The Iron Age 1884-06-19: Vol 33 Iss 25

INDEX TO READING MATTER PAGE 32. A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Se tTroOrnoAge INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE 19. Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wiiiiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXXVI; No. 25. Comparative Merits of Vertical and Horizontal Engines and Rotative Beam Engines for Pumping. At a recent meeting of the British Institu- tion of Civil Engineers, Mr. Wm. E. Rich, ing of the above subject, enunciated the principles that ‘‘ no single pair of brasses forming a bearing should be subjected to wear on two or more axes at right angles to one another, and all bearings should ad- justable in the direction in which they wear.” He pointed out the several ways in which a horizontal engine, almost of neces- sity, departed from these principles, while it was easy to observe them in vertical en- gines, whether they were direct-acting or of the beam type. The main bearing of a horizontal engine necessarily had to with- stand the alternate thrust and pull of the connecting-rod horizontally, and at the same time the load of the fly-wheel and crank shaft vertically, and possibly the resistance of some driving-gear in another direction. This bearing ought, therefore, to be made in four or in three pieces, as was usual in good portable-engine practice; but in large en- ines, for the sake of simplicity, it was more Beqnently made with two brasses, inclined at an angle of 45°, which could not possibly be kept in perfect adjustment. The wear of the cylinder, piston and glands vertically, and the necessity for supporting the weight of the piston and rod by means of blocks working on guides, both fore and aft of the cylinder, were also alluded to. An objection to a tandem arrangement of two or more cylinders and pumps in line was the difficulty of disconnecting their working , and a horizontal was not so efficient as a vertical treble-valve air-pump, and sometimes caused accident in starting, in consequence of the condenser overflowing into the cylinder. To drive any sort of ver- tical pump off a horizontal engine some com- plicated driving-gear was necessary. Usually this was"a bell crank, which alse wore its brasses, both vertically and horizontally. A horizontal engine of the ordinary type, not steam-jacketed, lodged water at both ends of the cylinder, especially if the valve- chest was on the top of it. In some engines this is avoided by keeping the valves_low down on the side, while in Corliss engines separate exhaust-valves are provided at the bottom of the cylinder. The author argued that most of the above blemishes were avoided by adopting vertical instead of horizontal engines. The several bearings required vertical adjustment only ; the pistons and cylinders were free from all load, except that due to the spring rings, and they wore uniformly round their circum- ferences, and the air-pump was on the vertical principle. The engine could be easily made self-contained on a compact bed- plate ; it occupied little floor space, and the oundations were simple. In many winding centrifu was above the cylinders, but vertical marine and blast-furnace pumping engines were generally of the inverted cylinder type. Beam engines were specially suited for pumping, as they permitted a high piston and a low pumps at the same time, and several vertical pumps could be driven from one engine. Thev were also easily balanced, and were convenient for the introduction of the Woolf compound principle. Their longevity and steadiness of working, when properly balanced, also kept them in favor for factory driving in many parts of England and in Rouen and Ghent, on the Con- tinent, h in consequence of the lower and factory driving engines, and in several | el jumping engines, the crank-shaft | first cost and greater working speed of hori- | zontal engines, they were almost universally ted on the Continent for such duties. The universal adoption of the vertical engine in the mercantile marine, and the recent introduction of it in the Royal Navy, even at the cost of additional armor plating to protect it, in order to obtain the advantages which vertical engines possessed over the horizontal engines formerly used, were then discussed; and allusion was made to the | $xtravagant wear of the largest class of izontal engines on long voyages. In toncluding this section of the paper, discus- was invited as to whether the modern Continental engineers were right in adopting tal engines for nearly all purposes, or was the author right in advocating a much larger use than hitherto of vertical ‘ngines for land purposes, and using them invariably where large pumping power was required. He admitted the very low cost of the horizontal engine in its sim- Plest form, and that for small high-pressure es it was frequently the best to ; aetinaie were a and q or G@gine, and not so enduring; and if it was e, not soe ing ; if it was also = 16 maple, and fitted working pumps in a well, cost of it, with its buildings and boilers, would be very ‘Rearly, if not quite, as much as a Woolf beam engine with similar belongings, and the maintenance of it would cost twice as The author then proceeded to describe the M beam as to leave the whole engine nearly or en- tirely free from the engine-house walls, which could then be of a much lighter con- struction than was necessary when the en- tablatures were supported by them. The bed-plate took the place of the expensive ashlar-work required in most engine founda-: tions, and shallow pumps could be bolted direct to the under side of it. The general effect of the self-contained principle was to add to the cost of the engine proper, but to reduce that of the engine-house and founda- tions toa greater extent, so that the total cost of the pumping station was reduced. In the earlier engines of this type the entab- lature was carried on six round vertical col- umns, but the angularity of the connecting- rod caused vibration