The Iron Age 1885-09-17: Vol 36 Iss 12

rH. b NGS. SITY. ed >. levators, go, Ill, Tools, =) } Wire. The [ron Ag ae INDEX TO OING MATTER PAGE 34 Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wituiams, No. 83 XX X VI: N o 22. } 7ol , Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as New York, Thursday, September 17, 1885. Second-Class NOEX TO A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE Matter, SL.50 a4 dear, Ineluding LPostages Single Coptes, Ten Cents. ' Umpherston’s Rag Engine. | In Umphe rston’s rag engine, of which we easent an engraving reproduced from En- Ai ing, the whole of the pulp is subjected a uniform treatment, no part getting re beating than the remainder. This is ected by the adoption of a new method ¢ circulation. Ordinarily the pulp, after assed the roll, turns away to the side it has } u, t ind pursues an elliptical path in order to ain enter between the roll and the knives. That portion of it which travels along the iter side of the ellipse must go at a greater need than the part which follows a shorter ures: and unless this is attained—and frequently it is not—part of the pulp gets nore beating than the remainder, with the result that its quality is damaged. But in . machine we are describing, and which illustrated herewith, every particle has is to travel the same distance in passing from the delivery of the roll to the place where it again enters between the knives. This is attained by the use of a horizontal partition in the tank, in place of a vertical one, so that the path of each par- ticle of pulp, is a straight line. After it has passed the knives it is driven over a) breast and emerges into the quiet space at | the end of the machine. Here it sinks and | moves backward under the breast and the | knives to the opposite end of the machine, | ready for the next beating. In other respects this rag engine is very similar to the usual design, but, as it relates to a process the knowledge of which is con- fined to a few, we will briefly describe its | general features. The roll is a cylinder running at a high speed. Upon this cylinder there are cast lugs or joggles, and between each pair of lugs there are fitted three knives or scrapers, running the whole width if the cylinder, and held in place by wooden listance-pieces and wedges. Below the roll are a number of fixed knives, set slightly at in angle to the knives on the roll. They slope each way from the side to the center, so as not to divert the pulp to either side of the machine. Both sets of knives have square edges, and they exercise a tearing or grinding, rather than a cutting, action on the rags. The axis of the roll is carried in open-topped bearings, which can be lowered by the hand-wheel shown in the figure, as reduction of the material gradually proceeds, until a part of the whole of the weight is taken off the bearings and the sets of knives run in actual contact. When the water becomes dirty it is gradually removed by the cylinder shown at the right fthe figure. This is lowered by the hand- wheel and the chain pulleys on the top shaft until the spur-wheel at the end comes into gear with the pinion to be seen at the back fthe pulley. The cylinder is thus put into rotation, and lifts out the water, separating tfrom the pulp. For this purpose it has a grated surface covered with fine wire gauze, ind within is provided with scoops commu- ating with a central pipe, which dis- barges through the bearing at the opposite nd tothat shown in the figure. is claimed for this machine that the | up circulates freely, although furnished icker than can be done in engines of the rdinary kind, and that it occupies only half the floor space required for an engine of the rdinary kind of equal capacity. The en- | vines are made of various sizes from 60 to 300 cubic feet capacity, and upward of 100 t them have sold in the last three years. ‘he engine is built by Messrs. Umpherston Limited, of Leith, England. —— A Test of Flat-Top Coke. the two \ ( Recently Mr. J. H. Bramwell, mining en- “neer of the Flat TopCoal Company, coked | ‘considerable quantity of run of mine coal, | ‘rom the Bluestone mines of the Flat-top semi-bituminous coal field, in the Soldenhoff- ee coke ovens of the Hawksnest Coal upany, at Hawksnest station of Chesa- veake and Ohio Railway, W. Va., for the pur- vase Of ascertaining the quality of the coke | 1ed from this coal when coked in this | of Belvian ovens. Samples of the coke ~ made were submitted to Mr. Andrew S. reath, chemist of the second geological y of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa., | alysis, and to Mr. John Fulton, general | s engineer of the Cambria Iron Com- Jonnstown, Pa., for physical tests. esults of these investigations were com- ated to Mr. F. J. Kimball, president of ‘orfolk and Western Railroad, August ~55, and by him furnished the Virginias iOWs McCreath reports: .‘‘ The sample of ‘op coke received from you July 27 ‘'s on analysis the following results : Fixed carbon ' 91.110) Moisture at 212° F. 0.542 | Ash : 7.021 } 100.00 Iphur . 0.839 | latile matter.... 