The Iron Age 1886-09-09: Vol 38 Iss 11

The Iron Ag READING WATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. OvERTISEMEN Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMS Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. $2.50 a Year, Including Wostage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. New York, Thursday, September 9, 1886. Pap XNNVITE-> Me i. riage left the rail, and there was a smash. But the modern tire does not depend on con tinuity for its efficiency. The modern tire be broken right through in several norance lay at the root of the matter in Rolling-Miil Engines witn Reversing | 50,000 tons of sleepers—coal, coke, refract- | and avoided, while others could not possibly cases, Neither the owner of the Clutches. |ory material, ore, pig iron, &c.—it is cal-| have been anticipated. The latter are, | both | culated that a less consumption of 575,000| hewever, comparatively small in pumber,| boiler nor the gaugers who repaired (Lon- | "8 of material would be implied. and a very considerable proportion of the|the road were aware of the con-| may 2 — events called ‘‘ accidents” are not in any | sequences which must ensue on the line of | places, and still it will do its duty and cling | proper sense of the word accidents at all. | action which they adopted. This may be tothe wheel. Derailments occur now and Engineering Accidents. | Take, for example, the Stepney boiler ex-| quite true. Indeed, we will go further and | then through the breakage of crank axle-, | admit that nearly all the so-called accidents | It may yet be found possible to build engines From a recent i:sue of the Engineer don) we reproduce the engraviogs on this page, illustrating a set of three-coupled roll- ing-mill engines erected at the works of the WwW oodside Steel and = — om From a recent issue of the Engineers we | result from ignorance ; but this will not help | which will not be derailed even if the crank bridge, England, by Messrs. — ‘4 ith | take the following interesting article on | aa soe |us much to prevent them, because the | axle does break. This end has been very Stevenson. The engines are furnished wit engineering accidents : , . { | ignorance which leads to an accident is very | nearly attained even now ; for, although a friction clutches and a | often willful. There can be no doubt that | large number of crank axles break every ponderous reversing 7 3 gearing, and embody severa! novel features. Engineers have very largely contributed 1) 1A The designer, Mr. Stevenson, argues, ac- to the happiness of mankind, but it must be i cording to the Engineer, that “plates | admitted that they have also introduced ele- | or bars rolled at uniform speed are | ments and agencies which have caused much | superior in tensile strength to such as are Ta the and oo both of mind and body. rolled by the staggering motion of reversing | n the seventeenta century no one at engines, and that many of the plate failures | killed by boiler explosions, and Mr. Huskisson of which so much had been heard, such as that ao — slain by i 4 i in one of the boilers of the Russian steam- Shoe a Pf indi “di ‘s hi . ‘haa ship Livadia, are due to defective processes killed. re led eens Pa br —_ of rolling more than the differences in the hi , which aa Ag wn 7 ma- bila quality of the metal of which they are com- be ny i i ey oe ; - = Saaee :° posed.” His theory is that ‘“‘the molecules a oa th gg ge ' ss mig th - of iron put in motion when attacked by the is be Py . f 2% os a lis in passes of the piece through them re- the members of our profession have not been as careful to obviate disasters as they have a very great number of accidents is strictly | year, few passengers are killed or wounded preventible, while others are nothing of the | by their failare. The introduction of the kind, and it is to the former that we desire | block system and efficient continuous brakes to direct attention. When a ship is caught | have in like manner done a great deal to in a gale of wind and is wrecked on a lee | make railway traveling safer than it was in shore that may be regarded as an accident. | times past. It will be found that what is If a horse takes frizht at a heap | true of railway working is true of almost of stones by the roadside, runs|everything with which the engineer has to away and upsets the carriage be-| do, and that engineering accidents may in hind him, killing its occupants, | nearly all cases be classed as strictly pre | that is no doubt, in the dictionary sense, | ventible., The engineer deals with the strictly an unavoidable accident. But we | forces, so called, of nature, but he does | venture to add that accidents of this kind | not deal with any uncontrollable force. He ; : ; al : are not engineering accidents, and that in | could not deal with an uncontrollable force. one word there ought to be hardly any | To do that is left for such