The Iron Age 1889-03-28: Vol 43

‘THE THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1889. IRON AGE Horizontal Boring, Turning and Milling Machine. The machine of which we herewith present a perspective and cross sectional view is designed for general use in manu- facturing and repair shops; it may be used for boring and drilling, as a turning lathe, and as a milling machine on large work. When used as a boring mill, the large flat table upon which to bolt work facilitates the setting, as it is necessary to consider but one point at atime. When bolted to the table the cross-wire adjustment per- mits of accurately reaching the desired line horizontally, while the up-and-down adjustment of the head and tail spindles provides for vertical alignment. When, as is frequently the case, the distances re- quired are from planed base and side, the measurements can be made and fixed be- fore the work is placed on the table. When a drill chuck is substituted for the a Ls = 8 TT piace — bon ¢. driven from a pinion upon a cone shaft. Back gears furnish ample power for heavy work. A pulley outside the pinion on the main spindle drives an intermediate shaft, upon which a cone is arranged to drive the gear of the feed-screw for operating the apron. Through suitable gearing the car- riage moved laterally and the table crosswise. The carriage is provided with clamps for bindirg in position when mill- ing is being done. This machine is made by Nicholson & Waterman, of Providence, R. I. is I The Duty on Faney Nails. The Treasury Department, acting under a decision in a suit brought for the recov- ery of alleged excessive duties exacted on certain brass-headed and gilt-headed nails, holds as follows: The United States attorney reports that the importations in question were of two HORIZONTAL BORING, face-plate the machine is adapted for drilling holes in large pieces. By means of the cross-traverse of the table and the up-and-down feed of the head a hole can be located anywhere in a space 27 x 36 inches on the 48-inch swing machine, The mill is converted into a swing lathe when provided with a turning rest, and will then perform all the work of a lathe ex- cept screw cutting, which feature can be added if necessary. By means of the cross- traverse feed of the table and the power- feed connected to it large pieces can be milled. The bed of the machine measures 12 feet in length. Both the head and tail spindles can be adjusted up and down. The latter is moved lengthwise in its box, which is fitted to the sliding frame, and is moved vertically by means of a screw and gears operated from the top of the frame. The frame is moved laterally by rack and pinion connection. The front spindle runs in two long and large bronze taper take-up boxes fitted to boxes which are | | claimed that adjustable up and cown in the frame, which is stationary. The spindle passes through a center sleeve, to which the ele- vating screw is attached; the screw passes through a nut in one of two bevel gears operated by wrench. The outer end of the spindle is fitted with a large gear TURNING AND MILLING MACHINE general kinds; brass heads, such as are used in upholster- ing furniture, the heads of which were not treated with any overlaying substance, but got their gilt appearance from the brass out of which they were made, being sub- jected to a lacquering process which en- hanced their luster, but did not change their color; second, a‘line of nails with | much larger heads, in fancy shapes, such | as crosses, fleur de lis, imitation roses, &c., which were found to be actually gilded— that is to say, subjected to an overlaying .—NICHOLSON the rate upon ‘‘ britannia ware and plated and gilt articles and wares of all kinds.” With regard to the nails first above mentioned—viz., those which were not treated with any overlaying substance to give them the gilt appearance—a judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant, while with regard to the second class of nails, which were found to be actually gilded, the jury found for the plaintiffs, and to be dutiable at the rate of 35 per cent. ad valorem, as gilt articles, under paragraph 210. It is also understood that the trial in question was a retrial of the case, with a similar result in effect to that of the first trial. Upon submitting the matter to the United States Attorney-General, that officer certifies that no appeal or writ of error will be taken by the United States from the judgment of the Circuit Court. The Department, therefore, concurring in said judgment, authorizes the Collector to & WATERMAN. first, small nails with large, take the necessary steps for the settlement of the same. I American machinery will make a fine | display at the approaching Paris Exhibi tion, perhaps the best ever seen beyond the boundaries of the United States. The American division of Machinery Hall has 40,000 square feet. Chief among the ex hibits there will be seen the display of | Edison’s works and inventions in applying electricity to machinery and lighting. The Thomson-Houston Electric Welding substance which gave them the color of |Company will contribute a noteworthy | feature to this department by exhibiting a gold. All of these articles, it appears, were classified by the defendant (Collector) at the time of importation, under the clause which imposes a duty of 45 per cent. ad valorem upon wares ‘manufactures, articles or | not specially enumerated or pro- | | process for welding metals by electricity. The power for the machinery in the Amer- ican department will be furnished by two steam engines of 100 horse-power each. C. H. Brown & Co., of Fitchburg, Mass., built one, and the other is a new style vided for in this act, composed wholly or| automatic high-speed engine, constructed * * * in part of iron, steel, copper, or any other metal, and whether partly or wholly manufactured,” while the plaintiffs | the same were dutiable either at the rate of 4 cents per pound, | the rate upon ‘horseshoe nails, hob nails and wire nails, and all other wrought iron and steel nails not specially enumerated or provided for in this act,” or at the rate of 35 per cent. ad valorem, | by the Straight Line Engine Company, of Syracuse. Agricultural implements will be fully repre sented and also