The Iron Age 1887-01-20: Vol 39 Iss 3

1887, 5 gS ars stes |e ¢ St.; ng. SSCSs F 1 The Iron Age ce ee sche PE Dee eae Memeo eee INDEX TO READING MATTER PAGE 28 A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Published every Thursday Morning by Davip Wi.tiams, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Vol. XX XIX: No. 4. Metal Trades. 0 INDEX T ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE 19 Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class: Matter. New York, Thursday, January 20, 1887. $4.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. The Swift Lubricator. A very ingenious and simple form of oiler for engine valves and cylinders is | Aller, of , Sufficient play to ailow practicaily perfect | favorably. being put on the market by Amos , Of | 10g Liberty street, New York. The two} | rigidly coupled to the carrier M, there is | comes in contact with the interior of the | shell, and prevents the valve striking i cap D. It is evident that, as the valve is not closure, although the arm M may not move iron bodies. The handle G may also .be operated from a distance by a rod or rope. The principle of the valve is new and its several features have much to commend it - A ~ engravings which we annex, one of them a in a plane exactly parallel with the valve-| Novel Test for Shrinkage and Chills. longitudinal section, will readily explain its arrangement and manner of working. seat. Any material wear of the parts, either by The manager of a large stove foundry It will be noticed at once that the device | Constant use or the necessity of regrinding, ' suggests a method which he pursues, which is very compact and has the fewest possible parts, the body being cast in one piece, avoiding joints and leakage. In operating, the reservoir is filled with oil after having closed the valves G and H, the ecrew-cap F being removed. In order to obtain any de- sired feed the valves G and H are opened about alike, the former controlling the flow of oil through the pipe B B (Fig. 2) into the main steam pipe S, and the latter regulating the admission to the oil reservoir through the pipe A of water of condensation. The pipe A, we should add, communi- cates with the pipe C, which runs directly to the main steam-pipe. Steam from the main steam-pipe enters the pipe K (Fig. 1), corresponding to C in Fig. 2, and is condensed on its way to the lubricator. At the end of pipe A is arranged a brightly polished small metal plate F, showing very clearly the issuing drops of water, the cap E being for that purpose furnished with an opening which is closed by a glass plate. The latter, asthe cut shows, is held between two rubber packiog rings to prevent leakage. Dark or light oils may be used and the feed perfectly observed. For every drop of water entering the reservoir a drop of oil must necessarily issue from the right-hand end of the pipe B, the steam in the pipe S carrying it further to the cylinder of the engine. ‘The construction of the drain- cock D requires jittle explanation. A pack- ing disk is introduced to effect tight- nes:, ard the discharge is not direct. The eap F is lead seated and affords no chance for leakage. It is not difficult to see that cleaning of the lubricator pipes, which may be clogged up, can be effected in the easiest poss.ble way by blowing through steam, the left- hand end of the pipe B being curved up ward, and ending directly under the open- ing closed by the cap F, so that any accumu- lations may be blowu out into the air. We need scarcely add that the simplicity of the device, the absence of parts liable to dis- arrangement or breakage, and the positive action of the novel sight feed make a com- bination of highly interesting and valuable features. A New Straightway Valve. F. Lunkenbeimer, of the Cincinnati Brass Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, has just put on the market a simple, compact and reliable quick opening valve which will be found specially valuable for traction, hoisting and yacht engines, dredges, pumps, &c. In addition it is well adapted for water, oil and other fluids. In size it is no larger than an ordinary globe valve. Engraviugs representing general and sec- tional views are given on this pave. Briefly described, tbe valve is of the oscillating type. The valve chamber is made with two pipe connections in line with each other and is provided further with a lateral compart- ment into which tke valve swings in the act of opening. The valve itself is hung on the free end of a carrier attached to a spindle, which turns within a tubular portion of the shell, parallel with the axis of the pipe con- nections. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse and vertical sections respectively. In these A represents the main chamber of the valve and B B’ the pipe connections communicat- ing with it. Projecting laterally from this chamber at an angle of about 60° is a neck, as seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, furni-hed with a screw cap, D, the removal of which affords convenient access to the interior of the main chamber; E represents the tubular ion of the casing to which we have re- evel d which occupies such a position between the connections B B’ and the neck as to insure a proper swinging of the valve without unduly increasing either the size or weight of the device. The main cham- ber, pipe connections and neck, as well as the portion F, are all a single casting. Ada to rock within the part E is the spindle F, the inner end of which, /, is journaled in a suitable bearing of tbe shell, while the outer end carries a handle, G. The spindle further has a collar, H, held down by packing in an ordinary stuf- fing box, as Fig. 4 shows. The square L carries one end of the rockiog arm M, the free end of the latter having a socket to receive the valve spindle proper, n, which jects centrally from the rear of the valve k This valve has a rim ground to fit snugly against the seat O, the Jatter being furnished with a diametrical rib, P, which serves asasupportforthe valve The spindle m bears against a screw, R, in the carrier M; this screw enables the valve to be adjusted so as to compensate for any wear occsioned either by use or regrind- ing. The free end of the carrier, moreover, bas a beveled shoulder, S, which when the carrier is swung around to close the valve ascends an inclined jection, T, of the shell, forcing the valve evenly and posi tively against its seat. To prevent injury to the valve when it is thrown wide open stop-shoulder, U, is provided (Fig. 3), which Fig. 1.