The Iron Age 1882-04-27: Vol 29 Iss 17

te teceee aiiee sate 4 The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. , Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wriu1ams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXLX : No. 17. English Forgings and American means of dies, so as to be ready to receive Castings, the inner ends of the arms orspokes. These are in turn welded in position, and after all While English blacksmiths greatly excel | are placed a final heat is given to the parts their fellow-craftsmen on this side of the | in order to give the whole a finish under a water, it is universally conceded that Ameri- | drop in which are placed suitable dies. The can founders and machinists are much more | rim of the wheel is of wrought iron, and is skilled than their English cousins. The art | formed of the proper size and welded, A of casting has been brought to such a degree | heat is then taken upon it, and also upon the of perfection in this country that cast’fron is | ends of the several arms or spokes, when the successfully used in places where the English | two parts are brought together in proper po- engineer would never dream of employing sition by means of suitable apparatus, and the that material. This success with cast iron|several welds necessary to complete the no doubt accounts in some measure for our! wheel are made. The very best facilities for ee OA a H/T IO HE ~ 2/6" bi ' . Le |_sver- | et boda 4) <- Dea: Section Through the Rock Shaft. Fig. 2¢.—The Valve Gear. Y an Wi pr 4 Bi 43 HY 4 Hy H % 4 Fy TW Ok LG Lj t 4 ‘ oe ! fem ane ‘ - fig. 7.—Cross-Head Pin. lamentable deficiency in blacksmithing, which art the English have been obliged tocarry to | workmen employed know just how to proceed. a high degree of perfection, since they possess | They therefore accomplish very readily what 40 convenient substitute for wrought iron. | most American blacksmiths would fear to The Blacksmith and Wheelwright, in dwell-| undertake. After the rim has been thus ing on this subject, states that the following | joined in position the surplus iron in the *xample will clearly illustrate this: | angles between the arms and the rim is care- _ The driving-wheels on American locomo-| fully shaped and trimmed, imparting a grace ‘wes are cast, while the corresponding men- | and beauty to the wheel which would scarcely bers upon English engines are made entirely | seem seasiie in such a heavy piece of wrought of wrought iron. The finish imparted tothe | iron work. There is probably no other single wrought work by machines and tools specially | piece of work used on both sides of the Atlan- devised for the oe conceals its actual | tic in which there is so great a difference in character, and the casual observer, accustom- | the methods of manufacture. ed to American method, would never dream ———____ et the methods of manufacture. What we| Italians are now arriving from Europe in re P callin familiar terms the hub is first} precedented numbers, and are prepared fashioned under the steam hammer and by compete with the Chinese in offering cheap labor. Must the Italians go? Inj inches wide. The crank disk has two key- | fore being set in the cross-head. (See Fig. 7.) The bearings of the connecting rod and _ O also the main journals are lined, as in all disk has a projection 3 feet in diameter, the | these engines, with Babbitt metal, not, how- edge of which forms a semicircular groove, | ever, of the kind usually found in the mar- Brazil, the great market for Italian labor of late, the demand appears to be supplied. The Porter-Allen Steam Engine as Applied to Rolling Mills—II. We give this week details of a P Allen rolling mill engine of the larges orter- They are of much interest, even to those familiar with the smaller sizes, as the pro- portions vary greatly. For example, the shaft of one of the largest of these engines, Fig. 8.—Crank Pin. THE PORTER-ALLEN ENGINE. the purpose are, of eourse, provided, and the! given in Fig. 1, is 13 feet 3% inches long and 20 inches in diameter at the journals. The pillow-blocks are each 30 inches wide in the bearings, giving an enormous bearing, The material for the shaft is wrought iron, or air-furnace cast iron, which is preferred by some of the best managers. The ee- centric is a part of the shaft, a feature that presents many advantages, not the least of | which is the impossibility of altering its position in relation to the crank-pin, which this system of valve gear does not permit. The fly-wheel seat is 22 inches in diameter and has three key-ways 60° apart, each out- side arm being 30° from the center line, passing through the crank-pin. These key- ways are 24 inches long, but do not pass the whole length of the seat, which is 28 ! New York, Thursday, April 27, 1882. the crank-pin. ways 25° on each side of the center line of On its inside face the crank | Oe $450 a Year, Including Patuge. Single Copies, Ten Cents. | with a lip projecting a little, as is shown in| ket, but the original composition of copper, | ; | working from the section aT 4. Upon this lip the oil! tin and antimony invented by Mr. Babbitt. arin gs comes, and, by cen-| This material seems to be working its way trifugal force, is thrown outward and pre-| into favor with our young engineers, who are vented from working inward along the| fully awake to its numerous advantages. groove and so out upon the disk. The disk | ; itself is 6 feet in diameter, and opposite to the crank-pin is thickened from 3 to 7 inches, in order to furnish the proper counter- ~ ge ict ail ~ i thick. ee yyy Vg h rae iY weight for the balancing. Wy UiYiji py Oe) Y YU yy Yy Z YW y) y “Uy YYYy/Y Ui 7) Qi The cross-head, Vig, 11, is of cast iron finished all over, is 3 feet long aud has bear- ing surfaces 30 inches in length. The piston rod goes into a taper hole and is secured by Fig. 6.