The Iron Age : Vol LII : No. 6 : August 10, 1893

fhibliBlied every Thursday Morning by David “Williams, Nob. 96 , 98 , lOO Sc ±02 J^eade St., New Yorls, Vo/. LII: No. 6. New York, Thursday, August lo, i8gg 4.80 a Year, Inoiuding Postagi^ iingle Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.page 290 Classified List of Advertisers_ 97 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers 101 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 297 SMOKELESS PAPER SHELLS Loaded with Nitro .■"'c- Schultze, E. C., , ^ ’■* O Uoi S. S. and Ar ^ , -ROT.n nATT.V Tf/ 4 -SOLD ONLY T! SALMON COLOR. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. IjOUIS Manufacturers of BOAT SPIKES. Every Hardware and Mill Supply Dealer Should Sell Bristol’s Patent Made in lo, 12 and 16 gauge. Price-list on application. Packed 25 in a box, 500 in a case. MANUFACTURED BY The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. &j oijO“W“bs, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tabinsr and Larg:e Shells, Brazed Tubes and Mouldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silver. -SOLE MANUFACTUKERS OF- Brown’s Patent Seamless Drawn Copper Honse Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK. Sash Cord, Bell Cord, Clothes Lines. Masons’ Lines. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. O^XTXl.JN’STTOKXBZSfil. bbahoh offiok : Cleveland 136 Liberty St,, City Forge and Iron Co., NEW YORK. CLEVELAND, O. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SEE PAGE 3. THE WILMOT A HOBBS MFC. CO. rj^OUNTeo Manuiacturers of Al. Nioale Flnisn Standard Wrought Gongs Capacity 60,000 Bells per day. Orders filled promptly from stock. Also unexcelled 18 Karat BRONZED BELLS.^ A cheap and degant%nlBb. Mills and Factories, Bridgeport. Coon. Store. 20 Murray Street. New York. Ordinary weight tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to 300 lbs. pressure per square Inch. Made of two Seam¬ less Drawn Copper Sbells. Haodsomest, best and strong^^st and safest boiler in the market and cheapest In the end. Send for circular and instructions to prevent accidents from freezing, &c., &c. JENKINS’STANDARD PACKING For steam or Joint Packing has no superior. It is manufactured in all thicknesses. It is not loaded to increase weight. Does not EOT or BCRN 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 BAK ER. { oh^apesTto^hfMl^ket. Made only by TVT ATTX3CAX, OO., Factory and Main OflSice x BALTIMORE, HID. Branch : 42 CliflTSt., N. Y • Jjeading manitfacturers of Stamped and Vatent Bieced Tin Ware and G-alvanized Iron Ware, THE WILLIAMS PRINTING CO., Commercial Printers ^ Binders. ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR ALL CLASSES OF WORK. 06. 98. TOO and 102 BEADfS STREET. Rainey Furnace The only Coke yon can buy and know you are gettii the heart of the Region, witl Connellsville rnace and Foundry NEW YORK. Coke. the best that can be manufactured. All out works Iv a four miles of Connellsville, Pa. W. J. RAINEY, OAJ»A.OITY, S,000 TOWS DAIZi-ST. MY, cleyeum), oeio. Mercantile Bank Building. Hosted by Google 2 y^ WSONIA Q rASS ^ Qopper Qo. MANTJFACTUEERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot popper, jwaterbury Brass Co. ThePlume&AtwoodMfg.Go. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass 'W'lRE, 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 m 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, Minin).;, Stationary, Marine and Locomo¬ tive Enrfneers, 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, S}£ x 5M inches. Cloth, $2.50. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookseller, 96-102 READE ST.. NEW YORK. Establislied 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 Taps, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, &c., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. j Cartridge*' Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the OAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. DEPOTS: 296 Broadway, New York. 126 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. I. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &C. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK, 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAQO. ROLLING MILL, THOMASTON, CONN. FACTORIES: WATERBURY, CONN, Holmes, Booth & Haydens HANDFACTUBERS OF New Haven Copper Co., SOLI MAKBBfi OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., I Waterbury, Conn. Sheet, Roll Brass, Brass and German Silver Wire. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS JACK CHAIN. SEAMLESS TUBING, BRASS AND COPPER. Brazed Brass and Copper TabinS) Bare and Insnlated Mr ire for Elec¬ tric Liebttng and Street Rail¬ way 1 se^ Lamp Goods and Kerosene Bnrners in ereat vartety. FACTORIES; Park Place, Waterbury, Conn. New York. ALSO MANUFAOTUBXBS OF Gait steel iueis ail Bite oi supetloi Qielltr. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. MATTHIESSEN & HE6ELER ZINC GO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, OE SFELTER. AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHKET ZINC AND SULDHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc out to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. zi^c® ii’oii i^eci:.hA]nciijb 3VEX*Gr. OO., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZH 3 DOOR 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. SALESROOM : 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Manufacturers of loXt Axxd IBIlxoAtlxJLxxs OOPPB3R» *W"IRE3 Importers and Dealers In Insot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc, ® . . 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES. BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUlWINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 4£8 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29 High Street, Boston. WILLIAMS. 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 B'ass amd Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop^ per Bods, Brass Ferrules, Fure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Spelter, Tin, Antimony, Lead, dbe. Rougrh Casting: of Aluminum. Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronze kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Mew Picture Frames, Ink stands. Figures, Statues, etc. Stair Carpet HcHders a Specialty. St. Lonis Bronze & Alnminnm forks, 3741 -3743 North Broadway, ST. LOUIS* Hostetd by Google ELEPHANT TRADE-MARK. M7. GENUINE (1NG0TS& MANUFACTURES B EAR 0 U R REC.JRADE MARKS. .. - P H O S P H O R-B R O N ZE Ingots, CASTiNCSi Wire, Sheet &c. ThePhosphor Bronze Smelting Co.Iimited^ 512 AEch St. Phiiadelphia Pa.U.S.A; ORICINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze tN THE United States and SOLE Makers pf"ELEPHANTBRAND''Phosphor-Bronze. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. T 116 Win. GlRinp & Sods S. & E. B. 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Invents and Sole Mannfaotnran of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal." I^aiXTLfaotTLrers of TO T^JBKTWTSYXiVALKriA. IiAj:T:iROA.I>. Speoiflcatlons In Ingot metal or castings. Ttii! WILMOT $< HOBBS^MFC. COMPANY Especially solicit orders for **Soft** and *' Extra Soft* Plain Blue Finish or Annealed or Pichled HOT ROLLED BAND, STRIP MS PLATE STEEL. Great accuracy of ^oge and width and nnlformity ol quality will aJvtafs he maintained. Also THE CELEBRATED BRIGHT SURFACE and ANNEALED COLD ROLLED SHEET AND STRIP STEEL FOR DlFFlCULt PRESSED, STAMPED.' DRAWN WORK, &c. j! PHQSPHDR^TIN ^ Bv USING mV PHOSPHOR’tIN MANUFA'I URERS CAN MAKE ANY: DESIRED GRADE, cfi PHOSPHOR BRONZE TflEMSELks. BY Tr SIMPLE PROCESS OF MEtTING, much 1 CHEAPER THAN, THEY ARE NOW TO HAD 1N THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD COPPER GAN BE USED. FOR C-iRcuiARS Ah’e^p^c .m Sotf ALK NAUMANN. “or.< . agentsU.S.^”3CANADA/^ PFAV^VjI CwR(unSwsim| or ^ WIRE NAIL5. 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WOI IITF Per hiirh soeed and heavy crushing weight It has no VV/LU I Lj eauad* introduced In this country siiwe 1891 and has lA/1D C ^sTiaced .all Antl-Frictlon metals It has come in con- WIR t tact with ‘ ^ THEODORE HIERTZ & SON, SOLE MFRS., and Manufacturers Babbitt Metals, Solder, LeadJSeals, &c. FIAT STEEL 30th Park Ave„ 8t. liouie, Dio. SPIMtS tt Agricultural Implements, Maohln> Aer7 and various other purpOMf* 14, Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO., MANUFACTURERS. DIOI^TPElilERo T9 Hosted by Google FHE IRON AGE. 6 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. Makers of Iron* BeMemer, Slemens-Olartln and Cmelble Cast Steel Wire of all klndsy annealed* soft and hard drawn i Cohaered Sarlnff Wire for Fnrnltnre SaiinffSf See,, Coppered Solt Wires* Ballnp Wires* Suspension . Brldpe and Bope Wires of all kinds* dke. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNfilVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CUSS OF SPRINGS. Spootalty of finest Cast Steel Wires* round* fiat* senare and any other shape* tempered and also In the soft state* ffuaranteed to harden and temper. Solid Bib and Paragron Umbrella Wires. Crinoline* Corset* Shade Boiler* Look* Hat* Brash, Saw* Band Saw* Clock Spring* Clock Bell* Clock Verpe and Watch Spring* Bnle and Tape lilne and Byesrlass Wires* dkc. Plano* Needle* Fish Hook* Drill and Hair Sprtnp Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made for ■pedal purposes. Also Covered Wires—Braided and Cloth and Paper Covered—for crinoline* corset and other purposes. Cold Boiled and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all purposes. iStpeelal Wires and. Springs of JEvery l>esorlptlon. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. “V«riXl.aE3 9 FBEMLONT STBEET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAE. 1 ^, DUNBAR BROS., Manufacturers of Clock Springs and Small Springs of every description, from best Cast Steel, BRISTOL* COTVPf. _ FRED NOURSE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL WIRE AND STEEL SPRINGS, 315, 317 and 319 East 22d St , New York. TUCK M*F*G CO., Brockton Mass, WIRE ROPE FOR CABLE RAILWAYS AND MINING PURPOSES. HALLIDIE’S PATENT WIRE ROPEWAY, Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for illustrated Catalogrue THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. OET THE BEST. ^ ^ ^ . I K Temoered Sprlnars of all Iclnds Always Ask For 4or and Durabill^ ' M^e Only Broderick & BascoBi- Rope%., St. Louis, Mo. HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Building, 1 1 9 S. 4th St. NEW YORK Potter Building, 38 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Building. 928 F St. PATENTS U. S. and Foreign Secured. Trade Marks and Copy Rights. Twenty Years’ Experience. Send model or sketch and brief description of your invention for Free report as to patentability. Expert searches and opinions as to Scope, Valid- Ity and Infringement Patent Causes Prosecuted and Defended. Practice in U. S. Supreme, Circuit and Circuit Ap¬ peals Courts, and U. S. Patent OflBce. Send for Plain Words about Patents,’’ Free. PATENT PRACTICE EXCI^USIVEIiY. References Furnished on Application. B. STOCKING, Attorney at liaw, 611 F ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, ». C. PATENTS $40,000^000 Earned by Bell Telephone Patent in 1891. Pro¬ tect your invention bv PATENT. No charj?e for examination to aetermine patentability. Send model and description. New Book Free. 8. C. FITZGERA1.D, Washington, D. C H. W. T. JENN EH, Patent Attorney and Me- •hanical Expert. 619 Seventh St., Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Establiphed 1883. F. H. ARNOLD, IDesigxiex* ARTISTIC METAL WORK, New Britain, Conn. SPRINGS-RIVETS. Specialties in SHEET METAL WORK, CLOCK and INDICATOR POINTERS, CLARK Sl COWLES, PlainYille, Ct. FfllLlIFS, TOWNSEND & CO., lortt Ptm jDDctton, PUltdelpUi. WIRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. Rivets marked “P” are not of our make. We make only first-class Norway Iron Rivets. A. LESCHEN 8e SONS’ ROPE CO. MANUFACTUBBBa OF ST. LOUIS, MO. CORRESPONDENCE INVITEDl Williamsport Wire Rope Co-i Williamsport, WAMOOHS l87 iM% Hew Yori^. fcS, p,. Improved. Finger Nail Cutters McDonald’s patent. DO THE WORK. Tempered. Nickel Plated. THE WIRE GOODS CO..Worcester, Mas&.. Manufacturers. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Mannlactnrers of J in groat Yai In groat Yariety:. ISTE-W HAVEN-. OONN. Wire Cloth i Wire Geeds 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 Raoka* Feed Boxes, Window Guards, &a., &.o. , INT, "S". 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ArcMtectnral Iron and Steel and Its Application in tlie Con- Wully Illustrated with Bngra/tfi/ng» fro9^ Origi/nal Designs, GENERAL CONTENTS: Chapter I. The Manufactttbb of Iron anb Steel. Articles 1 to 24. Chapter II. Floors. Articles 25 to 51. Chapter III. Girders. Articles 52 to 66. ^ Chapter IV. Cast Iron Lintels. Articles 67 to 76. Chapter V. Trusses. Articles 77 to 90. Chapter VI. Struts. Articles 91 to 101. Chapter VII. 2\st Iron Columns. Articlai 102 to 118. Chapter VIIT. Wrought Iron Columns Articles 119 to 124. Chapter IX. Stairways. Articles 125 to 139- Chapter X. Ornamental Iron. Articles 140 to 146. Chapter XI. Elevator Enclosures. Articles 147 to 150. Chapter XII. Doors and Shutters. Articlei 151 t o 160. Chapter xm. Floor Lights and SKYLiGHWi Articles 161 to 165. Chapter XIV. Hollow Burnt Clay. Article! 166 to 167. Chapter XV. A nchors. Articles 168 to 177. Chapter XVI. Bolts. Articles 178 to 188. Chapter XVTl. Practical Details Illus- TRATED. Ai tides 189 to 239. Chapter X^t;I1 . Finishing Iron. Article! ^ to 246. Chapter XIX. Specifications. Chapter XX. Tables. Chapter XXI. Selected Papers on Iron Work, from the New York Buildin0 Law, 1891. _ By William H. Blrkmire, 8vo Cloth, - - *3.50. An y book published will be sent post-paid on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Bookseller and Publisher, 96-102 Reade St., N, Y. (JEO, W. PRENTISS k 00, HOLTOILE, MASS., -MANUFACTURERS OF- WIRE. POWER LOOM I KILMER MFC. CO., I NEWBURGH. N. Y.. NEWBURGH, N. Y., MANTJFACTORERS OF I STEEL WIRE RODS, I BALE TIES, BARB WIRE. Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Flate#* Finished to order, round, square, oval or flat. TINNED WIRE OF ALL SIZES A SPECIALTY Corrugated, Crimped and C ap-Boa'd Iron RoofinT&. Siding- BEST QUALITY Fen ce Wir e Staples^ Galvanized Wire Ornamental Fencing, Cable Wire, Grape Wire, Hop Yard Wire, Coiled Steel Wire, Fence Wire, &c. Oup New Empire Bale Tie. SRANCH HOUSE: 643-646 State Street, Chicago. 111. 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PENNSYLVANIA” FRUIT PICKER. ^hls Cttt almost speaJes for the device being so miKih like the human hand I shows at once the utility of the article. AS A FRUIT PICKER IT HAS NO SUPERIOR. ' I It is made of Heavy Galvanized Wire, and easily adjusted to a pole. It has been sold for several years, and the demand (as it is becoming known) is steadily The difficulty of detaching fruit and securing it unbruised is apparent to every one so engaged. This overcomes the difficulty, and saves the finest fruit, which commands the highest pricesi PRICE AT WHICH IT IS SOL.O Brings it within the reach of those who have but little fruit to gather as well as those w ho Price per dozens $6.00. Il will gather Apples. Peaches. Pears. Etc. MANUFACTURED BY PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS. EDWARD DARBY & SONS, PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. 233-235 Arch St., Phila, Pa. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLINO STANDARD WIRE LATHING. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. 117 and 119 LIBERTY STREET, f. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 EAKE STREET, CHICAGO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. 25 and 27 FREMONT STREET,. SAN FRANCISCO. Hosted by Google flfUNUtnd p. p- EMORY MFC. CO. ' s^n^or^^rNi-Zss. POSITION, HEAVY Qqq^j Work Fair Prices AND LIGHT CAST- worK, rair rnces. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. INCS. _ ^ RESERVOIR VASES. C Lawn Furniture, Statuary, Office and Counter Railing, Wire ^ Signs, Guards, Cresting, Columns, Iron Stairs, Balcony ^ ^ Railing, Stable Fixtures, Jail Cells, etc. CATAI^OGVB FREE. E. T. BARNUM, - DETROIT, MiCH. MENTION THIS PAPER. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. OIBee and Saleeroom, 157^ Eaeltd At«.» MANUFACTUBERS OP WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. stable FixturesjCrestlnn, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Balling, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna* nnental and Structural Ironwork. Steel Web Picket Fencing. MOST POPULAR FOR YARDS, LAWNS, PARKS, ETC. Write for Circular of above, and Steel Wire Pence Board. DEKALB FENCE CO., DeKalb, III. AGENCIES; Eastern-HIOKS & DICKEY, Phtladelphia, Pa. Sonthern-W. B. BELK^'^AP A CO., LeulsTUle, Ky. Wcstern-WYETH HARDWARE & MFO. CO., St. Joseph, Mo. Indiana and MIoIk I gM-lNDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., CrawfordsvlUe, Ind. Texas-G. K. MERIWETHER, Dallas. COPPERSMITHS, and Manufacturers of COPPER AIR CHAMBERS, EXPAHSlOH PIPES AND COILS. CHAMPION IRON COMPANY. worn, builders' and^^^ ornamental iron work. Mai. iron cresting. Guaranteed ^ against breakage. Also mfrs.of the ^^celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift Pumos ^^^Send for 220 page ^^^catalogue rhe largest Iron Fence and Railing Works in the U. fl KENTON, OHIO. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FULTON ST., NEW YORK, MANUFACTUKEB OF Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and c^^des. For Mining. Milling and all other purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, diuCa, -AND- 'W'AA<.3E2 T7^0Z1.E: 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. IS V filAXACSL filOX*OOX3.fiI SEND FOE CATALOGUE. Ifififlffflhfi MiillM ^imflhnnnRl Buckeye Wrought Iron Punched Rail Fence. Uio muiafMtiirers of Iron Creatine* Iron Tnrblne •a4 Bnekeye Wind Engines, Bnekeye Force Pnmpii Buckeye, Globe and Champion Lawn Mowers. Scaf for lUustr.tod C.tidogne and Pncea to A MAST. FOGS A CO. SPRINGFIELD. Or IIB'I _ ■!d.hnmf 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. To 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. STAPLES in All Varieties, Double-Pointed Tacks, Bed Links, Etc. Blind. ^ta>ples a. Speoialt-yi COBB & DREWi PLYMOUTH, MASS, Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Bras* and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York Agency, James S. Render- 8011, successor to Disosway & Henderson, Hardware. Asents for PRiladelpRia Star €arrlac« and Tire Bolts. Hosted by Google 10 THE IRON AGE. Engineers, Architects and Builders in Iron and Steel. Office and Works, No. 5 Railroad Avenue, EAST BERLIN, CONN. (U 4-> c a; r73 W) O c/5 c d Oh 05 u biO O o Oh' . o I Lh o <u V.C C <U o5 .4-> Crt • d o C .. OJ L-. n3 = 1 •-Q - i-i a *5 fi tS cft ’T ^ u - o c <u -5-> o a o ■ O Q. 