The Iron Age 1887-08-04: Vol 40 Iss 5

“The Iron Age > INDEX TO READING MATTER A PAGE 30 Review of the Hardware, Iron Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WIiLLiAms, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Mer XL. ke r O — A? Metal Entered at the Post Office, New York, and ‘Trades. NDEX VERT PAGE AD EMENT Vv as Second-Ciass Matter, SL.50 a Year, Including Postage. Single Coptes, Ten Cents. Lead-Encased Conductors.* BY DAVID BROOKS. In the first attempt in this country to work electric telegraphy the wires were covered with cotton, soaked in a preparation of shellac, drawn into lead tubes four together, the intervening space being left empty. This system was laid from Baltimore toward Washington, about 5 miles on the Baltimore and Obio Railroad. I got this information from Tatham & Bros., | who made most of the lead pipe purchased, although none of what they made was iaid. The experiment was a failure. About that time, or a little before, Professor Jacoby, of St. Petersburg, undertook to lay cotton-cov- ered copper conductors in lead pipe with the intervening space filled with rusin. There have been very many attempts of that kind | which proved to be failures, until the year THE MINING REGIONS 1856, when the discovery of petroleum brought paraffine into the market as a cheap commercial product. This was brought to my notice, and I made many experiments to test its insulating properties, and as the result it was taken to the Patent Office, and the patent awarded me, broadly, for its insulating properties. It occurred to me that cotton. covered wires could be drawn into lead pipe and a useful system for underground purposes accom- plished, but before rushing to the patent office specimens were buried in the yard of my factory directly under a body of water, or earth soaked with water from a hydrant. These experiments were repeated, and for a long time were attended with failure. In the ‘‘ Journal” of the Society of Telegraph Engineers, published in London, we find accounts of similar experiments made there with like results. Sealing the ends of a portion of this leaded cable, coiling it up, immersing it in melted paraffine, and raising the heat to about the boiling poirt of water, we noticed bubbles coming out, apparently from the lead. Continuing this heat until all bubbles ceased to rise and then testing the cable, we found the insulation restored. The inference was brought to my mind that the coiling and the uncoiling of lead produced such molecular changes in the metal as to make it sufficiently porous to admit moist- ure, and the many unsuccessful attempts to lay lead covered cables, when the cables were insulated with paraffine, in deep water have served to strengthen this impression. lt must be borne in mind that paraffine, . we aes presented to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers May 18, 1887. | them by Professor Morse, | into innumerable small particles, which would leave the cable full of cracks or crevices. These circumstances suggested the use of oil, and that brought out my sys- tem of iron tubes on account of their cheap- ness. Lead-covered cables are now success- fully made by having the insulated material, either rosin, asphalt or pitch, mixed with | oil in sufficient quantity to make the ma terial plastic and capable of being bent without fracture. Some of the inventors of these mixtures have repeatedly stated that their insulating material is a secret. Other materials are the subjects of patents. Asphalt, rosin or pitch, when mixed with oil sufficient to make them plastic but not to crack, is heavier than water, and thereby a great advantage is gained. Paraffine, either solid or liquid, is lighter than water. | OF If solid, it cracks—if liquid, a drop of water penetrates it by reason of greater specific gravity of water, In pursuance of the foregoing remarks we must now look at the advantages of lead covered conductors for all kinds of indoor purposes, or what are commonly called dis- | tributing purposes for electric lighting, &c. An ordinary cotton-covered paraffine con- ductor for inside work is a dangerous thing. There bas been sufficient property destroyed by the use of these cheap articles to pay five- fold the substitution for them of lead-covered conductors. A lead covered conductor, No. 18 gauge, may show an insulation resistance, of 10,000 megohms per mile. When used | for inside telephone purposes, if the lead covering is attached to a gas or waver pipe, there is perfect safety from fire from the eleciric current should the outside conductor come into contact with an arc light con- ductor. A copper conductor, No. oo, for arc lighting can easily be insulated when lead incased to 500 megohms per mile, and when that is brought into a building for dis- tribution purposes, and the lead covering connected with a water or gas-pipe, there is perfect safety from fire from the electric current, such as occurred at the Temple Theatre, in Philadelphia. Again, we can scarcely see how persons could be injured by the electric current conveyed through an insulated conductor covered with lead pipe, as was one of the employees of the Brush Company in this city, who was killed not two weeks ago, and, since then, as another person was killed in the Adams Express building, in New York. Mr. J. N. Miller, of Cincinnati, has referred to several instances LAKE SUPERIOR. insulation, which is simply no insulation at all when exposed to dampness. As this insulation cannot be made to burn with a lighted match, it has been supposed to possess great elements of safety. But