The Iron Age : Vol. LII : No. 9 : August 31, 1893

the Iron . / wn ' ARAL’S OFF rpt? I A Review of the Hardware, Iron and MetaT Trades. —_——J Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams, Nos. 96, 98, lOO <fc!03 Reade St„ New York. Vol. LII: No. New York, Thursday, August 31, 1893 $4.30 a Year, Including Postage, Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents..page 408 Classified List of Advertisers.... “ 97 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 101 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 415 VE YOUR POWER, YOUR BELTS, “»UR MONEY covering your tulleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to. SHULTZ BELTING CO., u B. Laurence, Mgr. J. Kelley. Mgr. it* J. Garnett, Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. X-.OTJXS Manufacturers of BuKOHomoi; Cleveland 136 Liberty St. y City Forge and Iron Co., NE W YORK. _ CLEVELAND, O TO _ HENT~~ ROOM IN HIGHEST GRADE PAPER SHELLS. BATTERY CAP. DEEP STRONG PRIMER. 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 BRISTOLS’ MFG. CO. _ Waterbury, Ck>nn. _ solid braided CORDAGE. All Kinds. Sizes and Colors. Serb for Samples . ■JjHSH^ainson Cordage Works, BOSTON, MASS, ■JL 1 UrU XT^lTyO TTTjT lSa METAL LINED GREEN PAPER. The increased demand for high grade Shells that will completely obviate the annoyance of occasional hang-fires incident to the use of Nitro Powders in low grade Shells has induced ns to make a substantial reduction in the price of our Celebrated “ TRAP ” Paper Shells. The Union Metallie CnitiMp Co.. bhidgedout, c onn. _ RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY, - CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, Ill. , 1 01 John St., New York. „ . 333 W aluut ?*t., Philadelphia, Pa. Rranch Offices: J g| Milk >t., Boston, Mass. . . Room 208 Neave Building, Cincinnati, O. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND COPPER TUBING. Hot and Coin Rolled Sheet Copper anil Brass of all hulls. 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. w e guarantee all valves stamped with Trade-Mark. JE IVJ KX NS BROS., NEW YORK. PHILADEL PHIA. _ BOSTON and CHICAGO. The Wilmot & Hobbs Mfg. Company, N. T. STORE. For desk-room, show- cases and storage, jointly or separately, at nominal charge, a moderate portion of the large, light and elegant store. No. 20 Murray Street, New York ■ lty, 25feet front by 75 teet deep, which includes a light basement and sub-celiar connected with the street by a sidewalk elevator This location is quite a center for the brass mills and metal goods, hardware and other ^A^hmg-distance ^ 0le p| ioiie j n the store and the many advantages afforded by close pro rimity to Broadway, the Post Office, City Hall, Postal Telegraph and Cable Co/s new building, Secord, Third sixth and Ninth Avenue E»evated K. R. and Brooklyn Bridge stations, and femes to Jersey City, Hoboken and other central points, make the location a very desirable one. Address D. A. GOODRICH, Agent, 20 Murray Street, N. Y. Annual Capacity 15,000 Tons main office, mills and factories at BRIDGEPORT, CONN. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. (connected by telephone.) BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, And the Celebrated and Unequaled “SWEDOH” (REGISTERED TRADEMARK.) Annual Capacity SO,000 Tons. HOT and COLD ROLLED s andst B rf P nd STEEL. or Jaoanned i *Funiteh^ St w?t P h ed pfain D Bfu«,'Hckled, aS AQnea1e/or ,, Brlght 0 Su e rtace!' < a ! nd B -»A , th^’Kou n ad Edies or sheared to Exlctwidth. Coiled or Cut to Lengths, and in any Decree ot Sutfness or Store and ask to be shown our “ Anti-Rust Copperized C. R. SWEDOH Steel OILERS.__ Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know you aregettir v*“j * the heart of the Region, witl the best thac can be manufactured. Ail our works I* a four miles of Connellsville, Pa. CAPACITY, 3,000 TONS DAHjY^ W. J. RUNET, cumuffi, OHIO. Hosted by Google 2 THE IRON AGE THE JE NSON! A Q RASS Qopper Qo. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings, Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 Cliff Street, ■ - New Yo rk. THE New Haven Copper Co., BOUI MAKARS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 13,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Cast Steel Asters aid Bits oi snperlor Quality. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Waterbury Brass Co. 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 MEASURE8, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, &c„ AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty • Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.'S Line of Sporting Goods. depots : 296 Broadway, New York. 126 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. I. _ MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. _ JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co,, DEALERS IN INGOT COPPER, SPELTER, LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, SOLDER & OLD METALS, 1 OO John Street, - New York. Iron and Steel. The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute. No. 2,1892. 