The Iron Age 1883-08-02: Vol 32 Iss 5

he ler ind an ad set rat aw. »Z. LE 50. the pall Sloth, ing. ork. or K. The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Davi Wriittams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXXII: No. 5. : New V ork, T, hursday, August Z. 1883. 82.50 a Vear, Lncluding Tostagqe. Stngle Coptes, Ten Cents. The [ron Trade of Scotland. In the April number of State Department Reports the following interesting information is supplied by Consul Leonard, of Leith, un- der date of February 2, 1883: In the Seotch iron trade the amount of business done during the year 1882 has been very great, and in several departments with- out a parallel in its history. From the end of 1874 to the beginnin of 1882 the reaction from the previous inflation was felt severely, and during that period the stock of pig iron | in Scotland increased from 96,000 to 940,000 tons. That quantity was the largest ever held, being nearly equal to the ordinary re- quirements of both the home and foreign markets for a period of twelve months. Al- though this was discouraging, there was a feeling of confidence in the market, attribu- table, among other causes, to an expectation that ere long the restricted production (12% per cent.) would exhibit its influence in the reduction of stock, and to the belief that the development of trade and of railway and other enterprises in the United States was Ny LJ °. ap eee Vy CO ORTES PEE PZT a ~~ ee a OF ai wey I Fiy. 2.—Side View of Bridge and End of Boat. certain to bring an increase of business to the market of this country. Eventually there was unmistakable evidence that re- s‘riction in the output had begun to tell in the direction so much desired, and the for- eign exports of pig iron were seen to be in- creasing. The stock has been reduced 104,- 000 tons during 1882, and it amounted to 836,000 tons at the end of December. The turning point, therefore, has now been at- tained, and throughout the various districts demand appears to have fairly overtaken supply. cscs have ruled comparatively low, and profits have borne no comparison with what they were a few years ago ; nev- ertheless, labor has been cheap, and the cost of fuel and of production generally moderate throughout the whole year. In January, 1882, the price of Scotch pig iron was $12.91, the highest point of the year, from which it declined until April, when $11.36, the lowest rate, was reached. By this time the improvement in trade had begun to manifest itself, but comparatively little advance occurred in the price, which rose to $12.68 on July 21, and to the end of December fluctuated between that figure and $11.74. The production by the Scotch ironmasters during nine months of the year has been 1,126,000 tons, from an average of 108 furnaces, making about 200 tons per furnace per week. In 1881 the production was 1,176,000 tons, the number of furnaces 116, the weekly output per furnace being 195 tons, The consumption of pig iron in Scotland exhibits the unprecedented total of 930,000 tons, composed of 585,000 tons Scotch iron and 345,000 tons English iron, | eed ii Fig. 3.—Plan of Boat Slip and Bridge. | | | 'increase of 188,000 tons in the former and a decrease of 75,000 tons in the latter. Ship- ments during 1882, although less than dur- ing some former years, amounted to 645,000 tons, 67,000 tons more than in 1881, and ex- hibit a good, steady demand from all parts of the world. Of the shipments there were 146,518 tons forwarded to the United States, an increase of 39,747 tons over the quantity shipped thither in the previous year, but less than in 1880 by 87,825 tons. land in 1882 was 474,000 tons, an increase of 113,000 tons over the quantity produced in 1881 and 182,000 tons above the produc- tion in 1880. But the exports of malleable iron have not increased proportionately with the great increase in the production of that article. The quantity exported in 1882 was 26,805 tons, or 5755 tons in excess of the | total in 1881 and 1896 tons more than the quantity exportel in 1880. In 1873 the ex- ports were 25,830 tons, only 975 tons below those of 1882. They declined to 14,489 tons in 1876, and have steadily risen since then. <a tae iit i ~ A =) 4 ome tl ra Re Ze mana FERRY BETWEEN BENI¢ being, as compared with the year 1881, an | tory, there is an Englishman or a Scotchman at the head of every department. For in- stance, Mr. John Mackenzie, from Arm- strong’s Works, at Newcastle, and who was formerly superintendent of the Turkish Ar- senal, has charge of the heavy ordnance de- With the exception of the small-arms fac- | the Imperial Maritime Customs at Shanghai. | During the past two years the ordnance department at turned out eighteen 40-pounders on the Arm- heavy Kiangnan bas | | the work produced, so far as a casual ob | server can see, is equal to anything done at home. What becomes of the arms manufac | tured here is at present enshrouded in some strong principle, half of which have gone to | mystery, as few, if any, troops can be seen | Tientsin and the other half to Nanking. A | 120-pounder, 7 inches in interior diameter, The production of malleable iron in Scot- | partment. Mr. Wm. Newton, also from shipbuilding yard. Mr. John M. Allen is superintendent marine engineer, and Herr : | polygroove! according to the latest system | Armstrong’s, takes the shot and shell depart- | at home, though not in the latest style for | ment; Mr. Samuel Ballard the carnage fac- | length of gun, is now ! ready for proof, and | tory, Mr. John Atkinson the powder works, m terial is in store for twenty more of such while Mr. John Rennie superintends the | guns and twenty 80-pounders, which are to be manufactured in due course ; but as these | guns are turned out only at the rate of one Leo Brettchneider is military instructor. | every month or six weeks, it is impossible Otherwise the whole arsenal is worked by | to say when they will be finished. All the Chinamen, even to foremen and engineers. | raw material for these guns is brought out The small-arms factory has not even a Euro- |} in bars of