The Iron Age 1887-05-12: Vol 39 Iss 19

1887 he Iron Age > 4 Li READING MATTER A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS , Published every Thursday Morning by DAvip WILLIAMs, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street. New York. Entered at the Post Office. New Yor as Second SL500¢ bear, Lneluding Lostage , | ol. XAXXALX ¢ No. IQ. NV. ce! Vork, lhursda . NZ. Ly 42, ISo7, wEmuhe thaidan. Fim Citnce. | Hyatt’s Circulating and Filtering | obtair ed by him entitle the system to care- either held in solution originally or in m through C (pipe E in Fig. 1) reaches the | quantity of water which passes through it is Plant for Steam Boilers. ful consideration. From the functions which chanical suspension, is deposited instead of interior of the spring A, causes elonvation, | furnished by the feed puny while the J | the various feed water heaters and purifiers in the boiler itself, All possibilit fany of and, issuing from between the several] other half is drawn from and again r ; F Peele the market are designed to secure, the solid particles re-entering the bouler is ‘oils, mixes with the cold feed water | turned to the boiler Krom is circulatir We recently had occasion to examine, at | it will be understood that a number of the moreover, cut off by the filtering attach- in the space D. The mixture then passes on | pump the water ts fed throu the works of the Newark Filtering Com. | impurities in water generally used for steam ment. The pipe system further embraces through the pipe B, which corresponds to} the pipes M and N Vhen the feed pumps pany, at Newark, N. J.,a number of the | raising are held in solution at ordinary tem- the feed-pipe disposed in a manner which the pipe F in Fig. 1 Che heating of the | A are idle the pump (i takes its entire sup several interesting designs of Mr. J. W. | peratures of the water, but are either wholly we shall presently explain. feed-water, in the heater just described, | ply from the boilers, thu ausi cirouls a Hyatt for the purification of water and the io partly precipitated on the applicati m of A good idea of the general arrangement causes a large proportion of the sulphates | tion of a larger quantity of water The cir U prevention of incrustation in steam boilers. ' heat, being either less soluble in hot than in of the plant can be gained from | 1, and carbonates in solution to be precipitated, | culating water, we will here add taken } | f vs j j _ ‘ | | i A, E i f yt | Re ate a r | i P44 )] Ly mh ; =i b py } j 4 s / | | < | 1 si | - || o 2 . | i | 1} A - | ae | \ | ' 1 | | i] } 1} 4 i 1 i € INSIDE DIAM » | 114 pil 1} ; | iy i] c 1] a | | Fig. 1.—General View, Ww } > ae = | > | | Yo | | u ' ‘ i O | 8 lodifecccccceceecoes. f § if25e Po pag So wets dit | / gS \ Poh 5 OOH | ; I mane k= C 1} 4 g LS of r | . | ——— { ' ( }f > stee | A ||| 5 ] E s 4) ble to o 3 1/4 a H ~ } \ : | rk in Wea’ ba} dory } } ad as f } } aI j ds t = FOx | CF sale — S i | scrip = - | | cular w |. | Fig j Section of Cone Valve V, Shown tn big = |\|& i Ww ; B 2 | | St : |] | * Ww | Cc a | } wat t i y = ti} ] | — } te J \ A F t ; sil | 3 y lids j 4 I | aout oA ; i ee | [ES. yao | igs a E + | | u i 2 é i‘ 14 } | | % 1d J - i ; ” i j j | a ~ | | | ki —, ing. gs as | | 1 oad ~ Pair ti ar ) | / 5 60 ij > —“ ,0O ; 1 : j : — a ~~ py | 1 50 = Ri ih 20 - (so a ase | 50 F 7) [= sini Fig. 2—Vertical Section of Filter, Fig. 5.—Section of Feed-Water Heater. Fig. 3.—Transverse Sect LS HYATT FILTERING AND CIRCULATING PLANT FOR STEAM BOILERS. DESIGNED BY THE NEWARK FILTERING COMPANY, NEWARK, > J (ne of these we illustrate in detail on this | cold water, as, for example, sulphate of lime, | which represents a diagram of the feed and | separation of the impurities thus going on to|from the el a 4 \ i page, and have no doubt that a careful|or being held in solution because of the circulating pumps, pipes, filter and a bat- a yreat extent outside of the boilers After | second gauge x. 5a A study of the arrangements adopted and of| presence of some chemical agent which is | tery of boilers. We show only one of two. passing from the heater and precipitator C | the sul; hates } I ition the theory of the system will prove both] driven off by heat. This is true in the case feed pumps, A, which supply the water for| the feed-water meets the circulating water | the water after ha , rough th interesting and profitable In a general! of carbonate of lime, which is held in solu-| the boilers through the pipe D. This pipe,| from the boilers, flowing through the pipe H, | heater © enter 1 ta ! 4 he t ul way Mr. Hyatt’s circulating system can| tion by the presence in the water of free| it will be observed, passes over the boilers! Fig. 1, into the pipe F, and thence into the | rendered insolut ind in a sta susper scarcely lay claim to novelty of conception, | carbonic acid. If allowed to settle, as these |to the left, and delivers the water to a| filter, where al! suspended particles are re- | sion are carried iting water as the plan of effecting purification of water | impurities naturally will in a boiler not | heater, C, of which a section is shown in|tained. From the filter the water is con- | the filter, wl i 1 ‘na steam boiler by maintaiping constant provided with means for their removal im | Fig. 5. The cold water enters through the | ducted through the pipes L and | to the cir Of the I ! i A 0 circulation of the water through exterior| mediately on having been separated, they | horizontal branch F, shown in that figure,| culating pump G. This pump is the agency | section in Fig. 2, and act n big J ‘ pipes from one level to another has been| will form the deposits with which steam | while through the vertical branch C comes a! by which less than boiler pressure is pro-|3. Its design is ther ‘ wo tha ried at various times, though often with| users are all familiar. Mr. Hyatt accord-| supply of high-pressure steam from the} duced at or in the heater F’, and thus allows | very litt irt j essary