The Iron Age 1887-02-03: Vol 39 Iss 5

887, we? The Iron Age READING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. pe” PAGE 34 Published every Thursday Morning by DaVip WILLIiAMs, Nos, 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. X. Y. XL. Y No. 5 New Vork, Thursday, Februar y 3, 188. B72. La. 9.95 Coal Company and leased to the Coosa Coal Bacon’s Double- Cylinder Winding 1350° of heat of blast, and was in good con- | men say they had never before seen any- Ash A . ° . ° e ¢ yhur ”) . " dition, and the run was made onrich red fos- | thing resembling it. I had before this in- | 5¥/pbhur sas -- 12°" Company, which latter is the same as the Bagine. sil ores. The result of the first two mixtures | tended to send a specimen of this slag with; An analysis by Britton of the coke made Cherokee Iron Company. As above stated Winding engines for mines and for hoist- was a tolerably good iron, but the quality fell | the yellow incrustation to Prof. A. S. from this coal is: the seam is about 4% feet thick, and dips to ing purposes generally have within the past rapidly in the last two portions to white | McCreath, but pressure of other business | sulphur 1.28 the northwest. It is here worked by a slope, few years attained a degree of considerable | iton. A carload of this iron was sent to | has caused me to neglect it, The area un- Carton and volatile matter = $6 = and the coal is drawn up to an elevated prominence. The engravings which we give Cleveland, Vhio, and thrown back on the derlaid | with this seam of coal is small, and | 4sh . “ plane, then dumped to the crushers, thence hands of the Citico Company, being re-|no business man can visit the mines and This seam of coal is about 414 feet thick, | brought up by buckets to the washers, which consist of troughs and a very imper on this page of a new douable-cylinder en- ; gine of this type, built by Messrs. Copeland turned with the statement that it could not | the expensive plants and not wonder why very friable, breaking into small cubes and fect jig washer. The washing is very im & Bacon, 85 Liberty street, New York, will therefore prove of some interest. perfectly if not carelessly done, and, if it The engine was designed specially for : were better, almost the entire amount of heavy lifts over long distances, where a high ‘ tte, sulpbur might be extracted from the coal rate of speed and great power are absolutely For some reason the management at the necessary for protitable working. For this mine has endeavored rather to depreciate purpose it has already proved itself well this coal and strained every point to make a adapted, and also for the working of inclines, decent coke out of the coal from the Ragland the construction of which is one of Messrs. seam. I have shown that this effort bas Copeland & Bacon’s specialties. The engines | proven @ failure. have given great satisfaction, and in many | The coal from the Broken Arrow seam places they are now hauling out from 6vo to | makes agood coke. It is, so faras now known, 1000 tons of ore day after day. The item | the seam in which may be realized the hope of repairs, we are told, is, moreover, very of a coking coal in the Coosa coalfield. At small. The simplicity of the engine is a Broken Arrow town, its dip at outcrop is very striking feature and scarcely requires near 45°, but it undoubtedly becomes hori pointing out. Two designs are being put on zontal at no er reat distance dow n, and tothe the market, one of them embracing the use | northwest will be found a large area of of a friction drum, as shown in Fig. 1, while | country underlaid by it, where the rocks are the other is of the reversing type, being |regular and undisturbed. The slope at furnished with a link. This is illustrated in | Broken Arrow is not over half a mile from Fig. 2. The main features of both types, | the line of the great fault which bounds the however, are alike. In the former an easy western division on the eastern side, and | movement of the friction lever, arranged at am inclined to think the re is another and one side, through the action of a screw of lesser fault between. The Coosa coalfield large pitch, throws the drum in gear and re- offers an unknown and interesting field to tains it in its place by a very slight pressure. the student and prospector. Captain West In lowering, the drum is thrown out of gear at one time popes to put a diamond drill and overhauled rapidly by the weight of the into the field, and there was a hope that he skip or car, being at all times perfectly con- would do so, and the true value and trolled by a powerful foot-brake. This does number of the coal seams would be known. away entirely with the use of steam for the The amount of information thus derived purpose of lowering. would have been very great, but for some The engines are also made with either reason he faltered and then entirely aban- single or double drums, and of sizes to suit doned the enterprise. Professor Tuomey every possible requirement of practice. The thought more highly of the Coosa coalfield smallest size has 8 x 12 in. cylinders, while than of any in Alabama, but operations , there have not so far confirmed his opinions. those of the largest thus far turned out At the same time I am satisfied that a good measure 20 x 24 in. coke—as good as any in the 5outh—can be — —_ — made from the Broken Arrow seam, and I The Possibilities of a Coking Coal in a equally etiened the pe — ane : ‘ ies a very considerable area of surface, an: the Coosa Cvalfleld. that there are points west and northwest of an Broken Arrow where the seam can be worked by shaft with economy and a large | output secured. The transportation facilities of this field are excellent. The Georgia Pacific Rail- road, a first-class wide-gauge road, reach ing to Atlanta on the East and _ to Birmingham on the West, cuts across it near the middle, probably where | there is the best coal, there being several good outcrops inthe neighborhood, which, very singularly, have not been opened at all. A few miles off is a good seam which was | worked during the war and much coke made therefrom. The E. and W. Railroad, from Cartersville and Cedartown, crosses the | upper end of the field and runs down along the eastern border of the western division | lt affords many localities where coal could be opened and operations carried on, and, | —— . i should it be extended to Birmingham, will — Pi] still further traverse the valuable part of the 2 | field, and thus afford the best of opportuni ¢ | ties for mining and car transportation Se none | H. E.C d > nae i The Statas of Steel In Great Britain Fig. 1.