—General View. THE SWIFT OILER FOR VALVE Fig. 1.—Ilron Body Valve. Fig. 3.—Transverse Section. A NEW STRAIGHTWAY ean be readily compensated for by turning the screw R after the carrier M has been taken out of the inclosing-sbell. This removal of the carrier can be accomplished in a few minutes. By elevating the handle G the valve will be swung aside in the direc- tion of the arrow seenin Fig 3, affording a straight, direct and unobstructed passage through the shell Mr. Lankenheimer is now making the valves in sizes from 1 to | 5 inches, all sizes above 2 inches having VALVE. MADE BY THE CINCINNATI ties present themselves—viz, The silicon is not high enougb, as I want from Io per cent. up, the higher the better. Also, iron that we purchase as silicon pig receives its | appearance from other causes than silicon, or else some other admixture with silicon. | My plan is, and has been, to eventually obtain sbrinkage and chill tests of known ! very accurate apparatus and have recorded results on all shipments of iron that have received for two years, and have tested samples from a large number of furnaces |} that we do not deal with. It is evident, from results obtained, that the peculiarities |of shrinkage will tell of what the iron con- | tains, but to do so I must get a series of we combinations to use as standards of com- | comparative records. parison, and by which the chemical consti- | Fig. 2.—Longitudinal Section. AND CYLINDER Fig presents sufficient novelty to be chronicled, | and which may lead others to investigate the merits of the plan. The secretary of the United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers quotes {rom a letter received from him, in which he makes inquiry as to a source from which he can obtain reliable high silicon pig iron : “* We use silicon pig, but of very variable quality, and have no way of finding out | except by special analysis ; besides difficul- BRASS LUBRICATION. . 4.—Longitudinal Section, WORKS, CINCINNATI, OHIO. tution of one pig can be easily and rapidly estimated. I have peculiar test-bars which give me the shrinkage to y,;, inch of the edge away from, and on side of, the gate of a % ioch square bar, and of a companion bar run with it 1 inch K \% ioch, and both 1 foot long. The ends run against a chill 12% inches opening, and the bars are meas ured in the chill in which they were cast to obtain shrink. I also get depth of chill and observe structure and much else, I have essen “*T hope I have succeeded in ordering a Swedish pig free from combined carbon, and comparatively free from silicon, phos- phorus and sulphur, and manganese, to use as a base. You may wonder why I do not resort to analysis, but I think the results will not be as satisfactory, and I do not wish to go to the expense if I can get the silicon pig necessary. Phosphorus, and sulphur, and manganese are easily added in known quan tities. For two years I have made my mixt- ure according to test results with the greatest success, and have found the same results that are mentioned by late experi- menters, and hope before long to have found out the exact meaning of the records I have obtained.” —— EE Mechanical Engineering at Home and Abroad. In a recent issue the London Engineer thus reflects on the variety in current en- gineering practices : So far as is known, says our contempo- rary, mechanical combinations care nothing about the country in which they are used, and, broadly speaking, that which is right in one country ought to be right in another. lt will be found, however, that this is ap- parently not the case. At all events, prac- tice in mechanical engineering varies all over the world, and this not only in small matters, but in things which may be re- garded, without putting much stress on the imagination, as fundamental. To what is the difference to be attributed! We think the answer must be that it is due, in large measure, though not altogether, to the personal proclivities, not of machines, but of the men who make them. If we turn to France, to say nothing of Germany or Austria, we find things not only tolerated, but much liked, which are abomi- nations to American and English engineers. Take, for example, the valve gear of a French locomotive. Even inits simplest form we have the eccentrics overhanging the cranks out- side. We have ourselves measured an en- gine in which the outside face of the outer eccentric was as nearly as possible 3 feet from the outside face of the engine frame. Such overhanging gear as this would be intwler- able on an English railway. Why should it be right at one side of the Channel and wrong at the other f Again, let us take boiler practice. On the Continent water tube boilers are freely used ; they are almost as popular as the Cornish boiler is with us. If a Frencbman does not make steam in a generator of the Rog or De Nayer type, then he will have elephant boilers. Of course boilers with ioterna! fur- naces may be seen in France and Germany, just as water-tube boilers may be seen in this country ; but the Lancashire boiler never found a congenial home on the Con- tinent, nor did the water-tube