The Iron Age 1886-07-01: Vol 38 Iss 1

C. 1 The Iron Age TO MATTER 3 6 INDEX READING PAGE A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. INDEX TQ AOVERTISEMENTS PAGE 23 Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WiLuiams, Nos. 66 and 63 Duane Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Secgnd-Class Matter, Vol. XXXVILL No. 1. Draining Machinery in Northern Italy. instead of being free at their lower parts, | are fixed to a circular plate haviug a central opening equal to that left by the crown New York, Thursday, Sul are fixed. In some instances the blades, | a The Edgar Thomson Rail Mill. | Among the modern American rail mills | that of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, at The Valley of the Po, the most exten-| plate. The wheel is placed low enough to| Braddocks, near Pittsburgh, occupies a con sively and most admirably irrigated district in the world, is not Jess remarkable for the importance and the excellence of the drain- age works executed in recent years. In less than 30 years, from 1850 to 1879, upward of 600,000 acres of marshy land in the provinces cf Venetia and Emilia alone have been drained and transformed into rich country. The question of drainage has from all time occupied the attention of the population of these Adriatic districts ; but, in consequence of the difficulty and more often the impossibility of drainage by nat- ural flow, it is only since the advent of steam that the work of drainage has been thor- oughly performed. Drainage by machinery in the Valley of the Po is almost entirely carried out on one uniform plan. The ground to be drained is fenced round by eatch-water trenches or canals. Occasion- ally, when necessary to prevent infiltration, the bottom of the canal is deeply trenched and filled with clay. Within the circum- scribed territory a system of drains is cut, in which the water is conducted to the low- est level at a point conveniently selected, where the elevator is erected. By the ele- vator the water is lifted into a canal or a river, in which it is carried off by grav- itation. The elevators have to deal with variable volumes of water at variable hights; but in general the greater the hight the less the quantity to be lifted, so that the work to be done is in some sort constant. The hights vary generally in the ratio of 1 to 3. Three systems of machines exclusively are employed as elevators: Centrifugal pumps, turbines (rouets) and lifting-wheels (rouets elevatoires). All of these machines are moved by steam-power, and they are the most eco- nomical. Piston pumps employed to raise large quantities of water through small hights have shown not more than 35 per cent. of efficiency, The turbine is only a centrifugal pump on a vertical axis, of which the pipes are replaced by the sides of a well. It consists essentially of a circular crown plate on a vertical shaft,, on the under side of which the blades of a centrifugal pump be submerged at all levels of the water. It is driven by toothed gearing or by bands. The difference between the turbine (rouet) and the centrifugal pump is that the pass- ages for water are much larger in the first than in the second. Consequently the velocity of the water is less and occasions less friction, while the water escapes more freely. For small quantities of water the pumps are more ‘economical than the tur- bines, as the cost of construction of wells is saved. The turbines adapt themselves to great variation cf level, while maintaining a high ratio of efficiency—about 75 per cent. . FS THE EDGAR THOMSON Speed is, according to one system, altered by means of changes of toothed-wheel gear- ing to suit the various levels. According to another system the speed is maintained constant for different levels, but the efficiency may fall as low as 60 per cent. For this reason in the Po Valley centrifugal pumps and turbines are being gradually re- placed by lifting-wheels. These wheels are arranged like undershot water-wheels, but with the reverse action that the water is | raised by the wheel. or floats were straight and radial, and the | wheels were of low efficiency—about 30 per cent. They dashed the water about as each blade entered it ; whence their Italian name of ruote a schiaffo (literally, slapping wheels). The blades are now inclined at about 60° to | the radius, and are formed with a double curvature, so that the water is lifted with- out agitation or useless elevation, and by means of a sliding iron shutter the opening for access of water to the wheel is formed at the lower part only. creased, and it averages 80 per cent. rr Since the county clerk’s office in this city became a salaried office on January 1 last the receipts have been at the rate of $132,000 a year. Deducting expenses the city will realize at least $70,000 instead of nothing, as formerly. The receipts of the register’s office are supposed to range be- tween $90,000 and $130,000 a year. Originally the blades | The efficiency is | increased as the difference of levels is in- | spicuous place, Its particular features, the result of the joint labors of Mr. R. W. | Hunt, of Troy, and Mr. R. Jones, of Pitts- | burgh, are well brought out by the accom- | panying engravings, taken from the specifi- cations of the patent granted to the latter | on April 27, 1886. The three-high traiu consists of three sets of rolls, A, B and C, shown in the plan, Fig. 1. The weighing rolls A are provided with rising and fall- ing feed-tables, D and E, one at the front and the other at the rear side of the train. One of the series of geared roller-shafts is provided with a friction-wheel, F, which a SWZ > Coal H/// Fig. 1.