The Iron Age 1886-11-18: Vol 38 Iss 21

S86. 1gS aS of stee | ble to rk in ed as \ds to scrip- \dies. htion. rk. INDEX TO READING MATTER A” PAGE 32 Review of the Hardware, Iron Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMs, Nos, 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Vol. XXXVIIL: No. 21. New York, Thursday, November and 18, 1886. Metal Trades. Aovert NDE x PA Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. $4.50 a lear, Lreluding Tostage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. The Improved Ide Engine. Since the well-known Ide engine was first put on the market a few years ago several modifications of design have been effected, some of them entering only into engines specially so ordered, while others are of a more general character. From the engravings which we present on this page the nature of the more recent changes and the improvements will be read- ily understood. We need not refer in detail to | the main features of the engine as originally brought out, as our readers are undoubtedly sufficiently familiar with them. We will therefore only briefly point out that the steam-chest is cast on the lower side of the cylinder, and any water entering the cylin- der will pass out through the ports with the exhaust steam. It is bored out and fitted with a pair of cylinders or bushings, which have supporting bars across the ports to prevent any possibility of the packing rings or valve catching in the ports. The valve is of the hollow-piston type— | a hollow tube with a piston on each end provided with packing rings the same as the packing on main piston in cylinder. It is surrounded by steam which presses equally on each end, thus perfectly balancing the valve and relieving it from pressure or fric- tion, and insures the perfect working of the cut-off governor and close regulation. Fig. 3 of our engravings shows a section of a double admission-valve with very large ports, which, it is claimed, enables the en- gine to be run 50 per cent. above rate speed and power, giving the highest economy, with a steam-admission line on indicator cards equal to slow-speed Corliss-valve en- gines. Engines with this valve are not kept in stock by Messrs. Ide & Son, but are built to order when desired. The recess in the bottom of the steam-chest receivesany dirt or grit that may come over from the boiler. It also remains filled with oil, which insures constant lubrication of the pistons. If by any means the valve cylinders should be- come cut or worn they can be withdrawn and new ones inserted and a new valve put in place without delay at a small expense. A novelty of special interest will be found in the safety-caps or diaphragms shown in Figs 4 and 5. These are now fitted to all Ide engines, and are also appli- cable to other makes, avoiding all, possibility of cylinder frac- ture from the presence of entrained water or water of condensation. In the event of flooding or foaming of boilers, they will protect the engine from damage or breakaze by bursting, and allowimg the water to escape from cylinder. On engines below 80 horse- power the safety-caps can be placed on the indicator-pipes on the tops of the cylinders. Fig. 3 illustrates the safety- caps attached to the cylinder- cocks, and also pop-valves at- tached to indicator-pipes on top of cylinder, which are set to lift at 100 pounds pressure. In case of water the pops will lift and give warning in time to open the cylinder-cocks to pre- vent bursting of the safety- caps. In case of the bursting of a safety-cap it can be quickly replaced at a trifling expense The piston is a single casting, hollow, and as light as is con- sistent with strength. Ithasa long bearing in the cylinder, and is packed by two simple spring rings accurately fitted to the bore of cylinder. This kind of head and packing is simple and effective, and has beeu adopted by many of the best high-speed stationary and locomotive engine builders. Figs. 1 and 2 show rear and front views of an Ide engine furnished with an iron base, making the engine self-contained. The engines are so furnished in sizes up to 60 horse-power. As noted in our last issue, the builders, Messrs. A. L. Ide & Son, of Springfield, IIl., have turned over the right of manufacture of their engine to the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, for the Pacific Coast, while the licensees for the Easteru and Southern States are the F. and M. Department of the Harrisburg Car Mfg. Company, of Harris- burg, Pa. _ — Unusaal Accumulations in Boilers. —The delay in fitting out the Brooklyn fora cruise on the Asiatic station is explained in reports from the commanding officer and chief engineer received at the Navy Depart- ment. According to the Nautical Gazette, their account of the condition of the boilers when the vessel returned to the Brooklyn Navy-Yard in May last, and of the work performed upon them since that date, shows that they were not in as good condition as reported when the vessel went into commis- sion in October, 1885. Many repairs were made and scale often removed during the eight months’ cruise, in spite of which, when the vessel arrived in New York, in May last, the boilers showed an unusually large accu- mulation of scale for so short a cruise. The cleaning resulted in the removal of 27,000 pounds of scale, to which is to be added 4500 pounds taken out at various time during the |cruise. The following rather unusual arti- cles to be found in a steam boiler were also |taken out: One working suit, one sledge, | four hand lamps, two chisel bars, two scal- of 1-inch pipe and elbow, three wooden wedges, two pieces of board and one wrench Some of these articles have been preserved | to show the thickness of the scale and to figure in the investigation likely to be mace. eee The Underground Wire Problem. Writing under this heading in the Fn- gineering News, Mr. S. S. Wheeler describes | some of the obstacles met with in the burying ing hammers, three flat chisels, one piece | it be air or a solid. This property is known as specific inductive capacity. Unfortu nately, the substances which transmit in duction the least are the poorest insulators. For example, rosin and pitch transmit only one-third as much induction as gutta-percha; but gutta-percha is a much more effective insulator than rosin or pitch. And in a general way it is the same with all sub- stances—the best insulators giving the most trouble from induction. The single ex ception to this rule is air, which is the best insulator known except when damp, and at the same time causes very little induction. Air transmits less induction than pitch or other solid insulator. These facts any Fig. 2.