0.458 j sphorus 0,006 \u average sample was submitted to Mr. Fulton for his report on its physical ‘ries as compared with the standard eilsville coke. His report in full is “with submitted. It shows that while I ‘at-top coke is inferior to Connellsville ardness and cell development its burden- " ing strength is much greater, the ratio ag 184 to 134. Chemically considered, e = top coke is much superior to the wy sville, showing as it does fully 4 per ash and over 3 per cent. more } Less ;sample of coke you forwarded July 27. | fixed carbon, while the phosphorus is very much lower. Mr. Fulton’s report is so com plete that I submit it without further com ment.” Mr. Fulton’s report is accompanied by the following table, exhibiting the physical and chemical properties of Connellsville standard coke and this Flat-top coke in comparison, from Mr. Fulton’s own tests and Mr. McCreath’s analyses ° Connellsville. Flat-top Grams in 1 cubie in. } “TS an at 15,30 i wet ZU 23.30 Pounds in 1 cubie ft. } 2°S ae ae i wet Gi.) SH.12 Receras. - ca Se 61 65.42 Percentage of ; cells 8.47 34.58 Compressive strength pet cubic inch, one-fourth ulti mate strength ‘ | 335 Hight of furnace charge sup ported without crushing 114 134 | Order in cellular space 1.00 1.25 Hardness. . ; 3.5 2.8 Specific gravity 1.50 1,73 Fixed carbon 87.46 91.11 Moisture. . 0.49 0.54 Ash 11.32 TAR Sulphur 0,69 O84 Phosphorus 0.029 0.006 Volatile matter 0.011 0.488 Mr. Fulton, under date of August 1, 1885, reports as follows to Mr. McCreath : | externally, the Belgians. and Pocahontas. Practically, the inquiry arises here, How can this coal be coked to insure a hard-bodied fuel, with well-devel oped cells! A test in a hot beehive d6ven should be made before final conclusions are accepted. Should such a test not produce better results in the coke it would become a serious question whether some more desir able coking coal should secured. The broad principle has been laid down that the coal determines the quality of the coke, not the special kind of oven. Hence the first requirement known good quality of coking coal. The Coppee is one of a large family of Belgian ovens. It was especially designed to coke a soft, friable. inferior coking coal. It differs slightly from the other members of this family in the arrange ment of its flues. It, in common with the whole class of such ovens, retains heat, and can coke coal low in hydrogenous matter. It produces a larger percentage of coke than the beehive family, but the product is much more dense and usually softer than the product of the latter class of ovens. ‘““The whole range of coke ovens comes under two distinct classes: Those heated internally, the beehives, and those heated The former class be is a ‘“As you requested, I have carefully | produce the best metallurgical coke, but are examined the physical properties of the somewhat wasteful and less economic in 5 / Belgian type and the details of the coking experiments made in them with the flat-top coke are given as follows in the Virginias, by Mr. J. H. Bramwell, engineer of the Bluestone Coal Company The coal experimented on was taken from the No. 3 or ‘‘ Pocahontas” seam of the lower coal measures, Rogers’ No. XII, the one that has been correlated with the **@Quinnimont ” seam of the New River se ries of the same coal measures. The object of this test to determine whether the modified form of Belgian coke oven, known as the Soldenhoff.Coppee, would yield a coke superior to that being made in the ordinary ‘‘ beehive” oven at the works of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Com pany, at Pocahontas, Va. The coals used for this and those used at Pocahontas are identical, being from the same seam at mines but a few miles apart and exhibiting precisely the same chemical analysis. The improvements sought and hoped to be ob tained were was now test I. A Greater Degree of Hardness—So as | to resist the dissolving action of the ascend- ing currents of carbonic acid at too early a period in the reductions of the blast furnace. 2. Firmness and Coherence—To overcome the excessive loss from disintegration in drawing the oven charges, and in the subse- AN ENGLISH RAG The coke is reported to have been made from unwashed slack coal. The coal came from the Flat-top region of Virginia, and was coked in Coppee’s coke ovens, 36 hours’ | coke, at Hawksnest, New River, Va. The chemical analysis shows a coke low in ash, sulphur and phosphorus, and consequently high in fixed carbon. So far as these de terminations show it is cleaner fuel than the standard Connellsville. The number of little disks of slate in this coke would lead an observer to expect more ash. The Tioga, Pa., coke is similarly marked, holding considerable ash. The coke has a dull color, and is much softer than the standard. The volatile matter, 0.488 per ceut., indicates a want of heat in the oven or time to com plete coking. The physical structure of this coke is dense, not hard ; while the ratio of cells and pores to body of coke indicates this, there an evident repression of cell development in the operation of coking. The compressive or burden-bearing strength of this coke is quite high. Three cubes were broken in a Gill testing machine and the average result is given in the table. There is a toughness in this coke which is not found in the standard or similar hard-bodied samples. The softness of this coke is the principal deficiency for use in blast furnaces. It has