The Iron Age 1890-05-15: Vol 45

‘THE THuRsDAY, May 15, 1890. IRON AGE The York Universal Beam Mill. The constantly increasing demand for beams and other structural material seems to make the present a good time for the introduction of improved machinery for greatly improved since rolls were first us from two high was a grand stroke for cer- tain classes of work; been devised also, to lighten the labor of the workmen at the rolls; inventors have ed, and the change to three high rolls feed tables have rolling machinery stretching over a great deal of space. radically at this foundation stone of the rolling process. tion of the rolls themselves. effecting the reduction by compression in The York mill strikes It changes the construc- Instead of Front Elevation with Section Showing Inside Roll. With the sole excep- late mill it is a re- their manufacture. tion of the universal markable fact that rolls for shaping metal have been practically unchan since rolling mills were first invented. The rolls are arranged horizontally, and the roll turner exercises lis art in making grooves in them to meet the requirements of the roller. The housings have been THE YORK UNIVERSAL BEAM MILL. further applied their energy to the con- struction of apparatus for quickly effect- ing a change of rolls; but the rolls themselves are the same _ horizontal cylinders with groove after groove cut in them in which the metal is slowly reduced to the desired shape and size. The large number of bosses thus required for reduc- ing an ingot or pile compels the use of one direction, as by the old method of rolling, side rolls are introduced which exert a simultaneous compression and re- duction crossways of the section and in- crease the strength of the beam. The accompanying illustrations show the lead- ing mechanical features of this invention. A glance at the drawings will show the general arrangement of the four rolls, rolls are arranged opposite one another and | rolls. have their axes in vertical lines. The rolls are adapted to the production of I beams, this form being selected as an illustration. | sizes. The beam is produced with its web in a horizontal position, and is formed by the THE IRON AGE, May 15, 1890 which together are adapted to roll a bar | first named rolls, the heads of the beam | principle being applied with, of of the desired shape. The tworolls shown P P & ®P » OF Course, é 3 being formed by the second rolls. The| the necessary variation in the details of shaded in the front elevation are arranged | material may be passed to the rolls from| the rolls, The following advanta are one above the other, their axial lines being C either side, suitable guides being provided | claimed over the existing method of in a horizontal plane, while the other two! to direct the material into and from the/ rolling structural shapes: OETAIL OF MITRE GEAR BEARINGS Oo LI oO UY © SS SRM RW anws MS VQ SS End Elevation. THE YORK UNIVERSAL BEAM MILL. Provision is made for adjusting the] 1. A mill can be built, of equal capacity, rolls and guides by means shown, these making a full list of sizes, say from 24 adjustments, of course, adapting the ma- in. to 4 in. in width, for 50 per cent. of chine to work of different kinds and the cost of the mill now in use. The sav- | ing is largely effected in the number of This mill is adapted to the manufacture | rolls re shel, as the great investment of of other shapes than beams, the same capital in that direction is avoided. adjacent to the sides of the first rolls, and May 15, 1890 2. The mill can be operated with half the labor required by the dld method, as it is almost entirely automatic. 8. There is no limit practically to the width or hight of beams or shapes rolled. It is claimed by the inventors that a beam 5 feet wide can be rolled by this system, whereas it is a great achievement to rolla 20-inch beam by the old method, 4, Flanges can be rolled to meet the specifications of an engineer who desires a variation in that respect. They can be made either wide or narrow. 5. By putting the compression and re- duction of the ingot cross-ways of the sec- tion additional compressional strength is gained in the beam. This is where the strain occurs in a building. 6. Not more than 60 per cent. of the steam power used in operating the ordi THE IRON AGE. The York mill takes not to exceed 74 tons for the same purpose. 9. The York mill, through economy of time in changing from size to size, and other advantoges enumerated above, claims at least 50 per cent. capacity more than a mill of the present style. 10. Last, but not least, an important saving is claimed in guides and lubricants. Negotiations are now in progress for the adoption of this mill by steel manu- facturers who contemplate embarking in the beam business. Should further in- formation be desired it can be had by ad- dressing York Bros., room 700, Phenix Building, Chicago. James E. York, the resident partner, and his brother, Levi D. York, of Portsmouth, Ohio, are practical rolling mill managers, having had much experience in both building and operating nary mill will be needed for the York shortness of of wer in one place, close to the engine, often mill. This is due to the the -rolls, the constant application instead of at irregular distances THE 807 the Carnegie Works of Pittsburgh. The Creusot people will submit a nickel steel plate. The Glasgow Steel Company will also present a nickel steel plate of their own make, which, however, is said to have been developed much on the same line as the new Schneder plates. The provisions stipulated by the Navy Department for the conducting of the tests require that each armor plate shall be flat and rectangular, measuring 8 feet high, 6 feet broad, and 104 inches thick, the edge being cut straight and the sharp corners removed. A tolerance of ,; inch is to be admissible in the thickness of the plate to cover inequalities of manufacture. The plates must be delivered tapped to receive the threaded bolts by which they are to be held to the backing, and the parties pre- senting the plates must supply the bolts Plan. rolling mills, as well as other iron and { also. YORK UNIVERSAL BEAM MILL. They will also be allowed to bolt steel works, in various sections of the | their plates to the backing m their own country. er Armor for Battle Ships. many feet away, the diminished friction from the decreased number of journals, and the smaller amount of dead weight to be kept in motion. The bearings in no case need to exceed the width of the finished beam by more than a foot, which compares most favorably with the excess of 8 to 10 feet by the old method of rolling. 