The Iron Age 1887-02-24: Vol 39 Iss 8

1887, SS aEnEnnaIeaeE aD, Ww, E, &c. Itv. DMES of } a stee! able to work in rked as unds to descrip- sircular. cting. ‘ip. ‘er Pair $1 60 2.00 2.50 3.20 4.50 ” ES ave Co. = he Iron Age INDEX TO 7 > —" READING MATTER PAGE Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMs, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, Vol. XXXLX d \ 0. S Review of the Hardware, [ron New York. New Vorb, Thursday, february ae? soe BL Metal Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. and Trades. soventise mes NO Year, Stn ale Coples, Including Postage. Zen Cents, Apparatus for Evaporating Sea Water in Vacuo. Mr. C. Jones, of the St. George’s Works, Liverpool, England, has designed a new form of apparatus for evaporating sea water in vacuo. It is intended to supply the extra feed water required in marine boilers, and also for other purposes where fresh water | pondentt of the Of this we find an en- | seeing in a museum, a long time ago, such , may be a necessity down in the tubes at avery low temper ature, the tubes are kept clean without any trouble. a History of the Saw- Mill. How surprised Journal of Progress, on graving in the London Engineer which we | things as scissors, seal rings, necklaces and reproduce on this page. The principle of the invention is the evap- | Egyptian tombs 3000 years old? But, after | oration of Swater in vacuo—or, in other words, boiling away the water at a lower | women were women. temperature than 212°. With the arrange |pairs compasses, that were taken from all, men were men 3000 years ago, and | They had the wants, the needs, the vanities of men and women, ment as shown, water is changed, by the | and they had brains not unlike our own to waste heat passing up the funnel at a tem- | supply them. perature of from 600° to 700°, into vapor at The most boastful Yankee | (not that Yankees are more boastful than Tae i SCAWATER INLET Fig. 1.—Side Elevation. a temperature of between 90° depending, of course, on the vacuum ob- tained in the condenser used for the pur- pose of lowering the pressure. After the vapor is given off it passes into a separate condenser of the usual type, but under vacuum instead of pressure. ment of valves and pipes is provided by which the distilled water may be conveyed to water tanks and drawn off for drinking, supplying cattle, or for any other purpose required on board ship. When supplying the extra feed required for the boil- ers, the vapor is conveyed into the main ' engine condenser. In the process of evap- oration the salt and other impurities are left in the evaporator, and consequently an ejector is used for ejecting these impuri- ties. In combination with this arrange- ment, the water after condensation can be | aérated and become as good as spring water. Doors are fitted in the uptake for sweeping the outside of the evaporator tubes. The plan shows an apparatus capable of supply- ing 2000 gallons of pure water 24 hours. One good feature in this invention is that an almost unlimited supply for fresh water may be produced on board ship by using the waste heat passing up the funnel—in other words, without any additional cost or the usual loss of fuel, by taking live steam from the main boiler. has been applied to the screw steamer Ben- tinck, and the water produced by it is of the purest quality and tasteless. Fig. 1 is a front view, partly in section, and Fig. 2 is a side view, the covers in the tube chambers being removed. As the lime is thrown An arrange: | The arrangement | [ was, says a corres- APPARATUS | British Museum is obliged to confess that the | | ancients originated a great many good no- tions which we moderns have only improved upon. For instance, there are few tools | more ancient than the saw. All the ancient nations appear to have had it—certainly, the Hindoos, the Egyptians, the Greeks and | the Romans. jeven before there were any men on earth | There is a creature called the saw-fly, with the saws in its tail, which is actually used for sawing the stems, leaves and fruits, | wherein its eggs are to be deposited. T here | city of Augsburg, for the The saw may have existed | is also a sawfish, the long snout of which is | asaw. Itis said also that the original in- | habitants of the Island of Madeira found a ready-made saw in the backbone of a fish | The Greeks had a pretty story attributing the invention of the saw to the accidental | finding of the jaw-bone of a snake by one Talus, who used it to cut through a small piece of wood. Being a slave, and finding that this jaw-bone eased his labor, he made | a saw of ircn, and thus gave mankind a new and most valuable tool. The ancient saws differed from ours in two ways. The teeth were so arranged that the cut was made by pulling instead of pushing, and the teeth, instead of being set one to the right and | one to the left alternately, were set so that | ten or a dozeu in succession were slanted one way and the same number the other | way. The ancients have several! varieties of the implement. cutting marble into slabs. kind of tubular saw for hollowing out a marble bathtub, similar in principle to the method now employed. Among the pictures uncovered in the buried city of Hercu- | laneum there is a representation of two genii sawing a piece of wood on a carpenter’s bench very much like ours and using a saw | with a wooden frame similar to those now employed. Still more strange, the frame | saw tightened with a rope and stick, such ‘as our street wood sawyers use, was prob ably as familiar to the Romans as it is to water or steam is made to do the hardest part of the work, | ancient nation. Sawing by hand, next to digging a stiff clay soil, is about the hardest work that men ordinarily have to do, It is therefore not surprising that our ease-loving race began to experiment a good while ago Fig. 2.