The Iron Age 1884-09-25: Vol 34 Iss 13

| is o 35. rs.) ; READING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS Published every Thursday Morning by Davip Wittiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter, Vol. XXXIV: No. 13. The Ridgway Direct-Acting Cranes. The accompanying engravings show some | of the arrangements and applications of a very simple form of crane turned out by Messrs. Craig Ridgway & Son, of Coates- ville, Pa. The crane is striking on account of its simplicity and low cost, and its adapt- ability to all places where it is desirable to handle heavy weights cheaply and rapidly. It consists of a cylinder whose lower end is closed, while the upper end is open. The piston-rod terminates outside of the cylinder in a suitable eye, to which grapnels or chains are attached. The cylin- der is hung upon gimbals and mounted upon a frictionless truck, which travels backward and for- ward upon the jibs of an ordinary foundry crane. This crane is framed in a simple manner of iron or wood, as may be preferred. The gudgeons of the crane are made hollow. Through the top gudgeon a steam-pipe is led to a suitable valve arrangement. From this valve one pipe leads down through the bottom gudgeon, while another s up tothe jibs of the crane. The end of this latter pipe is con- nected to the lower end of the cylinder by a flexible pipe or a short section of steam huse. This flexible ipe permits the cylinder to travel in and out upon the jib, and thus control all the floor space covered by the radius of the crane. : To operate the crane the weight is attached to grapnels on the pis- ton-rod and steam is admitted under the piston. The weight is immedi- ately raised and may be swung to any desired point. To lower the weight the steam in the cylinder is exhausted through the bottom gudgeon. The work is under full control of the operator at the valve. Fig. 1 represents a blast-furnace derrick crane, and Fig. 2 as used in wire works over the annealing In adopting their crane for the use of blast furnaces in handling hot cinders, Messrs. Ridgway have found it desirable to conapelteta it into an hydraulic crane. In this case, instead of bringing steam in through the top gudgeon, they place in the ground, in close proximity to the crane, a second*cylinder of somewhat larger capacity than the lifting cylinder hung upon the jibs. A pipe passes from the bottom of the ground cylinder up through the bottom gudgeon of the crane, and is carried through a swivel stuffing - box in the post and up to the jibs of the crane, where it is connected to the lifting cylinder by a flexible pipe as before. The upper end of the ground cylinder is closed and has a steam-pipe and an exhaust- pipe,controlled by suitable valves en- tering it. The cylinder is filled with water. To operate the crane steam is admitted on top of the water, forcing it through the pipe leading to the lifting-cylinder, where it raises the weight. The lifting speed is controlled entirely by the size of the pipe connecting the two cylin- ders. To lower, steam is ex- hausted from the ground cylinder and the water flows back, due to gravity, and the same water is used over and over again. Quite a num- ber of these cranes are in use, their simplicity, durability and low cost having a most favorable regeption for them. — mn The Bull Rock Lighthouse. About 20 miles west of Castle- town Berehaven, Ireland, lately se- lected as a station for the British navy, lies the Calf Rock, and miles to the northwest is the Bull, where the Government are at present erecting a ae to venian that of the Calf Rock, which was swept away in the great storm three years ago. A steamer belonging to the Board of Lights conveys the workmen from Castle- town to the Bull Rock, but so dangerous is the approach in conse- quence of the swift currents which prevail here, and which make the rock, even in the calmest weather, a very Scylla to modern navigators, that ordinary visitors are forbidden by a board order from essaying the da passage. By dri tread Caticioam > Dismay Gout a journey of about 15 eee good idea of the boon the light will prove to storm-tossed mariners, by ing the in- hospitable nature of the coast of which it is to serve as a beacon. The coast presents to the seaside a precipitous rocky wall, worn into strange aes by the action of wind and wave, and broken occasionally by deep, narrow gorges or bays, studded with rock islands. Three rocks—the Bull, Cow and Calf—lie off y Head, the Bull situated at a distance Sf 3 miles to the northwest. The rock-rises more than 300 feet above the sea, and is pierced through from side to side by an immense natural cavern. This year- will be wholly occupied in constructing New Yo ork, Lhursday, September 2 5, 1884. i ey < | steps and cutting barracks in the solid | ern—through to that point by November rt. rock to house the workmen. Next year a chamber will be excavated in the sum- the mines there this fall, to allow of furnace | Some of the ore will likely be shipped from mit, from which the top of the lantern | tests being made for next season’s delivery, will rise above the rock, so that the light | but the quantity of Agogeebic ore sent for- will send out its beams from a hight of more | ward this year cannot amount to more than than 300 feet above the surface of the sea. | a cargo or two, as the shipping season will | close shortly after the date tixed for the rail- | —_ a — The Lake Superior Ore Districts. A correspondent of the Pittsburgh Chronicle- Telegraph, writing from Marquette, Mich., TN I ' IN nH a road to strike the lakes. Those interested | in the new field intend to make a good show- | ing next season, however, and your corres- | pondent sees no reason why that district should not be heard from loudly next year, —————— 4 TO BOILER | were maintained by making heavy conces- | sions to furnace owners, and thereby mak- ing it an object for the latter to use these ores, though the grade of iron produced was not at all equal to what they could obtain by | using the LakeSuperior ores. * * *” TT American Products in Chili.