7. The mill can be changed for rolling one size of beam to roll another size in 40 minutes, At present it is a question of| Louisville, Ky.; Schneider et Cie (Le hours to effect a change of rolls, which; Creusot), of France, nickel steel; the causes great delay in making and deliver- | Glasgow Steel Company, nickel steel, and ing specific sizes and also adds materially | William H. Wallace & Co., of New York, to their cost on account of the waste of|the latter firm representing the Wilson time. patent compound steel armor plate man- 8. The weight of rolls used is only 8 per | ufactured by Cammell, of England. Both cent. of that required by the existing sys- | of the Louisville establishments will pre- tem. The latter takes 90 to 100 tons of sent all-steel armor plates tests, the manu- rolls to reduce an ingot to a 20-inch beam. ' facture of which is being undertaken by present month at Annapolis are not con- alone, but admit types produced any- ments are some of those that will be rep- resented in the competition: The Inter- national Steel Company, of Louisville, Ky.; the Redeman-Tilford Company, of The Government armor tests during the | fined to armor produced in this country | where abroad. The following establish- ; way, provided the cross sections of the bolts do not exceed 58 square inches and | that the total number of bolts does. not rhe bolts are not to be spaced |in any unusual way. On the contrary, their arrangement must conform to the /ordinary practice followed in securing armor to ships; in order to prevent any confusion as to what is the ordinary practice, competitors are required to sub- mit to the Navy Department for approval a drawing showing the method they pro- pose to use in spacing the bolts. This is required to be done before drilling the holes in the armor plates. Before the fir- ing test commences each armor plate is to have traced upon it with paint vertical and horizontal lines dividing its face into squares whose areas shall be 1 square foot each. The gun to be used in the test will be one of the new navy ordnance 6-inch breech-loading rifles, from which five Holtzer chrome steel, armor-piercing pro- exceed 12. 808 THE IRON AGE, May 15, 1890 jectiles will be fired at each plate. Each projectile will be weighted to 100 pounds and fired with a striking velocity of, as near as may be, 2113 feet per second. Each firm presenting an armor plate may be represented, according to the provis- ions of the test, at the test of the plate presented by that firm, and at the conclu- sion of the test will be furnished by the board with a transcript of the record of that plate as to the facts only. No repre- sentative, however, will be allowed to witness the tests of any other plate than his own, nor to see the official record made as to the other plates. After each shot the target and backing will be care- fully examined and their condition mi- nutely recorded by the board, The con- dition of the armor plate, bolts and backing is not to be changed during the trial; but the department reserves the right to repair or replace the bracing at any stage of the trial in such a way as to afford a reasonable support to such parts of the backing as are still in a position to support the armor plate. The trials are to be conducted throughout under the super- vision and direction of a board of naval officers. ————ESESE The Jamaica Exhibition. The approaching Jamaica exhibition, to take place in January next, is exciting more inquiry, particularly with reference to exhibits of machinery used on sugar estates and for the preparation of coffee, cocoa, fiber, &c. The chief patron is the Governor of the island, Sir Henry Arthur Blake. The object directly in view is to bring together the best products of the entire group of West Indian islands, in order to secure better processes of manu- facture on the plantation and improved methods of culture. Sisal culture has re- cently grown into large proportions, with promise of attaining a magnitude of the first importance. Oneof the most attractive features of the exhibition will be the in- dustrial village, where a number of pea- santry in model huts will be engaged in their usual occupations, making baskets, wicker work, cassava, native pottery, nets, sugar, &c., while coolies will show their method of weaving. A large apiary and avary, an orchid display, flower and agri- cultural shows, the usual amusements, exhibits of minerals found in the island and all the usual accompaniments of an exhi- bition will be in it. The Governor is assured by the engineers in charge that the buildings will be finished in due season, and speaking of exhibits from the United States, prospects were said to be very hopeful. Applica- tions for space must be made on the printed forms, which can be obtained from the secretary ot the New York com- mittee, Thomas Amor, Stewart Building, before July 1, 1890. No charge will be made for space. Articles will be received in the exposition buildings from Septem- ber 1 to December 1, 1890. Articles for the exposition will be conveyed free of charge from the wharf to the building. Motive power to the extent of 100 horse- power will be provided by the commis- sioners free of charge. An agent will be = to look after the exhibits of those persons abroad who have no rep- resentative in Jamaica. ae As the announcement that the Aerated Fuel Company have made the Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Company, of Springfield, Mass., their general agents for the United States has had many persons to think that the other representatives of the former company had given up their connection with it, these representatives wish it un- derstood that they are still the sole licen- sees for the Aerated Fuel Company’s sys- tem for the territory assigned tothem. All persons therefore interested