The Iron Age 1886-12-30: Vol 38 Iss 27

6, : READING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. AOVERTISEMENTS Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMs, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, Vol. XX XVITLI: No. 2/ New York, Thursday, December 30, 1886. as Second-Class Matter. 82.50 a Year, Including Postage Single Copies, Ten Cents. The Beavis and Martin Rod Mill. Among the many efforts being made to improve rod-mill practice, that of Messrs. Edwin H,. Martin, who has been for years engineer of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Com- pany, and of John Beavis, a practical rod roller, deserves attention. A patent for their design was granted to them on the 28th of September. We are indebted to them for the following descripéion : The object sought in this design is to ob- tain a superior quality of rods both as to shape and uniformity of size, and to pre serve the equal density and consequent uniform tensile strength of the metal, of which so much complaint is heard, and at the same time retain the quantity of the output rolled by other mills. The means by which we accomplish this are shown in the accompanying plan. A is a compound engine which drives the whole of the ma- chinery, and in this design is located at the left of the{billet train B, to the spindle of OF ENGINE which it is directly geared. This first train, B, we use as an 18-inch three-high, which is suitable for rolling from a4 or 5 inch bil- wheel h. Gear-wheel d is of less diameter than a, while f is of less diameter than gear d, and his of less diameter than f. Gear- wheel c is of greater diameter than b, while gear-wheel e is of greater diameter than c, and g is of greater diameter than e. That is, the gear-wheels whieh are fixed on the respective shaftings of the several roll sec- tions decrease in diameter as we go down the train, while the respective gear-wheels which are fixed on the driving-shaft L in- crease in diameter as we go down the train ; speeded ata faster rate than the first sec tion, while the third is speeded faster than the second section and the fourth is faster than the third section. The several stands of rolls in the rod train have the diameters of their rolls decreased as we go down the train. This decrease in roll diameter oper- ates in conjunction with the increase in speed, and the two are so graduated in refer- ence to the decreasing diameter of the rod PLAN OF NEW ROD MILL, DESIGNED BY MESSRS. being rolled that all the loops or overplus of the rod are taken up close to the rolls, in- stead of being permitted to run out over the wheel g on the latter, meshing with gear- | rod increases from the preceding oval pass. | Casting Aluminium Bronze and Other hence the second section in the rod train is | let, and a trough, C, extends from the last | floor, and thereby cooled. Each successive pass of the train to the first pass of the con- | increase of speed takes place where the oval tinuous train D. This second train has the | rod from the preceding pass enters the next several shaftings E of each set of rolls | square pass, and this square rod enters the bevel-geared to shaft G, connected by belt next oval pass through the well-known re- H to the driving-shaft of engine A. SaaftG)| peater. The last roll pass in the third sec- extends to and drives the first set of rolls in | tion of the rod train may be used as a finish- the rod train direct by coupling to pinions | ing pass for Nos. 5 or 6 rod, while the fourth of said rolls. The rod train J is subdivided into sections of three-high rolls, the first section having one set of rolls, the second section two, the third three and the fourth section having two stands of rolls. A counter-sbaft, L, ex- tends underground parallel with the rod train. It is spur geared at its forward ex- tremily to sbaft G by gear-wheel a on the latter shaft, meshing with gear-wheel } on shaft L. The shafting M of the first section of the rod train is coupled directly to and driven by shaft G. The shafting N of the second section of the rod train is spur-geared to shaft L by the gear-wheel c on the latter, meshing with gear wheel d on that shafting. The shafting P of the third section of the rod train is spur-geared to shaft L by gear-wheel ¢ on the latter, meshing with the gear-wheel /. The shafting R of the fourth section of the rod train is spur-geared to shaft L by gear- section is employed when rolling Nos. 7 and 8 rod, From the foregoing description may be gathered a general idea of the construction and operation of the machinery and mill. The reasons for this inovation on the usual methods carried out in other rod mills are: First, the manner of increasing and decreasing the diameters of the rolls in other mills, in order to take up the overplus of stock from each preceding pass, is very destructive to the journals and necks of the rolls, and even then can never be more than slightly overcome, and great waste of power and badly formed and uneven sizes of rods are the result of this staggering alignment, whereas in the system here illustrated we can always retain the allignment of the rolls, which prevents hot necks, &c., and takes up with certainty the surplus stock from the preceding pass by increasing the speed of each square pass as the length of | But of much more importance in the pro- | duction of good quality rods and uniform | size and shape is the system of decreasing | | the diameter and increasing the speed of the | rolls as the rod decreases in size when com-| The ability to cast in molds a material | pared with the present practice of increas- | which possesses stremgth equal to the best ing the diameters of the rolls as they ap-| forgings of wrought iron and steel is an | proach the finishing. Finned rods and un-| achievement which mechanical engineers | even size are sure to follow this increasing di- | may well be interested in. While it is true | ameter, and also unequal density and tensile | that the strongest metals are susceptible of strength, whereas by the opposite method | being cast, yet there are peculiarities about the texture of the metal is much better pre-| them which cause greater inconvenience served and the shape and uniform size of | and expense in the effort to procure good, | rod greatly improved and the cost of pro-| solid, clean castings than occur with cast | duction reduced 30 per cent. iron. These come mainly from the difficul- = ES ————— | ties in overcoming the evils due to oxide, The Netherlands Tariff.