The Iron Age 1886-10-21: Vol 38 Iss 17

INDEX TO READING MATTER PAGE 32 Vol. XXXVITIe No. 17 New Vork, A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMs, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. 7 hursday, October 2 The Iron Ag? Metal Entered at the Post Office, New York, 1, 1886. ‘Trades. overt INL E as Second-Class Matter, $2.50 a Year, Including Dostage. Single Coptes, Ten Cents. y Bignall’s New Nipple Machine. A short time ago the Bignall & Keeler Mfg. ‘company, of St. Louis, brought out a new nipple machine which has already experi- enced an extensive sale and given ample proof of its practical value. The object was to produce a nipple chuck that would be substantial, convenient and rapid in its work, and at the same time admit of being easily placed in the machine and operated without requiring much skill. The chuck which the company have put on the market seems to satisfy all these requirements. It can be used in any pipe machine that has length of bed enough in front of the gripping chuck, and is placed in posi tion ready for work almost as easily as any ordinary socket nipple holder. It cuts and threads nipples from ¥ inch to 2 inches inclusive. A steadying rodand extending through the arbor and tail chuck holds it true and steady. The die-head has open or expanding dies, of new design and so ar- ranged as to be flush with the face of the die-plate. This enables the operator to cut a nipple, thread to thread. The nipple chuck is opened and closed by a lever attached to a toggle joint which, when closed, forms a perfect lock to the split socket in the head of the chuck. By the simple movement of the lever the socket is opened and the nipple instantly released. The socket opens in a line at right angles to the pipe, thus releas- ing each thread simultaneously. There are separate sockets for each size pipe; these are easily changed. The dies are thrown open wide enough to pass the pipe through for cutting off. It is not necessary to raise the die-block or swinging back the dies to cut off pipe, as is the case with some other machines, which alone effects a great sav- ing of labor and time. By means of steady- ing jaws operated by a right and left screw the pipe is held firmly for the cutter knife, which is readily brought in contact with the pipe by means of a screw. We present three engravings of the ma- chine. Fig. I represents it with the nipple chuck in place. In Fig. 2 the nipple chunk is detached, lying on the shelf underneath, and the machine appears as an ordinary pipe machine. The die-box is thrown open, show- ing the mode of changing the dies, also the cam-plate that operates the dies. This plate bas two eccentric grooves or openings, into which pins on the back of the die- blocks enter, and by partially rotating this plate, by means of the lock lever, the dies are opened or closed at will. !he arrangement is most simple and complete, and works very satisfactorily. The die adjustment feat- ure of the larger Peerless machines is retained. By means of this arrangment steel chasers can be in- serted in the die blocks, and brought out flush with the face of the die- stand, thus enabling the vperator to cut shoulder nipples thread to thread. With the nipple chuck detached it is an open die pipe-machine complete. It has cut gears through- out and isa very smooth- running machine. Fig. 3 represents an- other view of the ma- chine, with nipple chuck detached. This view shows more clearly the gripping chuck and cut- ung-off apparatus. The pipe, as we have already said, is held steady for cutting off by means of steadying slides operated by right and left hand screws, as shown in the cut. To one of these slides is attached an auxil- iary slide which holds B the cutter knife. The latter has an independent operating screw. The carriage has a jouble rack and pinions worked by a hand- | wheel. This insures a straight start on the pipe and consequently good thread. | fhe nipple chuck holds both right and left nipples, and is composed of a spindle with acoliar on one end which butts up against the face of the gripping chuck, the latter clamping it securely in place. On the other | end is a head with grooved ways in which the socket blocks slide. These blocks are | moved from the center out and in in a line | at right angles to the pipe. This is accom- plished by means of two levers hinged at each end of the chuck-head, and operated by a toggle joint, which, when closed, is a perfect lock. As soon as the thread is cut the socket, which is in halves, is instantly opened by a movement of the lever and the | pipe released. The levers have adjusting screws to take up any wear that may occur in use. By means of a new feature the nipple chuck left-hand nipples can be firmly held for threading. The pipe sockets or | holders are made of steel, and are easily re placed when worn out. Two of these machines are now on ex- hibition at the St. Louis Exposition, and are attracting a good deal of attention. The | Bignall & Keeler Mfg. Company inform us these machines exceed their capacity. Many years prior to the war period the Tredegar company made cannon for the | that the orders which they already have for | Federal Government, and as far back as 1846 they were in a trial contest with four other foundries in this class of work, and the The Tredegar Iron Works. gar Iron Works, of that city : Fig. 2.