The Iron Age 1883-07-12: Vol 32 Iss 2

The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Daviw Witt1ams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXXII: No. 2. British Rail Exports. A correspondent of the London Colliery | Guardian, who has apparently given some attention to the condition of the British rail | market, writes as follows : In the official returns of the Board of Trade of the exports of iron and steel rails | we have one of the most reliable of the tests of the condition of the irom trade. We} export, on an average, over 60,000 tons of rails monthly, so that it will be seen that there is a very large consumption of iron in the production of these rails, and that the export rail trade is one of those that are of | the utmost value to the crude-iron industries | and to the men who depend upon them. In} the first four months of tke present year we exported only 11,087 tons of iron rails—a| very large declension if the quantity exported in pre- vious corresponding be fakes ie Or a This may e citation of the fact that in The export of steel rails, as we shall find, is in a different ition. the quantity of rails that we export. If we turn to the steel- rail trade we have a much more favorable report. In the first four months of last year the exports of rails were 222,642 but for the first four four months of last year was £1,626,157, the value of the exports for the first four months of the present year was only £1,565,460, so that there has been a declension in the average rice of the rails that have been exported this year, Of steel rails, this year, none have been sent so far to Russia, though 152 tons had been sent last year; but this may be due to the lateness of the ing of the Northern navigation. To Spain, Italy, Chili, Britis North i India and Australasia there is an increase, as well as to the countries that are not specifically named, but thee is ao serious fall in the ex- ports to the United States and to Brazil —the former country having received 17,- 000 tems this year against 70,000 tons last year. It is noticeable that the exports both | of iron and steel rails ‘‘to other countries” | than those specifically named show a large | increase. Of steel rails nearly one-third are sent to the countries thus and of | iron rails considerably more than a third, 80 | that it is evident that the table that is issued needs revision. Weare losing some of our old customers for railsa—Germany has practi- cally ceased to buy rails from us, yet her name is in the list, though there are gener- ally no figures attached toit, while the names of some of the largest of our consumers are grouped under the head of ‘‘ other countries.” > Seeseangeinets 6 the [table would be of value wo who peruse these statistics, readers and would enable the to better learn «ho are now the chief of the buyers of rails ‘rom this country. It cannot be said that the returns to which & e | ductions., f/ CZ, rail trade. On the one hand we have to show a slight increase in the quantity of our exports, but on the other hand we have to record a fall in the value of these exports. It is evident, then, that the price is falling, and it is also plain that we are losing our customers for rails in the North of Europe. Possibly this may be due to the fact that a vast amount of country in these parts is now ractically fully served with railways—as ully, that is, as the trade needs, and as there is ability to construct. There is also a growth of the rail manufacture in many of the countries that were once our customers, and they very naturally use their own pro- | But we are developing a trade with our Colonies, and that to a very large extent. a fitful trade with the United States. Al- Zs T a. e TY yy) iG ; | | Fig. 1—Perspective View THE MALLET SYSTEM OF CONTROLLED though shot eonntoy has now an productive power, i of rail- ve a demand all its mills cannot su i for the mills of , aud of this we have so far had the chief share when it is kno It is not a demand that can be upon, but it is one that arises from period, though it possibly is less wn. roduce more. he future of the rail trade is one that is not very easy to foresee. We may expect that with the increasing ity of our Colonies there will own Bag en A upon many countries servei with , indeed, that barely yet the traffic that they may in the It is evident, also, that there railway increase with of that traffic, of the to New York, Thursday, July 12, 188}. We have also from period to period | enormous | our men, as well as the abundance of capital A : 7 : e e & 4 riod to | International Fisheries Exhibition, pointed less as | out that an acre of good fishing ground will | the mills of the States grow larger and able | yield more food in a week than an acre of | {oom starving. $4.50 a Year, Including Fostage. Single Coptes, Zen Cends. mand for rails for renewals—a demand | The Mallett System of Controlled that is, however, slight tothat which has been | Combustion. known in the past, and should be known | in the future, for rails for new railways. | As the latter—in some distant future—| The Mallett system of controlled combus- dies off, the former should be expected to |tion, for which an increased efficiency in | width of fire-box at bottom, inside, 4 feet; | grow; but we are as yet a long way from | evaporation and smoke prevention are | hight of crown sheet above top of grates, | this. There are wide areas of the world that | claimed, is apparently making slow but | 4 feet 9 inches; hight of space above crown | still need railways, and it is in the provision | steady progress. The system as originally | sheet, 1 foot 2 inches; hight of steam dome, of the rails for those that our rail mills must | brought forward was the adaptation of its |2 feet 6 inches; diameter of steam dome, 3 first look. The trade with our Colonies shows | principles to boilers in place ; now, however, | feet ; diameter of opening of safety valve, signs of healthy growth, and there isa grow- the company which have been recently or-| 3% inches; hight of fire-door openings, 1 | ing trade with Africa and other parts of the | ganized to work under Mr. Mallett’s pat- | foot ; width of same, 1 foot 2 inches; thick- great continents that are still only partly | ents are manufacturing boilers exclusively | ness of plate in shell and dome and on served with railways. In the cultivation of adapted to this process. The fundamental | outside fire-box slope, inch; thickness of the trade