The Iron Age 1886-04-22: Vol 37 Iss 16

78. ry. DING. MAT \ Revi f tl Hard | 1 Metal Irad RTIs . —_> aT TO rTaA ar ¢ hh abe ae Oe ADVERTISEMENT EADING MATTER / eview of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. ERTISE PAGE 30 . Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wrtutams, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York is oS nd-Class Matter > = i = . Pad r . \ “) y oo yr. WN 6 New York, Th z, Lpril S86 - _— ann ees FO, Fe, ew YL Orr, tursaay, April 22, I ,, eee rane lee oa — oo New Portable and Semi-Portable will result in the revolution in naval war- | man) enter, and which is closed air-tight by reservoirs, which effect the immersion of f ipidly withdraws, and at a safe distance Engines fare that is sometimes predicted, it may be|a hinged and bolted hatch. The motive- boat, are divided into several compartmer xplodes the torpedo | tr Che of interest to give some details of the most power is electricity. Reservoirs of com- to prevent the water in them from surging interest of the naval fraternity, howeve gigi aacs recent advances that have been made in| pressed air are provided sufficient to supply forth and back. There is an air pump for has of late been chiefly obsorbed in the per portable and semi-portable engines this direction to obtain a view of the pres- the needs of the two men for 10 hours, the extracting the vitiated air, and a doubl formance of another vessel of this type— the iich we publish engravings are built by | et state of the art. Although some of the | vitiation of the air being provided againstby acting pump to secure the stability of the Nordenfeldt submarine boat above alluded Erie Engine Works, of Erie, Pa., and ibrace a number of interesting features. portable engine shown in Fig. 1 is particularly adapted for portable work where no expensive or permanent founda- | n is required, the outfit being complete | and ready for use when leaving the works. engine may at any time be detached rom the boiler by simply taking out the bolts lding it to the iron saddles on the boiler, eaving no holes to plug, and disconnecting the steam-pipe. The engine proper is of practically the same type as the center- crank and double engines built by the works, and described in our last issue. It is fur ished with a steel piston, and steel valve- rods, and wrist-pins, The shaft also is of hammered steel, and the cylinder is pro- vided with a hot-air pocket. The boiler what is more commonly called a ‘‘water-bottom’’ boiler, often arranged take the place of the stationary type. It is made of the best charcoal and flange iron. No brick linings are required in the | furnace. All parts exposed to fire are heat- ng surface, and pr: tected by water space around the fire, which forms a safeguard against burning the iron. This water space also secures free circulation of water. A | fusible plug is placed in the crown sheet. In addition to the ‘‘ blow-off” valve, hand- | hole plates are provided in suitable places for cleaning. The fronts are easily removed, giving free access to the flues and fire-box, and are constructed to allow for contraction and expansion. The door liner is not bolted | or riveted to the door, as usually done, and is | easily removed when a new liner is required. | The draft door bangs on a hinge, and has a slide damper to more easily regulate the fire. ! The boiler is well stayed, braced and riveted, has wrought-iron dome, and is tested to 150 pounds hydrostatic pressure per square inch. he semi-portable engine is similar to the center-crank engine described last week, but is mounted with a portable boiler on | heavy oak timber framed and bolted to- gether, which forms its foundation. For a portable outfit this is claimed to be superior to the style so general in use of having the engine mounted on top of the boiler. The engine being set low is more easily attended, s not heated by the boiler, and relieves the boiler from all strain, giving it no other than its regular duty to perform, The crank- shaft is made longer than regular, and extends underneath the boiler, having an out end bearing on the opposite side, shown in the cut. Driving pulleys are placed on each end of this shaft and are inter- changeable. The exhaust is taken from the heater through the bottom of the smoke-box and into the stack. These engines range from 20 to 40 horse-power, while the portable engines are built in sizes varying from 6 to 40 horse-power. ————————E————— Navigating Under Water. The art of navigating under water, like that of navigating the air, up to the pres- ent time, is yet in its infancy. The require- ments of modera warfare, however, have of late greatly stimulated the efforts of naval engineers and others to devise a system of ustructing submarine craft which should possess the elements of fair speed, effective ntrol and freedom from unusua! hazard life to a sufficient degree to make the same available for the pur- poses of offense and defense in torpedo warfare. Referring to.the subject at come length the Manufacturer builder of recent date says: ‘*Much labor and in- senuity have been expended in the effort to realize these con- ns, but thus far, though usiderable progress has been made, the results accomplished are not very encouraging, and stiil a mooted question her the conditions of the em are not of such a e as to constitute an in- Superable obstacle to its satis- tory solution. There is aucther view of the question is worth considering. It arcely conceivable that system of submarine navi- gation, no matter how efficient, ever come into use for the eful purposes of transport- ;oods and passengers, so t the utility of any such sys- i will be confined exclusively ; , the arena of naval warfare, and here the | earliest experiments in submarine naviga- /babilities are very strong that such effect- | tion were made by Americans, as witness methods of offense and defense could be | the efforts of Tuck, Holland, Winans and ised against the submarine boat that the | others, it does