The Iron Age : Vol. LI : No. 21 : May 25, 1893

QR. MR. GENERAL’S OFFICE. THE E j. ixjj/ x/r's»“ A Review of the Harowatf^ Metal Trades. £»iil3lielied every Thursday Morning by David Wimams, NTos. 96, OS, TOO & lOS Reade St., JS-ew Yorlc. f^ol. LI: No. 21. New . Reading Matter Contents.page 1206 Claeelfied List of Advertisers.... “ 108 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers 112 Advertising and Subscription Rates 111 York, Thursday, May 25, ^Sgj. |4.80 a Vear, Including Postages Single Copies, Ten Cents. YOUR POWER, YOUR BELTS, YOUR MONEY By covering your pulleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to - SHULTZ BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS. MO. ' Pearl St., A. B. Laurence, Mgr. BOSTONJIIASS., 164 Summer St, G. J. Kelley, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA, PA, 129 N. 3d St., J. Garnett, Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. IjOXJIS MaDUfacturers of Track Fastenings, Boat Spikes, Coidle Spikes. IRIning Rails. f Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low In Price and Guaranteed, chm*^ for circulars and fac-slm 11 THE BRISTOL’S MFG. CO. SOLID BRAIDED PRIZES WON WITH TRAP SHELLS Primed with U. M. C. No. 3 Strong Primers, and loaded with Nitro Powders -MA.lSTXTinA.CTXJiaEiI3 BY- The Union nfletallic Cartridge Co., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. At the Interstate Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Asssociation Grand Handicap Live Bird Race, held at Dexter Park, Brooklyn N. Y., April 5th, 1893, the first, second and third prizes were all won with SHELLS. R. A. Welch.Won 1st Prize. N. T. Maney. “ 2d “ . Geo. Work. “ 3d “ . .$477.50 . 166.50 . 1 1 1.00 CORDAGE. All Kinds. Sizes and Colors. U. M. C. GOODS SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATSRBURY, - COKK. Branch Depots:; 131 Worth St., Now York; 71 West Washlnflten 8t., Chloagt. III.; 369 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Matt. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND COPPER TUBING. Hot and Cold Rolled Sheet Coppet and Brass of all kinds. -MINS DISCS^HIEH STEIM PBESSOfil If you have trouble with Discs, write us. We can furuiMh Discso er ValTes, that will be satisfactory. There are dealers who sell Discs as ** Jenkins/* when they know they are not genulBe. JENKINS BROS.’ VALVES ARE STAMPED WITH TRADE MARK. BRIDGEPORTrCONN. SEE PAGE 3. branoh offxox : Cleveland 136 Liberty St., city Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CLEVELAND, O. TI7XTirTXTO 17'DAO 5 71 JOHN ST., N. Y. 21 NORTH FIFTH ST., PHILA. J ii JN iVl JN O 1 105 MILK ST., BOSTON. 31 and 38 K. CANAL ST , CHICAGO DRIPPING PANS. 40 Sizes. The best made, (Beaman’s Patent Improved.) MARYLAND ROASTER AND BAKER. { ch^a^esuifeet. Made only by JCNCSIrJEVATM: dh OO., Factory and Main Office : BALTIMORE. MD. Branch : 64 Reade St., N. Y JLeading mantifacttcrers of Stamped and JTatent Pieced Tin Ware and Galvanized Iron, WO'Te. Tp.? Avery Stamping Co. We retin Iron, Steel and Copper. CLEVELAND, O. V - R A LL:-S OUT TO LENGTHS for Contractors’, Builders’ and Mill use. NEW Steel Rails of all sections ; SECON D-H AND for relaying; OLD for scrap use. Also all kinds of railroad lerap. WHEN BUYING WRITE TO US FOR PRICES. J. H. RICHARDSON ft CO., T08 Penn Ave., Ptttahnrgh, Pa. Heavy Blanking, Pressingl Stamping. Rainey Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. All our worka in the heart of the Region, within four miles of Counellsville, Pa. OAJPA.OITY, 3,000 TONS DAU-iTT. 1 . J. RlIllEY, MAIN OFFICE; Mercantile Bank Building. Hosted by GLEYELUID, OHIO. Google ^ WSOWIA g wASS ^ Q opper Qo. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot popper. Iwaterbury Brass Co. ThePlume&AtwoodMfclGo. MANUFACTURERS OF SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump linings,Wire,Round. Square ard Hexagon Bars, for Pumo Piston Rods and B It Forgings. f 9 & 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, lOO John Street, - New York. Rome Brass and Copper Mills, ROME, N. Y., Established 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger¬ man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURES, 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 CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. DEPOTS; 296 Broadway, New York. 125 Eddy St.. Provi¬ dence, R. I. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. -MANXTFAOrnBBRS OF- Boll and Sheet Brass and German Silver. Brass, Ctopper and German Silver Wire. Brass and Copper Rods and Erased Brass Tnblng. Blvets and Bnrs. Seamless Brass Fermles. Check and Key Tags. Braslers and Sheathing Copper. Copper Bottoms. Bolts, Clroles. fto.. fto. Vha Phosphates of America. Where and how they occur; how they arc mined; and what they cost. With practical treatises on the manufacture of snlphnric acid, acid phosphate, phosphoric acid and concentrated superphosphates, and select methods of chemic^ analysis. By Francis W vATT, Ph.D, Cloth, profusely illustrated. .$ 4,00 Fer nie by David Williams, 96-102 Reade St.. N. Y. New Haven Copper Co.. SOLB MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND dealers in BRAZIERS'& SHEATHING GOPPEB, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Ac., | Waterbury, Conn. Sheet and Roll Brass GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hiuges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &:c. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. ROLLING MILL, I FACTORIES: THOMASTON, CONN. I WATERBURY, CONN. Holmes, Booth & Haydens MANDFACTUBBRS OP Sheet, Roll Brass, Brass and German Silver Wire. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBING, BRASS AND COPPER. Brazed Brass and Copper Tnblns, Bare and Insulated Wire for £lec- trlc lit eh ting and Street Rail¬ way I se, Lamp Goods and Kerosene Burners in great Tariety. FACTORIES; 25 Park Place, Waterbury, Conn. New York. ALSO MAHUFAGTUBBBS OF CGot Steel Mseis and Bits ol Sapodoi QialitT. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO. U SALLE, ILLINDIS, OF SFEETERr AND MANUFACTURERS OF 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. ZIJSTC© FOR LECI.iA]VCITJB BAlTTETLY- GrOCyTDm IVCFG*. OO., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZES BOOB 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. SALESROOM: 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Manufacturers cf SoXt Axxd Cilxo^tlxlJaLS OOPPH3R, "VSTIRfB ANI> RIVETS. 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. PURE ALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 458 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. • 29 BUgh Street, Boston. WILLIAMS. 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MANUFACTURED QNL¥ BV THECRESCfNTPHOSPHORiZED METAL C 0 | OFFICE AND WORKS Zin?2lil5^"°ZIII INDIANA Ay.PmLAPLI-PHlA.PA.j^ OH.O'WKT SULDCIESXji^ZlMGr rTr^Ti/ru /%. ivr-^^ Chester. Pa. Bx>ozLBse, Bx>ASfii And. Ooxnposltlon OAistlnss. Invention and Sole Mannfaotnren of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Mlail’CLfaotrarere o± i*H0SI»H:0IL-BR01VZE to XtAJCtilLO-A.O. Specifications in Ingot metal or castings. T!!£WILMOT «i HOBBS.MFC. COMPANY Especially solicit orders for •‘Soft’* and “ Extra Soft" Plain Blue Finish or Annealed or Pickled HOT ROLLED BAND. STRIP M2 PLATE STEEL. Great accuracy of gauge and width and uniformity of quality will always be maintained. Also THE CELEBRATED BRIGHT SURFACE and ANNEALED COLD ROLLED SHEET AND STRIP STEEL 'for difficult pressed, stamped, drawn work, &c. ^ ^ (tHESB ARnctKSKKqRA’VKDTO ^ a |0 *>> H®.: X ^ or X. OF V The above Illustrates something of the variety of Stamped and Drawn Work which can be made from tbit Steel. 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Second edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Illustrated by 23 engravings and two diagrams; 511 pages; cloth.66 Sent, postpaid, on receipt of pricct by DAVID WILLIAMS Publisher and Bookseller, 96 -lOS Beade St.^ Naw YoiIl* Hosted by Google 8 THE IRON AGE. Reliance Wire Wolte Co., Milwankee; 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 61 Brass, Wire .and Iron Work for Buildings and Offices. SKND FOR II.I.17STBATRD CATAIiOGUS:. CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Manufacturers of Every Description of ■ WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. » IWire 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 Ciibe rt A Bennett Mfg. Co. Pearl Window Screen wire Cloth. Galvanized Steel Wire Cloth. ll/|D|Ip|nTIJ IIC T TI UP Street, Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. Iff lilt ULU I fl, IlL I I lllU, NEW YORK Wire Goods, WireWork ohicaoo. Hiuse Furnishing Wire Goode. RAILINGS, WINDOVV> GUARDS. 