The Iron Age : Vol. LIII : No. 25 : June 21, 1894

MR. GENERAL OFFICE | i Section hsi) Iron age A Review of the Hardware. Iron a// Metal Trades. 9 * A Published every Thursday Morning toy David "Williams, Noav Reads St., New York. = - % - Vol. LIII:'No. 25. New York, Thursday, June 21.1894. ' ***•%. .pS, t^cS^T 0 ®** 8 *' Ds.iIUs UsUa. _- - - ■ - _V# Vol. LIII: No. 25. Neu Reading Matter Contents.page 1206 Classified List of Advertisers_ “ 99 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 103 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 1229 S A TT ITS YOUR POWER V Jljl YOUR BEETS, YOUR MONEY By covering your pulleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ BELTING ST. LOUIS, MO. NEW YORK, N.Y.,118 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. XjOTTIS Manufacturers of STEEL CUT NAILS, RAILS, CHANNELS AND MERCHANT STEEL. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S REC0RDIN6 PRESSURE GAUGE. Low In Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac-simile chart. THE BRISTOL CO., Water bury, Conn BRAIDED CORD. U. M. C. Blank Cartridges for Fourth of July, 1894. Loudest Report. * --— e Hie Union fletnllie CetiMp Co. BHIDGEPOHT, CONN. Ask Your Dealer For U. M. C. Blanks. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tubing and Large Shells, Brazed Tubes and Mouldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silver. Samson and Massachusetts Brands. Send for Samples. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURN BUCKLES. Branch Office : 136 Liberty St., New York, Cleveland City Forge and Iron I - Cleveland, O. The Wilmot S Hobbs Mfg. Go., MAIN OFFICE, MILLS AND FACTORIES AT BRIDGEPORT, CONN. STORE, MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. (CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE.) -SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF- Annual Capacity 16,000 tons. Annual Capacity 30,000 tons. BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, and the Celebrated and Unequaled “ 8 WE DO H” (REGISTERED TRADE-MARK.) Hot Rolled •* Cold Rolled Sheet. Band and Strip Steel Also C0PPERI2ED OILERS, Etc. SEE FRONT AND BACK COVER lor Special Notice to the Trade* Brown’s Patent Seamless Drawn Copper House 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, &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. We guarantee all valves stamped with Trade-Mark. JSNKZN’S BROS., _NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON and CHICAGO. It Pays to Handle “ COPPERIZED ” Oilers, &c., Stamped Seamless from the Wilmot & Hobbs Mfg. Co/s Celebrated Cold Rolled" SWED0H "Steel, BECA.TJSE : 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 for all and sell at sight because or their beauty and very substantial construction. SECON O . The manufacturers make the goods principally to illustrate how their celebrate d Cold Rolled SWEDOH ” Steel can be stamped, drawn and plated, and in consequence of this exceflent advertisement and their unequaled facilities for their manufacture, are enabled to oner a wonderfully large and fine 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, a.ud they do uor solicit trade from consumers, but carry out abroad minded policy In all their dealings. They carry at all times an immense stock 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, &cV, 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 our “ COPPERIZED ” OILERS, «fcc., or any good9 infringing oar Trade-Marks or Patents, AS WE SHALL PROTECT jB^JjlSee Illustration OUR INTERESTS TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. J of Oilers ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD offered for any in- oh o&ck cover. . ™ , formation which results m our 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. All our works in the heart of the Region, within four miles of Connellsville, Pa. CAPACITY 4,000 TONS DAILY, W. J. RAINEY, MAIN OFFICE: Mercantile Bank Building. . Hosted by CLEVELAND, OHIO ted by Google THE IRON AGE. y^ WSOWIA 0 RASS tfP Qopper Qa MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. Waterbury Brass Co. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) • Condenser Plates, Pump Linings,Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Pis:on Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 Cliff Street, • • New York THE New Haven Copper Co., SOLS KLAUS RE OS POLISHED COPPED Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12 , 1876 . ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO HAOTVAOTOBBBS OF cast steel Alters aid Bits oi superior Qialitr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. 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 MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Masks, Snot 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. f Provi¬ dence, R. I. _ MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. _ WHEN IN WANT OF _ ANYTHING IN _ ^ ^ BRASS AND WRITE COPPER ROME BRASS & COPPER CO., ROME, N. Y. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZINCS FOB LECLANCHE BATTERY. BRASS GrOOX>0 MFG. CO., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Sliver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZE DOOR KNOBS aronxe 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. T\/‘\ (WT C* YOU CAN OBTAIN PROMPTLY the latest F^l II I K work on any subject in which you are L/V/V/JLALJm interested by addressing DAVID WILL¬ IAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, New York. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Kr»zlers% Manufacturers of lolt and SHeatlilng COPPER WIRE A.NTD RIVETS. Importers and Dealers In Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. ThePlume&AtwoodMfc.Go. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass —AND— WIRE, GERMAN SILVER AND„ GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, <fcc. 18 MURRAY ST,, NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. ROLLING MILL, I FACTORIES: THOMASTON. CONN. I WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of • Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINCES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PURE ALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 428 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29High Street, Boston. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOB Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. 1OO John Street, - New York, WILLIAM S. FEARINC. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver, Copper 9 Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop¬ per Bods f Brass Ferrules, Fure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper > SpeUer, Tin f Antimony f Lead, &c. MISSOURI MET1L COMPANY, 923 Security Building, ST. LOUIS. SPELTER. Hosted by ^ Google ELEPHANT BRAND /in genuine: INGOTS & M ANUFACTURES BEAR O'JR •- REG.JftAQE MARKS. C||-t PH O SPH OR-BRONZE Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. The Phosphor Bronze SMELiiNtiCo.LiMiTEO 2 2 00 WA S HI N G TON A Vf.jP HILADELPH |A., PA ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHORr; Bronze in the United States and Sole Makers of'ELEPHANT BRAND"Phosphor-Bronze. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. Parsons’ Manganese Bronze and White Brass. MADE IN THE UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVELY BY THE WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP and ENGINE BUILDING CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. MANGI-ANESE BRONZE PROPELLERS -ARB 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 Metal. a. DOUGLAS PETRIE, Agent, Nos. 39 & 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. Rough Casting of Aluminum. Aluminum Bronze, German Silver Bronze and all kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Metal Picture Frames. Ink Stands, Figures, Statues, etc. Stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. St. Louis Bronze & Aluminum Works, 3741-3743 Nor.h Broadway, ST. LOUIS, MO. EVANS FRICTION CONES* For regulating the speed of machines an* tomatically or by hand. Thousands of seta in operation driving all kinds of machinery which require from I to 50 H.-P. Address Evans Friction C^ne Co», 85 Water Street, Boston, Mass. Solicits Correspondence about Fishing Reels for 15 Cents to 20 Dollars each. Brass Bird Cages “ 50 “ “ 12 “ Japanned “ “ 25 “ “ 10 “ w Standard Bronze, Brass and Steel Chain. Standard Wire Picture Cord. The Andrew B. Hendryx Co.. New Haven, Conn.. U. 8. A. THE F. OO., -MAN UFACTURERS- Aluminum Bronze Castings, Aluminum Bronze Sheets, Alu¬ minum Bronze Ingots and Pure Aluminum Castings. Box 1147, Ansonia, Conn. .It* .v- : a TRY; IT! AND YOU W ILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHEST AND RICHEST GRADE MADE’/ MftRUFRCTURED ONLY bV THE CRESCENT PHOSPHORIZED METAL CQjjl ^OFFICE AND WORKS pu||»nri PHI# PA 1 1 .tfc/ZIflf^F-ZIII INDIANA AV.aH CROWN SMELTI3STO COMPANY, Chester, Pa. Bronze, Srass and Composition Oastinss. . Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze" Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal." Manufacturers o± PHOSPHOR-BRONZE TO PENNSYLVANIA RAIEROAD. The W.W.te R. M. KEYS CO Sr i * f & - •# # ‘s' * ^ BRIDGEPORT, CONN. > PH D SP H DR-TIN B Y'-UsTn C^'MY’P HQS’PHLDfi -'t IN: -MAN U FA? 5 USERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE PHOSPHOR BRONZE; themselves. BY W SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING. muc*: ; 1 CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO ! HAD IN THE MARKET^NEW.OR OLD COPf CAN BE USED, FOR CIRCULARS address HALK &. NAUMANN- O 0 AGENTS r ^ THt U.S.