The Iron Age 1882-09-28: Vol 30 Iss 13

0 0 Vol. XXX: No. 13 ‘The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal ‘Trades. ® Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wuituiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. New York, Thu Screw Threading Machine. Messrs. Cox & Sons, 204 North Fourth street, Philadelphia, are placing upon the market screw-threading machinery which embodies some features that are of general interest. We present herewith engravings of one of the largest machines made by them, together with expansion and sectional dies. This machine bas been specially designed for the purpose of cutting off and screwing threads op wrought-iron pipe, oil-weil casing, line pipe, au the like. The machine may be, and frequently is, adapted for cutting off bolts, thus combining two machines in one, and thereby furnishing a convenient and very handy device for use in shops not hav- ing work enough to keep either a pipe or bolt cutter running continuously. The ma- chine illustrated has been built from new and improved patterns, and, the manufac- turers state, embody the best ideas wee aad by 25 years’ experience in opera an constructing aeekinery of thle kind. An essential feature in pipe-screwing machines, is that they shall be strong and urable, sim- ple in construction, and at the same a capable of doi very accurate work. Further, the saute should not be liable to get out of order easily. This is a — im- portant consideration, since devices o this character are almost always placed in the hands of unskilled workmen. Frequently they are located miles away from any ma- chine shop from which necessary repairs might be obtained. ‘There are probably no tools in use, of which such accurate work is required, that are subject to equally rough usage. ‘lhe manufaciurers state that this machine has been carefully a with these particular ends in view. They state further, that at the same time its utility has not been sacrificed. The speeds at which it is run are calculated to insure the best results on each of the different sizes of pipe to be cut. Several different sizes of machines are made, the designs varying to suit the requirements ofthe work to be done, and the capacity ranging from a tube 4% inch in diameter to 12 inches in diam- eter. Fig. 1 of the engravings represents a 10-inch machine, several of which have re- cently been put im operation by some ef the largest pipe concerus in the country. The cut very clearly shows the main features of the tool. It is built with very heavy cast- iron bed, supported on legs similar to the bed of an engine Jathe. Somewhat more than one-half the length of the bed is taken up by the shears or guides on which the cutting- head travels, and the oil trough. The hous- ings for barrel and gearing are bolted to the remaining portion. Tbe housings are firmly secured to the bed by turned bolts driven into reamed holes. The gear bearings are cast with the housings, are extra long, are babbitted, and fitted with bolted caps for tak- ing up lost motion. The outside diameter of the barrel is 13% inches, and the inside di- ameter 11% inches. The pipe to be threaded passes through this barrel, and revolves with it, insuring perfect and straight threads. It is guided at the back end by an independ- ent three-jaw chuck, and is gripped by an independent three-jaw chuck at the front end. Each jaw of the chuck is made of the best tool steel. The teeth are planed in the face in such a manner that the gripping points in each jaw are in contact with the pipe. The screws moving the jaws, with their collars, are forged solid from the best steel. Power is applied to a four-speed cone adapted to the use of a four-inch belt through a train of triple gear, trom which, by change of wheels, 12 dilferent speeds are obtained. The gearing is in the ratio of 75 to 1 on the slow gear, giving ample power to thread the largest size for which the machine is constructed, even after the dies have be- come somewhat blunted. One of the most interesting features about this machine is tho cutting or die-head which is simply and conveniently arranged with a view of reducing to a minimum the necessarily great labor involved in working such large dies and heavy pipe. Some idea of the size may be obtained from the fact that a 10-inch die measures 22 inches, out- side dimensions, yet its construction is such that one man can readily set and change dies from one size to another. The entire die may be removed from the machine and in changing from one pipe to another. The manufacturers prefer to use opening or ex- pansion dies in large machines of this char- acter, as the work accomplished by them is inereased nearly 50 per cent. This is evi- dent when it is remembered that it takes just as long to back thread out of a die as it does to cut it. Fig. 2 of the engravings represent Messrs. Cox & Son’s improved expansion die. It is fitted with a movable cam ring attached to the cutters. This ring has a rack cast on a portion of its circumference, into which a small pinion gears for opening and closing the dies. The power thus obtained is such that a 15-inch wrench or lever operates the largest die. This expansion die is also pro- vided with a locking attachment for making cutters solid and immovable, while the die is being recut, or for any other purpose for which a solid die would be indispensable. This locking attachment, however, is not needed in the ordinary working of the die. This die is also quickly adjustable, se that pipe may be threaded larger or emailer than | Fig. 2.