'IS C <u u O o <L) c/) <U "o biO C o -t: (j > oj 0 bJD ^ O.d I^.S c. a o o »-: C/3 Ml" c3 Vh <4-1^ c/) 3 <U > O d V H d ^ Ui ,o (D C c3* u u SEN"ID FOR ILLXJSTR-A.TEID 0-A.T-A.IaOG!-XJE. CHAS. M. JARVIS, JPres, and Chief Engineer^ BURR K. FIELD, Vice- Vreaident^ GEO. H. SAGE, Seeret€wv* F. L. WILCOX, Trsaturer* Hosted by Google 11 , im BRASS AND TIN PERFORATED. Cfraln Cleaning Machinerj; Woolen^ Cotton^ Paper Fulp; Bice^ Flour and Oil Mills; Distilleries^ Sugar and Malt Houses; Gas^Water, Brick and Tile Works, Filters, Tentilators, &c; Oil, Gas and Vapor Stores, Lanterns, Lamps, etc. Perforated Filter Press Plates fPT Paraffiae Wax, Cotton¬ seed Oil, Sugar and other pmposei Screen Plates for Coal, Coke, and f Ore Separators, Jigs, Trommels, Washers and Sizers. Eeaw Steel aid Iroi Platii aid Cylinders for Coaled Cole Breakers, Ore, Stone, Plospliates & Ciayel Screens. For BaUroads, Loco- motire and Car * Builders* - ■•♦■■■■■ Prices and Samples on Application. THE HARRINGTON & KING PERF. CO. Main Office.& Works, 224 lo 240 Union Sli«et, pUinAnfl III II Q A Eastern office, No. 284 Pearl St., New York. U111UHUUi I LLm Uk Oi Hi THE MANNESMANN TUBE CO., LTD., LANDORE, South Wales, England, -Solo MetnvifawOtvirors oT tlio- ["JX jMannesmann Patent We Id less steel Tubes I HADE MArIx Rolled Direct from the Solid Bar. The only Tubes with a Spiral Fibre. ■SPECIALTIES : €olcl Drawn Steel Cycle and. Boiler Tubes made of the finest Swedish Steel produced. Far superior to any others in the market. Best Quality Boiler Tubes (ordi¬ nary Finish). Hydraulic, Well Boring- and Shell Tubes. SAMPLES FREE. FOR PARTICULARS AND PRICES, APPLY DIRECT OR TO OUR AGENT O. B. MclLWAINE, I I I Chambers St., NEW YORK. The English and American Mechanic: AN EVERY-DAY HAND-BOOK FOR THE WORKSHOP AND THE FACTORY. CONTAININa Several Thousand Receipts, Rules and Tables indispensable to the Mechanic, the Artisan and the Manufacturer. By B. Frank Van Cleve. A new, revised, enlarged and improved edition, edited by Emory Edwards, M.E, , ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS. In one volume, 500 pages, 12mo, 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 OP PRICE, BY DAVID WILLIAMS, Bookseller and Publisher, 96-102 Read. Street, NEW YORK. PERFORATED SHEET METALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. THE HENDRICK MFC. GO., LTD., CARBONDALE, PA. Hosted by Google 12 608 SEARS BUIUDING, BOSTON, WlltSSMUl. S. ^ ' t DUNBAR, HOBART & CO., WHITHAN, HASS. liORlNG & PARKS, PITHOUTH, HASS* ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN iS; ' “"■* A. FIEIiD & SONS, TAUNTON, HASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON. Tf lffS. '' ESTABLISHED IN 1827. , , BSTABLISHim IN 1^ AHEBICAN^T^K^.j^FAmHAVBN, HASS. OUR COI.ONY 2,c.^itxtip.a.otxtk.e:k.s oin Ttskt, Brads, Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nalls, Patent Brada. Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Taoks, Esoutobeon 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 uneaualed The foreiroinff' well known brands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our^Sre^^orii •tore and our factories, - « wha anoh MJLIN OFFICJE, SOS 8JEJ.JR8 BTTII^JDINGflOO WJ.8MINQTOK 8T,, BOSTON, MJLSS^ BBANCM OFFICJS WABFIIOUSF, 31 WABBBN ST., NJEW TOBB, BBANCS OFFICE & WABBBOVSF, 239 A 24:1 BABE 8T., CHICAGO, IBB. BBANCH OFFICE & WABEHOTTSE,408 MABBET ST„ SAN FBANCISCO. CAB BMAXCJS OFFXCM & WA.S^MOVSF. 40S OOJi^XMMOF^ FMa’AMXFMIJi, FA. Wood Screws, Machine Screws, Stove Bolts, Tire Bolts, Sink Bolts, Tacks, Trunk, Clout and Small Nails. CLEVELAND, OHIO. QUARTER ^ of* #1(11 ■cHlCA6l?ttU.SA 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. PARISIAN GILT 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. . 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. GUSTAVE EHRHARDT & SONS, M^OBLIIVE TOOL WOK^EZS. 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 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 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 ■IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, I STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c.. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. ^ . V, ...y... al BLAKE A JOHNSON. WaTErnn, Com. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO.. M-A.WXJF-A.CTXJIiERS OF WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. E, FKEIIjIjIFS & SOISTS The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO SOUTH HANOVER, MASS.. MANUPACTUREBS WIRE NAILS Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0, TACKS in. R. EMMOISTS Sb BRO. 21 WARREN ST., NEW YORK. General Office: SALEM, OHIO. BRANCH OFFlCRSs Koom 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 415 Phenix Bldg., Chicagc. 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. 38 Pickering Bld’g, Cincinnati, 0. Bryant No. 10 Cold Sawing Machine. Saves Time, Power, Temper, Labor. Gives True, Clean, Rapid Work. Cuts Noiselessly, Keenly, Easily, Mnexpensively. ^ For General Bridge'and Railway Work. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. THEQ i 0 COWPMIt, 702-707 Phoenix Bldg., - CHICAGO. III. EYlTOrjIDS &J oo.. TAUNTON WIRE NAIL CO.. Manufacturers of MANTTFACTURERfi OF SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS, STUDS. COUPLING BOLTS. STOVE BOLTS. FINISHED NUTS. Ac. Al*« Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Maoliines for Foundry Use. jsrjEtxxr oowxiar. Send for Catalogue. THE NEWEST BOOKS ON Iron, Steel and Metallurgy Mining, Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Casting and Founding; Electricity and Electric Lighting, promptly supplied on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Keaae St., New York. WIRETACK>^° NAIL SPECIALTIES, TAUNTON, - MASS. DUPLICATING SAMPLES A SPECIALTY. OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTOIf, Sales Agents Slj. 8& and 85 Washingten. Street,^ NEW YORK. Hosted by Google 14 ^ igi rf\ '>}•,,, X f .—V i . ^ ^ 'i^ EAGIiE MIEES, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISEAND, U. S. A. E)M-A.NXJF'A0TXJR,E3R,S CDlPTz 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, TIRE BOLTS, STOVE BOLTS, SLEIGH SHOE BOLTS, ! SINK BOLTS, STOVE RODS, POINTED WIRES, TAPPED NUTS, WIRE NAILS, DOWEL PINS, CHANDELIER SCREWS, I TAPS FOR MACHINE SCREWS, RIVETS, BURS, TAPS FOR STOVE BOLTS. RIVETS, BURS, GOLD FORGED Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, ^ Stove Bolts, Forged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. American Screw Company, FK.OVIDE3SrOE, R,. I. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European Agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, LiveipooV Hosted by Googl( THE IRON AGE. 16 CONSOLIDATED STEEL» WIRE CO. GENERAL OFFICES, THE ROOKERY, CHICAGO. ILL Branch f ST. LOUIS, mo., 1935 Papin street. J PITTSBURGH, PA., Westinghouse Building, 9CSSr i new YORK CITY, N. Y., Havemeyer Building. Offices. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 81 Crocker Building, WIRE. WIRE RODS and PLAIN WIRE of Every Description. NAiLS. Betle Tios, r'onoo oto. i^ocated at ST. LOUIS, MO. PITTSBURGH, PA. ALLENTOWN, PA. JOLIET, ILL. LOCKPORT, ILL. { OA.a>B-a*oKr, oaario. C02VIIS/IXJNICATK: WITH NEAREST OEKICE. Iron Bnildings, Roofs and General Stmctnrai Work in Iron and Steel, Ma- cWne Shops, Foun^ dries, Power flouseSi &c. The above is a cut of our new works. The main building Is 256 feet square and is fitted <vith improved machinery for handling all classes of Brid^-e and' Structural work. All machinery Is operated by electricity from our own plant. " ® Catalogoe ol Books, Including the principal works on Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Engineering, Electricity, Mechanics, &c., sent free to any address by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher, oe-ioa Xieade Street, WEW ^ JSstaOlished 1830» THE PLYMOUTH MILLS. Rivets, Trunk Naiis, Tacks; Clout Nails, Burrs, Wire Nallaw rJLYMOirTM, MASS. Hosted by Google 16 TMS IRON AOB. The Leading Aultierity ^ Business Law. fiantier Steal DeprtmeDt of CBnlWi W JOHN'STO'WIT, FA.. PARSONS' THE LAWS OF BUSINESS, 4^or all the States and Territories of the Union. -: MANUFACTURERS OF ; . MERCHANT 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: By TheopMlus Parsons, LL.D. B64 pages, OxO Inches; full leather .$4.50 Fiat and Finished Plow Shapes Digger Blades, Slabs, (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolled Lay, etc. 