The Iron Age 1881-02-24: Vol 27 Iss 8

881 ES |D the her The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XX VIT: No. 8. The Martel Furnace. The Martel furnace at Pt. St. Ignace, Mich., is now being constructed by Messrs, Davenport, Fairbairn & Co., of Erie, Pa. As it makes a new departure i» charcual fur nace practice im +4is country, we present the aceompanying Ulustrations, showing the de- tails of the plant, and for which we are indebted to Messrs. Witherow & Gordon, of Pittsburgh, the contractor. As will be noticed, it is the first charcoal furnace in the United States represented with the Whitwell hot- blast stoves, and its lines and zones have been so proportioned as to meet the conditions incident to the use of higher temperatures. The subject of the considerations affecting this change is one of much interest, and we shall at an early date give some of the ideas which led to the adoption of the lines of this furnace, as embodied in a paper written by Mr. J. P. Witherow for presentation at the recent meeting of the Institute of Mining Engineers, The Martel furnace has a diam- eter of bosh of 10 feet 6 inches, and a hight of 53 feet from the hearth level to the plat- form top. The hearth is 6 feet 6 inches in diameter and 6 feet high, is angled to the bosh 16 feet 4 inches high. The diameter of the bell is 4 feet 9 inches, and that of the tunnel head 7 feet 3 inches, while the hight of the tuyeres is 4 feet 6 inches. The angle of bosh is 73 degrees, In order to preserve furnace was commenced last November, and work was continued thereon until the middle | aud are now filling an order for 20,000 Rem- | ington guns for the Argentine Republic, and New York, Thursday, February 24, 1881. recommended, and call them ‘‘ Gorloff guns,” out of compliment to that officer. It is January. It will be finished and in blast in| another order is being executed for 15,000! probable the American manufacturers are July. The charcoal will come off the com-}| Hotchkiss guns for the government of Chili ; any’s own property, and the ores from | but in both of these countries they are mak- | frarquette by the new railroad connecting these two points. The interesting question presented by the design of this furnace is, will she come up to the expectations and requirements of the engineers, Messrs. | ing their own cartridges—the former using | machinery made by the Remingtons. It is remarked that for all the most celebrated American arms the prices asked indicate a | great decline from former values. The Witherow & Gordon, of Pittsburgh, which | Martini-Henry now sells at $17.30 with bay- are that the output will average from 65 to! onet, the Berdan at $21 and the Remington 70 tons of iron ‘per day on a charcoal con- sumption of 75 bushels to the ton of iron ? ——— — Small Arms and Artillery. As remarked lately by one of the local representatives of a large manufacturer of firearms, ‘‘this business of supplying the governments of the world with small arnis is practically in the hands of German Jews, who have their headquarters in Berlin and Hamburg; hence, Americans have a poor chance at present.” These parties, it is explained, are buying up the obsolete and discarded weapons of various governments —arms used in the Franco-German war, for example—and, after putting them in order, are sending them to China, South America andelsewhere, Aside from the supplies thus SCALE 20 —~T } i , seldom heard of, although at the present time they are putting these batteries in every division of the Russian army. It is remarked, perhaps by parties not wholly disinterested, that a revolution has come about in this business ; that the maga zine gun is becoming the gun of modern times, and that experiments point to the Lee gun as the arm of the future. A few = 5 | SL°50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Zen Cents. pliment to this country that the English government has at last settled down to using the composition invented by Col. Crispin, U.S, A., as superior to any other. In addition to the above, it may be men- tioned that 10,000 or 15,000 stand of arms have been ordered for Guatemala and San Salvador. ——— - On the morning of the 15th inst. a barrel of coal oil exploded in the engine house of the Kast Pennsylvania [ron Company’s fur- bare Ca cae ae a eee EE EE SE | , htt t i SSSSAASSSSS > rth SSS S Seetiee ts : Ss 7 SSS SSS SSS: SERN PSQSSSESSSSSSSSSESSS - = : : ; ELEVATION OF THE MARTEL CHARCOAL FURNACE, Line of Stock House a & Evy the lines of the furnace, three continuous rings of water cooling plates are built in th. bosh, and the bottom is protected by a sand | cooler water-back. The furnace is supported by two Whitwell stoves of recent design, 15 feet in diameter and 60 feet high, each stove | having a heating surface of 14,000 square | feet. It has also a steam hoist manufactured by Crane Bros., with wrought-iron superstruc- ture, roofed and combining with the roof over platform and bridge. The draft stack is 5 feet in diameter and 150 feet high. It | takes the draft of stoves and boilers. There | are four boilers, 46 inches in diameter and | 34 feet long, with two flues, each 16 inches in diameter. The engine house is a brick Se oS a sisjs! SE eS Il al ——s— 9 —= r F ql PT) pe 4) 0 ts OO ty]. [ | ' | ee FA ' —— / / ‘ | | | | ES SE 2 = Metal Yard furnished, a large contract with Prussia, comprising 100,000 of the Smith & Wesson cavalry pistol, is being filled by parties in Berlin who are using American machinery, and from a specimen which we have exam- ined it would appear that there is no varia- tion from the original pattern, aside from | the omission of the American stamp. This pistol is furnished at the low price of $10, | ‘but it is robbery,” said our informant. It may be remembered that the Russian gov- ernment a few years ago ordered 60,000 of these arms from the Smith & Wesson Com- pany, paying $13 each. The last of ‘the lot was delivered in 1878. A Berlin firm, by the aid of gun-making machinery from the Pratt & Whitney Company, of Hartford, building, roofed with an iron water tank, which supplies the furnace and