The Iron Age : Vol. LII : No. 13 : September 28,1893

A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. iPublislied every Thursday Moriiixxfi:-by X)avid 'Williams, N'os. 96 , 98 , lOO !Reade St^ ^Tew Yorh. Vol. LII: No. ij. New York, Thursday, September 28, iSgy. |tng?e“cS^, Reading Matter Contents.page 585 Classified List of Advertisers_ 95 Alphabetical index to Advertisers 99 Advertising and Subscription Rates 595 V YOUR POWER, YOUR BEL.TS, YOUR MONEY By covering your pulleys with SHULTZ Patent- Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ. BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS. MO. NEW YORE, N. Y., 225 Pearl St., A. B. Laurence, Mgr. BOSTON, MASS., 164 Summer St., O. J. KeUey, ifer. PHILADELPHIA. PA.. 129 N. Sd St.. J. Garnett, Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS ST. ILiOXJIS, Manufacturers of MINING RAILS, SPIKES, TRACK FASTENINGS. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low in Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac-simlle chart. THE BRISTOLS* MFQ. CO. Waterbury, Conn. SOLID BRAIDED CORDAGE. All Kinds. Sizes and Colors. Send for Samples. Samson Cordage Works, BOSTON, MASS. ! BhAKOH offxox : Cleveland 136 Liberty St., City Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CLEVELAND, O- Send for Catalogue and Trade Discounts. *<COPPERIZED C.R. SWEDOH aiLfRS ^TRADE ^MARKS knE&D ALL SIZES a. STYLES I'tBURNlSHED FINISH ^ IIK 1 CHEAP a ELEGANT ^ | ^-llT ^ALE H2 size ^||gi 111 LARGE STOCK, BEST OF GOODS & FACILITIES THE WILMOT & HOBBS MFG.CO HOTaCOLD ROLLING MILLS AND FACTORIES BRIDGEPORT, CONN.U. S. A. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST,NEW YORK. f Dealers will find it to their advantage to place a large stock order early, as they will be ex¬ ecuted In the order In which they are received. This Is the best selling line of Oilers ever pro¬ duct. See full illustrations, page 59. SMOKELESS PAPER SHELLS Loaded with Nitro Powders, Schultze, E. C., S. S. and American Wood. -SOLD ONLY THROUGH DEALERS.- SALMON Made in 10, 12 and 16 gau,^;' COLOR. Price-list on application. Packed 25 in a box, 500 in a case. MANUFACTURED BY The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY, - CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, Ill. Branch OfBces (104 John St., New York. . i 333 ^ alnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. ’V-il Milk ?»t., Boston, Mass. Room 208 Neave Bailding, Cincinnati, O. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND GDPPER TUBING. Hot and Cold Rolled Sheet Copper and Brass of all kinds. TO THOSE INTERESTED IN OR USING VALVES. We have recently made improvements in the manufacture of JENKINS BROS.* VALVES having increased the number of bolts, thickness of flanges, &c. We shall manufacture one grade of valve only, suitable for high or low pressure steam. The Jenkins Discs used in these valves are suitable for high or low pressure. We guarantee all valves stamped with Trade-Mark. GTXSNKlXNfil BXLOS., NBW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON and CHICAGO* The Wilmot & Hobbs Mfc. Company, MAIN OFFICE, MILLS AND FACTORIES AT COIMIV. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. (CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE.) Annual Capacity 16,000 Tons Cold RoUed Steel. BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, And tbe Celebrated and Unequaled Ok mm# u ff SWEDOH (REGISTERED TRADE-MARK.) HOT and COLD ROLLED Annual Capacity 30,000 Tons Hot Rollea Steel. Sheet, Band and Strip Used for all Pressed, Stamped and Drawn Work. Easily Brass, Copper, Bronze or Nickel Plated, Tinned or Japanned. Furnished with plain Blue, Pickled, Annealed or Bright Surface, and witl^ound Edges or Sheared to Exact width. Coiled or Cut to Lengths, and in any Degree of Stiffness or Ductility required. SEND FOR NEW STEEL DEPARTMENT PAMPHLET. For samples of the difficult stamped and drawn work which can he made from “ Swedoh ” Steel, call at any Hardware Store and ask to be shown our “ Anti-Rust Copperized C. R. SWEDOH Steel OILERS.* Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know yon are getting the beat that can be manufactured. All on* works la the heart of the Region, wittun four miles of OonneUsvUle, F W. J. RAINEY, 0-AJPA.0ITT, 3,000 TON’S MAIN OFFICE: Mercantile Bank Building. .Pa. PAHj-y, GLEmiMD, OHIO. Hosted by Google 2 THE IRON AGE, y^ NSONIA QrASS ^ Copper Qo, MANUFACTUBERS OP BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. Waterbury Brass Co. The Plum e & Atwood Mfg.Go. MANUPACTUEER8 OF Sheet and Roll Brass SOLE MANTJPACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings, Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 Cliff Street, - ■ New Y ork. THE New Haven Copper Co., SOLS MAKERS OV POLISHED COPPER Fnder Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUPACTURBBS AND DSALBBS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO KAHUVAOTUBEBfl OF Cast Steel Ameers and Bits oi superior Qualitr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Established 1845. 