The Iron Age : Vol. LIII : No. 3 : January 18, 1894

OR. IIR. GENERAL’S OFFICI. A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. r^u-blislied every Th-nrsd-ay Morning "by David Williaxns, Nos. 96, 98, lOO &;10J3 Reade St., New York. Vol. LIII: No, j. New York, Thursday, January i8,i8g^. $4.50 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.page 125 Classified List of Advertisers_ 10 i Alphabetical Index to Advertisers 105 Advertising and Subscription Rates i 49 TRADE MARK- Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular I to SHULTZ BELTING CO.. ST. LOUIS, MO. NEW YORK, N. Y., 226 Pearl St., A. B. Laurence, Mgr BOSTON, MASS., 164 Summer St., O. J. KeUey, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA. PA.. 129 N. Sd St.. J. Garnett. Mgr VALLEY STEEL CO., ST. ILiOXTIS, Hanufacturers of STEEL CUT NAILS, RAILS, CHANNELS AND MERCHANT STEEL. Every S»team Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S REC0RDIN6 PRESSURE GAUGE. Low In Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac-slmlle chart. THE BRISTOLS’ MFG. CO. Waterbury, Conn. BRAIDED CORD. Gun W'.Mdin: SUPERIOR TO ALL "yADS. Black Edge, Pink Edge, l,. _i Board, White Felt. Tlie llRlon MetQilie Ggitililp Go. BXl.XX3G-Z3POXl.-r9 OOM-Z^. T?.-A.isrDOX4Fia: & olowes, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tubing and Large Shells, Brazed Tubes, and Mouldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silver, SOLE MANUFACTURERS OP- Brown's Patent Seamless Drawn Copper Honse Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK. Send for Samples, Sash Cord,Bell Cord,Clothes Lines,Masons’ Llnes,&c. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURNBirOKLES. Branch Office : 136 Liberty St., New York. Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., - Cleveland, O. We have more than tripled our facilit es for manufacturing these GOODS SINCE JANUARY Ist, 1894. Cleveland City Forge an OUR OILERS ARE ELECTRO COPPER PLATED. “COPPERIZED C.R.SlYEDOh mmm Ordinary weight tested to 200 lbs., extra heavv 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. SendTror circular and Instructions to prevent accidents from freezing, &o., &o. TO THOSE INTERESTED IN OR OSING 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 orUy^ 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. OrXSC^KXN'fil J3X1.0SI., NEW YORK. _ PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON and CHICAGO . The Wilmot & Hobbs Mfc. Company, _ MAIN OFFICE, MILLS AND FACTORIES AT - I?RIl>OEI?ORT, OOlViy. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. (CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE.) BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, And the Celebrated and Unequaled << o lAf c r\ u vv Annual Capacity 15,000 Tons Cold tolled Steel. SWEDOH (REGISTERED TRADE-MARK.) Annual Capacity 30,000 Tons Hot Rolled Steel. 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PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS, EDWARD DARBY & SONS, 233-235 Arch St, Phila., Pa., is,a:.A.]isrxjF^OTXJR.Ei?.s. BRASS, COPPER, STEEL, IRON aacl OALV’D WIRE CLOTH. Pennsylvania Galv’d. Poultry Netting’, Cortland Painted Window Screen Wire Sieves, Riddles, Wire Window Guards, Clotli, Coal and Sand Sci’eeu, Wroviglit Wire and Iron Goods. Iron Work of Every Description. OORRESFOnSTDEISrOE SOLIOITEID. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLING STANDARD WIRE LATHING. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH GO 11 r and 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. ‘JS and 27 FRBMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. METAL PLATE WORK. Its Patterns and Their Geometry. Also notes on metals and rules in mensuration for the use of tin, iron and zinc plate workers, &c. By C. T. MILLIS. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 377 pages, 314 illustrations. ISzxio, Olotll; . . - • 33 . 60 . Sent postpaid, upon receipt of price by DAVID WIlllAMS, Publisher and Bootseller, 96-102 Reade St., N. T. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, Iron Bridge Co., CHAS. M. JARVIS, J^res, a/nd Chief Engineer, BURR K. FIELD, Vlee-Pre»ldent, GEO. H.