—The Depart-| shrinkage and contraction. These elements, ment of State is in receipt of an exhibit of | of course, exist in the founding of cast iron; the custom duties on the principal articles of | but the degree to which they make labor and commerce imported into the Netherlands as| trouble is very slight as compared with in force in 1885. The following is the sched- | stronger metals. The list of these latter is | ule of imports of metals: Copper—Rough | now enlarged by that comparatively new ‘and wrought or flatted, free; brass wares, | metal ‘‘ aluminium bronze,” and the experi- Strong Metals.* BY THOMAS D,. WEST, rev GROUND § HAFT A > DN be adopted to suit varying conditions. One factor often met with is that of the incom pressibility of cores or parts forming the interior portion of castings, while another is the resistance which flanges, &c., upon an exterior surface oppose to freedom of con- traction of the mass. Apn illustrative case | which the writer had to deal with in the foundry referred to above was the casting of some blast-furnace tuyeres, the dimen- sions of which were about 12 inches diam- eter at the small end and 14 inches diam- jeter at the large and 17 inches long. These tuyeres were made hollow for the passage of water to keep them cool when the furnace was in blast. The core to form this holiow space was one which foundry- men would term a ‘‘ mean core” to make and to use, and the stronger it could be made by means of the mixture of the sand the easier would it be to make and to handle. But it was proved at the hydraulic testing of the first casting that these conditions were the worst for causing leakage, It was E. H. MARTIN AND JOHN BEAVIS, CLEVELAND, advalorem, 5 per cent. Iron—Rough cast, | ence of the writer is here to be cited in his wrought band, sheet iron, rails and gas-pipes, | endeavors to establish principles and methods free; ironwares, advalorem, 5 per cent.;| for its successful molding and casting in the anchors and chains, nails and spikes, free.| foundry of the firm manufacturing this Lead-—Rough, free. Spelter—Crude anc | bronze and other alloys of aluminium at flatted, free. Steel in staffs—Steam and | Lockport, N. Y. It is hoped also that ideas factory implements, tin, rough, free. | may be presented which may in many cases prove of value for the making of castings | It has long been known by students of gun-| from other metals. nery that the combustion of gunpowder in can- non, especially in those of short caliber, was| aluminium bronze are in some respects imperfect. The result of this fact is that a| similar to those which were encountered in quantitv of powder is blown out of guns | perfecting methods for casting steel. There when fired, in grains, burning as it goes |is much small work which can be success- through the air. The erosion of the bores of cannon is probably effected by this cause. In a recent article Sir Frederick Abel attrib utes erosion to the action of gas vapors and liquid products upon the heated surface of the bore. When it is known that a large quantity of powder is driven out in the solid form, its influence on the process of erosion should not be lost sight of. In muzzle-loaders, where a considerable windage exists above the ball, the wear takes place in the upper surface of the piece. The products are driven through the gap with great velocity, wearing away the metal In breech-loaders, where the shot fits tightly, and there is no such windage, the wear is more evenly dis- tributed. his has given rise to a division of the effect into ‘‘muzzle-loading” and ** breech-loading” erosion, | fully cast by methods used in the ordinary molding of east iron, but in peculiarly pro- portioned and in large bronze castings other | means and extra display of skill and judg- ment will be generally required. In strong | metals there appears to be a ‘‘ red short ness,’ or degree of temperature, after it becomes solidified at which it may be torn apart if it meets a very little resistance to its contraction, and the separation may be such as cannot be detected by the eye, but will be made known only when pressure is put upon the casting. To overcome this evil and to make allowances for sufficient freedom in contraction much judgment will often be required, and different modes must * Paper presented at the New York meeting of 'the American Society of Mechanical Enyineers, | November 29 to December 3, 1886, The difficulties which beset the casting ; i | NE OF ENGINE CENTRE OHIO, found that, in order to procure a casting which would not leak, the core must be ‘* rotten” and of a yielding character, This was obtained by using rosin in coarse sand and filling the core as full of cinders and large vent-holes as possible, and by not using any core rods or irons. The rosin would cause the core when heated to become soft, and would make it very nearly as com- pressible as a *‘ green-sand” core when the pressure of the contraction of the metal would come upon it. state that the size of this core was such as