The Iron Age 1882-07-06: Vol 30 Iss 1

\ | } | | 4A Af pa el : A ~~ . r The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wuiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXX: No. 1. New York, Thursday, July 6, 1882. me ee eee $2.50 a Year, including Postagwm Single Copies, Zen Cents. those of the river steamer proper, which is The American river and Sound steamers | never expected to meet a wave more than 2 belong to a type distinctly American, bothin| or 3 feet in hight, and never exposed toa hull and engine, and often in boilers they are | seaway. — oF unique, and, until the advent of torpedo| In giving a detailed description of the boats, were unapproached even in their speed. | latest and probably best specimen of a Sound The conditions under which they have been | steamer ever built, it will be interesting to developed are not only different from those! take up some of the characteristic features , a Heats: Ti e= tH} NV, Nh YY ps pic ALN my hs All > = Mm 1) sy k, | yj SY == ound in other parts of the world, but have | of these vessels as a class, and to show what | een peculiarly favorable to the rapid attain- | the requirements are and how they have been ent of perfection. Steam navigation, in a | met, * When Fulton, in 1807, built his first ractical and commercial way, began in our | steamboat, he was fully aware that speed kud-locked waters under the auspices of | was an essential feature in steam navigation, 2 engineer who was probably the first | and he made a series of experiments, which give any attention to the best forms /| were both accurate and exhaustive, as to the or vessels which were to be propelled at’ best form for a vessel to be propelled without igh rates of speed Strictly speaking, we | suils by a steam engine. The present model Lppose there should be two classes made, | is a most peculiarone. It has a perfectly flat | ® river and the Sound steamer. The latter, | floor, comparatively slight draft of water, posed occasionally to something of a sea, | and extremely fine lines both fore and aft. | mueh heavier in ber hull, has greater|In many respecte these boats | The New Sound Steamer Pilgrim. | freeboard and more weatherly qualities than modern racing shell, the chief difference being in the form of the midship section, which is almost rectangular, but has rounded corners. This form was foreshadowed even in Fulton’s first boat, the Clermont, which for her day was fine, at least in the way of proportions, being 133 feet long by 18 feet in | would be far too light to hold ite shape at a|case may be. width, and having a depth of g feet. In these boats, speed and stability in smooth Fig. 1.—Side View and Seetion, water only being aimed at, the question is not | vens introduced for this purpose consist of | neath the guards. nis | ce The breadth of beam is| immense timbered trusses on each side of the | sary in the boats running instill water. The a complicated one. } ENGINE OF THE NEW SOUND STEAMER PILGRIM, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY JOHN ROACH & SONS, MORGAN IRON WORKS, NEW YORK, | boats, both long and light, are, when buit | by diagonal timbers called ‘‘sponsons.” This of wood, exceedingly elastic, and constantly | greatly increases the available space upon the tend to change their form under the unequal | main deck, enabling the offices and many of loads to which they are constantly subjected, | the storage-rooms, &c., to be placed outside They are, at the same time, driven by ex- | the hull, leaving nearly the whole main deck tremely powerful engines, and the hull alone | available for freight or passengers, as the In the Sound steamers the high speed unless some means were provided | spgmsons are planked in in part or entirely, for stiffening it. The hog-frames whieh Ste- | so that the sea may not strike with force be- This s not found neces considerable, although the length of the ves-| boat, so disposed as to withstand the internal | The width over all is not unfrequently nearly sel is so great as to make thelinessharp. It/ strains which are set up by the engine and | double the breadth of beam. is a remarkable fact, showing the far-sighted | by the varying positions of the load. character of the early engineers, that even in the days of John Stevens both engines and These boats, | with their engines almost entirely above the Another feature of these boats has often | main deck, and in a great many cases with caused much comment among engineers, and their boilers on the guards outside the hull hull had developed into substantially the form | that is the ‘‘ guards.” These aie usually a| virtually float ‘‘ bottom up,” the center of which they have at the present time. In the Phoenix, built by Stevens in 1807, the hollow; and to the full width of the or ‘‘ wave-line ’ bow was introduced, as well as the guard-beam. In 1827 Robert L. Ste- continuation or extension of the main deck, | gravity being so high that they would, so far addle-boxes,|as the hull is concerned, float bottom up adually tapering fore and aft and at the/in a perfectly stable manner. Contrary w, not extending beyond the hull. These|to the opinion frequently expressed by resemble a | vous introduced the “‘hog-frame,” These! wide projections are supported from the hull’ foreigg engineers, these boais are no} Ss 2 ee: ee 2 THH LRON AGE. Ju.y6 1882, A Ni $s oO fi i A The Piume & Atwood PHILIP L MOEN, President and Treasurer. CHAS. F. WASHBURN, Vice Prosident & Secreva BRASS & COPPER CO., Mig. Company, WASHBURN & MEN iN AETURIN C0, MANUFACTURERS SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, ‘| is Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, | Sima Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, | # Lamp Trimmings, &C.|&# 18 Murray Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co.,|=: , > ; nC 3. Bee d and Chain Wire. Wire for the manufacture of Card Clo ca Vail Heddle. Reeds ee tring Covert ng Wire, No. 19 Cla St? set, Established area. w Phelps Building, NEW YORK. a te oct mARS. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER m Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. PURE COPPER WIRE For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA Yr REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO. Waterbury Brass Co. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass. GERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS & BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASES. Metallic Eyelets, Shet Pouches, Tape Measures, &e. And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STEEL. WIRE, Se o Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. WIRE RODS o 1 Grades; Round Iron ate is ROL, 3-16 Ro Mi in., cut te any length. Owners and erclu Li alle as D producin, =) on aud Steel WIKE ~ Wir Market and Stone ‘Wire ao ‘ ing Goods. MANUFACTURERS OF Tinned Broom Wire and Tinned-piated Wire of all ei i? MPO TERS ate DEPOTS: Mille At Sh d R i| B Spiral Spring Wire, and Refi d Wire to Pattern’ for particulsr p varptes ~ made 0 Glock ted “aon ah Warcur ud rin P LATE 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, eet an 0 Fass, pol, Sree tag ie formated Annealed, Br eoline Wire. ree, Linen anish,” ‘Uariociod are furuiahed, e nen fonis ¥ 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Conn. Brass & Co er Wire & Tubing Wire. Stee] Wire for Springs, Needles and Drilis. Market Steel Wire kept in stock, 7 Steel Muete pp ' WAREHOvsEs : | New York, 16 Cliff, and 241 Pearl Sts. Chicago, 107 and 109 Lake St. ROOFING PLATE, Sheet tron, Copper, Pig Tin Wire, Zinc, &e. MANUFACTURBRS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORE. SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINGES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. _>— DEPOTS, FACTORIES, 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 and manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSS, stein hi Conn. 19 peste St., N. ¥. HARRISON WIRE CO, ST. LOUIS, MO., ““NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal Manufactory, Nos. rr9q, 1199, 1208, 1203, 1205, 120%, 1209 aiml r2tr De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N, Y- HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH, Heavy Rolled ¢ oe for Malt Kiln Floors. Wire Work, Wire Fenc ad Guar wee, Also, Hand and Railroad Lanterns. 7 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, Copper Rivets and Burrs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. NEW YORK AGENCY: UNION HARDWARE CO., 87 Chambers and 68 Reade Sts. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF ROME IRON WORKS, Galvanized Wire Chair. Galvanized Wire Settee. a STEEL AND IRON WIRE ROPE. &421 one St. N.Y. bang _ Manufacturers of 77 Devonshire 8t., Boston. D . 183 Lake Sti Chleage, hew York ty. | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., Importers of No. 11 Square. Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper,| COPPER & BRASS RIVETS a Ry Re teed a AnD OURS. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, |" 29 & $1 CUM St., cor. Fulton, Rome, New York. WATERBURY, CONN. = aan aa —- JAMES HALL, Treasurer. DICKERSON & CO., Liverposi. NEW YORK. NEW YORE, BOSTON, 7 E. HANSON, Seeretary, 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of [RON and STEEL WIRE OF ALL GRADES, Manufacturers of a!! kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED ANBIN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, __Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Agents for Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Dealers in A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRHRADE. rou’ rass M. Screws; and Square Head Cap and het 4 Screws pe ana Jack jnain; “Git. U Nickel Plated and Brouze Trimmings of all teel or 8 ds, from Sheet Iron. Bt artislon, Or ¢ or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and promptly given. ’ WORKS ROSELINGS Ss ang New York Office AND BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED. Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Stee! Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to — New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & OO., +7 Burling Sli Philadelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT, Agent. . North fourth IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, & CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address: HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. Warehouse, 117 Liberty Street. THE JOHN A, ROEBLING'S SONS CO, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE! ...cacuzxn |Lron and Steel ron, Stoel and Copper, | Telegraph Wire, WIRE Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. Hoisting rere - => Market Wire, a a iecetinaeinn of kinds, for er B . . J i Sash Cords, Bridge Wire, Chain Wire i- Ss | F E I SE ae &c., &e. Vineyard Wire. Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, u re e te r L i 5 Suspension Bridge Cables. ph e N & ( ‘( ; i i & A ( J Vi & GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF 7a Carlswerk, near Colegne, 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, and 7-ply Strand, Staples, &c. Annealed ae Oiled Feneing ire, round and oval. WwWiRE ROFP:E OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Foreign goverameys. The oes bouse in the braneb on the Con tinent. Telegraph Address, CAKLSWEHRK, COLOGNE General Agents for U. 8. and Cane aaa. PERKINS & Cl CHOATE, 23 Nassau St. N.Y. Rivet Wire, &c., &c. Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen’l Agents, 118 Liberty Street, N. xX. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co.. HOLYOKE, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF BRODERICK & BASCOM-ROPE GO. IRON WIRE ROPE, STEEL WIRE ROPE, 728 N. Main St., ‘St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER WIRE CO.) "=5es annealed and Tin Manufacturers of Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE sc A. LE sSsCH ESN cK Son, x ev oe 5 : ~ ° Manntachusers of IRON AND STEEL Of cll sizes straightened and cut to order. cs ® a s s No 3S saiesiainanl =-_ so Ps + _ MT = == << Cc = a | aetna J « = = = oes e CoC a 2a - = c= ) & cs For all Purposes. Mapafactare — OF BEVERY DESCRIPTION. = Belt Hooks, Cotters, Spring Keys, D Rines, 939 to 923 N. Matin St. ST. LOUIS, MO, Corresponderce invited, WORCESTER, MASS. | U) F Patt« To put duced pr Berg MINES : Lehigh Valle The on LEH! Fre Cartrid BERGE} os rior for L wearing p "BERGE E. A. FISHE! CALVIN W Presiden ILLIN SHE E. A. Fis 13 Bur ; iC "a - et KK yoey dwey July 6, 1882. LZHHIRON AG CARY & MOEN, Mannfactnrers of 0. LINDEMANN & C0., BIRD CAGES. ? Catalogues furnished to the trade. 254 Pearl St., LEED MA LLILELLISILIIIVIVAIEST WOU ECLUL UC OL OLCEL EL OLLE C ; Aa | Market Steei Wire. Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. NEW YORK. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 9384, 936 and 2938 West 29th Street, - - - - - NEW YORK. 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 Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Silver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- Tie port shipments, 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. in erns and unsurpassed fn New ul ted Catalogues and Price in. SOLID INGOTS ONLY are used by the GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT of Cambria lron Co., Johnstown, Pa., in making their Celebrated STEEL TIRE, which is per- fectly straight, exact gauge, and easy to weld. iS (No. 13.) oni Licts FOUNDRYMEN’S METALLIC Pattern Letters and Figures, To put on patterns of castings. All sizes. Re duced prices. Mafd. bv H. W. Knight Seneca Falls, N.Y. 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. S. A. Centrifugal force applied to a rolling ball for the purpose of pulverizing. Tested thoroughly and guaranteed to yield a greater product of pulverized material of equal fineness in a given time with less wear, less power, less first cost and less cost for repairs than stamps or any other pulverizer. Bergen Port Spelter. J. A. EMERICK, 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. Superior for Lrquip Parr on account of ite body and wearing pro perties. BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. E. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACINC, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, ESTABLISHED 1837. H. S. Cass, Sec’y. INCORPORATED 1876. Waterbury Mig. Co Co., WATERBURY, CONN. Brass Goods. MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. Wire Works in the worid. down te Ne. § and o, Stubs A. MEANS, Manager. CALVIN WELLS, President. ILLINOIS ZINC CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC, PERU, ILLINOIS. -_—_— E. A. FISHER, ° > - 13 Burling Slip, New York. The dimensions and qualities. SOLE AGENTS FCR THE UNITED ETATES: Agent, WOLIMAN & MICHKERTS, ST. LOUIS, MO. Make, on 12 trains, STERL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all | duced from that day to this. auge. Also, FINE IRON, HOOP IRON, BAR IRON in all EK. crank, and, what is quite remarkable, the | Sound boats are easy in seaway, though not intended for rough water. Shifting of freight, or, more commonly, ‘‘ chain cable boxes ”’ on the main deck, gives an almost unlimited com- the most curious parts of these vessels, dif- fering, as it does, so radically from anything which has ever been used elsewhere for ma- | rine propulsion, and being at first sight so strikingly unsuitable for the work. This | | form was foreshadowed in those which John | Fitch built in 1788, two of his little screw | steamers at that time having beam engines. | RT VO —_ —_ . ————— a beam, to one end of which the long connect- ing-rod leading to the crank is coupled, and to the opposite end of which a couple of links are attached, for connection with the cross- head. The cylinder is in a vertical position, , fame) mand of stability so far as the live load, or and is supplied with steam through double- Manufacturers of all P : passengers, isconcerned. These chain cable beat poppet valves. The gallows frame is kinds of BS = boxes, working as they do out tothe exterior usually made of considerable hight, conse- bed ey edge of the guards, while the passages on the , quently the connecting-rod is long, as a long Japanned, Brass & S = nanan jaeede not come walle so far, give Tealea is commonly employed, and angles of Tin Plated S Ba perfect control over careening. the connections are all very small, which f = The beam engine itself is perhaps one of | greatly reduces the friction, especially on the guides. Until within a few years the A frame itself has been constructed of timber strengthened and stiffened by cross braces and bolts. Probably there is no class of en- gine ever designed in which the internal fric- tion has been reduced so low, and certainly none has been proposed which could so weil withstand the variations in the alignment of my Deron a he e} is AA) IL ie fae 4 on a mm ' Biel F lary 7 i | s Si | |_| if i | I : ‘ E | | VY i ae © c hit es Li> oe 1 jh \ | re if | | ir it t D IF beh a8 | ay jit fl | f ly j || =e, } ikon a ~t——' M5 “ey pp aentoyonmmanns meek bce 5 = = emmsen seers Fig. 2.