stove con- are now supplying that market, as we have seen, having underbid American con- nections, The vertical blowing engine has | tractors. ® 72-inch cylinder, and 48-inch stroke, This Our manufacturers have recently received ! at $15, and each of these is said to cost less PLAN OF THE MARTEL CHARCOAL FURNACE. than $8 tomanufacture. The figures given show a reduction of from 33 to 40 per cent., | compared with prices a few years ago; and the same reduction applies to cartridges, because the machinery in use has been paid for from contracts executed heretofore. The Berlin manufacturers, it is said, consider it a great triumph to have stolen a march on | their American rivals, who perhaps expected to keep the whole field for themselves. Of field pieces, the Hotchkiss batter- ies, carrying from an eight to twelve- pound shell, are pronounced a great success. The French have been experimenting with them for three or four years with good results, and the Russians have adopted them for their service. As we have stated ‘here- tofore in these columns, the Russians order- ed 600 Gatlings from the United States, through Gen, Gorloff, by whom they were [Tere i YG / / Whitwell Stove _—*~ Zz r | thousand of these have been ordered by the | United States government at Springfield, for distribution to the troops in actual service. After one year they will be brought together for official inspection and for a de cision. England is also making experiments with this arm at Wimbledon, with favora- ble reports. It is made at Sharp’s. It is predicted that for hatteries—that is, forts and harbor defense—no breech-load- ing gun will prevail as against the muzzle- loader ; but for naval service, where the cannon must be drawn in to reach the muzzle, breech-loaders to a certain extent will be used where a very large caliber is necessary, as the balls cannot be handled without machinery. The metal from which large cannon are cast is a composition, and European govern- ments have expended large amounts in test- Casting House nace, operated by Theodore Garretson, at Pottsville. The furnace is located at Lyons, Berks County. The night founder discovered dense volumes of smoke issuing from the engine house about half past one o’clock in the morning. An attempt was at once made to connect the hose with the water plug. The smoke was so dense and suffo cating that the attempt was abondoned, All means of reaching the water were, there fore, cut off, and the building was left to its fate. Not long after the fire was discovered the building was a smoking ruin Nothing but the brick walls remained of it. Two stationary engines were badly damaged. Considerable other machipery was also damaged, The engine house was a brick structure about 50 feet square. The loss is estimated at between 315,000 and 320,000, The furnace will undoubtedly chill, and, ing its tenacity and resistance, It is a com-| consequently, be blown out, — a. i a i la il ee ar <a ~— : . ~ ee ‘ —-— aay - hte na * ‘ a wt tee > mpd. a I ie ee ee le & “i 2s a ~~, aa i allt — ] hy aS eee ————— — } ss SA etals. PActals. Petals. | ANSONIA . The Plume & Atwood ak BRASS & COPPER CO NE Wo. 19 Cliff Sts set, - | oii Oa 87 Mfg. Company, mI Phelps Building, NEW YORK. r <CANUFACTUEEE. o& MANUFACTURERS OF , ot BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury Brass (CO.|SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE | .' oe German Silver and Gilding Metal Sheets. Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c, Sheet, ‘Roll ee Platers’ Brass, ; 6 ; Seamless Brass & Copper CERMAN SILVER, Copper Rivets and Burs, t . Tubin Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, q ' - K- BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, Kerosene Burners, 3 Ausonia Corrugated Stove Platforms); COPPER RIVETS & BU RS | amp Trimmings, Ko. PURE COPPER WIRE BRASS KETTLES, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. | Door Rail, Brass Tags, 50 Chambers Street, New York. 4 ti y) Pnosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal Street, Boston. ( | Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Me:sues, dc. Rolling Mill, Factories, vf ____INCOT CO COPPER. And small Brass Wares of every Description. THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. a: i ge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. —— — Bridgeport Brass Co,, MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass, Se z "igeueete or the PHELPS, DODGE & 1 eee, Mtg. Co.’s Line ot Sport- ing Goods and Wood’s Paper IMPORTERS OF Shot Shells. | DEPOTS: Mille At Ti N P LAT E , 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, B & C Wi & T bj ROOFING PLATE, | 189 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. Conn, rass opper wire ubing, 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 manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, Bridgeport, Conn. Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. NEW YORK, Manhattan Brass Co,, Manufacturers of Olmsted Patent Oilers, Prior Patent Oilers Broughton Patent Oilers, Brass, Tin & Zine Ollers, Brass Tubing, Brass Butt Hinges, Zinc Tubing, Hurricane Lanterns, Brown’s Patent Picture Hooks. Fire Sets, Fenders, &c. Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Copper Wire, CLIFF STREET Copper Rivets, SCOVILL MFC CO WAREHOUSE, 19 Murray St., N. ¥. THOS. W. FITCH, Prest. and Treas, A. A, LASAR, Secy, rib wl : Pet BRASS, BRASS BLANKS AND TUBES ; HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER. 7 PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. | ist ave., oven 6 seek Stee New York. pn _— >) kh ah 4 BUTTONS, (THE NEW HAVEN Pe" CLOTH AND METAL. : Rm. i DEPOTS, FACTORIES, COPPER CO., ii) ae a ae waternury, Com. | 255 Pearl Street, New Vork. " By Ss 183 Lake St. Chicago. New York City, Manufacturers of and Dealers in a DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,/Braziers’ & Sheathing PREP KGS ° ; ST. LOUIS. MO 1 “e |i Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper, COPPER. ———— eee . ais te —— Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, Holmes, Booth & Hay dens, | DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool, NW voru.| Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, &c. _ ET j ROME IRON WORKS, | JOHN STARR, _ | 40 cuampers s:. 18 Wedere! 80. Manufacturets of al! kinds of Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. eC A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS ; FOR HARDWARE TRADE. 7} Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, He xagon, | Round and Square Head Cap and ‘ Set Screws; Brass and Iron Safe ty ana Jack Chain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all } kinds, from Sheet Iron, Steel or Brass. 7 timates on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited aud Es promptly given. Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS, BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons. SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS. Brovklyn Brass and Copper Co., Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin Antimony, Solder & Old Metals. CO John Street.N.V. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Manufacturers of Hardware & Metal Broker, MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Representing in the Dominion of Canada several American Manufacturers, is ready to accept further Ageucies, Satisfactory references, JAMES HALL, Treasurer. E. HANSON, Secretary. Patty oe D Bais” ABRAM 8. HEWITT, resident i WM. HEWITT, Vice President. ie TRENTON IRON COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1847), } > TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of i Eee _ FOR J “ f OF ALL GuADas Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes Dey. BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED;} = “"” “"Scrnr wom ld Se Iron and Steel Wire Rods; Galvanizers & Brass Founders. Tas EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. | MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'lAgents, mY Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal !ron Wire} Ee’ Neerty Sereet. AV: Siew Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co.. yw ‘. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. maNesaowenmnsee ih Phita 1 x Ip! phia On a Jé SHIN’ HEWITT, Ne erg 7 North aan St BRODERICK & BASCOM, 1 MANUFACTURERS OF i IRON STEEL WIRE ROPE. Bricht, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE or all sizes straighte ned and cut to order. The Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in SOLDER, TYPE, Stereotype, roi. and Babbitt Sesdhes Importers of Block Tin, Antimony, &c. Refiners of ad, Spelter, &c. Highest price pala 1 for Old Metals or Di 525 a ross. 530 East 20th AY Avenues A& B Kew ~~ — ~a - ——— a rear LS <n a - THEHE IRON AGE February 24, 1881. WIRE ROPE Hoisting Purposes of all kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Lightning Rods, 4c., &e. Suspension Bridge Cables. GALVANIYED For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3,, +e nd 7 tae t. PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, President & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary, Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. A SPECIALTY MADE or GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. ST. LOUIS WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE: 802 No. Second St. 107 Lake St. NEW YORK OFFICE: 27 Cliff St, HOWARD c& MOoRSE, Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS COPPER AND IRON WIRE CLOTH, Wire Cloth, partly unrolled, Wire. U ‘ No. 16 Mesh, No. 23 Wire. ROEBLINC’S— WORKS aT TRENTON, Warehouse zai 117 Liberty Street. THE JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS 0, MANUFACTURERS OF Iron and Steel WIRE Market Wire, Fence Wire Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, ®Ruckle Wire, Spring Wire, Rivet Wire, &c., &c, GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. Telegraph Wire, Market Wire, Vineyard Wire. lron, Steel and Copper FOR IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. ___ Address, HAZARD M HAZARD MFG CO.. Wilkesharre. Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near. Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow liopes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, Flucseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire "'RKILE Gh. N47HT WiiRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high condu tivity, and in long lengths, GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, ply Stran!, Staples, &c. Anncaled and Oiled Fencing Vire a und an! oval WIRE: ROPE OF EVERY DESRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. ontractors to the German and For —- poreman “nt The ok ae t house in the braneh on t Yon Telegraph Address, CAMLSW ERK, COLOGNE, pe Oe General aiane for U. 8. and C anada, PERKINS & Se an 23 Nassau St, N.Y. J. WOOL GRISWOLD, | MINERS’ CANDLES. Manufacturer of tides to any other Light for Mining WT IT Fr. EB. Purposes, Manufactured by | JAMES BOYD'S SON, TROY, N. ¥, Nos. 10 & 12 Franklin St., New York. vire. reet. se] Vire Vire, Vire, Pal “ ncing Yon rk. February 24, 1881. 0; LINDEMANN & (0., Manufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD: CAGES. Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. BROWN & BROTHERS, |Stanley Rule & Level Co., MANUFACTURERS OF improved Carpenters’ Tools. Manufacturers of Bailey’s Patent Adjustable Planes. General Agents for the sale of Leonard Bailey & Co.'s ** Victor Planes,” anufacturers of ** Defiance? Patent Adjustable Planes. 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. Manufacturers of BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER, In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets and Burs, Etc. ALSO Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER fIOUSE 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. 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. <x* RIDDLES AND CASTING BRUSHES aspecialty. Superior goods and reasonable prices. Send for prices. E. T. BARNUM, Detroit, Mich. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Silver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- ; port shipments. 102.