The Iron Age : Vol. LI : No. 5 : February 2, 1893

The QR. MR. GENERAL’S OFFICE. fPo.r>^ __ « Section. [13.10113^ \ ; A Review of the Hardware, ll trades. jp^xblisliod. GVGTy mitirscia-y' !]\Tox*niriS Dstvici illiaixis, IN'os. OO, 98, lOO <Sc j^OS T2>03.cl6 S'ba, ^5*©'W' AGE Ftf/. LI: No. 5. New York, Thursday, February 2, iSgy. $4.80 a Vear, Including" Postage^ Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.... < —page 264 Classified List of Advertisers— “ 142 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 146 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 145 yOURPOWEKo <9 JESL^ a/ JcSjI your BEL.T&. - YOUR MONEY Jy covering your pulleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ BELTING CO., RT T OTIIS MO NEW YOBk. N*. Ym 5526 Pearl SL. A. B. BOSTON. MASS., 104 Summf r St., O. J. PHILADfeLPHll. PA„ 129 N. 3d St., J. Garnett, Mgr BELLEVILLE STEEL C07. CUT MANUFACTURERS, HAILS. Soft Steel Merchant Bars. Steel Channels and Angles. Steel T Rails. 8 to 49 lbs. HAILS. 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. Branch Office : 36 Liberty St., NEW YORK. Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., CLEYELANT), O. 22 CtL SHORT RDNGE AND GAllERY AMMUNITION. BEST QUALITY. SURE FIRE. fulcB.C^^ .22 XX-gl l'->! SHORT / ul.2a LONG 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 - Die llRiOR MetQllic Gortililge Go., Bxixx>c3-x:poz«.a7, oom’N". R..A. 3 Sri 3 03 L.T’TI & OLOWEIS WATERBURY, CONN., - SOLE MANUFACTUBBES OP- Brovi'8 Patent Seamless Dtavn Copper House Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK. Ordinary weight boiler tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to ^ lbs. pressure per square Inoli ; but not recommended for a service of more than half the t^t. Send for circular on thte J- Made of two seamless drawn ^pper shells. Handsomest, b^t ““ INCREASED SALES Show that our customers appreciate the value of improvements made in JENKINS PACKING, It can be used again and again. Does not ROT or BURN out. Have you tried it recently? If not, DO SO 1 Look for “ Trade-Mark.” JENKINS BROS., New Yor k, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. DRIPPING PANS. 40 Sizes. The best made. (Beaman’s Patent Improved.) ^ i New and Effective. ) MARYLAND ROASTER AND BA KER. | cheapest in the Market, f Made only by IKrCarH..^TMC ttJ OO., Factory and Main Office ; BALTIMORE, MD. Branch t 04 Beade St.. N. Y. MARYLAND ROASTER AND BA KER. ) Treading manufacturers of Stamped and Patent Pieced Tin Ware and Galvanited Iro7i ITare._ _ The Avery Stamping Co., CLEVELAND, O. Heavy = Blanking, ■= Pressing ° and - Stamping . Rainey Fu,nt“:"o:ndry Coke. CUT TO LENGTHS for Contractors’, Baders’ and Mill use. NEW Steel Bails o) SueoHons; SECOND-HANDforrela^os. for scrap use. Also all kinds of railroad BUYING WRITE TO US FOR PRICES. J H. RICHARDSON & CO., * r08 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa . The only Coke you can buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufa^ured. AU our works Id ine omy v^oae you can Region, wittdn four miles of ConnellsvlUe, Pa. OjA-PAOITY, 3,000 TONS IDAU-iTT. W. J. RAIHEY, CLEYBLiSD, OBIO. Hosted by Google ^ WSOItlA g RASS ^ Qopper Qo. ■AMUFAOrUBKBfl OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot ~Oopper. IWaterbury Brass Oo. The PLBIIE&Atwood Mn.0g. ■AIVFAOnJBBBa OF 1845. ■OLB KAFUFACTUBaBa Tobin Bronze (TBADK-MABK.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings, Wire, Rounds Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. IB A 21 Cllir StrMt. ■ ■ M»w Ysrk. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AOKM MB Bzooklyii Braes &> Copper Co., DSAuma nr imOT COPPER, SPELTER, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, SOLDER A OLD METALS, too John Street. - New York, Sheet, Roll and Platers' Brass, German SilTer, Copper, Braas and Ger¬ man SilTer wure. Brass and Copper Taoing, Copper Rivets and Burs, Sheet and Roll Bran ■WI K* H3 GBBMAN BILYBB AND GIDDING MBTAL OOPPBR RIYSTS AND BURRS, GOP- PBR BLBCTRICAL WIRB, PiiMg Brat# Butt CA«iM JCerotefse Bumert, Zamp THmmtng$9 Jte, 18 MURRAY ST., NBW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CmOAGO. Eyelets, Bhot Pouches Tap^eas- nres, Ao., and small Brass Wares of every description. Canrtridge MetnU in SheetB or l^tUs a SpeetaUy. Sol, Aeont. for the OAPBWBIiL HTG. OO.’S lane of Sporting ^oods. DEPOTS: tSt Ertadway, New York. • EB Iddy tt., PrtvI- dtntt, E. I. MILLS AT WATIBBUEY, CONN. BOLLma MILL, THOMASTON, CONE. FAOTOBIBSi WATEBBUBT, OOEE. Konie Brass and Copper Ms, Copper Co., ROME, N. Ye, -MANUFACTUBEBS OF- Boll BBd Sheet Brass and German SUver. Brass, Ckipper and German Silver Wire. Brass Copper Bods and Braied Brass Tubing. Blvets and Bars. Beamless Brass Ferrules. Oheok and Key Tags. Brailers and Sheathing Copper, Copper Bottoms. Bolts. Circles, fto.. fto. The Phosphates of America. Where and how thejr occur; how they are mined; and what they cost. With practical treatises on the manufacture of snlphnric acid, add phosphate, phosphoric add and concentrated superphosphates, and select methods of chemic^ analysis. By Francis Wyatt, Ph.D, Cloth, profusely illustrated. .$4,00 For talo by David Williams. 96-102 Reads 8t.. N. Y. SOLB MAKXBS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12.1876. ALSO MANUPACTUREBS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MAHUFACTUBBRS OF Cast Steel iucers aii Bits oi sapeiior Qiality. lolmes. Booth & laydens hanotaosubebs 0 > Sheet, Boll Brass, Brass and German Silver Wire. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS. JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBIHG, BRASS AND COPPER. Braaed, Brass and Copper Tnblns. Bare and Insulated Wire for Bloo* trio lolfflitlnff and Street BaU- way Use, loamp €N>ods and Kerosene Burners In ffreat warlety* FACTORiu. 26 Park Place, Waterbary, CaoD. New York. SCOVILL MF6. COMPANY, Uannf aoturen of 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. HATTHIE88EN & HEGELER ZING GO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, ©MELTERS OF SFELTER. AJXD HAMUFAOTUBBBS OF obhkt zino and sxjdf»hurio acid Spedd. Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for ^er and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZnVOS S’OR BA-TTEBY. 0-00X319 XHOCFO. 00 ., MfM. of 8tsMV«0 Brs»B, surer .nd nickeled «ooda. Bra,, Label, for Cana and Bnbbei Sonld,, BBOXTSmi DOOR. KNOBS. Il..n., .„dFU^».^<^b.ned^and^-.cbeo»^^^^ 8ALE8RD0M: 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY r 86-92 Third St., So. Breeklys. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Uanufaoturers of »e>lt sanacA glxo«atla.lax« Sheet, Wire, Tubes, BUTT HINGES. BUTTONS. LAMP GOODS. NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES. WATERBURY. CONN. DEPOTS 488 Broome Street, New York. 810 Lake Street. Chicago. 89 HWb Street. Boston. WILLIAM S. FEARING. too Ciltmberi Stii NEW YORK, •Blilif TB mx niABB fiObeef BroMy Fancy Sheet Braect Qmrman Silver^ Copper, Braee and €hmian SUver Wire, Braved and Seandess Brace and Capper Tabes, Brass and i)op^ per Bods, Braes Ferrules, Fure Copper Wire, Sheetandingot Copper, Speller, Tin, Antimony, Bead, Ace VSTM. MoFARIjA-ITID IRON FOUNBBBe TJEiEPfXONe - Die 3. OOPPXBR "VSTIReBB A.N33 RXVTBTS Importers ana Dealers in Ipsot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter. Lead. Antimony, etc. ® 49 CUFF 8T., NEW YORK. Chilled Cast Wire DIES A SPECIALTY. Any Sirs sr Styls Mads at Shart Natlsi. Hosted by Googl( ELEPHANT /IZZ GENUINE INGOTS & MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR f\EC.TR«ADE MARKS. .tfi. PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. ThePhosphor Bronze SmeltingCo.Limited 512 Arch St. Philadelphia Pa.U.S.A. ORICINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in the United States and Sole Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND"Phosphor-Bronze, PHOSPHOR BRONZE. Tie Wm, Cramp S Sons S, 4 E. B. Co., PHii,ABELPHiA,PEiniA. ! TMttV MARK YORK AMO THOMPSON STS., BOLE MANDTAOTUIIERS 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 unequaicd. We Make JLarger Castinge and More of Them than Any Competitor^ filoomsbnrg Brass & Copper Go., 33X003CXl.fii1c3tXire« PMIr. MANUFACTURERS OF SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS, COP¬ PER AND BRONZE TUBING. WALDO & STOUT, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SOUNB CASTINGS IN ALUMIHUM, PHOSPHOR MANGANESE BRONZE. WIRE BARS and PLATES FOR ROLLING MILLS._ BRASS, BRONZE, m ■ pAyi flQn HH Send COMPOSITION and T. L. Uil I LUIlU uU. , ALUMINUM CASTINGS, Heavy and Light. ANSONIA, CONN. Send for Prices. TRY IT! AHOWU WILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHE 5 TAND BIH ■ PfCKESrCRAOEMADC. | | | ^ # MANUrACTURED DNLV ST - * - THECRESCENTPHOSPHOIIIZED METAL CO. OFFICE AND WORKS 2ID72I03^«‘'2III INDIANA AV. PHILADELPHIA. PA OI=lO*\757'N’ SMESI^TIKTCa- OOMI^-flLN’Y, Chester. Pai Bx'oxxsse, stxxd. Ooxia.i>o»l'tlo3cs- Oa-eitlxa-arai'i Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal." Maxmfaoturers o± I*II 08 I»II 0 »-BIt 0 N!ZE TO TENNS’X’I.VA.NIA. KA.IX.BOA.I>. Specifications In ingot metal or oastln|S. PHDSPHDR-TIN By using my phosphor tin manufac > URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE Cl PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves, BY TH!: SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING MUCH CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO fit: HAD .IN THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD COPPE! CAN BE USED, for circulars pricf i •ADDRESS HALK&NAUMANN,^oS'^;^°'’" ' ElIDITIOEfl' X^OFt. IB&a IDIIRIElGTO^ir -OF THE - Iron and Steel Works OF THE UNITED STATES. Embracing a complete list of the Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Forges and Bloomaries in every 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»rLIOES, - - - ^'^-OO. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Rtibllstier & Book:sello», 8e>10S K.ea,cae Street New Yorlt. A OFFICE : ^ ? C A N AD A 0-EllTXJI2SrE3 PHOSPHOR TIN, MA.NUFACTUBED BY THE /\0#^CDV STEAM GAUGE VKVOD 1 and valve CO. Boston, Mass., U- S. A. Branches; NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON, AMERICAN SPIRAL SPRING CO., MA1TOPACTUREB8 OF ALL KINDS OF SPIRAL SPRINGS. OFFICE AND WORKS; I Bhlnsltt and Bluff Streets, - IPinSBURGH, PA. P.^O.BoxlOi. Tblepbofe 706. Hosted by Google Washburn & Moen Manuf’g Co., WORCESTER, MASS., NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO. MAK-TCRa OF IRON A2ro STEEL EVERY VARIETY OF ^ TTsrmE Sard and Soft Drawn €opper Wire for JEleotri-- eat J*urj^ OSes } Galvanised Iron and Steel Telegraph an d Telephone Wire; Glid - den latent Steel Darh ' Wire; Watch and Clock JWain Springs; Eyeglass Swings; St< el Wire for Jleedles and Brills; lat¬ ent Steel Wire Dale Ties; Dump Chain ; Two Strand Twisted and Flat Twisted Fence Wire without Darbs ; Fence Staples , Stretchers, &c,; Bright, A-nnealed, Tinned and Galvanised and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to lib SEND FOR PRICE New York Wareh^oes, 16 Cliff St., and 241 Pearl I XS FOR all purposes ■P.-.-P-C1 A ^ ^ nT-m. Galvanized Iron Wire Rope 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 foregoing. The famous yachts Mayflower, Vol¬ unteer and Sachem are all rigged with our Wire Rope. -LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. „ o ox St. Chicago Warehouse, 107 & 109 Lake St. San Francisco Warehouse, 8 & 10 Pine St. [ FOFl ALL PURPOSES rifinw iiesi co. TREKT^K,fi.cJ. COOPER HEWITT6^CO. WIRE ROPE 17 BURLING S LIP r-^T RAMWAVS HUES SWORD CO., CHICOPEE, MASS-, are prepared to execute orders for work in Copper, Brass, Bronze and all kinds of composition metal, as also for the manufacture of small articles of hardware. FINE CISTIN8S t SPECMITT. gy ' T ' y ALUMINUM! THE COWLES ELECTRIC SMELTING & ALUMINUM COMPANY, Lockport, - New York, ► Offer Pure Aluminum in Ingots, Slabs, A Sheet, Wire and Castings at lowest market T rates. f Aluminum Bronze, Aluminum Brass, ^ Siiver Bronze, Silicon Bronze ^ and Manganese Bronze. A VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STEEL SPRINtS Ct Agricultural Implements, Maohln- Q ery and various other purposes. Write for prices to SABIN MICHINE CO., MANUFACTURERS. MONTPELIER, VT. Hosted by Google I i7th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. of Iron, Slemens-Martln and Ornclble Oast Steel Wife oi all klnds» annealed, soft and hard drawn | Coppered Spring Wire for Furniture Springs, dko,. Coppered Soft Wires, Baling Wires, Suspension Bridge and Rope Wires of all kinds, dko. