The Iron Age 1881-02-17: Vol 27 Iss 7

ne er Vol. XXVIII: No. 7. —_——. — — ee - _ - —-— ee New York, Thursday, February The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter, 17, IS8I. SL°50 a Year, Including Fostages Stiugle Copies, Zen Cents. ‘ Bs : i i Sail ; ' | Gates of the Loggia of St. Mark’s, | will also be viewsand models of ancient and | ceeded in 1881. The Vulcan Steel Works at | operation in South Staffordshire fell from 63 | modern monuments, and curiosities from all! St. Louis did not get into operation until Venice. The growing taste in this country for more elaborate and less conventional orna- mentation, is beginning to open a wide field | for art work in metals in connection with | our public buildings and our private resi- dences. The study of the masterpieces of Italy, France, Germany and other countries of Europe will do much to aid a rapid devel- opment in this country, and it is with this aim in view that we present the accompany- ing illustration (for which we are indebted to Building and Engineering Times) of the bronze gates of the Loggia of St. Mark’s, Venice, which are considered magnificent specimens of Renaissance metal work. St. Mark’s is rich in architectural works, consist- ing of fine specimens of the genius of Palla- dio, San Michele and Sansovina, on one side or the other, and the magnificent facade of the basilica, reaching nearly its entire breadth. It claims, as it deserves, the| admiration of the world ; its superticial area | is something approaching 300 feet in hight | and 50 feet square. It rigidly meets the requirement of that strict art critic, Mr. John Ruskin: ‘‘ It stands verily, and seems | to stand, iu its own strength, not by help of buttresses or artful balancings on this side or on that; it is like a stern sentinel, not like a child held up in its uae arms.” It rises from a massive foundation in grand, | unbroken surface, its summit only being pierced by four arches on each side to a gallery which surrounds the tower, and from which, as well as from a balustrade terrace still higher up, splendid views are , obtained of the city on the waters. The loggia, at its base, is faced with rich | and varied marbles, the work of Sansovina, | and during the existence of the republic was oceuvied by the ‘‘ Procurali,” who, during | the sittings of the council, kept guard, Its military trophies and its figures are modeled in the highest style of art. ————— Les Mondes states that plans have been prepared for a large crystal palace, to be parts of the world. I The Production of Bessemer Steel in the United States in 1880. We have received complete reports from the eleven Bessemer steel works of the United States detailing their production in the calendar year 1880, and promptly lay the statistics thus received before our read- ers. The production was larger than the estimate we formed of it at the close of the year. The total quantity of Bessemer steel in- gots produced in the United States in 1880 was 1,203,173 net tons, or 1,074,262 gross tons, against 928,972 net tons in 1879, 732,- 226 net tons in 1878, and 560,587 net tons in 1877. The increase over 1879 was 274,201 net tons, or 30 per cent.; over 1878 it was! March 10, 1880; this year they will make full time. All the other old works are im- proving on their production of last year, j and sume of them will have an enlarged plant at work, notably the Bethlehem Iron | Company and the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany. Several new Bessemer steel estab- | lishments will get to work in 1881, the Pitts- | burgh Bessemer Steel Company, Limited, | being now about ready to begin production | with a capacity of 60,000 gross tons of in- gots a year, while the North Chicago Stee! Company and the Colorado Coal and [ron Company are pushing their works to com- pletion as rapidly as possible, with a pros- pect of turning out Bessemer steel before the snow of another winter will have made its appearance.—Bulletin. I It is a curious fact, lately noted by M. Boutigny, that if boiling water be projected eee ' M M : ‘ Y] M PY M M ' ri 4 M1 ' M ' ' ' ' M ‘ ‘ Ml MH : M M 7 M o . y Mi yi u ‘ , M , ‘ M M ' tl ] = in the beginning of the year to 44 at its close ; and similarly the number in Lanca shire fell from 44 to 33, the total number of furnaces at work in the kingdom falling from 597 out of g50 to 590 out of 959. In Scotland, Cleveland, and one or two other digtricts there is an increase in the number of the furnaees, which is more than counter balaneed by the fall in the districts where iron is produced from imported ores or with coal imported into the district. Hence, it may be said that the decrease in the total number of furnaces at work is one that is due to the operation of the low prices, and to be expected. If prices rise with the large reserve of production, it may be concluded that more furnaces will be put into blast. At the present time there are over 300 fur naces idle, and allowing for the fact that that number includes some that are never likely to be put to work, it may still be said that there is a large number of furnaces GATES OF THE LOGGIA OF ST. MARK’S, VENICE, 470,947 net tons, or 64 per cent.; over 1877 | it was 642,586 net tons, or I15 per cent. The production of Bessemer steel ingots in this country from 1872 to 1880 was as fol lows, in net tons: 3572....