The Iron Age 1882-01-26: Vol 29 Iss 4

The Iron Age Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Davip Wititams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Clase Matt ’ + . * _. A Review of the Hardware, Vol. XXIX : A One Hundred H. P. Engine of the Wannieck-Keppner System. In Fig. 1 of the accompanying illustrations we present a general view of a 100 horse- power engine of the Wannieck-Keppner No. 4. New York, Thursday, January 26, 1882, engaging gear. Then the governor is of an /| while the tolerably direct method by which ' ances can easily be secured in any cylinder exceedingly sensitive type, and it is neces- sary to provide a dash-pot to keep its opera- tions within reasonable bounds, while the ef- forts to make trip valves rapid in their action have been so successful that other dash-pots Corliss valves are worked has given place to something altogether different. More- over, a general clumsiness of the whole design, exaggerated by the distorted photo- graph from which the engraving has been | and eccentrics can be arranged to work a slight modification of any existing Corliss valves for all practical purposes, as well as the trip gear, governing the revolutions by | controlling the rate of expansion, amd at the FL.5 Oa Year, Pnotuding Fostage. Stngle Coptes, Ten Cents. axiom of mechanical design that sflent work- | Ing is a good test of its perfection, and thoro is no sound reason why a modern howizontal | engine should not wark as silently as the older beam type which it is so rapidly sup- | planting. The Cosliss engine, so far as ft system, which we reproduce from the Lon- | don Engineer of recent date. In Fig. 2 is given a transverse section. The engine is from the Berliner Maschinebau-Actienesell- schaft, and attracted marked attention at the Berlin Exhibition. The action of the valve gear will be readily | understood from our engravings. The valves are plain slides of the ;ridiron type, and they are actuated by a pair of lever arms, | one of which is shown at A. Each of these levers is caused to work by an eccen- tric, B, and the arm gives a positive motion to the exhaust slide beneath the cylinder. The upper arm of A is fitted with a trip gear, the tripping of which is determined almost precisely as in the Wheelock engine, by the position of the tripper or trigger puller D, which again depends on the position of the wedges on the rod from the gcv- ernor shown in the cut opposite. The rest of the details, dash-pot, &c., are too clearly shown to need description. The cyl- inder is 1934 inches diameter nearly, and the stroke is about 43 inches. The construc- tion of the air pump and condenser is worth examination. The air pump is 4% inches in diameter. The Porter governor is used. From the time this governor made its ap- pearance, some ten years ago, it has been a yeneral favorite with German and other | Continental engineers, and it is probable that it is at present employed more extensively on the larger and finer European engines | than any other type. The modified forms in which it appears are almost innumerable. Mr. Arthur Rigg, the well-known English | engineer, has made some very pithy and per- tinent comments upon this engine. His re- marks show such a clear understanding of the general subject of engine-building and the particular sins of omission and commis- sion involved in this type, that we refrain from any comments of our own, and give his remarks almost entire. He says: ‘* Many foreign engineers apparently ccme to this country (England) and to America for ori sinal designs, which they improve upon, ofsen ina very astonishing fashion, and then are good enough to send us the results of their labors ; but whether this is done for our insti uction © r criticism, it is difficult to tell, for surely it, cannot be with any hope of establisiing a! business connection. The general idea of this particular example seems based | upon the Corliss type. Like it there Fig. 1.—General View of the Engine, 100-HORSE-POWER ENGINE OF THE WANNIECK-KC@EPPNER SYSTEM. are four valves, but unlike it, the close| are requirei to prevent them frcm working port clearances are conspicuously absent. | their own destruction. Like the Corliss, the stroke is long in propor-| all Corliss engines alike, tion to diameter of cylinder, for the purpose | nieck-Keppncr ed with the slow} ers peculiarly its own. of securing a high piston s rate of revolution permissible with trip dis- ances, These evils afflict but the Wan- seems to absent, already mentioned, are SSS SA Fig. 2.—Transverse Section. taken, is only matched by the disproportion of several parts, as between the crank which transmits all the power and the double levers | possess oth- ‘which actuate the valves, or between the Small port clear-| connecting rod and piston area. The un- questionable advantages of small port clear- | 22 a is PASSA SS : ae Ae es Re ee ee be a eer ee eer ee oe em same time permitting a higher speed of rota- tion than is now possible. Even at the usual rate the gear of a Corliss engine is nrisy enough, but the additional eomplication of the Wannieck-Kwppner must bring % to | something perfectly deafening, It is au Goes, has been pf gweat service in exploding @ notion that compounding is essential for economy, but, notwithstanding its many }admirable features and well-earned popu- |larity, it is not easy to understand why a |manufacturer should go to the expense of such an engine when one of half the size , and double the revolutions would drive his ma- | chinery with equal economy and steadiness. |If the makers or inventors of this German engine would kindly point out the advantages | which they consider it to possess, such infor- \yuation might be very interesting to English pongineers, and, for my own part, would dis ,Sipate any regret I may feel at my own inability to discover them..” ; Those familiar with the later production ‘of Mr. Corlis will, no doubt f | " L , feel that Mr. Riggs’s rema ks in regard to the Corliss | engine are unjust, but it must be remembered he is speaking of the engine as built by Eng lish and Continental makers, and not of the engine as produced by Mr. Corliss himself ee _ Centrifugal Lubrication.