The Iron Age 1883-12-27: Vol 32 Iss 26

NIVES SS. AND ES. 10te the y other ® list. other akers. da). is. ‘'s 9 Vol. The Iron Ag A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. | INDEX TO READING MATTER, PAGE 19. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, PAGE 31. Published every Thursday Morning by Daviy Wriiuiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. METALLURGICAL NOTES. | The Theory of the Crucible Steel Process. A recent edition of Iron has the following translation of an article published by Prof. A. Ledebur in Stahl und Eisen: There is not another of the more important | metallurgical processes which has been more | neglected by investigators than the manufac- ture of crucible steel. The reasons for this | neglect are various. Many manufacturers | suppose that the protection afforded by the crucible to the molten metal is sufficient to render any important chemical change im- possible, Many smaller works also carry on their operations quite empirically, and do not trouble themselves either about the chemical composition of the charge or that of the fin- ished cast steel. Large establishments, how- ever, which base their operations on chem- ical examination, for reasons unknown to me prefer to surround their manufacture of crucible steel with a kind of secrecy, even if they open their other departments most obligingly to the inspection of visitors and to scientific investigation. Even the smallest crucible steel works often believe themselves bound to imitate the example of their larger competitors in this respect. As is well known, MM. Troost and Hautefeuille have shown that silicon is reduced by carbon from crucibles containing silicic acid, and con- veyed to the iron. It may be considered as ed that silicon partially prevents the ficuuid iron from secreting gases in solidify- ing, and in this respect is beneficial. The rocess discovered by MM. Troost and Hlautef euille undoubtedly facilitates the obtaining of close castings in crucible melting; but few reliable data have as yet been published as to how far external conditions—especially the omg of the crucible and the composition of the charge— act upon the reduction of silicon in the cru- cible. A few experiments of Béker, given in Wedding’s ‘‘ Darstellung des Schmiedbaren Eisens,” have reference only to the carbon contents of steel, and consequently do not ermit of reliable conclusions as to the be- oe of silicon. Two analyses made in Dr. Percy’s laboratory on the effect of an ad- dition of manganese, and which are reported in the above work (page 690), gave results the correctness of which must be strongly doubted (an aluminum contents of 0.12 = cent.), and which possess little value, cause there are no data given of the composition and quantity of the manganese alloy added. As the reducing agent for sili- con is always carbon, it may be assumed at once that this reduction will be greatest if lumbago crucible are employed. The fol- hie information supplied by a friend con- firms this theory: Equal charges, consist- ing of 30 per cent. of crude steel and 70 per cent. of Co iron, were melted in three crucibles of different carbon contents. The steel from bauxite crucibles with a carbon contents of 9 per cent. contained 0.144 per cent of silicon ; from fire-clay crucibles with 28 per cent. of carbon, 0.274 per cent. of silicon, and from fire-clay crucibles with 39 %4 r cent. of carbon, 0.392 per cent. It is self-evident that the duration of melting and the temperature must also influence the re- duction of silicon. As regards the behavior of manganese in crucible melting, it has been recently proved by various examinations of other processes that the presence of manganese in iron may be an effective means of reducing silicon, if opportunity is given for the protoxide of manganese formed to become saturated with silicic acid and there be a high temperature. If spiegeleisen is melted at a high temperature in a cupola, with a lining holding silicic acid, it absorbs silicon, while manganese is elimi- nated, and the spiegel may be changed into into gray pig iron. If gray iron be melted feeecedld in the cupola, the more mangan- ese it contains the longer it will remain gray—tbat is to say, it will lose its silicon the more slowly. It may therefore be assumed that in melting cast steel in the crucible it would turn out all the richer in silicon the richer the charge was in manganese. In order to practically test this theory, at my request two charges of different percentages of manganese were melted under the same conditions in a large cast-steel manufactory. One charge consisted entirely of hearth steel, containing 1.29 per cent. of carbon, 0.01 per cent. of silicon (probably a constitu- ent of the cinder), 0.12 per cent. of mangan- ese and 98.50 per cent. of iron. The second charge consisted of similar hearth steel, with the addition of 2 per cent. of ferro- manganese, with 4.70 per cent. of carbon, 2.07 per cent. of silicon, 46.54 per cent. of manganese and 46.48 per cent. of iron. Thus the second charge contained altogether 1.34 per cent. of carbon, 0.05 per cent. of sil- icon, 1.01 per cent. of manganese and 97.56 per cent of iron. The crucibles used con- tained in both cases about 39 per cent. of | carbon. The ingots received and analyzed | by me contained : Cc Si Mn. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent Without the addition of ferromanganese. 1.24 0.24 0.15 With the addition of ferromanganese.... 1.86 0.49 0.75 The large increase in the percentage of silicon in melting the steel richer ip man- ganese cannot be mistaken. It follows, be sides, from the analyses that the “greater reduction of silicon was not only effected directly by the presence of manganese, but that the close affinity of the manganese re- -¥XII: No. 26. | maining in the steel promoted the reduction of the silicon through the carbon of the cru- cible. If manganese serves as a means of reduction, the process taking place is evi- dently expressed by the formula: 2 Mn + SiO, = 2 MnO + Si; i. e., for one part in 110 2. 