The Iron Age 1886-12-23: Vol 38 Iss 26

1886, vi “ DT i, is. The Iron Ag TO MATTER INDEX READING PAGE A Review of the Hardware, Iron Published every Thursday Morning by DAvip Witttams, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Vol. XXXVITT: No. 26 New York, Thursday, December and Metal 2 3) ISSO. ‘Trades. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-( p ce YX ] Matte } SS S440 a lear, dreluding Fostage Single Copies, Ten Cents. Improved Emery-Wheel Machinery. We publish this week additional engrav ings of new emery-grinding machinery, the tools shown being built by the Springfield Glue and Emery Wheel Company, of Spring- field, Mass. Both illustrations represent automatic knife grinders, Fig. 1 showing as one of the recent improvements a small centrifugal pump, which is attached to each machine and is piped, with a valve to regu- late the flow of water on the wheel. The water is taken from a tank located on the floor under the machine, out of the way, and after being used runs into a second tank just under the wheel, where the sediment is deposited, and comparatively clean water overflows from this tank into the tank and pump below. the water thus being used over und over. The tank catching the sediment is easily taken out and emptied. The pump | furnishes a large supply of water, pre- vents heating and drawing the temper, and the grinding, it is said, can be done faster than when ground dry. A folding hood nearly surrounds the wheel and pre- | vents the water flying, 1t is adjustable to the wearing away of the wheel. Improved collars on the spindle of these machines are | made to take wheels with holes in them half | the diameter of the wheel, and future wheels | for the machine will cost less as a conse- | quence. The loose collar is sc »rranged that the wheel can be balanced at »ny time. The machines are strong, well proportioned and | thoroughly made, and the working parts | are well protected from emery and dust. | The worm and worm gear are run in an oil dish to prevent wear. The carriage can be instantly stopped by dropping the worm out of gear without shipping any belts or stop- ping the wheel, a convenience in putting on and taking off of knives. It hasan automatic cross-feed by which both ends of the knife are fed up equally at the same time, and can be adjusted so precisely that it will grind ggyy inch at each traverse of the car- riage, and as much more asdesired. It will stop feeding and grinding at any point, so that when properly adjusted and set in motion no attendant is required. There is a graduated dial at the end of the knife bar, so that the latter can be quickly set and the knife ground to the same degree or bevel as when previously ground. The knife can be set with edge up or down to grind to or from the edge. Cone pulleys on the feed-shafs regulate the carriage to any desired speed. The emery-wheel is 26 x 14 inches, is hung in a swinging frame easily adjusted by a forward movement to the wearing away of the wheel, and cone pulleys increase the speed correspondingly. Special | attachments are furnished on these ma- chines to do a large variety of work. Fig. 2 shows an automatic knife-grinder with atub or cup sbaped emery-wheel for grinding flat surfaces of moderate width, and all classes of long knives, such as those used on planing machines, rag cutters, paper-trimming presses, cutter shears, &c. The emery-wheel is 16 inches in diameter, 8% inches deep, with a 2-inch rim, and is large for this style of wheel, being equal to one 26 inches in diameter by 1% inches thick of the common kind. The grinding is done on the front edge or rim of the wheel, and grinds the work flat, unless the wheel is set quartering, when it grinds concave. It leaves a knife strong and ridged just back of the cutting edge, and is of great advantage where knives are used on bard work, and trouble is experienced in keeping the cutting edge free from nicks. It grinds the same bevel whether the wheel is full size or partially worn out. The emery-wheel in this machine also is made to use water to prevent heating, drawing the temper or expanding the work, and has a hood over the wheel to prevent water flying off. The machine has galvanized pans on the carriage under the knife-bar and one under the wheel. This catches the water used and conducts it into cast-iron tanks located under the machine out of the way. A centrifugal pump, as already de- scribed, is attached to one of these tanks, piped so that plenty of water is supplied to the wheel. Seven sizes of these machines are made and can be furnished to do work from 1 inch to 12 feet long. A _ large wheel can be used on the back end of the spindle for grinding. As a matter of general interest it may be noted that the company make 55 styles and sizes of emery grinding machinery for all purposes. —— A Russo-Chinese Ratlway.—It is pro- German Basic Bessemer Works. In our issue of October 14 we marized some of the data collected by two Swedish engineers, J. N. Danielson and B. Wijkander, for the Jernkontorets Annaler. Although gathered a little more than a year | sius, ago, the information referring to the basic | contain 0.7 silicon, 2 | manganese. It is sum-| 67.2 per cent. of brown iron ore, 32.8 per | stone and 125 to 140 per cent. of coke, 50 phosphorus and 4.87 obtained by smelting lime with a temperature of blast of 290° to 320° Cel- At both works the basic process was at the time in its earlier stages, so that no cent of puddle cinder, 34 per cent of Bessemer works in Germany ce ontains a good | further details are given. At Dortmund and Hoerde there are three converters, and at Gutehoffnungshuette and at the Rheinischs Steel Works two converters each. It is stated that at the former works 35 charyes weighing 8 to g tons each, and at the latter works 22 charges each, are blown. made depends upon the time occupied, which | about 1 mark per ton as a rule, inclusive of the after-blow, ranges Fig. 1.