The Iron Age 1887-09-22: Vol 40 Iss 12

if The Iron Ag‘ x TO EADING MATTER PAGE 30 A of the Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMs, Nos. Review Vol. XL: No. 12. New possible to balance the former as effectively | as the latter; three cranks, giving au abs lutely equal turning moment—if m: atters are | properly arranged—as far as the weights | involved are concerned. But we venture to | think that this is not the whole of the truth. The engines built for 150 pounds pressure nee expansion marine engine requires | are, on the whole, better and more carefully :oal per ton mile is a fact about whic th} built than their immediate predecessors ; .re is no longer any dispute. Every engi-| steel is freely used in them. It was clear rand shipowner admits so much. As to that if the triple engine weighed much more I indeed, the only question is, whether | than the compound it would not be popular ’ triple engine saves a good friple Expansion Marine Engines. mm an article entitled ‘‘ Marine En- ; from the Shipowner’s Point of View,” shed in a recent issue of the Engineer, lon, we extract the following: That | 15, 20, or even 30/ with shipowners, and it would cost cent., as comp: ared with the compound, | is safe to say that the saving reaches te 20 per cent.; but beyond this all seems be uncertainty, and no one appears to ow prec isely to what the saving is due. This arises from the circumstance that the .onditions under which a ship and her en- vines work are very complex, while it is q lite impossible to obtain precise data. What is really known, is that of two ships, ene fitted with compound engines, working at 80 pounds or go pounds per square inch, and the other fitted with triple engines, working at 150 pounds, and both engaged in the same trade and supplied with similar -oal, the latter will cost some 20 to 25 per cent. less for coal than the former. The conclusion hastily arrived at, because it is the most obvious, is that the triple engine uses less steam per indicated horse power per hour. When, however, we come to ex- amine the basis on which this theory rests, we find much to cast doubt on it. W hile a ship ison her trial trip indicator diagrams are taken, and these are compared with the coal purned, the weight of which is obtained very roughly. If we test some of the statements made setting forth results obtained in this way, we find, first, that they are wildly im- probable; and, secondly, that very much the same statements have been made very freely eoncerning compound engines. We have old logs of the performances of com- pound engines lying before us, which show that long voyages were made with less than 11% pounds of coal per horse-power per hour. Noone believes now that any such average long voyage performance is possible. It is not too much to say that no one has ever yet made a 24-hour’ run, the coal being really weighed and the engines properly in- dicated, which gave as a result anything like the small consumption frequently claimed for the tripleengine. Before we at- tribute the whole saving to greater engine efficiency, in the sense of using less steam per horse-power than the compound engine ti es, we must bear in mind that there is no scientific proof of such a theory available, and that the efficiency of the screw and en- gines taken together never exceeds 50 per ‘ent., and very often is much less. If the push on the thrust block is multiplied by the Seiad of the ship in feet per minute, we get a certain horse-power, which will in all cases be less than half the indicated power of the engines. A very valuable paper was read by Mr. J. P. Hall last rhs and dis- cussed last May before the Northeast Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, on compound and triple expansion engines from a shipowner’s point of view. In that paper a table is given, in which are par- ticulars of engines indicating 1000 horse- power and propelling a sbip at 10 knots; the speed represents 1009 feet per minute. Now, 10co horse-power equals 33,000,000 foot-pounds per minute, and 2S a 1009 32,705 pounds as the thrust of the screw ; but in reality the thrust will probably not exceed 15,000 pounds. Here we have an enormous margin. <A large part of the waste is due to the screw, but a considerable portion remains due to the difference be- tween the indicated power of the engines and that actually transmitted to the screw, the waste being due to friction, power re- juired for working pumps, &c. Let us put this loss at 15 per cent. It can hardly be ss, and may be much more. Then of the 1000 horse-power indicated only 850 reaches the screw ; of this the screw loses 350 