The Iron Age : Vol. XLIII [January-March 1889]

This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. Google” books https://books.google.com IJB3AHT- t PRESENTED TO THE LIBRJLEtlT OF THIt UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN . ; 26-0 Digitized by boogie _Digitized by boogie cT m e Iron age VOL. XLIII. JANUARY—JUNE, 1889. NEW YORK: DAVID WILLIAMS, 66 & 68 DUANE STREET. Digitized by uooQle Digitized by boogie INDEX. Abbe’s patent sash-cord fastener.491 Acme gas furnace. 417 Adjustable clamping-block.689 Adjustable transverse indicator.646 Adjustable window-screen. 108 Adjustment for dies, New.492 Adt butt machinery. 355 Advance of steel. 588 Aerated fuel.920 Africa, Commercial development of.... 517 Agitation, Freight.522. 594 Agreement, Railroad presidents’.. .189, 320 Aiken hydraulic crane and tongs.806 Air compressor for the Calumet and Hecla mines, Leavitt.657 Air-valve gear, New mechanical.688 Air-valve, Pierce.394 Alderney milk-strainer pail.454 Alligator shear. New. 391 Allis, Edward P. 591 Aluminium alloys. 660 Aluminium process, New.615 Amalgamated Association.982 Amendments to the Interstate law__ 399 American and Russian petroleum ex¬ ports in 1888.440 American engineers in England.958 American Exchange Bank losses. 928 American Iron and Steel Association, Report of the .627 American nations, Trade with.666 Amerioan ocean steam traffic. 852 American patents on foreign inventions 155 American pig-iron warrants.167, 203 American screen-wire holder. 493 American Society of Mechanical En¬ gineers.629 American tin-plates. 475 American Tinned Plate Association.... 884 American water-gauge reflector. 942 American wheat competition, Russian and. 363 America’s oil supply. 593 Ancient monopolies.663 Angle .bars, Drifting test for. 729 Angle gate-valve for radiators.455 Annual Report of the Inspector of Mine s of Kentucky. 12 Annual Report State Geologist of New Jersey.. 11 Anthony Wayne washers, New. 415 Anthracite furnaces, Early. 348 Anti- fricti on elevator-door hanger.868 corer and slicer, Dandy... 718 ApypHBphnt, Reading Iron Works.... 814 ApfttAsMw* stores, New. 429 Apprentice system in Germany.653 Apprentices in German machine shops. 883 Appropriation, Naval. 161 Aqueduct, New Croton.802 Arbitration at the Conference of Amer¬ ican Nations. 774 Armor-clads, Our new.351 Armor for ships.654 Armor, Snow.418 Armored cost-defense vessel. 542 Arsenal, New Watervliet.235 Art of speculation.944 Artesian wells, Electricity and. 44 Ashland blowing engine.691 Aspirating ventilator. 533 Assets of the Reading Iron Works-768 Association, Amalgamated.982 Association, Stove.169, 25s Associations, Building and loan. 621 Atlantic racer, Another. 773 Audnbon moo ament. 96 Austin Mfg. Company, F. C.468 An to malic four-slide wire-forming machine. 352 Automatic injector. 845 Automatic link snatch-block.... . 36 Automatic roll-paper holder and cutter. 719 Automatic steam hammer.432 Automatic testing machine.956 Automatic trimming-machine... . . 769 Automatic vertical tapping-machine_425 Avery flush bevel protractor. 108 Awl, Combined belt-punch and. 569 Axle setter and straightener, Little Giant.830 Baggage protector.222 Baile’s improved damper,. 70 Balanced compound engine.615 Ball bearings.272, 401 Band-saw guide, Non-friction.867 Bank punch, Loudon. 262 Bankrupt law, National. 354 Bankruptcy law, General. 350 Barb fence, SjostrOm. 110 Barb wire, New.644 Barn-door latch.68c Barnum, William H. 705 Bartlett’s bit-box.416 Basic steel for horseshoe nails.622 Bath tub, Combination folding. 717 Battle-ships, Cruisers and.768 Battle-ships, Designs for new English.. 732 Beams, Cut in. 55 Bean’s compact home. 830 Bearings, Ball.272, 401 Behavior of tempered steel. 85 Beiknap, W. B.430 Bell’s eave-trough hanger.380 belt-punch and awl, Combined.569 Belt strapping-machine. 917 Benedict’s reserve ir mucilage brush.... 35 Bessemer steel. 743 Bevel-protractor, Avery flush.108 Bicycle padlocks. 3 02 Bids for more cruisers.920 Bills of lading, Fraudulent. 849 I Birmingham market..172, 251, 289, 367, 407 . 559 , 597 , 713 Bisulphide of carbon motors. 131 Bit box, Bartlett’s.416 Blackband iron. 354 Blackmore pipe-hanger. 680 Blast-furnace shells, Protection of. 584 Blast-furnaces, Condition of ..57, 95, 243, 373, 400, 554, 590, 703, 740, 890 Blast-furnaces in Allegheny County.... 232 Block plane, Knuckle-joint.608 Blowing-engine, Ashland. 691 Boat, New torpedo. 505 Boiler, Durant Kane automatic engine and. 46 Boiler-makers’ meeting.464 547, 619 Boiler, New naphtha. 271 Boiler, Petroleum-burning. 766 Boiler, Sectional.621 Boilers, Care of steam.214 Boilers for the new cruiser, Testing.... 727 Boilers on the Pacific, Building heavy.. 870 Borcherdt’s fishing-tackle box. 262 Boring lathe, Turning and. 79 Boring test. Simple.936 Boss flush T-bevel. 570 Boulton apparatus for compressing steel. 730 Brass-mill, New.431 Brass scrap, German silver and. 363 Brazilian and Argentine finances. 589 Brazilian trade. 587 Brewsters, Direct process at. 119 Brewsters, Ore concentration at. 124 Bridging New York waters. 131 Bridges, Great destruction of. 853 Bridges, Wrecked Pennsylvania.929 British iron and metal markets, 2 7, 63. 102, 139, 176, 213, 254, 292, 333, 371, 409, 448, 485, 525, 5^2, 600, 637, 673, 713, 750, 784, 822, 860, 899, 935, 973 British statistics for 1888.965 Brock patent chain pipe-wrenches.379 B: oilers for gasoline stoves. 869 Bronze, Deoxidized.442 Bronze, Recent tests of Tobin. 563 Brunoi’s Island bridge. 378 Brush-hook, New. 568 Buchanan magnetic rolls.153 Buffalo exhaust fan.431 Buffalo glass oil-cup. 354 Buffalo railroad complaint. 852 Buffalo steam-pump, Water cylinder of 768 Bugdboo of trusts. 233 Building and loan associatione*..621 Building heavy boilers on the Pacific... 870 Burgett safety whiffletree-hook. 182 Business courtesy.929 Business methods.449 Butchers’ tools, New. 491 Bute machinery, Adt. 355 Butter packages, Coolers patent wood- jacket. 793 Butterworth on the despotism ot labor.. 154 Cable yoke contracts. 740 Cables in the Berlin central stations, Lead 616 Cables, Long wire-rope. 293 California lawn-sprinkler. 570 Cambria Iron and Steel Works. 843 Cambria Iron Works, Restoration of... 906 Can factory, Norton Bros.