—General View of Engine with Friction Drum The Coosa Coalfield consists of two bifur- cated trougbs or basins uniting at the north- east end, and after separating extend south- westward about 30 miles. Between these two divisions is an uplift of lower silurean limestones, which cause the strata of the coalfields contiguous to them to be pitched at a very considerable angle ; that of the western division dipping rapidly to the northwest, that of the eastern division to the southeast from the central line. Up to the present time no coal of any value has been found in the eastern division, and there is every probability that it does not exist there. Hence it is to the western di- vision that the miner or investor must look for any workable coal. So far there are known to be two, and in all probability three workable seams in this field. The seam called Ragland is found at the head of both fields in the broad area where the two divisions come together, and somewhat more at the head of the eastern division. It has been for some reason more extensiv- ely worked than any other seam, though not averaging over 30 inches in thickness. Every effort has been made to produce from this coal a coke that would make good iron, with the most decided failures. The Thomas ovens were erected with the hope that they would improve its quality, but the result was no better than by the common beehive. The coke from the coal as anal- yzed by John Fulton, of the Cambria Works, Johnstown, contains : In an exhaustive record of progress dur i aad ania ~ ‘ ing 1886, the Engineer makes the following ¢ . references to steel : | | Scant progress bas been made during the oe ; past year in improving the quality of steel, — = but facts are surely if slowly accumulating, ; — OE he BOE ~ ees which are tending tou make the use of steel —_____— : : Ties a | freer in every way from trouble and dis See Tt a. 5 cig acai ace 08.6 appointment. It is more than ever certain Ash NRE SSS ; 11.54 that there is steel and steel. Provided the Guiphar......... ‘ 245 5 : SS = SSS | right sort of steel is used in the mght way oO 0 zn) all will be well If not, then loss and dis It is true that the tials | is high, but not sufficiently so but that some of it should not be washed out, and then, too, the singular effects on the iron produced with it are not to be aceounted for by its presence alone. This coke bas been almost entirely used at the Cherokee Iron Company’s furnace at Cedar- town, and it has never been possible to make any but the hardest of iron with it alone. It is stated that every care has been taking in washing it, but the apparatus of the Coosa Coal Company is poorly arranged, and might be said to be of very indifferent quality. That of the St. Clair Company is better, but even their coke made in the Thomas ovens has not given any better re- sults in the furnace. That the cause of this trouble is not the sulphur is practically evidenced by the fact that Etna coke with near or quite as much sulphur is an excel- lent furnace fuel and makes a good iron. It is my opinion that the coal has arsenic in the sulphur contained io it. The sulphur does not seem to be preseut as pyrites but to be finely intermingled in the aluminous slate, | be drilled with any ordinary tools, thus | there should have béen so much outlay upon which is the impurity of the coal. The | showing that it had a hardness beyond that | a coal occupying such a limited area. iron pyrites A results with this coke had been so bad at|of common white iron, and contains some The other known seam of the Coosa Coal- | Furnace it made a good No. 2 foundry pig. erroneous policy Phe result was that stes Cherokee Furnace that it was determined to | substance which gave it that hardness. In field is usually called the ‘‘ Broken Arrow ” | The consumption was about 1.7 tons to the makers were practically unable to comply send a lot of it to Citicofor test. A num-|the experiments at Citico the Etna coke | seam, from its having been first found on a/| ton of pig made. The coke costs at the fur Ww ith the conditions laid down by the Board ber of carloads were sent there and charged | usually used was taken off, and the Ragland creek of that name. The average of three | nace $315 per ton, of which 65 cents is of Trade and Lloyd's, because the lowest to the furnace as follows : put on in its place. The same proportions | analyses of this coal made by Mr. Geo H. | railroad freights, but this is no guideforany limit of the former was only one ton of Etna make a good foundry iron, though Rowan at the University of Virginia, under | one else, as by the system of book keeping | less than the highest limit of the latter eel | appointment must ensue 4 keen discus = 3 aie i} : | sion has gone on between Lloyd's and the r 7 > joard of Trade. Asaresult of prolonged 4 s experience derived from an intimate ac quaintance with the behavior of steel, | Lloyd’s lowered their standards, These | were foralong time 26 tons as a minimun: |} and 30 tons as a maximum in all plates up to i) 1 inch thick. In order to discourage the manufacture of steels with a large per centage of carbon, Lloyd's during the past year altered their standard Retaining 2¢ | tons as the lower limit, they fixed 2g tons as the major limit for plates up to 1'¢ inch thick ; above 14 inch the major hmit was reduced to 28 tons But for similar plates the Board of Trade insisted on 27 tons and Fig. 2.—FPlan of Engine with Link Motion. 