there is before our railmakers an | principle of the system, ‘‘ the regulation of | plate in fire-box sheet, front, back, crown and ample field. It is true that thers is geving the amount of air supplied to the ash-pit and | sheet sides, 7, inch ; thickness of tube sheets, competition, but the abundant supe ies that |combustion chamber to induce a complete | %4 inch ; heating surfaces of tubes, external, we have of iron and coal, aud the skill of | combustion to carbonic acid,” is still held, | 333.52 square feet; internal, 309.43 square feet; of fire-box, 94.83 square feet; of super- heater, 195.82; of combus- tion chamber, 51.13 ; com- bined area of tubes in boiler, 2 feet 6 inches ; fire grate area, 22 square feet ; total heating surface in boiler, 664.14 square feet ; number of tubes, 56 ; grate to heat- ing surface, 30.18; tube area to grate area, 8.42. According to the makers’ rule of clussification, viz., 15 square feet of heating surface to the horse-power, this boiler, having 664 square fect of heating sur- face, would be rated as about 45 horse-power. A more exact way to deter- mine its capacity, when under ordinary conditions as to setting and using chimney draft, is as fol- lows: Assume that the combustion amounts to 12 — of fuel per square oot of grate surface per hour ; this, on an area of 22 square feet, gives us 264 pounds of fuel burned ou the grate per hour. Assum- ing the evaporative efli- ciency of an ordinary loco- motive boiler, viz., 8 pounds of water per pound of coal, gives 2112 pounds of water evaporated per hour, As- suming, further, 30 pounds of feed to the horse-power, would make the boiler 794 of tubes between sheets, 7 feat; outside diameter of tubes, 34{ inches; inside di- ameter of tubes, 3 inches ; distance between centers of tubes, 4 inches; length of fire- box at bottom, inside, 5 feet 6 inches ; - G jitse--. | , Tn A : horse-power. and Section Showing Annular Septum Wall. In a circular issued by the Control Combustion Co. it is claimed that ‘‘ this size boiler evaporates with- out forcing 4400 pounds of water per hour, developing with an average engine 146.6 horse-power.” If this is granted, it is very evident that an increase in boiler capacity is upward of 100 per cent. In the system when first brought out the septum wall, separating the fire- box from the combustion chamber, was made of brick pierced with square holes, to furnish the fur nace gases with access tu the combustion chamber ; the air to complete thw combustion was admitted to the combustion chamber by hollow grate bars. lu the latter system the sep tum wall is replaced by the annular throat showu in our engravings. The longitudi. al section of the boiler is shown in Fig 2. The separation lx tween the fire-box A and the combustion chamber B is effected by means of an annular pertorated throat, or, as it is called, sep- tum. The effect of this throat is to converge and contract the fuel gases generated in the fire-box. While the fuel gases are thus focused, so to speak, the perforations in the throat permit highly heated air jets to enter in a complete circle, thus penetrating the core of the flaming gases at their most contracted and hottest point, simulating in every respect the activu cf an Argand burner. The fuel gases thus thoroughly incorporated with heated air in enteulall quantities enter the combustion chamber B, where the gases become burned aod not extinguished, as they would be if they entered the boiler tubes ou leaving the fire-box, as is usual. Owing to the introduction of the rocking grate (a feature well calculated wo increase the efficiency of the system, by checking losses due to the entrance of cold air to ihe fire-box when cleaning and raking fires), the hollow grate-bars were dispensed with. Lhe uantity of air gaining access to the fuel aud uel gases is regulated, as before, by regis a ee Se > oe ee ee ee ooo el i el le acetate eee te ead i i Fig. 2.—Longitudinal Section of Boiler. COMBUSTION, and the changes that have been made are purely mechanical. Mr. E. E. Magovern, who recently had occasion to inspect the working of the system aa now employed upon the steamer Cement Rock, plying upon the East River, - —these should give us the > share of il, despite the | Professor Huxley, in an address at the the following particulars in Mechanics ; To facilitate inspection, the boiler is placed directly upon the deck of the ves sel, and is entirely destitute of protection or clothing of any kind. The boiler is a modification of the common locomotive type, | as shown in the engravings. In order tu allow the reader to form some comparison of details between this and the ordinary loco- motive boiler, the following principal dimen- sions are taken from the company’s circular : External diameter of shell, 4 feet 8 inches ; external width of fire-box, 4 feet 8 inches ; external length of fire- box, 6 feet 2 inches ; | ters; a definite amount is allowed to enter diameter of combustion chamber, 3 feet; | the ash-pit, and an additional supply streams length of shell, 12 feet; length of super- | through the annular throat. W Leu bitwni- heater chamber, 1 foot; length of super- | pous coal or wood is charged into the tire- heater, 3 feet ; length of fan and air-cham- | box, the air supply to the ash-pit is cut otf ber, 2 feet; levgth over all, 24 feet; length by « sliding reguster, actuated by a lever, the |the best land will yield in a year. Still more striking was his picture of the moving | ‘* mountain of cod,” 120 to 130 feet in hight, which for two mvuths in every year moves | westward and southward past the Norwe- | gian coast. Every square mile of this colos- sal column of fish contains 120,000,000, con- suming every week, when on short ra- tions, no fewer than 840,000,000 of her- rings. The whole catch of the Norwe- gian fisheries never exceeds in a year more than half a square mile of this ‘‘ cod moun- tain,” end one week's supply of tbe her- rings are needed to keep area of cod a ee ne _- a a a a -—_ 7 2 =e a oe mamst 2 THE IRON AGH. July 12, 1888. ANSONIA The Plume & Atwood pct i ita en BRASS & COPPER CO., Mfg. Companv, ) \ No. 19 Cliff Street, MANUFACTURERS OF YA : ¥¢ Pep alin vew voux,| CD | SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE,| ff "=== mn oes ack seats “iio ea "TT Waterbur y Brass (ip, | Serman Silver and Gilding Metal, : Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co, |! af hdr a > xe0'doo. Copper Rivets and Burs, | — ff) Bstablishea, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 | Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c, Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, |Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, | WORCESTER, MASS. Seamless Brass & Copper CERMAN SILVER, Brass Butt Hinges, Af W S aL. Tubing. Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Jack Chain, I R F D RAW E R a PER TUBING, tos ’ ° Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms, COPPER. RIVETS AND BURS Keroséne Burners, : | Patent Galvaniring, Rolling and Tempering. PURE COPPER WIRE weiss KETELES ’ Lamp Trimmings, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF | Kletrial Purpoars, Bare and Coverd,| | BRASS KETILES, | 6 ay street, New York. | | IRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. o*, faeeneee ade "| 48 Federal Street, Boston. IF Of Every Description. a ; 109 Lake Street, Chicago. #0 - ANSONIA a REFINED POWDER FLASKS, Pere “ a ar | INCOT COPPER. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c.} THOMASTON, Ct. WATERBURY, Ct. A @PECIALTY MADE OF And small Brass Wares of every Description. | —<— Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells # Specialty. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, | PHELPS. DODGE & CO bes tp Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- Bridgeport Brass Co,, | GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, | ,, | Capewe ie weeas. MANUFACTURERS OF of PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, ' DMPORTERS OF Mille At Sheet and Roll Brass, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. TIN PLATE, |}; Brn, Now York Conn '| Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. sie ake od cial cod ROOFING PLATE, a... 6. h......, | Seamless and Brazed Tubing, t WAREHOUSES | Chicago, 107 abd 10) Lake Street. ] Sheet tron Copper, Pig Tin, wire, | DOTTOI Copper & Brass Copper and Iron Rivets. 4 Zinc, &o . . OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, SSS ES NS SS SS MANUFACTURER OF Rolling Mills, = jresesromme,| comme se | ae OWARD who MORSE C 0 P P E R A N D B R A S S . BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, oid masahoerng RaaGeen — Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, ° MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTORY, WaRrfHOUSE, See ee mnemnnm, | Tascam SS" BRAGS COPPER AND IRON WIRE CLOTH SCOVILL MFC CO | 22s mese st ether porn HARRISON WIRE CO.,| = BRASS, credit ts aren un tiie a cae de, HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. Cor. Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. ROME IRON WORKS, BUTTONS Manufacturers of CLOTH AND METAL. ’ Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- STEEL AND IRON DEPO; 3, FACTORIES, , ee pauemes ¥: Waterbury, Conn, per and German Silver 177 Devonshire St. New Haven, Conn. (in Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), a LR 2 R 8 Pp 2 183 Lake St, Cheage ww YekGty. |COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. SS Tee DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO,,)__%tome, New xors. /Holmes, Booth &Haydens,| EeeReeeeeee, Sener Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet lron, Copper, BROWN & BROTHERS, aa a No. 16 Mosh. No, ag Wire. Wire, Zinc, Etc. 81 Chambers. St, N.Y. Waterbury, Conn, | “© ambor= & ts eterai THE - TRENTON IRON 1 CO, 29 & $1 Clid &t., cor. rulton, Manufacturers of all kinds of ae bere pie Brass, Copper & German Silver, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. TAA Beir tad AAV a |Oteey COTE ER AND). noeemmeremmem. |e THE NEW HAVEN BRASS & COPPER WIRE, i COPPER CoO., GERMAN SILVER Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. SOLE MAKERS OF ee BRASS & IRON _ STEEL eee ives cat'wen, ee. | JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL: | wipe | POLISHED COPPER) —sz~—~ | OK CHIN, 008 SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, | WIRE MANUFAOTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF No. 4 Mesh, No. 14 Wire. No. 8 Mesh, No, 28 Wire. 5 eee eee ee ee Under Patent of ‘f. James, Sept. 12, 1676, . : also MANUFACTURERS AND ee nb as 1s Kerosene Burners, &c. RODS, =a USE BOILERS, warranted to to sand wo lbs.| JOHN DAVOL & SONS, mas preasure and guaranteed against tor New York Office, - - COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, Sc etieeteen on siLVER PLATED, FLat Tabue Wake, in nch| TFOOKIYR BOSSE Copper © | Philadelphia Office, - - - = = 21 North Fourth Street, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. | 200 Pearl Street - NEW YORK.| GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND Forks, | "got Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, ohn Street, New York. | WIRE ROPE A. C. DACCAIP TING PN. | ) M'F°G ‘very, comm’ {PASSAIC ZINC CO. [BSAA Waterbury, Conn., Manufacturers of WAREROOMS : NUVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS Pure Spelter 87 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. This Advertisement Changed Every Week. weenie ven end Benes Bedhine Turned, H and Square Head Cap and bgt tt ign wafeay aoa J ck atin; hi, Wicel Plated and Brose Trimingy of al Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes ss Facimates on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and AND ALL FINE WORK. LOwW A. otly given. rom «i aan tne Galvanizers & Brass Founders. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE (CO., NANNING & SQUIER, Gen Agents, MANUFACTURERS OF 118 Liberty Street, N WIRE ROPE Geo. Goo. W, Pemiss & Co. BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. IRON WIRE ROPE. STEEL WIRE ROPE.) 