The Iron Age 1885-11-05: Vol 36 Iss 19

|The Iron Age i. ceADING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS &c, 23. Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Writutams, No. 83 No. 19 Vol. ray Vd: AND English Rail-Mill Engines. r engraving this week shows a pair of reversing rail-mill engines, built some ico by the well-known English firm of Brothers, of Sheffield, for the rail { the Tredegar Bessemer Works. The rs of the engines are 48 inches in et liameter and 4 feet 6 inches stroke. They : are overhung and fitted with balanced slide- -alves driven by eccentrics through revers- ng links of the Allan type. The reversing . < effected by a steam cylinder fitted with titable controlling gear, so arranged as to ense with the usual oil cataract. heav APS. Dav mil Is} ont / synals, its extreme length is 20 feet and a4 its weight upward of 13 tons. It is made halves, bolted together in the center, the fjanges being used for carrying the balance lisk, The hight from the foundation to the center of the crank-shaft is 4 feet and the total weight of the engines about 150 tons. \ pair of cogging-mill engines, built by ing cylinders also 40 inches in diameter and 5 feet stroke, and are fitted with balanced the Allan type, by eccentrics fitted to separate shafts and driven by drag-links | ys-inch nozzle. The composition of this pro- | from the main cranks. The reversing is effected, as in the previous case, by a steam cylinder fitted with suitable controlling gear, so arranged as to dispense with the usual oil cataract. All the starting handles are brought to an elevated platform erected over the center of the engine, so that the Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as New York, T. hursday, November 5, 1885. | themselves fully satisfied, not merely with | prevent clogging up of the tap-hole a small} This investigation referred specially to the progress which is being made, but also with the prospect which has developed itself since the undertaking was commenced of immediate commercial success. METALLURGICAL. Puddling at Works, At the works of the Otis Iron and Steel Co., at Cleveland, there are two mechanical Mechanical the Otis The | puddling furnaces which are used to produce | and 1.2 tons in the large one. shaft is 18 inches in diameter in the| blooms which, it is claimed, are purer than | | | { | ! ___—__¢9 Lake Champlain blooms, and are used to produce mild steels. The work is done with molten pig, the fusion in the Siemens fur- nace partly eliminating the silicon in the pig, while the puddling removes nine-tenths of the phosphorus as well as the belance of the silicon and the manganese. The pig iron treated carries about 1 per cent. of sili- . . . e . : om | o same firm, are furnished with overhang- | C90, 0.06 to 0.15 phosphorus and 1 per cent. of manganese. The two gas producers of the melting furnace are cylindrical. are blown by two steam injectors with a ducer gas is as follows, by volume : Per cent. Carbonic acid a CE Grane ceasSiecss eccasencedes FEVUNOEIIRS ace cnccennecseccccss cooseese Marsh gas baat The man in charge of the producers receives a premium or pays a penalty according to pb Se Fuse PAP ssidceeeewe ate a . tol eeeeeee . eoese 0 man in charge has a complete view both of | whether the percentage of carbonic acid in the engine and of the rolls. Hi. GS. ry. idl Af Ors, REVERSING-RAIL MILL ast steel and have the counterweights “ton. The crank-shaft is of best wrought P iron, 16 inches in diameter in the jour- ind 20 inches in the middle. The nd-motion shaft is also best wrought iron, 20 inches in diameter in the bear- ind 24 inches in the middle. The spur ug has a ratio of about 2 to 1, it is sch pitch and 24 inches wide at the points ‘he teeth. The total weight of the en- Ss 1s about 140 tons. — a small steel works which are being j at Creil, in France, by an association ‘risilan manufacturers, are interesting ‘0 account of their own completeness *xcellence and from the fact that they if successful, be followed by numerous ‘ons in various parts of the country. ‘imilar installations are spoken of as already designed and a third is under ‘eration. These works are specially ned for the production of small ingots, are in great demand for the rolling ef the Seine. The Clapp & Griffiths ‘ters will be exclusively used ; one of ‘8 to be fixed, the other movable. The of construction is being pushed on rously for the purpose of being able to ~ Operations on January 1, 1886. The ‘Hoters of the scheme inspected the “<8 @ few days ago, and they expressed Vire. pr pr we Thecranks are! the gas is below or above 5 per cent; 6 ENGINES AT THE TREDEt per cent. is considered bad, and 7 per cent. very bad. His work is controlled by hourly analyses. The two Danks furnaces are of different size, the older one being 6 feet 6 inches by 6 | feet 6 inches, while the new one is 8.5 feet long and 6.5 feet in diameter. The fire- | bridge and the flue are respectively 50 and | 40 inches in diameter. The furnaces are like the Bouvard used at Creusot, with the | exception that the center ring to divide the | loop is omitted, The furnace is lined with | They | ide-valves worked, through reversing links | #F¢ 14 feet high and 7 feet in diameter, and | orifice is left in the refractory sand, from which a small stream of molten pig iron is- sues constantly. The iron is run into a ladle car, from which it is poured into the pud- dling furnace by means of a runner. The puddler is at once rotated and the opera- tion begun. It lasts 20 to30 minutes. Often three charges are worked in an hour. Fif- teen in 10 hours is attained, and the aim is to reach 20. Generally the work con‘inues from six to seven hours, and 10 to 12 charges are made in each furnace. Each one of these charges produces 1 ton in the small furnace The output ; i Wt ‘itt 4 \ 7 Ha ii bi re a : Mh hi dt 5 a tu ‘AR BESSEMER WORKS, BUILT BY 1 is 500 gross tons per month. The consump- tion of coal is about 100 per cent., one- third being for the melting and two-thirds for the puddling, the coal costing $1.80 at | works, The quantity of