The Iron Age 1886-10-07: Vol 38 Iss 15

386. LC. BS § of tee | a to | as 1 to rip- The Iron Ag INDEX TO READING MATTER PAGE 34 Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMs, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Vol. XX XVIII: No A Review of the Hardware, Iron and ea : New York, Thursday, October 71 886. Metal ‘Trades. INUEX TO ADVERTISEMENT PAGE 21 Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. $4.50 @a@ Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Tests of Steam-Jacketed and Com- pounded Locomotives. .t the summer meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, held in London, Mr. Alexander Borodin, of Kieff, Russia, read a long and interesting paper giving the particulars of experiments made by him in the steam-jacketing and compounding of locomotives. In the summer of 1880 Mr. Borodin teok two locomotives of the same class, compounded one of them and applied a steam-jacket to the cylinders of the other, and then subjected both to a series of care- steam in the ordinary eugine, while in the compound engise it produces an injurious effect and increases the consumption of fuel and water per indicated horse-power. In summing up the results of his inquiries the author says that the steam jackets on the ordinary engine, while working in the testing shed in the first and second notches, undoubtedly gave a mean economy of steam of 16 to 13 percent. In the experimental trains the jackets did not generally give satisfactory results except wher the ordinary engine was working in the first notch, but this must be attributed partly to the losses and difference in wood. In one set of ex- jackets were shut off, a result attributed to fully conducted tests to ascertain the effect | Of steam necessary for warming up the walls of the changes and the relative value and economy of the engines. One set of tests were made by taking the locomotive off the track and using it for running a machine shop, the exhaust steam being condensed and its quantity and temperature measured, while indicator diagrams were taken at stated intervals, When working at reduced power, about 90 indicated horse-power, the utility of the jackets was proved. The same engines were tested on the the speed of the trains being noted as well as the number of revolutions, the boiler pressure, the pressure in the jackets, the conjunction of mbdist steam, the con- sumption of fuel (wood) and the quan- tity of steam condensed in the jack- ets. Indicator diagrams were also taken. Tests were made with six different posi- tions of reversing lever with the simple engines, and at 14 different positions with the compound engine. The ordinary lo- comotive, steam-jacketed, evaporated 3.33 pounds of water per pound of wood, and the compound engine, steam.jacketed, 3.82 pounds of water per pound of wood, show- ing a superiority of 14.6 per cent. in| favor of the compound engine. This| result is attributed to variation in firing periments with the jacketed compound far more steam was consumed than when the absence of circulation or failure to remove water, ‘Ihe following conclusions were ar- rived at as a result of the trials referred to: 1. With the same expansion of steam the consumption of water and of fuel is less in a compound locomotive than in an ordinary engine. 2. The economy of water and fuel in a compound locomotive, under the same con- ditions of expansion, is greater according as the range of expansion is higher. 3. With 4.8 fold expansion, the greatest which could be obtained with the ordinary engine, the compound engine gave an economy of 22 . cent. in steam gand 32 per cent. in fuel. Taking asa standard of comparison the work done by an ordinary and a compound locomotive with equal consumption of water and fuel, the following conclusions were arrived at: 1. For the same consumption of water and fuel per hour, the work done by the compound engine is greater than that done by the ordinary engine. 2. For the same boiler pressure and the same speed, the increase of work done by the compound engine compared with ordi- nary engines diminishes in proportion as the total consumption of fuel and water in- creases, 3. For an equal consumption of 4800 pounds of water per hour (with 141 pounds boiler pressure, and 85 revolutions per minute), the work done by the compound engine is Ig per cent. greater than that done by the ordinary engine. 4. Under the same conditions and for an equal consumption of 1570 pounds of fuel per hour, the work done by the compound | engine is 32 per cent. greater than that done by the ordinary engine. Trials made to test the comparative con- | sumption of water and fuel in compound and ordinary engines doing equal work led to the following conclusions : 1. For doing the same work the compound engine uses Jess fuel and less water than the rdinary engine. 2. At the same boiler pressure and the revealed the ordinary black deposit of gun- powder beneath it. The pressure under which the experiment was conducted was abundantly sufficient to effect the solidifica- tion of carbonic aeid. a High-Speed Coal-Hoisting Engine. We show in the engraving on this page a high-speed geared coal-hoisting engine with boiler, built by the Lidgerwood Mfg. Com- pany, of New York. The engine is of the double-cylinder type, and was designed spe- cially for hoisting coal at a high rate of WW wi " hi Wi)!!!" an angle, so that the cross seam is a V-shaped furrow. The pan is mounted on temporary trunnions in the end of the beam, consisting cf twoflat barsonedge. The beam is carried on a counter-weighted truck running on rails, so thatit may betaken up toand withdrawn from the hammer and gas furnace, while the pan may make a complete revolution on its tem- porary axis between the bars of the beam by means of the hand-wheel, shaft, worm and worm-wheel. The pan is run up to the gas furnace, which has already raised to an in- tense heat some refractory material under- neath it. When a portion of the seam is brought to a welding heat a rod with the a, Hal i ‘a ini same speed