363 parts in weight of manganese must be oxidized. In the case before us 0.49 — 0.24 = 0.25 per cent. of silicon more is reduced in melting manganiferous steel than in melt- ng steel poor in manganese. If this reduc- weight of silicon which is reduced tion were effected simply by manganese, it | DRILLING would only have required 3.93 X 0.25 = 0.98 oe cent. of manganese, which must have mn eliminated from the steel, and the man- ganese contents of the latter could conse- quently have amounted to only 1.01 — 0.98 = 0,03 per cent., while the percentage was in reality 0.75. It follows from this that only a very small portion of the silicon has been reduced by manganese. As is well known, a closer affinity exists also between carbon and manganese than between carbon and iron, and the effect of this circumstance may be plainly discerned from the analy- ses. While in melting steel poor in man- ganese a light decrease of carbon is per- ceptible, manganiferous steel shows a large increase of it, caused by absorption from the containing crucible. MACHINES FOR New York, T. hursday, December £7, 188 hg A New Form of Open-Hearth Steel Furnace, Mr. C. M. Ryder, of Chester, Pa., has obtained a patent for a new form of open- hearth furnace, which seems to embody some | very ingenious and useful improvements. The object of this improved form is to adapt the open-hearth furnace to general foundry use, and simplify all operations of casting small articles of structural steel by an ar- rangement by which the metal of the bath may be withdrawn from the furnace in any desired amount. A marked advantage of this invention is the method employed for Fig. 1.—Horizontal Radial Drill. Fig. 2.—Vertical Radial Drill, THE RUSSIAN removing the hearths, not only for the pur- | pose of facilitating all repairs, but also for | charging them with masses of metal and | imperfect castings too large to be introduced through the c ing door of the furnace itself. A further object of the invention is to provide the furnace with a skimmer so ar- ranged as to prevent the slag from being drawn off simultaneously with the metal. | The arched roof,-the front wall and the| $4.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. nace. The hearth is supported upon wheels | most radical change embodied in this fur- journaled in depending bearings which| mace is the raising and lowering of the travel upon inclined track-ways. This ar-| hearth. By this means a perfect control is rangement permits of the displacement of | had over the metal, which can be tapped in the hearth for all operations of charging | large or small quantities, as desired. and repairing. While conversion is going - cme — on in the furnace the casting side of the hearth is supported in its position by a Machines for the Russian plunger playing in a hydraulic cylinder. Government, After conversion the casting side of the --—— hearth is raised and lowered as need be for}; In the annexed engravings we present withdrawing the metal in the desired quan-| two drilling machines of special character, tities, by elevating and depressing the plunger | which have recently been constructed by an in the hydraulic cylinder. For the purpose| English firm, Messrs. William Collier & Co., of Salford, for the Russian Government, for use in their dockyard at Nicolaieff. The engravings, together with the following par- ticulars, are taken from our English contem- porary, the Mechanical World : Fig. « represents a horizontal radial drill, | the surface of the table of which is near the | floor, and the arm of which is movable in a vertical plane, the fulcrum being a horizontal spindle, on the other side of which, cast in one with the arm, is a balance weight. The per- spective of Fig. 1 makes the machine appear at first sight rather complicated, but the plan, illustrated in Fig. 3, will show the simplicity |of the arrangement and fewness of parts. The parts comprising the movable head and the driving gear are the same as the firm usually applies to ordinary drilling machines, &c. For turning the arm a worm and worm- wheel are provided, the latter having 36 teeth of 134 inch pitch, and being keyed on the horizontal shaft which forms the pivot for the arm, and to which the latter also is keyed. By this worm-gear the arm is, of course, brought to any position above or below the horizontal, but to hold it firmly two bolts, V, Fig. 3, are provided; these pass through the standard, and their heads enter a dove- tailed groove in the side of the worm-wheel. The driving gear is of the ordinary type. The wheels A and B have 24 and 72 teeth respectively, of 54 inch pitch ; C and D have 18 and 62 teeth respectively, of 4% inch pitch. The two pairs of miter-wheels E and G are alike, viz., 28 teeth and 1 inch pitch. The pinion which drives the wheel F has 15 teeth, of % inch pitch, and F has 31 teeth. Of the feed gear, the wheel H has go teeth and I has 20 teeth, of % inch pitch, and the spindle of the latter, when self-acting, is driven by the worm and Rook cheat L, which is put in and out of gear by the arrangement shown in section in Fig. 5. The center disk K is loose on the spindle S, and carries a small bevel pinion, P, which also runs loose on its spindle, This pinion gears with a bevel-wheel on the upper face of the disk M, and also a similar wheel on the under side of the worm-disk L, which is loose on the spindle S, the disk M being keyed to the latter. When it is required to put the feed into gear the strap round the center disk K is