ore used is 600 to | 700 pounds, and the yield of blooms 102 to 103 per 100 of pig iron. The blooms con- tain some ore not melted, which makes them little suitable for the manufacture of wrought iron. In melting them in the open-hearth furnace this ore is slagged. They have a fine, grayish grain, hold 0.15 to 0.20 carbon, a mixture of pure lime and Lake ore, upon | 0 007 to 0 or phosphorus when the pig con which is a fettling of pure ore, which out- | lasts 10 to 12 charges. rapid destruction of the lining and to favor dephosphorization the silicon in the pig iron is kept near 1 per cent., equivalent to about | o.8 per cent. in the molten pig when charged. When it drops to 0.6 or 0.7 per cent. the wear is less, but then the cinder is not suf ficiently fluid and the oxide from the fet tling is not entirely scorified, and makes the working of the product difficult. It is held by the manager that the most favorable per- centage of silica in the cinder is about 25 percent. The melting furnace is charged every evening with 30,000 pounds of pig, which is melted in time in the morning to begin work, At every cast 1500 to 2000 pounds are withdrawn and a corresponding quantity of pig charged. Thus the furnace melts 60,000 pounds per day. In order to tains 0.06 per cant. of that element, and | In order to avoid | 0.02 per cent. when it carries 0.15 phos- phorus. The crew consists of five men at the melt- ing furnace, being one gasman, two chargers | and two melters, four men at the puddling, viz., a foreman, an engineer, a puddler and a helper, and five men shingling, including laborers. An Investigation into the Comparative Merits of Iron and Steel Beams. One of the most exhaustive investiga- tions into the comparative merits of iron and steel has been recently carried out by Prof. L. Tetmayer, of the Polytechnic School at Zurich, Switzerland, for the firm | of Gebrueder Stumm, of the Neunkirchen Iron Works, near Saarbruecken, Germany. i So ee m wrought-iron and basic-steel beams of the standard section of the German State Rail- ways, and it possesses direct interest in this country, because the general question is one much debated since the introduction of steel beams by the Carnegies, of Pittsburgh, and since the North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. are credited with into the same business. The wrought iron used at the Stumm Works is made from white and mottled minette pig, to which | some pig higher in manganese and lower in phosphorus is added, comparative prices at ‘the present time favoring the use of Siegen MESSRS. DAVEY BROS., spiegeleisen. The following are the anal- | yses of the different grades of pig used : Mottled White minette pig. minette pig. Per cent. Per cent. Spie- geleisen. Per cent. Carbon....... 2.8 to 3.0 2.6 to 28 4.4 Silicon.. . 0.6 to 0,7 0.5 to 0.6 0,2 Phosphorus.. 1.9 1.9 0.07 Sulphur 0.09 0.09 Trace. Manganese... 0.2 0.2 8 to 10 Copper..... . & 0.8 The high percentage of phosphorus makes it necessary in puddling to fettle with iron ore low in phosphorus and silica, and to| cover the hearth with a mixture of roll scale, hammer scale and manganese ore (carrying 18 per cent. manganese), the latter to the extent of 4 to 5 per cent. of the charge. normal manner. and are at once rolled into muck bar, which is broken cold for the purpose of sorting it. The fracture is fibrous, showing some fine grain and considerable cinder. Worked twice the fiber disappears and the iron shows a tensile strength of 3.5 to 3.8 metric tons per cubic centimeter (50,009 to 54,000 pounds making preparations to go SHEFFIELD, The puddling process proceeds in a | The balls are hammered | | heat. | chine. per square inch), and elongation of 16 to 24 | per cent. and a contraction of area of 20 to 40 percent. The mean of two analyses of borings taken from the wrought-iron beams showed the following analysis : Per cent a aia a ésint ee ee Te ae 0.014 CRG eeleiai es Getta ites.) Wesneeg . 0.125 Second-Class Matter, S250 a lear, Including Tostage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Per cent Phosphorus U.385 Sulphur 0.027 Manganese 0.095 Copper . 0.021 The piles are made with doubly-worked iron at the corners and beam scrap in the center, the percentage of the different ma- terials being 80 per cent. of muck bar, 10 per cent. doubly-worked bar and 10 per cent. scrap. The steel is made at Neunkirchen by the | basic Bessemer process from pig iron aver- aging the following composition : ! Per cent. Carbon 8.0 | Silicon 0.8 | Phosphorus oe | Salehar 0.7 Manganese ; 2.0 An addition of 1.5 tons of calcined lime is made to the 8.2-ton charge. After blow- ing 540 seconds, the after-blow took 245 | seconds, at the end of which time the metal contained : Per cent. Carbon. . 0.022 Silicon .. None, Phosphorus .. 0.060 Sulphur. . .. 0.042 Manganese. ... . 0.250 Copper... . 0.009 Then an addition was made of 35 kg. of spiegel, of 30 kg. of ferro No. 1 and 10 kg. | of ferro No. 2, these materials containing | by analysis : Ferro Ferro Spiegel No. 1, No. 2. Manganese 11.00 70.00 30.00 Carbon.. 5.50 6.00 6.00 Silicon .. 0.40 0.90 0.75 | Phosphorus ' 0.09 8.2 0.20 . ENGLAND, The steel produced was analyzed with the follow Ing result : Per cent Carbon.. 0.070 Silicon 0.010 PNT. ks ic ccnurscccanacevecsaspevsaqenes 0.080 Sulphur 0.042 Manganese 0.465 Copper. 0.018 The steel is cast into 23.5 em. (9.25 inches) in- gots for smaller sections, and 28.8 em. (11 inches) ingots for larger sections, and are preheated in regenerative furnaces. Sections Nos. 10 to 19 are rolled on a three-high train, and the heavier ones on a reversing train, the former in 17 and the latter in 13 passes. The wrought-iron beams are rolled on the two trains in 15 and 9 passes respectively, the length of the beams being from 15 to 20 m. (50 to 64 feet), in all cases rolled in one Professor Tetmajer made in all 556 tests, the full record of which is given in the pamphlet before us Test pieces were cut from the web and from the flanges of both the steel and the iron beams, and were tested in the usual way on a Werder ma- Other pieces were bent cold on a machine over a rod 2.6 cm, in diameter (9.84 inches) to an angle of 95° to 100°, and, if no fracture was visible, were folded down, and it may be stated at once that no fracture whatever occurred in the case of the steel. (Concluded on page 5.) 