indifferent results. Mr. Hyatt, however, | ingly designed a system of pipes in combina-| boilers. The pipe C is fitted with a closely|the steam to enter. The pump has double ! The filtering material, tinly ‘as succeeded in putting the idea into] tion with a filter through which the water | wound brass spring, A, secured at its upper| the capacity of the feed-pumps A, and conse- | of and if t As10nB at the| quently takes from the boilers the balance | & practically successful and modified| from the boiler constantly circulates, and in| end by a brass pin, and furnished ‘orm, and the results which have been! which a large proportion of the impurities, lower end with a plug. The steam coming! of its capacity. In other words, half the 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 Lron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent Steel Barb Wire ; Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Liyeglass Springs; Steel Wire for Needles and Drills ; Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties ; Pump Chain; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence W ve, without Barbs 3s fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Bright, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 lb. THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG. CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass WIRK, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER ELECTRICAL WIRE, ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered, O'NEILS’S PATENT PLANISHED COPPER. Seamless Brass and Copper Tubing, Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, O'Neils’s Patent Nickel- Plated Copper, &e.,, | ae Waterbury Brass Co. ESTABLISHED 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Kettles, Door Rail, Brass Tags, Per- cussion Caps, Powder Flasks, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas- ures, &c., and small Brass Wares of every description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. ' MILLS AT DEPOTS: I IN PLA I E 296 Broadway, New York. WATERBURY, 125 Eddy St., Providence, R. 1. CONN. Roofing Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, | - eds Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. W EE. DODG! Pres t. @ P. COWLES, Pins, Brass Butt Hinées, Jack Chain Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimminés, §c¢. WwiIRE ROPE AND CABILE!. Ansonia Refined Ingo t Pepper, Anchor Brand ; LAKE INGOT COPPER. —_—, 19 & 21 CHM Street, NEW YORK. PHELPS, DODGE & CO.. IMPORTERS OF 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Rolling Mill, Factories, _ THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, : Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &e. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes, Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper W irs Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixtures and Applianccs required for use with the foregoing. SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : 16 Cliff Street. 107 & 109 Lake Street. 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, Ollers and Cuspadores, Lanterns and Trimmings, Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. COPPER AD BRASS. CLIi’F STREET, NEW YORK. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. eed CT a) ta) ‘in aesimar” &, ee A MANUFACTORY, WAREHOUSE, Bridgeport, Conn. | 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY CONN. (Established 1802.) SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY WATERBURY, : CONN., Manufacturers of @6RASS,—Sheet Brass, Brase Wire, Brass Tubing. GERMAN Sheet German Silver, German Silver ha BCT, SO rar Cone . Ae SILVER. Wire, German Bilver Tubing. OUT OES } Harrow mnsdie, ag Deem, Bie, Kettl Bott Bolt Circles &c NEW YORE, BOSTON, i top, Spring and Piano-Forte. ettles ottoms, Bolts, VUircies, - @x ae "i a , 36 Vark Place. 18 Federal St. ey Military, Naval, Livery, Society, Rall- BUTTONS. } road, School, Lasting, Silk and Dregs, German Student Lamps, Kerosene 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of all kinds of ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF LAMP amape, Rowe PHOTO. Camere poxes, Printing rrames, Cast Steel Augers and Rits of Superior Quality. . ( AP 5 Chemicals, Paper, Glass, &c. ome 204 Pearl St.. NEW York.| brass, Copper & German Silver Scovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. DEPOTS: 4623 Broome Street, New York. 77 Devonshire Street, Boston. 183 Lake Street, Chicago. ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. GERMAN SILVER SPOONS, SILVER- DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. IMPORTERS OF The Tyler Tube Mill, TIN PLATE, PIG TIN, SHEET IRON, eee ae COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., Best Lap Welded Boiler Tubes and Pipe.| 29 ana 31 cuff St., cor. Fulton, DICKERSON & C0., Liverpool. NEW YORK. F re) aon Oty a ABRAM 8S. HEWITT, Pres’t. oS Tre¢ WM. HEWITT, Vice’Pres’t, nn ANSON, Sey. THE TRENTON IRON Co.., (INCORPORATED 1847,) MANUFACTURERS OF [RON AND STEEL WIRE, AND oF Steel Wire Bale Ties. No. 1. HOOK and LOOP FIXED LENGTH TIE. — PLATED FORKS AND SPOONS, KEROSENE BURNERS, &C. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, 100 John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Dure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS. Works, BOSTON, MASS, Christiana Rolling Mill0., |W ASHERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Cold-Punched NUTS for Cars and Unfin- ished Work. Boiler Plate and Tank Iron,} yason 1RON COMPANY, 2426 Washington Ave., Phila, © Over Bee ‘er Bro g'24icuse. , A Boston. y: New York. M. H. LEONARD, TREASURER. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., BROOKLYN, N. wY., MANUFACTURERS OF Steel Wire Nails of Every Description. AGENTS: Dunham, Carrigan & Co., San Francisco. A. Baldwin & Co., New Orleans. Leeds, Robinson & Co., Boston. F.S. Bradley & Co., New Haven. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Prices and Discounts on Application. Works and Office at TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, 22 and 24 N. Fourth Street. 