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Iron age 'Rec^d SecHojl of the Hal | Metal Trades. fhx'blislied evei^^'J^mrsdajI Morning "by IDaviiw . . -- ^8, lOO JReade St., N"ew Yorli* Vo/. LI: No. 23. New York, Thursday!June 22, i 8 gj. Reading Matter Contents. page 1408 Classified List of Advertisers_ 103 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ** 107 Advertising and Subscription Rates 1415 $4.80 a Vear, Including Postage Single Copies, Ten Cents. "C3 YOUR POWER, ^ YOUR BKLTS, YOUR MONEY By covering your pulleya with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ belting - CO., ST. LOUIS. MO. NEW YOKK, N. Y., «25 Pearl St., A. B. Laurence. Mgr. BOSTON, MASS., 164 Summf r St, G. J, KeUey, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 129 N. 3d St.. J. Garnett, Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. HiOXJIS Manufacturers of Track Fastenings, Boat Spikes, Coldle Spikes. Mining Rails, Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low In Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and facHSlmlle chan. THE BRiSTOLS' MFG. CO. Waterbury, Conn. SOLID BRAIDED CORDAGE. All Kinds. Sizes and Colors. Send fob Samples. Samson Cordage Works, BOSTON, MASS. VX7Zl.lKrBX703S:XAXSSI. Branch offiob : Cleveland 136 Liberty St., City Forg…
Iron age 'Rec^d SecHojl of the Hal | Metal Trades. fhx'blislied evei^^'J^mrsdajI Morning "by IDaviiw . . -- ^8, lOO JReade St., N"ew Yorli* Vo/. LI: No. 23. New York, Thursday!June 22, i 8 gj. Reading Matter Contents. page 1408 Classified List of Advertisers_ 103 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ** 107 Advertising and Subscription Rates 1415 $4.80 a Vear, Including Postage Single Copies, Ten Cents. "C3 YOUR POWER, ^ YOUR BKLTS, YOUR MONEY By covering your pulleya with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ belting - CO., ST. LOUIS. MO. NEW YOKK, N. Y., «25 Pearl St., A. B. Laurence. Mgr. BOSTON, MASS., 164 Summf r St, G. J, KeUey, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 129 N. 3d St.. J. Garnett, Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. HiOXJIS Manufacturers of Track Fastenings, Boat Spikes, Coldle Spikes. Mining Rails, Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low In Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and facHSlmlle chan. THE BRiSTOLS' MFG. CO. Waterbury, Conn. SOLID BRAIDED CORDAGE. All Kinds. Sizes and Colors. Send fob Samples. Samson Cordage Works, BOSTON, MASS. VX7Zl.lKrBX703S:XAXSSI. Branch offiob : Cleveland 136 Liberty St., City Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CLBVBLAND, O. BmDSEPQRT>CONN. SEE PAGE 3. THE WILMOT eu HOBBS MFG. CO. ^t4MOUNTS£) Manufacturers of Al. Nlcfcle Finish Standard Wrougb' Gongs Capacity 60,000 Bells per Orders filled promptly from stock Also unexcelled 18 Karat BROILED BEEIiS.^ A cheap and elegan» finish. Mills and Factories, Bridgeport. Coon. Store, 20 Murray Street. New York. U. M. C. Blank Cartridges for Fourth ot July, 1893. Loudest Report. Ilie lioii Meldlliu llQitildge BXi.xx3<3^aE:pozt.7, coraoxr. Ask Your Dealer For U. M. C. Blanks. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY, - CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, III. , 101 John St., New York. Rrnnpli J 333 v% alnut !^t., Philadelphia, Pa israncii unices..^ Boston, Mass. I’Jl Milk y^t., Boston, Mass. 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DEPOTS 296 Broadway, New York. 126 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. I. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, See, 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. THOMASTON, CONN. WATERBURY, CONN. Holmes, Booth & Haydens MANUFACTUBBRS OF Sheet, Boll Brass, Brass and German Silver Wire. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBING, BRASS AND COPPER. Brazed Brass and Copper Tnblnsy Bare and Insulated 'Wire for Blec- tric Llsbtlng and Street Ball¬ way Cse^ Lamp Goods and Kerosene Burners In I ereat variety* FACTORIES: 25 PEPk PlaCG^ Waterbury, Conn. New York. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of NEW YORK. G*OOX>fil 32bXFO-. 