The Iron Age : Vol. LII : No. 23 : December 7, 1893

CR MR. GEWfiRAL’S OfTlCI. AGE A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. * Piabllehed ©very Tlnarsday Ktornixis by David ■WlIUamB, Nos. 90. 98. lOO Sc lOS Bead© St., N©w York. Vol. LII: No. 2 j. New York, Thursday, December 7, iSgy. $4.80 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.page 1056 Classified List of Advertisers.... 121 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers 125 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 1063 V YOUR POWER, YOUR BELTS, YOUR niONEY By covering yonr pulleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Sendfor Clrcolarl to SHULTZ BELTING _ CO., ST. LOUIS. MO. NEW YORK, N. Y., 226 Pearl St., A. B. Laurence. Mgr. BOSTON, MASS., 164 Sunamer St., O. J. KeUey, rfgr. PHILADELP^, PA.. 129 N. 84 St.. J. aamett. Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. XjOXJIS. Manufacturers of HARROW TEETH, MINING RAILS, SPIKES, TRACK FASTENINGS. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low lu Price aud Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac-simile chart. THE BRISTOLS' MFQ. CO. Waterbury, Conn. BRAIDED CORD. Aenet for Samples, Sash Cord.Bell Cord.Clothes Lines,Masons’ Lines,&c. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURNBtJCRLES. c Branch Office : 136 Liberty St., New York. Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., • Cleveland. O. TO RENT, ONE HALF OR MORE OF NEW YORK STORE, 20 MURRAY ST., N. Y. Will rent Office or Desk Room, Floor Space, Storage in Basement, together or separately. Location is central for Hardware, Brass and Metal Goods and other trades. Store is lighted by Electricity and Gas, well heated by Furnace and has ’ Local and Long Distance Tele¬ phone connection. For particulars call or address D. A. GOODRICH, 20 Murray St., N. Y. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR tt PAPER SH@ lO, 12 AND 16 GAUGE. The “ Nitro Club ” Shell is designed to meet the demand for a moderate priced shell adapted to Nitro Powders. NOT SOLD AT DETAIL BY THE MANUFACTURERS, Ilie llnlon Melollii; Giitildge r^istidoijFh: & olowes, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tubing and Large Shells, Brazed Tubes and Monldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silrer. -SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF- Brown’s Patent Seamless Drawn Copper Honse Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK. Ordinary weight tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to 300 lbs. pressure per square inch. Made of two_ less Drawn Copper Shells. Handsomest, best and strongest and safest boiler in the market and cheapest In the end. Send for circular and Instructions to prevent accidents from freezing, &o., &o. 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. <Ye guarantee all valves stamped with Trade-Mark. O’XSXNTlSlXN'fil BXLOSI.y NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON and CHICAGO. The Wilmot & Hobbs Mfc. Company, MAIN OFFICE, MILLS AND FACTORIES AT BILII>OEE*OllT, OOIVIV. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. (CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE.) Annual Capacity 15,000 Tons ~ ■'tolled''' ’ Cold Steel. BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, And tbe Celebrated and Unedualed “SWEDOH” (REGISTERED TRADE-MARK.) Annual Capacity 30,000 TonB Hot Rolled Steel. HOT and COLD ROLLED Used for all Pressed, Stamped and Drawn Work. Easily Brass, Copper, Bronze or Nickel Plated, Tinned or Jaoanned. Furnished with plain Blue, Pickled, Annealed or Briaht Surface, and witl^ound Edges or Sheared to Exact width. Coiled or Cut to Lengths, and in any Degree of Sti^^ or Ductility required. SEND FOR NEW STEEL DEPARTMENT PAMPHLET. For samples of the difficult ^mped and drawn work which can be made from “ Swedoh ” IJeeU oaH at^^any Hardware Store and ask to be shown our “ AntbRust Copperized C. R. SWEDOH Steel OILERS. Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy andjmow you are _ the heart of the Region, wit the beat that can be manufactured. All our works in four miles of Oonnellsvlllei Fa. W. I. RAIHET, o-a:paoity, 4,ocxd tons iDjAjrjjrsTs MAIN OFFICE: Neroantlle Bank Bnlldlng. GLEYELUID, OBIO. Hosted by Google a THE IRON AGE. WSOWIA Q rass ^ Qopper Qo, MAST^PACTIJRERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot popper. Iwaterbury Brass Co. The Plum E& Atwood Mfo.G(i. MANUFACTURERS OF BOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (TBADB-lttARK,) Condenser Plates, Pumo Linings, Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 ClifT Street, New York. New Haven Copper Co., •OLB MAKBBB OT POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. U, 187C. ALSO MANU7AOTUBBBS AND DBALBBS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER. Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c,, AUO MARUFAOTUBBBB OF Cast 3M iiisis asd Bits ol saparloi Qialltr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Establi.hed 1S4S. 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 MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, ^ot Pouches, &o., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. | Cartridge IdLetal ifi Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. depots; 296 Broadway. New York. 126 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence. R. 1. _ MILLS AT WATERBURY. CONN. _ The Metal Worker’s Handy-Book OF RECEIPTS AND PROCESSES, BEING A COLLECTION OP CHEMICAL FORMULAS AND PRAC¬ TICAL MANIPULATIONS FOR THE WORKING OF ALL THE METALS AND ALLOYS, INCLUDING THE DECO¬ RATION AND BEAUTIFYING OP ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM, AS WELL AS THEIR PRESERVATION. Edited from Various Sources by ■WIIjIjIA. 