The Iron Age 1886-07-22: Vol 38 Iss 4

386, the her The Iron Age INDEX TO READING MATTER PAGE 30 A Review of the Hardware, Iron Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WiLtiaAms, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Vol. XXXVIIL: No 7. New York, Thursday, July 22, 1886. and Metal Trades. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE {7 Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. $2.50 a Year, Ircluding Tostage. dtingle Copies, Ten Cents. New Metal-Working Machinery. The Stiles & Parker Press Company, of Middletown, Conn., are now putting on the market a press of ap entirely new design, especially adapted to sheet metal drawing, | having been prceduced with reference to the | wants of manufacturers of tinware, brass | goods, clock cases, lamps and fittings, britannia ware, &c. It is a crank press, has a stopping and starting motion and the same general arrangements as several lines of presses made by them for similar work. In combining various improvements, how- ever, an entirely new type has resulted. In all drawing presses hitherto made the blank-holder is forced down and holds the metal while it is being drawn by the direct action of cams. These are subjected to a great deal of wear and tear, owing to the heavy pressure required, which comes di- rectly upon the faces. In a comparatively short time they become worn, and, unless there is a suitable compensating arrange- ment, do not operate with precision. An- other great source of trouble is avoided in this new arrangement. In some of the old styles of presses, where the blank-holder is operated by cams on the main shaft, the cams force down the holder upon the metal to be drawn and tend to lift the main crank at the same time. Just at the end of the stroke, when the work is most severe, the action of the crank comes in and produces a still further lift of the shaft, accompanied by the springing of shaft and frame, fre- quently slacking up the hold on the cams sufficiently to allow the work to wrinkle. This is a fault for which press-mak- ers have long been seeking a remedy. It is also very important to have the pressure regulated with great exactness. if too much is put upon the blank the punch will break through, and if not enough the blank will wrinkle, and bad, en work will result. The small margin there is for variation may be seen in the case of sheet metal, say No, 24, a very common thickness. It is only necessary for a wear of 0.0201 inch to take place to equal the whole thick- ness of the sheet to be drawn! The new press of which we present an en- graving differs from those im general use in the novel method employed for operating the blank-holder and cutting unch, Instead of cams to operate the blank-holder a pair of toggle-joints are used, the arms of which may be seen in the engraving on each side of the blank- ‘holder. This joint, when straightened, puts a perfectly uniform pressure upon the blank through the entire operation of drawing. Also by the adoption of a toggle-joint in the place of cams the strain of holding the blank is transferred directly to the frame without passing through the main shaft. The down- ward thrust of the crank in doing the work does not slacken the pressure upon the holder. The adjustment of the blank- holder and cutting punch is effected by the use of the well-known Stiles patent eccentric adjustment, which is both accurate and easy in its operation. The pressis made triple- geared, with friction clutch, controlled and operated by the foot in connection with a already possesses a library of 50,000 books ;and a valuable paleontological collection presented by Duke Nicolas, of Leuchtenberg. SS The Great Eastern. | Referring to the proposed conversion of the Great Eastern into a coal hulk for Gibraltar, the London Engineer, in a recent issue, remarks : To this end she will be fitted with special hydraulic machinery, and will be moored in the bay. No details of the machinery to ,be put on board her are as yet available for publication; and it must suffice to describe the pro posed arrangements in very ger- |eral terms, Her paddle engines }and boilers and the telegraph cable j tanks and passenger fittings being removed, suitable coaling ports | will be cut in her sides, which will be provided with shoots of the most approved construction. Rails will be laid on her decks on }which will run hopper wagons. | These can be filled in the hold and | raised by hydraulic lifts to any deck suitable in hight above water to the ships to becoaled. The wagons will then be run from the hatch- way along the rails and emptied down the shoots. The system will closely resemble that employed at the coal staiths of Newcastle and the Tyne district. It is calculated that about 2000 tons can always be kept in readiness in the trucks on her decks, so that a large steamer can be coaled with great dispatch. The vast size of the ship will per- | mit her to have several ships along- side at once, either to put coal into | her by hydraulic whips, or to take | itout of her as justdescribed. The Government has insisted