The Iron Age : Vol. LIII : No. 14 : April 5, 1894

A Review of the Hardware, Iroq PufeliBlied. every TlinredLay IMomins "by IDavld. W illiame. Vol. LIII: No. 14. New York, Thursday, April 5 , 18^4. $4.80 a Vear, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.page 669 Classified List of Advertisers— 115 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers 119 Advertising and Subscription Rates 693 Send for clrcnlar *• I ” to SHUIiTZ BEIiTING CO.t ST. Loins J!IO. , ^ NEW YORk, N. Y., 226 Pearl St., A. B. l^nronce. Mgr. BOSTON, MASS , 164 Summer St., G. J. PHILADELPHIA, PA., 129 N. 8d St.. J. Gamefct.Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. IjOXJIS. Manufacturers of HARROW TEETH, MINING RAILS, SPIKES, TRACK F ASTENINGS. STEEL BELT LACING. Send for show _^card, circular READY TO Afny PunsNEO MINT aud free samples THE BRISTOL CO., • Waterbury, Conn. New York Office, 121 L.iberty St._ BRAIDED CORD. S Samson and Massachusetts Brands. Nend for Samn,ples* SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. turnbuckl.es. BRANCH office: 136 Liberty St.,New Cleveland City Forge and Iron to., Cleveland, u. !>NEW YORK. 1 Sargent & Co., Green, Tweed & Co., Montgomery^ Co., < The Bigelow & Dowse Co., Frye, Phipps* Co., ; BOSTON. The Dana Hardware Co., Baldwin, Robbins & Co.. Biddle Hardware Co., Horton, Gilmore, ) I Horton, Gilmore, MOVimaras « v Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Charles H. Besley & Co., A. F. Shapleigh Hardware Co., L. M, Rumsey Mfg. Co., M, M. Buck* Co., Cahill, Collins & Co., The Geo. Worthington Co, McIntosh, Huntington Co. Fletcher Hardware Co., Buhl Sons & Co^ John Pritzlaff Hardware Co., Rundell-Spence Co., Howell, Gano & Co., Hart Hardware Co., W. B. Belknap & Co., Layman, Carey & Co., . Patrick & Luthe Co., PHILA., PA. CHICAGC. 1 i sT. LOUIS. 1 j [CLEVELAND. [ DETROIT. [MILWAUKEE. CINCINNATI. 5 LOUISVILLE. Wdianapous, DES MOINES, IOWA. KnaipVspa^iidtog bo„ SIOUX CITy! IOWA. ATredway^OTsHariware Co.. DUBUQcSjOWa. 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P. 175 illus¬ trations, 226 pages, price $1.40. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by OAYID WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookselleri 96-102 Reade St., New York Hosted by Google 10 THE IRON AGE. BRANCHES: 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. DUNBAR. KOBART A €0., WHITMAN, MASS. UORINO A PARKS, PliTMOUTH, MASS*. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 18R. A. FIEUD A SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1854. AMERICAN TACK CO.. FAIRHAVEN, MASS. vi4S» vjvjutfjn it w., ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. Oin Small Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Llnlng and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nalls and Buttons,_Wlre Nalls, Finishing NaHs, Patent Brads, OUD COIsONY RIVET CO., FIsYMOUTH, MASS.. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. Tacks, Brads, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, aPd other articles. We have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock In the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregolng^eU known Orands we continue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New York Store and our factories, MJlIN 0JFJFI0:B, SOS SJEj^BS BUXI,I>XIfGfl99 WJLSSXNGTOIf ST., BOSTON MJ.SS. BBJLNOS OFFXCJE A WJLBXSMOVS:!^ 31 WABItEN ST., FEW YOJBJS:. BBANCM OFFXCE & WAJtFfHOXrSEf^S9 Xt »4L1 XAKE 8T,, CEXOAGO, XXX. BBANCM OFFXCE & WABEEOVBE, 408 MABKET 8T., SAN FBANCX8CO, CAX. BBANCE OFFXCE A WABF.TrOJTHE. 400 Cf^WWFBCE ST,. FUXXABETFEXA.FA. BBANCM OFFXCE & WABEHOJTSE. 