—End View. ’ The first vertical beam engine of the modern |the supporting timbers, or, in fact, would i type for a paddle steamer was built by Rob-| work with such ease in an elastic vessel. ert L. Stevens, for the steamer Hoboken | These engines are said never to wear out. { about the year 1822. This vessel, we believe, | The hull may grow old and the engine be had the opey skeleton beam in its modern | broken up, but as to actually wearing out or form. Tw ears later, in 1824, he pyilt the | getting beyond the point where moderate re- Trenton, which was:remarkable as being the | pairs will put it in good working order, is an first steamer in which the boilers wereplaced | unheard of case. Engines are to-day work- upon the guards entirely outside of the hull. | ing in New York Harbor, apparently as eco | This very remarkable feature, though found | nomically and in as satisfactory a manner as in many of our river and Sound steamers at! possible, which have worn out one or two the present day, and possessing many advan- | hulls, or perhaps more. The long stroke in tages for such service, isnot altogether char- the larger vessels, ranging from 10 to 14 feet, acteristic. The North Americar’ was built in | makes the cranks very long, reduces the 1827, was intended for the Hudson river ser- | pressure upon the bearings, and at the same vice, and was a typical river steamer in all | time makes it possible to use a very consid- respects, we believe. The engine was of the) erable piston speed with a almost universally used, and the vessel| small number of revolutions type comparatively One of the demonstrated so conclusively the value of the | boats on the Sound at times reaches a piston very culiar engine, that no improvements | speed of 500 feet per minute, and the Bristol | effecting the general design have been intro- | and Providence often approach 400 in regu- The speed of this vessel, 16 to 17 miles per hour, was very remarkable for that-day. The features of these engines are an ‘‘ A” or ‘‘ gallows frame” supporting the walking- lar work. _The position“of the beam is such that the air-pump can be driven directly through a long link, but at the same time its speed and stroke may be reduced, The high pistoy eee See — 4. THE IRON AGH. OGDEN & , WALLACE, A. B. Warner & Son,| OXFORD IRON CO.. IRON MERGH ANTS, (B. G. CLARKE, pe [ron and Steel 28 & 29 West and 52 Washineton Sts C ut N a li il ag OF prea seemns, tant es IRON & STEEL BOILER PLATE. SPIKi K ES. Agents for Park Brother & Co,’s J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 85,87, 89 & 91 Elim St., New a BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. BOILER TUBES, All ae Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | Angle, Toe and Girder Iron, en hand Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated LUKENS, PENNOCKS, PIERSON: & C0, ‘¢ WA WASSET,” “ EUREKA.” 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, Brands of Iron. Alsoal! descriptions of Plate, Sheet, NEW YORK. 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St., | eteuemne ten. sosmsatention to Locemetre NEW YORK CITY. “pIOKS” of al Kinds, ROME MERCHANT. [ON ILS, “ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, Manutactures of the best grate of BEAMS, ANGLES, t o¢ Lron. Also from Charco su Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. |i = rot tron branded 3.0.5 it rated ets . O. CARPENTER, our Agent, at 59 J | Sescens New York. FOX & DRUMMOND, IRON, rw 1 &) TN E- yA \LLEN OWN pow ee JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOGK TIN, LEAD, SFELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. "| HARRISON&GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 60, 562 WATER ST., & 302, 304, 3066 CHERRY BT., NEW YOR, nave on hand, and offer for sale, the f ollowtas : Scotch and American Pig Iron Wrough t, Cast and Machinery Serap Iron, Car "Wheels, Axles and Heavy Ee ought Lead, Pewter, Zine, Se. old Copper, Com posi tion, Brass, ewter BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” lron All descriptions in sto IRON & STEEL. ABEEL BROS., 190 South St., 365 Water $e, NEW YORK. ~}! « SH 5 je mf ING. And all sizes of AND METALS, 68 WALL STREET, - NEW YORK. Marshall Lefferts & Co., 90 Beekman 8t., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Galv: ed Th a ph and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and Bana [ro a and Bar Iron, = Nails, Gal ‘bain, Galvanized Iron _ L 0 *}> -C «4 “> o > | mM ¢ ZO = se >: REFINED” COMMON & NI NORWAY IRON Kerr OCK. STEEL OF ‘ALL KINDS. —_—-—- -—— A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Manufacturers ot and Dealers in LFRON Our specialty is in Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction ot Fire-Proof Buildings, Bridges, &c. Boiler Rivets. Agents for Carnegie Bros. & o Co., Limited, — Sf Se pie et ica ne, Sz | CORRU GATED SHEET IRON way : 7 For Roofing, &c., Gal » in or Painted. Tabe. orks, "Boller Flues & i vie 3 Bost Charcoal, Best Refined and Common | , oe, Acie tcs otc hen| nee om. The Burden Iron Company Plate and Tank Iron, Plans and cmtineies furnished, and contracts made f. pr erecting ic m Struc ‘tures of every descrip- C Mo, 1,C H No. 1, C H No, 1 Flange, Best Flange, Tro N, 2 ° "Bo containing cuts of all fron made sent | Best Flange Fire Box, Circies. ae on application by mail. ESCRIPTIONS OF ‘Sample eee office. Please address ae © : 8 Hudson Street, New York. Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Uy ‘ Ss JLST E | R- Price list and quotations sent upon application. a aaa JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS, 90 Broadway, New York. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 70 & 71 West St., w "teva f — New York. Agents for the sale of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods. BURDEN "ss. Also Best Grades of ¥ m All sizes and shapes in stock. 466 South St! NEW YORK CITY, AND —— i ' . OUGHT & WILLIAMS Borden Mining Company’s/ Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co Y it ion Gunberiand Coal, [ee ae aan EEEp RTS aan M EL & EMMEN Deaiers in” WILLAM H. WALLACE & CO,, |e" toaowetater en [BAR IRON AND STEEL IRON MERCHANTS IRON AND STEEL. BOILER clare. Cor. Albany & Washington Sts, Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. Tire, Spring, Toe Calk, MACHINERY AND TOOL STEEL. NRW YORK CITY. zit Serer Paes, Wee Rolling sits! ALL BRANDS OF HORSE NAILS, Wu. Burnam.! Angles, Tees, Rivets, Horse Shoes, Rasps and Files, Wm. Watiack DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SCRAP IRON, RAILS, STEEL AND METALS, Yarde and Office, 88 to 96 Mangin St., NEW YORK. Mortor B. Smita. B. KF. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer tn SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Days. W. Rickanps. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, ROLLED IRON BEAMS, OLD METALS. Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- eI inge, Bye Bars, &e. 353 £253 soum sess ~NEW YORK. PATERSON, N. JJ. _ Si wiaee Ho m 45, Astor House, New York. I> e & a ¥ Xa ‘? fs t SF YZ Fi c NAILS, cot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO. Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. Bora R RIVETS, | DANIEL F. COONEY, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, & J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., 177 & 179 Bank St., NEW YORK, Manufacturer of HORSE SHOE IRON, (Late of and S enaaouaee to Jas. H. Holdane a Ce.) SS Washington St., N. Y. BOILER PLATES & SHEET sBOn, a ‘ P-WELUED BROILER a —_ fey Com be Co., Albany & Rens. Ison & Steel Co.'s 139 Greenwich Street, New York, 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. ee ee LEKCHBURG IRON WORLES. Bellows, Anvils, Vises, Blowers, Tire Benders,| OP FIOR, No. 143 First Ave., Pittaburgh, Pa. Dnils, “Hammers, Sledge, Crow Bars, |" “ST ARES HOBBARD. **Sheridan” & “ Leesport’? Brands Pig Iron, Manhattan Rolling Mill |WHITAKER 1% to s inches. a Oo j ri t Boller iivets Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & , 6 Ageb or Glasgow Iron Co., Jos. L. Bailey & Co., Leba Rol Mill @ Specialty, Galvanized, Black and Painted. Iron Co for the Trade. Pine ‘iron ow orks, non Rolling s, Chester Corrugated Sheet Iron pec a me. oe ee, rrpgated Pi "| Basses i Rivets ; Homogeneous Steel, Boiler} wonvs GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N. J OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE 98 JOHN STREET NEW YORK July 6, 1882, W. D. WOOD & 60:5 ROADSTER J PATTERN. &§ PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1878 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1576. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price. Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel FOR SALE, wcar™ — BOILER PLATE METAL DEALERS) srerx PLATES, all descriptions. Se nae Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet THE UNITED STATES. lron, all descriptions, And at their Office, Il! Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA, | SHOENBERGER & CO., **zr=™ Cc. RANE, _ (KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited. OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, Manufacturers of PIC IRON, BLOOMS, IRON AND ORE. PITTSBURGH, PA. Pittsburgh, - ‘a. Bonnell, Botsford & Co. JOHN E. SWAN & BROS., Ld., IRON MERCHANTS | Iron, Nails & Spikes, Glasgow and Middlesbrough, ceitientaeetien Scotch & English Pig Iron. MANN & JONES, 4 Hanover 8t., New York, and ¢. f. 1. to America — f. o. b. British ports. Old Iron Rails, Puddled Bars|[ENERAL IRON BROKERS AND MANUFACTURED IRON. And Commission Merchants, W. S. MIDDLETON, Broker in Machinery & lron iy] cranes MPA | FORSTER’S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, Ny } a O 6 \ iy w. . MEBOLSbOt, os Seka te..0. ¥. DESPARD BROTHERS, SOS ae \ a For Bars, Plates, Sheets & Rods 60 Wall St., New York. P.O. Box 764. of Double Extra Quality Iron. NONE BUT CHOICEST MATERIAL USED. Importers of New and Old Ralls, Steel Blooms, SCRAP IRON, &c. H. B. & S. Bar Iron. CANTON BLOOMARY COs) oxy pater intent ——— Agency of F. W. JESUP & CO., M. HOGLUND’S SONS SONS & CO., Stockholm. No. 67 Liberty &t., NEW YORK. American & English Refined Iron.| Railway Supplies and Equipment. Swedish 8 Norway Iron ron hone NASHUA IRON AND STEEL CO., | of every desert a EGLESTON BROS, & C0.., STEEL oh QOMURNE vite Ta RES, HOMOOENEODS | ete ar mmpeml Boeton 3, PISTON DS, SLIDES, &c. RON AND STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS, Prone eg, OTT Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 WN. GLENGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH PIG IRON For spot delivery and for prompt or forward shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale in lots to suit by JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States. ' 101 MEUk Street, BOSTON, MASS. KIRKEATRIOKX ot Co., EINE; SHEET “IRONS, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Fersule Irom, @c.)” NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa, WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) Stock for Making Strong Castings. “ OHAROCOAL” PIG IRON “MAIDEN CREEK” and “GARRICK” BRANDS. FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIG, IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. —_> i IT ro nn ____ Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. - ' Es 46 CUg Street, New York City. WW. ROSS, MPORTER OF AND FURNS SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, UFACTUREBS' A’ Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails . am " Railroad Supplies. SOLE AGENT te ame SRY, SHEET IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, 26 Oe ene STREET, ero ——"Joun J. srowrrs, Pres THE JERSEY cITy y GALVANIZIN( G CO., CALVANIZED MATERIAL | OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANC Galvanized Sheet eenedball aan Best Kefined, Common. Salmons ‘het, Square Band and Hoop Iron, &c., &. All Sizes All Gauges of Corrugation and from Sizes of Sheets, STEEL TOE CALKS. , ewisias oe ES ay A July 6, 1882. Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 &. Fourth St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 230,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &c. ADDRESS, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, No. 218 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet —“ General Railway Old Rafis, Axles, oa a Wheels’ bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. Edward J. Etting, IRON BROKER snp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &o. 