The Iron Age 1883-12-13: Vol 32 Iss 24

| the Iron Ag ~inpex 70 A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. | avian ces READING MATTER, PAGE 26 | ’ a) fe 2 PAGE 31 <a Published every Thursday Morning by Davip Wixtiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. r * ae yr ' 7 &Z.50 a % ap 2 Jud Y 7 . / > Ip Wy ge , AACE AHG OSs age. Vol. XXXII: No. 24. New York, Thursday, December £2, 283. ck ade ee ' y P . i r . : P * * } ° + *,¢ ‘ ; ) New Power Squaring Shear. in 1880 was wood, and less than 5 per cent. enter into the sun’s composition ; but at a years has been the only one used in the lignumvit#, is as durable as the duramen. Asa weight-carrying wood, it is question ——_— of that built within the United Kingdom: comparatively small hight the denser and United States Navv. From the exceedingly power trimming and squaring but in the following year double the amount less permanent gases disappear, leaving in small bearing pressure upon the needle point, able whether, when its size and practica , new shear has recently been built by E. W. Bliss, | of steel tonnage was built, compared with the upper regions only hydrogen and some _ it is reasonably to be expected that the wear bility are taken into account, it has a rival f Brooklyn, for the Wellsville Plate and | that of 1879 The total value of British other unidentified substances. by continual motion at sea will be very slight, | The breaking weight of a specimen 7 feet Sheet Iron Company, whose works are at | shipping is now estimated to approach £200, The dark lines of the solar spectrum orig- | and therefore all the good qualities of this} long and 2 inches square is: 1332 pounds, Wellsville, Ohio, ana offices at Pittsburgh, | 000,000, In the East India trade, while inate mainly in the absorption produced by | compass, so obvious when first supplied, are| against teak 877 pounds, and oak 900 that on account of features of construction foreign ships carry about as many cargoes the dense gases which bathe the photo- | hkely to remain and work perfect for many pounds. Its crushing weight on a 4-inch d design is of interest not only to manu-| as they did a quarter of a century ago, the spheric clouds, and these metallic vapors are | years without resharpening of the bearing cibe is 98, §j9 toms, against teak 37, §, 5 facturers of sheet iron, but also to those _en trade of British ships is seven times greater only occasionally carried into the upper re-| point. Sir William Thomson testifies that | tons, and oak (green) 33;§) 9 tons. iged in various industries using sheet iron | than it was at that time. In the shipping gions by ascending jets of unusual violence. | the friction is not sufticient to produce an 7 ; . NIVES is their raw material, and who have occa-| trade with the United States, it appears that | When this occurs it is almost invariably in| error of as much as 7. degree from the Fhe " Fourth State of Matter.” nto trim and square their sheets. The while two-thirds of such was done in Amer- connection with a solar spot. The promi correct position of the needle. Mr. W. Crookes gave a lecture recently machine in question, whicn is shown in the ican ships between 1850 and 1862, in 1880 nences are merely heated masses of the naiililiaaiia before the Western Microscopal Club, on wccompanying engraving, is used to trim the only one-fourteenth of it is done in the ships hydrogen and other chromospheric gases, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAI ‘* Recent Discoveries in High Vacua.” He sheets as they come from the rolls, and to of the New World, seven-ninths of it being | carried to a considerable hight by the SCIE} C A: sUM. nea illustrated his theme witha series of brilliant nake them ready for packing in bundles for in British s} ips, while the total trade in the | ascending currents, and apparently floating ae, | ee and interesting experiments. The effects the market. In capacity it will readily cut | latter period is three times as much as in| in the “ coronal atmosphere,” which inter- A Substitute for Gutta-Percha. were produced by a large electric coil hay No. 10 iron without overtaxing any of the the former penetrates and overtops the chromosphere. A German chemist has patented a new | ing 60 miles of secondary wire, and worked —_ As to sun spots, there can be no longer any product which is intended to take the place | by two cells of a storage battery The evil, following com- | when attached to its full complement of 30 cells, would give a spark in air of 24 inches parts. In its present use, on light gauges of SS. iron which are rolled two or more sheets The Solar Atmosphere. doubt that they are cavities in the upper | of gutta-percha. It has the together, it trims at one stroke the several surface of the photosphere, and that their | position : One hundred and twenty pounds sheets composing the pack. The length of Professor Young, a well-known American | darkness is due simply to the absorbing | of powdered copal, 1614 to 33% pounds of | ‘ High vacua” were defined as those rang —= cut is 6 feet 6 inches in the clear. The authority, says that it seems almost demon-| action of the gases and vapors which fill | subiimated sulphur, mixed with the double | ing from above the 9,5 to the ¢59 oho goo of width of the bed is some 30 inches A strated, as a consequence of the low mean|them. It is also certain that very com-| oil of turpentine or with 14 or 15 gallons of | an atmosphere. Air and all gases are con- AND clamp working in front of the blade holds | density of the sun and its great force of | monly, if not invariably, there is a violent | petroleum. The whole is stirred together | ceived to consist of myriads of excessively the iron to be cut in place so firmly as to gravity, that the central portions of that | uprush of hydrogen and metallic vapors | and heated to 122 or 150 C., until every-| minute molecules, which, in the ordinary ES prevent drawing during the stroke, and also) body, and, in fact, all but a comparatively | all around the outer edge of the penum- | thing goes into solution. The bath is then | state, vibrate with enormous velocity ; but uote the to prevent an irregular cut on account of the | thin shell near the surface, must be in a| bra, and