The Iron Age 1882-03-02: Vol 29 Iss 9

— Vol. XXIX : No. 9. Decorative Ironwork. | The following interesting article, by Mr. | George Wallis, is from the Magazine of Art: Ironwork for domestic use in the internal ' arrangements, and in a measure as part of the furniture, or at least the fittings, of the | houses of the period included within the dates | from the fourteenth to the eighteenth cen- tury, presents many valuable and interest- ing features alike to the artist as to the arch- wologist. No doubt many of the objects then in every day use, and almost necessary to the comfort of the class of society in which the best examples were to be found, have been superseded by articles of a more con- venient construction, made of materials more suitable to their use. Jewel caskets and iron chests, for example, may be quoted as not at all likely to have any revival in these days. Something equally—possibly even more—se- cure from surreptitious investigation has taken the place of the cumbrous objects be- longing to the periods above mentioned ; and while the art displayed in the modern deco- ration of such objects may be anything but satisfactory, yet convenience has its claims to attention, and in the multiplicity of wants in an age like our own, economy of time, and consequently of cost, becomes a com- pulsory matter. Hence we dispense with the elaborate decoration of a deed or plate chest, and simple security is all that we care to think of in connection with a repository for our valuables. The iron coffer numbered 4255-66 in the South Kensington museum is a notable ex- ample ef this class of decorative wrought iron. It is Nuremberg work of the early part of the eighteenth century, and _ illus- trates the ‘‘safes of the period.” It shows how these repositories for valuables of all kinds were regarded as essentially a portion of the furniture of a.well-garnished house, and that they were made, not to put away in corners or out-of-the-way places, but to stand as ornaments, as well as objects of use, in prominent positions ; the locks, bolts and bars with which they were furnished being a sufficient justification for regarding them as safe from prying curiosity or the arts of the thief in relation to their contents. Such ob- jects were thought worthy of the best ability of the artist-smiths of the centuries we have already indicated. This example, of which we give an illustration,(p. 3) is decorated cm top with appliqué scrollwork in repoussé, ad- mirably designed and executed. These scrolls are adapted to the shapes of the panels formed by the flat bands of iron which are themselves incised with scroll ornaments, the bands giving strength tothe top of the coffer, and thus forming a detail in the decoration. From the cover of the key-hole, or rather of the escutcheon which surrounds it in the center of the top—this cover being formed of a mask in repoussé—an ornament starts which formsa rosette. The scrolled details of this ornament run into the four panels consti- tuting the central compartments, two panels at each end of the lid completing the de- sign. The border-band of each is decorated with scroll work and rosettes in bold relief ; and studs, also in high relief, complete the details of the ornamentation, the effect being rich and singularly appropriate. The sides and ends are also decorated and pan- cled, the panel-bands being incised and studded. Boldly designed forged handles complete the two ends. The front is of the same character, while two ornamental clasps in chiseled ironwork form an excel- lent padlock staple. Both angles of the front are decorated with forged spirals fixed as columns, and rising from brackets resting on the front feet. The body of the coffer is supported on a stand admirably designed and executed; it is composed of four feet with chiseled iron scrolls in forged work issuing from the angles formed by each foot, which at once strengthen the support and add to the decorative effect of the work. rhe lock is, as usual in these coffers, inside the lid, and covers the whole space except the margin corresponding to the rim round the inside of the upper edges of the chest. This margin is decorated ‘with a foliated tooth-like ornament, the lock itself projecting from it. The design of the lock- plate is executed in perforated sheet iron, polished, and is divided into two panels, with a boss in the center corresponding to the key- hole. In one panel is a double-headed eagle with an imperial crown, surrounded by a bold foliated ornament. The breast of the eagle bears a shield charged with two keys crossed and a hammer—a device of the maker. Engraved on the outer rim, in Ger- man, is, ‘* This lock has been made by Bene- ict Hild, locksmith.” In the other panel u similar