The Iron Age 1882-06-01: Vol 29 Iss 22

Vol. XXLX : No. 22. The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Davi Witutams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. New York, Thursday, June 1, 1882. $4.50 @ Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Zen Cents. The Weimer Blowing Engine. fore, in the ordinary types of blow- lSediner’, it has been impossible to obtain economic work in the steam cylinder of the engines, because, unless operated through gearing, it was impracticable to work the blowing piston at a speed which would give good results in a steam cylinder, The difficulty arose principally from the valves in the air cylinder, which were either fap or spring, and the distribution of the receiving and discharge openings restricted the available area of inlet and outlet. Asa consequence, large, ponderous machines had to be employed to perform comparatively uty. aa ample valve openings in blowing cylinders, a variety of devices have been employed. The heads have been devoted to receiving valves entirely, and the discharge valves placed about the periphery. Boxes have been placed on the heads, open on each side and bottom, flap valves being fitted to the sides so as to increase the available area, and trunks with trumpet mouths have been connected with the cylinder heads, so as to give a larger area for valves in the trumpet mouths than was possible to obtain in the heads themselves. Any arrangement of the valves of the blowing cylinders which can be made to give a larger area of inlet and outlet, and which, at the same time, permits of rapid movement without injury, so as to work at a piston which will produce an economic operation in the steam cylinder, is advan! . Experiments in this direc- tion have m carried on for a number of years by Mr. P. L. Weimer, of Lebanon, Pa., and the results are presented to the public in the Weimer engine. The most massive engines in use are those devoted to pumpiag water and furnishing air under pressure. With water, the unyielding character of the fluid necessitated a slow motion ; but with a substance as compressi- ble and expansive as air, no impediment exists to a piston speed which will produce the best results with an economical use of . Any arrangement, therefore, which permits of the piston speed approximating that found most advantageous in the recip- rocating engines, will produce more econom- ical operation and permit of the full duty of the steam cylinder being developed. In the Weimer engine this desideratum is obtained by the peculiar ent and construc- tion of the air valves, illustrated in the cut, which shows a vertical cross-section of the blowing cylinder. The valves are of sheet gum perforated with a series of parallel slots. They rest upon iron seats, cast with similar slots alternating with those in the valves. The valves lift against guards which have correspondi openings; hence when a valve lies on its seat, the between the slots covers the openings it, but when lifted, the air can pass th h these openings and also through those in the valve and guard. As these valves work gpely well on any plane, they can be placed horizontally, vertically, or in- clined, and may, therefore, be disposed in such manner as to secure the maximum area of ope . In the Weimer engine the whole of the cylinder-head is devoted tothe inlet valves, which are carried in a series of segmental recessed boxes, having the bottom and sides fitted with the valves above described, thus securing an area of opening greater than is possible in any other manner. The outlet v - ands © per- iphery of the cylinder and work against ver- teal glots in its shell, of such length as to give the desired area of openings, discharg- ing into an air jacket which surrounds the opheden While the valves work freely be- tween their and seats, they cannot get out of , and moving always in a plane, there is practically no wear to them. Further, as they lift but a fraction of an inch, they seat poe , and can be moved at any desired inte’ of time, without injury, thus allowing of high piston speed in the steam cylinder and giving a small blast cylinder the capacity of a larger one, by filling it and em: g it oftener. Hence a small engine will do the work of a larger one as ordinarily constructed, and because of its working the steam to a better advantage and being less cumbersome, will require less power. Besides the saving in first cost, less expense is required to construct the necessary foun- dations and buildings to receive the engine. Familiarity with the ordinary slow-moving engine has caused inquiry as to the durability of the Weimer engine. In response to this, attention is called to the fact that the speed of these engines is much below that employed every day on locomotives, steamship engines, rolling-mill engines, cotton-factory engines, and for many other p In fact, the blowing engine is brought to 50 per cent. of the normal of the average steam en- gine, and is built and proportioned for the speed desired. The bearings, journals, con- nections, and all are designed to make the machinery durable and strong. The favor with which they have been received is exhibited by the —— trade in them which has been established by the Weimer Machine Works, at Lebanon, Pa., which manufactures these engines exclusively. The Mining Department of the Russian Government has founded a geological insti- tute, for the purpose of centralizing all geo- logical research in Russia and preparing detailed geological maps of the empire. The utility of this institute is obvious, being of importance not only on account of the vast} Professor Thomson further stated that extent of the — but on account of its wealth in mineral products and of the impos- sibility of private enterprise covering the whole field. —$——— a Transmission of Power by Electricity. leading line through which the engine drew its supply of currents, into a number of sep- arate sections, each insulated from the other, each section being supplied with the current by means of a buried cable, with which it was put into temporary contact