The Iron Age : Vol. LI : No. 3 : January 19, 1893

A Review of the Hardwa «i5 4Trades. i^Tiblished every TKursday Morning by David Williams, Nos. 96, 98, lOO &103 Reade St.. New York. Vol LI: No. 3. New York, Thursday, January /p, iSgj. Reading Matter Contents.page 146 Classified List of Advertisers.... “ 116 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 120 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 119 YOUR POWER. YOUR BELTS. YOUR MONEY By covering your pulleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. NEW YORK, N. Y., ?J25 Pearl St., A. B. Laurence, Mgr. BOSTON, MASS., 164 Summf r St., Q. J. Kelley, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA. PA., 129 N. 8d St.. J. Garnett, Mgr. BELLEVILLE STEEL CO.. ST. LOUIS. MANUFACTURERS OF CUT NAILS. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low in Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac-slmlle chart. THE BRISTOL'S MFG. CO., Waterbury, Conn. 22 CU. SHORT RtNGE AND GALLERY AMMUNITION. BEST QUALITY. (IP SURE FIRE. 22 Long Rifle, Rim Fire; 22 C. L. M. R., Rim Fire; 22 Win., Rim Fire. 22 Ex. Long, Rim Fire ; 22 Long, C. L. M. R., Rim Fire ; 22 Ex. Long, C F 22 Winchester Single Shot, C. F. » • • Accurate and will Produce Best Results, -MANUFACTURED BY- Tlie Union Mntolllc Cnrlililp _ CJOJXTXST. OI-iFH Ss OLOTTVES Branch Offiok : 36 Liberty St., NEW YORK. Cieveland City Forge and iron Co., CLEVELAND, O. CUT TO LENGTHS for Contractors’, Builders’ and Mill use. NEW Steel Rails of all sections ; SECOND-HAND for relaying; OLD ^or scrap use. Also all kinds of railroad scrap. WHEN BUYING WRITE TO US FOR PRICES. J. H. RICHARDSON & CO., T08 Penii Ave*. Pittsbarghk Pa. WATERBURY, CONN., -SOLE MANUFACTURERS OP- Brown’s Patent Seamless Drawn Copper Honse Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK- Ordinary weight boiler tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to 300 lbs. pressure per sauare inch • but not recommended for a service of more than half the test. Send for circular on this subteS;! Made of two seamless drawn finnnAr TTor./! Copper Rolling Mills. JtflKINS DISCS^HIGN miM PREHUBE If you have trouble with Discs, write us. We can furnish Discs, or Valves, that will be satisfactory. There are dealers who sell Discs as “Jenkins,” when they know they are not genuine. JENKINS BROS.’ VALVES ARE STAMPED WITH TRADE MARK, TFN’TTTMQ PPflQ ^ st., n. y. 21 north fifth st.. phila JJlDIJVilNO OJtUO. i 105 milk st., boston, si and 38 N. CANAL ST. OTIC AGO. DRIPPING PANS. 40 Sizes. The best made. (Beaman’s Patent Improved,) MARYLAND ROASTER AND BA KER, j oU^S'KMSi.t, \ Made only by AI, I N’CSt-Tl. AMT db OO., Factory and Main Office 1 BALTIMORE, MD. Branch 1 04 Reade St,* N. Y. Treading nianufaoturera of Stamped and latent Pieced Tin Ware and Galvanized Iron Ware, THE WILLIAMS PRINTING CO., Commercial Printers iP Binders. ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR ALL CLASSES OF WORK. NEW YORK. 06, 98, 100 and 102 READE STREET, Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry Coke. Theonlycokeyoucanbuyaa^toowyouare^geMln^t^^^^^^ AU our work, 1» 11 four miles of Connellsville, Pa. OAFA.OITY, 3,000 TOITS P ATT. rr W. J. RAINEY 'I Mercantile Bank Building. CLEYEIAND, OBIO. Hosted by Google 2 THE IRON AGE. ^ NSONIA g RASS ^ Qopper Qo. MAVITFAOTUBBBB OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot ~Copper. IWaterbury Brass Go. The Plume&Aiwood MflOh. ■ARUFAOnniSBS OF BOLB MAKOFAOTUBlffia Botabllshod 1849. Tobin Bronze (Tbads-Mabe.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings, Wire, Roundj Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings, f9 & 21 CHIT Street, - - New York, JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGnrOM lOB Brooklim Brass & Copper Co., DBAIiBBB nr INeOT COPPER, SPELTER, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, SOLDER & OLD METALS, IOO John Street, - New York, Rome Brass and Copper Mills, ROME, N. Y., — MANUFACTURERS OF- Boll And Sheet Braes and German Silrer. Brass, Copper and German Silver Wire. Brass and Copper Bods and Braced Brass Tubing. Rivets and Burs. Beamless Brass Ferrules. Check and Key Tags. Brasiers and Sheathing Copper. Copper Bottoms. Bolts, Circles. Ac.. Ac. The Phosphates of America. Where and how they occur; how they are mined; and what they cost. With practical treatises on the manufacture of sulphuric acid, add phosphate, phosphoric acid and concentrated superphosphates, and select methods of chemical analysis. By Francis Wyatt, Ph.D. Cloth, profusely illustrated. .$ 4,00 Fer sale by David Williams. 96-102 Reade St., N. Y. Sheet, Roil and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger¬ man Silver wire. Brass and Copper Tuning, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass Kettles, Boor RaiLBrass TaM, Per¬ cussion Cans, Powder Masks, Metalllo Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Meas¬ ures, &o., and small Brass Wares of every description. CkMTtridge Metal in Sheets or Shdls a S/petiatty. Sole Agents for the CAPBWBLL MFG. OO.’B Line of Sporting goods. DEPOTS: 296 Breadway, Ntw Ytrk. 1 29 Eddy tt.. Prevl- denat, B. I. MILLS AT WATCRBURY, CONN. Sheet and Roll Brass WIRHI GIBMAN BTLYBB AND GILDING METAL ODPPBB BIYBTS AND BUBBS, COP- PBB BLBOTBICAL WIBB, PlMF« JBraaF Suit Minffet, JGcM Chaim MaroMeme JBurmertf T rO mm imgUf ^e. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHIOAaO. BOLLOie mu., THOMASTON, CONN. FAOTOBXB 8 ,' WATEBBUBY* CONH. New Haven Copper Co., SOIiB MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ! BRAZIERS'& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MAfiTTFAOTUBSBS OF Cast stool Mfors aii Bits ot Ssperior Qialitr. Holmes, Booth & Haydens XAmrTAOTUBXtUI o. Sheet, Roll Brass, Brass and German Silver Wire. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS. JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBING. BRASS AND COPPEB. Brased, Brass and Copper TuMb#* Bare and Insulated Wire for BleG- trtc LiffliLtlnff and Street Rail¬ way Use. Lamp Ckhods and Kerosene Burners In sreat variety. FACTORIES! 25 Park PlaCDi Wattrbnry. Cobb. New York. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY. Manufaotorem of 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. HATTEIESSEN ft HEOEIiEE ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, BMELTERS OF SFELTER, Aim MAmrrAOTUBBBS of ZINO AND SUDPHURIO ACID Special Sizes of Ziac cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Meiers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. SSXEVOIS UEOU/LBIOHE BAlTTERYb 'BZl.jSLieilSI GrOOI^JSI JhOCJE^Grm OO., Mfrg. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, JBROITZBS DOOR KNOBS. n-AfiM nndPlAted Roses. Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells.&c. Patent Mirror Pin OnshlOB Bronae ana Brushes. Novelties of New Design made to order. SALESROOM: 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Breeklya. HINDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the * ■ ■ ■ Belleville Copper Rolling mills. Manufacturers of Solt AxacS. ISExeA,tla.laa.s OOPPSK. ’WIRJB .A.1T33 JRrVHITS Importers ana Dealers In Insot Cooper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead. Antimony, oto. ^ 48 CLIFF 8T. HEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes, BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUlWINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS 488 Broome Street, New York. m Lake Street. Ohleago. 29 High Street, Boston. WILLIAM $. FEARING. 100 Cktmbert 8t., NEW YORK, sniis TB mm wmabb Sheet JBraee, Fancy Sheet BraeOt German Silver f Copper f Braee and German Silver Wire, Braved and Seandese Braee and Cfypper Tabesf Brass and Cop» per Bod8f Braes Ferruiee, Fure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, SpeUer, Tin, AnUmowy, Isead, de. wm:, IRON FOUNBKBf - - N. a. Chilled Cast Wire DIES A BFEOIALTY. Any Size er Style Mede at Sheri Neliee. Hosted by GoogI( THE IRON AGE. ELEPHANT J^7l GENUINE IlNCQTS & MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR REG JfVADE MARKS. PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, CASTINGS, Wire, Sheet Sic. TheRhosphorBronze Smelting Co.Limited 512 Arch St. Philadelphia Pa.U.S.A. ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in theUnited States and Sole Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND"Phosphor-Bronze, PHOSPHOR BRONZE. The We Cramp & Sons S. & E. B. Co., Philadelphia, penna. :br,.a.ss FoxJisriDBRS. YORK AffO T»t9M?$ON STS., SOLE MANUFACTUBEIIS OP AMERICAN MANGANESE BRONZE. MANGANESE BRONZE PROPELLER WHEELS A SPECIALTY. Our Manganese Bronze is invaluable where Castings of great Tensile Strength are needed. In this quality it is nearer Steel than any other alloy in the market, and in appearance the castings are unequalcd. IFe Make JLarger Castings and More of Them thorn Any Coni'PetitOTm Bloomsbnrg Brass & Copper Go., MANUFACTURERS OF SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS, COP> PER AND BRONZE TUBING. — Fine Castings by new rressure pro- cess, equal to band cut work. In Bronze, Brass, Alumlniun and German Silver. ICa- cblnery Name Plates 1}^ cents per sq. in. Alumlnnm Bronze Dies, Metal Molds and Mechanical Castings absolutely true to pattern, - WALDO & STOUT, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SOUND CASTINGS IN ALUMINUM, PHOSPHOR MANGANESE BRONZE. WIRE BARS and PLATES FOR ROLLING MILLS. BRASS, BRONZE, ^ ■ i COMPOSITION and T. L . I ALUMINUM CASTINGS. Heavy and Light. F.L. GAYLORD CO. Send ANSONIA, CONN. Prices. TRY IT? ANDYOU WILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHESTAND RICKESTCRADEMADE. WANUFACTUnED OMLV BT TIN. TNECRESCEHTPHOSPHOmZED METAL CO OFFICE AND WORKS pull RnPLPHIA PA ,ZID 72 I{I^«« 21 I( INDIANA Chester. Pa* Sxroxxze, Butass Axxd 0oxia.x>oeiltloxx OAStlxAsis. Inventors and Sole Mannfaoturers of “Crown Bronze’VBearing “Crown ROILING MILL Babbln MeM^^^^^^ Manttraotvarers o± I»h:OSJ?H 0R-BIIO1VZTES TO rENN8YI.VA.NIA: ItA.IT.IlOA.I>. Specifications In ingot metal Or castings. TillWILMOT ^ HOBBS.MFG. COMPANY Especially solicit orders for “Soft** and ** Extra Soft" Plain Blue Finish or Annealed or Pickled HOT ROLLED BAND, STRIP MS PLATE STEEL. Great accuracy of gauge and width and uniformity of quality will always be maintained; AfSo THE CELEBRATED BRICHT SURFACE and ANNEALED COLD ROLLED SHEET AND STRIP STEEL ►RESSEO, STAMPED, DRAWN WORK, &0. % * % % ^ ^ Of Tlie aboyt illastn lade from thia Stool. fRICEan/lEATLY *reduced O" bripcerort,- ooiiii. PHOSPHOR-TIN By using my phosphor t'n manufm URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE i PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves, BY THi SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING MUCH CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO f.c HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD COPPE;' CAN BE USED, for circulars ai>'« PRicr ADDRESS HALK &NAUMANN “mentsU.S.^'*5CANADA7^_^ ca-niN’tj'iN'H! PHOSPHOR TIN, steam gauge U K W O CS T AMD VALVE CO. Boston, Ma$^.ip (I- S. A. Branches . NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON, AHERICAM SPIML SFRfflfi GO., MAHUFitCTOkEBB All KINDS OF SPIRU SPRINGS. OFFICE AND WOEksi Shinfliss and Bluff Streets, - PITTSBURGH, FA I Shingiss and Bluff Streets, P.O.Box 104. TEr«l*fioN« 706, Hosted by Googli THE IRON AGE. WASHBURN £ MOEN MFG. CO. Works: Worcester, Mass., and Waukegan, ill. Copper Insulated Glidden Barbed Waukegan Barbed WIRE Rods Springs Bale Ties Rope and Cable. Makers of Iron, Steel and Copper. Warebonses: New York, 16 Cliff St.; Chicago, 107 & 109 Lake St.; San Francisco, 8 & 10 Pine St.; Houston, Texas. WII^ ican Metal Go. oukiTBaox Levin Building, 80 Wall St., New York. P. 0 . BOX MS. OOFFBB, CX>FFBB OBB8 AND HAnSB. HI, LEAH, sFELm, imoiT, mm, unn- VUMf BULLIOli IBOli AdvanoM made on Consignments ASENTS FOB Henry Ro Herton dc Co., • - I<«n4Me Her allffeeellBch aft. > Frankf ort-on-Df alns Hfllllams Fosterf Sp Co«« Ijd* Swansea* ■'!! I «MES SWORD GO., E! inros«YttS:?E‘i<»«K^ flEIHUfi HIRSH CO. TRENT 9 K,tj.J. COOPER HEWITTCO. WIRE ROPE ^ 17 BURLING SLIP^ -^ JRAM WAYS '-UW S^C^e 3 b VA-IT "WIUTKXjBS, MANXTPAOTUKBBS OP CHICOPEE, MASS., bisks up are prepared to execute orders for STEEL ViTIRE AND STEEL SPRINGSe work in Copper, Brass, Bronze and all - kinds of composition metal, as also for uui the manufacture of small articles of — hardware. ^ RNE CRSTINGS t SPECMin. i Tempered Compression & Extension Springs T"^ ' ' L ^ ^ W T W p W ALUMINUM! THE COWLES ELECTRIC SMELTING & ALUMINUM COMPANY, Lockport, - New York, ^ Offer Pure Aluminum in Ingots, Slabs, fa Sheet, Wire and Castings at lowest market A rates. f Aluminum Bronze, Aluminum Brass, ^ Siiver Bronze, Siiicon Bronze f and Manganese Bronze. 