The Iron Age 1883-05-03: Vol 31 Iss 18

The Iron Age . ¢ z Ce ae ee Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILttams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. ~. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. Xttel-2 No. 78. A Two Hundred Thousand Pound Testing Machine. A few weeks ago we had occasion to notice the opening of Messrs. Fairbanks & Co.’s Department of Tests and Experiments in this city, at 84 Thomay street. Since that time they have completed the erection of the test- ing machine that we illustrate. _ This ma- chine is arranged for tests of all kinds, from the smallest up to 150,000 pounds nominally, but the machine is perfectly able to exert strains up to 200,000 pounds, or even more. Arrangements have been made for experi- menting on iron, steel, cement, wood, stone, brick &c., and an automatic registering apparatus enables the machine to autographic- ally record all the stress and strain to which the specimen-is subjected, and also in the same connection to record the compression or extension which takes place during the stress. The machine consists, firstly, of a pair of cast-iron girders by which the whole weight is carried. On these are placed four 12-inch I-beams, forming the bed-plate proper of the machine. The ends of these are shown projecting in the cut. On top of these are two box girders, each formed of I-beams, which carry the table or platform proper. These two girders rest on the knife edges in the main levers. On top of them are placed twelve 6-inch I beams carefully fitted and bolted together, forming an exceed- ingly rigid and strong table. This table supports the two blocks for making trans- verse tests, one of which is shown in front and the other just behind the up- right columns. Two steel screws are used for each of the cross-heads. The upper cross- head is carried: by two long screws extend- ing from the top casting down to the plat- form, to which they are firmly attached. The, shorter screws by which the strain is applied pass through the platform, but have no connection with it, and are merely used for exerting a downward pull. In principle the platform is entirely similar to an ordi- nary scale. Four levers at the corners transmit the load to a central one, the end of which is seen projecting beneath the ma- chine under the word ‘‘ Fairbanks.” It is con- nected with an ordinary system of reducing levers to the scale beam seen in front of the machine. This scale beam can weigh a load in precisely the same way as an ordinary platform scale. Other arrangements are made by which an automatic record is pro- duced when it is desired. The upper screws have a traverse of about 5% feet and the lower ones of about 3 feet. The longest ten- sile specimen is, say, 8 feet, and the longest transverse specimen 10 feet between sup- ports, though, of course, considerably longer pieces can be placed in the machine. At the front end of the machine a small apparatus connected with the main system of levers is shown, intended for small specimens and capable of working up to about 8000 pounds. Its strains are e on the main scale beam, and it can furnish an automatic record in a manner similar to the main machine. All the more important operations of the machine are performed by power. The belt running across behind the specimen, shown in posi- tion, is connected with a pulley running the principal cross-head up and down by power The band at the right of the machine drives a series of cog-wheels by which the lower cross-head may be run up or down. It is through this train of gearing that the strain comes upon the specimen. By an exceed- ingly ingenious system, though somewhat complicated to describe, the specimen is made to autographically record the strain to which it is subjected and the distortion that takes place. This is done on the cylinder seen at the right-hand end of the beam. On top of this cylinder a carriage is made to move to and fro by means of a thin steel tape connected directly to the specimen itself both at top and bottom. A connection at the bottom is made by means of a clamp and electro-magnet, from which the tape passes to the top of the specimen over a pulley and down through guide pulleys to thedrum. In this way any lengthening of the specimen is Shown by the motion of the carriage and the consequent movement of the pencil % one side. By means of the auto- matic electric apparatus connected with the beam, any increase of the load tends to tate the drum, and the combination of these two motions indicates precisely what may be going on in the specimen. Both upper and lower counterpoises are connected means of a steel tape with clockwork, ® small counterpoise being drawn steadily the outer end of the beam. ‘mall counterpoise reaches the outer end it ‘s automatically returned to the zero point, 4nd the large counterpoise carried out an | *quivalent amount. Of course, when the ‘Specimen stretches without an increase of © load the poise remains practically station- ‘ry and the pencil traces a horizontal line. ‘48 portion of the apparatus is exceedingly ‘Nteresting, and the value of an automatic record can hardly be overestimated. These records, in fact, are more valuable to one ho knows how to read them than the study ' the tensile strength or limit of elasticity ' any piece, as they show definitely the ‘tiffness of the material, whether it is “omegeneous or not, where at is located and just how stiff it is, “ven without scale these diagrams indicate perfectly the ratio between the elastic limit aud the breaking strain, and give a perfect Hea of how the metal may be expected to When the ite elastic | behave under any set of circumstances. As power has been used in almost every possible way about the machine, it has been made to take the place of a bat- tery, and a small dynamo furnishes the current for all the electric work, without any of the annoyances of battery cells, solu- tions, &c. Cross-heads, screws, worms and a very large proportion of the more im- portant members of the machine have been made of steel, with a great gain in both strength and lightness. Although it has only been in use for a short time, it is already doing good work. The machine and the office are under the charge of Mr. Arthur Abbott, C. E. We