The Iron Age 1886-08-19: Vol 38 Iss 8

ner WY of el | * ¥ S0@B5 Wd penoina. MATTER A Review of the Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMs, Nos. Vol. XXXVITL: No. 8. Transmission of Power in Switzerland. | current of 58 ampéres at an electrom>tive | force of 500 volts when driven ata speed In a little place called Dorenberg, close to| of 400 revolutions per minute. It has six the railway from Lucerne to Berne, in| poles and three pairs of brushes. The two Switzerland, there is an old iron works and generating dynamos are coupled up in series, a flour mill which received water-power | and thus the eletromotive force of 1000 volts from a j>int canal having a fall of 33 feet, | is obtained. Theloss of pressure along the line and yielding 250 horse-power. There is also| is about 100 volts, and at the receiving sta- the facility for increasing both the quantity | tion at Lucerne there are two dynamos, but of water and the fall at very slight ex-| of somewhat smaller size, which are also cou- penditure by utilizing the River Emme, and | pled in series, and from which the 60 horse- thus 400 horse-power might be obtained in| powerare obtained. This is the portion of the future. At present, however, the 250 horse- | installation which is devoted entirely to the power alone are utilized by a society which | transmission of power. Another portion of was constituted some time ago in Lucerne,’ the same installation is devoted to lighting 7 Fig. 1.—Section New Yo Hardware, Iron and 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, Metal Trades. The Iron Age INLVEX TC ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE 17 as Second-Class Matter. rk, Thursday, August 19, 1886. which is underlaid with specular iron ore| pany has been formed consisting of O. D. eq 1al in quality to the famous Lake Superior | Levis, A. Hartupee and William McRoberts, ore. The ore land is undeveloped and the/ of Pittsburgh, and a party of Philadelphia vein was first struck about four years ago. | capitalists, who will invest $300,000 in a It was encountered near its outcropping at| plant to be erected at once in Pittsburgh the depth of 30 feet on one of the low foot-| for making barbed metallic strip for fence hills which are between the river and the | purposes. range of mountains. While digging a well a the stratum, which was afterward found to} be six feet in thickness, was encountered. | The Manafacture of Water Gas in With their primitive instruments the well | Germany. diggers were unable to penetrate it and abandoned the hole. Specimens were shown While the use of water gas for fuel pur- to a number of persons, among them Captain | poses is slow in finding that appreciation in Richard Ford, of Gallipolis. The value of | this country to which its merits entitle it, it mae bee ty AL. DUST COLLECTOR. | | mony pee | HULA | Y if 4/ Upfii iff f Y MN hit, A, J , 4 “jf Yi Mpi thts “Yi Af, Yi fj, “ttt C4444) L 44, Z Yi Mh hfs / 7 “Mls and Side Elevation —({See page 25 for Plan and Producer.) THE ESSEN WATER GAS PLANT. $2.50 a Year, Including Fostage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. The cinder or slag forms a coat over the conical surface of the pile of fuel in the lower part.of the producer, which reaches into the annular space inclosed by the ring. The producer is cleaned every six hours from four doors, the operation requiring 15 minutes to half an hour, according to the quantity of ashes or slag to be removed. It might be thought that this water ring would lead to serious losses of heat. Experience has shown that this is not the case. During the period of heating up the producer by blowing in air, the cold blast strikes the lower part of the ring and cools it. Then the heat radiated by the fuel cone is great y 7" ti ! SIEMENS } GAS and which bas for its object the supply of | purposes, and consists of two alternating | such a deposit was recognized, and a propo- | 1s attracting considerable attention in Ger-|only immediately after drawing the pro- electric light and motive-power to the town | current dyuamos of the Zipernowski-Deri | sition was made to the executor of the estate many, in spite of some difficulties in its | ducer when the cover of cinder has been re and its neighborhood. The motive-power is | type, each eapable of delivering a current of obtained at the mill in Dorenberg by means | 38 ampéres at an electromotive force of 1800 | of a Girard turbine. Its speed is controlled | to 2000 volts. by a governor, which acts upon a throttle- | valve, and by a new type of regulator actu- The conductor is also placed overhead, and | ated by water-power invented by Herr | consists of four bare copper wires, each 240 Schrieder. The regulation is so perfect that | mm. diameter. Two of these serve for the a sudden drop in the power required of even ‘out and the other two for the home circuit. as much as 100 horse-power results in a The total distance between the dynamos and difference of of 2 per cent. the lamps is about 3% miles. There are Of the 250 horse power, 60 horse-| seven transformers distributed ia the power are transmitted to a distance of | different buildings where the light is re- nearly 2 miles, and are to be utilized in| quired. All the transformers are placed in an establishment known as the Fiuh-| multiple arc, and each is capable of pro milhle, near Lucerne. This is done by| ducing 7,000 watts in the secondary circuit. by acompany. A disagreement among the | manufacture there which are unknown in heirs arose, and the land could neither be | those sections of our country in which an- | nor leased, and the schemes of de- | thracite coal is available. Under the cir gotten. The ore was sent to the State Geol- | obtained there embodied in a paper read by ogist of Ohio, who, after analyzing it and Herr E. Blass, vf Essen, before the Society ronouncing it of a superior quality, ended | of German Iron and Steel Manufacturers. | Lis letter by saying that such ore could not The fuels used are the screenings from be found in West Virginia