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 Aeh Sifters. House Furnishing Wire Goods, railings, WIilOjD^ guards. WiRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO.. Worcester. Mass. PATENTED 1664 NEW PROCESS HARD STEEL GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. Patented March, 1884. HARD STEEL WIRE_ Patents Pending. ^ NEW PROCESS MAJNTJFAOTITRBBS OF EVERY ©ESOREPaClON OF WIRE CLOTH Eo NETTING WIRE NETTING. ^ WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS Patented March, 1884. _ HARD STEEL WIRE _ Patents Pending. send for iatest cataloove. 'X^T'lr© ■\^7'or!l3LS, 233 & 235 Arch St., PhHadelUhia. EDWARD DARBY ft SONS. STTnxACZixt. We R the People. ct-ooDS. ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SCREENS,! ‘•pen.sylv.nia ” 1 SCREEN DOORS “PENNSYLVANIA,” GALVANIZED PODLTRY NEHING, “DARBY" and “SPECIAL" * STANDARD,” CORTLAND” -^also- “EXCELSIOR,” WlNinrvw €sr>i?iririvi Door - and - Window - Sticks “ELECTRIC,” WINDOW SCREEN —and- “ROBERTS.” WIRE CLOTH. CORNER BRACKETS. “STANDARD” “ EXCELSIOR.” “ELECTRIC,” “ROBERTS.” ■=;- 0-0 03 SCREEN DOORS Door - and - Window - Sticks SFR,IlSrC3- HIlSrOEIS-TDOOR FULLS. Write for Prices. PAINTED AND 6ALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, ORASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTl “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. TRENTON, flP AHD 119 LIBERTY STREET, 171 and 173 LAKE STREET 25 and 27 FREMONT STREET. NEWJEPSBV NEWYORIC CHICAGO. 8AN FRANCISCO/ Hosted by Google MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLING STANDARD WIRE LATHING. • NEW JERSEY • WIRE CLOTH CO. THE IRON AGE. 9 H AHD 60III- POiiON, HEA¥Y AND LIGHT CAST¬ INGS. P- P- EMORY MFC. CO. -: ESTABLISHED 1880.:- SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Good Work, Fair Prices. CORRESPONDENCE SOMCITED. COPPERSMITHS, and Manufacturers of COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, EXPANSION PIPES AND COILS. WIRE and IRON WORKS. Illustrated CataloEue Free. Window Guards. Cresting. Balcony Railing, Grilles, Stable Fixtures, BUILDERS* WIRE AND IKON WORK, Office and Bank Rilling, NETflNG AND WIRE CLOTH, Columni, iron Stairs, Jail Cells. E. T. BARNUM,*:: WEATHER VANE. J 3 r*Mentlon this Paper. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. Office and Salesroom, 157H Enoltd Ato., MANUFACTUBERS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING Stable FixtureSi^OrestinM, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Balling, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna* mental and Structural Ironwork. Steel Wire Fence Board. STROHaEST MD GHEIPEST BIRBLESS FMm FENCINB. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Web Picket Fence. DEKALB FENCE CO., - - DeKalb, III AGENCIES: Eastern-HICKS & DICKEY, Philadelphia, Pa. Southern-W. B. BELKNAP LoulsvllUrkT. Western-WYETH HARDWARE & MEG. CO., St. Joseph. Mo. Indianajrad BUoh ImuB—INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO,. CrawfordsvlUe, Ind. Texas—G. K. MERIWETHEB, Dallas. HAVE BEEN IMITATED BUT NEVER EOUALED-THEY ARE BEVOND COMPARISON Why ? Because They are Odorless, Everlasting and ‘‘Best.” We make 90 per cent. Of the Wire Mats Sold in America. ' |y~ See that your mat has brass tag attached stamped " Habtman.** HARTMAN MFC. COMPANY, Works, BEAVER FALLS, Pa. Branches; 102 Chambers St., New York; 78 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta. T. D. Oanse, Gen’l Western Sales Agent, 608 State St., Chicago, IIL Write for our TestimonUU Booklet and Illustrated Catalogue—Mailed Free, HARTMAN FI-EXIBLE lillllli CHAMPION IRON CO. SPECIALTIES. Iron Stairs and JaJl Work, Builders’ and Or¬ namental Iron Work and the only manufact¬ urers of Malleable Iron Cresting guaranteed against breakage; also manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift Pumps. Send for IGG-page Catalogne. Largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In U. S. Kx:x<a’i'c>]>a’. • osxo. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FDLTON ST., NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Gal<?anized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and aU other purposes. Liocomotive Spark Wire Cloth, &c., -AND- For B««il , Office and Counter Railing, Store Fronts, Window Guards, kc. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles, s Q? SAXxd. SoireoxAs. SEND FOR CATALOGtHE. SPRINGS-RIVETS. Specialties in SHEET METAL WORK, CLOCK and INOICATOR POINTERS, UK t COVUS. PUiyle, Ct PHIUIPS, TOWNSEND & CO., MK Ptin Imctton, PUladelpUi. WIRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. ■Rivets marked “P” are not of our mike. We make only first-olass Norway Iron Rivets. Meation iZTic PROTECT Your Offices, Stores and Warehouses from fire and burglars by using Metallic Doors Shutters made from wood and covered with iron or steel, render¬ ing them stiff*and preventing warping in case of fire, made from heavy boiler plate iron, made from double corrugated iron or steel, made to fit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. 6ARST ISON & STEEL ROOFlNfi GO., CI.EVEI.AJfI>, OHIO. DO YOU SELL THE COMBirlEpWlREl^EEL:^ IF NOT SEND FOR CIRCULARS & PRICES. ^HAVING LARGE SALE EVERYWHERE ;buchananfenceco. ^ SMITHVILLi,OHIO Pocket Companion. Containing useful information and tables appertaining to the use of wrought iron and steel as manufactured by Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Ltd., Pittsburgh, Pa. For en^neers, archi¬ tects and builders. 1892 edition. Edited by C. L. Strobel, C.E., assisted by F. H. Kindl, C.E. Leather with flap, 334 pages.co For Sale by DAVID WILLIAM$,96-102 ReadeSt.,N f Hosted by Google 10 THE IRON AGE. CONSOLIDATED STEEL WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, THE ROOKERY. CHICAGO. ILL Branch fST. LOUIS, mo., 1935 Papin street. J PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building, ^ YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. Offices. [ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building, BARBED-jI—— i|- WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAiLS. £tlo Foxxoe Stet-ploscp oto. i:,ooA.xEr» att ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. THE A B C OF IRON. By CHAS. W. SISSON. . $2.00. CLIMAX IRON—WHAT IS IT? A description of the metal and its uses, show’ ing in what combinations it is lound and the principal sources. PIG IRON. An account of the blast furnace process by which the ores are reduced to pig iron. CONSTITUENTS OF IRON. A description of the elements in pig metal which influence cast iron, ues-oribed in chap¬ ters on Carbon in Cast Iron, Phosphorus IN Cast Iron, Silicon in Cast Iron. Manga¬ nese IN Cast Iron, Sulphur in Cast Iron. NUMBERING OF PIG IRON. Showing the character and analysis of differ ent grades of pig iron, appearance o‘ fracture and the uses to which the several grades are adapted. GRADING OF IRON. Should it be by analysis or by fracture ? HOW TO REDUCE COST OF MIXTURE. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS DEFINED. Table of shrinkage of Casticgs. Weights of castings from patterns, etc. STATISTICS. ^Showing the varieties and production of iron ore, pig iron, pig Iron and steel products, rail¬ road mileage and equipment, etc., etc., etc. EARLY HISTORY AND MANUFACTURE OF IRON. Brief history of the manufacture and uses of iron from earliest times, being principally ex¬ tracts from Mr. James M, Swank’s “ History OF 1 RON IN ALL AGES.” ___ Sent postpaid on receipt of price by DAViO WILLIAMS. PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER, 96-102 READE ST., N.Y. From M to 48 INCH DIAM. -I^SLxiuf^stotiirocl ©xolusively toy- BEST, E02C Ac CO., 25th and Railroad Sts., PITTSBURG, PA. rCYCLONE JORIAUJ FORGES Double Ratchet, Solid Frame, Adjustable Legs, Detachaj>ie Lever. Ill - K Run Lightest, Make Strongest Blast & Last Longest. I I ALL DESIRABLE STYLES AND SIZES. f I Sold by Hardware and Maobinery Dealers everywhere. Send for Catalogue of these and ^ Hand & Powor Blower, Blacksmith Drill Presses, &c. »J THE FOOS MFC.CO.SPRINGFIELD,OHIO. u Crimp Steel Roofing Our illustrated catalogue will be sent free to any one upon application may be applied to sheathing or directly over the old shingles without removing them. It is so simple in its construction that any one can put it on and make a perfect job. THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO. BOX Q. PIQUA, OHIO Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 11 COPPER, ZINC, BRASS AND TIN PERFORATED. wain Cleaning Machinerj; Woolen, Cotton, Paper Pnlp, Bice, Hour and Oil Mills; Distilleries, Sngar and Malt Houses; . Ga8,Water, Brick and Tile Works, Filters, Yentilators, &c; Oil, Gas and Taper Stores, Lanterns, Lamps, etc. Perforated Filter Press Plates Iff Pdiraffise Wax, Gottoa- 8«ed Oil, Sugar and otW