not appear that any of these periority of even a highly perfected ap- | inventors met with much success. T he ex- iratus of this nature over the swift torpedo | periments of the first two were, in fact, 1unch traveling on the surface may well be | failures outright ; those of Winans, it would uubted. The latter, taking advantage of | appear from occasional newspaper accounts, » darkness or fogs, and having the ad-|are still continued, though no authentic antage of vastly greater celerity of move-| statements respecting the same are ac- uent, and of the certainty of steering | cessible. lirectly at the object of its attack, is able ‘* The interest in the question at present now to accomplish, with greater probability | centers in the plans of two European in- f success, all that the most efficient sub-|ventors—Goubet and Nordenfelgt. The narine craft could be expected to do. Goubet submarine boat is cigar-shaped, ‘‘ While, however, we do not anticipate | with a dome-shaped elevation in the center, that the perfection of submarine navigation ' through which the crew (an officer and one PORTABLE AND SEMI-PORTABLE a at HARDWICK 4 Fig. 1.—Portable Engine. Fig. 2.—Semi-Portable Engine. ENGINES, BUILT BY THE ERIE the use of caustic potash, which is distrib- | uted through the boat for the purpose of ab- sorbing the carbonic-acid gas given out in respiration. Froma recent description of this vessel in London Engineering it ap- pears that there are seven glazed openings in the hull, with glass 1% inch thick, pro- tected by external gratings and internal shutters. The two men sit back to back on the compressed-air reservoirs. The craft seems to be full of machinery, except in the space occupied by the men, and their heads goup into the dome. But the boat can thus be made small and compact, so as to be rowed with oars if the dynamo fails. There is a pump for expelling water from the reser- voirs when the boat has to rise, and these provided for the purpose. ENGINE WORKS, ERIE, PA. vessel As a safety appliance a heavy weight is attached to the bottom of the boat, which may be released and dropped off in case of an accident requiring a rapid ascent. An explosive signal for help can also be sent to the surface ‘* The modus operandi, as designed by the inventor, is about as follows: When the two men enter the boat they turn on the com- pressed air (which is passed through the | water reservoirs, so as to become humid) and start the electrical motor. The officer steers the boat under the ship to be attacked, and when the right position is gained he casts off the torpedo, which floats up and attaches itself to the vessel by contrivances | nerve | succession to show the ease of working the | the The boat then ! e lron Age to, which was lately given an official trial at Londskrona in the presence of a large num ber of officers representing nearly all the Kuropean nations. In the Nordenfeldt boat the motive-power is steam, derived from an ordinary boiler when the boat is at the surface, and from steam stored up in hot water reservoirs when she Is submerged Che storage is effected by developing surplus steam while at the surface and forcing it into two strong water reservoirs provided An original feature of the Nordenfeldt boat resides in the fact that the stored steam furnishes the power by means for the purpose. (f which the craft is forced to descend be neath the surface ; ply to the machinery is cut off, the buoyancy of the vessel causes her to rise to the surface so soon as the steam sup No compressed air is required, the natural supply being sufficient, it is said, for the needs of the crew for several hours. ‘*We give, in conclusion, from published accounts, the following details of the mechanical construction and operation of the Nordenfeldt boat: This craft is cigar- shaped, like nearly all submarine boats from the time of Mr. Ross Winans’, with a low glass cupola on top. It is much larger, of course, than the Goubet boat, being, in fact, 64 feet long by 12 feet beam, and 11 feet deep. The hull is of steel, averag ing about % inch thick, on strong angle- iron frames. Its best feature perhaps is a set of balanced rudders, actuated by a pendulum within the hull, which keep it always horizontal and steady, while two small propellers, placed in sponsons on either side and worked by steam, carry it down to any required depth. As the boat at once rises to the surface unless kept down by | steam-power, an accident to the machinery | at once carries her up ; yet, to guard against | the extra danger of leakage, 8 tons of hot water can be blown out, so that she then cannot fail to rise? There is also an ingen |ious automatic apparatus for causing the | vertical propellers to stop when a given depth is reached, and to start again when | the boat rises. Four men have been shut up six hours in the boat without inconvenience, |but three are now found sufficient, and | crews seem more willing to go in her on ac | count of the use of an ordinary steam motor | and the provision for breathing ordinary air. |The boat has traveled on the surface 150 | miles without recoaling. It, of course, has torpedoes in use for action. ‘* Nearly 40 officers, representing all the | European powers, were present at the Lands- krona trials of the Nordenfelt boat. They | seemed to be especially impressed with the |contrivance for keeping an even keel by |means of the balanced bow rudders, which, | being out of the reach of the crew, could not be made useless by neglect or loss of The boat went down four times in vertical propellers, the last time staying five minutes at a depth said to be 16 feet below surface. In a very rough sea she showed ber handinesa in steering. After the crew were shut up three hours they ex- hibited no signs of having been inconven ienced. During one day’s trial the boat made arun of 20 miles at the surface, with the cupola and a little of the turtle back showing, at § knots an hour in a rough sea | Finally the London Army and Navy Gazette gives this account of a simulated attack on | the tug Svea: *‘ When starting the boat was on the surface, and while ad vancing she slowly descended, s0 that when about 1800 or 2000 yards from the Svea only half the cupola (some g inches) would be seen above water. At this level she advanced until about 1000 yards from the Svea, when she descended entirely under the surface and advanced altogether unseen for 400 or 500 yards, which occu- pied four and a half minutes. During the remainder of the distance the boat rose to the surface and descended again four times while still advancing, until within some 200 yards of the Svea—a sup posed certain striking dis tance for any Whitehead— when the boat came to the sur face and turned round; the crew, opening up the cupola, came outside, and the experi ments were finished.’ ” The foregoing accounts in dicate that decided progress made in the prac tical solution of the problem of constructing But much yet remains to has been submarine boats. be accomplished. EE - The American Paper Manufacturers’ As- sociation embraces all the factories in the country, numbering probably 1000, repre- senting a capital of $75,000, , employing between 40,000 and 50,000 hands, at a cost of $12,000,000 annully. These factories pay $50,000,000 per annum for raw material alone, and they can turn out 1,200,000 tons of manufactured product They now hope to compete successfully with all rivals in supplying Mexico and Sout! America os 2 et mm = Td CE ee ee ee SO lla ee nel hl ba nll. COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered, O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER. Seamless Brass and INGE Copper Tubing, we -- ° a Sheets, Bolts, Kods, res't. Wire, O’Neils’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. 4,A. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. —_— 19 & 21 CH Street, NEW YORK. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. COPPER 4. BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. GERMAN Sheet German Silver, German Silver SILVER. 5 Wire, German Silver Tubing. SrTT ) Narrow, Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, INGES. 5 Stop, Spring aad Piano-Forte. ) Military, Naval, Livery, Society, Ralil- BUTTONS. | had. School. Lasting Silk and Dress. LAMP ) German Student Lamps, Kerosene GOODS.) PHOTO-_ } Camera Boxes, Printing Frames, GRAPHICS Scovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. DEPOTS: Broome Street, New York. es . 177 Devonshire Street, Boston. 183 Lake Street, Chicago. PORTAGE IRON COMPANY ‘LIMITED, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL Bars, Rods, Shafting, Hoops, Bands, Angles, &c., Made DUNCANSVILLE, PA. Freight Rates same as Pittsburgh. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, P. 0. Box 33, New York City. ESTABLISHED 1819. WE MAKE LOW PRICES, AND HAVE LARGE STOCK, lowa Barb Wire Co., “new vox @STABLISHED 1837, INOORPORATED 1876, Waterburv WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Worcester Mass. and made to any desired shape Special articles made to order. A. W. PARMELEE, Pres’t. ANSONIA BRASS AND burners, Kerosene Lamps. Chemicals, Paper, Giass, &c. Exclusively THE BROMWELL Brush and Wite Goods Co., oe OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, @ beg to notify the Trade that their new Catalogue will be sent free on application. Specialties: FLY TRAPS, GREEN WIRE CLOTH, DISH COVERS, SIEVES, &c. THE WIRE GOODS CO., 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 Orders solicited from the Trade for the full line of Screw Eyes, &c., known as Hardware Wire Goods. Quality guaranteed the best in the market, THE WIRE GOODS CO., Worcester, Mass. A Ae ae IRON AGH. April MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass WIRE, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER ELECTRICAL WIRE, <_-* ) 7 a y J - \ ae + ens Ls , Waterbury Brass Co. ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brass and 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. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. Pins, Brass Butt Hinées, Jack Chain Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, §¢. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF )EPOTS : ‘MILLS AT 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, 125 Eddy St., Providence. R. I. _ CONN. BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, THE New Haven Copper Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’ & SHEATHING COPPER Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Cast Steel Augers and Bits of Superior Quality. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool NEW YORK. Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. Particular attgotion paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, | W4REHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. Y. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 25 Park Place. 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. SILVER SPOONS, 18 F: deral St GERMAN SILVER- PLATED FORKS AND Spoons, KEROSENE BURNERS, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Spelter 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 WIRE, From Pig Iron. INCORPORATED 1883. PROMPT ATTENTION TO ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE, IRON 8 Reade Street, Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. 8. 8. CHASE, Sec’y & Treas. Mfg. Co., Goods ~R. T. SOLLIS & CO., LEAD PIPE CUTTERS INDISPENSABLE TO PLUMBERS. Ro.s * 4* ,* LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. Send for Llustrations. BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1.50 Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope. THE PLUME ATWOOD MFS.C0.| WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G Co. Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. EVERY FOR VARIETY OF y v LRRE: PURPOS Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galva fron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent §) Barb Wire , Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Eyeglass Springs, St Wire for Needles and Drills ; Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties. Pump Chain; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence Wire, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Co ‘per Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 bb. wiREt ROPE AND SABLE, s _ Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. Galvanized Steél Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper Wj: Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures acd Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS, NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE ; 16 Cliff Street. 107 & 109 Lake Street, nee, IRE WORK IN EVERY FORM AND VARIETY. TOO ar or ti alaperi a oy ss oe or 1S Fe ee ee Spee AS Fe Lee mrs Cl a ie Fore fora ee yy c Chee A Lee Fd ra i Daw Ly } OUNTER WORK. * parr | ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, President. JAMES HALL, Treasurer. “~ —_, - H EK E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY MAKERS OF IRON AND STEEL OF ALL GRADES. Bright, Annealed, Coppered, Tinned and Galvanized Iron and Steel Wire Rods Extra Qualities of Bar Iron and Rods, Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Chardoal tron Wire, Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths, Works and Office, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burting Slip. Philadelphia Office, 21 North Fourth Street. Chicago Office, 146 Lake Street WIRE ROPE HAZARD M’'F’c Co. rumow 87 Liberty St.,NeWw York. wikestare, Pa. A. LELSCHEN & SONS ROPE CO. Manufacturers of "SOUIM | ‘suiyoeg dway 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. Ww. S. ESTEY. Manufacturer of . > ~ ~ Of Brass. Copper: ff z ~ | Iron, Galvanized No. 1 cuts rip. to2in. “Sent, postpaid, for $1.75. X 1 &Steel Wire, of all *e ‘ * oe | Meshes & Grades. Iron and Seog! Locometive Spark Wire Cloth. Riddles ter Export and Foundry use. Coal r INTo. Sand Screens. on Bolting Cloth. Wire Work ot every description. Ji. FULTON sT., - NEV WonRs- 99 o “—» 188 EX 24 - The GA IN Work iE, Cabk er R pper VW ir 3 Fixtures HOUSE: Str treet Pa. *SOUIM] | ‘Suiyoeg dwoay nvite . Copper: alyan zed ire, of all Grades- e. Coal RE. THE IRON AG 8 | CARD 2 MOEN, CAGES. STEEL WIRE for all purposes and “STEBL SPRINGS of every description. oe ), LINDEMANN & CO, ,NUFACTURERS OF japanned, Brass, Tin Plated and Wood Leetonia - " S < 2 _ ~ > I he kd > < > S 4 hs > > > ‘ VILALIVIVISISIGINISISIAIT . il wag m | | Piarket ~=teel Wire, Cri- ctine Wire, Tempered and Covered Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand 234, 236 and 238° West 20th “treet, NEW YORK. “=H IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn.| SOFT STEELS. 54 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. Hey . dative MANUFACTURERS OF EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES. Sieél, Iron, Brass and Copper Cloth for Coal and Ore So Screeus, Flour Mills, Paper Wills and Maltsters. SS 754 to 758 sr. CLAIR sr. +. 8S. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. The’ GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT of CAMBRIA IRON CoO., Johnstown, Pa., are now manufacturing Soft Steels to supplant Iron. These steels are safer, stronger and more durable, and will forge, weld, turn, drill, key-seat and punch just as easily as Iron. The attention of Blacksmiths and Machinists is calledtothem. They can be obtained from us in any desired shape or for any purpose. Works and General Office: JOHNSTOWN, CLEVELAND, OHIO. PENNA. New York Office: 104 READE sT, Chicago Office: 202 First Nat. Bank Building. Philadelphia Office 523 ARCH sft, ; i No rs1.] j naeael ~ £ ee Ay * Estab’d if18 Incorp’d 487 SS aN bo i THI se ji Pasa SBE 42 Clift St. ho 228 Lake St., ‘ hieago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS OF 2 lron & Galvanized Wire Slieves and Wire loth. Power Loom Painted and Gal- > Vavized Window Screen Wire Cl th. Galvanized Wire Clotn for Drying Fruita Warld’e Gal vaniz Web Wire Fence, Gal ve a d I wie t Wire Poultry ‘vw. Faeto pries, QEO. N. PIERCE & CO., &= BUFFALO, N. Y., 2 New York Office, - 195 Water Street. MANUFACTURERS OF BIRD CAGES and REFRIGERATORS. Send for Illustrated Catalegue and Price Lists. = « ~ 26 Ca 2 ALSO FOR SALE BY Chicago Stamping Co., Chicago, Ml. Sickles, Preston & Co., Davenport, Iowa. Batler & Deil, Syracuse, N. Y. Weave r & Goss Haw. Co., Rochester, N. Y. C. Herboth & Co., St. Louis, Mo. Rector Wilke loox & Co., Omaha, Neb. Zz aes Rice, Born & Co. new Grieans, La. cn fieorgetown, Conn, WIRE NAIL MACHINES are CHINESE LACQUER. Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. — ALLED FOR DURABILITY. Prevents Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel, Copper. Silver, Bronze and all compositions from corroding. Also resisis dampness, KEROSE VE OL, and FLY SPECKS. Cap be applied without heating meta!, Sole Agents, H. S$. ALLEN & CO., 112 John Si., New York. Would call epecia attention to manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Macniner: and Ar-hiteetural Iron Works. Sample and Pric es 8e nt on application. LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, The mont perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, BECAUSE It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a steelaxle. It will not break, It is practically free from wear. It is almost no seless in action § It requires no oi It has a broad bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It fs by far the most durable. It may be used with any track It is always in order. LANET’S PATENT TRACK Is made of steel and 1s easily putin position. Catches and holds no snow or ice. Door bung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not subject to decay. Requires no fitting, but is ready at once. May be used with bangers of other manufacture. Manufactured by LA N f B i Os e5 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 413 Chambers S‘raet, NEW YORK, PHOSPHOR-BRONZE For Bearings, Slide Valves. Cylin (HARDMAN PATENT.) Thoroughly Tested