milling and flour-cleaning machine ry. Noteworthy ex- hibits will be seen, such as Colt’s patent firearms and steam engines; a specimen of | the work of the Crosby Steam Gauge and | J. Valve Company; a circular loom from Van Dussen Reed; an example of the work of the Worthington Pumping Ma- -_-—- 464 eee THE IRON AGE. March 28, 1889 chine Company. Among the novelties will be found machine tools from William Sellers & Co., of Philadelphia; the Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Company, of Providence, and Warner & Swasey, of Cleveland. In| this line will be exhibited a new process for rolling metals into different forms and | a machine for rolling and swaging steel screws. J. S. McCoy will show some pneumatic tools for dressing stone and other materials. A new invention is a leather link belt from the American Leather Link Belt Company, through which will be transmitted power. Another belt. burg, Mass., will send a machine for roll- ing metal into forms, McConnell a machine for making cork- screws. —— —_——— ae a Northern Freight Rates. TWO GREAT IRONMASTERS TALK, During the past week two of the lead- ing ironmasters of the country, Andrew Carnegie, of Pittsburgh, and Abram 5S. Hewitt, of New York, have expressed opinions which it would be well for rail- road managers to act upon at an early date, In the course of an address before the Franklin Institute, at Philadelphia, Mr. Carnegie, speaking of Pennsylvania in- dustries, is reported to have said: If the railroad companies of this State were satisfied with fair tolls its iron man- | ufacturers would still have a show against | Southern competition, and Mr Carncgie said he knew that two-thirds of the| present rates would leave the railways a_/| good profit in Eastern Pennsylvania. The | rates on pig iron were three times greater than in the South. The only hopeful view | to take of the situation in Eastern Penn- sylvania was that railway rates could and would be reduced on all materials used in the manufacture of iron, which gave the | 100 horse- | peculiar feature for | transmitting horse-power is a steel wire | George Fred Simmons, of Fitch- | and Clough &| same years the passenger rates were 20 percent. more than the New York Central and 15 per cent. more than the New York and Lake Erie’s. The profit exacted last year by the Pennsylvania from this State upon freight was 2.20 mills per ton per mile, while in New Jersey it was 1.56 mills | —40 per cent. less. ‘From their profits in Pennsylvania last year were paid the entire dividend upon the stock—$1, 200,000 handed over to Western lines apparently as a gift and $1,161,100 expended on repairs and im- provements. Here we have this gigantic monopoly levying upon the State whose creature it is a tax beyond a fair return upon its stock of fully $3,000,000, or, with improvement expenditures, $4,000,000, | Nor is the Pennsylvania alone to blame, for the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern Railroad in 1887 showed a profit per ton per mile charged in Pennsylvania of 1.31 mills, or 31 per cent. more profit per ton per mile than it got in New York State.” Abram 8. Hewitt, in an interview at Atlanta credited to him, said: “Tt is true that we have been very deeply impressed by all that we have seen 4) eos ic © a railways so much of their business. The | adoption of the basic process of steel- making would also be a helpful factor. It | was an ominous circumstance that a big | steel company of Harrisburg abandoned | its works and occupied others near Balti- more, and it was humiliating to a Penn- sylvanian that Baltimore was preferred to Philadelphia as a seaport, where the latter was the natural entry. It was not easy to fix the responsibility for this removal, and the decadence of Philadelphia as a seaport, he said, but the railways might easily elevate the situation by a reduction of their rates to the rates on products of other States brought through Pennsylvania. It was not by this policy of unjust discrimination that the Pennsyl- vania Railroad was built up, nor by the maintenance of this policy could it belong maintained. ‘*IT come now to speak of the measures that must be adopted in order to remedy this ill condition, due to coal and railway discrimination. The industries of Penn- sylvania are at the mercy of the railroads, and whether her future is prosperous or | disastrous is a matter for the railway gen- eral freight agent. We are all at his mercy. It is these railroads that most im- pede the progress of the State that has given them existence than anything else. All portions of the State suffer alike. The Pennsylvania Railroad was once noted for its efforts for the development of the State. Recently such is not the case. If a State commission ever sits—and I hope this will come to pass—it will decide that | the charges of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will be as much less than those of the New York Central and the New York and Lake Erie as reports show them | to be greater. ‘** In 1885, 1886 and 1887 the freight rate per mile of the Pennsylvania in this State was 26 per cent. greater than the New York Central and 22 per cent. greater than the New York and Lake Erie. In the | Sectional Elevation Through Head Stock of Machine Shown on First Page. here in the South, and especially by what |we have learned about the sensible and | liberal spirit manifested by your railroads toward the industries of the section, Itis |; to this, in my opinion, more than to any- thing else, that the extraordinary develop- | ment of your section is due. The wealth is here, but it might have lain here un- touched had not the railroads shown so | liberal a spirit toward those who under- | took its development.” | ‘* Are present rates lower than those in | the North ?” he was asked. | ‘*Very much lower. I should say that the rates upon new materials given by the Southern roads are less than half those given by the roads in the North. You have superior ores and the coal supply at your doors, but your greatest advantage is in your cheap railroad rates, which enable your manufacturers to place their products in any part of the North or West as cheap or cheaper than we can doit. ‘* The fact that we are dissatisfied with | our treatment at the hands