The Iron Age 1885-01-22: Vol 35 Iss 4

1885. — The Iron A®& NOEX TO READING MATTER £ PAGE 30 Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trad ® oh Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wriuttams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXXV: No. 4. New York, Thursday, January 22, 1885 $4.50 a Year, Iucluding Postage. Stngle Copies, Zen Cents. some Links in the History of the Locomotive. A few months since the London Engineer vublished an engraving, enlarged ffom a sketch made by Mr. James Nasmyth in 1830, f a locomotive engine on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, believed by Mr. Na- smyth at the time to be the Rocket. It was pointed out at the time that if this were really the Rocket, the engine must at some time subsequently have undergone consid- rable alterations, so that the Rocket in the south Kensington Museum could have next to nothing of the real engine which it pre- tends to be about it. The appearance of Mr. Nasmyth’s sketch made a considerable sensation, especially among old railway men, snd many letters were received asserting that Mr. Nasmyth was mistaken, and that there never was in 1829 or 1830 more than | me Rocket—namely, the famous engine which may be regarded as the progenitor of the modern locomotive. For some time the ponents of Mr. Nasmyth’s statement had it all their own way, and it seemed to be be- yond question that Mr. Nasmyth had mis- taken the Northumbrian for the Rocket. But after a little time other writers ap- peared on the scene, and some of these said that they believed there really were two Rockets, and that Mr. Nasmyth might be | 'somersault. In the meantime the Stephensons | right, after all. Without attempting to analyze the whole of this voluminous cor- respondence, it will suffice to say that inves- tigation has shown two Rockets to have been on the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- way. Our illustration on this page repre- sents a sketch, made on the 12th of |in many books that the rails were of cast | that is, a period of 11 months. They were of Mr. Birkin- | iron. This is not the fact. wrought iron, in part at least. shaw proposed rolling them in rolls made purposely to give the fish-belly, and such rails were rolled 18 feet long—a great triumph for those days. About the 23d of October, the celebrated Rainhill competition resulted in the award of the £500 prize to Stephenson for the Rocket. The particulars of the trials are too well known to require to be mentioned in detail here. Up to this point there is no difficulty ;* all | about the Rocket is well known. But no} writer has said what became of the Rocket | in the interval between the Rainhill trials and the opening of the Liverpool and Man- chester Railway on the 15th of September— All that was known until a comparatively recent period | is that the engine went back to Stevenson’s works and had some alterations made. But | questions on this point have elicited consid- erable information,which may be briefly suw- marized here. After the Rainhill competition | was over, some experiments were made with | the engine by Mr. Wood, and in the course of a month or so the engine was put to work | | kisson. | concerned, prove that an engine called the Rocket was present at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and ran over Mr. Hus- Several correspondents, however, insist that there was but one Rocket on the railway, and Mr. Isaac Watt Boulton has supplied several very interesting extracts from his father’s diary bearing on the early history of the locomotive, which seem to support this view. There is, however, only an apparent inconsistency; and there is little doubt that there were two Rockets for | some time at work on the line; and it is even doubtful if the second Rocket had any name plate on at the time Mr. Nasmyth sketched it. It must be remembered that events trod on each other’s heels during the first two years of the life of the locomotive which immediately followed the Rainhill trials, and it was quite possible for a loco- | motive to work for two or three months on a line without the knowledge of every one Thus, the experience of an in- dividual might apply to nine months only, and he would write that in 1830 a given event could not have happened, tacitly assuming that, because he could account for nine months, he could account for a whole ballasting, and appears tohave beenemployed | year. In fact, in this matter of early his- steadily at that duty. During this period it | tory of Igeomotives we have to do almost met with two, if not three, accidents—run-| with hours. So far as we can see, there is ning off the line twice, killing one man, and | nothing in any of the letters published which on one occasion turning something like a|is fatal to the supposition that an improved ‘ Rainhill in 1829, at the opening of the Liv- erpool and Manchester line in 1830, in the Stephenson Works in 1831, and on the Lin- coln and Swannington Railway from 1832 to 1846, when he went back to Newcastle. This correspondent, writing over the