The Iron Age 1883-04-05: Vol 31 Iss 14

The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. i Published every Thursday Morning by Davip Writrams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. New York, Vol XX XI: No. 14. hursday, April 5, 188}. $4.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. A New Balanced Valve. The Glenn Valve Co., of Chicago, IIl., have favored us with particulars of a new bal- anced valve which is peculiar in many re- spects, and is claimed to have already given very satisfactory results with high pressures, | | and when using steam, water or other trans- | | |used to supply deficiencies. therefore, that steam-engine builders will! can call in the assistance of engineers of the find their very best market where water is | first class, who would for the occasion have one of the main sources of power. ——e ‘The Italian Civil Engineering Service The Italian civil engineers form a Govern- mitting medium. In speaking of balanced | ment department, and have the charge of valves, itshould be understood that the bear- ing surfaces are held together simply tightly enough to retain the pressure under which | the valve is to work, and there. is, conse- | quently, more or less friction, and the erro neous idea that the valve may be manipu- lated by an almost inappreciable effort should therefore be entirely dismissed. | In the appliance here considered the end | aimed at was to furnish a valve in which the pressure used would insure just sufficient | contact between the surfaces to prevent leakage, and in his efforts the inventer, Mr. | John S. Glenn, appears to have been emi- nently successful. The difficulty of ex- cessive friction is overcome in this valve by means of a simple method of balancing, so that in proportion to the pressure employe: | a corresponding balancing pressure is re- alized upon the valve itself, with just ficient pressure upon it to hold it in its seat. This being the case, the power required for its manipulation is comparatively insignifi- cant, while the wear is greatly reduced. The valve, moreover, can be adapted to any desired pressure. — ‘ The accompanying engravings give sec- tions and details of the appliance, Fig. 3, representing the valve complete, with pipe connections for hydraulic use. It will be seen that the appliance shown is a double-act- ing or four-way valve, I indicating the press- ure or induction port, 2 and 3 the cylinder ports, and 4 the exhaust port. Directly opposite each of the cylinder ports 2 and 3, in the body of the case B, is a blank port of of equal dimensions and shape, each com- municating with its opposite by a tube, so that the pressure entering either port will in- stantly communicate with its opposite, and the pressure thus being equal upon both sides, the valve will be thoroughly and per- fectly balanced. In order to give a more correct idea of the general working of the appliance, we will suppose that the fluid is admitted through the channel 1, which con- ducts it to the large end of the conical valve proper, shown in Fig. 1. This valve has four ports, as shown, two of which are dia- metrically opposite to each other and com- municate with the large end of the valve, while the remaining two are also opposite each other and communicate with the lower end, These two sets of ports are separated from each other by means of ‘‘ V-shaped partitiong, P, as shown. If, now, we sup- pose that the fluid entering through the channel 1 passes through the valve in the direction indicated by the arrows, and enters the cylinder of an engine, for exampl., then, if the valve is turned through a quarter of a revolution, the fluid will return through the port communicating with the lower end of the valve proper and pass out through the exhaust port 4. The large end of the valve can be counterbalanced to any extent by enlarging the stem or by an enlarge- ment of the packing, by screwing the gland on the stem. The valve proper has a small end bearing at the lower pcrtion, which, with the grcat amount of taper in the cone V, combined with the balancing principle, ef- ectually prevents it from wedying itself in the seat B (Fig. 4). Fig. 2 is @ horizontal section through the Upper portion of the valve, and will undoubtedly be found to give 4 ciear idea of the arrangement of the ports and the means of separa- tion adopted. Fig. 1 represents an elevation and section of the valve : Fir. 4 is a longitudinal section, and suows the general interior arrange- meut of the valve proper and seat, “hie Fig. 3 is a section and eleva- Hon of thewhole appliance. The only attention required in using the valve is to keep vue stem properly packed, all the other parts “cing metallic and so arranged as to wear *veniy. The single-acting valve is in almost | a’ Tespects similar to the double-acting aa A feature of special importance is ‘© remarkably small amount of friction sur- “ace, there being only enough between each oo La cover up the port with the additional ane and at each end only sufficient > B90 prevent leakage. The valve, more rer, has full-sized cpenings, which in all ~)°s are equal to or exceed the area of the ““cuon pipe, thus avoiding excessive fric- “an and recuction of pressure. ———_______ = a “Se rapidity with which a manufacturing | _ © grows when once established at the * & water-power makes the use of steam | | Suxiliary in time of low water almost ‘able. In the State of Maine, where Valve e wit 8S an a vote. The President of the Council is ap- pointed for two years and canbe reappointed, but'the Minister of Public Works presides | when present. The service consists ef 30 inspectors (first and second class), 100 chief engineers (first and second class), 420 It would seem, | sider only their own class of subjects, and | the appointments are given by open competi- | tive examination, and half are divided ; among the affiliated schools in proportion to |; their success in the preceding year. The | appointments to the lower grades are made | solely by competitive examination under | certain conditions. Salaries are increased by one-tenth after every six years’ service in the same class, until they become equal to those Fig. 1.—Section and Elevation of Valve Proper. HN We MS” v MUAH Fig. 3.