The Iron Age 1881-12-15: Vol 28 Iss 24

A Review of the he Iron Age Published every Thursday Morping by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Vol. XXVIII: No. 24. New York, Thursday, December 15, 1881. 84°50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Zen Cenés. with a concentrated solution of nitrate of potash, the liquid being retained by a The machine shown in the accompanying | Shallow vessel in which the glass is placed. illustration #s intended to perform the opera-| 4 Platinum wire is dipped in a horizontal tion of pulverizing upon all sorts of hard | Position in the solution along the edges of materials without tho difficulties usually |*he glass. The wire is attached to one of attendant upon that process, and at an the poles of a secondary battery of 50 or 60 unusually rapid rate. It is specially adapted elements. The lines are traced by hand to work upon ores, rocks of all kinds, rolling | With the point of an insulated platinum wire mill fix, &e., and reduce them to a coarse or | Connected with the other pole of the bat- impalpable powder, as may bedesired. The| ‘ery. The parts of the glass covered with principle used is that of employing a chilled- the alkaline solution become engraved when iron ball to roll over the material and thus | ‘touched with the end of the platinum wire, reduce it to a powder. In the manufacture | however rapidly thisis moved, the thickness of umber, the cumbersome but effective |0f the lines varying with the thickness of method of grinding in past times derived its | the wire. Thecurrent from either pole may effectiveness from the use of heavy balls, | be used in the writing wire. but they were driven about in horizontal Mr. William Crossley, of Glasgow, read a channels, and, we think, at a slow rate; the| Paper some time ago before the South effectiveness of the principle was, however, | Wales Institute of Engineers, on “‘ Safety beyond @ question. Lamps and Preventions of Explosions in ‘In the machine illustrated the balls are | Collieries.” The danger of explosions is to driven about in a vertical plane by elastic | be obviated by the introduction of revolving disks, which are pressed against A NEW SAFETY LAMP, them, and at a high rate of speed. The balls} which should be worked with atmospheric themselves, in the largest size of the ma-| air entirely extraneous to the colliery itself. chine, weigh 190 pounds and roll upon @/ This could readily be done by distributing cast-iron ring or shoe, which is held upon 4| air pipes through the works, exactly in the wocden cushion. The grinding is all done : ; i istrib- wet, and 150 jemtnaia of the milthine. txe same manner in which gas pipes are distrib all carefully packed so as to prevent the entrance of grit into them. The cut represents the machine with a portion of the front broken away so as to show the construction. The ball B does the work of pulverizing and rests upon the chilled iron shoe-ring C, and is driven by the rings or disks D D. Im operation the ore or rock fed in by the buckets upon the endless belt Mis carried upon the shoe ring and ground by the continuous action of the ball. The framing of the machine is divided through the center, as on the disks and ring, while the hopper and ends can be taken off so that there is no single piece that has any considerable weight even in the largest size of the machine, which weighs 5 tons. There are two smaller sizes, one of which weighs 3 tons and the other 1. We have not had an opportunity to see the machine in oper- ation, but have heard it very highly spoken of. It is built for Mr. Stephen P. M. Tasker, by the well-known firm of Morris, Tasker & Co., Philadelphia. Mr. Tasker says the ma- chine has been thoroughly tested and is capable of doing a very large amount of work. The figures he gives are 60 tons of rock passing a No. 60 screen in 24 hours. To accomplish this amount of work 10 horse power is needed, Such a machine takes up a space of 4 feet by 7. Experiments have shown that the machine is capable of grind- ing the hardest substances, and has been able to pulverize such articles as hammer heads and hardened steel bits thrown in to test its capacity. ee SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL, Mr. J. H. Thomson, of Shoeburyness, England, recently proposed a new method of working drilling machines. He recom- mends the use of DRILLING MACHINES OPERATED BY ELEC- TRICITY, the drill being contained in a metal frame, in the central part of which are fitted two revolving drill spindles, one within the other, the larger being hollow and the smajler one solid. The small spindle has at its end a shoulder on which a drill or bit is fitted, and prevented from turning on the spindle by means of a ‘feather and slot. Another drill or bit is similarly fitted on to Thompson’s Patent Pulverizer. A—Body of machine. a a— Steel wearing pistes, B—Chilled iron ball. C—Shoe ring with wood cushion, a shoulder on the hollow spindle, and is D D—Disk ring. made hollow to allow of the drill or bit on d d—Disk blades. the small spindle revolving within it. The E—Spring. ; > 7 ; F F—Clutch jourrals. revolving spindles are driven in opposite directions, each having fixed to it a bevel- toothed wheel, which two wheels gear into and are operated by two bevel pinions, each fixed to a tubular part or sleeve made so as to revolve on a fixed axis at right angles to the revolving spindles, such axis passing from side to side of the frame, an aperture through the same being provided for the small drill spindle to work in. To each of the loose tubular parts or sleeves is fixed a disk, to which eight pairs of iron bars are connected, The said bars are wound with insulated wire so as to form electro-magnets. These in turn attract armatures fixed to the frame. The electric current is admitted through a terminal, whence it passes to a contact maker, thence to brushes, and from these latter to insulated rings, each