The Iron Age : Vol. LII : No. 15 : October 12, 1893

n c / IRON AGE 2.5<3 A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. P\zblish.ed every Thursday Morning by David 'Williams, Nos. 90, 98, lOO Sc 103 JReadLe St., New York. Vol. LII: No. 15. Reading Matter Contents. New York , Thursday, October 12 . 1893. $4.50 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. nuaumy maiioi uvihcho .. pa Classified List of Advertisers..‘ Alphabetical Index to Advertiseffs r f Advertising and Subscription Rates ' VE YOlfRM^ Ol?R MON] ST. LOUIS, MO. NEW YORK, N. Y., 225 Pearl St. f A. B. Lanrenee, Mgr. BOSTON, MASS., 164 Sommer St., G. J. Kelley, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 129 N. 3d St., J. Garnett, Mgr TUDOR IRON WORKS ST. LOUIS Manufacturers of TURNBUOKIiES, BBilaoH Office : Cleveland 136 Liberty St., City Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK, _ CLEVELAND, O. Send for Catalogue and Trade Discounts. “COPPERIZED C.R. SWEDOH Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ BELTING CO.. ^~ ^ASK-jyOUR DEALER FOR “ NITRO CLUB” PAPfiW SHCS&HELLS mm ALL SIZES & STYLES . (1 'N c\J . 1BURNISHED FINISH J *5 ! CHEAP & ELEGANT ^ | « Z SCALE l-ia SIZE ^ Si Jls X>.2I0 a -k.... 10 GAUGE AND 16 GAUGE READY ABOUT OCi 15th. 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’ MFG. CO. Waterbury, Conn. SOLID BRAIDED The “ Nitro Club ” Shell is designed to ineet the demand for a moderate priced shell adapted to Nitro Powders. NOT SOLO AT RETAIL BY THE MANUFACTURERS, The Union Melnllie Cmfflp Co.. _ BRIDGEPORT. COKTU. _ RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tubing and Large Shells, Brazed Tubes and Mouldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silver. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF- Brown’s Patent Seamless Dravn Copper Honse CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK CORDAGE. All Kinds. Sizes and Colors. Send for Samples. Samson Cordage Works, BOSTON, MASS. Ordinary weight tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to S0O lbs. pressure per square inch, less Drawn Copper Shells. Handsomest, best and strongest and safest boiler In the mar . the end. Send for circular and instructions to prevent accidents from freezing &c.. Ac. TO THOSE INTERESTED IN We have recently made improvements r BROS.* VALVES having increased the num^ We shall manufacture one (trade f pressure steam. The Jenkins Discs y or low pressure. We guarantee at jekth: _ NEW YORK. PHIL A The Wilmot & Hoe MAIN OFFICE, MIL' BRIDGE; STORE, 20 MU (CONNEC" BESSE ME And tbr j . — ' * i Annual Capacity 1“- LARGE STOCK, BEST OF GOODS & FACILITY THE WILMOT 8t HOBBS MFG. Cb HOT & COLD ROLLINS MILLS AND FACTORIES BRIDGEPORT. CONN.U.S. A. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST NEW YORK. 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, njf This is the best selling line of Oilers ever pro- || f duced. Hosted by Google a THE IRON AGE, ^ NSONIA Q rass jp Q OP PER Qo. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. Waterbury Brass Co. The Plum e & Atwood Mf a6». MANUFACTURERS OF 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, THE New York. sole manufacturers Established 1845* T-L’ Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, ■ O I II | O II Z K German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger- ■ man Silver Wire, Brass and (Trade-Mark.) Copper Tubing, Condenser Plates, Pump Linings,Wire, Round, copper rivets and burs, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump PERCI t^5>^MEASURE8, Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. METALLIC EYELETS, - Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, 19 & 2 1 Cliff Street - - New York. shot Pouches, &c., — - - - ^ - AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. THE HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. New Haven Copper Co., ~ r r Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S SOLS MAUB8 of Line of Sporting Goods. depots : DM IQUtn POPPED 296 Broadway, New York. R 126 Eddy S... Pr.vl- rULIUllLU UUlILn _ MILLS at waterbury, conn. _ Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. JOHN DAVOL & SONS,i ALSO MANTTFACTUKEBS AND AGENTS FOB dealebs in Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, ingot copper, spelter, lead, tin, Kettleo Bottw Bolt,, Circles &«., ' »»TI«0»T, SOLDER & OLD METALS loo John Street, - New York. Sheet and Roll Brass WIRE, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &c. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. New Haven Copper Co., SOLS MAK1B8 OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MAHUFAOTURBM OF cast Steel Auers aid Bits oi snierior Quality. 994 Pearl St., if Cnnarinv ftnalttv Iron and Steel. The Journal of the Iron and Steel II suponoi yaalllj. Institute. No. 2, 1892 . 684 pages, with 27 plates. | $ 6.00 NEW YORK. I For Sale by DAVID WILLIAMS.96-1 02 ReadeSt.. N i . " c CELEBRATED ACID RESISTING DEOXIDIZED BRONZE IN INGOTS OR CASTINGS, ANI> OXIDIZED BABBITT METALS. \ BEST IN THE WORLD. \ge Castings a Specialty. ^oxidized Bronze and Metal Co., BK IDG EPOBT, CO^N. \ HEGELER ZINC CO., IE, ILLINOIS, g>F SPELTER, ^URERS OF 7LPHURIC ACID. \)Ued Battery Plates. Nhographers’ use. \d Makers’ use. TTERY. THOMASTON, CONN. WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PURE ALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 428 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29 High Street, Boston. WILLIAMS. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE I Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver , Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire 9 Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop¬ per Bods, Brass Ferrules, Fwre Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Speller, Tin, Antimony , Lead, <£c. Rough Casting of Aluminum. Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronze and ail kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of OhandeUers, Mete I Picture Frames. Ink Stands, Figures, Statues, etc. Stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. St. Louis Bronze & Aluminum forks, 3741-3743 North Broadway, _ ST, LOUIS, mo. _ BRASS CASTINGS. We have now completed one of the best equipped foundries in the country for making fine bronze and brass castings, and solicit orders for same from special patterns. KEYSTONE LOCK WORKS, E. T. FRAIM, - - Lancaster, Pa. Metal Worker’s Handy-Book '^iPTS AND PROCESSES, fON OF CHEMICAL FORMULAS AND FRAC- LATIONS FOR THE WORKING OF AT.T. S AND AL LOYS, INCLUDING THE DECO- AND BEAUTIFYING OF ARTICLES PACTURED THEREFROM, AS WELL . /AS THBIR PRESERVATION. lied from Various Sources by ^IAM T. BRANN T. 500 > Pages, Cloth, $2.50* it, post-paid, on receipt of price, by j> WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Bead St., New York. Hosted by Google 3 ELEPHANT ' / TRADE-MARK. slU GENUINE | IN GOTS 8. MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR REG.JftAOE MARKS. „ C PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. The Phosphor Bronze Smelting Co.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. flit Sm, Cramp ft Sons S. ft E. B. Co., PHILADELPHIA, penna. BRASS POUNDERS. OB3NXJINB3 PHOSPHOR TIN MANUFACTURED BY TH* \ m MT-S^_ YORK AMV THOMPSON $T$., 80LB MANUFACTURERS OB AMERICAN MANGANESE BRONZE. MANGANESE BRONZE PROPELLER WHEELS A SPECIALTY. Our Manganese Bronze is invaluable where Castings of great Tensile Strength are needed. In this quality it is nearer Steel than any other alloy in the market, and in appearance the castings are unequaled. We Make Larger Castings and More of Them them Any Competitor . ODOQRV STEAM CACE 1/V\U0DT AND VALVE CO. Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Branches: NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON, at siL EVANS FRICTION CONES. For regulating the speed of machines au- operation driving all f ReeL Warranted * ■P ATTTTW sa ^ s Hendry x patented Adjustable Globe Bearing E \J U-L \DT Aluminum Beels, “perfectly constructed and beautifully finished in every part, these Reels work as truly as wa ^ c ^ Les - ,> Actual weights, Single Action, 234 ounces; Mul- tiplying, 4 J£ ounces; Quadruple, ounces. The Andrew B. Hendryx Co.. New Haven. Conn., U.S.A. CAN BE PURCHASED FROM ANY FIRST-CLASS DEALERS IN FISHING TAC KLE - BRASS, BRONZE, COMPOSITION and F.L.KAYLORD CO ALUMINUM CASTINGS, Heavy ANSONIA, and Light. conn. TRY IT! AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHE5TAND RICHEST GRADE MADE. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY Tl N. THE CRESCENT PHOSPHORIZED METAL CO OFFICE AND WORKS 21072103^° 2IIMN0IANA;AV. PHILADELPHIA, PA, CROWN SMELTING COMPANY, Chester, Pa* Bronze, Brass and Composition Castings Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Manufacturers o± PHOSPHOB-BBONZE TO PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Specifications In Ingot metal or castings. The W. W. * R. M. KEYS CO., ,^ v :-<? A ^ r # & ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ & BRIDGEPORT, CONN. THE WILLIAMS PRINTING CO., Commercial Printers ^ Binders. ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR ALL CLASSES OF WORK. 96, 98, IOO and 102 READS STREET, NEW YORK. j PHOSPHDR-XIN By using my phosphor tin manufa-j] URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE U PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves, BY Tl# SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, much i CHEAPER.THAN THEY ARE NOW TG fl’ : HAD IN THE MARKET. NEWOROLD COPPER CANBEliSED, FOR CIRCULARS AI' , «”p£JC! ^DORESS HALK &. NAUM ANN N 0 Y?3| R *i 3 °aIents roi< TBE u.s.a n scanadAv°' PEAY-VJ The American Metal Go. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St., New York. P. O. BOX 957. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. Advances made on Consignments. AGENTS FOR Henry R.[Merton «fc Co., - - Loudon, Merallgesellschaft, Frankfort-on-Main. Williams, Foster &: Co., Lid., Swansea. Hosted Goog e 4 THE IRON ,-AGE. Washburn & Moen Manuf’g Co., WORCESTER, MASS., NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO. MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL AND COPPER EVERY VARIETY OF 'VIT I Hp TEm FOR ALL PURPOSES. Sard and Soft Brawn Copper Wire for Electri¬ cal Purposes ; Galvanized Iron and Steel Telegraph an d Teleph o ne Wire ; Ol id - den Patent Steel Barb Wire; Watch and Clock Main Spring*; Eyeglass Springs ; St> el Wire for Needles and brills; Pat¬ ent Steel Wire Pale Ties; Pump Cha in ;Tivo Strand Twisted ano Flat Twisted Pence Wire without Barbs ; Fence Staples, Stretchers , <&c,; Bright, Ajnnealed, Tinned and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools 1 oz. to 1 lb New York Warehouses, 16 ( WIRE ROPE AlfD OABIjE. __ _ _ 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 j Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor Bronze and . Copper Wire Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized m, Wire Seizing, and all the Flxt~ ures and Appliances required for use with the fore Koing. The ~ - famous Yachts Mayflower, Vol- ~' unteer and Sachem are all rigged with our Wire Rope. SEND FOR PRICE-LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. Cliff St., and 241 Pearl St. Chicago Warehouse, 107 &, 109 Lake St. San Francisco Warehouse, 8& 10 Pine St, irViF^ aM’cHYj ^ - 9 ^ BARBED WIRE, PLAIN WIRE * WIRE NAILS. Quick Shipment. Write for Prices. Indiana Wire Fence Co., Crawfordsville, Ind, AMERICAN SPIRAL SPRING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF SPIRAL SPRINCS. STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS. npi?Tni?. a wn wauit-q . ^ "****> nrv OFFICE AND WORKS : Shlnglss and Bluff Streets, - PITTSBURGH, PA. Telephone 705. WM. MCFARLAND, * IRON FOUNDER, Uj TRENTON, - IV. J, H Chilled Cast Wire DIES s A SPECIALTY. 25 Any Size or Style Made at Short Notice. Ss Guaranteed. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. For hhrh speed and heavy crushing weight it has no eaual Introduced in this country since 1891 and has displaced ail Anti-Friction metals it has come in con¬ tact with. THEODORE HIERTZ & SON, SOLE MFRS. Manufacturers Babbitt Metals. Solder, Lead Seals, Electrotype and Stereotype Metal. 