The Iron Age 1884-12-18: Vol 34 Iss 25

er 11, les, 4 ee, ARD, | a RE as NaS | LOW, OVE, &c,. ‘ | salty. als, makers). t friction). Varranted. ) Lead. Bei RT AND AXLES, us to quote the than any other ‘or price list. ASTENER, « No building disfiguring of dand loosened ger. Applied sten solid and e, Pa. TK, Sole Agents 10n. tory. } k CITY. f the ges, at The Iron Ag READING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS Vol. XXXIV: No. 25. The American Shipbuilding Company's Shears, at Philadelphia, Pa. The accompanying drawings show the general arrangement of a novel pair of shears designed by Henry H. Gorringe, of the American Shipbuilding Company, erected about six months ago, in Philadelphia, and in constant use ever since. These shears have a maximum lifting capacity of 150 tons, a swing of 36 feet clear of the wharf, and a life of 86 feet above mean-tide level. The stone foundation is laid in cement, and con- tains altogether 6962 cubic feet of masonry, weighing 522 tons. The back leg of the shears is operated by a screw working in a composition nut. The screw is made of the best mild steel, 614% inches in diameter, 40 feet long ; the nut is 27 inches long, and is incased in a cast-iron guide-shoe. The weight of the screw is supported by four movable bearings, two on either side of the nut, so arranged that the screw is always supported at least in two places. The thrust is taken up by a bearing with 10 com- position rings. The back leg is 30 inches in diameter and 134 feet from center to center, and is made of flange-iron plates ,’, inch thick. The circumferential seams are butt- strapped with ,’;-inch plates, and riveted with six rows of rivets. The back leg is sup- ported by a truss, as shown in the engravings. The front legs, or shears proper, are made of Phoenix columns 15 inches in diameter, formed of eight sections*and stiffened with steel rods, as shown in the drawing. The hoisting machinery is a windlass driven by demands more powerful lifting machinery | tin region under examinativun before my re- turn there from New York in the summer. | than hitherto erected in this country, and Commander Gorringe deemed it advisable to | The few fragments of the black, heavy min- erect shears powerful enough for ali purposes of modern marine architecture. ‘ aati e The Tin Ore of the Black Hills. Prof. William P. Blake writes to the Engi- neering and Mining Journal, relative to the Black Hills’ tin ore, concerning which a false impression is in circulation, originating in England, that it is only tantalite : In regard to the occurrence of the com- paratively rare and closely related minerals, columbite and tantalite, in the Black Hills of Dakota, and particularly at the Etta tin mine, it should be said that their occurrence in association or admixture with the cassi- terite or tin stone is exceptional. The great bulk of the tin ore is without the tantalic compounds, which are only occasionally seen. These compounds are interesting to science, and have been noticed for this rea- son, but they have no commercial impor tance and do not affect the value of the tin ore. They have not been at any time mis- taken for tin ore by any specialist who has examined the ores or the mine. The ap- pearance of the mineral is quite different from the tin ore. The tantalite or the col- umbite, or both, have a velvety-black color and luster, and yield a black-brown streak or powder very different from the charac- teristic powder of cassiterite This differ- ence is well known at the mines, These minerals do not interfere with the practical erals other than tinstone that I obtained last year before the mine was opened were not sufficiently defined in crystallization to justify conclusions respecting their nature, and it was deemed best to wait until [ should New York, T hursday, December 18, 1884. separated by hand. It also appears to be stanniferous. There are other iocalities that will be noted hereafter. Even if there should be traces of columbite or of tantalite in the black-tin concentrations, it would not be hurtful to the tin. The mineral is decom- | posed, in part at least, by fusion with Published every Thursday Morning by Davi Writuirams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter, $4.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. sparingly in one place only, and can be | trace of tin was discovered. In the earlier efforts to find new localities of tin ore, after the true nature of the Etta ore had been shown, the country was overrun by prospectors, most of whom had no knowl- edge of tin ores. Locations were made right and left on ledges of granite in which or- dinary black tourmaline could be seen. The return to the mine and secure better material! potassium cyanide, with the separation of | whole summit of Harney Peak was thus Fig. 1.—Side Elevation. °° oo’ Fereseos® 9 eo0eeoee0 ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY-TON double engines, with cylinders 12 inches in diameter and 14-inch stroke, supplied with steam by a boiler 54 feet in diameter and 12 feet high, carrying go pounds pressure. The windlass is designed to operate simul- —— or separately six barrels, and is provided with very efficient brakes and low- ering gear. The main purchase is composed of six parts of 1%-inch stud-chain rove through threefold iron blocks. Besides this, there are two smaller single purchases, each capable of lifting 10 tons, for use in masting vessels and handling comparatively light articles. The strains are computed for lift- ing I50 tons, with the factor of safety of not less than 5 in every essential part. The increasing size and weight of marine steam engines and boilers, and of ordnance, SHEARS, working of the tin ores, This explanation is necessary, inasmuch ag, according to the metal circular of one of the leading London tin houses, the impression has been produced abroad that the reported tin ore turns out to be only tantalite. This is a mistake. The tin ore is a well- known substance by this time, even among the prospectors who, perhaps, never saw tin ore before the Etta discovery. The specimen that Professor Schaeffer analyzed was sent to him through the post-office by Mr. Thomp- son, the superintendent of the Etta Mine, last spring—not as tin ore, but as a mineral different from the tin ore, the nature of which the superintendent desired to know. This was done without my knowledge, and while I had the various minerals from the Fig. 2.