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. BARB WIRE 60., 87 Liberty St, New York. 89 Lake St., Chicago. STAUFFER, MACREADY & CO., New Orleans, La. BARB WIRE, DIGGERS, STRETCHERS, Spools, weight about 100 Ibs, and length of wire about 1500 feet. STA PLES, Ete., Ete., Ete. WORCESTER WIRE CO. rar pore Ta, deine feast |e A ‘LESCHEN & SON, Menntacturess of Of sil sises straightened and cut to order = x IRON AND STEEL Pues a8 3 =_ =| + & : —— [— s 2 E is sc 2 x BROWHING, ego & ©O,,: 85 Chambers St.. | £ = > | & og For ali Belt Heeks, Soamen ‘eendan er D Rings | - Staples, 1nd lor) DROOML TE. 8 | 919 to 928 N. Mala S., ST. LOUIS, se: Correspgudence invited, WORCESTER, MASS. De el Ms . c. —SeaAveg VCR lf . Cc ART ah ALOEIN, register being situated directly below the The Steel Cruisers. * septum, as can be seen in the engravings. ' 0. LINDEMANN & CO., _—— ~ nanan of The fresh fuel, not receiving any air, does| Secretary Chandler - $320,000 in certi- all purposes, and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. | not burn, but from the heat of the fire begins | fied checks and 16 bids for the construction Manufacturers of | to distiH, as it would in a gas retort. Owing! of the new steel cruisers, At 12 o’clock, Japanned, Brasr, |to this absence of air to burn the fuel, to-| July 2, the long, handsome room in the new Tin Platec | gether with diminished air tension within the | Navy Department where Secretary Chandler and Wood ire-box, the fuel begins to distill without pro- | transacts his official business was half- ducing smoke. The fuel gases generated at/| filled with gentlemen interested in the this time are drawn through the Argand | new steel cruisers. The Naval Advisory throat of the boiler, incorporated with hot | Board were there, and representatives from air and immediately burned. By oné motion | all the great shipbuilding firms, except the of the lever the air supplied to the ash-pit | company over whicb Mr. Gorringe presides, through the register and to the combustion | and Pusey & Jones, of Wilmington, who chamber is simultaneously regulated, sothat,| had announced their intention not to bid. as more air enters the one, less will enter the | Promptly-at noon Secretary Chandler made other, and vice versa. It is thus that while | a little speech to the bidders, rehearsing the the total supply of air to the fuel can remain | familiar history of the present attempt to get constant, the ratio of the amount supplied to | a few good ships for the navy, and recalling the solid fuel and to the fuel gases can be | the terms of the oft-published advertisement changed to conform with the greater or less | He had the ears of his little audience, but amount of fuel gases produced at different | their eyes were fixed on the enveloped bids stages of the combustion. lying on the Secretary’s desk. They did not Figs. 1 and 3 show perspective views of , have to wait long. As soon as the Secretary the annular septum or throat which separates | finished, a member of the Advisory Board the fire-box from the combustion chamber. | began to break the seals and read the bids. Fresh air entering the opening which passes | For the 4500-ton steel cruiser, C. H. Dela- through the water space of the boiler, and | meter & Co., New York, bid $1,163,000 ; the indicated by the arrow, is drawn into the| Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, peripheral ne of the brick throat, from | $1,120,000; Cramp & Son, Philadelphia, whence the ighly -heated air enters the | $1,080,000; John Roach, Chester, $889,000, flame Saiess r radially through a series of jet | Each bidder sent in a $30, 000 certified check orifices which cununanathebe with the circular ' with his bid. For the 3000-ton steel cruiser AL — BIRD CAGES. Original invertors Wright Metal agen ie e coastructed without solder. 254 Peari St., NEW YORK. ' DN ISIS SSSA SS VVSAITILSSISSSI TS “Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, compared ont covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel rages Borns pier @ constantly on hand. 284, 936 and 238 West 29th Street, 1 - - NEW YORK, = 9] IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. POPE, COLE & Co. BALTIMORE RAKE TEETH of all patterns, COPPER WORKS, and HAY TEDDER TEETH. 0. h Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., : : ” cities lean guaranteed of superior quality INGOT COPPER, of steel, perfect workmanship @akes, of unequaled purity and teughness. G. Gunther,| ard admirable temper, made A , ms by GAUTIER STEEL DEPART- [oe | Johnstown, Pa. [No. 15.] SEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: 104 Reade 8t. 523 Arch St. CLEVELAND WIRE WORKS. Pa tr SCS ppp em menses anne Ww. Ss. TY L E R, CHARLES A. OTIS, President. SAM’L ANDREWS, Vice President. SAM'L A. SAGUE, General Manager. | Jemeesmenen.on THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. Mallett System of Controlled Combustion.—Fig. 3.—Section Through Fire-box, Showing BRASS, STEEL AND | THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY ues, es GALVANIZED WIRE, DRAWERS OF , channel. The thorough incorporation of air|the following bids were made: The Har- and fuel gases, which could not be produced | lan & Hollingsworth Co., $777,000; Harris, Foundry Riddies, Coke IRON AND AND OF EVERY EVERY in any other manner, insures that perfect | Loring & Co., Boston, $748, 000 ; Cramp & and Coal Screens. Ss EL ee Se seen in the Argand | Son, $650,000 ; John Roach & Son, $619,000, burner, and hence the name of “ Argand Each bidder sevt in a $20,000 check. For Cleveland, Ohio. —____ STEEL DESCRIPTION boiler.” Although this boiler is internally | the 3000-ton cruiser the following bids were fired, it possesses a combustion chamber uni- |made: Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., $775,- reall recogni d ial fect . i 1 Ire Jo., New York, $763,- GALVANIZED, TINNED | AND COPPERED WIRE. Leintar lah savenhiion cemstoheans |dan, Coden Mi Ges Saumee daa ek, Bergen Port. Spelter. Eligh Grade and Fine Quality Wires a Specialty. |™ the locomotive type of boiler. This inno- | $617,000. Each bidder sent in a $20,000 aniieetoaabedsiame vation, together with the admittance of air | check. For the dispatch boat bids were MEMES : rt. WORKS & wuanacms, CLEVE LAND OH io into the interior of the boiler in the manner made: H. A,..Ramsey & Co., Baltimore, Lehigh Valley, Bergen Port, N. J. . . The only Miners and Manufacturers of described, really stamps the Argand as a | $420, ooo ; Allen & Blaisdale, St. Louis, $380,- PURE ‘new type of boiler. After the products of | 000; Cramp & Son, $375,000; John Roach, {combustion pass through the boiler tubes | $315. ooo. Each bidder sent in a $10,000 eT ani : HOWARD EVANS. roper, they enter the superheater F; Fig. 2. | check. When the bids had been read, Rear- Rass ino earglomentery boiler, and because | Admiral Shufeldt, President of the Naval From Lehigh Ore. Especially adapted for _— the average temperature of the water it con-| Advisory Board, examined the certified tains is much below that of the water in the | checks. The bids and the checks were pro- boiler proper, it abstracts more heat from | noune ed in good form. The checks were the waste products. This result is hightened | pinned to the bids, the latter were deposited by the moistening of the waste gases by the | in a polished mahogany dispatch