—Eepansion Die. Exposition. The block was obtained from a coal mine in Utah, owned by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, and will un- doubtedly prove a very attractive exhibit : ~ccaniginpni ~ Artificial Fuel from Anthracite Dust. At the Washington meeting of the Amer- ican Society of Mining Engineers, Mr. E. F. Loiseau, of Philadelphia, read a paper on the | manufacture of artificial fuel from anthra- cite and bituminous coal dust, and as our readers will probably remember, we gave a brief abstract of the paper at that time. The description, however, relates only to the pro- cess of manufacture without giving any par- ticulars of the plant, and the following ac- count of the latter may therefore not be with- out interest. The plant is located at Port Richmond, in close proximity tc the coal docks of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- road, and are thus well situated for the re- ceipt of raw material and the delivery of fin- ished product. The low level of the land in rsday, September 28, 1882. of the drying apparatus, the top of which is 14 feet above the general level. The drier is a brick oven fired by four grates, and con- tains two sets of revolving drums ; each set comprises four drums 2%. feet in diameter | and 18 feet long, placed in sets of two, one above the other, the uppermost set delivering into the one beneath it. The columns are rotated at a speed of 10 revolutions per min- ute, and the whole plant has a capacity of 100 tons per day of to hours. A small pro- portion (about 8 per cent.) of bituminous coal is charged into the hoppers together with the anthracite dust, and, in traveling through the drying drums, is intimately mixed with it, and the temperature of the dust as it is delivered by elevator buckets to a storage bin placed above and back of the press, is about 140° F. One part of the raw materials is thus ready for the press, and, in order to render it plastic, about 8 per cent. of pitch in a melted condition is added. On the gen- eral level, in a building apart from the main | building, is a furnace containing two wrought- Bora) |. an rs re fig. 3.—Ad/justable Cutter or Sectional Die SCREW THREADING MACHINE, BUILT BY MESSRS. COX & SONS, 204 NORTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA the standard, to suit slight differences in fit tings. ig. 3 shows Messrs. Cox & Son’s improved adjustable cutter or sectional die, very much another size substituted, and all the changes used in pipe-cutting. The set-screws, with xoade that are necessary to alter the machine their lock-nuts placed at the back of cutters, for threading and cutting off the new size, in | afford very convenient means for effecting & period of less than five minutes. The cut-| slight changes of size. Messrs Cox & ting head is so constructed as to give a large | Sons, moreover, manufacture u light hand range to the machine, also to screw and cut | screwing machine intended for use in shops off very close to the chuck. The die slides in & groove or slot, extending across the head, long enough to push it entirely out of the way of the pipe after it has been threaded, so that the pipe may be cut off without removing the die from the machine. ‘his is an important feature where non-open- ing dies are employed. The un‘versal steady chuck, for holding the pipe firmly to the tool hile it is being cut off, is operated by hand-wheel fastened to a right-and-le crew, attached by suitable nuts to sliding pieces fitted with heavy steel V-shaped shoes. ‘hese are drawn together until they clasp the pipe closely, but not tight enough to pre- vent its turning. The cutting-off tool is fixed ‘n an auxiliary slide attached to the guide aides, and moves with them until they touch the pipe when the screw of the cutting slide is used to force the tool into the pipe to be cut off. By this arrangement, an unneces- s4ry movement of the cutter-slide is avoided without power, and for taking out for use in connection with large jobs of pipe fitting. The machine is very simple in construction and can be used by work men having little or no knowledge of |machinery. It is adapted for cutting from \4-inch to 2-inch pipe, inclusive. It is double | geared, and is fitted either with solid or ex- vansion gears. By this tool 2-inch pipe can cS cut and threaded by one man. The ma- chine is also fitted with a two-speed cone for three-inch belt, and the proper countershaft, pulleys and hangers for power, in case it is desired to operate it in this manner. It can also be fitted with a set of dies, taps and chucks for bolts and nuts, making it a cheap and useful tool in shops requiring a machine for doing both kinds of work. ——— A block of coal, 4 feet wide, 4 feet high and 10 feet long, weighing nearly 13,000 | the vicinity of the works and its moist char acter, however, form a drawback which has entailed inconveniences and is unfavorable to continuous working. The lower portions of the large pile of anthracite constantly on hand are wet, while the upper portions are drier, and any quantity taken from the pile consequently consists of dry and moist lots of |coal. The dust, however, before being used /must be absolutely dry, and it will be seen that special precautions must therefore be taken to insure successful working. The drying apparatus is irregularly taxed, and a | regular delivery to the machinery can be ef- fected only by the intervention of consider- able storage capacity, which again is limited | by the circumstance that it must be delivered | | to the presses with a certain temperature The press is placed at ahight of 38 feet, due 'to the want of space, and the raw materials must therefore be lifted by. elevators. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that in new plants the machinery could be brought much nearer to the level of the works and many disadvantages avoided. : The pile of coal dust from which the supply for the press is taken is at a distance of 250 feet from the main building, the latter being | 40 feet long, 4o feet wide and 55 feet high. An inclined plane provided with a small hoist- | ing engine carries the coal cars having a ca- deep, holding each 2800 pounds of pitch. They are heated by fire places beneath them. Between these two tanks and be- low them, but connected with the bottoms of both by a pipe, is a retort-shaped ves- sel having a capacity of 700 pounds of pitch Its upper portion is connected with a steam pipe, while near its bottom is the opening of a two-inch pipe which leads upward tothe vicinity of the press. When pitch is needed, the contents of one of the tanks is allowed to flow into the retort, and after communication has been cut off, steam is admitted tothe latter, which forces the pitch into the pipe that leads to the press, Chis pipe is inclosed in