3 ae = + ee a Ce ee ee a =—S4> ee ee ee ee ed ed ° THE IRON AGE. November 5, iggs — = ae a nD i , i oe | PHILIP L. MOEN, President and Treasurer. a, F. WASHBURN, Vice-President anc ie i ANSONIA BRAGS AND| THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG. CO. WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G co ee oe D - ca a Established 1831. WORCESTER, MAsc ’ PURE COPPER WIRE, ba Sheet and Roll Brass For Electrical Purposes, nt * Bare and Covered. O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED W AND pu aie . | Se COPPER. | b B a C , : tee ae = : a Seamless Brass and a er ury l Ss 0, WwW | R HK, aa a aa : — an hae oe W.E. DODGE. shoes, Robe, ede Sy se GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, Pres’t. e Wire, O'Neils’s | Of} R | d ’ B CUPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER re, O’ Neils’: eee Se eet, nO | and Platers’ Brass, ELECTRICAL WIRE, G. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. AA.‘ ‘OWLES, Secretary. Patent Nickel- German Silver, Copper, Brass and , en — German Silver Wire, Brass and rc. : ; Copper Tubing, =e Copper Rivets and Burs, 3rass Kettles, Door Rail, Brass Tags, Per- cussion Caps, Powder Flasks, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas- ures, &c., and small Brass Wares Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, §€¢. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. 19 & 21 CHM Street, of every description. C ° ° Sh t Rolling Mill, =| Factories, Re NEW YORK. artridge Metal in eets or THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. | FT EFRONW and STE EI, WIiIRE a Shells a Specialty. Patent Steel Barb Fencing, Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. ; WIRE RODS of all Grades ; Round Iron, Rivet quality, 3-16 in. to 4 in., cut toany length. Ow ne clusive Operators of the PATENT CONTINUOUS ROLLING MILL, proaucing Lron ands in coils of too pounds, without SEAM or WELD. Patent Galvanized Telegraph Wire. Marke Wire, Annealed Fence and Grape Wire in long lengths ; Coppered Pail-Bail Wire ; Rope Bridge I Rivet, Buckle and Chain Wire. Wire ror the manufacture Pr Card Clothing, Heddles, Reeds, &e. P BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF PHELPS DODGE & CO Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S ’ “9 Line of Sporting Goods, IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS: MILLS AT vores Wire, Sey ae gue cianed plated Wire of all sizes. A specialty is mave of Clix ery, Gun Screw and Spiral Spring Wire, and Refined Wire to Patte or pt cular p OSes or 296 Broadway, New York, W A T E R B U R Y ’ eet an 0 ass, am Ba eres . any grade of Wire furnished. Annealed, Bright, Polished. é ie red, a \ a in Plated. re furnished, Straightened aud Cut to : lepgth. Stee ‘ri » ive. Pat l | N FP I A l E 125 Eddy St., Providence R. I. CONN. faish. Un rivaled Steel’ Music ‘Wire. Steel W ie for Sectaan, : b inty any hy Mark, tt = —_—__—— —— PER WIRE AND TUBING ep 1 SULOCK, All SIZe8. : . —* THE BRASS AND COE t NG, ' . iwES ;! New York, 16 Cliff and 241 Pearl Sts WAREHOUSES :/ Chicago, 107 and 109 Lake st. SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, Roofing Plate, Sheet wrens 20°" New Haven Copper Co Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. ‘on ia SOLE MAKERS OF copper==prass. POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN (Established 162.) BRAZIERS’ & SHEATHING COPPER SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY Kettles, Reng Circles, &c. WATERBURY, - CONN., Manufacturers of BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. GERMAN } Sheet German Silver German Silver | Cast Steel Augers ald Bits of Superior Quality. a Ae ) Narrow, Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, 294 Pearl St, N EW YO RK. 5 Stop, Spring aud Piano-Forte. BUTTONS. | ond, School Lasting Stik and Dress! MICKERCON VAN DUSEN & CO ’ "9 LAMP S ) German Student Lamaps. Kerosene GUODS.5 urners, Kerosene Lamps. PHOTO- /; Camera Boxes, Printing Frames, IMPORTERS OF GRArHICS ee cnutuents Paver, oias&=.1 TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, Seovill’s Patent Lock B for Post Offi COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC,, DEPOTS: os Seeome Gwent, Hew SL 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, 183 Lake Street, Chicago. | DICKERSON & CO.. Liverpool. NEW YORK. Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and By Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. Iron, Coal and Copper Mines SUPPLIED WITH Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manutacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray St., N. Y. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 25 SS Fase Place. 18 F.deral St. 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. GERMAN SILVER Spoons, SILVER- CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH OF ALL KINDS HOWARD & MORSE. 45 FULTON STREET. NEW YORK. ork. 7 Devonshire Street, Boston. + TRON > ROOFING ABRAM 8. HEWITT, Pres., WM. HEWITT, Vice-Pres.. JAMESHALL, Treas,, E. HANSON, Se Tae TRENTON IRON Co., MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE. PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BURNERS, &C. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, SIDING, CEILING, AGENTS FOR = = e ARCHE S4*"" LATH. Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Q3dWiud Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony. Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. o) we cc ee 2) .S CORRUGATING CO. + CINCINNATI, O. + . SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. . PASSAIC ZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. ‘2d Floor), NEW YORK. GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS. Manufacturers of IRON gm WIRE, , THE SAMSON is the Best, the Simple and most Portable WIRE STRETCHER in the Marxet. 