The Iron Age : Vol LI : No. 25 : June 22, 1893

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. Boom *208 Neave Building, Cincinnati, O. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND GDPPER TUBING. Hot and Cold Rolled Sheet Copper and Brass of all kinds. JENKINS BROS.’ VALVES.Iti John St. New Ytrk. E very valve tested and wsutranted, all parts Interchangeable N othing but best Steam Metal used in the manufacture. Keyed Stuffing Box and Disc Removing Look Nut I s used only in the Jenkins Bros. Valves. H one are genuine unless stamped with "Trade-Mark.” S hould you order INSIST on having Jenkins Bros.’ Valves 21 N. Fifth St.. Phllad’i. 31 and 33 North Caaal Street, Chicago. 105 Milk Street, Bosto*. DRIPPING PAN Sp 40 Sizes. The best made. (Beaman’s Patent Improved.) New and Effective. Cheapest in the Market. MARYLAND ROASTER AND BAKER. J Made only by XIO-CS-JEl -A - TVE db OO., Factory and Main Office : BALTIMORE, MD. Branch : 64 Reade St., N. V. heading vnanufacttirers of Stamped and 'Patent Pieced Tin IFat'e and G-alvanized Iron Ware. Tp? Avery Stamping Co. We retin Iron, Steel and Copper. CLEVELAND, O. Heavy Blanking, Pressingl Stamping. Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry getting tl_ - the heart of the Region, within four mllee of Connellsville, Pa. OAJPA.OITY, S,000 TON’S DAIIjY. W l RKTMirV MAW OFFIOB : . <1 1 unlnEi I , Mercantile Bank Building. Coke. GWELMID, OHIO. Hosted by Google 2 THE IRON AGE, ^NSONjA 0 RASS ^ Q opper Qo, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot popper. Iwaterbury Brass Co. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings, Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pumo Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 &. 2i ClilT 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. VADE MECUM. A work of reference for the use of Architects, Archi¬ tectural Iron Workers, Builders, Blacksmiths, Book¬ keepers. Boiler Makers, Contractors, Civil, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Mining, Stationary, Marine and Locomo¬ tive Enrineers. Foremen of Machine Shops, Bremen, Master Mechanics of Railroads, Master (;ar Builders, Machine Shop Proprietors, Machinery Jobbers, Ma¬ chinery Salesmen, Machinists. Pattern Makers, Rail¬ way Superintendents, Railway Supply Agents, Road- masters, Superintendents of Factories and Business Men generally. Compiled and Arranged by D. B. DIXON, And with a mostlexhaustive Electrical Department by THOS. G. GRIER, A Prominent Specialist. 480 Pages, x 5^ inches, Cloth, $2.50. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookseller, 96-102 READE ST., NEW YORK. New Haven Copper Co.. BOLB MAKIB8 OF POLISHED COPPEB [ Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTUBEBS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’&SHEATHIHG COPPER. Kettles, Bottoms; Bolts, Circles. &c.. also mahufaotu&bbs of Cast steel inieis al Bits of Sipeiloi Qialltr. 294 Pearl St., MATTHIESSEN & HE6ELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMIELTERS OE SFELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OP SHEET ZINC AND SULHHURIC 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. ThePlume&AtwoooMfd.Go. manufacturers of Sheet and Roll Brass 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, &c., 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. 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-. OO., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Sliver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, DOOR, KNOBS, Bronze and Plated Boses, Combined Bose 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., ^o. Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Iflfls, I XT A aesl exr fii^ Manufacturers of Kol-t And eUxeAtlxlns OOFFESR, "WIiaE! .A.1TX3 K.IVEJTS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, ecc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes, BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 4ciS Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29 High Street, Boston. WILLIAMS. FEARING. 100 Chambers St.fNEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet BrasSf Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver^ Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless B-ass a/nd Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop- per BodSf Brass Ferrules, Fure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Spelter, Tin, Antimony, Lead, ^Jtc. Rougrh Castlngr of Aluminum. Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronze and all kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Metal Picture Frames. Ink Stands, Figures, Statues, etc. stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. ' Bronze & ilnminiun Works, ''743 North Broadway, I 0.l.1jOUIS, MO* Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 3 ELEPHANT TRADE-MARK. genuine: IlNGOTS 8. manufactures BEAR OUR REC.JftADE MARKS. PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. ThePhosphor Bronze SmeltincCo.Limiteo 512 Arch St. Philadelphia Pa.U.S.A. ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in theUnited States and Sole Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND"Phosphor-Bron2E. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. Tll6 Wffl. Cramp & Sons S. & E. B. Co., Philadelphia, penna. OH3NXJINE! PHOSPHOR TIN, MANXTFACTUBED BY THE OYS* MIAmc YORK AMO THOMPSON STS., SOLE llJUiTITFACTUBERS OF AMERICAN MANGANESE BRONZE, MANGANESE BRONZE PROPELLER WHEELS A SPECIALTY. Our Manganese Bronze is invaluable where Castings of great Tensile Strength are needed. In this quality it is nearer Steel than any other alloy in the market, and in appearance the castings are unequaled. We Mahe Jjarger Casting a and More of Them than Any Competitor^ ODnQRV STEAM GAUGE WrCVOBSTANO VALVE CO. Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Branches*. NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON, NewVckCM Ome. THE CELEBRATED ACID RESISTING DEOXIDIZED BRONZE IN INGOTS OR CASTINGS, ANO DEOXIDIZED BABBITT METALS. BEST IN THE WORLD. Bridgeport Ceoscidlzed Sronze SLXidi iMIetsul Oo., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. cess, equal to hand cut work. In Bronze, Brass, Aluminum and Grerman Sliver, ma¬ chinery Name Plates 1}4 cents per sq. In. Aluminum Bronze Dies, Metal Molds and Mechanical Castlngf absolutely true to pattern. BRASS, BRONZE, ^ ■ | COMPOSITION and I*. L. I ALUMINUM CASTINGS, Heaiy and Ligbt. F.LGAyLOIIDCO. ANSONIA, CONN Send Prici ANDYOUWILLUSENOOTMER C/?E9 THE HIGHE5TAND RICHEST GRADE MADE MAHUrACrUlirED ONLY BY TIN. THECRESCENTPHOSmORiZED METAL CO. OFFICE AND WORKS . 2ID7Iira^"»2lll INDIANA Av/H'l-^OELPHIfi.PA Chester, Pa^ IxroULme, 33x*A0tB axxcX. Ooi3a.poeiltloia. Inventors and Sole Manufaetnrers of “Crown Brqnze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal." MaiiTEfaotiArers oi *1^0 Spedflcatlons In ingot metal or castings. Tlif WILMOT ^ HOBBS^MFC. COMPANY Especially solicit orders for "Soft’* and *' Extra Soft" Plain Blue Finish or Annealed or Pickled HOT ROLLED BAND. STRIP m PLATE STEEL. Great accuracy of ^nge and width and uniformity of quality will Strays be maintained. Also THE CELEBRATED BRICHT SURFACE snd ANNEALED COLD ROLLED SHEET AND STRIP STEEL FOR DIFFICULT PRESSED, STAMPED, DRAWN WORK, &o. ( T B TO BAi m CMaKaORAVroTOSCIALKj ssbdOj SJi # The above iitosfrates something of the variety of Stamped and PHDSPHDR-TIN ' By using my phosphor tin m.anufA'i URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GR.fiDE PHOSPHOR dRONZE themselves, OY THi,:.] SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, much CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TC I.': HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OR OLP COPPE: CAN BE USED. FOR CIRCULARS Ah'^'p^iCl ADDRESS HALK&.NAUMANN ^ U.S.^^PCANADAV^S* Sole .Agents -^trk whiob can be made froa tbia Steel. prices greatly reduced ®"“'Tnt "2 Qu”St 1 «S:?freSL. 7 ^*" • «*"* When In • hurry'uee Long DIatanoe Telephone. . . DDICTD AD*1*' AMIMl«. R ^ aW-rtia tnm trait CeaW ftwaL BARBED WIRE. INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., ' CrawfQi-dsvUI©, Ind. Hosted by Google 4 THE IRON AGF, Washburn & Moen Manuf’g Go., WORCESTER, MASS., NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO. MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL AlTD COPPER EVERY VARIETY OF "VV I H JEm FOR ALL PURPOSES. Galranlzed Iron Wire Ropa for Ships’ Rigging, &o. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission and Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes, Switch Ropes Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor Bronze and Copper Wire Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixt¬ ures and Appliances required for use with the foregblng. The famous yachts Mayflower, Vol¬ unteer and Sachem are all rigged with our Wire Rope. New York Warehouses, 16 Cliff St., and 241 Pearl St. Chicago Warehouse, 107 & 109 Lake St. San Francisco Warehouse, 8& 10 Pine St. Sard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire foQ' Bleciri- eal Purposes ; Galvanized Iron and SUel Telegraph an d Telephone Wire; Giid~ den Patent Steel Darh Wire; Watch and Cloeh Sain Springs; Eyeglass Springs; Su el Wire for Needles and Drills ; Pat¬ ent Steel Wire Dale Ties; Pump ChainpTwo Strand Twisted and Plat Twisted' Pence Wire without Darbs ; Fence Staples , Stretchers, <fec. ; Bright, A-nnealed, Tinned and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 lb SEND FOR PRICE-LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. Tbe American Metal Go. (LIMITED), Levin.Building, 80 Wall St., New York. P. O. BOX 957. COPPER, COPPER ORBS AND MATTES. TK, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. Advances made on Consignments, AGENTS FOR JBLonry R. Merton & Co., - - London. MeralJfiresellschafc, Frankfort-on-Main. Williams, Foster & Qom, Ld., Swansea. AIERIGAil SPIRAL SPBiae GO., MAirUFACTUBEBS OF ALL KINDS OF SPIRAL SPRINGS. OFFICE AND WORKS; X/CIl-il-iER mSb VjILlSr WIITKIjHS. MANTJFAOTURBES OF STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS. Sflingiss and Bluff Streets, PITTSBURGH, PA Telbphonk 705. W2V1. MCKARI^AND, IRON FOUNRRR, TREIVTOJV, - - N. J Chilled Cast Wire DIES A SPECIALTY. Any Size or Style Made at Short Notice. Tempered Compression & Extension Springs A SPECIALTY. OFFICE AND WORKS: 18 to 24 Bridge Street, [ BROOKLYN, N. Y. CO GO Guaranteed. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. For high speed and heavy crushing weight It has no equal. Introduced in this country since 1891 and has displaced all Antl-Fiictlon metals it has come in con¬ tact with THEODORE HIERTZ SON, SOLE MFRS.. Manufacturers Babbitt Metals, Solder, Lead Seals, &c. 30th 8t.* & Park Ave., 8t. Louisy Mo. VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STEEL Ajgricultural Implements, Maohln< ery and various other purpooei. Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE GO, MANUFACTURERS. MONTPElilER. V* Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 5 PI 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. makers of Iron^ Bes«emer, Slemens-IVlartln and Grnclblo Cast Stool Wlro oi all kind*, annoalod* soft and hard drawn i Cop»orod Sprlns Wlro for Fnrnltnro Sprlnso^ dho.» Copporod Soft Wlrosy Balinar Wlros, Snsponsion Brldso and Ropo Wlroo of all kinds. See, STEEL music WIRES and mUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. Spoolalty of flnost Cast Stool Wlros, round, flat, squaro and any othor shapo, tomporod and also In tho soft stato, ffnarantood to hardon and tompor. Solid Rib and Paragon Umbrolla Wlros. Grinollno, Gorsot, Shado Rollor, liock. Hat, Brush, Saw, Band Saw, Glook Spring:* Glook Boll, Glook Torgre and Watch Sprlns, Rulo and Tape Lino and Eyogrlass Wlros, See, Plano, Noodle, Fish Hook^ Drill and Hair Sprlns Wires. Special Gast Stool Wlros of any kind made tor special purposes. Also Govorod Wires—Braided and Gloth and Paper Govored—for crinoline, eorsot and other purposes. Gold Rolled and Silt soft and Tomporod Stool Strips of all kinds and for all purposes. iSpeolal Wipes amd iSppiiiii^ o± Every J>eserlptioii* CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. o..a.x.xForLKrx.a. tvxxxs: xvoxxks, 9 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. FOR THE HIGHEST CUSS OF SPRINGS. DUNBAR BROS., Manufacturers of Clock Springs and Small Springs of every description, from best Cast Steel, BTtlSTOL, OOlVN. STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS, 316, 317 and 319 East 22d St , New York. Manufacturers of Wire Rope for Cable Railways and Mining Purposes. I^ATENT WIRE ROI^EWA Y Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS FO R SALE BT THE HABDWAKB TRADE. SET THE: BEST. ’’.likiBs ^ cpRINf^ib [240 8(242 W.ZQTj ST. 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. Washinffton, D. C H. W. T. JENNEB, Patent Attorney and Me- etaanical Expert. 519 Seventh St., Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms, Establijihed 1883. F. H. ARNOLD, ARTISTIC METAL WORK, New Britain, Conn. COBB & DREW, PLYMOUTH, MASS, Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brasi and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York Agency, James S. JRender* son, successor to Bisosway A Henderson, Hardware. Agents Tor Pklladelplila Star Carriage and Tire Bolts. Corrugated, Crimped and Clap-Board Iron Roofing & Sidln^ Williamsport Wire Rope Co., Williamsport. Pi. lABEROOMS lB 7 LibeJlfl HbW Yofl[. wiwme, n,. STRENGTH and FINISH in The “Czar.” Our line of Coat and Hat Hooks is most complete., ranging from the cheapest drive hooks to the handsome Czar. The Wire Goods Company,. WORCBSTBB, HASS. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., lannlactniers of WIRE in gnat Yariatj. NEW H-A-VEN, “The Life of an Iron Roof Our illustrated catalogue will be sent free to any one upon application or how long will it last,” is fully written up in our little book of that name. It will give us pleas¬ ure to send it to you free if you will ask for it. THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO. BOX Q, PIQUA, OHIO Iron BuUdlngs, Boofs. Doors, Shutters, Cornices Skylights, Bridges. &c. MOSELEY IBON BRIDGE AND KOOP CO., Oflflce, 6 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. SPRINGS-RIVETS. * '“velu Specialties iu ro AND 71 WEST STREET SHEET METAL WORK, new tore. CLOCK and INDICATOR POINTERS, CLARK I COWLES. piainYilie, ct. Stccl, lioii and Wiie Nails. Hosted by Googli THE IRON AGE. >A.i:.eo MANtJFACTUBEnS OF GENERAIi WLREWOBK. , WmdowGuaids^ Stable Fixtures. JtAILINCa, SandScreems Coal Scieens Efcc. vs.t^x OV^XVv .1 fjyi »■■ Jljp # '■ viiSMSlBCTiKi^P'^ Wo«, v/-^^l0i4^r6 (& 3*'Jb'*5* WICKWIRE BROTHERS, " Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, MANHFACTUBBRS OE Coal SieYOS, NEW PROCESS Flour SloYos, ^ Com Poppers, v0rtl3,lld Dish CoYers, power loom Hetauic WIRE CLOTH. CO&I SiCTCSi Bvery roll wrapped in Pink Fapex and has our name on label. I KILMER MFC. CO., NEWBURGH, N. Y., ^ MASUFACTORKBS OF I STEEL WIRE RODS, I BALE TIES, BARB WIRE. ^ BEST QUALITY Fen ce Wir e Staples, Galvanized Wire Ornamental Fencing, Cable Wire, Grape Wire, Hop Yard Wire, Coiled Steel Wire, Fence Wire, &c. Our New Empire Bale Tie. aRANCH HOUSE: 643-646 State Strtet, Chicago, III. Address all export commnnloatlons to J W 0. MEIGHAN, 111 Water Street, New York City. e Leading Authority on Business Law. PARSONS' THE LAWS OF BUSINESS, For all the States and Territories of the Union. By Theophilus Parsons, LL.D. 864 pages, 6x9 inches; full leather -$4.50 This is a work almost indispen¬ sable to every business man, as a guide in transactions which are occurring constantly. It constitutes a library of law on daily business affairs and is used for constant reference by many of the leading concerns throughout the country. The volume treats fully and clearly of contracts, sales, agency, agreements and assessments, stop¬ page and transitu, considerations, limitations, notes and bills of ex¬ change, interest and usury. Em¬ braces chapters on commercial law in general, bonds, assignments, guaranty, the statute of frauds, receipts and releases, payment, partnership, arbitration, carriage of goods and passengers by rail¬ road -and other carriers, hotel keepers, patents, copyrights, stat¬ ute of limitations, the law of place, shipping, marine, fire and life in¬ surance, deeds of land, mortgages of land, mortgages of personal property, leases, liens of mechan¬ ics and material men, the recovery of debts, wills, executors and ad¬ ministrators, guardians, and the legal rights of farmers, &c. Also abstracts of the laws of all the States and Territories relating to the collection of debts, usury, the execution and acknowledgment of deeds, witness required to wills, holidays and days of grace, me¬ chanics’ liens, chattel mortgages, and nearly 300 approved forms which have been tested in courts. Sent prepaid on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 READE ST., NEW YORK. Hosted by Google 8 THE IRON AGE. Reliance Wire & Iron Wdrks, iwiiwAUKEE, wis ARCHITECTURAL WIRE AND IRON WORKERS. Wire Cloth, Galvanized Fencing and Netting, Wire Lath, Wire and Iron Fences and Railings, Window Guards, Stable Fixtures, Bank i and Office Railings, all kinds ol Brass, Wire and Iron Work for Buildings and Offices. SKND FOR lliliUSTRATJBIl CATAIiOGUC:. CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., -Manufacturers of Every Description of- WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. ■■s"*g. zWire 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 Cilbert A Bennett Pearl Window Sereen Wire Cloth. m ■ n ■■ A Salvanlzed Steel Wire Cloth. llf|P|I nl nTU |dFTT||dp Balvanized Wire Poultry Netting. IWIllla ULUIII^ llEii lllllli “ Cottage” Lawn & Garden Fencing. 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. 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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. 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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. 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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