a 3-inch pipe, the space between the inner and the outer one being kept full of steam, thus keeping the pitch hot. The latter flows intoa steam-hea- ted tank near the press, a valve being sup- plied at its bottom to tap it off when required into a dumping bucket suspended on wheels from an overhead track, A varying quantity of coal-tar is added to the pitch to give it the right temper, the test being that when cooled the pitch will just admit of its being indented When the press is ready for a charge, 920 pounds of coal dust are drawn off into a car just holding that amount, and are dum- | ped into a receptacle back of the press, in | which revolve two shafts provided with pounds, was recently taken to the Denver | pacity of one ton to the level of the hoppers 60 cast-iron blades set one inch apart At iron tanks, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet $4.50 a Year, Including Fostiz Single Copies, Ten Cents. the same time a bucketful of pitch, having a temperature of about 180° F., is added, and when it has been thoroughly incorporated (this occupying but little time) the plastic mass is dropped and carried forward by two longitudinal conveyers, 8 feet long, to the distributor of the press. The bottom of the conveyer casing is removable, so that in case of need, should the first charge accidently not have the proper consistency, it can be — into a shute, taking the mixture out of the way. The plastic mass then reaches a receptacle which is provided with an in genious feeding arrangement. Below the latter is a stirrer, similar to the first, but smaller and running faster, from which it goes to the press proper. The press consists of a pair of rolls of chilled cast iron, 2 feet in diameter and 3 feet wide, running at a speed of 4 revolutioms per minute. Those rolls are made of a number of rings, 6 inches thick and 6 inches wide, slipped over the rollers, which are hollow, so that they can be cooled by water. The entire surface of the rolls is covered with a series of oblong holes, which constitute one half of the molds. Near the edge of the rolls where there is, in alter nate rows, no room for one of the larger molds, smaller ones are provided, so that there are in all 870 large and 56 smaller molds, each of which in one revolution of the rolls turns out a small ovel-shaped piece of fuel, weighing about 2 ounces. Thus, when running at a speed of 4 revolutions per min ute, the capacity of the machine is 12 tons per hour, or 120 tons per 10 hours, allowan- ces being made for stoppages, &c. The record of continuous running has shown an output of 96 tons of fuel per day. Between each two adjecent molds on the rolls, a little groove is cut about ¥% inch wide and % inch deep This space acts like a safety valve in giving relief when any portion of the rolls happens to have been fed with too much mixture. The details of feed, pressure, consistency ot the mixture, &c., have been so accurately worked out that the machine works without any perceptible jars and concussions, which otherwise so invariably accompany rolling machinery. The fuel itself drops from the press along the shute to a wire belt conveyer about 54 feet long and 28 inches wide. It is so hot that it can hardly be kept in the hands long, and when in that condition cau be easily broken. The balls are carried along in a steady stream, the small connecting pieces which gathered in the grooves between the molds being screened off. From the first conveyer they slide upon a second 40 feet long, and at one point pass under a eeries of jets of water which coo! them completely. At the end of this conveyer the fuel drops on a screen so arranged that it can be set to de liver to both sides of the conveyer into a shute, under which stands a car. Along the greater part of the length of both sides of the two conveyers run two tracks above a series of bins. The screenings are used under the boilers, of which thereare three. Power is obtained from a horizontal engine, running at a speed of 60 revolutions per minute and having a 16 x 36 inch cylinder. It is rated at 75 horse power. Judging from all appearances, it seems that the experimental stage of manu- facturing fuel according to this method has been passed, and that so far as the technical points involved aie concerned, it is a success. Mr. Loiseau informs us that the works of Mr. Cory, whose process was briefly noticed in one of our recent issues, were closed in 1874 and are not now in operation, as was stated in our columns. EEE Enameling Cast Iron Pipes and Other Castings. In ap article which recently appeared in our columns, we gave an account of a Bohe- mian invention for the annealing of cast-iron pipes, &c., during the casting operation in the foundry, and in the course of which it was stated that the process, as yet, was se cret. It appears, however, that this is not the case, and in one of our English exchanges a correspondent submits a number of recipes for the enamel, depending on the purpose for which it is applied. One, for water pipes, is as follows: 28 parts by weight of silica, 11 of calcined carbonate of soda, and 6 of car bonate of lime. Another is, 34 parts of silica, II parts carbonate of soda, 12 of chalk and 11 of dried pipe clay, to which boracic avid or oxide of lead can be added when a more vitreous enamel is required The core forming the inner surface of the pipe, and, if desirable, the mold also, is coated with black lead, and the enamel as « powder or paste is applied to the thickness required. The molten iron, as already stated, causes the enamel to soften and tirmly adhere to the iron. If it is not necessary that the enamel should be smooth, the black lead may be ommitted. It appears that the enameled pipes are very much appreciated in Bohemia This is evidenced by the fact that the Muni cipal Council of Egar have passed a resolu tion to use no other kind. The pipes are now being manufactured in several works in Ger many and Austria, and it is said that ar rangements will shortly be completed for licensing one or more firms in Greet Britain a A block of pure silver, weighing 44 pounds produced at the Pitkéranta copper mines in Finland, was forwarded recently to the Im perial mint at St. Petersburg. This is said to be the first Finnish silver used for the coinage of Russian money A N Ss Oo NIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 OM Str set, Phe'ps Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms, PURE COPPER WIRE For Elect~ical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO. IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE, ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. NEW YORE. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. CERMAN SILVER, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASKS. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a 8 Sole Agents for the ing DEPOTS: 296 Broadway, New York, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Milles At Conn. Rolling Mills. CLIFF STREET, BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINGES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. —_>_—_ DEPOTS, FACTORIES, GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, and German Silver Wire, Copper Rivets and Burrs, Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. {77 Devonshire Sty Barton. New Hever, Com Manntostarers of STEEL AND IRON ae Sone New York Cv. | Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper, Wire, Zine, Etc. 29 & 31_CUm &St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO. Liverposi NEW YORK. AND BURS. Rome, New York. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Set Screws; Brass und iron Safety and ana Jack Uhain; rain Gli Nickel Plat «inds, from Sheet Iron, Steel or lated and Broase Estimates on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and promptly given. ’ = ROPE EO a's aa New York Office TRENTON, Warehouse, N. J. THE JOHN A. ROEBLING’S SONS 60, WIRE ROPE). lron, Steel and Copper, Iron and Steel WIRE Market Wire, Fence Wire, Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, Rivet Wire, &c., &c, Telegraph Wire, Market Wire, Vineyard Wire. Hoisting Purposes of all kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Lightning Rods, &c., &c. Suspension Bridge Cables. GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF “WIRE ROPE BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. RON WIRE ROPE, STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER Wine co, Manufacturers of LAL AND STEEL WIRE, For al] PUrPOses. WORCESTES, MASS. Waterbury Brass Co. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass; Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire; Tags, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, dc. And small Brass Wares of every pee. ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS Copper Wire for Electrical and other purposes, Brass COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, ROME IRON WORKS, COPPER & BRASS RIVETS a apd Square Head Oap and THEHE IRON AGE. The Plume & Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, COPPER RIVETS & BURS, | Kerosene Burners, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, | September 28, 1899 PHILIP L MOEN, President and Treasurer. CHAS. F. WASHBURN, Vice Presiden: Established 1831, Wipe & MOEN MANUFACTURING ¢ CO WORCESTER, mass. Lamp Trimmings, &c: | 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct. Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- Bridgeport Brass Co., Goods. MANUFACTURERS OF WATERBURY,| Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, German Silver Metal and Wire, Detroit Copper & Brass Copper and Iron Rivets. LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, OILERS and CUSPADORES, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, KEROSENE BURNERS, manufacturing Metal Goods, MANUFACTORY, Ee aa Conn. WaREBOUSS, ‘ST. LOUIS, MO., MANUFAOTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF, WIRE ROPE. WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORE, 49 Chambers St. Manufacturers of a)! kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. 117 Liberty Street.| JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn ener & cmtemees Co., Dealers in Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen’l Agents, Als Liberty ‘Street, N. ¥. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co.. LYOKE, MASS., eee or war — ——— = =—— ~ Bright, Coppered, Anmealed and Tin Plated, Also GUN SCREW WIRE of all sizes s str aightened and cut to order. C= No os) : 7 ee 3 6 i | BROWNING, SISUM & CO., 85 Champers St. Mapufacture Belt Hooks, Cetters, Spring Keys, D Rings, 2 | Staples, and everything pervaining * wire bending. Factory, BROOKLYD. 18 Murray Street, New York. WATERBURY, Ct. PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and 19 Rurvey St., B.S ¥. HARRISON WIRE CO, Holmes, Booth & Haydens, BRASS & COPPER WIRE, JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. PASSAIC ZING CO. tinent. Telegraph Address, CAKL PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N. Y. _Tarred Lathyarn, Manila 919 to 923 N. Main St, ST. LOUIS, MO. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STEEL. WIRE, Patent Steet we Fencing, Patent Steel Wire ao haa WIRE RODS of all G Iron, Rivet quality, 3-16 to cu eive Operator of the PATENT CONTING oUs Ro) ork Ke L, produce To and Bteel win’ - , A atent Galva —_—— Fence ona Grape ae in long lengths: Cop Cand Clotting van sin ela trey Matket an ae ore es or the ‘act ned Broom Wire and Tinned-piated Wire of al sizes. rica eae of Bex Mac Machine ne Covering, Win Wire Spiral Soring. Wire d fined Wire to Pattern for partionar ected s “- N y f Wire furnished, Annealed, B nt, wipes. vo ppered, Galv vantoed or ih ia ire fu, to 8 ened and Cut to any nat Steel OF ee fimee a nish. Stee) Wire Eos in week, w ow Terk, is Cliff, and 241 Pearl _—" AREHOUsES:{ New. Yo 107 and 109 Lake St. “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF THE “BOSS” TUBULAR LANTERNS. The Boss. War ehouse, 45 Fulton or et New York. ABRAM 8, HEWITT, President, JAMES HA WM. HEWITT, Vice President. ids Tapaure. E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J.. Manufacturers of IRON and STEELWIRE OF ALL GRADES, 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 Lengths. i York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Slip. adelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT, Agent, ax ’ No: rth ourth 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, Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal! W: GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and tn long lengths. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, ‘ent 7ply Strand, Staples, &oc. Annealed sae Oiled Fencing round and o WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Foreign icnun cot. oldest house in the braneh on the Cor ’ OGNE, General Agents for U. 8. and Canada, “i LESCHEN & SON, Manufacturers of a WIRE ROPE *‘SOUIM] ‘Suyoeg dwoy OF BVEHY Decision. Correspondence invited. September 28, i882. THE IRON AGE. CARW c& MOEN, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL. 0. 7 STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. ae eee eee ee ees ‘9 Z Manufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD CAGES. ’ Catalogues furnished Professor Colladon, of Geneva, recently { resistance of the air under certain circum stances to the motion of bullets in guns. He a} | charged the hollow iron breech of an air a fe serving as a reservoir with compressed cpynyyres air, and, having screwed up the gun, intro duced a round lead ball, running freely, but nearly filling the bore ; then, placing the gun in a vertical position, he seized the upper end and pressed his thumb vigorously on the mouth. The gun was then ‘fired’? by an assistant ; the thumb remained in position, and the ball was heard to fall back in the YAMA SISYSI I, VALE LALLELELELSEL LALLA L LED VETERE LEAL ALALLLALALAL to the trade. TS ~ bore Thereupon, after recharging the ° ed 7s oa breech and with the same ball he shot the 264 Pearl St, Market Steel Wire. Crincline Wire, tempered snd covered. latter Pe aind b and int 4 ia 3} thick o1 ly on hand. aoe we ihe NEW YORK. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly a pane of glass, and it passed through. The 934, 936 and 938 West 99th Street, - - - ; . NEW YORK. ~ ge put A Se coialchnahicratehdaicherditadinatiend: ne —— | OXPCrimont, M. Colladon says, is without danger if the operator is quite sure of the POWER PRESSES, \IRON and BRASS RIVETS, f srensth of his thumb, if the gun is more RE, ers and exc)y than 32 inches long, and if the ball is spheri pel WI j ~ a - aa *3 we . 8 id Stone Wi RIV ET MACHINES, Ss TODS, PIN Ss, &c., cal and nearly fills the gun, in which it must act like a piston Special Machinery to Order. | For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. An Integrating Anemometer. A good anemometer is in great demand at F BLA Es ES Ke JOHN & ON, - sve oe eee oe ee WATERBURY, CONN. > Phy Rivet, Buckie overing Wire ran Screw and Norway Iron. ‘ire furnished’ eol Music fore the Physical Society, Finglani, by Mr. W. Baily, is therefore worthy of note. The apparatus consists of a horizontal plane or table, in which are cut two slots, forming a POPE, COLE & Co. cross, with its arms toward the four cardinal points. In each slot there is a sliding-piece, B and these two pieces are connected by a bar after the manner of the well-known instru , ment for drawing ellipses. The slides carry } RNS. fF C 0 p p F R WORK S GAUTIER STEEL DEPART- age ecg alg ogg Seat, 5 passing through the pivots of the bar. Tho i rheels rest on a large horizontal disk, whose ® MENT f C mbr lr n t . . er 5 I ne k I 5 *e er of he ‘Toss, No, 87 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD, ne oe wes See eames coors . rertical ste rith reathercock, hie So dona = sence ae Johnstown, Pa., produces wing ain ts teen 9 eo looked at fr the center of the - ERE COMPRES, Steel of excellent quality for Sivasacks "Ths large du oto bo rorcive Also Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. | q y by means of Robinson’s cups, and the num ber of revolutions of the wheels then give THRESHER TEETH HARROW the integral of the resolved parts of the wind G G u nth er ’ in the direction of the cardinal points. An . ’ electrical arrangement is provided having four indicators, one for each of the cardinal Wy RC Sememastarer of TEETH, SLEIGH and CUTTER points. At each turn of a wheel a circuit is : Mii \ Patented Brass, Silver Plated completed by a small projecting contact pin ¢ a’ SS SS and Japanned SHOES TOE CALKS and on the axle of the wheel, and this circuit ac pee LL ’ ’ tuates one of the four indicators by means of an electro-magnet. It is reported that re- wi, BIRD CAGES. CANT HOOKS. Also, Finished a lctromagot tn toportl tat J the indicators, and then the amount recorded Can be nested for ex- on each in a given time will be proportional port shipments. CUTTER SHOES, tapered and to the total motion of the wind toward the hhc “ork. corresponding cardinal points. an 46 Park Place, b t t h The Seasoning of Woods, — NEw YORK. en 0 S ape. Wood, when newly cut, contains, as is ry ety in patterns and unsurpassed in [No. 16.] well known, a certain proportion of water, , New lilustrated Catalogues and Price ren See varying from about 37 to 48 per cent., and depending upon the rind, age and season of NY, FOUNDRYMEN’S METALLIC a the aap ea being greater in the active than in the dormant season. A por- Pattern Letters and ea tion of this water is given out when exposed Sopeten puntiens of seaties Ww to the air, but at a certain point the wood duced prices. Mnfd. by H. W. Kn ght, Seneca Falls, N.Y. SS = ——.| ceases to become lighter, and after that it ; gains or loses in weight according to the THOMPSON S PATENT variations of temperature and moisture of the surrounding air.” The following table shows the changes in percentage of weight that occur with some kinds of wood by Wet Pulverization of Rocks, } sco PERCENTAGE IN WEIGHT OF WATER IN WOODS AT Ores, Rol | i ng M i il Fix DIFFERENT PERIODS AFTER CUTTING. Round wood, from Round wood, from AND OTHER MATERIAL, | branches. young trees. Kinds of — 4 FOR (IZED ire; EITHER COARSE OR TO AN IMPALPABLE POWDER. me bei 6 g STEPHEN P. M. TASKER, [#2222 25 41.38 , 22 sirch. - 44\28.09 24.12 21.78 39 72 ay.01, 22.73) 19.52 SOLE MANUFACTURER, eemcenss 18. 09|17.141 15.09 18.08 $3, 78|16.07115. "| (8.09 Pine a - 30 7 $9 15.74 17.39 4! 