17 BROADWAY, - - ~ NEW YORK. a ’ WM. EDENB RN, J Ww GAT I S THOS. W. FITCH. WALLACE H. ROWE, MANNING & SQUIER, Gen | Agents, = : President ( resident. Superintendent. Secre y > ' bn e-Presiden perintenden ecretary and Treasurer. 111 LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor, NEW YORK. vf fl = = = 0 Pp E- HAZARD M'F’c Co. russ: §7 Liberty St., New York. Wilke BRADDOCK WIRE COMPANY, MANUFAUTURERS OF STEEL WIRE RODS, “worse RANKIN STATION, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. 98 Reade Street, lowa Barb Wire Co., New York. KORTING CONDENSER FOR SALE, OOD CONDITION. Size No. 12, Price, $100, WATERBURY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, WATERBURY, CONN. HOLYOKE, MASS, Manufacturers of WORKS : Sharre, Pa. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CO., Manufacturers of \4ZaZ= 5 —— ae ay THE WIRE GOODS CO., WORCESTER, MASS. 903 und 905 N. MAIN STREET, 81, LOUIS, MO. Correspondence invited. Sete ee ork Was Established 1830. s of Bright and Brass Wire Goods, M:ll Wire Goods, Hand eM ee THE CELEBRATED Ra ~< rome ( ut Hor a Cary Wardrobe Hooks, Staples, Meat Hooks, % Nothes he ire ooks and Rings, Towel Racks and Splasher T S H t Wire Nails iv all sizes and varieties Wires cut. bent, HE PLYMOUTH MILL ® éé ed, headed, pointed, threaded, and made to apy desired shape. ? Special articles made to order. Rivets, Trunk Nails Tacks Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Nails PLYMOUTH, MASS. GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE, A.W PARMWELEE, Pest. THE WIRE GOODS CO,, "unt GET THE BEST ) THE IRON AGE. May 12, 1887. wa ~T I y Vee for es, res es ed. 7? EST. May 12, 1887. THE IRON AGE. 3 nuneMNNec. B20 | OCARDT & AL OEN, MANUFACTURERS OF J apanned, Brass, Tin CAGES MANUFACTURERS soc eadacaec taba ‘| STEEL WIRE {for all purposes and STEEL ‘SPRINGS of every description. a 659535 8 14 | 7 Sa ; $= S Ss : SE S haa SS Ss S S = ss S$ SS a — Ss S aoe ~~ b SI BEEKMAN STREET, - ‘NEW YORK. Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, Tempered and Covered. aoTr. LrOU IS, Also PATENT TEMPERED STEEL FURNITURE SPRINGS, constantly on hand. . 284, 236 and 288 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. anc x tf AY — — —— — ea eae . : ee OS TY Aeo< ~~ Turner’s Champion Improve al a ny Xi ot oe SE OOO YY MB x tk = - 2 ~" whiy xX ¥ X x ¥ [hi~ at GRINDSTONE DRESSING MACHINE Hien he s ae fea tee.: Lf KA A ig ~Tit- an eine Geese XN eM ' ' ' ' ~ pO OO ,'|' .-% } >< . The Best Machine in the Market for Truing the Faces of Grindstones, EI OX US : ——e- Sizes, 4-inch, 6-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, 12-inch, : ener ee ‘ j a Prices, $7.50. $10.00. $12.00 $14 00 $16.00 each y ) 7 ss a y ) . ) he , , WIRE “WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. bent Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire NATIONAL WIRE & IRON CO, er Nncam HEESEEHEEHEE W. S. TYLER NEERS.—The Gautier Steel Department of | COPPER AND BRASS. Vy CTEEL W Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa., desires Galvanized Poultry Netting. oma Wire Cloth. EXTRA HEAVY STEEL WIRE CLOTH to call the special attention of Engineers to t our Prices t dering elsewhere FOR STAMP BATTERIES. Steel, Iron, Brass ani Copper Cloth for Coal acd Ore the great superiority of COLD-ROLLED cia se a Screens yan fiy) Jane ilig ar Ite “ OMPSON McCosi Pre lent JOHN A. J oa ee eee ae STEEL for Bridge Chord Pins over Turned W. 8. FULER, Pros. = EH. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas, Iron. Actual experiments demonstrate that CLEVELAND, OHIO. :; ; the shearing strain of Cold-Rolled Steel is KELLY STEEL BARB) 150 per cent. and the bending strain is more than 200 per cent. in excess of iron. WIRE FENCING. The surface is bright, and sizes are so ac- curate that no lathe work is necessary. YIELDING This material is guaranteed superior in BARB. | strength, accuracy, straightness and finish. STRENGTII, LIGIITN ESS New York Office, Chicago Office, PnRaseree Cree = 4 —_——. ° i Nat. Bank Building. 523 ARCH ST. > 104 READE ST. 202 First ~ age & LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, BEST BARB WIRE IN EXISTENCE. Don'tlaceratec Stock. . : ~ ome = a i a ; es Is just as effective, weeens LIGHTER per rod, Barbs , are FINE STEEL. Does not cost muca more than the =mans whe SReeES: SiR common, rigid wire arb; is worth double, THE We make galvanized and painted. Our Kelly Paint ; NN will LAST LONGER toan galvanizing GILBERT x BENNETT MTG. 00. This Style of Wire is sold through agents only, : WAREHOUSES : Han a ae Mn HANTS being preferred. It fe the 42 Cliff St.. New Y my The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Kail. manufactured nv e only safe barb for horses : 228 Lake St Chie ul HOLLOW CABLE MFG. (©O., Hornellsvitie, N. VY. We al nannfactnre extensively Country Merchants will find it to their advantage 7 a cago, Ills. four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines and a three-ply Braided W Web f Bo Band in securing tne avency on a class of goods that is in MANUPACTURERS OF send for Circulars and Price Lists demand and that has no competitor of tts kind. We j i sae ™ ™ ilso make both 7wo and Four-Point Wire Barbs, Iron & Galvanized Wire ¥. &. HONORE 46 & 50 Lake wnt ee = saan : Sleves and Wire (loth. et Painted and Gal ; van vindow Screen Wi ROBERTS’ PATENT _ ADJUSTABLE Fr y CREEN. THORN WIRE HEDGE ore) ; Cloth, Galvanized Wire Cloth ey, for Drying win Warid's Gal eb Wire F —= CHICAGO. yanised Twist Wire Poultry “" e ! aid etting, ‘ 1 i , Factories, Georgetown, Conn. Prices P "7 Doz TINNED, “= 111 Sizes 2 Seaman W oa Straightened) §=3RIGHT IRON AND BRASS eae en LANTERN. cr aee WIRE G _., | #0ns9” | 00 Steel Spring. TO ORDER, 4 GOODS, | 24«35 , : SARKET. | | Also Bright Wire Goods for ( ae ol Also brig ire oods for Cotton and 5 b.9U0 TACK, CORRESPONDENCE | Woolen Mills. Wire straightened, cut, milled mae STAPLE. SOLICITED and bent into any shape, with or without : = ° thread. Write for Catalogue and Prices. NE er ae 1O Cy ) . — : > - 231 and 233 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa, Palmer Wire Mfg. Co (Established 1848.) mM. S. BROCE. Chester. Conn. EDWARD DARB) & SONS for Hardware oa enh hn 7. ALSO MANFR'S OF WIRE AND IRON GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Do not fai to send for Discount ‘ PALMER, MASS. eer _ PHOSPHOR- BRONZE, 4 Ae.T.BARNUM - msoreeses te oo CLINTON WIRE sLoTH C0. der Rings MANUFACTURER Bushings, and all purposes where MANUFACTURE )ESCRIPT IRE AND ( TRADE MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional IRON WOR and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- WI R E Cc LOT H. H EX. N ET — l N G S, Detroit, Mich. Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura- able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c. WI kR E LAT H A N D F E N ¢ | NM C . ee ena — ,, bility and Resistance Jorrosion. = “| Plaapher. Bi done, ‘ tance 0 Corrsion.| PIorforated Metals “THE DETECTIVE Castings of all kinds to order. Send Burglar Alarm. 35 for pamphlet and prices. GALVANIZERS AND TINNERS OF PtatsinbisandederCouties | PHE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE GMELTING (0., LTD., WIRE CLOTH and NETTINGS. May he ap d to any door _—_ tam ae No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, P4A. Clinton “Standard” (Number 383 Wire) windo aised the Al ‘ ° . ; . oT ee 1 to the aoa . e xploding’ a No.2 Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. Painted Window Screen Wire Clot by blank cartridg & Packed com le t with fou - Oia oa engines i } ho Ok sacl Site r Factory and General Office—CLINTON, MASS. smith tsvor of Phiiadibnie | ~ VWWICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND.N. Y., | yey YORK, 59 Beekman St, BOSTON, 23 Court St. CHICAGO,137 Lake St. and Gen. "James ‘. Stewart, Chief of Foltce. MANUFACTURERS OF —_——— Having improved the Alarm . > The American Garment ETianger. and are now manufacturing ~ eirqarct saueetees| WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goons ga EES tl i ies PERKINS & BRADLEY M’F’G CO. boxing or cartage. SOLK MANUFACTURERS OF THE AMERICAN GARMENT HANGER, THE INDESTRUCT'BLE TOWEL ROL Sampie sent by mail on re- y ‘ ceipt of ten cents. We furnish New Haven, Conn, RUCTIBLE CEILING HOOK eee eens frames **CORTLAND” Corn Poppers, Ye 4 be ee eeens ( OAT AND HAT HOOK 110 Gross sold in the past year. INDOW Coal Sieves, P.O. Box 1404 “ A — Sen, if Owned and Manutactured by SCREE ey Flour Sieves, wt td J} Spencer E. Carr & Co. WIRE CLOTH. a p>? ' Etc., Etc. PATENTED, Ninth and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. MARCH 7th, 1882 Metallic Coal Steve, | OGDEN & WALLACE, 85,87, 89 & 91 Kim S1t,, New York. IrOn sx» Steel ry description ke] Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. Mac! in sry Steel con ntly ont PIERSON & CO., jA¢ Ine Shi ii bing ABEL = Merchants, S< YT i: eS WATER 5 ° ~ CATASAUQUA' ” IRON. Iron + NEW YORK, Sizes on Hand, “ARU CO. SHAFTING Ee ee Ee de Ulster and Scroll Angle Iron; A R. WHITNEY & CO, MANUFAOTURERS OF AND DEALERS In lron and Steel AGENCIES: GE TRON CC , Limited, Me —— Lron and Soft Steel ~ : ( ‘ut Nails and Spi PARK a I ted, St > Plat Ss ’ L _ OW TU BE We 7" K8 Boiler Flues, BY! ERS )., Wrought Iron Pipe. C ARNEG IE BR S. & CO., Limited, Lron and Steel Beams, Channels, Shape ao d Shafting. BRO‘ ‘KLYN WIRE NAIL CO, $ Wire Nails THE CHESTER PIPE AND TUBE. CO. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made fo ae — [ron Stn uC ea )f every descrip- tion. Bo yntaining of al iron = — on Oden nD vy mail ‘fame Please eddre 7 Broadw: ay; ON Ww a Xx: P. Bor den SL Lovell, 70 & 71 WEST ST, REEN New York. FREELAND j ents for the sale of FALL RWER IRON WORKS CO.’S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL, JOHN FOX, Cast lron Gas and Water Pipe, 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, L. N. LOVELL, | C. A. GREEN! H. L 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. DANIEL F. COONEY, | AMERICAN " INDURATED FIBRE COMPANY'S »>AIL BS, JOHN B ' W R, New York Agent, 81 Murrsy Street. IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails AND SPIRES. Engineering Instruments and Supplies. ) Safety Lamps. QUEEN & CO., Philadel phia,Pa. 81, 88 and 85 Washington Street, New YORK. BURDEN'S EF. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN | | WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, | OLD METALS. |457 45 t St., | [33 33 & 335 South St., "+; NEW YORK. PHCENIX HORSE SHOES. PHOENIX HORSE SHOE CO. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. ¥. “Burden Best” Iron Boiler Rivets. New York Office, 20 Reade Street. TROY, N. Y. ‘HENDERSON BROS., | CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., on AN ND STEEL BOILER PLATES, GLAS KON CO PINE IRON WORKS. ALLISON BOILER FLUES. HICKS & DICKEY, fron, Steel and Forgings of e very Description. Chas, Himrod & Cb. PIG IRON. Chicago and Detroit, JAMES WILLIAMSON & ISON & CU, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 638 Wall St., New York. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON STS., NEW YORK CITY. Wm. 4. Wallace, Wa. Bispham. CAST IRON Fr. Pm And Special Castings for Water and Gas. Also, Flange Pipe Emmaus‘ Lehigh Co., Pa. MACHINISTS, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of EXHAUST TUMBLING BARRELS dilustreted Cc Catalogue sent on app lication.) " PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Say*tis BOLT & RIVET cLiPpeRS,|Cast Iron a For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rive . on FOR WATER AND GAB, for them carriages, wagons, harn &c. Ask | where you buy your hardware, or send for cir- LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC, cular and price list, Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. s 400 CHESTNUT STREET 62nd St., Betow LancasTeR AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA. John H, Ricketson, Prest. Wm. Holmes, Treas A, G. Barnet, Sec’y, A. GARRISON FOUNDRY CO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Stec] and 4'3 Commerce St., Phila., Pa, Machinery Steel in Bars, also cut toexact lengths. Crown Cast Tool Steel, Warranted. ° Special Quality lron and Steel Shafting, with large assortment of heavy sizes on (7 illed ols, hand. Plate and SI ‘ihe m, Bolts, Nuts and Rivets. Hartman Steel Wire Nail Steel and in m Forgings of all kinds. Cold Rolled Steel Shafting. —_——— => PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. | ture and have always in stock Office, Nos. 10 4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. i ROLLED IRON BEAM ( Channels, eee Tees, a re ame are BEAN S, C H AS. J. STEB BINS, orgings, ve area iat +5, Astor House, New ae DOVER PATERSON, N. J. NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. IRON CO.’