The Iron Age : Vol. LIII : No. 23 : June 7, 1894

The IRO -I, A-Ztt,' Y'. QR. MR. G£RJS^L'S OFFICE. A Review of the Hardware, Iron at Secitoft., . Shelf.. l-T*^es^_ Publialied every Thursday Momixis by David ■Williams, ITos. 96. 98, lOO Sc lOS Beads New ’STorh. Vol. LIII: No. 2j. New York, Thursday, June j iSg^. Reading Matter Contents.page 1101 j p.. . Claesitled List of Advertisers.... 115 v^\ll ia#ii i itic%#ED lui Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 119 wiui- ncVKK IVI Advertising and Subsorlption Rates “1123 ■ ■ ■% a ■ $4.BO a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. YOU WILL NEVER MISS A BIRD IF YOU USE X 7 “ T 72 YOUR POWER W JSlM YOUR BELTS, YOUR MONEY U.M.C. PAPER SHELLS. By covering your pulleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ BELTING STi LOUIS, MO. NEW YORK, N.Y.,113 Liberty St., A.B. Laurence,Mgr, BOSTON, MASS., 104; Summer St, G. J. Kelley, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA, PA , 129 N. 3d St., J. Garnett, Mgr. VALLEY STEEL CO., ST. I-iOXJIS Manufacturers of STEEL CUT NAILS, RAIliS, CHANNEIiS AND MERCHANT f^TEEL.. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low in Price and Guaranteed. Send for oirculars and fao-eimile chart. THE BRISTOIi CO., Waterbury, Conn TRAP SHRIjIjS Cgreep ^‘olor) are equal to the best imported; have conical base, are water-proofed, have an extra*' primer with a battery cup, are metal reenforced, are WARRANTED gas tight and a<^ _ he aw loads of nitro-powders. Can be reloaded many times, /tf ^ SNfOKEIiESS Csaii* "ame as the Trap Shell except that they are I not metal REINFORCED, being inten-,,.^ charges only of nitro-powders, which Should not exceed 3^ drams (measure) f(h%. 4 drams for lu-gauge. , nitro ClilJB SHEIjES are desiamed to meet the demand for a moderate priced shell adapted to nitro-powders. Quality is the same as our celebrated “ New Club ” shells, but they Jave special strong: primers (not sold except in these shells) and a new form of base, thereby giving qalcK tenltion and Strong: Combastloa to moderate charges of nitro- powder. “iKTo-w' OlUL’to.” . JflEW CECJB SHBI 4 LS are designed for use with black powders. Conical base, primed with the celebrated tJ. ME. C, No. 2 primers. AU sizes and lengths. The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY, CONN., - Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tubing and liarge Shells, Brazed Tubes and Mouldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silver. -SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF- Samson and Massachusetts Brands. 8end for 8anm,pleB, SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass T DRNBTTTK X.ES, Branch Office: 136 Liberty St., New York.^ ^ Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., - Cleveland, O. Tbe Wilmot & Hobbs Mfg. Go., MAIN OFFICE, MILLS AND FACTORIES AT BRIDOHSI^ORT, OONN. STORE, MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. (CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE.) Annual Capacity 16,000 tons. Annual Capacity 30,000 tons. BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, and the Celebrated and Unequaled **8WE DO H” (REOISimBD TRADE-MARK.) Hot Rolled >»> Cold Rolled Sheet, Band and Strip Steel h\m COPPERIZED OILERS, Etc. SEE FHONT AND BACK COVER for Special Notice to the Trade. Brown’s Patent Seamless Drawn Copper Honse Boilers. 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, &c., &o. 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, &o. 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. We guarantee all valves stamped with Trade-Mark. ^XSMTJSLXlXrfil BXLOS., _NEW YORK PHIliADEliPHIA. BOSTON and CHICAGO. It Pays to Handle ‘^COPPERIZED” Oilers. Ac., Stamped Seamless from the Wilmot & Hobbs Mfg. Co.’s Celebrated Cold Rolled ** SWEDOH ’’Steel, FIRST. They are all perfect In construction and finish both inside and outside, are exceedingly durable, work perfectly, do not come back because of defects, but stay sold once and lor all and sell at sight because of their beauty and very substantial construction. SECON U. The manufacturers make the goods principally to illustrate how their celebrate d Cold Rolled “ SWEDOH” Steel can be stamped, drawn and olated, and in consequence of this excellent advertisement and their unequaled facilities for their manufacture, are enabled to offer a wonderfully large and flue line of goods at a very low price. THIRD. The Oilers are also thoroughly advertised and the manufacturers refer purchasers to those dealers who carry a stock, and they do not solicit trade from consumers, but carry out abroad minded policy in all their dealings. They carry at all times an immense .