49 18 67 1§.03 17.42 ‘. Care of MORRIS, TASKER & CO., Limited, It appears from this table that there is : ‘ ae c zenerally nothing gained in keeping woods PHILADELPHIA, U.S. A longer than 18 months, as some of them, » such as beech, fir and pine, become damp : ; ie rather than dry by longer keeping, and the Centrifugal force applied to a rolling ball for the purpose of others gain in dryness but feebly after that product of pulverized material of equal fineness in a given time | upon the properties of woods, many years with less wear, less power, less first cost and less cost for repairs | "°° ascertained that wood, after being : thoroughly dried, when exposed in a room s , . La ) SS ee ee ee eee then | tampe OF any other pulverizer. without fire for a year, absorbed, on an average of 46 kinds, 10 per cent. of their weight in common states of the weather and HOWARD EVANS 5 per cent. in the dry A coincidence was Bergen Port Spelter. MINES : WORKS & FURNACES, noted in the weight of charcoal from these Lehigh Valley, Pa. Bergen Port, N. J. woods similarly exposed. The amount of R E, The only Miners and Manufacturers of moisture absorbed was not found to diminish with their increase of density, while green woods, in drying, lost uniformly less in ; LEHICH a MOLDERS’ TOOLS, weight, according as their density was greater. Hickory, from green to absolutely TRE SPE LTER FOUNDRY FACINC, dry, lost 374 percent. ; white oak, 41 ; and maple, 48. Assuming the general average : ; Mm a From Lehigh Ore. OLDING SAND, at 42 per cent., we have a striking illustra Especially adapted for FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, tion of the economy in freight between the | Fencing . ‘ _ es carrying of wood green or dry, and in burn Cartridge Metal and German Silver, J.A. EMERICK & CO., BB] ing wood before or after seasoning Also manufacturers of ’ 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, Explosive Zine Alloys. BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC, Messrs Debray and Deville have recently Superior for Liqguip ParrT on account of its body . made some curious observations respecting and wearing properties. . ESTABLISHED 1837. INCORPORATED 1876. the alloys of zine with the platinum oe tals BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. H. S. Cuass, Sec’y. C. F. Pope, Treas [hey found that, with the exception of the Con E. A, FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. osmium, all these metals obstinately retain from 10 to I2 per cent. of zinc when thes ; ere a — Wate rb uU ir Nit © oO alloys, containing a large excess of zinc, are | Yy CALVIN WELLS, A. MEANS, cd a9 treated with an acid capable of dissolving a breiiddes. Manager. this metal. They found, also, that an alloy ie WATERBURY, CONN. of osmium, iridium and zinc, if heated to ILLINOIS ZINC CO about 572° F., takes tire suddenly—almvost f *9 with explosive violence, diffusing fumes of s ay zine and of osmic acid 43 MANUFACTURERS OF Tas OO 3. The New German Magazine Gun. = an oe Ea a ee a ere ee a This weapon, which is considered by th 3 » . : German Government to have proved itself oe x S HH E cE Zi N C, MEN DEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND, STEEL WIRE WORKS, the most suitable military repeating rifle, i = 2 AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. the ee of Messrs. Mauser, the origina . tors of the present German regulation rif * PERU ILLINOIS. The | t Wire Works in the world. Make, on i2 traips, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of al! |» I 7 ° : dimensions down to No. $ and 9, Stubs gauge. Also, FINE IRON, HOOP IRON, BAR mr ‘in ai t he magazine consists of a tube contain d invited. — 1ensions and qualities. in the stock, and has a spiral spring whicl ij -- < SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED £TATEs: keeps the cartridges up to the breech actio E. A. FISHER, Agent, When the bolt is withdrawn, a cartridg: 18 Burling Slip, New Fork. WOLTMAN & MICKERTS, ST. LOUIS, MO. | which bas been forced out of the magazine pulverizing. Tested thoroughly and guaranteed to yield a greate: | time. Mr. Marcus Bull, in his experiments | described a curious experiment showing the | Tt em by the spiral spring—is raised up to the lev of the cartridge chamber, into which ib is driven by the bolt as it returns The whole | action of loading is comy | t bac] |} ward and forward motion of the bol In | order to avoid waste of ammunit | ! is attached to one side of t | which the magazine can be inst lthe gun being then loaded and ordinary breechloader The rel lmagazine is stated only to occ f |seconds. This system can applied | Mauser rifles of 1871 model 1 very small cost ['wo thousand of | Weapons are in course of const! tio ind | will be served out as qu ckly a fone of the grenadier regiments nov tered in Spandau New Swedish Minerals. Manganbrucite and talktriplite, ty minerals from Wermland, Sweden, | recently been described by Prof I | [velstrém Manganbrucite « at tl manganese mines of the Jac ! t« hes with a number of other miner {t is found in granular form, of the size of hem] 1 in hausmannite consi f nite more or less thickly imbedded Its color vat from hone y yellow to by ish red, and was perhaps originally near colorless. It is translucent in thin splinte: and an analysis, after deductin ‘ ‘ little lica and calcite ive the rest MgO MnO 5 4.1 falktriplite is from Horrsjéberg in Wern land, where it is found with various pl phates It occurs in grains of the size of pin head; its color varies from yellow to yellowish red, it is transparent, and analysis of 0.85 gram of the mineral mixed with matrix (0.585 insoluble in hydrochlori acid) showed it to contain P,O FeO MnO CaO Mgo 3252 10.12 14.50 14.91 I 42 go. i It contains some fluorine, which, howeve was not determined. The calculated for mula is (Fe, Mn, Mg, Ca),;P.0,+CaF., but the analysis is tooimperfect to determine the composition with certainty. Professor Igel strom suggests that perhaps the true fo mula is R;P,0.4-RF,, and then the mineral would be essentially a triplite containing lime and magnesia. The name given has reference to this supposition. Instantaneous Photography. The instantaneous photography of objects in rapid motion is now established