& 105 William St., | NEW YORK. I st variety in patterns and unsurpassed in low paices. New Illustrated Catalogues and Price | Lists on application. THE MONTOUR IRON & STEEL COMPANY, Works at Danville, Pa. RAILS = AND PIC IRON.| A ral assortment of Mine and Narrow-Gauge | Rails kept on hand, from which shipments ¢an made promptly. W. E. C. COXE, President, Reading, Pa. 8. W. INGERSOLL, Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. ¥. P. HOWE, Generat Supt., Danville, Pa. ) / VE EL LLLRAL AAR ALAA LAG | | Market steei Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 934, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, WESTON’S DIFFERENTIAL PULLEY BLOCKS. NEW YORK, MAKERS, YALE LOCK MANFC. CoO., Office & Works, STAMFORD, CONN. SALESROOMS: 63 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. | So” MARKET ST., 36 PEARL STREET, BOSTON. G64 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. FACTORIES, New Britain, Conn, WAREROOMS, 29 Chambers St., New York, This Advertisement is Changed Every Week. Perrine an a GAUTIER STEEL CO. LIMITED, JOHNSTOWN, PENN. 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, &c. WHITEHEAD BROS. _AMERICAN FACING CO. WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 5617 W. 15th St., New York, FIRE SAND AND CLAYS. Established 1810, N. & G, TAYLOR GO,, PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in ODD AND REGULAR SIZES TIN AND ROOFING PLATES Black and Galvanized Sheet Iron, Metals, Wire, Stamped Ware, Registers, &c. THE IRON-AGE: CARY c& MOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STOVE MANUFACTURERS, Proceedings of the Second Day’s Session. The association was called to order on the morning of February roth at 10.30, by the president, Mr. R. P. Myers. After some routine business the Chair then called for the report of the Committee on the President’s Address and other business, and Mr. John S, Perry, chairman, offered the following : Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: The committee appointed to consider the several points suggested in the address of our late President, General Rathbone, and to report thereupon, and also to present other sub- jects, if found necessary, for the considera- 3 SE A stating their firm conviction that, with crops of reasonable abundance and a fair market for the surplus, and in the absence of any great calamity to our ex untry, we are destined to enjoy one of the most prosper- ous years that this generation has experi- enced. JoHN S. PERRY, M. I. Mitts, I. B. FILuey, JOSIAH JEWETT. | The report of the committee was received |and the consideration of its recommenda- tions declared in order. The first recom mendation, as to prices, &c., being based on what the committee considered the probable | course of the iron market, a member called attention to the presence of Mr. A. G. Gorham, of Steveuson, Peirson & Co., and the Chair invited him to give his views Austin G. Gorman: Mr. President and tion of this meeting, respectfully report | @e%tlemen—I should be very glad to say that among the many subjects so ably treated in the address, none appear to your committee of such paramount importance as the probable cost of iron during the pres- ent year, and the prices for which our pro- ducts shall be sold. In respect to the probable cost of iron, your committee can only form their con- clusions upon the history of the past. From a careful study of that, they find that dur- ing the past twenty years, the average price for good No. 1 foundry iron has been much nearer $30 than $25, which may be assumed as the present minimum price. That the occasions on which iron has ruled materially below $25 were unusual and exceptional ; as for example, at the breaking out of the war anything I can if I thought it would be of interest. Ithink Mr, Perry has covered the whole ground in his report, though his views are more conservative than my own. I take much stronger ground than he does. He speaks of the average price of iron being $30 for the last 20 years. I have been back to 1808 very carefully, and to 1844 still more so. Since that period the reports are much more definite. The record shows the average price of No. I pig iron to be close to $35—that is, from 1844 to 1881. A year ago the advance was caused by prospective prosperity ; now it will be legitimate pros- perity. A year ago everybody rushed in one on top of the other, supposing we would be short of ores, and they climbed one above in 1861, and during the depressed years of the other, until they put the iron away up, the panic, two conditions which are not and many consumers went in as speculators. likely to be repeated at present. When this thing turned—the foreign impor Your committee have satisfactory evi-|t@tion being large, over 400,000 tons being dence that under ordinary circumstances, | S!ipped the first three months of last year— with the present price of material and labor, there is little or no profit to the manufac- turers in the sale of No. 1 foundry iron at $25. A reference to any publication devoted to the interest of manufacturing, as, for exam- ple, the Boston Journal of Commerce, will show that unusual activity prevails in every branch and in every part of tke country, and that the consumption of iron in 1881 will largely exceed that of any year in the past. This point your committee thinks requires no argument. When iron advanced from $20 to $30 or $40 a year ago, the producers generally held large stocks, some of which have been car- ried for several years. Your committee have reason to be- lieve that comparatively light stocks are now held in the hands of both makers an consumers. It must be remembered, how- ever, that by the increase in the number of furnaces in blast, and the improvements made in the construction of many of them, the production of American iron is muc larger than at any former period. Your committee must refer to the impor- tant element of foreign iron, which enters into this question. This is substantially an unknown quantity, but we do know that the capacity for production in Great Britain is immense. Your committee understand that this problem, so far as relates