The Iron Age 1882-01-12: Vol 29 Iss 2

‘The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Post Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Writrams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Volk XRIX. Be The Cowper Hot Blast Stove. (Continued.) In this issue we present to our readers the plans of the Cowper Hot Blast Stove, of which we gave a sectional elevation last week. It may here be said that a serious defect in fire-brick stoves is the glazing of the walls from overheating, this being es- pecially the case when the stoves are too small. This glazing prevents heat from being absorbed or given out, and can be overcome by increasing the surface so that the stoves can be worked at a lower temperature and yet keep the required heat of blast. Itisa choice between a mass of thick brickwork at a high heat or a large surface at a moderate heat. The first will glaze the walls and give an irregular heat, the second will not glaze and will give a more uniform heat. In cal- culating the heating surface of fire-brick stoves, only those parts of the walls that do not come into immediate contact with burn- ing gas should be taken as heating surface. Any brickwork exposed to burning gas is invariably glazed when there is perfect com- bustion, and where gas is burned through the whole length of the stove the efficiency of the stoves is much decreased. By con- fining the combustion to one large chamber, as is done in these stoves, and allowing the gas to expand, the temperature of the gas is lowered, while the volume is increased and glazing in the regenerators prevented. This lower temperature necessitates more surface to take up the heat, which is provided for in the thin walls of these stoves. The capacity of the stoves is measured by the surface of the regenerator alone. Five square feet of regenerator surface is used for each cubic foot of air per minute delivered by the blow- ing engine. The stoves are so constructed that either the dome or the regenerator or the combustion chamber can be taken out and repaired without interfering with each other, as the heating surface is independent of the roof or side walls. In our engravings, A is the cold-blast valve; B the manhole; C the cold-blast main ; D, chimney valve ; O, flame flue; H, gun hole at the bottom of the stove ; G, air valve; F, gas valve; E, hot-blast valve; K, cleaning hole; V, gas flue; I, hot-blast main; U, chimney; T, gallery; N, lift; L, crescent pipe; M, tuyere pipe; R, cast-iron grating to carry bricks. An important fea- ture in fire-brick stoves is their ability to cope with damp weather and yet keep the furnace steady. Moisture entering the fur- nace is decomposed into oxygen and hydro- gen, absorbing heat with rapidity, and giv- ing a cold cinder and cold iron. If the hydrogen was buraed in the furnace we could get these heat units again ; but experi- ence shows that it escapes as hydrogen and can be detected at the tunnel head by analy- sis. Whea damp weather comes on it is necessary to use a little more gas to keep the blast heat uniform. As the specific heat of the blast is increased by the moisture, it will absorb more heat units from the regenerator. This extra heat will give to the hearth the heat that the decomposition of the moisture would absorb. If the heat in the hearth is lost by change of cinder, leaky tuyeres or poor coal, the heat of the blast can, in a short time, be run up to 1700", and the lost heat restored. The intensity of the heat of the hearth is mainly due to the descending stock, which acts as a regenerator, collecting the heat and delivering it in the hearth. Of the total heat of the hearth, between 60 and 70 per cent. is due to the heat collected by the stock. If a furnace scaffolds and hangs, then the stock does not descend, and no heat arrives at the hearth from this source. It is then that one of the great advantages of fire- brick stoves is apparent, for the heat of the blast can be raised to 1700° or 1800", and the evil quickly corrected. This is the only effli- cient way of removing a scaffold. With this reserve in the stoves a furnace is always safe, and it should always be maintained. Zunning in the old style, with plenty of coal, gave a reserve; but for economical running and fast driving the coal must be reduced to a safe minimum. The early advocates of the fire-brick stoves supposed that each 100° added to the blast would save at least 200 pounds of coal. Although this has been shown to be an error, yet, after careful ob- servation, it has been found safe to assume the saving of coal containing 95 per cent. of carbon at 2 cwt., between 913°, the limit of the cast-iron stove, and 1250 ,, the average of the fire-brick stove. This saving of 2 ewt. is attended with an increase in yield of iron of 12 per cent., without additional cost of labor. With this saving of coal the stoves will pay for themselves in three years, and leave a surplus for contingencies by the extra amount of iron made. The arguments which have been brought forward in opposition to the replacement of iron pipe by fire,brick stoves have, we think, been very effectively answered by the gen- eral introduction of the latter in all iron- making countries, where they are built with sufficient surface, and meet with universal favor for safety, efficiency andeconomy. A point raised against these stoves is that gas will not distribute evenly through the whole regenerator. Experience proves this point is in error ; by carefully watching the action of the gas through the peep holes at the top of the stoves it will be found that the gas is evenly distributed. Heated gas tends to as- cend, but the draught of the chimney pulls it down through the regenerator. If one side of the regenerator should get hotter than the opposite side, it will rarify the gas and check e. New York, Thursday, January 12, 1882. | | then work over | | | its flow through that part. The gas will toward the colder side of the stove and equalize the temperature. On first turning a stove on a blow, the tempera- ture of the blast is higher than required, and as the blow continues this