been shown that soft coke, in smelting iron, more easily attacked by carbonic acid than hard coke. That is, soft coke is set on fire by the ascending carbonic-acid gas high up in the furnace ; its destruction above the zone of its real work is not only of no value, but it dis arranges the regular operations of the fur- nace. I would hesitate to assure the success of this quality of coke in competition with other cokes in this section of Virginia which I have examined, especially the Fire Creek 18 18 ENGINE AT THE INTERNATIONAL operation. The latter afford a larger yield of coke at a reduced cost of operating, but the original cost of these ovens is double that of the beehives, and the coke inferior in hardness and cell development. Sir I. L. Bele has proved in a paper read before the London meeting of the Lron and Steel Insti- tute, published in The lron Age of May 28 last, that 2214 ewt. of coke made in beehive ovens was equal to 25 cwt. of Simon-Carves oven made coke, both cokes from coal taken from the same coal bed. ‘In other words, the extra vield of coke (in Simon-Carves ovens) will bring little profit to the coke burner.’ These results are controverted by some, but the great principles that govern the furnace coke-makers are That all coking operations should be directed to produce a hard-bodied cellular coke. Aside from the economy of the percentage of coke produced, there is no discussion that the beehive or internal-heated ovens produce the best metallurgical coke. The narrow- chambered Belgian oven family, of whatever name, compress the fusing mass of coke and make dense coke. Now, the most dense furnace fuel known is anthracite coal—a natural coke. But the yield of an anthra- cite furnace is, say, 500 tons of pig iron per week, while a coke furnace will produce 700 or 800 tons of pig metal in the same time. Why should coke-makers endeavor to imi tate this slow furnace fuel? Anthracite furnacemen are rapidly increasing the use of coke in their furnaces. The Tioga coke ovens, using a dry coal, found it a decided improvement to construct double floors of brick in their beehive ovens, so as to secure a ‘store of heat.’ This, with the improved beehive door, increases the hardness of body of coke and yield in the beehive ovens.” These are the reports of Messrs. McCreath and Fulton. The grounds for choosing the INVENTIONS | agglutinate properly in coking in the unchanged : | EXHIBITION quent handling and transportation, owing to its unusual tenderness and friability. 3. Uniformity of Structure—To counter- act the disposition, exhibited by the coals low in volatile matter, toward a spongy in flation —particularly the case in burning 48 hours coke where rapid combustion is re quired to insure coking within the given time ; 72-hours coke exhibits this tendency to a very much less extent. The Flat-top (Pocahontas) coals lack a sufficiency of bitumen to enable them to ** bee hive” oven, and when the charge is drawn a considerable proportion of coke is found to break into fragments too small for ship- ment, and consequently a total loss, mate rially decreasing the percentage of yield. Evidences of a more than ordinary disposi- | tion to disintegrate and crumble can be seen in the accumulation of fine coke and breeze both on the coke yards and in the furnace stock houses. Another difficulty is experienced in maintaining hot ovens, as it frequently requires a sacrifice of fixed carbon in the coals that are being coked to restore the heat requisite to hold the ovens at a proper | coking temperature. Furthermore, in quench ing an oven preparatory to drawing great care must exercised, or cold- bottoms ” and ‘* black-ends” (nigger-head) coke will result, and for the succeeding charges careful attention will be necessary to bring the ovens up to a proper working heat. As we cannot change nature of our Flat-top coals, and as it is altogether unlikely that we can secure a more desirable be sev eral the coking coal, it becomes a_ necessity—if after two years’ trial with beehive ” ovens we have failed to obtain as satisfac tory results as are desired—to try cther methods of coking than the one that has been tried and that has been found pecu | | | liarly adapted to coals possessing high cok ing attributes but differing greatly in com position and character from these Flat-top As the Soldenhoff-Coppee and other of Belgian type have where in yielding results highly satisfactory with coals of a constitution resembling the Flat-top coals, it seemed quite possible that we might also succeed ; but to what extent and in what particular direction our efforts should be specially prosecuted only practical experiments can determine. To learn how to improve the quality and to lessen the cost of production of our coke, that we may eventually extend our trade in it beyond the consuming points not lutely dependent upon its district, were the objects specially had in view in undertaking the experiments in the ovens at Hawksnest The results of these experiments, as given below, I think highly gratifying; in my opinion they conclusively demonstrate the superiority of the Soldenhoff-Coppee ovens for coking the dry, low volatile-matter coals of the Flat-top field over the beehive ovens It is not claimed that we have as yet