2 OFFICE AND WORKS : t RRoniC! VM m v 18 to 24 Bridge Street, [ BROOKLYN, N. Y. VOLUTE, WIRE and FUT STEEL SPRINtS OC Agricultural Implements, Maohin- rt ery and various other purposes. Write for prices to $>BIN MACHINE CO. MANUFACTURERS. MONTPBlilER, VW. Hosted by Google 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. of Iron, Bessemer, Slemens-mortln and Omcible Oast Steel Wire oi all kinds, annealed, soft and hard drawn i Oopoerod Sprinff Wire for Fnrnltnre Springs, dbo„ Coppered Soft Wires, Ballnp Wires, Snspenslon Bridge and Rope Wires of all kinds, &c. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. SVMiBitr of Oneot Can Steel Wire*, round, flat, oanare and any other ohape, tempered and aUo In the eoft etate, saaranteedto harden and temper. Solid Rib and Faraaon Umbrella WIree. Crinoline, Coreet, Shade Roller, I.aek, Hat, Bmeh. Saw. Band Saw, Clock Sprlnp, Clock Bell, Clock Terpe and Watch Spring, Bale and Tape Iflno and Eyeslass Wires. <S^. Plano, Needle, Fish Hook, Drill and Hair Sprlnp Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made for special purposes. Also Covered Wlres-Bralded and Cloth and Paper Covered-for cHnollne, corset and other purposes. Cold Rolled and Silt soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all purposes. Special Wires and. iSprinffs of Every X>e8eriptioii« CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, ESTABLISHED 1880. LUTHER SHAW & SON, CHAS. L. SHAW, Proprietor. BRASS FOUNDERS rAND MfNTJPACTDREIlS OF BABBin * METAL and SOLDER. All kinds of JBrass, Co'tnposition and JB^'onze Castings made to order. Correspondence Solicited. WORCESTER, MASS. 9 FREMONT STREET, - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. DUNBAR BROS., Mnnofacturerf of Clock Springs and Small Springs of erery dcterlptlOB, from beet Ohit Steel, sxiiieinroxj, ooptht. Tel^honcs, Their Construction and Fitting. A Practical Treatise on the Fitting Up and Main¬ tenance of Telephones and the Auxiliary Appara¬ tus. By F. C. Allsop. 19 i pages, cloth...$a.oo For Sale by DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Reade St., N.Y. MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE FOR CABLE RAILWAYS AND MINING PURPOSES. HALLIDIE'S PATENT WIRE ROPEWAY, Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for illustrated Catalogu®. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH" GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE B££T, Hosted by Google 6 THE IRON AGE HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA orn f HTTIC Forrest Building, 119 8.4th St. Ol« JuUUlOf NEW YORK Potter Bulldlng,;38 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Bulldlngr, 928 F St. PATENTS Us S. and Foreigna Secured. Trade Marks and Copy Rights. Twenty Ye&rs’ Experience. Send model or sketch and brief description of your invention for Free report as to patentability. Expert •earches 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 EXCIiUSIVEEY. References Furnished on Application. E. B. STOCKING^ Attorney at l^aw. 611 F ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. PATENTS $40,000,000 Earned by Bell Telephone Patent in 1891. Pro¬ tect your invention by PATENT. No charge for exaltation to determine patentability. Bena model and description. New Book Free. C.^FITZGERAliD, Washington, D. C | Williamsport Wire Rope Co., Williamsport. Pl lAMOOlS; 87 LibBJtj HeW wiume, Pa. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Hanofadnrers of WIRE In great larletj. NE'W HA-VEN, PAINE So LADD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. AND I*A.TmVT OA.XJSE9. Xoan and Trust Bldg,^ Washington, I).C» H. E. Paine, Ex.-Comm’r of Patents. Story B. Ladd, M. E. Springs. 0 n PI n IP A Sleeping Cars, Toy Mo ^ ||||||I|V and all other purposes. Vpi CORRESPONDENCE SOI Haley Manufacturing Co., Concord, N. H. OOUIT. CLOCK SPRINGS, BUND SAW STEEL, STEEL WIRE, Round, Flat, Tempered and ready for Tempering, Curtain, Needle, Spring Scale, Sash Bal¬ ance and Lock Wire. Flat Coiled Springs for Lamps, Sleeping Cars, Toy Movements and all other purposes. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITEi. Wi4 kindred subjects. J. A. ASHIiEY.E TOO Ninth 8t. Washington, D. C. I GUARANTEE the GRANT of PATENTS. Govem- VEN %TrJ e:£pjb jS ibn(^.” IDIItEOTOK,ir •OF THE I* A. T ES 3>r T IS - !?• JISNNER, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert. 519 Seventh St., Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms Established 1883. M. S. BROOKS & SONSf Chester, Conn. BRIGHT WIRE GOODS, Particular attention given to manufacture of Special Wire Goods. I Iron and Steel Works OF THE UNITED STATES. Embracing a complete list of the Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Forges and Bloomaries in eveiy State and Territory; also Wire Mills, Wire Nail Works, Car Axle Works, Car Wheel Works, Car Builders, Locomotive Works and Cast Iron Pipe Works and Wrought Iron Pipe Works, i ith edition, revised, cloth. - - -i 9‘A.OO. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by DA.VID V^ILLrlANlS, IPtiblislner & Bookiseller, ee-lOS 'R&GLdL& street New Yorlt. 