—Plan. ERECTED AT THE AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING before having analyses made. Water-worn fragments from some of the stream deposits of similar minerals differed considerably in their specific gravity and apparent composi- tion, and, while the presence of wolfram was originally suggested, it was pointed out, in this Journal, that the mineral in question was harder than wolfram and had a lower specific gravity. The absence of wolfram from the tin ore-bearing greisen was also stated, and this has been confirmed by the investigations this summer. The tin ore of the Etta Mine, as well as in other lodes, is remarkably clean and free from any hurtful ingredient. The arsenical compound, resembling leucopyrite, does not occur in the greisen rock with the bulk of the ore, and will not affect it. It occurs COMPANY’S YARDS IN globules of tin. In the numerous fire assays that have been made of the black-tin con- PHILADELPHIA, PA located and recorded, and extravagant es timates were made of the astounding quan centrations from the Etta, the tin buttons | tites of tin ore standing in cliffs 1000 feet not only show a satisfactory percentage of metal, but are remarkably clean and pure tin. Neither tantalite nor columbite has been found to interfere with the reduction of the metal. So also the black tin obtained at the New York Metallurgical Works by Mr. Riotte from large consignments of the ore from the Etta has been smelted without dif- ficulty. Samples of the raw black tin con- centrates assayed 61.8 of metallic tin, and a roasted sample yielded 70.5 per cent. The metal circular before referred to also states, what is undoubtedly true, that sam- sles from Dakota represented as tinstone Sone been seen in England, in which not a , high. Again, brown garnets and staurotide are frequently mistaken for tin ore by the uneducated eye. All this is to be expected in a newly-found tin-bearing region, but it does not impair the value of the true tin bearing lodes, of which many are already known and are now developing by the Har- ney Peak Tin Mining Company, which own the Etta Mine, [tis not my purpose at present to report the results of the summer’s work. The minerals collected for examination in the laboratory are still on the road, but hundreds of ccmmercial assays made on the spot leave no room to doubt the extreme richness and value of the tin ores, . — aa OO aera hee, eh (Uhhh + ’ s Be %«. JAD Vee UNWUD!hlUCPlCe ee ind oe er es SS Ct = » aoe awe. « 8 he Se © SS eee ee UL” CUP Oe ee ST ee ~~. } ' | t Saleem aie ‘wrUArm RATE ®t i ee nv Fee ~ ——— —=— & = 9 THBEIRON AGE. December 18, 1884, ——————_— PHILIP L MOEN, President and Treasurer. CHAS, F. WASHBURN, Vice President & Secretary, WASHBURN & MOEN MANUFACTURING CO, Botabuiehes : 1831. WORCESTER. MASS. The Piume& Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Es Wie GES ea Rogers Kerosene Burners, | Rc eee MRR Et Lamp Trimmings, &c.|@ & ; ee catisetie sete tak = 18 Murray Street, New York. || 13 Federal Street, Boston. ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. O’NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER. Seamless Brass and Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, O’Neits’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &e., —IN— Waterbury Brass Co. ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, CERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, 7 ee Deep, W.E, DODGE as an LO nice Pres’t. Qa, P. Cf yWLES, v.-P. and Treas. A.A. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingot Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. 19 & 21 Chm Street, POWDER FLASKS, | 109 Lake Street, Chicago. pes ae , i ’ acto NEW YORK. Sth Coie Se eee ae. ao | euomaneen ot. | WATERBURY, Ct. IRON and STEEL. WIRE, And small Brass Wares of eve ee ee Pant Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire meee ben Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a pecialty. n ae 5 ROLLER fn. 4 in., cut te any Owners and excip WIRE RODS o oD Cine Round [ro: e Operators of the PA ENT CONTINUOU . h Or WELD ‘at 7 GE & C0 emebaceree Si Brid e ort Brass Co oe as duci tr Steel pe Mfg po prod jucing [ron or sna teel WIRE, ip %s Line of Sport- § p 89 | cotls of 100 pounds, without smam . nt 1S ra Market PHELPS, DOD eens ae eee. athe, Yl Ranelod ce aera Wirt ioneentbr: Sopered Fa ate fogs ba ts g Holt, Bere, Rive Back RS OF " anufacture of ‘Card Clo 3 Caner Broom Wire and Tinned-piated Wire of ail Pecialty is made of ac. Mocktners, Gon danow ore inp Spiral Spring Wire, and Refined Wire to Pattern for particuiar purposes, from selected stamps 0 of Norway en “ak ik pec oe ATERBURY, | Sheet and Roll Brass ea k. WATERBURY, ’ Any grade of Wire furnished, Annealed Bright, Polished, Coppered, Galvanized or Tin Plated. Wire furnished T i N eS L A 7 E, 296 Broadway, New Yor a : Straigntened an ong Cat $0 cay length. Steel Cs BS ne At ‘atent Linen finish. pusfvated Steel Music 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Conn. Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, Wire. Stee) Sain Te ha Brie” Markt Sie = _ en ns — | Chicago, 107 and 109 Lake St. ROOFING PLATE, Bheet Iron Copper, Pig Tins Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. 