should not fail to note one great Ships in the North Atlantic Service. The proposed change in the policy of the Cunard Steamship Co., looking to larger vessels and higher speeds, suggests some interesting reminiscenses to one of the old shipping merchants of this city, who dis- courses as follows : Many years ago my father commanded a ship called the Washington, which, on account of her great size, was called the ** Big Washington,” and I have often heard him tell that the boys in the Liverpool streets used to point at him as he passed them by and say, ‘‘ There goes the captain of the big Yankee ship.” advantage in a machine of this sort, in the!ter, but doubtless there were men in those | fact that it is not necessary to prepare speci- mens specially for it. It is so large, and the TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUND TESTING be taken, whether square or round, just as it is cut off, and in any length from 7 or 8 | feet down to a length barely great enough to | give the jaws room to grip it. By this means | the cost of making a test with this machine is very greatly reduced; whether it be an | I-beam, a bolt, a wire, or a piece of boiler | plate, the machine can in most cases take hold of it and test it just as it is received. | An additional advantage is found in this, on | account of the fact that full-sized specimens universally show less tensile strength than small test pieces specially prepared. | | The first attempt to manufacture electric incandescent lamps has been ascribed to M. de Chagny, whose operations were said to | have been conduc The credit of the invention and its practi- cal application, however, are now claimed | for a young American, Mr, Starr, whose pat- | ont was taken out in 1845, | days who were quite sure that ships as large | as she could never be made profitable. OLILALLLALALLALLLLLLRALLLLRE REGIME ek ALLL MARI AR ILL LD NEW YORK CITY. from their names, as the Dramatic line of Liv- erpool packets, the Roscius, Siddons, Garrick, Sheridan and Shakspeare—it was an increase from 600 to 1000 tons. I was a boy at that time, and my father boarded in St. Paul’s | Square, in Liverpool, and I remember hear- some 20 years ago. | ing the captains of that day talk of this ex- She was just 700 tons regis- | MACHINE, BUILT BY MESSRS, New York, Thursday, May 3, 1883. | some of the best-informed men on both sides of the Atlantic said, first, that ships could not be run across the ocean by steam, and, second, if they could, they could never be run profitably. I have been laughed at be- $2.50 a Year, Including Postage Single Coptes, Zen Cends. LL When ocean steamers were first proposed | self-defense have had to take the despised but very profitable steerage passengers, and are now glad to get them. Wiser policy would have dictated the multiplying of their own ships and rendering unprofitable the | establishment of rival lines. But the policy cause I have all along said that ships as large | all along has been ‘‘ the Cunard line is su- as the Great Eastern would be quite common in time, but at the advance in size that is perior to all others, and we fear no competi- tion.” How incorrect that is may be judged going on from year to year it will not be long | by the fact that last year the Cunard line before her size is attained in the ships of the regular lines. She was only a little ahead of her time. Had the compound engine and the twin screw been discovered and applied to her she would have been a success. It was not her size that caused her to fail, but | it was the application to her size of inade- quate power. Mark my words, ships 1000 | feet long will be built ere long, and a ship FAIRBANKS & CO., and their motions are made automatically, | jaws are so constructed that anything can! When John Collins built what was known, | of that length, 70 feet in width, would not |draw too much water to come in over the Sandy Hook bar. I am of the impression, | | | | therefore, that the majority directors of the | Cunard Co. are right, and that the Mclvers are mistaken. Their mistake is one of the most natural! in the world. They have grown up in the belief that the Cunard line was the periment, or new departure, in size. ‘‘John best in the world, and that this was the proof Collins,” they said, ‘‘ had been a very shrewd | of the superiority of the Cunard methods. man, but success had crazed him. he could only make men bigger, there might | be some sense in building such big ships ; but that he can’t do, and the men we've got now have all they are able to do to handle the canvass on our biggest ships, and what will they do with vessels of double this size?” Then they said : ‘‘ Who will ever ship cargo in ships of that size! Why, if, his goods happen to be stowed at the bottom of them they need never expect to aee them out again.” Well, in a few years ships of Now, if | They pointed to the fact that under the old systems of the company all of the cream of the passenger business was theirs, and at- tributed the falling off in that business to the change in the old methods. This, in my opinion, is a mistake ; the falling off has been because they did not change soon enough. They held to the old side-wheel boat until long after any one else knew that the screw was the best. They refused to carry steer age passengers, and so fostered the establish- mént of other lines that would carry them, 1000 tons were accounted small, and to-day | and which soon became dangerous rivals for we have schooners of that size, »the cabin passengers, and the Cuncgders in| |transported 7980 cabin passengers, the | Guion line 7423, and of steerage passengers | the Guion line carried 22,236 and the Cunard | but 12,915. In the early days of the Cunard line it car- ried all of what may be called the aristocracy of both countries-—-the dukes, the lords and | the Knickerbockers—until the establishment | of the White Star line, which soon began to attract the most distinguished passengers by the rapidity of their voyages. The White Star people were the first to introduce the long, narrow and deep type of vessel, and my stars! how the scientists did go for them. Why, I have a volume at home in which the author, one of the most scientific men of his day, proves incontrovertibly that