* N - D CANADA' Guaranteed Best Anti-Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. For high speed and heavy crushing weight it has no equal, rt is used on bearings where no other known metal will stand. Tbeo. Hiertz & Son, Sole Mfrs., 30th St. and Park Ave., St. Lonis, Dio. Mfrs. Babbitt Metals, Solder, Lead Car Seals, etc. Boston Casting Co. MANUFACTURERS OF We make sound, soft W] WROUGHT IRON iiiMssrSAS VY I WS v-/ I I I ■ I % I W a ^ apted for mechanical ^ a a a /-v castings will he true to pi I! A ^ I I |\| I t Ss one quarter of an inch to UnOl IINUO. is in no way connected wit r I rr rr C** r\ 132 w ^ irst st- ’ [111 ^ W O i| So. Boston, Mass. We make sound, soft Wrought Iron Castings with a tensile strength of 60,000 to 70,000 pounds per square inch and guarantee the same to he expressly adapted for mechanical and electrical work. The castings will he 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. The American Metal Co. Levin Building, 80 Wail St., New York. P. O. BOX 957. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. Advances mad e on Consignments AGENTS FOR Henry R. Merton & Co., - - London. Merallgesellschaft, Frankfort-on-M am. Williams, Foster & Co., Ld„ Swansea. Hosted by Google 4 THE IRON AGE.- Washburn & Moen Manuf’g Co, WORCESTER, MASS., NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO. MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL AND COPPER EVERY VARIETY OF FOR ALL PURPOSES, WIRE ROPE ANR CABLE. 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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. 304 pages, cloth, Published by The American Iron and Steel Association. PRICE, - ©3.00. Sent on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, - Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, NEW YORK; * Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. ir Francis Hobson, Seaman & Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, * Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” ® Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOBSON’S “ CHOICE ” Extra Qixality Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, Ac* WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. CHAS. HUGILL, Agent. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND. MANUFACT0RGBS 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 Rods, &c. It Best Quality, Hl Bars, Sheets and Plates. Large assortment of sizes in stock at 91 John St., .... NEW YORK. And ocher Agencies. I SHEFFIELD, | Gold Medal Paris I ENGLAND. I 1889. ’ MANUFACTURED BY WM. JESSOP & SONS, L’D. WIRE WORTLES, PIRATES and JEWEL DIES, Stay-Bolt, Rivet, D. Link, Axe, Hatchet, Carriage and Wagon Axle IRON. DRAWING Superior Quality Refined Bar Iron “VULCAN” AND “LOCKHART” BRANDS. SHALL CHANNELS AND ANGLES, HEXAGON IRON AND STEEL. All Merchant Bar Sizes of Soft STEEL. NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 83 John St., « New York.- Coal Mining for the Use of Colliery Man¬ agers and others. By Herbert W. Hughes, In the preparation of this work the authors amt ha^ been to supply a text-book containing all the information wi& which the student and the prae- tical miner should be familiar. The details ofgen- eral colliery work are fully described, and at the end of each chapter is given a carefully selected list of memoirs, in which fuller information can ^ sought. Contents : Geology; Coal; Search for Coal® Breaking Ground: Sinking; Preliminary Ouer- ations ; Methods of Working; Haulage • Windinsr* Pumping; Ventilation; Lifting: Works ^StS face; Preparation of Coal tor Market. 8vo, clothf' F.r tile by DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Read. St. Hosted by Google 18 THU IRON AGE. Steel Railg, CAMBRIA STEEL, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS [Street Railg and Railway Fastening? BESSEMER AND OPEN-HEARTH BLOOMS, BILLETS AND BARS. Steel Axles, Steel JLnsrles, Steel 01ia.nn.els, Steel Forginea. 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AGENCIES i CARNEGIE STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Materia], bteei and Iron Columns. Beams, Channels. Shapes and Plates. Steel Beams Rolled to 24 inches deep. PORTAGE IRON CO , Limited, Merchant Iron, i Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYN WIRE NaIL CO., Steel Wire Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. I RIVERSIDE IRON WORKS, Steel Pipe. | GLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. AMERICAN WIRE NAIL MACHINES. Over 900 working satisfactorily in the United States. 25'in Europe and 100 in Canada. [ THE SEIDELL & HASTINGS CO , Charcoal Iron Boiler Plates. Plans and estimates furnished aDd contracts made for Iron and Steel Structures of every description. Please address J 29 Broadway, New York. P. O. Box 33. NORTH BROTHERS MFC. CO. Iron and Bras