The Iron Age 1881-12-29: Vol 28 Iss 26

Oe pee a ee be nelle ® The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Daviy Writiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Olass Matter. — Vol. XXVIIT: No. 26. New Y. Sek. Thursday, December 29, 1881. 84:00 a Year, Including Postage, Single Copies, Ten Cenés. j o } : : : : ize | ore-roasting furnaces hitherto in use, The chlorine gas,as he thinks this gas will, under Coal Mining in China. ee a the a eaiieels sell, the sredeenens akitea lower aa of the masonry consists of these conditions, be peculiarly useful in P familiar with locomotive and | be carried on in a series of vessels having | what may be an ordinary reverberatory | chlorodizing ores. He says that as r y ; ersons fami wi f the fact that | openings, through which the undissolved | furnace, and at or near the top of the stack | taining gold and silver may be simply - rom recent official reports concerning pre gett ae Bei Sake oi ata ic tact ame may be removed from time to time. | provision is made for allowing the introdue- | phurized and passed down into the lower | trade and commerce in China, some inter- —_— a os + 7 linder, after it is desirable that a partial vacuum should | tion of finely crushed ore through a coutrol- chamber, where a stream of chlorine GS 18 | esting information is obtained with regard wore oe ‘ a > bebbine corroded, | be maintained in the vessel or vessels men-| ling valve in a hopper, The stack has great | allowed to acton them, The inventor is, of to coal mining in that country. A report being ——_ or ome ailin itn ceetineth Meahiieeteathe Grab part of the process, | breadth, and hasa series of inclined reverber- | course, aware that a series of reverberatory from Tien-Tsin states that the Kaiping cones SeeGe:: Meee to one of | so that the sulphureted hydrogen generated |atory hearths. The gases, after passing | hearths forming a tortuous passage for ore, coal mines in that region h d it is customary to cut a te ol with a| may pass freely away. The hydrochloric | through the inclined hearths or passages, | terminating at its lower end in a reverbera- : ; gion have progresse them, and fill the recess thus a eae kt oots ao in dissolving the antimonious ores | are conducted downward from the top of | tory passage, leading to a cupola below, re and will Rrotebiy, soon supply the sana Selreaely at a ie to make | and substances should be as strong as pos- | the stack, and after passing over a greater connected near its lower end with a fire-box, | whole of North China with coal at low found extremely difficult, are d ehel sible, and suitable acid may be conveniently | or less distance over a water surface, which | has been used before. He claims particu-|rates. Some interesting particulars rela- a good joint with the pee pee! an powsd ies a by-product in the manufac- | will absorb the dust and a portion of the larly the series of inclined reverberatory tive to these mines are given. No. 1 shaft and it is evident that a a per orming will | ture of sulphate of soda ; as, however, such | gases, they may rise again by their light- | hearths forming a tortuous flue, in combina- has been sunk to a depth of 200 feet, and a work satisfactorily with little ex a. «140k Geil’ comtalnn arsenic, the said ar-| ness or aided by a fan. The gases are ul- | tion with the adjustable air valves, rever- | drift 300 feet long has been driven, which be highly prized by its pe aoe Pre. Suis wbald be precipitated ‘by means of | timately discharged through an ordinary | beratory furnace with its fire-box, and the | cuts through six seams of coal, one of which as are Seaees eae Se onal sulphide of antimony before the acid is| flue. To operate the furnace, the attendant | deoxidizing chamber below said reverbera- | is 7 feet in thickness. About 3500 tons of the place of the slow and a opera- . - The precipitate obtained in the third | opens and closes the valves at the bottom of | tory furnace, with throat opening into the coal have been taken out of the prospecting tion of eee ae ee Retogg et gee on of the process is preferably washed | one or other of the inclined channels in the | hearth and provided with gas blast pipes. + bre a . atenee a yee hy — realy applied to the voor, Sutera the | with a solution of chloride of antimony, — - me pearae. as porenes 5 Freee, Oe PHOSPHOR LEAD BRONZE. B nor “drift oe into M en ¢ tia an Es. ncaa © enaion oth, ne, Saraez | Ardevchlare ack en water, inode £2 Sn ocksess ceca ews| became by |. Vales the ches Wi a metila eon leit OB HAD Ad Tea GAL employed. It is also oterts 2 the drilline other impurities which would render the | suction at any one of the valves by the | being introduced into England, by Messrs. Se mr be es as oe coal is of ae ae on oe Z sft heoline i metallic antimony less valuable. In the|draft, strikes upon the upper face of the | K. H. Kiiehne & Co., of Lébtau, near Dres- foe os °? ¥ er and —. demand out of old studs when ili ped. orts on new | reaction under the first part of the process, | reverberatory hearth opposite the valve, | den, Germany, giving nae of suc- | for mt ein +ekin and the neighborhood is ng Pe aeortal att ad jasted to the | sulphureted hydrogen is evolved. and is | whence it is deflected upward through the | cess. It appears to be specially adapted for | very large. A gas works for some - work. It is supported and a ee the crak das follows: It is passed through|ore. The hearths have upper and lower | all purposes where gun metal, brass or other | 300 lights has been put up ; it was entirely work to be grooved by four stu oe ae coda pies odinlibaia tl denitenaiieaed dealt \theck arranged in the form of a triangle, to | material is used in the construction of those hea > the company’s workshops. through two hollow a thie slid ~~ ies| usual or desired construction, in which revent the loss of heat, by keeping the | portions of machinery subject