—A_ recent issue of Iron says: ‘‘ The crank pins of the new steel shaft which has been fitted to the | Mercury being hollow, has afforded the en- gineer department at Portsmouth an oppor- tunity for testing the practicability of keep- ing the bearings cool by means of centrifugal lubrication, and thus dispensing with the usual telescopic lubricators. The new system consists in carrying a supply of oil into the center of the pin by means of a tube running along the arms ef the crank, the centrifucal force which is set up by the mere rotation ef the shaft sufficing to carry the oil where it is most required, a few apertures bored into the pin enabling it to reach the bearings and bra:ses. The bearings of the Mercury had pre- viously given considerable trouble, but at the recent trial the resiilts were found so very satisfactory during a full-power trial of an hourand a half, that it is now proposed toapp! the method to the engines of the Euphrat< ; The shaft of the troop ship being of the usual iron description, it will be necessary to bore the crank pin for the purpose, but as the | diameter will not exceed 2 inches, there will be no diminution of strength.” This is an | old American idea which has taken root upen | the other side. It was in use here at least twelve years ago, and we do not know when it was first put on to engines. - iii ee The Italian Government has just given an order for 1000 tons of iron deck ane for their new war ship Italia. The order is divided equally between the Atlas and the Cyclops Works, Sheffield, me Be ee ee ois - ” wos OO oA ed a Q THE IRON AGE. * fAetals. ThePlume & Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, FActals. ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Oliff Str cet, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER|Waterbury Brass Co. ee 00. Sheats, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. CAPITAL, $2.00,0 Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, Seamless Brass & Copper GERMAN SILVER, Tubing. Brass Butt Hinges, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Jack Chain, Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, PURE COPPER WIRE COPPER RIVETS & BURG, |, Resemme Sarmers, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. BRASS KETTLES, F 2 Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. 18 Murray Street, New York. se Tags, ee 13 Federal Street, Boston. ANSONIA * REFINED PERCUSSION CAPS, INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO. Rolling Mill, | Factories, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &e. IMPORTERS OF THOMASTON, Ct.! WATERBURY, Co. And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. . R C ridgeport brass U0., Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line ot Sport- MANUFACTURERS OF ing Goods. TIN PLATE, pavers: | WATERBUEY Sheet and Roll Brass, 296 Broadway, New York, ’ . . ROOFING PLATE, 1/155 Eddy St. Providence, R.. Conn, | Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, j{ LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, ) PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORE. Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills, SCOV iLL M FC CO BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, ayy —— = wane i ae ak aes ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS' BRASS THOS. W, ‘FITCH, Prest. and Treas AA. LASAR, Secy, GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Wire for Electrical and other purposes, Brass and German Silver Wire, Copper Rivets and Burrs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. BRASS, HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. rd ROME IRON WORKS, DEPOTS, FACTORIES, 41944 a pote ¥. oe — Manufacturers of 177 Devonshire St., Boston 183 Lake St Chicago. New York cy. | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,! per and German Silver Importers of (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Conper,| COPPER & BRASS RIVETS Wire, Zinc, Etc. AND BURS. 29 & 831 OU St., cor. Fulton, Rome, New Work. DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. d Brass Machine Screws; Turned, Hexagon, Round and Square Head Cap and Bet eee Iron Safety ana Jack Chain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all tl Steel or Brass. =—— ies Sen gaaeniel articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and promptly given. sT. LOUIS, MO. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 49 Chambers St, 18 Federal St. Manufacturers of a)l kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS, BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper-Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. ee ROS! oo - New York Office German Silver Spoons, osm Warehouse, | SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Dealers in Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 113 Liberty Street, N. ¥. ot Ae SZ kay 117 Liberty Street. THE JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS C0,, WIRE ROPE GALVANIZED Iron, Steel and Copper, | Telegraph Wire, Hosting Purposes of ati] Market Wire, kinds, for Ferries, Stays ’ . . Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Lightning Rods, &eC., &e. Vineyard Wire. Suspension Bridge Cables, CALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. Iron and Steel WIRE Market Wire, Fence Wire, Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, Rivet Wire, &c., &c. BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., OLYOKE, MASS., MANU FACTURERS OF IRON WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St, am WORCESTER “WIRE CO, Bi Or. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated, Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. The Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in ,|SOLDER, TYPE, Stereotype, cites Ml and Babbitt Soasia® Importers of Block Tin, Antimony, &c. Refiners of pelter, &c. Highest price sald for Old Metals Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL WIRE. For all Purposes. WORCESTER, MASS. reet, between Avenues 4 & |’, New Y = WIRE GLOTH No. s. Double or Half 9 Lead. ; one ail amas of Dross. 