that she must retain her screw engines and boilers on board, so that should she break away from her moorings control can be exercised, and so she will be prevented from doing mischief. It appears that the proposal to lestablish the ship in this way in Gibraltar has caused a species of panic among the local coal mer- chants and brokers, and the utmost | Opposition is being brought to bear against the scheme. The most absurd and ridiculous stories are | | | | at once, but her owners had repairs carried out in New York—it is said at a cost of about a dollar per rivet—and these were of the most substantial nature. She has recently undergone an elaborate Board of Trade survey, extending over several weeks, and she has been pronounced perfectly sound and seaworthy. We may therefore dismiss the vaticinations of the friction-brake, which can be stopped, held | and started from any point in the stroke at | the will of the operator, or with the Stiles | positive automatic stop motion, as desired. | The weight of the press is about gooo pounds ; motion of blank-holder, 5 inches ; motion of drawing punch, 10 inches; diameter of drawing punch, 10 inches; diameter of blank, up to 18 inches. The Automatic Wire Forming and Cut- ting Machine, which we show in Fig. 2, | has been specially designed for forming rings ' for rim wires, to be used in making kettles, pans, buckets, pails and other “pieced” tinware, as also for half circles suitable for bails, &c. This machine takes the wire | from the coil, shown on the reel at the left of the machine proper, passing it first | through the straightening roils, which pre- | re the wire for forming by taking out the | kinks. It then passes on to the feeding and forming rolls, which give it the shape re- | quired. As soon as this is done the cutting- off tool comes into action, dropping the fin- ished ring or half ring into a basket on the | floor. All these various operations are strictly automatic, so that the machine needs | no attendance beyond starting the wire. It} works at the rate of about from 50) to 80 rings per minute. The feed motion to determine the length of wire to| be cut off can be easily varied by adjusting | the oe on the main gear at the left | being circulated by the Gibraltar press, | Gibraltar This is done by means of | and it is gravely argued that she will | credence. So sound of the machine. Fig. 1.—Toggle-Joint Sheet-Metal Drawing Press. stem to stern, she would be relieved of ubout 2000 tons of dead weight, perfectly useless to her asa cargo-boat carrying only a limited number of passengers, if any. This would considerably reduce her draft and also the area of side presented to the wind. The last is a far more important factor than appears at first sight. When loaded down now her side | is over 30 feet out of the water, and pre- sents an area to the wind of no less than 20,000 square feet. She would be perfectly safe with 10 feet of free board. Her screw en- gines might easily be remodeled. must have been, very uneconom- ical. So far as we can ascertain, they never made more than 35 revolutions per minute in regu- lar work, although they have been run for short periods up to and over 40 revolutions. With such spurts, however, we need not con- cern ourselves, The engines have four cylinders 80 inches in diameter by 4 feet stroke. At 3 revolutions and 1 pound effective pressure each cylinder will develop 42 horse- power, or the four cylinders 168 horee-power. With a vacuum of 26 inches, and a boiler pressure of 20 pounds, we may count on 30 pounds initial cylinder pressure, and allowing for some expansion we may assume an average effect- ive pressure of 20 pounds per square inch, which is probably over the mark, and 20 X 168 = 3360 horse-power. This is, we believe, in ¢xcess of anything that the en- gines have really done in regular work. No doubt we have taken the average pressure as higher than the boilers could maintain. Taking 3000 horse-power as nearer the truth, this requires 60 fur- naces, and these may be counted on to burn 3 tons per day each, or 180 tons in all, which means 5.6 pounds per horse-power per hour. This was not bad work for the year 1858, but 3000 horse-power can be had now for,at the most, 2 pounds per hcrse per hour—or, per day, say 65 tons—which could be readily burned in 18 furnaces of proper dimensions. These would fit into three double-ended boilers, which could be put in side by side, and fired either athwartship or fore and aft ; one large funnel would suffice for the whole, The engines could They are at present, and always | on board so large aship. A ship carrying 20,000 tons of grain on a consumption of 65 tons of coal per day would be in a very ; favorable position indeed. An ordinary |}cargo steamer can carry 3000 tons at 9 knots, with about 750 I.H.P., and will burr, say, 15 tons per day, so that she carries 200 tons of grain per ton cf }coal per day. The Great Eastern would |} carry about 307 tons. If triple expansion engines were put into her, which might be done by leaving one pair of cylinders, say, | for example, at the port