The Iron Age 1888-03-22: Vol 41

tHE The Improved Yoch Mining Machine. We present this week engravings of the improved Yoch mining machine, built by the Yoch Mining Machine Company, of Belleville, Tl. The machine consists essentially of a) vast-iron cylinder, N, 24 inches long by 6 inches bore, with a piston travel of 16 inches. The details of construction are COAL-MINING MACHINE, very clearly shown in the sectional view, Fig. 2, in which it will be noticed that the front end of the cylinder has a cushion pocket measuring 54 x 6 inches, and the back end, one of 44 x 6 inches, two steel check valves being provided to regulate the imprisoned air. In this way the piston head is effectually prevented from striking ‘ither front or back cylinder heads. The piston-rod is of steel, 65 inches long. Of this length a section of 30 inches is turned to a diameter of 2} inches. The piston 1ead measures 6 inches, and has two pack- | ing rings. | BUILT IRON THURSDAY, MARCH sleeve, and this section is planed to a thickness of 24 inches and width of 4 inches. The rod is guided through the sleeve by two anti-friction steel rollers turning on steel pins and adjusted as| shown in our engraving. The upper front end of the sleeve has a planed sur- face to guide the top of the rod, and a} movable plate is bolted to the bottom so | as to provide for taking up wear. The re- | Fig. 1.—General View. valve travel consequently also is 14 inches. Besides working the main valve, the rod of the engine L is connected to a malleable iron yoke with side wings stand- ing vertically and planed to fit accurately on the sides of the air chest K. The bear- ing surfaces in the chest are provided with ports, so as to come in line with ports cored in the side of the receiver B. The side wings of the yoke also are provided Fig. 2. Longitudinal Section. BY THE YOCH MINING MACHINE maining 5 inches of the piston-rod serve as a cross-head to hold the picks. These are made of the best pick steel, } inch round, and turned taper to fit the hole in the cross-head. The upper portion of the cylinder end is fitted for the main valve M and the air chest K, compressed air being the working fluid. The valve is made of brass, and has an extreme length of 15 inches, and is driven by a small in- dependent engine, L, cast solid on the main structure. The piston-rod of this engine, as shown, is directly connected Of the remaining length of the | with the valve, the engine itself having a piston-rod 80 inches run through a steel! 4-inch bore and 14-inch stroke. The COMPANY, BELLEVILLE, ILL. with ports to admit and cut off the supply of air at any point of the stroke desired for the most satisfactory working. These particular details it is somewhat difficult to show in an engraving, but we trust that the main idea can be obtained from the longitudinal section which we show. Th main and secondary air receivers ar marked respectively A and B. From thi latter the compressed air is admitted into the chest K by means of the cut-off valve D. From this point the air is governed entirely by the uction of the engine L, at the left, which in turn is controlled by the stop valve E, which regulates the flow of March 22, 1888. Intermittent Grip tor Fan Blowers. ~a., are using on their fan blowers, and fora number of other purposes, a simple form of intermittent grip which we illus-| with an arm j (Fig. 2). An trate in the annexed engravings. Fig. 1.—Side Elevation of Blower Fitted with Clutch. ——— | tates freely on this shaft Messrs. Potts & Weber, of Lancaster, | wheel g (Fig. 3) has a sleeve g’ and also | engag THE IRON AGE. bearings in the frame /. The sprocket turns loose on the shaft A. Oneendof the sleeve g’ has a squared projection g? fitted arm & is ar- The | ranged to turn loosely upon the shaft /, Fig. 2.—Side Elevaticn of Clutch. Fig. 3.—Longitudinal Section of Clutcn. INTERMITTENT GRIP primary object of the device is to rapidly | and this arm serves as a pivot for two seg- and easily drive a blower, but it will be readily understood that it is applicable to all purposes where rotary motion is to be obtained from reciprocating motion. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portable blower fitted with the device, while Figs. 2 and 3 represent an elevation and a longi- FOR FAN BLOV. ERS. mental fingers //, which are concentric with respect to the hub of the pulley i. But the finger 7 has an eccentric project- | ing crook, which is pivoted to the shorter | arm of a bell-crank lever m; to the angle | of this lever is pivoted the other finger 1’. These fingers are the equivalent in func- tudinal section of the gnpping mechanism. | tion of a friction strap. The bell-crank The shaft A is a non-rotating rod with! lever m is connected by a link x with the The pulley 7 ro-|arm 7. The arm 7 has i pin or stop 0. which at certain periods engages s the link » for : presently appear. The