30th St. As Pu.rU Ave„ St. Louis, Mo. VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STEEL SPRINGS ft Agricultural Implements, Mao kin* O an d various other purpose*. It Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO., MANUFACTURERS. MONTPELIER. V* Hosted by 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. Makers of Irony Beatemer, Siemens-Martin and Crucible Cast Steel Wire oi all klndsy annealed* soft and hard drawn i Coppered Spring Wire for Furniture Springs, <fcc., Coppered Soft Wires, Baling Wires, Suspension Bridge and Rope Wires of all kinds, dfcc. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CUSS OF SPRINGS. Specialty 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, Lock, Hat, Brush, Saw, Band Saw, Clock Spring, Clock Bell, Clock Verge and Watch Spring, Rule and Tape Line and Eyeglass Wires, dkc* 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 aad other purposes* Cold Rolled and Silt soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all purposes* Special Wires and Springs of Every Hescription. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED, SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. CALIFORNIA WIRE W ORKS, 9 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. mJFV i w \\'> •«' * >: * v; l " m\' DUNBAR BROS., Manufacturers of Clock Springs and Small Springs of every description, from best Cast Steel, BRISTOL, CONN. FRED NOURSE CO., 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 Catalogue. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. (■OB SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. OBT THE BEST. STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS, 315, 317 and 319 East 22d St , New York. 4 AN UfAC TO RE R 0 F ALLAUND^^ .) mm steel Hosted by [240 8(242 W. 29™ ST. NEW-YORK G ?gle 6 i Always Ask For Unequaled for Strength* and Durability. Made Only by Broderick & Bascom Rope Co., St. Louis, Mo. HOWSON AND HOWSON A. LESCHEN & SONS’ ROPE CO. f Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Cornices Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., Office, 5 Dey Street. Room 13, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Building, 1 1 9 S. 4th St. NEW YORK Potter Building, 38 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Building, 928 F St. PATENTS U. S. and Foreign Secured. Trade Marks and Copy Rights, Twenty Years’ Experience. Send model or sketch and brief description of your invention for Free report as to patentability. Expert Searches and opinions as to Scope, Valid- ity and Infringement Patent Causes Prosecuted and Defended. Practice in U. S. Supreme, Circuit and Circuit Ap¬ peals Courts, and U. S. Patent Office. Send for 44 Plain Words about Patents.” Free. PATENT PRACTICE EXCLUSIVELY. References Furnished on Application. I. B. STOCKING, Attorney at Law, 611 F ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. PATENTS. H. W. T. JENNER, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert. 519 Seventh St M Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Established 1883. SPRINGS—RIVETS. Specialties in SHEET METAL WORK, CLOCK and INDICATOR POINTERS, CLARK & COWLES, PlaM e, Ct. Corrugated, Crimped and C'ap-Boa r d Iron Roofing & Siding. ST. LOUIS, MO. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Williamsport Wire Rope Co., Williamsport, Pa. mm A Z A R D F(2 WAMOOSS: l87 Liberty f>i, HeW Yoi^. wmeshme, Pa. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Manufacturers of WIRE In great variety. NEW HAVEN, ooisnsr. Wire Cloth: Wire Goods Hardware Grade and Fanning Mill Wire Cloth, Poultry Netting, Heavy Window Screen Wire Cloth, Coal and Sand Screens, Riddles, Ash Sieves, &o., &c. Office and Counter Railings, Elevator En¬ closures, Wire Stall Guards, Hay Racks Feed Boxes, Window Guards, &c., &o. RNM||IMI| r nRnnnAnn| hlililllllllHulililllHMUHIKi Buckeye Wrought Iron Punched Rail Fence. Alio m»naf»otttr«r* of Irom Creatine, Iron Turbin© *b« Buckeye Wind Engines, Buckeye Force PWMc Buckeye, Globe and Champion Lawn Mowers. S«m# fl»r IUuatratad Catalogue and Prices to 41 MAST, FOOS & CO. SPRINGFIELD, o* The Prospector’s Field-Book and Guide in the Search for and the Easy Determination of Ores and other Useful Minerals. By Prof. H. S. Osborn, LL.D. Extract From the Preface: In the following pages we have attempted to present such a view of the whole subject of prospecting for the useful minerals that any liberally educated reader may fully comprehend our meaning. We have therefore explained special terms where we have thought it convenient to use them, and where the technically educated student would not need an explanation. The table of contents and index have both been carefully prepared, and being very full, will make reference to any subject in the volume easy and satisfactory. 44 engravings. 175 pages $1.50 F*r sale by DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 ReadeSt., N.Y. Mention The Iron Age , PROTECT Your Offices, Stores and Warehouses from fire -and burglars by using Metallic Doors m Shutters Made from wood and covered with Iron or steel, render¬ ing them stiff and preventing warping in case of.fire. Made from heavy boiler plate iron. Made irom double corrugated iron or steel. Made to fit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. GARRT IRON S STEEL R00FIH6 CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO. Hosted by Google ALSO MANUFACTURERS 0» GENERAL WIRE WORK. v WindowGuards, . Stalls Fixtures. BAILINGS, m M ,\ SaudScreens m '■&. Coal Scieens Efcc. '.'V ? W'LXM XCfiWv. WWW, mtxss, nm C.V 3 XW .1 FLANGE STEEL SCREENS OF PERFORATED METAL. For SAND, GRAVEL.. COAL and ORE. liliTlT. 'IrlrLrL Vi ■ HMMMHfc 4M?j r'* *mmm immm 1 --i"t »■*« i»-» igi.igr **;§ • :* t -- ^ * ■••••■••••a in «K ••••••••••a in ■••••■■•aaaau ■••••••••••in •aaaaaaaaaa au ■••••■••a a.« au •aaaaaaaaaaah •aaaaaaaaaa au aaaeaaaaeaaan aaaaaaaaaaa-aM ■aaaaaaaaaa an aaasaaaaaaaaii •aaaaaaaaaa ■aaaaaaaaaa ■aaaaaaaaaa ■aaaaaaaaaa ■•••aaaaaaa ■aaaaaaaaaa •aaaaaaaaaa ■aaaaaaaaaa ■aaaaaaaaaa •aaaaaaaaaa ■aaaaaaaaaa •aaaaoaoeaa ■aaaaaaaaaa •aaaaaaaaaa •aaaaaaaaaa ■aaaaaaaaaa m gfesgi. H wm aaaaaa.v; aaaaaa *■., laaaaa aaaaaa ■aaaaak ■aaaaa ■aacao aaaaaa^; aaaaaa r--; ••■••ok aaaaaa; aaaaaar*' ■aaaaa •aaaaa- Elevator Enclosures. Brass Wire and Iron Rail¬ ings in plain or farcy designs. Wire and Wrought Iron Fences and Window Guards. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO.. 114 & 116 South 4th St., St. Louis, Mo. THE HENDRICK MFC. CO., LTD., CAR BOND ALE, PA. E. H. Titchener & Co., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. —MANUFACTURERS OF— STAPLES in All Varieties, Double-Pointed Tacks, Bed Links, Etc. Blind. Staples a Specialty* WICKWIRE BROTHERS, C0R ^“- Y - Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, Coal Sieves, NEW PROCESS Floor Sieves, p .i , Com Poppers, bOFlicUlU Dish Hovers, power loom Metallic WIRE CLOTH. Coal Sieves. [ Every roll wrapped In Pink Paper and has our name on label. Our Galvanized Roofing; Will Outlast your Building. It is Rain, Rust, and Fire-Proof, and Cheaper now than ever before. Needs No Paint. S (0 « CB ||| J o5 QS W Sob 60 W C -CO § 1 ° — 10 *2 3 J Established 1830, Our litde book The Life of an Iron Roof, or How long will it last,” sent free. THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO. A BOX Q, PIQUA, OHIO. # italogue Books, Including the principal works on Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Engineering, Electricity, Mechanics, \ &c., sent free to any address by ^ ^ DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher, 00-102 Read© Street, NEW YORH. Si Hosted by THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, Trunk Nails, Tacks Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Nall* FLYMO UTH, MjLSS. BORDEN & LOVELL, TO AND 71 WEST STREET, NEW YORK. Steel, iron and Wire Nails. d by GOOglC 8 Reliance Wire & Ironworks. - mwumm. 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 of Brass, Wire and Iron Work for Buildings and Offices. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO. Manufacturers of Every Description 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. FACTORY AND GENERAL OFFICE: CLINTON, MASS. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street._BOSTON, 199 Washington Street. ' CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street The Gilbert A Bennett Mfg. Co. Pearl Window Screen Wire Cloth. Caivanlzed Steel Wire Cloth. Calvanized Wire Poultry Netting. “ Cottage” Lawn & Carden Fencing. The World’s Web Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. House Furnishing Wire Goods. •MA.]VTJFA.CTXJIi: WIRE CLOTH, NETTiNC] Fencing, Gates, Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW CUARDS. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. raotorie..^^^^ ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. PATENTED -186, NEW PROCESS HARD STEEL GALVANIZED WIRE NETTINC. Patented March, 1884. HARD STEEL WIRE Patents Pending. MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WIRE CLOTH ■ NETTING Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS SEND FOR LATEST CATALOGUE. PENNSYLVANIA” FRUIT PICKER. 7 his Cut almost speaks for itself- the device being so much like the human hand . I shows at once the utility of the article. 'll AS A FRUIT PICKER IT HAS NO SUPERIOR. 1 It is made of Heavy Galvanized Wire, and easily adjusted to a pole. lt h . as been sold for several years, and the demand (as it is becoming known) is steadily The difficulty of detaching fruit and securing it unbruised is apparent to every one so engaged. ^TMs overcomes the difficulty, and saves the finest fruit, which commands the iff prices. the LOW PRICE AT WHICH IT IS SOLO Brings it within the reach of those who have but little fruit to gather as well as those w ho have large quantities. Price per dozen, $6*00. It will gather Apples, Peaches, Fears, Etc. MANUFACTURED BY PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS, EDWARD DARBY & SONS, PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. 233-235 Arch St., Phila, Pa. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLINC STANDARD WIRE LATHING. TRENTON, 117 and 119 U NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO tENTON, 117 and 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 LAKE STREET, ‘JERSEY” POULTRY NETTINC AND FARM FENCINC. *5 and 27 FREMONT STREET* CHICAGO Hosted by do Te SAN FRANCISCO Nufcn& KP. P- ifWORY MFC. CO. Id BRASS AMD COM- L*. SlfiHT oast- Good work > Fair Prices. ABU Llblll bAOl CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. INGS. COPPERSMITHS, and Manufacturers of COPPER AIR CKAMRERS, EXPANSION PIPES AND COILS. ROOF CRESTING. CHAMPION IRON Builders* Wire and Iron Work, Counter Balling, Stable Fixtures, Iron Fencing, Window Guards, Columns, Stairs. Jail Cells, Etc. CATALOGUE FREE. E. T. BARNUM, Detroit, Mich. MENTION THIS PAPER. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. Office and Salesroom, 197^ Eaclld Ave., MANUFACTURERS OP WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. Stable Fixtures, Crestlngs, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Railing, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna¬ mental and Structural Ironwork. 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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 E. W. CRAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Successors to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., Iron and Steel Merchants. AGENTS FOR AMERICAN WIRE GLASS MFG. CO. 418 Walnut St., PHILA. MIFFLIN WHEELER. G. W. NICOLLS. Nicolls, Wheeler & Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 216 SoutU Third St., Philadelphia, 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, 11)1111 inn f^Tm HOOPS, BANDS, ANGLES, TEES, IK11N AND \ I F F I SPIKES, FISH-PLA1 PLATES, BARS, RODS. III V11 V ILL in BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. * IRON AND STEEL BO 29 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 237 SO. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS. 70 KILBY ST. BOSTON. Hosted by Google 18 EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 222 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig* Bar and Bailroad Iron, Old Balia, Scrap. AGENT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Agent TRENTON IRON CO., For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope, lionffdale (Va.) and other Pig 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. Gash advances made on Iron. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Fouiidry| Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Rails, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hiron. E. H. WILSON & CO., 22/2 and 224 South Third St., Philadelphia BROKERS AND DEALER8 IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO.. 333 and 335 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Iron and Steel Merchants. I PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bars and Shapes. Rails, Cars and Locomotives. Track Equipment. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, 185 South Fourth St., Phila. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strothers AND MUIRRIRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFC. GO., Iron and Brass Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. W. H. THOMSON & CO.. Dealers In IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. J LUCKNOW FOKGE. a*03EC3Xr W. REIIiY, Fort Hunter P. O., Dauphin Co M Pa M MANUFACTURER OF Blooms and Billets for Boiler Plate, Tabes, Sheet Iron and Wire, made lrom Pig Iron and Scrap. Prices Quoted — Correspondence Solicited. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHILADELPHIAi Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Balls, Structural Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick* Sole Agents for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES W. 8. PILLING. PILLING IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIC IRON : Low Phosphorus, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL: In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COKE: For Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST. PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined* Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, 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 Stack Tank and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron* CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF " Gumherlttiitf ” Mill \ Wiouglit Iroii Pipe, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave.. PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR; Bullitt Building, No. 131 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. -SOLE AGENT FOR- Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and Connellsville Coke* High Grade Tested Chains. JAMES McKAY Ac CO„ 29TH & LIBERTY STREETS, ' PITTSBURGH, PA Manufacturers of Coil, Crane and Stud Chain. We also manufacture High Grade Steel Chain made of Basic Steel and Special Crane Chain made of U. S. Iron. JAMES O. ILiinsroS-A-Y & CD CD., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures* nROP n D forgeD MERRILL BROS., 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D..N. Y FITZSIMONS cto CO., COLD -MANUFACTURERS- SHAFTING IRON DRAWN STEEL CLEVELAND, OHIO. * FLEXIBLE STEEL WHEELS. WANNER’S SYSTEM Light weight. Durability. Now exhibited in the Swedish Pavilion at the World's Fair. Smallest possi¬ ble shaking, thus insuring greater durability to the rolling stock. U. S. Patent, No. 47§,722,. for sale. Information to be obtained from : M. W. Rhodin,. address Swedish Pavilion, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill. M. N. LIEIENBERG* 150 Broadway, - - New York City Host; i by Google 19 ^__ Tiff IRON ASB. _ Francis Hobson, Seaman * Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, 1 Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S “ CHOICE ” Extra Best and “ Warranted Best ” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOBSON’S “CHOICE ” Extra Quality Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S ** NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, &c. ___WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. _ CHAS, HUGILL, Agent._ THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORUO IBLE OAST S TEE