The Iron Age 1881-11-24: Vol 28 Iss 21

gore Te 9.00 $9 “ Vol. XXVIII: No. 21. New York, 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. Thursday, November 24, 1881. §4:°50 a Year, Includis 7 Fostagze, Single Copies, Ten Cenes Semi-Portable Compoumd Engine,— | SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL. Paris Electrical Exposition. . : hi The rapid destruction of plugs used in Semi-portable engines, of the type which | closing combustion tubes, frequently necessi- ve illustrate in the present issue, are practi-| -.: : 7 eae in ‘hue country. It is ie to | tating their replacement by new ones, has fn a ied a portable engine or even a semi- always been a source of difficulty and annoy- D . Mea . y jortable which in any way approaches the ance to chemists. Mr. I, Fleming White, } ° when working in the laboratory of organic ic i »velops, 40 horse- A . ; ; powes which this one develops, 4c : chemistry of Harvard University, conceived power being considered large for this class, the tien of ilar while the one illustrated is capable of ASBESTUS STOPPERS FOR COMBUSTION TUBES, developing 100 or even more. The engine was built by Hermann, La/ the method of preparing them being as fol- lows: The asbestus is separated into fine Chapelle & Co., of Paris, and is employed in driving a Gramme dynamo-electric machine | threads, moistened with water, twisted into at the Paris Electrical Exposition. It is} a plug, crowded into the cylinder of an ordi- nary steel crusher, such as is used to pul- compound, having two cylinders, and is verize minerals for analysis, and compressed capable of developing in its regular work, while controlled by the governor, from 40|by driving the piston of the crusher down upon it with a hammer, or better, by the to 100 horse-power. The engine, though screw of a vise. The plug is kept under setting on the top of the boiler, is mounted on an independent bed-plate, and may, in | pressure for several hours, then dried within case of necessity, be removed and mounted | the cylinder upon a sand bath, pushed out of the cylinder, and after ignition over a asa stationary engine. The bed-plateis not bolted to the boiler directly, but to a set of | blast-lamp is ready for use. In this condi- steel hoops or bands, not shown in the en- | tion the plug loses no weight under prolonged ignition, is elastic enough to make a tight gravings, but which surround the boiler shell. The bed-plate, see Figs. 1 and 3, at | joint when fitted to a combustion tube of the cylinder end is enlarged to form the in- termediate receiver between the two cylin- ders, the steam passages, the jacket, and also the front cover of the large cylinder. The low-pressure cylinder is 17% inches in geneous mixture. This calculation is based , on the determination of the amount of ozone |in the air made by M. Houzeau. The pro- portion by weight at the maximum was/ the explanation that he beats to windward up to windward without appearing to use his | of other material. Even in 20days no effect wings toa degree sufficient to account for | was produced in the clear liquid, while the the same. The sailors are satisfied with | unozonized stoppers caused turbidity even in . | a few days from the development of certain I-450,ocoth, or by volume 1-700,oovth, oe heon conditions are, of course, not analo-! organisms. Hence ozone kills the germs in a 2-foot tube a full pure sky-blue tint is seen gous to those of a ship sailing to windward. when 0.002542 gram of ozone is contained in| If the wind be very light, or if there be a the air which can develop in beer yeast. Extended experiments may show whether each square ceutimeter of sectional area. | calm, occasional powerful and obvious flap- | there exist any relations between the sani This number approximates very closely to ping of the wings occurs. If there is no| tary condition of a place and the amount « | the above ; hence it may be assumed that if| wind, the birds often settle on the water | ozone in the air, as, according to moder these determinations be correct, the blue round the ship. In very heavy weather the | views, the spread of ‘contagious diseases i tint of the atmosphere must certainly bedue| birds disappear altogether, probably set-| caused by germs or low organisms whic to some extent to ozone, at times if not al-|tling on the water. Except that for breed-| are transported by the air. ways. Now, if we consider that 2.5 mg. of | ing they resort to islands, it is believed that ' ozone in each square centimeter of sectional they frequent the open ocean, where the | in electric lighting by substituting | area of a column of air produce a full sky-| surface is seldom without more or less | ; blue tint, it is impossible to believe that | swell. On watching the flight of the alba- | light, which has traversed columns of air | tross, one observes that, in order to rise | A : ort ‘under ordinary conditions of temperature |from the water, violent and obvious flap- | °*¢lusively used as poles in exhibiting tho and pressure, and 27 to 35 miles in length, | ping of the wings is necessary, which is voltaic are. Iridium is fusible only in the has not made its way through 2.5 mg. of | continued some time after the wings cease | ®™¢ from a very powerful battery, and by f ni 5 hy A proraising improvement has been made IRIDIUM FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS, in place of the carbon pencils hitherto almost ° : | keeping i i . . a - ozone. The length of an atmospheric column | to strike the water. After a start has thus keeping the intensity of the current below at the ordinary temperature and pressure | been effected, if there is a fresh breeze, the | * S'Vven point the metal can be maintained at would be 5% miles, and while we are in| wings are kept almost motionless, Some- | # temperature of about 4ooo F’., which is far doubt as to the constitution of the higher at- | times the bird goes some distance with the pepe its melting point, though high enough mosphere, such reasoning cannot justly be | impetus derived from the flapping of the to add the light of an intense incandescence applied to