+-+- 120,108 | 1877 560, 537 TO73. cece we eeneee 170,052 | 1575 732,220 Sct tAseienckce 191,933 | 1879 928,972 Ss nn dedeves 375,517 | 1880 1,203,173 Scstakasecaves 525,996 | The total quantity of Bessemer steel rails produced by these eleven works in 1880 was 917,592 net tons, or 819,279 gross tons, against 683,964 net tons produced by the whole country in 1879, 550,398 net tons in 1878, and 432,169 net tons in 1877. The total Bessemer steel rail production of the country from 1872 to 1830, not including rails rolled by iron mills in 1880 from pur- chased blooms, was as follows, in net tons : SOAR nectee<sctnce 94,070 | 1877 ‘ ‘ » 432,169 SB7Z.cccccce : 129,086 | 1878........... 550, 398 Mit paststwnvecsa 144,944 | 1879.....-++2+++++ 683,904 Pia sccccesecesas TE ee 917,592 Es 0s disease 412,461 | Several iron rolling mills rolled Bessemer steel rails in 1380 from purchased blooms, built in the park of St. Cloud, for permanent | and reports of their operations have not yet exhibitions of industry, art, hertiowaans, | scientific spectacles, with experiments upon been collected from those establishments, but perhaps 50,000 net tons of such rails a large scale, together with pictures and | may have been rolled by them last year. representations of the vegetable and animal kingdom in different geological ages. There Although the Bessemer steel production of 1880 was very large, it will be greatly ex- on an incandescent surface, its temperature falls at once tog7° C. He is of opinion that this is due to work expended in production of the spheroidal state. i British Blast Furnaces. It appears from a table given in the Col- liery Guardian of the 14th ultimo, that a check has beeu given to the increase in the | number ef blast furnaces in operation in Great Britain ; and that practically the num- ber of furnaces thus in operation is less now | than it was six months ago. This is attribut- able to the operation of a legitimate influ- ence—that of the fall in prices. In times of high price there is a tendency to start addi- that could be put into blast whenever prices made it expedient And this applies also to some of the districts where iron can be most cheaply made. In Durham, for instance, there are many furnaces that are idle which could be worked profitably, either with the local ironstone of Cleveland or the imported ores from Spain and the Mediterranean. When prices begin to rise, and an increase is early expected by some who are judges, it may be believed that furnaces such as these will be put to work. This large reserve power cf production is likely to steady the course of prices, as the experience of the past few years has proved. It was only when the furnaces that could be put into | blast were at work—when all in Cleveland Seotland, and the utilization of so much of the blast furnace plant in this direction tends to increase the average production of the furnaces as a whole. It is worth notice, as showing that we are now producing a more valuable class of iron with a large part of our smelting plant, though the fact is ac companied by the diminished use of the home iron ores. In the increasing use of our blast furnace plant, and in the increasing pro- duction of iron—and iron in the form made essential—there is much matter for national congratulation, but the success and the larger adoption of the Thomas-Gilchrist process would make it much more so, for it would mean the larger use of our home ores, and the enfranchisement of many of our iron-producing districts from so great a dependence upon foreign ores as they now know. Itis worthy of note that the table which suggests the above remarks is com- piled months before the appearance of the Mineral Statistics, and it is to be hoped that one of the results will be the hastening of the tardy publication of that official but late volume.—Colliery Guardian. ae The Torpedo Service in the Navy. Commodore Jeffers, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance in the Navy JD partment, has responded tothe resolution of the H use, adopted a few days ago, calling for informa- tion upon the subject of torpedoes, especially in respect to the proposa for sales sub mitted tothe department for two years past, and to the reports, of officers of the navy touching experiments and inventions, Com- modore Jeffers writes that many proposals and plans have been rejected by the de part ment because of impracticability Che ay tional furnaces, and when low prices set in, | and Durham, for instance, were at work, propriations for torpedo service in 1879 and in the usual course the number of the idle | with the exception of some half-dozen fur- | 1880 were $14,500 each, and of this, for ex furnaces increases. Of course, there are | naces—that prices began to bound upward, | periments alone, there had been paid out in exceptions to that rule—the state of the de- | after a steady course of increase as the fur-| 1879, $8122.21, and in 15 $640.51 About mand affecting its operation, but generally | naces began to be put into blast up to that © Officers of the grad from ensign to it prevails. And though the large demand proportion. Should the tendency of the trade | captain had received instruction at the to: for crude iron is operating to check it, yetit l be in the same direction, it may be said that pedo school, and ud att | satisfactory is observable that the number of the fur- | the movement will also be steadily upward | knowledge of every for » system Che naces in blast is higher where iron is cheaply | in price, and the more rapidly as the reserve | communication goes on to say, with reference made, and less where it is not made 80 | power of production is necessarily drawn | to reports from officers, that to furnish copies cheaply. In the Cleveland and Durham dis- | upon—that is, supposing the demand con-|of such reports would require four months trict, for instance, a reference to the table | tinues to increase. A fact that is not brought | of clerical work, and that since also