beyond doubt and has been repeatedly practiced, while that of objects at rest, the apparatus being in rapid motion, appears to have been less generally introduced, although equally practicable. It may be interesting to not: that Mr. Candeze has made some successful attempts to photograph from trains, his ex periments having been receutly described in the Belgian Academy. He supported the camera with both hands to avoid shaking as much as possible, and directed the objective to the landscapes passed. The objective wa of special form. Instead of a longitudinal tube with the lenses screwed into its two ends, he used a tube placed transversely, carrying its lenses opposite each other in the curve. Within the tube was a light drum moving under the action of a spring on r lease of acatch. This drum had two quad rangular apertures, and was at once shutter and diapraghm, producing on the sensitive plate a sort of flash, the duration of which was exceedingly short. The views obtained were not as perfect as those taken unde ordinary econditi 8, but they are neve rthe less regarded as very satisfactory With regard to focussing, this, beiny impossible for each view, is done, once for all, in ad vance on an object about 300 feet distant Restoring Faded Ink, A valuable discovery whereby the faded ink on old parchments may be so restored as to render the writing perfectly legible, has recently been made. ‘The process consists in moistening the paper with water and then passing over the lines in writing a brush which has been dipped in a solution of su! phide of ammonium, The writing will i mediately appear quite dark in color, and this color, in the case of par hment, it will preserve. Records which were treated in ithis way in the Germanic Museum in Nu remburg, 10 years ago, are still t} condition as immediately after t] 7 tion of the process. On paper, ho | the color rradually fad 3 again, but restored at pleasure by the applica jsulphide. The action of th ibstan | explained by the fact that the iron fenters into the composition o 1 itransformed by chemi black sulphid The Atkins Water-Sottening Process The following deseription | Water-soiteming process priv don 7imes Phe imy softening and purifyi of hard bulk has received a sat the Atkin proce whi great public service in th process is a modification of and : ment upon the Clark tem of water, which ) isted i water to be softs la ture to stand f 24 ho ically, as in the ordinary filtrat tice a small jet of lime water i ‘ i ' int t portion of tl and wt two are blended j they flow into a soft very small compa the pu ened water is c ljucted fr and soften the water i oi Sial? bran i ‘ . Se ee A. R. WHITNEY & CO., THE IRON AGE OGDEN & WALLACE, CE.|4. B. Warner & Son,| OXFORD IRON CO., (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) Cut Nails SPIKES. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. 55, 99, 69 0 05 tm ee ale es IRON MERGHANTS, f ronan d Stee I 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington Sts, oo IRON & STEEL BOILER PLATE. BOILER TUBES, Angle, Toe and Girder Iron, Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the ceiedrater a, PENNOCKS, ‘ WA WASSET,” ** EUREKA.” Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL al ieee of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | ou van | PIERSON & & C0, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St., NEW YORK CITY. oranas of Iron. Alsoail: descriptions of Piave, Sheet, spd Gasometer Lron. Special attention to Locomotive j re. Fire Box Lron a specialty. ‘ JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS,| 9s witam street, New vork. Manutacrner atthe bectgraceot | ANthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, “PICKS” of all kinds, Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops.| — Wrewane Serap, Out Natie, Coppers serolls, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Roun fp mexnaee nd | BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPeLTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c “ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, BEAMS, ANCLES, white SES, HARRISON&GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, ° lores hoe ro Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. EES ea ded J... “Ait puddfed balls re §58, s6o, 562 WATEK ST., & 302, 304, 306 CHERRY S8T., All descriptions in stock. to J. 0. CA — our Agent, at 59 John IRON & STEEL. |—__— FOX & “DRUMMOND, a NEW YORG, A B E E L B R oO S., | nave C4 hané, sand 4 offer for gale, the emer :, ain 190 South St., ‘ 365 Water St., | IRON, BH i uses toners Spe ne NEW YORK. — A ALLENTOWN | vin PLATES. BURDEN’S SHAFTING. AND And all sizes of eee METALS, |HORSE SHOES *REFINED”’ ; COMM STEEL OF ALL KINDS. Marshall Lefferts & Co. 90 Beekman St., New York City, Manufacturers ot and Dealers in MANUFACTURERS OF TRON] alvanized Sheet Iron, Our specialty is in Fest Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Manufacturing Iron Used in the Con-| gajvanised 4 Wire, Telegraph and) and Fence; bs Gagvensnet Iron struction of Fire-Proof Buildings, Galva and Ban pnt Galvanised ~ = ae ee ee Bridges, &c. N “Burden Best” lron Boiler Rivets. Agents for Guam = Bros. & Co., Lirnited, wre os beet sot Come bee Fey “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON way steel and Iron Works, Homo “ Steel For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted Tube Wor ote ier fon A. M. Byers & Co Co.'s Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common | , Oe, Bie e| 6 sex mRON. — |The Burden Iron Company ee ares yong: Plate and 'Tank Iron, vans and estimates pak oem HI No. 1, CM Ne. 1 Flange, Best Flange, Troy, N.Y, i hon aks tructures of every descriP- | ioc Vialige Fire Bod, Clie Y ou application by a a ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF —~ — eS Hudson Street, New York. Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. U L S oe Ee ie | Price list and quotations sent upon application. s BU RDEN BORDEN & LOVELL, |sames WILLIAMSON & C0., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON No. 69 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS, EGLESTON BROS, & CO., 486 South S'..