and that the mine the ash-pits of puddling and reheating fur- must bave been salted. Specimens were also | naces, the small coke from coke ovens or seat to the Edgar Thomson Steel Works and gas coke. The percentage of ash, therefore, other furnaces, and at each were pronounced is high, ranging from 10 to 30 per cent. and good. From the time of the discovery of averaging 15 to 20 percent. Therefore the the ore until recently nothing was heard of main points to be considered in designing | it. A furnace owner, hearing accidentally the water gas plant were to get rid of the | moved. When the producer is running on water gas—i. e., during the period when steam is being blown in at the top, the water These dynamos are driven by r gear. | velopment fell through and the find was for- | cumstances we may present the experience gas, which escapes from the fuel near the ring at a temperature of 1I200° to I5c@° C., heats the ring and the Water in it This heat is lost in any case, because it must be got rid of anyway before the water gas enters the gas-holder, and it is a matter of indifference whether the cooling is done partly by the cooling ring or exclusively in the scrubber. In the first plant built under the Strong patents, at the works of Schultz & Knaudt, at Essen, the steam was superheated in a means of an electric current, conducted | The pressure at the terminals of that circuit along a copper wire of 380 mm. diam- ter and supported overhead in the usual way on telegraph posts, There isa separate out-and-home circuit. The dynamos and motors for this installation have been sup- plied by MM. De Mueron & Guenod, of Geneva, who guarantee a commercial effi- ciency of 60 per cent. The power required at Dorenberg for this purpose is therefore 100 horse power. At the generating system there are two belt-driven dynamos of the Thury pattern, each of them capable of giving a is either 38 or 56 volts, according to the way of using the secondary coils. The total number of lamps now in use is 1200, consisting partly of 10 candle and partly of 20 candle lamps. — oo — An lron-Ore Find in West Virginia.— | it is claimed, will revolutionize the barbed-| melting off and corrosion by the cin- Pittsbargh turnacemen are now engaged in | wire fence business. The invention isfor|der. This water ring is so built in ithat below it there is an annular space | through which the blast may enter, and an endeavor to get possession of a tract of land in Cabell County, West Virginia, just across the Ohio River from Gallipolis, Ohio, of the ore, set inquiries on foot, and if pos- sible the property will be secured and devel- oped. proximity of the mines to the river adds to the facility of shipments. a A Pittsburgh mechanic, Charles Rogers, bas secured a patent on an invention which, barbing metallic strips about 4 inch wide, and with the machine barbs are cut ranging from { to y inch in thickness. A com- large quantities of cinder and prevent the | double regenerator heated by the waste destruction of the lining of furnaces and | heat produced in blowing air through the regenerators by cinder. This trouble was| producer. It was now shown in working overcome by putting a water ring into the | that if the producer gases were completely lower part of the producer, as shown in the | burned in this period the brickwork of the drawing, thus rendering the grate unneces- | regenerator was rapidly melted through the sary and protecting that part of the pro-| agency of the flue dust. Consequently the ducer most exposed to heat against | use of the upper blast to burn the producer gas was abandoned and the regenerator was heated only to 500° C. by the waste heat. The steam was therefore not so well when working on gas the latter may escape. (Concluded on page 25.) fF ee aw IP Rt Ea LenB EE eer nes et APRON Ea ge ” i 5 ae ~ Toe ee rT rr. stabi eee) aa ey Brass Goods TTHE IRON AGH. August 19, 1886, THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG.CO.| WASHBURN .k MOEN MANUF'G Co, ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF a ; i MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. PURE COPPER WIRE, | J) [aedeagal or t | . p= - Bare and Covered. mas ora |Waterbury Brass Co. Seamless Brass and ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheets, Bolts, Rods, wire, o'Neiis’s | Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, Teen German Silver, Copper, Brass and _— i —* German Silver Wire, Brass and coe 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. PHELPS DODGE & C0 Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. Co.'s ’ me Line of Sporting Goods. Se ee OE AT or QP LOLs ae WIRE, Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, Lron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent Steel COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER Barb Wire ; Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Eyeglass Springs; Steel ELECTRICAL WIRE, Wire for Needles and Drills; Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties ; Pump Chain ; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence W re, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 os. to 1 bb. wW.E. DODGE, Copper Tubing, Pres’t. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. a, A. COWLES, Secretary. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, §c. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. —_ 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, ee gk On WiIRHD ROPE AND CABLE. 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. eS FS PO Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF 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 Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper Wire 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures ] ] N P z A l E 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. CONN. and Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. —— ne ser ae BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, , . > g ’ » VOpp New Haven Copper Co., SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. aitie, diate al CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : 107 & 109 Lake Street. NEW YORK WAREHOUSE : Ollers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, 16 Cliff Street. Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. MANUFACTURERS OF copper=eprass, POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. 7 y MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. DEALERS IN SIE L i8E PS OEE OES LN IEEE G “PES IID (Established 1802.) BRAZIERS’ & SHEATHING COPPER! SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c, WATERBURY, - CONN., Manufacturers of ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. OBRMAN, Sheet German Silver, German Silver Cast Steel Augers and Rits ol Superior Quality. ire, German Silver Tubing. ®Einaxs, | “"°" wrop Spring add Piano Forte, | 294 Pearl St.. NEW YORK. BUTTONS. | Mad, School, Lasting, Silk and Drees, DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. LAMP i German Student Lamps, Kerosene IMPORTERS OF GOooDs, Burners, Kerosene Lamps. Chemicals, Paper, Glass, &e./ TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, CReEic ) Camera Boxes, Printing Frames Scovill’s Patent cee for Post Offices, COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., 123 Broome Berge. New Yor oston 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, 183 Lake Street, Chicago. | DICKERSON & ©0.. Liverpool NEW YORK. PORTAGE IRON COMPANY ‘LimiteD), MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL Bars, Rods, Shafting, Hoops, Bands, Angles, &c., Made Exclusively From Pig Iron. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY CONN. NEW YORE, BOSTON, 25 Park Place. 18 Federal St. 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. a) | A ll a. i WT \ why | y i - * 1 A ae a i ASE e*= OF r el le 2. mass) bw ok ~4h cs ’ Nea ws m=’ Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, _ Copper Rivets and Burs. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. GERMAN SILVER Spoons, SILVER- — — » Ps 2n..' ar ABRAM 8, HEWITT, Pres't. WM. HEWITT, Vice Pres’t. JAMES HALL, Treas. E. HANSON Sec’y. al ‘The Trenton Iron Co. (INCORPORATED 1847) MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE —— AND -—— PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BURNERS, &c. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure- Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Tn ee Also for Philadelphia Office: 21 North Fourth Street. ons vemmees oh Oblee Geen ea DUNCANSVILLE, PA. Freight Rates same as Pittsburgh. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, 17 Broadway, P. O. Box 33, New York City. THE BERLIN IRON BRIDGE CO, EAST BERLIN, CONN. S BINGHAMTON, N. Y. BURR K. FIELD, See’y and Treas. JAS. W. PEARL, C. E., Manager at Binghamton, N. Y. IRON BRIDGES & ROOFS, z Of All Kinds. Estimates Made fcr Suspension Bridges, Tramways, and Transmission of Power. WORKS AND OFFICE AT TRENTON, [NEW‘JERSEY. NEW YORK OFFICE: COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 BURLING SLIP. 8. C. WILCOX, Pres. CHAS. M. JARVIS, Vice-Pres. and Chief-Engineer. WIRE ROPE 111 LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, Manufacturers of FIRE-PROOF DOORS & SHUTTERS. We make the only Iron Voor or Shutter which is an absolute protection against fire, as proved by actual fire test. WRITE FOR PRICES. lowa Barb Wire Co., BSTABLISHED 1837. INCORPORATED 1876, HAZARD Mc CoO. rumeon: §7 Liberty St., New York. Wilkesbarre, Pa 98 Reade Street, New York. 8. 8. CHASE, Sec'y & Treas. Waterbury Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE ofr all sizes, straightened and cut to order. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CO., Manufacturers of ‘SOUIM] ‘Suryoeg dwoy | WIRE ROPE 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope, Ey THE WIRE GOODS CO., WORCESTER, MASS. ee WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LEAD PIPE CUTTERS | 227-25! So. Clinton St., Chicago. 70-76 Trinity Place, New York. No. scuta in toning Seat, poxpend, for $:.25.| COMPLETE AND PERFECT ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM, : . For Central Stations or Isolated Plants. All kinds of Electrical Apparatus and Supplies. All kinds of Bright and Brass Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Hand Rail Screws, Cup Hooks, Cary Wardrobe Hooks, Staples, Meat Hooks, Clothes Line Wire, Hooks and Rings, Towel Racks and Splasher , Holders. Wire Nastls in all sizes and varieties. Wires cut, bent, milled, headed, pointed, threaded, and made to any desired shape. Special articles made to order. A.W. PARWELEE, Prt, THE WIRE GOODS CO,, "°siR™ t Liperat Discount To THe Traps. Send for Llustratioas. BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 4 This: fur the These tion of Steel, a and hee The inventk every 1 the Wre they ar welded 1 the raw Full p WwW. Room 67 WI Thore For price: BIRM. | August 19, 1886. 0, LINDEMANN & CO,, BIRD MANUFACTURERS OF Jopaaned Brass, Tin CAGES. lated and Wood 254 PEARL STREET, NtWw YORK. Successors To W. S. TYLER, MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL WIRE CLOTH Of Every Descriptien, for mining purposes. Ali meshes from 2 to the inch up to rco-mesh made and carried in stock. W.8. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. CLEVELAND. OHIO. THORN WIRE HEDGE CO. STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING. Best Steel. Painted and Galvanized. “Kelly” Yielding Steel Points Best Wire Made. Does Not Lacerate Stock. “Red Star.”’ Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. Address THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO. THE UNITED STATES [Vitis 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 apd Steel (Scrap) from which they are made, do not require annealing, can b+ 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. Tus ia. The Popular Polish = Swit 44°) of the world. Faso pe ¥or sale by all dealers in U.S. 4. |S Bots and Oanada. List Free. = THE PARLOR i MFG. CO., ulton St., Boston. CARY &© MOEN, Lee LHRON AG HE. MANUFACTURERS STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every pesenmon. | p ra _ i > . a A a . S | m7 Ped S he > RG ~ = S S = RS S > S > s S SS s S = S S S S > S » = > a \ — = ~ — ,= / Tc a )) ty i. (©)) ‘ ( \ S UEC ELL MELD ELE CL EDEL WEEE ULE LLAELEAALALAALA AAD Market steel Wire, ‘Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. 