only when the train was on that section. These con- tacts being automatically made by the mov- ing train itself, there was the remarkable additional advantage in this system that it would work as an absolute and automatic block system, in which it would be impossi- ble for one train to follow another on the same section. Professors Perry and Ayrton proposed to do away with a special engine, In a recent lecture delivered at the Crystal Palace, London, Professor Silvanus Thomson gave an interesting account of the electric transmission of power. Electricians, he said, had known for 50 years that an engine could be made to work i. electric currents. They had known for nearly a century that such currents might be carried to any desired distance, without diminution of strength, by means of insulated metal wires, but it was} and to drive the train by fixing a motor upon only within the last 10 or 12 years that the| the axis of each pair of wheels on each car- invention of the dynamo-electric machine | riage. had rendered economically practicable the} Storage batteries had also been suggested for production of electric currents on a large propelling tram-cars, a tram-car actuated b enough scale to be of importance as a source | Faure’s accumulators being actually at wor of mechanical power, or a means of convey-; at Leytonstone. The lecturer doubted, how- ing it from one place to another ; and it was| ever, whether the constant wear of transport only within the last five or six years that| would be economical in the case of accumu- they had begun to realize what an enormous|lators. The very facility with which elec- ZA = Ce K AN A VAs MQ WS y) A 7 Yi y \ A ‘J i. N N N N AN N N N N Vs TE A i AY WN Z.0W WH Ny \ Jha WG NY 4 \ A \ = — WW ZL cha - CaN WMG > we SS Sy A ZA 57 SMO Ys a | now been explored to a Professor Perry and Ayrton had recently | finding of a human jaw made a most ingenious proposal to divide the | h A ae r below the surface as added a link to the chain of evidence establishing man’s great antiquity The Iron Industry in Sweden. A Swedish law now in force, which pro- vides that anybody discovering a mineral deposit may, on obtaining a crown license, develop the lode to his own advantage, without com land on whic present the subject of grave consideration by the Swedish Government. It is said that a bill containing a clause which will abolish this right has been submitted to the Swedish Parliament, and though it it is extremely doubtful whether it will be passed, it seems robable that in future the owner of the nd will receive a due share of the proceeds of the discovery. It is argued in favor of the law that the privilege mentioned is, to a great extent, the cause of the discovery and development of many mines which would probably otherwise remain undeveloped for awe WW = re Z WS \ PE” cue hee = SXXStKIMMh ss WN WY WY OO} Do UW PENNS SSS Le > NK YH AN \\ dhe ‘“ UN AW cH i —— IZ LM — : GZ SECTIONAL VIEW OF AIR CYLINDER EMPLOYED IN THE WEIMER BLOWING ENGINE. power might be transmitted to great distances | tricity could be transmitted by wires rend- through a comparatively thin wire. | ered its porterage by carrying heavy cells All or any of the many different kinds of | superfluous. It is only to carry a leading dynamo would serve as a motor, and when | wire from the central works, where the cur- supplied with a strong electric current from | rents are generated, to the workshop where some independent source, could be set in rota- they are wanted, and small electric motors tion and be made to do mechanical work, for | are just as economical as large ones. Once which steam or other power would be re- let there be a great central electrical supply— quired. Electric motors were shown in the }as there must be if whole towns were to Crystal Palace sawing , driving sew- ing machines, turning lathes, and working printing presses and other machinery. They might be utilized to work elevators such as Hopkinson’s electric lift, and even, as Mr. Latimer Clark had shown, might be taken | down by a diver to aid him in recovering a sunken ship. More recently electric tramways and railways had been devised, the great ad- vantage of such systems being the relatively very light weight of the engine, which was less than 50 pounds of dead-weight per horse- power—far less than any steam or gas engine. The difficulty in all the sug; systems of electric railways was that of getting the elec- tion of power electrically must inevitably fol- low, as it would undoubtedly supersede steam in small workshops, if not in e ones too. In the near future electricity was to be our servant, to do the hard work of the world in the place of our present servants, coal and steam. If electric power were as cheap on the small scale as on the large, concentration of workmen in a barrack-like factory would be unnecessary. Home work would be fos- tered, and the profits of labor would be more directly at the disposal of those who earned them. Small capital, the lecturer said in ; i conclusion, would have a fairer chance than tric currents conveyed without loss into the | now, and large capitalists would have a less engine. Every one knows that in conveying | chance of still further inflating their position electric currents two wires are necessary— at the expense of labor. a ‘‘leading” wire and a ‘‘ return” wire, | though the earth might be used for a return wire if desired. But the leading wire must be very carefully insulated to prevent the currents ae | out of it before they reached the engine. The difficulty lay in securing| first scientifically explored in 1824 by a this necessary insulation along a long line. | Catholic clergyman, has given up remains For long lines of railway there would be of the mammoth, rhinoceros, hyena, elk and great difficulty in maintaining the ‘‘ leading” | other animals now extinct in England, to. wire from leakage while the latter was in| gether with many flints and other relics of perfect communieation with the engine. ancient man. earth im the cave has The celebrated ‘‘Kent’s Hole” geologists is located near Torquay, in