The Iron Age 1887-03-03: Vol 39 Iss 9

387 a if 8 of Stee | le to k in d as is to crip ular aw HE! 1. x & wn The Iron Age READING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAms, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. New York, Thursday, March Vo Yi a The Springfield Traction Engine. YXIX: No. 9 on this circular plate I and the center frame F, and if the springs were removed would turn loosely on said plate and frame. There | We take pleasure in presenting on this shaft. A pinion which is on the end of the engine shaft drives the spur-wheel on the counter- On the opposite end of this counter - and Metal Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. 4 J , 1887. is sli the K of end other cast-iron from the the in piece end axl: ‘Trades. page and also on page 17, engravings of a/ 4re six springs inside the spur-wheel | shaft is the pinion L. This pinion L drives and are joined and bolted together as shown traction engine built by the Springéield | D connecting : the spur-wheel with _the| the wheel D, which is connected by springs | in cut. These castings J and K have lugs Engine and Thresher Company, of Spring- center frame F. Three of these springs | to the center frame F. This frame is | on each side. Onthe front side the lugs are field, Ohio. One of the main features of the | ®re compressed when the wheels are'driven by springs through the wheel’ to receive the tongue in case the engine engine is found in the driving axle, shown in Fig. 2. The gearing is there represented in combination with a spur-wheel L and countershaft N, representing the outlines of the boiler. The traction wheels are taken off the axle to show the gearing and clutches more distinctly. The compen- sating gear consists of two bevel-wheels, G and K, and three bevel pinions, H. The bevel-wheel G is keyed rigidly to the axle C. The bevel-wheel K drives the left- hand traction-wheel, which turns loosely on the axle C. The clutch M is also keyed rigidly to the axle C. The square steel pins A (which are shown by the dotted lines) are even with the inside of the flange of the bevel-wheel K, but on stony or slippery Se th wi aa ne Galen TRACTION ae) } ae ENGINE “a , TNL ) a 7 ra a | Fig. 1.—General View. a cy® . / fez At. \ 2 es , - 4 4 < A on we’ - — J Fig. 2.--Gearing of Driving Aale, Fig. 3.—Details of Front Acle, TRACTION ENGINE, BUILT BY THE SPRINGFIELD ENGINE AND THRESHER COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO roads, where it is necessary to have both | driven forward, and the other three|D and carries the three bevel pinions H. should be drawn by horses, and on the other! to the main frames R The steering wheels rigid, these pins are connected with | springs are compressed whep the wheels are | These three pinions mesh on one side with side the lugs receive the ends of the chains} chain shaft S is in a journal on one end, the clutch M, by moving in as tar as shown | driven backward. These springs make an|the bevel-wheel K. The bevel-wheel G| which connect the front axle to the steer-| which is bolted to the right-hand main by the dotted lines by means of a half turn | elastic connection between the spur-wheel | being rigid on the axle, drives the right-| ing chain shaft S. The cast-iron box! frame and the other end goes through a of the worm plate, which is shown op the’ D and the center frame F, and have a circu- hand traction-wheel and the bevel-wheel K|}J also has a ball and_ socket-piece, | journal on the left-hand main frame R. On outside of the traction-wheel in Fig. 1./Jar trunnion, E, on which it turns lo sely | drives the left-hand traction-wheel. In|C, on the upper side. This ball and | this the worm wheel is keyed und is geared The three bevel pinions H have each a'in the journals of the center frame F | running the engine in a straight line, the | sooket-piece C receives another ball and | to the worm on the hand-wheel shaft, as journal, J, at each end, which is allowed to| and the spur-wheel D, making the com- bevel pinions H act as simple drivers on the | socket D which carries the spring A. Onthe| shown in Fig 1 It wi e noticed that turn loosely in the babbitted boxes of the! pression of the springs always central. | bevel-wheels Gand K, but being connected | inside, this spring A rests with one end on the | the total strain produced by ® pushing center frame F. This center frame F is, as| The right hand traction-wheel is also loose | loosely, they enable the engineer to turn| ball and socket D, and on the other carries | and pulling of the front axle is nearly all partly shown in section, between the two| on the axle C, and is driven by two steel | the engine at any desired angle by means of | the boiler N. A little casting, L, which is | onthe main frames R. There is but very bevel wheels G and K, and has an eye in its | pins B. The two pins B are driven from a/| the steering attachment. ; riveted to the boiler, keeps the spring A in | little strain on the boiler throug e cylin- center, which is allowed to turn loosely | clutch which is keyed rigidly to the axle C. _ Fig. 3 represents the front axle in connec-|a@ central position all the time. This ball | drical piece E, which has nothing to do but partly on the hub of the bevel-wheel G and | When the engine is to be pulled by horses, tion with the frame work R ; N represents the | and socket joint enables the axle H to turn | to steady the top piece C and to hold the the other part on the hub of the clutch M.| these two pins are withdrawn trom the /| boiler; O the smoke-box door. The axle H| around the center of the king bolt B far | hand screw A in its place oe A circular plate, I, is held ina central position | clutch by means of handles on the outside | is a solid wrought-iron forging with a hole| enough to allow the engine to turn in a | No matter in what position the front by shoulders on the center frame F, and is| of the traction-wheel. This enables the|in the center for the king bolt B. The axle| small space. It also allows either of the front collars are removed and a cast-iron box, J. ' wheels to be raised or lowered 20 inches in neluded on page 17 bolted to the same. The spur-wheel D rests! horses to pull the engine with ease. (For Fig. 4 see page 17.) as SL4.