—Front View, FOR EVAPORATING SEA WATER to the performance of this toil. jus. A saw-mill, however, by which wind, | and 212°, |other people) in some of the rooms of the! with a view to applying the forces of nature | tore it to pieces board, thick or thin, had to be sawed by | four bills covering big army and naval guns, hand, the sawyers must have been a formid- | fortifications, coast defenses and new war able body, both from their numbers and | vessels, which have been considered and their strength |passed within less than a fortnight, and After the failure of the Dutchman in| which propose an aggregate expenditure of 1663, there was no serious attempt to start | $58,200,0 10 The first of these measures another saw-mill in England for more than | came from the Committee on Coast Defenses a 100 years. In 1767 an English timber and was passed by the Senate on February dealer of large capital built a saw-mill to be 7. It appropriates $8,000,000 for the pur moved by the wind. It was thought to be|chase of rough steel for heavy ordn: a e, a great and difficult enterprise, and it at [ adapted to modern warfare, and finished | tracted much public attention. Some years | steel for armor and other army purposes, | before an author had explained the advan- | and the erection of an army gun factory at | tages and economy of saw-mills; then the|the Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, N. Y. was not known to any | society of arts gave the scheme of building | It also provides $5,000,000 for the construc one their approval, and, finally, the mill was|tion of fortifications and other works of actually built by an engineer who had | coast defense, making a total of $13,000.0 studied the saw-mills of Holland and Nor-| for the bill. The second bill also came from way. No sooner was the mill complete than | the Committee on Coast Defenses, and was the sawyers assembled in great force and’ practically a copy of the first, except that it NECTION Te VACUUM CON " a PIPE TOMAIN CONDENSER FOR EATRA FEED FOR MAIN BOILER . ay A “a FRESH WATER TANKS . ~ TA | | } Partly in Section IN VACUO, applied to the purchase of steel for nava The Government compen ordnance, armor, shafting and other pava sated the owner for his loss, as was just A learned German investigator who has | Some of the rioters also were convicted and | purposes, and called for a naval yun factory investigated the subject very thoroughly states that the first trace of saw-mill yet discovered is in the records of the German year 1337. The reference is slight, and does not fix the fact with certainty. But there are two saw mills near that city, which are known to have existed as far back as 1417, and they are still used. Before that valuable inven- tion all boards and planks were split with wedges, and then hewn to the requisite smoothness with the axe. The splitting of boards is still practiced in remote settle- ments, as I myself have seen, and it is re- corded of Peter the Great, of Russia, that he had much difficulty iv inducing the tim- ber cutters of his empire to discontinue the method. At length he issued an edict for- bidding the exportation of split planks. Even in Norway, covered with forests as it was, there was not one saw-mill before 1530. Nowhere in Europe, it appears, was the introduction of a saw-mill so long re- sisted asin England. In 1663 a Hollander erected one near London, but it brought upon the poor man such an outcry and opposition that he was obliged to abandon it. The sawing of timber by band furnished occupation, at that time and long aiter, to large numbers of strong men. In every town there were saw pits, as they were | called, for the convenience of the sawyers, The Greeks, for example, had | one of whom stood at the bottom of the pit cross-cut saws for two men, also saws for/and the other on the log. And they had a! imagine that when every beam, plank and We can easily imprisoned. A new mill was then built, | in this city The amount appropriated in which was allowed to work without! this bill is $8,000,000. Mr. Cameron stands molestation, and proved 80 profitable that | as the father of the third bill, which was others were soon’ introduced In no| passed on Wednesday, the 16th It sets part of the world, probably, has the| apart $15,000,000 for the construction of saw been more minutely and curiously de- protected steel cruisers, $2,000,000 for the veloped than in Great Britain, where they | payment of bonuses for speed beyond t have saws so fine as to cut diamonds, and | contract requirements, and $4,8 circular saws nine feet in diameter and a| the armament of the vessels, a quarter of an inch thick. They have also | $21,500,000 Mr. Hale’s bill, the last of the veneer saws so accurately adjusted as to cut | series, appropriates $10,009,000 for the con 18 slices of veneer from a rosewood plank| struction of heavily armored vess 8 an inch thick. In London they will put a| armored floating batteries, or rams, to be log of mahogany upon the mill and cut it used for coast and harbor defenses ; $1,200, into slices so thin that the sawdust weighs ooo for light-draft gunboats, $600,000 for more thanthe veneer. Yankees have beaten | torpede boats, $600,000 for torpedoes ar this performance. They take a piece of | torpedo appliances, and $3 mahogany or rosewood, soften it by steam, | armament « f the vessels provided for i and cut it into veneers with a knife, without | bill, a total of $15 400,00 ind @ gra making a grain of sawdust. Daniel Web-! total for the four bills of $53,20 I ster tells us that his father had a saw mill | sum does not provide for steel and armories after his removal to New Hampshire, at the | to fashion the steel into guns, and source of the Merrimac river. Daniel, who | makes no provision for the expense of mak was by no means fond of labor at any part | ing the guns. All the money is to of his life, liked nothing better in his boy- | steel and machinery, leaving the m hood than to attend this saw mill, because | manufacturing the guns to be provided for when he had put his log in position and! hereafter. Judging from all the signs there started the saw, be had 16 good minutes for | is little probability that any of the bills rest or reading before the business required | passed by the Senate to appropriate ir further attention. diately large sums for the nstruction of new vessels for the navy will be even n s. dered by the House The majority of the By the passage of Mr. Hale’s bill for the | House Committee on Naval Affairs are opposed to making large apprvupriations for at present, increase of the naval establishment, the | Senate on Thursday last disposed of the last of | the navy WS be: wee a ET 6 a sore ia zy ee ee IRON AGE. COPPER CO., \\ PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER. Seamless Brass and Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, O’Neils’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &e., — I IN— . WE, DODGE. Pres’t. @. P. COWLES, V.