The Iron Age : Vol LII : No. 3 : July 20, 1893

XjX_B:R^;R/5r. OR. MR. GENERAL’S OFFICE. The ir . „ . , *_ r-seZlJatsig feaoMPMg) - A Review of the Hardware, ___ W¥3bi*Ssm£~7,j„ ;al Trades. k Pu.blish.ed every Thursday Morning by David Williams, Nos. 90, 98, lOO Sc 1 02 Reads St., New York. Vol. LII: No. 3. Reading Matter Contents.page 131 Classified List of Advertisers_ “ III Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 115 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 141 New York , Thursday, July 20 , 1893. $4.80 a Year, Including Postage Single Copies, Ten Cents. SMOKELESS PAPER SHE ST. LOUIS. MO. NEW YORK, N. B0ST0N.M4.SS., PHILADELPHIA TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. XjOTJIS Manufacturers of BOAT SPIKES Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low In Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac simile chart. THE BRIST0LS* MFG. CO. Water bury, Conn. SOLID BRAIDED RANDOLPH & CLOWES, CORDAGE. All Kinds. Sizes and Colors. Send for Samples. Samson Cordage Works, BOSTON, MASS. \ Branch Office : Cleveland 136 Liberty St., city Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CLEVELAND, O. WATERBURY, - CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, III. ( 1 04- Jobn St., New York. RmnnH • ) 333 Walnut ?*t., Philadelphia, Pa. Branch Offices.^ Milk Boston, Mass. Boom 208 Neave Building, Cincinnati, O. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND COPPER TUBING. Hot and Cold Rolled Sheet Copper and Brass of all kinds. - TO THOSE INTERESTED IN OR USING VALVES. We have recently made improvements in the manufacture of JENKINS BROS.’ VALVES having increased the number of bolts, thickness of flanges, &c. We shall manufacture one grade of valve only , suitable for high or low pressure steam. The Jenkins Discs used in these valves are suitable for high or low pressure, ^e guarantee all valves stamped with Trade-Mark. JBICELIIXrs BROS., NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON and CHICAGO. DRIPPING PANS. 40 Sizes. The best made, (Beaman’s Patent Improved.) MARYLAND ROASTER AND BAKER. { cteapesUnafM^ket. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SEE PAGE 3. THE WILMOT A HOBBS MFC. CO. viT^MOUNTE'd w 1 3 / a ' , to 6"DIA._ Made only by tvt A TTHA.X, IN'GriEl.^LlIl d5 OO., Factory and Main Office : BALTIMORE, MD. Branch : 42 Cliff St., N. Y . Leading manufacturers of Stamped and Patent Pieced Tin Ware and Galvanized Iron Ware. T HR Avery Stamping Co. We retin Iron, Steel and Copper. CLEVELAND, O. Heavy Blanking, Pressing! Stamping. Rainey Furnace and Foundry Coke. Manufacturers of Al. Nickle Finish Standard Wrought Gongs. Capacity 60,000 Bells per day. Orders filled promptly from stock. Also unexcelled 18 Karat BRONZED BELLS. A oheap and Alegant finish. Mills and Factories, Bridgeport, Conn. |tore, 20 Murray Street, New York. The only Coke you oau buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. All our work* la the heart of the Region, within four miles of Connellsville, Pa, CAPACITY, 8,000 TONS DAILY. W. J, RAINEY, MAIN OFFICE: Mercantile Bank Building. CLEVELAND, OHIO. Hosted by Google 2 THE IRON AGE, J^ NSONIA Q ra ss Cop pe r Qo. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. Waterbury Brass Co. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings, Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pumo Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings, 19 & 21 Cliff Street, ■ ■ New Yor k. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN INGOT COPPER, SPELTER, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, SOLDER & OLD METALS, 1OO John Street, - New York. VADE MECUM. A work of reference for the use of Architects, Archi¬ tectural Iron Workers, Builders, Blacksmiths, Book¬ keepers. Boiler Makers, Contractors, Civil, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Mining, Stationary, Marine and Locomo¬ tive Engineers, Foremen of Machine Shops, Firemen, 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, 8% x 5% inches, Cloth, $2.50. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DAYID WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookseller, 96-102 READE ST., NEW YORK. Established 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger¬ man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURES, 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 CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. , DEPOTS: 296 Broadway, New York. 125 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. I. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SPELTER. AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates tor Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZINC© FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. BRASS GOODS MFG. CO., Mfrs. pf 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., 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, Brazlere Manufacturers of tolt and Sheatlilrig Holmes, Booth & Haydens MANUFACTURERS OF New Haven Copper Co., SOLS MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., also uroiionnuu or cast Steal lusters aid Bits ol superior Quality. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Sheet, Roll Brass, Brass and German Silver Wire. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBING, BRASS AND COPPER. Brazed Brass and Copper Tubing, Bare and Insulated Wire for Elec¬ tric Lighting and Street Rail¬ way Use, Lamp Goods and Kerosene Bnrners In great variety. 