The Iron Age 1885-08-20: Vol 36 Iss 8

ethe other pt. the K, tra ~~ re. INOEX TO READING MATTER A DING MA A Review of the Hardware, Iron and e Iron Age INDEX TO Metal ‘Trades. ADVERTISEMENT PAGE 19 Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wrtiiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter, Vol. XXXVI: No. 8. New York, Thursday, August 20, 1885. $4.50 a Year, Lucluding Dostage. Single Coptes, Ten Cents. An English Plate-Straightening | were formerly successful, but now an Machine. ’ e| year’s hunting and bartering. Then it was em too heavy an expenditure and too much/! often a profitable undertaking. Now the The seven-roller straightening or flatten-| time on account of the warlike negro race attempt to reach the interior would requir s| whole of the Cape Colonies do not furnish ing machine illustrated on this page is ar-| and the mountainous character of the ter-| more than about 60,000 pounds annually. ranged with a double set of rolls, very pow-| ritory. Thus we reach the domain of the erfully geared, through which the plates are | Sultan of Zanzibar, which is the greatest | the first ivory market reached is Mossa- | renewed efforts in thiscountry. The United 2|medes, a small, healthy colony founded by the Portuguese in the middle of the present yassed. The lower surfaces of the top set| market for ivory. There is a series of 1 I J of rolls are arranged to come slightly below | ports, most of them small, which, however, the top of the bottom rolls, and the plate|deliver in the aggregate to the island of | century. It supplies only about 4000 pounds passes through the series in a serpentine | Zanzibar some 400,000 pounds. The follow-| of ivory annually. Benguela, an older set-| tom boats nearly all the year around. The : | tlement, dating from the beginning of the seventeenth century, is a leading shipping | nually, while Senegambia supplies 10,000 i-| pounds. Morocco receives regularly from manner. By adjusting the top rolls the ing coast ports are the most important sheet can be made to come out perfectly | Mombassa, Pagani, Sadani and Bagamoyo straight, without buckle or hammer marks, | Pagani furnishes the finest, softest ivory of | port, supplying about 50,000 pounds annt which is an improvement over the old costly ; the East Coast, a proof that here, as on the| ally. During the last few years a decline and tedious process of stretching by ham-| West Coast and in India, the climatic in- mering. The machine illustrated is designed | fluences of the equatorial district act upon to take plates from % inch up to % inch|the character of the tusk. thick and 5 feet wide ; it is all self-cuntaived | almost all grades of ivory are ruled by the |and numerous other obstructions to com- *-|merce. The.ivory shipped from this port} points is completed. The average supply | and that from Ambriz undoubtedly, to judge necessary, since tusks outwardly nearly the |from its quality, comes from the Conyo | basin, while that sold at Benguela comes for on a strong foundation plate, and requires | quotations for Zanzibar goods. A very ac little or no foundation. All the arrange- ments for adjusting the rolls and for revers- ing the machine are at one end, within easy | same in appearance differ in value through curate knowledge of the ivory is, however, reach of the workman, and the approximate | the quality of the core by more than 20 per | the greater part from the Upper Zambes weight is 10 tons. The makers are Messrs. | cent Rushworth & Co., of Sowerby Bridge, Eng- | are indebted to London Engineering. . - Little ivory is sold at Mozamb sittle ivory is sold at Mozambique, the prin- Africa as a — of Suppy for cipal port for that trade being Quilimane, Africa, to the trade of which so much at- tention is being paid of late, is ivory. The ancients brought it from Katsch to the East | Coast, and later it was brought to Europe by way of Egypt. A leading German firm, H. A. Meyer, of Hamburg, has lately thade a careful study of the sources of supply, the results of which were submitted by a member of the firm, Mr. A. Westendarp, before the Geographical Society. It appears that the entire interior from the Sahara Desert to the Cape Colony still abounds in elephants, especially the river and lake districts. Ex- perts distinguish two entirely different qual- ities, the soft ivory from the East Coast, and the hard ivory from the West Coast, and similarly the character of tie trade of both coasts may be stated to be very different. The East Coast has been exploited for more | than 1000 years by the Indians, Persians and Arabs, while the West Coast was opened, much later, exclusively by European na- tions. In his travels in India Mr. Westen- darp discovered that the export trade in ivory of the East Coast is double that of the | West Coast. This fact was entirely unknown in Europe, because the large quantities which | came from India have been considered as originating in that country, while they really | come from the East Coast of Africa. A short visit to the leading export ports of the East | Coast and numerous accounts of travel fur- | nish no safe guide, because reliable state- ments of exports do not exist except in the Cape Colony, and therefore the different im- | port ports of India, Bombay, Mandivi, Diu and others were used as a check to