a considerable depression of the cooled to 38 C. and mixed with 3 gallons | being crowded together in that condition Y Other buckle in the sheets. Gauges are provided | gaseous condition, and the gases at so high a chromosphere over the center of the spot ; of caseine and weak ammonia water, to. their extent of vibration is impeded by each e list, at the ends of the bed-plate, at right angles | te mperature as to remain for the most part | probably there is also a descending current | which a little alcohol and wood spirits are | other, and is, in fact, limited to a path of to the line of cut. Front gauges adjustable | dissociated from each other and incapable! through its center. As to the cause of the | added. The mass is now reheated to about! only ;5-$5) mm. When, as ina partial vac- uum, toere are fewer of to various widths are pro- vided on the brackets which extend outward from the bed. In using this machine, the sheet to be cut is thrown upon the bed and moved to the position necessary to bring the desired line of cut 5 directly between the blades. The foot of the operator is then brought down upon the treadle, the effect of | which is to put the machine in motion. The clamp for holding the sheet, already these molecules, they have mure ro 1m in which to vibrate, and hence tbeir ‘‘ mean length of pa‘h” isincreased. Under the influence of electricity these molecules are driven in straight lines from the negative pole. In a com paratively low vacuum, on the passage of an electric current, the residual air as sumes a stratified condition, showing alternate light and dark bands. The width of the dark bands marks the Mi Tf makers mentioned, first descends, be ing actuated by the cam length of the excursions of ial shown to the right. Fol the molecules. Further ex lowing it, the upper blade haustion increases the width ff the shear descends, being = ; = TTT i ui min Me | of these bands, so that in a c driven by the two cams on : . Ni Dah ' yh i Ni HA i HN vacuum of yo54-oo9 Of an the shaft, seen in the cut M ARO 1 mi atmosphere the free path of = 8 at the top of the machine. ! Wi i Sashns AL eae the aelsauie was ioe to : = extend to about 4 inches After the shear has made its stroke both blade and By means of an exhausted V-shaped tube it was shown clamp return to the positions : : : = in which they are shown in - ] no - that these molecules are * TI ua = a - : the engraving, and, auto . rm Er om er ii! =< driven from the negative matically throwing the clutch : Mh i "| pole in straight lines, and out of engagement, re rug i} HT ve fr hence cannot turn a corner, AW nN _— rf First one limb of the VY, then pel HH] aii HLT main standing on the up stroke until the foot is again > Th the other, was connected with placed on the treadle. By a the negative pole of the coil, means of the rock-shaft with the result that each in turn was in darkness. In ond shown across the front of the machine, power is con- another vacuum tube a con veyed to both ends of the cave negative pole was fixed; ‘H clamping member simulta- the molecules were driven ® neously, and the section of normally from this concave the bar of the clamp is such surface, and, meeting the that no possibitity of spring cylindrical surface of the ing exists in ordinary use. glass inclosure, were thrown The pulley to the left in the into beautiful caustic curves engraving receives the belt That these molecules, under and at the same time serves the influence of electricity, possesse d mechanical force, VG. ; as a fly-wheel. It is on a short shaft, on which is a was shown by causing them small pinion driving a gear- to impinge on the vanes of wheel on a shaft which ex a radiometer, when a rapid tends the length of the ma- rotation took place. On re ‘ITY chine, and waieh, on its op NEW POWER SQUARING SHEAR, BUILT BY E. W. BLISS, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y., FOR THE versing ie curvent, the hal posite end, carries a pinion direction of rotation was that drives the gear-wheel, WELLSVILLE PLATE AND SHEET IRON COMPANY. also reversed lhat this seen at the extreme right, was not due merely to the passage of an electric m the driving-shaft of the machine, In this way the power is mul j tiplied and the speed reduced to adapt the | ence of the great pressure and high temper- scopic details, he admits being unsatisfied, machine to the purposes in view. The ar-| ature, however, their density and viscosity and as to the periodicity of the spots, he is] cent. of walnut shoots in about 1 pound of wheel.” Its upper and lower floats bei rangement of levers for operating the clutch are probably such as to render their me- unable to think it due in any to planetary | ammonia. After boiling for several hours, | struck equally by the radiant matter, no is shown inthe engraving. The bottom face! chanical behavior more like that of such | action—at least the evidence appears to be | the mixture is cooled, washed in cold water, motion took place, but on diverting the tlow of chemical interaction. Under the influ- | spots and the interpretation of their tele-] 135° C., until it becomes perfectly fluid; it| current was shown by a vacuum tube is then boiled with a solution of 15 to 25 per| containing a small horizontal “* wate: of the pressure-bar or clamp measures about | substances as tar or honey than that of air, wholly insufficient as yet. The only pecu-|then placed in a bath of hot water, after of radiant molecules by means of the ex 1 inch in width, while the space between it | as we are familiar with it. The visible sur- liarty in his views lies, he believes, in the im- | whic ft it is pressed and dried. The artificial ternal application of a magnet, the mole and the blade is only about '% inch, thus | face of the sun, the photosphere, is composed portance he assigns to the effects of the de-| material thus obtained is said to possess the cules were caused to strike the upper R preventing any possible draw in the iron be-| of clouds formed by the condensation and scending products of condensation, which, | same qualities as caoutchouc and to be appli- floats only, when revolution took place tween the point itis held by the clamp and | combination of such of the solar gases as are | be conceives, form virtually a sort of con- | cable to the same uses. By reversing the magnet, ie path ol the line of cut cooled sufficiently by their radiation into tracting skin, producing pressure upon the Demerara Greenheart, the molecules was diverted so as to strike 3 ee. space. These clouds are suspended in the gaseous mass beneath, somewhat as the film Greenheart is one of the ten woods classed the lower floats, and thus to reverse English Shipping.