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAR IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CoO., 139 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORK. Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin’s Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roil- ing Mill Castings of every description, Il Reade $t., New York, STEEL AND IRON NAILS. Bonnell, Botsford & Co.., IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. CONDIT, FULLER & CO., PIG IRON BAR Cleveland, Ohio, York. THaw TRON AGE. OXFORD™.®. eee oo. ae PA. J. 8 SCRANTON, Sales Agent, HORSE SHOES. THE BURDEN IRON CO. Iron Merchants, E. C, Wallace. ne IRON COMPANY JAMES P. WITHEROW, Engineer & Contractor, | Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH Pa, GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES AND CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOFT STEEL specially adapted for A No. 1 Boiler Plates MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented April 8th, 1873 } Sept. oth, 1873 ; Oct. 6th, 1874; Jan, 11, 1876 ; Oct. 17th, 1876 ; Jan. 11th, 1877 ; Feb. 6th, 1877; Dec. roth, 1878; Jan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. rst, 1884 ; Feb. rath, 1884 3 March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, 1885. Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a less price. Will contract to completely erect, equip and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As ALSO Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everything GRADES OF appertaining to Blast Furnace and Steel Works construction, can guarantee prompt- BLACK SHEET IRON. Smooth on both sides. EVERSON, HAMMOND & CO. LIMITED PINE SBURGIT, PA,, Sheet Steel For Roofing and Corrugating. ness and satisfaction. SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON WworRxzs, SYRACUSE, - fs OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS. SHEET IRON, All Grades. Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 445 to 451 West St., NEW YORK 177 & 179 Bank St,, MANUFACTURER OF Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. W. B. BURNS, Proprietor. HENRY KELLY, Pusiic ACCOUNTANT, 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Specialty: Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Cost HORSE SHOE IRON, Accounts and Partnership Settlements. Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats, Late Chief Accountant to vambria Jron Company. | E. JENCKES MANFG. CO.. PAWTUCEET, R. L., Bright Wire Goods, Belt "Hooks, SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New York Office, 8S , SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling Agent —— ae ae b [ron Buildings, Roofs, Shutters, Deere, Cornices, Skylights, Bridges, & MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., 5 Dey Street. NEW YO ORE. WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. tern letters, stencils, house nambers, met ' ied Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty, | rubber type, rubber stamps, ee. Send for free illus Any size or style made at short notice. BELLOWS & DICKEY, 39 to 43 Viaduct St., Cleveland O HOWARD, CHILDS & CoO., IRON AND STEEL FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, PITTSBURGH, METAL AND RUBBER STAMPS, steel figures and letters, Dame stamps, type for type writers, chiised-iron figures and letters, omeee: for rais- ing letters on or HAMILTON BUILDING, PA. Iron and Steel of all Descriptions. Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Wrought and Cast Iron Pipe. Railway and Mine Equipment and Supplies. Plain and Barb Wire. Manufacturers’ and Contractors’ Supplies. —s T. S. BLAIR, Jn. ~D. R. LEAN, LEAN «& BIL.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. THE ROBINSON-REA MFG. CO., PITTSBURGH, ROLLS (No. 1.) BHEAM RATITIU BAR ~ RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE Co, NUFACTURE Horse, Mule & Snow Shoes ine Perkins Pattern. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. R. W. COMSTOCK, Seoretary Works at Valley Falla R. | #, W. CARPENTER, President © H. PERKINS. Gen’! Manager. J. M. SCHOONMAKER COKE CO. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Oapacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads. Office, 120 Water Street. PITTSBURGH PA. May 12, 1887. BE Office 306 SPEC Steel, Wd he - = - tie Tad Sc PIO A ee et May 12, 1887. THE IRON AGE. WiLLrIAM RR. MART c& CO.., _armean LRON- ORES tenn ANALIAN CASTLE PIG IRON. ‘MOHIC AN PIG IRON. for Finest Steel phosph« rus uniformly low, sel- | A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, dom reaching o}3 per cent., and Silicon from | comparing favorably with English 1 per cent. upward, according to re- quirements of buyers). West 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 ano RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars, steel Axles, Steel Angeles. Steel Castings, Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, _ Office, 218 Ss Fourth St, Philadelphia, «Works, Johnstown, Pa, PHILADA. PA LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND ec STANDARD ¢ Quality and efficiency 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. ATHE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, WORKS AT LEWISTOWN, PA. Office, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. ALAN WOOD COM PANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcea! Bloom PLATE ecw SHEET IRON, POTTSVILLE IRON & STEEL CoO., *¢ Ss Ny ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, POTTSVILLE, PA., Manufacturers of ali kinds of No, 610 arch, Street, Philadelphia, Fa STRUCTURAL STEEL AND IRON Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Caietier, Tun and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. Viz, BEAMS, CHANNELS, TEES, ANGLES, PLATES AND BARS Also STEEL AND IRON AXLES FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER CARS. 