to constant | From the colliery to Hsii Ko-chuang there slide shown in the figure. Th nil: . i a dee chloride of antimony and hydrochloric acid ie constantly in direct contact with the | wear or continuous friction, The introduc- | is @ single line of railway, about 634 miles a head containing a spindle similar to a a carried over are condensed and recovered, | descending ore, and also to prevent the tion of lead into its composition and its | in length, 4 ft. 8% in. gauge, with a max- press, this head receiving a arity and the said sulphureted hydrogen freed, | formation of eddies in the air current, which | homogeneousness give it special properties, | mum gradient of 1 in 100; the sharpest ment by = of a eet di 7 6 as above set fact from chloride of anti- would be formed where straight inclined rendering it most efficacious for the purpose | curve has a 15u0 foot radius. The rails are spindle is driven by gearing om = re ore mony, and hydrochloric acid is passed | projecting pieces are arranged in the stack. above mentioned. It has been subjected to | of rr Ibs. * the yard, and the sleepers ves eae Talend F the spindle, through a series of chambers containing | The theory is to supply the ores in a com- every test that experience could suggest, tab *. ny rae ee * pene has = eee See eo tee f a| oxide of iron for decomposing the gas and|minuted condition adapted to be quickly | and is reported to have passed them all most n built at the colliery, and will be used being moved up and down by means of a | ox posing when the prejudices of the Chinese against screw. When the proper depth for a cut is its employment are “overcome ; until then reached, the horizontal movement of the native ponies will be employed on the line. spindle is prevented gk cogent - a i he =e ae ga ee Se a oe ma small screw. e ea can as n constructed—-the firs i: ane in either direction by changing waterway constructed in China on Euro- the feed gears at the end of the screw, and pean principles ; the iron girders for two can in a moment be made independent of * 30-foot span bridges were entirely made at the py me Hen hae screw, — = aes a oma a oa only iron procur- is rota the driving 5s . able a or the work. pi that the best possible advantage bas From the port of Wuhu (China) it is been taken of the limited space — fact reported that last year only roro tons of this work, and that the strain “as un coal passed through the local custom house, head, slide ont are tee aw eed os againet 3315 sone in 1879. ; The it success minimu of the Yin-chia-hui mine, from w is 9 _ spindle within. half an inch of the coal comes, is attributed to a anaikan . of face of the work. Only two a transport between the pit’s mouth ard the the machine = oa oe as om nearest navigable Fiver. or a distance of seat, a a7 miles cua vari on m » ped ie finished on the outer side of the in up and down mountain paths, which valve face, all that is required is to loosen are impassable for any wheeled carriage, the top nuts on re studs ee and even hy 4 ee > on peas i through the arms, lift up the ma- except in times of unusual scarcity, Yiu- ee oe d cola it facing the boiler, when, chia-hui coal cannot be laid down is Shapers having been secured, work can be resumed. hai at prices which will enable it to compete The same applies to the other sides. Only successfully with coal from other districts, one size of the machine is built, as provision or with the cheaper fuel furnished by the for very large os a a ve em ee large en of —* ri xtension feet or es 2 the neighbor o e Yang-tse, r. Prt ion the ordinary stud. The machine Molesworth, of the Chinese Engineering and is manufactured and sold by the L. B. Flan- Mining Company, who was for a short time ders Machine Works, Philadelphia, Pa. connected with the mine in question, states, sailieniiinisiows from pessoas observation, that there is coal 3 in considerable quantity in that part of the METALLURGICAL NOTES. An-hui lying of the Toure, and he is informed that coal is also worked north of the Yan-king. The coal he has seen is anthracite, very soft ; has a large percentage TREATMENT OF MIXED ORES. are certain ores which although ‘ andl metals of considerable iperiane of -~ — aor but gives out ne a so difficult te with on a and is unit for steaming purposes, but he is vars, Oe. seale that they are practically , , told it is liked by the Chinese for cooking unsaleable ; any proposition therefore which purposes. The coal has in most places been gives such ‘ores a marketable value is of STEAM CHEST SEAT MILLING MACHINE, much disturbed, so as to preclude its being reat importance: An invention has been worked on an extensive scale. The native ods relating more especially to the treat- sin i ls a — = sae a most —— ne er ee on absorbing the sulphur, or the said sulphu-| acted on, and to gaan. tive, grnasleted ov ae ie: "1 pun enveas . Se Sotetoohinn nt ie po —_ = pa ana on hee 7 ? containing su ? : : i directly into the | fine particles to roll and otherwise tu ; ; , ‘ : taminated with lead and arsenic, st tned Sol eoieoee pe m4 loadhe from the ae The current of hot products of com- — yt nay 8 bee graves oo eens ee oon a amewed owe — with a large — Panis pa panies beeaeen to vitriol chambers, or to the | bustion containing sulphurous gases is met | ee orith ae Nec sctchser inn pela mg _ — Lome Te eee) a appioetse a5 are ‘ae Ualates is or | converting cylinders of the poe = at ved > turn of the pe a eS Sey bility to fracture. It is averred tbat it re-| by coiuian al pumps of bamboo in about 20 ft. or su : i irect tion sulphate of soda/| rent of air, causing an i a ; ‘ . can be made to become ome oi is: botee- ag Pe anchors heid employed | tion of all’ the sulphurous vapors, thereby — pocmens sect wader continuous and ane Te ae eee ~~ pve ae uae Eat auickly, rien! the first part is thus recovered | generating an intense heat. nn — excessiv a canal em “couse he scooile. The ccal are to obtain, , = , r i in’ Jution | of such air currents are to deflec e cur- | a ———— a? : a ’ : : : re-use. The chloride of iron solu . 