The Iron Age 1886-12-16: Vol 38 Iss 25

1886 | a © \DE ndies. ries. ve bo. ae. INDEX TO READING MATTER A PAGE Published every Thursday Morning by Davip Wiitiams, Nos, 66 and 68 Duane street, New York. Vol. XXXVIII: No. 25. Review of the Hardware. Iron and Meta! Entered at the Post Office, New York, New York, Thursday, December 16, 1886. ‘Trades. is Set he Iron Age x Matter ond-Cliss S250 a Year, Ircluding Tostage otinale Conics, Ten Cents. Doctor Knife Grinder. We present on this page eugravings of onefof several new machines recently built by the Tanite Company, of Stroudsburg, Pa. The machine was designed for the grinding of doctor knives, which, as some of our readers undoubtedly know, are used in printing machines for the removal of super- fluous coloring matter. In view of the con- stant advances being made in emery grind- ing machinery, the several features of the tool merit some attention. The bed of the machine has planed ways on which a carriage is automatically moved to and froin such manner that a knife set upon it on a suitable carrier-bar, C CU, is fed across the cutting corner of a cup-shaped emery-wheel which revolves on an arbor set almost at right angles to the planed ways. On top of the carriage are short planed ways running at right angles to its length. On these short ways are two car- riages, D D, which hold the knife-bar. A | chain feed, A A, connects the two, automat: | ically feeding the knife toward the erhery- | wheel. The amount of this feed can be altered and regulated at will, and the long carriage, moreover, has a trip which allows of short and long strokes, as in an ordinary iron planer. By means of the hand wheels E E the carriages D D may be moved in- dependently of each other. The knife-bar CC is designed to hold very thin knives; these are kept in a horizontal position. Power is given to the emery-wheel arbor first, and that further transmits it so as to give all the motions needed, The emery wheel itself, being arranged for wet grind- ing, is provided with a water reservoir and a metal hood, B, to keep the water from fly- ing. The machine, it will be noticed, is very simple and substantial, and free from delicate adjusting devices liable to give | trouble en Recent Improvements In Dredging Machinery. Mr. A. Wells Robinson, in his paper on | the presented at dredging machinery, Society of last meeting of the American Mechanical Engineers, said ; This country possesses comparatively few examples of the chain-bucket machine, although the system is in general use in many of the most important harbor and river improvement works of the world, and on the Suez and Panama canals. The rea- son for this limited use may be found to some degree in prejudice, and in the fact that the single dipper and grapple dredges so largely used have been made to do fairly good work in the bands of experienced specialists. The principal attention having thus been devoted to these machines, the knowledge of many regarding the chain- bucket machine is limited or confined to older and what would now be considered inefficient examples, which cannot compete with the latest practice or be taken as rep- | resentatives of it. The number and importance of the dredg- ing machines turned out by Great Britain, principally on the Clyde, and the fact that these are nearly all chain-bucket machines of the same general model, furnish a pre- cedent which we cannot afford to disregard. \ study of the best éxamples of these ma- chines, both in use and while building on the stocks on the Clyde, shows that, while they contain some features which an American engineer would not care to imitate, they are nevertheless of the most solid and sub- stantial character and excéllently adapted to their purpose. With an iron hull, fre- quently self-propelling, and fitted with com- pound engines of marine type, which re- quire massive gearing to transmit the power to the buckets, they exhibit a tendency to weight and complication that appears ex- cessive, and are costly both to build and to maintain, Nevertheless their performance shows a very fair result in the total cost and quantity of work done. In comparing the general principles of different systems of dredging it will be seen that the strong point of the endless-chain machine lies in its continuous action as dis- tinguished from the intermittent action of the dipper or grapple dredge. The only other continuous discharge machines in use to the writer’s knowledge are those con- structed on the pumping or suction princi- ple. The application of this principle is very limited and requires peculiar conditions to make it practicable, and a material which can be mixed with water to make a fluid capable of being pumped. In certain situa- tions the discharge of the material with a large admixture of water is desirable or not objectionable, as where it is pumped on shore to flow and distribute the solid matter over a considerable area. Asa rule this 1s with the single-bucket machines, The lat- ter have also to dig considerably below the required depth in order to be sure that in- | equalities do not project above it, thus in- | volving superfluous work. On the works | with which the writer has been connected it is customary to gauge the water level and |depth of cut to inches, and to set the buckets to cut 6 inches below the depth to which the channel is afterward tested. So accurately is this done with chain-bucket machines that vessels regularly pass with | but a few inches between their keels and the bottom. The digging action of the chain buckets | takes place in a manner calculated to apply | the power to the best advantage, the cutting Mmmm mm A ST TT 8 é a ; : , Se » TTT “a TTT ——— ee” | vn | EA HLH mt MACHINE FOR GRINDING MH a ‘est DOCTOR KNIVES, equal to raising a weight of several tons toa hight of 35 or 40 feet at each lift. In regard machine, it appears from indicator cards taken by the writer from the engines of several MeL TTTTTTN OTM = Fig. 1.