—Automatic Knife Grinder. Fig. 2.—Tub Wheel Automatic Knife Grinder. posed by the Russian Government to con-| IMPROVED EMERY-WHEEL MACHINERY, BUILT BY THE SPRINGFIELD GLUE AND EMERY WHEEL COMPANY struct a railway connecting Russia with China, even penetrating to the very capital of the Celestial Empire. Russian engineers have already surveyed the route. Count Ignatieff, Governor-General of Eastern Sibe- ria, and Baron Korf, Governor-General of the Amour region, have heen summoned to St. Petersburg in order to assist the Impe- rial Government in selecting the best Jine. Russian engineers have projected three lines, the first ronning from Ekaterinburg via | Omsk, Semipaiatinsk, Hami, Si-on-fou, Han- | kow and ending at Shanghai; the second | line by way of Ekaterinburg, Omsk, Irkutsk, Tehita, Hylor, Dolon Nor and Peking ; the third line, Ekaterinburg, Omsk, Irkutsk, Kiachta, Urgoand Peking. It is stated that the Chinese Government has expressed itself | in favor of the Russian enterprise many figures which have probably not un- | In Upper | phalia, as is well known, the basic process | point in connection with the time required dergone much change since then. Silesia the process has been introduced at the Koenigshuette and Friedenshuette. In both works the converters are placed in a line side by side, and the casting ladle is track in front of the converters toa casting pit in the vicinity. This arrangement is convenient, but it is likely that the running of the crane is connected with heavy cost. At Koenigshuette, as well as at many other works, the metal is not cast directly from the ladle, but into a funnel below it, which is supposed to give greater life to the molds. The basic pig used at these works is said to SPRINGFIELD, MASS. In the Rhenish Provinces and in West- has been most fully developed and has ex | perienced more general introduction than anywhere else. In all the works it was in use with the exception of that of Krupp. manufacture of goods of high quality, but it is supposed to supplant the acid Bessemer steel in rail manufacture and other purposes. Quite a large proportion of it is used in wire. The pig iron used is said to contain ° Silicon, Phosp. Sulphur. Manga Rheinische 8.W.. 0.2 3.0 0070.15 10 Dortmund Union. 0.2-0.5 2.0-3.0 2,0-3.0 Hoerde <aé ae 2.5 2.5 Gutehoffaung..... 0.2 8.0 | 15 from 8 to 22 minutes, bat after all the main is the loss of time experienced in making repairs which are always connected with |this process. The practice, which was formerly general, of employing tar brick for |taken by a large steam crane placed on a| The work is not specially intended for the| lining the corverters is more and more giving way to ramming in the basic lining While it takes more time it lasts longer. At | the Rheinische Works the upper third of the converters is lined with acid material. The | production depends, besides, upon the time |required for casting, as all basic metal has a tendency to rise. The casting | requires a good deal of time, especially ‘in producing very wild steel low in | of eight. Naturally the number of blows | casting increases the cost of production by phosphorus and when the ingots are small. In order to get over this difficulty and at the same time produce solid ingots, bottom frequently resorted to in the works, the molds being arranged in groups The scrap occasioned by bottom casting is Very little need be added to the description so frequently made during the past few years of the progress of the process. In this district, too, it is held that the sulphur may be removed by continuing blowing after the elimination of the phosphorus, but the waste increases simultaneously, and in order to remove a tendency to red shortness a greater quantity of ferroman ganese must be added, which easily leads to a reduction of the phosphorus from the cin der. Fcr that reason a comparatively large sulphur contents is feared in the pig iron. At Gutehoffnungsheutte another reason for this fear is given. It is stated that almost always pig iron high in sulphur is low in manganese, a point easily understood, be cause sulphur is removed during the process by the same circumstances which aid high manganese in the pig So far as the status of the basic process as compared with the acid process is concerned it is stated that when the difference in price between acid and basic pig is about 10 marks the cost of the ingots in both processes is about the same. QOne drawback in connection with the basic process is that it is rarely possible, and then to a limited extent only, to add rail ends or scrap into the converter during the blow. In consequence of low freights good Bilbao ores have been brought to Amsterdam and Rotterdam at low cost, so that Bessemer pig can be made in Westphalia as low as 48 to 50 marks, while at the same time Thomas pig costs 42 marks. In Eastern France it estimated that the latter is about 10 francs cheaper than the former when produced from pure Spanish ores. In the Ruhr dis- trict the following estimate is made : Acid, i Marks. Pig iron, 1,100 kg. at 52 marks.... 37.2) Cost of conversion. . 14.40 Total cost of ingots... .,. ..... cosas Lee Basic. Pig iron, 1,165 kg. at 44 marks 51.26 Cost of conversion... ... 