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Coples, Ten Cents. going over obstructions or uneven ground. [he cylinder casting E is bolted to the boiler, and has two square lugs M cast on the opposite sides of the inside. These lugs M fit in recesses cast in the ball and socket D to slide up or down’ as the movement of the springs may be, and at the same time keep the ball and socket D from turning, | so that there is no strain put on the spring | but a central compression. The screw G is | loosened when the engine is on the road, but | when the engine is set for threshing or to furnish power to run machinery this screw G is screwed up and takes the weight of the boiler off the spring A. There is an opening between the box J and the ball and socket-piece C to receive the ‘‘ push and pull” jrod I, One end of this pull rod I receives | the king-bolt B, and the other end receives |} a casting, P. This casting fits loosely around the rod I[ on one end, and on the other fits loosely over a wrought-iron brace, Q, and | is connected with it by a pin, T The | wrought-iron brace Q is bolted on each end ee ee eee THE PLUME & ATWOOD Mr6. Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER COQ., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered, Waterbury “Brass Co, Sheet, Roll and Plavers’ Brass, O'NEILS'S PATENT PLANISHED AND COPPER. . Seamless Brass and WwW I I xv HK + Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Kods, Wire, O’Neils’s GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER WY E. DODGE, Pres'’t. 4. P. COWLES, Sates titel. ELECTRICAL WIRE, V.-P. and Treas. rae je . German Silver, Copper, Brass and atec o er, fe ‘ . ° ° > ae tary &e. German Silver Wire, Brass and Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack | 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. Kerosene Burners, —IN— Chain, Lamp Trimminés, §¢. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Copper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. — 19 & 21 CHM Street. NEW YORK. PHELPS. DODGE & CO.. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Rolling Mill, ries THOMASTON, ( OnE. WATERBU RY, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF IMPORTERS OF a DEPOTS: MILLS 4 T | N P L A t FF | 296 stoatway, New Yor WATERBURY, Sheet and Roll Brass, 125 Bady St., Providence, R. I CONN. BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, THE New Haven Copper Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AnD DEALERS IN BRAZIERS & SHEATHING copper, | Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c WATERBURY CONN. MANUFACTURERS OF BOSTON, Roofing Plate, Sheet lron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. a adores, Lanterns and Trimmings, ly Fan Movements, Lamps and Kerosene Burners, Materials. Oilers and Cus Clocks and E Trimmings, Plumbers’ MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AY BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. WAREHOUSE, 19 Murray St., MANUFACTORY, Bridgeport, Conn. N. ¥. (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of Wire, B Tut . BRASS,—Sheet Brass, Brass re, Brass Tubing. ini NEW YORK, GERMAN a German Silver, German Silver SILVER. Wire, German Silver Tubing. 25 Park Place. 18 Federal St BUTT ? Narrow, Middle, Broad, Desk, Ship, Cast Steei Augers and | hits 01 Superior Quality. 22 Murray St. . Stop, Spring and Piano-Forte. Military, Naval, Livery, Society, Rall- road, School Lasting, Silk an ‘Dress. German aendens Lamps, Kerosene urners, Kerosene Lamps. HINGES. 5 BUTTONS. | Manufacturers of all kinds of 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO, |8rass, Copper & German Silver LAMP t GooDs. Fa OTTO. « 1} Camera ean Printing Frames, GRAPHI Chemicals, Paper, Glass, &c IMPORTERS OF ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Scovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. 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 | DIC KERSON & 00., Liverpool NEW YORK. VV \ Ss H KE R S JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. AND SILVER-]- « | Cold- Punched NUTS for Cars and Unfin- ished Work. MASON IRON COMPANY, 2426 Washington Ave., Phila. DEPOTS: 423 Broome Street, New York. 177 Devonshire Street, Boston. 183 Lake Street, Chicago. TYLER BROTHERS, lron and Steel Merchants No. 8 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. WILLIAM P. TYLER. EDWARD R. TYLER. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS, PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BURNERS, &Cc. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., “¥! ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZINC CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK. Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, ill LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), new YORK, GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HOLYOKE, MASS, Advances made on Consignments. M. H. LEONARD, Pamaewann. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO BRoonRLYN, WN. WY., MANUFACTURERS OF Steel Wire Nails of Every Description, AGENTS: Dunham, Carrigan & Co., San Francisco. A. Baldwin & Co., Leeds, Robinson & Co., Boston. F.S. Bradley & Co., A. R. WHITNEY & CO., BROADWAY, NEW New Orleans. New Haven. - - YORK, idl THOS. W. FITCH. Superintendent. WALLACE H. ROWE J. W. GATES, ’ Secretary and Treasurer. WM. EDE mR RN, Vice-President. Pres sident. BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, RANKIN STATION, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. Manufacturers of OFFICE AND WORKS 98 Reade Street lowa Barb Wire CO., “new vor ENGINE FOR SALE, H.-P. Hewes & Phillips’ make. 144 in. stroke. Price, S400, Waterbury Mfg. WATERBURY, CONN. Taunton Crucible Co., TAUNTON, MASS, Bright, Coppered. Annealed dd Tin Plated. GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. Also 33 in. Co., Ov cylinder, Tarred Lathyarn, E tetablished 18 30. THE PLYMOUTH MILLS, Trunk Nails, MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR 66 CHRUCIBLES. Rivets, Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Naiis PLYMOUTH, MASS. Tacks FOR IRON AGE. Suspension Bridges. Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor- Bronze and Copper Wire Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures and Applianccs reyuired for use with the foregoing. NEW YORK WAREHOUSE : TRENTON 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREET, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. March 3, 188%, ’ WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G CO, Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. EVERY FOR ALL VARIETY OF PURPOSES. Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized Tron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent steel Barb Wire, Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Leyeglass Springs; Steel Wtre for Needles and Drills ; Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties s Pump Chain; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence We, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretcners, &c.; Bright, lnnealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 os. to 1 lb. wiRheE ROPE AND CABLE. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes, Transmission aud Standing Ropes, SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS, CHICAGO WAREHOUSE: 16 Cliff Street. 107 & 109 Lake Street. a IN EVERY FORM AND ore Ta es fA <aaies 1a i a | LZ au bs a = Pr te , eu a oe | t URES. > sae ay a ¢ a = i Ps Se N *. bad fa a A > _~s a ie ay’ i I, > Pe ( A] . ( ae a (ae 0 — jd) a J m * Ip rn ad . me i , a he! ~ hg An's; Mg: aif O — a ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. WM. HEWITT, Vice-President. TH E JAMES HALL, Treasurer. — E. HANSON, Secretary. IRON COMPANY (INCORPORATED 1847), MAKERS OF IRON AND STEEL _ =~ ey 4D MLD ANIL Ne | a. OF ALL GRADES. Bright, Annealed, Coppered, Tinned and Galvanized Iron and Steel Wire Rods. Extra Qualities of Bar Iron and Rods, Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire, Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire, Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths. Works and Office, TREN TON, NE W JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burting Slip. | Philadelphia Office, 22 & 24 North Fourth Stree WIRE ROPE HAZARD MFG CO A._ LESCHEN & SONSFIROPE CoO., 2 Manufacturers of = oO —— am = —— - — —- 3 ac (‘Ze = — — zc a) r = omnd S “wo o | : . = = oe Correspondence invited. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE, GET THE BEST or ire es March 3, 1887. THE IRON AGE one THE FRED. J, MYERS MFG. CO. COVINGTON, KY., Manufacturers : CORN POPPERS, KRAUT, SLAW ® VEGETABLE SOT ERS, and of Hardware Specia ilties OVAL Pe PPER with Ke und Corners, ist tronye ind largest Popper mae ie. 0. LINDEMANN & CO, BIRD Co A. FR. —= & — —— WT : MANUFACTURERS OF A MANUFACTURERS Japanned, Brass. Tin CAGES.| steer WIRE for ‘all purposes and STEEL ‘SPRINGS of every description. Plated and Wood. Dealers destrin a first-cla urticle ;wother, Send for C TE LLL TELLER AAA AL LEAL VALE LELEELAAAAEAAAAALAALAE UL LEE LLC CECE Se re ia Market steel Wire, Crinolne Wire, Tempered ana Covered. Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. KRAUT CUTTER.-—Extra large script Ha 236 and 238 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. ay IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, > ii! STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. TRV Sates a Loma. Sa? BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn.| RAS... “del hedas Mass, 54 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. toe tt eet _ eel bebe i - oY ot See i i, Successors To W. S. TYLER, - = a : ae aoe: Se. Io wes ha MANUFACTURERS OF EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH | ' STAMP BATTERIES. ssicsee Seoesee | mS eel, Iron, ‘he and Copper Cloth for Coal acd Ore Ey Nes peeee ia ie ‘taeen Flour Mills, Paper Mills and Maltsiers. ms XY a SOS bs 754 to 758 ST. CLAIR ST. rile ee 4.8. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, See. & Treas, ville Se re CL*VELAND, OHIO. BL a ><) \ KL TTENGERC a SORGER T+ The Gautier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Co. ok where of Jotinstown, Ma., have perfected a W IR E, WIRE CI LOT H, WIRE ROPE. BARB WIRE FENCE Counter Railings, Window Guards, lron and Wire Fences, J Plain and Barbed F encing Wire. i k ll h - ee 7 GALVANIZING, &ic, All dealers in this article are ROOF CRESTING, ULAR GAUGE" for earnestly requested to send to us or Our agencies FLOURING MILLS, GRAIN ELEVATORS, & : ' nes, and Stable Fittings. “« Extra Heavy”? for handling Ores, |f0r information, Catalogues and samples of this Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and stab a 6 TS ene BARB WIRE, and farmers will do well in asking Pee ee ae .t CLARK & CO, frs, [their supply houses for same fj Wi rf (! DETROIT ' ‘ ‘ U rs. : N | | W. Js CLARK & CO., Sole Man ational Wire & Iron G0., °sicw, FRANCIS J. Pp TOMMINS Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade Office, Chi Office, Phiiadeishie 0600, 6 8 SPT SE "104 READE ST. 202 Firet Nat. Bank Building. 623 ARCH ST. THOMPSON McCOSH, President. 2 Se Bona [No. 180 J é & CO., Jo aes ee MANUFACTURERS’ Estab’d 1818, Incorp'’d 1874 THE , GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. ; WAREHOUSES : 42 Cliff St., New York. 228 Lake St. + Chicago, Ils. MANUFACTURERS OF ae iron & Galvanized Wire Sleves and Wire (loth. Power Loom Painted and Gal vanized Window 8creen Wire Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth for Drying Fruits, Warld’s Gal vanseed Wen Wire Fence, Gal Ze t vi Nettine, 8 re Poultry Factories, Georgetown, Conn. EXPORT AGENTS, 26 Warren Street, New York, Correspondence Solicited. THE UNITED STATES \Nitis Company,| — BRIGHT IRON AND BRASS 26 Broadway, New York. —— WIRE GoonbDs. i1is company is now prepared to issue licenses the use of the several Patents owned by them, These Patents cover processes for the produc- s i, . of “* Mitis Castings” in Wrought Iron and were. “ Also Bright Wire Goods for Cotton and ms Se in furnaces for melting Woolen Mills. Wire straightened, cut, milled lne Mitis Castings made in accordance with the and bent into any shape, with or without -ntions ‘overe y > s a Tri 4 ¥ y > > e t ee a sahucaie aeatenn a thread. Write for Catalogue and Prices. The above cut represents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by th« . ’ alsc 1 1 » Wrought Iron and Steel (Scrap) from which | (Established 1848.) mM. Ss. BROOKS, Chester, Conn.| HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively y are made, do not require annealing, can be four different — Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lista. elded and worked under the hammer as well as HONORE, 48 & 50 Lake St., Chicago, it. pall particuars frnabed om application, — | JE PH O os P H O R - BRONZ E W. F. OURFEE, For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- CLINTON WIRE CLOTH 0. General Manager, der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Room 67, 26 Broadway, Bushings, and all purposes where MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF NEW YORK. MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti- Frictional TINNED. All Sizes and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir WI R E CLOT H H EX. N ETTI N CS, : able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, W OM Straightened Go Machine and Wood Sorews acne | WIRE LATH AND FENCING. i (Opp er eee 7 “ Leap her Otonze, , bility and Resistance to Corrosion. | FP7PGQrfForated Metals Steel Spring, TO ORDER. Castings of all kinds to order. Send : -ANIZERS AND TINNERS OF MARKET, — for pamphlet and prices. GALVANIZERS AND TINNERS Rystaric. “cons |THE seeemamnaibenies SMELTING CO., LTD; WIRE CLOTH and NET TINGS. STAPLE. soucreo «6 FB CF CS, CN —— ; a - No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Clinton “Standard” (Number 33 Wire) E Palmer Wire Mfg Co Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 5. Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. . . ‘actorv and General Office CLINTON, MASS. PALMER, MA CORTLAND, N. Y., Factor’ Pa rm ae. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, NEW YORK, 59 Beckman St. BOSTON, 23 Court St. CHICAGO, 137 Lake St. _E. "o BARNUM, . : waxcnoumm |'WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goons SEXIEHI.DS « BROWN, 78 and 80 Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. 143 Worth St., NEW YORK. IRE AND Dish Covers, FOR | MANUFACTURERS AND SOLE PROPRIETORS OF FOK | BOILERS GAS IRON WOR nanan Corn Poppers, | GONE ac Detroit, Mich. IN Dow N Coal Sieves, STEAM WATER The Popular Polish REE Flour Sieves PIPES PIPES of the world. WIRE yoann ' = For sale by all dealers in U.S.A. Etc Etc Reduces conden Awarded first and only Prize, Silwer Miedal, at the late : ee Cen, = Fetee Last Fee, - F sation of National Railway Exposition, Prevents Sweat 7H Fulton at Se Metallic Coal Steve. STEAM. | Bend for Lilustrated Pamphlet, and mention The Iron Age. ' Ing & Freesin ' fier tate * dl la... fae Ft, tells FR ay 7 4. THE IRON AGH. OGDEN & WALLACE, Marsal Lefferts & Co.. 85, 87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. 0 Beekman St., New York City. MANUFACTURERS OF [ron =® Steel galvanized Sheet lron, Of every description kept in stock Agents for Park. Brother & Co.’s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ;’Galvanized BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | Geivatizod Nate Gaivanteed tse Bd Setelnce bret All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- saa deats? “| CORRUGATED SHEET IRON PIERSON & care For Roofi@g, &,, Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common 24 to 27 West Street, New York, SHEET IRON. Acw C m yatting’. PLate AND Tank Iron, 1, C.H.No.1 Flange, Best Flange, IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented April 8th, 18 Sept. oth, 18 Oct. For sale by the leading Hardware, Stove and 6th, 1874; San. 1, 1876; Oct, Fah, 1B76s Ja | House- “Furnishing Goods houses in the United rth, 1877; Feb. 6th, 1877; Dec. roth, 1898 | States. Manufactured by Noinelees, Self-Setting, Always Ready, Easily Cleaned. BURDEN'S ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS IN STOCK, | .0:,No- 3, 0. B. No. J Best Flange cee’ Box, Circles. an. roth, 1882 ; Jan. 1st, 1884 ; Feb. rath, 1884: + Apply for Di _| ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. J. ES. KE N D ALL, ia TRON WORK GALVANIZED OR TINNED 10 ORDER. CUSOSICO FORE D Ott TARTS | aii pee OL ortret aieitn 32 1 era gents, s n application. ray Street, N. H. lc f ~ ABEL BROT ERS, ” Price list and eee sent upo PP HORSE S 0 IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, ree 1 Market Street, ae as Pa. rP hiladelp hia ana s Coxhead’s Patent Combined Saw-Set and Vise. ESTABLISHED 17 e R. 3 FE. JIUDSON, and at a less price. - The only Tool in the also market for Hand, Band, Scroll and Circular Saws Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD METALS. 1 Also general a: sortment « ‘orway, Ulster anc tt Refined Bar, Band, = S.roll, Angle Iron ; 487 & 459 Water St. {NEW YORK. AR, WHITNEY & CO, PHOENIX ron and Stool HORSE SHOES. xonWay Sri Cui Ralls and Spikes. PHENIX HORSE SHOE CO. BAY y STATE I IRON CO., Tank. Boiler and Girder POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. Plates DYWINE ROLLING MILL. Boiler Plates. OrASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler ie A. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pi CARN EGIE —_ & CO. Limited, ‘iron and — Steel Beams, Channels, pes OOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., Steei Wire Nails ice 90 Reade Street. THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE CO. New York Office, 20 Reade street. d estimates furnished and contracts mange modeler erecting Iron Structures of every descrip- IMPORTED & AMEI:‘ICAN tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent on appmeemen oF mail, Sample pieces at office. Please sddress 17 Broadway, New York. P | G P. 0. BOX 33. Borden & Lovell, |L#xe superiok CHARCOAL IRON. for Malleable and Car-Wheel Purposes, 4 SPECIALTY. om A: GREENE. New York. CHARLES HIMROD & CO., Agents for the sale of CHICAGO AND DETROIT. FALL RIVER IRON WORKS COS | SON & CO, Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. Iron * Aaerohis ints, 190 SOUTH ST.,/ 365 WATER ST.,§ NEW YORK. “ CATASAUQUA” IRON. Large Assort. wat of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, “Burden Best” Iron Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata JOHN F, COXHEAD, lOUGHKEEPSIE, N Y GRADES OF Sold b yv BLACK SHEET IRON. Smooth on both sides. cinieennppanaties Se nd or c ire ula SYRACUSE _ |Manhattan — MALLEABLE IRON) J. LEONARD, svRAcUSe n.y, [tre 19 bank sr NEW YORK an ' HORSE SHOE IRON, Mower and Reaper Castings and} 1 cax Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats, Carriage Irons a Specialty. | HENRY KELLY, W. B. BURNS, Propairor.