temperature falls, and by the end of the blow it is too low. To obviate this and maintain a uniform temper- ature, a connection is made from the cold blast to the hot-blast pipe. In this pipe is placed a valve with a clock attachment, to gradually close the valve during two hours. At the beginning of the blow this valve is cross SECTION OF FURNACE MI Ht Heit | hh { 1 4H Mihy , isan dia thus My We tea a 4 Ha | aif tt a NM AMT ea Hn IMR AH it Hilti mi Wi 4 We Aili\t J Te bi 4 i} mH Hi Min hei ea LN ANRC a WALT ty CAS OCWNCOMEA | i Proposed Reciprocity With Mexico. There is a movement on foot looking to a revision of our commercial relations with Mexico, and in prospect of the early comple- tion of our system of railways in the South- west, by which our communication with that country will be greatly promoted, it is likely that Congress will be asked to take some ac- tion this winter. Within a week it has been announced that Sefior Matias Romero, form- erly Mexican Minister at Washington, has been deputed by his Government as special | its wonderful resources. CROSS SECTION OF Gas DOWNCOMER y SETS SSS We a aes THE COWPER HOT BLAST STOVE. wide open and admits a certain volume of cold air, which cools down the hot blast to the proper temperature. This cold air does not rob the stove of heat, but simply equali- zes the temperature of the blast during the time the stove isin air. The amount of air heated per minute—in a blow of two hours— to a given temperature and the temperature of the escaping gas are the measures of effi- ciency of fire-brick stoves. Fire-brick stoves cannot be destroyed, and under ordinary circumstances they should run ten years without repairs, except the refitting of the valve faces, which may be necessary every three years. Bricks which have been in use for twenty years in regenerators are found to be still good, envoy to negotiate a commercial treaty, there being at present none in existence. | General Grant, in reply to a request for} information, says : **It will be for the interest of both coun- tries, but I think that this country has more to gain from such a treaty than Mexico has. While our exports to Mexico have increased enormously, say several hundred per cent. in the past ten years, the increase any means kept pace with our purchases of Mexican products, the increase in which has been simply marvelous, and so far as pres- ent indications go, will be still larger in the | future. While thisis the case, and while this Government is admitting Mexican pro- nas not by | Entered at the Cmoss SECTION OF &TDOVE Oftice, New the American articles of manufacture, notably machinery used in mining and other indus- tries, are entirely shut out of Mexico by the duty, which is so high as to be prohibitory For this reason the mission of Sefior Rome: is timely and very important, as if thes duties can be reduced so that our manufac turers can dispose of their product in Mexico, I am certain that the export trad to that country can be largely increaved and the people of Mexico will be supplied with articles which are much needed to develop But it is not alone to negotiate a commercial treaty that Sejfior | Romero came here. President Gonzalez, for | some reason, is extremely desirous that I | should return to Mexico. I said, when the | desire was conveyed to me, that neither for | business nor for pleasure would I go again to Mexico until I could go all the way by rail. Finding that I would not goto him, Presi- | me.” ; Mr. John Alexandre, of the firm of F. Al line to Havana and Vera Cruz, said: ‘‘ It is certainly time that some friendly attempt was made to straighten out the complicated | tariff that exists in Mexico, which is even ducts at a fair rate of duty, very many of worse than that of the United States. An York, as Second-Class dent Gonzalez has sent Sefior Romero to see he has been resorting exandre & Sons, proprietors of the steamship | Matter 82.50 a Vear, Lacliding Tostace, Stngle Copies, Ten Cents. intellivent revisior f the tariffs of bowh countris mild show e astonishing fact and it would be hard » say which would be ahead in cony ted absurdit Our trade with Me i 1 Immense interest hoth th i I and exports, and As compared ith 1 trad With America, the th of tl t ith Mexico is aston ishin 1 il al d | the ir | ports of hemp from Mexieo, In 1860 we brought 1 bal iid this year we have | brought 133,302 bales, almost one hundred j tir is man a ty it n years ago The trade in coffee and in skins and hide; has grown in almost as large a proporti n, uid our exports to Mexico, which consist principally of hardware, machinery, manu faciured articles and notions, have increased in at | jual ratio. Now, if some of the legal restrictions which obstruct the trade of th « ntrie el removed, it is certain hat th I h of the neutral trade would till mae ipid. Sefior Romero is well ida 7 ‘ m of his lone residence here tiate a recipro cal trea with our ¢ vernment, and he has t hearty interest in the affairs ! i lle was | -a year ago as i wert pu ter of th wexican Southern Raul terprise We observe furth tements upon the sume subject, volunteered by a correspond ent of the San Francis« bulletin, writing from Paso del Norte, State of Chihuahua, just opposite the Texan boundary line, who expresses di appointments on account of th: new Mexican tariff. He says: ‘* Though favorable in its operation to El Paso and othe bord tuwns, the present Mexican tariff is a serious obstacle to enlarged ccm mercial relations withthe United States, and y to perpetrate the commercial of European merchants, who have so long dominated this country, to the exclu- sion of American commerce and ente: prise. The commerce of this country must measur- ably continue in its old channels, which Incans periodical unportations from Europe, has a tendene supremac by sail vessels and steamers (the former «hiefiy) to Mexican ports of the Atlantic and Pacilic; favorable customs concessions in return for seasonable advances to a depleted Mexican treasury; and small employment for railways. ‘The supineness of American manufacturers, merchants and Mexican rsil- way companies