The Iron Age : Vol. LI : No. 18 : May 4, 1893

QR. MR. GENERAL’S OFFICE. THE IR fRec’d - iS GE A Review of the r , id Metal Trades. fhx'blisb.ed. every Th.ursd.ay Morning hy Dav? iiro, 9S, lOO <SclOS Heade St., N'ew York:* Vol. LI: No. i8. New York, Thursday, May iSgy. $4.30 a Vear, Ineiuding T^oatMQek Single Ctopies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents..... page 1044 j -. ""TT: . ... ;; 'We MeLn-uLfELOt-mre ' Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 146 Advertlslh^ and Snbscrlptlon Rates" 145 Over lOO DiffereiTlt. IbiAOCielS Of BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SEE PAGE 3. ; o^'tTXi.zia'S'cpoKXjJBS. bkaxob ovnoB: Cleveland 136 Liberty St., city Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CiLBVBIiAND, 0. RIFLE CtRTRIDRES. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. IjOXJIS Manufacturers of Track Fastenings, Boat Spikes, Colcfle. Spikes. fWining Raiis. We guarantee the best results with our Cartridges in the arms of first-class makers. U. M. C. Cartridges are especially manufactured under the most careful tests for Remington, Winchester, Marlin, Colts and Stevens Rifles. -MAJ^UFACTTJRED BY- The Union (Vletaliic Cartridge Co., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. R.^:hTr)OIjFK[ «& 03 L| 0 "WE 3 S, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tnbins: and harire Slie1Is» Brazed Tubes and Mouldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silver. -SOLE MANUFACTUEERS OF- Brovn s Patent Seamless Drawn Copper Honse Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK. JENKINS DISCS^HIDH STEIIN PNESSNRE If you have trouble with Discs, write us. We can furnish Discs, or Valves, that will be satisfactory. There are dealers who sell Discs as ** Jenkins,” when they know they are not genuine. JENKiNS BROS.’ VALVES ARE STAMPED WITH TRADE MARK. T'C'XTTT'TXTO 'Dl^AO m JOHN ST., N.Y, 21 NORTH FIFTH ST.. PHIL A. J li JN JVi JN b J5Kl/b. ^ 105 MILK ST., BOSTON. SI and 33 N. CANAL ST., CHIOAOO DRIPPING PANS* 40 Sizes. The best made. (Beaman’s Patent Improved.) MARYLAND ROASTER AND BAKER, j ciSapesTta^he Ml^ket. Made only by ThflE XIN'Or!El../lL.l!^ tSo C^>., Fuctory and Main Office : BALTIMORE, MD. Branch ; 64 Reade St., N. Y JLeading mantifacturers of Stamped and Patent l*i€ced Tin Ware and Galvanized Iron Ware. RAILS- COT TO LENGTHS tor Contractors’, Builders’ and MiU use. NEW Steel Balls ot aUseotions; SECOND-HAND forrelaylng; QI^Q for Borap use. Also all kinds of railroad scrap. WHEN BUYIN6 WRITE TO US FOR PRICES. J. H. RICHARDSON * CO., ' T08 Fenn At.., Pltt.barsh. Fa. T"? Avery Stamping Co. We retin Iron, Steel and Copper. CLEVELAND, O. Heavy Blanking, Pressingl Stamping. Rainey Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know yon are getting tl the heart of the Region, within the best that can be manufactured. All onr works is n four miles of ConnellsviUe, Pa. V. i. R&INEY, OAJ?jA.OITY, 3,000 T01T3 DAXIjTr. ilHEY, ClEYELMD, OHIO. Mercantile Bank Building. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. y^ NSOWHA g RASS ^ Q opper Qo. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot popper. Iwaterbury Brass Co. ThePi.ume&AtwoodMfg.Go. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump linings,V/ire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pumo Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 Cliff Street, • • New York. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN INGOT COPPER, SPELTER, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, SOLDER & OLD METALS, 1 OO John Street, - New York. Rome Brass and Copper Hills, ROME, N. Y., Establislied 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger¬ man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubiogr, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS PERCUSSION CAPSp TAPE NlEASURESp METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, &o., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPE WELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. DEPOTS; 296 Broadway, New York. 125 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. I. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. GBBMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges* Jack Chain* Kerosene Burners* Lamp Trimmings* 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. ROLLING MILL, THOMASTON, CONN. factories: WATERBURY, CONN. Holmes, Booth & Haydens MANUFACTURERS OF -KANUFAOTUBEBS OP- Roll and Sheet Brass and German Sllrer. Brass, Ctopper and German Silver Wire. Brass and Copper Rods and Brased Brass Tablns Blvets and Burs. Beamless Brass Ferrules. Check and Key Tags. Braslers and Sheathing Copper, Copper Bottoms. Bolts, Circles, ftc., Ac. The Phosphates of America. Where and how they ; how they are mined; and what they cost. With practical treatises on the manufacture of sulphuric acid, add phosphate, phosphoric acid and concentrated superphosphates, and select methods of chemic^ analysis. By Francis Wyatt, Ph.D. Cloth, profusely illustrated. .$ 4,00 Ftr sale by David Williams. 96-102 Reade St.. N. Y. New Haven Copper Co., SOLI ILAKBRS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS'& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., | Waterbury, Conn. Sheet, Roll Brass, Brass and German Silver Wire. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBING, BRASS AND COPPER. Brazed Brass and Uopper Tnbtns, Bare and Insulated Wire for Elec¬ tric lalslittng and Street Ball¬ way Use^ kamp Goods and Kerosene Burners In sreat variety. FACTORIES: 26 Park Place, Waterbury, Conn. New York. ALSO MAinTVAGTUBBRa OP Cast steel iaieis atii Bits of Superior Qialltr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINDIS, SLAELTERS OE SEELTER. AND MANUFACTURERS OP SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers* and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZIJ^TO® F’OH I^ECXjAIVCHiB IBA.TTEItY. GrOOJC^MS IkOIFO-. OO., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Robber Moulds, bkfOnzh] idooKf knobs, Bronze and Plated Roses, Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells, &c.. Patent Mirror Pin Cushion Business Cards, Mucilage Brushes. Novelties of new design made to order. SALESRDDM: 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTDRY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, JSx* A SElexrfii ^ Manufacturers cf toXt; Axxd dla.ofi/'Slxlxi.er CfOJPJPXDXZ, "W^IRE3 ANTID KIVBTS. Importers and Dealers In Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS; 4^ Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, CDhlcago. 