—Section and Elevation. BALANCED VALV NEW A the public roads, the railways, drainage works, public buildings, &c. In every pro- vincial capital there is a central office, on which local offices are dependent, and all _ 79 Fig. 4 MANUFACTURED BY GLENN ordinary engineers (first, second and third | class), and 80 pupil engineers. division is formed by goo assistants (first, | second and third class), and 200 pupil | for traveling and office expenses, according | rail mill worked 11 shifts. ay) i Fig 2.—Horizontal Section of the Appliance. mn TT .—Longitudinal Section. VALVE CO., CHICAGO, ILL. of the class above. ($1600) per annum, | long. furnacemen making pig iron for sale in the open market. The committee selected on permanent organization were: William A. Ingham, president Rockhill Iron and Coal ,Company; F. A. Comly, secretary and |treasurer Andover Iron Company; Ethel- | bert Watts, chairman Vesta Furnace, Watts, | Twells & Co., Limited; Frederick Prime, |Jr., president Allentown lron Company ; Silas H. Witherbee, Port Henry Furnaces, New York. Henry S. Eckert, of Henry Clay Furnaces, Reading, was elected president, and J. Wesley Pullman, of New York and Philadelphia, secretary. Vice-presidents were elected for each State and district. lhe next meeting will be held in June at Reading, Pa. SE ——— The Latest Electrical Discovery. Under the above head one of our English exchanges submits the following wonderful piece of intelligence : ‘*The Rev. Mr. Gilbert, during an address at Christ Church, the other night, while speaking of the telephone, asked his audience if they would be astonished if he were to tell them that it was now proved to be possible to convey, by means of electricity, vibrations of light—to not only speak with your distant friend, but actually to see him. The electro- scope—the name of the instrument which enabled us to do this—was the very latest | scientific discovery, and to Doctor Gnidrah, of Victoria, belonged the proud distinction. | The trial of this wonderful instrument took | place at Melbourne on the 31st of October | last, in the presence of some 40 scientific and public men, and was a great success, Sit- |ting in a dark room, they saw projected on a large disk of white burnished metal the race course at Flemington, with its myriad hosts of active beings. Each minute detail stood out with perfect fidelity to the original, and as they looked at the wonderful picture through binocular glasses, it was difficult to imagine that they were not actually on the course itself and moving among those whose actions they could so completely scan.” We have repeatedly had occasion to dwell upon different articles on technical subjecis in non-technical papers and magazines, and would here state once more that the writers of such articles almost invariably show their ignorance and utter incapacity for the work. Ihe above is but one of the many glaring examples that crop out from time to time, and it seems almost needless for us to say that the wonderful apparatus described never did exist, nor does it exist now. We would mention incidentally that shortly after the Paris Electrical Exhibition in 1881, a num- ber of papers contained an enthusiastic de- scription of an electrical appliance which, if we remember correctly, bore a striking re- semblance to the one here considered, or rather, we should say, was claimed to yield entirely similar results. In view of this fact, moreover, it seems doubtful whether Doctor Gnidrah—if, indeed, there be such a person— is entitled to the ‘‘ proud distinction” of having made this latest scientific discovery. acticin In a French compound engine recently constructed, having an 18-inch cylinder, a very peculiar crank-bearing has been idopted. The crank-pin itself is more than swice its diameter in length. On this a brass journal-hox is placed, which is embraced by the strap end of the connecting-rod, in which it has ~ bearing for about one-third of its length. Most of the principal bearings throughout the engine are aloul 2% times their diameter in length, and ove of them is even more than this, At first sizht this practice seems to be first-class } conducing to make everything and rigid, b:t the designer, ap- parently without cause, has separ as 5 iff ated his pillow-blocks so as to leave a considerable length of his shaft unsupported, and as this takes place on both sides of the crank, tbe chances are that the actual bearing surfaces will, by the spring of the metal, be reduced to very much than ordinary proportions. In a recent blowing engine there were pillow-block bearings 2 inches in diameter by 9 inches These are faults that some of the small engine builders in this country have been falling into, and the bad results can be easily seen by studying one of these engines after it has reached the scrap heap less — —_—_— —— According to present reports, Mr. Gjers’s soaking-pit continues to give excellent re- sults in Great Britain. At the West Cum- berland Iron and Steel Works, Workington, | where the process is in full swing, 2572 This rule only applies to | ingots, weighing 2391 tons, were recently A lower| officers whose pay does not exceed 800 lire | put through 14 soaking-pits, yielding 2176 ) ; 1 “4 A fixed sum is allowed tons of rails and 77 tons of blooms The The ingots put through the soaking-pits were cogged direct ‘ae “ater-power has seemed to be almost and where there is still more wer going to waste than is utilized, Dor ther “ere has been much difficulty in past seasons. oa” tom for example, mills have fre- AT ten nad to shut down on account of low ". When mills first began at these — -_ at Holyoke, or Manchester, it was would » thas the full power of the water ~ never be used. The cheapness of Water-p, _ demang however, soon brought such a cree — to reach its limits, When any occurs, of necessity steam must be are divided into inspection districts, to each of which an inspector is annually assigned. |The supreme authority is vested in the | Superior Council of Public Works, consist- |ing of all the inspectors in active service, |assisted by three especially distinguished | engineers or architects. AE projected pub- lic works have to be approved by this coun- cil before being sent on for the authorization of the Council of State. It is divided into three sections: Roads and buildings; hv- draulic, earth and coast,works, and rail- | ways. The members of each section con- | assistants. There are also 250 clerks. }to rank; and there are allowances for the Appointments are only made to the lowest | expenses of temporary absence from home class of each category, the rise from class jou Government business, and for compelled | to class being for four-fifths in order of | residence in exceptionally lonely and un- | ° seniority and one-fifth in order of merit. | healthy situations. | work was done with one cogging But promotions to the rank of chief engineer a | finishing engine. or inspector are made only for merit. Emi- - ; nent private engineers or architects may be | Association of Pig Iron from them to 8-inch blooms ; they were then reheated and rolled into rails. Three sec- ond-heating furnaces were used, and the mill and one I -— Eastern The charge for third-class passengers per admitted to the rank of chief engineers, in| Manufacturers.