porpoui. p;i? THE HARRINGTON & KING PERF. CO Main Office & Works, 224 to 240 Union street, PUIPIIftn III II 0 0 Eastern office, No 284 Pearl St., New York. UlilUnUUi I LLai Un Oa H Screen Plates for Coal, Coke, and r Ore Separators, Jigs, Trommels, Washers and Sizers. Heaiy Steel and Iron Platei and Cylinders lor Coal and Co^e Breakers, Ore, Stone, Plospiates k &rayel Screens. For Bailroads, Loco- motire and Oar Builders. Prices and Samples on Application, ALUMINUM or IAN6A- SCREEN PLATES TO mnnxxD actios ot IdDULATED VATEBS WITS Hardness and life cl RETTNOIjID S <& OO., MANTTFACTURERS OF mjjM SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS, STUDS, COUPLINQ BOLTS. STOVE BOLTS. FINISHED NUTS, Ae. Saves Time, Power, Temper, Labor. Gives True, ' III Clean, ■ Rapid ^ Work. T Cuts Noiselessly, Keenly, Easily, Inexpensively. For General Bridge'and Railway Work. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. E. H. TITCHENER & CO. (Late Bing, Wire Goods Co.) BINGHAMTON, N. Y., U. S. A. —MANXJFACTUBERS OF— n Alas Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Machines for Fonadryllse. Send for Catalogue. Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze and Metal Co., SUCCESSORS TO ■Fixe De-OsilciLiasocl. IkSetAX Oo., BRIDGEPORT, CONN., Sole manufaoturei-s 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. Bryant No. 10 Cold Sawing Machine. THE Q & C COMPANY. 702-707 Phoenix Bldg., - CHICAGO, ILLj A TREATISE ON TOOTHED GEARING. Containing complete instructions of Designing, Drawing, and Construct¬ ing Spur Wheels, Bevel Wheels, Lantern Gear, Screw Gear, Worms, &c. and the proper formation of Tooth Profiles. For the use of Machinists, Pattern Makers, Draughtsmen, Designers, Scientific Schools, &c. With many plates. By J. Howard Cromwell. 12mo, cloth. $1.50. SctiU postpaid, to any address on receipt of the price, hy DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Reade Street. N.;Y. STAPLES in All Varieties, Double-Pointed Tacks. Etc. Sllnd. Sta/ples sl Speolaltyi OXFORD IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails AND SPIjCES. T. S. SCRANTO^T, Sales Agent, Sis 83 071 d 85 Washingten Street, NEW YORK. JEstaOlished 1830, THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, Trunk Nails, Tacks, Clout Nalls, Burrs, Wire Nalls. BLTMOUTH, MASS. COBB & DREW, PLYMOUTH, MASS. Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brass and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York Agency, James S. JRender- sou, successor to nisosway A Henderson, Hardware. Agents for Pklladelpkia Star Oarrlaga and Tire Bolts. Hosted by Google 12 THE IRON AGE. AHIBRICAN TAC& €0.. FAIRHAVKN. 1IIA8S. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ’ 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTONi MAdS., U. S. A. 1 RUNBAR, HOBART & CO., WHITMAN, MASS. liORING & PARKS, PI-YMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 1842. A. FIBI 4 B & SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1864. AMERICAN TACK CO., FAIRHAVBN, MASS. OUB COUONY RIVBT CO., PlilTMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHED IN 1866, Tseki, Brads, Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, TuftiM Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls. Finishing Nalls, PateSt Brads, Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire lacks, Esoutoheon Pins, Eyelets, BlazlersV Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other artloles. We have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock in the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregoing^proll Imown brands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New x or* store and our factories. JTAJrjT OFFICE, 508 8FJ.M8 BlJIIiEIKO,199 WA.SSINGTON 8T,, B08T0F, XJL8a, BFAFCM OFFICE <0 WABEIIOT78E, 116 CSJ.MBEB8 8T., FEW TOBK, BBuLNCM OFFICE d: WJ.EEMOXTSE,_»39 d 241 lAKE 8T., CMICAGO, IBB. BBANCS OFFICE & WABEB[0VSE,408 MABEET 8T., 8AF FBAFCI8CO, CAB. BBANCB OFFICE d WABESOJ7SE, 406 COMMEBCE 81., FMIBABEBFMIA, FA. TTOTIOB. 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. and % s?.. bSm J iToaO Hf “W n 1^1 Tacks, Wire Nails and Brads, Hoop Nails, Staples, Silver and Japanned Lining and Saddle Nails, Double.Pointed Tacks, Slating and Roofing Nails. BONNIE BLUE TACKS. 100 Kegs full of Tacks for $1.50. PARISIAN GILT NAILS. 