geniuses as Mr. engineering accidents. Every possible con- | Keely. It is quite true that the forces of quire time as well as pressure to adjust and settle themselves in their respective relations and dispositions, with the effect.of obtaining the maximum textile strength corresponding to the quality of the metal. The alternating quick and slow travel of the rolls results in spasmodic seizures of the metal’s mole- cules upon each other, which is destructive of strength of hold and incompatible with homogeneous masses throughout indi- vidual plates—a fact which is obvious on microscopic inspection.” These views will not perhaps meet with genera] assent, espe- cially as Mr. Stevenson mentions the possi- ble improvement under this head as analo- gous to that referred to by Dr. Percy in connection with the strength of wire; but that the varying speeds have some effect will no doubt be admitted. The three en- gines shown have each 36-inch cylinders, with 42-inch strokes. The two outside engires are coupled to two crank-shafts, which they drive continuously in opposite directions. These shafts are each connected at their inner ends to the center engine, which, by means of two connecting-rods working in opposite directions to each other, couple the shafts to the effect, combining the$power of all the engines against resistance pre- sented to either of the mill-wheels. he appearance of the whole system when in full action presents to the eye strange and mixed movements. Four engine con- necting-rods rise and fall uneven'y, yet all beat time like the legs of a trottin quadruped, while the clutch pieces het rolls seem now to spin round right and left, mow to stop or start or now to join chase in one direction in obedience to the finger touches on small hydraulic con- trolling valves. These may be sewn in the plan. Engines and gearing are embraced in one united and compact bed frame, and are bound to it on the level face of asolid square foundation, so that unequal wearing of the machinery or uneven setting of the founda- tions, through pressures and strains long directed on particular points, is prevented. The main castings of the structure are of selected tough iron, and its main malleable parts of mild steel. The cranks are forged solid with the shafts, and have crank-pins 10.5 inches diameter. The crank-shafts have necks 14.5 inches, and those carrying the mill- wheels and clutches have necks 16.5 inches diameter. The spur-wheels are 26.25 inches wide on the face, and are 8 feet 10.5 inches diameter. The weight of each set of wheels, with clutches and sliding boxes, is nearly 25 tons, and with the hydraulic reversing cylinders, central spindles, crabs, and their relative appurtenances, make up a total weight to be carried by each mill-shaft of about 30 tons. The teeth of the wheels, as will be seen from the illustration, are formed on Stevenson’s zigzag or quadruple helical design, with a centra! web between the two sets of teeth ; the pitch is 7 inches. These teeth are claimed to be 30 per cent. stronger than those of the ordimary double helical form, because they present an arch through- out half the total breadth ef teeth toward | the driving pressure in whichever direction the wheels and pinions drive. Second, the zigzag lines give greater sectional area of metal by virtue of their douple apex. The whole has been worked out by careful refer- | ence to past experience, and the results will | no doubt be looked for by rolling-mill engi- | neers and owners with interest. — Iron Sleepers on German Ratlways. | —A correspondent of Kuhlow’s refers to| the apprehension felt in Rhenish-West- | phalian iron circles that the Government intends to return to the use of wooden sleepers in railway construction and repairs. A few months ago the iron and steel pro- ducers made urgent representations to the Minister of Works on the matter, and the decision of the Prussian State Railway Department is awaited with anxiety. Dur- ing last year contracts for iron sleepers | were given to the extent of 63,000 tons, the | amount for the year 1885-86 being 35,000 | tons. For a large number of old and new | roads wooden sleepers have been exclu- sively used, so that it is computed that the amount of iron substituted by wood is, 50,000 tons. This represents about 70,000 | tons less production of pig iron, while the | loss in wages would be very great. Taking | all the materia! used in the production of | been to attain the objects they have had in view. The answer to such a line of attack is, of course, that when mischief is done it is the result of accident; but it is worth while to consider whether this is tiue or not—whether disasters following on the labors of the engineer are or are not unavoid- able, and whether there really is such a | WM THREE COUPLED ROLLING-MILL .ENGINES WITH REVERSING thing as an engineering accident. First, let us clearly define what the word “‘ accident” means. If we turn to the dictionary we find ** accident” to be an unexpected event, chance.” In other words, it means the oc- currence of something unforseen—some- thing that is not and cannot be anticipated ; something which, although it may be brought about by man’s agency, has not been pur- posely brought about. There are, however, two sides to this question. Many so-called accidents are events which might have been anticipated ‘ 1 MH } a He Wt MIAH Fig. 1.