iron and steel from England, and, pean superintendent, and has been carried | as is done at home, these iron bars are coiled on, since its late superintendent died, exclu- | into spiral cylinders and then welded into | solid coils, bored and turned preparatory to Throughout the various departments, and | their being contracted on the steel barrels, at the powder manufactory at Loong-wha, | ther several dimensions being gauged to a sively by the Chinese. there are from 2500 to 3000 men employed, | minuteness of one ten-thousandth part of an and, although none of them have to serve) inch. The 40-pounders which have been anything like a formal apprenticeship to the | finished are beautifully bronzed, and mounted IA AND PORT COSTA, CENTRAL | with them, - I Central Pacific Railway Ferry. been built. iculars of this craft : The boat is propelled by two separate ver- tical beam engines, built by Messrs. Harlan & Hollingsworth, of Wilmington, Del. The cylinders are 5 feet 2.24 inches in diameter, Tm ‘ee ry - i Sn eon INTL a 1 TTT RAILWAY. PACIFIC Of these exports of malleable iron in 1882, | particular branch that they follow, such as | upon rear-chock carriages of the British 3900 tons went to the United States. - EE - A Chinese Arsenal. In view of a possible war between France and China, says the London Engineer, a con- cise account of what is going on at the chief Chinese arsenal may not prove uninteresting to our readers. There are four arsenals in the Celestial Empire, viz., the Kianguan, Tientsin, Foochow, and Nanking arsenals ; but the two largest are those of Foochow and Kiangnan. The latter is situated about three miles from the foreign settlement at Shanghai, and is on the banks of the muddy Hwangpoo. It comprises a small shipbuild- ing yard, with every requisite for the con-_ struction of ships of the size of the gunboats built in England for the Chinese Govern- ment. Attached thereto are a capital dry | dock and engineering works, including a | small-arms factory, shot and shell factory, gun | and carriage factory, and a large brass and | iron foundry, with, of course, the necessary storehouses. Two or three miles further up the river, and on the same side, are ex- tensive powder works and a cartridge de- partment. The entire arsenal covers an area of considerably over 200 acres, and is under the supreme direction of a Mandarin named Li Mingling, who takes his instruc- tions from both Lin K’un-yi, the Viceroy of the Liang-Kiang—in which are included the provinces of Kiang-su, Kiang-si, and An-hui —and Li Hung Chang, the Viceroy of Chih-li and governor of Tientsin. English artisans do, there is a general con- sensus of opinion among the heads of depart- ments that Chinese labor, ‘skilled and unskilled,” will bear very favorable compari- son with that of our mechanics at home. The only difference there is between the two—if, indeed, there be a difference at all —is that the Celestials will not work under high pressure, but will take their own time over everything, no matter what its urgency; and they have their own secret societies, which, after the pattern of English trades unions, see that their members do not do too much work or take too little pay. The scale of remuneration ranges from $2 to $3 a week to the coolies, to $70, $80 and $90 a month to the foremen, the mean being $6 to $7 per week. And when it is remembered that they live mainly on rice and similarly inex- pensive dishes, and, huddling together in wretched habitations, pay next to nothing for rent, and do not wear fine clothes, it will be seen that they have abundant opportuni- ties for saving money. Their hours of labor average nine a day, and they leave off two hours earlier on Saturdays, and have Sun- days entirely to themselves. As workpeople their steadiness can be relied upon, for they do not drink, and it is only 4 comparative few that indulge in opium smoking. The chief difficulty experienced by Europeans in dealing with Chinese mechanics is that they have an almost invincible repugnance to innovations, improvements, or, in fact, any thing new. We understand that the sup- plies for the maintenance of this arsenal are ‘derived from two-tenths of the revenues of service pattern. They are made principally of mahogany, and tastefully polished, and | were also constructed in the arsenal. There |is a capital foundry here, sezond to none in the world, and it is capable of turning out ten times the amount of work it does, only three or four tons of pig iron a day being at present used for casting. Projec- tiles are manufactured for every descrip- ,tion of gun, and these, too, could be |made in much greater quantities than they lare. In the small-arms factory there are ‘about 200 men engaged, who contrive | among them, under native direction, to turn out 10 rifles a day, with bayonets, complete. Probably all the work done at the other ‘arsenals would not more than double the results obtained from Kiangnan Arsenal, as | Foochow Arsenal is principally devoted to |shipbuilding. Cartridges are at present | manufactured in the Kiangnan Arsenal at the rate of 25,000aday. The great fault 'to be found with the arsenal—apart from ‘the lack of energy manifested in its work | by the Chinese officials—is one that is com | mon to most other arsenals, namely, that its sheds and buildings are too scattered, thus | preventing operations being carried on in a sufficiently systematic manner, and leading, consequently, to great waste of both time and labor. *This has been unavoidable, perhaps, for the reason that the establish |ment has been built piece by piece, as oc |casion required. However, so far as the gun factory, the shot and shell factory, and 'the small-arms factory are concerned, they ‘are entirely upon European models, while aha ace + PTT TTT “ and 11 feet .28 inch stroke. Each engine is intended to develop 2000 horse-power. There are eight steam boilers, each 7 feet .25 inch in diameter and 28 feet .24 inch long. They are made of steel, and have 143 tubes 3.94 inches in diameter and 16 feet long. The total heating surface is 19,630 