side as they are, | and putting in two new cylinders at the starboard side, the intermediate cylinder | exhausting into the two port cylinders, the consumption of fuel might be cut down to under 50 tons a day, and the Great Eastern might be able to run and make a profit at rates of freight at which no other steamship | afloat could live. It would be worse than useless to enter far into details. We have said enough to show that the Great Eastern might, as we think, be made to pay well as a cargo boat. Whether she would pay as well so as she is expected to pay as a coal hulk we shall not pretend to determine, for we are not in a position to pronounce an opinion. The ship is now and to the end of her life must con- tinue to be an object of interest to engineers. _ A — Inventory Valuation of Machinery Plant.* The keeping of cost and valuation accounts in connection with machinery has never been brought into so perfect a system as has ordinary commercial bookkeeping. The matter of inventory valuations with which it is proposed briefly to deal in this paper is, to say the least, in a very mixed-up condition, and although with some machinery owners it has received considerable atten- tion the average method contains a good deal of guesswork. It is evident that at the very base of all account keeping is the find- ing out the true value of the property kept account of ; and that without this being cor- rect all else is useless. Probably the most popular and frequently used method of doing this is by pure guessing. Another systen is that of taking original cost at first and then depreciating a given percentage each year, regardless of the several modifying condi- tions which will be mentioned later on. One large manufacturer used to werk upon this system with his machine tools, depreciating their value 10 per cent. each year. Although acknowledging that it brought the figures rather, too low, he said that it kept him upon the safe side, as not letting his assets appear of greater value than they really were. However safe this method may be, it is worthless if the object is to show the real value of the property. This will be apparent if reference is made to the second column of the following table, wherein $100 is shown decreased at the end of each year 10 per cent. from the remainder belonging to the year previous : Years. 10soff. 5off.| Years. 10¢off. 52 off. 0 .. 100.00 100,00 7 47.83 60.53 oo . 9.00 95.00 | 4 43.05 66.34 ss 51.00 9.25 | ” 85.74 63.08 8 72.90 8.74 | Ww 34.87 50.58 4 65.61 41.45 15 2u 59 46.33 5 .. 59,06 77,38 ; 20 12.16 35.85 6 53.15 73.51 | It will be noticed that at the end of 10 years the amount is only about $35, at the end of 15 years $20.50, and at the end of 20 years about $12. In the third column is ies the respective amounts for $100 as depre- ciated 5 per cent. each year, instead of 10, This gives abvut $60, $46 and $36 respect ively, as the amounts at the end of 10, 15 and 20 years, and it is much more reason- able for the valuation of machine tools than ig the first-mentioned discount, if a system Fig. 2.—Automatic Wire Forming and Cutting Machine, NEW METAL-WORKING MACHINERY, BUILT BY STILES & PARKER PRESS COMPANY, MIDDLETOWN, CONN, the screw shown in connection with this | before long sink at her moorings, and do gear. The crank operates a gear segment irreparable injury to the bay. She is said at the right, which acts on the feed motion | to be rotten; that her bottom is as thin as through the ratchet and paw! shown back | 4 sixpence, and so on. In point of fact, the of the feed rolls. The circular plate shown | hull of the ship is in excellent condition, at the right above the table, which has an) and the chance of her foundering is alto- automatic up and down motion, regulates the | gether remote. She has an inner skin rising | action of the cutting-off tool. Rings and! ahove the water level throughout her whole | half rings up to 9 inches in diameter can be | jength, and the space between the two skins is made on this machine from wire up to inch diameter. to ¥; | divided It will also automatically ments. Besides these she has cellular decks, into 800 water-tight compart straighten and cut off pieces of wire up to and is well divided up by water-tight bulk- 30 inches in length. Although preferably | heads. The ship was built of admirable worked by power, it can be operated by hand. | iron. Portions of the plates have behaved The machine weighs about 1500 pounds. t " t nd | like the toughest steel, and she was as well The New York office of the Stiles & | put together as possible. At a comparatively | Parker Press Company is at 203 to 207 | early period in her career she ran on Mon- Center street. _ —— Siberia, during the summer. tauk Point, and tore nine holes in her outer | skin—one no less than 85 feet long by 5 feet A university is to be opened at Tomsk, in| wide. It will be the | New York, delivered ber cargo in perfect first of its kind in that part of Russia, and ‘ condition, and might have gone to sea again ' She was got off, and proceeded to coal merchants as undeserving of and