split into eight parts to correspond to the mag- net, and soarranged that only those magaets are in action which are approaching the armatures. From the magnets the electric current passes to another set of insulated rings, and thence by the brushes to a ter- minal. The connecting wires pass along the frame of the machine. Suitable handles are provided by which the operator may hold and work the machine. If the diame- ter of the smail drill or bit be in the ratio of 794 (or thereabouts) to the diameter of the larger drill or bit, the two drills or bits will counteract each other, and the frame will not have a tendency to turn round, Single drills or bits may, however, be employed when (as in the case of small work) con- venient, Electricity has within late years produced wonderful results in almost all branches of seience. One of the latest achievements, safety lamp during the time it is being car- successfully introduced by M. Plante, is ried from the place where it is prepared to ENGRAVING ON GLASS BY MEANS OF ELEC- | the place where it is to be fixed for use. TRICITY, Submarine boring has alwaysbeen attended the process being as follows; The glass is by considerable difficulties, resulting from the jeid in a horizontal position, and covered effects of tidal or other currents, changes of uted through the streets of towns and throughout houses. The pressure required would be about equal to that of gas in ordi- nary supply pipes, and the air could be supplizd from a reservoir, which, in turn, could be kept full by means of suitable blowing appliances. The lamp is entirely closed to the outside atmosphere, except the outlets at the top for the escape of the pro- ducts of combustion. It consists of an ordinary vil vessel and wick, a closed air reservoir for the distribution of air to the parts required for keeping up combustion and for cooling purposes, and, further, of two glass cylinders arranged concentrically, with a small air space between them. The air for combustion passes up through the inner glass cylinder. There is also a current of air between the outer and inner glass eylinders, which keeps .the outer one cool, and, mixing with the products of combus- tion from the inner one, also cools them to a point at which they may be safely allowed to escape. Mr. Crossley’s scheme also in- cludes taking the lamps from the place where they are cleaned and prepared to the working parts of the colliery, which he pro- poses to effect by the aid of a tank bogie. This is so arranged as to contain atmos- pheric air at high pressure—say, 200 to 300 pounds per square inch, is fitted with small stop cocks, and is capable of carrying at least 100 lamps at a time for distribution in the working. The lamp can be arranged to burn in the same manner as an ordinary water level or movements of the vessel from | were exploded by a lighted match, showin i f which the apparatus was worked. The in- | that they were "the Cacaents of wahen coher sister Tena andi ak anuiionie vention of Mr, Thomas English, of Hawley, | The experiment indicates that this explosive | of insulation and solidity is thus pomaar f England, relates to an mixture of gases may be fermed in a steam It may be rolled or twisted up sideways to APPARATUS FOR SUBAQUEOUS BORING, boiler, but it is scarcely probable they ever! be placed in the bath. The web or ribbon the use of which, itis claimed, obviates all would be. The boiler must, at least in part,|in the flat state as woven, can be easily difficulties previously experienced. A soted- be raised to a full red heat. Then cold| painted with any fluid compound if desired ing boring tube is employed, having at its water must be injected, for so long as steam | an ordinary paint brush being employed for end Guitahie anthers. which wien hard reels and the gases are mixed, the latter cannot | the purpose, or the web or ribbon may be has. to be haved may be arranged as in explode. The injection of water must con-| covered with gutta percha, or with some diamond fea drills. This tube is steadied | 4¢28¢ the steam in the boiler before it cools | similar substance, by being ’ passed through in a vertical or more or less inclined position | the red-hot iron, All these very probable | a die where the compound is under pressure. by a frame resting on the bottom, the tube | conditions being fulfilled, an explosion of the itself extending some distance above the sur- | =*5°5 ™4V take place. f face of the water. At the upper end of the | sos to the English Mechanic, a pat- tube a bearing is provided for it ina framing, | °0¢ has been taken out in Germany for a in which there is also a bearing for a short | "°” description of shaft at nearly right angles to the tube, car- ELASTIC LACQUER, rying a bevel wheel which gears with a! which will not peel off, and which is suitable bevel wheel on the tube. The framing also | for the coating of carriage-cloths, plans, and carries a weight, the effect of which may be other articles to be rolled or folded, as well increased or diminished, as required for the | as for wood and ironwork, walls, &c. It nature of the work, by means of a counter- | may also be employed as an isolating layer weight connected to the frame of the drill | for damp rooms, as a means against dry-rot, tube by a rope or chain passing over pulleys | and in rendering stuffs water-proof. To on a jib or derrick mounted on a barge or| produce the lacquer, 50 kg. of linseed-oil other suitable floating vessel moored in the | varnish are heated up to boiling point. In required position. On board this vessel is| another vessel about 15 kg. of lime are placed an engine, the revolving shaft of 'slaked in 20 kg. of water. As soon as the " pe EEE Steel for Ship Plates. A decision recently announced by the Consett Iron Company, England, must be regarded as significant at the present time. This company has bought immense iron- works and collieries in the northwest of Durham at a