in this system, in Southern New York State, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia, are requested to apply to W. 8. Collins, 171 Broadway, New York, who is pre- pared to put in the system complete, with a guarantee of its success. ————E—E—E——— A Decision on a Patent License. Judge Gresham, of the United States Circuit Court at Chicago, has decided the case of the Roe Stephens Mfg. Company, of Detroit, against Alexander Orme and Isaac F. Kearns, of Chicago, which in- volved the important question of rights of the licenser and licensee under letters patent. The bill set forth that Orme had, some three years ago, made a contract with complainant company by which it was made the sole licensee to manufacture and sell the Orme pop safety valve throughout the United States and Canada upon the payment of royalties to Orme from time to time; that Orme had outstanding a verbal license to W. H. Green, of Chester, Pa., and that since making the contract with -| the plaintiff Orme had received royalties from Green, and had also, in the mean- time, gone into partnership with the other defendant, Kearns, to manufacture and sell the same article. Defendants alleged that the plaintiff was not the exclusive licensee; that Orme had a right to manufacture and sell at any other place than Detroit, Mich., and to authorize anybody else to manufacture at any other place in the United States or Canada. It was claimed that Kearns could not be brought into the suit as co-defendant with Orme. Colonel John S. Cooper claimed for plaintiff that on account of Orme’s in- solvency, and his breach of contract, and the consequent damages to the plaintiff, it had a right to pay the money due to Orme for royalties from time to time into court, to the credit of the cause, until the amount of the damages sustained by reason of Orme’s conduct should be ascertained, and also that both defendants be enjoined from any further manufacture or sale of the valve. The court continued the pre- liminary injunction against defendants restraining them from the manufacture or sale of the valves, and also the order allow- ing the plaintiff to pay the money into court due to Orme on account of royalty, and also over:uled the demurrer of Kearns, holding that Kearns, by reason of being a partner of Orme, should be sued in this case jointly with Orme; although he was interested in only a portion of the suit. I Capitol Mfg. Company. The new factory of the Capitol Mfg. Company is located at 125 to 137 Rees street, near Halsted, Chicago. It consists of a four-story brick building, 125 feet square, constructed very substantially and equipped with the most modern machin- ery. In building this establishment it was the intention of the company to se- cure a model factory, and they have reason to feel gratified with their success. What would ordinarily be termed the basement of a building is in the case of this one a fine workroom, with a 16-foot ceiling. well lighted by windows which extend down 6 feet from the ceiling. This room constitutes the wrench department, where the Acme wrench is made. Special ma- chinery is employed for this purpose. The company manufacture the Adams patent automatic bolt-threading, nut-tapping and pointing machines, and these are the ma- chines used partly in the manufacture of the wrenches. When the parts are as- sembled they are riveted Po acenigl by pewer and taken to the polishers, who finish them on emery belts.’ A forging- room is an essential part of this depart- ment, where the shaping of the handles is effected. Eight forge fires are employed and four more are to be added this month. These forge fires are run with oil as fuel, using the Reid burner. The change from coal to oil has proved very satisfactory, Burning coal, it took two forges to serve one machine, while now two machines can be easily served by one forge, and further, there is no scale left on the heated steel. Powerful machines of special construction are here used to bend the handles and form the twist, which is one of the features of the Acme wrench. The forge shop has proved too small already, and the company have purchased 50 feet of ground adjoin- ing it, which they propose to take in at once, The engine and boiler rooms are located on the ground floor, The engine is of peculiar design, there’ being very few others of the same type in this country. It is a Sulzer engine, Swiss model, 150 horse-power, and as an automatic poppet valve movement; cams on a shaft extend- ing by the side of the cylinder operating the valves and making the cut-off very positive. The engine was completed by the Fred. W. Wolf Company of Chicago. Two tubular boilers, 14 feet by 60 inches, manufactured by Armstrong Brothers, of Springfield, Ohio, furnish steam for power and for heating the entire building. An artesian well has been sunk on the prop- erty, and furnishes an abundant supply of water. Oil is used for fuel in raisin steam. The arrangement of the fuel oi supply for this establishment is worthy of special mention. Alongside the railroad track, 300 feet from the building, a tank has been placed which will hold two car- loads of oil. A pipe runs underground to a three-barrel tank placed by the side of the building near the boiler room. The oil is pumped into the small tank from the large one, and as soon as the pump stops the oil left in the pipe runs back to the large tank. Thus danger from the oil taking fire is reduced toa minimum. A glass gauge on the wall of the boiler room shows the depth of the oil in the small tank, and an alarm bell rings when the supply falls below a certain point, As it might become necessary at some time to enter the tank room at night, a window has been fitted in the wall between it and the boiler room in which a lamp can be set on the boiler room side to light up the interior of the tank room without risk of igniting the oil. Reid burners are used under the boilers. A drying room, heat- ing up to 200 degrees, operated also with oil, has been fitted up on this floor to dry the varnished handles of the plain-finished wrenches. A 5000-pound elevator runs from the first to the fourth floor, and opens out on an alley to facilitate shipping. Rope transmission, furnished by the Link Belt