‘ SAGE, Secretary, V. L. WILCOX, Treasurer, OFFICE AND WORKS, EAST BERLIN, CONN. Engineers, Architects and Builders Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Steel. Hosted by Google 10 THE IRON AGE. 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS.| U. S. A. ( DVNBAR, HOBART & CO., WHITMAN, MASS. IiORlNO * PARKS, PI>1rMOrtH,,M.ASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABUSHED IN 1U2, A. A SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1864. AMERICAN TACK CO.s FAIRMAVEN, MASS. OIiR COEONIT RIVET CO., PEITMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. Tacks, Brads, Snail Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, TufllM Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls. Finishing Nalls, Patent Brads, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other artloles. We have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock in the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregoing well 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. _ ___ ^ __ MATJr uFJFICB!, SOS 8FAJCS JBUIJD1>IFG^99 WASJETINGTOir ST,, BOSTOK, MASS. BBANCH OFFICJB A WABBMOVSJ^ 31 WABBEK ST., JfEW i^OBB. BBAKCH OFFICE & WABEMOVSE, 939 A 941 BAKE ST., CHICAGO, IBB. BBANCH OFFICE A WABEHOZTSE, 408 MABHET ST,, SAN FBANCISCO, CAB. BBANCH OFFICE A WA nEnniTSE. 403 COMMERCE ST.. FnTT.ABET FSIA, PA. BBANCH OFFICE A WABEHOTT8E, 14 WEST GERMAN ST,, BABTIMOBE, 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 TACKS. 100 Kegs in a Box, Assorted 3 to 12 oz. Retails 2 Kegs for 5 cents. PARISIAN GILT NAILS. 20 papers in Car ton. 5 cent seller. MONARCH WOOD KEG CARPET TACKS. 5 cent seller. qUARI^SIZc Qf “JUST ENOUGH” Brass Nails. 100 Nails in a Paper, just enough to top a pair of shoes; 20 papers in Carton. 5 cent seller. DOUBLE ENOUGH Cobblers’ Nails. 200 Nails in a Paper, 20 Papers in Carton. 5 cent seller. Mark. JM»4b4*4»4*4»4*4.4»04'»\ BILL NYE BRAD BOX. 168 Papers Wire Brads, assorted to 2 in Each Paper just right to retail for 5 cents. JUST PUBLISHED. The Iron Founder” Supplement. A Complete Illustrated 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 Chilled 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 ot Castings; Wrought Iron, Steel, Etc. ; also the Founding of Statues ; the Art of Taking Casts ; Pattern Modeling ; Useful Formulas and Tables. -BY- I SIMPSON HOLLAND, Practical Molder and Tllanaarer of 1 Foundries ; Author of “ The Iron 1 Founder,” etc. 1 - i Dlastrated with over Two Hundred Engravings. 400 Pages. l2mo, cloth, $2.50. Sent, post- paid, on receipt of price by DAVID william;s, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade St., New York. Chicago, I LL.U.S.A Our Galvanized Roofing Will Outlast your Building. It is Rain, Rust, and Fire-Proof, and Cheaper now than ever before. Needs No Paint. Our little book ' “ The Life of an Iron Roof or How long will it last," sent free. THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING CO. BOX Q, PIQUA, OHIO. PROTECT 1 i The Iron Age, Your Offices, Stores and Warehouses from fire and burglars by using Metallic Doors am Shutters Made from wood and covered with Iron or steel, render- Inff them stiff and preventinff warpinff in case of fire* Made from heavy boiler plate iron. Made from double corrugated iron or steel. Made to lit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. GARRY IRON & STEEL ROOFING GO., 01L*DBV1E2TL.A1VT>, OHIO OOF CRESTING. A ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE. Iron Columns, Stairs, Fire Escapes , Grilles, Window Guards, Wire || Signs HIGHEST AWARDS RECEIVED AT WORLD’S FAIR ON BANK and OFFICE RAILING, WIRE and IRON FENCES, LAWN VASES, JAIL CELLS. CHEESE SAFES. 3XrXJ XHt. Detroit, Mich. High Grade Tested Chains. Ac OO., 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 U. S. Iron. Hosted by Google IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., ! For Manufaeiurers of Light Hardwaro. PUAK£ & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conh. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO., MA.NTjr'A.CTXJRERS OE WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works,_ NEW CASTLE, PA. The SALEM WIRE NAIL CO. OXFORD MANUPACTURBBS WIRE NAILS, Wtrks: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office; SALEM, OHIO. BRANCH OFFICES t Room 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 416 Phenix Bldg., Chicago. 