very low price, and by good management it has paid wonderful dividends for many years. The company is, indeed, the largest iron-plate producing concern in the world; and hence it is a fact of very great significance to find that it has decided to erect a Siemens-Martin plant for the pro- duction of steel plates. Hitherto the ships built on the northern rivers of England have, since the cessation of the building of wooden vessels, been of iron, with very few exceptions. Exceptional steel vessels have been built on the Tyne and the Tees and at West Hartlepool, but all the steel for some of these, and much of it for others, has been obtained from districts that have earlier commenced the production of steel plates for shipbuilding. Steel ship plate production commenced on a large seale some three years ago only, but the immense steel-rail mills erected near Middles- boro’ produced 69,000 tons of steel rails in 1879, about 90,000 tons last year, and this year will enlarge that quantity. These were made at first exclusively from foreign iron bres, to the loss of the consumption of local ores, but the dephosphorization process enables the latter now to be used, and hence there is a growing production of steel, in the form of rails, in the North. Practically, the production of what was one of the staple manufactures of the district—iron rails—is now extinguished in place of those of the more enduring metal. For long there has been a controversy whether iron thus sup- planted would also have steel substituted for it for shipbuilding uses. The Consett Company takes the lead in the production of iron for ships, and hence the significance of the step it has now announced, if even that step be taken on a scale comparatively small. Locally and nationally the question of the comparative service of iron and steel in shipbuilding is being discussed, and is also undergoing the test of experience. In the most recent of these discussions it was stated on the side of iron that a given vessel would cost 434 per cent. more per ton of deadweight carrying capacity if of steel than it would if of iron; while, on the other hand, it was claimed that even with steel much above iron in price, as at present, it would, by carrying more, cost slightly less per ton of carrying capacity. An example was given of the cost of steel and iron vessels—the for- mer of a certain size costing £18,350, and an iron one the same size costing £17,000, but carrying 80 tons less freight. Hence it was contended that for the additional cost there u | | } | sy os Le — LOM ae TVPG 11117101151: 21ET is EEN am oY G—Shaft. o-Fyv wheel. : H H—Braces for journal bearings. —Fly wheel fender. was a very large interest. When the matter 1 i i—Nuts for setting disks. S S—Tight and loose pulley. is narrowed to these dimensions it can K—Set-screws for brasses. T— Hopper. a le b : or : : wa - Peaking aobacrews. i Autionatio feed. scarcely be sail that it is too soon to speak N—Screens. V—Feed clutch. of the ultimate substitution of steel for iron O O—Screws for holding screens, W—Ore receiver. in shipbuilding. P—Foundation Bolts, X—Water supply pipe. —_—— THOMPSON’S PATENT PULVERIZING MACHINE. A Phosphor-Bronze Steam Yacht.- A trial trip of this small steam launch, the property of the Phosphor-Bronze Company, Limited, London, took place recently. The vessel is built entirely of phosphor-bronze. Her length is only 35 feet, her beam about 6 feet, and she attained a speed of 1214 miles per hour, which, considering her size, is a ereditable performance. The chief object of the company in having so small a craft built was to test the rigidity of the phosphor- bronze sheet and angle pieces used in her construction, prior to having boats built on a large scale. The results have been be- yond the company’s expectation as regards rigidity and absence of vibration. As the cost of phosphor-bronze boats will not much exceed that of steel boats, and as the metal is not subject to corrosion like iron or steel, and also retains its value, the use of the material in the construction of steam launches, torpedo boats, &c., is probable, which is connected with the shaft of the| lime boils, about 50 kg. of hot melted raw bevel wheel, which works the drill by a flex- | caoutchouc are added to the lime water, and ible twisted wire shaft, such as is frequently | the whole is then stirred until it has become empoyed for working drills in various posi- | thoroughly mixed. This composition is tions. A flexible hose in connection with a| poured into the boiling varnish, the whole pump conducts water, under pressure, to the | being stirred all the time. Further stirring interior of the drill tube. The boring tube| takes place unti] a homogeneous mass is is lowered by means of the jib or derrick | formed, which is afterward strained or chain into guides provided in the steadying | filtered, and left to cool. After cooling, the frame, and its counterweight is adjusted to| lacquer has a pap-like consistency. To suit the nature of the ground or rock to be| apply the lacquer it is diluted with the de- bored ; it is then, by means of the flexible | sired quantity of varnish, and put on with shaft and gearing, Caused to revolve, while| brushes, either in a warm or cold state ; water is forced through it to scour out the | but it is said to be better to apply it warm, borings, the tube descending as the hole | as then no varnish is required for diluting it. becomes deepened. When it has descended | In rendering linen water-proof, the lacquer a certain distance the gearing and ifs frame | may be put on by means of brushes or roll- ara detached, an additional length of tube| ers. After treatment, the linen or other is added, and the boring is continued. stuffs, paper, &c., are hung up to dry. At a recent meeting of the American | Stuffs are perfectly dry and ready for use in Academy of Sciences, an apparatus illus-|two days. The product is stated to be trating