would leave 1 inch thickness at each end, and ¥ inch of the inner and outer sides of the casting, and was all surrounded with metal, excepting four 1-inch round openings through which the core delivered its vent or gas. By means of dried rosin or green-sand cores we were able to meet almost any difficulties which might arise in ordinary work from the evils of comtraction, so far as cores were concerned. For large cylinders or castings which might require large round cores which could be ‘‘swept,” a bay rope wound around a core barrel would often prove an excellent yielding backing, and allow freedom for contraction sufficient to insure no rents or invisible strain in the body of the casting. To provide means for freedom in the contraction of exterior por- tions of castings, which may be supposed to offer resistance sufficient to cause an in It might be well to 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’ Neils’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &c., —IN— W,E. DODGE, Pres’t. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. a. A. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Cepper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. —_ 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., IMPORTERS OF TIN PLAT Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AY BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. MAN Sheet German Silver, German Silver ORR Vin. Wire, German Silver Tubing. BUTT Narrow, Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, INGES. i Stop, Spring and Piano-Forte. Military, Naval, Livery, Society, Rail- BUTTONS. | road, School. Lasting, Silk and Dress, German Student Lamps, Kerosene LAO Ds. burners, Kerosene Lamps. = Camera Boxes, Printing Frames, ERA Ph Ic i Chemicals, Paper, Glass, &c. Scovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices, DEPOTS: 423 Broome Street, New York. 177 Devonshire Street, Boston. 183 Lake Street, Chicago. TYLER BROTHERS, lron and Steel Merchants. No. 8 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. WILLIAM P. TYLER. EDWARD R. TYLER. Advances made on Consignments. me dele 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. MILLS AT DEPOTS: 996 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. CONN. re 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- Cast Steei Augers and Rits ol 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. MASON IRON CoO., Plate Clashers, 2426 Washington Ave., Phila. M. H. LEONARD, TREASURER. PORTAGE IRON COMPANY “imiteD, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL Bars, Rods, Shafting, Hoops, Bands, Angles, &c., Made Exclusively }rom Pig Iron. DUNCANSVILLE, PA. Freight Rates same as Pittsburgh. aA. R. WHITNEY & CO., Selling Agents, 17 Broadway, P. O. Box 33, New York City. J. W. GATES, WM. EDENBORN Vice-President. President. THOS. W. FITCH. Superintendent. WALLACE H. ROWE, Secretary and Treasurer. BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFAUTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, OFFICE AND WORKS RANKIN STATION, lowa Barb Wire Co. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. 98 Reade Street, New York. ENGINE FOR SALE, 50 H.-P. stroke. Waterburv WOoRC rs All kinds of Bright and Brass W les made to order. Snecial art pecial arti A. W. PARMELEE, Pres t. Hewes & Phillips’ make. Pr ey” THE WIRE GOODS CO., ‘EoR, Rail Screws. ( up Hooks. Cary Wardrobe Hooks Clothes Line Wire, Hooks and Rings, Towel Racks and sSplasher Holders Wire Nats iv all sizes and varieties Wires cut, bent, milled, headed, pointed, threaded, and made to any desired shape THE WIRE GOODS CO,, 144 in. cylinder, 33 in. ice, $400, Mtg. MAS. ire G@ ds, Mill Wire Goods, Hand , Staples, Meat Hooks, WORCESTER, MASS. IRON AGH. Dece...ber 30, 1886. THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG.CO.| WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF’G CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. Sheet and Roll Brass EVERY FOR ALL AND . VARIETY OF PURPOSES. 4 ns WIRE 9 lard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized Jron 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 Stee’ Wire Bale Ties p Pump Chain; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence W re, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 os. to 1 lb. GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, CUPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinées, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, §c. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Kolling 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 Tron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &e. 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 Wire Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures and Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS, CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : 107 & 109 Lake Street. NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, 16 CUT Street. Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. WIRE WORK IN EVERY FORM AND VARIETY. poo ooo ooo ba ae : . Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manutacturing Metal Goods. WAREHOUSE, MANUFACTORY. 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Bridgeport, Conn. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY CONN. BOSTON, = —— _ oP lh. 6 he es a on fe ad ag ott et eS oe = bd PRS NEW YORK, =~ a = ge #4 GA’ 25 Park Place. 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of all 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. SILVER- 18 Federal St. =— ries GERMAN SILVER SPOONS, PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BURNERS, &Cc, JOHN DAVOL & SONS, JAMES HALL, Treaeurer. 