*. 581 Can for gasoline, Safety. 644 Canada, Commercial relations with.... 362 Canada, Manufacturing in. f ... 966 Canada, Trusts in. 701 Canada’s iron production in 1888. 913 Canada tariff changes in the direction of free materials . 884 Canal, Nicaragua. 320 Canal, St. Mary’s. 155 Canal, Dominion. 192 Canceled contracts, Commissions on.... 556 Canton lawn-rake.220 Cap, Rake..... 494 Car-wheel chuck. 543 Car-wheel press, Hydrostatic.427 Car-wheels, Machined. 505 Car-wheels, Pig-iron for . 766 Carbonates, Roasting Hudson River-159 Care of steam-boilers. 214 Carload-lot cases. 237 Carnegie on the condition of trade, Andrew. 807 Carnegie to his workmen, Andrew. 510 Carpenter Steel Company.*. 811 Cast-iron, Cupolas for remelting. 878 Cast-iron, Drilling. 630 Cast-iron pipe, Joints in. 861 Cast-pipe trust. 11 Caster, Clark’s new imp’d anti-friction.. 72 Casting small ingots. .*.'.. 514 Catasauqua scrap-iron frauds. 657 Celery eartber, Planet, Jr. 220 Center-drilling and countersinking ma¬ chine, Double. 358 Chain and nail trades.929 Chain oables, Increased strength of.... 668 Chain-making in England.646 Challenge universal cutter, reamer and face-grinder. 276 Champion corn-busker. 35 Chandler & Wa diburn’s quick-action vises.454 Charcoal pig, La Grange.357 Charcoal pig, Lake Superior.555 Charleston, Cruiser. 765 Chattanooga market..25, 62, 99, 136, 173, 2io, 251, 289, 330, 369, 406, 445, 482, 523, 560, 633, 671, 709, 746, 783, 818, 857, 895, 93L 971 Check-rein terret. 904 Chic screen-door check. 981 Chicago, Demurrage charges at. 207 Chicago, Electrical exhibit at. 275 Chicago Horseshoe Company. 301 Chicago in 1&88, Trade of. 739 Chicago incased screen-door hinge.791 Chicago iron trade. 44 Chicago market... .22. 60. 97, 134, 171, 208, 249, 288, 334. 368. 404, 443, 480, 520, 557, 595, 631, 66q 707, 744, 780, 817, 855, 894, 930, 968 Digitized by Google THE IRON AGE. IT Chicago tunnel. 199 Chili, Late developments in.*.927 Chilled slide-valves.914 Chimney-draft improver, Steam-jet.... 583 Chimney stacks, Iron. 546 China, First railway in. 220 China, Trade with. 655 China’s trade in metals, petroleum, &c.. 852 Chinese wall.352 Chuck, Car-wheel. 543 Cincinnati market..24,61, 100, 135, 173, 211, 250, 289, 330, 368, 406, 444, 483, 522, 560, 597, 633, 671, 708, 746, 818, 856, 896, 933 » 970 Cigar-cutter, Walker’s improved.831 City of Paris, New Inman steamer.578 Clamping-block, Adjujtable.689 Clark’s new improved anti-friction caster. 72 Cleat former, Enright’s. 868 Cleveland market. .24, 61, 99, 135, 173, 210, 250, 289, 329, 367, 405, 444, 483, 523 , 559 , 597 , 632, 671, 709, 745, 782, 819, 857, 896, 933, 970 Cleveland weighing bureau. 317 Cliffs' seat spring.681 Clock trade. 793 Coal and iron mines of the Tennessee Valley. 7 Coal-burning locomotives, Early. 46 Coal, Comparative freight rates on.242 Coal consumption of heating furnaces.. 95 Coal-cutter, Electric.418 Coal distributor. 158 Coal elevators. Portable.953 Coed-lift, Portable. 801 Coal market. .26, 62, ioo, 138, 174, 212, 253, 291, 332, 370, 446, 525, 562, 599, 636, 673. 712, 749, 784, 821, 859, 898, 935 , 973 Coal, Natural gas vs. coke and. 578 Coal for elevated railroad locomotives, Pea.... 43 Coal supply, Great Britain’s. 350 Coals of the Pacific Coast. 471 Coast-defense vessel, Armored. 542 Coat and hat hook, New. 980 Coat and hat hooks, Crown wire.681 Coffee biggins, Muhammed. 262 Coffee-pot, Hotel . 717 Coffee pots, Wooden handle for tea and. 36 Coinage and recoinage in China, Silver.. 702 Coins of the world, Standard. 12 Coke and coal, Natural gas vs. 578 Coke for fuel, Advantages of. 132 Coke manufacture, Economics of.692 Coke strike threatened. 207 Coke trade.414, 502, 767 Coke trade, Connellsvilie. 629 Coke trust, Flat-Top. 45 Coke wages. 236 Coke wages, Connellsvilie. 47 Colby improved wringer.904, 942 Cold-rolling process, Screw-making by the. 3 Collieries and iron mines between Chat¬ tanooga and Birmingham. 194 Collins furnace. 357 Coloring of the steam jet. 889 Colt’s new double-action self-cocking revolver. 109 Columbia Mills, Situation at the. 567 Combination divider No. 85, New. 340 Combination folding bath-tub. 717 Combination friction drill.357 Combination hay-carrier.756 Combination tool. New.491 Combined punch and shear. 50 Combined sheeting and lath. 755 Combined ventilating ai)d check-rail window-sash lock.416 Commerce, State and interstate. 204 Commercial development of Africa.... 517 Commercial Jaw, Important ruling in.. 378 Commercial relations with Canada.362 Commercial travelers 30 years ego.681 Commissions on canceled contracts.556 Common-Sense jack. 71 Compact home, Bean’s. . 830 Company stores in Illinois.433 Competition of Canadian railroads.738, 802 Competition of prison labor. 236 Compound locomotive, English. 593 Compressing steel, Boulton apparatus for. 750 Concentration at Brewsters, Ore. 124 Condenser, Wheeler’s surface. 347 Condition of trade, Andrew Carnegie on the. 807 Conference of American nations, Arbi¬ tration at the. 774 Connellsvilie coke trade. 629 Connellsvilie coke wages . 47 Contracts, Cable yoke. 740 Contracts, Southern pig-iron. 96 Cook’s spirit level. 755 Cooley’s patent wood jacket butter pack¬ ages. 793 Cooper Union .953 Copper. 20 Copper conferences, Paris. 704 Copper, Crisis in.439 Copper mining, Cost of.665 Copper production in the United States in 1888. 244 Copper situation.398, 478, 775 Copper, Ten-cent. 554 Corea, Foreign intrigues in. 86 Cork-extractor, Empire automatic.718 Cork-extractor, Fifth avenue. 719 Cork-extractor, Greely’s. 792 Cork-puller, Enterprise. 418 Cork-puller, Sullivan. 493 Cork-puller, Walker’s improved. 793 Corkscrew, Giant self-extracting. 531 Corkscrews, Frary’s. 569 Corkscrews, New. 680 Corn-busker, Champion. 35 Correspondence. .21, 95, 131,206. 282, 324, 401, 441, 447. 556, 703, 740 . 891 Cost formulas. 56 Cost of copper mining.665 Cost of electric street lighting. 9 Cost of storage-battery power.689 Cotton-ties, Rates on.737 Courtesy, Business. 929 Crane and tongs, Aiken hydraulic.806 Crane, Power traveling.877 Cream City grater and slicer. 831 Cresson, New works of Geo. V. 122 Crimper and extractor. 222 Crisis in copper.439 Crock’s garden mattock. 