—End Elevation. Ce S18 dl . ~~ —— 4 et it we Fy. 2.—Plan, plosion and the catastrophe which happened recently near Portadown, inIreland. In the first case the boiler would not have exploded if the owner had ascertained by proper ex amination that the shell was extensively corroded. In the latter, so far as can be gathered from the evidence at present avail- able, the train ran off the rails because the sleepers lay loose on a thin bed of ballast, and were not packed or secured in any way These catastrophes obviously resulted be-| impossible. cause the indispensable conditions of safety | security on its continuity. | engineers tingency can either be guarded against now or means can be devised to guard against it More care, more forethought and a greater exercise of skill and invention than has yet been brought into the service would almost eradicate engineering accidents from in future. the world. CLUTCHES. A great deal has already been done in this direction ; much remains to be accomplished. Some years ago many deaths and maimings occurred every year by the fracture of rail- way tires. No amount of examination could detect hidden flaws buried in the substance of the metal. But Mr. Mansel and other working with the same object succeeded in devising systems of making and fixing tires which rendered such ‘‘ accident«” The old tire depended for its |of dangerous failures of | nature are stupendous: but man cannot do | anything with them in the stupendous phase He can only take a very little bit of each, and use it just as far as he can control it— no more. The energy which is in a sense stored up in a great powder magazine is no doubt very great ; but if a man can only get a thimbleful of powder out of the maga- zine he cannot do much mischief with that. But it must not be forgotten that the force does not wear out or change, while the meaus by which it is controlled does, and the escape of natural forces from the condi- tion of servitude into which the engineer bas brought them is always due, not to the inherent power of the slave, but to the wear- ing out of his fetters. A steam boiler can be made when new to resist a given press- ure—say 150 pounds on the square inch— and its powers of doing mischief are so far limited. It is nothing to the purpose that the power of steam is in the abstract un- limited. So long as the boiler is well de- signed, well made and in good order, the force of so much steam as the boiler repre- sents when at work is quite under contro). If, however, the boiler is suffered to waste away and become weak, then an explosion will take place ; but the explosion is not due to the irresistible force of steam, as some persons think, but to the circumstance that the boiler, originally strong enough, has become too weak for the work it had to per- form. From what we have said it should be clear that so-called ‘‘ engineering accidents” re- sult not from the uncontrolled forces of nature, such as that which operate when a ship is driven ashore, but from neglect in some shape or form either to maintain in their integrity the power of the agency by which we control so much of a natural force as we have been able to utilize, or tu provide means by which the loss of integ rity of the controlling agency may be ren- dered innocuous. The first is accurately illustrated by a steam boiler. When that boiler is at work there are so many thou sand foot-tons of energy locked up in it, which, if the shell plates or flues give way, will be let loose in a moment to do fearful mischief, The strength of the boiler plates is the agency by which we control the force of the steam. If the plates are allowed to become too weak by corrosion there is an explosion, but this explosicn is not an acci dent, but the result of negligence, ignorance or parsimony. Mansel’s tire is an apt illus- tration of the second proposition. The agency with which we control centrifugal and other forces operating on and in the tire is its strength. It is possible that we may be deceived as to this, and therefore we bring ina second contingent agent to com- bat centrifugal force if the tire should fail because of some weakness which we cannot discern. If there were no possible means either of making sure that al! tires were sound, or that their failure would not result in the derailment of a train, then when a tire did break that would be strictly an ac cident. Happily it may be said that the list parts