tightened by means of the handle shown in Fig. 3. The cen- ter disk then remains stationary, and the bevel pinion, turning on its own axis, transmits the motion of Lto M. To stop the feed the grip trap is slackened, and the center disk K turns on its axis, carrying with it the bevel pinion P, which, instead of driving M, simply ‘‘ walks” round on _its under surface. The spindle § is prolonged below M, and takes a hand- wheel which is used for hand-feeding for rapidly traversing the spindle when re- quired. The worm-wheel L is driven by the worm W (Fig. 3). The drill spindle is of steel, 2'4 inches in diameter, and the table is 7 feet 3 inches by 3 feet. Work of any hight can be got on to the table, and the arm being capable of movement in any position up to go” from the horizontal, and the headstock being readily moved to any position by the ordi nary nut and screw, makes the machine a very useful one for drilling such objects as cannot be got under an ordinary drilling machine without the necessity of sinking a ** pit.” The bolt holes in long pipes and cyl- inders, for instance, might be easily drilled by means of this machine, and it may, when required, be used as a boring machine, the boring bar being driven by the drill spindle and supported by stays from the table or foundation plate. The second machine, shown in Fig. 2, is a vertical] radial drill, with an arm 7 feet long carrying in the headstock a steel spindle 2% inches diameter, the nose of which may be put into any position from 2% feet to 5 feet from the surface of the table, and which has a feed of 15 inches, obtained by means of the screwed sleeve H (Fig. 4) on the spindle and the strap and gear arrangement for self-act ing, similar to that just described on the last machine. ‘lhe main driving of the machine is of an ordinary type, as also is the means of raising the bracket which forms a fulcrum or pivot forthe arm. The raising ing is accomplished by means of spoke-wheel, which drives the worm gear and screw inserted in the body of the standard The special feature of this machine is the means provided on the headstock for swivel ling the drill spindle in any direction to any angle between 45° and its vertical position, and for indicating by means of a quadrant Drilling GOVERNMENT. of skimming the metal as itis drawn off, and for retaining the slag and other® impurities in the hearth, a skimmer is employed con- sisting of a slab of fire-brick conforming to the cross-section of the spout, and having its lower edge cut away for the escape of the metal. A metallic shield, suspended in front of the casting side of the furnace, is designed to protect the foundrymen from the intense heat thrown out by the furnace. The hearth or lowe! a hand rear wall of the furnace are suspended from | is operated on the trackways by means of a girders by means of hangers attached to/| chain connecting it with the plunger of the plates located under the walls. The hearth, cylinder, which is located beneath the charg composed of a metallic shell having a lining | ing floor of the furnace, and when displaced of refractory material, is provided with a/| may be charged with masses of metal and spout, with leet bearings and a flange | imperfect castings too large to be introduced designed to support the fore plate constitut-| through the charging door of the furnace | ing the sill of the charging door of the fur As will be seen from this description, the | and index-hand the exact angle at which the drill is set at amy time. The hand-wheel worm—1' inches pitch—and segment on the left of the headstock, and a similar arrangement on the right side of the latter make the moving of the spindle to any angle (Continued on Page 7 2 THE IRON AGE. December 27, 1883 Dect —— — —___—_—— — — _ - - - - _ ANSONIA The Plume & Atwood Z SS BRASS & COPPER CO., Mfg. Companvy, A . No. 19 Cliff Street, Ca S ee ee f Seale tube a "iene Secretary, Ay Se canal Ae fics SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, =f Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co | , | Waterbu Brass Co German Silver and Gilding Metal, | g: , BRASS AND COPPER ry ' Rj 18 | Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 - et ree See Copper Rivets and Burs, WORCESTER, MASS. | Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, } : i Seamless Brass & Copper| GERMAN SILVER, Brass Butt ninges, | -—f VVIRE DRAWERS. ~ Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, | S pe Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING Jack Chain, Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering W ’ j i. ! ’ pS Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms.|cQppeR RIVETS AND BURS, Kerosene Burners, 1 i ateeiesiniemaeeen tue <i PURE COPPER WIRE 5 &e. | ste: Rp, fre end Core | AO oe TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. | oor ° ass age, ° 5 Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal 8 treet, Bo aa j s Of Every Description. 4 109 Lake Stree cago. scenes ye ANSONIA * REFINED POWDER FLASKS, Prvetng 4 eee | INCOT COPPER Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c:) nuonagToN, Ct. | WATERBURY, Ct. A GPECIALTY MADE OF i Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells & Specialty. | ——_——___-| | GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, | | Rate Aguans Ser Ge GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PHELPS, DODGE & CO. |caveweu mtg. co.’s Line of Sport- Br idgeport Brass Co., | PAenne Mtkht, Wine Bike TIMe, L | sitieeih a — vse re ] PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, T TIN PLATE, [226 Brostway, Now York waTerBury, | Sheet and Roll Brass, AND PUMP CHAIN. ] | 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Conn. Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing WAREHOUSES { (ee A eS Tey ae Street. f | Re ae he cae elt D c & Brass] Seamless and Brazed Tubing, | 4 PC sheet tron Copper, Pig Tin» wire, DOI OMt opper Copper and Iron Rivets bo \) 7 Zinc, &c. p p yi aS TM SAS SS SF aneipacebinns es Rolling Mills enaions Conrsanann, | UTS ont EEE ' LANTERNS and TRIMMI Cocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. 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BERC Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876, . Pu re Spe Iter NEW YORK OFFICE: oa ~~ ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. ; ; BER DEALERS IN BOATENTED § SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes COOPER HEWITT & CO., {7 Burling Slip. EA F BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs. AND ALE FINE WeRK., _ oom BRAZIERS g SHEATHING COPPER, pressure and guaranteed against Yacuur, aaa Philadelphia Office: 21 North Fourth Street. EDE giSVED ral PES: TEER eEAE| Qetvenioces & Benes Founders, |) —<£§$—@£@—_—_————»sse) Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. designs. NING £ 5 IER, " Oe since <a eile 290 Pearl Street - NEW YORK.| GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. MAN Q en Agents, 2 a= ~ lgeo. W. Prentiss & Co. a. es WIRE ROPE A. C. NORTHROP, 60. W. Frentiss & LO. HAZARD MF°G Co. Waterbury, Conn., MANUFACTURERS OF i | WIRE. Waa 'S NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL Goops| '®°™ ¥ | s7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. FOR HARDWARE TRADE. 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Correspondence invited. msg Pl CARY ko MorEIW ’ Manufacturers of STEEL pe for all . purpense and STEEL SPRINCS of every ee | Q 0. LINDEMANN & CO. Manufacturers of Japanned, Brass, Tin Platec and Wood "i i Original inventors and patentees of . Bright Metal Cages, Peonstructed without solder. ET } LECLLAALLP s pee 7 oy ERLE LA VAL RL LELLLELLLLALRALLLALLAE DT i UL j WWISIISISIS SASSI GG 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Market Steel Wire, Urinoline Wire, tempered and covered Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture springs, constantly on hand, NEW YORK, | ee WIRE CO., sT. LOUIS, MO. 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, ==) 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, Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 11th, 1883. GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, Penn. Gentlemen : Your esteemed favor of the 10th inst, at hand, and in reply we are willing to testify to the superior quality of your Spring Steel, having used hundreds of tons, all proving \lso Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness Sr. ae ae ae ee to be without the slightest defect. Our Mr. Penn, after an experience of over thirty years, during which time he has handled as much (if not more) steel as any man liv ing, and of almost every kind, domestic and imported, unhesitatingly pronounces yours the best as to quality, uni- formity and finish. We desire no better, and you can use us freely for reference if desired. Yours truly, BRASS, STEEL AND (Signed) PENN & LER. CALVANIZED WIRE, Foundry Riddles, Coke and Coal Screens. MANUFACTURER OF NEW YORK OFFICE: 104 Reade St, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: 523 Arch St, CLEVELAND, - - - - OHIO. (No. 56.] , Bergen Port. Spelter. MINES : WORKS & FURNACES, Lehigh Valley, Pa. Bergen Port, N. J oo The only Miners and Manufacturers of 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, DRAWERS OF IRON AND W | R ~ OF EVERY | ___ STEEL DESCRIPTION GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE, High Grade and Fine Quality Wires a Specialty. CLEVELAND, | OHIO. PURE LEHICH SPELTER From Lehigh Ore. Especially adapted for Cartridge Metal and German Silver. Also manufacturers of BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC. Superior for Liguip Pair on account of its body and wearing properties, BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. E. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Sli, N. Y. EDES, MIXTER & HEALD ZINC CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE PELTER Made from the Company’s Celebrated Imperial Zinc Mines. It is Soft and Ductile, and of very unusual strength. Is especially adapted for Cartridge Brass, German silver and all Fine ——$__—___—_i—_ ; Work. ESTABLISHED 1837. INOOBRPORATED 1876 SALES OFFICE H. 8. CuHase, Sec’y Cc, F. Pops, Treas. PLYMOUTH, MASS. Co., WATERBURY, CONN. KNOXVILLE, TENN. Wate rbury Nic. Brass Goods. HOWARD EVANS. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO SALES OFFICE. G. M. HOTCHKISS & CO.. West Haven, Conn., MANUFACTURERS OF Brass, Iron & Steel Keys, ' PRIZE MEDALLISTS. Exhibitions of 1862, 1 Sth, 1867, 1872, 187%, and only Award and Medal -s Nolseleas Stee! a Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, Shutters at delptia JETT. ‘& an co. Li d |CLARK, BUNNE imite HARDWARE SPECIALTIES. Late CLAHK & COMPAN »” ; Original Inventors and Sole Patentees of (Iustrated Catalogue Furnished on Application. fe Noiseless, Self-Coiling, Revolving Steel Shutters. y . | Fire and Burglar Proof Also, improved Rotiuixa Woop Suurrers of various kinds, and Patent Also Brass and Nickel Plated 7 . adinan tty ig Feo Suspender Buckles, NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHEROF | MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, | SHEET METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY. AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. ——— | The largest Wire Works in the world Make, on 12 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all dimensions and descriptions Ae ean] ee ede eee 20SSCUP & WEST. ww oimtTMaAN <& MiIicohkEtnrtTs, S Nerth Second Mtreet, SEND copy FOR) CROSSCUP & WEST. ae eye: you )702 CHESTNUT” PHILA® 4 oy W YORK. ST. LOUIS, MO, ‘iilllam Street, : Window | Guard, | Office and Manufactory, - - (62 & 164 West 27th Street New York. | December 27, 1883. = 7’ H HH IRON A GH. 4 | Conductors’ Punch. Flower ‘Stand. Revolving Wrought-iron Fence. Chair. Punch THE FRED. J, MEYERS MANUFACTURING CO.,@ COVINGTON, Ky., Manufacturers of WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialties. Send for Mlustrated Catalogue of 1883. VEX RA RR eR AAMK IR EETR ad. KEENE Ai ini i \ nie i om Oe Mock ng iru 1 Cage sand and Grain Riddle. Wire Counter Re ailing. ; frvarn - 50 WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, PLAIN AND BARBED FENCING WIRE. THE GILBERT & T& BENNETT MFC.CO. Georgetown, Conn., Manufacturers of 4 1 he Wire Cloth, Nn Vaeee ae ie 7” Power Loom Palnted Screen Wire Cloth Galvanized Twist Wire Netting. WAREHOUSE: ROOF CRESTING AND FINIALS, Weather Vanes, Tower Ornaments, &o, iron Shutters, Window Cuards, Jail Work, &c., BAN K AND OFFICE RAILINGS, wants, and we wit THE &. T. BARNUM WIRE & IRON WORKS, "ensien thins Detroit, Mich.. U. 8. As lron Wire, Sieves and eee | —— im, — GILBERT'S Rival ASH SIEVE, 42 one | ne New York. <= WROUGHT IRON FENCES, -= ge Send for Cata- WIRE and IRON WORK of Every Description. Mention this paper. THOMPSON McCOSH, Preside nt. JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, YNTED “BARB j rq EXISTENCE.) WIRE SICNS, Root Cresting : ; Casting Brushes, Sand and Coal Screens, The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG CO., Hornellsville, N. ¥. We alse manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Sen¢ 1 for Cireulars and Price Lists, Cc hamberiain, Coxe & Biller, Western Agents, 89 Lake St., Chicago, Ill. Cc. W. & H. W. MIDDLETON, Office, 945 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. IRON, STEEL, PIPE, NAILS, Railroad and Ship Spikes. AGENTS FOR Allis Patent Steel “Buck Thorn” Barb Fence, DROP FORGED. MERRILL BROS,, 26 First St., Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y. THE IRON AGE. December ‘9 OGDEN & WALLACE,|Marshall Lefferts & Co. Q X F OR DIW. 0. Woon “& COS 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. 90 Beckman St., New York City, iro n nd Steel MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND NAIL CO.. Of ere eae wrmsecee | Galvanized Sheet Iron, Cc ut nN ails Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s Best BL , Best Refined ' BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. dk. 1 Lene Galvanized ae oe 2S. and pence) Gebvenioes AND Galvanised Nails, "Galvanised Chain, Galvanized Iron S pP : K e Ss. CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly on hand, PIERSON & CO. Roadster Pattern. | PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, Best “a_i eee: YORK. — = : SHEET Paten arch 14th, 1865; Ap , 1873; 24 Broadway, New York Citv. Plate and Tank hie JOHN W. QUINCY & C0.., Sept. 4 08 Ok v3 =e a STEEL TOE CALK S. ta 98 William St., New York, Guaranteed fully equat in all respects tothe! Fxtra Quality Homogenerus Stee Iron & Steel crsorarmeor (Anthracite, Charooal Scotch and| IMPORTED RUSSIA IROK, ° Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. English Pj fron. and at a much less price. COMMON & REFINED IRON, | Price list and quotations sent upon application. 6 FOR SALE i Lead, and Cut Nails, Inget Copper, im n, Lead, soon, Sh Se ae Ovals, | ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, HARRISON&GILLOON Steel, &c. niiebiaeoe ten icine of IRON AND METAL DEALERS, Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. | «s,s, xs waren st, & scx, x 506 CHERRY 87, enn me oem, om. ie, alk Ovals, Half come Hexagon and NEW YORK, a A reoal Big s rior N 0) 4 WA Y I RO ME iar on branded J.G. All puddied balis re nave on hand, and offer for sale. the following : Oo es Orders may be sent to the Mil or teh and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and Res5 ©. Dak, PENTER, our Agent, at 59 John Machiner Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy ROUNDS....... ¥ in. tor in. SQUARES..... ss -_ 4 in. to 1% in. nn ht [ron ; _es old Copper, Composition, Brass, FLATS.. ... BEM to 3x% in. j ae SYRACUSE MALLEABLE ' SPECIAL PRIGES FoR a RAILWAY B U R D E N Ss IRON WORKS, ‘ULSTER,” “CATASAUQUA.” “A. R. M. Co.” HORSE SHOES SYRACUSE, N. Y. ROLLING MILL =» | Mower and Reaper Castings SHAFTING, REFINED & COMMON IRON. MATERIAL. and Carriage Irons a BANDS, HOOPS & SCROLLS, STEEL 68 WALL STREET, by all the prineipal METAL DEALERS In the Large Cities throughout THE UNITED STATES, And at their Offec, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. STEEL PLATES, all descriptions Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Shee lron, all descriptions, SHOENBERGER & CO., °* ‘vt WHEELING — NAILS Laughlin Nail Co., JUNCTION IRON CO, Joint Yearly Capacity Over Specialty. Ww. B. BURNS, Proprietor, 600,000 KEGS. C. W. LEAVITT, ‘Sw rein” Manager Sales Dep't, NEW AND SECOND-HAND Rallis and Rallway Equipment ww YW PIG and BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. & at j General Agent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS. Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH. WORKS. 97 Chambers Street, New York, F. W. JESUP & CO., KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, Railway Supplies and Equipment. Sarr are Boiler Rivets. The Burden lron Company lade NASHUA IRON AND STEEL CO., I FR. Oo IAW MOTIVE TYRES, HOMOGENEOUS Troy, N. Y. —— EGLESTON BROS. & CO., onnert Ghani PINs, PISTON RODS, SS ce Pittsburgh, - - - Pa. 166 South Street, 267 Front Street, } NEW YORK CITY. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON Bonnell, Botsford & Co. BURDEN’S igen: ROOFING & snr ta stress arcaeeree| Iron, Nails & Spikes. H. B. & S. Orders promptly filled from stock. OF ALL KINDS. ABEEL BROS., 190 SOUTH 8T., 365 WATER 8T,, t NEW YORK. TELEPHONE CALL, ‘“* NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & C@., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN IRON. iebeite 56, 58 and 60 Hudson St., apices 193, 95 and 97 Thomas St. AGENCIES: “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. PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron, SAMSONDALE IRON WORKS, Merchant Iron. NURWAY IRON AND STEEL WURKS, Homo- geneous Steel Plates BAY —- IRON ( O, Tank, Boiler and Girder Plat BR ANDY WINE — ING MILL. Boiler Plates. GLASGOW TUB ORKS, Boiler Flues. A. M. BYERS & "OO. Wrought Iron Pipe. CARNEGIE BROS. & CO, Limited, Wrought Iron Beams, Channels and S. Bessemer Steel Shafting, Plain and Polished. WIRE NAILS. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of ever} deserip- 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., Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and Nos, 21, 23, os & 7 West Lake 8t., Chicago, Il. IRON AND STEEL. BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. Agent for The Cooteswitio Iron Co. The Laurel Roll- ing Mills, and U Tube Works; Wrought [ron ams, Angles, — Rivets, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ae C0, & Dey Street, New York. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. GLENGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH PIG IRON, S A GREENE % f — NEW YORK.|P ITTSBURGH TOOL CO., ULSTER 3 AR IRON. tor spot delivery, and for poet <r ee oe Boston, Philadelphia, Agents for the sale of ALKER & CROMLISH, Fall River tron Co.’s Nails, | pwist prilis, Reamers, Taps and MACHINISTS’ SPECIAL TOOLS, Bands, Hoops & Rods, Machine, Car and Bridge Bolts, Set and Cap AND Screws, Boiler Rivets, & +q| LIGHT MACHINE FORGINGS A SPECIALTY. Borden Mining Company . P. 0. Box 1060, Pittsburgh, Pa. Cumberland Coals. FACTORY : Corner North & Irwin Avenues, Allegheny, Pa. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & C0., |VOUGHT & WILLIAMS, DEALERS IN IRON ME RCHAN TS Horse Shoes and Horse Nalls, Tire Spring, Toe Calk, Machinery and Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., Tool Steel, Bolts, Rasps, Files, NEW YORK CITY. Drilling Machines, &c. Wa. H, Wattace, WM. Bispoam. E. C, Wattace.| 288 Greenwich St., New York. All sizes and shapes in stock. Also Best Grades of Am, & Eng. Ref’d Iron,Common Iron, &c FRANK L. FROMENT, JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States. 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. 101 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. 170 Washington Street, CHICAGO. LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK _& CO. Manufacturers of all grades EIN =e sHnnT "IRON Ss, Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.)° NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIOB, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. JAMES W. ROSS, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON. Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. SOLE AGENT WHITAKER IRON COMPANY, OF WHEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, 36 DEARBORN STREET CHICACO. BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, BIRMINGHAM, CONN. SHEARS, TO CUT FROM 4-INCH ROUND OR SQUARE, TO HOOP IRON, WITH OR WITHOUT ENGINE ATTACHED OLD METALS. SQuoBEaaAEeRS, $33 £458 Soucm set NEW YORK. ROTARY OR ALLIGATOR. Manhattan Rolling Mill. | chitled Rolls and Rolling Machinery Generally. J. LEONARD, ___CNEW YORK OFFICE: 95 LIBERTY STREET. 445 to 451 West St. 177 & 179 Bank St. Joux J. SPowers, President. ALEXANDER Burns, Manager. 0 es ’ an *” ‘ West St 177 4179 Bank Sts | TE, JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., Manuferta of GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. N ALL ITS B HORSE SHOE IRON, Galvanized Sheet Iron—Best Bloom, Best eee eee ‘Gibuaiea Round, Square Band apd Toe Calk Steel, Hoop Iron, &e., &e. NEWYORK COLD ROLLED Stee! Figures and Letters. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. B. F, BELLOWS, 145 Seneca St., Cleveland, 0. GARRY InROonw eS COoMmMPrvanwy P IRON ORE PAINT AND CEMENT. 152-158 MERWIN STREET, CLEVELAND, 0. Largest manufacturers of Iron Roofing in the we aie omne facturers of all kinds IRON RooFinc Crimped and Corrugated Siding, Iron Tile or Shingle, fe ors, Shutters,&c B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer tz SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pie iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, Send for oe and Price Fire-Proof Do List No, a | PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, . / Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, £c. a PATERSON, N. J. Roem 45, Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, DOVER IRON CO. BOiILwR AivVwT Ss, S| “= — : | of cn and Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. | OAR ee eee " EY, Bins ‘BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, | 54, snes a LAP-WELDED BOILER FL i : i K fof ad O | +4 ke RS & Oo. oe Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Naile 2 Spies piageney ow Cece Iron Co., Jos. L. Baile | Lebanon Rolling Milis, Cs cohen | Pipe + Ton "So Albany & Rens. Lron and Steel 13° Greenwich, Street New York. | Sous, Celegated, Boifer ‘Rivets; Homogeneous Steel, | woRKs GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N.J. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK Corrugated Sheet tron a Specialty, Galvanized, Black and Painted. Irom Corrugated for the Trade. istimates furnished on application. 