-P. and Treas. aA. COWLES, Secretary. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Cepper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. so 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. PHELPS, DODGE & CO., IMPORTERS OF TIN PLAT Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AY BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, - CONN., Manufacturers of BRASS.—Sheet Brass, Brass Wire, Brass Tubing. a Sheet German Silver, German Silver BRU. i Wire, German Silver Tubing. BUTT } Bacvow, , Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, INGES. Stop, Spring and Piano-Forte Military, Naval, Livery, Societ Rall- BUTTONS. } road, *hool, Lasting, Silk an ‘Dress. LAMP German Student Lamps, Kerosene GooDs Burners, Kerosene Lamps. euct TO. Camera Boxes, Printing Frames, a Chemicals, Paper, Glass, &c. Scovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. DEPOTS: 473 Broome Street, New York. 177 Devonshire Street, Bosto’ 183 Lake Street, Chicago. ; a 7 | TYLER BROTHERS, lron and Steel Merchants. No. 8 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. WILLIAM P. TYLER. EDWARD R. TYLER. Advances made on Consignments. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO BROOKIYN, MANUFACTURERS OF Steel Wire Nails of AGENTS: Dunham, Carrigan & Co., San Francisco. Leeds, Robinson & Co., Boston. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., 17 BROADWAY, - J. W. GATES, WM. EDE - RN, Vice-President. President BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFAUTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, "vont"? RANKIN: STATION, lowa Barb Wire Co.. ENGINE FOR SALE, H.-P. Hewes & Phillips’ make. 144 in. Price, $400, stroke. Waterbury WATERBURY, Qn corr BRASS AND je old- Punched NUTS for Cars and Unfin- THOS. W. FITCH. Superintendent. THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG.CO.|WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G CO, MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. shoot and Rot Brass) eee WT LEE oss AND WIRE > Vv to‘s H < ) . . ard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL Iron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent Steel COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER Barb Wire; i ‘atch ond Clock Main Springs ; Liye class Springs; Steel ELECTRICAL WIRE, W irvé Jor Needles and D> wlls . FP atent Sle el i wre Bale Ties - Pump Chain; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence W ve, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, dnnealed, Tinne. . and Galvanized and Copper ‘Wire, fo 1 Lb. Waterbury Brass Co, Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Kettles, Door Rail, Brass Tags, Per- cussion Caps, Powder Flasks, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas ures, &c., and small Brass Wares of every description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimminés, §c. on Spools 1 oz. ae ee eens ee ee WIRE ROPE AND CaBLE. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 1165 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Kolling Mill, Factories THOMASTON, CONN. WATERDU RY, “CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &e. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission and Standi ing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller R: opes, DEPOTS : MILLS AT Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper Wire 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, Rope, Wire C lothes Lines, Picture C ord, Galv ome Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures 195 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. CONN. and Applianccs re- juired for use wjth the foregoing. BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, THE New Haven Copper Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS & SHEATHING CopPeER, | Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c-. WATERBURY CONN. ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF BOSTON, Cast Steei Augers and Rits of Superior Quality. 294 Pearl St. | NEW YORK. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. Brass, Copper & German Silver IMPORTERS OF ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, | Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., Copper Rivets and Burs. 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, BRASS AND IRON DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. NEW YORK. a JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. WASHERS al AND SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS, CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : 107 & 109 Lake Street. VEW YORK WAREHOUSE : Oilers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, 16 Cliff Street. Clocks and Ply Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. WAREHOUSE, 19 Murray St., N. ¥. MANUFACTORY, Bevdgepers, Conn. NEW YORK, 25 Park Place. 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of all kinds of bs S yr aR ¥ 8,2’. ny S 18 Federal St. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS, 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 TRON AND STEEL WIRE ished Work. PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, | MASON IRON COMPANY, 2426 Washington Ave., Phila. KEROSENE BURNERS, &C. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, Brooklyn 7 a Copper Co., "7! \Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, we John Street, New York. PASSAIG ZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, lll LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, Manufacturers of M. H. LEONARD, “TREASURER. —— AND —— N. WY., Every Description. Of All Kinds. Estimates Made for Suspension Bridges, Tramways, and Transmission of Power. WORKS AND OFFICE AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK OFFICE: : COOPER, HEWITT & CoO., 17 ) BURLING SLIP. Philadelphia Ome ©: 22 & 24 North F Fourth Street. —_ a - Moe “Fs = A. Baldwin & Co., New Orleans. F.S. Bradley & Co., New Haven. ~ NEW YORK, WALLACE H. ROWE, Secretary and Treasurer, HAZARD M'F’c CO. ,| weno: 87 Liberty St., New York. Wilkesbarre, Pa, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. 