The Iron Age 1885-09-24: Vol 36 Iss 13

Gs. TY. 2c pators, y, Ill, ools, x )) } Vire. vesoina'wartes = A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. soven TlseMeNTs Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wrutiams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York, Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter, Vol. XX xX VI: No. 13. | New York, Thursday, September 24, 1885. 84.50 a Lear, Including Postage, Sugle Coples, Zen Cents. ee a ; | } ! loss i sai i . ; : 3 08 | cS ss Tennessee Coke. i > ee way was had. It is possible, as Sulphur enews aves tanga aces 3.203 cessive amount of iron pyrites in a particu-| tunity for the production of a cheap coke. on t at the northwestern extension of Phosphorus ae 0.020 | lar part or bench of the bed which could| The owners of the land from which the is seam will afford a coal from which a | be rejected in mining operations. This would | above sample was taken have not chosen to The South has in great abundance iron |" : he aah ; ores of certain grades which can be placed coke near or quite the equal of standard 1e coke made contained : | not only eliminate a large portion of the sul-| pursue the investigation further, and the in the furnace mouth at a very low cost, but | Connellsville can be made. , ee seeeee : . 82.696 | phur, but it would materially affect the per-|seam, though known to exist, bas not yet the success of her furnaces and the cost of | Above this seam of coal exist at least Ask Bee debe t dey stens , : . itn centage of ash, for, assuming all the sulphur | been opened on any other property. If in seven others over 3 feet in thickness. Phosphorus a ; Pe 0.034 to be present in the form of iron pyrites, | this or some other of the seams above Coal H, of Coal Creek and Poplar Creek and Crooked Fork, there does not exist a good coking cval, there is not any such to be had in the Tennessee field, un less it mayhap be discovered in the un i explored Walnut Mountain field, which w . ~—— -—-— + si is the southwest extension of the Flat- — ahi j} |} top coal field of Virginia. In the future her pig iron have not been proportionate with the low cost of ore. One trouble has been in the fuel for smelting. No coke of commercial importance which could take the place of standard Connellsville has yet | been manufactured in the South. There are cokes of local importance of good quality, | but with a less distance to the great West, | and a possibility of lower freight rates, Con nelisville still has no formidable rival from the Southern division of the Appalachian coal field. Whether this is ever to be changed is a matter of doubt. The State of Tennessee was the first in the South to turn coal into coke for the manufacture of iron, and the success at Rockwood began a new era in the coal industry of the South. The State has an area of 5100 square miles under- laid with coal, in a large part of which there are fully 11 workable seams, yet for all commercial consideration it may be said that all the coke made is from one seam, and that one the same from which it was first made at Rockwood. Every one acquainted with iron-making in Tennessee knows that it is not a first-class coke. The seam of coal from which it is made is known as the Sewanee Seam, is the co-relative of Seam B of the Pennsylvania classification, and cov- ers a greater area and is available at more points than any seam of coal in the Southern States. It is only about 30 feet above the great conglomerate, ranges from 2 to 7 feet (usually about 3% feet) in thickness, and is everywhere easily and cheaply mined. It occurs both in the horizontal formation and in the pitched recks of Molder’s Ridge from Dayton to Cumberland Gap. In chemical composition the coal contains from 62 to 65 per cent. of fixed carbon, 26 to 29 per cent. of volatile matter, and g to 11 per cent. ofash. The coke made from it usually con- tains 83 to 84 per cent. of carbon and 14 to is per cent. of ash. It is very free from sulphur and contains but little phosphorus. Why, then, is it not a first-class coke? Even if its proportion of ash were less it would not be, for it has not the physical structure. If it has the porosity, it has not the coherence. But it is an important factor in the iron- making, present and future, of Tennessee. The equivalent of the Pittsburgh coal bed in the Tennegsee series is the seam now worked at Coal Creek and at Poplar Creek, and which was once worked at Caryville. It does not exist to any great extent, if at all, southwest of Emory River, and it is be- neath water level from Careysville 10 miles | | | Se ===+ the cost of producing and characteristics of the cokes noted, as well as of some minor seams not here mentioned, will be discussed also as far as possible, to ascertain their action in the furnaces. H. E. Cc. A The Durham Blast Furnace.