14 WEST GEBMAN ST,, BAXTXMOBE, MB. Tacks, Wire Nails and Brads, Hoop Nails, Staples, Silver and Japanned Lining and Saddle Nails, Double Pointed Tacks, Slating and Roofing Nails. BONNIE BLUE “JUST ENOUGH” TACKS. Brass Nails. lOO 100 Kegs in a Box, ^ ^ p Assorted 3 to 12 oz. , . Retails 2 Kegs for 5 enough to top a pair cents. of shoes; 20 papers in PARISIAN GILT ^ NAILS. - ton? ^^rcent'’^eu“r. DOUBLE ENOUGH -- Cobblers’ Nails. 200 “ K™rRreT°° Nails in a Paper, 20 TACKS. Papers in Carton. 5 5 cent seller. [cent seller. qUAR'^SIZe cut of -0 L Mark. 5?J!**e*****‘"»*»«>'**«’'«»\ [ ^15^ ft., ' BILL NYE BRAD BOX. 168 Papers Wire Brads, assorted to C In. Each Paper just right to retail for 5 cents. ^^^^Cchicago, I LL.U.S.A. THE CELEBRATED Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Cornices, ^ ^ I I ^ I I H Skylights, Bridges, Ac. | ■■■I HHP I m. * ■ I ■ ^ I ■ MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO. GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. Office 5 Bey Street, Boom 13. NEW YOKK. po,l SALE BY THE HAEDWARB TRADE. OBT THE BEST Hosted by Google Page Missing in Original Volume Hosted by Page Missing in Original Volume Hosted by THE IRON AGE. 13 ^,,-JIRON AND BRASS RIVETS, J=^Ii STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c.. ^or Manufacturers of Light Hardware. PLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn, NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO., I] MA.PrXJ:F'AuCTXJIlEIi» OF WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. 1 The SALEM WIRE NAIL CO. OXFORD MANUFAGTUBBBS WIRE NAILS, Wtrks: SALEM, 0.; FINDUY, 0. General Office; SALEM, OHIO BRANOB OFVlCBSs Room 28 , 277 Broadway, New York. ' 415 Phenix Bldg., Chicago. 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. 88 Pickering Bld’g, Cincinnati, O. CLENDENIN BROTHERS, IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIjSES. J. Se SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81 f 88 and 85 WashiHfft^ Streett NEW YORK. THE BOND NAIL. SHEET ROD INGOT WIRE. NAILS AND TACKS. RIVETS AND BURS. SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER TUBES. Soldering Coppers. These nails are made from different sizes of wire with head at any desired position between the iKTints. For coopers, box and furniture manufacturers’ dowels, they are unsurpassed. Builders and repairers of all kinds will find these nails useful. We also manufacture Dowel¬ ing Machines and Sets for driying^ these nails. Address THE BOND NAIL CO.. P.O.Box23. RAYNHAM, MASS. PHILLIPS, TOWNSEHD & GO., Hortb Penn Jnnctioii, Pbiladelpbla. WIRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. Rivets marked “ Parc not of our make. We make only first-class Norway Iron Rivets III South Cay St., Hicks’ Builders’ Guide.— Comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders. A com- g rehensive guide to those engaged in the various ranches of the building trades. By I. P. Hicks ; illustrated by numerous engravings of original IUI#1 drawings. 160 pages; cloth .$1.00 * DclllilYlOrGy IwlQt FtrSale by OftvIdWIIllamt, 96-102 Resd* St.. N.Y. 2 STAVE NAIL KEG Stock CRESCENTiFii. CO DETROIT lalXOII. Hosted by Google 14 THE IRON AGE. J^rt of ^oppersmithing. A Practical Treatise on Working Sheet Copper in all Forms. By JOHN FUIiLER, Sr. 327 Pages, 474 Illustrations, 7x10 inches. Cloth. Price, $3.00. This'work, prepared at great labor and expense, is reproduced from The Metal Worker, and forms an exhaustive treatise on the Cop¬ persmiths’ Art, being the only volume on that subject that has been published. It is beautifully illustrated with 474 pen and ink drawings, and is bound and printed in the best manner. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher, «6-102 Reade St., NEW YORK. Gander Steel Department of CamMa Iron Co., JOHNSTO-WIT, FA.. -: MANUFACTURERS OP :- MERCHANT BAR STEEE; Including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Rail¬ road Spring, Hoe, Rake, Fork, etc. AGRICUETURAL STEEE AND SHAPES: Finger Bars, Knife Backs, Rake Teeth, Bundle Carrier Teeth, Tedder Forks and Springs, Spring Harrow Teeth, Harrow (Drag) Teeth, Seat Springs, etc. PLOW STEEL: Flat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs, (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolled Lay, etc. OOID ROILED STEEL SHAFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office, Southern Office, 102 Chambers St. S. W. Cor. 6th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building. Chattanooga, Tenn. Galvanized Iron Roofing Is especially adapted for use on Foundries and other shops where acid fumes usually cause a rapid decay of ordinary iron. It costs a little more than painted roofing, but is well worth the difference, as it requires no paint and will wear a lifetime. We want an enterprising agent of good standing, in each county, and solicit corres¬ pondence. Our little hook “ The Life of an Iron Roof, or how long will it last,” sent free. The Cincinnati Corrugating Co., BOX 313, PIQUA, OHIO. IMPROVCMENTS PATENTED 1890 IN THE Ub S., CANADA AND EUROPE. flRE-PROOF. Easily applied by anyone. Send for Sam pies and Descriptive Price LM H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, H. Johns* Asbestos Fire and Water-Proof Sheathlnpr. Bnildingr Felt. Steam Pachlnc*. IroUer CoYeiings, Liauid Paints, Boot Paints. Boot Cement, Fire*Proof Paints, etc. 87 MAIDEN LANE. NEW YORK. JERSEY CITY,. CHICAGO. PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, LONDON. ••STEE L ROOFINC • •CORRUGATED mON-EAVE trough- conductor PIPE-ROOF PAINTS-ETC. ^»^CAMBRIDGER00riNQC9 Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 15 X^VLlsiexis Ixron ^ Steel The First to make Boiler Plates In America. Oha$. BvtUm, PretU A, F. Hutton, Viee-Preit. 0. L. Hutton, OetO. Mgr, BobU B. Hatnei, Jr„ Been. Jot. Hitmpton. Treat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO BXTRBMB DIMENSIONS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FBBT. THICKNESS, No. 12 GAUGE TO INCHES. WORKS; OoA'toHi'wlXXe, WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET. THICKNESS, No. 12 GAUGE TO IH INCHES. - JEl&rPAJBlLiT»W^^iy 1810.- NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE; T'S’Om se es cDi e4 SuXXltt Sldflr- FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 S*. 4th St.. Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIG IRON— .03 or under. SCkAP—. 03 or .05 or under. ORc—For O. H. and Furnace Use. MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, Bkelp, Muck Bars and Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Ck).’s Tubes and Plpou THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANUFACKTUBl AIiL THUS PBODUCTS BOTH DT WROVeHT IRON AND OPEN 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 £ye*Bars of all sizes. Roof Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes of every description. AGENTSEDWAsn Co^unNO A Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edwabd Cohring A Co., 70 Elllby St., BOSTON, mas s • James B. Stokes, 1S2 Market St., SAN FBANOI8CO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stitss, 931 The Rookery, CEDOAGO. P0TT8V1LLE IRON AND STEEL GO, PonsviuE, Pa, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MAHUFAOTUBNBS OF ALL KIHDB 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. Hhesigners and Constructors ot Roots, I'rn.sses, Oolumns, &.c». TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Be Hell HHd 0±ls PBllLiAJDBlLiBBXA.. Chains for Foundry Cranes and S/ings, “D. B. 6.