suc | ceeded in realizing the highest attainable re sults, but that we have ascertained certain | facts, which, with further experiences and experiments, will undoubtedly lead to the introduction of a system of coking in a elass of ovens better adapted to these coals than are the ordinary beehive ovens. It does not follow because a given coal will not yield a good coke in a beehive oven that it is not a | good coking coal, for, if it did, many of our iron industries would have to depend on coal fields too remote for consideration, and quietly succumb for want of good fuel. The proper policy to adopt is that of intelligent, prac tical experiment and inquiry similar to that of the German, French and Belgian coke maker and iron-masters, who sought relief from their difficulties with inferior coking coals through improved coking processes, rather than in vainly seeking that which nature has failed to provide—that is, ccal that would coke well jn a beehive oven. The results of their efforts are seen in the huge and successful industrial establishments of John Cockerill, at Seraing, in Belgium ; of the Krupps, at Essen, in Germany ; and those coals ovens suce eeded else abs )- |of Creusot, Terrenoire and St. Etienne, in France. the Flat-top coal for these tests was shipped from the Bluestone mines, by way of the | The Coke Test.—On the 23d of June, 1385, | | Norfolk and Western, the Shenandoah Val- | | ley and the Chesapeake and Ohio railways, to Hawksnest Station, where it arrived July 8th. The exposure during this interval of two weeks undoubtedly diminished to some extent the coking power of this coal. The coal was shipped in the following kinds and proportions, in pounds, from the three col- lieries now operated by lessees of the Blue- stone Coal Company : Run of Slack mine. Totals John Cooper & Co 12.000 42,900 Freeman & Jones 43,250) 46,80) 0), 100 William Booth & Co, 42,050 12,60) Total pounds shipped 175,650 As the best results from any coking process cau be best secured from material in a uni form physical condition, these coals passed through a crusher previous to being charged into the Soldenhoff-Coppee ovens. This re duction to a uniform degree of fineness is : more important factor than is generally sup posed, as it is evident that the greater sur face exposure of fine coal will cause it to | evolve its volatile constituents more quickly | and to coke more more rapidly than the lumps of coal, if any be present. The quality of coke made from coal previously crushed appear to be more regular and compact than | that made from uncrushed coal. The following table summarizes the work done during these tests, giving the charyes, the time of discharging the ovens, the per centages of yield, &c. No No No No No Tests i 2 ; i 5 Number of ovens charged 6 ‘ i 6 ) Tons charged in each oven , oo) 2.5 2.75 2.5 Total tons charged in test 1s 10 10 16.5 2.5 Time of coking, hours 36 4 30 14 St a) coal Total yield of coke from all tests, tons, 51 Average percentage of coke per ton of coked, 67.5 No. 1 test, made July 9, produced a coke not sufficiently coked through to the center the charge was pushed out with difficulty. No. 2 made July 10, gave a coke apparently well coked, but dull in color test, No. 3 test, made July 10, yielded a coke very uniformly coked, and bright and com pact No. 4 test, made July 11, furnished a bright, compact coke, but there was on siderable ash left at the doors of the ovens No. 5 test, made July 12, furnished a coke bright, regular and uniform throughout aati. ws J. 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Orders solicited from reed le for the full line of Screw Eyes, &c., kn nown as Han ware Wire »Goods. Quality gu .. ante -d the best in the m arke et. DRO Pp PR ESS ES, + ~~ rr~ S Iron, a en leed “d . : & Steel Wire, of all | Meshes & Grades. Spe iai artu THE WIRE COODS CO., Worcester, Mass. DROP FORGINGS, &c., Iron and Steel Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth. Riddles for Export and an use. Coal or ron Bolting Cloth. Wire Work of every description and Sand Screens, INEW HAVEN, CONN.|No. 71. FULTON ST. |= NEW YORE. Manufacturer of A. W. PARMELEE, Pres’t th st ()., = ‘Suryorg dwoy Coal xz. September 17, 1885. THE IRON AGE. 3 QO. LINDEMANN £00. CATR & NOEIN, | THE FRED, J, MEYERS MFG. CO, MANUFACTURERS as : COVINGTON, KY., Manufacturers of Manufacturers of > STEEL WIRE for all oO = d STEEL SPRING f description. | a anned, Brass ee Oa EREEERRROREES samennemiamaann | WwiRE Goovs Oo §F A Tals KEIN Ds. ’ Tin Plated | and Wood SLAW and KRAUT CUTTERS. Wrought-Iron Fencing, Cresting, Can Openers, Mincing Knives and Hardware Specialties. SSASSS IIS N , BIRD CAGES. Original inventors and patentees of Bright Metal Cages constructed without solder 254 Pear! St., NEW YORK. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. LL HOTTA id = — > =) ) > om < > > bh > . sS > ~ > — ee be Market mteel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Te mpered and Covered, Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS constantly on hand. 