—Circu lars containing the announcement of a per- | }manent exhibition of American manufac- tures and machinery, to be held at Santiago by the Chilian Government, are being dis- Hh. i es 4 3 a. Fig. 2.—Crane for Annealing Pots in Wire Works. DIRECT-ACTING CRANES, after describing the work Spies this | season on Menominee ranges, says: ‘‘A district that gives promise of becoming an important producer will be opened up on the south shore of Lake Superior before the shipping season of 1884 comes to a close, probably, This is the Lake Agogeebic range, where numerous iron properties have been developed to such an extent that they will be ed to ship ore as sean as the railroad tapping that district reaches Ashland, which is to be made the shipping port for the Agogeebic mines. Ore docks are in course of construction at Ash- land, and the contractors expect to have the read—the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and West- MANUFACTURED BY CRAIG RIDGWAY & SON, as there is plenty of ore there, and much of | it is of fine quality.” With reference to the future, the writer evidently has very great faith in the advan- tages of the Lake Superior region, for he predicts: ‘‘ The iron fields lying south and west of Lake Superior, in this State, Wis- consin (part of the so-called Agogeebic mines are in the latter State) and Minnesota are destined soon to furnish a vastly en- hanced quantity of the very best ores in the world. Not only this, but they will place their ores on the market at prices that must necessarily drive out the inferior ores of cer- tain competing fields, which were able to find sale for their product while high prices COATESVILLE, PA. tributed. It is the intention of Chili to conveniently arrange a part of the National Exposition Building at Santiago in order that American manfacturers may exhibit their | productions, All goods thus sent are admitted free of duties at the custom house in Val- paraiso, and become the property of the Government from the time their invoices and bills of lading are delivered to the con- sul. The Chilian Government pays the ex- penses for landing goods, and for their transportation as weil as their care while there. No definite time or duration for the exposition has been fixed. The Chilian Government reserves the right of termi- nating it after two years’ notice, $4.50 a lear, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. SS The Charcoal Iron Industry. The August number of the Journal of the United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers contained an article on the ‘‘ Pres- ent Condition of the Charcoal [ron Industry,” a part of which we reprint : Grades of any commodity which command | special trade by reason of peculiarities of manufacture, or on account of well-defined adaptation to specific uses, are always most sensitive to market fluctuations, and very often lead these commercial changes. As charcoal pig iron or blooms gener- ally come under the head of such special manufactures, it is not sur- prising that in the present de- pressed times those who produce charcoal iron should draw dark pictures of the future and become profits of evil against themselves, because the proportionate decline has been greater in their specialty than in many others. So severe has been the blow which has lately fallen on this industry that some of its former ardent champions have predicted its early extinction. We have no faith and but little patience in such statements, for as long as the great wastes of the lum- ber industry continue, as long as tan-bark is stripped, as long as rail- road sills or telegraph poles are cut, or as long as no general system of reforestration is adopted and en- forced over the entire nation, there will be ample waste wocd to make charcoal sufficient to smelt millions of tons of pig iron annually. The — is, shall this waste be al- owed to rot in the woods and form nuclei for ravaging forest fires, or shall it be converted into fuel which has no superior for smelting iron ores in the blast furnace. Of the timber matured and ap- proaching maturity there is much which, owing to want of proper care, will be fit for nothing but fuel; but we do not hesitate to rec- ognize the fact that much of the wood now cut for making charcoal would be useful for other purposes ; the quantity, however, bears a very small relation to that wasted in manufacturing, &c., ard which would make good charcoal. We be- lieve that if a judicious plan of col- lecting the wood and improved meth- ods of carbonization were em- ployed, charcoal pig iron can be made to-day as cheap as iron smelted with minera] fuel from the same ores at either Chicago, Mil- waukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Buf- falo, New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore. A judicious selection from timber now wasted, an equip- ment of light railroad, such as was described in Journal, Vol. V, p. 177, and a system of water trans- portation from termini of railroads, would deliver wood from consid- erable distances at any of the above-mentioned cities at figures which will permit of economic op- eration if improved methods of carbonization and collecting -the acetic vapors are adopted. Yet, while itis possible to make charcoal pig iron competitively at points where water transportation is to be had, there will, undoubtedly, be numerous cases where existing iron works, some hoary with age, or landmarks of long standing, will never be active again. The char- coal iron industry will live as long as it keeps pace with advances in other branches of metallurgy, but it has passed the time when any talismanic value is connected with the word charcoal. Carelessness in detail in some furnaces using mineral fuel, and conscientious ad- herence to certain ores by many charcoal ironworkers, made the word charcoal synonymous with superior, and as long as this syno- nym is sustained, so long will the merit of charcoal iron be appre- ciated. It is not to be expected that financial success will attend ven- tures such as are attempted by some works; we know of cases where wood is cut from land worth $75 to $100 per acre, when cleared, but is allowed to grow up in forests, and