boiler in this country. Why is this? There is a great deal to be said in favor of both boilers Why do not both find favor in English and French eyes? In the United States they do things in boiler engineering which no one dreams of doing in this country, and no evil corse- quences follow. In Pennsylvania they have been making boilers 16 feet long and 5 feet in diameter of two sheets of steel }% inch thick. There are only two longitudinal seams; no cross seams. These boilers are fired externally under one end. The pro ducts of combustion are returned through 54 tubes. Boilers of this kind have long been kuown in the States and used with success. In this country the engineer whu proposes to use an externally fired boiler is looked upon as a Goth. If externally-fired boilers succeed in the United States, why do they not succeed in Great Britain? If they are failures in the United States, why do American engineers go on making them? We could extend tbe list very laryely were it necessary, which itisnot. Thesub ject is one of great interest, and the tions we have raised cannot be answered in a moment. A very favorite reply is that existing machinery is more or less a result i ies | of the survival of the fittest ; but this is nut | tives seen on French railways. quite true, or at least it does not go nearly tar enough. We must seek further. The outside valve gear of French locomotives is we think, largely due to Mr. Crampton His were among the first successful locomo T hey had outside gear and were accepted as patterns, |from which the French engioeers worked for many years ; the result being that they have since become familiarized with me chanical combinations the paternity of which Mr. Crampton would be the first to repudiate. In the United States years ago, the mechanical! arts were far behind as compared witb the point which had been reached in this country There was not in the United States, from one end to the other, a mill capable of rolling a X-inch side frame. So Bury’s bar frames wers adopted because they could make no others and there were smiths quite competent t build up the comparatively smal! forgings used im these early engines. They could ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Blectrical Purposes, a ole Pn Ra ' Bare and Covered. hee. oS } > O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER. W | b Seamless Brass and a er u Copper Tubing, ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheets, Bolta, Rods, : wire, o'Neiis’s | Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, ao oS ee German Silver, Copper, Brass and ated Copper, s = German Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, nincnee ¥ #7. E. DODGE. Pres’t. @. P, COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. a, A. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Cepper, Anchor Brand; LAKE INGOT COPPER cussion Caps, Powder Flasks, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas- ures, &c., and small Brass Wares of every description. ee i 19 & 21 CHM Street, Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. NEW YORK. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S ; | PHELPS, DODGE é CO., Line of Sporting Goods. IMPORTERS OF eS — DEPOTS: MILLS AT I IN PLA l 096 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY 125 Didy St, Providence, R.1, CONN, Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, THE Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c New Haven Copper Co. — SOLE MAKERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND (Established 1802.) DEALERS IN SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY |BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER WATERBURY, - CONN. f R Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. Manufacturers of BRASS.—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. Ww GERMAN, | Sheet German Silver, German Silver ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF LVER. Wire, German Silver Tubing. : 5 ff BETTE ns, | ReTOW Middle. Broad, Desk. Ship, | Cast Stee Augers and Rits ot Superior Quality. - BUTTONS, | it School, Lasting. 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AILACS &. BOWE, Secretary and Treasurer. BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFAUTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, “vont!” RANKIN STATION, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. lowa Barb Wire Co.. ENGINE FOR SALE, 50 H.-P. 98 Reade Street, New York. Hewes & Phillips’ make stroke. Price, $400. Waterbury Mfg. Co., WATERBURY, CONN. 144 in. cylinder, 33 in. ay THE WIRE GOODS CoO., WORCESTER, MASS, All kinds of Bright and Brass Wire Goods, Mill Wire Goods, Hand R ui Screws. Cup Hooks. Cary Wardrobe Hooks, Staples, Meat Hooks Clothes Line Wire, Hooks and Rings, Towel Racks and Splasher Holders Wire Nails in all sizes and varieties. Wires cut, bent milled, headed, pointed, threaded, and made to any desired shape. Special articles made to order. A.W. PARMELEE, Prest’ THE WIRE GOODS CO,, "°RGRTE THE IRON AGE. THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFé.CO.) WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF’G CO,, Brass Co, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Kettles, Door Rail, Brass Tags, Per- copper==srass. 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Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. MANUFACTORY, WaREHOUSE, in| : Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. f if a ieeivamaaniedenines OSS Fd er rae a Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Se ne tm WATERBURY CONN. . an Cy BOSTON, r' i fe | \ a ea») ie NEW YORK, 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. GERMAN SILVER Spoons, SILVER- | ———— } tN . | z { 18 Federal St. \ ‘ry ili ‘-_ A og u a a ae * Ad Lee Th oo 7 a 18 i ad y al ae onD | i. of oe ay \_| "2 Ko] ) Sy Ire the } é cd ABRAM S. HEWITT, President. WM. HEWITT, Vice-President. TRENTON | MAKERS OF IRON AND STEEL JAMES HALL, Treo -urer. PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, E. HANSON, Seerctary. 