260 Crop ends, Duty on.193, 692 Crop ends, Duty on steel-rail.240 Crops, Farm value of. 237 Cross-tie, Standard metal. 84 Croton Aqueduct, New.802 Crown wire coat and hat hooks. 681 Cruiser Chariest m. 765 Cruiser, Testing boilers for the new.... 727 Cruisers and battle-ships.768 Cruisers, Bids for more... 920 Cruisers, Experimental stage of high¬ speed. 881 Crumb pan, Electric dust and.417 Cupolas for remeltiDg cast-iron.878 Curling iron, Gem.222 Curent hardware prices.37, 73, 111, 147, 183, 223, 263, 303, 341, 381, 419, 457, 495, 535, 57i, bog, 647, 683, 721, 759, 795 , 833, 871, 907, 045, 983 Current metal prices. ..42, 78, 116, 152, 188, 238, 268, 308, 346, 386, 424, 462, 500, 540, 576, 614, 652, 688, 726, 764, 8co, 838, 876, 912, 950, 988 Curry-comb, Flexible-back. 417 Cut in beam?. 55 Cut in Western freight rates. 847 Cut-nail trade, Western. 476 Cut nails, Wire nails vs. 846 Cut-off, Improved rain-water. 36 Cutter, reamer and face-grinder, Chal¬ lenge universal. 276 Cutting and threading machine, Pipe .. 951 Cyclone tank lift-pump. 792 Cylinder-boring machine.467 Daisy lemon and lime squeezer.607 Daisy wagon-wrench. 71 Damages for insufficient car service ... 693 Damper, Baile’s improved. 70 Dandy apple parer, corer and sheer.... 718 Dauber, Rubber,. 791 Dauber, Sunshine. 302 Decision, Important railroad. 846 Decision, Judge Thayer’s railroad.917 Decisions, Supreme Court. 47 Deep-well drilling-machine.767 Delamater, Cornelius H. 248 Demurrage chaiges at Chicago-166, 207 Deoxidized bronze.442 Design for a street letter-box, New_ 109 Designs for new Eoglish battle-ships... 732 Despotism of labor, Butter worth on the. 154 Detachable Empire sash-cord fastener.. 72 Detachable-handle sad-iron, New.453 Detroit market_62, 99, 136, 173. 211, 293 , 33 i, 406 , 445 , 483, 523 , 598 , 63*, 709, 782, 857, 897, 932, 971 Development of the sugar interest.281 Diamond punch and die grinder. 506 Die-stock, Ratchet. 232 Dies, New adjustment for.492 Dipper-handles, Former for. 869 Direct process at Brewster s. 119 Distributor, Coal. 158 Diverting trade channels.926 Divider No. 85 New combination.340 Dixon’s metal-workers’ crayon.791 Domestic export to Australia, Our in¬ creased. 965 Dominion canals. 192 Door-bell, Fauber’s electric-action.214 Door-check, Howard. 221 Door-opener. Ostrander. 302 Double-case World type-writer. 943 Double center-drilling and countersink¬ ing machine.358 Double-column milling-machine. 506 Drawback system.321 Drawbacks on exports.281, 325 Drawbridge, E'ectrically-operated. 580 Drawing-press, New. 8 Drawings, Leavitt. 728 Drifting test for steel angle-bars. 729 Drill, Portable power. 159 Drilling cast-iron. .630 Drilling-machine and liiik miller and slotter. 316 Driiiing-machine, Radial. 236 DriviDg-ropes, Square. 756 Drop-forged t&ck claw. 221 Drop-press, New power-forg'ng. 315 Drummer, Hardware. 867 Dry-dock, Newport News. 694 Duplex hydraulic pi essure pump. 199 Duplex pump, Miller. 193 Durant-Kane automatic engine and boiler. 46 Dust-guard axle, Wentworth. 340 Duty on crop ends.... 193, 692 Duty on fancy nails.463 Duty on lead in silver ore. 18 Duty on Mexican lead-silver ores.701 Duty on steel-rail crop ends.240 Early anthracite furnaces. 348 Eastern and Western pig-iron prices. . 738 Eave-trough hanger, Bell’s. 380 Eave-trough hanger, Economy.. ‘. 70 Eclipse man-head. 395 Economics of coke manufacture. 692 Economy eave-trough hanger. 70 Economy of heating-furnaces. 206 Economy of heating-furnaces, Fuel_282 Economy of recuperative gas heating- furnaces. 401 Edison exhibit at Paris. 393 Ekman & Simon wood mantels.493 Eiffel Tower. 541 Eiffel Tower, Elevators in the. 839 Eight-jaw chuck, Sweetland.353 Elastic-hoop wooden ware. 719 Elastic rail-supporter. 547 Elbow, New sheet metal. 756 Electric-action door-bell, Fauber’s.214 Electric coal-cutter.418 Electric dust and crumb pan. 417 Electric plant at Salem, Mass., New... 882 E.ectric street lighting, Cost of.. 9 Electric street railways. 5I ® Electric welding.JBjHL 428 Electric welding of metals.{BBKj2i Electrical exhibit at Chicago...2 75 Electrical manufactory, Model.854 Electrical rules, tables and formqJ® ... 944 Electrically-operated drawbridge. 580 Electricity and artesian wells. 44 Electricity, Progress of.468 Eiectro-plating machines. 234 Elevated railroad locomotives, Pea coal . 43 Elevator door-banger, Anti-friction.... 868 Elevators, Geared hoist for. 123 Elevators in the Eiffel Tower. 839 Emancipation in Brazil, Fint year of.. 889 Empire automatic cork-extractor. 718 Empire, Northwest. 803 Empire tea-kettle handle.. 830 Empire window-screen. 379 Engine and boiler, Durant-Kaoe auto¬ matic. 46 Engine and pump combined, Gas.391 Engine, Balanced compound. 615 Engine, Hoisting.153, 847 Engine lathe, Seventeen-inch imperial. g Engine, Launch.619 Engine, Nash gas. 229 Engine-rocm experience, Bits of. 844 Engine-valve, New. 86 Engine, Valves of the Wheelock..._192 Engine, Independent steam. 19 Digitized by Google THE IRON AGE. Engines, Latrobe Steel Works.913 Engineering material, Steel as an.691 Engineers abroad.916 Engineers 1 European excursion. 814 Engineers in England, American.958 Engineers, Mechanical.741, 776 Engineers, Mining. 325 England, Chain-making in.646 England, Hardware in.674 England, Sodium manufacture in.694 England, Sweating system io. 786 English compound locomotive. 593 English Merchandise Marks act. 50 Eno> mous ore shipments. 881 Enright’s cleat former.868 Enterprise’89 lawn-mower. 532 Enterprise cork-puller.418 Envelope opener.568 Ericsson, John. .. . 402 Essen, Krupp works at. vTT 7 . . 617 Europe, Railroads in. 582 European excursion, Engineers 1 . 814 Exhaust fan, Buffalo. 431 Exhaust tumbling-barrel.881 Exhibit at Chicago, Electrical.275 Exhibitors at Paris.312 Experiment in profit-sharing, New.812 Experimental stage of high speed cruisers.881 Export to Australia, Our increased domestic. 9^5 Export to South America, Stimulating our 516 Export trade, Decline of Philadelphia’s. 534 Export trade, New York’s.222 Exports, Drawbacks on.2S1, 325 Exports for 1888, New York. 243 Exposition, Paris Universal.364, 697 Exposition, Pittsburgh. 88 Extractor, Crimper and. 222 Eye-bars, Wrought-iron and steel.667 Facing-machine.656 Factory mutual insurance companies... 