The Iron Age 1884-10-30: Vol 34 Iss 18

2s wate i ad READING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS Published every Thursday Morning by Davi Writutams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXXIV: No. 18. New York, Thursday, October 30, 1884, $4.50 ¢ Pear, Znetuding Partaae. A New ren of Regenatdlire Furnace.* | at the junction of the acid and basic mate-|the case of an iad Siemens furnace. .| side-thrust, and also that these parts might | wale and large pieces of metal. The pieces, rial, Although we had thus to some extent sim- | be lifted bodily and removed for repair, and | up to 8 tons weight, are lifted by a crane I have pleasure in bringing to your notice} In the 2-ton furnace this difficulty was not | plified furnace construction, the part which | for giving access to the checker-work. The | and charged through the roof. A 3 to 4 ton anew form of regenerative furnace,in which | sufficiently met. The design was, therefore, | the casing and binding of furnaces played in | flues were also reduced to mere iron shells | piece takes about two hours to melt. A con- considerable departures are made from the| abandoned, and I designed (under Mr. | the first cost had been so forcibly brought | lined a single brick thick. The regenerators | siderable saving is effected. It was our usual practice of furnace-building. The fur-| Riley’s direction) another 2-ton furnace | under our notice, and so much trouble had | were placed in pairs, gas and air together, at former practice to break these rolls by blast- nace—which is the joint invention of Mr. having a movable bottom resting on a car-| been experienced by furnaces going out of | the ends of the furnace, and close to it. | ing with dynamite, at a cost of 12s. 6d. per James Riley and myself—presents several | riage, in order that repairs might be more shape, that we resolved to push the search | 'Small blocks were en dloyed for the intro- | |ton. The resulting pieces, from their size, novel features, and in its design we have/ quickly and easily executed, and that the | for improvement further. The circular form | duction of the gas pa air to the furnace, | were only worth 30s. per ton. The rolls are aimed at decreasing the cost of construction | separation of the acid and basic linings | was at-once looked to as a means of attain- | | built as shown in Fig. 8. These were used | now being melted at a total cost of 6s, 8d. and maintenance, and ut the same time re-| might be more complete. On estimating the | ing sameness of form in all the buckstaves |in order that the roof might be above all,| per ton for fuel, labor and fixed charges, taining, and even adding to, the good points | cost of this last furnace, we found, to our | and bottom plates, and of dispensing with ‘and easily removable, so as to faciliate the | } and are run into amarketable'pig of superior of the ordinary Siemens furnace. The new/| mutual astonishment, that it was actually | tie-rods and binders. We were the most in- charging of large pieces, and of pig iron and | quality. furnace does not in any way differ in prin- less than that of the first 2 ton furnace, not-| clined to favor this shape from its extreme | scrap in bulk. In passing, it should be men- This furnace has been quite successful in ciple from the Siemens furnace, but only in| withstanding the increased complication. | suitability for the reception of abasic lining. | tioned. that the roof and covers rest loosely | its working from the beginning, none of the construction and arrange- hitches usually looked for ment of the various parts. in new things having oc- Thus in the model before you Pe nraenn nent nnanwncererenenenns . curred. Some useful experi- —which is that of a 12-ton ence and a good deal of con- smelting furnace—there is fidence have been derived ; SJ > D a ow the melting chamber or fur- i - ‘Sg \vz aE YW) from its working ; so much nace proper, and four re- , ci i al See a so, that we are now proceed- ing with a 12-ton furnace, of which Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 show the design. It was at first thought that, as the flame does not travel along the roof, it would be possible to use common fire-bricks for the crown. These bricks be- gan to run in a short time, and had to be replaced by silica bricks. Shortly after the furnace started work, one of the gas regenerators got choked, owing to a care- less furnaceman neglecting to reverse. The cover was lifted, a few of the top courses of bricks raked out, fresh ones put in and the furnace started within threes hours, and with- out being appreciably cooled. _ee emptying and renewing wth inary Siemens cham- vel it usually must be completely emptied, no half measures being possible— the quickest time on record that I know of is 24 hours, and that is a remarkable feat.* The saving of time in repairs is thus not one of the least advantages in this type of furnace. There is ra) | | ttt. Tira Eee Spee LW fu ah iY sol generative chambers, two for gas and two for air. But in- stead of the furnace and re- generators forming parts of one structure of brickwork, they are separate from each other, and are contained in circular casings of wrought iron or steel plates riveted to- gether ; and not only are the regeneraters separate from the furnace, but they are separate one from the other, as shown by the model and the diagrams. From these it will be seen that the ar- rangement consists of a cir- cular furnace body, placed on a platform supported by girders, while the regenera- tive chambers are placed in pairs at each end of the fur- nace. The furnace is thus left entirely clear underneath, a condition of things which insures the bottom being kept cool, and lessens the likeli- hood of the charge breaking through. The regenerators, not being underneath the furnace, are out of harm's way in the event of a break SSS SSS SS N \ SSS ‘i sn 4 beeen yer yr be é som or a ESS —X&o out; and, further, it will be " a ‘ “ observed that the regenera- Fig. 2.