* BY B. F. FACKENTHAL, JR., RIEGELSVILLE, PA, The Durham Iron Works of Messrs. Cooper & Hewitt, near Riegelsville, Pa , occupy a site which has been almost continuously the scene of iron-manufacturing industry since 727. Doubtless if Anthony Morris and his 13 associates who in that year erected a blast furnace on the Durham Creek, a short distance above where the Durham Iron Works now stands, could have had a vision of the improved and enlarged apparatus of their successors, they would have been not less astonished by the huge stack, the hot- blast ovens and the blowing engines of the modern blast furnace than by the railroad which now follows the bank of the river on which their clumsy ‘‘ Durham boats” once floated pig iron to Philadelphia. In one par- ticular posterity must confess their superi- ority. We are told that in November, 1728, they shipped 3 tons of Durham iron to England. The proprietors of the Durham Iron Works are not now shipping iron to England. The present Durham Furnace was built (in place of two smaller ones) in 1874 and 1875, and made its first blast in 1876. A description of it, with other works of the same proprietors at Trenton, N. J., by A. L. Holley and Lenox Smith, was published in London Pngineering for January 31 and February 21, 1879. Since that time a num- ber of improvements dictated by experience have been made in the details of the furnace and fittings and the recent conclusion of a long and successful blast presents a con- venient opportunity for a description of the works and a statement of the results of practice. northwestward, where it ceases in that © x . direction. As ‘opened in Tennessee, it has Mak The sketch, Fig. 4, will show the general the characteristics of the Pittsburgh bed in its Y arrangement of the works. In this sketch western part, at Lrwin, for instance, but so A is the blast furnace ; B, hoist tower; C far no part of it has been positively deter- ARAN C, wall of casting-house ; D, stockhouse ; E, AT tank for tuyere water ; F, blast-pipe ; G, gas 6 main; H H, hot-blast stoves ; I, blast main ; K K, boilers; L, chimney; M, engine- house; N, engine and dynamo for electric light ; O, blast receiver ; P, railway for pig- iron cars ; 4), railway for ladle ; R, foundry ; S, cupola; T, runner for cinder from cast ; U U, runners for cinder from cinder notch ; W W, railways for cinder cars. The fur- nace, Figs, 1 and 2, is 75 feet high by 19 feet bosh. The hearth is 11 feet 4 inches in diameter, with seven tuyeres 5 feet 6 inches above hearth line. A is the air cylinder, operating bell by levers B ; C, double charger ; mined as having identity with the seam in the region classed as Connellsville. It is claimed, however, that in its northwestern prolongation on the Crooked Fork, in Morgan County, the coal of this seam resembles Connellsville in structure. As existing at Coal Creek and mined there, this seam is from 4 feet to 5 feet in thickness of clear coal, there being several shale partings. The top is a hard coal which does not coke well, while the lower layer makes a first-class coke. No sufficient test of this coal for coke- making has ever been made. Badly-con- structed and badly-managed experimental ovens have at intervals been erected, but as & natural consequence no good results have been attained. There is no reason why there should not be made there as good coke as is made at Irwin, Pa., the works near which place supply nearly half of the coke _ at the blast furnaces of Carnegie Bros. At Poplar Creek more systematic opera- tons for making coke from this seam of coal have been conducted. The Oak- dale Iron Company converted this coal ‘nt coke for use in their furnace for ‘tore than a year, and the stoppage of the furnace was in no way due to the character o the coke. Yet the stack was compar- atively a low one, and nothing was proven boing toward a solution of the problem Whether it was a coke that would work well continuously in tall stacks and carry ‘eavy burdens. Its appearance indicated mat with proper handling the physical “ructure would be good, but unfortunately ho proper tests were made on this point. “4¢ chemical composition of the Coal Creek ‘nd Poplar Creek coals is very similar to ~nnellsville, they having from 57 to 60 per Z ey } Ly GOO Ts | D, waste-gas pipe; E, downcomer ; F, ex- Yr he , LM TA ; plosion door; G, cleaning door; H, gas Flot > f y x main ; I, extra high tuyere (not used); K, ZL blast-pipe ; L, water-pipe; M M, tuyeres ; N N, cinder notches (the extra notch being 74 , the one