The Iron Age 1885-04-02: Vol 35 Iss 14

ch 26, 1885 a ARD Iders, etal, .» &C. RT AND AXLES. us to quote the han any other or price list. ATENT } Ses Jaws, any in the fg. Co. IS MY. ' €e % The Iron Ag NDEX TO READING MATTER A PAGE 42. Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. NOEX TO Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wi.uiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter, Vol XEXV: No. 14 The Forth Bridge. Referring to the Forth Bridge, in Scot- land, which of late has been the subject of a good deal of comment both here and abroad, London Engineering supplies the fol- lowing interesting particulars : There are three main piers, known re- spectively as the Fife Pier, the Inch Garvie Pier and the Queensferry Pier, and upon each of these there is built a huge cantilever stretching both ways. The Fife Pier stands between high and low water mark, and is separated by a span of 1700 feet from the Inch Garvie Pier, which is partly founded upon a rocky island in mid-stream. other span of 1700 feet carries the bridge to the Queensferry Pier, which is at the edge ; yf the deep channel. The total length of the viaduct is about 1% miles, and includes two spans of 1700 feet, two of 675 feet, the shoreward halves of the outer canti- levers, fifteen of 168 feet and five of 25 feet. Including piers, there is thus almost exactly 1 mile covered by four main spans, and % mile of viaduct approach. The clear head- way under the center of the bridge is 150 feet above high water, and the highest point of the bridge is 360 feet above the same datum. The con- tract was let on De- cember 21, 1882, for £1,600,000, and work was commenced in the following month. Each of the main piers comprises four columns carried down to the rock on the boulder clay. Three of the Fife columns are completed, and the remaining one is in progress ; at Inch Gar- vie one pier is com- plete, one is in prog- ress, while at Queens- ferry the work on the caissons is advanced. All the pneumatic cais- sons will be filled with concrete up to low- water mark of a mix- ture having a crush- ing strength of 50 tons per square foot. Above low water the cylin- drical piers, which are 49 feet in diameter at the top, 55 feet at the bottom ‘and 36 feet high, consist of the strongest masonry, the hearting being flat- bedded Arbroath stone and the facing Aber- deen granite. Ineach cylindrical pier there are 48 steel bolts, 1% inches in diameter and 24 feet long, to hold down the bedplate and saperstructure of the main spans. One of the Fife piers was built by aid of a timber and clay coffer-dam, and one by means of a half- tide dam. At Inch Garvie much of the work of the shallow piers had to be done at low tide under great difficulties. The Queensferry Pier co.sists of a group of four cylindrical cais- sons 70 feet in diame- ter at the bottom edge. Owing t» the special conditions of the site, the work differs in some respects from ordinary pneumatic cais- sons. The bed of the Forth at the Queens- ferry Pier is of very soft mud for a depth of from 20 feet to 35 feet, when the boulder clay is reached, the surface of both the mud and the clay falling sharply toward the 200- feet-deep channel between Queensferry and Inch Garvie. The caissons had to be floated out and sunk about 4% mile from shore in an exposed seaway. To facilitate operations the caissons have double skins, 7 feet 6 inches apart, and vertical bulkheads be- tween the skins, By filling the space be- tween the skins with concrete to varying hights, the irregularity in the level of the| bottom and the hardness of the mud could be to some extent compensated for, as the weight brought upon the cutting edge of the caisson could be regulated as desired. Iron being very cheap, a liberal use was made of t in cunjunction with concrete where ma- soury or brickwork might have been em- ployed. Strong lattice girders and cross girders stiffen to the required extent the roof of the working chamber. These gird- ers are subject to a heavy bending stress up ward and downward, owing to the tide, the range of which is about 20 feet. Thus, if sufficient concrete were filled over the roof to balance the air pressure at mean-tide level, then at high water the excess of air pressure unbalanced by the weight of con- crete would obviously be that due to the half-tide difference of hight, and at low water, similarly, the excess of weight of concrete would be of the same amount. There would thus be a force of more than 1100 tons tending to bend the girders down- ward at low water and upward at high water. An- | | Two shafts, 3 feet 6 inches in diameter, with air-locks for passing out the excava- |} tion, and one shaft with double air-lock for |the men, are provided, together with ejector- | pipes for the mud, water-pipes, supply-pipes |for the concrete and other conveniences. The former locks are of somewhat special }construction and have worked extremely well in practice. The lock proper forms a simple continuation of the shafts, and there are two sliding doors placed horizontally, with sufficient space between them for the skip of excavated clay or boulders. An in ternal drum fixed on one side of the lock is driven by an external pair of engines fixed to another side of the lock, the shaft passing through a stuffing-box. A pair of smail hydraulic rams work the sliding doors, hand gear being also provided, though never worked, and interlocking arrangements analogous to those used with railway sig- nals, making it impossible for both doors to be operated together. When a skip has been filled below, a signal by air whistle is given, and the engine man on top of the caisson starts the winding engine. In little more than a minute the skip will be at the top of the 70 foot shaft, an index needle informing the engine man of the fact, The iM od AIR LOCK WITH latter then stops the engine, closes the lower hydraulic sliding door, reverses the engine a stroke, and the skip rests on the closed door. from the lock and then opens the upper hy- draulic slide. the contents into the sea. minutes in emptying and returning it, during | which time a duplicate skip is being filled | | below. The two air-locks were designed by the engineers to pass out easily an amount | of excavation equivalent to a descent of 1 foot per day of the 70-foot diameter caisson, but, owing to the extreme hardness of the clay, the rate has not hitherto exceeded 8 | inches per day, which under the circum- | stances is very good work. Picks and shovels made no impression on this material, | which had to be attacked by hydraulic spades having a ram fitted to the cutting | blade and abutting against the roof of the working chamber. At the present time the sinking of two of the caissons has been completed, another is in progress, and the last of the group is being floated into posi- tion, as some weeks ago it filled with water from some cause and slid forward on the | mud about 15 feet. In going through the mud and silt the | | | | | HOISTING | jumps down on to the skip, unlocks the | chine. hoisting chain and hooks on the chain of aj} pawl into gear, and it deliberately advances steam crane, which lifts the skip and swings | the tool for another cut. About three- | leys of these machines are ranged along the quarters of a minute is occupied in passing | side, sothat they need not be placed across the the skip through the lock, and two or three | line of main shafting as with ours, and, al- | which satisfy people here. divide up the 70-foot space and distribute the load, but the sub-contractor who under took the sinking removed these frames. Occasional lurches and sudden descents have occurred, but the men employed have great experience in caisson sinking, and appear little disturbed by such incidents. When sunk to the full depth, which, in the case of the northwest pier, is 96 feet below high water, the caisson is filled with concrete up to low-water level, and the remainder of New York, Thursday. April 2, 1885. the pier is built of solid masonry under the | protection of a wrought-iron temporary caisson, a ms The Design of American Machinery From an English Standpoint. An English engineer, after a flying visit to this country, has given his fellows the | to save following account of his impressions in a| paper read before a technical society con- | cerning the design of American machinery : The direct adaptation of tools to cheir in- | tended purpose is noticeable in all American machinery. chines, for example, everything is done to very facilitate the attendant’'s labors by numerous | i YRLLLS ONHeOOGNCTHOHUTGHOBEOLNNNtE Hi A MAUE NHN H HONE TNE ENGINE FOR THE FORTH little devices. e but it ought to receive from him an amount of attention equal to its importance. That point where interest on first cost balances annual expenditure can be determined by very simple calculations, for if we assume capital all to be borrowed, and the machinery constantly in full work for 50 hours a week, and further, that a return of 10 per cent. per annum just covers interest, repairs and de preciation, then it follows that unless an in vestment gives more than 10 per cent. it is not worth making. All excess over such in | terest becomes clear profit, and is frequently found enough to justify an opinion that no investment yields so high a return as first rate machinery fully employed ; and this is further illustrated by the old Lancashire say- ing, that it is always worth investing £1000 the annual cost of one man’s labor. Those who commence doing everything which imperfect knowledge considers cheap are little aware how wide-spreading are the consequences of such an opinion being enter- tained by themselves and communicated to their workpeople. That idea not only saps | the foundations of permanent success, but In their planing ma- | all ready for his use; and as the table runs | quickly back, its catch strikes against an He next lets the compressed air escape | elastic lever, and so moves the narrow belt with the utmost quietness and only about An attendant immediately | half the distance needed for an English ma- Then this action puts a friction The driving pul- together, this one example might serve as a text for a long dissertation upon the art of intelligent design, more particularly as con- trasted with the clumsy planing machines | Indeed, at one works the proprietor showed the writer an American machine for a different purpose, that was working well and with the utmost silence, while not far away was another | doing corresponding work, and bearing the name of a large firm in this country. This latter was creating a deafening noise, and seemed as if concentrating its energies upon self-destruction every few minutes. A bar- barous design, most appropriately named by its owner as we left it ‘‘ Brute Force and Ignorance.” In setting out manufacturing establish- ments of the best class in America, one can- not fail to notice that the object kept steadily in view is the need of cheap production with the disadvantage of expensive labor, material is blown out through pipes by the | and to this end the original first cost of ma- compressed air in the caisson, assisted by a| chinery is considered of far less importance due supply of water from a closed tank ele-| than any diminution of its productiveness, vated some feet above high-water level. guard against too sudden a descent of the caisson in the soft mud the engineers de- | signed heavy cross frames of timber to To| for that would be a continual drain upon profits. Settling the commercial aspects of any manufacturing concern may not lie strictly within the province of an engineer, also poisons the springs of all honest dealing. It acts by the force of an evil example, and constantly depreciates the quality of manu- BRIDGE, SCOTLAND. ly driven out of foreign markets, in spite of our immeasurable advantages, and are being replaced by the productions of America and other foreign countries, If there is much to see and admire in Canada and the United States, there is nothing more worthy of imi- | tation than the system which prevails there to so large an extent of having the best of everything, whatever it may seem to cost— a system which insures prosperity to trade, self-respect to the manufacturer, and one that is consonant, not only with the sound principles of political economy, but also with ordinary common sense. Some people seem imbued with ‘an idea that anything said in praise of either American or of foreign | workmanship involves an unpatriotic dis tinction of what we produce at home. This is a very narrow view of things, for, with- out having any sympathy with that cosmo- politan philanthropy which exalts every country at the expense of our own, it is plain that we can never indulge a generous ambition, nor aspire to liead the van of progress, if we shut our eyes willfully to what goes on in the world around. There are no countries from which we can more fairly take example than those whose original inhabitants came from this. America has been peopled by the more energetic of our own race, who now possess a country of marvellous internal resoures. By the help of their laws, and to their enormous gain, new inventions are eagerly sought after, and talent meets great encouragement. There a man does not need to labor for many years in perfecting an invention, taking the doubt- ful protection of those statutes of limitation called our patent laws, only at last to find his ideas appropriated by another. | $4.50 a Year, Including DLostage. Single Coptes, Zen Cents. Emery-Wheels and Emery-Wheel Machinery.* BY W. O. ROPER. Emery is corundum carrying some oxide of iron and silica; corundum itself is alu- mina. Sapphire and ruby are corundum in its purest form, slightly tinged with iron oxide. In a less pure state corundum is found in many places, and is then valuable only for commercial purposes. The emery beds of most importance are those situated in Turkey and Asia Minor; considerable quantities of emery are found near Smyrna and Ephesus. The material takes its name from Cape Emeri, a promontory in the Isle of Naxos, where there are considerable de- posits. In 1871 large beds of corundum were discovered in North Carolina, their existence having been betokened by the presence of numerous water-worn pebbles in the beds of the adjacent rivers. These beds have been worked commercially, and the corundum extracted, crushed and used for grinding and polishing. Emery is obtained in the East from surface workings, and the presence of the emery is generally indicated by the dark red color of the ground above it. The strike steel rods sharp- ly into the ground where they expect the existence of emery, and by examining the points of the rods can easily detect its pres ence. The mineral is broken up ioto lumps weighing about 1 cwt each. If hard to break, a fire is lighted around the refractory lump, and on cooling blows are resorted to again. The lumps are then carried to the coast by railway or on mule- back, and the material! reaches England chief- ly as ballast; thus freight is an insigniti- cant item in the cost The Turkish and Greek Governments gener- ally let the right to raise and dispose of the emery to English capitalists, The specific gravity of emery ranges from 2.75 to 4.28 and the color from dark gray to black; there is an impure variety of co- rundum blue-gray to brown in color. Much of the commercial em ery is artificially col- ored, and is often mixed to a small ex- tent with ground-iron slag; some buyers in- sist upon the adultera prospectors tion. Analysis of em- ery shows that it is composed of from 60 to 80 per cent. of alumina, 5 to 33 per cent. of iron oxide, to gether with a small quantity of,lime, water and silica. Taking sap- phires as a standard at 100, corundum from the Carolina Mine has an abrasive power of from 90 to 97, and the best Naxos emery from 40 to 57 only. This The handles are arranged | factures. Many of our goods are already near- | would make it appear as if corundum were | far superior fo emery for grinding purposes. | However, this is not the case, on account of | the peculiarity of the fracture of the latter. | Every grain of emery breaks with a rough conchoidal surface, and presents numerous sharp points, be the lump large or small even flour emery exhibts this markedly when examined under the microscope. Cor- undum, on the other hand, although break ing into pieces with many sharp points, ex hibits also plain and curved surfaces. It is owing to this that corundum is not more ex tensively employed in the manufacture of grinding-wheels. Thus emery will cut its way into the material operated on, while corundum will grind and tear, and only per form the work in consequence of its beiny of a harder nature The next point to consider is the prepara tion of emery on its arrival in England. It is first treated in the emery mills. Stone crushers reduce the large lumps to pieces about the size of a hen’s egg, and these im turn are reduced in a stamp mill or are ground in a horizontal revolving mill with cast-iron circular grinding plates. Naturally the life of these plates is not long, and fre quent renewals are necessary. The frag ments of emery are then passed. between chilled cast-iron rolls and ground or crushed again, then sifted through sieves During these operations a portion of the emery is separated from the lumps in the form of dust, which collects on the top of beams and other places. This emery dust is all care fully preserved and, uvder the name of flour *A paper read at a meeting of the Students of the [ustitution of Civil Engineers. (Continued on page 5. Q Ack ARON AGH. April 2, 1385, |The Plume & Atwood | Mfg. Company, ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., Kerosene Burners, f_amp Trimmings, & c. MANUFACTURERS OF TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. Of Every Description. COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, BRASS KETTLES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, 18 Murray Street, New York. ION CAPS, 71 Pearl Street, Boston. ea 115 Lake St., Chicago. PO vv DER FLA ? & Rolling Mill, Factories, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, dc. THOMASTON, Ct. — WATERBURY, Ct. And small Brass Wares of eve Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or 8 ells a Specialty. B id B C 1 for th coil Mie. Co.’s Line of Sport- rl geport rass 0, ing Goods. DEPOTS, MEilis At 296 Broadway, New York. | WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, sd 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. Conn. Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, | THE NEW HAVEN (Seamless and Brazed Tubing, Copper and Iron Rivets. GOPPEER O6., [cccetem ona eee. LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, SO - an COLE BARES OS Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” POLISHED COPPER and manutacturing Metal Goss, = ™*™*/ Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, MANUFACTURERS OF + PURE COPPER WIRE, ee awe) CET eee or = aa wea HE and are and Covered ‘ we PATENT PLANISHED W +h Bra ass Co. | ‘SHEET and ROLL BRASS Metal, Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. salen eas and ater ury [ | 5 | Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500, 000 = ila Copper Tubing, ESTABLISHED 14 | Copper Rivets and Burrs, WORCESTER. MASS. | Pres't. ee Sheet, Roll and Plate’ Brass, Copper Electrical Wire, Pins, | 7 : q o.r.cowits, | NAN Trt Sik GERMAN SILVER, | trans pute inges. | “Ff VVIRE DRAWERS. . A. COWLES, ‘lated Copper, | Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire fe Gecretary: = BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, 7 | Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering. | | | Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. — 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. PHELPS, DODGE & C0., IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE, ROOFING PLATE, Sheet Iron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zine, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. New York, 16 Cliff and Pearl Street. WAREHOUSES } Chicago, 107 and 100 Lake Street MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, | And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Bridgeport, Oonn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. | Manufactory, 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. aK U a Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND Holmes, Booth & Haydens, DEALERS IN WATERBURY, CONN. BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, |. == xo8= wt. Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c, Manufacturers of all kinds of (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, - CONN., Manufacturers of BRASS.—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. GERMAN ?Sheet German Silver, German Stiver oan. ER.5 Wire, German Silver Tubing. , BUT dams. (NOT aa tng asa Pishovotte, | 200 Pearl Street - NEW YORK.| Brass, Copper & German Silver, ? Militar, Revel, Livery, Society, Rail- BUTTONS, | road, School, Lasting. Silk and Dress. $2525 DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,| xouxep anp in sumers. TR i LAUODS. | {German Student Lampe, Keror Lampe. Importers of B & P ER WwW [IRE aT PHOTO. | ) Camera Boxes, Pristine Press, ‘tin Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, RASS co P 9 a Say Seovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. | Wire, Zine, Ete. Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs, 4. ee 12s Broome Street, ant Sams 29 & 81 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, BRASS & IRON “sar er nee ‘ae 7 Devonshire Stre wert, Boecee. Ls hicago. | MEKFRSO £CO, Livernecl. NEW VOR. RIDDLES, COAI, AND SAND SCREENS. ey ——— JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL, Iron and Steel Locomotive Spark Wire Cioth, Wire Cloth for Sugar, Milk and Rosin Strainers, Dutch Wire Cloth, Wire Bolting Cloth, Heavy Rolled Cloth a Male at hoe Smut -_ Wire Work, Wire Fence, Railing and Guards, Also, Hand and Railroad Lanterns. ABRAMS. HEWITT, Pres., WM. HEWITT, Vice-Pres., JAMES HALL, treas,, E, HANSON, Sec. Tae TRENTON IRON Co., MANUFACTURERS OF KITSELMAN aS ESS. Genien Shek: tenie, . SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, Kerosene Burners, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Agents for 8 | : wont tezacoeres. IRON AND STEEL WIRE. oom Dealers in 2 Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, _ Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, = 100 John Street, New York. é| ee c— | : PASSAIC ZINC CO. | MANUFACTURERS OF = Pure Spelter | FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes . je shi ; : AND ALL FINE WORK. Plans and Estimates for Suspension bridges furnished on App ‘cation. . \ Also for ow. ——— MANUFACTURERS OF THE GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. New York Office, COO, MEWITE 4 C0-"17 Baring Aly "Philadelphia Otic 21 N. Fourth St. ee Street. “CHAMPION,” “FAVORITE” and “COMET” Wood Bottom ’ Rink and Spring Steel Extension Skates, also the * PARK” Roller MANNING & SQUIER, Gen | Agents, Skate, making the Largest, Best and Cheapest line of Skates in the World. Liberal 11) LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. Discount to the Trade, For Catalogue and Price List, address the manufacturers. ESTABLISHED 1837. a. &. CHASE, Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE MASS., Sec’y & Treas WIRE ROPE HAZARD M*F’c Co. WAREROOMS : a7 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: Wits EsSsBARRET. PA. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE 60,, WIRE ROPE BRODERICK BASCOM ROPE Co. MANUFACTURERS OF TRON & STEEL WIRE ROPE. 704 & 706 N. Main St. St. Louis Mo. A. LESCHEN «& SONS, Manufacturers of INCORPORATED ta764, Waterburv Mfo. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Goods Iowa Barb Wire Co. [Pi Coppers: Anneatea ana rin Of all sizes straightened and cut to order. manufacturers of 98 READE STREET, EASTON, 89 LAKE STREET, : : ew York, ennsylvania. Chicago, 1), 4 —e — . RTS Ss re & mS TN SA Do iS Noel wena . OR \e ow MANUFACTURERS OF BARB WIRE.|g Sa Rogk ot CS C7 Vy, ji 1 ‘SOUIM | Sujyoeg dwey 1 WIRE ROPE oe 9038 & 905 N. Main &St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited Worcester. Mass. iF. _ JENCKES M __. ‘7 ; 3 7 ; . +s | BE { Bright ws ire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Belt Ho oks, Double-Pointed Tacks and Staples, Wire ANFG. CO., 7 , 4 Picture Cord, Clothes Line Wire, Hand Rail Screws, &c., &c. Wires cut, be nt, milled, straightened PAWTUCKET, R. Z.. MANUFACTURER OF and made to any desire« i st 1ape. Orders solicited from the Trade for the full hue of Screw ‘ OF BRASS, COPPER Eyes, & ko wh as Har lwar e Wire Goods Quality guaranteed the best in the marke’, Bright Wire (Goods, Belt Hooks, ) sree GALVANIZED AND Special articles made to order SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS, | Sree ee se w pecial THE WIRE COODS CO., Worcester, Mass. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a § ty. Iron and Stoel Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth. Riddles tor Expert and Foundry use. Coa! Sand Screens. iren Bolting Cloth, Wire Work ot every description. Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope, A. W. PARMELEE, Pres't | New York O@ice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. nO. ‘86 FULTON ST., . - - NEW YORK. DA York, ‘al. klyn, N. Y. TH. Ky NAAN AAR AL AY x KH ce, Guards g, No. o h, nut, Cloth anterns: DN, Sec, a. cE. cation, purth St. tK. ; SOUIM 2 Sujyoeg dwey Apri, 2, 1885. > 0. LINDEMANN & CO., Manufacturers of Japanned, Brass, Tin Plated and Wood BIRD CAGES. ore inventors nd patentees of Bright Metal Cages, constructed without solder. 254 Peari St.. NEW YORK. em SUCCESSORS 1 TO »W. 8 an EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES. Steel, Irom, Brass ani Copper Cloth for Coal and Ore Screens, Flour Mills, Paper Mills and Maltsiers. 754 to 758 sT. CLAIR ST. W. 8. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. CLEVELAND, OHIO. DEWITT WIRE CLOTH CO. 87 Chambers St., 703 Market 8t., NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURERS Brass and Copper Wire, WIRE CLOTH of every description, 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, &., &. PHIPPS & BURMAN’S Patented Reversible, Self Sharpening, and other Improved CLIPPERS For Horsemen and Barbers. Please observe that every FIRST QUALITY CLIPPER 1. Is NICKEL PLATED. 2. Has BLack HANDLF 8. 3 Has a LeaTHER Pocxer. 4. Is packed in a Box bearing LaBLEs. s. Is accompanied by a CER- minicaTe of genuineness. 6. Is Nu aw to correspond with certificat Is examined and TESTED. ware of imitations and in- fremgemense. Write for new illustrated eqnsteges and re- duced prices, to JESSE LEE .: SON, @h0E Ma, 31 §, Fourth Sire, Sar Philadelphia. our PATENT OFFICE. ROEDER & BRIESEN, 82 and 84 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. AMERICAN AND FOREIGN RPATEN TS Solicited promptly and at the lowest rates. WILLIAM MANN, JR., & CO. LEWISTOWN, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF RED WATFHRIONnR AXES, BROAD AXES, Adzes, Broad Hatchets, SPANISH AXES AND TOOLS. THE IRON AGE. 3 CARY & © MOEN, STEEL wins for all purposes oman STEEL ‘SPRINGS of every description. LLL UU ELE ELLA EELLLEELAL WLM LEALELAAAAALLA LASALLE we Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, compered and covered. Also Patent Tempered Steel er — es on hand. 234, 936 and 238 West 29th Street, IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, BLAKE & JOHNSON,- Waterbury, Conn. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE, We call attention to the following points of superiority in this form of Wire Fence over all others : Ist. It isa perfect chain with barbs, which is the correct principle for a Fence Wire. 2d. lt can be stretched by hand to a perfectly straight line, and does not require to have the life pulled out of it by stretch- ers or crowbars to get it straight and free from kinks. 3d. Two strands of wire cannot be so twisted together as to give double the tensile strength of one. The Link Barb Wire is equal to any in strength. 4th. It is the easiest and quickest to erect and the handsomest. 5th. Note that the Barb is made of same size Wire as the strand, not a smaller size. 6th. None but the very highest quality of Strand Wire will stand all the bending and twisting necessary to form the Link. Common Fence Wire is not strong enough. 7th. It is as light as any good two-point Barb. 8th. A gate can be formed at any post by merely bracing the post, carrying to next post and hanging it on hooks. GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, CAMBRIA IRON CO., Johnstown, Pa. Chicage Office: 100 DEARBORN 8T. [No. 104.] CHARLES A. UTIS, President. SAM’L ANDREWS, Vice President. SAM’L A. SAGUE, General Manager THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. JOHN C. ANDREWS, Secretary. THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY, DRAWERS OF New York Office: 104 READE 8ST. Philadelphia Office: 623 ARCH 8T. IRON AND W IR OF EVERY ___ STEEL DESCRIPTION TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WIRE. GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. nreree Re STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENCTHS. Room 24, Astor 2s, Astor House Ofoes, CLEVELAND, OHIO. New York. WESTERN OFFICE Room 24, Commercial Nat'l. Bank juilding, Chicago. E.C. Patmer Agent. BEN. PATTERSON, Agent, ne eget TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES it & J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St. PHILADELPHIA. PATENT FOLDING IRON WINDOW GUARDS AND GATES Can be extended and locked for protection, and folded away when not in use. COMPOSITE IRON WORKS CO., 93 Church Street, Corner Reade Street, New York. COMPOSITE IRON RAILINGS. Estab’d 1818. THE Gilbert & Bernett Mfg. Co. WAREHOUSES: 42°CLIFF S?., NEW YORK, 228 LAKE 8T., CHICAGO, ILLS., MANUFACTURERS OF sy Iron & Galvanized Wire Sieves and Wire Cloth. Power Loom Painted and Galvan- Incorp’d 1874. tynits, S Warld’s Galvanized rob Wire ‘ence, Galvanized Twist Wire Poultey’ Netting. Factories, Geergetewn, Conn, PRIZE MEDALLISTS. Sxhibcions of, 200% PCH ASGLin 197s, Pas edad Mistentce tte: "ose CLARK, BUNNETT & co., Limited, Late CLARK & COMPAN Original Inventors and Sole Patentees of Noiseless, Self-Coiling, Revolving steel Shutters. Fire and Burglar Proof. Also tmqeoved Bessave Weep Savguuns of various kinds, and Patent Mera.iic Venetian BLivps. Office and Manufactory - - (62 & 164 West 27th Street, New York. NEW YORK, |} 82nd and Grain Riddle. Revolving Punch, — rought-i iron Fe nce, | FRED. J i MEYERS MFG. CO. COVINGTON, Ky. Manufacturers ot WIRE GOODS OF ALL KINDS, Wrought-iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialties, Flower Stand, Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, a SPRIN eu se nace HULL UU LUDLOW- SAYLON WIRE CO., sT. ao MO. ee =e EE etetetes. SSS ah Sed SSE OSS SOS Se | we >< >< >< OX >< OE WIT TTENBERG aroma 2 WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, PLAIN AND BARBED FENCING WIRE. National Wire and Iron Co. DETROIT, MICH., Iron Stairs, Railings, Illuminated Sidewalk Tile, Shutters, Guards AND FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. PHUMLPSBUON McOCOSH, President, ~~ JOHN - ‘McCOSH, Sec. and ‘Treas. BARB WIRE LIFTER AND MANUPACTURERS OF CARRIER. NO DANGER OF CUT- TING HANDS OR TEAR- ING CLOTHES. SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. Manufactured Solely by [PATENTED.] Hawteye Steel Barb Fence ne nem. lowa. The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornellsville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extensiv €) four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. Cc. 8. CHAMBERLAIN 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. THORN WIRE HEDGE CU., 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 Catalogue and Special Prices. ee DRAUGHTMEN’S SENSITIVE PAPER, FOR BLUE PRINTINC. THOS. H. McCOLLIN, 635 Arch St., Philadelphia. Send for Circular. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH and WIRE GOODS ~ CORTLAND, N. Yo Dish Covers, “ CORTLAND” Corn Poppers, INDOW SCKEE Coal Sieves H , K Flour Sieves WIRE CLOTH. Ftc, Fite. Metallic Stove Sieve. 4. Nai ceaa eae ra HE IRON AGH. Marshall Lefferts & Co..' 90 Beekman St., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and Band Iron, Guivanized Rot and Bar Iron, OGDEN & WALLACE, 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm 8St., New York. Iron > Steel Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- atantly ou hand, CORRUGATED SHEET IRON SHEET IRON. PLATE AND [TANK IRON, >. H. oh ».1 Flange, Best Flange, Best saa Fire ie, c ‘irele 24 TO 27 WEST ST., Cor. Morris, New York City. lron & Steel. COMMON & REFINED IRON, a Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, nee" worse Shoe, NailHods, FOX & omnes Steel, &c. Orders promptly filled from stock. CAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE 2 TO 48 INCHES DIAMETER ABEEL BROS.. 68 Wall Street, NEW YORK. i IRON MERCHANTS, JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN 00 Ln on, {| MW CORE, | — “ARLM.CO.” SHAFTING.| PIG TRON, ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANJZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF “NORWAY,” “ULSTER,” “ CATASAUQUA,” . ——_———— aaa MMON IRON ; vax Geet ase tneek cnen,| SISCOT IFON HOEKS, STEEL OF ALL KINDS. TELEPHONE CALL, “ NASSAU, 379.” SAUGERTIES, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS lronand Steel LF. AGENCIES: BOILER PLATES AND “SHEET IRON, PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron and AP-WELDED BOILER FL nonwae BEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous A Rivets. Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & aie. . pisence for Works, Leban Co. jou i. Bat aay & C>. » orks anon 0 ils -— — IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder eB. ire Y worms g ' WILLIAM MULLIGAN, DANIEL F. COONEY, » N. W. . ele BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. Pin oe Plate _ —~ Ary Homogeneous Sreel, Boiler ab i GLASGOW TUBE WORKS. ao oo hs A Mtoe BROS. & CO.” Limited, Iron and B. F. JUDSON, Steel Beams, ( Chenasis, , Shapes and Shafting. Importer of and Dealer in H. P. NAIL CO'S Steel Wire N Hak CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Plans and estimates furnished and contracts - Le A etic k | LS Tron, Peep Paddreas £8 Mudsom St. New York. Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants, | 233252 Sate St: NEW YORK 70 & 71 West St., A STOCK OF i x deme | — NEW YORK. Hay, Manure Fork, Hoe, Spade, HB. L. Fe ain antl Rake and Shovel Handles _JOHN BROWER, Si Murray st. Bands, Hoops & Rods, AND VOUCHT & WILLIAMS, MACHINERY, TIRE AND SPRING STEEL. AGENTS FOR HELLER BROS.’ Clay Crucible Cast Steel. iN Ries yy = OIG aoe WM. McFARLAND, — lron and Brass Founder, 288 Greenwice Street, NEW YORK. i! IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. ___Anys size or style made at short notice. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, “PLAIN WORDS ABOUT For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, CHARLES HIMROD & CO., A SPECIALTY Free he? ge ard Manafocture rs. E. B. pe, y., Washington, D. ‘ s Sore TRENTON, N, J. ‘lease mention this CHICAGO AND DETROIT. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Hye Bars, £c. PATERSON, N. J. eae Beem m 45, As Aster " House, New York New York. “CUT «NAILS. or Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO’S | BOILER RIVETS, ha Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. = FULLER BROTHERS & CO. 139 Greenwich Street, New York. L | Galvanized Nails, Galvanise d Chain, Galvanized Irou | | Pipe. | For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common | Price list and quotations sent upon application. | THE BURDEN IRON CO. OLD METALS. | o7cp BAR IRON, Am. & Eng. Ref’d lron,Common Iron,&c Fall River Iron Co.’s Nalls, wor Golo, Low, in ony Qnanciies./ TRON MERCHANTS Wa. H. Wattace. Wau. Bispnam. E. C. WALLACE. Borden Mining Company's BOZMNAr eas J 7 Cumberland Coals. Bee eo | where you bu buy your hardware, or send for cir- | train separate, or hose or ree fail, it applies Chilled Cast Wire Dies a sept) CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., 53d St., below Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. R. D. wO0D 4 C0., Cast Iron Pipe = AMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. VARIETY METAL BOOM. Iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION PATENT BOLT HEADING MACHINE, MANUFACTURED BY D. H. McGOOKIN, OXFORD... WOOD & C0., Ld PITTSBURGH, IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails SPIKES. iJ. S. 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. 18 | IRON AND METAL DEALERS, | 1.1074: Jan. 20. 2870; Get, 27th, i876; Jan. | 558, 560, 562 WATEK ST. & 3c2, 3¢4, 306 CHERRY BT., sam. toth, 1882 ; Jan. rst. 1884 ; Feb. roth, 1884 : NEW YORK, larch 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. | have on hand, and offer for sale. the following : Seotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast = | Wer chine ry Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heav roe nt t ron ; ees old Copper, Composition, Brass, ed Fowler, #Anc Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. BU RDEN'S s120 Common, Refined, Charcoal and Juniata “Burden Best” Iron ALSO. MANUFACTURER OF BOLT, SPIKE AND PUNCHING MACHINES AND SHEARS, Bolts, Nuts. Rivets and Washers, ( easing, Forg- ings and Blacksmith Wo GRADES OF BLACK SHEET IRON, Smooth on both sides. SEND FOR CIRC ULAR. ‘SYRACUSE MALLEABLE WHEELING NAILS. IRON WORKS, Laughlin Nail Co., syracuse, N.