horse- power, then we have 500 left as measured at the thrust block. If, however, the en- Fit zine wasted only 10 per cent. then there = would be 5° eee gene more available for lriving the ship, and as all the losses due to x 7 10 y the ship are provided for already this would A NEW PUNCHING, MILLING AND represent a clear gain of 10 per cent. ip propelling power, and would reduce the shipowner’s coal bills by 10 per cent. at nee, although the actual consumption per|deal more than ‘the compound. With the indicated horse-power remained the same in| direct object of saving expense, and the both cases. Now, very able practical en-| indirect object of saving weight on board gineers hold that the three-crank engine | ship, ail the parts of the best triple engines ransmits more of the indicated horse power | have been carefully studied, and they have to the screw than any double-crank engine | been made lighter and run ‘faster than was in, and if this be true—and a very good | the old practice. Apart altogether from the ‘se is made out for the theory—then! merit or demerit of the way in which the is evident that the superior economy of | steam is used, the modern marine engine is ‘ triple engine from the ton miles per ton|a better piece of mechanism than its pro- coal, from the shipowner’s point ot view, | genitors, and this fact ought not to be lost due not wholly to less steam being used sight of when even we compare the two r horse-power, but to that and the greater |types of engines. * * * ency of the engines and propeller taken Meanwhile we must ask, Who is the inde- other, ° *% pendent engineer who will test a triple ex- We have said that the triple engine runs! panion engine on a proper basis, and so pro- aster than the ordinary compound. It fol-} vide data which are now entirely ‘ws, of course, that the prcpeller must have} wanting? The test could be made in finer pitch, the speed of the ship remain |the shop with a Froude ug the same, Here, then, we have another | would not be necessary to send sible element of ec’ nomy concerning|gines to sea. A better way would, no ‘hich no one says anything. It will natu-| doubt, where it is possible, bs to moor the | rally and reasonably be asked why the ordi- ship alongside a quay wall and then run her | aary compound cannot be run as fast as the| engines. Much more is wanted, however, triple engine. One answer is, that it is im-! than a mere test for coal consumption ; we i a i re Vork, 1.—Perspective View. brake. It | the en- | Hardware, Iron 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York. Lhurs Vay, want the water «x and this can of course only be as from the hot well into a measurin Che cost of the experiment, if properly car ried out, would amount to sume hundreds of pounds sterling But it ought not all to fall on one firm. If eight or ten firms combined the thing could be easily done \ proper committee could easily be appointed to re port, and in three days and three nights a fund of information might be obtained of extreme value. Of course, to make the test as complete as possible, a double ynsumption ; ertained hy pumping tank, q i ae e *% w =| #t Pata re a 4 Q 3 hd a a. a) eri P id wee @) ei pani hl th ida i Ki i os r f (For Figs. BROACHING MACHINE, BUILT BY PROVIDENCE, R. I. compound working, at say 100 pounds press- | drilled the ure, ought also to be tested, and the results compared. cc — According to Engineering Professor Mallet has analyzed a specimen of volcanic ash col- lected on the Pacific coast in Ecuador, 120 miles west of the volcano of Cotopaxi, and finds it to contain a small proportion of silver, probably in the form of silver chlo- ride. The ash fell on July 23, 1885, and formed a deposit of several inches in thick- ness. Experiment showed that it contained 1 part of silver in 83,600 of dross. This is believed to be the first time that silver has been identified in the analysis of volcanic ash, | The use of gas stoves and of gas engines jseems to grow rapidly in England. The chief London gas company, according to recent figures, lets out 6034 stoves and sup- plies gas for 1378 engines. a ptember cylinder Te ‘ 2 to g see page 17.) MESSRS. NICHOLSON | blocks, Metal Entered at the Post Office, and New York, 22, 1887. Eleetro-Magnetie Machine Tools for Shipbuilding. The first suc : . electro magnetic machines introduced by Mr. John MeMillan, Jr., into the practical work of | the rivet |machines. After a very | practice, the men working the small HIN — it wp i a HA & WATERMAN, %-ineh holes in the shell with great rapidity, domg the work at the rate of one hole every 69 seconds, inclusive of the time occupied in