The Iron Age : Vol. LII : No. 4 : July 27, 1893

QR. MR. GERERAL'S OFF; ibliined Vol. LII: No. 4. Review of the HarHwarlf^TrAn y c) crtro!fjnip^»Bar--- ursday Morning l>y r>| p-tOUOf) »6, S8, lOO Sc±OS Reade St., New Yorte. $4,80 a Veap, Inciuding Poataga Single Copies, Ten Cents. N^ew York, 1 , i8gj, Reading Matter Contents.page 182 Classified List of Advertisers.... 101 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers 105 Advertising and Subscription Rates 189 ONLY I INTERIOR Irawhide. Send for circular I ** to SHUL.TZ BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS JttO. NEW YORK, N. Y., 225 Pearl St.. A. 6. Laurence, Ugr. BOSTON,_MASS . 164 Summer St., Q. J. EeUey, Hn. PHILADELPBIA. PA.. 129 N. 8d St..J. OamettJ^. NONE SE^vltTHOirr" “SABLE’ STAMPEDE TEN FEET TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. LiOXJIS Manufacturers of BOAT SPIKES. Erery Hardware and Mill Supply Dealer Should Sell Bristol’s Patent STEEL BELT LACING. Send for show _circular SIADVjo AF»qr PiinsHa jonnr Aud free samples THE BRISTOLS’ MFG. CO.,Waterbury, Conn. _New York Office, Liberty St. Send for Samples, Sash Cord, Bell Cord, Clothes Lines, Masons’ Lines. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TX7n.Krj3X70SXjiXIS. I BBAHCHOrFion: Cleveland 136 Liberty St., city Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CLEVELAND, O. [VTR^ BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SEE PAGE 3. THE WIL.MOT a HOBBS MFC. CO. Manufacturers of Al. Nickle Finish Standard Wrought Gongs. Capacity 60,000 Bells per d^. Orders filled promptly fromstock. Also unerceUed 18 Karat BRONZED BELLS. A cheap and rfegant finish. MlUs and Factories, Bridgeport. Conn. Store, 20 Murray Street, New York. SMOKELESS PAPER SHELLS Loaded with Nitro Powders, Schultze, E. C., S. S. and American Wood. — SOLD ONLY THROUGH DEALERS.- SALMON COLOR. Made in lo, 12 and 16 gauge. Pricedist on application. Packed 25 in a box, 500 in a case. MANUFACTURED BY The Union Metailic Cartridge Co., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. R.-A.3SriDOLjFH 3 b OLO'WES, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tubing and Large Shells, Brazed Tubes and 31ouldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silver. -SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF- Brown’s Potent Seamless Drawn Copper Hense Belters, CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK. Ordinary weight tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to 300 lbs. pressure per square Inch. Made of two Seam¬ 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., &c. IJENKINS STANDARD PACiw cCfENKIN^ ^ENiKINS^ JENKINS’ STANDARD PACKING For Steam or Joint Packing: has no superior. It is manufactured in all thicknesses. It is not loaled to dncrease weight. Does not POT or BURN OUT. Every sheet is stamped with Trade Mark, like cut. JENKINS BROS., New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. DRIPPING PANS. 40 Sizes. The best made. (Beaman’s Patent Improved.) MARYLAND ROASTER AND BAKER. { ch^apesTfn Made only by 33hg.^L'X"'X*J X^G-XL^IVE eh 00 ., Factory and Alain Ofilce s BALTIMORE, AID. Branch : 42 ClifiTSt., N. Y • heading manufaoturers of Stamped and Patent Pieced Tin Ware and G-aleanized Iron, Ware, Tp? Avery Stamping Co. We retin Iron, Steel and Copper. CLEVELAND, O. Heavy Blanking, Pressingl Stamping. Rainey W. J. RUNET, Connellsville Furnace and Foundry . _ know you are getting tl_ the heart of the Region, within four miles of Connellsville, Pa. CAJPA-OITY, 3,000 TON’S DAIZjTT. MAT !. OFFICE: Mercantile Bank . Bulldlag. Coke. CLETELiHD, OHIO. Hosted by Google 2 THE IRON AGE. y^ NSONIA g PASS ^ Qopper Qo, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot popper. Iwaterbury Brass Co. THEPLUME&ATW 00 DMFe.G 0 . MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass 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 York. 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. VADE MECUffl. 