—A new iron-trade asso-| mile on the railways of India has ~ eu re- recognition of some remarkable work or dis-| ciation, under the above title, was recently | duced to about 1 cent, and the result has organized at a meeting convened at the; been a large increase in the traflic, the Merchants’ Club, on South Third street, | poorer classes availing themselves more gen- Philadelphia, The membership is limited to} erally of the railways, tinguished merit. Youths who have ob-| ained their diplomas. in the colleges pre- scribed are eligible as pupil engineers, Half ~ 2). ee «~ « ees ew _WORCESTER, MASS, “ | THE IRON AGE. April , 18es, Metallic Eye'ets, Shot Pouches, Tave Measures, &c And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets on Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the A GPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, INCOT COPPER. THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. | ANSONIA The Plume & Atwood sgpetasretlat iinet i BRASS & COPPER CO., Mfe. Companvy, / - : - . y \ inte inden 19 Clift Hi ais MANUFACTURERS OF ff ag eee CHARLES F. WASHBURN, iv comeele SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, . Vanier swan. BRASS A ND COPPER Waterbury ‘Brass Co. German Silver and Gilding Metal, | y Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. | IN CAPITAL, - - $400,000, Copper Rivets and Burs, | Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 _ Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c, | Skeets Boll and Platers’ Brass (Conor Electrical Wire, Pins, | WORCESTER, MASS. Seamless Brass & Copper Copper, fo aaa: meee Wire, Brass Butt Hinges, j WI RR EF PD R AWE RS. r Tubing. BRASS AXD COPPER TUBING, Jack Chain, p Galvanir | a — COS Se. a COPPER RIVETS & BURS, Kerosene Burners, | atent ee a - Tempering. | fs URE COPPE i BRASS KETTLES, Lamp Trimmings, &c. ANUBACTURERS @ Pheaphar Gatnas Bod tak Door Rail, Brass Tags,| 18 Murray Street, New York. | f TRON ’ AND TRON AND STEEL WIRE. i PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal Street, Boston. be Of Every Description. dE ANSONIA * REFINED POWDER FLASES. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. | heaieabties Rolling Miil, Factories, | | | ( _ 2 a Bridgeport Brass Co., Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- PHELPS, DODGE & CO., ing Goods. MANUPACTURERS OF — PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, j IMPORTERS OF DEPOT Mille At PATEN LE AR J Ee. | 236 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, | Sheet and Roll Brass, | ff wins. TIN PLATE, [155 ciayst Providence Rl Conn Wire & Tubing, | . - oe | yot, i : Brass & Copper ire U Ing; | \ { New York, 16 Cliff and 241 poset - t, f ROOFING PLATE, a d Wi ! WAREHOUSES | Chicago, 107 and 109 Lake st Stree _ J D f C & Be German Silver Metal and Wire, \,, ; J Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, e rol opper i ass dl Rivet \¢ J, Y Zinc, &c. Copper and Iron Nivels, Sos SS > bits —— Y OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, Nl 5 = [MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. Rolling Mills, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, caieuah ashen on an GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Bridgeport, Conn +80 Busway She'M, ¥. tS aa SP >" nid ra tae SN - ovi LLM M F c co Copper oo Electrical a purposes, MANUFACTURERS OF sc sso w's""~ HARRISON WIRE CO. Oopper Rivets and Burrs, ST. LOUIS, MO., COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. ROME IRON WORKS, 3 HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. -—-—>-— —- PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF | | Manufacturers of RON Wire wm- CLOTH AND METAL. Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- STEEL ANDI Oe” Pn DEPOTS, FACTORIES, Lsoters, Es ears 419 & 421 Broome St., N. Y. Waterbury, Con per and German Silver ;, . ; 177 Devonshire St., Boston, New Haven, Conn. (in Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), , 2k 3 - eae “ek | COPPER & BRASS RIVETS a aca | | f AND BURS. wes | ivi a a « DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., Home, New Yerk. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, REAM a Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, BROWN & BROTHERS, — ——, | POE Te Cteeateed Weesetton,§— Ha. Pattern Betvo Way Wain Donen, Gaertn © wu Wire, Zinc, Etc, ; Sia | ust raat eg, [SOomntnkY. Haire | one THE TRENTON IRON CO, § | DICKERSON'& CO,, Liverpoo, § NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF | 4 Pa Brass, Copper & German Silver, TRENTON, NEW quneny. im THE NEW HAVEN DRASS, COPPER AND COPPER CO., | GERMAN SILVER SOLE MAKERS OF ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, ‘RON, se a Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. | WIRE aif Reicha 2o | Sra RODS, Lehig BRASS & IRON In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, ‘STEEL POLISHED COPPER Rivets, and Burs, Etc. JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. = wine BAR LE ALSO, German Silver Spoons, | “ae IRON, Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876, : a waseracrena "| Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. | SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, WIRE = Ri — HOUSE BOILERS warramed te sana or as JOHN DAVOL & SONS, RODS, Fees mes COPPERAS. | BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, /"""""**"te™e= ses v=suum. | JOH ls es BER ATEN SPRING TEMPERED SHANK. ’ - - P R, | y rl Slip. Superio Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. " fa PLATED, Flat TABLE Wake, in'nch| Brooklyn Brass & ¢ Copper Cte aackadin ite - a =e 7“ ” . 0s Fourth St et 'B E} 290 Peari Street, ~ NEW YORK.| GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. we a, Soe, Sane 3 Tin, | TRON Al AND 1) STEEL WIRE ROPE EA | antimony, Solder etals. AN A. ¢ NORTHROP ___ 100 John Street, New York. | ; ’ For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. Waterbury, Conn., PASSAIC ZINC CO. ee eens Roper, Beeries, al NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GooDS ; FOR HARDWARE TRADE This Advertisement Changed Weekly. Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes | 1OW A os A fe RB WI Q E C O ay : ?— ee hdres: HAZARD MEG. C0. Wikeshare, Luzerne Co.P8. rua Wrought Iron and my Machine Screws; Turned, Hexagon, Round and 8 Bet Screws; Brass and fron Safety ana Jack Ch quare Head Cap and kin14s, from Sheet Iron, Steel or Brass. é ain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of al) Kstimates on patented articles, or any d sucunelie ante y description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE: C0., MANUFACTURERS OF AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for ieieiaitinaiie: te ni Caine 99 Joln St,, NEW YORK. 89 Lake St., CHICAGO. vans xSOMER Gv, BAL VANIZED STAPLES. 2 a," R E RI re} PE E ‘Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., We offer Galvanized Staples, manufactured by a patented process, at the lowest gee “4 ; ss be MANUFACTURERS OP market price. Dealers will notice, on examining the Staples of other makers, that t IRON gq WIRE. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE Co. galvanizing is cracked off where the stapie is bent, which ieayes them no better thar black staples. fT (ON THE “IOWA STAPLE” THE GALVANIZING IS AS PERFECT ON Rtn | THE BEND AS ON THE ARMS, - | Samples seht and price quoted on application, A. LESCHEN c& SON, - IRON WIRE ROPE. STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER WIRE CO., co., a5 Bricht, ‘eee Annealed and Tin | Manufacturers of Plated, Also GUN SCREW WIRE | c IRON AND STEEL Of all sizes stra ightened | and « cut to order. oa o Manufacturers of eel = s Bee oF fad 4 iq = 3 fe | Ss , > = | = i 3% # MORRE a | BROWNING, SISUM & CO., 85 Chambers St. | = = : § TRO} ved Epeses, Manutaceane — OF EVERY DESCHIPTION. WAREHOUSE es elt Hooks, Cotters, Spring Keys. D Ring *| A se invited => | staples, apd vs 7 toe pera? ire bending | 919 to #23 N, Main St., ST. LOUIS, MO, Correspondence n= THE IRON AGE. , S$ Aprit 6, 1 883. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL, | perature the gas was almost exclusively car- onic oxide, the results thus obtained being CARY & MOEN, | Manufacturers of 0. LINDEMANN & C0. Manufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated BIRD CAGES. > Catalogues furnished | to the trade. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. | } cy LD VOLE LLLELLEL wre- TNE AA SELLE CLT ' AA CELELLEC EEL LLL EA Pe = > 4 ~ > > > bh > Ss > a a RS RS > Ps > >. is S m < WEL LILLE LL LL Markel Steel W re, Crimeline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand, 234, 236 and 238 West 29h Street, - NEW YORK Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. POPE, COLE & Co. -— BALTIMORE | COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, also Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Sliver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- port shipments. 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. Shovel Steel, in bars, of special Pernot Open Heart’ stock, strong, tough and sound. Will stand the most severe “‘plating-out,’’ and the finished product will not split, bend or curl up on the edge, but wear away gradually like a knife. Itis us:d by the leading shovel makers. Address GAUTIER STEEL DEPT. of Cambria lron Co., Johnstown, Pa. Snr sas-- WON Ce oe —— I argest variety In patterns and unsurpassed in low prices. New lilustrated Catalogu*s and Price 1 & Bestel Lists on application, FOUNDER YMEN’S METALLIC [No. 30.] 3 Pattern Letters and Figures, To put op patterns of castings. All sizes, Re duced prices. Mnfd. bv H. W. Kn got, Seneca Falls, N.Y, 1 Bergen Port Spelter.. TEIE: NSW CEZTAIIN. MINES : WORKS & FURNACES, Lehigh Valley, Pa. Bergen Port, N. J S, The only Miners and Manufacturers of PURE LEHICH SPELTER NN, From Lehigh Ore. Especially adapted for AS Cartridge Metal and German Silver. Also manufacturers of SEND FOR CIRCULAR. C. W. & H. W. MIODLETON, Selling Agents, BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC. STEEL WIRE for ali purposes, and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. | 943-945 Ridge Ave. 908-910 and 926-928 Callowhill St. Philadéiphia.| _ Thermal Belts of North Carolina. Prof. J. W. Chickering, it was stated tha | the valley of the Little Tennessee River, ir | Macon Cx unty, is about 2000 feet above tide When the thermometer indicates a tempera 300 feet in vertical hight up the mountair sides, and there ceases, appearing again gov feet bigher. In the intervening belt the | most delicate plants remain untouched. Fol lowing a tributar feet in altitude. The vernal zone appears in each valley, rising as the valleys rise, but sontwhat less rapidly, so that in the highest ; It is only 100 feet above the plateau. In this frostless zone the Isabella grape not merely has ripened for 26 consecutive years, but is free from mildew, blight and rust. In Polk t County a similar belt is said to skirt the [ryon Mountain, extending from 1200 to a 2200 feet above tide. This is untouched by 9 frost until the latter part of December, and is usually free from snow, while the moun tams above and the valleys below are covered, The peculiar stratification of the air indicated by these statements merits scientific investigation. An Ingenious Train Starter. | An ingenious appliance, operated by clock- work, is to be placed in the train-starter’s room in the Grand Central Depot, and is de- signed to do automatically what is now done by men knowy as _ train-starters. The | machine is deseribed as being less than 2 feet }in size—length, breadth or hight. The | mechanism consists of three upright cylin- ders of brass, in which are punctured a series of holes, each representing one of the 1440 minutes ina day. At the side of these there jare three smaller cylinders, on which are fixed spirally jins representing the 24 hours of the day, These three pairs of cylinders | represent respectively the three roads using ithe depot, namely, the Harlem, the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford. A series of springs are set :0 as to be operated upon by the two cylinders | as they make their revolution in the 24 hours | of the day, These springs are connected with electrical appliances, and the fixed