—Machine with Nipple Chuck Detached. IGNALL’S NEW NIPPLE MACHINE, by the late Francis B. Deane, but it re- mained to the last quarter of a century of their existence to make for them a reputa- tion second to no iron industry in America, and this they achieved during the days of the Confederacy, from 1861 to 1865. Prior to this period, however, their locomotives were running on Southern railroads, their rails and spikes were ia general use, and the | blasts from the steam whistles of their portable and stationary engines were sounded on two continents. Their pro- pelling power was also felt on the high seas, for the United States steam frigates Roanoke and Colorado were furnished with engines, boilers and guns from this great establishment. The Tredegar Works were also among the first to build a steam launch ; the United States revenue cutter James K. Polk bad her machinery built by and was | fitted out at the Tredegar shipyard. But, as previously stated, their name and fame is linked with the war history of Richmond. When communication was cut off the com pany commenced to manufacture cannon, cannon balls and other munitions of war, with which they supplied the Confederate Government until the city was evacuated. hee ta tis The company were founded 50 years ago, ‘founded, Gen. Joseph R. | United States Government decided in favor |of the superiority of the Tredegar. It is In a pamphlet entitled ‘‘ The Industries of | not improbable that during the late war be- Richmond, Va.,” we find the following in- | tween the States the cannon from this es- teresting particulars concerning the Trede- | tablishment belched forth fire on both sides. to assume the management of the Tredegar company, with which he has since been iden- tified. - I land Institution of Civil Engineers (in Eng- land) on ‘‘An Outline History of the Locomo | tive Engine,” by Mr. Theodore West, the author comments on American words and ways. He says: ‘‘ We were amused with In 1841, five years after the Tredegar was/| the names familiarly applied to engines, ac- Anderson began ' cording to their use. Thus, an engine to Fig. 1.—QMachine with Nipple Chuck in Place. Fig. 3.—Machine BUILT BY THE BIGNALL & KEELER with Nipple Chuck Detached, Showing Grippi Cutting-Of Apparatus. MFG. COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MO. In a paper recently read before the Cleve- The Manufacture of Rifle Barrels. Mr. Mathew Greenwood read the follow ing paper at the recent meeting of the British Association at Birmingham : The introduction of steel rifle barrels some five and twenty years ago and the gradual substitution of that material in place of welded wrought iron for the barrels of mili- tary rifles and arms of precision having caused great changes in the machinery em- ployed in their manufacture, a short de- scription of such machinery may not be without interest. The barrels generally used for military rifles are made from mild steel rolled solid to the desired form and the hole or ‘‘ bore” drilled out. The costliness of this drilling operation has led to numerous attempts at hollow rolling and drawing, which has been carried on for many years to a large extent both in the United States and in this country. The barrel ‘‘ blanks” or short pieces of steel being first drilled out of the solid, the hole being somewhat larger than the ultimate bore of the rifle, the ‘* blank” is then heated and passed several times through a pair of grooved rolls, a mandrel being inserted. These rolls have a series of grooves, and each passage through |them gradually gives the exterior of the barrel the desired form, while the mandrel gives the correct diameter of the bore, This system of manufacture succeeded very well, many hundreds of thousands of bar- rels having been produced upon it. Of late | years, however, the military authorities have insisted upon a rolled-steel barrel drilled out from the solid. Solid steel barrels are rolled from ‘‘blanks*’ about 14 inches | long and 1% inches in diameter. These are | passed a number of times through a pair of | grooved rollers similarly to the process of | hollow-rolling; the disadvantage of this system of rolling is that the ‘‘ blanks” have to be reheated, which is detrimental to the steel, and the process is slow. In order to avoid this reheating and to get a better production of barrels a continuous rolling mill was constructed by Greenwood & Bat- ley, Leeds, and erected at the Royal Small Arms Factory, at Enfield, during the super- intendence of Colonel Close, R. A. The ‘*blank” is passed through a number of pairs of rolls placed one ofter the other alternately horizontally and vertically at one heat. The heated blank is placed in a trough at the feeding-in end of the mill, and at the proper moment a plunger auto- matically forces it into the ‘‘bite” of the first pair of rolls. Tbe blank passes from this first pair of rolls intoa tube the sides of which are cut away s0 as to allow a pair of carrying rolls to band it forward to the next pair, the breech or large end of the barrel going first, and in the same way en- tering each succeeding pair of rolls at the proper moment. The rolls are placed alternately horizontally and vertically to prevent the formation of a ‘‘ fin” or ‘‘ flash” on the barrel. About balf a minute is required for the complete rolling of a barrel. The principal work or reduc- ing of the “‘ blank is done in the first few pairs of rolls, the last two or three pairs doing very little re- ducing, but simply round- ing up the barrel, and thus insure its regularity. The barrels come out of the rolling mill fairly straight—that is, free from small kinks or bends —and are allowed to cool. In order to get them perfectly straight, ready for drilling, they are passed through a ny Chuck and to conduct the business, and bas been its | assist a train behind up an incline, is termed | straightening machine which performs this master spirit ever since. In 1867 it was in- corporated as now with a capital stock of | $1,000,000. The capacity of the rolling | mills is from 35,000 to 40,000 tons, and 25,000 tons at the four foundries per annum. The works cover an area of 16 acres, and are among the largest in the United States. All the vast machinery is driven by water-power from the James River, the capacity of which is equal to 1000-horse- power. The works give employment to from goo to 1800 men, according to the state of trade, and when running in full blast the pay-roll averages $50,000 per month. The product of the works consists chiefly of | spikes, fish-plates, bolts, bar iron, horse and | mule shoes, water and gas pipe, iron and brass castings generally, stationary, port- able and marine engines and boilers, freight cars, wheels, axles, and indeed all kinds of railroad work. Their trade is all over the United States and in South America and Cuba. General