of wma growing less and less |ebines is rapidly | Improved methods of construction, better | materials, design and workmanship all tend day by day to eliminate true accidents and | induce sensible, competent engineers to re | gard with more and more doubt theories intended to relegate accidents to the cate- gory of unpreventible. In nine cases out of | ten it will be found that the so-called acci dent, instead of being the result of chance, |has really been brought about by simple jagencies having nothing occult about them When a crane chain breaks and some men are killed, we may rest assured that it did not break by accident, but just because it was too weak for its work, and that had proper precautions been observed it would not have been too weak. The number of railway accidents which occur is very smal! Almost the only one of any importance which now takes place happens when, both lines being fouled by the breakdown of a train on one line, another proceeding in the opposite direction and close by at the time runs into the wreck and is thrown off the road. We do not suppose that a period wil! come when no one will be killed, or even injured, by the productions of engineers If the tire broke | but we venture to hope that the number of were not present. 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Square Corn Popper. 2834, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW VORK. IRON AND BRASS RIVETS. 7 Yi ya ry aah STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. _ ; | iY Ga (Va) y | aaa For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. TeV SPRIN O BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn.| BN Qe haan eee MASS. ee ed THRESHER TOOTH (Spike) LUDLOW -SAYLOR WIRE C0. STEEL, of superior quility, very ie, BoSese me soft, strong and tough; extremely , AXXKY YN ductile, and will bend double eas ~< <4 IK oe i XX) BY upon itself without breaking. In Bee doo YY WY | : RAXRAXY use by all the leading makers. BY oss 0999899: Patera te For sample and price address =o aaa GAUTIER STEEL’ DEPART- WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WI E ROPE, MENT of Cambria Iron Co., . Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, Johnstown, Pa. Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. ROOF CRESTING, Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY » National Wire & Iton Go., Wien” Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, 104 READE sT. 202 First Nat. Bank Building. 523 ARCH 8T. [No. 163) Estab’d 1618. Incorp’d 1874, THOMPSON McCosu, President. Joun A. McCosa, Sec’y and Treas. THE be. GILBERT & BENNETT MIG. CO, WAREHOUSES : y 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., (hleago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS or ( 0 S al ll § Iron & Galvanized Wire : Sleves and Wire Cleth. = Pre oom Painted and Gal- t att NEQUALLED FOR DURABILITY. Pr Iron, Steel, Brass, Mickel, O cunges A paten -- from corroding. "also ——>¥ dampness, it EROSEN P "OIL ies Factories, Georgetown, Conn. | NIEN-TSI CHINESE LACQUER, \\* "aoe Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. van ow Screen Wire and FLY SPECKS. Cap be applied without heating metal, Offices, Factories and Warchouses, oe . Cloth, Galvanioea er See e for Drying Fruits, Warla’cGer H. o ALL ‘7; | *; _coleaieariazanitagenceowt momen MOTO. | ppp, OSBORN AND_AGENCY STREETS, BURLINGTON, OWA LANE'S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, vant Netting. vt Wire The most perfect Anti- Friction Hanger in the Market, BOCA USE ~=s & te © of steel throughout, except the wheel which has « Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by th: steelaxie. It will not break. It is practically f The above cut represents n's fs almost noiseless in action. It requires no oll, {t hase coe, | HOLLOW CABLE MPG. ©O., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It is by far the most | four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. durable, It may be used with any track. It is always in order. -» Ghicago, Ill. LANE’S PATENT TRACK o. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 56 Dearborn 8t., go, Is made of steel and is easily putin position. Catch. no snow or ice. Door hung thereon cannot jump the oo ane pate ec eels THE BILLINGS & SPENCER CO.HARTFORD CONN _Manutactered by LANE BROS.,, Pousniccnaie, x. v. MANUFACTURERS Of , i A MCA STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES PHOSPHOR-BR ONZE lau rigre PO ae a we eg oe For Bearings, Slide Valves. Cylin- DROP FORGED OF BAR STEEL der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, G NUTS AY Tp Bushings, and all purposes where TAKING NUTS FOR/4INCH ,, MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti- Frictional UP TO AND INCLUDING | a Py = ie Se ST Siren eee NUTS FORI4INCHBOLISA & #& £9 2 7 7T P i ce Om ANT) Ail DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND IRON DROP FORGINGS. Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c. OY, Y yp Combine Toaghness, Strength, Dura- LS — —_——— - - “of E tome 2 » bility and Resistance to Corrosion. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. Y., - Vestings of all kinds to order. Send MANUFACTURERS OF for pamphlet and prices. HE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING CO., L1D.,, WIRE CLOTH AND W1RE Goops No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Dish Covers, ° hor- ts. Sole Manuf . a Owners of the U. 8. Phosp! Bronze Paten' ‘acturers of Phosphor-Bronze im the * CORTLAND” Corn Poppers, ' | on —: —L— r THE CELEBRATED INDOW ° “SILVER FINISH’. WIRE CLOTH. Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. ————————_ FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST. Coa Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Ete. “CAT ASAUQUA “TRON. WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, 4 THE TRON AGEH. September 9, 1835. OGDEN & Serer Lefferts & C0.|C) X FOQORD |W. 0. WOOD & CO., L'd,! ames P. wrrHenow a : IRON AND NAIL CO., | "cm cme Engineer & Contractor, Iron = Steel Galvanized Sheet ro} Cut Nails Of every description kept in stock. Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. SPIKES. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ;"Galvanized J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, ACK f y SEL. | too xd Rod and Bar Iron, BLACK DIAMOND STEEL, | perp sned Nha Geivenised Chain Galvanisea fros pe. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., | | | | GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES | AND CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE TS Sa oie "| CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &¢,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. PIERSON & C0,, | Tae eee SHEET IRON. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Planished Sheet Lron. | OF SOFT STEEL, | specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plates IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ; I IRON and STEEL, Piate AnD’ Tank Iron, ork Mtgnved April sth, 1873 ; Sept. oth, x873 ; Oct. ; " ; 1874 an, 11, 1876 t. 17th, 1876; Jan. atten Ein rv. > . , 1 c ' ‘ FI ’ 7° 5 le > * ‘ s ) a GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, - at oe! o. 1, SB, So. .1 Flange, Best Flange, B U R l YEN S nith, «ii77 i, Feb,” oth 7, Dec.” a oth, 1878 Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, I T 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. i ae Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. (ESTABLISHED 1790. [RON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the ~ ABEL B ROTHERS, wert ee te upon application. ESTABLISHED 176s, B. FF. JUDSON, Will contract to completely erect, equi; IMPORTED RUSSIA I SS RON, and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit and at a less price. ALSO | well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As HORSE SHOES. | I manufacture at our own works everything {ron * Merchants, Importer of and Dealer in Common, Refined Charcoal and J _ ON, nea arcoal and Juniata UTH ST., ;COTC : : iz ha tahee or NEW YORK. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN P enares. oF appertaining to Blast Furnace and Stee] ee i LT ron, «6 Burd en Best BLACK SHEET IRON. ‘Works construction, can guarantee prompt- ad Smooth on both sides. | ness and satisfaction. Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. ARM CO.’? SHAFTING. OLD ME Re” PAT. S. Iron SYRACUSE | Manhattan Manhattan Rolling ing Mill. MALLEABLE IRON’) J. LEONARD, ERC RT IN AAT “Kugle iron | $57 & 459 Water gt | NEW YORK. Boiler Rivet Ol er lve S. woRE Ss 445 to 451 West St., NEW YORK. A, R, WHITNEY & 40, HICKS & DICKEY, OS SYRACUSE, : N. Y. is ? sa Bank Sty OF HORSE SHOE IRON, Mower and Reaper Castings and | — ‘oe cat stet, Rots, ovals, Half Ovals and Flats Carriage Irons a Specialty | HENRY KELLY, W. B. BURNS, Prorerror.|PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa, 8 ialty: I d Steel M f * Cos EVERSON, HAMMOND & CO. | sreciaty,; tron oud Steol, Manufacturers’ Cos LIMITED, Late Chief Accountant to Cambria !ron Company. PITTSBURGH, PA., Howard, Childs & Co., Sheet Steel]/|Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. ——_———_— 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. ene Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, ara -eaes Correspondence solicited. Bae Prices on application. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCKET, R. L., Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, COTTERS. | SPRING PINS, KEYS AND Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF ce. New rk 5 Dey Street. NEW YORK me 7 eee, amnene Street, GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. 