The Iron Age 1886-05-27: Vol 37 Iss 21

aco 6. 12 70 4,50 12 90 9.00 ats. ell st in this direction have advanced more rap- idly than the means of production, and in only a few instances have manufacturers erected steam hammers of sufficient size to deal with steel ingots weighing upward of 50 tons. Among these are notably Messrs. Schneider, who have a 100-ton hammer ; the St. Chamond Works, an 80-ton; Woolwich possesses a 40-ton ; and Krupp, a 60-ton at work, and a 150-ton hammer now, we be- ieve, in course of erection. The great cost FOUR-THOUSAND-TON HYDRAULIC FORGING PRESS FOR LARGE STEEL slowness of action and want of adaptability to the variety of work which can be executed under a hammer. Seeing that the press has been proved to make the best forgings, further efforts are now being made, and there will shortly be three presses put to work in England. The question of the quality of work, of course, outweighs every other consideration, but there are other reasons for the transi- tion now in progress. The cost of installa- Fig. 2.—Plan. practical limit in the case of a large hammer whose great hight forbids the use of over- head travelers. It is less costly to keep in working order ; less liable to breakdowns; | while in the one of which we present en- gravings on this page and on page 7, at least the supposed inherent slowness of action has been overcome, and it possesses all the handiness and adaptability of a steam hammer. For the illustrations and particu- lars we are indebted to Engineering. INGOTS, apart, and two lifting rams 9 inches in di- ameter, all 7 feet stroke, the ram cases for which are carried by a massive entablature built up of two main girders 5 feet deep and |two shorter cross girders. A similar, but | | heavier, set of girders forms the base-plate, to which the entablature is secured by four | wrought-steel bolts or columns 20 inches in | diameter, the clear hight between the gird- ers being 21 feet, and the centers of the col- | umns being 15 feet in one direction by 6’ joints, in which a slight amount of play is allowed in order to accommodate the expan- sion that occurs when the crosshead becomes heated by proximity to a hot forging. For the same reason it is obviously impossible to connect the main rams rigidly to the cross- head, and therefore long spherical ended thrust-rods are interposed between it and the rams. It will be seen that the horizontal Continued on page 7.) ] H INDEX TO A Re = INDEX TO READING MATTER t th d I d M t | d DING MA view of the Hardware, Iron an etal Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS Published every Thursday Morning by Davin Wir.tams, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. ‘ Bs a ae ae ae e “2 we é te as ; _ at a -_ al r , ” ” r — ae =. ce 5 : is — 4 : SL.5 var : ‘ Vol XXXVIT:: ING: at New York, Thursday, May 27, 1886 eit pts ings pe ie glia ; , : Stxngle Coptes, Zen Cends. = : i oe | te : | ary ee eee ae Tk Be F 7 Four-Thousand-Ton Hydraulic Forg- | of oe of such large hammers has | tion is less in proportion to the weight of The forging press shown is now being con-| feet 4 inches in the other. The moving ing Press. | enone c so pes ere naa — aa — forgings made. The moderate hight of | structed by Messrs. Davy Bros., of Sheffield, | cross-head or tool-holder is T-shaped, in- g much advance, anc, besides this, | a press permits the use of overhead traveling | England, for Messrs. Charles Cammell & | verted, guided at the < , and, | ingland, Messrs, & | verted, guided at the ends of the by F It has been ay evident for some | they have felt that the hydraulic press was | cranes, so that the furnaces, six or eight in| Co., Limited, Sheffield, to the designs of | slide blocks aed ee fit the c louie: aa0 y oars = that the large forgings required | more suitable for the production of large | number (all accessible to the cranes), can be | Mr. Charles Davy, who has patented it in| at the upper end of the shank by a bored by ee eg and artillerists demand forgings. Except in two instances the ef-| arranged along the sides of the forge with| all the European States and in America In| guide which is securely bolted to the entab- for th ing ae than the steam hammer forts made to substitute the press have met / one press to serve them all ; whereas four|this press there are two main pressure/lature. The arms are connected to the or their manufacture. The requirements ' with only very partial success, owing to its ' furnaces with a swing crane to each are the! rams 36 inches in diameter, 9 feet 3 inches! guide-blocks by simple _ ball-and-socket ) 3.—Section Through I J. Fig. 4.—Section Through G H. 4 SN \ S XG WW WG 1.—Section Through A ‘ SS \ SS N ANS \N SG WO : NG SSS S WN SSS WA SQ |_GQWG KG SS SY ‘ a x eal aye OR 2 errr oe SE RES oe ee Ee Pt EPP We 2 oe i i : + eee — ) THE IRON AGB. May 27, 1886, THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG.CO.;| WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF’G CO,, i MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. PURE COPPER WIRE,/ i (isda | repeat rurros, '| i) eee) (Sheet and Roll Brass) every coe ti O'NEILS'S PATENT PLANISHED W b B C sD VARIETY OF VW " RE; PURPOSES. Sesto toh and ater ury rass 0, Wik, Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvanised Yop Tubi Pe. 7 r a . i ry ee vee ghocts, Boles, Hobe aL rae GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, lron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent Steel Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, CUPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER Barb Wire ; Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Eyeglass Springs; Steel Wire, O’Neils’s ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF W.E. DODGE, Pres’t. ‘LES, mk oa rs 3 , ih @. Sea Patent Nickel- German Silver, Copper, Brass and ELECTRICAL WIRE. Wire Sor Needles and Drills ; Patent Steel Vi ire Bale Ties ; 4. A. COWLES, Plated Copper, German Silver Wire, Brass and Pins. B Butt Hines. Jack I ump Chain ; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence &e. ’ f£UnNs, Tass uw wnces, ac Wir nth Bar ‘| a a RE. a. = Secretary. , Copper Tubing ae ire, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, _ — . ’ so 7 _ . ‘ * IN dB Chain Kerosene Burners, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, Copper Rivets an urs, Lamp Trimminés, fc. on Spools 1 02. to x bb, Ansonia Refined Ingo t 3rass K ) Rail, Brass Tags, Per- C or, Anchor Brand; Brass Kettles, Door Rai g cussion Caps, Powder Flasks, Metallic 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, LAKE INGOT COPPER. Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas- 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, — ures, &c., and small Brass Wares 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. 19 & 21 CHM Street, of every description. ° . Rolli Mill, Factories, NEW YORK. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. See eee con (BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO PHELPS DODGE & CO Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S . ; ee , os Line of Sporting Goods, MANUFACTURERS OF _ Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for montane ee ee a Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes, DEPOTS : MILLS AT Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper Wire 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, saat all 0 rass, Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures ' I N P L A l E 125 Eady St. Providence, B. I CONN, nnd Appiannes sequives Sor we wim ane soreqeig, —— rE BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER : Pie Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c New Haven Copper Co., AND IRON RIVETS, NEW YORK WAREHOUSE : CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : ig tin, ’ y WC. SOLE MAKERS OF ii kik dec es tk Oils 16 Cliff Street. 107 & 109 Lake Street. Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and . . Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, . meer oo Pp {| § i FD 6 () r r EF x Plumbers’ Materials. , CO PPE R AND B RASS. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks r ° ™ ee EVERY FORM AND VARIETY. wou Ir Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. and manufacturing Metal Goods. Lt lh Lad pan J he oe ae OD i : F STREET, NEW YORK. : as : — ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND ri, | st mote oe x. 2. PL CUO PRT Ver Oy Es 2 . | B &H d c : ; | a . i A A . (Established 1802.) BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER Holmes, ooth ay ens, fat » oe | i SCOVILL MF@. COMPANY Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. WATERBURY CONN. yy We i Fn 2) om rT Rn : coe a"? ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF NEW YORK, BOSTON, —— ( x ay "0 ~ - , 25 Park Place. , . GERMAN. j Sbeet German Weer Conan suver} Cast Steel AUgers and Bits of Superior Quality. | 2 warray st. 18 Federal St. Ss ER. Wire, Germen Siiver Subing. — Manufacturers of all kinds of BUTT... | Narrow Middie, Broad, Desk. Snip, | 294 Pearl St.. NEW YORK. INGES. Stop, Spring and Piano-Forte. BUTTONS. [Me ZaeTsisPal ted ve | DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. |Brass, Copper & German Silver, LA ps. | Sarners, Kerosene Lampe. IMPORTERS OF ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. SREP Eiro nn NoRsicae oer dine “TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, | Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, eae ae aie ae COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., Copper Rivets and Burs. 1 Becomne Sires, Tee TT Enest, an 29 and 31 Cliff St., ee ete BRASS AND IRON 183 Lake Street, Chicago. | DICKERSON & CO.. Liverpool. JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. AGE IRON COMPANY (LIMITED) ae eee ssupiaoe SILVER- ABRAM 8. HEWITT, Pres't. WM. HEWITT, Vice Pres’t. JAMES HALL, Treas. E. HANSON Sec’y. PORT MANUFACTURERS OF PLATED ForKs AND Spoons, ‘The Trenton Iron Co. KEROSENE BURNERS, &C, (INCORPORATED 1847) AND STEELiican vavor « sons. ety | JOHN DAVOL & SONS, IRON AND STEEL WIRE Bars, Rods, Shafting, Hoops, Bands, Angles, &c., | Brooklyn onan ae a hE Made Exclusively From Pig Iron. DEALERS IN —_ —————_ — Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, — {iF J= = aCe, == DUNCANSVILLE, PA. Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, “Fe <eE = Freight Rates same as Pittsburgh. 100 John Street, New York. : | = i — —— A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, PASSAIC ZINC CO 7 Of All Kinds. 17 Broadway, P. O. Box 33, New York City. MANUFACTURERS OF Estimates Made for Suspension Bridges, Tramways, and Transmission of Power. ure elter ‘ WORKS AND OFFICE AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. ESTABLISHED INCORPORATED p NEW YORK OFFICE: 1819. THE 1883. FOR COOPER, HEWITT & CoO., Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes . ee PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: CHICAGO OFFICE. A TINE WORK, AED ALL, FIER WORK 21 NORTH FOURTH STREET. 146 LAKE STREET. BROMWELL Brush and Wire Goods (o., GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS, | em a a a Ae @ MANNING & SQUIER Gen'l Agents, | WIRE ROPE hes LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. HH yy Z A R D ) °F re € fe) 3 GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, Oh oa Manoir vax’: 8 Liberty] St., New York. Wilkesbarre, Pa, 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. WE MAKE LOW PRICES, AND HAVE LARGE STOCK, TO ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE, 98 Reade Street, Bright, Coppered, pice and Tin 3 Also lowa Barb Wire Co., New York. ae EBSTABLISHED 1887. i. 8. CHASE, of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. INOORPORATED 1876, Sec’y & Treas. Waterbury Mfc. Co., y °° Pp 1D ~ — is ae i -_— — as : ‘ x ‘O.. W AT ERBL RY, CONN., ‘ — A LESCIIEN & SONS ROPE CO “ — = Manufacturers of a a LE : : 2 ra Ss Ooas SS Guest =< + os = = - = oO 22 6s Ee = 2* S THE WIRE GOODS CO.., 7 " 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. Worcester Mass. >= FT enTe 2 an R. T. SOLLIS & CO., Ar oS. ee a ~ Brings Wipe Goota, mi Wire Goote, pole Hoobs, Double Potatoes wuehe and Staples, Wire MANUFACTURERS OF a <a — ’ icture Cord, Clothes Line Wire, Han il Screws, &c.,&c. Wires cut, beat, milled, straight d Y ) and made to any desired shape. Orders solicited from the Trade for the full lne