The Iron Age 1889-02-28: Vol 43

‘THE IRON AGE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1889. Shaping Machine. The machine which we herewith illus- | trate in perspective and detail is compact and powerful, susceptible of fine and positive adjustments, practically noiseless, and operates with ease and smoothness, It is driven by straight and cross-belted friction pulleys located on each side of the machine. The power and velocity of the ram are ,unvaried by change of stroke, which can be regulated while the machine is in motion, its velocity at all times being uniform and under full control of the| By a new arrangement of| operator. _ arr: : motive parts the machine is self-adjust- quickness of the change in direction of the;low shaft and being secured in the movement of the ram, which will work up| spindle. The spiral gear is thus free to a line and reverse inside of } inch.|to move and to carry with it the inner Shafting or bars of any length and up to|shaft and also the driving pulleys P, 24 inches in diameter can be passed | mounted at either end of the inner shaft, through the machine, under the ram and | and which are adapted to engage with the slotted or fluted at any point, and from | outer surfaces of the friction pulleys p. } to 15 inches in length, without change. | This spiral gear engages a gear connected The friction box for operating the feeds} with the driving train. These spirals are has a cam let-off and consumes power only | of 12°. It is evident from this construc- at the instant of action. In the accom-|tion that as the load upon the train in- panying engravings, Fig. 2 is a side ele-| creases the = gear J upon the shaft vation showing the gears driving the ram | will be shifted along the shaft one way or and the feed gears, Fig. 3 is 4 plan view/the other, according to the direction in of Fig 2, and Fig. 4 shows the construc-| which the ram is moving, and will bring tion of the driving shaft. This shaft con- into play one or the other of the friction- ing as to wear and automatically ab- sorbs power according to the resist- SHAPER, BUILT BY ance of the cutting tool—in other words, when the cut is exceptionally heavy and more power 1s consequently needed to drive the tool, it is obtained by means of an extremely simple arrange- ment, which we shall describe more in detail later. The ram is long, has a quick return, and is actuated by a powerful train of heavy gearing made in duplicate, the under surface of the ram being formed with two racks, with which the driving gears engage The ram head is graduated, swivels on trunnion, is secured by T bolts to the ram, and has depth gauge, with a run of 5t inches. As stated, the driving gears are double, and so arranged that the cogs of one machine overlap the other. This imparts a smooth and even motion to the ram, and greatly promotes the en- durance of the gears. The machine has two speeds (for cast iron and steel), which admits of instant use without change of belt. Sufficient power is obtained to sustain a heavy cut, and an automatic coarse surfacing feed is provided. An important feature is the sists practically of a hollow shaft, within which fitsa spindle. Toeach end of thespin- wheels p. It is further evident that as the load increases the more powerful will be THE PUTNAM MACHINE COMPANY OF FITCHBURG, MASS. dle is held a pulley, one of which operates the forward stroke of the ram and the other the return. The diameters are differenc, so as to get a quick speed on the return. Each pulley is mounted so as to revolve freely upon the hollow shaft, being held to the spindle by an arrangement shown in Fig. 5. Fitting a thread in the end of the spindle & is a nut, n, which holds the disk m in position. The hub o of the pulley is free to revolve on the hollow shaft. The hub is formed at its outer end with a thread, upon which fits the cap/, thereby forming an annular bearing about the disk m, so that while the pulley is free to re- volve upon the hollow shaft, it is held in place by means of the disk m and the nut nto the spindle &. Fitting within the in- ner periphery of each pulley P is a friction pulley, p, mounted upon the hollow shaft with which it is rigidly connected. The spiral gear J is mounted about at the center of the driving shaft, and its ex- tended hub is provided with a slot, j’, through which ses a key, this key passing through a slot in the hol- the thrust of the pinion J along the shaft, and the tighter will be the frictional hold between the pulleys p and P. Fulcrumed at h, Fig. 3, on the side of the machine, is the lever H, the free end of which is formed with a yoke, as shown in the plan. In the free end of the yoke is pivoted a rod, the other end of which is provided with a standard having an arm adapted to engage with the usual tappets placed on top of the machine and carried by the ram. Pivoted a short dis- tance from the fulcrum of the arm H is a rod extending through the case and carrying the friction arm, which is so arranged that any movement it makes in a direction parallel to the axis of its shaft will impart a similar movement to the spiral gear J. This arm, shown de- tached in Fig. 6, is of case-hardened malleable iron, and is provided with plugs of raw hide upon each side. As the ram moves forward its tap- pet strikes the upper projecting rod of the lever H and moves the rod entering the case, and therefore the spiral pinion ah th Be 4 LER =e 26 Nae TS cele Sone sa : : . ne AR oa oe Sig ETI TO ee aR IR tion: = —— +s) wr, 7 * ig oe = = SHS a: 310 THE IRON AGE. February 28, 1889 and its inner shaft or spindle, in a direc-|the lever H need be moved but a fraction | ing shaft to the ram and also to the fe tion to throw out the driving pulley. |to accomplish the movement of the spiral | mechanism, which latter is driven through" At the reverse end of the tales the | gear and the throwing out of the friction | the segmental arm B, thus engaging with mechanism takes the opposite course and | clutches. It is apparent that the heavier the! the rack D, which drives the train E F G — 7% rf , : / || \ oe = 7 7 ,, “* ~ : 1 =| a XI \ be lg ‘ + + ‘\ ' i : er tz iz we yy ‘3 nj een wooo 2 ee, of — Bay. long f Vi ss Sy. me te N-type atl et “4 frre uarnleg $reg —itrrpon, Ms ot ys Me SS > ee * 2h === : a en = ae aT a | i Hh read || or atk yy = ied ee Trt ay CT Fig. 3.