when it is incased in lead, and used for incandes cent or are lighting, a great portion of the current passes through the ‘‘ insulation” to the lead covering. Taking a piece of this underwriters’ wire, covered with lead, and testing the insulation from conductor to covering with a current from a Holtz machine, you can produce no disruptive discharge, the current passes through the *‘ quickly, as fast as you can generate it by the machine. Take a similarly constructed lead-incased because insulation ” cable, properly insulated, immerse both ends | of it in the insulating mixture, and pass acur SCNGRAVED FROM MAP rent from the Holtz machine through naked | conductors through the air, one pole con- | necting with the incased conductor and the other with the lead covering, a spark 2 inches long will pass between the two con- ductors in the air before any passes between the casing and the conductor, although the | distance through the insulation is only % inch. The object of immersing both ends of the incased cable in the insulating material is to prevent short circuiting through the air from copper conductor-to lead covering at the terminals. Much has been said of the incombustiblity of the underwriters’ insula- tion. But it is no more incombustible than the proper insulation, provided the spark is not exposed to the air. We can make a disruptive discharge through the insulation if it be too thin, but no combustion takes place, because the air is excluded. Exposed to the air, a lead covered conductor will last 10 times as long as gutta percha, caout- chouc and their compounds. LL —— The Mining Regions of Lake Superior. Seven years since the American Institute of Mining Engineers visited the mining districts of Lake Superior, and have now returned to go over again a ter- ritory which, though known to a few explorers then, has during the past two years witnessed an unparalleled develop- ment. Two great iron ore districts bave jumped into prominence, under widely dis- similar conditions, at a time when their accession to the ranks of sources of PREPARED B Ty r o7* Id ne / fp 7) “sof, 4 “ 5 OD a New York, Thursday, August 4, 1887. fe ; — r 5 ——— | 7 | rosin, asphalt and other similar substances | where people have been killed by taking | as almost providential. [tis not difficult to in their normal condition are brittle, and the | hold of the electric light conductor covered | picture the results which would have fol | coiling and uncoiling of the lead pipe breaks! with what is known as the underwriters’ | lowed the sudden increase in the demand for iron. and for pig fit for Bessemer pur poses particularly, had the plants of West- ern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Wiscon siu been forced to depend upon the two older districts, the Marquette and the Menominee } alone forore. The two together produced in 1886, 2,501,893 tons, while the maximum of the former was 1,831,357 tons in 1882, |and of the latter 1,135,018 tons in the same year, a total of 2,966,375 Even conceding that under the greatest pressure they might have reached 2,750,000 tons in I . there would have been a deficiency of more than 7 ns. To cover this we would have been forced todraw heavily on foreign sources, and finding them inadequate would | have been driven to importing enormously greater quantities of plg iron, blooms, bil rods and rails. {t not too 4 yross t¢ slabs, is i lets, Y JOHN BIRKINBINE, much to say that three circumstances con- tributed toward preventing a boom un- equaled in the history of our iron trade, and these were—the large capacity of our works for the manufacture of crude and finished products, the development of the industry in the South, and. above all, the opening of the Gogebic and Vermillion iron ore ranges. In order to clearly show the position of the latter, relative to the older districts and their topography, we have prepared the ac companying map from an original kindly pre pared by Mr. John Birkinbine, of Philadel- phia. The oldest of the four districts, the Marquette, was first worked in 1854, and has produced to the close of 1886 not less than 23,346,819 gross tons. Out of this total not less than 64.2 per cent. was con- tributed by six mines, all but one of which | are now producing. Their names, the year of their first shipment, the date of their maximum output and their total shipments to the close of 1886 are given below : First Maximum Total prod'n ship- output, to close ) 886, Mine ment gross tons gross tons Lake Superior . . 1858 296,509 in 1882-3, 892,195 Cleveland. . ir 54 225,674 in 1584 3,497 213 Jackson 1806 130,524 in 1868 2,604,551 Republic 1s72 277,757 in 1884 =. 2, 52, B26 Ckampion 188 210,180 in 1684 1,761 64 New York 1864 94,809 in 1870 ~—- 1,035,001 Ten other mines in the Marquette distriet, the Lake Angeline, Barnum, Humboldt, Michigamme, Winthrop, Saginaw, Salisbury, Pittsburg, Cambria and McComber produced 300.000 tons and over. The Menominee district south of the Mar quette began shipping in 1877, and reached its maximum in 1882, with a product of supply of first magnitude must be regarded | 1,135,018 tons, the output in 1886 being | eae - . QI 880,006 gross tons, carrying the total since its discovery to 6,1 y6,657 tons to the end f 1886. Then, too, a few mines only con | tributed the bulk of the shipments, the | Chapin, Norway and Vulcan together being | the source of 19.5 per cent. of the total, as under : First Maximum Total prod ship output, to se "S4, | ment gross toos gTo tons Chapin 1880) 200,972 in ISS4 1,329,886 Norway sss 198.155 in 1S8O0 UL4, 740 Vulcan 1877 