32 tons. No one at the Board of Trade possesses the knowledge acquired, as we 2 Sad =< Bask tat a * ps . ae Se ; : have said, by daily experience by Lloyd's DOUBLE-CYLINDER WINDING ENGINE, BUILT BY COPELAND & BACON, NEW YORK engineers and surveyors; and there can be no question that the Board of Trade, by steadfastly ignoring the caprices of stee! that that which is nominally has its sulphur in the form of balls as pure and assuming Worked alone in the Cherokee | strongest must really be best, pursued al 1-45 Ragland r -oke, the balance Soddy for 20 hx urs : ! | 2-5 a it is very sulpburous. The slag made at the supervision of the professor of chemis- | at the coal mine, the mine is made to ap- consequently no one would roll plates 1'4 6 J a e a = 3 | Cherokee Furnace, when the run is on this try, is as follows: | pear to pay by charging the furnace a bigh inch thick : Ragland coke alone, on exposure gives off a Moisture 1.10 | price for the coke. The mine now worked [bis was a serious obstacle in the way of This exhauste* the amonnt sent, which was | sivgular looking yellow efflorescence. I Volatile matter 2705 | in this seam is near the village of Broken | carrying bigh pressures at sea, and in the 59.401 Arrow ; it is owned by the Broken Arrow | end Lioyd's had to give way. The results 276, tons. The furnace was worked at! have heard a number of experienced iron Fixed carbon = THE IRON AGH. February 3, 1887. ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Blectrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED \ i : \ neninonns ties and Waterbury Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, O'Neils’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &e., IN— Brass Co. ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brass and WE. DODGE, Pres't. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. aA. COW LES, Secretary. * " 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. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, 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. DEPOTS : MILLS AT 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. |. CONN. | f THE New Haven Copper Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. ra, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND COPPER A2_ BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. TYLER BROTHERS, (Established 1802.) DEALERS IN ’ SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY | BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, Manufacturers of ° BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. OBR MU. po eee ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF wip, Spring ad Paavo Cast Stee: Augers and Rits of Superior Quality. BUTTONS. | A Zonool, Lasting ilk and Drees, | 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Xamera Boxes, Printing Frames, GRAPE a - Sa ae neon &e. IMPORTERS OF Seovill’s Patent Loc x for Post ces. a caaenie “ |TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, 177 Devonshire Street, Boston. COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., 185 Lake Street, Chicago. | DIC KERSON 4 €0., Liverpeel. NEW YORK. * AND No. 8 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass eee WILLIAM P. TYLER. EDWARD R. TYLER. mAeu* nell owe, "id © Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. BET ross. ‘eee Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, ee inne | DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. & C0. 425 Broome Street, New York. 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, * | Cold- Punched NUTS for Cars and Unjfin- Advances made on Consignments. M. H. LEONARD, TREASURER. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL Co. BROOKLYN, N. wy., MANUFACTURERS OF Steel Wire Nails of Every Description, AGENTS: Dunham, Carrigan & Co., San Francisco. A. Baldwin & Co., New Orleans. Leeds, Robinson & Co., Boston. F. S. Bradley & Co., New Haven. A. R. WHITNEY & CO. 17 BROADW AY, - - - NEW YORK. wh. ED a ~ e N, 1.W.@ ATES, THOS. W. FITCH WALLACE H. ROWE, sident Vice-President Superintendent Secretary and Treasurer BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, rota’? RANKIN: STATION, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. lowa Barb Wire Co., ~ ENGINE FOR SALE, 50 H.P Hewes & Phillips’ make stroke iu rice, S400, Waterbury Mfg. WATERBURY, CONN. 98 Reade Street, New York. | | | 144 in. evlinder 33. in. Taunton Crucible TAUNTON, MASS, MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR CRUCIBLES. THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG.CO.| WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF’G CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York eS a Chicago. ae ee eos a ale a Wikkh, Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electr eae Purposes ; Galvarized GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, tron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent steel CUPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER Barb Wire , Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Eyeglass Springs; Steel ELECTRICAL WIRE, Wire for Needles and Drills ; Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties ; Pump Chain; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Li wisted Fence W re, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, Innealed, Linned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 bb. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimminés, §c. Ww iiR Ee ROPE AND CABLE. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Kolling Mill, ories THOMASTON, COME. WATERDU TRY, CONN. “CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF 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 pat all 0 rass, Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures and Applianccs re- quired for use with the foregoing. BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : 107 & 109 Lake Street. NEW YORK WAREHOUSE : I } 8 rt. Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, 6 Cliff Street 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, wh koh Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. ‘ 2 wo0 as ee ee i ; 7, LM; aE 7 Holmes. Booth & Haydens, OMIM Be: a) ee Fe WATERBURY CONN. a ‘sic. A NEW YORK, BOSTON, a 25 Park Place. 18 Federal St. rf 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- | — - — ——— -- - —— ABRAM 8. HEWITT, Pres't. WM. HEWITT, Vice Pres’t. JAMES HALL, Treas. E. HANSON Sec'y. The Trenton Iron Co. (INCORPORATED 1847) MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE —— AND -—— a Fs r\ Ay i a's a! A FICK va pa Mt } De iy ec “= * oat \ OY ) ai wt a 4 iF P| he } GERMAN SILVER SPOONS, PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BURNERS, &C. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony. Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New —=— = PASSAIG ZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. : Also for Philadelphia Office: GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. “ MANNING & SQUIER, Gen’! Agents, 111 LIBERTY ST. 04 Floors NEW YORK. Ot All Kinds, Estimates Made for Suspension Bridges, Trauways, and Transmission of Power. WORKS AND OFFICE AT TRENTON, NEW-‘JERSEY. NEW YORK OFFICE: : COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 BURLING SLIP. 21 North Fourth Street. WIRE ROPE HAZARD M'F’s Co. GEO. W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, Manufacturers of ,|asous: 87 Liberty St., New York. Wilkesbarre, Pa, Bright, Coppered. Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CO. | oS © Manufacturers of = i= s , 3 c= oc v= => i— a = =~ Ts SES oe ° es ? = a = i oe | 903 and 905 \. MAIN STREET, ST. LUUiIS, MO. Correspondence invited. PATENTS.: PRC rT Ww ORK - = = nye DERATE FEES | _ Pe U.S and A sirade Mart: | THE CELEBRATED Labels reg ster Penn a eee: _¢ ure Fxan ner tr U.S Pate i ; Geena. a Ds ot 2 “ =— ext sais ‘ ie sae er book a! | GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. be = "Secthenten De Bs RR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE 7ET THE BEST Wy AY Addr Th ort tion Steel and | Tbh inver ewer the V they welds the re Fu Room for es, ire res >= February 3, 1887. 0. LINDEMANN & CO. BIRD MANUFACTURERS OF Japanned, Brass, Tin Plated and Wood, MANUFACTURERS CAGES. STEEL WIRE for :all purposes and ‘STEEL SPRINGS of every description. - SLL LLL = = m = ~ bd > S ~ > 2 ~ Ss > > Rs > a > VEL EC LELELLELELELLLLLLLLLLE ann WOU LL EEL LLL Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on band. Oi ee | ee 236 and 2838 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, CONN. All the Toe Calk Steel furnished by the Gautier Steel Dept. of Cambria Iron Co. will bear the following label on yellow paper in black letters: MANUFACTURERS OF Revolving Coal Screens, Coal Yard Screens and Foundry Riddles. Wire Cloth of Every Description Made and arried in Stock. W.S. TYLER, Pres, EE. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas, CLEVELAND. OHIO. THORN WIRE HEDGE CO. STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING, Gautier Steel Dept. °SSANStSwN"Pk°” | Toe Steel. x It is made from special soft stock, will bend double without breaking, weld freely, and harden sufficiently to cut glass. Following sizes carried in stock for the accomodation of our patrons: Square Toe Calk in Stock, 3-8, 7-16, 1-2, 9-16, 5-8. Flat Toe Calk in Stock, 3-8 x 1-4, 1-9, 5-8, 3-4, 7-8 w 7-16, 3-8, 7-16, 1-2, 5-8 x 58-16, S-8, 3-4; 7-6; 1 w 1-9; 1-9, &-8; 3=4; 7-8 x 3-8, 3-4, 7-8, 1 x 5-8. This Steel is put up in bundles of 50 to 100 pounds. “Kelly” Yielding Steel Points. Philadeiphia Office, 523 ARCH ST. Chicago Office, 202 First Nat. Bank Building. [No. 146. ] New York Office, 104 READE ST. Best Wire Made. Does Not Lacerate Stock Estab’d 1418 Incorv'’d 1874 THE GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO : WAREHOUSES : 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., Chicago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS OF ae Iron & Galvanized Wire : Mieves and Wire Cloth Power Loom Painted and Ge = vanized Window S8creen Wir: Cloth, Galvanised Wire Clotr for or Drying Fruits, Warld’s Ga! eb Wire Fence, Ga! canted Twist Wire Poultry Netting, Factories, Georgetown, Conn. Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. Address THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO. - THE UNITED STATES I)itis Company, 26 Broadway, New York. IRON AND WiRE BRIGHT BRASS GOODS. 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 me iting | and heating. The Mitis Castings made in accordance with the | inventions covered by these Patents retain iv | every respect all the valuable qualities of | the Wrought Iron 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, Also Bright Wire Goods for Cotton and Woolen Mills. Wire straightened, cut, milled and bent into any shape, with or without thread. Write for Catalogue and Prices Mm. Ss. BROOKS, Chester, Conn. ‘ (Established 1248.) For Bearings, Slide Valves. ( ylin- Ww. -. ‘DURFEE, } jer Rings, Cross He ad Gibs. Steps, General Manager, Bushinz i ; Room 67. 26 Broadway, | sushings, and all purposes where NEW YORK. Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional All Siz = a) and Non-Cutting (Jualities are desir TINNED. tzés | - = — able. Pump Rods. Bolts and Nuts MATTRESS. Straightened | —:s —— - Machine and W: wd S ‘rews,. &c.. &c BROOM. Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura- LANTERN, axpevr | OY, ry, OR. Steel Spring. TO ORDER. | CObfihet- a; JE, Castings of all kinds to order. Sen | MARKET, for pamphlet and prices. Tack. | commmomons ‘THe PHOSPHOR- BRONZE SMELTING (CO., [1D.,. STAPLE. — 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 Mig Co | Mtge hc rumen mss. | WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND. N. ¥.. Pr Ee a MANUFACTURERS OF E. T. BARNUM, 2 r WiuirRE CLOTH AND WIRE MANUFACTURER Dish Covers, IRE AND IRON WOR" | “CORTLAND” ois Detroit, Mich, INDOW T oa/ o/eves, The Popular Polish W SCREEN Flour Sieves, | of the worid. WIRE CLOTH. For sale by all dealers tn U sa! and Canada Price List Pree. Etc., Etc. THE PARLOR MFG. ©O., | & Fulton St, Bosica, Metallic Coal Steve, (oops | Corn Poppers, REVERSIBLE RABBETED MORTISE DOOR LOCK, THE IRON AGE. eine ChOPV IN CATON, Ik CARY & MOEN, THE | FRED. J. MYERS MFG. C0, yee Spark Or Fire ( Guards, e Guards and Wire Guard of ev e ee sialon. wade of Th Copper ar d Bras Wire, Also a Full Line of Hardware Specialties t »¢ JORGAN aN 2 foe liseemeth LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO., M ©. 