20.00 Total cost of ingots 71.26 As stated before, dolomite and tar bricks are now generally used in German works. The following are analyses of dalo- mite given ¢ Hoerde. Rothe Erde. Ilsede, Se 2.uz 0.60 1.35 Oxide of iron and alu mina.... 2.30 1.16 2.31 Lime 61.31 $2.45 30.12 Magnesia Sas qo | 19.15 19.21 Carbonic acid — | 16.45 44.97 Water 1m Pec scctctsediance 100.05 | 00.85 It is calcined in cupolas, being charged in ayers alternating with coke. At Hoerde, where the quality of the fuel is high, the consumption is only 13 per cent. At Hay enge, where a very low quality coke is used, qual parts of fuel and dolomite are neces sary. A very strong blast is required for calcining dolomite, because the temperature nust be carried to such a point that the dolomite is sintered. At Hoerde the cupola s 6 m. high and furnishes a daily product f 10 tons of calcined dolomite. After be ing cleaned it is ground and mixed with ‘oal tar. The latter generally contains as much as 20 per cent. of water, and this nust be driven off by drying in a cast-iron pan. In spite of this the tar generally con ains from 0.2 to 0.5 per cert. of water. For the converters a somewhat more finely ground dolomite is employed than for the bottoms, which are stamped from half fine and half coarse dolomite. Beside this a somewhat larger quantity of tar is used in the mixture for the bottoms. The quantity of tar employed at the different works varies within pretty large limits. In the West pbalia works it is stated to amount to 18 to 20 per cent. At Hayenge and Mont St Martin the quantity is only 7 to 9 per cent. Che lining of each 10 ton converter is 450 co 500 mm. thick, and the thickness of the bottom is 650mm. The number of tuyeres appears to range within pretty large limits At Kaiserslauten the 5-ton converters have 40 Il-mm. tuyeres. At Oberbausen the 3-ton converters have 45 12-mm._ tuy- eres. At Hoerde and Dortmund the 10-ton converters have 50 12mm. tuyeres, At Hayenge the 8-ton converters have 12 blocks with eight tuyeres at 12mm. At Mont St Martin 15-ton tuyeres, 21 blocks, with nine tuyeres at 10 mm At Athus 12-ton con verters have 19 blocks, with nine tuyeres at 1omm. At the Rheinische Steel Works the 7-ton converters haveseven blocks, with seven [2-mm. tuyeres. At Phoenix 6 ton converters have 11 blocks, with seven 10 mm. tuyeres At the works of Brother Stumm the 8-ton onverters have eight blocks. with tuyeres 12 mm. in diameter. The bott are dried in a long chamber which has room for a pumber of them, and in which during i6 to 15 days they are advanced toward the tireplace until taken out. This arrange ment for drying is not, however, considered very satisfactory, partly because the heat cannot regulated for the different bottoms, and partly because mistakes easily occur ; so that in a hurry one may be taken out that bas not been in the drying chamber seven Ds be er rte ~~ = = EO ee ee > - eer = Q THE TRON AGE. 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, Rods, Wire, O’Neiis's Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &e., MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass AND = WIRE, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER ELECTRICAL WIRE, ri mit Waterbury Brass Co, ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Kettles, Door Rail, Brass Tags, Per- cussion Caps, Powder Flasks, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas- ures, &c., and small Brass Wares of every description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. fw) WW, E. DODGE. Pres’t. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. a. A. COWLES, Secretary. Pins, Brass Butt Hinées, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimminés, §¢. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Cepper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. —_—- 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORE. PHELPS. DODGE & CO., 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, Holling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF IMPORTERS OF aan — . DEPOTS: MILLS A TIN PLAT E [2ennvar, ter tox, WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, 125 Eady St, Providence, R. 1 CONN. BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, THE. 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 ald Rits 01 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 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & CO.. Liverpool. NEW YORK. TYLER BROTHERS, MASON IRON CoO., lron and Steel Merchants. P)]9 te (Lashers, No. 8 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. 2426 Washington Ave., Phila. EDWARD R. TYLER. | Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, MANUFACTURERS OF Plumbers’ Materials. COPPER? BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, W aREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY CONN. NEW YORK, BOSTON, 25 Park Place ; 18 Federal! St. 22 Murray St. sactnaaiiin Manufacturers of al) kinds of Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. GERMAN SILVER Spoons, SILVER- (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, - CONN.,, Manufacturers of BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. a Sheet German Silver, German Silver BV. i Wire, German Silver Tubing. BOTs. Narrow, Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, INGES. Stop, Spring and Piano-Forte. Military, Naval, Livery, Society, Rall- BUTTONS. } road, School. Lasting, Silk and Dress, LAM } Gorman Student Lamps, Kerosene OoDs. burners, Kerosene Lamps. GER Phare | oe PShemicals, Paper, Glass, &c. Seovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. DEPOTS: 423 Broome Street, New York. 177 Devonshire Street, Boston. 