The Iron Age 1885-02-26: Vol 35 Iss 9

, 1885 ee D, NV, , &c. Ce cS. ote the ' other list. | the 10. The Iron A INDEX TO Qe | READING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. AOVERT/ SEMEN PAGE 32, Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wi..iams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Vol. XXX No. 9. Firing as Applied to Boilers. Mr. Frederick Siemens, of Dresden, has, after long and careful trials, satisfied him- self that the methods of constructing and making gas metallurgical furnaces on the same principles as those using solid fuel are incorrect. He urges that they should be so arranged that the flame should only radiate heat upon the material to be treated, and not come in actual contact with it, as has hitherto been the case. At the Chester meeting of the Iron and Steel Institue he | presented a paper explaining his views | with special reference to metallurgical fur- naces, to which we referred at the time. Mr. John Head went over much the same ground in a paper read early in January be- fore the South Staffordshire Institute of Iron and Steel Works’ Managers. The published reports of these papers do not give any draw- ings to show in what manner the changes proposed are carried out. That want is sup- plied, however, by alecture by Mr. Frederick Siemens himself before the Verein zur Beférderung des Gewerbfleisses, at Berlin, which is accompanied by diawings of steel and glass melting fur- naces, and of a de- sign for boilers, which we reproduce. The boiler is arranged for direct gas-firing, an ordinary form being chosen to illustrate the application of the system to existing plants. The gas, which is made in a producer, not shown in the drawings, en- ters into a wide com- bustion chamber in front of the two tubes. Itis provided ,} with two doors for 1G lighting the gas, cleaning the flues, &c. The flues for the gas and air enter into it from below. An arrangement may be easily provided for preheating the air. As will be seen from the drawings, the head of each tube is srovided with fire- Prick deflector rings, which are also in- serted at regular in- tervals and at the end of every tube. The dimensions of the combustion chamber are so chosen that the flame can develop freely. It then flows through the tubes, the rings preventing con tact with the iron. In the return flues the products of combustion are brought into as close contact with the boiler as pos sible. Mr. Head in his paper says on this subject : To obtain the greatest benefit from this method of firing it is necessary that the boiler should be worked day and night, for, if only worked in the daytime, the saving effected by the use of gaseous fuel is not so great as when worked continuously. If flame is allowed to touch the sides of a boiler, there is, of necessity, smoke produced on its inside sufaces, and the radiant heat of the flame, not being able to penetrate such an atmosphere of smoke, the water in the boiler cannot get the advantage of it. It will readily be perceived how great a quenching effect the metal of the boiler has upon a flame when it is remembered that the temperature of steam, even at 60 pounds ressure—which is, of course, that of the iler—is only 311° F., while that of the gaseous flame in contact with it is about 3000° F. In this application the principle has been followed of allowing the active flame to have free space for its development, and for the radiation of its heat within the length of the tube, and not allowing it to touch the sides until after complete combus- tion has been effected, when the products of combustion may be brought into direct con- tact with solid bodies. If the flame was allowed to play along the tube in the ordi- nary way, it would very soon strike against the upper surface and pnten soot, but by the arrangement of deflector rings inserted in the tube the gas is not allowed to touch any surface until after complete combustion has been effected, and it will be noticed that | adopt some plan by which they could make | under the piece plan would come in compe- | by this means the flame has no discoloring | the institution self-supporting, or as nearly | effect on the tubes. By this arrangement t | | The New Siemens System of Gas | The Piece-Price System for an Qhio Prison. The Ohio Senate has passed the House bill providing for the piece-price convict system in the Ohio Penitentiary. One year ago a law was passed abolishing the contract sys- tem, and with eight months’ experience the management came out with a defliciency of $50,000, and the project has been, since the assembling of the present Legislature, to | hi Mm el iN rhs “ 1 i | | | Sd New Y% ork, > hursday, F. ebruary The piece price plan which was adopted gives the board of managers the control of the convicts and the power to regulate the hours which they are to work, while unde the old plan the contractors had absolute control of the prisoners, so far as getting all the work from them which could be w rung out, The present bill was opposed by labor organizations throughout the State with as much force as was the contract System, on the ground that the wares manufactured Longitudinal Section. | Ute we Hee 4 pa Dae THE NEW so as it was under the old contract system. perfect combustion is produced and there is | Many of the members were in favor of re- no smoke. storing the contract system and pronouncing But, besides this, a boiler fired in this | asa failure anything which looked like re- manner lasts longer, as the plates are worn | form in the management of criminals, but away tact with the flame than from any other votes to carry through the measure. As the heat of the products of com- ' question of abolishment was made a political cause, more readily through direct con-|the advocates of reform secured enough The bustion come into direct contact with the sides | one in the campaign two years ago, and it is or flues of the boiler and its regenerators, it is | for that reason that both parties now are in completely utilized, and the maximum of | favor of giving something else except the heating effect is thus insured. These results | contract plan a trial, though none of them obtained in