pegs oy the hour cylinder and the movable pegs on the minute cylinder strike the arms of the spring and set the necessary bells ring- ing in the various parts of the station. At 20 minutes before the leaving time of through trains bells are rung for the gates to be open. Fifteen minutes later they ring a warning | ‘all aboard” in the passenger-rooms, and in | the baggage-rooms notify the baggage master to have all his baggage on board the train. At one minute before leaving time they ring to close the doors leading to the | station, and they ring a minute later to start the train. Te machinery adjusts itself once in seven days, so as to be in working order for the number of trains running on | Sunday, and then readjusts itself for Mon- jday’s increased travel. All this signal jing is now done by hand, the bells being | operated by a system of bell-pulls, and it is {claimed that greater accuracy can be ob- “tained by the use of the above apparatus, in addition to an appreciable saving of labor. Owing to the fact that there are now 1098 trains arriving at and leaving the station each day in the week except Sunday, when the number is but 48, it will be seen that the apparatus, when put in use, will be severely tested. Depths of the Sea. Dr. Georg v. Boguslawski has prepared the following table of the greatest trust | worthy depths found, up to 1582, in the sev ereal oa@ans and seas a tm +o “Herter t ne eo - t ' t me rt = o > “ a ~# = oe ~ — ; slips Superior for Ligury Paryt on account of its body ia = g gs aud Wearing properties, ae s cs. = eet. BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. | a 43°90 — £. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. | J. A. EMERICK, HOWARD EVANS. = | ‘! = 3 ANOS wT ets. | d ‘: NOTARY PUBLIC, | = rr :f ry é r & | 235 ; Real Estate Agent and Broker, asian anans S| adi i GREENSBURGH, Westmoreland Co, Pa. | FOUNDRY FACING, eo a ; — is FURNACE & ROLLING MILL COAL MOLDING SAND, & | signgeecggnsaeegie3 FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, = _ : ee ae ‘ TRACTS “ SPECIALTY, . J. A. EMERICK & CO., 3 eae ie x ave row for s re “ields ri a¢D 3 SN en Bis Es BS DR Be ts Fs ok - } parte of the cota tebe sa ail pounctes 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, 3 n> Exit Bio ws e O's 9 respectively—are Coking Coal, and two, 2so anu be t 7 o ® Leres each, are Steam and Gas Coal ; all having 5 ae ” + drainage and adjoining Railroads, or nearly 3 33 hi see a“)tcent, Prices aecording to location Have | -~ ~ a eral Shafting Fields in view, TABLISHED 1837. INCORPORATED 1876. | —~ panes - ND EU — H. S. Cuase, Sec’y. ©. F, Pops, Treas. : : Fit pth , 4 SMITH’S NEW MODEL 3 7. Poe eee es LEELA REVOLVERS. Ww £ b Mit Cc GL ee arr cers as ine aterbury g. Co. 9 © lowest | _ a 1 n h at the WATERBURY, CONN. Ps . r thee 2 2 3 5 = “yon et ome TA ESrass Goods HE ON in Trade Everywhere. = = tees 33 IS A. SMITH Manufacturer, Rockfall, Ct TL ee = | LEAR OC LALCELORS < Sanh, RRR AT EE I I KPRAROLLEUSLORS a Po eee ROLLING MILL ANID) MACHINERY lo of Carb« t High Tem- << EMPIRE NUT co. R j V E RS! D E CASTI NGS, ROLLS, q ombustion aenaeiie é ’ . 0 CF (U7 A ee PR RS RC mers om, |) PITTSBURGG, PA. — = éf > that hich temperatures Hot P ‘ FOUNDRY § CLEVELAND, OHI). Gi) the conor! beliof that hich tomperatiy | avor the formation of carbonic ack Wahseo o e INGOT MOLDS, ANNEALING POTS low temperatures favor the formation of at f SSE | WOR KS. ™ HOT BLAST PIPE, &e. - : carbonic oxide, has been somewhat shake1 NUTS. | so sen aoe iORRIS, WHERLER ean: |MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. The largest Wire Works in the world. Make, on 1:2 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all dimensions and descriptions, SCREW, RIVET, NAIL AND CHAIN RODS, SPECIALTIES, BOLE AGENTS YOR THE UNITED BTATES; WOLTMAN & MICKERTS, ST. LOUIS, MO, ene - ‘Sy IRON, STEEL & NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES,| SALES OFFICES, jae Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., Now LA. PA, PHILA., PA. - York Address, 14 CLIFY #8. by recent investigations of Professor Le« | bur Definite weights of charcoal were | bu.2 ‘at different temperatures with definit i volumes of air, and in each instance the quantities of carbonic acid and of carbonic | oxide viven off were measured, On gradu ally inereasing the temperature from 350 to 1100’ C. (662 to 2012” F.), Professor Ledebur observed an increasing proportion of carbonic oxide and a decreasing propor- gion 9f carboni¢ acid, Ay php bighegy tom-, a In a paper on this topic, recent!y read by y stream upward from the} The absorbed solution is de valley, one passes three mountain barriers | interior of the cement; the weight of tho and Gliters in suecession three valleys, the | cement is increased 10 per cent.; highest of which is plateau-like and 3900| pores of the mass are thus stopped by the |tial of 40 to 45 volts. contrary to the generally admitted theories, Alr-Prooft Cement. t According to the Chronique Industrielle, 1 Mr. C. Pascher finds that the only substance . which is really efficacious for rendering - cements unalterable by the air is a cold ture of about 26° I’. the frost extends about | solution of one part of sulphate of iron in 1 three parts of water. The cement articles », are left in the solution for 24 hours; at the » end of this time they take a greenish-black tint, due to the hydrated protoxide of iron. post din the all the hydrate, and as this combination is not at tacked by the air, the cement itself becomes /unalterable. Cement facings may be white- washed with several coats of the solution. After drying, the cement may be covered with a wash of ocher, or by a solution of 10 per cent. of sulphate of alumina in three parts of water. fora greenish-white coat ing the surface may be first washed with a solution of chrome alum and then with soap suds. Either of these coats may be painted |in distemper. When oil colors are used upon naked cement they easily scale off. rhis inconvenience may be avoided by wash- ing the cement with soap-suds, letting it dry, and rubbing witha brush or linen cloth until the surface shines. Influence of Electricity on Vegetation, M. Macagno has experimented near Pa- lermo upon the influence of atmospheric electricity on the growth or grape vines. Sixteen feet were submitted to the action of an electric current, by means of a copper | wire inserted by a platinum point in the extremity of a fruit-bearing