The Iron Age 1885-10-22: Vol 36 Iss 17

ad (3 ———— . INDEX TO READING MATTER PAGE 32 Published Vol. XXXVI: No. 17 every Thursday Morning by Davin WILLIAMS, A Review of the Hardware, Iron and No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as New York, Thursday, October 22, 1885. The Iron Age Metal Trades. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE 19. Second-Class Matter, S2.50 a lear, Including Tosltages Stugle Coples, Ten Cents. The Sukkur Bridge, India. At a recent visit paid by the Society of Engineers of London to Messrs. Westwood & Baillie, Poplar, a model, working draw- ings and part of the work of the great Suk- kur Bridge destined for India were in- spected. This bridge is to cross the Indus on the Afghanistan Frontier Railway, which branches off from the Kurrachee and Pesha- wur Railway. The bridge will be the largest in the Indian Empire, and surpassed by none in length of span, except the Forth Bridge SEE EE ii now erecting over the Firth of Forth. In structure, says the London Standard, it is of imposing dimensions and of high engineering skillfulness of design. The principle, to use familiar language, may be regarded as a long horizontal bridge supported by two gigantic cranes, one on each side of the river, The bridge is to be erected on the Rohri Pass side of the Bukken Island, across the waterway which separates that island from the main- land. Across the other channel on the Sukkur side a bridge of three spans, respectively go feet, 238 feet and 278 feet, has already been erected. The bridge now under construction for the Indian Govern-| ment has a single actual span of goo feet. Of | ‘his 350 feet at each extremity are supported 88 cantilevers, and the 200 feet central span ‘8 borne equally by the two terminal canti- levers. The actual width between the two crane, is 169 feet from their bases on the abutments. From the rear upright there | projects diagonally, like the jib of a crane, | an iron lattice shore or support 200 feet long by 16% feet square in section, and weighing 225 tons. Froma mass of plating embedded |in masonry, and termed the anchor, a web- | bing of steel stretches from the ground over , the top of the tower forward to the end of the cantilever, supporting in tension, like the chain of a suspension bridge, the overhang ing weight of the cantilever. The two up- rights are 123 feet apart. / THE Falling back again on the simile of the crane, we should realize in the mind’s eye in the first upright the post of the crane, with the jib projecting, the second upright taking the place of the pendant chain of the crane, whereby the anchored lattice- work in the rear may be regarded as the back guy. another smaller cranelike section, and yet again in front of this another of the same type, the distance from this to the end of the cantilever being held by lighter ties. Under the cantilever two booms 6 feet deep in structure project from the abutments and | introduced into the steam cylinders direct. | ties, coal-washing is slow in getting the | The eanti- | There it enters at a pressure of from 60 to | recognition it should as one of the necessary strut the cantilever from below. | way as wellasarailroad The entire bridge will be put together and fitted in Messrs. Westwood & Baillie’s yard, and the staging or scaffolding is being erected for that pur pose and will take up no less than 2000 loads of timber. The structure will thereafter be sent out, and will be erected on its future site by the Indian Government, under the superintendence of Mr. Robertson, who has been sent to England in charge of undertaking of the erection of the bridge in site may be the | Some idea of the difficulties | gines of two derricks on neighboring hill- sides, where new wells are boring. The gas is run directly into the cylinder of the pump, 'and, with an ordinary pressure, drives the piston and pumps the water. The gas-pipe is only an inch in diameter. a - The Bell-Ramsey Coal-Washing Machine. Although at the present time the greater portion of the coal mined in the coke-manu must be due, in part at least, to dirty coke. In other portions of the United States, such as Illinois, attempts at manufacturing coke have failed, and it is an open secret that the failure is due in the main to improper wash- | ing. While washing is important, it is equally | important that it should be done in as eco- |nomical a manner as possible. The plant | Should be compact, cheaply established, ca | * . . pable of extension with small increased cost, simple in its parts, not likely to get out o1 | conceived by the fact that every part will | facturing districts of the United States is|order or wear out quckly; it should be KIDS. A , rr Fig. 1.—Side Elevation, Fig. 2.—General Plan. BELL-RAMSEY COAL-WASHING have to be constructed overhanging a river | 60 feet deep, with a current running at the rate of 13 feet per second. cc = A new use has been discovered for natural gas. Godfrey & Clark, who own the paper curred recently, have adopted the novel and ingenious idea of utilizing the fluid for| motive-power as well as for fuel. On two MACHINE. pure enough not to need wasbing, it is never- theless true that even in the Connellsville region large quantities of coal are daily thrown away as waste, which if properly | washed could be used to very good advan- tage and produce coke of high quality. The cheapness of good Pennsylvania and West | In front of this structure comes | mill at Tarentum, where the explosion oc- Virginia coking coals has led the operators in these districts to overlook the advantages | which might accrue from washing a part of | | practically automatic, should use a minimum | quantity of water and be capable of jarge ; output. These requirements are not easily filled, and among the so-called improved | machines now in use, there are few, if any, | which might be said to give satisfaction in every particular. The first cost is in nearly all cases great in comparison to output, and the parts complicated and liable to deteriora tion. The question of cost is one of some their raw stock, and their practice has had a | importance, especially for managers requir of their engines, furnaces and steam boilers | tendency to throw discredit on the system in | ing a limited output only. Wholesale man have been