349 Factory, New. 104 Failure, Reading.378, 403, 526 Failures in the iron trade. 398 Fancy nails, Duty on.463 Fans, Improved rotatiog and exhaust.. 124 Farm value of crops. 237 Fauber’s electric-action door-bell. 214 Felton, Samuel M. 205 Fifth Avenue oork-extractor. 719 Filing-machine, Perfect... 755 Filter, ▲ 5,000,000 gallon. 269 Filter press. New. 199 Finances. Brazilian and Argentine. 589 Financial..25,63, xoi, 138,176, 212, 253, 29L 332 , 370 , 408, 447, 483, 524 , 561, 59»» 635, 672, 711, 748, 783, 820, 858, 897 , 934 , 972 Fire-extinguisher, Indurated fiber.831 First railway in China. 220 First year of emancipation in Brazil... 889 Fishing-tackle box, Borcherdt’s.262 Flat Top coke trust. 45 Flexible-back curry-comb.417 Fluctuations in the gauge of plates_519 Foreign intrigues in Corea. 86 Foreign inventions, American patents on. 155 Foreign markets. .34, 64,140, 177, 213, 254, 293, 334, 372, 410, 448, 486, 526, 563, 600, 636, 673, 750, 785, 822, 860, 899 , 936 , 974 Forging drop press, New power. 315 Forging-machine, New. 117 Former for dipper bandies.86q Formulas, Cost. 56 Forward gas-engine. 544 Foundry mixtures, Tests of. 542 Foundry practice, Use of softeners in.. 915 , 952 Foundry, Turner, Dickinson & Co.’s new. 427 Fox adjustable try and bevel square... 942 Frary’s corkscrews. 569 Fraudulent bills of lading. 849 Fray’s ratchet brace. 831 Freezer, New.644 Freezer, New Arctic ice-cream. 301 Freight agitation.552, 594 Freight classification, Uniform.664 Fre ght matters. 663 Freight question, Western views of the Pittsburgh. 627 Freight rates, Cut in Western. 847 Freight rates in the Eastern iron trade. 515 Freight rates, Lower Eastern.743 Freight rates, Northern. 464 Freight rates, Northwest. 964 Freight rates on coal, Comparative.242 Freights in the Lehigh Valley.667 Freights, Southern pig-iron .244, 779 Freights reduced, Ore. 785 Friction drill, Combination . 357 Friction of locomotive slide-valves. 85 Friction track drill. 905 Frisbie valve and union. 395 Fruit-pitter, Improved Eureka.981 Fuel, Advantages of coke for. 132 Fuel, Aerated. . 920 Fuel economy of healing-furnaces. 282 Fuel, Oil as. 418 Funnel, Perfection.607 Furnace, Collins. 357 Furnace company, New.963 Furnace, Henderson heating. 133 Furnace with detached melting-chamber. Open-hearth. 960 Furnace plant at Ashland, Wis., Hinkle 465 Furnace, Record of the Smith heating.. 13 Furnace, Tire-beating. 232 Furnaces, Condition of the blast... 5 , 95, 243, 373, 400, 554, 590, 703, 740, 8qo Furnaces in Allegheny County, Blast... 232 Furnaces, Early anthracite. 348 Furnaces, Economy of heating. 206 Furnaces, Economy of recuperative gas heating. 401 Furnaces, Fuel economy of heating.... 282 Furnaces. Sparrow’s Point.8 qo Galvanized sprinkling-pots, New.757 Galvanized tea-kettle.943 Garden mattock, Cronk’s. 2bo Garden trowel, Socket.453 Gargrave shear. 568 Gaa at Louisville, Natural. 86 Gas engine and pump combined. 391 Gas engine, Forward.544 Gas engine, Nash. 229 Gas furnace, Acme. 417 Gas hammer, Tangye. 504 Gas, Price of natural. 123 Gas producer, Taylor revolving-bottom 805 Gasoline stoves, Broilers for.869 Gate-valve for radiators, Angle. 455 Geared hoist for elevators. 123 Gears, Spur. 811 Gem curling iron... 222 Gem ice-shave. 534 Gem lathe. 942 Gem poet-hole auger. 492 Gorman silver and brass scrap.363 Germany, Apprentice system in. 653 Germany, Labor troubles in. 815 Giant self-extracting corkscrew. 531 Giant lightning ice-cream freezer... ... 533 Giant saw tool. 943 Glass, Opalescent. 15 Gold and silver production, Four years’ 476 Gold and silver, Production of.928 Gold's improved smoothing and polish ing iron. 140 Grand oil heater. 301 Grate-bar, Standard rocking. 1 Grater andslicer, Cream City. 831 Gravity push and pull hinge, New. 182 Great Britain’s coal supply. 350 Great rail record.. 164 Greely’s cork-extractor. 792 Grinding-machine, Large. 353 Grinding-machine, Universal. 161 Grinding-mill, Silent.548 Grouped rates. 503 Gun, Pneumatic. 133 Halter Chains, Triumph.491 Hammer, Upright power. 394 Hand lathe, Universal.954 Hand or power molding-machine. 579 Hand picket-pointer. 380 Handle for milk-can covers.644 Hardware... .28, 65, 103, 141, 178, 215, 256, 294, 335 . 373 , 4ii, 450, 487, 52:, 564, 602, 638, 675, 714, 751, 7*7, 824. 862, 900, 937, 975 Hardware drummer. 867 Hardware in England.674 Harrow, Weir steel-bar lever. 261 Hatchway hoisting-machine. 868 Hay-earner, Combination. 756 Hay-knife. 454 Haytien navy. 807 Hearing, The lead. 742 Heater, Grand oil. 301 Heating-furnace, Henderson. 133 Heating-furnace, Record of the Smith.. 13 Heating-furnaces, Coal consumption of.. 95 Heating-furnaces, Economy of.206 Heating-furnaces, Economy of recuper¬ ative gas.401 Heating-furnaces, Fuel economy of-282 Heavy plowshare-grinder. 390 Henderson heating-furnace. 133 Hewitt and the American iron trade, Mr. 813 Hinge, Hold-back. 110 Hinge, New gravity push and pull. 182 Hinge, New spring.221 Hinge, Perkins’.302 Hinkle furnace plant at Ashland, Wis.. 465 History of the planing-mill.944 Hoes, Maynard’s handled planters’ and field. 379 Hoist for elevators, Geared. 123 Hoist, Outrigger. 121 Hoisting-engine.153, 847 Hoisting-machine, Hatchway.868 Hold-back hinge. 110 Homestead, Reduction of wages at .... 779 Homestead wages scale. 967 Hook, New brush. 568 Hook, New coat and hat.980 Horizontal boring, turning and milling machine.463 ITorseshoe nails, Basic steel for.622 Hose-holder, Little Gem adjustable-492 Hot-blast apparatus, Sturtevant steam.. 392 Hot water, Warming cars with. 269 Hotel coffee-pot.717 Houston, Col. David F. 328 Howard door-check. 221 Hudson River carbonates, Roasting.... 159 Hu mason, William L.893 Humphrey’s pinch dogs. 532 Hunt’s rail specifications.120,156, 196 Hydraulic pressure pump. Duplex. 190 Hydrostatic car-wheel press.427 Ice-cream freezer, Giant Lightning-533 Ice-cream freezer New Arctic.301 Ice-making machines. 943 Ice-shave, Gem. 534 Ice-shaving machine. New milk-shake and. 531 Ideal refrigerator.757 Ideal sash-pulley.418 Illinois Steel Company.689 Imperial engine lathe, Seventeen-inch.. 9 Imports..26, 101, 214,371,409,448,485, 525, 562, 636, 712, 784. 860, 898, 935, 973 Imports of iron and steel. 241 Imports, Sources of iron. 93 Improved 10-inch shaping-machine. 