The Iron Age : Vol LI : No. 23 : June 8, 1893

The QR. MR. GENERAL’S OFFICE., - i8i A Review of thei^ Hard^ I I _ S GE £>u.blisl:ied every Thursday Morning by IDavit^ N'os. 96, 98, lOO &103 Reade St., i^ew Yorfe. Vol. LI: No. 23. New York, Thursday, |4.SO a Veap, Including Postagei Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.page 1314 Classified List of Advertisers_ 103 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers 107 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 1321 TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. IjOXJIS Manufacturers of Track Fastenings, Boat Spikes, Goldie Spikes. Mining Rails. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low in Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac-simile chart. THE BRISTOL’S MFG. CO. Waterbury, Conn. SOLID BRAIDED CORDAGE. All Kinds. Sizes and Colors. Send for Samples. Samson Cordage Works, BOSTON, MASS. U. M., Cjj^lank Cartridges for Fourth of ^ July, 1893. Loudest Report. The Unioii MelnlllG Gaitridp Go. BZl.XDG-XiFOZl'r, OOPJIV, Ask Your Dealer For U. M. C. Blanks. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY, - CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, III. ■ I 1 04- John St., New York. Rrnni'h OfliroatJ 333 \\aluiit >t., Philadelphia, Pa. israncb Oflices:^.^! Boston, Mass. ( Room :iOS Neave JBuildiug, Cincinnati, O. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND COPPER TUBING. Hot and Cold Rolled Sheet Copper and Brass ef all kinds. i.iji'' ■ INCREASED SALES Show.that our customers appreciate the value of improvements made in JENKINS PACKING. It can be used again and again. Does not ROT or BURN out. Have you tried it recently? If not, DO SO I Look for “ Trade-Mark.” JENKINS BROS., New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago BRIDGEPORT. CONN. SEE PAGE 3. O'TTXI.XVSXTOSLXjXSIS.'' bkanoh ovfios : Cleveland 136 Liberty St., City Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CTiBVELAND, O. ' R -A I LS -T - CUT TO LENGTHS for Contractors’, Builders’ and Mill use. NEW Steel Bails of allseotions; SECOND-HAND for relaying; 0|_Q for scrap use. Also all kinds of railroad scrap. WHEN BUYING WRITE TO US FOR PRICES. J. H. RICHARDSON & CO., 708 Pena Ave.. Pittsburgh, Pa. DRIPPING PANS. 40 Sizes. The best made. (Beaman’s Patent Improved.) — « m.... \ New and Effective. MARYLAND ROASTER AND BAKERa j cheapest in the Market, Made only by IVi: A-TTYX AX, XIN'G-Zl. AIVC OO., Factory aud Main Office : BALTIMORE, MD. Branch : 64 Reade St., N. Y JDectding tnantifactureTS of Sta^nped and I*atent J^ieced Tin Ware and O-alvanized Iron Ware. T"? Avery Stamping Co. We retin Iron, Steel and Copper. CLEVELAND, O. Heavy Blanking, Pressing 1 Stamping. Rainey Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Ooke vou can buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. All our works In the heart of the Region, within four miles of Connellsvllle, Pa. W. J. RAINEY, OAFA-OITY, 3,000 TON’S DAHji'V. m MAIN OFFICE: flT TJUPT A' I Mercantile Bank Building. uLhlfiLA Hosted by GLEIEUND, OHIO. 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PENNSYLVANIA” 1 SCREEN DOORS “PENNSYLVANIA,” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTING, “DARBY*'and ‘‘SPECIAL” O^OOX>AB. SCREEN DOORS “STANDARD,” “EXCELSIOR,” “ELECTRIC,” “ROBERTS.” “CORTLAND ” WINDOW SCREEN WIRE CLOTH. -AI^iSG- Door - and = Window = Sticks -AND— CORNER BRACKETS. HIN-OEIS-IDOORr FXJlLiLS. Write for Prices. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, ORASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTV MANUFACTURERS “ • NEW JERSEY • WIRE CLOTH CO. LATHING. . — - ■ TIIENTON, NEW JEPSFV^ AND 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. 171 AND 173 LAKE STREET CHICAGO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENGINC. 25 AND 27 FREMONT STREET. SAN FRANCISOOe Hosted by Google 9 THE IRON AGE. ill BRASS AND COM¬ POSITION, HEAVY AND LIGHT CAST¬ INGS. P. P. EMORY MFC. CO. -! ESTABLISHED 1850.:- SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Good Work, Fair Prices. CORRESPOXDEXCE SOLICITED. COPPERSMITHS, and Mannfaeturers of COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, EXPANSION PIPES AND COILS. RESERVOIR VASES. Lawn Furniture, Statuary, Office and Counter Railing, Wire Signs, Guards, Cresting, Columns, Iron Stairs, Balcony Railing, Stable Fixtures, Jail Ceils, etc. CATAliOGU£ FREE. E. T. BARi^UM, - Detroit, Mich. MENTION Alls PAPER. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. Ofice and Salesroom, 157 H Enolld Ato*, MANUFACTTIREDRS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. stable Fixtures, Crestings, Tennlnals, Wire Office and Counter Railing, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna* mental and Structural Ironwork. Steel Wire Fence Board. STR0N6EST AND CHEAPEST BARBLESS FARM FENCING. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Web Picket Fence. DEKALB FENCE CO., - - DeKalb, III AGENCIES; Eastem-niCKS Ar DICKEY, Philadelphia, Pa. Southern-W. B. BELKNAP ACC> LouSville, Kr. Western-WYETH HARDWARE & MFG. CO., ^t J®^eph. Mo. Indiana ond^eb laen-INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO.. CrawfordftviUe, Ind. Texas— 6 . K. MEKIW ETHEB, Balias Wire Cloth; Wire Goods Hardware Grade and Fanning Mill Wire Cloth, Poultry Netting, Heavy Window Screen Wire Cloth, Coal and Sand Screens, Riddles, Ash Sieves, &.Cm &c. Office and Counter Railings, Elevator En> closures, Wire Stall Guards, Hay Racks Feed Boxes, Window Guards, &c., &o. Tia". RE YITOXjIDS «Sb OO., MANUFACTURERS OP SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS, STUDS. COUPLING BOLTS. STOVE BOLTS. FINISHED NUTS. Ee. Alto Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Maohines for Fonadry Use. X«rZlX7«r XZ.A.VT’XSXO', GOZO'M'. a-a Send for Catalogue. CHAMPION IRON COMPANY. Iron ^ stairs jail ' worR, builders' and ornamental iron work. " Mai. iron cresting. Guaranteed against breakage. Also mfrs.of the " ^ celebrated Ohio Champion Iron^ ^ Force and Lift Pumps ^Send for 220 page^ catalogue rhe largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In the IT. S KENTON, OHIO. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FCLTON ST., NEW YOKK, MASUFACXrKER OF 0£jiOTEC Of Brass, Copper. Iron. GaKanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For MlniTTg. Milling and all other purposes. Liocoiiiotive Spark Wire Cloth, Arc,, -AND- For Banl , Office and Counter Railing, Store Fronts Window Guards, &c. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver's Patent Decoy Rat Traps. S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles, s T? J5lA.xi.ci. iSorooxLS. •SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Buckeye Wrought Iron Punched Rail Fence. Also manufactnrers of Iron Cresting, Iron Turbine snfi Buckeye Wind Engines, Buckeye Force Buckeye, Globe and Champion Lawn Mowers. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Prices to ^ MAST, FOOS & CO. SPRINGFIELD, THE IRON FOUNDER. A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON The Art of Molding. INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON Core-making: Loam, Dry Sand and Green Sand Molding; also Crystalliza¬ tion, Shrinkage and Contraction of Cast Iron, and a full explanation of the science of Pressures in Molds ; added to which are Formulas for Mixtures of Iron, Tables, Rules and Miscellaneous Information, BY SINIPSOK BOIvIvANDi Practical Holder and Manager ol Fonndries. iUuslraied mW Over Three Hundred Enmrati. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLEW q 6 -I 02 Reade Street, New York, Hosted by Google 10 CONSOLIDATED STEEL/i WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, THE ROOKERY, CHICAGO. ILL Branch f ST. LOUIS, mo., 1935 Papin Street. J PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building, I NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. Offices. [ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building. mm WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. WIRE NAILS. S'tct'plois, oiio. located at ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. THE A B C OF IRON. T»n.IOE3, By CHAS. W. SISSON. CLOTH. ■ ■■■■■■■ ■ OOISTTEHSTTS : $ 2.00 Iron—What Is It? A description of the metal and its uses, sliowinp: in what combinations it is found and the principal sources. Pig Iron. An