¥y. (W. K. ROSS, SOLE ACENT, 97 Chambers Street, New York. Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS | 445 to 451 West St., NEW YORK, Everson, Hammond & Orr, Ltd., 177 & 179 Bank St., IRON, MANUFACTURER OF SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA..;| HORSE SHOE Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats, — Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. Ww. B. BURNS, Proprietor, Boiler Rivets. —_——_—— Treat, Mas ¥e MANUFACTURERS OF EGLESTON BROS. & €0.,/Light Sheet Iron. KEtSTONE ROLLING MIL, Limited, ROOFING SHEE Manufacturers of of all grades a specialty. Prices quoted promptly upon application. 4 Ee <> WI, CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Pittsburgh, Pa Bonnell, Botsford & Co., 166 South Street 267 Front Street, | NEW YORK CITY. BURDEN’S H. B. & S. Iron —~—e Le Setters, Deere, Cornices IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES All sizes and shapes in stock, Also Best Grades of NOSELEY, ION’ BADGE AND perreg- YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. H, H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. 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 Syebe is essentially the same as the Automatic cars, except that the various parts . combined as to fi > > ae WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Cor, Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK OITY. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. See aed coed eS. TAR Soca Sab oa ag hen Tr eae a For cutting off the ends of Batts and Rivets, on h Ask for <> e* Setoneiia™ has 3 proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake o> knows. ze er | application is instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and automatically. A GU price list. ARANTEE is given =a against loss trom PATENT SUITS on the apparatus sold The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80000 CARs, and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world. __FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., LIMITED Manufacture of all Grades of | | rine SHEET IRONS, 2) (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &6.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OF FICE, No, 143 First Ave., —_ Pa. CHAMPION HOC RINCER RINGS and HOLDER, WORKS, Leechbury, Pa, BROWN’S HOC AND Pic RINGER and RINGS. PHILADELPHIA, * ony doe rng evge Only single Ring in Manufacturers of Ring thes will effectu the mashes that closes GS BILL f CORN HUSKER is Swe ) boat Husker in the rooting. No PNo sh SSeep it is retest Dest. ye eeetkek Ringers, 75c. Rings, soc. 100. Holdefs, 7sc. Huskers, «sc. ee BERING & QUINLAN, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Il. Joun J, SPOWERS, ALEXANDER BuaNs, Manager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZIN G Ce Co., CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GALVARIZING IK ALL ITS BRAK Galvanized Sheet Iron—Best “<i &c. = FOR WATER AND GAS, Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. in all ite Branches a Specialty. Brass and other All Blaser All Gauges Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c, of Corragasion ont FRAS. B. BANNAN, trom — Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. ® . — 1g to 5 tuohes. of Sheets. Coeragated Chest Sen o Gpesialty, Galventecd. Gaoventecd, Back end Tatuted. Iron Corrugated for the Trade WORKS’ GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, H. 4 OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET WEW YORK April 2, 1886 1630—1636 North 9th Street, Philadelphia. ee te ” ~ oO hh The 188i April 2, 1886. WILLIAM R. HART & CO., AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, Steel Blooms, Crop Ends, Tin Plates, &c. phia. No. 224 South Third St. PHILADELPHIA. l Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and Genera! Railway Equipments, Old Bafis, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 934 8. ath &8t., Philadeciphia. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway F'astenings, STREET RAILS, Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, ____ Pennsylvania. 218 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., NC 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron me 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 Bulldings, ’ PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELUDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes fo Iron Bridges, REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and covery varicty of SHAPE TRON made te order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. % NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. wa »] ; BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarek St. ALAN WOOD @& CoO., k MANUFACTURERS OF — Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom I. PLATE &« 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 Heavlight and Jacket Lron, WwW. H.WALLBADUM & CO., i, 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 oO & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand *‘ Ulverston ;” Malleable Pig Iron, brand * M.’ MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON e STEEL CO., Limited. Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends. &c. Also for ** Lorn” Maileable Charcoa! Piz Iron and N B ALLEN & CO.’S Divas Fire Bricks. Also Sole Agents for the WHITE RIVER MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed so per cent, Metallic Manganese. JAS. ROWLAND & (C0., Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 990 North Delaware 4ve., - PHILADELPHIA, ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. eaten tee Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands a = a he pt. i PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. &é PP. ROBERTS c& CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, \ ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. i AMDADD « eet tee e| Le ” SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. 