Machinery Company of Chicago, is used for transmitting power to the upper floors. The second story contains the offices, machine shop, shipping room and _tool- room. These are all perfect in their ap- pointments and very light, roomy and at- tractive. Lathes, planers and drills of the most ane patterns form the —- ment of the machine shop, in which the Adams patent automatic machines are made. e workmanship of the machin ists in thisshop is of a very high order. The toolroom is conducted systematically. No workman is allowed in it, but electric calls are scattered over the shop, and a touch on a button brings a boy who gets the tool needed and charges the workman with it. The two upper stories have not yet been fitted up, but will be as rapidly as the com- wan can get the work done. They have een greatly hindered in on their plant by the dilatoriness of machinery manufacturers as well as by their own press of work, being to-day far behind in filling May 15, 1890 —oooeeeeoeoeooeoeoeoaoeoaeaeaeaeaeaeaeeaaeeaeaeaeaeaewwaee—~s~“~“~—~—“~“~$“$~$smpsSs S99 eS their orders. The offices consist of a fine suite of rooms, very neatly fitted up, and supplied with a large fire-proof vault, sta- tionery room and conveniences of modern business life. Electric lights and call bells are placed throughout the building, the company having a Western electric incan- descent plant, capable of running 350 lights. L. Schlesinger is president of the company, and C. H. Gurney is secretary and treasurer. Special Expansion Joints. I These joints are designed for use be- tween the cylinders of compound, duplex, triple, and in fact any number of cylinder engines or pumps. They are made of seamless drawn corrogated copper tubing, fastened to heavy cast-iron heads. The tube is flanged over and turned into a groove cut in the heads, as shown in the above cut. This forms a narrow strip of copper which makes an excellent packing when the joint is bolted in place. As pumps connected by means of this joint are not forced out of line by the expand- ing and contracting cf the pipes, the latter are saved from strain or leaking by its use. THE IRON AGE, mountain of 90 per cent. ore. A surface crosscut on what may be a fold or slip or a slender outcrop of ore with an oc- casional boulder is followed along the mountain side, and a calculation follows that it continues for miles, is anywhere from 30 to 80 feet wide, and unbrokenly runs down to China, and that all one has to do is to shovel on the cars from 27,000, - 000 to 200,000,000 of tons (published figures). Samples are taken of boulders and lumps, and 56 per cent. to 58 per cent. of metallic iron is given us the per- centage of the vein. The facts are, that in estimating quantity theory or calcula- tion is utterly at fault. The only way in which even a remote proximity can be had is by positive, skillful and systematic de- velopment with the pick and shovel. Brown ores cannot be called stratified. They lie in the clays or limestones—most frequently in deposits, persistently broken into and interrupted by the clays. ‘*They vary as greatly in quality as in quantity, as to their percentage of silica, osphorus and manganese, and these var- lations constantly occur within very short distances, and require the most watchful attention in mizing. By far the largest percentage of brown ore is wash ore, and 809 As far as my knowledge goes it is the only strictly red-short ore that has been opened up in the South. I have followed it with some care for over 13 miles, going as it does on a bee line through the most of Carroll County. I do not think there is as much ore as the owners think they have, but it is positively convincing to the disinterested observer that there is enough ore there to supply any possible demand upon it for many years to come. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley exten- sion of the Norfolk and Western Railroad cuts rigat through the lead on Chestnut creek, in the southern part of the county, and the Red Island branch, now build- ing, taps it at the Betty Baker mine. There is no mining, 1n the proper sense of the word, but simply opening gigantic quarries and breaking the ore down; no pumping or timbering, but simply extend- ing the trams as the work goes on. I have a score of analyses of samples taken at different times during the last year-at different points along the lead, and by perfectly competent persons, which show from 46 to 54 per cent. iron, 4 to 10 per cent. silica, 0.02 to 0.14 per cent. phosphorus, 0.26 to 0.70 per cent. sulphur ; copper runs from say 0.27 to 0.80. Itisa This joint is made by the Wainwright Mfg. Company of 34 Oliver street, Boston, Mass. I The Mineral Resources of Southwest Virginia. The Roanoke Times some time since published an interview with E. C. Pechin, general manager of the Virginia Develop- ment Company, from which we quote the following remarks, since they reflect the oo of an engineer and iron master of long experience and clear insight : ‘*The Flat Top coal field is the greatest coal field yet discovered in the world. It is a recognized fact that the coal is the best steamer we have, The coke is lower in sulphur and in ash, and higher in fixed carbon than the Connellsville. In its physical structure it is not quite so strong as the Connellsville, but in this respect I notice a very great change for the better lately, One coal carrying only 19 per cent. volatile matter, as against 35 per cent. in another, requires a somewhat different treatment, but the proper hand- ling of this coal to make a standard coke is being made. ‘* About the ores of the South an awful lot of rubbish has been written. In South- west Virginia the fossil ores as yet play no part. Up to this moment the brown ores are the main dependence. A farmer who turns up a boulder of float ore in his corn field instantly concludes that he has a SPECIAL EXPANSION JOINTS. with the best modern washing and jigging | plants, and the most careful preparation, any one who can make the run of his mine average 44 to 45 per cent. in iron has a| very good thing. There must necessarily come enormous dissappointment to a great many people who imagine they have de- sirable ore properties. Outside of all this the fact