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. pil IRON AND BRASS AIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. a Sait BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. | im ran lp Bae MASs, LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO., sTtT. roOoUIts, MO. HULL LL Dp, | To Consumers of Steel: svcmmmces So W. 8. TYLER, | The GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT + ~ a & OY _— Wire Elevator Guards, of CAMBRIA IRON CO., Johnstown, Pa., with oe fs t a & OP OKTLIGHT GUARDS AND WIRE its enormous capacity and unequalled facilities, Boor j i PRAY) re os aarti cate | offers to the Trade a greater variety of product | 7 ENN r SG oes | 1. sain 6 Oe than any other manufacturer in America. Their RK Wy xy ERS Sone <a CLEVELAND, OHIO. goods are made exclusively from the celebrated Bo otek. | pees = ealesiatoceti Cambria Steel, which is manufactured into W TR E, W TRE ei OT H, W IRE ROPE, countless shapes and forms from an Ingot 18 Sia I ee te a Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, ches square to No. 36 drawn wire, including Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire 5 = Merchant Bar Steel for every purpose, Plow ameemvern - Steel, Iinished Plow Shapes. Carriace Sprine i | , Shapes, Carriage Springs, N fi | Wi d | C O a Harrow Teeth, Rake Teeth, Finger Bars, Cold a ona ire all ron 0, ic: O Rolled Steel and Wire of every description. DETROIT, waxuracturersor MICH., al a0 Iron Stairs, Railings, Illuminated Sidewalk n° ‘ Z Tile, Shutters, Guards ~ AND 0 | FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. 0 ™ New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, . ‘i sania 0 J, 104 READE ST. 202 First Nat. Bank Building. 523 ARCH ST. THOMPSON McCOSH, President. JOHN A, McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, [No. 127.] BARB WIRE “carmen. Estab’d 1618. Incorp’d 1874. , THE Gilbert & Bennett Mfe Co. WAREHOUSES : 42 CulFF ST., NEW YORK, 228 LAKE S?., CHICAGO, ILLS., MANUFACTURERS OF sa ron & Galvanized Wire Sieves and Wire Cloth. Power Loom Painted and Galvan. ized Window Screen Wire ae Galvanized Wire Cloth for Dryin Fruits, Warld’s Galvanized eb Wire Fence, Galvanized Twist WIRE NAIL MACHINES <= alain FOX SAD-IRON CO., Patent applied for. Thi is grinder has a s-in. Emery and Corundum Wheel. Runs eas ily to required speed, viz, 37c0; is light, weigh- tng b ut 8 small, occupying but little room ; can d wet or dry; is weil m e, the frame and wheel f ch arcoal fron’ with a hard-rubber friction gritey which can instantly be adjusted to any required te sion; spindle, steel, and is just the article’ for grind. ing house and shop tools of every description. For prices address | THE K. & W. MFG. CO., Chillicothe, O. Chicago Office, 709 State Street. i NO DANGER OF CUT- TING HANDS OR TEAR- ING CLOTHES, SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. Manufactured Solely by (PATENTED.] Five, Gipag fox. pking ers, Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. - , » . y . eS ee 78 MAIbpEN LANE, Gur gets John Graham & C113 Chambers SL, carry ste of ou Lifts and wil suply at Factory pice, quired Length. Thoroughly tested and in successful operation, | N EW Y O R K. For prices and particulars address BIRMINGHAM /RON FOUNDRY, | Awarded the only Gold Medal at the New Orleans Ex position over all The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the Sad Iron competitors. HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, BIRMINGHAM, CONN. 7% | Cc. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. PATENT OFFICE. Our tron does away with Hot , Kitchens. THE BILLINGS a ~~ & SPENCER Co. Fie 8 WN unas) 10 * BENIN Roeder & Briesen, feing reversible, one Iron does the work MANUFACTURERS OF « SCREW PLATES AND 82 and S4 Nassau St., of an entire set (one side heats while the other is in use). It combines first-class DIES MADE IN & - SIZES CUTTING NEW YORK. Fluter and Polisher, also makes the best THREADS FROM " « OF AN INCH - _ little Cooking Stove for a sick-room, &c., aeuaeeeneees —O——_—_ American and Foreign ever invented. Can be used with either ~~ ¥ . Gas or Alcohol. Very simple and abso- BOR) 0 ela oe hehe) ele lutely safe in bandiing. Shoe ey eee ' " WHITWORTH THREAD. PATENTS ctesewomsomrotme | LANES PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, | PUR * AS A TS Wm. Mann, jr. | The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger tn the Market, BHCAUSE WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND. N. Y. P & Co., : It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a | — =e * steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically free from wear. It MANUFACTURERS OF LEWISTOWN, PA., i > on | > almost we-antens in aces It socueees pe Fag at hae 6 broad “ Y - | aring on the door, and keeps in line t is by far the most r{ y . . Manufacturers of aT a us durable. It may be used with any track. It is always in order. W I R E ? | ae ) | H A N | ) W | kR EK ( I ( YO | )S, LANE’S PATENT TRACK Is made of steel and 1s easily put in position. Catches and holds no snow orice, Door hung thereon cannot jump the track, Is not Dish Covers, RED WARRIOR | er, subject to decay. Rr quires no fitting, but is ready at once. May AXES, be used with hangers of other manufacture, ‘“CORTLAND” Corn Poppers, ! BROAD AXES,| Manufactured by LANE BROS., Pougnkeepsie, x. y. INDOW N Coal Sieves, Flour Sieves, £ Etc., Etc. Metallic Coal Sieve. N. E. Cor. 3d and Cumberland Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA., : =e : ae ie eee ee. = Adzes, JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, _NEW YORK, Broad Hatchets, | — Ma ta A ong Spans Aree (HIE BEL MANUFACTURING CO. and Tools. WIRE CLOTH. Branch Office : MANUFACTURERS OF THE > 9 Chambers St, W.Y.