<5tock of all the numerous sizes and fill orders promptly. All houses ordering a stock of $100 to $200 worth assorted sizes will be furnished free 3,000 small envelope size catalogues or price-lists ” C.” illustrating some two dozen sizes of Oilers, &c., printed in copper, bronze and nickel and the jobber’s name and address will also be printed in bronze. Have vou seen the salesmen’s dissected samples of No. 13 size ? BEWARE of CHEAP AND INFERIOR IMITATIONS of onr “ CO PPERIZED ” OILERS, &c., or any goods infringing our Trade-Marks or Patents, AS WE SH.Al.L PROTECT NBi^See Illustration OUR INTERESTS TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAW. of Oilers ONE HUNDRED DOliDARS REWARD ofiered for anv in- —' on back cover. " ■' '■ ' "■ ‘ iormation which results in onr convicting parties so infringing. Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. AU our works In the heart of the Region, within four mUes of CouuellsvUle. Pa. CDAJPJLm’Tir 4,000 TOXTS W. J. RAINET, MAIN OVFIOE: Mercantile Bank Building. GLEYELAND, OBIO. Hosted by Google y^ WSONIA QrASS ^ Qopper Qo, MAHUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot popper. jwaterbury Brass Co. The Plume&A 1 W 00 D Mfo.Go. MANTTFAOTURBRS OF Sheet and Roll Brass WIRES, BOLE KARnFAOTTTRERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pumo Linings, Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 CilfT Street, New York. New Haven Copper Co., ■OLl OV POLISHED COPPER Undev Patent of T. James, Sept. le. 1876. ALSO MANUFACTimBBS AND DBALBBS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MAKTJFAOTTTBHBB OF Cast steel iiieis ail Bill ol Siieiloi QiaUtr. 294 Pearl St , NEW YORK. ^ EBtabllflhed 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brasai and Ger¬ man Silver Wire, Brass and OoppsF GD\id1ii^9 COPPER RIVETS AND BURS. PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Snot Pouches, Ac., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. Cartridge 3Ietal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the OAPBWBLL MEG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. depots; 296 Broadway, New York. 12B Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. I. _ MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. _ WHEN IN WANT OF ANYTHING IN _ BRASS AND COPPER WRITE ROME BRASS & COPPER CO., I ROME, N. Y. GBBMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, OOP- PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, <fec. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGK). ROLLING MILL, THOMASTON. CONN. FAOTORIBS : WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SFELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OP SHEKT ZINC A.ND SUI^PHXJRIC ^CID. Special Sizes of Zinc out to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Litnogranhers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZillO'OS FOR BA.T'X’EIiY. f\ f\Tr O OBTAIN PROMPTLY the latest 111 11 I l\ work on any subject in which you are AJ v/V/XAK i^b interested by addressing DAVID WILL lAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Seade Street, New York. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Roiling Miiis, Msnufaotnrers of loXt Axxd ll3.oAtl3.l3a.s Manufacturers of 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. Boscon. JOHN DAVOL & SONS. AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, EEAD, ANTIMONY. 100 John Street, New York. 0 -OOX>fil 00., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZBI DOOR KI^TOBS fironie and Plated Roses, Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells, &o.. 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. OOFPBSR. "WIRHl A.1TI3 K.r\m!TS. Importw. and Dealers In Ingot Gopper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 48 CUFF ST., NEW YORK. WILLIAM 8. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, 8ELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop^ per BodSf Brass Ferrules, Fwre Copper Wire,- Sheet q/nd Ingot Copper^ Spelter, Tin, Antimony, Lead, A^c. MISSCURI METAL CCMPANr, 9238ecurity Building, ST. LOUIS. SPELTER. Hosted by Google THB IRON AGB. ELEPHANT BRAND y?7/ GENUINE INGOTS & manufactures BEAR OUR REG JRADE MARKS. „ . PHOSPHOR-BRONZE Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. The PhosphqrBronze Smelting Co.Limiteo 2 2 00Washington AvE,PHiLflDELPHiA..PA ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in the United States and Sole Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND"Phosphor-Bronze. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. Parsons’ Manganese Bronze and White Brass. NMDE IN THE UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVELY BY TflS WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP and ENGINE BUILDING GO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AC.A.lTOI-jA.iN’SSS: BROITZE -ARE USED BY THE- Canard, Pacific Mail, Hamburg^ American, White Star, International, Morgan, Canadian Pacific, North German Lloyds and many other Steam Ship Companies, and principal Naval Powers. Parsons’ White Brass; the Most Approved Anti-Friction Metai. e. D0U6LAS PETRIE, Agent, Nos. 39 & 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. Solicits Correspondence about Fishing Reels for 15 Cents to 20 Dollars each. Brass Bird Cages 50 “ “ 12 “ “ Japanned “ 25 “ “ 10 “ “ Standard Bronze, Brass and Steel Chain. Standard Wire Picture Cord. Thc Andrew B. Hcnorvx Co.. New Haven. Conn.. U. S. A. 7ZZE3 F. ^ssaxaaxiiUMMUu//A OO., -MANUFACTURERS- Aluminum Bronze Castings* Aluminum Bronze Sheets, Alu¬ minum Bronze Ingots and Pure Aluminum Castings, Box 1147, Ansonia, Conn. RouRh CastiniT of Aluminum. Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronze and idl kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Obandellers, Metal Picture Frames. Ink Stands, Figures, Statues, ete. Stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. St. Lonls Bronze & Alnminmn Yorks, 374 f -3743 North Broadway, 8T. liOUlSf MO. EVANS FRICTION CONES. For regulating the speed of machines an tomatlcally or by hai Thousands of sets operation driving kinds of machine which require from to 60H.-P. Address Evans Friction C<^ne Co>, 85 Water Street, Boston, Mass. TRY IT? ANDYOU WILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHESTANP RICHEST CRASE MADE. MANUFACTURED ONLV BV . TIN. THECRESCENTPHOSWORIZED METAL C0;| \ .OFFICE ANO WORKS PHILADELPHIA PA ' INDIANA Brozxszo, Chester, Pa. Ooxzxx^oisltloxi. OAfiNtlZXSri Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze" Bearing Metai and “Crown ROLLiNG MiU Babbitt Metai." ManiiWotiirore oi PBOSPBOR-sxiorrssx: to P 3 EWN^®YiLiV.dLN^i.dL Specifications in Ingot metal or castings. The W.W.AR.M. KEYS CO., BIlII>GlEI»ORT, COIVN. Guaranteed Best Antl-ETlotlou Metal for all machinery bearings. For high speed and heavy crushing weight it has no equal. It is used on bearings where no other known metal will stand. Tfaeo. Hiertz & Son, Sole Mfrs., 3llth St. and Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Mfrs. Babbitt Metals, Solder, Lead Car Seals, etc. I PHOSPHDR-TIN 'By using my phosphor tin manufaJ URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves, BY SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING. mucM :heaper than they are now to t HAD IN THE MARKETrNEW OR OLD COPPL CAN BE USED. FOR circulars - ^DDREss hALK &,NAUMANN "'^AGENTSU.S.'‘’’SCANADA7<^ PEA^^ j Boston Casting Co. MANUFACTURERS OP make sound, soft Wi \hl l/^ LJT I IVI ^ tensile strength of 60, VY 11 U VJI n I I ri\y I M square inch and guarautei adapted for mechanical A OTI IVI ^ O castings will be true to pi L/Ao I i INbib. f" I n O" ^ First St., O ^ So. Boston, Mass. We make sound, soft Wrought Iron Castings with a tensile streneth of 60,000 to 70,000 pounds per square inch and guarantee the same to be eypreesly adapted for mechanical and electrical work. The castings will be true to pattern with a shrinkage of one quarter of an inch to the foot. This company is in no way connected with any other. Tbe Afflerican Hetal Co. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St., New Yorkw P. O. BOX 967. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. TIH, IMD, SPELTER, AHIIHONY, NICKKlr &LDMINUH, BULUON, IRON. Advances mad e on Consignments. AGENTS FOB Hanry R. Merton ds C«., - - Liondov. niorallffeBellflchait, Fralikfort- on-Maln. WllUama, Foster <& Co. JLd., Swansea. Hosted by Google WASHBURN & MOEN Wfe. CO. Works: Worcester, Mass-y and Waukegan^ III. CoppBr % M # I Rods Insulated m A # 1 L Springs Glidden Barbed W W I Bale Ties Waukegan Barbed Rope and Gable Makers of Iron, Steel and Copper. 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Iron, BcuBemer, Sl«raen«-lllartin and Craelble Oast Steal Wire oi all klndSf annealed* soft and hard drawn t Cosssrod Ssrlnff Wlro for Famltnre Springs* dke.* Coppered Solt Wires, Ballnp Wires, Suspension Brldffo and Rope Wires of all kinds, &«• STEEL music WIRES and mUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. Spoelalty of finest Oast Steel Wires, round, fiat, square aad any other shape, tempered and also In the soft state, quaranteedte harden and temper. Solid Rib and Parapon Umbrella Wires. Crinoline, Corset, Shade Roller, lioek. Hat, Brush, Saw, Band Saw, Clock Sprlnff, Clock Bell, Clock Yerffe and Watch Sprlnsr, Rule and Tape lilne and Eyefflass Wires, dte. Plano, Keedle, Fish Hook, Drill and Hair Sprlnp Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made lor special purposes. Also Corered Wires—Braided and Cloth and Paper Corered—for crinoline, corset and other purposes. Cold Rolled and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all purposes. Special Wires and Sprinirs oi l>esoriptioii* CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. THE LONGEST COIL OF STEEL EVER ROLLED OF ITS DIMENSIONS, 2^ IN. WIDE X 2250 FEET LONG X .00425 IN. THICK. SUPERIOR STEEL COMPANY, - Pittsburgh, Pa. -MANDFACTURERS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF- HOT and COLD ROLLED STRIP STEEL. In widths up to 10 inches and in tliickness from .0025 to 2 inches and from ordinary hot rolled soft steel to the finest cold rolled watch maio spring steel. Fine crucible steel our specialty. Coils Furnished up to 5000 feet long according to width amd gauge ordered* -AlOEIS oi ES -- Ely & Williams, 38 Park Row New York; 1239 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Samuel T. Roiiey, 1030 ^onadnock Bld’g, Chicago. VADE MECUH. A work of reference for the use of Architects, Archl- teotnral Iron Workers. Builders, Blacksmiths, Book keepers. Boiler Makers, Contractors, Civil, Mechanical Hydraulic. MiniuR, Stationary, Marine and Locomo- tlre Engdneers. For men of Machine Shops, i'lremen 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- cnasters, Superintendents of Factories and Business Men :generally. Compiled and Arranged by D. B. DIXON, ^nd with a most,exhaustive Electrical Department by THOS. G. GRIER, A Prominent Specialist. 480 Pages, 6)4. x 5% inehes, Cloth, $2.50. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publlsner and Bookseller 96-102 Reade Street, New Tcrk, Hosted by Google CC Agricultural Implements, Machin- Q ery and various other pmposes. Write for prices to " SABIN MACHINE qO., MANUFACTURERS. lUONTFFLlER. YT. ,, for, .^^einiirtih and Durability. Made Only by BrodeilclL ft Bascom Ropa Co., Str Louis, Mb..: HOWSON AND HOWSON fimoois Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA ..w— i. w Forrest Building, 1 19 S. 4th St. ST. LOUIS. MO. NEW YORK —vw***, - w. Potter BuildiniT* 38 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Bulldlngr, 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 j U. S. Supreme, Circuit and Circuit Ap¬ peals Courts, and U, S, Patent Office. Send for “ Plain Words about Patents,” Fret. PATENT PRACTICE EXCIiUSIVEIiY. References Purnlslied on Application. K. B. STOCKING, Attorney at I^SiW, 611 F STm N. W., WASHINGTON, O. C, CHARLES N. BUTLER, C.E., tnODHEY IH PATENT CASES Formerly of the Examining Corps, tJ. S. Patent Office. ATESINTTS. H. W. T. JENNER, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert, 519 Seventh St.. Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Established 18^. W. S. ESTEY, No. 66 FULTON ST., NEW YORK, MANTTrAcrmuEB or 'V^XfLIEa OXjOTB l 87 LillBftj HbW YoJ^. Wllkesbarre, Pa. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Manniactnieis oi WIRE in gnat larlety. irmw KA-VEisr, - oonn . Represented in New York by HENRY B. NEWHALL CO., 106 Chambers St. HERCULES WIRE. PATENTED. Absolutely the best general purpose Fence Wire on the market to-day. Write for prices CLEVELAND FENCE CO., 21 Biddle St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Of Brau. Copper, Iron, GaWanlied and Stwl Wire ^ •U meshes and grades. For lining. Igmng pthor purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Clotk, *•" -AND- ffte Bank. Office and Counter Railing, Store l^nts Window Guards, Ac. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver's Paterrt Decoy Rat Traps. 8 T Pat. Adjustatile Foundry RIddlea. « * 1 ? atojc*®®*!.*. BBND FOB OATALOOUB. PHILLIPS, TOWNSEND & GO. lotth Pta loictioA, PUlidUpUa. WIRE NAILS, - - . MANUFACTURERS OF _ --NORWAY RIVETS. wire rope for cable railways ard mirihg Rivets marked “P” are not of out H^LLlDIE *S PATENT WIPE PGPEVl^ make We make only first-OlftSb Norway 4 Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send'for Ulustiated Catalogue, h ^ Iron Rivets. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. .A.r .00 MAMTJRACTUBERS Of GENERAIi WUREWOBK. vWmflowGuaids, _ 1 . StaHeFixtuiei RAILINGS, ' ^ SffudScreena Coal ScraoTis Efcc. vs.!i^x mu\w OV^'XW . v- K i ■' '-''-f'-, - J'-iKri ■' ,'( -I -' ■ ,-rirlrlT' i^rrirLflT: ■' l-ririTirl U/IPI^y/lDC DDHTUCDO cortland, n. y. IflUIV fflllL DnUinLllO, O. Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, •Coal Sieves, new process Flour Sieves, Corn Poppers, Cortlanc Oish Covers, *’°'r.^rnr°«rnT.. Metallic WIRE CLOTH — , Every roll wrapped In Plr Coal Sieves. Lbet ‘ MANUFACTUKERS OF E. H. Titchener & Co. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. -MASXrFACJTURBBa OF— Cortland POWER LOOM WIRE CLOTH. Every roll wrapped In Pink Paper and has our name on label. Kilmer Manufacturing Co. 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Roof Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes of every description, AGENTSEdwabd Cohhiko ft Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORE; Edwabd Cobhihg ft Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; Jamkb B. Stokks, 183 Market St., SAN FBANCIBOO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stitm, 981 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSYILLE IRON AND STEEL CO. PonsviLLE, Pa., PHILADELPHIA OFFICEp 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MAHUFAOTUBBBa OF ALL KOTOS 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. Designers and. Constmctoirs of Roofs, T'msses, Oolnmns, Akc. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Beaoli. and Otis Streets, PXXIIJ.^kX>£IlLiPlXlA^ Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings, "D. B. G.” Special Crane Cham. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. High Grade Tested Chains. oo., aOTH * 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. I /i Steel cb 480PEARL ST. P/TTC:DllDr'U PA ^4&66S.CL/NTONSr., NEivroPH riiiotsutfb/ijrA. ch/gago: i CH/CAGO. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Snooessors to ESHERICK, COTTON ft 00., Iron and Steel Merchants. AGENTS FOR IMERICAN WIRE GLASS MFa CO. 418 Walnut St., PXlIIaA. mPFLIN WHEELER. G. w. NICOLL8. Nicolls, Wheeler & Co., POBMBRLT SITES, WHEELEK & CO., *16 Soutli Third St., Philadelphia, Pa -^DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms, Ac., Ac. Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Ralls. EDWARD CORNING i MANUFACTURERS^ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. IRON *"■> STEEL <t CO., 29 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.| BOSTON, Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGi. EPWARD J. EtTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHAin m 8. IBXSD Si., PHILADELPHIA, PA, PiiTt Bar and Bailroad Iron, Old Balls, Scrap, AGENT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Pennai, West New Jersey and Delaware. TRENTON IRON COm For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope, lionffdale (Ta.) and other Fla Irons, Btoraoe Yabd, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R. R. and its varlouf eonnectlons. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued Gash advances made on Ibon. v.B.'PiLUNo. ' ' ■■ ■ .-t'l;-w-“r PILLING - * C^]S®fE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIG ^IRON : Low PhosphoruH, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL : In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COKE : For Furnace and Foundry use. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S; FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. BSTABLISHBO 1869. JEROME EEELEY & CO., The Philadelphia Bank Bldg., 421 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA. Fonndryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etq. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. (Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, HANUFACTUBBRS OF Fatont Planished, GalTanlaed, Cemmon, Best Refined, Cleaned and Chareoal Blooa» PX.>.fiLTSi cto SZZH3S3T IRON*. ALSO LIOHT PLATES AND SHEETS OE STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solloited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder Pan and Elbow, MTater Pipe, Smoke Stack. Tank and Boat Iron: Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Looomotiye Headlight and Jacket Iron. JUSTICE COX, JR . 218 South 4th St., Phila., Pa IRON and STEEL. -AGENT FOR - Haldeman, Grubb & Go's. Chickles Bessemer Pifif Iron. Mahoning Rolling Mill Co.’s Best Quality Skelp Iron and Steel. Pulaski Iron Co.’s High Grade Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Hainsworth Steel Co.’s Standard Bessemer Steel Billets. Bars, Angles, Sheets, Tank - and Bridge Plates, Dluck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron and Tool Steel. CUMS6RUANP NAIU ANP IRON C0„ MANUFACTURERS OF “ Gunilierlttiid ” Kails it Wiouglt Iroii Pipe, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. 131 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. -SOLE AGENT FOR- Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer In Scrap» Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and ConnellsYllle Coke. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO.. Bullitt Building, 135 So. 4tli St., Phiiad’a, Iron and Steel Merchants. PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bars and Shapes. Rails Cars and Locomotives. Track Equipment. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. C3-. XjINIDS-A.-y & OO. BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. JOHN L. HOGAN S CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bmllitt Building, 186 South Fourth St., Phila. igents (or Brier Hill, Leblgh, Strothers ANB MUIBKIBK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel ^S)., ConnellBvllle Coke. SIDX'X'XOrC* FOXI. 1894. ID I Kr E O T O Sir - OF THE - Iron and Steel Works OF THE UNITED STATES. Embracing a complete list of the Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Forges and Bloomaries in every State and Territory; also Wire Mills, Wire Nail Works, Car Axle Works, Car Wheel Works, Car Builders, Locomotive Works and Cast Iron Pipe Works and Wrought Iron Pipe Works, Tin Plate Works, Rod Mills, Cut Nail Works, Shipbuilding and Bridge¬ building Works. 292 pages, cloth F3EK.XOX3, - - - 9-^.00. W. H. THOMSON & CO.. Dealers In IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PllILADEIaPllIA, PA. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houftoa C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PBtlliADKIiPBIlA Fig Iren, Coal, Coke, Steel Ralls, Stmotmral Iren, Steel Caetlnge and Fire Brick. Silt Agents fer PAXTON ROLLINO MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES KRANCIS WISTKR COJWLMISSION MERCHANT, Coke, Coal, Ores. PEA AND BUCKWHEAT (Red and White Ash). National Foundry Coke a ^eclalty. Sulphur less than 0.6. All Sizes National Crushed Coke. 420 Walnut Street PHILADELPHIA. Sent on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, ^ Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, NEW'YORK. Hosted by Google , __ THB IRON AGB. _ Francis Hdiidt^ Seaman ^ Coi, to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. ^ r , ^ Sole Blanufaottuferi of HOBSON’S ** CHOICE ” 6^ Extra Best and “ Warranted Best’^ Cast Steels for Tools, etc. IKOSSOM^’S “ CHOICE ” Extra. Quallt^^ Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Roils, Ao> U^AREHOUSE, ©7 John St., New York. CHAS. HUCILL, Aerent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. OItTTp iBX.E! OAST S TBEL. ABBOTT, WHBBL/OCK & CO.. Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 8S OLIVEK ST., BOSTON. «3 OIL.IB’F ST., NEW YOBK. Si £ Cl WARDLOWp Sheffield, encland. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel, In Bars, Sh