684 pages, with 27 plates. $6.00 For Sale by DAVID WIL LIAMS. 96-102 ReadeSt., N Y. THE CELEBRATED ACID RESISTING DEOXIDIZED BRONZE IN INGOTS OR CASTINGS, AND DEOXIDIZED BABBITT METALS. BEST IN THE WORLD. Large Castings a Specialty. Bridgeport ID ©oxidized Bronze and Mota.1 Co., BRIDGEPORT, COMV. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc out to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers' use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZIKC8 FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. GOODS MFG. CO., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZB! 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, Manufacturers of Braziers’, Bolt and Sh.eatjh.in5 0 COPPER WIRE A3STID RIVETS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. The Plume&Atwood MflGo. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass —AND— ■WTIELIE, 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., CHICAGO. ROLLING MILL, I FACTORIES: TH0MAST0N, CONN. 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Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronze'and all kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Meta* Picture Frames, Ink Stands, Figures, Statues, etc. Stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. St. Louis Bronze & Aluminum Works, 3741-3743 North Broadway, ST. LOUIS, MO. Hosted by Google tHE IRON AGE. a ELEPHANT I TRADE-MARK. mu genuine: | IN GOTS &' MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR REG.JftADE MARKS. c ITJ PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. The Phosphor Bronze Smelting Co.Limiteo 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. PHOSPHOR 6R0NZB. The Win, Cramp & Sons S, & E, B. Co,, PHILADELPHIA, perna. brass founders. \ TWO# aMKK Reel Warranted. I B^njSr ATTfTTIVrp says of Hendryxp. tented Adjnstable Globe Bearing U,U jL 11\ \J Ahitn irm-m Beels, “perfectly constructed and beautifully finished in every part, these Beels work as truly 1 Biimil Bft as watches.” Actual weights, Single Action, 2*4 ounces; Mul- tiplying, 434 ounces; Quadruple, 434 ounces. ■ The Andrew B. Hendryx Co.. New Haven, Conn., U. S.A. CAN BE PURCHASED FROM ANY FIRST-CLASS DEALERS IN FISHING TACKLE- BRASS, BRONZE, r I | COMPOSITION and I.L.I ALUMINUM CASTINGS, Heavy and Light. F.L. GAYLORD CO. ANSONIA, CONN. Send Prices. CbESNTJINMS PHOSPHOR TIN, MANUFACTURED BT THE YORK AMD THOMPSON STS., SOLE MANUFACTURERS 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 JLny Competitor . OPOQRY STEAM GAUGE l^rtUOD T AND VALVE CO. Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Branches; NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LONDON. The Phosphates of America. Where and how thev occur; how they are rained; and what they cost. With practical treatises on the manufactu re of sulphuric acid, acid phosphate, phosphoric aci d and concentrated superphosphates, and select methods of chemical analysis. By Franc is Wyatt, Ph.D. Cloth, profusely illustrated. .$4,00 Far Sale by DAVID WILLIAMS. 96-102 Reade St.. N.Y TRY IT! ' AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHE5TAND RICHE5TGRADEMADE; MANUFACTURED ONLY BV TIN. THE CRESCENTPH05M0RIZED METAL CO IIQ7Iim>»°ZIII INDIAHfl > A^ PI< lAPEL f H fi PA CROWN SMELTING COMPANYT, * Chester, Pa* Bronze, Brass and Oomposltlon Oastlngc Inventor* and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Manufacturers o± PHOSPHOR-BRONZE TO PEWNSYIiVANIA RAILROAD. Specifications in ingot metal or castings. THE COST OF MANUFACTURES -) AND THE (- ADMINISTRATION OF WORKSHOPS, Public and Private. BY CAPT. HENRY METCALFE. 322 Pages; 6*4 x 9*6 inches. CLOTH, $5.00 This work is an effort to correct some of the wrong, and consequently unprofit¬ able, methods of conducting manufacturing establishments, and proposes plans for more correct ones. A system of mechanical bookkeeping, based on the card catalogue method, dispensing with the use of books, by which the cost of manufactures may be promptly determined, either in gross or detail, as to component parts and operations thereon. Comprising a simple method of recording all dealings with material which relate to its procurement, expenditure or possession. Applied, with numerous practical illustrations, to the trust, accountability for public property and funds required of the U. S. Ordnance Department, with a review of its present practice. Illustrated with tables, forms of cards, etc. | PHOSPHOR-TIN j] By USING MY PHOSPHOR TIN MANUFA-y URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE Cl3 PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves. BY THT SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, much ; CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO l.