actual practice prove that almost | have confidence that it can be made a suc all heating apparatus used in the arts in which | cess. The contracts under the contract there is no chemical necessity for direct | system have been expiring during the contact of flame with the substances treated | vear, until now they have about 1200 con- will be materially improved by the new victs idle, with whom nothing can be done, and they are a heavy burden to the State. method of heating. SIEMENS SYSTEM Transverse Sections. OF GAS FIRING tition with the goods of free labor. The law, | however, provides that the goods shall be used, as far as possible, in the other State institutions, and shall not be manufactured in such quantities as will make them burden- some on the market. ee The durability of steel rails is discussed by Mr. Webb, of the London and North- | western Railway, who states that, according to his calculations, 1400 pounds of steel dis- appear every hour from the track of that company’s lines, 1780 miles in length. At first glance this seems a surprising state- ment, but it is only y% ton each hour, or| | 16.8 tonsa day, or 6132 net tons each year, for a line of 1780 miles, having an exceptionally heavy traffic. In length the railways of this Entered AS APPLIED at the Post Office, New York, as 26, 1885 country are 71.3 times that of the London and Northwestern, and at the same rate of ° . | destruction by wear the quantity of steel rails required for replacement on all the roads of this country would be only about $35,000 net tons. The consumption of rails in 1883 in this country was about 1,400,000 tons, of which 6500 miles of new road re quired perhaps 650,000 tons, leaving 750,000 tons for replacements both of iron and steel It may be inferred that the destruction of Ni i) lhl Hit “AMA HN} TO BOILERS, rails by wear on the London and Northwest- ern is not relatively so great as it may be on many roads in this country — The decreasing gold production of the world and the increasing consumption is giving rise to uneasiness. The decrease in production has been continuous since 1861. Taking the world’s production in periods, in the five years including 1861 lit was £139 000,000. In the next five years it dropped to £136,000,000, in 1871 to £128,000,000, in 1876 to £118,000,000, in 1881 to £107,000,000, and in the current five years to 1886, unless the Transvaal or some other mines add considerably to the yield, | the amount will have fallen to about £85,000, | 000, or some £50,000,000 per five years less than was produced 25 years ago. Second-Class Matter, $4.50 a lrar, Lucluding Zostage. Single Copies, Zen Cents. Duty of American Pumping Machinery. Economy and It has been the custom in America, and particularly in the United States, to have expert duty trials, conducted by engineers of acknowledged reputation, whenever new engines were erected at prominent water works. From a number of reports of such trials, says Mr. E. D. Leavitt, Jr., of Cam- | bridgeport, Mass., in a paper read before the Montreal meeting of the British Association, | the following has been selected as of leading interest : A Cornish engine that was tested at Jersey City, N. J., in 1857 developed a duty of 62,82 3,300 foot pounds per 100 pounds of coal. In 1860 a rotative engine in Brooklyn developed a duty of 60,- 140,700 foot-pounds per 100 pounds of coal. For several years a duty of 60,000,0c0 was rarely exceeded, and it was not until 1873 that a duty ap- proaching that recorded for the trials of the Simpson compound engines in vy the London Water-Works was ob tained. In July of that year a board consisting of John CU. Hoadly, James B. and W. E. Worthen tested the Simpson compound engine, built by Henry G. Morris, of Philadel phia, at the Lowell Water Works, and obtained a duty of 93,002,272 foot- pounds per 100 pounds of coal. This trial was of 57 hours’ duration. Francis 2°72 In Decem ber of the same year a board consisting of William E. Worthen, John C. Hoadly, J. P. Kirk wood, Charles Hermany and Joseph P. Davis tested the compound pumping engine at Lynn, Mass., built by 1. P. Morris & Co, of Philadelphia, and ob- tained a duty of 103,- 923,215 foot-pounds for every 100 pounds of coal fed to the fur- naces. This trial was of 52 hours’ duration, aud the experts, in making their report to the Lynn water commisioners, said : ‘The duty given by your engine is, so far as we are aware, the highest that has ever been obtained by trial test of any pumping engine in this coun try.” In May 1875, @ board consisting of William E. Worthen Thomas J. Whitman and Charles Hermany tested the Simpson compound engines at the Milwaukee Water-Works, and ebtained a duty of 76,955,720 foot pounds per 100 pounds of coal. In May, 1576, a board consisting of William E. Worthen, John C. Hoadly and Joseph P. Davis tested the compound en gines built by I. P. Morris & Co., of Phila delphia, for the Lawrence (Mass.) Water- Works, and obtained a duty of 96,186,979 foot-pounds per 100 pounds of coal with one of the engines running singly, and of 98,261, 700 foot-pounds for both engines running coupled ; the coal per indicated horse-power per hour was found to be 1.684 pounds. The duration of the trial of the single en gine was 57 hours, and of the engines run ning coupled 34 hours. It was found that the work done in pumps was 81 per cent. of the indicated power of the steam cylinders Subsequentiy, in July, 1879, Mr. R. H. Buel, connected with Park Benjamin's Scientific Expert Office, in New York City, made a trial of one of the Lawrence pumping en |gines, and obtained a duty of 111,548,925 | foot-pounds per 100 pounds of cval, all the coal fed to the furnaces, including the wood used for starting fire, being charged to the trial. Previous to this trial, annular, rub ber faced pump valves had been substituted for double-beat valves, and the efficiency of the pump was found to be 91.64 per cent. of the indicated power in the steam cylinders The coal per indicated horse-power per hour monte a was 1.63 pounds, and the feed-water per |indicated horse-power per hour, 16.48 |}pounds. In October, 1873, a board con |sisting of Walter H. Sears and Isaac N |Scott tested