signa- | ture, ‘‘An Old West-bridge Man,” says in the letter referred to: ‘Now, sir, I should just like to run over a bit of history, which, perhaps, may clear up this matter. You know that in the month | of October, 1829, the first Rocket won the | prize, and the line was not opened till Sep- |tember 15, 1830. Now, what were the |Stephensons doing during that 11 months Does any one think they were sitting still ? No, indeed ; both father and son were work- ing, as if for their very lives, to perfect the | locomotive. | during that 11 months than in any one year before or since. Look at the old Rainhill | Rocket, and at Mr. Nasmyth’s 1830 Rocket. |The one is a crude idea; the other is a finished locomotive; and all this improve- ment had been made in less than a year. It shows what the Stephensons could do if they set to work. Now, having got so far, it is likely that Stephenson—having just completed a new Rocket, ready to open the Liverpool and Manchester line, and having all his new improvements—would bring out the old Rainhill Rocket, or crude idea ? such a grand day he he would, and did, put On | aaa : were hard at work building more engines. | The Rocket had served its purpose and was discarded, an entirely new type of boiler be- | ing introduced. The boiler of the Rocket con- | sisted of a barrel with 24 tubes in it, and to this | was tacked on the fire-box, an entirely sepa- | March, t had undergone important alterations. this is the engine drawn by Mr. 1 second pair of driving-wheels added. It will be advisable here to recapitulate certain facts which it is desirable should not be for- gotten. So far as can be learned, the first railway ever used apart from a mine was the Surrey Railway, designed by Mr. Jessop, mn which goods were hauled by horses be- tween Croydon and Wandsworth. The second was the Stockton and Darlington} to run the Rocket, a half-worn-out ballast Railway, opened on the 29th of September, om £700 to £1500 a month. Passengers ere carried on it at 1d. a mile outside and ‘4d. a mile inside. ton, was reduced at once to 10/2 by the uilway. r. William James.* ere made by Mr. Vignoles, but the opposi- ‘ion of the canal proprietors was so great that nothing was done until the financial iccess of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- ‘ay stimulated Liverpool and Manchester Capitalists to renewed exertions. In the ‘utumn of 1826 the new railway was begun George Stephenson, who had been ap- o.nted by the company to carry out Mr. James’s scheme. In October, 1829, there remained to be completed only 4 miles of the oad out of 33—that is to say, all the heavy ork was done ; but not more than 14 miles | Rocket was observed rapidly coming up.” | In the first year its receipts increased | opening day, he did not wish that the name The price of coals, |in Smiles’ ‘‘ Lives of the Engineers, George vhich used to be 15/ to17/ a ton at Stock-|and Robert Stephenson,” page 223 of the As far back as 1822 the Liverpool | constructed at the Stephenson Works had sud Manchester Railway was projected by | been delivered and placedeupon the line, the The surveys for it| whole of which had been tried and tested the engine sketched by Mr. Nasmyth is as great an improvement over that of the origi- over that of the Royal George or the Loco- motion. THE ROCKET, with'the barrel by three pipes—one for steam and two for water. But the new engines To whom this splendid development of the origi- nal idea is due we cannot tell. The boiler of nal Rocket as the boiler of the latter was Although Stephenson by no means wished engine, from Manchester to Liverpool, on the should be lost, and so a new Rocket was put on the road. There is a suggestive passage | 1874 edition: ‘* Eight locomotive engines weeks before, with perfect success.” This plainly implies that all the eight engines | were new.* Smiles is writing, be it remem- bered, of the events of the 15th of Septem- ber. There is not in this passage a shadow | of foundation for believing that the Rocket of 1829 took part in the proceedings of the | day. On the same page, further down, Smiles records the particulars of Huskisson’s death. ‘*Mr. Huskisson,’’ says Smiles, ‘ had alighted from the carriage, and was stand- | ing on the opposite road, along which the | f permanent way were laid. The rails were | Here we have the only mention made of the | f the fish bellied type, which, it may not be 2enerally known, was invented and patented by a Mr. Birkinshaw. It will be found stated * See the Mechanics’ Magazine for October 17, 1829. Rocket by Smiles in connection with the opening. Indeed, search in contemporary records has entirely failed to do more than | | * These engines were the Rocket, the Northum- | brian, the Arrow, the Phoenix, the North Star, the | Dart, the Comet and the Meteor. 1832.