29 High Street, Boston. WILLIAMS. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fg,ncy Sheet Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop^ per Bods, Brass Ferrules, Fure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Spelter, Tin, Antimony, Lead, Roufirh Casting: of Aluminum. Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronze and all kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Metal Picture Frames, Ink Stands, Figures, Statues, etc. Stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. St. Lonls Bronze Sl Alnminnm Works, 3741-3743 North Broadway, BT. LOUIS* MO. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. a ElEPHANT TRADE-HARK. JIU GENUINE IlNGOTS & MANUFACTURCS BEAR OUR REC.yPrAOE MARKS. ^/i(‘!Sp/u^ v^'Lcn^i. PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet Acc. TheRhosphor Bronze SmeltincCo.Limited 512 Arch St. Philadelphia Pa. U.S.A, ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in the United States and Sole Makers of''ELEPHANT BRAND''Phosphor-Bronze. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. T]16 Wn. CrflJDp & Sons S. & £. 6. Go., Philadelphia, penna. \ VRlAMl liARK YORK AM9 THOMPSON STS., SOLE 1 LAN 177 AOTUBEBS OF AMERICAN MANGANESE BRONZE. MANGANESE BRONZE PROPELLER WHEELS A SPECIALTY. Our Manganese Bronze Is invaluable where Castings of great Tensile Strength are needed. In this quality it is nearer Steel than any other alloy In the market, and in appearance the castings are unequalcd. We Make larger Castings and More of Xhetn than Any Competitor» QEiisrxJiisrE! PHOSPHOR TIN, MAirUFACnJBED BY THE CROSBY STEAM GAUGE VFrE\^OD ¥ and valve go. Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Branches: NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON. |PS5fllC-ART(g.5TI\C g WALDO & STOUT, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SOVNB CASTINGS IN ALUMINUM, PHOSPHOR MANGANESE BRONZE. WIRE BARS and PLATES FOR ROLLING MILLS. BRASS, BRONZE, |. . piyi Ann pfl Send COMPOSITION and i.L.Ufl I LUIlU uU. T($Y IT? AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER ALUMINUM TIN. CASTINGS, Heaiy and Light. ANSONIA, CONN Prices. THE HIGHESTAWD RICHESrCRAOE MADE JWAHUFACTURED OMLY BY THE CRESCENT PHOSPHORIZED METAL CO 2ID7ZI0!*»»2III INDIANA . _ Chester, Pa^ Droxxse, BrAss AXLd. Oornx^osltlon OAstlnss'. Inventon and Sole Manufactnren of “Crown Bronze” Booring Notal nod “Crown BOUING MIU Babbitt Metal." BXaixTi£aoturers ot PECOSPSroB-BBONZX: TO PTCTVTJwTrr.-v a ktt a Tt ATT.Ttf. a t>- Specifications In Ingot metal or castings. T!!£WILMOT Or HOBBS.MFG. COMPANY Especially solicit orders for ■‘Soft** aod *’ Extra Soft* Plain Blue Finish or Annealed or Pickled HOT ROLLED BAND, STRIP m PLATE STEEL. Great accuracy of gauge and width and nnlforinity of quality will always be maintained. Also THE CELEBRATED BRICHT SURFACE and ANNEAUO COLD ROLLED SHEET AND STRIP STEEL FOR DIFFICULT PRESSED, STAMPED, DRAWN WORK, &o. ^ ^ (IHE3BABPCa»amiUVBDTOBCAt** ^ ^ a CS3E230 W SJP PHOSPHDR-TIN By using my phosphor tin manufa^- URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE ^ PHOSPHOR BRONZE ihemselves.BY TH, SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, MUCH CHEAPER THAN THE'>' ARE NOW TO 1. HAD IN! THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD COPPE CAN BE USED, for circulars al’^'I^riC: ADDRESS halk & NAUMANN ‘ U.5.''”?CANADA'?'<? PeaY-V I :>0L-: Agents ^ j. X The shove illustrates something of the variety of Stamped and Orawo Work which can he made from this Steel. PRICES GREATLY REDUCED Crades and sizes of C.R. steel when Bought * ^'^ ' ** • In Large Quantities of a Size. PRICE When in a PtWara'.fW* BARBED WIRE. INDIANA WIRE FENCE GO., hurry uae Long Oletanoe Telephone. Btae Sftiia.Ciattd DtaaL 0. f. Citi. jla ILJn i. M. A ^ BRIPCERORT.^CONN* A Crawfordsville, Ind. Hosted by Google 4 THE IRON AGE, WASHBURN tt MOEN MANUFACTURING CO., Worcester, Mass. New York City, Chicago. San Francisco^ Houston,Texas. Waukegan, III, MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL ANI> GOPPER. - EVERY VARIETY OF "W I 1=1. E FOR ALL PURPOSES. FATENT STEEL 'WiRE BALE TIES. Wire Rope and Cable. Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Pur¬ poses, OalT-anized Iron and^^Steel Tele¬ graph and Telephone Wire, Glidden Patent Steel Barb Wire, Patch and Clock Main Springs, Eye¬ glass Springs, Steel Wire for Needles and Drills. Pump ChaHi, Two Strand Twieteii and Plat Twisted Fence Wire without Barbs, Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c. Bright, Annealed. Tinned, and Galvan¬ ized and Copper Wire, on Spools, 1 oz. to 1 lb. Send for Price-lists, Circulars and D e - soriptJve Pamphlets. ffarehonses: New York, 16 Cliff St. Chicago, 107 & 109 Lake St. San Francisco, 8 & 10 Pine St. Honston, Texas. The American Metal Go. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St., New York. P. O. BOX 957. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. Advances made on Consignments. AGENTS FOR Heury R. Merton & Co., - - London. Merallgresellschallt, Frankfort-ou-Main. W iliiainn, Foster &: Co., Ld., Swansea. AMERICAN SPIRAL SPRING GO. UArnTFACTUBEBS OF All KINDS OF SPIRAl SPRINGS. OFFICE AND WORKS: Shlnglts and Bluff Streeta, - PITTSBURGH, PA Tblbphokb 706. WNI. nicrarland, IRON FOUNDRR, TRElVTODr, - > W, jr Chilled Cast Wire DIES A SPECIALTY. Any Size or Style Made at Short Notice. Guaranteed. Best Antl-Frlctlon Metal for all machinery bearings. For high .speed and heavy crushing weight It has no equal. Introduced In this country since 1891 and has displaced all Antl-Frlctlou metals it has come in con¬ tact with THEODORE HIERTZ & SON, SOLE MFRS.. Manufacturers Babbitt Metals, Solder, Lead . Seals, &c. 30tb 8t., & Park Avo., St. Louis, Mo. MIILLER, A VAlSr "WIITKILE. . MANtne-AOTmiBRS or STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS. Tempeied Compiession & [xtension Springs A SPECIALTY. OFFICE AND WORKS: 18 to 24 Bridge Street, [ BROOKLYN, N. Y. OO VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STEEL SPDIINS Agricultural Implements, Maohin- Aery and various other purpoMS. Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO., MANUFACTURERS. nfONTPSLlSll. VT. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 5 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. Illak«r« Gf lron» Beasemery Stemens-Hlartln and Crucible Cast Steel Wire oi all klndsy annealed* soft and hard drawn | Goi^pered Sprinff Wire for Furniture Sprlnpsy Coppered Soft Wires* Baling Wires* Suspension ^ Bridge and Rope Wires of all kinds, dkc. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. Specialty of finest Cast Steel Wires, round, flat* square and any other shape* tempered and also In the soft state, guaranteed te harden and temper. Solid Rib and Paragon Umbrella Wires. Crinoline, Corset, Shade Roller* liock* Hat, Brush, Saw, Band Saw* Clock Spring* Clock Boll* Clock Verge and Watch Spring, Rule and Tape Line and Eyeglass Wires* dfcc. Plano* Needle, Fish Hook* Drill and Hair Spring Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made for special purposes. Also Covered Wires—Braided and Cloth and Paper Covered—for crinoline* corset and other purposes. Cold Rolled and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all i^urposes. @peoia.l Wires ana. Sprinsrs o± Every I>e8oriptlon. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. ESTABLISHED 188G. MANUFACTURERS OF LUTHER SHAW & SON, CHAS. L. SHAW, Proprietor. BRASS FOUNDERS [AND MAxNUFACTTJRERS.OF BABBITT * METAL and SOLDER. All kinds of Srass, Composition and JSronz Castings made to order. CorrespondencelSolicIted. WOBCESTJEJR, MASS, WntE ROPE FOB CABLE RAILWAYS ARD MINIRG PURPOSES. HALLIDIE’S PATENT WIRE ROPEWAY, Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for Illustmted Catalogue. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH" GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOB SALE BT THE BABDWABE TRADE. SET THE BEST, Clock Springs and Small Springs of every description, from best Cast Steel, 1 BRIglTO I^* COIVN. E lectricity and magnetism, a shori text-book, with 165 explanatory ei^raviiigp diagrams. 240 pages, l^o. By T. Dukiiaju C e uta. Sent, prepaid, on receipt of price, by DA VXD WILLLOfe. Fnbllsher and Book- teller, 96-102 Reade Street, New York. Hosted by Google 6 rH£ IRON AGE. Always Ask For UnequAled for 8trs«iS!IS» and Durability/ Hide Only l»» . BioderiGli;'« ft Basc^in7*'Bo^’t|ki ' St. Louis, No. HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents raiLADBLPHIA Forrest Bulldlngr, 119 8,4th St. NEW YORK Potter Bulldlngr, 88 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Bulldlnsr, 928 F St. PATENTS U. S. and Foreign Secured. Trade Marks and Copy Rights. Twenty Years' Experience. Send model or sketch and brief description of your invention for Free report as to patentability. Expert searches and opinions as to Scope, Valid¬ ity and Infringement Patent Causes Prosecuted and Defended. Practice in U. S. Supreme, Circuit and Circuit Ap¬ peals Courts, and U. S. Patent Office. Send for “ Plain Words about Patents.” Free. PATENT PRACTICE EXCIiUSIVEIiY. References Furnished on Application. E. B. STOCKING^ Attorney at Liaw. 611 F ST.. N. W.. WASHINGTON. D. C. PATENTS $40,000^000 Earned by Bell Telephone Patent in 1891. Pro¬ tect your invention by PATENT. No charge for examination to determine patentability. Send model and description. New Book Free. 8. C. FITZGERAliD. Washington, Dv C H. E. PAINE. Ex Com’r of Patents. S. B. LADD, Mechanical Engineer. CORRESPONDENCE INVUED. Williamsport Wire Rope Co., Williamsporti H. fimooMs; i 87 LibePtj HbW Yoif^. wiMme, Pt Springs. PAINE So Ladd, ^•AlTEIVT LAWYEItS AND SOUICITOIi®. Loan and Trust Bldg,y Washington, 1>.C» Examinations and Reports on the Validity, Scope and Infringement of Patents. Practice in the C. S. Circuit, Circuit Appeals and Supreme Courts. U. S. and Foreign Patents. ^ Sleeping Cars, Toy Me I I II ITC and all other purposes. IP pi III glia CORRESPONDENCE SOI Haley Manufacturing Co.. Concord. N. H. CLOCK SPRINGS. BAND SIIW STEEL. STEEL WtRE, Round, Flat, Tempered and ready for Tempering, Curtain, Needle, Spring Scale, Sash Bal* ance and Lock Wire. Flat Coiled Springs for Lampli Sleeping Cars, Toy Movements and all other purposes. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. .FEsisrrFs.iARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH H. W. T. JENNEiB, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert. 519 Seventh St., Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. E8tab^’*<died 1883. PATENTS. PATENTS obtained in all oenntrlea. All bnsineea relating to Patents prose* eeted with care and dillirenoe* As Examiner and Bolioito^ twenty-flrs Toara’ familiarity with STOVES AND FURNACES, DRIERS, VENTIliATCRS and kindred subjects. A. AS 1.ET. 700 Ntnth St. Washington. D. €• F. H. ARNOLD, IDeslgner ARTISTIC METAL WORK, New Britain, Conn. Built REVERSIBLE. SELF-CLEANING. THE WIRE GOODS COMPANY, The Elastic Steel Door Mat? HANDSOME. Worcester, Mass. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., lannlactBieis of In gient tiiiiiti. NEW HA. VEIT Hosted by OOITH. Google THE IRON AGE. XO^Vv. VS-t!^X ^liSO MASrOFACXUItSRS QF GENERAL 'WIBEWOBK. V WmdowGuaTds^ Stable Figures. ' BAILINOS, SandScreene |W^B\ Coal Scieeas Etc. mKSS, C,V^TW WIK,E HARDWARE CHAREIE’S SCREEN WIRE CIOTH HOLDER, -Manufactured hy - FACH & HOTTtS, - MASGOUTAH, ILL. Prompt shipment made direct from our Warehouses. ties, STA.PLES, EEITOE ■WIRE, ■WIRE 1TA.IIjS. WRITE US FOR PRICES. LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO., St. Louis, Mo. WICKWIRE BROTHERS, " Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, Coal SlOTes, NEW PROCESS Cortland Dish CoYors, power loom Metauic WIRE CLOTH. CO&l |^6Y6Si Bvery roll wrapped In Pink Paper and has onr name on labeL KILMER MFC. NEWBURGH, N. Y., CO., Patented May lOth, 1892. This holder carries seven rolls of Wire Cloth, sizes as follows, viz.: 24, 26,28, 30, 32,34 and 36 Inches wide, can be placed on and fastened on top of counter or on the floor, and is 10 inches wide at the base. The wooden roller (as sho^^^l In cut) is pushed through center opening of the roll of Wire Cloth, and the cloth does not require re-rolling to be put on roller, and Is easily unrolled