obtain the data given Beginning a review of the most important ivory ports in the Mediterranean, we have Tripolis, Although there are no elephants | north of the 15th degree of latitude, impor- | tant quantities of ivory are regularly shipped | from this port and the adjacent harbor of | Bengasi. This illustrates the fact that in| Africa proximity to natural highways does | not exclusively control the movement of | trade. If it did it would be impossible that ivory from the Haussa and Bornu countries would be exported from the harbors men- tioned when the Niger Benu is so near, while the desert route takes four to five months by camel, is costly and tedious, and injuriously affects the ivory. On the desert route the camel must be unloaded every 4 im f a — mn ad ae om a so South of Zanzibar is the Mozambique Coast, has, in spite of repeated efforts, been a use- less and costly burden to the mother country which is an unhealthy place. Formerly the One of the leading articles of export of | ivory trade was carried on by barter on a evening, and the hot, dry winds cause the | ivory to crack and depreciate in value to the extent of 30 per cent., while the short large scale. The English Missionary Com- pany at Livingstonia, on the Niassa, which is also a trading company, under the title of southern river route furnishes it to the mar-| African Lakes Company, Limited, try to kets in a sound condition. For the desert caravans ivory is by no means the sole nor most valuable article, but takes the place of ostrich feathers when the .latter are not} abundant. It would be very profitable, therefore, to penetrate into the Benue coun try. During the past few years Tripolis has averaged about 36,000 pounds of ivory. Bengasi reports about 11,000 pounds, which comes from the Wadai country. Alex- andria and Cairo are at times very im- portant markets. The ivory monopoly has, however, been handled in a_ peculiar manner by the Egyptian Government Formerly the Egyptian ivory trade was| draw to it the entire ivory trade of the in- terior. Besides the ivory brought to the coast by Portuguese traders, considerable quantities are annually brought in by the Matapuires, a negro tribe located west of the Bangweolo Lake. Hundreds of them generally make their appearance in April or May, but they are only allowed to approach till Boror, a day’s journey from Quilimane, because in 1877 their presence gave rise to | disturbances. The arrival of this great cara- van causes the greatest excitement, and | everybody who has a shadow of a claim to | the title of trader goes to Boror. Often a month elapses before any business whatever | heart of Africa. Europeans will have to pay |for it in all cases, unless they follow the practice of the Arabs, of carrying off both the ivory and the owner. A comparison of the amounts shipped from the ports of this dis- | trict before and after Stanley’s opening out the country will be interesting. From 1875 to 1879, before that time, the shipments | were goo,ooo pounds, and from 1879 to 1884, 850,000 pounds.. These figures clearly |prove that the expected flooding of the |market has not taken place. They in- |dicate that, if after the great efforts |}made, even the most valuable product of the country is not delivered in much | greater quantity to the coast, it is not likely that there is much of it easily accessible. It is true that in Africa everything moves slowly ; possibly the heavy increase is still concentrated at Kartoum in the hands of a/| is done, and then every single tusk is ex- | fortheoming. The energetic Dutchmen un- few Syrians, until European competition! changed by barter for cloth, beads, brass-| til now had the most extended commercial entered the business. The export of Egypt from Bahr-el-Ghazal, partly coming work, &c. Business is chiefly done in the | afternoon and at night, the buyers and the | relations in the Congo country, and they control the lion’s share of the ivory trade. from Dar Fur, amounts to about 168,000} Matapuires trying to overreach one another. | The ports Gabun and Cameroun, which fol- pounds, while the shipments from Bahr-el-| The ivory export of the Mozambique Coast | low them, furnish together about 130,000 Gebel from the southern provinces foot up to about 135,000 pounds, Traveling south, the main port on the Red Sea is Suakim, the shipping port of all the goods from the Soudan. The more southerly port, Mas. sowa, controls the export business of Abys- sinia, the shipments of ivory being about 39.000 pounds, On the Gulf of Aden we have, as the sole port of the great free Somali country, miserable Berbera, which is important only for its annual fair held in the fall, which is attended by many cara- vans from the interior and numbers of ships from Arabia and India. The ivory trade has dwindled to almost nothing. The back country furnishes little ivory now. The Arabs and Hindustanees long occupied all the points down to the Zanzibar Coast and foots up to about 286,000 pounds, of which only about 66,000 pounds go to Europe. The enormous territory from which it is ob- tained is perhaps the most interesting in Africa, with its lakes and rivers and its good-natured negro tribes. | Passing Lucia Bay, with its excellent port, | but with little importance in the ivory trade, we reach the Cape Colonies, which have