—FAC-SIMILE | reason to believe that this engine was after- | engine known as the Rocket was put on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway some time before September 15, 1830. We may now turn to the positive testi- mony. On the 17th of July, 1832, the line between Leicester and Swannington —a town in Leicestershire—was opened. Mr. Clement OF A SKETCH MADE BY MR. 1832, of the second Rocket, after| rate and distinct structure communicating | E. Stretton, of Leicester, writing on the roth Nasmyth, but with the cylinders raised and had the fire-box rw into the boiler. of last October, says: ‘‘ Just now I see vou wish to know what became of a second Rocket, 1830. Well, that point is soon cleared up, as the engine in question was taken back to, Stephenson in 1831, had the cylinders raised, coupled wheels added and was sent to Leicester and ran the first train on July 17, 1832. I am not old enough to remember this, but I saw the fact in the old Swannington books, and it is generally known by men on the line.” This, says the Engineer, is very direct testimony from a gentleman competent to Ww. ‘his newest and best engine to the front ; and besides that, George Stephenson himself drove her, and Robert fired for him, The looks of the two illustrious men standing on that foot-plate of the Rocket, September, 1830, and also the looks of the engine, are as clear to me as if it took place but yesterday. STENSON, MARCH 12, 1832. I have seen Mr. Nasmyth’s sketch in the | Engineer, and I say it is true and exact ; it certainly ought to be, as I well remember him and several others making drawings. Well, in a short time Stephenson made so many more improvements that even this 1830 Rocket was not up to the times; so she went back to Newcastle to be improved. Just now the men at the Newcastle Works were hard at it, almost night and day ; yet they could not turn out engines fast enough for the demand. The Canterbury and Whitstable Company’s man- ager wrote: ‘Our engine Invicta is broken write with authority on the subject. But we have even better evidence than this. On the 12th of March, 1832, Mr. W. Stenson, | of Leicester, made a drawing of the Rocket as she stood at the Fosse-lane siding, near Leicester. George end Robert Stephenson, S. 8. Harris, John Eilis and his son, Edward Shipley and others were present. Mr. Sten- son afterward made a tracing of the engine | for his friend, Mr. Smith Harris, who gave it toa gentleman who has sent it to us for publication. He was present when Mr. Stenson made the sketch, and he states that | after the engine ran on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and was there drawn by Mr. Nasmyth, it went back to Newcastle, | the cylinders were raised, a large pair of trailing-wheels was put on and coupled, the | safety-valve was put on the dome, a brake | put on the tender, a headlight on the chimney and the chimney was shortened. There is ward called the Comet. Further details of the history of this 1830 Rocket are supplied by a remarkable letter which appeared in the Railway Review of November 28, 1884. down; send men at once; we are having to work with horses.’ The Liverpool and Manchester sent for five and the Darling- ton for seven new engines at once. Only those in the works at the time have any | idea what a bother it was to keep the lines supplied. The Leicester and Swannington Company had ordered three new engines, to be named Phoenix, Samson, Goliath, to be | ready for the opening, fixed for October, 1832; and, to the consternation of the works’ manager at Newcastle, a letter came from Robert Stephenson, at West-bridge, saying, ‘Get engines ready, as this line will be opened July 17; John Ellis says if en- | gines cannot be ‘made, we will open the line with horses.’ What was to be done? The manager went into the shop, and all! he could do for the Swannington Company | was to send them the ‘1830 Rocket,’ | which had just been put in first-rate order, and was ready to return to the Liver- pool and Manchester Line. So this 1830} Rocket was sent by boat to the Leicester and Swannington Railway. She was put on the line at the Fosse-lane siding, and, We are not at liberty to give the name of the writer, but may say that he was on the as Mr. Weatherburn says, did the ballasting. Well, the 17th of July arrived, and it bad be opened with three new engines—Phoenix, Samson and Goliah—but, as bad luck would have it, the boat with the Samson ran aground near Trent. Being thus short of an engine the Rocket was taken off ballast- ing and required for the opening trains. All Leicester knew that the Rocket was the bal- last engine, so John Ellis and Robert Stephenson said, ‘ Call her Comet,’ which was no sooner said than done. The passengers all praised the new Comet, as they called it, little knowing that it was the Rocket which they had seen ballasting for about four months. In December, 1835, the Rocket, then under the name of Comet, went to the London and Birmingham line to be a ballast engine ; the Phoenix soon went to help to make the Gloucester line, and the Samson More real progress was made went on the Ibstock branch ; and in place of these we had the Vulcan and Atlas, two very fine six-wheeled coupled engines. I hope I have cleared up some of the difficulties, and, as I have only told you just what I saw and know, my account, rough as it is, may be relied upon.”’ Were it necessary to add further testi- mony we could supply it. We fancy, how- ever, we have said enough to convince even | the most sceptical that the belief so long entertained that the Rainhill prize engine opened the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, and killed Mr. Huskisson, has no foundation in fact, and, thanks to Mr. Na smyth, aremarkable engine has been rescued from obscurity. The question what the so- called Rocket in South Kensington really is remains for solution. We are strongly disposed to think that it has very few claims beyond its name-plate to the title. It is certainly a very curious fact, if it be a fact, that the old tender should have been preserved, if we bear in mind the vicissitudes through which the engine has passed. The probability is that the engine has been rebuilt from the remains of several old engines—a bit from one and a bit from another. Such remains are not hard to get even now. Mr. I. W Boulton has probably i000 tons of scrap of | old locomotives, dating from about the year 1830 down. ; Sa New Competitor tor the Seaboard Coal Trade.—The Norfolk and Western Railroad Company has within the past two years been arranging for the extensive de- velopment of the bituminous coal fields in Southwest Virginia. The company proposes entering into a lively competition for the trade now supplied by the Cumberland and Clearfield coals, both at home and abroad It has constructed at Lambert’s Point, Nor folk, Va., one of the largest and most im proved coal piers at tidewater. It is feet in length, has a depth of water at low tide of 26 feet, and is equipped with 34 loading shutes. 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Chicage Office: 100 DEARBORN 8ST. [No. 95.J CHARLES A. OTI8, President. SAM’ L ANDREWS, Vice President. BAM’ LA. SAGUE, General Manager THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY, DRAWERS OF ~ OF EVERY — WI IR E DESCRIPTION TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WIRE. GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. WIRE STRAICHTENED AND CUT TO LEnOTHS. Room 24, » Astor House CLEVELAND, OHIO. noon heise Bank York. iidt __%0.Paimen Agente "Parrane TTERSON, Agent, Philadelphia Office : 5623 ARCH sT. en TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, 1056 to 1076 Beach St. PHILADELPHIA. PATENT FOLDING >oq IRON WINDOW GUARDS AND GATES Can be extended and locked tor protection, and folded away when not in use. COMPOSITE IRON WORKS CO., |} 93 Church Street, Corner Reade Street, New York. COMPOSITE IRON RAILINCS. Send for “ Folding Gate Catalogue.” CORPORATED D 1874. THE GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. ca, 4 42 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. Manufacturers of Iron & Galvanized Wire Sieves and Wire Cloth. Power Loom Painted and Gal Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, World's Galvanized Web Wire Fence, Galvanized Twist Wire Poultry Netting E Factories, Georgetown, Conn, ESTABLISHED 1848, INCORPOKATED 1870, WM CABBLE EXCELSIOR WIRE MFG. CO., 43 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF ‘Brass, Copper and Iron Wire Cloth, Winoow sone AND BRASS AND COPPER WIRE, Coal and Sand Screens. Riddles, &c. IRON AGE. STEEL WIRE for all w eeeened nee @ STEEL ‘SPRINGS of every description. NEW YORK, ee vanized Window Screen, Wire | —— Revolving Punch, oN er Stand, Ww rought iron Fence. = FRED. J. MEYERS MFG, CO. COVINGTON, Ky. Manufacturers ot WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialties, Send for Illustrated al Catalogue and Price List. iL “ate oma if Sand and ‘Grain Riddle. Wire Counter Ralling. rrr ee SPRIN QTD) akaiaiaa SNS Te) LUDLOW- SAYLOR WIRE CO., mite 3 st. MoO. | pete oso o< —- =" wi T ENBERC ¢ ORBLE T WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, PLAIN AND BARBED FENCING WIRE. — W. P, SUMNER, Pres. National Wire &lronbe Detroit, MANUFACTURERS OF seg Iron Stairs, Iron Shutters, Roof Cresting, Weather Vanes, ve Save Iienainated Sidewalk Tile, Wire Counter Rallir Wine Cane! Cases Wire & Iron Fences, Stab le Fixture es, Casting ‘Brus hes, Counter Supporta Sand & Coal Screens, &e, ta Bend for Catalogue. JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, LIFTER AND CARRIER. F. R. MINC KLERSscy, i> Mention this Paper, THOMPSON McCOSH, President, BARB WIRE NO DANGER OF CUT- TING HANDS OR TEAR. ING CLOTHES. SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. Manufactured Solely by [PATENTED,] Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. —— | Our Agents, John H. Graham & Co., 113 Chambers St. carry stock of our Lifters and will supply at Factory prices. The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. 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, THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO, ILL., SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF KELLY STEEL BARB WIRE, AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN $ and C” and Red Star Barb Wires, Staples, Gates, &c. Write for C ' Cotaloges and Sp ecial Prices. MANUFACTURERS OF HOT-PRESSED NUTS AND WASHERS ‘> See Iron Age First Issue Each Month. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, muno, x, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH and WIRE GOODS, 7 : Dish Covers, CORTLAND Corn Poppers, Coal Sieves Flour Sieves, Etc., Ete. WIRE CLOTH. Metallic Stove Sleve. OGDEN & WALLACE, 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. Iron =» Steel Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.°s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and ee Steel con- stan. ly on hano PIERSON & CO. 24 to 27 West St., Cor. Morris, NEW YORK CITY. “PICKS” of all kinds “ ESOPUS” HORSE SHOE IRON, BEAMS, ANCLES, Tees, Channels, Sheets, Plates. All descriptions in stock. IRON & STEEL. ABEEL BROS., IRON MERCHANTS, 190 SOUTH #T., 365 WATER ST,, “ALR. M.CO.” SHAFTING. ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF NORWAY,” “ULSTER,” “*CATASAUQUA,” REFINED AND COMMON IRON, BAND, HOOP AND SCROLL IRON. STEEL OF ALL KINDS. TELEPHONE CALL, “ NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALE lronand Steel AGENCIES: rouse © on CO., Limited, Merchant Iron and NORW! ay “STEEL & IRON CO,, Homogeneous ates BAY ‘STATE IRON O©O., Tank, Boiler and Girder Plate BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. 3LASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues BYERS & CO.. Wrought Iron Pipe. CARNEGIE bitos & Cv., Limited, fron and Steel Beams, ¢ panaoie, Shaves: and Shafting. P. NAIL CO 'S Steel Wire Tae CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE co, Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application by mai. Sauple pieces at office Please address 68 Hudson st. New Vork. BORDEN & LUVELL, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West 8t., L. N. LOVELL, ~ ’ aaa EW e ca GREENE, f N YORE Agents for the sale of Fall River tron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND Borden Mining Cumberland Coals. VOUCHT & WILLIAMS, MACHINERY TI°E AND SPRINC STEEL. AGENTS FOR HELLER BROS." Company’s Clay Cruciole Cast Steel. ___—* 388 GREEN VICE STREET, NEW YORK. IMPORTED & AMERICAN, PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, A SP ECL. AL 77. CHARLES HIMROD & C0., Cc HICAGO AND DETROIT. SRE QOH MANN ‘a ee Marshall Lefferts & Co., 90 Beekman &St., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. | Galvanized Wire, Te lesraph and Pen e; Galvanized | | Ho 0p ond ve Iron. Gi ize o' avd Bar Lon, atv anizec Nails, Saivans se md C aan, Galvanized Iron CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoul, Best Refined and Common SHEET ILRON. PLATE AND Tank Iron, H. *. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Piases ‘Fire nox: c ircles ALL D#SCRIPTIONS OF f NEW YORK. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and Dave always in stock T ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, £0, PATERSON, N. .J. Roem 45, Astor House, New York. TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED T0 ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon application. FOX & DRUMMOND, RAILWAY AND ROLLING MILL MATERIAL, 68 Wall treet, NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIC IRON, ___No. 63 63 | Wall St., New York. Ulster Iron Works, SAUGERTIES, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK. WILLIAM MULLIGAN, DANIEL F. COONEY, 88 Washington St., BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, LAP-WELDED BOILER FLUES, Boiler Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. Agency for Glasgow Iron Co., Jos L. peter & Co. Pine tron Works, L« banon Rolling Mills, Chester Pipe and Tube Co., Albany & Rens. [ron and Stee! brated Boiler ree Homogeneous Stee Boller and Fire-Box Plate Cc. W. Leavitt. Epw’p CoRnNINa. C.W. LEAVITT & CO.,*°xew° Yorn.” NEW AND SECOND-HAND RAILS, LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS. PIG AND BAR IRON, OLD RAILS AND SCRAP IRON. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, ATWOOD HEMP CAR WHEEL CO., (PARDEE C SR & MACHINE WORKS. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pie iron, Wr ught & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. $572458 Sete Stzt NEW YORK. PHIPPS & BURMAN’S HORSE CLIPPERS IN STOCK. JOHN BROWER. 81 Murray &t., NEW YORK. AGENCIES : O77 eee TY _A CE yea SEF i ony ee TO TAey Ue WM. McFAR LAND, lron and Brass Founder. TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty Any size or style made at sbort votice. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, DOVER IRON COS IRON AGE. January 22 JAMES P. WITHEROW, Successor to WITHEROW & GORDON, Engineer & Contractor, PITTSBURGH, PA. Agent for the WHITWELL HOT BLAST STOVES OVER 600. IN USE. OXFORD W. D. WOOD & C0., Ld, IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81,83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. HARRISON&GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 660, 562 WATEK ST. & 2, %4, 306 CHERRY 8T., NEW YORE, nave on hand, and offer for sale. the following : Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and aaehiner Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy Lead, Pewter. rop = old Copper, Com position, Brass ter. Zine BURDEN'S _ HORSE SHOES. —_——_——_ “Burden Best” Iron Siri Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 : April 8th, 1872 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874 ; Jan. 11, 1876, The following parties either have them Ip use or Onder construction Cedar Point tron Co., N.Y Dunvar Furnace Co, "Pa. Crane iron Co., Pa. Pennsylvania St el Co., Pa. N-shanno'k iron Co.. Pa. Rk. H. Coleman, Lebanon. Pa. Chester Rolling Mill Co., Pa. Davenport, Fairbairn « ‘Co., Pa Isabella Furnace Co., Pa. Guuranteed fully +qualinail respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price. 