234, snetaeeeceilee i aS a and 288 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. 73 {= 259) IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. About 200,000 tons of Steel are pro- duced every year by the Cambria Iron Co., and they know exactly how to make the kind that is best suited for Steel Tire. Every heat is subjected to a thorough chemical and physical test, and from this record Steel is selected for this specific purpose. Hence their Tire is always uni- form in temper and hardness. The follow- ing sizes, put up in sets of four Bars, cut 124 and 134 feet long, are carried in stock by the Gautier Steel Department of Cam- bria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa.: 34, Uy 1a 8-16. H 1, 1%, 14x. 1, 134, 154, 136 x 5-16. 1%, 114, 134, 134 x 34. | 134, 1% x 7-16. 1%, 1k, 154, 1% x 4. Special lengths and sizes rolled to order. New York Office, 104 READE sT. Chicago Office, 202 First Nat. Bank Building. 40. 160] Philadelphia Office, 523 ARCH sr, Estab’d 1818, Incorp’d 1874. THE GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. WAREHOUSES : 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., Chicago, Ills. MANUFACTURERS OF f Iron & Galvanized Wire : on none aod Wire (leth wer Loom Painted VYanized Window (A Wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for or Drying Frut Fruits, Warld’s Ga! Wire Fence, Gal contest Twist Wire Poultry Netting. Factories, Georgetown, Conn. NIEN-TSI CHINESE LACQUER, Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS, UNEQUALLED FOR DURABILITY, Prevents Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel. Copper. Silver, Bronze and all compositions from corroding. and FLY SPECKS. Sole A Also resists dampness, KEROSENF OIL ap be applied without heating metal. ents, H. §. ALLEN & CO., 112 John St., New York. Weald : qolt a gents, U. to manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Machinery and Architectura! [ron W mple and Prices sent on application. LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, The most perfect Anti- Friction Hanger in the Market, BECAUSE 4 It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a p= me Le | f steel axle. { San Pa 7‘ ia Segue i durable, It will not break. It is practically free from wear. It is almost no'seless in action It requires no oil. It has a broad bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It is by far the most 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 lk Ea no snow orice. Door bung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not subject to decay be used with bane mone ires no fitting, but is ready at o rs of other manufacture. ’ =. oe ~ Manntactured by LA N te B me O n es Poughkeepsie, N. Y. JOHN. H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers S'reet, NEW YORK. PHOSPHOR-BRONZE ‘ Lhcspihe- Bionge For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all purposes where MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictions' and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &¢ Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura 4 sbility and Resistance to Corrosion ’ Castings of all kinds to order. Send for pamphlet and prices. {HE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE GMELTING (O., | 1D. No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. + THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST THE FRED. J. MYERS Mrc COVINGTON, KY. MANUFACTURERS OF Weather Vanes, Cresting, Wro't Iron Fencing | IN ennae VARIETY. | Also Hardware Specialties. { , ens Sea nen ase are | to the smallest, for architectural purposes, and are | gold leaf, always remaining bright and ve Foe ae rie Gece 7 iM “ i Oe teil CO, made of Leige copper, from the largest w. Send for catalogue 18, ee ee RGAN gia Qe cas WO Rotoe THOMPSON McCOSH, President. BARB WIRE seT. roOUIsS, MO. AOR ANE ir Be Wn - OOO K] Pi W — WIRE CLOTH WIRE ae 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 Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. (PATENTED.] Iron Go., Liberal Discounts to the Trade, DETROIT, MICH, JOHN A, McOOBH, Sec. and Treas. LIFTER AND CARRIER. NO DANGER OF (U1 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 HB. Graham & Co.,113 Chambers St., 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 MPG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extentively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, O. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn 8t., Chicago, Ili. THE BILLINGS & SPENCER CO.HARTFORD, CONN MANUF STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES SINGLE AND DOUBLE END P IN 16 SIZES Te DROP FORGED OF BAR STEEI ? TAKING NUTS FOR/4INCH ,, | UP TO AND INCLUDING at ACTURERS OF a #3 *\ NO) Sy aC a PZ Fe » ee. AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND IRON DROP ae INGS. we ‘1 m : i WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. Y., WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE “CORTLAND” ws SCREEi WIRE CLOTH. 