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Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, i&c. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. aOLUNQ MILL, THOMASTON. CONN. FACTORIES : WATERBURY, CONN. Holmes, Booth & Haydens MANUTACTURBRS OF Sheet, Roll Brass, Brass and German Silver Wire. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBING, BRASS AND COPPER. Brazed Brass and Copper TnMnS) Bare and Insulated Wire for Elec¬ tric ItlsKting and Street Rail¬ way Use^ Lamp Goods and Kerosene Burners in ereat variety. THE CELEBRATED ACID RESISTIHG DEOXIDIZED BROHZE IN INGOTS OR CASTINGS, ANB DEOXIDIZED BABBITT METALS. BEST IN THE WORLD. I-.a,rg:e Oastings a Speolalt'y. Bricigoport IDooxiciizeci Bronz© etzici Metebl Oo., BRIBGHPORT, CO^N. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC GO., U SALLE, ILLINOIS, SLd:E31L,TEK,S OF SHELTER. AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHKKT ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc out to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. FACTORIES: Waterbury, Conn. 25 Park Place, New York. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of G-OOX>lSI ISlLJE'Grm OO., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BKrOlSTZSB] UOOK. KISTOBS Bronze and Plated Roses, Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells, &c., Patent Mirror Pin Cushion Business Cards, Mucilage Brushes. Novelties of new design made to order. SALESRDDM; 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Manufacturers of JSir AzleiTfii’p JBolt jeaxacI <Bll3Le>^tlx±j3LS OOFFBSKo KoIVHJTS. Importers and Dealers In Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. 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ThcPhosphor Bronze SmeltincCo.Limiteo 512 Arch St. Philadelphia Pa.U.S.A, ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in the United States and Sole Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND"Phosphor-Bronze; PHOSPHOR BRONZE. IJl6 Win. Cramp & Sons S. & E. B. Co., Philadelphia, penna. FOTJ 2 SriDBR,S. PHOSPHOR TIN. MTSj*_1 YORK AMO THOMPSON STS., SOLE MANUEAOTUBEBS OE 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. YFe Make JLarger Caetinge and Mare of Them than Any Competitor, UANUFACTUBED BT THE STEAM GAGE WKVOdTand valve CO. Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Branches; NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDCN. EVANS FRICTION CONES. For regulating the speed^of macMn^s- au- Gyration driving^ all rj^^IS reel warranted. 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Henee Furnishing wire Goode. RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. f omcil^SNo^' ' - WIBE LATHIN6 WITH HAMMOND'S METAL FURRINe. ESTABLISHED 1818. Pearl Window Screen Wire Cloth. Galvanized Steel Wire Cloth. Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. “ Cottage” Lawn & Garden Fencing The World’s Weh Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. Henee Furnishing Wire Goode. RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE LATHIN6 WITH HAMMOND'S METAL FURRINC. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester. Mass. PATENTED -1684 ... Patented March, 1884. HARO STEEL WIRE Patents Pending. NEW PROCESS MANurAOTURBBS oy bvbkt description op ”^frjr‘-WIRE CLOTH Ed NETTING \A/IPP MCTTIKin Pointed Window Screen Wire Cloth, fllllL II LI UTHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS SFND FOR laATFST OATAloOGUF. PENNSYLVANIA” FRUIT PICKER. sbows M thfuMlity of AS \ FRUIT PICKER IT HAS KO SUPERIOR. It is made of Heavy GalvaiUzed Wire, and easily adjusted to a pole. demand (as it is becoming kn5wu) is steadily is apparent to every one so h?|hSt^pricS'® overcomes the difficulty, and saves the finest fruit, which commands tS THE LOW PRICE AT WHICH IT IS SOLD hlve®Ug?quin«^?esf““** butllttle fruit to gather as well as those who Price per dozen, $6.00. II. will gather Apples, Peaches, Pears, Etc. , -- .n.vv.c’B, Era;u.out?H, jrears, JKIC. JIAKOTACIOBEBBy PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS, EDWARD DARBY & SONS. - 233-235 Arch St., Phila. Pa. PAIN I ED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLING STAJM PARP "^ WIRE.