of the Northern roads doesn’t necessarily mean a change on our part. What we shall insist upon is a change on the part of our railroads, | which must give us better rates or we | Shall be unable to compete with the iron mills of the South.” a The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company have sold to the Anniston Pipe | Works, of Anniston, Ala., 11,000 tons of |ter Foundry and Machine ig iron, with the stipulated understand- ing thatall of the iron is to be covered by warrants of the American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Company. We understand that the sellers are instructed to deliver the iron into warrant stores, the delivery to begin in April and to cover a period of six to ten months. The sale includes 5000 tons of Gray Forge, 4000 tons of No. 3 foundry and 1000 tons each of open and of close silvery. ne The Boiler-Makers’ Meeting. A. T. Douthett, Jr., of the Por- Company, Limited, of Allegheny City, Pa., has issued a call for a convention of boiler manufacturers of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey, to be held in the Hotel Anderson, Pittsburgh, on April 16 next. Mr. Dou- thett informed the representative of Th« Iron Age that the object of this convention is to organize, if possible, an advisory board of boiler manufacturers. In the States named above there are about 450 establishments engaged in boiler-making. An effort will be made to create a greater interest in the manufacture of boilers, make the use of the very best material compulsory, thus decreasing the number of explosions, and to establish a minimum price which will insure a reasonable profit on all boilers built, thus offering a pre- mium for superior style and workmanship. It has been charged that the manufact- urers propose to form a trust. We are informed that there is no truth in this report whatever. Each manufacturer entering the association will manage his own trade and sell direct, but it is expected that .an agreement will be made that none will sell below the mini- mum price decided upon. The question of wages will not be considered. Boiler manufacturers, it is claimed, are paying more in proportion to their employees than other workmen in like crafts receive, but members of the mew organization will attend to their individual affairs in this respect, and it is contended that the uni- form scale of selling will ultimately result in an advance of wages. The sole object of the new association is declared to be to stop the cutting of prices and secure a better grade of boilers. Mr. Douthett is in receipt of a number of letters from dif- ferent concerns promising their co-opera- tion and stating that they will be present at the meeting. The following manufact- urers from Pittsburgh are expected to be present: Porter Foundry and Machine Company, Limited, Riter & Coniey, R. Munroe & Son, Jas. McNeil & Son, Velte & McDonald, 8. B. Rheams & Co., Dougherty & Morrison and W, 8. Pendle- burry, Son & Ce. rr John Scott, one of the projectors of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works and until a short time ago a member of the firm of Carnegie, Phipps & Co., died in Pitts- burgh on Sunday, aged 68 years. In addi- tion to being president of the Allegheny Valley road he was a director in the People’s Savings Bank, a director in the Mansfield Coal and Coke Company, a heavy stockholder in the Pittsburgh Loco- motive Works and the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Works, at Creighton Station. He was at one time president of the Pitts- burgh, Virginia and Charleston Railroad, — a director in the Pennsyluania Rail- road, The Treasury Department has decided that exported galvanized fencing, manu- factured in New Jersey from imported steel and spelter, is entitled to a drawback equal to the duty paid on the imported material, less the legal retention of 10 per cent, March 28, 1889 _ The Hinkle Furnace Plant at Ashland, Wis. The remarkably heavy output of pig iron achieved by the Hinkle Furnace has attracted much attention. No other char- coal furnace has ever succeeded in making over 85 tons of pig iron in 24 hours, while this furnace has repeatedly exceeded 100 tons, its highest yield thus far having been 1J1 tons, which was accomplished on the 19th of February. The coke furnaces of fhe country tave improved wonderfully in recent years, totally eclipsing the records of the managers who first became famous for their achievements in furnace driving, and who inaugurated the new departure in \trict of Minnesota. | on an estuary of Lake Superior, known as | Chequamegon Bay, which is 12 miles long THE IRON AGE. |only is this point the natural lake port of |shipments for Gogebic ores, but it is also of the Vermillion dis- | Ashland is situated within easy reach and about 6 miles wide, and forms one of the finest harbors on the lakes. The close | proximity of extensive forests of hardwood | timber is a natural advantage of paramount | value. Thus the three prime requisites \for a successful operation of a charcoal | | furnace, an abundant supply of rich ores, forests of hardwood timber and cheap | transportation are found at Ashland, The | Ashland Iron and Steel Company were or- | ganized and incorporated in November, {RHETT APRA SHIPPING TRACK 42" a4! x enawes % BOILERS PUMPS DRAFT STACK ©) ELEVATED TRACK 52 6 DOWN COMER 130’ STACK © STOVES —s \ 19 HOIST ENGINE PLAN OF HINKLE American coke practice which has so heavily increased the production of pig iron by individual plants. But, while this has been true of coke furnaces, the char- coal furnaces have been lagging, by com- parison. The progress they have made has not been brilliant, although it has been steady. The opportunity for dis- tinction in this respect seems to have been left for the Hinkle Furnace, and the man- ner in which it has distanced its competi- tors shows the possibilities of large charcoal-iron output which have always existed, and the probability of still greater achievements to be realized through the sleepless rivalry of ambitious managers. The following information about this new furnace will be of interest to our readers, The discovery of large deposits of rich iron ore and the development of numerous mines in the Gogebic range of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan suggested the lo- cation of this furnace at Ashland. Not FURNACE PLANT. 