dispensed with, and the Kas-pipes general, so that, even in less-favored locali- | ufacturers of ren may afford to erect ex | levers are alike on both sides, as the bridge | 100 pounds, and drives the piston-rods with | elements for the production of a good metal- is perfectly straight from end toend. It is as much ease as steam. One of these is the | lurgical coke. When we consider that at | pensive plants of large output; but where, as is the case with many establishments in the South, for instance, each furnace makes its own coke, the first outlay becomes an wholly composed of steel plates, some as| steam engine in the brickyard connected | the present time, in the very important coal | important consideration. much as 1% inches in thickness, and the | with the establishment, and the other is the | and iron centers of Tennessee aud Alabama, total weight of the steel used in the con-| steam pump which supplies the paper mill | it is difficult to obtain a coke containing reg-|the accompanying drawings was patented The Coal-Washing Machine illustrated in faces of the land abutments is 820 feet, but | struction will be 3500 tons. The rail-| with water from the river. Another ex-| ularly less than 15 per cent. of ash, the | jointly by the Messrs. Bell Bros., of Middles there is a step-back in each of 40 feet, which way on the bridge is 18 feet between) ample is afforded by the Philadelphia com-| necessity for washing becomes apparent, for | boro’, England, and Mr. William Ramsey, raises the full span to the goo feet above| the centers, and the portions between the | pany, who show visitors to Tarentum a| it must be evident to iron producers that the |their colliery manager, Messrs. Gordon, stated. The hight of the towers, which may | rails are filied in with wood for the better | steam pump of several horse-power, which | high fuel consumption usually met with in _ be likened to the two posts or uprights of a! footing for horses, as the bridge is a military pumps water out of Blue Creek to the en- furnaces in many sections of the country ' (Concluded on page 7.) a4 ae ed ——— a ee soe 2 THE IRON AGE. October 22, 189; PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, a ANeomA BRASS AND ta - THE PLUME & ATwooD MEG. CO. | PHILIP L. MOEN, President and Tremere CHAS. F. WASHBURN, Vice-President and Secret, S coedermse* am Lenevaseallon WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G Co, eo | ! | Ea Metablished 1831. WORCESTER, MASs Sheet and Roll Brass AND WIRE, Bare and Covered, earn. , (Waterbury Brass Co, Seamless Brass and W.E. DODGE. nie odes Tehé. ee GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, ; Pres't. Wire, O’Neiis’s Sheet, Roll and Platers Brass, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER ” @. P. COWLES, ELECTRICAL WIRE, V.-P. and Treas. | A. A. COWLES, , Secretary. Patent Nickel German Silver, Copper, Brass and lated Copper, . am oe sian PP German Silver Wire, Brass and &e., Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack | Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, Se. 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 of every description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. PHELPS DODGE & C0 Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG, CO.’S 9 “ Line of Sporting Goods. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. _ 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. Si . - ee dee. alee a 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL SI., BOSTON, 116 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON and STEEL WIRE, Patent Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties, Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE RODS of all Grades ; Round Iron, Rivet quality, 3-16 in. to '¢ iv., cut to any length. Owners clusive Operators of the PATENT CONTINUOUS ROLLING MLLL, prostucing Iron and Stee) \\ in coils of 100 pounds, without SEAM or WELD. Patent Galvanized Telegraph Wire, Market and Wire, Annealed Fence and Grape Wire in long lengths ; Coppered_ Pail-Bail Wire; Rope, Bridge, Bolt, Serv Rivet, Buckle and Chain Wire. Wire for the manufacture of Card Clothing, Heddles, eeds, &c. Piano ea DEPOTS : MILLS AT Covering Wire, Tinned Broom Wire and Tinned-plated Wire of all sizes. A specialty is mave of Clock, Ma 296 Broadway, New York. watoescey,| Sheet and Roll Brass, Sraaai areas en any phase of Wise fanaihed” Aneaieh Eausk, Pasot, Cypee: el T | N P a A T E 125 Eddy St., Providence R. I. _ CONN. Actch Vartvated Beool’ Mase Wire Seecl Wie for ipringe Mordinn ana Della, “tetine an : THE BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, ee eHOoUSES:{ New York, 16 Cliff and 241 Pearl Sts ; “ ne” *? Chicago, 107 and 109 Lake St. SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, “NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS.” Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York. (Manufactory, Nos. 1197, 1199, 1201, 1208, 1205, 1207, 1209 and 1211 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. y Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. New Haven Copper Co., Under Patent of T. James, Sept. r2, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND —<——— DEALERS IN Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and bly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. Particular atteution paid to cutting out Blanks and manu.acturiug Metal Goods. HOWARD & MORSE, MANUFACTURERS OF CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. Y. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WINDOW RIDDLES, ° . > . VILL MF. COMPANY BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER COAL SCREENS, GUARDs SCO aaa . cn Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c, WATERBURY CONN. SAND SCREENS OFFICE Manufacturers of ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF NEW YORK, BOSTON . ; ne ee ‘ ? RAILIN( BRASS.—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. 