regarding the Mexican tariff, can be aceoul ted for only by the hypothe Sis of their not having realized the importance of some concerted action looking toward a beneficial amelicration of the same, and that they fully expect and believe that the whole t of the Mexican trade will fall into their hands in due course of time by the natural course of events, aided by the con- tivuity and the present comity prevailing be twcoen the two countric But | am of the pluion that such view if entertained, are lestined to prove entirely fallacious, and t for the commerce of this country, they will have to encounter men f vho are at present masters of the situation, mr tie that ina cont thoroughly educated and experienced me chant with abundant capital and Eur pean credits, familiar with the language, charac- ter, habits and wants of all classes of the Mexican people, and what is also quite im portant, are by their tastes and educat'on, well adapted to ailliate with the peopk cially A futal blow to these men would be a rec ipre eit treaty, or a large reduction of the tariff | » accompli h thi it will be ne cessary to use the same weapons or ap} li anees that the European used to control the unporters have commerce of this coun try, and which can be xplained by the w ral ‘money ;’ in short, financial aid to obviate the necessit f accepting advances from Europeans, condition customs conc: ions and other important ends looking t wards a reduction of the tariff, ln this matt of the Mexican trade, it is 1 the pr magnitude of it which a ie ha to be con idered, but tl I innual increase uperinduced by large clement from the United State and the improved conditign f the laboring class as fully evinced her® ind which ill be commensurate with the extension of railwa ninin and oth American enterp ‘*In the matte f the tariff any one w have supposed that the present Mexican ¢ gress (adjourned tl I5th instant) would have had a better Appl ation of the muta tion of thing em throughout the re pi blic, and out here « pecially, as a little discrimination a e articles of mercha) dise would have caused much larger custom receipt and le mugely Phen again, it might be suy 1 that givine ¢« mployment to the railroads now being tructed, and having conn ion with the Unitel States would have intluenced Congressional legis- lation But Mexicans, as a rule, are puot financiers d in fiseal affairs the averag Mexican legislator is a ne-idea’ man, and that ¢ idea is the tariff lhe proposition, that a low duty frequently causes more rev mue than a high one, has seemingly been | too much of a problem and paradox to ever have been seriously itertained or consid ered by him, but in all financial diffieuliti: to the expedient of additional duties, until that institution—the | Mexican tariff—now presents a marvel and monument of legislative obtuse: in th ridiculous duties on mar articles cf mer chandise. It is now a littl r two veal that tea, which can be bought in the Uni ted States as low as f nl to 17 cents ‘per pound, had thus reached 4| 1 |i i SI ‘" if) 4 i i it a \ 1 te Y ah 4 ’ é U i f SS = SS" ~ tr - a ee oe ronnend THH IRON AGE. Petals. fAetals. — ANSONIA The Plume & Atwood BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Oliff Str cet, Phe!ps Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER m 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, TIN PLATE, ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. Nifg. Company, SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, 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. | Factories, | WATERBURY, Ct. Waterbury | Brass Co. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, CERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS & BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASKS. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Sea &c. Brass Wares of every Descript Ane Tee Metal in Sheets or Shells a Srpolalty. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods. DEPOTS: 296 Broadway, New York, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills. Rolling Mill, __THOMASTON, Ct. Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co.,, Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Glocks & Fly Fan Movements. | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention pala to cutting out Blanks and Mille At WATERBURY, Conn. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. saamampiaian deal deen BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, matory B R ASS ROLLED, SHEE ven ; THOS. W. FITCH, Prest. and Treas. A, A. LASAR, Secy, GERMAN OR NICKEL § . —_ 9 =~ Copper Wire for Electrical and otaer purposes, Brass and German Silver Wire, Copper Rivets and Burrs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. ——— BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. DEPOTS, FACTORIES, ROME IRON WORKS, 4194421 Broome Bt. M. Y, Wetter, Com, ican 183 aha Se Che new Yok Cty. | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- 183 Lake St. Chicago, r and German Silver DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., ~*~ otha Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper; COPPER & BRASS RIVETS Wire, Zinc, Etc. AND BURS. 29 & 31 OCU 8t., cor, Fulton, Rome, New York. DICKERSON & CO.; Liverposi. NEW YORK. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. roug: Scre Round and Square Head Cop om Ret Pee ee _— aa: Jack ¢ Ro ow “Git, Sickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all a fh ht tly er any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and promptly uy given. sT. LOUIS, MO. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, WORKS ROESLINGS New York Office German Silver Spoons, as Trs “en! Siete SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, TRENTON, — __ Kerosene Burners, &c. =i 117 Liberty Street. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, THE JOHN A, ROEBLING’'S SONS CO, =. Brooklyn Benes & Copper Co., WIRE ROPE) ...vas:c> |Lron and Steel Iron, Steel and Copper, | Telegraph Wire, WIRE Matting Wespeme oe Market Wire, Market Wire, Fence Wire a , ’ kinds, for Ferries, Stays, e 5 Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Vineyard Wire Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Lightning Bods, &c., &c. z Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, Suspension Bridge Cables. Rivet Wire, &¢., Ke. GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals. 