143,930 in 1886 S16 305 Seven other mines, the Ludington, Com monwealth, Perkins, Florence, lron River, and Cyclops produced a total since of Quinnesec their disc 466,000 tons each \ long pause followed in the development of new regions, and American capital began t» look in the direction of Canada for new sources of Bessemer ore supply, when almost simultaneously in 1884 the Gogebic and the very between 2 and » O00 su, a ? I Oo E hi R 4 a Copper az, Oy =. _ “~ Y" in “<> MANITOU ISLANO 7 \* ‘ een rk ae . J e / a A o . ° r Caldimet YY : Z « x 1 As j bes o\ e ° s 7 Hancotk Y = ) } Houghton \ wow” “ a 2, : gh ‘ 2 - 4 s te / ——a = 7 FF 7 : ye A “( Ee - f \ J as a arquette > } C ° ’ { ‘\ A ) 7 es Metrypolitan \ \ oe PHILADELPHIA. Vermillion ranges sent their first cargoes of ore to market. The location of these two districts, their shipping ports, and the rail road communications already secured to them will be observed at a glance at the accompanying map. We enter elsewhere into greater detail of their résources and the features affecting them. It must be clear to every one who has even hastily examined the new districts, that for years to come the question of a full ore supply is secured to the entire iron end steel industry west of the Allegheny Mountains. In fact, the con clusion from a survey of the field seems reasonable that with the intense activity going on in all directions in the way of develop ment, and with adequate tonnage on the Lakes, the markets will given more than enough to cover even so extraor dinary a demand as that of the current year, and that during the next season, unless our works turn out even more pig iron than they are now doing, prices will be lower than they were during the current year. LL be In sinking a gas well at Charleston, I!., a 4-foot vein of fine coal was discovered at a depth of 150 feet. The company will sink a shaft and mine the coalif they fail to secure gas after they shall have drilled 2coo feet. Electric street car propulsion on the ac- cumulator system was tried last week in Philadelphia with a car fitted up at the works of William Wharton, Jr. & Co. Aece- cording to all accounts satisfactory results were obtained. wee . abe t Yn cor BRASS AND. COPPER CO., 1ANUFACTUREI! 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Stop, Spring and Piano-Forte. Military, Naval, Livery, Society, Rail- BUTTONS. | send, dshoot Lasting, Silk end’ Dress. Lamy pecmas Student Lamps, Kerosene OODS. Burners, Kerosene Lamps. e - Camera Boxes, Printing Fram euctE Ic Chemicals, Paper, Glass, &e. Seovill’s Patent Lock Box for Post Offices. a a 43 Broome ot New Yo SOLE MAKERS OF Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Cast Steel Augers and Rits of Superior Quality. 294 Pearl St., Beale ise ovt. wears DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO. IMPORTERS OF The Tyler Tube Mill, MANUFACTURERS OF | | Best Lap Welded Boiler Tubes and Pipe, Works, BOSTON, MASS, COPPER, WIRE, ZINC, ETC., 29 and 31 Cliff St., cor. Fulton, | DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool. Christiana Rolling Mill, WV ASHERS AND ished Work. MANUFACTURERS OF Boiler Plate and lank Iron, mason IRON COMPANY, 2426 Washington Ave, ’ Phila, 6 Cttrer Ae. | x alla tsciimst. | Roston. y er rd S$ New York. | M. H. LEONARD, TREASURER, BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO. BROOKLYN. WN. MAFNUACTURERS OF Steel Wire Nails of Every Description, AGENTS: Danham, Carrigan & Co., San Francisco, Leeds, Robinson & Co., Boston. F.S. Bradley & Co., A. R. WEnTNLY & CoO., 17 BROADWAY, | ets | ae lowa lowa Barb Wire Co.“ ) Wire Co., 98 Reade Street, Yes New York. KORTING CONDENSER FOR SALE. GOOD CONDITION, ye No. 12, Price, $75.00. WATERBURY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, WATERBURY, CONN. Bar THE WIRE GOODS CoO.. WORCESTER, MASS. ; All kinds of Bright and Brass Wire Goods Mill Wire Goods, Hand Rail screws Cuy Ro oks. C Cary Wardrobe Ho. ks, Staples Me eat Hooks, a hes Line Wire. Hooks and Rings. Towel Rac ks and Splasher olde 4? we re Ne a in all sizes and vaneties Wires cut. bent, nilled, headed, poit threaded, and made Special articles made to or« jer " yt Cee mage A. 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MANUFACTURERS OF Worcester, Mass., New York City, Chicago. aed om | ee - WIRE, Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes ; Galvarized GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, Iron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire ; Glidden Patent oteel COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COPPER Barb Wire ; Watch and Clock Main Springs ; Leveglass Springs; Steel ELECTRICAL WIRE, Wire for sveenet and Drills ; Patent Steel Wire Bale Ties ; Pump Chain ; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence W ve, without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c.; Pright, Annealed, 7 inned, and Galvanized and Copper 'Vire, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 db. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimminés, §c. 86 NUSRAT 07., KEW TORS, WIRE ROPE AND CABLE. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON, 115 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. Rolling Mill, THOMASTON, CONN. BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF orles WATERBU ‘RY, CONN. Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission aud Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes, and Applianccs rejuired for use with the foregoing. BRASS AND COPPER WIRE AND TUBING, SEND FOR PRICE LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. SEAMLESS AND BRAZED TUBING, COPPER AND IRON RIVETS, CHICAGO WAREHOUSE : 107 & 109 Ianke Street NEW YORK WAREHOUSE: 16 Cliff Street. Clocks and Fly Fan Movements, Lamps and Trimmings, Kerosene Burners, Plumbers’ Materials. Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks and manufacturing Metal Goods. WAREHOUSE, MANUFACTORY, 19 Murray St., N. ¥. Bridgeport, Conn. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, WATERBURY CONN. BOSTON, 18 Federal St.| . Pr a ne TY Doel Mer. NEW YORK, 25 Vark Place. 22 Murray St. Manufacturers of al] kinds of Ses ‘n: sa? “o> - ey ~~ . - i —s wr He ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Brass and Copper Wire, Tubing, Copper Rivets and Burs. BRASS AND IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. wy ¥ y | GERMAN SILVER Spoons, SILVER- | ————————_ Ss — ——___—_——_- PLATED Forks AND Spoons, WM HEWITT, VicePres'” gage BALL. Treas THE 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 ZINC CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Dure Spelter s soe . Prices and Discounts on Application. Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes Works and Office at TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. D ALL FINE WORK. = anaes New York Office, COOPER, HEWITT & CU., 17 Burling Slip. sO fOr Philadelphia Office, 2 22 and 24 N. Fourth Street. GALVANIZERS AND BRASS FOUNDERS, | —————----—-— Sen ely lepiesintereneeineenaneneD a MANNING & SQUIER, Gen’l Arents, Wr s a, Bs = lll LIBERTY ST. (2d Floor), NEW YORK. TRENTON IRON COQ., (INCORPORATED 1847,) MANUFACTURERS OF [RON AND STEEL WIRE, AND OF Steel Wire Bale "Ties. No. 1. HOOK and LOOP FIXED LENGTH TIE. GEO, W. PRENTISS & CO,, HAZARD MFG C0. HOLYOKE, MASS, Manufacturers of | sauom: 67 Liberty St., Mew York. witesars,r Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Also GUN SCREW WIRE Of all sizes, straightened and cut to order. SONS ROPE Manufacturers of A. LESCHEN & ©O., Tale 903 and 905 N. MAIN STREEI, 81. LOUIS, MO. Established 1830. NSS Correspondence invited. THE PLYMOUTH MILLS, Trunk Nails Tacks Clout Nalls, Burrs Wire Nails PLYMOUTH, MASS. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE, Rivets, GET THE BEST August 4, 1887 WASHBURN & MOEN MANUF'G CO,, Sh d R | 4 ass Switch Ropes, Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor-Bronze and Copper Wire ee an 0 i j Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and «ll the Fixtures Augu a b o.Lih : MA Japan Pl st BE = —_— rr") 4 wf for mii inch W.S. 5 KE commot We m: will Las also mak THO Koll and § Brass, C Rrass | Rive —_—7"—™ Tl ten: and t Door Por ling found simila 6 SA a oof 188% J, LoL ES ; for pes, Vire ures \ugust 4, 1887, THE TRON AGE. 3 CARYWT & MOEN, Japanned, Brass, Tin CAGES MANUFACTURERS ; *| STEEL WIRE ,for all purposes and STEEL ‘SPRINGS of every description. Plated and Wood, ma zoo S m——N \ 4 - \ a S 4 a ‘ oO . y) Ay anrce QL Le kicoea te ASS,| ), LINDEMANN & CO. BIRD MANUFACTURERS OF —— J ee ee es ek ee ee ws LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO., Ce - MITE eee , TELIA LE LELELALELLLLAL LAL OE EELELEL AEE LALALLEALL EL ae . 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In multiple bars or Cen ‘1 1 let ee Seeeeeseeses Of Every Des: ription, sheared to lengths for mining purposes. A!'i meshes from a to the . inch up to 1 o-mesh made and carried in stock. W.S. TYLER, Pres. E. H. ALLEN, Sec. & Treas. Also P O INTED H A RR O Ww ee TEETH, round, square, diamond or oval. KELLY STEEL BARB Low prices on large lots. Address GAUTIER STEEL DEPT. of Cambria Iron Co., JOHNS- YIELDING TOWN, PA. BARB. resents Preston’s Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail. manufactured by GOLLOW CABLE MFG. OOry Hornelisvitie, N. ¥Y. We also manvfacture extensive The above cut ‘four different sizes Wire Clothes and a three-ply Braided Wire Web for Box Bands. Send for Circulars and Price Liste F.L. HONORE 48 & 50 Lake St. Chicago Ill. PENNSYLVANIA * WIRE * WORKS, 231 and 233 Arch St., Philadelphia. STRENGTH, New York Office, Chicago Office, Philadelphia Office, LIGHTNESS. 104 READE ST. 12 MONTAUK BLOCK. 523 ARCH ST. [No. 194.] Don’tlinacerate Stock. Is just as effective, weight Lx » . ’ on jus = et Doce ns cost mica imore than the Estab’d 1818. De orp’d 1874, common, rigid wire "arb Ss wor ouble. “ = = We make gelventord and peinsed. Our Kelly Paint . GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. (CO. EDWARD DARBY & SO! ~ =, This Style of Wire 4s sold through agents only, WAREHOUSES : — MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF—— HARDWARE MERCHANTS betog preferred. It is the 42 Cliff St., New York. only safe barb for horses, 228 Lake St., ¢ hicago, Ills. 8 4 Ly vy Merchants ill find it to thei dv ate ar neenes on clas ot wee tra ate ee Brass Co er and Steel Wi re Cloth deman 1 and that no cor tit t ome leche Maar Four Point Wire Barba nv lron & Gaivanized Wire 5 j Sie ee aud Wire Cloth. 6 I . d Wii Cl th 6 / d p It N iti < wer Loom Painted and Gal- alvyanize re 0 aivanize oultry ettings vanised Window Screen Wire , gs: Cloth, Galvanised Wire Cloth ; THORN WIRE HEDGE CoO., tor Drying Fruits, Warid's Gal- WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO ANY LENGiH. anise nee, . 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NEW YORK, 99 Beekman St. BOSTON, 23 Court St. CHICAGO,137 Lake St. THE NEWARK, O,, WIRE CLOTH CO,, —— MANUFACTURERS OF — Brass and Copper Wire Cloth, 2 for pamphlet and prices, Rome Brass and Copper Mills, JHE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING CO., L-1D,, ROME, N. ¥-, No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. MANUFACTURERS OF — Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. ALSO BRASS AND COPPER WIRE. Koll and Sheet Brass and German Silver rass, Copper and German Silver Wire Brass Strainer Cloth a Specialty. —— = i a Rods ioe Brass Tubing; W I ¢ KWI R E B ROTH E RS, CORTLAND, N. Y., NEW A R } a Oo I I I « > Rivets and Burs; MANUFACTURERS OF . 