The Iron Age 1884-05-15: Vol 33 Iss 20

Se az we 3 The Iron Age eaoina MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. —_,,,.wocx70 Published every Beeman Morning by Davin en No. soil Reade Street, Vol. XXXVI: No. 20. New York, t) hursday, May I 15 1884. New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. 32.50 a reer, Inctuting Postage. Single Coptes, Ten Cents. The Iron Districts of Great Britain. We present this week a map of Scotland, England and Wales, as divided into the prin- cipal iron districts. Such a map, however carefully prepared, can only show approxi- mately the limits of the different districts, as the lines of demarkation which form the | exact boundaries are not, in the majority of instances, definitely drawn. A further dif- ficulty lies in the fact that the iron districts do not correspond with the counties even when designated by the same name, but de pend, rather, upon the location of certain iron- making centers, they do the towns or cities lying on the out- skirts of one district, may equally belong to the contiguous one. The 12 districts into which this map is divided represent the classi- fication, as generally received, of the several iron-making centers of Great Britain, though a more subdivided classification is often re- sorted to in detailed reports of annual produc- tion, or in the weekly reports of the state of the iron trade. Mr. Jeans has kindly sent us an advance copy of his annual statistical report of the British Iron Trade Association, from which we take the following tables of iron and steel production. The number of blast furnaces in blast on January 1, 1884, was 506, out of a total of go04 built. The production of pig iron for the years 1882 and 1883 are given in the table printed below. It will be immediately noticed when the tables and map are compared that all the districts do not correspond, owing to the greater subdivision of some of tbe tables ; but, notwithstanding this, we think a general idea can be gathered of the distribution of the several industries if but a little care be exercised in grouping the smaller divisions : TOTAL PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON IN Districts. 1883, tons. 1882, tons. |. Cn a tiiedtvenesssees 2,760,740 2,688,650 OTE occscccceccsevvess 1,129,000 1,126,000 West Cumberland (hema- a err 876,410 1,001,181 Lancashire (hematite).... 820,683 782.739 Ny a er 887,259 883,305 North Wales ............ ; 39,377 48,713 South Staffordshire....... 394,000 898,443 North Staffordshire. ...... 285,357 817,117 | "AA 236,578 201,561 Northamptonshire........ 200,996 192,115 West andBouth Yorkshire. 284,810 279,283 Derbyshire.....-.......-. 371,664 872,650 Nottinghamshire and . os a es iia oe 85,400 i 3,085 Shro eee * 71,000 80,475 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire Sel 7,000 48,000 We. s <a ddats sn 0nenes 8,490,224 8,493,287 As will be seen by this table, the Cleve- land district in the North of England pro- duces one-fourth of the total product of pig iron, Scotland ranking second with an out- put of over 1 ,000,000 tons. Concerning the general location of the principal iron and steel manufactures, trade reports show that the manufactured-iron works, though scat- tered throughout England and Scotland, are more particularly confined to the North of England and South Staffordshire. The fol- lowing table gives the production of puddled bar for the two past years : PUDDLED BAR, TONS. Districts. 1883. 1882 ee 613,457 | . North Yorikshire:.-. .... 180,718 f 852,199 South Staffo MMB. .ccc0e 400 + . Worcestershire. .....---.-. 111,800 § 660, 326 North Staffordshire. ...... 284,626 195,471 | ee ee rT 235,620 277,476 South Wales........+.++++ 158, 213,179 North Wales .....+.--++++ 9, 8,200 South Yorkshire.......... 126,817 162,159 North Yorkshire.......... 124,882 102,921 Shropshire..... «--+++++ 71,301 987 Derbyshire........--...+-+ 85,433 40,226 Cumberland. ..........++++ 21,416 23,040 Gest... Giasssdbawekace ‘ 210,300 Other districts ........... 200 7,100 OS eee 2,730,504 2,841,534 The Bessemer steel works are also not limited to any one portion of the country, but are met with in all the northern and middle districts of England and in South Wales. The two following tables give the production of Bessemer steel ingots and rails separately : BESSEMER STEEL INGOTS, TONS. Districts. 1882. 1883 Sous WARS... ccccceecscestacs 483,086 504,966 GORE ccc nvsececcecescnanmie 420,000 285,763 CROVGERMA, . 000 ccccvcsccpeccg ee 826,924 304,606 Lancashire and Staffordshire. ae 247,440 West Cumberland...........-- 1.826 210,605 NE .. cccneseenebeeraies 1,678,649 1,553,380 BESSEMER STEEL RAILS, TONS. Districts. 1882. 18838. Dam TOE, onc ccoscccesaueey 367,944 410,676 es ca cad euahicesh’ 310,000 142,665 Cc caunsanacas dastha’ na 265,842 245,306 Lancashire and Staffordshire . 141,396 125,011 West Cumberland............-. 150, 693 173,436 Wh. «5 seghenakvabeanaes 1,235,785 1,09 096,174 174 The two districts of Scotland and South Wales produce by far the larger part of the the open-hearth steel, as will be seen by inspection of the table : OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, TONS. Districts. 1882. 1883. Scotland. .. aaa ane hae a . 218,000 222,000 eee 129,500 i cadae 42,000 40,000 North-West Coast............. 83,000 12,C00 North-East Coast ............. 6,000 10.000 Other GASRrEOOS, .... ccccccsccces 12,000 35,000 ae net canentad ane 436,500 "455,000 000 The manufacturers of crucible steel are concentrated more than any of the other | iron or steel works, being located almost en- tirely in Sheffield, which lies in the south- and, overlapping as | western part of the Yorkshire iron district. | The statistics of the production of crucible steel are not definitely known. Mr. Jeans |in his report gives a rough approximation of the amount calculated from the importa- tions of bar iron from Russia and Sweden. Figured on this basis, he gives 48,775 tons for the production of crucible steel in 1883, as against 57,703 tons in 1882. works are chiefly confined to Glamorgan- shire, a county lying in the southeastern part of Wales, adjacent to England, where about one-half the total product is manufac- tured. There are also a number of worksin Monmouthshire, the English county adjoin- ing Glamorganshire, both counties being in- cluded in the South Wales iron district as marked on the map. The tin-plate | The production of coal last year amounted to 163,737,327 tons, as against 156,499,977 tons in 1882, The coal beds of Great Britain cannot be circumscribed by narrow limits, as they are found everywhere throughout the Kingdom, the North of England, Scotland and Lancashire, however, leading, but with | hardly a larger product than a number of other districts. Another most important English industry is shipbuilding, upon the prosperity of which the iron trade in certain districts is greatly dependent : IRON AND STEEL SHIPBUILDING, 1882, tons. 1883, tons. ee a 933,774 Evens .127,927 166,428 Total.... 