the Corliss pumping engine at | Pawtucket, R. I., and obtained a duty of 104,357,054 foot-pounds per 100 pounds of coal, on the total coal consumed, including the wood used to start fires (estimated at 40 per cent its weight in coal), This trial ex- tended over a period of two weeks, the run- ning time being 10 hours aday. The same parties made a continuous test of 24 hours, with the same engine, and report a duty of 133,522,060 foot-pounds per 100 pounds of coal. A full description of the Pawtucket engine may be found on page 189, Vol. XXVIII, Engineering. The pumping en- gines at Lawrence were fully described in Engineering, Vol. XXIX, pp. 18 and 1g. la April, 1877, Messrs. Moses Lane, Charles H. (Continued on page §., 4 thai nd , bef my . Pik a - ve COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER. Seam!ess Brass and Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Kods, Wire, O’ Neiis’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &e., —{IN— ‘. SY PHELPS. DODGE & CO.. IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE, ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORE. W.E. DODGE. Pres’t. G. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. A, A. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. —__— 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, : CONN., Manufacturers of BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. GERMAN } Sheet German Silver, German Silver SILVER.) Wire, German Silver Tubing. eptr Narrow, Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, INGES. Stop, Spring aud Piano-Forte. ) Military, Naval, Livery. Society, Rail- BUTTONS. § road, School Lasting, Silk ang ‘Dress. P German Student Lamps, Kerosene ae Ds. ; Burners, Kerosene Lamps. TO- Camera Boxes, Printing Frames, eRe rt 1c j Chemicals, Paper, Giase, &c. Seovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. DEPOTS 423 Broome Street, New York. 177 Devonshire Street, Boston. 183 Lake Street, Chicago. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., Importers of Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet lron, Copper, Wire, Zinc, Ete. 29 & 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. THE NEW HAVEN COPPER Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ANSONIA BRASS AND THE IRON AGE. Waterbury Brass Co. ESTABLISHED 184s. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, CERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, PERCUSSION CAPS, POWDER FLASKS, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line of Sport- ing Goods. DEPOTS, MEilis At 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY. 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. Conn. POPE, COLE & Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, uso Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. BROWN & BROTHERS, Waterbury, Conn. 31 Chambers St., N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, Rivets, and Burs, Ete. ALSO Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs, pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich designs. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. PATENTS. GEO. H. BENJAMIN, Engineer, Expert in Patent Causes, AND SOLICITOR OF BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, | American and Foreign Patents, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. 290 Pear! Street - NEW YORK. No. 284 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. OFFICES, 28, 29, 30. ESTABLISHED 1837. INCORPORATED 876, Waterbury H. 8. CHASE, Sec'y & Treas. Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Iowa Barb 98 READE STREET, New tork, EASTON, Pennsylvania. Wire Co., 89 LAKE STREET. Chicago, fil, MANUFACTURERS THE WIRE GOODS CO., Worcester. Mass. OF BARB WIRE. Oo= Brignt Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Double-Pointed Tacks ; yj ; J : a s and Staples. Wire Picture Cord, Clothes Line Wire, Hand Rail Screws, &c., &c. Wires cut, bent. milled, otee hteved and made toany desired shape Orders solici‘ed from the Trade for the full lme of Screw Eyes. &c Special articles made to order. known as Hardware Wire Goods Quality guaranteed the best in the market. THE WIRE COODS CO., Worcester, Mass. A W. PARMELEE, Pres't SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS., The Plume & Atwood Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burrs, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &C. |; 18 Murray Street, New York. 71 Pearl Street, Boston. 115 Lake St., Chicago. Factories, WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co., Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing. Seamless and Brazed Tubing, Copper and Iron Rivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. ManvuracTory, WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 35 Enrh Pisce 18 Federal St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, German Silver Spoons, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Agents for Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Dealers in Rolling Mill, THOMASTON, Ct. Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE MASS., Mavbufacturers of Bright, Coppered, Annealed and vin Plated. AlsoGUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCKET, R. L., Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. February 26, 188 PHILIP L MOEN, President and Treasurer. CHAS, F. WASHBURN, Vice President & Secretary WASHBURN & MOEN MANUFACTURING Co Established 1831. WORCESTER. MASS st ere ee merrnee ws gree: or eerenee m - ‘ Fg ’ are 3" ere re eDENTUGETITEN TETERUERGRECCEDE : ipeetee i qppaccencecess) Sp boee piiiesse iisieenertenerenee es a * ‘ a MANUVAOTUREES OF IRON and STEEL. WiIiRE. Patent Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties WIRE RODS of all Grades; Round [ron, Rivet quality, 3-16 tn, to « In., cut te an > 9 y length. Owners and c sive Operators of the PATENT CONTIN OUS ROLLING Mit, producing Iron and Steel WIRE cotls of 100 pounds, without szam or WELD. atent Galvanized Telegraph Wire, Market and Stone Wir: Annealed Fence and Grape Wire in long lengths ; Coppered Paf)-Ball Wire ; Rope, Bridge, Bolt, Screw, Rivet, Buck). and Chain Wire. Wire for the manufacture of Card Clothing, Heddles, Reeds, &c. Plano-string