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 CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand *‘‘ Ulverston ;” Mallieable Iron, brand * U. H. M.’ MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited, Seegiaee, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ‘* Lorn” Malleable Charcoal Fig Iron and N. B. ALL & 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 8S. Fourth St., Philadelpnia, Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, imited, Engineers and Constructors, Main Office: No. 226 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Works: Mifflin and Meadow Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Western Branch: PITTSBURGH, Pa. Southern Branch : NASHVILLE, TENN. This Steel is meneinenel by the CLAPP-GRIFFITHS process, and is specially adapted, in addition to the above, for Boiler and Bridge Rivets, Wire Rods, Nail Plates, &c..&c. Our Mild Steel is well adapted for use in place of the best quality of Wrought fron; where a greater strength and ductility is required, it welds readily as Iron. Also Billets, Slabs of all sizes and any desired temper. Shafting of all sizes in stock, from which prompt shipments can be made, Brewery, Malt and Ice ‘House Construction a Specialty. The Phoenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Esams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of 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 Tron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. The Alleontown Rollins Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafing: 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., ©orshspooken MANUFACTURERS OF Pig Iron, | Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of Light Plates and Foundry and Forge. Sheets of Steel. Gordon-Whitwell-Cowper Fire-Brick Hot-Blast Stoves. Puddled Bars, Plate and Sheet Iron, . nf 3 y aii etlo Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, We have contracted for the following Stoves, since their introduction 8 al for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. Skelp, Blue cemented ound enim 2 Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. one Year ago: Jefferson tron Works, Ohio.....3 Stoves. North Chicago R. M.Co., Ill.....! 3 Stov es 4 ‘ Joliet [ron & Steel Co., I1...... ° Missouri Furnace Co., Mo........2 Jupiter Furnace Co., Mo........3 “ Western Steel Co.. Mo. 2 * Teno. Coal, Iron & R. R. Co., Cleveland Koll. Mist Co., ‘Obio..: Siscasmaseseea henaah Sines _ Belmont Nail Co., W. Va......... $ Colebur, ¢ ‘oal &@ Coke Co.,Ala.3 “ Ala. Oca Sent k iron t 0., Ala { 9 Nashville Charcoal Iron ond pecerur Land, I, & I. Co., Ala....2 eS Te ae “ , & Perry Coa! and ‘Iron C 0, % Princess Furnace, Va. 7 “ ‘Ohio asasebesse 2 RE rr aoe 60 stoves 3 BLAST FURNACES ano STEEL WORKS. QUAKER CITY FACING MILLS. for sauvie vvi, aa aacniuery Faciae® { We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. 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. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF “CUMBERLAND” 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 BCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE. BOOTH, GARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. “Established in 1836. Analysis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special departmen for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and i eppliapese sos for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Bteel, Iron Slag, someeeses. Coals, Clays, Fire Sands, &c, Agents for sampling ores in New York and Baltimore.” Price lists on application. RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STKEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. 7r. Ww. RPA XZSON coe CO=., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS 2F FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Nos. 1016, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del, Ave.. + * * VSILADELPHIA, PA. WAITE, VAN HARLINGEN & MACTIER, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS, 308 Walnut St., } Philadelphia, Pa Metallurgical Furnaces. SPECIALTY : GAS REGENERATIVE FURNACES OF THE SIEMENS TYPE. Steel, Heating, Puddling, Tube Welding, Zinc and Chemical Furnaces; also Glass Tank and Pot Furnaces. Works Built Complete. 5 EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT 222 8. Turd St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savage Eire EBriek. Eastern Penna,, West New Jersey and Delaware AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA ISTICE COX JUSTICE. COX, UR, 6 CO. CATASAUQUA M'F'G. CO.. Iron, s t © © i, Bars, Boller, Tank and Hridge P! Angle and Sh apes; Chicktes Mo t Gone wago and Alive | urp ‘ oa rROW for Foundries ERIE FORGE CO Lt , rov Every shape. 