—Plan Showing Construction. RAIL MILL, AT BRADDOCKS, engages with similar friction-wheels on the power shaft G. In the case of the table D they come into contact when the table is depressed, while in the rear table E they are driven when it is raised. This is clearly shown in Fig. 2, which represents a section through the line I, II, in the plan, Fig. 1. Feed table D is in the position in which its rollers are driven, while for E dotted lines show hew the table is in its raised position when delivering the bloom to the rolls. The raising and lowering of the two tables is effected by a hydraulic cylinder, through the medium of cranks and pitman, H, Fig. 2. The tables are guided in their vertical move- | ments by sleeves I, sliding on guide-rods at- | tached to the housings. Journaled in the housing at the delivery side of the upper and lower passes are delivery rollers, J, one at | each level, driven by belts from the power- | shafts at each side of the train. It is appar- | ent from the foregoing description that the | rollers of the table D are driven by power when the table is down and acting as a feed table, and that when it is up and acting as a receiving table the rollers are turned, if at all, only by the friction of the bloom as it comes from the rolls. The rollers of the | table F. on the other hand, are driven by | power only when such table is up and in | position to feed the bloom to the upper passes, and when the table is down in a position to | receive the blgom from the lower passes, as |shown in Fig. 2, the rollers are turned by the friction of the bloom alone. The driven rollers J insure the proper delivery of the 1, 1886, | bloom from the rolls to the table, and obvi- ate all danger of its stopping so near the rolls or guides as to interfere with its proper | transfer by the tables from one pass to an- other. Secured to the floor in front of the of the table D are two rows of inclined |guides, K and E, Fig. 3, the purpose of which is to shift the bloom from one of the | upper passes over to the next lower pass to the right (or left, as the case may be) and to turn it while being shifted. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be noticed that the surface of the rollers, when the table D is in its upper position, is above the |upper ends of the guides K E. The bloom having gone through pass a and returned through pass } to the table D, the latter is caused to fall. As it does so the bloom NEAR PITTSBURGH. encounters the inclined upper sides of the guides K, and is shifted thereby over on the table, until when the latter reaches its lower position it lies in front of the pass c. At the same time the bloom is tipped by the inclines and turns over as it descends to place. When the table D reaches its lower position the friction-wheels F encounter the friction-wheels on the power-shaft below it, and are set in motion, starting the rollers, which drive the bloom into the pass c. The operation of the guides E is the same, turning the bloom between the passes f and g. The rolls B are provided with stationary feed tables M and N, Fig. 1, consisting of suitable frames in which are journaled driven feed rollers having intermediate platforms, O. The rollers of the table M are driven toward the rolls B by the shaft running parallel to the table, connected therewith by bevel gearing. This shaft is driven by a second shaft, Q, through the medium of friction gear wheels. This in turn is driven by the power-shaft G through the medium of bevel gearing. The rollers of the table N are driven toward the rolls B by a shaft connected therewith by bevel gearing. It receives power from the shaft of one of the rollers (in this case the outer one), which is connected by gearing with and is driven by a shaft, P. The other end of the shaft P is connected with the sliding bearings. The purpose of this construction is to disconnect the feed rollers of the table M whenever it is desired to prevent the bloom thereon from rolls A and projecting up between the rolls | $2.40 a Year, Including Tostage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. being driven into the pass, as is occasionally the case. The middle friction-wheel is thrown into gear with either of the wheels at pleasure by means of alever connected with the sliding bearings by a system of rods and levers, shown in the upper right-hand corner of Fig. 1, for the purpose of causing the feed rollers of the table N to be driven in either direction, as may be desired. Extending along the inner side of the feed |} table D is a rock-shaft, R, Figs. 1 and 3, which is provided with two or more radial arms or levers, and hinged at or to the ad jacent side of the frame of the table M are a like number of slideways or bars, S, Fig. 3, which near their outer ends rest on the levers. The inner ends of the bars S termi nate between or at the side of the rollers of the table D, and the upper or outer ends, which are beveled to receive the bloom as it comes from the last pass h of the roughing rolls A, terminate between the rollers of the table D when the latter is in a raised position On the floor under the rock- shaft R is another rock-shaft, T, which is provided on one side with an arm or lever which bears against a friction roller on the under side of the frame of the table, D, and projecting from the other side of the rock- shaft T is a counterweighted arm, U, which holds the arm in contact with the friction roller as the table D rises and falls. The arm is pivotally connected with an arm which projects from the lower side of the rock- shaft R by a link. The operation of this construction is illus- trated in Fig. 3, and is as follows: When the table D is in a raised position the bev- eled end of the bars S lie between the rollers in front of the pass h, as shown by dotted tines, so that the bloom from the latter shall lie on the table directly above them. Then, when the table D falls, it depresses the cam, which by means of a link and arm turns the rock-shaft R, causing the lever to raise the slideways S. The latter raises the bloom up off the table D, when its gravity will cause it to slide down the ways S to the table M, where it is stopped by the stop B in front of the first pass i of the rolls V. The bloom when it leaves the pass h is of T-form, and it slides down the ways S, stem fore most, so that when its stem encounters the (Concluded on page 17.) July 1, 1886. & MOEN MANUF’G CO,, New York City, Chicago. 