The Iron Age 1882-07-27: Vol 30 Iss 4

i, as | /The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Davip Witiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXX: No. 4. New York, Thursday, July 27, 1882. $2.50 a Year, Including Postage, Single Copies, Ten Cents. The Webb Compound Locomotive. We present our readers this week with a careteliy made engraving of the celebrated Webb compound locomotive, which has of late attracted so much attention in engin- ecring circles. The engine is interesting, not only on account of the special features incorporated in its design and construction, | but also because it embodies one of the first | advantage. There is no record of experi- ments to give a fixed value to the power absorbed by coupling two pairs of drivers together, but it has been held by many en- gineers, especially in England, to be an im- portant item, and the original cost and the maintenance: of \the parallel rods are con- siderable matters. As some dimensions of the Webb locoro- tive will undoubtedly interest many of our practical applications of the Joy valve gear. | readers we append the following list : It is similar as regards boiler, wheels, &c., to the four-coupled express engines of the London and North Western Railway, Eng- land, differing from them, however, in sev- eral resvects which were fully described in The Iron Age a short time since. Our re- cent account of the Joy valve gear, together with the illustrations in this number, will enable our readers to readily comprehend this important piece of engineering. The striking feature of the engine is that the | drivers are not coupled, and the pair of out- side connected high-pressure engines, which drive the back pair of driving wheels from one engine, are entirely separate and dis- tinct from the single large low-pressure en- gine, which has its cylinder located under the smoke-box, and is connected solely to the forward pair of drivers. The only connec- tion between the two engines is made by the rail and the exhaust, their valve motions being entirely independent of each other. The pair of outside cylinders are 11 }4 x 24 inches, and the single low-pressure cylinder is 26 inches diameter by 24 inches stroke. The exhaust from the high-pressure cylinders passes first into a gridiron pipe receiver be- | | tween the frames, and then up through a} horseshoe of copper piping in the smoke-box, where it is dried po tering the steam chest of the low-pressure cylinder. There is sufficient room in the piping between the engines to make the | possible changes in the relative crank posi- tions a matter of no importance, so far as volume and pressure of steam in the reser- voir are concerned. The boiler pressure is about 125 pounds, and the reservoir pressure about 50 pounds. Although the two pai of drivers are not coupled, the fact that One engine veceives steam from the other goes far to obviate danger of slipping. If the high-pressure slips, the result is to in- crease the reservoir pressure and give more capacity to the low-pressure engines; if the forward drivers slip, the effect is to reduce the reservoir pressure, and thus give more capacity to the high-pressure engines. It is said that in practice no difficulty whatever is *xperienced from the independence of the driving axles, and the elimination of the parallel pods is certainly a very important heated previous to en- | A Continuous Hoop Train. The several attempts which have been made to roll hoops on a continuous train have hitherto been baffled by numerous prac- tical difficulties, and success appears to have been beyond reach. Mr. Reese, of Pittsburgh, however, claims that he is now able to con- struct a continuous hoop train which will possess all the requirements essential to suc- | cess, and is prepared to furnish a train of | ! i HIT ip SA wi a 1 roll6. The first pass is made between the | finish. When the hoops come from the con rolls 3 and 4, and as the metal passes out of , tinuous train they are permitted to cool a these rol's it is pushed through the Gearing little so that the scalo may rise. They are guide rolls, and by means of a repeating then placed in the bull-heads and scraped. trough into or between rolls 4 and 5. This From the bull-heads the hoops are run out in repeater is made adjustable, so that the | a straight line in a finished condition blank enters 4 and 5 an instant before the The hoop train may be run at 500 revolu- last end leaves 3 and 4. When the blank | tions per minute, which will give an output passes through 4 and 5 it is pushed through | of 1000 feet per minute, and, as the train is the edging rolls and repeater into or between | practically continuous, with proper heating rolls 5 and 6, and thence taken to 2 and 3,! capacity, 800 feet of hoop should be put out i ia : ‘ —— HA = Fig. 1.—Perspective View—An Example Embodying Application of the Joy Valve Gear. High-pressure cyliuders............-. 114 by 24 in. Low-pressure cylinder............ EE 26 by 24 in. | Diameter of leading wheels (radial)...... 2 t. 6 in. | Diameter of front driving.wheels.... ... ft. 6 in. | Diameter of back driving wheels......... 6 ft. 6 in. THE WEBB COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVE. | this kind, put it in operation and guarantee | its work. The hoop train as proposed b him, consists of one pair of six-high 8-ineh pinion housing, and one dair of six-high ne center of front and oes ne inch roll housing, together with six pinions, Distanee between front driving wheels | 8iX rolls properly mounted in their respective FP one feading wheels Re ee 9 ft. 4 in. | housings, spindles, and boxes connecting the Length of boiler barrel ...........4..+.. gft. 1012.) pinions with the rolls ides, repeating Mean outside diameter ot the same....; ft. in. | P : 7 Length of cubes between tube sheets.. a “4 in. troughs, and the usual bullheeds placed at & Ouside diameter of tubes.................065 1% in. | distance of about 50 feet from the train. Mamber O€ Gabes. ..0 0.2. c.ccscsccccs ecenneses Heating surface of tubes.......... eseieae g80 sq Heating surface of fire-box.... 103.5 aq. ft. Total heating surface............ 