7" THE E. HANSON, Secretary. TRENTON IRON COMPANY MAKERS OF IRON AND ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, President. STEEL AGENTS FOR s Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co.,| | PY = =~ BASAL NJ Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin = Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. Wowk +t \o2— ¥ FNS DID PASSAIC ZING 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, OF ALL GRADES. Bright, Annealed, Coppered, Tinned and Galvanized Iron and Steel Wire Rods. Extra Qualities of Bar Iron and Rods, Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire, Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Stee! Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. Works and Office, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, 21 North Fourth Street. ———— as WIRE ROPE HAZARD M’'F'’c Co. Manufacturers of Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. ROPE CO. A... LESCHEN & SONS Es = a 2 Manufacturers of e => & B = 2° — -< a — ue o 2 = as = |: & Ry oR lal - 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, — 70-76 Trinity Place, New York. R. T. SOLLIS & CO., LEAD PIPE CUTTERS | Sp, seunns eee a een tr ee, | } | 227-251 So. Clinton St., Chicago. COMPLETE AND PERFECT ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM, | For Central Stations or Isolated Piants. All kinds of Electrical | Apparatus and Supplies. Beas "4" © 3 oo Liperac Discount To THE TRADE. Send for Ulustrations RROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, i laa te Sr ee Ee: \W Addres This or th The: tion o Steel, and he The invent every the W: they a welded the rav Full W Room ¢ | R E _——_ — al December 30, 1886. 1Hee LRON AGB 8 0. LINDEMANN & CO. BIRD MANUFACTURERS OF Japanned, Brass, Tin <9 CAGES. Plated and Wood. ‘ $3539 3011S 22 ae Th SE v = 254 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. CARYT & MOEN, [fr : =, THE FRED, J. MYERS MFG. CO. Me COVINGTON, KY., = Manufacturers o ) 1 Reund Corners, ts tl strongest and largest Popper mad =. ~ CORN POPPERS, KRAUT, SLAW wot ey GETABLE CUTTERS. SQUARE CORN POPPER, ——— Dealers desiring a first-class article should buy no other. 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This company is now prepared to issue licenses or the use of the several Patents owned by them These Patents cover processes for the produc- tion of “ Mitis Castings” in Wrought Iron and Steel, and improvements in furnaces for melting and heating. Tne Mitis Castings made in accordance witb the inventions covered by these Patents retain in every respect all the valuable qualities of the Wrought Lron and Steel (Scrap) from which they are made, do not require annealing, can be welded and worked under the hammer as well as the raw materials. Full particulars furnished on application. W. F. OURFEE, General Manager, Room 67. 26 Broadway, NEW YORK. TINNED. All Sizes MATTRESS. | i W BROOM, Straightened LANTERN. AuD oye Steel Spring. TO ORDER. MARKET, —— CORRESPONDENCE TACK. R STAPLE. Palmer Wire Mfg. Co PALMER, MASS. & E.T.BARNUM, MANUFACTURER i IRON WOR “ Libespiher Detroit, Mich. os. i8 The Popular Polish of the world. Yor sale by all dealers in U.S.A. 2 5 5 and Canada. Price List Free. THE PARLOR MFG. CO. 85 Fulton St., Boston. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. “" '\PHOSPHOR-BRONZE IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, ; Waa STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. aA Sh | For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. )) 43 ORG AN SP RIN OT TD accel’ ee ee ee ee ee . FORK STEEL of Special Quality, Tough, Ductile and Strong; Tempers well in Oil and is very elastic; suitable for every class of FORKS, and in use by the _ best Best ii Tao ere makers inthiscountry. For |WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE, sample and price, address Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. GAUTIER STEEL DEPART- |—————_ ia MENT of Cambria Iron Co., k ROOF CRESTING, Jownstown, Pa. Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY National Wire & Iron Go., eR” Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO., sr. rOoUITs, MO. & WO PS OS OO OS yh ae ge ee New York Office, 104 READE ST. Chicago Office, 202 First Nat. Bank 8uilding. [No. 144] Philadelphia Office, 523 ARCH ST. JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. and Treas. Estab’d 1218. Incorp'’d 1874 se) THE meee GILBERT & BENNETT MIG. CO. ; WAREHOUSES : e 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., ( hicago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS OF lron & Galvanized Wire Sleves and Wire Cloth. Power Loom Painted and Gal vanized Window Screen Wir: Cloth, Galvanized Wire Clotr for Drying truits, Warid’s Gal vanized Web Wire Fence, Gal vanised Twist Wire rouitry LANES PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel whi steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically free from m bes It is almost no'seless in action Mk requires no oil. It has a broad bearing on the door, and keeps in line. It is by far the most k 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 no snow orice. Door bung thereon cannot jump the track. Is no! Subject to decay. Re quires no fitting. but is ready at once. May be used with hangers cf other manufacture. Manatactared by LANE BROS.,, Pousntecpsie, x. v. HN. c t ts Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by the JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YOFK.| gonLow CABLE MFG. CO., Hornellsville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively our different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lista, O. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ili. & —_ Nee BIRMINGHAM PLANE MFG. CO,, > > ino “+ BIRMINGHAM, CONN.,, THE BILLINGS & SPENCER CO.HARTFORD el MANUFACTURERS OF Se STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES | Tea 0-1 i) IN-I6 SIZES. re DROP FORGED OF BAR STEEL ) | NIN CM LEN Z8A7 aL 0s | —L—¥ bs Ls MANUFACTURERS OF MOSHER’S PATENT ADJUSTABLE IRON PLANES AND SPOKE SHAVES, ; 4 ___ WRITE FO PRICE LIST. i us , same UP TOAND INCLUDING | | kt ZZ Ss Tiara ie a aan e Ae AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND IRON DROP FORGINGS. For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, A Bushings, and all purposes where MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional : and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- y “ A able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, W + [ T J \ . { G : — Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c. IRE LO I H A N v % ; - - Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura- , , bility and Resistance to Corrosion. Otcrie, Castings of all kinds to order. Send JZ for pamphlet and prices. ‘THE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE GMELTING (0., [1D,, WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND. N. Y., MANUFACTURERS OF TRADE a T Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, Coul Sieves, * CORTLAND” INDOW T SCREE WIRE CLOTH. Flour Sieves, Etc., Etc. No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. Metallic Coal Steve. 4 THH IRON AGE. : : December 30, 1886. OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co...) X FO RD|. 0. Woon & CO., Ld, THEROW ‘JAMES P. WITHEROW 85, 87, 80 & 91 Mim 80, Rew York. eckman St., New York City. IRON AND NAIL c0., PITTSBURGH. PA. Engineer & Contractor, Cut Nails Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH Pa. AND GENER‘L AGENT FOR SPIKES 7 WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, AND MANUFACTURERS OF [ron 2 Steel| galvanized Sheet Iron, Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. Galvanized aie Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized 4 Jy Hoop and Band Gal ized Rod and Bar Iron, B LACK DIA MON D STEEL. Galvanized ‘Nails, Galvanised Chain. Galvanised Iron All sizes of Cast and Mac — Steel con- sant oo hand CORRUGATED SHFET IRON For Roof®g, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. PIE R 5 0 N & CO, Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANJFACTURE (ESTABLISHED 1790.) SHEET IRON. wEW YORK. ; OF SOFT STEEL, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Planished Sheet Tron. call lapted 1 N Boiler Plat ag - specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plates, IRON and STEEL, PLATE AND TANK TRon, : cep nented April Sth, 1873 ; Sept. oth. :873 ; Oct. re ee oe 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; Oct, r7th. 1876; J soil tivets, Wire Rods, St Bolts, And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, | pO,N@ui,0-#- No.2 :H:No.1 Flange, Best Flange, BURDEN’S rath dey {Faby ait Dee, wot aye; | Polen Rivets, Wire Rode, Stay Bolts 24, 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF March 4th, 1884: Jan. 6th. 1885. CS. 190, 1884 Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the . = Wil contract to completely erect, equip- ® and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- and at a less price. TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. ROTEL: PROTRERD, = eeerr ere ESTABLISHED 176s, B. FF. JUDSON, foie well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As {ron * Mercha nts, ig LOM ET sities Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everything TH ST., S Al ini st F ( —- Stan ay t NEW YORK, 7h - be enines oo ko *, Blast Furnace and Steel JP L =S IL r Ee n Burd e nN Best BLACK SHEET IRON. orks construction, can guarantee prompt- Smooth on both sides. ness and satisfaction. ~ SYRACUSE (Manhattan Rolling Mill. MALLEABLE IRON) J. LEONARD, : CAT ASAUQUA ” IRON. WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, “ARM CO.’ SHAFTING. OLD MBEBTALS. Also general assortment of Norway, Ulster and |457 & 459 Water St., »(NEW YORK ‘ Iron Refined Bar, Band, Hoop, Scroll, Angle Iron;| 933 & 235 South St.,$ ‘ = Steel of all kinds, &€. Boj] er Rivets 445 to 451 Weat St , , " NEW YOR A, R. WHITNEY & CO,, a Ven. a | MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS HICKS & DICKEY, en ee et Be | HORSE SHOE IRON, Mower and Reaper Castings and | Te Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals Half Ovals and Flais. Carriage Irons a Specialtv. | HENRY KELLY, W. B. BURNS, Proprteror, | PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa, E Speciality: Iron and Steei Manufacturers’ Cost Accounts and Partnership Settlements Late Chief Accountant to Cambria Iron Compary. 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. Iron, Steel ¢ Forgings OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Machinery Fae: in Bars, also cut to xact Lengths. CROWN ae TOOL STEEL, Warranted. lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited. Merehant Iron and Soft Stee! and Cut Nails and Spikes. nOgw et STEKL & LKUN OO., Homogeneous Bteel oar a t TRON CO., Tank. Boiler and Girder BRAN (DY WINE ROLLING .MILL. Boiler Plates. LASGOW TUBE Boiler Flues. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., & CO., W ht Iron Pipe. 4M, BYES 00, Woah Limited iron and || SPECIAL QUALITY ARON AND STEEL Hy M hant — s, Channels, Shapes ne With large emebtanaee fot heavy sizes on hand, ron erc an S; vote PA Howard, Childs & Co =x > shes 5 &9 Steel BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO, reSteet Wire Nails THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE Plans and estimates furnished os contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on appt 7 mail. Sample pieces at office. Please edd + gt. ay Broadway, New York. ae Oo. BOX 33. Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. Wm. H. Wallace. Wm. Bispham. £6. C. Wallace. WM. McFARLAND, Borden -& Lovell,| OHN FOX, |iron and Brass Founder, Plate and Sheet Iron, Bolts, Nuts and Rivets. HARTMAN STEEL WIRE NAILS. Steel and Iron Forgings of all kinds. COLD ROLLED STEELSHAFTING, Sheet Steel]/Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. ron and Steel of all Descriptions, OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS. | Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, SHEET IRON, All Grades. Coa Hods, » Dripping Pe Pans, &c. For Roofing and Corrugating. 70 & 71 WEST S8T., souheniaed diacetate a.onmn, Pittsburgh ; Manufactured Goods of all Kinds, CA: Gaeext | ~=— New York. Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. awn a : i | Correspondence solitied. Prices on application. = Se 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO . e *9 Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S DANVILLE NAIL& MFG. co.’s| JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO. NAILS AND SPIKEs. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL. _- P | G ] R O N 5 IMPORTED & AMERICAN (No. 63 Wall St., New York. PIG IRON. [panic F. Cooney, LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON. oP, Meaingion hy See Eee For Maileabie and Car-Wheet Purposes, | [RON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. 4 SPECIALTY. oe GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS, CHARLES HIMROD & CO., ALLISON BOILER FLUES. Any size or style made at short notace, PAWTUCKET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt ‘Hooks, | SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTER Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a — New Werk Office, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling Agent GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr, Prest JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T, W. WELSH, Supt, H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. — Few _ 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, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. tron Buildings, Roofs, Snutters, _ Deeee, Cornices, Skvlights. Bridges, MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE GND ROOF CO., 3 Dey Street. NEW YORE. " PHILADELPHIA Manufactnrers of Cast Iron it FOR WATER AND GAB, CHICAGO AND DETROIT. PA ER A ee) iencs pun aeitccdce theca,” | corte Tercera Mapes eoremmnte rece contain so De astenete Nat tn Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing H¥drants. passenger Ca 4 ically one piece of z mechanism, an at a 6 weey tom zee, vate 9 sav ing in cocidents fiat wheels, brakemen's wanes, avd the Se oan short rt time. a “= “ Automatic” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its ae J pi + - fall, tt ) euemee sane cally. ms GUARANTSR a aad should the train separate, or or ci oon against loss from PATENT 8 SUITS on the apparatus sold th given customers The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world. FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, ~ RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE Co, | ; HESTN in beaut‘ful assorted colors. ae UT STREET SOHN BROW ER, 81 Murray Street. A. GARRISON, J, H, RICKETSON, WM. HOLMES, A. GARRISON & CoO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW, ————_=> —__——_ Eagle Iron Works, WILKES BARRE, PA. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and never, on carriages, wagons, harness, &c, Ask for them where you buy y our hardware, or send for cir- cular and price list, CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., Wrought-Iron Fencing of any design. Builders Ironwork, Adam's Metallic Picket Fence. Coal, 68nd S1., Brow Lancaster Ave, Sand and Gravel Screens, Send for Circularsand| Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Price List. Haskin’s Patent Double Spica) Pinions, and Roll- orem ing Mill Castings of every description, PASSA IC ROL ne MILL CoO. Office, Nos. 10 & 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. Horse, Mule & SnoW Shoes THE Perkins Pattern. ROLLED IRON BEAMS, JFICHAS. J. STEBBINS, |o.w. emt meEee fe rxncinn ont Boneser en ete ongenee Rk Coly single Ring ever inve that closes on outside of the 4 BROWN'S Elliptical Ring and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer Only single ming that closes on CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE Only Double Ring Invented. fe Champion Hog Ringer RIneS and HOLDER. a ally QS aes trom rooting. ou ne No the outwide of the nose. No sharp points in the nose. points in the flesh to keep “et sore, CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CO., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Il. J, M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Oapacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with al] lines of Railroads, Office. 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Channels, Angies, bo me ep oe Riveted Work, Y narvaeuat es. Il! Reade St. New York, <i> = aa LS. STEEL AND IRON MAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c, {| Bonnell, Botsford & Co., DOVER IRON CO.S IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts,| CONDIT, FULLER & CO., BAR IRON. ee FULLER BROTHERS & Co., |_PI6 IRON BAR 139 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORK. Clevelana, Ohio. : : ; tris tie, elicits Se a Fite. Bact tn wate Ate December 30, 1886. “SPANISH, AFRICAN CASTLE for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- | dom reaching .o; per cent., upward, quirements of buyers), Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished 1 per cent. PIG IRON ORES LRON. #nd Silicon from according to re- | WiIinEmIAM RNR. EIART & CO,, AND ___ITALIAN MOHIC AN PIG IRON, A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, comparing favorably with West Coast Hematites. English Oid Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Euds, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIA. Cambria Steel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, STREET RAILS mo RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars, Steel Axles, Steel Castings, CAMBRIA IRON Office, 218 S, Fourth St, Philadelphia. ~The Phecenix Iron Co., Steel Angles Steel Forgings. COMPANY, Works, Johnstown, Pa. 