and in Suc- cessful Operation. For prices and particulars address the Manufacturers, BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, BIRMINGHAM, CONN. » -E.T. BARNUM, MANUFACTURER IRE AND IRON WOR Detroit, Mich. Chapman Valve Mig. Co ,| VALVES »° GATES FOR Water, Steam, Gas, Ammonia, &c. GATE FIRE HYDRANTS, | with and without 5 ler Rings, Cvross-Head Gibs. Steps, Bushings, a all purposes where MARKS: Maximum Durability and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &e , Anti-Frictional Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura 4) bility and Resistance to Corrosion Castings of all kinds to order, Send INDEPENDENT NOZZLE VALVES. Phaser Ki | Boon ws, for pamphlet and prices. All Work Guaranteed. Works and General Office: INDIAN ORCHARD, Mass. Treasurer's Office : 72 Kilby and 112 Milk Streets, BOSTON, Mass, No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA., Owners of jot ae U. 8. Phosphor- Grosz Patents... Sole Manufacturers of P Phosphc or-Bronze in the | THE CELEBRATED The Popular ceed of the world. For sale by all dealers in U S.A. and Canada, Price List Free. Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. ig ES ae ed lyon 3ALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE GET THE RES | | | WICKWIRE BROTHERS, “THE PHOSPHOR- BRONZE SMELTING CO., | TD.,| Wik! “SILVER FINISH’ Wm K;. 3 _ A ' Pra | en ; J § Conductors’ > “Pane *h, Flower Stand. — ught-Iron Fence ’ THE t r on COVINGTON, KY... Manufacture . he meet WIRE GOODS OF “ALL KINDS. Wrought-lron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialti¢ Send for Lllustrated Catalogue and Priee Lis | Tinsel hoard PAF ARE RAK ah AAISIA IRE ui vy, pees ee ea a! and and Grain Riddle Wire Counter Railing. a: = ne BIS See Commi ==".4 Ci a _ LUDLOW- SAYLOR WIRE CO, soTr. roOUIsS, Mo. | ne Counter Railings, Window Guards, fron and Wire Fences. WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE. | Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. i : ' . ROOF CRESTING., Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY National [ Wire & Iron Go., “Wien” Liberal Discounts to the Trade, Send for Catalogue, stating your rt JOHN A, McCO8H, Sec. and Treas. LIFTER AND CARRIER. San 8 ae NO DANGER OF CU | TING HANDS OR TEAR ING CLOTHES, SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY —- Manufactured Solely by .~ —— + 2 Ae a rt i ee Ye :. 3 r ‘: r re THOMPSON McCOSH, President. (PATENTED. ] oe BARB Wine rE Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. Our Agents, John H. Graham & Co.,113 Chambers St., carry stock of our Lifters and will ll supply at Fac tory pice 5. ip The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the 13 HOLLOW GABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extensive : four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, 4) C. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. ij ——EE eoneiialied a i} . THE BILLINGS & SPENCER Co. ae a MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES oh SINGLE AND DOUBLE END | = 2 ear rs 6 IN 16 SIZES. DROP FORGED OF BAR Saas TAKING NUTS FOR/+iNCH ,, UP TO AND INCLUDING j NUTS FOR 1% INCH BOLTS | I > mie NDE msl ita oa SMA Sele Hath Mike ae ~ x CORTLAND, N. Y., | MANUFACTUREKS OF CLOTH AND WIRE Goobs eae Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, ) Coa Sieves, ' rae. “CORTLAND” Flour Sieves Etc., Ete. Metallic Coal Siere, THE IRON AGE. ine oe OXFORD. &D. WOOD CO., L'd,| JAMES P. WITHEROW, — IRON AND NAIL CO.. na ae \Eligineer & Contractor, Cut Nails - 4. OGDEN & WALLACE, |M: Marshall Lefferts & Co., 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm 8t,, New York. kman St., New York City, a RERS OF [ron =2 Steel galvanized Sheet Iron, Of every description kept in stock. Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., Agents for Park, Brother & Co.°s e' e vanis AND BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | #00p'snd'fand'inga, Galvanized Rod and bar tron, SPIKES OENERAL AGENT FOR All sizes of “manly on hand.” Steel con- Pipe. ” WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES CORRUGATED SHEET IRON mee are mn PIE RS 0 N & 0., For Roofing, &¢,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. | J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, SS C $9 | Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Oommon 81,83 and 85 Washington Street, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANJFACTURE (ESTABLISHED 1790.) a N. NEW YORK. ° IMPORTERS pone DEALERS IN SHEET IRO Planished Sheet Iron. 7 IRON and STEEL, PLATE AND TANK Iron, | ss of atented Apri sth, -2873 5 Sept. ie desi Bek. — or A No. 1 Boiler Plates And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, — | aoic¥atgC ize Sox, Gircica’’* TIADs® Bost Plane, BURDEN’S sata tb Reb," et 387 Dae,” rth, at “ew eee 24, 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. an euaenia oo March 4th, 1884 ; gn. 2004 ; Feb. rath, 1884 ; Ranging Wore, Hat Feates, os. TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED 70 ORDER. Guaranteed fully equal in all respect - be ABEEL BR OT E Price list and quotations sent upon application. " =“ stothe| Will contract to completely erect, equi ; satan saatae aestaaatsitaiettasdaaasiantiaemanmne IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, | and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit ESTABLISHED 176s, B. KF. J UDSON, © | and at @ less price. well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As Iron *« Merchants Importer of and Dealer in ALSO I manufacture at our own works everything ’ , —_—— Common, Refined, Charcoal and Juniata appertaining to Blast Furnace and Stee! Gnapes oF Works construction, can guarantee prompt 190 SOUTH ST.., } NEW YORK SCOTCH AND AMERICAN 365 WATER ST..,{ = 7 Pig Iron, a - “Burden Best” | BLACK SHEET IRON, | ness and satisfaction. CATASAUQUA IRON. WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, ————— = |Manhattan Rolling Mill. eT ald | O14 MIETALS. Iron MA kas 6 J. LEONARD Refined “Bar, Band, Hoop, Scroll Angle Iron 457 & 459 Water St. (NEW YORK. ; ; , , os Stele Boiler Rivets. eee ne 445 t0 451 West Sto NEW YORK, A, R, WHITNEY & CO,, Cee SYRACUSE, a N. Y. MANUPACTORER oF ee ae HICKS & DICKEY, —— HORSE SHOE IRON, lron and Steel — ———- a THE BURDEN IRON CO. Mower and Reaper Castings aid | — 3s COIR Sea, Bote, Ovals, Kat Ovals ent Fas. song norte one news f [TON St00l & Forgings Carriage Irons a Specialty. | Bonnell, Botsford & Co.. woh, Sghand Cul Nails and Spikes. | STEEL CASTINGS. TROY, N. Y. W. B. BURNS, Proprietor. IRON NAILS AND SPIKES si sinniashieinan igtiaaae cael amiantl ; BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. Cr TU A rea Boiler Flues. BYERS Wrought Iron Pipe. CARNEGIE BROS. 8. 