about 30 cords per acre are cut. This wood is all coaled in meilers, and not more than 30 bushels of charcoal per cord are ob- tained. While under these circum- stances the retention of the property in tim- ber may be judicious as affecting the forestral condition of a certain district, it needs no intricate calculation to show that the cost of wood to form a bushel of charcoal is as great as the cost of charcoal should be un der more favorable circumstances, We lately had called to our attention a locality where wood-leave and wood-chopping ag- gregated 7 cents per bushel of charcoal made. Tothis 7 cents must be added the cost of carbonizing in meilers, and hauling the coal to works, with al'owances for loss in handling, &c., and it is not to be pre x it) i °o o o b . = | (Continued on page 5.) ei Pe or) aa * - — Fo) : os a i THE IRON AGH. September 25, 1884, The Plume &Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, PHILIP L MOEN, President and Treasurer. CHAS. F. WASHBURN, Vice President & Secretary. WASHBURN & eS MANGE ACTURING co, Betablished 1831. ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. O'NEILS'S PATENT PLANISHED Waterbury ‘Brass Co, COPPER, Seamless Brass and . pte aie Copper Tubing, ESTABLISHED 1845. Copper Rivets and Burs, pres't. ee Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, 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, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. And small Brass Wares of every Description. Patent Nickel- Plated C ee r, Ga. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. A. A, COWLES, Secretary. Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, | Lamp Trimmings, &c. 18 Murray Street, New York. |/ 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Relling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct. WATERBURY, Ct. Ansonia Refined Ingot Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. IRON and STEEL wiRe., See Steel np uence Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the noes « oe a 0 ig. Co.’ f Sport- Brid e ort Brass Co,, |: e Operators of the PATENT Ce CONTIN] OUs RO LLING MALL, producing | iron ana Btoel Witkin ; »» | Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Spo j colle colls of 100 pounds, withou ONE SEAM OF WELD. rent it Galvan! ized clegrap re, Market and Stone Wire, ing Goods. MANUFACTURERS OF and Chain Wire. Wire for the manufact cogthe: 2 f'Card ¢ Clothing, Seaaen Ire Re pe, eibriage, artes Chis yt Buckle IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS Millis At Tinned Broom Wire and Tinned-piated Wire of all sizes. A specialty ts inde of Clock, Mackiners, Gos Gosow an 7 Sheet and Roll Brass. Spiral Spring Wire, and Refined Wire to Pattern for particular purposes, from selected stamps ¢ of Norway Iron, TIN PL ATE 296 Broadway, New York. | WATERBURY, ’ Any grade of W Ete fo aay onathe reel Ops fine Wi Voppered, Galvanized or Tn ree ‘vive Feats, 2 ° 9 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Conn. Brass & Co er Wire & Tubin Wire. Steel Wire for Springs, N O Delle Wertet Seer Whe eee ae ook ait yate Steel Muste PP 8 waneiieadait New York, : 16 Clif, and 241 Pearl = '(Chicage, 107 and 109 Lake St. ROOFING PLATE, 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 pee, to ees out Blanks and manufacturing Me MANUFACTORY, iad Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” HOWARD & MORSE, .MANUFACTURERS OF THE “BOSS” TUBULAR LANTERNS. The Boss, POPE, COLE & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. SCOVILL MFC CO B R a s s 9 NEW YORK, BOSTON, HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. | 4ls0 Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. 25 Fark Place, 18 Federal St. Manufacturers of all kinds of PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, DEPOTS FACTORIES, and German Silver 419.42! Broame St WY wetetore, Gem, ~~ Shettin inniin, Santis or Cbd, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. 83 Lake St., Ch cago. Kew York City | COPPER & BRASS RIVETS BRASS & IRON ) —_ AND BURS. JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, | Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. Rome, New York. ABRAM S. HEWITT, Pres., WM. HEWITT, Vice-Pres., JAMES HALL, Treas,, E. HANSON, Sec. Tae TRENTON IRON Co., MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND EL WIRE. German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,) Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper,| BROWN & BROTHERS, Wire, Zinc, Etc. on di Gh ether thn nil: tates: 81 Chambers St., N.Y. Waterbury, Conn. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF Brookiyn Brass & Copper Oo. Ingot Copper, “Reaien, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC 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 5 Co., NOL VORR MASS MaNtracrurErs OF at BRASS, COPPER AND THE NEW HAVEN COPPER CO., | GERMAN SILVER SOLE MAKERS OF In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, POLISHED COPPER) “~~ ee eee” | Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN PA TENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND OUPPER HOUSE —— warranted to 200 Ibs, pressure and guaranteed ae BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, aed SILVER PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE. in rich Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c, designs. 2090 Pearl Street - NEW YORK.| GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. ESTABLISHED 1837, H. 8, CHASE, INCORPORATED 1876, SS Waterbu rv Mfg. Co., ATERBURY, CONN., Plans and Estimates for Suspension Bridges Furnished on Application, Works and Office, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, 21 N. Fourth St. WIRE ROPE HAZARD M'F’G CO s7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: BARRE. Pa. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO., WIRE ROPE ,ODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. This Advertisement Changed Weekly. IOWA BARB WIRE CoO., 98 Reade St., NEW YORK, 89 Lake St., CHICAGO, RECEIVED AWARD ATLANTA EXPOSITION. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated, AlscoGUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON & STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St. St. Louis, Mo. REASONS WHY BARB FENCE iS BEST. it is cheape 11. It does not obstruct thé view. i 2. i: casts 9 shade. 12, te the occ a m of snow drift . 3 occupies less space 13. It provides aaakeotien’ to evens 4. It is the most durable. 14. Ease and _— with which it can be put u = A e I 4 SC IH EN Ac SOT ~ ~ é ss segues ty —— 15 4... . the only fence that will keep stock oe ra = , ° = ‘annot be burned up Manufacturers of . It cannot be blown down. i wt . the only fence that can be made “ hog tight, Ss & It cannot be washed « away. horse digh and bull strong.’ 3 ao 9. It dos 8 not barbor vermin 17. It will protect orchards from boys, and water- -_ 10. Economy in transportation aeons patches from older depredators. = = “~~ ST AU FFER, MACREADY & CO. New Orleans, La. CARLIN & FULTON, Baltimore, Md. & BAKER & HAMILTON, Sap Francisco and aaateate Cal. 3 =. s a. Genmnpiliiiiiianeida > | i os os po 903 & 905 N. Main &t., ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. wi. Ss. BESTE yY , MANUFACTURER OF OF BRASS, COPPER, WIRE CLOTHS iin. Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL WIRES WORCESTER “WIRE CO., AN. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO.. PAWTUCKET, R. T., Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, SPRI . PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS, For all Purposes. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. Iren and Stool ve Geer Wire gre Ghesh. Wire W for Eupors and P nary. Bee. Ceal ‘ N York Ofice, SS Ch be Street, WORCESTER, MASS. ow SAMUEL A. HAINES Selling agent NO. 86 FULTON ST., 7 . NEW YORK ‘ ad —e O nite tet Daal . ey a, = - Aleka ct DE Bra 7 Doubl Wire | WIRE Cl PA 82 AN as Solicite WILL AXES Ad; SPANIS alr alas” ion. th St. & Buyyoeg dwoy ee ee ee eae September 25, 1884. THERE IRON AGE. 3 20. UNDEMANN £ co, CAERY & ALORN, ——_ STass WIRE for all purposes and STEEL ‘SPRINGS ot a every description. Japanned, Brass, Tin Plated and Wood BIRD CAGES. Original oenes 5 ee, Revolving Flower Stand. Wrought- -iron Fence ‘hair. Punch, ss FRED, J. MEYERS MFC. CO. COVINGTON, Ky. Manufacturers of WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fencing, Cresting and Harc ware Specialties. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. cos eed | ‘i ; A OO Rar paste BIE wi EERE EL CEAA LE DLL thie — solder. 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Market steel Wire, Oninelinh Wire, tempered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel ee raplaa er on hand. ¥34, 936 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. =; IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, LUDLOW. SAYLOR wine 00. Studs, Pins, Screws, &C., ST. a For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. = Ss ==] A BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. 2) Eeeeeeee 2 es on, eae "eters SoS SS STE OS SOS ee > = k > — — >) st mS > Sw < “=~ ~ ~ ~ i S a iif AAT TA mt ve i Sand and 10 Grain ae a Counter r Peiline Mock ng Bird 1 Cage GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT Makers WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, $ can procure everything they require Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, MANUFACTURER OF . “n . PLAIN AND BARBED FENCING WIRE. EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH IN STEEL of Gautier Steel Department, ee Tu 2 = FOR STAMP BATTERIES. at Johnstown, Pa, whose plant is the Eatab’d vit, Incorp'd str "Meal, See aaa Ns largest and most complete in the world for - Gilbert & Bennett Mfg. Co. ean ti a ar cg ae the production of Merchant and Special Steels __| 42CLIFF ST., NEW YORK, CLEVELAND, OHIO. for Agricultural purposes. It is a great ad- a ens weer vantage to the machine builder to be able to get all his Steels from one maker, such as — Some lron& Galvanized Wire Sieves anu Wire Cloth. Power Loom _Peantes and Galvan- ized W:ndow Screen Wire am FOR PRICES ON <0 3 ’ ‘ puventves Wire a * ioe Pere “ CORN POPPERS, SIEVES, Finger Bars, Rake and Tedder Teeth, Springs, ox = ge egies | Wire” Fence, ‘Galvanised Twist ar ee = sae ae re Poultry Netting Axles, Shafts, Machinery Bars, Cold-Rolled Factories, Georgetown, Conn. WIRE CLOTH, «c., a CQ ‘ \ Stock, Plow Blades, Slabs, Shapes, Angles, THOMPSON McOOSH, President, JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas. Scrub, Shoe, Whitewash and Other Brushes. Knife Backs, Tires, Harrow Teeth and Wire. B ARB WI R E LIFTER AND CARRIER. ADDRESS N. Y. OFFICE, CHICAGO OFFICE, PHILA. OFFICE, 104 READE s8T. 100 DEARBORN s8T. 523 ARCH 87. aoe THE BROMWELL BRUSH iia edi TING HANDS OR TEAR- ING CLOTHES. & WIRE GOODS CO., (No. 83.] SAVES THE PRICE OF CHARLES A. OTIS, President. SAM’L ANDREWS, Vice President. SAM’L A. BAGUR, General Manager THE LIFTER MANY THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. TIMES EVERY DAY ba owhose THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY Established 1819. DRAWERS OF J Manufactured Solely by @eaTenten,) Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., BURLINGTON, IOWA. DEWITT Wine CLOTH C0.|"°% Stee, WAV | FR EE aescurenos 87 Chambers St., 703 Market St., TELEGRAPH AND TELEPS TELEPHONE WIRE. I a i ceseeininremenll WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. PATENT FOLDING MANUFACTURERS ~ EASTERN 0) womssderyeee cm" — CLEVELAND, OHIO. "myc mes IRON WINDOW GUARDS AND GATES iN, Agent, Can be extended and locked for 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.” Brass and Copper Wire, WIRE CLOTH HOWARD EVANS. of every description, Double Selvage, Painted Wire Window Cloth ON WIRE NETTING FOR FENCING, MOLDERS’ TOOLS, POULTRY YARDS, &c, FOUNDRY FACING, Wire Rope for Mines, Elevators, Cables and MOLDING SAND, Transmission of Power, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, WIRE CORDS FOR PICTURES WINDOW SASHES, &€., &¢. PATENT OFFICE. Beach PHILADELPHIA. s 1056 to 1076 St., Barbs 3 inches apart stand in all directions, WIELDING STEEL BARB, ACTING LIKE A NATURAL THORN. Lightest Weight per Rod. Painted and Galvanized. Only one Agent in each town, Address W a E STILL SURVIVE: TaCrOoORnN WJ iRnRe HEE DGH co., = tf F. Vi BRIBSEN, | 2c cere 2 er eae teens eeperes ° ive CHICAGO, ILL. Street ae eeneep mane Coctene, Seckaeee, Batideve & — ey! my | trade ope United Stat s and assa who in b ers filled promptly wi:l sena them to us we will endeavor to fill 82 S84 N ” ’ = Cithons delay. §2~ Vatalozues of Iron Fencing azd other lines of goods free on application, NEW YORK. — Detroit, NATIONAL WIRE & IRON CO. Mich. pucewin ime ciiciens {200 PATENTS Solicited promptly and at the lowest rates. ROOF CRESS TING, lron Fence, Railings, Stable Fittings, BUILDERS’ SPECIALTIES, &e. J. . BOLLS ch CO., DETROIT, MICH., U.S. A. Send for Catalogue. Mention this Paper. She abeté out beboadenls Poleidn's Patent Braided Cable Wire ne Rail, manufactured by the WILLIAM MANN. JR .