box with exhaust steam of the engine, because moist | bright brass handle, and the lid was locked. Apes tact : oLogas TOOLS, air radiates its heat more rapidly than dry Then Secretary Chandler said : ‘‘ Gentlemen, . — @ ¢ FOUNDRY FACING, air. | the contracts will not be awarded to-day.” BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC, MOLDING SAND, a This er ee th re | With - benediction conversation became t P. account of its enser” originally us nis is, without | general, alvaapeeia ne FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, doubt, a decided improvement, and the in- | a 9 of Rallroad - Building a troductio: h into th o Ay ye eey nae 9. J. A. EMERICK & Co., fe) auction of the exhaust steam into the! pakota. —The location of Dakota's capital t, ip, ° 7 t | | at Bismarck, says the Northwestern Lum- ng 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA novelty based upon well known correc | eoctata Oe Mindi dp qundene to thasorteal of physical phenomena. : The introduction of the fan into the smoke box is an improvement rendering the ap- | railroad building in thd¥ Territory; for the | leading companies whose roads penetrate G. M. HOTCHKISS & CO., West Maven, Conn. ESTABLISHED 1887. - . S Dakota to the southward will be anxious ta , , a INCORPORATED 1876. — more aes t. a... eer | reach the capital and the Northern-Pacific aa eaaas 7 © CmeamGociy. C. F. Pops, Treas. Pee ee ies ntl aiber being | connection at that point. It is announced ' that the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Brass, Iron & Steel Keys, | Soll soatepaal i erae tapertate This tol lo 1o. have be gun construction on their bre anch i j a er ur | Posts the case with the I hate of lime, | from Lechter to Ashton, Dakota, a distance Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, = “9 which: is Roast alana the ales ‘ipal im. | 0 75 miles, which will be completed about | purity which is deposited in the form of scale the last of August. This line will connect Mitchell and Aberdeen, and by fall Mitch i HARDWARE SPECIALTIES. WATER BI RY, CONN. | when the water in the boiler becomes super- ee will cS linked femsther ie saturated. After passing through the super- rangements have already been completed for Hiustwated Catalegue Furnished on Application. heater the waste gases enter the exhaust | éontineing: the Milwankeo road trom Mitchell Snatitinte fan G, Fig. 2, from whence they can at } eget. ie Saath ps Co Also Brass and Nickel Piated Sey my OO = once escape into the open air, or be con bron pe ~ on for aie 2 Samim ie + ina Suspender Buckles. ee eee « comparatively small pipe | sad the Black Hills, and both the rival roads : oes ill compete vigorously for Dakota traflic b notice that the position of the fan when at | ™’ I Be as 7 KOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHER OF lvest offers no A mination i. whatever dvedt extending their systems [he prospects for “ROLLING MILL AN MACHINERY | ; railroad building in Dakota are great, ang BSHERT METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY. RIVERSIDE CASTINGS, ROLLS, |may exist at the back connection of the Oe afiaett hie ba to inated the Saciataadl honda boiler, either when a short pipe is carried to) 5). Territory NEW MAKE OF MINE LAMP. FOUNDRY CLEVELAND, OBI). Uf‘? 002 ti or when the gases pass off by a in chimney. Therefore, when only one botler Messrs. Nenjean & Delaite, of Liége, have WORKS INGOT MOLDS, ANNEALING POTS, las used, steam can always be raised by | devised the following process for coating o HOT BLAST PIPK, &c. | merely starting a fire, without the fan. ASs' with zinc large pieces that can be ame | only a few pounds pressure are required to only with difficulty, much less immersed in start the small engine, the fan will begin 4 bath of molten metal. Zinc, reduced to __.. | operate very quickly. There will always be) gne powder, i ixed with linseed oil an MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, | | found more t Danone Seem, ne, pol agg end ha See an te laid « ; bor very morning, with a banked fire, to s ’ sinale eon AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. oon aan There is no smoke during the o hea ee 4 ~— it = Works in the werd, eke on 12 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all | generation of steam by this system, and as | potter to employ two, so as to avoid missing : a ) ; the inventor of the system once stated, they | an sts. The articles thus treated have SCREW, RIVET, NAIL AND CHAIN RODS, SPECIALTIES, ldo mah ay > burs smoke, when once oiisiairaes i, Gt MAG atehe dee one TAP AEP DAP TES Oe SFaeEp: |made, but endeavor to burn fuel 90 a5 W be loft, or they may be subsequently bronzed, WOLTMAN & MICHKHERTS, sT. LOUIS, MO. produce no smoke, jor painted with lead color of any shades, July 12, 1888. THE IRON AGE. 8 =e 2 - J PME fae aie we o-=— = Se S= i SP a ree Fe 4 THE IRON AGE. July 12, 1883, OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Leftets & Co.) X F OR DW. D. WOOD & COS Si Atecaaa IRON AND NAIL CO.. ron and Steel |e. ivanized Sheet Iron, Cut N ails Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. 4a . a ia 1m SNOW SHOES j Bam ROADSTER BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. sp epattaad: Telegraph and Fence; Galva ent i atas of Cost and Machinery Steel constentiy ‘anised Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Lron CORRUGATED SHEET IRON ear | poets PIERSON & C0,, |cacssrseo.|” senna, tA Planished Sheet Iron. | Patented March 14th, 186s ; Avril sth, SHEET IRON. a and Tank Iron, PR RTE RS RY OX Be s Mange, Best Mange, 873 5 Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oot. Oth, s874 seca STEEL TOE CALKS. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to IMPORTED RUSSIA’ RON, Extra Qualitv Homogeneous Steel For ’sare (BOILER PLATE METAL DEALERS) sreex PxaTes, at descriptions. In the Large Cities throughout * ‘ THE UNITED STATES, |°" gk ete Sheet And at their Offec, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA.| SHOENBERGER & CO., "*e2™=™ SYRACUSE MALLEABLE|} WHEELING RON works, =| AJ A] LS SYRACUSE, N. Y. Laughlin Nail Co., and Carriage Irons a JUNCTION IRON co., Specialty. Joint Yearly Capacity Over Ww. B. BURNS, Proprietor, 600,000 KEGS, C. W. LEAVITT, "iw rsire?" Manager Sales Dep't, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wroug # Sorap, Out Nails, Copper, - BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. HARRISON&GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., & x2, 4, 9060 CHERRY ST., NEW YORK, nave on hand, and offer fcr Sie a ee ea etn ees 24 Broadway, New York City, Iron & Steel.'