operation 1s substantially as follows: When the lever ¢ is depressed in the diree- tion of the arrow in Fig. 1 the chain will oby 10usly be moved in the direction of the arrow at the right. This will rotate the J and dis- purpose which will | sprocket-wheel, and with it the sleeve g’ and the arm 7. The depression of the arm 7 effects, through the link a, the depres- sion of the lever m, and this movement of the lever m draws the fingers / /’ into frac- tional contact with the hub of the pulley 4, causing the fingers to firmly gresp this hub. The stop o on the arm j, bearing against the link ~, makes a firm connection of the arm with the lever m and through it with the fingers / /’ and thereby causes the link, lever and fingers to rotate with the sprocket- wheel and sleeve. When the motion of the lever ¢ is reversed, the arm j will be elevated and its stop o will leave the link x. The latter will be correspondingly elevated, and the lever m will be vibrated so as to separate the fingers / /’, thus releasing the pulley ¢ and allowing it to run free until the motion of the lever is repeated. On the up stroke of the lever, the clutch mechanism entirely releases the band- wheel, and hence, after the wheel is once under way, its continuous rotation in one direction is not interrupted at all by the vibration of the lever e, so that the pulley 2 may run for some little while of its own momentum. In Fig. 1 is shown a continuous band in the shape of a chain to engage the sprocket-wheel; but there are many other equivalent devices for driving machinery in this connection which may be sub- stituted for this chain. It will be readily understood that the clutch mechanism might be advantageously employed as a brake for the belt pulley if desired. can eR The consolidation of the heating appa- ratus for large institutions has of late be- come popular, though it may be seriously questioned whether it is always worth while to doit. The Locomotive, in review- ing the subject, concludes that where the buildings are compactly placed and favor- ably situated, it will generally pay; but that when they are widely separated and the formation of the ground is unfavor- able, making it difficult to run pipes and return the water of condensation without a complicated system, it will not generally pay. The expense involved in running large mains underground for 2000 or 4000 feet, and doing it properly, is very great, and the unavoidable loss by condensation in such mains is very apt to more than offset any gain that may result from hav- ing the boilers located at one point. Still the particular circumstances governing each individual case will generally have to be taken into consideration in order to determine whether a central plant is advis- able or not. —— Discussing the suwjcct of copper steam pipes, brought up by the explosion on the British steamer Elbe, the London Fn- gineer recently remarked: The question de- serves consideration, Why use copper piping atall? It is difficult to see what precise ad- vantage it possesses over good lap-welded steel or iron tubes. It appears, moreover, that a very good pipe might be made of thin steel riveted. 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ON 68 Eee we i a ee ‘dB _« = - - * ee eee SS ee ae Ohio Coal and Iron Ore Production. We are indebted to T. B. Bancroft, chic f inspector of mines, of Ohio, for vance sheets of his thirteenth anm report, from which we quote The year ending November 15, 1887 has been an exceptional one in the coal trade of Ohio. The op ration of the Inter- state Commerce law has proven to be rather beneficial than otherwise to the operators in the matter of freight. The business has been a reasonably profitabl one throughout, and, as a consequence, the men have enjoyed steadier work than is usually the case, and the price of mining has been advanced. With the profit to the operator and advanced prices to the miner, a harmonious condition of affairs necessarily ensues, and I have to record but one strike of any length during the | year, that upon the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. last year 1,866,497 tons. In this is in- cluded the pea coal and slack sold and not taken into consideration in last year’s report of product. This amounts to 1,057,658 tons, which, deducted from the total product of the year, would still leave | burner heating stoves, has stimulated in- an increased output on the basis of my last year’s report of 808,839 tons. The demand for pea and slack and the shipment of these sizes had assumed such proportions | year in its history. The developing of new The output of the State is in excess of | fields, or the extension of old ones, has |trade. The high price of foreign coke for shipped during the year, and which was | ithe substitution of crushed coke in its in 1886 that it was deemed advisable to include them in future reports, in order that