5 FOR Milton Coal and (ron Co., Ohio. SALE Winona Furnace Co., Ohio. By all the principal A. Campbell & 8 Ohio Hocking Valle irom Co., Ohio. M E TA - D EA x Ee R S Cleveland kolling Mill Co,, Obie North Chicago Steel Co., ILL Union Iron and Steel Co., LIL Voss & —— —- In the Large Cities throughout THE UNITED STATES, And at their Office, 111 Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON WORKS, SYRACUSE, N. Y. Ashland Furaace Co., Ky. 70., KY. Southern States C.. L and S Oo., Tenn Sewanee Furnace Co., Tenn. James © Warner Ki-«ing Fawn, Ga, Onto tren Co. ag _ oO. Sloss Furnace Co.. WHEELING NAILS. Laughlin Nail Co., JW. Ke ROSS, SOLE ACENT, 97 Chambers Street, New York, Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West Stu NEW YORK, 177 & 179 Bank St,, Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage trons a Specialty. Ww. B. BURNS, Proprietor, PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS Everson, Brown R Co.., MANUFACTURER OF THE BURDEN IRON CO. SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA., HORSE SHOE IRON, TROY, N. Y- MANUFACTURERS OF Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. EGLESTON BROS. & CO.. Light Sheet Iron. |KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, ROOFING SHEET Maoufacturers of 166 South Street, t NEW YORK CITY. 267 Front Street, of all grades a specialty. ZT Fe a INT, Prices quoted promptly upon application. BURDEN’S Pittsburgh, Pa. H. B. & S. Bonnell, Botsford & Co., ULSTER BAR IRON. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES All sizes and shapes in stock. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Also Best Grades of Am, & Eng. Ref’d Iron,Common Iron,é&c JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. | T. W. WELSH, Supt. W. W. CARD, Seey. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., IRON MERCHANTS Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK CITY. Ww. H. Wattace. WM. Bispaam, E. C, WALLACE. Oo — Boiler Rivets. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Iron Buildings Roots, ‘Shutters, Doors, Cornices Sky li hts. Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 5 Dey Street, NEW YORK. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jnr., Prest H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. T = BB 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. The Automatic Freight Brake is essential'y the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake fo: passenger cars, except that the various parts are so con)bi: ed as to form practically one piece of mechauism, and ts 80 “ a very low price. peThe saving in accidents, flat wheeis, brakemen’s wages a d the inereased speed possible with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within a ¥ en time. * Automatic” has proved itself to be the must efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its apr Aaased is iustantaneous ; . can be operated from any car in the train if d sired, and should the train separate, or hos« or p fail, ic a; plies automat ,- a A GUARANTEE is given custom: rs against loss trom PATENT SUITS op the apparacus soid thi The WESTINGSOUSBE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80,000 CARs, and is adopted by the » principe pean sin all ies of the world. FULL INFORMATION FURN FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, LEECH 8U RG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CoO., LIMITED, Mavufacture of all Graces of FINE SHEET IRONS, BOLT. & RIVET CLIPPERS For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets carriages, wagons, barness, etc. Ask wy where you buy your hardware, or ant for cir lar and price list, CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., 63d St., below Lancaster Ave., Philadeiphia, Pa. WORKS, ___ WORKS, Leechburg, Pa, = BROWN’S HOC AND PIC RINGER ans RINGS. rae = 6Only single King in the marke that closes on the outside of the nose. No sharp points in tbe nuse to keep it sore OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa, os Fs EAGLE BILL CORN HUSKER ance, ors, fom OP i cme beat Husker tn the FOR WATER AND 3AS8, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, E ndeign “C/PHE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. P: es == » \ = (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovei, Ferrule Iron, &c.) - i = NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. CHAMPION OD. HOC RINCER ry RINGS and HOLDER, Ouly double ring ever PHILADELPHIA, invented. The only Manufacturers of sing Chas in. ¥ a —— past | ro n = I points in the nose. isthe best. Use no other. Ringers, 7sc. ings, soc. 100. Holders, 7sc. Huskers, «sc. © HAMBEKS, | BERING & QUINLAN, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, IL. JOMN J. SPOWERS, Fresicent. ALEXANDER BURNS, Mabager. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing ce 400 CHESTNUT 8:1 STREET. GALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. - VARIETY METAL BOOM. Galvanized Sheet lron—Best Bioom, Best Refined, Common. GalvaNized Round, Square Band «nd Iron Foundry and Machine Shop. Hoop Iron, &e., &e. » 1885, BOILER RIVETs, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION Se a in all its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other — awe «4 eee an All Gauges Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless a aia | 2 a end Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. a Aaa aia FRAS, B, BANNAN, catenin. Tenens Sises Pottsville, sebevimin Co., Pa, EEE ee of Bheets FULLER BROTHERS & CO., -RSEEouammEeaiS 159 Greenwich Street, New York ec ar puta ' es - tron Gal Corrugated Sheet a Gpesialty, eenined, wows one Fotnses. Iron Oorrugated for the Trade WORKS GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, W. 3. . OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK WR PAT REFI Pilar Pat Orders xX MEIN xx MI! IXL F D Use or Supt. 0, ,€. e for ce of ages rithin . ae d the ir re Pa, 21C ig in ior es | the ints ep it iL. and Mle. RK LHoE January 22, 1885. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boller and Sheet Iron and General Railway WILLIAM R. HART & CO., AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, steel Bldoms, Crop Eiids, Tin Plates, &c.| ae No. 224 South Third St. PHILADELPHIA, 934 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. . Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway Fastenings, STREET RAILS. Edward J. Htting, 292323 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. OLD RAILS, SORAP, &e. Agent for the The Allentown Iron Co. and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. nmawsae nen Vaeeer dae YARD NUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STR ’ co by track with railroad. pice #8h advances made on Iron. et Jas. G. Laxpaay. THos. S. Parvin. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., Successors to Liof’y & Erxpsay, 328 Walnut Street, ADDRESS: Cambria Iron Co, Oftice, 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa Pentisylvania. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., and Iron Shanes and | Buildings. Contracts placed for Iron Struc.ures Ethelbert W atts. ETHELBERT WATTS & Cco., (rh. Bfekers and Commission Merchant Offices, He. #20 Bo. 5 BALES AGEN CORNWALL k On te CROMWELL IRON 00: | IRON ORES 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. VESTA Boe ie IRON Cv., Manufacturers of Wrought Iron ETTA FURNACES, t PIG IRON. 1 Mrsérs. EYEKETT & POST, Chicago add 81. euis, Correspondence Moltctted. Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars. STRAIGAT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely uééd tm thé construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Itoh Framing used th thé coftstruction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IKON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes fo Ifo Bridagés. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, ané@ covery variety of SHAPE IRON made to order Plans and Bpecifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, Preéstdent. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN d& SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymareh St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patetit Plantshed, Galvanized, Common, Best Kefined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Ordets sdlicited expecially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, nv abk and t eo ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Heaclight and Jacket Iron. Ww. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York, NEW AND COLD 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 ;" Iron, brand * U. H M. Mone aay HEMATITE TRON & 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 50 per cent, Metallic Manganese. IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 230 So, 4th St., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foun ry and Forge Pig Iron. Wveb-ooke ©. B Charcoal Pig Iron. Red Short Pig tron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. MORRIS, WHEELER 2&2 OU., LKON, STEEL & NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES, | SALES OFFICES 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New Work Address, 14 CLIFF 87. REUBEN HAINES, CHEMIST, 738 Sansom 8t., Phiiadeiphia. Analysis of Ores of Iron and other Metals, Pig Iron and Steel. Assay of Gold and Silver Ores. Water Analysis for Manuf’ing and Household Use. TAYLOR-LANGDON G@AS-ROASTED BESSEMER ORE, Specially adapted to Soft Foundry or Highest Grades of Mill Iron. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, ‘240 So. 3d St., Philadelphia. NORTH BROTHERS, lron Founders, LIGHT CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA, Correspondence solicited. TESTED Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop i= Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware 4ve., - PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of the ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. Nails, cut from PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. c& P. ROBERTS cw CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANCLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. rE : 3 : a $16 Richmond 8t., ~ SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL Office, No. 26 8. Fourth S8t., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. J. WW. PASSON co CO., RLOUVUL DING SAND, North Delaware Avenuc, PHILADELPHIA, PA., Cece) J. TATNALL MANUFACTURERS CHAROOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, X MINERAL, XX MINERAL, IXL FACING, LEAD FAOING, RIPDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES. Rods, &c. ta os “i aU THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, Manufacturers of > x —_ Office: - IRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MERCHANT, Pig, Bar and Rallroad tron. MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Philadelphia. Iron Ship and iy Builders’ Materials, Steel o ars, Sheet tron, Sheet Steel, Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and Jos. C, Poulterer. Third Street, Phila, { PIG LEAD & SPELTER. L. &R. WISTER & CO., Buchanan IRON AGE. 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 Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet iron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 994 So, Fourth 8t., PHILADELPHIA, JEROME KEELEY & CO. #906 Walnut Place, Philadelphia. SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON BAK TRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS’ IRON CLAD 8TEEL RAIZ@ and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and ‘OKR. MUCK BARS. Handlé Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron &c. Examine and negotiate sales of [ron and Coa! properties. E. H. Wilson, A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited, 4. W. HOFFMAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 208 South Fourth ™., Philadelphia, SMELLISG AGENTS, PINE TRON WORKKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLASGOW TRON CO, Plates and Muck Bars , SPKANG BTEEL & IRON CO, (Limited), Siemens-Martin (0; ep Hear: b) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes JNO. L. HOGAN, RICH’'D M. ELLIOT. HOGAN & ELLIOT, at: & 413 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, IRON AND ORES. Old Rails, Wrought and Cast Scrap, Iron and Steel Blooms and Billets. AGENTS For: Brier Hill Iron and Coal Co., Pig Tron Low Moor Iron (o., of Virginia, Piz Tron. Mount Hope Specia) Strength Charcoal Pig Iron Youngstown Steel Co. Washed Meta:, for Open Hearth and Crucivle purposes. Cgnnlisville Coke Low Phosphorus Bessemer Pig lron a Specialty. ANDOVER PIG ILERON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Chill Iron for Uarwheels, &c Each pig marked exact chill depth (% inch to % inch), A. Whitney & Son's standard test. F. A. ComLy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAS, Agent. 240 So. 3d Mt., Phiiadelphia. J. J. MOHR, 430 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sole Agent for Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lvynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt, Laurel FOUNDRY and FORGE PIG IRON, CHARCOAL PIC IRON, Also WOODBRIDGE CLAY MINING CO.’S FIRE BRICK. CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. ‘“‘D. B. C.’’ Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO. MANUFACTURERS OF “Cumberland” Nails and Wrought Iron Pipe, 43 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. LEA & CO,, Successors 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 ZF STANDARD Z Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Werks at LEWISTOWN, PA. - 2208. 4th 8St., Philadeiphia, Pa. Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. Established 1847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, Car Wueet. Works, PHILADELPHIA, A i a Clayton Brothers, BRAsTOL, UONN,, Manufacturers of Cast Shears, Serew Drivers, Kitchen Knives, Roller skates, &c. The Best and Cheapest in the Market. Send for Prices. ANALYSIS OF Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars. Baltimore BOOTH, GARRETT & 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 IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of lron, Stee Iron res, lags, Léssaotonen. Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c. Price lists on application. Agents tor sampling ores in New York and A New Industry at South Chester, Pa. Four months ago the Standard Steel | Casting Company, of Thurlow, Pa. (2 miles south of Chester), started their 10-ton open hearth furnace. Since that time they have achieved a complete technical success. The principal difficulties heretofore encountered | in the manufacture of steel