—Sectional Plan of Heating Furnace. likely also to be less occasion tors have nothing but their for repair than usual. The — furnace has been at work own weight to carry, and can never get out of shape. The furnace is not supported in any way by the generators, and t his is a feature in the design which must commend itself, for a worse support than a mass of white-hot brickwork on which to carry the weight of a furnace and its load of metal can scarcely for too short a period to en- aon able us to give this assertion all the weight we could wish. It can only be said that after five months’ work the fur- nace is practically as good oa as new. The furnace is lined with 14 inches of silica bricks, S and the regenerators with 9 N inches of fire-brick work. be conceived. & The radiation is very slight With i exception of us- i indeed. The hand can be ing rs to separately i oreo ni ene Mteeg held within \ inch of the at e of the i oe iY ponnn eree iron easing without discom- products "of combustion i eg 1b oie? wena a. | ae (AS S fort. through the gas and air cham- o eT ieee ey Vs Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 show bers, nochange hasbeen made = «4 NW \ the design of the 12-ton fur- in the flue and valve ar- : \ \ nace to be erected at our rangements, It is very neces- ; “ i Fig. 5.—Longitudinal Section , Blochairn Works. The body S sary to be able to te the : \ has a 14-inch silica-brick wall relative amounts of the heated -fo} [e! of Regenerative Furnace, a built in an outer shell of ,%- gases passing through the re- Bess WAX ae \Y inch steel plates. The in- generators, because it is — ternal diameter is 11 feet 6 inches. ‘The roof is of silica bricks 9 inches thick, is dome- shaped, and is bound by a T-iron ring, so that there is no thrust on the furnace walls, and the roof may be lifted off or on in one piece. There being no blocks in the furnace, and no thick places in the walls, it is equally cool all round. The bottom rests on the common flooring plates, and the air has perfectly free access to these plates. The gas regenerators and the air regenerators are 6 feet 6 inches internal dia- meter, are lined with 9-inch fire-brick work, and have outside casings of ,°;-inch steel plates They stand loosely on the floor, carry the basic lining for use in Fig. 8.—Blocks for the Introduc- only their own weight, and the Siemens furnace. The ; . Pe f are only connected to the difficulties then encountered Fig. 4.—Section and Elevation of Regenerative Furnace. tion of Gas and Air. Fig. 4 —Cross-Section of Heating Furnace. furnace by the Batho tubes. gave rise to various changes They are provided with doors in design, which eventually A NEW FORM OF REGENERATIVE FURNACE, INVENTED BY MESSRS. DICK AND RILEY, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. at different levels for con- culminated in the form now venience in filling in or emp- bole ou. A 14-ton fur- tying the checker-w: rk, and aco of the usual type was used for the|An analysis of the costs showed that this The circular form once adopted, the transi-| on sand joints on the tops of the side walls. |have sight holes well above the floor trials The first trouble encountered arose | was due to the disposition and the difference | tion from the heavy, expensive and easily- | Owing to the difficulty experienced in hand- level, by which the condition of the in- from the excessive quantity of slag. This - amount of the cast-iron work in the two|cracked cast-iron casing to the shell of| ling so heavy a piece as the main roof, terior may be observed while the furnace difficulty Mr. Riley pespountely met by cae, This led us to originate the design | riveted wrought-iron or steel plates was an| it was found advisable simply to pierce it is at work. At their bottom parts they of the relative amounts of heat stored up in the different chambers. Without this sepa- ae oniee the tendency is or the gas regenerator to get more than its share of the waste heat, whois it is more n that the air regenerator be the nace in detail it may be of in- terest to show how aces ated, the more the steps are instructive. The design is really the outcome < <7 riments instituted by iley in 1880 at the New- wn Works of the Steel Com- a of Scotland, Limited, to etermine the ‘fitness of placing a een, higher level body of the ‘‘ Batho” furnace, as it | easy and natural step. The next thing was| with a central charging hole and use a sup-|are connected by iron plated flues lined han the tap-hole. bottom of such | is erected at our Newton Works. In this | to weet the furnace body independently pemscutary roof or cover. This arrangement | 3% inches thick with fire-bricks to the usual a large furnace ae troublesome and | furnace horizontal cast-iron girders, of the | of the regenerators. Being now freed from | left us free to adopt the one thing required | reversing and air and gas-valve arrange- expensive to keep in repair, mort es-| whole length of the body, are placed along sane notions in furnace design, it|to make the furnace perfect—namely, the ment. The two dampers already referred pecially as the best hese mixture had not at | the lines of pressure—i.e., along the sides | was at once that more than equal | Batho connecting tubes. These, it will be | to are shown, one controlling the gas cham- that time been positively determined. For | of the bath at the level of the metal, and | advantages would be obtained by treating observed, are shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and | bers and the other the air chambers. It this reason it was resolved to build a smaller | along the springing of the straight roof. |the regenerator chambers in the same way | our experience of them has been so favor- | will be observed that from the position of These girders are held apart by light cast- | as the body, end inclosing them also in cir- | ale that we intend to use them in all fur-| the floor line very little excavation is fore desi a 2-ton furnace for use in this | iron uprights. The whole furnace is self- iron casin The bricks, therefore, | naces of this class. An experimental fur-| required. work. It was of the common class, and, contained. and sits in a frame of malleable- | came to be simply as non-conducting | mace of 4 tons vapacity was erected at our| Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show a heating furnace with the exception of the slag-spout, con-|iron beams, and is well clear of the floor. | linings, and were not required to support the | Blochairn Works five months ago and has on the same principle. It