a full and accurate statement of the tonnage of the State might be made. The output for the year is phenomenal, and, when considered in connection with the introduction of natural gas as a fuel, in 1885, it will be observed that our product has regularly increased since this com- petitor entered the field against coal. | The same may be said of the bituminous | product of Western Pennsylvania, which in 1886 increased 3,565,030 tons over that of 1885. This product, in both States, came directly in competition with gas fuel, yet its influence upon the coal trade has | not been such as to justify the predic tions | of most of the prophets that lifted their | voices a year ago. The relief came in the | shape of new markets in the Northwest, | that have taken all Ohio’s surplus and are still increasing in their demands; and it is a noticeable fact that the coals of this State are able to hold their own and com- pete successfully with those of States much nearer these markets. This is conspicu- ously shown in the large amount of Ohio coal sold on the Chicago market, where it comes in direct competition with the nearer coals of Illinois and Indiana. During the year Ohio coal has penetrated into Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado and Dakota. The Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company have erected Ashland, Wis., at the head of lake naviga- tion, a large and complete dock system, with storage capacity-ef 100,000 tons, and with the most improved machinery for elevating and transferring coal from vessels to cars. Coal from their Hocking Valley mines is now taken in cars to Toledo, and from thers mp yped by vessels to Ashland, where it is again loaded into ¢ yn its journey to markets distant of miles west of that point. This ment would indicate a faith that t} markets will continue to be held ind demonstrates that the « ite will stand transfer and lon e superior quality of the coa hose of her immediat: ind her natural -ive her lower rates for ypted by the Interstate con operators and miners), are factors in the competition for iat Ohio is outstripping her sister these markets is shown by the fa | State from 1872 to 1887, inclusive. lreturns show that there were 1142) |miners, and 658 outside hands, more} |gaged in the industry in the State is THE IRON AGE. !in 1886 Indiana fell off 25,000 tons, and in | 1887 gained but 217,711 tons on her} product of 1886, while the increase in | Illinois in 1887 was only sufficient to cover her falling off in 1885 and 1886. Asagainst this Ohio has gained in her output in these two years the enormous amount of 2 485,529 tons, and is rapidly advancing to the place of second in coal product ot the States of the Union, a position hitherto held by Illinois. Fro 1 these facts it would seem that the | introduction of natural gas, so far from | having had a baneful effect upon the coal | trade of the State, has, on the contrary, proved beneficial by forcing our coal product upon localities hitherto undreamed | of, and which have proven to be of con- sumptive capacity beyond expectation. The future outlook for the trade is highly flattering, and the opening of new mines in the State during the year has been in excess, it is believed, of any previous also followed the improved condition of furnace use, and the rise in price of anthra- cite for domestic purposes, together with place for the now generally adopted base- quiry into the feasibility of coking our coals, and considerable progress has been | made in this direction. The table below gives the output of the | Ohio Coal Production. Years. Tons. Year Ss. Tons. 1872..........5,815,204 . 7,000,000 1873.... ..4,550,028 8,225,000 1874 3.267, _ eon ewes PKs wits waoae 4,864,256 SS. 8,229,429 a 3, 500000 . 7,650,062 5,250,000 5,500, | | Of this 7,901,105 tons were lump, 1,342,- 945 tons were nut and 1,057,658 tons were | pea and slack. The average time made by the | mines of the State for the year (computed |from the time worked by the commercial mines only) is 228 days, being 22 days ~~ more than were made in 1886. The employed this year than were last, and | that the total number of men _ en- 22.237, or an increase over 1886 of 1800. The number of new mines opened during | the year was 75, while the mines worked out or abandoned were 23, showing an increase of 52 commercial mines in the State, as compared with last year’s report. This product of iron ore in 1887 was in excess of last year by 32,981 tons. Most of this increase is in the Hematite column. | The largest increase isin Lawrence County | (52,579 tons), while Jackson leads the loss with a deerease of 21,674 tons from her production of 1886. In the following table of output by counties 2268 pounds have been reckoned to the ton. Jhio Iron Ore in 1887 Black band Hematite. 