the economy diminishes withthe | HIGH-SPEED GEARED COAL-HOISTING ENGINE, BUILT BY THE LIDGERWOOD MFG. COMPANY, NEW YORK, ‘rease of work done. With a pressure of about 136.5 pounds, mean speed of 85 revolutions per minute | of the jackets each time the throttle was | i a total development of 1g0 horse-power, | opened, and above all to the defective drain- | * compound engine gives an economy com-| age of the jackets, which probably trans- pared with the ordimary engine of 19 per|formed them into condensers. A better nt. in consumption of steam and of 22 per means of draining the steam jackets must ot. in the amount of fuel. | therefore be sought for. In trials made with an ordinary engine,| The compound system undoubtedly gave “team jacketed, it was found that with an|an economy of steam and of fuel; the *xpansion of 4.8 fold im the first notch an | amount of this economy varies sensibly with “conomy of 12 per cent. was obtained by the | the conditions under which the engine is use of jackets. With an expansion of 1.3 | working, and in ordinary work it may be ‘old the economy from the jackets became | taken at from 15 to 20 per cent. agutive. With the compound engines the —— octet Save “* negative results,” an “ unex-| prof W. Mattieu Williams infers, from to the in whieh bein: es the examination of Count Rumford’s the smoke-bo: hw ie eal placed in ‘Essay on Gunpowder,” that he produced pening and I iar th of steam in | .ojid carbonic acid in the course of his ex- " Othe eaate aan ¢ —— . ‘ } | Periments on the explosive force of that ordinar d made at another time with | composition In an experiment with a con- sine ee ; oommpana engines while run- | fined cylinder the count observed ‘‘an ex- denne the following approximate con-| tremely white powder resembling very 1. When the jeckete ; b | light white ashes, but which almost instan- compound éngi jackets are not in use the | taneously changed to the most perfect black the wins *neine gives in comparison with | color upon being exposed to the air.” Pro cont, inary engine an economy of 13 per| fessor Williams supposes that this white cent. in a - — and of 24 per | evanescent ash-like deposit was solid car- 2: ‘Adeaeiet a bonic acid. The change to black mentioned de mission of steam into the jackets |}. Rumford was caused by the instantane oss not sensibly affect the consumptiun of | 44, evaporation of the acid, causing to be speed. It is furnished with friction drum and brakes, and is in successful operation in many parts of the country. The plant, as shown, is particularly adapted for all coalyards and pockete where a high hoist is made or a high rate of speed is desired, and has given ample proof of its value in quickly unloading barges and vessels. The friction drum is of large diameter, and geared in the proportion of about 3 to 1, and is fur- nished with a band-brake, applied by means of a foot-lever, for lowering the empty tubs. The engine is also well adapted for | mining purposes where a comparatively light load is to be handled at high speed. ec The British Association members were shown, at the works of Piggott & Uo., Spring Hill, Birmingham, a new method of welding up sugar and saltpeter pans, espe- cially for South America. The four seams | were originally riveted, but it was found that they leaked, while the rivet-heads | offered an obstruction to cleaning out. The pan is now, as before, made up of four seg- | mental plates, bent hot in dies under the | hydraulic press. They are fitted together | in position, the outer contiguous edges hav- | simply im ing been chamfered off by being sheared at | end also at welding point is laid in the fur- row, and that portion brought under the hammer is welded. This operation is re- peated until all the seams are made good, with the result that they can scarcely be de- tected, and the welds will stand any test ap- plied to the remainder of the plate. The Chapin Mine, on Lake Superior, will try a freezing process in the sinking of their | sand-shaft, their engineer having made a contract with parties in Sweden to do the work. Four-inch stand-pipes 2 feet apart | will be driven to the ledge, a distance of about 110 feet. When down they will be filled with brine and chemicals which will freeze the ground solidly about them, when the ground will be blasted out and the shaft made. One of the essentials of a steam plant, no matter for what purpose it may be used, is a good chimney. Without this the most elaborate appliances for the promotion of economy, and the most painstaking efforts of those in charge, are of no avail, for the prime requisite, without which economy is ible, is the perfect combustion of the fuel under the boiler. Nhe Use of Natural Gas in Iron and Steel Works. In the excellent natural-gas supplement of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer Mr. Theo. Morgan has an elaborate paper on the methods of using that fuel in metallurgical establishments : In by far the greater number of mills it is'rare to find any half-dozen furnaces pre cisely alike. The Argand and Bunsen bur- ners have been a favorive groundwork for inventors to build upon, and the principles inherent in these have been utilized in various ways, and often with excellent re- sults. Inventors early recognized the fact thatan intimate admixture of the gas and air was absolutely essential to success, and this gave rise to the checker-work system of burners, the construction of which is very simple and inexpensive. Bricks are piled loosely in the fire chamber in the form of checker-work, with interstices sufficient for the passage of the gas and air. These, passing upward through this checker-work, are broken up and intimately mingled before reaching the working chamber, insuring more perfect combustion. Cold air is used with this arrangement, and enters at the same time and place as the gas, through apertures surrounding the pipes, the supply of air being regu- lated by closing these apertures with bricks. |Carbon deposits bave proven troublesome | with this manner