413 Commerce St. St., PHILA., PA. Iron, Steel Forgings f|THE BURDEN IRON C0. STEEL CASTINGS. TROY we Vi MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL, _ COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merehant Lron and ft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. NORWAY 'S — & LKON CO,, Homogeneous tee! PI BAY STATE t TRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder Plates BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. - & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. mited , Iron and WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. AGENCIES : CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., CAST TOOL STEEL. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Steel, &c. CHARLES L. BAILEY & CO., Chesapeake Nails. __ PO HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd. Steel Wire Nails, Borden & nn & Lovell, oa wand,” (POSTE IN ROE A. GiKENIE | New York. Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.’$ | 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, NAILS AND SPIKES. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL. Pp | G ] R O N 5 IMPORTED & AMERICAN|No, 63 Wall St., New York. PIG IRON. [paniet F. cooney, LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, O6 Watinghe Sh. See For Mallee asc car-Whest Purposes, '/ IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES A SPECIALTY. Eien GLASGOW TRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., LLISON BOILER FLUES. M. BY CARNEGIE BROS. & co Steel Beams, Channels, Shapes and Shafting BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., Steei Wire Nails THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on ep ae by mail. Sample pieces at office. inp. 0. BOX 3. 7 Broadway, New York. For Roofing and Corrugating. Wm. H. Wallace. Wm. Bispham. 6. C. Wallace. WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice. - ~ = S a AS L. Cc, a. Iron Buudsag> % Vuvin, Culn.wes, éxylights, ‘Bridges, "ze. —TF = Bw — 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. tomatic Freight Brake Is essentially the same apparatus as the Auto osama t Fat the various pers are so combined as to ee practioniiy can me oe mechanism, an is sol ata So i, ce. Parne saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen's wages, avd the inereaned speed perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within P veThe “ Automatic” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its epuneaticn = is instantaneous ; it aa. 7” applies Som a any car in » re tal in of ersined, and should the hose or P cone ARAN yyy PATENT TENT SUITS on the apparatus sold them is given customers The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of i5,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world. FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. R.D. WOOD & CO.. PHILADELPHIA Cast Iron Pipe LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants, 400 OHESTNUT STREET. CHICAGO AND DETROIT. htc ner OX M U Z ZLES = VERY LOW IN PRICE. JOHN BROWER, 81 Murray Street, , | A. GARRISON, J, H, RICKETSON, WM, HOLMES, A. GARRISON & CoO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls, against BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bo Its and Rivets, on carriages, wagons, harness, &c, Ask for them where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- ular and price list. oS TS Lae BOTH I C s as ‘0 SOLID AND HOLLOW. ee ee CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., me as VN AIBS & _—— SLAND HORSE 5 - A e P ~~. 62nd St., Betow Lancaster Ave., = Arai ROAD {i y wan C Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, RHODE HOE CO,, ase A 2eee | Haskin’s Patent Double Spiral Pinions, avd Roll- |. ae LADELPHIA, Ne ee PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. MILL CO. ] ROLLED IRON’ BEAMS, ing Mill Castings of every description, Office, Nos. 10 & 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, Horse, Mule & Snow Shoes *% Perkins Dattern, Works at Valley Falls, R. |. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. ¥, W. CARPENTER, President. C, H. PERKINS, Gen'l Manager, R. W. COMSTOCK: Seoretary CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE | Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work aoe : le Ring ever invented thatec. on outside of the nose. ss ee . = ‘ Ill Reade St., New York, : Only Double Ring Invented. ne Room 45, Astor House, New York. TEE | 4 | (he ® Chamoion Hog Ringer Elliptical Ring a 2 | > ROW NAILS RINGS and HOLDER. and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ring ' Be on on Ring that we a Only single Ring the t closes ¢ p Hogs outside of the nose. “No sharp sharp points in the nose. points in the flesh to keep it sore. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN ¢ LAN ©0O., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, tl. J, M. SCHOONMAKER. 4, MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity ot Mines; 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads, Office, 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. CET: ‘head LS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &. DOVER IRON CO.’