—Front View of Engine. RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN of wires. One of the difficulties, says Mr. Wheeler, is leakage. This is overcome by good insulation. Bad insulation of a wire corresponds to the porosity of an earthern pipe, which has to convey a fluid a long dis- tance efficiently. Insulations are not abso- lute ; consequently, the longer the line or the greater the ro the better the in- sulation required, current before reaching the end of the line. The other difficulty is induction. This isa curious manifestation of clectrical action, by which the signals which are sent through a wire are more or less faintly reproduced in a neighboring wire, but this is not due at all to leakage, and there is no direct passage of current to or from either wire. It is sometimes popularly described as a sympa- thetic irritation. One of the most familiar instances of it is the buzzing heard in tele- phones. In other forms, under the names of retardation and interference, it is the chief obstacle to long distance telephoning | and ocean telegraphy. This trouble is very much increased in underground wires, be- cause they are necessarily very much closer together, the induction increasing inversely as the square of the distance between the wires. The induction is also increased by the presence of a good intervening insulator necessary to keep out water and prevent electrical leakage. As induction is in no way a leakage, it is not remedied by good insulation, but depends upon the power to transmit ind»ction of the substance lying between the wires, whether THE or the greater the loss of | IDE ENGINE, BUILT BY A. L. doubly augment the trouble caused by hav- ing wires bunched close together in a conduit. —_ Barrel-Shaped Cars. Mr. J. L. Ringwalt, in his series of arti- cles on ‘‘ Development of Transportation Systems in the United States,” published in the Railway World, says: Capt. John Grant, who was officially con- nected with the Pontchartrain Railroad, running out of New Orleans for a distance of 5% miles, which was opened in 1830 says that on that Jine the coaches were of every design and pattern, and the appearance of a train of cars was so unique that in compar- ison with a train of the present day it was ludicrous in the extreme. He added that one of the most remarkable of the early coaches was used on the Charleston and Hamburg. This car was in reality a mam- moth cistern laid on wheels. A door was cut in each end, and between the hoops were cut openings that served as windows. The seats were arranged longitudiaally inside the car, which, as it stood on the rails, was an object of great curiosity toCaptaiv Grant, familiar as he thought he was with every | form of railroad cars in use in those days. | The following reference to these novel cars | is made in the report of the South Carolina | IDE & ment, of ‘perhaps greater importance, and which has originated with ourselves, is the barrel car—constructed both for passengers and freight. These are made with staves grooved and dovetailed together, and sup | ported by six tron hoops 2 inches wide by 4 inch thick—doors at both ends. The pas- senger car is 30 feet long in the clear, with portico at the ends 2% feet Jong. The di- ameter in the center is 9 feet, and at the ends 8 feet. The staves are 14-inch boards 5 to 6 inches wide, extending the whole length of the car. There are 20 windows on each side, 15 x 30 inches, glazed, the sash passing up overhead. The freight car, Net Defenses Against Torpedoe: Important experiments with new net defense booms were recently carried out at Portsmouth, England, on board the ship Dido. Referring to these Jron says : The extreme difficulty of using the wooden booms in action having long been felt, a few years ago the matter engaged the attention of the authorities at Malta Dock yard, who fitted to the Superb the ordinary | booms, but added such appliances that the | time occupied in lowering the net was re- duced to one-fifth. Still the wooden booms were adhered to, and the result is that with which has been in use about four months, is Fig. 4.—Safety Bursting Cap Broken Fig. 3.—Sectional View of Double Admission SON, SPRINGFIELD ILL. only 21 feet long, but others are being con- structed 30 feet long, and will carry about 40 to 50 bales of cotton, or 15,000 pounds of | other goods.” I The difficulties attending the maintenance of an efficient lightship in some of the most | exposed positions are great, and at times | the service is a very arduous one to the men on board, yet any failure whatever is of very rare occurrence, and there is, we be- lieve, no instance on record of a light-vessel having ever been deserted by her crew dur- ing a storm. Collisions, which unfortu- nately are of frequent occurrence, are prob ably the greatest source of danger to these vessels and their crews. As it is a necessity | that light-vessels remain at their stations | with safety and efficiency as long as pos- | sible, usually seven years, they are generally built of wood, or are of composite construc- | tion, fastened and sheathed with Muntz metal. A few vessels have been built of | iron, but these are found at the end of one