25 Park Place. ; ; LANTERNS A fa) - : : 18 Federal St ’ \ PRT GERMAN / Sheet German Silver, German Silver] Cast Steel Allgers ald Bits of Superior Quality. | 22 Murray st. . LAWN — ‘i bg gehen ge erage Manufacturers of all kinds of NURS ERY IONS Biinags. |<“ stop, spring aud Plano-Yore. | 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. oe eb ae ee FENCING eurrons | Tons uctetiaiantesc20% |DIGKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,|®fass, Copper & German Silver, a $ POULTRY MGuoDs ani sen va. Kerosene Lampe, , os ROLLED AND IN SHEET rane = NETTIN aie oes IMPORTERS OF A s. SUARDS NE GRRE Bre SN Nokcintcahs Fiver Sint €=. THN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, | Brass and Copper Wire, Tubin aie STABLE Seovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. ’ ’ ’ PP ’ 9, GARDEN WORK, FIXTURES wc., WC. NC., XC meee? 8 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, 183 Lake Street, Chicago. | DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool NEW YORK. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. GERMAN SILVER Spoons, SILVER- WIRE CLOTH OF ALL KINDS. ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, Pres., WM. HEWITT, Vice-Pres.. JAMESHALL, Treas,, E. HANSON, Se Tae TRENTON IRON Cco., MANUFACTURERS OF PLATED FORKS AND Spoons, KEROSENE BURNERS, &C. 2 J SIDING, CEILING, - OHN DAVOL & SONS, IRON AND STEEL WIRE. ARCHE S$4*"2 LATH. ss Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Lah —— c= = _— ae DEALERS IN ‘ —— i ——— — w) Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony. Solder & Old Metals, PASSAIC ZING CO Dure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen4 Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, Manufacturers of IRON oCINCINNAT,, CORRUGATING CoO. “s+ CINCINNATI, 0. + SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. . THE SAMSON is the Best, the Simple and most Portable WIRE STRETCHER in the Market. 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. J AND PN . Plans and Estimates for Suspension Bridges Furnished on Application. Works and Office, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, 21 N. Fourth St. Chicago Office, 146 Lake Street. VIRES ROPE HAZARD MF'’G Co Send for Price List showing our liberal) Dis counts to the Wholesale Trade. wanerooxs : 7 Liberty St., New York. Wilkesbarre, Pa Broderick & Bascom Rope Go. WIRE ROPE BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY SAMSON NOVELTY WORKS Nos. 14 & 16 Main St., De Kalb, Ills. AND IN CANADA BY BULLOCK HARDWARE OCO., Otterville, Ontario. 98 Reade Street, lowa Barb Wire Co., “new vor ESTABLISHED 183817, 8. 8, CHASE, INOORPORATED 1876, Sec’y & Treas. Waterbury Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Goods THE WIRE GOODS CO., Worcester. Mass. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. AND STEEL MANUFACTURERS OF IRON WIRE ROPE, 704 & 7O6 N. Main St., - - - St. Louis, Mo. A. LHSCHEN c& SONS, Manufacturers of ‘SOUIM | ‘Suiyoeg dwoy i; WIRE ROPE 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited WV. So eee Se Manufacturer of Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope. BEECHER & PECK, MANUFACTURERS OF DROP PRESSES, DROP FORGINGS, &c., NEW HAVEN, CONN. Bright Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Double-Pointed Tacks and Staples, Wire Picture Cord, Clothes Line Wire, Hand Rail Screws, &c.,&c. Wires cut, bent, milled, straightened and made to any desired shape. Orders solicited from the Trade for the full hne of Screw Eyes, &c., known as Hardware Wire Goods. Quality guaranteed the best in the market. Special articles made to order, THE WIRE COODS CO., Worcester, Mass. (Of Brass, Copper WIRE CLOTHS (free Iron and Steel Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth. Riddles for Export and Foundry use. Coe! and Sand Screens. [ron Belting Cloth. Wire Work ef every description. No. 771i. FULTON ST ., = NEw YWToRs- A. W. PARMELEE, Pres't. W COOK’S FRICTION Lae Ae “ 4a LR DS ING “ING ING RES ation, rth St. SUIYIVG GWIY \2 pper: Ln zed of all ades. Deal October 22, 1885. THEH IRON AGE. 3 2 0. UNDEMANN £00.| CLA ERS & NEOEN, | THE FRED, J, MEYERS MFG. CO, MANUFACTURERS Menufacturers of | STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. COVINGTON, KY., Manufacturers of Jipanned, Bras, |'§ J—_——<_ SEIS il Soa oR close 52 rR TAR ae errs WIRB GOODS OF ALI KINDS. Tin Plated | S : - and Wood BIRD | CAGES. Original tnventors and patentees of right Metal Cages ““SHARP’S”” PAT. CAN OPENER. This Is the easiest and most rapid cutting Can Opener ever made It can be used to open either round or squarecans. By turning with = ungere the small ratchet on the end of the screw or spiral rod, i s ee 1e Knife or Cutter can be set to cut a hole any size, from 4% In. to » in. in diameter. The Knife is made of the finest fored and tempered steel, and on ps Ba its pecullar construction will cut the heaviest as well as the lightest can. The Spiral Screw, as well as the Sticker on the end, are also made of steel, and the whole device finished first class in every respect, making this, without > question, the simplest, most durable and best Can Opener ever introduced. SIIISISVII SIS SIS SII N r VALE LAL ELAEAAAALAAALLALLAE onstructed without solder 254 Pearl St., NEW YORK. WOLD IILELD LLL RL LEAL EE VR EELELELE EEL LALA f a one | Our patent Oval Popper with round corners is the neatest Ma:ket steel Wire, Cri: oline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. strongest and best Popper made. Dealers desiring a first class article should buy no other. Wrought-Iron Fencing, Cresting : “a a" Mincing Knives and Hardware Specialties. Send for Illustrated 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. a oe Catalogue and Price List IRON AND BRASS RIVETS. STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. nunc Read | BLAKE & JOHNSON, Wareroury, Cons.) BYZ@\TTTTI i iaoamaeayt =T+h aa MAss,\ For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. SS , LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO. sT. TrOUITS, Purchasers of Steel Tire will do well to MANUFACTURERS OF Wire Elevator Guards, see that their Tire bears the following label: Sune GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT OF CAMBRIA STEEL TIRE. “Casemmta rox company. JOHNSTOWN, PA LT ~ ao" LOO, SSeS RRA es SSO) BT OOOO KX] ROY QQ t OFFICE RAILINGS, DESK RAILINGS, SKYLIGHT GUARDS AND WIRE “WINDOW GUARDS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Ww. S. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. CLEVELAND, OHIO. Black letters on green paper. Buyers of this Tire ave assured of New, Clean and WITTENBERG ¢ SORBER = Sound Stock, carefully rolled, perfectly W | RE. W | R E CLOT H . W l R E RO PE, straight and rigidly inspected. Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. of Cambria Tron Company, a. NATIONAL WIRE »° IRON CO, DETROIT, MICE.., DRAWERS of Fine Brass and Copper Wire. BRASS and COPPER CLOTHS. New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, |-————— . eae - 104 READE ST. 202 First Nat. Bank Building. 523 ARCH ST. THOMPSON McCOSH, President, JOHN A, McOOSH, Sec. and Treas, eens BARB WIRE CARRIER. 8 Pounds) COOK’S FRICTION ‘MAQNIYD AYAWA Estab’d 1818. Incorp’d 1874. THE Gilbert & Bennett Mfg Co. WAREHOUSES: 42 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK, 228 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ILLS., MANUFACTURERS OF @ lron& Galvanized Wire Patent applied for. This grinder has a s-in. Emery and Corundum Wheel. | Runs easily to required speed, viz. 47:0; Is light, weigh- ing but 8 fbs.; small, occupying but little roo.n ; can be used wet or dry ; is weil made, the frame and wheel f charcoal iron with a hard-rubber friction pulley which can instantly be adjusted to any required ten- 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. | NO DANGER OF CUT- TING HANDS OR TEAR- ING CLOTHES, SAVES THE PRICE OF Chicago Office, 09 State Street. = a iY _ : - Sieves and Wire Cloth. THE LIFTER MANY Power Loom Painted and Galvan- cS EVERY D-: ized Window Screen Wire Cloth, ae STaReE BAN. Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warld’s Galvanized eb ‘ Wire Fence, Galvanized Twist Wire Poultry Netting. (HARDMAN PATENT.) Factories, Georgetown, Conn. Manufactured Five Sizes for Making Nails Solely by a re |NIEN-TSI CHINESE LACQUER, Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. , Our Agents, John H. Graham & Co., 113 Chambers St., carry stock of our Lifters and will supply at Factory prices. Thoroughly tested and in successful operation, A BRUSH OR DIP LACQUER. Will prevent Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel, Copper. Silver, Bronze and al compositions from corrodiog : also resists dampness, Kerosene Oil and Fiy Sproks | Can be applied without heating Metal. Bronze Powders will Mix Readily with this Lacquer. | For prices and particulars address BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, BLERMINGHAM, CONN. Sole Agents, H. S. ALLEN & CO., Sample and Prices sent on application. 112 JOHN STREET, NEW VORK. | A - | 20. TRRELL, Pres., 75 Chambers St., New York. DUNCAN K. MAJOR, Treas., Torrington, Conn. GEO. B. TUBE ii , HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively PATENT: OFFICE.) on HARDWARE COMPANY, | nna uanbentalaes toon 0 ahionss, Roeder & Briesen, ESTABLISHED 1864. Torrington, Conn., U. 8. A. SueeNe isk ee The advantage being that THE >t ae NGS " & SPE NCER Co. they will fit any style of - - 4 ——— HARTFORD CONN hee!, whether large or MANUFACTURERS O S SCREW PLATES AND | HIS CUT ILLUSTRATES OUR LATEST STYLE Pa « WORM | CLUB SKATES S2 and S4 Nassau St., small, without the use of straps. 82, Frosted Nickeled. Per Pair, $5.50. American and Foreign sinchiameih side aten 88, Polished Nickeled, DIES MADE IN & SIZES CUTTING Per Pair, $6.50. nd , : No - 3 a. 3 o , GENTLEMEN eae 0 - as a ae J: CC FROM ‘als ’ NC P A E N S Manufacturers of Ice and Koller Skates and Specialties in Hardware. Wood Turners, and Electro-platers ala ele FROD Y o AN INCH in Gold, Silver, Nickel and Brass. For Rink and Private Use, Solicited promptly apd at the lowest rates. ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR WOOD TURNING AND PLATING ON APPLICATION. TO 2 INCHES V Sin tsi wel? a 8e “FLORENCE” Re aw US. STANDARD AND WHITWORTH THREAD se LAMP STOVE. LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER. | Rese é ng EG Weight 43-4 lbs, No glass to break. The most perfect Antt-Friction Hanger in the Market, Will boil a quart of water quicker than kindling can be found to gen- BECAUSE ate é e ar » Sent to : Sadress in the { whe express pak : a) It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a W | e K WI R E B R OT Hd E R S CORTLAND, N. Y., on receipt of $1.50, aL - fa steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically free from wear, It 5 s is almost no'seless in action It requires no oil. It has a broad MANUFACTURERS OF ee —e { mT a bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It is by far the most ‘ durable. It may be used with any track. It is always in order. c.; es ~ \W ’ ( ss . ryory’ . _ / ) LANE’S PATENT TRACK IRE LOTH AND IRE WOODS Is made of steel and 1s easily putin position. Catches and holds no snow or ice. Door hung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not subject to decay. Re — no fitting, but is ready at once. May be used with hangers of other manufacture, “Manufactured by LANE BROS,, fousicersic x x, | “CORTLAND” 7 ; - 7 7 + Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, at. Nov, 14, 1876, & July 11, 1982, V7 ELAT ! HEAT A ROOM? CERTAINLY, usands have done so. that little | N Coal Sieves, FLORENCE y ‘JOHN H, GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. SCREE . HEATING STOVE i | pinscighinanants WIRE CLOTH Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. IDIE BEL MANUFACTURING CO. N. E. Cor. 34 and Cumberland Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA., | CHALLENGE EMERY GRINDERS, POLISHING MACHINES, COUNTER SHAFTS, HANGERS, &, Contractors and Builders of Light Machinery and Hardware Specialties, Metallic Coal Sieve. ‘ i for circulars, ete. to ENCE MACHINE CO., FLORENCE, MASS. “nple Lamp Stove gratis to responsible dealers upon application, : oes i @ v " — ad 2 aa oy _— v ed — a oe oe ee Ae ee aes October 22. Iggs : JAMES P. WITHEROW, msnem 7 ” Bante & Cate Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVEs AND 4 THE IRON AGE. 90 Beekman St., New York City, Iron 4x Steel Galvanized Sheet lron, at 7 Is Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.’s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm 8t,, New York. ° a7 Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and yonce 5 Sqivaniond AND “K i ~ a eis Hoop and Band Iron, Gulvanized Rod and Bar Lro BLACK DIAMON DS TT EI Seivanine d Nails, Galvanized Chain, Givanieeé from S P I E S All sizes of Cast and Machine ery Steel con- “ K i. reantly ow hand CORRUGATED SHEET IRON J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, py E R S O N & C 0. For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. §9 | Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUPFACT (Estasuisien 1799.) SHEET IRON. NEW YORK. Planished Sh OF SOFT STEEL, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 5 1S @ ee ron. <r 7 ATE T TU T speciall lapted for A Ni Boile) ) IRON and s rEEI oe I A TE AND TANK Iron, JOHN J HARRISON ox oe oe 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. ee ee a ' ( Cc 0. g | 1. 