fig. 17.—Floor Plan of A. Bradley & Co.’s Stove Foundry. make the walls or frame heavy enough to | support the roof, which should rest entirely upon them, so as to give free access to all parts of the foundry without the necessity of dodging around a Jot of pillars or posts. A stove foundry requires to be lighter and better ventilated than any other kind of foundry, for the blacking which molders use to make the sand scale of the casting is dusted on the molds through a very fine muslin bag, making a great deal of dust. In a foundry where 25 or 50 molders are em ployed there are always some of them shaking blacking, and if the building is poorly ventilated this black dust will get so thick that the molders can scarcely see through it. Moreover, in casting and shak ing out stove plate, more dust and steam are made than in any other kind of casting, for the large surfave of the plate very rapidly dries the sand on both sides of it, and the plate also cools very quickly, so that unless it be taken out of the sand while it is warm, the thin scale of sand that has been dried draws dampness from the body of the sand, causing the plate to rust. In order to have a fine surface on the plate it must be taken out of the sand while hot, an operation which produces a great deal of dust and steam. A large ventilator should be put on the roof the full length of the foundry, a roof with a steep pitch being better than a flat 20 Floors 18 Floors ls Floors 128 Floors 18 Floors A, Cupolas, 6 feet Shell. B, Pig Bed for Over Iron. C, Cupola Pit. D, Mill Room, E, Elevator. F, Inclined Plane to Returned Empty Barrows, C, Ladle Oven In this figure the heavy lines represent the outside and partition walls, the give below the floor plans of two large stove foundries—one located in the eastern and the other in the western part of the coun- try. In Fig. 17 is shown the fluor plan of A. Bradley & Co.’s large stove foundry at Pittsburgh, Pa. Here ouly one large cupola is used, this being situated near the center of the foundry, as indicated by A. Under and back of itis a pit B for removing the dump. One large gangway 8 or 10 feet wide runs through the middle of the foundry throughout its entire length, and on each side of it are the molding floors. In Pitts- burgh, and in most of the western foundries, two molders work on one sand heap—one on each side of it—and each puts up only one row of flasks. Each molding floor, or the molding floor for each sand heap, is 13 feet wide by 40 or 50 long, and in this foundry the end of each sand heap runs to the gang- way, so that all the floors are connected with it. The main gangway is paved with brick, and it is a railroad track upon which runs a small car for removing the castings and gates from the foundry to the scratch room, In this foundry there are only two doors—one large one at the end of the gang- way and a stock door at the back of the cupola, ona level with the cupola scaffold. This is one of the best arranged and most convenient foundries in the West. In the model foundry lately erected by Francis 63 Ft. ll Floors ]2.Floors 12. Floors an ]2 Floors H, Water Tanks L, Engine and Boiler Room M, Scratch Room N, Gangway, 6 Feet Wide.—Main Gangway . Feet Wide. P, Cupola, 6 Foot Shell, in new Addition to Main Building. light line the sand strips between the gangways and floors, and the light double lines the racks betwes n fl ors on which follow boards are laid Practical Founding.—Fig. roof, as the steam and dust will escape through the ventilator more rapidly with | floor plan is the the former. The side walls of a stove foun- dry should be at least 14 feet high, so as to give the dust and steam a good opportunity to escape rapidly. The next important thing to be considered is plenty of light, for stove work is very fine work, and the least speck of loose sand left | in the mold often condemns the casting. If the foundry be not well lighted the molder| arranged to 18.