98 Reade Street, New York. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. » eylinder, 33 in. Com A. _ LESCHEN & SONSTIROPE ‘CO., Mtg. All kim Rail Screws, Cur Holders Wire Nails in all sizes Special articies made to order. A. W. PARMELEE, Pres t, way THE WIRE GOODS CoO.., WORCESTER, MASS. is of Bright and Brass Wire Goods, Mill Wire : iooks, Cary Wardrobe Hooks, Staples, Meat Hooks, Clothes Line Wire, Hooks and Rings, Towel Racks and Splasher milled, headed, pointed, threaded, and made to any desired shape THE WIRE GOODS CO,, "sir s . . yurY —- © Manufacturers of = CONN. Ss — ' S 3¢< Ee . SS 7 aa a) = = a o 2 5 g o — a c= a on = E ‘stablished | 1830. THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. Correspondence invited. Goods, Hand and varieties. Wires cut. bent, Trunk Nails, Tacks Ciout Nails, Burrs, Wire Nalis PLYMOUTH, MASS. GET THE BEST February 24, 1887, ——<=— =jeasn} | 8 February 24, 1887, LINDEMANN & CO. BIRD CARW & MOEN, U cRS OF eee MANUFACTURERS Paaned ited, CAGES. STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL ‘SPRINGS of every description. CE CLELEL LE VSS SS IIAL AA A m4 > — . ) > ny _ > S . S = a i ~ ~ — S = =. — — — Market mteel Wire, Crinoliine Wire, Tempered and Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. 284, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK, TRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. | BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. | +4 ( = | f y . See — Successors To W. S. TYLER, \ - ge a aw ae oa ——— MANUFACTURERS OF ‘Sie . YEE ——~ry/ } — Wire Elevator Guards, OFFICE RAILINGS, DESK RAILINGS, SKYLIGHT GUARDS AND WIRE VINDOW GUARDS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. W. 8. TYLER, Pres. E, H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. CLEVELAND, OHIO. AT LAST ~ THORN WIRE HEDGE CO. The Gautier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Co. STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING.| of Johnstown, Pa. have perfected a “sac J Eu, BARB WIRE FENCE, which outranks all others as regards QUALITY, GALVANIZING, &c. All dealers in this article are earnestly requested to send to us or our agencies for information, Catalogues and samples of this BARB WIRE, and farmers will do well in asking their supply houses for same. ESE Painted and Galvanized. Best Steel. Kelly” Yielding Steel Points. Philadelphia Office 523 ARCH ST. New York Office, Chicago Office, 104 READE ST. 202 First Nat. Bank Building. Best Wire Made. Does Not Lacerate Stock [No. 180 ] } Estab'd 1618 Incorp'’d 1874 THE » GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. (CO. ; WAREHOUSES : 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St., Chicago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS OF lron & Galvanized Wire Sleves and Wire (loth. Power Loom Painted and G vanized Window Screen Wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warid’s Gal aes by A Wire Fence, Gal van ist Wire Netting, Poultry Factories, Georgetown, Conn. BRIGHT IRON AND BRASS WIiRK GoondDs. Also Bright Wire Goods for Cotton and Woolen Mills. Wire straightened, cut, milled Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. iss THORN WIRE HEDGE CO., CHICAGO. ‘THE UNITED STATES iDitis Company, 26 Broadway, New York. his company is now prepared to issue licenses the use of the several Patents owned by them, hese Patents cover processes for the produc- of “ Mitis Castings’’ in Wrought Iron and el, and improvements in furnaces for melting and heating. he Mitis Castings made in accordance with the entions covered by these Patents retain in every respect all the valuable qualities of the Wrought Iron and Steel (Scrap) from which | (Established 1843.) ey are made, do not require annealing, can be welded and worked under the hammer as well as he raw materials, . 7 Full particulars furnished on application, Pp PH O S P H O RP. R O N E and bent into any shape, with or without thread. Write for Catalogue and Prices, Mm. Ss. BROOHS, Chester, Conn. W. F. DURFEE, General Manager, Room 67. 26 Broadway, NEW YORK. TINNED All Sizes W MATTRESS. Straightened ‘or Bearings, Slide Valves, C ylin- Pe Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all purposes where Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c ee mises Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura yy, a bility and Resistance to Corrosion. Steel Spring, TO ORDER, C04 - nenEA “ys Castings of all kinds to order. Send MARKET, for pamphlet and prices. THE IRON AGS. THE ee J, MYERS MFG, CO, COVINGTON, KY... MANUFACTUR:ET Spark or Bite ¢ Ure, Nursery Fenders, Stove Guards and Wire Guar of every description, made of Tinned, Copper and Brass Wire. Also a Full Line of Hardware Specialtie SEND FOR CATALOGUE No. 18. : ay Ne CHD ‘samen Raecbbe “ LUDLOW- ones a C0. aT. TrOoOUIsS Mo. Wal a KR CoS a aoe . és = acne ¢ FORMER A 7. ; WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE. Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. ROOF CRESTING, Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY National Wire & Iron Go., °§1%" Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade THOMPSON McCOSH, President. JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. and Treas LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, BEST BARB WIRE IN EXISTENCE. The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by th HOLLOW CABLE MPG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥Y. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, F. L. HONORE, 48 & 50 Lake St., Ghicage, | CLINTON WIRE CLOTH C0., MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. GALVANIZERS AND TINNERS OF R STAPLE NS | reg salina iialets SMELTING CO. LTD.