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CUSS OF SPRINGS. SpeoialtF of finest Cast Steel Wires, round, fiat, square and any other shape, tempered and also In the soft state, guaranteed to harden and temper. Solid Rib and Paragon Umbrella Wires. Crinoline, Corset, Shade Roller, liock. Hat, Brush, Saw, Band Saw, Clock Spring, Clock Bell, Clock Verge and Watch Spring, Rule and Tape Line and Eyeglass Wires, dec. Plano, Needle, Fish Hook, Drill and Hair Spring Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made for special purposes. Also Covered Wires—Braided and Cloth and Paper Covered—for crinoline, corset and other purposes. Cold Rolled and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all purposes. (Speolal Wires and (Sprlngrs of Every I>esorlpt:lon* CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. o.A.x.ir'orLBO'i.a. -wirtE 'worths, 9 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. ESTABLISHED 1880. LUTHER SHAW & SON, CHAS. L. SHAW, Proprietor. BRASS FOUNDERS , AND MANDFACTDEEKS OF BABBITT • METAL and SOLDER. All kinds of Brass, Composition and Bronze Castings made to order. Correspondence Solicited. WORCESTEB, MASS. Manufacturers of Wire Rope for Cable Railways and Mining Purposes. HALLIDIE’S I»jf3LTEISrT WIRE R,OI»EWA.Y. Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. DUNBAR BROS., Manufacturers of Clock Springs and Small Springs THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” Of every decorlpMon, from beet Ouit Steel, sRisrroxj. ooptn. ES N . GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST. H. W. T. JENNBH, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert. 519 Seventh St., Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Established 1883. Hosted by Google 6 THE IRON AGE. Always Unequaled] for Strength and Durability. Made Only by. Broderick & Bascent Rope Co., St. Louis, Mo. HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Bulldlnsr. 119 8.4th St. NEW YORK Potter BuildlnsTflSS Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Bulldlnsr, 928 F St. PATENTS U. S. and Foreign Secured. Trade Marks and Copy Rights. Twenty Ywrs* 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 OflSce. Send for “ Plain Words about Patents,” Free. PATENT PRACTICE EXCI-USIVEIiY. References Furnished on Application. E. B. STOCKINGj Attorney at l.aw. Oil F ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. j PATENTS 840 , 000,000 Earned by Bell Telephone Patent In 1891. Pro¬ tect your invention by PATENT. No charge for examination to determine patentability, Bena model and description. New Book ' 8. C* FITZGERAIiD, Washington, D. C Williamsport Wire Rope Co., Williamsport. Pl flMOOls; ?!l!i87 ft, New wiiiieltaTe, Pl NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Hannfactnieis of WIRE in gnat TaFl6tj> nSTE'W' HAVEN-, OONN. Cnrinn-0 SPRINGS. vUllllKo. Mm. BAND 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 Lampa, A 1 % |M| n Cars, Toy Movementa % 11 1 1111| V and all other purposes. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITEt. Haley Manufacturing Co.. Concord. N. H. H. E. PAINE. Ex-Com’r of Patents. S. B. LADD, Mechanical Engineer. PAINE So LADD, jpalteivt AND i@OI..IOITOFiS. ZfOan and iTtist BUlg,f Washington, D.O, Examinations and Reports on the Validity Scope and Infringement of Patents. Practice in the U. S. Circuit, Circuit Appeals and Supreme Courts. U. S. and Foreign Patents. PATENTS. FATENTS obtained in all conntiiew. All bnalness relating to Patents pi •nted with care and dillffenoe. Springs. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH and kindred subjects. hi. A. ASHIiEY, TOO Ninth St. Washington, D, C. X3>J‘X7'3Ea3^*Z*OZT.iei, I GUARANTEE the GRANT of PATENTS. Govern- mentfee returned and no agency charge If an- ■nooessfuL TWENTY-SEVEN l^ARS experience. arable service. Advice free. Write C. J. Gooch, Washington, D. C. i Built for Service. The Elastic Steel Door Mat? REVERSIBLE. SELF-CLEANING. HANDSOME. THE WIRE GOODS COMPANY, Worcester, Mass. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 7 XO^Vv. iff& \Vv\t^X mwxwQK »,\ UyrliX >^11.80 I manufacturehs of GSNERAli ^ WIBEWOBK. ^‘WindowGuaTds, StaLla Fixtures. ^ JRAILINGS, ^ SffindScreena Coal Screens V Etc. MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF , r rteisrtfi© r'liiGs A STEEL fj]fji \ )■ li m v.|i! \ji jyiJf ,j"ll '■ M im SON 0 ^ I 240 8c 242 W. 291!? ST. NEW-YORK BARBED WIRE. Ei^U ®elal WsfI^S . IN WIRE, BRASS and WROUGHT IRON. ^ BANK AND OFFICE K.A.ILI1TG(-S In Great Variety and of Handsome Designs. ELEVATOR ENCLOSURES. Iron and Wire Fences, Coal and pp :.sit«Hi'^^ Qj-g Screens, Wire Cloth and Wire Rope, Brass and Copper Sheets and Tubing, Plain and Barbed Fencing’ ^Vire. send for catalogue and name this Paper. HAVE BEEN IMITATED BUT NEVER EQUALED-THEY ARE BEYOND COMPARISON Why ? We make 90 per cent. Of the Wire Mats Sold in America, HARTMAN FLEXIBLE Because They are Odorless, Everlasting and “Best.” |^“ 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. Ganse, Gen'l Western Sales Agent, 608 State St., Chicago, Ill. Write for our Testimonial Booklet and Illustrated Catalogue—Mailed FYee. S FEED BOXES. Cheapei" than wood. Will last forever, money,time & trouble saved.Indispensible for every stockm.m. Sc^d for lllusfr.-^led Price List Lou ISVILLE. KY. SNEAD & BIBB . BtablUhed 1880. THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. MvatSi Trunk Nalls, Tasks Clout Nalls. Burrs, WIra Nallaa PLYMOUTH, MASS. BORDEN & LOVELL, 70 AND 71 WEST STREET NEW YORK. Steel, Iron and Wire Nails. CHAS. J. STEBBINS. 