| CHALLENGE EWERY GRINDERS, POLISHING MACHINES, COUNTER SHAFTS, HANGERS, &c THE ATLANTA SNGINEERING co., E, A. BOLMES, Mngr. Contractors and Builders of Light Machinery and Hardware Specialties, | Senin, SS Engineers and Contractors for Steam Machinery. Sanne — st = sa * Ze * @ a3 —* A. THE IRON AGE. September 17, 1885. OGDEN & WALLACE, |Marshall Lefferts & Co.|C)X FORD W. 0. woon & co., 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. 90 Beekman St., New York City, PITTSBURGH ’ AND Se Bea IRON AND NAIL CO., * Iron S® Steel Galvanized Sheet Iron, Gut N : 7 Is a Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. ae 5 Sta a a Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized AND / ) . eo Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron, — BLACK DIAMOND STEEI Galvanized Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron S P I K E s . J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- Pipe. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, santly oo hand CORRUGATED SHEET IRON PIERSON & co i > For Roofing, &¢,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. 9 3 t Ne Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common 24 t0 27 West Street, New York, SHEET I ON. JOHN J. HARRISON (Successor to HARRISON & GILLOON), Acme Shalting. Piate anp Tank Iron, No.1, C. H. No. 1, C. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST. & 302, 304, 300 CHERRY ST. NEW YORK, ms JAMES P. WITHEROW, Engineer & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES AND MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE Planished Sheet Iron. OF SOFT STEEL, specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plat Fs Patented April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th. 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; Oct, 17th, 1876; Jan Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts trth, 1877; Feb, 6th, 1877; Dee. roth, 1878 ; Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. 1st, 1884 ; Feb. tath, 1884; March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885, ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS IN STOCK. Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, dc. Cc. No. Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF Apply for Discount, TRON WORK GALVANJZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon application. "9 Guaranteed fully equalinali respects to the Will contract to completely erect ; ,» equi » Tt TCO IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit has on hand, and offers for sale, the following : Scotch and American Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and Machinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheels, Axles and Heavy yey = Iron; also old Copper, Composition, Brass, and at IRON MERCHANTS FOX & DRUMMOND er ei oe a well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. ' j ALSO I manufacture at our own works everythin, 190 SOUTH 8T. nis -RTDIC Common, Refined. Charcoal and Jumats ortaini 3last Furnace a1 ’ } NEw YORK. CAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE, B U R D EN S ala appertaining to Blast Furnace and Ste, GRADES OF Works construction, can guarantee prompt 365 WATER 8ST,, “_ R. M. C0.” SHAFTING. 2 TO 48 INCHES DIAMETER. ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF “NORWAY,” “ULSTER,” “ CATASAUQUA,” REFINED AND COMMON IRON, aa BAND, HOOP AND SOROLL rRroN.| JAMES WILLIAMSON & .CO., STEEL OF ALL KINDS. TELEPHONE CALL, ** NASSAU, 379.” A.R. WHITNEY & C0.) PIG IRON, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS In No. 63 Wall St., New York. lron and Steel DANIEL F. COONEY, AGENCIES: 88 Washington St., New York, RAPEREEL & 108 IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES Soft Steel. NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous Steel Plates BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. ALLISON BOILER FLUES. BLACK SHE ET IRON » | ness and satisfaction. syracuse |WHEELING NAILS. MALLEABLE |IRON| Laughlin Nail Co., aaa W. K. ROSS. SYRACUSE, - N. Y. — - SOLE ACENT, Mower and Reaper Castings and| 97 Chambers Street, New York, Carriage Irons a Specialty. |Manhattan Rolling Mill W. B. BURNS, Proprirror. > “! J. LEONARD, PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS] #45 t 51 West Sts NEW YORK, 160 Broadway, New York. HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Iron Boiler Rivets. Plates. BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. 3LASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues. A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. Cael Beams, Channels GhapesandBhatting. | | Ek Edlenes Se WEB YES co. B. F. SUDSON, | THT , Everson, Hammond & Orr, Lt., . shee Plans and estimates furnished and contracts Importer of and Dealer in Bl R D EN | R () K ( ( . SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA., H O R S E S H O E R 0 N made for erecting Iron Structures of every descrip: SCOTCH AND AMERICAN na ee tue Calk Stel, Ros, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flas, fltaities b'Hewen' se New Sok. | PGS Lromn,| troy, n. y. [Light Sheet lron.