Devon- shire, England. This remarka le cavern, of the | be |erto prevailed. This appea lighted up by electricity—and the distribu- | po years, and that it consequently stimulates and promotes the growth of the several min- ing industries of the country. Although this is undoubtedly an undisputed fact, there is every reason to believe that the meas- ures above indicated would produce mutual harmony and satisfaction, and be found more desirable than those which have hith- rs to be sup- by the fact that England, where no stipulations, as previously referred to, exist, is the greatest coal and iron producing country in the world. According to official returns, it appears that during the past month 13,349 tons of iron and steel were ex- ported from Sweden, 120 tons being reserved for home consumption. During the quarter ending March 31, 34,450 tons of iron and steel were exported, against 10,962 tons during the corresponding period in 1881, the home consumption for the same periods amounting to 319 and 109 tons respectively, thus indicating unusually large shipments for the first three months of the —_ year. Machinery manufactured in Sweden appears to meet with ready sale abroad, the Russian Government having on several oc- casions placed large orders in the hands of Swedish works. ilway construction is in a state of flourishing activity, and large amounts of money have been sunk in the different roads which are portly in ao and partly nearing completion. is bu natural that an increased. demand should, in consequence, be placed upon the capacities of the different see works, and judging by similar gonditions which have at times pre- vailed in other countries, there is every msation to the owner of the the discovery is made, is at | 9° . — depth, and the | reason to anticipate an exceedingly flattering a | and promising future. | construction and activity in the iron industry Activity in railway appear to be inseparably connected, and ex- tensive importations of the materials neces- sary for the prosecution of the work from foreign industrial centers can be successfully prevented only by eorrespondingly enlarg- ing and adding to the facilities of iron and steel works, and by reducing the cost of pro- duction toa minimum. At the present time 709 miles of railway are being worked in Norway, 150 miles being in course of con- struction. —<$$_—_.@——_______. Manganese for Steel Manufacture, Considering the rapid growth of our steel industry, it seems appropriate at the present time to call attention to the subject. But feeble efforts have been made to develop the vast deposits of this metal in our country, duo, in all probability, to the generally pre- vailing idea that the presence of copper and phosphorus in the ores rendered their suc- cessful application impossible. The assump- tion, however, that all our manganese ores contain these objectionable impurities ap- pears to be erroneous, pure ores being found in large quantities in Arizona, Ar- kansas and Kansas which offer flattering rospects to enterprising capitalists. The act that the manufacture of manganese is extremely simple and cheap, and that the price of the imported product is very high, also urges an immediate consideration of our own resources. In consequence of the dif- ferent demands made on this product, the manufacture of manganese is divided into two principal classes, viz.: 1. The manufacture of spiegel iron ; that is, a quality of pig iron containing 10 per cent. of manganese and 4 per cent. of car- bon. 2. The manufacture of ferro-manganese, which is a composition of from 20 to 70 per cent. of manganese, 26 to 76 per cent. of iron and 4 per cent. of carben. The manufacture of the first kind is made in blast furnaces similar to those employed in turning out pig iron, and thouzh there is not much difference in this process from that of pig iron manufacture, a thorough knowl- edge of the process, combined with practical experience, is essential in order to obtain good results. The composition of the spiegel iron is of vital importance, as affecting the uality of the steel produced, and care should be exercised in selecting the different ingredients. Referring to our widely dis- tributed manganese deposits, it should be remarked that the Michigan product is en- tirely useless for steel making, owing to the large proportions of phosphorus and copper contained therein. The ores found in Ar- kansas, Arizona and Kansas, however, as previously stated, are of superior quality, and deserve the speedy attention of the pro- prietors of our steel works, _ Industrial Enterprise in Oregon. It is reported that the Oregon Iron and Steel Company will be the name of a new organization, to be formed under the general laws of Oregon for the purpose of mining ores, constructing and operating blast fur- naces, foundries, rolling mills and other works connected with iron and steel manu- facture, and more especially for supplying the current requirements of the Northers Pacific Railroad Company and the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. The capi- tal stock of the company will probabl i about $3,000,000, and a basis for immediate productive operations will be found in the property of the Oswego Iron Company, which it is proposed to purchase. This property is situated on the west bank of the Willamette River, some seven miles south of the city of Portland, and consists of : 1. One charcoal blast furnace having a capacity of 20 tons per day. 2. Six hundred acres of ore land at a dis- tance of from one to three miles from the furnace. The vein of ore (brown hematite, and stated to yield 40 per cent. of iron) has an average thickness of 8 feet. 3. Narrow gauge railroad from the ore mines to the furnace. 4. Twenty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four acres of timber land. 5. Water-power from Sucker Lake. The power is obtained by a canal 1% miles long. 6. Oswego town-site, embracing about 150 acres of Jand, partly divided into lots, upon which are 21 houses and other buildings. 