1083.5 sq. ft. pee dS eee eee Weight in working order on leading wheels. ro tons. | Weight on the front driving wheels........13 tuns. Weight on the bac« driving wheels........13 tons. Total weight in working order.............. 36 tons. Mr. Webb expects to derive important ad- vantages from the system of construction referred to, claiming, in the first place, that he can obtain all the advantages of a coupled engine without its disadvantages ( as frictional resistance of coupling rods, &c.), and that by using the steam successively in | ee oes great economy of fuel will r *. Fig. 2.—Ground Plan | The pinions and rolls are 8 inches in diam- | eter each, and the top of the housing is 5 | feet 6 inches above the floor. The rolls may | be made with box ves Or with ton and groove, or they may be all smooth chilled | rolls, and the edging done by using Gearing’s | guide edging rolls. Mr. Reese p to} build the first mill with plain chi rolls and the Gearing edging , a8 with such a} mill all sizes of or skelp iron from 4 inches to % inch wide, can be made on the same set of rolls, by simply adjusting the guide rolls. In order to explain the wor of the| the reason that the continuous train, being and finally to1 and 2, and from there run!per minute, which would be equal to so out in a straight direction to the bull-heads. | net tons of 1 x 1-16 hoop in 10 hours, or ivo The Gearing guide rolls are placed on the | tons in 20 hours. In practice this large delivery side of each pair of ralls, so that the ' amount of work could not be expected, but blank will be edge-rolled five times. When 50 tons per day of 20 hours of 1 x I-10 is the rolls are placed in position Nos. 3 and 4 quite a moderate estimate of its prod 1c i-~, will be lined up for first pass, Nos. 4 and 5 | and from 60 to 70 tons per day of oil barrel for the second, Nos. § até for the third, | hoop, Mr. Reese says, can be made on this No. 2 and 3 for the fourth, and Nos. 1 and 2/| train, with pepe heating capecity. It will for the fifth pass. No. 1 roll may be run by | be noticed that the blanks are rolled both on the lower and the upper faces of tho rolls, noes the top and the bottom rolls, by which means five passes are made with only six rolls. The advantages claimed for this hoop mill are: 1st, it dipenses with the rougher and catcher, and thus reduees-the labor ; 2d, it will produce double the amount of hoop of any mill now in use; 3d, the ons set of rolls will make all sizes of hoops, thus dispensing with cost of changing for differ- ent widths and cost of different sizes of grooved rolls; 4th, the train is shorter and will occupy less room; sth, the hoops will all be edge rolled, and but few hoops with ragged edges produced ; 6th, the blanks will be finished better, will scale better, and pro duce hoops of a finer bluish surface. Addi- tional information concerning the train will undoubtedly be gladly given by Mr. Roese. oe Holland’s locomotive has actual, made a trial trip and drawn a train. The daily pers contain long accounts of the matter, evoted chiefly to Holland’s theory of com- | bustion and the chemical reactions which | take place between the incandescent fuel and friction, if desired. All the other rolls are | the steam. The trip was 19% miles long, and driven by spindles from gent. The | the train arrived a minute and ten seconds main driving-power is attached to pinions on | ahead of schedule time, which, to the mind a line with roll No. 3. When the train is in | of any disinterested poe will show the working order the heater places the hot billet immense advantage of Holland’s engine and between rolls 3 aud 4, when the blank is| system of combustion over any other engine rolled on the flat and edged, and carried by | and combustion that has yet been built the repeater into rolls 4 and 5. The same | Eighty-four gallons of oil were, according to operation is performed in these rolls, as well, Dr. Holland, used in this trip, the cost of |asin 5 and 6,3 and 4 and 1 and 2, being | which, according to the same authority, at | finally conducted by a straight trough to the | 214 cents a gallon, would be $2.10, which bull-heads. The latter are so as to| proves that he isan able mathematician. Tho permit the rolling of two hoops at once, for | visible advantages to an outsider who does not comprehend the elaborate descriptions of train, the bottem roll will be. numbered 1, | automatic, will produce double the number | what is taking place in the fire-box, is that the succeeding rolls 2, 3,4, 5, and the top|of hoops that single pass bull-heads will | there is an absence of dust aud cinders v ’ tate Kae H s i niles , as ti Py Ps - > ait ae a ‘a 7 ? ” 2 THE TRON AGE. -ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 OMM St? ret, ) at -” WS freee 4 Phelps Building, EW YORK. Dec H “AND ¢ Waterbu freee Co 5 BRASS AND COPPER jaterbury brass © Sheet, Roll and Platers’ eats, GERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND OOPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS & BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASES, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measores, dc. And small Brass Wares of every Description. age Pane - Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Oartri Bole Agents for th Capewell Mie. Co.’s Line of Sport- 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 yi REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO. ing Goods. a - DEPOTS: Mills At 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, TI N P LATE, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Conn. ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. NEW YORE. Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills, BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS CLIFF STREET, i Le] L SILVER, SOOVILL BPO OO | __- ema ater Brass and German Silver Wire, B te ASS, Copper Rivets and Burrs, HINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. | coppER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. NEW YORE AGENCY: UNION HARDWARE CoO. 87 Chambers and 68 Reade Sts. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. = BUTTONS, | | CLOTH AND METAL. ractonies, | ROME IRON WORKS, en. _ Manufacturers of 183 Lake St» Chicago, Now You Oy. Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,) per and German Silver Importers of (n Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper,| COPPER & BRASS RIVETS Wire, Zinc, Etc. AND BURS. DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. Gaer wen. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARSB TRADE. Machine Screws Round and Square - Head Cop pat Py Brass Mochine Serer baain: lik Mickel Fisted and Brones Trimmings cl xinds. from B Shoot Ince. Mh artiotes, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and DEPOTS, 419 & 421 Broome St, N, ¥. 1/7 Devonshire St., Boston. orompuy give given. RKS 9 = ROESLING _, New York Office = SS —_ 3 Warehouse, 117 Liberty Street. THE JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO, WIRE ROPE) ...vanxey |Lron and Steel iron, Steel a and Copper, Telegraph Wire, WIRE stotsting Purposes ot a! Market Wire, ” kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Market Wire, Fence Wire, Rigging, Sash Cords,| fj j Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, snip Hicging, Seon Coram / Vineyard Wire. | Buckie wire; spring wire Suspension Bridge Cables. Rivet Wire, &c., &c. CALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF "WIRE ROPE Spcee Oe ay IRC cee a om cLOmme IRON WIRE ROPE, STEEL WIRE ROPE,| 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. Ea WORCESTER wine 20. Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL W|I For all Purposes. WORCESTER, MASS. Bright, Osppored, Annealed and Tia —- . 1 and everyth : Staples, 5 July 27, 1889, The Plume & Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Eerosene 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,, 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 and manufacturing Metal Goods, avidecae te | WaREROUSR, Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray 8t., N. ¥. HARRISON WIRE CO, ST. LOUIS, MO., l PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, President 4 Treasurer. Vice President & Secretar y- Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvaniring, Rolling and Tempering, MANUFACTURERS OF TRON,@#4ND IRON AND STEEL WIRE, Of Every Description. A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCIN Ga, AND PUMP CHAIN. New York, 16 Cliff and P WAREHOUSES} firase K, 36 Olif and s41 Pear! Stroet. “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.’ HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF THE “BOSS” TUBULAR LANTERNS. The Boss. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF STEEL AND IRON WIRE ROPE. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. Manufacturers of all kinds of | Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. JAMES HALL, Treasurer WM. HEWITT, Vice orale E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, me N. a; tt ateeeeee of imei | RON nd STEELWIRE Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. OF ALL GRADES, BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED. Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND. RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to wengthe. ed York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Bur! adelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT, ions North t b St. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address: HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, 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, end 7D! 7-ply ennd. . Staples, &c. Annealed ons Olled Fencing WIRE ROPE: OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the sorumente. The tons bones in the braneb on the tinent. Telegraph [ee tank WERK, COLOGN General Agents for U. 8. and el PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 3 Nassau St, N.Y. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Ingot Copper, "Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC.CO. Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Alse for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 118 113 Liberty Street, N. ¥. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co.. OLYOKE, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF A. LESCHEN Ki Son, ated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE ° x Of al an ian straightened and cut to order. so _ Manufacturers o > > a > - “xe : a 4 =< a me = o ; 25 =. = BROWNING, SiSUM - & ., 85 Chambers St...) & = sa w - Belt Hooks, an Spring Keys, D Rinas, | OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. towire bending. / 919 to 923 N. Main %, ST. LOUIS, MO, Correspondence invites. Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, Now York. p Cartrid BERGE Su tor BERC E. A. FISHE sand ILL SHE E. A. F *Sulypore d UWoeH te July 27, 1882. CARYW & MOEN, 0. LINDEMANN STEEL WIRE for al! purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. & C0., Manufacturers of all kinds of ® LEA Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD CAGES. ’ Catalogues furnished ORE AEEES MOE LCECLELLELE, GNIS CLEA LEALLLALL ALLE LLL WWIII LLY TOD ICEL ELLLELRELEL LL ELLE to the trade. SS i‘ , 254 Pearl St., Market Steel Wire. Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. NEW YORK. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 934, 936 and 238 West 29th Street, - - - ° e NEW YORK POWER PRESSES, RIVET MACHINES, Special Machinery to Order. BLAEE: & 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, Sliver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- port shipments. 