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Asbestos Cloths, for Theatre Curtains, etc. Fire-Proof Rope, for Fire-Escapes, etc. Fire-Proof Coro, Twine Rugs, Mats, Screens, etc. FIRE-PROOF COATINGS, CEMENTS, Etc. Asbestos Furnace Cement I Plastic Stove Lining asbestos Retort Cement I Concrete Coating, eto- VULCABESTON Electrical Insulating Sheets, Rings, Washers, etc Moulded Gaskets, Union Washers, Packing Rings Pump Valves, Accumulator Cells, Steam Packing, etc. Electrical Co nstruc tion Materials Samples and Descriptive Price List Free by Mail. H.W. Johns Manufacturing Co., g7 MAIDEN LANEj NEW YOR-k JERSEY CITY. CHICAGO. PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON. ATLANTA. LONDON Prompt shipment made direct from our Warehouses. •tjjjHHAYWCf ' FEED-BOXES. • TIES, ST.A.PLES FEITOE -WIRE, ■WIRE 3ST.A.IIjS. WRITE US FOR PRICES. LUDLOW-SAYLGR WIRE CO., St. Louis, Mo. HAVE BEEN IMITATED BUT NEVER EQUALED-THEY ARE BEYOND COMPARISON Why ? We make 90 per cent. Of the Wire Mats Sold in America. See that your mat has brass tag attached stamped “ Hartman.” HARTMAN MFC. COMPANY, Works, BEAVER FALLS, Pa. Branches: 102 Chambers St., New York; 73 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta. T. D. Gansk, Gen’l Western Sales Agent, 508 State St,, Ghlcoigo, 111. Write for our Testimonial Booklet and Illustrated Catalogue-^^cciled Free. ■fi'l'ifft'i Vi-f'A.i A \ \ w w' w m i'm'''' Because They are Odorless, ’ Everlasting and “Best.” Cheaper than wood. Will last forever, rnoney.time & h'ou ble saved.Indisper'sible for every stockman, send for ilUistr^Ated Price List. Lou isviLLE. KY. SNEAD & BIBB. A Practical Workshop Compan¬ ion for Tin, Sheet-Iron and Copper-Plate Workers. By Leroy J. Blinn; new revised, enlarged edition, with over 170 newly engraved illustrations; 296 pages; 12nio, clotn.$2.60 This deservedly popular book has been thor¬ oughly revised and contains over 100 additional pages, with 170 newly engraved illustrations- The volume contains rules for describing vari¬ ous kinds of Patterns used by Tin. Sheet-Iron and Copper-Plate Workers: Practical Geometry; Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids; Tables of the Weights and Strengths of Metals and other Materials; Tables of Areas and Circumferences of Circles: Composition of Metallic Alloys and Solders, with numerous valuable Receipts and Manipulations for every-day use in the work¬ shop. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher, 96-102 Reade St., New York saint LOUIS WIRE MILL CO., MANUFACTURERS OF PXaIzi. TTlTliro N’aIXsi, St«<i:>Xos, filtool TTiriiro SaIo rPiloai. ADJUSTABLE TIE. WRITIE FOR ritlODE©. « Genn-iiie Grli<i<ien - “ST. LOUIS ” DIMENSION TIE. 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WICKWIRE BROTHERS#°"^iI^.”-" Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, MANUFAOTURBBS OF CoalSieTBS, NEW PROCESS WoniSioYes, coniPoppeB, vOPtland Dish COYsrs, '•owER 1.00m Hetaliic WIRE CLOTH, Goal SiOYes , Every roll wrapped In Pink Paper and has our name on labeL W. S. ESTEY No. «6 PULTON ST., NEW YORK, MAvurAoniBsa or ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH "Of vanlsed and SM wire of al I lMArnC . zaeflhes and grades. Vor JfiBliii UlvUlo wiling and aU other ptungeee __ LaeoHatlTe Spark Win * 101asli,dfce. WavV Ofllee and OoBBia TSP IIOI& Bsllffiiritore Pronti. Wiadof •iBj f Ona^ GalTanlaed Twist Nottlns* Oliver’s Patent Deedy Rat Trapt 8 T PM. Adjnstabl* Fonndry RIddiM. B T Sflbxia. Soreana. 8XHD FOB GATALOCniX. E. H. TITCHENER & CO., (Late Bing. Wire Goods Co.> BINGHAMTON. N. Y., U. 8. A. — HunnrACTeraas or — Built for Service. The Elastic Steel Door Mat? REYER9IBLB. SELF>CLEANING. HANDSOME. THE WIRE GOODS COMPANY, Worcester, Mass. STABLE GOODS. —CATALOGUE FREE— Wire and Iron Fencing, Roof Cresting, Weather Vanes, Window Guards. Office and Counter Railing, Netting, Columns, Iron Stairs, Grilles, BUILDERS’ WIRE and IRON WORK. E. T. BARNUM, Detroit, Mich. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. STAPLES In All Varieties, Double-Pointed Tacks, Etc. Sllxid Atopies a, @peolaltv« BARBED WIRE. IIDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., Crawfordsville, Ind. Omo© and Sal©eroom, 157H Enelld Av©., MANUFACTUBBRS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. stable Fixtures, CrestlngB, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter RaillngrLawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Celt Work. Orna- nnental and Structural ironwork. KILMER MFC. CO., NEWBURGH, N. Y., MANUFACTURERS OP STEEL WIRE RODS, BALE TIES, BARB WIRE, BEST QUALITY Fen ce Wir e Staples, Galvanized Wire, Ornamental Fencing, d Cable Wire, Crape Wire, Hop Yard I Wire, Coiled Steel Wire, 1 Fence Wire, &c. MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF^ ^sTEEL A .jjY ^^SiNSTRUI^nJ'- 240 &242 W. 29T»ST. NEW-YORK O OBTAIN PROMPTLY the latest j^l II I |\ work on any subject in which you are interested by addressing DAVID WILL¬ IAMS, Publisher and Bookseller 96-102 Reade Street, New York. Hoste(d by Google THE IRON AGE. 9 -MANUFAOrnlatBS of kvbby dhsobifiion of- Wire Gloth^ Hex. NettingSj Wire Lath and Fencing. Perforated Metals. «”.f.c Wire Cloth and Nettings. Chnion ** Standard ” (Number 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. B'aotonr and. General Ofilee-OXjIl«''X'ON'. Idd.iSlS. WEW YORK. 76 Beekman Street. BOSTON, 23 Court Street. - CHICAGO, 137 lake Strert. The Cilbert Bennett Mfg. Co. ■jr—--- -MA.NXJlF'A.CTUIiJS-— WIRP PI niH NFTliNPl ^{vanned wire PGitry Netting. lllllE ULU III, lit I I INU, NEW YORK. " Cottage” Lawn & Garden Fencing. Fencing, Cates, Fencing Tools, e ac t airo CfKoot The World’s Web Wire Fencing. |if> a i %mf m i axreei, sk»«,n..i», Wire Rnnnfi WirGwnrk Chicago. Sllbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. House Furnishing Wire Goods. «« ■■■■■ WlalP ■ 11^ IVliv i I IIIV^ Fencingg Gat^Sg Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE UTHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. 3 QEORaETOWN, CONI Factories, ^ Chicago, Illinois. ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO.. Worcester. Hasi PATENTED 1864 NEW PROCESS MANUFACTUBERS OF EVERT DESCRIPTION OF mm »^f°®J=='-WIRE CLOTH Ed NETTING GALVANIZED ... I n r i| rTTI AI/I Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, If IIILe II Le I I IIIUb UfIDir I ATUIIUn UHIICC CIIDMIQUIKIC UIIDr CnOnC Patented March, 1884. HARJD . STEEL WIRE Patdhts Pending, WiRE UTHiNG, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS. SEiND FOR LATFST OATAIiOGUF. F^ennsylvania, "liVire TVorks, 233 and 236 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA. EDWARD darby « SONS, MANDFACTDRER8 OF i Breiss. OoiDioer, Steel or Iron; WIRE CLOTH, Hex. Nettings, Wire Lath and Fencing. Foundry Riddles. Castlngr Brushes, Sand and Coal Screens, Shovels, Wrought Iron i Railing for Banks, Offices, Residences; Ornamental Brass Work, • Wire Work and Wire Window Guards. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO. MANUFACTURES THE ROEBLINC STANDARD WIRE LATHING. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING, PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH, AND EVERY KIND OF IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH, TRENTON, 117 and 119 Liberty Street, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. ^aui^aao. BORDEN & LOVELL, CHAS. J. STEBBINS, THE PLYMOUTH MILLS, ro and 7i west street ^ * vata, Trunk Nalls, NEW YORE. 103 RBUB pO., BbW TOM, 171 and 173 Lake Street, CHICAGO. 25 and 27 Fremont Street* SAN FRANCISCO. Rlvsta, Trunk Nalls, Taoks Clout Nalla. Burrs, WIrs Nalla PLYMOUTH, MASS. NEW YORK. Steel, itoD mi Win Nails. Steol and Iron Nails. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, ;T£EL, IRfm; copper, zinc, ^ass^ Itnd TtR pererrated. T1 ^"^dOUMIUs Oil, ois anl Tapor Perforate! Filter Press Plates For Paraffiiie Wai, Cotton- ^ _: W0ii.sug«..d THE HARRINGTON & KING PERF. other porpoBet. Main OfSce and Works, 222 and 226 N. Union St., Chicago, 111., U. S. A, _J Eastern OflSce, No. 284 Pearl St., New York. NAGffiW AnpAaoTRca ruaroscs Screen JPIates for Co^, Coke, and Ore Separators, Jigs, Trommels, Washers and Sizers. Eeayy steel ail iron Plates and Cylinders tor Coal and Cote Breakers, Ore, stone, Pkospaates & Gravel Screens. For Railroads, Loco- motiye and Oar Builders. Prices and Samples on Application. CO., Perfection Bronze Castings, BABBITT’S METALS, Wire ana Wire Clom OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Belleville, New Jersey, U. S. A. New Passeneer StaClon, €. R. R. of N. J., Jersey City, N. J., over 30,000 square feet of Glass. ■li.iv./,:-,: s K Y LI on T g* I ERECTED ANYWHERE. CONSTRUCTED ON “ Helliweil System ” Imcerisliable Slazing. (Sole Agents). Warranted tight and free from drip. Built by PLENTY HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 14 5 Liberty St., New York City. Iron Palm-houses, Greenhouses, Conserva¬ tories and Skylights a Specialty. Dlustrated Catalogue free. Correspondence Solicited. Steel Wire Fence Board. STR0N6EST AND CHEAPEST BARBLESS FARM FENCING. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Web Picket Pence. DEKALB FENCE CO., - - DeKalb, III AGENCIES: Eastem-HICKS & DICKEY, PMladelphta, Pa. Southcrn-W. B. BELKNAP*00., Louievllle, Ky. Weitern-WYETH HARDWARE * MFO. CO., St. Joseph, M®* Isan-INDIANA WIRE FENCE 00., Orawfordsvllle, lad. Texas-G. K. MERIWETHEB» BbDjis. ^)0Q| ING CORRUGATED.—V. CRIMP. I I —STANDING SEAM,— GALVANIZED IRON - TIN PLATE, THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO., V\/RITE FOR CATALOGUE A N D PRICES. PIQUA, OHIO, IRON t STEEL Screws and Screw Making. With a Chapter on -,*111— ■ a 1 ^ ■ a 1 a 1 ATI the Milling Machine; a complete treatise on | H F I INI C ^ I INI INI A I I Screw Making in all its branches, embracing most ■ ■ • I I « I I U I a I I recent methods, and containing the reports which originated modem standard screw threads. With _ 95illustrations, izmo,cloth..$1.25 WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES. For fkle by DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 ReadeSt.,N. Y ---- - Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 11 CONSOLIDATED STEEL ^ WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, THf ROOKERY, CHICAGO, ILL Branch f ST. LOUIS, mo., 1935 Papin street. PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building. ^ NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., 98 Reade St., N. Y. Offices. 1 ^ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building.^ BARBED WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAILS. Betle Ties. FerLoe Stet-ples, elo. located at ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. ^ and ^ ILTOTICE- ^ and ^ ► p-riNt—jM We make a specialty of furnish- > r I snti NMts/(M . t- ,7 _ V ing Tacks and Nails in kegs and ^ p..'''.,1 I K>ot« e-ymc 25 pound boxes. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Prices quoted on application. The NationalScrew&Tack Co. Cleveland, Ohio. STEEL PIPE AND NAILS. PHIUIPS, TOWNSEND A CO., Nortb Penn Junction, PblladeipUa. WIRE NAILS,"- - - SAMPLE OP STANDARD RIVERSIDE STEEL PIPE HAMMERED COLD. {From Photograph.) _Rivets marked “P"’ are not of our make. We make only first-Class Norway Iron Rivets. SAMPLE OP STANDARD IRON PIPE HAMMERED COLD. {From Photograph.) -—-r-:---- ; PIG IRON, STEEL BLOOMS, STEEL BILLETS, SMALL COBB & DREW, ’ ’ PIjYMOUTH, mass, STEEL T RAILS. MMafaoturers of Nrrway Iron Riveto, Brtot - and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, Riverside Iron Works, ... 7 son^ successor to Dlsoswai dk Henderson, Hardware* WHEELING, WEST VA. SAMPLE OP STANDARD IRON PIPE HAMMERED COLD. (FYom Photograph.) : PIG IRON, STEEL BLOOMS, STEEL BILLETS, SMALL STEEL T RAILS. Riverside iron Works, WHEELING, WEST V/ Hosted by Googl( t 12 THE IRON AGE. sB&Ncaa^; & CO'., ’WBirKm Jn, rarMs. >: BBliLBLiSHED IN 1810. ESlSkBLliSiBBSD IN1827. AinCKRlCABr TACK CO,. FAIRHATFN, NKASS, ESTABLISHED IN 1867. , . . liN«e ' estabUshbd ny MW. TACNTOH T ABIAm. OLD C01.0NT ittTxl* CO., Pi.irit[or«]B, IIam; BSTABUSHED I» 1*66. ’ ^ ItC.A^XTIPA.O'rTJK.BtK.S OP* •, Brads, Snail Nalls, SJioe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nallai TufUiig Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nails, Patent Brads, Hungarlaa Nails, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Taoks, Escutcheon Pins, Eyelets, Siazlers’ Points, ' Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other articles. We have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock in the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregoing^weli known brands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New York ftore and our factories. JMnr OFFJCF, e08 SBAMS BUIBBZNG,199 WAi^^miZGTON ST., BOSTOHr, MASS. BBAXCM OBBICB A WABBMOWSm 116 CBCAMBJEBS ST., XBW TOBK. * BBANCM OBFICB & WABJEMGGSB,»89 A 241 BABB ST., CMICAGO, IBB, BBAlfCM OFBICB A WABBMOUSB, 408 MABB.BT ST., SAN FBANCJSOO, CAB, BBANCM OFFXCB A WABBMOUSB, 406 COMMBBCB ST., FMIBABBBFMIA, FA. GUSTAVE EHRHABDT & SONS, ACJLlsrXTXnjLOTXJRBIZSrS OF* Gold Saws and Cold Sawing Machines FOR STEEL, IRON AND OTHER METALS A SPECIALTY. Works at Homewood Station, Pennsylvania Railroad PITTSBURGH, PA. WE lWARRANT Perfect workmanehfp« Wear and cost of operating reduced to nlnlHia^ Long life of eaw-blade, Full contact of teethg t And beet general reeulte. We build many different styles of machines adapted for all kinds of Cold Sawing. ALL are equipped with our SELF-REGULATING VARI¬ ABLE AUTOMATIC FEED, with advantages above mentioned. THE BRYANT METAL SAWING MACHINE. Portable and Power, For STREET and STEAM RAILWAYS. IroD, Bridge, SbaftiDg aid General Wort. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Q c«3 O OO.^ 705-707 Phenix Building, - Chicago, E. JENGKES MFG. GO., PAWTUCKET, R. I. Bright Wire Goods, Spring Cotters and Keys, Crescent Wire Coat and Hat Hooks. Belt Hooks, Ac. PlETTlSrOX-iIDS cSc OO., MANUFACTURERS OF SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS, STUDS. COUPLING BOLTS. STOVE BOLTS. FINISHED NUTS, Sc. 3-6 Alst Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Machines for Fooodry Use. OOSO’M'. Send for Catalogue. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 ^IIRON AND BRASS RIVETS, =3ii STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., Ifonufacturers of Light Hardware. BUAK& & JOHNSON. Waterbury, Gone lii< American Wire Nail Go„ ANDERSON, IND. WIRE ALL KINDS ^ ^ ^ WIRE NAILS. OLIVER WADE, Agt., 18 Broadway, New Yofk. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO., WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. MANUFACTURKBS WIRE NAILS, Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. Hi. PKIXjrjiPS A SOITS SOUTH HANOVER. MASS. TACKS F®, R. A 5BS»0 21 WARREN ST., NEW YORK. General Office; SALEM, OHIO. BRANCH OFFICBS t 54 Warren St., New York, i 416 Phenix Bldg., Chicago. 200 Amer, Bld’g, St. Louis, | 207 Neave Bldg., Cincinnati 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. THE BAACKES WIRE NAIL COMPANY. CLEVELAND, O. tT - Steel Wire Nails, Standards Only. Salvanized Wire J Barbed WirCi Mm GO s. I •£ GO ss a S ■ I «rl S.Jgl 3 S « I S BID 3 1 fX4 - Klectrlclty, By T. F. . f? cents. For sale bj DJLVID WILLIAMS, PubliSS I ind Booksell^i W-lOgReadeSt., New YorkT^” Hosted by Googl( 14 THE IRON AGE. PROVIDENCE, R. I “ Spur Pointed ” Wood Screw. Patented May 10, July 19,1887; Oct. 29, 1889; Aug. 19, Oct. 21, 1890; April 7^ May 12; 1691. ITS ADVANTAGES ARE: Stronger than a cut screw. Forged nick. Requires the use of only one bit. Inserted easier. Increased holding power. Centralized point. Is cold forged, and entire surface has a metallic skin. Sa.xxir3les Sent on A.’P’Plica-tion. Patented Nov. lU 1890, Oct. 29, 1891. FLUTED TIRE BOLTS. SEND FOR SAiriPl.]2S. “ ROGERS ’ DRIVE SCREWS.” Patented May 10,1887; July 19,1887 : July 10,1888. Other patents pending. List prices, same as common iron wood screws. Discount for Flat Heads, 82i^. THE “ ROGERS DRIVE SCREW,” Driven with a hammer its entire length. A COMMON CUT THREAD SCREW, As ordinarily inserted, i. e., driven two-thirds of its length with a hammer and the balance with a screw-driver. Fibres of the wood are necessarily broken., and holding power of screw much imp aired. Should be driven with a hammer its entire length. 1. Turns like a screw when driven with a hammer. 3. Does not break the fibres of the wood. 2, Holds stronger than a common screw as ordinarily inserted. 4. Cheaper than a common screw. 5. Is cold forged and has metallic skin over entire surface. SCK,EW CO., FROVIDDEISTOE. R; Ij Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. fiaotier Steel Deptment of Gaibria Iron Go., Corrugated, Crimped and Clap-Board Iron Roofing & Sidin<r, o’osxo'svo'wrxar, MANUFACTURERS OP 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: Flat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Roiled Lay, etc. Iron Buildings, Roofs. Doors, Shutters, Cornices« Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BB1D6E IND BOOF COm Office, 5 Dey Street, Boom 18, NEW YORK. Jaies A. Hiller & Bro., 129 and 131 South Clinton St, CH ICAGO, 1SART7FACTUBER6, GOLD ROLLED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. Offic®. PhII.d«lphla Office, Chlcaco Office 102 Chambers St- S. W. Cor. 6th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building. (No. 4.) TPPI CAMBRIDGE ROOFING CO., ■ ■■ ■■ ImI Cambridge, Ohio, P. o. Box 21. CELEBRATED CROWD’S PATENT Cbattanooga, TeiiiiB, P. O. Box 81, CORRUGATED IRON AND 12 OTHER STYLES ^ B ■ ■ ^ EAVE TROUGH AND CONDUCTOR PIPE. WRITE FOR PRICES, ROOFING SLATE. HAND SHAVED BANGOR SLATE BLACK BOARDS L AULD & CONGER, I 0 0 EU CLID AVE:.,CLEVLLAND,6. |R0N#SIELL RRID6ES.|{00FSf^B UILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, IRASON BUIIaDING, BOSTON, MASS. ROOFING AND SIDING. Send for Circular and Pricei, WIRE Nml Machines -AND- WIRE Nail Presses. Manufacturers, MALMEDIE & CO., Dusseldorf-Oberbilk (Germany), Sole Agents for U. 8; and Canada, CHAS. G. ECKSTEIN t CD. 41 John St., New Yerk. Our machines are unequaled. Over 600 work- log satisfactorily in the U. 8. and Canada. OXFORD iron and nail go., Cut Nails AND SPIjCES. J. S. SCRAKTON, Sales Agent, 81 f 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. -THE- Hosted by Google 16 THE IRON AGE. The BERLIN IRON BRIDGE CO., Engineers, Architects and Builders in Iron and Steel. , I r' ii- x/i O ' u § C o o (U ^ -ZJ "n ^ ^ fcsH c C/) ^ Jj C O (U c ^ 3 (U cfl G G O c/3 . G C ^ C/l L-i • ^ (D M tn c/) (U rz2 c 3 c/5 QJ Q-> "T3 r" -o ^ <D •5 (U <u 03 (U .ti c c/3 C/3 r CU CJ ^ .x: ^ c O Office and Works, No. 5 Railroad Avenue, EAST BERLIN, CONN. SEITID FOR. IlL,ILiXJSTR-A.TED OATA.LOGI-XJE. CHAS. M. JARVIS, , BURR K. FIELD, Pre8, and Chief Engineer^ Vice-President, GEO. H. SAGE, Secretary, Hosted by F. L. WILCOX, Treasurer, GoogI( THE IRON A6B, EDWARD CORNING ^ CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ' BEAMS, CHANNELS, inilil OTm HOOPS, BANDS, ANGLES, TEES, ||{||M ANn \ I I-!