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. Line of Draft direct; always Self-Adjust ing; Rigid Double Handle.; Double Pawl; it works at either end of the fence, at either side of the post and either side up. LIGHT, PORTABLE, SIMPLE, SURE. For sale by all leading wholesale Jobbing Hardware Houses and Barb Wire men in the United States. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY SAMSON NOVELTY WORKS Nos. 14 & 16 Main St., De Kalb, Ills. AND IN CANADA BY BULLOCK HARDWARE CO., Otterville, Ontario. 98 Reade Street, lowa Barb Wire Co., New York. ESTABLISHED 1837, H. 8. CHASE, INCORPORATED 1876, Sec'y & Treas. Waterbury Mfo. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Goods HAZARD MFG Co. Send for Price List showing our libera) Dis. counts to the Wholesale Trade. WORKS: wanenoous : B77 Liberty St., New York, Wilkesharre, Pa Broderick & Bascom Rope Co, =, ee a a) —— ——_S WIRE ROPE BRODERICK& BASCOM ROPE Co. ne Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes. straightened and cut to order. MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL Wikhnk KROPE, 704 & 7O6 N. Main St., - - - St. Louis, Mo. A. LESCHEN ct& SONS, Manufacturers of 1 WIRE ROPE ‘SOUIM | ‘Suiyoeg dwoy Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope. Correspondence invited aS S 3 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. WwW. Ss BS TE vy. Manufacturer of THE WIRE GOODS CO., Worcester. Mass. Bright Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, Double-Pointed Tacks and Staples. Wire Of Brass. Copper: WIRE CLOTHS tke , - > > , cea I Steel Lecomotive Spark Wire Cloth. Riddles for Export and Foundry use wees and Sool Ger trea Bolting Cleth. Wire Work of every descriptien. No. 71. FULTON sT, - NEW YOR® Picture Cord, Clothes Line Wire, Hand Rat] 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, MANUFACTURERS OF Special articles made to order. . ; pecial articles mac ode Leavitt’s Improved Screw Driver (Patent Ap- 3 . THE WIRE COODS CO., Worcester, Mass. —| plied for). Leavitt’s (Pat.) Common Sense 4. W. PARMELES, Free't. , y "Can Opener. Sheet Metal Punching of all Kinds to Order, COOK’S FRICTION No. quil BIR BE ~ 4 KK. ation. irth St. 0, \= ° \¢ tL ‘Suryorg dwoy i Popper: y auld e, of all jrades- coa Nove mber 5 1885. x EL BE I R O IN A G E . a. gO. LINDEMANN & 00. CLATR & MOEN, | THE FRED, J, MEYERS MFG. CO, MANUFACTURERS STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. COVINGTON, KY., Manufacturers of Srp Suet caiamy <n wwiRs Goons oF AIILZ HKBIN DS. Manufacturers of | | Japanned, Brass, fin Plated | a > = and Wood ee Si \ . = ~ = eS BIRD tae wins syn 0377p ae Se Nw e - > = | + SHANNA ! See wt “SHARP'S” PAT. CAN OPENER. a SN 3 ~ = - This is the eastest and most rapid cutting Can Opener ever made S > A = It can be used to open either round or square cans. By turning with ~ ~~ = = the fingers the small ratchet on the end of the screw or spiral rod Original foventors . S 2S ~ the Knife or Cutter can be set to cut a hole any size, from %& in. t and patentees of ~ a > = 5 in. in diameter. The Knife is made of the finest forged and tempered steel, and on account of its pecullat Bright Metal Cages ~ ny construction will cut the heaviest as well as the lightest can. The Spiral Screw, as well as the Sticker on the constructed without SS “3 = end, are also made of steel, and the whole device finished first class in every respect, making this, withont solder — tse — = question, the simplest, most durable and best Can Opener ever S > U introduced 254 Pearl St.,| - = , | , Our patent Oval Popper with round corners is the neatest NEW YORK. " . strongest and best Popper made Dealers desiring a first-class Market =teel Wire, Cri: oline Wire, Tempered and Covered. uit i article should buy 1 th W ht-T i i 7 tl ihe é cle shouk uy oo er rouse oO ene g resting’ Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. SSS EP ' <e Se ee a - Mincing Knives and Hardware Specialties Send for Illustrated 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. eS? Catalogue and Price List ast IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. see “TE! BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. AWR@T ORGAN San NNO ores SeLibibuy HD LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO., HARROW TOOTH STEEL, sT. LOUIS, Mo. tough, strong and hard. Wears See ‘ aeses: Successors to W. S. TYLER, MANUFACTURERS OF Revolving Coal = well in the ground. In multiple Coal Yard Screens and Foundry Ridiles. Wire Cloth of precy Poa Made and | bars or sheared to lengths. arried in Stoc W.S. TYLER, Pres. EE. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. | Also POI NTED HAR ROW 4 . 10. : 5. @ AASB “ ae | TEETH, round, square, dia- Eso [ee mond or oval. W IRE, WIRE C L OT H, W IRE ROPE, Z a Low prices on large lots. Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. = m Address GAUTIER STEEL = ees — = < DEPT. of Cambria Iron Co., NATIONAL” WIRE. eS IRON CO WL 2 za JOHNSTOWN, PA. DETROIT, MICEL., . ne at DRAWERS of Fine Brass and Copper Wire. S Zz ALSO WEAVERS OF oO 9 = BRASS and COPPER CLOTHS. Vin 0 "| 10¢4 READE St. 202 Firet Net. cy "eae ANON OF. TSO, SETS, emgent, SOO. BAGOES, She, 08 Town, ae ean’ LIFTER AND Bese), —— BARB WIRE “carrier. Patent applied for. ernest | = SS = —= : = “THE ae @ Rane cit to required speed, Vis. x7 07 ls lant, veigh-|| ———$> sss _—— ___< =| Gilbert & Bennett Mfc. Co. oe a oa ed aah i ihes vice ‘the tearne ant iw heel e =S=— 7 ——— te uo — WAREROUSES : cicamgenaet o aaael te ar te sonal tet = 42 CUFF ST., NEW YORK, NO DANGER OF CUT- TING HANDS OR TEAR. ING CLOTHES, SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY 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, 209 State Street WIRE NAIL MACHINES (HARDMAN PATENT.) Five Sizes for Making Nails NIEN J-TSI CHI CHINESE LACQUER, 228 LAKE S?., CHICAGO, ILLS., MANUFACTURERS OF Sleves and Wire Cloth. Power Loom Painted and Galivan- ized Window Screen Wire oth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying 5 ae oe, arid’s Galvanized eb A re ence, Galvanized Twist aA Wire Poultry Netting. Factories, Georgetown, Conn. Manufactured . Solely by [PATENTED.] No. 28 to No. O Gauge any Re- Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. quired Length UNEQUALLED FOR DURABILITY, Prevents Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel, Copper, Silver, Bronze and Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. : ali com portions Hom sorroding. Gite resiote damanees, EE ene Ole Our Agents, john H. Graham & Co., 113 Chambers St., carry stock of our Liflers and will supply at Factory prices vot ee" | Sole Agents, H. S. ALLEN & CO., 112 John St., New York. ‘or prices and particulars address For prices a J Would call special attention to manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Machinery and Architectural | Iron Works. Sample and Prices sent on application. BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, | MAMAS MASA Wan wane. BIRMINGHA™, CONRN. : : 231 Arch Street. PHILADELPHIA. The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Gable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the PATEN NT O F t | C E, HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornellsville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. EDWARD DARBY & SONS, C. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Ghicago, III. MANUFACTURERS OF Roe a +r & Briesen, , AN “eit bs se ssa wunswu, |Brass, Copper & Iron Wire Cloth, Sieves & Riddles, | Hagtaastiinl tet = 4 & SPENCER Co. HARTFORD ure CONN. NEW YORK. Extra-Heavy and Twilled Locomotive Wire, Brass Wire Rie im MANUFACTURERS OF ma SCREW PLATES ANQ Cloth for Centrifugal Machines, Wrought-Iron Railings, Coal and Sand Screens, Iron Bedsteads, Wire Window Guards, Wire Work of Every Description. Send for Catalogue. American and Foreign PATENTS | Solicited promptly and at the lowest rates. “FLORENCE” « ey vrcescse | LANES PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER. jr SIZES CUTTING an a } is OF AN INCH A Dent TO 2 INCHES V THREAD. ALSO U.S. STANDARD AND ye istnA 29) 08 se elo 0 2.18) wae Sf DIES MADE IN 5 ini 10h ode Ce OF BAR STEEL. Weight 43-4 lt glass to break. than Kinali ‘quart ot ae 3 : The mont perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, —_—_—_——. erate a fire i & range. sent to any esi tbe CES gad | Im BECAUSE WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND. ». y., It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a “ steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically free from wear. It MANUFACTURERS OF a | is almost noiseless in action. It requires no oil. It has a broad ME is has aes ae ae toe” | Wipe CLOTH AND Wt1RE Goops Hl on re cel ipt ¢ at $1. 5 LANE’S PATENT TRACK Is made of steel and 1s easily put in position. Catches and holds no snow or ice. wey bung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not subject to decay. uires no fitting, but is ready atonce. May be used with hangers oa other manufacture. “CORTLAND” | Manufactured by LAN t BROS., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. INDOW N JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO, General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. yeep ———E — WIRE CLOTH. IDIEBEL MANUFACTURING CO. N. E. Cor. 8d and Cumberland Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA., Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, Pax Nov. 14, 1876, & July 21, 1882. “ WHEAT! that little FLORENCE HEATING STOVE Ney Coal Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. NEAT A ROOM? i CE RTAINLY, sands have done so. Metallic Coal Sieve. , for cireulars, ete. to NCE MACHINE CO., Fe ~ 2 en ; . - MANUFACTURERS OF THE PO = SB | CHALLENGE EMERY GRINDERS, POLISHING MACHINES, COUNTER SHAFTS, HANGERS, &c, THE ATLANTA ENGINEERING co., ““S pie Lamp Stove gratis to semmenatiie dealers upon Contractors and Builders of Light Machinery and Hardware Specialties. } Engineers and Contractors for Steam Machinery. Atlanta, Ga. application, afd kd ae oe oat —. = eo i; a a . ae. oe eo 2S ee | 4 OGDEN & WALLACE,|Marshall Lefferts & Co...) 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. Iron => Steel Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park. Brother & Co.’s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- stan.ly on hand, PIERSON & CO,, (ESTABLISHED 17 IMPORTERS AND DE ALERS IN IRON and STEEL,) And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, _ 24, 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK, ABEEL BROS.. IRON MERCHANTS, 190 SOUTH ST., sh. 365 WATER oT, | NEW YORK. “ALR. M.CO.” SHAFTING. ALSO GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF “NORWAY,” “ULSTER,” “CATASAUQUA ” REFINED AND COMMON IRON, BAND, HOOP AND SOROLL IRON. | STEEL OF ALL KINDS. TELEPHONE CALL, “ NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALE) lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Lron and Soft Steel. NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO., Homogeneous BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. 3LASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues. A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. CARNEGIE BROS. & CO., Limited, Iron and Steel Beams, Chann oe Shapes and Shafting. A. P. NA AIL CO 'S Steel W ire N 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 cgeneeeee = mail. Sample pieces at office, Please ad Hudson St. New York. Borpen & Love. L, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West St., BNa { NEW YORK, AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF L. N. LOV C. A. GRE HL L. FREE Fall River lron Co.'s Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods, AND Borden Mining Company’s CUMBERLAND COALS. IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, A SPECIALTY. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. | BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on ons, harness, &c. Ask for them where you Duy our hardware, or send for cir- cular and price lis CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., 62nd Str, Betow Lancaster AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO.., THE IRON AGE. 