longitudinally of the superstructure, and the two center-frame columns were therefore replaced by orna- mental A-frames, which in the most recent examples had given way to cellular A-frames of a very stiff box section. In all first-class engines the cylinders were steam-jacketed, and usually the high and low pressure cylin- ders were placed side by side on the same bed-plate, with adjustable expansion slides of z ras IT MLZ Li ~ce? © W Le 2 ' 7) ZL, ees YY ts] WH ne i ~*~! KLdde HARA tion of wrought-iron beams, but they were costly and not entirely satisfactory. Lat- terly, beams of a mixture of cast iron and steel had been preferred. It was a mistake to burden a pumping engine with an abnor- mally heavy fly-wheel. If only carefully balanced and the work indicated and work to be done on the up and down strokes re- spectively were carefully equalized, a light fly-wheel was really better than a heavy one. At a large pumping station it was better to have several engines of moderate dimensions than one or two of colossal proportions. As regarded engine speeds, beam engines might be worked faster than had been the usual practice, if they were well balanced, were not unnecessarily heavy in their working arts and were fitted with pumps having ge valve area. With shallow pumps they could be worked faster than with deep-well pumps. It was not only necessary that en- gines should be economical in their steam consumption ; it was equally important that as much as possible of the power indicated should be utilized for useful work. The po- sition of the pump under an engine beam had much to do with the loads on, and fric- - Pye muctexacr, } i LiLe WEE V4 TT na ai Za v =i J A y} i i = | ie YO } a Nat! > eT 0 as! New York, Thursday, June 19, 1884. buildings. Sound engine and boiler houses could be built for about one-third the cost of the machinery, but not unfre- quently they cost considerably more than their contents. Cheaper Coal Wanted in Philadelphia. Philadelphia manufacturers complain that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company dis- criminate against them and deprive them of the advantage which their proximity to the great coal fields of the Atlantic States should secure. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany carry Clearfield coal for city delivery at $2.15 per ton, but for points outside the Delaware Capes they grant a rebate of 45 cents a ton, The coal producer makes an additional drawback for coal destined to points outside the Capes, so that the manu- facturers of Philadelphia must pay an aver- age of 75 cents a ton more for soft coal than an outsider can buy the same article at Greenwich piers, the terminus of the railroad company. At the Greenwich piers soft coal for city trade sells for from $3.25 to $3.40 il Sy oan | —— a ee sos =O Ce Se tS See oe od 2 a F a it MATHIEU’S RETORT PLANT AT THE LUTHER CHEMICAL COMPANY’S WORKS. the Meyer type, improved by the author on the high-pressure cylinder. The cylinder capacity ratios were usually from 3% to 4 to 1; but if steam jackets were not adopted, it was useless to make the low-pressure more than three times the size of the high-pressure cylinder, as, if larger, the diagrams would be very attenuated and almost valueless, in con- soqgence of the lodgment of water, espe- ially at the upper end. The details of some experiments were then given, showing the slow rate at which an un: ure cylinder warmed. half after starting water was present in it during steam admission at a temperature of only 150° ; at three hours it was 175°, and only after about five hours did it reach 192°. a Oey taken during the The necessity for the accurate adjustment of governors when adopted was then referred to, and the cases in which rs were frequently dispensed with when an attend- ant was always close oo in the engine- room. tion of, the working parts. The principles on which air-vessel capacities should be proportioned were then discussed, with the assistance of diagrams showing the ) omg in wa. i o. of seer types of pumps, P result that 23 gallons of air volume for a of three-throw pumps, throwing 100 of water per revolution, or 42 for four-throw pumps, were as @ as 2200 gallons in a single-acting » author considered that all machinery was rather than improved by the of ornamentation in the shape and d that stone, an <C iler tot Setar age r workmanship, con- of beauty in such ata Tidees in means for ornamenting the per ton. In addition it would cost 12 cents per ton to lighter it to Kensington, which is that part of Philadelphia in which the rolling mills are located. To avoid these exactions the rolling mlil proprietors of Kensington contracted for ae of Cumberland coal at $3 a ton, delivered on their wharves. To break up this trade the officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company entered into a “ traffic agreement” with the Chesapeake and Dela- ware Canal Company to raise the tolls from 12 to 20 cents per ton on all soft coal passing through the canal from Baltimore to Phila- delphia, and on all anthracite coal from Phila- borrowed from |delphia to Baltimore. A prominent iron sym- | manufacturer said to a reporter a few days ago: “If the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany can give rates will permit of the sale of bituminous coal for shipment to distant points at $2.50. or $2.75 per ton, it is out- make Philadel- $4.