the blue color of the sky.” | wings at the start, but sooner or later he to the brilliancy of the arc itself, At this Mr. W. Carter, in a note recently com-'turns so as to expose the plane surface of temperature the iridium points remain com- diameter, and the high-pressure about 10, making the ratio of the areas about 3 to 1. The stroke is 17% inches, nearly. The forked connecting rods, and several other details, are of a character rarely seen in this country on first-class work. The piston- rod stuffing boxes are somewhat peculiar, steel tubes being used for them, and the glands fitted into these tubes, This con- struction is rendered necessary by the fact that there are three joints to be made tight between the piston and the open air, and the insertion of the steel tube or bush makes these all secure with little trouble. These tubes are depended upon to hold the smaller cylinder central in the recess cast to receive the head. This construction is plainly shown in Fig. 1 on the high-pressure cylinder. The boiler is of a pattern not uncommon abroad, and is intended to fill the requirements of the inspection laws of the Netherlands and some other countries. They make it imperative that the interior of all boilers, large and smal), shall be open to in- spection. This boiler is fired at the smoke-box end, and is provided with a large flue. The return circulation is accomplished by means of small tubes. The arrangement of the flues is illustrated in Fig. 3 (see page 3). It will be noted at the left hand end (Fig. 1) there is a double flange going all the way around the boiler. These two flanges con- nect the head with the shell of the boiler, and are held together by bolts spaced about 2inches apart. Theseare not shown in the drawing. By simply breaking this joint the front head flue, fire-box and all the tubes and the back connection may be withdrawn for inspection or cleaning. When this is done the whole interior can be easily reached. This feature is one which may well be con- sidered by the builders of small boilers and engines in this country. It will be noted that this boilor is only 4 feet 3 inches in diameter, yet every part of the interior can be reached without any difficulty and only a small amount of labor. Under each nut on the bolts holding the head in place, rub- ber washers are placed so as to allow for expansion and contraction. The engine is controlled by an Andrade governor. This has a somewhat peculiar form of connection between the ball and the vertical stems. This is shown in the eleva- tion, Fig. 1, and also in Fig. 3. The arms are hinged together independently, and are connected with the vertical stems by a sort of ‘“‘Jacob’s ladder,” or ‘‘lazy tongs” ar- rangement which gives them great power. The upper joint of this link-work is fixed to the axis, while the lower point works in a slot. The governor is said to be sensitive, and to keep the speed perfectly under con- trol, yet from the resuits which are said to have been attained, we shouid judge it would not compare very well with the Porter governor. This engine has a valve motion for which many advantages are claimed, and it is said to produce a horse-power for 2.64 pounds of coal per bour. For an engine of this class this is a very good record. It is intended to work with or without con- densation, according to the location in which it is placed.. The weight of the ma- chine complete as shown is about 13 tons, which includes the feed-water heater shown on the elevation in dotted lines Fig 1, and upon the plan in same detail. The pump is driven by a pin on one of the fly-wheels, Fig. 3. The boiler has 417% square feet of heating surface. There are some details which appear pecu- llar, as, for example, the stopcock Fig. 1, with ite long handle, used for a throttle valve in the main steam pipe, as well as the general absence of globe valves. Taken as a whole, the engine may be regarded as a very inter- esting and instructive curiosity, and while few engineers would wish to constract a copy of it, there are many points about it which are very suggestive. Oro To get a gear wheel off a shaft upon Which it has been shrunk, it is recommended 0 pour some melted iron around the hub, by Which operation the latter will expand so quickly that there will be no time for the shaft to get hot, and the gear will come off Pasily, suitable size, and may be smoothly perfo- rated with an ordinary cork borer. Besides simplifying the method of organic analysis by permitting the substitution of short me- tallic tubes for the long glass combustion | tubes in ordinary use, asbestus stoppers are very useful for closing bottles which con- tain substances corrosive to stoppers of rub- ber or cork. W. N. Hartley has been engaged for some time past in studying THE ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RAYS BY ATMOS- PHERIC OZONE, showing in the course of his investigations that columns of air only 3 feet in length, cantaining only 1-2000th of their volume of ozone, cause @ most energetic absorption of the invisible rays, and he has further found that very small quantities of the gas give an azure-blue tint to very considerable volumes of air. He says: ‘‘ Messrs. Hautefeuille and Chappuis discovered the fact that ozone possessed a blue color. On filling a glass tube 2 feet in length for the purpose of some of the preceding experiments, I was surprised to find how small a proportion of ozone is visible to the eye. In a column of the at- mosphere 1° square cm. in sectional area, which would weigh 1033.33 grams, the maximum amount of ozone would be at least 0.00258 gram, supposing the gaseous con- stituents of the atmosphere to form a homo- ET ———— Fe | =5 l tr = Ss — -—~y,-— -— 5 Fig. 2.