ornament surrounds the facade of a palace. The details of these ornaments, as so of the eagle and palace, are admirably etched. The date is quoted inside (1716). lhe lock has eighteen bolts, which shoot under the inside rim already mentioned The coffers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and early part of the eighteenth centuries differed considerably in various countries and localities, alike in construction and deco- ration, The example just quoted is of a class which the whole design is legitimately | adapted to iron, alike in construction and | lecoration. In Germany, Flanders, and some- times in England, coffers of comparatively plain construction, being simply an iron} chest body, bound round by broad bands of ron riveted through the construction plates, ere in common use. Not unfrequently they were painted and gilt, the bands being of one color, and the panels formed by these bands being of another ; the rivets were gilt, and the edges of the bands “picked out” either in gold or in some darker color than that of the panels or the bands themselves. Sometimes the panels were filled with painted devices, heraldic or symbolical, and at others | a series of heads formed the decoration. Occasionally a whole subject, historical or religious, was represented, and intercepted } only by the bands passing over it; for, as already stated, these chests were important pieces of furniture in well-appointed houses, and were rendered as decorative as possible, the finest being invariably those which, like our illustrative example, were the work of artist-smiths, and ironwork alike in con- struction and ornamentation. As another example of this class, the cas- ket (No. 396~-'54), of sixteenth century Ger- ; ‘ axX>, Pe Ps New York, Thursday, March 2, 1882, The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Davip Wituiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. as to aid the ornamental effect as studs. The than the method of construction; and the lock is in the inside at the top, covering the ingenuity shown in the designs, and the per- whole surface, the key-hole being in the fect adaptation of the series of plates to the }middle. The details of this lock are very completion of the full effect, exercised the decorative, being cut into admirably-designed skill and tested the knowledge of graphic plates covering the angles of the bolt springs. geometry of the mediwval worker in iron to There are seven bolts, all being shot simulta- the full as much as the elaborate carvings in neously by the turn of the key, and they act wood and stone exercised the workers in as claw-bolts under the inside projecting rim _ those materials. of the interior, and make the casket and its| The extent to which certain fixed articles contents very secure. As an example of of furniture were at once strengthened and workmanship this specimen is worthy of , decorated by forged ironwork of a highly special examination, while the ornamenta- artistic character was formerly so great that tion is very suggestive alike as regards the it is difficult in these days of colored woods | art displayed in the design, and the method | and French polish to understand how the by which the decorative effect is realized. | amount of work was done: but in the period Many jewel caskets of the fifteenth and of which we are treating, the smiths of each sixteenth centuries were elaborate examples century must have been as abundant as per German Casket.—Sixteenth Century. ea, onbed a te are Cee German Cupboard Front.—Sixteenth Century. man work (illustrated above), is of great! interest. It is formed of plates of metal, | riveted together at the angles, these angles being covered with decorated framing-plates cut to an ornamental profile, which unite with broader plates of a similar character running round the base of the casket, and form an ornamental foot or rest for the whole. The surface decorations consist of an elaborated series of floriated designs, with birds introduced in the central portion, the borders consisting of cartouches. The top is decorated in a similar manner, the whole having been bitten into the surface with a strong acid in the manner of etching, and suggesting a damascened effect, but without the insertion of gold or silver. The angle- plates and the foot-plates are riveted upon the panels, and the rivets are so distributed DECORATIVE [TRONWORK, of geometric design, in which great ingenuity | sons who, in these days, bear the name with and skill were shown by those who designed | out following the calling. In the cupboard and constructed them. Following the system | front (No. 2452-’56) we have a German ex by which the paneling, window tracery and | ample of abeut 1550, probably Nurembeg tabernacle