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 pase to putting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Good MANUFACTORY, | WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. * NATIONAL WIRGZ AND LANTERN WeAKL,” POPE,COLE & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Yanufactory, Nos, 1197, 1199, 1201, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1209 and 1211 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y HOWARD. & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH, Exclusive Manufacturers of the SCOVILLM MFC co B te A 2AS Ss, ty cousin NEW YORK, BOSTON, Also Cakes, of unequaled ug hness. HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. es, of unequaled purity and 25 Fark Piace, 68 Dedevel Gt 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, Wire Cloth, partly No. 16 Pattern, Drive Way Gates. unrolled. DEPOTS FACTORIES, 194.421 Broome St,¥.Y. Waterbury, Conn, | = DOF and German Silver late, theme oe Sees i7F feambesth. tele New Haven, Conn. (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), ’ York City. ‘83 Lake St., Chicago wes | COPPER & BRASS RIVETS BRASS & IRON a AND BURS. Rome, New York. JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Agents for Broeklyn Brass & Copper OCo., Dealers in Wire Work, Wire Fence, Railing and Guards. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, Pres., WM. HEWITT, Vice-Pres., JAMES HALL, Treas,, E. HANSON, Sec. Tae TRENTON IRON Co., MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE. DICKERSON, Mn DUSEN & C0. Tin Plate, Pig Ta, Shoat iron, Copper, BROWN & BROTHERS, 29 & can ius 81 Chambers St., N.Y. Waterbury, Conn. DICKERSON & CO, Liverpool NEW YORK. ae -w HAVEN DRASS, COPPER AND THE NEW HAVEN COPPER CO., | GERMAN SILVER SOLE MAKERS OF Im Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, POLISHED COPPER} = “™""."™ J Sept. 12, 1876. j Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1 Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN PATENTED 8 HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibe. pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich esigns. Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Spelter FOR Cartridee Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE, MASS., MAN FAC\URERS oF ; Bre I ee Pl.ns and Estimates for Suspension Bridges Rcaieked on Application. Works and Office, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. pi etetelghte Office, 21 N. Fourth St. Chicago OMice, 170 Dearborn 8S WIRE ROPE HAZARD M*F¥'c CO. WAREROOMB : s7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: WILEKESBARRE. Pa. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE £0, ‘WIRE ROPE BRODERICK& BASGOM ROPE Co. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON & STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St. St. Louis, Mo. A. LESCHEN -.& SONS, Manufacturers of Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. 290 Pearl Street - NEW YORK. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. H. 8, CHASE, Sec’y & Treas. ESTABLISHED 1837, INCORPORATED 1876, Waterbury Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Goods Iowa Barb Wire Coa., 98 READE STREET, EASTON, 89 LAKE STREET, Pennsylvania. Chicago, (il, Bright, Goppared Annealed and Tin Plated. AlsoGUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. New ‘ork, M ANUFACTURERS OF BARB WIRE. THE WIRE GOODS CO. or Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope. 903 & 905 N. Main St., ST. LOUIS, MO, Correspondence invited. wa. Ss. ESTE Yy, E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., Brignt W we » Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Double-Pointed Tacks and Staples, Wire Picture Cord, Clothes Line Wire, Hand Rail Se rews, &c.,&c. Wires cut, bent, milled, straightened PAWTUCKET, R. I MANUFACTURER OF and made to any desired shape. Orders solicited from the Trade for the full line of Screw . ae act OF BRASS, COPPER Eyer. &c.. known as Hardware Wire Goods. Quality guaranteed the b bh B ht Wi G ) c, Me. buown a0 Basdwere Wi ye e best in the market. * brig’ ire Goods, Belt Hooks, oem, GALVANIZED 2 = ING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. EEL WIRE, A ( ie AND GRADES Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A, HAINES, Selling Agent, Iren and Stock Lpcometive Spark Wire Cloth. Riddles ter Export and Found Ceal reeus. iron Bolting Clota. Wire Work avery descript ion — NO. 86 FULTON sT., ; - - NEW YORK. THE WIRE COODS Co., Worcester, Mass. A W. PARMELEE, Pres't P shtee as ast SR ee EE 7 is On, c. oS a Serr 1 do bos Sunt CN Se December 18, 1884. TD) Eh th ee Ne ES 3 2 0, LINDEMANN & C0., | CARY 2. MOnN , | : ed ae Japanned, Brass, | 4 \\ Tin Plate and Wood LM a , le » CAGES Original inventors and patentees of : Revolving an er Stand. Wrought- iron Fence, Chair. Punch. zs FRED. J. MEYERS MFG. CO, COVINGTON, Ky. Manufacturers of WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialties, Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. WAALS. WRAP ELLE LARK ELLE LAL LAD Cte may solder. 254 Pearl 8t., NEW YORK. or PLM WWVSIIISIIIIS S. ERLE ALLA LELEADL r VEU EU LALELELELEALAAALLAL LEA iA c i JhurKet Steel Wire, Urinollme Wire, tempered and covered Also Patent Tempered Steel ee —_— ree on hand. . HITE | 234, 236 a 236 and 238 West 29th | Street, NEW YORK, Sand and Grain Riddle. IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, | cima dn 3 BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. yuu a Saat qT HIE fy Worcesten, ee ee LD LUDLOW- SAYLOR WIRE C0., Tr. LOUIS, MO. oS SSS SES c ' SEES Sosos Sos Hf = SS | | STEEL HARROW TEETH, | Round, Square, Diamond, Oval, —— or — MANUFACTURER OF EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES. Steel, Iron, Brass and Copweer — for COAL and ORE SCREENS, Flour Mills, Paper Mills, and Maltsters, 754 to 758 ST. CLAIR ST.. CLEVELAND, OHIO. OO aX ww SO) WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, PLAIN AND BARBED FENCING WIRE. j =A BOXXX) xy) RRND KK FOR PRICES ON CORN POPPERS, SIEVES, “eo