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, I'iremen, 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 Arrang^ed by D. B. DIXON. And with a most, exhaustive Electricai Department by THOS. G. 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Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZI.NC® F0:R X.iEC1Li.A.3VCII:3B G-ooxjs jvex'Gt. oo., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRfONZHI IDOORf KISTOBS, Bronze and Plated Roses, Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells, &c., Patent Mirror Pin Cushion Business Cards, Mucilage Brushes. Novelties of new design made to order. SALESRDDM : 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTDRY: 86-92 Third St,, So, Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Manufacturers of EtrASBlex-s’, BoX* «,aa.<a. I&lxe«,taa.l.xis •WIR.E .A.1TZ3 TaXWESTS. Importers and Dealers in Insot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. ® t-l- CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 428 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29 High Street, Boston. WILLIAM S. 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Branches L NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON, NewYomc Omea cess, equal to hand cut work, in Bronze, Brass, Alnminmn and German Silver. Ma¬ chinery Name Plates, Alominnn Bronze Dies, Intri¬ cate Mechanical Castings, etc. FINEST ALUMINUM CASTINGS. THE NIGHCSTAtID RICHEST GRADE MADE. MANUraCTURED ONLY BV TIN. THECRESCENTPHOSMiORIZED METAL CO OFFICE AND WORKS pu,. Bnr, pu.fl ^ 2l072l0^«!°2fll INDIANA ORO'WN SJ%iLMSJL,TIN'C3^ Chester, PSi BxrOXlSBe, S3C>£tS)S AZXCl. O O 333. O si t; 10 ZA O A IS 1133 S IS . Inventors and Sole Manufaotnrers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metai and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Maiiii.faotn.rers o± TO ItAJCt^ILOA.I>. Specifications in ingot metal or castings. T^WILMOT 0 ^ HQBBS^MFC. COMPANY Especiallr solicit orders for ''Sofl** and" Extra Soft“ Plain Blue Finish or Annealed or Pickled HOT ROLLED BAND, STRIP M2 PLATE STEEL. Great accuracy of gauge and width and nniformity of quality will always be maintained. 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It is made of Heavy Galvanized Wire, and easily adjusted to a pc'le. It has been sold for several years, and the demand (as it is becouTing: known) is steadily increasing". The difficulty of detaching- fruit and securing it unbruised is apparent to every one so engaged. This overcomes the difficulty, and saves the finest fruit, which commands the highest prices. vrtixAXAa. lxo the IaOW price at which it is soed Brings it within the reach of those who have but little fruit to gather as well as those who have large quantities. ythkt Price per dozen, $6.00. It will gather Apples, Peaches, Pears, Etc. MANUFACTURED BY PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS, EDWARD DARBY & SONS, 233-235 Arch St, Phila, Pa. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOlft MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLINC STANDARD WIRE LATHING. NEW JERSEY • WIRE CLOTH CO. FRENTON, MEW JERSEY f » AND 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. 171 AND 173 LAKE*STREET GHICACO, “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENGING. 26 AND 27 FREMONT STREET SAN FRANCliJCO. Hosted by Google FOUNDERS P. 'P. EMORY MFC. CO. IN BRASS AND COM- 8p7iilc“rto,11.7ss. mmON, HEAVY Q J Work, Fair Prices. ANn IIPHT PA<5T- * * v* «.j **** nnu Liuni uhoi cobbespondencb solicited. INGS. RESERVOIR VASES. Lawn Furniture, Statuary, Office and Counter Railing, Wire ^ Signs, Guards, Cresting, Columns, Iron Stairs, Balcony ^ % Railing, Stable Fixtures, Jail Cells, etc. CATAliOGUB FREE. E. T. BARNUM, - DETROIT, MICH. MENTION THIS PAPEB. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio Oflice and Salearooniy 157^ Bnelld Ato.