—Front View, |sive use testifies, material, and in about 32 feet of water. Different cases will vary considerably, but cumsiances it may be assumed that a dredge in which a single bucket is worked from a crane or boom requires about double the power for the same work as a well- designed chain dredge. It thus appears that the chain-bucket system is good in princi- ple, and also good in practice, as its exten- notwithstanding the me- chanical difficulties to be overcome in order to obtain simplicity and durability. These difficulties are not, however, confined to this class of machinery exclusively. Those experienced in the operation and mainte- nance of dredging machinery of whatever DOP 1) i A TT ra ee pra 52) 2 7 . 5 errs Mer mn a oT Fig. 2.—Rear View. BUILT BY THE TANITE CO., STROUDSBURG, PA, not the case, and for all ordinary conditions | edges entering horizontally and then curving | machines that about 226,000 to 353,000| kind do not need to be told of the almost and for tough or stony digging’ it seems to be the most rational method of exca- vation to handle the material bodily in & properly adapted bucket. The liability of the pumps, &c., to clog, and the friction and abrasion of the interior surfaces of the pumps and connections, are difficul- ties which have not yet been practically solved. Where the work is of sufficient extent the chain bucket machine can deal with large quantities of material at a rapid rate, and cuts a perfectly level bottom, which is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain |upward on a short radius, so as to fill the | buckets and retain the contents. They are |also able to take off light cuts over large | areas as efficiently as heavy cuts. The en- | tire apparatus is in equilibrium as to the | weight of the working parts, power being required to elevate the dredged material only, and to overcome the digging and fric- tional resistances ; whereas, in a dipper or grapple dredge the power expended in lift- ing the bucket and its attachments is lost at every stroke. This loss is quite considerable and in a deep-water machine is frequently foot-pounds, or 6 to 104 horse-power, are required per cubic yard of material actually discharged when in effective work. Look- ing at a single-bucket dredge in a similar manner and working under similar circum- stances, it is found to take 106 revolutions | of an engine 14 x 16, with 75 to 90 pounds of boiler pressure, to deliver one bucketful of material of about 2%4 cubic yards. This at 30 pounds mean pressure in cylinder is equal to 1,305,920 foot-pounds, or about 15.8 horse- power, per cubic yard. These are actual examples, both working tolerably yielding | incessant repairs made necessary by the severity of the duty and by the wear and tear produced by conditions which are favorable to the rapid depreciation of the machinery. Gradually and by costly expe- rience are the weak points eliminated and the efficiency increased until a machine is produced which can be counted on with tolerable certainty to do the work required of it. By such a process have the structural details of the endless-chain machine crystal lized into something like a system, varied, of course, to suit different requirements. tion of to the expenditure of power in achain-bucket | the writer thinks that under ordinary cir-| attention. It | keep the weight of these buckets at a mini- In considering these details the construec- the chain of buckets claims first is of obvious importance to mum while retaining the required strength. With many forms of chain the tension caused by its own weight constitutes so large a proportion of the total working stress that only a small balance is available for doing the work. The degree to which strength and lightness can be combined de- pends first on the tensile strength of the metal employed and then upon a skillful distribution of that metal. In the earlier forms, many examples of which are still in use, the endless chain consists of a series of stout wrought-iron links connected by joint-pins, the shell or body of a bucket being riveted to every alternate set of links. There are usually four links under and forming part of a bucket, and two intermediate connecting links, the eyes of which are bushed with steel. A chain of buckets constructed in this manner will do good and rapid work in moderately yielding material while they can be kept at it, but the wear is excessive on account of the small and roughly fitted bearing surfaces of the joints and the grinding action of sand and water. There being very little stiff- ness to this kind of bucket, the spring- ing of the plates and hard knocks tend to loosen the rivets, and about six months’ work suffices to get the bucket ready for the repair shop. Official returns of the performance of an extensive dredging plant in another locality show by a state- ment of repairs the average life of a bucket of the kind described above to be 146 days, of a connecting link 77% days, and of a joint-pin 102 days, these being the average intervals of service before requiring removal for repairs. They will, of course, stand a limited number of such repairs before be- coming finally useless. With the recent de- velopment of the art of making sound and tough steel castings new possibilities were opened up, and the four links of a bucket are now made in a connected form of a single steel casting to which the top or body is riveted. More recently still it has been shown that the entire bucket can be advantageously formed of a single steel casting. There