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cenis. Mathieu’s Patent Retorts. The following description of Mathieu’s patent retorts for the carbonization of wood is taken from an article published in the Journal of United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers, describing the re- tort plant of the Luther Chemical Company, erected at Luther, Lake County, Mich.: The plant consists of 16 Mathieu retorts and the necessary chemical works to produce wood alcohol, acetate of lime and brown sugar of lead. The illustrations do not embrace any of the necessary apparatus for utilizing the products of distillation, except the condens- ers which transform the vapors into a liquor known as pyroligneous acid, and separate the uncondensable gases which are utilized as fuel. is pyroligneous acid is colleeted in tanks and the tar contained in it allowed to settle ; the liquor is then drawn into stills, where the alcohol is taken off and acetic acid formed. This last can be combined with various bases to form saleable acetates, and the alcohol rectified for commercial pur- poses. Referring to the accompaning cuts, Fig. 1 shows general plan, with horizontal sections at various hights, and top view of a portion of the plant; Fig. 2 isa front elevation of battery, with vertical sections through heat- ing chamber, and the front wall of one retort removed; Fig. 5 is a vertical tranverse section through retorts, showing various parts in section ; Fig. 3 isan elevation show- ing the method of filling railroad cars from the cooling tanks; Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the retort, showing half elevation and half longitudinal section; Fig. 4 is an en- larged cross-section of the retort. All the letters on the various figures refer to the same parts, which are as follows: A, retorts ; a, lower cover for discharge open- ing ; a’, upper cover for discharging open- ing; B, heating chamber between retorts ; C, main flue to boilers and chimney ; D, fire- place ; d, gas flues to fireplace ; d’, heat flues ; ad", heat flues from fireplace to heating cham- ber ; E, outlet from heating chamber to main flue; E’, downtake for heating sides of retorts; E”, uptake to chimney flue; F, flues to chimney; G, wood-car made from slats, with swinging door g’; g, over- head track for wood-car; H, gas outlet-pipe from retort to condenser ; I, condenser safety-boxes; J, condenser made of cast-iron pipe; j, pipe for con- veying uncondensed gas from condenser back to fireplace of retort ; j’, pyroligneous acid barrel; j’, reservoir tank for pyrolig- neous acid; K, retort safety-box ; k, dis- tributing-pipe for uncondensed gases; k’', valve; L, boilers heated by waste heat from flue C; i, chimney; M, engine; m, shaft; N, circular saws; n, spring over saws; »’, rollway for cordwood ; O, elevator rope ; P, cooling tank into which char- coal is discharged ; p, overhead track for cooling tanks ; p’, over- head track for cooling tanks lead- ing to coalshed; R, dumping floor of coalshed ; S, railroad car for charcoal; T, tar outlet from condenser. Fig. 1 exhibits the following (the spaces for retorts being numbered from left to right): Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 show the stone , and brick foundations, with pipes for uncon- |densable gases. No. 5 is a section through fireplace under retorts. No. 6 is a section of the retorts through gas outlets, showing top of main flue C, and openings from fireplace to heating chamber. No. 7 is a section through retorts and heating chamber at the level of flue E. No. 8 is a top view showing wood-car overhead track, and charging opening for retort. To the right of No. 8, a top view of the boilers, engines, steam con- nections, shafting and the elevator for cut wood are shown. Two views of the con- denser are also given, one with pipes and one with pipes removed. Similar condensers, acid receptacles, &c., are placed on the opposite side of the plant, one condenser being used for every four retorts. These condensers are constructed of a series of cast-iron U-pipes of decreasing diameters, placed in a large box filled with water, so partioned off as to secure pa circulation. Fig. 2 is numbered in the same manner as Fig. 1. It presents in Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 a front view of the masonry surrounding the retorts as completed. No, 4 shows the front masonry and retort removed, exposing the interior of the heating chamber B, and showing boiler flue C and the fireplace D in section, with the method of introducing the uncondensed gases from the condenser to the fireplace. No. 5 shows the front ma- |sonry removed, exposing a retort. Nos. 6, |7 and 8 show the gas outlets of retorts con- nected to the pipes leading to the condenser and elevation of » condenser with the end removed, to show safety-box I. No. 8 ex- hibits a wood-car, G, and a eooling tank, P, on their respective overhead tracks. The braces extending beyond the hi of the masonry and supporting the overhead roads are'shown as formed of iron c bars; timbers, however, have been ge i To the right of No. 8 are shown éleva- tions of the boilers and engines, a g tank being lifted from the lower to the upper over: railroad, a wood-cer receiv- ing wood from the circular saws, and a (Continued on page 5.) as a » aA ee uy — ber. | SS es => a tre 4 ane — So a ao ss a = —— 2 ‘ ae. ANSONIA a AND copr PE 2ER CO,, PURE ‘COPPER WIRE, For El Bare and one O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER, desdacin Brass and Copper Tubing, W. E. DODGE Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Pres’t. Wire, O'Neits’s G, P. COWLES, Patent Nickel- V.-P. and Treas Plated Copper, A. A. COWLES, &e., Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingot Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. oa 19 & 21 our Street, NEW YORK. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., TIN PLATE, ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. DEPOTS FACTORIES, 419 & 421 Broome St., Ni. Y. Waterbury, Conn. 177 Devonshire St., Boston. New Haven, Conn. 83 Lake St., Ch cago. New York City DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, Wire, Zinc, Etc. 29 & 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpoo, = NEW WORK. THE NEW HAVEN COPPER Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. 290 Pearl Street - NEW YORK. THE IRON AGE. Waterbury Brass Co. ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, ‘ CERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASKS, Metallle Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. And small Brass Wares of eve pg oe Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods. D Milis At EPOTS, 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Conn. POPE,COLE & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, also Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. ROME IRON worms. Manufacturers of per and German Silver (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. BROWN & BROTHERS, 81 Chambers St., N.Y. | Waterbury, Conn. BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER In Sheets, Rolis, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets, and Burs, Ete. ALSO, Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER PATENTED SEAMLESS HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. A. C. NO RTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR aoe WS Oe TRADE. and Jack Chain; Git Nickel Plated and Brose Trimmings ot" ah BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. IRON WIRE ROPE. STEEL WIRE ROPE, 728 N. Main St. St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER IRON AND STEEL a WIRE CO., June 19, 1884, 7 | haan WASiURN & WOEN MA MANUFACTURING Ci C0, 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, {4 Lamp Trimmings, &c. 18 Murray Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. | Relling Mill, THOMASTON, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co,, MANUFACTURERS OF eer MAWUVAOTUREERS OF IRON ana ‘STHEH., WIRE, Patent Steel See Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties, ein MUL prod + Cut te any length. WIRE Sosy = all canon), Rome It sive Operators T CONTIN woken cing Tron ana © Dynes and eacin. — oa nds, without Wire in lo. i aiata sf "Wikre, Mafket ry Biome Wire il Wire ; pe. ‘brldge, e Co We 6 or =? manuf ‘o-strin gC ] a Wire of ‘A erect i nade o of oe Machinery, Gun Ag By an Factories, WATERBURY, Ct. nae Spring Wire Sheet and Roll Brass, Any grade ot Wire. furnished, Vobpered ba pa ot Norway ison Burughtened« and Cut ~ pas aed eace ee line ¥ Wire: 2 ng tent I Linen tata ‘ania. Purtvaled Stes urn shed, New York, 16 Clif, and 241 Pearl a WAREHousEs:| "ew Ye 107 and 109 Lake St. RAI ESS KEK j my) RNIN On OXXKNN PONY KA 7 OO /4 RKO) xX ‘ on RR a peta a Wa_ehouse: Crim Wire Stall ition, 45 Fulton Street, NEW YORK, Manufacturers of lron, Brass & Copper WIRE CLOTH, | Plain and Ornamental Wire Work, Wire Fence & Railing, DOOR AND WINDOW GUARDS, OFFICE RAILING, ¥ ae Sade PH ay lron Stable Fixtures. Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing |” Seamless and Brazed Tubing, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, ; KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention coy hee to oe out Bianks and manufacturing Me MANUFACTORY, deduce Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW aon BOSTON, ‘eee AD urray 8 D iediianien of all kinds of "|, 4, id a Pa hd Tht ce cure — Ro wad Tron Frames Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Agents for Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Dealers in Window Guard. No. Window Guard. No. > ABRAM S. HEWITT, President. THE JAMES HALL, Treasurer. WM. HEWITT, Vice President. E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, (INCORPORATED 1847 TRENTON, N. Wes MANUF? CTURERS OF IRON and STEELWIRE Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, + 111 LIBERTY ST. (24 Floor), NEW YORK. Geo. W. Prentiss | 8 Co., HOLYOKE, MA MaNUFACTURERS we WIRE. OF ALL GRADES, Bright, Annealed, Coppered, Tinned and Galvanized Iron and Steel Wire Rods. EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. NEW YORK OFFICE: | PHILADELPHIA OFFICE : COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. | JOHN HEWITT, Agent, 21 North Fourth St. WIRE! ROPE HAZARD MF’s CO WAREROOMS : s7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: WiLBEesBARRE. F«A. This Advertisement Changed Weekly. IOWA BARB WIRE CO. ] 98 Reade Street, NEW YORK; 89 Lake Street, CHICAGO. MANUFACTURERS OF GALVANIZED BARB WIRE, Eureka Post-Hole Diggers, &c. Bright, Coppered, Annéated. and Tin Plated. AlsoGUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. A. LESCHEN & SON ss, 5 Manufacturers of 7 Ges |: Correspondence invited. yarn, Tarred Lath 905 N Main tt., ST. LuUIS, MO. w.s. EB STEY ;, MANUFACTURER OF OF BRASS, COPPER E. JENCKES MANFG. CO.. PAWTUCKET, R. I Bight Wie donde, Bol Hoots, | VV IRE CLOTHS) ee Bangali rt er crip Tren and 4 Steel t-ocometive Rensdry see settles Geary Sats Wwe ER Ne” EE i RO: shiner June 1 | Wire Cloth ¢ CLEVELAI FLY TRA wi Scrub, Shoe, THE BR & WII CI Established 181 G. M. HO West Brass, Ir Locksmiths’ HARDWAI lustrated Catalo; 4iso Brass Suspe NOVELTIES OF A SHEET METAL -_—_— PATEN F. V. 82 and 8 NE AMERICAN PAT Solicited prompt: DEWITT W 87 Chambers St. NEW YORK, MANI Brass and WIRE of ever Double Selvage, Pai WIRE NETTI POULTRY} Wire Rope for Mine Transmiss. oo23t #“ Meee) Ue Uk! r od tin St. June 19, 1884. THE IRON AGE. > 0. LINDEMANN & CO., CARY & MOEN, Gametaceurers of STEEL WIRE for all purveses and and STEEL springs ot Ht every seneriprion. Japanned, Brass, Tin Plated and Wood r BIRD call CAGES. Original inventors fright Metal’ Cages, e' comreructsd” without solder, 254 Pearl St.! NEW YORK.’ UY “ANN VIL ATI TIILISSIIIISSS AIS WSIS SS SS) 4 ‘ ny, “ a ‘Market Steel Ww. ire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covers Also Patent Tempered Steel wi emente : weringn, eet on hand, 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK, =| RON AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & J UHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. A Barbed-Wire Fence can be more easily put up by the use of the Cambria Link Barb Wire than by any other wire in the market. It can be cut into lengths, measured into yards or feet, and sold by the pound at retail by the dealer. GAUTIER STEEL DEPT. ' Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: 523 Arch St. MANUFACTURER OF Revolving Coal Screens, Coal Yard Screens and Foundry Riddies. Wire Cloth of Fvery —— Made and Carried in Stoc CLEVELAND, - = - - OHIO. FOR PRICES ON FLY TRAPS, DISH COVERS, WIRE CLOTH, Scrub, Shoe, Whitewash and Other Brushes, ADDRESS THE BROMWELL BRUSH NEW YORK OFFICE: 104 Reade 8t,. [No. 75.] & WIRE GOODS CO., _ CINCINNATI. 