the lustrous, elastic, uot sticky, and perfectly DECOMPOSITION THEORY OF STEAM BOILER | water-proof. EXPLOSIONS Prof, A. FE. Ayrton has recently devised a was shown at work, proving, according to | novel method of the inventor, thet steam might be decom-| COVERING WIRES FOR ELECTRICAL PURPOSES, posed by simple heat into the constituent | the process being merely a modified form of gases of water—oxygen and hydrogen. The| weaving. The wire, which may be German experiments conducted were interesting, | silver, platinum, silver, &c., or simply cop- but perhaps not conclusive as showing a/| per or iron, if cheapness be desired, is wound possible cause of boiler explosions. The ap-| bare on the shuttle and used as the weft, paratus was very simple—a flask in which| being woven backward and forward be- water was heated, a tube conveying the| tween parallel fibers of silk, cotton or any steam into a closed platinum crucible, |suitable material employed as the warp. where it was again heated by a spirit lamp, | The wires may, however, be arranged as and a tube thence carrying the superheated | the warp and the insulating material em- steam and the liberated gases toan ordinary | ployed on the shuttle. The web, whether pneumatic trough, where the mixed gases | composed of a warp of wires and a weft of were collected in a test tube, while the| insulating material, or a warp of threads of | ern Russia, and through the gorges of the steam was absorbed. At the conclusion of | insulating material and a weftof wire, may, | (aucasus to Tifflis, almost on the confines of the experiment, the gases thus collected! if desired, be steeped in or passed through a/| Persia, The British army in South Africa, in the course of the war with the Basutos, found and destroyed some American plows. The fact is significant as showing how far-reach ing is the American name and influence. The American thrasher breaks the quiet of the valleys of Palestine. The American mower and reaper perform their labor-sa\% ing operations among the vines and fig trecs of Asia Minor. American agricultural im- plements carried off the prize last summer at a fair in Bulgaria, not far from where American rifles, in the hands of the Turks, carrying further than the old-fashioned weapons of the Russians, made such deadly havoc on the fields of Plevna. American locomotives thunder over the plains of South- o 2 ee eee ITHE IRON AGE. Doeembar 15, 1864, Zive, etc. The Plume& hiwded Mfg. Company, ANS N 1A BRASS & COPPER CO., PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, ay No. 19 Oliff St¥ret, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF President & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary, SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &c. 18 Murray Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co,, MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass, WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvaniring, Rolling and Tempering, MANUFACTURERS OF TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. Of Every Description. Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms, PURE COPPER WIRE For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA * REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO. IMPORTERS OF Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, GERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS & BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASSS. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. And small Brass Wares of every Description. Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line ot Sport- ing Goods and Wood’s Paper Shot Shells. TIN PLATE, DEPOTS: Mills At : : ROOFING PLATE, | 296 Broadway, NewYork, WATERBURY, / Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, Conn. NEW YORK OFFICE: 8T. LOUIS WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE: 21 Cliff St. 802 No. Second St. 107 Lake St. 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 189 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. ““NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. CLIFF 8TREET, NEW YORE. . ention al PAA Dh BM es Fara| ORAZIERS AND SHEATHING COPPER, | ™*mtmctenne — : a = i or ROLLED SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS Bridgeport, Conn. 419 Murray 8¢..'N. y, | Manufactory, Nos. 119%, 1199, 1201, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1209 amd r2rr De Kalb Avenue, lyn, N. Y. 3 mncranre suns] MOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH, Heavy Rolled ore for Malt Kitn Floors, Wire Work, Wi a4 Guards, Also, Hund und Railroad ue aaling GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Wire for Electrical and otner purposes, Brass and German Silver Wire, Copper Rivets and Burrs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, BRASS ’ HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. B U T T oO Ni 3 Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. 2 CLOTH AND METAL. DEPOTS, ractories, | ROME IRON WORKS, eueece® — Soeten anaes 1 re St., ’ 183 Lake St. Chleage, Now York Cty. | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- 1 ursery Fender. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,| per and German Silver o~ (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), “ itt: sT. LOUIS. MO. = om ee = Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Conper,| COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Wire, Zinc, Ete. ‘é 29 & 3) Clg St., cor. Fulton, Rome, New York. DICKERSON & CO.) Liveryovi. NEW YORK, WATERBURY, CONN. HB Be NEW YORE, BOSTON, Border Garden Arches, No. 2 Semicircle, Plain Garden Arch. 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. ABRAM 8. HE aetna, eee E. HANSON, Secretary. WM. HEWITT, Vice ‘President. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of IRON and STEELWIRE 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 & CO., 17 Burli Philadelphia Office. JOHN HEWITT, Agent, 2: 7 North Pourth St. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address: HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. 113 Liberty Street, N. ¥. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE, MASS., For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, que a “ply Strand, Staples, &c. Annealed on Oiled Feneing r~X WIRE ROPE Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn Brass = Copper Co., Dealers A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. a ht I d B Machine Screws; Turned, He Round and Square Head Cop and Screws ase and irom ' fety ana J Jack Chain; Gilt, Nic el lated and Brouze Trimmings of all sie rom Sheet ron Sioa rom eet lron, Stee . Estimate description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and s on patemed articles, or any promptly given. THE NEW JERSEY WIRE GLOTH CO. TRENTON, N. J. Ingot Copper, oe 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, Correspondence solicited from the trade desiring to contract for a spring supply of Green and Drab Window Screen Cloth. Quality guaranteed the best in the market. BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE, cA WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St, A = pcre Sa} .? St. Louls, Mo. WORCESTER WIRE CO, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and te — ernments. a oe homes in the braneh on the Con- g=— | tinent. Welegraph Address, CAKLSWERK, CO General See for UO. 8. ae ee ee | PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N.Y. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin! A. LESCHEN «& SON, Of cll sizes straightened and cut to order. , Hanctacturers of The-Schoenberg Metal Mtg. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in /™ |SOLDER, TYPE, Stereotype, Electrotype ind Babbitt Metals, impgrsere of Block Tin, eda &c. Refiners of Lead. fre lpr. . &e, Highest rice a a Ee Old Metals Bt ¢, botweer 2 enues A & B, 423 , 919 to 923 N. Main , ° e Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL WIRE For all Purposes. WORCESTER, MASS. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Correspondence invited. is i : t ear eee ee £14 a 7 ‘ a ; SS a ee ES SRE FF ; e ¥ i b K December, 15, 1883, THE LRON AGE 3 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Manufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD CAGES. Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. CARY & MOEN, > STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every doecription. COLULLOLOE WO WOU SOLE EDLD, CLEA hheAhik VUE OLE mAarcKet Sieei Wire, Crinviine Wire, tempered ana coverca, Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture rings, constantly on hand. 934, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - 7 ™ / 7 NEW YORK, LIGHT HOIST BROWN & BROTHERS, 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 _ 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 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. WROUGHT-IRON BEDSTEADS. The cheapest and best Beds in the market. Adopted by the United States Government, ‘ST001Y 8 SIS WO0 Iron, Steel and Brass Wire Cloth, Wrought Iron Fenc ing and Ornamental Iron and Wire Work, manufac tured by E. T. BARNUM’S WIRE WORKS, Detroit, Mich. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Sliver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- port shipments, 46 Park Place, : NEW YORK. Largest warieh in patterns and unsurpassed in low palees. New. lilustrated 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 aran . Allorders will receive mpt atten- ney Address, J. G GREENE, Shaes, 22 Wall St., SouenzctTapy, N. Y. G. S. Veeper, Pres; J. G. GREENE, Sec. and Treas. 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. £14 end 216 ELM STREET CINCIANATI, OHIO, U. SA CRS ii Mun a ett ti) tite Fe Petr TT it, MACHINERY, New Catalogue Just Issued. Sent Free on Application. NG YALELOCKMFG.co. Office and Works, STAMFEORD, CONN. Salesrooms, New York, 53 Chambers Street, Boston, =< - 36 Pearl Street Philadelphia, 507 Market Street, Chicago - - G4 Lake Street. This Advertisement is Changed Every Week. GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT OF THE CAMBRIA IRON co. PHILIP E, CHAPIN, Gen'l Superintendent, MAKERS OF SDE EIL.. WIRE AND SPRINCS. Sample of our Toe Calk Steel, showing one end bent over and flattened down cold 768 piece of iron solidly welded to the steel wita the use of sand only, and the other end hammered to an edge, and then hardened sufficiently to cut glass. Similar samples can be made by any blacksmith from our Too Calk Steel, or seen at WORKS, JOHNSTOWN, PENN, Eastern Warehouse, 81 John St., N. Y.; Phila. Warehouse, 523 Arch Street. MOULDING SAND, Albany Sand a Specialty. FOUNDRY FACINGS, Shovels, Riddles, Brushes, &c. WHITEHEAD BROS, AMERICAN FACING CO. 7, A. EMERICK. HOWARD EVANS, J. A. EMERICK & CO. 1056 & 1076 Beach Street, ae PHILADELPHIA, HR” MANERS' FOUNDRY FACINGS, MOLDING SANDS and Foundry Supplies. Established 1810, N. & G, TAYLOR 6O,, 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. wm. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 517 W. 15th St., New York. FIRE SAND AND CLAYS. —_— WOOD, JENNISON & CO., Manufact f SHAFTING — ine amatanturere of 9 eT ING, PULLEYS AND HANGERS—A Specialty, Machine. Worcester, Mass. mre 8 An Improvement in Annealing Furnaces, William Nehring, ef Cincinnati, Ohio, some time ago invented a new and useful improvement in annealing furnaces, the in- vention being more pafticularly designed for the production of malleable cast iron. some of the larger articles are insufficiently | annealed, while other articles, becoming | overheated, are liable to sag and become, welded together, end besides, injuries re- | ceived from these causes are with difficulty | removed from the furnace. With the ob- | ject of economizing both material and labor and producing better work, Mr. Nehring has so constructed his improved furnace | A. ae MN TOC ; h eatepes ss