—Plan and Section through Cylinders, A FRENCH SEMI-PORTABLE COMPOUND ENGINE, municated to ‘‘ Nature,” gave an account of THE EFFECT OF PRESSURE ON SEED GERMINA- TION, | in which it was stated that under a pressure |of two and a half atmospheres, mustard seed germinated 25 hoursearlier than under ‘the ordinary atmospheric pressure. The early development, however, became per- manently arrested during the eight days of the experiment, and the cotyledons of one that had escaped entirely from the seed coat remained as etiolated as if grown in absolute darkness, while those under ordinary pres- sure grew rapidly, and their cotyledons acquired a deep green color. The etiolated plants, when removed from the pressure, rapidly grew into vigorous young plants. An increased pressure would, therefore, seem to stimulate germination and prevent the formation of chlorophyl. The pressure was obtained by the use of a column of mercury. The seeds were sown on muist cotton wool, placed in a small bottle, which was then secured to the curved extremity of a glass tube, into the long arm of which mercury was poured until it reached a hight of 45 inches above the level of the metal in the short arm. Seafaring men often have occasion to observe THE MODE OF FLIGHT OF THE ALBATROSS, being struck with the fact that the bird gets |his wings full to the force of the wind, | rising, at the same time, some hight above |the water, and drifts off to leeward, thus soon acquiring the velocity of the wind ; \then swooping down into the hollow be- tween two swells, he turns his head to wind- ward, and keeping close to the surface of the water, sails along more or less against the wind for a surprising distance; finally, rising over the crest of a wave compara- tively high into the air, and turning with his wings as before, so as to catch the wind to the fullest extent, he again lets himself drift off to leeward. Thus the maneuver he performs seems to consist in drifting with the wind in such a way as to attain its velocity very soon, and then turning round so as to make use of this velocity to carry him in the contrary direction. Mr. E. Chappuis recently made some investigations concerning THE ACTION OF OZONE ON GERMS CONTAINED IN THE AIR, attempting to show that ozone had the power to destroy the germs which are the cause of fermentation and other similar phenomena. For this purpose dust from the air was collect- ed on cotton stoppers, and some of these ex- posed to the action of ozone. The ozonized stoppers were then brought in contact with liquid beer yeast, the necessary precautions being taken to prevent the introduction pletely unchanged, and the variations and flickerings due to the rapid wearing away of carbon pencils are entirely absent in the new light ; while the consistency with which the source of the illumination keeps its place peculiarly adapts it for use in the focus of the Fresnel lenses, or the parabolic reflec- tors which, in lighthouses or in similar situ- ations, take their place. The process by which the iridium, naturally a gritty and intractable powder, is formed into pencils for use in lamps is an ingenious adaptation of a patent issued long ago for making the same metal into points for gold pens, and depends upon the property which iridium possesses of forming a compound with phos- phorus, which can then be melted at a tem- perature of about 3000° F.—about the fusion point of iron—and molded into masses which can be subsequently dephosphorized, and regain the original infusibility of the pure metal. The force exerted by the expansion of water when freezing is known to be consid erable. Mr. Hagenbach experimented, dur- ing the past severe winter, upon the BURSTING POWER OF ICE, making two of his interesting experiments with cast-iron hand grenades. The outer diameter was 15 cm. (5.8 inches), the inner diameter 12.8 cm. (5.4 inches). The shells were filled with water, closed with a screwed iron plug, and exposed to the cold, Both shells were broken, and a curved thread of ice was projected from the upper surface. One of the plugs was evidently thrown out with great violence, and to such a distance that it could not be found. The curvature in that case was upward, oo An Improvement in Wire Rope.—It is well known to mining engineers that the weight of the wire rope used in deep mines is so great that every means is adopted to lessen it. With that end in view, the sec- tions nearer the hoisting cage are often made lighter, the strength of the rope being increased in proportion as it has more of its own weight to carry. A German firm, H, Kern & Co., of Gleiwitz, has commenced to manufacture wire, the gauge of which crows smaller the longer it is, and from this wire A. Deichsel, of Zabrze, is now making hoist- ing rope, and at the Dusseldorf Exhibition showed a length of nearly goo feet, in which the wires composing the strands were of one piece, though the weight per unit varied. : ee i At the beginning of the present year there were in operation in this country 170,103 miles of telegraph lines, over which, during 1880, no fewer than 33,155,091 messages were sent. The length of telegraph lines in the principal countries in which they are used, is tabulated thus : Oe ive dls pecatbdhacons4sacSNeee Ds in ocevsoens caweuaecea bso azece 2 GOFMADY «00 cccccccecces . caen Att Dats arse tahvicshashabeneecenda axed »» 36,900 Austria-Hungary ............ att wsseeh'és 423 DE iene sac hadanxceeiane ES » 26,842 Great Britain.... ccapeeeeaceecnnbunse 23,156 I a eae cay 18,209 PUEMOT .c00cc0 ; ra ie 85 CER rca acutdabhee saqebsedeskeenstane? ose 35,804 It is stated by Mr. Gautert, in a paper recently read before the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, that the annual production of —— the fifteen dynamite manufactories now under Nobel’s control is between 4500 and 5000 tons. In 1867 it was only 11 tons; in 1870, 424, and in 1874, 3120 tons. Accord- ing to a rough estimate, the make of dyna- mite and other explosives containing nitro- glycerine, in Europe and America, is placed between 7000 and 8000 tons, equal to at least from 40,000 to 50,000 tons of ordinary powder. As an example of light steam engines we may mention a pair ef compound engines made by Messrs. Ahrberker & Son, London, which develop 30 horse-power and weigh only 168 pounds all told. The boiler weighs 142 pounds. These engines are intended for | use in aerial propulsion, and are, of course, | extremely simple in detail. It is reported that a bridge will be built across the Ohio River at Henderson, by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. It will consist of two spans of 160 feet each ; one span of 500 feet, and a draw of 71 feet, which will be located on the Indiana side, The span will be 100 feet above low water, a ae < . oe ~ a S| / - = “tT ~~” SS Sk eo aes Se. le 2 THE IRON AGB&. ss Aleta. | gaetais. fActals. ANSONIA ThePlume & Atwood|. BRASS & COPPER CO., No, 19 OHM St set, Pbelos Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms, PURE COPPER WIKRE For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA * REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO. IMPORTERS OF Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal Copper Rivets and Burs, Kerosene Burners, Waterbury ‘Brass Co, CAPITAL, - - $400,000. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, QERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS & BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASXS. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &e, 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. 18 Murray Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Relling Mill, Facterics, THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass, TIN PLAT E, DEPOTS : Mills At : ROOFING PLATE, | 296 Broadway, New York, ‘1 ieee” Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, .» Providence, R. 1. Cont velhnstdie => apg German Silver Metal and Wire, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. NEW YORK, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, [| LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Glocks & Fly Fan Movements. | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray St., N. ¥. THOS, W. FITCH, Prest. and Treas. A. A, LASAR, Secy Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills, BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Wire for Electrical and otaer purposes, Brass and German Silver Wire, CLIFF STREET, SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINGES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. —_—_—_~>—_—. DEPO FACTORIES, Copper Rivets and Burrs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. ROME IRON WORKS, . 421 Brome > a pe Manufacturers of 189 ae St he Kev Yo Cry. | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cep- DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,| per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), sT. LOUIS, MO., Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper,| COPPER & BRASS RIVETS Wire, Zinc, Etc. AND BURS. 29 & 3) OCllm St., cor, Fulton, Rome, New York. DICKERSON & CO,, Liverrovi. NEW YORK, A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. w ht I d Brass Machine Screws; Turned, He Round and Square Head Cap i get Screws; Brass and Iron Safety and Jack Ohain; Glit, Nickel Plated and Brouze Trimmings of f Sheet = Steel or woe Does on patenied articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited aud promptly given. 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, 5 WORKS HARTA o New York Office ar = SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, TRENTON, Buse _|__Kerosene Burners, &. N. J. 117 Liberty Street.) JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Agents for Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Dealers in Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, ____ 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen’l Agents, 113 Liberty y Street, N. Y. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., YOKE, MASS., “—. FACTURERS OF THE wank -ROEBLING'S SONS CO, WIRE ROPE! o.uvanszey |Lron and Steel lron, Steel 2 and Copper | Telegraph Wire, WIRE Hoisting ecanciad of all Market Wire, Kinds, for Ferries, Stays, S & Market Wire, Fence Wire Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Vineyard Wire. Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Lightning Hods, &c., &c. Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, Suspension Bridge Cables. Rivet Wire, &c., &c. GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. BRODERICK & BASCOM, IRON WIRE ROPE. 728 N, Main St.,@ > = WORCESTER WIRE co., Rama Manufacturers of Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin qc Plated, Also GUN SCREW WIRE »\ Of all sizes straightened | and cut to order. IRON AND STEEL WIRE For all Purposes. WORCESTER, MASS The Schoenberg Metal Mig. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in SOLDER, TYPE, ; , Stereotype, Sieusiens and Babbitt Metals, ie fmporsere of Block Tin, Antimony ne Refin Lead, Spelter, &c, Highest price pa la con Oid M. and all Tec: of Dross. 5°28 andl $3¢ Rast 2 ila Mirect, between Avenues 4 & B, Ne Lamp Trimmings, &c. * Bridgeport Brass Co.,|..." November 24 1881, Zire, ete. oi. PHILIP L MOEN, President‘and Treas F. WASHBURN, Vice President & Se Secret rea ee & MOEN MANUFACTURING to Established 1831 iilameaeeeaed — sete IRON ana STEHEI. WIRE, Patent Steet ame on ine Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. RODS of all Cres ality, 316 x mie In., cut to Own sive rators of the CON L, . al Wits colle of 100 pounda, withon t nian ora Seca mph Wires ign A an to ’, mn Wire and Tinned-piated Wire of in Spiral Spring Wire, and Retned Wire ri oF parties rr pur a i ingde eee Gor, Marne, Wor ach a Btrsigntened and Cut to ap ayant cates a tine ¥ wit tee ¢ Linen anian. or Lt rival auc furnished, Wire. Steel Wire for nae. teed AY eae pve, Fate Seay aiS valed Steel Music Bt. Keuts Warehouse 802 7 North Chicago Warehouse, 107 Lake te ” HOWARD c& MORSE, Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS COPPER AND IRON WIRE CLOTH, re ek Ao .* “se Cota ‘see as” staeaweaeneeee = eae ee ee ee ee a er So es 0 's,2 0.6 2.0 9.0 “als wine 'e ee ese eo er re rar ee lee ee ee ee SO lal all lal Pere et lh a errr ee Fee i ech, ines Coe oe es No. 16 rity No, 23 Wire. ‘No, 13 Mesh, No. 3s Wire, ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President, JAMES HALL, Treasurer. WM. HEWITT, Vice President. E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1847 TRENTON, N. J., Siimutoatiseens of [RON and STEEL WIRE OF ALL GRADES, 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. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & OO., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office. JOHN HEWITT, Agent, ss North fourth St. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE |For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, & CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address: HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN & QGQUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Kopes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEG RA PI WIRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, “i and 7-ply Strand, Staples, &c. Annealed and Oiled Feucing Wire, round and oval. WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Data ernmen®&. The odes house in the braneh on the Con tinent. Telegraph Address, CA VERK, COLOGNE, General Agents for U. 8. and Cunada, PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N.Y. A. LHSCHEN c&c SON, Manufacturers of Ate WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 919 to 023 N. Main Sf., ST, LOUIS, Mo, Correspondence invited, November 24, 1881, 0. LINDEMANN & C0., Manufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD CAGES. ’ Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. fmm 934, 2336 and 238 West 29th Street, - - - - - LIGHT HOISTING BROWN & BROTHERS, 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Manufacturers of | BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER, In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets and Burs, Etc. a Carriace SsPRINCS : ANNEALED wirE Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. ; PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER ‘Rattroap SPRINGS Coprerep wirE HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVEK-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich designs. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. | | POPE, COLE & Co. BALTIMORE No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, Also Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. RIDDLES AND CASTING BRUSHES a specialty. Superior goods and reasonable prices. Send for prices. E. T. BARNUM, Detroit, Mich. =F FIRE SAND AND CLAYS New Catalogue Just Issued. Sent Free on Application. weve= GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT Steel. of all kinds. EASTERN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE : ; 6 0 r p f . WORKS 61 John St., New York City. JOHNSTOWN, PENN. = MOULDING SAND, THE LRON AGE. 3 are Dry Rooms. | for a ticket to the nearest fixed star afore- | said. If this be the case, it matters very little to us whether such a railroad is ever constructed. It would be mighty discourag- ing to go to the ticket office with a mass of gold equal to $3,800,000,000 and be in- CARY c& MOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE for ali burposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. In almost all manufacturing establish- ments a drying-room is a necessary attach- ment. At some period in the work it is com- | aay pmo a to submit the material to a | orough wetting, and it is also desirable that after this ewaeel the water should be re- saa a ne co $5,678,032, 000. moved from it as soon as practicable. But | Se ee ee ee oe ; : | got back, we’d be compelled to forego the while there are tens of thousands of drying- | trip z ” ’ rooms in this country, it is a curious circum- | a eg stance that hardly any of them have been | . constructed on scientific principles, A vast | Fire Test of Iron Shutters. amount of thought and attention has been | bestowed in perfecting the various processes} The following account of the trial of some of manufacture, but the process of drying is | shutters by the Corrugated Metal Company, in almost as crude a condition as it was 100 | of East Berlin, Conn., is from one of the years ago. The main object seems to be to| local papers, and contains points the pe- get the drying-room as hot as it is safe to | rusal of which may be of interest to our have it, and then place in it the material to/| readers : be dried. One result of this plan is that fires In one corner of the yard was located a in drying-rooms are of frequent occurrence, building about 10 feet square, with a 3 x 6 NEW YORK, | and for this reason the Boston Manufactur- opening in each side, and into these were ers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company has| fitted the four different styles of fire- YALELOCK MFC.CO. entered on a scientific investigation of the| proof shutters manufactured by the com- Office and Works, subject. The first report which has been| pany, viz. : Single and double-thick box STAMEORD, CONN. | A DP VAL MC LELELLLALAALAALLLAL LEP UU A ISHS VISITS jac"? a fre A6 1001 h UML AHI Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. made to its members is restricted to point-| doors, and a wood shutter door covered ing out a few defects in the various sys-| with tin. The inside of the building was tems now in use. For example, the opinion | completely filled to the top of the wall— seems to be commonly received that if| about 10 feet high—with hard wood thor- Salesrooms, the air in a room is made sufficiently | oughly saturated with kerosene oil and cov- hot, and wet material is then put in, it| ered over the top with corrugated iron to f N u New ¥ ork, 63 Chambers Street, will soon become dry, although no change| confine the heat. The shutters were all q Boston, - - 36 Pearl Street, of air may take place. Consequently, there | placed in exactly the same exposure, and the Philadelphia oo, arket St is no attempt made to ventilate the room. | fire was lighted. It k : MM r : b “ : . ; . ghted, soon began to burn Tui iemmaea*. a - = GA Lake aoe. Now, in reality, a cubic foot of air will hold fiercely, but for the first half hour it did not This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, OF THE CAMBRIA IRON Co. PHILIP E. CHAPIN, Gen'l Superintendent. Bricut wirE Wire rooS Fincer sarS Rake TteetTH GaAtvanizeo wirE ‘TinneD wirE Wire Fence staPceS Fig. 3.—Vertical Section through the Cylinders.—See page 1. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE: 523 Arch Street. show itself on any of the shutters, but so ing with the temperature. At 32° F. a| great was the heat the walls commenced cubic foot of air contains two grains of|cracking. The first signs of giving way un- vapor, while at 97° F. of heat a cubic foot der this severe heat were shown in about half of air can contain about 18 grains of vapor. | an hour by the wood shutter covered with But this is its maximum limit, and when| tin, which commenced to emit smoke and once that amount of moisture has been ab-| wood oil through the holes in the tin where sorbed, the air is good for nothing for dry- | the latches and stays were bolted on. The ing purposes, and the sooner it is let out the | corrugated iron shutters at this time better. Where no special provision is made | showed no effect of the heat, except the for its exit it has to work its way, as best it| single-thick shutter, which became quite can, through the cracks in the room. In! warm, so that the paint commenced to many cases this same air is drawn off, re-|smoke. The box door was so cool that a y al q pecla ly. heated, and forced into the room again, on | person could hold his hand on it. At the the mistaken theory that it is better than | end of an hour the wood shutter covered fresh, but cooler, air from the outside would | with tin, which had been for some time be ; but the effect of this is to send damp air | throwing off streams of smoke through the to do what should be the work of dry air. | cracks, showed unmistakable signs of giving ) Theoretically, the true principle would seem | out, and had it not been for the heavy iren a to be to refrigerate air, so as to deprive it | bands forming the outer frame it would Shovels, Riddles, Brushes, &c. only a given amount of moisture, this vary- WORKS: of its moisture ; then heat it and bring it in | have fallen from its place. The single contact with the material that is to be dried, | thickness corrugated iron shutter was at after which it may be allowed to escape, | the same time so hot that the paint was ull carryipg its burden of moisture with it. In | burned off, and the others began to show the the investigation referred to, the practical | intense heat by the burning paint on the method of doing this has not yet been deter- | outside, but still held their places, and be- mined, but it is hoped that a satisfactory | yond the burning paint showed no signs of and rational plan will be developed. | distress. It now became evident that the . | wood shutter covered with tin could not WHITEHEAD BROS. AMERICAN FACING CO. WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 517 W. 15th St., New York, SE 1. A. EMERICK. WARD EV ¢ ra ~ > * i <a * . G. Gunther, -e Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Silver Plated and Japanned E cing Con , . | withstand this severe heat much longer, and Among some tools found in a temple in | .001 the flames were seen to eat cece it at the top, showing that the inside cover of | tin had been burned off and the shutter as a | fire protection was useless. The corrugated | shutters held their places firmly and closely to the wall. At the end of three hours the fire had nearly subsided, and the shutters were all opened out for examination. On the inside of the wood shutter covered with tin, a large hole had been burned through the inside covering, and when the shutter was opened, about one-half Thebes was a square, which is the most satisfactory evidence we have of the early use of this instrument. From marks upon it, it has been estimated to have been made nearly 35 centuries ago. Since the arts in Egypt at that time were at the hight of their development, the square must have been known forsometime previous, and therefore itis believed that the use of the square dates back not less than 4000 years. The square known to the ancients, and the tool with which they accomplished marvels of con- struction and calculation, was not, by any | means, the square known to mechanics of the present day. This instrument as now employed, with blade and tongue and heel on the graduated lines which appear upon its surface, is an invention known only within a comparatively short time. The square, as an instrument, has been brought | J. A. EMERICK & CO. 1056 & 1076 Beach Street, om PHILADELPHIA, "* MANERS’ FOUNDRY, FACINGS MOLDING SANDS and Foundry Supplies. BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- Established 1810, thr il UT aati port shipments. few years. JS 7 Sede —-—— 46 Park Place, lof the inside woodwork dGropped out, a mass of burned and charred wood. The shutter had evidently been held together by |the wrought iron band about the outside, and the strap pieces forming the hinges, which were all firmly bolted through and through with large washers inside—a form of construction without which the shutter | no doubt would have failed complete to do to its present state of perfection within a very lthe duty. As it was, it came out of the fire ina very damaged and useless condition, | while the corrugated iron shutters were ap- The Ferracute Machine Company, Bridge- NEW YORK. Largest variety in patterns and unsurpassed in low prices. New Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists on application. Schenectady Molding Sand Co. ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY | MOLDING SAND) delivered on cars or boats at low rates. All grades | guaran . All orders will receive prompt atten- tion. Address, J. G. GREENE, Sec., 22 Wall St., Scuenecrapy, N. Y. G. 8. Veeper, Pres; J. G. Grexne, Sec. and Treas. | running 60 men, with work on hand for three months ahead. Among other orders they have two from Russia for large power presses and dies, two from Germany, one from Australia, and an order for a large press and a lot of dies from the Japanese Government. They have just contracted to | build 1000 patent soldering machines, which are to be made on the duplicate system, using in their manufacture limit gauges, &c., thus making all the parts interchange able. They are also very busy with their regular canners’ orders. Astronomy, says the Norristown Herald, is a beautiful science. Weare told that if a, railway were run from the earth to the near- | est fixed stars and the fare were one penny | for every 100 miles, and if you took a mass, 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. The Morris Sash Lock Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of The Morris Sash Lock, Pat. Combined Sash Lift & Lock, Pat. Self-Locking Shutter Bar, And specialties in Builders’ Hardware. — WOOD, JENNISON & CO., Manufacturers of SHAFTING, PULLEYS AND HANGERS—A Specialty, little on one lower corner, but not enough to allow the fire to leak through. The test was witnessed by several persons, but it is tobe much regretted that it had not been more generally advertised, so that more of the large manufacturiug companies, to whom fire-proof construction is such an important item, could have been represented. The N, & he A LOR 60 ton, manufacturers of presses, dies and | a 2 = ihe ripe “ ——_ ’ : 8 § tter, which was warpe i ; other sheet-metal! tools, are extremely busy, Shicemess shutte . : gue & Vesey test was very satisfactory indeed, since it showed the merits of corrugated iron shut- ters over wood covered with tin. For mod erate exposure the wood shutters stood a good test. The building with the shutters still attached is to be left standing, so that parties interested in fire-proof shutters can see the results of the trial if they wish. _— — I The English Admiralty have recently made several more tests of armor plate, to f gold to the ticket office equal to $3,800,-| ascertain the penetration of chilled Palliser 214 and 216 ELM STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO, U, S. A Also, Wood’s Patent Bolt Threading Machine, Worcester, Mass. aatapab would not be sufficient to pay | hot. In all three cases the penetration was = ea J a - Sites 2 Bins“ aE Bee “pects — ~~ ES A 2s eee ~ oe ~ 2 . a - . <a & ‘“ % So Oe oe a ~ - bs ~ a ee MSP LOOSE 2 se oe, Fs A. THE TRO, AGE November 24, 1881, Xron. Xvon, | xron. Xron, | EON. NEW YOR ___ NEW YORK. NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH. aan. PITTSBURGH. OGDEN & WALLACE, A. B. Warner & Son, $5, 87,89 & ¥1 Kim St., New York. | IRON MERGHANTS i ron an d Steel 28 & 29 West and 52 Washinaton dhs. a ee mene ace | BOILER PLATE, Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. Boller Tubes, Angie, Tee & Girder Iron Boller and Tank Ri atts stees of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | i Sole neces oe ae celebrated “Eureka,” #§Pennocks, Pp IERSON & 00.. | “Wawasset,” Lukens, 24 Broadway, New York City. | cpleuuntinn Sethe, Sneenentien o> Semana taster idan one Commetion, Bath OXFORD IRON CO., stron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) Cut Nails SPIKES. J. 8S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. BURDEN’S JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Sorap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOCK TIN, LEAD,-SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. HARRISON & GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, $58, 560, 52 WATER BST., and 902, 904, 306 CHERRY 8ST., NEW YORK, ha hi ne oe for sale, the following Bootch an tnd’ Americal can Pig Iron’ Wrought Cast and iron, Car Wh Axles and Heavy ya also old Copper, Composition, Brass, W. D. WOOD & CD'S ROADSTER PATTERN. PATEN’ Tr Planished Sheet Iron. > Patented March 14th, 865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; STEEL TOE CALKS. Sept. 9th, 1878; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all ts to th . aeciA innu | Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON ““sor’sace, BOILER PLATE by all the principal METAL DEALERS) 8TEEL PLATES, all dcccriptions. In the Large cities throughout Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet THE UNITED STATES. lron, all descriptions, And at their Office, SHOENBERGER & CO., Pittsburgh, Ill Water S$ » PITTSBURGH, PA, | ——————_—__~_"sy_T® TL Sit PA KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited lron & Steel, "me sacar, wow mus COMMON & REFINED IRON, | Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. Hoops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Owns, | pigrete bag — BalfOvals, mm Chasvoal Pig.e superior —_ uality of Iron branded J.G. All Horse Shoe, Natl Rods, | duced ey hamm mer. Orders may be dent to the Mill or Steel, &c. | Street, Ni New York.” ER, our Agent, at 59 John ,’ Orders promptly filled from stock. ee “ABEEL BROTHERS, Established 176; by ABEEL & BYVANCK, FOUNDRY PIG IRON | ron M e re weer | In lots to suit. Also, ULSTERIRON Old Rails, Scrap Iron, Crop Ends, Cc. RANE, Manufacturers of ‘eee |. HORSE SHOES OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL,| KER Ow, soir ithe FOX & DRUMMOND . <2 ‘ane a. a Citas in = Pe sheet trom,” api ie ___ 68 WALL ST., NEW YORK. : PITTSBURGH, PA. Bonnell, Botsford & Co., Norway Shapes, MARSHALL LEFFERTS & CO. Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, etc. 90 Beekman St., New York City, A. R. WHITNEY, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, Manufacturer of and Dealer in LTERON (alvanized Sheet Iron, F. B. Laveuuin, Vice-Prest. W. A. SHAW, Treas. UNION STORAGE CO, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Storage ant tinits Warrants MARSHALL IRON 00. ON Manufacturers of “Burden Best” [rss eczze~| Iron, Nails & Spikes, lron Our specialty is in Ist and 24 Qualities Used in the Con- 7 PIG IRON, BLOOMS, INGOTS Mecructions Of tetroe root Leathe com at anized dana” Sateaned and F Beata acre UK BAR, RAILS, a Best Charcoal Bloom, Best Refined & Commor iy = : Correspondence ualative to establishment of | SH EET IRON carnegie Reon 2 ernst, Dusserr| CORRUGATED SHEET IRON oer HIVES, pe" ZB ss qin Ofce and iil ; ‘a ay Wreughe ‘Tron Beams and 5 General Office, PITTSBURGH, PA, ice an - a ate hannel Iron. Bett For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. ——$—$——$—$—— eee wae. Bay State Iron » Gone, Moctans Riaes. ’ "| Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common & rnd faareamaraa "seamen xeon. "|The Burden Iron Company/ Sabla [ron anc Nail Wor Plates ie to 100 Inches. | Plate and Tank Iron, : ee at So ben "iron Structures of every descrip oSE A RNs, Pune meet Pane! Troy, Ne Yo mn oy e sen io va BOILER IRON annctasisiitidineentiin ds Sa Fe gate les Newe"vork, | Stamped and Guaranteod. ULST ER ———————— nnn | ATI descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to 0 BORDEN & LOVELL, Price lst an and <1 quotations sent upon application, BURDEN’S 2 8 Cc & Cc oO ‘ JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., CommissionMerchants 7° sccrcnaso sencss | H, B, & 8. Bar Iron. alae sy PIG IRON 5 {American & English Refined Iron. mh Creel? t —- New York. All sizes and shapes in stock. No. 69 Wall St., New York. _ EGLESTON BROS, & CO.. Agents for the sale of niece ee 2ef Fount st | NEW-YORK CITY, Fall River tron Co.’s Nails, ULSTER IRON WORKS. 