00, els, Steel Somes and Bhafting BROOKLYN WIRE NA NAIL co Btee! Wire Nails CHESTER ND TUBE MERCHANT IRON & | & SOFT STEEL. COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. AGENCIES : CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., CAST TOOL STEEL. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Steel, &c. CHARLES L. BAILEY & CO., Chesapeake Nails. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Steel Wire Nails. WILLIAM H. WALLACE &C0., | PENNSYLVANIA IRON WORKS YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Iron Merchants, Everson, Hammond & Orr, ltd., | Howard, Childs & Co., : . "ioe Cen feats NEW YORK CITY. MANUFACTURERS OF No. 514 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Wa. E Welles, We. Rehan, 5 C. Wall. Lig ht Sheet Iron. /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, ROOFING SHEET Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Iron and made f: _ Lron Structures = » eonash je for D of ev: iP- tion. aes cuts of alt ren taade sent on copestcn © the Sample pieces at office. Please address 68 Hudson St., New York. ZW | J. WH. Sternbergh, Reading, Pa., Borden & Lovell, J O H HN F O » MANUFACTURER OF of all grades a specialty. Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. 70 & 71 WEST ST., REFINED BAR TRS. | _e et reeety woe eee. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. C A: GREENE, | | New York. Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. | Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Rivets, TED AND CHEERY RON ROOFING & SIDING. | correnpondence solicited. Prices om appltation. cabal 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, ey eee Se ar oe E. JENCKES MANFG. CO.. Rods and Forgings for Bridges and Buildings, &c., &., PAWTUCEET, RB. L, t Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, oa @ PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street, Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 2. WM. McFARLAND, JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, lron and Brass Founder, |": "'s*?sctiee:. sauce. comes nen IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., aie oes “ye AY a eS TRENTON, N. J. 5 Dey Street. NEW YORK. SAMUEL A. HAIWES, Selling agent. BORDEN MININ \y GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jn., Prest JO : . : HN CALDWELL, Treas. § T. W. WELSH, Supt. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialtv H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. _— 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 BOILER FLUES. Wood Lawn Rakes, Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA., U. S. A., MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents), p D WOOD C0. WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. & penne nee Se ts essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for the various parts are so combined as to form practically o one piece of anata, eat ee recs ee 5 aetna eaten ie on wheels, beakemen' ~ Danes, Any size or style made at short notace. CUMBERLAND COAL. IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, A SPECIALTY. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. 22 Teeth, 3 Bow, No. 1, im Stock. PHILADELPHIA, . | a verv short time Manufacturers The “ Automatic” han proved Siaslt te bn Ge eee ee ete PET See nom, me the JOHN BROWER, |Cast Iron Pipe |nrmrmctins denahs sabe stot, Cuchi ashes cot 81 Murray Street. FOR WATER AND GAS, The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. 15,000 ENGINES AND 80,000 CARS ee be ends of oo ont Eivets, Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrante, ae — = where Paer oe e or sen y * = Sa a rhere you buy your hardware, 3 tor cir: | a) =a __ CO FULL 6INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO.,| ih aaa ‘i a oe +o | wae 7 PE Be Thi eh “OES TEECHBURG IRON WORKS. 41 ROAD CASTINGS ; & CO., KIRKPATRICK _& CO., LIMITED PHILADELPHIA, PA. Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and EIN sHHET IRONS, : (Refined, Cold Rolied, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, £c.) ] e 0 S NATURAL @AS USED AS FUEL. ) | OFFIOB, No. 143 First Ave., Pitteburgh, Pa. WORKS, Leechburg, Pa. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE. at single Ring over tavented PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON’ BEAMS, Channels, angie, Tees, Merchant et Riveted Work, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW. orgings, Eye Bars, : I ‘ PATERSON N. v. aoe, t Clay Palveriers, Rotary Squeesor, at ae Hos Ringe BROWN'S Room 45, Astor House, New York. askin’s Patent Double Spira! Pinions, and Roll- Cham nge ipti i ing Mill Castings of every description, mines and 06 ninger, pera Ring Groove Hog and Pig Ring er CLYT heay LS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAT i EFRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., 139 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORK. enlnly, uinsic Ring that closes on ab we etna R aes from rooting. the outside of the nose. No shar points in the flesh to keep it sore. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN ©0.,, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Il. Office, Nos. 10 4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. POST’S PATENT IMPROVED EUREKA SAP SPOUTS,| | M. SCHOONMAKER, THE BEST IN THE WORLD. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPEB OF Samples, Circulars and Terms sent free to the trade Saly. Address Cc. 2. Poser. Bur PEI NgISaMe - - - Vt. iren Foundry and Machine Shep. an HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing, Nolscles | O®PS@City of Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads. Pottsvitie, schuyiuiil co, Pa, | Office, 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. AN Wr Pla OMee, BL Gord DEJ ‘os. 10 186 ites juiy hit As ing apt on. a for es hin Ite the April 22, 1886, WILLIAM RR. HART ct CO.,, SPANISH, AFRICAN CASTLE PIG IRON. MOHICAN PIG IRON. for Finest Steel (phosphorus unifo: mly low, sel- | A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, dom reaching .o3 per cent., and Silicon from | comparing favorably with English 1 per cent. upward, according to re- aah Chae tes. quirements of buyers). West Coast Hematites Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Stee! Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished Old Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &e. 226 Walnut Street, - ~ PHILADELPHIA. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway F'astenings, STREET RAILS ADDRESS Cambria Iron Co,, OFFICE, WORKS, 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. 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. " At Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- ae struction o Fire-Proot 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 & CO., 19 Sarrereeraren St. Soa ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bicom PLATE & SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, pecially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe Smoke Stack, — ee ee fren ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, Ww. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York. NEW AND OLD RAILS, BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE TRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” moos BAT TEM ATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, leisen, Ends, &c. ” - Charcoal! Iron and N. B. A & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. Ae ile fae for the WHITE RIV MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed 50 per cent, Metallic Manganese. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A.c PP. ROBERTS c& CO., MANUFACTURERS OF THE IRON AGH. IRON ORES “Sau. EDWARD J. ETTING JUSTICE COX, Jn. CHARLES K. BARNS. IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, IUUSTICE COX, JR., & CO,, 222 S. Tamp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, AGENTS FOR ie SS RiLSIRROAD, FON] CATASAUQUA MFG. CO, Iron, steel. uM Agent for the ou mt Savage Fire Brick. Bars, Boller, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Angles and Shapes i, — - Montgomery, LYNCHBUKG IRON co. Conewago and Alice Furnaces. P ° LYNCHBURG, VA., PIG IRON Foundry and Forge Pig Iron for Foundries avd Mills. > > ERIE FORGE CO., Ltro. Iron and Steel Forgings; STORAGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue, Every shape. . i ”™ above Callowhill St., co . > 7 . . ’ E read. Casm ADvanone connected by track with rail- | »o4 South Fourth Street, - Phila., F JAS G. LINDSAY. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., Jerome Keeley & Co, 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material | senine oo Meet eee, Pelee oe FOR ALL PURPOSES BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, * STEEL and IRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS : . - | and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, Estimates furnished for Iron and Steel Structures | FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle and Raflway construction C rrespondence Old Tron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine solicited with railroad contractors. and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons. L. & R. WISTER & CO., E. H. WILSON & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, 257 Se. 4th Bt., PhMiladciphia. BROKERS AND DEALERS IN Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig tron.| 1 RON ann STEEL. Wyebrooke ©. B. Charcoal Pig I r 8 Red Short Pig Iron. —— DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. Correspondence solicited. aon — J, W. HOFFMAN & CO., 'S, WHEELER & ©O.,|1R0N COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE @ OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 100 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA, PHILA., PA, 208 Seuth Fourth St., Philadelphia. SALES OFFICES, Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates ; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Siemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes. JNO. L. HOGAN, New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, HENRY LEVIS & CO., . 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA, Manufacturers’ Agents Pig Iron & Ores, Stee! & Iron Blooms. For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments, Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold. 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Agent for Brier Hillfron and Coal (Co. Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &c. . 5 . "FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS, Andover Ig Iro Andover Chill Iron for Carwheels, &c Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4 In. to %& In.), Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ES H E R l Cc K & Co. 5 A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. 26 . . ‘OML . ° a ae FH Com ret, agent. 240 So. 3d St., Phila, lron and Steel of All Description. | psc: c sicom J. P. L. WEstxsson, Selling Agents for Cleveland City Forge and Lron Co. Forgings; Centres! Iron and Steel Works, Plates of SALOM & WESTESSON, Iron and Steel; Danville Nail an . Co., Lron_and ‘ . ' Sicel Nails “Houler Tubes; mage, car and Hat! Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, eee aa 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, I. J. MOHR, PHILADELPHIA. 