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 ZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure “Spelter FOR * Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes Works and Office, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. 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, THE 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 Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burting Slip. Philadelphia Office, 21 North Fourth Street. WIRE ROPE HAZARD M's CoO wanmwonns: 7 [ Ther'éy] St., New York. Wilkesbarre, Pa, Manufacturers of Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CO,, - = as @ j Manufacturers of a a ae 5 > a — a = Ec iz = =< <5 s tate =. — «a ae s - rs ae os = = tr oR — = 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. THE CELEBRATED t b GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. STOCKING, Att'y, opp. Patent Office, | ror SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. hington, D. CO. GET THE BEST. January 20, 1887, FOR ALL . vaniery or WW DE Bs ccreoses. Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized Iron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent Steel wiht RoOPH AND CA BIE. 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 Wire eet an 0 rass, Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : 107 & 109 Lake Street. IRON COMPANY ee meee 2 | = Thi: or th tion o Steel, and bh The invent every the W they s weldec the ra\ Full ; for pes, V ire ures . o cwWeH 5UL>y 7 ST, . STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING. accomodation of our patrons: January 20, 1887. THE IRON AGE. 8 Seo | CARS © MOEN, THEFRED.J, MYERS MFG. CO. Japanned, Brass, CAGES. ll ose ‘STEEL!/SPRINGS of every description. STEEL WIRE for allfpurposeszand STEEL COVINGTON, KY., Manufacturers of nl ‘ ae ba and 0 lar variety rdware Specialtte ( ur PATENT ee a et a aD OVAI, POPPE R. 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This Steel IS put up mn bundles of 5O to FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY “Kelly” Yielding 100 pounds. ° ° Stee Pointe National Wire & Iron Go,, ER" New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, ‘3 MICH. 104 READE ST. 202 First Nat. ae 523 ARCH ST. Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. [No. 146. i ae rn ted it de . Sie Best Wire Made. , >SON McCOS side ‘ Does Not Lacerate Stock THOMPSON McCOSH, President. cea JOHN A. M cost, Sec. and Treas, Estab’d 1418, Incorp’d 1874. THE Ly MARK _ GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. > WAREHOUSES : 42 Che New York. ke St., Chicago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS OF E Iron & Galvanized Wire : aie and Wire Cloth. er Loom Painted vanised Window Sercon’ wi vine Cloth, Galvanized Wire Clots for Drying Frus Fruits, Warld’s Gal- shaiged ‘Twit Wire’ Poult 2 - Poultry Factories, Georgetown, Conn. Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. Address THORN WIRE HEDGE C0., CHICAGO. THE UNITED STATES Mitis Compahy,|" Seraur 1m0oN ANP BRAcs 26 Broadway, New York. WIRE Goons Also Bright Wire Godds fe: Cotton and Woolen Mills. Wire straightened, cut, milled and bent into any shape, with or without q thread. Write for Catalogue and Prices. This company is now prepared to issue licenses ur 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. The Mitis Castings made in accordance with the inventions covered by these Patents retain in every respect all the valuable qualities of | (Established 1848.) Mm. s. BROOCHES, Chester, Conn. the Wrought Iron and Steel (Scrap) from which ee as they are made, do not require annealing, can be welded and worked under the hammer as well as the raw materials. )R - BE Full particulars furnished on application. 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 four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. F. L. HONORE, 48 & 5O Lake St., Chicago, III ‘LINTON WIRE CLOTH C0. MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. WIRE CLOTH and NETTINGS. Clinton “Standard” (Num ber 383 Wire) -ainted Window Screen Wire Cloth. Factory and General Office—CLINTON, MASS. NEW YORK, 59 Beekman St. BOSTON, 23 Court St. st. CHICAGO, 137 Lake Lake St. W. F. DURFEE, General Manager, Room 67. 26 Broadway, NEW YORK. For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all purposes where MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional 1 Non-Cutting liti desir- aoe eihne anc g& Qualities are desir TINNED. | es able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, MATTRESS. | Straightened Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c BROOM. Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura- LANTERN. AND CUT YY hg (Op _ bility and Resistance to Corrosion. = cope tAt- as Castings of all kinds to order. Send Steal Spring. TO ORDER, for pamphlet and prices. R TACK, | plemented T HE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING C9. [TD., STAPLE. | soucrren No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. Palmer Wire Mfg. Co PALMER, MASS. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. y., is ewe MANUFACTURERS OF E.T.BARNUM, — — r j r. > YT ~ a WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goops THE PERKINS MFG. Co, _ IRE AND Dish Covers, P. 0. BOX 1404 A, IRON WOR Corn Poppers New Haven, Connecticut, “CORTLAND” , ° Special Tools for Specialties in Detroit, Mich. Ww Coal Sieves, Bendi wi ; _ ; mec REE N Fi Si "aa to os Patented March 7, 1882, Wire Made The Popular Polish our o1eves, Order. MANUFACTURERS OF to Order. of the world. WIRE psn I ERS ae eee “anlese tn U Aa Ete., Ete. |PATENTED AND SPECIAL WIRE GOoODs. THE R MFG. ©O., Metallic Coal: Sieve. W...C. PERKINS, MANAGER, BS St, Bostoa, January 20, 1887. JAMES P. WITHEROW, Engineer & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH Pa. GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES AND 4 THE IRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE,|Marshall Lefferts & Co.