geez PRR It is well known that the labor of putting | | the articles to be annealed into, and getting | the heat, either generally or locally, as may them out of, the furnace by the customary | be deemed necessary. The doors, R, are’ plan is attended with much delay and diffi- | preferably provided with mica windows, S, culty, and that while within the furnace | to enable inspection from time to time of parts. Rising vertically from ths front edge of the truck floor is a wall, P, which, when the truck is driven home, serves as the front wall of the oven, and also does duty as .its,;door.. Ventilators or cooling inlets, Q, in the truck wall are closable by means of doors, R, by partially or. wholly opening of which air may beadmitted either to assist combustion or to aid in regulating the interior of the oven. T are the truck wheels, resting upon a track or tramway, U. V is an offset in the wall, B, to receive the luting bricks. The dimensions of the truck wall are preferably just sufficiently Jess than the interior of vault, A, to permit the introduction of luting bricks or tiles, W. X represents a cast-iron slab, upon which are stacked the crucibles or boxes, Y, which ZEEE. Fig. 1.—An Improvement in Annealing Furnaces.—Longitudinal Section. that a full charge of articles to be annealed | are charged with the articles to be annealed. can be inserted simultaneously, and when, Having thus described the invention, the in the judgment of the furnaceman, suffi- | following is what Mr. Nehring claims as new cient] megeell furnace on a strong and from the stationary porticns along a rail track like a truck. Except for the | largest articles, the objects to be annealed | are placed in crucibles or boxes, which boxes are stacked on the floor of said mov- able portion, which portion is then pushed into the furnace proper, of which the floor of the truck then constitutes the bottom, and of which the wall at one end of the truck constitutes the closed door. This having been done, the joint between the fixed and movable portions is sufficiently | closed by meaus of brick. In order to regu- late and direct the heat to different parts of the furnace, the flues are constructed in several branches, one or more of which are capable of being wholly or partially closed at the discretion of the attendant. In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents | annealed, can be as promptly re-| To accomplish this, he has con-| structed the bottom and front of the oven or | iron framework, | mounted on wheels, and movable toward | therein: 1. The combination, in an anneal- ing furnace, of the fire-place C, the parti- wall, with its uptake I, and the truck L, with its wall P, and flues Mand K. 2. The combination, with oven Z, whose floor and front are component parts, of a separable truck, L, the orifice Q and Kin said front, and orifices M in said floor, communicating with oven, and with floor flues K, respec- tively, the suid floor flues discharging into flues J, leading to uptakes I within fire- bridge B, said orifices being provided with regulating doors or stoppers, the whole being arranged and operated substantially as set forth. The Queen City Malleable Iron Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, have used these furnaces since last May, each furnace being filled with about 8000 pounds of castings three times per month, and up to the present time there has been no need of repairs. The com- pany, in fact, feel confident that quite some time will pass before any repairing will be required, The surface of the grate and fire- a longitudinal fore-and-aft section of an | annealing furnace embodying Mr. Nehring’s principle. of Fig. 1. As before stated, these furnaces are pro- vided with movable trucks, one of which Fig. 2 is a section on the line wx | place of the furnaces used by them measures 24 x 36 inches, and it takes 36 hours to pro- duce temper heat. Their annealing boxes will stand from 6 to 12 heats. In future they expect to make the retorts as long as the trucks, and use in their construction 4 Fig. 2.—Section on the Line x x of Fig. 1. may be packed with articles to be annealed, and can be pushed in while the other one is withdrawn. In unpacking the oven it is not necessary to destroy a who'e wall of it, but only a few bricks must be taken out, and it is easy to see how much material, time and labor is saved. The retorts are made of the same breadth as the trucks, and are lined inside with %4- inch cast-iron plates. A represents an arched vault of masonry, open at both ends. This vault is divided into twe unequal compart- ments by a pier or parti-wall, B, which, stretching transversely from side to side, reaches nearly to the ceiling. Of these compartments the smaller compartment is, at its upper part, occupied by a fire-place or furnace proper, C, having a grate, D, coke shelf E, mouth F and door G. For this fire- place the upper part of wali B does duty as fire-bridge. Through the passage H, above the said fire-bridge, the products of combus- || tion escape into the larger compartment afore- inch cast-iron plates, expecting as a resuir increased facility in packing and unpacking the castings. The retorts will stand at least 15 heats. Furnaces for burning earthen- j ware, cementing steel, &c., may be con- structed similar to the one here described. I The Austrian Iron Trade.