bv pulling cloth. Rolls of Wire Cloth in lengths of 50 or 100 feet can be placed on the roll¬ ers, and the cloth is kept in solid-roll-shape by the wrought-lron tension-roa in front of each roll. The Holder is made in a durable manner, nicely flnished, and increases the sale of Wire Cloth by the attractive manner in which the cloth is displayed. The first vear's sales were beyond expectation, and numerous Letters of testimonials of general satisfac¬ tion have been received from parties now using these Holders. „ ^ It is intended for use iu Retail Hardware Stores, and for slmplicitv, adaptability and cheapness in price, as well as for the small amount of room it occupies, cau- not fail to commend itself as practical. Each one is securely packed in a rack, ready for shipment. Weight, 35 pounds. For sale by THE WHOLESALE HARDWARE TRADE. TUCK M*F’G CO., Brockton Mass MANUFACTURERS. OF STEEL WIRE RODS, BALE TIES, BARB WIRE. BEST QUALITY Fen ce Wir e Staples, Galvanized Wire Ornamental Fencing, ^ TamDered Sprinars of all kinds. Cable Wire, Grape Wire, Hop Yard Wire, Coiled Steel Wire, Fence Wire, &c. Our New Empire Bale Tie. BRANCH HOUSE: 543-545 State Street, Chicago, III. Address all export communioatlous to W. D. MEIGHAN, 111 Water Street, New York City. Backeje Wrought Iron Punched Rail Fence. Also manafaetarers of Iron Oreatlnr, Iron Torblno Buckeye Wind Bnslnes, Buckeye Force Pump% Buckeye, Globe and Champion Lawn Mowers. Sen4 for niustraUd Catalogue and Prices to # MAST, FOOS Sc CO. SPRINGFIELD, O- Hosted by Google 8 THE IRON AGE. FOUNDERS IN BRASS AND COM¬ POSITION, HEAVY AND LIGHT CAST¬ INGS. P. P. EMORY MFC. CO. ESTABLISHED 1850. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Good Work, Fair Prices. CORRESPONDElfCE SOIilCITED. and Manufacturers of COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, EXPANSION PIPES AND COILS. CHAMPION IRON CO. i A SPECIALTIES. I Iron Stairs and Jail Pli t ^ ^ork,Builders’andOr- J L ri ^ ^ J L L |H namental Iron Work ’ I manufact- urors of Malleable Iron " ^ ** C H Cresting guaranteed tfSasKBeh |H| against breakage; also HH manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift Pumps. Send for l<$6-paffe Catalogue. Largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In U. S. H:is3Nr-ro3Nr. - omo. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FDLTON ST., NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF OXjOTEC Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and all other purposes, juocoinotive Spark Wire Cloth, *'■’ -AND- "WOItESL For BanI , Office and Counter Railing, Store Fronts* Window Guards, &c. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. MCCALLIP PATENT TREE PROTECTOR. Substant i a 1, Durable and Or namental. Adjustable to any size and growth of tree. Affords every benefit of sun light, air and moisture and perfectly guards the tree. Made of heavy crimped st e e 1 galvanized wire painted gree n, strong round iron standards and rubber cush¬ ioned trunk em¬ bracing arms producing the Strongest Neat¬ est and Cheap¬ est tree guard ever offered to the public. Price, $ 1.50 Each. Special discount to the trade. McCallip Fence & Wire Works, COLUMBUS, 0 . WIRE and IRON WORKS. lllnstrated Catalogue Free. Window Gugrds- Cresting. Balcony Railing, Grilles, Stable Fixtures, BUILDERS’ WIRE AND IhON WORK, Office and Bank Railing, NETflNQ j AND WIRE CLOTH, Columns, iron Stairs, Jail Cells. E. T. BARNUM, WEATHER VANE. I^Mention this Paper. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. CLEVELAND S ^ IRON Office and Salesroom, Enolld Avo.> MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. StableFizturestCrestingB, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Balling, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna¬ mental and Structural Ironwork. Steel Web Picket Fencing. MOST POPULAR FOR YARDS, LAWNS, PARKS, ETC. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Wire Pence Board. DEKALB FENCE CO., DeKalb, III. AGENCIES: Es.tern-HIOES & DIOKET, Philadelphia, Pa. Soathera-W. R. BELKNAP A 00., Louisville, Ey. Western—WTETH HARDWARE & MF6. OO., St. Joseph, Mo. Indiana andMloh* lean-INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., CrawfordsvUle, Ind. Texas-O. K. MERIWETHER, Dallas. SIHSHK: aKBSpS^ _ naantinffi —laaaaaai] i ' V’ 'v SaSSSSBSaHIHSSaSBS^KPKa ssssassas»s;5s;ss;^KSffi Wire Cloth AND WIRE GOODS Of All Kinds WE WILL SEND YOU A FULL LINE OF Wire Cloth Samples, WITH AN OBDHB OF jlOOO. Buffalo Wire Worts. Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze and Metal Co., SUCCESSORS TO 711.0 X3o-OzK.icl.la5ocl. XbSotAX Oo., BRIDGEPORT, CONN., Sole manufacturers of Deoxidized Bronze in Ingots and Castings. Celebrated for its Acid-resisting qualities. Also Bronze and Brass Castings of all kinds. Sole manufacturers of the celebrated Deoxidized Babbitt Metals. Estimates cheerfully given upon application. Hosted by Google 9 THE IRON AGE. fietae Wire Works Co., Milwaukee, Wis. ARCHITECTURAL WIRE AND IRON WORKERS. Wire Cloth, Galvanized Fencing and Netting, Wire Lath, Wire and Iron Fences and Railings,! Window Guards, Stable Fixtures, Bank and Office Railings, all kinds of Brass, Wire and Iron Work for Buildings and Offices. SEIND FOR IleiLUSTR^TJBD C^TAIiOGUS. CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Manufacturers of Every Description of WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals.^i ^ ZZWire Cloth and Nettings. Clinton “Standard” (Number 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. FACTORY AND GENERAL OFFICE: CLINTON, MASS. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street. BOSTON, 199 Washington Street. CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street The Cilbe rt A Bennett Mfg. Co. WIRF rffTflJ^^FTTINP 1 “ and 44 OllI St^et, fialvanized Wire Poultry Netting. If inc ULUI n, RC 11 mu, new york. » Cottage” Uwn& Garden Fencing. Fencing, Cates, Fencing Tools, ’ t A8 T sto The World’s Web Wire Fencing. lif* n , .gg. .g. . LEKe btreei, Wire Gnnns WireWnrk Chicago. fiiibert’s Rival Ash Sifters. House Furuiehing Wire Goode. WIRE CLOTH, NETTH Fencing, Gates, Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE UTHING WITH HAMMOND'S METAL FURRING. I GEORGETOWN, CONN. Factories, \ Chicago, illdiois. ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. new process MANUFACTUBERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OP hard STEEL yi/IRE QLQTH ^ NETTING GALVANIZED wi-i/ ■ ii - iie-n . m lAflDlT aiCTTiain Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, WWIIIL IVLI llllU.^IP^ UTHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS Patented March, 1884. HARD STEEL WIRE Patents Pending. send for i.AarE$T catalogue. NEW PROCESS HARD STEEL 0U7AKIZED DPeiXXlSSrlTraiXla "Wiro TT^TorlSLS, 233 & 235 Arch St., Philadelphia, EDWARD DARBY ft SONS. sXTIME3 ME:e 3xt. =:= =:= We R the People. =:= =:= ooox>s. IDJUSTABLE WIKDOW SCRtENS.I "psnhsylvania” screen doors “PENNSYLVANIA,” GfttVftNIZED POULTRY NETTING,! “DARBY" and “SPECIAL” =:= <3-OOX>S. SCREEN DOORS “STANDARD,” “ELECTR^lC/’^^^'^’^” WINDOW SCREEN " “ROBERTS.” WIRE CLOTH. CORNER BRACKETS. SFRITSTO HIlSra-ES-DOOI^ FXJXjXjS. Write for Prices. CORTLAND ” Door = and » Window = Sticks CORNER BRACKETS. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOm MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLING STANDARD WIRE LATHING. ■ NEW JERSEY ■ WIRE CLOTH GO. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY ttl AND 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. 171 AND 173 LAKE STREET, GHIGAOO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENGING. 25 AND 27 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISGO. Hosted by Google 10 THB IRON AGE. CONSOLIDATED STEEL i WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES. THE ROOKERY, CHICAGO. ILL. Branch f I^OUIS, mo., 1935 Papin street. J PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. Offices, t SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building, WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAILS. Fexxoe Stct-plos, oto. MIJL.I..S LOCATED AX ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA, JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. LOW PRICES For every kind of fancy or staple wire goods, for in¬ terior or exterior use. Send for Prices and Catalogue “ B.” UNGE FENCE and WinE CO., - - St. Louis, Mo. COBB & DREW, PJLYMOUTH, MASS, Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brass and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New ITork Agency, James S. Hender¬ son, successor to Disosway A Henderson, Hardware. Agents for Piiiladelplila Star Carriage and Tire Bolts, Practical Blacksmitbing Vols. I, II, 111 and IV. cloth ; per vol.$1. This work consists of a collection of articles contributed at different times by skilled workmen to the colnmns of the £l(iclcmhith (md Wheelwright^ and covers nearly the whole range of blacksmith work, from the simplest jobs to the mos^ complex f orgmgs. HAVE BEEN IMITATED BUT NEVER EQUALED-THEY ARE BEYOND COMPARISON We make 90 per cent. Of the Wire Mats Sold in America. V \ \ w \ \ \ \ \\ \ i )i\' SS Why ? Because They are Odorless, Everlasting and “Best.” See that your mat has brass tag attached stamped "Haetman.” HARTMAN MFC. COMPANY, Works, BEAVER FALLS, Pa- Branches: 102 Chambers St., New York; 78 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta. T. D. Ganse Gen*l Weat«m Sales Agent, 608 State St., Chicago, IlL ’ _ Write for our TestimoniaX Booklet a/nd lUuetrated Cfatcdogue— Mailed Free. Bryant No. 10 Gold Sawing Machine. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, by DAVm WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller 96-102 Beade St., New York. Saves Time, Power, Temper, Labor. Gives True, |j Clean, ■ Rapid 9 Work. . SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Cuts Noiselessly, Keenly, Easily, Inexpensively^ For General Bridgeland Railway Work. THE g & C COMPINT, 102-707 Phoenix Bldg., - CNIChGO, IlL. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 11 STEEL, (RONi COPPER, im, Cleaning Machinery; Woolen, Cotton^ Paper Pulp, Rice, Flonr and Oil Mills; Distilleries, Sugar and Malt Houses; Ga8,Water, Brick and . Tile Works, Filters, f^Tentilators, &c; Oil, Gas and Tapor Stores, Lanterns, Lamps, etc. AND TIN PERFORATED. HmnlftHfflneH/uiniiERr aNDAiiOTRea ruaroeee •eiiiilf /' Perforateil Filter Press Plates for Paraffiae Wai, Cotton- ^ Ii.dfla.s«ga,uj THE HARRINGTON & KING PERF. otlerpnrpoDoi. Main Office & Works, 224 to 240 Union Street, 01110X00 il I II Eastern office, No. 284 Pearl St., New York. UnlUflUU] I LL.i Ui CO., Screen Plates for Coal, Coke, and ^ Ore Separators, Jigs, Trommels, Washers and Sizers. leaTT steel and Iron Plates and Cylinders for Coal and CoS:e Breathers, Ore, stone, Pbospnates & drayel Screens. For Railroads, Loco- motiye and Car Builders. Prices and Samples on Application, ALUMINUM or lANGA- SCREEN PUTES TO WITa.TAKD AOTTOH Of iCIDtJLATED WATERS Sardness and life of Best Stool REMOVAL - ^ Of the Entire Works and Offices of BEST, FOX & CO., BRASS FOUNDERS, PIPE FITTERS, AND MACHINISTS, TO--— 25th and Railroad Sts., PITTSBURG, PA. E. JENCKES MEG. CO., PAWTUCKET, R. I. Bright Wire Goods, Spring Cotters and Keys, Crescent Wire Coat and Hat Hooks. Belt Hooks, Ac, SX>XfFX01>7 FOXIL 1802 ID IK, E O T O K, Y -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 Temtory; 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, i ith edition, revised, cloth. PZ1.XOX3, - - - 94.00. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by DA.VIt> "WILLIA-NIS, P’tibllstier & Boolcsellev E. H. TITCHENER & CO. (Late Bing. Wire Goods Co.) BINGHAMTON, N. Y., U. S. A. —MAXtTFACTTmERS OF— 88-loa ie«ea.cie Street New Yorlr, STAPLES in All Varieties, Double-Pointed Tacks. Etc. Klind. ©taples a Specialty* OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIjCES. f. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agents 81, 8S and 8S Washingten Street, NEW YORK. Established 1830, THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, Trunk Nails, Tacks, Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Nails. BLYMOVTH, MJLSS. SEO. W. PRENTISS & CO, HOliYOKE, MASS., —MANUFACTURERS OF— WIRE WIRE. Blight, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Finished to order, round, square, oval or flat. TINNED WIRE OF ALL SIZES A SPECIALTY Hosted Google 12 THE IRON AGE. 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. 