or two years to require removal from the | station, docking, and the external sub merged portions of the hull cleaned and | | painted. | Recent reports from Spain show increased commercial activity. The crops this year | have been good, especially of wheat. [ron | the exception of the Superb there is no vessel in the service that can run out her nets in less than two hours sy Mr. Bullivant’s system the work can be done in 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour. Several naval officers have often declared that, were they in action, they would totally disregard their net defenses, owing to their unwieldy work ing, and trust to their guns and helm. It was generally agreed by both the naval and dockyard professional officers who were present at the time that, although the in vention may be crude in some of its details, the principle is a thoroughly sound one. The cumbersome wooden spar weighs 11 ewt., while Mr. Bullivant’s spar, which is of the same length, and consists of a steel tube, weighs 5 cwt. Whether it is strong enough will have to be proved by tests at sea. Next, the wooden beams are made fast to the ship’s side by means of a hook which may at any time become unshipped. The newinvention is attached by a universal joint, by means of which the boom may be held in any conceivable position, but the most important feature of the boom is the traveler. Under the system at present in | vogue the nets are attached to the booms by men in boats told off for the purpose, and it can readily be conceived how impossible this task would be in action, while with the /nets already in position great difficulty is experienced in making the ship readily an- 'swer herhelm. In the Superb the nets are _made fast on board to the head of the booms, | and then thrown out to sea, thereby placing | a great strain on the spars. 7 The Bullivant system is simpler than either, The facility with which the trav- eler works;was exemplified dur- ing the trial in nearly a dozen ways, the nets being entirely submerged while the booms were run fore and aft, and also covered by water. In a second or two they were square with the ship and set taut, then the net was hauled in close to the ship, and the booms once more assumed @ perpendicular position In this way the net was brailed up, and in a very few minutes the booms and net were again ready for action. The impor tance of the invention is likely to be felt in another direction of no less weight. The Rus sians are reported to have dis- covered a torpedo which cuts the nets and explodes at the ship. It is so arranged as to burst only at the second object it touches. Now, with the wooden booms, the placing of the two nets is such a tedious process as to be for all useful purposes impracticable. With the Bullivant boom it can easily be done, and would therefore be a protection against the new torpedo. Such are the merits of the invention, but in the opinion of men best able eR SES <seenetsenenesSnsunensnssssnensestnnsunne Valve. to judge it is by no means per-* fect. It was thought, in the first place, to be too frail both in the boom and in the joint, also that the brails and leads would require a further exercise of the ingenuity of the inventor. There are other minor details which demand improve |}ment, but as to the general principle |there was a unanimous opinion that it was the right one. It was also pointed out that in estimating the weight and bulk of spare spars in a ship the new invention was one to be commended, for not only is it ligher, but it can be made in two parts and joined in the middle by means of ascrew. Itis also cheaper than the wooden spars, and being so much lighter the distance of 45 feet now observed be- tween the booms on the side of a man-of war can be reduced to 30 feet, thereby im posing less strain and securing the tautness ot the net. The experiments being con sidered a success, the booms will now be tried at sea on one of the ships about to be | commissioned. cm An Interesting Monument.—A commu nication has been made to the French Acad- emy of Inscriptions and Belles- Lettres rela tive to a discovery made by M. Clermont Canneau in an old building at Jerusalem It was a block of stone, with a Greek iu scription signifying that any stranger who should have passed that limit would be con demned to death. It is evidently a frag- ment of one of the posts which formed, in the temple built by Herod, a dividing line Railroad, which had originally been the| mining is profitable, and much interest is | between the exterior inclosure of the Gen Charleston and Hamburg, for the half-year; ending June 30, 1884: ‘ Another improve- being taken by foreign capitalists in Spanish mineral production. tiles and the inner precinct reserved for the Jews, a ga ; - PEER Resse, wie — ee ae FA) EON Te hie i a pan ° vee = ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER Co., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. O'NEILS'S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER. Seamless Brass and Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Kods, Wire, O' Neiis’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, W E. DODGE. Pres’t. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. a. A. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Oepper, Anchor Brand; LAKE INGOT COPPER. se 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. COPPER? BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, - CONN., Manufacturers of BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing AN Sheet German Silver, German Silver CER ER. Wire, German Silver Tubing. BUTT Narrow, Middie, Broad, Desk, Ship, INGES. Stop, Spring and Piano-Forte. Military, Naval, Livery, Society, Rall BUTTONS, {Thad School, Lasting. Silk and Dress. LAMP po Student Lamps, Kerosene GOoDs. burners, Kerosene Lamps PHOTO- Camera Boxes, Printing Frames, GRAPHIC Chemicals, Paper, Giass, Scovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. DEPOTS: Broome Street, New York. = 177 Devonshire Street, Boston. 