9 metallic antimony a hat iibaate ee jane mada the third part is evap- | rent of flame downward upon the floor of | Photo-Electric Currents.—M. Land Sethe hte ee mite oe Oe -. diti to re-|orated to dryness, and then roasted in a/| the opposite hearth, and to aid in the oxida- |) 05 obtained an electric current by the} 0 17.) slip the slings over their shoulders sulphur in an availab Phieie 1 ia loyed | muffle furnace in the presence of air and tion of the ores. In other words, after the action of light. Bichloride of copper, formed a Sotarenes their ion aaah ta Wide, eager rag! o = er te aa suitable water vapor. The chloride combined with | ore hag passed Re conteoens a _ - | by the mixture of sea salt with sulphate of Slimth the lnddecs ann eile inthe oe in the treatment, an : ee ; is liberated as hydrochloric acid, | tered the series of reverberatory hearths, i r, attacks mercury, and the photo- ; oo grade ; apparatus. In carry od te ee aoe eset wal for abeclving antimonious | is subjected to a desulphurizing and oxidiz- acide of copper formed reduces sulphide — i cin boa io practice, finely divide ve subjected, | ores or substances. When the ores or sub-| ing current of ascending flame. It is ex- of silver when subjected to the action of Seteut‘ol eal se iake ‘ststchd ta thieder cy aenkie Gaaal we ome to the ac-| stances are sufficiently free from arsenic | posed fs ~ a 1 M, an solar rays, thus producing on eee ba Gonsieulid Mr. Molesworth’s experience a 3 eo i id ifi be treated under the first part. | highly heated inclined surfaces, and unc rent. These currents, which M. Land calls 2 ae alyitaptaar ware tion - ee See ee eae pay aleeaeend hydrogen evolved while | conditions ‘of agitation or tumbling which photo-electric currents, may be produced by of these mines, he gives the following infor gravity “00. ; ; : . , mation: ‘‘ I put down two ‘bore holes’ ata ns 3 ; 7 . res or substances are being | are claimed to be highly favorable to the com | + mbination of various electrodes. Two Se ees oun eae Sea hivided, ane suacived: “ts oxidized by binoxide of manga- | plete burning of the sulphur and the oxida- thin plates, one of sulphide of silver and the po oe ae ae _ | ee - the Senn, Oot aere wan antimony | nese or perchloride of iron added to the/ tion of the metal. ined by the ore | other of amalgamated zinc, immersed in a The object of these bore holes was to ascer- rae has been dissolved by the acid. | solution, or by means of air blown there-} The high temperature attained by ‘solution of sea salt, produce a perceptible tain whether the area of the coal, the out- , : . Iphur is precipitated, and | in the process of roasting is not diffused and nt when exposed to sunlight. : : “98 a See = opriphide 7 cane ; the obloride of autaitny is ranted as set | lost, but is made a preparatory heating, to TT eee oa sflcheat to justify mite Scottie simon! preent Se Se h _ d h z forth under the second and third parts. As | be immediately succeeded by a more intense , : y ieleonee gee aa See th othe ae a — a ed Sn a ae to the apparatus used, the vessels under | heating in the main or feoniticing dingipes ree Sees of ak aie Geemees i sore tien yr pega Ta oat ake drogen. irs : de of or|in the lower masonry, this chamber lying the carryin; , t c = , mony, ponents i a = line TUR wii adie a os alee below the hearth of ieasetenieey furnace, | that omitting vessels of less than - oo re aye llbptel cp albec ye this canted orrun into a vat or vats, ‘le a thereof and are provided with a loosely fitting | and communicating therewith by a narrow, measurement, Europe ee 42 tons Be RA ot - . a en cece ee excess of hydrochloric acid is rr y neu- emmy pe Anche having asafety-valve. From | but sufficient, passage to allow all the ma- every 1000 inhabitants, ee 40 ae ee poh - ees ceuetiene: © ge tralized with lime, magnesia, or other con- the said cover, or from the side of the ves-| terial which comes down through the tor- | Australia 79, while _ = _— a - iene oF ea ae ee ee endl _ sel, a pipe leads to the series of chambers, or | tuous aaa, — - be on aly pea ~ ba ponapaeh Be ie . ee = i Sempre - - of reducing ; . j i r into the main chamber at a high | ’ aes ; quired for precipitating the antimony, and | to sod bedi : of the “utilization. of the Sona The object of this chamber |a tonnage of 2,647,373; London om aooeent a a a. < the soege -- ior Gieiniahing the amount pt catinene-1 8 1 hu ted h eae evolved. The said | and its connections is to deoxidize or chlori- | second, with 2,330,688 tons ; a? ir : o ifficn re 0 <-"r oe . seed - Sees Salen ne ae Sacer soeidel with suitable means for | dize the ores, For the purpose of deoxidizing, | with 1,432,364; and New bs oe ae P cst : = por Fer which : aeumaeniion mar tio. This newirelineh_galuiten, a is tin their contents, externally or inter-|the inventor provides a liberal supply of 1,153,676 tons. The nine lea ing ports _ = ee ae pave mar: tled and clear, is decanted wrote amen, ally eT h vat or vats under the second water gas, sooluasd either by carrying steam Great Britain have a tonnage of ees : a Of the fut spects of th ; tanks and maintained at a suitable temper-| nally. of wood or any convenient ma- | through a mass of red-hot charcoal, coke or | and the first four ports of the United Sta as quantity. r e mere pleopee $0 bene ature: the entiaaeun ie prosglieted iy the ferial. ‘The tanks under the third part are| coal. Thisgas is supplied at a high tempera- | a tonnage of 1,976,940. Great oon on Molaswiet ae Giltereetens Sten 4 cor opinion. addition of metallic iron or zine to the “ tine wood or other suitable material, | ture through the passages around the base Ireland possess a tonnage - a y ey. ae — dh sarctor ached 7 Boe é ence Irad cad