Anderson, the president of | the works, is a native of Virginia, a gradu- ate of West Point Military Academy, and | entered the army as an officer in the| Corpsjof Engineers, In 1840 he resigned a pusher; a midnight train is called an owl | train, and an extra or express goods is called a wildcat or fast-freight train be cause it has to look out for itself all the way, being outside the regular-time trains. The difference between American and English railway names all through is amusing. A railway is always called a railroad ; a sta- tion a depot ; carriages are cars ; a chimney is a smoke-stack; guards are conductors ; goods they term freight; luggage is bag- gage: a ticket for luggage is a baggaye check ; an incline is an up-grade or down grade; forming or leveling a road is grad ing it. Where we might say the fast ex- press, they call it the lightning express, just as they speak of lightning stove-polish, the lightning clothes-washer and lightning ap- ple and potato parers and many others Where the English guard would say, ‘ Take your seats, geutlemen,’ or ‘ Take your seats, please,’ according to class, the American conductor cries out, ‘All aboard!’ and where an officicial here might say to a late passenger, ‘ Make haste, if you please,’ his Yankee brother would call out, ‘Come, hurry up.’” operation cold. This machine consists of a frame carrying three rings; these rings have cogs or teeth cut on their periphery, and gear into three corresponding cogged wheels keyed upon a driving-shaft revolving below them, thus imparting rotary motion to the rings. The center one of the three rings is mounted in a slide at right angles to its axis; this slide has motion applied to it by means of a screw actuated by a lever and weight. The rolled barrel is threaded into these rings, breech end first, and the center or sliding ring grips the barrel be tween its inner face and the opposite inner faces of the two fixed rings. The gripping surfaces of the two outer rings are each of them about 3 inches apart from the center ring. The machine being set in motion, the barrel is rotated by these rings, and is bent slightly backward and forward at each rev olution to the extent of the pressure applied to the center ring. The barrel is fed for- ward automatically by reason of these rings revolving at an angle to the vertical plane in such a way that the points of contact are presented to the barrel similarly to the ‘threads of a screw of about '-inch pitch, - 2 e--- ~ TH E ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED ‘ om eae and Waterbury Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, O’Neiis’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, MANUFACTURERS OF lal E) |Sheet and Roll Brass Brass Co, t WIRE, ESTABLISHED 1845. GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, Sheet, Roll and Plaiers’ Brass, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER German Silver, Copper, Brass and ELECTRICAL WIRE, 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. PHELPS, DODGE & C0., Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. IMPORTERS OF = peenicnaeneenmndi W.E. DODGE. Pres’t. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. a. A. COWLES, Secretary. Pins, Brass Butt Hinses, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, §¢. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Oepper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. — 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE SI., CHICAGO. Rolling Mill, ries. __THOMASTON, CORK. Ww ATERBU RY, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF TIN PLATE |® anes i York. WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. CONN. . —— BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Vin, Wire, Zinc, &c. SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, New Haven Copper Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND (Established 1802.) DEALERS IN SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY | BRAZIERS’ & SHEATHING COPPER Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Manufacturers of BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. NEW YORK, BOSTON, GER AX. Sheet German Silver, German Silver Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPERAX®_ BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. Particular attention paid to cutting out- Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. WAREHOUSE, MANUFACTORY, 19 Murray St., N. Y. Bridgeport, Conn. Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF SIL Wire, German Silver Tubing. / 25 Park Place. 18 Federal St. B PR, | Narrow tilde, Broad, Desk, Ship. Cast Steel Augers and Rits of Superior Quality. 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Milit N 1, Li Society, Rall- BUTTONS. | road, School, Lasting Silk and Dress, | 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. LAMP German Student Lamps, Kerosene SRR Ge = 2 EES ages one oR aa ict saan” |DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO pHOTo. ” ) Camera Depa. Frtating Genes, a ’ + emicals, Paper, Glass, &c. IMPORTERS OF Scovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. DEPOTS: TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, | 8rass and Copper Wire, Tubing, W9 Broome 77 bevonahire Si COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., Copper Rivets and Burs. 177 Devonshire Geront, Bosto —— Bereet, ee 29 d 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton an . ’ ’ r a ee eo DICKERSON & CO.. Liverpool. _ NEW YORK. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. TYLER BROTHERS, MASON IRON CoO., GERMAN SILVER SPOONS, SILVER- Iron and Steel Merchants. Plate ((Lashers, No. 8 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. 2426 Washington | Ave., Phila, WILLIAM P. TYLER. EDWARD R. TYLER. M. H. LEONARD, TREASURER. “PORTAGE IRON COMPANY ‘iMiteD, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL Bars, Rods, Shafting, Hoops, Bands, Angles, &c., Made Exclusively From Pig Iron. PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BURNERS, &C. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., 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 Advances made on Consignments. DUNCANSVILLE, PA. Freight Rates same as Pittsburgh. A. RR. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, 17 Broadway, P. O. Box 33, New York City. WM. EDENBORN, Prest. WALLACE H. ROWE, Sec. & Treas. BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFAUTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, PITTSBURGH, PA. lowa Barb Wire Co., BSTABLISHED 1837, HENRY 8. CHASE, INOORPORATED 1876, Waterburv Mfc. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Goods ‘ay THE WIRE GOODS CO., WORCESTER, THOS, W. FITCH, Supt. MANNING & SQUIER Gen'l Agents, lll LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, Manufacturers of 98 Reade Street, New York. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. MASS. R. T. SOLLIS & CO., s of Bright and Brass Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Hand a ad : Ra I se rows Cup Hooks. Cary Wardrobe Hooks, Staples, Meat Hooks, MANUFACTURERS OP Clothes Line Wire, Hooks and Rings, T« wel Racks and Splashe ry , ‘ wrth x ‘ Holders Wire Nails in all sizes ‘ d varieties Wires out be - L ‘AD PI PE CU I I ERS 22 mulled, headed, pointed, threaded, and made t ») any desired shape. INDISPENSABLE TO PLUMBERS. Special ¢ rti les made to order, | No.ic uts 1 in t 2in Se ‘nt, postpaid, for $r.7 | No.2 “ 5.50 THE WIRE GOODS CO,, "°xit™ A. W. PARMELEE, Pres’t, Send for Illustrations. | Li IBERAL — )UNT TO THE TRADE. | BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IRON AGE. THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG.C0.|\WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G Co, GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. | ~ Tarred Lathyarn, Manila Rope. For Central Stations or Isolated Plants. Apparatus and Supplies. Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. EVERY FOR ALL variety or WW TE? BS eoricse Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized fron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent steel Barb Wire ; Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Eyeglass Springs; Steel Wire for Needles and Drills ; Patent Steed Wire Bale Ties ; Pump Chain; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Lwisted Fence W re, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 lb, wiRhEe Ror EF AND COA BLE. Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &e. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables fo: Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper Wir Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures a:.d Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS, NEW YORK WAREHOUSE : 16 Cliff Street. 107 & 109 Lake Street. IRE WORE IN EVERY FORM AND VARIETY. a iene: oacerr la Ca He wil BBE: ie ‘o> ar Gee eh re | a Lt) dt jd % TR WORK. - ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, Pres't. WM. HEWITT, Vice Pres’t. JAMES HALL, Treas. E. HANSON Sec’y. The Trenton Iron Co. (INCORPORATED 1847) MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE —— AND -—— =WIRE ROPES Of All Kinds. Estimates Made for Suspension Bridges, Tramways, and Transmission of Power. WORKS AND OFFICE AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK OFFICE: COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 BURLING SLIP. Philade Iphia Otic e: 21 North E ‘ourth Street. “7S ROPE HAZARD MFG CO. vunooos: §7 Liberty St., New York. Wilkesbarre Pa, A. LESCHIIEN & SONS ROPE CO, a Manufacturers of *SOUIM | ‘Suiyoeg dway 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, 7-251 So. Clinton St., Chicago. 70-7 6 Trinity Place, New York. COMPLETE AND PERFECT ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM, All kinds of Electrica! October 21, 1886, CHICAGO WAREHOUSE: Rey Wire W.S8.1 STE Al. Coverec t Address Th T It) 26 Chis com} the use These Pa n of “* Mi eel, and i ind heating rhe Mitis | entions « cory resp Wrought ey are meg led and 1 raw mate Full partic W. F W | KE Thoroug! ce prices and] C/RMING. _BIRY October 21, 1886. THE IRON AGE 3 T LINDEMANN CO, BIRD CARY &© MOEN, . J. MYERS MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Japanned, Brass, Tin | | COVINGTON, KY., Plated and Wood CA GES MANUFACTURERS ‘| STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. MANUFACTURE! Spark or Bire Guards, Nursery Fenders, Stove Guards and Wire Guards of every description, made of Tinned, Copper and Brass Wire. Also a Full Line of Hardware Specialties TELELAAA ALLL LEAL WEL M EMAL ELLEALAAAAA LAA LAL i ~ I — > > ae ha i bs a Pe Ma Rs we ~“ hs > _ m3 = > Po s < Ss a be > > ) = SS S RS S : hy S S h > > J =~ = — —~¥ = = a SS — pa = = = a = U é ¥ y x SEND FOR < ve ie SS ; CATALOGUE a a ~A. _ : : y MA) SONS “XX ¥% ps d AL i 4 ; mS od SOO No. 18. e 54 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. Market mteel Wire, Cri:oline Wire, Tempered and Covered. ROKK KOE - Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. 284, 286 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. IRON AND BRASS RIVETS aoe weremprerrrrrr STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. Aa Ae For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. m S) BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn.| BN mT le ee ee Sh ed LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO. The GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT of CAMBRIA IRON CO., JOHNSTOWN, PA., are manufacturers of MARKET WIRE, Annealed, Bright, Coppered, Tinned and Galvanized; Successors to W, 8S. TYLER, TELEGRAPH and TELEPHONE WIRE, Annealed and Galvanized; eT. ZOUTS, MO. MANUFACTURERS OF FENCE WIRE, Annealed and Galvanized; STAPLE WIRE; BOY Revolving Coal Screens, PAIL BAIL WIRE, Bright, Tinned, Coppered and Galvanized; 4 NNN <L Coal Yard Screens and Foundry Riddles. BARBING WIRE, Bright and Galvanized; BELL WIRE; RAK OAY Wie. Cith of Rvery Deseteten Made cae BONNET, BLIND, CHAIN, CRIMPING and CARD WIRE; KY : pases W.S. TYLER, Pres, E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treate TINNED BROOM WIRE; TINNED MATTRESS WIRE, all VEY >< 5 CLEVELAND. OHIO. | sizes ; BO THORN WIRE HEDGE CO. CHECK ROWER WIRE, Annealed and