is intended for use tained nothing new in the design. At'this | The cast-iron work was designed in such a| weight of any part of the structure, the | been in constant work ever since. For the | in our guide mill. The furnace bed is 12 x lime considerable difficulty was experienced that one pattern did for all the girders, | quantity soqueee being thus reduced to a| last four months steel of soft quality has been | 6 feet. Doors are provided on both sides, so from the fluxing of the lining of the furnace ad for all > uprights. This was a | minimum refinements followed, such | produced by it, 34-ton charges being got | — ee ee ee notable ¢ from the usual conglom- | as the building of the roof of the furnace and | out under eight hours by the Siemens pig- ook usually yo about a week to change the Chestee Mectian” at tthe the “British” Glasgow, at the | eration ifferently-shaped huckstayves, | the covers of the chambers in iron rings, in| and-ore process. For the last month the | cheoker-work in e Siemens furnace Istaitute. ee, tie-rods, &c., which go to make up order that the walls might be relieved of furnace has been used for melting up broken (Continued on page 5.) iThe iron Age 7 oo “* “@ (4 eee «= > PR 8 ‘ wl el a “tn 2 October 30, 1884, | THE TRON AGE. ANSONIA BRASS AND ———— So Seg a —— COPPER co. “"Metocnin, | A rae PURE COPPER WIRE, a ine | uanurscrvnens or 7 a OE ey , onan SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE — O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED , . } Washbur n & Moen Mf Co. ean GOPPER Waterbury Brass Co. German Silver and Gilding Metal, Established, 1831. oo $1,500,000 | ESTABLISHED 1843 Copper Rivets and Burs, Sheot, Roll and Plater’ Brass | Copper Electrical Wire, -Pins GERMAN SILV ’ Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire eee ’ COPPER RIVETS AND BURS,| Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &c. BRASS KETTLES, WORCESTER, MASS. t WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering. | MANUFACTURERS OF TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. | Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, O’Neils’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &e., — In— Ww. E,. DODGE Pres’t. G. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. A. A. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingot Copper, Anchor Brand ; 5 - in ai oor Rail, Brass ag5,| 18 Murray Street, New York. R. Or E Description. oo ers nt PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal Street, Boston. Z rae ’ i 19 & 21 COMM Street, POWDER FLASKS, 109 Lake Street, Chicago. NEW YORK. ee co — THOMASTON, Ot. WATERBURY. Ct. A SPECIALTY MADE OF Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Stella s Specialty. | =, GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, hoa ae x d B C GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE PHELPS, DODGE & CO., Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- rl geport rass 0,, ’ | MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, ing Goods. PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, 4 IMPORTERS OF D At TIN PLAT E, | 296 Broadway, Now York | WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, AND PUMP CHAIN. ROOFING PLATE, ee a eae a. Me ; — WAREHOUSES | So joy and wo Lake Seas mless and Brazed Tubing, f Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, POPE COLE & Co. ; ‘ - ’ | Copper and Iron Rivets. a fe Wren as SK Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Meta! Gvods. ManvracrTory, WaREHOUSE, - “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Wassheuin. 45 Fulton Street, New York, And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Manufactory, Nos, 1197, 1199, 1201, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1209 and 1211 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. ¥ BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, SCOVILL MFG CO) Oh S uses |Holmes, Booth & Haydens, HOWARD & MORSE, . ie OPPE on, cruREns ance ASS yen aon tomer amma |ygtarrae mn | BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH, Manufacturers of all kinds of PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. ROME IRON WORKS, | Brass, Copper & German Silver, Manufacturers of ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop-| .» 96 g COPPER WIRE, KK) AAR NYY KTERY) ah SHR Ra DEPOTS FACTORIES, German lver 419 & 421 Broome St., M. Y. Waterbury, Conn. per and Si Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. ’ = 177 es wee (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), Galvanised Arbor or Wire Fence, Guard: 83 Lake go. jummer House, or , No, ' COPPER & BRASS RIVETS BRASS & IRON RIDDLES, COAL AND SAND daibbiaeaesc" Iron and Steel Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Wire Cloth for Sugar, Milk and Rosin Strainers, Dutch Wire Cloth, Square Wire Smut Cloth Wire Bolting Cloth, Heavy Rolled Cloth for Malt Kiln Floors, Wire Work, Wire Fence, Railing and Guards, Also, Hand and Railroad Lanterns. AND BURS. Rome, New York. JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, BROWN & BROTHERS, — — _— | Wire, Zinc, Etc. 81 Chambers St., N.Y. Waterbury, Conn. | 5 ya ny DAVOL & SONS, 29 & 81 Cliff 8t., cor. Fulton, THE TRENTON IRON CO, (INCORPORATED 1847,) TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, New York Office, 17 BURLING SLIP, Phi adelphia Office, 21 NORTH 4th STREET, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRA COPPER AND Brooklyn Brass & Copper Oo. —Miwurecste ot STEEL AND IRON WIRE of ery Descpion, THE NEW HAVEN SS, gat Conper, "Sate, Lead Tin Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. COPPER CO., | GERMAN SILVER nee teen Mereee em Noe | } PASSAIC:ZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF SOLE MAKERS OF Im Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Pure Spelter POLISHED COPPER} = “"":2"™ Under Patent of T. James, Sept, 12, 1876. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND OUR jUNION TIE BEFORE FASTENING. —— OUR UNION TIE FASTENED. The use of Wire for Bale Ties has almost entire) rseded wooden hoops and rope, as it is DEALERS IN PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND OCUPPER RK HOUSE —— warranted to stand sco Ibe. my 402. CaS We found much stronger, as well as more economical. T eT es which we manufacture a hink, teed at vacuum w pressure and guaran Also for the best in the market, as they ae ae mode only from Special Steel. which has much eronter. ones strength than orainary Steel Send for,Circulars, Price Lists and Samples. BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, PATENTED TEMPERED SHANK,| GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. SILVER-PLATED, D Lat TABLE WARE, in rich oer MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 290 Pearl Street - NEW YORK. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. 111 LIBERTY ST. (24 Floor), NEW YORK. mscnase, 1Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., Sec'y & Tress. HOLYOKE, MASS., MAN FAOTURERS OF WIRE. WIRE ROPE HAZARD MFG CO s7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: Wile EeSsBARRE. Fa. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO, WIRE RO Pp = BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. ESTABLISHED 1837. INCORPORATED 1876, Waterbury Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Goods — IOWA BARB WIRE CO., Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. AlsoGUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. r= MANUFACTURERS OF IRON & STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St. St. Louis, Mo. 98 READE STREET, IOWA New York. a A. LESCHEN «& SONS, z ss ee eas 89 LAKE STREET, =a So = Tackle Stretcher. Canaaas 36 WIRE ROPE z nae & 905 N. Main &t., ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited ww. S&S. BESTE Y , MANUFACTURER BRASS, COPPER WIRE CLOTHS '/si#2% Iren ands Seoel L Locomotive F ra Wire po Gee. Wire Wis Bapere an i. Fon Boqedyr use. Coal NO. 86 SrectGe om . - NEW YORK. THE WIRE GOODS CO.. Owe Worcester, Mass. Bright Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Double-Pointed Tacks and Stap) es, Wire Picture Cord, Clothes Line Wire, Hand Rail Screws, &c., &c. Wires cut, bent, milled, st : htened and made to any desired shape Orders solicited from the Trade for the full line of Screw Eyes, &c., known as Hardware Wire Goods Quality guaranteed the best in the market Special articles made to order. 7 E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCKET, R. I., Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Od@ice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. * THE WIRE COODS CO., Worcester, Mass. A W. PARMELEF, Pres't ee ee Rc SECT ere ee | abet ey | Buyoeg dwey < CHREHE: I9. ENE THE IRON AGE. re ine) CAS ee SeOEIN, Manufacturers of TOD ELE ELLA LLELLLLEE Japanned, Brass, Tin Plate and Wood BIRD CAGES nal inventors n TL TD A = UL id \ LALLA LELLALLAAAAAALALLAE 254 Pearl St . - gh ~ ’ a : NEW YORK Miarket Steel Wire, Orinoline Wire, tempered and covered Also Patent Tempered Steel ae ——w constantly on hand. 234, 936 and 938 West 29th Street, ~ NEW YORK. IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. THE GAUTIER STEEL DE- PARTMENT of Cambria Iron Co., at Johnstown, Pa., de- sires to say to its patrons ULNA UED Ghee. that it has NO BESSEMER Foundry Riddles, Coke and SPRING STEEL TO OFFER CLEVELAND, - - - = OHIO. FOR SALE, as its entire pro- afl el duct of Spring Steel is of Pernot Open-Hearth, special stock, which is not put in competition with low-class imported or domestic Besse- MANUFACTURER OF FOR PRICES ON CORN POPPERS, SIEVES, WIRE CLOTH, &c., Scrub, Shoe, Whitewash and Other Brushes wm mer, in price or quality. THE BROMWELL BRUSH) 0; neaor vr. abo BaAmbons vv. ide anew e. LNo, 28s5.] leering iatiaceararicartiity & WIRE GOODS CO., CHARLES A. OTIS, President. SAM’L ANDREWS, Vice President. SAM’L A. SAGUE, General Manager THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. CINCINNATI. THE AMERICAN WIF WIRE COMPANY, Established 1819. DRAWERS OF IRON AND ~ OF EVERY newar7 wipe cuore co.(——__s™=@ WT FR EL orseterios TELEGRAPH AND TELEPH TELEPHONE WIRE. 87 Chambers 8t., 703 Market St., GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA, WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. Room 24, ‘Astor Hones Ottices, Room 2 arr at ‘1. Bank MANUFACTURERS “— a Wale Keene, CLEVELAND, OHIO. mx. PaTrmasom, Age - Brass and Copper Wire, HOWARD EVANS. WIRE CLOTH of every description, O° OO Double Selvage, Painted Wire Window Cloth. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, WIRE NETTING FOR FENCING, FOUNDRY FACING, POULTRY YARDS, &c., MOLDING SAND, Wire Rope for Mines, Elevators, Cables and FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Transmission of Power, J.A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA. WIRE CORDS FOR PICTURES WINDOW SASHES, &¢., &e. a ICORPORATED 1874. PATENT OFFICE. THE GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO., a2 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. ter csieesieleie of Iron & Galvanized Wire Sieves and Wire Cloth. ——— F. V. BRIESEN, 82 and 84 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. —o AMERICAN AND FOREIGN RPATEN T S Solicited promptly and at the lowest rates. WILLIAM MANN, AR. & CO. LEWISTOWN, PA., ESTABLISHED 1848. Tt" "INCORPORATED 1870. nanenenragne a WM. CABBLE EXCELSIOR WIRE MFG. CO. RED WAFTHRION 43 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, Power Loom Painted and Gal VYanized Window Screen, Wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, World's Galvanized Web Wire Fence, Galvanized Twist Wire Poultry Netting. Factories, Georgetown, Conn. iule Railings, we offer this Composite tea Railing at $1.50 per lineal foot, 3 ft. 6 in. high The Chilled [ron Ornaments’ are adios h Wrought Iron Kods, welding ey into one piece without joints, rust cannot enter and brac have large iron ous : at base.