1 DUNBAR, HOBART & CO., WHITHAN, MASS. UORING & PARKS, PLYMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 1842. A. FIEUD & SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1864. AMRRICAN TACK CO., FAIRHAVRN, MASS. ODD COLONY RIYBT CO., PLYMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. AiflEA.NXJinAOTXJ12.HIRS OH* Taokt, Brads, Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls. Finishing Nalls. Patent Brads. Hungarian Nails, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Tacks, Esoutohaon Pins, Eyelets, Glaziers’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed,^ and other articles. We have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock In the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregolniyfell known brands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New York ■tore and our factories. MA.JN OFFICE, 508 8FA.F8 BVIIEING, 199 WA.8MINGTON NT., FONTOJT. MA.88, BFA.NCS OFFICE & WAEEE:0U8E, 116 CMAMBEE8 NT., FEW TOBE, BBJlNCE office & WABEEOV8E, »39 & »4L1 eAeE NT.. CXICA&O, JiX. BBANCE OFFICE & WABESOV8E,4L08 MABEET NT., SAN FBAECI8CO, CAB, BBANCE OFFICE & WABEEOU8E, 406 COMMEBCE NT., FEIBABEBFSIA, FA, \ IfTOTIOE. We make a specialty of furnish¬ ing Tacks and Nails in kegs and 25 pound boxes. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Prices quoted on application. The NationalScrew&Tack Co. Cleveland, Ohio. A? and % ' DJ I, FULL- SIZE, cut;* OF 1 r^l C LAW tIANDLE C ARPET TACKS - _ , l^l^s'Luxn mmi\ COWSUMtR PAYS "A* - WE ALSO MANUFACTURE Tacks, Small Nails, Wire Nails, Wire Brads, Staples, Lining and Saddle l^ails, Roofing and Slating Nails, Gilt Nails (Parisian Brand), Cut Tacks in little kegs (Bonnie Blue Brand), Bill Nye Brad Boxes, Wood Kegs, Carpet Tacks, and the GREAT 5c. SELLER. GUSTAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, MA.lTXTinA.OTXTR.H!R.S OB’ Cold Saws and Cold Sawing Machines S. FOR STEEL, IRON AND OTNER METALS A SPECIALTY. k "v Works at Homewood Station, Pennsvivania Railroad, 1 I PITTSBURGH, PA. Perfect workmanship. Wear and eost of operating redaoed to mlolmam, WE WARRANT- Long life of saw-blade, Full oontaet of teeth, jBL I And host general resnlts. SAWS for Railroads, Steel Foundries, Bridge Works, Rolling Mills. Etc., a Specialty. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 flRON AND BRASS RIVETS, .1 STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., ^8 For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. T ^UAKE & JOHNSON, Waterpury, Conn. lii< American Wire Nail Co^ ANDERSON, IND. I- WIRE All KIHDS ^ ^ ^ WIRE NAILS. OLIVER WADE, Agt., 18 Broadway, New York. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO. MA.NTjr'.A.CTTJIlEItS OF t. .11-^ ^ ^ ^ WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. MANUFACTUREBS IWIRE NAILS Hi. PXXlLilLiIPS Sa S02TS SOUTH HANOVER. MASS. TACKS r. R. S3AAAA01TS Sa 5RO 21 WARREN ST., NEW YORK. Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office s SALEM, OHIO BRANCH OFFlCBSt 54 Warren St., Kew York. 415 Phenlx Bldg., Chicago 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 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. ^igi * i-s 31 s 55 i o 5 =« S — PURPLE BLE' [ HOOR ^ RBQisreReOi A miBmEMAfULJ Volftc Bleetrlelty. By T. F. Tr egloh an . 40 ceht^ Forsaleby WILLIAMS, Publtohef md Booksellei 9S-1QS BfOadeSt., New YorV;. Hosted by Google ’.206 Quarry St., Philadelphia. Titi^ 16 BRITISJEI SCHEW CO. (Ijiiiiited)^ Leeds^ Ensland E?) M ANTJF'AOTXJK.ERS OP’ ( WOOD SCREWS, In Iron, Brass, Bronze and all Varieties of Finish. COACH SCREWS, MACHINE SCREWS, RAILROAD SCREWS, HAND RAIL SCREWS, SIDE KNOB SCREWS, LOCK CAP SCREWS, DOWEL SCREWS, chandelier screws, RIVETS, BURS, TIRE BOLTS, STOVE BOLTS, SLEIGH SHOE BOLTS, SINK BOLTS, STOVE RODS, POINTED WIRES, TAPPED NUTS, WIRE NAILS, DOWEL PINS, TAPS FOR MACHINE SCREWS, TAPS FOR STOVE BOLTS. Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Spur Pointed Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. Afnerican Screw Company, FROVIIDEiraE, "R. I. CSileagO' Stoisii, No. 19 l^ake St. ' - European Agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool. Hosted by Google 16 THS IRON AGE. - . ■ ■ , , _ , , 1 , The Berlin Irqn-Bridqe Q<i^ QUR NEW CATALOGUE of over 300 pages illustrating and describing a large number of Iron and Steel Buildings, Roofs and Bridges designed and built by us is now ready and will be mailed on application. OFFICE AND WORKS, - • EAST BERLIN, CONN. WROUGHT IRON BRIDGE GO. N’SXTir OITTT. OXXXO.A.C3-0, XXaXa. oxw- xnxo. COMIvIUNICATE WITH NEAREST OEEICE. Iron Bnildings, Roofs and General Stmctnral Work in Iron and Steel, Ma- cJimeSllops,Foun- dries, Power Honses, &c. The above Illustrates interior Ironwork built by us for the Power House of the Syracuse Gas and Electric Co., at Syracuse. N. Y. The floor Is supported on '.brick arches.between I-beams carried by heavy cross girders on iron columns. An overhead traveUng crane facilitates the placing of heavy machinery. -AMERICAN- PmSS StoragelStC? (Bank of America Bailding.) 44 Wall Street, - NEW YORK. Correspondence of Furnaces Invited. * IRON AKD STEEL ROOFINO. Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Eave Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridi^e Roofing Co., Cambridge, CK Hosted by Google GutMf GM 4 Cailirla Iron Go.. Corrugatedi Crimped and Clap-Board iron Roofing & Sidimr j'OBXo'svo'^crzia’, p^., MANUFACTURERS OF Merchant Bar Steel: Including Tire, Toe Caik, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Raiiroad Spring, Hoe, Rake, Fork, etc. Agricultural Steel and Shapes: Finger Bars, Knife Backs, Rake Teeth, Bnndle Carrier Teeth, Tedder Forks and Springs, Spring Harrow Teeth, Harrow (Drag) Teeth, Seal Springs, etc. Plow Steel: Flat and Finished Piow 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 102 Chambers 8t. S. W. Cor. 5th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building) (No. 4.) |!lj)N^'’SlELL R RIDfiES .RDOFSt^ pUILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders. m^SON BUlliDINO, BOSTON, MASS. IMPROVEMENTS PATENTED 1680 IN THE U. S.. CANADA AND EUROPE. HRE-PROOF. Easily applied by anyone. Send for Samples and Descriptive Price Utli H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, B. W. Johns’ Asbestos Fire and 'Water-Proof Sheathing. Bnilding Pelt. Steam PaohlneB. ^Uer OoTeiin^. Liiinid Paints. Boot Paints. Boot Cement, flre-PToot Paints, etc. liiNEircnY. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, CHiCAeO, PHIUDELPHIA, BOSTON, ATUNTA, on Buildings, Roofs. Doors, Shutters, Cornices . Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IBON BBIDGE AND BOOF CO., Office, 6 Dey Street, Boom 13. NEW YORK. New Passenger Station, €. R. R. of N. JTe, Jersey City, N. J., over 80,000 square feet of Glass. . .-w ■ ■-.visiliS&n S K YIL. IOH; T S ERECTED ANYWHERE. C058TKUCTED OS “ Heiliwell System ” ImtensMMe ^lasing. (Sole Agents). 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. Elustrated Catalogue free. Correspondence Solicited. A. MILNE & CO., Iron and Steel IMPORTERS AI^D DEALERS, No. 1 DBroadvray, New YorLc. S Olivex’ ©t., TBostoji. BORDEN & LOVELL, • 70 AND 71 WEST STREET NEW YORK. Steel Iron and Wire Nails. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, 103 RB&dB SbW Steel and Iron Nails. PHILLIPS, TOWNSEND & GO., Nortb Penn. Junction, Fhiladelpliia. WIRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. Trivets marked “P** axe not of our mtke. We make only first-Class Norway Iron Rivets. Hostect by Google 18 XHB IRON AG^S. • 1880.* ' The First to make Boil^ Plates In Ainerica. , Oha$, Hutton, Preit, A. F. Huston, Viee-Prest, 0. L. Huston, <^lenL Mgr. I^obt. B. Hainei,'Jtr„ Seev. Jot. Bumupton, Trout. STEEL AND IRON PLATES VO EXTaSME DIMEMSIONS. WIDTHS DP TO 10 FEET. THIOBLMBSB, 3-16 INCH TO IM-IfOBU -xisxA.xti.isi]:x:i> isio.- WORKS: PHILADBIfHlA OVEIOB:. OoAtewwllle, Z>«.. etB olb 64 aSullltt EODaii;. FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 $0.4th St., Philadelphia. PIG IPON-.03 or under. , SC»AIPT-.03 or >w06or u^der. , , one*—A’or O. H. and Furnace use, MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer BUlets, ^elp, Muck Bars £nid Scrap, Foim- dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Thbes and Pipe. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut 8t., Philadelphia, MANUFACTURE ALL THEIR PRODUCTS BOTH IN ' WROUGHT IROX AMD OPHM HHARTH STHEL. 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:— Edward Corking & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORE ; Edward Corking & Co., 70 Kilby St.. BOSTON, MASS; Jambs B. Stokbb, 1S2 Market St., BAN FKANCIBOO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stites, 931 The Rookery. CHICAGO. POnSVILLE IRON AND STEEL CO, PomviLLE Pa. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET • MANUFACTXmHBS OF All. KINDB OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL, Viz., I Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Tees, Angies, Plates and Bars; and also Open Hearth Steel Billets, Blooms and Slabs. BREWERY, MALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY, and. Oonstimctors of Roofs, I'rnsses, Oolnmns, TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE - & - CO., - EMPIRE - CHAIN - WORKS Bestoli Jkr Otis S'ts*^ • • • JPbilctdelp^liisu Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings, " D. B. 0.” Special Crane Cham. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Bailway Chains. 8. T. WELLMAN. President. JOHN P. CROZER, Treasurer. O. H. WELLMAN, Buperlntendeat S. H, CBLAUVENET, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. WELLMAIM IRON AIMD STEEL CO. -MANUFACTURERS OF-- Highest Gradcl 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 Streoi B. W. CRAMER, Agent. J. H. BBLOHBR, Agent. BARCLAY W, COTTON & CO., Sucoesaon to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., IRON STEEL MERCHANTS, MS liliiit 5tml, - FUUlilplila. firicoU*. wbeeler Sc- Co.. formerly SITES, \rHEBLER & CO., 916 Sontli Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -^DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, he., he. Steal and Iron Plates, New and Old Ralls, EDWARD CORNING A CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. * ""srATEr iDnM AND STFF PLATES, BARS, RODS. 1011 If O I LLL BOtfS. NUTS, RlVEtS. HQOP$, BANDS, SPIKES, EISH^PLAfES, BOtfS, NUTS, rivets. 20. BROADWAY, 237 SO. THIRD ST-. MEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. COmttTONi'iilOB SDLICltKD with SliVI^S AND WI|:H,llfAI|girA6fa8n|M 70 KILBY ST. boston; Hosted by Google m C ThSI Bt., PiraiAPB0PHT-C PA. Piflr, Bar and Bailroad Iron, Old Balls, Scrap* AGEHT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. A:erexit xliEwrTowr imoN oo.. Sale of Wire and Wire Ro|ie. liongjdale (Va.) and other Pig Irons. Stobaob Tabd, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Pehn, R. R. and Its various connections. N^otlable Warehouse Receipts issued. Cash advafobs hade of Irof. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME EEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHIUDELPHIA. Fonndryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, steel Blooms,.Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers In Metallurgy and Mining. ■.B. WOaoii. A. Kaiser. J. B. K. Hlroa B. H. WILSON & CO.. W99 mn4 994 South TMr4 at, JFhilaaoM^htm, BBOKUa AMD DBALBBI Df IRON AND STEEL Oorreepondenoe aolldted. J. "W. Moffm.a.n & Co., 333 and 336 Walnut Street, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, . PIG IRON, IroB and Steel Plates and Shapes. Rails, Can aad Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment generalljr. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN S CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, 186 South Fourth St., Phila. Agents (or Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strathers AND mUIRKIRK PIG IRON, Delaware RoUIm Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsvllle Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFC. CO^ Iron and Brass Founders. Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 2Sd and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. A, R, WHITNEY & CO., UAFUFACTURBES AKD DEALERS IF IRON an^STEEL. AGENCIRS: CABNE6IE STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Material, Steel and Iron Columns, Beams, Channels, Shapes and Plates. Steel Beams Boiled to 84 inches deep: POETAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron, Bars, Angl^ Hoops and Cotton Ties. i BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., Steel Wire Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVERSIDE IRON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW TDBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. AMERICAN WIRE NAIL MACHINES. oTver 9(X) working satisfactorily in the United States, 85 in Europe and lOQ in Canada. THE SEIDELL & HASTINGS CO., Charcoal- Iron Boiler Plates. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for Iron and Steel Structures of every description. Please addrcM, 29 Broadway. New ITork, P. O. Box 33. ^ O. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston C. B. HOUSTON & CO., BuUitt BuDding. FHII. ADEliPfllA. Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structura Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents for PAXTON R0LLIN6 MILLS. STEEL AND IRON FLATES wr ». PILLIIIG. PILLING T. I. CBAini CRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIG IRON ; liow Phosphorus, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL: In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COKE: For Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST. PHILADELPHIA. R3. R. 9ULA.NN ct3 OO., Sole Agrents^ ACME PIG IRON. Guaranteed .03 or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Overside Steel Kpe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes. . 147 SOUTH 4th STREET, - - PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, UANTTFACTUBEBS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Chareoal Bloonii cS3 SZIRSESO? IIIOIM. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack GUMSERUANP NAlb AND IRON CO. MANUFAOTUBEBB OF “CDHBERUID” 1111$ 1IBOOSITIROI PIPE. 43 Noith Water St, aid 44 North Delaware live., PHIUDELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. 181 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. -80I.B AOBBT FOB- Iherldan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer In Serap, Old Car Wheels, Dlaok Bars and Connellsvllle Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. JAlMES Ac CO., 29TH A LIBERTY STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PA Manufacturers of Coil, Crane and Stud Chain. We also manufacture High Grade Steel Chain made of Basic Steel and Special Crane Chain made of XJ. S. Iron, JAJMCES O. r4lPri>SA.Y Ac CO., BULLin BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For sU Pnrposei. Hitlmstei Fornlthed tor Iron mud Steel fl t r ne t nr es . D*’TorgeD MERRILL BROS.,465 to471 KentAve.,Brooklyn,£.D.,N.T FZ'XPZSXRKOIXrs cA5 oo.. “MANUFACTURER&- _cpi-P fillAFTINO IRON DRAWN «riMr I imu steeI GLEVELAND, OHIO. Hosted by Google 20 THE IRON AGE. ' ' I ■ ■■■'■ - • ' • , , Francis Hobson, Seaman a Cor Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Sole ManufaoturerB of ■ . HOBSON’S ^'CHOICE” (3^ Extra Best and “Warranted Best" Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOBSON'S “CHOICE" Extra Quality Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S “ NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, &o. _ WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. _ CHAS. HUOILL, Agent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. OBTTCI BLli: OA.ST S TEEI.. A-BBOW^ & CO., Ageia.ts» aind. Irxiportersi of SWEDISH IRON, BC OL.IVER ST. BOSTON. _ 23 OI-.IFF ST., NEW YORK. Si £ Cl WARDLOWp Sheffield, encland. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel. in Bars, Sheets and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Carvers, Butchers’ Knives, Files, Band Saws, Clock, Watch and all other Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand ai Cast Steel for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and I all other Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St. New York-_Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. GUSTAF LUNDBERG. A&CNT FOR N. M. HdOUUND'S SONS & 00., OF STOCKHOLM Swedish and Norway Iron. Se0iBiex3a.ex* ek,rx<SL Ox>e33. ECeetx>t]3. Mtoel. 19 KILBY STREET. BOSTON. SMRUSLE WORKS, Ijmf WIliBOK HAWKSWORTH, EliJLISOH db 00,» (B8TABLIBBBD 1826.) SHEFFIELD. ENBLAND. CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents, 81 OLIYEB STREET, BOSTON. _ 98 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, MANUFACTTJBEES OF ALL KINDS OF STEEL. 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 ail other Purposes. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly OARli !F» BOKER), Sole Agents and Importers of 'Steel and Crucible Wire Bods, &c. JESSOF’S STEEL MAJNUFAOrUltBD BY WM. JE8SOP a. SONS, L’D. OF Best Quality, K Bars, Sheets Plates Large assortment of slies In stock at ei John St. - - - - NEW YORK And other Agenoles. I Geld Medal ParlB. ENGIiAND. I 1889. WIRE WORTIiES, PLATES and JEWEL DIES. DRAWING NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 83 John Stk, - New York. Hosted by Google /ETNA IRON and STEEL COMPANY, MANDTACTURERS OP Soft Stool Hoflixod Iron, Bars, Light Section Rails, Angles, Ties, Grooves and Other Special Shapes, Steel Tool Smoke Stack and Tank Sheets 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., • MAHUFACTURB • Bessemer, Foundry and Hill Pig. Iron, Spiegel and Ferro-Hanganese, 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, A. M. Crane, GenT Sales Agent. Assistant Gen’i Sales Agent. New York Office, 46 Wall Stb, New York City. Milwaukee Office, 151 N. W. Ins. Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis. D. E. GARRISON A CO., Agents, Laclede Building, St# Louis, Mo. pick an DS, BROWN dt CO., Sole Agents Pig Iron Department Illinois Steel Company and Manufacturers and Dealers in E»IGK IROIST axLCi ZI2,02T 1007, 1009 and fOf I Rookery Building, Chicaso. CARBON STEEL COMPANY, -MANUFACTUBERS OF- Universal Mill Plates. Sheared Plates and Sheets. Boiler, Ship and Armor Plates. Also Nickel Steel Plates. List of Sizes Sent upon Application. A.OHI1TOIE1S : li. s. BOOMER, 647 The Rookery, Chicago, 111. THE CONOlT-FUIiliER CO., Perry-Payne Buildiag, Cleveland, O. GEO. KINSEY <& CO., 249 West Fourth Street, Clucinnati, O. JAS. G. EINDSAY & CO., Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa. BUEEARD & POST, 125 Milk St., Boston, Mass. Hosted by Google 22 TfIB IRON AGB, CAMBRIA STBBL, Steel Rail^,; STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, iStreet Rail^ and Railway Fadteningd. BESSBBCBB AND OPEN-HBABTH BDOOMS, BHiIJSTS AND BARS. Oteel Aacles, Steel Angles, Steel Cliennels, Steel Rorglnge,