—Elevation and Section of Stop Vale, i | The rim is 9,a key. The bearing surfaces are so large | inches face and the web of the disk 3 inches | and so perfectly finished that the wear upou them is very slight, and no means of adjust ’ k-pin, Fig. 8, is a little more than | ment is considered necessary. The guides Boa ge A nu Some pin is forced into | and cross-head, like the valves and valve place and riveted over, as shown in the draw- ing. A quarter of an inch is allowed for the /purpose. The material is soft cast steel. | The bearing surface is 9 inches in diameter by 8 inches in length. The diameters of all crank-pins in these engines are made some- what greater than the lengths. The cross- head pin measures in section 7% by 6 inches | and is 9 inches long, being fatvoned seats, are scraped true and the work is tested by perfect surface plates. All joints like steam-chest covers, cylinder heads and | flanges, journal-box seats, are scraped fits, and the steam joints aie all made tight | metal to metal, without washers or packing upon the | upper ‘avd lower sides. At the ends are | square flanges which fit into slots in the cross- head, thus making the pin secure in position. These pins are made of steel and ground be- of any kind. The governor is shown on a large scale in Fig. 13, which gives both an elevation and section. The balls are small and pivoted from a common center, The speed of rota- tion is very high, and consequently the cen trifugal force is large. The weight of the + SS THE LRON AGE. —_ A N beh oO N I A ThePlume & Atwood PHILIP 1° MOEN, President and Trewere © GHAR. F. WARESURN, HBURN, Vice President & he Secreta BRASS & COPPER CO, Mig. Company, WASHBURN & a ‘MOEN V MANEATIS C0 No. 19 Cliff Str cet, (Re steeeaennealiad ae ee sees. . alll bes ° MASS. pa and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, |* iamp Trimmings, &c./f 18 Murray Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Reouing Mill, Factorics, THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co,, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND eoppER|Waterbury Brass C0 CAPITAL, - - $4U0,UUU- Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Sheet, Roll and Piaters’ Hrass. Seamless Brass & Copper GERMAN SILVER, Tubing. Copper, Brass and German Silver Wires BRASS AND COPPER TUSING Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. PURE COPPER WIRE COPPER RIVETS & 8URS, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. BRASS KETTLES, Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, ANSONIA Yr REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STHEL. WIRE, Patent ah enn Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. WIRE RODS of all Grades; Iron, Rivet quality, 3-16 in, to & In., cut to 1 arett ratord 0 re tte any length. Owners and e xclu sive Operat 1c PATENT Ce co NrINvOU Us Ro LLING TY, rod oa Wire, Iron and Steel WIRE Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Spe cialty. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- + hope, ing Goods. eilces tn Chain Rei sadjorye Murat lne engi Compras Fatale Rope blige Wate terete he IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS (ilies At Broom Wire and panes lated Wire of all sizes. A specialty is ge ce Clock, oi ave ring Wire 4 Ti N Pp a A T & 296 Sette, New York, WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Br ass, irene esas Qi sale ie wp particular purposes, from, select cted stamps, ot Norway “iron ° 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. Conn. Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, | Ware: See "te for Serine, Weedies and Beinn” MaeSt Sesel Wiae e og’ antvaled Steel Music ROOFING PLATE, pp 1] WAREHOUSE, 16 Cliff Street, New York. | CHICAGO WAREHOUSE, 107 & 109 Lake St. Gorsvsnns Silvie Hiatal eee VU, bcs Copper and Iron Rivets. ‘ NATIONAL WIR AND LAATERN WoAKS,” OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRMMNGs, | Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, } PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, Manufactory, Nos, 1197, 1199, 2201, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1209 and 1211 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y comarmree"—=="“! HOWARD & MORSE, BRASS, COPPER & | RON WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTORY, WaREHOUSR, Exclusive Manufacturers of the Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORE. SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. —_-_——>— — Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills, BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Wire for Electrical and other purposes, Brass and German Silver Wire, Oodpper Rivets and Burrs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. NEW YORK AGENCY: UNION HARDWARE CO, S87 Chambers and 68 Reade Sts. Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray &8t., N. ¥. THOS, W. FITCH, Prest. and Treas, A, A. LASAP, Secy. ROME IRON WORKS, sr9aeti Omene n,Y enton Oe Wire Cloth, partly No. 16 Pattern, Drive 177 Devonshire St., Boston. Now Haven, Conn. eee unrolled. Way Gates, 183 Lake St. Chicago, New Yok Cy. | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cep- DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,| per and German Silver HEAVY ROLLED SLOTH FOR MALT KILN FLOORS, ‘auanseneg (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), ST. LOUIS, MO. o Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper,| COPPER & BRASS RIVETS | ————___—__—_—_ Wire Work, Wire Fence, Railing and Guards. Wire, Zine, Ete. AND BURS. Holmes, Booth & Haydens,} — ae a ae so " 80. @ 68 Gm, Com PE Rome, New York. WATERBURY, CONN. WM. HEWITT, Vice-President. FE. HANSON, rare DICKERSON & CO., Liverposi. NEW YORK, A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. and Brass M Sorews; Turned, He one Sone Head C ween Po ana J Jack Chain; ailt, Nickel Plated and i 7 eo 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. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J... Manufacturers of [TRON and STEELWIRE OF ALL CRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED. and Iron Saf nze Trimmings all kinds, from Sha irom wih hey or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and BRASS & | RON Iron and Steel Wi re Rods ; promptly given. WORKS ROEBLING’S SS EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND Robs. 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 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT, Agent, 2: North Fourth St. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address: HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesharre, Luzerne Co., Pa. JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, __ Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn meee & ‘Oaneer Co., Dealers in New York Office at AND vem ea Ueeg) N. J. S = 117 Liberty Street. THE JOHN A. ROEBLING’S SONS C0,, WIRE ROPE! Qwivanszey |Lron and Steel iron, Steel and Copper, | Telegraph Wire, WIRE Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New * PASSAIC ZINC CO. motsting Purposes ot elt! Market Wire, |. win vonce ws Manufactarers of —_ snap enc, Seen cores) Vineyard Wire, [Rosse wie, conn wire! Pure Spelter |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, 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, qgne rgty Sevens, Gtagies, &c. Annealed and Oiled Fencing WIRE ROFPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TELEGRAPH CABLES. house in the braneb en the C Contractors to the German and Foreign governments, The « de ast tinent, Telegraph Address, CAKRLSWERK, COLOG NE. General Agents for U, 8, and Canada, PERKINS e CHOATE, 23 Nassau ey, $$ Suspension Bridge Cables. Rivet Wire, &c., &c. GALVANIZED WIRE WIRE CLOTHES LINES. BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 113 Liberty Street, N. xX. SESS : <¢ Geo. W. Prentiss & Co.. HOLYOKE, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF 728 N. Main St., St. st. Louis, Mo Mo. —E ———————— WORCESTER | WIRE CO., | os A. LESCHEN cc Son, Manufacturers of Manufacturers of Brizht, Coppered, IRON AND STEEL Pinted. hi GUN SCREW WIR of all sizes kes straighte ned and cut to order. No. 35 For all Purposes. WORCESTER, MASs, Mapufac om Belt Hooks, Cotters, Spring Keys, D Rings, Sis ples, and Factory ORLY wire bending. ! 999 go 9233 N. Main St., ST. LOUIS, MO, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Correspondence invited, ane 27, 1882, Market and Stone ‘ ine. 82, S*s t od - April 27, 1882. THE TRON AG H.. 0. LINDEMANN & C0, | Manufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD CAGES. ’ Catalogues furnished to the trade. - 254 Peari St. | NEW YORK. LIGHT H1 dy] —os Salesrooms, VA NEW YORK, 53 Chambers Street. BOSTON 224 Franklin Street. | STA NEE IR dD, Ce DIN N ° 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 pummone purity and ee G. Gunther, ' | Manufacturer of | | ' Patented Brass, Silver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex-* Vow port shipments. 46 Park Place, | NEW YORK. Largest variety in patterns and unsurpassed in | ow prices. New Illustrated Catalogues and Price | Liste on appli FOUNDRYMEN’S METALLIC Pattern Letters and Figures, To put on patterns of castings. All sizes, Re tuced prices. Mnfd. by H. W. Knight Sanace Falla, WY. Bergen Port Spelter. MINES : WORKS & FURNACES, Lehigh Valley, Pa Bergen Port, N. J. The only Miners and Manufacturers of PURE LEHICH SPELTER From Lehigh Ore. Especially adapted for Cartridge Metal and German Silver. Also manufacturers of BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC. i s come for Ligvip Part on account of its body wearing properties. ' BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. t A FISHER, Agent, | 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. CALVIN WELLS, A. MEANS, President. Manager. [LLINOIS ZINC CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC, _ PERU Tt LINOIS ae pa ee. ———-—— | Made from CARY & MOEN, Manufacturers of oi TEE] OU ODPL LL LELMLLLL LEE LAE WUE MEL LALAAALAAAEALLALLAE | a LLL } | } ; Niarket Steel Wire, c rinoline Wire, teMpered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Sprites, conel ered on Nand. v1 934, 236 and 238 West ec Street, NEW rouse G MACH ERY] 40 Page Illustrated Catalogue Just Issued. Sent Free on Application. Salesrooms, PHILADELPHIA, 507 Market Street. CHICAGO. 64 a ib mi LE LOCK MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS. Office and Works, The PLOW SHOP of the GAUTIER STEEL DEPART- MENT, Johnstown, Pa., pro- duces STEEL for PLOWS and AGRICULTURIL IMPLEMENTS in slabs or sheared to pattern. (No 5.) THOMPSON’S PATENT Wet Pulverization of Rocks, Ores, Rolling Mill Fix AND OTHER MATERIAL EITHER COARSE OR TO AN IMPALPABLE POWDER. STEPHEN P. M. TASKER, SOLE MANUFACTURER, Care of MORRIS, TASKER & CO., Limited, PHILADELPHIA, U.S. A product of ‘puivertend material of cond fineness in a given time with less wear, less power, less first cost and less cost for repairs than stamps or any other erenes. — HOWARD EVANS. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACINC, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA. BROWN’S ADJUSTABLE PIPE TONGS. best se-- lected lron, Address The Ashcrort neve, ‘Co., 111 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. JAMES MANN & SONS, Buffalo, N. t, MANUFACTURERS OF 6,8, 4ND 10 INCH H&AVY STRAP HINGES, - y . s 4848 « —e E ‘ A , FiSH E R, ° - ao Our facilities 4-— us to quote the Trade lower prices then any other manuf: All goods delivered east of th e Misstesippl. eing 13 Burling Slip, New York. wul yell se. My bbls. or more, assorted With 6, and 1 bails, however, is not depended upon to makes it easy to 0 adjust the speed of the gov- bring them back, but a heavy revolving | ernor by altering the positien of the ball \ ight | lu the standard bet e s STEEL WIRE for ail purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. is Placed upon the standard between 'upon the lever. The main weight rises end ——— a — | | ae! | ©) J | J | uate a j = = | ten (3 - + - 1 2 {—+> ‘| pea bh ~ . ———s b a | ‘ fp ‘ | ? le J wt \ aples | aa T 12 2’oL Fig. 11.—The Cro ss Herd.—Plan, KaPand Top Vie Fig. 13.