| WIRE CLOTHand NET TINGS. No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8 WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥Y., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goops F Palmer Wire Mfg Co PALMER, MASS. E.T.BARNUM, MANUFACTURER IRE AND Dish Covers, IRON WOR GnnTEAlD” Corn Poppers, | Detroit, Mich. | INDOW Coal Sieves, SCREE Flour Sieves, The Popular Polish | of the world. WIR LOTH. Wor omtebe all dealers in U, S.A. EC and Canada. Price List Free. THE PARLOR MFG. OO., 85 Fulton St., Bostoa. Etc., Etc. Metallic Coal Steve, Clinton “Standard” (Number 33 Wire Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth Factory and General Office—CLINTON, MASS. NEW YORK, 59 BeekmanSt. BOSTON, 23 Court St. CHICAGO, 137 Lake St, The American Garment FEiangsger. PERKINS & BRADLEY M’F’GCO., THE INDESTRUCT'BLE TOWEL ROLL New Haven, ¢ oni. THE INDESTRUCTIBLE CEILING HOOK | AT AN AT HOOK PP. CO. Box 1404 A. \ THE INDESTRUCTIBLE COAT AND H el Pt. ee SOLK MANUFACTURERS 0} THE AMERICAN GARMENT HANGER PATENTED, MARCH 7th, 1882, & > ei ie al Se Aw, wae? = 7 m A en February 24, 1887. JAMES P. WITHEROW, Engineer & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH Pa. GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES THE IRON AGE. 06 DEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co.)Q) K FORD W. D. WOOD & CO., L’d, PITTSB vn PA. Beekman St., New York City. 85, 87,89 & 91 Elm St,, New Work. MANUFACTURERS OF | IRON AND NAIL CO. [ron &® Steel galvanized Sheet Iron,| C a. Nai Is Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Galvanized Wire, » Sehoaree ond Ponce 5 Sevouent ACK , Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanise an BLA CK DI A M ON D STEEL. Galvanized Nails, Galvanized Chain. Galvanised Iron AND SPIKES. All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- stantly on hand, CORRUGATED SHEET IRON queens Pom ce oot PIE RSO N & 60, i ee Te oaenene sarees CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUPACTU: $f | Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common 81, 83 and 85 Was Sar ne ge OF PATENT Sen ee SHEET IRON. See Planished Sheet Iron. ore ae tamer ge © oe ay ag specially adapted for A No. I Boiler Pla IRON and STEEL ,| PLATE AND Tan [Ron, ee op htgnted April sth, 1873 ; Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. - ; 8074 5 JGR. 31, 2076 t. x7th, 1876 ; Jan. Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts And OENTRAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. | GG. iB, Sue's Panes Bae runes BURDEN'S Jabs Mz? i Rem Gm sre s Dew, set 08 ie tes ae 24, 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. ait, aciomapeniinn an March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885, Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, Will contract to completely erect, eq ] in operation Blast Furnace Whit os 6 tom and place in operatio ~ ce TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED TO ORDER. ABEEL BROTHERS, Price list and quotations sent upon application. H0 RS ¢ g 4 0 FS _ 5 ee B. FE. JUDSON, ata well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. : I ror. . M © rel 1a nts, importer of and Dealer im —_——_ Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everythi: 190 SOUT St ‘NEW YORK, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN GRADES oF appertaining to Blast Furnace and St ¢ 365 WATER ST., § “ CATASAUQUA” IRON. Large Assort. \oat of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, BLACK SHEET IRON. Works construction, can guarantee prom) Smooth on both sides. ness and satisfaction. SYRACUSE Manhattan Rolling Mill. Pig Iron | “Burden Best’ WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD METALS. Iron ARM CO.’’ SHAFTING., cepremamoeses cect ayn ge wee BesINEW YORK, MALLEABLE IRON| J. LEONARD, Boiler Rivets. wecsne. 445 to 451 West St. EW YORK f A. R, WHITNEY & CO,, PHCE N l X See SYRACUSE, - Ns. Ve eee A oF SANUPAOTURERS aE. HORSE SHOE IRON, i lron and Steel AGENCIES: PORT AGE TRON CO., Limited. Merehant Iron and Soft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. NORW ai — & LKON ©CO., Homogeneous Stee BAY State : TRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder PI BRANDYW INE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. ye ae woes Boiler i M. BYERS & CO., ge} mee CARNEGIE BROS. a co. mited, "iron and Steel Beams, Channels, depen and 8b bafting BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO.,, Steet Wire Nails Mower and Reaper Castings and Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flais. Carriage Irons a Specialy. | HENRY KELLY, r W. B. BURNS, Proprietor. PuBLic ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Cpocteny : Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Cost EVERSON, HAMMOND & ' Accounts and Partnership Settlements LIMITED. L ate C bief Accountant to Cambria Iron Compars Howard, Childs & Co., HORSE SHOES. tue suapen inon co. PHEENIX HORSE SHOE CO., TROY, N. Y. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. ¥. New York Office, 20 Reade Street. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO Cor, ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS.. PITTSBURGH, PA., ard, x oil ei abate ein |e IMPORTED & AME‘ICAN new vor city. |Gheet Steel Comm ission Merchants, a —_“< [eee P l G l RO N ° ee ee ee ae Iron and Steel of all Descriptions, Or Borden & Lovell, , |LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON,| WM. McFARLAND, | OPEN-HEARI TEL, IhkOhs san ETS | Ton oe Hols, Drivpine Fans ke = For Maileabie and Carwheei Furvows, 11 and Brass Founder, | eases ’ 70 & 71 WEST 8T7., Pittsburgh 2 Manufactured Goods af all Kinds. Correspondence 8 solic ited. P. rices on app rhic E JENCKES MANFG. CO. § “ PAWTUCEET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, i | SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. TH Iron Butiding», Roofs, Snutters, Boom, Cornices, Bent Wire Goods of ail kinds a Specialty. MO: 4 SPECIALTY. L. N. LOVELL, l C A, GREENE, New York. H. L. FREELAND, | Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.’S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPFD IRON ROOFING & SIDING TRENTON, N. J. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. CHICAGO AND DETROIT. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO.,| Any size or style made at short notace. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’sS a Boots, suutzers | NAILS AND SPIKES. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., New Yerk Office, SS Chambers Street. am 5 Dey Street. NEW YORE. SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent 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. DANIEL F. COONEY, BOLT & RIVET cLippeRs,|C ast Iron ? Ipe at. cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on SS Washington St., New York, ges, wagons, harness, &c. Ask for them LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. | — you buy your hardware, or send for cir- IRON AND STEEL “EL BOILER PLATES. ex a price list, Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. MBERS, BROTHER & CO., GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. a 400 CHESTNUT STREET. 62nd Sr., Betow LancasTeR AVE., ALLISON BOILER FLUES. PHILADELPHIA, PA. A G R y F C A. «GARRISON FOUNDRY UO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, SS SSS SS ERE HICKS & DICKEY, 4/3 Commerce St., Phila., Pa. Steel and fron, Steel and Forgings of every Description. Chi | | e (| Ro ] | 8 ' Machinery Steel in Bars, also cut to exact le sngths. Crown Cast Tool Steel, Warranted. Special Quality Iron and Steel Shafting, with large assortment of heavy sizes on BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW, mac. i Plate = oe Iron, Bolts, Nuts and Rivets. Hartman Steel Wi ire eee ail Steel a eland Iron Forgings of all kinds. Cold Rolled Steel Shafting. Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin’s Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roll- D. R. LEAN. T. S. BLAIR, Jr LEAN «& BI.AIR, Engineers and Contractors, Room 709, Hamilton Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., RD. WOOD & CO. PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of will contract to erect, equip and place in operation Open-Hearth and Besse- mer Steel Works, Blast Furnaces, Lash Steel Melting Furnaces, Hains- worth Soaking Pits, Fire-Brick Hot-Blast Stoves, Gas Works, &c. Ofte ROBINSON-REA MFG. CO. PITTSBURGH, PA., ROLLING MILL MACHINERY, BEAM AND RAIL ROLLS. J « RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE CO, waste! asa acee oes |Hortge, Mule & Snow Shoes. ine Perkins Pattern, Office, Nos. 10 4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. Works at Valley Falls, R. |. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R, |. —= | ¢, W. CARPENTER, President. C. H. PERKINS, Gen’! Manager. R. W. COMSTOCK, Seeretary k QZ PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. [ Manufacture and have always in stock é “ ROLLED IRON BEAMS, CHAS. J. STEBBINS. ES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE nly single Rin ver t i} Channels, Angee a 2. fee Riveted Work, Y = Double Ring Invented. t closes on outside of ther. * “dl : BROWN’S ae a. PATERSON, N. J. Il Reade St, New York, Champion Hog Ringer Elliptical Ring = > Room 45, Astor House, New York. aa and HOLDER. and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Rir zs - K") that will a. Only singie oe oe n ally Pe No outside af the nose. No shart sharp points in the nose. points in the flesh to keep it s oar” CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN C@O,, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, |! J, M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with ail lines of Rallroads. Office 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH PA. STEEL AND IRON NAILS. Bonnell, Botsford & Co... IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. DOVER IRON CO,’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, ———-__- BAR IRON. CONDIT, FULLER & CO., FULLER BROTHERS & co., | PI6 PIs TRON BAR BAR 139 GREENWICH ST. NEW YORE. Cleveland, Ohio. SPANISH, AND AFRICAN ITALIAN ctor, CASTLE PIG IRON. — | ———«dM({ OHM CAN’ PIG TRON. yr Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- iom reaching o3 per cent., and Silicon from 1 per cent. upward, according to re- quirements of buyers). WILGTITIAM RNR. BART & February 24, 1887. | | A superior iron for ordipvary Bes: comparing favorably with THE IRON AGE. semer work, English West Coast Hematites. Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Bullets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished STOVES Cambria Steel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, FACTURE act, eq ace Whit bove. averythiny and Ste e prompt Mill. D, YORK RON, ind Flais. iY, 226 Walnut Street, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Steel Axles, CAMBRIA Office, 218 S. Fourth St. Philadelphia. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address Oid Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. PHILADE PITTSBURGH OFFICE, 84 FOURTH AVE, STREET RAILS ano LPHIA. RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Billets and B Steel Castings, Steel Forgings. TRON ars, Steel Angeles. COMPANY, Works, Johnstown, Pa. 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. DAVID REEVES, The Phcenix Iron Co., Eesams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings : Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. TANT, |A, Pa. urers’ Cost ments n Comparys A MANUFACTURERS OF Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. LAN WOOD COMPANY, Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bicom Co., hants, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, PLATE cc SHEET IRON, gh, Pa. No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, rptions, FB rser set, inn Laat Btipig errs ssnatve Hecdgit tad ecker oe, rdware, mm. Ww. H.WALBAUM & CO., | Kinds. application . CO., Hooks, NEW AND OLD RAILS. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, [ron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. BLOOMS. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL OO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘Ulverston ;” YETERS. Malleable Pi prom, rene os i HM.” eee eT ON eet Ree ca NS SS SB Eon —_ PENCOYD IRON WORKS, LAIR, Jr es [eS oe a A. & P. ROBERTS & CO., -——MANUFACTURERS OF— IT'S, BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, . PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, Hains- Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel, &e. Mee, No. 265 8S. Fourth St., Philadelpnia, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. 30, LS. 0,, fern, R. |. |, Seoretary ver ipver of the noe _ DEALERS Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del Ave... + + * ENGINEERS, No. 226 Walnut Street, Fire Brick Hot Blast Ste AGENCY blast to a higher temperature with greater regularity. construction or operation, eliminated. We Guarantee Pertec 7 t Satisfaction. - re GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, Philadelphia, Pa. it ve Co. Whitwell Hot Blast Stove. Cowper Hot Blast Stove. Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Hot Blast Stove. The latter improvement, at 30 ¢ less first cost, will heat more Weaknesses of the older types of stoves, whether in their QuAHBERNR coIwTy FACING MiIiIiitit Ss. lus eailipiec OL. (>Lar) Stove Plate Facing. / 1ut eauipie Oul. AA Machinery Facing 5 RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, ST*EL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. 7. WwW. PA XBSON ee CO-., IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS 2F FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, PSILADELPHIA, Pa. EDWARD J. ETTING IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, 222 8. Tarrmp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savuge Fire Brick. Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue bove Callowhill St., connected by track with rail oad. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON. JAS. G. LINDSAY, THOS. 8. PARVIN, LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material FOR ALL PURPOSES. Estimates furnished for Lron and Steel Structures and Railway construction Correspondence solicited with railroad contractors. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 Bo. 4th 8t., Philadciphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron Wyebrooke C. B. Charcoal Pig Ir son Red Short Pig Iron. a DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. MORRIS, WHEELER & CO. Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., PHILA., PA. SALES OFFICES, 400 Chestnut St., 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, 284 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Description. Selling Agents for Cleveland City Forge and iron Co., Forgings; Centre] Iron and Steel Works, Plates of Iron and Steel; Danville Nail and Mfg. Co., Lron and Stee! Nails. Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Car and Boat Specifications a Speciaity J. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA, PA, SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel rmity PIG IRON CHARCOAL PIG and Forge IRON. JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO,, AGENTS FOR CATASAUQUA M’F’G, CO,, Iron, Steel,| Bars, Boller, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, Angles and Shapes; Chick's s, Montgomery Conewago and Alice Furnaces BPrieSGr IRON for Foundries and Mills FORGE CO., Lro. Lron and Steel Forgings; Every shape. 224 South Fourth Street, ERIE - Phila., Pa jerome Keeley & Co., 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. [RON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Tron and Steel Riils, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and negotiate sales of lron and Coal properties. FE. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser J. B. M. Hirons. E. H. WILSON & CO., and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, eae =m BROKERS ANI’ DEALERS IN IRON anv STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, |RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates ; GLASGOW TRON CoO., Plates and Muck Bars; SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Slemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes. JNO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA, Pig Iron & Ores, Steel & Iron Blooms, Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal Co. Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &c. FOR BEST MILL Andover Pig ron... Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4% In. to % in.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. T Weer Puriuan, Agent. 240 So, 3d St., Phila, NORTH BROTHERS MFG. CO, Iron Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets® PHILADELPHIA. Correapondence aolicitad, Established 1847, A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. | Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars, The Allentown Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shating. _ » &C., Rivets, Bolts and Nu General Office, 237 South Third St.. Philadelphia. Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Bridges and Turn-Tables. Works at Allentown, Pa. EDWARD CORNING, 15 Cortlandt St., New York, New York Sales Agent. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., Conshohocken, MANUFACTURERS OF Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. TESTED | Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and Sheets of Steel. | Plate and Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common. @@ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. CHAINS. Bradlee & Go., Empire Chain Works, Beach & Otis Sts., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO, MANUFACTURERS OF ~ COMBERLIND” RAILS 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Successors to CABEEN & & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, Lea & Co.,, CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND BCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE BO OTH, GARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836. Analysis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of a)! kinds IRON AND STEEL, ANALYSIS OF A special departmen for the fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, lron Or Baltimore. Price lists on application. Blags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Bands, &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and la New Process of Salt Manufactare | The St. Clair Republican has obtained from Louis R. Alberger, of Buffalo, N. Y., ' under whose superintendence the works of the Diamond Crystal Salt Company, of St Clair, Mich., have been erected, the follow ing description of the new method of mak ing table and dairy salt adopted that ] company : ’ Last year a detailed series of experime nt were made in the Thompson salt block test the merits and applicability of a new process for the manufacture of salt, in ‘ vented by Messrs. Williams & Alberver, of Buffalo, N. Y., and the success attending them was such as to warrant the f the Salt C rmation | of Diamond {Crystal mpany, i which was