* ATJi I N*Af K-RTRS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING stableFlztnreStCrestixiM, Terminals, Wire Office and Ck>unter Balling, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna mental and Structural Ironwork. Illllllf COPPERSMITHS, and Manufacturers of COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, EXPANSION PIPES . _ AND COILS. CHAMPION IRON CO. SPECIALTIES. Iron Stairs and Jail Work, Builders’and Or¬ namental Iron Work and the only manufact¬ urers of MtQleable Iron Cresting guaranteed against breakage; also manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift Pumps. Send for l«6-page Catalogue. Largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In U. S. klies^ttokt. - ogio. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FDLTON ST., NEW YOKK, MANtTFACTUBER OF Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and all other purposes, liocomotive Spark Wire Cloth, <fcc., -- For BanI, Office and Counter Bailing, Store Fronts Window Guards, &c. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver's Patent Decoy Rat Traps. S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. 8 V 8 a>zxc 3 . JSIox*oozx m SEND FOR CATALOGUE. iinoni STEEL Web Picket Fencing, :fifliinnnnA| Buckeye Wrought Iron Punched Bail Fence. AIM manufacturer* of Iron CrMting, Iron Turbine aal Buckeye Wind Engines, Buckeye ^ree PomM Buckeye, Globe and Champion Lawn Mowers. for lUuBtratsd Catalogno and Prices to ^ MAST. FOOS & CO. SPRINGFIELD, MOST POPULAR FOR YARDS, LAVFNS, PARKS, ETC. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Wire Fence Board. DEKALB FENCE CO., - ■ DeKalb, III. AAEMCIES- Eostern-HICKS A BIOKEY, Philadelphia, Pa. Southcrn-W. B. BELKNAP A CO., liulsvlUe, Ky. Westorn-WYETII HARDWARE A MFG. CO., Ignn—INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., Crawfordsville, Ind. Texas—O. K. MERIWETHER, Dallas. SECURITY WAREHOUSE, EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL., Do a general storage business. Rates reasonable. Insurance low. Located on B. & O. and Pennsylvania Lines. Direct connection with 26 Railroads entering St. Louis or East St. Louis, and all Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi River Lines. St. liOuiS Kates of freight to all points West of Mississippi River. T o points East less. In addition to storage we do a general distributing business on commission. We have rep resentatives traveling all over the West and South. Correspond with us. Bright, Coppered^ Annealed and Tin Plated. Ftnlshed to order, round, gquare, oval or flat. riMNED WIRE OF ALL SIZES A SPECIALTY OXFORD IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. S. SCBANTON, Sales Agent, SI, 88 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. Hosted by Google 10 The Berlin Iron Bridge Ch., Engineers, Architects and Builders in Iron and Steel. Office and Works, No. 5 Railroad Avenue, EAST r mm ■ ■ ■ ' BERLIN, CONN. . . ..Ill ^ 1| m mi " !-i ^ § • t-H Cu .S^ 2 'S crt S > in O. 2 J O . w CO CO Oh n3 dd c ^CO ^ S tLn ^ O. 2 (D ‘o (j m bio . H 4-» o c c kT <1^ ^ rt 03 a, Oh 03 <-2 rt- CO *2 2^ e ^ JD ^ ^ 05 bio o *::: C <t> ^ -C <u .b Oh 'T "TO ^ ^ .5 ^ 4._> ^ T3 d O a V r \ ^ ^ ro • ^ bjo"d c ^ .S ^ .2 ^ p3 O- p ® CO •- ^ V . ^ <D c .S b^)*So ^ g ^ c •ii c W , n o5 o3 C-I-. H biO ^ C biO c * T3 > V Cj U u V > o o3 u >% . ^ .12 biO .2 (U 2 '^2 5*^ ^ 1) biO c 8 3 ^ H b 04 > o 1> 2 o biO ,»C C CO c/) • »-H <V « ^ ^ cc3 -+-> (U ^ g c '^<n 2 ■c „ U (U -C ^ H 4-i ^ ^ 'S C/) ^ SEJSriD FOR ILLXJSTRjA.TE 1 D OjA.TjA.3LOGS-XJE. CHAS. M. JARVIS, Pres^ and Chief Mngineer, BURR K. FIELD, Fice- President^ GEO. H. SAGE, Secretetrv, F. L. WILCOX, Treasurer^ Hosted by Google THE IROJN AGE. 11 STEEL, IRON, eOPPER, ZINC, IS AND TIN PERFORATED. firaln Cleaning Machinery; Woolen, Cotton, Paper Palp, Hice, Hoar and Oil Mills; Distilleries, Sagar and Malt Houses; Ha8,Water, Brick and Tile Works, Filters, Tentilators, &c; Oil, Gas and Yapor Stores, Lanterns, Lamps, etc. Perforateil Filter Press Plates for Faraffise Wax, Cotton- 8 «ed Oil, Sugar and other pnrpoMt |lANnBS.OP or AU KINDS rOR IfoiiHGftHmmG H/u^herit ^ ANOAuatRearuRPosEe. Screen Plates for Coal, Coke, and f