7 noni z a Seamless Brass Ferrules ~. Deck eat Ker WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goops Copper Bottoms Bolts, Cireles, &c., &c. IRELAND MFG. CO., Cincinnati, Ohio, SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE MORRIS PAT. SASH LOCK, REVERSIBLE RABBETED MORTISE DOOR LOCK Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, The “ Queen City ” rox t , “CORTLAND” tension Window Screen Coal § and the Original Patent Wiodow and INDOW oa /eves, ALSO Door Screen Corners, made by the REE ° ® ° 5 Porter Mfg.'Co., Bur- en Flour Sieves,| General Line Builders Hardware, : IN ALL ENOWN FINISHES lington, Vt., are not to be con- founded with inferior imitations bearing a similar name. Send for our price list. Etc., Etc. Metallic Coal steve. Catalogues and Lists Furnished on Application. Ris dnc ede 7 ome gece = he “RIVAL Lawn Spri nkler. — OSDEN & WALLACE, The American Metal 6. X FORD". x. a c0., Ud ron am Stee Pe, IRON AND NAIL CO.. a 43 Exchange Place, New York. Cut Nails ND — [ ro Nn see AND Stee | | P. 0. BOX 957. . = ap a ag a a 4 Go.%e | COPPER, MATTES AND COPPER ORES, IRON, mts or ar ro er a ; IRON ORES, MANGANESE ORES. Cheapest and best’ in u The water from it covers a . 4 an are a BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | oy jpap sprite, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, BULLION, Wopeceees All izes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- NS P I K E S. hh anni d will a n se : ___| Advances made c on yn Consignments. moee.2, ere “os r@Q . . n ore PI E R SO N & CO ie Henry R. thavton aENTS FOR - London. J. 2 nS. ae ay MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT a Ww +4 } 24 t0 27 West Street, New York, | Metaligeselischafi Franktort-on-Main. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, the size ee TES eh ee NEW YORK. Planished Sheet Iron. ay € = - itn al rnand pr H Cue Shafti Io", B. F. JUDSON, : oof Bante Apetl Sth, strs | Roptattny wi73 3 Qet. _ of water & y — 1574 an.11,1 1 an. or mu ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS IN STOCK. importer of and Dealer in B U RDEN S uth, a 7 Fe 6th 877 5 Dec.” roth, 1878 l ver ae we - P : SCOTCH AND AMERICAN March ath, 1884 : Jan. 6th, ras. f Be fe a . ag u ar out ABEEL R OT F S Pi S 6 ron Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to tne : ‘ raat Pak ie tek thes rod : N 3 eae ren vert al pe nD n ° s t soarse or ne spray K K j WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, HORSE SHOES. IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, 3 . wa ie ma ke Cy Sees i pr SSTABLISHED 1765 and at les . 4 1s rink ra yet in Dy = ie p_ynont os Ke OLD METALS. eee ta gs eno cig aly I ror. * Merchants, ad Oo 8 a Price within tee reach of all, 57 & 459 Water St..iNEW YORK —— Common, Refined Charcoal ana Juniata 0 8 es anno 190 SOUTH ST. | NEW YORK, 33 & 235 South St.,$ ' —- - THE 365 WATER ST., stil aeapeecetiaacigpanctegieeitpacstatincaeiis 99 GRADES OF e : 66 = CATASAUQUA " IBON PHCE NIX Burden Best’ |#44¢E SHEET IRON.| 9 } John H. McGowan Co., - : & ~ CINCINNATI O. Large Assort. .eut of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand, ARMW CO.’’ SHAFTING, Also general a:sortment of Norway, Ulster and Refined Bar, Band, Hoop, Scroll Angle Iron ; ® CLARK'S NEW DRYING, EXHAUST AND SYRACUSE MALLEABLE IRON [ron | Jar Ventilating Fan. Steel of all f all kinds, &c. : . f Patent Adiustable Wings, e / = : Ko ' apaci uick y in AR. WHITNEY & CO.,| PHEW Hors SHoeCo. | Potler Rivets. | Gites crc su. a | . y Light running, pm <o-g ; SYRACUSE, - N. ¥. PRICE LIST FREE. GEO. P, CLARK, WINDSOR LOCKS, CT. Manhattan Rolling Mull. LO a,c tp tag WM ca Sc 445 to 451 West St., NEW YORK HENRY KELLY, 177 & 179 Bank St,, MANUFACTURER OF Pusiic ACCOUNTANT, HORSE SHOE IRON 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Toe Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. aaey ~ oe Iron and Stee! Manufacturers’ Cost nts and Partnership Settlements. Corrugated, Crimped and Clap-Board Iron Roo®ng & Siding Late Chief. Accountant to Cambria Jron Compary E. JENCKES MANFG. CO. PAWTUCKET, R. L., Bright Wire Goods, Belt ‘Hooks, SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS Im POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. [ron and Steel New York Office, : 20 Reade Street. wrqagsn met ma inees| CHAS. Himeod & Co., Soft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes. Mower and Reaper Castings and Carriage Irons a Specialty. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. ———— SS sess PARK BR). & CO., Limited, Steel Plates, GLAsGow TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues. M. BYERS & CO., Wrought Iron Pipe. Cc CARNEGIE BROS. & CO., Limited, [ron and Steel Beams, ( eee Shapes and Bhafti afting BROOKLYN WIRE N co.,, ee Wire Nails THE CHESTER PIPE “AND TUBE oe Plans and estimates furnished a contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made sent - ® on application by mail. Sample pieces at office. olt P.ease address 8S 7 Broadway, New York, ic t Pea BOX 33, Borden 1 & Lovell, JAMES WILLIAMSON & CU, 70 & 71 WEST ST., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN L. N. Loree eA Wibith,t Mew York | PIG TRON i. iL a REELAND, & Agents for the sale of No. 63 Wall St., New York. FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S | — Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. HENDERSON BROS., WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Iron Merchants, Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON S1S., NEW YORK CITY. Wm. H. Wallace. © Wm. Bispham. —, C, Wallace. DONALDSON IRON COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF EO EEE: ET — tron Sulidingy, Beem, Base 5 Doors, Cornices, viig ges, &c. , MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND Roor co., | "** fe pg A eng a Office, 5 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. ing Agen WM. McFARLAND, Engineering Instruments and Supplies. lron and Brass Founder —t CAST IRON PIPE And Speciai Castings for Water and Gas. Also, Flange Pipe Emmaus‘ Lehigh Co., Pa. Safety Lamps DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S MACHINISTS, NAITS AND SPIKES. WATERBURY, CONN., TRENTON, N. J. BORDEN MINING CO.'S cee « Chilled Gast Wire Dies a Specialty, QUEEN & CO., CUMBERLAND COAL. EXHAUST TUMBLING BARRELS (Iustrated Catalogue sent on application.) Any size or style made at short notice. HOWARD, CHILDS & Cco., IRON AND STEEL FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, HAMILTON BUILDING, PITTSBURGH, PA. Philadelphia,Pa JOHN FOX, Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. DANIEL F. COONEY, BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, on 88 Washington St., New York, carriages, wagons, harness, &c. Ask for them our hardware, or send for cir- RON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES, | sis" sbstorise tse CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., R.D. WOOD & CO., PHILADELPHIA Cast Iron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAB, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. Iron and Steel of all Descriptions. Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardaare, Wrought and Cast Iron ——_, Raitway and Mine Equipment and Supplies. Plain and Barb Wire. Manufacturers’ and Contract tors’ Supplies D. K. LEAN, 7% thain. in LEAN & BLAIR, GLASGOW IKON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. S2nd Sr, Betow Lancaster Ave., Pager nites nn ee PHILADELPHIA, PA. __—___________iHnoineers and Contractors a. John H. Ricketson, Prest. Wa. Holmes, Treas a A. G. Barnett, Sec’y. A. GARRISON FOUNDRY CO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls. Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin’s Patent Double Spira! Pinions, and Roll- ing Mill Castings of every description, Office, Nos. 10 & 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAS. J. STEBBINS,|- Rooms \51 and 182, Novas ID. le New York. 104 Reade St, New York, CUT NAILS, —_|STEELAND IRON MILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. | Bonnell, Botsford & Co., DOVER IRON CO.'S IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, *°’*°**°**: °'°. BAT: IROW. Room 700, Haimliton Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., will contract to erect, equip and place in operation Open-Ilearth and Besse- mer Steel Works, Blast Furnaces, Lash Steel Melting Furnaces, Hains- worth Soaking Pits, Fire-Brick Hot-Blast Stoves, Gas W orks, as Works, &o. THE ROBINSON-REA MFG. CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. PLATE, oto ate SH EARS RHODE E ISLAND HORSE $ HORSE SHOE 6a. Horse, Mule & Siow. Shoes ine Perkins Patter, HICKS & DICKEY, 4/3 Commerce St., Phila., Pa. iron, Steel and Forgings of every Description. Machinery Steel in Bars, also cut to exact lengths. Crown Cast Tool Steel, Warranted. Special Quality Iron and Steel Shafting, with large assortment of heavy sizes on hand. Plate and Sheet Iron, Bolts, Nuts and Rivets. Hartman Steel Wire Nails. Steel and Iron Forgings of all kinds. Cold Rolled Steel Shafting. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON’ BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &c., Works at Valley Falls, R. |. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. F W. CARPENTER, President, C. H. PERKINS, Gen’! Manager. R. W. COMSTOCK, Seoretary eer. LW. COMSTOCK, Ssoretary J. M. SCHOONMAKER COKE 60. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF CONNELLSVILLE Capacity of Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads. Office, 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. CONDIT, FULLER & CO., FULLER BROTHERS & CO.,_ Pig [RON BAR 139 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORK. Clevelana, Ohio. THE ITKVUON AGE. August 4, 1887. Au Orde 4 NE THE M MOSS Also f DEJ Nos. 10 1887. earns ee D Pr im Use water t covers 1 of over qu are lawn ll work 1 lower re than muddy yrinkler ‘od int bp, and » spray n top st most ited sold ill. Co., >. ON s’ Cost 8. mpany 0 J i | ks, ‘ERS. ty. treet, plies. imps C0. ia,Pa RS Jesse- ins- ry 7) August 4, 1887. WILLIAM RR. BART c& CO., ~~ SPANISH, os he __AFRICAN _ __ITALIAN CASTLE PIG 1RON. - —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- " quirements of buyers). West Coast Hematites. Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished. Oid tron and Steel Rails, Crop E nds, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, Xc. 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-kHearth Blooms, Billets and Bars Stecl Axles, Steel Anegselecs. Steel Castings, Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, _ Office, 218 S. Fourth St, Philadelphia. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACIURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bicom PLATE cw SHEHT IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 619 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 Jac Eoket 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 Ne STEEL ©O., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “Ulverston ;” Works, Johnstown, Pa. Malleable ne Iron, brand “ MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON % STEEL CO., Limited, Spagenese, Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn” Malleable Charcoal Pig Iron and N. B. ALL & CO.’S as Fire Bricks. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. & PP. ROBERTS & CO. —MANUFACTURERS OF— BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel, Mier, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelpnia, Agents for the sale of Glamorgau Pig Iron. Engineers and Constructors, MaineOffice: No. 226 Wainut St., Philadelphia, Pa. " Works: Mifflin and Meadow Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Western Branch: PITTSBURGH, Pa. Southern Branch : NASHVILLE, TENN, Gordon-Whitwell-Cowner Fire-Brick Hot-Blast Stoves. We have contracted for the following Stoves, since their Introduction one Year ago North Chieago R. M.Co., Il... ..4 3 Stoves Miss uri Furnace . eae s Western Steel Co.. Cleveland Roll. Mist Co., Onio.: Belmont Nail Co., W. Ala. & Tena.Coal & Iron Co., Ala i Leqater Land, I. & L. Co., Ala.. x3 Perry Coal and ‘Iron Go Jefferson tron Works, Ohio.....2 3 Stoves. Joliet tron & Steel Co,, 1 4 Jupiter Furnace Co., Mo ¢ Teno. Coal, [ron & RR. Lo., Ala 8 foie te Colebur; Coal & Coke: Co., ‘Aia 3 Nashville Charcoal Iron ané steel c Oo, TOBR..... 0: 4 Princess Furnace, Va........... ‘4 QUAKER CITY FACING MIULS. for saiupie wna aacnioers cucing® ¢ We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. fur palpie vw, Aa Macdluery racing. § \ r PN li RIDDLES, SHOVELS BELLOWS, STXEL WIRE BRUSZES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. 7. Ww. RP AZXZBSON ce CO., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS ®2F FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Nos._1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del, Ave. + * * WSILADELPHIA, Pa, WAITE, VAN HARLINGEN & MACTIER, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS, 308 Walnut St., - - Metallurgical Furnaces. SPECIALTY: GAS REGENERATIVE FURNACES OF THE SIEMENS TYPE. Steel, Heating, Puddling, Tube Welding, Zinc and Chemicall ANALYSIS OF Furnaces; also Glass Tank and Pot Furnaces. Works Built Complete. ‘& a ee a | General Office. 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia, RON AGE. ___ PHILADA. PA. LOCOMOTIVE "AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated UTIS STEEL BRAND ,@ Ff STANDARD Zz 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. POTTSVILLE IRON & STEEL co., POTISVILLE, PA., STRUCTURAL STEEL AND IRON Also Steel Manufacturers of all kinds of Viz., Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars, and Iron A Eevee Fer £ Fre a and Passenger Cars. This Steel is manufactured by the CLAPP-GRIFFITHS process, and is oer adapted. in addition to the above, for Boiler and Bridge Rivets, Wire Rody, Nail Plates, &c., &c. Our Mild Steel is well adapted for use in place of the best quality of Wrougb* Iron, where ‘a greater strength and ductility is required ; it welds readily as Iren. Also Billets, slabs of all sizes and any desired temper, Shafting of all sizes in stock, from which — shipments can be made. Brewery, Malt and Ice House Construction a Specialty. The Phcenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron 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 w rought Iron Columns, Weldlesa Eye Bars, and Built-up Shapes for Iror Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE JRON 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 Allentown Holling Mills, GORDON, STROBEL & LAU REAU, Limited, Rails, Bars, Axles, Shaftin » Fish Bese (Plain and Angle), Spikes, ables. Works at Allentown, Pa. EDWARD CORNING, 15 Cortlandt St., New York, New York Sales Agent, PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CD. Commpgbocton: MANUFACTURERS OF | Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description of tight Plates and Sheets of Steel Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c., Bridges and Turn- Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Plate and Sheet fron, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, ____—ié™_Particular attention given | Particular attention given to Iron for to Lron for Bpecial ial 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. 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.,, Buccessors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, a00 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. No. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND BCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE, BOOTH, GARRETT & BLAIR, 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 5 EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT 222 8. Tuirp St, PHILADELPHIA, PA PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savege Fire rick. Eastern Penna,, West New Jersey ind Delaware AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON COUNT), W. VIRGINIA. STORAGE YARD, Pier No. 57 South (old Navy Yard) which is connecte with Penn. R. } and its various connee tions Negotiable Warehor Receipt sued (CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLIE K BARNS, JUSTICE COX, JR, & CO,, AGENTS FOR CATASAUQUA M’F’G. CO., Iron, Steecol, Bars, Boiler, Tank and Bridge Plates Skelp Angles and Shapes; Chick's s, Montgomery Conewago and Alice Furnace PIG IRON for Foundries and Mills ERIE FORGE CO., Lto. [ron and Steel Forgings Every shape 224 South Fourth Street, Phila., jerome Keeley & (,. 