2 OmMice, No, 26 8. Fourth &St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. , J. WW. PABSON &s CO., MOULDING SAND, 1021 North Delaware am< as PA., 6," a =e | , ; MANUFACTUBERS X MINERAL, CHARCOAL FAOING, LEAD FAOING, XX MINERAL, ANTHRACITE FACING, RIPDLES, SHOVELS, IXL FACING, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. . THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, Manufacturers of 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 Set a cE IE a eR NR Clayton Brothers, | Established 1847. BSRIsTOL, UOONN,, le Manufacturers of _ WHITNEY & SONS, Cast Shears,’) Car WuerL Works, Se rew Drivers, 2 ns mare Roller PHILADHLPHIA, The Best and Cheapest inthe Market Send for Prices. Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars. THEH IRON AGE. HENRY LEVIS & CO., JUSTICE OOX, Jr, JUSTICE COX, IR. & oo. Aeuwrs roR CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY ANE SHENANDOAH EDWARD J. ETTINC, TRON BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, 222 8. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. PIC, BAR and RAILROAD IRON OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR LYNCHBURG IRON co., Iynchburg, Va., Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD, Delaware Avenue CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limi Best Quality Muck Bar. _ CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. above Cajluwhill 8t., connected by track with rail- No. 9294 So. Fourth 8t., PHILA DELPHIA, <—autinsainesentlaeaanMnnamasaaboaEeees samen road. Cash advances made on Iron. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS Jas. G. Linpsay, Tuos. 8S. Parvin. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., Successors to Lioyp & Linpsay, 328 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. | and HEMATITE TRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL Iron Ship and Bridge Builders’ Materials, Steel Ralls, ‘ae er a and Iron Shapes and Bars, Sheet Lron, Sheet St l, sn ee of Iron and © Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and — — ee E. H. Wilson, A. Kaiser. Buildings. E. H. WILSON & CO., 2330 South Third Street, Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN Contracts placed for Iron Structures, Ethelbert W atts. C. Poulterer, ETHELBERT, WATTS & CO., Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, SALES AGFNTS FOR Pennsylvania avd Virginia Pig Iron, ** Corn- wall,’’ ** Cheste’,’? 2nd Other Iron Ores. Dealers tn Old Kails and Iron and Steel Se rap of all kinds. Correspondence solicited. Correspondence solicited. IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 308 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS, PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; yTAeoow L.& R. WISTER & CO., IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars ; SPRANG STEKL IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, | 13% oo. fistersna wack Berg SrRak "epee 230 Bo. 4th St., Philad iphia. — and Sheared Plates, Angles and AGENTS = Tan nn nba Kemble and Norway Foun ry and Forge Pig tron. J N é 3 * L * Wyebrooke ©. B. Charcoal Pig Iron. “ Buchanan HO G A N ? Red Short Pig fron. IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, 411 & 413 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Pig Iron & Ores, Steel & Iron Klooms, Agent for Brier HillIron and Coal Co.. Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Coonellssille Coke, Old Rails, Serap, &e. MORRIS, WHEELER & co., IRON, STEEL & NAILS. WAREHOUSE and OFFICES, | SALES OFFICES — 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF 8T. REUBEN HAINES, OoOnEBDMIiIsT, 738 Sansom St., Philadelphia. Analysis of Ores of lron and other Metals, Pig Iron and Steel. Assay of Gold and Silver Ores, Water Analysis for Manuf’ing and Household Use. ANDOVEK PIG LKON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Ohill Iron for COarwheels, oc. Each als, marked exact chill depth (4% inch to % A. Wahitney & Son’s stanvard test. F. A. Comiy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAS, Agent. 240 Se 3d “&t.. Phi adelphia. J. J. MOHTR, 430 Walnut S8t,, PHILADELPAIA, PA, Sole Agent for Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lvnch- burg, M.llcreek and Mt. Laurel FOUNDRY and FORGE PIG IRON, TAYLOR--LANGDON GAS—ROASTED CHARCOAL PIC IRON, BESSEMER ORE, Also Specially adapted to Soft Foundry or Highest WOODBRIDGE CLAY MINING CO.’S FIRE BRICK Grades of Mill Iron. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, rE ATE: IN TS. 240 So. 3d Mt., Philadelphia. GEO. H. BENJ AM IN, NORTH BROTHERS, Engineer, Expert in Patent Causes, lron Founders, LIGHT CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. 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 CO., MANUFACTURERS OF “Cumberland ” Nails and Wrought Iron Pipe, 43 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. J. TATNALL LEA & CO.,, Successors to CABEEN & OO., 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 F STANDARD ¢ Quality and efficienc | fully guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, "Piston Rods, &c THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Werks at LEWISTOWK, PA. Office: - - 2208. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. “BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. 10th St. above Chestnat St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Bstablished in 1836, Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, Gated wath aft the eoneseese appliances for the id and accurate analysis of lron, Bteel, Lron OO ne ete ts cate, Clays, Fire Sands, &c ‘ae. Agents for sampling eres in New York and AND SOLICITOR OF American and Foreign Patents, No 284 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, OFFICES, 28, 29, 30. RLES K. BARNS. Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC J. B. M. Hirons, No. 920 So. Third Street, Philadelphia. | R 0 N A N D ST E E as d. W. HUFFMAN & CU., (Concluded from page I.) jemery, is useful for polishing. Levigation is another process employed for separating the coarse grains from the fine emery. Six cylinders, about 3 feet higb, are ranged in a row and are in communication with one another at the top by means of metal pipes Water mixed with emery from tbe rolls is introduced into the first vessel. The havy grains sink, while the lighter ones remaining in s