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore. 38 PickeriDg Bld’g, Cincinnati, O. We Hi VP Better Value . . IN . Brass Shoe Nails, . As we carefully sift and assort them, so that all the dust and imperfect nails are removed. Prices no Higher. Prompt Shipments. CLENDENIN BROS., Baltimore, Hd. IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIjCES. Je S. SCRANTON, Sales Agents 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. PHILLIPS, TOVMSEHD A GO., Mil Penn JuiGtioB, PbUIpUa. WriRE NAILS, - - - - - NORWAY RIVETS. Rivets marked “P” are not of our make. We make only first-class Norway Iron Rivets BORDEN & LOVELL, ro AND 71 WEST STREKTi NEW YORK. Steel Iron and Wire Nails. THE BOND NAIL. BRASS AND IRON fflacMne Screws. NEW ENGLAND SCREW CO., These nails are made from different sizes of wire with head at any desired position between the points. For coopers, box and furniture manufacturers’ dowels they are unsurpassed. Builders and repairers of all kinds will find these nails usetul. We also manufacture Dowel¬ ing Machines and Sets for driving these nails. Address THE BOND NAIL CO.. P.O.Box 23, RAYNHAM, MASS. 14 ML WASHINGTON AVE., BOSTON, MASS. GOOD SLOTS, SHARP THREADS, CORRECT TO GAUGE QUICK DELIVERY, PRICES RIGHT, Best of Workmanship. The Phosphates of America. Where and how chev occur; how they are mined; and what they cost. With practical treatises on the manufacture of sulphuric acid, acid phosphate, phosphoric aci4 and concentrated superphosphates, and select methods of chemical analysis. By Francis Wyatt, Ph.D. Cloth, profusely illustrated. .$4,00 For sale by DAVID WILLIAMS. 96-102 ReadtSt. N V. Hosted by Google 12 TKB IRON AOB. U. S. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION 1876 METROPOLITAN MECHANICS INSTITUTE UTICA MECHANICS ASSOCIATION 1856 FRANKLIN INSTITUTE 1856 AMERICAN INSTITUTE 1855 WORLD’S FAIR, N.Y. 1853 AMERICAN INSTITUTE * 1841 ESTABLISHED 1838. American Screw Company, Providence, Rhode Island, Has Received an Award at the World’s Columbian Exposition For Wood ^ Machine Screws, Bolts and Rivets. 1891 MASS. CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASS’N 1890 EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE PARIS, 1889 MIDDLESEX MECHANIC ASSOCIATION 1851 HARTFORD CO. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 1842 ■ FRANKLIN INSTITUTE 1842 MASS. CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASS’N 1844 AMERICAN INSTITUTE 1847 WORCESTER CO. MECHANICS ASS’N 1849 MASS. CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASS’N 1850 Hosted by Google THS IRON AGE ^foN 8 i King Perforjoihg Co i CHICAGO, il <1 * >§ -w PERFORATORS OF STEEL, IRON, COPPER, ZINC, BRASS AND TIN FOR USE IN . GRAIN CLEANING AND MINING MACHINERY, STONE, COAL AND ORE SCREENS, WOOLEN, COTTON, PAPER AND PULP MILLS, BRICK AND TILE WORKS, FILTERS, RICE, FLOUR AND COTTON SEED OIL MILXS, SPARK ARRESTERS, GAS AND WATER WORKS, SUGAR AND MALT HOUSES, OIL, GAS AND VAPOR STOVES, DISTILLERIES, FILTER PRESSES, COFFEE MACHINERY, ETC., ETC. STANDARD SIZES PERFORATED TIN AND BRASS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Main Office and Works, 222 to 240 N. Union St., Chicago, III., U. S. A. Eastern office, No. 284 Pearl st.. New York. ( OAKTTOKT, OBXO. WROUGHT IRON RRIOOE 00. i COIvIM:UNICA.TE with nharkst okkice. Iron Buildings, Roofs and General Stmctnral Wort in Iron and Steel, Ma- cMneSliopSjFonn* dries, Power Honses, &c. Tbe above is a cut of our new works. The main building is 256 feet square and is fitted with Improved machinery for handling all classes of Bridge Structural work. All machinery is operated by electricity from our own plant. -E5 3F»On.C3-ES OO. ,- "£n F0R8IHBS* E Forged only Rough Machined or Completely Finished. Latest and best facilities tor quick and economical production. Machine Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Plain Rods, Upset Rods. Special Bolts and Nuts. General Offices, Rooms 78-80 Mason Building, Boston, Mass. P. P. EMORY MFC. CO. COPPER AIR ESTABLISHED 1860. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. COPPERSMITHS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF CHAMBERS, EXPANSION PIPES BRASS AND OOMPOSITiOK HEAVY AND LIGHT CASTINGS TO ORDER. AND COILS. SEND FON PftICES. Hosted by Google 14 HENDBICKS’ jlrcMtects and Bnilders’ Gnido —AND— Contractors’ Directory OF AMERICA FOR Builders, Contractors, Manufacturers AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP BUILDING - SUPPLIES. A Complete Directory of alltheCon- Btruction Industries of the Country, Con¬ taining over 170,000 Names, Addresses and Business Classifications, comprising Builders and Contractors of Material and Construction in the Building and kindred inaustries. With Full lists of the Man¬ ufacturers of and Dealers in Everything employed in the Manufacture of Material and Apparatus used in these Industries— from the Raw Material to the Manufact¬ ured Article, and from the Producer to the Consumer. Architects; Arch’I Wood Workers; Car Build- ers ; Carpenters; Builders and Contractors ol all kinds; Blast Furnaces; Brick Mfrs, (Com¬ mon, Fire, Ornamental, JPaving-, Pressed. &c.); Boiler Mfrs.; Bridge Builders; Builders’ Hard¬ ware ; Mfrs. of Building Iron of all kinds; Ce¬ ment; Cornices; Dumb Waiters; Engine Mfrs.; Engine and Boiler Dealers; Electric Lighting Co.’s Dynamos and Motors; Elevators; Engrl- neers (Civil and Mechanical); Electricians; Fire Escapes; Furnaces; i^ire Proof Building Mate rial; Dredging Machinery and Contractors; Dock Builders; Contractors for Railroads (Steam, Electric, Elevated, Cable, Street, &c.); Oranite Producers, Dealers and Workers; Gran¬ ite and Marble Monument Workers and Dealers; Iron and Steel Ceiling and Siding; Iron and Steel Roofing; Lathing (iron, Steel and Wire) Light¬ ning Rods; Mantel Mfrs. (Iron, Marble, Onyx, Slate, Wood, &c.); Mantels, Grates, Fenders, Tile, &c.; Marble Producers, Marble Dealers and Workera; Mason and Builders’ Materials ; Paint Mfrs.; Paint, Oil and Glass Dealers; Plumbers’ Specialties; Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters; Plumbers’, Gas and Steam Fitters’ Supplies; Roofers and Roofers’ Supplies; Steam Supplies (Gauges, Feed Water Heaters, Traps, Valves, Pipe and Boiler Coverings, Cast and Wrought Iron Pipe and Fittings); Steam and Hot Water Heating Apparatus; House Heating Boilers and Heaters; Steam and Hot Water Heating Contractors; Railroad Purchasing Oflaclals; Radiators; Rolling Mills, &c.; Sashes, Doors and Blinds; Skylights; Stone Dealers; Terra Cotta; Varnishes; Ventilators; Vault and Sidewalk Lights; Weather Vanes; White Lead Mfrs.; Wire Mfrs. and Workers; In fact, everything connected with the Building Industries. FOR THE YEARS (893-94. FR.IOHI FIVES 1DCDZj,I^A:RS. SENT, POST-PAID, ON RECEIPT OF PRICE BY DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade St., N. Y. THk IRON AGE. _ . Gantk Steel Department of Cambria Iron Go., JOKCNSTOWNT, FA.. -: MANUFACTUBEBS OP :- MERCHANT BAB 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: • Fiat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs, (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolled Lay, etc. COLD ROILED STEEL SHRFTINO. 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. IRON STEEL BRID6ES.R00FSt^ pUILDiNK BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engrlneers and Builders, niASON BUIIuBING, BOSTON, MASS. Roof of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. D, H. ANDREW^ Prop’r, J. R. WORCESTER, Chief Bng’r. A. S, MILLBl^ Jr., Seo’y, B. H. brown. Con. Eng’r. SEND FOR SAMPLE CARD AND DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST. H. W. JOHNS MANUF'A.CXURING OO., Sole Manufacturers of H. W. John.s’ Asbestos Roofing, Hbeathing, Ruilding Felt, Asbestos Steam Paokings, Boiler Coverings, Roof Paints, Fire Proof-Paints, etc. VULCABESTON Moulded Piston-Rod Packing Rings, Gaskets, Sheet Packing, etc. Ertabiished ,858. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. •S Vk .CbRRWATED IRON-EAVE TROUGH • CONPUCTOB PLPE-ROOF PAINTS-ETC. rKcCAMBR/DGi: ff00mGC9 Hosted by Google 15 THE IRON AGE. Iron ^ Steel Oo."“'rr”" The First to make Boiler Plates in America. Chat, Button, PrttL Ji. F. Hutton, Viee-Preit, C. L. Hutton, OenUMgr, Bobt. B. Hairnet, Jr., Been. Jot. Humvton, Treat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO BXTREHIB dimensions. widths up to 10 FBET. THICKNESS, No. GAUGE TO INCHES. -isio.