103 RbeiIb Sbw Steel and Iron Nails, iiip' ■S'T* hot box again? Our Gold Leaf Babbitt Metal is especially adapted foi use with high speed and heavy machinery and shafting ; in fact, in every place where a Babbitt Metal is required. It is sold under the highest guarantee, and has made a recnarkable record with all who have used it. A trial of this metal will 0 demonstrate the truthfulness of our claim. Order a sample lot. 50 lb. in Box, 25c. per lb. DAY METAL CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. «Ge««i*Le Glidden” J manttfactubees of BARB WIRE. BjALIlSrCa- WIRE, V FLA.IIT WIRE, Low I*rices. St. I.jOn.is. _ ‘‘.Besi: Balter ” BARB WIRE. Hfeitoe sta.fl.es. ^Prompt Sl]Lipi]a.exit. Hosted by Googli Reliance Wire Works Co., Milwaukee, 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 and Office Railings, all kinds ot Brass, Wire and Iron Work for Buildings and Offices. SEND FOR HjIjITSTRATJBR CATAIiOGUE. a'a_ I kavav*. I.ViVAL’A*' iMVAV.’.*. B. B. WIRE COMPANY, 94, 96,98,100 Kentucky Am IHDIAMAPOLIS, IND. 97, 99 Mississippi PATENTED. The Most Ornamental. Unsurpassed in Strength. Cheap in Price. ^ The best wire ever produced for Lawn, Park, Cemetery and Field Fences. Seven-eighth inch wide and 12 feetto the pound. Madeof No. 11 Oral and No. 15 Galvanized Wire. Does not twist or sag. Very low in price, and large duplicate orders are certain after a trial. Order early to get goods when wanted. Jobbers of Hardware and dealers in wire fencing given exclusive agencies. Write for sample and discounts. B. B. WIRE CO., Sole Mfrs. CHAMPION IRONWICKWIHE BROTHERS, " COMPANY. Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, MANTJFAOTUBBRS OF COMPANY. [ron^^^ stairs wora, builders* ornamental iron work.^^^^ Mai. Iron cresting. Guaranteed^ against breakage. Also mfrs. of the ^^celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift Pumps for 220 page^^^^ ^^^catalogue IBilil S Goal Sieies, Flonr Sieves, Com Poppers, Dish Covers, Metallic NEW PROCESS Cortland POWER LOOM WIRE CLOTH. The largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In the U. fi KENTON, OHIO. I Coal Sieves. Every roll wrapped In Flntc Paper and has our name on label. W. S. ESTEY No. 66 FULTON ST., NEW TORK, MAHUFACTUBEB OF T 7 C 7 ^ fOt Brass, Copper, Iron, 'Oal V V jv vanised and Strol Wire of aB I f .iATmC! i^^hes and grades. ForMlnlni vivlilu Milling and all other purpose! liocomotlve Spark Wflri jCJ LUloth, dke. WaItIt ^For Bank, Office and CouBtii HUiIL Fronts, Windov Oalwanlzed Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps 8 T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. S ’X* SCLZld SOX*OOZlBi ( meshes and gr^es. For Miniwt Milling and all other purposed liocomotlve Spark Wflrt Cloth, dke. (For Bank, Office and CoimtM ^Railing, Store Fronts, WindOP ( Guards, &o. STABLE GOODS. “ -CATALOGUE FREE- H Wire and Iron Fencing, Roof Cresting, 3 Weather Vanes, Window Guards. Office and ^ Counter Railing, Netting, Columns, Iron Stairs, Grilles, BUILDERS’ WIRE and IRON WORK. 'jj E. T. BARNUM, ^ Detroit. IHich. 1^ THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. •VCLEVELAND i -WBOyGH-r- i IR O N , Office and Salosroom, 1S7H Euclid Ave., MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. stable Fixtures, Crestings, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Railing, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna¬ mental and Structural Ironwork. BBND FOB OATALOOUB. E. H. TITCHENER & COi, (Late Bing. Wire Goods Co.) BINGHAMTON, N. Y., U. S. A. — MANUFACTXJEBBS OF - STAPLES In All Varieties, Double-Polnted Tacks, Etc. Slind staples a Specialty* KILMER MFC. CO., NEWBURGH, N. Y., MANXJFACTUKEBS OP STEEL WIRE RODS, BALE TIES, BARBWIRE, BEST QUALITY FenceJVire Staples, Galvanized Wire, Ornamental Fencing, M. S. BROOKS & SONS, Chester, Conn. BRIGHT WIRE GOODS. Particular attention given to manufacture of Special Wire Goods. Cable Wire, Grape Wire, Hop Yard Wire, Coiled Steel Wire, Fence Wire, &c. Our New Empire Bale Tie. BRANCH HOUSE: 543-546 State Street, Chicago, Hi. Address all export communications to J. W. D. MEiGHAN, 111 Water Street, New York City. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 9 CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., -MAOTTFAOTnBBBS OF EYBBT DBBOBIPTION OF- Wire Cloth, Hex. Nettings^ Wire Lath and Fencing. Perforated Metals. :Wire Cloth and Nettings. Clinton "Standard” {Number 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. OPaotorsT and General Offloe-OHiIlVTOFr* MAS®, NEW YORK. 76 Beekman Street. - BOSTON, 23 Court Street. - CH CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street. The Gilbert ^ Bennett Mfg. Co. 1^: —-r -MATVTJFACTXJIiia- Pearl Window Screen Wire Cloth. Galvanized Steel Wire Cloth. Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. Cottage” Lawn & Garden Fencing. The World’s Web Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. House Furnishing Wire Goods. WIIE CLOTH. NETTINC] Fencing, Gates, Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. 42 and 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, GHICAGO. ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. new process MANUFACTUIIBRS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF hard STEEL CLOTH 1 NETTING »¥IIIL I 1 LI Mill Patented March, 1884. HARD STEEL WIRE Patents Pending. GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS. SEND FOR LATEST CATAEOGEE. I*en.ii@yl"^aixia "VFire "W orlis, 233 and 235 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA. EDWARD DARBY ^ SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF Breiss. Ooioioer, Steel or Iron WIRE CLOTH, Hex. Nettings, Wire Lath and Fencing. Foundry Riddles, Casting Brushes, Sand and Coal Screens, Shovels, Wrought Iron Railing for Banks, Offices, Residences; Ornamental Brass Work, Wire Work and Wire Window Guards. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO. MANUFACTURES THE ROEBLING 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, 1 17 and 1 19 Liberty Street, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. low PBieES 171 and 173 Lake Street, CHICAGO. 25 and 27 Fremont Street, SAN FRANCISCO. For every kind of fancy or staple wire goods, for in¬ terior or exterior use. Send for Prices and Catalogue “ B.” FIELD-IANGE WIRE and METAL CO., • St. Louis, Mo. Hosted by Google Perfection Bronze Castings, BABBITT’S METALS, "Wire and. "Wire Clotli OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. New Passenger Static 119 €• R. R« of N.J .9 Jersey City, N* J., over 30,000 square feet of Olass. Belleville, New Jersey, U. S. A. ^ Steel Wire Fence Board. 