Covering Wire Tinned Broom Wire and pupned-gietes Wire of all sizes. A specialty is made of Clock, Machinery, Gun Screw an: Spiral Spring Wire, and Refined Wire to Pattern for particular purposes, from selected stamps of Norway [ror Any grade of Wire furnished, Annealed, Brignt, Polished, Coppered, Galvanized or Tin Plated. Wire furniahec Straigntened and Cut to any length. Steel Crineline Wire. tent Linen finish. Unrivaled Stee] Musi« Wire. Stee) Wire for Springs, Needles and Drills. Market Stee] Wire kept in stock, all sizes, j New York, 16 Clif, and 241 Pearl Sts. WAREHOUSES : | catcage, 107 and 109 Lake St. “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. And California Wire Works Co., San E’rancisco, Cal Manufactory, Nos. 1197, 1199, 1208, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1209 and 121s De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N \ HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTII. Heavy Rolled Cloth for Malt Kiln Floors. Wire Work, Wire F and Guards. Also, Hand and Railroad Lanterns.” ia baXDG ids Kd Sorder Garden Arches, ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. JAMES HALL, Treasurer, WM. HEWITT, Vice-President. THE E. HaNsON, Secretary, TRENTON IRON COMPANY. (INCORPORATED 1847,) ° MAKERS OF IRON AND STEEL oc? ww. |b Abaca CY SAS Plain Garden Arch. Dp . fi DNID “iD / OF ALL GRADES. Bright, Annealed, Coppered, Tinned and Galvanized Iron and Steel Wire Rods. Extra Qualities of Bar Iron and Rods. Best Qualities of Gun-Screw ond, Coamecal teen Wie; Crucible, Siemens-Martin and WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. WORKS AND OFFICE, TRENION, NEW JERSEY. New York OFFice: PHILADELPHI OFFice: COOPER, HEWITT & CO.., 17 Burling Slip. | JOHN HEWITT, iaent, aia Fourth St CHICAGO OFFICE: 170 Dearborn Street. ; WIREUROPE HAZARD M'F’G CoO. WAREROOMs : s7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: WiLEKESBARRE, Pa. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO. WIRE ROPE BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON & STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St. St. Louis Mo. A. LESCHEN .& SONS, Manufacturers of + WIRE ROPE Correspondence invited, Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope, ‘SOulM | ‘Buyyoeg dwoy 903 & 905 N. Main &t., ST. LOUIS, MO. Ww. Ss. BESTE YY, MANUFACTURER OF ( OF BRASS, COPPER, IRON, GALVANIZED AND ] STEEL WIRE, OF ALL MES+ES AND GRADES Iren and Steel Lecometive Spark Wire Cleth. Riddles for Expert and Foundry use. Coal and Sand Screens. Iron Bolting Cloth. Wire Werk ot every descriptien. NO. 86 FULTON ST., . ° = NEW YORK, WIRE R¢ Soli AX SPA ods. nd th St. ‘Bulyoeg dwey February 26, 1885. = THE IRON AGE. 8 ; CARY & MOEN, | > 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Sas ef?) titnates se STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. Japanned, Brass, Tin Plate: and Wood BIRD CAGES Origina! inventors ft | oS ‘ eo Conductors’ Revolving Flower Stand, W rought- iro yn en enc Chair. Punch, ge FRED. J. MEYERS MEG. C0., Ail 4 = ch ow iF i Ltd PPELELLLEL ALE, COVINGTON, Ky., Manufacturers ot WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware 0 Send for Illustrated 4 Catalogue and Price List. Gi Faas 4 & of set AREAS 4 | AAT) VE a) LLL WAAAISAIAMAS SAAS Is VIGSSITISISISISINISISIAST YS, WU ae ain WOLD ILEPELLLLOLLLLLE REAP = constructed without | sola Cf ‘ TEE L ‘4 — ~. 254 Pearl 8: NEW YORK j | | Market Steel Wire, Crinolime Wire, tempered and covered Also Patent Tempered Steel vig ——— constantly on hand. 234, 936 and a 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK, IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. ) nada Wire Counter Railing aye Be aioe a ee LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE 0, sT. LOUIS. MO eo ‘S Ss a OSS or ose ai eee) WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, eN AND BARBED FENCING WIRE. | The “PERNOT CAST” “i mn Plow Steel, made by the Ne ine ieee GAUTIER STEEL DEPART- Sieel, Irom, Brass ana Copper Cloth for Coal ad Ore Screens, Fiowr Mills, Paper Mills and Maltsters, M bE N z, J 0 h nstown. P 9. 754 toe 758 sr. CLAIR -»sT. lata wy ie high in temper and excel- 3 de die lent in surface, and can be CORN POPPERS, SIEVES, used in most cases instead W. P, SUMNER, Pres. F. kk, MINCKLEK, Sxo’y, of Iron Center, at less than Ei National Wire &lr ace WIRE CLOTH, &€, half the price. | Detroit, URERS OF Mich. a on Stairs, pee | Shr on yf crete w, Wen r ech une oe Se pe Scrub, Shoe, Whitewash and Other Geers eae acoom alga tie ak ea Ores ta Beud for Uetalogao, i> Mention this Paper, BRUSHES, . call THOMPSON MoCOSH, President. JOHN A, Mo sCOSH, Seo. | and Treas, svonme et ce SS e. oppatcae Seer Ww LIFTER AND THE BROMWELL BRUSH a ict oe BARB IR E Sane. & WIRE GOODS CO » CHARLES _—_ uate i SAM’L . ANDREWS, Vice nace SAM’L A. BAGUE, General Manager at > reasurer. OHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. CINCINNATI, O. NO DANGER OF CUT THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY, patios rice ING CLOTHES. Established 1819. DRAWERS OF IRON AND W IR ~OF EVERY DESCRIPTION DEWITT WIRE CLOTH CO.) sree TELEGRAPH AND TELEPE TELEPHONE WIRE. SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. 87 Chambers St. 703 Market St., ; NEW YORK, F PHILADELPHIA, GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIKRE. Vanufactured MANUFACTURERS EASTE we STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. Solely by r Room 2), Astor fo mee "Ditices, Room 23, C eee Sore Nat’ l. Bank bratenten.| New Yo . Bc Filet Anon CLEVELAND, OHIO. pal Poresasot ait, Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. Brass and Copper Wire, — WiRE CLOTH : - ’ HOWARD EVANS. of every description Double Selvage, Painted Wire Window Cloth. OO Our Agents, Jobn H. Graham & Co., 113 Chambers St. carry stock of our Lifers and Will supply at Factory prices. The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Kail, manufactured by the WIRE NETTING FOR FENCING, MOLDERS’' TOOLS, HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornellsville, N. ¥. We also manufacture exteastvel J 7 S : FOUN CING our different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists Se Se em =r TS , Cc. S. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, III. wi Rope for Mines, Elevators, Cables and MOLDING SAND, ~ . _ ; = ’ my \ t enthiatin af Betis FOUNDRY SUPPLIES IB THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., J.A. EMERICK & CO. ILL. WIRE CORDS FOR PICTURES WINDOW SASHES, &c., &e. , CHICAGO, , 1056 to 1076 Beach St, PHILADELPHIA. or gal, ali ee SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF KELLY STEEL BARB WIRE, u preg DEALERS IN ; = § and C’: and Red Star Barb Wires, } Staples, Gates, &c. PATENT OFFICE. | Si a A ET oui AND Al — os antes so Rseuat iron Rall DER & BRIESEN, PY 0 A pvithout j header bat icenges hea — and 84 Nassau Strect, DV /| 1) [ \ ( \ Ly V VIF rertaang a is wor NEW YORK. Write for Catalogue and Special Prices NEW HAVEN NUT CO, Estab d 1814. Incorp’d 1874. —_— THE —_——— AMERICAN AND FOREIGN = | | Gilbert & Bennett Mfg. Co. eo PATENTS) 42 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK, HOT-PRESSED NUTS AND WASHERS. MANUFACTURERS OF See Iron Age First Issue Each Month Selicited promptly and at the lowest rates. | WILLIAM MANN, JR.,& CO. WERTVILER. CONN, Bron & Galvanized Wire| oe ect Sleves « Wire Cleth. Power Loom Painted and Oalvan Ww } Cc KW 1 R & B8 R OT i4 E R Ss, CORTLAN D, N. Yoo ized Window Sereen Wire oth ; Galvanized Wire Cloth + r Drying MANUFACTURERS OF Fruits, Warld’s Galvan ae 9 = ei i ES b ammaneiitn te Es : ee = _ a Cae: eee Wire eeener, Galvanized — 5 1 0) f) § L , “9 Factories, G joorsstows, Conn. d nl 9 MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF “ CORTLAND - AXES, BROAD AXES, Bolts. ee Disekaics Winoow scnEt Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, Coal Sieves Flour Sieves, | CARRIAGE HARDWARE, &C. Dean Adzes, Broad Hatchets, | SEND FOR PRICE LIST s | Wigs CLOSE. Etc,, Etc, Se pombe 8. How York. Factories : { Ualee ee One | Metallic Stove Sieve. SPANISH AXES AND TOOLS. | "**o™*’ 188, Lake St., Chicago. OGDEN & WALLACE, 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. Iron =» Steel Of every description kept in s.ock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and oe Steel con stantly ou hand PIERSON & CO., ESTABLISHED 1790, 24 to 27 West St., cor. Morris, NEW YORK CITY. ULSTER All Sizes and Shapes Kept in Stock. ABEEL BROS. IRON MERCHANTS, 190 SOUTH 8T. 365 WATER sT, | NEW YORK. “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 D) lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON Cv., Limited, Merchant Iron and Soft Steel. NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO,, Homogeneous | Plates BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder Plates. BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. ee TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues. .M LRON. 1 Wire THE C HESTER PIPE AND TUBE co, Pians and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every —, tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sen on re by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 68 Hudson St. New York. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West St., th GhEENE, — NEW YORK. L C H. Agents for the sale of Fall River tron Co.’s Nalis, Marshall Lefferts & Co., _ 90 Beekman St., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, Hoop and Band Iron. Gulvanized Rod a Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; sOgreuees on, — Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanised Iron CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. PLATE AND TANK I[rRon, . H. No. 1, C.H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Cc. »C Best Platte Fire Box, Circles ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Price list and quotations sent wns wpen apgnEee. application. FOX & DRUMMOND, RAILWAY AND ROLLING MILL MATERIAL, a 68 Wall Street, NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIC IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. Ulster Iron Works, SAUGERTIES, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK. WILLIAM MULLIGAN, DANIEL J: COONEY, n St., N. ¥. BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, AP-WELDED BOILER FLU sine Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & spies Agcnor for Glasgow Iron Co., Joseph L. Bail Iron Works, Lebanon Rolling. Mi hey “Alison Pip Boller Flue, Albany & Rens. Iron and Steel Co.’s cele- brated Boiler —_ 8; + eeeenaoas Sceel, Boiler and Fire Box Plate B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wr.ught & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. NEW YORK. 457 & 459 Water St.,| 233 & 235 South St., Buckeye Lawn Mowers. 10, 12, 14 in. JUNIOR, 14 in, SENIOR, AT GO PER CENT DISCOUNT. JOHN BROWER, Sl Murray St. HE TRON AGE. February 26, 1885, Successor to WITHEROW & GORDON, OXFOR D IW. 0. WOOD & CO., L'd, |JAMES P. WITHEROW. IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails AND ee emis: J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. HARRISON&GILLOON MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 : Oct. 6th. 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; Oct. 17th, 1876 ; Jan. IRON AND METAL DEALERS, rth, 1877; Feb, 6th, 1877; Dec.’ roth, 1878 : 558, 560, s6a WATEH 87. & 3¢2, 9¢4, 306 CHERRY 8T., Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. rst, 1884 : ; Feb. 12 th, 1884 : March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 188> NEW YORK, hand, and offer for _. the following : Macotch and American n, Wrought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy Wrought Iron ; also old Copper, Composition, Brass, Lead, Pewter, ZAnc, &c. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. BURDEN’S s200 Common, Refined, Charcoal and Juniata GRADES OF BLACK SHEET IRON, Smooth on both sides. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON WORKS, SYRACUSE, N. yY. “Burden Best” Iron Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. w. B. BURNS, Proprietor, Boiler Rivets. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. Everson, Brown & Co., SECOND AVE., PiTTsBuRGH, PA.,, HORSE SHOE MANUFACTURERS OF ROOFING SHEE of all grades a specialty. AND UR a7 > B DEN’S Prices Backes: promptly upon application. 