—A rising tendency has made itself felt in the Austrian iron market, and the improvement which | has taken place during the past few weeks | has not been confined to particular descrip tions of iron, but has been almost universal. Pig iron, especially, occupies now a very firm position, end is worth a great deal more than a month ago, although sales have jnot been of very formidable extent; be- cause makers, speculating upon a brisk business in the spriug, keep very reserved, especially with regard to future delivery. pamriee and Carinthian pig can only with difficulty be obtained under 48 florins per said. The wall B has a flue or uptake, I, | ton, and as refining forges and manufac- which communicates at or near its lower | tories are provided with orders which will part on the front side with a series of flues, | in most cases extend as far as the middle ef J, communicating with like flues, K, in the bed or floor, J, of the truck L. I discharges by flue N into a suitable chim- ney. The flues K, near their front ends, communicate by short downtakes, M, with the said larger compartment, which, in con- junction with the truck, constitute the oven proper, Z. The flues K extend preferably to the extreme front of the truck, so as to form openings, K, in the manner repre- sented, and each is supplied with a movable plug or stopper, O, which, being pushed rearward or drawn forward, serves to close or open the respective downtakes, and thus to regulate and direot the heat to particular | next year, and inquiry is still good, the con- The uptake | tinuation of the present firm tendency of sabe market may be implicitly relied upon. Steel rail mills and steel works generally are | still in full swing with old orders, and en- | gineering shops are likewise well provided | with work, It is a fact that, notwithstand- |ing the advanced state of the season, busi- | ness is conducted on a very firm basis, that a stop has at last been put to precipitate offers, and that fluctuations, caused by severe competition, have ceased. The pro- posed increase in the import duties on pig iron, however, has also not slightly eon- tributed to strengthen the market, But December 15 1881, THE IRON AGE. evo, | Xvon. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. NEW YORE. OGDEN & WALLACE,|A. B. Warner & Son,|JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.., $5, 87, 89 & ¥1 Elm 8t., New York, IRON MERGHANTS 98 William Street, New York. | ron an d Stee | 28 & 29 West and 52 Washinton ds, maeee oa = —e this Sor Sao Besendd es BOILER PLATE, = | 20ck 7m, we, sraren, armiony, mexet, &. Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s H SON & GILLOON BLACK DIAMOND STEEL.! Setter Tubes, Ansie, Tee & Girder fren All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | Setler and Tank Rivets. nm hand. IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER BST., and 802, 304, 306 CHERRY ST., EVO. PITTSBURGH. W. D, WOOD & COS xVON. v SNOW SHOES Fd ROADSTER Fy Sole Agents for the celebrated g an |“Hureka,” Pennocks, are NEW YORK, = p i F R S ON 6 0, 5 | W awasset,” Lukens, have sats wat 2 and wife: for ale, the following can, and a PATTERN. Brands of Iron, Alsoal! descriptions of Plate, Sheet, Wrougl . ne iron ale vale. so old Yheaoe Mieeceion, ae Planished Sh e et Ir on. Patented March 14th, 1008 Apell Gh, 193] GI EP Erg” TOE CALKS. Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jam. 11, 1676, Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the ‘ Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON “yor care, (BOILER PLATE 24 Broadway, New York City 8 and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive sron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. lron & Steel, some meg, gow mus, COMMON & REFINED IRON, _— Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. rolls, Ovals, » als Ovals, Half Rounds pomngen and OXFORD IRON CO., (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) Cut Nails Meeps, Reds, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, | ice Ebse rea, Also from Obarcoal Big 9 su superior Horse Shoe, Nall Rods, duced ieee er Ord ers G. may be rent to the Mil oF by all the principal Steel, &c. to J. 0. CARPENTER, our Agent, Aa E T A L D E A LE RS STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. Orders promptly Siled from stock. S P i K E 3. In the Large cities throughout Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet THE UNITED STATES. Iron, all descriptions 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. And at their Office, SHOENBERGER & CO. Pittebargh, Ill Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA, | ~~" = eT KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, Established 176, by ABEEL & BYVANCK, ABEEL BROTHERS, : —p Cw Iron Merchants, ay an mw vore. 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. FOUNDRY PIG IRON BURDEN’S CO. manEH ULSTERIRON Old Rails, Scrap Iron, Crop Ends, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL! KTEFEOD IN , PIC IRON, BLOOMS, Pittsburgh, “. sn Si. HORSE SHOES. Refined iron, Old Car Wheels, &e, Morse-Shoe Iron, Common Iron, oo Band, Moop and Serou trom, | EQX & DRUMMOND, sauineeee bi Bonnell, Botsford & Co.. Sasmoner el Rods, = Tie ST., NEW YORK. i» Norway Shapes, h f ; Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, etc. MARS ALL LEFFERTS & CO. ” ‘ ; i N | & | hie i: UPGAN BAST [rete Sec] HON, Nalis Spikes, UNION STORAGE CO, weupnuundeu, dase, Storage and Seoue Warrants MARSHALL IRON CO.., Manufacturers of PIG IRON, B LOOMS, INGOTS, | Best Charcoal Bloom, Best Refined & Commor MUCK BAR, RAILS, & Correspondence aa to Gaines of 5S H E E 7 j ad oO nN e =< annie? A oa. Manufacturers of and Dealers in LERON I alvanized Sheet Iron, Our specialty is in Ist and 2d Qualities. Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized struction onFire- Proof Buildings, Hoop and Hand 1 Iron, Gal ivan zed Rod and Bar Iron, — Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron lron ridges, &c. apa for 8 . yards at furnaces Channel Iron. For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. _—<$—$— eet, Delaware. Bay State 2 Bee og ass., Boiler 1, Best Refined and © : vied ae eegincd seat) || SITES ARON. | /The Burden lronCompany|Qavle ION and N ail Wor k Plates Rolled to 400 Inches. Plate and Tank Iron, : Plans and estimates furnished, and contracts} © wNo.1,C H No. 1, € H No. 1 Flange, Best Flange ESS aoe eee Troy, N. Y. on application by ne - aia BOI LER IRON ———$ (x s|_——_—____ ee ee ee ncttiens of iron work Garant or|EGLESTON BROS. & CO - *. , Mudson Street, New York, All descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or ZUC & CO., Manufacturers of the Celebrated SableNails Office and Works, PITTSBURGH, PA. LEECH BURG "TRON WoRKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEEHT IRONS, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule men, nd” NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pitteburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leecohburg, Pa, Tinned to o BORDEN & LOVELL ’ Price list aia quotations sent upon application. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., Commission Merchants itt isin 70 & 7i West St., PIC IRON, wy Pesce f — New York. Agents for the sale of __ No. ¢ 69 Wall St. “9 New Yor York. Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, JLSTER IRON WORKS. Bands, Hoops &Rods. | ; pe 90 Broadway, New York. Bord Mini Cc ’ ‘ "Cumberland Coals, | Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co Cumberland Coals. do , WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO, | ae cceaarsnc new Xora DEALERS IN TRON MERCHANTS |jpon anp STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c, 166 South Street DE? Pouth Street, f NEW YORK CITY. BURDEN’S H. B. & S. ULSTER BAR IRON. All sizes and shapes in stock. Also Best Grades of Am. & Eng, Ref’d lron,Common Iron,&c DESPARD BROTHERS, GO Wall St., New York. P.O. Box 764. Importers of New and Old Rails, Steel Blooms, SCRAP IRON, &c. Duty paid or in bond. B. FF. JUDSON, , Cor. Albany & Washington Sts. Agent for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel bo! hes Plates, Importer of and Dealer in HEW FORE Cl5%, o| Lan ei Rolling Mili», and Union Fube W See Sosace A c aurel Rolin a Mon Tt orks; ‘ough Ww. Sisruam | [ron Beams, Angles, Tees, Rivets, é SCOTCH AND MERICAN M. BH. WALLACE. Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. $53 £358 Soucy sezt_ NEW YORK Manhattan Rolling Mill. FoR SALE. TWO UNCUT ROLLS FOR A - 16-INCIHI MITT. ABOUT 10 TONS 1%-IN. SQUARE BAT IRON. ABOUT 4 TONS 1%-IN. SQUARE BAR IRON. ABOUT 7 TONS 1%-IN. SQUARE BARK IRON, Also, a small lot of other sizes by DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., 92 Mangin St., N. Y. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and bave always in stock en ROLLED IRON BEAMS, J. LEONARD, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- 445 to 451 West St., 177 & 179 Bank St. pusher of ings, Eye Bars, &c. : ve PATERSON, 1 N. J. Roa 20: ABoy may Swedish. 2 “Norway’ Iron HORSE SHOE IRON, Room 45, Astor House, New York. SRIeR in He of every 7 Jeacription. Stock on hand at Bost oe bildadelphia. Importation deter * N A L Toe Calk Steel, » BRO Cc U T Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. i 10 WALL § SF, _ GUSTAF LUNDBERG, ;8 Kilby st., Boston ~ DANIEL F. COONEY, _ —S" pALsEnt Ports, Philadelphia Agent, 234 &°236 N. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “We, weve wanna ee sce | WM. PAULSEN, | CHARLES HUBBARD, Re LAP-WELDED HOILER FLUE, Se See Tre Saw See “Sheridan” & “ Leesport”’ f Boiler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. Agency for Glasgow Iron Co., Jos. L. Bailey & Co. METAL COMMISSION MERCHANT. Brands Pig Tron, Pine Iron Works, esence Rolling Mills, "chester Pipe and Tube Co., Albany & Rens. Iron & Steel Co.'s Sole Agent for the well-known § § brand of WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) celebrated Boiler Riv ets; Homogeneous Steel, Boller and Fire Box Plates. Spelter and refined Stolberg Pig Lead. Stock for making strong castings. DOVER IRON C0. BoriLaR RIVETS, . - HUGH W, “ADAMS & CO. Joseph P. Reed. R, Hope Hepburn. 6 99 Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. > ADAMS: & CO, jeumrii' v. BED & 60. CHARCOAL PIG IRON, SCOTCH AND ENGLISH IRONS.’ Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants,| ‘Maiden Creek” and “Garrick” brands. c U L L E RR id nr O T i? i Ro & C O ’ 265 5, Fourth St. Philadelphia Favorite brands of Scotch Pig Iron, | Agents for American Charcoal and Anthracite Furnaces, | pipgeviEW COAL AND COKE CO.. Latrobe. Sarwiclit Ghd we hintve. 56 Pine Street, New York, J. D. pevias apg ee te ies OLD CAR WHEELS, BEST BRANDS. fs 139 Greenwich Street, New York, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES a Specialty. 46 Cliff St., New York City. * oO 3 Hues W. ADawms. BB. December 15, 1881. eron, PHILADELPHIA. | Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 8, Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | Kyo. PHILADELPHIA. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and _ Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. «984 8. 4th 8t., Philadelphia. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed 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. ¥. 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 IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished, Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanised, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cw SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch 8St., Philadelphia, Pa. licited i for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank ana Boat Iron } t, Stamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, JAS. ROWLAND & C0, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave.g - - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. h PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS & CoO., Manufacturers of CAR AStLES. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Agents for the sale of Glamotgan Pig af fron * r- LP QUAKER CITY FAGING MILLS, Pier 45 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Mineral Facing, ‘ Faoing, ~ $'ove Plate Facing, IXL Facing, XX Facing, Lead Facing, Charcoal Facing, Anthracite Facing, Bituminous Facing, Soapstone Facing, Lehigh Facing, Sea Coal Facing. MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. Riddles, Shovels, Steel Wire Brushes, Bellows, Sc