25 Park Place, New York. FACTORIES: Waterbury, Conn. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of COPPER WIRE A IT ID RIVETS. Importers and Dealers la Ineot Copper. Block Tin. Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINCES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PURE ALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 418 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 2d High Street, Boston. WILLIAM S. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver , Copper , Brass and German Silver Wire , Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop¬ per Bods, Brass Ferrules, Bure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Spelter f 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 forks, 3741-3743 North Broadway, ST. LOUIS, MO. Hosted by Google ELEPHANT hvmmhhmmihmmhhnmhmi fill GENUINE 1 INGOTS & MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR REC.JfVADE MARKS. $fw ifi/w PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, Castincs, Wire, Sheet &c. The Phosphor bronze Smelting Co. Limited 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. The Win, Cramp & Sons S, & E. B. Co., Philadelphia, penna. BRASS FOUNDERS. giT-S MARK YORK JW9 THOMPSON STS., SOLE MANTTFACTUKERS OF AMERICAN MANGANESE BRONZE, MANGANESE BRONZE PROPELLER WHEELS A SPECIALTY. Our Manganese Bronze is invaluable where Castings of great Tensile Strength are needed. In this quality it is nearer Steel than any other alloy in the market, and In appearance the castings are unequaled. We Make Larger Castings and More of Them than Any Competitor, PHOSPHOR BRONZE, GENUINB PHOSPHOR TIN, MANUFACTURED BY THE CROQRY STEAM GAUGE vr\UODT AND VALVE CO. Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Branches. NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON. cess, equal to hand cut work Bronze, Brass, Aluminum and German Silver, chlnery Name Plates 1*4 cents per sq. In. Alnmir Bronze Dle3, Metal Molds and Mechanical Casting! absolutely true to pattern. THE CELEBRATED ACID RESISTING DEOXIDIZED BRONZE IN INGOTS OR CASTINGS, AND DEOXIDIZED BABBITT METALS. BEST IN THE WORLD. Large Casting's a Special . Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze and :M!ets,l Co., BRIDGEPORT, CO> N. BRASS, BRONZE, m . COMPOSITION and r.L. ALUMINUM CASTINGS, Heavy and Light. F.L.GAYLORD CO. ANSONIA, CONN. Send for Prices. [|THE MIGHE5TAND RICHEST GRADE MADE . I I MANUFACTURED ONLY BV THE CRESCENT PHOSNIORIZED METAL CO lwd/2HI3‘«ZIII INDIANA AV.? HILADEL f HW PA . CROWN SMELTING COMPANY, Chester, Pa, ironze, Brass and. Composition Castings Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Manufacturers of PHOSPHOR-BRONZE TO PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Specifications In Ingot metal or castings. T^WILMOT * HOBEfS.MFC. COMPANY Especially solicit orders for '*Soft M and " Extra Soft" Plaio Blue Finish or Annealed or Pickled HOT ROLLED BAND, STRIP M2 PLATE.STEEL. Great accuracy of gauge and width and uniformity of quality will always be maintained. Also THE CELEBRATED BRIGHT SURFACE and ANNEALED GOLD ROLLED SHEET AND STRIP STEEL FOR DIFFICULT PRESSED, STAMPED, DRAWN WORK, &c. ‘ ..... ^ J /X^l B ^ \ . V *of Of ^ ^ The above Illustrate* aometliinQ of the variety of Stamped and Drawn Work which can be made from tbit Steel. >plCES GREATLY REDUCED c ™, d “ t * n g ; KKSXT*" **** *. ** BRIDGE PQRT^OONN* X PRICE Wien In a hurry uh Long Distance Telephone. .HlaMaJ^aal UatiW t®wL Jfejr.J?!?* J# aJXaflJLJ P H □ 5 P H DR -TIN f By USING MY PHOSPHOR TIN MANUFA- URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE q PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves. BY T|t SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, much CHEAPER THAN. THEY ARE NOW TO (Y HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD COPPE^ CAN BE USED. FOR CIRCULARS ArvSfpRlCti ADDRESS HALK £ NAUMANN. '“f'l agents ™ E U S. Ar, £ CANADA. <? PEA^'l WIRE NAIL5. INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., Crawfordsville, Ind. Hosted by Google BM 4 THE IRON AGE, Washburn & Moen Manuf’g Co., WORCESTER, MASS., NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO. MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL AND COPPER EVERY VARIETY OF WIRE VIRE FOR ALL PURPOSES. ROPE AXD CABLE. Sard and Soft Draivn Copper Wire for Elect ri- eatPur% oses ; G-alvanizt d Iron and Sti el Telegraph and Telephone Wire, (Hid¬ den Patent Steel Parb Wire; Watch and Clock Main Springs; Eyeglass Springs ; St. el Wire for Jaeedles and Trills / Pat¬ ent Steel Wire Bale Tie*; Pump Chain / Two Strand Twisted and Plat Twisted Pence Wire without Barbs ; Pence Staples , Stretchers t &c. ; Bright , JLnnealed, Tinned and Galvanized and Copper Wire, on Spools lot. to lib Hew York Warehouses, 16 Cliff St., and 241 Pearl Galvanized Iron Wire Rope tor Ships' Rigging, &c. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission and Standing Ropes, Boisting Ropes, Tiller Ropes, Switch Ropes Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor Bronze and Copper Wire Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixt¬ ures and Appliances required for use with the foregoing. The famous yachts Mayflower, Vol¬ unteer and Sachem are all rigged with our Wire Rope. -LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. St. Chicago Warehouse, 107 & 109 Lake St. San Francisco Warehouse, 8& 10 Pine St. % £step>, r\Sv The American Metal Co, (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St. y New York. P. O. BOX 957. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. THJ^LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. Advances made on Consignments. AGENTS FOR Henry R. Merton & Co., - - London. Merallgesellschait, Frankfort-ou-Main. Williams, Foster & Co., Ld., Swansea. % t £ WIRE 1 _ TRENTON IRON CO. TREHT9ti,rt.eJ. AYS COOPER HEWITTS-CO. WIRE ROPE 17 BURLING SLIP ^ _^TRflMWAY<; AMERICAN SPIRAL SPRING CO, miller & van wink le . MANTJFA CTUBERB OF MANUFACTURERS OF WL KIND l°. F £l R l SPRINGS ' STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS. and Bluff Streets, PITTSBURGH, PA Telephone 705, WM. MCFARLAND, ^ IRON FOUNDER, kkl TRENTON, - - IV* J, Chilled Cast Wire DIES A SPECIALTY. Any Size or Style Made at Short Notice. Guaranteed. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. For high 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, &c. 30tk StM*.:& Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo. VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STFEL SPBINGS tt Agricultural Implements, Machin* O ery and various other purposes, Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO., MANUFACTURERS. MONTPELIER, TV Hosted by Google 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. Olaker* of Iron, Bessemer, Siemens-Martin and Crucible Cast Steel Wire oi all kinds, annealed, soft and hard drawn t Copper*# Spring Wire for Furniture Springs, dfcc.. Coppered Soft Wires, Baling Wires, Suspension Bridge and Rope Wires of all kinds, See. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CUSS OF SPRINGS. Specialty of finest Cast Steel Wires, round, flat, square and any other shape, tempered and also In the soft state, guaranteed t* harden and temper. Solid Riband 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, Sec. Plano, Needle, Fish Hook, Drill and Hair Spring Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made for special purposes. Also Covered ‘Wires—Braided and Cloth and Paper Covered-for crinoline, corset and other purposes. Cold Rolled and Silt soft and Tempered Steel Strips ol all kinds and for all purposes. Special Wires and Springs of Every Inscription. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. OALIFOPtlSriA WIRE WORKS, S FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. \r 17 7 \ \'tV\ \7\ V. m\\\U \VVn DUNBAR BROS., Manufacturers of Clock Springs and Small Springs of every description, from best Cast Steel, BRISTOL. CONN. FRED NOUR SEMICO., Pita STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS, 315,317 and 319 East 22d St , New York. 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” SPRINGS GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOB SALE BY TBE HARDWARE TBADE. GET THE BEST. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. & wuavviu ltvjju w> ^ St. Louis, Mo. HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Building, 1 19 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 “ Plain Words about Patents," Free. PATENT PRACTICE EXCLUSIVELY. References Furnished on Application. X. B. STOCKING) Attorney at Law, 611 F ST., N. W„ WASHINGTON. D. C. PATENTS $40,000,000 Earned by Bell Telephone Patent in 1891. Pro¬ tect your invention by PATENT. No charge for examination to determine patentability. Bend model and description. New Book Free. S. C. FITZGERALD. Washington, D. C A. LESCHEN & SONS’ ROPE CO. MANUFACTURERS OF ST. LOUIS, MO. *• Vi • *X<*4*v „ CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Williamsport Wire Rope Co., Williamsport. Pa. fAEEROOMS: E87 Liberty Hew Yor\. wineS. * FATE NTS. H. W. T. JEN NEB, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert. 519 Seventh St., Washington, 3>.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. EstabHehed 1883. F. H. ARNOLD, ID ©signor* ARTISTIC METAL WORK, New Britain, Conn. SPRINGS—RIVETS. Specialties in SHEET METAL WORK, CLOCK and INDICATOR POINTERS, CLARK 8 COISLES. (lalMlUc, Ct. PHILLIPS, TOWNSEND & C0„ Morth Penn Junction, Philadelphia. WIRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. ■Rivets marked “P” are not of our mike. We make only fir8t-ola88 Norway Iron Rivets. “EVERYTHING IN WIRE.” Not only the standard line of wire hardware contained in our * Catalogue (the largest in the country), BTTT lOOl Special articles manufactured to order. THE WIRE GOODS COMPANY, Worcester. Mass. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Manufacturers of WIRE In great varisl IISTE-W HAVEN, CONN. A N D Hardware Grade and Fanning Mill Wire Cloth, Poultry Netting, Heavy Window Screen Wire Cloth, Coal and Sand Screens, Riddles, Ash Sieves, &c., &c. Office and Counter Railings, Elevator En¬ closures, Wire Stall Guards, Hay Rafeks Feed Boxes, Window Guards, &c., &o. 1ST- Including the principal works on Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Engineering, Electricity, Mechanics* &c., sent free to any address by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher, 90-103 Read© Street, NEW YORK. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF GENERAL WIRE WORK. , WmdowGuards, Stable Fixtures. BAILINGS, _ SaudSpreet\9 Coal Screens Efco. pptoew:^ xnbn xow^. vjl^x mm 1 :f!.Titi; \ i|X SX^LLV >;%: V-V^m . 