—Plan View of Putnam Shaper. relieves the friction from the pulley at the ; load the more powerful will bethe force mov- | operating the feed. The friction box other end of the driving shaft. This ing the spiral along the shaft and engaging | operating this gearing consumes power mechanism permits of the working of the the driving friction. Inthe side elevation, |only at the instant of action. From ram at an exceptionally short stroke, since | Fig. 2, are shown the trains from the driv- | the brief description we have given of the February 23, 1889 THE IRON AGE. operating parts of this machine it will be seen that it is especially adapted for heavy work, that provision is made for compensating all wear of the frictional surfaces, and that it is so proportioned and designed as to work with the least ssible time consumed by loss of stroke. The machine is unusually heavy and compact, and, possessing the admir- able features we have mentioned, is rapidly making a place for itself in the long line of well-known tools coming from the Putnam shops. In an early is- sue we shall describe the rack-cutting attachment, designed to be used in con- nection with this shaper. This attach- ment can be placed on the shaper, with whose operation it will not in the least in- terfere, and at any time it can be used for the cutting of racks of any length. These Fig. 4. valued, as it is understood, at about or| over $1 per pound, is not the ‘steel strips” which pay 3} cents per pound when valued at over 10 cents per pound, and 45 per cent. ad valorem when valued at under 4 cents per pound. This pro- vision is evidently not applicable to such highly polished and finished merchandise as the article in question. DUTY ON SWIVELS. On an appeal from an assessment of 45 per cent. ad valorem on certain swivels, claimed to be dutiable under the provisions for ‘* chain or chains of all kinds,” the De- partment says: ‘‘The appraiser reports that the articles consist of a loop and still others four, strands of steel wire, also heavily covered with manila yarn, some of the latter being coated with tar and some not so coated. The merchandise not being the steel wire of commerce ‘‘ covered with cotton, silk or other material,” and not being the iron or steel wire rope also specified, and also being not otherwise enumerated, is dutiable at the rate of 45 per cent. ad valorem for ‘‘ manufactures, articles or wares not specially enumerated or provided for * * * composed wholly or in part of * * * steel,” &c., and the principle enunciated in the Depart- ment’s decision, wherein it was held that certain ‘‘ wire ribbon,” which was a woven fabric consisting of fine wires swivel, having three or four short links of chain attached, and intended to be used, in connection with a leather strap, as a Fig. 6. covered with cotton thread and united to- | gether by a cotton web, was not the iron or steel wire covered with cotton, silk or Fig. 5. Figs. 4 to 6.—Driving Shaft of Putnam Shaper. machines are built by the Putnam Machine Company, of Fitchburg, Mass. _— Recent Customs Decisions. The Secretary of the Treasury has an- nounced the following decisions in cus- toms cases under the metal schedule: STEEL IN STRIPS. The Treasury Department declines to reverse its decision whereby certain thin polished strips or tapes of steel were held to be dutiable at the rate of 45 per cent. ad valorem, for ‘‘steel not specially enu- merated or provided for.” From the statement, as well as that of the manu- facturer, it was clear that the merchandise had, by the process of filing, polishing, &c., become, if not wholly, at least ‘ par- tially,” manufactured articles of steel, so that even if not covered by said provision it would be dutiable at the rate of 45 per cent. ad valorem. At any rate, the said merchandise, which, in many cases, is patented article for fastening dogs, and that they are not, in his opinion, the ‘chain’ or ‘chains’ of commerce. From an examination of the sample submitted, the Department is of opinion that the arti- cles are parts of chains, and that they were properly dutiable as claimed.” BUOY AND GRAPNEL ROPE. On an assessment of duty at the rate of 45 per cent. ad valorem on certain so- called ‘‘steel wire covered with yarn,” which the appellant claims to be dutiable at the rate of 64 cents per pound, for steel wire galvanized, &c., the Department rules: ‘‘It appears from the report of the appraiser and an inspection of samples that the merchandise in question is not wire as commercially known and recog- nized, but that it consists of rope (styled by the appellant grapnel rope and buoy rope) composed of wire and manila yarn, some of the coils being composed of single pieces of galvanized steel wire heavily covered with manila yarn and coated with tar, and others containing three, and other material as specified in said sched- ule. DRAWBACK ON STEEL NAILS. The Department in an application for drawback on certain steel nails has de- cided that on the exportation of steel nails manufactured wholly from imported steel slabs a drawback will be allowed equal in amount to the duty paid on the imported material used in the manufact- ure, less the legal retention of 10 per cent. The quantity of the material so used to be determined by adding tothe net weight of the exported nails 74 per cent. of such net weight. rt Lord Stanley, Governor - General of Canada, advises that all Canadian fortifi- cations be — with guns similar to those mounted in Halifax. So far from approving of this action, the Imperial Government, according to an Ottawa dis- patch, remonstrates in imperative terms against the hostile policy pursued of late by the provincial authorities. <4 an i deme + +S Se . ota 2k ae Nottie yore ox ~ Sp AN ay sagan Eos ee ya LD) Raa pee » a b wer y gtted > — - # RF J FA ws Hs (LLM he IP), aD > Py ty aaa! ~e Pressure Regulator. The safety pressure regulator here shown is especially designed for use in connec- tion with a system for a public service of natural gas. It consists in a valve con- trolled and opened and closed by the shifting of a body of fluid which is moved by the pressure of the gas. The body of fluid is introduced into