it is impossible that these long and narrow ships should succeed ; that they must inev- itably roll over and over and come up on the other side; that sufficient longitudinal strength could not by any possibility be given them, and that their backs must inev- itably break. It is laughable, at this day, to think of it, and while the old line was com- placently quoting the scientists the White Star people were building longer and nar- rower ships and enticing the Cunard dukes and lords to come over and go back in them. The Inman line was the first to bring steerage passengers—a trade far more prof- itable than the cabin passengers—and this line has always controlled the largest amount of this business. The lines have each their specialty of passengers. Thus, the Guion line has always been a favorite with the Mormons, and has brought more of this people to America than all the other lines combined. It also has had the call among clergymen, while the National line has been the favorite with theatrical people, The ships are large and are splendid seaboats. The boats of this company also bring over expensive thoroughbred and blooded cattle and-horses, and their build enables them to bring them more comfortably and with a less percentage of loss than its rival lines ean. The Anchor line is a Scotch company, and, as the Scotch are the most clannish people in the world, of course the patrons of this line, both for freight and passage, have been Scotchmen. This line has also been a favorite with schools that travel on Cook’s tourist tickets. The State line was started and is run as an opposition to the Anchor line, and its patrons are for the most part Scotch, but it seeks freight rather than pas- sengers. From year to year each line increases the size and power of its ships, and with all of them now speed is the great desideratum, and speed means cost. You can run your steamer at a minimum speed on a certain amount of coala day. Now, to get an extra mile an hour you must almost double your consumption of coal. The cost of the coal, serious item though it be, is not the most serious, which is the space it occupies in the vessel. When the coal is in, the ship is loaded and there is no room for freight. The xreat disideratum to-day is something less bulky than coal and not too expensive to make steam with, or else some improved motor which shall take the place of steam. _ a — Aecording to English trade papers, the importation of American manufactures into Australia, though smaJjl as yet, is rapidly increasing. The Australians prefer certain kinds of American goods to English goods, because they are of better quality, more neatly finished, are made without any super fluous material, are packed better for ship- ping, and are made with especial reference to the market for which they are intended. English manufacturers are more conserva- tive and cling to the old ways and traditions, even when their customers demand some- thing new. Shovels, axes, picks and all kinds of edge tools purchased in this country are said to excel the same classes of English goods, Western papers represent that the Welland Canal has an advantage, compared with New York and Buffalo, in shipping grain to the seaboard. The difference in favor of the Montreal route is said to equal 24 cents a bushel, as well as a difference in time. New York is therefore warned that elevator charges at this point must be reduced to a minimum, if we would retain the trade. According to the Chicago Tribune, the ex- pense of handling 1000 bushels of grain in 3uffalo and New York is $36.75; if shipped by Welland Canal, $9. In the Dominion Parliament, last week, the discussion turned in favor of fostering trade with Mexico, Cuba and the West India Islands. A market was wanted especially for fish products. On behalf of the Govern- ment it was shown that Canadian imports from Brazil had increased from nothing to nearly $1,500,000 within the last three years, which is mainly due to the establishment of a line of steamships. It is now probable that the line will be withdrawn, unless the Government consents to grant a larger subs idy, ao ee Sk ae = ==" A La —_- —_— —- - = ae ae: ver Sell ede pre ence Poet : _——_ i ae en camt ‘ aan = “s sat Prec. i. ee ~- EAE 7 Bee ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Clif Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. PURE COPPER WIRE Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA * REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., TIN PLATE, Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORE. SCOVILL MFC CO —_—~<—— BRASS, HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. DEPOTS, FACTORIES, 418 & 421 Broome St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn, 177 Devonshire St., Boston. Haven, Conn, 183 Lake St., Chicago, New York City. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., Importers ef Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet lron, Capper, Wire, Zinc, Ete. 20 & 31 Clif &St., cor. Fulton, - DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. THE NEW HAVEN COPPER Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. 290 Pearl Street - NEW YORK. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE THADE. Wrought Iron ond Beene Machine Screws; Tum Temes, H and Screws; Brass and (ron Safety ana Jack Chain: and Bronse Brotan Trimanings et 24 Nickel Plato * all! Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes Set kin 1s. sree @ sheet = Steel or tima tes on patented articles, or any desoription of Sheet Metal work, respeetfully solicited and prow vtly given. BRODERICK & BASCOM MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. IRON WIRE ROPE, Z28 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL For all Purposes, WORCESTER, MASS. REW YORK. TEHEH IRON AGE. The Plume &Atwood Mfg. Company, SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, «Cc. Door Rail, Brass Tags,; 18 Murray Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLAS KS, 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. culamaneat, 0. Factories, Brass War-s of over? Descripti And small daneednniemmannnentin nena Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. . Bridgeport Brass Co., Waterbury oy Co, CAPITAL, $400,000. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, CERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, BRASS KETTLES, WATERBURY, Ct. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods. DEPO Mills At Ts, 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. Conn. Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills. BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Wire for Electrical and other purposes, Brass and German Silver Wire, Copper Rivets and Burs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS. Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver #@= (in Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. BROWN & BROTHERS, 81 Chambers St., N.Y. | Waterbury, Conn, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets, and Burs, Etc. 4L80, Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, Seamless and Brazed Tubing, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, ; KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention pela, to cutting out Bianks aod manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. HARRISON WIRE CO. ST. LOUIS, MO., MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF. STEEL AND IRON WIRE ROPE Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORE, BOSTOX, 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. Manufacturers of a!) kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOOMS, Kerosene Burners, &c. AND COPPER ageinet vacuum, | JOHN DAVOL & SONS, HOUSE BOILERS, “ wi press d guaranteed Brooklyn mea & —_—e Co., Dealers in Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC 60. Manufacturers of Pure Spelter « FOR PATENTED SHANK SILVER-PLATED, D, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders, ROPE C "?| MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 113 Liberty Street, N.Y. N. W. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co. J Co.,. a ‘a IRON WIRE. | STEEL WIRE ROPE. ated. ihe GUN SCREW WIRE or - sizes straightened and ¢ eut ¢ to order. WIRE CO. berg ng oe ey | BROWNING, SISUM & CO., 85 Chambers St. Belt Heeks, Cotter, er tation Keys. D Ringe Staples, and ev: | ery ting pertaining to wire bending | | STAUFFER, MACREADY & CO., N-w Orleans, La. May 3, 1888, i \ ——————— \ ~~ —~— St =— = _ = = itr — igs At) _— ne i -_ om ea 4 \ 4 A I PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, 4 President & Treasurer. Vioe President 4 Secretary. } | Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. 5 } 1] | Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. WIRE DRAWERS. ~ Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering, IMM ANUFACTURERS OF TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. } Of Every Description. A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, ] GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, $ E- PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. New 6 Cliff at Beant Ars lua tine eh - . ws S f SA — SS SS —\ WAS on AAAS —————————— ““NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York waluuae California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal » Nos. 119% 1199, 120%, 1203, 1905, 1203, 1209 and 1211 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N ~ HOWARD _& MORSE, BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH, Heavy Rolled Cl Cloth for Malt Kiln Floors. Wire Work ‘ence dling end Guards. Also, Mand ant Belivead Lmeene” = Bo. s Semicircle, No. 11 Square. Plain Garden Arch. THE - TRENTON IRON CO., TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. - ‘algae BRAZIER ~ ay BAR IRON, | COPPERAS. New York Office, - - COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, 2i North 1 North Fourth St eet. RON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing. Ropes, Ferries, & CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address: HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesharre, Luzerne Co., Pa. This Advertisement Chanye i Weekly. 87 Liberty St., NEW YORK. *OOVAIHO "S$ SE} 68 CARLIN & FULTON, Baltimore, Mo, = A. SS Onan, &i SON, =x j 7 o Manufacturers of o | ~> _ 7 3 = oO — <c 1 Diss B35 BE 5 = a | OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ” 919 to 993 NK, Main &t., SX, LOUIS, MO, Correspondence io vited: : ¥ 4 as gi NN, AS. slip. eet, Ke v X = a. & ‘Supar, dwoy star woe 2 SRT OPE Mra Ps & C0.. Mapufacturers of all kinds of Japanned, Brass & Tin Plated to the trade 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. an woaaaae & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, Also Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Silver Plated BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- port shipments, 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. variety in patterns and unsurpassed in tow ee New Y riluctrated Catalogues and Price Lists on application. FOUNDRYMEN’S METALLIC Pattern Letters and Figures, Se pet on patterns of castings. AM sizes. Re duced prices. Mnfd. bv H. W. Knight, Seneca Falls, N.Y, mi > 0. LINDEMANN]. I ~~ — ~ > Ps} >a . = ie — — = ba j ; ' | ; ; } ) | | ; Market Steel W.re, crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture ~—Te Pe on hand, 234, 236 and : 238 West 38 West 29th Street, N AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. ttt tne Sm ROUND MACHINERY STEEL, for shafts and other purposes, up to 6 inches in diameter, is | now rolled by GAUTIER STEEL | DEPARTMENT of Cambria Iron | Co., at Johnstown, Pa. we, LLL GL CELDT She A et ae } ¥ NEW YORK [No. 23.] } Bergen Port Spelter.| rae AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY. MINES : WORKS & FURNACES, Lehigh Valley, Pa. Bergen Port, N. J. The only Miners and Manufacturers of PURE LEHICH SPELTER From Lehigh Ore. Especially adapted for Cartridge Metal and German Silver. Also manufacturers of BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC. Superior for Liquip Pamrr on account of ita body and wearing properties, BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. E. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. THE LITTLE « GIANT — Wagon Tire UO setter, The Cheapest and _Senf for Creue ANT MFG CO & SMITH’S NEW MODEL REVOLYV ERS. Seld by Gun and Hardware Trade Everywhere. OTIS A SMITH, , Manufacturer, Reckfall, Ct. EMPIRE NUT CO. PITT#BURGG, PA. Hot Pressed NUTS. PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF CHEMICAL, AND OTHER GLASSWARE, Catalog en wemt open sppiivasion, MARQUETTE STR#ET ‘WORKS. ESTABLISHED 1837. H. 8. Cuasx, Seo’y. Waterbury Mig. WATERBURY, CONN. Brass Goods. ROLLING MILL AND MACHINERY RIVERSIDE FOUNDRY | CLEVE WORKS. INGOT MOLDS, ANNEALING POTS, HOT BLAST PIPE, &c. -» | MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. The largest Wire Works in the world. Make, on 12 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all | dimensions and descriptions, NAIL AND CHAIN RODS, SPECIALTIES. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES: WOLTMAN & MICHERTS, ST. LOUIS, MO. and with greater speed outside their own, SOREW, RIVET, DRAWERS OF : Every is or, B GALVANIZED, 9 TINNED and COPPERED WIRE. High Grade and Fine Qual. ity Wires a Specialty. CLEVELAND, OHIO. HOWARD EVANS. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA. Se —SS INCORPORATED 1876. C. F. Pops, Treas Co., | out. in | oth French capit: alists, during the speculative mania prevailing at Paris a year or two ago, bought up in such numbers, are either in the market again or are being worked at a loss. CASTINGS, LAND, ROLLS, OHI. | THE IRON AGE. CARY & MOEN, | Manufacturers of L WIRE for all purpense, and STEEL sPRrines of every eneIen. | Improved Ratchet Brace. Messrs. Breuer, Schumacher & Co., of Cologne, Germany, recently placed upon the market an improved ratchet brace, shown in the accompanying engravings, which are taken from the Revue Industrielle. The en- | gravings represent an elevation and longi- tudinal section, together with a cross section, and readily explain the action of the brace, which will be found very simple in every particular. The pawl C in the cross section acts simultaneously upon the two ratchets, M and N, the former having 17 and the latter 18 teeth. One of these! ratchets gives a rotary movement to the drill, while the other advances the drill into the piece to be bored, and by this arrangement the usual tightening screw actuated by hand is rendered unnecessary, jat the same time insuring a perfect regu- larity of feed. The lever L has a forked end, into which is screwed a stud acting as a pivot for the pawl C, the latter being held to the teeth of the ratchet by a spring, R. The ratchet N has a key fixed inside, sliding in a groove in the drill spindle E. This spindle is provided with the usual socket for holding the drill and with a square thread at itsupper part. The outer portion, or bush, B, is provided with a corresponding internal RL LALALAE MOnxyy x La RA WOO EWN fio taaeeee Improved Ratchet Brace.—Fig. 1.—Elevation | and Longitudinal Section, screw thread, and has at the bottom the | ratchet M. Both the bush B and the ratchet | | M are loose in the double eye of the lever L, | so that they can revolve readily. In moving | | this lever back and forth the pawl C acts at | eac h movement—first, against one of the | tee th of the ratchet M, turning the bush | through a small distance, and then comes in | contact w ith a tooth of the ratchet N, thus oe both bush and spindle to be turned | | together. By turning only the bush, while | the spindle is held stationary by the drill, } cap italists. estimated as likely to be 20,000 tons of fin- ished iron yearly ; at anoth , several thou- sand tons of nails and wire are to be turned now, upon, even if they were desirous of availing the latter is screwed out of the bush, in this way imparting the necessary feed. By the action just described a slight advance is given to the drill at each stroke of the lever, and the sc rewing-up of the brace by hand, which is often attended by the breaking of | the dril], is thus entirely avoided. The | | ratchets, as already indicated, differ by one tooth, and consequently a relative motion | equal to this takes place for each complete ; revolution of the drill, or an advance equal to the pitch of the square thread on the spindle for every 17 revolutions of the drill. The bush B is tapped at the upper end for the scrow D, which latter is provided with a center point. This screw serves merely to fix the brace in position at starting by putting on a | first pressure at the drill point, after which the pressure is maintained 7 the feeding action of the brace itself. After | having drilled the hole to the required depth, | the dri ill nay be drawn back by disengaging the pawl from the ratchets and turning the | bush in the opposite direction, thus producing | a quick return motion. caiihtieiiamcinamintl Steel and Iron in Russia, According to recent reports, six large iron and steel works were opened within a few weeks of each other in the Vistula Province, indicating that in one part of Russia, at least, | trade is reviving. The establishments in } que The output of one of them is Ww ¥ ee iron trade is thus developing Po land, it is more or less stagnating in r parts of Russia. The concerns which It is the fault of many “of them that they cultivate State orders in preference to those of the public, and hence little activity pre vails in the North Russian dockyards just They have no connection to fall back themselves of pr ivate custom. In most cases where machinery is concerned, Russian n il!- owners find that, in spite of the tariff and the distance, they can have their repairs execute d and their machinery renewed more cheaply stion are de scribed as being situated near | the Sosnovitz Station of the Warsaw-Vienra Railway, and all of them belong to German | w | eee es jcountry. At St. Petersburg the Government | Aboukoff steel works are sc arcely doing any- thing just now. The officials, uotwith- standing the resources at their command, can neither turn out steel plates nor projectiles to equal those manufactured abroad, and, in consequence, orders for the cne are being given to Sheffield and for the other to Essen. At the Government Baltic engineering works the completion of a frigate keeps about 2000 men fully employed. Both these concerns are private undertakings taken over by the State, owing to the collapse of the compa- nies owning them. In the naval establish- ments at St. Petersburg only one new vessel is on the stocks, and at Cronstadt nothing is being constructed. On the shores of the Black Sea there is greater activity. A dock capable of holding the largest