183 Lake Street, Chicago. TYLER BROTHERS, lron and Steel Merchants. No. 8 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. WILLIAM P. TYLER. EDWARD R. TYLER. Advances made on Consignments, TH E THE PLUME & ATWOOD MF6.C0./ WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF’G CO, Waterbury Brass Co, 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. C artridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. DEPOTS : MILLS AT 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, CONN. 125 Eddy St., Providence, R.1. : /- ee New Haven Copper Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Cast Steei Augers and Rits of Superior Quality. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. {DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., 29 and 831 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. MASON IRON CoO., Plate Cashers, 2426 Washington Ave., Phila. M. H. LEONARD, TREASURER. PORTAGE IRON COMPANY ‘LimiteD), MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL Bars, Rods, Shafting, Hoops, Bands, Angles, &c., Made Exclusively From Pig Iron. DUNCANSVILLE, PA. Freight Rates same as Pittsburgh. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, 17 Broadway, P. O. Box 33, New York City. WM, EDENBORN, Prest. THOS, W, FITCH, Supt. WALLACE H. ROWE, Sec. & Treas. BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, PITTSBURGH, PA. lowa Barb Wire Co., 98 Reade Street, New York. BSTABLISHED 18387. INCORPORATED 1876, Waterbury HENRY 8, CHASE, Sec’y & Treas Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Special articles made to order. A. W. PARMELEE, Pres’t, Wi THE WIRE GOODS CoO.. WORCESTER, MASS, All kinds of Bright and Brass Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Hand Rai) Screws. Cup Hooks, Cary Wardrobe Hooks, Staples, Meat Hooks, Clothes Line Wire, Hooks and Rings, Towel Racks and Splasher Holders Wire Navts iv all sizes and varieties. Wires cut, bent, milled, headed, pointed, threaded, and made to any desired shape. THE WIRE GOODS CO,, "xis Croods MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass AND 7" , % WIRE, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER ELECTRICAL WIRE. Pins, Brass Butt Hinées, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, §c. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 1165 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, 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 and manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, WATERBURY CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 25 Park Place. 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Copper Rivets and Burs. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BuRNERS, &Cc. AGENTS FOR DEALERS IN Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. MANUFACTURERS OF * Pure Spelter FOR AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, Manufacturers of GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. ye ») SS \ si Sw ha ’ / ~R. T. SOLLIS & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LEAD PIPE CUTTERS INDISPENSABLE TO PLUMBERS. No.1 cuts:1in.toz2in. Sent, postpaid, for $1.75. No. 2 ” n - 3 3. ” ” ” 1.50 LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. Send for Llustrations. BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IRON AGE. Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, 18 Fi deral St. Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, GERMAN SILVER Spoons, SILVER- JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, PASSAIC ZINC CO.). Cartridze Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also Nove. ber 18, 1886. Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. EVERY FOR ALL variety or WW DE Bs ettrccts Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarised Iron 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 Twisted Fence W re, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, dnnealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 02. to 1 lb, WIRE ROPE AND CABLE. Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. (Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Rupes, Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper Wire Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures and Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS, CHICAGO WAREHOUSE . 107 & 109 Lake Street NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: 16 Cliff Street. i ORE IN EVERY FORM AND VARIETY. - Sr cers ee Sees ns SD RD TT re aR eT or = See Wow et TH E JAMES HALL, Treasurer. E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY MAKERS OF IRON AND STEEL ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, President. OF ALL GRADES. Bright, Annealed, Coppered, Tinned and Galvanized Iron and Stee! Wire Rods. Extra Qualities of Bar Iron and Rods, Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and 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. $$ WIRE ROPE HAZARD MF°cG Co. WORKS : = 87 Liberty St., New York. Wilkesharre, Pa A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CoO., — = © Manufacturers of =~ => S 3 << zs ~s > cs Se = Qa 2 sf = — — a — => S ge -_ - 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, 227-251 So. Clinton St., Chicago. 70-76 Trinity Place, New York. COMPLETE AND PERFECT ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM, For Central Stations or Isolated Planis. All kinds of Electrical Apparatus and Supplies. This fur the Thes tion of Steel, and he The | inventi every the Wr they a welded the raw Full | W. Room 6 WI Thor For price ‘BIRM. i of re BS ‘BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, November 18, 1886. THE IRON AGE. 3 0 aes) CARY. MOEN, THEFRED,J,MYERS MFG. CO. 0, LINDEMANN & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF nned, Brass, Tin Jap plated and Wood. CAGES. | STEEL -WIRE,for all purposes and STEEL,SPRINGS of every description. SSS —— - ——— : . COVINGTON, KY., Manufacturers 0 “CORN POPPERS, KRAUT, SLAW | ; VE TEELL ELLA AE ALAKLLALALEL fa . @ x® VEGETABLE CUTTERS, = and a large variety of Hardware Specialties Our PATENT oD OVAL POPPER, with Round Corners, is the neatest, strongest and largest Popper made. ee ee ee Dealers desiring a first-class article should buy no other. Send for Catalogue No. 18 De a VEER. RED EEE ULLAL ae VEER CLALLLEELELALA KALA LAD ‘ TOL ILELELELLRELLLLI Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. KRAUT CUTTER.