lost | most of their prominence in this business. | The principal source of supply in former | years was front the northeastern part, the Limpopo River country, which a decade ago afforded elephant hunters excellent hunting grounds, so that it paid well to send expe- ditions in that direction. Formerly, a a the management of a competent person for pounds of ivory. Gabun sends the fine |transparent ‘‘green” quality, while the ivory from Cameroun is only partly the fine grade, the coarser quality predominating. The character of ivory depends upon the | climatic conditions. If the country in which tae elephant lives is low, moist and hot, then | the ivory is very fine and transparent. If the climate is dry, cool, and the altitude con- siderable, it is coarse. Elephants thrive in equal numbers in higher districts, and John- | ston has recently proven that they live even at an altitude of 14,000 feet. The Niger Coast has especially, recently, become the most important on the West Coast for the ivory trade. This great river, | not being disturbed by cataracts, is naviga- Passing northward along the West Coast | of the West Coast. EE - AN ENGLISH PLATE-STRAIGHTENING MACHINE, African Company maintain regular steamer lines on the Lower Niger, and the Upper Niger Benue, too, is navigable for flat-bot- Gold Coast ships about 30,000 pounds an Timbuctoo about 17,000 pounds annually, has taken place. San Paola de Loanda, or which, however, is used locally for gun | Angola, the capital, which has a fine harbor, The prices of | has also lost ground through excessive duties | prohibited. Thus the round tour of the ivory shipping stocks, jewelry, &c., because the export is from 1879 to 1883 has been 1,250,000 pounds from the East Coast and 625,000 pounds from the West Coast, a total of 1,875,000 i.| pounds. Not counting the local consumption | The great differences in quality between the|in Africa, this represents the killing of |ivory from the different ports can only be land. For the engraving and particulars we|a Portuguese colony for 400 years, which | accounted for in this manner. Then follows the Congo country, which is now being so| and useful of animals. . | thoroughly discussed. According to Stanley, ivory is so abundant, especially in the equa- | torial district, that there it is almost value- | less. It is a dangerous delusion to expect | The number of engines in motion at the An- any such condition of affairs, even in the 65,000 elephants annually, an indiscriminate slaughtering of one of the most intelligent Engines at the Anvers Exhibition.— vers exhibition is very considerable, and all sent out well equipped for two or three | to a distance of 1700 miles from its mouth. | fully matched against Armstrong and Krupp | The Niger Benue river-shed furnished about } 185,000 pounds annually, a quantity which has notably increased only since 1876, and ac counts for the growth of the total shipments rhe English have made breech-loaders of similar dimensions, and has, we are told, by far surpassed them. en SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL. Cinder Concrete, Mr. G. G. Lobdell, president of the Lob- dell Car Wheel Company, writing to the Scientific American, describes as follows the use to which he has put for more than 30 years the glassy slag from their cupolas in making foundations for lathes, engines, stacks or chimneys, and buildings For foundations for buildings where the location requires piling, put a log or several thick- nesses of hemlock just on top of the piling, and on top of this a concrete wall from 2 to 3 feet in depth, and in thickness according to the thickness of the walls of the building. For lathes, engines, &c., if on marsh or made land, we pile, or make a plank plat- form without piles, according to the char- acter of the ground, the piles being cut off or the platform placed from 4 to 8 feet be low the surface of the ground. as the case may be. On this platform we put concrete made of cinders, to the top of the ground ; above the ground we generally use hard brick. These concrete foundations and walls are made by placing in the trench or hole layers of cinder about 6 _ inches thick, made tolerably level on top and rammed. fach layer is grouted separately with sand and cement, in proportions of twothirds and one-third respectively ; or, if the ground is a dry one, or if not too wet, we grout with common lime mortar with a small portion of hydraulic cement added. I have found the burned sand from the cores of railroad wheels, and the sand in which railroad wheels are pitted to cool, to make a hard and durable cement when mixed with the proper quan- tity of common lime. We use this sand for laying stone and brick in preference to that generally used by bricklayers; we also use it for concrete. In grouting concrete foun- dations care should be taken to fill all the interstices, making the grout thin so that it will run freely. I have had occasion to remove a brick wall laid in mortar made of this burned sand and common lime that was so strongly cemented together that the bricks would not separate at the joints, but split between the joints. Electric Lighting in Mines, Mr. Sydney F. Walker, M. I. M. E., of Cardiff, writes to the London Tunes on the above subject as follows: As I have been engaged for the past nine years