3 i 4 : T. 500 Pages, Cloth, 02.50. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller 96-102 Beade St., New Fork. Sheet and Roll Brass GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, dec. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. ROLLING MILL, THOMASTON. CONN. FACTORIES : WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of THE CELEBRATED ACID RESISTIKO DEOXIDIZED BROHZE IN INGOTS OR CASTINGS, AND DEOXIDIZED BABBITT METALS. BEST IN THE WORLD. Oa/Stinss ©peoialty • Brldgoport IDoosclcilzoci Bronz© eLZid Mlota.! Oo., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO^ U SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTICRS OF SFELTER. AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEKT ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. special Sizes of Zinc out to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Litnog raphers* use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZIJSrOS ILiEOILiALlVCIIiB o-oox>iei aoifo-. oo., Mfrt. of Stamped Brass. Sliver and Nickeled Goods. Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds. JDOO-R KISTOSS Bronie 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. SALESROOM : 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Manufacturers of IXTA/Ssloxroi’v J3oXt fiilxeA>tlxlzi.g OOFFH3R, "VSTIRHI J^NID RIVHITS. Importers and Driers 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. DEPOTS: 458 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29 High Street. Boston. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN INGOT COPPER, SPELTER, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, SOLDER & OLD METALS, lOO John Street, - New York. WILLIAM S. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet BrcLSSf Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver^ Copper^ Brass and Gorman Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop^ per BodSf Brass Ferrules, Bure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Speller, Tin, Antimony, Lead, c. Roush Casting: of Aluminum. Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronie and all kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Metal Picture Frames. Ink Stands, Figures. Statues, etc. Stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. St, Lonis Bronze & ilnminnm Works, 3741-3743 North Broadway, ST. LOUIS, MO. An Introduction to the Study of Metallurgy By W. C. Roberts-Austen. C. B., F. R. S., Associate of the Rwal School of Mines, Chemist and Assayer of the Royal Mint, Professor of Metal¬ lurgy in the Royal College of Science, with which the Royal School of Mines is incorporated. Con¬ tents : Physical properties of metals; allpys; the thermal treatment of metals; fuel; materials and products of metallurgical processes; furnaces; means of supplying air to furnace; typical metal¬ lurgical processes; economic considerations. With numerous di 6 .graras, 292 pages, cloth....$ 9 >So For tile by DAVID WILLIAMS. 96-102 ReadeSt., N.Y. Published by David Wiluamb, 96-102 Reade Street, New York. Printed by The Williaiw PRiNxma Co., General Book, Commercial and Newspaper Printers and Binders. Nos. 06-102 Beade St. New York. Hosted by Google ELEPHANT TRADE-MARK. Ml GENUINE liNCOTS & MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR PHOSPHOR-BRONZE REC.TtlADE MARKS. I MOOTS, CASTINGS, WIRE, Sheet &C. The Phosphor bronze SmeitincCo.Limited 512 Arch St. Philadelphia Pa. U.S.A, ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bro.nze in the United States and Sole Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND'’Phosphor-Bronze. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. Parsons’ Manganese Bronze and White Brass. MADE IN THE UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVELY BY THE WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP and ENGINE BDILDIN6 CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. M.A.2SrG!--A.lSrESE BROITZE FROBELILETtS -ARE USED BY THE- Cunard, Pacific Mail, Hamburg: American, White Star, International, Morgan, Canadian Pacific, North German Lloyds and many other Steam Ship Companies, and principal Naval Powers. Parsons’ White Brass; the Most Approved Anti-Friction Metai. OBSNXJIN-HS PHOSPHOR TIN, MANTTFACTURED BT THX OPAQRV STEAM CAGE l^rCUODlAND VALVE CO. Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Branches i NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDCtt, EVANS FRICTION CONES. 6. DOUGLAS PETRIE, Agent, Nos. 39 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. For regulating t b a speed of machines aii- tomatlcally or by hand. Thousands of sets Id operation driving all kinds of machinery which require from 1 to 60 H.