— According to a! mass of uncondensed gases, like the clouds’ of a bubble compresses the inclosed air. To] A 1 at Lloyd's, and, althoush a product of the rotation. Radiant molecules are not paper read before the British Institute of |in our own atm sphere. The liquid and this pressure, thus produced, he ascribes |the forests of South America, only rates at attracted by one pole of a magnet and Naval Architects last year, on ‘‘ The Great | solid particles of which they are made up mainly the eruptive phenomena of the chro | about half the price of teak-wood, the one repelled by the other, but tend to rotate Advances Made in Our Mercantile Marine in| descend continually, their places being mosphere and prominences. being purchasable at about 87 cents per cubic | round the north pole in one direction Recent Years,” it appears that in 1850 enly | constantly supplied by fresh condensation ce foot, and the other at about $1.75 Its and round the south pole in t pposite 2 per cent. of the effective carrying power | from the ascending currents which rise The Ritchie Liquid Compass.—One of | specific gravity is 1149, against teak 800, direction. Hence, with a horsesh t sors f the merchant navy was steam tonnage. | between the cloud columns From the the most approved forms of marine compass | and oak 828. (iree nheart has the qualities | they are deflected in a line at right a his proportion had risen to 62 per cent. in; under surface of the photosphere there of the present time, made by Ritchie & Sons, | of being hard, tough, strong and elastic, | the line that joins the two pole- Phe 1880. While the carrying power of sailing | must be an immense precipitation of of Boston, consists in inclosing the magnetic | added to which it is very aurable in point of | chanical effect of the impact of these radia vessels had increased less than 60 per cent.,| what may be called solar ‘‘rain and needles in metallic cylinders and further con-| wear and practically indestructible with | molecules was further shown by conv BE the carrying power of steamers had increased | snow,” which descends into the gaseous necting the needles and card to a closed air | regard to fire. It is imported in logs from | them by means of a concave negative p no less than 1750 per cent. All classes of core, and by the internal heat is re-evap- chamber, the whole being floated in a liquid | 24 to 50 feet long, and in squares ranging | to a focus in which was a small bundle cf sailing vessels have diminished in numbers | orated. dec mposed and restored to its orig- | with which the bow! is filled. The weight} from 12 to 24 inches, ar d logs are recorded | platinum wires These wires ‘ ra} since 1850, except the very large ones, and | inol gaseous condition. The thicknessof the of the needles and card, which usually rest | as long as 70 feet, and 24 inches square, so | raised to a white heat by the vigor tl h of those of from 1400 to 2000 tons there has photospheric shell, judging from the phe- upon the pivot point, may be thereby re | that no objections can be taken to it on the | inavdible bombardment Kurt! the been an increase, as it is thought that such nomena of the spots, can hardly be less than | duced at pleasure to an infinitesimal degree, | score of size. In color it is not unlike oak, | pact of radiant molecules on titi irge vessels may be well and economically | 10,000 miles. The weight of the cloud practicaliy to less than a single gram, | except that it has a greenish tinge. Its su produces pho-pborescent hi ised for long voyages for several years. | shell, and the resistance offered to the de- thus preventing any frictional wear upon the | face i- lustrous, but except in figur: d logs it | give to potash-ylass a green and t d Ee. \ccording to returns obtaine 1 from the Sta- | scending products of condensation, act to point of the pivot. ” The introduction of the | cannot be termed an ornamental wood. The |a blue tinge If in an exhausted t in tistical Department of the Board of Trade produce on the inclosed gaseous core a con- liquid thus serves a double purpose—to give | figure, which is somewhat rare, partakes of | obsta ‘le, such as a piece of mica 11 the total number of British ships registered stricting pressure, which forces the gases much greater steadiness to the compass than | that found in American birch, caused by the | of a cross, be set up, a dark s! Y OF it the end of 1882 for the United Kingdom upward through the intervals between the could possibly be obtained without it, the | fibers in the outer wood, under certain con- | thrown on the positive end are 18,368 sailing vessels, with a tonnage of clouds with great velocity. so that jets or periods of oscillation being exceedingly short | ditions of growth, taking a waved or tortu- | part surrounding the shad 576,755. Of these only 23 are above 2000 blasts of heated gas continually ascend all aod the oscillation being rapidly extia- | ous course It has the specialty of being re hosphorescent b the uN f tons register, 3 above 2500, and I above 3000 over the sun’s surface, the same material guished Che card is usually maue with a markably free from knots, and of being molecules, On suddenly 1 ing tons. In 1871 there were only 13 British subsequently redescending in the cloud-col- curved ring bearing the divisions, which is more free from ring and heart shakes than stacle, the part that was in shodow registered sailing vessels of 2000 tons and umns, partly condensed into solid or liquid preferable except when it is desired to be any other wood. The sap-wood is most difli- brighter than in surrounding luminous spa ().. above, out of 21,817 0f such ships. The rate particles, and partly uncondensed The graduated to degrees. In the latter case, cult to tell, and although there are experts This effect is