W. P, SUMNER, Pres. F. R. MINCKLER, Szo’r, cat a ee NationalWire &lronCe. \ Scrub, Shoe, Whitewash and Other Brushes. Seeraty, hammer saat Iron Stairs, Iron Shutters, Roof Cresting, Weather Vanes, Wire Sigas Illuminated Sidewalk Tile, Wire Counter Kallings, Wire Cloth, Cheese Safes Wi oo nee Fences, Stable Fixtures, Casting Brushes, Counter Suppoita, Coal Screens, &e. Sand & ta’Bend for Ushaloguc. ti-> Mention this Paper, THOMPSON MoOOSH, President. JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas. BARB WIRE “carrer. GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT apnemes of Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, Pa. New Vo Office : Chicago Office: Philadelphia @ffice : THE BROMWELL BRUSH | 104 Reape st. 100 DEARBORN ST. 523 ARCH ST. & WIRE GOODS CO., : fail CHARLES A. OTIS, President. SAM’L ANDREWS, Vice President. SAM'L A. SAGUE, General Manager. THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. NO DANGER OF CU1« CINCINNATI. THE AMERICAN WIR R TING HANDS OR TEAR IRE COMPANY, as Established 1819. DRAWERS OF SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY nn ‘|TRON AND AND OF EVERY DEWITT WIRE CLOTH C0.\__— sree. WOT FR EE otscttervos : TELEGRAPH AND “AND TELEPHONE WIRE. Manufactured 87 Chambers St., 703 Market St., GALVANIZED, TINNED Dc NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND COPPERED WIRE. itsiebe ruremWIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. [paTeNTeD.] {UFACTURERS 2 or Ho ESTERS OF¥ICE MANUPACeTRED noon 5s Geers CLEVELAND, OHIO. = *™ ty nant Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., __©.Paimes Agent. = 7 i PAST ERAON, AGERE, BURLINGTON, IOWA Brass and Copper Wire, WIRE CLOTH of every Jescription. HOWARD EVANS. ge a ao ao "~~ MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach ®t. PHILADELPHIA, The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. Chamberlain & Miller, Western Agents, 89 Lake St., Chicago, Ill. KELLY STEEL BARB WIRE. Double Selvage, Painted Wire Window Cloth, WIRE NETTING FOR FENCING, POULTRY YARDS, &c., Wire Rope for Mines, Elevators, Cables and Transmission of Power, WIRE CORDS FOR PICTURES WINDOW SASHES, &., &¢. PATENT OFFICE. F. V. BRIESEN, 82 and 84 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS Solicited prenyty and at the lowest rates. WILLIAM MANN, IR.. g c0. LEWISTOWN, PA., | ESTABLISHED 1848, °°” °°». INCORPORATED 1870, as WM CABBLE EXCELSIOR WIRE MFG. CO., WIRE CLOTH and WIRE GOODS, RE Ion j Oar 43 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, “CORTLAND” Dish Covers, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF Corn Poppers, AKES, BROAD AXES, Brass, Copper and Iron Wire Cloth, | Wwe sce "Flour Si Flour Sieves Adzes, Broad Hatchets, | AND BRASS AND COPPER WIRE, i t SPANISH AXES AND TOOLS. | Coal and Sand Screens, Riddles, &c. Incorp’d 1874. E Gilbert & Bennett Mfg. Co. 42 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK, Estab d 1818. TH 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 THORN WVIiRE HEYDGEH CoO., CHICAGO. ILL. ROOEF CRESTING, lron Fence, Railings, Stable Fittings, BUILDERS’ SPECIALTIES, &e. J. . BOLLESsS c& CO., DETROIT, MICH., U. 8. A. Send for Catalogue. Mention this Paper “WICKWIRE BROTHERS, “CORTLAND, N. Y., MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF a lron & Galvanized Wire Sieves anu Wire Cloth. Power Loom Pointed ond Galvan- ized W'ndow Screen Wire a. Galvanized Wire Cloth for Dryi Fruits, Warld’s Galvanized oD Wire Fence, Galvanized Twist Wire Poultry’ Netting. Factories, Georgetown, Conn. D'to O cheap Railings, we offer this Composite ional Railing at $1.50 per lineal foot, 3 ft. 6 in. high The Chilled tron Ornaments are poured on to the Wrought Iron Rods, welding hep ‘without joints, rust cannot enter. The posts and brace: have large jron flange at base.. You can set this fence into ground saumneit Stone foundations are not neces- sary, so that ee $1, 50 per lineal foot covers the whole WIRE CLOTH. Metallic Stove Sieve. %2 FATTO ' a ae ~~ = Tere es ow > 7”. ‘(ee wense <P ee ee ee eS en lS MEE LE, TE Ma EE > ~~. > - + ._-_ SOR ATE Bear oe ree ee ree ee CT: FS ee ree See > wy cl 4 ‘ ai? eS t : 7k 4 + za. THE IRON AGH. December 18, 1884, O X FORD. 0. wooo & c0., 11, 24MES P, wiTHEROw, IRON AND NAIL CO., 4 Engineer & Contractor, Cut Nails a Agent for the AND WHITWELL (= HOT BLAST STOVES OVER 6OO IN USE. OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co.. 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. 90 Beekman St,, New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF [ron &* Steel galvanized Sheet Iron, Of every description kept in stock Agents for Park, Brother & Co.’s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. “> , eer rs Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized f () ae Hoop and Band Iron, Gulvanized Ro’ and Bar Iron, Tm BI AC K | )I A M N Ss I I Galvanized Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron S P ] kK i S All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con Pipe. 2 : sant om hand CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. P] F R SON & 6 0 Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common 7 SHEET IRON. 24 TO 27 WEST ST., Cor. Morris, ry. ~ : PLATE AND Tank Iron, PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81,83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK, The following parties either have them in use or ander construction : Cedar Point Iron Co., N. ¥ Dunbar Furnace Co., Pa. Crane Iron Co., Pa. Pennsylvania Steel Co., Pa. Neshannock Iron Co., Pa. Patented March r4th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. 11, 1876. R. H. Coleman, Lebanon, Pa, New York City. Beet Fi Guaranteed full lin all C. No.1, C. H. No. 1, C.H, No.1 Flange, Best Flange, ed fully equatlin all respects tothe | Chester Rolling Mill Co., Pa. Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. IRON AND METAL DEALERS, ) Tm reo y Davenport, Fairbairn & Co., Pa $58, 560, s62 WATER ST. & x2, x4, 36 CHERRY 8T..| IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON ’ Paxton Furnaces, Pa. » rau Spearman Iron Co., Pa. NEW YORK, and at a much less price. nave on hand, and offer for sale. the following : Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy Wrought Iron ; also old Copper, Composition, Brass, Lead, Pewter, ZAne, &e. BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. Etna [ron Works, Ohio. Milton Coal and Iron Co,, Ohic. Winona Furnace Co., Ohio. Moss & Marshall, Ohio. FOR SALE By all the principal ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF Iron & Steel IRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. 7 Price list and quotations sent upon application. COMMON & REFINED IRON, en eee : oops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, FOX & DRUMMOND Horse Shoe, Nail Rods, j Steel, &c. | RAILWAY AND ROLLING MILL Orders promptly filled from stock , an. MATERIAL, ABFEL BROS GS Wall Street, NEW YORE. "3 JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., IRON MERCHANTS, | cores axo aanzsscas ease, | aw LONE. Lik ate PIG IRON, ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF A. Campbell & Sons, Ohio Hocking Valley Lron Co., Ohio. METAL DEALER S| sercmtieling mice. onte North Chicago Steel Co., IL. Union Iron and Steel Co., LLL Means & Culbertson, Ky. Ashland Furaace Co., Ky. Norton Iron Co., Ky. Southern States C.. L and 8S. Co., Tenn In the Large Cities throughout THE UNITED STATES, And at their Office fice, Sewanee Furnace Co., Tenn. 111 Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa,| dnote Con Zaasevtis o"™ OM ~ ai Sloss Furnace Co.. Ala. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON WORKS, SYRACUSE, N. Y. WHEELING NAILS. Laughlin Nail Co., W. K. ROSS, Mower and Reaper Castings SOLE ACENT, “Burden Best” No. 63 Wall 8t., New York. Iron “ NORWAY,” “ULSTER,” “CATASAUQUA,” |, _ Wises REFINED AND COMMON IRON, |'Uxster Iron ORKS, SAND, TUEE OF 445 KINDS. | 90 Broadway, NEW YORK. and Carriage Irons a 97 Chambers Street, New York. STHEL OF ALL KINDS. TELEPHONE CALL, ** NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & €0,, Tuckerman, Muuican & Co MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN lron and Steel DANiet, F. COONEY, BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, . ch ‘ 4 LAP-WELDED BOILER FLUES, PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merchant Lron and Bollor Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. Boiler Rivets. Spectity. Manhattan Rolling Mill W. B. BURNS, Proprietor, J . LEO N ARD, PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS | 445 to 451 West St., NEW YORK, 177 & 179 Bank St., Everson, Brown & Co.., MANUFACTURER OF SECOND ave., pirtspuRGH, PA; HORSE SHOE IRON, THE BURDEN IRON CO. AGENCIES: Please address §8 Hudson St. New York. | PARDEE CAR & MACHINE WORKS. BORDEN & LOVELL, B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in Commission Merchants,) scotch ano american NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous Agency for Glasgow Iron Co., Jos L. Bailey & Co. Steel Plates. , oi ra Pine tron Works, Le on Rolling Mills, Chester TROY, N. —. MANUFACTURERS OF Toe Calk Steel. Rods, Ovals, Half Oval d Fl ‘ | Pipe and Tube Co., Albany & Rens. Iron and Steel _ = 6 Ca tee : 0 S, va S, a vals an als. aa IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder | ("5 celebrated Boiler Rivets; Homogeneous Steel. L s ht Ss . ates. il a Fire-Box Plates. h i imi BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates, | POUT SNS TUC TOS UNOS ___ U Ss T & mt ig ee FON. | KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, GLASGO 3K, WORKS. Boiler Flues. , w’ RNING. A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. C, W. Leavirr. Epw'p Co ROOF! N G SH E ET Mavutfacturers of oa : ‘ : 161 BROADWAY, CARNEGIE BROS. & CO., Limited, Iron and | AND f all 3 Steel Beams, Channels, Shapes and Shafting. ots +» NEW YORK. a of all grades a specialty. H. P. NAIL CO 's Steel Wire Nails. | NEW AND SECOND-HAND BURDEN’S Prices quoted promptly upon application. 2 Fe <> TRI THE CHESTER PIPE AND IBE CO. ‘ Plans and estimates furnished and contracts RAILS, LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- PIG AND BAR IRON, OLD RAILS AND SCRAP IRON. 8 . ' Pittsburgh Pa tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, ' at 3 * on application by mail. Sample pieces at office, | es.) ATWOOD HEMP CAR WHEEL CO., Also Best Grades of Bonnell. Botst Botsford & Co... Co ‘ . °% American & English Refined Iron. Ali sizes and shapes in stock EGLESTON BROS, & CO.. Fe RON, MLS AND SPIKES Iron Buildings, Roofs, Shutters, Doors, Cornic Skylights, Bridges, &c, manaaee 70 & 71 West St., EPrigsgg TFOD »| 366 south.) new vork city, | “oseuey OX BRIDGE AND Roor co., YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. L. N. LOVELL, cqxeninsiecicctenallc ind ieadbscecilaedieaediicentiieacteatcocinieinnceitiiiaaansiniiieee SO TN Te - EEK — NEW YORK. Wr ught & Cast Scrap Iron GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr, Prest. § JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. | T. W. WELSH, Supt, § ; | WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., a W. W. CARD, Secy. ? Cc. A, GR H. i yREELAND Agents for the sale of OLD ME I ALS. Fall River tron Co.’s Nalls, |... . 459 water St. K Bands, Hoops a Rods, 233 & 235 South seat NEW YOR . AND PHIPPS & BURMAN’S Borden Mining Company's HORSE CLIPPERS IN STOCK. ___ Gumberiand Goals. _| VOUCHT & WILLIAMS, JOHN BROWER, IRON MERCHANTS Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK OITY. Wa. H. Watiace, Wa. BispHam. E. C. WALLACE 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. DEALERS IN MACHINERY, TIRE AND NEW YORK. SPRING STEEL. ine peemrene ncaa enema ial INTS F : 3.” 