- into nd ‘Brass, Copper and Iron Wire Clot Adzes, Broad Hatchets, AND BRASS AND COPPER WIRE, SPANISH AXES AND TOOLS. Goal and Sand Screens, Riddies, &c. STEEL WIRE forall purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. COVINGTON, Sand and ‘Grain Riddle aE Cn LUDLOW- SAYLOR WIRE 60., BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. Yeo Ps Revolving Chair. Punch, zs FRED, J. MEYERS MFG. CO. Ky. Manufacturers of WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wro ght-iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialties. Catalogue and Price List. TTA my rn ' oN Seah a Oar tse C~< << —- B Spee : $2 SOS RSF Pa | W/TTENBERC $ SORBER STi! WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE:,, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, PLAIN ANY BARBED FENCING WIRE. Uuminated aw ‘re, THOMPSON McOOSH, President, BARB WIRE Barbs 3 inches apart stand in all directions, ACIING LIKE A NATURAL THOKN. Lightest Weight per Rod. Painted and Galvanized. Only one Agent ineachtown. Address TETORN WVIRE HEYDGEH coO., VIELDING STKEL BARB, “WICKWIRE WIRE CLOTH and WIRE GOODS, Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, “CORTLAND” AXES, BROAD AXES, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF h. Ec SCREEN Metallic Stove Sieve. ¥, K, aINC KLER, Sxc’r, National ire irgnCe Mayu a or Bfioh. Weather Vanes, Wire Sigs an Wire Cloth, Cheese Safes rushes, Counter Suppo. ta 12 Mention this Paper, JOHN 4 A, McoCOSH, Sec. and Treas, LIFTER AND CARRIER. NO DANGER OF CU TING HANDS OR TEAR ING CLOTHES. SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY Manufactured Solely by Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., BURLINGTON, IOWA. The above cut seqpenents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, Chamberlain & Miller, Western Agents, 89 Lake St., Chicago, Lil, KELLY STEEL BARB WIRE. We also manufacture extensively ROOF CRESTING, lron Fence, Railings, Stab‘e Fittings, BUILDERS’ SPECIALTIES, &e. J. BE. BOLLS c& CO., DETROIT, MICH., U.S. A. E BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF Mention this Paper CORTLAND, N. Y.. Coal Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. ae a re rw vane A - “72 we a Ge Of} © 0 1aR? ae ee WA ee > ef OTE er a Sapa Aiding en tnae ee me, ee =e be ee er } se SEB PR ORS Me ae 2. a |) - SE atari ett i ee eee na ° SESS ats = o— 4 THE IRON AGE. a October 30, 1884. Marshall Lefferts & Co., 90 Bechman &St., New York Otty, MANUFACTURERS OF OGDEN & WALLACE, 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New Work. Iron and Steel . orevery dweriton teeta coe | GlVaNIZed Sheet Iron, b Agents Sor Park Brother & Oe.%s Best Bloom, mer Refined and Oommorn. BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. Galvanized Wire T ph and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and ane tng ‘Grivanized Rod and Bar iron. OXFORD W. 0. Woon & CO, L'd)/AMEs P. WiTHEROW, IRON AND NAIL CO., Engineer _& Contractor Cut Nails Agent for the WHITWELL HOT BLAST STOVES All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constantly | Galvanised Nails, Galvanized Chain. Galvanized S Pp | K e Ss on hand. * SSS ai lal ——cnonkl ona | CORRUGATED SHEET IRON —— ‘ wii OVER 600 IN USE. Roofing, Plein or Fain RAN Sales Agen atime PIERSON & CO., ea ange a wa " pgs per ae Sreenilieen toes, | a h The following parties either have them in use or 24 to 27 West St., Cor. Morri ee i sa NEW YORK. anished Sheet Lron. | "3s: 0 est ol, Lor, Morris, SHEET IRON. Patented March 14th, 1865; April 8th, 1873 ; Dunber Furnace Co., Pe. NEW YORK CITY. Plate and Tank Iron, JOHN W QUINCY & CO. Sept. oth, 1873; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. x1, 1876. Pennsylvania Steel Co,, Pa. “PICKS” of all kinds, © No, i, 0. H. No, 1, C. H. No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, hs ” | Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the BH. Coleman, Keaton Pan “a Best Flange Fire Box, Cire 98 William St., New York, IMPORTED R A ‘| Davenport, Fa rbeire & Co., Pa ” . sa rnace .» Pa. ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, se DeaiarTaenD €” Anthracite, Charcoal, Scotch and USSIA IRON, = | Hasina Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. F i h Pj and at a much less price. Fina Iron Works, Oni B EAMS, ANCLES, Price list and quotations sent upon application. ng IS If ron. FOR SALE oy tt Co. a” T Ch | Sh PI a oe MWerals st Sactalty.” es by all the prineipal A. Camplyell & S015, Ohio, ees, anne S, eets, ates. FOX & DRUMMOND, eta eA ee ETA L DE A LE RS Cleveland Holling Mili Co, Obte All descriptions in stock. Meier Iron Co., Il). '/ HARRISON&GILLOON| METAL DEALERS) ccci THE UNITED STATES, | sinsnimn sige © Southern States C.. i. and 8 Co,, Tenn And at their Offec, Sewanee Furnace Co. ., Tenn. 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. hia iron Co. Za Zanesville. 0 SYRACUSE MALLEABLE WHFFLING NAILS IRON WORKS, Laughlin Nail Co., SYRACUSE, N. ¥ Junction Iron Co., HORSE SHOES. Mower and Reaper ditsitais Ww. K. RO Ss. 97 Chambers Street, New York. and Carriage Irons a eens Peadaiee. Manhattan Rolling Mill. Ww. B. BURNS, Proprietor, J * L E oO re A R D, 445 to 451 West St, 177 & 179 Bank St., IRON AND METAL DEALERS, * | 558, 560, 562 WATER ST. & 32, x4, 306 CHERRY SBT., NEW YORK, nave on hand, and offer for sale. the following : Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axios and Heavy position, Brass, IRON & STEEL. | _sRAiLway AND ROLLING MILL MATERIAL, ny as Wall Street, NEw YORK. WILLIAMSON & cO., t Iron ; also old Copper, Com JAMES 9 | Poon Pe wter, Zino, &e IRON MERCHANTS, sovtea!int siemens ; y.| BURDE N’S 190 SOUTH 8T | 365 WATER st, | NEW YORK. “A-R.M.CO.” SHAFTING| PIG LRO ‘ NORWAY,” “ULSTER,” “ CATASAU QUA” __No. 63 Wall 8t., New York. REFINED AND COMMON IRON, JULSTER IRON WORKS. BAND, HOOP AND RON STEEL OF “55 "xem. 90 Broadway, New York. TELEPHONE CALL, “‘ NASSAU, 379.” ? A. R. WHITNEY & CO.,| Tuckerman, Mulligan 8 Co OF AND DEALERS “Burden Best” lron and Steel DANIEL F. COONEY, lron PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS Ew TOME, “ Manufacturer of ee. | BOILER PLATES AND SHEET a Everson, Brown & Co.. [HORSE SHOE IRON, NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous Boller Iveta Angle & 7 Ion, Cat Kalle & Sp SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA., Toe Calk Steel, BAY BEATE TRON CO., Tank, Boller and Girder | Pie “OP .Works, Lebanon Rolling Hille, Crestor e . MANUFACTURERS OF Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. Plates. Co.'s celebrated Boiler Rivets eaeebees Bteel, 0| er iveis ShASagw Huge Wom Haile Fuss | © [Light Sheet Tron. |KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited. CaRNEGIE BROS. Gos Limited Iron and 1 161 BeeapwaY, ROOFING SHEET H. ertimny CSennels, © — d Shafting. C.W. LEAVITT &CO., NEW YORK. of all grades a specialty. a THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. NEW AND SECOND-HAND The Burden lron Company Prices quoted promptly upon application. Ir FR. Oo Iw "pot gpa oto ree RAILS, LOCOMOTIVES, AND, CARS. ee) erecting Iron Structures of ever descrip- AND SCRAP IRO Troy, N. Y. CORFUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, ibe hse Att df erst lication by maii. Sample pi fm ~ ‘applic on uplo places et ¢ ce. Please ad dress &8 8 Hudson St. New York. | Acencres: = errr aes. On ena te BORDEN & LUVELL, |~33- 4 yUDSON, |EGLESTON BROS. & CO., Importer of and Dealer in 168 poe suet } NEW YORK CITY. Commission Merchants,) scorch ano american Sf kédaiie 70 & 71 West 8t., Pig Iron, CA GREENE, — NEW YORK. Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, HH. B. _ & S. Agents for the sale of oe METALS. Fall River Iron Co.’s -cggee F K. ULSTER BAR IRON. AND PHIPPS & BURMAN’S eo ts Borden Mining Company's) WORSE CLIPPERS Am. & Eng, Ref'd Iron,Common Iron, &c Cumberland Coals. IN STOCK. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., VOUGHT & WILLIAMS,| JOHN BROWER, |IRON MERCHANTS sonnell, Botsford & Co., | Iron, Nails & Spikes. 5 Dey Street, NEW YORK. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. GEORGE ee ee Jn, Prest. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. . H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. T = ESE — Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA., VU. S.A., MANUFACTURERS OF THE . WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. Iron puna Sx ylights, See D Doors, Cornices MACE te, sae 81 Murray St., New York.| Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., oan mG eee aaah aaah mans NEW YORK ITY. . Cl C | C S |. DARLING, BROWN & SHARPE’ S$ Wau. H Watiace, We. Bispnam. E. C. WaLLace. passenger cars, except that the, ¥ = Ae same ed af ss danas — B bss w ay rucible ast lee 7s - ee .ee —TF avd y short time... speed peat perfect aney ill repay the cost of tite application within 288G ICH et, NEW YORK. ALWAYS IN STOCK @ very short time. proved ee a ee ee At Manufacturers’ Prices. application is instantaneous — operated from sees otictens Toate ond Gately Brabe | n- Its se those or pipe tall, & copies agsematioally. A GUARANTER be given costars cae ies! PATENT SUITS on the apparatus sold them. IMPORTED & AMERICAN), H. BELCHER, PIG IRON. _™ ans fea: For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, For cutting off the ante of Bolts and Ri on 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, 4 SPROLALTY. TRENTON, N. J. | sca Careers ae ir LEECHBURG IR IRON WOR CHARLES HIMROD & CO., +) Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., at CHICAGO AND DETROIT. Any size or style made at short notice, 534 St., below Lancaster Ave., KIRK FP ATRICK 4 «COC Limited, Philadelphia, Pa. PINs SsHEET me He ONS, — PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. Manufacture and bave always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Ohannels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Bye Bars, £0, PATERSON, N. J. ae ame Roem 45, Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. Ringers, 7<c. Rings, soc. to. Holders, 79¢c, Huskers. 1 eee BERING & QUINLAN. Exclusive nine nee m THE JERSEY CITY G. GALVANIZIN¢ G Ce Co., GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NIZING IN ALL ITS a hound, Square Band and RO WOOD %& C0, Philadelphia, DOVER IRON CO’S Cast Iron Pipe|\°" "ae BOILER RIVETS, | camp poste, Vaives, do. oo Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. Siew Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. | FULLER BROTHERS & CO.,/B | > |. ugated Sheet Iron # Specialty, Galvanized, Bisck and Painted. Irom Oorrugated for the Trade 139 Greenwich Street, New York. WORKS GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, W. 1 oFFice ASD WA EHOUSE, 98 JOHW STREET, NEW YORK p or jupt. seis’ © |? s ade. PK eer THE IRON AGE. 5 WILLIAM R. HART & CO.,| HENRY LEVIS & CO. | Haward J. Hitting, [mus a9) crmes smn! conned fom noms) TRO: baa | b from ars IRON, SPIEGELE Manufacturers’ Agents | avs saint seartesinain rm = = on i ot billets may be ar hs s “p side and PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, For Irom and Steel Raila, Car Wheels, Boller and Pig, Bar and Rallroad Iron. | “H°E=: CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY ART [100 iron girders, which rest on brick piers Stee Booms, Crop ads, Tia Plates 80.) snag, soa Sf Wes hugh endo teenttrte “| Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. |uruscs:sy isa: "eis from fis will as he oe MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, — Beet aniiey tk: Bas, Limited, run under it if necessary. It would be pos No. 224 South Third St. PHILADELPHIA, anatitenta aparece he arctan , The Allentown Iron Co. and the CATASAUQUA MFG, CO,’S eronsen rend Rolling Mill. Bar, Angle, Skeip and Sheet Iron. DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWBILL STREET, Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. connected by track with Cnak adenmane aie i tniate No. 9294 So, Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO. | PROME KEELEY & CO. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway FE'astenings, STREET RAILS. DRESS: . TS AD Successors to Luoyp & Linpsay SELLING AGEN von 3 ’ CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, > 28 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. | GN Chad SEE RON STREL and TRON RAILS, A and BARS, MA Cambria ron 0, Iron Ship and Bridge Builders’ Materials, Stee] | 824 HEMATITE IRON ORES. FIRE BRICK” OOAL 4 and Iron Shapes and Bars, Sheet [ron, Sheet Steel, | 824.COKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and of a ree &o. Examine and negotiate sales _ @eunn. uildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures, See 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Ethelbert Watts. a E. H, Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons, hiladelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. oo Philadelphia, y ETHELBERT WATTS & Co., E. H. WILSON & CO., Iron Brokers and Commission M Offices, No. 990 So. Third Merchant. sation ot domighings a lelueepeesaene ALES AGENTS FOR BROKERS AND DEALERS IN ea ANK CO., i IRON ORES, IRON AND STEEL. CROMWEEL VESTA FURN ACE, a Oh, MA RNACES, f PIG IRON, Mnesns. EVERETT & POST. Chicago and 8t. Louis, ’¢ PIG LEAD & SPELTER. Correspondence Solicited. a ry Op . CO., {IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS, 230 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLASGOW . score BESt Oe tcnoas eeckoe ba see aes tea 8 emble and Norway Foun iry and Forge Pig Iron. J a amg ag | Wyebrooke C. B. Ch al Pig Iron. ediaoe — and Sheared Plates, Angles and Red Short Pig [ron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. JNO. L. HOGAN. RICH'’D M. ELLIOT. MORRIS, WHEELER @& co,,;, HOGAN & ELLIOT, art & 413 WALNUT ST.,, FEEADGLE PHIA, THE PHCENIX IRON CO. 