tal ies croible wit cod are provided with loose cowls or hoods|of the main chamber. The ee ~ or aes ae eee Priya 5% os caperviele oH meciiaee, he cee Lard i i i ? ’ . . . . pecans a, ee bon. The antimonious ores, | for ares off the antimonureted hydro- Redvers seaees os Py chee ne ion n existing tonnage of the world, which is esti-| with certainty aa a thorough survey of the when not naturally in a sufficiently fine | gen evolved. such as may be in the ore. The bottom | mated to be 27,0c0,0v0. The United States | whole district has been made—that is tosay, state of division, should be pulverized until ORE BOASTING FURNACE. opening beneath the main chamber must be | 20 years ago carried \66 per cent. of its | until time and opportunity have been given they will pass through @ sieve — Mr. J. H. Morton, of Keyport, N. J., has | guarded to prevent access of air. Mr. Mor- foreign trade in its own Tee but now ne See = ns or ao aaah a down ten Ate EL Wid eon cota aeek invented a modification of the continuous ' ton proposes in some cases to introduce’ only something like 10 per cent, an gular ; THE IRON AGE. FActals. A ONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No, 19 COMM Str cet, Phe)ps Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury ‘Brass to. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, Seamless Brass & Copper Mille At WATERBURY, Conn. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, PURE COPPER WIRE COPPER RIVETS & BURS, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASES. INCOT COPPER. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. PHELPS, DODGE & C0, scectcicrs J Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line ot Sport- DEPOTS: ROOFING PLATE, [296 Broadway, New York, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Sacadiels-.. dinalatae. Rolling Mills, BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. Copper ee wa PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. CERMAN SILVER, Tubing. Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire; Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. BRASS KETTLES, Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. Door Rail, Brass Tags, ANSONIA * REFINED Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &e. And small Brass Wares of every Description. IMPORTERS OF ing Goods and Wood’s Paper TIN PLATE, Shot Shells. 189 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Zine, &c. Serene Detroit Copper & Brass SCOVILL MFC CO : rer ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS B R ASS, GEKMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Rivets and Burrs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, BUTTONS Cor, Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. 9 CLOTH AND METAL. ractories, | ROME IRON WORKS, Waterbury, Conn. Manufacturers of iw vex | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- DEPOTS, 419 & 421 Broome St.. N, Y. 177 Devonshire St., Boston. 183 Lake St. Chicago, DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,; per and German Silver Importers of (in Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper,| COPPER & BRASS RIVETS Wire, Zinc, Ete. AND BURS. -,29 & 3) CUM St., cor, Fulton, Rome, New York. DICKERSON’ & CO., Liver oi. NEW YORK. —_— A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. and Square Head Cap and Trimmings of all Wi ht Iron ont, Brass Machine Screws; Turned, Hi Set Screws; Brass and Iron Safe y and Jack Chain; Gilt, ‘Nickel I pinted and Bronze f Sheet Iron, Steel or kinds, from S on patented articles, OF ¢ or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and promptly given. THE NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO. TRENTON, N. J. 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 STEEL IRON WIRE ROPE. WORCESTER WIRE co;| Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL WIR For all Purpeses. WORCESPER MASS. SOLDER, Impo: of Bleck ain. Antimony Po. ter. &c. itbtate — ae all kinds of break new an December 29, 1861, - BBA ive, ere. ____— Metals. The Plume & Atwood Mfg. 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A GPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. ST. LOUIS WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE: NEW YORK OFFICE: 802 No, Second St. 107 Lake St, 21 Cliff St, HOWARD cw MORSE, Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS COPPER AND IRON WIRE CLOTH. WAREHOUSE, 19 Murray St., N. ¥. A, A, LASAR, Secy ‘sean enen eins welee ys REA OR BERS ee ee ‘eA ee eee eee eee ee | ee eee ee ne RISA SAE eee ee a ee ee ee sT. LOUIS, MO. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, ee ee a oe | LALA ee ee J ee ee ee Beers ale oe aly ole lm ‘No. 18 Mesh, No. 25 Wire. _ Same No. 21 Wire. No. 6 teh. No. tm ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President, JAMES HALL, Treasurer. WM. HEWITT, Vice President, E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. 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LASCHEN ck Son, Manutewvartes of 9] pright, Gonsancan Annealed : 7 “Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE of all sizes straightened and cut to order. The Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in TYPE, Stereotype, ata and Babbitt Metalny OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Correspondence invited, Hig fund 38 for E OK 530 Ba ¢ 20th 939 to 0233 N. Main §t., ST. LOUIS, MO, Street, between Avenues A & B, N ag tt, December 29, 188% THE LRON AGE. zB ~- er ee 0. LINDEMANN CARY c& (MZoEN, STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every deseription. £00, | eam Difficulties of Coal Transportation on Western Rivers. Between the subterranean pit of the pro- ducer and the furnace of the consumer there | ! F = , were filled gas given y the coal, where it was stored up under pressure, until in the course of the si: the walis : Siduinteeninatn of ol = stretches, not the parallel metals of the 