913, 519 1, 100, 202 susie wi erth Coatbridge ¥ Glasgow rosson 2 6 © MAP SHOWING Tin and terne plates and black plates, as far as returns have been received for 1882, are as follows : Districts. Boxes. Carmarthenshire { 758,171 | Flintshire BP arene AAA" ee . pie | Gloucestershire. . Monmouthshire. . I a a atlas * 0880 | Gterdshire a ee ee gaa 208,911 | orcestershire Scotland 126,828 | WE ccs duis cade “de apedavavesneasheace 4,644,633 As the names of these districts prove, the | tin-plate industry is chiefly centered in the | South Wales district, in which Swansea and Newport are two of the most important | 126,000 | centers. The next table gives the production of spiegeleisen during the past year, in tons : SPIEGELEISEN. Districts. 1883. South MI oe conan e cece de ; a 71,200 | of england, &e. a added aad o Wes Suse Gs 50,400 North Wales. . “s Ser Pa ee re oe os aan ca ee keke ie aeeie heme (gl a ES ies Mr ank canncdabhe <ksd><ongds aetbeneeen 208,445 ae gm Ne Ww Castle, ‘ Sunder land \ / Durham, Maryport}; NORTH OF fWorkingtoth, Stockt, CUMBERLAND _ Darlington ANDO Ulverstone NO < S xX ° * “S LANCASHIRE~ / A Fi ork he eds &.. F pheeiod Ss NORTH "> f 4 “ll SHROPSHIRE / Shrewsbury / os outa” ™ i re pions QROSHIRE” }" {S08 Binfilpgham at \w fone W ADL ES Gidigter enn 2Me Ahyh °Monmouth/ Ee Tydvil7" Ponty Ki y Branton J Naadfort ( = CardiffZ | Thethree important shipbuilding centers | are the Clyde, the Tyne and the Wear, the Clyde turning out over 400,000 tons last year and the other two something over 2v0,000 tons each. The production of iron ore last year amounted to 11,495,401 tons as com- | pared with 11,505,447 tons in 1882 ; of this | quantity the Cleveland district produced | 6,750,000, while nearly 3,000,000 tons are | credited to Lancashire and Cumberland. OT | The programme of the Pittsburgh meet- ing of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, issued a few days since, promises an unusually interesting and attractive | series of excursions and sessions, a number Southwestern Virginia Furnaces. We take the following description of the charcoal blast furnaces of the Cripple Creek region, in Southwestern Virginia, from the April number of the Journal of the United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers, edited by Mr. John Birkinbine, secretary of the association : While there are several special features about individual plants, a typical blast fur- nace of this region consists of a stone stack 30 to 4o feet in hight, lined to a bosh diam- eter of 8 to 10 feet, placed against a bank of same level as the tunnel-head. The furnace s worked open-top, with cold blast, delivered through from one to three tuyeres, the cinder being flushed at intervals, River Tyne lartlepool iver Lees N Middles Tro N\YPENGLAND o>, a” Hull 2 4 oe .. get tate ° Northam ton..--“Cambridge THE IRON DISTRICTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. |made every eight hours. An overshot or | piston is double, turbine water-wheel or a steam engine drives a single wooden blowing tub of rect- angular cross-section 4 to 5 feet square and 4-foot stroke. These square tubs, when they have closed ends, have a single piston, air being taken in at the heads of the tub and discharged near the ends of the top side, the air-receiving valves being in the pistons, and the discharge valves | being in the center of the top side of the of valuable papers having already been | promised, while others of a like nature are expected. The meeting wi!l commence on Tuesday, May 20, and will extend over four | days, and the greater portion of the time will be given up to excursions to different | points of interest. In view of another con- vention in Pittsburgh at the same time, members are advised to secure accommoda- | a } more exact methods in charging. tions at an early date. tub. The pressure of blast is reguiated by a weighted float in a circular tub. Blast- gauges are not used. Coal and ore are charged by approximate weight—that is, a buggy filled with charcoal to a specified hight is weighed and the number of bushels (20 pounds) is determined. A harrow is gauged for varied numbers of boxes of ore, which are weighed, and then it is always filled to about the same hight for a given number of boxes; the barrows of ore are not actually weighed, but are rated as so many boxes. We learned that several man- gers had adopted and were now employing The fur- and casts | When they have open ends the, naces make from 5 to 10 tons per day, on a consumption of from 130 to 160 bushels of charcoal per ton of metal. We were permitted access to some of the blast records, and from the books of one of the furnaces with a 9-foot bosh we took the follow- ing data, which we believe is a fair average record: In five months Logo gross tons of pig iron were made with a consumption of 152, 844 bushels of charcoal, 5,200 160 pounds of iron ore raw, 320,094 pounds of flux. This is equivalent to 140.2 bushels of charcoal, 4770.7. pounds of ore and 293.6 pounds lhmestone per ton of iron made. The or- dinary charge of the furnace was 40 boxes of ore = 800 pounds, one box of limestone 54 pounds, and 2534 bushels of charcoal — 512 pounds. The usual practice in this dis- trict is to charge with the limestone varying quantities of aluminous clay as occasion seems to require. Of this no record is kept. The hearths, crucibles and boshes are of dressed sandstone, and the in-walls are lined with shale. The crucibles