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. in patterns and unsurpassed variety fo low prose New Lilustrated Catalogues and Price IRON and BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, &«c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. GAUTIER STEEL DEPART- MENT of Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa., produces Steel of excellent quality for THRESHER TEETH, HARROW TEETH, SLEIGH and CUTTER SHOES, TOE CALKS, and CANT HOOKS. Also, Finish- ed CUTTER SHOES, tapered and bent to shape. ASAP le. uni i iii {No, 16.] FOUNDRYMEN’S METALLIC Pattern Letters and Figures, To put on patterns of castings. All sizes. Re duced prices: Mnfd. by 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. HOW TANS, WORES & FURNACES, ARD EVANS Bergen Port, N. J. MINES : Lehigh Valley, Pa. 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. | Supertor for Ligvrp Part on account of its body | ~~~ wearing properties. | ESTABLISHED 1837. BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. H. S. Cuass, Sec’y. cumwis avs |Waterbury Mfg. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1876. C. F. Pops, Treas. Co., Brass Goods. SHEET ZINC, |menven & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. The Wire Works in the world. Make, on :2 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all | ee ole 8 and 9, Stubs Also, FINE IRON, HOOP ) r 9 — = eualitine TRON, BAR IRON in all SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED sTaTEs: WOLTMAN & MIOCKERTS, sT. LOUIS, MO. CALVIN WELLS, A. MEANS, | vn a | WATERBURY. CONN. ILLINOIS ZINC CO., MANUFACTURERS UF PERU, ILLINOIS. E.A. FISHER, - - - 13 Burling Slip, New York. Agent, | sented in the engraving below. THE HRON AGH. Burglar Alarms. aD The demand for a simple, cheap and sure protection of doors against unlawful visitors has long been felt by householders. A device designed to overcome the danger of sneak thieves and intruders generally is repre- It is a gong-bell so arranged as to be applied on the AMERICAN), I) BURGLA Rules ' Burglar Alarm for Attachment to an Ordinary Door Knob, inside of a door, and to operate by means of the spindle of the ordinary lock. When placed upon a door in this manner, the latch or catch of the door cannot be moved without sound- ing the alarm. By slipping a lever provided for the purpose, the gong is silenced for the time being, allowing the door to be used without the constant alarm. By this means it will be seen that when the door is in use by the family, as in the daytime, the alarm need not be sounded, but on reversing the lever on retiring at night the alarm is fixed so as to make a noise whenever the knob of the lock is turned. It is so constructed that it will fit nearly every door, and, what is an advantage for those who do not live in their own property, can be put on and taken off from a door without defacing it. It is quite desirable for sleeping apartments, making it practically impossible for a thief to enter a room without arousing the occupants. The article, which is manufactured by Messrs. Decker & Denning, No. 116 Washington street, Chicago, is handsomely finished in nickel plate, and may be considered an orna- ment to the door to which it is attached. $$$ Ea Some Dispated Points in Foundry Bookkeeping. Some attention has lately been attracted to two questions in foundry bookkeeping which, while simple enough to a practica accountant, seem to have given rise to some discussion among stove manufacturers. They are: 1. To the debit of what account should ‘* discounts” go, and are they not as much a part of the cost of stoves as iron or labor ? 2. Should the cost of patterns and flasks be charged in separate account and carried as part of the assets, or charged directly to the expense account ¢ The latter part of the first question is the one item for consideration. Are not dis counts as mucha part of the cost of stoves as iron or labor? This question is one upon which experienced manufacturers may take opposite sides and argue with all sincerity, the difference in their conclusions being for the most part dependent upon the standpoint from which the matter is viewed. The term ‘‘discounts” in the above connection we understand to mean the amount deducted from a selling price. It is quite customary in other lines of business as well as in the stove trade to sell goods at a certain price 30 days, 60 days, or even three months, with the understanding that 2 per cent., 5 per cent., or some other deduction will be made if cash is received within a certain specified number of days after date of invoice. The uestion which arises is, What is the nature of this deduction? Is it a part of the cost of the goods, or is it something of an entirely different nature? If it is a part of the cost of the goods, it evidently should be charged to some account representing the cost of pro- duction. In the simplest system of book keeping this would be directly to the debit of merchandise or manufactures, or whatever the general account is called representing the production of the establishment. If, however, this amount is not a part of the cost of the goods produced, it does not be- long there, but should be charged to some account representing the expense of con- ducting business, or to an account called by whatever name it may be which stands for the cost of use of capital If a certain lot of stoves when manufac tured are worth absolutely $1000 in the warehouse and are sold for that sum in cash, there being no discount or deduction, the question does not arise at all. If, again, they, being still worth $1000, are sold for $1100, with a discount of nominally 10 per cent., simply for the purpose of reduc ing the bill toa fair cash basis, the charge for the de duction evidently goes to the debit of the ac count which has received a creditin excess of what was right, in order to equalize matters If, however, the goods being worth $roco, cash, are put at $1000, 2 per cent. off, in order to convert them into ready money because the concern wants capital, still another set of conditions must be taken into account. These several examples, it seems to us, throw enough light upon the subject to indicate the direction of a correct solution to the question. In considering each of these cases, we have based our calculations on the actual value of the goods in the market. Nothing has been said about cost of produc- tion, and we would remark parenthetically, that ordinarily the cost of production has very little influence upon the selling price of goods in the market. The question is, What can I get for my product? Then, How can I reduce my cost so as to sell it at market | —- rates and still make a profit? It is very sel- dom that the order of these questions is reversed, and that the calculations are made, first, as to the cost, and then as to a selling price based upon a definite percentage of advance upon cost. Given, a certain lot of goods ready for the market; they have a certain value dependent upon general mar- ket conditions. Any discount that is made from the price set upon them becomes, therefore, one oftwothings: It is an abate ment to meet the market, or else a deduction to induce cash payment, because the cash is wanted. Therefore the account to be charged with the discount becomes either the merchan- dise account, not because thediscount is a part of the cost of manufacture, but because the credit received by it was originally too great, and must be reduced to equalize things ; 01 it becomes a discount, or interest account, called by whatever name it may be, repre- senting the price paid by the concern for the use of capital furnished by the purchaser of the goods. There are other discounts entering into the business transactions of a stove founder, among which may be mentioned those in connection with the purchase of pig iron lt is customary to buy iron at a certain fig ure, four months, with the understanding that, if cash is paid, a discount will be made We have already referred to this question in the columns of The Metal Worker, and have advanced the opinion that the difference be- tween the cash value of the material bought and price paid for the four months was an interest charge. In other words, it was the sum which the concern was paying for the use of that much capital. It is recognized in the accounts of the most advanced concerns that everything must be reduced to a cash basis in order to obtain a common measure of comparison. Take, for example, life in- surance, which probably embraces the most scientific system of accounts and values known at the present time. In it, it is cus- tomary to reduce everything to a cash basis, in order to present statements of results and actual conditions. In the question under consideration, we think the true solution to the problem will be found in estimating everything at a cash basis, and charging whatever difference there is between cash and the actual amount pid to an account which represents the use of capital. This rule is a broad one, and much might be said about it. There are, however, various side issues that arise. ‘The final solution and the method adopted in any individual concern will depend very much upon the ability of the accountant or business manager to grasp some of the subtleties of business calcula- tions. Books of accounts are, in a certain sense, indications of comparative results rather than absolute statements. For exam ple, it makes very little difference to a pro- prietor at the end of the year, whose not profits, for example, have been $20,000, whether the amount has been actually earned in the foundry, or whether a certain portion of it has been gained by judicious manipula- tion in the way of purchases and sales. On general principles, he will assume that care- ful management in the foundry has made some profit, and that careful business manip ulation has not only taken care of that pragp but added to it; but just how much has come from either source, if he be a man who manages upon general principles rather than specific details, he will care very little. We hold, however, that it is to the interest of every man to know just where he is gaining and where he is losing, and to be able to ana- lyze his business in such a manner as to give particular attention to those departments that most need his supervision. The second question proposed above—should the cost of patterns and flasks be charged in a separate account and carried as part of the assets of the concern or should they be charged directly to the expense account of the establishment +—is very easy of answer It depends entirely upon the facts of the case. At the end of a year’s business do the flasks, patterns and follow-boards represent an actual value, or do they not? Have the; been entirely superseded, or will they still be in use for the succeeding year’s business } Probably, in the present state of trade, the middle ground is the safe one to ursue The constant change in styles ordinarily wipes out the value of the patterns made each year. Whatever styles are produced this year are calculated for this year’s busi ness alone. Something else will be the lead ing style next year, and soit goes. How ever, the patterns which are produced this year will have some use in the business next year, and possibly the year following, even though they are not by any means leaders The question of repairs—the odd plates that are to be furnished at some future time must also be taken into consideration. The proper answer to the qustion therefore bh comes very simple of statement. Let each | year’s business eed that proportion of the cost of patterns and flasks that properly be longs to it. Let a fair estimate be placed upon the patterns at the end of the year, and let the amount so determined be entered upon the inventory, the balance of the cost being borne by the current years business At best, this is only an estimate, and sinc: estimates are always liable to error, it is | well to err upon the safe side. Better make lthe value of the patterns and flasks remain | ing on hand too small than too large. In nu | sense can they be considered desirable assets | in case the business is to be closed out. The value of patterns and flasks, to the extent of la very large percentage, whatever the esti |mated amount may be, depends upon the | perpetuation of the business under the same management. It is, therefore, simply a ques- | tion of accounts, partnership settlements, of a fair division of cost between one year’s business and another, and the discriminating business manager will see the problem clear ly in this light, and solve it accordingl, | | Malarial Foundations.