to us, will only be solved by the foreign demand. It is | ®™ well, perhaps, to remember that iron can- not be made in Great Britain, transported to this country, and put upon the market and sold with profit at a very low price. At 63/, which may be considerec an average price, we have the first cost at about $15.75. The duty of $7 brings the cost to $22.75. To this must be added freight, insurance, commissions and the thou- sand expenses attendant upon the move- ment of such heavy material, leaving, so far as your committee can discern, no margin for profit, at even $26. There are men whose judgment is entitled to confidence, who believe that iron will reach $30 or more. Your committee believe that the elements which enter into this question are more favorable to such a result than those which existed ayear ago. They, therefore, recommend that the prices of stoves be based upon the probability of a strong iron market, with a tendency up- ward. Your committee feel warranted by the census just completed in stating that we have in this country over 10,000,000 of families, and that every succeeding year in the next decade will add to this number not less than 75,000 more families. This no one wanted to buy. When it started on the down scale they got frightened and would buy nothing. There were three 500-ton lotsof iron—s5oo tons of crane, 500 tons of No. 1 extra Thomas, and 500 tons of No. 1 extra Allentown—offered gradually down to $40. That was in February and March last. No one felt at all uneasy until No. 1 extra iron was offered at $40, and then it was of- fered down to $39.50, and then broke to $25.50 before there was a purchaser. There were some lots offered upon the market. The first purchase was made by agents. I have during the last four weeks been out of town most of the time calling upon people I know intimately, who would give me absolute facts, in order to see how the prospects were for 1881, in different branches of the iron business, among the q | consumers. I went to some of the car works. At the Springfield works I found, during the last 60 days, that they had absolute orders for two years ahead, working day and night. They had taken all the orders for the next h | 8ix or eight months, and so had to refuse all orders. beyond that time. Another man in New York, who takes orders for cars, had orders with him for over 5000 freight cars and could not find any place to put them. The locomotive shops, too, are full of orders for six and eight months ahead. Very few of them have the iron bought to fill these orders, and I find it the same with machinery isteam-engine manufacturers. Our sales man last week stated that most people have only 30 or 60 days’ supply of pig iron. Some of the more wealthy manufacturers have their stocks and have bought ahead. 1 | Eighteen dollars for pig iron two years ago showed a better profit to the pig-iron pro- ducer than $25 to-day. We are running a furnace of our own East, where we went into blast a year ago last September. In August, when we made our arrangements for buying our coal and other material, we estimated that it would cost us a little less than $17 to make that pig iron. Every week we have a sheet showing the cost of production of each week. The last week of January it was $24.09 a ton. The cost of labor two or three years ago was very much less. We then got labor at 80 cents, and some at 60 cents, where we were mining ores and doing ordi- nary work at the mines, and to-day we are paying $1.25, and are likely to pay more. Some of our neighbors have sent to Castle Garden to secure emigrants as they ar- rive, but they are all hooked through to the far West. We are short of labor. We cannot get it. ‘Uhere is no doubt that there will be an ad- vance in pig iron. There is no doubt that = statement may give some idea of the prospec-| we shall see $30, taking a conservative tive demand for manufactured goods. view. All advance beyond that hinges upon It is generally believed that the stocks of the foreign market. From whatever cause stoves in the hands of both manufacturers | there is an advance there, we shall see a pro- and dealers is smaller than usual, and that port 1opate advance here . and if high prices the demand during the coming season will | there, possibly higher prices here than we be sufficient to absorb the product at paying | Saw last January. But that is all based upon prices. the foreign consumption. Every year they It cannot be doubted that vast numbers of | are increasing the consumption very much stoves were sold during the past year at| indeed, and I am glad to see that many of prices below the cost of production, and it is the outside roads—railroads outside of the believed by your committee that consider- able disappointment has resulted from an inspection of the yearly balance sheets. The association, at the meeting a year ago, recommended that upon the basis of iron at $35 the price for common stoves should be fixed at 64 cents per pound, and from that to 9 cents, according to the quality. As iron now ranges at about $10 below the price assumed at that time, your committee now recommend that the minimum price for common stoves until the summer meeting of the association be fixed at 6 cents, mounting and ornaments to be added thereto, and from that to 8 cents, according to the quality. They also recommend that the price for repairs he continued at § cents—this latter, in view of the great cost of making repairs | that are not current, and of attending to this troublesome department of the business. They also recommend that the discount United States—are increasing and enlarg- ing and new roads are being built. The in- crease in this country this year will be 2000 or 3000 miles more of railroad than in 1880, I see by the papers that the Grand Trunk Railroad placed a loan abroad to build a second track throughout. That must be foreign rails. That is what I want to see. Then, too, there is an item which few take into c ynsideration -the increased pre duction of steel rails in this country. In 1872 and 1873 pig iron sold at about $60; Scotch, about $65 