—Floor Plan of Perry & Co,.’8 New Stove Foundry, Buckwalter & Co., at Royer’s Ford, Pa.. the Bradley's 18 is shown the floor plan same as in foundry. In Fi ofa large stove foundry lately erected by Perry & Co., at Sing Sing, N. Y The main building is 126 x 176 feet and contains 110 floors,6'4 x 25 feeteach. The addition is 63 and 73 x 150 feet, and contains <5 floors of the same size, making a total of 165 molding floors. This foundry is have the seoratch room, cannot see when a mold is clear, and many! engine and boiler room, coal shed, ladle castings will be condemned on account of sand holes, Almost one-half of the foundry under the the floor of the moldin molding room all same roof, and oven an 1 walls should be windows, and long, narrow room is arranged to suit the Eastern style of windows, extending almost from the floor | working. In this only one molder works on to the roof, are better than short, wide ones, | a sand heap, putting up two or more rows as they give a more even light, while with | of flasks. The molder does not recuire as the latter one part of a mold may be shaded | long a floor as if he put up only one row by the other. A top light is better for this | flasks, The average molding floor for t kind of work than a side light, and for this! eastern style of working is 6'4 feet w reason the sides of the ventilator should be| 25 feet long. For these short floors more all glass, and the window sashes should be | gangways are required, in order that each arranged with ropes, so that they can be| opened when a casting is being made, or in! floor may be reached without haying to cross another, THEHE IRON AGE. November 18, 1880, A. fron, | ¥ron. _kvon. Kron. i Ero. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. _______—CNEW Y ORK PITTSBURGH. PITTSBURGH. John W. Quincy, 98 William Street, New York. |Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, GGDEN & WALLACE, Successors to GAM'I. G. SMITH & CO., A. B. Warner & Son, IRON & STEEL, vs sresoaeieumsr.x% | IRON MERGHANTS, ROMIVION AND REFINED R IRON. 28 & 29 West and 52 Washinton dts Sreushh thet, Gul Satin, Gamer, BA ° SHEET AND PLATE IRON, BOILER PL ATE, BLOCK TIN. LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c Boller Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder Iron, H ARRISON & GILLOON KI0O0P, BAND AND SCROLL IRON, Rod and Horse Shoe Iron, Angle and T Iron, Boller and Tank Rivets. Swedes and Norway Iron, Nerway Nail Rods. Sole Agents for the celebrated iron of all #izes and shapes made to order. és ” k IRON AND METAL DEALERS, : 7 Eur eka, Pennoc 8, 558, 560, 562 WATER BST., and 302, 804, 906 CHERRY 8T., NEW YORK, PIERSON & CO, ” 0 9 |“Wawasset,” Lukens, | mreorng se ote: tums 00 feet oun an Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plate, Sheet, | Mac hinery Scrap Iron, Car Whee Axles and Heavy Established 1790, and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive | Vfonght Iron; also, old Copper, Composition, Brass iron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, OXFORD IRON Cc 0., NEW YORK CITY, einidiimenan ~ a Rac grade of (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) ' Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. | HT} | _ Scrolls, ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds, Hexagon and | u tT a j 4 | Horse Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal Pig a superior | ster ro f | quality of Iron branc ied J.G@. All puddled balis re | fogs eo hammer. Orders may be sent to the Millor | & — our Agent, at 54 Jecs | | York. Strcet, ee Newt 5 J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, MARSHALL LEFFERTS, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, 90 Beekman St., New York City, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, BURDEN’S Galvanized Sheet Iron, HORSE SHOES. Ist and 2a Qualities. aph and toy | Golvenines 7 Burden Best’ All Sizes and Shapes kept in Stock, ABEEL BROTHERS, | Established 176, by ABEEL & BYVANCK, Iron Merchants, 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. ULSTERIRON : A full assortment of all sizés constantly on hand. Refined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron, Common Iron, Band, Hoop and Scroll Iron, Sheet Iron, Norway Nail Rods, Norway Shapes, __Cast, Spring Spring and Tire ind Tire Steel, ete. ete. A. R. Whitney, Manufacturer of and Dealer in IRON, 56, 68 & 60 Hudson 48, 50 & 52 Thomas, and NEW me 12, 14416 Worth Sts., Or specialty is in Wlanufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction of Fire-Proot Buildings, Bridges, &c. Galvanized Wire, Tele Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron, galvanized Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanised Iron “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. Plate and ‘Tank Iron, C No.1,C H No. CR Ne No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Flange Fire Box, BOILER IRON Stamped and Guaranteed. All Gencriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or —— to o Price list | ona quotations sent upon application. W. BAILEY LANG, LOW.MOOR_ Bailer Rivets. IRON COMPANY, Plane and estimates turnished, and contracts made NO. 50 BEEKMAN § et.. NEW YORK. ior qeeies ae Senetnees, of ever ee. —_—_—_—_ : & ntaining cuts o1 ron made sent on @ plication by mail. ? >|JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., Sample pieces at office. pease address 58 Hudson Street. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 7O & 71 West St., Wm, Borden, | a New York. L. N. Lovell, 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. eM H. Wallace. a vs B. F. J UDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. resg2mserst:} NEW YORK. 45 233 & 235 South § St., DANIEL F. COONEY, of and Successor to Jas. H. — & Ce. SS Washington St., N. BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, AP WELDED BOILER 1 Boller Rivets. Aneie & T Wren, Cut Nalle ‘ Splhes. Agency for Ps wtstown Iron ‘o., Viaduct Lron Works ‘OB Levan a Ro'ling Mille, Pine. Iron Works, Laurel iro | D. L. COBB. res, The Bergen Rodi na ‘Mills - at Jersey City. P. W. GALLAUDET, Banker and Note Broker, 9, Strand sig te No 3 and 5 Wall Street, nave on hand, and offer for sale, the following: NEW YORK. eh and American Pig Iro2, Wrought, Cast | Fe Mac shinery Scrap Iron, Car W the els, Axles and | HARDWARE, METAL, IRON RUBBER, SHOE, aan bcos ught tron; also, old Copper, Composi- PA! AN PAPER-HANGINGS, LUMBER, COAL ead, Pewter, Zinc. &c. - tS Fie Sen (OAD PAPER WANTED. MADE ON BUSINESSS PAPER AND a UTTrT NAT Ww A TL SS rIRS BATES & DESPARD, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., Import el 139 Greenwich Street, New York, Burden Iron Works, H. Burden & Sons, Troy, N. Y. EGLESTON BROS. & CO., 166 South Street, NEW YORK CITY. 267 Front Street, BURDEN’S - H. B. & S. “ULSTER SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New Y ork, ULSTER IRON WORKS. 18 Wall St., New York. Also Best Grades of Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co ber, SE eee pesiia a ie ee : ng. Ret’d lron,uommon ’ Passaic Rolling Mill Co., |< sccscc omen 5 Some PATERSON, N. J a DLL, DAN’L W, RICHARDS & CO, lron Bridge Builders | ‘Pig Iron and Bar Iron, BAR IRON. All sizes and shapes in stock. And Manufacturers of Beams, Channels, Angles, THES, - Scrap Iron, Scrap Steel, Merchant Iron, &c., &c. New York Office, Room 45, Astor House. Old Rails and Old Metals, WATTS Goose. Preside w. oOo FAYERW EATHER. Treasurer. CARMICHAEL & EM ‘88 to 96 Mangin St, New York shar baer coast oot W. S. MIDDLETON, — IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE | Broker in Machinery & Iron Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, & Agent for a at for Ota" celebrated Ca Steel aan rates, FORSTER'S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, The Coatesville In wn_ Iron The best in market. Laurel Ri ‘ling Mills, ‘and C ni mn Tube Works ;Wro pught Irc cams , Angles, Tees, Rivets W.S,. MIDDLETON, 52 John St., N. ¥. Glengarnock and Carnbroe SCOTCH PIG IRON, NEW YORK. For spot delivery and for prompt or forward ny ~— | shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, \ ex ‘ s. A. LISSBERGE R, Baltimore or New Orleans. IRON & METAL DEALER, For sale in lots to suit by 529 East 19th St., New York, a JAMES LEE & co., Sole Agents for the United States, 72 Pine Street, New Yorl York. Ww. BisPuas. HUGH w. ADAMS, DEALER IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP IRON, Estimate aes d for all kinds ¢ of Iron Work. (Late STEEL AND IRON RAILS, SWF DISH | BARS, STEEL AND PIG IRON, s “RAP IR IN and OLD RAILS c, = and i to america, orf. o. b. English ports, A W. D, WOOD & 60, r A. @. HATRY, Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boller, Angle, T, and Ratiroad iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R, R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGA, PA. PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; 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 throughout THE UNITED STATES. And at their Office, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA, C. A. von Bonnhorst. R A, Wilson, R. A. WILSON & CO., PIG IRON, Iron and Stee! Rails, All Sizes, SNOW SHOES [24 ROADSTER PATTERN. STEEL TOE CALKS. Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel BOILER PLATE B ne OMS AND ORE,) green peLares, al descriptions, 88 Fourth ave., cor. Wood st., Pittsburgh. ‘ ‘ John |. Williams, Henry M, Long, Nathan M. McDowell, Cut oe aaa Sheet 5 ‘ Cc. BAN SE, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, PIC IRON, BLOOMS, AND ORE. PITTSBURGH, PA. Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co., Successors to CAYLORD ROLLINC MILL CO., Manufacturers of Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) STEEL BOILER PLATE, Agricultural and Machinery Steel and Steel Tire. Also, Homogeneous Iron Boiler Plate and Rivets, Merchant Bar, eee na Sheet Iron, Wrough Spikes, Fish Bars an Office a Works : PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. J. C. LEWIS, GEO. 8. LEWIS, Beer saes Seas agit Sosy ene Syees. 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 Some, am, Sane Avenue. Cue. 2116 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Henry M. Friuey, Joun D. Fitzey, President. Secretary MANUFACTURERS OF a! Agency of N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm, Swedish & Norway. Iron Malleable and Gray New work and Fullsdeipita.” importation crdeee't Tron Castings, GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 33 Kilby st., Borton ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 226 N. einEt GENERAL HARDWARE, éc, 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. AUGe & CO., Corner 13th and Etna Streets, PITTSBURGH, PA. LEECH BURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO.,, Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. ANDREW KLOMAN, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURER OF Steel and Iron Structural Material Gy EYE BAR BLANK AS IT LEAVES THE ROLLS, WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. EYE BAR FINISHED FROM THE SAME. Kloman Patent Solid Rolled Eye Bars, finished in Iron or Steel without welding or * upsetting. Universal Mill Plates of Iron or Steel. Stee] Rails of all sizes and patterns. Splice Bars. Channel Bars for Thielsen Car Truck. SPECLALTY—Unusual shapes and sizes in Steel or Lron; Angie, Tees and other structural shapes in Iron or Steel, Ws = al November 18, 1880. Xron, PHILADELPHIA. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents Siemens’ Regenerative For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and G A S FURN A G E ® Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. RICHMOND & POTTS, Old Raila, Axles, ona heels bought and sold. 119 8. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. KVOW. PHILADELPHIA. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality ef RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 100,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &c. ADDRESS, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, No. 218 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., N. ¥. THE PHCNIX 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, 4 all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Daildings, ‘ PATENT WROUGHT IKON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON ee to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD « CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. lly for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, e, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS & 00.541 Orders solicited es Last, Stamping, F JAS. ROWLAND & 60, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron. Also. the James Rowland & Co, Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. Manufacturers of r, 3 CAR AXLES. ‘ol BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No. 265 %. Fourth St., Philade!phia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY FACINCS. FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. MOULDING SAND A SPECIALTY. . Albany, Crescent, Tullytown and Lumberton Sands. GERMAN LEAD, BITUMEN, SIEVES, AMERICAN LEAD, ANTHRACITE, SHOVELS, BRASS SAND, PLUMBAGO, CHARCOAL, BRUSHES, CHANDELIER SAND, STOVE PLATE, MINERAL, CRUCIBLES, STOVE PLATE SAND, J. W. PAXSON & CO.) a2, 516 and 518 foach St, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, — Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. Genera! Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentewn, Pa. MACHINERY SAND, JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H, GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA, PA. Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of [ron Steel, [ron Ores. Slags, Limestongs Coals, Clays, Fire Sends, &c. All analyses made by the members of the firm. Price lists on spplicati: SS — aon. Edward J. Etting, IRON BROKER axp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &e. Agent for the — THEH IRON AGH Xron, JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K, BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR. & C0., Chickies, St. Charles, Montgomery and Keystone ls Trades Union Secretary on Practi. eal Study for Workmen. ani Mr. R. Knight, the general secretary of the Boilermakers and Irn Shipbuilders’ So- ciety, has just published for private circula- tion a book entitled the ‘‘ Practical Boiler maker, Iron Shipbuilder and Mast maker,” MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK,| Foundry & Forge Pig Tron. | ioe one ee eactical informs 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 Hof 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 &t. a 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 al! grades of Plate iron. Celebrated **Glasgow’”’ and * Pine’’ brands for fire boxes and difficult flanging. Pig and Bar Lron, 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. 8. FRaNK SHARPLESS. HEBERTON & CO.,, Selling Agents and Commission Merchants For the sale o Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanized, Black, Sheet, Pipe and Railroad | IRON. No. 333 Walnut St., Phila. Charcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. LOGAN IRON AND STEEL CO,, 218 South 4th 8t,., 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. EF. BAIL, 216 South 4th St., Philadelphia, CATASAUQUA MEG, 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 German 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 8t., Philadelphia, No. 34 Pine St., New York, Bankers and Railway Commission Merchants, Importers of Piz Iron, New and Old Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. THE STANDARD STEEL LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. BRAND rey ZF STANDARD. @ Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed, Prices as low us 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, 220 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 & Pena Streets, Phila., Dealers in Scrap Iron & Metals, Machinery, Tools, Shafting & Pulleys, Steam Eugines, Pumps & Boilers, Copper, Brass, Tin, Babbit Metals, Foundry Facings. Best Quality Ingot Brass, Cash paid for all kinds of Metals ana Tools, FRANCIS WISTER, Sole Eastern Agent for 4. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. CONNELLSVILLE COKE, ORES, Native and Foreign. 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. NORTH BROS, 23d and Race Sts., Philadelphia. Fine Light and Medium-Weight GRAY IRON CASTINGS to order. Correspondence solicited, Ey we CO., 52 Wall St., (Room 8) New York, Selling Agents ATKINS BRO’S—BEAMS, CHANNELS, RAILS, &c, A. & P. Roberts & Co.—Car Axles, Plates, Channels, Tee, Angle and Bar Iron. WILLIAM McILVAIN & SONS—Boiler, Ship and Bridge Plates, BERWICK R. M. BARS AND SHAPE IRON. Advar.ces on Consignments of Old Material and sa BRA 7, ey PS shoes. We wish toca jug great tensil ranted in every les promptly made. DLEE & CO. EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Ixeystone Eiorse Shoe Co., 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia, Pa. : Manufacturers of all kinds of Chains. Also of the Keystone Patent é fD Selid Stees Calk Horse and "ule shoes. ania ° These Shoes are made of superior tron, compl y nished go (ALK and ready for cold shoeing; nave clip and solid ste@l calk rhe holes are punched through at the proper angles and free from HORSE &MULE burrs Same number of Shvues per keg as in kegs of unfinishec il particular attention to our D. B. G. special Crane Chain, made of an extra brand of reworkediron, Gault | e streugth and wear, fully tested aud war- particular ; superiorto the very best brands of English Crown Chain, and specially adapted tor rafting, mining and dredging. CLARK, POST & MARTIN, | tion especially valuable to workmen in th» jiron trade. In the preface to his work Mr Knight offers words of sound advice, which are deserving the serious consideration of all workmen anxious to give to their re spective branches of industry that practical study so essential in these times of constant progress and keen competition. After ur ing upon young men Who want to becom: good mechanics that they can only rise to that position by striving for it by patient study and hard work, Mr. Knight proceeds ‘‘Tam aware that the gradual develo, ment of capital, the absorption of small mas ters by large employers, a general break uct of the apprentice system, the intro | duction of machinery, the sub-divisions of labor, and the constant hurry and drive of modern industrial employment, have all tended to make it most difficult for the young men of the present day engaged in skilled labor to acquire anything like a competent knowledge of their particular trades, It is almost impossible, as a rule, for a young be