square feet The wheels are 30 feet in diameter and have 24 floats, and each wheel can be worked independently of the other The Solano is a vessel of 3540 tons, and is of the following dimensions Length of main deck, 494 feet 8 inches Length of hull, 406 feet 2 inches. Width over all, 116 feet. Width between wheel casings, 64 feet Hight amidships, 18 feet 6 inches Hight at ends, 15 feet 9 inches Draft when loaded, 6 feet 6 inches Fig. I gives a section and side view of boat, and Fig. 2 a side view of bridge and end of boat; Fig. 3 is a plan of the boat slip and bridge, and Fig. 4 is @ cross section of the boat between engines It will be seen from the engravings that the ferry has four lines of rails, and, as they extend from end to end. there is sufficient accommodation for 48 freight cars or 24 passenger cars with locomotive and tender The boat is chiefly used for passenger service, freight being taken by the old route and transferred at Oakland to finish running to San Francisco. As the amount of freight thus carried is very considerable the service is an important one, and the boats are large number of cars which are unloaded in the enough each to carry a San Francisco station The general con The Solano, the Central Pacific Railway | ferry-boat for San Francisco Harbor, has | been the subject of much curiosity and con- siderable interest among engineers, and we present this week detailed drawings illustrat- ing this rather remarkable piece of marine architecture. The model of the boat is some- what different from anything which we have in Eastern waters, and in size is altogether larger than any ferry-boat which has ever The following are the chief par- aT le THE IRON AGE The Plume &Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRe. German Silver and Gilding Metal, ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Clifi Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury Brass Co. CAPITAL, $400,000. Sheats, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper ee Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms! pqppep RIVETS AND BURS, PURE COPPE E a BRASS KET1LES, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &« c. 18 Murray Street, New York. GERMAN SILVER, Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. Door Rail, Brass Tags, B PERCUSSION CAPS, "eae eee E ake Street, go. ANSONIA REFIN S POWDER FLASKS, Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct. WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, dc, And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods. INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., IMPORTERS OF te us onion |Sheet and Roll Brass, roadway, New York, ' ® . TIN PLATE, {125 easy st. Providence, 1. Con, | 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 d to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. HARRISON WIRE CO., ST. LOUIS, MO., ROOFING PLATE, Sheet tron wee Pig Tin, Wire, Detroit Copper & Brass : Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, COPPER AND BRASS. ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. 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., Detrolt, Mich. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- SCOVILL MFC co BRAS Ss, HINCES WIRE, CERMAN ‘SILVER. —_—_~=.-—_— PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF STEEL AND IRON DEPO:S, FACTORIES, . = : $19 & 421 Broome St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn, per and German Silver 177 Devonshire St., Boston. New Haven, Conn. (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), W. | Pt 3 B (5 ee Ek 183 Lake St., Chicago. New York City. COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORE, BOSTON, 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St. Manufacturers of all 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, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO,,|__#teme, New York. : Tin, Sheet BROWN & BROTHERS, Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, Wire, Zinc, Etc. Waterbury, Conn. 29 & $1 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool, =NEW YORK, THE NEW HAVEN COPPER C@Q., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. 81 Chambers St., N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF wy (BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets, and Burs, Etc. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER DEALERS IN ——————— ISE BOILERS, BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER area and a. AR > JOHN DAVOL & SONS, | "| PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK.| Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., | Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. eee ee ee Dealers in Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, 290 Pearl Street - NEW YORK.| GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Antimony, Solder & Old Metals. 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC C0. - Manufacturers of Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, Bozngon, Round and Square Head Cap and —- Bet Screws; Brass and fron Safety and Jack Chain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes kinds, from Sheet Iron, Steel or I _Sasinates ¢ on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work. respectfully solicited and AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for CE ___ Galvanizers & Brass Founders. | MANUFACTURERS OF 118 Liberty Street, N. ¥. Geo. eo. W. |. Prentiss & Co., ~— FACTURERS OF IRON gq WIRE. — — — , —— = h- Gio BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. IRON WIRE ROPE. STEEL WIRE ROPE, 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL ee ee — a in i - Fr all sizes straighte ened and eut to order. (Peer ce ‘> err | BROWNING, SISUM & CO., 85 Chambers St Manufacture For all Purposes. | Belt Heeks, Cotters, Spring Keys. D Rings staples, and everything pertainingto wire bending | Factory BROOKLYN. WORCESTER, MASS, sive Operators < tthe: PA cotls of 100 pou ograeh Annealed Fence aaa Grape Wire in loner lengtha' of Gard Clothin or Bail Wire re oes , Bri et, je ‘acture 8 ano- string ng Covering Wire, ty is made a of Ci Clock, Machinery, Gun Bosew am Straightened an to ne Wire. Stee) i Wire for Springs, Needles and netie Met k WORCES I ER WIRE co., Bright, Sennene’s Annealed and Tin | Plated, Also GUN SCREW WIRE | August 2, 1883. CHAS. F. WASHBURN, Vice President & Secretary PHILIP L MOEN, President and Treasurer. Established 1881. 