85 Improved Acme wrench.261 Improved Brock patent chain pipe- wrenches.455 Improved Eureka fruit pitter.981 Improved lock washer. 13 Improved rain-water cut-off. 36 Improved tubular lantern. 71 Improved rotating and exhaust fans.... 124 Improvement in Mexican affairs...739 Increased strength of chain cables.668 Independent steam-engines. 19 Indurated-fiber fire-extinguisher. 831 Industrial conspiracy, L&w of.927 Industries of Lansing, Mich.393 Industries of Southwest Virginia.914 Influence of silicon on steel.668 Ingot-pnsher, Jones. 547 Ingots, Casting small. 514 Injector, Automatic. 845 Injector, New Korting double-tube_ 10 Insufficient car service, Damages for... 693 Insurance companies, Factory mutual.. 349 Interests, Our shipping. . 847 International congress on mines and metallurgy. 541 Interstate commerce, State and. 204 Interstate law, Amendments to the_399 Investors as owners. 129 Iron and Steel Association, Report of the American.627 Iron and steel eye-bars, Wrought.667 Iron and steel, Imports of. 241 Iron and Steel Institute, Late meeting of the. 8x2 Iron and steel manufacturers, Profits of 774 Iron and steel production in 1888.590 Iron, Blackband.354 Iron by weight, Selling galvanized.861 Iron, Cupolas for remelting cast,.878 Iron contracts, Southern pig. 96 lion chimney stacks. 546 Iron district, Lehigh Valley. 769 Iron, Drilling cast.630 Iron frauds, Catasauqua scrap.657 Iron freights from the South, Special.. 517 Iron freights, Southern pig.244 Iron industry, Scottish pig. 59 Iron imports, Sources of our. 93 Digitized by Google VI THE IRON AGE. Iron in foundries, Low-grade pig. Iron minerals, Spanish.. Iron mines between Chattanooga and Birmingham, Collieries and. Iron mines of the Tennessee Valley, Coal and. Iron-ore supplies.. Iron-ore trade, Lake Superior. Iron-ore trade of Buffalo. Iron ores for furnace practice. Ad¬ vantages of manganese in. Iron for car-wheels, Pig. Iron prices, Eastern and Western pig.. Iron production in 1888, Canada’s. Iron in 1888, Production of pig. Iron in the West, Production of pig. Iron railroad ties in Germany. Iron, Reduced rates on. Iron situation. Pig . Iron, Southern freights on uu. Iron statistics, Pig. Iron trade, Chicago. Iron trade, Failures in the. Iron trade, Freight rates in the Eastern Iron trade, Lake Superior charcoal pig. Iron trade, Mr. Hewitt and the Ameri¬ can . Iron trade, Outlook in the. Iron trade, Railroad situation and the.. Iron trade, Western.130, Iron warrants scheme, Pig. Iron warrants, American pig.167, Iron warrants, Metal Exchange and pig Iron warrants, Pig.245, 283, 323, Iron-works, Negro labor in Southern... Iron Works sold, Jagger. Iron, Woven. Irrigation in the arid West. IXL double-handle steel stove-shovel... IXL poke. Jack, Common-sense. Jagger Iron Works sold. Jail padlocks, New. Japan, Mercantile opportunities it.. Japan, Our trade with. Japan, Progress in... Japan prisons, Manufactures in. Jewel, Kitchen. Johnstown, Appalling calamity at. Joints in cast-iron pipe. Jones ingot-pusher. Journal-box. Journal-box lubricator. Judge Thayer’s railroad decision. Kearsarge Copper Company. Kelly Sc Jones Company. Key-fastener, Paulmier’s patent. Key-holder, Perfection. Keystone pipe-joint. Keystone radial drill. Kitchen jewel. Knife-balancing machine. Knife-grinding machine.. Knuckle-ioint block plane. Korting double-tube injector, New. Krupp Works at Essen. La Grange charcoal pig. Labor, Butterworth on the despotism of Labor, Competition of prison. Labor in the New York prisons. Labor troubles at Pittsburgh. Labor troubles in Germany. Lake ore trade. Lake Superior charcoal pig. Lake Superior charcoal pig-iron trade.. Lake Superior copper properties. Lake Superior iron-ore trade. Lamp, New safety. Lamp, Steam. Lansing, Mich-, Industries ot. Lantern, Improved tubular. .... Large grinding-machine. Large sand-wheel. Large steel output. Latch, Barn-door. Lathe and planer tools. Lathe attachment, Milling toed. Lathe, Gem. LatLe, New wheel. Lathe, Seventeen-inch imperial engine. Lathe, Turning and boring. Latrobe Steel Works engiues. Launch engine. Law of industrial conspiracy. Lawn-mower, Enterprise ’89. Lawn-rake, Canton. Lawn-sprinkler, California. Lead cables in the Berlin central stations 702 606 194 7 926 803 132 477 766 738 9*3 57 203 665 775 129 779 165 44 398 515 516 8/3 £38 92 664 280 203 401 441 888 274 570 567 570 340 7 l 274 455 851 813 577 123 3 f> 851 861 547 4O7 ;q 5 917 351 547 220 182 980 314 35 607 884 608 10 617 357 154 236 674 773 815 So 555 516 11 803 10 13 393 71 353 15 410 680 507 582 942 7 b 5 9 79 9*3 619 927 532 220 Lead bearing, The. Lead in silver ore, Duty on.... Lead in silver ores, Duty on Mexican .. Lead, Outlook for... Lead Trust, National. Leavitt air compressor for the Calumet and Hecla mines. Leavitt drawings. Lebanon, Ore roasting at. Legal decisions..274, 583, 682. 758, 794, Legalizing railway pools. Legislatures, Trusts and. Lehigh Valley, Freights in the. Lehigh Valley iron district. Lehigh Valley semi-centennial. Lemon and lime squeezer, Daisy. Lemon-press and strainer, Seaside. Lemon-squeezer, Walker’s improved... Leonard cleanable refrigerator and creamer. Letter-box, New design for street. Letters, Rapid transportation for. Light, Wells. Lighting, Cost of electric street. Lining a long shaft. Link miller and Blotter, Drilling ma¬ chine and. Little Gem adjustable hose-holder. Little Giant axle setter and straightener Lloyd’s rules for steel vessels. Loan associations, Building and. Lock washer, Improved. Locked wire rope. Locomotive, Compound English. Locomotive slide-valves, Friction of.... Locomotive, Early coal-burning. Locomotives, Pea coal for elevated rail- read. Logan’s patent stall drain. Long wire-rope cables. Loudon bank punch. Louisville market..25, 61, 100, 137, 172, 210, 251, 290, 334, 369, 406, 446, 482, 522, 559. 598, 633, 671, 710, 782, 857, 8 q6. 