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NEW -YORK Hosted by Google HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patenti rniLADELPHIA Forrest Buildlnsi 1 19 S. 4th St. NEW YORK Potter BulldlnSi S8 Park Row WASHINGTON Atlantic Building:, 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 EXCEUSIVEEY. 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 bv PATENT. No charge for examination to determine patentability. Send model and description. New Book Free. 8. C. FITZGERALD. 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Fencing, Cates, Fencing Tools, ' The World’s Web Wire Fencing. Ilf* t% I isl I Wire Goods. Wire Work Htose Furnishing Wire Goods. Mfs. Co. 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. RAILINCSp WINDOW CUARDS. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. j GEORGETOWN, CONN. Factories, -J Chicago, Illinois. ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO.,^^^1^ NEW PROCESS HANUFACIUBBBS OF BVSBT DBSOBIPTION OF ’'''L‘;r„"‘-WIREClOTHa!llETTIII(! \A/IDC MCTTIMO Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, 11 IIIIm II Im I I lll\Aa xutDC I ATUiaic uniiCE niDmiiouisif:^ uiiDr fifinno HARD STEEL WIRE Patented March, 1884. Patents Pending. WIRE UTHINC, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS SEND FOR DATRST OATAIiOOCB. T1 fft3rl'’<7'^X1.3L^ *\757'i3T© XTCT*r~wT* *l.g 233 &, 235 Arch St., Philadelphia, EDWARD DARBY tt SONS. S XT AC M 3 e: h. =:= =:» We R the People. =;= ■=;= c». o O 33 S - ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SCREENS,) “PENNSYLVANIA” | SCREEN DOORS “IPENNSYLVANIA,” GIIVANIZEO POULTRY RETTING, “DARBY” and “SPECIAL" “STANDARD.” “CORTLAND” -also- “EXCELSIOR,” Door - and - Wifidow - SticRs “ELECTRIC,” WINDOW SCREEN -and- “ROBERTS.” WIRE CLOTH. CORNER BRACKETS. 3FR,IlSrC3l- KIN-OES-IDOOR, FULiLS. Write for Prices. “STANDARD,” “EXCELSIOR,” “ ELECTRIC,” “ROBERTS.” -ALSO- Door - and - Window - Sticks -AND— CORNER BRACKETS. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND OOPPER WIRE OLOTi MANUFACTURERS • KEW JERSEY • I WIRE CLOTH CO. TRENTON, Htt 4ND 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 AND 173 LAKFaSTREET CHICAGO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. 26 Afio 27 FREMONT STREET SAM fRANCIJCO a Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, 9 IN BRASS AND COM¬ POSITION, HEAVY AND LIGHT CAST¬ INGS. P. P. EMORY MFC. CO. -: BSTABLISBED 1850.:- SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Good Work, Fair Prices. COBBBSPONDENCE SOLICITED. COPPERSMITHS, and Manufacturers 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 Cells, etc. CATAIiOOTJJE: FREE. E. T. BARNUM, - DETROIT, MiCH.' MENTION MIS PAPER. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio Office and Salesroom, ISThi Eaclld Ave., MANUPACTTTBERS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING stable Fixtupes, Crestlngs, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Balling, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna mental and Structural Ironwork, The Perfect Lawn Fence. Cheap as Wood. HARTMAN MFG. CO., - Works, BEAVER FALLS, PA. BRANCHES ] 277 Broadway, New York. 73 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta Ga. 508 State St , Chicago, 111. TATRfITEJ FORf OA.T.A.IJOC3S-TJB A.NID FKfIOESS. Steel Wire Fence Board. STRONGEST AND CHEAPEST BARBLESS FARM FENCING. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Web Picket Fence. DEKALB FENCE CO., DeKalb, III AOENCIES: Eaetorn-HICKS * DICKEY, PhlladelpMo, Pn. 6 outhorn-W. B. BELKNAP ACD iTontsylll^. ky. We.tern-WYETH HABBWAKE * MFB. CO., St. Jojeph.IjJiM.andMch iTunrAtar A WIBE PENCE CO., Crawiordevllle, Ind. Texas—G, K. MERIWET HRB , Dallas 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, &c., &c. Office and Counter Railings, Elevator En¬ closures, Wire Stall Guards, Hay Racks Feed Boxes, Window Guards, &o., &o. isr> y. CHAMPION IRON CO, SBBCIALTIJE8. — Iron Stairs and Jail Work, Build¬ ers’ and Ornamental Iron Work, and the only manufacturers ot Malleable Iron Cresting guaranteed against breakage; also manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Cbampion Iron Force and Lift Pumps. Send for 220-page Catalogue Largest Iron Fence and Railing Works in U. 8. KENTON, O. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FDLTON ST., NEW YOKK, MANUFACTURER OP Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and all other purposes, iocomotive Spark Wire Cloth, -WIH-EI For Ban! , 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. THE IROH-FOniiDER: A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON THE ART OF MOLDING, INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON CORE-MAKING; LOAM, DRV-SAND. AND GREEN SAND MOLDING; ALSO CRYSTALLIZATION,^ SBTtINKAGE, 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 INFOR¬ MATION. BY SIMPSON BOLLAND, Practical Molder and Manager of Fou ndries. Illustrated with over Three Hundred Engravings. 1 2mo, Cloth, $2.50. Will he sent free on receipt of the price. ’‘Among the many recent additions to technical literature, we know of none of more practical value than The Iron Founder. There are thousands of men in our foundries who will be greatly benefited by its 382 pages of intei*estmg and valuable information.”—r?i6 Age of Steel, sent, POfiPrPAID, ON RECEIPT OF PKIOE, BT DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookaellnr, 96-102 Reade 9t>« New.York. Hosted by Google 10 THE IROI9 AG^B. The Berlin Iron Bridge 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. THE ABC OF IRON. By CHAS. W. SISSON. CLOTH. I^rioo n ocSLxjLoecaL tjo $1.00 OOISTTEISTTS : Iron—What Is It? A description of the metal and its uses, showing 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. i,"*A description of the elements in pig metal which influence cast iron. Described in chapters on Car¬ bon IN Oast Iron, Phosphorus in Cast Iron, Silicon IN Oast Iron, Manganese in Cast Iron, Sulphur in Oast Iron. Numbering of Pig Iron. Showing the character and analysis of different grades of pig iron, appearance of fracture and the uses to which the several grades are adapted. Sent, postpaid, on Grading of Iron. Should it be by analysis or by fracture ? How to Reduce Cost of iTixtute. 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.” eceipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher # Bookseller, 96-102 READE STREET, NEW YORK. Hosted by Google THE IROM AGE, 11 STEEL, IRON, COPPER, ZINC, RRASS AND TIN PERFORATED. Cfrain Gleaningr Machinery; Woolen^ Cotton, Paper Pulp, Bice, Flonr and Oil Mills; Distilleries, Su^ar and Malt Houses; Gas,Water, Brick and Tile Works, Filters, O Ventilators, &c; Oil, Gas and Taper Stores, Lanterns, Lamps, etc. Perforatea Filter lor Fiiamfie Wax, Cotton¬ seed Oil, Sugar and other pnipoiet THE HARRINGTON & KING PERF. GO Main Office & Works, 224 to 240 Union street, PllinAnn ill II Q A Eastern office. No 284 Pearl St., New York. UmUnllUa I LLai Un Ua A Screen Plates for Coal, Coke, and Ore Separators, Jigpsif Trommels, Washers and Sizers. learj steel and Iron Flatei and Cylinders for Coal and CoS:e Breakers, Ore, stone, Plospnates & (jravel Screens, For Bailroads, Loco- motire and Car Builders. Prices and Samples on Application, ALUMMM or MANCA- m SCREEN PUTES TO wiTBiraiiD AonoH or ACDUIATED WATEBS Endless and lib (d Bryant No. 10 Cold Sawing Machine. Ie. h. titchener a co. Saves Time, Power, Temper, Labor. Gives True, III Clean, |H Rapid H Work, er SEND FOR CATALOGUE. THE Q & C COMPANY, 702-707 Phoenix Cuts Noiselessly, Keenly, Easily, I Inexpensively. ' For General Bridge and Railway Work. CHICAGO, ILL. (Late Bing. Wire Goods Co.) BINGHAMTON, N. Y., U. S. A. -manufacturers of- Alto Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Machines for Foundry Use. M-JESTTCr H-A-VEKT, OODO'SC. Send for Catalogue. I PROTECT |, Your Offices, Stores and Warehouses from fire I and burglars by using I Metallic Doors ni Shutters ! i Made from wood and coTered with iron or steel, render- I ‘ iuff them stiff and preventing warping In case of fire. I Made from heavy boiler plate iron. I Made from double corrugated iron or steel. I Made to fit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. GARRY IRON A STEEL ROOFING CO., ci^eve;i^a.ivi>. ohio. THE NEWEST BOOKS ON Iron, Steel and Metallurgy Mining, Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Casting and Foundmg; Electricity and Electric