7.800 8.326 9,118 36 562 147,479 27,711 14,754 37.920 87.065 280.500 age of iron was therefore There were mined, too, in 176 tons of fire-« lay, 619,027 net limestone burned for lime and tons used for fluxing. March 22, 1888. Sectional Insulated Air Coverings for Steam Pipes. The Shields & Brown Company, manu- facturers of sectional insulated air cover- ings for steam, gas and water pipes, have very greatly increased their manufacturing facilities by removing to 240 and 242 Ran- dolph street, from 78 and 80 Lake street, Chicago. In their new location they oc- cupy the second, third - fourth floors of a five-story building, ach floor being 30 feet wide by 165 feet dows. The office is located on the second floor, fronting on |the street, and it has been very neatly finished in hard wood and presents a very attractive appearance. The remain- der of this floor is used for the manufact- ure of coverings for fittings and of hair felt sectional coverings. The third floor is used for a stock room, and is furnished with racks in which a very large quantity of made-up goods can be kept on hand properly assorted. The fourth floor is used for keeping quantities of raw mate- rial, such as rolls of felt and asbestos sheathing, and here are located the ma- chines for manufacturing the plain or cylindrical coverings. The machinery used throughout the whole establishment is of special design, constructed to suit the peculiar requirements of the business car- ried on by the company, and much of it displays great mechanical ingenuity. The coverings manufactured by this company, |except irregular shapes, are not composed |of layers pasted together, but the several |layers are completely separate from one another, except at the place which is in- tended to be cut to slip over the pipe. The layers are held firmly together in this way, but at the same time there is sufli- cient looseness to permit the circulation of air to some extent and thus increase the non-conducting character of the covering. The covering when kept in stock is in solid cylinders, which are not cut until they are actually needed to be put on a pipe, thus better preserving their cylin- drical form. The building is equipped with a steam elevator, is heated by steam, and suitable steam drying closets are ar- ranged on two of the floors for drying the coverings after they have been properly shaped. When the coverings for fittings and couplings are of peculiar shape they | have to be formed in dies; in such cases the layers are pasted together, pressed into shape under a powerful press and are then dried, after which they keep their shape perfectly. The trucks which are used in this establishment are of original design, the frames being made of wrought iron tubing entirely, so that they can be run |into the drying chambers loaded with coverings and permitted to remain there without injury. The company make special coverings for pipes of any character desired and of any size, having all the facilities needed for contracts of this eharacter. They are now making a great deal of covering for | railroad ears to be used for steam heating, now being introduced so extensively. This is a branch of trade just opening, and promises in time a very extensive field for manufacturers of pipe coverings. The company have recently introduced a hair felt sectional covering to meet the demand for a cheap covering, easily applied yet neat and finished in appearance. They are meeting with quite a demand for it especially for low-pressure steam pipes. It consists, first, of a layer of asbestos sheathing, then one inch of hair felt, then a sheet of rosin sized paper, and one thick- ness of painted canvas. On the outside no paint is needed, as the painted canvas presents a neat and finished surface. The Shields & Brown Company have the right to sell and apply H.,|W. Johns’s patent asbestos coverings. March 22 22. L888, Improved Hoisting Engine. The Lincoln Iron Works, of Rutland Vt., are turning out an improved form of hoisting engine, specially designed for uss in the marble quarries of that section the country In the past, when the ere the quarries was from 20 to 30, style hoisting powers for raising the stone ind which had a maximum speed of 12 feet per minute, would answer, but of late years, when some of the openings ha been carried to a depth of over 200 the time consumed in raising blocks h become an important factor in the nomical carrying on of the stone busines In designing a power which would be capable of raising three blocks at a mucl greater speed several important points hid to be borne in mind The engine must be PEI IRON AGI IMPROVED HOISTING ENGINE, BUILT BY THE LINCOLN IRON so constructed that a heavy load could be | started slowly so as to bring no sudden strains on the derrick proper or its fasten- ings, then when the load was entirely supported on the derrick the speed -could be increased to its maximum. Another point was to make a power sufficiently strong to withstand safely