remains that there are in the ag- gregate great stores of brown ores in Southwest Virginia, enough to fully and profitably sustain for many years a thriv- ing iron industry. For 40 years past the same ores, combined with the magnetic ores of New Jersey, have made the Lehigh Valley the wealthy and prosperous section that it is. Of course ultimate exhaustion must come, but as posterity has never done anything for us there is no need of our being unduly exercised about their welfare. ‘That magnetic ores exist to the east of the Potsdam sandstones is well known. The quality varies from fair to high grade, but comparatively little is known as to the size of the veins. Major Hutter is working his mines near Pittsville and getting out ore ot excellent quality. The completion of the Roanoke and Southern Railroad will give Roanoke direct com- munication with the magnetic ores and ought to greatly stimulate their increased production. The importance of the de- velopment of this great ore lead of Carroll County cannot be over estimated. In fact, it is the most important ore devel- opment that has been made in the South. porous, hydrated ore which will reduce with the greatest ease. Apart from its making an admirable iron by itself, by mixture with the brown ores it will give an iron for any foundry or mill purpose, and will permit the ure of thousands of tons of high phosphorous and manganese ores that by themselves could not be used successfully. In my judgment this great lead of ore ‘makes’ Southwest Virginia beyond peradventure.” Furnace building is being overdone. There are four coke furnaces in operation —Ivanhoe, Pulaski and two Crozers. There are actually building Graham, Max Meadows, Salem, West Roanoke and Buena Vista. Bristol reported under con- tract; and projected, one or two at John- son City, the same at Pulaski, one at Rad- ford, Glasgow and Basic City each. It is a very easy matter to make a contract to build a furnace, and comparatively easy to actually build it, but it is a horse of another color to supply it with ore when built. Mountain land, miles from the railroad, cannot be turned into producing ore mines in a day. The nine furnaces which will be ready for operation by the close of this year will require hard on to three-quarters of a million tons of ore, and most of this can only be prepared by the erection of extensive machinery and wash- ing plants, and houses for hands, and with all the appendages of first-class mining plants. It is very much easier to open a mine in an office, on paper, than in reality. This district will have all the furnaces it 810 needs by the end of this year. The primary object of a furnace is, of course, to put money into the pockets of those who build it; its secondary object is to give cheap raw material to the section in which it is located. From a public point of view, a furnace is not a large benefit to a section if that section be already provided with cheap pig iron. The amount of labor it employs is comparatively small and low priced. In sending the pig iron away, it ives the large value to the place where it is worked up into varied and expensive forms by skilled labor. The true policy of Southwest Virginia is to work up the raw material it is now roducing. A modern furnace cannot be built and operated at less than $300,000. This amount judiciously invested in indus- tries based upon iron, or iron and wood, will give larger returns to the capital em- ployed, employ a larger number of skilled workmen, distribute many times as much money on wages, and in every way advance the material interests of the section. This section is the true home of open-hearth basic steel. The brown ores can be so handled as to give a pig iron, with low silicon, high manganese, and whatever phosphorus is required. An ideal open- hearth basic pig can be made and turned into steel socheaply as to make some other districts ill. The sum of money needed for a modern furnace, if judiciously used in a steel plant, would pay much larger returns, and bring five dollars in the coun- try instead of one. Storekeepers’ faces would wear a perpetual smile, farmers would find a home market for all they would raise, and real estate agents be made happy by selling farm lands as corner lots. ——— $$ Tank Oil Steamship. Steamers carrying oil in bulk now have the European carrying trade. The idea 1s of Russian origin. As long ago as 1880 Russians carried crude oil in bulk, simply by cutting off its engine room from the rest of the ship by bulkheads and filling the available space. The pioneer ia the bulk oil trade between America and Europe was the Gliickauf, built in Eng- land for an enterprising German nearly four years ago. She has 16 bulkheads di- viding her fore and aft, as well as athwart- ships, the engine being located clear aft. Her success as a special oil ship was such that in the fall of 1888 there were 13 all told in the trade, of which nine were owned in Germany, two in France and two were British. It had been conclusively demonstrated that the bulk oil steamer could cut the freight rate 20 per cent. and still pay 50 per cent. dividends. Naturally the building of such ships has gone on apace ever since. According to the ‘* Ex- port of Petroleum ” tables issued by Whit- man & Fisher, inspectors of stowage, no less than 42 steamships carried bulk oil from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston to European ports during the year 1889, while three barks and two sail- ing ships were engaged in the same busi- ness. The amount of oil carried was enormous. One firm that shipped chiefly to Rotterdam and Bremen employed in all 12 such steamers. Three of them were employed continuously, and from them one can obtain a correct idea of what the bulk oil steamer’s capacity is. The Char- lois made seven trips, and carried all told 187,439 barrels, or an average of about 24,000 barrels per tup. The Chester car- ried 163,761 barrels and the Ocean 139,662, each steamer making seven trips. It is noticeable that the capacity of these steam- ers is about 4000 barrels greater than was the capacity of the original Gliickauf. The size is still increasing. One of the latest ships brought out is the Manhattan, which appeared here in September, and