good is the ship, | indeed, that we cannot regard her conver- | |sion into a coal hulk without regret. The | great ship deserves a nobler existence, and it might yet, we think, be found that she oe be employed with profit as a sea-going | ship. not succeed before; and it must not be for- gotten that, with all her disadvantages, she did pay one company to which she belonged |no less than 230 per cent. on her first cost Without going minutely into details, we may sketch generally the changes that would be made in her. She has three primary defects. She draws too much water when loaded wo enter any but a few principal harbors ; she presents an enormous surface to the wind, and she is a most extravagant ship in the matter of fuel. By taking out her paddle engines and boilers —the engines alone weigh 850 tons—and taking off her upper deck and sides from We can understand now why she did | | to it in a very few years—not a bad return. | of this kind with a constant ratio is to be employed at all. The absurdity is, however, apparent of using a tool costing $100 when in such bad condition as to be worth but $12, or even $36. Such practice would be suicidal, and yet many tools need not be thrown away in 20 years. Another method is to estimate the probable price which an article would bring at auction. This is a very indefinite way, as it is well known that there are auctions and auctions. In some of these the property brings more than it is really worth, while in others, where the proper bidders do not happen to be present, or where an article is bought for a purpose for which it is unfit, the prices are some times almost nil. illustration of the variable be readily compounded. If it was de- A striking cided that 3000 horse-power was sufficient, | Values which may be attached to a lot of which would drive the ship at about 10 plant may be seen by comparing the knots, then it would only be necessary |®verage insurance value and the aver- to remove the present condensers and sub-|4<@ taxation value, the latter being stitute for one pair of cylinders another pair, each half the diameter or a little more —say 45 might then be placed in the wings, on the immediately above the pumps being, of course, driven by separate deck engines. width that there would be ample space for this arrangement. carry go engines cost of great. two chandise, The powerful pound engines, and she could easily carry 20,000 tons of grain, besides other mer usually a very different thing from the former, and the difference being some thing that frequently sadly puzzles the conscience of the owner to adjust, as it is a soothing balm to his pocket-book The system now used of taxing machine shop plant is very variable, and the average tax assessor is often at his wits’ end to know what value to put upon such articles as pat terns and special tools, even if he arrives at any fair conclusion regarding the standard the alteration would not be| machinery. The result is usually a compro- big ship would then have| mise between the high guesses of the surface condensing com. | 4#sessor and the low guesses of the owner It will not be necessary in this paper to dwell upon the best methods of finding the inches. The surface condensers engine, the The ship is of such enormous The new boilers would pounds, and so much of the old might be worked in that the and a few passengers who might * From a paper presented at the Chicago meet be content to give upspeed for the sake of | ing of the American Society of Mechanical Engi the extreme comfort which they could enjoy ' "eers. Ni ei i ks eae ra > Lh. Ae at id SS gs Je THE IRON AGE. July 22, so00. THE PLUME & ATwooD MFc.CO.|WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G CO, MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. Sheet and Roll Brass) every ee dss anp | VARIETY OF VV IRE; PURPOSES. 4’ WIRE, Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL. 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BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. Successors To W. S. TYLER, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, STEEL AND GALVANIZED WIRE, FOUNDRY RIDDLES, COKE AND COAL SCREENS, W.S. TYLER, Pres. FE. Ht. ALLEN, See. & 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, Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point, Address THORN N WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO. THE UNITED STATES IT)itis Company, 26 Broadway, New York. This company is now prepared to issue licenses fur the use of the several Patents owned by them These Patents cover processes for the produc- tion of “ Mitis Castings”? in Wrought Iron and Steel, and improvements in furnaces for melting and heating. The Mitis Castings made in accordance with the inventions covered by these Patents retain in every respect all the valuable qualities of the Wrought Iron and Steel (Scrap) from which they are made, do not require annealing, can be welded and worked under the hammer as well as the raw materials. Full particulars furnished on application, W. F. DURFEE, General Manager, 26 Broadway, NEW