1886, aided and encouraged by the generosity of enterprising citizens. A site was chosen for the furnace in the west end of the city of Ashland, the property of the Company comprising a total of 14 blocks with an extensive frontage on Chequamegon Bay. A contract for the erection of an 80-ton charcoal furnate was made with James P. Witherow, of Pittsburgh, in the spring of 1887. The work of construction was per- constructing engineer, E. C. Darley. The blowing engine, hgwever, was built by Edward P. Allis & Co., of Milwaukee. The furnace was completed and blown in April 4, 1888, under the management of | C. P. Perrin. The furnace not operating satisfactorily, the owners decided to blow it out and remodel it in some respects, so that this blast ended on June 30. The work of reconstruction was placed in the hands of Morris R. Hunt, who had had formed under the direct supervision of his | 465 long experience in the management of charcoal furnaces running on Lake Su- perior ores, and he was also made man- ager. The lines of the turnace were ma- terially changed, other minor alterations were made and the furnace was again blown in August 31, since which time its performance has been in every way satis- factory. A stop of seven days was made from January 13th to the 20th for the purpose of adding some improvements then found desirable. Although it was built to make 80 tons a day, the average for the first blast was but 484 tons a day. The second blast is much better, averag- ing 70 tons a day up to January 20, which would have been much increased if the supply of fuel had not run short and if it had not been largely soft-wood coal. Since January 20, up to March 9 (the latest in- formation at hand), the daily average has been 91 tons over. Hardwood charcoal is now being used, but the heavy produc- tion of the furnace, it is claimed, is not being accomplished at the expense of fuel. In fact, a slight saving of fuel is being effected as compared with the consump- tion prior to January 9. Although the cubical capacity of the furnace was some what reduced in its reconstruction, it was expected that the output would be in- creased, but the owners were hardly pre- pared to find the product running so far in excess of the original estimate made by the builder. The Hinkle furnace plant is well ar ranged for handling stock and the finished product. It has direct connections with the Wisconsin Central, Milwaukee, Lake | Snore and Western, Northern Pacific and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroads, with another connection soon to be made with the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic. In addition, it possesses the advantages of a location on the lakes, affording cheap water transportation for a large part of the year with a vast area of {country. The buildings are all of the most substantial character, having Lake Su- perior red sandstone foundations, brick superstructurcs and iron truss roofs. The stack is an iron shell, supported on cast- iron columns, with bell and hopper top and a gas-pipe water jacket system for cooling the boshes. The arrangement of the blowing engine and the hot-blast stoves in relation to the furnace stack is most ex- cellent. They stand directly in line, with the stoves between the engine and the stack, so that the air pressure is delivered from the blowing cylinders to the furnace through pipes which are as strajght as it is possible to make them. This is illus- | trated in the accompanying diagram of the works. The ore received on two elevated tracksrunning directlyinto the stock -house. Each of these tracks covers about 800 feet is | of linear measurement, and with their ap- proaches, which furnish additional storage room underneath, afford a total capacity for about 30,000 tons of ore. The stock- house is 62 feet by 150 feet and 32 feet high, with an annex in the rear, into which the tracks are continued, which is used for storing charcoal to be held for emergencies, and will contain a very con- siderable supply. The charcoal for daily use is received on tracks outside of the stock-house, and is unloaded from the cars into the charging buggies within a short distance of the hoist tower. A Blake crusher of the largest size, with an inde- pendent engine, is located in the stock- house and is used for crushing limestone and the hard ore from Minnesota. The tower for hoisting stock to the top of the furnace is 85 feet high, built of brick and contains a double cage worked by an Otis hoist engine. The house in which the blowing engine is located is 36 feet by 42 feet, affording sufficient space for the addition of another engine if that should at any time be + oped? * - ft? im i ae g a B, 466 This engine is of the | vertical type, with a heayy cast frame, was built by Edward P. Allis & Co., of Milwaukee, and is described in a separate | article. Itis nowrun at aspeed of about 26 revolutions per minute and delivers a} pressure in the furnace of about 5 pounds. Adjoining the engine-house is the pump- house, 18 feet by 34 feet, containing three Dean duplex pumps and one No. 10} Cameron pump. Water is obtained from a natural reservoir in the immediate vicinity, but a supplemental pump works has also been provided to supply water to | the furnace directly from the lake in case | of accident to the regular supply. The) roof of the engine-house is composed of a | water tank which holds 76,000 gallons. The boiler-house is 42 feet by 38 feet and contains three Heine safety boilers, each of 150 horse-power, with space left for additions. The furnace supplies all the gas needed for fuei to operate these boilers. The draft stack is built with an iron shell with fire-brick lining and is 150 feet high and 7 feet in diameter. The stove-house, 55 feet by 65 feet, contains two Whit well fire-brick stoves, as improved by Witherow, each 18 feet by 60 feet. These stoves, as now run, average about 900 degrees. The furnace stack has been incorrectly reported to be 65 feet high and 124 feet in diameter of bosh. It is only 60 feet high and 12 feet in diameter. But it is too large for the cast house, which will soon | be extended to accommodate the enor- | mous