933, Louisville, Natural gas at. Low-grade pig-iron in foundries. Lower Eastern freight rates. Lubricating loose pulleys. Lubricating oil in bulk. Lubricator, Journal-box. Machine, Automatic testing. Machine, Automatic trimming. Machine, Automatic vertical tapping... Machine, Belt strapping. Machine, Cylinder boring. Machine, Deep-well drilling. Machine, Double center-dnl'ing and countersinking. Machine, Electro-platiug. Machine, Facing. Machine, Hatchway hoisting. Machine, Horizontal turning, boring and milling. Machine, Improved 10-inch shaping.... i Machine, Knife-balancing. Machine, Knife-grinding. Machine, Large grinding. Machine, New forging. Machine, New milk-shake and ice¬ shaving . Machine, New slotting. Machine, New style shearing. Machine, Pipe and nipple. Machine, Pipe catting and threading 466, Machine with quick return, Planing.... Machine, Radial drilling. Machine, Screw. Machine, Shaping. Machine-shops, Apprentices in German. Machine, Stay-bolt, threading and tap¬ ping. Machine, Stove-pipe. Machine, Universal grinding. Machine, Universal milling .. .-88, Machines, Ice-making. Machines, Riveting. Machined car-wheels. Machinery for the Texas... . Magnetic rolls, Buchanan. Magnetic separator, Wenstrom ... Mail-box, New. Maintenace of steamship lines. Man-head, Eclipse. Manganese in iron ores for furnace practice, Advantages of. Manual of American water-works. Manual training. Manual training in Pennsylvania. 742 18 701 588 59 i 657 728 240 832 2 280 667 769 118 607 453 757 792 toq 870 695 9 275 316 492 830 354 621 13 433 46 43 608 293 262 970 86 702 743 543 81 195 956 769 425 917 467 767 358 234 656 868 ,463 85 607 884 353 117 53 i 13 276 231 951 653 236 469 43 72 161 275 943 313 505 543 153 918 416 695 395 477 944 426 48 Manufacturers, Profits of iron and steel. 774 Manufactures in Japanese prisons. 123 Manufacturing.16, 53, 90, 127, 163, 201, 239, 278, 318, 360, 397. 43b, 472, 511, 549, 586, 625, 662, 699, 736, 772. 810, 849, 886, 923, 962 Manufacturing in Canada.966 Manufacturing in bt. Paul. 48 Maritime commerce, Protection of. 399 Marsh, James S.966 Mat, Type-writer. 904 Maynard’s handled planters’and fieldhoes 379 McShane, Henry. 328 Mechanical air-valve gear. New. 688 Mechanical engineers.741, 746 Mechanical Engineers, Am. Society of.. 629 Meeting, Boiler-makers’.464, 547, 619 Mercantile opportunities in Japan. 851 Merchandise Marks act, English. 50 Merchandise in transit in bond. 356 Metal cross-tie, Standard. 84 Metal Exchange and pig-iron warrants. 401 Metal market-27. 63, 101, 138, 175, 211, 252, 291, 331, 3^9.408, 447. 484, 524 . 562, 599 , 635, 672, 712, 749 , 784, 821. 859, 898, 934, Q73 Metal-workers’ crayon, Dixon’s. 791 Metals, Electric welding of. 121 Metals in 1888.20, 49 Metals in 1888, Precious . 241 Metals, petroleum, &c.,Cbioa’s trade in. 852 Metallic alloys. 50 Metallic shingle. New design.494 Mexican affairs. Improvement in. 739 Mexico io 1888. .. 19 Mexico, Late events in. 204 Mexico’s material progress.816 Mikado watering-pot. 455 Milk-can covers, Handle for.644 Milk-shake and ice-shaving machine.... 531 Milk-strainer pail, Alderney.454 Miller duplex pump. 193 Milling-machine attachments, U n i - versa].428 Milling-machine, Double-column. 506 Milling-machine,' Horizontal turning, boring and. 463 Milling-machine, Peerless and automatic. 501 Milling-tool lathe attachment. 582 Mineral productions of the United States. 892 Mineral resources of the United States.. 11 Minerals, Spanish iron.. 606 Mines and metallurgy, International congress on. . Mines of the Tennessee Valley, Coal and iron. Mines between Chattanooga and Bir¬ mingham, Collieries and iron. Mines, Vermillion range.. Mining cages, Signaling from. Mining, Cost of copper. Mining engineers. Mining, Transmission of power in. Model electrical manufactory. Molding in the third story. ... Molding-machine, Hand or power. Monitor Puritan. Monopolies, Ancient. Monroe Bros.’ refrigerator. Montreal trade schools. Monument, Audubon. Moore Mfg. and Foundry Company- Motive power at the Paris Exposition.. Motors, Bisulphide of carbon. Muhammad coffee-biggins. Mutual insurance companies. Factory.. 541 7 194 883 347 665 325 913 854 470 579 779 663 568 794 96 45 b 441 131 262 349 Nail trades, Chain and.929 Nails, Duty on fancy. 463 Nails from tin scrap. 720 Nails, Wire nails vs. cut.846 Naphtha-boiler, New.271 Nash gas-engine.. /. 229 National bankrupt law. 354 National Lead Trust. 591 National self-heating sad-iron. 71 National wire-gauge. 703 Natural gas at Louisville. 86 Natural gas company, New.456 Natural gas, Past and present of Pitts¬ burgh. 579 Natural gas, Price of. 123 Natural gas us. coke and coal. 578 Naval appropriation. 161 Navy, Haytian. 807 Navy, State of the. 47 Negro labor in Southern iron-works.... 888 New mail safety. 534 New York export trade. . 222 New York exports for 1888. 243 Digitized by boogie THE IRON AGE. New York market.25, 62, 100, 137, 174, an, 252, 290, 331, 369. 40/, 446, 483, 523 , 56i, SO*, 634, 672, 710. 747, :83, 820, 858, 897, 933 , 971 New York Metal Exchange_27, 101, 138, 176, 21a, 253, 292, 332, 370, 409, 448, 485, 525, 562. 599, 636, 673, 7*3. 750, 784, 822, 859, 898. 935 , 973 New York, Rapid transit in.475 New York, Subways in. 801 New York waters, Bridging. 131 Newport News dry dock.694 Nicaragua Canal. 320 Nipple machine. Pipe and. 231 Non friction band-saw yuide.807 Northern freight rater.464 Northwest empire. 803 Northwest freight rates.964 Norton Bros.’ can factory.581 Novel store leg.681 Nut-crack, H. M. Quackenbush’s new patent . oon Nut-lock washer.980 Obituary.205, 248, 328. 555, 705. 966 Ocean shipping, Encouragement of_272 Ocean steam traffic, American.852 Ohio Mechanics’ Institute. 73 f Oil as fuel.418 Oil-box, Perfection solid .980 Oil-cup, Buffalo glass. 354 Oil heater, Grand. 301 Oil in bulk, Lubricating. 81 Oil supply, America’s. 593 Old locomotive Sampson. 808 Opalescent glass. 15 Open-hearth furnace with detached melt¬ ing-chamber . 060 Open-side planer. 189 Opener, Envelope..568 Ore concentration at Brewsters.•. 124 Ore, Duty on lead in silver. 18 Ore freight reduced. 785 Ore roasting at Lebanon. 240 Ore shipments, Enormous.881 Ore trade, Lake. 80 Ore trade of Buffalo, Iron. 132 Osceola Company.358 Ostrander door-opener . 302 Outlook for lead. 588 Outlook in the iron trade.438 Outrigger hoist. 121 Owners, Investors as. 120 Pacific Coast, Coals of the.471 Padlock, Yale steel-shell.492 Padlocks, Bicycle.302 Padlocks, New jail.455 Padlocks, Perfection.260 Pamt-burner.719 Panama, Work at. 654 Paraguay, Progress of. 166 Paris copper conferences. 