account of the blast furnace processs by which the ores are reduced to pig iron. Constituents of Iron. A description of the elements in pig metal which intiuence cast iron. Described in chapters on Car¬ bon IN Cast Iron, Phosphorus in Cast Iron, Silicon IN Cast Iron, Manganese in Cast Iron, Sulphur in Cast Iron. Grading of Iron. Should it be by analysis or by fracture ? How to Reduce Cost of flixture. Steel. Physical Properties of Metals Defined. Table of shrinkage of Castings. Weights of cast' ings from patterns, etc. Statistics. Showing the varieties and production of iron ore, pig iron, pig iron and steel products, railroad 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 extracts from Mr. James M. Swank’s ‘‘History” of Iron in All Ages.”' Numbering of Pig Iron. Brief history of the manufacture and uses of iron Showing the character and analysis of different from earliest times, being principally extracts from grades of pig iron, appearance of fracture and the Mr. James M. Swank’s “History” of Iron in All uses to which the several grades are adapted. Ages.” • Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher # Bookseller, 96-102 READE STREET, NEW YORK. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 11 STEEL, IRON, COPPER, ZINC, BRASS AND TIN PERFORATED. — PGR — ^rain Cleaning' Machinery; Woolen, Cotton, Paper Pulp, Rice, Flonr and Oil Mills; Distilleries, Sug^ar and Malt Houses; Sfas,Water, Brick and Tile Works, Filters, ^Ventilators, &c; Oil, Gas and Vapor Stores, Lanterns, ^ Lamps, etc. Perforated Filter Press Plates Screen Plates for Coal, Coke, and • Ore Separators, Jigs, Trommels, Washers and Sizers. HeaTy steel M Iron Platei and Cylinders lor Coal and CoE:e Breakers, Ore, Stone, pnospnates & Gmyel Screens. For Railroads, Loco- motire and Car Builders. Prices and Samples on Application. ALUMINUM or MANGA¬ NESE BRONZE SCREEN PLATES lot ParaffinWai, Cotton- ^ .nA ACIDUIATED fATEES Sood Oil, Sugar and THE HAHHINOTON & ICINO PERFi COij odior pnipoM. Main Office &. Works, 224 lo 240 Union Street, pUIOAnn III || Q A “ i___ Eastern office, No 284 Pearl St., New York. Ull I UnllU) I LL.j Um Ui Hi Ewt Steel | Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze and Metal Co., h, titchener & co. SUCCESSORS TO ■Fixe JDe'"^>xc.lcl.iaEecl. AdCetAX Co., BRIDGEPORT, CONN., Sole manufacturers of Deoxldize^d 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. Saves Cuts Time, I Power, Temper, Labor. Gives True, Clean, Rapid Work. Noiselessly, Keenly, Easily, Mnexpensively. For SEND FOR CATALOGUE. THE Q A C COMPHNr, 702-707 Phoenix Iron or Steel facturers the U, S, an iron Buildings 3°" General Bridge and Railway Work. CHICtGO, III. We are the leading manu¬ facturers of Corrugated Iron in the U, S. If you think of erecting an iron building, send us the di¬ mensions and we will tell you exactly what it will cost. . Our illustrated catalogue will be sent free to any one upon application (Late Bing. Wire Goods Co.) BINGHAMTON, N. Y., U. S. A. —MANUFACTTJEERS OF— THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO, will be lication BOX Q. PIQUA, OHIO ^ PROTECT , Your Offices, Stores and Warehouses from fire and burglars by using Metallic Doors an Shutters I Made from wood aud covered with iron or steel, render- [I ing them stilTand preventing warping in case of fire, i Made from heavy boiler plate iron. Made Ironi double corrugated iron or steel. ' Made to fit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. 6ABRT IRON A STEEL EOOFINO GO., I The Iron Age , OHIO. OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIjCES. f. S. SCRANTO^f, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. Established 1830, THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, Trunk Nails, Tacks, Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Nails. PLYMOUTH, 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. ffeuder- sou, snceessor to Disosway A Henderson, Hardware. Agents for Pliiladelpliia Star Carriags and Tire Bolts. Hosted by Google 12 THE IRON A&E. 608 SEARS BUILDINCp BOSTONi MASS;, U.S. A. 1 DCNBAR, HOBART & CO., WBlTKlANvlHASS. AORINC & PAR&S, P1.TH01TTH, niA»i. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 18i2, A. & SONS, TAUNTON, JHASSf TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MAMU ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 18B4. AMERICAN TACK CO., FAIRMATEN, MASS. OUB COUONIT RIVET CO., PUVMOUTM, MASS* ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHEd’iN 1866, 2A;.A.1TX7F^0TXJI^B3RS oin TMk*, Brads, Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, TuftiM Nalls and Bnttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nalls, Patent Bradt, Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Taoka, Escutobeon Pina, Eyelets, Glaziers’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Funilture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other artidles. We hsTe the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock in the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregolng^ell known brands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our Newxork •tore and our factories. lAJjr OFFJCM, SOS 8MA.MS BTTIZl>INO,199 WJL8SINGTON 8T,\ B08T0M, MASS. BBANCH OFFICM A WABMUOVS:^ 116 CBCAMBMB8 8T., BMW YORK, BRABCBC OFFICM & WARMBiOVSM,239 & 241 lAKM 8T., CSI /XX vrx7X7xs>xQf ce rrxAxsxi/xiVc/oxi^#o*r ae juja.j%.jai aJi'., CBEICAGO, Il/Jj. BRABCBC OFFICM & WARMHOU8M^408 MARKMT 8T., SAB FRABCI8CO, CAB, BRABCS OFFICM & WARMHOXTSM, 406 COMMMRCM 8T.i FJO IBABMIi. FMIBABMBFMIA, FA. THE NATIONAL SCREW AND TACK CO., -MANUFACTURERS OF- Vvluluil^’\ HI Wood Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Tire Bolts, Sink Bolts, Tacks, Trunk, Clout and Small Nails. CLEVELAND, OHIO. QUARTER,^ of" 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. ^ ^CHiCA^TOLrU.s.A. PARISIAN QILT NAILS. 20 Papers in a Carton. Carton retails for $1.00; costs 50 Cents. BILL NYE BRAD BOX. BEST TACK PULLER IN MARKET. FULL OF TACKS. . >68 Papers Wire Brads, assorted, from }4 to 3 m. Each paper just right to retail for 5 cents. Retails at $7.20 per Gross. Costs $4.00. Brings $8.40; costs $4.00. GUSTAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, JVIA.CHI1VJS TOOIu WOUK®. 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. Lathes special purposes, Presses for Corrugated Iron,, Straightening Machines, Milling and Grinding Machines, and others. Catalogjues furnished on application. Send for prices and discounts. Machines can be seen in operation at our Works or at the Chicago Exposition, Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 Mr^^tlRON AND BRASS RIVETS, "illl STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., W i-ighi Hardware. lvl2iJ.tiiT & JOHNSON. Wat^rpury. Conn. American Wire Nail Co., STEEL ROD GALVANIZED PLAIN FENCE ALL KINDS WIRE NAILS. ANDERSON, IND. WIRE OLIVER WADE, Agt., 18 Broadway, New York.. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO. 3X-A.]VTJF'^CTXJItaEKS OF WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA.| Tie SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. MANUFACTURERS WIRE NAILS, Works; SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office: - SALEM, OHIO. BRANCH OFFICBS s Room 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 415 Phenix Bldg., Chicagr. 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore THE BAACKb WIRE NAIL COMPANY. CLEVELAND, O, Steel Wire Nails, Standards Only. Wire Rods. Plain Wire, Salvanized Wire. Barbed Wire, Fence Staples. Hi. FBCIIUrjIFS St SOITS SOUTH HANOVER, MASS. TACKS an. JBRO Z\ WARREN ST.. NEW YORK. Voltaic Blectricity. By T. F. Treglohan . 40 cents. For sale by BAVID WILLIAMS, Publisbei %nd Bookselle} 96-lOS BeadeSt., New York. Hosted by Google 14 1 , *'• CANADA $CR£W CO., (Limited, Hamilton, Ont. -^^^^)MA.lSrXJFj^.OTXJR,HSK,S WOOD SCREWS, TIRE BOLTS, In Iron, Brass, Bronze and all Varieties STOVE BOLTS, of Finish. .. SLEIGH SHOE BOLTS, COACH SCREWS, SINK BOLTS, MACHINE SCREWS, STOVE RODS, RAILROAD SCREWS, | POINTED WIRES, HAND RAIL SCREWS, | TAPPED NUTS SIDE KNOB SCREWS, lAPPtD NU , LOCK CAP SCREWS, WIRE NAILS, DOWEL SCREWS, ' * DOWEL PINS, CHANDELIER SCREWS, I TAPS FOR MACHINE SCREWS, RIVETS, BURS, TAPS FOR STOVE BOLTS. RIVETS, BURS, GOLD FORGED ' Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, ' Stove Bolts, Forged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. American Screw Company, FROVIIDElSrOE, R.. I. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European Agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 15 The 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 built by us is now ready and will be mailed on application. A OFFICE AND WORKS, - - EAST BERLIN, CONN. WROUGHT IRON BRIDGE GO. | COMMUNICATE WITH NEAREST OKKICE. oaxo. Troxi.3BL oittt- OXXIOACS^O, XXiXji. OXT^r, 3VLO, Iron BaildiDgs, Roofs and General Strnctural Work in Iron and Steel, ffla- cMneSliopSjfonn- diies, Power Houses, &c. The above is a cut of our new works. The main building Is 256 feet square and is fitted with improved machinery for handling all classes of Bridge and Structural work. All machinery is operated by electricity from our own plant. IRON ANP STE:^U roofing. Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Have Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridg^^e. Roofing Co., Cambridge, O. -AMERICAN- (Bank of America Building.) 44 Wall Street, - NEW YORK.. Corre ndence of I'liroaces Invited. Hosteid by Google 16 THE IRON AGE. Corrugaledi Crimped and Clap-Board Iron Roofing & SIdinv ’ fiantier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Go., Iron Buildings, Boofs. Doors, Shutters, Cornices Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., Office, 6 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. Mew Passenser Station^ O* R. R« of N.Jo Jersey City, N. J., over 30,000 square feet of Gla«*. ■:. • 5a..i5?d! !• A•. ■ „ s k: Y 3L.i<5mT ® ERECTED ANYWHERE. CONSTRUCTED ON “ Helliwell System ” Imsensliable Olazmg. (Sole Agents). Warranted tight and free from drip. Built by i PLENTY HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS. 145 Liberty St., New York City. Iron Palm-houses, Greenhouses, Conserva¬ tories and Skylights a Specialty. Blustrated Catalogue free. Correspondence Solicited. BORDEN & LOVELL, 70 AND 71 WEST STREET NEW YORK. Steel. Iron and Wire Nails. PHILLIPS, TOWNSEND & CO., Horth Penn Junction, Philadelphia. WIRE NAILS, . . - - - NORWAY RIVETS. j'OBxa'sri'OTYiia', p.a.., MANUFACTURERS OF Merchant Bar Steel: Including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Railroad Spring, Hoe, Rake, Fork, etc. Agricultural Steel and Shapes: Finger Bars, Knife Backs, Rake Teeth, Bundle CarrierTeeth, Tedder Forks and Springs, Spring Harrow Teeth, Harrow (Drag) Teeth, Seat Springs, etc. Plow Steel: Fiat 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. NOW York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office 02 Chambers St. S, W. Cor« 6th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenlx Bulldlnga IRON'^’SIILL p RIDGES .|^ODFS# RUILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, MASON BUILDfNO, BOSTON, MASS. ■Rivets marked <‘P” are not of oui ni-ike. We make only first-class Norway Iron Rivets. James A. Miller & 6ro., 129 and 131 South Clinton St, CHICAGO, MANUFACTUKER.S, ! CORRUGATED h* ROOFING AND SIDING. Send for Circular and Psr! cci. SEND FOR SAMPLE CARD AND DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST. H. W. JOHlNfS MLANXJF'A.CXURINQ CO., Sole Manofacturers of H. W. Johns’Asbestos Roofing, ^heathing, Building Felt, Asbestos Steam Packings, Boiler Coverings, Roof Paints, Fire Proof-Paints, etc. VULCABESTON Moulded Piston-Rod Packing Rings, Gaskets, Sheet Packing, etc. Established ,858. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. _ ’"‘^m'stSSIiIiSdoh*®”* Hosteid by Google THE IRON AGE. IT X-iVLlcexis Iron ^ Steel Co.”'T.““” The First to make Boiler Plates in America. Chat. Htwton, Preet, A. F. Huston, Vice-Prest, C. L. Huston, GenL Mgr, RobU B. Haines, Jr„ Secy, Jos. Humpton, Treas, STEEL AND IRON PLATES VO EXTREMB DIMENSIONS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET. THICKNESS, 3-10 INCH TO XH INCH. -XISarjLSILiISmBD ISIO.- WORKS : PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: Oo^tOHivlXXo, gg cfc aa^XXltt Bldg;* FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS ?IC IPON- .03 or under. SCRAP- .03 or .05 or under. ORE-> or O. H . and Furnace U se. MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets. Skelp, Muck Bars aud Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHfENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia. MANUFACTURE ALL THEIR PRODUCTS BOTH IN WROUGHT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH STEEL. Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes. Round, Flat and Square BARS of all sixes. 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. AaBNTS.*— Edward Corking & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward Corning & Co., TO Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; Jamka B. Stokhs, 1JJ2 Market Sc., SAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stites, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL CO., Pottsville, Pa. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MANUTAOIITBSBS OF ALL KtHDS 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, HALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. I>esigrxiex*s and. Oonstrnctors ot Roots, 1'x*usses, Oolumns, Ae. BRADLEE - & - CO., - EMPIRE - CHAIN - WORKS Beacli. 01:18 S'ts., « . • Pliiladelpliia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and S/mgs, " D. B. S.” Special Crane Cham. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. B. T. WELLMAN. President. JOHN P. CROZER, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Saperlntendeat S. H. CHAUVENET, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO -MANUFACTURERS OF- Hlirhest Gradd Open Hearth Low Phosphorus Steel Fire Box anc 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. BBLCHER, Agent. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Successors to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., IRON yT STEEL MERCHANTS, 118 Walngt Street, • Philadelphia, CIPFLIN WHEELER. G. W. NICOLLS. NTicolls, Wheeler A Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 116 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, Pig Iron. Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, Ac., Ac. Steel and Iron Plates. New and Old Ralls. EDWARD CORNING A CO BEAMS, CHANNELS, ANGLES, TEES. PLATES, BARS, RODS. IRON » STEEL 9 MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. HOOPS, BANDS, SPIKES, nSH-PLATES, BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. 20. BROADWAY, 237 SO. THIRD ST., NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. GOminPONIENGE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANOFACTURERSl 70 KILBY ST. BOSTON. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE, EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 222 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Kailroad Iron, Old Rails, Scrap. AGENT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK. Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. A gent TItENTON IliOlV CO., For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Lonsdale (Va.) and other Pis Irons* Storage Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R R. and Its varlons connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued. Cash advances made 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. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hlron. E. H. WILSON & CO., and 2.24 South IhirdSt., J^hiladelphia BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J. W. Hoffman, & Co., 333 and 335 Walnut Street, COMMISSION MERCHANTS Pia IRON, Iron and Steel Plates and Shapes. Ralls, Cam av* Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment generally CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN S CO, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bnllitt Building, 135 South Fourth St., Phila. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strothers AND MUIRKIRK. PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Y oungstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFD. GO., Iron and Brass Founders. Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. A, R. WHITNEY & CO., MASDFACTDBEBe AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL. AGENCIES: CARNEGIE STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Material, Steel and Iron Columns, Beams, Channels, Shapes and Plates, bteel Beams Rolled to 24 inches deep. PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited,Merchant Iron. Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO„ Steel Wire Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. EIVEKSIDE IKON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW TOBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. AMFRICaN 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 lor Iron and bteel Structures of every description. Please address, 29 Broadivay New ¥orl£« P. O. Box 33. O. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Honstos C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHII-AJDEI-PHIA. Fig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structura Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents for PAXTON ROLLINQ MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES W.8. PILUNG. ~ : ^ PILLING—"—CRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-flnxing* PIG IRON : Low Fhosphorns, 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. Ei. R. dki OO.* Sole Asrente. ACME PIG IRON. Guaranteed .03 ^ oi 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. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUPA.OTURERS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal BIooh, C&3 SIZXSSS3"P XRON. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OP STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia. Fa. »rders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack Tan k and Boat Iron: Last. Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. CUMBERUANP NAIU ANP IRON CO., MANUFACTURERS OP “ Guinherlttiid ” Nails \ Wioug|t Iioii Pipe, 43 North Water St, and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. 131 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. -SOLE AGENT FOR- Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan ard Oley FOUN¬ DRY. FO GE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PiG IRON. Dealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and ConnellsVille Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. &c oo.. SSTH &, 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 madeol U. S. Iron. J-AIAES O. LIHSriDS-AY «Sc oo., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all pui'pGses. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. D*’°forgeD MERRILL BROS.. 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. T -MANUFACTURERS- 8HAFTINC IRON CLEVELAND, OHIO. Hosterd by Google _ . _ THE IRON AGE. __ 19 Francis Hobson, Seaman « Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” Cj^ Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOBSON^© “CII010E>» Extra Quality 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. OETJOIBX.lC OA.8T STEEL. ABBOT^T' & CO., Agemts and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 85 OLIVER ST. BOSTON. 23 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Si & Cl WARDLOWf 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 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. GUSXAF LUNDBERG, AGENT FOR N. M. HSGUUND'S SONS & C0„ OF STOCKHOtM Swedish and Norway Iron. BoMMexixeir Axxd Open. SleArtla. BUteel. __ 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. _ ^MRUSLE K..aLTrSE3R, db OO., SHEFF/EL3, WORKS. hmf WIliSOM J9AWKSWORTH, SlililSOM * GO.» ENGLAND, (HSTABLIBHBD 1825.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents, 81 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON. __ 98 LIBEBTY STREET, NEW YORK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND. MANtrrACTTJEEES 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 CARI< F. BOKFR), Sole Agents and Importers of'Steel and Crucible Wire Rods, &c. Best Quality, ~ K Bars, Sheets Plates, JESSOF’S STEEL MANDFACTUBBI) BY WM. JESSOP & SONS, L’D. OF Large assortment of sizes in stock at 91 John St. .... NEW YORK And other Agencies. I Gold Medal Paris. ENGliAND. "F.W. MOSS” SHEFFIELD STEEL & FILES For further particulars apply to . NEWTON & SHIPMAN. SS Jbliii St., New York. JPrices for Direct Importation in Wholesale Quantities From Sheffield. Improved Mild Centered Cast JSteei for Taps, Reamers, &c. (a jB59 Ppy tnn Warranted Extra Cast Steel for Taps, Dies,