4HE IRON AGE. THE PLUME & ATWOOD MEE.CO.|WASHBURN Worcester, Mass., ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass pate ra®s 4 y 7 | . = ] a | a, ge ie ‘e dant Whose ED er. ETY WIRE URPOSES O’NEILS'S PATENT PLANISH = VARIETY OF a Waterbury Brass Co. WIRE PURPOSES. Seamless Brass and See Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized /ron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent Steel Barb Wire ; Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Eyeglass Springs; Steel Wire for Needles and Drills; Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties ; Pump Chain ; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence W v, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to x db. 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. Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Kods, Wire, O’Neils’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &c., —IN— GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER ELECTRICAL WIRE, W.E. DODGE, Pres’t. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. a. A. COWLES, Secretary. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, §e. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. se 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORE. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. WIRE ROPE AND CABBIE. SS os SS Rolling Mill, THOMASTON, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Factories, WATERBURY, CONN. Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes, IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS: MILLS AT Sh d R | R Switch Ropes, Co . x rs . Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper W ire 996 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, eel all 0 rass, Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all ths Dixteres 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. CONN. and Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. MYT ore | BRASS AND COPPLR WIRE AND TUBING, SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. THE New Haven Copper Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: 16 Cliff Street. SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, 107 & 109 Lake Street. Clocks and Py Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPE R AND BRASS. Particular attention paid to omins = Blanks E Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. and manuiacturing Me 70008. Sow ew re oe 3y) CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. sal eh ae ll le rele ela ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND MANUFACTORY, 4REHOUSE, aiBat eave RV AC Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. = « b by { = ] | — DEALERS IN ; Se a ee Holmes, Booth & Haydens, a) WATERBURY CONN. BOSTON, (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MF@. COMPANY WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of BRASS.—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. a N Sheet German Silver, German Silver BA Vick. Wire, German Silver Tubing. BRAZIERS’ & SHEATHING COPPER Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF ny) NEW YORK, 25 Park Place. 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of all kinds of ALSO Cast Steel Augers ald Rits of Superior Quality. A Aad vA yy 18 Federal St. , s'a ob Ler PET rans, | NTO eddie, Bros, Desk. ship. |294 Pearl St.. | NEW YORK. eer Mi , Naval, Livery, “lety, Rall. P CAE fccraeetca ttceser" |DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. Brass, Copper & German Silver, ro eEete ,;oamera Boxes, Printing Frames, : IMPORTERS OF ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Bd x ir.) ia tees Chemicals, Paper, Siass. ®° 1) TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON,| Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, ee Seovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. — COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., Copper Rivets and Burs. DEPOTS: Street, New York. at e23 Broome Street, New York. 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, 7 " + aT a 183 Lake Street, Chicago. | PICKERSON & ©0.. Liverpool. NEW YORK. BRASS AND IROD 3EAU" JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. SILVER- ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, Pres’t. WM. HEWITT, Vice-Pres’t. PORTAGE IRON COMPANY (LIMITED), |cxsx sue stoons, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL: . ~ JAMES HALL, Treas PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, E. HANSON, Sec’y. KEROSENE BURNERS, &C, THE TRENTON IRON CO., (INCORPORATED 1847,) N DAVOL & SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE, AND OF Bars, Rods, Shafting, Hoops, Bands, Angles, &c., a WwW i . Made Exclusively From Pig Iron. Brookiyn Brass a Copper Co., _ t ee 1 ire B a 1 e Tr 1e8. Ingot Copper, Speiter, 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, GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO, HOLYOKE, MASS, DUNCANSVILLE, PA. Freight Rates same as Pittsburgh. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, 17 Broadway, P. O. Box 33, New York City. ESTABLISHED 1819. INCORPORATED 1883. THE BROMWELL Brugh and Wire Goods Co., OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, Prices and Discounts on Application. Works and Office at TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & Cu., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, 21 N. Fourth Street. Chicago Office, 146 Lake Street. ° ® WIRE ROPE HAZARD MF'’c CO 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, Manufacturers of PROMPT ATTENTION TO ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE WE MAKE LOW PRICES, AND HAVE LARGE STOCK, IRON lowa Barb Wire Co.. Waterbury Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., 98 Reade Street, New York. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. H. 8. CHASE, Sec'y & Treas. 