-Extra large. , mn TW) 7 2 7 ay ad Madea OP Ce WE adl\ Te Neca ees ae a STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Wateroury, Conn. he Successors To W. S. TYLER, MANUFACTURERS OF EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES, S:eél, Iron, Brass ani Copper Cloth for Coal ad Ore Screens, Flour Milis, Paper Milis aud Maltsters. 754 to 7583 =—T. CLATR wT. .S. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas, . CLEVELAND, OHIO. The GAUTIER STEEL DEPARTMENT of ——-FHORN WIRE HEDGE CO. CAMBRIA IRON CO., Johnstown, Pa., are now manufacturing Soft Steels to supplant STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING, Iron. These steels are safer, stronger and Sharp, Short, more durable,.and will forge, weld, turn, drill Rigid Barb. key-seat and punch just as easily as Iron. The attention of Blacksmiths and Machinists is called tothem. They can be obtained from us in any desired shape or for any purpose. Works and General Office: JOHNSTOWN, PENNA. OSS SaaS) <_< _~<i> <2 VITTENGERG $ AORBOE dled WIRE, 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 et Best Steel. Painted and Galvanized. “Kelly” Yielding Steel Points. . . New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, National Wire Iron (' DETROIT 104 READE ST. 202 First Nat. Bank Building, 523 ARCH St. *) MICH., Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. (No. 171.) Best Wire Made. Does Not Lacerate Stock Estab’d 1818. Incorp’d 1874. THE GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. = WAREHOUSES : » 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., Chicago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS OF = Iron & Galvanized Wire a Sleves and Wire Cloth. ower Loom Painted and Gal- vanized Window Screen Wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warld’s Gal raninee A Mage Fence, Gal ze t ire P Netting, — Sena iil we eth Factories, Georgetown, Conn. THompson McCosu, President. Joun A, McCossa, Sec’y and Treas. McCosh Jron & Steel Co, MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS. Offices, Factories and Warehouses, BOUNDARY, OSBORN AND AGENCY STREETS, BURLINGTON, IOWA. Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. Adress THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO. THE UNITED STATES Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. UNEQUALLED FOR DURABILITY. Prevents Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel, Copper. Silver, Bronze and IL all compositions from corroding. Also resists dampness, KEROSENF O 26 Broadway, New York. and FLY SPECKS. Can be applied without heating metal. Sole Agents, H. S. ALLEN & CO., 112 John St. New York. This company is now prepared to issue licenses J - . Would call specia) attention to manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Machinery an - ca fur the use of the several Patents owned by them. Lron Works. dample and Prices sent on application. ‘ d Architectural These Patents cover processes for the produc- | ———______— tion of * Mitis Castings” in Wrought Iron and : Steel, and improvements in furnaces for melting LANE § PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGE and heating. ' The Mitis Castings made in accordance with the The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, inventions covered by these Patents retain in every respect all the valuable qualities of BOCA USE the Wrought Iron and Steel (Scrap) from which It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel whi , manufact ree are made, do not require annealing, can be steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically free from oa It Zhe dove ond seguasents Freston’s Potent Bulle’ ikke Wire Pence Rall, oo a t=, weleniens in seen It requires no oil. It has a broad | HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively earing on the r, and keeps in line, It is by far the most | ¢ d for Circulars Liste, durable, It may be used with any track. It is always in order. , — on ie. ene oan aoe ea aeons a ont il LANE’S PATENT TRACK o Be , earborn °s cago, i Is made of steel and 1s easily put in 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 cf other manufacture. welded and worked under the hammer as well as the raw materials. Full particulars furnished on application. Ww. F.. DURFEE General Manager, Room 67 26 Broadway, ——EE meen | HE BILLINGS & SPENCER CO.HARTFORD, CONN. . NEW YORK.| “Manufactured by LANE BROS., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF a) WIRE WAIL MACHINES Ta STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES -- r SINGLE AND DOUBLE END ae um PHOSPHOR-BRON ZE| anaes . i See meses DROP FORGED OF BAR STEEL 4 Thoroughly Tested and in Suc- . d Ri ‘ . _ . a er Kings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, ¥, a cessful Operation. | | ne reeenermermmmmmmmmnnad my TAKING NUTS FOR/+INCH | | | | TRADE MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional UP TO AND INCLUDING { mn - ws coi For prices and particulars address the Manufacturers, a a7 r y ' oes i Pe MM ® SI Roe cet cme NUTS FOR|I4INCHBOLISA & ce aS me | ao lees Peete ee OBO AND) ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND IRON DROP FORGINGS. : Ne ate ee = Machine and Wood Screws, &e., &e. FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, Op Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura- bilit d Resi ’ . IG ’ or Y 4) y