704 Paris, Edison exhibit at. 393 Paris, Exhibitors at. 312 Paris Exposition. 697 Paris Exposition, Motive power at the.. 441 Paris Universal Exposition. 364 Past and present of Pittsburgh natural . 579 Patent applied for.619 Patents on foreign inventions, Ameri¬ can. 155 Paulmier’s patent key-fastener...._ 220 Pea coal for elevated railroad loco¬ motives. 43 Peerless reversible window.494 Penooyd 25-ton crane. 82 Pennsylvania, Manual traning in. 48 Perfect filing machine.755 Perfect radiator-valve. 237 Perfection funnel. 607 Perfection key-holder. 182 Perfection padlocks. 260 Perfection skimmer. 71 Perfection solid oil-box. 980 Perkins hinge.302 Personal... .706, 743, 775, 816, 854,925,963 Peru, Impending revival in. 92 Petroleum-burning boiler. 766 Petroleum regions, Late developments in the Russian.628 Phelps combination plane. 568 Philadelphia market..23, 90,98,134,171, 208, 249, 287, 329, 366, 404, 481, 520, 558 , 595 . 631, 669, 707, 744 , 78o, 817, 856, 894, 930, 969 Phonopore. The.601 Photographing projectiles in flight.728 Picket-pointer, Band. 380 Pierce air-valve. 394 Pierce process... 83 Pietzka revolving puddling-furnace_271 Pig-iron contracts. Southern. 96 Pig-iron for car-wheels. 766 Pig-iron freight, Southern. 244 Pig iron in foundries, Low-grade. 702 Pig-iron in the West, Production of.... 203 Pig-iron industrv, Scottish. 59 Pig-iron prices. Eastern and Western... 738 Pig-iron production in 1888. 57 Pig iron, Silicon in. 205 Pig-iron situation. 129 Pig-iron, Southern freights cn. 779 Pig-iron satieties. 165 Pig-iron trade, Lake Superior charcoal. 516 Pig-iron warrant scheme. 280 Pig-iron warrants.245, 283, 323. 441 Pig-iron warrants, American.167, 203 Pig-iron warrants,Metal Exchange and 401 Pig, La Grange charcoal.357 Pig, Lake Superior charcoal. 555 Pile driver, Post or. 608 Picch dogs, Humphrey’s. 532 Pipe and nipple machine..231 Pipe cutting and threading machine.... 951 Pipe-hanger, Blackmore.680 Pipe joint, Keystone. 980 Pipe, Joints in cast-iron. 861 Pipe threading and cuttiug machine .466, 95 ( Pipe trade of the Northwest, Wrought* iron.270 Pipe-vise, New. 380 Pipe-wrenches, Brock patent chain_379 Pipe-wrenches, Improved Brock patent chain. 455 Pistol, New toy. 757 Pittsburgh Exposition. 88 Pittsburgh, Labor troubles at. 773 Pittsburgh market. .24, 61, 98, 136, 173, 209, 252, 287, 330, 366, 406, 445, 4817 522, 5$o, 596, 633, 070, 710, 746, 781, 819, 932, 971 Plane, Phelps combination. 568 Planer, Open side. 189 Planer tools, Lathe and. 507 Planet, Jr., Celery-earther. 220 Planing-machine with quick return.... 653 Plates, Fluctuations in the gauge of.... 519 Plow, Weir tongueless. 108 Plowshare grinder, Heavy. 390 Pneumatic gun. 133 Poke, IXL. 340 Pools, Legalizing railway. 2 Population, Remarkable decline in.823 Portable coal elevators. 953 Portable ooal-lift. boi Portable hoist, Teal’s. 8b 1 Portable power drill. 159 Post-eleotnc system. 803 Post-hole auger, Gem.492 Post or pile driver.608 Power traveling crane. 877 Practical iron founding. 944 Precious metals in 1888. 241 Prentiss friction shaper. 350 Presidents’ agreement, Railroad.... 189, 320 Press, Hydrostatic car-wheel. 427 Press, New drawing. 8 Press, New filter. 199 Press, New Punching.619 Press, New shear.622 Pressure regulator. 312 Prevention, Smoke. 356 Price of natural gas .. 123 Prices, Eastern and Western pig-iron.. 738. [ Prison labor, Competition of. 236 Prisons, Labor in the New York.674 Prisons, Manufactures in Japanese. 123 Process, New aluminium. 615 Process, Pierce. 83 Process, Robert. 190 Proctor’s Arctic safety bail . 260 Production in the United States in 1888, Copper. 244 Production of gold and silver. 928 Production of pig-iron in the West. 203 Production of steel rails. 146 Production in 1888, Pig iron. 57 Productions of the United States, Mineral. 892 Profit-sharing, New experiment in.812 Profit-sharing, Successful. 235 Profits of iron and steel manufacturers. 774 Progress in Japan.. ... 577 Progress, Mexico’s material. 816 Progress of electricity.468 Progress of Paraguay. 166 Projectiles in flight, Photographing.... 728 Protection of blast-furnace shells. 584 Protection of maritime commerce. 399 Protector, Baggage. 222 & Publicab . «: Puddling*. ' Puddling, \ Pulley, Sepa Pulleys, Lubi\ Pullman Iron a Pullman shops.. Pump, Duplex h\< Pump combined, G Pua>p, Miller duplex Punch and die grinde. Punch and shear, Com Punch, New. Punching-press, New_ Puritan, Monitor. Puritan, New steamer. Puritan, The. Putnam steam-engine valves.. Quackenbush’s new patent nut-c. Rader case. Radial drill, Keystone. Radial drilling-machine. Radiator-valve, Perfect. Rain-water cut-off, Improved. Rail record, Great. Rail specifications, Hum’s.120, 156, it, Rail-supporter, Elastic. 54V Rail trade in 1888. 18 Rails in tunnels, Rusting of.616 Rails, Production of steel.146 Railroad complaint, Buffalo. 852 Railroad decision, Important.846 Railroad decision. Judge Thayer’s.917 Railroad demurrage chargee at Chicago 166 Railroad locomotives, Pea coal for ele¬ vated. 43 Railroad presidents’ agreement. 189 Railroad rates and trade centers. 191 Railroad situation and the iron trade.. 92 Railroad ties in Germany, Iron.665 Railroad tunnel, Submarine. 577 Railroads, Competition of Canadian.... 738 Railroads io Europe. 582 Railway in China, Flint.220 Railway pools. Legalizing. 2 Railways, Electric street. 518 Railways, Ventilation of London’s under¬ ground. 804 ’ Rake cap.494 Rapid transit in New York.475 Rapid transportation for letters. 870 Ratchet die-stock.232 Ratchet brace, Fray’s. 831 Kates, Grouped. 503 Rates on cotton-ties. 737 Reading failure.378,403, 526 Reading Hardware Company. 380 Reading Iron Works appraisement. 814 Reading settlement.449 Recent customs decisions ..96, 311, 637, 668 Recent tests of Tobin bronze. 563 Reciprocity, Retaliation vs .888 Recnprocity, Unrestricted..241 Record of the Smith heating furnace_ 13 Redeman n-Tilford steel process.426 Reduction of wages at Homestead. ... 778 Refrigerator and creamer, Leonard deanable. 792 Refrigerator, Ideal. 757 Refrigerator, Monroe Bros.’.568 Regulator, Pressure. .. 312 Regulator, Speed..655 Report of the American Iron and Steel Association.627 Reservoir mucilage brush, Benedict’s.. 35 Restoration of the Cambria Iron Works 906 Retaliation es. reciprocity. 