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Alse for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen’l Agents, 113 Liberty Street, N. Y¥. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF WORCESTER WIRE _cO., Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL R For all Purposes. WORCESTER MASS, Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated, so GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straightened and cut to or and cut to order. ‘The Schoenberg Metal Mig. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in SOLDER, TYPE, ee aiections and Babbitt Motala, Tmporsere of Block Tin, Antimony, &c. Refiners of ad; Spelt iter, &e. Highest price ala fer Old Metals sof Dross. 45 530 Ee East 20th r Street, ber een yr A SE January 12, 1882, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, PHILIP L. MOEN, Vice President & Secretary. hj President & Treasurer. Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Cc mii, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. ‘ WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering, MANUFACTURERS OF } IRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. | (| GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, gb PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, if PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, | AND PUMP CHAIN. ST. LOUIS WAREHOUSE: OHIGAGO WAREHOUSE: A SPECIALTY MADE OF NEW YORK OFFICE 21 Cliff St, 8e2 No. Second St. 107 Lake St. Y So x = A) , =a WNT SSS ““NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH, WIRE WORK, WIRE FENCE & RAILING, Also, HAND AND RAILROAD LANTERNS. ae No. 1, Star R. Lantern. Send Sereen. Coal Screen. Star Fire ment Lantern, ane ii = Foundry Riddle. Bank Railing, No. 12. Nest of Flour Sieves. Bank Railing, No. 4. ABRAM 8, HEWITT, President. JAMES HALL, Treasurer. WM. HEWITT, Vice President. E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of [RON and STEEL WIRE OF ALL GRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZEv 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 Burl ___ Philadelphia Office, JOMN "HEN JOMN HuWITT. Agent, aeNorth Pourth St. St. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &¢ CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address: HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, Mining and Plow Repes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charoeal Wire. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, apne pply Swand, Ot Staples, ce. Annealed an Oiled Fencing round and WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Foreign governments, The ten | house in the braneb on the Con tinent. Telegraph Address, CAKLSW ERK, COLO General Agents for U. 8. and Canada, PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N., Y. A. LESCHEN c& 2 SON, Manufacturers of ax OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 919 to 023 N. Main St., ST. LOUIS, MO, Correspondence invited, EX Also Ca! STRO WELL MM, AND DURAB! January 12, 1882. een eae ce a & C0., Manufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated CAGES. Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. LIGHT HOISTING MACHINERY New Catalogue Just Issued. Sent Free on Application. BROWN & BROTHERS, | Waterbury, Conn. | 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Manufacturers of BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER, in Shects, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets and Burs, Etc. ALSO, Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand soo lbs. 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. ROLLER SKATES. STRONG, [gees EASY, WELL MADE Jameel (GRACEFUL AND AND DURABLE, FIRE SAND AND CLAYS. ‘*A”’ represents the Creeper in position ready for use. “B” shows the Creeper thrown back entirely ont of the way when not in use, or walking in doom ICE CREEPERS to prevent falling onicy pavements. Can be attached to the heel of any boot or heavy shoe. Easily adjust- able when notin use. (Sample pair by mail, 2§¢.) E. T. BARNUM, Detroit, Mich. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Silver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex port shipments. 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. tow prices. New Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists on application. Schenectady Molding Sand Co.| ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY MOLDING SAND! delivered on cars or boats at low rates. All grades guaranteed. All orders will receive prompt atten- | tion. Address, J. G. GREENK, Sec. | a2 Wall St., ScuenecTapy, N. ¥. | G.&V. Pres; J. G. GRexne, 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. 214 and 216 ELM STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO, U. S. A CARW & gE Boston, -<« - MOULDING J, A. EMERICK. FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, wy -. A. EMERICK & CO.. 1056 to 1076 Beach St,, PHILADELPHIA, CHAS. DOUGLASS, Pres. 99 John St.,. NEW YORK, THE IRON AGH. 3 Manufacturers of Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 934, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - - - ° o YALELOCK MFC.CO. Office and Works, STAMEORD, CONN. Salesrooms, 0o3 Chambers Sireet, : 224 Franklin Street, Philadelphia, 507 Market Street. Chicago. - - G4 Lake Street. New York, This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT oF THE CAMBRIA IRON CO. PHILIP E. CHAPIN, Gen’! Supt. STEEL, WIRE and SPRINGS. Works, Johnstown, Pa. Eastern Warehouse, $1 John St., N. Y¥- Phila, Warehouse, 5055233 Arch St. Albany Sand a Specialty. FOUNDRY FACINGS, Shovels, Riddles, Brushes, &c. WHITEHEAD BROS. AMERICAN FACING CO. WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 617 W. 15th St., New York, HOWARD EVANS. Niolders’ Tools, This Advertisement Changed Weekly. G. S. DOUGLASS, Treas ! Largest variety in patterns