224 South Vourth Street, ° Phila, Jerome Keeley & (, 206 Walnut Place, Phila. Selling Agents for eas nil ANTHK A | I I I BLO‘ MS, PIG The RAI iON HEE ) STEEL and IRON RAILS. (HON CLAD Pek RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE TRON OR} FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS, Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap fron, «& Examine and negotiate sales of [ron and Coal properties E. H. Wilson, A. Kalser 1. B. M. Hirons E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON ann STEEL Correspondence solicited J, W. HOFFMAN & CO,, [RON COMMISSION [WERCHANTS 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. Selling Age nts PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand Plates; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Hare SPRANG STEEL & IRON CO. (Limited), Stemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angies 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. Andover Dig Iron... Each Pig marked exact chill depth (44 In. to 1% in), A. Whitney & Son's standard test F, A. Comiy, Treas J. Wescey Purimay, Agent. 240 So, 3d St., Phila NORTH BROTHERS MFG, CO., Iron Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets’ PHILADELPHIA, Cc orrespondence solicited, Established i 847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Special Whee's for Furnace and Mine Cars. I. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA, PA, BOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel Foundry PIG IRON and Forge CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. JAS. @. LINDSAY. THOS. 8 PARVIy LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila. lron and Steel Structural Material FOR ALL PURP€ Estimates furnished for lron and Steel Structures and Rallway construction Correspondence solicited with railroad contractors L. & R. WISTER & CO.. IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 Bo. ath Bt., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Lron Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal Pig lron, Ferguson Red Short Pig Iron. ____ DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON MORRIS, WHEELER & CoO. Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, | SALES OF FICK 16th & Market Sts., | 400 Chestnut St. PHILA., PA. PHILA. PA, New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Stee! Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold, 234 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. Frank K. . Eshe erick Barclay W. Cott ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST, PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Desoristion. , ane Agents for Cleveland ( ty F or Re orgings; Centre! Iron t I ates r erst hess! Danvill 1 Mfx ror 1 Steel Nails. Buller Tutice; Bridge 1r and Boas Specifications a Spec! sity May 12, 1887, THERE IRON AGE. —— 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. THOMAS C. BURROWS, Agent for Jersey City Steel Company, Successors to Jas. R. THompson & Co. Manufacturers ot amet q E> E> Ts Of All Descriptions. WAREHOUSE, 99 and 101 JOHN ST. NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED IN 1848. SINGER, NIMICK & CO,, Ltp, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF HAMMERED AND ROLLED SI’: L, WARRANTED EQUAL TO ANY PRODUCED. BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL For Edge and Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear-Knives, Cold-Chisels and Machinists’ Tools generally. SAW PLATES For Circular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. Sheet Steel For Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, Stamping Cold, &c., &c. SIEMENS-MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE STEEL Established in 1839. 7A. G. Coes & Co., WORCESTER, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF A. G. COES’ PATENT SCREW WRENCHES, The Strongest Wrench made, and the only successful re-enforced bar. The Ferrule is firmly secured in place For Boilers, Fire-Boxes, Smoke-Stacks, Tanks, &c. ‘. : on Wie bie = a nut screwed on . ge All our Plate and Sheet Steel being rolled by a Patented Improvement, is unequaled for = eee attention is called to the ws = surface finish and exactness of gauge. = way in which the handle is made and = a 8 ROUND MACHINERY CAS1 STEEL = fastened to the shank. = a For Shafting, Spindles, Rollers, &c., &c. — This Handle is made better and — = = = _ stronger than heretofore by using our = ” ® File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R. Frog, Toe-Calk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Steel, &c.; Lf new Cup Tip at the end which encloses = id = ra TS Cast and German Spring and Plow Steel. the wood and keeps it from splitting. — _ ao nn s ron Center” Cast Plow Steel. Finished oe Flow Coulters, with ieee om a This is the only wrench which has the = => = ca e Steel Center ’’ Cast Plow Steel. Agricultural Steel cut to any pattern desired, [attached. ‘ 3 ~ otid Soft Center ” Cast Plow Steel Steel Forgings made to order, wood handle ree, ar 7 ie — e ¢ 2 = Represented a 248 Pearl and 18 Cliff Sts., New York, by together er ager one ain = ~* 5s (1) : more rough usage a 5 Pa HOGAN & SON, General Agents for Eastern and New England States. apy aow made. It is not affected by — =isa n HIGAN & McCARGO, 417 Commerce St., Philadelphia, and FULLER, DANA & FITZ, 110 North St, Boston. heat, cold or moisture. = = 5 = fc b A ee : _ oe None Genuine unless Stamped, | > 72 © - | ~ @ head McCl C =< = Moorhead McCleane Company, A. G. COES & C0 | = gM: We , Ls. = Mills, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A | 5 9 Soho Mills, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A. Siehicien as 113 Chambers ae MANUFACTURERS OF a tH] Ss and 95 Reade Sts., SHIP, TANK lron, Steel or | Galvanized NEW YORK. 7 aT | TOYA Y TY Peesee = COMPOUND Sheets JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., Agts. 7 | BRIDGE PLATE, (Patent Leveled). A R Mi O R Only Manufacturers PLATES, § H E ET | R 0 N § ’ UP TO 18 INCHES THICK. SKELP Bemis & Call Hardware & Too! Go, Special Sizes. GUARANTEED TO STAND ADMIRALTY TESTS. AND STEEL OR IRON ‘PLATES PATENT COMBINATION WRENCH. FOR MERCHANT VESSELS r ‘ Case-Hardened Throughout. Parts Interchangeable. Ww IDE SHEE’ S. OR YACHTS, PLANET Brands. This Wrenen oot oaty con>ines the superior qualities of a Gas Pi Wrench but also DUNBAR BROS., Manufacturers of Clock Springs and Small Sprines of every deescription, from best Cast Steel. BRISTOL, CONN. DIAMOND WRENCH CO. all the requisite co nbiaations of a regular Nat Wrench, thus