on October 1 had loaded 28,000 barrels of re- eee eee | THE IRON AGE. fined oil for Liverpool. That still larger ships will be built is certain, the only reason why larger ships have not already appeared being the lack of storage ca- pacity on the other side, SOUTHERN MISCELLANY. Iron deposits near Fayetteville, Ala.. are to be developed by the Woodstock Iron Company, of Anniston, Ala. The capacity of the stove works at Fort Payne, Ala., is to be enlarged and a nickel-plating equipment added, C. H. Osborn is forming a stock com- pany to build and operate an iroa foundry at Griffin, Ga. The capital stock already subscribed amounts to $50,000. The Lexington Foundry and Hardware Company, with a capital stock of $50,000, have been incorporated by W. J. Houlihan, J. M. Kelly and others, to build and op- erate stone works at Lexingtou, Ky. Philadelphia capitalists, through their representative, are optionizing mineral lands near Blountsville, Tenn. The Fort Payne Coal and Iron Com- pany, of Fort Payne, Ala., will shortly commence the construction of 1000 coke ovens. The capital stock of the recently organ- ized company to build a bar rolling mill and two sheet iron mills at Gadsden, Ala., is $150,000. A spiegel iron furnace is to be built at Rome, Ga., by the new syndicate that has just made extensive purchases at that place. Parties from Chattanooga, Tenn., have been in Rome, Ga., during the past week negotiating with a view of establishing an agricultural implement works. The plant of the American Steel Car Company, it is said, is to be moved from Chicago to Briageport, Ala. A company with $50,000 capital stock have been organized at Shreveport, La., to build and operate plow works. The in- corporators are H. C. Stringfellow, M. F. Hancock, F. M. Hicks and others. The Chattanooga Foundry and Pipe Works Company are entertaining a propo- sition from the development company of Bridgeport, Ala., to build a foundry and pipe works at the latter place, to cost in the neighborhood of $300,000. G. H. Ellerbee intends developing iron ore property near Cornelia, Ala. The International Mfg. and Supply Company is the name of a new enterprise recently incorporated at Chattanooga, Tenn., by G. 8. Porter, E. E. Everett, J. E. Doubleday and others. A general machinery manufacturing business will be conducted. A drill-tool works is to be established at Wheeling, W. Va., by Potts & Taylor, of Bradford, Pa. They have contracted for a 100 x 100 building that will be erected immediately. A bolt and nut works will be erected at Chattanooga by the South Tredegar Iron Company. An annex is to be built to the machine shops of Ingram & O'Neil, at Huntington, W. Va. A lot ofnew machinery will be added, and the capacity of the plant will be considerably increased. The Cumberland Iron Company have been incorporated at Cumberland City, Tenn., by M. T. Scott, T. M. Steger, L. M. Graham and others, and will establish an ironworks business at that point. It is current that machine shops are to be erected at Birmingham, Ala., in the near future, by the Georgia Pacific Railroad Compaay. — The Americus Iron Works, of Americus, Ga., will, it is stated, absorb the W. H. Sawyer Cotton Gin Works, of the same place. The North Alabama Development Com- pany, of Riverton, Ala., have bought a May 15, 1890 A} tract of 3300 acres of iron ore property j Franklyn County, wea Work began last week at Fort Payne for one of the furnaces which the Bay State Furnace Company contemplate building at that place. Work has begun at the site of the ship- yard which the Pennsylvania Steel Com. pany propose building at Sparrow’s Point Md. Contracts have just been given out for the erection of a forge shop t#be 140 x 70 feet, and a tool house to be 436 x 140 feet. A Baltimore contractor will con- struct the wharves, upon which will be erected the machiuery and copper working departments. : A new machine shop has been opened at Knoxville, Tenn., by W. P. Biddell & Brother. A stockholders’ meeting of the Fort Payne Coal and Iron Company has been called to meet at Fort Payne, Ala., on June 2, to consider the question of issuing $150,000 of 6 per cent. bonds. New Orleans capitalists, with E. T. Manhing at the head, have purchased large tracks of iron and coal lands in Walker County, Ala., and the same is to be developed on an extensive scale. It is reported at Lano, Texas, that a company with $3,000,000 of capital is or- ganizing to purchase mineral lands and open iron mines. The building of a town may also be a part of the programme. Iron and coal lands in Stokes County, N. C., at present owned by Dr. W. A. Lash, of Walnut Cove, N. C., are to be developed by acompany now said to be organizing, and of which Dr. Lash will be a member. It is reported that the Sequachee Valley Coal and Iron Company, which has re- cently made extensive purchases of iron and coal lands near Owen, Tenn., will open mines and build 3000 coke ovens. The New York and New Orleans Coal and Iron Company, of. Kimball, Tenn., has been absorbed by the more recently organized Kimball Town Company, which has a capital stock of $2,500,000, and of which Logan H. Roots, of Little Rock, Ark.; C. P. Richardson, of Chattanooga; A. I. Kimball and others are the incor- porators, I The Stone Iron Company, of Minnesota, have been formed with a capital of $600, - 000, and having at their head such well known men as George C. Stone, president ; Joseph Sellwood, vice-president, and W. H. Hubbard secretary and treasurer. These gentlemen also constitute the incor- porators and board of directors, with the addition of Col. J. B. Geggie. The busi- ness of the company will mining iron ores, and the company’s first scene of operations will be on the Messabi range, section 20, 59-14, on the property which hus heretofore been worked by Colonel Geggie and generally known as the ‘red cut.” It is located a short distance west of the Iron Range Railroad, about 22 miles south of Tower. Mr. Sellwood is the manager of the Chandler Iron Company, besides being at the head of several other institutions, while Mr. Stone is stil) in- terested in the Minnesota company, in whose early development he took a most active hand. The foundation of the cor pany marks an important era ia