The Iron Age : Vol. LI : No. 1 : January 5, 1893

The o a A Review of the ftR, MR. GEriRSARR Oi-k': 'Bsc’d .. ^ Metal Trades. I>izbli8lied every TKiirsday IVXorixixifi: l>y David Williams, N-os. 90,9S, lOO Sc lOS Itoade St.. Yorte Vol. LI: No. I. New Yorkf Thursday^ January 5 , i8gj, Reading Matter Contents.page 52 Classified List of Advertisers_ 148 Alphabetical index to Advertisers ** 152 Advertising and Subscription Rates ** 151 1^4 .BO a Vear, Including- Poslaga Single Ck^pies, Ton Cents. YOUR POWER, YOUR BELT8, YOUR MONEY By covering your pulleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. NEW YORK, N. Y., 226 Pearl St., A. B. Laurence, Mgr. BOSTON, MASS., 164 Summer St.. G. J. Kelley, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA. PA,. 129 N. Sd St.. J. Garnett, Mgr. Belleville steel Co., ST. EOUIS. MANUFACTURERS OF CUT NAILS. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDINB PRESSURE GAUGE. Low in Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac-simlle chart. THE BRISTOL’S MFG. CO., _Waterbury, Conn. 22 Cll. SHORT HINGE AND GAllERY AMMUNITION. BEST QUALITY. 0 SURE FIRE. 22 Long Rifle, Rim Fire; 22 C. L. M. R., Rim Fire; 22 Win., Rim Fire. 22 Ex. Long, Rim Fire ; 22 Long, C. L. M. R., Rim Fire; 22 Ex* Long, C. F. 22 Winchester Single Shot, C. P. Accurate and will Produce Best Results. -MANUFACTURED BY- le UhIoh Melollii! Hilp LI?, ooxvza. ^ FRIEK) TXJUlDNT DaXT OKLXjiaES s. Branch Office : Cicveland 136 Liberty St., City Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CLEVELAND, O. CUT TO LENGTHS for Contractors’, Builders’ and Mill use. NEW Steel Rails of all sections; SECOND-HAND for relaying; OLD for scrap use. Also all kinds of railroad scrap. WHEN BUYING WRITE TO US FOR PRICES. J. H. RICHARDSON & CO., T08 Penu Are., Pictsbnrght Pa. R*.A.NDOXjI=*H Sa OXjO'WBS WATERBURY, CONN., -SOLE MANUFACTURERS OP- Brown's Patent Seamless Drawn Copper Honse Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK- Ordinary weight boiler tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to 300 lbs. pressure per sauareInch- but not recommended for a service of more than half the test. Send for circular on Made of two seamless drawn copper shells. Handsomest, best and strongest in the Send for circular giving instructions for prevention of accidents. Also proprietors of theBram & Bros. Tubing and Boiler Works and the Brown & Bros. Brass and Coppw- RoliinglSllB?^ «w>wn JENKINS BROS.’ VALVES. E very valve tested and warranted, all parts Interchangeable N othing but best Steam Metal used In the manufacture. Keyed Stuffing Box and Disc Removing Look Nut I 8 used only In the Jenkins Bros. Valves. N one are genuine unless stamped with “Trade-Mark.” S hould you order INSIST on having Jenkins Bros.’ Valves 71 Jobo St., New Ycrk. 21 N. Finhit.. PMIad’e. 31 and 33 North Can! Street, Cbloage. 105 Milk Street, Beetea. DRIPPING PANS. 40 Sizes. The best made, (Beaman’s Patent Improved*^ MARYLAND ROASTER AHD BA KER, j ! Made only by I OO., Factory and Main Office t BALTIMORE, MD. Branch 3 04 Reade St., N. Y. Leading manufacturers of Stamped and Patent Pieced Tin Ware and Galvanized Iron Ware. THE WILLIAMS PRINTING CO., Commercial Printers Binders. ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR ALL CUSSES OF WORK. NEW TOBK. 96, 98, 100 and 102 BRADB STREET, Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. AU our works In the heart of the Region, wltfcdn four miles of OonneUsvlUe, Pa, W. J. RAINEY, OAI»AOITY, 3,000 T02^TS IDAIUY. MAIM OFFICE: Mercantile Bank Building. CLEVELUD, OHIO. Hosted by Google 9 NSONIA Qrass ^ ^ OPPER C— MAHITFAOTUltBiBB OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. THEPLUIiE&AlW0ODiyiFli.0(l. ■AKUFAOTUBBBS OF Ingot Copper. [Waterbury Brass Go. BOUB MAKUFAOTITBBfl Tobin Bronze (Tbaok-Mabk.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings, Wire, Roundj Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. It & 21 CllfT Street, - - New York. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AOSIIT8 rOB Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DiAiABB nr imOT COPPER, SPELTER, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, SOLDER M OLD METALS, IOO John Street, - New Yorki B 0 tabll 0 h«d 1840. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, Gterman Silyer, Copper, Brass and Ger¬ man Silver wire. Brass and Copper Tubing. Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Kettles. Door RalLBrass Ta oussion Caps, Powder Flasks.. Sheet and Roll Brass WI TL HI GBRMAN BrLYBB AND GIXiDING METAL OOPPSB RIVETS AND BURRS. COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WLKE, Pfea, BratB Butt BLiuget, JTaeh Chutn KoroBene Bumert, JLamp TrimmUngB, 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. ures. !bo., and small Brass Wares of every description. OorVtidge Jkletol i/nh SheetB or SheUs a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPE WELL M7G. 00.