1 LAME WIRE, WIRE Counter Railings, Window Guards, ie and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. ROOF CRESTING, Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. FULL LINE OF FACH MANUFACTCRED BY National Wire & Iron Co., eR" Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Libera! Discounts to the Trade THOMPSON McCOSH, President JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, WIRE IN EXISTENCE. The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rall, manufactured by th+ HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price |. ste FL. HONORE, 48 & 50 Lake &St., Chieage, Hil. “CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. bility and Resistance to Corrosion bP Ge _— fo r & t ©& a AA & t eA 1 Ss. WIRE ouerH: and NETTINGS. it? a+ VN ' Ae limton " ope aC 4é4 i o* l é 1 <* k . 7 Tals ‘ sc osc ts WwW I e-r) vw Ire (loth, Factory and General Office—CLINTON, WASS. NEW YORK. 59 BeekmanSt. BOSTON, 23 Court St. CHICAGO,137 Lake St. “IRELAND MFG. CO., Cincinnati, Ohio, THE MORRIS PAT. SASH LOCK, General Line Builders’ Hardware, A Catalogues and Lists Furnished on Application, OGDEN & WALLACE, |Marshall Lefferts & 60.0 X FORD. 0d. wooo & 00, L'd,) The “BOSS” Trap. The Only Rat Catcher. 90 Beekman St., New York City. te ee PA. 85,87, 89 & 91 Kim St., New York. MANUFACTURERS OF [ron *® Steel galvanized Sheet Iron, fut Wa f Of every description kept in stock. | Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. =o anized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized AND f a / YT — ik Hoop and Band Iron. Galvanized Kod and Bar Iron, BL AC K DIAMOND STEEL. Galvanised Nails, Galvanised Chain. Galvanised Iron S P I K E S All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con Pipe. - stan. ly on hand, CORRUGATED SHF FT IRON oom PIERSON & CO. . For Roof %g, &c,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 24 10 27 West Street, New 1 r Best Oharcoal, Best Kefined and Common 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Noi - Sg £8 7 olseless, Self-Setting, Always ry IRON NEW YORK, Pl * h d Sh I . . ’ c me Shat | SHEET . a a anisne eet Lron. Ready, Easily Cleaned ) sncniesctiiaiaatnasiati ( al ting Pi LATE AND lANK Iron, , orf Bented April Sth, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. pret sale by the leading Hardware. Stove and = — 1 : ouse-F 118s ! 70008 10uUses 1 le i ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS IN STO« . No.1, C. H. No. 1, CH. No.1 Flange, Best Flange B U R | JEN S 7 745: a. 21, gir s pet gym at 876 Jan. States. Manufactured by Apply for Discount | Be ot Flange Fire Box. Circle Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. rst, 1884 ; Feb. rath, 1884; . . + March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. J e B. K K. N L ) A I 4 I 4s ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. Guiisanterh dele chvdshtn atsdalbiintobdhs Washington, D. C. ABEFL B KUT fF Price list and quotations sent upon application con tian ao ring Co. oe ri me Ager : Ben , sdelpn - : <saishbasinhianitsitaai IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, 1321 Market Street, Phitadelp na, Pa ESTABL KU 17 3. EF. su DSON . © | end ete less price. aa s Patent ( Combined Saw-tet and Vise. {fron * Me rohant, — Saroll and Crowes fawn. 190 SOUTH ST.) yew vory. oe Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata Importer of and Dealer in JOHN F. COXHEAD, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PouGaKeepsie, N. Y 365 WATER ST.. § “ sada a oHKESP “CATASAUQUA” IRON kPRPig ITr3c%nNn “Burden Best” |8Lack SHEET IRON. ; iE sh Townsend & C ; WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, ee hina an Cas Large Assort ovat of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, | OLD METALS. Iron SYRACUSE _ |Manhattan “Rolling Mul. MALLEABLE IRON! J. LEONARD, Boiler Rivets. cee ee 77 @ 179 Bank st, NEW YORK AkMWU CO."’ SHAFTING, Also general a: sortment of Norway, Ulster and | ; . t., Refined Rar. Band, Hoop, Scroll, Angle Iron | 38 3 & 238 58 ee St ‘NEW YORK, Crest a all kinds, &c. AR, nas MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IE, lronand Steel AGENCIES: TROY, N. Y. For Roojing and Corrugating. HORSE SHOE IRON, ft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes BRANDY WINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. CARNEGIE BROS & CO. Limited, fron and rHE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO ——, . 4 i : made for erecti Lron Structures of every descri Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON sI8., eRe ree ee Howard, Childs & Co., °'B nt ny descri-| tMPORTED & AMERICAN rep. 0. BOX 7 Broadway, New York. > | G | R O N . Wn, H. Wallace, © Wm. Bispham. _E. C. Wallace. P H CE N | X —— SYRACUSE, BN N. Y. MANUFACTURER OF H 0 RS 7 SHOES. THE BURDEN IRON CO. Mower and Reaper Castings and | te caix steet, Rods, ovals, Half Ovals and Flas, ve Soft Steel and Cu Nails Spikes. ere Carriage Irons a Specialtv. | HENRY KELLY, NORWAY STEEL & LKUN © omogeneous pay statE | SnOS CG,, TENS. Seer ane Guser PHENIX HORSE SHOE CO., W. B. BURNS, Proprteror. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, CMO VERS & 00. Wrought tron Pipe. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., EVERSON. HAMMOND & CO Specialty: Iron and Stee! Manufacturers’ Cost BROOKL ny WIRE NAIL oP eeer Wire Nal | ron M erc h ants, , LIMITED. : Late Fg pb ding ges bay ny a Plans and estimates furnished and contracts New York Office, 20 Reade Street. ag a te new vork city. [Sheet Steel|Commission Merchants, Borden & Lovell, LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON,| WM. McFAR!,ANN, ————— Iron and Stee! of all Descriptions, OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS. Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, ' “SHEET IRON, All Grades. Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. — a = Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, 70 & 71 WEST ST., 1 i oe, lou and Brass Founder, L. N. LOVELL, l N y ke 4 SPKCIAIT:. C 4. GREENE, ew Tork. : aha + eevee . TRENTON, N, J. ve “hae the sale of CHARLES HIMROD & CO.. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. la _ CHICAGO AND DETROIT. FAL! RIVER IRON WORKS CO. ars i JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN c orre’ spondenc "e 80 slicited. __ Prices on applic atic n. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCKET, R. L., Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, | SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of ail kinds a Specialty. New York Ofice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A HAINES. Selling Agent Any size or style made at short notice, Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.’S PIG IRON, _ CUMBERLAND COAL. No. 63 Wall St.. New York. JOHN FOX,) Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe, 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. SO en Cast Iron Pi DANIEL F. COONEY,| BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. ae ‘eiuden aie Gam pe For cutting off the ends of Bolts and terete, a) 88 Washington ew Yor gt St., N York, carriages, waguns, harness, &c. Ask for them LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. where you buy your hardware, or od for cir IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. SHAMBERS, BROTHER a co.| Migs Putco tr GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS, ” 2nd St., Berow Lancaster AVE, eee ALLISON BOILER FLUES. PHITADELPHIA, PA. A.GARRISON, J, H.RICKETSON, © WM, HOLMES, - wo | A. GARRISON & CO., H I Cc K Ss & D I Cc K E vs 4I3 Commerce St., Phila., Pa. Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Stee! and Iron, Steel and Forzings of ev ery Description. Chilled Rolls Iron Buildings, Roofs, Snutters, Doors, Cornices, Skvlights. Bridges, #c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 5 Dey Street. NEW YORE. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jr., Prest JOHN CALDWELL, Treas T. W. WELSH, Supt. H. H. WESTINGNOUSE, Gen’! Agt. W. W. CARD, Secy. rE wy -— Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. PITTSBURGH, PA., U. S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (W catinghoue & Smith Patents). WESTINGHOUSE FREIGHT BRAKE. The Automatic Freight Brake is essentially the same apparatus as the Automatic Srake for passenger cars, except that the various parts are 80 combined as to form practically one piece of mechanism, and is 30 f a very low price. The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen’s wages, and the inereased speed possible with perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within a verv a time. * Automatic ” has proved itself to be the most efficient Train and Safety Brake known. Its app slication is instantaneous ‘it can be operated from any car in the train if desired, and should the train separate, or hose or pipe fail, it applies automatically. A GUARANTEE is given custom ere against from PATENT SUITS on the apparatus sold them The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80000 cars and is adopted by the Guated ewe in all parts of the world, R. 0. WOOD & 60. PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Machinery Steel i» Bars, al<o cut to exact tk © C T Spec a Q: lite Iron and a a ey eet 2 aoe aes gh wed 7 are BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED | FURNISHED ON APPLIC APPLICATION, _ hand Piate and Sheet Iron. B Its. Nuts and Rivets Hartman Steel Wi ire ee Nails. Steel and Iron Forgiogs of all kinds. Cold Roiled Steel Shafting Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE CO s 8, § s Haskin’s Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Rol! ing Mill Castings of every description. (eninanasisitindanainandnnintininiabainianadeieeracadabedtaietees ket ee PASSAIC ROLLING MILL’ Co. ka | Office, Nos. 10 & 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. ROLLED IRON _ BEAMS, CHAS. J. STEBBINS. Ill Reade St, New York, A | PATERSON, ‘-“. o. ; Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES BAR IRON. CONDIT, FULLER & CO., “CUT NAILS, _ |STELIND IRON MILS Bonnell, Botsford & Co., DOVER IRON CO.’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, | °°" °° FULLER BROTHERS & CO. Pig [RON BAR 1389 GREENWICH ST. NEW YORE. Cleveland, Ohio. Horse, Mule & Snow fia ite Perkins Pattern, e Chamoion Hog Ringer | /g es ee a 8 ally keep Hogs ng the ouitxide ¢ nose. No sharp J, M. SCHOONMAKER. Oapacity of Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Works at Valley Falls, R. L Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R, |. RINGS and HOLDER. ! and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer sharp points im the nose. points in oe flesh to keep it sore MANUFACTUREB AND SHIPPER OF Siding connections with all lines of Railroads. ACTURE ¥, W. CARPENTER, President. © H, PERKINS, Gen’! Manager. R. W. COMSTOCK, Seoretary, The only Ri chet wee omnes. Only singie Ring nab deo dn CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN co. e9 Exclusive Manetnctusers, Decatur, nu. Office 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. THE IRON AGE. February 3, 1887. Or TH Als BI 1a “<i le a at February 3, 1887. WILLIAM RR. BART c& ee mi IRON ORES tau MOHICAN A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, comparing favorably West Coast Hematites. Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. PHILADELPHIA. FroU ee AVE. “SPANISH, CASTLE PIG IRON. for Finest Steel phosp yhorus uniformly low, sel- dom reaching .o; per cent., #na Silicon from 1 per cent. upwat d, according to re- quirements 0 »f buyers). | Oid Lron and Stee! Rails, Crop Ends, 226 Walnut Street, ~ PITTSBURGH OFFICE, Cambria Steel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, STREET RAILS wo RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars, Steel Aneles. steel Forgings. COMPANY, Works, Johnstown, Pa, The Phoenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Esams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. steel Axles, steel Castings, CAMBRIA TRON Office, 218 S. Fourth St, Philadelphia. Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire Vroof Buildirgs: Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Buil -up Shapes tor Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety cf SHAPE IRON Made tu order. DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston eee S HOUDLETTE & & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACIURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcea! Bioom PLATE ec SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, Pians and Specifications furnished. Address EDWARD J. ETTING IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, 222 8. Tarrp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savuge Fire Hrick. 