206 Walnut Place & Res Selling Agents for CHARCOAI and TRACT BLOOMS, PIG TRON RAI IRON, SHEET [RO STEEL and IRON RAILS. 11 IN CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC am ‘HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BAIS Handle Old [ron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &e Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and (% il properties E. H. Wilso A. Salser BRM Hirons E. ‘H. WILSON & CO., aoe ww 2 and 224 South Third St, Philadetphia, BROKERS AND DKALERS IN IRON ann STEEL. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO, |RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 20S South Fourth st., Philadelphia. Selling Agenta PINE [IRON WORKS, Pine Rran Plates; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck heey EPKANG STEEL & IRON CO, (Limited), Siemens Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes, JNO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA. Pig lron & Ores, Stee: & Iron Blooms Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal (o., Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal [ron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &c. Andover Pig Iron... Eac h Pig marked ¢ xact chill depth & in. to% tn.), Vhitney & Son's standard test. F. A. come, Treas, 240 So. 3d St., Phila J. WESLEY PULLMAN, Agent. NORTH BROTHERS MFG, CO,, Iron Founders, Light Castings a Specralty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets PHILADELPHIA, Correapondence solicited, Established 1 847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Special Whee's for Furnace and Mine Cars. Jl. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA,, BOLK AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel wuty PIG TRON at tue CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.'s Fire Brick. jas. G LINDSAY. THOS, S. PARVIN LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Materia! FOR ALL PURPOSES, Estimates furnished for Llron and Steel Structures and Raltlway construction Correspondence __soliicires a _wi h railroad contractors, ~ L. & R. WISTER & CO., _ IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 So. 4th St,, Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and F« Wvyebrocke C. P. Charcoal Pig Iron Red Short Pig Iron DEALERS 1N ALL RIS, WHEELER & CO. Steel and Nails. SALES OFFICES, 400 Chestnut St. ree Pig Iron Ferguson KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, — WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., PHILA., PA. | PHILA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF ST. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. Philadelphia, Pa |ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, ‘i= ascsiccits™ Frank K. Esherick Barclay W ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST, PHILADELPHIA ‘Iron and Steel of All Description. Selling Agents for Cleveland City Forge and lron Co IRON AND STEEL, Lron | Forgings: ( entra! lrop ap i Steel Works, Plates of nq mee all ratus and a eppliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, Steel: D DP ts ok wae Seen aie Limestanes, Coup Coals, Clays, Fire Bands, &c. Agents for sampling ores ip New York and | oe oF. alla, Bo Ree ren a Bri dge, % - and i at — . Specifications a Speciality, as G a ch4.4 TRON AGE. August 4, 1887 ESTABLISHED IN 1848. Established - - 1861. SINGER, NIMICK & CO,, Ltp, TOM SNe s PITTSBURGH, PA., Manufacturers or Samy ™ Ee EE a a MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF WARE HOUSE, 99 and 101 JOHN 8ST. NEW YORK. HAMMERED AND ROLLED ——____——_—- . tet adtatls Se divine STE E'T.. _ TERREHAUTE IRON AND NAIL WORKS WARRANTED EQUAL TO ANY PRODUCED. TERRE HAUTH, IND. BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL Manufacturers of [RON and STEEL NAILS. 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 WROUGHT IRON BOILER TUBES. Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, Oi! Well Tubing, Casing AND LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, Rolling Mill and General Machinery. Reed c& Prince, worcester, Mass., MANUFACTURERS OF BLACK AND TINNED NORWAY IRON RIVETS AND BURRS of Best Quality and Finish. Prices on Application. READING IRON WORKS. _ 261 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, THE SALEM WIRE NAIL CO., For Boilers, Fire-Boxes, Smoke-Stacks, Tanks, &c. - Pl i Sheet Steel being rolled by a Patented Improvement, is unequaled for > ; curfews tint and exactness of gauge. SALEM, OHIO, = ROUND MACHINERY CAST STEEL Pi cethicae alt” a | For Shafting, Spindles, Rollers, &c., &c. TAT YD cs 3 File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R. Frog, Toe-Catk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Steel, &c.; a A NWAIUIAS. os ot ss % Cast and German Spring and Plow Steel. if) il 1] | i 1) Ny I i | | i i} it] '} —_ 5 ~- = ron Centor’ ’ Cast Plow Steel. Finished Rolling Plow Coulters, with Patent Screw Hubs | y q\\ _ : i oft Steel Center "’ Cast Plow Steel. Agricultural Steel cut to any pattern desired. |attached. | V i Hi ball | a = lid Soft Center "’ Cast Plow Steel Steel Forgings made to order. { WAL Omiskt ; Represented a 248 Pearl and 18 Cliff Sts., New York, by 77 s . 5 ca UJ) a HOGAN & SON, General Agents for Eastern and New England States. = < 3S oc 9) GEORGE M. ROGAN, 417 Commerce St., Philadeiphia, amd FULLER, DANA & FITZ, 110 North &., Boston. 23s O b = ow Moorhead MecCleane Company, = gn: A 4 Ls. — - s ; . “ Soho Mills, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S. A. 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