o Screw LEAD PIPE CU T TERS eae (Of Brass, Copper Eyes, &c., known as Hardware Wire Goods. Quality guaranteed the best in the market, : jl Gdivesioed Special articles made to order. INDISPENSABLE TO PLUMBERS, 4 SSB, of all Zs. 1 7 in. to2in. Sent, postpaid, for $1.75. {Teese Giredes. THE WIRE GOODS CO., Worcester, Mass Pe ania edeen, . _ * m ’ ° Liperal Discount To THE TRaD Iron and Steel Lecomotive Spark Wire Cleth. Riddles tor Expert and Foundry use. Ceal A. W. PARMELEE, Pres't. Send for Illustrations. = and Sand Screens. {ron Bo ting Cloth. Wire Work of every description. BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Wo. 7i. FULTON ST., = Naw Tons. May 4 — t 0, LI MA * Covered | Ke Address, TH( is the best isa stron injure stoek. } ultry, as’ ence for Fa rads, Very 8 bost-tate & proof paint. { rede It wi boards er | Sedgwick ¢ Stvel wire, de hess, Strengt) Chea and or self-epe iron fences Stretchers, Por prices an Thoroug ce r prices and 8/RMING FOU _ BIRD pes, J ire ires > = \2 ‘Suiyoeg dway | Pied of all Pade. Ceal ez. May 27, 1886. 0, LINDEMANN & CO, CO, BIRD wa Brass, Tin CAGES. Plated and Wood 54 PEARL STREET, New YORK. i ee SG LRON AGE. STEEL WIRE for all purposes re STEEL SPRINGS of. ‘every eee ” HHO + ) Sa O UU We AREA RRA = J ) ~ > > re > S oe S . = > > bo i ae = ho) > Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. cece tetianesatineaet tal a 286 and 288 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. === 9] IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. Successors To W. S. TYLER, MANUFACTURERS OF EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES. Seél, Irom, Brass and Copper Cloth for Coal ad Ore Screens, Flour Mills, Paper Mills and Maltsters. 754 to 758 =sT. CLATR sT. *.S. TYLER, Pres, E, H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas, CLEVELAND, OHIO. THORN WIRE HEDGE Co. STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING, Sharp, Short, Rigid Barb. Best Steel. Painted and Galvanized, “Kelly” Yielding Steel Points. | Best Wire Made. Does Not Lacerate Stock, “Red Star.” Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. uns, THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO. SHDew ick. wees _— FENCE Is the best general purpose w fence in use. It isa ror eee wit ont barbs. “on’t injure st It will turn , Sheep snd ‘ultry, a8 Well as horses an The best ice for Farms, Gardens, Stock Ranges and Rail- r sds, Very neat, pretty styles for Lawns, Parks, School-lots ‘and Cemeteries. Covered with rust- roof paint, or made of galvanized wire, as pre- ferred. It will last a life-time. Its better than boards or barbed wire in every respect. The Sedgwick Gates made of wrought-iron pipe and Stcel wire, defy all com petition in lightness, neat- less, Strength and durability. We make the best, apest est working all-iron automatic or selfeopening gate. and the meatest c ony iron fences now ade. The Stretchers, ‘Cutting t Pliers and “Ress A eere. hor prices and partic ones Hard are Dealers r address, foceslentn pape SEDGWICK BROS Richmond, ind. E DWARD SUT On o30 00 Market St. Philadelphia, Pa. WIRE NAIL MACHINES (HARDMAN PATENT.) catt e. Thoroughly Tested and in Suc- cessful Operation. prices and particulars address the Manufacturers, 8/RMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, BIRMINGHAM, CONN. _ E.T. BARNUM, MANUFACTURER IRE AND Detroit, Mich. m The Popular Polish = of the world. p For sale by all dealers tn U B.A. and Canada. Price THE PARLOR MFG. CO., 85 Fulton St., Boston IRON work List Free. The GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT of CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, JOHNSTOWN, PA., are prepared to furnish SLEIGH SHOE STEEL, rolled from solid steel billets, either Square, concave, double concave, convex or concavo-convex; also CUTTER SHOES, ta- pered and bent. New York Office: 104 READE sT. Chicago Office: 202 First Nat, Bank Building. [ No, Philadelphia Office : 523 ARCH 8ST. 154.1 Estab’d 1418, Incorp’d THE GILBERT & BENNETT MPG. CO. = WAREHOUSES : = 42 Cliff St., New York. ; 228 Lake St. + Chicago, Ills. MANUFACTURERS OF seem Iron & Galvanized Wire Sleves and Wire (Cieth. Power Loom Painted and Gal- vanized Window Screen Wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warid’s Gal vani eb Wire Fence, Gal Wire Poultry 1874 Factories, Georgetown, Conn. NIEN-TSI CHINESE LACQUER, Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. UNEQUAL oat vos DURABILITY. Prevents Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel, Copper. Silver, Bronze and 11 com positions from corroding. Also resists dampness, KEROSENE OIL and FLY SPECKS. fap be applied without heating metal. Sole Agents, H. S. ALLEN & CO., 112 John St., New York. Would call s attention to manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Machinery and Architectural tre on Works. mple and Prices sent on application. LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, BBOAUSFT It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel. which has a steel axle. It will not break. It is practically free from wear. It is almost noiseless in action. It requires no oil. It has a broad bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It is by far the most durable, It may be used with any track. It is always in order. LANET’S PATENT TRACK Is made of steel and 1s easily put in position. Catches and holds no snow orice. Door hung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not subject to decay uires no fitting. but is ready atonce. May be used with ~~ other manufacture. “aauncwret y LANE BROS., Fovetieonia x7 JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers NEW YORK, PHOSPHOR-BRONZE For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all purposes where Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &e Combine Toaghness, Strength, Dura- » » bility and Resistance to Corrosion. Castings of all kinds to order. Send . Licup her Benge , JHE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE GMELTING C0., LTD., Ww No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U.s THE CELEBRATED _| SILVER FINISH” Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. |} FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. a