such a will show that in the beginning of the year | there were 107 furnaces at work in the two | | parts of the district, while at the close of | tion of steel-making iron. the year the number at work was 116. out by the table is the large prop rtion of furnaces that are employed in the produc the case in Lancashire and Cumberland, but ‘At the same two periods the number in’ also in the Durham district, in Wales and in | patible with the public interests, Not only is this | officers, publication would be in violation of the eon department by the many of whom were inventors, fidence reposed in tl therefore this information would be incom. | .. Mais aa a eee oo ee ee ce ow ee ‘ : } ie —— ee a =~ LL I a ls Al lt Se = etal. . wat Sos ANSONIA | | BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Str set, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER, Waterbury Bras Co, AL, - - $400,000. nia ‘on 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, dc. 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. Sheets. Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. | Seamless Brass & Copper. Tubing. Ausonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. PURE COPPER WIRE For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Pnosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA REFINED INCOT COPPER. | PHELPS, DODGE & CO, IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS: Millis At TIN PLATE, 296 Broadway, New York, aa RY, Onl. 189 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Manhattan Brass Co., Manufacturers of Olmsted Patent Oilers, Prior Patent Oilers Breughton Patent Oilers, Copper Rivets, Brass, Tin & Zinc Oilers, Brass Tubing, Brase Butt Hinges, Zinc Tubing, Hurricane Lanterns, Brown’s Patent Picture Hooks. Fire Sets, Fenders, &c. BRASS BLANKS AND TUBES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER. OFFICE AND WORES, Ist Ave., 27th to 28th Sts., New York. serena eR THE NEW HAVEN COPPER CO., ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. NEW YORE. Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Copper Wire, CLIFF STREET, SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. — > BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. > FACTORIES, DEPOTS, =< eee Ee ¥. + aya ye 255 Pearl Street, New York. 183 Lake St. Chicago. New York City. Manufacturers of amd Dealers in ; DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,/Braziers’ & Sheathiny Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper, COPPER. Wire, Zinc, Etc. Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, 29 & 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. 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. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. on, Round and Square Head Cap and el Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all _Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, &c. JOHN STARR, Hardware & Metal Broker, MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Representing in the Dominion of Canada several American Manufacturers, is ready to accept further Ageuvies, Satisfactory references. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, Hex Set Screws; Brass and Iron Safety ana Jack Chain; Gilt, Nic kinds. from Sheet Iron, Steel or Brass. Estimates on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited aud promptly given. iahceneenennaniia ABRAM 8. JAMES HALL, Treasurer, HEWITT, President. E, HANSON, Secretary. WM. HEWITT, Vice President. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of [RONand 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 Iron Wire; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths, .C ey HEWITT & C ae Burling Slip. ork Offic IHN HEWITT, Agent, 21 North Fourth St. New Y« BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON WIRE ROPE, 728 Wi. Main St. Ae nly) ) St. Louis, Mo, THEH IRON AGE February 17, 1881. ive, ere. PActals. The Plume & Atwood Mfg. Company, 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. Factories, WATERBURY, Ct. PHILIP L. MOEN, President and Treasure CHAS. F. WASHBURN, Vice President & Secret WASHBURN & MOEN rma ena CO. Established 1831 waeoreTs R, mass. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STEEL. WIRE, Patent Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Ral e Ties. WIRE RODS of all Grades; Round Iron, Rivet ROL. is sive Operators of the PAT IL, producing Tee and Beee and exclu- coils of 100 pounds, without tesa of a1. Pat oUs & NG a produg nt Saet ecand BRE, a : >. Wire d pened Fal THeadion eee "bridge s Bolt Boy Wy Bivet Buckie Tinned Broom aes and pipaes. ee my! ton of all sizes. A specialty is made a Clock, pace G crag Wire Rolling Mill, | THOMASTON, 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. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and ROLLIN . Louie ‘Warshouss. ‘302 7 N icago Warehouse, 107 L ane on = HOWARD & MORSE, Warehouse: 45 Fulton Street, Crimped wae Stall Partition. manufacturing Metal Goods. pees che Wiskneutis NEW YORK, tg WN. ¥. Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., Manufacturers of Church Guard. mound Iron Frames = lron, Brass & Copper WIRE CLOTH, Plain and Ornamental Wire Work, Wire Fence & Railing, DOOR AND WINDOW GUARDS, OFFICE RAILING, Iron n Stable Fixtu res. Harrison Wire Company, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. Taos, W. Frrow, A. A. LaSaR . Prest. and Treas, Secretary. | No. 54. Double or Half Circle Ww rougnt Iron Hay Rack —_——_ MANUFACTURERS OF All kinds of IRON & STEEL WIRE. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. No, ss warner ‘Hay. diate Rac ght Hand. Window Guard. 3 No. 9. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 49 Chambers St. 16 Wederal St. WORKS ROEBLING . Manufacturers of all kinds of . Lae oe c's New York Office Brass, Copper & German Silver, ag TRENTON, Warehouse ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL. & SONS, Brooklyn nan Copper Coss Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin “Antimony, Solder & Old Metals. John Street, N. ¥. PASSAIC ZING CO. Manufactarers of Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 113. Liberty Street, N. ¥. N. J. Zot LX ays “2 i a) 117 Liberty Street. THE JOHN A ROEBLING'S SONS C0, wi RE ROPE ae Iron, Steel 3 and Copper | Telegraph Wire, menting tespeses ot an| WMT TNR, kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Vineyard Wire. Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Iron and Steel WIRE Market Wire, Fence Wire Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Lightning Rods, &c., &c. Buckle Wire. Spri Suspension Bridge Cables, Rivet ao Be = Wire, GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. 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The ‘Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in ‘SOLDER, TYPE, Stereotype, Electrotyee and Babbitt Metaln J. Wool GRISWOLD, Manufacturer of Win Ee. TROY, N. ¥. Purposes, Manufactured by JAMES BOYD'S SON, betw St pro ai ow Nos. 10 & 12 Franklin 8t., New York. fr To ot. a] Ming on- Ke February 17, 1881. 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Manufacturers of all kinds of ST Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. 234, WESTON’S DIFFERENTIAL PULLEY BLOCKS. EEL WIRE forall purposes and STEEL SPRINCSo WUD ILL EEL THE IRON AGE: CARYWT & NMNOEN, Manufacturers of CLABES VANS i PLELRK EARLE: VEL ME LALLELEALAAARALALAL LED Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - - - - - NEW YORK. SOLE MAKERS, | | YALE LOCK MANFC. CO., | Office & Works, STAMFORD, CONN. SALESROOMS : NEW YORK. 53 CHAMBERS ST., S507 MARKET 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 °“xPonters’ Saidieuet_) i GERMAN SILVER, | In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets and Burs, Etc. ALSO, D. J. MORRELL, Chairman, FACTORIES, ANUFACTURERS OF WAREROOMS, 29 Chambers St., , New York, Manufacturers of Bailey’s Patent Adjustable Planes. Genera] Agents for the sale cf Leonard Bailey & Co.'s ** Victor Planes,” Manufacturers of ** Defiance»? Patent Adjustable Planes, Improved This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, W. S. ROBINSON, Treasurer, CHAS. DOUGLASS, Gen’! Supt. “uweener GAUTIER STEEL CO., LIMITED PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER "5 5 fFIOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum, PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich cesigns. 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VOGEL. FIRE SAND AND CLAYS. sD E EL. PoPe,coLce&co. WIRE AND SPRINCS. 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. ae en MW Ks Sample of our Toe Calk Steel, showing one end bent over and flattened down cold; a piece of iron solidly welded to the steel wita the use of sand only, and the other end be made by any blacksmith from our Toe Calk Steel, or seen at WORKS, JOHNSTOWN, PENN. Eastern Warehouse, 93 John St., N, Y.; Philada. 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. ¥. LOUIS H. VOGEL. MOULDING SAND, Albany Sand a Specialty, FOUNDRY FACINGS, Shovels, Riddles, Brushes, &c. WHITEHEAD BROS, AMERICAN FACING CO. WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 5617 W. 15th St., New York. 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, Registers, &c. f every description. New Britain, Conn. Similar samples can The Cornice Machine Litigation.— Fischer ys. Hayes. The following article, of interest to work ers in sheet metal, appeared in The Metal Worker of February 5th : The details of the somewhat singular con test between Valentine Fischer, of the firm of Fischer & Bros., and George Hayes, the | well-known skylight manufacturer, both of this city, have been presented in our col umns at different times, and are no doubt fresh in the memory of many of our readers. In The Metal Worker for September 27, 1879, we presented a cut of the machine showing the device, the patent upon which forms the basis of the contest. Ip our issue for | October 11 of the same year there appeared a letter from one of the contestants, and October 18 we published a letter from the Cornice Machine Litigation.—Fig. 1.—The Dies Arranged for Vertical Vovement, as | Patented. other, narrating some of the features of the case not fully covered in the previous ac counts. Since our last reference to this con- test it has been making the usual progress of | cases before the courts, and has finally reached another stage. January last His Honor Judge Blatchford rendered a decision in favor of the complain- | ant, Valentine Fischer, and on the rst inst. the decree was filed in the case, sustaining the patent and decreeing perpetual injunc- tion and costs, and an accounting for profits and damages, to the complainant. Besides the direct issue in this case, there have been various side issues, to one of which we have referred in our published accounts, known by those acquainted with the details of this matter as the ‘‘ contempt | able. suit.” In this a decision has also been A Cornice Machine Litigation.—Fig. 2.