Ore Separators, Jigs, Trommels, Washers and Sizers. leaT7 steel and Iron Platn and Cylinders for Coal and Go^e Breakers, Ore, stone, Pliospliates & drayel Screens. For Bailroads, Loco- motire and Car Bnilders. Prices and Samples on Application. AIUMMUM or HAHGL THE A B C OF IRON. By CHAS. W. SISSON. CLOTH. I*rio© to $1.00 OOTSTTEISTTS : Iron—^What Is It ? | Grading of Iron. A description of the metal and its nses, showing in what combinations it is fonnd and the principal sources. Pig Iron. An account of the blast furnace processs by which the ores are reduced to pig iron. Constituents of Iron. A description of the elements in pig metal which influence cast iron. Described in chapters on Cab- Boisr IN Cast Iron, Phosphorus in Cast Iron, Silicon IN Cast Iron, Manoanese in Cast Iron, Sulphur in Cast Iron. Numbering of Pig Iron. Showing the character and analysis of different grades of pig iron, appearance of fracture and the nses to which the several grades are adapted. Should it be by analysis or by fracture ? How to Reduce Cost of flixture. Steel. Physical Properties of Metals Defined; Table of shrinkage of Castings. Weights of cast¬ ings from patterns, etc. Statistics. Showing the varieties and production of iron ore, pig iron, pig iron and steel products, railroad mileage and equipment, etc., etc., etc. Early History and Manufacture of Iron. Brief history of the manufacture and uses of iron from earliest times, being principally extracts from Mr. James M. Swank’s History of Iron in All Ages.” Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher Bookseller, 96-102 READE STREET, NEW YORK. Hosted by Google 12 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. BUNBAR, SEOBART & CO., WHITMAN, IHASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. A. FIBI 4 B A SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. AMERICAN TACBL CO., FA IBM ATEN, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. 1 BUNBAR, HOBART & CO., WHITMAW, l»A8S. UORINO d; PARKS, PUITMOUTH, MAM* ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 1842. A. FIEUB & SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MAM* ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1864. AMERICAN TACK CO., FAIKHAVEN, MASS. OEB COEONT RIVET CO., PEVMODTH, MASK ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. ItC.A.lTtTXr’.iiLOTXTK.SR.S OB' Tacks, Brads, Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, Tuftinji Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nalls, Patent Brads, Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Tanks, Esoutobeon Pins, Eyelets, Glaziers’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other artloles. ““I???*™.?** faoflltto are unequaled. TOe foreaoliuCiwell known brands we continue to use. and either will be furnished upon request. We have long ■tore and our factories. Lce telephone connection with our New . EAJJr OFFICE, 508 SFAF8 BUIiniFG,199 WASJBCIFGTOF 8T,, BOSTON, MASS. BBAJSrCB[ OFFICE Si WABEJIOVSE, SI WABBEK 8T,, NEW TOBB, BBANCS OFFICE & WABEBOVSE,289 A 94:1 BABE 8T,, CECICAGO IBB BMASCM OFFICE & WA.EEEOV8M,MS JVAKir^'i ’ sSTsAEFE^OISOO OAX, BKANCB OFFICE A WAEilMOUSE, *09 C0 WiaEECe A., FEIe’aEe£fXIA, FA. Wood Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Tire Bolts, Sink Bolts, Tacks, Trunk, Clout and Small Nails, CLEVELAND, OHIO. QUARTER ^ of Mm 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, loo Kegs full of Tacks for $1.50. CHlCAGlf!ll:t:U.SA PARISIAN QILT NAILS. 20 Papers in a Carton. Carton retails for $i.oo; costs 50 Cents. ^ BILL NYE BRAD BOX. BEST TACK PULLER IN MARKET. FULL OF TACKS. , >68 Papers Wire Brads, assorted, from 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. QU5TAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, imca^ohiive: tool wohks. 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. MDChinC Tools 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. LsthOS special purposes, Presses for Corrugated Iron, Straightening Machines, Milling and Grinding Machines, and others. Catalogues furnished on application. Send for prices and discounts Machiaes can be seen in operation at our Works or at the Chicago Exposition. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 IRON ANO BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCRE^VS, &c.. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BUAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO.. WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. MAN UFACTUBKBS WIRE NAILS, Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. a. pkixjILiIps a soisrs SOUTH HANOVER. MASS. TACKS P. SZAZAOZTS Sm WARREN ST.. NEW YORK. General Office; SALEM, OHIO BRANCH OFFlCBSs Room 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 415 Phenix Bldg., Chicagc. 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 10-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore Bryant No. 10 CP|0 Sawing Machine. Labor. |,J 11 ; L-^ ’,' *n !H2!r iiKoiir"*’ REl^lTOILiIDS <& OO., MANUFACTURERS OF SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS, STUDS. COUPLING BOLTS. STOVE BOLTS. FINISHED NUTS. Sc. Also Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Machines for Foundry Use. lac^^jESJsr, ogjstn, 8-8 Send for Catalogue. Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shuttei-s, Cornice! Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO. Office, 5 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. COBB Sc DREW, PLYMOUTH, MASS, Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brass and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York: Agency, James S. JFfeuder" son, successor to Disosway A Henderson, Hardware, dsents for Pklladelplita Star Carriage and Tire Bolts. Hosted by Google 14 THB IRON AGB. BRITISH SCREW CO. (Eimlted), Eeeds, Eusland )MA.N-XJlPA.OTXJR,E3ie,S WOOD SCREW5, 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. Rogers Drive Screws Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, f FORGED Stove Bolts, Forged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. American Screw Company, FROVIIDBITOE, R. I. Chicago store, No. 19 Lake St. European agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 15 CONSOLIDATED STEEL ^ WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, THE ROOKERY. CHICAGO. ILL Branch f ST. LOUIS, M0.» 1935 Papin street. I 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. Betle Tios, F'oia.oo Stst-plos, oto. i.oca.tei> a.t ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. WROUGHT IRON RRIOCE 00. 1 SS."»"srj,. CONIIVIUNICATE WITH NEAREST OEEICE. Iron Buildings, Roofs and General Stmctnral Work in Iron and Steel, Ma¬ chine Shops, Fonn- dries, Power Houses, &c. 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 and> Structural work. All machinery is operated by electricity from our own plant. IRON AND STDDU ROOFING. Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Eave Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridge Roofing Co., Cambridge, O. JEstablished 1830» THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, Trunk Nails, Tacks Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Nalls.. PLYMOUTH:, MASS. Hosted by CjOO^Ic 16 THE riSOH AQE. New and Standard Books - ON - METALLURGY, it ■ * a'OBzrsTFO'wrir, : MANUFACTURERS OP IMerchant Bar Steel: Wedding’s Basic Bessemer Pro> cess. Translated from the German by William B. Phillips. Ph.D., and Ernst Prochaska. Met. E. With supplementary chapter on De phosphorization in the Basic Open-Hearth I^irnace. 223 pages; cloth: illustrated. $3.5€ 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. Q-. S., associate of the Koyal School of Mines. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Illus¬ trated with numerous wood engravings from drawings by J. B. Jordan. 