in introducing electricity into the practical working of mines, and have, I be- lieve, a closer acquaintance with them than any electrical engineer, or any one not actu- ally engaged ia their working can have, per- haps you will kindly afford me space to state my views on this subject. In the first place, I would most strongly depreciate any sug- gestion of compulsory legislation, both as unjust to colliery owners and unwise in the truest interests of the electric-lighting indus- try. In my experience, no body of industrial proprietors are more ready to give a fair trial to a new apparatus once it can be shown by practical work that it is for their advantage, and, on the other band, it would be manifestly unfair to compel the adoption of an illuminant that might not be all that they require For there are grave practical difficulties in the way of the use of the elec tric light at the working face, where it would be of most service, both from the additional light given and from the greater need of a safety lamp at that point. The working face is constantly moving, in one method of working ever receding, and the opera- tion of getting the coal in its most marketable form entails the constant falling or shattering of huge masses, so that no The largest is a type, built by the Société Cockerill for the Russian ironclad Tchesma, a vessel of the first class now building at Sebastopol, with a displacement of 9990 tons. The engine will indicate 11,250 horse-power when running at full pressure and full speed, and is being run daily for the amusement of the public at the exhibition, with its shaft and gun-metal pro- peller complete, and naturally attracts uni- versal attention. There is also a vertical compound pumping engine at the stand of this same firm, likewise intended for Russia, and capable of indicating 400 horse-power. Engines, mostly compound condensing, in- tended for mining and general factory pur poses, of dimensions capable of indicating 250 to 300 horse- power, are quite numerous, and perbaps 10 or 12 might be counted, all of which are fitted with some kind of expan- sion gear and without any slide valves, the Corliss gear being the most generally favored. Thereare also a number of smaller engines indicating less than 100 horse-power. Outside the building and nearly overtower- ing it stands a full-sized wooden model of a new 100-ton steam hammer, with a wrought- iron frame, constructed by the Société John Cockerill, which it is almost difficult to con- sider as a machine tool, so gigantic are its dimensions. m —— = One of the chief attractions in the Ma- chinery Hall of the Anvers exhibition is a new breech-loading gun, the invention of Colonel de Bange, and constructed at the works of MM. Cail & Co., Paris. sizes are represented. three-cylinder marine engine ef the inverted ' fixed lamp would be of the least service or could live long. On the other hand, up to the present, so far as I am aware, no porta- ble electric lamp has yet been produced which is of a reasonable weight and size, so that the collier can handle it and place it in position where his light is most required, and at the same time that gives a aaa light for the time required. By reducing the amount of light on the one hand, and its duration on the other, a few so called mining electric lamps have been produced, but they would be useless for practical mining work, as they only last a few hours at the outside, while their cost is out of all proportion to that of the existing forms of lamp. In my opinion the outcome of electric lighting in mines for the working face will be that sup ply mains will be led to convenient points near, and the collier will attach a pair of small wires to them, and his lamp to the other end of his smal! wires, and use it as he likes. Our strongest card in this direction is the rapid advances that are being made in the acquisition of the rudiments of electric gcience in every grade of society. I feel confident that as soon as the working collier realizes the fact that he can have a good, powerful light, which he can manipulate as he pleases, by merely at- taching two wires as I have suggested, and that the maintenance of the light and the continnance of his work depends upon the It has a|lamp and wires being kept out of harm's bore of 34 cm, a length of 11.2 m., and| way, it may safely be left to him without | weighs 37 '4 tons, but it is by far the lightest | fear of the result. If the electric light and | looking gun of its size we have ever seen, it| other forms of electrical energy are to be being only 1.04 m. diameter at the breech. such an undertaking, such an expedition was | ble throughout the greater part of the year'This gun has, nevertheless, been success (Continued on page 5.) ’ a waar a « he dededied wT ane - ai f TTT me ~ ™ A ~*; P e ee eee eee rr feo THE IRON AGE. -| THE PLUME A ATWOOD MFG. CO. 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Waterburv Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Goods THE WIRE GOODS CO., Qe Worcester. Mass. Brignt Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Double-Pointed Tacks and Staples, Wire Picture Cord, Clothes Line Wire, Hand Rail Screws, &c., &c Wires cut, bent, milled, straightened and made to any desired shape. Orders solicited from the Trade for the full hne of Screw Eyes, &c,, known as Hardware Wire Goods. Quality guaranteed the best in the market. Special articles made to order, THE WIRE COODS CO., Worcester, Mass. ~ WIRE ROPE Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope, "SOUlM| ‘Suyyoed dwoy 908 & 905 N. Main lain St., § 8ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. BEECHER& PECK, | W-.