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MANUFACTURERS OF j J || STEEL WIRE RODS, 1J 11 BALE TIES, BARB WIRE. t JL BEST QUALITY Fen ce Wir e Staples, Galvanized Wire Ornamental Fencing, Cable Wire, Grape Wire, Hop Yard Wire, Coiled Steei Wire, Fence Wire, &c. WmmM Our New Empire Bale Tie, 8RANCH HCUSE : 643-645 State Street, Chicago, III. Address all export communications to W D. MEIGHAN, 111 Water Street, New York City. The Leading Authority on Business Law. PARSONS’ THE LAWS OF BUSINESS, For all the States and Territories of the Union. By Theophilus Parsons, LL.D. 864 pages, 6x9 inches: full leaiher .$4.60 This is a work almost indispen¬ sable to every business man, as a guide in transactions which are occurring constantly. It constitutes a library of law on daily business affairs and is used for constant reference by many of the leading concerns throughout the country. The volume treats fully and clearly of contracts, sales, agency, agreements and assessments, stop¬ page and transitu, considerations, limitations, notes and bills of ex¬ change, interest and usury. Em¬ braces chapters on commercial law in general, bonds, assignments, guaranty, the statute of frauds, receipts and releases, payment, partnership, arbitration, carriage of goods and passengers by rail¬ road and other carriers, hotel keepers, patents, copyrights, stat¬ ute of limitations, the law of place, shipping, marine, fire and life in¬ surance, deeds of land, mortgages of land, mortgages of personal property, leases, liens of mechan¬ ics and material men, the recovery of debts, wills, executors and ad¬ ministrators, guardians, and the legal rights of farmers, &c. Also abstracts of the laws of all the States and Territories relating to the collection of debts, usury, the execution and acknowledgment of deeds, witness required to wills, holidays and days of grace, me¬ chanics’ liens, chattel mortgages, and nearly 300 approved forms which have been tested in courts. Sent prepaid on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 REAOE ST., NEW YORK Hosted by Goo le THE IRON AGE. Reliance Wire i iron Works. ARCHITECTURAL WIRE AND IRON WORKERS. r ^ Wire Cloth, Galvanized Fencing add Netting, Wire Lath, Wire and Iron Fences and Railings, Window Guards, {Stable Fixtures, Bank.. and Office Railings, all kinds oi Brass, Wire and Iron Work for Buildings and Offices. SSND FOR ILUJSTR1TED CATALOGUE. CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Manufacturers of Every Description of • WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. Wire Cloth end Nettings. Clinton “Standard” (Number 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. FACTORY AND CENERAL 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. Galvanized Steel Wire Cloth. Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. “ Cottage” Lawn & Garden Fencing. The World’s Web Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. Hsuse Furnishing Wire Goods. -MANUFACTUB3 WIRE CLOTH, NETTING] Fencing, Gates, Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. ESTABLISHED 1818 . WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. patented -• issa NEW PROCESS MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF HA L D r" L WIRE CLOTH fflsNETTINC SKSSSHi WIRE NETTING. Patented March, 1884. HARD STEEL WIRE Patents Pending. Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS SEND FOR LATEST CATALOGUE. Pennsylvania, Wire WorKs, 233 & 235 Arch st„ Philadelphia, EDWARD DARBY * SONS. * tT AC AC El R We R the People. Q. o o D s ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SCREENS,) “Pennsylvania ” 1 SCREEN DOORS PENNSYLVANIA,” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTING, “DARBY” and “SPECIAL” “ ST ANDARD,” “CORTLAND” - also “EXCELSIOR,” uMMnnui o/-> d c-c m Door " and " Wi »dow - Sticks “ELECTRIC,” WINDOW SCREEN —and- “ROBERTS.” WIRE CLOTH. CORNER BRACKETS. aoons SCREEN DOORS “STANDARD,” “EXCELSIOR,” ' ELECTRIC,” “ROBERTS.” SIPIELITSTO HINGES-DOOR FTTXjXjS. Write for Prices. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOli MANUFACTURERS the ROEBLINC STANDARD WIRE LATHING. • NEW JERSEY • WIRE CLOTH CO. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 1 f * and 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. 171 AND 173 LAKE* STREET CHICAGO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. 25 and 27 FREMONT STREET BAN FRANCISCO Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 9 P. P- EMORY MFC. CO. COPPERSMITHS, IN BRASS AKD COM- spr^cmeld ' «7ss and Manufacturers of POSITION. HEAVY Goo d Work Fair Prices COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, AHO LIGHT CAST- EXPANSION PIPES INCS. ANO COILS. HIGH GRADE WIRE MATS, guaranteed to stand any usage and last twice as long as any wire mat offered the trade. Perfectly flexible corners. Will not turn up. Cheap as the cheapest. Write for discounts. WHITE MFO. CO., Minneapolis^ Minn. 'A RESERVOIR VASES. ~ Lawn Furniture, Statuary, Office and Counter Railing, Wire & Signs, Guards, Cresting, Columns, Iron Stairs, Balcony ' r f§ 1 Railing, Stable Fixtures, Jail Cells, etc. catalogue: free:. i „ E. T. BARNUM, ■ DETROIT, MICH. MENTION TO[IS PAPER. ■mB CHAMPION IRON THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. r CLEVELAND ♦ W p ^V GH r ^ IRON Office and Salesroom, 157H Euclid Av«., MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. StableFLrtures.Cres tings, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Railing, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna¬ mental and Structural Ironwork. COMPANY. ^X^tairs jaR^w wors, builders' and^^^ ornamental iron work.