and unsurpassed in i O WA 8 A K B Wi oy a C O a5 89 Lake St., CHICAGO. JOHNSTOWN, PENNA. BARB WiIRBG, BEOREERA DIGCGEHRs. RATCHET STRETCHER, RING STRETCHER, CROW BAR STRETCHER, CUTTERS, PINCERS, IRON POSTS, STAPLES, HOOKS, REELERS, REELING STICKS, WIRE, WIRE ROPE, WIRE CLOTHES LINES, TOOL STEEL, &c, MOoO:KN, | 0. LINDEMANN STEEL WIRE for aii purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. ST SS nearly 80 cents per pound. Finally, it be-/any extent. The pores and surface of the came quite apparent that while there was] graphite skin may be filled and covered with much tea being consumed in the country, | the less oxidizable metals by means of electro- very little paid duty at the custom houses, | deposition, or they may be deposited from and the startling anomaly of a reduction ]|their solutions by imple immersion therein of the duty (now about 35 cents per pound | of the cast iron articles, or the metals may NEW YORK, SAND. from the action of moisture and atmospheric influences, and, indeed, from corrosion gen erally. In the methods as at present prac- ticed for the preservation of articles of iron (namely, coating or covering them with paints, japans, enamels, the electro deposi- tion of less oxidizable metals, or the forma- tion of a film of magnetic oxide on their sur- faces), the protecting coat is very thin, and not able to withstand much wear or tear, or, when thick, the fineness and character of the casing is entirely destroyed. In conse- quence, moreover, of these protective ma- terials being only laid on to the surface of the iron, the slightest abrasion renders the iron accessible to the action of oxidizing agents. For the purpose of overcoming the difficulties attending the perfect preserva- tion of the iron, it is proposed, according to the process patented by Mr. Shedlock, of Uxbridge, England, to treat the surface by subjecting it in suitable vessels to the action of any acid solution possessing the properties of dissolving irou, and forming therewith soluble salts. Cast iron being a combination of iron and carbon or graphite, the action of the acid solution is such that the surface iron is dissolved, leaving a porous skin of carbon or graphite of tenacity sufficient in itself to resist considerable wear and tear, and the thickness of which may be regulated by the length of exposure of the article to the action of the acid, and at the same time maintaining the exact outer ferm and delicacy of contour which the articles posses before treatment. The carbon or graphite skin thus formed is not a mere layer or detachable film, but forms a continuous sub- stance with the body of the casting. All that is necessary for protecting the body of the iron is to fill up the pores of the graphite skin with a material possessing like qualities with the graphite. The materials ajplicable for this purpose are pitch, rosins, india rub- ber and gutta percha dissolved in suitable solvents. When the graphite skin has acquired the desired thickness, by reason of the iron articles having been exposed to the action of the dissolving agent, they are re- moved from the vessel and placed in air- tight chambers, in which they are subjected to the action of hot or cold water or steam, for the purpose of removing the iron salt which has formed in the pores of the graphite skin. As soon as it is ascertained that the iron salt in solution is removed from the pores of the graphite skin, the solution water, &c., is removed from the air-tight vessel, and heat is applied to the exterior for the purpose of vaporizing any water remaining, and remov- ing the vapor thus formed by means of a pump or other contrivance. A more or less perfect vacuum being formed in the air- tight vessels containing the cast-iron arti- cles, communication is opened with the reservoir containing the solution of pitch, rosin, india rubber and gutta percha, which is forced in the air-tight vessel by the pres sure of the atmosphere, and the pores in the graphite skin are filled with the sclution, so that when the solvent is vaporized and with- drawn from the vessel the solid material is deposited therein, thus producing a perfectly protective skin or covering. Cast-:ron ves sels or apparatus prepared as described are capable of being used for the production o1 treatment of the most corrosive acids, and possess advantages which will enable them to replace the more costly and less efficient apparatus as now manufactured in glass, earthenware and otuer expensive materials, both as to their greater durability and economy. Articles of cast iron may also be used for electrical apparatus, such, for in- stance, as battery troughs, in which case the surface and pores of the graphite skin must be covered and fillled wit an insulat- ing material prepared as a solution and the solvent removed, as hereinbefore de scribed. In some cases where it is desired not only to protect the articles of cast iron from oxidation, but to impart to their surfaces an ornamental appearance, this may be secured by using pigments in combination with the protective solution, or it may be by the use of colored enamels. When it is desired that the rores and surface of the graphite skin shall be filled and covered with an enamel, then it is not absolutely necessary to remove the iron salt from the pores of the graphite skin, but the articles may be removed from the vessel containing the dissolving agent, and at once placed in a vessel containing a solution capable of producing a double de- composition with the iron salt, suitable solu tions for this purpose being the silicate of soda and the salts or oxides of lead. When silicate of soda solution is used, and the dis- solving agent has been dilute hydrochloric acid, double decomposition of the two salts takes place, chloride of sodium being formed and remaining in solution, and silicate of iron being insoluble fills up the pores in the graphite skin. The surface of the article is now covered with an enamel of the desired color, which upopv being subjected to leat fluxes, and in combining with the silicate of iron contained in the pores of the graphite skin