*S Line of Sporting goods. DEPOTS: 289 Brtadtsai. Ntw Yerk. i 28 Eddy 81 ., Pravl- dtntt, 8 . I. MILLS AT WATEEBUEY, CONN. BOLUae IDLL, THOHASTOIf, CONE. FAOTOBIBS; WATEBBCBY, CONE. Holmes, Booth & Haydens MAITDVAOZCBEBB O, Sheet, Boll Brass, Brass and German Sliver Wire. loma Biass aM Capper Mills, Haven "copper Co., copper rivets and burrs. ROME, N. Y., -HANUFAOTUBEBS OF- Moll and Sheet Brass and German Silver. Brass. Copper and German Silver Wire. Brass and Copper Bods and Brazed Brass Tnblng. Rivets and Burs. Beamless Brass Ferrules. Cheek and Key Tags. Braslers and Sheathing Copper, Copper Bottoms. Bolts, Circles, fto.. Ao. Tba Phosphates of America. Where and how they occur; how they are mined; and what they cost. With practical treatises on the manufacture of sulphuric acid, acid phosphate, phosphoric acid and concentrated sui^rpbosphates, and select methods of chemical analysis. By - Francis Wyatt, Ph.D. Cloth, profusely illustrated. .$ 4.00 Ffr salt by David Williams, 96-102 Reads St.. N. Y. SOIiB MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBING. BRASS AND COPPER. Braned, Brass and Copptr Tubln#. Bare and Insnlated Wire for Blee- trlc LlMbtAna: and Street Rail¬ way Use. Uamp Ooods and Kerosene Burners In great variety. BRAZIERS’&SHEATHIHG COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., FACTORIES! WaUrbury, Conn. 25 Park Plaee, New York. ALSO HANUFAOTUBBBS OF Cast Steel Aasers ana Bits of Sapedor Qaalltr, SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. MATTHIESSEH ft HEOELEa ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OE SRELTER. AND MANUFAOTURBBS OF •BKKX ZINC AND SUDDHURIO ACID Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Mgers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. 2 sipros K’oii ’miFLjSk.&m GrQQJ^m jmcif'o-. oo.p 8fnu of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Bnbber Monlds, BRONZES BOOBf knobs. SronM and Plated Boses, Ckimblned Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells, &c. Patent Mirror Fin Cushion Business Cards. Mncilage Brushes. Novelties of New Design made to order. SALESROOM: 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklya. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, | Manufacturers of Iraaslormi. caxcl. SX 3 keM.tla.laxs OOPFSER -VSTIRUI A.1TI3 ImfKirterB ana Dealers in Incot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, oto. 49 CLIFF ST. NEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes, BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS 488 Broome Bti«et,Nw York. 810 Lake Street, Chloago, ^ High Street, Boston. WILLIAM S. FEARING. 100 Chambers 8t., NEW YORK, «nu T* nn vrabs Sheei BrtUBf Fancy Sheet Broee^ e^eftmwn Silvery Copper, Braee cmd Germcm Silver Wi/re, Brazed a/nd Seamless Brass and Capper Tubes, Brass a/nd Cop» per Bods, Brass Ferrules, Fure Copper Wire, SheetandIngot Copper, Speller, Tin* SntifnonUb Leads Se* Ad Introduction to the Study of Metallurgy By W. C. Roberts-Austen. C. B., F. R. S., Associate of the Royal School of Mines, Chemist and Assayer of the Royal Mint, Professor of Me^- lurgy in the Royal College of Science, with which the Royal School of Mines is incorporated. Con¬ tents : Phy^^ical properties of metak; alloys; the thermal treatment of metals; fuel; materials and products of metallurgical processes; furnaces; means of supplying air to furnaces; typical me^ hirgical processes; economic consideration*. With numerous dkAgrams, aga pages, cloth. For sale by David Williams, 96-102 Reade $t., N Y. Hosted by Google I Cramp & Sons S. & E. B. Co., Philadelphia, penna. 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AND you WILL USE NO OTHER TIN. THE MIGHESTAIIP RICHEST CRAOE MADE.: MANyraCTUREP ohlb-bt THECRESCEHTPHOSPHORIZED METAL EQ OFFICC AND WORKS 2IQ72fO^'«oZII( IHDIANA AV. PHILADELPHIA, PA OTLO-WIM &GSna:E3Xjia?X]NrG&- Chester, Pa^ :BX*OXXB5e, SX*£tSIB AXXd OoXXXX^OIElltlOXX 0£kSl;lZX8ri8- Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of ‘‘Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal." IMCaniifaotixrers ot T^HOST^UOR-UllEtOlVZlE TO TENlVSYTiV-A.N'I.aAL Specifications In ingot metal or castings. EUDITPIOTST XT'On 1802 -OF THE - Iron and Steel Works OF THE UNITED STATES. Embracing a complete list of the Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Forges and Bloomaries in every State and Territory; also Wire Mills, Wire Nail Works, Car Axle Works, Car Wheel Works, Car Builders, Locomotive Works and Cast Iron Pipe Works and Wrought Iron Pipe Works, nth edition, revised, cloth. - - - «4,.00. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by David Williams, Publisher and Bookseller 96'102 Reade Street, New York. A -PHOSPHOR-TIN By using my phosphor tin IVlANUfAcj URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE d| PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves, BY THl SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, MUCH \ CHEAPER THAN THEY t'.RE NOW TOP:.* HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD COPPEi ' CAN 3E USED, for circulars price J AODRcss haLK &, NAUMANN ^4 ''''A0EN rs.‘''‘'’'*"U.S.-'~i’CANADA7<? .J 0-EISrXJI3SrE3 PHOSPHORTIN, MANUFACTURED BY THE f^DOQRV STEAM GAUGE T and valve CO. Boston, Mass., U- S. A. Branches; NEW YORK CHICAGO AND LONDON. 4IIIER1GAN SPIRAL SPRING CO., MANUTACTUEERS OF All KINDS OF SPIRAl SPRINGS. , OFFICE AND WORKS: I Shingiss and Bluff Streets, PITTSBURGH, PA. P.O.Box 101. Telephone 706, Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. Washburn & Moen Manuf’g Co., WORCESTER, MASS., NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO. MAKERS OF IRON AND STEEL EVERY VARIETY OF "W" X 3ES FOR ALL PURPOSES. 