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars,| Manufacturers of Wrought Iron STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely useJ 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- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings : Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Buili-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. Pians and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. MANUFACTURERS OF ALAN WOOD COMPANY, Patent Pianished, Galvanized, Common, Best HKefined, Cleaned and Charcea! Bicom PLATE eé& SHEEHT IRON, Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pi Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Loco Ww. H.WVALBAUM & CO 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER Pic.|/uir PIG [IRON ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 6519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, motive Headlight and J ao Smoke Stack, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. THE NORTH oy ag mer. € 5 ee CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “ Ulverston ;” ron, brand * MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Tay Sennen, Cro Also for ** Lorn” Malleable Charcoal! Pig Iron and N. Malleable PENCOYD AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR B. ALLEN & CO.’S IRON Ends, &c. nas Fire Bricks. WORKS, A. & P. ROBERTS & CO., BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, ——MANUFACTURERS OF— Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel. Ofice, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Phil delpnia, GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU,|-- 226 WALNUT ST., Heating Furnace, designed for use of Producer Gas, Lut can be adapted to Natural Gas with a slight modification, ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS, Hot-Blast Stoves. Regenerative Furnaces, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. PHILADELPHIA, PA. SPECIALITIES AT 7 Gordon Whitwell-Cowper J a Blast Furnaces. Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plates Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Bessemer and Open-Hearth EDWARD J. ETTING THE IRON AGE. JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, IJUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO,, 222 8. Tuirp 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 anp YARD, Delaware Avenue bove Callowhill St., connected by track with rail oad. CasH ADV ANCKS ‘MADE ON IRON. JAS. G. LINDSAY. THOS, 8. PARVIN, LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., Iron and Steel Structural Material Estimates furnished for lron and Steel Structures and Rallway construction Correspondence solicited wich railroad contractors. L. &R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 Bo. 4th Bt., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Founry and Forge Pig Iron. Wyebrooke C. B. Charcoal Pig Iron, Fer or Red Short Pig Iron. - ere DEALERS 1 ALL KINDS OF SCRAP (ROK MORRIS, WHEELER & SO Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., | 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New York Address. 14 CL IFF 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 o Iron and Steel ; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., lron and Steel Nails. Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Car ‘and Boat Specifications a pe sasencrteatocectnatie tte laity J. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA, SOLE AGENT FOR ®9 | Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel and Forge And Forge CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. AGENTS FOR CATASAUQUA M’F’G. CO., Iron, steel, Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, Angles and Shapes; Chick ¢s, Montgomery Conewago and Alice Furnaces. PxiGc TRON for Foundries and Mills. FORGE CO., Lro. Iron and Steel Forgings ; Every shape. Street, - ERIE 224 South Fourth Phila. 9 Pa. Jerome Keeley & Co, 206 Walnut Place, & oy Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. [RON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron 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, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON anv 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, Serap, ae. FOR BEST MILL Andover Pig bron Each vig marked exact chill depth (4 In. to % in.), . Whitney & Son’s standard test. F. A. tien 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. Ketablished 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 , &c., Bridges and Turn- Rivets, Bolts and Nu General Office, 237 South Third St.. Philade!phia. Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, ables. Works at Allentown, Pa. EDWARD CORNING, 15 Cortlandt St., New York, New York Sales Agent. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., Constspockem 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. = Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. ITESTED CHAINS. Bradlee & Co., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “DPD. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. — Steel Plant: CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF “CUMBERLAND” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, Pittsburgh Branch Office BOYLE & BISSELL, BIMSELL B OCK. QUAKER CITY FACING MILLS. We Guarantee a Satisfaction. for sail pie DOL (D>Lar) Stove Plate Facing. Juf caaiyie oul. AA Machinery Facing, £ J. DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 Nerth. Del. 4ve., AND MANUFACTURERS °F x My ‘ i= » aN RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. ww. RPA ZSZSON ce CO-., FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, VYSILADELPHIA, Pa, Balt more. 