528 an 539 oat 20th "919 to 923 N. Main St., ST. LOUIS, MO, | BBive, ere. CHARLES F. eee e President & Secretary. Washburn & Moen Mfc. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. Of Every Description. PHILIP L. MOEN, President & Treasurer. A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WI RE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. NEW YORK OFFICE: ST. LOUIS WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE: 21 Cliff St, 802 No. Second St. ; Warehouse: Crimpod oe a. 45 Fulton Street, NEW YORK, Manufacturers of lron, Brass & Copper aT RF U D ' Church Guard. Round Iron Frame t | | } Circle Wrought Iron Hay Rack. Plain and Ornamental Wire Work, Wire Fence & Railing, DOOR AND WINDOW GUARDS, OFFICE RAILING, lron Stable Fixtures. JAMES HALL, Sreaserer, E. HANSON, Secretary. Win 55. Corner Hay- —-J Window Guard. No. “hetk, Right Hand. ABRAM s. HEWITT, President, WM. HEWITT, Vice President. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of IRONand STEELWIRE OF ALL GRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED: Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burlin Slip. Philadelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT, Agent. 21 North Fourth St. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &€ CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address: HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, ene 7-ply Strand, Spee, &c. Annealed nae Oiled Feuci! ire, round and ov WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Foreign sora nts. The oldest house in the braneh on the ( WERK, COLOGNE, tinent. Welegraph Address, CAKLS General Agents for U. 8S. and Canafa, PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N. Y. A. LESCHEN Ske g0o77, Manufacturers of OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Correspondence invited, January 26, 1889, HOWARD & MORSE, > DI Tl - iu = aD Sone coo ao esz _ Lan low pi Lists « Sch A Mie deliver guarar tion. . Ga. 8. V 200 § 4 Gothi $1.50; 3 Alphi repaire price li z25 Cha Va ro Ur) Ke ed, January 26, 1882. Manufacturers of 0. LINDEMANN STEEL WIRE for ail purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. & CO., Manufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD CAGES. Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pear! St., NEW YORK. VISASVAAAAA A UOTE REEL LLDAELE VISAS AS AAA WOLD PILES LLL LMELEL EE ELAP Market steei Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and coverea. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on band. LIGHT HOISTING YALELOCKMFG.CcO, SDA YMEORTD, CONN. Salesrooms, New York, 53 Chambers Street. a Boston, = 224 Franklin Street, Philadelphia, 507 Market Street, Chicaco, ~ - G4 Lake Street. Thompson's Patent for Wet Pulverization of Rocks, Ores, Rolling Mill Fix AND OTHER MATERIAL, New Catalogue Just Issued. Sent Free on Application. EITHER COARSE OR TO AN IMPALPABLE POWDER, STEPHEN P. M. TASKER, SOLE MANUFACTURER, Care of MORRIS, TASKER & CO., Limited, PHILADELPHIA, U.S A Centrifugal force applied to a rolling ball for the purpose of pulverizing. Tested thoroughly and guaranteed to yield a greater ; product of pulverized material of equal fineness in a given time with less wear, less power, less first cost and less cost for repairs than stamps or any other pulverizer. POPE, COLE & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No, 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, BOILER SKATES, | GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT OF THE CAMBRIA IRON Co., JOHNSTOWN, PENN. This Advertisement is Changed Every Week. —_——— ROLLER SKATES. STRONG, EASY, WELL MADE GRACEFUL | AND AND HANDSOME PHILIP E, CHAPIN, Gen’! Sup’t. “A” represents the Creeper in position ready for use. “B" shows the Creeper thrown back entirely out of the way when not in use, or walking in doom 1c he CREEPER S to prevent falling on icy pavements. Can be attached to the heel of any boot or heavy shoe. Easily adjust able when not in use. (Sample pair by mail, 2s5c., ~” E. T. BARNUM, Detroit, Mich. on G. Gunther,|> MOULDING SAND, rate eeu “Albany Sand a Specialty. and Japanned uno cases’ FOUNDRY FACINGS, wn” Shovels, Riddles, Brushes, &c. Largest v Set in patterns and unsurpassed ip Cc WHITEHEAD BROS, tom pikenn. ONew lilustrated Catalogues and Price uu. A M FRICAN FACI NG CO. Lists on application. Schenectady Molding Sand Co. ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY _ MOLDING SAND delivered on cars or boats at low rates. All grades guaranteed, Ail orders will receive prompt atten- tion, Address, J. G. GREENE, Sec., aa Wall St., ScpenecTapy, N. 5 ; G. S. Vegper, Pres; J. G. Greeng, Sec. and Treas. FOR SALE. 200 Sets Steel Stamping Figures and | Alphabets, Fully Warranted. Gothic ures, % in. or less, $x per set ; 3-16 in., $1.50; 44 ings: oe $2.50; 3g in., $3 per set. Alphabets three times as much. ld stamps repaired and new ones made promptly. Send for price list. CLEVELAND STAMP At D DIE CO., 325 Champlain st., Cleveland, Ohio, | 46 Park Place, | NEW YORK. Las WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., 517 W. 15th 8t., New York, J, A. EMERICK, HOWARD EVANS Molders’ Tools, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO. 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, THE TRON AGH. The Temper of Steel. A neatly printed and bound volume, entitled ‘‘The Treatment of Steel: <A Series of Circulars on Heating, Annealing, Parkin, Pittsburgh, contains the following : } ‘The word ‘‘ temper,” as used by the steel maker, indicates the amount of carbon in steel ; thus, steel of high temper is steel con- taining much carbon ; steel of low temper is steel containing little carbon; steel of me- dium temper is steel containing carbon be- tween these limits, &e. Each number of our carbon circular represents a temper, and besides these numbers we use intermediate ones, amounting to some twenty in all. As the trade to attempt any description of the mode of observation, especially as this is purely a matter of education of the eye, only to be obtained by years of experience. The act of tempering steel is the act of giving to a piece of steel, after it has been