due to the mt ‘ i of increase of steel over wood for the con- layer of uncondensed gases which overlies the degrees are engraved upon a plain annu- who assert that it forms one-fifth to one- suddenly on a new and as it were, untir struction of vessels has been very great the photosphere ‘or crust) is called the lar ring with erect figures. The compass third of its bulk, there are others who assert | surface ‘during the last few years. Only 20 per cent. ‘* chromosphere,” the lower portion of which was, after rigid tests, adopted by the United | that it isa wood free from sap, or, if not £ the tonnage built in the British Empire is rich in all the vapors and gases which States Bureau of Navigation, and for many free, that the alburnum, like that of the | (Continued on Puge 5 ~ ‘/- ee IRON AGE. December 18, 1gg9 ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Street, Phelps Building, NEW YORK, BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury Brass Co, CAPITAL, $400,000. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, CERMAN SILVER, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms.) CQppER RIVETS AND BURS PURE COPPER WIRE passe KEPOLEs ’ Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. ty wa Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c Doce mal, awe 7a pas PERCUSSION CAPS, Aarne * REFINED | POWDER FLASKS, INCOT COPPER. Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, d&c. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods. IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS, Mills At 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, T i N P L & T E, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Conn. ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Detroit Copper & Brass cone Rolling Mills. MANUFACTURERS OF BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, COPPER AND BRASS. ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. : GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, SCOVILL MFG CO |" row and German Silver Wie. Copper Rivets and Burs, BRASS, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS. HINGES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER.| co, Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich, ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. BROWN & BROTHERS, Waterbury, Conn. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. DEPOTS FACTORIES, 419 & 421 Broome St, N. Y, Waterbury, Conn, 177 Devonshire St., Boston. New Haven, Conn. 183 Lake St., Chicago, New York City. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet lron, Copper, Wire, Zinc, Etc. 29 & 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO,, Liverpool, NEW YORK. THE NEW HAVEN PRASS; COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER COPPER Co., In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets, and Burs, Ete. POLISHED COPPER ===" Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. e } —”" | Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs, pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, ATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHAN K, SIL .VER-PLATE D, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich designs, GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. 81 Chambers St., N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND LEALERS IN Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. 290 Pearl Street - 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 uare Head Cap and Set Screws; Brass and fron Safety ana Jack Chain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and oe Trimmings a all kinds. from Sheet Iron, Steel or Brass. Es — ates 08 patenied articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and prompuy give SRODERICE & BASCOM ROPE CO. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ~ ROPE. STEEL WIRE ROPE, 728 N. Main St., » St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER WIRE co., IRON AND STEEL . WIRE. For all Purposes WORCESTER, Mt ASS, 7 , New First-Class Machine Tools sascmabien ene 1d descriptions, apply to The Plume&Atwood — Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, | German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &C. | 18 Murray Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Rolling Mill, THOMASTON, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co,, MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing. : Seamless and Brazed Tubing, \ Copper and Iron Rivets. | 8 OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, ; KEROSENE BURNERS, =| ~ $a Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS,” Particular attention paid to : ae out Blanks | Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. and manufacturing Meta) Gu ‘ And California Wire Works Co., San France isco, Cal anufactory, Nos. 1192, 1199, 120%, 1203, 120% 1207, 1209 and 1211 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N, Y HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH. Heavy Rolled Clota for Malt Kiln Floors. Wire Work, Wire Fence and Guards, Also, Hund and Railroad Lanterns. + PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F eae ait President & Treasurer cretary ‘Washburn & Moen Mfg. “Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. ~ Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering. MANUFACTURERS OF TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. Of Every Description. Factories, WATERBURY, Ct. A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. | i York, 16 Cliff and 241 Peari Street WAREHOU SES, hicago, to7 and 1rog Lake Street. MANUFACTORY, | WAREHOUSE Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, 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, wc Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Dealers in Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals. 100 Jobn Street, New York, PASSAIG ZING CO. Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for Galvanizers & Brass Founders. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen Agents, | eee PR NB a aL Co Hes nr eines Spark Guart. Galvanized Wire Chair, Galvanized Wire Settee. No. 11 Square. Plain Garden Arch. airtn, =F ans 2 Semictrele, PATENT LOOPED WIRES, FOR TIES AND CAN OPENERS, Cut any Length required, from six to twenty-three inches. TRENTON IRON CO., Trenton, New Jersey. NEW YORK OFFICE: COOPER HEWITT & CO., Philadelphia Office: (7 Burling {[Slip. 21 North Fourth Street. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., ayia ads OLYOKE, MAS are <7. e Pe eee Co. MANUFACTURERS -_ | 'WAREROOMS : sS7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: WIiILKESBARRE, Pa. This Advertisement Changed Weekly. mcteha EE re ao = IOWA BARB WIRE CO. ce n Plated, Also GUN SCREW WIRE New York Office, 87 Uberty St. Chlcage Office, 89 Lake st. Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. é - = a } z 9 3 2 | Le P = So s MANUFACTURERS OF THE e EUREKA TREE & POST HOLE DICCER, STAUFFER, MACREADY & CO., New Orleans, La ae ole se , Md. BAKER & HAMILTON, San Francisc ear Sa ‘ramento, Cal. os As SOL LN CZs A. LESCHEN & SONS, GREAT BARGAINS IN | Manufacture rs of Sold on days’ trial to responsible partie “dl il Gesire "SOUIM 1 ‘Supyoeg dwey Engine Lathes, 16 in. swing, 6 ¢ Engine La hes 18 in. swing, 8 and 10 ft. bed, Engine Lathe o in, swing, 12% ft. bed Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope. | 903 & 905 N. Main &St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited, JOSEPH B. ‘REED, Cairo, Ill, CLI Be M Lehig LE BE] Super and w BE E. A. ED Mad Impe It is strengt Brass Works PI KY ADDRE G. } Bra: Lo HAI lllustrat Also NOVEL’ SHEE December 18, 1883. a te CARY & MOEN, _ Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE forall purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of oreey description. | Q 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Manufacturers of | | Japanned, Brass, Tin Plate: N and Wood S BIRD CAGES. Original inventors and patentees of a Kright Metal Cages L coastructed without eolder. S > me) ) > > ~~ ~ — > hs > TT ELAMA LALLA LA LALELE LLL LELLLLELLLALLLELLAL LAD ISSASAS AAMAS Se PO LE { i a = — a a a — — — — = Ss 8 A 254 Pearl St. NEW YORK. VMurKel Steel Wore, «rimeline Are, lempered and covered, Also Patent Tempered Steel ne aera constantly on hand, 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK, aT 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. Vouecat & WILLIAMs, Jobbers of Iron and Steel, of 286 Green- wich Street, New York, have this to say about the Merchant Steel preeeet by the GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT of Cambria ron Co., of Johnstow n, Pa. New York, Nov. 10th, 1883. GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, Cambria Tron Company, Johnstown, Penn. Gentlemen: Yours of the 9th inst. is at hand, and contents noted. We have handled your Steel, Tire, Spring, Toe Calk and Machinery for seveval years, and with more satisfaction than any other goods we sell. Complaints from our customers are almost unknoun, and ue do not hesitate to give the strongest guarantee as to uni- formity, finish and quality, feeling that the goods will fully sustain us. We cheerfully recommend your Steel to the trade. Our business has very largely increased in the past two years, and we attribute no smali portion of it to the excellence of your product, Yours truly, FOUGHT & WILLIAMS. BRASS, COPPER, STEEL | AND IRON WIRE CLOTH Of Every Description, | eet eas Vossen NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE : 5623 Arch St, [No. 54.] ) Bergen Port Spelter. J 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, Sugetee for Liguip Paint on account of its body anc wearing properties. BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. £. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. EDES, MIXTER & HEALD ZINC CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE | SPELTER CHARLES A. OTIS, President. SAM’'L ANDREWS, Vice President. SAM’L A. SAGUE, General Manager. THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY, DRAWBES OF IRON AND AND ~ OF EVERY ___ STEEL WI R E DESCRIPTION GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. High 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. Made from the Company’s Celebrated Imperial Zinc Mines, It is Soft and Ductile. and of very unusual strength. Is especiully adapted for Cartridge Brass, German siiver and all Fine = Work. SALES OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1837. INCORPORATED 1876. PLYMOUTH, MASS. H. 8. Cuase, Sec'y C. F. Pope, Treas. WORKS AND MINES KNOXVILLE, TENN. Wate rbur Nit Co ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO sats | y g. | WATERBURY, CONN. Brass Goods. PRIZE MEDALLISTS. Exhibitions “4 1862, 1865, 4567 187':2, 1873, and only Award and Medal oo Nolseless Stee! | hutters at Phila elphia i876, Par s 1578, ana Meibourne 155 HARDWARE SPECIALTIES, CLARK, BUNNETT & CO., Limited, Original Inventors and Sole Patentees of dintonss Noiseless, Self-Coiling, Revolving Steel Shutters. | . 4 ° Fire and Burglar Proof Also, improved Rottixse Woop Suvutrers of various kinds, and Patent | Also Brass and Nickel Plated | ee eee’ | Office and Manufactory, - - i62 & 164 West 27th Street New York. | G. M. HOTCHKISS & CO., West Haven, Conn., MANUFACTURERS OF Brass, lron & Steel Keys, | — Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, Illustrated Catalogue Furnished on Application. | Suspender Buckles, NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHEROF| MEN DEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WURKS, | SHEET METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY. SCH WERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. The largest Wire Bde in the world. Make, on rz trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all | dimensions and descriptions. SCREW, RIVET, NAIL AND CHAIN RODS, SPECIALTIES 80LE GENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES ww ornLtTMAIN c& MIicKkEpHRTs, . oo we Vouk” 5 Noxth, serfs eat mo, ase TINT Tag copy FOR) “CROSSCUP «&« WEST STIMATE ei 12 A Pay YOU)702 CHESTNUT® PHILA“* ?