the sudden strains brought on it when dragging the block over the quarry bottom, this has to be resorted to when the opening is of such an extent that the radius of the derrick or derricks will not cover the entire bottom of the opening. As some of the open- ings are of such great depth it became necessary to use a single rope for the lift, since a three or five parted ‘* fall’ would take much more drum room; besides the hook with its attendant sheaves and ropes would be too heavy to carry over the quarry bottom when dragging blocks out of reach of the perpendicular lift of the derrick. The machine illustrated is double geared, and is drawn by two engines with link motion, cylinders 74 inches in diameter and of 10 inch stroke. The lever moving the links is also connected to the throttle valve. The engines are connected to a steel crank shaft on which is a pinion gearing into the gear on the second shaft. a machine to raise the same load at a spced | of from 50 to 60 feet per minuté A Requirements for a Magazine Gun. | From a serial article on ‘‘ Rapid Firing Arms,” by Lieut. W. W. Kimball, U.S. N., now appearing in Engineeri i], We quote as follows: Authoritative military opinions are so diverse upon the matter of the require ments for a magazine arm that it is diffi cult to formulate them; but after collect- ing expressions of competent opinion, and after some exp rience with a numb r of magazine arms both on the testing ground and in service, the writer finds that the following are some of the more valuable desiderata: 1. The piece, as a single-loader, should be as light, as strone, as well balanced. and of as oreat ballistic power as the best single loader, pure ind simple. 2. The breech closure should be such that it can be conveniently operated, and the magazine fire delivered without bring ing the piece down from the shoulder between shots: such that it can be readily worked by a man standing, kneeling, lying prone, or using his piece over any kind of cover, WORKS, RUTLAND, VT 6. The capacity of the charged maga- | zines should be such that, with the utmost rapidity of delivery, the shooting would entirely cover the time interval between the pauses necessary for the control of fire. 7. The act of preparing the piece for magazine fire, and its sppearance after being so prepared, should provide visual evidence of readiness to the group, leaders and company. officers, who are charged with the maintenance of fire discipline. 8. The magazine should automatically and unmistakably indicate when it was exhausted Perhaps no single arm has all these qualities; but a number, of which the ‘‘ Lee” is the prototype, have n¢ irly all eC The Contractors’ Association has served an injunction on the Aqueduct Commis sioners restraining them from awarding the $1,000,000 pipe contract on account of illeged irregularity. The Building Superintendent in this city savs that the roofs and galleries of theaters should be made of iron, and ree- ommends an amendment of the existing law which shall make this requirement peremptory aed A ee oes SMe . LPT h , a the : ah S* ft a b 4 4 af (Ar oe Eee eee eoeee = i Te i 486 The Cyclone Oil Burner. Messrs, L. & Co., of phia, Pa., are putting on the nev form of burner for petroleum or other liquid fuel for which it is claimed that no difficul Schutte Phi ° } iiladel market anew ties through choking need occur and that positive regulation can be secured The section of the burner, shown in Fig. 2 of the engravings on this page, full: xplains the construction adopted The atomizing is effected by pas sing the oil under pressure through a tube cont iin ing a scré w blade so that the discharge from the nozzle is gyratory Through this action, centrifugal force comes into play, und the oil issues in the form of a spray cone of such infinitesimal small drops as to resemble vapor. Sur rounding the oil tube is an annular} passage, which also contains ascrew blade, so that the air, which is drawn or forced 1 through, likewise takes a gyratory motion, and it, like the oil, maintaining this motion on issuing and mixing with the oil, forms into a spreading cone. While this gyratory motion of the air retards for- ward movement, its speed is maintained, the flame is held close the burner and the volume of the flame increases rapidly. The gyratory nature of the oil spray, of the blast and of the flame led the makers call the apparatus the cyclone burncr. The attachment for the oil marked A in the engraving; B represents air inlet (open or for pressure supply); Cis the discharge nozzle for the oil, containing ascrew blade; D is the discharge end, and E is aslide which controls an auxiliary to to IS inlet through which additional air is in- | duced by the action from the central air and oil discharge. To provide against a stoppage by dirt, each burner is fitted in the end of the oil tube with a strainer, F. After taking