work of the best period of deco- | work. It is of oak, overlaid, with polished rated Gothic were constructed, thin plates of | iron mounts, hinges and latches. It is a metal ‘were perforated by drilling, cutting | singularly perfect illustration of the adapta- and filing into tracery so adapted that when | tion of the metal mounts to the doors of a a series of plates were laid over each other | cupboard, or possibly a cabinet fixed in a they formed complete Gothic panels, pro-| wall. The design is divided into four spaces ducing a charming effect of light and shade. | by the framed work of the sides and a verti These perforated plates, drilled at proper} cal and horizontal cross-bar, thus forming points in the design—a plain plate as the| four doors, each pair having a double fast back being drilled to correspond—were riv-| ening working from the vertical bar. The eted together, and formed the sides and top | illustration shows the two lower doors only. of the casket. The rivet-heads were chiseled | Highly-decorated bolt-plates of perforated into decorative forms, and chased as rosettes | ornanient are fixed upon each door—balanc |in a variety of ways. Nothing in the way of | ing each other—and the bolts of each pair decorative ironwork could be more simple | work in opposite directions upon this cross Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter, §L°50 a Year, including Pamnage. Stngle Coptes, Ter Cents. bar. The hinges are so arranged that the main stay-plates are attached to the outside frame work, and the hinge proper corresponds with the fit of the door, as the horizontal decora tion crosses and secures each door in paralle lines. The binding strength of these decora tions is very great. Nothing can be more simple in form and detail than these decora tive adjuncts, and yet the ornamental effect is practically perfect. The finish of the ironwork by polishing contrasts admirably with the dark wood on which the ironwork is fixed, but we can conceive that when t! whole was new the new oak harmonized with excellent effect with the polished mounts. The introduction of gilt brass }ormolu mounts on furniture in the period land style now known as Louis Quatorze, | superseded the modest, but more legitimat: iron mounts of a simpler and less ostenta |} tious age, in which utility, strength and solidity were aimed at as the true basis on which decorative effects were produced In | these constructions we had science as a basis, jand the ornamentation was invariably d signed so as to embellish and enhance the essential construction and form to the eye, and in no sense to conceal, but rather to display, the construction. The debased style of ornamentation which came into vogue with the fripperies of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century French art ignored all science in construction, and undoubtedly led to the utter neglect of all true design, and the final obliteration of the workman designer alike in wood and metal work. Our next subject scarcely comes within the range of wrought iron work proper, al though it is certainly decorated ironwork. This is a girandole of two lights shown on page 3. It consists of the figure of a fe male Triton holding a pair of sconces. The figure is in cast iron, produced after the Italian manner, although French of the seventeenth century, by the method used in bronze casting d la cere perdue. The orna- ments on which the sconces are fixed, as also the sconces themselves, are of forged iron. The double fish tails or basements to the figure are cast solid with the figure it self. The whole work is admirably executed in its style—that is, of bronzework rather than iron. The figure and cast portions are chiseled and finished with a polish which renders the whole an admirable adinnet to a fire-piace or @ miurror, OF @5 @ bracket, A companion work has a male Triton as the subject of the figure. As a matter of tech- nique, the combination of wrought and cast iron in this work is interesting, but the more legitimate method is to construct the work, as a whole, of wrought iron, and then to add the figures in cast iron in such a position in the design that the riveting or screwing on of details is not necessary. The cast por tions then take their places as an adjunct to the wrought-iron framework and decora tion. A lock and hasp (No. 4850~-’58) aro of a very different character, being Ital- ian work of the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. These are exam ples of the elaborate manner in which locks and door-handle plates were decorated dur ing the latter part of the fifteenth, the whole of the sixteenth, and early part of the ses enteenth centuries. The plates of flat forged iron are chiseled into the geometric forms necessary