product. Its dimensions at present are 524 feet by 132 feet. Four casts are made daily, and each cast covers consider- ably more than half the floor of the house, keeping the workmen very busy in getting out the iron and making up the pig beds | afresh. It may be remarked incidentally that the large production of this turnace is principally confined to Nos. 1 and 2, showing most excellent results as to qual- ity. Each pig is broken in the cast house and carefully graded before it is taken out, which is done by a grader who makes this his especial business. The iron is piled in the yard adjoining the cast house and in carload lots, according to the usual practice in the Lake Superior region. A railroad track passes along conveniently for ship- ping the iron from this yard, which is sufficiently large to store 10,000 tons. A dock immediately in the rear of the cast house enables iron to be loaded directly into the cars from the pig beds. A feature sufficiently unusual about charcoal blast furnaces to make it worthy of remark is the comfortable office building which has been provided for the manager and clerical force. It is a two-story brick building, | With a vestibuled entrance and double- | sashed windows, which are needed for | comfort in the winters of this Northern | location. The manager's room tastefully fitted up and furnished. The Ashland Iron and Steel Company | own timber property within easy reach of the furnace by rail,comprising about 10,000 acres of heavily-wooded land. The timber is mainly hardwood, such as maple and | birch, and its extent insures an ample sup- | ply of fuel for the furnace for many years. The company have built 77 kilns,each with a capacity of 55 cords, along the line of the Wisconsin Central and Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western railroads, within a short distance of Ashland. The kilns are built of brick on what is known as the Hottentot plan, which was introduced into the Lake Superior region by H. 8. | Pickands, and has proved a very satisfac- tory system for making charcoal. The cars used for transporting charcoal from the kilns to the furnace are 35 in number, and were specially constructed for the purpose. While the furnace company have thus arranged to control their fuel supply, they have made no investment in iron ore mines, believing that their prox- imity to the numerons mines of the Goge- /high-grade low phosphorus ores insures THE IRON AGE. bic and Vermilion regions producing them an ample supply of the best quality at reasonable prices. The ores used now are almost entirely from the Gogebic, the admixture of Vermilion ore being but slight. The average yield is now 57 per cent. in the furnace. The limestone used is brought from Depere and Fond du Lac, Wis., and is said to be a fine flux, but its value in this respect is not being very severely tested, as only 150 pounds of it are used to the ton of pig iron. The officers of the Ashland Iron Steel Company are as follows: A. H. | Hinkle, president, Cincinnati: W. H. Hinkle, secretary and treasurer, Minneap- olis; Morris R. Hunt, manager, Ashland, and | I IIEEIIEIE ETI March 28, 1889 | Pipe Cutting and Threading Machine. This machine is made by Curtis & Cur- tis, of Bridgeport, Conn., in four sizes, as follows: 2} to 4 inches, 4 to 6, 34 to 6 and 24 to 5 inches, inclusive. It consists of either of the larger sizes of their hand machines placed on a power base. At the back is a worm wheel which engages with a worm on the driving shaft, and through it is transmitted the power from the pulley |to the pinion. The machine is operated | by placing the pipe to be cut through the vise at the back, with its end against the back of the dies, and then tightening the hand wheel at the top of the machine, which brings the pipe central with the dies and also clamps the vise. The large The founder is Thomas Mackey. The sales agents are Pickands, Brown & Co., Chicago; Pickands, Mather & Co., Cleve- land; Rogers, Brown & Co., Cincinnati; Rogers, Meacham & Shields, St. Louns. The brand under which the iron is known is ‘‘ Hinkle.” — @The Antrim Iron Company, whose fur- naces are at Mancelona, Mich., announce through their secretary and treasurer, J.C. Holt, at Grand Rapids, that they have un- dertaken the sale of their own Lake Su- perior charcoal iron from the Grand Rapids office. The, furnace is running successfully, making about 60 tons of iron per day. High ocean freights continue to restrict the business in foreign iron ores. We un- derstand that from Mediterranean ports freights are 14/ to 15/, according to port, although they have been higher. Only a few cargoes have been sold thus far. gear is furnished with a lead screw cut on is very| PIPE CUTTING AND THREADING MACHINE, MADE BY CURTIS & CURTIS. its back of the same number of threads to the inch as the pipe to be cut, and as the gear revolves it is drawn back into the shell and the dies on to the pipe. The dies can be changed by simply loosening the thumb-nuts a few turns and drawing the face plate forward about 4 inch, when the dies will drop out. The dies are adjusted to the size of pipe to be cut by turning the face plate to the gradua- |tion corresponding to the size of pipe. | By deviating a little from the standard | graduation the pipe can be cut either over or under size to allow for any variation of the fittings. In cutting off pipe the gear isrun as far back in the shell as it will go | in order to free the lead screw and allow the gear to have simply a rutary motion in ‘the shell. The cut-off tool is forced into | the pipe as it revolves by a wedge screwed down behind it. An important feature of \these machines is that, if at any time a single die of aset becomes broken or lost, ‘it can be replaced at a small cost without | March 23, 1889 THE IRON AGE. 467 Pe acific Hotel lying ee ee m. The Rookery is by far ‘the | arger of the two buildings, ranking among the largest | office buildings in the world. It 11 |stories high. The whole of its tenth story has been secured by the North Chi- cago Rolling Mill Company, the Joliet Steel Company and the Union Steel Com- pany. Scattered through th: other stories of this large building are pig iron com- buying an entire set. This machine particularly adapted for those who, w hile