The Iron Age 1883-10-11: Vol 32 Iss 15

Lt Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WriiutaMs, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Vol. XX XU: New Crank-Shaft Lathe. Messrs. Francis Barry & Sons, of Sowerby | pridge, England, have recently constructed a new erank-shaft turning lathe, which we | present in the accompanying ilustration, be- ieving it will be of interest to our readers, th from its design and its unusual dimen- jons. The lathe is provided with a com- ound slide-rest of the ordinary pattern, and three narrow rests for passing between the | throws of crank-shafts to cut them to proper | width and turn the journals. The narrow ests can, however, also be used for ordinary turning. It is obvious, however, that when either of the throws of a crank are being turned up, but two of the narrow rests can | be in use, because nothing about the crank- shaft runs true in the lathe save the one jour- ial whose throw and side faces are being turned. The slide-rests are each provided with automatic feed traverse or longitudinal feed, and with automatic cross-feed. There are two feed screws, one at the back and one at the front of the lathe, both receiving motion from the same pinion, as will be seen at the head end of the lathe bed, and atthe tailstock end of these feed screws are pulleys for operating them quickly. The rol for operating the cross-feed receives NEW uotion from a pinion on the longitudinal | feed serew, and is situated at the left-hand end of the slide on which the rests travel lhe slide-rests in front of the lathe are lower than those at the back, because in the latter the tools are turned upside down, and, by ving the front ones as much below as the back ones are above the line of centers, the ‘ame tools may be used in any of the rests. \ complete set of change wheels is pro- ided with the lathe, but it is to be noted that the compound rest, which is certainly the nost suitable for screw-cutting, is at the eadstock end—a position in which it is of ry little use in screw-cutting, because rews generally start from the end of the rk, and, as both ends of a crank-shaft are sually alike, there appears no reason why | he two slide-rests should not change places. n a crank-shaft lathe made by Sharpe & Steward, of Manchester, England, there are hree compound rests and four narrow lar-rests, and it is to be observed that, luring the greater part of the time that a vo-throw crank-shaft is being turned, it is evolving upon its shaft axis; hence there an be seven slide-rests used simultaneously, eir disposition being as follows: One on each side of each throw makes four, aud one n each of the sections of the main shaft of crank, It has been noted that but two of the slide- ests can be used when the throw of either rank is being turned, and it is obvious, herefore, that there is only need for two illar-rests, while, so far as crank-shaft turn- ng is concerned, more compound rests could be used to advantage, and by placing the pillar-rests between the compound ones they | ould be moved from one crank-throw to the | No. 15. CRANK-SHAFT The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. other without interference from the com- pound rests. In most English lathes of this class the feed motions are worked by ratch- ets operated by chain from a vibrating over- head shaft, which, so far as plain turning is concerned, is preferable, all things consid- }ered, to the self-feeding mechanism. But when the capacity to cut threads is taken into account, together with the fact that there are few lathes capable of cutting threads of such a length as this will, the automatic screw feed is a valuable feature. The following are some of the principal | dimensions and weights: The bed is 43 feet | long, 11 feet wide and weighs 4o tons. The | face-plate is 96 inches, and the live spindle | 16 inches in diameter. The headstock com- | plete weighs 12% tons, and the tailstock | 4% tons, the total weight of the lathe being go tons of 2240 pounds. — The Relative Weight of Cars Locomotives. A correspondent of the National Car Builder remarks, in a reeent issue, that while the standard load for 8-wheeled cars remained at 10 tons for many years, the weight of locomotives was and LATHE, BUILT In the meantime permanent way was not improved to such a degree as to ren- der it capable of supporting the weight of these monsters, and the evil complained of 30 years ago has not yet been removed. It is true that of late the condition of our roads has greatly improved, and the damaging effect of excessively heavy locomotives is not so apparent to superficial observers as formerly ; but the repair and renewal ac- counts will bear witness, when compared with earnings, that the evil under considera- tion still exists, and as a measure of econ- omy it is here suggested that the carrying capacity of cars be increased so that the weight of the car and its load will nearly or quite equal that of the locomotive. A move has already been made in this direction, but in a feeble way. Cars loaded with 30 tons have been safely hauled thousands of miles as an experiment, their weight being but little more than the nominal standard. The figures giving exact weight and dimensions of details are not at hand, but these experi mental trips have shown conclusis ely that it is not only practicable, but advisable, to in augurate a departure from present usage, and carry heavier carloads and reduce the number of cars in the trains. A few years since railway managers tried to economize | by hauling longer trains, thereby reaucing the number of locomotives and crews. Their expectations were realized in a saving in the wages of train men, but it required, as was thought, more powerful and heavier engines, which aggravated the evil, and as the draw-tackle was unsuited to the rough usage incident to the handling of very long trains, together with the frequency of break- ages and other accidents, it became apparent that there was no economy in the hauling of long trains of light cars by unreasonably heavy engines. : It is a waste of money and material to put track in a condition to