^^^^ r Mai. iron cresting. Guaranteed^ against breakage. Also mfrs.of the ^"celebrated Ohio Champion Iron'yS Force and Lift Pumps Send for 220 page catalogue Che largest Iron Fence and Railing Works in the TJ. S KENTON. OHIO. The Perfect Lawn Fence. Cheap as Wood. W. S. E8T EY, lift 1 immm? AFTER 20 YEARS iffiMKffi illKKKlt Bfflltlill Blil; {-SiSSlS® No. 65 FULTON ST., NEW YORK, W OOD ^p,F' cket 5 MANUFACTURER OF iiiiaiiaii naiBBii ■iifinnifl Bim affimBpoagii WIRE 01,0 HARTMAN MFG. CO., - Works, BEAVER FALLS, PA. BRANCHES 277 Broadway, New York. 73 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta Ga. 508 State St , Chicago, 111. Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and all other purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, <fcc., -AND- WIRE WORK. For Banl, Office and Counter Railing, Store Fronts Window Guards, &c. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. S T Baud filor o ens SEND FOR CATALOGUE. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE .A.2STD PRICES. Steel Wire Fence Board. Tree Protector. STRONGEST ANB CHEAPEST BARBLESS FARM FENCING. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Web Picket Fence. DEKALB FENCE CO., - - DeKalb, III AGENCIES: Eastern—HICKS dr DICKEY, Philadelphia, Pa. Southern— W. B. BELKNAP «fe 06 Louisville, Kt. Western—WYETn HARDWARE & MFG. CO., St. Joseph, Mo. Indiana and Mich Igan— INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO.. Crawfordsville, Ind. Texas—©. K. MERIWETHER, Dallas McCallips’ Pat. Tlie Best Tree Guard on the market. Price $12 per doz. Discount to the Trade. Iron Fences,Wire Fences “a Build ers’ Wi re Work. MeCallip Fence & Wire Works, 4S5 Oak Street, COLUMBUS, - OHIO. Why Band Saws Break. Sixteen reasons and how to avoid them. Being instructions to filers on the care of large band-saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. By Joshua Om> ham. 90 pages, illustrated, cloth . $ 1.00 For Sale by David Williams. 96-102 Read© St., N.Y sted by Google The Berlin Iron Bridge Co. CHAS. M. JARVIS, Pres, and Chief Engineer BURR K. FIELD, Vice-President. <GEO. H. SAGE, OFFICE AND WORKS: 5 Railroad Avenue EAST BERLIN, CONN. F. L. WILCOX, Secretary Treasurer & c -C7 § * * ^ ^ O ^ £ O ^ * " p qj d £» S i # i RKSwH ii.S ilkk? * 1 ' / csr Co % *■» a £ Gj -2 i\ .£ i ~o o' j .o ,-i? £ i •«^r '"f r-C* R £* St w jf P •>* .x m in cf •*"■* « -5 £ o K ~z* ^ v Jf £ J If [>j^ i I I iJ ' ■ -~s | i '/1 W Qy -o .fio <4? w # V-J O T3 ^ i 3 I# Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Engineers, Architects and Builders in Iron and Steel. 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RBTlTOrjDS <& O O. MANUFACTURERS OF SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS, STUDS. COUPLING BOLTS. STOVE BOLTS. FINISHED NUTS, Ac. !i; -O' SMiilml E. H. TITCHENER & CO. (Late Bing, Wire Goods Co.) BINGHAMTON, N. Y., U. S. A. —MANUFACTURERS OF— Alt* Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Machines for Feundry Use. KT3EJ'\7 ST BAVBSJ, OOKTBJ. 3-8 Send for Catalogue. | The English and American Mechanic: AN EVERY-DAY HAND-BOOK FOR THE WORKSHOP AND THE FACTORY. CONTAINING. Several Thousand Receipts, Rules and Tables indispensable to the Mechanic, the Artisan and the Manufacturer. By B. Frank Van Clove, A new, revised, enlarged and improved edition, edited by Emory Edwards, M.E. ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS. In one volume, 500 pages, lfmo, closely printed, containing a vast body of information of value to all practical men. Elegantly bound in scarlet cloth, gilt. Price $2.00. SENT POSTPAID, ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, BY j DAVID WILLIAMS, Bookseller and Publisher, 96-102 Read. Street, NEW YORK. STAPLES in All Varieties, Double-Pointed Tacks. Etc. Blind. Staples a Specialty: OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. Established 1S30, THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, Trunk Nails, Tacks Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Nalls. PLYMOUTH, MJLSS. BORDEN & LOVELL, ro AND 71 WEST STREET NEW YORK. Steel. Iron and Wire Nails. -AMERICAN- piURON (Bank of America Building.) 44 Wall Street, - NEW YORK. Correspondence of Furnaces Invited. Hosted by Google 12 608 SEAR3 BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. 1 DUNBAR, HOBART & CO., WHITMAN, HASS. LORING A DARKS,, PLYMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 1848. ' " ' A. FIELD A SONS, TAUNTON, HASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, HASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1854. AMERICAN TACK CO., FAIRHAVEN, MASS. OLD COLON! RIVET CO., PLYMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1887. ESTABLISHED IN 1888. " MANUFAOTURHRS OF Tasks, Brads, Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nails, Tufting Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nalls. Patent Brads, Hungarian Nails, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Tanks, Escutcheon Pins, Eyelets, Glaziers’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other artloles. We have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock in the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregoinglwell known brands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New rork ■tore and our factories. , MJLIN OFFICE, 508 SEARS JB UIBDING .199 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE, 31 WARREN ST., NEW TORE. BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSF L 239 A fill BARE ST., CHICAGO . IBB. BRANCH OFFICE AWABb’bCOVSE.