|xcystone rowing Milt, Limited ROOFING SHEET Maovufacturers of Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. Borpen & Love Lt, Commission Merchants, EGLESTON BROS, & CO,, 166 South Street, / NEW YORK C:TY. 267 Front Street, § of all grades a specialty. Prices quoted promptly upon application. 2 EF <> Ta 70 & 71 West St. $37 S 58 wrote st.?} NEW YORK. BURDEN’S CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Pittsburgh, Pa ELEVEN: ( NEW YORK, H.B.&S isford & C0. H. L. FREELAND. 5 pa Bonnell, Botsford & Co. Planters’ Hoe Handles IN STOCK. AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF Fall River lron Co.'s Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods, ULSTER BAR IRON AU Sizes and Shapes in Stock. Sxylights. Betives’ ae IRON, HAI LS AND SPIKES OHN BROWER wel et regen te om seDee © J a nae 1 YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. ALSO BEST GRADES OF AND Borden Mining Company’s a eel Am. & Eng. Refined Iron Com orden ning — . b enne TO om- nomen » — & r GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jx., Prest JOHN CALDWELL, Treas T. W. WELSH, Supt, mon Iron &c. H. H. WESTINGHUUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. TS ES — 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 at a very low ~— The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen's wages avd the inereased speed possible with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within ; | a very short time. Th Its = e “ Automatic "’ has proved itself to be the must efficient Train and Safety Brake known. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, application is instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and should th train separate, or hose or p pe fail, it applies automatically. A GUARANTEE is given customers against loss from PATENT SUITS on the apparatus sold them, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of carriages, wagons, harness, &c, Ask for them where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- cular and price list. I5,000 ENGINES AND 80 OOO CARS CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, 52nd Sr., Betow LancasTer AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA. CUMBERLAND COALS. | @@¥ayae she IMPORTED & AMERICAN |B peE a "dll dedi te demi te inl b SN WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., PIG IRON. Te fag|iron Merchants, eee = : i AVG TTT OM OLAL = A/LROAD CASTINGS. 6 eee NEW YORK CITY. For Maueable aud Var-Wheel Furposes, A SPECIALTY. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. WM. McFARLAND, 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. Mortising done with a common bit No Chisels. Saves user 50 cts. per dozen. Everybody buys them. Send for circulars PALMER MFG. CO., TROY, W. ¥. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Wm. H. Wallace. Wi. Bispham. E. C. Wallace. Howard, Childs & Co., Commission Merchants, No. 514 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa. /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, | 7m 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 Ofice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. LEECHBURG ‘IRON WORKS. —— KIRKPATRICK & CO., LIMITED Manufacture of all Grades of Fin Ee 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. J WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. Only single Ring ever invented Channels, Angles, Teee, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, .= SF ; Forgings, Eye Bars, &c., aan Pa = |& =| A \ Only Double Ring Invented, that closes canal de of the nos 48) = y BROWN'S A PATERSON . — ipti j Bn an ATEROON,.N- J. Champion Hog Ringer, Elliptical Ring am oon , , ee “ f) W000 & C0 g ew — ae and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringe —— e only that will effectu- Only single Ring closes on s s ' a ; a ally keep oa hoe rooting. No menudinnd at oe No ‘shart PHILADELPHIA sharp points in the nose, points in the flesh to keep it sore. - CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO,, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decawur, [!! Manufacturers of Cast Iron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC, Math-w’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hyarants. Joun J. SPowrERS, President. ALEXANDER BURNS, Manager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., MANUFACTURERS OF GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ‘-eslvenizing in All its tranches. Galvanized Sheet lron—Best Bloom, Best Refined. Common. Galvanized Round, Square, Band and Hoop Iron, &c., &c. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, DOVER IRON CO’S I L 400 CHESTNUT STREET. all Rime ana ¥3 Es sy ts . mauges % | VARIETY METAL BOOM, | ot coruzotion and Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c eS ee ‘ ’ ° STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION from Sizes in all its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other F U i E R Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless 1% to s inches, of Sheets. = Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. ’ FRAS. B. BANNAN, Corrugated Sheet Iron a Specialty, Gelventond, Black and Painted. Iron Corrugated for the Trade. Estima' plication. WORKS: GREEN and BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY N, J, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK. 1389 Greenwich Street, New York. Pottsville, Schuylkill Ce., Pa. Rail we | re. fl 9 September 17, 1885, THE IRON AGE. 5 WILLIAM R. HART & CO.,| HENRY Levis & co., AMERICAN AND FOREIGN Manufacturers’ Agents PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, | "yz tacos wpa STEEL BLOOMS, CROP ENDS, | Railway Equipments. TIN PLATES, &c. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold, No, 224 Souru Tarrp St., PHILADELPHIA. 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway F'astenings, STREET RAILS. CHARLES K. BARNS. EDWARD J. ETTING, JUSTICE COX, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, JUSTICE COX. JR,, & CO., 222. S. Tarp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the FOUNDRY and FORGE Mount Savage Fire Brick. PIS IRON. L EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR YNCH BURG 7O. G TRON CO! Cxrpon ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Qual- LYNCHBURG, VA., ity Muck Bar, CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S Bar, Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Shenandoah STORAGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue, (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. above Callowhill St., connected t track ith rail. | , oo y Y . ’ >E; road. CASH ADVANCES ‘MADE On Tow eee eer No, 224 So. I ow th St., Phila. American Hardware in Mexico. The Boston Commercial Bulletin continues the publication of extracts from the report of the special agent of a number of firms, re ferred to in a recent issue. Among others the following leading lines will be of interest to our readers : Shelf Hardware.—Cheap German hard ware has heretofore ruled the Mexican mar- ket to the extent of about 85 per cent. of the trade. In northern Mexico, however, the whole hardware supply is now from the United States. I find that we are now get- ting about 25 per cent, of this trade in Cen tral Mexico and on the Pacific Coast, or some 40 per cent. of the whole. The va riety of light or shelf hardware to which I refer is limited, and the quality and styles are so inferior that American manufacturers would be ashamed to display such goods in the home market This trade should be sought in co-operation only with more profit- able lines of our goods. In mechanics’ tools the same universal de mand holds good for the most inferior qual ity, no matter whether the tools are durable or not. The purchaser usually has a small amount of money to pay with and he buys Agents for Chickies, Conewago, Montgomery and Shenandoah “Tosa, panne co, (Jerome Keeley & Co, 206 Walnut Place, Phila Succe . » ss 2s “s uccessors to Lioyp & Linpsay, Selling Agents for CHARCOAL @nd ANTHRACITE 328 Wa BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, Inut Street, Philadelphia. | opiir, ahd IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS Iron Ship and Bridge Builders’ 4 ’ and BARKS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES ers’ Materials, Steel ok RR Cc . Te ; and Iron Shapes and Bars, Sheet Iron. Sheet Steel FIRE BRICK, COAT and ¢ OKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Pig Ir Muck . r ‘ ; | Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &« Examine BG ‘on, Muc Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and | and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. uildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures, _ “ E. H, Wilson, A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons Ethelbert W atts. Jos. C, Poulterer. © bei WILSON a co s . >) ETHELBERT WATTS & CO., 330 South Third Street, Philadelphia. Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, Mo. 2290 80. Third Street, Philadelphia, ADDRESS Cambria Iron Co,, OFFICE, WORKS, 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN 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 use| in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Wrought Tron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con struction of Fire-Proof Buildings : Patent Wrought Tron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made tu order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE ch SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Lron, 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 ;” Malleable Iron, brand“ U. H M.” MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn’ Malleable Charcoa! Pig Iron and N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. Also Sole Agents for the WHITE RIVER MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed so per cent, Metallic Manganese. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. cc FP. ROBERTS cw CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No. 26 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. SALES AGFNTS FOR Pennsylvania and Virginia Pig Iron, **orn- ** Chester,”? «nd Other Iron Ores. Dealers in Old Kails and Iron and kinds. Correspondence solicited. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, #57 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. Steel Scrap of all 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 & CoO., Iron, Steel and