still re mained, however, the destructive and costly wear of the bushes, pins and links used in connecting the buckets. Increasing the bearing surfaces and improving the stand- ard of workmanship do not remedy the evil, as the amount of metal worn away with a sand and water lubricant is nearly the same, but being distributed over a larger surface takes a little longer time, and it did not seem to pay to put good work on joints which would not stay good. It is of the highest importance to reduce the num- ber of parts as far as possible. There are few mechanical appliances which are ex- posed to as rough treatment as dredge buckets, and it is conceived that the best way to prevent them shaking to pieces is to make them with no pieces to shake. The elevator system has always been an attractive one to inventors, and the Patent Office contains the record of many curious devices applied to dredging and excavating, some of which are modeled after a flour- mill elevator, and many employing a pitch chain composed of a multitude of small jointed links, with other devices equally unsuccessful in practical work Many of these have never been heard of since, and some which have been heard of have, by reason of the flimsiness of their construc tion, served to extend the popular notion that an elevator machine may possibly be made to dig sand or mud, but for stones and hard material is entirely impracticable. The writer believes this to be a misappre- hension of the capabilities of the system, as it has been successfully demonstrated that ‘* hard pan,” slate, shale or other schistose rock can be economically dredged from its natural bed with a properly adapted chain bucket machine, In dredging of this pature the principal work of the buckets is to break up the material, and for this purpose they are made of great strength and fitted with steel teeth of special form. The action thus resembles a series of powerful pickaxes delivering rapidly repeated blows. It will be seen that in work of this kind a special! advantage is derived from the doubling of the buckets—that is, constructing the chain wholly of buckets instead of half the num- ber connected by links, the digging effect being thus doubled. Buckets for heavy dredging purposes, made entirely of cast steel, were first used in this country, to the writer’s knowledge, about four years ago upon the works with which he was connected. These have since been doing the severest kind of work, tear ing up shale rock from its natural bed in 30 to 36 feet of water and in a current of 4 to 6 miles per hour, and with the exception of some wear upon the renewable portions are practically as good to-day as at first. There must inevitably be deterioration of the wearing surfaces of the buckets and tions, but, while this is enormous with the older forms and appreciably reduced in the steel buckets referred to by a judicious in crease of bearing surface, it can only be minimized by keeping the abrading sul stance out of the joints and supplying lubricant EE There are 575 inmates in the Ohio Indus- All are being taught “On nec trial School for boys valuable trades THE IRON AGE. Dece . ber 16, 1886, | THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFC.C0.|\WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G Co, } Wi MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. !! oR a O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED corre. wos | Waterbury ANSON:‘A BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, | 12h For Electrica) Purposes, Bare and Covered, / Sheet and Roll Brass) ever a Ly piste arn Brass Co. vaniery or WV TER BS coiroses AND WIRE, amc te a eee ov ard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized suodin, Belen, ote ESTABLISHED 1845. GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, fron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent steel sheets, OLS, 8, ’ COPPE TETS N 7 % opr ? - "ly f - 7 eh / c “he-senmre °« 280 “¢ A p-? ee . Wire, O’Nelis's Sheet Roll and Platers Brass, ER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER Barb Vt ore, Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Lyeglass Spring s; Steel : ' ELECTRICAL WIRE. HW se, Mall He ons ; Patent Nickel German Silver, Copper, Brass and ire for Needles and Drills ; Patent Stee’ Wire Bale Tres ; ne German Silver Wire Bras and Pump Chain; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence &e., ; ee eT W ve, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Brig Cusper Tebtnt, , with arbs ; Kence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, ia dnunealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, Copper Rivets and Burs, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 bb. 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 & CO.., Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG, CO.'S Line of Sporting Goods. IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS : MILLS AT TIN PLA T E [Bttavar, ter ton WATERBURY, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. CONN. Roofing Plate, Sheet lron, Copper, THE Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. | |NeW Haven Copper Co., SOLE MAKERS OF copper=zprass. POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ! @.E. DODGE, : Pres't. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. a, A. COWLES, Secretary. Pins, Brass Butt Hinées, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimminés, §c. an ai at le it: cial ia WwiRnb ROPE AND CABLE. = = en 3 =z Ansonia Refined Ingo t OCepper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. —_—- 19 & 21 CHM Street. NEW YORE. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 1185 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. ——— FSS Se Holling 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, _ Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &e. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables { Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Rop: Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper Wi Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Card, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures aud Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS., NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : . 16 Cliff Street. ° 10Z-& 109 Lake Street. Weenies Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and Bly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. _WIRE WORK IN EVERY FORM AND VARIETY. pepapeeevetearr see .8 —a, i hae —- ( 25 al eh © OE es | st ~ - a A Ce we be Pr Ce Ne " Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manuiacturing Metal Goods. i Re iho oo MANUFACTORY. WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. ae ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND (Established 1802.) DEALERS IN SCOVILL MFG. 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LEONARD, TREASURER. “PORTAGE IRON COMPANY «LiMiTED, MANUFACTURERS OF TBA EEL assalc ZINGCO DUNCANSVILLE. PA. Pure Spelter Prices and Discounts on Application. Freight Rates saime as Pittsburgh. FOR a. R. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, | (Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes Works and Office at TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. 17 Broadway, P. O. Box 33, New York City. AND ALL FINE WORK. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CU., 17 Burling Slip. ais i) Seon — aia Gin Philadelphia Office, 21 N. Fourth Street. WM. EDANDO Ment. 7” “WiceVreeldent, "Superincendent. “eQvorary and Treasurer, | GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. ‘4 MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, WIRE ROPE A a , | HAZARD M'F’c Co. . BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, “\vonss. RANKIN STATION, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. 98 Reade Street, lowa Barb Wire OO. —— ton GEO. W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, M4SS, inve “ao vuunion: 87 Liberty St., New York. Wilkesharre, Pa, = fs and they weld the: Fi as ~ = nde 4 Loon GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. <<. aE neesnnenennenenememeneeenttiiit memes 4 oe B&STABLISHED 18317. HENRY 8. CHASE, INOORPORATED 1876, Sec’y & Treas Waterburv Mfg. Co., —— ae | | ee - Bar eee o e A. LESCIIEN & SONS ROPE CO.,, , WATERBURY, CONN., = —~ 6 Manufacturers of = = 8 = rass Goods 5* & p ee i : a Ss he == =. 7 8 © = oS a id = = | [= & z ats HE ~~ ™~ ‘ — , = ) ae . W | R E GOO DS CO. A c ‘ae eel 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREPT, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited WORCESTER, MASS, IR T. SOLLIS &C 5 ” ee. ee ee ———— ; i A oks p< y Wardr - Ho: a Staples ee , MANUFACTURERS OF 7 WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, ey Rah a LEAD PIPE CUTTERS) 227-25! 50. clinton St, Chicago. _ 70-76 Trinity Place, New York eae 8 nt } threa land Mace to avuy desired hape , peci su INDISPENSABLE TO PLUMBERS. cuts Mn woain Sax poupald, for $.0s.| COMPLETE AND PERFECT ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM, LiBeRaL Discornt To THE TRaDE For Central Stations or Isolated Plants. All kinds of Electrica! THE WIRE GOODS Co,, "sx" A. W. PARMELEE, P send for I'tustrations BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS. | Apparatus and Supplies. RE SE 8 ere Cota ane yee enka ie & ; December “16, 1886. THE IRON AGE. 8 CARYW & MOEN, [The FRED. J. MEYERS MFG. CO., . 3 COVINGTON, KY.. 0, LINDEMANN & CO. BIRD Japanned, Brass, Tin a CAGES. Plated and Wood. STEEL‘WIRE.‘for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. “ MANUFACTURERS OF : -Corn Poppers and a large variety of Hardware Specialties, Fire Guards, Nursery Fenders, Stove Guards, &e. | — See Bee ie iho These goods are all very neat and attractive and are coming CORN POPPER. into more general use each year UT CELA RE EAL LLL WEL MEAL ELAAELALLALLLA LAL ' ~ ' " VC LEELELLLA LEAL KAKALLAAL ES - No, 15 Polished Brass Fender, & OL ILEEPELLELMLLLERLELAE QTVLV) WOd ANIs st FN - . RSIS OOS Ox. ' RRRREBNA RA 254 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. Market steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. 284, 286 and 288 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. ——— y IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, grace arm STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. i For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. RGAN SPRIN eS at =" 9] BLAKE & JOHNSON, Wartersury, CONN OW IN90T¥I QO OOOO | [ RRR | 5 JUNCUS, | TD ieee “©, The Gautier Steel Department : PAY PH ta al D LOW . SAYLOR WIRE CO. Successors to W. S. TYLER, MANUFACTURERS OF CAMRIA IRON COMPANY, sor. LOoOUIsS, MO. Wire Elevator Guards, OFFICE RAILINGS, DESK RAILINGS, SKYLIGHT GUARDS AND WIRE JOHNSTOWN, PA. WINDOW GUARDS AXXKK) BARS XXX KKK] we or mr PR : Ov EVERY DESCRIPTION, ee ( W.8. TYLER, Pres, E. H. ALLEN, See. & Treas. NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: = oo a) NN CLEVELAND, OHIO. . ‘ = ey = 99 en Sd 104 Reade Street. 523 Arch Street. DOAK Herons ooo noes THORN WIRE HEDGE CO. es FEL BARB WIRE FENCING, CHICAGO OFFICE: ><. ‘ : rerrtieetne . ee 202 First National Bank Building. |WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, lron and Wire Fences, MANUFACTURERS OF Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. Merchant Steel, Rake Teeth, ROO F CRESTING, Painted and Galvanized. a + a Tae are Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. sii a Harrow Teeth, Fence Wire, FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY omamaia Plow Steel, Market Wire. _ National Wire & Iron Co., a. cor1yYD RoiuLLEDYD STEEX SELAYK TIN G. Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. (No. 143.) se =e a en “we THOMPSON McCOSH, President. JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. and Treas. Sharp, Short, Rigid Barb, eee, Best Steel. Best Wire Made. Does Not Lacerate Stock Estab’d 1418. Incorp'’d 1874. THE GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. : WAREHOUSES : = 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., Chicago, Ils. " MANUFACTURERS OF B Iron & Galvanized Wire Slieves and Wire (Cleth. Power Loom Painted and Gal- vanized Window Screen Wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warld’s Gal vanized Web Wire Fence, Gal vanized Twist Wire Poultry Netting, Factories, Georgetown, Conn. I}itis Company,|NIEN-TSI CHINESE LACQUER, Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & SONS. UNEQUALLED FOR DURABILITY. Prevents Iron, Steel, Brass, Nickel, Copper, Silver, Br d 26 Broadway, New York. " all compositions from corroding. Also resists dampness, KEROSENF OIL —_ a as tiiliesinintbaiieacimenaitebtaiecebiae and FLY SPECKS. Can be applied without heating metal. This company is now prepared to issue licenses Sole A ents H § ALLEN & CO i 1? John St New Y k for the use of the several Patents owned by them 6 ’ . s 5 . or * IRE IN EXISTENCE. These Patents cover processes for the produc- ould call ¢ ar pener ier 22 meapateseunen of Aquiowteural Implements, Machinery and Architectural LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, BEST BARB WIR tion of “ Mitis Castings’? in Wrought Iron and Steel, and improvements in furnaces for melting j “so LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER The Mitis Castings made in accordance with the 1 inventions covered by these Patents retain in The most perfect Antt- Friction Hanger in the Market, every respect all the valuable qualities of the Wrought Iron and Steel (Scrap) from which BBOCAUSE It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which has a The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the they are made, do not require annealing, can be tae oan ghee ts} scaly ¢ welded and worked under the hammer as well as fe Ghineet noiseless th oetion. Te ronnie tlly free from wear. It] oLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively the raw materials, bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It is by far the most | four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lista. Full particulars furnished on application, durable, It may be used with any track. It is always in order. Oo. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn 8t., Chicago, Iii. LANE’S PATENT TRACK Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. Aires THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO. | THE UNITED STATES =| “O@VH eat Is made of steel and 1s easily put in position. Catches and holds no snow orice. Door hung thereon cannot jump the track. Is not subject to decay. uires no fitting, but is ready atonce. May be used with bangers of other manufacture. W. F. DURFEE, General Manager, sine as eriadinen. THE BILLINGS & SPENCER CO.HARTFORD, CONN. TINNED wer — “Manutactured by LANE BROS. Pousntcepsic, x. y. MANUFACTURERS OF Sie ; Tour: JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK.| BSMPAURTOyalal®MmiiPe\@heiih 14mm iis). (Gal aes WI RATTEESS: straightened oe eg ong aed it LANTERN. et PHOSPHOR-BRONZE I loeV4 ae Steel Spring. TO ORDER. For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- DROP FORGED OF RAR STEEL 4 MARKET. | yi P der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, = TAKING NUTS FOR/*INCH 3ushings, and al! whe : : aa Cree 6enes MARKS: Maximum Desshehiy, Seek seinen UPTO AND INCLUDING Be — T-_.. : , eomunen a aa . and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- NUTS FORI“A INCH BOLTISA &#& aks ¥ a a 5 eel a am able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELA IRON DROP FORGINGS. Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c. F Palmer Wire Mfg. Co - — Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura- : , , bility and Resistance to Corrosion. CORTLAND, N. Y., oe PALMER, MASS wo Lhespihet- Bionge, aan 7 - evar edo cg -. WICKWIRE .BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF E.T.BARNUM, for pamphlet and prices. saxorscronsn |THE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING (O., aa ene CLOTH AND WIRE Goops IRE AND No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Dish Covers, IRON WOR | Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. Corn Poppers, * CORTLAND” Detroit, Mich. THE CELEBRATED "Poallah INDOW ~ ia ThesPopular Potisn | ** SI] VER [- INISH” W ™ scREE spa i myaidgairy | WIRE CLOTH. Coal Sieves, Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. Yor sale by all dealers in U.S.A. ; and Canada. Price List Free. Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST. Metallic Coal Sieve, THE PARLOR MFG. CO, 8 Fulton St., Boston. ees eae Se Pee tos = ewe . wo er aT a atee — = [zz . LE ee me war a Aaa 2 a 2 scm = ee mi oe < 4 OGDEN & WALLACE, 85, 87, 89 & 91 Kim St,, New York. Iron = Steel Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- stantly on hand. PIERSON & CO, (ESTABLISHED 1790. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL, a GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. ABEEL BROTHERS, ESTABLISHED 1765 {ron * Merchants, 190 SOUTH ST., 365 WATER ST., ‘| NEW YORK. “ CATASAUQUA” IRON. Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. “ARM CO.’’ SHAFTING, Also general assortment of Norway, Ulster and Refined Bar, Band, Hoop, Scroll, Angle Iron ; Steel of all kinds, &e, A. R, WHITNEY & C0,, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS I0 lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited, Merehant Lron and Soft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. NORWAY STEEL & IRON CO,, Homogeneous Steel Plates “<5 STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler 4m A. Mi BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron CARNEGIE BROS. & co Litnited "ree and Steel Channels, shapes nd Bhafting BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO, steel Wire Nails THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE Plans and estimates furnished a contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. om Be Broadway, New York, P. O. Bordah; & Lovell, 70 & 71 WEST ST., OVELL, ™ New York. N. L A. GREEN .E, L. F Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. i B. THE “9 0 Beekman St., New York City. MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and Band Iron. Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron, Pipe. anised Nails, Galvanized Chain. Galvanised Iron CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofi®g, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Oharcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. PLATE AND TANK IRON, , C. H. No. 1, C. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Bes st ‘ee Fire Box, Circies. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon application. B. F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRUN, OLD METALS. 457 & 459 Water St., » NEW YORK. 233 & 235 South St.,5 HICKS & DICKEY, 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. lron, Steel & Forgings STEEL, CASTINGS. MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL, COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. AGENCIES : CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL €0O., CAST TOOL STEEL. HARTMAN STEEL €0O., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleieh, Machinery, Spring Stee &c. CHARLES L. BAILEY & CO., Chesapeake Nails, HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Steel Wire Nails, JOHN FOX, Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG.CO.’S| janes WILLIAMSON & CO., NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL. IMPORTED & AMERICAN No. 68 Wall St. PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR R CHARCOAL IRON. For Maileable and Car-Wheel Furposes, 4 SPECIALTY. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on carriages, wagons, harness, &c. Ask for them where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- cular and price list. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., | 62nd Sr.. Betow LancasTer AVeE., PHIL ADELPHIA, PA. ROLLED CLT JOHN SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, _New Yo. York. 88 Washington St., New York, ‘IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. ALLISON baLE FLUES. PAPER PAILS in beaut‘ful assorted colors. BROWER, 81 Murry Street. Eagle Iron Works, WILKES BARRE, PA. Wrought-lron Fencing of any design. Builders Ironwork. Adam's Metallic Picket Fence. Coal, Sand and Gravel Screens. Send for Circulars and Price List. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CoO. Manufacture and have always in stock IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Bye Bars, &c PATERSON, N. i cE Room 45, Astor House, New York. NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. DOVER IRON CO.'S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAR IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., 1389 GREENWICH ST. NEW YORK Wm. H. Wallace. A. GARRISON, A. GARRISON & CoO., ~~ |STEEL AND IRON NAILS. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES PIG IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. BURDEN'S HORSE SHOES. “Burden Best’ Iron Boiler Rivets. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & C€O., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. E. C. Wallace. Wm. Bispham. WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notuce, DANIEL F. COONEY,|R D. WOOD & C0. PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Cast Iron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET J, H, RICKETSON, WM. HOLMES, Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and @hilled Rolls, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW, aaa Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin's Patent Double Spiral 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, Bonnell, Botsford & Co.., YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. CONDIT, FULLER & CO., TRON aur Cleveland, Ohio. GEORGE a Ga Jn., Prest passenger oS eo mechanism, and is avd the inereased speed possi a verv short ep lication is instantan ¥, W. CARPENTER, President. IRON AGE. ete ee PA. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; Oct, 17th, 1876; Jan. 11th, 1877 ; Feb. 6th, 1877 ; Dec. roth, 1878 ; Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. 1st, 1884 ; Feb. roth, 1884 ; March 4th, 188, ; Jan. 6th, 1885. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. ALSO Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata GRADES OF BLACK SHEET IRON. Smooth on both sides. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON WoRKs, SYRACUSE, - N.Y. Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. W. B. BURNS, Proprteror. EVERSON, HAMMOND & CO. LIMITED, PITTSBURGH, PA. Sheet Steel For Roofing and Corrugating. OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS, SHEET IRON, All Grades. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Iron Duiding», | Roofs, Shutters, _ neene, Cornices, kylights. Bridges, MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE iN ROOF CO., 5 Dey Street. NEW YORE. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen'l Agt. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. December 16, 1886, JAMES P. WITHEROW aes & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH Pa. GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES AND CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOFT STEEL, specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plates Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Will contract to completely erect, equip- and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As I manufacture at our own works everything appertaining to Blast Furnace and Stee) Works construction, can guarantee prompt ness and satisfaction. Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 177 & 179 Bank st, NEW YORK IRON, HORSE SHOE. Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. H ENRY KELL Y, PuBLic ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Specialty: Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Cost Accounts and Partnership Settlements. Late Chief Accountant to Cambria Jron Company. Howard, Childs & Co., Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCKET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt “Hooks, G PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street. SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling Agent T. W. WELSH, Sup. W. W. CARD, Secy. Ta BS — Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA., U. S.A MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). that the vartees pens WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. rake is essentially the same apparatus as The Automatic Freight B are so combined as to form p: ractical at low Pathe sa saving in someon. flat wheels, brak aie aT safety, will repay the cost of its application Ciien as the Automatic Brake pasa Slee at of cv oh on Se. tie” has has proved itself to be the most efficient Tpete an and Safety Brake known. Its D ae ee tees - aT or “cr vip t can be epenetes Srom cng car ip the, tend fail, it applies automatically. A GU Ga the apparatus sold thems n if depired, and should should the The <ceienn BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, Works at Valley Falls, R. |. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE Only Double Ring Invented. Me" Champion Hog, Ringer g The cal, Hing that wil eect sharp points im the nose. Cc. H. PERKINS, Gen'l Manager. RB. W. ~ RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE CoO, Horse, Mule & Snow Shoes. Derking Pattern, Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. COMSTOCK, Seoretary. Galy single Rin tier closes on outdlde of ewes BROWN'S Elliptical Ring and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer Only single pws that closes on outside of the nose. No points in the flesh to keep It sore. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Ill. J, M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Oapacity of Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads. Office. 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. a ae hase: Dt iat AES ni nae at diy Gerba gon ee 886. ! I ites uip- ‘hit- hing tee) npt Jost ny. is e. Pp. | HZHIOUAUQIUQIQUAUCQU{§%Q0/}]0}( T FS owe “™ Ne al A aa Oe le - Pe is it cache Pa i ins no Bi kebk. 2k a ey December 16, 1886. WILLIAM RR. BART c& Co., "a IRON ORES =: AFRICAN __ITALIAN CASTLE PIG IRON. | MOHICAN PIG IRON. A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, comparing favorably with English West Coast Hematites. for Finest Steel (phosphorus unifoi mly 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 Old Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, “ - Cambria Ssteel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, STREET RAILS no RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, steel Axles, Steel Aneseiles Steel Castings, Steel Forgings. CAYIBRIA IRON Office, 218 S. Fourth St. Philadelphia, Billets and Bars, Works, Johnstown, Pa. The Phcenix 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- eee Buildings : Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Rridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order, Plans and Specifications furnished. Address New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE ch SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. WW. H.WVALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. COMPANY, DAVID REEVES, President. EDWARD J. ETTING THE IRON AGE. JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, |JUSTICE COX, JR, & CO,, 222 8S. Turrp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savage Fire KHrick. Eastern Penna. West New Jersey and Delaware, AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE, WHARF and YARD, Delaware Avenue bove Callowhill St., connected by track with rail oad, CASH ADVANC KS S MADE ON IRON. JAS G@. LINDSAY, THOS. S. PARVIN. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material FOR ALL TRPOSES. Estimates furnisned for Lron and Steel Structures and Kallway construction Correspondence solicited with railroad contrac tors. L.& R. WISTER & co., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 So. 4th Bt., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal Pig Iron, Ferguson Red Short Pig Iron. DEALERS IN ALL _KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. MORRIS, WHEELER & CO.. Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PAS PHIIA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST, HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold, 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. SALES OFFICES, 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 tron Co, Forgings; Central Iron and Steel Works, Plates of Iron and Steel ; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., Iron and Steel Nails, Boiler Tube 8; Bridge, Car ‘and Boat Specifications a manic laity J. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA., SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. /iuiy PIG [RON ai ine Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL 0O., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” Malleable Iron, brand “ U. H. M.’ MOSS BAY HE ATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn” Malleable Charcoal! Pig Iron and N. B. ALLEN & & 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, Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelpnia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS, No. 226 Walnut Street, - Philadelphia, Pa. FRED. W. GORDON, Agent Fire Brick Hot Blast Stove Co. AGENCY Whitwell Hot Blast Stove. Cowper Hot Blast Stove. Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Hot Blast Stove. The latter improvement, at 30 ¢ less first cost, will heat more blast to a higher temperature with greater regularity. Weaknesses of the older types of stoves, whether in their construction or operation, eliminated. QUAKER ciTyY FACING MInUs. saute ovina Machinery actus; We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. sul Seuapic wul. aA Mac atnery Fac ing. ) RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. JT. Ww. RPA XSON cH CO-.-, DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS ©®F FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del Ave, * * * CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. AGENTS Fé CATASAUQUA MFG, CO., Iron, steocol, Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, Angles and Shapes; Chicktes, Montgomery Conewago and Alice Furnaces BwPiSGC IROn for Foundries and Mills FORGE CO., Lro. Iron and Steel Forging Every shape. Fourth Street, - ERIE 224 South Jerome Keeley & Co., 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITI BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, ST EEL and IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE TRON 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., Ll’a K. H, Wilson A. Kaiser J. B. M. Hirons E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, BROKERS ANI IRON ann STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, DEALERS IN RON COMMISSION [y/ERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates ; GLASGOW TRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Stemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes. JNO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA, Pig Iron & Ores, Stee! & lror Brooms. Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal (Co. Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal LIron, Connellsville Coke, old Rails, Scrap, &c. FOR BEST MILL Andover Pig Irons: Each P ‘e marked exact chill depth (4 In. to % In.), . Whitney & Son’s standard test. . A. Comy, Treas agent. 240 So. 3d St., Phila. Pepro G SALOM, J.P. L. WestTesson, SALOM & WESTESSON, Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Katablished 1847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, 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., Constgpocken, MANUFACTURERS OF Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. | Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and Sheets of Steel. Plate and Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, a Particular attention gives to Iron for Special Purposes. ITESTED CHAINS. Bradlee & Co., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF ~ CUMBERLAND” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. — J. Tattnall Lea & Co., Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILI. AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND 8CF AP 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. IRON AND STEEL, ANALYSIS OF A special departmen for the Gone with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Bteel, Iron Blags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c. VS@ILADELPHIA, Pa. Baltimore. Price lists on application. Agents for sampling ores in New York and 5 Latest Legal Decisions. 4URETYSHIP. of Sanders rs. Weelburg, in Court of Indiana, an action | brought to compel a co-surety to contribute | his proportion of the debt paid by the plain tiff as surety, the Chief Justice (Howk), in the opinion, said: ‘* The defense set up in bar of this suit, that the plaintiff had property of the principal debtor sufficient to indem- nify him for his payments, is a valid defense. | That he had bought this property at a sheriff's sale on the execution issued upon the judgment recovered in the suit on the }surety bond is not sufficient when he paid | but a nominal price. All property of a prin |cipal in a surety’s hand is held at its full value so far as his co con cerned,” In the | the Supreme case sureties are ASSIGNMENT OF PART OF DERT., A contractor to build a house made an as signment of $600 of the amount which he had at the time earned to one J., but before the building was finished he, the contractor, failed, and bis assignee in insolyeney com pleted the work. The assignee contended that this assignment did not pass any title to the $600, as the debtor had not consented to pay that amount; that there must be an assignment of the full debt to give title to it. A suit in equity was brought by J. to en- force the assignment against the debtor and the general assignee—James vs. City of Newton—and the case was reserved for the consideration of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Judge Field, in the opinion, said: ‘‘ The debtor here, the city of Newton, in its answer. asks that we determine the rights of the claimants to this fund, and upon its answer we think that the complainant is entitled to the $600 assigned to him, though it was for part of the debt only, notwith- standing the city had not consented to pay this partial debt. While we put o