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging,, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. 8. T. WELLHAN.PreBldent. J. H. ROOF, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent* 8. H. OHAUYBNBT, Yloo-Freeident. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Beoretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL COs -^MANUFACfrURERS OP- Highest Grade Open Hearth Low Phosphorus Steel Fire Box and Boiler Plate. Bessemer Steel Ship and Tank Plate. Open Hearth and Bessemer Blooms and Slabs. Low Phosphorus Pig Iron. --PLATES UP TO 126 INCHES IN WIDTH.- General Office and Works, Thuriow, Delaware County, Pa. Chicago, Ills., No. 656 The Rookery.’’ New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nasean Street, TT. CRAMBR, AEOnt. J. H. BBLCHER, Agent. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Successors to ESHERICE, COTTON St OO., Iron and Steel Merchants. AGENTS FOR AMERICAN WIRE GUSS MEG. CO. 418 Walnut 8t., PHILA. UFFLIN WHEELER. G. w. NICOLIi. Nicolls, Wheeler & Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER St CO., 216 South Tblrd St., PbUadelpliIa. Pml -^DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, &c..ae. Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Ralls. EDWARD CORNING <1 MANUFACTURERS^ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. IRON and steel <t CO., 20 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 421 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. OUR OFFICES AND MILLS ARE CONNECTED BY TELEPHONES. BARS, BANDS, HOOPS, BOLTS. NUTS, RIVETS, ROOF TRUSSES. 70 KILBY ST.j BOSTON, Hosted by Google 16 THB IRON AGE. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT m 8. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron, Old Rails, Sorap. AOKHT FOB THB MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware, ▲ffent TRENTON IRON OO,, For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope, liongdale (Va.) and other pig Irena. Btobaob Tabd, Pier No. 67 Sonth (old Navy Yard)i whleh iB connected with Penn. R. R. and Its Tarlonf eonnectlons. N^otlable WarehouBe Receipts Isined. Gash AnyAHOBS madb ov Ibon. ^.B. PILLING. , T,.I. OBANS PILLING CRANE. 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 andBlHets, and scrap. COKE: For Furnace and Foundry use. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME EEELEY & CO., The Philadelphia Bank Bldg., 421 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA. Foundryl For§te PIgt Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, lEANUFACTURBRS OF Patent Planished, Galvanlaed, Cemmon, Best Refined, Cleaned and Chareeal Bleenis PXajA.TSS db SKESS3T XRON. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Fa. Orders lollolted especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack. Tank and Boat Iron: Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. JUSTICE COX. JR . 