man-of-war is being made at Sebastopol, and alongside i an ironclad is being built on the stocks of the Black Sea Steam Navigation Co t Nicolaieff another ironclad of similar ty is in hand, the 4000 tons of steel used in it ‘construction being supplied by the Bria steel works. In the case of the two frigates mentioned above as being built at St Peters- burg, the steel was obtained from Scotland and the armor and boiler-plates from Shef- tield, but since these vessels were started changes have taken place at the Admiralty and there is a strong disposition to make use | of native material as far as possible, The | Briansk steel works belong uominally to a private company, but in reality thev are partly the property of the State, in virtue of |a mortgage foreclosed, and partly the prop sn 2 Ss j}erty of a few officials. They were set on | foot some 10 years ago by the Minister of | the Interior, General Tunasheif. Provoked to envy by the success of the | Briansk works in obtaining the order for the | supply of stee! for the Nicolaieff ironclad, the French owners of Baird’s iron works and the directors of the Putiloff works, at St Petersburg, have appealed to the Govern- ment for orders to prevent them from col- lapsing. This avowal of dependence on their part contrasts strongly with the activ- | ity mentioned as prevailing in tho Vistula Province. The establishments there have so many orders on hand that they cannot exe | cute them, and, in spite of the formation of new firms, it is believed that the rade will still further increase, and increase enormously, with the approaching complo- tion of the lvans rod- Dombrova Railway, run- ning through the principal iron and coal region of Poland. This development is very largel; dus to the rapid growth of indu trios of every kind in Poland Generally speaking, the whko'e of Russia, with the exception of Poland, is suffering from commercial depression, and the amaz- ing progress and prosperity of Poland |are ascribed to the circumstance that Ger- man manufacturers, debarred by recent changes in the tariff from exporting goods rp have carried their undertakings | across the frontier and recommenced opera | tions on Russian soil. An idea of the condi tion of things prevailing in the Polish wedge \thrust between Austria and Germany, and | known as the Vistula Province, may be gathered from the fact that in an area about half the size of England there are at the | present moment nearly 7c0oo manufactories, employing 100,000 workmen, and turning | out annually goods to the value of abont $5,000,000, Manufactories are rapidls springing up in all parts of the province, an d | a8 machinery is needed for all, to say no thing lofthe iron used in their construction, the | Vistula iron i? have a large number of orders in hand. Polk and, in short, is attract- ing a large proportion of the trade in pro- | vincial Russia which was formerly tho mo- nopoly of a few firms at St. Petersburg, Mos- cow, Kharkoff and Nijni-Novgorod. — i ——— — | | | ' A dozen years ago or more considerable attention was paid in this country to the Fig. 2.—Orosse Section burning of petroleum and petroleum resi dues. All sorts of complicated apparatus | were proposed and several patents taken jout. Great advantages were expected in the way of economy, and it was hoped tha | fo 1 steamers and locomotives the heating powers of petroleum would result in \large economy of space T! complex burners did not seom to answer their pur | pose very well, and alth: ugh it we times proposed to app a ‘sats f injector, like those that 1 t another column, the plan n | have been tried, except in the gas work I where an abundance oj tar wa @ price that made it an eccnvmical fuel to use. The petroleum burners s] simple an apparatus will work eflici the purpose, and it is interesting to that as the tar and other residua: vp become che aper the can used for fuel. With the pr it price f crude petroleum in this country, and v coal at its ordinary rate per ton, there does not seem to be a sufficient amount of d ence in price to make it worth whi dertake the consumption of peti l any of its forms. Asthe gas companies | their own tar when the pri s below a certain point in relation t o th rice of « it was enn be underst« t { r no opportunity aie an outsider to u this matesial as a fuel. The annual repert of th 1perv rine spector of steamboats is ju at h contains some interesting figures, Dut hoy are not quite as satisfactory as could be ——— —— A : THE IRON AGE. May 3, 1888. OGDEN & WALLACE,|Marshall Lefferts & C.QO XFORDW. D, WOOD;e C0/S 85,87, 89 & 91 Eim 8St., New York. 90 Beekman 8t., New York City, Iron and Steel|,,. ?"""""" IRON AND NAIL CO.. ctoordacrsimnerionccs — |Galvanized Sheet lroniCGO yt Nails Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. AND BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. Galvanized Wire, chogregh and Fence: Galvanised SPIKES. sla, a a” oe Hoop and —_— Ie on, Ivanized Rod and Bar Iron, ‘ All — of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly —ee , Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron nm ban CORRUGATED SHEET IRON PIERSON & C0,, For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted Established 1790, Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St. NEW YORK OITY. Plate and Tank Iron, Ulster Iron. C No. 1,C H No, 1, Sao * Sane Best Flange, All Sizes and Shapes kept in Stock, J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, Pr ATEN T " 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, / Planished Sheet Iron. NEW YORK, Patented March r4th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.,), S208 ees | STEEL TOE CALKS. | *9 | Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the 98 William Street, New York. IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, | elk Ge 0 colt el dee. Price list and quotations sent upon application. eee ee ee eee sal ps re 8 0 LER PLATE BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. by all the prineipal ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, HARRISON&GILLOON| METAL DEALERS) sreer rrares, anaecrption, aden dde ae eke Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet Sisnadiconatan a Jey ab grade of on ERS, IRON AND METAL AL Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. 