-S. BS TE YW, MANUFACTURERS OF OF BRASS, COPPER IRON, GALVANIZED AND DROP PRESSES, Sieh Wie OF AL MESHES AND GRADES Iren and Seoet Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth. Bi deies fer Expert and Foundry use. Coal DROP FORGINGS, &c., Screens. iron Belting Cloth. Wire Werk of every descrip NEW HAVEN. CONN.'NO. 71 “FULTON 8T., ° ° . NEW YORK. A. W. PARMELEE, Pres'’t. August 20, 1885, Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. \i 97 1885, - Pit | ds. $4 lz ‘Sujyoes dwoy Angust 20, 1886, THE IROIN AGE. | 3 THE FRED, J, MEYERS | MFG. CO,, COVINGTON, KY., Manufacturers of WiRE Goowvnvms oO; Isls RIN YDS, OO.LINDEMANNE CO. CARS & MOEN, MANUFACTURERS STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. -_-— a -_—. Manufacturers of Javanned, Brass, Tin Plated aI and Wood ~ ' M SLAW and KRAUT CUTTERS: S S 5 Wrought-Iron Fencing, Cresting and BIRD S > = Hardware Specialties. > > = CAGES ~ S Send for [lustrated Catalogue and Price List. ‘ S ‘riginal inventors a aa. ees of > S Bright a Caace S > constructec thou ~ ae en _— ES . 254 Pearl St., es Murket mteel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. +=) 9] IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. NEW YORK. | | a AN Sa eS ao Se LUDLOW- SAYLOR WIRE CO., Ltt AT pet ye esr PPE ee The GAUTI ER STEEL DEPART- Successors To W. S. TLE MENT of Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, MANUFACTURERS OF Pa., desires to notify all builders of EXTRA HEAVY SiEEL WIRE CLOTH sT. a M ©. Son bane aa, HORSE HAY RAKES that it is in the Steel, Irom, Brass ani Copper Cloth for Coal azd Ore market th i i Screens, Flour Mills, Paper Mills and Ma'tsters, . 2 ee gro aang 754 to 754 Ww. CLAIR ss. of improved quality, increased capac- wv. 8. E. H. ALLEN, > : i CLEVELAND, Onio. oe ity and extremely low prices, and begs gt , a om eects that no one will close for their sea- AN IMPROVED son’s business before allowing them LEVELING INSTRUMENT. an opportunity to quote. . Hine Prompt execution of orders as- sured by our increased capacity, which is sufficient to supply all the Rake Teeth the country demands. WIRE. BG IRE CLOTIL WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed F ied Wire. National Wire and Iron Co. DETROIT, MANUFACTURERS OF MICH., Iron Stairs, Railings, Illuminated Sidewalk Tile, Shutters, Guards AND POUNDRY SUPPLIES. PRICE OF INSTRUMENT COMPLETE, $20. idapted to the Use of Architects, Engineers, Masons Builders, Farmers an ‘a Others. This instrument is made of Brass and Iron, furnished with both masons’ (short metal) and surveyors’ tripod, ; and put up in a handsome wooden box, with strap.|] New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, The only low-priced Level that can be thoroughly aes adjusted in the field. 104 READE ST. 202 First Nat. Bank Building. 523 ARCH ST. A NEW LEVELING ROD. INo. 193.) This rod is round and made in twe sections ; is united av. Le). by a solid screw joint, as if or one length, and has a] - — - —_—— target. There are two scales, one side being Engineers’ feet, roths and rooths), the Other Architects’ scale (or THOMPSON MoCOSH, President. JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, BARB WIRE ‘carmen. feet, inches and 8ths). Price, $6. D WM. T. COMSTOCK, cheap Railings, we offer this Composite Seaal ; Manufact Railing at $1.50 per lineal foot, 3 ft. 6 in. high: 6 fates Faan, fine vat es : ene . The Chilled fron Ornaments*are poured on to th Circulars and discount to hardware trade hishec Wrought Iron Rods, Id th 1 into © to dealers sending their card. wdahout jena, rust cannot eater, The posts ned heed NO DANGER OF CUT- have large. jron flange at base» You can set this fence into ground yourself. Stone foundations are not neces ATLANTA RUBBER CO ’ pense. Composite Iron Works Co., 173. Church St. orner of Keade Stre 26 Marietta St., Atlanta, Ga, + aes A e ocencinat a a a TING HANDS OR TEAR- ING CLOTHES, SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. Estab’d 1818. Incorp’d 1874. Rubber Belting, Pack- a ————_ —$——— . THE ing, Hose, &c. * _=<=| Gilbert & Bennett Mfz Co. : = 5 = WAREHOUSES: $ 42 CLIFF ST., MEW YORK, 228 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ILLS., MANUFACTU — oF Manufactured Solely by [PATENTED.] Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. Our Agents, John HW. Graham & Co.,113 Chambers St., carry stock of our;Lifters and will supply at Factory prices, Sileves and Wire Cloth. Power Loom Painted and Galvan ized Window Screen Wire a Galvanized Wire Cloth for Dryin Fruits, Warld’s Galvanized eb Wire Fence, Galvanized Twist Wire Poultry Netting. Factories, Georgetown, Conn. | J. W. PAXSON & CO., vravers in P x LEATHER BELTING, a OK fhe MOULDING SAND, Kinds of Mill Supplies. | 1021 North Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., Send for Catalogues and Discounts, ——— PATENT OFFICE, fg i <a The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture-extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, Cc. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. | UN Tels \eus OF by Sella ee ese Roeder & -Briesen, | Sean on SIZES CUTTING 8S? and S4 Nassau St., | Ne ye ye array Tt NEW YORK. | yam ' sa iste ete mee ane American and Foreign U.S. STANDARD AND £4 WHITWORTH THREAD - E S MANUFACTURERS eek FORGED OF BAR STEEL. Solicited promptly and at the lowest rateg, X MINERAL, CHARCOAL FACING, LEAD FACING, ee eset oe : ——~ | XX MINERAL, ANTHRACITE FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, T ai ) IXL FACING, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. Y., \\ M. Man N, J - & Co., titanate lia attcees MANUFACTURERS OF tewsmown, ra LANES PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, Wire Cori axp Wire Goons, MANUFACTURERS OF RED WARRIOR The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, Dish Covers. q ry It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a ‘6 ” rn 0 ers, A Xe § B I 0 ad A Xe s -— gros) a steel axle. It will bot break. It is practically - pene wow. It CORTLAND 0 PP el is almost no seless i stion. It requires no oil. It has a broad ° j ’ | cers 7 bearivg on the door, and keeps in ae. It is by far the most Ww ‘DOW N Coal Sieves, te 7 ' : " ie , urable, It may be used with anv track. It is always in order. SCREE : Adzes, Broad Hatchets, Spanish LANE’S PATENT TRACK Flour Sieves, Axes and Tools, F Is made of steel and 1s easily put in position. Catches and holds WIRE CLOTH. ° re no snow orice. Door bung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not Etc Etc cael ae subject to decay. R-« quires no fitting, but is ready atonve. May = oY ei “9 ° be used with bangers of other manufacture, Metallic Coal Blove. BRANCH OFFICE : a - : Manufactured by LA N E RB R Os Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 97 Chambers Street, New York, ——______——— 9 THE ATLANTA ENGINEERING CoO., E, A, BOLMES, Manacenr. JOHN H, GRAHAM & CO. General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. Engineers and Contractors for Steam Machinery. Atlanta, Ga. dL OGDEN & WALLACE, 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. Iron => Steel Of every des ania mn kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. a All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con ; stanily on hand, PIERSON & CO., 24 10 27 West Street, New York, | Acme Shatting. LENGTHS IN STOCK. ALL SIZES AND _ Apply fe wr Discount, ABEL BROS. IRON MERCHANTS, 190 SOUTH 8T., or 365 WATER &T,, f Nw YORE. “A.B. M.CO.” SHAFTING. ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF “NORWAY,” “ULSTER,” “CATASAUQUA,” REFINED AND COMMON IRON, BAND, HOOP AND SOROLL IRON. ' STEEL OF ALL KINDS. TELEPHONE CALL, ‘* NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & CO., ;f MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON ©O., Limited, Merehant Iron and ft Steel. So: nomen STEEL & IRON CO,, Homogeneous tes aay a IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder | BRANDY WINE ROLLING MOLL. Boiler Plates. 3LASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. A. M. CARNEGIE BROS. Steel Beams, Channels, Shapes and Shafting. a A. P. NAIL CO ''S Steel Wire Nails THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application by mail. Sample pieces at office, Please address 68 Hudson St. New York. Borpen & Love Lt, 70 & 71 West St., L.N.LOVELL, C. A. GREENE — NEW YORK, HL. FREELAND. $ AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF Fall River lron Co.'s Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods, AND | | ¥ | | Borden Mining Company’s CUMBERLAND COALS. IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. aT LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, | For Mailleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, A SPECIALTY. | CHARLES HIMROD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. ti WM. McFARLAND, i lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice, PALMER’S COMMON SENSE FRAME PULLEY. r Mortising done with a common bit No Chisels. Saves user 50 ker cts. per dozen. Everybody buys them, Send for circulars PALMER MFG. CO., TROY, W. ¥. ROLLED Channes, Angles, Room 45, Astor House, New Hot Pressed Nuts, B BOILER Boiler Brace Jaws. © eee ee & CO., Limited, Iron and | 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, Gulvanized Rod and Bar Iron, peavenined Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron pe. CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. PLATE AND Tank [rROvn, |. C. No. 1, C. H. No. 1, C. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Best i iange Fire Box, Circles. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon application. "FOX & DRUMMOND, THE LRON AGE. OXFORD 2. woon & co., L'a, PITTSB URGH, PA.. IRON AND NAIL CO.., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Planished Sheet Iron Patented April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1870; Oct. 17th, 1876; Jan. ith, 1877 ; Feb. 6th, 1877; Dec. 1 th, 1878 ; Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. rst. 188 4; Feb. rath, 188 384: March ath, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. JOHN J. HARRISON IRON AND METAL DEALER, , 562 W AT ST. 2, 304, 306 CHERRY ST. NEW Sb RK has on hand, and offers for sale | the following : , Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast anc Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy Wrought [ron; also old Copper, ¢ Somposition, Bras Lead, Pewter, Zine, &e. ss8, si& Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. ALSO Common, Refined, Charcoal and Juniata CAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE, 2 TO 48 INCHES DIAMETER. 