on the left); 0 O, columns support- Pup ee ing mantel. The tuyeres project 9 inches ip Ege Beg b> into the furnace, making the interior tuyere } tA De circle g feet 10 inches in diameter. The WE ete front is a modification of Luermann’s patent. - = The dam, Fig. 3, is made in two sections. In the drawing a a are wrought-iron water- vipes, cast in the dam: b b, lugs; ec, keys folding small dam in place. The outside plate is 4 feet 3 inches wide, with an inside dam 22 inches wide fitting into it. The opening in the small dam is 28 inches long. In case of any chilling in the hearth this inside dam can be removed, which would § 11) permit the opening of a tapping-hole 3 feet eon Hi above hearth line. The small dam can be aoe ; replaced at any time without taking the —— = blast off the furnace, By this arrangement, moreover, the large or outside dam is pro- tected, and lasts indefinitely. One dam has served us for two blasts (five years) and is still in good condition. The small or inside a dam taken out at the end of the last blast Hearth cent. of fi im wnleti they a ee ae pe — ye ) had been in use 20 months. Both dams are Than in ave _— : made flat and recessed into the brickwork ry possibility, however, that the _ tine om Sin 5 , he Foot os : differenc ‘ ae? 7 Fig. 1.—Section of Blast Furnace.—Scale, 4% Inch to the Foot. thus bringing them (at the tapping-hole) ro Which ‘a —_ a - inches nearer the inside of the hearth walls. Samples were en, mnne BLAST FURNACE OF THE DURHAM IRON WORKS, RIEGELSVILLE, PA. In this way, we think, the cooling is made Ville Me having been taken by Professor — reath from a thorough cut of the whole 71» and the Coal and Poplar creeks, no Oaka & picked and isolated lump. The a ale Company had 64 ovens, and also ae considerable coke in pits. The coke ae broke into long pieces, had no cross o k* @ud the cells appeared sufficiently pen for good working in the furnace with- more effectual, the tapping-hole better pro Whether in any of these is a coal which will His comments on this are: ‘‘ The physical | nearly one-half of the ash must consist of — _ — pe, = Sage Bag nan aa make a coke the equal of Connellsville is | character of the coke is fair, although it may}oxide of iron, resulting from the iron] .aoq of AA nes le aoe val ae se unknown. They are practically unopened | prove rather spongy and weak for use in| pyrites.” Nod « heenk-ent around Fee oie , and unexplored. During investigations for | large furnaces, but chemically it carriesan| His remarks as to the sampling and posi nn aha aihaie te cane ot colnet @ private company I found one seam which | excessive amount of both sulphur and ash. | tion of the iron pyrites are correct. The/) 1h. line of the Satie It is made of from its size could have been mined cheaply, | The sulphur exsits in the coal for the most | pyrite exists in plates and balls in a slate, Sea hes am cnening of 1} eee oo , aan and the physical structure of the coal indi-| part as iron pyrites, sometimes in masses \{ | parting about 1 foot from the bottom, and] | 6. 2 inche a de aa i Teeeaa > The 28 ® spongy texture and weakness. | cated that it would make a good coke, while | inch in thickness. Its general occurrence is| can be easily taken out in mining, but in 9 Se eed i. eee ny nat me o se record of the furnace is not a test, as it this idea was strengthened by experiments | such as to lead4o the impression that it may| sending the sample a full cut from top to a octhe - sammmcnnenaieds edt ta pe a a book *® much of the time badly handled ; the | in the open air. Two barrels of this coal | be present in the form of a‘ sulphurtinder,’| bottom of the seam was made without effort pi i . ‘, however, show one month’s run with | were sent to Prof. A. S. McCreath for analysis. | near either the roof or floor of the coal bed. | at selection. This seam of coal is 6 feet} fa ine chattanoowa meeting of the Amer he ar y . ° : . - a, of 67 bushels of coke to the ton | His result was : Much of the coal is comparatively free from | thick, has an excellent roof and floor, and | joan Institute of Mining Engineers any die This coke was never transported | yojatite hydrocarbons __. 39.029) Sulphur, A different sampling of the coal | can be mined at very low cost ; hence, if not Y Cistance in quantity, so that no test of! Fixed carbon eee . 48.229 | bed might therefore result in locating the ex- ' too high in volatile matter, it offers an oppor (Continued om page 7.) — we i: = 3 S3ar 7 ce ae eS ee 3 _ i 4 ’ 4 ’ ;™ e as @ + te teen ‘9 THE IRON AGE. 