are either square | or round measuring 24 to 30 inches at the bottom, and from 3 to 36 inches at the top, which is 5 feet above the bottom. The boshes are quite flat, the batter being 9 inches to t foot, and the in-walls slope regularly from the top of the boshes to the tunnel- head, 30 to 36 inches in di- ameter, which is partially covered by a loose plate The tuyeres are placed about 27 inches above the bottom. A dry- dam water-tymp and coil tuyeres are used. Several of the furnaces have put in steeper boshes and have substituted fire-brick for the in-wall lining or for boshes; there are also individual instances of round wooden blowing tubs, iron blowing tubs, a rotary blower (as yet untried) and a complete blowing engine. But one furnace in the district has a hoist; all the others receive their supplies of stock from banks at tunnel- head level. Steam-crushers, to break the ores, are used at some of the plants, and small roasting kilns of the Gjers pattern are connected with two furnaces. The newest and largest furnace in the dis- trict is the Ivanhoe, which has introduced many modern features, and, exc ept being a bank furnace, has very ligle in common with the older plants. (In our remarks above we have not included this plant.) It is a brick stack, banded and supported on iron columns and mantle. It has a vertical steam blowing engine which delivers blast through six tuyeres into a crucible which is constructed of fire-brick and provided with water-breasts and tymp and a dry dam. The stack is 42 feet high, and is now lined to 11-feet bosh, fire-brick being used throughout. It is provided with a bell and hopper, and the furnace gases are con- veyed by flues to three boilers and one hot- blast stove located at hearth level. A con- nection is also made toa small roasting kiln on the tunnel-head bank, in which the lump ore is calcined by burning the furnace gases, after which it passes through a crusher. The ore supplies and the lime- stone are obtained about one-half mile from the furnace and are carried in cars over a tram-road to the tunnel-head level. The proportion of lump ore appears to be above the average, and this is carefully prepared by roasting with furnace gas and passed through the crushers. Part of the fine ore is washed at the ore bank and a portion of it carried to a washer at the furnace. About 20 tons of pig iron is the daily average, but an output of 35 tons per day has been reached. The basis of a charge is 700 pounds of charcoal. Salinas = Bacteria on Small Coins. The Frankfurter Zeitung informs us that Dr. Reinsch has found, as the result of a long series of minute investigations, that the surfaces of 50-pfennig pieces (sixpences), which have been long in circulation, are the home and feeding ground of a minute kind of bacteria and vegetable fungus. An ex- tended series of observations showed that this is the case with the small coins of all nations, the thin incrustation of organic mat- ter deposited upon their surfaces in the course of long circulation rendering them | very suitable for this parasitica] settlement. } Dr. Reinsch scraped off some of these incrus- | tations, and with a small scalpel divided |them into fragments, which were subse- quently dissolved in distilled water. The employment of lenses of very high power showed the bacteria and fungi distinctly. This is a matter of no little importance from a hygienic point of view. It has now been conclusively established that bacteria form |the chief agency in the propagation of | epidemic disease. The revelation that they have a chosen domicile in the most widely circulating medium which probably exists in the world, presents us with a new factor in the spread of infectious disease. ‘Lhere is, how- ever, a remedy. Where coins have been in circulation for a number of years, if they are washed in a boiling weak solution of caustic potash, they will be cleansed from their or- ganic incrustation, and so freed from the unwelcome guests which they harbored. A It is stated that large iron works will shortly be opened by a Japanese capitalist at Kobe, and that several hundred experts, trained at the Akabane lron Works and else- where in Tokio, have been engaged by the projector, Iron ore of a very fine quality having been obtained from the Shimonida mine, it will be employed bereafter for forg- ing the armor of war vessels built by the Imperial Naval Department. dent BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE 6O., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE 2 THE IRON AGE. ANSONIA BRASS AND \\ —COPPER CO.,—— The Plume &Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUPACTURERS 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, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct. WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, ~.For Electrical Purposes, “nears HG MO Waterbury Brass Co. PLATED COPPER. Seamless Brass & CAPITAL, $400,000. Copper Tubing, Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, Sheets, Bolts, Reds, Wire, CERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, &c., COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, - BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASKS, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, d&c. And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets.or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the PHELPS, DODGE & CO.., Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- W.E. DODGE Pres’t. a. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. A. A. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingot Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. 19 & 21 CH Street, NEW YORK. i G d e MANUFACTURERS IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS, ng woods Mills At or TIN PLAT E, [296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Conn. Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin; Wire| BOPE, COLE & Co. eS a BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, COPPER AND BRASS. No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., OLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. Have always on hand and for sale —_— oe BRASS, INGOT COPPER, HINGES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. | 4ls0 Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. Seamless and Brazed Tubing, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, ; KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, tae NEW YORE, 49 Chambers St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, | ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. | | BRASS & COPPER WIRE, WAREHOUSE, SCOVILL MFC CO 18 hedaee st. | PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. DEPOTS FACTORIES, IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- per and German Silver ROME 419 & 421 Broome St., N. Y, Waterbury, Conn, (77 Devonshire St., Boston, New Haven, Conn, (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. 183 Lake St., Ch cago, New York City. COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, German Silver Spoons, DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO, Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sh te BROWN & BROTHERS, Wire, Zinc, Etc. 29 & 31 oug St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. Kerosene Burners, &c. Waterbury, Conn. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, 81 Chambers St., N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER POLISHED COPPER," Under Patent of T. Jam 12,0 . iso anthaerenee i“ | Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 lbs, BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, |" ss, sreercc, onan Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. 290 Pearl Street - NEW YORK. A. ©. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, He: and Head Cap and Set Screws; Brass and [ron Safety ana J Square ee ee iron Steel or Brace ack Ghain; diit, Nickel Plated and Brouse Trimmings of all Estimates on paten ic. or any descri prompuy given. y description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and THE NEW HAVEN Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals. COPPER CoO., — PASSAIC ZINC CO. MANUFACTURERS OF FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. (24 Floor), NEW YORK. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. ee Coppered, Annealed and Tin lated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE or a sizes straightened and cut to order. BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. IRON WIRE ROPE. STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER WIRE Se., Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL WIRE. For all Purposes. WORCESTER, MASS. ( PATENTED ) For Steep or Flat Roo fs. Felt and Burlap com- bined A finished rocfing; easy to lay, strong, elastic, durable and cheap. Best Roor For Fur- naces. Acids and sulphur have no effect on it, Send for circular and sample. THE GRANITE ROOFING COMPANY, 15th and Washington Ave., Philadelphia. Agents Broo B & Co klyn Brass & Copper Oo., | (RDN 100 John Street, New York. STEEL Pure Spelter Wie ey eae a Also for New York Office, - - SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich | GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. | Philadelphia Office 7 . . 21 North Fourth Street. Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope. = |S Mitering Macbir May 15, 1884. Sg oe ee ee HF y _ x jj i \ PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, President & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary. | Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co, Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. Of Every Description. =f cee — V Oe — — —— { A GPECIALTY MADE OF | * GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, ’ AND PUMP CHAIN. { New York, 16 Cliff and 241 Pearl Street. WAREHOUSES} ) Chicago, 107 and rog Lake Street, | — “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS. - Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New ‘York, And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Murray St., N. ¥. Manufactory, Nos, 1197, 1199, 1201, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1209 and 1211 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF ‘BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH. MVE ft (inh i KONE Winn GAN I uy th nT Hi ~ = = Wire Cloth, , partly Galvanized Arbor or Wire Fe Guards unroll Summer House, or Railing, No. > RIDDLES, COAL AND SAND SCREENS. Iron and Steel Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Pillar Garden Arch, | Wire Cloth for Sugar, Milk and Rosin Strainers, Dutch Wire Cloth, Square Woe Smut Cloth, Wire Bolting Cloth, Heavy Rolled Cloth for Malt Kiln Floo SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Wir e Work, Wire Fence, Railing and Guards, Also, Hand and Railroad Lanterns. THE TRENTON IRON CO., TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. >) BRAZIER RODS, BAR IRON, RODS, SeRmeRRpRee neice een COPPERAS. COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. ” = WIRE = af WIRE. WIRE)\)ROPE HAZARD MFG Co. WAREROOMS : WIRE. S87 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Wworke: WILE ESBARRHRE. FA. This Advertisement Changed Weekly. IOWA BARB WIRE CO., New York Office, 98 Reade St, we ns 89 Lake st. MANUFACTURERS OF TH EUREKA TREE & POST HOLE DICCER. STAUFFER. Ape es & CO., New Orleans, La. c N & FULTON, Baltimore, Md. BAKER & HA WILTON, San Francisco and Sacramento, Cal. A. LESCHEN -& SONS, a Manufacturers of 3 +4 sc =v => BS 2 = os Correspondence invited, 03 & 905 we Wain St., ST. LOT TS, "Wa EME LAWRENCE MENDENHALL, Manufacturers’ Agent. HARDWARE SPECIALTIES INTRODUCED @& SOLD. 55 West Fourth Street, CINCISNATI, OHIO, General Agent on or ‘Bu jenin, Window Bal:nce, Remactto Goods, Automatic Awning Fixtures, Bodell nd on’s Rotling Stee! Shu Corres ponaeas 20 salle ite a. Box 117, Builders’ ED Shanes. Factory pricés quoted ae CLI FL TH Sold b OTIS A, > csc 7 p. rt, (eeaveg Vl i | & May 15, 1884. 2 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Manufacturers of Japanned, Brass, Tin Plated and Wood BIRD CAGES. Original inventors and Pitetal Cc = hd le solder. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. nt Mitte at a Ai Fete H a é pe MANUFACTURER OF BRASS, STEEL AND GALVANIZED WIRE, Foundry Riddles, Coke and Coal Screens. CLEVELAND, - - - = GHIO. FOR PRICES ON FLY TRAPS, DISH COVERS, WIRE CLOTH, Scrub, Shoe, Whitewash and Other Brushes, ADDRESS THE BROMWELL BRUSH & WIRE GOODS CO., CINCINNATI. Established Katablishes :8t9. Incorporated 1883. G. M. G. M. HOTCHKISS & CO., West Haven, Conn., Brass, lron & Steel Keys, Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, HARDWARE SPECIALTIES. llustrated Catalogue Furnished on Application. Also Brass and Nickel Plated Suspender Buckles. NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHER OF SHEET METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY. a “PATENT OFFICE. F. V. BRIESEN, 82 and 84 Nassau Street, ‘NEW YORK. ——— AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS Solicited promptly and at the lowest rates. a ae PA &, a con pA Fully wrranted. Only Reliable Spring Made. Never Breaks Nor Gives Away. Manufactured Only by Bw ALD OVER, INDIANAPOLI*, INDIANA. &@™ Dealers and Agents wanted everywhere. 2% REVOLYV ERS. Sold by Gun and Hardware Trade Everywhere. OTIS A. SMITH, Manufacturer, Rockfall, Ct. THE IRON AGE. 8 CARY c& MOEN, Manufacturers of STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SHRINES of every description. Revolving a a ™ Te a Conductors’ —— Punch, Flower Stand, apa -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 Illustrated Catalogue, TELLER LARLEEL LEED VEL M LELLLLERELAAAA ELLA LEA RT LULL Ene ved) — | i sn ir os , ' oA 1 Sand and Grain Riddle. LUDLOW- Wa io sT. mr MO. Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel — Springs, itd on hand, 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. IRON AND. BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. Wire Counter Railing. WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPER, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, PLAIN AND BARBED FENCING WIRE. ESTABLISHED 1837. soenresntew 1876. H. 8. Cuase, Sec’y. CO. F, Pops, Over 30,000 tons of PERNOT OPEN HEARTH SPRING STEEL have been made and sold by this com- pany within the past five years, most of which has supplanted Crucible Steel, to the entire satis- faction of the users, both in quality and price. Samples and prices on application to GAUTIER STEEL DE- ~) "’ PARTMENT of CAMBRIA IRON CO , Johnstown, Pa. Waterbury Mfc. Co., WATERBURY, CONN. Brass Goods. ROOF CRESTING AND FINIALS, Weather Vanes, Tower Ornaments, «coc, ‘@- WROUGHT IRON FENCES, -2 iron Shutters, Window Cuards, Jail Work, &c., BANK AND OFFICE RAILINGS, te Send for Cata- WIRE and IRON WORK of Every Description. pow ow oPTOR - > a logue stating your edna E: Tae ek ee wants, ‘and wi we wil THE E. T. BARNUM WIRE & IRON WORKS, ° make rch St, oe paper. Detroit, Mich., U.S. A. (No. 72.] —— — , THOMPSON McCOSH, President. JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, 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 ~ OF EVERY — ___—CSTEEL DESCRIPTION TELEGRAPH “AND TELEPHONE WIRE. GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENCTHS. BARB WIRE Ligge Ano NO DANGER OF CUT. TING HANDS OR TEAR... ING CLOTHES. SAVES THE PRICE THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. Manufactured EASTERN OFFICE, WESTERN OFFICE, Room 24, Astor House Offices, _ CLEVELAND, OHIO. 93 Lake St., Tremont House Block New York. Chicago. Solely by E. U. PALMER, Agent. BEN. PATTERSON, Agent, (PATENTED. ] Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., BURLINGTON, IOWA. HOWARD EVANS. PATENT FOLDING oil IRON WINDOW GUARDS AND GATES, |/*°" =! Can be extended and locked or protection, and folded away when not in use. COMPOSITE IRON WORKS CO., eave, 93 Church Street, Corner Reade Street, New York. COMPOSITE IRON RAILINGS. Send for Folding Gate Catalogue.” SELF-OPENING BOLLES' SELF-OPENING GATE IRON GATE. Cheapest and Best in the World. _ Ne » rods in ine ‘ground to get out of order. mm sed with ordi. ry wood posts anc La os tu Sample Gate with Trimmings, Cade $20. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA. J. E. BOLLES & CO., Wire and Iron Work w.P. ” MNER, Pres. F. 1. MINCKLER, 8z0’y, Inventors and Gole Mauufacturers, De ae it, Mic *h. NTION THIS PAPER. 7 liable enens wanted in each town, to whom libe ral i ‘ments will be offered, LS 77 FELTEN & GOILILEAUM™ EX, Detroit, MANUFACTURERS OF Mich. Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables, SIEMENS-MARTIN & BESSEMER GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH Iron Stairs, Iron Shutters, Roof Cresting, Weather Vanes, Wire Sigus Iluminated Sidewalk Tile, Wire Counter Kallings, Wire Cloth; Cheese Safes Wire & Iron Fences, Stable Fixtures, Casting rushes, Counter Suppo.ts, Sand & Coal Screens, &c. tar Bend for Catalogue. 0X Mention this Paper, STEEL WIRE, WIRE : : of Charcoal and Swedish Ir: d Flusseisen, Swedish and German x Steel ; also with high conduc celvity Charcoal Wire. and in long lengths, GALVANIZED STEEL WIKRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, 4end 7-ply Gprend, Staples, &c. Annealed and Oiled Feacin, ire, roun do The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, Chamberlain, Coxe & Millar, Western Agents, 89 Lake St., Chicago, Ill, PATENT GALVANIZED STEEL BARB FENCING, , For Export. ESTABLISHED 1848. INCORPORATED 1870, WM. CABBLE EXCELSIOR WIRE MFG. CO.. 43 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, 2 BARB, 4 BARB AND MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF THICKSET. WIRE ROPE .2.*, TELEGRAPH CABLES. Brass, : Copper and Iron Wire Gloth, Stents ease areas desea mee N * Coal and Sand Screens, Riddies, &c. General Agents for U. 8., PERKINS & CHOATE, 34 Pine St. N. Y. a te lal OGDEN & WALLACE, 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. 90 Bechman St., New York City, i r Ste e t Tee cat OF on and Steel a. anized Sheet Iron, Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s n Bt ¢Re BLACK DIAMON D STEEL. Galvanized Wire Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and vend is oa rivanized Rod and Bar Iron, an sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly — anised N vanized Chain, Galvanized Iron oD ~ PIERSON & CO, CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanised, Plain or Painted. : Best Oharcoal, Best Refined and Oonumon 24 to 27 West St., Cor. Morris, NEW YORK CITY. SHEET IRON. “PICKS” of all kinds, Plate and "l'ank Iron, C No. 1, C. H. No. 1, C. H. No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, ““ESOPUS”” HORSE SHOE IRON, BEAMS, ANCLES, Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. 4. Marshall Lefferts & Co..\¢ IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails SPIKES. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., 98 William 8t., New York, Anthracite, Charcoal, Scotch and English Pig iron. Cut Nails, iaget corner: Tin, Lead, and PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. ~ Patented March 14th, 1865; Avrilsth, #73; | STEEL TOE CALKS. Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in ali respects tothe! Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel Se ss BOILER PLATE by all the prineipal METAL DEALERS ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Price list and quotations sent upon application. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS, nerally. HARRISON&GILLOON STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. All descriptions in stock. ee See RS In the Large Cities throughout Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet IRON & STEEL. |, ROM AMD METAL DEALERS, | ar Iron Bands and Fine Hoops. 58, 60, s6a2 WATER ST., & x2, %4, 305 CHERRY 8T., ae borotls, , Ovals, . Half Ovals, Half Rounds coer as REW Wen THE UNIT Se STATES, lron, all descriptions, ua of Iron ed J. G. B re ave on han offer for sale. the followin . Beads na tary fat tong i | CG ada ir Ps Wa ona 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | SHOENBERGER & CO., "*%s"™™ NORWAY IRON: ii 23, PANEER TEE ott Agent, st 50 John im :/FOX & DRUMMOND, “SPECIAL PRICES FOR LOTS. oot dhe a 7 RAILWAY AND ROLLING MILL MATERIAL, “ULSTER.” - “CATASAUQUA " “ALR. M. Co,” SHAFTING, REFINED & COMMON IRON. 68 Wall Street, NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., BANDS, ee @ SCROLLS. STEEL 8COTOH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, AB E EL B ROS., No. 63 Wall St., New York. 0 cou | nw YORE. ULSTER IRON WORKS. 365 WATER ®T.,. 90 Broadway, New York. A. R, WHITNEY & CO, Tuckerman, Mulligan Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS Iron and Steel si ase, Gita AGENCIES: 4 Cedar Nos, a1, 23, =o 7 West Lak DEALERS IN PORTAGE TRON OO., Limited, Merchant Iron and IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. Soft Steel. NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder enaee er BOLLS aL. Bolles Plates. UBK WORKS, Boiler Agent for The Costesville Iron Co. The Laure! Roll- | RH Low Le =e Union Tube ee Wrought Lron GLASGOW T es, Tees, Rivets, &c La CakNEate Bi 8 00. estat Iron and DANIEL | Fe COONEY, BOILER | PLATES AN AND “SHEET IRON, Wre Wroegne ix ron ; faiso ol old Copper, Composition, Brass, r, Zinc BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” lron syracuse MALLEABLE WHEELING NAILS Laughlin Nail Co., IRON WORKS, Junction Iron Co., SYRACUSE, N. ¥- iW. K. ROSS, GENERAL AGENT, Mower and Reaper Castings! 97 Champers Street, New York. and Carriage irons a Manhattan Rolling Mill en J. LEONARD, W. B. BURNS, Proprietor, | 445 to 451 West St. 177 &179 Bank St., i NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS manetartarer of HORSE SHOE IRON, Everson, Brown & Co.., Toe Calk Steel, Rods, SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA., | _2°4* Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. _ MANUFACTURERS OF KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited. Light Sheet Iron. Senetactasees of tla | SEE Prices quoted promptly upon application. Boiler Rivets. The Burden Iron Company Troy, N. Y. EGLESTON BROS. & CO., 166 South Stree 267 Front Stree! } NEW YORK CITY. BURDEN’S H. B. & S. 1 C s, Shapes and Bhafting. H. P. SAIL Gv Steel Wise Is. THE CHESTER PIPE AND * TUBE Co. ey a furnished -_ contracts Pittsbur@h, - - - Pa CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON Bonnell. Botsford & Co. eooting & siDind, onnell, Botsford & Co., Siem sraecree”| Iron, Nails & Spikes. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF £0, 5 Dey Street, New York. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Structures of every d pP- Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application Sample pieces at office. Please address At Hudson on New York. BURDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West &t., io and made for erecting Lro tion. ne ema ae & rh soe oy Mele 2 ry Spente, ¢ REE | — New vorm. | piri tots cnc eine His, cscs a. 1. , ™ ip Albany & Agents for the sale of Twa eee ULSTER BAR IRON LEECH BURG IRON WORGKSB. i KIRKPATRICK oe Cco., EINE SHEET IRONS, mae NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. w'p CORNING. C. W. “LEAVITT &CO., 101 BuoapwaY. NEW AND SECOND- HAND RAILS, LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS. Borden Mining Company’s BAR IRON, OLD RAILS AND SCRAP IRON, NTOWN Cumberland Coals. AGENCIES : Aue L PARDEE CAR & MACHINE WORKS. VOUGHT & WILLIAMS,| 45. =. SUDSON, Fall River tron Co.’s Nalis, Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND All sizes and shapes in stock. Also Best Grades of Am, & Eng. Ref'd lron,Common Iron,&c WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., [RON MERCHANTS Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK OITY. MACHINERY, TIRE AND Importer of and Dealer in SPRING STEEL. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Wu. H. Watsson. We. Busraax. E. 0. Wallon, oT: AGENTS FOR HELLER Holders, 7c. Huskers + F Clay Crucible Cast Stel, = 2S Tron, Soleil Sia Wire Foes _USS CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN. Exchusive Manufacturers Decatur I, 288 Gneenvicu Srazer, NEWYORK _ , Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OH io STE E L BARB FE NCE co. FOOT OF CASE AVE., CLEVELAND, OHIO. EASTERN OFFICE, 105 JOHN ST., NEW YORK CITY, U. 8. A. Saas CORREA: caneeene Lighest Four Pointed Barbed Wire in the Market. The THEREFORE THE CHEAPEST. rders ets nite frome Basterp mast aad Seaboard promptiy Giled trom stock in New York Olty. Samples RPORATED THE. ‘GILBERT & BENNETT MFG, CO., 42 Ciiff Stre-t, New YORK. Manufacturers of Ir.n & Galvanized Wire Sleves and Wire Cloth. IMPORTED & AMERICAN| OLD MET ALS. PIG IRON. |ssssiesearse:: NEW YORK. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON,|¥- P. SWENEY & CO., For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, 613 N. Main Street, ST. LOUIS, MO., A SPECIALTY. SELLING AGENTS FOR MANUFACTURERS OF METALS, MACHINERY and ¥ Y CHARLES HIMROD&CO.,) partway SUPPLIES. CHICAGO AND DETROIT. Cort espondence solicited. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., ufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Ohannels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, £o. PATERSON, N. J. LO>~ Roem 45, Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, DOVER IRON CO.’ Power Loom Painted and Gal- ire Dry: mg oo W orld’s Galvanized Web Wire Galv Twist Wire Poultry Netting Factories, sion Cona. Joux J. SPOWERs, ALEXANDER BURNS, THE JERSEY crITy ¥ GALVANIZING Ce Co., GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY | DESCRIPTION. on — ALVANIZING IN ALL ITS Sheet Iron— Bloom, Best ot ‘Giunta 3 Round, Square Band and vanized Refined, _—— BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. For cutting off the —~ eet Sate and Rivets, on es, wago Ask for om where pod oo Stee tee — Tndeee o or send for cir- CHAMBERS, BROTHER & Co., 52d St., below Lancaster Ave., BoiLepAR RIVET Ss, Philadeiphia, Pa. All Sizes All Gauges Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c , MANHATTAN PORCELAIN WORKS,) “ ae ae PORCELAIN 134 to 5 inches, of Sheets. FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 132 Greenwich Street, New York. HARDWARE TRIMMINGS, CORONA, I. I. Office, Bighth Ave. and 37th 8t., N. ¥. Coerageted Ghest Wen a Specialty, Gotventest. Maw ons Painted. Iron Oorrugated for the Trade. WORKS GREEN AND BAY STREETS. JERSEY CITY N.1. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK THE IRON AGE. May 15, 1884. = ii = @ ao 884. | e1 it. eerie O |S Ps . ire jal - fire for May 15, 1884. THE IRON AGE. 5 WILLIAM R. HART & C0.., HENRY LEVIS & CO., Bdward J. ‘Hitting, ete o> Fe . CHARLES K. BARNS. Legal-Tender Paper Money AAS AND POREren Manufacturers’ Agents IRON BROKER avo COMMISSION MERCHANT JUSTICE COX, JR, & C0., The following is the substance of the PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, |r im geen cw nets te wt |PlGs Bay eri Rellroad tron, | Hm cotit,yrommr am ls ond ia Stee Bloome, Crop Ends, Tin Plates. €¢.| 4 pane, aioe, ad Wheels bought and sold tee tae ppiny |p oundry & Forge Pig Tron. | or the Constitution in regard to the issue of No. 224 South Third St. PHILADELPHIA, 934 B. th St., Philadelphie. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway F'astenings, STREET ADDRESS: Cambria Iron Co,, Office, Works, 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. ufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Largely WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & L JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildii PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes fo Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and covery variety ef 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 Batterymarck St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcea!l Bloom PLATE ch SHEET IROnN, No. 619 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack. Tank and Boat Iron ; ae Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. 206 S. Fourth St., Philade!phia. 61 Pine St., New York. NEW AND CLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIC, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig (ron, brand ‘* Ulverston ;” Malleable Pig Iron, brand “U. H. M. ;” Hematite. MOSS BAY IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ‘‘ Lorn” Malleable Charcoal Pig _ and ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. cc P. ROBERTS «c CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANCLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL Office, No, 26 8, Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. J. WW. PASSON co CO... DEALERS IN ALOUL DING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., SEs MANUFACTURERS X MINERAL, OCOHARCOAL FACING, XX MINERAL, ANTHRAOITE FACING, [XL FACING, SOAPSTONE, LEAD FAOING, BRIPDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES, THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER, MINING & MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR CORE PIG IRON FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORES. Also CHARCOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. Works at MILNES, PAGE CO., VA. Treasurer's Office, 132 WALNUT 8T., PHILADELPHIA JUSTICE COX, JH., & OO., Sales Agents, 234 South 4th St., Philadelphia, JAS. ROWLAND & C0.,|" Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 990 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHI4, ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington YQ” cat from iron = pede} eve Rewnts, Symsen Fats Rando end Seep TESTED MOUNT SAVAGE F FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co. and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD DELAWARE AVENUE ABO’ ALLOWHILL STREET connected by track with r railroad ire ; Cash advances made on Iron. Isaac V. Liorp, as. G. Linpsay. LLOYD & LIN DSAY, No. 828 Walnut 8t., PHILADELPHI Brokers and General Dealers in " Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iren, Pig Iren, Ralls and Fastenings, Muck Bars, Blooms, Beller Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. Old Rails and Scrap Iren. Florida Yellow Pine, cargo lots J. 0. RICHARDSON, No. 232 Dock S8t., Philadelphia, DEALER IN Pig iron, Merchant Bar Iron and fron Ores. Ethelbert W atts. Jos. C. P ETHELBERT WATTS & Co... Iron Brokers and nd Commission Merchants, Offices, Mo. 990 | Bo. Street, Phila. CORNWALL ORE BANE’ CO.) mon on VESTA FURNAC (RON CO., - MA A FURNACES, PIG IRON. Musses. EVERETT & PO Chicago and St. Louie.’ { PIG LEAD & SPELTER. Correspondence Selicited. S. F. SHARPLESS & CO., Se'ling Agents and Commission Merchants ‘a FOR THE SALE OF Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanized Black, Sheet, Pipe and Railroad . IRON, NO. 220 SOUTH THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. Charcoal Bloom and Pig a Specialty. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 230 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. —_ AGENTS mble and Norway Foun: iry and Fo Pig Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal Pig Iron. aaa DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, ANDOVER PIG IRON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Ohill Iron for Oarwheels, £0. Each ‘ked exact chill depth tact, a Wintec ee tpth Of Inch to ¥ F. A. ComLy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 407 Walnut &., PHILADELPHIA. MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., IRON, STEEL & NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES, | SALES OFFICES ‘10th & Market Sts, 400 Chestnut St., PWILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New York rk Address, 14 CLIFF 8T. cTNO. Xi. EOGA. IN, Iron Commission Merchant, 413 WALNUT S8T., PHILADELHIA. PIG AND BAR IRON, Blooms, Muck Bar, Spiegeleisen. Iron Ores, Old so Oe oe ith &c. = Brier Hill Iron Foundry Iro Coal Go Special CORE. o- CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limi Best Quality Muck Bar. _ CATASAUQUA MFG, CO,’S Bar, Angie, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 294 So. Fourth 8t., PHILADELPHIA, JEROME KEELEY & CO., 906 Walnut Place, Philadelphia. SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTH SEA ROOAL and Ay THRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, IRON CLAD. STEEL RAILS and BA IRON ORES. FIRE BRICK, COAL Ratis, — bos ee ae Old Iron and Steel xa of Iron a aan ipteperiae ne and negotiate sales E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons. E. H. WILSON & CO., 2330 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 Struetural Iron. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 2308 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, “ SELLING AGENTS, INE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars ; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Siemens- Martin (O; en. Hearth Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles an HAINES, REUBEN OCHMREMIsT, 738 Sansom 8St., 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. NORTH BROTHERS, lron Founders, LIGHT CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA, Correspondence solicited. “~~ MOHR, J. SD. Sole Agent for Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynchburg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel FOUNDRY & FORGE PIG IRON, CHARCOAL PIC IRON. 430 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA CHAINS, BRADLEE & CO., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, 816 Richmond 8t., - - PHILADELPHIA. 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 60., MANUFACTURERS OF “Cumberland ” Nails and Wrought Iron Pipe, 48 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. J. TATNALL LEA & CO,, Buccessors to CABEEN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. 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 ome apparatus and ae Tie for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Lron Ores, Hinge, Lite CGS ae fire Sands, &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and Rods, &c. THE STANDARD LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the eelebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND Zc STANDARD Z Quality and efficien as any of the same q Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins. fully guaranteed. Prices as at ity. We manufacture no STEEL WORKS, Werks at LE WISTOWRK, PA. Office: - - 2208. 4th St., Philadeiphia, Pa. legal-tender paper money : We have reached a crisis in our judicial history. It has been proclaimed by the highest judicial tribunal in the land —that tribunal which was created to be the arbiter on Constitutional questions—that it is Consti- tutionally competent to the legislative power to make any form of paper currency a legal tender in the payment of private debts ; that there is not one fixed and immutable standard of value in this country ; that, no matter what may have been the medium of payment agreed upon between creditor and debtor, it is within the power of Congress to force into private contracts, as a medium, the tender of which is to discharge the debt, anything that Congress chooses to call money ; and that what Congress shall enact to be money for the payment of all debts is a matter of legislative discretion, incapable of being revised or controlled by the judicial power. In reaching this stupendous con- clusion the Court has announced a doctrine respecting the identical or implied powers of Congress that is so sweeping, and so entirely at variance with all formerly received ideas of the nature of this Government, that sober and reflecting men stand amazed and be- wildered. When the men who made the Constitution put into it a clause giving to Congress au- thority to pass all laws necessary and proper to carry into effect the specific powers enumerated and granted in the preceding clauses, they established a measure of the legislative authority. If they had done nothing more it might have been a reason- able inference that the limits of the leyisla- tive authority were left to legislative dis- cretion. But they did a great deal more, and what they did renders it absolutely cer- tain that Congress is not the final judge of the extent of its implied powers. A judicial department was created ; a Supreme Court was created, and to that tribunal as the final arbiter was committed the interpretation of every part of the Constitution on «hich any question might arise in any controversy capable of taking the form of a suit at law or in equity. The measure of the legislative powers, therefore—what laws are necessary and proper to carry into effect the enumer- ated powers of the Constitution, what means may be used forthe accomplishm nt of given ends—was taken out of the unlimited dis- cretion of Congress and was subjected toa judicial test. This has ever been regarded as a remarkable proof of the completeness of our polity. There is nothing like it in any of the other modern or the ancient govern- ments. It is that which makes a written constitution practically successful; that which secures the constitutional rights of individuals and of States against the power of a mere democracy of numbers and recon ciles popular government with rignts which no government ean be allowed to invade if liberty is anything but a name, It was a great discovery in the science of free gov- e