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 a^airs 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- i 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 READE ST. NEW YORK COLD ROLLED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROAT DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office, Southern Office, 102 Chambers St. $. W. Cor 5th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building. Chattanooga, Tenn. IRON STILL BIIIPGLS.f{OOFSt^ RUILDINGS BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engrlneers and Builders, MASON BUlliDINO, BOSTON, MASS* Roof of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. D*. H. ANDREW^Prqp’r, A. S. MILLER, Jr^. Seo’y. J. R. WORCESTER, Chief Bngr’r. B. H. BROWN, Con. iMPROVEWeNTS PATENTED 1890 IN THE U. S., CANADA AND EUROPE. nflE*PROOF. Easily applied by anyone; Send for Sam pies and Descriptive Price Ustj H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, B* W. Johns* Asbestos Fire and Water-Proof Sheathiner, Building Felt, Steam Packin^B. BoUer Coverings, Liauid Paints, Roof Patots, Roof Cement, Fire-Proof Paints, etcT^ JERSEY CITY. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, ATUNTA, LONDON. IRON AND STEEL ROOFINO, Corrugated .Iron, Galvanized Eave Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridge Roofing Co., Canibridge, O. Hosted by Google i THE IRON AGE, 17 x^xilcexis Iron # Steel Oo.”"*'^r”‘ The First to make Boiler Plates In America. OhM, Hiltbm, Preot. A.. F. Htuton, Tiee-PreiL C. L. HvtUm, OetiU Mgr. BobU B. Hatnet, Jr., Seey. Jot. Humpton, UrtM. STEEL AND IRON PLATES 90 BXTABHIB DIQIBMSIOBS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FBET* THIOKHBSS* 3-16 INCH TO IM IMOH* - 1810 .- WORKS; OoAtoM^irlXXo, JPa*. PHILADELPHIA OPPICB; es db e4 SuXXltt BlcAff. FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 So. 4ih St., Phlladelpiiia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIC I PON— *03 or under. SCR AP— -03 or .05 or under. OR E—Por O. H. and Furnace Uae. MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, ^elp, Muck Bars aud Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.*s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 4tO Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANUFAdTUBB AIiL THEIB PRODUCTS BOTH IN WROUGHT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH STEEE. Beams, Chaanels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes. Round, Flat and Square BARS of all siitf, ^ 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. A6BNTS Edward Corniko & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward Corning & Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; Jauss B. Stokin, 182 Market St, SAN FBANCIBOO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stxtrs, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL CO., Pottsviue Pa. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MANUTAOXUBHBS OF AltL BINDS 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, HALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Desigrnex*s and. Oonstimctors of Roofs, I'rnsses, Oolumns, Sco* TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Boaoli and OLis Stx’ee'ts, A.. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Siings, ” D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Churns. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains B. T. WELLMAN. President S. H. OHAUVENBT, Vloe-Prealdent J. H. ROOP, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., ■President. RIORABD PETERS, Jr., Seoretary. Successor, to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., RON AND STEEL CO. AMiRICm WIRE GLASS MFG. CO. 418 Walnut St., PHIL A* MIFFLIN WHEELE^R. G, W..NICOLLS. Nicolls, Wlieeler & Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 216 Soutli Third St., Philadelphia. Pa. -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Ralls. WELLMAN IRON AND. STEEL CO. -^MANUFAOnmERS OP- Highest Grada 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. Ghioago, Ills., No. 656 The Rookery.” New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nassau Streol B. W. CRAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. EDWARD CORNING ft CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. — BEAMS. CHANNELS. mAil ...f. HOOPS. BANDS, ANCLES. TEES. I||||M V I L LI SPIKES. FISH-PLATES, PLATES, BARS, RODS. 101111 """ OICCL BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. HOOPS, BANDS, SPIKES, FISH-PLATES, BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS. 29. BROADWAY, . NEW YORK. 237 so. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED WITH BUYERS AND WITH MANUFACTURERS. 70 KILBY BT. BOSTON. Hosted by Google 18 EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER &:C0MI|IISSI0N MERCHANT 222 S. Thibb St., PHILADBLFHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Pailroad Iron, Old Bails, Scrap. AaSNT rOR TBB MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Agent TR.DB3VT01Nr IJEtON CO,, For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope, lionffdale (Va.) and other Piar Irons. Storage Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R. R. and its various connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued. Cash advances made on Iron. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHIUDELPHIA. Foundry! Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and . Mining, E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J, B. M. Hiron. E. H. WILSON & CO., 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 PIG IKON, Iron and Steel Plates and Shapes. Rails, Cars and Locomotives, and Railroad Equipment generally. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bnllitt Bnildlng, 135 South Fourth St., Phila. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strnthers AND IMCUIRK-IRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. KORTH BROTHERS MFC. CO., Iron and Brass Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N- W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. W. H. THOMSON & CO.. Dealers in IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PBElLABKliPHlA, PA. LUCKNOW FOKGE. ^OX3ClSr TTIT*. rtEIXjiTr, Fort Hunter P. O., Dauphin Co., Pa., MANUFACTURER OF Blooina and Billets for Boiler Plate, Tubes, Sheet Iron and Wire, made from Pig Iron and Scrap. Prices Quoted — Correspondence Solicited. B. HouBton. J. Max Bernard. BL H. HouBton, c. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHII-ADEIaPJHIA, Fig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structura Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agentf for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES w.s. pii^G. . ..... I,. I. apaiwi- : PILLINS^“4M2R-I IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates,.. Magnetic 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. . PL. TdL dkf O Sole Afirents* ACME PIG IRON. Guaranteed .03 ^ or lower in Phosphorus. Blooms, Slabs, Plates, Sheets, Skelp, Muck-Bar and Scrap. Foreign and American Ore. Kiverside Steel Pipe. Syracuse Boiler Tubes. 147 SOUTH 4th STREET, - - PHILADELPHIA.^ ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANXJPACJTURBRS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Chaveoal Bloomi PIL-.^7JS3 cS3 XX^ON. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 619 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack- CUMBERLAND NAIU AND IRON CO., MANUFACTURERS OF “ Guniherlaiid ” Nails ^ Wrouglit Iron Pipe, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware tve., PHILIDElPHit. 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 FOUDL DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. - Bealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Ulnck Bars and Connellsville Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. JAJMES McKLAY Ac OO., 29TH & LIBERTY STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PA Manufacturers of Coil, Crane and Stud Chain. We also njianufacture High Grade Steel Chain made of Basic Steel and Special Crane Chain made of U. S. Iron. ■ JA.M:E3S C3-. XjinSTDSA-Y Sc OO., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. 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JLnalyeis of Iron, Steel, IBig Iron, Zrott Ore, JAmestone, Slag, Olay, Swnd, Coal^ Coke, and Furnace a/nd Froducer Oases* SECOND EDITION. -BY- ANDREW ALEXANDER BLAIR, Qradaate United States Naval Academy, 18 0; Chlei Chemist United States Board appointed to Test Iron, Steel and other Metals, 1875 : Chief Chem¬ ist United States Geological Survey and Tenth Census, 1880 ; Member American Philosophical Society, etc. Handsomely Illustrated by 120 Outllus finffravinffs.'on Wood. 8vo. 314 Faires. Half Morocco. $4.00. The reputation which this booh has so quickly won Cor itself among analytical chemists will certainly be Increased by the improvements in the second edition. Every means has been taken to bring it up fully to the times, by Incorporating all the new and improved methods, necessitating the addition of thirty pages of letterpress and nine new cuts. "This work may, in fine, be pronounced a useful summary of a special and important department of analytical chemistry by an author of prolonged and wide practical experience.”—CTiemiool News, London “ Mr. Blair’s is a standard work which will prove the chief guide of the young chemist, and a frequent guide to more experlencedanalysts.”—The Iron, Ape New York. “ All iron chemists will find this nook an exceedingly useful laboratory companion .”—The Chemiodl Review London. “ It Is thorough, accurate, and so complete, as to be nractlcally exhaustive of the Important subject of which It tTea.U*”‘-Philadclphia Iron. F