<3 HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD^COPPE ;1 CAN BE USED, for circulars an«*P£1cj11 sol E ress HALK naumann N 0 v?;iri|| agents F 0,<TBC U.S. o ~2CANADA. / 'S PeaY^JI WIRE NAILS. Any Book Published Sent, Post-paid, on Receipt of the Price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher Bookseller INDIANA WIRE FENCE GO^ 96-102 Reade Street, New York. - Cravyfordsvllle, Ind. Hosted by CjOO^IC 4 THE IRON AGE. WASHBURN & MOEN MFC. CO. Works: Worcester, Mass., and Waukegan, III. Copper Insulated Glidden Barbed Waukegan Barbed WIRE Rods Springs Bale Ties Rope and Cable. Makers of Iron, Steel and Copper. Warehouses; Hew York, 16 Cliff St.; Chicago, 107 & 109 Lake St.; San Francisco, 8 & 10 Pine St.; Houston, Texas.. i Wwiw aM’cKY IF/ W 0 The American Metal Co. 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Beat Anti-Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. y /\i i i-rr tfnr hlirh sneed and heavy crushing weight it has no Vl/LU I E.j eaual g Introduced in this country since 1891 and has \A/1 DC dSSaced all Anti-Friction metals it has come in con- WI n t THEODORE HIERTZ & SON, SOLE MFRS., 811(1 Manufacturers Babbitt Metals, Solder, Lead Seals, &c. FLAT STEEL 30th St., & Park Avr.» St» Ronia, Mo, Tempered Compression & Extension Springs ^ • A SPECIALTY. SPlINtS ^ OC Agricultural Implement*, Maofcin- M ft ery and various other purpose!*. L* ^ Write for prices to k SABIN MACHINE CO, M MANUFACTURERS. ^ W „ MONTPELIER* V* Hosted by VjOOQlC THE IRON AGE, 5 B J twaBantt, \ ■ S '1J| IMM mmm f jSfa _j pgg£g : 1 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. it pjT|pf|l|( ^ xfjp %|g|n atakorn of Iron, Beiiemer, §l«meui-Martln and Crucible Cast Steel Wire ot all kinds, annealed, soft and hard drawn t Coppered Spring Wire for Fnrnltnre Springs, <fec.. 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CO., Iron and Brass Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. W. H. THOMSON & CO., Dealers in IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. LUCKNOW FOKGE . JOBUNT W. REILT, Fort Hunter P. O., Dauphin Co., Pa., manufacturer of Blooms and Billets for Boiler Plate, Tubes, Sheet Iron and Wire, made from Pig Iron and Scrap. Prices Quoted — Correspondence Solicited. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHILADELPHIA. Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Stmctura Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents for PAXTON ROLLING MILLS. STEEL. AND IRON PLATES THE IRON AGE, W. 8. PILLING. T. I.ORANS, 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. E. PL. MANN db GO., 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 db 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 Staok Tank and Boat Iron; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. CUMBERLAND NAIU AND IRON C0„ MANUFACTURERS OF “GunMnud" tails <| Wrouglft Iran Pipe, 43 North Water St., anil 44 North Delaware Ive., PHIUDELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. 131 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. ' -SOLE AGENT FOR- Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt, Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and Connellsville Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. JAMES McKAY Ac CO„ 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 TJ. S. Iron. JAMES G. LINDSAY & CO., BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. MERRILL BROS.*465 to471 KentAve., Brooklyn, E.D..N. Y Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 19 Francis Hobson, Seaman * Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” (xT) Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. H<Sb 80N’8 “CHOICE” Extra Quality Needle Wire. SEAMAN'S ** NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, &c. _WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. • _ CHAS, HUG ILL, Agent. _ THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD, * CRUC IBLE OAST S TEEL. JERE ABBOTT & CO.. Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 8 5 OLIVER ST,, BOSTON. _ 5^3 CLIFF ST. t 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 ai I I jjJl 99 Cast Steel for 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. HOCLUND’S SONS & CO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Bessemer and 0]p©n Hearth Steel. 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. CARLISLE WORKS, late WILSON HAWKSWORTH, ELLISON & CO., (ESTABLISHED 1825.) SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL 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. BOKER), Sole Agents and Importers of "Steel and Crucible Wire Hods, &c. JESSOP’S STEEL MANUFACTURED BY WM. JESSOP & SONS, L’D. OF Best Quality, I Bars, Sheets Plates, Large assortment of sixes in stock at 91 John St. .... NEW YORK And other Agenoles. SHEFFIELD, 1 Gold Medal Paris. ENGLAND. I 1889. “F. W. MOSS" SHEFFIELD STEEL & FILES for further particulars apply NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 83 John St., New York. P