^S MARKJii ST., SAIT IxAifCISCO, CAB. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE , 406 COMMERCE ST., FHIBADEBBHIA, BA* MVV\VVViii=<: ; V^ Wood Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Tire Bolts, Sink Bolts, Tacks, Trunk, Clout and Small Nails. CLEVELAND, OHIO. QUARTER^ of (t t C u if Tacks, Wire Nails and Brads, Hoop Nails, Staples, Silver and Japanned Lining and Saddle Nails, Double-Pointed Tacks, Slating and Roofing Nails. BONNIE BLUE TACKS, ioo Kegs full of Tacks for $1.50. PARISIAN GILT NAILS. 20 Papers in a Carton. Carton retails for $1.00’; costs 50 Cents. CHlCA.GOnXLU.SA_ ■ BILL NYE BRAD BOX. BEST TACK PULLER IN MARKET. FULL OF TACKS. . 168 Pa P ers wire Brads, ®f sort f d r f t° m M to a in. Each paper just right to retail for 5 cents. Retails at $7.20 per Gross. Costs $4.00. Brings $8.40; costs $4.00. GUSTAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, MACHINE TOOL WORKS, MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF IMPROVED METAL WORKING MACHINES. Branch of HEINR. EHRHARDT, DUESSELDORF, GERMANY. Cold Saws and Cold Sawing Machines of our own make a Specialty. Machine Tools for Railway Shops, Bridge Builders, Architectural Iron Works, Steel and Iron Foundries, Machine and Blacksmith Shops, Iron and Steel Works, Rolling Mills, Forges, etc. Hydraulic Machinery. Lathes f° r special purposes, Presses for Corrugated Iron, Straightening Machines, Milling and Grinding Machines, and others. Catalogues furnished on application. Send for prices and discounts Machines can be seen in operation at our Works or at the Chicago Exposition. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 If ills I ^ **¥*** ill AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., — ^aasa ^ 0r ^ <xnu f acture, ' s °f Light Hardware. Sill BLAKE & JOHNSON. Watcrburi. Cm, NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO.. MANUFACTURERS OF STU^l^VV^TOEF^VWITJS WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA, The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. MANUFACTURERS WIRE NAILS, Works: 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. 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 lrom double corrugated iron or steel. Made to fit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. GARRY IRON & STEEL ROOFING CO, CLEVELAND, OHIO. 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. THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO. BOX Q, PIQUA, OHIO. If you Want THE BEST, TRY IT. BOOKS. YOU CAN OBTAIN PROMPTLY the latest work on any subject in which you are interested by addressing DAVID WILL¬ IAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, New York. EB. PHILLIPS 8m SONS SOUTH HANOVER, MASS. TACKS F. R. BMMONS 8m SRO 21 WARREN ST.. NEW YORK. Corrugated, Crimped and C ap-Boa*d Iron Roofing & Siding Iron Buildings, Roofs, Bool's, Shutters, Cornices. Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., Office, 5 Bey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. 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. Hender¬ son, successor to Disosway & Henderson, Hardware. Agents for Philadelphia Star Carriage and Tire Bolts. Hosted by Google 205 Quarry St., Philadelphia. CANADA SCREW CO., (Limited, Hamilton, Ont. - - 1MANUFACTURBRS O y (===: WOOD SCREWS, TIRE BOLTS, In Iron, Brass, Bronze and all Varieties | STOVE BOLTS, of Finish. COACH SCREWS, MACHINE SCREWS, RAILROAD SCREWS, HAND RAIL SCREWS, SIDE KNOB SCREWS, LOCK CAP SCREWS, DOWEL SCREWS, CHANDELIER SCREWS, I TAPS FOR MACHINE SCREWS, RIVETS, BURS, TAPS FOR STOVE BOLTS. ' Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, ' Stove Bolts, Forged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. GOLD FORGED SLEIGH SHOE BOLTS, SINK BOLTS, STOVE RODS, POINTED WIRES, TAPPED NUTS, WIRE NAILS, DOWEL PINS, American Screw Company, PROVIDENCE, R.. I. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European Agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool osted by Go gle THE IRON AGE. CONSOLIDATED STEEL ■ WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, THE ROOKERY. CHICAGO, ILL Branch f ST. LOUIS, MO., 1935 Papin Street. I PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building. 1 NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. Offices. [ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building. BARBED WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAILS Bale Ties, Pence Staples, etc. MILLS LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. ( CANTON', OHIO. WROUGHT IRON BRIDCE GO. 1 IS COMMUNICATE WITH NEAREST OFFICE. Iron Buildings, Roofs and General Strnctnral Work in Iron and Steel, Ma- cbine Shops, Foun¬ dries, Power The above Is a cut or our new works. The main building Is 256 feet square and is fittod with improved machinery for handling all classes of Bridge and Structural work. All machinery is operated by electricity from our own plant. IRON AND STEEL ROOFING, Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Eave Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridge Roofing Co., Cambridge, O. An Introduction to the Study of Metallurgy By W. C. Roberts-Austen, C. B m F. R. S., Associate of the Royal 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; aUoys; the thermal treatment of metals; fuel; materials and products of metallurgical processes; furnaces; means of supplying air to furnaces; typical metal¬ lurgical processes; economic considerations. With numerous diagrams, 29a pages, cloth. $2.50 For sale by DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Reade St.,' N. Y. Hosted by Google 16 THE IRON AGE, New and Standard Books — ON — METALLURGY, Wedding’s Basic Bessemer Pro cess. Translated from the German byWiLUAMB, Phillips. Ph.D., and Ernst Prochaska, Met. E. With supplementary chapter on De- phosphorization in the Basic Open-Hearth Furnace. 