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Ffaming used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes fo Iron Bridges, REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and covery varicty of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarck St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE ct SHEHT IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, a 619 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Ordets golicited lly for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, ‘atk aiid Boot in a Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Lron, Correspondence eclicited. IRON, STEEL & NAILS. wwecue™| ,wuzores, | — IRON AND ORES, : ght and Cast N York ess, nicely yen ‘6 Coavr 6 Scrap, Iron and Steel Blooms REUBEN HAINES, and Billets. A ) Brier Hill Iro Xo. W. H.WALBAUM & CO.,) cmmmisr, 7)! 0 0.0 yee on : : . 738 Sansom St., Philadelphia. | Youngstown stecl C rth reo rs ir 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York, lysis of Ores of Iron and other Motals, | Hearth and Crucible purposes.. Connellsville Coke. Pig Iron and Steel. y of Gold and Low Phosphorus Bessemer Pig Iron a Specialty. Silver Ores. Water Analysis for Manuf’ing and Household Use. ANDOVER PIG IRON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTR No further orders taken for Grey Mottled Iron. 7 Andover Ohill Oarwheeils, \e ‘| TAYLOR--LANGDON GAS-ROASTED Each ais marked cota coe G4 inch to hg NEW AND CLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIC, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE noe & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand *“ Ulverston ;’ Malleable Pig Iron, brand * MOSS Y HEMATITE IRON ’ STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. A. Whit & 80 Also ho Lorn” Malleable Charcoal Iron and N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. BESSEMER ORE, F. A. Comiy, Treas. one Wamor Pesan Agent. Specially adapted to Seft Foundry or Highest 407 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Also Sole nts for the WHITE RIVER MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed 50 per Manganese. BABEOEJAS. ROWLAND & Co. Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, Grades of Mill Iron, J. WESLEY PULLMAN, de ££ MOHR, 407 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA. Sole Agent for NORTH BROTHERS, |Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, lron Founders, Lynchburg, Millcreek and Mt. LIGHT CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. Laurel Manufacturers of the N. W. Cor, 23d and Race Streets,| FOUNDRY & FORGE PIG IRON ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. PHILADELPHIA. CHARCOAL PIG IRON. | Correspondence solicited. 430 Walnut &t.. PHILADSLPHIA, PA, Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kenincon Ye *ts. cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a spetialty; also Rouhds, Squares, Fidts, Bands and Hoop ee PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. &c P. ROBERTS «cc CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. TESTED CHAINS, BRADLEE & CO., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, $16 Richmond 8t., - - PHILADELPHIA. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “‘D. B. G.’’ Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. OGiice, No. 26 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamo 7.w. Paxson & co., /(IMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO., MOULDING SAND, en 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, eh es” a Cumberland y Nails and Wrought lron Pipe, | = 43 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. | J. TATNALL LEA & CO.,, acim our )T e IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Buccessors to CABEEN & OO., BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS NATIVE SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND F STANDARD Z <r Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as low xX MINERAL, CHARCOAL FACING, LEAD FACING, as any of the same quality. We manufacture es XX MINERAL, ANTHRACITE FACING, RBIPDLES, SHOVELS, Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins [XL FACING, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. Rods, &c. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, Works at LEWISTOWN, FA. R Shafting, Fish Ba an Office: - - 2208. 4th 8t., Philadelphia, F Pa. ene etna aoe neh eet Dee Sot Aas, toe BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER, MINING & MFG co. ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, MANUFACTURERS OF 919 and 921 Chant St. 10th St. above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836, oU PERS. SEARS PIG TRON Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department fer the CHAROOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM same ones, |ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and end epplienees tor the rapid and ageurate enalysie of ED. Works at MILNES, PAGE Co., VA, Treasurer's Office, 132 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. 