making a combination which has no «quai. Open Hearth Steel. SHIP PLATE. TANK, BOILER, FLANGE and FIRE-BOX. FRANKFORD STEEL COMPANY FRANKFORD, PHILA., PA., STEEL RAILROMD «AND MACHINE FORGINGS SOLID CRUCIBLE STEEL CASTINGS 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, nutes 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, add BEMIS & CALL HARDWARE & TOOL COMPANY Springfield, Mass. ACME WRENCFH CAS819 IO JUN ZuU0T WMH eUsTUINT oq UvO YOUSIM STU D AND Best Grades of Tool and Machinery Steel. eeetene> nee ~ GEORGE BROOKE, President. GEO. W. HARRISON, Treasurer. amu, , ! = coos 4 THE E. & G. BROOKE IRON CO, baiiiiiiiii iia) PNG BIRDSBORO, BERKS CO. PA., . ay MANUPLOTURERS 09 GEO. W. MARBLE, a3 28 to 32 South Canal St., CHICAGO. Bs Write for Prices and Discounts. EDWARDS IMPROVED STEAM TRAP FOR DISCHARGING PIPE CONDENSATION. anchOR NAILS AND SPIKES, sro Oapacity, 1000 Kegs por Day. Made from thelr own Pig Iron, Insuring Regularity and Superiority In Qual'ty, ALSO FOUNDRY AND FORGE PIG IRON, AND COLD BLAST CHARCOAL CAR WHEEL IRON. ect seeeninieenneneeceeenenseieeeeey ea OLD DOMINION CUT NAILS, BAR IRON. R. E. BLANKENSHIP, President. RICHIMONTI), VA. The positive action of this Float Trap is the 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 correctly. AMOS ALLER, 109 Liberty St., New York, THE BABCOCK & WILCOX CO., WATER TUBE STEAM BOILERS, 107 Hope Street 30 Cortlandt Street, GLASGOW, =| NEW YORK, NEW ORLEAN 7 SAN FRANCISOO) 40 Mune ae” hry Ue ethos Eaten , Calle del Sem- Send to Nearest Office for Circular. INDURATED FIBRE PAIL. NOW BUILDING A TWO-CONVERTER BESSEMER STEEL PLANT. BOSTON, 65 Oliver Street. PHILADELPHIA, 32 N. sth Street, LONDON, 114 Newgate St. CHICAGO, 64 8, Canal Street. PERRINE PATENT Curved Blade {QUE double Shank No. 1 Plumbago Babbit 30 cts. lbs. | No. 2 Plumbago Babbit 25 cts. lbs. No. 3 Plumbago Babbit 16 cts. Ibs. | No. 4 Plumbago Babbit 14 cts. Ibs. AGENTS WANTED. LIBERAL DISCOUNTS. a Manufactured only by the LIGHT! SEAMLESS! STRONG! TASTELESS! DURABLE! HANDSOME! No Hoops to drop off ! No Bottom to drop out! INDURATED FIBRE CO,, OF LOCKPORT, N, Y., MAKERS, New York Office. 102 Chambers St. Philadelphia Office, 1:8 S.Delaware Av, Baltimore Office, 32 Light St. AGENTS : OUTSIDE BLINDS OPENED CLOSED Me en eee omens AND AUTOMATICALLY FASTENED ee ee. pee, ee i INANY POSITION FROM THE INSIDE, Strong-Hackett Hdw. Co., St. Paul, shld yy Ppt ee pliy F ae agin no. ge ~ u 9! M. M. Buck & Co., St. Louis, Mo. 4 Stauffer, Eshelman & Co., New Or- Bie a is Sh U ga i W elas. er leans. La THE DODD MAN'F'SG CO. Walter Woods & Co., Hamilton and Yi : Toronto, Ont. } PARK PLACE ROOMIO. NEW YORK “CANTON HOE & TOUL CO... CANTON OHIO' U.S.A. Agee” SCREWS, Philadelphia. 205 Quarry S8t., ase & May 12, 1887. TEE ETE ane ce W. & B. DOUGLAS, Middletown, Conn., Salem, Ohio, U. S. Acs MANUFACTURERS OF CISTERN, PITCHER, WELL and FORCE - oa The Oldest and Most Extensive Manufacturers ot Pumps, Hydraulic Rams, Garden Engines, PUMPS Yard Hydrants, Street Washers, Galvanized Pump Chain, Wind Mill Pumps Wind Mill Pumps, Hand and Power Rotary Pumps, 9 HYDRAULIC RAMS, Boiler Feed Pumps, Gar- den Engines, &c. Write for Catalogue and Prices AGENCIES ENGLISH ®8ROS8:, Katsas Clty, Mor PANCOA & MAULE, Phila., Pa.; LOU[S WAEFELABR CO, LimITEp, 81 Beekman Street, New York EUROPEAN AGENCY, SELIG, SONNENTHAL & CO., London E, C., England. Ct Be eee ae 5 only in Myers’ Pumps. ‘MYERS’ FORCE-PUMP Adapted to open and drtilled wells, The 6nly double acting force-pumps furnished Sith expansive plunger bucket and Glass Valté.8eat. The only successful drill Well Pump tiade. ; Simple, durable, powerful, easy t6 Oper- ate, ever affected by frost. MYERS’ °Ustz rock HAY CARRIER. A perfect reversible carrier. New Myers’ iron, steel and wood track carriers. The simplest carriers made Double and single har- poon hay forks, pulleys penppiers, sling attachments, pple ay Titust’4 cataliece orks, door and hanging hooks, ete, f. &. MYERS & BRO., ASHLAND, 0. JOHN MAXWELL, BRASS, BRIGHT TINNED WIRE & JAPANNED fi “CAGES, es and 247 & 249 Pearl St. New York. Full size of Band for Brass ana Tinned Wire Cages. Patterson’s Patent Forges Ai SNS IN SEVEN SIZES. “28PT 2034q pup enBojpgno s0f puag BROWN & PATTERSON, Marcy Ave. and Hope Strvét, BROOKLYN, N. Y. WALKLEY HARDWARE CO., PLANTSVILLE, CONN., are putting up special brands of Steel Carpet Tacks in an original form. Something new and at- tractive combined with good quality and correct price. Send for photo- graph of latest novelty. ENTERPRISE BOILER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Steam Boilers, Sheet Iron AND PLATE WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Ryan's Improved Patent Shingling Bracket BEST AND SAFEST BRACKET MADE. Endorsed by all who have occasion to go upon roofs. Can be ATTACHED INSTANTLY toanyroof. Madeofbest . and durable. wreught-iron. and warranted stro Fastened tothe roof by insert P. W. RYAN, Box 261, Marlboro, Mae, under the shingles and coupes. No nails used. hen once fastened cannot slip or tear the shingle. Address and Other Hydraulic Machines in the World. Fig. 209. Fig. yo. Fig. 130. STEEL IRON AGE. 7 Sabin Machine Co., DARA AANA AAA DO” CTU TANNA DAA Pave tteveereccenvuvevereeerewerveerrnwveetivmnenmnnnnneeeseonre NANA — MANUFACTURERS OF SPECIAL SPRINGS FOR MACHINERY AND VARIOUS OTHER PURPOSES. Sabin's Lever Door Springs and Spring Butts. Sabin’s Celebrated Volute Springs, light, with great amount of action, and One of the strong points of these sinks !¢ fhe new coupling with whic > a pronounced a eh 3 pling hich they are now supplied, and which neat, reliable coupling, and is easily detached for the ptirpose.of pumping ot » , pe parts of the 7. ing are tinned, and are furnished with all sinks without ontan haloes ee The fact of the great strength and durability of this sink, as it Is prietically free from danger of break- age in transportation, handling or use, is a ge point in its favor, and that its merits are recognized by