|C) X FO RD|W. 0. Wood & C0., Ld 85,87, 89 & 91 Kim 8t., New York. eckman St., New York City. PITTSBURGH, PA. IRON AND NAIL CO.., in Iron == Steel gatvanized Sheet ron} Cut Nails Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.’s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ;'Galvanized BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | Goranined Nails, Gaivanised Chain. Galvanized fron All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- CORRUGATED SHEET IRON stantly on hand, AND SPIKES. So a J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, . ore nl ad we Rest Onarcoat, Best Refined and Common | 81, 88 and 85 Washington Birect MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT CLAPP-ORIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE 64 (0 2/ WS , , a 3 SHEET IRON. ee Planished Sheet Iron. se cially adapted for A No.1 Boiler Plates ak nates Aare 8th, orn ee oth, 1873 ; Oct, “Pe ’ - , . 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; Oct, r7th, 1876; Jan. ; i yi , ath, iby Feo. a. tes: Dre. be ont Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, an. roth, 1882 : Jan. rst, 1884 ; Feb. 12 884 ; March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1485. a Acme Shafting. PLATE AND Tank Iron, . No. 1, C. H. No. 1, C. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. BURDEN'S _ ABEEL BROTHERS, [-==emne nem] HOADCE CHOES ESTABLISHED: 176s, BB, EE. JUDSON, * Importer of and Dealer in ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS IN STOCK, Apply for Discount. Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, Will contract to completely erect, equip- and 66.6 teat artes and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- aLso well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own workg everything GRADES oF appertaining to Blast Furnace and Steel BLACK SHEET IRON. | Works construction, can guarantee prompt- Smooth on both sides. ness and satisfaction. - SYRACUSE |Manhattan Rolling Mill. MALLEABLE IRON} J. LEONARD, : 445 to 451 West St. wo , a ao 177 & 179 Bank st. NEW YORK SYRACUSE, = N. Y. MANUFACTURER OF | HORSE SHOE IRON, Mower and Reaper Castings and | te caik Stel, Rots, ovals, Half Ovals and Flas Carriage Irons a Specialty. =NR {ron * Merchants, 190 SOUTH ST.,} 365 WATER ST., ; NEW YORK. “CATASAUQUA” IRON. |ZPis Tron | “Burden Best” WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD METALS. Iron 459 Water St., 382 & 388 Sait stecjNEW YORK. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, ‘ARM CO.’’ SHAFTING,. Also general assortment of Norway, Ulster and Refined Bar, Band, Hoop, Scroll, Angle Iron ; Steel of all kinds, &c. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IB lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE TRON CO., Limited. Merehant Iron and Soft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. NORWAY STEKL & LKON CO., Homogeneous Steel Plates BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder Plates BRANDYWLNE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates, Boiler Rivets. HICKS & DICKEY, nee ton, Stel& Forgings ME BURDEN IRON CO. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TROY N Y 5 ~ Machinery Steel in Bars, also cut to Exact Lengths. HENRY KELLY, : W. B. BURNS, Proprteror. P UBLIC ACCOUNTANT, _ 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., BRO EDE £00. Wronght Ince Pipes CROWN CAST TOOL STEEL, Warranted, EVERSON H AMMOND g CO Specialty: Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Cost CARNEGIEK BROS. & CO., Limited, Iron and SPECIAL QUALITY IRON AND STEEL ' ‘ Accounts apd Partnership Settlements. Steel Channels, Shapes and Bhafting SHAFIING, ] r M erch ants LIMITED. Late Chief Accountant to Cambria Iron Company. BRUOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO. Steet Wire Nails With large assortment of heavy sizes on hand. on 5 H Oo ard C h P ids & re 5 . Ww + l Oo. 5 Sheet Steel Commission Merchants, mpndnaremntenignntiatas 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 Pans, &c. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. THE CHESTER PIPE 4ND TUBE CO Plate and Sheot Iron, Bolts, Nuts and Rivets. HARTMAN STEEL WIRE NAILS. Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., Plans aod estimates furnished and contracts NEW YORK CITY. Steel and Iron Forgings of all kinds. COLD ROLLED STEELSHAFTING. . Wm. H. Wallace. Wm. Bispham. E. C. Wallace. WM. McFARLAND, P- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on application by mali. Sample pieces at office, Please eddrese 17 Broadway, New York, P. 0. BOX 33. Borden & Lovell, 70 & 71 WEST ST., For Roofing and Corrugating. al? JOHN FOX */lron and Brass Founder, L. N. LOVELL, Eilgadh eed dieieeshemees C. A. GREENE, New York. a TRENTON, N. J. Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. eee wo. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, Chilled Cast Wire Dies a ‘Specialty. ced ae a Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, E. JENCKES MANFG. CO.. PAWTUCEET, RB. L, Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.’S 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Any size or style made at short notice. Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. Bri ht Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, CHE PANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, Iron Buildings, Roots, Shutters, Doors, sPRIno FINS, KEYS AND COTTERS wos SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. 