the is tori of the Messabi range and is anu step toward the early development of th. promising district. The strike at the Malleable Iron Works in Chicago was still unsettled on Monday, and President Bailey was not certain when the works would again be started, At McCormick’s about 200 molders and their helpers are out. The men out at McCor- mick’s and the Malleable Works number about 2000. The carpenters gained their eight-hour day without a cut in wages. May 15, 1890 THE IRON AGE, 811 Emery Grinder. = This machine was especially designed by | the Tanite Company, of Stroudsburg, Pa., to meet the requirements of machine shops, when only one wheel is desired. The re- versible rest admits of bringing the work in contact with the edge of the wheel at or below the center and above the flanges at the side. The counter-shaft is attached to the frame. The hight from the floor to the center of the spindle is 36 inches; length of spindle, 24 inches; diameter of spindle in bearings, 14 inch. The ma pe will swing a 24-inch wheel. ee — The Chieago Railway Problem. The regular meeting of the Western So- ciety of Engineers was held in Chicago President L. E. Cooley on the 7th inst. tunnels is that less hight is required for ne use than for railroad equipment. he damages to abutting property for eee is materially lessened. An elevated railway over the tracks would really make a grade crossing at each viaduct. To elevate the tracks above the level of the viaducts would be impracti- cable. Mr. Porter closes his letter by say- ing: ‘‘I have definite views that are prob- ably so unpopular that it is best not to express them now, but I suggest the thought that if the cost to the railroads of coming into the city is so much more than coming to the limits, why should not rail- roads charge a higher tariff for bringing freight into Chicago than they would charge to belt lines around it that would transfer the freight from each railroad to every other? What would be the senti- ment of the people of Chicago if the rail- roads should charge the lesser rate ?” EMERY GRINDER. was in the chair. The main business of the evening was the ‘‘Chicago Railway Problem.” At the last meeting a com- mittee ot five was appointed to prepare a brief statement of the various phases of the problem. This committee presented a majority and a minority report. In the majority report three different plans were suggested for discussion. 1. A complete elevated system everywhere. 2. A system of depressed tracks everywhere. 3. A system partly elevated and partly on the surface. The majority report was signed by J. F. Wallace, Isham Randolph and H. C. Alexander. The minority report recommended only the third system, and was signed by George S. Morrison and C. L. Strobel. Letters were read from various railroad men on the subject, among them H. H. Porter and E. St. John. thought the problem would be worked out by viaducts over the railroads in some portions of the city, and tunnels under the tracks at other places. The tracks in the city. must be kept as much as possible on a level with business. The advantage of Some interesting estimates were pre- sented by Mr. Roney and A. F. Robinson upon the cost of building the present viaducts of the city, 30 in number, and of building four-track steel viaducts and brick viaducts. A paper was read by Ossian Guthrie, giving by contrast the condition and extent of publie works in Chicago 40 years ago and at the present time. Mr. Morgan, of Dwight, was called upon for remarks. He said that the solution of the Chicago railway problem would prob- ably rest with the Western Society of En- gineers. So much money has been spent by railroads in terminal facilities and property that no scheme which does not take this into consideration would be feasible. It would need many millions of dollars to pay the railroads for giving up Mr. Porter) this property. In New York, in a central location, ten times as large as what may be called Chicago’s business center, only one railroad penetrates into the city, and that one comes only within three miles of the post office. Its path through the city is a combination of elevated and under- D ground tracks. Mr. Morgan said that somehow the problem must soon be settled and he thought a belt line of elevated tracks, one mile from the business center, could be operated to the great advantage of the present state of affairs. Mr. Morison, of the minority committee, said we must get rid of all kinds of dan- gerous crossings, both railroads and streets and railroads and railroads. This must be done at as little damage to existing inter- ests as possible. Mr. Wallace thought it quite im ible to alter the tracks run- ning southward until Twenty-second street was reached. Beyond that the tracks might be raised, but to interfere with the tracks inside the business district would involve too valuable property interests. For example, the network of crossings at Sixteenth and Clark streets could not pos- sibly be untangled by any system of ele- vated tracks. A system of pneumatic interlocking switches for this point would cost about $75,000. Stuyvesant Fish, of the Illinois Central road, and Charles McDonald, of New York, were called on, but said that they had come merely to listen. President Cooley said that the extent of harbor surface pre- sented by the river was not fully appreci- ated. There are over 20 miles of river and slip frontage. Where commerce is the people are, and where the people are there commerce goes. The ple and com- merce get in the way of each other. We hear that the facilities for commerce are very great at certain points. But the commerce isn’t there, and if it should there the people would follow and get in the way again. It is a question which is the worst—to have the Susquehanna go up the Chicago River and delay the traffic of this city five or ten minutes, or to have 200 or 300 teams going here and there with the tons of coal she carries. Mr. Cooley wanted to know what was to be done about continuing the subject. Professor Herr said that he could see no use in continuing the discussion. It is a matter for the city and the railroads, and as neither had asked for help, he could see no reason for keeping the discussion up. It was finally decided to continue the su ject for another meeting. A resolution was offered indorsing the movement of the St. Louis engineers toward a monument to the late Capt. James B. Eads. The resolution was adopted, after which an adjournment was taken. avons ta The Brooklyn Dry Dock.