4 B. & S. Bar lron. CORRUGATED AN AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, she Also Best Grades of American & English Refined Iron. All sizes and shapes in stock Shutters, 9 Daa Cornices EGLESTON BROS, & CO.) sassney, noses ase: th St., 267 Front Siz |NEW YORK CITY, | moss, 180H IGE ANB, poor co. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., IRON MERCHANTS Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. GEORGE ian a Gen Jn., Prest. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. |W. 97 Chambers Street, New York. PENNSYLVANIA NIA IRON WORKS | 445 to 451 West St., Engineer & Contractor, PITTSBURGH, PA. ‘Agent for the WHITWELL HOT BLAST STOVES OVER 600 IN USE. The following parties either have them in use or ander construction : Cedar Point Iron C 0., N.Y Dunbar Furnace Co., Pa. Crane Iron Co., Pa. Ponnsyivania Steel Co., Pa. Neshannock Iron Co., Pa. R. H. Coleman, Lebanon. _ Chester Rollin Mill Co., Davenport, Fa co & ‘Con ,Pa Isabella Furnace Cc a. Meier Iron North Chicago Steel Co., Til. Union Iron and Steel Co., [IL Means & Culbertson, K Ashland Furgace Co., y. Norton [ro , Ky. Southern States’ C.. L. and 4 Co., Tenn nee Furnace Co., Ten James C. Warner, Rising ‘Fawn, Ga. Ohio Iren Co., Zanesville. O. _Sloss } Furnace Co., Ala. WHEELING NAILS. Laughlin Nail Co., Bs mio, SOLE ACENT, Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 177 & 179 Bank st, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. Light Sheet ron. KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, Mavufacturers of IRON, Pittsburgh, Pa. Bonnell, Botsford & Co., IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. T. W. WELSH, Supt. W. W. CARD, Secy. T = BE — Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. __ VOUGHT & \ & WILLIAMS, MACHINERY, | TIRE AND SPRINC STEEL. AGENTS FOR HELLER BROS.’ Clay Crucible Cast Steel. ___ 288 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK. IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, | For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, A SPECIALTY. —— ra ° 3 un- CHARLES HIMROD & CO., lars Bice as asi CHICAGO AND DETROIT. at-Law p. ratent Cares. Washington, D. C. - PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Ohannels, Angles, Tees, Morchant Bars, Riveted Work, Porgings, Bye Bars, ce. PATERSON, N. J. o> a aoe 45, Astor House, New York. “CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO’S BOILER RIVETS, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., 139 Greenwich Street, New York. CHas.-: LOMBARL UL hs WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. ‘Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty.| Any size or style made at short notice. ATENTS.- ign Patents p in soliciting United States and psetee tents prior and subsequent to ser- vice in United atent Office. echanic | Prompt and skillful prosecution of ap lications for | Pat tents, Sestene, Trade Marks _— NEW YORK CITY. Wu. H. Wattace, Wa. Bispmam. E. C. WALLAcE. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. For outting off the ends of Bolts and Riv on harness, etc. Ask for them where ore you & bay 3 wy your hardware, or send for CHAMBERS, BROTHER & Co., 63d St., below Lancaster Ave., Philadeiphia, Pa. =< f D. WOOD & CO., PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of Cast Iron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Mysrante, 400 CHESTNUT 8TREET. VARIETY METAL BOOM. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION in all ite Branches a Specialty. Brass and other Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. FPRAS. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. cir- | train separate, or hose or p Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA., VU. S.A., MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver = Vacuum Brakes PFatngeites & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. The Automatic Freight Brake is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for ears, except that the various are so combined as to form practically one piece of passenge parts y aaa and is so - a very low The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’ avd the inereased speed possible uk perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application bad a ver Ly time * Automatic” has proved itself to be the must efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its a lication is instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and sh ry ipe fail, it applies automatically. A GUARANTEE is given cana oss from PATENT SUITS on the apparatus sold them. The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARs, and is adopted by the principal mepneys in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, LEECHBURG .IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., LIMITED Manufacture of all Grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) WORKS, Leechburg, Pa, BROWN’S HOC AND Pic RINGER ang RINGS. GS BILL CORN HUSKER nose. Noshar int = =e nose to keep it CHAMPION HOC RINCER Ringers, 7sc. ings, soc. 100. Holders, 7sc. Huskers, «9c. ee BERING & QUINLAN, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, tur, Ti. RINGS and HOLDER. Joun J. SPOWERS, ALEXANDER BURNS, Man THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING Co., GALVANIZED PIATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. Ring | that will effectu- Hogs from is the best Husker in the GALVANIZING IN ALL ITS BRAN OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., = Pa. ally keep market. Farm - Galvanized Sheet Iron—Best Bloom, Best Common. Siena Z howd, Square Band end No There ’ f LB, is the best. Usemoot Refined, Hoop Iron, &c., &c. Corrugated Sheet iron « Specialty ,abvoninet, Bioas and Yatotes. Iron Oorrugated for the Trade. WORKS GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, W. 1. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK 6, 1885, 2OW, DON, actor, VES SE. in use or CE. ke for lece of wages, within n, Its id the omers |, Pa, j PIC 1GS. ng in tloses f the Olnts ep it ade. DAK February 26, 1886. THE IRON AGE. 5 WILLIAM R. HART & CO.,| HENRY LEVIS & C0., JUSTICE OOX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNB. (Continued from page t.) EDWARD J. ETTINC. IRON BROKER AN MISSIO} ‘HANT, ~ nt _ cancx a oxen" |Manufacturers’ Agenta| "sis tuctmctaimiconea’™| JUSTICE COX, JR, & €0., — |isswcit wnt teary waren tc te PIG IRON SPIEGELEISEN, | ror tron ana Stee! Rails, Car Wheels, Boller and ” “OUD Eaacad demah ae. HRON, | CHICKIES, CONRWAGO, MONTGOMERY ANI Sear Wake ae can — ore 8 ’ Bheet Iron and General Railway Agent for the ee tard Iron Works of New York, and ob Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. tained a duty of 96 ,06¢ , 900 foot pounds per Steel Blooms, Crop Ends, Tin Plates, &¢. | 15 poe axiog, au pmene cht and sold MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, ouaan al No. 224 South Third St. PHILADELPHIA. 934 B. Sth St., Philadelphia. EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR el > ii a a tae n ay 1552 r samuel ray ety LYNCHBURG IRON CO., Lynchburg, Va., Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD, Delaware Avenue above Callowhill 8t., connected by track with rail road. Cash advances made on Iron. CATASAUQUA MFG, CO0.’S enblanee of Providence, made a six ‘days’ Bar, Angie, Skelp and Sheet tron. | est of the Corliss engines at the Pettaconset Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. Water-Works, in Providence, and obtained No. 994 80. Fourth 8t., PHILADELPHIA, a duty of 113,271,000 foot pounds per 100 pounds of coal, reckoned on the coal con sumed, including the wood used in starting JEROME KEELEY & C0 fires (estimated at 40 per cent. its weight in #9 | coal). The average running time for the six Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway F'astenings, STREET Jas. G. Lrnpsay. THos. S. Parvin. LINDSAY PARVIN g C0. 906 Wainut Place, Philadelphia. days was 12 hours 27'4 minutes. Deduct ADDRESS: . ' SELLING AGENTS FOR ing the coal used for starting and banking Successors to Lioyp & Linpsay, CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PJG IRON, | fires, Mr. Gray estimated the duty at 138, A ‘ + | C 828 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. IRON CLAb STEEL SEALS ang JANa, MAGNET 035,000 oe pounds rh 100 pounds of coal “ an ATITE IRON ORES. FIRE BRICK, COAL | CONSuUMed In running time, am ria ron 0,, atone Bonen ae Builders’ Materials, Steel | and COKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel : ; ; pes and Bars, Sheet [ron, Sheet Steel, | Ratls, Scrap Iron &c. Examine and negotiate sales In June, 1883, Mr. Chas. T Porter made Pig Iron, Mack Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and | of Iron and Coal roperti ask Buildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures. Abknaiadiie > os the Gaskill compound Agee rs Office, Works, — engine, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. This > E. H. Wilson. - . as o ss ours’ ¢ oO am e ¢ , 218 South eee at e oo : Ethelbert Watts. Stati atithaeass, A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons. no . - : 2 a dur ati Os a — i a. enns vania. s reported ¢ 06,833,000 foo wounds for ade pila, y ETHELBERT, WATTS & C0 , e. H. WILSON & co., each 100 pounds of coal consumed during the 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. (trial. Mr. Porter also reports that for the BROKERS AND DEALERS In first 20 hours the apparent duty was I17, 580,000 foot-pounds, and for the first 12 IRON AND STEEL. hours an apparent duty of 127,170,000 foot pounds. These results have been seriously Correspondence ted. siniaieaiiamainiias —— aeane aoe questioned by many eminent engineers, on the ground that the conditions obtaining d. Ww. HOFFMAN & & CO. would render so high a duty impracticable The writer, while possessing the utmost con IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, fidence in Mr. Porter’s ability and integrity, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, cannot but feel that there is a mistake some SELLING AGENTS where, as the performance too far exceeds ° PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; G@LASGow | that of any test reported, made under similar IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars ; SPRANG STEEL & | conditions. IRON CO. (Limited), Siemens. Martin (Open-Hearth ; ; ‘ ' Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles an It may not be amiss, in concluding this Shapes. paper, to sketch rapidly the leading im- : wAS s provements made in pumping machinery JNO. L. HOGAN, RICH'D M, ELLIOT. during the past 40 vears, and to summarize HOGAN & ELLIOT the characteristics of the best. The most 9}important improvement in heavy steam 411 & 413 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, pumping machinery has been in compound ing, which has conduced to both economy of 0 fuel and smoothness of action, and has re [kK N AND ORES, duced to a very great extent wear and tear. In the pumps, the substitution of multiple Old Rails, Wrought and Cast | valves for the enormous clacks and double, treble or four beat valves, formerly used, has Scrap, Iron and Steel Blooms proved of very great advantage. Improve- and Billets. ment in design in the direction of making the parts of greater strength and massive AGENTS For: Brier Hill Iron and Coal Co., Pig | ness, as well as more accessible for examina ~ ee eee eee pn arene Pe —_ tion and repair, has been decided. Automatic Youngstown Steel Co. Washed Metal, for Open | V4lve gears, controlled by a governor, are Analysis of Ores of Iron and other Metals, Hearth and Crucivle purposes. Connellsville Coke, | now largely adopted. High-pressure steam Pig Iron and Steel. Assay of Gold and Low Phosphorus Bessemer Pig Iron a Specialty. and high grades of expansion came in, as a Silver O Water Analysis for matter of course, with compounding. Mr. Manuf'ing and Household Use. ANDOVER PIG IRON, Corliss, in his practice, has reached from 125 . FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. to 130 pounds boiler pressure, expanded 20 Andover OM Iron for Oarwheels, 0. | times, while in the new Louisville engine TAYLOR-LANGDON GAS-ROASTED| ™“fnchl, A." Whitner& Son's stendetd text” * =| it is an yg a ag eng ln rebar F. A. ComLy, Treas. J. Wesuxy PuLiaas, _ | pounds. y far the most important im BESSEMER ORE, 240 Se. 34 St alcahdl hia mua provement has been in the introduction of Specially adapted to Sets Foundry or Highest - a : — direct-acting steam pumps, either simple or a compound. They are an established article J. WESLEY PULLMAN, J. J. MOFRR, of manufacture, kept in stock, and made 240 So. 34 St., Philadelphia. 