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 ron, Metals and Machinery Cor. South ond Penn Sts., ESCH 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 qua!- ity), Ingot Yellow Brass, Ingot Gun Metal made strictly from old cannen. 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. WMOHR, 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 Iron. 430 Walnut St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA NORTH BROS. 23d and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Fine Light and Medium-Weight GRAY IRON CASTINGS to order. Correspondence solicited. Isaac V. Liorp. Jas. G. Luvpsay. LLOYD & LINDSAY, No, 328 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Brokers and General Dealers in Iron and Steel, Kailway Equipments and Sapplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig Iron, Rails and Fastenings, Muck Bars, Bleoms, Boiler Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. Old Rails and Scrap Iron. Florida Yellow Pine, cargo lots. J. 0. RICHARDSON, — No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia, DEALER IN Pig Iron, Merchant Bar Iron and Iron Ores. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., lron Merchants & Railway Equipments, 208 Seuth 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 ‘* Pine’’ brands for fire boxes and diMeult fanging. Pig and Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Quotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., N. THE PHCNIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wreught 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 or Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bioom PLATE c& SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Ps ag Smoke Stack, eS Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and’ Jacket Iron. AG ARG ME IAS. ROWLAND & CO,, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, 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 Cultivater Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Orders colette’ eqpoctaliy Sm a a ee ul PENCOYD IRON WORKS. G A. & P. ROBERTS & 00.._, 1 all Manufacturers of Lr CAR AXLES. BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No. 265 S. Fourth 8t., Philadelphia, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. Rodman Wister, _J. N. M. Shimer. Late Shimer & Co. L. & R. WISTER & CO., 7 IRON BROKERS. Scrap Iron a Specialty. Agents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Co.’s Fire Bricks. No. 230 South 4th &t., PER. FRANC Is WIST ER, Sole Eastern Agent for A. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. CONNELLSVILLE COKE. ORES, Native and Foreign. 230 South Third Street, Philadelohia NDOVER CHILL IRON for Car-wheels, Chilled i Rolls, &e. Each pig of this iron is marked exact chill depth, lg ae h to % inch, and so guar- anteed. Standard . Whitney & Sons’ Chill Cup. ANDOVER GRAY FORGE FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. F. A. Comiey, Secretary and Treasurer. J. WeEsLEY PvcLimMAN, Agent. Office and Selling Agency, 407 Walnut strcet, Philadel phia. J. Ww. PAXSON & CO, DEALERS IN ALOUVUILDING SAND, 102! North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., Langhorne Wister. MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING ANTHRACITE FACING, LEAD FACING, X MINERAL, x RIDDLES, SHOVELS, X MINERAL, IXL FACING, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Office and Factory Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA. PA. Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Limestones. Coals. Clays, Fire Sands &e. Agents for sampling ores in New York and Baltimore 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 & AED) | Nos, 205 to 211 Third Avenue. NEW YORK. Eighteenth Street Station Elevated R, R. Illustrated Catalogue Mailed on Application. SPECIALTIES: and _Cake > Mixing Machines. 216 South 4th Street, - SELLING BB ait chet d CHAINS. THE AN AME RIC AN MACHINE CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE SPECIALTIES. Lehigh Ave. and American St., Philadelphia. Fluting Machines, Machines, Christmas Tree Holders, Bickford Portable Pump, Mrs, Potts’ Patent Cold-Handle “Crown” Lrons, Ice Cream Freezers Iron c lad Stsel ‘Dp. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. All Chains carefully tested and examined and certificate of p root | Dredging, Minin tn Crave Chains. Raftlov Chains, Toggles, Ey e Bolts and Log THE IRON AGH. JUSTICE COX, Jr CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., Aeunts FOR CHICKIES, ST. CHARLES, MONTGOMERY WARWICK, CONEWAGO AND KEYSTONE Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. SHAWNEE ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Railroad Car Axles. New and Old Rails. No. 333 Walnut St. alnut St., ___ Philadelphia. PETER WRIGHT & SONS, 307 Walnut Street, Phtladelphia, 55 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, Importers of German and English SPIEGELEISEN, Pig, Scrap, NEW AND OLD RAILS, And tron Ore. JEROME KEELEY & CO.. 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAh IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS IRON CLAD STEEL RAITS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE TRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAI and -OKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, wand Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of sree and Coal prope mhnens 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 Iron Ores AND Railroad Supplies Generally. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. BRAND ZB STANDARD. Quality and efficiency fully guarentped. Prices as ality. We manufacture Heav. Light Forgings. Driving and Car Axles, low as ,— of the same qu Cra: Pins, Piston Works at Lewistown, Pa. Office, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. RS JOSEPH P. REED & CO., Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, 261 8. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Sole Agents for COOPER IRON MINING CO., Chester, N. J. RIDGEVIEW COAL AND COKE CO., Latrobe. J.D. BOYLE’S CONNELLSVILLE COKE. HARBISON & WALKER’S FIRE BRICKS. MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES a Specialty. G. A. HEBERTON. 8S. Frank SUARPLESS. HMEBERTON & CO., Selling Agents and Commission Merchants For the sale of Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanized, Black, Sheet, Pipe and Railroad IRON. No. 333 Walnut St., Phila. C harcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. Branch House: No. 128 Chambers St., New York Hand Fluters, Plaiting J. FE". BAILEY ke co., - PHILADELPHIA, AGENTS, Pottsville Iron & Steel Co.’s Beams, Angles, Channels, Rails and Bars, A. & P. ROBERTS & CO.°S Car Axles, Plates, Channels, Tees, Angles and Bar Iron. Universal and Sheared Plates for Bridge and Other Work. €pecial attention given to all kinds of Structural Irons. BRADLEE & CO., °2° “tstmnns greet Manufacturers of Chain and the Celebrated J. B. M. Hirons 5 speed, the rapid combustion and the smal] friction in these engines have made them exceedingly economical. It is probable that until very recently they have worked as eco- nomically as the ordinary compound engines. At the present time the best of them proba bly use 214 pounds of coal per horse- a per hour, as against about 134 pounds by tl best class of compounds. The conditior under which steam is used in these engin are not favorable toeconomy, for the cut can rarely take place earlier than 4-1oths of the stroke, owing tothe irregular action oP u the paddle-wheel, and the average boiler p: sure is from 25 to 30 pounds per square inch Economy of weight and space is very nec sary, and hence the boilers are smé all and the combustion very rapid. In one case we know where it averaged 39 pounds of cor! p square foot of grate surface for a whol son’s running. To do this a forced draft necessary, often amounting ft of 144 or 2 inc} do not show 7 pounds of wate: the economy the engines showi: In 1877 the late the Mary Powell’s « power for 22.1 po engine for the Pilgrim is i led t higher pressu has been heret gines. The | limit of 80, so we are inform We present in connection with this article an end and side view of the engine now in process of construction by Messrs. John Rach & Sons, at the Morgan Iron Works, t is city, for the new steamer Pilgrim, of the Old Colony Steamboat Co. This engine is, in every respect, a typical vertical beam marine engine. It is, we believe, the first time that a detailed drawing of one of these engines has ever been published in anything except such expensive works as those of Weissenborn or in the pocket-manuals, where the pages are so small as to make details unrecogniza ble. This engine is, without exception, we believe, the largest that has ever been built It is calculated to develop 6500 horse-power, which is more than has ever been obtained in a single cylinder. The builders say that the engine can work up to 8000 if necessary. Other steamers, indeed, have more power, as, for example, the Servia, whose engines indicate 10,000 horse-power, but this is obtained from no less than six cylinders. The engine of the English iron clad Monarch is 86qQ0 horse-power, and has two cvlinders of 4300 each, which, we think, is the largest amount of power that has ever been developed by one cylinder previously to the building of the present engine. This great size makes the engine somewhat experimental in its character since it necessitates the use of masses of metal of most unusual size—so large, indeed, that the question of making sound forgings becomes serious. The shafts required for the vessel are the largest ever forged, being 40 feet in length and weighing 40 tons each in the rough. The immense amount of power to be transmitted introduces elements of difficulty at almost every step in the con struction. The material used for the forg ings is of an especially good quality, clean and carefully selected, and consisting of horseshoes, washers and boiler plate cut small. These are carefully welded up into square bars, which are in turn piled to form the shafts and other heavy masses. The cylinder is rro inches in diameter by 14 feet stroke. Theo shaft is 26 inches in diameter at the journals. The beam alone weighs some 33 tons and is about 29 feet between centers, with a beam center 18 inches in diameter. The piston-rod is 12 inches in diameter. The long connecting- rod weighs finished between 12 and 13 tons The nuts for holding down the pillow blocks are 12 inches across, and parts which are usually so light as to be lifted by hand aro of necessity furnished with rings, in order to hook on to a purchase. There are 12 steel boilers arranged in four batteries. They are of a very peculiar pattern, but are by no means experimental, one at least of the North River towing steamers having had boiler of the same construction at work for « years, and the past season has had then placed with others of the same pattern hull of the vessel is 374 fect long and ao fort beam. The width over all is 88 feet 6 inches, and the depth of hold 18 feet 6 inches. The draft of water is expected to be 11 foe! This gives a registered measurement of about 3500 tons The hull itself, as will he seen from th longitudinal oP brack« bottom is exceedingly tre the dont tween the skins 3 ft plates are spaced great prop bottom is « ' drawing, is built upon *» system The 1 Motive Power Direct from the We have alrea sion of motive power f centers whe tric wires instead as now pract credited wit! i kind with ref ice to | ‘What a macgnif t [ ¢ mercantile enterprise this simple fact opens up to our country. Why should we not at once connect London with one of our nearest coal fields by means of a copper rod of 1 inch in diameter and capable of t renemdéting 84. ooo horse-power to London