—The San Fran cisco Bulletin, commenting upen some of the foundations in existence in that city, makes the following statements: Many of our busi ness houses and nearly the entire residence portion of our city are composed of wooden | structures built on foundations of similar: material. In a few years, floors begin to settle, cracks appear in walls, and owners becoming alarmed, consult their architects, who, upon examination, pronounce the fouy- a a THE IRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE, A. B. Warner & Son,| OXFORD IRON CO iron and Steel stp ea eeee he Cut N ails IRON & STEEL BOILER PLATE. 85,87,89 & 91 Elm S8t., New York, Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | BOILER TUBES, All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | | Angle, Toe and Girder Iron, on hand PIERSON & co, Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated | LUKENS, | “WA WASSET,” Fire Box Iron a specialty. NEW YORK CITY. “PICKS” of all kinds, “ ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, BEAMS, ANCLES, E, N. Wey siesta of the best grade of Also from Charcoal All descriptions in stock. Serceke New York IRON & STEEL. ABEEL BROS. 190 South St., 365 Water St., - ae soak, TRON, ALLENTOWN TiN PLATES, SHAFTING.” an And all sizes of ‘CATASAUQUA”’ “ULSTER” “REFINED” COMMON & NORWAY IRON KEPT IN STOCK. STEEL OF ALL KINDS. METALS, Marshall Lefferts & Co., 90 Beckman 8t., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Manufacturers ot and Dealers in LEIRLON I] alvanized Sheet Iron, Our specialty is in Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings, Bridges, &c. Agents for Carnegie aree. & Co., -. Wrougtt Iron Beams and Channel iron. state Iron Co., Boiler Plate and Tank Iron. ox. way Steel and Iron on Viates and Compressed 8 Shafting. G w Tube Works, Boiler fo A. M. Byers & Co.'s rought Iron Pi H. P. Nail co *s Wire Box Nails. Altoona fron Co.'s Refined ae) Hoops, Bands. &c. Samson Iron Works Bb Galvanized Wire, Te ph Hoop and Bana Iron, Gal poee For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. SHEET IRON. ars. Plans and estimates furnished, and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all [ron made sent | Best on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address és Hudson Street, New York, Box, Circles, ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 70 & 71 West St., Wa, Oem New York. L. N. Loveil, Agents for the sale of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods. AND JAMES WILLIAMSON & Co., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 69 Wall St., New York. 90 Broadway, New York. Borden Mining Company's) Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co Cumberland Coals. . CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and WILLIAM H. WALLACE & C0., Nos. 21, 23, 25 a7 Weet Lake St., Chicago, Ill IRON MERCHANTS IRON AND STEEL. BOILER state. Cor. Albany & Washington Sts. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, NEW YORK OITY. Wau HH. WALLAck. DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC The Costesville Iron Lo. The Laurel Rolling mii, and Union Tube W crus 5 Wrought Iron Bea Wa. Buruan.' Angles, Tees, Rivets, &c SCRAP IRON, RAILS, STEEL AND METALS, Yards and Office, 88 to 96 Mangin St., NEW YORK. 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..I. Room 45, Astor House, How Work. CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “ho DOVER IRON CO.'S BROILER RIVE rs, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c DANIEL w RICHARDS. oun PENNOCKS, ‘“ EUREKA.” Brands of Iron. Alsoal! descriptions of Plate, Sheet, 24 & 26 Broadwav, 77 & 79 New St., | smatasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive | ‘ uh ee ea" JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. ee ovems, Half Ovals, Half Rounds, Hexagon = LOCK mK TM, LEAD, LEAD, SPELTER, AN ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. alit ret br on b dedJ.G. All al Fag. gapertos Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. os y hammer, Orders m may be cont to the a o. aaa our Agent, at 59 Joh 68 WALL Seas. - NEW TORm. and Fence ; Galvanized alvanized Rod and Bar Iron, Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron CORRUGATED SHEET IRON Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common Plate and Tank Iron, C No. 1,C H No. 1, 9% Be, 2 Flange, Best Planes, Flange Fire Price list and quotations | sent it wpos application. ULSTER IRON WORKS, Agent for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel & Se Plates, MORTON B. Samira. {Manhattan Rolling Mill. 445 to 451 West St., HORSE SHOE July 27, 1882, (B. G. CLARKE, pee ».W. D WOOD & 60. SNOW SHOES j. 7) N% ROADSTER | PATTERN, SPIKES. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. 