515 pages; cloth. $3 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.SIC Including Tire, Toe Caik, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Raiiroad 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: Fiat and Finished Piow Shapes, Digger Biades, Siabs (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolied Lay, etc. COLD ROLLED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. Handbook for Charcoal Burners. Translated from the Swedish of G-. Svedeliue by Prof. H. B. Anderson, and edited with notes by Prop. W, J. L. Nicodemus, C.E.; 23 wood engravings; 217 pages; cloth..$1.60 CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office 102 Chambers St. S. W. Cor. 5th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building, (No. 4.) ' The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture ol all kinds of alloys, amalgams and solders, used by metal workers; together with theii chemical and physical properties and thetr application in the arts and the industries: with an appendix on the coloring of alloys. Translated and edited chiefly from the Gei> man of A. Krupp and Andreas Wild- BERGER, with extensive additions by^ Wm. T. Brannt; illustrated by 16 engravings; 428 pages; cloth.$2-#50 IRON# STEEL PRIDGES.ROOFS# RUILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, MASON bhii^bing, boston, mass. 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, bj William T. Brannt. 530 pages; cloth.$2.5v 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.33 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 found^. By Will- iam Henry Greenwood, F.C.S. With 97 diagrams; 536 pages; cloth.$2 Aluminum. Its history, occurrence, properties, metal¬ lurgy and applications, including its alloys. By JOSEPH W. KICHARDS, M.A., A.C., in- structor in metallurgy at the Lehigh Uni¬ versity. Second edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Illustrated by 23 engravings and two diagrams; 511 pages; cloth.$5 Sentf postpaid, on receipt of price, hy DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, Roof of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. 0^ H. ANDREW^ Prop’r, J. R. WORCESTER, Chief Bng’i A. S. MILLED Jr., Seo’y. B. H. BROWN, Con. Bng»i IMPROVEMENTS PATENTED 1890 IN THE U. S., CANADA AND EUROPE. FIRE-PROOF. Easily applied by anyone. Send for Sam pies and Descriptive PHceLfit,' H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, E. W- Johns* Asbestos Eire and Water-Proof Sheathing, Building Felt» Steam Jloiler Coverings, Liauid Paints, Roof Paints. Roof Cement, Fire-Proof PaStsf JERSEY CITYi 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, ATUNTA, lonoopl 96-102 Read# SSm New Hosted by Google Tm IRON AGB. 17 I-itilcezis Zx>oxi Steel The First to make Boiler Plates In America. OlKU. Hutton, PretU A. 7. Hutton, Viee-Prett. 0, L. Hutton, QaA. Mor. BobU B. Hainet, Jr., Seey. Jot. Humpton, JYtat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES VO BXTAEIUB OlIUBNSIONS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FBET. THICKNESS, 3-16 INCH TO IH INCH. -£:s*x*A.siLiieiJE]:£:i> isio.—^ WORKS ; OoAtOHi'wlXXo, Fa/. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: es db e4 SuXXltt FRANK SAMUEL. 136-138 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIC IRON— 03 or under. S CRAP- .03 or .05 or under. R E—>'or O. H. and Furnace Use. MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, Skelp, Muck Bai*s aud Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHtENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut 8t., Philadelphia, MAHUFACTUBE AliL THETB PBODUGTS BOTH IN WROUGHT IRON AMD OPEM HEARTH STEEE. 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 Edwabd 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 MANVTAOTUBHBS OF ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL, Viz., I Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars; and also Open Hearth Steel Billets, Blooms and Slabs. BREWERY, MALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Diesigxiers a,iid Ooixstira.ctox's of Rools, 'Trusses, Oolumus, Abo. TE>S'PED CHAINS. BRADLEE - & - CO., - EMPIRE - CHAIN - WORKS Beucli A Otis Sts., ... Pliiludelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and $/mgs, •• D. B. 6.” Special Crane Cham. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains. B. T. WELLMAN. President. J. H. ROOP, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent. S. H. OHAUVENET, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. BARCLAY W, COTTON & CO., Successors to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO Iron and Steel Merchants. -MANUFACTURERS OP- Highest Grade Open Hearth Low Phosphorus Steel Fire Box anc Boiler Plate. Bessemer Steel Ship and Tank Plate- Open Hearth and Bessemer Blooms and Slabs. Low Phosphorus Pig Iron- ---PLATES UP TO 126 INCHES IN WIDTH.- General Office and Works, Thurlow, Delaware County, Pa. Cbloago, Ills., No. 656 The Rookery.” New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nassau Streol B. W. C5RAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. AGENTS FOR AMERICIN WIRE GUSS MFG. CO. 418 Walnut St., PHIL A. EIFFLIN WHBBLFR. O, W. NICOLL8 Nicolls, Wheeler &, Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 116 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, he., he. Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Rails, EDWARD CORNING ft CO., MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. - BEAMS, CHANNELS, 1110^1 aun OTm HOOPS, BANDS, ANCLES, TEES, ||||||y j^f|p VILLI SPIKES, FISH-PLATES. PLATES, BARS, RODS. I HU II ViLLL BOLTS. NUTS, RIVETS. HOOPS, BANDS, SPIKES, FISH-PLATES. BOLTS. NUTS, RIVETS. aft BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 237 SO. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONP.ENCE SOUC TED WITH BUYERS ANP WITH MANUFACTURERS. 70 KILBY ST. BOSTON. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGtA EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKERS COMMISSION MERCHANT 282 8. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Eailroad Iron, Old Rails, Scrap. AGENT FOR THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New lersey and Delaware. Agent TREIVTOIV IliOIV CO., For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Longdale (Va.) and other Pig Irons* Storage Yard, Pier 'No. 57 South (old Navy Yard), which l8 connected with Penn. R. R. and Its various connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts issued. Cash advances biade on Iron. PILLIN© > 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 Furnace apd Foundry use. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST. PHILADELPHIA. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Foundry! Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Rails, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M, Hiron, S3, z^. db oo.. Sole Afirents« 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. E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St,, JPhiladelph ia BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANTJPA.<3TUKBKS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloomt efts SZXSEl'F mON. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OE STEEL, J. W. Hoffman & Co., 333 and 335 Walnut St., Philadelphia, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Irders solloited especially for Corrogated, Gasholder, Pan and Blbov, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack Tank and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. COMMISSION MERCHANTS PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates and Shapes. Rails, Cars and Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment generally. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. CUMBERLAND NAIU AND IRON CO., MANUFACTURERS OF “ GuniliBrlQiid ” Nuils Wiouglit Iron Pp. 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. JOHN L. HOGAN S CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, 135 South Fourth St., Fhlla. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigli, Strnthers AND MUIRKIRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. 