2-4. wish 7 WEN WANA TURIN t0. ae eeenes eee. > Copper Rivets and Burs, | Saito Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, |Copper Electrical Wire, Pins,| " ss wii eons MANUYAOCTUERERS OF TRON and STEEL WiIRSBs, Poe er Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. WIRE RODS o} + CONT Iron Ree lit ee to }¢ in., cut te any length. Owners and exclu ENT TIN ip 0 roducing Iro d Steel WIRE cae 8 BOLLING MI “a nph W Wire: Market and and Stone wire selected s' soft N Coppered, Galv anized or Tin "Plated. on Wire furnished, Linen ish Stee Stee] Wire kept in stock. al lomes, - 7 Musis {New York, 16 Cliff, and 241 Pearl Sts. WAREHOUSES : | caicage, 107 and 169 Lake St. * NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS,” Narehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Manufactory, Nos. 1197, 1199, 120%, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1209 and 1211 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. ¥ HOWARD & MORSE, BRASS, COPPER & | RON WIRE CLOTH, Exclusive Manufacturers 0 of the No. 16 Pattern, Drive Way Gates. Wire Cloth, partly unrolled. HEAVY ROLLED CLOTH FOR MALT KILN FLOORS. Wire Work, Wire hase Railing and Guards. JAMES HALL, Treasurer. ABRAM 8, HEWITT, President. E. HANSON, Secretary. WM. HEWITT, Vice President. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of IRON and STEELWIRE OF ALL GRADES, BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED Iron and Steel Wire Rods; EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT, png at North Fourth St. WIRE ROPE HAZARD-M FG CO. WAREROOMS : s7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: WILKESBARRE, Pa. Tiis Advertisement Change i We bpa, Liat Dope GO ‘3S OE] 68 87 Liberty St., NEW YORK, "OOVWVODIHID CARLIN & FULTON, Baltimore, Md. STAUSFER, MACREADY & CO., N w Orleans, La. A. LESCHEN & SONS. = =x se © @ = > Manufacturers of ai 2 | & = © ee = 2 = o os 2s we = = Ge = ; 919 to 923 N. Main St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited sehen St an im Fi - August 2, 1883. ® 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Manufacturers of Japanned, Brass, Tin Plater and Wood BIRD CAGES. Original inventors and patentees of , Bright Metal Cages, constructed without rolder. 254 Pear! St.. NEW YORK. THE IRON AGE. CARY & NOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE for ali purposes and STEEL SPRinas of every descripti~n. } | | | LEE DELL LL TUL LL CLEC LLLLLLLE ADEE ~ = ~ > Ss ~ Pe a S a ~ > ~ ~ = ~ S = han > > ad > > > WELL LL) } | | Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel oy a ac on hand, 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, __ NEW YORK. | IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., | For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. POPE, COLE & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, also Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Sliver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be nested for ex- port shipments. 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. Ay r RK S Ss wi i Largest variety in patterns and unsurpassed in low paices. New Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists on application. MANUFACTURER OF WIRE ELEVATOR GUARDS Office Railing«, Desk Railings, Skylight Guards and Wire Window Guards Of Every Description. CLEVELAND, > - 2.5 Bergen Port Spelter. High 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 Ligutip Parxt on account of its body and wearing properties. BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. E. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. G. M. HOTCHKISS & CO., West Haven, Conn., MANUFACTURERS OF Brass, Iron & Steel Keys, Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, HARDWARE SPECIALTIES. Illustrated er Furnished on a ea Also Brass oii Nickel need | ROLLIN MILL AND MAC N RIVERSIDE e re? Suspender Buckles. NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHEROF SHEET METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY. NEW MAKE OF MINE LAMP, THE ELLIPTIC CARRIAGE and WAGON SPRINGS made by the GAUTIER STEEL DEPART- MENT of the Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, have been SO improved in quality and finish that they now stand at the head of the trade for dura- bility and handsome appear- ance. Leading sizes always . in stock. [No. 38.] NEW YORK OFFICE: 104 Reade St. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: 23 Arch St. SAM’'L ANDREWS, Vice President. Treasurer. JOHN C. CHARLES A. OTIS, President. THOS. JOPLING, SAM’L A. SAGUE, General Manager. ANDREWS, Secretary. THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY, DRAWERS OF IRON AND — ~ OF EVERY ___ STEEL WI pO E DESCRIPTION GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. Grade and Fine Quality 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. —_— INCORPORATED 1876. Treas. ESTABLISHED 1837. H. 8. Cuase, Sec’y. C. F. Waterbury Mig. C Co., WATERBURY, CONN. Brass Goods. CASTINGS, ROLLS, FOUNDRY | CLEVELAND, OHIO. INGOT MOLDS, ANNEALING POTS WORKS. HOT BLAST PIPE, &c. P FOR STEEL REFINERS. WE OFFER AUSTRIAN CHARCOAL HAMMER STEEL, In Flat Bars, deliverable in quantities to suit, in bond or duty paid. Sample Bars on hand. WOLTMAN & MICKERTS, No. 5 N. Second St. St. Louis, Mo. Correspondence solicited. | | struction of the Solano is indicated in the illustration. Beneath each line of rails runs a deep Pratt truss, the top flange of which is attached to the deck and the bottom to the hull of the boat, the latter being divided into 12 compartments by bulkheads. There are four balanced rudders at each end of the vessel 10 feet 6 inches long and 6 feet 6 inches high. These are worked by hydraulic steering gear, but can be actuated by hand when desired. The pilot-house is more than 40 feet above the an The bridges for embarking and disembarking trains are masive iron structures, 98 feet 6 inches long, and weighing 150 tons. They are provided | with four lines of rails, and are controlled | by hydraulic gear to adapt their position to the rise and fall of the tide. Until recently trains running to and from | Oakland upon the Central Pacific Railroad | were compelled to make a somewhat wide detour to skirt the eastern and southern sides of Pablo Bay, which is one of the indenta tions of San Francisco Bay. Oakland is situated immediately opposite the city of San Francisco, and stands on the north point of a narrow strip of land forming the the distance | western inclosure of the bay, Central Pacific Railway Ferry.