branch, while |another wire connected the branch at its lorigin with the soil. The experiment lasted from April to September. The wood of the branches which were ex- perimented upon contained less potash and other mineral matters than the rest of the vine, but the leaves had an excess of potash under the fourm of bitartrate; the grapes collected from the electrized branches furnished more must, contained more glucose | and were less acid. Photometric Measurement of the Sun, Moon and Electric Light. Aecording to the measurement of Pouillet, says a writer in Science, the sun is radiating 7 100 horse-power per square foot of its sur- face, or 50 horse-power per square inch. Sir William Thomson states that the normal current through a Swan lamp giving 20 candle-power is I.4 ampéres, with a poten- Hence the actual work :is 61.6 ampére-volts, or watts (so- called). Dividing by 746, we find .085 horse- power for the electric activity in a Swan lamp. ‘The filament is 3.5 inches long and .or inch in diameter; hence the area of the surface is .11 square inch, and tbe activity at the rate of .75 korse-power per square inch. Therefore the activity of the sun’s radiation is about 67 times greater than that of a Swan lamp for an equal area. An experiment on sunlight, compared with an observation on moonlight made by our author, has led him to conclude that the surface of the moon radiates something not enormously different from one-third of the light incident upon it. The moonlight at the time and place of the observation (York, early in Sep- tember, 1481, about midnight, near the time of full moon) was found to be equal to that of a candle at a distance of 230cm. Tho cane intensity of a cloudy sky was found (about ro a. m., in York, during the meeting of the British Association) to be such that light from it through an aperture of 1 inch area is equal to about 1 candle, An experi ment on sunlight last December showed (at 1 o'clock) the sunlight reaching the author's house to be of such brilliancy that the amount coming through a pin-hole in a piece of paper .ogem. diameter produced an illumina tion equal to that of 126 candles. ‘The area of the candle-flame was 2.7 sq. cm., or 420 times the area of the pin-hole, and therefore the intensity of the sun’s light was equal to 126 x 420, or about 53,000 times that of a candle-flame. | Sir W. Thomson’s first calculation, showin, | that a Swan lamp giving out 20 candle-power uses up only 1-67th the amount of energy of the sun for the same unit of surface, is inter esting ; but, if we include the question of the light obtained, quite a different result will be reached. ‘The total area of the carbon filament, as we have seen, is .11 inch but only half of this, or .o55 inch (equal to 36 cm ). can be seen at once, and this gives out 20 candle power The area f the pin hole in the last observation w ‘ as 63 square em., and gave out 126 candle-power. Hence 30 120 . x 359 — the intrinsic bril- 0063 20 liancy of the sun in terms of the Swan light rhe sun, therefore, radiates 67 times the energy, but 359 times the light, of the Swan lamp, or 5.4 times the light for every horse- power expr nded, In May, 1879, the writer conducted somo observations on this subject, by which it was found on one occasion that the total bril liancy of the sun, when at an altitude of 25’, was 64,700 candle-power at I m. distance ; and another time, when atan altitude of 40°, 2,000 candle-power The apparent area ol the sun’s disk at this distance would be .6% em.: and assuming that the area of the can die flame in this instance was 2.7 cm., whi could not be very far out of the way, we have the intensity of the light fromthe sun’s disk in the two instar 64,700 257,000, and 326,000 instead of £43,000 times that of the candle In our author’s observa tion the altitude of the sun could not have been far from 12, whi t th the rreater clearness of th: American eg may bave produced the lar d epancies nour results. But assuming my results to be correct, even at an altitude of 4o the sun gives out 33 times the light of a Swan lamp for the same amount of power expended Measuring the Imntensily of Aerial Vibrations, A recent issue of Science describes an in- strument for measuring tae inten ity f aerial vibrations, and which is based upon ceriain experiments, from which it appeared Ve SS. cr + ie a ee ee ——— Re a5. sas = Sse 2 eee A 85, 87,89 & 91 Eim St., New tan" THE IRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE,|4. B. Warner & Son, Q X F ORD W.0. WOOD & 0:8 IRON MERGHANTS, iron and Steel 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington dss Of ever) aescmption kept in stock, Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly on band. PIERSON & 00, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St., NEW YORK CITY. “PICKS” of all kinds, “ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, BEAMS, ANCLES, Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. All descriptions in stock. IRON & STEEL. ABEEL BROS., | aes Gada en, ( oe TORR. 365 WATER ST,, “ULSTER” IRON, ‘“*“CATASAUQUA” IRON, ALLENTOWN SHAFTING, COMMON IRON, And full assortment of sizes of the best brands of REFINED IRON, Band, Hoop, &croll and Angle Iron, Cast, Spring, Toe Caik and B & Bteel. TELEPHONE CALL, ‘‘ NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Manufacturers ot and Dealers in TRON AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron. SAMSONDALE IRON WORKS, Merchant Iron. nOnWaT lROE AND STEEL WORKS, Homo Sora Plates. BA stare IRON CO., Tank, Boiler ard Girder a ee y NAILS CO., Wire Nails BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL, Better Plates. ag in WORKS, Boiler BYERS & CO., W rought Iron Pipe CaRNAGIE™ BROS, & CO., Limited, Wrought Iron Beams, Channels and Sha: P'ans and estimates furnished, and contracts mate for erecting [ron Structures of eve ry descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all [ron made sent on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 568 Hudson Street, New York. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West &St., x: GREENE” f NEW YORK. H.L. FREELAND, Agents for the sale of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND Borden Mining Company’s Gumberiand Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & 0, IRON MERCHANTS Cor, Albany & Washington Sts, NEW YORK CITY. Ws. Bisrnan. ‘ anges Tees, Rivets, &c. IRON & STEEL BOILER PLATE. BOILER TUBES, Angle, Toe and Girder Iron, Boller and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated LUKENS, PENNOCKS, * WA WASSET,” ** EUREKA.” prands of Iron. Alsoal!l desoriptions of Plate, Sheet and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive aron. Fire Box lLron a specialty. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, Manufacturers of the best grade of IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails SPIKES. iJ. S. SCRANTON, Sales pre 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, _ NEW YORK, SNOW SHOES -¥% ROADSTER PATTERN. <~<=.— PATENT | Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March r4th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. 11, 1876, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.,. Guaranteed fully equal inall respects to the STEEL TOE CALKS. Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, “ior a — TRON, Wroug * Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, FOR SALE Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. scrolls, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds ene on and Horse Shoe Iron. Also from CRereees Pig a 8 rior quality of Iron branded J. All puddled balls re a 3” Oa NE aoe may rhe sent to the | ee CARPENTER, our Agent, at 59 Joh Siéet, New Korke New Vo a. ==" FOX & DRUMMOND, RAILWAY AND ROLLING MILL MATERIAL. G68 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. Marshall Lefferts & Co., 90 Beekman 8t., New York Oity, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common, Wire, ele h and Fence ; Galvanized reas It oa, ‘Galvanised 8 Rod and.Bar I ron, galvanixed Nails, Galvanized Galvanized Iron “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON inn Saale, ae tae a Geena SHEET IRON. Plate and Tank Iron, rae $23.8 CH No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Flange Box, Circles, ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF lron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Price list and quotations sent upon application, JAMES WILLIAMSON & 60., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS | 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co ROW CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St, New York, and ’ Nos. 21, 23,25 & 7 West Lake St., Chicago, Ml. IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE, Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c. &c. Age at for Otis’ celebrated Cast Steel Boller Plat The Coatesville Iron Co. The Laurel one Mills, and Unio * Tube Wor DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO., FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SCRAP IRON. RAILS, STEEL AND METALS. Yards and Office, 88 to 96 Mangin St., NEW YORK. DanieL W. Ricmarps. Morton B. Surrr. —_— PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co, Manufacture and have always tn stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg- ings, Eye Bars, £o. Room 45, Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS, PATERSON, N. J. 4 Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “de DOVER IRON CO.’ BoirteaR RIVETS, - Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 139 Greenwich Street, New York. ULSTER BAR IRON, “Agents NASHUA IRON AND STEEL ‘CO., | STEEL Locomotive TYRES. HOMOGEN Pencoyd Iron Works, Marshell Iron Co., ~ - Still Water Co., orld #5" Broker in Machinery & Iron W.S. MIDDLETON, 52 John St.,N. ¥. | Pig Iron, 457 & 459 Water Sty} HORSE SHOE BOILER PLATE STEEL PLATES, all descriptions, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, ) WICKEL, Be, by all the prineipal HARRISON&GILLOON METAL DEALERS IRON AND METAL DEALERS, THE UNITED STATES, Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet 558, s60, s62 WATEK ST., & 32, %4, 306 CHERRY ST., And at their Omec, Iron, all descriptions, nave = nene eon nang anaes ge ougwing:, | 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | SHOENBERGER & CO., ™***ths"=™ eee neat coeur eas ‘SYRACUSE MALLEABLE) WHEELING | BURDEN’S = fon worts, AJ A TLS SYRACUSE, N. Y. HORSE SHOES. jsowe: ane reaper castings) Taushlin Nail Co, and Carriage Irons a JUNCTION IRON Co., Joint ¥ Specialty. early Capacity Over bb Burden Best” _ Sih teente 600,000 KEGS, C. W. LEAVITT, ‘New York MANAGER SALES DEP'T lron NEW AND SECOND-HAND Rails and Railway Equipment = 3 R 0 S 5, | PIGand BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. General Agent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS. 5 ‘ | 97 aeiada Street. New York, Boiler Rivets. — : | PERIL ECE] |AEVSTONEROLLING MILL, Limited, The Burden Iron Company SCOTCH PIG IRON| zRROW KINNEIL Manufacturers of emacs ee tks a FOR SALE IN LOTS TO SUIT, nee EGLESTON BROS. & £0., EDWARD J. WESSELS 0 166 South Street, NEW YORK CITY. Soa Ae eee lron, Nails & Spikes, 267 Front Street, | UNITED STATES, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. BURDEN’S (17 Cedar St., - - NEW YORK. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON iH. B. & S. F. W. JESUP & CO., aera Supplies and Equipment. ra) ROOFING & SIDING, N Liberty St.. NEW YORK. o. 67 y Stes Iron Dutidings, Roofs, Cornices, Shutters, Doors Skylights, Bridges, ‘ko. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., & Dey Street, New York. | STEEL BOILER PLATES, IRON ANTSTEEL AXLES, CRANK PINS PISTON RODS, SLIDES, &c. IRON AND STEEL LOCOMOTIVF FORGINGS. All sizes and shapes in stock. Also Best Grades of hn. 6 eg ae © GLENGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH PIG IRON. FRANK L. FROMENT, 112 John 8t., | For spot delivery and for prompt or forward shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, NEW YORK. Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale in lots to suit by AGENT FOR An iD 8) | JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States. > po | 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. 101 Milk Street BOSTON. MASS. EE, Ew xo LEECHBURG IRON WORKS KIRKPATRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, 2c.) “a NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. Agent for OF FIOR. No. 143 First Ave., Pittaburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leeohbura, Pa. FORSTER'S CRUSHER & PUVERZER, “CHARI ES HUBBARD, “SHERIDAN,” “ LEESPORT,” BE “MT. LAUREL” & “conren~t SANDS PIG * CHARCOAL” PIG IRON, “MAIDEN CREEK” and * NEW RIVER MINERAL” BRANDS. FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIG IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. 