430 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, | With interchangeable parts, to standard jigs Sole Agent for and templets. Their economy of first cost and portability strongly commend them for NORTH BROTHERS, |Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lvnch-| general use. . For small water-works, and for large lron Founders, burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel works where the cost of fuel is not too great, the compound Worthington duplex engine Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, No. 920 So. Third Street, Philadelphia. SALES AGENTS FOR Pennsylvania and Virginia Pig Iron, ** orn- wall,”’ **Cheste .°’ end Other Iron Ores. Dealers in Old Rails and Iron and Steel Scrap of all kinds. Correspondence solicited. 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 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, SHAFBTING, and covery variety of SHAPE IROR made te order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarek St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE c& SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, __-_ as and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. WW. H. WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York, NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIC, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand * Ulverston ;” alleable Pig Iron, brand * U. 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 Agente for the WHITE RIVER MINING CO'S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed 50 per eent, Metallic Manganese. JAS. ROWLAND & CO., Kensington lron, Steel & Nail Works, ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IROW, Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensneton Yaa ou from ton abel ao Bi Seosia Gand Mik Seats and Sow PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & FP. ROBERTS c& CO., L.& R. WISTER & co., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 230 So. 4th 8t., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Founiry and Forge Pig Iron. Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal Pig Iron. Buchanan Red Short Pig [ron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. MORRIS, WHEELER 2&2 OO., IRON, STEEL & NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES, | SALES OFFICES 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA. PA. PHILA., PA. New Work Address, 14 OLIFF 8ST. REUBEN HAINES, OoBnBpMistT, 738 Sansom &St., Philadelphia. LIGHT CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. POSSESS ant FERNS PS ENeN, ossesses very great advantages, owing to N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, CHARCOAL PIC IRON, its small first cost and good average running PHILADELPHIA. Also economy. Including foundations and struct a . mee ures, these engines cost less than half that Correspondence solicited. WOODBRIDGE CLAY MINING CO.’S FIRE BRICK of first-class compound beam and fly-wheel engines of equal capacity. In fact, at the Boston sewage-works, their cost, as es- timated by the writer, does not exceed 40 per cent., and with cheap coal the saving by the high-duty fly-wheel engine will barely pay interest on itsextra cost. At the Lowell Water-Works there is a Simpson compound engine, which would probably cost $75,000 BRADLEE & CO. , EMP WORKS, to duplicate at the present time. By its side stands a Worthington duplex, whose cost at MANUFACTURERS OF : A 816 Richmond St., -° e = - PHILADELPHIA. present prices would not exceed $25,000. The , » »s anor e fo " 55 B cA MS, c HANNE LS, DEOK BEA MS, Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. hg aS, een i deat 66 Pr numbers 78,000,000, and of the duplex en- DBD. B. C. Special Crane Chain. gine 61,000,000. The Worthington engine would have required 198 tons more coal to Steel and fron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. have done the work actually credited to the Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. compound fly-wheel engine, which would cost, at $5 per ton, $990, which is 1.9 per of cent. interest on the $50,000 extra cost the fly-wheel engine. It is fair to state that eq | the beam and fly-wheel engine was not j working up to its full capacity, though MANUFACTURERS OF rather above one-half the same. Doubling the work done would require 396 tons more if ) ' . coal -worth $1980 -for the duplex engine, um er an al S an roug I ron Ipe, which is equal to about 3.8 per cent. on the extra cost of the fly-wheel engine 48 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. A more important comparison is afforded by the West Side Water Works, at Chicago, J. TATNALL LEA & Co., which have cost, including machinery, build- ANCLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No. 26 8S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. J. W. PASSON co CO., DEALERS IN AMLOUVUL DING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., » foundations, not far from $650,00% a ee on duplex plant of the “same capac gions IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, |:::\) i: spies suite fae Sc The cos o . er 1,000,000 gailons No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. ee a the West per Works in 1882 was BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS NATIVE | $1.90, the amount pumped being 10,000,000 AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE. 000 gallons, with two engines yor four eny as Cc UMpP 20,000,000,000 gallons, LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES} stich, ac $::00 per million, “would cost S32 100 To p ) 1s quantity o ater Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND with a eee aaa At oa sae not ¢ a d ing one-third more fuel, costing $12, 67 F BTANDARD Zing onethind more tuel, costing $12,607.07 Quality and eee fully guaranteed. Prices as low | extra actual cost of the plant in use. In t BANUvACEUaERS as any of the same q y- We manufacture Hea and | the selection of cases for comparison