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Sem le and Prices sent on application THE MORSE ‘Automatic —Inspirator PATENT OF FICE, | °° "stesecctsrcmtonncsn | The Simplest, Roeder & Briesen The Most Positive = And Most Perfect in Use 4 2 82 and 84 Nassau St., j NEW YORK. : Morse Automatic Insp'rator Co., American a nd Foreign Address all correspondence Pp A ¥: E N + S 182 BANK ST.. CLEVELAND. OHIO. Solicited promptly and at the lowest rater, aes LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER. Sy WM. — The most perfect Anti- Friction Hanger in the Market, BEcCcaAaAvusSsFT oe . LEWISTOWN, PA., Manufacturers of | } For prices and particulars address 7 BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, BIRMINGHAM, CONN. TO BOILER Sent on 30 days’ trial to responsible parties. Stationary and Portable Engines. Send for Catalogue and Price Lirt. OVERFLOW SUCTION ® It is made of steel throughout. except the wheel which has a4 sterlaxle. It will not breax. It is practically free from wear. It is almost no seleas ip activn It requires no ofl. It ha« a broad | bearing on the door, and keeos in line. It is by far the most durabie. It may be used with anv track. It is always in order. LANE’S PATENT TRACK RED WARRIOR subject to decay. uires no fitting. but is ready at once. May | AXES be used with se of other manufacture. ’ | BROAD AXES, _*anutsctared by LANE BROS. vousntecnsic, ». ¥, N. BE. Cor. 34 and Camberland Sta. PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF THE CHALLENGE EMERY GRINDERS, POLISH'NG MACHINES, COUNTER SHAFTS, HANGERS, &. Contractors and Builders of Light Machinery and Harc ware specialties, Branch Office, ee 97 Chambers Si, ¥. Y. E.A.BOLMES, Magr, | THE IRON AGE Is made of steel and ws easily put io position. Catches and holds | no snow or ice. Dow bung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not Adsee. }OHN H, GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. | Broad Hatchets, - - naa pee Seah des PDOIEBEL MANUFACTURING CO. 3 ‘THE FRED, J, MEYERS MFG. CO,, COVINGTON, KY., Manufacturers of wwiRs Goons Oo FE 4a IsIs ELIN Ds. SLAW and KRAUT CUTTERS. Wroucht-Iron Fencing, Cresting, Can Openers, Mincing Knives and Hardware Specialties. ‘end fOr [ilustrated Catalogue and Price List jy ay Wee bo) JORGAN SPRIN Si [2 aha FOO Tr. roVTis, Mo. WITTENBERG § SORPER Fk W IRE. W IRE X LOTH, W IRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, tron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. ‘National Wire and Iron Co. DETROIT, MANUFACTURERS OF MICH., Iron Stairs, Railings, Illuminated Sidewalk Tile, Shutters, Guards AND SUrPvwPrvPLIESs FOUNDRY JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. and Treas. LIFTER AND CARRIER. THOMPSON McCOSH, President BARB WIRE NO DANGER OF CUT | TING HANDS OR TEAR ING CLOTHES. SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES FVEKY DAY Vanu/factured : Solely by (PATENTED.] Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. Our Agents, John 9. Graham & Co ,113 Chambers St., carry stock of our Lift os and wil supply at Paclory prices. 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 four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lista, C. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn 8t., Chicago, Ill. THE BILLINGS & SPENCER Co. CONN atatsdbaelai® SCREW PLATES AND MANUFACTURERS OF ‘e ¢ aaron DIES MADE IN 5 17a a s THREADS FROM bs a eo | at rn 2 INCHES V STANDARD AND CUTTING OF AN INCH sani 70e ee 2e ty WHITWORTH THREAD C——— DROP FORGED OF BAR STEEL. ~ WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. Y., WIRE 2E (,00DS Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, CLOTH AND Wi ’ ‘*CORTLAND” INDOW Y SCREF.4 WIRE CLOTH. Coal Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Ete. Metallic Coal Stere. TEE ATILANTA ENGINZEENRING CO., Atlanta, Ga Engineers and Contractors for Steam Machinery i 4. OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co., 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm 8t,, 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. (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. ‘ ies WATER oT, | NEW YORK. by “A.R. M.CO.” SHAFTING. ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMEN1 OF ' 7 NORWAY,’ " “ULSTER,” “CATASAUQUA,” REFINED AND COMMON IRON, BAND, HOOP AND SOROLL IRON. STEEL OF ALL KINDS. TELEPHONE CALL, ‘* NASSAU, 379.” Ry A. R. WHITNEY & CO,, ‘eo nianne F 4, MANUFAOTURERS OF AND D ee eet Iron and Steel : AGENCIES: bk PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merehant Iron and e : Soft Steel. “eae STEEL & IRON CO,, Homogeneous tes BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder P Th iby BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. i ; aL086o ne WORKS. Boiler ate “RE M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pi i , GARN EGIE BROS. & CO., Limited, Piroe and ; Steel prema, CS ep ‘Shapes and d Shafting. A. P. NAIL CO.’S Steel W THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE co. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 68 Hudson St. New York. % ' ~ Borven & Lovett, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West St., ; Poh, L. N. LOVELL, i ifn} — NEW YORE AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF Fall River lron Co.'s Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods, CUMBERLAND COALS. IMPORTED & AMERICAN wi PIG IRON. e LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, A SPECIALTY. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. 4 Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. 3 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. Y. ‘ AND sf Borden Mining Company’s 4 j : ROLLED Suupesseeeee Commission Merchants, ST Se ee /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock IRON BEAMS, THE IRON AGE. OXFORD. D. ‘wood & C0. L'd IRON AND NAIL CO., | ms ca Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81,83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. JOHN J. HARRISON (Successor to HARRISON & GILLOON), IRON AND METAL DEALER, 90 Beekman St., New York City, MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron, — d Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron pe. CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. PLATE AND Tank Iron, ,o 8. C. H, No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Bes st anes Fire yea ( ‘ircies MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented April 8th, 1873 ; _ . th, 18 Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; a th h, 18 oY Jan. trth, 18977 : Feb. 6th, es “ie 7. "1878 Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. rst, 1884 ; Feb. roth, 18 84: March 4th, 1884 : Jan. 6th, 1885, ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF } N ; 8, 560, 562 : WATER ST. & 302, 304, 306 CHERRY ST. TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. ; NEW YORK, Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the Price list and quotations sent upon eqphate. has on hand, and offe rs for sale, the following : t 1 Pig Iron, Wrought, Cast and » ~ + > : Mac oe ys Seve ae Whee : ‘1s, Ages and Heavy IMI ORTED RUSSIA IRO N, W rought [ron ; ae oO - Copper, Composition, Brass, und a @ tae gob. Zin Lead, Pewter, BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. ALSO Common, Refined, Charcoal and Juniata GRADES OF BLACK SHEET IRON, Smooth on both sides. SYRACUSE | MALLEABLE IRON WoRxKs, SYRACUSE, ~ N. Y. Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriagé Irons a Specialty. W. B. BURNS, Proprieror. PEN NSYLVANIA IRON WORKS Everson, Hammond & Orr, Ltd., SECOND AVE,, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF FOX & DRUMMOND, CAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE, 2 TO 48 INCHES DIAMETER. New Work. 160 Broadway, 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. “Burden Best” Iron Boiler Rivets. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, OLD METALS. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y- ULSTER ROOFING SHEE of all grades a specialty. Prices quoted promptly upon application. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, 3332258 soucn ses} NEW YORK. Be Bar | Dlanters’ Hoe Handles HB. & 5. Bar ron. An STOOH. American & English Refined Iron. | All stzes and shapes in stock. ron Building», Roots, esters, Doors, Cornices, MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ae co., 3 Dey Street, NEW Y JOHN BROWER, EGLESTON BROS, & CO.. 466 South St} NEW YORK CITY. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen'l Agt. CHas./ LOMBARD hen! i WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor, ALBANY & WASHINGTON 81%., NEW YORK CITY. B.C, Walla Westinghouse \ — ee FH Anvra i Oe ha A Oe Wm, Bispham. Wm. H. Wallace. Howard, Childs & Co., WESTINGHOUSE No. 514 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa. nger cars, except that the various Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Coal Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds, - |ave es me. application is instantaneous ; i train se te, or hose or p soaines leas from PATENT 8 BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. we For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on carriages, wagons, harness, &c, Ask for them where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- cular and price list. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., 52nd Sr., BeLtow Lancaster AvVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Correspondence solic ited. Prices ¢ on application. PAWTUCKET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, LEECHBURG Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk O@ice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE. ‘ : = |= —_ ’ s »& + acer 2. —. eee 3h . == j Only Double Ring Invented. “| > | he 7 . PATERSON, N. J. Champion Hog Ringer, : b Room 45, Astor House, New York. . RINGS and HOLDER. LS A) The only that will effectu- ally keep Hogs m rooting. No iat CUT NAILS. PJ Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON eu BOILER Boiler Brace Jaws, weeny > = FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 139 Greenwich Street, New York. sharp points im the nose. PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Cast Iron sing FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. Jon» J. Spowmrs, President. THE JERSEY CITY Galvanized Sheet lnene (42> RIiVEeTs, Socket Bolts, &c. All Sizes of Corrugation VARIETY METAL BOOM. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION in all its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other Meta! Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. FPRAS,. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. from 1% tos inches. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas PITTSBURGH, PA. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). KIRKPATRICK & CoO., Manufacture of a)! Grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Corrugated Sheet Iron a apesmatiy,, Seivenings. Black imates furnished on a yplica WORKS: GREEN and BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N. J. OFFICE AND Wi WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK September 24, 1885. JAMES. P. WITHEROW, Engineer & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES AND CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOFT STEEL, specially adapted for A No. t Boiler Plat, Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Will contract to completely erect, equi; and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As I manufacture at our own works everything appertaining to Blast Furnace and Ste Works construction, can guarantee prompt ness and satisfaction. WHEELING NAILS, Laughlin Nail Co., W. 4& RGSS, SOLE ACENT, 97 Chambers Street, New York, Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 177 & 179 Bank st, ~NEW YORK, IRON, MANUFACTURER OF Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats, HORSE SHOE Light Sheet hota KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited Maoufacturers of IRON, Pittsburgh, Pa. Bonnell, Botsford & Co.. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. T. W. WELSH, Supt, W. W. CARD, Secy. T Ez Bw — Air-Brake Co. U. &. A. FREIGHT BRAKE. The Automatic Freight Brake is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for parts are so combined as to form practically one piece of pechanism, and is sold a a very low pee. peTh e saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s wages avd the inereased speed possible with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within * Automatic” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and should the fail, it applies omer. UARANTEE the apparatus sold them The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, IRON WOoRKSs. is given customers LIMITED WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. Only single Ring ever invented that closes on outside of the nos BROWN'S Elliptical Ring and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer Only single ey that closes on the outside of the No sharp points in the flesh to to keep it sore. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, I! ALEXANDER BuRNs, Manager. GALVANIZING CO., RERS OF GALVANIZED MATERIAL “OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. lvanizing in All its branche oom, Best Refined, a Galvanized ana, Square, Band and All Gauges and of Sheets. and yetesed. Iron Corrugated for the Trade urd A | Office, 885, it ES RE late equil Whit As thing Ste Om pt lats, ited I, 0., KES [, Supt, KE. ake for piece of wages » within wn, Its muld the stomers ) rg, Pa. invented the nus ing ig Ringer closes on No sharp p it sore. stur, [ll Tr. 10., nd and Trade YORK WILLIAM R. HART & CO., TH EB September 24, 1885.- HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, 222 S. Tarrp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN, STEEL BLOOMS, CROP ENDS, Railway Equipments. Mount Sav > lok. TIN PLATES, &c. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold kag ae Brick vo, 224 Sours Tatrp St., PHILADELPHIA. 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. LYNCHBURG IRON CO, LYNCHBURG, VA., Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE, WHARF and YARD, Delaware Avenue, above Callow hill St., connected by track with rail road. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway F'astenings, Jas. G, Liypsay. Taos, 8. Parvin. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., Successors to Luoyp & Linpsay. $28 Walnut Street, Philadolphia. Iron a and Bridge Builders’ Materials, Steel and Iron Shapes and Bars, Sheet Iron, Sheet Steel, Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and Buildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures, ADDRESS Cambria Iron Co., OFFICE, 218 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 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. “0 t Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con ror semen of Fire-Proct Buildings ; Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. DAVID REEVES, President. Ethelbert W atta. Jos. C. Poulterer. ETHELBERT WATTS & CO., Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, Ho. 920 S80. Third Stree, PRiadelphia, SALES AGENTS FOR Pennsylvania and Virginia Pig Iron, ‘Corn- wall,’’ ** Cheste:,’? -nd Other Iron Ores, Dealers in Old Rails and Iron and Steel Scrap of all kinds. Correspondence solicited. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 So, 4th 8t., Philadelphia. AGENTS —- -_ at pene and Forge Pig Iron. yebrooke ©, B. Charcoal Pig Iron, ok Red Short Pig Iron. wane — DEALERS iN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, MORRIS, WHEELER & Co. Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHIIA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. 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, WORKS, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Plans and Specifications furnished, Address Boston Agents, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & co., 1 ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE & SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, ‘ jally for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Dat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, ES WW. H. WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York, NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS. BESSEMER Pic. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE TRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘‘ Ulverston ;’ yoss Bay HE LOR TRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeletsen, Crop Ends, &c. iso for ** Lorn” Malleable Charcoal! Iron and N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. Also Sole ents for the WHITE RIV MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed 50 per cent, Metallic Manganese. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. ce PP. ROBERTS cc CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. SALES OFFICES, orders solicited Tank and Special Wheels fer Furnace and Mine Cars. Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common, SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, (fice, No. 26 8S, Fourth St., Philadelphia. TESTED eres ey BRADLEE & CO., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, aie No. 226 WALNUT STREET, Ee 816 Richmond 8t., : - - . 4 PHILADELPHIA. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. : ra ; 2 Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. LD Low Blast Stationary Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. Kel [4 Ly \ Ha CONVERTER. |CUMBERLAND movable. Especially suitable for the production of soft material. J. TATNALL 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. eral Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. J. WwW. PAXSON & CO.,, MOULDING SAND, 1021 North Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., am Ow Gam = 5 otk MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, DEALERS IN LEAD FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES. x MINERAL, one MINERAL, XL FACING, fitted with all the apparatus and Price lists on MANUFACTURERS OF &”~ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes, ‘“‘D. B. C.’’ Special Crane Chain. NAIL AND IRON 60., MANUFACTURERS OF FF sro intmineoay | GUMDOrand ” Nails and Wrought Iron Pipe, 48 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. Buccessors to CABEEN & OO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND BCRAP BARS NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND ZF STANDARD ¢ Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture ne ane Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, D Rods, &c. Office: - - 2208. 4th &t., Philadeiphia, Pa. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. 