to give effect to the decorations and security to the -lock, handle or hasp, of which it is at once the ornament and means of attachment. The plates are perforated by drilling and chiseling into the chequered or foliated designs. These are assisted in the details by incised work, giving the vena tions of the foliage, and further decorated by punching up from the back studs at stated intervals, in the manner of repousse Th plates are arranged intothe form of a St. A drew’s cross, with the locks m the center, the locks being also decorated with incised panel work. The effect here obtained by flat plates perforated and chiselled has richer, but certainly a less architectural effect than that adopted by the old English workers in iron of our decorated Gothi periods, already alluded to in the remarks on the iron casket, by which an ornamental effect was built up, so to speak, by a seri of perforated plates of thin metal worked out geometrically from the plain plate, th general form of the perforations, and so on to the more complicated details of the top plate, all riveted together in such a manner as to make the heads of the rivets the finish ing detail of the whole. The neglect into which the decorative ironwork of the periods we have endeavored to illustrate has fallen is not only to be regretted, but appears to be quite phenom nal, when we consider the skill and dexterity to which the artist smiths of the seven teenth and early portion of the eighteenth centuries had attained. Change of fashion scarcely seems to account for the facts, and 1 | one had only, even within the last quarter ot a century, to walk through some of the olde: quarters of Chelsea and Kensington to dis cover examples of wrought iron work—gates, pediments, and railings—which were alik« admirable in design and execution. Even at the present time a drive through the eastern suburbs of London rewards the admirer ot this species of decorative art » thorou | English in character, by the discovery examples, especially yates and pedim nt which it would be a diflicult matter to co; without consideration of the ability wh originally designed the forms, all thorou adapted to the techniqu , f the producti Strangely enough, the French appea: have taken a yery decided step toward a1 ~ a Ae ea a ~ “ a ——_ ia a ¥ THE LHON AGE March 2, 1882, wBlive, etc. | — wee teenees sAetale. — - ss giaetatn. Aetats. — mA N Ss oO Ni 1 A ThePlume & Atwood "PHILIP L MOEN, President and Treasure CHAS, F. 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Can be attached the heel of any boot or heavy shoe. Easily adjust- vle when not in use. (Sample pair by mail, 2sc.) E. T. BARNUM, Detroit, Mich. | ELECTRO-PLATING IN ALL ITS - BROWN’S ADJUS7 Bevin Bros. Mfg. ee Co,, BRASS, BRONZE. COPPER, TIN. And other Sheet Metal Goods to order. BRANCHES. —- - STABLE PIPE TONGS. Established 1838, j y= | q ' mn Easthampton, Ct. | best Se i ia Th Manufacturers of | ecte d - | “ ae SLEIGH BELLS, | Iron, - we Be shoroft M 111 LIBERTY STREET, House, Tea, Hand, | Address ‘The A. Gong Bells, &c. Bell Metal Kettles. fe. NEW YORK. ux THE IRON AGH. | lation and finish. }such arevival is not a cheering one. vival of wrought iron work for ornamental purposes, and it appears, so far, to be chiefly upon the lines of the old English methods, | rather than of the Italian, Flemish or Ger- | man. Whether this will stimulate the half- | realized attempts to bring back this old Eng- | lish art industry to the smithies of our own country it is difficult to say. Hitherto the attempts have been mostly overdone, and the simplicity of construction and the orna- mentation actually growing out of that con struction of the old examples appear not to have been understood ; and ‘‘ stuck on” de- tails intended for ornament, but having little relation to a true ensemble, have degraded some really good work, as regards manipu The commercial aspect of The fact that very decorative works in iron can be produced in malleable cast iron is de French Girandole.—Seventeenth cidedly against the economic use of orna mental wrought iron, except in cases where a single work, or at most a very few repeti- tions of the same design may be wanted. When the design is available for extended application-~such as when applied to railings and decorative mounts for copings—malleable wrought iron has the advantage; and when the design is really adapted to casting, and is not a mere slavish imitation of wrought- iron details, no sound or common-sense esthetic objection can be taken to its use. The material is tough, and therefore not easily broken. Its surface is even, and it ean be cast sufficiently thin with safety to | give much of the effect of wrought iron when forged hot. German Coffer.