183 Lake Street, Chicago. PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BuRNERS, &C., JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, IRON WIRE, WILLIAM P. TYLER. Advances made on Consignments, | M. H, LEONARD, TREASURER, PORTAGE IRON COMPANY (Limite), _ MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL Bars, Rods, Snafting, 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. WALLACE H. ROWE, THOS. W. FITCH. Secretary and Treasurer. WM. EDENBORN J. W. GATES I Superintendent -resident. Vice-President BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFAUCTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, vronst™” RANKIN STATION, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. lowa Barb Wire Co., “new vor’ New York. INOOBPORATED 1876, Waterbury Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN., Brass Goods Manufacturers of Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE or all sizes, straightened and cut to order. HENRY 8, CHASE, Sec'y & Treas ay THE WIRE GOODS CO., WORCIOSTICnR, MASs. “R. T. SOLLIS & CO., All kinds of Bright and Brass Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Hand [URACTU Ra Serene Cup Hooks, Cary Wardrobe Hooks, Staples, Meat Hooks, GADUGASTEENES OF Clothes Line Wire, Hooks and Rings, Towel Racks and Splasher , kK’ ¢' . - Holders Wire Nails iv all sizes and varieties. Wires cut, bent, LEAD PII E CUTTERS pee. headed, pointed, threaded, and made to any desired shape INDISPENSABLE TO PLUMBERS. Special articles made to order. No. 1 cuté 1 in. t© 2in. - Sent, postpaid, for $1.75. No.2 “ *% i 1.50 LiBeRAL Discount To THE TRaDE. Send for Ulustrations. BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THE WIRE GOODS CO,, "*sit™™ A. W, PARMELEE, Pres t, vanowoms: 87 [ iber'ty St., New York. Wilke ao - o 2 Manufacturers of oO Es Cz ; = : as = cc Rie — - = = | os ’ — . =. -9 -s: a= S 2 2 Ss ek ” =. oh = so = { oe - ms 7 Dece.. ber 23, 1886, THE PLUME & ATWooO MFG.CO.| WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF’G CO, Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. EVERY FOR ALL VARIETY OF PURPOSES, Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvanized ron 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 Steel Wire Bale Ties ; Pump Chain ; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence W ve, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 Lb, wiht ROPE ANYD CABLE. = —— —— = Ee == Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes, Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper W ire 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 & 199 Take Street. NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: 16 Cliff Street. el , Tite ipa, eee Pee | Wee bh A 5 a ~ °° Ou bie ad Op F ee Na i A a aT —_ — J ——_ oe i i ) al bh | see ese Ty Pera res A + aod ra] oS La Le | 5 | LU ABRAM 8. HEWITT, Pres't. WM. HEWITT, Vice Pres’t. JAMES HALL, Treas. FE. HANSON Sec'y. ‘The Trenton Iron Co. (INCORPORATED 1847) MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE —— AND-—— —— Slee Of All Kinds. Estimates Mede for Suspension Bridges, Tramways, and Transmission of Power. WORKS AND OFFICE AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK OFFICE: COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 BURLING SLIP. Philadelphia Offlce: 21 Borth Fourth Street. WIRE ROPE HAZARD M*¥’c CO. WORKS: sharre, Pa. A. LESCIIEN & SONS ROPE CO- 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 Plants. All kinds of Electrical Apparatus and Supplies. W i iR E Kes a ERD ewe 2 RR Kea: Naina ett 2 echo on AREAL \wy This fur the Thes tion of Steel, 1 and he The | inventi every the Wr they a welded the raw Full | Ww. Room 6: i¢ tn. ulyoeg GWweH 0 ‘S December 28, 1886. TH"KE IRON AGE. 8 J. MYERS MFG. CO, 0, LINDEMANN& CO. — BIRD Cc ARW«c R oO ER N, s 0 MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS Japanned, Brass, Tin CAGES. STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL,SPRINGS of every description. Plated and Wood. SMa tr SSS sat Reo ei COVINGTON, KY., MANUFACTURERS OF Spork or Bire Guards, Nursery Fenders, Stove Guards and Wire Guards of every description, made of Tinned, Copper and Brass Wire. Sin ae TULL iii ————=_——— / PALL ALAA LLL LL VA DEAE LAER ALALA ALLE © mA HT a WPEELLELLL ALLEL AKALAAAL EL i WOLD LLLP LL LLL ELLLLLELL LL ARN SEND FOR — come 6 oe eA: XX ROR ONS = : ROW See CATALOGUE , cn P , ROR Keo AYN) ATA ' Ee ae eee Cae ae WAX YO + ROI IK ON 1% No. 18 Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. MRR KS eee Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand, 284, 286 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterpury, Conn. The Gautier Steel Department —OF— No. 7 Spark or Fire Guard, AL okeane Oy TTD aaccacaaatia' ee ee hast el & we 48 aa Li ase Sone, CAMRIA IRON COMPANY, EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH FOR STAMP BATTERIES. JOHNSTOWN, PA. Steel, Iron, Brass and Copper Cloth for Coal and Ore Screens, Flour Mills, Paper Mills and Maltsters. ooh ies ‘ . 754 to 758 ST. CLAIR ST. NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: Ww. 8S. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas, CLEVELAND, OHIO. 104 Reade Street. 523 Arch Street. THORN WIRE HEDGE CO. CHICAGO OFFICE: STEEL BARB WIRE F ENCING. 202 First National Bank Building. Sharp, Short, Rigid Barb. - 5 =. © Pie eer ee Hee ee SSK ESI I ip OK ED Sn EL SSS ON 5S SSO 04) Sesesecese AK ges BK VO ih OVO! i WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, Counter Railings, Window Guards, !ron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. MANUFACTURERS OF Merchant Steel, Rake Teeth, Best Stool. ff Paint and Galvanized Finished Plow Shapes, Finger Bars, ROOF CRESTI N G, “Kelly” Yielding Harrow Teeth, Fence Wire, Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. Steel Points. Plow Steel, Market Wire. DETROIT, ‘ COLD ROLLED STEEL SHAFTING. National Wire & [ton Co., MICH., Best Wire Made. (No. 143.) Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. ee (gress eepemererserc seers mae a Estab’d 1818. = Incorp'd 1874, JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. oe aioe = THOMPSON McCOSH, President. THE GILBERT & BENNETT MFG, CO, 3 WAREHOUSES: 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., Chicago, Ills. MANUFACTURERS OF lron & Galvanized Wire i Seen and Wire Cloth. wer Loom Pai ° vanised Window [= wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warid’s Gal- ranized Web Wire Fence, Gal. vanized Twist Wire Poultry .7) ad Red Star. TRADE MARK Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. Address THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO. THE UNITED STATES | Factories, Georgetown, Conn. [itis Company,| LANES PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, The most perfect Antt- Friction Hanger in the Market, BECAUSE 26 Broadway, New York. It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel. which has a YORE amet | steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically free from wear. It is almost noiseless in action. It requires no oil. It h road bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It is by fo te aad durable. It may be used with any track. It is always in order. LANE’S PATENT TRACK Is made of steel and is easily put in position. Catches and holds aaa. oe. Door hung Cneeeae Sonne jump the track. Is not su ecay. uires no ng, but is read » be used with hangers of other manufacture. oe "Eee This company is now prepared to issue licenses | , fur the use of the several Patents owned by them. rf These Patents cover processes for the produc- S ot : tion of “ Mitis Castings’? in Wrought Iron and Steel, and improvements in furnaces for melting and heating. , The Mitis Castings made in accordance with the inventions covered by these Patents retain in ia t all the valuabl lities of Seiuiiiesmn 2 oe ceery respect all the vatwaple quatitics of} Manufactured by LANE BROS., rournkeepsic, x. x. they are made, do not require annealing, can b@| jQHN H, GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. welded and worked under the hammer as well as W. F. DURFEE, General Manager, ii ‘ a The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. Y. We also manufacture extensively tour different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lista. Oo. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn 8t., Ghicago, Ill. For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- der Rings, Cross-Head Git s, S Room 67. 26 oe Bushings, and all ited pe THE BILLINGS & Sa eas) Co.HARTFORD. CONN. NE . MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional MANUFACTURERS OF Cina TINNED, | Au Sizes and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- ee: weet STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES SINGLE AND DOUBLE END IN I6 SIZES. able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c MATTRESS. | Ctrai BROOM. Straightened LANTERN. AND CUT ; OD, (Opp ’ ear ; eo Swonyil, Dura- Steel Spring. | TO ORDER. 7 hesfiheo- man. Castings of all a rage DROP FORGED OF BAR STEEL | sien TAKING NUTS FOR/4INCH ., | R UP TO AND INCLUDING Beaee = YS NON Once a a a. oe oe a f AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND IRON DROP FORGINGS. Send MARKET, for pamphlet and prices. STAPLE, enrenen | THE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING CO. LTD, SOLICITED. cae tat No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Palmer Wire Mfg. Co Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. ASK FOR JOHN SOMMER’S BEST BLOCK TIN KEY FAUCETS. E. T. BARN UM, | = Maple Wood Bod~ Highly Polished, with Leather Lining. For Sale in every City by the leading Jobbing Trade. —— This celebrated Faucet is equalled by none. Theonly standard Faucet suit MANUFACTURER able to use for W ine, Liquors, Beer, Ale or Vinegar, which will not form verdi } gris. They are put through a patent process which makes them im pervious. Beware of imitations, such as keys made of lead, iron and other inferior IRE metals, nickeled, which will in every instance form poisonous metallic cor. AN D rosion. None genuine unlessstamped thus : John Sommor's Best Block Tin Key. PALMER, MASS. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goops Dish Covers, IRON W Werte known John Sommer’s Firat Sa wit ‘the name, Everything ia “CORTLAND” Corn Poppers, e Woo aucet Line. cn. Diamond hc , Detroit, Mich Faucets with Block Tin Key. Rose INDOW Coal Sieves, wi aucets, all 5 Ww ; 4'The Popular Polish Faucets bolled in war, Linmumvites SCREE Flour Si ee of the world. 7 Faucets, Cherry Faucets, Butter- our o/eves, 30% Vor sale by all dealers in U.S.A. nu | Black Walnut. Locust and Red WIRE CLOTH. Ni and Canada. Price List Free. Cedar Faucets. Etc.. Etc THE PARLOR MFG. CO., We will send sample dozen of Barrel Size to any one in the trade, express John Sommer's Son, r Ome “s e 85 Fulton St., Boston. prepaid, for $4.00, with Sample Card of different sizes. 8, 10 and 12 Pearl St., Newark, N, J Metallic Coal Sieve, ‘ : > : 4. 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm 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- one on hand, - PIERSON & CO., 24 to 27 West Street, New York, Acme Shafting. ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS IN STOCK, Apply for Discount, ABEEL BROTHERS, ESTABLISHED 176s, {ron * Merchants, 190 SOUTH ST., 365 WATER ST., q 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; ae of all kinds, &e. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IB lron and Steel AGENCIES: ft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. eae STEEL & IKO BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates, Cuase TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues. ERS & CO. res Iron ch CARNEGIE BROS. & CO Steel Beams, ( Channels, Shapes an BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL Oe ste we Hire Nas THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. P. O. 70 & 71 WEST ST., L. N. LOVELL, C. AL GREENE, t New York. H. L. : Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.’S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND. COAL. IMPORTED & PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, 4 SPECIALTY. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., CHICAGO AND DETROIT. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and mvete, on carriages, wagons, harness, &c. Ask for them where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- cular and price list. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., 52nd St., Betow LancasrerR Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA, ROLLED PORTAGE IRON CoO., Limited, Merehant Iron and N CO,., Homogeneous teel Plates bay STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder Plans and a furnished and contracts Borden & Lovell, DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S AMERICAN |'PAPER PAILS THE TKON AGE. OGDEN & V & WALLACE,|Marshall Lefferts & Lefferts & Co.. 90 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 Roof®g, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. PLATE AND TANK IRON, 1, CO. H. No. 1, C. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Best anes Fire Box, Circles ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED T0 ORDER. Price list and quotations sent upon application. EF. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD METALS. & $52 Water St! NEW YORK, 5 35 South St.,} B. HICKS & DICKEY, 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. Iron, Steel & Forgings STEEL CASTINGS. MERCHANT IRON & SOFT STEEL. COLD ROLLED & TURNED SHAFTING. AGENCIES : CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., CAST TOOL STEEL. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleivh, Machinery, Sprine 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. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN IRON, New York. PIG No. 63 Wall 8t., DANIEL F. COONEY, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. ALLISON BOILER FLUES. IRON AND NAIL CO.. December 23, 1886, JAMES P. WITHEROW 0.10 X FORD. 0. wooo & co. Ld.) saMes P. wir an iinet & Contractor, 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 & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. Wm. Bispham. Wm. H. Wallace, WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N, J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice, B.D. WOOD & C0, PHILADELPHIA Cast ‘Tron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAS, o@|LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. in beautful assorted colors. JOHN BROWER, 81 Murr*y Street. Eagle Iron Works, WILKES BARRE, PA. Wrought-Iron 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 CO. Manufacture and have always in stock IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, £c., PATERSON, N. J. CUT = Room 45, Astor House, New Veet. NAILS, : Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO.’S 139 GREENWICH OO EE AE RL A ce emma ee ror Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, ESATE rRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., ST. NEW YORK Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET A. GARRISON, J, H. RICKETSON, Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW, SS 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, I! Reade $t., New York, STEEL AND IRON MAILS. Bonnell, Botsford & Co.., IRON, MAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. CONDIT, FULLER & CO., Pig TRON Cleveland, Ohio. B. C, Wallace, WM. HOLMES, A. GARRISON & CO.,|* BAR 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, Stay Bolts, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; Oct, 17th, 1876; Jan. Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, 11th, 1877 ; os 6th, 1877 ; Dec. roth, 1878 ; an. t. 88. F ~y. . , . ry 2 y re a March 4th, 1884; Jan. 6th, 148s. he, as RE: ND, Re Fe, SA Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. Will contract to completely erect, equip- and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As ALSO Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everything appertaining to Blast Furnace and Steel GRADES OF BLACK SHEET IRON. Works construction, can guarantee prompt- Smooth on both sides. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON 445 to 451 West St, NEW YORK WOoRRSs, 177 & 179 Bank St,, SYRACUSE, - N. Y. MANUFACTURER OF IRON, Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. — HORSE SHOE HENRY KELLY, Pustic ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Iron and Stee! Manufacturers’ Cost ness and satisfaction. {Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, Mower and Reaper Castings and | _ Carriage Irons a Specialtv. W. B. BURNS, Proprreror. EVERSON, HAMMOND & CO. |S". Accounts apd Partnership Settlements. Late Chief Accountant to Cambria Iron Company. LIMITED, : PIWVTSBURGH, PA., Howard, Childs & Co., Sheet Steel]/|Commirssion Merchants, For Roofing and Corrugating. Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. Iron and Steel of all Descriptions, OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS,| Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, SHEET IRON, All Grades. Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &e. Pittsburgh Mi Manufactured Goods of all Kinds, CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, Correspondence “e € solicited. a Prices « on n application. on. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCKET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, oui G@ PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling Agent JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. W. W. CARD, Sacy. Iron Bunding®, Boots, Shutters Doors, Cornices, semen IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., Dey Street. NEW YORE. GEORGE ga Jn., Prest . H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. —_—TF a BS ——_ Westinghouse Air-Brake Co, PITTSBURGH, PA., VU. S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. tomatic Freight Brake Is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic 8 The Au igh that the various parts are so combined as to form practically one ies : anes ae ata low — saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s wages, peed possible perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within short time. *verhe “Automatic” has proved Itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its application is instentancons | sit can from any car in the train if desired, and should the fall, tt it applies automatically. A GUARANTEE os from PATENT ‘SbrTSs on the apparatus sold them The WESTINGHOUBE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of i5,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, is given customers FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, ~ RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE CO, Horse, Mule & Snow Shoes Perkins Pattern, Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. Cc. H. PERKINS, Gen'| Manager. R. W. COMSTOUK, Seoretary. Works at Valley Falls, R. |. ¥, W. CARPENTER, President. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE Only Double Ring Invented. Champion Hog Ringer RINGS and HOLDER. 8 teide of t one ,a ang Ot ee will 4 sharp points in the flesh to Seas “t sore, sharp points in the = CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN ©0O., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Il. J, M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Oapacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads. Office. 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Cow single Rin that closes on outs BROWN'S Elliptical Ring and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer Only single irs te that ficese on om invented of the \ on Dich iketeticton t, Fl » © for es, hin Its the ers ry. ted ger December 23, 1886. WwiIGnhIAM RR. BART c& ITALIAN ancan IRON ORES = CASTLE PIG 1RON. 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. with MOHICAN PIG IRON, A superior iron for ordipary Bessemer work, comparing favorably West Coast Hematites. Olid Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, ~ * PHILADELPHIA. Cambria Steel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, | STREET RAILS no RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars, Steel Axles, Steel Castings, Office, 218 S. Fourth St, Philadelphia. —— Sater | Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- Stecl Angles. Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY. Works, Johnstown, Pa. The Phcenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA struction of Fire-Proof Buildings: Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldlesa Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. Pians and Specifications furnished. Address MANUFACIURERS OF Rice hced. gs 2tas NEW AND GCLD RAILS. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Lron, brand “Ulverston ;” Malleable Iron, brand “ U. H. M.” Water Pi REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. ~ ALAN WOOD COMPANY, Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATE cw SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, licited es: ally for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow — Tank and Woes tron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, WW. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. BLOOMS. Smoke Stack, BESSEMER Pic. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Lron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ‘* Lorn” Malleable Charcoal Pig Iron and N. B. ALL PENCOYD IRON WORKS, & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks, A. & P. 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 8. Fourth St., Phil.delpnia, GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS, ae Heating Furnace, designed for use of Producer Gas, but can be adapted to Natural Gas with a slight modification. for sample bbl. (Star) Stove Plate Facing. / if sautiple vol. AA slucaidery Facing. 45 Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Plier 45 North, Del. Ave., QUAKER CITY FACING We Guarantee Perfect Sati - | Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Lron. 226 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. SPECIALTIES: Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Hot-Blast Stoves. Regenerative Furnaces. Blast Furnaces. BI-SELL Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plates. Bessemer and Open-Hearth Steel Plants. Pittsburgh Branch Office: BOYLE & BISSELL, BLOCK. MILuiGums. sfaction. =. RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. JT. WW. PA SEZSON ee CO-., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND *MANUFACTURERS 2F FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, - « PSILADELPHIA, Pa. English EDWARD J. ETTING IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, 222 8. Tarp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savuge Fire Brick. Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware, AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE, WHARF anv YARD, Delaware Avenue bove Callowhill St., connected by track with rail Oad,. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON, JAS G. LINDSAY, THOS. 8S. PARVIN, LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material fOR ALL PURPOSES. Estimates furnished for Lron and Steel Structures and Railway construction Correspondence solicited with railroad contractors, L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 So. 4th St., 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., PA. PHI'A., 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. 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; Centrel Iron and Steel Works, Plates of Iron and Steel; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., Iron and Steel Nails. Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Car and Boat Specifications a Speciaity J. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA., PA., SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel ima’ PIG IRON aii CHARCOAL PIG IRON. SALES OFFICES, THE IRON 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'tes, Montgomery Conewago and Alice Furnaces, BPIiG FF RON for Foundries and Mills. ERIE FORGE CO., Lto. Iron and Sieel Forgings ; Every shape, 224 South Fourth Street, - Phila., Pa Jerome Keeley & (,, 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and [RON 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. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons. E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadetphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON ano STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, {RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Selling Agents PINE TRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates ; GLASGOW TRON 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 ST., PHILA, Pig Iron & Ores, Steel & Iron Biooms. Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal Co. Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &c. FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Chill ron Andover Pig Itonsai< 8; Each Pig marked exact chill depth (& In. to% in.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. F. A. Comiy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 240 So, 3d St. Phila. PeproG. SALoM, —~—~—~—~«J. P. L, WESTESSON. SALOM & WESTESSON, Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Katablished 1847, . WHITNEY & SONS, WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, CAR Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. | Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars, THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn-Tables. General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., ©onshgpocken, MANUFACTURERS OF Pig Iron, | Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutraland 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. @@ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes, TESTED GHAINS. Bradlee & Go., 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 ~ COUMBERLIND” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. F J. Tatnall Lea & Co.,, Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 4200 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 ANALYSIS OF IR fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Bteel, tron Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, Baltimore. Price lists on application. &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and 5 | Ieng enough. In order to overcome this difficulty Hoerde has been making arrange ments to dry every bottom in a separate chamber. Converter linings must also be well dried by a gradually increasing coke fire, the temperature being finally raised to the point of sintering the lining to some ex tent. This requires five to seven hours and about 600 pounds of coke or 24,000 pounds of coal. The bottoms stand as much as 24 blows, and it is claimed even 30 at the Rothe Erde Works. Generally, however, the average is only 15 to 18, and sometimes does not go beyond gor1o. The bottoms are always burned, more especially the tuyeres, when made of firebrick. The latter, however, may be easily replaced by tuyeres as much shorter as the bottom has been burned. The lining generally calls for re- pairs only after 80 to roo charges, which generally consist in patching up the lower vessels, |ease of basic steel. } warm. ON AND STEEL,| part of the converter. Holley’s arrangement for changing bottoms has only been seen at the Athus Works, in Belgium, where it took 45 minutes to change abottom. It has been introduced also at Mont St. Martin. With the exception of one single works it has been the experience of all that it takes three converters in order to insure a steady out- put. It was only at Athus that with the help of Holley’s arrangement two 12-ton converters were sufficient to carry through a daily product of gootons. Other works with only two converters lose daily three to four hours in changing one or two bottoms, and therefore attain only 22 to 24 charges, while with three converters 28 to 30 and even 34 charges may be easily made in 24 hours. Converters which will take a 10-ton charge in the acid process will carry only 8 tons in the basic. In the basic works more re cently built the casting pit is arranged at some distance from the converters, in order to allow of more space for the removal of the large quantities of slag produced in this process. As a rule pig iron containing 1.5 to 3 per cent. of phosphorus and 0.1 to 1.5 per cent. of silicon is used in the basic process. The following are figures at a number of different wor