10th St. above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Betablished in 1886, Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Btee THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, Werks at LEWISTOWK, PA. appliances O Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, application. IRON AGH. 5 JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS, JUSTICE COX, JR, & CO,, Agents for The Berdan Torpedo. The secret of the Berdan torpedo has hitherto been closely kept, that being the policy of its inventor. However, now that he has, as he says, secured engagements from all principal Governments not to make or use it without agreement with him, he is willing that an explicit account of it should be published, and he has furnished the material from which the following descrip tion is taken : The Berdan torpedoes are each double The pilot torpedo is designed to pierce or destroy any nets or booms intended to pro tect the vessel attacked. Through the breach thus made the following torpedo enters, carrying the destructive charge. General Berdan rather prefers a modification of this plan in which the leading torpedo is not explosive, but is planned to conduct the following one to its mark and to cause it to do its work in the following manner : When the ship to be attacked is sighted the torpedoes are started toward it from the torpedo boat or from the shore. Each proceeds with its own motive-power, the second being regulated to need a slight tow from the first, afforded by means of a thin rope or wire cord. When the netting is reached the first torpedo will stop. The cord between the first and second torpedoes, formerly taut, at once slackens and lets fall a species of rudder ledge or trap underneath the center of the sevond torpedo. This projecting ledge being caught by the water as the second torpedo advances, it is sufficient to drag the torpedo down into the water, whereit will progress at an angle of 15” to the surface, In this manner it will dive un- der the ship’s netting. Having gone the length of the tow-line, the torpedo will be brought up sharp to the surface again, the surface in this case being the ship’s bottom, not pro tected, as its sides are, by iron plates. Striking here the explosion follows. The rear torpedo does not float on the surface as it follows the first, but is balanced to sink a few feet below water, and so to escape destruction from the ship’s shot. The entire length of the torpedo is 31 feet ; its width at midship section is 21 inches; its depth, 31 inches; its displace- ment, 2800 pounds. The explosive substance is gun-cotton or dynamite to the amount of 100 kg. The motive-power of the torpedo is gained and applied in a novel way. The torpedoes are driven by gas obtained by the combus- tion of three rows of four 100-pound rocket tubes filled with rocket powder, which is compressed with a mixture of clay, thus securing regular burning during the time required for the torpedo to run a distance of 1 English mile at the rate of 24 miles an hour. The pressure of gas given off will be about 2000 pounds to the square inch, but if required it may be increased safely up to 5000 pounds. The gas generated by com- bustion of the rocket powder rushes through a nozzle and acts upon several compartments of a turbine which revolves the torpedo’s screw. The second torpedo drags upon the first, and therefore keeps the bow of the pilot torpedo in a forward direction. This onward course is still further governed by a mile of fine cord passing between grooved wheels and over dynamometers. Being guided to its mark, the collision cuts a small copper pin. A slight shock suffices for this, and the result is to liberate a bolt which strikes a percussion cap. The essential feature is the device for destroying or for passing floating or submerged guards about the vessel attacked. The lack of such a feature is the weakest point in all single- acting torpedoes, Either they cannot reach their mark, or when they reach it their force is expended by contact with nets or booms. If General Berdan’s torpedo answers his description, even superhuman vigilance would be scant protection to the stoutest ship afloat. — —————_$_$__—$___ Chickies, Conewago, Montgomery and Shenandoah FOUNDRY and FORGE PIG IRON. CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Qual- ity Muck Bar, rae te A 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 IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and TRON RAILS, TRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE TRON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Tron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Tron and Coal properties. E. H. Wiison. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons. E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 308 South Fourth ®t., Philadelphia, SELLING AGEN