&CO moticow caste mr cor Hormsiarc tT." caf. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N.Y. 5 , Ld Chamberiain & Miller, Western. Agents, 89 aoe st., Chicago, Ll, MANUFACTURERS OF MEM MES Went ESTABLISHED 1848. INCORPORATED 1870, W e r 6 | ) T + a n d W | R E G 0 0 D , nmep wanmniton |WM. CABBLE EXCELSIOR WIRE MFG. CO. Dish Covers, 43 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, “CORTLAND” Corn Poppers, AXES, BROAD AXES, att’ all eas Winoow SCREEN Coal Sieves, a ae Brass, Copper and Iron Wire Cloth, |*——“—— Flour Sirves, AND BRASS AND COPPER WIRE, Io Etc,, Ete, SPANISH AXES AND TOOLS. Goal and Sand Screens, Riddies, &c. ° Metallic Stove Sieve. be 4 Pui. 2 «= Sn Dee Vos, > ss. ee aii” re a~ —_—-- wa “ea oe, NORWAY TRON. a ates ms 68 wall Street, NEW YORK. 4 THE IRON AGE. . September 95, 1884. OGDEN & WALLACE,|Marshall Lefferts & Co.. © XF ORD. D. wooo s co. va 85, 87, 89 & 91 Klm St., New York. 90 Bechman 8t., New York Otty, i ronan d Steel MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND NAIL CO., vrompamwstntepn aca, | Galvanized Sheet Iron, gy + N ails SPIKES. BLACK DIAMOND edict Galvanized Wire Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and Band Iron, Grivanized mee and Bar Iron, All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly Nails, Galvanised Chain, Galvanized Iron on hand, J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, ee Pipe NEW YORK. SNOW SHOES. Roadster PATEN Tr Planished Sheet Iron. , . Patented March x4th, 1865; Avrilsth, 873; | G$TEEL TOE CALKS. 24 To 27 WEST ST., Cor. Morris, SHEET IRON. lianas enatitengtnienstcesnenstaaasiatts ‘ Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. 11, 1876. New York City. Plate and TVank Iron, JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.., 73 ; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. x1, 187 | . H. No. 1, C. H. No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel CORRUGATED SHEET IRON PIERSON & CO., | rzces commence "5 | Best Oharcoal, Best Refined and Common 98 William 8t., New York, Iron & Staal ee omc to Order, | AUthracite, Charcoal, Scotch and ~ senate aT BOILER PL ATE Price list otations lication. English Pi iron. COMMON & REFINED IRON, “a sent upon spp Cur Nails, 7 Co 6 Tin, Lead, and als Generally. by all the prineipal STEEL PLATES, all descriptions. oops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, FOX & DRUMMOND, Horse Shoe, Nail Rods, Steel, &c. _Orders promptly filled from stock. RAILWAY AND ROLLING MILL 1 HARRISON&GILLOON METAL DEALERS Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet . DEALERS, In the Large Cities throughout IRON AND META ae 558, s@, s62 WATER ST. & 3¢2, x4, 306 CHERRY ST., TH E UN ITED STATES, . lron, all descriptions, NEW YORK, ADé at their Chee 0., Pittsburgh, Pa. 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA,| SHOENBERGER & C have on hand, and offer for = the following : Seotch and ‘henerioan Pig n, Wrought, Cast and ROUNDS. ....20...00ceeecneeeoeene 4 ».|JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., Wrought ron j also m Car Wheels, Axles snd Hoary | W H F 7 | | Ne N A | IS P Plats ea na “itt to tn sap Aaeioan NN Ee ee peering SYRACUSE MALLEABLE Laughlin Nail Co., IRON WORKS, Junction Iron Co., SYRACUSE, N. ¥. WY. KK. ROSS, GENERAL AGENT, Mower and Reaper Castings 97 Chambers Street, New York. and Carriage Irons a Manhattan Rolling Mill. eer se J. LEONARD, W. B. BURNS, Proprietor, | 445 to 451 West St, 177 & 179 Bank St., NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA IR Manufacturer of eet Lee HORSE SHOE IRON, Everson, Brown & Co., Son Game Epes Rods, SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, Qvale, Matt Ovals and Prato. MANUFACTURERS OF Pan KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited. Light Sheet Iron. saan tite) | EEROMN Prices quoted promptly upon application. ASSORTMENT OF “ULSTER,” a “CATASAUQUA, ” “A.R. M, Co.” SHAFTING, REFINED & COMMON IRON. BANDS, HOOPS & SOROLLS. STEEL OF ALL KINDS. ABEEL BROS., 190 SOUTH 8T 363 WATER st, | NEW YORK. TELEPHONE CALL, “ NASSAU, 379.” A. R, WHITNEY & CO, lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merehant Iron and teel. NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” lron "SPECIAL PRICES FOR LOTS. ENERAL PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS, 90 Broadway, New York. Tuckerman, Mulligan &Co CARMICHAEL & EMMENS ; & 134 Cedar St., New York, and Nos 21, 23, 05 @ 7 West Lake St., Chicago, Ill. DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c, &c. we eihfCeal yon Fale Was Mtg Bon B i BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boller Plates n 0] er ive S LASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues Beams, Angles, Tees, Rivets, Ss. : A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. CARNEGIE BROS. & CO. Limited, Iron and Steel Beams, Channel is, Shapes and Bhatt 5 H. P NAIL CO 'S Steel Wire Nails. = THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. DANIEL | F. COONEY, BOILER PLATES AND SHEET inon, | The Burden lron Company and estimates made for erecting Lron Structures di wa os application Wy mall Sample pez a ca bree Bi in ae tb | toc | SRS oF GES, ee ee Pittsburgh, + - - Pa. SS ee ee eee weeny] Sees oan Tans fh igr Rivets; ‘Homogeneous Steel, | ORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON Bonnell, Botsford & Co., BORDEN & LOVELL, ee ULS T E TER ROOFING & SIDING, - . * AND Iron a, Door a, be rnc Commission Merchants, C.W. LEAVITT & c0,,"*s28°e832" BURDEN’S aivitsntsrariagecree”| WON, Nails & Spikes. MOSELEY IR &, % Tm dgetin RAILS Stee es ote AND CARS. H. B. & S. Bar Ir On. § ay nose A 0 ca, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. C A. GRERRE, i — NEW YORK. AND BAR IRON, OLD R LNG Mi Also Best Grades of GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jn, Prest. © JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. | T. W. WELSH, Supt. Agents for the sale of ss )ArwooD Hi [HEMP CAR WHEEL Co. American & English Refined iron. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, tt ae W. W. CARD, Secy. Fall River tron Co.’s Nallis, B. FF. JUDSON, al eines end shapes to ttl Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN EGLESTON BROS, & CO.. Pigs TrOD,| 26 Fon st} NEW YORK CITY. Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, | WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., OLD METALS. |IRON MERCHANTS $55 £853 Souci St;t NEW YOBK.| Core Albany & Washington Sts. Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA., U. S.A., MANUFACTURERS OF THE . WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. - bo Setemete Freight Brake is esse’ nay © me same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. VOUGHT & WILLIAMS, MACHINERY, TIRE AND SPRING STEEL. NEW YORK OITY. AGENTS HELLER BROS.’ CHESTERMAN’S: Wa. H. Watiace, Wa. Bispnam. E. C. WALLAce. r care, except th is the various are s so combined as to form ul one Piece of Clay Crucible Cast Steel.|METALLIC & STEEL TAPES ceeeegee | Dann Td Sed val il pet mt wipe oa sein 8 Gremwwice Street, NEW YORK. me — - Ra Pe ae The * Automatic” has proved iteelf to be the must efficient Train and Safety Brake known, Its cue crenata DRL Oh eee”, Se Ea fas eae IMPORTED & AMERICAN WM. H B E L Cc H E R against loss from i SUITS on the apparatus sold them. , + ’ The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80,000 CARS, and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world. FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, LEECH BURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK Rp CO., Limited, FIN sHHET I IRONS, Refined Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Shovel, Ferrule Lron, &.) NATURAL GAS USED As 5 PURL. OFVIOR, No, 148 First Ave,, Pitteburgh, Pa. WORKS, Lecohburg, Pa S89 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. Catalogues an and Bot ttom Rates. WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, A SPECIALTY. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. For re ns off the ends of Bolts and Rive’ = Ask for ns, harness, etc, = where you bay your hardware or send for cir CHARLES HIMROD & CO.,| Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialtvy,| CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., 623d St., below Lancaster Ave., Philadeiphia, Pa. CHICAGO AND DETROIT. Any size or style made af short notice. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL co., ure and have always in ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Ohannecls, Angles, Tees, Morchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Bye Bars, £0, PATERSON, N. J. Roem 45, Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, DOVER IRON CO’S Ringers, 7<c. Rings, soe. 100. Holders, 7c, ete oon ea BERING & QUINLAN. Exclusive Spee pees “henge: mi. THE J JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., CALVANIZED > MATERIAL OF OP Svar EVERY DESCRIPTION. A Galvanized sheet Iron—Best Bloom, Best Refined, Common. Gl Round, Square Band anc R. D. WOOD & CO.. Philadelphia, Cast Iron Pipe BOILBR RIVETS, | samp ros, vaves, 20. veer Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. “Sot en er jee FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 139 Greenwich Street, New York. Corrugated Sheet tron & Specialty, Galvanized, Bisck and Painted. Iron Corrugated for the Trade. WORKS GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, W. 1. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK’ sn elit i icine Works at M HOFF™m et h, e for ce of ages, yithin . Its id the YORK’ “ ee kai Se September 25, 1884. THE IRON AGE. WILLIAM R. HART & CO.,| HENRY LEVIS & CO., AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, Steel Blooms, Crop Ends, Tin Plates, &c. No. 224 South Third St, PHILADELPHIA, Sheet Iron and General Railway ents. Old Ralls, Axes, and Wheels bonght and sold. 934 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. Railway F'astenings, STREET ADDRESS: Cambria Iron Co., Office, 218 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Works, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. THE PHCNIX IRON CO. 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers 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 & 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 Lron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IROR 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 & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal 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, Tank and Boat froe ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Heavy Rails, Light Rails, RAILS. Hdward J. Htting, TRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, 223 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig, Bar and Rallroad tron. OLD RAILS, SORAP, &o. Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK. The Allentown Iron Co, and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. Seema yy AND YARD ABOVE CALLO connected by track with railroad. es Cash advances made on Iron. Jas. G. Linpsay. THos, 8. Parvin. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., Successors to Litoyp & LINDSAY, 328 Walnut Street, Buildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures, Ethelbert W atts. ETHELBERT WATTS & co., Iron Brokers and Commissi e i. mee ssion Merchants, _ SALES AGEN CORNWALL ORE BANK CO a le ? CROMWELL IRON CO., § IRON ORES. VESTA FURNACE, ON © } MARIETTA’ FURNACES, f PIG IRON. Messrs. EVERETT & POS ee . Chicago and 8t. Louis, t PIG LEAD & SPELTER. Correspondence Solicited. ——— rend, L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 230 So. 4th 8t., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Buchanan Wyebrooke C, B. Ch Red Short Pig {ron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, arcoal Pig Iron, satiate tieaaiailiasiaia MORRIS, WHEELER & co., IRON, STEEL & NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES,| © SALES OFFICES 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New Work Address, 14 CLIFF 87. REUBEN HAINES, Philadelphia. Iron Ship and Bridge Builders’ Materials. § i 8’ ] srials, Steel and Iron Shapes and Bars. Sheet Iron, Sheet Steel. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and esses etetnshsbensensnneetasesttsmes Jos. C. Poulterer, ad Street, Phila. JUSTICE COX, Jr, JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO., AGENTS FOR CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY ANT SHENANDOAH CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms, #06 Walnut Place, Philadelphia. SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOM and COKE. MUCK of Iron and Coal properties. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. E. H. WILSON & CO., 2330 South Third Street, Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN Correspondence solicited. Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. Bar, Angle, Skeilp and Sheet Iron. JEROME KEELEY & CO., PIG IRON BAR TRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES. FIRE BRICK, COAL BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Saar, Iron &c. Examine and negotiate sales J. B. M. Hirons, IRON AND STEEL. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS, PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLASGOW Bars ; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO., Plates and Muck IRON CO. (Limited), Siemens-Martin (Open-Rearth jana Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles an Shapes. JNO, L. HOGAN, RICH’D M, ELLIOT. 411 & 413 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, IRON AND ORES. and Billets. HOGAN & ELLIOT, Old Rails, Wrought and Cast Scrap, Iron and Steel Blooms 5 (Continued from page 1.) sumed that such a plant could be operated successfully in depressed times. There are other works which pursue the most approved methods in their practice in smelting ores, producing charcoal, &c., and are able to keep ahead even with the low prices ruling. We do not say that these works are earning a fair return ; we do not think they are, for we have always felt that an investor was entitled to the advantages due to his location, whether they be natural or artificial, dis covered by exploitation, discerned by busi ness foresight, or developed by outside causes. Besides this, one who invests in iron manufacture, with all its attendant risks of dull trade, large stocks of raw materials, business failures, fires (a considerable item, particularly to the charcoal ironworker) labor troubles, &c., is entitled to more than legal interest on his capital, in addition to such advantages of location as nature has given him, or his pluck has developed. There are some plants idle to-day which, we believe, could be operared at a profit on present quotations, and others are active which do not seem to possess any special advantages ; but, generally speaking, the charcoal iron trade is remarkably quiet, with but little immediate cause for encouragement. * * * * * We have frequently asserted, and we firmly believe, that the iron trade of the United States is sufficiently sensitive to care for itself, and that, practically, its only dis turbing cause is importations of foreign iron and steel. We manufacture or produce little, if any, more than our country consumes, but the annual statements of stocks in makers’ hands bear a surprisingly close rela- tion to the annual amount of iron imported. Cheap railroad transportation has lately somewhat changed the status of the various iron-producing districts, and the furnaces near the Atlantic seaboard have found Southern and Western pig iron delivered in competition with their own product in what they considered ‘‘ home markets.’’ Some of this metal has been transported at rates -— which there appears no possible margin of profit for the carrier; but a railroad which delivers to furnaces the raw material at profitable rates may well afford to carry the product for a nominal sum, so as to keep the furnace in operation by giving its iron access to more remote markets. It is not now unusual to find Alabama or Michigan charcoal pig iron offered for sale in Boston, AGENTS For: Brier Hill Iron and Coal Co., Pig Iron. Low Moor Iron Co., of Virginia, Pig Iron. Mount Hope Special Strength Charcoal Pig Iron. Youngstown Steel Co. Washed Metal, for Open New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, so that a considerable proportion of the trade which has kept some Western and Southeru WwW. H.WALBAUM & CO., OoOBnEMIsT, 738 Sansom St., Philadelphia. 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York. NEW AND OLD 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 Iron, brand * Ulverston ;" Malleable Iron, brand“ U. H M.” O88 BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn”’ Malleable C ! Iron and N. B. ALLEN & CO.'S Dinas Fire Bricks. Also Sole Agents for the WHITE RIVER MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed 50 per cent. Metallic Manganese. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flate, Bands and Hoop i= Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, PENCOYD IRON WORKS. 990 North Delaware 4vc., ~- PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. cut from A. ch PP. 