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, Guivanized Rod and Bar Iron, en 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, Cc .3,C0. H. No.1, C. H. No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best yk Fire Box. Circle ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF IRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon application. FOX & DRUMMOND, Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG 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 B BOILER FLUES. — B FF. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN RPWPig Iron, WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD METALS. 333 & 238 Sater St NEW YORK, Phipps & Burman’s Clippers. SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES, JOHN BROWER, 81 Murray St. CHAS. oe \ —— ——; a = AAILROAD CASTINGS. | Howard, Childs & Co., Commission Merchants, No. 514 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa. /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Coal Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. PAWTUCEET, R. L,, Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent PASSAIC ROL Manufacture and ROLLED LING MILL CO. have always in stock IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &c., PATERS Room 45, Astor House, New CUT NAILS. ON, N. J. York. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO/’S BOILER Boiler Brace Jaws. RIVETs, Socket Bolts, &c. FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 1389 Greenwich Street, New York. November 5, OXFORD. 0. wooo & 00. Ld IRON AND NAIL CO. | ” ge aeae Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK, 2 e on : Fe | } rs We MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Tdi a Planished Sheet Iron.| al Ty Patented April 8th, 1873 3 Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. y ] QN 6th. 1874; Jan, 11, 1876 Get - 17th, 1876; Jan JOH N a. HARR S i 11th, 1877; Feb. 6th, 187 7% Dec. K th, 1878 ; Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. 1st, 1884 5 Feb. rath, 1884 : March 4th, 1884 ; Jan, 6th, 188s. has on hand and offe rs for sale, the followin | Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the CG E O. N. Pl E R Cc E & C O., ng: BUFFALO, N. Machinery Se erie i Wheist Aukeind' fears | IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, wi New York Office, - 195 Water Street, Wrought Iron; also 0 md Copper, Composition, Brass and at a leas price. (Successor to HARRISON & GILLOON), IRON AND METAL DEALER, 558, 560, 562 vor ST. & 302, 304, 30 CHERRY ST. NEW YORK MANUFACTURERS OF Lead, Pewter, Zinc BIRD CAGES and REFRIGERATORS, ALSO Send for Llustrated Catalegue and Pri 7 ee cs Common, Refined. Charcoal and Juniata SO FO B U R D E N S Chicago Star maine fig “Ol hes an. GRADES OF ca kles, - _ ym é = : Davenport, Iowa I da ( Cc icinnati BLACK SHEET IRON,| Kennedy, spauiding #0. 85 racuse oN Veaver & Rochester, N E A. "Burr we & Con. Troy. N.Y WHEELING NAILS. ae Nail Co., milo 5, hw SOLE ACENT, Mower and Reaper Coatings and/97 Chambers Street, New York Carriage Irons a Specialty. / Manhattan Rolling Mill W. B. BURNS, J LEONARD PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS| #5 t 451 West Sty NEW yRK Everson, Hammond & Orr, Ltd., __—_—«meoth on both eee. SYRACUSE. MALLEABLE IRON Vv if SYRACUSE, - HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best” Iron Boiler Rivets. PROPRIETOR. MANUFACTURER OF SECOND ave., PirrspuRGH, PA..; HORSE SHOE IRON, MANUFACTURERS OF Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flais Light Sheet lron. |xeystone ROLLING MILL, Limited ROOFING SHEET of all grades a specialty. Prices quoted promptly upon application. -TTHE BURDEN IROK C0. TROY, N. Y. Maoufacturers of WILLIAM H. WALLACE & & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON $1 NEW YORK aa E. C. Wallace. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Pittsburgh, Pa. Bonnell, Botsford & Co.. ~ NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Wm. H. Wallace. Wa. Bispham. J. H. sternbergh, Reading, Pa., MANUFACTURER OF REFINED BAR IRON. Also as a Speciaity Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Rivets, LAG SCREWS, TURNBUCELES, Rods and Forgings for Bridges and Buildings, &e., &c, &e. WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder. TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice, Iron Suliding, ne Shutters, Doors, Cornices, Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND oe co., 5 Dey Street, NEW YOR JOHN CALDWELL, Treas GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest W. W. CARD, Secy. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. TT = EB aan Air-Brake Cu, PITTSBURGH, PA. U.S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes ines CPeatinghonss & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. The Automatic Freight Brake Is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brak: f passenger cars, except that the ratens are so combined as to form practically one pi The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s wace- mechanism, and is aa id - a ve mm youn and the inereased s io ‘wit perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application with ave short time The * Automatic” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake know application is instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and shou train separate, or hose or pipe fail, it applies ey A GUARANTEE is given cus against loss from PATENT SUITS on the apparatus 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 FINE SHEET IRONS. (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c. NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OrFFrIcgk, No. 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa, CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE. Only single Ring ever ip Only Double Ring Invented. that closes on outside of the 0» BROWN'S Champion Hog Ringer, ) Elliptical Ring RINGS and HOLDER. and Triple Groove Hog and Pig & ally keep _ - es wee = ew | a? may apes Ring that cl be sharp points in the nose po ae = the fhe ~* oo kee iS i CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO, _ SE, eS © QUEBLAN O0., Reciusive Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatu " PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Cast Iron ae FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. WORKS, Leechbury, . A. F. PIKE MFG. CO., Pike Station, New Hampshire, U.S. A. Cable Address, * Pike, Haverill.’’ MANUFACTURERS ANU WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Br08B STONE. The Largest Manufacturers and Dealers in Stones for Sharpening all Edge Pike’s celebrated Blue & Stone Indian Pond (Red End), Lamoille, Black Da mond, Magic, G freen Moun- tain. All kinds brar aed 7 =~ = our name are gen JOHN Jeti ITaima—< = |. °° °°. oa SPOWERS, President. ALEXANDER aman Beam, Meneoe Manager. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF GALVANIZED MATERIAL BF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ralvanizing in its Branches. Galvanized Sheet teenies Bloom, Best Beted \ Galvanized Round, Square, Band 4! Hoop Iron, &c., &c. en Water and Dry Whetstones ; Arkansas i Washita. Turkey. Hindo- } stan and aundstone Razor Hones” Vienna ape fact. everything that is used for sharpening ge Tools « supplied in any grit or shape required. Suality and Prices guaranteed. Send in your orders. All Gaug: All Sizes of Corrugation and VARIETY METAL BOOM. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION in all its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other | Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. FPRAS,. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. from Sizes of Sheets 1% tos inches. Corrugated Sheet Iron a Specialty Galvan: k nnd Faited. Iron Corrugated for the Tra ee Estim WORKS: GREEN and BAY STREETS, JERSEY C CITY, N. ‘. “OFFICE E AND Wi WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET NEW YORK IRON, T. W. WELSH, sup. )., rae ORK November 5, 1885. WILLIAM R. HART & CO.,| HENRY Levis & co. AMERICAN AND FOREIGN |Manufacturers’ Agents PIG IRON, SPIEGELEISEN,| "anata cy rast STEEL BLOOMS, CROP ENDS, Railway Equipments. TIN PLATES, &c. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold. No, 226 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway F'astenings, STREET RAILS. @/ »18 South Fourth St., Johnstown, _ Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, 222 S. Tuirp Sr., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savuge Fire Brick. EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR LYNCHBURG IRON CoO., LYNCHBURG, VA., Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. ETORA AGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue above Callowhill St., connected by track with rail road, CasH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON, Jas. G. Lames, THos. S. ParvIN LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., Successors to LLtoyp & Linpsay, 328 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Iron Ship and Bridge Builders’ Mate rials, Steel and Iron Shapes and Bars, Sheet Iron, Sheet Steel, Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Piate Girders for Bridges and Buildings. Contracts placed for Iron Structures Ethelbert W atts. . Poulterer, ETHELBERT WATTS & C0., Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, No. #20 So. Third Street, Philadelphia, SALES AGFNTS FOR Pennsylvania avd Virginia Pig Iron, **Corn- wall,’ ** Chester,”’ and Other Iron Ores. Dealers in Old Rails and Iron and Ste el Scrap of all kinds. Correspondence solicited. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, “57 Bo, 4th B8t., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foun:'ry and Forge Pig Lron. Wyebrooke C. B. Charcoal Pig Iron. Buchanan Red Short Pig [ron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON MORRIS, WHEELER & KO Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE @ ad SALES OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. The Phcenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con struction of Fire-Proof Buildings : Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron 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 & Cco., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Hefined, Cleaned and Charcoa! Bloom PLATE cw 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 Iron, WwW. HH. WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York, NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & ‘or CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘‘ Ulverston ;’ Malleable Pig Iron, brand * U. MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STE EL CO., Limited, Spie pateneen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for * Lorn” Malleable 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 50 per cent, Metallic Manganese. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A.céz& PP. ROBERTS cw CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, rere | ON | va NORTH BROTHERS, Iron Founders, Light Castings a Speczalty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited Established 1847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, PHILADELPHIA, Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars. | Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. TESTED SHAFTING AND-ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No. 26 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS, No. 226 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. BLAST FURNACE CONSTRUCTION, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. AGENCIES: Fire Brick Hot Blast Stove Co., Krupp Gas Producer, Terrenoire Steel Casting Process, Bell Bros.’ Coal Washing Machines, Krupp- Bell Dephosphorizing Process. SPECIALTIES: Gordon’s Patent Improved Whitwell- -Cowper Fire-Brick Stoves, Gordon’s Patent Stationary Converter, Laureau’s Pitless Converter- House Sys- tem, Bell Bros.’ Coal Washing Machines, Krupp Gas Producers, Regenerative Heating and Melting Furnaces. THE it LENTOWN ROLL ING MILLS, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn-Tables. Works at Allentown, Pa. J. Tatnall ‘ne ral Office, 237 South Thi Third S8t., Philadelphia. J. W. PAXSON & CO., veaters in MOULDING SAND 1021 North Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., ANALYSIS OF MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, ANTHRACITE FACING, SOAPSTONE, LEAD FACING, RIDDLES, SHOVELS, STEEL BRUSHES. xX MINERAL, XX MINERAL, XL FACI NG, Baltimore, Price lists on application. JCAR WHEEL WORKS, iwi, PIG IRON ait PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., orshgkocker, MANUFACTURERS OF ee Partic ular attention given tol Iron for Special cial Purposes. — Bradlee & Co., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. STEEL WORKS CONSTRUCTION. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF “CUMBERLAND” HAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Lea & C« Pas Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IKON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FORE IGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELI SVILL E COKE. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OUTIS STEEL BRAND J STANDARD Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston 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 IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate aralysis of lrop, Stee), Iron Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c, Agents for sampling ores in New York and THE IRON AGE. 5 JUSTICE COX, Jr CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO,, Agents for Chickies, Conewago, Montgomery and Shenandoah FOUNDRY and FORGE PIG IRON. CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Qual ity Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.’S Bar, Angle, 7 Ip and Sheet Iron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms. No. 224 So. Fourth — Ste, | Phila. erome Keeley R Co,, 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Lron and Coal properties. J. B. M. Hirons (Concluded from page 1.) In asimilar way bending tests wore made with specimens heated to redness. Then followed a series of welding tests and a se ries of hardening tests, made by heating. plunging into cold water and testing, and finally a series of bending tests on full sized beams, and drop tests. In conclusion, Pro- fessor Tetmajer endeavored to ascertain the effect of punching and drilling The following is the result of the tests of the material, the average of 30 specimens in each case : TESTS FOR TENSILE STRENGTH Steel Iron Flange Web Flange. Web Modulus of elas ticity, tons per square centi meter 2.1109 2,090.9 | 2,035.1 2,053.1 Tensile strength, metric tons, per square centi FE. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. E. H. WILSON & CO., . ‘ meter 4,24 4.69 3.76 3.46 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Elongation in 10 : s BALERS IX em., per cen BROKERS AND DEALE ti» eter 32.45 29.9 or 11.8 Y ary Tr ‘old Bending IRON anv STEEL. ests: + a8 - Number of bars breaking before bending to 95 1 1 Number of bars brokenin doub Correspondence solicited J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, ling up 1 12 ION MERCHANTS,| °séc0¢°"" |RON COMMISSION [Vj | treats . Number of bars 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. broken in bend ing double 2 " Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand 1 Plates; GLASGOW TRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars ; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Siemens : a Steel Iron, Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Welding Tests: per cent. per cent Plates, Angles and Shapes. Poorly welded 16.6 233 Bars breaking outside of weld. 20.0 36.6 Hardening Tests; Increase in tensile strength, by JNO. L. HOGAN, cr 1c y 7 ‘i Wb hardening 39.3 8.0 IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT ’ Decre ane ine ‘longation by hard 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA. ening... ; 19.5 6.4 Pig Iron & Ores, Steel & Iron looms. Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal (Co. Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth “Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &c. From the tests of entire samples of the beams, Professor Tetmajer concludes that basic steel beams resist shocks with as much safety as wrought-iron beams, and that minor accidental flaws do not subject a structure to greater danger when steel is used than wheniron is employed. We may state here incidentally that Professor Tetmajer madea number of tests on beams of both materials which had been purposely slightly damaged. In regard to punching, he reaches the con- clusion that the tensile strength of the steel is reduced by 30 per cent., which is, how- ever, restored by annealing and reaming. Plates are appended to the pamphlet, illus- trating the effect of the drop tests on the iron and the steel beams. The latter cer- tainly exhibit their ability to stand fully as much torture. The matter is one which has been very ably carried through, reflecting great credit, both upon the investigator and the manufacturerer. Andover Pig lon tach Pig marked exact chill depth (4 in. to % In.) A. Whitney & Son's standard test. F. A. CoMLY, Treas dau. 240 So. 3d St., Phila. WESLEY PULLMAN, J. J. MOH R 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA., PA., SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Unmagnetizable Steel, Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co,’s Fire Brick. Mr J. T. Buttomley has made some ex- periments with a piece of steel which was almost unmagnetizable. The steel was made by Messrs. Moses Eadon & Sons, of Sheffield, under Hadfield’s patent, and contains 15 per cent. of manganese. One side of the speci- men has been polished and shows that the steel is capable of taking a very high finish. The present specimen has a tensile strength of 45 tons to the square inch. To test it magnetically, the bar was first ‘‘ touched” with steel magnets, but these had evidently no effect upon it. It was then placed be- tween the poles of a powerful, Ruhmkorff electro-magnet excited by 40 large tray Daniell ceils arranged in fours for quantity and 10 in series. The bar was, however, still unaffected by the magnetism, sc far as co :ld be perceived by the hand. On testing it by a delieate magnetomet