222 pages; cloth: illustrated.S3.50 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 The Metallurgy of Steel. Volume I. By Henry M. Howe, A.M., S. B.. mining and metallurgical engineer; illus¬ trated with many engravings and plates 383 pages; 11 x 14 inches. $10 Handbookfor Charcoal Burners. Translated from the Swedish of G. Svedelius by Prof. R. B. Anderson, and edited with notes by Prof. W. J. L. Nicodemtjs, C.E.; 23 wood engravings; 217 pages; cloth..$l,50 The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture of 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. Krupp and Andreas Wild- berger, with extensive additions by Wm.T. Brannt; illustrated by 16 engravings; 428 pages; cloth. $2.50 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 preser¬ vation. Edited from various sources by William T. Brannt. 530 pages; cloth.$2.5 0 Electro-Plating. A practical hand-book on the deposition ol copper, silver, nickel, gold, aluminum, brass, platinum, &c. With descriptions of the chemicals, materials, batteries and dynamo machines used in the art. Second edition; carefully revised, with additions. By J. W. Urquhart ; 220 pages; cloth.$9 Steel and Iron, Comprising the practice and theory of the several methods pursued in their manufact¬ ure, and of their treatment in the rolling mills, the forge and the foundry. By Will¬ 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. Dlustrated by 23 engravings and two diagrams; 511 pages; cloth.$5 Sent, 'postpaid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, Gautier Steel JOHNSTOWN, PA., MANUFACTURERS OP Merchant Bar Steel: Including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Railroad Spring, Hoe, Rake, Fork, etc. Agricultural Steel and Shapes: Finger Bars, Knife Backs, Rake Teeth, Bundle CarrierTeeth, Tedder Forks and Springs, Spring Harrow Teeth, Harrow (Drag) Teeth, Seat Springs, etc. Plow Steel: Flat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolled Lay, etc. COLD ROLLED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office i v 02 Chambers St. S. W. Cor. Bth & Commerce Sts. 20© Phenlx Building* (No. 4.) IRON# STEELBRIDGES, ROOFS# RUILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, NASS. Roof of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. 0. H. ANDREWS, Proper _ _ . A. S. MILLER, Jr., Sec\ J. R. WORCESTER, Chief Eng’r. - LEK, Jr., Sec’y. B. H. BROWN, Con. Bnr’f W.J0HJNS JJQUID PAINTS SEND FOR SAMPLE CARD AND DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST. H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING CO., Sole Manufacturers of H. W. Johns’Asbestos Roofing, Sheathing, Building Felt, Asbestos Steam Packings, Boiler Coverings, Roof Paints, Fire Proof-Paints, etc. VULCABESTON Moulded Piston-Rod Packing Rings, Gaskets, Sheet Packing, etc. Established ,8 5 8. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, Hosted by Google 96-102 Reade 8t.« New York ILiXilcens Iron # Steel Co. 1 ”™ The First to make Boiler Plates In America. 07 km. Button, PretL A. F. Hutton, Vice-Prat. 0. L. Button, OetiL Mgr. Bobt. B. Hairnet, Jr., Secy. Jot. Humpton, Treat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES VO EXTREME DIMENSIONS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET. THICKNESS* 3-16 INCH TO IK INCH. -ESTABLISHED 1810.- WORKS: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: Ooatesvllle f Fa. 62 dfe 64 Bullitt Bldg. FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 So. 4th St. y Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIC I PON— .03 or under. SCRAP- .03 or .05 or under. ORE— For O. H. and Furnace Use. MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, Skelp, Muck Bars aud Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 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 sizes. 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. AGENTS Edward Corning & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward Corning & Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; James B. Stokes, 182 Market St., SAN 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. BREWERT, HALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Designers and Constructors of Boots, Trasses, Col umns , TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE - & - CO., ■ EMPIRE - CHAIN - WORKS Beach. A Otis Sts., - - - Philadelphia. Shams for Foundry Cranes and S/mgs, " D. B. 6.” Special Crane Cham. Steel and Iron Dredging r Slope and Mining Chains. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains. B. T. WELLMAN. President. J. H. ROOF, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., S. H. CHAT7VENET, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. 