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 ANC KS MADE ON 1RON JAS. G. LINDSAY. THOS. 8S. PARVIN, LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material FOR ALL PURPOSES, Estimates furnisbed for Lron and Steel Structures and Raflway construction Correspondence solicited with railroad contractors. L. a& R. WISTER a co., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and For ‘ ge Pig Lron. Wyebrooke C. B. Charcoal! Pig Iron, F so Red Short Pig Iron. ” a DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON MORRIS, WHEELER & CO Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, | SALES OFFICES. 16th & Market Sts., | 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments, Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold, 234 S. 4th St., Philad - ‘Iphia. Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Description. Selling Agents for Cleveland City Forge and iron Co. Forgings; Centres! Iron and Steel Works, Plates 0. | iron and Steel; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., Iron and Steet Nails. Hoiler lubes; Bridge, Car and Boat Specifications a Specialty |: Wantke Potts, agent. 240 So, 3d St ‘NORTH BROTHERS, THE IRON AGE. JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO,, AGENTS FOR CATASAUQUA M’F’G. CO,, Iron, Steel, Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, Angles and Shapes; Chick +8, Montgomery Conewago and Alice Furnaces BwPriGC TRON for Foundries and Mills ERIE FORGE Co., Lta. Iron and S.eel Forgings ; Every shape. 224 South Fourth Street, - Phila., Pa Jerome Keeley & Co., 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for (“HARCOAL and ANTHR A‘ ae BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IR¢ STEEL and IRON ATLAS. TRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE TKON OREs, | FIR* BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old fron and Steel R ils, Serap tron, «c Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. k. H. Wilson A. Kaiser J.B. M. Hirons. E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philade Iphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON anv STEEL. Correspondence solicited J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, |!RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 20S South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Selling Agents PINE [RON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates ; GLASGOW TRON CoO., Plates and Muck Bars; SPRANG STEEL & TRON 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 lron & Ores, Steei & Iron Booms. Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal (o., Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Kails, Serap, &c. FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS, I] over Ig POM ardover Chill lron for Carwheels, &c Each P We. marked exact c hill depth ‘% in. to% in.), . Whitney & Son’s standard test. P. A. iain Y, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 240 So. 3d St., Phila. Iron Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. 5 fe are not satisfactory. In agreat many cases where hard steels have been used. cracked plates have followed. This cracking is partly due, perhaps, to the enormous size of the plates now made, running, as they do, to 25 feet long by 4 fees 6 inches wide. and 13g inches thick, weighing somethIng like three tons. These plates, as they come |from the works, are seldom flat. Thev are passed through vertical rolls to be bent to shape for boiler shelis, and they are thus , | supposed to be faired; but the strains set up by taking the buckles out of hard p'ates, | | Which buckles are really the result of a con- | test of forces in the substance of the plate, pulling this way and that—are such that the | plates crack either in the rolls or verv soon after they are worked into the boilers. Nothing is heard about these failures, but |they take place nevertheless As an ex ample of the stresses existing in steel, we may mention that Mr. Stroudely, using steel frame plates for locomotives about 14 inches thick, in slotting out the horn plate | spaces, &c., bolts six plates together on the ned of the machine. These plates are at | the time dead flat. After the slotting opera tion is over they are found, when taken off the machine, in nine cases out of 10 to have cast in various directions, simply because certain stresses have been cut out of them. They are then sent back to the forge to be straightened, and the work of slotting them is then finished. While on the subject of locomotive frames, we may mention tbat Mr. Fox bas put down a splendid plant, and is now stamping outside frames in one piece, flanged all round the axle guards and the edges. It is, of course, impossible to say as yet how these will answer in practice. Returning to the question of +teel for boilers and ships, we find that Lloyd’s have provisionally rejected basic steel for all pur poses, whether made by the Bessemer or the Siemens process. Tobis policy is dus to the unfortunate circumstance that a con- siderable quantity of very indifferent basic steel was put on the market at first. This was basic Bessemer, ard it 1s now clear that basic steel plates cannot be made by the Bessemer process, although it is quite possible that with care they may be made by the Siemens process. There is no indi cation that any cuange in this respect will take place during the present year. Before taking leave of steel we would call attention to a remarkable letter which appeared in our last impression going to show that in the United States the most satisfactory re- sults have been got as to steel fire-boxes, the metal being almost entirely free from phos- phorus. It is well known that phosphorus | makes steel cold-short, but it was not sup- posed to do much harm to plates subjected to heat. However, as fire-box plates always Orders solicited especialy Ses ae, © Pafi os tealldt end ieee Stack, J. J. M © H 4 N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets®| crack when the fires are out, it seems clear Tank ant Bo Boat Iron t, Stamping, rerrule Locomou PHILADELPHIA. that it is cold-shortness that ought to be 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA., PA., f Anerespandenes aoticitad, provided against. SOLE AGENT FOR Ww. H. WALBAUM & CO., eee n “‘Ketabiisued 1847, a heridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- I Y 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laure! A. WHITNEY & SONS, en NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER Pic.