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IHLSENG, C.E., E.M., Ph.D., Pro¬ fessor of Engineering, Colorado State School of Mines; formerly of Columbia College School of Mines, New Ydrk Citj^ Contents: Geognosy; Preparatory ana Explanatory work; Methods of Mining; Hoisting Machinery; Electdcity and Wateir Power; Hoisting operations; Hoisting Con¬ veyances; Underground Traffic; Surface Transportation; Pumping; Ventilation; Methods of Ventilation; Distribution of the Air; Kegulatlon of the Air Current; Il¬ lumination; Hygienic Conditions; Shafts; Sinking in Running Ground; Timbering; Drifts, Tunnels and Adics; Boring ; Break¬ ing Ground; Blasting; Drills and Drilling ; The Compression of Air; Mine Examinanom 437 pages, cloth.S4.0G Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookselle 96-103 Reade St., New STork SAINT LOUIS WIRE MILL CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SIteel "Wlro JELck>JLe> "Flofii. ADJUSTABLE TIE. WRITE TOR RRIOR®. ‘ST. 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Send for :320-page ^ Catalogue, |TtTg^ Largest Iron Fence and T ~ T j j jf '' Railing Works in U., S. 11111 '■ KENTON, O. " ’ " ' ‘ WICKWIRE BROTHERS. Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, Coal SloYOS, NEW PROCESS SS Cortland DiSbCOYMS, POWER LOOM MetaUic WIRE CLOTH. Coil SiOTBS. Every roll wrapped In Pink Paper and has onr name on label. W. S. ESTEY ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH No. 66 PULTON ST., NEW YORK, HAinTFAOTUBEB 09 \7CT (Ot Brass, Copper, Iron, ^ w ^1 vanlzed and Stwl wire of • I I.IAfnC j meshes and grades. For Minim viUillO Milling and aU other pnrposet Locomotive Spark WIp TP. LOloth, dke. WamIt (^r Bank, Office and Ooani.» E UlliA Bailing, Store Fronts, Wlndo- u VAAA Jonards, &o. GalTanlzed Twist Netttns. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Trap* 8 T Pat. Adjustable Foundry RIddlee. S *37 SglzxcI Soroon.a 8B5D FOB OATALOOUB. E. H. TITCHENER & CO., (Late Bing. Wire Goods Co.) BINGHAMTON, N. Y., U. S. A. Built for Service. The Elastic Steel Door Mat? REVERSIBLE. SELF-CLEANING. HANDSOME. THE WIRE GOODS COMPANY, Worcester, Mass. THE IRON AGE. 9 CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., VANUFAOTUBBBB OF BYBBT DBBOBIPnOIl OF- Wire Cloth, Hex. Nettings^ Wire Lath and Fencing. Perforated Metals. Wire Cloth and Nettings. Clinton " Standard” (NumSer 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. S'aotors' and. General OAoe-CX.JCN'X'OM. BXAJSIS. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street. - BOSTON, 23 Court Street. - CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street. The Gilbert Bennett Mfg. Co. I--r -MA.ISrXJr’A.CJTTTIt.Ji:- Pearl Window Screen Wire Cloth Galvanized Steel Wire Cloth. Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. ‘‘ Cottage” Lawn &. Garden Fencing. The World’s Web Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. Reuse Furnishing Wire Goods. WIRE CLOTH, NETTING, Fencing, Gates, Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. 42 and 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester. Mass. NEW PROCESS HARD STEEL GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. Patented March, 1884. Patents Pending. MANUrACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WIRE CLOTH Ed NETTING Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS. SEND FDR LATEST CATA1aOGU.F. F^ennsylvania. "W orlts, 233 and 236 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA. EDWARD DARBY «t SONS, MANTJFACTDRERS OF Breiss. OoTDioer, Steel or Iron WIRE CLOTH, Hex. Nettings, Wire Lath and Fencing. Foundry Riddles, Casting Brushes, Sand and Coal Screens, Shovels, Wrought Iron Railing for Banks, Offices, Residences; Ornamental Brass Work, Wire Work and Wire Window Guards. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO. MANUFACTURES THE ROEBLING STANDARD WIRE LATHING. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING, PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH, AND EVERY KIND OF IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH, TRENTON, 1 17 and 1 19 Liberty Street, 171 and 173 Lake Street, 25 and 27 Fremont Street, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. SAN FRANCISCO. LOW PUCES For every kind of fancy or staple wire goods, for in¬ terior or exterior use. Send for Prices and Catalogue “ B.” FIEID-IANGE WIDE and METAl CO., - St. louls. Mo. Hosted by Google 10> THE IRON AGE. — FOR — Grain Cleaning^ MacWnery; Woolen, Cotton, Paper Pn]^, Bite, Flour and Oil Mills; Distilleries, Sn^ar and Malt Houses; Ga8,Water, Brick and Tile Works, Filters, Tentilators, &c; Oil, Gas and Vapor Stores, Lanterns, Lamps, etc* Perforated Filter Press Plates For Paraffiiie Wax, Cotton¬ seed Oil, Sugar and other porposea. Screen Plates for Coal,^ Coke, and Ore Separators, Jigs, Trommels, Washers and Sizers. Heavy Steel and Iron Plates and Cylinders lor Coal and cone Brealrers, Ore, stone, Gravel Screens. For Bailroads, Loco- motive and Oar Builders. Prices and Sampies on Application. PEHPOHATED THE HARRINGTON a KING PERF. CO., Main Office and