—The recently reached, by which Mr. Hayes has been again ordered to pay costs amounting to over $1400. We understand, however, that the money has not yet been paid. With a view to ascertain full particulars concerning these decisions and present- ing them to our readers, a representa- tive of The Metal Worker has seen both of the parties interested, and has requested them to make statements for publication. From Mr. Fischer we have nothing more than a recital of the facts above narrated. We have received a letter from Mr. Hayes, which we publish herewith, and which will no doubt be read with great interest. Since there is a still higher court to which this matter can be appealed, and as Mr. Hayes expresses a determination to carry the case up, it is evident that the final decision has not yet been reached. To the Editor of The Metal Worker.—DEAR Sir: In accordance with your request, and that your readers may become more fully acquainted with the status of a litigation of so much importance to their branch of in dustry, I desire, and, at the same time, regret to inform them that the decision of Mr. Justice Blatchford has been rendered adversely to the defense ; but as we feel that His Honor has committed an error which renders it highly essential to the public in- terest that an appeal should be made there- from to the Supreme Court of the United States, I have determined upon this course for final adjudication. The decision is one of vital importance to the manufacturing public, as it promulgates a very injurious and dangerous precedent, Cornice Machine Litigation.—Fig. 3.—The Dies Arranged for Vertical Movement. and, upon appeal, there can be no doubt that the error will be corrected, for there are several cases almost identical with this that have been so corrected, In order that the question shall be fully and properly understood, I have endeavored w put the facts in the case in a plain and straightforwerd manner, which, | think, cannot fail to elicit from the public a justifi cation of my course, which I submit, in the hope that I may hear through your valuable medium what my co-workers in this great and progressive age have to say. In fact, | do appeal to them as a matter of right, for it has always been my endeavor to advance the state of the art in which they are directly associated, and how far I have succeeded your readers well know. The whole thing is here in a nutshell, though it has been twelve long years in con- troversy, and has cost many thousands of dollars to litigate (and, as compared with other means for the same purpose, 1s not worth a dollar), and must now be carried at great expense to a higher tribunal for final adjudication, On the 26th day of | SSS LELPHIEL, 3 There are two claims in the Fischer patent which have been sustained—Nos. 2 and 4— both of equal merit as an invention, but, as | nobody conflicts with the second claim, < | shall only treat of the fourth. I shall not } touch upon any of the legal aspects of tke | Case, so far as our alleged anticipations or the merits are concerned. I shall only sub- mit the question of invention and the right of Mr. Fischer thereto. The following diagrams and description contain, in a honest and full manner, the gist of the entire contention : Nig. 1 shows the patented arrangement of dies as claimed by Fischer in his patent, dated February 4, 1868, and numbered 74,0638. Tho specification in said patent reads : ‘The male or stationary die is underneath the female or movable die, for the purpose of preventing the latter from being clogged or made imperfect by dirt or other foreign matter,” and is thus claimed in said fourth claim of patent : ‘“Arranging the femalo die G above the male die E, for the purpose of keeping the female die clear, as set forth.” It is claimed that by this arrangement a new result has been attained, viz., that of the dies clearing themselves of dirt, scale or other foreign substances. Bear in mind that the dies themselves are not claimed, but admitted and proven to be old and public property. The whole question then comes to this: Has a new result been accomplished ? What has Mr. Fischer invented to entitle him to the monopoly of such a device when applied to the bending of cornice moldings | or the forming of sheet metal for any pur- pose extending to my uses, viz., exclusively that of forming skylight bars and skylight frames, not embodied in the verbiage or the meaning or intention of his patent; for at the time of taking out this patent Fischer had never heard of the uses to which I after ward applied his so-called invention. Let us see: Figs. 2 and 3 show the identical dies ag in the Fischer patent, as bending the same piece of sheet metal as in Fig. 1, only that instead of being arranged to operate female above male, as claimed in said patent. Fig. 2 shows them working horizontally ; it matters not which die is stationary or which mov- Fig. 3 shows the dies as working vertically ; either or both may be propelled » Dies Arranged for Horizontal Movement. to each other, and nothing can be more clear than that the same result precisely as that claimed by Fischer is accomplished by using the die shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to wit, ‘‘ the purpose of keeping the femaie die clear, as set forth.” Let us here ask ourselves, ‘‘ Where is the invention ?’ The answer of all intelligent mechanics must be, ‘‘ Why, there is none whatever,” and the state of the art at the time of this alleged invention did not justify such a barrier to our industrial progress and thus clog its wheels, and the result of such a sad error demands its speedy correction. Again, Fig. 4 shows the identical dies as in Fig. 1, but reversely arranged, which ar- rangement I and my co-defendants have sub- stituted fer that described in said patent, in obeyance of the injunctive order of the court. This arrangement does not conflict with the Cornice Machine Litigation.—Fig. 4.