^ LATHING. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO. TRENTON, 117 and 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YGRK. 171 and 173 LAKE STREET, CHfCAGG “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. / and 27 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCG. Hosted by Google 9 P. P. EMORY MFC. CO. IN BRASS AND COM- sp7incf«^S‘""M rs* POSITION. HEAVY q ^ ^ ^ j: p\ AND LIOHT CAST- INGS. COPPERSMITHS, and Manufacturers of COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, EXPANSION PIPES AND COILS. Builders’ Wire and Iron Work, Counter Bailing, Stable Fixtures, Iron Fencing, Window Guards, Columns, Stalin. Jail Cells, Etc. CATALOGUC: FREE. E. T. 6ARNUM, - - DETROIT, MiCH. MENTION THIS PAPER. ROOF CRESTING. ICHAMPION IRON CO. SPECIALTIES. Iron Stairs and Jail iHf Work, Builders’ and Or- flw namental Iron Work ) manufact- I urers of Malleable Iron Cresting guaranteed M against breakage; also manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift Pumps. Send for l(j;6-paffe Catalogue. Largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In U. S. BLX:3»'1POS<J. - OHIO. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FDLTON ST., NEW YORK, MAMJFACTUBEB OK OX.OTE: Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and all other purposes- Iiocomotive Spark Wire Cloth* *'■' -AND- For Banl, OfiBce and Counter Railing, Store Fronts Window Guards, Ac. Galvanized Tvrist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. $ T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. IS T JS4a.J3LCi JSoarooJAiBi- SEND FOB CATALOGUE. Steel Wire Fence Board. IrtflMfmfll lIHlIlllfmil' STRONBEST AND CHEAPEST BNRBLESS FARM FENCIN6. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Web Picket Fence. DEKALB FENCE CO., - - DeKalb, III AGENCIES: Eastcrn-HICKS A DICKEY, Philadelphia, Pa. Soathern-W. B. BELKNAP A CMa L aalavUle, Ky. Western—WYETH HARDWARE ds MEG. CO., St. Joseph, Mo. In Mana and Micb Igan—INDIANA WIRE PENCE CO., CrawfordsvUle, Ind. Texas—O'. K. MERrW.._rHEa» BalJa^ Kilmer Manufacturing Co. Ifmmmnnni iiMMUi -Newburgh, N. Y. Buckeye Wrought Iron Punched Bail Fence. llNO msnufaotnrers of Iron Crestbig, Iron Tnrblne sm< Buckeye Wind Engines, Buckeye ^rce Buckeye, Globe and Champion Lawn Mowers. ter niastrsUd Cstslogoe and Prices to A MAST. FOOS & CO. SPRINGFIELD, E. H. Titchener & Co., BINGHAMTON, N. Y, —MANUFACTURERS OP— Manufacture' BALE TIES For Baling Hay, Straw, Rags, Excelsior, &c. ALSO WIRE RODS, BARB WIRE, COILED STEEL WIRE, WIRE STAPLES, GAL¬ VANIZED WIRE, ORNAMENTAIi FENCING, &c., &c. Western Warehouse, 543 and 545 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Western Office 21 Quincy Street, Chicago^ Ill. New York Office, in Water Street, New York City. Works and General Office, Newburgh, N. Y. 5 Our Galvanized Roofing ? i ^ Will Outlast your Building. It is Rain, Rust, and Fire-Proof, and Cheaper ^ \ now than ever before. i 5 Needs No Paint. I Our little book^ THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO. “The Life of an Iron Roof, or How long will it last," sent free. BOX Q, PIQUA, OHIO. STAPLES In All Varieties, Double-Pointed Tacks, Bed Links, Etc. SlindL Staples a ©peoialtys PHILLIPS, TOWNSEND & GO., Noitli Penn Junction, Fhiladelplila. WIRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. Rivets marked “P" are not of our make. We make only lirst-class Norway Iron Rivets Hosted by Google Oralii Cleaning Machinery; Woolen, Cotton, Paper Pulp, Rice, Honr and Oil MUls; Distilleries, Sugar and Malt Houses; llas,Water, Brick and Tile Works, Filters, Yentilators, &c; Oil, Gas and Taper Stores, Lanterns, Lamps, etc. Perforateil Filter SOPPED, ZjNC, BRAS AND TIN PERFORATED. Screen Plates for Coal, Coke, and ( Ore Separators, JigSf Trommels, Washers and Sizers. ItaTT Steel ail iron Plat« and Cylinders for Coal ani Co^Breai:ers, Ore, Stoni, PHospnates & Uravel Screen, For Railroads, Loco- motire and Car Builders. Prices and Samples on Application, ALUMIMIM or lARCi- NESE BRONZE SCREEN PUT Press Plates the HARRINGTON & KING PERF. otiierporpoMi. Main Office &. Works, 224 to 240*^00100 Street, HHinARfl III II Eastern office. No 284 Pearl St., New York. UlllUnUUf I LLai CO., S.A. »0 WITHlTAaD AOnOB O* idDULATED WiTEU WITH Hiidiun Beit Steel HEITDPIIOICS’ ARCHITECTS AKD BDILDERS’ CHIDE —:and:— CONTRACTORS’ DIRKCTORY OF —:for: BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP BUILDING SUPPLIBS. A Complete Directory of all the Construction Industries of the Country, containing over 170,000 Names. Addresses