'Estate® SKYLICmTffe ERECTED ANYWHERE. CONSTRUCTED ON “ Helliwell System ” imeensliaMe Glaziig. (Sole Ageots). Warranted tight and free from drip. Built by PLENTY HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 145 Liberty St., New York City. Iron Palm-houses, Greenhouses, Conserva¬ tories and Skylights a Specialty. Dlustrated Catalogue free. Correspondence Solicited. Screws and Screw Making. With a Chapter on the Milling Machine; a complete treatise on Screw Making in all its branches, embracing most recent methods, and containing the reports which ori^nated modem standard screw threads. With 95 illustrations. lamo, cloth.|i.a 5 For sale by DAVID WILLIAMS. 96-102 Reade St., N. Y STRONGEST AND CHEAPEST RARBLESS FARM FENCING. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Web Picket Fence. DEKALB FENCE CO., - - DeKalb, III AGENCIES: Eastem-HICKS & DICKET, Philadelphia, Pa. Southern-W. B. BELKKTAP A CO., liOuIsTllle, Ky. Western-WYETH HARDWARE & MFO. CO., 8t. Joseph, Mo. Indiana andMfch* Igan-INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., CrawfordsvlUe, Ind. Texas-O. K. MEHIWETHEB, Dallas^ te'N .V. I The Iron Age^ PROTECT Your Offices, Stores and Warehouses from fire I and burglars by using I Metallic Doors aod Shutters a made from wood and covered with Iron or steel, render p tna them stiff and preventing warping in case of fire. II made from heavy boiler plate iron. M Ma**® Irom double corrugated Iron or steel, made to fit any size opening. ! Estimates furnished upon application. 6ARRT IRON Sl STEEL ROOFING CO., CI.EVEI.A.NI>, OHIO. Hosted by Googl( THE IRON AGE. 11 CONSOLIDATED STEEL» WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, THE ROOKERY, CHICAGO, ILL Branch f LOUIS, mo., 1935 Papin street. j PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building. NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. OffiCBS. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building. BARBED " I II" \ WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description- WIRE NAILS. OF'enoe St£t-ples, ©to. MILLS LOCA-XED AX ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. / 15 - riNEt-^^ IUteel nails y/S fz STrr', «\®W, ■! TRUNK, \ CLOUT, I ~r NAILS 3d FINE, / Quality guaranteed. Prices quoted on application. THE NATIONAL SCREW & TACK CO., - ClEYELAND, OHIO. PHILLIPS. TOWNSEND ft CO.. Sorth Penn Jnnctlon, PUladelpMa. lltOlf i| WIRE NAILS, - . i - - NORWAY RIVETS. “ACTOS^EI^S Rivets marked “P” are not of our make. We make only first-olass Norway ■ .5*1 Iron Rivets. F FT 1 _ ■■ 1 COBB & DREW, l.iyi’h m I'I^YMOUTH, MASS. VihllJ » :M! WaDufaoturers of Nrmay Iron Rivets, BraM 13 1 and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, VA *“'* Staples. WC.^i.,¥a.j Ij New irortrA«eBcy,Jame.S. Header. #/ successor to Dltwoswaf & K«>^dersou, Hardware* A«ents for Pliiladelplila Star Carrlaae and Tire Bolts* Hosted by Google GUSTAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, MA.NXJinA.OTXJRB3RS OF Cold Saws and Cold Sawing Machines FOR STEEL, IRON ANO OTHER METALS A SPECIAITT. ^ Works at Homewood Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, PITTSBURGH, PA. Perfect workmanship. Wear and cost of operating reduced to mlnia WE WARRANT- Long life of saw-blade, Full contact of teeth, ^ And best general results. SAWS for Railroads. Steel Foundries, Bridge Works, Rolling Mills^ Etc., a Specialty. . COPPERSMITHS, FOUNDERS P. P- EMORY MFC. CO. COPPERSMITHS, IN BRASS AND COM- established im =— and Manufacturers of POSITION, HEAVY J"* p’COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, ANO UCHT CAST- EXPAHSlOH PIPES IHCS. AND COIL S. METAL ilNTMACHlNE. f\ E. JENCKES MFC. CO., Portable and Power, PAWTUCKET, R. I. For STREET and STEAM RAILWAYS. ■Ib - E. JENCKES MFC. GO., PAWTUCKET, R. I. Bright Wire Goods, Spring Cotters and Keys, Crescent Wire Coat and Hat Hooks. Belt Hooks, &c. “"^s'^LciaTtr ^)Q0| I IN U CORRUGATED.—V. CRIMP. ' I I —STANDING SEAM.— GALVANIZED IRON - TIN PLATE. THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO., WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES, PIQUA, OHIO. IRON i STEEL Iron, Bridge, SMLing and | | GeRe^ort. GALVANIZED IRO SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. THE CINCINNATI Q dl9 O OO., 705-707 Phenix Building, - Chicago. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES, Hosted by Google 14 THE IRON AGE. IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c.. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. PUKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Cotffl, American Wire Nail Co., ANDERSON, IND. Ir WIRE ALL KINDS ^ ^ WIRE NAILS. OLIVER WADE, Agt., 18 Broadway, New Yor k. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO. M-A^lVXJF^CTXJIiETL® OF WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. Bi. FIIxrjXjIFS Sm SOITS SOUTH HANOVER, MASS. TACKS IT. "R, B31^1kCOXTS Sm 5RO 21 WARREN ST., NEW YORK. I iS jE a -I col The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. MANUFACTUBERS WIRE NAILS Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office: SALEM, OHIO. BRANCB OFFICES i ■= ^ A 111 *03 a Mo 54 Warren St., New York, i 415 Phenix Bldg., Chicago* 200 Amer. Bld’g, St. Louis. | 207 Neave Bldg., Cincinnati. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. THE IRON AGE. 16 American Screw Company, PROVIDKNCH, R. L “ Spur Pointed ” Wood Screw. Patented May 10, July 19,1887; Oct. 29, 1889 ; Aug. 19, Oct. 21, 1890; April 7, May 12,1891. 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-najoles Sent on. AL-p'plica-tion. Patented Nov. 11, 1890, Oct. 20,1891. FLUTED TIRE BOLTS. S£NI> FOR SAMPliFS. “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, 82 i A COMMON CUT THREAD SCREW, THE ROGERS DRIVE SCREW/^ As ordinarily inserted, i. 6., driven two thirds of its length with a hammer and the balance with a screw-driver. Fibres Driven with a hammer its entire length. 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, A.l!ABI2,ZCA.3Sr SCI^-EW CO, FROVIDElSrOE. R,: I. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, LiverpooL Hosted by Google 16 Corrugatedi Crimped and Ciap-Board Iron Roofing & Sidino* Iron Buddings, Boofs. Doors, Sbutters, Cornices. Skylights, Bridges, &c. HOSDLSY IBON BBIDGE AND ROOF CO., Office, 6 Dey street, Boom 13, NEW YORK. James A. Hiller &Bro., 129 and 131 South Clinton St., CHICAGO, MAKXJFACTURERS, —4- ■. . . ’ ROOFING AND SIDING. Send for Circular and Pricea. H. W. JOHNS’ PAINTS, COLORS, Etc. H. W. Johns' Liquid Paints I Liquid Coach Colors Roof and Railway Paints Colors in Oil fiBE-PROOF Paints I Shingle and Wood Stain* ROOFING AND BUILDING MATERIALS Asbestos Roofing I Asbestos Building FEtr Roof Coatings a Cements I Asbestos Wire-Cloth Asbestos Fire and Water -Proof Sheathing Fire-Proof Co nstruc tion Materials STEAM PIPE AND BOILER COVERINGS Asbestos Air Chamber Coverings asbestos Sectional Pipe Coverings Asbestos Felt, Locomotive Lagging, etc. Asbesto-Sponge Felt, Filling, etc. Asbesto-Sponge Cement Feltin# STEAM PACKINGS Asbestos Rope Packing I Vulcanized Rope Packin* Asbestos Wick Packing Asbestos & Rubber Clotk Asbestos Sheet Packing 1 Tape, Gaskets, etc. ASBESTOS FABRICS, Etc. Asbestos Cloths, for Theatre Curtains, etc. Fire-Proof Rope, for Fire-Escapes, etc. Fire-Proof Cord, Twine Rugs, Mats, Screens, etc, FIRE-PROOF COATINGS, CEMENTS, ETC. Asbestos Furnace Cement I Plastic Stove Lining Asbestos Retort Cement I Concrete Coating, etc. 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 Descriptivo Price List Free by Mail. H. W. Johns Manufacturing Co., S7 maiden lanEj new yor^ JERSEY city. CHICAGO. PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON. ATLANTA. LONDON OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTOX, Sales Agent, SI, 83 a/nd 83 Washington Street, NEW YORK. WILHELll & CO., Telegram Building, rooms, te, le, 17 & is, HARRISBURG, PA. Iron Ore, Pig Iron, Boiler Plates, Nails, Steel Rails, Coke, Bituminous Coal, Telephone* No. 1«$03. Western Union and Postal Telegraph Wires in Office. Cable Address, “ TH9 IRON AGE. Gantier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Go., O'OSCxd'S'FO'V^SO', P.A.., . manufacturers of Merchant Bar Steel: Including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Railroad Spring, Hoe, Rake, Fork, etc. Agricultural Steel and Shapes: Finger Bars, Knife Backs, Rake Teeth, Bundle CarrierTeeth, Tedder Forks and Springs, Spring Harrow Teeth, Harrow (Drag) Teeth, Seat Springs, etc. Plow Steel: Flat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolled Lay, etc. COLD ROILED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. Now York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office 102 Chambers St- S. W- Cor. 6th &, Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building. (No. L) CAMBRIDGE ROOFING CO., Cambrldgeg Oblog P* O* Box 21* CELEBRATED cRowL*8 PATENT Cliattaiioogaj TeiiiiB^ P* O* Box 31» CORRUGATED IRON DOOPIMC AND 12 OTHER STYLES J[^ ^ ■ M ■ ™ MW EAVE TROUGH AND CONDUCTOR PIPE. WRITE FOR PRICES. ROOFING SLATE. HAND SHAVED BANGOR SLATE BLACK BOARDS. ^ AULD & CONGER, I 0 OXU CLID AVE:.,CLE:VLLAND,0. IRON^'^SULL RRIDGES.ROOFS#°R UILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, IHASON BUIliBINO, BOSTON, MASS. Roof of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. 0* H. ANDREW^ Prop’r. J. R. WORCESTER, Chief Bng’r. A. 8. MILLER, Jr» Seo’y. B. H. BROWN, Con, Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. Il«xxls:exis Ix*oii Steel The First to make Boiler Plates In America. Chat, Hutton, Prett. A, F. Hutton, Viu-Prut. 0. L. HuiUm, GttA. Hgr. BobU B. Hatnet, Jr., Secy, Joe. Huimpton, ZVao*. STEEL AND IRON PLATES VO EXVaSniB DIMENSIOMS. widths VF to lO FEET. THI0KME8S, 3-16 INCH TO IM IEOH. -ESTAB L ISHEP 1810.- ■WOHKS : PHILADBIiPHIA OPMCB; OoMptOMWlllo, Pm. ea «•» 04 BiaXXltt BlcSg. PHILADBIiPHIA OFFICE: ea <a e4 Biaxxitt Bicsg. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, HANTTFACTURE AltL THEIR PBODITCTS BOTH IH WROUGHT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH STEEE, Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes, Round, Flat and Square BARS of all sizes. Especially adapted for Bridge and Ship Builders, Fire-proof Buildings, Shafting and all Structural Purposes. Specialties, in Wrought Iron or SteelPhoenix Columns and Upset Eye-Bars of all sizes. Roof Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes of every description. aaBNTS — WTT.T.nrM bbob., 01 Liberty St., NEW YORK { A. C. Stites, 981 Rookery, CHICAGO; Jamrb B. Stokkb, 182 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: J. A. L. Waodkll, Eeltb ft Perry Building, KANSAS CITY. EDWARD CORNING & CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ' BEAMS, CHANNELS, IflAil ...m OTm HOOPS, BANDS, ANCLES. TEES, l||l|M ANn \lrrl SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, PLATES, BARS, RODS. I It VII ViLLk BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ' IRON STEEL 29 BROADWAY, 237 .SO. THIRD ST., NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS! 70 KILBY ST., BOSTON. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, 19 CRANE. V, 8. PILLINa. T. I. CRANB PILLING—CRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIG 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. ■DWIN B. MANN. BRANE SAinniL. . di3 o Sole AgrentSf Guaranteed .03 ^ or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Riverside Steel Pipe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes. 147 SOUTH 4th STREET, - - PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANTTFACTURBRS OP Patent Planlehed, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, PXji.A.