Lighting, promptly supplied on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Keaae St., New York. Mention The Iron Age^ OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTONT, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. Established 1830, THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, Trunk K ds. Tacks Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Naili PLYMOUTH, MASS. PHILLIFS, TOWNSEND A GO., Mh Penn Jnnctlon, PhilaMpUL WIRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. Rivets marked “P” are not of our m-Ake. We make only tlrst-olass Norway i Iron Rivets. Hosted by Google 12 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. 1 BVNBAR, BLOBART Sc €0., WBilTMAJr, MASS. BORING St PARKS, PBTMOGTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 1842. A. FIBBB Sc SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. TAUNTON TA€K €0., TAUNTON, MAM.! ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1854. AMBRICAN TA€K €0., FAIRBLATBN, MASS. OBB COBONIT RITBT CO., PBTMOUTH, MASS* ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. AAjfLXTXJinjfLOTXJXBHIXBS Ttekt, Brads, Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls. Finishing Nalls, Patent Brada, Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Taoks, Esoutoheon Pins, Eyelets, Glaziers’ 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 foregoinglwell known brands we continue to use. and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New xorli Store and our factories. MA.JN OFFICE, SOS 8EAE8 BUm>INO,199 W^8EINGTON 8T,, B08T0N, JHA.88. BBANCB OFFICE & WABEIIOV8^ 116 CSA]a:BEB8 8T., FEW TOBK, BBANCE OFFICE & WABESOTJ8E,^S9 A 241 lAKE 8T,, CBICAGO,IIIi. BEANCM OFFICE & WABEEOTJSE,408 MABEET 8T,. 8AN FMAFOI8CO, CAB, BMANCE OFFICE & WABEBOV8E, 406 COMMEBCE 8T„ FMIBABEZFMIA, FA. THE NATIONAL SCREW AND TACK CO -MANUFACTOREES OF- Wood Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Tire Bolts, Sink Bolts, Tacks, Trunk, Clout and Small Nails. CLEVELAND, OHIO. QUARTER ^of emo CHIC/Uilflll! 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. BILL NYE BRAD BOX. BEST TACK PULLER IN MARKET. FULL OF TACKS. Retails at $7.20 per Gross. Costs $4.00. Brings $8.40; costs $4.00. GUSTAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, TOOL WOTIKIS. 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. MDChinC Tools Railway Shops, Bridge Builders. Architectural'Ifon 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. Catalogues furnished on application. , Send for prices and discouhts Machines can be seen in operation at our Works or at the Chicago Exposition. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c.. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, PUAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. 1!?! American Wire Nail Co. ANDERSON, IND. i STEEL i- WIRE f ALL KINDS ^ ^ ^ WIRE NAILS. r OLIVER WADE, Agt., 18 Broadway, New York. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO. M:-A.3NrXJF-A.CTTJKEK» OOF* WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. The SALEM WIRE NAIL CO. MANUFACTUBEBS WIRE NAILS, Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office; - SALEM, OHIO BRANCH OFFICBSs Room 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 415 Phenlx Bldg., Chicago. 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore HS. PHIlulLiIFS Ss SO:tTS SOUTH HANOVER, MASS. TACKS r. R. Sa JBRO 2f WARREN ST.. NEW YORK. Wire Ro Plain B « CO S I cs w s I ““ «iio 5 =■« es s fe. — 206aQuarry St., Philadelphia. 14 THE IRON AOE. FROVIIDEITOE, R. I. TRADE M/ARN :)MA.I;TXJlf A.CTXJK,E!K,S O^r 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. GOLD FORGED r 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 CONSOLIDATED STEEL >i WIRE GO. GENERAL OFFICES. THE ROOKERY. CHICAGO. ILL. Branch f ST. LOUIS, mo., 1935 Papin street. J PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building. 1 NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. Offices. [ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building, WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAILS. Betlo Tios, r*onoo Stat-ples, oto. si:i]L.i:.s LOCATEX) at ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. 