888 Reversible Window, Peerless.494 Review of the wholesale market in paints and oils.866, 903, 936, 978 Revival in Peru, Impending. 92 Revolver, Colt’s new double-action self- cocking. 109 Rights of shippers. 55 Rise in sugar. 589 Riveting-machines. 313 Roads, Competition of Canadian.802 Roasting Hudson River carbonates. 159 Robert process. 190 Robert’s tuyere stock.694 Robert’s wire-mill floor. 503 Rocking grate-bar, Standard. 1 Roll-paper holder and cutter, Automatic. 719 Rolls, Buchanan magnetic. 153 Rolling-mill. 577 Rolling-mill projected at Chicago. 199 Rolling-mills, Slab-truck for. 48 Roofing-bracket, Stanley’s patent. 379 Rope, Locked-wire. 433 Digitized by boogie VI THE IRON AGE. J rb 3 , Use of. j r ^Jer dauber. ytian and American wheat competi- i-^ 11 . ssian petroleum exports in 1888, ^American and.... . listing of rails in tunnels. 832 79 i 363 440 616 iad-iron heater, Schmitt’s. Sad-iron, National self-heating. Sad-iron, New detachable-handle. Safety bail, Proctor’s Arctic. Safety can for gasoline. Safety lamp, New . Safety, New Mail. Safety stove-pipe holder. . Salem, Mass., New electric plant at... . Samoa trouble. ... Sampson, Old locomotive. Sand-wheel, large. Sanford, No case of yellow fever at- Sash-cord fastener, Abbe’s patent. Sash-cord fastener, Detachable Empire. Sash-lift, wire. Sash-lock and ventilator, Timby’s burg¬ lar-proof. Sash-lock, Standard nm-spring. Sash-pulley, Ideal. Saw, New B. M. T. Saw-tool, Giant. Schmitt’s sad-iron heater.. School, Williamson Trede. Scottish pig-iron industry. Scranton, William H. Scrftp, German silver and brass. Scrap-iron frauds, Catasauqua.. Screen-door check, Chic. Screen-door binge, Chicago incased- Screen-wire holder, American. Screw machine. Screw-making by cold-rolling proce s.. Seaside lemon-press and strainer. Seat spring, Cliff’s. Sectional boiler. Self-acting sprinkler. Self-heating sad-iron, National. Self-lubricating axle, Wrights patent.. Selling galvanized iron by weight. Semi-centennial, Lehigh Valley. * Separable wood pulley. Seventeen-inch imperial engine lathe... Shaft, Lining a long. Shaper, Prentiss friction. Shaping-machine. Shaping-machine, Improved 10-inch.... Shear, Gargrave. Shear, Combined punch and. Shear, New alligator. Shear press, New. Shear, Trimming and squaring. SneariDg-machine, New style... . Sheet-metal elbow, New. Sheeting and lath, Combined. Shingles, New design metallic. Shippers, Rights of. Shipping, Encouragement of ocean. Shipping interests, Our. Ships, Armor for. Shops, Pullman. Signaling from mining-cages. Silent grinding-mill... Silicon in pig-iron. Silicon on steel, Influence of. Silver and wheat. Silver coinage and recoinage in China.. Silver ore, Duty on lead ir. Silver production, Four years of gold and. Silver, Production of gold and....- Silver question.786, Single sash-lock and ventilator. Sjdstrttm barb-fence. Skimmer, Perfection. Slab-truck for rolling-mills. Slagging-valve, Tuyere. Slide-valves, Chilled. Slide-valves, Friction of locomotive_ Sliding-door hanger, Wilson’s. Sliding scale for wages. Slotting-machine, New. Smith heating-furnace, Record of the.. Smith Premier type-writer. Smoke prevention. Smoothieg and polishing iron, Gold’s Improved. Snatch block, Automatic link. Snow armor. Soap-shaker. Socket garden trowel. Sodium manufacture in England. Soft-coal pool, Tide-water.. 981 7 < 453 260 644 10 534 36 882 165 808 15 740 491 72 680 339 532 418 261 943 981 17 59 966 363 65 ? 981 791 493 469 3 453 681 621 494 7 i 339 861 118 193 9 275 35 o 309 85 568 50 39 1 622 470 276 756 755 494 55 272 847 654 729 347 548 205 668 276 702 18 476 928 891 79 i no 7 i 48 387 914 85 904 553 12 13 645 356 140 36 418 792 453 694 439 Softeners in foundry practice.915, 952 Softening steel, New process of. 815 Soil-pipe, New kind of. 869 Sound steamer, New. 845 Sources of our iron imports. 93 Southern pig-iron contracts. 96 Southern pig-iron freights.244, 779 Spanish iron minerals. 606 Sparrow’s Point furnaces. 890 Special iron freights from the South_ 517 Specialties, New wire. 260 Specifications, Hunt’s rail.120, 156, 196 Speed on the lakes, Steamer_ .. 823 Speed regulator. <>55 Spider, Steel.416 Spirit level, Cook’s. 755 Spooled wire. 3or Spring hinge, New. 221 Sprinkler, Self -acting. 494 Sprinkling-pots, New galvanized. 757 Spur gears. 811 Square driving-ropes. 756 St Croix range, Wisconsin. 21 St. Mary’s Canal. 155 St Louis market_210, 251, 290, 330, 367, 405, 445, 482, 521, 559, 598, 632, 709, 746, 782, 820 857, 896, 932, 970 St. Paul, Manufacturing in. 48 Staggered arm sheave, Tension carriage with.471 Stall drain, Logan’s patent.608 Standard coins of the world. 12 Standard expanding water conductor.. 905 Standard metal cross-tie. 84 Standard rim-spring sash-lock. 532 Standard rocking grate-bar. 1 Stanley’s patent roofing-bracket. 379 State and interstate commerce. 204 State of the navy. 47 Statistics for 1888, British.965 Statistics, Pig-iron. 165^ Statistics, Some tin-plate. 356' Stay-bolt threading and tapping ma¬ chine... 43 Steam-boilers, Care of.214 Steam-engine valves, Putnam. 727 Steam engines, Independent. 19 Steam-hammer, Automatic.432 Steam-jet chimney-draft improver.. ... .83 Steam jet, Coloring of the.889 Steam lamp. 13 Steam separator, Stratton. 882 Steam trap, New. 160 Steamer City of Paris, New Inman.... 578 Sceamer, Elegant passenger.829 Steamer Puritan, New. 630 Steamer speed on the lakes. 823 Steamship line, Proposed new. 845 Steamship lines, Maintenance of.695 Steel, Advance of. 588 Sieel angle-bars, Drifting tests for.729 Steel as an engineering material. 691 Steel Association, Report of the Ameri¬ can Iron and. 627 Steel for horseshoe nails, Basic. 622 Steel, Behavior of tempered. 85 Steel, Bessemer. 743 Steel, Boulton apparatus for compressing 730 Steel eye-bars, Wrought-iron and.667 Steel, Imports of iron and. 241 Steel in India, Making. 804 Steel, Influence of silicon on.668 Steel Institute, Late meeting of the Iron and. 812 §teel interests, Proposed consolidation of Chicago.*.438 Steel manufacturers, Profits of iron and 774 Steel, New process of softening. 815 Steel output, Large.410 Steel pocket tape. 182 Steel process, R