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. Brass Goods is A Iron Wheels, Swivels and Stationary Casters, Eb i ( a CHEAPEST, STRONGEST, BEST. ROCK BOTTOM PRICES 70 THE TRADE. Also Manufacturer CLARK’S PATENT RUBBER WHEELS AND CASTERS. Catalogue free. GEO: P. CLARK, (Box X.) WINDSOR LOCKS, CT. R. T. SOLLIS & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LEAD PIPE CUTTERS INDISPENSABLE TO PLUMBERS. No. 1 cuts 1 in, tozin. Sent, postpaid, for $:.7<, No, ¢ =a - 3 ” - ™ - 1.50 LiBeraL DIscoUNT TO THR TRADE. Send for Lilustrations, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, 227-251 So. Clinton St., Chicago. 70-76 Trinity Place, New York. COMPLETE AND PERF. ECT ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM, For Central Stations or Isolated Plants. All kinds of Electrical Apparatus and Supplies. rt macs pa ok cote ac —— = : Be: Covered K Address TH Ni 26 | This comp for the use o These Pat tion of * Mit Steel, and i and heating, The Mitis Inventions very reap the Wrough they are m welded and the raw mated Full parti Ww. WIRE Thoroug Cc ‘Or prices and 2/RMINI FO BIR a4 1 1) ae Ve 1 a id era TH E BIRD CAR YT c& MOEN, MANUFACTURERS July 1, 1886. 0. LINDEMANN & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Japanned, Brass, Tin Plated and Wood a Ca rat oe i 933.933 Ee LS gp soe tee bp laale = Yevcaae YP TL ee TLELLAA LA RLELL LALO AIA AAITASTIISIDINISIUA > i > ss a s > a id > > mr in > Pd » bs > > ba — Py i > S S S ht — = S S > S Market @teel Wire, Crirnoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. ee 236 and 288 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. V7 tes 9] IRON IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. GAUTIER STEEL FENCE WIRE.|! 254 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. we mS ab fe —— | EXTRA HEAVY S1EEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES. Steel, Irom, Brass ahi Copper Cloth for Coal a d Ore Screens, Flour Mil's, Paper Mills and Maltsters, : 754 to 758s =»T. CLILATIH -sT. w.S. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, See, & Treas, as CLEVELAND, OHIO. THORN WIRE HEDGE co. STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING. We would call the attention of the manu- facturers of PICKET FENCE to the quality of the wire for that purpose manufactured by the Gautier Steel Department of Cam- bria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa. This wire Ce a Power Loom Painted and Gai vanized Window Screen Wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warld’s Gal Kelly Point, rl is galvanized and annealed expressly for this purpose, and is acknowledged by : parties making up this style of fence as f the best in use. F “Kelly” Yielding — Steel Points. - New York Office: Chicago Office: Philadelphia Office : , 104 READE sT., 202 First Nat. Bank Building. 523 ARCH sT., 9 Best Wire Made. TNo. 156] ‘ Does Not Lacerate Stock ioe Estab’d 1818. Incorp’d 1874. THE “a GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. WAREHOUSES: ; 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., Chicago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS OF 2 aa ron & Galvanized Wire > F Covered with Celebrated Sievers and Wire Cloth Address THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO, | § _ THE UNITED STATES NE pag Soc SIE 7 + ee ee ee eee Mitis Company,|NIEN-TSI CHIN ESE LACQUER, 26 Broadway New York. UNEQUALLED FOR muneeneetes deerme team Bloat Breen ny Silver, Bronze and rect. nd sands mah 5 ttn d FLY SPECKS. Can be applied without heating metal. all co =r from corrodin Also resists dampness, KEROSENE OIL Tels coed aed srepaers ta tee, Reson Sole Agents, H. $. ALLEN & CO., 112 John St., New York. <—o «pene me Would call special attention to manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Machinery and Architect ! ca anc c ec These Patents cover processes for the produc- Lron Works. mple and Prices sent on application. ura Steel, and improvements in furnaces for melting and heating. The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, BHEOCOA USE vanised Twist Wire Poultry Netting The Mitis Castings made in accordance with the inventions covered by these Patents retain in every respect all the valuable qualities of the Wrought Lron and Steel (Scrap) from which they are made, do not require annealing, can be ' ra} It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a > 1m steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically free from wear, It 1. welded and worked under the hammer as well as tar is almost noiseless in action It requires no oil, It has a broad the raw materials. -. 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. LANE’S PATENT TRACK Is made of stee! and 1s easily put in position. Catches and holds no snow or ice. Door = buss thereon cannot jump the track. Is not subject to decay uires no fitting. but is ready at once. May be used with hengerd a oa other manufacture «| tanutactared by LANE BROS., Fowsiteonie, 5, WIRE NAIL MACHINES nee = cows co. cronies. 112_conors sr, new vor PHOSPHOR- BRONZE For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all purposes where MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictiona! —— Full particulars furnished on application, C i ef MU W. F. DURFEE, General Manager, Room 67. 