—Elevation and Section of Gorernoi them, and to this they are pivoted. An arm, falls between extreme positions about ¢ which takes hold « ofthe valve rod, is carried | inches, while the horizontal movement of the back to the governor weight and beyond, , balls outward is only 3 or 4 inches. The devices and upon this a counterpoise is placed This | for keeping up the positive lubrication of i ¢ in pe , ny t s Gd hee ae | - ¥ = q £ : > Stk Mares es - _ ete * — <A | Ol ere. - ae y a ee ree ; . 7 ee = ~s —— ae : > Bisa 7 — Se ee anv a a a oS oe »_ <7 ms a a a ew | + oe = —_ tieadine i ieee a _— +a - SS . ) eh . - P : THE 1RON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE, 4. B. Warner & Son,| OXFORD IRON CO../W, D, WOOD & COS (can oT (ARON MERCHANTS, rn (B. @, t Nail 29 West and 52 Washineton dts Soon nc ccanc enn coe | (RON & STEEL BOILER PLATE. ut ails SPIKES. Agents for Park Brother & Co,’s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. BOILER TUBES, J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, an sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | 4 ngle, Toe and Girder Iron, NEW YORK. oo a Boiler and Tank Rivets. JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., kan a ce Sole Agents for the ceiebratea 98 William Street, New York. PIERSON & CO,, tute moses. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Srands of Iron. Alsoal: descriptions of Pilate, Sheet, 24 Broadway, New York City, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, | and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive Iron & Steel. ‘ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, hide 2 hie Ry grade of BLOCK Tm, Ue, STELTER, Hranenty ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. April 27, 1882, ROADSTER PATTERN, PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1978 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jam. 11, 1876, Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and ata much less price. FOR SALE, by all the principal STEEL TOE CALKS. Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel BOILER PLATE aron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. COMMON & REFINED IRON, | Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. bf n Hoops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovaley | ecteor ie kg faim Uhation Pgs sapere ls Hl Sh Nall Rods, ! quality of aren er Orders All pat ed ba - <a Te aan — ee 0: cont ‘TEI, ou Agent, at 39 Joba H ARRISON& GILLOON METAL DEALERS STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. oot, NO a Side of In the Large cities throughout : ‘ ~anenslelpanccenia IRON AND METAL DEALERS, Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet THE UNITED STATES. Iron, all descriptions, II! Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | SHOENBERGER & CO., "**ea"*™ Cc. RANE, _ KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited. OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, Manufacturers of PIG IRON, BLOOMS, IRO NW Orders promptly Alled from stock. ABEEL BROTHERS, Foundry py, Established 1764 by ABEEL & BYVANCK, | Ry °« Iron Merchants, « Old 1, DH, and Bridge ¢ u and 365 Water, N. Y. 190 South Strest and 365 Wat IRON RAILS. ULSTERIRON WROUCHT SCRAP IRON. A full assortment of all sizes constantly on hand. ALSO Bemnes Bren. 50 TONS OLD HAMMERED CAR AXLES. FOR SALE BY Horse-Shoe Iron, FOX & DRUMMOND, Common Iron, 68 WALL ST., NEW YORK. Marshall Lefferts & Co., Sheet Iron, Norway Nail Rods, 90 Beekman St., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, etc. =Pest Bloom, Best Refined and Common. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., ae and ‘Band 1 eegravanined Bod sad Sar Iron, Manufacturers ot and Dealers in seaannee & ails, Galvanized Chain, Sbrenis yo ipe 558, 860, 562 WATER ST., & 302, 304, 306 CHERRY ST., NEW YORK, have on hand, and offer for — the following: Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy Wrouw nt fron ; Mhineraes “°P Copper, Composition, Brass, Lead, Pewter, Zinc AND ORE. BURDE EN’S PITTSBURGH, PA. Pittsburgh, e HORSE SHOES. N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. | BONNEII, Botsford & a Swedish & Norwa lron . . gryniisaats*aecescee| Ion, Nails & Spikes. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, ;3 Kilby st., Boston ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. ___ YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, Front Street. natin estiannasi>menneatio MOSES GOLDSMITH & SON,| MANN & JONES, 4 Hanover St., N. camhmetew, Ss, Cc. +» New York, METALS. kai’ Racs,|GENERAL IRON BROKERS And all kinds of Peper Stock, We invite correspondence. “Burden Best” lron LTLRON Our specialty is in Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings, Bridges, &c. And Commission Merchants, Boiler Rivets. serge on Beng ant Channel iron Bey! CORRUGATED SHEET IRON ~ JOHN E. SWAN & BROS. Li. . W. S. MIDDLETON, Fred opr Sil RPE CATT | aan onaresty see Bopaed ent Come |. 17 | Broker in Machinery & enciie re, aE galcorwinas| "eee mon. | The Burden Iron Company|[RON MERCHANTS)... ase = Bel ac"aa non La atte hana n Works, ™ Plate and Tank Iron, Glasgow and Middlesbrough, The best in market. made for erecting iron § Structures of every dencrip Cc sR’, Be Sz o, 1 Flange, Best Flange. ieee N. ¥. Exporters of all brands of W.S. MIDDLETON, 52 John 8t.,N. ¥. tion. cuts of a on made sen cuthuamaishitibaiheldsindaettdtaadint tet on epplicetion ty mel. iia ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF a eee eae eee . : DESPARD B ROTHERS Sample fg\ludson Street, New York. Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. U L Ss T a QR Scotch & English Pig Iron. 60 Wall 8¢., New York, P.O. Box 764. Price list and quotations cont upon application. ¢, f. i, to America = f. o. b. British ports. Importers of BORDEN & LOVELL, |jinxs witiiamson & o., BURDEN’S Qld Iron Rails, Puddled Bars|*™ and Old Rails, Steel Blooms, eal SCOTCH AND AMERICAN ’ SCRAP IRON, &c. ommission ivierc ants ar ron. AND MANUFACTURED IRON. _|_Duty paid or in bond. DF 6 aoied ie CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS, 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and Nos, 21, 23, 25 & 7 one Lake St., Chicago, Ill, IRON AND STEEL. BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c. &c Ageng for Otis’ stoteated | Case Stee) Boller Plates, The Cdatesville ron ko. e Laurel Rolling Mitls, and Union Tube Works; "Want Iron Seam Ws. Brispaam | Angles, Tees, Rivets. ‘&e. 70 & 71 West St, Wy Pocdets | — _ New York. 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., IRON MERCHANTS Cor, Albany & Washington Sts. NEW YORK OITY. Wa. HH. WALLACE. DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SCRAP IRON, RAILS, STEEL AND METALS,| Yards and Office, 88 to 96 Mangin St., NEW YORK. Morton } B. B. SaiTE. American & English Refined Iron. All sizes and shapes in stock. EGLESTON BROS, & CO., $66 South St! NEW YORK CITY, ROOFING & SIDING, Iron Buildings, Roofs, IES tose act MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 5 Dey Ktreet, New Vork. . LEECH BU G I ON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK ot Co., Manufacturers of all grades FINE SsHEeEpT "IRONS, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule teen, fe)” NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittaburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pe. CHARLES HUBBARD, “Sheridan” & * Leesport”? Brands Pig Iron, WHITE IRON (Anthacite & Bessemer) Stock for Making Strong Castings. “CHARCOAL” PIG IRON “MAIDEN CREEK” and “GARRICK” BRANDS. FAVORATE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC, IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. ___Old Car id Car Wheels, Best Brands. 46 Cliff Street, New York City, JAME oss, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT OF Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. WHITAKER SOLE AGENT 30 WALL S?, N-x. © —— — — VOUGHT & WILLIAMS, 286 & 288 Greenwich Street, NEW YORK, Dealers in BAR IRON AND STEEL, Tire, Spring, Toe Calk, MACHINERY AND TOOL STEEL. ALL BRANDS OF HORSE NAILS, Horse Shoes, Rasps and Files, Bowe, Anvils, Vises, Blowers, Tire Benders, oe Drills, Hammers, Sledges, Crow Bars, B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN ~ijeigsg Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. ass ase soucrst;} ~NEW YORK. Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, Da aNtEl. | W. | RICHARDS. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO.,, Manufacture and bave always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- ings, Eye Bars, &c. PATERSON, N. .J. Room eae Boom *. Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS, IRON COMPANY, OF WHEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, 36 DEARBORN STREET, CHICACO. ALEXANDER BURNS, Manager. Joun J. . SPOWERS, . President. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCE Galvanized Sheet lron—Best Bloom, ae Gabaaniend tomnd. Square Band an 445 to 451 West St, 177 &179 Bank St, oa ——— sa of Cerrugation and Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “due wee vie ap a _ 'HORSE SHOE IRON, to s ine} of Sheeis DOVER IRON CO.’S Toe Calk Steel, Corrugated Sheet [ron a Speci ity, Galvanized, Biack and Yotetes. Iron Corrugated for the Trade ‘stimates furnished on applivat WORKS : GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, NJ. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. The largest Wire W¢ orks in the world. Make, on 12 tr , STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all dimens coat iownz to No. 8 and o, Stubs gauge. Also, FINE IRON, HOOP IRON, BAR IRON in al ensions and qualities. Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. BOILER RIV EE Ts, —_—_—_— ; DANIEL Fr. COONEY, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c Late of and successor to Jas. Hi. Holdaue a Co. BOILER PLATES & SHEET IRON, AP-WELOED BOLLER FLUES. FUL i ER BRO | HERS ky CoO iain sage & 5 lam, Cut Nails & Spikes, for Gl w B Co. L. Ba: é pice. Live we orgy Lebanon itolting wiles 70 Beste Alb by & Rens. lon & Steel Co.’s } captstv Homogeneous Stg¢!, Boiler Fire BOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES: 130 Greenwich Street, New York, WOLTMAN & MICKERTS, ST. LOUIS, MO, Ci AE ae | April 27, 1882. Siemens’ Regenerative _BENRY LEVIS & (0., GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 8. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. For Iron and Steel Rafis, Car Wheels, Sheet Iron and General Railway quae. Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 234 8. ath 8t., Philadelphia. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Ha sing enjoyed for over TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 930,000 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 Fine St., N. ¥. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order, Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Plantshed, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE c& SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. rrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, ee. Ferruie, Locomottve Headlight and Jacket Iron. SG AGRON JAS. ROWLAND & CO, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, PHILADELPHIA, Orders solicited es; eee et and Boat Iron ; 920 North Delaware Ave., - Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington ri cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. == PENCOYD IRON = PENCOYD IRON WORKS ###§ ™% A. & P. ROBERTS & CO., a = Manufacturers of CAR ASLES. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No. 265 8. 