7 MANUFACTURERS OF Metallic Coal Siers. Goops Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, Coa Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. StS oo es mem eee FE a S (I oR, 4 THE TKON AGE. August 19, 1886. OXFORD. ©. woop & co. L'd,! JAMES P. wiTHEROW IRON AND NAIL CO., | "ee gee ** — Engineer’ & Contractor, OGDEN & WALLACE Marshall Lefferts & Co.. Iron =® Stee Galvanized Sheet Iron, Of every description kept in st« Agents for Park, Brother & C os Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized BLACK DIAMOND STEEL, | Hoop and Band Iron. Gutvanized Rod and Bar Iron, Galvanized Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanised Iron "i pe. Cut Nails AND SPIKES. GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES All size a Machinery Steel con- | | Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa ata Macs | CORRUGATED SHEET IRON aes: # ] For Roofing, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales ent, — Pp | FE ne N & CO. Best Charcoai, Best Refined and Common 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, MANUFACTURERS OF PATANT | CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE ae SHEET IRON. NEW YORK. Planished Sh OF SOFT STEEL, AG i C Shalt ting «| PLATE AND TANnxK [Ron, anished Sheet Iron. specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plates Patented April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. | 7 | ’ 6th, 18 Jan Oct , i line Bi : SIZES AND LENG IN STOCK C. No.1, C. H. No. 1, C. H. Noe 1 Flange, Best Flange, B RD 4 N S rth, ns re. are aie: “7 =! ia. Boiler Rivets, Wire Reds, Stay Bolts, Be ont Hines ‘Fire Box, Circle Jan. roth, 1882 : Jan. 1st, 1884 ; Feb. rath, 1884 ; Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, éc f » 4 oy Ak am for D unt, ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. [RON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. ~ ABEEL BROTHERS, Price list and quotations sent upon application. Guaranteed fully equal tn all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, Will contract to completely erect, equip HORSE SHOES. and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- ESTABLISHED sO and at l rice. : M : \ B. F. JUDSON, Ae seer in well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As Iron * Srorlerri ts, Importer of and Dealer in | I manufacture at our own works everything a0 ebitaeee.. Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata ** NEW YORK. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN sbi te appertaining to Blast Furnace and Steel 365 WATER ST., { “CATASAUQUA” IRON. |EPiS Tron, WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, BLACK SHEET IRON Works construction, can guarantee prompt- Smooth on both sides. ness and satisfaction. SYRACUSE (Manhattan Rolling Mill. “Burden Best” Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. iat i Cr ea cr. D M Kl ie. Law. Iron Gictt alt kingsas, "OP ST Avwls Tom 1383 & 288 South St:iNEW YORK, oe MALLEABLE IRON! J. LEONARD, A. R, WHITNEY & 60, == BG sir ten or we wwomae, (fH fis tet Se NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS 4 HICKS & DICKEY, ep SYRACUSE, - N.Y. MANUFACTURER OF ee as HORSE SHOE IRON, Mower and Reanet Cabiiont ANC | Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Plats. Carriage Irons a Specialtv. | HENRY KELLY, W. B. BURNS, Propereror. | PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, 925 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. EVERSON HAMMOND & CO Specialiy: Iron and Stee! Manufacturers’ Cost ’ 'y Accounts and Partnership Settlements. lronand Steel | AGEN ENCIES : | PORTAGE TRON CoO., Limited. Merehant Iron and Soft Steel and.Cut Nails and Spikes. | noes 2 = es & IKON OO., Homogeneous | 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. lron, Steel & Forgings iat CASTINGS. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY -N. Y. eel Pla BAY STATE t TRON CO., Tank. Boiler and Girder MERCHANT IRON & “SOF T STEEL, COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. Plat BRANDY P WINE ROLL ING MILL. Boiler Plates. GLASGOW TUBE. WORKS. Boiler Flues A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. cannes BROS. & CO., Limited, tron and | WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., AGENCIES: Beams, Channels, Shapes and Shafting CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., ] M h LIMITED, Late Chief Accountant to Cambria Jron Company. pap metas ae a TBE Co. ae ron erc ants, PITTSBURGH, PA - Howard, Childs & Co adie > es , Cor, ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., ’ 3 HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Steel, &c. CHARLES L. BAILEY & CO., Chesapeake Nails. HARTMAN STEEL CO., “Ltd. Steel Wire Nails, Plans and estimates furnished and contracts | made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- | tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Pl address 17 Broadway, New York. | P. O. BOX 33. oe NEW YORK CITY. Sheet Steel]|Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. cxeespahenpsinnbadeise /ron 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. Pittsbargh Maat Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Wm. H. Wallace. Wm, Bispham. 6.0. Wallace. WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, For Roofing and Corrugating. Borden & Lovell, JOHN FOX. 70 & 71 WEST ST., L. N. LOVELL a RIMCCT IRON Hi A. GREENE New York. Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. TRENTON, N. J. Can re ROOFING & SIDING. | Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. Agents for the sale of 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, Chilled Cast on ee 8 Specialty. FE. JENCKES MANES. CO. Any size or style made at short notace, PAWTUCKET, R. L., Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, _ | SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New York Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling agent ee EEE ——E————— GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. H, H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. TT = Ee — Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA., U. S.A MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents), WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. The Automatic Freight Brake Is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for passenger cars, except that the veriane parts are so combined as to form practically one piece of mechanism, and is sold - a very low price. The saving in accidents, flat wheeis, brakemen’s wages ad the inereased speed possible with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within hort . verbe Automatic ” ’ has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its lication = instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and = . or hose or pipe fail, it applies automatically. A GUARANTEE is given should the against eo tr trom PATENT SUITS on the apparatus sold them The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of i5,000 ENGINES AND 80000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S | 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S JAMES WILLIAMSON & C0, NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL. i | G ] R O N, PIG IRON. DANIEL F. COONEY, LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON,| —- 08% Washinoton Stu. New York Ne ainsi at Goris: tunyaea, "IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES A SPECIALTY. — — GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS, CHARLES HIMROD & CO., ALLISON BOILER FLUES, CHICAGO AND DETROIT. | O X Mi U z 7 “i ic S VERY LOW IN PRICE. JOHN BROWER, : | SI Murray Street. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 5 Dey Street. NEW YO SCOTCH AND AMERICAN 8.0. WOOD & CO. PHILADELPHIA Cast Iron Pipe LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants 400 OHESTNUT STREET. A. GARRISON, J, H, RICKETSON, WM, HOLMES, A. GARRISON & CoO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on | carriages, wWaguns, barness, &e Ask for them Gerad eres day ee ree ran mn cn EOIN, a 3 $ s AND Ow. Se SHAMBENS, BROTHER & Co., Wa CIE Te A eer ae LEECHBURG IRON WORKS. be o sANCASTER AVE., — re an Nay verizers, Rotary ueezers, . ; Lif at OJa TY) CA AER Haskin’s Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roll Kl rR KPATRICK 8 foe)... LIM ITE D PHILADELPHIA, PA, PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Bye Bars, &c., PATERSON, N. J. Room | 45, Astor House, New York. Manufacturers of all Grades of FINE SHEET IRONS, ing Mill Castings of every description, Office, Nos. 10 & 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, Ill Reade St, New York, “CLE NATLS, STEELIND INOW MIL, Bonnell, Botsford & Co., Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES DOVER IRON CO,’S YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Boiler Rivets. Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAF IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 139 GREENWICH S8T., NEW YORK. Only single Ring ever ‘ieee that closes on outside of chonean BROWN’'S Elliptical Ring VARIETY METAL BOOM, iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION in all its Branches a Specialty. Brass and other Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. PRAS. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) Only Double Ring Invented, sharp points in the nose. points in the ane on eae “8 ap NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. Champion Hog Ringer and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN AN O6., Buchs Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Ill. Capacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. OFFIOR, No. 148 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WORKS, Lecohburg, Pa, RINGS and HOLDER. only, et Be Ring that Cy on J, M. SCHOONMAKER. ¢ Biding connections with all lines of Railroads, CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE (et Pa Cr etna cen MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF Office, 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Pi O- P Offic BI ene HO Su S&S . ry. a ‘ » - on August 19, 1886. LiHaLRON AGH. 5 WILLIAM R. HART « CO., EDWARD J. ETTING JUSTICE COX, ‘J CHARLES K. BARNS Pacumatic Guns in War. SPANISH, AND | IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, |JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO,, —— ) ___ AFRICAN _ __ ITALIAN 222 8. Tuirp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, AGENTS FO ; Lient K. L. Zalinski, of the Fifth Artil- fe ee PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, CATASAUQUA M! F) C CO lery, U.S. A., has written to the Times a > > OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. ve very interesting letter on pneumatic guns CASTLE PIG IRON. | MOHICAN PIG IRON. , ; : : . Axent for the Tro nn Sood t e el. and dynamite in warfar: From it we take ary ~ + aie (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, Mount Savege Fire Brick. B Roll 1 ty R the following particulars dom rea £ .03 . i rey , enelis jars, Boiler, r lve Plates; ; ’ —T “7 Se “4 oof ite tee ee comparing “ rably with = Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Angles and Share : | hek ©8, Montgomery, lt Js true the range of the pneumatic quirements of buyers). West Coast Hematites. LYNCHtEISIU 1tG IRON <O)., ervey <<a ae ae gun” is limited when ec mpared to powder Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished LYNCHBURG, VA., -_ x — x Et © InT } guns An enemy’s fleet might lie beyond Oid Iron and Stee! Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. ere ae ; , oa ae ae the range of the pneumatic gun, if mounted STORAGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue, . . JP yaa Redan oe a fortifications, and bombard our forts 226 Walnut Street, _ _ PH I LADELPH lA. —T a fallownill St.. connected by track with rail-| 2924 South Fourth Street, - Phila., and cities with impunity Indeed, this may ipsa encanta ; -« ilso be said with reference to any guns of il Li ht | JAS G. LINDSAY Lenore calther ee a ; AS G. LINDSAY. THOS. & PARVIN. large calibers which we now possess or are Heavy Rails, ig Rai S5/“LINDSAY, PARVIN & co.’ | JELOMe C ley (J, , | likely to possess within the next three years *s ‘ as menial : . ; 7 ‘ = ° : 328 Walnut St., Phila., J | even if their soa sg hate ne anata waged mmenced Railway :f astenings, | d S ° 206 W: nut Place, P hila., immediately But it is perfectly feasible to ron all teel Structural Material Selling Agents for ( ( ANTHRAC I adapt the pneumatic gun to be mounted on % FOR ALL PURPOSES. BI OOMS, PI # IRON, | BAR tk S "SHE I i Th swift-moving seagoing torpedo boats, more STREET Ae ; ae i _ ae mr ‘ Al ; 7 ON We seaworthy by reason of their dimensions matemaben furnis shed for lron and Steel Structures ae .. RI | Al a \ rt ss than most of those built by foreign nations. "s 5 tel ed w ih allroad eontras or ee and n ut I i ' I With these, instead of being obliged to help ADDRESS a ———__—_—_ = i. We =f ea essly take the ehemy’s bombardment, ag ~ ie & R. WISTER & co... ay ' olla gressive action of a very decided. and deci o IRON COMMISSION =p E. H. WILSON & CO. ere — vel would wet p Tee ‘bo B oe 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadetphia, | 28V° already been designed 210 feet long by Cambria Iron 'Co.,: MERCHANTS, | #22 «me 24 sour ne eed er aerny mctpodpegten fe y 257 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. ° BROKE! AND DEa these guns o, calibers from 10% to hone AGENTS ae inches Che speed is guaranteed to be from OFFICE, WORES, —_ and nore. Founury and Forge Pig Iron. | R ( ) N A N ] ) » ST E E- Ps 20 to 25 miles per | ir The shells are to ebrooke C. B. Cl > so ‘ 1 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Red Shore Pig oe irom. Ferguson sponden be thrown at least one mile, and will con- Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IROK J, we HOFFMAN . ja a ee ee nee — - orllitataialeallcattciasimennsaeamameainenamest SS anitidmetaieadl . ( losive gelatine, equivalent t s2and 710 ) : - pounds of dynamite No. 1 The rapidity of “The Phoenix Iron Cog, eee B2ELE® © 205||RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Siew nso Sey tw z - minutes 3 Iron, Steel and Nails. 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. A fleet of such torpe lo-boats would 410 WALNUT are «4 PHILADELPHIA WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, SALES OFFICES. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand seriously disarrange an enemy’s attack or Manufacturers of Wrought Iron 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St.. Plates | GILAS 10M TRON ¢ rt lates an 1 Muck Bars blockade, if not completely defeat it. There PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. Martin (Open Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared | 18 NO reason why these boats should not also Beams, Deck Beams. Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridyes. 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 tu order. Pians and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston rn HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcea!l Biocom PLATE: & SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Lron. Tank and Boa! Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule WwW. H.WALBAUM & CO., 61 Pine St., New York. BESSEMER Pic. 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. 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 IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spie wT Cro Co.'s Also for ** Lorn”’ Malleabie Charcoa! Pig Iron and N. B ALL PENCOYD IRON A. é& FP. MANUFACTURERS OF ‘Din WORKS, ROBERTS c&H CoO., Ends, &c. as Fire Bricks. BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, SS BR ss bem aecepgR Abin Scare Se is ie coset be es =) re SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No. 26 8S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS, Philadelphia, Pa. No. 226 Walnut St., BLAST FURNACE CONSTRUCTION, STEEL WORKS CONSTRUCTION. FRED. W. GORDON, Agent Fi Brick Hot Blast Stove Co. Agencies : Krupp Gas Producer, Terrenoire Stee] Casting Process, Bell Bros.’ Coal Washing Machines, Krupp-Bell Dephosphorizing Process. SPECIATIES: Gordon’s Patent Improved Whitwell-Oowper Fire-Brick Stoves, Gordon’s Patent Stationary Converter, Laureau’s Pitless Converter-House Sy stem, Bell Scud for sample bbl. (Star) Stove Plate Facing. } Sen for sample bol. XX Machinery Facine. § Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Plier 45 North, Del. Ave., Bros.’ Coal Washing Machines, Krupp Gas Producers, Regen- erative Heating and Melting Furnaces. QUAKER OITITYWT FACING MILLS. 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. 7. WW. RPAZSON HH CO-., .DEALERS. IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, PHILADELPHIA, 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, Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold, 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST, PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Description. Selling Aguas for Cleveland City Forge and tron Co., Forgings ntr-! Iron and Steel Works, Plates of [ron und Steel; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., lron and Steet Nails, Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Cor and Boat Specifications a ee ape laity J. J. MOHR 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA., SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel rowity PIG TRON at tore CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.’s Fire Brick. THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING Plates, Angles and Shapes. INO, i. HOG A NX, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH Si., PHILA, Pig Iron & Ores, Sieei & lron Blooms. Age nt for Brier Hilllron and Coal Co., Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal tron, Conneligeille Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &e. ° vo pRODUCTS Andover Pig tones, Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4% in. to % In.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test, F. A. Ce , Treas ° J, WwW Bers: a » LI Saar: igent. 240 So, 3d St., Phila. PEDRO G SALOM, 7 “ts "3. P. Ls SALOM & WESTESSON, “| Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 2088 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, W ESTESSON, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallargists, Physical Testing. Ketabilsbed i547. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, | Special | Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars, MILLS, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Fuliedeiphis. Gosesal Ciien, 237 South Third St., Bridges and Turn-Tables. | Howell torpedo, | when at the | yi! ards) where Works at Alientown, Pa. | PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., ee Senee, MANUFACTURERS OF Pig lron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. 