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 me ste, WIRE. otsctterios TELEGRAPH “AND TELEPS TELEPHONE WIRE. GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. noom a Rrriee omer, CLEVELAND, OHIO. E. U. PALMER, Agent. Established 1819. Incorporated 1883. @. M. HOTCHKISS & CO.,/__ West Haven, Conn., MANUFACTURERS OF Brass, Iron & Steel Keys," ~~ ~~, Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, HARDWARE SPECIALTIES. lustrated Catalogue Furnished on Application, Aliso Brass and Nickel Plated Suspender Buckles. NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHER OF SHEET METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY. _——— PATENT OFFICE. F. V. BRIESEN, 82 and 84 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. — AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATEN TS Solicited promptly and at the lowest rates. DEWITT WIRE CLOTH CO. RN OFFICE, 93 Lake St. Tremoot House Block, hicago. EN. PaTTERSON, Agent, J. A. EMERICE. HOWARD EVANS. ee TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, W. P. SUMNER, PREs. F. R. MINCELER, Sxc’y. National Wire & Iron Co. Detroit, MANUFACTURERS OF Bfich. Cheese Safes, Wire Cloth, Wire Count Signs, Casti Brushes, Gand & Coal Screer Weather Vanes aoie Finavon: Hook Seeder Cocater beepestatbe. >” Mention this Paper, 87 Chambers St., 708 Market St., NEW YORK, PrlLADELPHIA, MANUFACTURERS The above cut HOLLOW CABLE MFG ete Hornelisviile, N. Y. We also manufacture extensively and Price Lists. Brass and Copper Wire, |‘ersiters: sew wire cities tin. send or Crcaas and berlain & Miller, Western Agents, 89 Lake St., Chicago, Ell. WIRE CLOTH of every description, Double Selvage, Painted Wire Window Cloth, WIRE NETTING FOR FENCING, POULTRY YARDS, &c. ne a edie dee eR opper and Iron Wire Cloth, Paar AND B AND COPPER WIRE, Goal and Sand Screens, Riddies, &c. ts Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the ESTABLISHED 1848. INCORPORATED 1870. WM. CABBLE EXCELSIOR WIRE MFG. CO., 43 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF WQE CORDS FOR PICTURES, WINDOW SASHBS, &e., &e. fr rT lol slo AM lc TT ut ut Flower Stand. Wrought-iron Fence. Punch, ai THE FRED. J, MEYERS MANUFACTURING CO,, COVINGTON, Ky.. Conductors’ Punch, Manufacturers of WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialties. Send for [llustrated Catalogue. fee DS ESSD SR oe ad Se oS Be Sie AN sae a cee wigs MSS Sand and Grain Riddle. v R LUDLOW- sAYLOR WIRE C0., st. LOUIS, MO. BOO MWY ' RANA Kay XXX X) XXX) XY ps Yrs c= | WITTENBERG ¢ SORDER STi. ace] WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, PLAIN AGY GARGEO eereneee WIRE. Estab'd on™ ne ‘d 1874. Gi bert & Br anit Mfg. Co. 42 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK, By MANUFACTURERS OF ae lron & Galvanized Wire a Sieves ana Wire Cloth. Power Loom Painted and Galvan iz-d W ndow Screen “tre Galvaniz-d Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warld’s Galvanized eb i, Wire Fencr, Galvanized Twist ae Wire Pouitry’ Netting. Factories, Georgetown, Conn. JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas. LIFTER AND CARRIER. THOMPSON McCOSH, President. BARB Pha NO DANGER OF CU1 TING HANDS OR TEAR- ING CLOTHES. SAVES THE PRICE THE LIFTER MAN TIMES EVERY DAY. Manufactured Solely by (PATENTED. ] Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., BURLINGION, IOWA. PATENT FOLDING IRON WINDOW GUARDS AND GATES. Can be extended and locked or protection, and folded away when not in use. COMPOSITE IRON WORKS CO., 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 Rest in the World The No rods in she; Ground to get out o orser. Uned with ordi . y wood p stxund he ly se Sample ause with Senna a $20. J. BOLLES & CO. Wire and Iron Works. dnventors and Sole Mawntacsscens, Detroit, Mich. MENTION THIS PaP te” A reliable agent wonsed | is cach town, to whom liberal! induesmente will be off «& co. 7. HAIS SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE RATTLER. Haish’s 8 Rarb Steel Bence Wire, the Pioneer and Duplex Galvanized and barbs locked on both wires, and poceene Ss re excellent qualit ea than ony feuce ever produce’. We also call your cttention to the Suceb alate Wire - uble Crank, Double Kope, Center Draft, offered to the ae fos os the best device ir n+ world for ee Bion wee | fences. Siam Stretcher guaranteed to do perfect work or no sale. ‘send for sample and price list. Liberal discount to HOME OFFICE DE KALB. ta FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN & BESSEMER 5 GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH STEEL WIRE, WIRE Flusseisen, Swedish and German ot Chasconh ant woe oideenant Charcoal Wire. and in long lengths. GALVANIZED STEEL WIKE, for Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, qone 7-ply oi Gwent, Staples, &c. Annealed and Oiled Fencing PATENT GALVANIZED STEEL BARB FENCING, For Export. 2 BARB, 4 BARB AND THICKSET. WIRE ROPE .2icnx. | TELEGRAPH CABLES. unio Folcarais Adareeny CAMiAW Em, CoLoanE. one Se OF PERKINS & Ot CHOATE, 34 Pine St. N. Y. RSE BLT Sa s. sy erate nner eenee nen 4 THE TRON AGH. June 19, 1884, OGDEN & WALLACE, |Marshall Lefferts & Co., 85, 87, 89 & 91 Rim St., New York. £0 Bechman St., New York Otsy, fron and Steel MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND NAIL CO., cteny tre evens. [Galvanized Sheet Iron, C ay 4 N ails Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s Best Bt Best Refined ond BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | | Gatvanizea wire Telegraph and Fence; SPI KES. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, Street, Galvanized Boop oe ts te and Bar Iron, Ai! sizes of Cast‘and Machinery Steel constantly Golventatd Zale, alls: Galvanized Chain. Galvanized Iron n hand. 81, 83 and 85 Wi NEW YORK. t rT ER § ON & 0. CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &o., Galvanized, Plain or Painted Best Oharcoal, Best Refined and Common ESTABLISHED 1790, SHEET IRON. 24 to 27 West St., cor. Morris, NEW YORK CITY. Plate and Tank Iron, ULsTER IRON. C No. 1, C. H. No. 1, C. H. No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, All Sizes and Shapes Kept in Stock. Best Flange Fire Box, Circles, SNOW SHOES. Roadster PATENT \ : z : = attern. = Planished Sheet Iron. Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. 11, 1876. JOHN W. QUINCY & CO., Guaranteed fully equal in alt respects tothe! Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel 08 witiam St New Yom | “TpneTED RUSSIA IRON, ~«scerese (BOILER PLATE Anthracite, ue Scotch and DS en STEEL PLATES, all descriptions, sh Pig iron. METAL DEALERS Cat Nails, rt = per, ii» Lead, and In the Large Cities throughout Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet HARRISON&GILLOON THE UNITED ST STATES, lron, all descriptions, IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA.|SHOENBERGER & CO., Pz" ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Price list and quotations sent upon application. FOX & DRUMMOND, RAILWAY AND ROLLING MILL MATERIAL, 68 Wall Street, NEW YORK. 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., & 3¢2, 3¢4, 306 CHERRY ST., NEW YORK, nave on hand, and offer for sale. the following Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy eee. a. FARIA. onss coccoococncy sala yes |SANES WILLIAMSON & 0O.,| Erie, ee ee \meas a mame WHEELING NAILS 8 ATU... cis cxitinwe ade ont oy eas AND AMERICAN ee SYRACUSE MALLEABLE BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” lron SPECIAL PRICES FOR LOTS. ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF “ULSTER,” “CATASAUQUA.” “A. R. M, Co.” SHAFTING, REFINED & COMMON IRON. BANDS, HOOPS & SCROLLS. STEEL OF ALL KINDS. ABEEL BROS., 190 SOUTH 8T. 365 WATER 8T,, t NEW YORK. TELEPHONE CALL, “ NASSAU, 379.” A, R, WHITNEY & Y &00, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN lron and Steel AGENCIES: oo TRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron and NORWAY, STE STEEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous may STATE TRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder 3. NeSOW Tul ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. Laughlin Nail Co., IRON WORKS, Junction Iron Co., SYRACUSE, N. ¥Y- |W.K. ROSS ma GENERAL AGENT, ower and Reaper Castings| 97 Chambers Street, New York, and Carriage trons a =| Manhattan Rolling Mill a | J. LEONARD, W. B. BURNS, Proprietor, | 445 to 451 West St, 177 &179 Bank St, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS Manutatarer of ——— HORSE SHOE IRON, Everson, Brown & Co., Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA., Half Ovals and Flats. BAWUFACTURERS OF KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, Light Sheet Iron. isuuatastaieen ROOFING SHEET of all grades a specialty. I ER q) INT Prices quoted promptly upon application. PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS. 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and Nos, 21, 23, 25 a Lake 8t., Chicago, ll. IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. Agent for The Osotenriite Iron Co. The Laurel Roll- g Mills, and Union Tube Works; Wrought Iron Bearas, Angles, ‘Ren Rivets, &c. DANIEL F. COONEY, Washington 8St., BOILER | PLATES AND SHEET IRON, ELDED BOILER FLU Boiler Rivets. The Burden Iron Company YERS n Pipe CARNEGIE BROS. & Lim ited Piron and Steel Beams, nate Shapes and Shafting. H. P. NAIL CO 'S Steel Wire Nails. THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts — for erecting Iron Structures of every descrip- “ cas aa Genes ae [Ere pas Se Ene Troy, NY, eee |vittwivars, J+ - re udson St ew xor Sins on = - — Rens, Iron and Steel nn oe nom | ams SGT Belcan, Homiogsnodan ek CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON Cc. W. Leavitt. Epw’p CoRNING. a. ‘i ’ B EN? Iron Duitinga Meega Commission Merchants, |C.W. LEAVITT & CO.,?°sxew°some.” eeere severe, Dowrwjoornee| [FON Nail &§ Ba a a | B & 4 B MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., J ’ 70 & 71 West St., [RAILS LOCOMOTIVES AND CaRS.|f. OD. & 0. Dal IFON. i on pesos AND Bp a tae & ¥. SOvRtL. ; — NEW YORK. PIG AND BAR IRON, OLD RAILS AND SCRAP IRON. Also Best Grades of J eae of eatam AWWBUD ueut car weet so, | American & English Refined | Rehab widebdieek AGENctEs : 4 arwoop Hemp can waeet Co.| American & English Refined on.) LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. All sizes and shapes in stock. KIRKPATRICK oe Co., Fall River Iron Co.’s Nalis,,; B. EF. JUDSON, B Hi Importer of and Dealer in EGLESTON BROS, & CO.., ae oo se yon > Bom, scorcn AND AMERICAN 166 South St., ‘| NEW YORK CITY. EINE SHEET IRONS, = 267 Front St.. NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. Borden Mining Company’s| EE” i S Iro rs, WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO OFFIOR, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leoohburg, Po Cumberland Coals. Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, ——— IRON MERCHANTS | noe’ Rina: ee VOUCHT & WILLIAMS,|, OLD M ETALS. Manes a WODER ee. Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., Only double ring ever single Ring in —_ HINERY, ¥) TIRE — ash ea8ssoum s;} NEW YO & 385 South sf NEW YORK. Wm. H. ee ee ie WALLACE, ally keep Hoge from sot Sat points in the nose. : Ringers, 7<c. Rings, soc. 100, Holders, 7sc. Huskers, 1sc CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN, Exclusive Manufacturers Decatur, tl, AGENTS FOR HELLER BROS” | J BL SWENEY & CO. Clay Crucible Cast Steel.| 613 n. main street, st. Louis, Mo, 288 Gneenvicn Street, NEW YORK. SELLING AGENTS FOR MANUFACTURERS OF aera - 11 +f ¢ IMPORTED & AMERICAN|METALS, MACHINERY and| Gasca \ PREP A R FD BILLINGS, TAYLOR & C0., PIG IRON RAILWAY SUPPLIES. aE ee toe LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON,|. WM. McFARLAND, Color Makers, Varnish Makers, |HOUSE PAINTS PAINT MANUFACTURERS. For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, . lron and Brass Founder, Send for Sample Card and Catalogue. Corr espondence solicited, BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. For eutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on ree bar ~ yy -- 1 oo at tor oe list. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., 52d St., below Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Vajen’s Patent Reversible Plumb Bob. Point and Cap Interchangeable, Pat, Nov. 14, rr Toisnew and Dertect aA SPECIALTY. TRENTON, N. J. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., |Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. CHICAGO AND DETROIT. Any size or style made at short notice. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Ohannels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Bye Bars, £0. y, PATERSON, N. J. Zia hoom 45, Astor House, New Work. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. Ss | DOVER IRON CO;S READY FOR USE. astern Office, 105 John St., New York City. THE NEW GIANT DRILL CHUCK, Holds a Drill With the Grip of a Giant, All Steel. Parts Interchangeable, SIMPLE IN CON- STRUCTION. EASY TO TAKE APART AND CLEAN. BEST OF WORKMAN SHIP AND VERY CHEAP. Manufactured and sold by rth THE SMITH & EGGE MFG. CO, Bridgeport, Ct. aoe Joun J. BrowEns, ER Burns, Manager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVAN NIZING CO., GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. ‘ Gatvanised Sheet iromsSess Biocan, ‘Best Metned, Gouamann. Galvanized Round, Square Band 6 Hoop Iron, &c., &c. Sos oaatie Helle blea e iti efi to all ot binati . A Geter BOILER RIVETS, Femeae fic cer eee RD bot ood Manufactured by Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, & vor aly a Hip ot Te res “me FULLER BROTHERS & CO, ‘ ; 1 am - Trade. 139 Greenwich Street, Néw York. © pauimedng: IO — ee WORKS GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY N. |. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK Patented March x4th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; STEEL TOE CALKS. June WIL PIG /O})\ .? ADI 218 Se wROt PATE! REFINE Patent PL Orders solic Tan! Ww. 2 NEW Crop THE NOR MOSS BA’ Also for ‘ —_— —_—___ _ A. o BEAI ANG SHAFT. Oflice, No, 2 J. Mc 10: I MINERA 9, 1884, LKS. : Steel TE riptions, nd Sheet ‘ee ILS Co., — York, Mill. D, ) Bank St., RON, i Flats. Limited, akers, e. ork City. HUCK. Steel. N CON- ION. LoRKMAN old by 0., ON. nd and a rl June 19, 1884. THE IRON AGE. Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Oar Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, Stee Blooms, Crop Ends, Tin Plates, &c. No, 224 South Third St. PHILADELPHIA, and General Railway Old Rails, Axies, and Wheels bought and sold. 934 BS. 4th 8t., Philadelphia. Heavy Rails, Light Rails Railway FE'astenings, STREET Cambria Iron Co,, Office, Works, 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND OCURVED 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 every varicty of SHAPE IBORN 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 Charceal Bloom PLATE c& SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tapvk and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. WW. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 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 FOB THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig (ron, brand ‘* Ulverston ;” Malleable Pig Iron, brand is ae ae MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ‘‘ Lorn” Malleable Charcoal Pig Iron and . B. ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. IAS. ROWLAND & CO, Senne, | ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington ails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron, PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. zc P. ROBERTS «c Co., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANCLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. Te ee ——————— SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Ofice, No, 26 8S, Fourth St., Philadelphia, RAILS. Hdward J. Htting, 9223 8S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa, Pig, Bar and Raliroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &o. Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The. Allentown Iron Co. and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. wetORAGE WHARF AND YARD connected by track with railroad. , Cash advances made on Iron. Isaac V. Lioyp, Jas. G. LINDSAY. LLOYD & LINDSAY, 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 8t., Philadelphia, DEALER IN Pig Iron, Merchant Bar fron and Iron Ores. inns neseptinetailficareeieeeinmemeeeeeiees Ethelbert Watts. Jos. C. Poulterer. pie oj: aregld WATTS & CoO., ron Brokers and Commission Merch Offices, No. 220 So. Third. perect, "Phila. SALES AGENTS FOR CORNWALL ORE BANK CO. CROMWEL ee IRON ORES. VESTA FURNACE, — MA PIG IRON. RIETTA FURN Messrs. EVERETT & POST. y ; Chicago and St. Louis,’ ¢ PIG LEAD & SPELTER. Correspondence Solicited. S. F. SHARPLESS & CO., Se'ling Agents and Commission Merchants 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 Kemble and Norway Foun:!ry and Forge Pig Iron. Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal Pig Iron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, MORRIS, WHEELER & Cco., IRON, STEEL & NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES,| SALES OFFICES 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New Work Address, 14 OLIFF 87. REUBEN HAINES, OMREMIsST, 738 Sansom St., 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 Househol TESTED TRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, JUSTICE COX, Jr. JUSTICE COX, JR., & C0., CHARLES K. BARNS. (Continued from Page 1.) O_O Or cooling tank on the upper or stockshouse oni AGENTS FOR track, ; “aoe am Fig. 5 is a section through the masonry iy d & F and retorts, also showing in elevation two ounary orge P ig Iron. | wood-cars G (one with door, g’, open, as when CARBON ROLLING MILL ©O., Limited, filling a retort); two cooling tanks, P, one Quality Muck Bar, under retort ready to receive its charge, and Best ty M . CATASAUQUA MFG, CO,’S Bar, Angle, Skeip and Sheet Iron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms, No. 994 So, Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, JEROME KEELEY & CO. 