1^ 1 OBXO. WROUGHT IRON BRIDGE GO. | COMIVIUNICATE: WITH NEAREST OEEICE. Iron BnildiDgs, Roofs ani General Strnctnral Work in Iron ani Steel, Ma- cMne Shops, Fonnr dries, 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 andi Structural work. All machinery Is operated by electricity from our own plant. IRON AND STDDU ROOFING, Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Eave Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridge Roofing Co., Cambridge, O. -AMERICAN- plURON (Bank of America Building.) 44 Wall Street, - NEW YORK.. Correspondence of. tnirnaces Invited. Hosted by Google 16 THE IRON AGE. Nsinr Rnd iocisis j METALLURGY. Wedding’s Basic Bessemer Pro cess. Translateo from the German by William B. Phillips. Ph-D., and Ernst Prochaska. Met. E. With pupplementary chapter on De phosphorization in the Basic Open-Hea:rtb Eurnace. 2<i2 pages; cloth: illustrated.S3.6 v A Treatise on the Metallurgy of Iron. Containing outlines of the history of iron manufacture, methods of assay and analyses of iron ores, processes of manufactu^ of iron and steel, &c. By H. Bauerman, F. G. S., associate of the Koyal School of Mines. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Illus¬ trated with numerous wood engravings from drawings by J. B. Jordan. 51d pag^; cloth. The Metallurgy of Steel. Volume I. By Henry M. Howe, A.M., S.B. mining and metallurgical engineer; illus. trated with many engravings and Plates 383 pages; 11 x 14 inches. Handbook for Charcoal Burners. Translated from the Swedish of GK Svedeli^ bv Prop. R. B. Anderson, and edited with notes by Prof. W. J. L. Nicodemus, C.E.; 23 wood engravings; 217 pages; cloth..si.6v MANUPACTURBRS 0F 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 Carrier Teeth, 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 Phenix Buildingi. The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture of all kinds of alloys, amalgams and soldera, used by metal workers; together with theii chemical and physical properties and theu anplicatiou in the arts and the industries, ■mth an appendix on the coloring of alloys. Translated and edited chiefly from the Ge^ man of A. Krupp .and Andreas W^- berger, with extensive additions by Wm. ^ Brannt ; illustrated by 16 engravings, ^ pages; cloth—. . The Metal Worker’s Handy Book of Receipts and Pro¬ cesses. Being a collection of chemical formula and practical manipulations for ."*^nrking of all the metals and alloys, including t^ d^ oratiOD and beautifying of the articles manu¬ factured therefrom, as well as their presOT- vation. Edited from various sources by William T. Brannt. 530 pages; cloth,®Jl.oO Electro-Plating. A practical hand-book on the deposition of copper, silver, nickel,^gold, alnimnum, bras^ plaiSnum, &c. With descriptions ^ chemicals, materials, batteries and dynamo machines used in the art. Second emticm, carefully revised, with adiBtions. By J. W. TJbqdhart ; 230 pages; cloth. Steel and Iron. Comnrising the practice and theory of the S^^ml methods pursued in their manufact- Tire and of their treatment in the wiling mills, the forge and the four^nr ByW^^ iam Henry Greenwood, P.C.S. With w diagrams; 636 pages; cloth. . IRON STEEL p RIDGES .ROOFS^ pillLDINIiS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, MASON BUIIiDlNG, BOSTON, IWCASS. Aluminum. two dUagrams; 511 pages; cloth. Sentf postpaid^ on receipt of price^ hy DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, Roof of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. , Con. Bng'i [.yr^iiuias; SBIND FOR SAM:PI.E CARD AND DESCRIPTIVE PRICE UST. H. W. JOHNS NIANUF'A.OXIJRING OO*, Sole Manofootarerg of H. W. Johns’Asbestos Hoofing. Sh^thlng, Building Felt, Asbestos Steam Packings, Boiler Coverings, Roof Paints, Fire Proof-Pamts, etc. VULCABESTON Moulded Piston-Rod Packing Bings, Gaskets, fheet Packing, etc. Etubiished 1858 . 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK* B-IOS ReaAe YoiN* Hosteid by Google FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIC IPON— .03 or under. SCRAP- .03 or .05 or under. ORE—i*or O. H. and Furnace Use, MELTING BAR- (^en Hearth and Bessemer Billets, ^elp, Muck Bars and Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Tubes and Pipe, THE PHCENIX IRON OO., 410 Walnut St, Philadelphia, MAHUFACTUBB ALL THBIB PBODUGTS BOTH IN WROUGHT IROM AMD OPHM PEARTH STEEL. Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and otb^r 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 Cobninq & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORE ; Edward Cornibg & Co., 70 Elilby St.. BOSTON, MASS; Jakes B. Stokes, 182 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. SxiTES, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL GO, Pottsville Pa. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MAVOTAOTUBlUaS OF A£L 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. X>esigria.ex*s and Oonstmctors oi Roofs, Tinisses, Oolnmns, Ako« CHAINS. BRADLEE - & - CO., ■ EMPIRE - CHAIN - WORKS Beach. Jk Otis Stsm, • ■ • Philadelphia* Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings, " D. B. 6.” Special Crane Cham. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains. 8. T. WELLKAN. President. JOHN P. CROZER, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Snperintende* t S. H. OHAirVENET, Vice-President. RIOHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO. -^UAinjFACTURERS OF- 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 Offloe 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. BELCHER, Agent. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Successors to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., IRON ^ STEEL MERCHANTS, m faMt Stwel, ■ PMatelplIi. IIFFLIN WHEELER. G. W. NIC(HJ.8 Sricolls, Wheeler &, Co., FOBMBRLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 116 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa« -^DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Bloomt, Ac., Ac. Steel and Iron Plalet, New and Old Ralla, EDWARD CORNING A CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ' BEAMS, CHANNELS, inilil aaiFi OTTfl HOOPS, BANDS, ANGLES, TEES. |||||M| \lrrl SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, PLATES. BARS, RODS. Ill 1111 VlLLL BOLTS. NUTS, RIVETS. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ^ IRON and steel SP.K?s?4h^?LATES, IIIVII IIILLL BOLTS. NUTS, RIVETS. 29 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 237 SO. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS. 70 KILBY ST. BOSTON. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE, EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 222 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIk, Bar and Bailroad lion, Old Bails, Boiap. ASBHT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna.* West New Jersey and Delaware. Agent TRE1N-T02V IltOilV OO., For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Lonadale (Va*) and' other FIs Irons. Storage Yard, Pier No. 57 South (old Navy 'Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R R. and its various 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, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. ConsultiDff Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. E. H. Wilson. A, Kaiser. J. B. M. Hiron. E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St., Philadelphia BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J. w. Hoffman & Co. 333 and 336 Walnut Street, COMMISSION MERCHANTS W.B.P1LLING. - - T. I. OTANB PILLING——CRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIC IRON : Low Phosphorus, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL: In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COKE: For Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S, FOURTH ST. PHILADELPHIA. El. R. db OO., Sole Agents* ACME PIG IRON. Guaranteed .03 ^ or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Biverside Steel Pipe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes. (47 SOUTH 4th STREET, - ■ PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Beat Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom* ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OE STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa. >rders floilcited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow. Water Pipe, Smoke Stack Tank and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates and Shapes. Rails, Cars am Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment generallj. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED, JOHN L. HOGAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Bullitt Building, 135 South Fourth St., Phila. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strothers AND MUIRKIRK. PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsvllle Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFC. CO., Iron and Brass Founders. Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL. AGSNCISS: CARNEGIE STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Materia], Steel and Iron Columns, Beams, Channels, Shapes and Plates. Steel Beams Boiled to 24 inches deep. PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron, Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOia.YN WIRE NAIL CO., Steel Wire Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVERSIDE IRON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW TUBE 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 York* P. O. Box 33. O. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt BuUding. PHII.A1»EI,PJHIA. Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Strnctura Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON C0„ MANUFACTURERS OF “ Guniherlaiid ” Nails \ Wiouglil Iroii 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, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRDN. Dealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Uliick Bars and Connellsville Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. McBLA-Y Ac C?0„ 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 made of U. S. Iron. ca-. LITSrDS-A-Y & OO., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. M ER R ILL BROS.. 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. T FXTSSSXiyCODa'iS db oo_. COLD SHAFTING CLEVELAND, OHIO. IRON DRAWN steel Hosteid by Google THE IRON AGE. 19 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. »:OSSO]V’@ “CHOICE” Extra. QiiaUty Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S “ NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, &o. WAREHOUSE, Q7 John St., New York- _ CHAS. HUGILL, Agent, THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORTJOIBLIfi OA.ST STEEL. JE^RE ABBOTT & CO., Ageiats a.xicl Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 85 OI-IVER ST. BOSTON. 23 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Si & Cl WARDLOWp Sheffield, England. 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 SpeJal Brand Hi 1/^14 Cast Steel for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and I w \A ■■ all other Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse. 95 John St, New York. _ Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. OUSTAF LUNDBERG, AGENT FOR N. M, HSOUJND’S SONS A 00., OF STOCKHOLM Swedish and Norway Iron. a,zi.<9. Ox>oxi. BeAxrtli fliteel. 19 KILBY STBEET, BOSTOW. _ iMBLISLE TnX.rT ■IS01>r efts OO., SHEFF/ELB, WORKS, lAmts WIliSOll HAWHLSWORTH, BliUSOH 4b OOs» ENOLAMR, (BBTABLIBHBD 1820 .) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents, 81 OLITEB STBEIT, BOSTON. _ " 98 LIBEBTT STBB BT, HBW TOBK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND, MANUPACTUEEKS 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 all other Purposes. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly CARl. F. BOKFR), _ Sole Agents and Importers of 'Steel and Crucible W ire Rods, &c. JL Best Quality, W. Bars, Sheets Platesi Large assortment of sizes in stock at 91 John St. .... NEW YORK And other Agencies. I j T >» J Gold Medal Paris. I_ENQLAND. I 1889, JESSOF’S STEEL MANOiACTOjtCBLD BY WM. JESSOP a. SONS, L’D. “F.W. MOSS” SHEFFIELD STEEL & FILES For further particulars apply to NEWTON & SHIPMAN, 8^3 jobn Btej New York* Trices for Direct Importation in Wholesale Quantities Troni .Sheffield, Improved Mild Centered' Cast Steel for Taps, Keamers, &c. ® £59 p^r in TVarranted Extra Cast Steel for Taps, Dies, Millinsr Tools, &c. ‘‘50 fon in Sheffield, Warranted Cast Steel for tools. Taps, Dies, Turning Tools, &c.. . “ 44 in/ “ i* u Best Cr