to $68. I remember selling some Coltness at $68 in Boston. ‘That was in February, 1873. At that time we con- sumed all the product of this country and a little over 1,000,000 tons foreign manu factured and pig irou—about 500,000 tons of each. There have been very few furnaces built since the panic of 1873. In the West, where they use Lake Superior ores and coke, they have increas d in pro upon hollow-ware shall not exceed 50 per cent. Alsothat the term for credit shall not exceed four months, the same to be settled | and 1573 there by note. As these prices are named in the full) try. consideration of the increased cost for labor and duction, but they have not increased as we have increased in consumption, In 1872 were between 200,000 and 300,000 tons of steel rails made in this coun In 1881 it will be between 1,200,000 1,300,000 tons. Even the product of over that which existed a year ago, and the | iron rails has increased somewhat, but not probable advance in the cost of iron at no| very much. So that an increase of 1,000,- distant day, your committee feel confident that an advance in our prices will be found necessary at the time of our meeting in June. They cannet olose their report witheut | 000 tons of steel rails must be made of pig | iron, and the pig iron made either in new | furnaces or in old furnaces tbat in 1872 and 1873 made mill or foundry iron, lhe two | Coleraine furnaces were making ordinay x = sé ¢ Sem. a A PPT. Bros ae " Seooeel od a ee aes tee «+, > 4. en — ee ———— we <——— ee ee ae + a THBBEIELRON AGE. February 24, 1881. TS TT Sr eaeencgebemeeaicennaenemnnn = Sa a aanaEeampamaromnntenaiaceannnnaee os eng eenan See SaaS xron. | Xow. kron, Xron. 4 _ Kron, "NEW YORK._____| WW YORK. NEW YORE PITTSBURGH. ___ PITTSBURGH. OGDEN & WALLACE, A. B. Warner & Son,| John W. Quincy, — 85,87,89 & 91 Elm St., New York. | IRON MERGHANTS, 9s aes Street, New Vork. | ron an d Ste v I 8 & 29 West and 52 Washinton du. manner eee wee nae . : eo | BOILER PL ATE, | BLOCK TIN. LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY. NICKEL, de BLACK DIAMOND STEEL | Botler Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder tren, ‘HARRISON & GILLOON All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly Gotler and Tank Rivets. ee Re Bole Agente for the celebrated 1RON AND METAL DEALERS ’ a ” P k . SHERRY S8T.. Eureka, ennoc 8, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 902, 904, 906 CHE on hand PIERSON & CO., “ Wawasset, ” Lukens, haye on hand, and oer fore, (ptowms: —_— th and Amert Wachinery Scrap Iron, Car-Wh Axies and Heavy ’ | Brands of 1 Alsoall descriptions of Plave, Sheet, | a Ce c ition, Brass. 24 & 26 Broadway, “7 & 19 New St. : aniennaients tel, Special attention to Locomotive | Und. Pewter: dine. aoe 2. eee rere W. 0. WOOD & Co § A. G. HATRY, Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boiler, Angle, T, and Rallroad Iron. And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R, R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGH, PA. PATEN’ a Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14‘h, 1865; April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jan, 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, fe Jt and at a much less price. eel SNOW SHOES 3= fl FOR SALE, \ by all the principal “ ROADSTER NEW YORK CITY. rt Fire Box Iron aspecialty, “PICKS” of all kinds, ROME MERCHANT IRON Mis, OXFORD JROW co... 7 ESOPUS : HORSE SHOE IRON, leer: a ay of a vener BEAMS, ANCLES, Bar tron, Bands = fine eee Cc ut N al if S on. Also Chart superior | Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. | ® | quality « rar y ber Lene All Eat at uced by hammer. ons rs mi 1y ‘se Ali descriptions in stock. Ex 3. 2 A) K VET K, our Agent, at 59 Joho fA E TA 3 D E A LE RS ve | PATTERN. } oa oO N & ST EEL. & a cata ag S P | K e Ss. In the Large cities throughout , THE UNITED STATES. oo SLU ae SCRANTON, Sales Agent, adnan , ABEEL BROTHERS, | PUSURIMIERERE |" '.cemesrsxcsars == us wow Seo PiTsunan. a STEEL TOE CALKS, sstablished 176s by ouaereraT kaa (a tr eadneedia: Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL. WILAMS, LONG & MeDOWEL, BOT ER PLATE I FR ©O INT s STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. | Eitcoburgm, Pa-| Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet GJ. KANE. Iron, all descriptions. OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, | SHOENBERGER & CO., ****ta:""™ PIC IRON, BLOOMS, eee np neanceapenentenanm AND ORE. Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co., PITTSBURGH, PA. CAYLORD ROLLINC MILL CO., Ww. Rea, Prest. Sam. Baltey, Jr., Secy. Manufacturers of F. B. Laveuns, Vice-Prest. W. A. Suaw, Treas. Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) UNION STORAGE CO. STEEL BOILER PLATE, Storage and Issue Warrants | Agricultural and Machinery Steot ON and Steel Tire. lso, Homogeneous Iron Boiler Plate and Riveta, PIG IRON, BLOOMS, INGOTS, “Merchant Bar, Hoop an and Sheet Iron, Wrought Horse-Shoe Iron, Common Iren, Band, Hoop and Scroll Iren, Iron ke IRON AND STEELRAILS,OLD RAILS. El BURDEN’S Sheet Iron, 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. SCRAP AND PIG IRON. Norway Nail Rods, JLSTERIRON Cr aetesin wae | ROM, “Burden Best” AP Whi TIN PLATES A. R. Whitney, & METALS, lron 68 Wall St., New York. 5 JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., a s 56, 58 & 60 Hudson SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Boiler Riy eis vena} NEWYORK i 48, 50 & 62 Thomas, and 12, 14 & 16 Worth Sts., . Pp i C j Pe Oo N, MUCK BAR, RAILS, &c. ee ciher ea - oF Oar specialty is in Correspondence relative to establishment of PORTSMOUTH, OI1IIO. Menufacturing Iron Used in the Con- Burden Iron Works, H. Burden & Sons, | ”*"°* Ge scam Office, PITTSBURGH Pa J. C. LEWIS, GEO. 8. LEWIS, struction of Fire-Proot Buildings, No. 69 Wall St., New York. eee _PA._! Pres't and Gen’! Sup't. a SABLE IRON & NAIL WORKS Established 1828. Manufacturers of Merchant Iron, Universal Mill Iron and Nails of Superior Quality and Finish. ompeanings Troy, N.Y gor enen Grom Stace of See descr ULSTER IRON WORKS, piss ooks containing