| PUBLIC Accountant, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. EVERSON, HAMMOND & CO. | svecigiy,, on, apa, Steet, Manutecturers’ Coss LIMITED, Late Chief Accountant toc uatecle irom Compan 2. PITTSBURGH, PA., Howard, Childs & Co. es Sheet Steel|Commission Merchants. Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. —_______ Iron and Steel of all Descriptions, OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS. Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, SHEET IRON, All Grades. Coa Hods, Dripping Pa Pans, &c. J pittsburgh Mam Manufactared Goods af all Kinds. CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING 85 ham ers St., N. “ARMY CO! SHAVTING. Boiler Rivets. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. For Roofing and Corrugating. Wm. H, Wallace. # Wm. Bispham. &. C. Wallace, WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, 70 & 71 WEST ST., Correspondence solicited, P relese on application E. JENCKES MANFG. CO. PAWTUCKET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt “Hooks, ie < , : | SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Iron Buildings, Roofs, Shutters, peamn, Cornices, Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty, Any size or style made at short notace. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S SCOTCH AND AMREBOAS spBoots, shutters, MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., New York Office, SS Chambers Street, NAILS AND SPIKEs. BORDEN MINING CO.'S PIG IRON, CUMBERLAND COAL. No. 63 Wall 8St., New York. JOHN FOX, | | cee Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. R. . Woon & C0 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, PHILADELPHIA "9 Manufactmrers of 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Cc t | Pi DANIEL F. COONEY, |BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS,| 74S* Tron F ipe For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. 88 Washington St., New York, arriages, wagons, harness, &c, Ask for them Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. | sites” ore od for aa CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., 400 CHESTNUT STREET A. GARRISON FOUNDRY Co., GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. 62nd St., BeLow Lancaster AVE., ALLISON BOILER FLUES. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls, 5 Dey Street. NEW YORE SAMUEL A HAINES. Selling Agent D. R. LEAN, ; T. 8. BLAIR, Jr. LEAN & BI.AIR, Engineers and Contractors Room 709, Hamilton Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., 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. ROBINSON-REA MFG. CO, PITTSBURGH, PA., ROLLING MILL MACHINERY, BEAM AND RAIL ROLLS. HICKS & DICKEY, 4/3 Commerce St., Phila., Pa. fron, Steel and Forgings of every Description, Machinery Steel in Bars, also cut to exact lengths. Crown Cast Tool Steel, Warranted. RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE Special Quality Iron and Steel Shafting, with large assortment of heavy sizes on BOTH SOLID AND. HOLLOW. hand. Plate and Sheet Iron, Bolts, Nuts and Rivets. Hartman Steel Wire —_-—__ OTURENS Nails. Steel and [ron Forgings of all kinds. Cold Rolled Steel Shafting. Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin’s Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roll- ing Mill Castings of every description, Office, Nos. 10 &4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, Ill Reade St, New York, —ISTEEL AND IRON NAILS. Bonnell, Botsford & Co., IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. CONDIT, FULLER & CO., PIG TRON BAR Cleveland, Ohio. Horse, Mule & Snow Shoes Perkins Pattern Works at Valley Falls, R. |. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. fF, W. CARPENTER, President. Cc, H, PERKINS, Gen'! Manager. R. W. COMSTOCK, Seoretary ~ PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON’ BEAMS, Channels, Angle 8, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, orgings, Eye Bars, &c., PATERSON, N. J. Lin Room 45, Astor House, New York. - OUT NAILS Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. DOVER IRON CO,’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAF IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., 139 GREENWICH 8ST. NEW YORK. Only single Ring ever invente«! that closes on outside of the nose BROWN'S CLOSES ON OUTSIDE OF NOSE, Elliptical Ring and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer Only Double Ring Invented. Champion Hog Rineer RINGS and HOLDER. il oC aaruss Saupe ing at oe sharp points in the nose. points in the flesh to keep it sore. CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN CQO.,, Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Ill. J, M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Oapacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads. Office 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH PA. March 3, 1887, sfferts & Co.\C) KX EQ RM WW. D. WOOD & CO. L'd,! The “BOSS” Trap. O Xx F O R D The Only Rat Pid” a ee PA. Hec DEA Nos. 10: March 3, 1887. WILLIAM RR. BART & CO., _rarmean TRON ORES _“%tauias CASTLE PIG IRON, MOHICAN PIG IRON, for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, dom reaching o3; per cent., and Silicon from comparing favorably with English 1 per cent. upward, according to re- | w C H Si quirements of buyers). est Coast Hematites. Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Bullets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished. Oid Iron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, -. = PHILADELPHIA. PITTSBURGH OFFICE, 84 FOURTH AVE, Cambria Steel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, STREET RAILS mo RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars, Steel Axles, Steel Anesgles. Steel Castings, Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, Office, 218 S. Fourth St, Philadelphia, Works, Johnstown, Pa. The Phcenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Esams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely use! in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildings : Patent Wrought Iron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Rridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made tu order. Pians and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. ~ ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACIURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Commen, Best Kefined, Cleaned and Charcea!l Bloom PLATE cw SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF 8TEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron, WwW. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE IRON & STEEL OO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” Malleable Fig trom brand * U. H. M.” MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Spiegeleisen, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn”’ Malleable 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, Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel. Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelpnia, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS, 226 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. SPECIALTIES: Gordon Whitwell-Cowper Hot-Blast Stoves, Regenerative Furnaces, Blast Furnaces. Improved Tuyere Stocks and Bosh Plates. Bessemer and Open-Hearth Steel Plants. Pittsburgh Branch Office: BOYLE & BISSELL, \ BISSELL BLOCK. Heating Furnace, designed for use of Producer Gas, but can be adapted to Natural Gas with a slight modification, QUA HR ERMR cirTrwyvy FACING MiIUt Ss. for sample bbL. (Star) Stove Plate Facing. } Lor sampie Dui. XX Machinery Facing” ¢ We zs Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. = RIT Be ——- a 4 TI RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STHWEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make, 7. WwW. RPA SESON oe CO., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS 2F FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del. Ave. +¢ * * WMILADELPHIA, Pa, THE IRON AGE. EDWARD J. ETTING JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, |JUSTICE COX, JR.,, & CO., 222 8S. Tutrp St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENTS FOR i GS Hider Samat aa" CATASALQUA MFG. COn Agent for the Mount Savuge Fire Brick. Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Angles and Shapes i, Chick'¢s, Montgom ry Jonewago and Alice Furnaces AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON PrIG IRON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA. for Foundries and Mills. Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. ERIE FORGE CO., Lro. Iron and Steel Forgings ; , Every shape. STORAGE, WHARF anv YARD, Delaware Avenue | 0. : . ¥ hi > bove Callowhill St., connected by track with rail va South Fourth Street, cil Phila., . = oad, CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON “LINDSAY, Parvin “econ” | |CMOME Keeley & Co,, 328 Walnut St., Phila. r c ; 206 Walnut Place, Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE i BLOOMS, PIG TRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, FOR ALL PURPOSES, STEEL and IRON RAILS, [RON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, ' r FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Estimates furnished for Lron and Steel Structures | Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and Ratlway construction Correspondence and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties. solicited with railroad contractors. ear ee — : E. H. Wilson, A. Kaiser. J.B. M. Hirons L. & R. WISTER & CO., E. H. WILSON & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, ’ BROKERS AND DEALERS IN 257 Bo. 4th Bt., Philadelphia. scuere IRON anp STEEL. Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron Bod Shoe Pie eo Pig Iron. Ferguson Correspondence solicited. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, MORRIS, WHEELER & ©o.,|!RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Iron, Steel and Nails 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., PHILA., PA. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand SALES OFFICES, Plates ; GLASGOW TRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars; v 5 SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Slemens 400 Chestnut t., Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared PHILA., PA. Plates, Angles and Shapes. New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. J N Oo. L. HOG A N, * IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, HEN RY LEVIS & CO., 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA, Manufacturers’ Agents ig Iron & Ores, Stee! & Iror Booms. Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal (Co, Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &e. For Iron and Stee! Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments, FOR BEST MILL Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold, ; PRODUCTS. ___ 284 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. l] over IQ r'o Andover Chill Iron Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, for Carwhesle, dic ES H E R IC K & C O es Each Pig marked exact chill depth (4 in. to % In.), A. Whitney & Son’s standard test. 263 So, 4th ST, PHILADELPHIA F. A. ComLy, Treas. J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. 240 So, 3d St Phila. Iron and Steel of All Description. noRTH BROTHERS MFG, CO. Iron Founders, Forgings; Central Iron and Steel Works, Plates of Light Castings a Specialty. eines | Com r I c Steet Nails, Holler Tubren, ate me ate and J. 3 M () H kk, N. W. Cor. 23d .and Race Streets*® PHILADELPHIA. 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA., Specifications a Speciaity Correspondence solicited, SOLE AGENT FOR Established 1847. Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel A. WHITNEY & SONS, rmity PIG IRON aitwa/CAR WHEEL WORKS, CHARCOAL PIG IRON. PHILADELPHIA, Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. | Special Whee's for Furnace and Mine Cars, The Allentown Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c., Bridges and Turn-Tables. General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. EDWARD CORNING, 15 Cortlandt St., New York, New York Sales Agent. PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., conshgpocken, MANUFACTURERS OF Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and Sheets of Steel. Puddied Bars, Plate and Sheet Iron, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, @@ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. TESTED CHAINS. Bradlee & Co., 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. Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. . Specifications for Gun Steel and Armor Plate. The Navy Department has issued its circu lar giving tests for gun forgings and armor plate for the new vessels. There are 1221 tons of gun steel ordered, and open-hearth steel forgings of domestic manufacture are re- quired. Ingots must have an excess of weight of 40 per cent. above rough unbored forgings, and must be cast solid. The fol lowing are given as dimensions of finished diameters : Tubes and jackets, ( inches caliber to within 2 inches, of 8 inches cali ber to within 2'% inches, and of 10'4 inches caliber to within 3 inches. Tests are to be made at the expense of contractor, and will be directed to; he exhibition of all the prin cipal physical qualities of metal, particular attention being devoted to tensile strength, elasticity, extensibility and construction of area Tensile strength for 6, 8, ro and 12 inch calibers varies from 80,000 to 70,000 pounds ; of jackets, from 85,000 to 74,000 pounds ; elongation, from 22 to 12 per cent. ; tensile strength of hoops for all calibers, 100,000 to 90,000 pounds : trunnion bands, from 90,000 to 80,000 pounds ; elongation of hoops, 18 to 12 per cent.; elongation of trunnion bands, from 12 to 6 per cent. As toarmor plate the total weight required will probably not exceed 6¢ )O tons These plates must be of best quality of material, free from cracks, cavities, flaws, slags, sand spots, cinders, blowholes and seams, and must all possess effective ballistic resistance The boltholes in plates are to number 6500, The plates will undergo two chemical tests at the expense of the contractor, and will be tested for ballistic properties at the expense of the Government. They will be annea'ed, but not tempered, and the tensile strength must not fall below 82,coo pounds to the square inch. The wooden backing against which they must be bolted for test will be 36 inches thick. Near the middle of the plate will be arranged three points of proposed impact, so as to form an equilateral triangle. A steel projectile of best quality will be fired at each point. No projectile nor any fragment of plate must get wholly through the plate or back- ing. The plate must not break up or a piece be displaced so as to expose the back- ing before the impact of the third shot. Neither must large cracks which expose the backing appear before the third shot. Plates that show cracks within six months after being fastened to the ship must be replaced by contractor. Rolled armor plates for deflective decks have to show not less than 85,000 pounds tensile strength and 20 per cent. elongation. Gun shields must show not less than 95,000 pounds tensile strength and 15 per cent. elongation. EE A New Chicago Iron and Steel Ware- house. A new warehouse of ample proportions and special design has just been completed in Chicago for the joint occupancy of the Hartman Steel Company and the Apollo Iron and Steel Company. Mr. Nelson B. Williams, their Western agent, found this step necessary in order to provide for his increasing business, and was very fortunate in securing a most eligible and convenient location not far from the center of the city. It is situated on Halsted, Meagher and Six- teenth streets, between the tracks of the Wisconsin Central, Minnesota and North- western, ‘and Chicago and Great Western Railroads on one side, and those of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Chicago and Northwestern on the other. All the other railroads having Chicago terminals connect with these railroads ; in the imme- diate vicinity being located the through transfer point for ali of them except the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Ground was broken on the last of November, and on the 1st of February goods began to be moved in. The dimensions of the building are 150 feet length and 100 feet width, comprising two stories and a basement. It is built of light-colored Chicago brick, with massive foundations and substantial walls, capable of supporting two or three additional stories, if their erection should be found desirable. In the basement are 79 brick piers sustain ing the floor above, each pier having an estimated crushing strength of 200 tons, Heavy wooden posts surmounting the piers sustain the upper floor and the roof, The basement and upper stories are floored with inch flooring on which is laid 2-inch plank. Such thorough precautions have been taken to secure strength and solidity that it is believed the building would endure many times the strain which it will be called upon to bear. Platforms will be built outside the ware- house and of the hight of a car floor, to en- CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, sites: scones’ sons ee MANUFACTURERS OF ~CUMBERLIND” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Lea & Co.,, Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE BOOTH, GARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836. Analysis of Gres, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special departmen for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clays, Fire Bands, &c. Agents for sampling ores in New York and Baltimore. Pri ce lists on application. shipments easy from either the basement or first floor. Hand hoists will be used for the present in transferring goods from one floor to another, but steam-power will eventually |be used, arrangements having been made for its introduction when the building was planned. A full stock of Hartman steel specialties, shafting, wire mats, wire nails, wire, bale ties, &c., and of Apollo plain and galvan- ized sheets will be carried, so that either |carload or less than carload shipments can | be made from this point to any place in the | West. The city trade can also be very con- | veniently reached from the new location. Heretofore the office and warehouse have been located together at No. 72 West Lake street, but with the opening of the new warehouse an additional office will be main- | tained in the business portion of the city, at |No. 103 Dearborn street, corner of Wash ington, communicating with the warehouse | by telephone. as has been so constructed as to make | | cr The New York Steam Company now |figures very prominently as a heavy con |gumer of coal. With 48 250 horse power boilers running, the average daily consump tion reaches 280 tous of a mixture of pea | and buckwheat, eal a et Fe I OR i eens - 2 ze — . . a“ w a ‘ . THE IRON AGE. March 3, 1887. WROUGHT IRON BOILER TUBES. Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, Oi! Well Tubing, Casing AND LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, Rolling Mill and General Machinery. READING IRON WORKS. 261 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Established - - 1861. ESTABLISHED IN 1848. TEHEOMAS OC. BURROWS, CO Ltp Agent for Jersey City Steel Company, s s j of Successors to Jas. R. THOMPSON & Co. en PR ee — oe ee oe oe MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF WAREHOUSE, 99 and 101 JOHN ST... NEW YORK. HAMMERED AND ROLLED Established in 1839. STE: EL... A. G. Goes & Go.,, << WARRANTED EQUAL TO ANY PRODUCED. Ap Chg BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL Se occkSTER. MASS, For Edge and Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear- Knives, Cold-Chisels and Machinists’ Tools generally. A G CO ES’ PATENT SCREW WRENCIES, For Circular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. The Strongest Wrench made, and the Sheet Steel only successful re-enforced bar. For Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, Stamping Cold, &c., &c. The Ferrule is firmly secured in place by a nut screwed on the bar. SIEMENS-MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE STEEL Particular attention is called to the For Boilers, Fire Boxes, Smoke-Stacks, Tanks, &c. y a Patented Improvement, is unequaled for : way in which the handle is made and fastened to the shank. This Handle is made better and stronger than heretofore by using our new Cup Tip at the end which encloses the wood and keeps it fiom splitting This is the only wrench which has the wood handle firmly secured and held together at each end, and it will stand more rough usage and last longer than apy now made. It is not affected by heat, cold or moisture. ge All our Plate and Sheet Steel being rolled b surtace finish and exactness of gauge. ROUND MACHINERY CAST STEEL For Shafting, Spindles, Rollers, &c., &c. File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R. Frog, Toe-Catk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Steel, &c.; Cast and German Spring and Plow Steel. ron Center” Cast Plow Steel. Finished Rolling Plow Coulters, with Patent Screw Hubs oft Steel Center ’’ Cast Plow Steel. Agricultural Steel cut to any pattern desired, [attached. olid Soft Center” Cast Plow Steel Steel Forgings made to order. Represented a 243 Pearl and 18 Cliff Sts., New York, by HOGAN & SON, General Agents for Eastern and New England States. LIGAN & MCCARGO, 417 Commerce St., Philadelphia, and FULLER, DAWA & FITZ, 110 North St., Boston. LK RARRRARR EL SL ARR ARAAAL as = Philadelphia. ] te Manufacturer of Brass, Iron, Steel and German Silver gNone Genuine unless Stamped, A. G,COES & CO, Warehouse: 113 Chambers and 95 Reade Sts., NEW YORK. JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., Agts. SCREWS, Quarry & oO 9 <q PATENT COMBINATION WRENCH. Case-Hardened Throughout. Parts Interchangeable. This Wrencn ovt vay conpdines the superior qualities of a Gas Pipe Wrench but also all the requisite c> nbfaatioas of a regular Nut Wrench, thus making a combination which has no equal. DUNBAR BROS., Manufacturers of Clock Springs and Small Springs of every deescription, from best Cast Steel. BRISTOL CONN. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated UTIS STEEL BRAND ZF STANDARD F Quality and nee fully guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Heavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston Rods, &c. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, WORKS AT LEWISTOWN, PA. Office, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. ~ FRANKFORD STEEL COMPANY FRANKFORD, PHILA., PA., No. 3 PATENT PIPE WRENCH. The serrated Jaws of the Wrench are interchangeable ; that is, the same serrated plate may be used for either the stationary or sliding jaw. so that if one plate is broken another can be furnished adapted to either jaw withoutexpress designation. The slides, nuts and various parts are also interchangeable, thus easily repairing the Wrench at very small expense, and with as perfect practicability for further use as when the Wrench was new. or Circulars and Price List, address ‘ BEMIS & CALL HARDWARE & TOOL COMPANY Springfield, Mass. a ROBERTS’ PATENT ADJUSTABLE FLY SCREEN. eAS9]1§ IO INN Buoy ys peustuInT eq UvO YOUSIM sTyyL DIMOND WRENCH C0. a Per Doz. Prices Se STEEL RAILROAD AND MACHINE FORGINGS | is.:5.. aie SOLID CRUCIBLE STEEL CASTINGS 20 x 35 * 4.00 AND : 24x 35 “ 4.75 Best Grades of Tool and Machinery Steel. 28 x 35 5.50 — a 30 x 35 “ 6.50 MOORHEAD *« COMPANY, Soho Mills, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF ddress all communications to EDWARD DARBY & SONS, - 231 and 233 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Sole Agents for Hardware Trade of Pennsylvania. ALSO MANFR’S OF WIRE AND IRON GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Do not fai to send for Discounts. Models sent on application. SHIP, TANK lron, Steel or | Galvanized EDWARDS IMPROVED STEAM TRAP AND COMPOUND Sheets FOR DISCHARGING PIPE CONDENSATION. ‘LD Dp ‘ Patent Leveled). BRIDGE PLATE, The positive action of this Float Trap is the A » Mi O A Only Manufacturers PLATES, gO, SHEET IRONS, UP TO 18 INCHES tell (é i Special Sizes. GUARANTEED TO STAND | “hy ADMIRALTY TESTS ~ best evidence of its efficiency. The Float is made of Cast Brass, in balves, and screwed together. The water from the condensation of moisture inside the Float is free to pass out through the tubular stem and the channel in the valve, there- fore there is no collapsing of the Float under the highest steam pressure. There are no stuffing boxes or glands to leak. The Water Gauge shows that the Trap is working SKELP AND STEEL OR IRON PLATES and aeiieiatine s FOR MERCHANT VESSELS ; ne WIDE SHEETS. OR YACHTS. ° PLANET Brands. AMOS ALLER, 109 Liberty St., New York. 66 ‘TE ps 1) A valuable book for every Steam user