The Iron Age : Vol. LIII : No. 7 : February 15, 1894

The Xj J .F3 jJRJlp. GEjMEHAIA OFF! E A Review of the Hardware, IrocM? Metal TnM&s.. . ' Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams, Nos. SO, 98, lOO &102 ReadeSt^New York Vol. LIU: No. 7 . Reading Matter Contents.page 329 Classified List of Advertisers_ “ 101 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 105 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 351 covering your mlleys with SHULTZ Patent Leather Pulley Covering Send for Circular to SHULT2 BELTING CO., A. B. Laurence, Mgr , G. J. Kelley, Mgr. St., J. Garnett, Mg» York, Thursday , February iy 1894. $4.50 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. TRADE MARK- Gun Waddin SUPERIOR Black Edge, *. Y., 225 Pearl St., S., 104 Summer St., IA, PA. 129 N. 3d *»£'•»*< imported WADS. Pm.v Card Board, White >.t. VALLEY STEEL CO., ST. LOUIS Manufacturers of STEEL CUT NAILS, CHANNELS AND MERCHANT STEEL. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low In Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and facsimile chart. THE BRISTOL CO., Waterbury, Conn BRAIDED CORD. Tiie Union Mnlollie Gnrtiidge Co. BRIDGEPORT, coixnxr. RANDOLPH & GLOWBS, 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 OF- Brown’s Patent Seamless Drawn Copper Honse Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK. Samson and Massachusetts Brands. Send for Samples . SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURNBTTOI4LES. Branch Office : 136 Liberty St., New York. Cleveland City Forge and Iron \ - Cleveland, O. OILERS ARE Heavily Electro Copper Plated both Inside and Outside. We have more than tripled our lacillt'es for manufacturing these GOODS SINCE JANUARY 1st, 1894. “COPPERIZED C.R. SWEDOH SAILERS! BURNISHED FINISH J CHEAP & ELEGANT ^ z fi ^SCALE 1-12 SIZE ^ S ^\No.2IO £ ALL SIZES A. STYLES •II ^ LARGE STOCK, BEST OF GOODS & FACILITIES THE WILMOT & HOBBS MFG.C0 HOT&C0LD ROLLINS MILLS AND FACTORIES BRIDGEPORT, CONN.U. S. A. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST..NEWYORK. Ordinary weight tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to 300 lbs. pressure per square inoh. Made of two Seam leas Drawn Copper Snells. Handsomest, best and strongest and safest boiler In the market and cheapest in the end. Send for circular and instructions to prevent acoideuts from freezing, &c., &c. - 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. JEIVKIIMS BROS m _ NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON and CHICA GO. I Oil r P TP A HF Id manufacturing the largest and most | THE V/■ fc. C n I nMULi complete line of durable seamless Steel Spring Bottom, Railroad and Siphon Oilers, Lamps, Torches, Tallow Pots, Fillers, Steamboat and Engineers’Sets in Nickel Plate, also Copperized (electro copper plated) Finishes in the world, we do so with the intention of furnishing only the best of goods at reasonable prices; always making the goods if anytWng, better HRHHMMHI than described , and giving you ail the advantages in the way of Prices, Quality and Prompt Deliveries which our unequaled facilities will warrant. We never expect to make a general line of Hardware, but will confine our ■■■■■■ efforts to producing a few patented Hardware Specialties which will not enter into ■ competition with the parties who mar be buying our Hot or Cold Rolled Steel, Etc. _ it is expected that the line of Oilers, &c., which we are making will help to advertise and create a demand for our Hot and Cold Rolled Steel, for all kinds of Pressed, Stamped and Drawn Work, and for Nickel, Brass and Copper Plating, ■ m ■ Tinning and Japanning; and it is largely with this end in view that we have entered the market with these goods. We confidently recommend them as un- HHHM equaled in quality of material, workmanship and finish and something in keeping with the high standard of excellence for which our Hot and Cold Rolled Steel has for so many years been noted. ,«tf.The Wilmot & Hobbs Mfg.Co., CO Bridgeport, Conn., and 20 Hurray St., NEW YORK. WM Rainey F Connellsville urnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you oan 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, Fa. CAPACITY 4,000 TONS DAILY. W. J. RAINEY, MAIN OFFICE : Mercantile'Bank Building. CLEVELAND, OHIO, Hosted by Google 2 THE IRON AGE, ^ NsowiA Brass ^ Qopper Qo MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. BOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) •ondenser Plates, PumD Linings, Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 Cliff Street, THE New York. Ingot popper. Waterbury Brass Co. New Haven Copper Co., SOU MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 13,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS’ & SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MANUFACTURER* OF Gait Stool Auers aid Bits of superior Guilty. Established 1845. 