Works, 222 and 226 N. Union St., Chicago, Ill., U. S. Ao Eastern Ofi&ce, No. 284 Pearl St. New York. ALUMINUM or MANGA- NESE BRONZE SCREEH PLATESI T<' WITHSTAKD ACnOH 0? ACmnLATED WATERS ■WITH Hardness and life of Best Steel X£3::a:ss3a^'2aBm Perfection Bronze Castings, BABBITT’S METALS, "Wire eixLcS. "Wire OlottL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Belleville, New Jersey, U. S. A. New Passenger Station, €• R. R« of N.jr., Jersey City, N. J., over 30,000 square feet of Class. ERECTED ANYWHERE. CONSTRUCTED ON “ Helliweli System ” imjensliaMe dlazltig. (Sole Ageots), ^Warranted tight and free from drip. Built by PLENTY HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 145 Liberty St., New York City. Iron Palm-houses, Greenhouses, Conserva¬ tories and Skylights a Specialty, Illustrated Catalogue free. Correspondence Solicited. Popular Electric Lighting. Being practical hintTs to present and intending users of electric energy for illuminating purposes, with a chapter on electric motors. By Capt. E. I. Bax. Illustrated, zamo, cloth.Ii.oo F«r.Sale by D AVID WlLLIAMS.96-102 ReadeSt., N. Y. Steel Wire Fence Board. STRONSEST MD CHEAPEST BARBLESS FARM FEHCIHC. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Web Picket Pence. DEKALB FENCE CO., • - DeKalb, III AGENCIES; Eastern—HICKS & DIOKET, Phllndclphta* Pa. Southern—B. BEtKNAP JkCt^ KeulsTlUe, Ky. Woetern-WTETH HARDWARE As MFO. CO., /ojfPh- »•«. IndlnnannaMloh. IgaiA— INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO#, Orawfordsvllle, Ind. Texas—G. Iv. MEKIW £111£B» Dallas. IRONS CORRUGATED.—V. CRIMP. —STANDING SEAM.— GALVANIZED IRON - TIN PLATE. THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO., WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AM’ .-RICES, PIQUA, OHIO, Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 11 CONSOLIDATED STEEL WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, TH€ ROOKERY. CHICAGO. ILL. Branch f ^ouis, mo., 1935 Papin Street. __ j PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building, I NEW YORK CITY,IN. Y., 98 Reade St., N. Y. OffiC BS. t SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building. WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAILS. JBclIg Tios, 1^*023.00 oto. M:i]Lii:.s r.ocA.TEr> ax ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. Mj“ •' ^ ,vOVi a ‘’"•■'Jit#met ; UPHOLSTERERS’1 GIMP n*AP 17 CP ' * AUM, CARPET J QUALITY GUARANTEED. PRICES QUOTED ON APPLICATION, THE NATIONAL SCREW & TACK CO., Cleveland, Ohio. CHAS. J. STEBBINS. 103 Reado 0 t,, HeW foi>l[, Steel and iron Nails. BORDEN it LOVELL, 70 AND 71 WEST STREE7 NEW YORK. Steel. Iron and Wire Nails. wm:. IRON FOUNDER, TRENTON, - - N, a. Ghilled Cast Wire DIES A SPECIALTY. Any size or Style Made at Short Notice. PHILLIPS, TOWHSEHD & CO., O V P O R H WIRE NAILS, - - - IRDN AND NAIL CO., - - NORWAY RIVETS. C U t N a 11S Rivets marked “P” are not of our make. We make only tlrst-olass Norway Iron Rivets. COBB & DREW, PLYMOUTH, MASS, Manufaoturers of Nf/’way Iron Rivets, Brati and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tanks and Staples. New York Asency^ James S. Render- soiiy successor to RIsoswai dk Slendersou, Rardware* Agents for Pkiladelpliia Star Carriaae aud Tire Boltse SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. JBmtabtUhed 1830, THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. RIVMtSi Trunk Nalls, Tacks Clout Nalls. BurrSf WIra Natiaa rJLTMOUTH, MASS. Hosted by Google 12 THE IRON AGE. u. s. a. / DUNBAR^ HOBART A CO., WHITMAN, HASS. LORING A PARS \ ESTABLISHED IN 1810. BST.^] BRANCHES: \ A. FIELD & SONS, TAUNTON, HASS. TAUNTON TACK ESTABLISHED IN 1827. AHERICAN TACK CO., FAIRHAVEN, HASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. LORING A PARKS, PLYHOUTH, HASS. ESTABUSHED IN 1842. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, HASS. ESTABLISHED IN 186A OLD COLONY RIVET CO., FLYHOUTH, HASS. established in 1866. MA.NXJP"A.OrrTJRH3K.S OF’ Tsokt, Bradt, Small Nails, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nalls and Buttons. Wire Nalls, Fln^lsWiig NaMs, Patent Brada. Hungarian Nails, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Tacks, Escutcheon Pins, Glaziers Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other articles. W© have the largrcet and only complete and fully assorted stock In the world. Our manufactDring ®U known brands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New York atore and our factories. ITAJir OF'JFICJS, 508 8EAB8 BUIZniNO, 190 WASHINGTON NT., BOSTON, MASS. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE 116 CHAMBERS ST.. NEIF TORE. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE, 239 A 241 BAKE ST., CHICAGO, ILZ. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE,408 MARKET ST., SAN ^^^^CISCO, CAB. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE, 406 COMMERCE ST., FHIBABEBFHIA, FA. GUSTAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, MANXJF’A-CTXJR.HSK.S OB’ Cold Saws and Cold Sawing Machines Works at Homewood Station, Pennsylvania Railroad PITTSBURGH, PA. Perfect workmanship, Wear and cost of operating reduced to, BlnlmiB, Long life of saw-blade, Full contact of teeth. And best general reaulta. We build many different styles of machinea adapted for all kinds of Cold Sawlngr* ALL are equipped with our SELF-REGULATINQ VARIm ABLE AUTOMATIC FEED, with advantagrao above mentioned. THE BRYANT PAWTUCKET, R. I Portable and Power, For STREET and STEAM RAILWAYS. Bright Wire Goods, Spring Cotters and Keys, Crescent Wire Coat and Hat Hooks Belt Hooks, dtc Bent Wire Work A Specialty.’] Your Offices. Stores and Warehouses from fire and burglars by using Made from wood and covered with iron or steel, render^ log them stiflr and preventing warping In case of fire. Made from heavy boiler plate iron. Made from double corrugated Iron or steel. Made to flt any size opening. EBtimates furnished upon application. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 705-707 Phenix Building, Chicago, Mention The Iron Ago, Hosted by Google 14 THE IRON AGE. STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c.. Fop Manufacturers of Light Hardware. U.f ilf BUAKE: & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. lii< American Wire Nail Co. ANDERSON, IND. STEEL ROD GALVANIZED PLAIN PENCE ALL KINDS WIRE NAILS. OLIVER WADE, Agt., 18 Broadway, New York. WIRE NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO. WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. Bi. PIXIXjI.iIPS SOITS SOUTH HANOVER. MASS. TACKS W. Rv. Sm O 21 WARREN ST.r NEW YORK. And Booksell") 16-102 BeadeSt., New York, The SALEM WISE HAIL CO. MANUFACTURERS WIRE NAILS. Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office; - SALEM, OHIO. BRANCH OFFICES : 54 Waxren St., New York, i 415 Phenix Bldg., Chicago. 200 Amer. Bld’g, St. Louis. | 207 Neave Bldg., Cincinnati. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. THE BAACKES WIRE NAIL COMPANY. CLEVELAND, O. Steel Wire Nails, Standards Only. Wire Rods' Plain Wire, Galvanized Wire Barbed Wire, Fence Staples. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 16 American Screw Company, PROVIDKNCK, R. I. Cold Forged FrodiACts. Ill “Spur Pointed” Wood Screw. H j| |l Patentea May 10, July 19,1887; Oct. 29, 1889; Aug. 19, Oct. 21, 1890; April 7, May 12,1891. JjM ITS ADVANTAGES ARE: Stronger than a cut screw. Forged nick. Requires the use of only one bit. Inserted easier. Increased holding power. Centralized point. Is cold forged, and entire surface has a metallic skin. Samioles Sent on .A.'p'plica.tion. Patented Nov. 11, 1890, Oct. 20,1891. FLUTED TIRE BOLTS. S£NB FOR SAMPLFS. “ROGERS’ DRIVE SCREWS.” Patented May 10, 1887; July 19, 1887 ; July 10,1888. Other patents pending. List prices, same as common iron wood screws. Discount for Flat Heads, 82 i %. THE “ ROGERS DRIVE SCREW,” Driven with a hammer its entire length. A COMMON CUT THREAD SCREW, As ordinarily inserted, i. d., driven two-thirds of its length with a hammer and the balance with a screw-driver. Fibres of the wood are necessarily broke'tx, and holding power of screw much imp aired. Should be driven with a hammer its entire length. 1. Turns like a screw when driven with a hammer. 3. Does not break the fibres of the wood. 3. Holds stronger than a common screw as ordinarily inserted. 4. Cheaper than a common screw. 5. Is cold forged and has metallic skin over entire surface. SCREW CO., I=R,OVIIDE3SrOE, R,. I. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool. Hosted by Google Corrugatedi Crimped and Ciap-Board iron Roofing & Sidimr, lion Buildings, Boofs. Doors, Shutters, Cornices, Skylights, Bridges, See. MOSELEY IRON BRIDBE AND ROOF CO., Office, 6 Dey Street, B.oom 13. NEW YORK. SCOTT A. WHITE, Manufacturer and Dealer in 8iate, Gravel and Tile RooFirvo, Ornamental Terra Cotta, SLATE BLACKBOARDS, STEPS and FLOORING. OFFICE, Room 7IB, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, PA. Telephone, 16t24e YARD, Grant Ave. and P., F. W. & C. R. R. Telephone, 3213* ALLEGHENY, PA. -ESTABLISHED ^ u’c VINCENT ROOFIHQ CH.,, Tile, Slate and Metal Roofjng. • MANCFACTt’RKRS OF . - GALVANIZED IRON AND CQPPER IGORNIGES AND SKYUSHTtl CORRUGATED IRON BUILPINCS. ESTIMATES FURNISHED AND ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 445 West 45th-Street. New York. lUiiX. ORDERS PROllPTLY ATTENDED TO. I P. M. VINCENT, Prop. _ ■. ■ WIRE NAIL Machines -AND- I Wire Nail Presses, Blanufaoturers, MALMEDIE & CO., Dufiseldorf-Oberbilk (Germany). Sole Agents for U. S, and Canada, CUAS. L EGKSTEIN & CO.. 41 John St., New York. Our machines are iineQualed. Over 600 work log satisfactorily in the CT. S. and Canada. Gautier Steel Departient of Cambria Iron Ce., o'OBCisrsTO'WWisa’, MANUFACTURERS OF Merchant Bar Steel: Including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Railroad Spring, Hoe, Rake, Fork, etc. Agfriculturai Steel and Shapes: Finger Bars, Knife Backs, Rake Teeth, Bundle Carrier Teeth, Tedder Forks and Springs, Spring Harrow Teeth, Harrow (Drag) Teeth, Seat Springs, etc. Plow Steel: Flat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolled Lay, etc. COLD ROllED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office a 02 Chambers St. S. W. Cor. 6th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building. TEEL CELEBRATED CROWD’S PATENT CAMBRIDGE ROOFING CO., Cambridge, Obio^ JP. O. Box 21. Chattanooga, Tenn., JP. 0« Box 31* CORRUGATEDIROH AND 12 OTHER STYLES ^ EAVE TROUGH AND CONDUCTOR PIPE. WRITE FOR PRICES, HAND SHAVED BANGOR SLATE BLACK BOARDS,,I AULD & CONGER, lOOEUC LID AVE .,C LEVLLAND, 0; IRONt^’SIEEL pRIDGES.ROOFS#>R UILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, Iff ASS. KING BRM GO.. CLEVELAND, 0. Iron and Steel Bridges, Girders, Buildings and Structural Work of ail kinds. Hoisting and Conveying Machinery forHandlingOre,Coal, &c. Roof of MachiDe Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. n PT ANDREWS. Prop’r, S. MILLER, Jr^ Sec’y. ‘ ' ^ J. R, WORC&STEK. Chief Eng’r, B. H. B^OWN, Con. Eng’r Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 17 Engineers, Architects and Builders in Iron and Steel ^213 Ii^on ir Steel Co.