7. Stock of ore, limestone, charcoal, mer- chandise, &c., on hand. The whole property is valued at $850,000, and it is proposed to erect two additional blast furnaces, a puddling and rolling naill, &c., toenlarge the capacity of the mines by the erection of new machinery, and to im- prove the present water power at an aggre- gate cost of about $750,000. These several expenditures will enable the company to pro- duce annually some 34,000 tons of pig iron, 26,500 of which will be converted into finished rails, bars, &c. The erection of steel works is not in immediate contemplation, as the local demand for iron will undoubtedly absorb the entire possible product of the works fora longtime to come. The com- Peay will be duly organized as soon as one alf of the capital stock is subscribed and an assessment made sufficient to purchase the property of the Oswego Iron Company, ThePlume & Atwood ANISONIA S igniliaras BRASS & COPPER CO., | Mfg. Company, fo \ a. No. 19 Oliff ew YORK. | a a ! SHEET and ROL BRASS oa WIRE f -_ - Sy CHARLES F. ep taatinaiiee, "4 BRASS. ‘AND COPPER Waterbury Brass Co. German Silver and Gilding Metal, Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. | - = $400,000, Copper Rivets and Burs, ) Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. ieee, ‘oa: and Platers’ Brass, Copper Flectrical Wire, Pins, WORCESTER, MASS. GERMAN SILVER : Seamless Brass & Copper), Brats and Germaa Siiver Wire| Bass Butt Hinges, 7 WIRE DRAWERS. + Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, Jack Chain, | Patent Galvaniring, Roll iT Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms.) COPPER RIVETS & BURS, Eerosene Burners, | — on ee eee empering. PURE COPPER WIRE BRASS KETTLES, Lamp Trimmings, &c. f For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Door Rail, Brass Tags,| 18 Murray Street, New York. TRON ’ AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. ] Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal Street, Boston. Bs Of Every Description. a ANSONIA * REFINED POWDER FLASKS. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, dic. Reotiing Mill, Moteces. ae A apkbthane wi INCOT COPPER. And small Brass Wares of every Description. THOMASTON, Ct.| WA Y MADE OF | GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, ) GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PHELPS, DODGE & CO. creme corssane ot svort| Bridgeport Brass Co,, Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing,| . German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks ard E- PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. New York, 16 Cliff and 24: oo Street. | | | ( WAREHOUSES } Chicago, 157 and tos Laks J a IMPORTERS OF POTS: Mills At 296 Tor New York, WATERBURY, TIN PLATE, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. Conn. ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin Wire, Zino, ae. Detroit Copper & Brass MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. Rolling Mills, SSS = Ss SENG SSS F EIOWARD c& MORSE, CLIFF STREET, YORK. BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, | nenutacturing Metal Goods. Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, ee ___~~ | RBLLED, SHEET & PLATERS'BRASS| ". soeracone. |. wanmoom Sipoes SCOVILL NV “re co GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Wire for Electrical and other purposes, | THOS, W. FITCH, Prost. and Treas A. A. LASAP, Secy, Brass and German Silver Wire, B RAS ASs, Copper Rivets and Burrs, HINCES, WIRE, GERMAN SILVER. | COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, — COPPER AND IRON WIRE CLOTH, poe -_ : . Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. PHOTOGRAPHIC Goops. | © Larned & Fourth Sts. Detroit, oes UNION HAROWARE CO. ie ry BUTTONS, ao nd eee ee CLOTH AND METAL. Wire Cloth, partly aeenee i. cr ce DEPOTS, actors, | ROME IRON WORKS, eee e's 177 Devonshire St., Boston. 183 Lake St Chicago. New York Cty. | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- eaten nina DICKERSON, HAN DUSEN & CO.,; per and German Silver 1D: wah a oak eich ST. LOUIS, MO. Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet ron, Cooper, COPPER & BRASS Ri CS eee Wire, Zinc, Ete. AND BURS. Holmes, Booth & Haydens,| Seeeheteaes 29 & 831 CUmg &t., cor. Fulton, Rome, New York. WATERBURY, CONN. PON Fd =a el ba ’ ' ? ota DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. NEW YORK, 2, No. 1 Mesh. ‘No. 21 Wire, No. 16 Mosh. No. awe No. 18 Mesh, No. 25 Wire. 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. ABRAM 8, HEWITT, President. JAMES HALL, Treasurer. WM. HEWITT, Vice President. E. HANSON, Secretary. Manufacturers of ajl kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS, BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs, BRASS & IRON A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. ht Iron Screws; eT aT cht Sanere, Heed Cap and ont era Brase and iron Bal SST Gine nze Trimmings of aoe o on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Métal work, respectfully solicited and promptly given. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, TRENTON N. J... Ja, Tinmetiehennien of [RON anc STEEL WIRE OF ALL GRAL JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, |SRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED. WORKS ROEBLING’S oa vou ofc German Sliver Spoons, Iron and Steel Wire Rods; a 9333 22222= 33 ~~ ye SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND. RODS. TRENTON, a eReea ees Warehouse, Kerosene Burners, &c. ’ on ae of oe - ae 4 Wire; “Ft: Thiusia Gael ia aa rucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Stee! Wire. na 86 fl M7 Lterty Stect.