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA., SOLE AGENT FOR Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Kstabiished 1847. Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- xp iecerrenpe- apap tancaeeans burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel A. WHITNEY & SONS, mir PIG IRON aime|\CAR WHEEL WORKS, CHARCOAL PIG IRON. PHILADELPHIA, Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. | Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars. 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 St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES,|PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., ©onsngnocken, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. OMfice, No. 26 8. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU ENGINEERS, No. 226 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. —- 2 —— BLAST FURNACE CONSTRUCTION, STEEL WORKS CONSTRUCTION. AGENCIES: Fire Brick Hot Blast Stove Co., Krupp Gas Producer, Terrenoire Steel Casting Process, Bell Bros.’ Coal Washing Machines, Krupp-Bell Depbosphorizing 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, MANUFACTURERS OF Pig Iron, | Plate and Sheet Steel, Foundry and Forge. Every description of Light Plates and Shee& of Steel. Puddled Bars, Plate and Sheet Iron, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common. &@ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. ]TESTED CHAINS. Bradlee & Go., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF g Regenerative Heating and Melting Ticcien ? CUMBERLAND fl NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE ae MIXX QvUA BER CITY FACIN G@ xis. Send for Sample Order of genuine old RHODE ISLAND STOVE PLATE FACING. We guarantee perfect satisfaction and low price. me er’ al Powe 7 Mh. || RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used tn a Foundry, of our Own Special Make 7. WwW. PAXSON coe CO-.;, 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 BCKAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE. 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, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Iron DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, z Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c. Agente for sampling ores in New York and A. Balt ication, Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pler 45 North, Del, Ave., + + + PHILADELPHIA, more. Price lists on appht Mechanical Science and Engineering. The following circular relating to the Sec- tion of Mechanical Science and Engineering (Section D) of the American Association for the advancement of science has just been issued : ‘“* The steadily increasing interest and im- portance of the meetings of Section D jus- tify the expectation of a large attendance of engineers at the Buffalo meeting. The meetings of the American Association offer to students of mechanical science and to en- gineers opportunities which cannot be else where obtained of conveniently meeting at one time a large number of gentlemen emi- nent in branches of science to which engi- neering is closely related, especially mathe- matics, physics, chemistry, geology and economic science. The scope of tbis section is broad enough to include all branches of engineering. It occupies a field peculiar to itself, which by no means encroaches upon that of the various engineering societies, but rather adjoins and supplements it. These societies deal chiefly with accom plished practical results, while Section D affords an opportunity for the presentation and discussion of papers upon the applica tion of scientific methods to every depart- ment of engineering. The object of the section, in accordance with the name of the association, is the advancement of science. The following may be named as among the general classes of subjects which this sec tion may properly consider within its scope : ** Mechanical Science.—In the abstract, in- cluding theoretical and applied mechanics. ** Mechanical Research.—The collection of data from experiment or observation, the systematic classification of such data and scientific deductions from them. ** Problems in Engineering—Of national im- portance, and such as are connected with more than one branch of engineering, and therefore might properly be discussed before more than one of the American engineering societies. ‘* The Education of Engineers.—‘ The Best Method of Teaching Mechanical Engineers’ was the subject of vigorous discussion at both the Philadelphia and Ann Arbor meet- ings. The subject must necessarily be en- larged into that of the teaching of all branches of engineering. ‘* The Relation of the Government to Engi- neers in Civil Life.—What is to be that relation in the future, when the Govern- ment will require in its public works engi- neering knowledge and experience beyond what is likely to be found in its military and navil service ? ‘The Endowment and Organization of Me- chanical Research.—The work of Regnault must be continued till the steam engine gives up more of its secrets; that of Fairbairn and Hodgkinson must be repeated with modern materials; testing machines like that at Watertown must be made to do the work for the benefit of science of which they are capable. How is this work to be done? Who is to pay for it?” The Section of Mechanical Science was organized at the Cincinnati meeting in 1881. In order that its name might more fully express the objects of the section it was changed to Mechanical Science and Engi- neering at the Ann Arbor meeting in 138s. The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the asso- ciation will be held at Buffalo, N. Y. August 18-24, 1886. e The Trade of Canada in 1884-85. The official returns of the import and ex- port trade of Canada during 1884-85, com- pared with 1884, show a decrease in the im- ports of no less than $13,275,000, or nearly 12 per cent., while the exports fell off by only $2,100,000, or less than 2% per cent. As regards the Canadian exports alone, viz., exclusive of the exports of American pr