and Bus¬ iness Classifications, comprising Builders and Contractors of Material and Construction in the Building and kin¬ dred Industries. With Full lists of the Manufacturers of and Dealers in Everything employed in the Manufacture of Material and Apparatus used in these Industries—from the Raw Material to the Manufactured Article, and from the Producer to the Consumer. Architects; Arch'l Wood Workers; Car Builders; Carpenters; Builders and Contractors of all kinds; Blast Furnaces; Brick Mfrs. (Common, Eire, Ornamental, Paving, Pressed, &c.); Boiler Mfrs.; Bridge Builders; BnUders’ Hardware; Mfrs. of Building Iron of all kinds; Cement, Cornic^; Dumb Waiters; Engine Mfrs.; Engine and Boiler Dealers ;Eleoiric Lighting Co.’s Dynamos and Motors; Elevators; Engineers (Cml and Me¬ chanical); Electricians; Fire Escapes; Furnaces; Fire Proof Building Material: Dredging Machinery and Contractors; Dock Builders; Contract¬ ors for Railroads (Steam, Electric. EBvated, Cable, Street, &o.); (Jranite Producers, Dealers and Workers; Granite and Marble Monument Work¬ ers and Dealers; Iron and Steel Ceiling and Siding; Iron and S teel Roofing; Lathing (Iron, Steel and Wire); Lightning Rods; Mantel Mfrs. (Iron Marble, Onyx, Slate, Wood, &o.); Mantels, Grates, Fenders, Tile, &c.; Marble Producers, Marble Dealers and Workers; Mason and Bmldere Ma¬ terials* Paint Mfrs.; Paint, Oil and Glass Dealers; Plumbers’Specialties; Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters; Plumbers’ Gas and Steam Fitters Supplies; Roofers and Roofers’Supplies; Steam Supplies (Gauges, Feed Water Heaters, Traps, Valves, Pipe and Boiler Coverings, Cast and Wrought Iron Pipe and Fittings); Steam and Hot Water Heating Apparatus; House Heating Boilers and Heaters; Steam and Hot Water Heat¬ ing Contractors; Railroad Purchasing Officials; Radiators ; Rolling Mills, &c.; Sashes, Doors and Blinds; Skylights; Stone Dealers; Terra Cotta; Varnishes; Ventilators ; Vault and Sidewalk Lights; Weather Vanes; White Lead Mfrs.; Wire Mfrs. and Workers; in fact everything connected with the Building Industries. FOB THE YEABS 1893-94. FRIOE . FIVE ID O Ij 3Li-A. R, S . SENT, POSTPAID, ON RECEIPT OF THE PRICE, BY DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, N. Y. Hosted by Google 'BRANCHES: 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., 0 . S. A. DUNBAR, HOBART A CO., WHITHAN, MASS. UORING A PARKS, PIiYMOUTH, MABB. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 1849, A. FIBUD A SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MASB, ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1864. AMBRICAN TACK CO.. FAIRHATBN, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ’ OUD COUONY RITBT CO., PUTMOUTH, MASS, ESTABLISHED IN 1866. Titkt, Brads, Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, TufllM Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nalls, Patent Bride. Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire noks, Esontobeon Pins, Eyelets, Blazlers’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other articles. We Imve the lar^rest and only complete and fully assorted stock in the world. Our manufacturing facilities are uneoualed. The foregoing'well Miown brands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New xOrt liOTe and our factories. mjLIK VFICB, SOS SEAMS BUIEDING.lOO WASMrJSTGTOM ST„ JBOSTOK, MASS, BMANCH OFFICE A WAMEIIOVS:^ 31 WAMMEN ST,, KEW TOME, BMANCH OFFICE & WAMEEOVSE^SO A 34.1 BAKE ST,, CSICAGO, IBB, ^^^^OM ^FICE A WAMESOVSE, 408 MAMEET ST,, SAN FMAIf CISCO, CAB. BMANCH OFFICE A WAMEHOVSE, 406 COMMEMCE ST,, FHIBAEEBFHIA, Pa, VVood Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Tire Bolts, Sink Bolts, Tacks, Trunk, Clout and Small Nails. CLEVELAND, OHIO. ■ras Tacks, Wire Nails and Brads, Hoop Nails, Staples, Silver and Japanned Lining and Saddle Nails, Double Pointed Tacks, Slating and Roofing Nails. BONNIE BLUE TACKS. 100 Kegs in a Box, Assorted 3 to 12 oz. Retails 2 Kegs for 5 cents. PARISIAN GILT NAILS. 20 papers in Car ton. 5 cent seller. MONARCH WOOD KEG CARPET TACKS. 5 cent seller. “JUST ENOUGH” Brass Nai’s. 100 Nails in a Paper, just enough to top a pair of shoes; 20 papers in Carton. 5 cent seller. DOUBLE ENOUGH Cobblers’ Nails. 2co Nails in a Paper, 20 Papers in Carton. 