| JON DANSE & SONS, Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths sochign aes —- Copper Co., New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Sitp. Philadelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT. Agent, 21 North IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE ohn Street, New York. For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c PASSAIC ZING CO. commaneey Sarre tewncwont | "| _Addross: HAZARD MFG. CO, Wikesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa, Pure Spelter |FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, AND ALL FINE WORK, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. ¢ Bra SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER (STEEL WIRE, Galvanizers & Brass Founders, Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charco MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l ‘Agents, GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE __218 Liberty Street, N. of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. Geo. W. Prentiss & C0.,)... sun no CALYAN! eh LG yy ,» MASS., ound ani IRON gg WIRE. eae TELEGRAPH CABLES. ‘ontractors to the German and Foieign oy ernments, The chtess house in the braneh on the Cov ioe Telegraph arate CARL ERK, CO NE. eral Agents for U. 8. and Taaiins PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N. Y. A. LHSCHEN « SON, WIRE ROPE OF BVERY DESCRIPTION. 919 to 923 N. Main &t., ST. LOUIS, MO, Correspondence invited, THE JOHN A. ROEBLING’S SONS CO, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE)! ovaxven |Lron and Steel Iron, Steel a and Copper, Telegraph Wire, WIRE mrotsting Purposes ot an! Market Wire, kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Market Wire, Fence Wire, Riggi Sash Cords. Bridge Wire, Chain Wire saahenaee meee, &c., &e. P Vineyard Wire. Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, Suspension Bridge Cables. Rivet Wire, &c., &c. GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE (CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Aatineny, 3 Solder & Old Metals, Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes 728 N. 1. Main St. St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER WIRE CO., a a ee _ urers 0 Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin a Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE IRON AND STEEL Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. A ~ No.3 d | BROWNING, SISUM & CO., 85 Chambers St. Belt moana Cotter, awed wove, 5 D Rings, Stapies, = ng pores bending. THH IRON AGES. June 1, 1889 Dg THE IRON AG CARY c& MOEN, 0. LINDEMANN STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. £00, | ga meson Manufacturers of all June 1, 1882. Dee ee en cnn kinds of 5 eel ili Japanned, Brass & S Tin Plated S | } BIRD CAGES. ’ Catalogues furnished UP ELLA A LAL, ULE LLALLELALELALAL LALA LEE CPE LELELLAALELLA, —- to the trade. 7 ce ic ‘i (1 . “ =< 254 Pearl St., Market Steel Wire. Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. NEW YORK. 934, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - - - - - NEW YORK. — } Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. | ' ! POWER PRESSES, TRON and BRASS RIVETS, RIVET MACHINES, STUDS, PINS, &c., Special Machinery to Order. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE: & JOHNSON, WATERBURY, CONN. POPE,COLE & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, Also Oakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of . Patented Brass, Sliver Plated > and Japanned 7 BIRD CAGES. 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. The ‘‘PERNOT CAST” Plow Steel, made by the GAUTIER STEEL DEPART- MENT, Johnstown, Pa., is high in temper and excel- lent in surface, and can be used in most cases instead of Iron Center, at less than half the price. mal ty! Si FOUNDRYMEN’S METALLIO ’ ett The New York Office of the Gautier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Co. has Pattern L ers and Figures, removed to 18 Cedar Street, where all communications intended for said office ton patterns of castings. All sizes. Re “ dan vricee. Mafd. by H.W. Kalaht Soneca Fells. N.Y | *DOUld be addressed. No. 10. THOMPSON’S PATENT FOR _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. 8. 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. Bergen Port Spelter. J, 4. EMERICK, HOWARD EVANS. MINES : WORKS & FURNACES, Lehigh Valley, Pa. Bergen Port, N. J. The only Miners and Manufacturers of Pal tint rr"1—: i LEHICH MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, SPELTER From Lehigh Ore. MOLDING SAND, Especially adapted for FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Cartridge Metal and German Silver. & J. A. EMERICK & CO., Also manufacturers of 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA. BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC. AINT account of its bod ogee ere re v - , ESTABLISHED 1837. BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. H. 8. Onasz, Sec’y. E. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Bur = se Waterbury Mig. Co.., CALVIN WELLS, ater WATERBURY, CONN. Brass Goods. ILLINOIS ZINC CO., SHEET ZINC, |menden & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF AT SCH WERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. Fre wages Yue Works in the world. Make, on 12 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all ions down to No. 8 and 9, Stubs gees. ae, FINE IRON, HOOP IRON, BAR IRON in all and qualities. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED £TaTES: WOLTMAN & MICKERTS, ST. LOUIS, MO. INCORPORATED 1876. C. F. Popz, Treas. PERU, ILLINOIS. E. A. FISHER, P : . 18 Burling Slip, New Fork. Agent, E. Spring-Cushioned Steam Hammers. Among the many valuable improvement, | I which have during past years been made in| connection with steam hammers, tending to | diminish the evil effects of violent shocks | produced by heavy blows, few seem to have more fully satisfied the existing want than | those introduced in the “Vulcan” spring-cush ioned hammers built by the Greenwood Ma- 8 tus to the ram. Cushioning arrangements have, of course, been adopted at different times, but have alway been on the outside of the cylinder. The valve gear with which the hammers are provided permits long, power- ful strokes, the piston traveling almost the entire length of the stroke under a full‘head of steam. The movement is automatic as | well as variable by hand levers. It will be seen from Fig. t, representing a double-stand , chine Company, of Columbus, Ohio. From the | steam hammer, that a long lever is attached Fig. 1.