YORK. WIRE NAIL MACHINES HARDMAN PATENT.) Room 67. Thoroughly Tested and in Suc- cessful Operation. For prices and particulars address the Manufacturers, BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, BIRMINGHAM, CONN. | E.T.BARNUM, MANUFACTURER IRE AND IRON WOR Detroit, Mich. The Popular Polish of the world. Yor sale by all dealers tn U.S.A. and Ca Price List Free. THE PARLOR MPG. CO.,- 85 Fulton St., Boston. TTT TD hkeiacata E-RtSe i Ri te te a a LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO. sor. roOUIsS, MO. COO KXLY Se Pa i xy} wn te AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS ; ; ; LoS es SSIS ata eee fh) can procure everything they require IN STEEL ‘ SoS oS SS of GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT, at JOHNS- aSSs TOWN, PA., whose plant is the largest and most complete in the world for the production of Merchant and Special Steels for Agricultural purposes. Itis a great advantage to the Machine Builder to be able to get all his Steels from one maker, such as Finger Bars, Rake and Tedder Teeth, Springs, Axles, Shafts, Machinery Bars, Cold-Rolled Stock, Plow Blades, Slabs, Shapes, Angles, Knife Backs, Tires, Harrow Teeth and Wire. WI RE. Wi RE CLOTH WI RE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron 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 Co, S70" Send for Catalogue, A (Spey eee oan enn ney RRND Remenenan On We Toad your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. New York Office, 104 READE sT., Chicago Office, 202 First Nat. Bank Building. Philadelphia Office, 523 ARCH sT, [No. 157] _— THOMPSON McCOSH, President, JOHN A, McoCOSH, Sec. and Treas, Estab’d 1818. Incorp’d 1874. YE ae BARB WIRE “cikmen CARRIER. GILBERT & BENNETT MFG, CO. = a 42 Cliff St., New Yor 228 Lake St., ¢ a. Ills. MANUFACTURERS OF lron & Galvanized Wire ; Sleves and Wire Cleth. Power Loom Fetnted and Gal Cloth, Galvanised Wire Cloth rat ned Wot, W yrs. Warld’s Gal. Sire Peake Gal. Netting. Factories, Georgetown, Conn. NIEN-TSI CHI NESE LACQUER, Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. UNEQUALLED FOR DURABILITY. Prevents Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel, eee. Lao Bronze and all compositions from corroding. Also resists dampness, KE. F OIL nd FLY SPECKS. Can be applied without heating metal. Sole Agents H. S$. ALLEN & CO., 112 John St., New York. unas call s atten to pesentnetapere 3 of # Agrtauitare) Implements, Machinery and Architectural [ron Works. ple and Prices sent on applica LANE'S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, BHOCAUSE 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, LANE’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 hangess o other manufacture. " Manufactured by ed by LANE BROS.,” Poughkeepsie, N. % y JI JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW ‘irae STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES SINGLE AND DOUBLE ENC PHOSPHOR-BRONZE IN 16 SIZES. For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- DROP FORG a hI Saas der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps,| Byarqi lM) OMEN ae)Agea 0s ne ; Bushings, and all purposes where ae , INC MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional ie zs AN pion cee le : — E and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- se LS dailies Leiehek sh a ss be able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts,| PA\i0w-Van DESCRIPTIONS ela sai BN nh IN D Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥., Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura MANUFACTURERS OF 4 bility and Resistance to Corrosion. WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goobs. Castings of all kinds to order. Send Dish Covers, ‘ Vhespthe- Bionge for pamphlet and prices. Corn Poppers, NO DANGER OF CU1- TING HANDS OR TEAR - ING CLOTHES, SAVES THE PRICE OF THE LIFTER MANY TIMES EVERY DAY. Manufactured Solely by (PaTEnTsp.] Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, lowa. Our Agents, John H. Graham & Co.,113 Chambers S., carry stock of our Liflers and will supply at Factory prices. The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by th+ HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lista, 0. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, III. y , wus | | AT / R Co.HARTFORD. CONN. TRADE P FO nS {HE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING (0. | 1D, No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8 “CORTLAND” ; THE CELEBRATED INDOW Coa Sieves, “SILVER FINISH "|< wxscm aa WIRE CLOTH. Ete., Ete. Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. MWetallie Coal Sieve, GET THE BEST. AG EE 3 = te oa we oe owt ae wy SOE LS age) FP See a a a fm ae et ow © = > it ib Oe pa phn. - 9 we rere oe ae eS tae = o oe > * 2 ? 7 > 8 onl » Sh PP era ae. THE TRON AGE. OX FORD/M 2, wooo & ov 4. OGDEN & WALLACE, |Marshall Lefferts & Co.. 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm St, New York. 90 Beekman St, “9 New York City. MANUFACTURERS OF [ron =» Steel |gaiyanized Sheet lron, Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and pence; Galvanized Hoop and Band Lroa. Galvanized Rod and Bar 7. 