~ COMMON & REFINED IRON, Hipeps, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, Horse Shoe, Nail Bods, Steel, &c. Orders promptly flied from stock. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF lron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Price list and quotations sent upon application. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, stnsialdateaa ane. etaitdie of Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. piarete, Ovels, 5 Half goes mee Repade, Hesegee erse Shoe Also rooal Pig's supe one quai of been oo beonted 7 oO a. et — ed ABEEL BROS., aged by b mt to the Mill or to 5 o. B3s0 CANCER TBI ont Keen our Agent, at 59 Johan i 36s WATER ST. } NEW YOKE. FOX & FOX & DRUMMOND, ead Pewter kine koe °” ‘| BURDEN’S RAILWAY “ULSTER” IRON, ROLLING MILL HORSE SHOES. ‘CATASAUQUA” IRON, MATERIAL. ALLENTOWN SHAFTING, 68S WALL STREET, rior COMMON IRON, 4nd fall assortment of sizes of the best brands of REFINED IRON, 37.Band,, Hoop, Scroll and Angle iron. Cast, Spring, Mower and Reaper Castings TBLEPHONE CALL, “ NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & CO., “Burden Best” NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., Manufacturers of and Dealers in LI i= On woe lron Ralis dnd Radbndl Raulpment W i # 0 S S P i CS j PR O N PIG and BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. eB e 5 AGENCIES: 3 General Agent ALLENTOWN BOLLING MILLS! 97 Chambers Street. New York. Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH. WORKS. No. 63 Wall St., New York. ' ' ee ULSTER IRON WORKS. Boiler Rivets. KUNNEIL —_MISTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited 90 Broadway, New ork. | The Burden Iron Company SCOTCH PIC IRON, IRO ae sssee| Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co Troy, N. Ys FOR SALE IN LOTS TO Suir, [=i%%bure™ - - - Pa Pans and estamates furnished, and Sen.” boous cocletaing outs of ail ven uxedo ens) rer | eenineemian aca, “aaniple pleces bt odice. Please address CABEICHASL & SERESS EGLESTON BROS. & CO., EDWARD J. WESSELS Bonnell, Botsford i Co., 58 Hudson Street, New York. Sc! | Wen take ie Be, Chicago, Nes’. oe . a5 Chicago, Ul. 368 ith St $6 Sout ieee } NEW YORK CITY. SOLE AGENT FOR THE Iron, Nails & Spikes, BURDEN’S UNITED STATES, 17 Cedar St., - = NEW YORK. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. BORDEN & LOVELL, |jpon AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. Commission Merchants, | , sees: tr x20 costerine tre uo. Tog Laure! not Eee! hf Bl g& SS. |r. w. sesure co. COMRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON 70 & 71 West St» | FNTERPRISEMANUFACTURINGCO.|. == | Railway Supplies and Equipment. ROOFING & SIDING, b, N. LOVEL t AIGEG | — sew vores. Agents for the sale of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nalis, Os Sar Light Machinery Forgings a Specialty. Borden Mining Company’s| prompuy st the most reasonable tates. Geneientnntndiadii, Nos. 215 & 217 Main Street, IRON MERCHANTS WIRE RODS, English Make. Superior Vaiue. F. O. B. Liverpool. Cor. Albany & Washington Sts. Particulars trom NEW YORK CITY. A. C. LESLIE & CO., MONTHREAL. ORFORD NICKEL AND COPPER COMPANY, SMELTERS AND REFINERS OF COPPER. THOS. J. POPE & BRO., Agents, 292 Pearl St., New York. Copper Ore, Mattes or Bullion purchased. Advances made on cousignments for refining and sale. Bmelung and Refining Works at Bergen Point, near New York. Offices, 37 £39 Wali &t., New York. PASSAIC | ROLLING MILL CO., bave always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Bye Bars, 2c, PATERSON, N. J. Boom 45, Astor House, New York. ULSTER BAR IRON, |acc#s All sizes and shapes ip stock Also Best Grades of Am, & Eng. Ref’d Iron,Common Iron,&c FRANK L. FROMENT, ‘ROW zi 112 John St., NASH HUA. TRON STEEL CO., <— Bugdings, Boots, DOCOMOTT 00 Bkylights, Bridges, &e. ie Pee WOSELEY IRON BRIDGE E AND ROOF CO., GLENGARNOG ICK AND CA CARNBROE ‘SCOTCH P PIG IR N, For spot delivery, and for prompt or forward shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale by JAMES LEE & 90-» Sole Agents for the United States. 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. 101 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. 156 Washington Street, CHICAGO. LEECHBURG IRON WORKS KIRKPATRICK & CO., rine SHEET ZRONS, Card, Stamping, Tea eee FT ATURAL Gas USED | as pom: FUEL. OFFIOR, No. 143 Firet Ave., Pitteburgh, Pa. WORKS, Lecohbure. Pa. “ SHERIDAN,”. “ LEESPORT,” “MT. LAUREL” & “TEMPLE of mete t) Ter eee “CHARCOAL” PIG IRON, “MAIDEN CREEK” and “ NEW RIVER MINERAL” BRANDS. FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. Olid Oar Wheels, Best Brands. 46 OU Street, New York City. JAMES W. JttOoss, Wrought & Cast Scrap tron, oLD METALS, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, aszé +4 soak sect NEW YORK. Bar Iron, Car Wheels. Axes, Halls a aaa " Railroad Supplies. {Manhattan’ Rolling Mill,|7 4! TARE RR TRON eo PANY, CUT NAILS, | steonarp, |_ ie eitreser tice enese™™ 36 DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO. 445 to 451 West St, 177 & 179 Bank St., Jous J, SrowsEns, President. ALEXANDEB BURNS, Mapager. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts Bolts, Washers, &c, NEW YORK, THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING Co., DOVER IRON (0.8 HORSE SHOE IRON, ee Cs aaa Pr. EVERY, ee BoiIiLBR RIVE Ts, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. ALKER & CROMLISH, lron and Steel Forgings. NEW YORK. Pencoyd Iren Works, Maidencreek trou Ce., Marshall Iron Co., Still Water Ce., {ron Beams, Hoop & Band tron. W. S. MIDDLETON, Broker in Machinery & Iron FORSTER’S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, The best in market. W.S. MIDDLETON, 523 Jehnu &.,N. ¥. B. FEF. JUDSON, tmporter of and Dealer tn SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Common. Toe Calk Steel, er iek ae ae Reds, Ovals, Half Ovals and Fiats. DANIEL | F. COONEY, BOILER “PLATES AND ) SHEET RON, D BOLL =. f ULLER BRO I HERS & Co. ‘tre, cn ‘te i ain Agency tor Glasgow lLron Co., Jos. & Co. Pine Iron Works. Levencn Molling ates Corrugated Sheet (ron s Specialty, Galvanised. a -* -- lnew Corrugated tor the Trade, Tube Co. 189 Greenwich Street, New York. Cis oabrpted Biiee vets; iemogroevus Heck | womcs, GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, K. OFFICE ARD WARENOUSE, 96 JOHN STREET, NEW WORK, 12 B Mm weirs it “-”~ Jaly 12, 1883. Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 8S. Fourth St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents ver ben Stal mee Car Me Bofler and ‘oad Wheels Olé Rafls, Arles, and a 934 8. ath 8t., Philadelphia. Cambria tron and Steel Works. The Cambria Iren Co., The Cambria Iren Co., having enjoyed a for more than 6 having acquirsd the entire ownership of the Seawot he nbactetearde: bas bas now a capacity of . ween AND aaa MILLS 150,000 Tons of fron & Steel Rails | Sue tosproduce ail ete specaitice, such ax Sor Sawn all their ir spgtaltes, o gt AS — And most approved patented Springs, Rake Tooth nd A arrow Tecth, Series tural Implement Steel Address Well-known for quperter Sate es of a and CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, 278 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, or at Works, Johnstown, Pa. es Selling Age - it, 46 Pine 6&t., ag the STEEL aeaee E,. Suarrm, Gen’! Sup’t, Johnstown. ew York Warehouse, 104 je St. *"Pniladelphia Warehouse, 3 Arch &t. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. ufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & k JOISTS, 4 a and all kinds of Iron Framfng used in the ion of Fire Proof Build PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. BEFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans end Spectfications furnished. Address DAVID on President. NEW YORE AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Plantshed, Galvanised, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bleom PLATE ck SHH T IROnN, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. ey ee TS Tee cod Elbow, seaiat Five, Smoke Stack, JAS. ROWLAND & 60, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. alis, cut from Tank and Bout Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferruie, Locomouve Headlight and Jacket Iron. ls Also. the James Rowland & Co. Kensington their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron @ specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop ~ PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. @& PP. ROBERTS «c Co., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANCLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No, 26 8. Fourth St., Philadelphia. for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. J. WW. PASSON co Cco., DEALERS IW ALOUVUILDING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Avenue, iceman PA,, Sei anc MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FAOING, X MINERAL, LEAD FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, XX MINERAL, IXL FACING, STEEL BRUSHES, ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analvtical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA. PA, Eatablished in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Weters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and or ee rapid and appliances f accurate analysis of Iron Steel, Ores, Slags, Limestones. Coals, Clays, Fire Sands &¢, Agents for ~- Kt -§ Baltimore. Price lista on application. SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER, MINING & MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR COKE PIG IRON FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORES. Also CHARCOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. Works at MILNES, PAGE OO., VA. Treasurer's Office, 132 WALNUT 8ST., PHILADELPHIA. JUSTICE COX, IB, & 00., Sales Agents, 384 South 4th &,, Philadelphic. THE IRON AGE. 5 JUSTICE Cox, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. Improvements in Locomotives. Hdward J. Htting, jSTICE COX, JR, & CO., 7a on a si tet Ma At the r6th annual convention of the Pi — ome CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY aND | Master Mechanics’ Association, recently held 8s Bar and Rallroad Iron. SHENANDOAH in Chi , Mr. F. W. Dean read the paper we Seer, a@o. Foundry & Forge Pig Tron. given below, and which, though it may ex- MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK,| <s>jnotgm, ti gh, Umnee "|S "tntrainel il aoa The Allentown Iron Co. and the CATASAUQUA MFG, CO.’S found interesting and instructive in many Greenwood Rolling Mill. Bar, Angie, Skelp and Sheet Iron. particulars. Mr. Dean remarked that the > vie locomotive has always been a fascinating ma- DELAWARE AVENUR ADOVE CALIOWNILL STREET, Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 294 80, Fourth 8t., PHILADELPHIA, chine to nearly all persons from boyhood up. eemeate vapees esate, on Iren. BLAKEY & WALBAUM, The question of appearance often caused de- sign to be sacrificed to it, and even to this Established 1837. A. PURVES & SON, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York, day there are many locomotives running which indicate that there is not only some of Dealers in Scrap Iron, Metals and Machinery, Cor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia 7 y Ouer tor on Sots €0 outt; Rea or Yellow Fleny GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS. 8c Brass ; ingot Brass, cast qualities, Ingot Gun SPECIALTIES, the feeling referred to existing, but that the Snape anes: wares |NEW AND OLD RAILS, designers are not well versed in first-rate paid for Sorap Iron and Metals BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIQ4, principles of machine design and construct ive mechanical engineering. At least one Isaac V. LLOYD. Jas. G. Linpsay. LLOYD & LINDSAY, |Spiegeleisen Iron Ores road in this country can be pointed out on No. 328 Walnut St., purcapecpHia,| AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES GENERALLY. which many parts are fastened together with Brokers and General Dealers in Sole Agents for the United States for stud and tap bolts put in the most invisible and inaccessible places, giving the engine the Iron and Steel, Kailway Equipments and|The North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Supplics, Say Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig | O°., Limited. the appearance of being to some extent Ie and Fastenings, Mack Bars, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “* ULVERSTON.” glued tugether. Not only this, bub the roa, Bleoms, Beotler Tubes, Wreaght Iron Pipe, ae. Malleable Pig Iron, brand “4 u H. Mm oT amount of bright finish on the engines is absurdly great. Nothing of the sort will be shesbes Vale Fae on Tee tree. N. B. ALLEN & CO.'8 DINAS FIRE BRICKS. J. 0. RICHARDSON, {JEROME KEELEY & CO., No, 232 Dock St., Philadelphia, 306 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR DEALER IN ARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG wis San IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON R Pig tron, Merchant Bar Iron | 120% cLab. re Thon“ Ones and Baia, MAGN Eric and Oke. MU — K BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel and tron Ores. Ralls, Scrap Iron &c. Examine and negotiate irea an Coal properties. J. J. MOHR, lanwies, Atsew. 