an esistance to Corrosion. ___BIRMINGHAM, CONN. hesfibeot * OD wry 4, Castings of all kinds to order. Send E.T.BARNUM, for pamphlet and prices. MANUFACTURER THE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING Co. LTD., Wire AND No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. IRON WOR Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. Detroit, Mich, THE CELEBRATED (i= SILVER FINISH” For sale by all dealers in U.S.A. F and Canada. Price List Free, Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. THE PARLOR MPG. CO» |eoR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST, WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. Y., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goops Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, **CORTLAND” £ INDOW —see sonen IN WIRE CLOTH. Coal Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. aAper =" Metallic Coal Sieve, ‘November 18, 188¢. THEH TRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co., 85,87, 89 & 91 Kim 8t., New York. 90 Beekman St., New York City. MANUFACTURERS OF lron =2 Steel galvanized Sheet Iron, Of every description kept in stock. Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized Bar [ron Sa e Hoop and Band Irom, Galvanized Rod and BI ACK DIAMOND STEEL. Galvanised Nalls, Galvanized Chain. Galvanised Iron All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- re. scanty onan.” | CORRUGATED SHEET IRON ———_" W.D. WOOD & CO., L’d,| JAMES P. WITHER O xX F O R D ae ale PA. | e IRON AND NAIL CO., Engineer & Contractor Cut Nails Les Bl, PITSBURON AND GENERAL AGENT FOR SPIKES. WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, AND 4 For Roof®g, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. : P| E R 5 O N & C O,, Best Oharcoal, Best Refined and Common 81, 88 and 85 Washington Street, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE iin oe tae Pe ee ee a Sees Planished Sheet Iron. oe IRON and STEEL, PLATE AND ne Tron, : ; eaten ae tome 373 Oct. sme adapted id A No. 1 Boiler Plat: chtezanrenseree| BURDEN'S = | Gta cet Ste ie oe ae, | le Bees wee met, sey Do March 4th, 1884; Jan. 6th, 1985. And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Best Flange Fire Box, © ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. ABEEL BROTHERS, |rv=ot=t term r= 24, 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the HORSE SHOES IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, Will contract to completely erect, equi; Si ont ot 6 tee - and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As ESTABLISHED 176s, B. FF. JUDSON, [ FO). * M erc h ants Importer of and Dealer in a +hi ’ —— Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everything 4 eed ra NEW YORK. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN . a GRADES oF appertaining to Blast Furnace and Stee! _ i S IT ro m + " B Uu rd en Be St BLACK SHEET IRON. | Works construction, can guarantee prompt Smooth on both sides. ness and satisfaction. “ CATASAUQUA “TRON. WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, “ARM CO.’? SHAFTING. OLD MBIALS. SYRACUSE | Manhattan Rolling Mill. MALLEABLE IRON| J. LEONARD, Iron refined Bar, Band, Hoop, Serol, Angle ‘Iron; | 454 382 Water St»! NEW YORK. Steel of all kinds, &c. . « = Boiler Rivets wornze 445 to 451 West St , " NEW YORK, A, R. WHITNEY & C0,, HICKS & DICKEY, oveadia~ «ey, ene a ” See aa a3 HORSE SHOE IRON, Mower and Reaper Castings and | toe calk steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats | Carriage Irons a Specialty. | HENRY KELLY, W. B. BURNS, Prorrteror. | PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. EVERSON HAMMOND g CO Specialty: Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Cost ‘ ' Accounts and Partnership Settlements. LIMITED Late Chief Accountant to Cambria Jron Compary 4 PITTSBURGH, PA., Howard, Childs & Co., Sheet Steel]/Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. Iron and Steel of all Descriptions, = 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. lron, Steel 4 Forgings STEEL CASTINGS. lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited. Merehant Iron and Soft Stee] and Cut Nails and Spikes. “oes AY STEKL & LKON CO,, Homogeneous eel Plates Bay “STATE IRON CO., Tank. Boiler and Girder BRANDYWINE ROLLING ,~ yo Plates. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL, COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor, ALBANY & WASHINGTON S1S., NEW YORK CITY. AGENCIES: CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., CAST TOOL STEEL. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Stee &c. CHARLES L. BAILEY & CO., Chesapeake Nails. M. BYERS & CO., Wro Pipe. CARNEGIE BROS. & CO. Limited . Iron and eel Beams, (hanveis, Shapes an d Bhafting. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., Stee Wire Nails THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO Plans and estimates furnished aad co ntracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every oo tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent op application by mail. Sample pieces at office. For Roofing and Corrugating. Wm. H. Wallace. Wm. Bispham. E. C. Wallace. Ta... HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Steel Wire Nails. eee ee ee Se ee eee ee ee OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS.| Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, y Borden & Lovell, behead lynn -shamten SHEET IRON, All Grades. Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &e. 10 & 71 WESF srT., JOHN FOX , |!ron and Brass Founder, |- —] Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds 4: GuRENI | Mew York. Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe ys cag olan Hee | MS! correspondence solicited. Prices on application. “ BL. FREELAND, : Pe | Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty, E JENCKES MANFG. CO Agents for the sale of 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, nition bivdiiaiiaiiaasiit dla aaeains . : “" ~ PAWTUCKET, R. I,, FALL RIVER IRON WORKS C0.'S | 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks ————————— ne SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. a Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. a Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. tron Buildings, Koofs. sn utters, Soom, Cornices, Skylights, Bridges, & MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 5 Dey Street. NEW YORE. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’! Agt. TE BE Westinghouse Air-Brake Co, PITTSBURGH, PA., VU. S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. Freight Brake Is essen the same apparatus as the Automatic Brak The Automatic _— — combined as to form practically one Piece’ of t that the varteus pagss are ee paaqonaee on cota at a wa low rice. The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen's wages aod the inereaned speed possib perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within : ve oe Siwsomatio” " has mn peeved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its New York Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. W. W. CARD, Secy. - JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall 8t., New York. DANIEL F. COONEY, 88 Washington St., New York, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. ss A BOILER FLUES. OX MUZZLES VERY LOW IN PRICE. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL. IMPO RTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Maileabie and Var-Wheel Purposes, 4 SPECIALTY. CHARLES HIMKOD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. R. 1 WOOD & CO. PHILADELPHIA Cast Iron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Mydrante, 400 OHESTNUT STRE Offle is instantaneo can be ope from any car te the train if desired, and sh ld th JOHN BROWER, A. GARRISON, J.H.RICKETSON, = WM. HOLMES. spgueation Aye ay "pipe Gail, it applies automatically. A GUARANTEE is given customers —.-, from PATENT 8 on apparatus sold them A. GARRISON & CO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW, —_— o> Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin’s Patent Double Spira) Pinions, and Roll- ing Mill Castings of every description. Office, Nos. 10 &4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, Ill Reade $t., New York, STEEL AND IRON MAILS. Bonnell, Botsford & Co., IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80 O00 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 Perkins Pattern. Works at Valley Falls, R. |. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. v, W. CARPENTER, President C. H. PERKINS, Gen’! Manager. R. W. COMSTOCK, Seoretary. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE Only Double Ring Invented, of the nose. No fe“ Champion Hog Ringer RINGS and HOLDER. @ The only that will effectu- ally keep Hogs from rooting. No po oy in the flesh to keep ry sore. sharp points in the nose. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Ill. J, M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Vertical Engines, Hydrants, Fire Plugs, &c. Biding connections with all lines of Railroads. ee |Office. 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. 81 Murray Street, Eagle Iron Works, WILKES BARRE, PA. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on carriages, waguns, harness, &c. Ask for them where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- ular and price list. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., Wrought-Iron Fencing of any design. Builders Ironwork. Adam's Metallic Picket Fence. Coal, 52nd St. Betow LancasTer Ave., Sand and Gravel Screens, Send for Circulars and PHILADELPHIA, PA. Price List. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angigs, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &c., PATERSON, N. J. Room 45, Astor House, New York. CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. Only single Ring ever spvented that closes on outside of the nose. BROWN’S Elliptical Ring and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer Caly single Ring that ne on the outside of th DOVER IRON CO.’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, ESALL IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 139 GREENWICH S8ST., NEW YORK. VARIETY METAL BOOM. iron Foundry and Machine Shop. _ DEA Nos. 10 OL LE LE a ae be |. Saal “4 SRE. I ES E ate quiy Vhit As thing Stee! mpt RK, ons, ire, ation. KS, ERS. ity. reet, Supt. .E. ke for iece of wages, within nm. Its ld the tomers ge PON 42223 LB0ON Nov mber 18, 1886. EDWARD J. ETTING IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, 222 8S. Tuarrp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savage Fire Brick. Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware, AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. WILLIAM RR. HART « co., IRON ORES AND ITALIAN SPANISH, AFRICAN MOHICAN PIG TRON. A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, comparing favorably with English | West Coast Hematites. CASTLE PIG IRON. 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 Olid Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. - - STORAGE, WHARF anp Y Dk Wite eon 226 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. |, sronage, Warr axp Yano, Delaware venus ———— eee | 68d. CARE ADVAN BAD8 GA IDR. Cambria Steel. lron and Steel Structural Material STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, FO ela STREET RAILS mo rata afraid fr, im, and, See seratares RAILWAY FASTENINGS, solicited with railroad contractors. Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars, L. & R. WISTER & co., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, steel Axles, Steel Anegles. steel Steel Forgings. 257 Bo. 4th Bt., Philadelphia. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, Office, 218 S. Fourth St, Philadelphia. Works, Johnstown, Pa, _ ~The Phcenix Iron Co., Wyebrooke C, B. Ch m. Ferguson 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Red Short Pig Iron. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron JAS. G. LINDSAY. THOS. S. PARVIN, LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., Castings, DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, _ New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. . STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, HENRY LEVIS & Co., Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridyes. Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments, Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold. 284 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST, PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Description. Selling Agents for Cleveland City Forge and iron Co., Forgings; Central Iron and Steel Works, Plates of Iron and Steel; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., Lron and Steel Nails, jler Tubes; Bridge, Car and Boat Specifications a Speciaity . J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA, PA., es SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel SALES OFFICES, Wrought Irén Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings: Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made 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, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bioom PLATE ch SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, ially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pi Smoke Stack oo Foiciees Boat fren ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jocks Iron, , ww. H.WVALBAUM & CO 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER Pic. |iwiy PIG [RON Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Lron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL O©O., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” Malleable Iron, brand “ U. H. M.” ieiedlh dient Tinta itn Y HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spie; ose ® Lorn” Malleable Charcoal Pig Iron and N. B. ALL & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. & P, ROBERTS & CO., — MANUFACTURERS OF— and Forge CHARCOAL PIG IRON. General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. AGE. JUSTICE COX, ‘Jr. 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'*s, Montgomery Conewago and Alice Furnaces. BbwPrIiSG TRON for Foundries and Mills. ERIE FORGE CO., Lrp. Lron and Steel Forgings; Every shape. 224 South Fourth Street, - Jerome Keeley & (,, 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. [RON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Tron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. Phila., Pa, 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 anpo STEEL. —__ _ Correspondence solicited. os J, W. HOFFMAN & CO., [RON COMMISSION [ERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Siemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes. JNO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH S8T., PHILA. Pig Iron & Ores, Steel & Iron Blooms. Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal Co. Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &c. FOR BEST MILL Andover Pig Irony Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4% In. to % in.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. F. A. ComLy, Treas, J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 240 So. 3d St., Phila. PEDRO G. SALOM, J. P. L. Westesson, SALOM & WESTESSON, Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Ketablished 1847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, 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. Works at Allentown, Pa. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., “on=nspocken, MANUFACTURERS OF BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel. Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Phil.delpnia. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS, 226 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. | Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. TESTED Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Hot-Blast Stoves. Regenerative Furnaces, \ Blast Furnaces. i 4. A\Wa > Bessemer and Open-Hearth Pittsburgh Branch Office: BOYLE & BISSELL, BISSELL BLOCK. Heating Furnace, designed for use of Producer Gas, but can be adapted to Natural Gas with a slight modification. ~ CUMBERLAND” RAILS QuUuA HER ciTwy FACING MiIits. ocuu 100 Sample bbL (Star) Stove Plate Facing. } ovuu .ur sample bol. XX Machinery Facing. § We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. J. Tatnall No. q . eT : th if RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. 7. WW. RPA ZEZSON ce CO-., : _DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Oo Slags, Lime Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Plier 45 North, Del, Ave. ©¢ + * PHILADELPHIA, Pa,’ B ore, ANALYSIS OF Price Hsts on application, Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and Sheets of Steel. Plate and Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common. &®™ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes, CHAINS. at Bradlee & Co., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Stocks and Bosh Plates, | Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plates. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. ____*"""“| CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO, MANUFACTURERS OF & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Lea & Co.,, Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILI. AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE, BOOTH, GARRETT &. BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836. Analysis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special departmen for the IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Irop pes, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands,,&c, Agents for sampling ores ip New York end S Petroleum in Ireland. The announcement th