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 Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons,|,_, IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, Wrought Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, FOR SALE ° by all the principal " HARRISON&GILLOON| METAL DEALERS In the Large efti IRON AND METAL DEALERS, ee eee eee 538, s6o, s62 WATER ST., & 302, 304, 366 CHERRY ST.] THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK, And at their Office, | nce tnt and oer fr "yesclerE ana] 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | SHOENBERGER & CO., "**zx"=™. Cc. RANE, + OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, | -BURDEN’S | Ss PIC IRON, BLOOMS, Wro ater n; pis 80 0 old Copper, Composition, Brass, AND ORE. IRON WATSON IRON ‘as “Bots! Tt Burden Best” lron Extra Quality Homogeneous Stee! BOILER PLATE STEEL PLATES, all descriptions, Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet lron, all descriptions, ‘KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, Manufacturers of Pittsburch, - - - Pa. Bonnell, Botsford & Co. LIGHT GRAY IRON CASTINGS foo? le ee lron, Nails & Spikes, Pattern Making. Bridgeport, Conn. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON MANN & JONES, epee =: & SIDING, 4 Hanover St., New York, Iron Buildings, Reefs, Saylighte, Betdecse Be. | GENERAL IRON BROKERS MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., & Dey Street, New York. A aS a OP: And Commission Merchants. W. S. MIDDLETON, Broker in Machinery & Iron ent for FORSTER’S CRUSHER 1s _PULVERIZER, The best in W. 8. MIDDLETON, 62 aa N.Y. JNO. J. SHIPHERD, INVESTMENT BANKER. Lake Superior Iron Mining Stocks, CLEVELAND, OHIO. _ Correspondence : solicited. "Se Nay tee —_— Agency of F. W. JESUP & CO., [yy HicLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. H. B. & =. Railway Supplies and Equipment. Swedish & Norway Iron No. 67 Liberty St.. NEW YORK. oe NASHUA IRON AND STEEL CO,, | of every description. | Stock om hand at Boston urers of hiladelphia. Importation orders ¢ STEEL LOCOMOTIVE “Ty ‘RE AND STERL A O08 apecialty. All sizes and shapes in stock. ri try et me CPO , SLIDES ES, | GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 38 Kilby st., Boston CRANK PIN», PISTON RODS, 8 Also Best Grades of __IRON AND STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS, | PALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 N. Am. Eng, Re ron,Common rene] EY ENGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH PIG IRON 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, Boiler Rivets. The Burden Iron Company/f Troy, N.Y. EGLESTON BROS. 2 c0., 166 South Street, ? 267 Front Street, s NEW YORK CITY. BURDEN’S ATE MOYORY ks For Bars, Plates, Sheets & Rods of Double Extra Quality Iron. NONE BUT CHOICEST MATERIAL USED. Address, CANTON BLOOMARY CO., Collinsville, Conn. 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. 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. 101 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. LEBCHBU RG -LRON WORKS. KIRKPATRIOCK & CO., ufacturers of all grades of EIN =: sHEET IRON Ss, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Irom, &¢.)” NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIOER, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pe, CHARLES HUBBARD, “Sheridan” & ** Leesport”? Brands Pig Iron, WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) Stock for Making Strong Castings. “CHARCOAL.” PIG IRON “MAIDEN CREEK” and “GARRICK” BRANDS. FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC, IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. _____— 4 CUFF Street, New York City. JANIE: WW. Ross, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT OF Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. WH ITAKER SOLE AGENT Bellows, Anvils, Vises, Blowers, Tire Bengera, Upright Drills, Hammers, Sledges, Crew Pincners. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. £435 Soucm sez} = NEW YORK. $6 South St IRON COMPANY, OF WHEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED 36 DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO. ~~ joun J. SPOWERS, President. ALEXANDER BURNS, Mavager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., cae anne aahiramminest att rmewuanenna: oc hte THON” Galvanized Sheet Iron—Best Bloom, Best Kefined, Common. Galvanized Round, Square Band and Hoop Iron, &e., & J. LEONARD, 177 & 179 Bank St., NEW YORK, Manufacturer of IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Bem, Cray | Half Ovals and Flats. All Sizes All Gauges DANIEL F. COON EY, | corn ans hingten St., N. rom Sizes BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, : a aie i LAP-WELDED #OILER FLUES, é to 5 inches Se rm erent ae tenet gay ; c. > & C Oo.) oiler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Out Nails & —. - « eat" oir QS Glasgow [row C Site Sits ng Matin’, Corrugated Sheet [ron & Specialty, Betvenincs, Black and Painted. Iron Corrugated for the Trade. 139 Greenwich Street, New York ps ebrated Boiler Riv ets; ” Homogeneous Steel, Be lron Chester ¢ and Tube Co., Albany & pou ‘ron & Steel oo 0's timates furnished on application and Fire Box Plates. ter’ WORKS | GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N, J, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE 198 JOHN STREET* NEW YORK, ‘STEEL TOE CALKs. Be PA RE! Pl Ore Tank a AL Rails, Ba Rivet reneral Office JAMES ©, I B Anal 919 Analyses o! fitted with all | res, Slags, Lir altimore — Pri CHE ORES, IR Our Specialt LIMER NE July 27, 1882. Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE. — RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 8. Fourth St.. HENRY LEVIS & CO., ‘Manufacturers’ Agents | | For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments, Old Rails, Axles, and eels bought and sold. PHILADELPHIA, PA. | 234 8, 4th S8t., a The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of RAIIS, have now an annual capacity of 930,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &c. ADDRESS, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, No. 218 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., N. ¥. aoe en eer TENOR SMITE, ew York ling Aah 48 Pine ty ¥-Te E PHCENIX IRON CO., TH 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, CHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the eonstenctien of PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WE WROU REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Plans and Specifications furnished. Address . NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., Buildings and Bridges. CIRDERS & JOISTS, Fire Proof Buildings, LDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. DAVID REEVES, President. & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CO., Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleane MANUFACTURERS OF d and Charcoal Bloom PLATE c& SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited es pay for Corrugate Tank and Bost Iron ; ae ee ee eeeeeeeFeFehhmheEeFhCEFEFSéz ZR ~— and Boat Iron ; r LP a A. & P. ROBERTS & CO., CAR AXLES. BAR, ANGLE, T Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philade! phia. North Delaware Avenue, k, ad, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stac lest, Stamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. SEA GG GE JAS. ROWLAND & CO, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, PHILADELPHIA, 920 North Delaware Ave.,; Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. PENCOYD IRON WORKS. Manofacturers of — am EE AND CHANNEL IRON. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. DEALERS IN MOULDIN 1021 G SAND, PHILADELPHIA, PA., X MINERAL, XX MINERAL, IXL FACING, MANUFACTURERS ehdidiaeiis CHARCOAL FACING LEAD m ANTHRACITE FACING, KIDDLES. SHOVELS, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. reneral Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. [AMES ©. BOOTH. Bridges and Turn Tables. Works at Allentown, Pa. 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. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. Established in 1836. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL te ed with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accura 8. Slags, Limestones. Coals. Clays, Fire Sands &c. Price lists on application, Raltimore analysis of faa Steel, Iron Agents for sampling ores in New York and a “CHEMICALS AND APPARATUS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ORES, IRON, STEEL, FUEL, FLUXES, FURNACE GASES, €&c., Our Specialty. KIMER & NEW YORK. Being direct Importers and Manufacturers we can offer superior inducements. AMEND, | Nos, 205 to 211 Third Avenue. ; Eighteenth Street Station Elevated R. R. Illustrated Catalogue Matled on Application. THH LRON AGE. et Edward J. Etting, IRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad fron. 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 Iron, Metals and Machinery Cor. South wud Penn Sts., Philadelphia, Offer for sale in large or small lots, quantities to suit, Old Machinery, Red Scrap Brass (selected), Old heavy Yellow Sorap Brass, Ingot Ked Brass (best qual ity), Ingot Yellow Brass, Ingot Gun Metal made strictly from old cannon. D. W.R. READ & co., Importers and dealers in FOREICN & NATIVE BESSEMER ORES. PIC IRON ENCLISH FIRE BRICK. 20514 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, 142 Pearl St., 57 Gracechurch St., 67 S, Gay St., _NEW YORK. _—_ LONDON, BALTIMORE, J. J. MOHR, Sole Agent for Sheridan, Leesport, Ring-|' gold and Lynchburg, BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE PIG IRON, Jefferson and Mt. Penn Cold Biast Car Wheel Charcoal Pig Iron. 430 We 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. Lioyp. Jas. G. LINDSAY. LLOYD & LINDSAY, No. 328 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Brokers and General Dealers in lron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Supplies, Rar, Plete and Sheet Tron, Vig Iron, Rails and Fastenings. Muck Bars, Blooms, Boiler Tubes, Wrought [ron Pipe, &c Old Rails and Scrap Iron. Florida Yellow Pine, cargo lots. J. 0. RICHARDSON, No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia, — DEALER IN Pig. fron, Merchant Bar tron and Iron Ores. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO... Iron Merchants & Railway Equipments. 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Sole agents Glasgow [ron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate Iron. Celebrated *“*Glasgow’’ and ‘** Pine’’ brands for fire boxes and dificult flangin Pig anc Rar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. + oe given on Bridge and Building Specifications. Rodman Wister, _J, NM. Shimer Late Shimer & Co. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON BROKERS. Scrap Iron a Specialty. Agents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Co.’s Fire Bricks. No. 230 South 4th St., Philadelphia. Langhorne Wister, FRANCIS WISTER, Sole Eastern Agent for A. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. CONNELLSVILLE COKE. ORES, Native and Foreign. 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia ANDOVER PIG IRON, FOR BEST MILL PKODUCTS Andover Chill Tron for Carwheels, &c. Each pig marked exact chill depth (4 inch to % inch), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. F. A. Comiy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 407 Walaut St... PHILADELPHIA. THE AMERICAN | | | | |} low as an | Heavy: | 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. = 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia. PETER WRIGHT & SONS, 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 55 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, Importers of German and English SPIEGELEISEN, Pig, Scrap, NEW AND OLD RAILS, And Iron 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 RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRIC K, COAT und ‘OKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Ralls, on Iron, &c. Cc of Iron and Coal properties. C. Hi. Wilson, A. Kaiser, E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. a solicited. BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S, Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA. SPECIALTIES NEW AND