ginner to apply any scientific knowledge he may have gained in the workshop, and the workshop is not the place in the present day where a young man can possibly learn a great deal connected with the trade with which it is most important he should be thoroughly acquainted. The question arises, then, what is the remedy for this? One of the .courses I would strongly recommend to all those who want to acquire a vetter knowledge than they already possess of their trade is the following: Get the best books that you can which treat of the subject, and carefully study tho same in your quiet homes after the day's work is done. Purchase a few sheets of card board and a few drawing instruments, then carefully strike out the diagrams, [And in his book Mr. Knight gives a large number of useful diagrams, the accuracy of which he has tested either at the workshop or at home.] First the drawings should be in flat, then they should be cut out, and formed into models. By such a method the student would see how to do the actual work as well as read about it, and the principle of the whole would be so impressed upon the mind that it would not easily be forgotten.” Mr. Knight adds that he pursued studies according to this plan for many years, and found them of the greatest benefit. If the plan were tried it would be found of im- mense help, both to arouse interest and to fix the mind on the subject under considera- tion. In fact, the student would find it a pleasure to pursue his studies when he be- came acquainted with the principles which underlie the correct method of marking out his work, to know in fact the ‘ reason why” it has to be done in this or that way, and not in another. It would not only help to make him a workman worth more to his employer, but it would make him something move than a machine, enabl- ing him to take both a pride and an intelli- gent interest in the work on which he was engaged. ee sicaetliataieatiscacmanpaniia Brisbane, Australia, has its white elephant, the Victoria swing bridge, aniron structure which spans the river and connects the city with a straggling village known as South Brisbane. Ipswich is a town at the head of the navigable part of the river, about 2< miles west of Brisbane: its population is about 8000, less than one-third of the people in Brisbane. The Ipswich folk, however, thought that their town ought to be the capital, and when Brisbane arranged for an iron bridge over the river, Ipswich regarded it as a ruse to geta barrier across which would intercept the shipping going up to Ipswich. The factis, the river is so shallow above the bridge that only small craft draw- ing but little water can asvend to Ipswich, and to deepen the ri wcky bed of the river for 25 miles would be an undertaking second only in magnitude to the Suez Canal. But Ipswich remained implacable, and soa swing bridge was constructed at enormous cost. The Marquis of Normanby formally opened the bridge on June, 1574, and the ‘ swing ” has been opened once since to see if it was in working order. Ispwich was pacified, and the people have to pay the interest on $600,000, the cost of the bridge ; 1190 tons of cast and gII tons of wrought iron were used in constructing the Victoria bridge, which was manufactured and erected by Measrs. Peto, Brassey & Betts, of Birken- head, from the designs of Messrs. Robinson & lV’Anson, of Darlington. The distance between abutments is 1013 feet, and the entire length of the bridge is 1080 feet. There are 13 spans, viz., a double armed swing span of 170 feet, 9 spans of 82 feet, and two spans of 52 feet 6 inches Double columns of cast-iron cylinders form the piers, on which rest lattice girders 9 feet deep. The roadway between the girders is 30 feet clear, and a footway 6 feet wide, supported by cantalivers, is carried along each side of the bridge level with the roadway. Tha bridge was commenced in 1863, and was not completed until 11 vears later The works were entirely suspended for a long px riod, the ironwork fell into the rive: nd there seemed to have found its last resting place and the engineer, Mr. Thomas Oldham. died. At last litigation wasended, Mr. J. 2. Jones was appointed superintending envins and the work was re-commenced and completed six years since . Nc The new British steamer ( . | which lately dis *harge i 1 cal . ijtons Spanish iron or from Philadelphia, is a Her keel is full solid bottoms, an | the ball ist tanks | this improved p) her going ashore damages, since | she is still a wl was built by the Pa r ] gud Engine