chambers, between which it is free to flow through the flex- ible pipe connecting them. The device is set so that under the average pressure of gas the fluid will be sustained in a state of about equal division between the two chambers; then, if the pressure drops a little in the outlet pipe, the pressure on the fluid will be proportionately relieved and enough fluid will gravitate from the movable chamber into the stationary cham- ber to sufficiently lighten the former to permit the weight to lift it, and hence the valve-arm, so as to open the valve wider and correct the variation in pressure by letting enough more gas pass the valve to make up. When, on the other hand, the pressure rises slightly above the average pressure, sufficient fluid will be forced from the stationary chamber to the mov- able chamber to pull the latter, and hence the valve-arm, down by the increase of weight in such chamber, and so close the valve enough to prevent increase of press- ure and keep the amount of gas passing RYDER PRESSURE REGULATOR, MADE BY ADAMS BROS. & into the outlet pipe nearly constant. It will be seen that the fluctuations in press- ure in the gas supply at once act through the movable fluid to operate the valve in compensatory action, so that although variations of pressure occur in the gas main, the pressure of gas passing through the outlet pipe will be constant. In case the gas should be entirely shut off in the gas main, all the fluid will then at once gravitate into the stationary chamber, leaving the movable chamber so light that it is overbalanced by the weight and lifted until the valve-arm rotates the valve so as to entirely close it. It will thus be seen that the shutting off of the gas in the gas- main is followed by the automatic closing of the valve. The regulator acts as a vis- ual indicator to signal to the consumer that the gas has been shut off in the main line. Now, although the gas may be turned on in the main line, none will pass into the outlet pipe until the consumer has manually opened the valve by lifting the weighted lever, which he must hold in an elevated position against the weight until the pressure of the gas thus let into the outlet pipe, and hence into the stationary chamber, has forced enough liquid into the movable chamber to balance the weight and keep the valve open. It will be evident from the foregoing that the device constitutes a safeguard against ac- cident due to shutting off the gas in the! M | THE IRON AGE, February 28, 1889 gas-main and turning it on again without | Ohio; Union Metallic Cartridge Company, the consumer's knowledge. In case there | New b= a ee Repeating Arms Com- should be a dangerous overpressure of | P®2Y,, “ew taven, Wonn. N.Y ew Lon . ’ gas, the entire amount of fluid will be Hh rage a Mint aeaaee forced into the movable chamber, which | don, Conn. : will then overbalance the weight and pull} Drills.—American Diamond Rock Borin down the valve-arm so as to entirely close }Company, New York; Ingersoll Rock Drifl the valve. But as the pressure reduces, a : now a the fluid will flow back into the stationary mene. ‘ae Pg cake Rtn, : chamber and permit the weight to lift the | Gayland, saws, planes, &c., Bridgeport, Conn movable chamber and arm, and thus auto- ngines.—John Henry Blake, marine rotar ; matically open the valve. The regulator | New York; Crist & Covert, _New York; has therefore the three-fold function of Huntle ~~ Philadelphia; J. Willis compensating for variations of pressure in | Gon oeny ‘Ne ok; Manes Manapneiering pensating Or press Company, New York; Straight Line Engine the ordinary use of the gas, in shutting off | Company, Syracuse, N. Y.; George W. Tifft the gas so that it must be turned again | Sons & ‘0., automatic, Buffalo. personally by the consumer when it is | i Glues. Le P. ago Ce, Romans Tame. Cristine turned off in the main line, and, also, in lean. Miceaiee.” oe met Russia Cement Com- shutting it off entirely when the pressure | Hardware.—Shanley Works, New Britain is so excessive as to be dangerous or in- | Conn.; L. & J. White, tools and knives, Buf- convenient. The arrangement of passages falo, N. Y. and connections is such that no fluid can | Road Machines.—American Road Machine remain in them, thus giving absolute free- |Smeeeny, anes Square « dom from frost. Owing to the parts being co ee _ 7 ee Toledo,’ Ohio: all of metal, the operation is no more af- (jeorge N. Pierce & Co., Buffalo, ; , fected by fire than are the pipes orconnec- | Railway Supplies.—D. E. Bishop, railroad tions. This regulator is being made by —, — . i ant ee 2 ‘ oe i i ’ ; - snioes, Adams Bros. & Co., of Findlay, Ohio. oda of turntable, Asheville, N.C.; Dr. B. F. Laird, car coupling, Sag ny ¥ New York Car Wheel Works, Buffalo, N. Y.; New Exhibitors at Paris. York Comme rcial Company, _ York; ‘Peek. . ;. | ham Paper Car Wheel Company, New York; _ The efforts of the American Commis-| i '¢’ Porter & Co., Pittsburgh; John Stephen: sioners of the Paris Exposition appear to | son Company, New York; A. Whitney & Bons have led to success, the number of manu- | car wheoh, Philadelphia. ' INN GY LZ co., OF FINDLAY, OHIO. facturers to whom space is allotted being very large. The commissioners have as- sured exhibitors that every possible care will be taken to display to the best ad- vantage whatever may be sent. There will be no expense for freight charges either going to France or returning, but exhibitors are expected to provide pack- ing for their goods, and to attach to the various exhibits cards stating the insurable value of the goods. They must agree also not to offer any of the exhibits for sale during the progress of the exhibition, and not to withdraw any of them during that time. Space has been allotted thus far to the following firms: Agricultural.—S. L. Allen & Co., seed drills, Philadelphia; Egbert Benson, cultivator, Rari- tan, N. J.; Columbia Agricultural Works, Columbia, Pa.; Cyclone Pulverizer Company, New York; Enterprise Mfg. Company, feed inders, Columbiana, Ohio; esee Valley fg. Company, drill, corn-sheller, &c., Mount Morris, N. Y.; Hig; um by gg men Higganum, Conn.; J. Moore’s Son, rakes an forks, New York; Thornton N. Motley, wheel- barrows, New York; A. G. Peck & Co., axes, Cohoes, N. Y.; Strickler Brothers & Co., but- ter coloring, Sterling, Ill. Ammunition, Cannon, Guns, &c.