—Fig. between Oakland and San Francisco being about five miles. Some 35 miles to the west and a little to the north Pablo Bay contracts until the distance between its north and south banks is only about two miles. This contraction forms the Straits of Carquinez, and on each side, opposite each other, are the towns of Benicia and Port Costa. It is at | this point that the Central Pacific Railroad | | Co. have established the ferry which forms the subject of our illustrations. By means | of it the circuitous route around Pablo Bay | is avoided, and passengers are taken direct to | Benicia and thence to Oakland, the terminus of the railway. A The New Wire Gauge. The following account, taken from a recent issue of the British Trade Journal, will be read vith interest : Engineers and others interested in accu- rate measurement will welcome the attempts which have been recently made by the Board of Trade to establish a standard wire gauge, | in addition to the other standard gauges, | both of external and internal measures, for the use of engineers and manufacturers, to which we have previously called attention. In a recent official report it was pointed out that Sir Joseph Whitworth had, as is well known, introduced a variety of standards, in the form of gauges, by which may be meas- ured the external and internal diameter of es | ODjects, and which afforded the means for accurately testing the measures and gauges used in the construction aud repair of ma- chinery, in the measurement of plates, wires, &c. Standards of the Whitworth gauges are now deposited at the office of the Board of Trade, where they may be seen, and accu- rate copies of them may, it is understood, be verified by comparison with the original standards, on written application being made to the board. There is no doubt that since Sir Joseph Whitworth introduced his true plane and standard screw, and called atten- tion to their use in his now well-known pa pers on plane metallic surfaces, on machinery and on measurement, there has been a grow ing demand for more accurate fit as well as for higher finish in machine work, and that machinists often now find it necessary to use tools and gauges which a few years since they would have regarded only as a luxury. The kind of Whitworth gauges already legalized as standards have been stated as follows in the schedule to the Order in Council of August 26, 1881 : Denominations of Standard Gauges Already Leqalized. (1.) Whitworth’s External Gauges : External diameters in terms of the inch. Fifteen gauges from % to 1 inch, in creasing by sixteenths of an inch. Twenty-four gauges from 1% to 4 inches, increasing by eighths of an inch. Eight gauges from 414 to 6 inches, in creasing by quarters of an inch. Nineteen gauges from 0.1 to 1 inch, in creasing by five one-hundredths of an inch. Thirty gauges from 1.1 to 4 inches, in creasing by tenths of an inch. Ten gauges from 4.2 to 6 inches, increas ing by fifths of an inch. (2.) Whitworth’s Internal Gauges : Internal diameters in terms « (See 1.) (3.) Whitworth’s External Plane Gauges : Thickness in terms of the inch Ninety-one gauges from 0.01 to 0.1 inch, increasing by one thousandths of an Cylindrical Cylindrical e inch f th inch, Besides the above standards, there has been of late a demand for greater uniformity in the system of screw threads and in the gauge used in the measurement of wires A committee of the Society of Arts was some time since appointed to inquire into the system of screw threads in use in differ ent trades We are not, however, aware that any practical conclusion has been yet arrived at by the committee. In large-sized screws the Whitworth pitches are widely adopted, and there appears to be little diffi culty in the way of extending the introduc tion of these pitches. For small screws, | At present there | gauge, and we are glad, however, the Whitworth system appears at present to be hardly adapted. Until it is clearly known what may be the require- ments of all trades, and until there is a greater unanimity of opinion as to the sy stem of threads best adapted for common adoption, we much doubt whether any one standard system would meet with a favorable recep tiou. On the question of a standard wire gauge, however, there would appear to be a distinct desire, particularly on the part of wire drawers, to adopt a common scale of sizes is no standard wire gauge or common agreement among those practi cally interested as to what may be the true size in parts of an inch of any particular number of the ¥ W. gauge. The only num ber of the B. W.G in which we have found a common pia ae is No. 1 size, which appears to be generally accepted as .3 inch. It has been pointed out that the sizes of the present scale (B. W. G.) are not geometric ally or arithmetically progressive, and con- sequently they bear no definite relation to each other. The origin of the B. W.G. is obscure ; it is certainly not heaven-born, but it isa consolation, perhaps, to know from ids ae a ee 4.