9 _ Successors to ESHERTCK, COTTON & CO., WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO Iron and Steel Merchants. AGENTS FOR -MANUFACTURERS OF- Highest Grade Open Hearth Low Phosphorus Steel Fire Box am AMERICAN WIRE GLASS MFG. GO. Boiler Plate. Bessemer Steel Ship and Tank Plate. Open 418 Walnut st *> phila. Hearth and Bessemer Blooms and Slabs. Low Phosphorus Pig Iron. -PLATES UP TO 120 INCHES IN WIDTH.- General Office and Works, Thurlow, Delaware County, Pa. Chicago, Ills., No. 656 “ The Rookery.” New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nassau Street B. W. CRAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. K IFFLIN WHEELFiR. G. W. NICOLL8 Nicolls, Wheeler & Co., . FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 316 Sooth Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, Pig Iron, Muck Bart, Charcoal Blooms, Ac., &o. Stool and Iron Plates, New and Old Ralls, EDWARD CORNING fc CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. * BEAMS, CHANNELS, If) A hi ... n AT I" FI HOOPS, BANDS, ANGLES, TEES, IIIII M AND \ I P P I SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, PLATES, BARS, RODS. I HU 11 V I Ka L L BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. * IRON AND STEEL II1UI1 V I LLL BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. 2* BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 337 SO. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLIC TED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS. Hosted by 70 ICILBY ST. BOSTON. Google 18 THE IRON AGE. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHAN1 288 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bax and .Railroad Iron, Old Rails, 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, liongdale (Va.) and other Pig Irons* Storage Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. E. R. and Its various connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued Cash advances hade on Iron. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Foundry! 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. 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, COMMISSION MERCHANTS FIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates and Shapes. Rails, Cars and Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment generally. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, ISo South Fourth St., Phila. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strathers 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. VI. H. THOMSON & CO., Dealers in IRON ancl STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. LUCKNOW FORGE. fOHN W. 3FL EIIjY Fort Hunter, P. O., Dauphin Co., Pa. MANUFACTUBEB OP fl C9B i« and Billets for Boiler Plate, T*he» Sheet Iron and Wire, mado from Pig Iron and Scrap. Prices Quoted—Correspondence Solicited. 0. B. -Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHILADELPHIA. Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Bails, Structura Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. 8TEEL AND IRON PLATES W. S. PILipHL • v- - 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. £3. PL. MANN dtf OO., Sole Agents. ACME PIG IRON. Guaranteed .03 % or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Riverside Steel Pipe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes. 147 SOUTH 4th STREET, - - PHILADELPHIA ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom* PLATE c«3 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 Looomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. CUMBERLAND NAID AND IRON C0„ MANUFACTURERS OF “ GuuiberldJid ” Nalls \ Iroug|t Iroij 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 PlG IRON. Dealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Mack Bars and Connellsville Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. JAMES McKAY Ac rO„ 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 ol U. S. Iron. JAMES GK LINDSAY <& OO., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. D ro fVD MERRILL BROS..465 to471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. Y COLD DRAWN -MANUFACTURERS- SHAFTING CLEVELAND, 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” (5»D 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, Ao. _._ WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. _ CHAS. HUGILL, Agent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. OBPOI BLE OAST S TEEL. JBRE ABBOTT & CO., Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 85 OLIVER ST. BOSTON. 23 CUFF ST., NEW YORK. Si & Cl WARDLOW, 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 «« ^ ast Steel I° r Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and 1 all other^Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St, New York. _ Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, AGENT FOR N. M. HdGLUND’S SONS & 00., OF STOCKHOLM Swedish and Norway Iron. BeMemer and Open Beartli steel. 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. CARLISLE S.A7SSR, BZ#IiISON efts OO., SHEFFIELD. WORKS , Lftt* WILSON HAWKSWORTHi ELLISON * CO H ENGLAND* (HSTABUBHBD 1886.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents, 81 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON. 98 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF 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, (Formerly CARL F. BORER), Sole Agents and Importers of'Steel and Crucible Wire Rods, &c. JESSOP'S