off the cap G, the strainer F can also be cleaned out, or the whole tube can be readily removed, and also the spray nozzle C examined, by unscrewing and taking apart. The oil supply to burner must be under pressure of not less than 35 pounds. The most convenient supply is thus obtained by a small steam pump which, by an auto- matic attachment to the steam valve, allows the pressure to be controlled at will between certain limits, Ww hile the oil comes to the pump under pressure or suction from a tank car or from a permanent tank ibove or below ground, and located near The oil supply under pressure can also be ob- tained by using closed tanks and admitting water pressure from back of boiler or from some othersource tothe bottom of the tank or air pressure on top. This mode of bringing the oil under pressure requires, or at a distance, as most convenient. however, alternate emptying and filling of | the tank, involving more or less trouble and complication of machinery to make it sitomatic. fore Messrs. Schutte & Co. there- recommend a steam convenient, pump as more small capacity its cost is trifling. Fig. 1 represents a diagram of fitted with all the necessary attachments. For the purpose of the before steam is at disposal the steam pump ean be fitted with a hand power attach- ment, but a separate small steam boiler, or an accumulator, containing a _ sufficient quantity of oil under pressure, will always be a desirable part of a large oil-burner plant. The regulation of the burner viz., the quantity of oil discharge, is had through difference in pressure. Thus, while the pump is set to discharge under a permanent pressure of 150 pounds, the oil starting inlet to each burner can -be so throttled that the discharge from the burner is under 35 pounds only, thereby reducing the quantity to less than one-half of what t would be if discharging under 150 pounds. The throttling is done by a small oil | and as the same need be of but | a plant | burner K. THE IRON AG valve in the oil branch pipe to each burner. The burner can be used with blast or with- out blast, Generally, it will not be found necessary, and may even not be desirable to have blast, but where it is required, the pressure need be but low, say from 1 to 3 A steam jet blower or an ordi- nary fan blower will furnish blast of suit- able pressure, while the connecting pipe should be fitted witha gate for the regu- lation, if there be an excess of press"re. The quantity of the blast is not intended ounces. as asupply for combustion. It need be but sufficient for ignition. In connection with Fig. 1 the following references will prove convenient: A, burners; B, blower; C, blast gates; D, drip-pipes; E, blast- pipes; F, blower elbow; G, oil suction; H, Steam valves: I, oil supply; L, oil valves; M, steam-pipe; N, oil pressure ; Ala INLET. March 22, 1888. burgh and the West, and the balance to the East. An improvement in the demand is looked for in the near future, as two or three large rail mills at Chicago will soon resume operations according to reports. It is also expected that the seven idle fur- naces of Carnegie Bros. & Co., Limited, at Braddock, will soon resume operations, and, of course, will require a large amount of coke. At a meeting of the freight agents of the various railroads, held in Pittsburgh on Weduesday, the 15th inst., the rates on coke were reduced about 5 per cent., as follows: From the Connells- ville region to Pittsburgh, from 88 to 84 cents per ton; Mahoning and Shenango Valleys, $1.65 to $1.57 per ton; Cleveland, $2.20 to $2.10; Chicago, $3.30 to $3.15. The rates to the other principal points are follows: East St. Louis, $3.67; De- as YW 4 “a eM le Fig. 2.--Longitudinal Section of Burner. OIL BURNER, MADE BY L. < S, steam pump; R, duplex strainer; T, regulating valves. pressure regulator; strainer tank; V, I In our issue of last week we made men- tion of the fact that a reduction of 25 cents per ton had been made in the price of coke. Since that time a further reduc- tion of 25 cents per ton has followed. Contrary to general custom, the last reduc- old syndicate and then agreed to by the small operators, but was announced by the members of the Producers’ Association, and, as a matter of course, the large opera- tors have been compelled to meet the cut. All efforts to form a syndicate have been abandoned, and every operator is in the market to sell his coke at the best price he can get. Unless all signs fail, it will be only a short time till coke is selling below | the dollar hne. The shipments at present amount to about 700 cars per week, of which about three-fourths is sent to Pitts- SCHUTTE | & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. troit, $3; Toledo, $2.90; Buffalo, $2.60; Grand Rapids, $3.15; Beaver Falls, $1.44; Carondolet, $3.82; Cincinnati, 3.05; In- dianapolis, $3.15; Dayton, $2.85; Spring- field, $2.85, and Columbus, $2.10. On