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, sack Bolts, FULLER BROTHERS & CO., 139 GREENWICH ST. NEW YORK. Bonnell, Botsford & Co.. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. VARIETY METAL BOOM. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION FPRAS, B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. Oo OMece GI c « x DEALE! 8. 1016, Lif As ing ee] pt- Cost ALY. Is, ns, Supt. CE. ke for iece of wages, within in. Its uld the tomers rn. etary vented p Dose ng September 9, 1886. THE IRON AGE. winnramn mR. EXART c& CO., SPANISH, areas TRON ORES _“Ntaian_ — JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. EDWARD J. ETTING 222 8S. Tarp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, AGENTS FOR a PIO. GAP jer RAILROAD, TRON. CATASAUQUA W'F'G. CO, Iron, steel, CASTLE PIG IRON. | MOHICAN PIG IRON. - “ Agent for the Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, ¥ Steer ) As ior i i y Besse work, ‘fom fesching Ssper-ccut,esd aieon trom | “omwsrive ferorabiy wit Hagin | MOENRt Savage Wire rick. comparing favorably with Englis Angles and Shares; Chick's, Montgomery, Conewago and Alice Furnaces, 1 per cent. upward, according to re- Waet Coast Hematites. LYN 0 ° "NCH BURG IRON co. " PIG I RON quirements of buyers). Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished LYNCHBURG, VA., Son Homies F ain or Foun ies anc Lis. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. ERIE FORGE CO., Lro. Iron and Steel Forgings; Oid Iron and Stee! Rails, Crop Ends, § \piegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c STORAGE, WHARF anv YARD, Delaware Avenue, Every shi 226 Walnut Street, - = PH I LADELPH IA. above Callowhill St., connected by track with rail- | vo4 South Fourth Street, o Phila, P road. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON. : , 4 Heavy Rails, Light Rails,)iise.) panvin' 8S" jerome Keeley & Co, ; . ; 328 Walnut St., Phila., Railway F'astenings, "a a. ; _20e Walnut Pla Phila., - Iron and Steel Structural Material sere scents wor cuancoa ant axriteacrrs: STREE FOR ALL PURPOSES. t d or RAILS, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Estimates furnished for Llron and Steel Structures FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle and Railway construction Correspondence Old Tron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine solicited with railroad contractors. and negotiate sales of Lron and Coal properties. ADDRESS E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons, ; L. & R. WISTER & CO., E. H. WILSON & CO., 6 br q lron iC ; IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, am l 7 0,, 257 Bo. 4th St., Philadelphia. ’ BROKERS AND DEALERS IN OFFICE, WORES, Kemble and Norway pound and Forge Pig Iron. | R O N AND Sir E E I de Wyebrooke C. B. Charcoal Pig Iron, Ferguson Red Short Pig Iron. . ee DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. 218 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Correspondence solicited. J, W. HOFFMAN & CO, T h e P n cen l Xx I ron Co.. De: hin ack, [RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South Foarth st., Philadelphia. 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, SALES OFFICES. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand 16th & Market Sts., | 400 Chestnut St., Plates ; : GLASGOW TRON C 0., Plates and Muck Bars; Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars,) "™.s"* 00, tmnt |r anatasi's Sohne SSS Martin (Ope n He arth) Steel, ‘Gnseeneal and Sheared New York Address, 4 JLIF STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, CLIFF ST. Plate s, Angle: 8 and Shapes. Largely used in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridyes. JNO. L. HOGAN, HEN RY LEVIS & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA. Manufacturers’ Agents Pig Iron & Ores, Stee! & Iron Blooms. For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler Agent v. Palos entree and Sal So tal oungstown Steel Co. n Hea e and Sheet Iron and General Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, . Railway Equipments, Old Rails, ‘Serap, ae. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold. | ————— a 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia, 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 cf SHAPE IRON Made to order. Pians 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, ‘FOR BEST MI MIL. L PRODUCTS. 0 pr I EO Macdover Chill Iron Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, for Carwheels, &c Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4 in. to% in.), ESHERICK & Co., A.W hitney & Son’s standard test. MANUFACTURERS OF » ‘0 : Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom 263 So. 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA 5 my te Agent. 