5 cent seller. qUART^SIZe gjjj qp w Mark. BILL NYE BRAD BOX. 168 Papers Wire Brads, a sorted to 2 in Each Paper just right to retail for 5 cents. Chicago, I LL.U.S.A Horrock’s Metal Mat, Patented July 18, 1893. MANUFACTURED BY JOSHUA HORROCKS, 45 CLIFF STREET - NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. It has more superior qualities than any mat made. Its advantages’?can readiJy be seen by its construction. It will not break or wear out, and is con¬ sidered by impartial judges to be the best now on the market. It sells on sight and is galvanized after made and is reversible. Suitable for Elevated or Surface oars, and is recommended oy the best medical authorities. Made in 8 sizes. No. 1, Size 16x24. No. 2, Size 18x30.^ No. 3, Size 22x86. No. 4, Size, 24x48. “ 5 , 30 x 48 . “ 6, “ 36 x 48 . * 7 , “ 36 x 60 . “ 8, “ 36 x 72 . Extra Sizes Made to Order. Send for Price-List. METAL PLATE WORK. Its Patterns and Their Geometry. Also notes on metals and rules in mensuration for the use of tin, iron and zinc plate workers, &c. By C. T. MILLIS. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 377 pages, 314 illustrations. ISmo, Olotla, - - - . 3S.50. gent postpaid, upon receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS PublisliRr and Bookseller 96-102 Reade St., N. Y. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c.. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BUAKE: & JOHNSON. Waterpury, Conn. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO.. WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. MANUFACTURERS I ^ ^ WTP17 M A TT Q - - —^ 3 ^ YV I ll r. Is AV I I I I 1 21 WARREN ST., NEW YORK. HANtrPACTXrRBBS WIRE NAILS, Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office; - SALEM, OHIO BRANCH OFFICES s Room 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 416 Phenix Bldg., Ohicagc. 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. 38 Pickering Bld’g, Cincinnati, 0. Alto Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Machines for Foundry Use. Tvnsi-OIT- OOBCTZKrc 3-8 Send for Catalogue. FLANGE STEEL SCREENS COBB & DREW, OF PERFORATED METAL For SAND, GRAVEL, COAL and ORE. PLYMOUTH, MASS, Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brass and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New YorR Agency, James S. Hender* son, successor to Disosway A Henderson, Hardware. Agents for Phlladelplila Star Carrlag« and Tire Bolts. Corrugated, Crimped and C'ap-Boa"d Iron Roofinj & Siding Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Cornices Skyllght-s, Bridges, &c. THE HEHDRIOK MFC. CO., LTD., moseley iron bridge and roof co., CAR BOND ALE, PA. Office, 5 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. BORDEN & LOVELL, TO AND 71 WEST STBEET NEW YORK. Steel. Iron and Wire Nails. OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 8 I 3 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. Hosted by Google 205 Quarry St., Philadelphia, 14 TI{B IRQN AQIt, American Screw ComjMny^^ FROVTIDBlSrOE, K,. I. BAY STATE IHIEE, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISEAND, U. S. A. - -__^ZII )liJAITXTg'AO'rXTR,E!R,S <nyP( =- WOOD SCREWS, TIRE BOLTS, In Iron, Brass, Bronze and all Varieties | STOVE BOLTS, of Finish. COACH SCREWS, MACHINE SCREWS, RAILROAD SCREWS, HAND RAIL SCREWS, SIDE KNOB SCREWS, LOCK CAP SCREWS, DOWEL SCREWS, CHANDELIER SCREWS, I TAPS FOR MACHINE SCREWS, RIVETS, BURS, TAPS FOR STOVE BOLTS. Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Boits, Forged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. American Screw Company, FROVIIDElSrOE, R,. I. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St, European agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool. Hosted by Google GOLD FORGED I SLEIGH SHOE BOLTS, SINK BOLTS, STOVE RODS, POINTED WIRES, TAPPED NUTS, WIRE NAILS, DOWEL PINS, 16 CONSOLIDATED STEEL i WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES. THE ROOKERY. CHICAGO, ILL Branch f ST. Lonis, mo., 1935 Papin Street. J PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse BuUding. 1 NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. Offices, t SAN FRANCISCO. CAL., 81 Crocker Building. WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAILS. IBatle Tios, F"onoo Stefoles, oto. Mxr.]:.s i:.ocA.TEi> at ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. WROUGHT IRON BRIOGE GO. OA-ISTTOSM-, oaxo. KrXST?