-P, Address Evans Friction Cone Co.. 85 Water Street, Boston, Mass. Reel Warranted. A TTrp T1^ p says of Hendryx p^.tented Ad j ustable Globe Bearing UUillMvT Aluminum Reels, “perfectly constructed and beautifully finished in every part, these Reels work as truly as watches.” Actual weights, Single Action, 23^ ounces; Mul¬ tiplying, 434 ounces; Quadruple, 43^^ ounces. The Andrew B. Hendryx Co., New Haven. Conn., U.S.A. CAN BE PTTBCHASED FROM ANY FIRST-CLASS DEALERS ET FISHUTG TACKLE. BRASS, BRONZE, m . . COMPOSITION and r.L.I ALUMINUM CASTINGS, Heavy and Light F.L.I!lirLllRIICO. ANSONIA, CONN Send Prices. TRY IT! AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER TIN. THE HIGHESTAND RICHEST GRADE MADE ; MANUFACTURED ONLY BV ‘ THECRESCENTPHOSWORiZED METAL C0|| PHILADELPHIA, PA OFFICE AND WO^KS 2l072i05^^»2llt JMDIANA AV. Chester, Pai Brozxze, Bpctss ctxxd Oo]XLX>c>fiiltloxa OAstlzavs, Inventors and Sole Mannfaotorers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metai and “Crown ROLLiNG Mill Babbitt Metai.” Al:axl^ifa.otnlrer8 o± raosrHOli-TBROivzE TO raj:x..k,oa.i>. Speolflcatlons in ingot mciiai or castings. The W.W.liR.M. KEYS CO., BR,II>G^ErOIlT, COIVIV. BEST, EOX 4 fe 00., 25th Street and A* V. Ry. - PITTSBURG, PA. SOLE MANUFACTtTKERS OF CLIMAX BRONZE FOR A-LIL. FURFOSES. CASTINGS from I oz. to 12,000 lbs. PHOSPHDR-TIN 1 [ By USING MY PHOSPHOR TIN MANUFAt URE iRS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves . OY TM SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, much! CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO HAD IN THE'MARKETrNEW OR OLD COPFL CAN BE.USED. FOR circulars Ah'e^pf;ir-I hack & NAUMANN. \| ACENTS'^““ 2 «U£S^«^NAbA 7 a’ PeaY^ f Tbe Amerioan Metal Go. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St., New York.; P. O. BOX 957. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. TIN, LMD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, ALDMINDM, BULLION, IRON. Advances mad e on Consignments. AGENTS FOR HeniTF R. Blerion & Co., . . nlerallce.ellgchait, ^'rankfort-on-Maln William., Foster & Co. Ld.. Swanwa* Hosted by Google 4 THE IRON AGE, Washburn & Moen Manuf’g Co., WORCESTER, MASS., NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO. MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL AUD COPPER EVERY VARIETY OF *W I ES FOR ALL PURPOSES. 'WIMS H.OI»E2 A.Kri> 0-A.SX.E!. Sard and Soft Drawn _ _____ __ Copper Wire for Eleciri- oalPurposes ; Galvanized Iron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire; Glid- . den latent Steel JBarb ' Wire; Watch and Clock main Spr ings; Eyeglass Springs; SUel .Wire for Jfeedles and Drills; lat¬ ent Steel Wire Bale Ties; ^ SEND FOR PRICE-LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRTP New York Warehouses, 16 Cliff St., and 241 Pearl St. Chicago Warehouse, 107 & 109 Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension ! Bridges. Transmission and ^ Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes I Tiller Ropes, Switch Ropes Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor Bronze and Copper Wire Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanised Seizing, and all the Flzt- ures and Appliances required ~ with the foregoing. The famous yachts Mayflower, Vol- unteer and Sachem are all rigged with our Wire Rope. TIVE PAMPHLETS. Lake St. San Francisco Warehouse, 8 & 10 Pine St. Guaranteed. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. For high speed and heavy crushing weight it has no •equal. Introduced In this country since 1891 and has displaced all Antl-Frlction metals it has come in con¬ tact with. THEODORE HIERTZ & SON, SOLE MFRS. Manufacturers Babbitt Metals, Soider, Lead Seals, Electrotype and Stereotype Metal 30th St. A: Park Av«.» St. L.oul8, Mo. CO S £ s s s ^ ® u (0 ,2 CQ 111 J « a “ =•(» § B a AiIIIjIjER. Ss VA.1T VT-TlsrTC T.in , MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS. ►o Tempered Compression & Extension Springs ‘S' A SPECIALTY. OFFICE AND WORKS: I oDr^/-,Lri v... .. . 18 to 24 Bridge Street, j®^OOKt*YN, N. Y. VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STEEL 6S ft Agricultural Implements, Maoiln. various other purpoMti Ij, Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO.. MANUFACTURERS. nONTPELIBK. VT. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 5 ■Jociooaan I . ; ICf'i • , [;!!>■! , jpin r'-'J ' ' ' I ^..-^w;rt!f:l^;''*1ffl' ■■ ^ 117th to 118th Street aad Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. lllak«rB of Irony Bessemery Slemena-IVIartin and Crucible Cast Steel Wire of all kindsy annealedy soft and hard drawn i Cobi^orod S^rlnff Wire for Furniture Spiinasy dke.y Coppered Soft Wlresy Ballnp Wires, Suspension Brldpe and Rope Wires of all kinds, dkc, STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. Hpoelalty of finest Cast Steel Wires* round* fiat, sauare and any other shape* tempered and also In the soft state, ffuaranteedto harden and temper. Solid Rib and Parapon Umbrella Wires. Crinoline* Corset* Shade Roller* Lioek* Hat, Brush, Saw, Band Saw* Clock Sprlnp* Clock Bell* Clock Terpe and Watch Sprlnp* Rule and Tape Line and Eyeplass Wires, <fce. Plano* Needle* Fish Hook* Drill and Hair Sprlnp Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made for special purposes. Also Covered Wires—Braided and Cloth and Paper Covered—for crinoline, corset and other purposes. Cold Rolled and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all purposes. SIpeolal Wires and iSpriiifirs ol Sl'v^er^r Xlesorlpt:loii* CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. o.A.x.ir’onKTi.A. 