cuts of ron ma e y+ office. yo ee 18 Wall St., New York. EGLESTON BROS. & CO. — 166 South Streets | NEW YORK CITY. BORDEN & LOVELL, Tuckerman, Mulligan&Co) *’’"auRDEN’s Commission Merchants Passaic Rolling Mill Co, Hi... B. & S. 70 & 7i West St., PATERSON, N. J. AND Orders for odd sizes Iron filled promptly. weer: — New York! Iron Bridge Builders ULSTER BAR IRON. ZUG & CO., Agents for the sale of And Manufacturers of All sizes and shapes in stock. Corner 13th and Etna Streets, PITTSBURGH, PA. Also Best Grades of Fall River lron Co.’s Nails,| Beams, Channels, Angles, | Am, & Eng. Ref'd Iron, Common lron,&c Bands, Hoops & Rods. THES, AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WATTS COOKE, Preai $58: .0Hitarnen maewe | Pig Iron and Bar Iron, WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO. CARMICHAEL, EMMENS & wanrmy| Pig TRON MERCHANTS | 901924 :2¢ccgursesxew vor Soran Iron, Scrap Steel, Cor. Albany & Washington Sts., IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. LEECH BURG _LtRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET rRON (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, ae.) Dan't W. Ricwaps. Morton B. Smita Merchant Iron, ac. KC. | DAN’L W. RICHARDS & CO,, New York Office, Room 45, Astor House. NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OF FICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pitteburgh, Pa. WORKA, Teechburg, Pa ANDREW KLOMAN, OMAN { Testamentary Trustees. PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURER OF = ~ -- NEWYORK CITT. | seat hentia tue tesitiuica| Old Rails and Old Metals, | Steel and Iron Structu val — rial _= . aa 4 ta ure! Rolling Mitts rand 0 a mt ube W Aron Wr the a ee / B. wm. Sas ISON, ~ |i ee oo no & 88 to 96 Mangin St., New York. l cm IIOGH W. ADAMS, Importer of and Dealer tn | — Se | Fouts AND attntcan Brokgs ereeeree kRwis TrONn, |Raiway, Pic and scrap IRON. : oe y Wrought & Cast Scrap lron, | Estimates — oe ee om Work. FORSTER’ S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, soci ite intense dieiabla alla iach Kloman Patent Solid Rolted Eye Bars, finished in Iron or Steel without welding or * upsetti Universal Mill Plates of [ron or Steel. Steel Rails of all sizes and patterns, Splice Bars, C me Bars for Thielsen Car Truck. SPK( AL TY - Unusual shapes @.ad sizes io Stee lor Lron: Ap¢gles Tees and other structural shapes in Tran o at OLD M ETALS. D. L. COBB. NEW VORK. | w.s. ‘MIDDLETON, 52 John St., N. ¥. &. A. LISSBERGER, sspEt82 Neat is! NEWYORK." inow a mevat oracen, ” Glengamock and Carabroe ee , 511 and 519 to s29 East 19th St, New ork, DANIEL y. COONEY. have on hand, and « offer for sale, the following: Sto CH PIG IRON (Late of and Successor to Jas. fi. —— & Ce. Seoteh, end American Pig lre>, Wrought, Cast ' V heels, Axles and SWEDISH IRON. CHAS. G. LUNDELL, gay J. F. FULLARTON, A Bennett Building, NEW YORK, ss Washinates e., N. ul a! Ma ue nery Scrap roe, © C ar _ ee teen Representing No. 7 Exchange Place, BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, tion, iass, Lead, Pewter, Zine, & For spot delivery and for prompt or forward Ls BRAT & CO. a4 th the vooe HOLM CO., Sweden WELDED BOILER FLI . . f g, Bars ods. | Swedish Be nd Martin ae. ae a4 ets, Angle & T ht Ci it Wal Is & Sp G c O R G E B U C HA NA N, eupmente to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, _— pr es in. : oni el and ‘iro mn "k ‘ails, old Rails, BOSTON, Agency for Pottstown Iron Co., Viaduct Iron W« ‘ ESTABLISHED 1833. Baitimore or New Orleans. - e . m . y polling Mills ine Iron V nm ; ; oor he Bergen Blo" as os Taken teen dias Exporter of For sale in lots to suit by me ass. N. M. HOGLUND'S ‘SONS & CO., Stockholm Swedish & Norway Iror of every Sener rigs Stock on bene at Boston, ew York >ailade “Iphi a. Itmportation orders e ae ity. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 38 Kilby st , Boston. ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 226 N. | Front Street COMBINATION STEEL & IRON on CHESTER, PA. Iron ( Old Tron Rails, Wrought I Cas sani an =—— R ili rr lI, S rap, Old Steel ose, Booee JAMIES LEE & co., Powerville 0 Ing | mer Crop Ends, &c., lron Sole Agents for the United States, Manufacturer of and Steel Rails. 19 Birchiu Lane, London, Fngiand, | 73 Pine Street, New York. HORSE SHOE TRON ; BATES & DESPARD 117 Peart Bt., New Vork, P.O Dox ry, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. ‘a rters of se, i, FULLER BROTHERS &CO., SCRAP IR on an OLD RAILS ¢ f and t to 139 Greenwich Street, New York, America. orf.o & English ports. REPRESENTING Ekman &Co. GOTHENBURG, . SWEDEN. We are now prepared to manufacture the COM- I BINATION RAILS under Wheeler's patent. taci ine Boat 4 x EVOLUTION IN Orders solicited. | 3 : BOAT BUILDING. New York Office, 82 JOHN 8ST. For 25c. will mail section showing construc ction. ¢€ ees: ratis 0, 4, WEED, General Manager. THOMAS KANE & 0.5 Chicago, qu, ntti February 24, 1881. THE IRON AGS. kyon. iit PHILADELPHIA. Siemens’ Regenerative) HENRY LEVIS & Co., For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and f A S FURN At F Manufacturers’ Agents 8 Sheet Iron and General Railway | | Equipments. RICHMOND & POTTS, | Old Rails, Axles, aad Wheels bought and sold. 119 S, Fourth St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA, 234 8. 4th &t., Philadelphia. Evo. PHILADELPHIA. The Gambria 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 PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IKON COLUMNS, WELUDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variely of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. “4 BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS "OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE c& SHEEBT IRON. No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. licited lly for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tonk and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. 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 theit Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS & 00.41 od Manufacturers of CAR ATSPLES. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. I" LF Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY FACINCS. AND FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. MOULDING SAND A SPECIALTY. Albany, Crescent, Tullytown and Lumberton Sands. ie GERMAN LEAD, BITUMEN, SIEVES, MACHINERY SAND, AMERICAN LEAD, ANTHRACITE, SHOVELS, BRASS SAND, PLUMBAGO, CHARCOAL, BRUSHES, CHANDELIER SAND, STOVE PLATE, MINERAL, CRUCIBLES, STOVE PLATE SAND, \ Office and Stor room: J. W. PAXSON &T0., 1514, 5t6 and 518 seach St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. Genera! Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentc wn, Pa. JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, . .s * 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, ex tus d liances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron Steel, Iron | — — oS Pee. Coals, Clays. Fire Sands &e, All analyses made by the members of the firm, | Prive lists on application, von. JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K, BARNS. Edward J. Btting, IRON BROKER AND COMMISSION ee rs JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa, AGENTS FOR Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. |Chickies, St. Charles, Montgomery OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &e- Agent for the and Keystone MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK,| Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. The Allentown Iron Co. and CATASAUQUA MFG, COS The Coleraine Furnaces. Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Lron. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD RAILROAD CAR AXLES. DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STRERT, NEW AND OLD RAILS. connected by track with railroad. Cash advances made on Iron. No. 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia. ivanc i J. Wesley Pullman, PETER WRIGHT & SONS 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, . Exclusive SALES AGENT, 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Chester Iron Co.’s Blue, Red and Hoff 19 Broadway, New York, ORES, Also celebrated ** Brotherton” Ore, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, b. W.R READ, T. HORACE BROWN, D W.R. READ &CO,, ORES, METALS, &o, SPIEGELEISEN, | Pig, Scrap, Native and Foreign Iron, Manganese, NEW AND OLD RAILS and other Ores, And Iron Ore. 5% Walnut St, PHILADELPHIA, E.W.CLARK & Co. Importers of German and English Office in New York, 142 Pearl &t. J. O. RICHARDSON, _ IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 232 Dock 8t., 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., lron Merchants & Railway Equipments. 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate iron. Celebrated “‘Glnasgew’’ and * Pine’? brands for fire boxes and diMicult flanging. Pig and Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Quotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. WROUCHT IRON Boiler Tubes, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Oil Well Tubing, Casing and|'“tanutecures trom ne ccutrarnd uns sree LINE PIPE. |#sranparp. ¢ Cotton Presses, Forgings, sian = =P ROLLING MILL AND Bath Ney Phindetohin, éfeneral Machinery.| Italian and Spanish READING 1RON worKS, (CHARCOAL IRON, __ 261 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, | CHILL-GRADED, G.A.HeBEKTOS. ———_—sS, FRANK SHARPLES. | HEBERTON & CO., For Car Wheels, &c. 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. Bankers and Stock Exchange Brokers, No. 35 South Third St., Philadelphia. CLARK, POST & MARTIN, No. 34 Pine St., New York, Importers of Pig Iron, New and Old Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. eae oe -. 7 THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS. FOR SALE BY ALFRED EARNSHAW, | 203 Walnut Place, PHILADELPHIA. LOGAN IRON AND STEEL CO, ne TR. WISTER, IRON BROKERS. GREENWOOD & EMMA C. B. C, PIG IRON, piaents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Co.’s REFINED AND CHARCOAL BAR IRON. No. 230 South 4th S8t., Philadelphia, Works at Lewistown, Pa., and Greenwood, Pa. J. J. MOHR, Iron Commission Nierchanit, No. 430 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 218 South 4th St., Philadeiphia, Pa. Ot - So" CALK HORSE &MULE Sole Agent for the Sheridan and Leesport Furnaces. A. PURVES & SON, Corner South & Penn Streets, Phila., Dealers in Scrap Iron & Metals, Machinery, Tools, Shafting & Pulleys, Steam Engines, Pumps & Boilers, Copper. Brass, Tin, Babbit Metals, Foundry Facings. Best Quality Ingot Brass, Cash paid for all kinds of Metals ana Toola, FRANCIS WISTER, Sole Eastern Agent for A. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. CON N EL LSV i L L, kK Ct ) K E. chp and solid steel calx. The holes are punched ~ 5 through at the proper angles and free from burt ORES, Native and Foreign. Same pumber of Shoes per keg asin kegs of un 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. | finished shoes. J. F’.. BAILEY cw CO., 216 South 4th St., Philadelphia, 52 Wall St., (Room 8) New York. Selling Agents ATKINS BRO’S—BEAMS, CHANNELS,- RAILS, &c. KEYSTONE HORSE SHOE C0., 816 Richmond St, Philadelphia, Pa. Steel Calk Horse and tule shoes, These Shoes are made of superior iron, com A. & P. Roberts & Co.—Car Axles, Plates, Channels, Tee, | Angie and Bar Iron. WILLIAM McILVAIN & SONS—Boiler, Ship and Bridge Plates. BERWICK R. M. BARS AND SHAPE IRON. Advar.ces on Consignments of Old Material and sales promptly made. CHAIN BRADLEE & C€O., 816 Richmond St, Philadelphia, cy Manufacturers of Dredgi-g, Min'ng and Crane Chains, Rafting Chains, Togg'es, Eye Bolts and Log Dogs. We wish te call particular attention to our D. B. G,. speciat Crane Chain, made ofa n extra brand of reworkediron, aniting great tensile strength and wear, falty tested and war ranted in every particular ; superior to ite very best brands ef English Crown Chain, and specially adapted ter rafting, mining dad dredging. { the countrv have bought or are buying Bessemer pig iron abroad, and that will stim- Bankers and Railway Commission mel town we find that the consumers are all Manufacturers of the Keystone latent Selid | pletely finished and ready for cold shoeing