1ail- rinds ot = way nor the terraced levels of a canal, but|°! ® Principal reservoir were so _— 7 ~ eat devi hannels of two g diéars tenuated as to give way explosively, an ned, Brass & S —_ i Pa reat 2 | after this the gas continued to Japanned, > the Ohio and Mississippi—thousands of escape for several months through the Tin Plated RS miles of tortuous water-course, a varied ground loosened by the first blast. Here gauntlet that must be run by the coal trans- i — > porting fleets that issue from the portals SER of Pittsburgh, aptly termed the “‘ Gate City of the West.” A gauntlet of shifting bars, of treacherous shoals, and whirling and vexing cross currents, where meander- ings and reversions of course so rapidly follow one another that the greater river SA cca lta seems to write its superabundant S’s up and 254 Pear! St., Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. down the land, and the lesser Ohio seeks to describe its O’s in watery loops throughout WwW YORK. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constant! hand. . yee. ves ug. NE 984, 936 and 988 West 29th Street, : ae . oe aw vonR. the thousand miles of its entire length from LIGHT HOISTING YALE LOCK MFG.Co. Pahang to Gir, ‘Thess rebut the min by the inland navigator. Winter multiplies : s, STAMEORD, CONN. Salesrooms, New York, 53 Chambers Street, a Boston, = 36 Pearl Street, them to a fourfold degree, Out of the Alle- Philadelphia GOT Ma New Catalogue Just Issued. Sent Free on Application. Pp ae exot Street, the gas was not iaflammable, and conse- quently incapable of causing an explosive mixture, but was comparable to the burst- ing of a boiler or air receiver under excess- ive strain. These sudden issues of vast uantities of gas are the most dangerous elements to be encountered in a mine, and it would be advisable to have their cause investigated. Engineers and chemists know the effeets as before stated, but are not aware of the actual cause. The gas is pent up, and suddenly oozes out in large volumes without any previous indication. As we do not know how such issues are to be antiei- pated, or the place they are likely to come from fixed upon, all that can be done when they take place is to open out the part, so that there is plenty of vent for the escape of the gas. tt 4 eH WASSIISSSSSS SAAS dhs. ODL LE AMhhhh CT id | Erie, there pour at intervals during the winter months swift-moving glaciers of ponderous ice cakes, drifting southward to their disso- lution at the rate of six milesan hour. Or it may be that this stream and the Mononga- Suing an Iron Works for Breach of hela—as well as the Upper Ohio—are silent Contract. meeer solid _— of ice. Then let sudden thaw or genial rain release the imprisoned| ‘The Ironto: Register : Some t streams, and acres of ice break up and res poeds om the — eet! Rail. carry destruction to coal fleets moored at or way Co. sued the Belfont and Aitna eom- OWN 2 BROTHER S uae ae van gy fl ane —_ panies for about $100,000 each, damages for A undr ats of a healthy all h t. Th ilroad BR ’ This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, ag would mete out sufficient fime for pina gen oh Belfont er the destruction of enough coal to light| Attna companies agreed to transport coal for 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. and heat a city for a month. So much for| their peeced ana railroad a onan th was the dangers surrounding the river ceal trade i : i ufacturers of : extended to Willard; that it was so extended as a of Pittsburgh; now as to the nature and | in consideration of this stipulation, and that extent of the trade itself. It is, in the first iled COPPER AND place, a trade which the most ambitious pov grag seg catededty lg “sep ostttanns j railway cannot absorb. Nature’s highway coal, to the damage of the railroad company is here supreme, and time loses its monetary they have made diligent efforts to find coal GERMAN SILVER, asabove stated. ‘The furnaces averred that value as compared with the cheapness of | which could be successfully employed in transportation by water. To send a ton of | their furnaces, and were unable to discover oe ae ee ee ee ve miles | it, and consequently the railroad company rway and deliver it at New Orleans | was not damaged through fault of theirs. in Sheets, Rolls, Reds, Wire, mee costs $1.30, or about five cents per bushel | The Belfont case wen teas amma in the Rivets and Burs, Etc. of 76 pounds. The freight-hungriest rail- Kentucky courts, and by the defendants was way could not afford to carry coal more than Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. ; : n removed to the United States Court. Twice one-tenth that distance for the same price. | before the case was called, but was post- This extreme cheapness it is that has called| poned, and on Monday of last week was into being this trade, that has caused its PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, : ; 108 | again called, aud trial began before Judge growth, and that will perpetuate its exist-| Baxter and a jury. Both sides had spent SILVEK-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich designs. OF THE ence though the continent be cobwebbed| much time in preparing their testimony. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. with railways. The river transportation of Geologists, furnacemen, coal operators and POPE, COLE & Co. ————— gheny, whose sources lie within sight of Lake Chicago - 64 Lake Street. CAMBRIA TRON CO, | te freed t mech an extent that] others were sent to the Willard possessions to whereas in 1844 the coal from seven acres of | examine and make up their minds. The rail- Pittsburgh coal seam was floated from that road company had Professors Orton and Cran- JOHNSTOWN city, there was left, year before last, a dark | dall; the defense, Professors Hotchkiss and 9 echoing void of 720 acres under the smiling | Andrews. The death of the latter was sore- farms of the Keystone State. ly felt by the defense, but their testimony P E NN ec was maintained by Mine Inspector Roy. At 2 ’ the trial, the Court laid down the rule in The EMvcts of Confined Gases in substance, as follows: That the damages PHILIP E, CHAPIN, Gen’! Sup't, Mines. could be no more than the clear profit on the ; “ee transportation of such coal as the furnace The peculiar results arising from the} could successfully use in the smelting of liberation of large quantities of gases in|iron. The word “‘ successfully ” glapel an mines are among the most as phenom-| important part in the game—the plaintiff ena met with in mining. e frequently | insisting that successful meant only from a hear of their effeets, but there are no} mechanieal point of view ; the defense hold- 5 reliable data as to the cause of the many | ing that it meant from a commercial point No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MB., | ————-______ Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, Also Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. W ROUGHT-IBRON The cheapest and best Beds in the market. Adopted FS by the United States Government. FIRE SAND AND CLAYS. HOWARD EVANS, uJ. A. EMERICK & CO. ef SIMS 109 s Wire Cloth, Wrought Iron Fenc fron. S00 one ill tron and Wire Work, manufac turea by E. T. BARNUIMS WIRE WORKS, Detroit, Mich. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Silver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- Sahay port shipments, 46 Park Place, Established 1810, 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 1056 & 1076 Beach Street, PHILADELPHIA, **MANFRS’ FOUNDRY FAGINGS, And Deaters in and shippers of all descriptions DING SANDS and Foundry Supplies. MOL = At iH Slag He r al LEERY PTTL Ln _—— D heavy and sudden issues that occur, It is| of view as well. ‘The Court adopted the lat- the barometer was the effect of a cause| examined on each side. For the defense, which myst precede such movements, that | Professor Hotchkiss, Andrew Roy, E. Mc- cause being an increase or decrease of pres-| Millen, J. H. Campbell, Hasry Willard, J. sure in the atmosphere ; and upon the pent-| M. Brown, S. Richards, J. R. C. Brown and 5 up gas in coal seams we are taught to/others were examined. The testimony believe that pressure page on all-important | closed Wednesday night. The argument a part, so that, when the barometer is high, | was kept up Thursday and part of Friday. Albany Sand d Spe clalt fissures of the coal, and when the barometer ported unable to agree. They stood seven 6 is low, the gas issues in large quantities. | for damages and five for none, so the case But the depression or rise of ap inch rarely | will be tried again, probably next May. takes place in a short space of time. Yet, an - ee without the slightest indication, a vast volume of gas will escape, filling the work- Railroads vs. Canals. j ng places for a considerable length with , arge the quantity, renders it in the highest | lutely unable to bear the present competition Shovels, Riddles, Br ushes, d&c. ‘degree aie When atedien Geslane of the railroads. A report of the Canal takes place, it is sometimes preceded with | Auditor shows that the total income from WH ITEH EAD BROS. WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., little noise; at other times there will be a/| tolls and miscellaneous sources for the fiscal AMERICAN FACING CO 517 W. 15th &t., there will be a loud report—probably the | was as follows: 1880, $1,200,134.63 ; 1881, New Work. |rock breaking above. In nearly all cases | $818,264.61 ; decrease, $381,870.02. The there is a heaving of the floor and a sway- | Constitution forbids the expenditure upon meet, At one mine in Derbyshire, Eng-| ceeding the total income during the previous land, 1000 yards of the bank face was lifted | year. For the fiscal year ending September up to such an extent that a person could | 30, 1880, the expenses for ordinary repairs, floor, although the bank face was 6 feet in | amounted to $889,015.84. The income from hight. The heaving up of the floor, how-| the canals for the present fiscal year, $878,- ever, shows how great is the force of the| 264.61, it will be seen, is $70,751.23 less depth, and by which props and ironwork | It may be said that more economical manage are ripped up and twisted. At the Ben-| ment would bring income and expenditure well Colliery, in the North of England,|nearer a level. Unfortunately for the thing for the gas to burst from the| Republican Administration has already floor and throw up vast quantities of| brought canal expenditures as low as they stone, the gas having to be piped away.|can be safely reduced. The danger limit ago, 4 yards of coal were worked and 4] attempt to go lower. Besides, if it were yards were left. After a lapse of many | possible or even safe for the State by closer years the owners were working the remain-| economies to support the canals with a ungettable when it was originally worked. | greater importance remains to be considered. They found that the floors had been pressed | The income of the canals is the measure of up, and that it was as solid as it possibly|the canal boatmen’s income. The sum of form, and that the whole space which had| year from their earnings. We have the been occupied by the 4 yards of coal taken/| testimony of Superintendent Dutcher, of away had been filled up by the fleor pressing | the Public Works, that “the season will as close as if it had been naturally found so. | close with the most disastrous record of any Perhaps the most singular couletion that | since the canals were opened ; the railroad a 4 e } | has been recorded is one that took place not | war ran rates down so low that there was se very long since in Belgium, in thesinking|no money in a cargo for the boatmen ; of a shaft before the men had reached the| many tied up to await better times, and P H | L A D Ee L P 