218 South 4th St., Phila., Pa. IRON and STEEL. -AGENT FOR- fialdeman, Grubb & Go's. Chickies Bessemer Pig Iron. Mahoning Rolling Mill Co.'s Best Quality Skelp Iron and Steel. Pulaski Iron Co.’s High Grade Foundry and Forge Pig Irpn. Hainsworth Steel Co.’s Standard Bessemer Steel Billets. Bars, Angles, Sheets, Tank and Bridge Plates, Mack Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron and Tool Steel. CUMB&RL.ANP NAIL ANP IRON C0„ MANUFACTURERS OF " Gunilierliiiid " Ms Wioi|t Iroii Pipe, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. ISl South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. - SOLE AQENT FOB- ' Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AN . BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer In Sempp Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and Connellsvllle Ceke. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., Bullitt Building, 135 So. 4th St., Pbiiad’a, Iron and Steel Merchants. PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bars and Shapes. RallB, Cars and Locomotlres. Track Equipment. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. J.A.hAEllS C3I-. Sc OO. BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Stmotores. JOHN L. HOGAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Bmllitt Building, 186 Sonth Fonrth St., Phila. Agents (or Brier Hill, Lebigh, Stmtbers AND MUIBKIBK PIG IRON, Delaware Bollix Mill, mnck bars. Youngstown Steel Co.. Connellsvllle Coke. High Crade Tested Ohains. ]McKLA.Y Ac OO., aOTH a 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. &on. W. H. THOMSON & CO.. Dealers In IRON and STEEli and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259j Bullitt Building,' pchladplphia, pa. B. Honiton. J. Max Bernard. B!. H. HonsM 0. B. HOUSTON & OO.. BnUltt Buiidlnc. PBII.ADEl.PmA. Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Balle, Structural Iron, Steel Caetluge and Fire Brick. Stlt Agents fer PAXTON ROLLINO MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES Gold Drawn Seamless Steel Tabes FOE- Locomotives, Fire, Marine and other Boilers, Hydraulic Presses, Hollow Spindles, Bicycles, etc., etc. Ellwood Shafting & Tube Co., Works, Ellwood City, Law. Co., Pa. UTew York Office, No.277 Broadway, JRoam 26. Francis Wister COOIMISSION MERCHANT, Coke, Coal, Ores. PEA AND BUCKWHEAT (Red and White Ash). National Foundry Coke a^^ecialty. Sulphur less All Sizes National Crushed Coke. 420 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. FXVZSXBXONS dks OO., -HAMUFAOTUBSBSa- COLD OHAPTliy^ IRON DRAWN 1 IIMW STEEL CLEVELAND, OHIO. Hosted by Google THB IRON AGB. IT Francis Hobson, Seaman tt Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. Sole Uantifaotfirm oC HOBSON’S ** CHOICE” Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOSlSOlV’/SI "OHOICE" DBxtra Quality Pfeed.le Wire. SEAMAN’S ** NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, Ao. _WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York._CHAS, HUGfLL, Agent._ THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORXTO IBJLiE! OAST S TBBlLi. ABBOTT, 'W’HEETOCK & CO.. Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, r>T.T Vta¥.. SX., BOSXON. »S CJJL'B'F SX., NEW XORBL Si & Cl WARDLOWp Sheffield, encland. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel, la Baw, Sheet, and Coll,, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, CarTcrs, Butchers’ Knives, File*. Band Saws, Clock, Watch and all other Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand fit T^IIOU leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and I w# rl ail other Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St., New York. Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. GUSTiVF LUNDBERQ, Agent for N. M. HOOLUND’S SONS St OO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Bessemer a.xici Open Beetirbla Steel. _ 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. __ CARLISLE E5T.I_.IS02Nr ct3 OO., SHEFFIELD, WORKS. liatc WIliSON HAWKSWOBTH, SIililSON Sc CO., ENBLAND (ESTABLISHED 1825.