and thus practi cally bring up the coal by wire instead of by rail?” Concerning this proposition an k1 lish exchange, assuming that each horse power can be generated by consumption of 3 pounds of coal per hour, and that the engines work six days and a hal! pe r week, estimate that there would be eu red an ai consumption of « aaah 012,600 t produce the result Now all this 1 Bl ed mr the case asstimed ] . mouth at a « large and : ; that is, at! in London | the cost ¢ f « ower nor | variety of } would save t umes of sn ~~ ae ap PP c MHE IRON AGE. July 6, 1882, HAS. G. LUNDELL, oS A. H. McNEAL, /|ROANE IRON COMPANY, Manufacturers of and Dealers in No. 7 Exchange Place BURLINGTON, N. Je = Pig and Railroad Iron. pete ke = CHATTANOOGA, - = ‘TENN. 9 = = L. HERNSHEIM, @ f 2 Manufacturers’ Agent and Commission Merchant, QO | = No. 20 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK. 5 s asen ua = STEEL RAILS, ENGLISH BESSEMER PIG IRON, ; ~ STEEL BLOOMS, FERROMANGANESE, STEEL WIRE RODS, SPIEGEL IRON, WROUCHT IRON Boiler Tubes, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Oil Well Tubing, Casing and LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, ROLLING MILL AND casT ‘TRON PIPES OLD & NEW IRON RAILS, AUSTRIAN CHARCOAL PIG IRON. FOR WATER AND GAS. RSTABIISHED IM 1848 —_—————— ——— Lj BRITTON IRON AND STEEL CoO., SINGER, NIMICK & GO., Limited, pwcr1oitnas oe PITTSBURGH, PA. TRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF Tank, Bridge and Ship Plates, HAMMERED AND ROLLED BLACK AND GALVANIZED SHEET IRON. Works foot of Wason St., cor, L. S. & M. S. R. R., CLEVELAND, O. SLD EE L.,, Warranted Equal to any Produced. JACKSON IRON COMPANY, BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL Wer Edgeand Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear-K nives, Oold-Chisels and Machinists Tools generally. P E For Olreular, Mulay, Will, Gang, Drag, Pit and Crosse-Out Saws. Sheet Steel For Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, Stamping Cold, &c., &e. SIEMENS-MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE For Botlers, Fire-Boxes, Smoke Stacks, Tanks, &c. ew” All our re and Sheet Steel being rolled by a Patented Improvement is unequaled for surface finish and exactnegs of zauge. ROUND MACHINERY CAST STEEL For Shafting, Spindles, Rollers, &c., &c. File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R. Frog, Toe-Calk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Steel, £0.; Cast and German Spring and Plow Steel. “Iron Center" Cast Plow Steel, Finished Rolling er a with Patent Screw Biria cancer, || gansta enon | OH ARLES HUBBARD, 46 Ciif St. New York City Represented at 59 Beekman St., New York, and 417 Commerce St., Philadelphia, by HEAVY STEEL AND IRON FORCINGS, HOGAN & SON, General Agents for Eastern and New England States, For Marine and Stationary Engines. ee Homogeneous Steel Boller Plate, “Nashua” Brand. THE MIDVALE STEEL COMPANY, Best YORKSHIRE BAR, ** TAYLOR” IRON, for Stamped Work, Screws, etc., ete. CRUCIBLE AND OPEN-HEARTH STEEL. FEUSHET SPECIAL TOOL STEEL, requires neither tempering nor hardening. TIRES and AZS.LES Fayette Pig amy, gy | Especially adapted for Bessemer, Siem ens-Martin Malleable and Car eel purposes. Etewart Pig Iron (Bituminous Coal and Coke’, ; Ge ammered Blooms, Billets and Muck Bar, extra — in phosphorus, for Siemens-Martin and neral Machinery. H Crueible Steel. Miners of Jackson (Lake Superior) Iron Ore TMEAYETTE BROWN, Gen, Agent, HARVEY H. BROWN, Asst, Gen. Agent, Offices, 130 Water St. HARVEY H. BROWN & CO., AGENTS LAKE SUPERIOR IRON CO, { take Superior tron Ores. Dealers in Pig Iron, Lron Ores and Old Rails. STEEL | Offices, 130 Water Street, - ~ CLEVELAND, OHIO. ORFORD NICKEL AND COPPER COMPANY, SMELTERS AND REFINERS OF COPPER. THOS. J. POPE & BRO., Agents, 292 Pearl St., New York. Ore, Mattes or Bullion purchased. Advances made on consignments for and sale. P< ae Refining Works at Borgen, Point, near New York. Offices, 292 ioe Se., New York. READING IRON WORKS, 261 S. Fourth St. Philadelphia. BROWN & BROTHERS, 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER, In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets, and Burs, Etc, ALSO, Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. TENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER HOUSE BOILERS. warranted to stand 200 Iba. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. ATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SiL,VER PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE! in rich Estimates given. ESTA BLISHED 1861. Jersey City Steel Works. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. J.E.MERGOTT & CO., 22 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. gts a: : efiiel 33° "ehiey Manufacturers of Baas ana JAG. B. THOMIRUS S OO:, Lamp & Metal Goods 3 ‘E83 : ae : : : Manufacturers of all descriptions of eek Beg: Be’ eran. | Seimpng. | Tashet'senee 2 ‘R= 2™ i & Bs L, 40 & 42 Mechanic St., Newark, N. J. S ESR Sq ees = Bs : fe x = John McLean, Ses2, Secs: | nee, See = 8 —_ SNagns Warehouse, 93 John Street, New York. genes Tool, Machinery and Spring Steel SeSekis THOS. C, BURROWS, AGENT, ues Castings and Forgings. i ——— ras iene anna ten Cont onan Works and Office, Warehouse, IRON AND ) STEEL DROP FORCINCGCS , ined Cemetery Supplica ~™.Y¥ All shapes, small and large, including Gun, Pistol, Wrench Bars, &c. Also, Die Sinking. Manufacturers also of Bricklayers’, Moulders’, and Plasterers’ Teols, Saddjers’ Round and Head Knives, WILLIAM ROSE & BROS.,, 36th & Filbert Sts., West Philadelphia. HOOPES « MERRY, WEST SIDE CALVANIZINC WORKS, 5637 to 547 West 15th Street, New York, Manuiastuness of The “Lion” and “Phoenix” Brands of Galvanized Sheet tron. for Roofing or Siding, Tin Plates, Solder, Slating and Roofing ann ne All kinds of Ironwork Galvanize d or Tinned to order. S. CHENEY & SON Manlius, N. Y., Small Gray Iron Castings. We