* THE LRON AGE. | oe Conductors’ Revolving Punch Flower ‘St and, Wrought-iron Fer nee Chair Punch, THE FRED. J, MEYERS MANUFACTURING CO., COVINGTON, Ky., Manufacturers of WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fercing, Cresing and Hardware Specialties. Send for Mlustrated Catalogue of 1883. W = Ald Guard, 4 : vs th A & 9) eteess eS i , WIN eo Age A Bo oe gs GRSine ap pian! I Sy RSM Wire Counter Ruling docking Bird Ca age : UP da Sand one Grain Ri idle. LUDLOW- SAYLOR WIRE 00, sT. LOUIS, MO. 2 ee — =< ~<. “<< g Oe Oe em ~~ nk i ———— a ~ oe - - ae >< a aa: Sh OS om ee Ce et em ea _~< _—< > ao WiIRK, WIRE CI Oo a HI, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, PLAIN AND BARBEO FENCING WIRE. THE CILBERT&E BENNETT MFC. CO. Georgetown, Conn., ae A s lron Wire, Sieves and ee Wire Cloth, GILBERT'S Rival ASA SIEVE, SS Galvanized Twist Wire Netting. WAREHOUSE: 42 Ou Atreet, New Vork. ROOF CRESTING AND FINIALS, Weather Vanes, Tower Ornaments, &o, ‘@- WROUGHT IRON FENCES, -@ Iron Shutters, Window Cuards, Jail Work, &c., BAN K AND OFFICE RAILINGS, ur Send for Cata WIRE and IRON WORK of Every Description. - love stating 0. THE E. T. BARNUM WIRE & IRON WORKS, make estimate. Mention this paper. Wntrats, Mich... U. 8. A. THOMPSON McCOSH, Presider nt. JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, _ Chicago, Nos. 16 and 18 West Lake Street. WIRE SICNS, Root Cresting, Casting Brushes, Sand and Coal Screens, WEATHER VANES AND STABLE FIXTURES. Mention this Paper =— _ The above cut represents Prest« n’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG CO., Hornellsville, N. YW. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clo thes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists Chamberlain, Coxe & Millar, Western Agents, 89 Lake St., Chicago, Ill, C. W. & H. W. MIDDLETON, Office, 945 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA, IRON, STEEL, PIPE, NAILS, Railroad oe Ship Spikes. AGENTS ae FOR Allis Patent Steel “Buck Thorn” Barb Fence, DROP _ ie vw FORGED. iMERRILL BROS., "26 First St., Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y. December 13, 197 4 THE IRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co., oO X Fr oO R Dw. D. wood & ens! ig 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. 90 Beekman St., New Fork Oity iron and Steel manors ‘TURERS OF IRON AND NAIL C0.., vows inwivinne Galvanized Sheet lron,'C yt Na ils > . . Agents for Park Brother & Co.’s Beat Bloom, Best Refined o nized AND BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. talvanize d Wire Te legraph and Fence; Galva He op and Hand Ire Grivanized Rod and war Irc yn, All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly Ce aly anized Nalls Gi aly anized Chain. Galvanized Iron » on band, ae s SAN , CORRUGATED SHEET IRON PATENT PIERSON & CO. | wcrcrmes- surement |" $;,Seenase wenmeon ares” Planighed Sheet Lron. NEW YORK. 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St SHEET IRON. an Patented March r4th, 1865 ; Avril 8th, 1873 : S T = LS a TO E C A L K S. NEW YORK CITY. - Plat e and "l'ank Iron, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.., dank: cas, isa 1 Oak. Gk, viva t hin. 44, 0. | i PICKS ” of all kinds. | ee 4s o = C,H. N 0.1.6 mi No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, 98 William St., New York, i IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, the Extra Quality Homogeneous Stee! ( ‘ ” ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF otch an | ESOPUS HORSE SHOE IRON, Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. ieee i roa hey and at a much less price. BO i LAT B EAMS ANCLES, Price list and quotations sent upon application. és : ei ; ot . Pig | a ‘ FOR SALE ; ; ' . yin M letals & enerally. theta by all the principal Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. | ROME MERCHANT non mis, | HARRISON& GILLOON METAL DEALERS SHOES. Roadster Pattern. , STEEL PLATES, all descriptions Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet All descriptions in stock. Manufacturers of the best grade of In the Large Citice throughout ARON & STEEL. Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. |... Scars ene vans 0 CHERRY | pti ee ee ar ION, ban S$ anc ine — cs8, <6, 62 WATEK ST. & x2, x4, 306 CHERRY St. THE UNITED STATES, lron, all descriptions, Horse Shoe | i ron. sine eg Onereoel i “a supe rior HEW YORE. Gnd a6 thete Omee aia vah rh, r | quality of fron brande L « 8 vec o r ollow NORWAY TRON. | Hecht ylosmmer Order may ve font vo ine mise | S760 tan’aanalte iy tae Recut ease ana | 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. SHOENBERGER & CO., Have Received a Shipment of Choice | e508 ow Ver PENTER, our Agent, at ‘39 Jobn | Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy | = V ‘* sw edisheNorway ” Iron of following sizes : © ‘ | bay ha 4 ~y = Copper, Composition, Brass, W | Ee E LI N CG PROVEN is ciev'ae xb sadand con ... Kin. torin FOX & DRUMMOND, ieoniintes [ P SQUARES.... setae al ued % in. ¥ »>r% in. | PLATS: oi. ss tecneacuaeaea . 4x to 3x% in 1. “ SPECIAL PRICES FOR LOTS. ib IRON WORKS ’ ALSO GENERAL ASSOKTMENT OF “ULSTER,” * CATASAUQUA ” A. R. M. Co. RAILWAY SHAFTING, REFINED & COMMON IRON. oe BANDS, HOOPS & SCROLLS. STEEL aie ona ROLLING MILL HORSE SHOES. ABEEL BROS., 190 SOUTH BST., ‘NEW YORK. MATERIAL. SYRACUSE, N. Y. | Laughlin Nail Co., JUNCTION IRON CO. Joint Yearly Capacity Over E Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a wee Larne Chk ” ene 379." 68 WALL STREET, "B ( i 55 Specialty. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., maw YORK. Ur en est W. B. BURNS, Proprietor, 600,000 KEGS, C. W. | W. LEAVITT, 161 Brondway, Manager Sales Dep't, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN IR O RY . "5 WILLIAMSON & CO., lron NEW YORK NEW AND SEOOND-HAND Ralisand Railway Equipment WW K P 0 g PIG and BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. e 7 . Cais 56, 58 and 60 Hudson St., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN 193, 95 and 97 Thomas St. Sitti | PIG TRON PORTAGE TRON OO., Limited, Merchant Iron. General Agent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS. N ; 3 , “ee AY AKON “AND STEEL — one _ No. 63 Wall St., New Y¥ * « o Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH, w ORKS. _ 97 Chambers Street. New York, geneous Steel Plat ° o or — ance a BAY STATE ION CO., Tank, Boiler and Ginter a _ 0| er ivels. F. w. JESUP & CO., KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited. Railway Supplies and Equipment. aos Ne. 67 Liberty St... NEW YORK. Agents NASHUA | IRON AND STEEL CO., L FR oO IW STEEL LOCOMOTIVE TYRES, HOMOGENEOUS we on we STON Re er pie ke LEL AXLES, NK PIN», PISTO 0 8 ) Pittsburgh, - = e« Pa. Pla BRANDY WINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. U iS T EF 4 | R 0 K wo “ KS , GLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. CARNEGIE BROS. & CO, Limited, Wrought 90 Broadway, New York The Burden Iron Company e Iron Beams, Channels and Shapes. Bessemer Steel Shafting, Plain and Polished. ‘ WIRE NAILS. e Fiane and senninn Sueiabed and contrasts Tuckerman Mulligan & Co Troy, N, Vs ___IRON AND STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS. lem. Rocks eaulialainn ante of. nom unade aeat hice —ibibiiontm,dt aoe acumen makes a: mo ler 1. ee IRON on application by mall Sample pieces at io. CARMICHAEL & EMMENS EGLESTON BROS. & CO., ROOFING & SIDING, Bonnell, Botsford & Co., lenge tao ‘a Wes Ike me, fang , So $ ’ ron “ ngs, 00 . + A BORDEN & LOVELL, Bie . sage eee 267 Front Street, | NEW YORK CIty. RS i see nce lron, Nails & Spikes. ie D STEEL BOILER PLATE. BURDEN’S MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., B Commission Merchants, stints sm | &e. be | R & my 5 Dey Street, New York. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. ing Mills, and Cnion Tube Works ; Grsseums Teo $ ath ie inated: chad iiinanae 70 & 71 Wert St, Bie tec Foes nen. 2: : : "" /GLENGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH PIG IRON, tor spot delivery, and for prompt or forward shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale by om. JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States. 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK, 101 mati Street, BOsTOR, ASS. 170 Washington Street, CHICAGO. c A GREEsE — NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH TOOL CO., ULSTER BAR TRON a Agents for the sale of Successors to ALKER & CROMLISH, All sizes and shapes in stock. Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, | gwist Drills, Reamers, Taps and Also Best Grades of Bands, Hoops & Rods MACHINISTS’ SPECIAL TOOLS, | Am, & Eng, Ref’d lron,Common Iron, &e ’ pg ’ | Machine, a and | ite Bolts, Set and Cap | ener Rivets, £0. FRANK L, FROMENT, LEECHBURG I IRON WoRKS. LIGHT MACHINE FORGINGS A SPECIALTY. / Ro KIRKPATRICK & CO.,, Borden Mining Company’s P. 0. Box 1060, Pittsburgh, Pa, Mapufacturers of all grades of Cumberland Coals. FACTORY : N = Corner North & Irwin Avenues, Allegheny, Pa. eee BE i EF'iN Ee SEE ET IRONS, Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, a)” WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., |VOUGHT & WILLIAMS, 112 Jona st AMS DEALERS IN NEW YORK. I RON ME RCHAN TS | Horse Shoes and Horse Nails, Tire Spring, Toe Calk, Machinery and NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIOR, No, 143 First Ave., Pitteburgh, Pa. ___—‘WORKS, 8, Lesshburg, Pa. Pa. I eS Se q J JAMES WW. . ROSS, — / COLD ROLLED| son SO A MO Bo Com Albany & Washington Sts, | Tool Steel, Bolts, Rasps, Files, NEW YORK CITY. | Drilling Machines, &c. Stee! Figures SCcoTrTcu AN D AMERICAN PIG IRON, Wa. H. WALLace, Wm. Bispoam.| 288 Greenwich St., New York. and Letters. - _ - a a uu SEND FOR CIRCULAR. MANUFACTURERS AGENT OF — Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. 4 nas maneatnd *turers ef Lron IRON ORE PAINT : B. F, BELLOWS, yma “ Kogding is the word. Manu AND CEMENT. a 145 Seneca St Cea. WHITAKER IRON COMPANY, IRON ROOFING 359-158 MERWEN Brexer ow Pe era OF WHEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF Crimped and Corrugated Siding, CLEVELAND, 0. | B. F. JU DSON, SHEET IRON, TANHK AND FIRE BED, x ™ ities cihieainat 36 DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO. = Iron Tile or Shingle, Send for Circular and Price Proof Doors, Shutters, &¢ List No. 9. , Pigs Tron, |SIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, a | | Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, SEARS Rail > is ee —— ROLLING MILL Co., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &ce, ® PATERSON, N. J. Room 45, Astor House, New York. OLD METALS. TO CUT FROM 4-INCH ROUND OR SQUARE, TO HOOP IRON, WITH OR WITHOUT ENGINE ATTACHED —- $3a4sesouunsc.} NEW YORK. | SQouvuBBESAE RS, SH 35 South St., ROTARY OR ALLICATOR. Manhattan Rolling Mill.| chilled Rolls and Rolling Machinery Generally. SI C U T N A j L SS a | a LEONARD, rien a OFFICE: 95 LIBERTY STREST._ mentee r Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. - DOVER IRON CO.'S BOILER RIVETS, ome mar orieana rae | SSeS DANIEL F. COONEY, {O° i | 445 to 451 West St, 177 178 Bank ss |THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., w NEW VORK MANUFACTURERS OF : | GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, bd Oo be = E os Ha oO bE | R Oo N, Galvanized Sheet lron—Best Bloom, Best Kefined, Common. Galvanized Round, Square Band and | Hoop Iron, &c., &c. Toe Calk Steel, Manufarta of Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. 88 Washington St., N a Sa 3 BOILER PLATES AND SHEET. IRON, :ceeenseeann ae unas <0 cate Fe U ; | T LAP-WELDED BOILER FLUES, sf to 5 mohes. nna bt R 8 7 O re iz RS & Cc Oo. Boiler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & aoiees, ——— a - ; Agency foe Glasgow Ison Co.. ing Mittin, Che | Pine Lron orks, Lebanon Rolling Milis heater Corrugated Sheet tron 4 Specialty, | Galvenined. Black and Painted. Irom Oorrugated for the Trade el timates furnished or application. Pipe and Tabs Co., Albany & Rens. Lron ap 132 Greenwich Street, New York. | Cos celebrated Boller Kiv cia; “Homogeneous Steck | woRKs GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N.. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORI Ww a, r a0. Be Pa °9 nd December 13, 1885. ‘ SS Siemens’ Regenerative HENRY LEVIS & CO., CA § FUR NA CF : Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and RICHMOND & POTTS, Sheet Iron and General Railway PHILADELPBIA, PA. Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and heels bought and sold. 234 8. 4th 8t., Philadelphia. 119+ Fourth St, Cambria Iron and Steel Works. The Cambria Iren Co., having acquired the entire ownership of the WIRE AND STEEL MILLS | Of the GAUTIER STEEL CO., Limited, will con- | 50, 000 Tons of lron & Steel Rails | | a ie i” proauee = em - - egy such as: Mer- and Carriage | Sprin igs, Rake Teeth and Harrow Teeth, Agricul- tural Implement Steel and ALL KINDS OF WIRE, The Cambria Iron Co., iving enjoyed a reputation for more than a ter of a century for fair dealing and excel- r ve of its Manufactures, has now a capacity of | ice And most approved patented Railway Fastenings. \ddress | Well-known for superior quality of material and excellence of ork sl " ‘AMBRIA IRON COMPANY, | (sir. nee of workmanship 18 South Fourth Street, Philade! phia, GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, ohnstown. ade St 523 Arch St. J ae own, Pa., Poiure BE. Cuapin, Gen'l Sup’t, J Agent, 46 Pine sh New York Warehouse, 1o4 Re Pi hiladelphia Ware house, or at Works, or Lenox Smith, Selling 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 cvaetractin of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, W ELUDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes fo 2a ye 8. 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 & CO, MANUFACTURERS OP Patent Planished, Galvanised, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE ct SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadeiphia, Pa. licited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, cont naka Iron ; : Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jac ‘ket Iron, JAS. ROWLAND & tt. Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensinton agra cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop i nial PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS cc CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, 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. PAXSON ceo CO. MOULDING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, LEAD FACING, RIPDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES, X MINERAL, XX MINERAL, xh 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. Pare Works at Allentown, Pa. SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER MINING & MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR COKE PIG IRON FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORES. Also CHARCOAL PIG [RON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. Treasurer’s Office, 132 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. 224 South 4th St... Philadelphia. Works at MILNES, PAGE CO., VA. ow sTie K ax. JR, & CM,, Sales Agents, LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured fr« d OTIS STEEL BRAND cg STANDARD Z ym the celebrate Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed, Prices as low as any of the same qui ality. We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &c THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Works at LEWISTOWN, PA. - 220 8. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa, Office; - THE IRON AGE. USTICE COX, Jr, CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO., AGENTS FOR CONEWAGO, MCNTGOMERY ANI SHENANDOAH Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet tron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 224 So, Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York, GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS Edward J. Etting, TRON BROKER ann COMMISSION MERCHANT, 23232 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa, Pig, Bar and Railroad tron. OLD RAILS, SORAP, &o. Agent tor the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co. and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. Dezaw sTORAGE WHARF AND YARD VENUE ABOVE CALLOWBILL 8 connected by track with railroad. “sina, 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 lota to suit, Red or Yell B ow Heavy pre "Tre Scrap Brass ; ingot Brass, best qualities, Ingot Gun SPRCIALTIEG Metal made stric tly from Old Cannon; 8S eam P umps, Shafting Pulleys, &c. Mac hinery and Tools vari: us y WEY y ’ descriptions. C ash paid for Serap Iron and Met als. NEW AN D 0 L D RA ILS, on BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, Isaac V. Luoyp. Jas. G. LInpsay. . . LLOYD & LINDSAY, Spiegeleisen lron Ores AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES GENERALLY. No. 328 Walnut St. 4 : P ILADELPHIA, Sole Agents for the United States for Brokers and General Dealers in TI Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Cc Aaa Lima edale oe coe Tae *.* Iron, Rails and Fastenings. Muck Bars. Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ** ULVERSTON.” Blooms, Boller Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. Malleable Pig tron, brand ** UY, HM. M"’ , old Rails and Scrap Iron. N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S DINAS FIRE BRICKS. J. 0. RICHARDSON. JEROME KEELEY. & CO. No. 232 Dock St., Phi St., ladelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR DEALER IN CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAh IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, Pig Iron, Merchant Bar fron IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAI and fron Ores. Ethelbert Watts. Jos C. Poulterer we and OKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales ETHELBERT WA s E. H. Wilson, A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons Iron B wi 7 ron Brokers and Commissio ission Merchants, E. H. WILSON & CO., of Iron and Coal propertie Ss Offices, No. “— So. Third street, Phila. 330 South Third Screet, Philadelphia, ALES AGENTS FOR BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. eyes IRON CO;, § IRON OREs, Correspondence solicited. CHICKIES, Limited, Supplies, Rar, Plate and Sheet Lron, Pig VESTA FURN ACE, ; MARIETTA FURNACES, { PIG IRON. Messrs. EVERETT & P< ST, ? Chicago and St. Louis, '\ PIG LEAD & SPELTER. ( orresponde ace Solicited. FLORENCE TACK CO rvowexce, maser "| EDMUND D, SMITH. MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY VARIETY OF 147 S 4th a ® ‘ TACKS AND SMALL NAILS.} sole! So 4th Sts Philadelphia, GOODS MADE TO SAMPLE. | FOREIGN g DOMESTIC IRON ORES, Also,"Fine Swedes Iron Tacks for Upholsters Spiegeleisen, Pig Iron and Structural Iron. and Trimmers’ use. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 308 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, 230 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. SELLING AGENTS. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foun ‘ry and Forge Pig Iron. PINE TRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GL peeOw Wyebrooke C. B. Charcoal Pig Iron.