a pol } ere ] a ne? Street, MARKS; GET THE BEST. THE MANUFACTURERS FRED, J. MYERS MEG. Co., COVINGTON, KMY., OF Weather Vanes, Cresting, Wro't Iron Fencing IN GREAT VARIETY. Also Hardware Specialties. All our Weather Vanes are made of pure copper, from the largest to the smallest, for architectural purpose gold leaf, always remaining bright and new, vé mf eS *, and are gilded with finest Send for catalogue 14. kate Ua: a ce Tey. 4 Saat ee Nar ae WIRE CO. eS oe sr’. mM oO. “WorcesTER. MASS. Wiken “WIRE CLOTH. —— Fees ROPE, mau Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, _ National Wire Seod for Catalogue, stating your wants. THOMPSON McCOSH, President, Plain and Barbed F aS as SE Wire. ROOF CRESTING, Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY BARB WIRE (PaTENTsp.] Iron Co., Liberal Discounts to the Trade. DETROIT, MICH. JOHN A, McoOO8H, Sec. and Treas, LIFTER AND CARRIER. NO DANGER OF CUT TING HANDS OR TEAR- ING CLOTHES, SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. Manufactured Solely by Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. Our Agents, John H. Graham & Co.,113 Chambers 9., carry stock of our Lifters and will supply at Factory prices. The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG. ©O., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lista, atts STANDARD SINGLE AND eis SIZE S - ' eT NUTS FOR |/4 INCH BOLTS A AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS O Cc. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn 8t., Chicago, Ill. oie ath a 10 DROP FORGED O TAKING NUTS FOR/4INCH ,, TO AND INCL Pane Ui AAU UDING Aa iW WRENCHES ayae oe a is TEE INGS & SPENCER CO.HARTFORD, CONN. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥., MANUFACTURERS OF WirRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goons. “CORTLAND” INDOW SCREE WIRE CLOTH. Metallic Coal Seve. Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, Coa Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. — 4 4 + NR meme ae or a PB Fe See ae rms Tote {kas WR ste oc OP ae Eo - rer ae b..2 x me $ + nee Hae fi z — A. LAE IRON AG. May 27, 1886. JAMES P. WITHEROW, bila & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., OGDEN & WALLACE, [Marshall Lefferts & Co. O x FO R 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm 8t,, New York. 0 Beekman St., New York City, Iron =" Steel galvanized Sheet ron, CONAN MA | Of every description kept in stock. Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s AND vanize. re, Telegra nd Fe vanized EN BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | gepesifonigh Staen tase datttese SPIKES L FIRE-BRIC Pipe . WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES All sizes of ( ‘ast and m7 hine wi Steel con- santly oo hand CORRUGATED SHEET IRON J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. AND CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE P| ERSO N & CO., Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT 24 10 27 West Street, New York, RON NEW YORK. ° OF SOFT STEEL nea Bhatt SHEET I - | om vows __|Planished Sheet Iron. : 4 PCL yr AN ile lates Cie la f1 Ie. PLATE AND TANK Tron, hae 8th, 1873 3 som a 1873 ; Oct. specially adapted for A No 1 Boiler Pla — ’ 1, 1874 an J niles Rin Tia , ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS IN S8TOUK., mt 726 BN o. 3, & Hi, Wo. 1 Flange, Best Flange, B U R D EN S ith tbr Feb, a j Oet sre bs 1898 3 Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, an 88 Apply for Discount. 422, BascRErTeEs OF Marc oh gth, 1884: gn. at, 1684 ; Feb. rath, 1884 ; Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the eek ie | TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED 0 ORDER. ABEEL BROTHERS Price list and quotations sent upon application. HORSE SHOES IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON Will contract to completely erect, equi; , e ? | and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit aes = and at a less price. ESTABLISHE J Ee JUDSsSs< »N ares glee B. E - ALSO well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As I manufacture at our own works everything Iron * Merchants Importer of and Dealer in PSaeey, — Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata br se on t NEW YORK. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN GRADES OF appertaining to Blast Furnace and Stee! BLACK SHEET I RON . Works construction, can guarantee prompt i ‘ Pig Iron,| “Burden Best” CATASAUQUA IRON. WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, : Latre Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. I ARM CO.’ SHAFTING. ILD METALS. Smooth on both sides. ness and satisfaction. SYRACUSE (Manhattan Rolling Mill. MALLEABLE IRON| J. LEONARD, ( Also general assortment of Norway, Ulster and 457 233 Refined “Bar, Band, Hoop, Seroll, Angle Iron & 388 Wait St:}NEW YORK, Boil Hives So over 1vels. . 445 to 451 West St., A, R, WHITNEY & C0., HICKS & DICKEY ie syracuse, - Niv, [77617 Baka, NEW YORK, ene HORSE SHOE IRON, 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. lron, Steel Forgings STEELE. CASTINGS. Mower and Reaper Castings and Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. Carriage Irons a Specialty. | Bonnell, Botsford & Co., W. B. BURNS, Prorareron. [BAM HALLS AND SPIKES 3 EVERSON, HAMMOND & ORR, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE SROe CO., Limited, Merehant Iron and Soft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. aCe ae Y STERL & IKON CO., Homogeneous Bay STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder Plates BRO Tui aot JING ae Boller Plates. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL, COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., 4 M. ORES & DO. Weswaht Iron Pipe A. . AGENCIES: CARNEGIE BROS. #60 mited, Iron and ; Y geee C d Shafti CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL (0., . SOE! "baanets Shapes CAST TOOL STEEL. Iron Merchants news eacinntri Uh a ne a. a , PITTSBURGH, PA,, Howard, Childs & Co., ng. BROOKLYN RE NAIL CO,, Steet Wire Nails THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books oquesiatns cuts of all iron made sent Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Steel, &c. Sheet Steel/|Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. aes oe Plane adres Ty Broadway, New ‘York. MOMS. PARLEY 2.00, Chesapeake Nake Wm. H. Wallace. Wn. Bispham. E. C. Wallace. For Roofing and Corrugating. _ P/O.80RS HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Steel Wire Nails. —__—___—_ /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, J. H. Sternbergh, Reading, Pa., | QPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS.| Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Borden & rden & Lovell, ciecemaaameaandas na aed ete Bi. JOHN FOX, | neervin'nai’mos. |__%TmN ere | Se toh ie 430 & 71 WEST ST., pencdg Ngee CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, —_____———_— Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. c re QuEENE, | { New York. Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. | Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Rivets, Meation ber , 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, sil ld SANA vee Senlgne ext Deni, E. JENCKES MANFG. CO. Agents for the sale of &e., &c., &e. * 16 i Le FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S re Nails, Bands, Hoops and Reds. nee PAWTUCKET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. Co.’S| JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO./Iron and Brass Founder, |= A a | Sens Whee Govtp of oil tints a tpeclsly. NAIL» AND SPIKES. , SCOTCH AND AMERICAN TRENTON. N. J. IRO N, Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice, MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE , ROOF CO. 5 Dey Street. NEW Y "9 New York o> ss ——— ee GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jz., Prest. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. TT = BI — Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA,., U. S.A., MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL. P | G IMPORTED & AMERICAN (No. 68 Wall St, New York. PIG IRON. [panic F. cooney, 88 Washington St., New York, LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON vor sMailabie and CarWhee! Purposes, "| IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. A SPECIALTY. ——— —— GLASGOW IRON CO PINE IRON WORKS. Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents , ). CHARLES HIMROD & CO., ALLISON BOILER FLUES ml : CHICAGO AND DETROIT. SOLID SHANK HO HOES p 0 WOOD & C WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. = 8 The auoematio 3 Freight Brake is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for A eS 0. —, and is sold irsold ata rary low price» he are so” combingd a to form pra brake mene —s = ea FOR SALE VERY LOW. PHILADELPHIA avd the inereased speed perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within ; Manufacwrers of “The * Automatic ” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its application is instantaneous ; it on 4 operated from any car in the train if desired, and should the rate, or hose or pi it applies ome A GUARANTEE is canines tons | trom PATENT stirs 6 on the apparatus sold Oren quatomers The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. LEECH BU RG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & co., LIMITED Manufacturers of all Grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, JOHN BROWER, Cast Iron Pipe 81 Murray Street, FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets. on carriages, wagons, harness, &c. Ask for the 7m where you buy your hardware, ‘or send for cir- ular and price list. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., A.GARRISON, J. H. RICKETSON, WM, HOLMES, » 52nd Sr, Betow Lancasrer Ave., A. GARRISON & CO., f PHILADELPHIA, PA. Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. Steel and NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL ROLLED IRON BEAms, [/@hilled Rolls,|) “8. sear medi a BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE. ain single Ring ever invented t closes on outside of the nose Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Beet, Riveted Work, Forgings, Kye Bars, &£e. PATE ‘ ; Only Double Ring Invented. R sO N , N ° J e Ore’and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, - 4 Ri BROWN’S Room 45, Astor House, New York. : Haskin’s Patent Double Spira) Pinions, and Roll- pg . ° ‘ ; $< ing Mill Castings of every description. Champion d oF manger Elliptical R in gs an . Office, Nos. 10 & 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. @ The Sed well efiectey oe Game Hog and Pig Ringe: & = oe ally keop Hogs from rooting. . No Me Datel ee ine tha # loses on _ sharp points im the nose. points in any ine to keep tt as CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Il! J. M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads, Office, 120 Water Street PITTSBURGH, PA. CUT NAILS, | Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. CHAS. 4. STEBBINS, Il! Reade St, New York, DOVER IRON CO.'S 7 STEEL AND IRON NAILS. Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, VARIETY METAL BOOM, BAT IRON. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION FULLER BROTHERS & CO., |azSOE Sto Rotts Xosto ee oe WRAS. B. BANNAN, 139 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORK. Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. Beg Wrou lansé Pat Orders 1 OMece, No. GO] 22 Heating Gas, Qu. Send for Sar _ DEALERS Nos. 1015, 1 JES IRE Plates ts, equi} Whit . As thing Steel ‘ompt RK, IN, ats. AES da nts, ‘a. jons, are, reet, , Supt. 0. CE. ke for lece of wages within n. Its ld the Llomers }, Pa. vented ye Dose ng Ringe’ oses On » shar} it sore ur, Tl! May 27, 1886. WiIinhIAM RNR. BART w& CO., armen TRON ORES _“iauan_ CASTLE PIG IRON: | MOHICAN PIG IRON: for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- | A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, dom reaching .o3 per cent., and Silicon from . 4 ati comparing favorably with English 1 per cent. upward, accorditig to re- f Ww 6 4 ee : & quirements of buyers). est Coast Hematites. Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets; Plates and Bars to specifications furnished Oid Tron and Steel Rails, Crop E ads, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIA. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway Fastenings, STREET RAILS, ADDRESS Cambria Iron Co,, OFFICE, WORKS, 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa. Perinsylvania. 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 Rridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. lans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty St. Boston eres FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Wemeremaren St. - ALAN WOOD COMPANY, . MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATEH ch SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 619 — Street. Philadelphia, Pa, ivdérs solicited especially fo Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pi Smoke Stack, “a Tan ygites Beat Iro , or Cote , Ferrule Locombtive Headlight and Jacket Iron, WwW. HI. wy AeA Avan & 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 & io CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” Malleable A brand “ U. H. M MOSS BAY HE ATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, onene nee. 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. cc PP. ROBERTS c& CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. OMce, No. 26 8. Fourth St., Philsdelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS, 226 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. SPECIALTIES: Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Hot-Blast Stoves. a — FY Regenerative Furnaces, ™s = or _ Nc | oh we urgh Branch Office: Heating Furnace, designed for use of Producer Pittsburg Gas, but can be adapted to Natural Gas BOYLE & BISSELL, with a slight modification. BI“SELL BLOCK. Blast Furnaces. Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plates. Bessemer and Open-Hearth Steel Plants. QUA HBRER OCOITTY FACING MiIUis. Send for Sample Order of genuine old RHODE ISLAND SfOVE PLATE FACING. We guarantee perfect satisfaction and low price. RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEFL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. * JT. Ww. RPA XZXZSON cH CO-., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del. Ave., + + + PHILADELPHIA, PA, THE EDWARD J. ETTING IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, 222 S. Tarp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agént for the Mount Savage Fire Brick. Eastern Penna West New Jersey atid Délaware. LYNCHBURG IRON co. LYNCHBURG, VA., Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE, WHARF anp Y ARD, Delaware Avenue, above Callowhill St., connected by track with rail road. CASH ADVANCKS MADE on IRON, JAS G. LINDSAY. THOS. 8S. PARVIN LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material FOR ALL PURPOSES. Estimates furnished for Lron and Steel Structurés and Rallway construction Correspondence solicited with railroad « ontractors. L. &R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, | 257 So. 4th Bt., Philadciphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Founiry and Forge Pig Iron. Wyebrooke ©, B. Charcoal Pig I F so Red Short Pig Iron, — or DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP iRON. MORRIS, WHEELER & G,, Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & ened SALES oFFicts. 16th & Markét Sts:; 400 Cheetnat St., PHILA., PA. | PHIDA., PA, New York Address, 14 CLIFF st. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. ld Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold. 234 8S. 4th St., Philadelphia. SUE Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Description. Selling A eee for Cleveland City Forge and Lron Co. Forgings; Central Iron and Steel Works, Plates of Iron and Steel; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., Iron and Steel Nails, Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Cor ‘and Boat Speeifications a Speciaity J. I. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA, PA, SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel fay PIG TRON ‘it tne CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. 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. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., ©onshgnocken, MANUFACTURERS OF Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and Sheets of Steel. Plate and Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, @ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. Pig lron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. TRON AGH. JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO, CATASAUQUA M’F'G. CO., Iron, Steel. Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plater; Angles and Sbayes; Chick'es, Mor ‘eben ry, Conewago and Alice Furnaces, BPIiG IROnN for Foundries and Mills. _ Tron and Steel Forgings; Jerome Koala 2 k a, 206 Walnut een Pre ey Selling Agents for CHARCOAL STEEL and [RON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. ee Old tron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. ard negotiate sales of Iron and 4 ‘oal prope rties. J. B. M. Hirons, E. H. WILSON & CO., and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, ( arr. ~ ™ ~ a a Ae Correspondence solicited, J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, (RON COMMISSION (MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. IRON Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, " ; GLASGOW TRON CO., SPRANG STEEL Martin (Open-He varth) Steel, Plates, Angles and Shapes. Plates and Muck Bars ; Universal and Sheared HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA. Pig lron & Ores, Steel & Iron Blooms. Agent for Brier Hill Iron and Coal Co. Youngstown Steel Co. 0 Chareoal Iron, Connell Old I Rails, Serap, ae. Andover Dig inn, Each Pig marked exact chill depth = ta to % Iin.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. 240 So. 3d 3d wa Phila. owe Chil _ J. WesLEY PULLMAN, Agent. SALOM & WESTESSON, Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars. Works at Allentown, Pa. TESTED CHAIN Bradlee & Co., 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 “CUMBERLAND” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. & Co., J. Tatnall Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCKAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE, BOOTH, GARRETT 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. ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the repid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, éc. Baltimore. Price lists on application. & BLAIR, A special department for the Agcnts for samplirg ores in New York and 5 Iron Foundations for Heavy Guns. In case of war with foreign powers we should be forced to the rapid construction of temporary fortifications behind earthen par apets. One of the great difficulties in the way of such construction is the time re quired for building properly the heavy, massive masonry fonndations up to this day regarded as necessary under heavy guns This difficulty may be now avoided (accord ing to Capt. W. H. Bixby, Corps of Engi neers, U. S. Army) by the use of wroughe iron instead of masonry for these founda- tions. Captain Bixby propo es to replace the present slowly built, difficultly moved, difficultly releveled masonry foundations for heavy guns bebind earthen parapets by rapidly constructed, easily moved, easily releveled wrought-iron foundations, to rest on cross-girders or sleepers embedded in the earth of the ferre-plein, and provided with a front parapet anchorage suflicient to resist all direct recoil. The holding power of anchorages embed ded in mere earth is well known by the ex periments of the @. M. Department on sus pension-bridge anchorages during the war 1861-£5, and it is also well shown by the Shoeburyness experiments referred to in Captain Bixby’s report on ‘*Seacoast For tifications in Europe.” A 40 foot earthen parapet and suitable iron rod and cross girder anchorage may well be trusted to resist and absorb all the direct horizontal recoil of even a 100-ton gun, leaving to the foundation alone the lighter duty of sup- porting the carriage and gun aud the com paratively small vertical component of the recoil. An iron girder foundation resting on sleepers and earthen bed may be fairly well trusted to serve as an efficient support to the vertical weights and blows of our heavy guns after the first few rounds have been fired. A little unequal settlement may nat urally be expected, but such settlement is of minor account to-day, for two reasons First, heavy guns of the present and future must be traversed by machinery, and such machinery will overpower the slight extra resistances due to unequal settlement of the “|gun’s platform. Second, whenever an un equal settlement becomes marked and ob jectionable (probably not oftener than once in a month during action) the iron girder foundation can be jacked up and earth tamped in underneath it (exactly as is | currently done to remedy similar unequal settlements of railroad tracks). It seems now quite probable that future fortification in the United States (when it does come) will demand economy of time rather than econ omy of money. In any case the advantages which may arise from rapidity of original construction, rapidity of construction in place, facility of repair, facility of change of position if necessary to allow of other angles of fire, facility of replacement if necessary to allow of guns of greater weight and size —all these advantages appear sufficient to authorize at least the trial of such a founda- tion under one of the heaviest guns Cap tain Bixby’s suggestions are now being con sidered by the War Department, and will probably lead to some change in the present slow methods of gun-foundation construction. a So important is the forestry question be coming in this country that every step tuken toward gaining information about the developments in tree life should be most favorably regarded, The National Depart ment of Agriculture, in its Forestry Division, has decided upon a general system of obser vation throughout the country, and asks the aid of all in the undertaking. Every ove who will apply will receive blanks which, when filled out, can be used by the depart ment to formulate general statements re garding tree growth. The period of vegeta- tion of different species (time from appear ance of first leaf to general change of foliage), the relative time for planting differ ent species, and the capability of the species for acclimation, are among the facts sought for under this system and expected to be acquired if hearty co-operation is awarded the department by individual citizens of the different sections. The mining owners of Ostrau have de cided to offer a prize of 1000 ducats for the best invention for preventing accidents in firing and blasting in dusty or gaseous coal mines, or rendering the operation harmless The invention should fulfill the following conditions, namely: 1. Its use, effects or explosion should not cause the coal dust to ignite. 2. It should not produce after the explosion or use more injurious gas than through the methods heretofore employed 3. No specially difficult, dangerous long preliminary arrangements or complicated apparatus should be required in using, set ting up, loading, transporting or lighting 4. Should not by its use and result be much more expensive than the former blasting methods. Applications should be sent before the end of 1886 to the K. K. Berghaupt mannschaft, at Vienna. A curious phenomenon in the combustion of copper and nitrogen has been observed by M. Blondlot and communicated tothe French Academy of Sciences. A disk of platinum and a disk of copper 0.03 meter in diameter were fixed vertically in front of each other by means of two platinum stands. The disks were 3 or 4mm, apart, and both were placed inside a bell jar of porcelain open below The spparatus was then beated red hot for three hours by means of a gas furnace, and although there was no electric current it was found that the face of the platinum disk was blackened with a deposit containing copper and platinum. In short, the copper had crossed from the copper to the platinum plate. The Imperial Russian Technical Society is making preparations for a petroleum ex hibition, to be held at St. Petertburg, which will not only show the condition of the na tive petroleum industry, but also enable foreign countries to exhibit the appliavees for manufacturing oils, &c., from the raw product, and employing them for purposes of illumination. ene cere erage - I yr