46 Cliff Street, New York City. _ JANES ROSS, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FO SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT OF Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. SOLE AGENT IRON COMPANY, laidencreek tron Co., Iron Beams, Hoop & Band tron, WwW. S. I MIDDLETON, ~ IRON. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. NEW YORK. 33 & 235 South St., -|Manhattan Rolling Mill. WHITAKER | IRON col SHEET IRON, TANK ‘AND FIRE BED, 36 DEARBORN STREET CHICACO. J. LEONARD, | 45 to 451 West St., 177 & 179 Bank St, NEW YORK, Manufarturer of | IRON, Toe Calk Steel, ED ~ JOuN a SPOWERS, President. LEXANDER = BU RNS, URNS, Manager. ‘THE JERSEY cITy GALV ANIZING CO., CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GALVANIZING IN aLL ITS BRANCHES. Galvanized Sheet Lron—Best Bloom, Best ae + oa Galvanized Round, Square Band aod oop Iron, &e c. Rods, Ovals, muast ovele end wiase. ei All Gauges DANIEL F. COONEY, = cxeson aod SS Washington St., N. from Sizes BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, of Sheets. LAP-WELDED BOILER FLUES, 1 to 5 inches. Lojler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. = Co. ) ee pine” = ws ‘orks Lebanon itolling ~ Malis’ cheater Corrugated Sheet Iron 4 Specialty, i, Golvantnet. Back and Eptncet. Iron Corrugated for the T Pipe and Tube Co., Albany & Reus. lron & Steel Co. tes furnished on appl won. NEW YORK | celebrated Boller Rivets; Homogenevus Steel, Boller | WORKS, GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N. J, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, and Fire Box Plates, Apri 5, 1883. ~~ April 5, 1888. THE IRON AGH. - Bdward J. Etting, TRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 2223 8. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &o- Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co. and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track with railroad. wee advances made on Iron. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents Fer Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railw ay Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & 119 8, Fourth St~ PHILADELPHIA, sopra dl Cambria Iron and Steel Works. The Cambria Iron Co», The Cambria Iron Co., ving acquired the entire ownership of the tation for more than a} having having enjoyed @ repu fair dealing and excel- r >T T Tht I : Ss . 2 quarter of & eure ~ now acapacity of | WIRE AND STEEL MILI lence of its m . Of the GAUTIER STEEL ,CO., Limited, will con- | f | & Steel Rails | & | tinue to produce all their spec ialties, such as Mer- | 50, 00 ons 0 ron |chant Steel, Piow Steel, Wagon and Carnage Springs, Rake Teeth and Harrow Teeth, Agricul- | tural {mplement Steel and a Railway Fastenings. | ALL KIN DS ( YF WI RE, -| -D.W.R. READ & CO, Importers and dealers in FOREICN & NATIVE | BESSEMER ORES. PIC IRON ENCLISH FIRE BRICK. And most approved patented Address Well-known for superior quality of material and excellence of workmanship. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, | | Address a : a g South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, G qh CR es =. Der a — . oe 205% Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA. . | wp K APIN, Gen up ohnsto or e We ee ecllng kar t, 46 Pine St., | Pace | York Warehouse, 8: John St. ‘ ‘i 142 Pear! St., 57 Gracechurch St., 67 S. Gay St., “ ehouse, § P New York. ? hiladelphi hia Warehor rch ees NeW YORK, LONDON, “BALTINORE, Established 1837. A. PURVES & SON, Dealers in PHCENIX IRON Co.,| _— Waren a ee |Scrap Iron, Metals and Machinery, Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars. Cor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia; Offer for sale, in lots to suit, Red or Yellow Heavy Scrap Brass; Ingot Brass, best qualities, Ingot Gun STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, | Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Metal made strictly from O14 Cannon;S eam tumps, WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, Isaac V. Lioyp. Jas. G. LINDSAY. LLOYD & LINDSAY, No. 328 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Brokers aud General Dealers in Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig fron, Rails and Fastenings, Mack Bars, Blooms, Boiler Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. Old Rails and Scrap Iron. _Flori da Yel low Pine, cargo lots cc AAA ALAN WOOD & CO., “")""o. RICHARDSON, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanised, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom Shafting Pulleys,&c. Machinery an¢ Tools various and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, descriptions. Cash pal d for Scrap Iron and Met: als PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, d built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. DAVID REEVES, President. Specifications furnished. Address =" NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 05 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. Patent Planished, 0. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia, IW . | DEALER IN PLATE: c& SHEET IRoOo e| No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. |Pis Iron, Merchant Bar Iron and Iron Ores. Orders solicited es: poe for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank end Boat Iren ; Le, Se: and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferm Ferruie, Locomo' Locomotive Headlig Headlight and Jacket Iron. J. J. MOHR, | Sole Agent for sa ag6 ae JAS. . ROWLAND & C0., ‘Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel 920 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE en endieuan. ‘aa IRON ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON.’ ,, yorese se, rucnanevenra, wa Nails, cut from | G. A. HEBERTON. 8. FRayK SHARPLESS, ‘'HEBERTON & CO., Selling Agents and Commission Merchants For the sale of Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp | Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop | eee “sé PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. c P. ROBERTS cc COC., MANUFACTURERS OF Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanised, —— we ison WORKS. | Black, Sheet, Pipe and failroad | IRON. No, 220 So. 3d St., Phila. Charcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. rae JOSEPH P. REED & CO., BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, sane BAR. omy 261 8. Fourth St., Philadelphia Sole Agents for COOPER IRON MINING CO., Chester, N. J. RIDGEVIEW COAL AND COKE CO., Latrobe. J D. BOYLE’S CONNELLSVILLE COK