< 17£3 IRON, Also LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 619 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugrated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke StcMk I»itTn m fc»yi^J W? gw vj 0*1 111 01 »l^i ^ i M CUMSE:RUANP NAIh AND IRON C0„ HANUFAOTUBEBS OF nOMBEILlRD” HIILS1IBOOGITIROI PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Bulldlngi No. 181 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Pa -SOLE AGENT FOR- Siwrldan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt, Laurel, Logan and Oiey FOUN DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer In Sorap, Old Car Wheels, muck Bars and Connellsvillo Coke. JAMES McKAY & CO., 29th and Liberty Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers of OIL AND CRANE CHAINS, STEEL CHAIN A SPECIALTY. WRITE TOR PRICES. Ac oo., BULLin BUILDING, t33 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all Purposes. Bstimates Furnished for Iron and Steel straotnres. D forgeD MERRILL BROS., 466 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. Y STEEL Gautier Steel SEE PAGE 16 THE NEWEST BOOKS ON Metal Working, Iron, Steel fant Metallurgy; Mining, Meobanloal and Civil EngineeriM; Castinglan^ Founding; Electricity and Electric Lighting; Draftsmanship Architecture and Building, pron^tly supplied on receipt of price. SCNB FOR CATAliOGUISS. mentioning the kind of bookr you are looking for. DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Reade St.. New York EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 230 8. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Bailroad Iron, Old Rails, Scrap. AOSNT FOR THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Agent TltElVTOJV IKON’ OO., For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope, lionirdale (Va.) and other Fig Irons. Stobaoe Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R. R. and its varioua connections. K^otlable Warehouse Receipts issued. Cash advances made on Ieon. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Foundryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steei Blooms, Billets, Rails, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. B.H.WUSOB. A. Kaiser. J.B.M.H]roB B. H. WILSON & CO.. iff 0 fS« ff4 South Third St, l?hiladolphim^ BKOKSRg urn DIAUOS m IRON AND STEEL. Oorreepondenoe eollolted. J. 'W. Molfnaan & Co., 333 and 335 Walnut Stmt, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. FIG IKON, (roB and Steel Plates and Shapes. Ralls, Cara on^ Locomotives, and Railroad Bqnlpment generally. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L HOGAN & CO. IKON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, BalUtt BuUdlng, 135 South Fourth Bt., PUU. ksnts for Brier HUI, LeBigli, Stmtben, AND nUlRKIRK PIG IRON, oeuware Bolling Mill, mnok ban, Youngstown Stool Co., Oonnellsville Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFa CO. Iron and Brass Founders. Light Castings a Specialty. Hn W. Cor. 23d and Race Streatfs PHILADELPHIA. Oonoflpondenoe lolioitod. AoR. WHITNEY & CO., manufacturers and dealers in IRON an^STEEL. AGRNCISIS: CARNEGIE STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Material, Steel and Iron Columns, Beams, Channels, Shapes and Plates. Steel Beams Rolled to 24 inches deep. . PORTAGE IRON CO., Limits, Merchant Iron, Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., Steel Wire N ails. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVEKSIDE IRON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW TCBE WORKS, Boiler PIu^. 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, P. O. BOX 33. “"““dway. New VorIc. 0. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. C. B. HOUSTON & CO., BuUitt.Building. PHILADELPHIA. Foundry, iForge and Bessemer Pig Irons. Coal, Coke!and Steel Rails* Sole Agents fot PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL lAND IRON PLATES. Hosted by Google _ THE IRON AGE. __ Francis Hobson, Seaman ^ Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S "CHOICE” Extra Best and "Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOBSON'S “ CHOICE ” Extra Quallt;,' Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S " NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, Ao. ' _ WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. _ CHAS. HUOILL, Agent. _ THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. OBTJOI BLIS OAST S TEEL. & CO., Ageiats and. Importeirs of SWEDISH IRON, BC OLIVER ST. BOSTON. 23 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK Si £ Cl WARDLOW^ Sheffield, enqland Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel, hi Bars, Sheets and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cntlery, Razors, Carvers, Batchers’ Knives, Files, Band Saws, Clock, Watch and all Bthcr Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand fi fi T I I U Cast Steel for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives Bf every description, and for Taming and all other ■ ■■ Tools, Dies and Panches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St., New York._Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, AGENT FOR N, M, HdOl.UND’S SONS A C0„ OF STOCKHOLM Swedish and Norway Iron. Bosflioxxi.ex> AXLd. Oz^exx SoArtU. Mtool. _ 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. _ CARLISLE SI3LrlL.ZSION OO., SHEFFIELD, WORKS, Iimtm WIliSOH HAWKSWORTH, ELIiISOM * OOo ENGLAND (BSTABLIBHBD 1886.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS.. Agents, 81 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON. _ 98 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, MANTTFACIITBEItS OF ALL KINDS OF STEEL. Tool Steel, Drill Rods, Needle Wire, Hot Rolled Sheet Steel, Cold Rolled Steel for Cor¬ set Springe, Band Saws, Clock and Watch Springs and Parts, and all other Purposes. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly CARli F« BOK.ER), _ Sole Agents and Importe rs of Steel and Crucible W ire Bods, &c. JL Best Quality, ~ K Bars, Sheets ic^ Plates Large assortment of sices In stock at 91 John St. .... NEW YORK And other Agencies. ROMS. L’D. I ®H:EI'®’IEI.I>, I Gold Medal Farta. I EMOLAMD. I 1889 WM. MANUJTAOrDttifiD BY JESSOP 4b “F.W. MOSS” SHEFFIELD STEEL A FILES For further particulars apply Trices for Direct Importation in Wholesale Quantities From Sheffield* Improved Mild Centered Cast Steel for Taps, Beamers, &q. . £69 Ppp tnn in AhAfflAM NEWTON & Warranted Extra Cast Steel for Taps, Dies, Milling Tools, &c. ® S ton in Sheffleld. Warranted Cast Steel for tools. Taps, Dies, Turning Tools, &o. ‘ 44 in/ ** « *♦ SHIPMAN Best Cruciljle Machinery ^eel. . " ^ ^ “ OXXIX'IVIAIN. ^ g extra WEIGRT HAND CUT FILES. mi'Se 4% cash discount " 8S John New York. No charge for extra sizes when steel is ordered in wholesale quantities of assorted Isizes. Hoste(d by Google THE IRON AGE. 21 PILLEB andC 'CROSSIN6S1 p SWITCHES,' Switch fixtures &.Q&1 Tor TeacKs or^ALL Sorts, iH WVCT5, V/mE,HAiu.