of burning the gas, the | passage of the gas being entirely obstructed | in many instances by the carbon clinging to | the checker bricks and closing the spaces between them. Another feature common to almost all the methods of burning natural gas is attempts to heat at least a portion of the air used by | means of hollow furnace walls and bridges. | These involve but a trifling outlay, and are | productive of good results exactly in pro- | portion to the increase of temperature of lair. In some the back wall of the furnace | contains a series of smal! flues, through which the air passes to the combustion chamber ; in others it is drawn under the furnace bottom, and in still others what was used as the fire chamber when working with coal has been surrounded with hollow walls, | between which the air circulates and is ‘heated. It is then admitted to the chamber through.numerous small openings to diffuse ‘it, when it comes in contact with the gas and combustion takes place, the flame passing over the bridge wall into the working part of the furnace. This type of combustion chamber gives the best results attainable outside of the regular regenerative system, the flame arriving in the working chamber at the hight of its heating power, and exert- ing its force before entering the stack, leav- ing the linings of the latter mtact. The main point in admitting the gas into furnaces is to scatter or diffuse it as much as possible, that it may mingle freely with |the air. To accomplish this it is intro- duced through several small pipes, or a | single large one extending across the fur- nace and perforated with numerous small holes. The latter plan is preferable, though not always available. So far as we are now aware of, all attempts at preheating the gas itself have been abandoned, owing to the excessive carbon deposits which have hitherto attended all efforts in this direc- tion. Success in these direct methods of using natural gas for fuel depends first on a thorough mixture of the gas and air, and second on having the most intense beat occur in the working parts of thefurnaces. This is greatly aided by means of a combustion cham- ber. Though very good results are achieved by many of the foregoing devices, and though they possess the charming merit of very low first cost, yet even the best of them are defective, and, all things considered, in the end very costly as compared to a regen- erative furnace. In their use much depends | on the workman—the keeping of his furnace in good order is imperative. Again, it is | frequently found that a plan which works | splendidly on one furnace when tried on another exactly similar and doing precisely the same work will very likely prove a dead |failure. Their nearly universal destructive action on stack linings, to prevent which a copious flow of cold air must be admitted at the bottom of the stacks, is another grave fault, not to mention the comparatively rapid corrosion of the brickwork of the ea- tire furnace. When we add to these the augmented waste of iron by oxidation through their use we feel safe in hazarding the opinion that they must sooner or later give place to the in every way more eco nomical and satisfactory regenerative fur- nace. Of the two kinds of regenerative fur naces, the continuous and the reversing, each has its advantages, which we will mention hereafter. As to first cost, in erect- ing an entire new furnace there is probably but slight difference, the wodified Siemens furnaces now being erected at a very mod- erate cost, as compared to the old style. But ia remodeling existing plants the continuous furnace has the advantage, as it can gener- ally be built on the old foundation and use be made of the same furnace plates. In building, the space between the foundation walls is filled with refractory tubes—we are now speaking of the simplest type we have seen, though several exist. These tubes extend lengthwise of the furnace, and are arranged with spaces around them, through | which the air circulates and becomes highly “ere oop ae -F we —_— “3 THE IRON AGE. October 7, 1886 ee THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG.CO.| WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF’G CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. Sheet and Roll Brass) ever, WAT Re ee AND 4 WIRE, Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvatized GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL Tron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire Ps Glidden Patent wl wry CUPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER Barb Wire , Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Eyeglass Springs ; Steel . ELECTRICAL WIRE, Wire for Needles and Drills; Patent Stee’ 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 02. to x db. ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Blectrical Purposes, Bare and Covered, O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER. Seamless Brass and Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, O’Neiis’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &e., Waterbury Brass Co. ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheet, Roll and Pla‘ers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Kettles, Door Rail, Brass Tags, Per- cussion Caps, Powder Flasks, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas- ures, &c., and small Brass Wares of every description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. a he ©. i ° Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’'S Line of Sporting Goods. WE. DODGE, 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. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. WIRE ROPE AND CABLE. ae — se 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORE. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., 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 Ropee, Tiller Ropes, IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS: | MILLS AT Sh d . || H Switch Ropes Co i y . Copper, I and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-B ire 996 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, eel an 0 rass, Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Plovare ‘Cord, Galvanized Wire Sabie: td ah arf 195 Eady St., Providence BG cess co Ni. and Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. aod s : : a eee BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Q)., | SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER ——__ New Haven Copper Co., AND IRON RIVETS, NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : 16 Cliff Street. 107 & 109 Lake Street. SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’ & SHEATHING COPPER®| Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks tk WORK IN EV and manufacturing Metal Goods. Ploy Sy Tae VARIETY. ° i MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, ’ La a a s rr bs fe jt Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. —~ =« = 4 r ‘ees | . Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPERA®_ BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. WATERBURY CONN. WATERBURY. CONN., Manufacturers of ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF NEW YORK, BOSTON, 25 Park Place : 18 Fed St. 22 Murray St. — “ Manufacturers of all kinds of Cast Steel Angers and Rits of Superior Quality. — 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. BUTTONS. | Mult Tialtanior aid orem. | DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. |Brass, Copper & German Silver, LAguops. |r? araers. Werdeene Lamps NPORTEAS OF ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. GRRPRio re PeRcal PSB as |T1N PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON,| Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, ' COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., Copper Rivets and Burs. DEPOTS: 423 Broome Strect, Kew ee 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO.. Liverpool. NEW YORK. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DUOR RAIL. 177 Devonshire Street, Boston. 183 Lake Street, Chicago. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS, SILVER- PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, PORTAGE IRON COMPANY ‘LIMITED), MANUFACTURERS OF JOHN DAVOL & SONS, IRON AND STEEL Bars, Rods, Shafting, Hoops, Bands, Angles, &c., Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN Made Exclusively From Pig Iron. 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. ‘Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER Gen'l Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. (24 Floor), NEW YORK. BRASS.—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. Sheet German Silver, German Silver OER VR. Wire, German Silver Tubing. PL inaEs. ; pee weop. Spring Sad Finke Dette, al be lie © Sy Pend y - -f ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. JAMES HALL, Treaeurer WH. HEWITT, Vice-President. TH E E. HANSON, Seoretary. ' TRENTON IRON COMPANY (INCORPORATED 1847), MAKERS OF IRON AND STEEL DUNCANSVILLE, PA. Freight Rates same as Pittsburgh. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, 17 Broadway, P. O. Box 33, New York City. THOS, W. FITCH, Supt. WALLACE H. ROWE, sec. & Treas. OF ALL GRADES. Bright, Annealed, Coppered, Tinned and Galvanized Iron and Steel Wire Rod Extra Qualities of Bar Iron and Rods, Best Qualities of Maslecan cad . Charcoal Iron Wire, Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. Works and Office, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burting Slip. Philadelphia Office, 21 North Fourth Street. WM. EDENBORN, Prest. BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFAUTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS PITTSBURGH, PA. 98 Reade Street,|GEO. W. PRENTISS & CO,, lowa Barb Wire Co., “ew ‘ton’ zs" HENRY 8. CHASE, Sec’y & Treas. WIRE ROPE HAZARD M'F'c Co. vaxnons: §7 Liberty St., New York. Wilkesbarre Pa BSTABLISHED 1881. INOOBPORATED 1876, Waterbury Mfg. Co.,|; WATERBURY, CONN.,, Brass Goods NEW ENGLAND SPECIALTY CoO. North Easton, Mass.., Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE co. , ohare > . " - 5 o “— — hae Manufacturers of = MANUFACTURERS OF ~ = Nea : ES —— ee = ’ ow = = — sy LEAVITT'S IMPROVED SCREW DRIVERS, aa’ WIRE ROPE Je With Barbed Tang. ( Patent applied for.) am — = Bs 3 ane N. MAIN STRE > . LOUIS, . ‘orrespondence invited. LEAVITT'S PATENT COMMON SENSE CAN OPENER. |-p + Soltis @ co. — car een a - insta Kone Se) aeatbaomerwamge eT tn tae coerce ore OO WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, g der. LEAD PIPE CUTTERS 227-251 So. Clinton St., Chicago. 70-76 Trinity Place, New York. INDISPENSABLE TO PLUMBERS. COMPLETE AND PERFECT ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM, For Central Stations or Isolated Plants. All kinds of Electrica! Apparatus and Supplies. AGENTS: THE ALFORD & BERKELE COMPANY, 77 Chambers St., New York. Bo. 1 ogi) Ip. Sale Geet, postpaid, for 81.75. HORACE PARTRIDGE & CO., 148 and 150 Wabash Ave., Chicago. cananpe, Sanoaee To THE TRaDE rn send for Liiuatrations PHILADELPHIA CUTLERY COMPANY, 516 Commerce St., Phila-, Pa. BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETIS \W This fur th tion o Steel, and h¢ Toe invent every the W! they a welded the rav Full Koom 6 WI Thor r pric BIRM B — 3 for V ire ures SE: SUIAIT”d UWIY | \ * ' ork. cal October 7, 1886. THE IRON AGE. es 0. LINDEMANN & CO,, BIRD ~~ I waned, Brae, Tin 7 CAGES. petvaaiate atin PI ta THE FRED. J, MYERS MFG, CO. Jape iated and Wood STEEL WIRE for all _burposes and STEEL. SPRINGS of every | description. exuiners _ a - ne —— e I TON, K Manufacturers ¢ CORN POPPERS, KRAUT, SLAW »° VEGETABLE CUTTERS. and rt variety of Hardware Spe it! ur iz art NT VAL POPPER, with Re und Corners, ts the strongest and largest Popper mad¢ ee aL ULL LL Dealers destring a first-class article should ther. Send for Catalogue No. 18 buy noo MINA SASSSATS Ie, WLM EEAAALA ALAA AA AAC rd Ia MA VOD ILL EELS ULELLELLLRLOR TT a a = , ; ee Ha 254 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. Market steel Wire, Ovineiine Wire, Sempored ona Covered." Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. 234, 236 and 288 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. pz ieccel) 'RON AND BRASS RIVETS STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. KRAUT CUTTER f he Ui rp hat Sa aoa oe Eee pple WIRE CO., Extra large. aon ett aH 4 LJ J J + = Pat a Hi s He wees SOR ee tHe eet te Ss W. S. TYLER, Th Wi eos 1 e GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT sr’. ee mu ©. re Elevator Guards OFFICE aaa DESK RAILINGS, ’ of CAMBRIA IRON CO., Johnstown, Pa., Sitsese t fe vLient GUARDS AND W WINDOW GUARDS are prepared to furnish SEAT SPRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, - Sh cess. BBN soe w. S. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. tp CLEVELAND, OHIO. STEEL, punched and tapered. Also SEAT ia SB poses Soe _ se % SESS SS poses +25 Sescceses F *THORN WIRE HEDGE CO. SPRINGS for Agricultural Machines, of poe ence e ee. SS TEEL BARB WIRE FENCING. <0 7 WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE 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 Go., yin.” Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. the best quality of stock, guaranteed to stand the most severe usage and retain their shape. Best Steel. Painted and Galvanized. “Kelly” Yielding Steel Points New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office . 104 READE sT. 202 First Nat. Bank Buildin 52% } u- 523 Ss") sae aeiitaie : * > ARCH 8ST. Does Not Lacerate Stock ~pieiiielmai ME ak Estab’d 1818, Incorp’d 1874, THE , GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. =. WAREHOUSES : 42 - St., New York 8 Lake St. . Chicago, Ills. ‘ane or lron & Galvanized Wire Ves aad Wire Oleth. Tompson McCosu, President, Joun A. McCosn, Sec’y and Treas. McCosh Iron & Steel Co. MANUFACTURERS, C/V IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS. Offices, Factories and Warchouses, reniveoura!| BOUNDARY, OSBORN AND AGENCY STREETS, BURLINGTON, IOWA. *“*Red Star.” Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. Address, THORN WIRE HEDGE C( CO., CHICAGO. THE UNITED STATES Sacastis Mitentenn Cone. [Vitis Company, NIEN-TSI_ CHINESE LACQUER, Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. UNEQUALLED pes DUBABILITS. Prevents Iron, Steel, 26 Broadway, New York. See RATE oleae Maly eta anna SORE SST, ome and ad PLY SPECKS. be applied without heating meta Tuincompany snow prepared o iene tewnees| SOG Agents, H. S. ALLEN & c CO., 112 John St., New York. fur the use of the several Patents owned by them. ultural Impleme Machine Arch [ron Works. and Prices. cent on SS e aol. “7 and itectural tion of “ Mitis Castings’’ in Wrought Iron and The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, . BBOCA USE r it is made of steel throughout, except the wheel f ons) steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically treo cen nee 2 It { nee | a broad (Width Steel, and improvements in furnaces for melting and heating. Tne Mitis Castings made in accordance with the nventions covered by these Patents retain in every respect all the valuable qualities of the Wrougbt Lron and Steel (Scrap) from which they are made, do not require annealing, can be elded and worked under the hammer as well as » raw materials. F ull particulars furnished on application, The above cut representa Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG. 00O., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. Oo. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn 8t., Chicago, Ill. is almost noiseless in action It requires no oil. It has brertes on the door, and keeps in line. It is by ont the most durable. It may be used with any track. It is always in order. LANE’S PATENT TRACK F Is made of steel and 1s easily put in position. Catch. Mi subject o ipa. Door ane enereee cannes 7. the a os su ecay. res no ening. ut is read used with hangers of other manufacture. tt "Manufactured by LANE BROS. Peugnicepsie, x. ¥. JOHN H. GRAHAM “H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK, PHOSPHOR-BRONZE For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all purposes where MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &e Wijk. Boome, an yp 4 sbility and Resistance to Corrosion. cofthor my Castings of all kinds to order, Send for pamphlet and prices. HE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING CO., | 1D,,, WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goobs W. F. DURFEE General Manager, 67 26 eee: NEW WORK. THE BILLINGS & SPENCER Co.HARTFORD, CONN. MANUFACTURERS OF _, STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES | SINGLE AND DOUBLE END ile VA ae DROP FORGED OF BARSTEEL ‘/ TAKING NUTS FOR/4INCH g, > | | | UP TO AND INCLUDING a Gay * haeLAPa TL hice ae ae a, ho on ok ae AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND IRON DROP FORGINGS. wi NAIL MACHINES HARDMAN PATENT. Nae Thoroughly Tested and in Suc- cessful Operation. r prices and particulars address the Manufacturers, BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥., BIRMINGHAM, CONN. MANUFACTURERS OF E. T. BARNUM, MANUFACTURER IRE AND No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Dish Covers, IRON WOR Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. * CORTLAND” Corn Poppers, Detroit, Mich. vw CSLESRATe® LNDOW Coal Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Ete. Sasa The Popular Polish | ** SILVER FINISH” SUREE 4 capeas | WIRE CLOTH. I bE aera eo Yor sale'uy all dealers in USA a end Canada. Price List Free, Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. yOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST. Wetallte Coal Siow THE PARLOR MFG. CO., 85 Fulton St, Boston. ae iil -_ — 4 THE IRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE,|Marshall Lefferts & Co., 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. 90 Beekman St., New York City. MANUFACTURERS OF Iron =2 Steel galvanized Sheet Iron, Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; reyroqincs BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. Hoop and Bend Iron. Galvanized = nt Iron sever Satya” “| CORRUGATED SHEET IRON PIERSON & CO, | 22s Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common (ESTABLISHED 1790.) SHEET IRON. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN : PLATE AND TANK I[Ron, » OC. H. No.1, C. ~ ag 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Tae Fire Box, Cire ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED T0 ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon application, OXFORD™.®. WOOD & C0. Le, haa he IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, wEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT -rn ere oT: IRON and STEEL, And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 24. 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. ABEEL BROTHERS, ESTABLISHED 176s, BURDEN’S HORSE SHOES. Jan. rot " 18s a rst, i Bob. rath, 1884 ; IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. B. FF. JUDSON, {ron * Mercha nts Importer of and Dealer in ——- ’ ; . — Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata SCOTCH AND AMERICAN GRADES OF 190 SOUTH ST., 365 WATER ST., * | NEW YORK. Se "RON. |isa Iron, WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD METALS. & 459 Wat St., 3 & 235 South st.,;NEW YORK. “Burden Best” Iron Smooth on both sides. Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. ‘ARM CO."’ SHAFTING. SYRACUSE Also general assortment of Norway, Ulster and | Band, Hoop, Scroll, Angle Iron ‘| $87 Refinec Steel of all kinds, &c, Boiler Rivets. A, R, . WHITNEY & CO,, HICKS & DICKEY, tAs eS) ft Y. lron and Steel 1e Cnr Se Freee ower and Reaper Castings an seamen THE BURDEN IRON CO.) seer ane Fesper stings anc Carriage Irons a Specialty. W. B. BURNS, Proprrertor. Fontes oe CO., Limited. Merehant Iron and ft Stee] and Cut — and Spikes. NORWAY STEKL & ON ©O,, Homogeneous teel BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder lron, Steel & Forgings STEEL. CASTINGS. TROY, N. Y. MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL, ee BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. Ce OVERS & 00. Wrought Iron Pips. ee WILLIAM H. WALLACE &CO., | EVERSON, HAMMOND & CO. CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., CAST TOOL STEEL. HARTMAN STEEL C€O., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Steel, &c. CHARLES L, BAILEY & CO., Chesapeake Nails. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Stee! Wire Nails, LIMITED, PITTSBURGH, PA,, Sheet Steel For Roofing and Corrugating. ARNEGIE BROS. & CO., Limited, fron and az Steel Channels, Sha d Shafting. BROOKLYN Ww RE, Nall CO HE CHESTER P Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. Wm. Bispham. E. C. Wallace. Ce Steet Wire Nails EK AND TUBE mates furnished. ao a —- tructures of ever} descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Ptease ederene I 14 Broadway, New York. P. Oo. Borden & Lovell, 70 & 71 WEST ST., L. N. LOVELL, GA, GREENE, t New York. H. L. FREELAND, Agents for the sale of > FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.’S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S/ JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, NAILS AND SPIKEs. BORDEN MINING CO.'S _ CUMBERLAND COAL. Wm. H. Wallace. WM. McFARLAND, JOHN FOX, iron and Brass Founder, OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS. SHEET IRON, All Grades. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPFD IRON ROOFING & SIDING, TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice. Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Iron ee Doors, Coraices, ylig 5a . bis. Bridges, &e —. IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 3 Dey Street. NEW YORK. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, IMPORTED & AMERICAN No. 638 Wall St., New York. PIG IRON. : LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, 4 SPECIALTY, CHARLES HIMROD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. GEORGE ee eee Jn., Prest H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. DANIEL F. COONEY, 88 Washington St., New York, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE TRON WORKS. ALL BOILER FLUES. nt wooo & co,|estinghouse " PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Cast Iron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAS, WESTINGHOUSE LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. OX MUZZLES lub’ Pat Fring Hy oe epee VERY LOW IN PRICE. over 5 time. 81 Murray Street.| A, GARRISON & CO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and rca Chilled Rolls, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW, _o Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin's Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roil- jog Mill Castings of every description, Office, Nos. 10 4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For c mtting off the ante of »f Bolts and Rivets, on ages, &c. Ask for them where you ber ro ur barauare, or send for cir- ular and price lis CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., $2nd Sr.. Betow LancasTer Ave., Tyas PHILADELPHIA, PA. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Works at Valley Falls, R. | ¥, W. CARPENTER, Oe ae ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE Channels, ag ae 2 oe + Riveted Work, tl! R j St N Y k, I eade pt., New Yor Seep ame dente PATERSON, N. J. ; ae Room 45, 45, Astor House, New York. Chamoion Hog Ringer STEEL AND IRON NAILS. Prete seco creuconces. sbarp ostndiiahhoueme. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN ©@,, Exclusive \ Cer BLAg oe Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. DOVER IRON CO.'S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 1389 GREENWICH 8ST. NEW YORK. Bonnell, Botsford & Co.., IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, METAL BOOM. iren Foundry and Machine Shop. —— HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION all its Branches « Specialty. Brass and other aon Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. PRAS. B. GANNARN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. renege Ain incebadids GEO. N. PIERCE & CO. BLACK SHEET IRON. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. PITTSBURGH, MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). The saving in safety, wil) repay the cost of its application J. M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads. Office. 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. October 7, 1886, ‘ina : ne latent WA TTT TL, Le 0b Th im BUFFALO, N. Y., New York —, Fag A Water Street. BIRD CAGES and REFRIGERATORS. Send for tees oy ae and Price Lists, Y Sickles, Presto pecs... Dave nport, Iowa. Batler & Deil, ‘Syrecu Wea ver & Goss Haw. ©. ae ches ter, N. Y. C. Herboth & Co., St. Lo Rector & Wilheliny ¢ Co., "0 maha, Brommell Brash Wire Goods Co., "Cincinnati, 0. oO. Manhattan Rolling Mill. Chicago Stamping Co., chicas -ago, Ill MALLEABLE IRON) J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., 177 & 179 Bank st, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF IRON, HORSE SHOE Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. HENRY KELLY, PuBLic ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ee Iron and Stee! Manufacturers’ Cost Accounts and Partnership Settlements. Late Chief Accountant to Cambria Iron Compary Howard, Childs & Co., Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. Iron and Steel of all Descriptions, Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCEET, R. L., ht Wire Goods, | Belt Hooks, D COTTERS. one @ PINS, KEYS eos Wes is oF oe tras 0 eee New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling Agent T. W. WELSH, Supt. W. W. CARD, Secy. Air-Brake Co. PA. Us Gs Ap FREIGHT BRAKE. Automatic Brake for the same apparatus as the are so combined as to form practically one piece of accidents, fat wheels, brakemen's wages. and Sototy Brake known. Its Automatic ” sett Sa Sortie rom asa, from = train JOHN BROWER, A.GARRISON, J, H.RICKETSON, © WM. HOLMES, eesteees car er ips ap any car in the train if desired, and should the The a aleiadiiton mace 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, “RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE Co, Horse, Mule & SnoWw Shoes: Perkins Pattern, Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. I. 6: PERKINS, Gen'l Manager, R. W. COMSTOCK: cuevetary Only single Ring ever euvented that closes on outside of the nose. BROWN’S Elliptical Ring Wi BE, OMee, . DEA! Bos... 101 Se ~ for es. Its the ers October 7, 1886. ‘ Wwriiaram RR. EXEART c& co., SPANISH, AFRICAN CASTLE PIG IRON. | for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- | dom reaching .o3 per cent., and Silicon from 1 per cent, quirements of buyers). Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Stee! Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished upward, according to re- IRON ORES cet enn MOHICAN PIG IRON. A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, comparing favorably with English West Coast Hematites. Old Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, - - ADDRESS Cambria Iron ‘Co., OFFICE, WORKS, 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa. Heavy Rails, PHILADELPHIA. ‘Light Rails, Railway FE'astenings, STREET Pennsylvania. The Phoenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- Manufacturers of Wrought Iron STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. struction of Fire-Proof Buildings: Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built- -up Shapes for Iron Pridges, 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 Agents, MANUFACIURERS OF HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON, Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe. Tank and Boat Iron ; 206 S. NEW AND OLD RAILS. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, Fourth St., Philadelphia, BLOOMS. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & o. CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” ble Iron, brand * U. H M Mallea MOSS BAY H Also for *“ Lorn” Malleable Charcoal! Pig Iron and N. IRON WORKS, TITE IRON & STEEL CO., Spies, ee palogetenoen, Crop Ends, &c. PENCOYD & CO.’S nas Fire Bricks. A. & PP. ROBERTS & CO., BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS; ANGLES, TEES, Office, No. 26 S. Fourth St., Philadelpnia. QUA BEER orry FACING Itt: Ss. We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. t Pony for ~DEALERS IN ¥06..1015, 1017, sample bbL ea?) tm sample a Bari stove Plate Facing. } : ——MANUFACTURERS OF— PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel, AGENCY Whitwell Hot Blast Stove. Cowper Hot Blast Stove. Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Hot Blast Stove. The latter improvement, at 30 ¢ less first cost, will heat more blast to a higher temperature with greater regularity. Weaknesses of the older types of stoves, whether in their construction or operation, eliminated. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Lron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, NGINEERS, No. 226 Walnut a - Philadelphia, Pa. FRED. W. GORDON, Agent Fire Brick Hot Blast Stove Co. achiners Vacin: MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del, Ave. or RT RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And ail other Tools used In a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. Ww. PFPA ESON # CO., FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, RAILS, Smoke Stack, Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Lron, Ww. H.WALBAUM & CO., 61 Pine St., New York, BESSEMER PIC. EDWARD J. ETTING IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, 222 S. Tarp Sr., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savuege Fire Brick. Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue bove Callowhill St., connected by track with rail Oad. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON. JAS. G. LINDSAY. THOS. 8. PARVIN, LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material Estimates furnished for Lron and Steel Structures and Railway construction C orrespondence solicited with railroad contractors. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 Bo. 4th S8t., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Wyebrooke C. B. Charcoal Pig Iron, F Red Short Pig Iron. . re DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE @& OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., | PHILA., PA. | New York Address, SALES OFFICES, 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. Lee 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 gold. 284 8. 4th St, Philadelphia, Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Description. Selling ‘o> for Cleveland City Forge and tron Co. Forgings; Central Iron and Steel Works, Plates ot Iron and Steel ; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., lron and Stee! Nails. Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Car and Boat tetemescats cifications a Speciaity J. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA, PA, SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel imi’ PIG IRON ait CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.,’s Fire Brick. THE IRON AGE. JUSTICE COX, Ir. CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO,, AGENTS FOR CATASAUQUA M’F’G. CO., Iron, steel, Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, Angles and Shapes; Chick'ss, Montgomery, Conewago and Alice Furnaces, BPrieer IRON for Foundries and Mills. ERIE FORGE CO., Lro. Iron and Steel Forgings ; Every shape. ved South Fourth Stree ey ~ Jerome Keeley R Co, 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Tron and Steel Rails, Scrap [ron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. _Phila. ~ Fe E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons. E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON anv STEEL! Correspondence solicited. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO,, |RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 Seuth Fourth st., Philadelphia. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates ; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Slemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared JNO. Le HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA. Pig lron & Ores, Steel & Iron Blooms. Agent for Brier Hill Iron one Coal Co. Youngstown Steel Co. 0 Hearth Metal, Chareoal Iron, Connatt sville Coke, Old Rails, Serap, ae. FOR BEST MIL. L PRODUCTS. An over Iq POM andover Chill Iron for Carwheels, &c Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4% In. to %& in.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. F. A. Comiy, Treas. J. Wester Puttmay, Agent. 240 So, 3d St., Phila. PEDRO G. SALom, a P. & WESTESSON. SALOM & WESTESSON, Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Metabiisbed 1847.. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHI LADELPH IA, Special Wheels. ‘for Furnace and Mine Cars. THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn-Tables. General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL cen crete MANUFACTURERS OF Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description s 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 & Co., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO, MANUFACTURERS OF ~ CUMBERLAND ” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Lea & Co., Successors to CABEEN & C©U,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILI. AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SBKELP 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, ae with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Iron « PHILADELPHIA, PA. Dolteneee Price lists on res, Siags, Limestones, ( coals, Clays, Fire bands, éc. application, Agents for sampling ores in New York and ‘ more severely r vw heated, the interior of the tubes being the passageway through which the waste heat and gases reach the chimney. The upper portion of the furnace is changed so that what was formerly the position of the grate is now oc cupied by the flue. The waste heat pavsin over the flue bridge turns downward and enters the tubes in the bottom, and returns through them to the stack, the flames mak ing a complete circuit from its entrance to its exit from the furnace. The yas is ad mitted through a number of small pipes in the back walls about on a level with the top of the fire bridge, the heated air rising di rectly under it through a flue extending the width of the furnace, between the bridge and the back wall, and mingling with the vas as they both flow over the bridge into the working chamber. From 2 to 2% ounces pressure of gas is ample in this fur nace for heating 14 net tons of iron in to hours, the waste of iron—mostly old rail piles worked—being reduced from g_ per cent.—its former average—to 5 This furnace has run 18 months without so much as a new bridge, and the regenerators have never been touched, though now in constant use for two years In essaying the use of natural gas in the reversing type of regenerative furnace, the usual course of preheating both gas and air was followed, resulting in failure, from car bon deposits completely choking the gas generators, and it was also found that the ordinary air regenerator was incapable of supplying sufficient air for the perfect com bustion of natural gas. The method of working was then changed ; both gas and air regenerators were used for supplying air, and the gas was introduced cold just on a level with the ports, through several small pipes in the end wall of the furnace, the heated air coming up underneath it. This mode of using the gas in Siemens furnaces is entirely successful, any degree of heat re quired being readily had with a very low pres sureofgas. A furnace of this type, specially designed for using natural gas, is now erected at a cost little above that of the ordinary reverberatory furnace of the same capacity. It contains but a single pair of regenerators, and these are above ground, one at each end of the furnace; no arches over them, except the roof itself ; no ports —just a straight bridge wall; no gas pro ducers, and no extensive flues, the gas entering cold at the end wall just above the checker-wo