1874 an, 1, 1870; Oct, 17th, 1876; Jan Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolt And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, weiQa8,0:H- No. t C-H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, a. uth, 1877; Feb. 6th, 1877; Dec. roth, 1878 ; as ee - (Successor to HARRISON & GILLOON), Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. 1st, 1884 ; Feb. roth, 1884 : Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. 365 WATER 8T,, ri R. M. CO. * SHAFTING. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF K. REFINED AND COMMON ITOK, JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO, BAND, STHREL OF ALL KINDS. Se. CALL, ‘ “HASBAU, SAU." AR. WHITNEY &€0,,; PIG IRON, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS No. 68 Wall St., New York. lron and Steel DANIEL F rs COONEY, PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merehant Iron and 88 Washington St., New York, NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous | [RON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES Steel Plates BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder —_— GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS, BLACK SHEET IRON, | ness and satisfaction. Smooth on both sides. _ SYRACUSE ~ WHEELING NAILS, MALLEABLE IRON! — Laughtin Nail Co., aT 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, Proprteror. J LEONARD 24. 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. int, dees Cit IRON AND METAL DEALER, i Dy HERRY ST. IRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED 10 ORDER. | ss, sin, sx WATER ST. & a, 24, a0 C Guaranteed fully equalin all respects tothe| win ooninact to completely eree Price list and quotations sent upon ee has on hand, and offers for sale, the following : ‘ : a: ontrace ¥ pletely erect a5 a Mac poen one ioc i, sea IMPORTED RUSSIA IR¢ IN, and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit ‘0 yi s0 0 € 0 8. ras, FO D UMMOND, i ad, Pewter, kine, & Pee and at a less price. well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. IRON MERCHANTS, : ALSO I manufacture at our own works everythi; T y AT? Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata *rtaining Blast Furnace : Cy 190 SOUTH ®#T., NEW YORK. B U R D I N S ; u i appertaining to DBlast urnace and ' " f Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe, y GRADES OF Watks eonctvastion, on6 cearentes peo HORSE SHOES. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN “Burden Best” Iron Boiler Rivets. Soo Aree Ope ne Mae Dae oA “— PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS | 445 ' 451 West St NEW. YORK CARNEGIE BROS. 3. & MOO Li malted, Inve and es ok .hureeewte E 4 aa £ Orr. Ltd 177 & 179 Bank St,, ' A. P. NAIL CO ig Sool’ 7 ° e J) DSON, verson, Hammon rr, Ltd. MANUFACTURER OF THE CBESTER FIFE AND TUBE CO. Importer of and Dealer in TH f Bll k f) EN | RON CO SECOND ave PITTSBU os ‘ H Oo R os E S H Oo E | R Oo N Plans and cottenates furnished and contracts s “9 RGH, PA., ; ton. Books containing cuts ofall iron made sex SCOTCH AND AMERICAN _ , SARUFACTORERS 99 Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flas Please address 68 Mudson St, New York.| F737 O° Tron, TROY, N. Y. Li ght Sheet Iron. KEYSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited Borpen & Love Lt, WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, WILLIAM H. WALLACE & 0. ROOFING SHEET aeatunesne 8 of all grades a specialty, Prices quoted promptly upon application. x Ee <> MI, CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Pittsburgh, —— Bonnell, Botsford & Co... IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASH NGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. Commission Merchants, Q'2 METALS. 70 & 71 West St., 1333 & 338 Bokth St:tNEW YORK, | caches. {| —— NEW YORK, | it Wtetitie § — NEW Planters’ Hoe Handles Wm. H. Wallace. Wn. Bispham. E. C, Wallace. Fall River Iron Co.'s Nails, Bands, | IN STOCK. Hoops and Rods, Iron Buildings, Roofs, Shutters, Doors, Cornice:, AND J OH N B ROWE 7. MOSEL as” Mon BADGE AND ROOF CO., YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. 8i Merray Street. i GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. | _T. W. WELSH, Sup’ H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. Westinghouse Air-Brake Co PITTSBURGH, PA. VU. S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (orpatingnense & Smith Patents). Borden Mining Company’s CUMBERLAND COALS. | yaa IMPORTED & AMERICAN BIU(jcre) 2. pe He a BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. ne | G | n O N For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on © carriages, wagons, harness, &c. Ask for them LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- For Malleable and War-Wheel lurposes, cular aud price list. A SPECIALTY. Howard, Childs & Co., CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., CHARLES HIMKOD & CO.,|Commission Merchants, 62nd St., Betow Lancaster Ave., ___ CHICAGO AND DETROIT. No. 5614 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 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 price. The saving iv accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s wa avd the inereased speed possible with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application withis ave sh ort time The : * Automatic” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. |! application is yyy it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and should ti train separate, or hose or fail, it applies qusomeeeny. GUARANTEE is given customers against loss from PATENT 8 ITS on the apparatus sold The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of I5,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARs, and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., LIMITED Manufacture of all Grades of Fin ES SHE BT IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Aveé., Pittsburgh, Pa. _ CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ‘ oWM. McFARLAND, /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, Tron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, lron and Brass Founder, Cadilienc einsinn eae TRENTON, N. J. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. | Correspondence solic ited. Prices on application. ___Any size or style made at short notice, JH. sternbergh, Reading, Pa E JENCKES MANFG. C0. MANUFACTURER OF PAWTUCKET, R. L, REFINED BAR IRON. Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Also a0 o Specialty SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTT Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Rivets, Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. _ LAG SCREWS, TURNBUCKLEs, Rods and Forgings for Bridges and Buildings, New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street, ac, &, ae. SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON’ BEAMS, R. D. WOOD & C0., PHILADELPHIA Cast Iron Pipe LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STRE WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. goals single Ring ever inve ate ! hat closes on outside of the n« BRYANT’S PATENT Ch els, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, ELGG BE : me ein tine hmverien =. - a Fame. Only Double Bing nventes. BROWN'S PATERSON, N. J. ee a ees, Champion Hog Ringer, Elliptical Ring Room 45, Astor House, New York. sake 8 RINGS and HOLDER. and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ring — . The onl that will em - om sik a= ping tan i. eon, anes ie pine tf that ty oe sharp polnts in the nose, points in the flea" w o keep it sore CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN ©@O.,, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decacur, |! CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO’S Retails at 20 Cents Each. Joun J. SPOWERS, President. ALEXANDER BURNS, Manager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., MANUFACTURERS OF GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. alvanizing in All its Branches. Galvanized Sheet meee “Best Bloom, bon a Galvanized Round, Square, Band and »p Ir "Price, $2.00 per doz. and dis. ADDRESS MANUFACTURERS, PAINE, DIEHL & CO., 12 BANK STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. All Sizes All Gauges BOILER RIVETS, " : VARIETY METAL BOOM. of Corrugation and Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. ‘himackinaaeee| oz in all ite Branches a Specialty. Brass and other of Sheets. Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless 1% .to 5 inches, Vertical Engines, Hydranta, Fire Plugs, &c. PRAS. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkil) Co., Pa. Iron Corrugated for the Trade. FULLER BROTHERS & CO.. 139 Greenwich Street, New York Corrugated Sheet Iron a Spec aolty, eae joanne, Mok and Poses. es furnished on @ te | WORKS: GREEN and BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N. J, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE 98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK ace Whit Ove, verythir ind Ste » pron ILS, 0, 55. York, Mill. ce (ORK, 2ON, } Flats, mited aT, 20 KE Oo. H, Supt 1 10, ir ‘ E. uke for ylece of wages within yn. Its uld the tomers , Pa, rented 2 DOs and ade. RK © October 22, 1885. THE IRON AGE. WILLIAM R. HART & CO., Sliding Scales in the English Coal Trade. HENRY LEVIS & CO., EDWARD J. ETTING, °< | JUSTICE cox, Jn CHARLES K. BARNS. IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, | JUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO., 9 WERICAN AND FOREIGN Manufacturers’ Agents] 222 5. tao st, PHILADELPHIA. PA. pee ; ais . AME d / PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON Agents for At the meeting of the British Association, N SPIEGELEISEN | rh eS OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c ; Chickies, Conewago, Montgomery and Shenandoah Prof, J. C. Munro, of Owen’s College, read PIG {RO ‘ § | and Sheet Iron and General , ’ 5 a paper on ‘‘Sliding Scales in the Coal In- Railway Equipments mao Soe Se FOUNDRY and FORGE we oe followi i STEEL BLOOMS, CROP ENDS, | pain «pos 2 ones Mount Savege Fire Brick. dustry.” The following is a report of the TIN PLATES, &c Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold, iawn: inoue fan PrP I G IR OE IN » | paper : ~ ° oe . . > > " % ~ There <a i > sjorht wo, 9% WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. — | ee SS, ee eS NOMRUMS INON Cn! cone ese eek oh. Lee tel On ‘There are at the present time eight ees oe s ii . os 2 LYNCHBURG, VA., ity Muck Bar. CA TASAUQU A + alt ~ sliding scales im use in the coal in Heavy Rails, Light Rails,| ,Foursry and Forge Pig tron. Ae Ee ad ee tions dustry, viz: 1. The Durham scale of 184. e y * 9] STORAGE, WHARF axp YARD, Delaware Avenue, ; : ad 2. The Cumberland scale of 1884. 3. The above Callowhill St., connected by track with rail No. 224 So. Fourth St., I hila. Northumberland scale of 1883. 4 The road, CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON. Monmouthshire and South Wales Associa- tion scale of 1882, including the South Wales anthracite scale of 1882. 5. The Ocean scale of 1882. 6. The Ferndale scale of “sat, amu e va, (Je"0me Keeley & Co, Railway Fastenings, STREET I t * 206 Walnut Place, Phila., 1882. 