—The Vulcan Double Stand Hammer, ‘Built by the Greenwood Machine Co., Columbus, Ohio. engravings of their double and single stand | hammers, which we present this week, it will be seen that the steam cylinder is not placed, as usual, on the top of the supporting | columns, but is partly placed between them, | while that portion resting on the top of the frame is cushioned above and below by heavy ‘spiral springs, thus affording ample protec- destructive shock and jar. An additional | cushioning device is provided in the form of another spring placed within the cylinder, and which bea shown in Fig. 3. This | spring is adjustable, being attached to a rod ‘ held in place by suitable clamps, and may be | lowered or raised within certain limits, thus changing the length of the stroke. The high speed of the piston, when coming in contact with the spring, is gradually diminished, and on the return stroke the energy stored in the latter is expended in giving a strong impe- | tion to the cylinder and valve gear from the’ to one end of a sliding block in the frame, and a rocker arm, which works in an a groove in the hammer-head, to the other end, thus enabling the operator to effect a very delicate adjustment of the valve gear, and consequently of the length of the stroke. It may here be mentioned that the valve gear is on the outside of the frame, and is there- Fig. 2.—Single Stand Hanmer, Built by the Greenwood Machine Co., Columbus, Ohio. fore easily accessible in case of repairs. The valve chambers are detachable from the cyl- inder, and can be renewed at any time at a trifling expense. The single-stand steam hammer, shown in Fig. 2, possesses all the features of spring cushioning mentioned in connection with the double-stand hammer ; the valve gear is nearly the same, with the addition of a foot-treadle attachment, which can be thrown into gear when the operator desires to work the hammer without any helper, and the cushioning spring inside he cylinder top is also adjustable te oe ee THE 1LRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE, |A. B. Warner & Son,/ OXFORD IRON CO., IRON MERGHANTS, (B. G, CLARKE, Receive, at eee ae oe & 29 West and 52 Washineton St Cut ut N ails Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s IRON & STEEL BOILER PLAT E, SPIK K ES. BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. BOILER TUBES, ap aoe Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | Angle, Toe and Girder Iron, J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, Boiler and Tank Rivets. PIERSON & C0, a apa Established 1790, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., LUKENS, PENNOCKS, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St. 98 William Street, New York. ‘* WAWASSET,” ** EUREKA.” NEW YORK CITY. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Brands of Iron. Alsoal: descriptions of Plate, Sheet, Wrought Sorap, Cut Nails, Copper, 85, 87,89 & ¥1 Elm St., New ca iron and Steel |x on aron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, Bar Iron, Bands sd Fine Hoops. herotie, Ovals. Half Ovals, Half Rou ney anaes and sree eal paddled. bale re | eet rs may be sent to Oe ee and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive BROCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. a uced to J. 0. New Yors nn Aen our Agent, at 59 Joh H ARRISON& GILLOON j i IRON AND METAL DEALERS, All Sizes and Shapes kept in Stocks| maw | % DRUMMOND, oo nee RE eT Ce a oe FOX & D NEW YORG, A B E E L B R O S., etaeeoion es mie. mi, Wrought, Cast and " ty onane n so r, Roa ion, oe 190 a 2 ‘ a $ IRON, ht fron j also old Copper, Gompoaition, Brass ALLENTOWN BURDEN’S SHAFTING. TIN PLATES, AND “CATABAUQUA” METALS, HORSE SHOES. ‘“‘REFINED”’ N EE Sn os Sane sheees, Sty rene. 66 STEEL ‘OF ‘ALL “KINDS. n Marshall Lefferts & Co.) “Burden Best A. BR. WHITNEY & CO., | 20 ecrman st., Xow Zork ott, Manufacturers ot and Dealers in MANUFACTURERS OF LEVON Calvanized Sheet Iron, =e Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Pranufacturing Iron Vooa in the Con- swe, Tele oan struction ot Fire- = Buildings, eo toe GriGenined bs Gegranines Bridges, & vanized Chain, Galv: lron Boiler Rivets. Agents for Srrought, tron Seiler Plate and Tank Iron. Nor “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON Plates and Com reaved Ke ea For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. tube Works, rs & Co.'S| pes¢ Charcoal, Best Refined and Common ao oo na to i LP. Rail Co reine ox IRON Hoops, Bands. & “Samson Iron Works, poteed SHEET estimates Plate and Tank Iron, madé for ere Structures of every deserip- © H No, 1 Flange, Best Flange, Troy, N.Y. tion. See beac a cuts of all [ron made sent tne gue Circles. 7 ’ onereie ple pieces at Please address ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF ey udnon sireet, or Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. EGLESTON BROS. & CO., Price list and quotations sent upon application. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., 267 Front Street, } NEW YORK CITY. ’ SCOTCH AND AMERICAN BURDEN’S PIG IRON,/|H. B. & S. ULSTER BAR IRON, All sizes and shapes in stock. Also Best Grades of 166 South Street, BORDEN & LOVELL, CommissionMerchants 70 & 71 West St., New York. Agents for the sale of Fal] River lron 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 ClTY. Ws Susraau No. 69 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS, 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 € t., New York, and Nos ts, by a5 & 27 Wes West L Lake 8 St., Chicago, tl. IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lay Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c t for ow golebs Was," ane Sree potter ree rought Iron ams, a Ue evel VOUGHT & WILLIAMS, 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, aie Seer mn Fue We DANIEL W. RICHARDS “’ co., Upright Drils, "Hamunérs, ledges, Grow Bars, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SCRAP IRON, RAILS, STEEL AND METALS, Yards and Office, 88 to 96 Mangin St., NEW YORK. Morton B. Samira. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, ee METALS. $2235 soum ses} NEW YORK. $5 South St, Manhattan, Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St, 177 &179 Bank St., NEW YORK, HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. Dante. W. Ricwarps. ona PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- ings, Eye Bars, &c. PATERSON, N. J. Roem 45 45, Aste Astor Mouse, Now York. ~ CUT NAILS, | Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “he DOVER IRON CO. BOILER RIVETS, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 139 Greenwich Street, New York. DANIEL F. COONEY, Boiler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. mcy for Glasgow free Co., Jos. L. Bailey Cc Pine iron W banon Holling a; Chester Fipe ab mony = Dene. lron & Steel Co. ce aes a Boller pa omogen¢ous Steel, Bo and lire Box Plat Am, & Eng. Ref’d Iron,Common Iron,&c June i, 1882, W. D. WOOD & CO.'S \ SNOW SHOES Eg S% ROADSTER Fae eq PATTERN, | PA TEN vr Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price, FOR SALE, by all the principal METAL DEALERS STEEL TOE CALKS. Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel BOILER PLATE STEEL PLATES, all deseriptions. On he Loran cttigs throughout Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet THE UNITED STATES. Iron, all descriptions, I Water Steet, PITTSBURGH, PA, |SHOENBERGER & CO,, P*trhzr=™ Cc. RANE, _ KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, pct PIC IRON, BLOOMS, Ir Fe. OD IW AND ORE. Pittsburgh, © 2-4 Pa. Bonnell, Botsford & Co., lron, Nails & Spikes, Glengarnock and Garnbroe SCOTCH PIG IRON, ANN & JONES, For spot delivery and for prompt or forward 4 Hanover St., New York, shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, GENERAL IRON BROKERS Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale in lots to suit by And Commission Merchants, W. S. MI DDLETON, JAMES LEE & CO., Broker in Machinery & Iron Sole Agents for the United States, FORSTER’S CRUSHE ER & PULVERIZER, The best in market. 72 Pine Street, - = NEW YORK. 101 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. JOHN E. SWAN & BROS., Ld., Glasgow and Middlesbrough, Exporters of all brands of Scotch & English Pig Iron. and ce. f. i. to America — f. o. b. British ports. or Old Iron Rails, Puddled Bars AND MANUFACTURED IRON. W.S. MIDDLETON, 52 John St., N. ¥. " * DESPARD BROTHERS, 60 Wall St., New York, P.O. Box 764. Importers of New and Old Rails, Steel Blooms, SCRAP IRON, &c. Duty paid or in set N. M, HOGLUND'S St SONS 4 CO., Stockholm. Swedish & Norway Iron of e descri New York and Philaa tion. Phileselphia 20, nae ot Stes 181 POLO RAY rey For Bars, Plates, Sheets & Rods of Double Extra Quality Iron, NONE BUT CHOICEST MATERIAL USED. dress, CANTON BLOOMARY CO., GusTAr LUNDBERG, ;3 Kilby st., Boston Py ee LBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. a ee F. W. JESUP .& CO., Railway Supplies and Equipment. No. 67 Liberty Agents wen IRON AND. STEEL ‘CO, SiRe Aout Pests mon ak uPee eee Collinsville, Conn, IRON AND STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS, SECHBURG TRON WORKS. KIRKPA TRICK ,«& CO., ufacturers of all grad EINE: SHEET (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, TRONS, NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pe, EIARLEs BBA . “Sheridan” & * Leesport” Brands Pig Iron WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) Stock for Making Strong Castings. ' “CHARCOAL” PIG IRON “MAIDEN OREEK” and “GARRIOK” BRANDS. FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC, IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. 46 Cliff Street, New York City. JSAME ROSS, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, L. ’ AGENT OF Bar Iron, Car Wheels, ‘aaa Rails and Railroad Supplies. SOLE AGENT WH ITAKER IRON COMPANY, WHEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET “IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, 36 DEARBORN STREET, oe Joun J. SPOWERS, President. LEXANDER BURNS, Managet. THE JERSEY CITY GALV ANIZING co., CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY ,DESCRIPTION. >. ALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCH Galvanized Sheet ae... Bloom, Best Refined, Common. Scbeanmae “aeha uare Band ’ Hoo oop Iron, &e., . o& ane All Sizes All Gauges of Corrugation and frem Sizes 1% tos inches. of Sheets. Galvanized, Black and Painted. Iron Siellieates for the Trade, Cerrugated Sheet Iron a Specialty £stimates furnished on application. ier WORKS: GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N. J, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE | 98 JOHN STREET NEW YORK, June 1, 1882. Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 8. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. The Gambria Iron and Steel Works, Ha sing enjoyed for over TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of RAITIS, 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. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet ae and General Railway Old Rails, Axles, a a Wheels’ bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., 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, Bulidings 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 Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE c& SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. cially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Past, iam tamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and "Jacket Iron. BOAR OE JAS. ROWLAND & CO, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, PHILADELPHIA, Orders solicited pT TR LN hl and Boat Iron Mll-=—== e+ PENCOYDIRON WORKS ## # “% A. & P. ROBERTS & CO., Manufacturers of CAFR AXLES. r 7: LP ae BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No, 265 S$. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. 920 North Delaware Ave., 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. Vireo | ee rd i eer J. WW. PASSON co CO., . DEALERS IN MLOUL.DING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Avonue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS xX MINERAL, CHARCOAL FACING, LEAD FACING, XX MIN® RAL, ANTHRACITE FACING, KIDDLES, SHOVELS, IXL FACING, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. 