240 So. 3d wei Phila. PLATE & SHEET IRON, Iron and Steel of All Description. | rons o sscom, 3-1. Wasreason, Selling Agents for Cleveland Cty Forge and Iron Co., SALOM & WESTESSON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, vorsings i a ee we Ses ; Mtr, Co. feates “f 0 nville Nail anc gz. Co., Iron an ® e . No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, Stel Nalin. Holler Tubes; Bridge, car “and Boat | Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, O ders solicited especially for Corrugated, ——_— ye and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, PHILADELPHIA, Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule omotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. = J. J. MOHR, WwW. H. WALBAUM & CO,,,| = 4° WALNUT ST., PHILA, Pa, 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York. SOLE AGENT FOR Kstabiished 1847. Sheridan, Leesport, T le, L h- ee burs, Milloreek and Mt. Lauret A. WHITNEY & SONS, NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. mir PIG IRON aiin|CAR WHEEL WORKS, CHARCOAL PIG IRON. PHILADELPHIA, : as . ‘ THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “ Ulverston ;” Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. Meteotie Fag tron, bread... 2 THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Latte, “ALLEN & 00, Crop Ends, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF Also for ** Lorn” Malleable Charcoal! Pig Lron and N. & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks, Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, PENCOYD IRON WORKS, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn-Tables. A. & Fe. ROBE RT's & Co.,, General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. MANUFACTURERS OF Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars. BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES,| PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., n=ngnocken, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, MANUFACTURERS OF Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and Sheets of Steel. Puddled Bars, Plate and Sheet Iron, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, g@ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. JTESTED CHAINS. it Bradlee & Co. Empire Chain Works, a ee wateiinet Stoves, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Regenerative Furnaces. Pig Iron, Foundry and Fofke. 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, auguesne AND CONSTRUCTORS, 226 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA, SPECIALTIES: Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plates. | Stee] and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Bessemer and Open-Hearth Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. Steel Plants. ————<<$—_—$_——————— CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF “CUMBERLAND” 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. 4200 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP 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, LT “+ Sie a / ail Divan Blast Furnaces, 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. QUABER CITyT FACING MILLS. 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. J. WW. RPA RBSODW co CO. DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY "su PPLIES, Nos. 1016, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del. Ave.. * + * PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Baltimore. Price lists on application. Ores, Slags. Limestones, C Clays, Fire Sands, &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, |JUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO,,. STEEL and TRON RAILS, IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS | omnes and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, | 5 than it is now, and we are supported in this | belief by the fact that alre ady great strides have been made toward that desirable goal, a | Wear of Locomotive Driving-Wheel Tires. To turn a set of locomotive tires, says the National Car and Locomotive Builder, is not necessarily a heavy or expensive operation, but it causes the engine to be taken into the shop for a few days, and if this h ippens when traffic is crowding the operating de- partment the loss of the engine is an incon- venience, A set of tires that will run twice as long between turning as another set thus becomes an important element in rec due ing the e xpense « f repairs, and often keeps an engine in service when the extra work done is worth far more than the price of first- class tires. This heing the case, master mechanics are naturally anxious to use tires that will make long mileage without turn- ing, but there is great diversity of opinion as to what conditions will prolong the life of tires by reducing wear and tear. On no subject connected with locomotive engi- neering do we find railroad mechanical men more disposed to talk or toask for suggestions. There is no disposition to abuse tire-makers for producing an inferior article, as there is wit