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents. 31 oT.nrwik STREET, BOSTON. 93 IJBERTX STREET, NEW TOBH.. JOMS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND. UANTrFACTirBSBS OF AU. EINBS OF STEEL. Tool Steel, Drill Rods, Needle Wire, Hot Roiled Sheet Steel, Cold Rolled Steel for Cor* set Springs, Band Saws, Clock and Watch Springs and Parts, and ail other Purposes. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly €ARI« F« BOKBR)> Sole Agents and Importers of Steel and Crucible Wire Bods, &c. JESSOF’S STEEL hanufaotuhjbd bt WM. JE880P A SONS, LM M. Best Quality, If Bars, Sheets Plates. Large aMortment of ilief in itook at SiJehnSt. . . - . NEW YORK, And other Agenetee. I SEEEIF'E'IEIaD. I Gold MedM Pula. ■ I BMeLAED. I 188 t. WIRE WORTl.ES, PEAXES and JEWEE DIES. DRAWING DIES NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 88 John St., - Now York. Hosted by Google 18 THB IRON AGE. CAMBRIA STBBIv, Steel Reil^, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, Stfeet Reil^ end Reilwe^ FB^tening^, BESSEMfIB AND OPEN-HEARTH BLOOMS, BILLETS AND BARS. Steel ^xles, Steel Queries, Steel Oliaiaiiels, Steel Forcings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, Office, 218 S« Fonrtb St., Plilladelpla« €liicago Office, Plioenlx Bnlldlna;. (Works at Johnstown, Pa.) A., dc &c ooM:i»-4LPrY, Pencoyd Iron Works, Pencojd Bridge A Constrnction Co., MANXTPACTUBBBS OP If W f _ ■■ |j%i DESIGNERS AND MANUPAOTTJIIBRS OP Wrought Iron and Open Hearth Steel, Bridges, viaducts, Turn Tables, etc. OFFICE t 261 S. 4tlii Street, PHIIaAPEIaPBIA, Pa, WORKS, PENCOTD, PA. Be H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hiron. E. H. WILSON & CO., and 924: South Third St,, Philadelphia IRON AND C<HTespondence solicited. 222 and 224 South Third St,, Philadelphia Swedish (Norway) Iron and Steel. BROKERS AND DEADER8 IN ]P f'PniNT QTIh 1h T BLOOMS, BILLETS, BARS; WIRE, RIVET AND NAIL RODS. IKUIM AND 1 JiJil^s foreign ^ DOMESTIC IRON ^ STEEL. C<HTespondence solicited. . _ , „ w . ^ ^ ^ __ i Broadway, New York. 8 Oliver Street, Boston. PIERSON & CO.. -DEALERS IN- IRON and STEEL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, 29 Broadway, cor. Morris St.t NEW YORK. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFAOTURSBS AND DEALBBS IN | IRON ar^STEELi AaFNCIFS: CARNEGIE STEEL CO., Limited, Struotura) Material, Steel and Iron Columns, Beams. Onannels, Shapes and Plates. Steel Beamt j Boiled to 34 inches deep. PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron, Bars, Angles Hoops and Cotton Ties. I BROOKLYN WIRE NATL CO., Steel Wire Nedls. Rxport Nalls a ^ecialty. BITERSIDE IRON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. AMERICAN WIRE NAIL MACHINES. Ovei 9(X) working satisfactorily in the United States, 25 in Europe and 100 in Canada. THB SETBELL & HASTINGS CO., Charooai- Iron Boiler Plates. Plans and estimates furnished and contraotf made for Iron and Steel Structures of everj Eesoription. Please address, 29 Broadway- Now TopIl W, 0. Box 83. ' NORTH BROTHERS MFC. 00. Iron and Brass Founders, Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d- and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Ckirrespondence solicited. AMERICAN PIC IRON STORAGE WARRANT CO., (Bank of America Building.) 44 Wall St., N. Y. Correspondence of Furnaces Invited. Hnnaredg of testimonials showing these castings liATe proved the nrost satisfactory and economical tor all purposes requiring strength and durability. CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y. FRANKFORD STEEL COMPANY FRANKFOFiD, PHIL-A., PA. Steel Railroad and Machine Forgings, SOLID CRUCIBLE STEEL CASTINGS AMD Best Grades of Tool and Machinery Steel. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 19 ^TNA-STAiiDARD IRON AND STEEL CO., Snccesflers to ^tna Iron and Steel Co., and The Standard Iron Co., manaiacturers oi PLATES and SHEETS, BLACK, GALVANIZED and CORRUGATED Plain Roofing, Siding and Ceiling, also of Sheet Steel, for special ■ purposes. Cold Rolled or Plain and Patent Leveled. BARS, LIGHT SECTION RAILS, ANGLES. TEES and CHANNELS, odd sections and sizes, Machine Straightened Steel Tire, Ordinary Shafting, Horse-Shoe Bars, Ax-Poll Steel, Toe Calk, Nut, Bolt and Chain Rods, and other special Bars suited to every requirement. PROMPT SHIPMENT from STOCK. Inquiries solicited. Stock List Mailed on Application. Address, 33Z1.XX>0-XSX^^>Z1.79 CARBON STEEL COMPANY ^ Pittsburgh, pa. -MANUFACTUEBRS OP-— Universal Mill Plates. Sheared Plates and Sheets. Boiler, Ship and Armor Plates. Also Nickel Steel Plates, XiXSn? OF SXZFS SZSSJOF TTFOXO' .A.FFXiXOuaLl'XOXa'. AO-EITOIEJS: Li. S, BOOIHER, 647 The Rookery, Clii-casro, III. THE CONDIT-FULLER CO., Perry-Payne Baildinsr, Cleveland, 0» GEO. KINSEV & CO., 249 West F«urtli Street, Cincinnati, O. JAS. G. LINDSAY & CO., Bnllitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa. BULLARD & POST, 125 Ulilk Street, Boston, Mass. GEO. O BEALS, Erie Co. Savings Bank Building, Buffalo, N. Y.- <f STEEL << TITANIC,” SPECIAL,” FOR ■ V ■ V II / For Chisels, Taps, Dies, Chilled Roll LATHE AND PLANER TOOLS. Turning, Punches, &c., &c. (The “ Trade-Marks ” of which are roistered In the United States.) MANUFACTURED ONLY BY SAMUEL OSBORN & CO., - - Clyde Steel & Iron Works, Sheffield, Eng. * SOLE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, B. M. JONES & CO., Nos. II and 13 Oliver St., Boston. _No. 143 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. _ STEEL PIPE AND NAILS. SAMPLE OP STANDARD RIVERSIDE STEEL PIPE HAMMERED COLD. {From Photograph.) SAMPLE OP STANDARD IRON PIPE HAMMERED COLD. {From Photograph.) PIG IRON, STEEL BLOOMS, STEEL BILLETS, SMALL STEEL T RAILS. Riverside Iron Works, Wheeling, West Va. REPRESENTATIVES: CHAS. 8. STEPHENS, CASEY dfc DAY. No 21 Beekman St. New York. No. 445 Rookery, Chicago, Ill. E. R. MANN & CO., THE HAZEN CO., No. 147 So. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. No. 59 W. 4th St., ' incinnati, O. The Cambridge Iron & Steel (p. MANUFACTURERS OF GALVANIZED^ • BLACK SHEETS For roofing & corrugating Sp ^-SHF.FJ IROH - PICKLED gcCOLD ROLLED, FOR STAMPING . Capacity Ranges From N9 30 y - ■ Correspondence „ ^^ (Solicited ^•'fice^Works CAMBRIDGE, OHIO. B THE IRON FOUNDER. A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON The Art of Molding. INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON Core-making; Loam, Dry Sand and Green Sand Molding; also Crystalliza¬ tion, Shrinkage and Contraction of Casi Iron, and a full explanation of the science of Pressures in Molds ; added to which are Formulas for Mixtures of Iron, Tables,. Rules and Miscellaneous Information. BY SINIPSON BOLLA-NDj Practical Molder and Manager of Foundries. niistrated witli OTer Tliree limdied EograTlm. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. “ The Iron Founder ” Supplement. A Complete Hlustrated Exposition of THE ART OF CASTING IN IRON, COMPRISING THE Erection and Management of Cu¬ polas, Reverberatory Furnaces, Blowers, Dams, Ladles, Etc.; Mixing Cast Iron ; Founding of ChilleiS Car Wheels ; Malleable Iron Cast¬ ings ; Foundry Equipments and Ap>- pliances ; Gear Molding Machines; Molding Machines ; Burning, Chill¬ ing. Softening ; Annealing ; Pour¬ ing and Feeding ; Foundry Ma¬ terials ; Advanced Molding ; Meas¬ urement of Castings; Wrought Iron, Steel, Etc. ; also the Founding of Statues ; the Art of Taking Casts ; Pattern Modeling ; Useful Formulas and Tables. -by—^ SIMPSON BOLLAND^ Practical Molder and Manager ot Foundries ; Author of “ The Iron Founder,” etc. Illustrated with over Two Hundred EngraiiK^ 400 Pages. 12ino, cloth, $2.50. Sentf post-^paid-f on receipt of price bp DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookseller, 96-102 R,aQ. St.. New York. Hosted by Google so CSTABUSHED IN 1848. SINGER, NIMICK A CO., Ltd. -MAKUFAOTURERS OF Alil^ KINDS OF-- PittSBURCH, PA, Hammered and Rolled STEEL. Warranted Equal to any Produced. HIGH ORADB SPS!OIAI« Craclble Tool €a«t Steel, for all purposes reqalrinff the Tery finest quaUty. SINGER’S ANNEALED EXTRA Crnelble Tool Oast Steel, for Dies, Cutters, Surgical Instruments, Forceps, and all otiiei ^ purposes requiring an extra fine quality. BEST Crucible Tool Cast Steel, for all purposes requiring steel of Standard quality, such as Tuimlng Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear Knives, cold Chisels, or Edge and Machinists' Tools generally, and for Mining and Quarrying purposes. fiAW STEEL, for Circular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. HOT ROLLED SHEET STEEL, for Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Nicker Saws, Pocket Knives, Blades and Backs, Drawing and Stamping Cold, Ac., Ac. SRIGHT COLD ROLLED SHEET and STRIP STEEL, for Cold Drawing, Stamping and Bending; for ^Us, (hips. Ferrules, Springi, Keys, (hialns. Sewing Machine and Type-Writer parts, and to take the place of Sheet Brass, all of unequaled finish and accuracy of gauge, ROUND in: ACHINERT STEEL* for Shafting, Boilers, Spindles, Ac., Ac. AGRICULTURAL STEEL. “ Iron (Centre *' Cast Plow StqeL “ Soft Steel Centre ” Cast Plow Steel. Soft Steel Back « Cast Plow Steel. “ Extra Thick Face Centre ” Cast Plow Steel. “ Special ” (SpHd Soft Center) Plow SteeU (hrucible Cast Plow Stol. Steel Botary Harrow Discs. Finished B<^ng Plow Colters. Agricultural Steel Cut to Pattern. Also Wagon and Carriage Springs, Axles and Steel Tire. Represented at 243 Pearl and 18 CiIff Streets, NEW YORK, by HOGAN A SON, General Agents for Eastern and New England States. GEORGE M. HOGAN, 417 Commercs St., Philadelphia; FITZ, DANA k CO., 110 North St., Boston,and W. E. STOCKTON, 16 A 18 West Laks St., Chicago. HUGH RUSSEL, TEMPLE BUILDING, 185 ST. JAMES ST., NIONTREAL, CANADA. Ridge Avenue and Belmont Street, Allegheny City, Pa. Post Office Address, nttsborgh, Pa. MAMDFiCTDRERS OF ALL KITO OF ftTEE T SPRIHGS, AILES, RAKE lEKfflji WETHERELL BROS., EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES, 31 Oliver St.,B»st»n, .nd 03 Liberty St *N.Y. RICE, IiEWIS & SON, Toronto, Ont. J. TATNALL LEA & CO., No. 125 So. Fourth St., Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIC IRON, MUCK BARS AND IRON ORES. manufactxjkees op patent PLANISHED SHEET IRON. PATENTSi Dec. 10th, 1878. Mar. 4th, 1884. Aug. 81st, 1886. /an. 10th, 1882. April 16th, 1884. Jan. 1st, 1889. Jan Ist, 1884. Jiine lOth, 1884. Jan. 17th, 1898. Feb. 12th, 1884. Jan. 6th, 188o, Guaranteed fully equal, in all respects, to the Imported Russia Iron. -ALSO— Wood’s Smooth Finished Sheet Irons and Sheet Steel, Cleaned and Free from Dust. Gbnebal Offices and Works XAoZCBJHiSPOI^'P, FA.. Branch Office: 111 Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jan! 17th,'1898! 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