^'Ts^ .. The First to make Boiler Plates In America. Htubm, Prett, A. F. Huston, Vice-Preit, 0. L. Huston, OmL ligr. Bobt. B. Jr., Sefc». Jos. Humpfon, Treat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES VO BXT&£nfB BiniENSIONS. WIDTHS VP TO 10 FEET. THICKNESS, 3-16 INCH TO IH INCH. -1810.- WORKS : PHILADELPHIA OFFICE ; OoAttOfilxrmo. lE^At. 68 dB 64 Sullltt Slds- THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANUFACTURE AUIt THEIR PRODUCTS BOTH IN WROUGHT IROM AXD OPEX HEARTH STEEE, Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee>bars, Zee-bars and other shapes, Round, Flat and Square BARS of all sizes, Especially adapted for Bridge and Ship Builders, Fire-proof Buildings, Shafting and all Structural Purposes. Specialties, in Wrought Iron or Steel;—Phoenix Columns and Upset Eye-Bars of all sizes, Roof Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes of every description, AGENTS wMnAJKBH Bbos., 61 Liberty St., NEW YORK ; A. C. Stites, 9S1 Rookery, CHICAGO; Jambs B. Stokbs, 182 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: J. A. L. Waddell, Keith ft Perry Building, KANSAS CITY. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL GO., PonsviLLE, Pa., PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MANUFAOTUBBBS OF ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL, Viz., I Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars; and also Open Hearth Steel Billets, Blooms and Slabs. BREWERY, MALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. JDesignei's and Constractors ot Roois, Ormsses, Ooluxnns, Ate* TE^TBD CHAINS. BRADLEE - & - CO., - EMPIRE - CHAIN - WORKS Beach. A Otis Sts.5 ... Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings, " D. B. 6.” Special Crane Cham. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains. fBANK K. BSHBRICK. BARCLAY W. COTTOB ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., IRON ^ STEEL MERCHANTS, 118 Walnut Street, - PMadelpbla. HIFFLIN WHEELER. G. W. NIC0LL8 Nicolls, Wheeler ft Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 316 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Fa. -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, &c., &e Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Ralls, 8. T. WELLMAN. President. JOHN P. CROZER, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintenden . S. H. CHAUVENET, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO. 4 -MANUFACTURERS OP- Highest Grad%^ Open Hearth Low Phosphorus Steel Fire Box and Boiler Plate. Bessemer Steel Ship and Tank Plate. Open Hearth and Bessemer Blooms and Slabs. Low Phosphorus Pig Iron. -PLATES UP TO 126 INCHES IN WIDTH.^-- General Office and Works, Thurlow, Delaware County, Pa. Chicago, Ills., No. 656 “ The Rookery.’’ New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nassau Street. B. W. CRAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. Ac r*. Ac Pencoyd Iron Works, Pencovd BrWge & Construction Co., MANUFACTURERS OF * I I DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OP Wrought Iron ond Opon Hoorth Stool, Bridges, viaducts, Turn Tables, Etc. OFFICES 261 S. 4tli Street, PHILAHELPHIA, Pa. 1 WORKS, PENCOYP, PA. EDWARD CORNING & CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ' BEAMS, CHANNELS, IR A hi ..... ATTFI HOOPS, BANDS, ANCLES, TEES, l|{l||y ANn \lrrl SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, PLATES, BARS, RODS. mUll ViLLL BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. HOOPS, BANDS, SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. 29 BROADWAY, 237 .SO. THIRD ST., NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS; 70 KILBY ST., BOSTON. Hosted by Google the iron aGF. 19 W. S. PILLING. T. L CnEti PILLING —CRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIC IRON : Low Phosphorus, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL: In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and sci'ap. COKE : For Furnace and Foundry use. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. koWARD J. ETTING.t^ IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 232 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron, Old Rails, Scrap.. AGENT FOR THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK^ Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. A ^eiit TTtEIVTOlV IKOnV OO.^ For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Longdale (Va.) and other Pig Irons. Storage Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy YardL wblch is connected with Penn. R. E. and Its varloue connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued. Cash advances made on Iron. EDWIN R, MANN. PRANK SAMUEL :e1. R. ISULATSI^ ct3 OO., Sole Afifent8« ..