altering the position of the machines by means of differential pulley- which were not conveniently ar- ranged as slings for this purpose. Repeated trials of these drilling machines have also shown that, when using electrical energy in both holding on mag me ts and motor amounting to about 3 horse-power, ma chines bave driJled holes of 1 inch diameter through 1% inches ibickness of solid wrought jiron, or through 154 inches of mild steel in two plates of 4% inch each, taking exactly 1% each hole. Another machine, which has mag minutes for nets of less holding power, when using only | about 0.6 horse-power of electrical energy, took the same time to drill holes of }} inch diameter through wrought iron of }# inch thickness. As regards speed of drilling, the author believes these results are equal to any obtained by machines using much greater aoe With a hammer using an electro- ‘essful examples are the his shipyard, at Dumbarton, from which, on May 19, 1887, was launched the screw steamer Albania, having a portion of holes in her shell drilled by these amount of machines Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS as Second-C SL.50 a ear, Including Postage. Stn gle Caples, Ten Cents. have been il d. with a force i ipa equal to about 1 i t-pound per b by hand hammers weighing 6 pounds and striking as heavily as is possible in staving up. At the works of Messrs. Immisch & March last, this riveter closing I-inch rivets in 10 seconds each The electro-motors used by the author in the machines comstructed for Mr. MeMillan, with which these results have been obtained, were of Messrs. Immisch’s design and man ufacture, and the author believes they wiil Co., In was seen not readily be surpassed. After seeing the machines at work in Messrs. McMillan’s yard, Messrs. William Denny & Brothers |}econstructed an electrical drilling machine having a modification of the traversing frame, but without holding-on magnets, and |applied this machine to drilling the rivet holes in the butt joints of a large steamer. = lla ‘. A New Punching, Milling and } mneeneng achine, There is probably no one who has ever | handled a wrench who has not long ago be- come disgusted with the variations in the heads of bolts. This annoyance does not | confine itself alone to differences between one bead and another, but frequently ex- tends itself to the different sides of the same bolt or nut, and makes necessary a new ad- | justing of the wrench at each change of | hold or the using of it so loose as to soon jab it or round the corners. It has beer partly on this account and partly for appear- ance and trueness of work that milling the heads of bolts has been resorted to, even though in some respects not altogether satis- factory. Under these circumstances it is of interest to note that Messrs. Nicholson & Water- | man of Previdence, R. I. have placed upon the market a machine for which they claim important advantages wver all other methods of dressing or finishing the heads of belts and nuts. The engravings which we pre- sent on this page and on page 17, will readily explain the design and manner of working of the machine. Its operation is simple and yet very exact, and consists in forcing the turned blank, held in a guide, | between two straghit cutters or broaches, | set so as to approach each other more closely at the finish than at the commence- |ment of the cut. The teeth of these |eutters resemble those of coarse files. With a moment’s thought it will be clearly seen that if the cutters are securely held | there can be no variation between the dis- tances of any two sides of any one bolt or of any bolts. A wrench fitted to any two sides, it is claimed, will go on any other two | eides or any other bolt. Not only can much greater accuracy be thus obtained, but the operation, we are told, is performed at a much less cost, an ordinary operator being able to dress six sides of two heads, or nuts, per minute. It will be observed that the frame of the machine js furnished with a pair of arms or standards, projecting upward; from the rear sides of these arms extend brackets W, at the extremities of which is journaled the | | | main driving shaft A. This’ shaft is provided at each end with a_ fly- wheel, V, and a belt-pulley, v, amd at the center with a pinion, A’, which meshes with a pinion, A*, keyed to the cen- ter of a countersbaft, B, turning in bearings in the extremities of the main standards. It may here be observed that the machine shown in the drawings is, in its nature, duplex, the parts on opposite sides of the pinion A* being absolute duplicates of each |other, It will suffice, therefore, for the