—Cross Section of Boat Between Engines. | the official reports that the gauge is as ex- | tensively used abroad as it is in this country, notwithstanding all its defects. Probably it would be difficult indeed to suggest any other form of gauge better adapted for common practical use. There is no doubt, however, | that considerable inconvenience, and often serious loss, does arise from the want of an understanding as to the sizes of the wire therefore, to see that the Board of Trade have been in ecm munication with engineers, wire-drawers and users of gauges, on the subject. After having suggested for consideration two scales of sizes, one in April, 1882, and one in November last, the board recently proposed a final scale of sizes, which will, it is assumed, be ultimately legalized as the standard wire gauge of this country. It is as follows : WIRE GAUGES. ws —— - Descriptive Equivalents | Dese eo Equivalents V.G. in parts of |No, B, | | an inch, in parta of No. B. an inch, No Inch. || No Inch. z/o .§00 | 23 .024 6/o 404 24 022 5/0 +° a5 o? 4/0 40" 26 018 3/0 +372 27 sO104 2/o 348 28 0148 1/0 324 29 0136 1 79 ° 30 124 2 .276 ur 0116 3 +252 32 0108 4 232 3 .Ct0o 5 2:2 | 4 0092 6 «192 5 ook, 7 | .176 36 0076 8 .160 | 37 .0008 ) “144 38 0060 I -126 | 9 0052 ir ine | 40 0048 12 0104 | 4: 0044 13 092 42 s0049 14 43 +0036 15 072 44 0032 16 064 45 80028 17 »50 4° 10024 18 048 47 020 19 4° 46 0016 20 39 49 CO12 21 O74 50 10 22 o25 This scale of sizes hes. of course, not been prepared without careful consideration as to the effect of its introduction, and we hope it will be a practical help to our manufacturers. The extensive use abroad of the B. W. G. is not without effect in the English wire-draw ing trade, which at present, we are glad to learn, is generally active, particularly in fencing and telegraph wires. gg The First Woolen Mill in America. account re measures to According to an interesting cently given in a contemporary, establish a woolen mill in Connecticut were first taken in March, 1788, and the proposed capital was £1250, in 125 shares of £10 each. On May 2 of the same year the company announced their establishment under the title of the Hartford Woolen Manufactory, located in Hartford In January, 1789, yh cloth had been made so that a con enou signment was made to a New York mer chant Coincident with the establishment of the Hartford woolen factory was that of our Constitutional Government, and the suit of clothes worn by President Washington at his first inauguration is said to have been made from a very fine quality of brown cloth | turned « yut by the Hartford woolen factory | for the occasion rhe cloths made at first were brown and gray, and designated as | wh,” worn by the color Hartford gray ” and *‘ Congress br fact that the ‘ongress were of the latter varying from from the suits delegation tn ¢ These cloths sold at prices $2.50 to $5 per yard, single width From September, 1788, to January, 1790, there had been made somewhat over 10,000 yards of cloth, and the factory see med to be in a flourishing condition Io further its in terest and to increase the machinery, im |plements and stock, a lottery was created jearly in 1791, and some 6000 tickets were | sold, of which 2099 were to draw prizes, to be paid in cloth rhe success that followed ithe lottery scheme, however was sh llived, as in November 1792, the production had accumulated to such an extent that an auction sale was resorted to in order to yet |rid of the stock This was again repeated in 1793 Toward the latter part of 1794 th: —_— ~—-- a - + LHE ITLRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE,|Marshall Lefferts & Co... XFORDW.D. WOOD & COs 90 Beekman St., New York Oity MANUFACTURERS OF 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York, lron and Steel Of every description kept in stock. ‘o.? Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s Best BL , Best Refined 7) —_ B L A Cc K Di A M oO N D STE E L. Galvanized a 2 are and Fence; Galvanized lvanized Rod and Bar Iron, Hoop and tand All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly Pi aa CORRUGATED SHEET IRON py F P 8 0 N & 6 0. For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted 24 Broadway, New York City. lron & Steel. COMMON & REFINED IRON, SHEET IRON. C No.1,C H No. 1, C H No, 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best t Flange Fire Hox, Circles. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Horse Shoe, Nail Rods, Steel, &c,. Manufacturers of the best grade of Orders promptly filled from stock. Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal Street, New York. ew York FOX & DRUMMOND, RAILWAY AND 190 SOUTH ST., . 365 WATER ST,, § NEW YORK. “ ULSTER” IRON, ‘CATASAUQUA” IRON, ALLENTOWN SHAFTING, SOMMON IRON, And fall assortment of sizes of the best brands of Mi REFINED rroON, ROLLING LL MATERIAL. Band, Hoop, &croli and Angle tron, Cast, Spring, 68 WALL STREET, Toe- Calk and 8. 8. Steel TELEPHONE CALL, “ NASSAU, 379 ” A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Manufacturers ot and Dealers in TRON AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron. SAMSONDALE LRON WORKS, Merchant Iron. PIG IRON, NORWAY IRON AND STEEL WORKS, Homo No. 63 Wall St., New York. eous Steel Plates. of i IRON CO., Tank, Boiler ard Girder ULSTER IRON WORKS , H. bP. NAILS CO., Wire Nails. BRANDYWINE Rk ILL ING MILL, Boiler Plates. FLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. A. M. BYERS & co. Ww rought Iron Pipe CARNAGIE BROs. & C Limited, Wrought yiron Beams, Channels and Shapes NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTOH AND AMERICAN 90 Broadway, New York. "ans and estimates f ~ p.ie for erecing tro structures ofevery aescn| TUCKeFMan, Mulligan&Co| tion. Books containing cuts of all [ron made sent »%» application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West St., Soe ee resem age heer peemea—aymmamnseth L LOVELL — NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH TOOL CO., C. - GREENE, H. L. FREELAND, Successors to Agents for the sale of ALKER & CROMLISH, Fall River tron Co.’s Nails, Twist Drills, Reamers, Taps and MACHINISTS’ SPECIAL TOOLS, Bands, Hoops & Rods, P. 0. Box 1060, Pittsburgh, Pa, WILLIAM H. WALLACE & C0., DEALERS IN Drilling Machines, &c. Wu, H. WALLACE Copper Ore, Mattes or Bullion purchased. Advances made on consignments for refining and sale. Manufacture