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. W. PAXSON « Co., MAOUL DING SAND, North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., Em OS AoE fi MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, LEAD FACING, RIPDLES, 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. X MINERAL, XX MINERAL, IXL FAOING, General Office, 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER, MINING & MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR COKE PIG IRON FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORES. Aliso CHARCOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. Works at MILNFS, PAGE Oo., VA. Treasurer's Office, 132 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. HOFFMAN, PARRY & 0O,, Sales Agents, 208 South)4th St., Philadelphia. Ores, 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. TAYLOR--LANGDON GAS-ROASTED BESSEMER ORE, Specially adapted to Soft Foe . Grades of Mill raer 7a J. WESLEY PULLMAN, 407 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA. NORTH BROTHERS, lron Founders, LIGHT CASTINGS A SPECIALTY, N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA, Correspondence solicited. TESTED BRADLEE & CO., $16 Richmond 8t., - EMPIRE Hearth and Crucible purposes. Connellsville Coke, Low Phosphorus Bessemer Pig Iron a Specialty, ANDOVER PIG IRON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Ohill Iron for Oarwheels, 0. Each pig marked exact chill depth inch to inch), A. Whitney & Son's standaed test. 6 F. A. Comiy, Treas. J. WESLEY PuLiMas, 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 S., PHILADELPHIA, PA, CHAINS, CHAIN WORKS, - PHILADELPHIA. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. ‘‘D. B. C.’’ Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO, MANUFACTURERS OF “Cumberland” Nails and Wrought Iron Pipe, 43 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. J. TATNALL LEA & CO.,, Buccessors to CABEEN & O0O., 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, , &e. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND Fe STANDARD Z Quality and efficiency fully as any of the same quali Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins guaranteed. Prices as te ty. We manufacture Heavy an Piston THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Works at LEWISTOWN, PA. - 220 &. 4th &t., Philadeiphia, Pa. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. 10th St. above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established im 1836, Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the id and accurate Slags, Limesto: , Clays, Fire Sands, Pg Agente for sampling ores ip New York and Price liste on analysis of Iron, Steel, Iron charcoal furnaces in blast has been cap- tured, by means of business energy and low railroad freights, from other furnaces in the East. The general falling off in demand natu- rally made the producers of pig iron who use mineral fuel seek all possible avenues of trade, and consequently they have invaded what the charcoal ironworkers have been pleased to consider as their special fields. In some of the supposed special fields cer- tain grades of iron made with mineral fuel have undoubtedly given satisfactory results ; in others the attempts have been unsuc- cessful. The great steel works have found that other manufactures besides rails were neces- sary to maintain their plants in activity, and many who assume that any steel is bet- ter than any iron immediately announced that ‘‘ the steel age has come, and that iron is a manufacture of the past.” We realize what an influence upon the industrial prog- ress of the nation the steel works have had ; we appreciate the economy of the methods employed, by which no halts or intervals are permitted, but the processes are continuous, and we understand the merit of homogeniety in metal, and, therefore, do not underesti- mate the advantages which steel possesses, nor what has to be accomplished to success- fully compete with steel manufactures. But we are aware that there is no well-defined border land between iron and steel ; neither physical tests nor chemical analyses can defi- nitely determine what is iron or what is steel. The investigations of Dudley, Sand- berg and others prove that the nearer the composition of first-quality wrought iron is approached the better the steel is adapted for railway service. The safe commercial limits of tensile strain for cast-steel boiler plate is but little beyond the test demanded by the United States Government for charcoal hammered iron. The modern tendency is to limit the use of steel for structural purposes to the milder grades of the material. For steel in steam- ships the United States Government specifies as follows: Steel to have an ultimate ten- sile strength of not less than 60,000 pounds per square inch, and a ductility of not less than 25 per cent. in 8 inches. Lloyd's rules requires the steel to have an ultimate tenacity of not less than 60,000 or not over 70,000 pounds per square inch, with an elongation of at least 16 per cent, in 8 inches. All of these circumstances seem to indicate that charcoal iron, to have a future, must depend upon quality of product and economies of manufacture solely. By care- ful selection of ores, judicious manufac- ture of charcoal and careful management, the output of charcoal blast furnaces should be no more expensive than mineral- fuel iron. This point secured, any superiority of composition will bring an enhanced price. The charcoal iron industry is in no worse condition than most other branches of met- allurgy, although the proportionate fall in prices has been greater, because of the special uses for the product. Whether the output of our furnaces in the future is re quired for the manufacture of iron or steel, superiority of product will command trade and generally bring remunerative prices, and it would appear that the true policy of the manufacturers of charcoal iron at pres- ent is to carefully study the details of each individual plant. If saws can replace axes, and 10 per cent. of the wood be saved ; if greater yieldsin bushels of charcoal per cord of wood can be secured ; if cleaner or richer ores and remodeling of furnaces permit of reducing the fuel consumption per ton of iron, and if better administration and in- creased output reduces the labor, superin tendence and interest per ton, a step in the right direction wil! have been taken 6 THE IRON AGB. September 25, 1884. WROUCHT. IRON Boiler Tubes, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Oil Well Tubing, Casing and LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, ROLLING MILL AND General Machinery. READING IRON WORKS. 261 S. Fourth St., P