3.3. Riess. Sole Agent for E. H. WILSON & CO., Sheridan, Leesport, Temple,| 230 sourn Tatra street, Phitadotphta. Millcreek and Mt. Laurel BROKERS AND DEALERS IW BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. PIG IRON, CHARCOAL PIG IRON. E DMUND D. SMITH. 430 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. @, A. Hepzrron. 8. Frank SHARPLES. 147 So, 4th St., Philadelphia, SBERTON & BROKER FOR THE SALE OF ALL GRADES Ce eeee ict mi Geman tone >?) FOREIGN & DOMESTIC IRON ORES, found on a Sellers, Bement or Whitworth machine, and it would be difficult to say why a locomotive should be differently treated. Some of the principles which should be kept in view in designing a locomotive are simplicity, directness, convenience in manu- ¥ | facturing, inspecting and repairing. A lo- comotive or other machine should be as smooth and free from projections of all sorte as possible, so long as these features are not inconsistent with the efficiency of the ma- chine. In particular, all nuts and other parts should be conveniently placed, and no attempt should be made to conceal anything, for the minute this is done thore enters what may aptly be termed mechanical im- morality. The means which we employ to fasten parts together are the best we have, and should be honestly used. The beauty of a machine consists largely in the propriety of the design, and any d ture from pro- priety is a caricature. Mr. Dean believed that — boxes and dome covers should be —— smooth and without moldings. hey should have hemispherical tops, and should flare out to join the boiler. In this rticular Mr. Ely, the late Howard Fry and r. Lander have set good examples. The forms of cylinder casing should receive more attention. This should be entirely without moldings, should have flat ends, and the parte joined should be flush with each other. For th. of ; : ; Pig. Bloom, Ptate, Bar, Bors Spiegeleisen, Pig Iron and Structural Iron | [t would be well to consider whether, for the lack, Sheet, Pipe and tread = | sake of simplicity at least, cylinder heads without casings cannot be used with advan- tage more than they are at present. If ed were used in conjunction with solid web tons, which will noticed further on, t vai could be made hollow, thus giving an air space for the non-conduction of heat. The rIROoOW. No. 220 Bo. 8t., Phila. ty. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., Charcoal Bloom and Pig a Iron Merchants & Railway Equipments, Langhorne Wister, Rodman Wister, J. NM. Shimer. —- mea Fourth St., Philadelphia. Bron Co. and Pine Iron Work L. & R. WISTER & CO., manufacturers of, of Muck gil grades of Plate “G oa our 23 and ne” | objections to this construction are the cost IRON BROK E RS. Bar fron, Rails and oil seme in Iron. i of founding and the weight. On the other given a oiecan Building Specifications. hand, the gain in strength due to this form, Scrap Iron a Specialty. Agents for the Olearficld Fire Brick Co.'s No. 930 South 4th St., Phtladciphia. ANDOVER PIG ILBRON, when the two webs are connected by ribs, may be an important advantage with the in- creasing steam pressures which are sure to follow the few leading instances of it which we now have. Occasionally we hear of the burning of locomotive cabs. In England and on the Continent of Europe, as most of us know, iron is always used for cabs of a thickness of about 4, inch. The roof is sometimes made of wood, easily detachable from the sides and front, and is covered with some water- proof material. This ovsrcomes the objec- tion that an iron cab would be noisy in rainy weather, but the objection that it would be cold in winter and hot in summer may have considerable force. The weight of an iron cab would be an advantage in these days. Speaking of the American locomotive, Mr. Dean pronounced it to be a remarkably waste- ful machine, both in the use of the bol and the use of the steam after it is generated. It is to be regretted that we have few, if any, records of a first-rate series of experiments show just what our best locomotives are ion and it is to be hoped that some of our leading railroad companies will soon employ thoroughly competent 6 ee to make ex- riments on the matter. That there is room For improvement none will doubt. There are locomotives burning as much as 95 unds, and even more, of coal per square Soot of grate area per hour, which is un- doubtedly a very wasteful rate. To show how economical a locomotive can be, Mr. Dean had some figures which were furnished to him by Mr. Patrick Stirling, locomotive ETHELBERT WATTS, IRON BROKER AND COMMIS- SION MERCHANT, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. No. 326 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Andover Chill Iron 6 Carwheels, 0. depth G4 Inch to %4 Pig, Muck and Bar Iron, Scrap, Etc, Bach vig marked exact chil} IT. COAL nitnev & Son's stand inch), A. v o'ss Also, COKE, IRON ORES, BIT. COAL. F. A. Comir, Treas. J. Weezy Poiimas, Agent. eee 407 Walnat S&., PHILADELPHIA. MATTHEW GILL, Jr, & CO., (Late of SITES & GILL.) MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., 1240 N. Ninth 8t., Philadelphia, Pa,, IRON, STEEL & NAILS. 400 onestnat st., |RON AND METAL DEALERS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES,| SALES OFFICES, PHILA., PA. 16th & Market Sts., Yew Wark AddArece. 14 CLIP! eT TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEY & C0., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, 816 Richmond 8t., - - PHILADELPHIA. MANUFACTURERS OF THE Celebrated “ D. B. G.” Special Crane and Dredging Chains, Careful attention given tc Special Dimension Chains and those requiring extra Strength and Wearing Qualities. ; Scrap Iron and Metals, New and Old Rails, Pig and Rar fron, Railroad | __and Rar ron, Railroad Supplies, &e., @e. &e., &e. SS ee a”! Cll | | —lhlr a experituntons of the Great Northern Rail of England, giving the results of a tes of experiments made by him with one #9 | of his 8 feet 1 inch single pair of driving wheels locomotives, having cylinders 18 by ape 28 inches. ‘Thes