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Lea & Co., buccessurs © CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILI. AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND BCRAP 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 Gpnes with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Lron Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Bands, &c, Price lists on app Agents for sampling ores in New York and lof an invention by Elbridge 5 lines, different methods will have to he em- ployed in almost every new form of such patterns It may be that conditions will permit the mold to be of a sufficient yielding character, and again it ms: iy be necessary to dig away portions of the mold or loosen bolts, &c., as soon as the liquid metal is thought to have solidified. In any metal there may be invisible rents or strains left in a casting through tension when cooling sufficient to make it fragile or crack of its own accord, and it is an eleznent which from its very deceptive nature should com- mand the closest attention of all interested in the construction of castings. Like contraction, the element of shrink age is often found seri uusly to impede the attaining of pertect castings from strong metals. In steel castings much labor has to be expended in providing risers sufficient to ‘*feed solid” or prevent ‘‘ draw-holes”’ from being formed, and in casting alumin ium bronze a similar necessity is found. The only way to insure against the evils of shrinkage in this metal was to have the ‘risers” larger than the body or part of the castings which they were intended to “feed.” The feeder or riser being the largest body, it will, of course, remain fluid longer than the casting, and, as in cast iron, that part which solidifies first will draw from the nearest uppermost fluid body, and thus leave holes in the part which remains longest fiuid. The above principle will be seen to be effective in obtaining the end sought. It is to be remembered that it is not practical to ‘* churn” this bronze, as is done with cast iron. A long cast-iron roll, 1 foot in diameter, can by means of a feeder 5 inches in diameter and a 44-inch wrought-iron rod be made perfectly sound for its full length. To cast such a solid in bronze the feeding head should be at least as large as the diameter of the roll,-and in length about one-quarter longer then the length of roll desired. The extra length would contain the shrinkage hole and when cut off a solid casting would be left. This is a plan often practiced in the making of guns, &c., in cast iron, and is done partly to insure against the inability of many molders to feed solid, and to save that labor. A method which the writer found to work well in assisting to avoid shrinkage in ordinary castings in aluminium bronze was to ‘‘ gate” a mold so that it could be fille or poured as quickly as possible, and to have the metal as aull as it would flow, to warrant a full run casting. fy this plan very disproportionate castings were made without feeders on the heavier parts, and upon which draw or shrinkage holes would surely have appeared had the metal been poured hot. The plan or principle adopted in pouring this bronze is similar to that employed for casting steel, which, as is well known, con- sists in pouring through a spout controlled by a valve, which lets the metal flow from the bottom of a ladle instead of the top or lip, as practiced in pouring cast iron. The exact plan which the writer used for cast- ings weighing over 50 pounds was to make the pouring basin sufficiently large to con- tain all the metal necessary to fill the mold and give any surplus which might be re- quired for a ‘flow off” or to fill up ‘feeding heads,” &c., and so prevent any metal from flowing into the mold until it was all in the pouring basin. The entrance of the gate would be stopped by means of an iron plug, and the moment all was ready it would be pulled and the metal would almost instantly fill the mold, so large would its gates be made. By such a plan it will of course be readily seen that there was no danger of any ‘‘scum”’ or oxide entering the mold, an element which would seriously mar the avpearance of a casting. Besides the difficulties from difference in the color, which resembles gold, such oxide would be very liable to cause a disunion of the particles of the body, or make an un- acceptable surface when the casting was finished up. The metal itself is one that works well in our ordinary molding sands and ‘‘peels” extra well, As a general thing, disproportionate castings: weighing over 100 pounds are best made in ‘‘ dry” instead of ‘‘ green” sand molds, as such will permit of cleaner work and a duller pouring of the metal, for in this method there is not that dampness which is given off from green sand mold and which is so liable to cause ‘*eold shots.”” When the position of the casting work will permit, many forms which are proportionate in thickness can be well made in green sand by coating“the surface of the molds and gates with silver lead or plumbago. From ‘‘ blow-holes,” which are another characteristic element likely to exist in strong metals, it can be said that aluminium bronze ia free. Should any exist it is the fault of the molder or bis mold, as the metal itself runs in iron molds as sound and close as gold. Sand molds to procure good work must be well vented, and, if of *‘ dry sand,” thoroughly open sand mixture should be used and well d