'WIM3 'Won:K.s, 9 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. BROTKRS 0 MANUFACTURERS OF ^ gSTEEK^SPlfllCSa S SMALL SPRIHGS ^ ^ |vl/VDE FF^OjVl ^ ^SHEnSTEELSSTEa&BIttSSWIRE g ^ BRISTOL, COWL Manufacturers of Wire Rope for Cable Railways and Mining Purposes. UA T-T. TT>ITQ»S PA.TE3SX WIRE ROPEWA.Y Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. SOB BAUS BT THB HABDWABB TRADB. BBT THB BBBT. (jsMi STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS, 315,317 and 319 East 22d St , New York. MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF MANUFAC ^STEEU ,240 8(242 W. Zyj ST. NEW-^YORK Hosted by Google HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellois 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 Yfare’ Experience. Send model or sketch and brief description of your invention for Free report as to patentability. 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Boiler Makers, Contractors, Civil, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Mininj?, Stationary, Marine and Locomo¬ tive Engineers, Foremen of Machine Shops, Mremen, Master Mechanics of Railroads, Master Car Builders, Machine Shop Proprietors, Machinery Jobbers, Ma¬ chinery Salesmen, Machinists, Pattern Makers, Rail¬ way Superintendents, Railway Supply Agents, Road- masters, Superintendents of Factories and Business Men generally. Compiled and Arranged by D. B. DIXON, And with a most,exhaustive Electrical Department by THOS. G. GRIER, A Prominent Specialist. 480 Pages, 8M x 5^ inches, Cloth, $2.50. -4fPrF -CL 1^ Wire Cloth AND WIRE GOODS Of All Kinds. WE WILL SEND YOU A FULL LINE OP Wire Cloth Samples, WITH AN ORDHR OF $ 10.00 Very Handy. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by OAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookseller, 96-102 READE ST., NEW YORK. Buffalo Wire lorls. SCHEELER Sl SONS, 143 Main St., * Buflalo, N. Y i flower pot stanosi^ W W ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE. I?* *1 ^ ^ -ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE.- ^ Highest Awards received at World’s Fair on Ip Bank aad Office Railing, Wire and Iron Fences, ^ « Steel Jail Cells, Lawn Vases, General Wire and ^ 8 Iron Work, Grocers’ Cheese Safes. ,7 g?. JBAll. KT, Detroit, Mich, jg FLOWER ST ANH Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. m^^l XO^Vv. VS.P^X \A\W\\^ 'mr,\ iLpm. \ ;| M \ ^LSO MANUFACTUBERS OE GENERAL. WIBEWOBK. y, WindowCuards, Stable Fixtures. ' RAILINGS. SondScreens iW^B\ Coal Scieens Etc. jBJi jtJji ii Y w .■ % ,■ ,,fi7T, 1)-.. WIOKWIRE BROTHERS, Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, MAiarTACTUBSBS 07 l;|S 0 Coal Sieves, NEW PROCESS Flow Sieves, €%w%A Corn Poppers, vOPtla,lld Dish Covers, power loom ISS MetaUic WIRE CLOTH. Co&l SlCTBSi roUi wrapped in Pink Papex aad hM our name on label. Kilmer Manufacturing Co. -Newburgh, N. Y. Manufacture BILE TIES For Baling Hay, Straw, Rags, Excelsior, &c. ALSO WIRE RODS, BARB WIRE, COILED STEEL WIRE, WIRE STAPLES, GAL¬ VANIZED WIRE, ORNAMENTAL FENCING, &c., &c. 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Y, —MANTTFACTUEERS OP— STAPLES in All VarietieSp Double-Pointed Tacks, Bed Links, Etc. lOIlnd. Staples a ©peolaltryi BARBED WIRE, PLAIN WIRE ME NAILS. Quick Shipment. Write for Prices. Indiana Wire Fence Co., Crawfordsville, Ind. 4 ^J| CHAMPION IShI iron CO, 5? r||T|l|Tj I srJECIAZTIES. — Iron j(>, I. Stairs and Jail Work, Build- ’ iiJ ers’ and Ornsunental Iron Work, and the only manufacturers ot Malleable Iron Cresting guaranteed against breakage ; also manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift Pumps. Send for 220-page Catalogue. ; j T jlM Largest Iron Fence and FT ~ T 1 1 TTi' Railing Works in C. S. [ | |J | | j [; nj KENTON, O. Corrugated, Crimped and Clap-Boa'd Iron Roofing & Siding. Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Cornloei' Skj’^Ughts, Bridges, &o. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO,, Office 5 rey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. Hosted by Google 8 THE IRON AGE. Reliance Wire t Iron Works, milwauke, wis ARCHITECTURAL WIRE AND IRON WORKERS. Wire Cloth, Galvanized Fencing and Netting, Wire Lath, Wire and Iron Fences and Railings, Window Guards, Stable Fixtures, Bank and OflBce Railings, all kinds ol Brass, Wire and Iron Work for Buildings and Offices. SEND FOR Il<l<lJSTRATFO OATAI^OGUR. CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO. f Manufacturers of Every Description of ■ WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. IWire 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. •-; -MA-WTIFACTTIBIP; - 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 14S Lake Street, CHICAGO. ESTABLISHED 1818. Pearl Window Screen Wire Cloth, fialvanized Steel Wire Cloth. Calvanized Wire Poultry Netting. ** Cottage” Lawn & Sarden Fencing. The World’s Web Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Sllbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. Heuse Furnishing Wire Goods. WIRE CLOTH, NETTINC, Fencing, Gates, Fencing ToolSi Wire 6oods,WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO.. Worcester, DATFNTrr: -iftAA HARD STEEL WIRE NEW PROCESS manufaotubbkb or every description op HARDSTEEm/KjE QLOTH M NETTINC Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS SEND FOR 1.ATEST 0ATAI.O61JF. GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. Patented March, 1884. Patents Pending. PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS, EDWARD DARBY & SONS, 233^235 Arch St, Phila., Pa., lid:A.3SrXJF,A.OTXJK,EK,S. BRASS, COPPER, STEER, IRON anti GALV’D WIRE CEOTH. Pennsylvania Galv’tl Poultry Netting, Sieves, Riddles, Wire WindovF Guards, Wire and Iron Goods. Cortland Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, Coal and Sand Screen, Wrought Iron Work of Every Description. OOR.K.ESFOlTIDEiq'OB SOLIOITED. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDDW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLINO STANDARD WIRE LATHING. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. TRENTON, 117 and 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 L.AHE STREET, CHICAGO. and 27 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO- I Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, 9 ^ON & Kmg Perforating Co ^ CHICAGO. PERFORATORS OF STEEL, IRON, COPPER, ZINC, BRASS AND TIN, FOR USE IN STONE, COAL AND ORE SCREENS. BRICK AND TILE WORKS, FILTERS. SPARK ARRESTEPwS, GAS AND WATER WORKS. OIL, GAS AND VAPOR STOVES^ COFFEE MACHINERY, ETC., ETC. STANDARD SIZES PERFORATED TIN AND BRASS ALWAYS IN STOCK. U. S. A. Eastern Office, No. 284 Pearl St., New York, GRA^N CLEANING AND MINING MACHINERY, WOOLEN, COTTON, PAPER AND PULP MILLS, RICE. FLOUR AND COTTON SEED OIL MILLS, SUGAR AND MALT HOUSES^ DISTILLERIES, FILTER PRESSES, Main Office and Works, 222 to 240 N. Union St., Chicago, III. -J HElSriDPlIOKIS' ARCHITECTS AHD BDILDERS’ CHIDE —:and:— CONTRACTORS’ DIRRCTORY OF —:for: — BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF BUILDING SUPPLIBS. A Complete Directory of all the Constrnction Industries of the Country, containing over 170,000 Names. Addi’esses 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, Fire, Ornamental, Paving, Pressed, &c.); Boiler Mfrs.; Bridge Builders; Builders’ Hardware; Mfrs. of Building Iron of all kinds; Cement; Ck)rnice9; Dumb Waiters; Engine Mfrs.; Engine and Boiler Dealers; Electric 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 Celling 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; RaUroad Purchasing OfiScials; 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. FOR THE YEARS 1893-94. FRIOE. - FIVE EOLL. A.R,S. SENT, POSTPAID, ON RECEIPT OP THE PRICE, BY DAVID W ILL IAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, N. Y. LOW PRICES For every kind of fancy or staple wire goods, for in¬ terior or exterior use. Send for Prices and Catalogue “ B.” UNGE FENCE and WIRE CO., - - St. louls, Mo. Hosted by Google 10 THE IRON AGE. THE IRON AGE. 11 iROtl SCtiBWs. 12 THE IRON AGE. 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. 1 BUNBAR, HOBART & €0., WHITMAN, MASS. 1.0RING A PARKS, PlilTMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 1842. A. FIB1.B & SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1864. AMERICAN TACK CO., FAIRHAVEN, MASS. OUB COEONF RIVET CO., PLYMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHED IN 1860. MANXJF'AOTXJR.HIRS Oin Tatki, Brads, Small 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, Escutoheon Pins, Eyelets, Glaziers’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other articles. We have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock in the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregoing well known brands we continue to use. and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New Yorl ■tore and our factories. MJlIli OFFICE. SOS SEAMS BJJIII>ING,199 WASHINGTON ST,, BOSTON, MASS, iCB. OUS aJS^JXia JS vt, rr akj aJLu.'. ojl,, BMANCH OFFICE A WAMEHOVSJ^ 31 WAMMEN ST,, NEW TOMB, BMANCH OFFICE & WAMEHOVSE, 239 A 241 BABE ST,, CHICAGO, IZB. BMANCH OFFICE A WAMEHOTTSE, 408 MAMKET ST,. SAN FMANCISCO, CAB. BMANCH OFFICE A WAMEHOVSE, 406 COMMEMCE ST,, FHIBA.HEBFHIA, Fa, THE NATIONAL SCREW AND TACK CO., -MANUFACTDRhHS OF- Wood Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Tire Bolts, Sink Bolts, Tacks, Trunk, Clout and Small Nails. CLEVELAND, OHIO. Tacks, Wire Nails and Brads, Hoop ,,aoTPDe.. Nails, Staples, Silver and Japanned Lining and Saddle Nails, Double Pointed Tacks, Slating and Roofing Nails. w||J ■ BONNIE BLUE “JUST ENOUGH^* m T(^ A TACKS. Brass Nai's. lOO /W( M M 100 Kegs in a Box ^ ^ p 'A Assorted 3 to I 2 oz. ^ J Retails 2 Kegs for 5 enough to top a pair cents. of shoes; 20 papers in PARISIAN GILT K „ NAILS. - 20 papers in Car mAurn^ _.-‘•V’BY ton. 5 cent^selUr. DOUBLE ENOUGH Cobblers’ Nails. 2C0 Nails in a Paper, 20 Papers in Carton, 5 cent seller. i5!*WBY w Mark. BILL NYE BRAD BOX. 168 Papers Wire Brads, assorted to in Each Paper just right to retail for Chicago, I LL.U.S.A P. P. EMORY MFC. CO. COPPER AIR ESTABLISHED 1850. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. COPPERSMITHS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF CHAMBERS, EXPANSION PIPES BRASS AND COMPOSITION, HEAVY AND LIGHT CASTINGS un rirw .j-q ORDER. AND COILS. SEND FOR PRICES. S3, FHIIjIjIFS & SO]!TS, SOUTH HANOVER, MASS. TACKS S'. R.. BSMMONS & BK,0. 21 WARRE N ST.. NEW YORK. _ BORDEN & LOVELL, TO AND 71 WEST STREKl NEW YORK. Steel, IroQ and Wire Nails. Mention The Iran Aae, PROTECT Your Offices, Stores and Warehouses from fire and burglars by using Metallic Doors and Shutters Made from wood and covered with Iron or steel, render« Ing them stllTand preventing warping in case of flro* Made from heavy boiler plate iron. Made irom double corrugated iron or steel. Made to fit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. fiARRT IRON & STEEL ROOFINfi CO.. CI.EVBI.A.Nr», OHIO. Hosted by Google THE IKON AGE. 13 IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., I For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BL-AKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO.. M-A.lVXJDP^CTXJREIiS OF WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. The SALEM WIRE NAIL CO. MANDTACTUBEES WIRE NAILS Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office; - SALEM, OHIO BRANCH OFFICBSs Koom 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 416 Phenix Bldg,, CMcago. 200 Amer. Central Bld g, St. Louis, 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. 38 Pickering Bld’g, Cincinnati, O. CLENDENIN BROTHERS, SHEET ROD INGOT COPPER WIRE. NAILS AND TACKS. RIVETS AND BURS. SEAMLESS BRASS and COPPER TUBES. SOLDERING COPPERS. 111 SOUTH GAY STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. Improved Brass Shoe Nails, Zinc Nails and Tacks. Engraving Zinc, Battery Zincs and Coppers. T he newest books on Scientific and Technical Sub¬ jects promptly supplied, on receipt of price, by Datlc WiLi-iAMs, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street New York. Send for Catalogue. I OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. tf. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agentt 8S and 85 Washingten Street^ NEW YORK. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FDLTON ST., NEW YOKK, MAXUFACTTREB OF ITSTIH-EJ OX-OTSE* Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire off all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and aU other purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Clotlr. &c., -and- For Bank. OflQce and Counter Balling, Store Fronts Window Guards, ic. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. 8 7 8asxc 1. 8ox-ooxi.fl^ SEND FOB CATALOGUE. PH1LUP8, TOWNSEND k GO., loitli Pem Innction, PbllalilpUiL WIRE NAILS, - - . • - NORWAY RIVETS. Rivets marked “P” are not of our make. We make only first-class Norway Iron Rivets COBB & DREW, PliYMOUTH, MASS, Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Bran and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York: Agency, James S. Hender* son, successor to Hlsosway A Henderson, Hardware. Agents for Pltiladelplila Star ewacrlmmw and Tire Bolts. Hosted by Google 14 rHE IRON AGE. _ American 5crew Company, FROVUDENOE, R. I. TIRADE. f)MAN-XJBPAOTXJRE3K,S OJTr 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. f Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Forged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. American Screw Company, FROVTDEITOE, R. Is Chicago Store. No. 19 Lal^e St. European Agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 15 CONSOLIDATED STEEL i WIRE 00. GENERAL OFFICES, THE ROOKERY. CHICAGO. ILL Branch f LOUIS, mo., 1935 Papin street. PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building, 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. Bctle Fenoe Sta.'ples, 61:0. AIIXJLS LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. WROUGHT IRON BRIDGE GO. j, “lS>“sirZ: COMNIUNICATE WITH NEAREST OEEICE. Iron Bnildings, Roofs and General Stmctnrai Work in Iron and Steel, Ma- cMneSbops, Foun¬ dries, Power Houses, k. The above Is 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 SLd Structural work. All machinery is operated by electricity from our own plant. BRASS AND IRON Hjr 1 I cu’op TuncAnc Comprising the practice and theory of the ll/lQ/)n1V1A V/)VIAlITn r«/^TWTinT SHARP THREADS, leveral methods pursued in their manufactv re. Iff I rl 1 1 11 I 11K ^1 I I n W S SfiR E W Efl • • • correct to gauge* and of their treatment in the roUing mill, the XiAU/VIXXULv MVX V 11 kfl VVIJ ,,, quick delivery, forge and the foundry. By W. H. Greens ood, PRICES RIGHT ^8.00. Sent, postpaid, on receipt ot price, hy 14 ML WASHINGTON AVE., BOSTON, MASS. Besiotwor^ip. NEW ENGLAND Steel and Iron. GOOD SLOTS, SHARP THREADS, Hosted by Google 16 THE IRON AGE, New and Standard Books - ON - METALLURGY. A Treatise on the Metallurgy of Iron. Contain in;r outlines of tlie liistory of iron manufacture, methods of assay and analyses of iron ores, processes of manufacture of iron and steel. &c. By H. Bauerman, F. Q. B., 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... 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.$1^ Handbook for Charcoal Burners. Translated from the Swedish of G-. Svedeliue by Proe. R. B. Anderson, and edited wittj notes by Prof. W. J. L. Nicodemus, C.B.; 33 wood engravings; 217 pages; cloth..Sl*50 The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture ol all kinds of alloys, amalgams and solders, used by metal workers; together with their chemical and physical properties and their application in the arts and the industries; with an appendix on the coloring of alloys. Translated and edited chiefly from the Ger¬ man of A. Kbdpp and Andreas Wild- bbrgeb, with extensive additions by Wm.T. Brannt; illustratea by 16 engravings; 428 pages; cloth. The Metal Worker’s Handy Book of Receipts and Pro- cesses. Being a collection of chemical formulas and practical manipulations for the working of all the metals and alloys, including the dec¬ oration and beautifying of the articles manu¬ factured therefrom, as well as their preset- vation. Edited from various sources by WildlamT. Brannt. 530 pages; cloth.$a,6r Electro-Plating. A practical hand-book on the deposition ol copper, silver, nickel, gold, aluminum, brass, platinum. &c. With descriptions of tne chemicals, materials, batteries and dynamo machines used in the art. Second edition; carefully revised, with additions. By J. W, Urquhart; 220 pages; cloth.^3 Steel and Iron. Comprising the practice and theory of the several methods pursued in their manufac^ ure. and of their treatment in the rolling mills, the forge and the foundry. By Will¬ iam Henry Greenwood, F.C.S. With 07 diagrams; 536 pages: cloth.$3 Aluminum. Its history, occurrence, properties, metal¬ lurgy and applications, incluOing its alloys. By Joseph W. Richards. 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. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, hy DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-108 Read* New lforl£« Gantier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Go.^ JOHlTSTOWlSr, -: MANUFACTURERS OF :- MEKCHANT 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. COID ROILED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. 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.RB0FS^ RUILD1NK BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, NIASON BUI1.BING, BOSTON, MASS. Roof,of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. H. ANDREWS, Prqp’r. ‘ ' J, R. WORCESTER, Chief Bng’r. A, 8. MILLED Jr., Sec’y, B. H. BROWN, Coxu Bnf*I WilSUiS LIQUID PAINTS SEND FOR SAMPLE CARD AND DE8CRIPTIVE PRICE lAST. H. W. JOHNS MANUKACXURINO CO., Sole Manufacturers of H. W. Johns’ Asbestos Roofing, ^heathing, Building Felt, Asbestos Steam Packings, Boiler Coverings, Roof Paints, Fire Proof-Paints, etc. VULCA6ESTON Moulded Piatoa-Rod Packing Rings, Gaskets, fbeet Packing, etc. Estabiishod ,858. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. IRON AND STEEU ROOFING, Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Have Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridge Roofing Co., Cambridge, O. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. I7 The First to make Boiler Plates In America. Oha$. RutUm, Prat. A. F. HuiUm, Vice-Prat. 0. L. Hueton, OetO. Mgr. BobU B. HcHna, Jr„ Sag. Joe. Bumvton, Treat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO EXTRBUIB DIMEIfSIOIfS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FBET. THICKNESS, No. GAUGE TO INCHESi -—isio.- WORKS : NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE; Oo^toivlXXOy 3E*^e JXToegQ eg cfe Q-4i Bia.XXltt FRANK SAMUEL, 186-138 So. 4th St.. Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS • under. > or under. _ . and Furnace Uie. MELTING BAR- C^en Hearth and Bessemer Billets, Skelp, Nuck Bars and Scrap, Foun* dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHCENiX IRON OO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANinrAOTUBB ALL THEIB PB0DT70IS BOTH IN WROUGHT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH STEEE. Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes. Round, Flat and Square BARS of all sisce 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. AGBNTSEdward Coeking & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edwakd Cobnikq & Co., 70 Ellby St,, BOSTON, MASS j James B. Stokes, 1S2 Market St^ BAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stites, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL CO., PonsviLLE, Pa, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET HANUVAOIUBBBS OF ALL EOIM 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. IDesig-ners and. Oonsti-nctors of ¥{.oofs, Tr-nssBes, Columns, &c. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Seaelx a.iidl Otis Stireets, !PHIIl4AX>EIJPHI A., 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, Trefusurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent 8 . H. CHATJVENET, Vice-President. RIOHARD PETERS, Jr„ Secretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO. -^MANUFACTURERS OF- Hlfifhest 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 Slreet, B. 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 MEG. CO. 41S Walnut St,, PHIIiA. MIFFLIN "WHEELER. (J. 'w, NICOLLS Nicolls, Wheeler & Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 216 SoatH Tbird St., PblladelpUla, ¥*a -^DEALERS IN- ’ IRON AND STEEL SCRAP. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, &c.. &c Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Rails. ' EDWARD CORNING U CO. BEAMS, CHANNELS, ANCLES, TEES, PLATES, BARS, RODS. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. IRON AND STEEL sPI kes, f isH^P^TES, BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. 20. BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 421 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS 70 KILBY ST. BOSTON. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 822 B. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PlK, Bar and Bailroad Iron, Old Bails, Scrap, ASBRT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. A^arent TRENTON IRON CO,, For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Lionardale (Va«) and other Fla Irons* Btoraob Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R. R. and Its varloiM oonnectlons. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts issued. Oabh advances hade on Iron. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Foundryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. W. S. PILLING* T. L OB ANB PILLING CRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magrnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIG IRON: Low Phosphorus, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL : In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COKE: For Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFAOTURBRS OF Fatent Planlalled, Galvantaedi Common* Beat Refined* Cleaned and Chareeal Bloom* db SXXRSRST IRON. ALSO LI6HT PLATES AND SHEETS OP STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Olden solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Staok Tank and Boat Iron: Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Lboomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. JUSTICE COX, JR. CUMBERLAND NAJt AND IRON CO., 218 South 4th St., Phila., Pa. IRON and STEEL. -AGENT FOR- Haldeman, Grubb & Co*s. -n- t Chickies Bessemer Pig Iron. Mahoning Rolling Mill Co.‘’s Best Quality Skelp Iron and Steel, Pulaski Iron Co.’s t.- t High Grade Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Hainsworth Steel Co.’s Standard Bessemer hteel Billets. Bars, Angles, Sheets, Tank and Bridge Plates, Muck Bars, Blooms, ?^crap Iron and Tool steel, 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. MANUFACTURERS OP “ Gunjlierlmid ” Ms \ Wrouglil 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 Connellsvllle Coke* High Grade Tested Chains. McKAlY Ac r?0„ 29TH A LIBERTY STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PA Manufacturers of Coil, Crane and Stud Chain. We also ^ manufacture High Grade JOHN L* HOGAN OC GU*> Steel chain made of Basic Steel and Special Crane Chain made of TJ. S. Iron. IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, 135 South Fourth St., Phila, Agents for Brier Hill, LeWgli. Stmtlers AND MUIRKIRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling MiU, muck bar^ Youngstown Steel Co., ConnellsvlUe Coke. W. H. THOMSON & CO.! Dealers in IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houfton. C. B. HOUSTON & CO., BuUltt Building. PHIIiADEIiPHlIA. Ptff Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structural Iron, Steel Caetings and Fire Briek. Sole Agents for PAX10M ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES Krancis Wister, COMMISSION MERCHANT, COKE, COAL, ORES. National Foundry Coke a Specialty. Sulphur lets than 0.6. All tixet National Crushed Coke. Bullitt Building* PHILADELPHIA | J-A-IiwIES C3-. IjI2>TDS-A.Y & OO. BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. D**°forgeD MERRILL BROS., 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. I d(3 OO., -MANUFACTURERS- SHAFTING ^ CLEVELAND, OHIO. I Our Galvanized Iron | \ Is made by the Old Process and is “ Hand Dipped.” It takes on a \ \ liberal and tenacious coating, and | > Will Not Crack or Flake, j S Hyou Want THE BEST, THE CINCINNATI CORRUQATINQ CO. I F Turn. BOX Q, PIQUA, OHIO. < Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 19 Francis Hobson, Seaman a Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. £EOSBO]V’/SI «0H:0ICE»» Extra Quality PSeedle Wire. SEAMAN’S NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled RolISp &c. WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. CHAS, HUGILL, Agent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORXTO IBXiB! OAST ABBOTT, WHBBTOCK & CO.. Agents and. Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 8g OLIVER ST., BOSTON. _ 23 CLIFF ST,. 3NE W YORK. 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 ii Steel for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and I all other Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St., New York. _ Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. aUSTAK LUNDBERO Agent for N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Bessenaer a,rLc3. Opeia X3[ea,rtli Steel. 19 KTLBY STREET, BOSTON. CARLISLE dl3 OO., SHEFFIELD, WORKS, ' liate WIBSON HAWKSWORTH, ELBISON & CO., ENGLAND (ESTABLISHED 1825.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents. 81 OUVEB STREET, BOSTON. _ 93 LIBERTY STREE T, NEW YORK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND. MANtTPACTUBEBS OP AT.T. 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 all other Purposes. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerlr CARL F. BOKER), Sole Agents and Importers of Steel and Crucible Wire Rods, &c. JESSOF’S STEEL MANUFACTURED BY WM. JESSOP SONS, L’D. M. Best Quality, K Bars, Sheets if Plates. Large assortanent of sixes In stook at 81 John St. - - . . NEvir YORK, And other Agencies. 1 Child Medal Farit. _ ENGIaAND. I 1889, WIRE WORTLES, PLiATRS and JPWPL DIES. DRAWING DIES NEWTON & SHIPMAN, 8S John St., - New York. B Hosted by Google 20 THE IRON AGE. CAMBRIA STBBL, Steel sta.da»d ahd ucKf^^EicHisr Stfeet Rail^ and Railway Fagtening^, BESSEMER AND OPEN-HEARTH BLOOMS, BILLETS AND BARS. Steel .A-xles, Steel .A-iigles, Steel 01ia.xixiels, Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, Ac r». HOBEItTS 48c OOMI^A^PrY, Pencoyd Iron Works, MANUTAOTURBRS OF Wrought Iron and Open Hearth Steel, OFFICE J 261 S* 4tli Street, PHILADEIiPSlIA, Pa, Pencoyd Bridge & Constrnction Go., DESIGNSRS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Bridges, Viaducts, Turn Tables, Etc. WORKS, PENOOTD, PA. EICKEN & CO.’S CRUCIBLE TOOL STEEL "STST-ESTFKCAI-iIA, 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-Steel and Blanks. HIGHEST QUALITY, LOW PRICES, INDUCEMENTS to the TRADE and large USERS. REPRESENTED BY ) IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS i markt & co., Agts., EDW’D voRSTER.) tmruniDno AL\u DAruniDno.-j „_85 Moore:st.. New,York. stock for immediate wants and Trial Orders. Exclusive Local Agencies granted. THE IRON-FODNDER A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON THE ART OF MOLDING, A.. ItCXX.N'El db 00.. Swedish Iron and Steel, BLOOMS, BILLETS, BARS; WIRE, RIVET AND NAIL RODS. FOREIGN DOMESTIC IRON STEEL. I Bro