267 Front St., Bands, Hoops & Rods. roadwa ew Yor no Bronawsayy Sow No" | Glengarnock and Carnbroe SCOTCH PIG IRON. BO ane eoue” */ Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co For spot delivery and for prompt or forward Cumberland Coals. CHING, MUTT G all & GU WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., | CARMICHAEL & EMMENS shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or New Orleans. Manufacturers of the Celebrated SableNails DEALERS IN TRON MERCHANTS) poy anp STEEL BOILER PLATE. j : Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., éc. : ae Cor. Albany & aia Sts “agent tr Oe cae of, Cast teal vole Plate, For sale in lots to suit by odes il NEW YO IT e esville Iron Co, Pottstown e an Works, Wu purssx.| ini Boaakagles tom knees | = SAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States, 72 Pine Street, New York. _ DESPARD BROTHERS, 60 Wall St., New York. P.O. Box 764. Importers of New and Old Rails, Steel Blooms, SCRAP IRON, &c. Duty paid or in bond. HUGH W. ADAMS & CO,, IMPORTERS OF SCOTCH AND ENGLISH IRONS, Agents for American Charcoal and Anthracite Furnaces, 56 Pine Street, New York. Hvos W. ADAMS. DANIEL L. Cobs. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, M. HL WALLACE. EO FR SALE. TWO UNCUT ROLLS F OR A 16-INCH MILL. ABOUT 10 TONS 1%-IN. SQUARE BAR IRON. ABOUT 4 TONS 1%4-IN. SQUARE BAR IRON. ABOUT 7 TONS 1%-IN. SQUARE BAK IRON. Also, a small lot of other sizes, by DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., 92 Mangin St., N. Y. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- ings, Eye Bars, &c. PATERSON, N. JJ. PITTSBURGH, PA. | LEECH BURG _TRON WORKS. KIRKPA TRICK & CO., 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. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa, DANIEL F. COONE EY, Agency of ate of and successor to Jas. H. Heldane a Ce.)|N, M, HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Washington St. BOILER. ‘PLATES & SHEET I S$ dj LAP-WELOED BOILER FL ie om wedis orway Iron Bo —_ Rivets, Angle & T — Cut Nails & Spikes. | o¢ ie description. Stock on hand at Boston Room 45, A Astor House, I New York, gency for Glasgow Iron ( Jos, L. Batley & Co., | New hiladelphia. Importation orders @ CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, ‘ae Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, DOVER IRON CO.’S BOILER RIVETS, Lae oak meee arene Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &. a8 eisesouh sts} NEW YORK mo ea v, nzp a co..|* CHARCOAL PIG IRON,” Powerville Rolling Mill, lron Brokers and Commission Merchants, | “Maiden Creek” and “Garrick” brands. Pine zon. woe orks, ‘Lebanon he ans yy Cc hester apec ube Co., any ens. lron & S 1 a orl cite Gustar LUNDBERG, ;8 Kilby st., Boston oe at e Box Plates. Rivets ; Homogeneous Steel, Boller re x RT PO Philadelphia Front’ street. TTS, P Agent, 234 & 236 N. Steen i iN ie eed S. CHENEY & SON CHARLES HUBBARD, Manlius, N. Y., “‘ Sherid 9 66 9 Small Gray Iron Castings.| °"“Branas Pig Leesport We warrant our work far smoothness | ' ee WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) Stock for making strong castings. 265 8. Fourth St., Philadelphia. - U L LL ic. Re 8 RO : | E RS & CoO Manufacturer of Bole Agents for 'Favorite brands of Scotch Pig Iron, 4 RIDGEVIEW COAL AND COKE CO., Latrobe. In stock HORSE SHOE IRON J. D. BOYLE’S CONNELLSVILLE COKE. as and to arrive. i39 Greenwich Street, New York, : HARBISON & WALKER’S FIRE BRICKS, | OLD CAR WHEELS, BEST BRANDS. JOHN LEONARD, 450 West St., N. ¥. | MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES a Specialty. 46 Clif’ St., New York City. November 24, 1881. Evo. PHILADELPHIA. HENRY LEVIS & C0., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Lron and Genees} Railway Cquipments. Old Rails, Axles, ona Theels bought and sold. 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE, RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 8. Fourth St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | —_———_—— The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having epjoyed for over TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 150,000 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. Y. 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, d all kinds of Lron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof paiitines, m PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON o—— 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., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cw SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. rrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, 4d Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. JAS. ROWLAND & CO,, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - - PHILADELPHIA, Orders solicited onoens Tank and Boat Iron ; t, th PENCOYD IRON WORKS. Manufacturers of the Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron. Also. the James Rowland & Co, Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock, Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. Manufacturers of CAR ASLES. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No, 265 S. Fourth St., PhiladeJphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. rl. a. & P. ROBERTS & CO., , t pe 41, FOUNDRY FACINGS. _ Ta aa nee ; * a os GMIES a leyae testis | = = ee aie © e & = sca 5 oOo f