4 ! A 3} coal measures. The men were engaged in| others kept on, hoping for one good cargo at delivered on cars or boats at low rates. All grades r work on. They were working in Permian | but they have all been disappointed.” Ac- | neg Address, J. G. GREENE, Sec. strata, when some shots were fired, followed | cording to Mr. Dutcher, therefore, although : ” 22 Wall St., Scuenzoray, N.Y. by an explosion, the result causing great | the boatmen could carry large cargoes, they G. 8. Vexper, Pres; J. G. Greens, Sec. and Treas. ODD AND REGULAR SIZES displacement of timbering up to go yards,|could not make anything. The resul sand were thrown open. Upon clearing the| have laid by what the State has kept debris at the bottom an unconsumed dyna-|for tolls; Gloomy as was their experi- mite cartridge was found. Three out of|ence this year, their future looks even known that the movement of the column of|ter view. About a dozen witnesses were the gas is forced back into the pores and | The jury were out about five hours and re- gas, which, mixing with the air, however| The Tribune says: The canals are abso- trembling of the floor ; it will then heave up; | years ending September 30, 1880 and 1881, ing of the roof, so that the two sometimes | the canals of an amount in any one year ex- not put his hand between the roof and the|superintendence and collection of tolls gas, coming as it does from a considerable | than was expended a little over a year ago. at one time it was not an uncommon| theory, albeit fortunately for the State, the At the Pelaw Colliery, England, many years | has been reached. It would be foolhardy to ing 4 yards where the coal was considered|much lower income, an interest of far could be ; that the roof was good and uni-| $818,264.61 has been taken by the State this sinking, there being a platform for them to | paying rates toward the close of the season, antegd. All orders will receive prompt atten- Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in T i and above this point quantities of stone and | would have been different if they could The Morris Sash Lock Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of F S The Morris Sash Lock, 8 : ; : : — four men were killed owing to the rupture|darker. The canal interest, consisting wet. peg me — yma Black and Galvanized Sheet Iron, Metals, Wire, Copper, of the capillary vessels of the lungs through|of 20,000 boatmen and $20,000,000 in- Pet. Sees , Stamped Ware, Registers, &c. a sudden and violent increase of air pressure. | vested capital, may be said to have a And specialties in Builders’ Hardware. The gas, on analysis, was found toeontain no | cheurless outlook for several years to come. 214 and 216 ELM STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO, U. S.A less than 93.47 per cent. of nitrogen and 5.79! The competition of the railroads, it is plain, Rvon. NEW YORK. OGDEN & WALLACE,|A. B. Warner & Son,|JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., $5, 87,89 & ¥1 Kim St., New one” Iron and Steel very descripuion kept in stock. Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. ase Cast and Machinery Steel constantly PIERSON & CO,, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St., NEW YORK CITY. “PICKS” of all kinds, ““ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, BEAMS, ANCLES, Boller ROME IRON MERGHANTS, Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, 28 & 29 West and 52 Washinaton Sts. BOILER PLATE, Boller and Tank Rivets. “Eureka,” and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive aron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. MERCHANT IRON MILLS, ROME, N. ¥., Manufacturers of "the best onal of Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. Scrolls, Ovals, Half Ovals, er Rounds, Hexagon an THE IRON AGE. December 29, 1881, RvOU, PITTSBURGH. tron. PITTSBURGH. W. D. WOOD & COS Avon, | Xron. NEW YORK. NEW YORE. 98 William Street, New York. Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, ¥ BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. HARRISON & GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 902, 94, 906 CHERRY ST., Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder fren ROADSTER Sole Agents for the celebrated Pennocks, iva weak, Pigmnenn | PATTERN, “Wawasset,” Lukens, | »rye-a se operas Get cup ane PATENT = Brands of Iron. Alsoal! descriptions of Pilate, Sheet, Wrought iro irom) on, also, A Coxon Composition, Brash, P lanished Sheet Iron. —— J STEEL TOE CALKS. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. 9th, 1878; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1676. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price. FOR SALE, OXFORD IRON CO., (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) "\SCut Nails extra Quality Homogeneous Steel BOILER PLATE Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. geal sti branded 3-0. "Ait puddfed belie re bs by all the principal All descriptions in stock. to J. 0. CAI RPENTER, our Agent, at 59 John nA Ee T A L D Ee A LE R Ss STEEL PLATES, all descriptions, IRON & STEEL. ABEEL BROTHERS, | Established 1765 by ABEEL & BYVANCK, Iron Merchants, 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. ULSTERIRON A full assortment of all sizes constantly on hand. Refined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron, Common Iron, Band, Hoop and Scroll Iron, Sheet Iron, Norway Nall Rods, Norway Shapes, Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, etc. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Manufacturers of and Dealers in Our specialty is in Iron Used in the Con- ire-Proof Buildings, ridges, &c. Agent for Manufacturin struction of ie Bros. & Co., Limited, Pittsburgh, . = 9 wrengne iron Be Beams and Ch ron eand Tan & Go. wneiaee Mass., Homog ” ow ptocl Plates and ‘Compressed Steel Shafti oe. Plates Rolled to 100 Inches. estimates furnished, and contracts made for Iron Structures of every descrip- | Best tion. Books con mening cuts of all [ron made sent on application by! 8 Hudson ‘Street, ‘New w York. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 70 & 71 West St., inp, Posdeth New York. Agents for the sale of Bands, Hoops & Rods. AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c Agent for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel Lo! hee Plates, The Coatesville Iron e Laurel Rolling Mills, and Union Tube Works ; w eae n Beams, Angles, Tees, Rivets, &c. Cor. Albany & Washington Sts, NEW YORK CITY. M. H. WALLACE. Wm. BisPHaM. EO FR SALE. TWO UNCUT ROLLS FOR A 16-INCH MILL. ABOUT 10 TONS 1%-IN. SQUARE BAR IRON. ABOUT 4 TONS 1%-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. J. Room 45, Astor House, New York, CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, DOVER IRON BOILER RIVETS, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 139 Greenwich Street, 4 -ounpRy PIG at Old Rails, Scrap Iron, Crop Ends, FOX & DRUMMOND, 68 WALL ST., NEW YORK. MARSHALL LEFFERTS & (CO., 90 Beekman St., New York City, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. TLFRON alvanized Sheet Iron, Galvanized Wits, 7 Tete ph and Fence ; Gah p and Band Galva: nized Rod a = anized “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON & For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Bay State > Co. ” Boston, Mass., Boiler | west Oh l, Best Refined and @ Plate and Tank Iron, C No. 1,C H No. 1, € H No, 1 Flange, Best Flange Flange e Fire Box, Circ ircles. Stexsspeoa and Guaranteed. All descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to order. Price list and quotations } sent | upon application. JAMES WILLIAMSON & C0., PIG IRON, No. Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, ULSTER IRON WORKS. 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., | Cut Nails and. Spikes, Plate and Sheet Iron, all descriptions, SHOENBERGER & C0., *'*e"=™ KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, rIRoOon, Pittsburgh, _ Bonnell, Botsford R to. a In the Large cities throughout THE UNITED STATES. And at their Ofice, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. SPIKES. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” lron DCOa Cc. BANE, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, PIC IRON, BLOOMS, AND ORE. PITTSBURGH, PA. In lots to suit, Also, Old Car Wheels, &. Wm. REA, Prest. SAmL, Barney. Jr., Seey. F. B. Lav@uiin, Vice-Prest. W. A. Suaw, Treas. UNION STORAGE CO, RECEIVE ON Storage and Issue Warrants ON lron, Nails & Spikes, Manufacturers of Best Charcoal Bloom, Best Refined & Commor SHEET IRON. Office and Mills, PIG IRON, BLOOMS, INGOTS, MUCK BAR, RAILS, &c. Correspondence waietiee to establish t of yards at furnaces solicited. 7 General Office, PITTSBURGH, PA. Sable Iron and Nail Works. escciiea ty | ZUG & CO., Manufacturers of the Celebrated SableNails Office and Works, PITTSBURGH, PA. | LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of EINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, Be.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa, fensktion NoYes Galvan’ nd Bar ~ Nails, Saltenined Chain, Galvanized Iron Newport, Delaware. Boiler Rivets. The Burden lron Company ___ Troy, N.Y, Fe nad EGLESTON BROS. & CO., 166 South Street 267 Front Street, ; NEW YORK CITY. BURDEN’S SHEET IRON. BOILER IRON SCOTCH AND AMERICAN ULSTER BAR IRON. All sizes and shapes in stock. Also Best Grades of Am. & Eng. Ref'd ron, Common Iron, dee DESPARD BROTHERS, 6O 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. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. 457 & 459 Water Stes | NEW YORK. 233 & 2365 South St., Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., 177 &179 Bank St., NEW YORK, HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. DANIEL F. COONEY, (Late of and oo to Jas, H. Holdane a Co.) Washington St., N. Y. BOILER ! PLATES & SHEET IRON, LAP-WELDED BOILER FLUES, Boiler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Ay me Agency for Glasgow Iron Co., Jos, L. Bailey & Co., Pine Iron Worse. Lebanon Rolling Mills. “oheste! febra be Co., Albany & Rens. Ir ‘on & Steel Co. or brated Boiler Rivets j Homogeneous Steel, Boiler d Fire Box Plat HUGH W. ADAMS & CO,, — IMPORTERS OF SCOTCH AND ENGLISH IRONS, Agents for American Charcoal and Anthracite Furnaces, 56 Pine Street, New York. Huan W, ADAMs. Danret L, Coss, 69 Wall St., New York. New York, DEALERS IN STEEL BOILER PLATE. Co., Pottstown_Lro WORKS, Leechburg, Pa, | Agency of | N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Swedish & Norway lron of every descriptio ock on hand at Boston pe A A and hiladelphine Importation orders 9 GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 33 Kilby st., Boston Front Stree Y Sig Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON} ROOFING & SIDING, “uni Iron Build 8, Ro RL Shutter oy my c "Boots, Bkytighte, ‘Bridges a éo. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CC., 5 Dew Straat, New York. Joseph P. Reed. R. Hope Hepburn. 16 JOSEPH P. REED & C0O., Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, i AO WALL SF, CHARLES HUBBARD, “Sheridan” & ‘ Leesport Brands Pig Iron, WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) Stock for making strong castings. CHARCOAL PIG IRON,” “Maiden Creek” and “Garrick” brands. 265 8S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. ate Favorite brands of Scotch Pig Iron, RIDGEVIEW COAL AND COKE CO., Latrobe. In stock and to arrive. J.D. BOYLE’ S CONNELLSVILLE COKE. ARBISON & WALKER’S FIRE BRICKS. OLD CAR WHEELS, BEST BRANDS. MAGNETIC 1 and HEMATITE IRON ORES a Specialty. 46 Cliff St., New York City. CO.’S New York. December 29, 1881. THE IR ON AGE: ——— SS Epon. PHILADELPHIA. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and For Iron end @ Iron and General Railway Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 234 B. ath St., Philadelphia.