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOO TRO BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL aaa TRON = TRON CLAD STEEL and EARS. MAGNETI and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL hg Teen sanale ~ Iron and Steel ’ e xa: of Iron and’ Coal properties. en ee eee E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser, J. B. M. Hirons, E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South Third Sireet, Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS, PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLAS IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars ; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Siemens-Martin (0; en-Rearth Se and Sheared Plates, Angles and JNO. L. HOGAN, RICH’D M, ELLIOT. HOGAN & ELLIOT, Iron Commission Merchants, 411 & 413 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, Foundry, Forge and Bessemer PIG IRON, Blooms, Muck Bar, Skelp Iron, Iron Ores, Spiegeleisen, Old Rails, Wrought and Cast Scrap. AGENCIES : Brier Hill Iron and Coal Co., Pig Iron Mount Hope Special Strength Charcoal Pig Iron. Connellsville Coke. Correspondence solicited, ANDOVER PIG IRON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Ohill Irom for Oarwheels, fo. Each pig marked exact chill depth (% in in b, A. Whitney & Son’s enti eB” % F. A. Comiy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 407 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, 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, $16 Richmond S8t., - - 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. one covered and carried on the overhead railroad. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a retort lying horizontally ; the left-hand por- tion shows a half longitudinal section, and the right-hand portion a half elevation, These present an idea of the shape of the retorts and the method of connecting the various sheets of plate iron. Mg. 4 is a cross-section through the body of the retort, Fig. 6 exhibiting the approximate crescent shape of the retort. The retorts are constructed entirely of wrought iron (except the mouthpieces a and a’, which are castings), the bottom being formed of one sheet of heavy plate bent to appropriate radius. The peculiar shape is adopted to present a practical uniform thick- ness of wood for carbonization, the ends being drawn in to facilitate charging and discharging. They are set in an inclined position, so that little labor is necessary to fill and empty them, and are located in pairs to economize space, labor in filling, and per- mit of one heating chamber B serving for Matthieu’s Patent Retorts.—Fig. 3.—Ele- vation. two retorts. The position in which these retorts are placed is exhibited by Fig. 5, and by the exposed retort in Fig. 2. The inventor of these retorts, Mr. J. A. Mathieu, 51 and 52 Moffat Block, Detroit, Mich., gives the following description of the operation of this plant: ‘‘ The retorts A being hot, and the lower cover a closed, the top cover a’ is opened and wood is dumped in from two wood-cars, G. The retort is then closed, and, as the wood is heated, gas escapes by the pipe H passing through the safety-box I oat into the condenser-pipes J, which are immersed in water. The con- densed liquid runs into the barrel j’', and is what is known as pyroligneous acid, while the gas not condensed passes by pipe j through a water-seal and safety-box, K, into the distributing-pipe k, from which it can be admitted to the fireplaces most needing it by valves k’ and flues d. This gas in burn- ing produces a very high heat, which passes through flues d and d@” to the heating cham- ber B. From here the heat goes into flue E, down to main flue C to the boilers L, and then to the chimney J. A small quantity of the hot gas passes down by E’ and up by E” (thus heating the lower side of the retort) directly to the chimney by flue F. The flue E is controlled by a damper which may be nearly closed if the retorts are warm and the wood dry. If the wood is dry, after 12 or 14 hours the smoke coming from a retort changes from yellow to blue. Between these two points the lower cover a is opened, and a piece of board which has been put across the retort, 6 inches from the cover, holds back the charcoal. The cooling-tank P is pushed Fig. 4.—Section of Retort, “Sco, No. 36 8. Fourth St.» Philadelphia, Agents for the ssle of Glamorgan Pig Iron. | ee ar ems BRIM AIAIL AAInN Innbl na” 7.w. Paxson & CO. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO. MOULDING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILAD MANUFACTURERS OHAROCOAL FACING, ANTHRAOITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, i MINERAL, IX MINERAL, IXL FACING, THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. MANUFACTURERS OF “Cumberland ” Nails and Wrought Iron Pipe, 43 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. - J. TATNALL LEA & CO.,, Successors to CABEEN & OO., . IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 4200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE, 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 aed Ae Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &c. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Werks at LEWISTOWN, PA. Office: - - 2208. 4th 8t., Philadelphia, Pa. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, ELPHIA, PA., LEAD FACING, RIPDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES. SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER, MINI MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR COKE PIG IRON FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORE CHARCOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. e3 and appliances for the rapid apd accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Iron Treasurer'