the 24th of February the members of the Southern Railway and Steamship Asso- ciation discussed pig iron freights from | Birmingham to St. Louis, the rate in ques- tion was not made by the members of the tion having been reduced to $3.60 by the new Kansas City, Memphis and Birming- ham Railroad, which is not a member of the association. Until then the differ- ential from Birmingham to St. Louis was 50 cents above the rate from Birmingham to Cincinnati. It was finally decided to reduce the differential to 25 cents per ton. The new rate sheet issued on the 14th, to | go into effect on the 16th, fixes the rate on the basis of $3.25 from Birmingham and 2.75 from Chattanooga to Cincinnati, the rate from both points to St. Louis, East St. Louis and Belleville being made $3.50. March 22, 1888. THE IRON AGE New Ten Horse-Power Steam Engine.) economizing space to a marked 4d leon —_——- and the connecting-rods at each side The engravings on this page show, in| made up, as shown, of the rods A elevation and sectional plan, a compact! The cross-head B runs in overhanging ind well-designed little engine recently! guides. The valve is a plain slide, as tl 487 pied exceeds the area of the base, 36 x 13} inches, only by the slight overhang of the fly-wheel Compactness and solidity are striking features of the design and should con Fs }. 1.—Sid Rlevation Fig. 2.—Plan and Section TEN HORSE-POWER ENGINE, BUILT BY MESSRS. L. SCHUTTE i built by Messrs. L. Schutte & Co., of | section shows, with convenient means of | Philadelphia, Pa., and now being put on| adjustment, and regulation is effected by | the market by Amos Aller, 109 Liberty | a throttling governor. The exhaust pipe street, New York. The engravings leave|runs down inside of the frame C and little to be said in the way of description, | passes through the floor. The cylinder clearly illustrating the main features. measures 6 x 6 inches and the speed is 250 The engine, which is rated at 10 horse-| revolutions. The fly-wheel is 24 inches in power, is of the back-acting type, thus! diameter and the whole floor space occu- CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA tribute largely to make the engine desir- able for a wide variety of work. I A number of prominent business men at ellaire, Ohio, are dissatisfied with the heavy charges of the natural gas com- panies supplying that section and are organizing an opposition company. ag er he eee tua <2 oe RE Be Oe. SE - ~~ 1 Re cE FT ar ae —— SS ee a a ee ce me CRE 188 MANUFACTURING, Iron and Steel, llenry H. K : I ( I ( t () T} I ( I ' , ' i ry de and { th low! | { PI Ip] a ( l ninth St { n M Sie ( \col dent Socit | bee! rte Pitts b ith er 300 members Th monthly dues are 50 cents, The oney for each member is drawn from his amoi nt in the offic In case of sickness or acci dent to a member he gets S$) a week for six months, and if at the end of that time he is disabled for life, each member then gives $1, with no further claims to the BOCIE ty In case of the death of a mem ber, if he leaves a family, the same amount is given to them. The constitution has just beén framed. The condition of the manufacturing in- dustries at Belleville, Ill., is described in the Ag Steel follows: ‘* Belleville industries are well engaged on orders and new business. The city stove works ari filled to the limit of their capacity. The Rogers Foundry turned over to them their orders for stoves about a month ago, when the latter took its he avy contract for cable yoke castings for Kansas City. oy as The Rogers establishment is now turning out 120 yokes a day, with a loss of not over 14 per cent. in castings. The Harrison Machine Works are just entering their busy season, and are getting ready to make a great many threshers. The Eagle Foundry Company, general castings, report plenty of work. The Belleville Nail Works are running regularly, turning out nails and light steel rails. The Western Nail Works are ex- pected to start up soon under the manage- ment of Gen. Powell, and will roll steel nail plate from old steel rails.” P. L. Kimberly & Co., proprietors of the Atlantic Iron and Nail Works, at Sharon, and the Greenville Rolling Mill. at Greenville, Pa., have closed down both establishments for an indefinite period, About 800 men were employed at the plants. The action of the firm in shutting down their works has caused rumors to be published that they were financially em- barassed. This is denied by the firm, who state that the reason of the shut-down is the great depression existing in the iron business. In the Sharon Herald of the 16th inst. we find the following in regard to the matter: ‘‘ The extensive iron works of P. L. Kimb« rly & Co., here and at Greenville. closed down on Wednesday evening on ac- count of the unsatisfactory condition of the iron market, and will probably remain closed until the market improves so that they can be run again