160 New Broadway, York. JAMES WILLIAMSON | & 0, | SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. DANIEL F. COONEY, New York, SS Washington St., IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. | GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. ALLISON BOILER FLUES. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, BURDENS HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” GRADES OF BLACK SHEET IRON, Smooth on both sides. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON WoREs, SYRACUSE, - N. Y. Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. W. B. BURNS, Iron Boiler Rivets. PROPRIETOR. PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS Everson, Hammond & Orr, Ltd., SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF Light Sheet Iron. ROOFING SHEET THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. August 20, 1885, JAMES P. WITHEROW, Engineer & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOFT STEEL, specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plates Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &e. Will contract to completely erect, equi and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As [ manufacture at our own works everythi1 appertaining to Blast Furnace and Stee Works construction, can guarantee prompt ness and satisfaction. WHEELING NAILS, Laughlin Nail Co., Ww: AK. SOLE ACENT, 97 Chambers Street, New York, Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., NEW YORK, 177 & 179 Bank St,, MANUFACTURER OF HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited Maoufacturers of ROSS, Commission Merchants, | PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock IRON BEAMS, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, BE PATERSON, N. J. CUT NAILS. DOVER IRON FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 139 Greenwich Street, New York. OLD METALS. 457 & 459 Water St.,| 238 & 235 South St., Gold Medal. oeeie White Mountain................... 5.50 LESS DISCOUNT. JOHN BROWER, 81 Murray St., New York. CHas.f- LOMBARD Howard, Childs & Co., Commission Merchants, No. 514 Smithfield St., Pittsburch, Pa. Iron and Steel of all Descriptions, Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Coal Hods, Dripping Pans, &c., Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO.. PAWTUCKET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. lye Bars, &c., York. olts, Washers, &c. CO's RIVETS, Socket Bolts, &c. NEW YORK. APPLE -PARERS. - + -$4.50 per dozen. of all grades a specialty. Prices quoted promptly upon application. EGLESTON BROS, & CO,, IRON, 106 South streets! yEW YORK CNY, | _PYe suotet prompty upon application BUR DE N’S CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Pittsburgh, | ae . a. e ee a a ae HM. B.. &-S. Bonnell, Botsford & Co., AND ULSTER BAR IRON AU Sizes and Shapes in Stock. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas T. W. WELSH, Supr. W. W. CARD, Secy. Iron Building», Roofs, Shutters, Doors, Cornice:<, ikvlights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 3 Dey Street, NEW YORK. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’! Agt. T = BE Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA. U.S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (W ecthngnemee & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. The Automatic Freight Brake is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake fo: passenger cars, except that the various parts are so combined as to form practically one piece of mechanism, and is sold at a very low gree. The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s wages aod the inereased _— possible with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within - | ave oye time. ’ has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, sabe oped rom anya tree gt application is eee train se te, or hose or pipe fail, it applies automatically. A GUARANTEE is given customers For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on carriages, wagons, harness, &c, Ask for the -m against loss from PATENT "Stirs on the apparatus sold th The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- cular and price list. 15,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARS CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., and is adopted by the 9 getnsipal Railways in all parts of the world. 62nd Sr., _ FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. LIMITED KIRKPATRICK & CoO., Manufacture of all Grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE. | ALSO BEST GRADES OF Am. & Eng. Refined Iron Com- mon Iron &c. | WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. E. C. Wallace. Wa. H. Wallace, Wm. Bispham. Betow Lancaster AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA. _ WORKS, Leechburg, Pa, Only single Ring ever invented that closes on outside of the nose BROWN'S Elliptical Ring and Triple Grco ve Hog and Pig Ringer Only Double Ring Invented. Champion Hog Ringer, RINGS and HOLDER. 