—Bailey, Farrell & Co., Pittsb h, Pa.; E. P. Brown, Flushing, N. Y.; Colt’s Patent ‘Firearms Mfg. Company, Hartford, Conn.; Hurst Reinforced a and Arms Company, Washington, D. C.; Pneumatic Dynamic Gun Company, ork; Smith & Wesson, Springfield Standard Target Company, Cleveland Mill Machinery.—Brown & eee Mfg. Company, Providence, R. I.; Curtis & Curtis, er Conn. ; A. Heine, Silver Creek, N. Y.; Higley as and Drilling Machine Company, Boston; E. Horton, Son & Co., Windsor Locks Conn. ; Simeon Howes, Silver Creek, N. Y.; Klaunder & Bro., Philadelphia ; F. W. Leinbach, Bethlehem, Pa.; V. W. Mason & Co., Providence, R. I.; William Sellers & Co., Philadelphia; D. E. Whiton Ma- chine Company, New London, Conn. a ee & Co., Syra- cuse, N Y.; Samuel Johnston & Co., Brock- =, N. Y.; McCormick Harvesting Cen hicago; D. M. Osborn & Co., Auburn, N. Y. Harvesters.—Johnston Harvester Copeny, Batavia, N. Y.; Pland Mfg. eengeny cago; Walter A. Wood Company, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.; William N. Whitely Company, Spring- field, Ohio. Stoves, Ovens, &c.—McDowell Oven and Furnace Company, Boston; A. Reid, Buffalo. Machinery Aids.—American Bit-Brace Com- pany, Buffalo; A. Christoffel, boiler tube scraper, Brooklyn; F. 8. Pease, lubricating oils, Buffalo. Machinery of Various Kinds.—Wilson aren, rice machines, Camden, N. J.; Burton Fils, —— Paris; Chambers Broth- ers, brick-tempering mac . onan J. H, Eaton, plaiter for dress trimming, Mon- roe, Wis.; Ene Manufact Company, rope hoists, elphia; J. D. C. , va- rizers, ay Minn.; Michigan g- rand Iron pany, Detroit, Mich.; W. E. Morgan, numerating Chi- cago; T. W. Norman, rope-lay machine, Boston; John E. Smith, machine for cutting meat, Buffalo; Stiles & Parker, ham- mers, Middletown, Conn.; Teal H Com- pany, patent hoists, Philadelphia. New ass. ; February 28, 1889 THE IRON AGE. Riveting Machines. ° The gradual advance in forging, from ass. | the old sledge wielded by brawny arms to a. Lock ae Pahita,| the power and steam hammer of to-day, &. 5 e and Towne Mfg. Company, post-/ is well known to every manufacturer, but office outfit, Stamford, Conn. | + on : Laundry Machines.—Bailey Wringing Ma-| until 25 years ago little advance had been chine Company, Woonsocket, R. I.; Charles| made over riveting by hand; drop and A. Bentzen, New York; A. M. Dolph Com-| foot presses have been tried, but the force ny, New York; ee Granite Company. | of the blow expanded the rivet the whole ew York; Empire Wringer Company, Au- | an ; . burn, N. Y.; Gowans & Stover, Buffalo: D. | length. The inventor of the machine K. Hickok, Morrisville, Vt.; C. Mears & Son, | here illustrated then became convinced eens, Pa. bit | that the best results could only be attained * Lawn Mowers.—Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. | by a succession of sharp, qui ‘k blows give 2. Mower 1 ; il Mfg. | by a: Ss sharp, quick blows given Sanna: Philadelshia. Y.; Lloyd Hardware | in the least possible time. After consid- Leather Goods and Belting.—American | €Téble experimenting the principles em- Leather Link Belting Company, New York; bodied in this machine were adopted, and ‘ Machinery Packings.—United States Me- tallic Packing Sane, Philadelphia. Mechanics’ Tools.—Billings Spence Com- ny, Hartford, Conn.; L. 8. Starrett, Athol, Fig. 1. Fig. 2. RIVETING MACHINES BUILT BY JOHN ADT & SON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONN, R. Hoffeld & Co., Buffalo, N. Y.; Leopold L. Lowenheim, New York; F, Osborn, Jr., & Co., | Boston; George H. Russell, Newburg, N. Y.; R. G. Salomon, Newark, N. J.; Charles A. Schieren & Co., New York. Household Utensils.—H. M. Dopp & Son, iron kettles, Buffalo; F. A. Frank, cook stove, New York; George A. Macbeth & Co., lamp chimneys, Pittsburgh; Kellogg & McDougall, | brooms, Buffalo; Joseph Noyes & Co., clothes fasteners, Binghamton, N. Y.; Henry Nut-| but its use has from time to time ae ee ea oe eats ‘a mee = been extended to almost every branch q ; A. H. Reid, but- ‘ . : rs ter worker, Philadelphia; Sidney Shepard & of manufacturing _where articles are Co., sifter, knife, &c., Buifalo, N. Y. held together by rivets, and it is now Hydraulic Rams, Pumps, d&c.—W. B.| widely used in establishments where its Douglas, Middletown, Conn. ; Silver & Dem-| utility has become known. The most im- portant feature of the machine is in the although many changes and improvements have been made, machines that were then manufactured and which have been in con- tinuous use for over 20 years are still doing the work satisfactorily. The elastic rotary-blow riveting ma- chine, Fig. 1, was originally designed to rivet together articles of hardware, ing Mfg. Company, Salem, Ohio; Worthing- ton Pumping Engine Company, New York. Nails,—Ausable Horse Nail Company, New York. and hammer-rod. The hammer-rod, sus- pended by springs and confined air within the cylinder, partakes of its reciprocating motion and produces a sharp, quick blow, which with its rotating action enables the machine to perform the work almost in- D omen ce Secretary Whitney has given the new dynamite gun the stamp of his official ap- probation, the recorded result of tests made being pronounced satisfactory. | combination and working of the cylinder | 313 stantly. The blow is rendered elastic by the springs in connection with the air- cushions, and its force can be regulated at the will of the operator by more or less pressure applied to the treadle at the right of the machine; the yoke to which the treadle is attached is self-acting, and the moment the pressure is removed the blows cease and the work can be withdrawn. Suitable devices for holding the work firmly can be attached to the adjustable anvil and connected with the treadle at the left of the machine, so as to be operated by foot if desired. The work being held firmly on the anvil dire>tly under the ham- mer, the hammer always strikes on the rivet, heading it equally, and as it is ro- tated while the blows are being struck the head conforms to the shape of the pein ef the hammer, and any style of head can be formed. Both hands of the operator being free, he is able to handle the work with ease and rapidity. Fig. 1 represents