—The Simp- son dry dock, just completed at the navy yard in Brooklyn, was formally opened on the 9th inst. The structure is wholly of timber and has been in process of con- struction nearly two years and a half, cost- ing about $500,000. It is 530 feet ‘ong, the length inside of caisson being 500 feet, and is similar to the dock built by the same company at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and that now being constructed at League Island. Machinery for operating the dock and the pumping plant were built by the Southwark Foundry Company, of Phila- delphia. There are two centrifugal pumps, each 42 inches in diameter, steam power for the machinery being furnished by three Scotch boilers, 13 feet in diameter and 11 feet in length. The pumps have ‘a capacity of over 80,000 gallons per minute, enabling the water to be pumped from the dock in about 90 minutes. The first dock of this kind was built in Bos- ton 30 years ago, and is in excellent con- dition to-day. The materials used are entirely of wood. cn $$$ P Attorney-General Watson, on behalf of the State, began in the supreme court at Columbus, Ohio, a lawsuit against the Standard Oil Company, its object being to oust that company from doing business in Ohio. 812 THE IRON AGE, May 15, 1890 Statistics of the American [ron Trade for 1889.” General Review of the Domestic Iron Trade in 1889. The year 1889 was all in all a very busy and prosperous year for American iron and steel manufacturers, although the early months of the year were far from promis- ing. In the following table is presented the statistics of the production of leading articles of iron and steel in the United States in 1889 and in the three preceding years. All products are given in net tons of 2000 pounds, except nails, which are | in stimulating sales is well known. given in kegs of 100 pounds. ence which co-operated with the extraor- dinary floods to bring about an improve- ment in the domestic iron trade in June ot last year. For several months prices had been constantly rising in the European iron markets, and our own prices not hav- ing sympathized with this advance, it be- came manifest as early as June that many articles which we had been recently im- porting in large quantities, notably steel biliets, slabs and wire rods, could now be purchased more cheaply at home, and might not be purchased so cheaply either at home or abroad later in the year. Or- ders for the articles mentioned, and also for articles made from them, were there- fore freely placed at home during the {summer months and the remainder of the year. The influence of an advancing market his un usual demand at good prices upop the Net tons of 2000 pounds. (Except nails.) Pig iron, including spiegel..................+. NOIR 6 igs 0055 ca dignih vn Bhe Sa eeawtnke Bessemer stee] ingots...... ......+5 s+ seeeees Bessemer steel rails....... Open hearth steel ingots. . . eee ee ee Open hearth steel rails... .........ccceesccees ES re ae errr es. Rolled iron, except rails............ .....+00.- Rolled steel, except rails.............-+.00+5 cre ch heh ens cepaescivs ase aes ee Pig, scrap and ore blooms...............+.++++ ee et eer rer rer rr rr SENG CU OMEMIE c.c cssberescocacessens'i's Bees OF shen) WHO MAE... .c2ccveceses saeve » Iron and steel wire rods..............0.-s0008: The rapid substitution in this country of steel for iron is clearly shown in this table. Iron rails have almost entirely given way to steel rails; rolled steel for other pur- poses than rails is seen to be a serious and growing competitor of rolled iron ; steel cut nails are rapidly taking the place of iron cut nails; and steel wire nails are fast growing in popularity as a rival of all cut nails. The iron trade of the United States passed through two distinct and radi- cally different stages in 1889. In the first five months of the year the depression in prices which was so marked a feature of the’iron trade of 1888 was continued, although consumption of all products, ex- cept steel rails, slowly increased; in the last seven months of the year prices ad- vanced from month to month, and con- sumption of all products but steel rails be- came phenomenally active; there was even an increased demand for steel rails in these months. The depression began to disap- pear immediately after the occurrence of great floods in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland on May 31 and June 1. These floods interrupted railroad traffic for two and three weeks, and this interruption caused serious delay in the transportation of raw materials and finished products to and from the various iron and steel works which were situated in the flooded dis- tricts. The roadbeds of the railroads which had been flooded and damaged re- quired an immediate supply of rails and rail fastenings, and also some iron and steel bridges, and there was urgent need that the locomotives and cars which had been swept away should be replaced without de- lay. Hence from the floods alone ensued first an interruption to the regular production of iron and steel, and next a more active demand for these products, both influences leading to increased prices. But there was another powerful influ- * From the annual report of the American Iron and Steel Association. By James M. Swanky, general manager. 1886, 1887. | 1888. 1859. ..++| 6,865,328 | 7,187,206 | 7,268,507 | 8,516,078 47.982 ' 47.598 | * 54.769 | | 85,823 ...., 25415498 | 82881857 | 2,812;500 | 3,281,829 . 2+, 1,763,667 | 2)354,132 | 1,552,631 | 1,601,264 v se, 945,250 | "860,717 | "352,036 | 419,488 eae 5.255 19,208| 5,261 3,346 cit 80,609 | 84,421 | 78,713 | 84,969 “".) 2,9507943 | 2,565,435 | 2,897,402 | 2,576,127 *- 2) "00/000 | 902/156 | 1;201;885 | 1,584,364 “7. a8te79 | = 28,062 | * 14,252 | ° 10,258 ‘2. g1'909 | 48'306 | ~~ 89,875 | 36,260 -.... 5,191,984 | 8,419;578 | 2,170,107 | 1,778,082 “... 21968/989 | 3,489/292 | 4,323,484 | 4,082,676 "600/000 | 1,250,000 | 1,500,