pur- poses of description, to refer to the parts on }one side oniy. The shaft B is furnished with clutches having sliding sleeves, C, se- cured in the manner shown in Fig. 3, a spline and groove being arranged so }as to permit longitudinal motion. The other half of each clutch consists of a sleeve, D (Fig. 4), which, on one end has clutch teeth and on the other cog teeth, E (Fig. 5), occupying a socket formed in the standard A. The teeth of this cog E gear with the teeth formed on one face of a bar, F, which works within a groove cut in the end of the arm A, being held in} place and in mesh with the cog E, by a plate, G, secured to the end of the arm by screw-bolts. This rack-bar, F, carries at its lower end the punch f, and is moved down ward by the cog-wheel E whenever the sliding member, C, of the clutch is brought into gear with the other member, D. The return stroke is accom plished by the aid of powerful springs, H, the two members of the as s00n as are disengaged. Teese springs, H, surround rods I, as shown 1n Fig. 2 proj tir up ward from the arm A, on opposite sides of the rack-bar F, and bear against the under side of a crosshead, J, wt es rods and is conrected wit t ack I nuts being placed on tl xtremitic f the rods | to prevent the springs from fercing the crosshead ofl The mechanism for throwing th ite in and ouc of gear is simple, and wiil be readily uvderstood from our e: vravings., In Fig. 4 K represents a short lever, forked ' (Concluded on Pay 17 2 222 LHON AGH.» September 22, 1887, ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Flectrical Purposes, THE PLUME & ATWOOD MF&.CO. 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Reo Smeeater, Conn, PHOSPHOR- BRONZE For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all purposes where Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictional and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir- able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts, Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c. Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura- bility and Resistance to Corrosion. // Castings of all kinds to order. Send cf) Q a a OD i foc phe 4 OI tOovzeE for pamphlet and prices. THE PHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING (0. LTD,, No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goops Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, stablished 1848.) TRADE MARKS “CORTLAND” INDOW Coal Sieves, SOREE Flour Sieves, WIRE CLOTH. Etc., Ete. Metallic Coal Sieve. A. (Fr EG 8 Ve. Bytes NE QS aoe Ou) ee, MASsS., ee sr’. in M ©. o-oo EE a 5 x a = . SSS OSS 2 ' Bh ie | WIRE. WIRE E CLOTH. WIRE ROPE. . Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed F. encing Wire. JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. and Treas. THOMPSON McCOSH, President. TRADE Car ta s Patent Braided Cable Wire ee Rail, manufactured by The above cut ta Preston’ HOLLOW CAB = mrG. —— Hornelisville, N. WY. e also manufacture extensive four different sizes Wire C es Lines and a three-ply Braided Wire Web for Box Bands. Send for Circulars and Price | oy Chicago Ill. F.L. HONORE 48 & 5O Lake St. Brass Milk Sirain or as 231 and 233 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA. Wire Cloth, Factories: 118 and 115 Bread St. Cheese Safes, arcinithaietlpsenialiiidiiinatiiamelpseiagee Dog Muzzics, . \\ Dish Covers, = Edward Darby &Sons \ iy tis Poppers — Egg Beaters, Rat Traps, MANUFACTURERS OF Mouse Traps, WIRE CLOTH, Oyster er eae SIEVES, RIDDLES, cciel Clothes Lines, = - oko _ Steel Wire Brushes, SCREENS, . iin Wire Hanging Baskets, \\, BIRD CAGES. s% Horse and Ox Muzzles, \ Mosquito Wire Cloth: WIRE GOODS AND WIRE WORK \ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, \\ Adjustable Window Screens, CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO. MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. GALVANIZERS- AND TINNERS | Or WIRE CLOTHand NET TINGS. Clinton ‘ ‘Standard’ ‘(Number 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth Factory and General Office —CLINTON, MASS. 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, ALSO BRASS AND COPPER WIRE. Brass Strainer Cloth a Specialty. NE WwW ARIK, OHIO. Wehave unexcelled facilities for produc- ing fine Castings and Finished Work, Japan- ning, Plating, Annealing, Pattern Making | and Light Machine-Work. IRON Those in need of Castings are invited to AND BRASS | send Drawings or Samples for Estimate, or, CAST INGS | better, a trial order on which we will make a \ satisfactory price. Correspondence solicited. AND LIGHT I. S. SPENCER’S SONS, MANUFACTURING. GRAY CUILFORD, CONN. *F aon Be wa At 1D dain = 7s te ee |. OGDEN & WALLACE, The American Metal Co. 85, 87, 89 & 91 Klm St,, New York. (LIMITED), ox xX FORD ™. 