7. The Somerset scale of 1876. RA LS, Successors to Lioyp & Linpsay, Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHKAcITE | 8. The Bedworth scale of 1879. The num BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON. | po. a ' ne aaa 528 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. | $riri. and IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS | ber of miners whose wages were governed 7 NETIC « ». "ITE TRON ORES, Iron ~— and a Builders’ Materials, Stee) Oe OOK Oral one CORE. Mt CK BARS Handle and Iron Shapes and Bars, Sheet Iron, Sheet Steel, | Ola [ron and Steel Rails. Scrap [ron, &c. Examine Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Plate Girders for Bridges and | and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties Buildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures. by the sliding scale amounts to about 123,000 —i. e., to one-fourth of the mining popu- lation of the United Kingdom. Every scale was based on two standards—a stand- Cambria Iron Co., E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser J. B. M. Hirons a tial f | and & stained h ard price of coal and a standard wages—the onvete WORKS, Ethelbert W atta. Jos. C. Poulterer E. H. WILSON & Ci, standard wages being paid when the stand- f E 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia, |ard price was realized. For instance, the 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, . THELBERT WATTS CO., aaa standard price of coal in the Durham coal Philadelphia, Pa. . Pennsylvania. a Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, 5 field was 3/10 and under 4/; and, there- fore, when coal was sold at that price the fixed standard wages are payable. That was the first principle. The second princi- ple underlying a sliding scale was that as coal rose above or fell below the standard price wages were to rise above or fall below the standard wages. By the price of coal was meant not the retail price, but the price agreed upon, which was generally that at the colliery or on board ship. It was well known that prices might vary not merely from day to day, but even during the same day. It would be obviously impossible to vary wages from day to day with every variation in price. Hence it was that two further principles had been introduced into sliding scales. First, wages were only revised at certain intervals, generally every three or four months, and even then wages were only increased or lowered when the price was found to have risen or fallen by a certain fixed amount. For instance, under the as- sociation scale of South Wales, wages rose or fell 2% per cent. with every rise or fall of 4d, in the price of coal. In Cumberland, on the other hand, wages rise and fall 1% per cent. with every rise or fall of 144d. in the price of coal. The sliding scale might, therefore, be defined as a method by which wages, based on a standard wage payable at a standard price, rose or fell an agreed percentage with every agreed rise or fall in the average price of coal at the mines, such average price being ascertained at fixed in- tervals. The economic aspects of sliding scales could only be properly considered No. 920 So. Third Stveot, Philadelphia. I R O N AND ST I < | € I = Pennsylvania ad Virginia Pig Iron, * orn- . sited wall,’’ ** Cheste-,”? and Ov her Iron Ores. Coe a kinds. Gorrespondense solicinans sere or raP oF all J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, L. & R. WISTER & CO., |/RON COMMISSION (MERCHANTS, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. 757 So. ath St., Ph si x Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand aie _——— ieee, GLASUA »W IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars ; — SPRANG STEEL & TRON CO. (Limited), Siemens Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. | Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal Pig Iron, Buchanan | Plates, Angles and Shapes. Red Short Pig [ron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. INO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, MORRIS, WHEELER & Cco., 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA. Iron, Steel and Nails. | Pig Iron & Ores, Steel & Iron Blooms, Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal Co. SALES OFFICES, Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, 400 Chestnut St., Charcoal Lron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &e. PHILA., PA. PHI'A.. 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. “OF 2 R Trusses, Girders and Joists, and ail kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- " OM accion of Ficaterdt Buildings : Patent Wrought Iron Columns, W eldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished, Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty St. Boston Agents, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & co., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE éc& SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 619 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa. 2 ‘ i for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, — qetciees eee : Last, Stampine. Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Lron, Ww. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York. NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., FOR BEST MILL New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. ; : - PRODUCTS. NorTH Broreers, Andover Pig ltOn,s:: 2, Each Pig marked exact chill depth (i In. to %& In.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. Iron Fou nders, Fem crioes, agent. 240 So, 3d St., Phila, J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Light Castings a Specialty. I. J. Mé YH IR N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA., PA., SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- Established 1847. i 2 ° € l e ? Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. A. WHITNEY & SONS, burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laure after attention had been directed to the de- E UNITED STATES FOR omaha ,— | tailed working of the scales. In so far as it — == C A 2 W H i EL WO Rt KS Founday PP | G | RO N and Forze | was legally binding, a sliding scale in THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” ’ —Iiaw was to be regarded as « part of the Malleable Pig Iron, brand U. Box PHILADELPHIA. CHARCOAL PIG IRON. contract of service between the mine owners $$ SMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. ee han” aura D Charcoal! 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 s50 per éent, Metallic Manganese, and the miners who were parties to it, fixing the amount of wages payable so long as the relation of employer and employed continues. The sliding scale did not prevent a mine owner from dismissing a miner, nor a miner from leaving the mine, at any time, on proper notice being given by either party. it merely declares that wages are to be pay- Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars.| Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co,’s Fire Brick. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., Sonshpkocke™ MANUFACTURERS OF Pig Iron, Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. wc PP. ROBERTS c CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, Foundry and Forge. ce ah - able during 2 ee cer © Plate and Sheet Iron, | within the period covered by the scale. Th PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, Puddled Bars, Nae ae cert et heen” | site the period covered hy the wale. ‘The Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, existing scales are as follows : = Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. Durbam. megesseese esses ous 9/10 and under ‘ . ete ets —— a , Z Cumberland................. 4/6. oe S768 SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Northumberland lessees ve 8 ° 4 10 Office, No. 26 8, Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Tron. oean paren nener a8 w/0 a 10/ix > BOMOCGIBGl....- .eeeue . ' ( “ ‘ GORDON. STROBEL & LAUREAU .......... wate ’ ’ The lecturer then directed attention to each of these scales, and examined the vari- ations in prices that resulted in variations in wages. The advantages of sliding scales as regulating wages might be reduced to two heads; 1. They gave a steadiness to trade ; and, 2, they gave a steadiness to wages. He then dealt with the economic aspects of slid- ing scales and their relation to the economic doctrine of wages. The sliding scale was based, not on the principle that wages were paid out of capital, or that the number of those employed as compared with the capi- tal determined the rate of wages, but on the principle that the miner and the colliery owner were engaged in a common enter- prise, and that the produce was to be shared between them. The relation of mine owner and miner resembled a partnership. The employer brought into the concern a certain amount of capital and mental labor, and undertook certain risk; the miner gave his physical labor and ran the risk of losing his life. The produce was divided on the principle of the miner taking a fixed share and the employer keeping the balance. Out of this balance the employer paid cer- tain outgoings, and kept the remainder as his profit. Notwithstanding that the sliding scale was a practical protest by both masters and men against competition as a regulator of wages, it would be a mistake to assume that the supply of Jabor as compared with the demand for labor had no relation to the sliding scale. Historically, the sliding scale was connected with competition. The standard wages were, under many scales, the rates paid in the year when the scale was first adopted. Such rates were the out- come of competition, combination and arbi- tration. That the scales were not sufficiently based on scientific principles was apparent, but it was to be hoped that, with the further growth of friendly feeling between the masters and the men, the idea of a partner ship in production would lead to a further development of the types of sliding scales now in use. ENGINEERS, No. 226 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Bradlee & Go., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. ‘DD. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. Low Blast Stationary © CONVERTER Tuyeres instantaneously re- movable. Especially suitable for the production of soft material. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, ANUFACTURERS OF ~CUMBERLIND” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Lea & Co, Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated UTIS STEEL BRAND J STANDARD $F Quality and mcrae | fully guaranteed Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &c. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, WORKS AT LEWISTOWN, PA. Office, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn-Tables. General Office, 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. JI. W. PAXSON & CoO., DEALERs in MOULDING SAND, Oe cor ninn LY rome yi 15 MANUFACTURERS BOOTH, GARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836. Analysis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, cP Mr. E. F. Loiseau is building one of his plants for compressing fuel at the collieries of the Société Anonyme des Houilléres Mines du Bassin de Charleroi, which is the largest mining company in Belgium. The plant is being located at, the Ham-sur-Sambre Col- liery. Professor Prestwick, after extensive in : . quiry shes the conclusion that the normal xX MINERAL, CHARCOAL FACING, LEAD FACING, i l t d liances for th id and accurate analysis of Lron, Steel, Iron | 4FY, Fea : : XX MINERAL, ANTHRACITE FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, | Once lage, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and | increase in temperature in depth is about 45 IXL FACING, SOAPSTONE, STEEL BRUSHES. Baltimore, Price lists on application. feet for 1° F, 7 yf HEHE IRON AGE. October 29 885, = s Kstablished - - 1861. WROUGHT IRON A. H. McN EAL, , THOMAS Co. BURROWS, . JERSEY .!| Agent for Jersey City Steel Company, a O I | e r 7 U b € S ’ BURLINGTON, ° - NEW Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, Oil Well Tubing, Casing ang LINE PIPE. CALUMET IRON & STEEL CO.,)..00 eens caren. MANUFACTURERS OF Rolling Mill i General OPEN HEARTH STEEL, PIG METAL, Machinery. MERCHANT BAR, IRON AND NAILS, ORKS SIEMENS OPEN HEARTH STEEL CASTINGS FOR Manufacturers of Key © § "E: A: % Of All Descriptions. WAREHOUSE, 99 and 101 JOHN ST. NEW YORK. FLANGE PIPES. "yIOM AIpuno, [ereuss RAILROAD, MACHINERY AND AGRI- CULTURAL PURPOSES. Offices, First National Bank Building, Chicago, Tu. casT IRON PIPES FOR WATER AND GAS. C. R. CUMMINGS, President. Works at Cummings, —— | D.C. BRADLEY, Vice-Pres. and Gen’! Man. J. M. BROWN, Sec’y & Treas. Cook County, Ill. ESIABLISHED IN 1848. : SINGER, NIMICK & CO,, Lp, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF HAMMERED AND ROLLED S'I BBL... WARRANTED EQUAL TO ANY PRODUCED. BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL For Edge and Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear-Knives, Cold-Chisels and Machinists’ Tools generally. SAW PLATES For Circular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. Sheet steel For Springs, Billes Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, Stamping Cold, &c., &c. SIEMENS-MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE STEEL For Boilers, Fire- Boxes, Smoke-Stacks, Tanks, &c. gr All our Plate and Sheet Steel being rolled by a Patented Improvement, is unequaled for surface f