26 Broadway, NEW YORK. HARDMAN PATENT.) Thoroughly Tested and in Suc- cessful Operation. tor prices and particulars address the Manufacturers, oe : and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- Sam = ; able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, = BIRMINGHAM /RON FOUNDRY, i Ma aan = Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c 4S FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, Combine Toaghness, Strength, Dura- L, — ° ‘he Op 4 sbility and Resistance to Corrosion. ; __BERee SN, CONN. C hisfi tt- ere. Castings of all kinds to order. Send 2 E. = BA R N U M, for pamphlet and prices. ~ MANUFACTURER THE Sa SMELTING C2., LTD., vited. Te a-see IRE AND No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. IRON WOR Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronse | Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of P ‘Phosphor-| Bronze in the U. 8 York. Detroit, Mich. Se CELEBRATED , f The Popular Polish | M, rf EE ee yer : of the world. WAS aie] coc Conde Precise ce Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS, FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. strical Price List Free. THE PARLOR MFG. CO., 85 Fulton S8t,, Boston. IRON AGE. CAGES. STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. ranized Web Wire Fence, Gal- 1 Factories, Georgetown, Conn. “SILVER FINISH” GET THE BEST, The Fred J. Myers Mfg, Co., COVINGTON. KY., MANUFACTURERS OF Lawns, Parks, &c. Also Wrought- Iron Fencing, Cresting and Hardware Specialties. This is a New and Rich Design, and one of the handsomest Sette -es in the market. The Reservoir will hold suffi-ie: t water We carry a full stock of all widths Gre an to last from to to +5 days. Aaa ) He asia eq ili] || TD ama’ a ee HLM LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE 6O., s Tt. ee ee MO. 3 ESSN iE wn a Se 2 19 SRA es WIRE, WIRE CLOTH. a Counter Railings, Window Guards, lron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. ROOF CRESTING, Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY National Wire & Iron Go., "€7*"" Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. JOHN A, McOO8H, Sec. and Treas. LIFTER AND CARRIER. THOMPSON McOOSH, President, BARB WIRE NO DANGER OF (U1 TING HANDS OR TEAR ING CLOTHES, SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY ae are ie Manufactured Solely by iparuneee.) Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. Our Agents, Jonn H, Graham & Co., 113 Chambers $t., carry stock ol our Lifters and will supply at Factory prices. The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by tb+ HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. O. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ili. MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES SINGLE AND DOUBLE END re IN 16 SIZES. ° re DROP FORGED OF BAR STEEL ‘4? TAKING NUTS FOR/4INCH,, | UPTOAND INCLUDING | | NHRC aN key ae mer’ Ty ry - Py AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND IRON DROP FORGINGS, WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goobs. Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, “CORTLAND” INDOW N Coa Sieves, SOREE Flour Sieves, WIRE CLOTH. Etc., Etc. Metallic Coal Steve. 3 Tron and Wire Goods of all Kinds for ra — tRON And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 24, 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. -ABEEL BROTHERS, ESTABLISHED 176s, {Iron * Merchants, 90 SOUTH ST., 365 WATER ST. NEW YORK. “ CATASAUQUA” IRON. Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. “ARM CO.’’ SHAFTING. . C. H. C. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Be = haces ire ne Circles. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon application. BURDEN'S HORSE SHOES. —— EF. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron, WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD METALS. t St., | & 382 Youth Stz{NEW YORK. B. “Burden Best” Iron Also general assortment of Norway, Ulster and Refined Bar, Band, Hoop, Scroll, Angle Iron ; 57 Bree 3} of all kinds, &c. 33 Boiler Rivets. 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. [ron, Steel & Forgings STEEL CASTINGS. lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGS Or CO., Limited. Merehant Iron and Soft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. NORWAY eSTERL @& IKUN OO., Homogeneous 8 BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. ae Plates. GLASGOW TUBE W WORKS. M. BYERS & OO., Wrought Iron 2 ioe. CARNEGIE BROS. k co Beams, ( THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY: N. Y. MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL, COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, AGENCIES: CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., Not tee Wm. H. Wallace. 17 Broadway, New York. Please address P. O. BOX 33. Borden & ‘Lovell, 70 & T1 WEST ST., HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Stee! Wire Nails. JOHN FOX, WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, CUMBERLAND COAL. IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. New York. No. 63 Wall 8t., DANIEL F. COONEY, 88 Washington St., New York, nD WOOD & C0. A. GARRISON, J, H. RICKETSON, WM, HOLMES, A. GARRISON & CoO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and JOHN BROWER, 81 Murray Street, BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, | For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Bivete, on re carriages, wagons, harness, &c. for them ‘‘ where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- ved on. Chilled Rolls, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW. V RIBS & —— ae ooh RYAN eRe ular and price list. = en CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., a 52nd Sr., Berow Lancaster Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Ore‘and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin's Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roll- ing Mill Castings of every description, Office, Nos. 10 &4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, 6th, 1874; Jan. 1, 1876; Oct, 17th, 1876; Jan. 4 11th, 1877 ; Feb, 6th, 1877; Dec. roth, 1878; Jan. roth, 1882 : Jan. rst, 1884 ; Feb. reth, 1884: March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. GEO. N. PIERCE & CO., Buffalo, N. Y., New York Office, 195 Water Street, BIRD CAGES and REFRIGERATORS. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price Lists, ALSO FOR SALE BY Cincinnati Tin and Japan Co.. C ey Ohio, Kennedy, Spaulding & Co, grre . ¥. Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata urrows & Co, Troy GRA 8 A. nor Butler & Diehl, 8 rapaee i. Y. BLACK SHEET IRON, €or r & Goas, Rochester, N. Y. mS ye. St. Louis, Mo. Smooth on both sides. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. ALSO Geo. \Werthineten & Co., "Geeta, Ohio. Manhattan ‘Talli Mill. J. LEONARD, HORSE SHOE IRON, The Galk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats Bonnell, Botstord & Co. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. W. B. BURNS, Proprietor. EVERSON, HAMMOND & ORR, LIMITED, + = Iron and Steel of all Descriptions, OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS,| tron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, SHEET IRON, All Grades. Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &t. zs i “en Ta Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. | PITTSBURGH, PA., VU. S. A, a verv short The “ Automatic” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its application is instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car re the train if desired, and should the train se roe, = e or = it Sten au! A GUARANTEE is given customers m PATENT 8 The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, LEECHBU RG IRON WORKS. KIRKPATRICK & co., LIMITED Manufacturers of all Grades Fine SHE T IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tes Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE. WORKS, Leeehburg, Pa. Only single Ring ever invented Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, PAT ee arte J Ill Reade St ’ New York, Only Double Ring Invented. that closes ss of the nose i ° : : WN's Room 45, Astor House, New Waele. Champion Hog Ringer Elliptical Ring ieivsicecdieatinnatadl RINGS and HOLDER. and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer. STEEL AND IRON NAILS. Poses wus a CLIT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO.’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAR IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., The attention of Hematite ure miners is ae to our new Jig. The simplest and most effective separator pow in use. McLANAHAN & STONE, Gaysport Foundry, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Manufacturers of Ore Washers, Screens, Eleva- tors, Conveyors, any general Ore Mining Machin- ery. VARIETY METAL BOOM. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION im all its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. points in the flesh to keep it sore. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, [1 J, M, SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity of Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads, OT epee A. THE IRON AGE. July 1, 1886. OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co., O x F O R D W. D. WOOD & CO., L’d,| s 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm 8t,, New Vork. Beekman St., New York City. or ae PA.. > on mess IRON AND NAIL CO Iron = Steellgaiyanized Sheet Iron ti " LET | emanate | 2 UC NEIIS : BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. goreate Hea tevercet eae oe 7. il All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con a. , S P I K E S. F cee cose CORRUGATED SHEET IRON a : 6 ‘or ng, &c,, Galvanized, or Painted. e Be RANT ° es ’ : H PIERGON & G0.) |cccsoen ac tteaeece| ch iraketenas ann, napecleags ae adat : (ESTABLISHED ee - SHEET IRON. NEW YORK. Planished Sheet Iron. d = ene IMPORTERS AND DEALERS ay and STEEL..| PLATE AND Tank [RON, Patented April stn, 1873; Sept. oth, 1873; Oct. | [A , 21 Be A. R, WHITNEY & 00, |nraa 0 oxy - cmt ay, (OES REE few He lan: ROOKLYN WIRE ota Sh Steet Wire Na Nails CAST TOOL STEEL SS - THE CHESTER PIPE 4 AND TUBE —— PITTSBURGH, PAs, Howard, Childs & Co., Plans and estimates furnished | ii o — ean end a ei Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., a fon.” Books containing cute of al iaeret = aie _ via — ae z oe NEW YORK CITY. S } ) eet Steel Commission Merchants, mai . . on application < Sample pieces at office. ’ pea Wm. Bispham. B.C. Wallace. For Roofing and Corrugating. Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. ie 4 | c A: GREENE, t New York. Cast lron Gas and Water Pipe. TRENTON. N. J. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPEN I9N% ROOFING & SIDING, Cosvespentunes silialiad. —— aebteetion, _ cee Ot 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO } Any size or style made at short notice, . . . FALL RIVER IRON WORKS €0.'S | 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. PAWTUCKET, R. L, | Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. eee . Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, am - DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, Iron Bulldogs, an tt0othe Sputters, Doors. Cornices, —— Suaaitdiiecaee Also fo ORDEN MINING CO.’S renee ne mosey, ON BRIE, ANE, tOOF CO» | mow ore Omee SH Chnmbare Arent = B : GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr, Prest JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. | T, W. WELSH, Sup! P | G ] R O N 5 H, H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. Ay f= BS — . LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURERS OF THE 4 SPECIALTY. GLASGOW ROK om roy WORKS. C t : Pj WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, V. Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). Office, N CHARLES HIMROD & CO., ALLISON BOTLER FLUES ast Iron F ipe nae eens - CHICAGO AND DETROIT. mw Bella st Ec|LAMP POSTS. VALVES. ETC WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. O X M U zZ Zz Ps E S ? ? " The Automatic Freight Brake is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for GO Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants, | Passenger cars, except ata See low price’ The unving in acclbentn, far Spe TeeLy 200, ploce of VERY LOW IN PRICE. 609 CREAITEE SEREES. and. the increased spee! possible with pertect safety, will repay the cost of ls application wits ij Heating Ga: FRAS, B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa, Office, 120 Water Street PITTSBURGH PA. 139 GREENWICH 8T, NEW YORK. , DEALER Nos. 1015, 1 i ion. , RS. at. jupt » for ce of ages, ithin Ite i the mers sharp r, fil. a eee July 1, 1886. WiILaGBIAmM RR. HART «& CO., ee SPANISH, AND AFRICAN ITALIAN CASTLE PIG IRON. MOHICAN PIG IRON, A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, comparing favorably with English West Coast Hematites. for Finest Steel (phosphorus unifo: mly low, sel- dom reaching .o3 per cent., and Silicon from 1 per cent. upward, according to re- quirements of buyers). Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished Oid Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIA. H‘astenings, STREET RA I LS A Railway ADDRESS Cambria Iron ‘Co,, OFFICE, 218 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. The Phoenix Iron Co.., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WORKS, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings : Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. lans and Specifications furnished, Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Biocom PLATE eé& SHEEHT IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, ed solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack = Tank and Boat fron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, , WwW. H.WALLBAUM & 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 & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” Malleable Iron, brand * U. H M.” : MOSS BAY HE ATITE LRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spie Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn” Malleable Charcoal rig Iron and N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. Also Sole Agents for the WHITE RIVER MINING CO’S. Arkansas Manganese Ore, Guaranteed so per cent, Metallic Manganese. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, tc FF. ROBERTS cw CO. A. MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, oer aes leisen, Cro TAN AD e e SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No. 26 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 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. Regenerative Furnaces. Blast Furnaces. Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plates. Bessemer and Open-Hearth Steel Plants. Pittsburgh Branch Office: BOYLE & BISSELL, BISSELL BLOCK. Heating Furnace, designed for use of Producer Gas, but can be adapted to Natural Gas with a slight modification, QuUA HER cCITryvy FACING MiIiiuts. Send for sample bbl. (Star) Stove Plate Facing. } Send for sample bbl. XX Machinery Facing. { We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. —- =— — RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, _ And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. — yt | er J. _DEALERS IN MOULDING Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del. Ave, *© «© = we. RPASESON oH CO., SAND, AND .MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, PHILADELPHIA, PA, THE IRON AGH. EDWARD J. ETTING JUSTICE COX, Jn. CHARLES K. BARNS IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, |JJUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO,,| 222 8S. Tarp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENTS FOR ie SS nibs Sma acTO™| _ CATASAUQUA W'F'G. CO, Iron, steel, Agent for the Mount Savage Fire Brick Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Angles and Shapes; Chick ¢s, Mortgomery, LYNCHBURG 1LHRON co., Conewago and Alice Furnaces, LYNCHBURG, VA., = x GS IRON Foundry and Forge Pi — for Foundries and Mills, s g§ tron. ERIE FORGE CO., Lro. Iron and Steel Forgings ; STORAGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue, above Callowhill St., connected by track with rail road. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON. Every shape. 224 South Fourth Street, - Phila., Pa. Jerome Keeley & Co, 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Tron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Lron and Coal properties. 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 Structures and Railway construction Correspondence solicited with railroad contractors. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 Bo, ath St., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal Pig Iron. Ferguson Red Short Pig Iron. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, EF. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J.B. M. Hirons, E. H. WILSON & CoO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON anv STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, {RON COMMISSION [MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. SALES OFFICES. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Plates; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars; Pine Brand 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHIIA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Stee! Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler : teel Co. 0 Hearth joungstown Steel Co. ven Hea and Sheet Iron and General Charcoal Lron, Connellsville Coke, Railway Equipments. Old Rails, Scrap, &c. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold = sa = 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Slemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes. JNO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH Si., PHILA. Pig Iron & Ores, Steel & Iron Bioonis. Agent for Brier Hilllfron and Coal Co. Metal, . FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover I [POM ose Chill Iron for Carwheels, &c Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4 in. to% in.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. F. A. ComLy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 240 So, 3d St., Phila. Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ESHERICK & CO., 263 So, 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Description. Selling Agents for Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., Forgings; Central Iron and Steel Works, Plates of [ron and Steel; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., Iron and Steel Nails. Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Car and Boat Specifications a Speciaity }. J. MOR RN, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA, PA., SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel ry PIG IRON and Forge 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. Geveral Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. PEDuo G. SaLom, J.P. 1. Waeranson. SALOM & WESTESSON, Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Established 1847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., “nsrgkecken, 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, Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. g@ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. TESTED CHAINS. 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 “CUMBERLIND” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Lea & Co.,, Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND BCRAP 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 | } Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and Baltimore. Price liste on application. 5 Latest Legal Decisions. CHATTEL MORTGAGE—POWER TO MAKE The Woodard Mfg. Co. was indebted to the Muskegon Iron Works in the sum of $4200, and its president and secretary and treasurer gave the iron works a chattel mortgage of all its property to secure the payment of this debt, and the sum of $500 more, as it was constantly getting goods from the iron works. The latter assigned this mortgage to the Eureka Iron Works as collateral security for the payment of a debt. The manufacturing company failed, and B., acreditor, on recovering a judg ment against it, seized its property in execu tion. In an action—Eureka Iron Works vs. Bresnahan—brought to determine the valid- ity of the mortgage, it was declared to be invalid, and the plaintiff carried the judg- ment to the Supreme Court of Michigan, where it was reversed. Judge Sherwood, in the opinion, said: ‘‘1. There is no ques- tion that the manufacturing company could give this mortgage. A majority of the Board of Directors may bind a corporation when duly assembled. Corporations may transact all such matters as, being auxiliary to its primary business, are transacted by ordinary individuals under similar circum stances. They-are bound also by the same implications and inferences as natural per- sons ; and a corporation, having the right to create a debt, has the necessary power to give security for its payment in any form not prohibited by law. 2. In the absence of any provision to the contrary contained in the charter of the company, it will be presumed that its president, secretary and treasurer have the authority to make all necessary contracts in transacting the or- dinary business of the corporation, within the legitimate scope, object and purpose of its organization. The mortgage in this case is clearly within this rule.” CHATTEL MORTGAGE TO SECURE SHIP DEBTS. One partner made a chattel mortgage to a trustee to secure the firm’s creditors, the debt of each being specified, and he also put in the mortgage, specifically, the amount of his own debt toacreditor. One of the firm’s creditors sought to foreclose the mort- gage to the extent of his claim, and the de- fense was made that the mortgage was in- valid, because the individual debt of the partner was secured thereby, and this con- tention was sustained. The case—Walker vs, White—was carried to the Supreme Court of Michigan, and there was reversed. Judge Morse, in the opinion said: ‘‘ The mortgage was so drawn as to specify the amount of indebtedness to each creditor specifically, and the plaintiff was by its terms made trustee for the collection and payment of the amount owing to each. There is no legal objection to such a mort- gage, and each mortgagee can enforce his own claim under the mortgage, the amount of his debt being stated. It is ineyuitable to defeat this right on the ground that the partner secured his own creditor.” LIBEL BY NEWSPAPER. A newspaper company were sued in libel on this publication: ‘‘ A young man named Frank Mallory, employed as a driver and collector by A. H. Gow, has disappeared with some of his employer’s funds, and the police have been notified.” The defendant justified the publication: 1. That it was true. 2. That it was made in good faith, and in aid of legal proceedings to arrest one charged with crime. The plaintiff had judgment, and defendant appealed the case —Mallory vs. Pioneer Press Co.—to the Su- preme Court of Minnesota, where the judg- ment was affirmed. Judge Dickinson, in the vpinion, said: ‘‘ 1. The publication charged an embezzlement, and it was shown that he had not absconded, and that he claimed the money he had collected to apply it on accuunt of wages due him. So the charge was not made out. 2. The right to publish items of news does not go to the extent of allowing the publication of false and defam- atory matter, because it is news, so-called. The claim that the publication was in the interest of justice was not set up in the answer, and, as no criminal proceedinys had been taken, it is not a valid excuse here.” — Submarine Rocks.—MM. Fouqué and Michel Lévy have made an examination of the rock brought up from the sea bottom by the sounding operations of the French ship Talisman in 1883. They were brought up from depths of from about 13,000 to 16,500 feet, and, having been cut, were examined by the microscope. The prevalence of scoria as from the furnaces of engines is very notable among the specimens, their ingredients being anorthite, olivine and oxydulated iron. On other specimens the imprint of stigmaria and sphenopteris can be distinctively seen. Two fragments of brick have also been found. A piece of common and a piece of hornblende granite are among the specimens, a pegmatite and some granules often rich in muscovite, and microdine. One of the granulites shows some grenat, and another numerous in clusions of actmote in the feldspars. These and some other eruptive rocks are found among the specimens, but the metamorphic series is more largely represented. There are 24 pieces of gneiss property so-called, and 25 pieces of amphibolic gneiss. The former frequently contain zircon, apatite, tourmaline, biotite, muscovite and other minerals. The latter are found to contain, besides these minerals, others,