organized to erect a block on a full manufacturing scale of 1 to 1 barrels per 24 hours. Land on the St Clair River with fine dockage was pur chased, and as soon as the inventors com pleted plans for buildings and machinery, the well drilling was commenced and buildings erected. The machinery for ® the factory was procured in Buffalo, * N. Y., Cleveland and Toledo, Onio, i and Gloucester, N. J., under the direction of Horace Williams and J. L. Alberger, and \ was put into place by Louis R. Alberger 7 These gentlemen are also the patentees of the process and apparatus. The factory is operated by steam and the saving in fuel is made by what is known asa ‘‘ double effect” i —that is, the vapor from the brine is utilized to heat an equal amount of brine, and the condensed water is supplied to the boilers The process is, however, an entirely new method of ‘‘ double effect,” as it runs con tinuously, and no stoppage of the machinery | occurs for any cause but a break down The only place in the manufacture where the men have to handle salt is in removing it from the centrifugal machine, which is employed to rapidly and completely perform the drainage. The apparatus consists of a pair of steel steam boilers, three tubular heaters and two closed evaporators, also an open grainer. The heaters are of steel shells containing I. brass tubes, the steam from the boilers is applied around the tubes, and the brine is forced through them under an hydraulic pressure and is heated to a temperature of 280° F. Itthen flows into a closed evap- orator, and in this, the hydraulic pressure being released, steam arises from the brine and is condensed in heater No. 2, which is a counterpart of No. 1. The brine next } passes into anotber evaporator from which steam also arises and is also con densed in a heater, called No.3. The brine now flows into the circular grainer, 41 feet in diameter, makes and deposits salt by evaporation and cooling and then returns again through a Worthington pump to heat i ers No. 3. No. 2 and No. 1 consecutively, condensing the steam and receiving the heat arising from the evaporation of the brine in the two closed evaporators. Now, as 40 per cent. of the total evaporation oc curs in the closed evaporators and as the heat of this evaporation is not lost, but is \ used to produce another evaporation of i brine, one can readily estimate the gain effected. Attached to the first, or bigh- beat heaters, are vessels containing gravel ; upon this and in the tubes of the heater, all the sulphate and carbonate of lime is deposited in a gran ular form and is easily removed. Relay heaters are provided so that they are cleaned without stopping the action. The salt in the grainer is swept mechanically into the mixer, through which it falls wet with a brine into the centrifugal. In this machine 1 to 1% barrels of salt is drained in two minutes, dry enough to barrel for ordinary salt. In making table salt the surface of the brine in the grainer is agitated con tinuously by small pieces of metal hanging e by chains fastened to four rotating armies The device prevents the salt from forming in large crystals, by drowning the small ones as fast as they are made. The more the agitation the finer the salt and the slower the motion the coarser the product The table and dairy salt, after through the centrifugal, is transferred by an elevator to a steam dryer and the is there made alsolutely dry. Then a bolt ing machine separates the sizes, as desired It is very interesting to see the salt mixed with brine enter the centrifugal and 1 minutes later see it running into barrels thor oughly dried, at the same time bearing mind the common method of in large for 14 or more barrel of this salt contains 5 per cent pounds less water than common salt about 5 pounds less sulphate of lime or gyp sum, making it practically pure The salt crystals are cubical and of even size of them retaining their shape and havi: t brilliant luster much more important than it may appear t be at a glance. ‘The ported dairy salt, analyzing 2 per | pure than the | pany’s, is brought from Enyland, and | sold in for go cents 280 pounds bring $ packing, in table all these This company expe: glish made salt, astheir product is purer as | better. | A test was made last week of the a of salt which could be made in 24 four hous the amount of coal consumed and 1 the coal required to make each barre I 3¢ * tons of ti were ined] at a latter of When it Was that it passing eI suit in draining days \ ' , Or ig . bins and im This question of pu best brand fin Diamond Crystal Salt Com 56-pound bags for 72 cent That is, five 60 per barre lit at making and sand ret bays ynta butter points are tto supersede the very The result was barrels of sit, in pr ducing which for the barrel of salt this product lairy whereas cost almost ¢1 salt Was ab rdinary tine salt ona i cent. of water, and that cents for coal for hitherto been nD test wust be rewarded as exce factory. an *xi ne each barre! I ‘ sidered the nu ee Mendelejff the spot, in 4&4 communi says that the oil lifferent Prof. D. J who I missioned to study the paper | Baku Baku oil ind ation ¢t mode i Ww is from t n" 6 TEE IRON AGE. February 24, 1887, WROUGHT IRON BOILER TUBES. Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, Oj! Well Tubing, Casing AND LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, Rolling Mill and General Machinery, Eestablished - 1861. ESTABLISHED IN 1848. - - BURROWS, “- TEIOMAS C. LU TD Agent for Jersey City Steel Company, s sy sy Successors to Jas. R. THOMPSON & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF v WAREIIOUSE, 99 and 101 JOHN ST. NEW YORK. HAMMERED AND ROLLED Established in 1859, SL HEL... 7” H <a A. G. Coes & Co. WARRANTED EQUAL TO ANY PRODUCED. PAT.DEC, 2B. 1875 | WORCESTER, MASS., BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL For Edge and Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear- Knives, A. G. COES’ Cold-Chisels and Machinists’ Tools generally. For Circular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. geo AEA p ING | RON WORKS Sheet steel CREW WRENCHES | For Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, . ~ rs rs _ — =~ Stamping Cold, &c., &c. he Strongest Wrench made, and the SIEMENS