will form « hard vitreous enamel, capa- ble of resisting rough usage, and effectually protecting the cast-iron article from oxida tion. When it is desirable to produce an| th e enamel on the surface andin the pores of the graphite skin which sha]l flux at a low tem- perature, then instead of employing the sili- cate of soda, the oxides or salts of lead may be used, which, although producing an enamel protective against oxidation under ordinary conditions, yet is not sufficiently hard to resist heavy usage. It wiil readily ja be understood that the invention may be | his support. and still much too high) took place. With] be reduced from t}cie salts or oxides at the Mexican tariff, as it now stands, I} elevated temperatu \n example of such | consider the prospect for remunerative em-| reduction suitable for thi tection of an |ployment for railroads in this country as] article of sb iron is when the pores and being nowise encouraging.” I of t raphite skin are filled with em — wu Oxide of lead and ubjected to heat; the Protecting Iron Surfaces. tof the lead cxide combines with the rraphite, forming carbonic anhydride or T ee toe . xide, and the lead eposit [here are probably few things of greater a a us — hite ‘ ae ; n state in the pores o rr importance in connection with machinery | On ‘ ar os ut ra gens . = SKill, th etal its ant ) des ’ used for industrial purposes than the thor . cM ams a ’ le ce are . : cay pro esults der favor- ough protection of the surfaces of the iron | |) ) ; re results under favor ——— . Lack of Architectural Taste in Town building, A Chicago journal says: The observant traveler, passing through some of our more pretentious Western towns, is forcibly re- minded of the lack of architectural taste lisplaved in their construction, These towns are not poverty stricken, nor are they relics of by-gone days. Many of their houses are newly built, and the oldest may not be a quarter of a generation old. The trouble ies not in location, nor in lack of means, ises which are quite frequently ombined—the one denoting an absence of proper taste, and the other a parsimonious- ness which causes the builders to refuse to nt architects to furnish I Once in a while he comes icross a sightly business town, blessed, it may be, by a delightful natural location, and thrice blessed in the possession of a complement of ‘neat and appropriate resi- lences, business and public buildings. Sometimes this beautiful rural picture is the result of happy chance, and frequently it is produced by the early efforts of some in- genious draitsman or architect whose plans gave an impetus in the right direction to the taste and style of the community. One fine iwelling is likely to inspire the erection of a re of imitations, varying perhaps in de- tail, but following in general effect. This may also be the case with a poorly-designed building, in communities whose taste has but in two eat not been educated to something better than that which they see before them, A house is not necessarily handsome or appropriate because it cost a large sum of money. A man can find ample opportunity for wasting his fortune in building, and there is no place where one can exlnbit so much taste, or lack of taste, as in erecting a home or a place of business Most of our towns are yet new and grow- ing. In very many there are chances fora material improvement, while in some there is now observed a growing inclination to attend more strictly to the architectural beauty of their homes. There are plenty of men who will refuse to go to the expense of hiring an architect for, say $1oo, to give them plans for a house costing them $5000, who, in a business point of view, lose more than $1000 by erecting a building of crude and inferior design. In other words, had they built a handsome house, costing the same money, they could, in selling it, realize $1000 more than had they followed their own notions of construction and erected a building that was lacking in the essentials f beauty and harmony. What may be said ‘f building ill designed houses holds equally true of public buildings, such as churches, court houses and public halls. Any observ- ing traveler can mention half a hundred churches that have cost no less than $20,000, that are architectural botches, Any archi- tect of standing can suggest a dozen d@iffer- nt plans whereby these same churches could have been built handsomely for less money. It costs no more to make a straight line than a crooked one; neithar does it cest more labor or money to make a graceful curve than an awkward one. It is so in building ; a proportionate sized window or door requires no more time, labor or mate- rial than one out of proportion. A projeo- tion of the roof of a building costs little or no more, if it be made in keeping with the ther dimensions of the structure, than though it was out of proportion. By ob- servation it is found that in ornamentaticn, by a judicious selection, neat and appropriate designs can be chosen that often are really more beautiful than more costly, yet less ap- propriate ones There is more in this question of house building and home building than many sup- pose. The home is where the best and brightest days of our lives are spent. Any- thing that contributes to the beauty and loveliness of the residence and the town adds to our store of happiness. As the flower is more beautiful than the weed, so is a neat and tasty home more desirable than ne of uncouth gables and faulty construc- tion. The home in which a man intends to live with his family, and which, after his day, he expects his children and their de- scendapts 1 lay occupy, should be the bright- est and most pleasing spot which his taste and his fortune may provide. If the early sett! the West had paid a little more attention to this subject when starting their towns, and not quite so much to selling corner lots, we would have many handsomer cities, towns and villages than we now have What is true of the West, in a great measure is true of the East. We lhold that buil ling towns and houses is an art requiri) an elevated taste, artistic experience, and well worthy the employ- | mentof pro ional skill. Whatever is worth building, is certainly worth building well. In town building we know it is more dif- ficult t itrol the taste of the community | than in house building to control and govern f t j il. Every one is i to exercise his own judgment in of the locat and style of bis b ii 1, therefore, to harmonize, gov- jern and influence the conflicting tastes of a | co ty isnosmalltask. We have often | thought, id still believe, that i Ww ould be | an sxc nt policy for the promoters of } town rprises t engage a competent jar *hitee > settle in their midst, even if for while they bad to contribute a sum toward It would not be a bad plan to utilized in ornamenting the iron to almost | make him a public officer, and give him a fH. H. WaLLace 4. ee Ero. - NEW YORK, _ OGDEN & WALLACE, A. B. Warner & Son, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO. 