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. TESTED CHAINS. Bradlee & Go., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and i Slings. 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,, MANUFACT ~COUMBERLIND” RAILS URERS OF & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware A Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. ‘Tatnall Successors to ( Lea ‘ABEEN & CO,, & Cx Ria IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. AND FOREIGN ORES. AGEN BOOTH, GARR ANALYTICAL AND CO 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Establishe Analysis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of al) kinds, A spe« IRON AND STEEL, ANALYSIS OF fitted with all the a; paratus and appliances fo: ihe rapid and occur: Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, ( lays, Fire Savas, Baltimore, Price lists op application. 400 Chestnut Street, BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP TRON, MUCK AND SCKAP Phiiadelphia. BARS, NATIVE S FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE, ETT & BLAIR, NSULTING CHEMISTS, Philadelphia, Pa. d in 1836. ial department for the ste evalysm of li eel, Ire &c, Agents for samplpg ores in Sew Yosh and lremembered that the |}the target being ynobile torped es, such as the should it be earry other aut deemed best to ‘hances of results quarters (about 300 these latter are considered to have their first chances of success. To penetrate very heavy armor directly by the shell so as to carry the explosive into the interior of the ship implies the strongest shell that can be made, with a thickness of wall to withstand the concentrated blow which is then received. The battering shell of the 100-ton gun can only carry a charge of 2 pounds of gunpowder. Allowing, aoitann for necessary cushioning of the most sensi- tive high explosives, such a shell would probably not carry more than 15 pounds of this latter. The man-killing effectiveness of this, even if safely thrown increase the obtaining closer and carried un- exploded through the armor of the enemy’s ship, will nardly be greater than if the full charge of gunpowder were carried success- fully through. Indeed, large charges of gun- powder have not as yet been carried suc- cessfully through heavy armor. Much less does this seem probable of the more sensi- tive high explosives. Considerations of the above have led to our endeavors to throw very large charges of the high explosives without attempting perforation, trusting to the crushing-in effect of the comparatively large mass of the explosives, if making direct hits, and of torpedo effects if exploded under water, where failing to make the direct hit. According to the most unfavorable formu- le if the charges referred to (200 and 500 pounds) struck upon the decks of an enemy’s ironclad they would certainly crush them, with great destructiveness to the crews, as well as to the motive power. If the charges used were uncamphorated explosive gela- tine, these formula give a perforation of 9'¢ inches for the 200-pound charge and about 1434 inches for the 500-pound charge. This would not be confined to a simple local per- foration, but a crushing in would ensue over a considerable radius Besides the direct breaking action at the point of impact there will be a very great transmitted shock, which will seek out and break the ship at ali weak points in the vicinity. It should be decks of the most armored ships have less than six armor, and that the deck greater portion of Furthermore, the heavily inches of presents by far the : fired at. |most heavily armored ships have but a small proportion of the entire surface (not considering the decks) covered with |crew within the armor exceeding g to 14 inches in thickness, Should the shell strike the port ns of the armoring too thick for the perforating ability, the tremendous blow will, as before mentioned, seek out the ne ghboring weak transmitted shock. The heavily armored turret or casemate receiving shock would hardly remain in a condition to continue the combat Failing in striking the deck or sides of a ship the shell, can be made to If fully in the ae and then ex- points by the such a bury its« plode. In this case the disruption of the hull would ensue ata distance of 29 feet in lease of the 200-pound charge and at 45 feet in ease of thi pound charge. Even if the explosion takes place at a considerably greater distance the blow, while not sufficient to disrupt the hull, might affect the motive gear, and power and steering | thu practically ship. The peralyze the above-mentioned distances of probable de- structive radius of submarine explosions were computed by uring the formulz de- duced by Gen H L Abbot, Corps of Enyiueers, United States Army inch and 12%- there is While designs for only 10% inch guns have been alreaiy made, no mechanical or other physical reasons for limiting the ealiver and size of charge to be thrown. This is chiefly a question of dollars and cents A gunol 1 h caliber could ntaius Toor lthrow a shell c p unds of ex- plosive gelatine, equivalent to 1420 p unds of dynamite No, I \ gun of this caliberc uld in the bow of a not to inter of its reyular or- So placed it would ef be fixed as a simple tube man-of-war in such a way fere with the emplacement thedox armament lement the ram on huey ively supp! occasions when the latter is to be used, with the addi tional advantage that this supplemental ram practically extends 4 yards in ad- varce of the ship the placement of this ram’ may be such as to retain the large charge, protected from the enemy’s fire, well below the water-line until its exit from | the ship. In this case ne other movable tor | pedo would answer the purpose, as the ship would be moving at full speed, a speed ap proaching the maximum «pe bof the eye ted torpedo Che ship would thus be in danger Le Ra oe ~ PFE AB Paw D- “ £iiie- eS ee ee ew 1 tt Oe ? THE IRON AGE. August 19, 1886. 6 SSeS SSSSSSSSSSSnscessssneseseeeenenne ne ee Estab.“ished in 1839. A. G. Coes & C0. aa WORCESTER, MAS-S.,