resist the strains and the wear and tear of ‘‘ Mastodon” engines, and then stock the roads with cars of cnly 10 or 15 tons capacity. To keep the per- manent way in a serviceable condition is the greatest difficulty to be surmounted in suc- cessful railway operation; and how to get paying freight over the road with the least injury to the track is the one great problem for managers to solve, leaving fuel, wages and ordinary repairs to rolling stock as secondary considerations. A train of 45 cars with a load of 10 tons each—and this is a common load—makes a train load of 450 tons of paying freight. On such a train there are 360 wheels, each one of which tells upon rails and track fixtures in the way of abrasion and lamination. A train of 15 cars loaded with 30 tons each makes the same | train load of paying freight (450 tons) with | 120 wheels, or 240 less than the train of 45 cars. This relieves the track of 240 destroy- ing agents, and the engine of no inconsider- able amount of train resistance, both of which, being interpreted, mean dollars and doubled. ' cents. BY FRANCIS BERRY & Now, as to the first cost of cars, we will assume that the 45 ten-ton cars cost $600 each, or $27,000 in all, and that the 15 thirty-ton cars cost $900 each, or $13,500 in| | which all, or just one-half what the 45 cars cost. There would also be a gain in the proportion of paying load to dead weight, and a saving of at least 50 per cent. in car repairs. To this may be added the saving in yard rvom | and side tracks, which would be about 960 feet to each train reduced in length as above | suggested, a saving also in switching and yard work, a greater convenience in hand- Entered at the New Fi ork, Thursday, October SONS, le Post Office, New York, II, 188}. duce the cost of transportation, the fore- | going suggestions may not be unworthy of consideration. In bringing the weight of a loaded car up, or nearly up, to that of a loco- motive, the space between the trucks may be utilized, anda portion of the load let down and carried within a few inches of the rails, thus lowering the center of gravity and serving as a ballast to the car. ; a Great Britain’s Foreign Competitors. The fact that the past few years have wit- | nessed a steady growth of Great Britain’s foreign competitors has, of late, again re- ceived the attention of several English papers. that the many strikes in British manufactur ing districts, and their evil effects upon the workmen and the industries in which they are engaged, have greatly magnified the terrers of such competition, and that with slightly diminished wages and a few years of steady work Great Britain could safely defy the efforts of foreign countries. It can scarcely be denied that strikes are factors of no little importance in this matter, and as to the mis chief wrought by them, no matter which ‘side wins, little need be said, past experi- P aig m4 | 4 ain — page” a MAN i SOWERBY BRIDGE, fully demonstrated their effects. By way of illustration, however, an English exchange states that there have been instances in men earning on an average 30/ a week have struck for another shilling. They have remained out ten weeks, and won at the end of that time. The idleness tbus forced upon them caused a loss to each of 300/, which they could not repay themselves by the rise in less than 300 weeks, or about six years. On the other hand, the doubt and uncertainty surrounding the manufac ling freight, a saving in oil and waste, inter- | turer tell heavily against him in his business. est on first cost, salaries of car accountants, &c., all of which are set forth as substantial reasons for a change to heavier carloads and shorter trains. It is not expected that cars will ever be made to carry loads ap- proximating the weight of some of the mon- ster locomotives of recent build, as that is both impracticable and undesirable. It is believed that the limit of economy has been passed in adding weight to locomotives. The record of performances is by no means creditable to engines exceeding 35 or 40 tons in running order, and some of the most re markable and only really satisfactory per- formances are credited to engines of less than 40 tons weight when empty. Engines of 50 and 60 tons, however, are becoming quite numerous, and as for the go-ton mas todons, they may do tolerable service on mountain grades, but for general service on ordinary roads theie is no use for them Aside from the destructive effect of heavy locomotives on permanent way, they are short in their earnings as compared with lighter and less costly engines, and as the proper study of railway managers is to re To these causes principally our contempora- ries direct attention as the most fruitful sources of Great Britain’s ultimate decline. The visit of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to Liége, and the inspection of different Belgian zinc works, seem to have furnished food for reflection on this subject, and now it would seem that unless the English workman will accept lower wages and agree to an increase in the length of the working day no favorable change can be expected. As to the manner in which the matter is considered by the English working classes, the London Engineer says : ‘Foreign competition is, to the average English fitter, founder, shipwright or black smith, an empty phrase. He in no sense or way realizes what it means. He holds that he is at least as good as any two men to be met with abroad. The exceptions to this rule are very few. The best possible way to deal with foreign competition is to make the workingman understand what it is, and this can only ge done by taking him abroad. There are certain difficulties in the way, which, however, may all be overcome by a as Second-Class As a general thing, they assume | nce both in this country and abroad having | Matter. $4.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. little tact. At, say, a considerable outlay, it would be possible for every employer to send half a dozen, 30, 50, 100 of his hands for a fortnight’s tour in France 3elgium or Germany. The more intelligent of the men should be selected. They could not help seeing much that would open their eyes, and put the difficulties of the employer in a new | light. They would learn that there are as | good workmen in the world as any that England can turn out. They would see that it is possible for a man to live and do well without beer. They would come to under stand that when strikes are not of frequent occurrence, and the relations between labor and capital are steady, trade expands and flourishes. They would see, finally, that nothing but the enormous natural advan tages and great wealth of Great Britain enable us now to maintain our place against foreign competition, and they would per haps learn that if we did a little more as the foreigner, our rival, does, we should be infin itely better off in every respect than we are Even, moreover, if all this did not fullow, a sufficient return would be had for the outlay. If the excursionists returned with distinct | ideas of what foreign competition means, | they would quickly make their views known | to their shopmates. This is the excursion ENGLAND. season, and it is not yet too late to act on the suggestion we have thrown out. More than once the experiment has been tried it tried yet will ren with success. We trust to see again, on such an edequate scale as | der it not only successful, but far-reaching in its benign influence.”’ Whether or no the suggestion thus ad vanced will be acted upon yet remains to be seen, but there can be no doubt that in any event the scheme, as stated, would be pro ductive of gratifying results - cme The St. Petersburg (Russia), correspondent of the London Jronmonger writ that a committee formed by the Minister of Finan recently commenced its sittings in St. Peter burg, in order to consider, among othe: things, the advisability of raising the d on pig iron from 5 copecks to I: peck the pood—i. e., from about 12 cents t cents the cwt They intend to consider als the raising of the duty on al Baltic and Black Sea ports, a coal imported overland rhe dut i pecks the pood- 1 7 nts the tor i t the proposed duty is 5 copecks the pood, w1 about $2.50 a ton Chere is talk of bridging the Mississippi a New Orleans, where the river is 24 wide An engineer proposes seven spa 200 feet each, one to be a dra Ihe | ! are to be creosoted piles, driven in cluster and heavily capped and cased with iron. Th: depth of the water will be no ol tacle, as tl piles can be spliced The estimated s $1 3,000,000, 2 THE IRON AG Ez. October 11, 1883, ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No, 19 Cliff Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury “Brass Co, CAPITAL, $400,000. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, CERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, BRASS KET1LES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASKS, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c, 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. Copper Rivets and Burs, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms, PURE COPPER WIRE Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. ANSONIA * REFINED INCOT COPPER. PHELPS, DODGE & C0., Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct. MANUFACTURERS OF IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS, Mills At TIN PLATE, (226 Bradway. New York, — WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, 9 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. Conn, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing. ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. 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. Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills, BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS Ce eg ee ee en Teer aa rod GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, SCOVILL MFC CO (0 one tid German silver Wire, BRASS, HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. and manufacturing Me MANUFACTORY, Bridgeport, Conn. WAREHOUSE, Copper Rivets and Burs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Gor. Larned & Fourth Sts. Detroit, Mich. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- ST. LOUIS, MO., MANUFACTURERS OF Ww iRE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. DEPOTS FACTORIES, ’ 419 & 421 Broome St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. per and German Silver 177 Devonshire St., Boston. New Haven, (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), Sa weit | Copper a Brass riveTs| WIRE RO PE.|/ AND BURS. Rome, New York. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,| _ Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, BROWN & BROTHERS, Wire, Zinc, Etc. 81 Chambers St., N. Y. 29 & 31 Cliff 8t., cor. Fulton, MANUFACTURERS OF DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. THE NEW HAVEN CRASS, COPPER AND COPPER CO., | GERMAN SILVER SOLS MAKERS OF In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets, and Burs, Fte. JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, POLISHED COPPER S litre Seamless Brass & a Tubing, | SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, ENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER Kerosene Burners, &c. bs PAT cncemmncnteaieeiee aims Ss Mian eee A N BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, |" °" ee" JOHN DAVOL & SONS, PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, i Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. designs. sliasiiac Dealers in NEW YORK. A. C. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, Hexagon, Round and Square Head Ca d Set Screws; Brass and (ron Safety ana Jack oh i il ofa Oot Gees: em iron, Steel —— ain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all Kstuimates on patented articles, or any d an y description of Sheet Meta! work, respectfully solicited and Also for BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO. Galvanizers & Brass Founders. *?| MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 118 Liberty Street, N. ¥. WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 49 Chambers St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Waterbury, Conn. Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs, BRASS & IRON Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876, ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZING CO. Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. 290 Pearl Street - GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. MANUFACTURERS OF Geo. W. Prentiss Jb Co., HOLYOKE, MAS MANUFACTURERS _ IRON WIRE ROPE. STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. i | WORCESTER WIRE CO.,.. Eee | © Tarred Lathyarn, | Manila Rope. Manufacturers « Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE IRON AND STEEL | of all sizes straightened and cut to order. WIRE. For all Purposes. WORCESTER, MASS. a | ion _—_ = | BROWNING, SISUM & CO., 85 Chambers St., Mapufacture ~~ Heeks, Cotters, Spring Keys. D Rings Staples, and wrt portebning | to wire bending Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, e Lamp Trimmings, &c. 18 Murray Street, New York. WATERBURY, Ct. Particular attention es to wos out Blanks 19 Murray St., N. ¥. HARRISON WIRE CO, Holmes, Booth & Haydens, 18 Federal St. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, @PRILIP L MOEN, President and Treasurer. CHAS. F, WASHBURN, Vice President & Secret | e ume woo "RL Ooethany, * WAS & waEN MANGERE TIRING ti | Established 1831... WePOseTeR. _MASs. SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, | asain German Silver and Gilding Metal, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STEEL WIRE, Patent Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. WIRE RODS of Round [ron, Rivet lit pein to 3 In., cut te an Own: Bride A ort Brass Co. sive Operators of the PATENT CONTINUOUS ROLLING mit. LP product “irea and Steel Wink, j coils of 100 pounds, without sza™ or ent Galvanized rele Wire Market and Stone Wire, Annealed Fence and Grape Wire in long lengths ; ‘Sen red Pail-Bail Wire ; e Bolt, Screw and Chain Wire. Wire for the manufacture of Card Clothing, Heddles, regs bc. “Planosring Conan asks Tinned Broom Wire ne Tinned. lated Wire of all sizes. As ty = made ke Clock, Machinery, Gun Screw _ Spiral Spring Wire, and Refined Wire to Pattern for particular purpos from selected stamps "Or orway hee gay = oe ates car i tae a ‘nt, » folie. vo er? ) Galvanized 0 or Tin Plated. Wire furntshed . aig ned an u any len te neline t ish. Wire. Stee) Wire for Springs, Needles and Drills. Market Stee] Wire kept in Dy wtos Musie WAREHOUSES: {New York, 16 Cliff, and 241 Pearl Sts. | Chicago, 107 and 109 Lake St. ““NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New Work, HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH, WIRE WORK, WIRE FENCE & RAILING. Also, TIAND AND RAILROAD LANTERNS. i No. 1, Star KR R. Lantern. Sand screen. Coal Screen, Star Fire Department Lantern, Ex. Heavy Bank Rai ing, No. 4. Nest of Flour Sieves. Foundry Riddle. Bank Railing, No. 12. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. JAMES HALL, Treasurer WM. HEWITT, Vice President. E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, N. J., Manufacturers of [RONand STEEL WIRE 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 Purling Slip. Philad adelphia Office, JOHN HEWITT, Agent, * 37 North Fourth St. WIRE ROPE HAZARD MFG Co. WAREROOMS : S87 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: Witte ESBARRE, PTA. LOW A BARB WIRE 60., 87 Liberty St., New York. 89 Lake St., Chicago. STAUFFER, MACREADY & (C0., New Orleans, La. BARB WIRE, DIGGERS, STRETCHERS, STAPLES, Ete., Ete., Ete. A. LESCHEN & SONS. Manufacturers of 4 (919 to 923 N. Main St., ST. LOUIS, MO, Spools, weight about 100 Ibs. and length of wire about 1500 feet. ‘SouIM| ‘Suywoeg dwoy Correspondence invit d. 4-5 oe 1st. as A z Qa Phe it ew ‘a Stee Lehij LI Als <i October 11, 1883. Q 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Manufacturers of Japanned, Brass, Tin Platec and Wood BIRD CAGES. Original cave ntors and Pconstructed without rolder. . 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. THE IRON AGE. CARY &© MOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE forall purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. | mnniiiinin’ _) wUL LULL LO LEE LLLLLEL LL VIVISISAI ISAS SASS VAL MU LELLELELLLALAEALLLL LED ( COE RELELELLE LAE LALALLELAL EL at WA i Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel ree aE sc esl on hand. 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. ry VAS - ve ok lel a Vi Ai '. tert i Pe Oye et] Tota MANUFACTURER OF EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES. a, yy Brass and Copver OAL and ORE SCREENS, * oeoue Mills, Paper Mills, and Maltsters. 754 to 758 ST. CLAIR ST., CLEVELAND, OHIO. Bergen Port Spelter. MINES WORKS & FURNACES, Lehigh Valley, Pa. Bergen Port, N. J. The only Miners and Manufacturers of PURE RAKE TEETH, for Horse Hay Rakes of any desired shape or Style. | Every tooth separately tested by hand, and warranted to Stand buyer's shop test. Superior to all others. Capacity, 2,000 000 teeth per annum. GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT of Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa. ae NEW YORK OFFICE: 104 Reade St. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: 523 Arch St. [No. 48.] CHARLES A. OTIS, President. SAM’L ANDREWS, Vive President. THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. SOT eas eee - THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY, From Lehigh Ore. Especially adapted for Cartridge Metal and German Silver. Also manufacturers of BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC. Superior for Liguip Part on account of its body and wearing properties. BERCEN PORT ZINC CO, |Migh Grade and Fine Quality Wires a Specialty. £. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. EDES, MIXTER & HEALD ZINC CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE SPELTER Made fromthe Company’s Celebrated Imperial Zinc Mines. a is Soft and Ductile, and of very unusual rength. Is especially adapted for Cartridge onta, German siiver and all Fine Work. SALES OFFICE: PLYMOUTH, MASS. WORKS AND MINES: KNOXVILLE, TENN. ADDRESS ALL CONOEFICE. INS TO SALES| Fi . M. HOTCHKISS & CO. West Haven, Conn., MANUFACTURERS OF Brass, lron & Steel Keys, Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, HARDWARE _ SPECIALTIES. trated Catalogue Furnished on Application. diso Brass and Suspender Buckles, VELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHER OF SHEET METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY. wooo PHOTO- FINE ENGRAVING SEND copy FOR) CROSSCUP & ptoa hi tA Pay vou)702 CHESTNUT” PHILA®S* DRAWERS OF IRON AND WI R E ___ STEEL GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. ~ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION CLEVELAND, OHIO. J. A. EMERICE. HOWARD EVANS. ee nn, MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, ESTABLISHED 1837. H. 8. Case, Sec’y. Waterbury Mg. WATERBURY, CONN. Brass Goods. PRIZE MEDALLISTS. i 1862, 18 1872, 1873 Gubibicions 43a. ft Peivadoiecia 1876, Paris 1878, ana Melbourne 1551. |CLARK, BUNNETT & CO., Limited, Late CLARK & COMPANY, Original Inventors and Sole Patentees of C. F. Pops, Treas | Noiseless, Self-Coiling, Revolving Steel Shutters. Nickel Plated | Fire and Burglar Proof Also, improved Rotting Woop Suutrers of various kinds, and Patent METALLIC VENETIAN BLINDS. | Office and Manufactory, MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS The largest Wire Works in the world. dimensions and descriptions. SCREW, RIVET, NAIL AND CHAIN ROD§, SPECIALTIES. 8OLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES : WoiurTmMan cc MIcHERNR T Si, 5 North 5 ovr? sgireets 162 & 164 West 27th Street New York. and only Award and Meda! for Noiseless Ste« 1} Make, on 12 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all - ae , SAM’'L A. SAGUE, General Manager. | INCORPORATED 1876. | Co., | HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. y | sre all made of steel Conductors’ Punch Revolving Wrought-iron Fence Chair. Punch, THE FRED. J. MEYERS MANUFACTURING CO,, Flower Stand, COVINGTON, Manufacturers of WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialties, Send for Illustrated Catalogue of 188; if Le Ky-s aa ta 4 fod p# fh Aasse asa a oii Mm SS £2 So ENE - mM Sand and G rain Riddle, Wire Counter Railing. Mocking Bird — 30N AND BRASS RIVETS, LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE C0., sT. LOUIS.EMO. m7? ENBER 9G # SORBER S26 WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, w IRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, _ PLAIN AND BARBED FENCING WIRE. THE GILBERT & T& BENNETT MFC. co. Georgetown, Conn., Manufacturers of lron Wire, Sieves and Wire Cloth, GILBERT’s Rival ASH SIEVE, <=> Galvanized Twist Wire Netting WAREHOUSE: ——=— = 7 42 Out Street, New York. ROOF CRESTI NG AND FINIALS, Weather Vanes, Tower Ornaments, &c, ‘2 WROUGHT IRON FENCES, -2 Iron Shutters, Window Cuards, Jail Work, &c., BAN K AND OFFICE RAILINGS, tm Send for Cata- WIRE and IRON WORK of Every Description. wants ani'we wil THE E. T. BARNUM WIRE & IRON WORKS, make @8 S. A. t Mention this paper. Betrots, Mich., U. THOMPSON McCOSH, Presk lent, JOHN: A, McCOSH, Sec. ‘end d Treas, 4 POINTED BARB IN EX: 1s Ti "E N CE. SED GRENTED Ano Va WIRE SICNS, Root Cresting, Casting Brushes, Sand and Coal Screens, “WEATHER VANES AND STABLE FIXTURES. Mention this Paper. Rail, manufactured by the extensively Fence We als Lists The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire manufacture | four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Chamberlain, Coxe & Millar, Western Agents, 89 Lake St., ¢ hicago, Hill, PATENTED No. 1 Carries 7 feet earth | No. 2 Carries 5 feet earth No. 3 Carries 344 feet earth December 27tb. The York ra. he 7 is made of one sit piece of steel. The from all obstructions The e dy " bail and runners rculars, Manufacture “i by he Lightest and Strongvst *« Handles. are fastened inside rape of fold, ant ¢ Kane tiallv suited for contractors. Send for ¢ Limited _ Portsmouth, Ohio. AMERICAN BRONZE WORKS. BEARINGS. Bronze and Grasé Seer age ond Cresmente Castings. "ELLAND, OFLIO. THE YORK MFC. co. BRONZE 23 Columbus Street, C Car and Locomotive Work ae cilalty OGDEN & WALLACE, 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. lron and Steel Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly Pipe. on band PIERSON & 00, 24 & 26 Broadwav, 77 & 79 New St.. NEW YORK CITY. “PICKS” of all kinds ‘ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, BEAMS, ANCLES, Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. All descriptions in stock. IRON & STEEL. ABEEL BROS., 190 SOUTH 8T., $63 WATER BT, | NEW YORK. “ULSTER” IRON, ‘““CATASAUQUA” IRON, ALLENTOWN SHAFTING, COMMON IRON, And full assortment of sizes of the best brands of REFINED IRON, Band wae = and Angle Iron. Cast, Spring, Toe-Calk Ss. teel TELEPHONE CALL, ** NASSAU, 379 ” A. R, WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN rIrRON!. Warehouses ' j 56, 58 and 60 Hudson St., 93, 95 and 97 Thomas St. AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron, SAMSONDALE IRON WORKS, Merchant Iron. Nc RWAY IRON AND STEEL WURKS, Homo- geneous Steel Plates. BAY lates IRON « O., Tank, Boiler and Girder H. P. NAILS C BRANDYWINE ROLL. ING. ‘MILL, Boiler Plates. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. Cc ARNEGIt BROS, & CU, Limited, Wrought n Beams, Channels and Shapes. duane Steel Shafting, Plain and Polish. d. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent | on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 58 Hudson St., New York. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West St., L, &. Cc. A. a. L. FREE Agents for the sale of Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO.. IRON MERCHANTS: Cor, Albany & Washington Sts. NEW YORK CITY. Wm. BISPHAM. H. WALLACE, THE HARTFORD HAMMER Wa Manufacturers of Solid Cast Steel Hammers fully WARRANTED. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &c. PATERSON, N. J. Room | SB Astor Sno New York. os CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, DOVER IRON CO.’ BOLE kr Boiler Brace Jaws, FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 139 Greenwich Sireet, Ee — new yvorx.| PITTSBURGH TOOL CO., -|VOUGHT & WILLIAMS, THE IRON AGE. Marshall Lefferts & Co., 90 Beekman St., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, | Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Galvanized Wire Telegraph and pease: Galvanized Hoop and Hand Iron, Grivanized Rod and Har Iron, Galvanized Nails, Galvanize ac hain. Galvanized Iron IRON AND NAIL CO., SPIK' KES. CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. = ate and "l‘ank Iron, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., ). H. C. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, nee st yo Fire “Box. Circles. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Price list and quotations sent upon application. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, 98 William St., New York, Pig Iron. per, Fie enerall y- English Cut Nails, Taget Ce Lead, tiiadinuaeaane z oe ae uate of Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. |... scrolls, Ovals, mals Ovals, Half Rounds eemagen and Horse Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal as -— wally of Iron branded J.G@. All puddied uced by hammer, Orders may be sent to the Mill or . s & IRON AND METAL DEALERS, NEW YORK, nave on hand, and offer for sale. the following : Street, New yorke York FOX & DRUMMOND, RAILWAY ewter, Zine, &c. BURDEN’S ROLLING MILL HORSE SHOES. MATERIAL. 68 WALL STREET, “Burden Best” lron NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS 90 Broadway, New York Tuckerman, Mulligan&Co | _ CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and Nos. 21, 23, st 7 West Lake St., Chicago, Ml. DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. nn Sih jos The Cos Cootesziiio tren Co. The Laurel pol Boiler Rivets. Troy, N.Y. ULSTER BU RDEN’S H. B. & S. Bar Iron. Also Best Grades of orks; Wrought Lro | Deans, Angles ms. Yoon m - All sizes and shapes in stock. EGLESTON BROS, & CO.. 466 South St | NEW YORK CITY, FRANK L, FROMENT, ohn 8t., “Ron, 112 John St — NEW YORK. AGENT FOR AND. P d Iron Work ST | somaetine ween ——~" Say Horse Shoes and Horse Nails, Tire, | sci) Water Cow Iron Beams, Hoop & Band Iron, | Marshall [ron Ce., Spring, Toe Calk, Machinery and W. S. MIDDLETON, — Files, Successors to ALKER & CROMLISH, Twist Drills, Reamers, Taps and MACHINISTS’ SPECIAL TOOLS, Machine, Car and Bridge Bolts, Set and me Screws, Boiler Rivets, "&e. | LIGHT MACHINE FORGINGS A SPECIALTY. | P. 0. Box 1060, Pittsburgh, Pa. FACTORY : Corner North & Irwin Avenues, Allegheny, Pa. DEALERS IN Tool Steel, Bolts, Rasps, Drilling Machines, &c. 288 Greenwich St., New York. CO., Hartford, Conn. Agent for FORSTER'S | CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, he best in market. All Hammers stamped “HARTFORD” are EF. JUDSON, See first issue of each month, Importer of and Dealer tn -_ one neeeees SCOTCH AND AMERICAN B. Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. 59 Water St., a5 233 & 235 South sit J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., NEW YORK, |HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. RIVE Ts, Socket Bolts, &c. 88 Washington St., N. W¥. BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, LAP-WELDED BOILER, FLUES, Boiler Rivets, Angle & T tron, Cut Nails & Spikes. piety. . . Gis roow, Iron Co., Jos. Baile anon Rolling Mile: Fite a Tube 7 * albany & Rens. [ron and 8 New York. "s celebrated Boi ees Boiler vy Box Piate Cut Nails Ke SCRANTON, Sales Agent, Anthracite, Charcoal, Scotch and HARRISON& GILLOON «60, s62 WATER ST., & 32, 3¢4, 306 CHERRY 8T., Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and ws ENTER, our Agent, at 59 John | yo -hinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy oe ee ht Iron; also old Copper, Composition, Brass, The Burden Iron Company | cents nasHua IRON AND STEEL Co. American & English Refined Iron. Broker in Machinery & Iron w.s. Rt 52 John St.,N. ¥. Pig Iron, Heuer} MEW YORK '|Manhattan Rolling Mill | 177 & 179 Bank St., DANIEL F. COONEY, “Enester Corrugated Sheet ton a Specialty, Gelvenine’. B October 11, 1883, s145 . SNOW SHOES ROADSTER PATTERN, Planished Sheet Lron. Patented March r4th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price. STEEL TOE CALKs Extra Qualitv Homogeneous Stee! FOR SALE sa "Sace BOILER PLATE METAL DEALERS) 8TEEL PLATES, al descriptions, In the Large Cities throughout Cut Nails and Spikes Plate and Sh THE UNITED STATES, Iron, all descriptions, And at their Offec, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | SHOENBERGER & CO., "rcv “|SYRACUSE MALLEABLE| WHEELING ron wos, NI AILS SYRACUSE, N. Y. i. ‘ Laughlin Nail Co., Mower and Reaper Castings JUNCTION IRON CO., Joint Yearly Capacity Over 600,000 KEGS, Manager Sales Dep't, W. K. ROSS, 97 Chambers Street. New York, KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited Manufacturers of IRowNw Pittsburgh, - e Pa Bonnell, Botsford & Co., lron, Nails & — MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 5 Dey Street, New York. YOUNGSTOWN, O GLENGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH PIG “TRON tor 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. 170 Washington Street, CHICAGO. LEECH BU RG , LRON WoRKS KIRKPATRICK or Co., ufacturers of all grades EIN E& SHEET "IRONS, Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, at NATURAL OAS GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIOG, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Lecohburg, Pa. CHARLES HUBBARD, “SHERIDAN,” “ LEESPORT,” “MT. LAUREL” & “TEMPLE” “ CHARCOAL” PIG IRON, “MAIDEN CRFEK” and “NEW RIVER MINERAL” BRANDS. FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. 46 CU Street, New York City. JAMES WwW. ROSS, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, MANUFACTURERS AGENT OF Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. WHITAKER IRON and Carriage Irons a Specialty. _W. B. BURNS, Proprietor, C. W. LEAVITT, ‘New york” NEW AND SECOND-HAND Rallis and Railway Equipment PIG and BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. General Agent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS. Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH. WORKS. F. W. JESUP & CO., Railway Supplies and Equipment. No. 67 Liberty St.. NEW YORK. STEEL LOCOMOTIVE TY STEEL BOILER PLATES, IRON CRANK PINs, PISTON RODS, IRON AND STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Dean, Roofs, | monceunm cs L AXLES, ae Shutter: ‘ornices Bkylights vag » Bridges. ee. t BRANDS PIG IRON. IRON COMPANY, OF WHEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, 36 DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO. GARRY IRON HROoOoFincae CoMPvwany : : {RON ORE PAINT AND CEMENT. 152-158 MERWIN STREET, CLEVELAND, O. Largest manufacturers ef Iron Roofing in the world. Manu- facturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING Crimped and Corrugated Siding, Iron Tile or Shingle, Fire-Proof Doors, Shutters,&ec Y Send for ry =~ and Price ist No. 9. Joun J. SPOwERs, President. ~ ALEXANDER BURNS, Manager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO. CALVANIZED MATERIAL “OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES | Galvanised Sheet Iron—Best Bloom, Best Refined, Common. Galvanized Round, Square Band 10d Hoop Iron, &c., &c. All Sizes of Corruganon from 1% to s inches. ~ fy Painted. iron Corrugated for the Trade Wreined on plication. Homogeneous Stecl, | woRKS GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N.J. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YOR! » 1883, feel iE ons, Sheet argh le Pa October 11, 1883. THE IRON AGE. Siemens’ Regenerative HENRY LEVIS & CO., PAS FURNACE, |mrcaneseocrento For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and RICHMOND & PoTtTs, Sheet “~— and General Railway Old Rails, Axles, aad a Wheels’ bought and sold. 119 - Fourth 8, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. ( ia | d Steel W Cambria Iron an tee orks. The Cambria Iren Co., The Cambria Iron Co., having enjoyed a reputation for more than a having acquired the entire ownership of the uarter of a century for fair dealing and — WIRE AND STEEL MILLS ience of its manufactures, has now a capacity of Of the GAUTIER STEEL CO., Limited, will con- (50,000 Tons of Iron & Steel Rails tinue to produce all their specialties, such as Mer- oa Steel, Plow Steel, Wagon and Carriage And most approved patented Springs Rake Teeth and Harrow Teeth, Agricul- tural mplement Steel and Railway Fastenings. ALL KINDS OF WIRE, Well-known for superior quality of material and excellence of workmanship. Address GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, Paiup KE. Cuaprin, Gen'l Sup’t, Johnstown. New York Warehouse, 104 Reade St. P Philadelphia Warehouse, 523 Arch St. Address CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, 218 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, or at Works, Johnstown, Pa., or Lenox Snuth, Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., New York. 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, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bicom PLATE &#e SHEET IRON. No. 5619 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. oe Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water nee Smoke Stack, licited Orders so ope tamping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iro tank one Bagh ees } 5m, ames, VTE, (A Ee eee eee and Boat Iron ; —— —————BENCOYD iCOYD IRON WORKS. A. cw PP. ROBERTS c& CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANOLEA, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No, 26 8, Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. J. WW. RPASSON co CO., DEALERS IN ALOUVUILDING SAND, 1021t=North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, LEAD FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES, X MINERAL, XX MINERAL, IXL FACING, 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. SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER, MINING & MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR CORE PIG IRON FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORES. Also CHARCOAL PIG = AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. Works at MILNES, PAGE CO., V Treasurer’s Office, 132 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. TUSTICR cox, JR. & O0.. Sales Agents? 224 South 4th St., Philadelphia. | LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND g STANDARD ZZ Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &e. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, | Werks at LEWISTOWN, PA. Office: - - 2208S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Seiahaten lron, Steel & Nail Works, 9290 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. | + Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington rsa cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp msn @ specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Edward J. Btting, TRON BROKER anv COMMISSION MERCHANT, 23:3 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Railroad tron. OLD RAILS, SORAP, &o. Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co, and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. ey yf YARD VENUE ALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track with railroad. ‘a Cash advances made on Iron. Established 1837. A. PURVES & SON, Dealers in Scrap Iron, Metals and Machinery, Cor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia, Offer for sale, in lots to suit, Red or Yellow Heav y Scrap Brass ; ingot Brass, best qualities, Ingot Gun Metal made strictly from Oid Cannon ; Steam P um ps, Shafting Pulleys,&c. Machine ry and Tools varius descriptions. C ash paid for Se scrap Iron and Metals. _ Isaac V. Lioyp, Jas. G. LINDSAY. LLOYD & LINDSAY, No. 328 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA Brokers and General Dealers in Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iren, Pig Iron, Rails and Fastenings, Muck Bars, Blooms, Boiler Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. Old Rails and Scrap Iron, Florida Yellow Pine, cargo lots. J. 0. RICHARDSON. No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia, DEALER IN Pig Iron, Merchant Bar tron and tron Ores. _ Ethelbert Watts, — IRON BROKER AND oon SION MERCHANT, — No. 326 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Pig, Muck and Bar Iron, Scrap, Etc. Also, COKE AND IRON ORES. G. A. Hzperrton. 