‘i*«'“>nlVIADU(JS£BUlLD111GS'^’'^ oiF''^ V’- 1 §IftWsLAP5.1^J;L«te^^ GENEBAL OFFICES, 1 NEW YOBK SALES OFFICE, | BOSTON SALES OFFICE, SUPEBINTENDENT»S OFFICE, 208 So. Foarth St., PHILADELPHIA. I No. 2 Wall Street (comer Broadaf). I 70 Kilby Street (Mason Bnilding). STEELTON, PA. yETNA IRON and STEEL COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Bars, Light Section 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 snapes, or for special purposes. Illinois Steel Company General Offices, TENTH FLOOR, “ ROOKERY,” CHICAGO, ILL., -MANUFACTURE- Bessemer, Foundry and Hill Pig Iron, Spiegel and Ferro-Hanganese, Iron and Steel Merchant Bar, Rail Fastenings, Light and Street Rails, Steel Billets, Wire Rods, Iron or Steel Car Truck Channels, Steel “ I ” Beams and Structural Shapes, and BESSEMER STEEL RAILS. Julian L. Yale, A, M. Crane, GenT Sales Agent. Assistant GenT Sales Agent. New York OfYlce, 46 Wall St,, New York City. Milwaukee Office, 151 N, W. Ins. Bldg., Milwaukee. Wis. D. E. GARRISON JL CO., Agents, Laclede Building, St. Louis, Mo. ‘CHICAGO. PICK AN DS, BROWN & CO., Sole Agents Pig Iron Department Illinois Steel Company and Manufacturers and Dealers in FIO- IltOlSr sirLd lEtOliT OI2.EI, 1007, 1009 and lOI I Rookery Buildingi Chicaso. CARBON STEEL COMPANY, -MANUFACT GEERS OF- Universal Mill Plates. Sheared Plates and Sheets. Boiler, Ship and Armor Plates. Also Nickel Steel Plates. List of Sizes Sent upon Application. A-Ca-HSlTCIEiS: Li* S. BOOMER, 047 The Rookery, Chicago, Ill. THE CONDIT-FULIiER CO., Perry-Payne Building:. Cleveland, O • geo. KINSEY & CO., 349 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. JAS. G. LINDSAY & CO., Bullitt Biiildiuff, Phlladelpbiia, Pa. Hosted by Google CAMBRIA STBBB, St66l AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, StJBBt ftfld R&flWftj p i^aaiBungTC Atm OPEN-SEABTH BliOOMS, BUjIjETS AND BAB8. flii’eel A g clesi. Ste@l A.ngl©s, Steel diannels, Steel I^OFgln. 2 %f CAMBRIA IRON COMPAN Y, THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, LIMITED, X T T S XT H. Or BE , X»,A.. -MANUPA0TURBR8 OF- ^ ct^^i 1 Raamc! Channels. Angles, Tees and odd Sections, Open Hearth Steel Plates, iron and Stool ChanjiMs, An^^. ^ ■..»» and Steel ^xles. Links and Pins, Wrought Iron Draw Bar, Universal Mill Plates, Merchant iron and Steel Axles, Rods, Wire Nalls, Wrought Iron Turnbuckles. ALL KINDS OF Car, Locomotive and Machinery Forgings. _ B. P. JUrtSOPI, . -m. sne-vBs MM pfiTT cxn\A^M iRfiN m gOOTOH AND AlIBBIOAH | WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, OLD MBTALS, s§i I til ^outu IV.:}NEW YORK LUCKNOW FOKQE. {fOSSCZO' ’XKTm I=l3ESHji3r Fort Hunter, P. O., Dauphin Co., Pa. MAHITFAOTUBEB OF Blaema and Billet* for Boiler Plate, Tnba». Sheet Iron and Wire, made irem Fig Iron and Scrap, Prices Quoted—Correspondence Solicited. Welded Chrome Steel ^ iron (5 ply) FOB SAFES, VAULTS, JAILS, &c. Positively Burglar-Proof, Cannot be Cut, Sawed or Drilled, Sole Manufacturers, CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn. N. Y. Also Mamilactiirers ol nnep alM Clirome Steel Casnags, GEO. H. SIBEll & CO, Brotai Commission Merchants, 62-64 M ichigan Ave., Chicago. PIG IRON, COKE, FIRE BRICK, RAILROAD IRON, CAST and WROUGHT SCRAP. Price Quoted. Correspondence InTited. A. MILNE & CO., Iron and Steel IMPORTERS AliD DEALERS, fifo. 1 Broad-way, New Yorls 8 Oliver St«, Boston, WHEELING STEEL AND IRON CO. > OFFICE, No. 11 FOURTEENTH ST, WHEELING, W. VA. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL GRADES OF Pig Iron, Muck Iron, Bessemer Steel Slabs and Billets, Iron and Steel Skelp, Sheet Iron, Sheet Bars, Tack Plate and Nails. The Benwood Iron Works, Belmont Nail Co. and the Wheeling Iron and Nail Co., with the Wheeling Steel Works, have been consolidated into this ONE COMPANY. All Communications for either of the above should be ad¬ dressed to the WHEELING STEEL AND IRON CO. REEVES IRON CO., CANAL DOVER, 0. MANUFACTUBEItS OF ZrDEZFXZO'iESD IXt-OKT ^TST:> SO^DEZDEZXji. Merchant Bar. Highest grades of BB Galvanized Iron. Cold Rolled 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 ton» ^nn^ly. Correspondence solicited. Try Our Horse Shoe Bar. Best in Market. Chicagc Office, 46 LA' SALLE ST. Main Office and Works, CANAL DOVER, 0. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 28 BETHLEHEM iRonsr oo3^j:F.AJsr'Z'. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PENNA. STEEL RAILS, BILLETS AND MUCK BAR, STEEL FORGINGS. BOUOW SHAFTING, CKANKS, ROLLS, GUNS AND ARHOB. Rough, Machined or Finished, Fluid Compressed, Hydraullo Forged. NEW YORK OFFICE, - • - 80 BROADWAY. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Paterson, N. J -MANUTAOTURH ROLLED STEEL or IRON BEAMS Channels, Angies, Tees, Bare, Riveted Work, Forgings, Eye Bars, &o., &o.. Also OPEN HEARTH STEEL BILLETS and SLABS. NEW YORK OFFICE, Rooms 151 and 152, No, 45 Broadway JUSTICE COX, Jr., IRON ard STEEL, No. 218 SOUTH 4th ST., PHILA’D, PA. A Haldeman, Grubb & Co.’s Chickles Bessemer Pig Iron, Mahoning Rolling Mill Co.’s Best Quality Skelp Iron and Steel, lor Pulaski Iron Co.’s High Grade Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Bars, Angles, Sheets. Tank and Bridge Plates, Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron and Tool Steel. THE HOllTOUI^ H^OS \ ^TEEL COMpAllY, DANVILLE, PA. PIG IRON, T AND STREET RAILS,pB,a lAght JRaUSf 12 to dO lbs* per yard. RAIL JOINTS, SPIKES AND BAR IRON. NAYLOR A CO., New York: 45 Wall Street. PITTSBURGH, PA.! Lewis Block. PHILADELPHIA, PA-! Bullitt BldR. CINCINNATI, OHIO! Johnston Bldgr. IRON ORE, PIG IRON, SPIEGEL AND FERRO, IRON AND STEEL WIRE RODS, STEEL SLOOMS, BILLETS AND SUBS, METALS AND DLD MATERIALS. Sk/S. TT S XX JS3 O? ' S “ SPECIAL,’ STEEL II TITANIC/ __ For Chlgels, Taps, Dies, Chilled Roll LATHB and planer tools. ^ Turning, Punches, Ac., fto. (The “Trade-Marks” of which are registered in the United States.) MANUFACTURED ONLY BY SAMUEL OSBOBN & CO., - • Clyde Steel & Iron Works, Sheffield, Eng. SOLE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, B. M. JONES Sl CO., Nos. I I