and have always in stock CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and Nos. 21, 23, 25 Pontnndn Lake St., Chicago, Ill. IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. neat for The Coatesville tren Go. The Laurel Roll- aa. and Union Tube Works; Wrought fron to Angles, Tees, Rivets, a fe Ce and Bridge Bolts, Set and Cap AND FACTORY : I RON MERCHANTS Horse Shoes and Horse Nails, Tire, ws. Bernas | 288 Greenwich St., New York. ORFORD COPPER & SULPHUR COMPANY, Bme 2Iting and Refining Wo rks at Be rgen Point, near ‘New ‘York. Offices, 37 £39 Wall 8t., New York. rews, Boiler Rivets, &c Borden Mining Company’s ~______ | Corner North & Irwin Avenues, Allegheny, Pa. togh Pe & Washington Sts. Spring, Toe Calk, Machinery and SMELTERS AND REFINERS OF COPPER, LIGHT MACY INE FORGING» A SPFCIALTY. Gumberiand Coals. VOUCHT & WILLIAMS, Tool Steel, Bolts, Rasps, Files, NEW YORK OITY. THOS. J. POPE & BRO., Agents, 292 Pearl St., New York. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., - ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &c. PATERSON, N. J. bs Roem 45, Astor Mouse, | New York. j CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, ‘ie DOVER IRON CO.38 Boil R RIVETS, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 189 Greenwich Street, New York. Galvanized Sheet lron|O yt Nails Galvanized Nails, “Galv yanized Chain. Galvanized Iron pe. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common Plate and Tank Iron, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., Price list and quotations sent upon application. oops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. gnerete, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds, Hexagon and Pig a superior All puddled balls re Geaitt of Iron branded J. G. A B E E :. B a9 me iy e CARPENT Orders may be sent to the Millor American & English Refined Iron. Maidencreek tron Co., Marshal! Iron Co., Still Water Cos, |ron Beams, Hoop & Band Iron. IRON AND NAIL CO., Pst a5 “tall ri 3 SNOW SHOES fam N@ ROADSTER PATTERN. AND SPIKES. * ae PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; Avril 8th, 1873; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. r1, 1876. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the 98 William Street, New —_— IMPORTED RU lA Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Ions, |. at « mucr 100s RUSS IRON, Wrought Sorap, Cut Nails, Copper, FOR ATE BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. by all the prineipal HARRISON&GILLOON | METAL DEALERS In the Large Cities throughout : Cut Nail i. IRON AND METAL DEALERS | THE UNITED STATES, ut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet jedi ag Anh 06 hike Glee lron, all descriptions. nave = hand, and offer fcr sale. Re following : 1 11 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA, SHOENBERGER & C bh =e, seeblaaes totes treme tar Ficsts, Golia nad fonts SYRACUSE MALLEABLE 1s, oW ti E E Li NC IRON WORKS, ca tee ron; ees old Copper, Composition, Brass, SYRACUSE, N. Y. | , S ter, Zinc, BURDEN’S Laughlin Nail Co., JUNCTION IRON CO., HORSE SHOES. Joint Yearly Capacity Over “Burden Best” | w.ss0nem reeenecon | 600,000 KEGS. C. W. LEAVITT, ‘Siw eatr Manager Sales Dep't, lron NEW AND SECOND-HAND Rails and Railway Equipment W K PIG and BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. & e 9 General Agent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS. 97 Chambers Street. New York. Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH. WORKS, nsensithighpeeeneennnsssaie AMAR aanelnatemameiat tite anne KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited. KINNEIL me SCOTCH PIG IRON; sRRONW Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel BOILER PLATE STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. Mower and Reaper basen and Carriage Irons a Specialty. Boiler Rivets. The Burden Iron Company Pittsburgh, - vee oliegibite | gamers Tp guy” | |Zittebmeete == =e. ULSTER. [EDWARD J. wessets Bonnell, Botsford i Co., BURDEN’S soe trem starns, | UOn, Nails & Spikes, H. B. & §. Bar tron, |:22ecss=_= = sew vors.|_xovncerown, ome." * a test Orades of F. W. JESUP & CO., {CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON Ne. 67 Liberty St.. NEW YORK. Pretty ato et wt Agents NASHNA IROW AND STEEL CO., Shutters, Doors, Cornicee) of STEEL LOCOMOTT HOMOGENEOUS Skylights, Bridges, & VEY TYRES STEEL BOILER PLATES, IRON me Ste» AXLES, | MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., CRANK PINs, PISTON RODS, SLID. IRON AND STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS. 5 Dey Street, New York. 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 by JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States. 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. .| 101 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. 156 Washington Street, CHICAGO. LEECH BDU RG _ TRON WOoRKS KIRKPATRICK & CO., ufacturers of all grades of E*IN EE: sHEET IRONS, Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Tron, @0.)” NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIC, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. CHARLES HUBBARD, “SHERIDAN,” “LEESPORT,” “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 Cliff Street, New York City. JAMES oss, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT OF Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. SOLE AGENT WHITAKER Railway Supplies and Equipment. ee ROOFING & SIDING, All sizes and shapes in stock. EGLESTON BROS, & CO.. $66 South St } NEW YORK CITY. FRANK L. FROMENT, Ro 112 John St., ~ On 4 AND Pa YORK. AGENT -_— « os; Pencoyd Iron Works, W. S. MIDDLETON, Broker in Machinery & Iron Agent for FORSTER'S | CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, ‘he best in market. w.s. nehasiennin 62 John St.,N. W¥. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. a57 & 459 Seat sezt NEW YORK. 233 $5 South 8t., Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., 177 &179 Bank St., NEW YORK, Manufacturer of HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, t BRANDS PIG IRON. IRON COMPANY, F WHEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET “TRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, 36 DEARBORN STREET CHICACO. Joun J. SPOWERS, President. ALEXANDER BURNS, Manager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CoO., GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY, DESORIPTION. Galvanized Sheet Iron—Best Bloom, Best Refined, Common. Galvanized Round, Square Band aod Hoop Iron, &c., &c. Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Fiats. an Sines All Gauses DANIEL aF: COONEY, of Corrugation and BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, | ey: te LAP-WELDED BOl 1\% to 5 inches. Beier § Rivets, Angle & T Iron, v. = ce Spikes | Agency for Glasgow Iron Co., Jos. L. Bail ey & ¢ Pine Tron Works, Lebaron Rolling Mills, C hester Corrugated Sheet tron a Cocstelty, Selventess. Black and pines. Iron Corrugated for the Trad Pipe and Tube Co., Albany & ae Iron and Steel | furnished or application. Co's celebrated Boller Hivets; Homogeneous Steel, | woRKs, GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY,CITY. N. J. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YOR August 2, 1883, STEEL TOE CALKS. 0 ahi a igall fitter 1 Ores, Baiti et ofs, ces, 0., GO. ON. ive ld avd Angust 2, 1883. Beem LARMBRON AG Ee 5 Siemens’ Re enerative HENRY LEVIS & CU., ‘Béward a Etting, HH TI Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. = a 7 re ee of 5 ) per cent., yable in cloth, which 1s e only one men M uf: t 9 A t TRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, UST CE COX, JR., & C0., Saned. and therefore Seiaalamad to be the an ac urers gen 8 92:3 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. eee ae only one. On August 2 795, it was § PI B CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY AND ; : UUs 24, 1795, 1) Was ab For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and &> ar and Railroad Iron. SHENANDOAH nounced that, as the time for which the cor 5 en en Railway OLD RAILS, SORAP, &o. Found & F Pi I {poration was formed had expired, a final RICHMOND & POTTS, ee Agent for the ry orge g ron. settlement was necessary, and notice was Old Rails, Axles, and eels bought and sold. MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, given that the property would be sold at 1198, Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. The Allent ne es ’ CATASAUQUA MFG, | C0 Is auction. The property at that time con mre. mre ae own tron 0. an e ’ ‘ sisted of 140 pieces of cloth, JOOO yx upds of s ' ' ° Greenwood Rolling Mill. B wool, eight looms, two carding machines Cambria Iron and Steel Works.) comceiamme suing Mil ar, Angie, Skelp and Sheet TOR en ee a EET, doah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. tl Lon t 1 tuff The Cambria Iren Co., The Cambria Iron Co., connected by track with railroad. No. 0. #94 Bo. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, | | other implemen 7" “dyes ulls, &e, having enjoyed a reputation for more than a| having acquired the entire ownership of the Cash advances made on iren. a arter of a centu r fair dealing and excel- 7 r 1 Established 1837. _— * “~ — lence of its manufactures, has now a capacity of WIRE AND STEEL MILLS A. PURVES & SON, Q LA KEY & WALB A U M. NEW PUBLICATIONS. Of the GAUTIER STEEL CO., Limited, will con- Dealers in | AMERICAN PROTECTIONIST’S MANUAL. By Giles B tinue to produce all their specialties, such as Mer- tebbins, blished t horndike Nourse (50,000 Tons of Iron & Steel Rails | mus % proauoe ait eis sngciities, euch-aa Mer] G4) toon Metale and Machinery,| ,208 S: Fourth St PHILADELPHIA, Stcbiines "fubiahed by. Thora Sour And most approved patented Springs, Rake Teeth and Harrow Teeth, Agricul-| Qo», south and Penn Sts., Philadelphia ’ 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York. e tural Implement Steel and eipMta, | GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS Probably one of the most interesting and Railway Fastenings. Address CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, 218 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, or at Works, Johnstown, Pa., aa Snuth, Selling Age -t, 46 Pine 8t., _2) see 2 ork ALL KINDS OF WIRE, Well-known for superior quality of material and excellence of workmanship. Address GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, Paitie KE. CHapry, Gen’! Sup’t, Johnstown. New York Warehouse, 104 Reade St. Philadelphia Warehouse, 523 Arch St. St. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges, REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished, Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanised, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. pane for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack. Tass, Stamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. GUAM Om JAS. ROWLAND & CO, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, Orders solicited es De ee ae ee eee eee eee eee ee eeee ee ee ee terse and Boat Iron ; Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington > cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivater Steel; Skelp i Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop ———BENCOYD ICOYD IRON WORKS. cz FP. ROBERTS cc CO., A... MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. MOADL 9 ae St we SHAFTING [AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No, 26 8. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Lron. J. W. PASSON co CO., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS LEAD FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES. X MINERAL, XX MINERAL, IXL FACING, ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Kails, 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 ©. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. ANDREW A, BLAIR. | BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above’Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA PA. Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of in Steel, Iron a Slags, Limestones. Coals. Clays, Fire Sands &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and alt