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm St,, New York. iron and Steel very desempuon kept in stock. Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly on hand, PIERSON & CO, Established 1790, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St. NEW YORK CITY Ulster Iron. All Sizes and Shapes kept in Stock. 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 Nail Rods, Norway Shapes, Cc _ n= Spring and Tire Steel, etc. “A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Manufacturers ot and Dealers in TRON Our specialty is in Planufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction of Fire-Proot Buildings, Bridges, &c. Agent for ie Bros. & Co., Limited, Pittsburgh, -» Wrought ‘Tron Beams and Channel Iron, Bay State Iron Co., Boston, Mass., Boiler Plate and Tank fron. Naylor & Co., Boston, Mass., Homogeneous Steel Plates and Compressed Steel Cuong Shafting. Plates Rolled to 100 Inches. Plans and estimates furnished, and contracts | made for erecting Iron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all [ron made sent on application by mail. Si ample pieces at office. Please address 68 Hudson om Street, New York. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants: 70 & 71 West St., — New York. | we Pesce f Agents for the sale of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods. | AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., TRON MERCHANTS Cor. Albany & Washington Sts. NEW YORK CITY. a mM. BISPHAM. ‘o? Kron, NEW YORK. IRON MERCHANTS, 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington Sts. BOILER PLATE, Boller Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder fren Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated “EKureka,” “Wawasset,” Lukens, Srands of Iron. Alsoal!: descriptions of Plate, Sheet, and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive aron. Fire Box Lron a specialty. ROME MERCHANT. (RON: MILLS, ical rs 2 oa Be ast sails of Bar lron, Bands and Fine a pene i113, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds, Hexagon and Hc Shoe Iron. Also pom Charcoal Pig a superior quality 0 of Iron branded = All puddled balls re | i by ban umer. Orde = ay be sent to the = toJ. O. CARP Spe ER, our Agent, at 59 Joh Street, New Yo DOwa 4” counory PIG ay In lots to suit. Also, Old Rails, Scrap lron, Crop Ends, Old Car Wheels, &c. FOX & DRUMMOND, 68 WALL ST. *9 NEW YORK. ‘MARSHALL LEFFERTS & CO. MANUFACTURER -AND DEALER. Galvanized Sheet Iron, Ist and 2d Qualities. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized Boop and Band Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron Pipe anized Nails, Galvanized C hain, Galvanized Iron “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON a. For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, P!ain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and el SHEET IRON. Plate and "Tank Iron, H No. 1, € H No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, ,Cc | Bes st iiites Fire Box, Circies, BOILER IRON Stamped and Guaranteed. All Geserigttons of Iron Work Galvanized or | Tinned to order. _Pri rice list and ‘quotatia ns sent upon applic ation. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New York, ULSTER IRON WORKS 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, ‘Mulligan8 Co CARMICHAEL & EMME\«s | New and Old Rails, Steel Blooms, 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St,, New York, DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c Agent for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel io sie Pla ages, The Coatesville Lron Co., Pottstown Iro The Laurel Rolling Mills, ane d 0 ae on Sy +4 We rks SW ro Sught Iron Be ams, Angles, Te TWO UNCUT ROLLS F OR ABOUT ABOUT 4 TONS 1%-IN. ABOUT 7 FOR SALE. A 1G-INCHI MILI, 10 TONS 1%-IN. BQUARE BAR IKON. SQUARE TAR TRON. TONS 15%-IN. SQUARE BAR IRON. Also, a small lot of other sizes by DANIEL Ww. RICHARDS & CO., 92 Mangin St., N. Y. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co.,, Manufacture and bave always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- ings, Eye Bara, &c. Room = Astor House, Nev New PATERSON, N. .J. York, - Se CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “he DOVER IRON CO.'S BOIL, BF Boiler Brace Jaws, RIVETS, Socket Bolts, &c. FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 130 Greenwich Street, New York. Pennocks, LRON AGE. HE January 12, 1882. | ¥von. NEW YORE. Xvon. PITTSBURGH. W. D, WOOD & CO’S Evo. PITTSBURGH. ~— 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. HARRISON & GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 302, 904, 306 CHERRY 8T., NEW YORK edeckiners Sorap iron, Car- Wheels, Axies = Hea Cc. BANE, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, PIC IRON, BLOOMS, AND ORE. PITTSBURGH, PA. | | | Newport, Delaware. Boiler Rivets, ‘The Burden Iron Company Troy, N. Y. EGLESTON BROS. & CO., 166 South Street, ? 267 Front Street, § NEW YORK CITY. All sizes and shapes in stock. he BAR IRON. Also Best Grades of (Am, & Eng, Ref’d lron,Common lron,&c [DESPARD BROTHERS, GO Wall St., New York, P.O. Box 764. Importers of SCIAL ITLRON, &c. Duty paid or in bond. B. F. “JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN iPieg Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. 