4B f i a a. ! R.D. WOOD & CO., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Cast Iron Pi FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. The only that will effectu- | Only single Ring that closes ov ally keep Hogs rooting. No the outedde of the nose. No shart sharp points in the nose. points in the flesh to keep it sore. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, II! Joun J. SPowers, President. ALEXANDER BURNS, Manager, PE|THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., MANUFACTURERS GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. g@alv Enising in All its HKranches. Galvanized Sheet Iron—Best Bloom, Best Refined. Cpenmnee Galvanized Round, Square, Band and Hoop Iron, &c., & All Sizes All Gauges VARIETY METAL BOOM. of Corrugation and iron Foundry and Machine Shop STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION from Sizes in all its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless 1% tos inches. of Sheets. Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. FPRAS. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. Corrugated Sheet Iron a Specialty , Saiventoes, Black and peansed. Iron Corrugated for the Trade. ates furnished on applica WORKS: GREEN and BAY STREETS JERSEY CITY N. J, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE ; 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK Ma tor, OVES CTURE + Plates jolts, Po. t, equi} ‘e Whit ve. As srythin: d Stee prompt LS. oo, York. ), ‘ORK, ‘ON, Flats, nited WT, KES oF H, Supt. 10, -) KE. ake fo: piece of wages | within wn. Its muld the stomers ) g, Pa, bvented he nose ing r Ringer loses on o sharp it sore. ur, Il! 0. . id and Trade. YORK August 20, 1885. WILLIAg fi. Want & C0.,) FENBY Levis 4 Co., Manufacturers’ Agents PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, |" r3°Sc! onan Gee STEEL BLOOMS, CROP ENDS, Railway Equipments. TIN PLATES, &c. | Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold. No. 224 Sovrn Turrp St. PHILADELPHIA. | 284 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Fastenings, STREET RAILS. AMERICAN AND FOREIGN Railway ADDRESS ' Cambria Iron Co., OFFICE, 218 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. The Phcenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WORKS, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Pm té i inds " . ing used in the con- ° ht Tron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing usec ———— omuenion of Fire-¥roof Buildings : Patent Wrought Tron ¢ olumns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Briages. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty St. Boston Agents, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & co., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE cw SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa. ( solic speci f rrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, ee gncnet ee ee OF ee Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, ww. H. WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York. NEW AND CLD RAILS, BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIC, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘* Ulverston ;” Iron, brand * U. H M. s a Oe EMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spie eleisen, Cro Ends, &c. Also for “* Lorn” Malleable Charcoa! Pig Iron and N B ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. - Also Sole Agents for the WHITE RIVE MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed so per cent, Metallic Manganese. ~ PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. 2 P. ROBERTS c CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF™IRONTOR STEEL. Office, No. 26 S. Fourth St., Phil+delphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Tron. AGENCY Fire Brick Hot Blast Stove Co. — oo IMPROVED FIRE BRICK HOT BLAST STOVE. COSTS, DUTY FOR DUTY, 80% LESS THAN ANYTHING HERETOFORE CONSTRUCTED. Immunity from Dirty Stoves. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS, maaeomet No. 226 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa, ‘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. ‘eneral Office, 2:7 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. GEO. R. TURRELL. Pres., 7s Chambers St., New York. DUNCAN K. MAJOR, Treas., Torrington, Conn. UNION HARDWARE COMPANY, Torrington, Conn., U. 8. A. The advantage being that they will fit any style of hee whether large or small, without the use of straps. ° 82, Frosted Nickeled, ? Per Pair, $5.50. 83, Polished Nickeled, Per Pair, $6.50. ESTABLISHED 1864. His CUT ILLUSTRATES UR LATEST STYLE CLUB SKATES For Rink and Private Use, BOTH FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Man afacturers of Ice and Roller Skates and Specialties in Hardware. Wood Turners, and Electro-platers in Gold, Silver, Nickel and Brass. ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR WOOD TURNING AND PLATING ON APPLICATION. EMPIRE STATE MFG. CO., 37 Washington St., BUFFALO, N. Y, BIXBY & DRULLARD, Propsierors, MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE SPECIALTIES, Semmmmmm/ SPUN COPPER and HALF COPPER TEA KETTLES ae MOULDERS’ TOOLS, AWLS, COUNTER PEG FLOATS, CRIMP MACHINES METAL SPINNING AND NICKEL PLATING, SEND FOR CATALOGUE. ‘- Sa a0 EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, 222 S. Turrp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount