The Iron Age : Vol. LII : No. 16 : October 19, 1893

Published ©very Thursday Morning by David Williaxns, Nos, 00* 0©, lOO Sso 103 Read.© St., New York. Vo/. LII: No. 16. New York , Thursday, October ig. r8gj. $4.80 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.page 732 Classified List of Advertisers.... “ 101 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 105 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 739 SHULTZ Btv’co. . &NLY I IN^RIQR iftAWHIDE, |mone S^WITHOU "SABLE* STAM PED I TEN FEET Send for circular “ I *’ to SHULTZ BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS, MO., TUDOR IRON WORKS ST. LOUIS Manufacturers of MINING RAILS, SPIKES, TRACK FASTENINGS. Every Hardware and Mill Supply Dealer Should Sell Bristol’s Patent STEEL BELT LACING. Send for show _ c a r d, circular ready to a war finished joint and free samples THE BRISTOLS’ MFG. CO.,Waterbury, Qonn. _New York Office, 121 Liberty St. B RAIDED COKD. Send for Samples, Sash Cord, Bell Cord, Clothes Lines, Isons’ Lines. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TXJILKrBXJOELZjXIS. i bbjlhoh Omoi i 136 Liberty St., NEW YORK. Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., CLEVELAND, O. Send for Catalogue and Trade Discounts. “COPPERIZED C.R.SWEDOH kTRADE \MARK5 |REC.S w TOILERS ALL SIZES K. BURNISHED FINISH STYLES j CHEAP & ELEGANT H’.* _ SCALE 1-12 SIZE ^ ^RGESTOCK, best of goods a FACILITIES THE WILMOT & HOBBS MFG. CO HOT & COLD ROLLING 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 he ex- Seated* In the order In wfilch they are received. This is the best selling line of Oilers ever pro¬ duced. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR a NITRO CLUB” PAPER S.J§I SHELLS. lO GAUGE iUGE. 16 GAUGE READY ABOUT vCTOBER 15th. The “ Nitro Club ” Shell is designed to meet the demand for a moderate priced shell adapted to Nitro Powders. NOT SOLD AT RETAIL BY THE MANUFACTURERS, The Union Metallic CnitiiUp Co., BRZDGBPORT. OOKTN. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY, CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, III. z 104 John St., New York. R „ nIwll , nflioeaa. ‘423 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Branch Offices.-; , Z1 i>lilk Boston, Mass. ( Room 208 Neave Building, Cincinnati, O. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND COPPER TUBING. Hot and Cnld Rolled Sheet Copper and Brass of all Ms. JENKINS’ STANDARD PACKING For Steam or Joint Packing has no superior. It is manufactured in all thicknesses. It is not loaded to increase weight. Does not HOT or BURN OUT. Every sheet is stamped with Trade Mark, like cut. JERKINS BROS., New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicsge. The Wilmot & Hobbs Mfc. Company, Annual Capacity 15,000 Tons Cold Rolled Steel. MAIN OFFICE, MILLS AND FACTORIES AT BRIDGEPORT, CO IVIV. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. (CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE.) BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, And the Celebrated and Unequaled “SWEDOH” (REGISTERED TRADE-MARK.) Sheet, Band and Strip HOT and COLD ROLLED .riX'erK Edges or Sheared to Exact width, Coiled or Cut to Lengths, and in any Degree of Stiffness or Dultmtv remSed. SEND FOR NEW STEEL DEPARTMENT PAMPHLET. For samples of the difficult stamped 7 and drawn work which can be made from Swedoh |J®®}' 0 ^L l R |S, aiiy Hardware Store and ask to be shown our “Anti-Rust Copperlied C. R. SWEDOH Steel OILERS. Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. All our works 1* viujr j hearfc ot tbe Region, within four miles of Connellsville, Pa. V. J. SUM, CAPACITY, 3,000 TONS DAILY. MAIN OFFICE: Mercantile Bank Bnlldlao- CLEmiND, OHIO. Hosted by Google J^ NSONIA gRASS C opper Qo. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot jDopper. Waterbury Brass Co. BOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings,Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Belt Forgings. 19 & 21 Cliff Street, New York. New Haven Copper Co., SOLI MAUB8 OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. IS, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF cast steel Auers and Bits ot superior Qualttr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Established 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger- I man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing. COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURE8, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, &c., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty . Sole Agents for the CAPE WELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. depots : 296 Broadway, New York. 126 Eddy SI., Provi¬ dence, R. I. _ MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. _ JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN INGOT COPPER, SPELTER, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, SOLDER & OLD METALS, 10O John Street, - New York. Iron and Steel. The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute. No. 2,1892. 584 pages, with 27 plates. 16.00 Fo* 1 Sale by DAVID WILLIAMS.96-102 ReadeSt.,N ¥. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of THE CELEBRATED ACID RESISTING DEOXIDIZED BRONZE IN INGOTS OR CASTINGS, AND DEOXIDIZED BABBITT METALS. BEST IN THE WORLD. Large Castings a, Specialty. Bz*idg©iDOi*t Deoxidized Bronze and Metal Oo., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO, LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SPELTER. AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET 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. I Stove and Washboard Blanks. I ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. I ’ BRASS GOODS MFGr. OO., _ ~~ Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZE DOOR KNOBS Bronze and Plated Roses, Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells, &c. f Patent Mirror Pin Cushion Business Cards, Mucilage Brushes. Novelties of new design made to order. SALESR OOM: 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Manufacturers of Braziers”, Bolt and Blieatlilng COPPER WIRE AND RIVETS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CUFF ST NEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PURE ALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 453 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29 High Street, Boston. WILLIAMS. FEARING. 100 Chambers St,, NEW YORK, I SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass a/nd Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop¬ per Bods f Brass Ferrules, Fure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Spelter, Tin , Antimony , Lead, &c* Rough Casting of Aluminum. Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronze and all kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Metal Picture Frames. Ink Stands, Figures, Statues, etc. Stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. St. Louis Bronze & Aluminum Works, 3741-3743 North Broadway, 8T. LOUIS, MO. BRASS CASTINGS. We have now completed one of the best equipped foundries iu the country for making fine bronze and brass castings, and solioit orders for same from spesial patterns. KEYSTONE LOCK WORKS, E. T. Fit AIM, ■ - Lancaster, Pa. The Metal Worker’s Handy-Book OF RECEIPTS AND PROCESSES, BEING A COLLECTION OF CHEMICAL FORMULAS AND PRAC¬ TICAL MANIPULATIONS FOR THE WORKING OF ALL THE METALS AND ALLOYS, INCLUDING THE DECO¬ RATION AND BEAUTIFYING OF ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM, AS WELL AS THEIR PRESERVATION. Edited from Various Sources by ■W-IXJ3L.IA.M T. BRANNT. 500 Pages, Cloth, $2.50. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DAYID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller S6-102 Beade fit.. New York. Hosted by Google ELEPHANT TRADE-MARK. Jill GENUINE | IN GOTS & MANUFACTURES it AH OUR RE.C.JRADE MARKS. PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, Castincs, Wire, Sheet &c. ThePhosphorBronze Smelting Co.Limiteo 512 Arch St. Philadelphia Pa.U.S.A. ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in theUnited States and Sole Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND''Phosphor-Bronze. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. IlM Wm, Cramp & Sons S. & E. B, Co,, PHILADELPHIA, pewwa. BRASS FOXJ 3 STIDERS. Jk YORK AMR THOMPSON STS. f QE TSTXJINB3 PHOSPHOR TIN, MAHUFACTUBKD BY THM m Kg.8.!_: SOLE MANUFACTURERS OT 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 othe7 alloy in the market, and in appearance the castings are unequaled. We Make Larger Castings and Mare of Them than JLny Competitor, ODOfiRV STEAM CAGE l/VIUOD T and VALVE CO. Boston, Mass., U- S. A. Branches i NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON. EVANS FRICTION CONES. For regulating the speed of machines au¬ tomatically or by hand. Thousands of sets in operation driving all kinds of machinery which require from 1 to 60 H.-P. Address Evans Friction Cone Co , 86 Water Street, Boston, Mass. REEL wabbantcd * ATTTTIVrr 1 sa y s Hendryxpatented Ad j ustable Glob© Bearing vU lilt vj AJuminnm Reels, “perfectly constructed and beautifully finished in every part, these Reels work as truly as watches. ’* Actual weights, Single Action, ounces; Mul¬ tiplying, ounces; Quadruple, 4 % ounces. The Andrew B. Hendryx Co., New Haven. Conn.. U.S.A. CiATsr TtTC FTTRCTTARTCD FROM ANY FIRST-CLASS DEALERS EST FISHING TACKLE- BRASS, BRONZE, g . < COMPOSITION and I. L. I ALUMINUM CASTINGS. Heavy and Li# F.L.6AYL0RD GO. ANSONIA, CONN. Send Prices. TRY IT! ■■■. ANDYOU WILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHESTAUD RICHEST GRADE MADE MANUFACTURED ONLY BY TIN. THECRESGEHTPHOSWIOJIIZED METAL CO OFFICE AND WORKS PHILADELPHIA PA 2107 2103^2111 INDIANA Chester, Pa* B r oBa e y Brass and Composition Oastlngs. Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze" Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Manufacturers Of PH 08 PH 0 B-BB 01 VZE TO PENNSYLVANIA BAILBOAD. Specifications In Ingot metal or eastings. The W. W. * R. HI. KEYS CO., ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Jr BRIDGEPORT, CONN. ! PHOSPHOR-TIN : By using my phosphor tin manufa* UP.ERS CANMAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE M. [ PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves, Tl^l SIMPLE PR0CESS-0F MELTING, much CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO i,l | HAD IN THE MARKET-t-NEW OR OLD C0°PE CAN BE USED, for Circulars A^-fp.&ic.i soue ESS HALK & NAUMANN i0 AGENTS FO ' T,,t U'.S^SCANAOA.^ BEST, FOX & CO., 25th Street and A. V. Ry. - PITTSBURG, PA. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF CLIMAX BRONZE FOR ALL PURPOSES- The American Metal Go. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St., New York. P. O. BOX 957. CASTINGS from I oz. to 12,000 ibs. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. Till, LEM), SPELTER, ANTHONY, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. Advances mad e on Consignments. AGENTS FOR Henry R. 2tferton:& Co., - - London. Merallgesellschait, Frankfort-en-Main. Williams, Foster & Co., Ld., Swansea. 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Cold Rolled and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all purposes. Special Wires and Springs of Every Inscription. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. SBERr 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 CARLE RAILWAYS AND MIRIHG PURPOSES. HALLIDIE’S PATENT WIRE ROPEWAY, Simplest and most economio&l means of transportation. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. VOR SALK BT THE HARDWARE TRADE. SET THE BEST. STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS, _315,317 and 319 East 22dSt , New York. TUCKM’F’G CO., BrocktorTlViass < Tamoerad Springs of all kinds. Hosted by Google Send for Catalogue, Always Ask For . Unequaled for Strength and Durability. Made Only by Broderick & Bascom Rope Co., St. Louis, Mo. HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellois at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Building, 1 1 9 S. 4th St. NEW YORK Potter Building, 38 Park Rpw. 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 TJ. 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. JENNEtt, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert. 519 Seventh St., Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Established 1883. SPRINGS—RIVETS. 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Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. “ Cottage” Lawn & Garden Fencing. The World’s Web Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s RlvhUeh Sifters, House Furnishing Wire Goods. -MANUFACTURl WIRE CLOTH, NETTING^ Fencing, Cates, Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE LATHINB WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRINQ. 44 Cliff Street, NEWYORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. Factories, ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. IDATFNTrrV^ I AAA NEW PROCESS MANUFACTURERS OF EVERT DESCRIPTION OP hardsteel W | RE CLOTH a¥d NETTING GALVANIZED - M Ilf I Dr iirTTIMft Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, ■ ■ L. ■ I IllUa uiidC I AT14IMG ynilQP ETIIRMICUIMC UflDC cnnn& HARP STEEL WIRE Patented March, 1884. Patents Pending. WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE 6000$ SEND FOR LATEST CATALOGUE. PENNSYLVANIA” FRUIT PICKER. 3 his Cut almost speaks for itself— the device being* so much like the human hand* .1 shows at once the utility of the article. III AS A FRUIT PICKER IT HAS NO SUPERIOR, i is ma<3e of Heavy Galvanized Wire, and easily adjusted to a pole. increasirfg^ 6611 SOld f ° r several year3 * an< * fche dem and (as it is becoming known) is steadily The difficulty of detaching fruit and securing it unbruised is apparent to every one so* iJ AV engaged. f.This overcomes the difficulty, and saves the finest fruit, whioh commands the> g 68 pncep ’ the LOW PRICE AT WHICH IT IS SOLD ^ i hav° g larg Witllia r^ reactl of th08e who have but little fruit to gather as well as those who ^ Price per dozen, $6.00. It will gather Apples, Peaches, Pears, Etc. manufactured By PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS, EDWARD DARBY & SONS, PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. 233-285 Arch St., Phila, Pa. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTIk MANUFACTURERS rr° JEW JERSEY wir. WIRE CLOTH CO. LATHING. I 1 ■ - TRENTON, 117 and 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. *5 and fc7 FREMONT STREET*. SAN FRANCISCO Hosted by Google 11 BRASS AND COM- MmcntllltAS*. StS Good Work ' ^air Prices. ANU UllHl UAbl CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. INGS. P.>• EMORY MFC. CO. COPPERSMITHS, and Manufacturers of COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, EXPANSION PIPES AND COILS, ROOF CRESTING. CHAMPION IRON CO. 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 IBIS PAPER. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. Office and Salesroom, 157H Euclid Aye.* MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. 8table Fixtures, Crestlngs, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Balling, l>awn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna¬ mental and Structural Ironwork. i i SPECIALTIES. M Iron Stairs and Jail -I I&j Ik itoWf Work, Builders’and Or- sJU|s&i J i L iflB namental Iron Work nfj T feS and the only manufact-. ? gB urers of Malleable Iron IS * cfj 11 Cresting g u a r ante e d rbbiiibm SH against breakage; also 1311 manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Champion Tron Force and Lift Pumps. Send for 106-page Catalogue. Largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In U. S. KENTON, - OHIO. EJ f PHILLIPS SONS SOUTH HANOVER, MASS. TACKS IT. R. BMMONS &s BHO. 21 WARREN ST., NEW YORK. Interior Wire Work. Bank and MOST POPULAR FOR YARDS, LAWNS, PARKS, ETC. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Wire Fence Board. DEKALB FENCE CO., - - DeKalb, III. __ .... ^ _ nr i> ort r-vip j, rn . Office Wire Work. Brushes. Wire Goods of every description. CORN POPPERS. MADE BY AGENCIES* Eastern—HICKS «fc DICKEY. Philadelphia, Pa. Southern—W.B. BELKNAP A CO., AOKNUIta. *•» t«™-WTFTH HARDWARE «fc MF6. CO., St. Joseph, Mo. Indiana and Mich- IfW-ISDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., Crawfordsville, In'd. Texas-fi. K. MERIWETHER, Dallas. CINCINNATI MFC. CO., CIN., 0. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. Kilmer Manufacturing Co. -Newburgh, N. Y. Tree Protector. Manufacture BALE TIES For Baling Hay, Straw, Rags, Excelsior, &c. AISO WIRE RODS, BARB WIRE, COILED STEEL WIRE, WIRE STAPLES, GAL. 4 VANIZED WIRE, ORNAMENTAL FENCING, &c., «fcc. Western Warehouse 543 and 545 State Street, Oicago, Ill. Western Office 21 Quincy Stieet, Chicago., Ill. New York Office, in Water Street. New York City. Works and General Office, Newburgh, N. Y. McCall ip s’ Pat. Tlie Best Tree Guard on the Market, Price $12. per doz. Discount to tne Trade. Iron Fences.Wire Fences aM Builders’ Wire Work. McCallip Fence & Wire Works 485 OaK Street, COLUMBUS, Hosted by Google 10 THE IRON AGE. STEEL, IRON, COPPER, ZINC, BRASS AND TIN —FOB— Grain Cleaning Machinery; Woolen, Cotton, Paper Pulp, Rice, Flour and Oil Mills; Distilleries, Sugar and Malt Houses; Gas,Water, Brick and Tile Works, Filters, Ventilators, &c; OH, Gas and Tapor Stores, Lanterns, Lamps, etc. Perforated Filter Press Plates fir Piraffifie Wu, Cotton- Bool 03 , Sogar and other popoioi. PCRPOBATED THE HARRINGTON & KING PERF. CHICAGO, ILL., I). Main Office &, Works, 224 to 240 Union Street, Eastern office. No. 284 Pearl St,, New York. Screen Plates for Coal, Coke, and ® Ore Separators, Jigs, Trommels. Washers and Sizers. Ii&tt Steel and Iron Platai and Cylinders for Coal and Coke Breakers, Ore, stone. Phosphates & Gravel Screen. For Railroads, Loco¬ motive and Car Builders. Prices and Samples on Application . ALUMINUM or MANGA- " NESK BRONZE SCREEN PLATES! to vnmm actio. «r ACIDULATED V 1 TERI Hardnen and d But SteeL ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS’ GUIDE —:and:— CONTRACTORS’ DIRECTORY OF AMERICA —:for: — BUILDERS , CONTRACTORS , MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF BUILDING SUPPLIES. 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; BuildersaDd Contractors of all kinds; Blast Furnaces ; Brick Mfrs. (Common, Fire, Ornamental. Paving, Pressed, &c.); Boiler Mfrs.; Bridge Builders; Builders’ Hardware; Mfrs. of Building Iron of all kinds; Cement. Cornices; Dumb Waiters; Engine Mfrs.; Engine and Boiler Dealers; Eleoiric Lighting Co.’s Dynamos and Motors; Elevators; Engineers (Civil and Me¬ chanical), Electricians; Fire Escapes; Furnaces; Fire Proof Building Material: Dredging Machinery and Contractors; Dock Builders; Contract¬ ors for Railroads (Steam, Electric, Elevated, Cable, Street, &c.); Granite Producers, Dealers and Workers; Granite and Marble Monument Work¬ ers and Dealers; Iron and Steel Ceiling and Siding: Iron and Steel Roofing; Lathing (Iron, Steel and Wire); Lightning Rods; Mantel Mfrs. (Iron Marble, Onyx, Slate, Wood, &c.); Mantels, Grates, Fenders, Tile, &c.; Marble Producers, Marble Dealers and Workers; Mason and Builders’ 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, Acc.; Sashes, Doors and Blinds; Skylights; Stone Dealers; Terra Cctta ; Varnishes; Ventilators ; Vault and Sidewalk Lights; Weather Vanes; White Lead Mfrs.; Wire Mfrs. and Workers; in fact everything connected with the Building Industries. FOR THE YEARS 1893-94. FRIOE, - FI VE! DOLLARS, -$- SENT, POSTPAID, ON RECEIPT OF THE PRICE, BY DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, N. Y. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 11 Iron Bridge Co., OFFICE AND WORKS. OH A 8. M. JARVIS, JPrta. and Chief Engineer BURR K. FIELD, Vice-Ereeldent • <GEO. H. SAGE, Secretary. F. L. WILCOX, Treasurer. No. 5 Railroad Avenue, FAST BERLIN, CONN. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Engineers, Architects and Builders in Steel. Hosted by Google 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. 8. A. 7 DUNBAR, HOBART Sc CO., WHITMAN, MASS. 1 ESTABLISHED IN 1810. BBANGBES: < A. FIELD Sc SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. i ESTABLISHED IN 1827. AMERICAN TACE CO., FA IRHAVEN, MASS, ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ., WHITMAN, MASS. LORING Sc PARKS, PLYMOUTH, MASS* ESTABLISHED IN 1848. 'ON, MASS. TAUNTON TACK CO.* TAUNTON, MASS, 57 • ESTABLISHED IN 1854. AIRHAVEN, MASS. OLD COLONY RIVET CO., PLYMOUTH, MASS* 867 * ESTABLISHED IN 1868. 9 MANUFACTURERS OIP TMk*, Brads, Snail Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nalls, Patent Brads* Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Taoks, Escutcheon Pins, Eyelets, Slazlers’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other articles. W© have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock In the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foreao imown brands we continue to use. and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our Ne ■sore and our factories. MAIN FFICE, SOS SEARS BUILDING, 199 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE, 31 WARREN ST., NEW TORE. BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSE^239 A 941 LAKE ST., CHICAGO . Hit. BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSE, 408 MARKEt ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL . BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSE, 406 COMMERCE S!., FHIIADEIPHIA, PA. Wood Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Tire Bolts, Sink Bolts, Tacks, Trunk, Clout and Small Nails. CLEVELAND, OHIO. pm Tacks, Wire Nails and Brads, Hoop adtpd Nails, Staples, Silver and Japanned Lining CUT OF and Saddle Nails, Double Pointed Tacks, Slating and Roofing Nails. W ^M ^ BONNIE BLUE TACKS. ioo 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 NaPs. 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. w Mark. BILL NYE BRAD BOX. 168 Papers Wire Brads, assorted 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 cam readiJy be seen by its construction. It Will not break or wear out, and is con¬ sidered by impartial judtres to be the best now on the market. It sells on sight and is galvanized after made aDd is reversible. Suitable for Elevated or Surface- cars, aad is recommended Dy the best medical authorities. Made in 8 sizes. No. 1, Size 16x24. No. 2, Size 18x£0. No. 3, Size 22x86. No. 4, Size, 24x48. “ 5, “ 30x48. “ 6, “ 36x48. ‘ 7, “ 36x60. “ 8, “ 36x72. Extra Sizes Made to Order. Send lor Price-List.. I ‘ H ■ conr Li A practical means of rapidly reaching absolutely accurate re¬ sults without the mental wear of computing. I It gives at a glance the net of any sum at a great range of discounts, simple and com¬ plex, and it is accurate, rapid and practical. Price, $3.00 ; Double Indexed Edition, $4.00. ADD’S MISCOUNT MOOK. Mailed, postpaid, upon> receipt of price by* DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Read© Street r New York. Hosted by Google TFE IRON AGE. 1» AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., itfjl BLAKE & JOHNSON, W»fB»MY. Own NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO.. for Manufacturers of Light Hardware. »I ANUFACTURERS OF WIRE RODS AND WIRE. |Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. The SALEM WIRE NAIL CO. MAN UF ACTUBEBS WIRE NAILS Wsrkt: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office; - SALEM, OHIO BRANCH OFFICES % Room 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 415 Phenix Bldg., Chicago. 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. 38 Pickering Bld’g, Cincinnati, O. OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. Soldering Coppers, Copper Nails and Copper Tacks. Varnishes, Lacquers, Printing Inks and Sealing-Waxes: THEIR RAW MATERIALS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE, To which is added the Art of Varnishing and Lacquering, Including the Preparation of Putties and of Stains for Wood, Ivory, Bone, Horn and Leather. By WILLIAM T. BRANNT, ILiJLUSTRATtJD BY THIRTY-NINE ENGRAVINGS. 33S PAGES, CLOTH, S3.OO. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller. 96-102 Reade il., N.Y J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, Sl 9 88 and 85 Washing ten Street , NEW YORK. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FULTON ST., NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF WIRE OIjOTH Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and a IB other purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth* Ac., -AND- For Bank. Office and Counter Balling, Store Fronts Window Guards, &c. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. S T Sand. Screens. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. PHILLIPS, TOWNSEND & C0„ north Penn Junction, Philadelphia. WIRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. Rivets marked “P” are not of our make. We make only first-class Norway Iron Rivets COBB & DREW* PLYMOUTH, MASS* Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brass and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York Agency, James S. Bender* son* successor to Dlsosway & Henderson* Hardware. Agents for Philadelphia Star Carriage and Tire Bolts. Hosted by Google 14 THE IRON AGE. American Screw Company, PROVIDENCE, R. I. BRITISH SCREW CO. (Limited), Leeds, England. (MANUFACTURERS 01T( WOOD SCREWS, In Iron, Brass, Bronze and all Varieties of Finish. COACH SCREWS, MACHINE SCREWS, RAILROAD SCREWS, HAND RAIL SCREWS, SIDE KNOB SCREWS, LOCK CAP SCREWS, DOWEL SCREWS, CHANDELIER SCREWS, RIVETS, BURS, TIRE BOLTS, STOVE BOLTS, SLEIGH SHOE BOLTS, SINK BOLTS, STOVE RODS, POINTED WIRES, TAPPED NUTS, WIRE NAILS, DOWEL PINS, TAPS FOR MACHINE SCREWS, TAPS FOR STOVE BOLTS GOLD FORGED ' Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, “ Stove Bolts, Korged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. American Screw Company, FROVIDENCEi R< I. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European Agents, THOMAS k STIRLING, Liverpool, Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 15 CONSOLIDATED STEEL m WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, THE ROOKERY, CHICAGO, ILL Branch f ST - LOUIS, MO., 1935 Papin Street. I PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building, 9GSr 1 NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. Offices. [ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building, ^ WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAILS. Bale Ties. Fence Staples, ©"to. MILLS LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. WROUGHT IRON BRIDGE CO. { is™! COMMUNICATE WITH NEAREST OFFICE OA.NTOKT, OHIO. NEW YORK CITY. OB!IOA.GO, TT.T. IIAUSAS CITT, MO. iron Buildings, Roofs and General Structural Work in Iron and Steel, Ma¬ chine Shops, Foun¬ dries, Power Houses, Ac. The above la a cut of our new works. The main building Is 256 feet square and Is fitted with Improved machinery for handling all classes of Bridge aad Btruotural work. All machinery Is operated by electricity from our own plant. 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. lJBrxio Olotlx, .... 33.50. Sent postpaid, upon recsipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade St., N.Y. Hosted by Google 16 THE IRON AGE. New and Standard Books - ON - METALLURGY, Gautier Steel Department of CamDria FrM Go, JTOHNSTOWN, FA. -: MANUFACTURERS OF :- MERCHANT BAR STEEL: Wedding’s Basic Bessemer Pro¬ cess. Translated from the German by William B. Phillips. Ph.D., and Ernst Prochaska, Met. E. With supplementary chapter on De- phosphorization in the Basic Open-Hearth Furnace. 222 pages; cloth: illustrated.$3.50 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. 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. By H. Bauerman, F. G. S., associate of the Royal School of Mines. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Illus¬ trated with numerous wood engravings from drawings by J.B. Jordan. 515 pages; cloth.$9 PLOW STEEL: Flat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs, (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Roiled Lay, etc. COLD ROLLED STEEL SHAFTINJj. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. "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.$10 Handbook for Charcoal Burners. Translated from the Swedish of G. Svedeliue by Prof. R. B. Anderson, and edited with notes by Prof. W. J. L. Nicodemus, C.B.; 23 wood engravings; 217 pages; cloth..$l .50 New York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office, Southern Office, 102 Chambers St. S. W. Cor. 5th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building. Chattanooga, Tenn. IRON# STEEL RRIDGES.ROOFS# RUILDiNGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture oi 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- berqer, with extensive additions by Wm.T. Brannt; illustrated by 16 engravings; 428 pages; cloth.$9.50 “The Metal Worker’s Handy Book of Receipts and Pro¬ cesses. Being a collection of chemioal formulas and practical manipulations for the working of all the metals and alloys, including the dec¬ oration and beautifying of the articles manu¬ factured therefrom, as well as their preser¬ vation. Edited from various sources by W illiam T. Brannt. 530pages;cloth.$9.50 Electro-Plating. A practical hand-book on the deposition ol copper, silver, nickel, gold, aluminum, brass, platinum, ,&c. Witn descriptions of the chemicals, materials, batteries and dynamo maohines used in the art. Second edition; carefully revised, with additions. By J. W. Urquhart ; 220 pages; cloth.$9 33teei 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¬ iam 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. Richards, M.A.. A.C., in¬ structor in metallurgy at the Lehigh Uni¬ versity . Second edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Illustrated by 23 engravings and two diagrams; 511 pages; cloth.$5 Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, fj Improvements Patented 1090 in the II. 8., Canada and Europe. FIRE-PROOF. Easily applied by anyone. Send for Sam pies and Descriptive Pric. LM H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 87 MAIDEN LANE. NEW YORK. JERSEY CITY, CHICAGO. PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, LONDON. IRON AND STEEL ROOFING, Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Eave Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. «e-10& Rt*4« St.« New York. Cambridge Roofing Co . 9 Cambridge, O. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 17 The First to make Boiler Plates In America. Ofia*. Button, PruL . A. F. Hutton, Vice-Prett. 0. L. Hutton, QeriL Mgr. Bobt, B. Hairnet, Jr., Sect. Jot. Hampton, Treat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO EXTREME DIMENSIONS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FBET. THICKNESS, No. 12 GAUGE TO 1% INCHES. -ESTABLISHED 1810.- WORKS : NE W YORK OFFICE : PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: Oofttogvllley Fa. No. 28 Broaciway. 8fl 64 Biillltt Bldg. WANK SAMUEL, 496-138So. 4th $t., Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS I PON— *03 or under. AP—.03 or .05 or under. —For 0. H. and Furnace Use. MELTING BAR— Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, Skelp, Muck Bars and Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHOENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANUFACTURE ALL THEIR PRODUCTS BOTH IN WROUGHT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH STEEL. Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes. Round, Flat and Square BARS of all sixes. Especially adapted for Bridge and Ship Builders, Fire-proof Buildings, Shafting and all Structural Purposes. Specialties, in Wrought Iron or Steel:—Phoenix Columns and Upset Eye-Bars of all sizes, Roof Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes of every description. ▲OBNTS -Edward Corking & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward Corking & Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; James B. Stokes, 182 Market St., 8AN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stites, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL GO., Pottsville, Pa. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL, Viz., I Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars; and also Open Hearth Steel Billets, Blooms and Slabs. BREWERY, MALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Designers and Constructors of Roots, Trusses, Columns, Ao. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Beach and Otis Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings, “ D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains. 8. T. WELLMAN. President. J. H. ROOP, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent. S. H. CHAUVENET, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO. -MANUFACTURERS OF- Highest Grade Open Hearth Low Phosphorus Steel Fire Box and Boiler Plate. Bessemer Steel Ship and Tank Plate. Open Hearth and Bessemer Blooms and Slabs. Low Phosphorus Pig Iron. --- PLATES UP TO 126 INCHES IN WIDTH. -- General Office and Works, Thurlow, Delaware County, Pa. Chicago, Ills., No. 656 “ The Rookery.” New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nassau Stmt. 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 $t., PHILA. MIFFLIN WHEELER. G. W. NICOLLS. Nicolls, Wheeler & Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO M 216 South 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 * CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. F BEAMS, CHANNELS, 11)1111 ... n OTTM HOOPS, BANDS, ANGLES, TEES, l||||M AND Jk 8 I s P 1 SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, PLATES, BARS, RODS. I Ml II V I LLL BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. HOOPS, BANDS, SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. 20. BROADWAY, 237 SO. THIRD ST., NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. _ CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS. 70 KILBY 8T. BOSTON. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRoir AQB. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER &. COMMISSION MERCHANT 202 8. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and ftailroad Iron, Old Rails, Scrap. AGENT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Agent TRENTON IRONCO,, For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Longdate (Va.) and other PI g Irons* Storage Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which 1 b connected with Penn. R. R. and its variout connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts issued. Cash advances hade on Iron. W. 3. PI LLIN G. : J T t, PILLING——CRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates* Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIC IRON ; Low Phosphorus, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL: In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COKE: For Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST. PHILADELPHIA. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Foundry! 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. Hiron. E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St,, Philadelphia BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. j. W. HOFFMAN & CO., 333 and 335 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Iron and Steel Merchants. PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bars and Shapes. Ralls, 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 MUIRKIRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFC. CO. 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. LUCKNOW FORGE* Fort Hunter P. O., Dauphin Co., Pa., MANUFACTURER OF Blsems 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. C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHILADELPHIA, Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structural Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Solo Afsnts for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL’ AMD IRON PLATES ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, PLATE cfc SHEET IRON. 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 C0„ MANUFACTURERS OF “ Cumberland ” Nails { Wrouglt Iron Hpu, 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 ANU BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Mack Bars and Connellsville Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. JAMES McKAY Ac CO„ 29TH it, 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 Q. XjI^TID SAY & CO, BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. MERRILL BROS.. 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D..N. Y FITZSIMONTS db 00., COLD —-MAH UJ AUiUAOHO SHAFTING CLEVELAND, OHIO. IRON DRAWN STEEL 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. 479,722, for sale. Information to be obtained from : M. W. Rhodin, address Swedish Pavilion, Jackson Park, Chicago, HI. M. N. LILIENBERG, 150 Broadway, - - New York City # Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 10 Francis Hobson, Seaman * Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON'S “CHOICE" (xx^ Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOBSON'8 “CHOICE” Extra Quality Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S 41 NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, Ac. __ WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York, _ CHAS', HUGILL, Agent. _ THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORUO IBLE OAST S TEEL ABBOTT, WHEELOCK & CO.. Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, eg OLIVER ST., BOSTON. _ 93 CLIFF S T^ NEW YO RK. Si & Cl WARDLOWp SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel In Bars, Sheets and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Carvers, Butchers’ Knives, Files, Band Saws, Clock, Watch and all other Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand at ^ C ast Steel * or Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and 1 \J VMll all other Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St , New York. _ Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. GUSTAF LUNDBERG Agent for N. M. HOCLUND’S SONS & GO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Bessemer and Open Hearth Steel. 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. CARLISLE WORKS , ELLISON cfo Late WILSON HAWKSWORTH, ELLISON & CO., (ESTABLISHED 1825.) OO., SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents. 81 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON. 93 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, MANUFACTURERS OP ALL KINDS OP STEEL. Tool Steel, Drill Rods, Needle Wire, Hot Rolled Sheet Steel, Cold Rolled Steel for Cor* set Springs, Band Saws, Clock and Watch Springs and Parts, and aii other Purposes HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly CARL F. BOKER), _ Sole Agents and Importers of’Steel and Crucible Wire Rods, &c. = Best Qualify, in Bars, Sheets iP Plates, ' Large assortment of sixes in stock at 91 John St. ■ NEW YORK JESSOP’S STEEL MANUFACTURED BY WM. JESSOP A SONS, L’D. I And other Agenoles. SHEFFIELD, | Gold Medal Pari. ENGLAND. I TSsq WIRE WORTIiES, PLATES and JEWEL DIES. DRAWING DIES NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 83 John St., - New York. Hosted by Google 20 THE IRON AGE. CAMBRIA STEEL, Steel Railg, STANDARD and light WEIGH I s ; [Street Rail? and Railway Fastening^, BESSEMER AND OPEN-HEARTH BLOOMS, BILLETS AND BARS. Steel Axles, Steel Angles. Steel Olistnixels, Steel Forgings CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, A. Ac P. ROBERTS Ac COMPANY, Pencoyd Iron Works, MANUFACTURERS OF Wrought Iron and Open Hearth Steel, OFFICE: 261 S. 4tli Street, PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Pencoyd Bridge A Construction Co., DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Bridges, Viaducts, Turn Tables, Etc. WORKS, PENCOYD, PA. EICKEN & CO.’S CRUCIBLE TOOL STEEL H-A-CHEMST, WESTPHALIA, QEBMANY. SPECIAL No. 8 works and Fine-Finishes the HARDEST Rolls and Material. BOSS Cold Chisel ; HIGH-GRADE ADAPTED Twist-Drill, Tap, Punch, Die, Reamer, Wood and Milling-Cutter-bteel and Blanks. HIGHEST QUALITY, LOW PRICES, INDUCEMENTS to the TRADE a