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 ©. 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, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of aod Steel, Iron Ores. Slags, Limestones. Coals. Clays, Fire Sands &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and Raitimore. Price lists on lists on application, CHEMICALS AND APPARATUS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ORES, IRON, STEEL, FUEL, FLUXES, FURNACE GASES, &c., Our Specialty. Being direct Importers and Mauufacturefs we can offer superior inducements, BIMER & AMEND.) Nos. 205 to 211 Third Avenue. NEW YORK. ) Eighteenth Street Station Elevated R. R Illustrated Catalegue Mailed on Application, CONNELLSVILLE COKE. Edward J. Etting, TRON BROKER ayn COMMISSION MERCHANT, 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. 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. Established 1837. A. PURVES & SON, Dealers in Scrap Iron, Metals and Machinery Cor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia, Offer for sale in large or small lots, quantities to suit, Old Machinery, Red Scrap Brass (selected), Old heavy Yellow Scrap Brass, Ingot Ked Brass (best qual- ity), Ingot Yellow Brass, Ingot Gun Metsl made strlotly fr stom oa cannon. -D.W.R. READ & co., Tmporters and dealers in FOREICN & NATIVE BESSEMER ORES. PIC IRON ENCLISH FIRE BRICK. 205% Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA. 142 Pearl St., 57 Gracechurch St, 67S. Gay St., NEW YORK, LONDON. BALTIMORE, J. J. MOHR, Sole Agent for Sheridan, Leesport, Ring- gold and Lynchburg, BESSEMER, FOUNPRY AND FORGE PIG IRON, Jefferson and Mt. Penn Cold Biast Car Wheel Charcoal Pig tron. 430 Walnut St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA, NORTH BROS., 93d und Race Sts., Philadelphia. Fine Light and Medium-Weight GRAY IRON CASTINGS to order, Correspondence solicited. Isaac V. Liovp. Jas. G. Linpsay. LLOYD & LINDSAY, No. 328 Walnut St., PAILADELPHIA, Brokers and General Dealers in Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig fron, Rails and Fastenings, Muck Bars, Blooms, Boiler Tubes, Wrought [ron Pipe, &c. Old Rails and Scrap Iron. Florida Yellow Pine, cargo lots. J. O. RICHARDSON, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 232 Dock S8t., Philadelphia. Pig Iron, Railroad Iron and Iron Ores. Sole Agent for the MONOCACY FURNACE CO, DEALER IN MOSELEM, BOCK HILL, 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 anufacturers of Muck and all grades of Plate m. Celebrated “Glasgow” and * Pine’? brands | tor fire boxes and dificult fanging. Pig and Bar | Rails and all shapes in Iron. Guotations aiven on on n Bridge and Building Specifications. G. A. HzpErron. 8. Frank SHARPLESS. HEBERTON & CO., Selling Agents and Commission Merchants For the sale of Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scra » Galvanized, Black, Sheet, Pipe and failroud IRON. No. 333 Walnut St., Charcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. IRON. STEEL, SCRAP OF ALL KINDS A SPECIALTY. First Quality Muck Bars. SHIMER & co., Late of and successors to W. HUTTON & CO., 250 8S. Third St, Satindelphia. | Joseph P. Reed. R. Hope | Hepburn. | JOSEPH P. BREED & oo., Iron Brokers and Commission Merchanis, | 265 8. 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 HEMATITE IRON ORES a Specialty. Phila, FRANCIS WISTER, | Sole Eastern Agent for 4. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. OK ES, Native and Foreign. | 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. ! 216 South 4th Street, SELLING Pottsville Iron & Steel Co.’s Beams, ROBERTS & CO.’S A. & P. Car Axles, Plates, Channels, | Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. low as = Heav: Cran | LAN GHORNE WISTER. Steel Calk Horse and “"lule Shoes. | completely finished and ready for cold shoeing; | have clip and solid steel calx J. Fe. BAILEY a co., THE IRON AGH. JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K, BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., AGENTS FOR CHICKIES, ST. CHARLES, MONTGOMERY WARWICK, CONEWAGO AND KEYSTONE Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. SHAWNEE ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG, COS Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron, Railroad Car Axles. New and Old Rails. No. 333 Walnut &t., Philadelphia. PETER WRIGHT & SONS. 807 Walnut Street, Phtladeiphia, 55 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, Importers of German and Envglish SPIEGELEISEN, Pig, Scrap, NEW AND OLD RAILS, _____—And Iron n Ore. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RAITS and BARS, MAGNETIG and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Sera Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. E. H. Wilson, J. B. M. Hirons E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. ___ Correspondence solicited. A. cee 3, Be eee BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA. SPECIALTIES NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, Spiegeleisen Iron Ores AND Railroad Supplies Generally. THE ereeeene LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from — OTIS STEEL, STANDARD. Prices 45 of the same quality. We manufacture Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Pins, Piston Rods, &c. Works at Lewistown, Pa. Otice, 220 S. 4th St. Philadephia, Pa. RODMAN WISTER, L. & R. WISTER, IRON BROKERS. Agents for the Clearfieid Fire Brick Co.’s Fire Bricks. No. 230 South 4th St. °9 » Philadelphia, KEYSTONE HORSE SHOE C0., 17th and Clearfield Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Manufacturers of the Keystone Patent Solid These Shoes are made of superior iron and steel, The holes are punched through at the proper angles and free — burrs. Same number of Shoes ver keg as in a of unfinished shoes. PHILADELPHIA, AGENTS, Angles, Channels, Rails and Bars, Tees, Angles and Bar Iron. 5 any length of stroke desired. The adop tion of these springs has been found advantageous in every respect, and it is claimed that the hammers will stand severe work for years without need of repairs. We will, in a subsequent issue, give ill