} NEW YORK CITY, VOUGHT & WILLIAMS, 288 Greenwich Street, NEW YORK, Dealers in Horse Shoes, Horse Nails, BELLOWS, FORGES, VISES, 4 ay lrons, Carriage and Tire Bolts, RASPS AND FILES, ~ | Drilling Machines, Hammers and Sledges. B EF. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, H. B. & S. Bar lron. Also Best Grades of 7 | American & English Refined Iron. All sizer and shapes tn stock. Commission Merchants 70 & 71 West St., New York. Agents for the sale of Fall River tron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods. aND Wm, Borden, L. WN. Lovell, 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 13, 132 & 3 New York, and Nos. 2, >. 25 Ba, Wes wan Ss Take St., Chicago, Ml. IRON AND STEEL. BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c. &c. Agent for Otis’ celebrated Cast Stee) Poller Plates, 77 Coa seeovahe p irae Yo. vo. The Laurel Rollin a a Union ks; Wrought lLrou 6. fees b Kivetus s. ko. Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., [RON MERCHANTS Cor. Albany & Washington Sts. NEW YORK CITY. We HB. Wattace DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SCRAP IRON, RAILS, STEEL AND METALS. Yards and Office, 883 to 96 Mangim St., NEW YORK, __ Morro B. Sarr DANIEL Ww. RB ICHARDS. ae PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- Rie METALS. NEW YORK. PATERSON, N. J. CUT NAILS, sone Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “he DOVER IRON CO. BOILER RIVETS, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. 74459 Water St., >} 3 & 235 South St., Fioom 45, Astor Mouse, How Teen. York, 445 to 451 West St., NEW YORK, Manufacturer of ‘HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. DANIEL F. COONEY, ‘BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, LAP. ee HOLLER FLUES, r Rivets gle & T Iron, gg Ady ema tw ULLER BRO ; HERS & CoO. eee ov S708 OO, Pine lrob Works, yz Re citing “ails, "cheat & Reng. lx Stee} Co.'s Holler | WORKS, GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY. cIry, N, J, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET NEW YORK Pipe and Tul cel ebrate a Bolle hiv etait bales, aud Fire Box 2 7 domoguneous “Bteal, 130 Greenwich Street, New York. 177 & 179 Bank St., | - September 28, 1882. W. D, WOOD & C0.’S SNOW SHOES A ROADSTER A PATTERN, PATE wi Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1878 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price. FOR SALE, by all the principal METAL DEALERS In the Large cities throughout STEEL TOE CALKS. Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel BOILER PLATE STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet THE UNITED STATES. in at V IIl Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | SHOENBERGER & CO., "*ve:"=*> Cc. KANE, KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, Manufacturers of PIC IRON, BLooms, JF FR OW AND ORE. PITTSRURGH, PA. Pittsburgh, - WATSON IRON WORKS. (Bonnell, Botsford & Co. LIGHT G | é ee Tron Nails & Spikes, Metal Pattern Making YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Bridgeport, Conn. a MANN & JONES, CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, 4 Hanover St., New York, I se." CENERAL IRON BROKERS MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO,, & Dey Strest, New York. ‘ SS 2. (\ Fs And Commission Merchants. W. S. MIDDLETON, Broker in Machinery & lron FORSTER’S CRUSHER. ts t PULVERIZER, The best in ao Lee INVESTMENT BANKER, Lake Superior Iron Mining Stocks, CLEVELAND, OHIO. _ Correspondence solicited. Agency of N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Swedish & Norway Iron New Fare and fend Pubsbeiphic’™ aR. a a Importation orders eye Tons For Bars, Plates, Sheets & Rods of Double Extra Quality Iron. NONE BUT CHOICEST MATERIAL USED. Address, CANTON BLOOMARY CO., Collinsville, Conn. F. W. JESUP & CO., Railway Supplies and Equipment. No. 67 Liberty St., NEW YO Agents NASHUA | IRON AND STEEL ‘CO., HOMOGENEOUS steel bola me a WON ak St TER, AeLes | GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 38 Kilby st., Borton ALBERT POTTS, Philadelphia Agent, a4 & 236 N. IRON AND STEEL pore eee FORGINGS. Front 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. 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. 101 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. LEBRCHBURG LRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., EINE: sHmEEnT “IRONS, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrale Irom, &c.)” NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OF FIOR, No, 148 First Ave., Pittaburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa CHARLES OBBARD, “Sheridan” & ** Leesport”? Brands Pig Iron, WHITE IRON (Anthracite & Bessemer) Stock for Making Strong Castings. “CHARCOAL” PIG IRON “MAIDEN OREEK” and “GARRICK” BRANDS. FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC, IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. ___ Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. 46 Cliff Street, New York City. TAME ROSS, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON. MANUFACTURERS’ AGE Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails ride "Railroad Supplies. |WHITAKER IRON IRON COMPANY HEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, 36 DEARBORN STREET, aaa ~ Joun J. SPOWERS, President. BURNS, Mapag THE JERSEY CITY GALV ANIZING CO., CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCH Galvanized Sheet Lron— Best Bloom, Best Refined, puatee. Galvanised ne Square Band an Hoop Iron, &c. All Sizes All Gauges of Corrugation and from Sizes 2 to 5 inches. of Sheets. Corrugated Sheet [rou a Specialty, | Galvenineé, Black and Painted. Irom Corrugated for the Trade. urnished on application i —i we 9 ne ie. iK September 28, 31882. | : ' ‘vo! HENRY LEVIS & CO., Siemens Regenerative Manufacturers’ Agents § FURN A GE For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and 8 | Sheet Iron and General Railway RICHMOND & POTTS, Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 119 8. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. 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 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. ¥. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bri