they have power in their shops, still want | a machine that can be taken out on a job | to be worked by hand; it can be easily | taken from the base and used as a hand machine. When arranged as a hand ma- chine, it is said that a boy can thread a 6-inch pipe in 10 minutes without assist- ance and without fatigue. is a mission houses, manufacturers’ agencies ‘ |for all kinds of iron and steel works, Cylinder Boring Machine. |agents for railway supply manufacturers, a |oftices of local iron and _ steel works, J It is claimed that this machine will bore | offices of railway associations for the regu- 12 inches per hour in cylinders 18 or 20/ lation ot traffic, a bureau of inspection of inches in diameter, and in small cylinders, | railway material, financial corporations, CYLINDER BORING MACHINE. from 6 to 12 inches in diameter, it will|and a host of representatives of other bore from 15 to 20 inches per hour, as it| interests attracted to the building by can feed faster on small work. On the| the character of its principal tenants. feed-screw turns an internally-threaded| The Phenix Building has an excellent hub rotated by either one of two wheels|showing of iron and steel houses, rail- of unequal diameters. Adapted to en-| way supply agencies, &c. The location gage with these two gears are two un- equal pinions mounted upon a sleeve re- volving with and sliding upon a second shaft, which is driven by a pinion en- gaging with a spur-and-bevel wheel loose | upon a sleeve on the main shaft. The — beveled portion of this wheel meshes with ISSO | a pinion on a shaft having at its outer end a gear meshing with a pinion on a crank | shaft. Either one of the two pinions may | be brought into gear with its spur gear. Through this train of gears the feed-screw | is turned. The two cutter heads are placed directly opposite each other, thereby insuring accuracy, and each cut- a ter may be set in or out by a set-screw, | - and so arranged as to bore both ways. The machine is so compact it is unneces- sary to detach the cylinders. _ The sole agent for this machine is J. R. S. Nichols, St. Louis, Mo. of these buildings is admirable in many respects, the post-office being on the next block, several passenger depots lying = Fig. a An incident of some importance to the Chicago iron trade is the concentration of interests in a particular locality which is within easy walking distance, and the street-car lines of the different divisions of the city running close to them. now in progress. Pig iron commission | houses, manufacturers’ agencies for the The Rogers Siberian Iron and Tin Plate Company, of Chicago, incorporated under the laws of Illinois, with a capital of| $200,000, has been organized by the elec- | tion of the following officers: Samuel W. Adams, formerly superintendent of Crane 3ros. Mfg. Company, president; William Rogers, formerly of Rogers & Burchfield, Leechburg, Pa., general manager; Wm. J. Hammond, a Pittsburgh i iron manufacturer, sale of bar iron and steel, and city offices of local iron and steel works have hitherto been scattered over a considerable part of the city. Some office buildings contained a fair sprinkling of the trade, but quite generally the representatives of iron and steel interests were isolated from one another. The movement now in progress bids fair to pretty thoroughly concentrate the trade by the ist of May in the two large office buildings known as the Rook- | vice-president; Francis W. Holbrook, . ° ° ° “a © . r | ery and the Phenix buildings, which are | formerly Chicago manager for A. T.| within a block Grand treasurer. It is the inten-'! D of each other, the Stewart & Co., tion of the company to establish their works in the natural gas district, and locations are now being investigated i Indiana with a view to the adoption of a site wherever the greatest advantage can be secured, taking into consideration the supply of gas, railroad facilities, &e. The company will manufacture sheet iron and tin plate, their purpose being to make a specialty of the latter. They claim to have looked into the question of cost very closely, and to have satisfied taemselves that with free fuel and proper manage- ment it is possible to make tin plate at a profit under existing conditions. If the duty on tin plate is advanced, as was pro- posed in the Senate tariff bill, their chances of success will of course be im- proved, but they are not depending on that contingency. Theiron-making plant at Pittsburgh now owned by Mr. Hammond is to be removed to the location selected and will form part of the company’s works. Encouragement is stated to have been received trom quite a number of dealers in and consumers of tin plate at Chicago, who would welcome the domes- tic product if it should be of good quality and would compete with imported tin plate in prices. a Journal Box. The patented journal box which is here illustrated was designed by Pedrick & Aver, of Philadelphia, for use on their universal milling machines. To apply the box it is best to bore a straight true hole through the housing and turn the outer shell to fit, and cut a ratchet tooth thread inside, as shown in the longitudinal section, Fig. 1. The bronze bearing proper is threaded to fit the outer casing. Both the outer casing and the bearing are split as shown in the cross sectional view, Fig. 2, one cut going entirely through and the other two nearly through. It will be readily seen that by screwing them both together in the housing each will be screwed up to a perfect bearing, at once making a very essential feature, an end tit. By continuing the process, as the threads attempt to slip or pass over each other, the inclined surface of the threads acts at all points as a wedge and closes the inner shell to a perfect fit on the journal, Fig. 2. while at the same time the outer one fills the place prepared for it in the housing, | making a solid bearing for all parts. An essential feature is that the bearing never changes end ways, and all trouble and wear arising from this cause are overcome. — mc ~ United States Consul Griffin, at Sydney, | who has just returned from Australia, says | the colonists in New South Wales manifest much cordiality toward Americans and de- sire to form closer trade relations with this country. They are more American than | English in business matters, and in fact | have adopted as nearly as possibly Ameri- can systems of conducting their public in- stitutions. 