shaped, the hardness necessary for the work it has to do. and gradual softening until it is just right for the work. A piece of steel properly tem- pered should always be finer in grain than the bar from which it was made. If it is hard as required, to heat it so hot that after being hardened it will be as coarse or coarser of too low temper for the desired work. In a case of this kind, the steel maker should at once be notified of the fact, who should im- mediately correct the trouble by furnishing higher steel. If a great degree of hardness is not de- sired, as in the case of taps and most tools of complicated form, and it is found that at a moderate heat the tools are too hard and are liable to crack, the smith should first use a lower heat in order to save the tools already made, and then notify the steel maker that his steel was too high, so as to prevent a recurrence of the trouble. In all cases where steel is used in large quantities for the same purpose, as in the making of axes, springs, forks, &c., there is very little difficulty about temper, because, after one or two trials, the steel maker learns what his customer requires, and can always fur- nish it to him. In large general works, however, such 4s rolling mill and nail facto- ries, or large machine works, or large rail- road shops, both the maker and worker of the steel labor under great disadvantages from want of a mutual understanding. The steel maker receives his order and fills the sizes of tempers best adapted to general work, and the smith usually tries to harden all tools at about the same heat. The steel maker is right, because he is afraid to make the steel too high or too low, for fear it will not suit, and so he gives an average adapted to the size of the bar. The smith is right, because he is generally the most hur- ried and crowded man about the establish- ment. He must forge a tap for this man, a cold nail knife for that one, and a lathe cut- ter for another, and so on; and each man is ina hurry. Under these circumstances he cannot be expected to stop and test every piece of steel he uses, and find out exactly at what heat it will harden best and refine prop- erly. He needs steel that will all harden properly at the same heat, and this he usually gets from the general practice among steel makers of making each bar of a certain tem- per according to its size. But if it should happen that he were caught with only one bar, say 1%-inch octagon, and three men should come in a hurry, one for a tap, another for a punch, and another for a chilled roll plug, he would find it very difficult to make one bar of steel answer for all these purposes, even if it were of the very best quality, and the chances are that he would make one good tool and two bad tools. There is a perfectly easy and simple way to avoid all of this trouble, and that is to write after each size the purpose for which it is wanted, as, for instance: Track tools, smith tools, lathe tools, taps, dies, cold-nail knives, cold-nail dies, hot nails, hot or cold punches, shear knives, &c. This gives very little trouble in making the order, and it is the greatest relief to the steel maker. It is his delight to get hold of such an order, for he knows that when it is filled he will hardly ever hear a complaint. Every steel worker worthy of the name knows exactly what temper to provide for any tool, or if it is a new case, one or two trials are enough to in- form him, and as he always has all of his twenty odd tempers on hand, it is just as easy—and far more satisfactory to both par- ties—to have it made right as to have it made wrong. The Sheffield manufacturer pre- viously referred to calls attention to this same experience, and very truthfully remarks: ‘*For many purposes, indeed, temper is of more importance than quality. Nothing is more common than for steel to be rejected as bad in quality, because it has been used for a purpose for which the temper was unsuit- able. We may divide consumers of steel into three classes: 1. Those who use their own judgment of what percentage of carbon they require, and instruct the manufacturer to send them steel of a specified temper. 2. Those who leave the selection of the temper to the judgment of the manufacturer, and instruct him to send them steel for a speci- fied purpose. 3. Those who simply order steel of a specified size, leaving the manu- facturer to guess for what purpose it is re quired. It cannot be too often reiterated of how much importance it is, when ordering steel, to state the purpose for which it is going to be used. And again, you may pend upon it there is nothing so dear as cheap steel. It must be more economical to put costs a shilling, to produce a tool that lasts a day, than to put the same value of labor upon steel that costs only ninepence, to produce a tool that lasts only half a day. Iam sure that the system adopted by some large con- sumers of buying tool steel by tender is one which, in too many cases, defeats the object for which it was instituted, and by lessening the price, and consequently de- teriorating the quality, causes the steel bill to the temper of steel can only be observed in | the ingot, it is not necessary to the needs of | This is done by first hardening the piece, | generally a good deal harder than is neces- | sary, and then toughening it by slow heating | - | necessary, in order to make the piece as | in grain than the bar, then the steel itself is | five shillings’ worth of labor upon steel that | that extravagance instead of economy is the result. In fact, it is an illustration of the proverb about being penny wise and pound foolish,” i EE J Ocean Express Steamships, Forging and Tempering,” recently issued by | the Crescent Steel Works, Miller, Metcalf & | Messrs. Corbin & Lorillard, the first a heavy capitalist and the second a gentleman long familiar with the shipping business, ap pear to be quite in earnest in proposing to establish an American line of six-day steam ers between the Eastern end of Long Island and Milford Haven, a port about equidistant from London and Liverpool. The plans, both mechanically and financially, have been per , fected in detail, and those directly concerned expect to complete their organization with out delay, so that traffic can be inaugurated within three years, irrespective of any favor which the enterprise may receive from the General Government. The capital stock will not be less than $3,000,000, with a probability of increasing it to $5,000,000 or $10,000,000, and the line will go info operation with three steamers, one of which will sail every week. | Said Mr.Corbin, in an interview with a report- |er, ‘I believe that within three years a trav eler may breakfast in New York at 9 o’clock on Saturday, take the train at 12 o’clock for Fort Pond Bay (on the North side of Mon- tauk Point), sail from there at 4 o’clock, and the succeeding Friday evening dine in Lon don.” According to the maps giving the route of present travel and the proposed route, the distance saved by the new one is about as follows - Miles. Saving Fastnet to Liverpool... étéboans 295 Fastnet to Milford Haven oacne $68 140 From East end of Long Island, where routes separate to New York by water ‘ ese . e T56 From same point by water and Wi cscanes - 142 1 Net saving on whole distance....... 156 Saving in miles of water travel...... 266 Of course everything must depend on the speed and general attractiveness of the steamers to be employed, so that they shall offer superior advantages in commanding patronage. But on these points no misgiv- ings are indulged. The exquisite engineer- ing and mechanical skill are available and only need to be called into action by the magic wand of modern enterprise. To illus- trate the plan of construction to be carried out in these steamships, Mr. Lorillard exhibits a photograph of an_ English torpedo-boat, which can make 24 knots an hour, and whose lines will be _ imi- tated to some extent ; also drawings repre- senting side, sectional and deck views. The vessels contemplated will be 500 feet in length, and from 50 to 52 feet beam, divided by water-tight compartments in such a man- ner that they shall be able to withstand the effects of the severest collision, The best shipbuilders are ready to enter into contracts guaranteeing all that is required. Mr. Lorillard said that a passenger and freight steamship of the largest class used about 6000 horse-power to about 11,000 tons displacement, whereas they proposed to use about 12,000 horse-power to 7000 tons displacement ; and, according to all known laws of mechanical navigation, this should give them an immense advantage in speed. Of course, such vessels would cost a good deal, but he believed they would be largely patronized and that travelers would gladly pay more for the kind of transit they meant to offer. Certainly there was very little profit in the freight to-day, and to prove it he showed the reporter a paper he had just received containing the list for December, 1881, of steamers for sale by Messrs. John Bovey & Co., Lloyd’s agency, London. There were no less than 639 iron screw steamers for sale, many of them newly built, and ranging in tonnage from the smallest to the largest size. The list comprised also 37 passenger paddle steamers, 14 cargo and passenger paddle steamers and I1 wooden screw steamers. The idea is to make the Express Steamship Company a strictly American enterprise in resources, construction and management, the prices and accommodations offered to be on a sliding scale, such as will exclude none and yet will meet the demands of the most opulent as regards luxury, elegance and com- fort. We believe a line of this character will be a success from the start, and can easily credit the statement that the shares of capital stock offered will be promptly taken up. Of course they can depend on hand some remuneration for transporting the United States mails, A We lately had occasion to speak of the organization of the North Borneo Trading Company, who claim to succeed to the rights of certain American adventurers, and assert title to an enormous tract of fertile territory , and moreover have been recognized by the British crown, despite the protestations of the Spanish Government. Under the char- ter obtained by the company, a large section of Borneo, including a valuable harbor, be comes incorporated, it is assumed, within the wide-spreading dominions of the Britisn Empire. We notice that the Government has supplemented the charter with an equip ment for the army which the company pur |} poses to raise. Instructions have been given by the war office for the supply of 15 12-pounder brass howitzers, with the neces- sary ammunition, and already nearly 150 ton of warlike stores have been dispatched from | the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, for which the company have agreed to pay. j One of the unfortunate victims of the |recent shocking accident on the Hudson River Railroad was Mr. Oliver B. Keeley of Spring City, Pa. He was head of the firm of O. B. Keeley & Co., successors of Shantz & Keeley, stove manufacturers. Mr | Keeley was in New York the day before, in company with Mr. Thomas, who has charge of his Philadelphia office, and whom he always took with him when he was going anywhere on business. On that day he told his friends that he and Mr. Thomas were | going to Vedder’s pattern works in Troy |He was 36 years of age, a large, heavy framed man. Part of one of his arms is | missing, and he was badly burned. He lived for several hours after the accident Almost the last words of Mr. Keeley were be lessened at the cost of the labor bill, 80 | ss Write to my wife, and give her my love. it ! en eee ee a == oo 4. THE LRON AGH. » January 26, 1882. Evo, PITTSBURGH. eee | | Xron. xvon. xvon. Xvo, ___NEW) YORK. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH. OGDEN & WALLACE, XB Warner & Son, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.) p WOOD & CO 1S 85,87,89 & ¥1 Kim St., New York. 08 William Street, New York. a IRON MERGHANTS I ron an d Ste e I 28 & 29 West and 52 Washineton te — jae - oon SS ees BOILER P LATE, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. i eo gui HARRISON & GILLOON BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. SBotier Tubes, Angie, Tee & Girder {ren IRON AND METAL DEALERS, B -- - s of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | Setter "Sos ieee ae celebrated 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., & 902, 904, 306 CHERRY ST., NEW YORK, = -“Rureka,” Pennocks, ~ PIERSON & 0, “Wawasset,” Lukens, [sserneasoretermie we pent oun an : , achinery Scrap iron, CarWheels, Axkes and Heavy Established 1790, srands of Iron. Alsoal: descriptions of Plate, Sheet, rought Iron: valso, 0 old Copper, Composition. Brass, | and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive | Lead. Pewter. aA inc, & sron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St. oor MERCHANT IRON MILLS, OXFORD IRON C0., NEW YORK CITY. ROME, N. (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) tar jon dards andFietons| Cut Nails SPIKES. piace, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds onagen and e Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal Bp ® sopereee quality of ron branded J.G. All puddled | qu uced by hammer, Orders may be sent to th pd J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, Boat aA RTER, our Agent, at 59 Jo All Sizes and Shapes kept in | es si mideendiaadadoiaae 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. ABEEL BROTHERS, DC BURDEN’S Established 1765 by ABEEL & BYVANCK, lron Merchants, Bonen PIG oa 66 Burden Best’ 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. lron fz I - Ss 4a v SNOW SHOES % ROADSTER & PATTERN. PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. | Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; STEEL TOE CALKS. Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jam. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the ' Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON ““sor'sace, (BOILER PLATE by all the principal ose Ee TA L D e A LE & ay STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. In the Large cities throughout Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet THE UNITED STATES. Iron, all descriptions. And at their Office, SHOENBERGER & CO., Pittsburgh, ll W S , PITTSBURGH, PA. | ——— ster Street tseebett PA KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited. Cc. BANE, Manufacturers of OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL; X ERO Wr PIC IRON, BLOOMS, Pittsburgh, - = + Pe. AND ORE. cies r PITTSBURGH, PA. Bonnell, Botsford & Co. Wm. REA, Prest. Sam. BarLey. Jr., Secy. Iron, Nails & Spikes, F. B, Lavomuin, Vice-Prest. W. A. SHaw, Treas. UNION STORAGE CO, Setenenets, cane. Storage and Issue Warrants MARSHALL IRON CO.., Manufacturers of PIG IRON, BLOOMS, INGOTS, | Best Charcoal Bloom, Best Refined & Commor MUCK BAR, RAILS, &c. . Correspondence relative to establishment of Ss HH ec Ee 7 4 ad oO N * ards at furnac li y -es solicited. Office and Mills, General Office, PITTSBURGH, PA. Newport, Delaware. ULSTERIRON 94 aie Sorap iron, Crop Enis, A full assortment of all sizes constantly on hand, Morse-Shoe Iron, Old Car Wheels, &c. Band, Hoop and Scroll Iron, FOX & DRUMMOND, Sheet Iron, 68 WALL ST., NEW YORK. Norway Nall Rods, Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, etc. 90 Beekman St., New York Oity, A. R. WHITNEY & ©O-) | wanufACTURER AND DEALER. Manufacturers ot and Dealers in LRON alvanized Sheet Iron, Our specialty is in Ist and 24 Qual J Tel h and Fence ; Galvan Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con-/| _ Galvanized big hi egraph and iged hl »s Galva: iron struction of Fire-Proof Buildings, Gaivanined Nall, Galvanized Chain agents for crneet Bros. & Co, Let | CORRUGATED SHEET IRON Wrought iro DT) pasate one ee iron. Bay State Iron Co., Boiler Plate and Tank Iron or. way Steel oe Iron Works, Homogeneous Steel & For Roofing, &c., Galvanised, Plain or Painted. Plates and Compressed, Steel Pest en Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common Tube Works. er ues . Byers 0."8 Wrought Iron Pipe P ’s Wire Be SHEET IRON. Nails. Altoona fron Co.'s Refined Bars, Rods, Hoops, Bands, &c, Samson Iron Works, Refined} Plate and ‘Tank Iron, Bars Boiler Rivets. The Burden iron Company'SaDIe tron and Nail Works. 1 1 estimat furnished, and contracts! CNo.1,C H No. 1, © H No, 1 Flange, Best Flange, at fae n Structure aot ore 7 a. Best Flange Fire re Box, Circles. Troy, N, Y, ti Books containing cuts of all [ron made sen on appiica ratio = by = Pie - BOILER IRON ee cal ee a ee ee Sampl es at office. “ase ress mple ee dson Street, New York. Stamped and Guaranteed. EGLESTON BROS & CO ss All descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or . e9 BORDEN & ‘LOVELL, |" ¥*stistnd'swtions sent upon ygptcnton. | 166 South Street, yew YORK CITY ZU & ’ 267 Front Street, ' "9 JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., BURDEN’S Commission Merchants) ccorca axo awesucas 70 & 7i West St., PIG IRON, H. B. & S. ULSTER BAR IRON, Cordes, New York Ch et __No. 69 Wall St., New York. _ All sizes and shapes in stock. Agents for the sale of Also Best Grades of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, JULSTER IRON WORKS. Manufacturers of the Celebrated SableNails Office and Works, PITTSBURGH, PA. LEECHBURG IR IRON WORKS. KIRKPA TRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET IROonNns, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &e.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. oy CHARLES HUBBARD, Aton) “Sheridan” & “ Leesport | Brands Pig Iron, mari | WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) gos ST, om NY. Stock for making strong castings. "Agency of |" CHARCOAL PIG IRON,” N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. | a Maiden Creek” “and “Garrick” brands. Swedish & Norway lron Favorite brands of Scotch Pig Iron, * every descri Stock on hand at Boston _ New i ork and Phiusdelphia Importation orders @ In stock and to arrive. Bands, mange & Rods. > Wittens: Sew Bee Am. & Eng. Ref'd Iron,Common Iron,&c B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Borden Mining company’s! Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & C0, |ARMICHAEL & EMMENS| E> ig Tron, TRON MERCHANTS |ipoy ayo STEEL BOILER PLATE.) W'me"" & Cast Se tron, ceatapMelded Boiler Tubes, &c & "| OLD METALS. NEW YORK CITY. | EBiesisitng lita Baton tune Wonee, Wrouate | SEZ E4EB Meter st} = NEW YORK. DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., Mankattan. Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD Cor. Albany & Washington Sts. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SCRAP IRON, STEEL, RAILS AND METALS, |4s.051 verse, 1774179 e2ncse, NEW YORK, Manufacturer of HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, _Bods, Ovals, 1 Halt ¢ Ovals and Fiate. DANIEL F. COONEY, Cote eset successor to Jas. H. Moldane a Co.) Washington St., BOILER } PLATES & SHEET IRON, LAP-WELDED HNOILER FLUES, _. | Boiler Rivets, aes T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. Agency for Glasgow n Co., Joa L. Bail & Co., cis = Works, om on Rolling Miils, Jo wo “4 celebra Tube Co., Albany & Rens. Iron & Stee pone Bolle x hivete: Homogeneous Steel, ‘pointe or and Fire Box Plates. HUGH W. ADAMS & eo IMPORTERS OF SCOTCH AND ENGLISH IRONS, Agents for American Charcoal and Anthracite Furnaces, Yards J Office, 88 to 96 Mangin St., NEW YORK. DANIEL W. Ru HARDS. Morton B. Suara. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and bave always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, PForg- ings, Eye Bars, &c. PATERSON, N. JJ. Room 45, Astor House, New York, CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “he DOVER IRON CO.'S ,; OLD CAR WHEELS, BEST BRANDS. BOILER RIVETS, rw ee com coer rene toes —o|_ Saaree aan Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c, CORRUGATED AND GHIMPED IRON] ses GOLDSMITH & SON, JDESPARD BROTHERS, Key Box 156, ’ ” , Importers of CHARLESTON, Ss. C Wholesale dealers in , METALS. IRON, RAGS, ew and Old Rails, Stee! Blooms, And all kinds ef Paper Steck, A Duty paid or in bond, igs ROOFING & SIDING, Iron Buildings, Roofs, Shutters, Doors, Cornices, Bkylights, Bridges, ao. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CC., & Dey Street, Now York. FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 139 Greenwich Street, New York We invite correspondence, F - Mine Xt Char Soar Our i Kails. hi General JAME Al Anal fitted wit Ores, Bla Raltimor January 26, 1882, Xpon. PHILADELPHIA. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and ue Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., Philadeiphia. ————————— PHILADELPHIA. ' Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 8. Feurth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of RAIIS, have now an annual capacity of 230,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &c. ADDRESS, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, No. 218 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, PA. : ; Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., N. ¥. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, GIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges, e REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE ek ace > = er. ti furnished. Address DAVID RE S, President. wiciti er Tom AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St, ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patont Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bicom PLATE ec SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. j ci rrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tent ant! ee % a oe. Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. JAS. ROWLAND & 60, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers o7 the Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron, Also, the James Kowland & Co. Kensington rsa eut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hgop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS & CoO., Manufacturers of 7 CAR AXLES. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philade! phia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. ’ ° . ae —$_$____.. QUAKER CITY FACING MILLS, Pier 45 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Please send for Special Price List of our celebra‘ed Machinery Facings. Mineral Facing, X Facing, Stove Plate Facing, IXL Facing, XX Facing, Lead Facing, — Charcoal Facing, Anthracite Facing, Bituminous Facing, Soapstone Facing, Lehigh Facing, Sea Coal Facing. MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Riddles, Shovels, Steel Wire Brushes, Bellows, Screens, Buckets, Bristle Brushes, Mallets, Sand Sifters, Steel Wheelbarrows, Rammers. Our increased capacity insures prompt shipment of orders by telegram. J. ww. RPASTSON co CO., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND). ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Kails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, ) Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables, General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. a me ay JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA, PA, ’ Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, i i sis Steel, Iron i ratus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron teel, , ques Blame 7 Se aes Coals. Clays, Fure Sands ¢c, Agents for sampling ores in New York and Ralting ore. Price lists on application THEHE IRON AGE. Xvon. JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS, Evon. Edward J. Ett aah ietin | warel be Le. 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. — oP AGENTS FOR — : ST. CHARLES, MONTGOMERY Pig, Bar and Railroad tron. | “Wan I1CK, GONEWAGO AND KEYSTONH OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &o. Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. Agent for the SHAWNEE ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, E ROLLING MILL CO The Allentown Iron Co, and CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S The Coleraine Furnaces. Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD Railroad Car Axles. New and Old Rails » R } s. ELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, No. 