457 & 459 Water St., NEW YORK. 233 & 235 South st.?t Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St, 177 &179 Bank St., NEW Ser HORSE. ‘SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. DANIEL F. “COONE Late of and successor to Jas. H. Weed co. ) SS Washington St., N. BOILER PLATES & SHEET IRON, LAP-WELDED BOILER FLUES, Boiler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. SNOW SHOES } tenacie a “| Planished Sheet Iron. e g 0 ‘ F 0 a D | R 0 N C 0. Sept. 9th, 1878; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876 i é ieee 4 * | Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel (B. G. C cE, Receiver, ee IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, ror save, BOILER PLATE by al] the principal | S p K E S. METAL DEALERS) STEEL PLATES, al descriptions. lz. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent,| THE UNITED STATES. Iron, all descriptions, id chinnion Diveet, nd at their Office, waite? Aram, Bt BS an 88 eeningeon © | 1H Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. SHOENBERGER & CO., . aa B U UR D & N S Manufacturers of rIRon, HORSE SHOES. meron ss F. B. Laveuiy, Vice-Prest. W. A. SHaw, Treas. lron, Nails & Spikes. UNION STORAGE CO. ____YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. lron Storage and feoue Warrants MARSHALL IRON CO., ek BLOOMS, | Best Charcoal Bloom, Best Refined & Commor Correspondence a to establishment of SH EET ' RON. General Office, PITTSBURGH, PA, _| “ee an¢ Mills, —_— ss—esess— Sable | (| Nail W ron and Nail Works. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Office and Works, LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., FINE SHEEHT IRONS, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, ae” NATURBAL GAS USED AS FUEL. ' } ROADSTER ed =s : . Patented March 14th. 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; STEEL TOE CALKS and at a much less . Cut Nails "s In the Large cities throughout | Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet NEW YORK, KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, Bonnell, Botsford & Co. tt vb ws. t Sau. B Burden Best REA, Prest. ML. BalLey. Jr., Secy. Manufacturers of yards at furnaces ZUC & CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa om Agency of ABo: Nas “N. M. HOGLUND'S SONS & CO., Stockholm Geo: us Yatog ‘Swedish & Norway Iron % "BROKER I IN TRON Sie Ea Sa Pitseihia’™ pba ons 1 YO WALL | ST, N NX. ‘ GUSTAF LUNDBERG, ;8 Kilby st., Boston ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ay ot ca ROOFING & SIDING, CHARLES HUBBARD, a Iron oEuildings, Roofs, Sheridan” & * Leesport Skylights, Bridges, @o.." Brands Pig Iron, | e ee Tr om = ” Te am tolling “Mills, % ester be Co., Albany & Rens. Iron & Steel Co.’s MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., |WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) d Tu fe b water ib te . = ivets ; Homoge neous Steel, Boiler ant 1d Fire Box Pl HUGH W. ADAMS & CO,, IMPORTERS OF SCOTCH AND ENGLISH IRONS, Agents for American Charcoal and Anthracite Furnaces, 2 ae ee ee eee: Stock for making strong castings. MOSES GOLDSMITH & SON “CHARCOAL PIG IRON,” - Maiden Creek” and’ " Garrick” brands, Favorite brands of Scotch Pig Iron, In stock and to arrive. , OLD CAR WHEELS, BEST BRANDS, 46 Clif St., New York City. fe oe ee, ss. Cc. Wholesale dealers in METALS, IRON RACS, And all kinds of Pa- ry Stock. 56 Pine Street, New York, We invite corresP idence, Hvew W Abas Dantet L. Cops. SOS il Tank r L 9Mfce, 4. OU Minera IXL Fae Charcoi Soapste Riddles, § Sifters, Stee Our incre J AL Rails, B: Rive General Offic JAMES C. | B Anal 91S Analyses o fitted with all Ores. Slags, Lit Raltimore, Pr ie January 12, 1882. —-_-_ooo > oe eee 9 Sener renee —- SS ee ¥rou. Xo. ot sd PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. Edward J. Etting, | IRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Siemens’ Regenerative _!ENRY LEVIS & Co.. ‘Manufacturers’ Agents OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &e. Agent for the GAS FURNACE. | For fron and Steel Rails, Car wheels, Bowler and/ MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co, and The Coleraine Furnaces, STORAGE WHARF AND YARD DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track with railroad. Equipments. RICHMOND & POTTS, | ,, Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. { | : +» Philadelphia. 119 ®, Fourth St.. PHILADELPUIA, PA. | _— ~ tie — . 4 THE IRON AGRE. ron, oe JUSTICE COX, Jr. JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., AGENTS FOR : CHICKIES, ST. CHARLES, MONTGOMERY Pig, Bar and Railroad fron. | Warwick, CONEWAGO AND KEYSTONE SHAWNEE ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Jest Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG, COWS | Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Railroad Car Axles. New and Old Rails, No. 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, |s. westcy Puitian; PETER WRIGHT & SONS 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Exclusive SALES AGENT Chester Iron Co.'s Blue, Red and Hoft ORES. Also celebrated ** Brotherton ”% Ore, T. HORACE BROWN. D,. W. R. READ. D. W.R. READ & CO., Importers and dealers in FOREICN & NATIVE BESSEMER ORES. PIC IRON ENCLISH FIRE BRICK. 205 % Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, 142 Pearl St, 57 Gracechurch St, 67S, Gay St., _NEW YORK, LONDON. BALTIMORE. J. O. RICHARDSON, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, No, 232 Dock St., Philadetphia. Pig Iron, Railroad [ron and [ron Ores. Sole Agent for the MONOCACY FURNACE CO, DEALER IN MOSELEM, ROCKHILL, WARWICK, And other Favorite Brands, ___SILVER GREY IRON A SPECIALTY. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., lron Merchants & Railway Equipments, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate Iron. Celebrated “‘Glasgow’’ and *6 Pine” brands for fire boxes and dificult flanging. Pig and Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Quotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. 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 S