0 Slags, Limesto Fire Agents for sampling ores in New Yor ro HOFFMAN, PARRY & CO., Sales Agents, 208 South 4th St., Philadelphia. | palimprs’” Price liste on applicadon. ” * sible to move this furnace from one position to another without pulling it down. It may interest some of you to know that furnaces on this plan are likely to come into use for foundry purposes and for glass-making. The circular boc ly is peculiarly adapted for glass making purposes, where several men have to work around one furnace. The advantages of the system are briefly these : From the independence of the parts, from the fact that the brickwork has not to be made to support heavy weights, and from the simplified casings possible with the cir cular form, the amount of material required in the construction, the labor in erecting, and, as a consequence, the first cost, is re duced toa minimum. The cost of melting furnaces on this plan is less than three fourths of the cost of the common type of furnace of equal capacity. The repairs and up keep are slight. That this is not alto. gether a matter of belief is shown by the con dition of the 4-ton furnace after five months work, and by the case I have instanced of a speedy repair of a choked regenerator. In this connection it should be pointed out that a spare surface cover may be kept ; or, if this is not considered desirable, then, in the event of the roof falling in, the binding ring may be lifted off and placed on the floor, anew roof built in it, and the whole lifted bodily into place in the course of four or five hours, without specially cooling the furnace When a roof collapses in a Siemens furnace the structure has to be cooled down and centering put in on which to rebuild the roof. The roof of the new furnace is not, however, much affected, as it is removed from the cutting action of the flame. From a consideration of the form of the parts, and the manner of casing, it will be admited that the furnace is not likely to give trouble by getting out of shape. The lining of the furnace cannot readily drop in, as it is ‘‘arched” all round. It will be no- ticed from the plan that what are practically idle corners in a rectangular furnace are filled up. No partial vacuum can be formed there by the entering gases ; eddies are pre- vented, and the flame pursues an even course across the furnace, instead of clinging to the walls. Further, the furnace walls recede just where the flame is most expanded. For these reasons the lining is much less liable to cut than in the rectangular furnace. This statement is borne out by our experience. The whole surface is so open to the air that a break-out is not likely to occur ; but, should it happen, very little harm can be done, since there is nothing under the furnace to come to grief. As the regenerators are quite separated from each other, and as the gas and air tubes are also apart, there can be no leakage from one to the other, and, therefore, no combustion can take place ex- cept in the furnace. This is a very impor- tant point and rids us of a very pregnant source of trouble in the shape of undue wear and tear caused by gases burning in the ports and chambers. Being cased in tight- iron coverings, no cold air can be drawn into the regenerators or flues. Leakage in this direction frequently gives rise to much loss of heat. When the regenerators become choked, the covers may be lifted and the chambers examined separately before commencing operations. Any one chamber, or the fur- nace itself, may be cut out of the system, cooled down and repaired, without cooling or in any way disturbing the other parts. The saving of time in effecting repairs is very great. The removal of a few of the top courses of checker bricks will generally be found to put the regenerators in order. Compare this with the usual necessity of waiting till the whole mass of a furnace cools, and taking out the whole of the checker-work to get at those bricks on the top. It seems to me almost superfluous to point out the peculiar adaptability of this furnace for the basic process. It is not even necessary to use basic bricks, since the cir- cular body can be rammed with the same ease as a Bessemer converter. The easy and complete severance which can be made between the basic and acid lining renders the production of basic steel in the open- hearth furnace both possible and feasible. It is the intention of the Steel Company shortly to resume experiments in basic work- ing, and, with the new furnace, success is confidently anticipated. — a —_ Water Balances for Hoisting Coal.— It is stated that in many of the works of the great coal basin of South Wales water- balance machines are largely used for mines not more than 100 fathoms deep. In a dis- trict where there is plenty of water and free drainage, they work well. The car is placed in a cage over an empty water bucket, and the empty car on a similar bucket at the top; water is then made to flow into the upper bucket until its weight is great enough to cause it to descend, thus raising the loaded car, and, on the arrival of the full bucket at the bottom, a self-acting valve opens and the water is discharged, so allow- ing the process to be repeated. The buckets are made of %-inch boiler plates, circular in form, and holding about 2 tons of water ; the landing chain is balanced by a chain which hangs below each bucket, and guide chains are used to keep the buckets from striking each other when the shafts are not divided. A speed of 300 or 400 feet per minute is easily attained by this means, but for great depths the weight of the machinery renders the apparatus no longer economic al. _ LL - Searching the history of China for evi- dences of a stone age, Mr. Joseph Edkins finds that as far back as B. C. 2205, in the time of Yii, all the common metals are mentioned in a list of tribute offered the Emperor. Fifty years before the Emperor Shun had buried gold to make the people less covetous. A stone hatchet has lately been found near Kalgan in a mound 40 feet high. The mound and others in its neighborhood are said to resemble those of Ohio, and the hatchet is not to be distinguisied from those of the ‘* mound builders” in Ohio musuems. Arar -rewre « - womer “2 ee, aa Va athe 0? a A MPT MT IT A 8 ee ae ¢ * tT bi steel Dane on eeenantihmted tesa cae a e ie TSS Sees ST «3 en: ane ‘ aa ° Ue Swe! SY ae ee 6 THE IRON AGE. October 30, 1884, A. EX. MIcCNE A Ka, | U4ANSEN HERNSHEIM & CO.) WROUGHT IRON 16 & 18 Exchange Place, NEW YORK. 2 il T b BURLINGTOM, BW J- STEEL RAILS, BLOOMS AND wire rops,|SOlCr 1UDES, Bessemer, Scotch and Charcoal Pig Iron, . FERROMANCANESE SPIECEL IRON, SCRAP IRON, &c., &c. Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Oil Well Tubing, Casing and BRITTON IRON AND STEEL CO, | | ve pipe. MANUFACTURERS OF ’ ’ Tank, Bridge and Ship Pilates, BLACK AND GALVANIZED SHEET IRON. ROLLING MILL AND Works foot of Wason St., cor. L. S. & M.S. R. R.. CLEVELAND, O. Lh | General Machinery. CHARLES HUBBARD, oc “MT. 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