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 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 W heelbarrows, Rammers. Our increased capacity insures prompt shipment of orders by telegram. J. WW. PASSION co CO. DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND. oa Ne = -. ~ 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. AN DREW 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, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of ee Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Limestones. Coals, Clays, Fire Sands &c, Agents for sampling ores in New Y« ork and Raitimore Price lists on application. CHEMICALS AND APPARATUS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ORES, IRON, STEEL, FUEL, FLUXES, FURNACE GASES, &c., Our Specialty. Being direct Importers and Manufacturers we can offer superior inducements. EIMER & AMEND,/} Nos, 205 to 211 Third Avenue. NEW YORK. ) Eighteenth Street Station Elevated R, R Iilustrated Catalogue Malle on Application, Manufacturers’ Agents Boiler angi —_——— Edward J. Htting, IRON BROKER axp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 230 8. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAITS, SCRAP, £e. Agent for the 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. Cash advances made on Iron. J. Wesley Pullman, 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Exclusive SALES AGENT Chester Iron Co.’s Blue, Red and Hott ORES. Also _Also celebrated 66 is Brotherton” | ” Cre, 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, 67 S, Gay St., NEW YORK. LONDON, BALTIMORE, J. J. MOHR, Sole Agent for Sheridan, Leesport, Ring- gold and Lynchburg, BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE PIG IRON, Jefferson and Mt. Penn Cold Blast Car Wheel Charcoal Pig tron. 430 Walnut St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA, NORTH BROS,, 23d and Race S8ts., Philadelphia, Fine Light and Medium-Weight GRAY IRON CASTINGS to order. Correspondence solicited. Isaac V. LLoyp. Jas. G. Lrypsay. LLOYD & LINDSAY, No. 328 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Brokers and General Dealers in Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig Iron, Rails and Fastenings, Mack Bars, Bleoms, Boiler Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. Old Rails and Scrap Iron, _ Farias 8 Yellow slow Fine, en congo lets. lots, J. 0. 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 & CO., | Iron 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 “Fine | brands for fire boxes and diMicalt Nangin ea Bar Iron, Ralls and all shapes in Iros. Cosdions given on Bridge and Building Specifications. G. A. HEBERTON. 8. FRank SHARPLESS. HEBERTON & CO., Selling Agents and Commission Merchants For the sale of Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Soom, Sotens Tvantaed, Black, Sheet, Pipe and | IRON. No. 333 Walnut St., Phila. Charcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. = STEEL. | SCRAP OF ALL KINDS A SPECIALTY. | First Quality Muck Bars. SHIMER & CO., Late of and successors to W. HUTTON & CO., 250 8. Third St, Philadelphia. Jose ph P. Reed. R. Hope Hepburn. JOSEPH P. REED & CO., lron Brokers and Commission Merehatiis, 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. | Sole Agents for | | | | RIDGEVIEW COAL AND COKE CO., Latrobe. J.D. BOYLE’S CONNELLSVILLE COKE. HARBISON & WALKER’S FIRE BRICKS. MAGNETIC and BEMATITS inom ORES a Specialty. FRANCIS w ISTER, Sole Eastern Agent for 4. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. CONNELLSVILLE COKE. ORES, Native and Foreign. | 230 South Third Street, , Faliedelphia. THEH IRON AGE. Ce JUSTICE COX, Jr, JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., AGENTS FOR CHICKIES, ST. CRARLES, MONTGOMERY WARWICK, CONEWAGO AND KEYSTONE Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. SHAWNEE ROLLING MILI CO., Limited, Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.S Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Railroad Car Axles. New and Old Rails. No. He. S88 Walnut St., Philadelphia. PETER WRIGHT & SONS, 307 Walnut Street, Phtiadelphia, 55 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, Importers of German and English SPIEGELEISEN, Pig, Scrap, NEW AND OLD RAILS, (a ss And Iron Ore. JEROME KEELEY & CO.. 208 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC aaa HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and -OKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal | propertics. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South 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 Lron Ores AXD Railroad pad Supplies Generally. STANDARD STEEL, WORKS. | LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the colebrated OTIS STEEL. BRAND Zz ZZ STANDARD. Quality and efficieney fully guaranteed, Prices as low as any of the a quality. We el Hea and Light For, ings, Driving and Car Ax Crank Pins, Piston Rods, Works at Lewistown, Pa. _ Occ, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. LANGHORNE WISTER. RODMAN WISTER. L. & R. WISTER, IRON BROKERS. Agents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Co.’s Fire Bricks. No. 230 South 4th St., Philadelphia. i oo , PP Creel . go eaLK BW HORSE 2MULE fe KEYSTONE HORSE SHOE (C0., 17th and Clearfield Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Manufacturers of the Keystone Patent Solid Steel Calk Horse and Mule Shoes. Thesé Shoes are made of superior iron and steel, completely finished and ready for cold shoeing; | Rave clip and solid steel calk. The holes are unched through at the proper angles and free rom burrs. Same number of Shoes per keg 4s in - | Soe « uniinished shoes. w: EF. BAILEY cK co., 216 South ith Street, - SELLING Pottsville Iron & Steel Co.’s Beams, ROBERTS & CO.’S A. & P. Car Axles, Plates, Channels, Universal and Sheared Plates - PHILADELPHIA, AGENTS, Angles, Channels, Rails and Bars, Tees, Angles and Bar Iron. for Bridge and Other Work. Special attention given to all kinds of Structural Irons, BRADLEE & CO., 816 Richmond Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of Chain and the Celebrated | Iron Clad Sicsel i ined rtificate of proof d examined ana ce adel fut mnishot “Preditna, ining and Crane Chains, Rafting Chains, . G»” Special Crane Chain. Touule mm Bolts and Log CHARLES K. BARNS, | rz B. M. Hirons | | experiments 5 all parts of an engine when running at a very high rate of speed are peculiar. Though it is apparently a simple matter to keep all the parts of a high-speed engine perfectly Inbricated, those who have under- taken the task will acknowledge that it is no easy one. The principle adopted was to fur- nish to every moving part the proper quan- tity of oil at each stroke. Thus the cross- head is provided with a w iper which at every forward stroke rises up and takes a drop of oil from a wick in the oil-cup provided for the purpose. This oil then flows through proper channels into the bearings. The sup ply is, of course, constant and regular. In the same manner, on the crank-pin, oil is distributed with equal regularity to the pin Upon the back of the pin a wiper is placed Fig. 9.