—Early Eighteenth ( tails of forged ironwork, such as tendrils, rosettes in repoussé, and even the admirable decorative effects produced by rivets in the older works, are impossible. This, however, is the penalty which art has to pay so fre quently for the advance of science as applied to the industrial arts. ——— The second steamer of the new line estab lished between Canada and Brazil, via the West India Islands, is now nearly due at Halifax, and no efforts are spared to pro mote trade between those points. Mr. Wm Darley Bentley, Consulate-General of the Empire of Brazil, has issued a very compre hensive circular to the merchants of the Dominion, the object of which is to afford them an opportunity of knowing precisely the class of goods which can be had in the British West Indies, Brazil and River Plate, and, on the other hand, the products and manufactures of Canada which would find a ready market there. With subsidies from two governments, in addition to the French bounty received by the company concerned, this enterprise ought to succeed. But what | offe red by Ci the National Policy. The following tra { 1 the debate in the Ottawa H the 2tst of February will be read hi rest: Sir Leonard Tiik idl table the report of th ( this ner app ted to inquire into th orkin » mills and factories and th lal r emplo d therein He al ») presente 1 mnbel cr ret 3; to ord rs of th FT] r ( m I Sir Leonard Till rought up a message from His Excelle: » Governor-General, 'which was read b ‘ peaker as follows ¢ Of course the more delicate de- | encouragement for nilar ‘prises is mecress a A Canadian Parliamentary Debate on “~~ a. ln oa 4 ; C% niury ‘“The Governor-General transmits to the House of Commons the estimates of the sums required for the service of the Dominion for the year ending 30th June, 1883, and in accordance with the provisions of the British North American Act he recommends these estimates to the House of Commons.” LORNE. Sir Leonard Tilley moved that the Mes- sage, with the estimates accompanying it, 4 be referred to a Committee of Supply. Carried. ; ; Sir Leonard Tilley stated that the Supple- h mentary Estimates for the current would be brought down on Thursday The House went into Committee of Supply, Mr. Kirkpatrick in the chair, and passed the year 0 Yar entury., item of $11,200 for the Governor-General’s Secretary's Office The Committes , reported the result and obtained leave to sit again on Friday RET 5 Sir Richard Cartwright, in the absence of Hon. Mr. Blake, ved fora full description of the locality mpr lin each census sub district from A to F, inclusive, of Census District No. 19 the Territories.” Car ried Mr. Paterson (Brant) in moving for a re turn of all claims presented for drawbacks on goods manufactured for export since Jan uary 22, 1581, sakl he had examined the trade and navigation returns, and did not ind the statement of the Commissioner of Customs correct, that our increased exports ; ere wholly to Great Brit r were chiefly ' of goods manufactured in Canada Of the ’ total increase of $11 there was an increase of $4,891,935 in ir exports to the United States in 1831 over 1880. while our exports to Great Britain had increased miy $7.4 H did attach ul importance to the fa that the export trade i ee = = — i 2 SS eee = 2 2 ae ee = = Slee ee: .. 4. THE LRON AGE. Kron. Kron. | March 2, 1882. PITTSBURGH. PITTSBURGH. W. D. WOOD & C05 NEW YORE. _NEW } YORK. ________NEW YORK. aGDEN & WALLACE, ‘A. B. Warner & Son, (JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.. 85, 87,89 & ¥1 Elm St., New York. IRON MERCHANTS, 98 a Street, New a i ro nand Stee j | 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington Sts, — 5 vane’ age x BOILER PL ATE, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, dc. uate Son Sait Reales & Du HARRISON&GILLOON BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. Rotier Tubes, Angle, Toe & Girder (ren All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly Getter — bape rap te lebrated on hand e "9 Ne ee IRON AND METAL DEALERS, ‘ey . = a “Eureka,” = Pennocks, | # warm sr, « 90 0 cunnny or. | ROADSTER NEW YORK, PATENT PATTERN, have on hand, and offer for sale, | Soeutas : Seotch and American Pig Iron ht, Cast and Machinery Scrap I Car Whecle Axles and Heavy Wrought Iron ; also ola Copper, Composition, Brass, Lead, Pewter, Zine Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865; April 8th, 1878 ; ae) Sept. 9th, 1873; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jam. 11, 1876. STEEL TOE CALKS. OXFORD IRON CO. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel Cut Nails) *°o==s:= BOILER PLATE M ETA L D EA LE RS STEEL PLATRES, all descriptions, ~ PIERSON & CO,, ‘“Wawasset,” Lukens, srands of Iron. Alsoal! descriptions of Plate, Sheet, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St., « : and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive NEW YORK CITY. sron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. “PICKS” of all kinds, ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, . ESOPUS . HORSE SHOE IRON, | shisesiliimeeean ate ese of BEAMS, ANCLES, _ Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. rrolls, ovals, Half Ovals, ns os, nen and e Shoe Iron. Also from Charco a superior All ak a ed balls re Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates, sect tire on branded J. Ga. cet er. Orders may be sent to the Millor AND All descriptions in stock. | Ntitéet, “fanreree ° our Agent, at 59 John IRON & STEEL. — ns In the Large cities throughout o-cnerannanamaestion SP IKES. THE UNITED STATES. Cut Nails and b yom Plate and Sheet J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, And at their Ofice, Iron, all descriptions, Ii! Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. |SHOENBERGER & CO., **sxr=™ C. LAINE, _|KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, Manufacturers of PIC IRON, BLOOMS, IRON ABEEL BROTHERS, | Established 1765 by ABEEL & BYVANCK, ee 7 lron Merchants, <° FIT TO RELAY, <p 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. ULSTERIRON 6500 tons, . . . 35 Ibs. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. BURDEN’S A colnet ia sizes constantly on hand. 500 tons, ‘ . 4 45 lbs. H 0 AS t SH OFS. AND ORE. en For sale in lots to suit by renee URGH, PA. Pittsburgh, ‘ ‘st te Band, Hoop and Scroll Iren,. Sean ae a” D, CHARLES HUBBARD, — Bonnell, Setstard ray Co. “Sheridan” & “ Leesport erway shapes, ace, /MARSHALL LEFFERTS & CO., 90 Beekman 8t., New York City, A. R. WHITNEY & CO. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, TR ON alvanized Sheet Iron, Our specialty is in Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and F mce ; Galvanized Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanized and Bar Iron, Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- P Nail ized Chai Gal ized I struction ot Fire-Proof Buildings, | Pipe ”** **"™ Galvanise re Bridges, &c. Agents for Carnegie Bros. & Co., Limited, “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON Wrought Iron Beams and Channel ‘fron. Bay For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. State ir on Co., Boiler Plate and Tank Iron. Nor- way Steel and Iron Works, Homogeneous Steel| Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common Plates and Compressed Steel Shafting. Glas rw | ibe Works, Be D's | SHEET IRON. Tube Works, Bo iler Flues. A. M. Byers 3 & Co. Plate and Tank Iron, Wrought Iron Pipe. H. P. Nail Co.'s Wire Sear Nails. Altoona Iron Co.'s Refined Bars, Rods, a ape, Bands, &c. Samson Iron Works, Refine d C No. 1,C H No. CH No. 1 Flange, Best Flange. Best ite Fire Box, Circles. Brands Pig Iron, —_| [ron, Nails & Spikes, WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) Stock for making strong castings. _____ YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. “CHARCOAL PIG IRON,”} MARSHALL IRON CO... ‘Maiden Creek” and “Garrick” brands. Manufacturers of Favorite brands of Scotch Pig Iron, | Best Charcoal Bloom, Best Refined & Common Tn stock and to arrive. SHEET IRON « OLD CAR WHEELS, BEST BRA Mill 46 Clif St., Now York City _— ae N t, Delaware ewport, ° “Burden Best” lron Boiler Rivets. The Burden iron Company'Sa@ble fron and Nail Works. ae N.Y, ‘Fine and ine furnished, faa contents made for erecting Iron Structures of every descrip tic 2 Books containing cuts of all ron made soma BOILER IRON on application by mail. Stamped and Guaranteed. Sample pieces at office. Please address c : ‘8 Hudson Street, New York. All descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or —_———————— ——__—____. | Tinned to order. BORDEN & LOVELL Price list and quotations sent upon application. AND Z U C & Cc O > : ’ (JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., BURDEN’S "9 . . CommissionMerchants) —rx4 mex HOBO § Bar Iron . ‘ ‘ i Manufacturers of the Celebrated Also Best Grades of 70 & 71 West St, ; Wn Boer? = «= Naw York. PIG IRO N, American & English Refined Iron. LN Lovell, ew 16! ___No. 69 Wall St., New York. _ All sizes and shapes in stock. sens tv esi nile, ULSTER IRON WORKS, |EGLESTON BROS, & CO.. Fall River Iron Co.’ er eo Sef | NEW YORK CITY, Bands, Hoops &Rods. { 90 Broadway, New York. AND ae ’ : VOUGHT & WILLIAMS, Borden Mining Company's Tyckerman, Mulligan & CO| 286 & 288 Greenwich Street, ‘Cumberland Coals. ! —————— ane Vane Thaw u walarce on |CARMICHAEL & EMMENS fet SableNails Office and Works, PITTSBURGH, PA. LEECH BURG Ik IRON “WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO.,, Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED. IRON | tT ANN. & JONES. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York. DEALERS IN TRON MERCHANTS |inon ano STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. BAR IRON AND STEEL, Tir a Cor. Albany & Washington Sts. Agent for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel Boiler Plates, ° Spring, oe C Ik, A MACHINERY AND TOOL STEEL. The Coatesville Iren Go. The Laase 1 Rolling Mills, ao a gad Unlon, Tube Works; Wrought Iron ‘Beams! ALL BRANDS OF HORSE NAILS, H, WALLACE. Wm. Bispnam © Angles, Tees, Rivets, &c. Horse Shoes, Rasps and Files, DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SCRAP IRON, STEEL, RAILS AND METALS. Yards and Office, 88 to 96 Mangin St., NEW YORK. __ Morton oN B. SMITH. Bellows, Anvils, Vises, Blowers, Tire Benders, Coes Drills, Hammers, Sledges, Crow Bars, nchers. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pigs Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. Danre, W. RICHARDS PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- & 450 Wi ater 96» | NEW YORK. ings, Eye Bars, &e. 35 South St PATERSON, N..J : - ROOFING & SIDING, . -. |e | or oe | sca i cof, 4 Hanover St., New York, SSB Shucters, o > Skylights, po Te _ = ante ANG Rook cg, |GENERAL IRON BROKERS 5 Dey Ktrent, New Vook. And Commission Merchants. Agency of ; N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockhoim | WW. S. MLODLETON, Swedish & Norway Iron Broker in Machinery & Iron Agent for of every Gosertns ion. . e tock on hand at Bosto pat irk and Philadelphia. Importation orders ‘> FORSTER’ S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 38 Kilby st., Boston The best in market. ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. | W.S. MEDDLETON, 62 John St., N. ¥- Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., 177 & 179 Bank St., NEW YORK, Manufacturer of HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, om, 5 Half Ovals and Flats. Hoom 45, Astor House, New York, CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO.'S BOILER RIVETS, . lees 8-6 SER OF ee OB ¥. DANI F. c ONEY, : (Late DANIEL. F, CONEY... MOSES GOLDSMITH g SON, DESPARD BROTHERS, Box 156, a +» New Yort. P.O. Box 764. SS Washington S BOILER PLATES & SHEET IRON, LAP-WELDED BOILER FLUES, Boiler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. Agency ing Glasgow Iron Co., Jos. L. Baile Pine Iron Works, Lebanon Holling ills, Chester a and Tube Co., Albany & Kens. lron & Steel (« ebrated Boller Rivets ; Homogeneous Steel, Boller and Fire Box Plates. Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 139 Greenwich Street, New York CHAR <anieananin s. Cc. lnporters of Wholesale dealers in : METALS. IRON, Raas, |New and Old Rails, Stee! blooms, And all kinds of Paper Steck, We invite correspondence, Duty paid or in bond, °C eee, , ..... cc Min XL Cha Rid Sifte: Oo Raltimp -_ + \ March 2, 1882. xpon, PHILADELPHIA. Rvon. PHILADELPHIA. Siemens’ Regenerative) MENRY LEVIS & C0., Manufacturers’ Agents 6 A S FHIRN A CE. For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet en oe Sone Railway ents. RICHMOND & POTTS, | oi¢ rails, Axies, and Wheels bought and sold. 41968, Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. The Gambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 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, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the qunstrestion of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cw SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. ly for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, oat Te $ = tamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. tl ROWLAND & o0,,| Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, PENCOYD IRON WORKS. 920 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, 6 A. & P. ROBERTS & 00.,_, 7 Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington es cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Manufacturers of CAR AXLES. a. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. rr LF Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. QUAKER CITY FACING MILLS, Pier 45 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Please send for Special Price List of our celebrated Machinery Facings. Mineral Facing, X Facing, S‘ove Plate Facing, IXL Facing, XX Facing, Lead Facing, Charcoal Facing, Anthracite Facing, Bituminous Facing, Soapstone Facing, Lehigh Facing, Sea Coal Facing. MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Riddles, Shovels, Steel Wire Brushes, Bellows, Screens, Buckets, Bristle Brushes, Mallets, Sand Sifters, Steel Wheelbarrows, Rammers. Our increased capacity insures prompt shipment of orders by telegram. JT. W. PASSON co CO., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Rails, 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. JAMES C. BOOTH THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consulting Ch-~ mists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPH Sear A. Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of a}! kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with ail the apparatus and appliances for the rapi,! and accurate ar Ores. Slags, Limestones. Coals, Clays, Fira Sands fe. A#ersg for sampling ¢ Raltimore. Price lists on application ‘ ef Iron Steel, Iron in New Y¥- rk and . THH IRON AGH. fron. nondward J. Btting, vSTICE COX, JR & CO. 2330 8S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. AGENTS FOR CHICKIES, ST. CHARLES, MONTGOMERY Pig, Bar and Railroad tron. WARWICK, CONEWAGO AND KEYSTONE OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &o. “ >: Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. Agent for the SHAWNEE ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Beat Quality Muck Bar, The Allentown Iron Co, and CATASAUQUA MFG, COWS The Coleraine Furnaces, Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD Railroad Car Axles. New and Old Rail DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE C —a ees a OW MILL STREET, | Wo. 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia, fae E PETER WRIGHT & SONS. Cash advances made on Iron. 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, Importers of xeon. JUSTICE COX, Jr J. W esley Pullman, 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Exclusive SALES AGENT Chester Iron Co.’s Blue, Red and Hoft ORES. Also celebrated ** Brotherton » Ore, German and English SPIEGELEISEN, Pig, Scrap, NEW AND OLD RAILS, And Iron Ore. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 206 Walaut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET LRON, STEEL and TRON R AILS: IRON CLAD STEEL R AILS Ss BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAT and COKE. MU‘ ‘K BARS. Han dle Old Iron and Steel Rails, 8 Pe Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal prope rties. 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 Gracechurgh St. 67 S, Gay St., NEW YORK, _LONDON, BALTIMORE, J. aw. MOHR, Sole Agent for Sheridan, Leesport, Ring- gold and Lynchburg BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE PIG IRON, Jefferson and Mt. Penn Cold Blast Car Whee! Charcoal Pig Iron. 430 Walnut 8t.. PHILADELPHIA, PA NORTH BROs.,|-~ BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA. SPECIALTIES: NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, Spiegeleisen Iron Ores AND Railroad Supplies Generally. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited, 23d and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Fine Light and Medium-Weight GRAY IRON CASTINGS to order, Correspondence solicited, Established 1837. A. PURVES & SON, Dealers in Scrap lron, Metals and Machinery Cor. South end Penn Ms., Philadelphia; Offer for sale in large or s mall lots, quantitie a. oY Machinery, ted Scrap Brass Co “ id pee y, ellow Scrap Brass, Ingot Ked Brass (best qual y), Ineot Yellow Brass, Ingot Gun Metsl mad strictly from old cannon. — J. 0. RICHARDSON, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 2 Dook St., Philadelphia. Pig ian Rallroad 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 & CO., lron Merchants & Railway Eoulpments a“ Pav eee 0 Pp HIS | LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, BRAND SS" ‘ Y ” Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Wor sl Aw IN J IARD. Z manufacturers of ry , ks alit ae efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as Iron. Celebrated 0 "or, Sete ats | eae a any of the same quality. We manufacture brands for fire ies. “ei cult flangin PI Pade Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Bar Iron, Rails and all sAhpes in [ron. Satan Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &c. given on Bridge and Building St Specifications. | Works at Lewistown, Pa. | ae | Office, 220 5S. 4th St., Phitadelphia, Pa. G. A. TixBERTon, FRANK SHARPLES. HEBERTON & LANGHORNE WISTE! Selling Agents and oe © CO., L. & e. WISTER, pa, Boon eee oli IRON BROKERS. B tack, Sheet, Pipe and Railroad Agents for the Clearfleld Fire Brick Co. IROoN. | wide Bricks. Ww No. 230 South 4th St., Philadelphia, _C Charcoal Bloom and Pier Stipeaniat O., Palle. —— = a IRON. STEEL. | SCRAP OF ALL KINDS A SPECIALTY, First Quality Muck Bars. RODMAN WISTER., | SHIMER & CoO., Late of and successors to W. HUTTON & CO., °° 250 S. Third St., Philadelphia. | Joseph P. Reed. R. Hope Hepburn. JOSEPH P. REED « co., Iron Brokers and Commiseion Merchants, 265 8S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. | Sole Agents for RIDGEVIEW COAL AND (¢ SOKE CO. Latrobe J.D. BOYLE ’S CONNELLSVILLE COKE. HARBISON , E ON RSE