7 DANIEL F. COONEY, we gtr IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. R. D. WOOD & CO., ufacturers NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL. IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, For Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO. New Yerk O SS Chambers — 3 Dey Street. NEW YORK. : Cee. Pees. Selling ee GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest. JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. T. W. WELSH, Supt. H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. —F zw Westinghouse Air-Brake Co, |e PITTSBURGH, PA., VU. S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE 4 SPECIALTY, GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. C t i Pp ® WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Mee ALLISON BOILER FLUES. Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). pe ce CHARLES HIMROD & CO.,|__——_ ast tron ripe - WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE, The Automatic Freight Brake Is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Brake for passenger cars, except that the various parts are so combined as to form practically one piece of mechanism, and is ata low price. The saving in accidents, fat wheeis, brakemen’s wages and the ipereased speed possible with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within a verv short time. The * Automatic” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake & " explication is instantaneous ‘it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and owe = r customers CHICAGO AND DETROIT. PAP ER PA | LS|vamp posts, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. JOHN BROWER, A. GARRISON, 1.4. RICKETSON, © WM, HOLMES. 81 Murray Street. A. GARRISON & CoO., ufact f Sand, Patent H MOULTON’S Manufacturers 0 ore nt Homogeneous, Improved Lemon Drill. Patented June 28th, 1886. : Will extract the LAST DROP of ] e () S juice from large and small lemons ) in five seconds. LLO Sent by mail on receipt of 15 ts; BOTH GOLID AND HO ats Cash with order. agents a yh — jobbers for them. Address patentee and sole manufacturer, Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, W. F. MOULTON, Burlington, Vt, | Haskin’s Patent Double Spira) Pinions, and Roll- PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. ing Mill Castings of every description. Office, Nos. 10 4 12 WOOD 8T., PITTSBURGH, PA. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED RON BEAMS, }J/CHAS. J. STEBBINS, ae oon Ill Reade $t., New York, in beautiful assorted colors. rate, or hose or wipe fail, it applies 4 GUARANTEE is ngainet loss from PATENT 8 on the apparatus sold them given The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of Ae i5,000 ENGINES AND 80000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world, FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, ~ RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE CO, Horse, Mule & Snow Shoes *. Perkins Pattern, e Works at Valley Falls, R. |. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. R, ¥, W. CARPENTER, President, ©. H. PERKINS, Gen’! Manager. W. COMSTOCK, Seoretary. CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE Only single Ri Only Double Ring Invented. that closes on outside of thea! BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on carriages, wagons, harness, &c, Ask for them where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- cular and price list. CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., 52nd Str., Berow Lancasrer Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Forgings, Eye Bars, &c., : PATERSON, N. J. . : BROWN'S = Room 45, Astor House, New York. Champion Hog Ringer Elliptical Ring Se ——_—___ GS and HOLDER. and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ri; = sean STEEL AND IRON Mulls, BEG? Saseeeeises | eg Suc nine CUT NATLS, —— (SELAND IMU AMILD. Pers sstsii: swag eee is CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN ©®O,, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Ill. 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. Bonnell, Botsford & Co., IRON, MAILS AND SPIKES Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO,’s Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. BAR IRON. CONDIT, FULLER & CO., FULLER BROTHERS & co., | PI6 IRON BAR 139 GREENWICH 8ST. NEW YORK Cleovelana, Ohio. Neos. 301 January 20, 1887. THE IRON AGE. 5 ; — edna? “ane 4 : — « . ~ , an WILLIAM FR. HART & CO-, EDWARD J. ETTING JUSTICE COX, Jn. CHARLES K. BARNS. | not make a cranked axle in the States, and = | so’ they sed outaide cy] ers ere as SP APRICA E ANT ee enn MERCHANT, JUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO,, ~ anes available fi a : . oa * of AFRICAN ITALIAN 222 8. Turrp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENTS FOR Sialic heen Shas ehesle te: Wamhend. nd ooo PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, me won, oug Oo eels In England, anc CASTLE PIG 1RON. MOHICAN PIG IRON. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. CATASAUQUA M’F’G, CO., 8 gon Basics we ae - aie for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- | A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, come oF — I roth ° SS tec 1 9 | and strength - conser cuaie “cast iron dom reaching .o3 per cent., and Silicon from comparing favorably with English Mount Savage Fire rick. Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, wheels were used , 1 per cent. upward, according to re- 7 ‘ ite Eastern Penna., West New Jersey an laware, Angles and Shapes; Chiek «s, Montgomery , quirements of buyers). West Coast Hematites. : ersey and Delawé ; _ Not Conewago and Alice Furnaces in locomotives alone, but in many Ressemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON PrG IRON other things. American mechanical engineer Oid Tron and Stee! Rails, Crop Euds, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA. for Foundries and Mills ing differs from ours [he same is tr ue of 226 Walnut Street, - - PHI LADELPH 1A. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. ERIE FORGE CO, he. Irom and Steel Forgings; | france and Austria and Belgium and Ger PITTSBURGH OFFICE, 84 FOURTH AVE. Dore Cane wEeT Bee coemere i pelaware Avenue 224 South Fourth joven, s Phils, Pe, \o°-*: Let it be remembered, however, | that mechanical engineering is not an exact science, and that the way in which it is pra: | ticed 1s often a survival not of the fittest, but Cambria Steel. [isssry, canvin vcd" | Jerome Keeley & Go. , Seeirsten Servic he tet 328 Walnut St., Phila., have a key which will explain much that : 206 Walnut Place, Phila., | appears »sterious or perple >» to ever”? STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, Iron and Steel Structural Material | sono avons tor cuancoat and axtifuacrre.| htongs, Mysterions or berhies ui to eve , FOR ALL PURPOSES STEEFL and [RON RAILS, [RON CLAD STEEL RAILS | studies the practice of another nation STREET RAI 5 and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, | Estimates furnished f. ik ji é s FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle | — L AND and Rallway Sieatteen and Steel Structures | Old fron and Steel Rails, Si rap Iron, &c. Examine | Corres ‘nce ’ - . solicited with railroad “mina, nee and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. An English View of the Steel- Rail RAILWAY FASTENINGS,| <a s-wccrescco— |", citar ott) Sao Frat E. H. WILSON & CO., 4 . Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, ao in an article entitled the ‘‘ Boom in 1 Ot ° oad. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON says , Steel Axles, Steel Ansles. 257 Bo. 4th 8t., Philadelphia. BROKERS AND DEaLERS IN It vine asked, Why do not the Ameri : AGENTS T , hl a Oe Fy can works, from which the demand for : Steel Castings, Steel Forgings. s Repbte end Roreuy Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. | R 6) N AND S I KE I 4+ |these blooms almost entirely comes, make - 7 T ‘ebro . B.C i a son eir o ¢ 1e arve Oo 8s e ; CA ME BR 4 A I Re < » IN CO NE PA IN ¥ < Red Short Pig ben. a vee Correspondence solicited United States r a se rr thi e ; ine es DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. BF fest gy woprtond mi nel pal wagered apr eope : Office, 918 S. Fourth St. Philadelphia. Works, Johnstown, Pa, ee m J, W, HOFFMAN & CO.,, lan rails reach icertain stage —$ ——- —— - MORRIS, WHEELER & ata RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, stee!-making plant to turn from other work, it pays rolling mills which dv not possess . ‘ purchase foreign blooms and roll them into I h Ee P n Ce Nn ] xX | ro Nn ( O ay Iron, Steel and Nails. 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. rails ; or it may even be that works which ° WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, | SALES OFFICES Selling Agents PINE TRON WORKS, Pine Rrand do posers nen prose» a ae ane on s | : : Plates ; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars; | capacity in excess of their converting ca- 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA 16th & Market Sts., | 400 Chestaut St., [SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. tLimitedy Stement: |oebite.” Dacine the te onvernng ce Manufacturers of Wrought Iron PHILA., PA. PHILA.. P Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared | ! a ring wae American Soom oO ’ +» PA. Plates, Angles and Shapes. 1880-82, when the trade in blooms was es- Eeams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars,) ‘ev to astro, wc ss. | EN, La. LOGAN, iinet an alms in the States, finding steel rails to be in much greater . STRAIGHT ANDCURVED TO TEMPLATE, HENRY L IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT demand than iron ones, were the first to Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridyes. EVIS & CQ., 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST. PHILA . use imported blooms. When the activity Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- Manufacturers’ Agents Pig lron & Ores Steel & lron Blooms which prevailed during that period in rail- ® ' . struction of Fire-Proof Buildings : Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless way construction died away, and the native 9 Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler Agent eee Rates BSP ieee, and a, os production of steel was sufficient, and more REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. and Sheet Iron and General Gaede ee, oe Manville Coke, etal, — eee, to meet the requirements, - » t ome oreig ( 4 Pann and Specidetions fraiahed. Address DAVID REEVES, President.| a4 aay, q,htl™ty Euunmenis = coded ons Cuaienaeeed sie 8, es n y ‘ f ® 8 § ce 2 a ( sce New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. 984 6. bp s.. —- sold. . voR Suet MILL | oti] this year. During the latter half of Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. fe over | POM andover chit tron sake tines ten Raaaeen, heen a aaa oe ’ —_—_ —_— | Frank KE. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, for Carwheels, &c vival of it, to which witness is borne by the A N OO D CO M PA N Y ES H E R I c K & ce). Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4 In. to % in.), Board of Trade returns, which show that VV 5 263 So. 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA . dion San’ Ga ae during the first 11 months of the year m MANUFACTURERS OF — J. Westey Puttmax, Agent. 