—Governor Lever and Bracket. which takes a drop of oil from an elevated oil-cup each time it passes its upper position. The centrifugal force then carries it outward and it passes into the body of the crank-pin and so outward to the bearing. Fig. 8 shows the position of the oil-hole in the pin. In the larger engines the main bearings are furn- ished with grease cups instead of the ordi- nary lubricators. The centrifugal force is made to distribute the oil to the bearings of the governor itself. In Fig. 13 the section shows héw this is done. The oil-cup feeds the oil upon the spindle, in which there are a number of grooves so placed that they throw the oil upward upon the bearing sur- faces. It is also carried downward to the gearing in the base, The case is arranged in such a way that the drip is caught and not allowed to run down upon the bed-plate. Complete and continuous lubrication at a point as important as this is of the greatest Fig. 12.—Section on Line A. B. Value, and upon it to no small degree depends the successful working of the engine. The boxes are all well scored to carry the oil over = of the bearings. he views of the link and eccentric in Fig. 5, as well as the plans and top views of the bed and valve motion, show some inter esting features in regard to the working out of the details. We have not room within the limits of a new spaper article to speak at length of all the interesting details of these engines, but the drawings give a sufficiently clear idea of most of them to those who can devote a little time to studying them, a — The Davis Island Dam.—Congress has made an advance appropriation of $100,000 to continue work onthe Davis Island dam on the Ohio, near Pittsburgh. This will be used to purchase materials for the weirs and a small portion of the dam yet to be built. Thus far the work has cost the Government abont $700,000, The first stroke of work in clear- ing off the north bank of the river for a loca- tion of the machinery was done on August 17, 1878, and the winters of 1879 and 1880 saw the coffer-dam of the land wall of the big lock in place. The summer of 1879 fin ished the land wall; the coffer-dam for the upper 300 feet of the outer wall was finished and the concrete laid. In 1880 the founda tion was completed and nine-tenths of the masonry was finished. Last year the wall was finished, a coffer-dam was built which left a huge area of dry land in the bottom of the river ; the excavation was rapidly fin ished, and, favored by exceedingly low wate and fine weather, the engineers had evAPy one of the 153 wickets for the navigable pass in position, leaving the whole ready to be completed in an easy fourth year’s work What remains to be done will cost, on a fair estimate, not over $200,000 after the mat- erials have been purchased, A Duration of Steel Rails.—The Com mission appointed by the General Council of Ponts-et-Chaussées has late ly been engaged in studying the respective merits and qualities of the different sorts of rails ne by the french railway companie s. From numerous made in connection with this subject M. Gruner, the well known met allurgist, draws the following conclusions : (1) That mild steel rails wear less and con sequently last longer than the hard steel rails generally used in France ; (2) that thix more rapid wear of the hard steel is due chiefly to the greater liability to oxidation —S «* Stet Mae Pa: iF earl Wir te sr * nea Mae el a eS ee . = i car ca ia a = Fae ——— — THE LRON AGH. April 27, 1889, A. H. McNEAL, BURLINGTON, 2. | Manufacturers of and Dealers in "le * Pig and Railroad Iron. CHATTANOOGA, - - - - 2 eae. Ss | L. HERNSHEIM, | Manufacturers’ Agent and Commission Merchant, | 105 JOHN ST., NEW YORK. ENGLISH BESSEMER PIG IRON, STEEL BLOOMS, FERROMANGANESE, STEEL WIRE RODS, SPIEGEL IRON, OLD & NEW IRON RAILS, AUSTRIAN CHARCOAL PIG IRON. FOR WATER AND GAS. lene BRITTON IRON AND STEEL CO., Boiler Tubes, ESTABLISH ED 1N 1848. MANUFACTURERS OF SINGER, ‘NIMICK & C0., Limited, ,°*" AND STEEL BOILER PLAT®E,| Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. PITTSBURGH, PA. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF . Tank, Bridge and Ship FuatOe, * Oil Well Tubing Casing and = . BLACK AND GALVANIZED SHEET IRON. ’ HAMMERED AND ROLLED Works foot of Wason St., cor L. S. & M.S. R. Ro. CLEVELAND, 0-| TINE PIPE Cotton Presses, Forgings, SDH EL... | JACKSON IRON COMPANY, Warranted Eg ual to an y Produced. Manufacturers of ) E ially adapted for Bessemer, Siem ens-Martin ROLLING MILL AND GOTHENBURG, STEEL RAILS, Pte Pipes. SWEDEN. = je1auag casT IRON PIPES WROUGHT IRON — Fayette Pig Iron (L. 8. Charcoal), Wet gs iP Iron meg Coal and Coke), ' alleable and Car Wheel purposes. Hammered Blooms, Billets and Muck Bar, extra low in phosphorus, for Siemens Martin and Cc ruciole Steel. Miners of Jackson (Lake Superior) Iron Ores. General Mi achinery,. FAYETTE BROWN, Gen. Agent, HARVEY H. BROWN, Asst. Gen. Agent. Offices, 130 Water St. “ae HARVEY H. BROWN & C0., READING IRON WORKS ___261 S. Fourth St. Philadelphia, | AGENTS CHAMPION IRON CO,, ourth ot. Fhiladelpnia. LAKE SUPERIOR IRON CO, $e BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL Por Bdgeand Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drilis, Punches, Shear-Knives, Cold-Chisels and Machinists Tools generally. SAW _ PLATES Por