- WORKS j NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE; OoA.toMi'i^lUOp JSTOm g3 013 ctf 64 Bullitt FRANK SAMUEL, 186-138 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. low PHOSPIOIOS PIG IRON-.03 or under. a CRAP— .03 or .05 or under. R E—For O. H. and Furnace Uie.. MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, ^elp, Muck Bars aud Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube CTo.’s Tubes and Pipe THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia.^ MANTT7A0TUBE ALL THEIB PRODTJOTS BOTH IN WROUGHT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH ISTEElie Btams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes. Round, Flat and Square BARS of all slxti; 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. AaBNTB:— Edwabd ConsiNQ & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward Corning & Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; Jambs B. Stokbs, 182 Market St., BAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stites, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL CO., PonsviLLE Pa, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MANUFAOTUBHBS OF ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL. viz., 1 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. I>esigiiex’s and Constructors ol Roois, OTrusses, Columns, &.c. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Be Hell anil Otis Streets, iPHIL A.l>EILw!PI£I A.. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings, “ D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship's Cables and Marine Railway Chains. B. T. WELLMAN, President. J. H. ROOP, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent 8. H, CHAUVENBT, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO. -MANUFACTURERS 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, Thurlow, Delaware County, Pa. Chicago, Ills., No. 656 “ The Rookery.” New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nassau Street, B. W. CRAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. BARCLAY W, COTTON & CO., Successors to ESHERICK, COTTON & CO., Iron and Steel Merchants.. AGENTS FOR AMERICAN WIRE GIASS MFG. CO. 418 Walnut St., PHIL A. MIFFLIN WHEELER. G. W. NICOLLS. Nicolls, Wlieelep & FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 316 South Tbird St., Pblladelpbia, Pa. -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal.Blooms, &c.,&c. Steel and Iron Plates, New and Old Ralls. EDWARD CORNING i MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. IRON *"■> STEEL BEAMS, CHANNELS. | angles, tees, plates, I RIVETED GIRDERS. | 29 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 421 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. OUR OFFICES AND MILLS ARE CONNECTED BY TELEPHONES. d CO., BARS,. BANDS, HOOPS, BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS, ROOF TRUSSES. 7.0. KJLay ST.^ BOSTON. Hosted by Google 16 THE IRON AGE. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSIONMERCHANT m 8. Thibd STm philabblphia, pa. -Piir, Bar and Bailroad Iron, Old Bails, Scrap. AOXHT VOB THB TVIOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware, ent TRENTON IRON 00«, For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Liongdale (Ya.) and other Fla Irene. Btobage Yaed, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Y^, which Is connected with Penn. R. B. and its varloiu ^aonnections. N^otiable Warehouse Receipts Issned- <OiJBH ADVABOBS MAOB OH IBOH. W.S. PILUNO. T. I. GRAKB, FILL ING—CR ANE. 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. FOU|tTK ST., PHILADELPHIA. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHIUDELPHIA. Fonndryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consultinsr Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANTJPAOTURBRS OP Fatent Planished, Galvanised. Common. Beet Refined. Cleaned and Oharooal Bloem, ALSO LIGHT -PLATES AND SHEETS OE STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Fa. Orders solicited 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- Haldeman, Grubb & Co’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 Iron. Hainsworth Steel Co.’s ^ Standard Bessemer Steel Billets. Bars, Angles, Sheets, Tank. and Bridge Plates, Uluck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron and Tool Steel. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO.. Bullitt Building, 135 So. 4th St., Philad’a, Iron and Steel Merchants. PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bars and Shapes. Ralls, Cars and Locomotives. Track Equipment. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN & GO.. IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bmllitt Building, 135 South Fourth St., Phila. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strothers AND MUIRKIRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. CUMBERUAND NAIU AND IRON CO., MANUFACTURERS OF “ Guniherlttud ” Nails \ Iflfrouglit 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- sr- 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, Mnck Bars and Connellsville Coke, O. L.insriDS.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. ROP FORGE D MERRILL BROS., 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. T W. H. THOMSON & CO., Dealers in IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PHILABELPHIA, PA. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. HouBton C. B. HOUSTON & CO., BnUltt BuUding. PI1II.ADEI.PSIA, Cold Drawn Seamless Steel Tubes -for- Locomotives, Fire, Marine and other Boilers, Hydraulic Presses, Hollow Spindles, Bicycles, etc., etc. Ellwood Shafting & Tube Co., Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Strnctnral Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Works, Ellwood City, Law. Co., Pa. Sole Agento lor PAXTON ROLLINB MILLS. STEEL AND IRON' PLATES Francis Wister, CDMMISSIDN MERCHANT, COKE, COAL, ORES. National Foundry Coke a Specialty. Sulphur loss than 0.6. All sizes National Crushed Joke. Bullitt Buildings PHILADELPHIA. New Yorlc Office, No. 277 Uroadway^ Moom 26. OO., COLD SHAFTING CLEVELAND, OHIO. IRON DRAWN STEEL Hoste(d by Google THE IRON AGE. IT Francis Hobson, Seaman Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. Sole Mannfaoturers of HOBSON’S “CHOICE” Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOBSON'S “CHOICE” Extra Quality Needle Wire. SEAMAN’S ** NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, &o. WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. CHAS, HUGILL, Agent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORXTO IBIU] OAST* S TEBlLi. A-BBOXTr, "WHBBLOCK & CO.. Agents and. Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 8S OLIVER ST., BOSTOJf. __ Q3 CLIFF ST., IVEW YORK . Si £ Cl WARDLOWp Sheffield, enoland. 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 i i T I I LJ Cast Steel for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and .for Turning and I all other Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St, New York._Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. GUSTAF LUNDBERG Agent for N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS &. CO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Bessemer stud. Open B:ea.rtli Steel. 19 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. CARLISLE ESX^X.oZSION' tSo OO., SHEFFIELD. WORKS. liate WILSON HAWKSWORTH, ELLISON & CO., ENGLAND (ESTABLISHED 1825.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents. 81 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON. 93 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND. ' MANTTFACTtrEEKS OF ALL KINDS OF STEEL. Tool Steel, Drill Rods, Needle Wire, Hot Rolled Sheet Steel, Cold Roiled 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* BOBLER), ^ Sole Agents and Importers of Steel and Cmcible Wire Hods, &c. Best Quality, K Bars, Sheets if Plates. Large assortment of sixes In stock at 91 John St. .... NEW YORK, And other Agencies. WM. JESSOP a SONS , L'D. I I “F.W. MOSS” SHEFFIELD STEEL & FILES for further particulars apply to NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 83 John St«, New York. Prices for Direct Importation in Wholesale Quantities From Sheffield, Improved Mild Centered Cast Steel for Taps, Reamers, &c.® £59 Per ton in Sheffield* Warranted Extra Cast Steel for Taps,Dies, Milling Tools, &c.“60 “ “ “ Warranted Cast Steel for tools. Taps, Dies, Turning Tools, &o.“ 44.10/ “ “ '' »» Best Crucible Machinery Steel . .. • • •30 “ “ Best C. S. 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