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 FOUli- DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and Connellsvllle Coke. NORTH BROTHERS MFD. CO., Iron and Brass Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor, 2Sd and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. High Grade Tested Chains. TWLcKLAY Sc C^O., 29TH &. LIBERTY STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PA Manufacturers of Coil, Crane and Stud Chain. We also manufacture High Grade Steel Chain made of Basic Steel and Special Crane Chain made of U. S. Iron. W. H. THOMSON & CO., Dealers in IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PHlLABBLiPIlIA, PA. J-AIABS C3-. L.I3SrE)SA.Y &; OO., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL ♦ For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. LUCKNOW FORGE. wo'BLN XTcr. n.xsxxjir. Fort Hunter, P. 0., Dauphin Co., Pa. MANUFAdTUBEB OF and Billets for Boiler Plate, T«h#»« Sheet Iron and Wire, made from FIs Iron and Scrap. Prices Quoted—Correspondence Solicited, MERRILL BROS.)465 to471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn,E.D.,N.T 0. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHII.ADBI.PnjU.. Fig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structura Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick* Sole Agents for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES 1 Fx-rszszikfiioDa's efts oo., | DRAWN SHAFTING CLEVELAND, OHIO.. § Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 19 Francis^ Seaman ^ Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. Sole Manufsotorers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. ‘‘CHOICE»» Extra Quality Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S ** NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled RoHSf &c. __ WAREHOUSE, 97 John St„ i^ew York. _ CHAS, HUGILL, Agent. _ THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. OR.XTO IBr.B! OAST S TEEL. ABBOTT & CO.. Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, ses OLIVER. SX., BOSXON. S3 CLIEE SX.. TSTEW 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 Cast Steel for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and I I all other Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St. New York. _ Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. GUSTAF LTJNOBERG, Agent for N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Bessemer and Open. Ueartli Steel. 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. CARLISLE ZSL.^3rS:E3R, ESH^X.^ISIOX^ c*3 OO., SHEFFIELD, WORKS, Late WILSON HAWKSWORTH, ELLISON & CO., ENGLAND. (ESTABLISHED 1825.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHER ELU BROS., Agents. 31 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON. 93 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« ROKFR)i Sole Agents and Im porters of'Steel and Crncible Wire Rods, &c. _ Best Quality, K Bars, Sheets ^ PlateSi JESSOF’S STEEL OF MANUFACTURED BY WM. JESSOP A SOWS, L’P. I Lai^ assortanent of slsee In atook at 91 John St. .... NEW YORK And other Agencies. I Gold Medal PsrlB. ENGLAND. i 1889. “F.W. MOSS” SHEFFIELD STEEL & FILES JPrices for Direct Importatimi in Wholesale Quantities Front Sheffield, Improved Mild Centered Cast Steel for Taps, Beamers, &c. .£69 Per ton in Sheffield. Warranted Extra Castr Steel for Taps, Dies^Milling Tools, &c .“ 60 “ “ “ Warranted Cast Steel for tools. Taps, Dies, Turning Tools, &c.“ 44.10/ “ “ * Best Crucible Machinery Steel .. .“ 30 -WEIGHT fpr further particulars apply to newton & SHIPMAN. HS John St., Now York. Best asrEXTRA WEIGHT HAND CUT FILES.....(§> 50* & 4* cash discount “ No charge for extra sizes when steel is ordered in wholesale quantities of assorted sizes. Hosted by Google 20 THE IRON AGE. Steel Rei E Steel A CAM CAMBRIA •T V 0 11 j tw STBBL, Rail^ and Railway Fastening?, JOMS, BILLETS AND BARS. OliKnuels, Steel Forgings NT \/ Office, 218 S. Fourth St., Phtladelpta. 1 , Oliloago office^ Plioeulx BaUcilnSa " (Works at Johnstown, Pa.) standard and light WEIGHTS, blJrBB'C iESSBMER AND OPEN-HEARTH BUt ■xles, Steel A-ngles, Steel BRIA IRON COMPA jA.