Cireular, Mulay, "ill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Out Saws. Sheet teel For Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, Dealers in Pig Iron, Iron Ores and Old Rails. ERS, ° Stamping Cold, &c., &e. 7 Offices, 130 Water Street, - - CLEVELAND, OHIO. |81 Chambers St., N.Y. Waterbury, Conn, SIEMENS-MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE STEEL! oOrrForRD NICKEL AND COPPER COMPANY, WANUPACTURERS oF For Bollers, Fire-Boxes, Smoke Stacks, Tanks, &c. All our Plate = Steel being rolled by a Patented Improvement is anequaled for surface SMELTERS AND REFINERS OF COPPER. BRASS, COPPER AND oudbaaka exactness of ROUND _ MACHINERY _CAST_ STEEL THOS. J. POPE & BRO., Agents, 292 Pearl St., New York. GER M AN SILVE ‘opper Ore, Mattes or Bullion purchased. Advances made Offices, 202 Pe carts, Ne ew ® Fork. R, Lake Superior tron Ores. For Shafting, Spindles, Rollers, &c., &c. ‘ File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R. Frog, Toe-Calk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Steel, £¢.; sme siting and Refining Ww orks at at Bergen Point, near New York. Cast and German Spring and Plow Steel. wor : “Iron Center” Cast Plow Steel, Finished Rolling Faow Cox coe with Patent Screw Cc tH A ia LE fy H U B B A R D, 46 Cliff St., New York City in Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets, and Burs, Etc. “Both pot Center’ Gas {Pio Y Steal. ! 1 Steel desired. . well a — Steel Forgings nadtto ae cut toe any pater - H EAVY STE E 2 AN D | RON FO RCI N cs, | ALSO, For Marine and Stationary Engines. Represented at 59 Beekman St., New York, rand 417 Commerce St., Philadelphia, by . >1Le 1 Boil Plate, “Nashua” Brand. HOGAN & SON, General Agents for Eastern and New England States Riatee eee ee nan, mama cenie aenaM, ber Gtameged Work, Goveme, ole., che. s Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. ATENTED GeaNLnes BRASS AND Gears R ae a MUSHET SPECIAL TOOL STEEL, requires neither tempering nor hardening. | HOOSE Bop SRAMLEAS BRA tan THE MIDVALE STEEL COMPANY, | re ee ___| pressure and guaranteed against vacuum CRUCIBLE AND OPEN-HEARTH STEEL TENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK. SILVER PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rict TIRES and AXLES GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS, — } 22 OF EVERY 2 ‘Tr S2Stst ; , {i = sl | : J. E. MERGOTT & CO, ete est = . asi Manufacturers of fi ai 8 5e8 STANDARD KELLY WIRE, BARBS AT 5 INCH SPACES L & M ad 8 si. eo | THE OLD RELIABLE amp & Metal Goods @ on : S s Brass Casting. | Spinning. Estimates on Pat : as bd mz: :r S Brass Turning. Stamping. tented Articles Eeoy 3 33 KELLY TEEL BARB WIRE! 40 & 42 Mechanic St., Newark, N, J. Kas os ss S85 Is THE BEST. Established 1837. — PENS ie cysss* We do not sell to jobbers, and want but ONE RELIABLE DEALER in| 4: PURVES & SON, . > : . ~xe_qs% ‘+h town. Correspondence solicited. Prices, samples, etc., sent on application. eiees Tool, Machinery and Spring Steel 3Sbex5s = DCE CO.. Sole Mf Scrap | Iron, 1, Metals and Machinery sake Castings and Forgings. uitsge| THORN WIRE HE 9 SOU wo oer fora _ lange oF small tote, ayant hic o, Ill. heavy Yellow Scrap Brass, Brass ( Works and Office, Warchouse, 15 to 21 N. Clinton } Street, Chicago, hea ¥, Yellow Scrap arass, ingot Hed Br gs est qual strictly from old cannon, Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pa. 12 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, Pa. | E DROP FORGINGS |" ell — a IRON AND STEEL DROP Ss, Ss. CHENEY . & SON Gun, Pistol, Wrench Bars, &c. Also, Die Sinking. Manufacturers also of Manlius, N. Y., OFFICE Bricklayers’, Moulders’, and Plasterers’ Tools, Saddlers’ tears, Feadati, Po. Small Gray Iron Castings. Round and Head Knives, AGENTS: 36th & Filbert Sts., West , West Philadeiphia. We warrant our work fer smoothness THE PHILADELPHIA STEEL FORGE, Manufacturers of This steel is specially pre- pared for steady cutting WILLIAM ROSE & BROS., tools for work on hard met- als, and is warranted to bx superior to any special ste oe Ne Yo Mt S| — SFOOPES « MERRY, INO] SHIPHERO- | . oie | in the market for hardn ' SPECIAL rvin Baltimore, fd. oward St., WEST SIDE CALVANIZING WORKS, . a. SHIPHERD, eombined with toughn General Western Agents S27 to 547 West 15th Street, New York, INVESTMENT BA N KE h and ductility. TOOL STEEL. Chas. |. Wickersham & Co., Manufacturers of pe ’ Me tthe Sones |The “tion” and “Phoenix” Brands of Galvanized Sheet lron.| Lake Superior Iron Mining Stocks, for Roofing or Sid Tin Plates, Solder, Slating and Roofing Nails, Tinned, Gal- v anized and Black, All kinds ot [ook Galvanized or - Tinned to order. CLEVELAND, OHIO. Ny et _ Corresponde nce solicited. PHILADELPHIA, “WIRMINGHAM ROLLING ~ MILL C0., BONNEY'S PAT. PARALLEL VISES. CHILLED RAILROAD WHEELS MANUFA@TURERS OF 12 Different Stses For every kind of service, inchac ling Street, Mine and Lumber Tramways, Wheels furnished in rough and Styles. rere ni oleh aoe BAR, BAND AND HOOP IRON, - y from % to2 inch T-RAILS AND SPLICE BARS. ~ PENNSYLVANIA STEEL COMPANY, © * _RBAILS AND APLICE BARA oom Ma in weight from 1 to Steel Rails, I rogs, Crossings & Sw lc Bir mingham, Alabama. Head Office, Louisv ille, Ky. 5 Ibs. Over 200,000 For a for Piston Rods, Guide Bars, Wrist Pins and Machinery Purposes. ome ~g We solicit inquiries for Bar | Tron and sinall Rails. Orders filled promptly. made and sold in the Works at Baldwin Statien, Pennsylvania Railroad, near Harrisburg, Pa. C. W. LEAVITT, 161 Broadway, Room 2, 2d Floor, New York. past four years, with Address all orders to 7 NEW AND OLD P. 8.—We furnish stands for holding full tines of PENNSYLVANIA STEEL COMPANY, 208 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. RAILS AND RAILWAY EQUIPMENT. tee Vn ing demand. We are the only ones mak BURNHAM, PARRY, WILLIAMS & CO., — Philadelphia, Pa., U. &. ns 9 Ene chea)) Manufacturers of — pe att My : LOCOMOTIVE ENCINES | CALUMET IRON & STEEL C0 dota ke: of every Description, "9 BOWLER & teas , Amer