Bright; STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING. NAIL WIRE, Lime Bright and Grease Bright; ; ae _ SPRING WIRE, Coppered and Bright; PIN WIRE; HAY BALING, HAIR PIN, and HOOK and EYE WIRE; MACHINERY, ROPE, RIVET, SCREW and TACK WIRE; UMBRELLA, VINEYARD, WEAVING and WOOD SCREW WIRE; FLAT, OVAL, SQUARE and TRIANGULAR WIRE. Wire of SPECIAL SHAPES to order. ao ro tei eit E MWITTENBERC ¢ SORE FR 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., "yc, | Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade- ss ” Sharp, Short, S. & C. Rigid Barb, Best Steel. Painted and Galvanized. Large Assortment of Market Wire kept in stock. ~~ “*Kelly’”’ Yielding e Steel Points New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, 104 READE ST. 202 First Nat. Bank Building, 523 ARCH St. Best Wire Made. (No. 168 ) Does Not Lacerate Stock — 7 Estab’d 18:8, Incorp’d 1874. THompson McCosu, President. Joan A, McCosu, Sec’y and Treas. WI THE GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. WAREHOUSES : 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., ( hicago, Ils MANUFACTURERS OF aa Iron & Galvanized Wire : Sleves and Wire Cleth. Power Loom Painted and Gai eCosh Iron & Steel Co, “Red Star.”’ Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point, Cloth, Galvasiona “Whee Cen | Serie MANUFACTURE * \liress THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO, ranised ‘Twist Wire Poultry } Netting. THE UNITED STATES Factories, Georgetown, Conn. ILitis Company,|NIEN-TSI CHINESE LACQUER, Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS, UNEQUALLED FOR DURABILITY. Prevents Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel, Copper, Silver, Bronz 26 Broadway, New York. ° er, Bronze and “Y|MPORTERS AND JOBBERS. Offices, Factories and Warchouses, BOUNDARY, OSBORN AND AGENCY STREETS, BURLINGTON, IOWA. oe all compositions from corroding. Also resists dampness, KEROSENF O1L ee ee and FLY SPECKS. Can be applied without heating metal. “nscommany soon vaparcao su iene) Sole Agents, H. S. ALLEN & CO., 112 John St. New York. the use of the several Patents owned by them Would call special attention to manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Machinery and Architectura! These Patents cover processes for the produc- | tron Works. Sample and Prices seut on application, n of “ Mitis Castings"’ in Wrought Iron and = eed Er es “Sagaaeeerentie orice) | ANEXS PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, [be Mitis Castings made in accordance with the entions covered by these Patents retain in The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, every respect all the valuable qualities of BHECAUSE Wrought Iron and Steel (Scrap) from which It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a they are made, do not require annealing, can be steel axle. It will not break. It is practically free from wear. It led and worked under the hammer as well as is almost no'seless in action It requires no oil. It has a broad raw materials. bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It is by far the most Full particulars furnished on application, durable. It may be used with any track. It is always in order. LANE’S PATENT TRACK Is made of stee! and 1s easily putin position. Catches and holds no snow or ice. Door bung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not subject to decay. Requires no fitting, but is ready at once, May be used with hangers c? other manufacture. The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extentively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, Oo. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn 8St., Chicago, Ill. W. F. DURFEE General Manager, mm 67. 26 Broadway, SEN ionn:|“anaieet 4 LANE BROS., Penson 5 x ee eet NE HOSPHOR-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., &c Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura- FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, r (Ffz . 7 bility and Resistance to (x j . se ee lee Op f- ay nce to Corrosion. ~ BIRMINGHAM, CONN. = Yod bfoot- GUCLLAA Castings of all kinds to order. Send A fo THE BILLINGS & SPENCER Co.HARTFORD, CONN. MANUFACTURERS OF ae) STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES SINGLE AND DOUBLE END IN 16 SIZES. : d DROP FORGED OF BARSTEEL # : pee 3 TAKING NUTS FOR/*INCH | | UPTO AND INCLUDING | | MH aN ace ae. AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND IRON DROP FORGINGS. 'horoughly Tested and in Suc- cessful Operation. s and particulars address the Manufacturers, | C/RMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥Y., MANUFACTURERS OF E.T. BARN UM, | for pamphlet and prices. ~ ce ‘ 7 2 ’ ; wsxcrscronen "|THE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING (0., L1D., WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goobs IRE AND K ~ No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. = Dish Covers, work | IRON Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. s. * CORTLAND” Corn Poppers, THE CELEBRATED Detroit, Mich. INDOW ner ae |g 55) Wi scren N ig The Popular Polish me = of the world. WIRE CLOTH. LL LS Coal Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. For sale by all dealers in U.S.A. 3 and Canada. Price List Free, Galvanized POULTRY NETTI NGS. . a3 . | THE FaRlon MPG. CO., | FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE, GET THE BEST. Metallic Coal Sievs. October 21, 1886, THE TRON AGE. OXFORD™. mar aa L'd, JAMES P,_ WITHEROW ‘4 Engineer & Contractor, a OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co., 0 Beekman S8t., New York City. 85, 87,89 & 91 Elm St, New York. manurscronens OF IRON AND NAIL C0 Iron == Steelleg ized Sheet | 7) Of every description kept in stock. alVanize Refined eet Iron, €; u C N a ] | S Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., GENERAL AGENT FOR Agents for Park, Brother & Co.’s Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; roe Rod an Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanized Bar Iron BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. Galvanised Nails, Galvanized Chain. Galvanised Iron Pipe. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- - stantly on hand. os CORRUGATED SHEzT IRON For Roofi®g, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. PIERSON & 00, | 2a SHEET IRON. SFIRES. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES AND MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE Planished Sheet Lron. OF SOFT STEEL. specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plates, (ESTABLISHED 1790.) IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN I IRON and STEEL, PLATE AND r ANK LRON, a och bgnted April Sth, x873 5 Sept. th, 1873 ; Oot. [) + 4 ae he S7SM, 2070; Jan oiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts ,C. H. , C.H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Ul EN S rth, 1877; Feb. 6th, 18 Dec.’ roth,’ 1878 ; Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Best Flange Fire Box, Circies. B x Jan.’ roth, 1882 : Jan. 1st, 1884 ; Feb. rath, 1844 ; ol Nited ek oi 24. 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the — = IRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. ABEEL BROTHERS Price list and quotations sent upon application. j a ‘ camila Will contract to completely erect, equip and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. HORSE SHOES. well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As ESTABLISHED 176s, B. F. JUDSON, ALSO {ron * M erchan ts, Importer of and Dealer in — Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everything oan aa sT..} ( NEW YORK. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN is GRADES oF appertaining to Blast Furnace and Steel ~ 66 Bu rd en Best BLACK SHEET IR ON.| Works construction, can guarantee prompt- Smooth on both sides. ness and satisfaction. 7 ss Pi Iron CATASAUQUA IRON. se ink Gale a F Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, ARM CO.’ SHAFTING, OLD M BETALS. & 459 Water St., > NEW YORK, SYRACUSE _ |Manhattan Rolling Mill. MALLEABLE IRON) J. LEONARD, Iron gS RE Ewa mea! oer ee Yas Bs Boiler Rivet ween teel of a nds, &c. acetate ne Oller 1vets. 445 to 451 West St. A, R, WHITNEY & CO, svencuan = wy, [trait paras NEW YORK MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IB lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merehant Iron and Soft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. mee | | — EL & IKON ©O., Homogeneous teel Plates BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder Plates BRANDYW INE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues. Mower and Reaper Castings and | toe caix ste), Rods, ovals, Half Ovals and Flas, Carriage Irons a Specialty | HENRY KELLY, W. B. BURNS, Prorerstox PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. EVERSON HAMMOND & C0 Specialty: Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Cost 5 8 Accounts and Partnership Settlements. Late Chief Accountant to Cambria Iron Company 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. Iron, Steel Forgings STeREL CASTINGS. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL, COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., SRB Ee Mee En aa sre FO Y y ‘UMBERLAND STEEL CO. LIMITED dee eS OO. | ee CROWN & CUMBERLA ‘ : BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO a nd ine Nails CAST TOOL STEEL. Iron Merchants, PITTSBURGH, PA., Howard, Childs & Co., Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., Sheet Steel]|Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. ———_ /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS. Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Steel &c, CHARLES L. BAILEY & CO., Chesapeake Nails, HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Steel Wire Nails, THE CHESTER PIPE AND y TOBE 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 application A mail. Sample pieces at office. Please address 17 Broadway, New York. X 33. NEW YORK CITY. Wm. H. Wallace. Wm. Bispham. &. C. Wallace. For Roofing and Corrugating. P. O. BOX 3. ——$ . McFARLAND Borden & Lovell, WM , SHEET IRON, All Grades, Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. "JOHN FOX, |Iron and Brass Founder, |. ee | pert ponent te CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING} 2 70 & 71 WEST ST., Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCEET, 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, 3 Dey Street. NEW YO SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling Agent GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’! Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. Tr a | — 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 ane parts are so combined as to form practically one piece of mechanism, and is aad id (Ab a bei Som poe. The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s wages perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within 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. L. N. LOVELL C. A. NE, | = New York. H. L. FREELAND, ) Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S DANVILLE NAIL.& MFG.CO.’S|JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO, NAILS AND SPIKEs. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN BORDEN MINING CO.’S _____ CUMBERLAND COAL. P | G ] R O N , IMPORTED & AMERICAN No. 63 Wall St., New York. PIG IRON. yN DANIEL F. COONEY, LAKE SUPERIOR R CHARCOAL IRON, 88 Washington St., New York, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, ant peo IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., ALLISON BOILER FLUES, CHICAGO AND DETROIT. OX MUZZLES VERY LOW IN PRICE. JOHN BROWER, 81 Sh ren Avent Street, Iron Buildings, Roofs, Shutters, Seer, Cornices, 8k kylights. Bridges, & MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF co., RD. WOOD & CO, PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Cast Iron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. rt *vern shore time * has vinci itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its application is instantaneous ; it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and should the fail, it applies —_ay. 4 GUARANTEE is given customers or hose or pl — wee Sean trees PATENT suits on the apparatus sold The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. ~ RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE CO,, Horse, Mule & Snow Shoes Derkins peters Works at Valley Falls, R. |. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. I. F, W. CARPENTER, President. C. H. PERKINS, Gen’! Manager. R. W. COMSTOCK, Seoretary CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE Only Double Ring Invented. M's Champion Hog Ringer RINGS and HOLDER. @ Ea that will effectu- ally keep rooting. No A. GARRISON, J, H. RICKETSON, WM, HOLMES, A. GARRISON & CoO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, | ASRS ayanrrerran Fringes, wagons, harness, Aen tek tor thon | ian ss SN (? h ] | | e (| R 0 | | S oarvianen. wagons, ‘Serenen. Xe. meee wy buy rs ur hardware, or send for cir- Ular and price list, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW, —- > -—— t ——— y CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., (e — ON Te D te Ww ‘CAs AVE. e and Clay verize Otary Squee is COUN GIM | 1.22 Pelsereere, Rowary Sanceners PHILADELPHIA, PA, ing Mill Castings of every description, PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Office, Nos. 10 4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. ROLLED IRON BEAMS, CHAS. J. STEBBINS. Ill Reade St, New York, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Bonnell, Botsford & Co.., IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES 22> Room 45, Astor House, New York. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Only single Ring ever meientes that closes on outside of the nose. BROWN’'S Elliptical Ring and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer Only single Ring that closes on the outwide of the nose. No shart points in the flesh to keep it sore sharp points im the nose. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO,, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, I! J. M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity of Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads,’ Office. 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. af re ne = ts! ielid Eee c PULLMIN =a ai GEORGE M. PULLMIAN, President, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED AND ESTIMATES MADE ON HEAVY MACHINERY, AND ALL SIZES OF FLY WHEELS, PULLEYS, &c. Special Machinery for Grain Elevators, Grain Steam Shovels, £c., contracted for. Car Wheels aod Car Castings at lowest rates. 604 Pullman B«ilding, Chicago, VARIETY METAL BOOM, fron Foundry and Machine Shop. STEAM HEATING BY DIRECT RADIATION in all its Branches a Specialty. Brags and other Metal Moulding, Casting and Finishing. Noiseless Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. FRAS. B. BANNAN, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. BE Office, G( rc < Z 4 DEAL Nos. 1014 s =e for of ‘es hin Its the ere l. ary. ated ose ng er gon nary ore fl October 21, 1886. THEH IRON AGH. 5 WILLIAM RR. EXEART c& CO., EDWARD Je ETTING JUSTICE COX, Ir. CHARLES K. BARNS. | and thus screw the barrel forward. The SPANISH. AFRICAN IRON ORES —faus_ MOHICAN PIG IRON, A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, comparing favorably with English West Coast Hematites. CASTLE PIG TRON, | for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- dom reaching .o3 per cent., and Silicon from 1 per cent. upward, according to re- quirements of buyers). Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished Oid Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Euds, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, ~ - PHILADELPHIA. Cambria Steel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, STREET RAILS no RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars, Steel Axles, Steel Aneles,. steel Castings, Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, Office, 218 S. Fourth St _ Philadelphia. Works, Johnstown, Pa. ~The Pheenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire-Vroof 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, MANUFACIURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE ecw SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF 8TEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, ecially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack — socleed Boat free : Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, rr Ww. HH. WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York. NEW AND CLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL O©O., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” ble Pig Iron, brand “ U. H_ M.” Moss BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for * Lorn” Malleable Charcoal Pig Iron and N. B. ALL & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. & PP. ROBERTS & CO., —MANUFACTURERS OF— BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. Office, No. 265 8S. Fourth St., Phil delpnia. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS, 226 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. SPECIALTIES: ce La Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Ey) | Hot-Blast Stoves. Regenerative Furnaces, Blast Furnaces. Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plates. Bessemer and Open-Hearth Steel Plants. Pittsburgh Branch Office: BOYLE & BISSELL, BISSELL BLOCK. Hating Furnace, designed for use of Producer Gas, but can be adapted to Natural Gas with a slight modification, QUAKER CITY FACING MILINsS. Soild [or ample oui XX Mbchinery Facian” < We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. ie ges RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. zy. Ww. PAZXZSON cH CO-., 4 DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Nos._1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del, Ave. * * * PHILADELPHIA, P4, IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, IJUUSTICE COX, JR., & CO.,| 222 S. Tarrp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENTS FOR | PIG. BAR and RAILROAD IRON.| CATASAUQUA M’F'G. CO, Iron, steel, Agent for the Mount Savage Fire Brick. Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, — | Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Ase) ean oes Cure oe ry AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON PIG IRON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA. for Foundries and Mills. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. ERIE FORGE CO., Ltp. Iron and Sieel Forgings; 3 : Every shape. STORAGE, WHARF anv YARD, Delaware Ave aT we : , \ net > »0¥Ve Callowhill St., connected by track with rail ve South Fourth SOreCE, i Phila., F = oad. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON, “LINDSAY, sah 8S" Jerome Keeley & Co. 328 Walnut St., Phila., | . 206 Walnut Place, Phila., ron an teel Structural Material Selling Agents tor CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE | . iin wherharins JOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR TRON, SHEET IRON, FOR ALL PURPOSES. STEEL and IRON RAILS. TRON CLAD STEEL RAILS | and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Tron and Steel Ratls, Scrap [ron, &c. Examine | and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. | Estimates furnished for Lron and Steel Structures and RKaflway construction Correspondence solicited with railroad contractors, E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons L. & R. WISTER & Co., E. H. WILSON & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, ’ 257 Bo. 4th St., PhMiladelpht . BROKERS AND DEALERS IN Kemble and Norway Sends and Forge Pig Iron. | R ( ) N A ND Si. I I , [ 4s Wyebrooke C. B, Charcoal Pig Iron, Fergus Red Short Pig Iron. . — DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. Correspondence solicited. J, W. HOFFMAN & CO., MORKIS, WHEELER & £0.(RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., | 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHIUA., PA. 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. Selling Agents PINE [RON WORKS, Pine Rrand | Plates; GLASGOW TRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars: SPRANG STEEL & TRON CO. (Limited), Siemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes. JNO. L. HOGAN, New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, HENRY LEVIS & CO., 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA, Manufacturers’ Agents | Pig Iron & Ores, Stee! & Iron Blooms. Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal Co, For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, and Sheet Iron and General Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Railway Equipments. Old Rails, Scrap, &c. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold, aca ‘oa 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ES H E R Ic K & CO. . A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. 265 Se. 4th ST. PHRADELPHIA =F§ TF Coury, Freee. sqent. 240 So. 3d St., Phila, lron and Steel of All Description. | rcs oso, TRL Watton Forgings : Central Iron and. steel Works, Plates. of ee ee Steel Nails. Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Car and Boat Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, Iron and Steel; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., lron and Specifications a Speciality — 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, I. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA., SOLE AGENT FOR SALES OFFICES, FOR BEST MILL e PRODUCTS, I] over IQ r'o Andover Chill Iron for Carwheels, &c Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4% In. to %& In.), PHILADELPHIA, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Mstablished 1847, Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- ee re burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel A. WHITNEY & SONS, rmty PIG TRON airwe/CAR WHEEL WORKS, CHARCOAL PIG IRON. PHILADELPHIA, Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.’s Fire Brick. | 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 CO., onshgpecken. MANUFACTURERS OF Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and Sheets of Steel. Plate and Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common. Pig Lron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. = Particular attention given to Llron for Special Purposes. | | | TESTED CHAINS. Bradlee & Co., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF ~CUMBERLIND” NAILS & WROUGHT TRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Lea & Co,, Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILI. AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IKON, MUCK AND BCKAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE rings rotate abcut f:o revolutions per minute, As the diameter cf the barrel de- creases toward the muzzle end, less press- ure is required to straighten this part than the breech. The lever from which the weight that controls the screw actuating the center-ring slide is made in the form of a cam, and as the barrel decreases in diameter the weight approaches the center of the | lever, thus decreasing the pressure in cor rect proportion to the diameter of the bar rel. The straightened barrel is next taken to }a machine which faces or squares up the two ends of the barrel simultaneously and turns or ‘‘clamp-mills”’ at about 1 inch at either end of it, the object of this being to prepare a bearing at either end of the bar rel upon which it will rotate in the drilling | machine. Barrels have been drilled for many | years both horizontally and vertically and at an angle, and with various forms of drills, with more or less success, but the great difficulty has in all cases been | to set rid of the cuttings or ‘‘ swarth,”’ for it is these cuttings getting underneath the drill that makes it ‘‘ run,” and thus causes much hammering of the barrels. This ex ternal hammering is most mischievous, as, | in the latter operation of turning the out side, the barrel to a certain extent returns | to its crooked form; this causes repeated straightening operations to be necessary. If it were possible a barrel should never be struck with a hammer, and this is one great object sought for in their manufacture. An elaborate system of vertical drilling, with a succession of centering, drilling and sizing bits and washing-out appliances, was intro duced at the Enfield factory during the super- intendence of Colonel Fraser, R. A Very true barrels were obtaine