«7- ■S-OXIDBC OIT"*". osxoa.g;-o, xxjx.. SlA.Zi3-lSA.jS OXT-S-, AXO. COMIVIUNICATE: WITH NEAREST OEKICE. iron Buildings, Roofs and General Stmctnrai Work in Iron and Steel, Ma¬ chine Sliops,Fonn- dries, Power Honses, &c. The above Is a cut of our new works. The main building Is 266 feet square and is fitted with Improved machinery for handling all classes of Bridge and Structural work. All machinery is operated by electricity from our own plant. Catalogue of Books, Including the principal works on Metallurgy, Es tablished, isso. Mineralogy, Engineering, Electricity, Mechanics, PLYMOUTH MILLS ) &c., sent free to any address by Rivets, Trunk Nails, I Tacks Clout Nalls, DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher, Burrs, Wire Nalla. PLYMOUTH, MA.SS. ee-loa Ileade Street, NX 3 TV -fTOIlB. Hosted by Google 16 New and Standard Books - ON - metallurgy. Wedding’s Basic Bessemer Pro¬ cess. Translated from the German by WilliamB. Phillips. Ph.D., and Ernst Phochaska, Met. E. With supplementary chapter on De phosphorization in the Basic Open-Hearth Bhirnace. 322 pages; cloth; illu8trated.$3*60 A Treatise on the Metallurgy of Iron. Containing outlines of the history of iron manufacture, methods of assay and analyses of iron ores, processes of manufacture of iron and steel, &c. Bv H. Bauerman, F. Q-. S., associate of the Koyal School of Mines. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Illus¬ trated with numerous wood engravings from drawings by J.B. Jordan. 515 pages; eloth..$9 The Metallurgy of Steel. Volume I. By Henry M. Howe, A.M., S. B.. mining and metallurgical engineer; illus* trated with many engravings and plates. 383 pages; 11 x 14 inches.$10 Handbookfor Charcoal Burners. Translated from the Swedish of G. Svedeliue by Prop. R. B. Anderson, and edited with notes by Prof. W. J. L. Nicodemus, C.B.: 23 wood engravings; 217 pages; cloth..$l,50 T'he Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture ol all kinds of alloys, amalgams and solders, used by metal workers; together with theii chemical and physical properties and theii .application in the arts and the industries; with an appendix on the coloring of alloys. Translated and edited chiefly from the Ger¬ man of A. Krupp and Andreas Wild- BERGER, with extensive additions by Wm.T. Brannt ; illustrated by 16 engravings; 438 pages; cloth. The Metal Worker’s Handy Book of Receipts and Pro¬ cesses. Being a collection of chemical formulas and practical manipulations for the working ol all the metals and alloys, including the dec¬ oration and beautifying of the articles manu- factuied therefrom, as well as their preser¬ vation. Edited from various sources by William T. Brannt. 530 pages; cloth.$2. 6 Electro-Plating. A practical hand-book on the deposition ol copper, silver, nickel, gold, aluminum, brass, platinum, &c. With descriptions of the chemicals, materials, batteries and dynamo machines used in the art. Second edition; carefully revised, with additions. By J. W, U RQUHART ; 320 pages; cloth.$9 Steel and Iron. Comprising the practice and theory of the several methods pursued in their manufact¬ ure, and of their treatment in the rolling mills, the forge and the foundry. By Will- lAM Henry Greenwood, F.C.S. With 97 diagrams: 536 pages; cloth.$9 Aluminum. Its history, occurrence^ properties, metal¬ lurgy and applications, including its alloys. By Joseph W. Kichards, M.A,, A.C., m- structor in metallurgy at the Lehigh Uni¬ versity. Second edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Illustrated by 23 engravings and two diagrams; 511 pages; cloth.$$ SerUf postpaid, on receipt of price, by PAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-108 Read* New ITork. THE IRON AGS. _ Gaotier Steel Departieit ef Gimliit JOHlSrSTO-WlT, PA. -: MANTJPACTUREHS OP :- MERCHANT BAR STEEL; Including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Rail¬ road 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, Rolled Lay, etc. COLD BOILED STEEL SHIFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS- CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office, Southern Office, i02 Chambers St. S. W. Cor. 5th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building. Chattanooga, Tenn. IRON SELL RRIDGES.ROOFSt^ RUILDINGS BOSTON BRIOCE WORKS, Engrineers and Builders, (QIASON BUILOING, BOSTON, MASS. Roof of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. BREW^ Prop’r, A. 8. MILLER. Jr., Seo’y, J. R. WORCESTER, Chief Bng’r, B. H. BROWN, Con. SEND FOR SAMPLE CARD AND DEBCBIFTIVE PRICE LIST. H. W. JOHNS^ CO., Sole Manufacturers of H. W. Johns’Asbestos Roofing, hheathing, Building Felt, Asbestos Steam Packings, Boiler Coverings, Roof Paints, Fire Proof-Paints, etc. VULCABESTON Moulded Piston-Rod Packing Rings, Gaskets, fheet Packing, etc. Established 1858. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. IRON AND STEEU ROOFINO, Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Eave Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridge Roofing Co., Cambridge, O. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. IT INOOBPaRATED Choi. Hutton, Prut, The First to make Boiler Piates in America. A, F, Huston^ Vice^PregL C, L, Huston^ OenL Mgr. BobU B. Haitne Bobu B. Ha/tnes^ Jr., Secy. Joe. HumvUnu Treas. STEEL AND iRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO BXTftBMB JlimCBNBIONS. WORKS: OOAtOBBTTlXXo^ Pa. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET, THIGKBESS, No. GAUGE TO INCHES. -B«nrA.BZ^r«THrEii> - NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE; NOm 23 3SzroAcl,x^A:37‘- 38 <3 34 BixXXltt Bld-S. FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIC IPON-. 03 or under. SClR AP~.03 or .05 or under. ORE— -tor O. H. and Furnace Use. MELTING BAR- C^en Hearth and Bessemer Bllleta, Skelp, Muck Bars aud Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.'s Tubes and Pipe* THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia. MAmTFAOTUBB ALL THEIR PRODUCTS BOTH IN WROV«HT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH STEEEe Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes. Round, Flat and Square BARS of all sizef. Especially adapted for Bridge and Ship Builders, Fire-proof Buildings, Shafting and all Structural Purposes. Spbcialtibs, in Wrought Iron or Steel:—Phoenix Columns and Upset Eye-Bars of all sizes, Roof Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes of every description. AGBNT8 Edwabd Cobning & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward CoRNiKa & Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; Jakbb B. Stokes, 182 Market St., «aw FBANOI8CO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stites, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL CO, PonsviLLE, Pa. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MANUTAOTUBHBS OF ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL, Viz., I Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Tees, Angl^, Plates and Bars; and also Open Hearth Steel Billets, Blooms and Slabs. BREWERY, HALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Oesigrners and Oonstimctors of Roofs, I'xnisses, Oolnmns, Ae. TESTED CHAINS. ~ BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Bea.oli Hud Otis Streets, JPIIllLiA.OElLiBI-11 A., Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings, " D. B. 6.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains. a, T, WELLMAN. President. J. H. ROOP, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent. S. H. CHAUVENET, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Successors to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO„ WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO * r''c*'vr'T<c' tnyvTi -MANUFACTURERS OP- Highest Grade Open Hearth Low Phosphorus Steel Fire Box anc Boiler Plate. Bessemer Steel Ship and Tank Plate, Open Hearth and Bessemer Blooms and Slabs. Low Phosphorus Pig Iron. --PLATES UP TO 126 INCHES IN WIDTH.-- General Office and Works, Thurlow, Delaware County, Pa. Chicago, Ills., No. 656 “ The Rookery.” New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nassau Street B. W. CKAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. AGENTS FOR AMERICAN WIRE GLASS MFG. CO. _ 418 Walnut $t., PH ILA. MIFFLIN WHEELER. (j. w. NICOLLS. Nicolls, Wheeler & Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 216 Soutli TDird St., PLlladelpliia, Pa -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, &c., &c. Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Rails. EDWARD CORNING A CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ^ BEAMS. CHANNELS, I Hill 11' lun OTm HOOPS. BANDS, ANCLES, TEES, ll|||M V | L LI SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, FLATES, BARS. RODS. inUll OILLL BOLTS. NUTS, RIVETS. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ^ IRON *nd steel IIIV II V I L L L BOLTS. NUTS, RIVETS. 20. BROADWAY, HEW YORK. 237 SO. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS. 70 KILBT ST. BOSTON Hosted by Google 18 EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHAN1 m 8. Third St., PHLLADKLPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron, Old Rails, Scrap, AGENT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. A.eeixt TliElVTOlV IK.OIV CO., For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope, liongdale (Va.) and other Piff Irons* Storage Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which is connected with Penn. R. R. and its various connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued. Oabh advances made on Iron. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHiUDELPHIA. Foandryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hlron. E. H. WILSON & CO., 22^ and 224 South Third St., Philadelphia BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J, 'W. Hoffman & Co., 333 and 335 Walnut St., Philadelphia, COMMISSION MERCHANTS PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates and Shapes. Rails, Cars and Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment generally. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, 185 South Fourth St., Fhila. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigli, Stratbers AND MUIRKIRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFC. 00., Iron and Brass Founders. Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. W. H. THOMSON & CO.. 'iti IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PII1LA1>£I.PII1A, PA. LUCKNOW FOKGE. Fort Hunter P. O., Dauphin Co., Pa., MANUFACTURER OF Blooms and Billets for Boiler Plate, Tubes, Sheet Iron and Wire, made Irom Pig Iron and Scrap. Prices Quoted— Correspondence Solicited. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. 0. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHlliADPliPlllA. Pig Iron, Goal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structural Iron, Steel Castingo and Fire Brick. Solo Agtnts for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES THE IRON age. - W. 8. PILLINa. T.L CRAHB. PILLING—CRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fl uxing . 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 BUILDINC. 141 S. FOURTH ST. PHILADELPHIA. 1E3. R. BGI-A-NN db OO., Sole AfirentSw ACME PIG IRON. Guaranteed .03 or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Biverside Steel Pipe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes. ^47 SOUTH 4th STREET, ■ ■ PHILADELPHIA, ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANX7PAOTURERS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Gleaned and Ghareoal Bloom, E>X4.dLn[?'E3 db SXX:E31S3"r XRON. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 619 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa. .^rdera soiioited especially for Corrugated, OaEholder, Pan and Elbow. Water Pipe, Smoke Stack Tank and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jaoket Iron. CUMBERLAND NAIU AND IRON CO., MANUFACTURERS OP “ Gidijlierlaiid ” Rulls ^ Wrouglit Iroii Pipe, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHIUDELPHli J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. 131 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. - SOLE AGENT FOR- Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FOfiGE, CHARCOAL ANo BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer in Scrap, Old Gar Wheels, IRuck Bars and Connellsville Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. JAcMEISJ MoKLA-Y Ac CJO., 29TH A LIBERTY STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PA Manufacturers of Coil, Crane and Stud Chain. We also manufacture High G-rade Steel Chain made of Basic Steel and Special Crane Chain made of U. S. Iron. C3-. LIISriDS-A.Y & OO., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For aU purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. _ D forgeD VIERRILL BROS.>465to471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. T FX7SSSXAd:C>I»TS db OO. COLD DRAWN -^MANUFACTUBBBS- SHAFTING CLEVELAND, OHIO. IRON Hosted by Google 19 FiiANiei» MdfiioN; a Co.. ' Successors to FRAnIcIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. . ^ Sole UaDufso^torers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. «CHOICK” Ksitra QucillTT^.lMeeaie Wire SEAIWAN^S ** WESSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, Ac. warehouse, 97 John St., New York. CHAS. HUGfLL, Agent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. OR-UOI BrjE OA-ST S TBBiXi. ABBOXT, WHE^E/LOCK & CO.; Agents and. Importers of SWEDISH IRON, es pr.xy:£iEt st., boston. S 3 CBIT-JP ST., NEW YOBK. $1 & Cl WARDLOWp SHEFFIELD, England. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel. in Bars, Sheets and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Carvers, Butchers’ Knives, Files. Band Saws, Clock, Watch and all other Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand ai CsLSt Steel for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and I w\^ri all other Tools, Dies and Punches, Office and Warehouse, 95 John St. New York. Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. OUSTAF LUNOBERO Agent for N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS &. CO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Sessexxier aoici Open Sea.rtli Steel. 19 KILBY STBEBT, BOSTON. CARLISLE