4 468 THE IRON AGE. March 28, 1889 half of the year an increase of 27,424, mak- ing a total increase of arc lamps in use dur- ing the whole of the year 32,525. Figured in percentages, the increase the first half of the year shows 20.1 per cent. the second half 14.2 per cent., — a total gain of arc lamps for the year of 34.3 per cent. A year ago it was estimated that there were 1,760,000 incandescent lamps in daily use in the United States. Six months ago I found that there were 2,142,140. At the present time there are no less than 2,504,- 490, making a gain during the first half of the year of 392,924, and during the latter half of the year of 361,596, or a total gain for the year of 754,990 incandescent lamps. Figured in per cent., it shows a gain dur- ing the first half of the present year of 82.3 per cent., during the latter half 16.7, a gain during the whole year of 49 per cent. It is also interesting to notice what the increase in capitalization has been in the electric-light companies in the United States during the year. During the first half of the year the increase was $42,210,100; during the latter half it was $27,137,634, making a total gain during the year of $69,397, 734. It is also interesting to note some com- parative figures upon the electric-railway industry. Six months ago there were 34 electric railroads in operation in the United rogress of Electricity. The meeting of the National Electric Light Association gt Chicago was opened by an address by its president, 8. A. Dun- can, in which the progress made in the in- troduction of electricity as a business was reviewed as follows: But few of the gentlemen of this country who are commercially connected with the manufacture and distribution of electric light and power and the apparatus used therefor are aware that five years ago this month a handful of men met in this city and organized a movement which has grown into the large and powerful organ- ization of which we are members and which is in session at the present time. _ The industry of electric lighting at that time was carried on with all the enthusiasm which comes with a new undertaking, and with the mistakes which are sure to arise in the commercial introduction of any great industrial agency. The gentlemen engaged therein, strangers to one another, working independently with no attempt at harmony, with but little knowledge of one another’s methods of business, with no established custom or precedent to guide them, came together for the purpose of deriving those benefits which invariably result from the deliberate discussion of those mooted questions which are common to the experience of all electric-light men. The F. C. Austin Mfg. Company. The new factory of the F. C. Austin Mfg. Company, of Chicago, is now in full operation, turning out a great variety of earth-handling machinery. The factory is a brick structure, two stories in part, covering a tract of ground about 200 feet square at the corner of Carpenter street and Carroll avenue. <A large and well- equipped blacksmith shop forms an im- portant department of the works. It is supplied with a steam hammer, drop-forge and shaping machines. A machine shop and wood-working shop are fitted up with the most approved tools for working in iron and wood. The company have thei: own dynamo for electric lighting, so that they are enabled to run both day and night in getting out orders for quick de- livery. Part of the building is used as a warehouse, in which machines are so placed that those to be operated by steam-power can be connected with overhead shafting and shown in motion for the satisfaction of buyers. A large elevator in the center of the building is used for the purpose of loading machinery on wagons from the warehouse floor or to convey it to the sec- ond story. The company have secured control of the New Era grader and exca- vator, which is a standard machine in use It may be remembered that in the early | Feb’ ) ; Der j y, 1888, days of this association the chief question | F ear, a. F wares to before the electrical fraternity was the then | eT a " |Feb’y, 1680. on question of arc lighting. —_—_ —___ e incandesc i scarcely come ; : n| into cee light - ad sc uroely Come | Central station and isolated plants.......... 4,000 | 5,351 (Perret a : use. No sooner had the | New central stations and isolated plants....).........+.. | 1,351 716 2,067 questions involved in are lighting been| Per cent. increase of central stations and| solved by the natural pressure of public| _ isolated plante............-+--...++++ Git 175,000 (32.3 9 13:5 50.1 demand than the complicated questions DE DOE aii. 5g 006-65505nes Mearcheeenatvepasneseeeunes 192,500 219,924) ..... .. 0... involved in the distribution of incandes ir Oe Ee 6c cs cavsevetcine Iraegsacban ke 35,201 27,424 62,625 ent Hehhti incandes- | per cent. increase of arc lamps......-......- "1,750,000" "| 20.1 14.2 $4.3 cent lighting absorbed the attention of the | incandescence lamps............. 0. seceeeeleeeeeeeeeees | 2,142,440 DNase kv ccancs, fraternity and occupied the meetings of | Increase of incandescence lamps............ rep 392,944 361,546) 754,490 this association. Following closely upon Per cent. increase . a go Hisseneeseecal 82.3 16.7 40 the problem involved in i sceent Hight. | Mmcrease in capitalization of electric light) rl sie te oo se a ae ee ee COUT. ans csccsens hngceniike ebb Farge tonseons 00,0 $27,187,634) ornans, 706 5. “ rice stri- otal. otal. bution of power; first for stationary motor | Electric street railwaysin operation....... i itntonties 34\Inc, 19) 58 purposes and afterward for the purpose of Electric street railways being Mens scaees | abit Sr Keck: CS 83| Dec. 39) 44 electrical locomotion. This question is Electric street railways incorporated but not) to-day perhaps the most important one be yet contracted for...... [Gap i de RA dee R EMRE LE NOMAD E SS Eel 39\ Inc. 3) 42 fore the closteical frateet te te on’ 7, | Electric cars in operation. ....... 