without loss No more ‘orders’ will be issued. but all those outstanding will be redeemed. as heret fore. The current talk veste rday about in assignment going to be made, a receiver appoint d, &c., had no foundation in fact.” It is now more than thre« months since the Edgar Thomson Steel Works and blast furnaces of Carne oi Bros. & Co ‘ Limited, at Braddock, Pa., were closed down, and, as yet, there are no sig a resumption of work taking place. ns ot Four PHI IRON AGI I ( dl iu ces are banked ( E, I na ¢ while fur ( \ | repall | I } I { CK t ( ‘ i ii ! ‘ ti 1 ( resul i i ne ] { rl re i ir { po! \l i l eC | me «i ‘ to resumption of we ken » few « S I ! of the Iron ¢ Brid Works, at Pittsburgh, have requested an ( 10 per cent. in wage The re ( is under consideration by the firm. ly lt l ist \ ek we noticed the ct that the blast furnac« operato! of the Mahoning \ ey, Ohio, had notified thei employees that a reduction of 10 per cent. to take effect on It is expected that the pro- would bye made, ° 5th inst posed reduction will be met with consider ible resistance by the men, as they claim that t ey are ilready working for 10 per cent. less than the men in the Shenango Valley, only about 30 miles distant. This is borne out by the following statement, the which shows rates of wages paid in both districts: Vahoning Valley. New Castle. Top CP ieee iar .31 80 $2.05 Ree ree 1.65 1.90 Bottom fillers........... 1,65 1.90 Keepers, average.... 1.85 2.25 Hot-blast man........... 1.65 1.90 Laborers..... 1,30 1.45 ea $9.90 $11.45 From the above it will be seen that the difference in favor of the men employed in the Shenango Valley is about 10 per cent. The establishment of an iron bridge works, at Sharon, Pa., in the near future is among the possibilities. Paul Didier, an experienced bridge builder and archi- tect from Pittsburgh, was in that place a few days ago for the purpose of consulting with some of the capitalists and manufact- urers regarding the matter. A capital stock of $50,000 would be required to erect and operate such a plant as is con- templated. Another meeting will be held in a short time, when it is expected that some decisive action will be taken relating | to the matter. Three barges of nails, bar and pig iron were started from Ironton, Ohio, last June, and reached St. Louis week before last. Low water and the ice were the causes of delay. The beam mill department of the Home- stead Steel Works, of Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Limited, at Homestead, Pa., closed down on Saturday, the 17th inst., owing to | lack of orders. About 200 men were thrown out of employment. The employees of the Fairchance Fur- nace Company, of Fairchance, Fayette County, Pa., have accepted a 10 per cent. reduction in wages. Executions were issued on Saturday, the 17th inst., against Graff, Bennett & Co., of Pittsburgh, who recently made an as- signment, by Macintosh, Hemphill & Co., for $335.15, and by Chess, Cook & Co. 7 The Pittsburgh and Lake for $1 4,927.75. Erie Railroad Company have also entered | suit against the same firm on a promissory note for $5592.30. No. 3 furnace, of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, at Steelton, Pa., which has been banked for more than two months, was put in blast last week. The mill of P. L. Kimberly & Co., of Sharon, has closed down inde finitely. No. 5 furnace, of the Allentown Iron Company, at Allentown, Pa., chilled on March 22 iSS8s,. the morning of the 13th inst., and \ blown out rh j the only furn e the bove compan that has pce! perati f< me tim d it hilly i NO. furnac of the Th Ire Comp at Hokend qua a. 7 DIOWw! 0! esd the 15th inst Ti vy reversing engine in Carnegic old p mill at Thirty-third treet h been tested lately, and proved satisfactor) The mill has been off six weeks on a count of the building of the engine. A ch irter has he n filed in ittsburel authorizing the organization and operatior of the Alleohe ny Bessemer Steel ( ompal for 999 vears The capital stock is S70¢ 000, divided into 7000 shares of S10 Cie h, he ld as foll WS: Edward L. Clar} 5365: William ty. Park, 218: D E. Par 218; Horace | 429: Clark’s subscripton for Richard C, Gray, 218; R. B. 143. Mr. of the block held by him is represented by the plant of the Duquesn Steel Works, and the 45 acres of land in Mifflin township upon which it is situated, There is talk of the erection of a steel tire mill at Grapeville, near Pitts burgh, James Chambers, Sellers Metler and W. B. Brickell, of Pittsburgh, and Marion Smith, of Philadelphia, being in- terested in the project. The Dunbar Furnace Company have announced a reduction of 6} per cent. i the wages of the men employed at their coke ovens. Smith, 109; Boulton, {820 Brown, Georges shares son The Sagendorph Iron Roofing and Corru gating Company, of Cincinnati, made an assignment to Harlan P. Lloyd. The assets are stated at $40,000 and liabilities at $3