■ I SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, PLATES, BARS, RODS. inUll ViLLL BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ' IMN STEEL 20 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 237 iSO. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONKNCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS: 70 KILBY ST., BOSTOrt. 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Rails, Cars aar Locomotives, and Railroad Baalpment gcenerallj. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN & CO. IRON OOAP»’S8ION lOaSCHANTS, Bdlltt BmUdla,, IBS Soath Fourtb St., Phlte. konts foi Brief Hill, Lehigb, Stratben, AMD nUIRKIRK PIG IROM, Delaware Bolling Mill, mack bars, Youngstown Steel Oo., Oonnellsvllle Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFG. CO. Iron and Brass Founders Castings a SpeeiaHy. N. W. Cor. 2Sd and Raoe Stroots PHILADELPHIA. Oonespondenoe lollolted. A, R. WHITNEY & CO., manufacturers and dealers in IRON STEEL. AGENCIES: CAKNEGIR STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Material, Steel and Iron Columns, Beams, Channels, Shapes and Plates, steel Beams Rolled to 24 inches deep. PORTAGE IRON CO.. Limited, Merchant Iron, Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYN WIRE NATL CO , Steel Wire Nalls. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVERSIDE IKON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW THBE WORKS, Boiler Flues AM^KTCaN wire NATL MACHINES. Over 9(X) working satisfactorily in the United States, 25 in Europe and lOO in Canada. THE SEIDELL & HASTliNGS CO., Charcoal- Iron Boiler Plates. Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made lor Iron and Steel structures of every description. Please address, 29 Broadway, New York. P. O. Box 33. W. S, PHrLING. -AND- CRANE. T. I. €«ANB C. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. C. B. HOUSTON & CO., BulUtt^uilding. PHILADELPHIA. Foundry, IForgre and Bessemer Pig Irons. Coal, Coke!and Steel Rails- Sole Agents foi PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-flnxing. PIC IRON ; Low Phosphorus, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL : In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COICE : For Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING. 141 S. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. IDWIN B. MANN. Sole Agents* FRANK SAMUBL. OO., Guaranteed .03 ^ or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Rivetside Steel Pipe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes. 147 SOUTH 4th STREET, - ^ PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANT7FA.OTURERS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, XPLOnST. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow. Water Pipe, Smoke Staok Tank and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. CUMStRUANP NAIL. AND IRON CO., MANUFAOTUBBBB OF “CDMBEBLIID” BlILI & IfiOBGBT IBBB PIPI, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHiLADELPHiA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Bulldingp No. 181 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. -BOLE AOENT FOB- Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer In Nerap, Old Car Wheels* Maek Bare and Cennellevtlle Coke* BOONTON IRON & STEEL CO, Boonton, N. J. -MANUFACTURERS OF- m IRON AND AN6LES. JAMES McKAY & CO., 29th and Liberty Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers of COIL AND CRANE CHAINS. STEEL CHAIN A SPECIALTY. WRITE FOR PRICES. *I.AJM[Ja» €4. 1^IIYI>S.A.Y Sc OO., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON 1^ STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For eU Pnrpotes, Bttimetef Furnlslied for Iron and Steel etmotnrm. 0 FORGE WERRILL BROS.. 465 to 471 Kent At... Brooklyn, E.D..N. T STEEL Gautier Steel. SEE PACE 15. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 19 Si £ Cl WARDLOWp Sheffield, England Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel, la Bars, Sheets and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Caarvers, Butchers* Knives, Files, Band Saws, Clock, Watch and ail •ther Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand ( ( TT I I U 9 9 Cast Steel for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives •f every description, and for Turning and all other ■ w Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St., New York._Frank S. Pilditch, Agent, GUSTAF LUNDBERG. AGENT FOR N. M. HOOL-UND'S SONS & 00., OF STOCKHOLM Swedish and Norway Iron. Bessexxxex* And Ox>e3a. SCeAX>t]a. Steel. _ 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. _ CMUSLE SlX^X^XSOnO* db OO., SHEFFIELD, WORKS, liaca WlIiSOM HAWKSWORTH. BLIaISOV * COe ENGLAND (BSTABLIBHED ISSS.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents. SI OLIVER STR EET, BOSTON. _ 88 LIBERTY STREET, HEW YORK JOMS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND, MANUPACTURBES OP ALL KINDS OP STEEL. Tool Steel, Drill Rode, Needle Wire, Hot Rolled Sheet Steel, Cold Rolled Steel for Cor¬ set Springe, Band Sawe, Clock and Watch Springe and Parte, and all other Purpoeoe. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (FormerlF CARL F* BOHLER), Sole Agents and I mporters of Steel and Crucible Wire Bods, dec. ^ Best Quality, K Bars, Sheets Plates Large assortment of slses In stock at 91 John St. ... - NEW YORK And Other Agencies. WM. JE8SOP A SON8, L’D. I 1 “F.W. MOSS” SHEFFIELD STEEL & FILES Fox further particulars apply to NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 85 John St., New York. Prices for Direct Importation in Wholesale Quantities From Sheffield, Improved Mild Centered Cast Steel for Taps, Reamers, &c.® £59 Per ton in ShefB«id Warranted Extra Cast Steel tor Taps J)ies, Milling Tools, &c.^ 50 onemeld WaiTanted Cast Steel for tools. Taps, Dies, Turning Tools, &c.44.10/ “ “ Best Crucible Machinery Steel....“ 30 “ ** u Best C. S. EXTRA WEIGHT HAND CUT FILES.@ 50}t & cash discount “ No charge for extra sizes when steel is ordered in wholesale quantities of fiissorted jsizes. Hosted by Google 2<f THE IRON AGE. mm3 AT E K T i r OUAltf^'^^CROSSING^ f</MsWITCH ESl * ^nr^’crPI lCC5vrA^v{!J«^^GLE5&BA5j»3w’lTCH FIX'njR|S&c.