^cxxie Iron. C. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston.^ C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHI1,ADEI.PBIA. Foundry, Forge and Bessemer Pi® Irons. Coal, Coke and Steel Ralls- Sole Agents for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND BRON PLATES. Guaranteed .03 or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Riverside Steel Pipe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes. 147 SOUTH 4th STREET, - - PHILADELPHIA. «. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hiroa E. H. WILSON & CO., 999 and 994 South Third St, I^hiladolphim^ BBOUBS AMD DBALBBB EH IRON AND STEEL. OorreBpondenoe soUoIted. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, T>IL.AT3E3 cto SII3E3E3T ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow. Water Rpe, Smoke Stack Tank and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET. PHILADELPHIA. Fonndryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. CORRESPONDBNCB SOLIdTKD. CUMSE:RUANP nail ANP iron CO. MANUFAOTUBEBB OW “CDMBIIUID” mis & VROOGITIB8I PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. W. Hoffman & Co., 333 and 336 Walnut Street, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates and Shapes. RaUs, Cara and Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment genoroiiy, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. I S I South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa - SOLE AGENT FOR - Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer In Scrap, Old Car WheeU* iUnck Bare and OonnelUvlIte Coke. JOHN L HOGAN & CO. mON COMTTTSSIOU MEECHANTS, Bullitt BnUdlng, IBS Sontli Fonrth 8t., Phil., Igents for Brier Hill, Leblgli, Strathors, AND RIUIRRIRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bare, Youngstown Bteeb Co., Oonnellsvllle Coke. BOONTON IRON & STEEL CO, Boonton, N. J, -MANUFACTURERS OF BAR IRON AND ANRLES. NORTH BROTHERS MF6. CO. Iron and Brass Founders. L/ffAt Castings a Specialty. M. W. Cor. 23ct and Race 8trsat», PHILADELPHIA. Oorrespondenoe eoUolted. — .. _ . . i 1 . 29th and Liberty Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa.. 1' Manufacturers, 1 COIL AND CRANE CHAINS. 1 STEEL CHAIN A SPECIALTY, WRITE FOR PRICES. A, R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTDPERS AND DEALERS IN IROei and STEEL. AGRN€I£S: CABNEGIE STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Material, Steel and Iron Columns, Beams^ Channels, Shapes and Plates, bteel Beams Rolledto 24 inches deep. t^OKTAGE IKON CO.. Limited, Merchant Iron, Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO , Steel Wire Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVEKSIDB IRON WORKS, Steel Ripe. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues AMERICAN WIRE NAIL MACHINES. Over 900 working satisfactorily in the Cuited Stales, 25 in Europe and 100 in Canada. THE SEIDELL & HASTINGS CO., Charcoal- Iron Boiler Plates. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made lor Iron and Steel Structuies of every description. Please address, Broadway, New \ork. P.O.Box 33. T^I1NI>S^Y Ac OO., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For aU Purposes. Bstlmetes Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. MERRILL BROS., 466 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. 1 O TIJ PJ' T Gautier Steel X ^ SEE PACE 16. Hosted by Google 20 THE IRON AGE. Francis Hobson, Seaman a Co., Successors 'to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” (3^ Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for ToolSy etc. HOBSON*® ‘‘OHOICE** Extra Qaality Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S “ NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, Ao. WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York- CHAS. HUGILL, Agent._ THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. O R XJ OI BLlj] OAST S TEEL. JKRK ABBOTT & CO., Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 86 OLIVER ST. BOSTON._ 23 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Si & Cl WARDLOWp Sheffield, enolano Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel, !■ Bars and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Carvers, Butchers’ Knives, Files, Band Saws, Cl<wk, Watch Md all ■ther Springs i also Sole Makers of the Special Brand it T O 11 H * * Sphtting and Machine Knives •I every description, and for Turning and adl other I W il Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St., New York._Frank 8. Pilditch, Agent. GUSTAF LUNDBBRG, AGENT FOR N. M. HdOtUND’S SONS & C0„ OF STOCKHObM Swedish and Norway Iron. Sesfliexxxex* AxacS. ECeArtla C»teel. 19 KILBY STREET. BOSTON. CARLISLE JOIX^X^XSON db OO., SHEFFIELD, WORKS, limf WULSOM HAWKS WORTH, BliJLISOll * OOo ENSLAMD, (BBTABUSHBD 1886.) SHEFFIELD, EHSLAMD, CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents, 81 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON._98 LIBERTY STREET, REV YORK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND. MANUPACTUKBBS OF ALL KINDS OF STBBL. Tool Steel, Drill Rods, Needle Wire, Hot Rolled Sheet Steel, Cold Rolled Steel for Cor¬ set Springs, Band Saws, Clock and Watch Springs and Parts, and all other Purposes, HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly CARL F. BORER). Sole Agents and Importers of Steel and Crncible Wire Rods, &c. _ Best Quality, K Bars, Sheets Plates. , Large assortment of sixes in stock at 91 John St. - . . . NEW YORK MANUF ACTDRBD BY And other Agencies. WIN. JESSOP & SONS, L’D. I I WM. JESSOP & SONS, L’D. “F.W. MOSS” SHEFFIELD STEEL & FILES For further particulars apply I^rices for Direct Importation in Wholesale Qtiamtities From Sheffield. Improved Mild Centered Cast Steel for Taps, Reamers, &c .