—Dies Reversed from Position shown in Fig, 1. Fischer patent, because the female die (G) is | below the male die (E), and is equally advan | tageous to us in the process of bending or ‘forming sheet metal for the various uses, | and in many instances it is even preferable. | lt is ridicuious to presume that dirt, scale or | other foreign substance will ever interfere with the die or mar the work in the process }of forming sheet metal moldings, &c., |W hich are never formed of material that | will scale to such an extent as to be at all | inconvenient, the continuous change of the | dies, if there were any scale, which is neces |sary in bending a variety of forms, would | obviate this. The invention of Fischer was not in the arrangement of the dies, but in the subter fuge he discovered whereby he deceived the Commissioner of Patents and also His Honor Judge Blatchford. Now, I appeal to the trade, with all defer- ‘ence to the opinion of His Honor Judge Blatchford, which, of course, was rendered in the public interest, and I feel that no one will appreciate my endeavors to correct an error, if one there be, more than he will himself. It is my belief that had the matter been brought before his honor in an honest and just pre ceeeding, a very different result would have been obtained. Along with other things I have been embarrassed and placed in a false position by the conduct of some of those I engaged toassist me. As to the inefliciency of counsel employed by me, at a certain stage of the proceedings and in open court, His Honor Judge Blatchford remarked , that ‘* the defendant, though ably repre- sented by his present c uunsel (James H. iWhitelegge), must be held responsible for the ignorance of his former counsel.” I have been so held by being under the stigma of a sentence of fine or committal for nearly one year, and have been deprived of large sums of money in consequence, All I want is, that if a wrong has been }done myself and others it must be put right, and to that end only shall I direct my energies, The following well-known and indisputa- ble facts will not enhance Mr: Fischer's =| se se saan LO EO Ny Ae A mS gO a” AR Sem nn a ee oe —— ema oe 4 oP A 7 ~ 7 4 = ? ’ nT t | ; b — i aie | ——_ - o_o 2 ane — —- —— aa EE . ~ * NS a ae ' ee THE IRON AGE. February 17, 1881. OGDEN & WALLACE, |A. B. Wa B. Warner & Son,| John W. Quincy, 4 ANTS, 98 William Street, New York. i ron an d St ec | a ON MERC Washington Sts matunerte & Gharten Fig SeKs, Of every description kept in stock. BOILER PLATE, 85, 87,89 & 91 Elm St., New York. Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s All 7 s of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly Sole Agents for the celebrated a -| “Eureka,” IRON AND METAL DEALERS, and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive teen Pewter. Zinc. &e. iron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. ROME MERCHANT TRON Mills, OXFORD IRON CO., E, N. Wey . lron & Steel. ‘initia ars of the best grade of (B. G, CLARKE, Receiver,) 24 Broadway, New York City. Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. a COMMON & REFINED IRON, || snc narirannetannnnencced QS Ut alls AND Hoops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, steed b of Irom brane led J.G. All dane balis re uced e hammer. Orders may Ane sent to the Mill - Horse Shoe, Nail Rods, ‘ARPENTER, our Agent, at 59 Jon ee SL STON GERRY C0, SPIKES. Orders eer filled from stock. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, Cos WALL STREET, wuw. rork. lron Merchants, NEW YORK. 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. g ORUMY, ULSTERIRON A full assortment of all sizés constantly on hand. +. V Refined fron, © ‘iain oO Horse-Shoe Iron, rokers . Common Iron, Band, Hoop and Scroll Iren, | uy oO N 9 Norway Nail Rods, TIN PLATES “Burden Best” & METALS, Norway Shapes, GS Wall St., New York. lron A. R. Whitney, W. BAILEY LANG, Established 176, by ABEEL & BYVANCK, Manufacturer of and Dealer in 66, 58 & 60 Hudson, SHIRES nemo. L OW-MOOR 12, 14416 Worth Sts Oar specialty is in Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- | RON co M PANY, struction of Fire-Proot Buildings, NO. 50 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. a Cee et a ne otcecrption |SZAMES WILLIAMSON & CO.,/|— Bridges, &c. _ Troy, N.Y: Books copes cuts of all Iron made sent on ap- plication by mai SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Sample pieces at office. co address U L S 1 E R BORDEN & LOVELL, PIG IRON, HB & § Bar Iron CommissionMerchants|i;steR IRON WORKS eens 70 & 71 West St., "! American & English Refined Iron. We. Borden, t alee New York. All sizes and shapes in stock. nts for the sale o Mall EGLESTON BROS, & CO., Age Fall River Iron Co’s Nails, | /Uckerman, Mulligan & Co 186 South St») NEW YORK CITY, Bands, Hoops & Rods. |Passaic Rolling Mill C0.,| ssc. ncn —_ PATERSON, N. J. es DAN’L W. RICHARDS & CO, lron Bridge Builders | Pig Iron and Bar Iron, Boiler Rivets. 18 Wall St., New York. Morton B. SM!tTa. Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., IRON MERCHANTS Cor. Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK CITY. M. H. WALLACE. Wa. BIspHaM. And Manufacturers of Beams, Channels, Angles, TEs, Merchant Iron, &c., &c. New York Office, Reem 45, Astor House. Scrap lron, Scrap Steel, Old Rails and Old Metals, B. F. JUDSON © WO PAYENWEATIER, Treararer. | 88 to 96 Mangin St., New York. : ate ‘CARMICHAEL, EMMENS & WORTH, —— Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN W. S. MIDDLETON, Pig Tron, inn ano stee Bower pure, Brokerin Machinery & ron Agent for Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, | acu Peet eameucn Con's bun, | FORSTER'S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER stown Iron C “The The best in market. wi 0 LD ME TAL Ss. | I a i mi iat Sa NEM W.S. MIDDLETON, 62 John St.,N. ¥, 2532453 suauy siz} NEW YORK. | mie * — Glengarnock and Carnbroe FOREIGN AND AMERICAN ua DANIDL ©. COONDY.,..|RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP won. SCOTCH PIG IRON. SS Washington St., N. Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work. 56 PINE STREET BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, | CO; 7 NEW YORK. | For spot delivery and for prompt or forward — w * parent us Si S. 1 ~~ = shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, ts | $ es Pam clpveSron vn Iron Co., Viaduet Iron Wé rks, | * < AISSBERGE R, Baitimore or New Orleans, Bergen Rolling Mills at Jers ila IRON & METAL DEALER, Lebanon Rolling M its Pine tron w fe a a Vorks rhe ‘ lron , 511 and sig to s29 East roth St., New York 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York. For sale in lots to suit by fill | ave on hand, and offer for sale, the following | J AMES LE LD & CO., Powerville 0 ing | Scotch and American Pig Iren, Wrought, C ast | and Machin ry S orap une yn, ¢ u Wheels, Axl $end | Sole Agents for the United fice Manufacturer of me ivy Wr ht ld Ce >pper, Compt | 72 Pine Street, New York. HORSE SHOE TRON oo casita T BATES & DESPARD, 2 TA Ls $87 Peart Ges Mow Beete?, 0. Be He Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. seas stitu ano vic cov. FULLER BROTHERS &CO., SCRAP IRON an OLD RAILS c, f and L to 139 Greenwich Street, New York. America, or £. 0 0. Eogush ports, i BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER. ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &e SLACK DIAMONDS 6TEh8.. OSs owen ARRISON & GILLOON Pennocks, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 902, 304, 306 CHERRY ST., rT ” L k NEW YORK, W WwW t have on hand, and offer for sale, the following: PIERSON & 0. a aSse ’ u ens, Scotch and sae Pig Iron, Wrought, | Cast and Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plate, Sheet, (achinery Sorap Iron, Car-Whe Axles and Heavy ht Iron; also ‘old Copper, Composition. Brass, ABEEL BROTHERS, |Iron and Metal Brokers,|%- 8. scranron, sates Agent, BURDEN’S Burden lron Works, H. Burden & Sons, 4. xroON. | Xron. Xron. xron. i xron, ipa NEW YORK. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH. ______—_sPITTSBURGH. W. D, WOOD & C08 A. G. HATRY, Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boiler, Angle, T, and Raltlroad Iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R. R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGH, PA. PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1878 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1676, Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price, - Tou méie SNOW SHOES a by all the principal : ROADSTER METAL DEALERS \ @ PATTERN. In the Large cities throughout THE UNITED STATES. And at their Office, STEEL T , I11 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. OE CALKS ——KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL. | Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel mans, ne £ eooret. BOILER PLATE I FR ©O INT s STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. q| = tteburgh, - Pa-! Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet Cc. KANE. Iron, all descriptions, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL,| SHOENBERGER & CO., ™**r2"*™ PIC IRON, BLOOMS, Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co.., AND ORE. Successors to ____s—S PITTSBURGH, PA. __| GAYLORD ROLLING MILL Co., Wm. REA, Prest. Sami. Barey, Jr., Secy. Manufacturers of F. B. Laveu in, Vice-Prest. W. A. SHAw, Treas. Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) UNION STORAGE CO wcaveox | STEEL BOILER PLATE, Storage and Sesue Warrants Agricultural and Machinery Steel and Steel Tire, H I PIG IRON, BLOOMS, INGOTS, | Mercnant Bar. Hoop and Sheet Tent Weeentt MUCK BAR, RAILS, &. | Spikes, Fish Bars an Office and Works : Correspondence relative to cstaiitichenent f | yards at furnaces solicited. - PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. General Office, PITTSBURGH. PA, Prest ond Gentine’ ta aie 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. aUGse & CO., Corner 13th and Etna Streets, PITTSBURGH, PA. LEECH BU RG _ TRON WoRKS. KIRKPATRICK & CcCo., Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, ac)” NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIOK, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa, Reena WORKS, Leechburg, Pa, ANDREW KLOMAN, | & © i. me AN ; Testamentary Trustees. PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURER OF Steel and Iron Structural Material EYE BAR BLANK AS IT LEAVES THE ROLLS, 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. Steel Rails of all sizes and patterns. Splice Bars. Channel Bars for Thielsen Car Truck, SPECIALTY—Unusual shapes and sizes in Steel or Iron; Anglea Tees and other structural shapes in Tron or Stael SWEDISH IRON. CHAS. G. LUNDELL gam J. F. FULLARTON, Bennett Building, NEW YORK, Scnaatiin No. 7 Exchange Place L. G. BRATT & CO. ard the UDDEHOLN CO., Sweden, BOSTON, Pig pare, Rods ads h Bessemer and M: pette Sie mens Iro an Ste el and - m Rails, Old Rails, Scrap Ire 2 and Steel, 7 Agency <“ Mass. N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Swedish & Norway lron of every descr ck on hand at Boston, New York and ‘Phiiade aip hia. imp< yrtation orders ¢ apecialty. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 38 Kilby st., Boston. REPRESENTING Ekman &Co. , ALBERT Poses, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. G OTHENBURG ront street. i t. a > COMBINATION STEEL & IRON CO., SWEDEN. CHESTER, PA. We are now prepared to manufacture the COM- BINATION RAILS under Wheeler's patent. Orders solicited. | "Racine Boat 4 revonvrion IN BOAT BUILDING. | For 2c. will mail section showing construction. Catalogue gratis THOMAS KANE & co., Chivago, iu, New York Office, 82 JOHN ST. C, A. WEED, General Manager. February 17, 1881. Ror eer eee ence Rron . ___ PHILADELPHIA. Xpon, PHILADELPHIA. Siemens’ Regenerative, HENRY LEVIS & Co., GAS FURNACE. Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and RICHMOND & POTTS, Sheet Iron and General Railway 119, Fourth Mt. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | 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 yualiry ef RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 100,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &c. ADDRESS, CAMBRIA LRON COMPANY, No, 218 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling ane, 46 Pine &t., N. ¥. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron | Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. | WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Lron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUM NS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street, BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St, ALAN WOOD & CoO., 9 5 MANUFACTURERS OF '" Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. ited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank and Boat iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, ; ast, camping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, y he aden lron, 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 theit Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. Ws th PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS & CoO., Manufacturers of a CAR AXLES. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No, 265 S$. Fourth St,, Philadelphia. ~ Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY FACINGS. FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. MOULDING SAND A SPECIALTY. Albany, Crescent, Tullytown and Lumberton Sands. al ng nnel GERMAN LEAD, BITUNTEN, SIEVES, MACHINERY SAND, Tees AMERICAN LEAD, ANTHRACITE, SHOVELS, BERASS SAND, PLUMBAGO, CHARCOAL, BRUSHES, CHANDELIER SAND, STOVE PLATE, MINERAL, CRUCIBLES, STOVE PLATE SAND, Office and Storrroom: 4. W. PAXSON & C0.” 1514, 516 and 518 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 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 Allentcwn, Pa. NG = — ee : meas JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. 0 BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, 7. . . . Analytical and Consulting Chemists, RG, 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, IN fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of oo Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Lim nes, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands &c. AlJl analyses made by the members of the firm. Price lists on application. THE IRON AGE. _#ron. Edward J. Etting, IRON BROKER anv COMMISSION MERCHANT, 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa, Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &e. Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co, and The Coleraine Furnaces, STOKAGE WHARF AND YARD DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track with railroad. Cash advances |made on Tron. J. Wesley Pullman, 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Exclusive SALES AGENT, Chester tron Co.’s Blue, Red and Hoff ORES. Also celebrated & Brotherton ” Ore. Db. 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. J.O. RICHARDSON, | IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia. Iron, Railroad Iron and Iron Ores. Sole Agent for the MONOCACY FURNACE CO, DEALER IN MOSELEM, ROCKHILL, WA RWICK, And other Favorite Brands, SILVER GREY IRON A SPECIALTY. J. W. HOFFMAN & UO., lron Merchants & Railway Equipments, 20S South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate JUSTICE COX, Jr, “CKARLES K, BARNS, JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., Chickies, St, Charles, Montgomery and Keystone Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. | CATASAUQUA MFG, COS Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Lron. | RAILROAD CAR AXLES. NEW AND OLD RAILS. No. 333 Walnut S8t., Philadelphia, PETER WRIGHT & SONS, 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19 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 St., Philadelphia. CLARK, POST & MARTIN, No. 34 Pine St., Pig New York, Bankers and Railway Commission Merchants, Importers of Pig Iron, New and Old Rai, s, Scrap Iron, &c, THE Iron. Celebrated “‘Glasgow’ and ** Pine’? brands for fire boxes and difficult flanging. Pig and S TA N D A K p Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Quotations give en on Bridge and Building Specifications. WROUCHT IRON _ Boiler Tubes, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. 1/0il 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 Kailroad IRON. No. 333 Walnut St., Charcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. STEEL WORKS. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. BRAND é ZF STANDARD. Prices as Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. 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, 220 S. 4th St., Philadeiphia, Pa. Italian and Spanish CHARCOAL IRON, CHILL-GRADED, For Car Wheels, &c. BY FOR SALE ALFRED EARNSHAW, 203 Walnut Place, PHILADELPHIA. LOGAN IRON AND STEEL CO, | see eR. WISTER, ER. IRON BROKERS. Agents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Co,’s Fire Bricks. No. 230 South 4th St., Philadelphia, Phila. 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 Nerchant, No. 430 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Sole Agent for the