&«. STEEL r<».T«AcK.prAu S_orts..h 8 «-L£S^tS!S^ lBRID6C5,R00rS ^lADTOBUIlDlfteS G£N£BAL OFFICES, i HEW TOBK SALES OFFICE, I BOSTON SALES OFFICE, JOS So. Fovth St., PHILADELPHIA. 1 Ho. 2 WoU Street (comer Broodof). 1 70 Kilb/ Street (Hason Butldiiig). SCPEBINTEHDENT’S 0FF1CB» STEELTOH, PA. /ETNA IRON and STEEL COMPANY, MANUFACTUKBRS OF SojEt Stool HofixiOd Iron., Bars Light Sectisn Rails Angles, Ties, Grooves and Other Special Shapes, Steel Tool Smoke Stack and Tank Sheets and Roofing * Sheets. Special attention to orders for Bars or Sheets of odd sizes and s napes, or for special purposes, __ Illinois Steel Company General Offices, TENTH FLOOR, “ ROOKERY,” CHICAGO, ILL, . -MANUFACTURE- Bessemer, Fonndry and Mill Pig Iron, Spiegel and Ferro-Manganese, Iron and Steel Merchant Bar, Rail Fastenings, Light **T” and Street Ralls, Steel Billets, Wire Rods, Iron or Steel Car Truck Channels, Steel “ I ” Beams and Structural Shapes, and BESSEMER STEEL RAILS. Wm. H. McLean, Assistant Gen’l Sales Agent. Julian L. Yale, Gen’l Sales Agent. M.W York Office. 46 Wall St., New York City. Milwaukee Office, 151 N. W. Ins. BIjIg., Milwaukee WIs. "* D. E. GARRISON A C O., Agents, Laclede Building, St. Louis, Mo. _ - PICKANDS, BROWN & CO., PlOKAJroS^ & Co. Sole Agents Pig Iron Department Illinois Steel Company and Manufacturers and Dealers in IS I ca- iR o i?r axLca. ik. o isr o n. bj, 1007, 1009 and lOI I Rookery Building, Chicago. __ Open Hearth NEW ENGLAND STEEL WORKS, ^ . I We have completed a plant for manufacturing Open Hearth Steel' ^110 0 I Castings, and are prepared to receive orders for this class of work OSLSti FISSh wm. M. HORNE & CO., 6 Oliver St., BOSTON, MASS., General Sales Agents... J. Ms STUTZMAN, 181 WIillam Street, N. Y. Uanuf aoturer of Superltr Steel Stamps. StMl Alptukbets, BrandB, Seale, Steiu SfeenoU Cutting Diet, Soap Monlde, BrasB Stamps. Box Diee, Jto. Bead for PrIoe-lJet. -AMERICAN- ct3 oo.. UIUHUN ^tQfage Warrant Go COLD shafting CLEVELAND, OHIO. IRON (Bank of Amarlea Bnlldlns.) 44 Wall Street, - NEW YORK Ocnieepondenoe of Fumaoefi Invited. DRAWN STEEL Stay-Bolt, Superior Quality Refined Bar Iron, M _ , VULCAN*’ AND LOCKHANT” •RANDS. Sil e> u a Bab Rivet, D. Link, Merchant Bar Axe, Hatchey, Sizes Carriage and r ~~ _ ‘ .. ' of Wagon Axle IRON. V VLAS'S Vs ,'?l\ Small Cmanncls and Anqlcn, HEXAGON IRON AND STEE Soft . STEEL. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 21 CAMBRIA STBBL, Steel Reil^,: STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, [Street Reil^ and Railway Fastenings, BESSEMER AND OPEN-BBAR'CH BLOOMS, BILLETS ANB BARS. Steel Axles, Steel Angles, Steel Clnannels, Steel F^orglngs, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, LIMITED, FX"X*a*ssBX7zi.<a-sc, -fllANUFACTUBBRS OF- Iron and Steel 1 Beams, Channels, Angles, Tees and odd Sections, Open Hearth Steel PlatM« Bessemer and Open Hearth Blooms, Slabs and Billets, Steel T Rails. Iron and Steel Axles, Links and Pins, Wrought Iron Draw Bar, Universal Mill Plates, Merchant Bar Iron and Steel, Steel Wire Rods, Wire Nalls, Wrought Iron Tumbuckles. ALL KINDS OF Car, Locomotive and Machinery Forgings. The SPRINGFIELD IRON CO. Springfield, CHICAGO OFFICE. flO-711 PRenli Bnild’g. Illinois. ST. LOUIS OFFICE 126-127Lael6deBiilldi]^ IRON AND STEEL SPLICE BARS. Track Bolts, Merchant Iron and Bar Steel. OTTSTOWNIR nnTTCT IRON CQ. B. P. JUDSOPf, nnpocttf Of MM Dealer A SOOTOH Ain> AMEBIOAIt WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD MBTALS, 888 & 235 South SL.fNEW YORK. L UCKJSrO W FORGE. X.OKIlsr T?cr. X1.3E2XXji3r., Fort Hunter, P. O., Dauphin Co., Pa. MAITDFACTUaBB OF Blaome and Billets for Boiler Plate, TnbM, Sheet Iron and Wire* made Irom Pig Iron and Scrap. Prices Quoted-Correspondence Solicited. aTtj>£ Welded Chrome Steel Iron (5 ply) FOB SAFES, VAULTS, JAILS, dbc. Positively Burgiar-Proof, Cannot be Cut, Sawed or Drilled. Sole Manufacturers, CHROME STEEL WORKS. Brooklyn. N. Y. Mso Mannlactnrers ol uieaaallea Cbrome Steel Castua REEVES IRON CO., CANAL DOVER, 0. MANUFACTURERS OF zi.£3FXi«rx3x> xxi.OKr .^ssrx> stxsxixa. Merchant Bar. Highest grades of B B Galvanized Iron. Cold Boiled and Smooth Finished Sheet Iron and Steel for all pur¬ poses, Straightened Iron and Steel tor Shafting, also Machine Straightened Steel Buggy Tire a specialty. Capacity 36,000 toni I^nually. Correspondence solicited. Try Our Horse Shoe Bar. Best in Market. Chicago OIBce. 46 LA' SALLE ST. Main Office and Works. CANAL DOVER, 0. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, Iron *'«'Steel b e t h l e h e m BAWS, AN6LES, CHANNELS, BEAMS AND STRUCTURAL SHAPES. Bridge, Boiler, Tank I Ship Plates. FOUNDRY and FORGE Pie Iron, Steel Slabs, Billet* and Ineot* GHURtlSK^m^^eO.. 224 South Fourth ft., PHILADELPHIA. L. & R. WISTER A CO., .RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 957 So. 4th 8t., Philadelphia^ Agentg for the following Foundry and Foi ' Irons: Dnnbary Kemble* Tuscarawas ( Band )9 Wyebrooke C* B* Charcoal Warner dk Co.*s (Middlesboro, Garbonlalng and malleable Irons iiLOisr ooMP.AJsnr- SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PENNA. STEEL RAILS, BILLETS AND MUCK BAR, STEEL FGRQINQS. HOLLOW SHAFTING, CRANKS, ROLLS, GUNS AND ARMOR. Rough, Machined or Finished, Fluid Compressed, Hydraullo Forged. NEW YORK OFFICE, ■ ■ ■ 80 BROADWAY. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Paterson, N. J. -IfANUFAOTUBM- WM. R. GABON. J. IL KATB. Formerly with CHARLES W. MATTHEWS. Wm. R. Cason & Co., IRON BROKERS, Ho* 309 Walnnt Place* cor« Willing’s Allor PbiladelDhia. HENRY LEVIS &CO., Bianuliactiirers’Agreiite For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. Old Rails, Ajdes and Wheels bought and sold 284 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. EstabllsliiedL 1847* A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cart Wanhaltan Rolling Mill. JOHN i^ONARD, 446 to 452 West St„ N|PW YORK 177 & 179 Bank St., iuni\, MANUFACTURER OF HORSE SHOE IRON, Tee Calk Steel Rods and Plats. Also whole- aale dealer In Scrap Iron. OGDEN & WALLA