0. wood & co. L'd,| JAMES P._WITHEROW, IRON AND NAIL CO. | ci Engineer & Contractor, 43 Exchange Place, New York. [Iron == Steel PaO: BOX 3 Of every description kept in stock. COPPER, MATTES AND COPPER ORES, IRON, C t N |] Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s IRON ORES, MANGANESE ORES. u a a l S eee BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | ny, LEAD, sPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, BULLION. S WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES All izes of Cas band Pens ee con- SPI K EK 4 stantly on hand Advances made on Consignments. roe Gee sa Pj E R 3 0 N & 00, y | Henry R. Mert ik Co, + + Lendon.|9* Ss SCRANTON, Sales Agent, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE 6 Me tall ese sMachatt, F ranktert-on- -Main. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, e (ESTABLISHED 1790.) aa ails Sabie. Planished Sheet Lron. OF SOFT STEEL specially adapted for A No. t Boiler Plates IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN spc [TRON 1 Ss TCTEREEI GEORGE DAMEREL patented Aert Sth, 1873 ; nwt. gth, 1873 3 Oct. : ane * gel (Telephone Call 151 Nassau), B U RDEN’S 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876; Oct, 17th, 1876; Jan. Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts Aud GENTEAL COMMISION MERCHANTS, 62 John Street, New York- Seat seid’ Soi hae vate Dee, a 184 4 March 4th, 188, ; i 6th, oe Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. 27 West Street. NEW YORK. PIG AND PLATE IRON, ABEEL BROTHERS, | .AALS, AND. SMES... 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 {HORSE SHOES. ESTABLISHED 17 ALSO Iron * Me rehée nts, B. F. JUDSON, wo Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everything 190 SOUTH ST., ) Importer of and Dealer in enanes of appertaining to Blast Furnace and Stee] 365 WATER ST..,§ NEW YORK. — r ” a : 365 ") SCOTCH AND AMERICAN 6c B urden Best BLACK SHEET IRON.| Works construction, can guarantee prompt- Smooth on both sides. ness and satisfaction. “ CATASAUQUA” IRON. (Pig Iron Large Assort..eat of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, ARUWU CO.’’ SHAFTING, Also general assortment of Norway, Ulster and OLD M BE 1 ALS. Refined Bar, Band, Hoop, Scroll ‘Angle Iron ; Steel of all kinds, &c. 487 * 459 Water St | NEW YORK, A. R. WHITNEY & 60..." pugenix MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN iron and Steel HORSE SHOES. AGENCIES PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, iit Iror and PHENIX HORSE SHOE CO. soft Steel and Cut Nails and Spikes PARR BRO. & CO., Limited. Steel Plates. SYRACUSE Manhattan Rolling Mill j. LEONARD, | ESOEe en 445 to 451 West St. WTéittmm, Pep Onn) SFRAGNOR - &.% [ron | Boiler Rivets. THE BURDEN IRON CO. TROY, N. Y. MANUFACTURER OF HORSE SHOE !IRON.| Mower and Reaper Castings and Toe Calk Steel, Rods Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats, Carriage lrons a Specialty. Corrucated, Crimped and Clap-Board Iron Roofing & Siding 2 Anse at si W. B. BURNS, Proprteror. HENRY KELLY, WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., Hote y TU WORKS. Boiler Flues. coe Lees ere tea: er i‘ Pusiic ACCOUNTANT wr oGIE « on 1 Beams, Channels, Shaves and bhafting = | Iron Merchants, Iron Buildings, Roofs, Shutters, pee Cornices ' BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO,, Stee! Wire Nails dxvlights, Bridges, & ‘| 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. [SS Clete See New York Office, 20 Reade Street. Cor. ALBANY & WASHINGTON SIS., MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., Specialty: Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Cos Plans and estimates furnished ana III 5 a cetencictienscliaeisilaseaciaseetgtinngesenanimhaieniailipometa NEW YORK CITY. Office, 5 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. Accounts and Partnership Settiementa. made for erecting Lron Structures of every descrip- Late Chief Accountant - Cambria om Company tion Books containing cuts of all iron made sent . ou application by mail. Sample pieces at office. Please eddress a7 Broadway, New York, . m H} ‘y Xt __P. 0. BOX 33 0 Borden & Lovell, PIF IRON C. z GREENE, t New York. H. L. F ND, Agents for the sale of Chicago and Detroit , FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO.,, DANVILLE NAIL & MFG, CO.’S NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.'S PIG .IRON, CUMBERLAND COAL. enevnsttianiicnntette -~1No. 68 Wall St., New York. JOHN FOX, Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe, 