5+. «+++: Sata avase 228'Inc. 155 378 he electrical fraternity. To say that | Electric cars under contract ; roads not yet! electrical powcr is not to-day a success| _fimished ..............seeeeeeseeeeeen sees Be i rd erat 244\Inc. 185) 329 would be to reflect upon the scores of ames of ingle twaek an epenation. PPE | a cteaeiaiaen 138 Inc. 157.5) 294.5 lectri Slwav, , : — ».,. | Miles of single track under contract, not yet electrical railways now in successful opera- | "in operatiaD.........+:.:-c0+000+. et 189.5|Inc, 84.25, 278,75 tion in this country, and upon the thou- sands of electric motors that are every day commercially serving the wants of man. We may here profitably consider some tigures indicating the growth of the elec- tric lighting and power industry, the in- crease in the number of central sta- tions, arc and incandescent lamps, electric motors and electric railways now in opera- tion. At the meeting of this association | months ago there were 39 electric roads in- one year ago it was estimated that there | corporated in the United States upon which were not less than 4000 central stations} construction had not yet begun; at the and isolated plants in operation in the Unit- | present time there are 42. Six months ago ed States. From the accompanying sta- | there were 223 electric cars in operation, tistical table, it may be seen that the num-| Since that time 155 have been put into ber of central stations and isolated plants commission, making at the present time at the August meeting of 1888 was 5351, |379 cars in operation. Six months ago and at the present time is 5747. This | there were 144 cars under contract but not shows an increase during the first six |in operation. This number has increased months of the year of 1351 central station | by 185 during the last six months, making and isolated plants and an_ increase |a total of 339 electric cars at present under during the latter half of the year of 716,|contract but rot running. Six mocths making a total increase during ‘he year of | ago there were 138 miles of single track in 2067 plants. Figuring in percentages, the | operation; during the past six months there increase during the first half of the year} has been an inerease of 1574 miles, making was 32.3 per cent. in the total number of | a total at the present time of 2944 miles of central station and isolated plants, and | singletrack in operation, Six months ago during the latter half of the year it was | there were 1894 miles of single track un- 13.5 per cent., making a total increase for | der contract but not in operation. At the the year of 45.8 per cent. It was estima-| present time there are 272} miles of single ted-a year ago that there were 175,000 are | track under contract but not in operation. lamps in daily use in the United States. | It would be profitless for me to draw elab- Six months ago I found upon investigation | orate deductions from these figures. They that there were 192,500. At the present | tell for themselves the story of prosperity time I find that there are 219,924, making | and rapid growth throughout every depart- an increase during the first half of the year| ment of the electric light and power of 62,625 are lamps, and during the latter ! industry. States. During the last six months there has been an increase of 19, making at the present time a total of 53. Six months ago there were 83 roads in process of con- struction. There are 39 less at the present time, making the number of roads now under construction, not finished, 44. Six | by railroad contractors, public road com- missioners, irrigating ditch contractors, &c. It is drawn by 12 horses, and delivers the excavated earth by means of a wide belt passing crosswise over it to a bank above the level of the grader or to a wagon or cart alongside. Road scrapers are made for leveling ordi- nary roads which are in demand all over the country. — for boring wells are also made, and in connection with this line it is proposed to manufacture wind- mills and a special pump. Among other products of the company are mills for grinding feed, steam farm cookers, &c. The offices are located in connection with the warehouse. While this establishment may be regarded as an outgrowth of the well-known firm of Goulds & Austin, it is an entirely independent organization, none of the members of the company being now connected with the old firm, whose busi- ness is being conducted under the name of the Goulds, Austin & Caldwell Company, making a specialty of pumps, pump sup- plies, pipe, &c. ——seasaeneaniligainenee- We are informed that the American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Company now have signed contracts with furnaces represent- ing an annual output of 813,500 tons, and agreements to sign, subject to confirma- tion of boards of directors, from furnaces representing an annual product of 629,000 tons. March 28, 1889 Screw Machine. = We herewith illustrate the No. 5 screw machine made by the Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Company, Providence, R.I. Although their machines are designed primarily for making screws, they are, whenever screws are not required in sufficient quantities to render entirely automatic machines prefer- able, also used in making a large variety of pieces from iron or steel bars, and in finishing castings or forgings that may be held in a chuck while being subjected to one or more operations. This fact is illus- trated tin the works of the manufacturers THE IRON AGE. {simple and durable device. The spindle- | boxes are 23 inches and 2} inches in diam- eter and 22 inches and 22 inches long, and are of steel, hardened and ground inside jand out. The spindle is also of steel, and its front bearing is hardened and both bearings are ground. The cone has three | diameters, 6, 84 and 11 inches, for 3-inch belt. The size of the holes through the | Spindle is 1,95 inch; the numberfof holes in ' the revolving heads is seven, and the diame- ter of these holes is 1,', inch; the movement of the revolving head-slide is 92 inches, jand the length that can be inches. The swing over the slide-rest is milled is 6} 469 Company, of Dighton, Lane County; capital, $100,090; directors, C. T. Prouty, J. C. Wilkinson, P. J. Murphy, W. M. Woods, D. R. Bennett, J. F. Andrews, J. R. Greenlees, F. P. Stearns, and V. H. Grinstead, ail of Dighton.