the form of machine generally used, and is adapted to all or- dinary work, but where more room is re- quired between the anvil and the hammer the base of the machine is changed, as shown in Fig. 2, and can be furnished in various hights with a detachable anvil. When made for agricultural wheels or arti- cles of that hight it will answer for all classes of work, but is not recommended for continuous use in general riveting, as the pein of the hammer is so high that the operator must work on a platform in order to be on a level with the hammer, which necessitates raising all of his work to the same hight. In Fig. 2 no treadle is shown to operate attachments on the anvil, but when required it will be furnished. In riveting the hubs of wheels or larger arti- cles where much horizontal room is re- quired a machine embodying the upper working parts only can be furnished, and this suspended by a framework from the ceiling will allow of riveting on the sur- face of work of any diameter. The machines are made by John Adt & Son, New Haven, Conn., in six sizes— viz., +x, 4, 3s, $, $ and 4 inch, each ma- chine being capable of working rivets of the diameter given and many sizes smaller. ccna cti The freight agents at Pittsburgh of the various lines having connections with that city have been at work for some time ona new form of freight tariff, which will prove a great advantgge to shippers when wanting information in regard to the rate to any point mentioned in the tariff. At present the rate is given with the name of each point of shipment, thus requiring a vast amount of unnecessary repetition. To find the rate it is necessary to refer to the index to find the page in the tariff list. The new form does away with an index entirely. The name of each place to which merchandise is shipped from Pittsburgh is given in alphabetical order. For instance, if the rate on any class of merchandise from that city to Chicago is wanted, by reference to the alphabetical list the name of the road over which the goods will be shipped is given, and also the number of that city, which is 100. All that is then necessary to find the rate is to refer to the table of rates, which is printed on one page. The simplicity of the new form can be seen at a glance by reference to the following illustration, tak- ing Chicago as an example: Chicago, Tl. | LS.M.S. | 100 This shows the city, State, railroad over which merchandise can be shipped, and the number for the table of rates. The table of rates is illustrated as follows: 5 | 1 2 Sine tee No, 100. The number 100 indicates the city, the top line of figures shows the various classi- 4214 | 8734 | 2734 | 20 [1734 | 15 2 ee 2 ans xe tie | ee <2 ae £ S sien? z srr eS >. Re YS rstiin Oe a & : 4h Da BP a sth FF LOL Ah es pe rey aad 2 . VSP) LES MP GEES fd Pte “ 814 THE IRON AGE. February 28, 1889 fications of freight, and the lower line of |tached to the vertical shaft G’, whose|threads on the lower end of the feed- figures shows the rates per 100 pounds on | lower end is provided with a hand-wheel, | screw are much finer than those on the the different classes of freight. This new|G®. The cross-head H, which moves upon ! body of the screw. Beneath the recess / TRE KEYSTONE RADIAL DRILL.—PRENTISS TOOL & SUPPLY CO., NEW YORK, form of freight tariff will be put in opera- , tion some time during the early part of next month. The Keystone Radial Drill. This drill is intended for a large range of work. It will take in a pulley up to 4 feet in diameter, and will bore small cyl- inders and similar work. The screw will feed 14 inches, and has adjustable auto- matic feed. The circular table is 24 inches in diameter, and is bored to receive bushes for boring bars; it can be raised or low- ered without being turned around. The square tilting table slips in the slotted side of the bed and can be quickly removed. The drill illustrated has a radius of 48 inches and will drill to the center of an 80-inch circle. The column is 12 inches in diameter and 6 feet high. Fig. 2 of the drawings is a side view and Fig. 3 a vertical section of the drill- stock; Fig. 4 is a side view and Fig. 5 a sectional view of the tilting table and its support. Through the horizontal slot in the beam passes a shaft carrying a pinion and hand-wheel engaging with a rack so as to move the drill frame. The drill spindle is revolved from the cone pulley by gearing inclosed within the column and at the top of the beam, as shown in the perspective view. The drill frame is formed with laterally-projecting arms, E E, connected together by guide-rods. At the center of these arms are openings, in the lower one of which is journaled the hub of the beveled gear D’, while in the upper opening is seated an internal screw- threaded feed-nut, F, with which the feed-screw G engages. To the upper por-|the guide-rods, has a central threaded | and communicating with it is a recess tion of the feed-nut is secured the pinion|socket, A, with which the lower | formed with an annular shoulder to engage y, engaging with which is the gear g’ at-|end of the feed-screw engages. The|a groove on the upper end of the spindle i pddidad YP SS yyy I >? Y SSD ALON 2 core Sic a5 mB 66h SN . SY > Cc February 28, 1889 THE IRON AGE. 315 I, which passes freely through the pinion! New Power Forging Drop Press. D’ to which it is splined. The lower cross- eg piece of the drill frame has a vertical The accompanying illustrations repre- conical socket, J, within which is seated a} sent a new drop power forging press put long split sleeve J’, threaded at its upper} upon the market by the E. W. Bliss Com- end to receive the adjusting nut j. This} pany, Brooklyn, N. Y. Fig. 1 shows the sleeve forms the lower bearing for the| general appearance of this press, while spindle and may be adjusted vertically | Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the lifting de- within its socket by means of the nut to} vice. The same concern are also just put- take up wear. By supporting the spindle| ting upon the market a similar press for in this way the weight of the spindle and | sheet-metal stamping work, in which the its parts does not come upon the drill, and gripping device is the same as in the forg- drills of the smallest kind may be used| ing press. As the two machines embody without danger of breaking. | the same general features of construction, At one end of the platform of the drill| a description of one of them will suffice. is a stationary column carrying a verti-| The tool is a departure from the familiar cessity of gearing. As no bolts or screw- threads are used in the construction of the lifter, there is nothing to jar loose. The only bolts used on the entire machine are those shown for securing the guides to the bed, and the nuts for these are placed in cored pockets in the bed and bear upon rubber washers. Several sizes of these tools are now in course of construction, the hammers weighing from 100 to 1000 pounds. The size represented in the cut has a 350-pound hammer, with 26-inch lift; complete weight, 4500 pounds. ———— - One of the most remarkable engineering feats appears to have been achieved in . * 6 | . : . . . ae . > . . cally movable table which 1s rigidly at-! types, in the direction of simplicity and| China, in the face of extraordinary phys- Fig. 1.—General View. Fig. 16 KT Uy > SS Rs SS De Tec al | rt "1 i i LE ARARY) a Ht TAT ; YZ 2.—Sectional View, Showing Lifting Device FORGING DROP PRESS, BUILT BY THE E. W. BLISS COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. tached to a column having horizontal | small number of parts, and in order to grooves with which engages a pinion car- | fully test its merits and discover possible ried by the outer column. The table can | defects before offering it for sale, it has be adjusted vertically and turned horizon-| been run continuously for about six tally. A second column, Figs. 4 and 5,| months in making drop forgings. This may be moved toward or from the first | test has led to a few minor changes, the and clamped in any desired position. The | final result being embodied in the machine construction of this column is clearly | asillustrated. The principal feature is the shown in the drawings. The table can be| peculiar shape of the hammer, which is raised to any hight and adjusted to any | essentially nothing more than a steel desired angle. billet placed on end and hammered out at This dril] is built by the Prentiss Tool | the bottom to give proper support to the | and Supply Company of 42 Dey street, |die. This construction concentrates the | blow upon the work, gives very long guides | for the hammer, and makes a very strong | New York. a I Charles Pratt, the wealthy oil manufact- | and durable arrangement. The lifting urer of Brooklyn, on Friday, 22d inst., | rolls are carried in housings, as shown, formally presented to Adelphi Academy | and work directly against the face of the the new wing to be known as the Col- | hammer, and the details are so arranged legiate Building, which has been erected | that no adjustments on account of wear at a cost of $160,000. It is fireproof |are necessary. Each roll is driven by an throughout. | independent pulley, thus aveiding the ne- ical difficulties—namely, the successful stretching of a steel wire cable of seven strands across the river Lunann, this feat having been accomplished by the Danish engineer Delinde, assisted only by un- skilled native labor. The cable extends between two points, at a distance of nearly 4700 feet apart, the hight of the first sup- port being about 450 feet above the pres- ent level of the river, and the second about 740 feet. The cable in question is said to be the longest in the world, with a single exception—namely, the cable across the Kistna, measuring some 5070 feet. There are also two cables across the Ganges, of 2900 and 2830 feet respectively. EE An El Paso dispatch says a Scotch firm will erect large works in Mexico, probably at the capital, and that other British in- dustries contemplate a similar move. Smelting works especially invite capital. com ven eM |} sells “Sart let Keto ~ the, tn, et ey Boe, » | Fe PF oe 5 — ed TTP, 316 Drilling Machine and Link Miller and Slotter. The engravings represent a horizontal THE engines, burners, electric motors and any and all kinds of apparatus and appliances of interest to gas men and the'lighting fra- ternity. An exhibition of this kind was IRON AGE. and radial drilling machine and a link announced last year for the annual meet- miller and slotter invented by P. Leeds, ing at Sandusky, Ohio, and while it con- master mechanic Louisville and Nashville | stituted an interesting feature of the meet- Railroad, and manufactured by Pedrick & | ing, it was only partially successful, on Ayer, of Philadelphia, Pa. The drilling | account of the extremely short notice that machine is designed to work on or from a' was given to manufacturers and dealers DRILLING MACHINE, MADE BY drill press. It is mounted on the frame and is driven direct from the drill-press spindle. It is useful in drilling the ends and diagonal parts of frames; it can also be mounted on the work and driven by a sliding shaft and universal joints. Drill- ing in all directions can be done with the two taper shanks and the horizontal and vertical movements by loosening the nuts shown. The machine does away with the ratchet worked by hand, and it is capable of drilling with as great speed as though drilled direct. The link miller and slotter will mill out links to any desired radius. It is designed on the principle that the apex of any angle will touch or describe all parts of a circle whose versed line is equal to the perpen- dicular where the base is formed by the chord of the arc. It can be used on a good strong drill press or as an attach- ment to the heavy universal milling ma- chine built by the same firm. It consists of a jointed frame having dove-tailed slots running lengthwise to carry a frame that has the link blank secured in it; this frame is actuated by the screw and hand-wheel and describes a circle, according to the angular position of the lower or jointed frame; flanges are cast on the bottom of this frame for the purpose of bolting down on the table or platen. In the center of the lower frame, at the center of the joint, is a bronze bushing that is set exactly under the center of the drill-press spindle; this serves as a lower support for a boring bar and the shank of the milling- tool arbor. In practice it is found more convenient to drill a hole in one end of the link to be slotted large enough for a boring bar to pass through, then by using a double-end cutter the slot is cut out to nearly the finished size; the link is then moved along ¢ or 4 inch and is cut through again until the stock is removed; a muill- ing cutter similar to a reamer is then used and the slot is finished to the radius for which the link is set. With this attach- ment a link 20 inches long is finished in about four hours. a In connection with the fifth annual meet- ing of the Ohio Gas-Light Association, at Mansfield, Ohio, March 20 and 21, 1889, there will be an exhibition of gas stoves, PEDRICK ee Dee & AYER, PHILADELPHIA. who desired to display their goods. The present notification, however, is given sufficiently in advance to allow all who de- sire to do so ample time in which to prepare their exhibits and have them in position at the opening of the meeting. A large room for this display has been secured close to the place of meeting. Consign- ments of articles for the exhibition and in- quiries for information as to details of LINK MILLER AND the arrangements must be sent to Geo. 8. Harris, Superintendent Gas and Electric Light Companies, Mansfield, Ohio. A committee of the National Board of Steam Navigation, of which President Cheney is chairman, will arrange the ma- rine portion of the centennial celebration of the inauguration of President Wash- ington. SLOTTER, MADE BY PHILADELPHIA. February 28, 1889 Cleveland Weighing Bureau. The report of Holland W. Davis, joint weighmaster of the Cleveland Weighing and Inspection Bureau, from June 1, 1888, when the inspection began, to December 31, is given below. The Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation figures are from June 1 to October 31 only, the Cleve- land and Canton from July 1 to August 21, and the Empire Line from November 1 to December 31. The figures given are in thousands of pounds :, Ship’s wt. Act’l wt. Excess, Pennsylvania.... 49,215 55,600 7,444 hs BE. Bi. ce 41,064 47,576 6,511 N. Y., C. & St. L. 24,260 27,283 8,022 N. Y.,P.&0.... 8,215 9,253 1,088 Ohya Ge Eeses ee 9,324 935 ge 3,448 4,135 687 D. & C. Nav. Co. 391 44 53 leveland & C an- ere 210 253 42 Empire Line..... 139 154 14 ee 135,335 155,086 19,751 This excess of 9876 tons, discovered and corrected by the bureau, amounts to 13.85 per cent. of the freight inspected. Mr. Davis estimates that 60 per cent. of the excess discovered was fourth, fifth and sixth class freight, with an average rate of 10 cents per 100 pounds, and 40 per cent. first, second and third class matter, with an average rate of 15 cents per 100 pounds. At these estimates the ex- cess tonnage discovered would amount to $23,702; the estimated gain in changes of classification discovered is $1306; deduct- ing expenses of the bureau, $3685; the net gain to the railroads for this period was, therefore, $21,223 Mr. Davis says that the percentage of excess weights obtained is as great now as when the bureau began busi- ness last summer. ce neeianiiiccnis R. F. House, of Pomona, Cal., has con- tracted to sell his seedling oranges at $1.10 a box. He does not have to pick, pack or haul any of the oranges. The pickers gathered 60 boxes of fruit on the first day PEDRICK & AYER, from eight trees in their regular order in the orchard. The total value of the fruit picked that day is $66. That is at the rate of $8.25 pertree. There are 100 trees to an acre on the place, and at this rate an acre is worth $825. The orange orchards of William O’Connor, Dr. Nesbit, James Loney, J. D. Cason and W. H. Woody, in the same locality, will produce the same handsome results. February 28, 188¥ THE WEEK. The bill for the admission of four new States, North and South Dakota, Mon- tana and Washington Territory, was signed by President Cleveland on Friday, in honor | of Washington’s Birthday, so that now 42 stars will represent the national Union. | Dakota was organized as a Territory March | 2, 1861. It comprises an area of 150,932 square miles. A special census, taken in 1885, showed a population of 415,610, and in 1887 the Governor estimated the popu- lation at 568,477. property in 1887 was $157,084,365. Mon. tana was organized as a Territory May 26, 1864. It comprises an area of 143,776 square miles, Its present estimated popu- lation is 175,000. The total taxable value of property in the State in 1886 was $55,- 076,871. Washington was organized as a Territory March 2, 1853. It contains 79,994 square miles. By a census taken in 1887 it was shown to contain a popula- tion of 143,669. According to the report of a Massachu- | setts legislative committee all the grade crossings of railroads in that State must be abolished. tions of highways and railroads, and to carry out the purposes of the law would necessitate the expenditure of $48,000,000. A tugboat fireman was scalded to death in the boiler-room of the J. Jewitt, at Pier | No. 13, East River. Becoming wedged in behind the boiler he broke the glass water-gauge and was enveloped by the escaping steam. The ‘‘Young Napoleon of Finance,” Henry 8. Ives, and Geo H. Stayner, a} business partner, together with E. W. Woodruff, of Newark, N. J., whose ex- ploits in connection with the affairs of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Rail- road startled the business world a few months ago, are now entangled in the meshes of the law. It is charged that when they failed, August 11, 1887, they owed $16,000,000. President Dixon, who is now in this city, states that in addition to nearly $3,000,000 received by them on deposit prior to August 1, being the pro- ceeds of certain mortgage bonds issued for a specific purpose, Ives, Stayner & Co. appropriated to their own use $624,900 worth of new stock issued for improve- ment purposes, $65,000 worth of negotiable bonds, 8840 shares of the stock of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad, which belonged to the company, and $10,000,000 of the preferred stock, which was issued in the names of clerks and book-keepers of the firm. On the day when they took $6,000,000 worth of this stock, the firm, as shown by their books, had a cash balance of less than $13,000, and at the close of the day’s business only $70,000 Yet on that day their liabilities were $13,500,000, all payable on demand or at short notice. Ives and Stayner are = Ludlow Street Jail in default of $50,000 ail. The American minister to Japan has signed a treaty of commerce, amity and navigation with Japan. a copy of which will be forwarded and laid before the Sen- ate. The city of Bangor, in Maine, has a water system constructed by the Holly Company, of Lockport, N. Y., which drowns out fires without the need of en- gines. The water is taken from the Pen- obscot, 1} miles above the business center of the city, at which point a big dam was built across the river at an ex- pense of $250,000. The dam is 900 feet long, from 55 to 85 feet in breadth at the base, and has a sluiceway for rafts and logs 33 feet wide by 317 feet in length. The whole volume of the Penobscot falls The total assessment of | There are 2902 intersec- | THE IRON AGE. 317 | over this great dam, and when the river is|in placing upon Commissioner Fink the |at freshet pitch the sight there is grand. | At the pumping station they have a 225- horse-power engine, which was used the | first year the system was in operation, but ever since then water-power has been used | two recently put in, having a pumping ca- pacity of 10,500,000 gallons daily, whereas needed. There are 25 miles of street mains in Bangor, besides several miles in the opposite town of Brewer, supplying | | 2700 water-takers and nearly 200 hydrants, To wet down church steeples or inundate | the surrounding country it is only neces- sary to connect with the nearest hydrant. A second electric street railroad was operated in Boston a few days ago, con- | necting Bowdoin square with Harvard |square, in Cambridge. The roads are about to test the feasibility of the overhead system in crowded streets. exclusively, the five original wheels, with | only about 2,000,000 gallons are ordinarily | duty of furnishing the Federal officers with all the evidence that he can secure to convict roads that violate the national law, and it is said that he is determined to act without regard to considerations of policy in a last desperate effort to induce the roads to maintain tariff rates and thereby secure remunerative returns to stockhold- ers and stable rates for shippers. A seam of coal took fire on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, nar Sunburnt, Tenn., caused by a collision of freight trains in a tunnel at that point. Some of the cars being loaded with oil, the flames commu- nicated to seams of coal and timbers sup- porting the tunnel, burning fiercely. Walls were erected and the entrances closed up in the hope of smothering the flames. The loss is computed at $425,000, including the cost of rebuilding. Respecting the practicability of under- | ground wires, the National Association, in session at Chicago, were almost equally divided. Although la committee previously appointed re- | ported that conduits in almost every in- stance were a failure, Professor Barrett, of | Chicago, said the underground system had | proved to be an entire success. Mr. John- son, of Philadelphia, said that the under- |ground system was also in successful | operation in the Quaker City. Twenty carloads of agricultural machin- ery, valued at $100,000, arrived in San consigned to a single house. Another | farm wagons will follow. James C. Flood, of the once famous tate in California is valued at between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000, died in Ger- many, February 21, of Bright’s disease. He was born in New York City in 1826. Going to California in the early days of the mining excitement, he soon became associated with several leading specula- tors, and by obtaining control of valuable gold deposits on the Comstock lode, the partners ultimately took out $300,000,000 of ore in the course of six years, each of them at one time taking out about $750, - 000 in a single month. Their next step was to organize the Nevada Bank, with a paid-up capital of $10,000,000. At a later day the bank became involved in the California wheat deal of 1887, in which the loss was about $11,000,000, and Mr. Flood never recovered from the blow. His magnificent residence in San Fran- cisco, completed in 1886, is said to have cost $5,000,000, including its accessories. Flood & O'Brien’s office in Walls treet will be remembered as a resort for the hubitués of that section, but without the least pre- tentions to elegance, its entire equipment consisting of little mfore than a desk and a few chairs Manufacturers in Pennsylvania protest against the imposition of the three-mill tax on the capital stock of manufacturing corporations. Among those who are most active in their opposition is H. W. Oliver, of Pittsburgh ; Cyrus Elder, of the Cambria Iron Works; Lucinda Furnace Company and Jones & Loughlin, of Pittsburgh. The Interstate Commerce Railroad Asso- ciation, as now completed, comprises amem- bership of 18 roads out of the 22 which were originally deemed necessary to the adop- tion of the agreement. The principal company holding off is the Chicage, Bur- lington and Northern. It is stipulated that the agreement shall take effect im- | mediately. Aldace F. Walker, of the In- terstate Commission, was offered the chairmanship. The recent meeting of the trunk line presidents, in this city, resulted bonanza firm, Flood & O’Brien, whose es- | F 2 | subject made a report, in which they find Electrical | Francisco last week from Madison, Wis., | train of 20 cars foaded with steel-axle | The ceiling scandal, at Albany, has be- come notorious. The facts, briefly told, are that the old stone ceiling, which was considered unsafe, was removed and another substituted, but the contractors, taking advantage of the vague terms of the contract, put up a cheap ceiling and put in a bill for a good one. They ask $270,000, and, as it has been shown by ex- perts that the work cost only $165,000, a clear profit of $105,000 is the result. New York has been unfortunate in the building of its Capitol. It has already cost $18,000, - 000, when the original estimate was $4,000,000. The penalties for breach cf contract should be rigorously exacted where the offense is proved, before we have a carnival of robbery in which law-makers figure most conspicuously as law-breakers and the machinery