558, 60, 562 WATEK ST., & 32, 365, 36 CHERRY BT., THE eee lron, all descriptions, apo, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds, Hexagon and e Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal Fi NEW YORK, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA, SHOENBERGER & CO., Detesarem, SYRACUSE MALLEABLE WHEELING y r jed J.G. All puddled t fis - all quail of Iron branc P' » 4, frer f . the following oe o CARPE NTER, may be sent to the Mill or we om haw Nmed mg Pig Iron, Wrought, Cons ona SYRACUSE, N. Y. e . Laughlin Nail Co., so ae ee oe Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy prog ron; alse of old Copper, Composition, Brass, and Carriage Irons a JUNCTION IRON Co., Specialty. Joint Yearly Ca apacity Over eu ter, Zine, w.s.sunns.rropretor | 600,000 KEES, C. W. LEAVITT, ‘Stw'¥ouie’ Manager Sales Dep NEW YORK NEW AND SECOND-HAND Rails and Railway Equipment - PIG and BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. General Agent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS. Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH. WORKS. 97 wire Street, New eG Boiler Rivets. KINNEIL KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, The Burden IronCompany SGQTCH PIG IRON| rEROWw _—— FOR SALE IN LOTS TO SUIT, |=7*Pere™_- _- - Pa. EGLESTON BROS. & C0., EDWARD J. wessecs |B8onnell, Botsford & Co., J66 South Sve} new vork cry, | SO¥E AGENT Fon ™HE | Tron, Nails & Spikes, ' UNITED STATES BURDEN’S ; 17 Cedar St., - - NEW YORK. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. H. B. & S. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF lron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. ABEEL BROS., 190 SOUTH 8T., 363 WATER ST, | NEW YORK. “ULSTER” IRON, ‘““CATASAUQUA” IRON, ALLENTOWN SHAFTING, COMMON IRON, And fall assortment of sizes of the best brands of REFINED IRON, Band, Hoop, Scroll -_ Angle Iron. Cast, Spring, Toe-Calk and &. 8. Stee TELEPHONE CALL, ‘“ NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Manufacturers ot and Dealers in TRON AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron. SBAMSONDALE IRON WORKS, Merchant Iron. N way IRON AND STEEL WORKS, Homo ar Steel Plates. BA STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler ard Girder H, t NAT LS CO., Wire Nai BRANDYWINE ‘ROLLING. MILL, Boiler Plates, 7 aeeee TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. ERS & CO., Wrought i Iron Pipe. CARS AGIE BROS. & CO., io ‘Wrought n Beams, Ch Cm Pam: and a turaiahed’ ot and contracts ma ile for erecting Iron Structures of every desc: tion. Books containing cuts of all [ron made = On application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 58 Hudson Street, New York. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West &t., Streets New ¥ York FOX & DRUMMOND, RAILWAY AND ROLLING MILL MATERIAL. 68 WALL STREET, BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” lron Mower and Reaper Castings NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. /ULSTER IRON WORKS 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and Nos, 21, 23, 25 7 West Lake St., Chicago, ml. DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. LapWelded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. Agen for Otis’ geleheated Cast Steel Boller Plates, ] OW F. W. JESUP & CO., CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON Railway Supplies | and Equipment. es ROOFING & SIDING, inates. Tees, Rivets, &c. AND & X dteee {| — NEW YORK. ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING CO. ULSTER B AR IRON, Agents NASHUA. IRON AND STEEL CO. Iron Buildings, Roofs, agente tor tho cate ALKER & CROMLISH, F ri ee ES omognzos Bhylights, Bridges wer” sha Fall River Iron Co.'s Nails, An aed =| age Ha ROC | MOSELEY ROM BRIDGE AND ROOF CO, “ lron and Steel Forgings. Light Machinery Forgings a Specialty. Estimates furnished, and ali work executed promptly at the most reasonable :ates, Nos. 215 & 217 Main Street, __— ALLEGHENY, PA. GRAY IRON CASTINGS. JOHN KEPPELMAN, Reading, Pa., Herewith gives notice that ns has opened a Job ore roseeT, and is ready to receive orders aoe all kinds of Light Gray on Castings; also, fo1 ev a7 descripti -, ° “ _mneninery. Orders promptly Please ac JOHN KEP PELMAN, Cor. 2d and Court Sts., Reading _P Am, & Eng. Ref'd Iron,Common Iron, &c FRANK L. FROMENT, (Row, ; 112 John St., A NEW YORK. AGENT FOR ND 5 ST, Pencoyd Iron Works, cer Maidencreek tron (e., Marshall Iron Co, Still Water Ce., hoon Beams, Hoop & Band Iron, W. S. MIDDLETON, Broker in Machinery & lron ent for FORSTER’S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, The best in market. W.S. MIDDLETON, 52 John St.,N. ¥. B. F. JURSON, Importer of and Dealer tn 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. A LEECHBURG IRON WORKS f KIRKPATRICK & CO., / Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., IRON MERCHANTS Cor. Albany & Washington Sts. NEW YORK CITY. Wu. H. WALLAcR Wm. Buran. Ts of all grades of FINE SHEET rROW Ss, (Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, a.)° NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIOB, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. CHARLES HUBBARD. ‘6 SHERIDAN, o8. .. 6 LEESPORT, vad “MT. LAUREL” & “TEMPLE” “CHARCOAL” PIG IRON, “MAIDEN CREEK” and “NEW RIVER MINERAL” BRANDS. FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. ___Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. __46 C1i# Street, New York City Pox JAMES Ww. ROSS, > 3 IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR a. CLIP AND PLAIN, FULL CIRCLE FIFTH WHEELS, Any Size to Order and Warranted, H. C. SCOTT & SON, 52d & Market Sts., Phila., hila., Pa. } BRANDS PIG IRON, - q] ‘ ! : . SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, PASSAIC ROLLING MILL co, —& Manufacture and have always in stock - 3 he z , ROLLED IRON BEAMS Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, | | ‘i : Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, ’ 0 L D M E T A L S . S C 0 T C H A N D AMERICAN P | G | RO N, Halls, Fe JN PATERSON, N. J. MISS ESER GET VERE | =| Bar trom, Cur Whee, Bete a ee eerene Supplies. Geral - i. Misc teaae Room 45, Astor House, now York. said @ a a cca Pua ade = JAMES -_ = bee |Manhattan Rolling Mill, | WH TT AN FR. nt Gatenortncom PANY, ad Cc U T Ni A [ L S. J. LEONARD, ae yee DEARBORN STREET onlcaao. q Ar id | 445 to 451 West St., 177 & 179 Bank St., Jous > Growmns, a . enn Burns, Mavager. : Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers "ue, °“ NEW YORK, THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., al ni eeerclidiiasiad J en CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. : DOVER IRON CO.S8 HOR SE SHOE | RON, | Galvanized Sheet Lron—Best st Bloom, Bost wefned, Common. aia Round, Square Band avd Oreu Slag Bom Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. All Stses BoriLER RIVETS, DANIEL F. COONEY, | of — Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. 'BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, | see i SUI : . ’ LAP-WELOED BOILER FLUES, cette eee ant ee nn ' sd Sy & © O. | Bejler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. | 5 Lron Co., Jos. L. Batley & Co., } E eg Ag oe gt tg be Corrugated Sheet Iron # Specialty, Galvanised, Black one Painted. Irom Corrugated for the Trade, P CHA) © 8, "Cheater 139 Greenwich Street, New York. orks at } Tia SHEN | Binett ts Boller Se hieaY bam "Steel, Boe? | WORKS, GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, M. i, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 96 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK, seen ae ee ick = THE IRON AGE. May 3, 1883. : j 1 HENRY LEVIS& CO., | Bdward J. Htting, Siem ens Regenerative Manufacturers’ Agents IRON BROKER anv COMMISSION MERCHANT, GAS FURNACE. srr a Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. RICHMOND & POTTS, | oid Rails, Axios, and Wheels bought and sold. OLD RAILS, 8CRAP, &o. 41198, Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 234 8. 4th S8t., PhiladelpMa. MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Cambria Iron and Steel Works. The Allentown Iron Co. and the having enjoyed a reputation for more than a having acquired the entire ownership of the Greenwood Rolling Mill. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD ling and oxcel- STEEL MILLS quarter of a century for fair dea! WIRE AND 4 tures, has now a capacity of Wensace ne eet Be Of the GAUTIER STEEL CO., Limited, will con- arenes Dealers in DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track with railroad. Cash advances made en Iron. to prod all thei ities, s ch as Mer- (50,000 Tons of Iron & Steel Rails | inxe alee Flow, Seniy Wacom and Carag | Soran fron, Metals and Machinery ings, eth an arrow Tee - ' And most approved patented serail Lxploment Steel and Cor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia, , Offer for sale, in lots to suit, Red or Yellow Heavy Railway Fastenings- AL L KINDS OF WIRE, Serap Brass ; ingot Brass, best qualities, Ingot Gun Metal made strictly from Old Cannon; 8 eam Pum 8, Address Well-known for superior quality of material and | Shafting Pulleys,&c. Machinery and Tools vari: as CAM BRIA IRON COMPAN i aaiinin excellence of workmanship. descriptions. Cash paid for Scrap Iron and Metals. 218 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, GAUTIER STEEL DBPARTMENT, Isaac V. Lioyp, Jas. G. LInDsayY. t Works, Johnstown, Pa., Pugur EK. “Hapfx, Gen’! Sup’t, Johnstown. or eno 8 LLOYD & LINDSAY, :t, 46 Pine 8t., New York Warehouse, 8: John St. Ne ata wee ee ee - Philadelphia Warehouse, 523 Arch 8t. - —| No. 328 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Brokers and General Dealers in Pr Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and a9 Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Iron, Ralls and Fastenings, Muck Bars, Bleoms, Boiler Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Old Rails and Scrap Iron. ; Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, "“"""""""™ STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, J. 0. RICHARDSON. Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, No. 232 Doek St., Philadelphia, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, DEALER: IN and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Pig Iron, Merchant Bar Iron d Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. ore and Iron Ores. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH. 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. J. J. MOHR, Sole Agent for ' Sheridan, ALAN WOOD & CO., Leesport, Temple, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanised, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bicom . Millcreek and Mt. Laurel BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE PLATE ct SHEET IRON. PIG IRON, No. 519 Arch 8t., Philadelphia, Pa. r Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water oe Smoke Stack, CHARCOAL PIC IRON. 430 Walnut &t., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Orders solicited i - tamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iro JAS. seegem JAS POWLAND & 00. | G. A. HEBERTON. tate ) HEBERTON & CO., Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, Seng Agerts and Comision Merchant 990 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, | ENG. Teeceh, Sheet’ Figsend Maineaa JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHABLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR, & CO., AGENTS FOR CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY AND SHENANDOAH Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG, CO.’S Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. Ra4 So. . Fourth 8t., PHILA DELPHIA, BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York, GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS. SPECIALTIES, NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, Spiegeleisen Iron Ores| AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES GENERALLY. Sole Agents for the United States for | The North Lonsdale Iron and Steel | Co., Limited. Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘* YLVERSTON.,”’ Malleable Pig Iron, brand ** YU. H. M."’ N. B. N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S DINAS FIRE BRICKS. JEROME KEELEY & CO., #06 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD SBEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNE TIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES. FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE. MUCK BARS