33 A C K DIA MOND ST E E L. Galvanised Nails, Galvanized Chain. Galvanised All sizes of Cast ane Machinery Steel con- Pipe. “tantly ounand- _| CORRUGATED SHEET IRON Pp | E R S O N & Cc O bs For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Oharooal, Best Refined and Common 24 to 27 West Street, New York, SHEET IRON. Acme Shatfting. PLate AND Tank Iron, C. No. 1, C. H. No. 1, C H, ae 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Flange Fire Box, Circles ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF IRON AND NAIL CO.. Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. BURDEN'S HORSE SHOES. ——— “Burden Best” Iron Boiler Rivets. ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS LN STOCK, sav'y for Discount, TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. ESTABLISHED 176s, B. F. JUDSON, Iron * Merchants, Importer of and Dealer in 190 SQUT' BF). NEW YORK, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Les "ROW. |\eisa Iron, WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, - Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, ARM CO.’’ SHAFTING. OLD METALS. 457 & 459 Water St., 333 & 238 South st.}NEW YORK. HICKS & DICKEY, 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. Also general assortmevt of Norway, Ulste Refined Bar, Band, p, Scroll, Nest 7 Som Steel of all kinds, &c, A. R. WHITNEY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IZ a and Steel oojagnettett nem f [ron Steel Forgings |)/ME BURDEN IRON C0. Steel Plates STEEL CASTINGS. BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder eptiee tray” Ws FT. BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. GLasGOW TUBE MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL. COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. AGENCIES : CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., CAST TOOL STEEL. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Steel, &c. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. ‘mete BROS. & CO., Limi : Channels, ptivracss Rhafting BROOKLYN RE NAIL’ CO. THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE Plans and estimates furnished a contracts made for erec’ Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books = ainé cuts of all iron made sent mani, peert-6.c0 — on application by m at office. CHA , Chesapeake Nails, eS Please < orem t 17 Broadway, New York. — ‘ 3 HARTMAN STEEL co., Ltd., Steel Wire Nails. Wu. i. Wallace, Wn. Bispham. B. C. Wallace. JOHN FOX, Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. | — P. WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notace. Borden & Lovell, 70 & 71 WEST ST., L. N. LOVELL. C AL @REENE, t New York. H. L. FREELAND, Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S Neils, Bands, Hoops and Reds. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.'S ___ CUMBERLAND COAL. IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Maileable and Car-Wheel Purposes, JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. ». 63 Wall 8t., New York. DANIEL F. COONEY, 88 Washington St., New York, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES = GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IR ; ON , CHARLES HIMROD & CO., ine a CHICAGO AND DETROIT. - OX MUZZLES ZZLES VERY LOW IN PRICE. JOHN BROWER, 81 Murray Street. " PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers 0! Cast Iron aes FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. A. GARRISON, J. H. RICKETSON, WM. HOLMES. A. GARRISON & Co., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets. on ee. Tasons, ¥ ~ = &c. Ask for them e ou buy your hardware, — ey ee or send for cir- CHAMBERS, BROTHER & co., S2nd St.. Betow LancasTer Ave, PHILADELPHIA, PA. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CoO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant noe Riveted Forgings, Bye Bars, &c., wae, PATERSON, N. J. Room 45, Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. DOVER IRON CO.’sS Boiler Rivets. Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAR IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 139 GREENWICH 8T., NEW YORK. Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin's Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roll- ing Mill Castings of every description, Office, Nos. 10 & 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, Ill Reade $t., New York, STEEL AND IRON MAILS. HENRY KELLY, Pustic ACCOUNTANT, 925 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Specialty: Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Cost Accounts apd Partrership Settlements. Late Chief Accoustans to Cambria iron Company, VARIETY METAL BOOM. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT oe Rastesnon in a its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other yawn ty we Noiseless Voruiead Migines Redeeeek Dae Plugs, &c. PRAS. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. July 22, 1886. JAMES P. WITHEROW Engineer & Contractor, | Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES AND CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE MANUFACTURERS OF PAT&NT Planished Sheet Iron. OF SOFT STEEL, specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plates, 6th. 1874; Jan. 1, 18767 Oct, 7th, 1876; J ; ' : . z rth, 1877; Feb. 6th, 1877 ; Dec, 38 : Jan. Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. 1st, 1884 ; Feb. rath, 1884 : March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the 7 IMPORTED RUSSIA TRO N, Will contract to completely erect, 7 and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- and at a less price. well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As ALSO Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everything GRADES OF appertaining to Blast Furnace and Steel Works construction, can guarantee prompt- BLACK SHEET IRON Smoath on both sides. ness and satisfaction. SYRACUSE |Manhattan Rolling Mill. MALLEABLE IRON| J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St, NEW YORK. WwoR Zs, 9B 5 177 & 179 Bank St, SYRACUSE, - N.Y. MANUSACTURER OF . HORSE SHOE IRON, Mower and Reaper Castings and | ve caix ste, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats, Carriage Irons a Specialty. | Bonne Bonnell, Botsford & Co.. W. B. BURNS, Proprirror. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES EVERSON, HAMMOND & CO., YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. LIMITED, —_— PITTSBURGH, PA., Howard, Childs & Co., Sheet Steel]|Commission Merchants, Por Roofing and Co ding. Reom 20, Lewis Block, sacs - - ——_—_——__——_. Iron and Steel of all Descriptions, OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS.| Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, SHEET IRON, All Grades. Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. E. JENCKES MANFE. CO.., PAWTUCEET, RB. L., Bright Wire Goods, Belt ‘Hooks, | | SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTT Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a — New Werk Of@ice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling Agent lron Buildings, Roofs, sautie:s, Dours, Cornice Skylights. Bridges, &c. , MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 3 Dey Street. NEW YORE. GEORGE ak ce Jn., Prest JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. _|Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA., VU. S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents), WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. Automatic Freigh > & conmtan the same The Au y on Grepeates 20 the Amtometio Brake tor a Sear eae saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s es aod te increased epeed sak allcapwi Copter the cost of its application within verv time. P The “ Automatic” Sedo fi te mentees rat nt ote Brake known. Its instan it cap be some coy oe ee ee © desired, and and should the as aa ste, oF ‘hose or fail, it applies eutomatically. 4 GUARANTEE is given custom 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 BURG TRON WOoRKS. KIRKPATRICK & on 3 LIMITED Manufacturers of EIN sHHET IRONS, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFIOB, No. 143 First Ave., Pittsburgh, WORKS, Leochburg, Pa, CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE. single ev v Only Double Ring Invented. tnat closes on outside of themece! , BROWN'S Hog Ringer Elliptical Ring RINGS and HOLDER. and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer SSS ee Only single that Ring closes on BERING & QUINLAN ©0., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Ill. \, M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity of Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads, Office, 120 Water Street PITTSBURGH PA. ; r 99 i ‘ T ; July 22, 1886, +2245 IL RON: AGH. 5 BP -—— . an Z a Se The SD Oe ORs, EDWARD J. ETTING SUSEICE COX, ‘In. CHARLES K. BARNS. cost of: machinery or its productions, but j SPANIOH. AND IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, [JUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO,, | tking it for granted that a machine shop's 3 —__ AFRICAN _ ___ ITALIAN __| ___ 222 8. Tamp Sr., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENTS FOR ae aad have a complete record of the : PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON ITY cost of all its plant, whether it shall have 7 — - ” ’ i CASTLE PIG IRON. MOHICAN PIG IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. CATASAUQUA M’F'G, CO., ae ee ee eae upon the premises, ; | Bey and supposing further that d plant ; 7 vinest a (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, Mount aavaae ‘wtee Brick I a Oo mo + t e ©e 1 ® | and ae ietisieiated od ae ean aan om reachin t. : : > . . Bars, B . r ye Plates; Skelp aon i > can. 09 per cont. ana silicon from comparing favorably with English Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. are, Botier, aoe i ae eee = ’ arises, Whatis its value? The first and most West Coast Hematites. Conewago an! Alice Furnaces. BPwPIi™SG TRON for Foundries and Mills. , FORGE CO., Lt». Iron and Steel Forgings; important thing to do is for everybody con cerned to get it out of their heads that value is necessarily dependent upon cost. There 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. LYNCHBURG IRON LYNCHBURG, VA., Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. ERIE co., eed PHILADELPHIA. Light Rails, Railway FE'astenings, STREET 226 Walnut Street, Heavy Rails, Cambria Iron Co.,. STORAGE, WHARF anv YARD, Delaware Avenue, above Callow hill St., connected by track with rail road. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON. JAS G. LINDSAY. THOS. 8. PARVIN. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., Iron and Steel Structural Material Estimates furnished for Iron and Steel Structures and Railway construction Correspondence solicited wi.h railroad contractors. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 So. 4th Bt., Philadelphia. AGENTS Every shape. 224 South _Fourth Street, - Phila., Jerome Keeley & (s, 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEFL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Tron and Steel Rails, Scrap [ron, &c. Examine and negotiate sale s of Iron and Coal properties, FE. H. Wilson. A. Kaltser. J. B. M. Hirone. E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadetphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN |vent this being true. | current price of materials. are many modifying conditions which pre First among these variable conditions is commercial fluctuation of value, and this applies perhaps more to purchased articles, such as standard ma- chine tools bought in open market, than to patterns and other special tools, &c., made upon the premises, although the latter classes have, of course, certain fluctuations in cost dependent upon the labor market and the Thus, if an en gine Jathe should have been purchased a year ago for $1000, and, remaining unused, | should now be accessed, its value, of course, would depend upon the present price charged by its maker. A second factor in variation of values is locality. For instance, if the lathe above spoken of was to be used |in &@ mountainous region away from rail | roads, it would be fair to add to its value at ; OFFICE, WORKS, Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. | R O N AND ST E E | 4 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Bel thon Pig iron om Pereazon Correspondence solicited. See, Peete Dye Kreme Baw Shee expences ___ Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IROK. | ~ ee oe es oe there, providing an equally good and cheap J, W. HOFFMAN & CO., athe could not be bought nearer at hand, (RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, | where the freight would be less in amount An appraiser must, however, be careful not 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. to follow the rule of adding freight and Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE @ —* SALES OFFICES. 16th & ne Sts., 100 ae St... Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars,) "™™:"* | titra. ra. New York _Address. 1 CLIFF ST. STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, —_—— . : Largely used in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridyes. J N oO. L. H 0G A Ny 9 Ig tho latter could Reve been dose, the IRON COMMISSION “MERCHANT whole of such charges should, of course, not ~The Phoenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron ai er custom charges to the cost of a machine Plates ; GLASGOW TRON C ., Plates and Muck Bars; | without proper discrimination as to whether SPRANG STEEL & LON CO. (Limited), Siemens. | ; , een , : Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared it was necessary to bring the tool from a great distance or from a foreign country, Plates, Angles: and Shapes. instead of buying something nearer at hand oe HENRY LEVIS & CO., whole of 216 SOUTH FOURTH Si., PHILA. e Gauew. Manufacturers’ Agents Pig lron & Ores, Steei & Iron Blooms. A third variable pertaining to values is ae J ypo- For Iron and Stee! Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler Agent for Brier Hill irom and Coal Co. ee ene oven ir “wel — and Sheet ioe and General —— Connelloville Cake, — bought at the lowest market price, which Baiway Denipmoyts. __Old Bails, Scrap, &e. has not yet fallen, and near at hand, where Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold. / no freight of any amount was to be added, S04 SG. 4h St. Paadeiphie. and is new and in perfect condition, is not worth $1000 if a lathe can be bought for the same price which is of such superior design that twice as much work can be done with it in a given time. In this case the first- mentioned lathe is practically obsolete, and its value might be less than nothing. This supposable case is, of course, an extreme one, but the fact is that in these days of intense inventive activity machinery is constantly becoming more or less obsolete. 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 Rriuges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety ef 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 COM PANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Pianished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal