The Iron Age 1885-08-27: Vol 36 Iss 9

ra C, INDEX TO READING MATTER PAGE 32 Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Witurams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Vol. XXXVI: No. 9. New York, Thursday, August 27, 1885. ‘The Iron Age INDEX TO A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. OVERTISEMENTS PAGE ) Second-Class Matter, $2.50 @ Year, Lucluding Lostage. Stngle Copies, Ten Cents. The Late Hon. Daniel J. Morrell. In a few lines the Associated Press chron- led last week the decease of one who has for fully a generation ranked as one of the ading iron manufacturers in the country. Hon. Daniel J. Morrell died at his residence , the 20th, at Johnstown, the scene of the successful labors of a lifetime. Mr. Morrell was born in Maine in 1821, and when 16 years old went to Philadelphia, where he associated himself with the whole- sale dry-goods house of Trotter, Morrell & Co., at 32 North Fourth street. In 1842 he embarked in the same business with his brother David. Two years later he became associated with Oliver Martin, dealer in fancy dry goods, at No. 28 North Fourth street. In 1855 he assumed the manage- ment of the Cambria Iron Works and made his home at Johnstown. The Cambria Iron Company had failed, and their heaviest creditors were Philadelphia merchants who had sold them goods. These merchants, in the hope of securing themselves against heavy losses, obtained control of the works, and selected Mr. Morrell, who was one of their number, to manage the enterprise. So apt, shrewd and intelligent did the young dry-goods merchant prove to be in his novel position as a manufacturer of iron that he speedily mastered the difficulties which en- vironed him, organized the various depart- ments of the works into harmonious system, secured an enviable reputation for his manu- factured products, and won a position in the very front rank of successful American manufacturers Mr. Morrell as a manager was prompt to introduce improvements in his works. He interested himself very early in the pneu- matic or Bessemer process, and his faith in its suecess was so great that he induced his associates to erect a plant at Johnstown, which was among the first successful Besse- mer steel works in the country. These steel works were for years the most productive in the world. When Mr. Morrell took charge of the works of the Cambria Iron Company, almost 30 years ago, they comprised a few small charcoal furnaces, four small coke fur- naces and an iron rail mill. The company also owned some coal and ore lands in the immediate vicinity. The possessions of this corporation are now enormous. They owna very great area of land in the vicinity of the works, in the adjoining Blair County, in the Connellsville coke region and in the Lake Superior iron ore region. They have it blast furnaces, Bessemer steel works, open-hearth steel works, rail mills, billet mills, rod mills, &e. Their Gautier Steel Department turns out wire and merchant steel, and employs as many hands in itself as the entire works did only a few years ago. Mr. Morrell took an active part in all questions affecting the prosperity of his trade, being a leading spirit in the Ameri- can [ron and Steel Association, of which he became president in 1879, holding that office until failing health compelled him to retire from it, and from all active business as well, in January last. On the establishment of the Republican party he became attached to that organization, and for many years was one of its leaders in Pennsylvania. In 1506 Mr. Morrell was elected to the National House of Representatives, being re-elected in 1868, but defeated by a small majority in 1570. In Congress he paid attention chiefly to all matters reiating to industrial ques- tions, and was made chairman of the Com- mittee on Manufactures. The most impor- tant feature, however, of his Congressional career was his introduction on the gth of March, 1870, of a bill to provide for the celebration in Philadelphia of the one bun- dredth anniversary of American independ- ence. This bill became a law mainly through his persistent advocacy and through the happy effect produced upon Congress and the country by his admirably conceived speech of the 14th December, 1870, in favor ' its passage. On the organization, in March, 1872, of the Centennial Commission provided for in this act, Mr. Morrell, who had been appointed by Governor Geary one of the commissioners for Pennsylvania, was offered the presidency of that body. This be declined, but he became chairman of the business training as a merchant, to his re- markable faculty of organizing and directing labor and systematizing accounts, and, not least, to his well-balanced head and thorough integrity. Certainly in addition to these per- sonal qualifications he enjoyed the good for- tune to be associated with able coadjutors, men of broad views and wide experience, who ably supported him and gave him their confidence and inspired him with zeal and courage. ‘* After the expiration of the lease of the Cambria Iron Works to Wood, Morrell & Co., a period running through seven years, the property reverted to the control of the general manager. tended his management—the mills and fur naces constantly increasing in capacity and thoroughness. Old processes were aban- doned for better devices, and antiquated machinery disappeared to be replaced by substantial improvements and more eco- nomical methods. At these works was first company, and Mr. Morrell was appointed | The same success at- | ing Bessemer rails. It required a thorough mastery of the new process, great ingenuity | and large capital to undertake such an enter | prise, but all these the Cambria Iron Company | found themselves possessed of. Mr. Morrell and the Fritz Brothers, John and George, had already studied up the subject and invented |and improved upon what they took in hand. ‘* The first experiments in this country in [the manufacture of pneumatic steel were conducted at the Cambria [ron Company's Works by William Kelly in 1857-58-59, and the first pneumatic converter was con- structed at Johnstown In May, 1863. the | Kelly Process Company were organized, of which Mr. Morrell was a member, and they were successful in making steel at Wyan dotte, Mich. In 1864 the control of Mr. | Bessemer’s process and patents for the | United States was obtained by Messrs. | Winslow, Griswold and Holley, of Troy, |N. Y. Theconflict of the rival owners of the 'Kelly aud Bessemer patents prevented the | MORRELL, DANIEL J. extension of the business. Counsel was em- Executive Committee, a position of greater | introduced the three-high mill, the invention | ployed, and the parties were about to enter influence and more onerous daties, in which | of that eminent mechanical engineer, Jobn | upon a protracted litigation when Mr. Mor- ® contributed largely to the success of the | Fritz, who was at the time in the service of | rell, who had obtained full authority from Ventennial Exposition. Mr. Morrell attended | the company. Mr. Morreli’s power of esti-| the Kelly Process Company, early in 1866, ‘he Paris Exposition of 1878 as a commis-| mating the character of men was so acute | effected a consolidation of all the interests s.oner from the United States, and presented | that he was always able to select assistants | and the immediate extension of the business. o the Secretary of State, on his return | some, an exhaustive and comprehensive | eport on the exhibits of iron and steel, and | system and intelligence found in the minor est, the royalty for the use of the joint of the highest order, and to his judgment in | this direction is largely due the excellent Through his advice, though much to the dis- satisfaction of some of the parties in inter- | ‘pon the condition of the iron and steel| departments of the great establishment patents was reduced from the enormous ‘ndustry of the world up to that time. Mr Morrell’s connection with the iron and | *teel trades is so important a part of the in- ‘ustrial history of the country that we are toved to give the following extract from the speech of the late Samuel J. Reeves at the “anquet in honor of Mr. Morrell in May, 1378, eudered him by the citizens of Philadelphia vn the eve of his departure for France as U.S. Commissioner at the Paris Exposition : rt When I look back to the time he first en- ered upon his duties as a manager, entirely ‘xnorent as he was of the art of making iron, ‘ cannot help admiring his courage and self- reliance in believing that he could success- fully overcome the difficulties before him, and win, as he has done, the reputation that 's justly awarded him as one of the most cul- ‘ured and accomplished ironmasters in the country, The secret of such eminent success under his charge. ‘The sole business of the Cambria Iron Company up to the year 1871 was the pro- duction of iron rails, in the manufacture of | which they had acquired an excellent repu- | tation ; but long prior to this year the time had arrived when it became apparent that | rails made of steel by the pneumatic process, | invented by Henry Bessemer, must ulti- mately displace those made of iron, on ac- count of their greater durability. Here was. a question to be decided by the owners of | figure at which it was held prior to the con- solidation of the interests; but the result proved the wisdom of Mr. Morrell’s sugges- tion, the owners of the patents and the users of the process being mutually benefited by the low rates. If it had not been for these | efforts of Mr. Morrell several years of the | steel industry now so well established would have been lost to the country.” In his personal character Mr. Morrell was an cndcann delightful man. At home in Johnstown, he was greatly respected and be- in that state before tempering ; 2, all pieces forged in the solid state, with the object of | being finally used in the tubular state, should be annealed in the tubular state prior to |tempering ; 3, the annealing to be effected |by raising the temperature of the piece gradually, carefully and uniformly to the highest point that can be applied without injuring the steel, and by cooling in a |gradual and uniform manner, and, 4, after tempering, the piece is to be raised to a heat ap proaching that at which it was tempered, and reannealed by being allowed to cool slowly. They also recommend that the ‘‘tests for steel” should remain unaltered, but think that a percussive test of tubes and breech pieces by water pressure should be devised ; that the chases of breech-loader guns should be strengthened ; that each individual tubu- lar forging should be made as thin as possi ble, the requisite strength being obtained by a greater number of layers; that some sizes of guns should be looped to the muzzle, and | others with a double tube or liners, and that the guns of the future should be generally made more suitable for increased charges of slower burning pow der. I Raising a Masonry Arch. renee Ss | Les Annales des Traveaux Publics for July, | 1885, describes the lifting toa more elevated | position of a masonry arch having a span 32.8 feet and a rise of 4.26 feet. The arch was 15 feet wide, and at the key was 2.85 feet deep. A lining of plank was first put under the arch and then five centers made) of wrought iron. Under each end of the) arch were then placed two bents of timber 5.8 feet apart and well braced in both| ~ directions. Each of these bents rested on two longitudinal timbers, and between these sticks, midway between the centers, were located double wedges, and between each set of wedges and directly under the centers and their posts were lifting-screws. This iron-rail mills, involving the value of property | loved, and he will be sincerely mourned by | arrangement having been carried out, the to an enormous amount, and rendering the | costly establishments then in existence com- | paratively worthless. No one perceived the |} coming revolution sooner than Mr. Morrell, | and it was through his efforts and persistence daced to be among the first to enter upon the a large circle of friends, but by none more than by his neighbors and the great army of workmen employed by the company. — The Construction of Ordnance.—The Ordnance recommend that, 1, all pieces arch was cut at the springing lines with bammer and chisel, leaving, until all was ready, three points of support on each side. When the weight of the arch, 180 tons, was thrown entirely upon the centers, several | that the directors of this company were in-| Special Committee on the Construction of | cracks made their appearance, and the crown sank about 1% inches. At the first must be mainly attributed to his thorough new and untried enterprise of manufactur- ' forged in the tubular state should be annealed | turn of the screws, however, it was found that the cracks showed no signs of further increase, and the lifting was commenced with great uniformity. At each vertical inch of hoist the screws were stopped and the wedges tightly driven. The total dis tance raised was 1.4 feet, and this work was accomplished in 14 hours. During the lifting a further sinking of about % inch took place, and the eight cracks extended from end to end of the arch. ‘These cracks had a width of % inch, but they were lost in the interior of the masonry, without appear ing on the extrados. These fissures were filled with a thin grout of one part Portland , cement to one part of sand, and eight days were allowed for the setting of this cement before the centers were removed. When the arch rested on its new abutments a fresh hair crack appeared, but without doing any further damage. A Sales of Pig Iron in Cincinnati. ** Nothing,” says Mr. Maxwell, in hisCham- ber of Commerce report, ‘‘ exhibits the steady | growth of the pig-iron business of Cincinnati | so much as the figures touching sales in the past year. In the midst of shrinkage in prices, general doubt as to the business out- come of the year, and a tendency to dimin- ished consumption in almost all the walks of production, the figures for the year present a gratifying result, in that they show that Cincinnati has sold more iron during the past year than ever before in its history, the sales of pig iron at this city for actual con- sumption, according to confidential returns *urnished the superintendent of the Chamber of Commerce, having aggregated 427,934 net tons, in comparison with 417,635 in 1882-83, 386,510 tons in 1881-82, 334,702 in 1880-81, 248,519 in 1879-30, 212,281 in 1878-79, 125,- gi2 in 1877-78, 129,194 in 1876-77 and 137,- 646 in 1875-76. These figures embrace, also, iron sold for direct shipment from the fur- naces to the points of consumption, though the same may not have come to this city, the quantity so sold having, as in other late years, largely exceeded the actual receipts here, which in the past year aggregated 163,440 tons, in comparison with 141,587 in 1882-83, 156,340 in 1881-82 and 138,164 in 1880-81, the actual shipments having basen 121,659 tons, compared with 106,819 in 1882-83, 100,983 in 1881-82, 97,655 in 1880-81 and 64,409 in 1879-80. ‘* The increase in sales, doubtless, is largely traceable to the firm hold which Cincinnati has taken of the irons of the South, which find here liberal distribution. It is an inter- esting fact that during the year Cincinnati has sold an amount of pig iron equal to 29 per cent. of the entire production of both the stonecoal and charcoal irons of Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and West Vir- ginia in the calendar year of 1883, though it was a most unfavorable period generally. The trade of Cincinnati, in this great de- partment of business, with its unequaled assortment of irons and its conveniences for expeditious and economical] distribution, never hag occupied a position so strong as at the present time, nor given such large promise of future usefulness to this city, and it is a matter worthy of record that coupled with large enterprise and sagacity on the part of dealers and receivers here, which contributed liberally to this end, has been the active co-operation of the rail- roads concentrating in this city, which have appreciated both their own and the city’s opportunities. The total approximate value of the sales of pig iron in this city in the past year was $9,307,564, compared with $10,- 060,827 in 1882-83, $10,698,596 in 1881-82, $9,006,830 in 1880-81, $8,708,105 in 1879-80, $3,385,326 10 years ago, and $1,767,000 in 1868-69.” om —— * A successful attempt was made last year in Leipsic to remove by chemical means the incrustation that coated the interior of the force main from the pumping station to the reservoir. The main is about 15'% inches wide and 4.55 km. long, and the in- crustation was from 13 to 24 mm, thick, and in places thicker still. The oper- ation lasted from the 7th of March to the 11th of May, and during that period at in- tervals the pipe was filled with dilute hydro- chloric acid eight times, with soda solution three times, and with a solution of chloride of lime once, being washed out thoroughly with water between the successive applica- tions. It was stated that the incrustation was entirely removed, and the practical ef- fect of the cleaning was indicated by the pressure gauge, there being a decrease of from 1,8 to 2 atmospheres pressure at the pumps. Mr. Robert F. Fairlie died on the 31st ult. in the ssth year of his age. His double- ended and double-bogie engines, known as ‘ Fairlie’ engines, have done good work, es- pecially in Russia, Peru, Mexico, Canada and New Zealand, but his system was never carried out in its entirety. A few years ago Mr. Fairlie made a trip to Venzuela to re- port on the construction of a system of rail ways on his plan for that country, but un fortunately was attacked by sunstroke and jungle fever, and had a long illness from which he never really recovered An increased force of men will shortly be put on the Bristol Iron Mine, Ottawa. A branch of the Pontiac and Pacific Railway is to be built to the mine, to be completed by October I. -~< ime ae —_ =2 @&.? ae + tf tower “as iF f Wi 2 > * ame -* +B BEIRON AGH, ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes THE PLUME G TwooD MFG. CO. PHILIP L. MOEN, President and Treasurer. CHAS. F. WASHBURN, Vice-Preside saabnc. ERATHDODMFE.