240 So. 3d St., Phila, | 82.598 tons of unwrought steel, in which Seana itis ditions iieeauaah aan @mmeniin te lron and Steel of All Description. | isserc-secse a tcrccrceecs | “188 "ail blooms are included,’ wore sent y. “atent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best ned, Cleaned an arcea com * | Pepro G. SaLom, J. P. L. WESTESS0N. | tg America, against 12,570 tons during the Selling Agents for Cl 1 . . %o : : PLATE & SHEET IRON, | forng Sentral tron and sed Works, bates of] SALOM & WESTESSON, | corresponding period of 1885 . ; e 2 « z. +0., lron_and ' ’ ‘ 1e@ Cuty to which stee ylooms are sub- : ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, Specification: a Bpschane’’ Brides, Car and Boat Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, jected at United States ports make it more ' No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, economical, within certain limits, to use S them than to import the finished article. Ww J >HILADELPHIA, I : Orders gold capeinl for Corrugated. Guaholier Fan and Bivow, Water Pipe, smote suc, J. J. NEO FL R, — Among the many anomalies of the Ameri- 5, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA. Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers | can tariff is that one which subjects steel rails ” ’ ’ and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. to a fixed duty of $17 per ton, and steel rail s ¥ e H. WW ALBA i TIVE & CO°O., SOLE AGENT FOR "tablished 1847. | bloomstoan ad valorem one of 45 per cent. Sheridan, Leespo — a niainnsnneaiaaie At present prices the tariff is, of course, . 3 ° port, Temple, Lynch I s 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel A. WHITNEY & SONS, somewhat in favor of blooms, the duty upon which is reckoned upon the declared 2 new AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. Foumtry PIG IRON ‘and Forge CAR WHEEL WORKS, value at the manufacturer’s works on this side, but it is not difficult to imagine cir Crop Enda, Spiegeleisen, Lron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. CHARCOAL PIG IRON. PHILADELPHIA, —— under — the > ry be 9s a ss . , 7 . : jus 1@ reverse, uring e as 81x AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. | Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars, | months the price of steel rail blooms has 'HE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” —— | risen almost 20/ per ton, and there is now ad * U. H. M.” Wx very little difference between it and that of s. “Moss BAY HE ATIte TRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. The Allento n Rolling Mills, steel rails. The last sale reported is at £3. 15/ Also for * Lorn” Malleabie Charcoal Pig Iron and N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. MANUFACTURERS OF per ton, f.o.b. on this side, and it cannot be . Rails, Bars, Axles, Sheting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, said that steel rails are very saleable at the PENCOYD IRON WORKS, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c., Bridges and Turn-Tables. moment at 2/ 6d more. At these relative _— ceed dilcageaaedaan le cette cilascai int i ceeaDniat General Office, 237 South Third St.. Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. | prices there is a difference in favor of pt. EDWARD CORNING, 15 Cortlandt St., New York, New York Sales Agent. blooms, delivered duty paid on the other A. & PP. ROBERTS & CO., = — - — — |ide, of about £1. 16/ « agains 118 there is to be put, of course, —MANCUFACTURERS OF— PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., Conshohocken, the expense of saheosion a rolling into — the rail, which would probably be worth BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES. TEES, ee some 16/oF 17/ per tov. And in the major side, of about £1. 16/ gd per ton. But ’ ‘ ee ity of cases, at least, there must be addi PLATES MERCHANT BAR Pig Iron, Plate and Sh ny +t Steel, tional expense incurred in the matter of s ‘ Foundry and Forge. ovary Com Sheets of i” ates an transport, the blooms in the first instance ‘ ; requiring to be conveyed from the seaport Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel. Puddled Bars Plate and Sheet Iron, | « tee roiling mills, and the rails produced Mee, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Phil.delpnia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron ’ Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, carried thence to the point at which they ’ ’ Special for Arles, Best Neutral and Common. Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common. are required, while imported rails would 6 Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. go direct from the seaport to the place --——— - where they were to be laid. The extra - e. GORDON STROBEL & LAUREAU expense involved in transit may safely be j j put at several shillings per ton, and if we ENGINEERS, reckon that the additional han lling of the ’ blooms in America cost from first to lastat No. 226 Walnut Street, - Philadelphia, Pa. jeeet 95/ por ton, 16 will be nape thes shore is not a very great margin for a further ‘a - A BR d] (i E . Ch W rise in the price. In other words, imme FRED. W. GORDON, Agent ra be 0,, mprr'e ain or 8, | diately the price passed a certain point, the demand would be diverted from blooms to Fire Brick Hot Blast Stove (‘o. 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Fas cde we dos «quien Onis alone does not seem to be a very likely con Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. | tingency. re < ; th It is more the earnest of what is behind it AGENCY D. B. G. Special Crane Chain. that constitutes the chief importance of the j Dredging Slope and Mining Chains. demand for blooms. Such 4 demand denotes Whitw Steel and Iron + oe oy Rosana onlay ty gases semper itwell Hot Blast Stove. Cowper Hot Blast Stove. SLi e Cables and Marine Railway Chains, _ |‘asythere must be very large uantitin of a ; pe sivinieninaiadiiesennatiiens cast their shadows before,” so this demand Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Hot Blast Stove. ee re een ee eee ee ee CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, for rails. Naturally, at equivalent prices, i vi repres