|iwiy PIG [RON aim « CAR ek. Ge ee ene PHILADELPHIA, Fundy and alovg the shores, where the CHARCOAL PIG IRON. a grindstone quarries are located. The su- Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. | Special Wheels for Furnace and | Mine Cars. perintendent of the quarry says when the a tide is out his men go down on the rocky shoreand work out near the water. At low tide the men on the shore drill some boles in MANUFACTURERS OF the ledge, put in powder and blast out great Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars ‘Plain and Angle), Spikes, | piec-s of rock. When the tide rises again Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c., Bridges and Turn-Tables. they float out some big logs and empty bar General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadephia. Works at Alientown, Pa.|rels over where the loosened rccks are. EDWARD CORNING, 15 Cortlandt St., New York, New York Sales Agent. When the water goes down again they fasten a big rock to the raft with heavy chains, 80 when the tide again rises it lifts PLYM O UTH RO LLI N G M I LL CO. Conshohocken, up the raft and the rock with it. Then they : tow it as near the shore as they can. If it MANUFACTURERS OF is the right kind and size for a milletune Plate and Sheet Steel, sometimes it is allowed to lie there until the workmen, With stone chisel and hammer v . ‘fh l ee mrey connaptien } ond work it into the proper shape. At other times, by means of a derrick, it is drawn out Plate and Sheet Iron, on the wharf. Then itis rolled on a track Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, and hauled to the factory. Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, At the great stone factory the large piece of rock is placed on a carriage, and, witha saw similar to the up-and down saw in a GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU,. mil, the rock to sated into greet slabs of ’ , the right thickness for the grindstone. The ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS, | saw does not have teeth, but wears its way |through the rock with the aid of sand and 226 WALNU T ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. | water, which are continually poured on. r W Then the slabs are taken, a hole made in the center, the edges trimme wd off with a chisel, Bradlee & Co., Empire Chain orks, Beach & Otis Sts., Philadelphia. stones are made is a kind of sandstone, and there is a great difference in the ‘' grit,” and the whole placed on a kind of lathe, Chains*tor Foundry Cranes and Slings. | some being coarse and some fine. Often Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “ Ulverston ;’ Me ralieable Pig Iron, brand" U. H_M." The Allontown Rolling Mills, MOSS BAY HEMA rITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spie eteeemm, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn” Malleabie Charcoal! Pig Iron and N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S Dinas Fire Bricks. -- PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. & P. ROBERTS & CO., —-MANUFACTURERS OF-—— BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES. TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, Foundry and Forge. Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel. Puddled Bars, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Irov.| special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. - Particular attention given to Iron for r Special Purposes. Pig Iron, Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Het SPECIALTIES: Gordon Whitwell-Cowper : AT |smooth. The rock from which tbe grind- Hot-Blast Stoves. Regenerative Furnaces. turning it until it is true and the edge several different degrees of ‘‘grit”’ are Blast Furnaces. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. found in the same quarry. ‘There are many Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plate’ | Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. quarries along the shores of the Bay of t Fundy. The reason stone is taken from Bessemer and Open-Hearth Ship’s Ss Cables and Marine Railway Chains. — under the water, when there are many quar- - ries a little distance from the shore, is because t Steel Plant ‘the best stone comes from the bottom of the CUMBE "| bay, where it is covered at high tide Pittsburgh Branch Office MANUFACTURERS OF — The London Jron Trade Review prints the Heating Furnace, designed for use of Producer Gas, but can be adapted to Natural Gas BOYLE & BISSELL, sé 99 SF naan geeenthecgh cays egy mel iy eae with a slight modification. BI“SELL B OCK. 5 out of blast in Great Britain : ummary QUA ER cCrry Factne mxruxs.| 43 North Water St, and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Ia, Out. Tota lof saupie bul. 42 Machinery Facing | We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. ——— North Staffordshire 18 "me 40 FS a= a ) " SI shire 6 17 23 : J. ‘Tatnall Lea & Co.,, Gherdiand ooh wk shire est Kiding ] ) Successors to CABEEN & CO,, Yorks Notts and Leicester 4 ; 7 ON COM M ISSION M E RCHANTS ae hire ‘ 14 a Ancoin ure “i I R 9 | Lancashire and Cumberland f 4 103 No. 4200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. ee ee oad ease : 7 : BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND 8CKAP BARS, NATIVE | Noth Wales _ AND FUREIGS FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE South Wales 32 as ue —— ieee iene noes — Scotland ed) M41 BOOTH, GARRETT & BLAIR a3 : ‘ j f ret a for 2 Months fr Ou Total ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, | January 1, 136 im) 164s 8 February ls im 166 Sd 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. March 1 1 ae ne Established in 1836. ea 1 - = oe Analysis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special departmen for the — : sane “ ; oo ooo RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STXEL WIRE BRU: SHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, |teieiter Miss th . And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. Replember 1. or £09 bs wv. . ww. PASS oOonN te CO. , fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of lron, Bteel, lrop | Noveuiber 1. 1S 4 720 Res DEALERS