es Smee A Blain De > THEHE IRON AGE. May 27, 1886, ESTABLISHED IN 1848. Established - - 1861. WROUGHT IRON BURRO WW Ss, SINGER, NIMICK & CO,, L1p,) me OMe aoe gutter earns BOILER TUBES PITTSBURGH, PA. Manufacturers oy = | E: E ku = Descriptions. _| Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, si MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF WARE t-EIOUSE, 99 and 101 JOHN ST. NEW YORK HAMMERED AND ROLLED — ena? Well Tubing, Casing |SANDERSON BROS. STEEL CO., a STD EEL, SYRACUSE, N. Y., LINE PIPE. WARRANTED EQUAL TO ANY PRODUCED. MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED BEST REF] N ED TOOL CAST STEEL Cotton Presses, Forgings, Rolling For Edge and Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear-Knives, S a Nn d e r S O Nn B - O S. a ey O. "Ss Mill and General Machinery. Cold-Chisels and Machinists’ Tools generally. Fi n e C ast St eel READING IRON WORKS SAW PLATES FOR TOOLS, DIES AND ROCK DRILLS. For Circular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. Sheet steel For Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, Stamping Cold, &c., &c. SIEMENS-MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE STEEL For Boilers, Fire-Boxes, Smoke-Stacks, Tanks, &c. G2 All our Plate and Sheet Steel being rolled by a Patented Improvement, is unequaled for surface finish and exactness of gauge. ROUND MACHINERY CAST STEEL For Shafting, Spindles, Rollers, &c., &c. File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R. Frog, Toe-Calk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Steel, &c.; Cast and German Spring and Plow Steet. 261 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Branch Warehouse: 39 Fort Hill Square, Boston. Philadelphi: = Te) a Lo — amd S “Iron Center "’ Cast Plow Steel. Finished Rolling Plow Coulters, with Patent Screw Hubs , = ‘“, —” ‘Soft Steel Center ’’ Cast Plow Steel. Agricultural Steel cut to any pattern desired. |[attached. = = * Solid Soft Center ’’ Cast Plow Steel. Steel Forgings made to order. aa - 5 = Represented a 243 Pearl and 18 Cliff Sts., New York, by = Y 5 : HOGAN & SON, Genera! Agents for Eastern and New England States. FARLEY HOFMAN = =: Li) a ac A pa — HOGAN & McCARGO, 417 Commerce St., Philadelphia, and FULLER, DANA & FITZ, 110 North $t., Boston. . P 3 a Cc. ——-— ROCHESTER SHOW CASE WORKS, — a. 8 © eS Manu‘acturers of SHOW CASES of every description, Highly finished wood cases with pat- I = 4 ent bell-metal joints a specialty, and the best in the world. Branch stores, 46 West Broadway, New | < — s York ; 94 Sudbury St., Boston, Mass. Catalogues sent on application, Mention The Iron Age. i eo eG Office and Factory, 29, 31 & 33 Water St., Rochester, N. Y. aa ie a INDESTRUCTIBLE 2 Paani 2 Brass. Iron, Steel and German Silver TT | ity ih Burnace Lamp, MADE BY TAYLOR & BOGGIS FDY. CO.. Cleveland, - Ohio. LOVELL Mie" = Challesge the World to Produce its Equal mple Pair sent postpaid on receipt of price. eee PRICE $6. 2 Sizes—3 Pint and 2 Pint. Nickel Plated and Polished, o LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES =— BREECH-LOADING Manufactured from the celebrated UTIS STEEL BRAND J STANDARD ZZ Quality and efficienc aan guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same qui We manufacture Heavy and — Roreings, Driving =a Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston s, &e THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, WORKS AT LEWISTOWN, PA. Office, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. It has no Seams or Solder in Its Construction. HARTSFELD PORTABLE SMELTING FURNACE & MINING CO, P. 0. Box 115, Newport, Ky. U.S, A. Reduction Works, No. 90 and 92 Thornton St. In sizes from 5 to 60 ton capacity, and the following licensed manufacturers on royalty : paesy & ©O., London, England and Melbourne, “- A. A HUNTINGTON & CO., Chihuahua, Mexico. PARKE, LACY & CO., Aukland, and Chili, 8. A w. T. GARRATT & CO., San Franc isco, Cal., £. the SHOT CUN. Top-Snap Action, Pistol Grip, Rebounding Lock, Pater Fore-end Fastening. For good workmanship, couvemene manipulation, hard and close shooting, durability, anabe of finish, this Gun has no — and challenges the PRICES: Plain Barrel, 12 bore, $15.00; 10 bere, 816. 00. BEAN’S The Fngraving represents the Haertefeld Trans- ortable Water Sac sketed Smelt Pacific © oast. verpenr, Hee. McILVAIN & SPIEGEL, Cincinnati, Ohio. , nats Cuff, Polished, FRANKFORD STEEL COMPANY a ace bat eee aenct et erator Cru foreign countries and are nshares, ©, roy Sent by mall, ta, on fecelpt of cible. or otherwise. Run your eye ow = and return an Special catalogue of Borkee Cieke. Hand cu —, Irons, swer ; silence means no! Catalogue free. Poilte Hooks, Chain Twisters, Pocket Holsters, Police Dark terna, &c. Sent Free on application. The following companies and firms have ordered »lants, as follows: The Kentucky Smelting and Min- Ing Oo, Do., of Louisville, =.. ® a 30-ton furnace for Idaho; The San ining and Smelting Co., of New- port, Ky., a 15-ton furnace for Sonora, Mexico; Gas sert, Black & Co., of Crooke City, Mont., a 15- ton and a 50-ton furnace: Wright & Homans, of Rapid City. Dakota, a 5-ton furnace. Several others are now awaiting a test of their ores before placing their orders, FRANKFORD, PHILA., PA., STEEL RAILROLD «AND =MACHINE §FORGINGS, SOLID CRUCIBLE STEEL CASTINGS AND Best Grades of Tool and Machinery Steel. THE GIBBS GENERAL PURPOSE RAKE. NEW, NEAT AND NOVEL. MANUFACTURED BY THE Hartsfeld Portable Smelting Furnace and Mining Company, NEWPORT, KY., - ~ .. & A Action Ejector Revolver. S cconawer Price, $7.50. oO a iges. Sent po mst paid on aad pt of pric Send 6c. in stamps for large catalogue of Roller eo oS evelvers, Air Kiftes, Peollee JOHN P. LOVELL’S $‘SONS, Boston, Mass. &2 Prices to the trade sent on application. Write us for Prices. THE ! — L a 2 Oo ene 0 2 WROUGHT-IRON BUGGY TOE RalL H h Mt C 3 o . 5m 7 aeheso ona - c 5 & 223 |The Cleveland Hardware Co., Cleveland, Ohi ee ® © a 236 e225 {The Cleveland Hardware Go., Cleveland, Ohio, Mannfacurer of o o- 2 © & 09 Inder Clstern, Pitcher . 3> gs MANUFACTURERS OF PUMPS i 2 , A = i Best Lawn and General Purpose Rake Made. 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