@ £59 per ton in Sheffield xr-pWTON & Warranted Extra Cast Steel for Taps, Dies, Milling Tools, &c.“ 50 Warranted Cast Steel for tools, Taps, Dies, Turning Tools, &c.“ 44.10/ “ “ “ CfTiPMAN Best Crucible Machinery Steel.“ 80 “ « OXiirivirLiv. ^ g extra weight HAND CUT FILES.^.® 50j6 & 4}^ cash discount “ 83 John St., New York. No charge for extra sizes when steel is ordered in wholesale quantities of assorted [sizes. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 21 ^Fl SPLICESFIXTURES to It I rTS.SLAP^lKfiSHP°FLOT^ElSS|R0^SFA[LBOAw'srK^^^ PIL® v/m Ja“^&ADU(TS4BUI W GENEBAL OFFICES, i NEW YORK SALES OFFICE, I BOSTON SALES OFFICE* i SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, 808 So. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA. I No. 2 Wall Street (comer Broadaj). I 70 Kilby Street (Mason Bnildinir). | STEELTON, PA. iCTNA IRON and STEEL COMPANY, “""JSSS®"’’’ MANUFACTURERS OF Sojft Stiool I^ofiixoci Xroii, Bars, Light Section Rails, Angles, Ties, Grooves and Other Special Shapes, Steel TooIJmoke Stack and Tank t hects and Roofing Sheets. Special attention to orders for Bars or Sheets of odd sizes and shapes, or for special purposes. Illinois Steel Company General Offices, TENTH FLOOR, “ ROOKERY,” CHICAGO, ILL, -MANUFACTURE- Bessemer, Foundry and Mill Fig Iron, Spiegel and Ferro-Manganese, Iron and Steel Merchant Bar, Rail Fastenings, Light ‘‘T’’ and Street Rails, Steel Billets, Wire Rods, Iron or Steel Car Truck Channels, Steel I ” Beams and Structural Shapes, and BESSEMER STEEL RAILS. Julian L. Yale, GenT Sales Agent. Wm, H. McLean, Assistant Gen’l Sales Agent. New York Office, 46 Wall St., New York City. Milwaukee Office, 151 N. W. Ins. Bldg., Milwaukee WIs. D. E. GARRISON Sl CO., Agents, Laclede Building, St. Louis, Mo. PICKANDS, BROWN & CO., Sole Agents Pig Iron Department Illinois Steel Company and Manufacturers and Dealers In IPXOe II?,03Sr axLti 0I2,E;, 1007, 1009 and iOi I Rookery Building, Chicago. OPEN HEARTH NEW ENGLAND STEEL WORKS. MERCHANT “—~ MANUFACTURERS OF NEW ENGLAND STEEL WORKS. MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL. Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Forging, Etc. Billets and all Shapes to any desired analysis. WM. M. HORNE & CO., 6 Oliver St., Boston, Mass., General Sales Agents. FXT-SZSXIVEONS db OO., -MANUFACTURERS- SHAFTING STEEL CLEVELAND, OHIO. -AMERICAlf- PILS StoragTwarra!^ (Bank of Amertoa Bnlldlns.) 44 Wall Street, NEW YORK. Stay-Bolt, Superior Quality Refined Bar Iron, All Rivet, D. Link, NIehchant Bar IRON. H Small Channels and Anolcs, EXAGON IRON AND STEEL. , STEEL. Oorrespondenoe of Pumaoes Invited. J. M. STUTZMAN, 181 William Street, N. Y. Manufacturer of Superior Steel Stamps. steel Alphabets, Brands, Seali, Steel Stencil Cuttlna: Dies, Soap Moulds, Brass Staoaps, Box Dies. &c. Send for Price-List. Hosted by Googli 22 THE IRON AGE. CAMBRIA STBBL, SiEEl RBiIf!, 'sTAi<5AiiD ADD usHT wEiGiiTr Sfa*EEt ReH^ Slid RsilW&Q F&jtBiiing^, BEJSSEMEB AND OPEN-HEARTH BLOOMS, BELLETS AND BARS. eteel Axles, Steel Angles, Steel Channels, Steel Rorglngs, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, LIMITED, -JttANUPAOTUBERS OF- Iron and Steel I Beams, Channels, Ang^Ies, Tees and odd Sections, Open Hearth Steel Plates, Bessemer and Open Hearth Blooms, Slabs and Billets, Steel T Rails. Iron and Steel Axles, Links and Pins, Wrought iron Draw Bar, Universal Mill Plates, IVIerchant Bar Iron and Steel, Steel Wire Rods, Wire Nails, Wrought Iron Turnbuckles. ALL KINDS OF Car, Locomotive and Machinery Forgings. The SPRINGFIELD IRON CO. Springfield, CHICAGO OFFICE, I10-711 Phenii BniW’g. IRON AND STEEL SPLICE BARS. Tracli: Bolts, Merchant Iron and Bar Steel. B. P. JUl^eON, importtr of and Dealer IB BOOTOH AND AUEBIOAN WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD MKTALS, 4>8T A AfSQ Water §t., I VHDV 088 & 285 South St., fNtW YUnK. LUCKNOW FORGE. xKTm msiXjiY Fort Hunter, P. O., Dauphin Co., Pa. KANUFACTUBEE OF Ploome and Billets for Boiler Plate, Tnb«a Sheet Iron and Wire, made trom Pig Iron and Scrap. Prices Quoted—Correspondence Solicited. Welded Chrome Steel Iron (5 ply) FOB SAFES, VAULTS, JAILS, &c. Positively Burglar-Proof, Cannot be Cut, Sawed or Drilled. Sole Manufacturers, CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y. Also Mannlacttuers ol nnepalleS Clirome Steel Casnigs. REEVES IRON CO., CANAL DOVER, 0. MANUFACTURERS OF JEL hlJb ■ Iiy Jm > IDFLOKT STDE3DE3IJ. Merchant Bar. Highest grades of BB Galvanized Iron. Cold Rolled and Smooth Finished Sheet Iron and Steel for all pur¬ po