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia. connected by track with railroad. Cash advances made en Iron. J. Wesley Pullman,|PETER WRIGHT & SONS. 407 Walnut St. ade risa te Pngrgentan saga 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Exclusive SALES AGENT Chester Iron Co.’s Blue, Red and Hoft 19 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, oR Es. ‘ _ Also celebrated ** Brotherton? Ore. Importers of German and English rorti -|SPIEGELEISEN. Importers and dealers In Pig, Scrap, FOREICN & NATIVE BESSEMER ORES. NEW AND OLD RAILS, And Iron Ore. PIC IRON ENCLISH FIRE BRICK. 2054 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, 42 Pearl St, 57 Gracechuigh St, 67 S. Gay St, JEROME KEELEY & CO.,_ __NEW YORK. _ LONDON, __—_—BALTIMORE. 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, J. O. RICHARDSON, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia. Pig Iron, Railroad Iron and Iron Ores. Sole Agent for the MONOCACY FURNACE CO, DEALER IN MOSELEM, ROCKHILL, WARWICK, And other Favorite Brands. SILVER GREY IRON A SPECIALTY. J. W. HOFFMAN & UO., Iron Merchants & Railway Equipments, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Wo 8 manvfacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Pinte lron. Celebrated ** @I ow” and * Pine’? brands for fire boxes and cult flanging. Pig and Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. uotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. WROUCHT IRON Boiler Tubes, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Oil Well Tubing, Casing and LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, ROLLING MILL AND General Machinery. READING IRON WORKS. _ 261 S. Foarth St., Philadelphia. G. A, HEBERTON, 8. FRANK SHARPLES. HEBERTON & CO., Selling Agents and Commission Merchants ‘ For the sale of ‘ig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanized "Black, Sheet, Pipe and Bailroaa IRON. No. 333 Walnut St., Phila. Charcoal Bloom and Pig a epecialty. IRON. STEEL. SCRAP OF ALL KINDS A SPECIALTY. First Quality Muck Bars. SHIMER & CO., Late of and successors to W. HUTTON & OO., 250 S. Third St., Philadelphia. J. J. MOHR, Iron Commission Merchant, No. 430 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRUN, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. —A. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. fidrons E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 Seuth Third Street, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. BLAKEY & WALBAUM. 206 S, Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA. SPECIALTIES: NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, Spiegeleisen Iron Ores AND Railroad Supplies Generally. STANDARD I STEEL WORKS. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. BRAND STANDARD. Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as was any of the same quality. We manufacture eavy and Light Forgings. Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &c. Works at Lewistown, Pa. Office, 2:20 8. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. LANGHORNE WISTER. RODMAN WISTER, L. & R. WISTER, IRON BROKERS. Agents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Co.’s Bricks. No. 230 South 4th St., Philadelphia, seagate esi iat Taisen eae gerntceapiniesineaaseacememearanasaaaaamanaital Sole Agent for the Sheridan and Leesport Furnaces. Joseph P. Reed. R. Hope Hepburn. | JOSEPH P. REED &« co., Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, 265 8. Fourth St., Philadelphia. ‘NN Sole Agents for } Zs RIDGEVIEW COAL AND COKE CO.,, Latrobe. J. D. BOYLE’S CONNELLSVILLE COKE. KEYSTONE HORSE SHOE C0 HARBISON & WALKER’S FIRE BRICKS. *” MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES a Specialty. 17th and Clearfield Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. FRANCIS WISTER, Manufacturers of the Keystone Patent Solid Sole Eastern Agent for | Steel Com Horse one Mule Sees. pee | These Shoes are made of superior iron and steel, 1 4 = ae o ane. completely finished and ready for cord shoeing ; CONNELLSVILLE COKE. | neve cup ant co si aie. ans a the ORES, Native and Foreign. semen btirrs Same number of Shoes ver keg asin 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. kegs of unfinished shoes. J. EF. BAILEY cw CO., 216 South 4th St., Philadelphia, 52 Wall St,, (Room 5) New York, Selling Agents ATKINS BRO’S—BEAMS, CHANNELS, RAILS, &c. A. & P. Roberts & Co.—Car Axles, Plates, Channels, Tee, Angie and Bar Iron. WILLIAM McILVAIN & SONS—Boiler, Ship aud Bridge Plates. BERWICK R. M. BARS AND SHAPE IRON. ; Advarces on Consignments of Old Material and sales promptly made. | Consular Agents, It is well that our consular system is being made the subject of official inquiry. The griev ances brought to notice by merchants and manufacturers are too numerous and long continued to be wholly without foundation A specimen is given by the Sewing Machine Journal, as follows : During the past year or two frequent com plaints have been made about the ms thods adopted by one of those commercial agent who represents this country in a well-know: seaport of one of the West India island It appears, from what has transpired in relation to the dealings of this man with one of our leading sewing machine companies, that he systematically orders goods from those whom he can induce to send them, under the pre tense of building up a large and profitable trade, and in many cases not paying for them The sewing machine company referred to have been victimized by him to a consider able amount; and as the commercial agent appears to be in league with the government officials of the island where he carries on his little games—which officials are said to be none too upright—the victimized company find it practically impossible to recover their money. If our Government does not attend to this fellow’s case, it would better withdraw all foreign agents and let our foreign com merce take care of itself Most of these United States ‘‘ commercial agents” are ex pected to subsist on a paltry stipend, any de ficiency in eking out a livelihood to be made good by such perquisites and pickings as may come within their reach while in the dis charge of their duty. It is supposed that American maritime commerce saffers most in the extortion of fees, but there is much reason to believe that cases akin to that above mentioned, growing out of the shipping and consignment of goods—ostensib