8. Prank SHARPLESs. HEBERTON & CO., Selling Agents and Commission Merchants For the sale of Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Sorap, Galvanised Black, Sheet, Pipe and Hailroaa’ IRON. No. So. 3d Charcoal Bloom and Pig a pecially. on, Faia. Langhorne Wister. Rodman Wister. a L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON BROKERS. Scrap Iron a Specialty. Agents for the Olearfield Fire Brick Co.'s No. 930 South 4th 8t., Philadelphia. ANDOVER PIG IRON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Chill Iron for OCarwheels, 0. Each pig marked exact chill depth (4% inch to inch), A. Whitney & Son's standard test. 6 F. A. Comiy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 407 Walnat S., PHILADELPHIA. qomeranabarniaenemnemanneeiigenesvememaepenemesee mma MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., IRON, STEEL «& NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES,| SALES OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New York Address, 14 OLIFF sT. J. = Sole Agent for Sheridan, -Leesport, Temple, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE | PIG IRON, CHARCOAL PIC IRON. 430 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. TESTED JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR, & C0., AGENTS FOR CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY ANIL SHENANDOAH Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. | CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG, CO.’S Bar, Angie, Skelp and Sheet Iron. | Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 224 So, Fourth 8t., PHILADELPHIA, BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York. GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS SPECIALTIES NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, Spiegeleisen lron Ores AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES GENERALLY. Sole Agents for the United States for CHICKIES, The North Lonsdale Iron and Steel | Co., Limited. Bessemer Pig Lron, brand “* YULVERSTON.”’ Malleable Pig Iron, brand ** UY, H. W."’ N. B. - & Shue LEN & CO.’S DIN aN & CO.'S DINAS FIRE BRICKS. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia. SELLING AGENTS FOR CHAUCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG [RON, BAh IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and ‘OKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Iron ene Coal properms E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 Seuth Third Screet, Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. EDMUND D. SMITH 147 So. 4th St., Philadelphia, BROKER FOR THE SALE OF ALL GRADES FOREIGN & DOMESTIC IRON ORES, Spiegeleisen, Pig Iron and d Structural Iron. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 308 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS, PINE TRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLASGOW IRON CO, Plates and Muck Bars ; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO, (Limited), Siemens-Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes. REUBEN HAINES, CHEMIST, 738 Sansom St., Philadelphia. Analysis of Ores of [ron and other Metals, Pig Iron and Steel. Assay of Gold and Silver Ores. Water Analysis for Manuf’ing and Household U se. Danville Nail and Mfg Co. NAILS. DANVILLE, PA. INO L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 413 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, FOUNDRY, MILL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Plate, Bar, Railroad and Structural Iron, 8peigeleisen, | Ores, Connellsville Coke. Correspondence solicited. CHAINS, BRADLEE & CO., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, 816 Richmond S8St., - “ MANUFACTURERS OF PHILADELPHIA. THE Celebrated “ D, B. G.” Special Crane and Dredging Chains. and Wearing Qualities. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO.,: MANUFACTURERS OF “Cumberland” Nails and Wrought Iron Pipe, 43 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. | J. TATNALL LEA & CO., Successors to CABEEN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES, A. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO.’S CONNELLSVILLE COKE. BOOTH, GARR ETT & 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 ANALYSIS OF IRON AND A special department for the STEEL, of all kinds. fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Lron Ures, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, Baltimore. Price lists on application. &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and J. B. M. Hirons, | Nl The Divining-Rod.* BY ROSSITER W. ——__» RAYMOND. (Continued from page 7, September 27.) | Numerous hydroscopes soon appeared in Italy, and a vigorous discussion of the sub- ject followed. One of the latest celebrated experts of this class was Campetti, who was | called to Munich in 1806 for scientific exam jination. One of the writers of this period, the Abbé Amoretti, himself a member of a | family containing many hydroscopes, makes | the significant assertion that the sensation | experienced by the holder of the divining rod is one of heat or cold. But the name of Amoretti recalls the fact that he was one of | those who revived and continued the discus- | sion of ‘‘ the magic pendulum.” The earliest mention of this apparatus, ac | cording to M. Chevreul, is found in the work of Ammianus Marcellinus, the last of the Latin historians, who died A. D. 390. In an obscure | passage (lib, xxix, cap. 1), giving the confes |sion of one of the conspirators against the Emperor of the East, this author describes, in the words of the conspirator, the cere | monies adopted by the band to discover the name of the Emperor’s predestined successor. Among these was the use of a ring sus | pended by a fine thread over a disk, around the edge of which, at equal intervals, were the letters of the alphabet. The ring in its oscillations pointed out successively the etters T, H, E, O, whereupon, without further inquiry, all perceived that Theodorus was the one designated by destiny. Father Schott mentions the pendulum in his ‘‘ Physica Curiosa” (1662), already alluded to in this paper. In the latter part of the eighteenth cen tury, and at the beginning of the nineteenth, several scientific men wer