(O WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G CO, Established_1831, WORCESTER, MASS. Sheet and Roll Brass! AND OHSS COPE. Waterbury Brass Co. WIRE, Bare and Covered, Seamless Brass and ‘opper Tubing, TABLISHED 1845. W.E. DODG! iscate Wate, Snell * : GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, Pres’t eine: tata Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER owl nakaad ia ELECTRICAL WIRE, G. ’ : <a } ners Nickel- German Silver, Copper, Brass and Jy Plated Copper, 1 <7, ., - 5 > A.A. COWL! German Silver Wire, Brass and Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack} * Copper Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Kettles, Door Rail, Brass Tags, Per- cussion Caps, Powder Flasks, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas- ures, &c., and small Brass Wares Chain, Kerosene Burners, ia Refined Ingo t Lamp Trimminés, §¢. Ansonia Kefinec Copper; Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. 19 & 21 CHM Street, of every description. NEW YORK. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or 2 na oll Shells a Specialty. PHELPS DODGE & C0 Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. co.’s 9 i Line of Sporting Goods. IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS MILLS AT 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, l IN PLA l E 125 Eddy St., Providence. R. I. CONN. THE ing Plate, Sheet Iron, C Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper New Haven Copper Co.. Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. SOLE MAKERS OF copper==prass. POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, a e tte ee 1165 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. + SS a= a a ‘pee cet —- -—- MANUFACTURERS OF Rolling Mill, THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. TRON and STEEL. WiRE, Patent Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. BRIDGEPORT BRASS C0. WIRE RODS of all Grades ; Round Iron, Rivet quality, 3-16 in. to 4 in., cut to any length. Owners and ex clusive Operators of the PATENT C ONTIN VOUS ROL LIN : MIL L, producing Tron and Steel WIRE = coils of too pounds, without SEAMor WELD. Patent Galvanize rd Telegraph Wire, Market and Sion MANUFACTURERS OF Wire, Annealed Fence and Grape Wire in long lengths ; C ones red Pail-Bail Wire; tope , Bridge, Bolt, Screw Rivet, Buckle and Chain Wire. Wire for the manufacture of Card Clothing, Heddles, Reeds, &c. Piano-string Covering Wire, tinned Broom Wire and Tinned-plated Wire of all sizes. A specialty ishma‘e of Clock, Machir ery. Gun Screw and Spiral Spring Wire, and Refined Wire to Pattern for particular purposes, from selected j | stam 9s Of Norway Iron. Any grade of Wire furnished, Annealed, Bright, Polished, C rpered Galvanized or Tin Plated. Wire furnished, Straightened aud Cut to any length. Steel Crinoline n ire, Patent Line: BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, floish. Unrivaled Steel’ Music Wire. Steel Wire for Springs, Needles and Drills. Market Steel Wir. SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER kept in stock, all sizes. AND IRON RIVETS, ; . _ ‘New York, 16 Cliff and 241 Pearl Sts. WAREHOUSES :) Chicago, 107 and 109 Lake St. “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Oilers and Saepetane, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerdsene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. And California Wire Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. ene. | aieaiiad HOWARD & MORSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 1 Cone. 19 9 Murray Sty N.Y. St., N. ¥ MANUFACTURERS OF Holmes, Botn& Haydens,’ BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH. WATERBURY CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON. 25 Park Place. 22 Murray St. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND ine oe DEALERS IN dst sa BRAZIERS’ & SHEATHING COPPER SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c, WATERBURY, - CONN., Manufacturers of ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. GERMAN (Sheet German Silver, German Silver Cast Steel “Angers and Bits of Superior Quality. SILVER.) Wire, German Silver Tubing. U ) Narrow, Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, at A Stop Spring acd Piano sorte. | 204 Pearl St., NEW YORK. 5 alin, Naval, Livery, Society, Rail- - oi BUTTONS, | youd, School, Lasting, Silk and Dress, DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO ? German Student Lamps, Kerosene ") LAMP I GuOoDsR.) Burners, Kerosene Lamps. irene OF 18 Federal St. WET Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, AAAI a SDS iy i RYN MAA Ee TO ) Camera Bo xen, 6, P rinting Frames, 8, ‘ ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Cacia ead ad ae - a Ar Chemicals, Paper, Glass, &c, . . i Pillar Arct alvan “om Geta Vetaith God Gat Gen Yan Clin, TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, | Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, unroile Summer House. odes RIDDLES, COAL AND SAND SCREENS. Iron and Steel Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Wire Cloth for Sugar, Milk and Rosin Strainers, Dutch Wire Cloth, Square Wire Smut. Cloth Wire Bolting Cloth, Heavy Rolled Cloth for Malt Kiln Floors. Wire Work, Wire Fence, Railing and Guards. Also, Hand and Railroad Lanterns DEPOTS COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., oe Basen Sire, Files Canes, Besten 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, 183 Lake Street, Chicago. | DICKERSON & CO.. Liverpool. NEW YORK. +: TRON * *,* *he ROOFING SIDING, CEILING, ARCHES+"= LATH, © CINCINNAT,, CORRUGATING CO. -* CINCINNATI, O. * , SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. Copper Rivets and Burs. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. GERMAN SILVER Spoons, SILVER- ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, Pres., WM. HEWITT, Vice-Pres. JAMESHALL, Treas,, E, HANSON, Sec, Tae TRENTON IRON CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE. PLATED FoRKS AND Spoons, KEROSENE BurRNERS, XC. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony. Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Spelter Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen’'l Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. (ad Floor), NEW YORK. CORRUGATED CET TT Ecb) >» THE SAMSON is the Peat, the Simple and most Portable WIRE STRETCHER in the Market. Plans and Estimates for Suspension Bridges Furnished on Appiication. Works and Office, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Basiins Slip. Philadelphia Office, 21 N. Fourth St. Chicago Office, 146 Lake Street. Line of Draft direct; always Self-Adjust ing; Rigid Double Handle ; Double Pawl: it works at either end of the fence, at either side of the post and either side up. LIGHT, PORTABLE, SIMPLE, SURE. For sale by all leading wholesale Jobbing Hardware Houses and Barb Wire men in the United States. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY SAMSON NOVELTY WORKS Nos. 14 & 16 Main St., De Kalb, Iils. AND IN CANADA BY ___ BULLOCK HARDWARE CoO., Otterville, Ontario. D 98 Reade Street lowa Barb Wire Go., “new york. ESTABLISHED 1837. H. 8. CHASE, INOORPORATED 1876, Sec'y Waterbury Mfc. Co., ZARD M'F’G CO. vaaznows: 87 Liberty St.,MeW York. wikesbare, Pa Broderick & Bascom Rope 6o., WIRE ROPE BRODERICK& BASGOM Rope Co. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL Wik RUPE 704 & 7O6 N. Main St., - - - §t. Louis, Mo. A. LESCHEN c& SONS, Send for Price List showing our libera) Dis counts to the Wholesale Trade. GEO, W, PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS. Manufacturers of Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. WATE RBURY, CONN., < o Manufacturers of 2 fe Lee Brass Goods 5's * als ROPE iz SnEneEeeEEE E = e = — = THE WIRE GOODS CO., Worcester. Mass. 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited Ww. eS Ber EF Manufacturer of BEECHER & PECK, DROP PRESSES, \VIIRRE CLOTHS ie a I d Steel L. ti rk Wire Cloth. Riddles fer Export and Foundry use. Coal DROP F ORGINGS, &c., a and fond Genesee, _ Bolting Cloth. w ire W ork of every description. NEW HAVEN. CONN, 'No.- 71. FULTON ST., = NEw YToResz. Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Double-Pointed Tacks and Staples, Wire s Line Wire, Hand Rail Screws, &c., &c Wiese ut, bent, milled, straightened shape Orders solicited from the Trade for the full hne of Screw rdware Wire Goods Quality guaranteed the best in the market, f ler. THE WIRE COODS CO., Worcester, Mass. August 27, 1885, Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, Manufactory, Nos, 1197, 1199, 1201, 2203, 1205, 1207, 1209 and 1a11 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N, Y. ee Angust 27, THERE IRON AGE. e Hardware Specialties. oe —_ oo aeaaaaeeas en — earner _— tree nmaniameraaiesneas a Saaheeeoe ae ‘etary 40 © 0. LINDEMANN & 001.' CARW xz ALOEBN, | THE FRED, J, MEYERS MFG, CO,, 7: leet Oe, | ee eee eee | vine GOODS OF LLL KINDS. } TN a , ° of i ds am A | SLAW and KRAUT CUTTERS. ’ ‘ ese BIRD | weg ee ee, | LL Send for [llustrated Catalogue and Price List. CAGES. Criginal toventors and pafentees of Bright Metal Cages onstructed without solder 254 Pearl St..| NEW YORK. | A TT z= AIISISLMAA ASS ASSIS SI LLL LALELLAALLALEALLLALLEE ee 4°: o= “a . « VRE EEEELEL EEL LAKALLLALEL ULLAL s WOLD ILEE SILL CL ELLA — Vi _— Market steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. a ai basen ve 484, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. if =") IRON AND BRASS RIVETS aN 4 si STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. spatiale’ ’ screw For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. ))) 72 ny ah 4 Mact Me i BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. QS aiaakl ie | - - - 7 : a [ : ~ see Chea. eae WP RStoe J , LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO ork, "9 4 a sT. LOUIS, MO. - Successors To W. S. TYLER, STEEL FINGER BARS made by the a . MANUFACTURERS OF GAUTIER STE 4 AX () Revolving Coal Screens, EL DEPARTMENT of cot 7 an Coal Yard Screens and Foundry Riddles. CAMBRIA IRON CO., Johnstown, Pa., ened : WX X ‘ ‘ TH. Wire Cloth of Every Description Made and ‘have been subjected to competitive < AXA 3 W.S. TYLER, Pres, E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. : Eee de <2 OOOOH P 5 onnvecane iain, tests, and have proved superior to any be 5 SNAG AE ae >< a! ; in stiffness, strength and elasticity. ‘ : rr ee Bae . nt lta ' JUST PUBLISHED. liviry tar Wdnoboshty tected sare. 4 | ee ee CP, Wee ROPE, | PART I Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, s , \ rately, before leaving the works, and Tics dial Malet Maus Cie Architectural Studies. guaranteed to be perfect in every aes — — a / Guark — . 7 . ; i oe particular. ) N W ( | ( 5 “LOW COST »* the Natlonal Wire and iron vo. t 9 ” fo t. Cloth a d €E 4 DETROIT, MANUFACTURERS OF MICH., ee HO SES, Va Iron Stairs, Railings, Illuminated Sidewalk iterns Including Prize Designs, with Elevations, ‘ Tile, Shutters, Guards 8, iregheg Loop gage ee pe iz E 7s rs Plates of Practical ‘House Designs, |New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. ’ osting from $500 to $3000. Paper. Mailed; ;94 READE ST. 202 First Nat. Bank Building. 523 ARCH ST. ; ee ea ©. nae ee 7 to any address on receipt of $1.00. THOMPSON McCOSH, President, JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, [No. 124.] Ee. W. T. COMSTOCK, Publisher, 6 Astor Place, New York. BARB WIRE “cakrer.. 4 , Se. CARRIER. 2 PATENT FOLDING P IRON WINDOW GUARDS AND GATES ees “ Ce wy ‘fy Can be extended and locked tor protection, and folded away when not in use. COMPOSITE IRON WORKS CO., eashna 173 Church Street, Corner Reade Street, New York. COMPOSITE IRON RAILINCS. Send for * Folding Gate Catalogue.” rt II, ‘Stores and Store Details,” is now | in press. Others to follow. NO DANGER OF CUT- TING HANDS OR TEAR- ING CLOTHES. SAVES THE PRICE OF ” : THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. Gem Steam Fruit & Vegetable Drier, For Evaporated Fruits. Estab’d 1618. Incorp’d 1874. 2 3 THE i" : : Gilbert & Bennett Mfc. Co, ie g - WAREHOUSES : a — u z : 42 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK, Siiiidiatanad tion = = tnmpentttt STs 228 LAKE S?., CHICAGO, ILLS., .. ation, ? = a es MANUFACTURERS OF edimens Solely by - 3 lron& Galvanized Wire | i : rth St. : . | SE leves and Wire Cloth. Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. i — ; 2 | Mined Window ‘Senecn “Wireveia- | Our Agents, John H, Graham & Co.,113 Chambers St., carry stock of our;Lifters and will supply at Factory prices, | £ > Galvanised Wire Cloth for Drying | ——$— $<$£$£_$__$_$_ ———$ —$——_<___ | 7 Fruits, Warld’s Galvanized eb ~ Wire Fence, Galvanized Twist t i j Wire Poultry Netting. | & = Factories, Georgetown, Conn. “ g = P , ‘ v » ‘ ; 3 2 J. W. PAXSON & CoO., DEALERs in 3 z The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the . ¥ HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively “ 5 four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, ! - — 7 a. CULLEN & NEWMAN, K oxvilie, Tenn, 1021 North Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., C. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, III. ¥ ’ SOLE PROPRIETORS OF PATENT. = # THEBILLINGS ~~ & SPENCERCo ‘ HARTFORD = Belin 1 MANUFACTURERS Of SCREW PLATES PATENT OFFICE. Roeder & Briesen, S2 and S4 Nassau St., NEW YORK. = _— moe Qizverec i. an the SIZES Hen | a) i> e)3 a INC HH a ; TO 2 INCHES V ce THREAD. ALSO ~ American and Foreign USM 18) aai eee le WHITWORTH THREAD PATENTS — gy ne Mo. : MANUFACTURERS ete) mma?) aie 48, 7 OF BAR STEEL. | —— Solicited promptly and at the lowest rates. X MINERA mm CHARCOAL FACING, LEAD FACING, om ——— XX MINERAL, ANTHRACITE FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, CORTLAND, N. Y., <= \V ‘ 2 IXL FACING, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, ¥ S M. Mann, Jr., & Co., cece ea isomers MANUFACTURERS OF is j Ss + * . a é ) . . > uewistown, Fa, [| ANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, |\ Wire CLlorH AND WIRE Goobs, ) = MANUFACTURERS OF i = The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market . = RED WARRIOR suniinnesmh iareaiee ; Dish Covers, - ” It de of 1 th hout. t the wheel which h “an ” ; 4 A X p S Brio ad A X es steel axle. It Fp , it, is practically tree from'wear. I CORTLAND Corn Poppers, : - ‘ ~ti eC tt! 0 oil, t 8 TO Y \ coe j ; ’ bearing on the door, and keeps in Hae. It is by far the most W now aN Coal Sieves, s om. t y E “<7 "yy ¥ ldzes, Broad Hatchets, Spanish we LANES: PATENT TRACK PORES + Flour Sieves 5: Axes and Tools, Is made of steel and 1s easily put in position. Catches and holds WIRE CLOTH. , no snow or ice. Door hung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not Etc. Etc. ! ‘opper. subject to decay. Requires no fitting. but is ready at once. May , a auized be used with hangers of other manufacture, ‘ / , of all BRANCH OFFICE: a bl , rades. y Manufactured b Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Coal ¥/ Chambers Street, New York, aS LANE BROS., oy z=. E. A. BOLMES, ManaGer. JOHN H, GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK, : 4 OGDEN & WALLACE, 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St,, New York. Iron *> Steel Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- stantly on hand, PIERSON & CO,, (ESTABLISHED 1790.) IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL, a GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. ABEEL BROS. IRON MERCHANTS, 190 SOUTH 87., ai 965 WATER OF. } NEW YORK. “ALR. M.CO.” SHAFTING. ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF “NORWAY,” “ULSTER,” “ CATASAUQUA,” REFINED AND COMMON IRON, BAND, HOOP AND SCROLL IRON. STEEL OF ALL KINDS. ___ TBLEPHONE CALL, “ NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron and teel. ate & IRON CO., Homogeneous 1 BAY STATE IRON ©O., Tank, Boiler and Girder tes BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. A. M. BYERS & CO. Wrought Iron Pipe. CARNEGIE BROS. & CO. Limited Iron and Channels Shape dBhafting. et Beams, A. P. NAIL CO.'S Steel Wire ie 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 —— by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 68 Hudson St. New York. Borpen & Love tt, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West St., OVELL, ) GkEEN®. { __ NEW YORK, FREEI “AND, 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. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Maileable and Var-Wueel Furposes, A SPECIALTY. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., a CHICAGO AND DETROIT. WM. McFARLAND, Iron 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. Mortising done with a common bit. ho Chisels. Saves user 50 cts. per dozen. Everybody buys them. Send for circulars. PALMER MFG. CO., TROY, W. ¥. L. N. Cc, A. HL. THE ILRON AGE. Marshall Lefferts & Co., OXFORD. 0. wooo & co., Ld 90 Beekman St., New York City, PITTSBURGH, a IRON AND NAIL CO., - Galvanized Sheet Iron) Cut Nails Fin ico. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanize d J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron, —— Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron pe. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &¢,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT August 27, 1885, JAMES P. WITHEROW, Engineer & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANJFACTURE OF SOFT STEEL, PLATE AND TANK IRON, » C. H. No. 1, C.H. No.1 Flange, Best Fiange, Best Patios Fire Box, Circies ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon be Sere FOX & DRUMMOND, CAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE, 2 TO 48 INCHES DIAMETER. 160 Broadway, New York. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIC IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. DANIEL F. COONEY, 88 Washington St., New York, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. ALLISON BOILER FLUES, B. F. JUDSON, Inrporter of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. TE 450 eter St) NEW YORK. 45 233 & 2365 South St., APPLE _PARERS. Gold Medal.. ‘ +l 50 r dozen. White Mountain - LESS DISCOUNT. JOHN BROWER, _-_ Murray St., New York. (i —— Z oe Pr ett 4 pe . Al _ < in Rs AVEO UO RE Oe Howard, Childs & Co., Commission Merchants, No. 514 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa. /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Coal Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. Pitsburgh ‘Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCKET, RB. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Ofice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, ang Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, £c., PATERSON, N. J. ‘Gee Room 45, Astor stor House, New York. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO/’S BOILER Boiler Brace Jaws, RIiVETs, Socket Bolts, &c. FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 139 Greenwich Street, New York. Planished Sheet Iron. Patented April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; Oct. 17th, 1876; Jan. 11th, 1877 ; Feb. 6th, 1877; Dec. roth, 1878; Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. 1st, 1884 ; Feb. roth, 1884: March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plat Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts Nail Plates, &c. JOHN J. HARRISON IRON AND METAL DEALER, 558, 560, s62 WATER ST. & 302, 304, 306 CHERRY ST. NEW YORK, Stamping Ware, Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. Ty; *, - a ataly ara > has on hand and offe rs ie sale, the following : Will contract to completely erect, eq otch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Whee ‘1s, Axles and Heavy Wrought Iron; an old Copper, Composition, Brass, Lead, Pewter, Zi , &e. and place in operation Blast Furnace W) well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. ALSO I manufacture at our own works everyth Common, Refined. Charcoal and Jumiata GRADES OF BLACK SHEET IRON, Smooth on both sides. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON WoREsS, SYRACUSE, - N.Y. Mower and how T Coatings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. W. B. BURNS, PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS Everson, Hammond & Orr, Ltd., SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF Light Sheet Iron. ROOFING SHEET of all grades a specialty. Prices quoted promptly upon application. appertaining to Blast Furnace and St BURDEN’'S HORSE SHOES. Works construction, can guarantee prom ness and satisfaction. WHEELING NAILS. Laughlin Nail Co., W. K. ROSS, SOLE ACENT, 97 Chambers Street, New York, Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., 177 & 179 Bank st. NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF HORSE SHOE IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited Maoufacturers of IRON, Pittsburgh, Pa Bonnell, Botsford & Co., IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas T. W. WELSH, Sup. W. W. CARD, Secy. “Burden Best” Iron Boiler Rivets. PROPRIETOR. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. ULSTER AND BURDEN’S H. B. & §. Bar Iron. Also Best Grades of American & English Refined Iron. All sizes and shapes in stock. Iron Buildings EGLESTON BROS, & CO., 466 South St} NEW YORK CITY. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Roofs, Shutters, Doors, Cornices, Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 5 Dey Street. NEW YORE GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jn, Prest H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. T= BE Westinghouse Air-Brake Co, PITTSBURGH, PA. U.S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. The Automatic Freight Brake Is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for passenger cars, except that the various parts are so combined as to form practically one piece of mechanism, and is sold s a ver low pone. The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s wage with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHNGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. Wm. H. Wallate. Wm. Bispham. E. C. Wallace. - |} a very short time. The * * Automatic” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. application is instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and-should | train sopasese , or hose or p Paes fail, it applies ey. A GUARANTEE is given custon: BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, against loss from PATENT SUITS on the apparatus sold th For cutt'ng off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of carriages, waguns, harness, &c. Ask for them where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- mu uy 15,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARS cular and price list, and is adopted by the principal Baloage in all parts of the world, CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., 52nd St, Brvow Lancaster AVE., eieenes oe _FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. ——— LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., LIMITED Manufacture of all Grades of FINE SHEEHET 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. Only Double Ring Invented. WORKS, Leechburg, Pea. Only single Ring ever invent: that closes on outside of the nos BROWN’'S Champion Hog Ringer, | (@ Elliptical Ring RINGS and HOLDER. and Triple Grcove Hog and Pig Ringer o The only — —y will effectu- 7 Only single Ring that closes ally keep outside of the r No st sharp points in the nose. points in the flesh to keep tt. sore. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN C@., Exclusive M@nufacturers, Decatur, | R.D. WOOD 4 C0., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Joun J. SPowers, President. ALEXANDER BURNS, Manager. Cast Iron Pipe|ru& JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., FOR WATER AND GAS, MANUFACTURERS OF oa) GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. lIvenizing in All its ttranches. Galvanized Sheet ivem—tiene Bloom, Best Refined. Common Galvanizei Round, Square, Band an Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. Hoop Iron, &c., &c. All Sizes All Gauges VARIETY METAL BOOM. of Corrugation — ee : a ; and iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION in all its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. FRAS. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Ce., Pa. from Sizes 1% tos inches, of Sheets. Corrugated Sheet Lrop a Specialty Geiventned, Black end Pointed. ates furnished o © Iron Corrugated for the Trade WORKS: GREEN and BAY STREETS JERSEY CITY, N. J, OFFICE AND W WAREHOUSE ; 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK: om Ra New OVES (TURE - Plat Bolts fe, t, eq re WI) ve. erythi id St: prom LS. 5S ’ York, Mill. ), ORK, ‘ON, Flats. nited ). i, Supt. KE. ake for piece of wages within vn. its uld the tomers S, j, Pa, vent fe DOs ng Ringer 8°38 » shart it sore. ur, 1! ‘O. s i an (ORK: Angust 27, 1885. THE IRON AGE. WILLIAM R. HART & CO.,|. HENRY LEvis & Co., AMERICAN AND FOREIGN For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, and Sheet Iron and General STEEL BLOOMS, CROP ENDS, Railway Equipments. TIN PLATES, &c. Cld Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold 224 Sovrn Turrp St.. PHILADELPHIA. | 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Railway F'astenings, STREET ria Sl Raj 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. a The Phoenix 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 Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings: Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Brioges. 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., 1 9 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE «# SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa. Orde ially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, ba ee Eke ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, WwW. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. ‘61 Pine St., New York. NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS. BESSEMER Pic. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL ©O., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” y Iron, brand “ U. H_ M. Yost BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn" Malleable Charcoal! Fig Iron and N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. Also Sole Agents for the WHITE RIVER MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed 50 per cent, Metallic Manganese, ¥ PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. c& P. ROBERTS cc CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Jron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS, No. 226 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Office, No. 26 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 0 FF Tuyeres instantaneously re- movable. Especially suitable for the production of soft material. Rr 4 WH HA os Nhe! ae zy ee ys un» G4. f eA oP 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. neral Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. GEO. B, TURRELL, Pres., 75 Chambers St., New York. DUNCAN K. MAJOR, Treas., Torrington, Conn. UNION HARDWARE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED 1864. 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. Manufacturers of Ice and Roller Skates and Specialties in Hardware. Wood Turners, and Electro-platers in Gold, Silver, Nickel and Brass. IS CUT ILLUSTRATES UR LATEST STYLE CLUB SKATES For Rink and Private Use, SOTH FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR WOOD TURNING AND PLATING ON APPLICATION. MERIDEN MALLEABLE IRON Co. sieuuiesinen aaa ae aan ee Improved Patent Adjustable Iron Planes. THE BEST NOW IN THE MARKET. Send for Full Descriptive Catalogue. New York Ofice, 37 Barclay St. Boston Oflca, 147 Franklin St. == Manufacturers’ Agents Heavy Rails, Light Rails, RAILS. EDWARD J. ETTING, 222 S. Tuirp St, PHILADELPHIA, PA. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR LYNCHBURG LYNCHBURG, VA., Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. above Callowhill St., connected by track with rail road. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON. Jas. G. Lovpsay. THos, S. ParvIN. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., Successors to Lioyp & Linpsay, 828 Walnut Street, and Iron S Buildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures, Ethelbert W atta. ETHELBERT, WATTS & CO., Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, SALES AGFNTS FOR Pennsylvania avd Virginia Pig Iron, ‘¢ orn- wall,’’ ** Chester,”’ and Other Iron Ores. kinds. Correspondence solicited. L. & R. WISTER & CO., 757 Bo, 4th St., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal Pig Iron. Buchanan Red Short Pig Iron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHITA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. SALES OFFICES, NORTH BROTHERS, Iron Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited Established 1847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars. IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, | JUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO., PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, Mount Saveuge Fire Brick. IRON CoO. STORAGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia. Iron - and Bridge Builders’ Materials, Steel apes and Bars, Sheet Iron, Sheet Steel, Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and Jos. C. Poulterer, Ho. 220 So. Third Street, Philadelphia, JUSTICE COX, JR CHARLES K. BARNS. LATEST LEGAL DECISIONS. USURY—BURDEN OF PROOF ON BORROWER. Agents for the debtor set up the defense of usury to de feat the suit. In seeking to establish his de- fense the defendant gave evidence which was not clear or definite, and the trial court decided against him on the ground that his testimony was not satisfactory. The case— Poppleton vs. Nelson—was carried to the Supreme Court of Oregon, where the judg- ment was affirmed. Judge Lord, in the opinion, said: ‘‘Usury is the main ques- tion involved, and is one which needs to be proved by clear and satisfactory evidence. The defense involves a forfeiture ; it is con- sidered an unconscionable plea, and must be strictly supported. The court requires clear and cogent proof, and will not accept vague inferences or mere probabilities, or resort to conjectures, to aid the defendant. The burden of proof is on him, and he must sustain his allegations by the clear preponderance of evidence.” Chickies, Conewago,’ Montgomery and Shenandoah FOUNDRY and FORGE PIG IRON. CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Qual- ity Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 224 So. Fourth St., Phila. Jerome Keeley & Co,, 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RA