1883 WR PAT REFI Plan P CH Works 1 is LKS, S Stee TI riptions nd Sheet tsburgh, Pa, = al S: 5S, York, imited, VY, RY, TTACHED ally. eer. r On, aN. and and ges s Trade. W YORK Pecember 27, 1888. camens’ Regenerativ GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 . Fourth st, PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE IRON AGH. @ HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 934 BS. 4th St., Philadelphia. Cambria Iron and Steel Works. The Cambria Iron Co., aving jua And most approved patented Railway Fastenings. address CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, 218 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, or at Works, Johnstown, Pa., or Lenox Snuith, Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., New York. er of a century for fair dealing and excel- ie of its manufactures, has now a capacity of (50,000 Tons of Iron & Steel Rails The Cambria Iron Co., enjoyed a reputation for more than a having acquired the entire ownership of the WIRE AND STEEL MILLS Of the GAUTIER STEEL CO., Limited, will con- tinue to produce all their specialties, such as Mer- chant Steel, Plow Steel, Wagon and Carriage Springs, Rake Teeth and Harrow Teeth, Agricul- tural Implement Steel and ALL KINDS OF WIRE, Well-known for superior quality of material and excellence of workmanship. Address GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, Pare EF. Cxarrm, Gen’l Sup’t, Johnstown. New York Warehouse, toq Reade St. Philadelphia Warehouse, 523 Arch St. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes fo Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and covery variety of SHAPER 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, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE ch SHEHT IFRON., No. 519 Arch &t., Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited ange for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank and Boat Iron ; Iron. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington tamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. JAS. ROWLAND & 60, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 990 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. ails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. ce PP. ROBERTS c& CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ig Sa bed = ANCLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL Office, No. 26 S, Fourth St., Philadelphia, alia, a. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. J. W. PASSON co CO., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, ama North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., Ciencia ik MANUFACTURERS X MINERAL, . XX MINERAL, IXL FACING, ALLENTOWN ROLLING ufacturers 0 CHARCOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, LEAD FACING, BRIPDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES. MILL COMPANY, Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. jeneral Office, 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia. SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER MINING & MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR COKE PIG IRON FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORES. Works at Allentown, Pa. Also CHARCOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. Works at MILNES, PAGE CO., VA. Treasurer's Office, 132 WALNUT 8T., PHILADELPHIA. INUSTICER COX, JR. & ©0.. Sales Agents, 324 South 4th S&., Philadelphia. Rods, &c. Office: LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND ZF STANDARD Z 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, iston THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Werks at LEWISTOWN, PA. - 220 S&S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. TRON BROKER snp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 3932 8S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Rallroad tron. OLD BAILS, SORAP, &o. Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co. and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. Duane Atari isert Callotane connected by track with railroad” -i-okenmen Cash advances made eon Iron. Established 1837. A. PURVES & SON, Dealers in Scrap Iron, Metals and Machinery, Oor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia, Offer for sale, in lots to suit, Red or Yell , ow Heav on Brass; Ingot Brass, best qualities, Ingot Gua ane made strictly from Oid Cannon ; Steam Pumps afting Pulleys, &c. Machinery and Tools various descriptions. Cash paid for Scrap Iron and Metals. Isaac V. Lioyp. Jas. G. Linpsay, LLOYD & LINDSAY, No. 828 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Brokers and General Dealers in Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, 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 Iron and fron Ores. Ethelbert Watts. Jos. C. Poul » ETHELBERT WATTS & co... Iron Brokers and Commission Merchan t: Offices, No. 220 So. Third Street, "Phila. SALES AGENTS FOR so CROMWELL IhUN GO;, {IRON ORES , 0 7 le VESTA FURNACE, oo | ARIETTA FURNACES, f PIG [RON. Messrs. EVERETT & POST Chicago and 8t. Louis, ' f PIG LEAD & SPELTER. Correspondence Solicited. _ Gsrresscndonce Seletiod, no FLORENCE TACK CO. FLORENCE, MAS8&S., TACKS AND SMALL NAILS, GOODS MADE TO SAMPLE. end Tene, Swedes Iron Tacks for Upholsters L. & R. WISTER & CO., | IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 230 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foun:/ry and Forge Pig Iron. Wyebrooke C. B. Charcoal Pig Iron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. ANDOVEK PIG LKRON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Chili Iron for Oarwheels, £0. Each pig marked exact chill depth toes, A. Whitney & Son’s contain % F. A. ComLy, Treas. J. Wester PuLimas, Agent. 407 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, ——_—_—— eee MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., IRON, STEEL & NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES,| SALES OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New Work Address, 14 CLIFF 8T. J. J. MOHR, Sole Agent for Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE PIG IRON, CHARCOAL PIC IRON. 450 Walnut &t., PHILADELPHIA, PA. TESTED CHAINS, Edward J. Btting, CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO, AGENTS FOR CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY ANT | SHENANDOAR 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, | JUSTICE COX, Jr. BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York. GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS SPECIALTIES NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, Spiegeleisen Iron Ores AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES GENERALLY. Sole Agents for the United States for The North Lonsdale Iron and Steel | Co., Limited. Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “* YLVERSTON.”’ Malleable Pig Iron, brand ** Y, WH. M."’ N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S DINAS FIRE BRICKS. JEROME KEELEY & CO.. 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON BAK IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL ane - — hee a monde Old Iron and Steel , Sc ro c. xamine and of Iron and Coal properties. a E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons, E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South Third Street, 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 Structural Iron. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS, PINE IRON 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 ane RE HAINES, REUBEN CHEMIST, 738 Sansom S&t., Philadelphia. Analysis of Ores of Iron and other Metals, Pig Iron and Steel. Assay of Gold and Silver Ores. Water Analysis for Manuf’ing and Household Use. 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. BRADLEE & CO., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, 816 Richmond 8t., - - MANUFACTURERS OF THE Celebrated “ D. B, G.” Special Crane and Dredging Chains. Careful attention given to Special Dimension Chains and those requiring extra Strength 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 Successors to CABEEN & CO., PHILADELPHIA. LEA & 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. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE, BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836, Analyses of Ores Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c. Baltimore. Price lists on application, Agents for sampling ores in New York and | and interesting. | work for any head from 3 to 12 feet. |turned out by them. TRADE PUBLICATIONS. The Victor Turbine. The different trade catalogues which are now issued by manufacturers of water wheels very often contain acceptable in formation as tothe setting of wheels, the measurement of water-power, and a large variety of other particulars both valuable Among these we may very justly class an attractive catalogue recently issued by the Stilwell & Bierce Manufactur ing Company, of Dayton, Ohio. This cata | logue is devoted to a detailed description of the mode of construction of the Victor tur bine, manufactured by the company, and the text is furnished with numerous engravings, facilitating a better understanding of the matter. Ptobably one of the most interest ing portions of the catalogue is that contain ing a number of tables which were calcu lated expressly for the Victor turbine from |data obtained by actual experiment, and which contain the size of different wheels in inches of diameter, the horse-power devel oped by them, the cubic feet of water used per minute and the number of revolutions made per minute by each wheel when at These tables are guaranteed to be substantially cor rect, and will unquestionably prove asource of useful information to purchasers. The directions as to the construction of head races, flumes and tail-races, the arrangement of wheels above tail-water, and the table for weirs, will be found equally interesting and deserving of attention. An account is also given of practical tests of the Victor turbine made with a wheel in actual service As usual in many of the publications of this kind, a considerable portion of the available space is devoted to testimonials, judging from the number of which the wheel would seem to enjoy wide popularity. The Cummer Engine Company. Among other interesting specimens of trade literature received within the past few days is the illustrated catalogue of the Cummer Engiae Company, of Cleveland- Ohio. A circumstance which will probably strike the reader at first sight is its exten sive character, covering as it does some 162 pages replete with interesting and valuable information as to the general arrangement and details of their engine, and containing, also, hints as to the heating surface of boil ers, materials of construction, circulation of water, boiler scale, &c. The typographical execution is all that can be desired, and the engravings, though in some cases showing slight defects, form an attractive feature of the publication. Something like 20 pages are devoted to the subject of the indicator, a careful perusal of which will more than repay the reader. The arrangement of the matter under this head, though by no means copied, is similar in some respects to that adopted in the Buckeye engine catalogue, which is undoubtedly well known to the majority of our readers. It may be appro- priate in this connection to state that the works of the company are entirely new, having been erected during the year 1882. They are conveniently located, possessing good shipping facilities, and well adapted for their business. The tools employed in the works have been built for the company with special reference to doing good work rapidly, and many of them were designed and constructed with a view to the produc tion of better work than could be done with ordinary machine tools. In addition to the larger tools, special attention has been given to the smaller tools, jigs and gauges, so that their work may be made strictly inte