20 Papers in a Carton. Carton retails for $1.00; costs 50 Cents. CHlCACOmU.S.A BILL NYE BRAD BOX. BEST TACK PULLER IN MARKET. FULL OF TACKS. , >68 Papers Wire Brads, assorted, from ^ to a in. Each paper ]ust right to retail for 5 cents. Retails at $7.20 per Gross. Costs $4.00. Brings $8.40; costs $4.00. QU5TAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, TOOL. WOHKS. MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF IMPROVED METAL WORKING MACHINES. Branch of HEINR. EHRHARDT, DUESSELDORF, GERMANY. Cold Saws and Cold Sawing Machines of our own make a Specialty. Machine Tools Railway Shops, Bridge Builders, Architectural Iron Works, Steel and Iron Foundries, Machine and Blacksmith Shops, Iron and Steel Works, Rolling Mills, Forges, etc. Hydraulic Machinery. Lath OS special purposes, Presses for Corrugated Iron, Straightening Machines, Milling and Grinding Machines, and others. Catalogues furnished on application. Send for prices and disconuts* Maobines can be seen in operation at our Works or at the Cbioago Exposition. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 iOJii fUr r- IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c.. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. PL-AKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. 1 5f£ American Wire Nail Co. :^^v- STEEL ROD GALVANIZED PLAIN ^ FENCE ALL KINDS WIRE NAILS. ANDERSON, IND. WIRE OLIVER WADE, Agt., 18 Broadway, New York. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO. JMCA.NXJF-A.CTXJIiEIt® OF WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. I The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO MANUFACTURERS WIRE NAILS Werkt: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. HI. FKIIjIjIFS 8 m SOITS SOUTH HANOVER. MASS. TACKS F*. BIXyCXyCOlTS 8 m SRO 21 WARREN ST.. NEW YORK. mm m General Office: SALEM, OHIO BRANCH OFFICES s 64 Warren St., New York. 416 Phenix Bldg., Chicago 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. 111 55 S n o S 03 (0 « u J ■55 a S3 b e/9 W b «-C0 S o a iiil 14 THE IRON AGS. American Screw Compariy^ FROVirSElSrOE, R. I. :)MANXTlPA.OTXTK,EI?,S OB’d WOOD SCREWS, In Iron, Brass, Bronze and all Varieties of Finish. COACH SCREWS, 2VIACHINE 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. GOLD FORGED V. Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Forged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. American Screw Company, FROVTDEITQB, R. I. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European agents, thomas & Stirling, Livetpooi. Hosted by Google 16 Tit® IRON AG®. -f~f-i i i- 7 r 1 >.i iii ■ M ' I _ ,- Berlin Iron Bridge Co., QUR NEW CATALOGUE of over 300 pages illustrating and describing a large number of Iron and Steel Buildings, Roofs and Bridges designed and buil^ by us is now ready and will be mailed on application. OFFICE AND WORKS, - - EAST BERLIN, CONN. WROUGHT IRON BRIDGE GO. OECXO. NIESXT^ TrOJFLS: OITTT. OECXO^G-Op XXjXa. cjoTisr 31x0. COMMUNICATE WITH NEAREST OEEICE. Iron BnilGin^s, Roofs and General Stmctnral Wort inIron and Steel, Ha- cMneSIiopSiFonn- drles, Power Senses, $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 traveling crane faciUtates the placing of heavy machinery. IRON AND STEEU ROOFING, Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Have Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridge Roofing Co., Cambridge, C. -AMERICAN- (Bank of America Bnildin..) 44 Wall Street, - NEW YORK. Correspondence of B'nmaces Invited. Hosted by Google 16 THB IRON AOB. Corrugatedi Crbnped and Clap-Board iron Roofing & SIdinv Iron Buildings, Boofs. Doors, Shutters, Comlooa Skylights, Bridges, &o. MOSELEY IBON BBIDOE AND BOOF CO., Office, B Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. New PaBBenger Station) C. R. R* of N.J., JerBey City, N. J., over 30)000 square feet of Glass. ■ i '" ■■ ■ ^ ■r'h S K YLIOHT S ERECTED ANYWHERE. CONSTRUCTED ON '■ Helliwell System ” imjerisliaMe Slazing. (Sole Agents). Warranted tight and free from drip. Built by PLENTY HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 146 Liberty St., New York City. Iron Palm-houses, Greenhouses, Conserva¬ tories and Skylights a Specialty. Illustrated Catalogue free. Correspondence Solicited. BORDEN & LOVELL, 70 AND 71 WEST STREET NEW YORK. Steel, Iron and Wire Rails. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, 103 RendB SeM ^v^\, Steel and Iron Nails. Mr Steel nepartpHt ot GiuiNa Ip |}i|, j’ossrsu'o'wzio', MANUFACTURERS OP Merchant Bar Steel: Including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Railroad Spring, Hoe, Rake, Fork, etc. ILgricultural 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 ROILED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office. Philadelphia Office. Chicago Office 102 Chambers St- S- W. Cor- 5th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenlx Building- (No. 4.) IRON STEEL H RIDGES .ROOFS/* BUILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders. MASON BUIIaBING) BOSTON) MASS. MAKUFACTUBEES, CORRUGATED " ROOFING AND SIDING. Send fot Circular and Pricc«« Tips to Inventors. By Robert Gru^haw, Jh.l^ M.E. Telling what inventions are needed and how to ^rfect and develop new Ideas In any For Salt WDAvid williams, 96-^02 Reads 8t.,N.Y. LIQUID PAINTS SEND FOR SAMPLE CARD AND DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST. H. W. JOHNS MANUKA^CTHRINQ CO., Sole Manufacturers of H. W. Johns’Asbestos Roofing, Sheathing, Building Felt, Asbestos Steam Paokings, Boiler Coverings, Roof Paints, Fire Proof-Paints, etc. VULCABESTON Moulded Piston-Rod Packing Rings, Gaskets, Sheet Packing, etc. Established 1858. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. Hosteid by Google IT THB IRON AGE. The First to make Boiler Plates In America. OhM, Husbont Brest, A» V* Viu^PresL 0, L. Hueton, OtmL Mgr, BobU B. Hailnes, Jr„ Seep, STEEL AND IRON PLATES 1890. Job, HurngfUnh ^sos. VO BXTIIBIXIB DIMENSIONS. WORKS: OoArtoflivlUo^ Pa. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET. -£:sT'A.Bx.4isiix:r> THICKNESS, 3-16 INCH TO IM INCH. 1810.- PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: es db e4 Bullitt Bids. FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHOROS IPON--*03 or under. AP- .03 or .05 or under. —For O. H. and Furnace Use. MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, Skelp, Muck Bars and Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHCENIX IRON GO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANUFACTITRE AIAj THEa:R PRODUCTS BOTH HU WROUGHT IRON. AND OPEN HEARTH STEEE. Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Anjg^les, 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 Corning & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORE ; Edward Corning & Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; Jambs B. Stokbb, 182 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stites, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL CO, Pottsville, Pa. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET HAHCTAOTUBIBB OV AIX. KIBSS 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. Oesigners and. Oonstinxctoi's of ULoois, Trusses, Oolumns, Jko. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE - & - CO., - EMPIRE - CHAIN - WORKS Beacb. Sc Otis Sts., - . . Pliiladelplila. Shams for Foundry Cranes and Slings, " 0. B. G.” Special Crane Cham. Siee! and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains. 0. T. WELLMAN. President. JOHN P. CBOZER, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Snpertntendex t 8 . H. OHAUVENET, Vice-President. RIOHABD PETERS, Jr., Secretary, WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO -^MANUFACTURERS OP- Highest Grade 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. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Successors to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., IRON STEEL MERCHANTS, m WiilMl SttMl, ■ PMIalilptlii. IIFFLIN WHEELER. Q, W. NICOLLS. NicoUs, Wheeler Sc, Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., •16 Hontli Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, Pig Iron, Mock Bars, Charcoal Blooms, Ac., Ac. Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Ralls, EDWARD CORNING U CO.. MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. * BEAMS, CHANNELS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, BARS, RODS. 2». BROADWAY, NEW YORK. SON AND STEEL _SPmES.jn S^PJ^TES, BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. 237 SO. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. GORRESPONRENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANDFACTORERSi 70 KILBY ST. BOSTON. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANl 232 8. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pi£r, Bar and Bailroad Iron, Old Bails, Scrap. AOBNT FOB THB MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. A-gent TREIVTOIV IHOIV CO., For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Lonsrdale (Ya.) and other Fia Irons. Storaoe Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R. R. and its various connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued. Cash advances hade on Iron. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Fonndryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Rails, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. B. H. wnson. A Kaiser. J. B. M. Hlroa E. H. WILSON & CO.I W99 and 994 South Third St, BhiladelpMm BBOURI AND DBALIRI IM IRON AND STEEL Oorreapondenoe solicited. J. w. Ho«mari Co., 333 and 336 Walnut Street, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates and Shapes. Ralls, Can aai Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment generallj. CORRESPONDBNCB SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN S CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, 135 South Fourth St., PliUa. Agents for Brier Hill, teWgli, Strathers AND MUIRK.IRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFD. CO., Iron and Brass Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. A, R. WHITNEY & CO., UANUFACTURBRS AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL. AGENCIES: CARNEGIE STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Material, Steel and Iron Columns, Beams, Channels, Shapes and Plates. Steel Beams Boiled to 34 inches deep. PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron, Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYlf WIRE NAIL CO., Steel Wire Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVERSIDE IRON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW TCBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. AMERICAN WIRE NAIL MACHINES. Over 900 working satisfactorily in the United States, 25 in Europe and 100 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 address, 29 Broadway. New Torli. P. O. Box 33. O. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston C. B. HOUSTON & CO., BuUitt BuUdlng. PHILADEIiPJHIIA, Fig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structura Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES W S. PILLING. PILLING^^->^CRANE. ^ IRON ORES: liake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIG IRON ; liOw Phosphorus, Opeu-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. E3. R. dl3 OO., Sole Asrents- ACME PIG IRON. Guaranteed .08 ^ or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Biverside Steel Pipe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes, 147 SOUTH 4th STREET, • • .HILADEL.HIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUPAOTURBRS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloonit cS3 SIZXSSSSaT' XfLOISr. ALSO LIQHT PLATES AND SHEETS OP STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia. Fa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow. Water Pipe, Smoke Stack Tank and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. GUM6tRUANP NAIU AND IRON CO,, MANUFAOTUBSBB OP ‘(iniiiiiD" lilts (iioiiiT 1101 rin, 43 North Water St., aed 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt BuIIdlngi No. ISI South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. -BOLE AdBHT FOR- Ihsridan, 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, Glnek Bars and Connellsville Coke, High Grade Tested Chains. McKLAY Ac CJO„ 29TH & 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 U. S. Iron. GL, 1L.I1YOSA.Y Sc OO., BULLin BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHIIA. IRON STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all Purposes. Bstlmates Furnished for Iron and Steel Btr n otu re t . HOP n FORGEU MERRILL BROS.. 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. T SHAFTING -manufactuubbs- IRON CLEVELAND, OHIO. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 10 Francis Hobson, Seaman a Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOBSON^© **OHOICE>' Quality Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S ** NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for'TurnIng Hardest Chilled Rolls, ftp. WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. _ CHAS. HUGILL, Age nt. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORXJOIBriK OA.ST STEEL. JE)R.E