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Wm. H. Wallace. Wm. Bispham. &£. C. Wallace. WM. McFARLAND, [EF JENCKES MANFG. CO., DONALDGON IRON, COMPANY lron and Brass Founder, PAWTUCKET, R. I, a FACTURERS OF r ff TRENTON, N. J. opoght we Goods, Belt Hooks, L Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty, | Bent wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice. New York Ofice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent. CAST IRON YwiryYe oot And Special Castings for Water and Gas, ai roe Pipe Emaus‘ Lehigh Cc Or» HENDERSON BROS., Engineering Instruments and Supplies MACHINISTS, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of EXHAUST TUMBLING BARRELS HOWARD, OHILDS @ 6O., oe AND STEEL FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ROOM 5, LEWIS BLOCK, PITTSBURGH, PA. Y sarety Lamps QUEEN & CO., Philadelphia,Pa SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of DANIEL F. COONEY,|BOLT & RIVET cLIPPERS,|Cast Iron Pi pe For ouunes oS off ie ends of Bolts and Rivets, on LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. 88 Washington St., New York, carriages, w harness, &c, Ask for them Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. RON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES, |casr-steeaniss” mores of snd Hr Iron and Steel of all Descriptions. Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Wrought and Cast Iron re Raiiway and Mine Equipment and Supplies. Plain and Barb Wire. Manufacturers’ and Contractors’ Supplies. D. R. LEAN, T. 8. BLAIR, Jr LEAN & BLaAtIR, Engineers and Contractors, CHAMBERS, BROTHER & CO., GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS. 52nd St., BeLow LaNcasTER AVE., ne sicaplinisiceoppatenrandiiaiiipanniiiis ALLISON BOILER FLUES. PHILADELPHIA, PA. John H. Ricketson, Prest. |©Wm. Holmes, Treas — A. G. Barnett, Sec’y, Room 805, Penn 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, &e, A. GARRISON FOUNDRY CO., Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled _ Rolls./THE ROBINSON-REA MFG. CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. Haskin’s Patent Double Spiral See and Roll. ‘'|PLATE, ing Mill Castings of every description, - OLD RAIL, -| MUCK Office, Nos. 10 4 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA CHAS. J. STEBBINS ana ’ HICKS & DICKEY, 4/3 Commerce St., Phila., Pa. fron, Steel and Forgings of every Description. Machinery Steel in Bars, also cut toexact lengths. Crown Cast Tool Steel, Warranted. Special Quality Iron and Steel Shafting, with large assortment of heavy sizes on endl Plate and Sheet Iron, Bolts, Nuts and Rivets. Hartman Steel Wire Nails. Steel and Iron Forgings of all kinds. Cold Rolled Steel Shafting. ad PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channele, Angtes, Sees, Menhent Rave, Biscie Work, a re Orthaheel occ sePATERSON Ne 04 Ree $4, low Yor, || RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE CO, {STEEL AND IRON AUIS, Horse, Mule & SnoW Shoes: Perkins Patten Works at Valley Falls, R. |. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. 1 The Mahoning “The Mahoning Valley Iron Co., lron Co., TM. SCHOONMAKER COKE.CO. Al QM IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES |”: 8° CONDIT, FULLER & C0., CONNELLSVILLE PIG TRON BAR Capacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Cleveland, Ohio. CUT NAILS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &e. DOVER {RON CO.’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAR IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., 1389 GREENWICP ST. NEW YORK. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads, Office, 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. THE IRON AGE. September 22, 1887, ND ctCT, al DI A Nos. 1 30 SE Stee 87, tes \ip- hit- As ing ee] \pt- Tt if 08 nd = —_— = is aie 22, 1887. WiLLIaMm RR. ART c& co., —SPANISH, AFRICAN MOHIC AN PIG IRON. CASTLE PIG i207. ##2+«' | | A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- dom reaching .o3 per cent., and Silicon from ‘ comparing favorably with English 1 per cent. upward, according to re- uirements of buyers). West Coast Hematites. Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billeta, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished. Old Iron and Steel Rails, Crop E ads, Spie, eleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, ~ - PHILADELPHIA. PITTSBURGH OFFICE, 84 FOURTH AVE. Cambria Steel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, STREET RAILS mo RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Biooms, Billets and Bars Steel Axles, Steel Ansgles,. Steel Castings, Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, Office, 218 S,. Fourth St, Philadelphia, ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom PLATEH ch SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa; Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe —_ Stack, Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iro WwW. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. Crop Ends, Splegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE a LONSDADE me & STEEL CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘‘ Ulverston ;’ Malliea rand “* a MOSS PAY Y HEMATITE Ti IRON % STEEL CO., Limited, Spie ye Cro rep Bots, &c. Also for ‘‘ Lorn” Malleable Charcoal! Pig Iron and N. B. ALL 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. Mice, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, Limited 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. | ENN Works, Johnstown, Pa. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF Gordon-Whitwell-Cowper Fire-Brick Hot-Blast Stoves. WITH STROBEL’S PATENTED IMPROVEMENTS, We have contracted for the following Stoves since their introduction one year ago: Jefferson lron Works, Ohio..... 3 Stov es. North Chicago R. M.Co., I.....4 3 Stoves Joliet Iron & Steel Co., Lll...... 4 Missouri Furnace Co., cca: 2 Jupiver Furnace Co., Mo 3 Western Steel Co.. Mo 3 seas, Coal, [ron & R. RC 0., Cleveland Roll. Miil Co. ‘Ohio. : on i8 Belmont Nail Co., W. es iced 2 Ala. & Tenn.Coal & Iron Co., Ala : “a Dee catur Land, |. & I. Co., Ala.. « Steel Co., Tenn............... 4 N. ¥. & Perry Coal and ‘Iron &oe ! Princess Furnace, Va........... ” es Ges nsnccnkcéscnvstccerstessess 2 Total. . 60 Stoves. BLAST FURNACES ano STEEL WORKS. QUAKER CITY FACING Minuiums. oor cause baa. “Xi Machinery Paclage! { We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. Colebury Goa & Goxe'Co., ‘Ala .3 Nashville Charcoal Iron and RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, S1xEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. 7. Ww. RPA XZSON oH CO-.;, ADEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND* MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North. Del, Aven * * * WPSILADELPHIA, 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 Chemical Furnaces; also Glass Tank and Pot Furnaces. Works Built Complete. IRON ORES _*Stauaw THE LRON AGH. CEN > NICETOWN, \ —— = car wy Pant PA. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR- WHEEL TIRES Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND ZF 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. \THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, WORKS AT LEWISTOWN, PA. Office, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. “POTTSVILLE IRON & STEEL CoO., POTISVILLE, PA., Manufacturers of all kinds of STRUCTURAL STEEL AND IRON Also Steel Viz., Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars. and Iron Axle rr. Freight and Passenger Cars, This Steel is manufactured 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 Wrough* Iron, 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 ve shipments can be made. Brewery, Malt and Ice House Construction | a a Specialty. The Pheenix 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 Wrought Iron Columns, Weldt lesa 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 Allentown Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes , Rivets, Bolts and om &c., Bridges and Turn- Fab lea. : 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., n=yspocken, MANUFACTURERS OF Pig lron, _ Plate and Sheet Steel, Foundry and Forge. Every description of Light Plates and Sheets of Steel, Puddled Bars, Plate and Sheet Iron, Special for Axles, Best Neutraland Common, | Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined, @ Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. TESTED CHAINS. Bradlee & Go., Empire Chain Works, Beach & Otis Sts., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO, MANUFACTURERS OF “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, - > Philadelphia, Pa.| ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836. x EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT 222 8. Tuirp St., PHILADELPHIA, P? PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savage Fire Erio Eastern Penna., West New Je sey and De AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE. PRES TON COUNTY, W. VIRGINIA STORAGE YARD, Pier N South (old > is conne cte with Penn. R. } and its tions Ne ‘gotiable Ware ADVANC ES MADE ON I N JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHAI JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO, AGENT CATASAUQUA MFG. CO.. ae & Ti. Steel, elpt 1. CAasH Bars, Boller, Pont and Bridge Angles and She apes; ¢ hi “k Mo t Conewago and Alice } xX Go x Et oO Ww for Foundries and Mill ERIE FORGE CO., Lip. Iron and Steel For ,very shape, 224 South Fourth Street, - Phila. Jerome Keeley A ty, 206 Walnut Place, Phila., Selling Agents for CHARCOAI ind ANTHRACIT BLOOMS, PIG TRON, RAR i ‘, SHEE RON STEEL and IRON RAILS, [Rt LAI I, } LS and BARS, MAGNETI and HEM ATY ri i} ON OR} FIRE BRICK, COAL and ¢ K BAI landle Id Iron and Steel Ralls, Ser . ron, 4 Ex ine ond negotiate sales of Iron and Coal properties E. H. Wilson. A. Kalser J.] Hiron E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philade Iphia, BROKERS AND DKALERS IN IRON anno STEEL. J. W. HOFFMAN 4 CO, [RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Selling Agents PINE IRON WORKS, Pine ive an ad Plates; GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Mu SPRANG STEEL & IRON Co (Limited Siem Martin (Open-Hearth) Steel, Universal and She ared Plates, Angles and Shapes. JNO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH ST., PHILA. Pig lron & Ores, Steel & !ron Blooms Agent for Brier HillIron and Coal (o., Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &c. FOR, BERT mite Andover Dig Ircn.<* Carwh de Each Pig marked exact « shill depth Pin. te ean , A. Whitney & Son’s standar@ te i Waesury P aan Agent. 240 So 3d St. Phila NORTH BROTHERS MFG. CO., Iron Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets PHILADELPHIA, Correspondence solicited, Established | 1847, A, WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Special Whee's for Furnace and Mine Cars, i &® MOHAN 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA., BOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel nmi’ PIG TRON CHARCOAL PIG IRON. Also Woodbridge Clay Mining r Co.'s Fire Brick. io JAS. G. LINDSAY. ' Viw LINDSAY, PARVIN “& CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila. lron and Steel Structural Material FOR ALL PURI Estimates furnished for lLro on and Steel Struct and Railway construction Corres ler solicited with railrc ad mtr iL. & R. WISTER & co., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 57 So. 4th St, Philadetphia, AGES Kemble and Norway Foundry and | ve Pig Irou Wyebrooke C. P, Charcoal Pig ly Ferg Red Short Pig Iron DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP TRON, MORRIS, WHEELER & CO Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, SALES R 16th & Market Sts., | 400 Chestnut t. PHILA., PA. | PHILA., PA. New York Address, 25 READE ST. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Lron and Stee! Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and ec' 234 8. 4th ‘St., Philadelphia. Fran unk E K. E Esherick ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA Anaj sis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds A special departmen for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, ‘Iron and Steel of All Description elt A te f Cleveland City Forge fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Orsel, Ice | | vorginas: Gent ae one an: ae rh s Plat ae hogs, Limoncoe. Coals, Clays, Fire Bands, &c. Agents for sampling ores ip New ¥ stitoon” lists op application. Steel Nails. Boller Tubes; |! lige, Car ar Specificatio ps & Speciaity bx. vee Pe poe mee 6 | TH IRON AGE. September 22, 1887, ——— WROUGHT IRON BOILER TUBES, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, Oi! Well Tubing, Casing AND LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, Rolling ESTABLISHED IN 1848. Established - - 1861. SINGER, NIMICK & CO,, Lto., Toe ee eee j PITTSBURGH, PA., eae — 7 = = 7. ora MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF WARE HOUSE, 99 and 101 JOHN sT. NEW YORK. HAMMERED AND ROLLED ae STEEL, 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 For Boilers, Fire-Boxes, Smoke-Stacks, Tanks, &c. Feed c& Prince, worcester, Mass., MANUFACTURERS OF BLACK AND TINNED NORWAY IRON RIVETS AND BURRS of Best of Best Quality and F and Finish. Prices on Application. OLD DOMINION CUT NAILS, BAR IRON. Mill and General Machinery. READING IRON WORKS. 261 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. TF — d Sheet Steel bei lied b P ted I ent, is unequaled for : P @ caste ted eee Sao =e ae a R. Ee. B LA N KE WN S HI r’, Pre =side Txt. = d TEEL - ROUND MACHINERY CAST §& RICHMOND, VA. " - = For Shafting, Spindles, Rollers, &c., &c. * c a , File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R. Frog, Toe-Calk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Steel, £e.; NOW BUILDING A TWO-CONVERTER BESSEMER STEEL PLANT. tJ = s s } Cast and German Spring and Plow Steel. N 71 FULTON ST =: @ ”n & ron Cenv