7? e Automatic Freight Brake is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic B ae i ee oe CH ESTERMAN S passenger cars, except that the various parte are 80 combined as to form practically ous po mechanism, and is sold at a very low price. The saving ir -cidents, flat wheels " ee Ee ane tte 7 ving in accidents, eels, brakemen’s wages a very short time. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. The *“ Automatic” has proved itself to be the must efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on ae ee a carriages, wagons, harness, etc. Ask for them | *PPlication is instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and should the where you buy your hardware, or send for cir. | ‘Tin Sopasate, or hose or pipe fail, it applies automatically. A GUARANTEE is given customers lar and price list. against loss from PATENT SUITS on the apparatus sold them. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within Clay Crucible Cast Steel. METALLIC & STEEL TAPES, ear di ew wv - SURVEYORS’ LAND CHAINS, 288 Greenwicn Street, NEW YORK. STEEL RULES, &. IMPORTED BY IMPORTED & AMERICAN WM. H. BELCHER, PiQ@ IRON. _ °c LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON,,, YM. McFARLAND, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, iron and Brass Founder. a SPECIALTY. TRENTON, N. J. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., Chilled Gast Wire Dies a Specialy CHICAGO AND DETROIT. Any size or style made at short notice, PASSAIC RQLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Ohannels, Angles, Teca, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &o. PATERSON, N. J. Roem 45, Astor House, New York. 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, LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & Cco., LIMITED, Manufacture of all Grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovei, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 4143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa, ~ CHAMPION BROWN'S HOG RINCER RINGS and HOLDER. e | RINGER and RINGS. 523d St., below Lancaster Ave., Philadeiphia, Pa. —_—_— —— . Cc R.D. WOOD & CO., PHILADELPHIA, ‘ Manufacturers of Cast Iron Pipe FOR WATER AND @AS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants, 400 CHESTNUT STREET. HOC AND PIC Only double ring ever > ; Only single Ri i invented. The only EAGLE BILL rf the marker that aiees CORN HUSKER, Ring that will effectu- on the outside of the iuan us Eheoe is the best Husker in the hose. No sharp points pointe in fa market. Farmers say it ass. isthe best. Use no other. Ringers, 75c. ings, soc. 100, Holders, 7c. Huskers, 1c. in the nose to keep it sore, CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON COS CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, I. Joum J. BPOWERS, President. ALEXANDER BURNS, Manager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Galvanized Sheet Iron—Best B10°m, Best Refined, Common. GalvaMized Round, Square Band and Hoop Iron, &c., &c. VARIETY METAL BOOM. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. — HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION AUG i : Speci , BOILER RIVETS, wee Rates Sots ix Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. and FRAS. B. BANNAN Bizes | Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. pecs SIREN Oe Pe eaee FULLER BROTHERS «& CO.,§ 139 Greenwich Street, New York. Corrugated Sheet Iron a Specialty, Galvanized, Black and Painted. Irom Corrugated f Trad "dstimates furniahed on applieation. = Ge - WORKS GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N. J. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET NEW YORK. , 1884, OW ON, ctor, ES Ke. Db use or 8. S, fork, )RK, Supt. e. e for ce of rages vithin . Its d the ome rs a % Pa, PIC GS. 1g in lores Y the oints ep it isinitis ina Nina tae Ke. RK. December 18, 1884. WILLIAM R. HART & CO.,/ HENRY LEVIS & Co., AMERICAN AND FOREIGN Manufacturers’ Agents PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Steel Blooms, Crop Ends, Tin Plates, &c. Equipments, No. 224 South Third St. PHILADELPHIA, Olé Ralls, Axles, and eels bought and sold. 934 8. ath St., Philadelphia. Heavy Rails, Railway Fastenings, Light Rails, ADDRESS: Cambria Iron Co,, Office, 218 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Johnstown, Pennsylvania. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought [ron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes fo Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made te order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIMEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarek St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Kefined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE c& SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, WwW. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York. NEW AND CLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIC, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘‘ Ulverston ;” Malleable Pig Iron, brand * U. H M. , / MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn” Malleable Charcoa! Pig Iron and N. B ALLEN & CO, 'S Dinas Fire Bricks. Also Sole Agents for the WHITE RIVER MINING CO'S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed so per cent, Metallic Manganese. Caen cccc cc cc EEE JAS. ROWLAND & 60. Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington 9 san cut from iron Oe un bentn tame: Mes tote ot oe PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. «& P. ROBERTS «cc Co., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANCLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. PE a TANDARD. — 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. JS. WW. PASSION co CO., DEALERS IN RLOUVUIL DING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, XX MINERAL, ANTHRACITE FACING, RIPDLES, SHOVELS, [XL FACING, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Aties, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. Goneral 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. Also CHARCOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. Works at MILNES, PAGE Co.. VA. Treasurer's Office, 132 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, HOFFMAN, PARRY & CO., Sales Agents, 208 South 4th S¢ , Philadelphia, X MINERAL, LEAD FACING, ae: See Es [IRON AGE. Hdward J. Htting, TRON BROKER anv COMMISSION MERCHANT, 29223 8. Third St., Philadelphin, Pa. Pig, Bar and Rallroad tron. OLD RAILS, SORAP, &o. Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown tron Co. and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. pmawsee ee WHARF AND YARD VENUE ABOVE CALLOWGAILL STR! connected by track with railroad. ae Cash advances made on Iren. JUSTICE OOX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO., AGENTS FOR CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY ANI SHENANDOAH Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S Sar, Angie, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 994 80, Fourth 8t., PHILADELPHIA, JEROME KEELEY & CO. SELLING AGENTS FOR Successors to Luoyp & Linpsay, CHARCOAL “Hs ‘OAL and ANTHRAC Cc BL y 328 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. | BAI |RON, SHEET IRON, STEEL. and TRON RATS, ale siinaia IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC n Ship and Bridge Builders’ Materials, Stee! | 824 HEMATITE IRON ORES. FIKE BRICK, COAI and Iron Shapes and Bars, Sheet Lron, Sheet Steel, | nd VOKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and Rails, Scrap Iron &c. Examine and negotiate sales Buildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures Eee SS env aeeneereen Jas. G, Linpsay, Tnros. S. Parvin. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., E. H, Wilson, A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons, E. H. WILSON &CO., 230 Seuth Third Street, Philndelphin. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 308 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS, Ethelbert W atts. Jos. C, Poulterer ETHELBERT WATTS & co., Iron Br Offices, we. ‘990 "bo. Third oe "Phila. oe Eten NUN Ger, {IRON ones VESTA FURNACE, come ; wes EVEL PSUR | FIG tmos Chicago and 8t. Louis, "; PIG LEAD & SPELTER. Correspondence Solicited. L.& R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 230 So. 4th St., Philadelphia 8 P . PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLASGOW 5 AGENTS TRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars ; SPRANG STEEL & Kemble and Norway Foun:ry and Forge Pig Iron. a. Out oe Siemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Wyebrooke ©, B. Charcoal Pig Iron, Buchanan | she une and Sheared Plates, Angles and Red Short Pig Lron, on DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, JNO. L. HOGAN, RICH'D M, ELLIOT. MORRIS, WHEELER & co.,|;| HOGAN & ELLIOT, IRON, STEEL & NAILS. 4tr & 413 WALNUT ST,, PHILADELPHIA, WAREHOUSE and OFFICES,| SALES OFFICES IRON AND ORES 5 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., Old Rails, Wrought and Cast PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New York Address, 14 OLIFF 8T. Scrap, Iron and Steel Blooms and Billets. ‘ ‘ Ye REUBEN HAINES, —— CHEMIST, ron. Low Moor Irom Oo, of Vieeioia Pa tree 738 Sansom St., Philadelphia. | Youngstown stecl Co Washed. Metal. foe Onan ' ) Stee oO. ashed Metal, for Open Analysis of Ores of Iron and other Metals, | Hearth and Crucible purposes. Connellsville Coke, Pig Iron and Steel. Assay of Gold and Low Phosphorus Bessemer Pig Iron a Specialty. Silver Ores. Water Analysis for — . . , Manuf’ing and Household Use. ANDOVER PIG IRON, bs FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. No further orders taken for Grey Mottled Iron. Andover Ohill Iron for Uarwhesis, do. Each pig marked exact chill depth (4 inch t inch), A. Whitney & Son’s ee test. “7 F. A. Comiy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAS, Agent. 407 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, J. J. MOER, 430 Walnut St,, PHILADELPHIA, PA, Sole Agent for NORTH BROTHERS, Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- lron Founders, burg, Millcreek and Mt, Laurel LIGHT CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. FOUNDRY and FORGE PIG IRON, N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, CHARCOAL Pic IRON, PHILADELPHIA, Also WOODBRIDGE CLAY MINING CO."S FIRE BRICK. TESTED CHAINS, BRADLEE & CO., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, $16 Richmond 8t., - - - - 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 60, 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 & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND ¢ STANDARD ¢ Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Heavy and ae 7 orgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston s, &e. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Werks at LEWISTOWN, PA. Office: - - 2208. 4th 8t., Philadeiphia, Pa. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. 10th St. above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836, Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, TAYLOR--LANGDON GAS—ROASTED BESSEMER ORE, Specially adapted to Soft Foundry or Highest Grades of Mill Iron. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, 407 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited, ~~ fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of lron, Steel, Iron 8, &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and | quantity Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sand Baltimore, Price lists on epplicetice, Boiler Inspection In Germany. It is gratifying to note that in some countries, particularly so in Germany, the importance of proper Government control in matters pertaining to boi'er inspections has of late been more widely recognized, and that with systems recently introduced and about to go into effect the questionable value of Gov- ernment inspections is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. In accordance with the methods formerly in vogue in Germany, the preliminary inspection of a boiler was con fined to a hydraulic test and an examina tion as to whether the rules concerning the sizes of safety-valves, gauge cocks, thick ness of plates, &e., were complied with, and whether the boiler was made and set in the way and to proportions specified by the drawings submitted. In addition to this preliminary inspection, there were others repeated every tive years, and consisting simply of hydraulic tests, an enactment, moreover, having abolished all rules as to thickness of plates and materials, leaving this to the discretion of the makers. The fact, however, that the examinations were made by persons not specially qualified for the work, very often led to peculiar com- plications of difficulties, and it was con- sequently proposed by the Government, a short time since, t» appoint a number of mechanical engineers as boiler inspectors, and to thus insure more satisfactory results. Economic motives, however, led to a with drawal of this proposal. In the meantime a number of boiler-inspection societies had been formed, which subsequently combined for promoting their general interests. Rules were adopted for testing the materials for different parts of boilers, evaporation tests, &c., and some very good work was done by them. Upon application to the proper authorities they obtained the concession that all boilers under the inspection of one of the societies were exempted from the pe riodical Govern ment inspection, the preliminary inspection only being retained. After the withdrawal of the Government bill for appointing spe- cial boiler inspectors, they again applied to have the office of the first examination and the licensing of boilers transferred to them, and the Board of Trade, while objecting that the different societies were independ- ent of each other and differed greatly in the efficiency of their service, signified its intention to regard the matter favorably, providing the socities would combine in a central society, so as to insure uniformity of practice and effective inspection, also proba- bly in order to havea single channel with which the Government could communicate. Acon- ference was therefore held some months ago between a secretary of the Board of Trade, the chief engineers of the different inspection societies and the president and secretary of the Society of German Engi- neers, to frame statutes for such an amalga- mation, and it is now probable it will be earried into effect, and that the official in spection of all boilers will be transferred to the central society. The work will thus be in the hands of competent persons, and the appointments of chief engineers of the dif ferent branches, while made by the mem- bers of the societies themselves, are subject to the approval of the directors of the cen- tral society and of the Board of Trade. The whole arrangement is in many re- spects commendable, and the result will net fail to be beneficial. - cc - Electrical Units and Nomenclature. BY JOHN W. NYSTROM. We take the following from Mechanics for December : The notation of electrical quantities will herein be the same as those in the pre ceding article, page 257, namely: F’ = electro- motive force. V velocity or intensity of current in Ampéres, 7 time in seconds, P=power. K work. R resistance in Ohms, and S$ linear space in meters or j 1000 kilometers. UNIT AMPERE. It is stated by the Electrical Congress that “the Ampére is represented by that quan tity of current which is capable of depositing 4 O25 grams of silver per hour, or 0.001118 grams per second,” The depositing of silver or any other metal by electric currents is work, which is ac- complished by the product of the three sim ple physical elements, force, velocity and time. K Fk VT. No work can be done and no metal can be deposited without any one of these three simple elements. It is, therefore, not correct to say that *‘ so much metal can be deposited per Ampére.” When F and 7 are constant and the Ampére V va- ries, the quantity of metal deposited will be proportionate to the Ampére, but the work is still K kV 7. If V and T are constant and the electro-motive force varies, then the weight of metal deposited will be proportion- ate to the electro-motive force /, and the work will be the same, namely, K row 2s UNIT COLOMB, The Electrical Congress says ‘‘ the Colomb is the unit of dynamic quantity, and its value corresponds with that of the Ampére,” Dynamics 1s the name of the science of forces in motion, producing power and work, which name cannot be measured by quantity. It is evident from the drift of their vague explanations that Colomb is intended to mean quantity of electricity, which is work, K F VT, which cannot correspond or compare with one of its elements, Ampéres. The Colomb can be measured or expressed by the weight of metal deposited by a current UNIT FARAD. They say that ‘Farad is the unit of capacity, which value is equal to 1 colomb divided by 1 Volt.” If Colomb means quan tity of electricity, which is work, K FV, land this work divided by the electro motive force F, then the Farad becomes S yz, which is linear space It is stated that a Farad represents 4 length of 5,600,000 kilometers, and a micro farad 5.6 kilometers. It appears to me that it is intended that Farad should mean the of static electricity contained in a definite conductor, which quantity is A a owe 2 4a < =. ow om”. wo . ‘ee ease 2A a 2 RE EE OEE TD OT Oe el ee ee De ee - = a= ATE MATER RE Var «ro ‘? - > - -—— RE Ee TNE era 7? @& eG a Fad Ss ~ a. 5 OT pam oy 27 apo G THEH IRON AGE. December 18, 1884, A. HE. McNEA paticticmaare nas sitet =s- N dd. WROUGHT IRON Boiler Tubes, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Oil Well Tubing, Casing and LINE PirPrkz. 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