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MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc out to order. Boiled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZINC8 FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. BRASS O-OOUS MFGE. CO., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZE DOOR, KNOBS Urania 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. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES, 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 FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY, lOO John Street. - New York. WILLIAMS. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS 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 Bods, Brass Ferrules, Fare Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Spelter, Tin, Antimony , Lead, <&c. THE TECHNO-CHEMICAL RECEIPT BOOK. CONTAINING SEVERAL THOUSAND RECEIPTS, COVERING THE LATEST MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST USEFUL DISCOVERIES IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR PRAC¬ TICAL APPLICATION IN THE ARTS AND THE INDUSTRIES. Edited from the German with Additions by . T. BRrA3ST3SrT I 495 Pages, Cloth, 82.00. Manufacturers of lrazler»% Bolt and BHeatltliis COPPER WIRE -A.NID RIVETS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper. Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CUFF ST., NEW YORK. Sent postpaid on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookseller 96-102 Reade St., New York Published by David Williams, 06-102 Reade Street, New York. Printed by The Williams Printing Co., General Book, Commercial and Newspaper Printers and Binders, Nos. 06-102 Reade. St. New York. Hosted by Google ELEPHANT All GENUINE INGOTS & MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR REG.JRADE ^ARKS. y olh/lo't,' JL PHOSPHOR-BRO HZ E Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. ThePhosphor Bronze Smelting Co.Limited 2 2 00Washington Ave.,Philadelphia.,Pa. ORICINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- BRONZE in the United States and Sole Makers 0F' f 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. M.A.2STG-ANESE BRONZE PROPELLERS -ARE USED BY THE- Ctmard, Pacific Mail, Hamburg 1 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. G 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. Loots Bronze & Alnminnm Work's, 3741-3743 North Broadway, 8T. LOUIS* MO. EVANS FRICTION CONES* For regulating the speed of machines au¬ tomatically or by hand. Thousands of sets In operation driving all kinds of machinery which require from l to 60 H.-P. Address 4 Evans Friction Cone Co., 86 Water Street, Boston, Mass. Solicits Correspondence about Fishing Reels for 15 Cents to 20 Dollars each. Brass Bird Cages 44 50 44 44 12 44 44 Japanned “ 44 25 44 44 10 44 44 Standard Bronze, Brass and Steel Chain. Standard Wire Picture Cord. The Andrew B. Hendryx Co.. New Haven, Conn., U. S. A. THE F. L. GAYLORD Co., ANSONIA, CONN. Brass, Bronze, Aluminum, Aluminum-Bronze, Manganese- Bronze Castings, Heavy and Light. Propeller Wheels, Crank Pins, Pump Valves and Journal Bearings for Ship Woik a Specialty. TIN. THE NIGHE5TAND RICHEST GRADE MADE. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE CRESCENT PHOSPHORIZED METAL CO OFFICE AND WORKS 2107 ZI03* ho ZIIMNDIANA AV. PHILADELPHIA, PA Chester, Pa. Bronze, Brass and Composition Castings'. Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Manufacturers of PHOSPHOR-BRONZE TO PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Specifications in ingot metal or castings. The W. W. * R. M. KEYS CO., ^ -4" ^ Jr C? ’N? ^ ^ ^ BRIDGEPORT, CONN. BEST, BOX & CO., 25th Street and A. V. Ry. PITTSBURG, PA. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF CLIMAX BRONZE FOR. -A.I_.I_i PURPOSES, CASTINGS from I oz. to 12,000 lbs. i PHOSPHOR-TIN By USING MY PHOSPHOR TIN MANUFA URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE ! PHOSPHOR BRONZE' themselves. BY TEN SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING. MUCI'i CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO U HAD IN THE MARKETrNEWOROLD COPFi. ' CANBEUSED. for circulars AMfpjjii ■ hooREsc H ALK &. NAUMANN. “° E '" j 3 agents F 0B ,Ht U.S. A,< ! > CANADA. ^ pr/V?A ' The American Metal Go. (LIMITED), 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 made on Consignments. AGENTS FOR Henry R. Merton & Co., - - London. Merailgesellackait, Frankfort- on-Matn. Williams, Foster & Co. Ld., Swanwa, Hosted by Google 4 THE IRON AGE. WASHBURN & MOEN MFG. CO. Works: Worcester, Mass., and Waukegan, III. Copper - - - _ Rods Insulated \A# I LJ L Springs Glidden Barbed w V I I 'V L_ Bale Ties Waukegan Barbed Rope and Cable. Makers of Iron, Steel and Copper. larehonses: Mew York, 16 Cliff St.; Chicago, 107 & 109 Lake St.; San Francisco, 8 & 10 Pine St.; Houston, Texas. FLAT STEEL ft Agricultural Implements, Maofcla- 0 ©ry and various other purpose* Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO, MANUFACTURERS. MONTPELIER. VT. Hosted by \ ETStBlBTtJ • • • US* 1 ' ... , • ■ V ,v. \\\ 117th to II 8th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. Halters ot Iron, Bessemer, Siemens-Martin and Crucible Cast Steel Wire oi all kinds, annealed, soft and bard drawn i Coppered Sprint Wire for Furniture Sprints, Arc., Coppered Soft Wires, Baling Wires, Suspension Bridge and Rope Wires of all kinds, dfcc. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. Specialty of finest Cast Steel Wires, round, flat, square and any other shape, tempered and also In the soft state, guaranteed ts harden and temper. Solid Rib and Paragon Umbrella Wires. Crinoline, Corset, Shade Roller, Lock, Hat, Brush, Saw, Band Saw, Clock Spring, Clock Bell, Clock Verge and Watch Spring, Rule and Tape Line and Eyeglass Wires, Acs. Plano, Needle, Fish Hook, Drill and Hair Spring Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made lor special purposes. Also Covered Wires—Braided and Cloth and Paper Covered—for crinoline, corset and other purposes. Cold Rolled and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips el all kinds and for all purposes. Special Wires and Sprlngfl ol Every Description* CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. SUPERIOR STEEL COMPANY, PITTSBURGH, ] MANUFACTURERS OF Hot Rolled of any Exact Width up to 1 O in From No. 20 W. G. to 2 in. thick. STRIP STEEL Cold Rolled from 10 in. to i -4 inch wide. Of Exact Thicknesses, from 3-16 in. to .006 in. Bessemer, Open Hearth Soft, Special Soft and Spring, Crucible Cast Spring and To Steel, Clock Spring, Watch Main Spring, &c., &c. WORKS LOCATED AT MANSFIELD, PA. Capacity 30 Tons per Day. EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES: Ely & Williams, 38 Park Row, New York; 1339 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. Wire Cloth i Wire Goods ESTABLISHED 1845 Hardware Grade and Fanning Mill Wire Cloth, Poultry Netting, Heavy Window Screen Wire Cloth, Coal and Sand Soreene, Riddles, Ash Sieves, &o., &o. Office and Counter Railings, Elevatsr En¬ closures, Wire Stall Guards, Hay Raoks Feed Bexes, Winds* Guards, &c., &o. 3NT. THE CELEBRATED TBUNB1R BROTHERS' MANUFACTURERS OF j L ^5TEEl(,»5PRKg AlL i\i nds of g SMALL SPRINGS 1 V^SHEETSTEEL&STEEl&BRASS WIRE § BRISTOL. CONN. ^ ^ vCo “SILVER FINISH” wwvwvvwww GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOR SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. w m m Coal PUsand i’itineu. By R. Nelson Boyd a short History of the Coal Trade and the Legislation Affecting it. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth. 11.60 GET THE BEST. For tile by DAVID WILLIAMS, 96*102 Read* St Hosted by Google 6 THE IRON AGE. Always Ask For Unequaled for Strength and Durability. Made Only by Broderick & Bascom Rope Co., St. Louis, Mo. HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Building:, 1 1 9 S. 4th St. NEW YORK Potter Building:, 38 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Building:, 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 Marches and opinions as to Scope, Valid- ity and Infringement Patent Causes Prosecuted and Defended. Practice in 7. S. Supreme, Circuit and Circuit Ap¬ peals Courts, and U. S. Patent Office. Send for “ Plain Words about Patents/’ Free. PATENT PRACTICE EXCLUSIVELY. References Furnished on Application. A. LESCHEN & SONS’ ROPE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF ST. LOUIS, MO. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Williamsport Wire Rope Co., Williamsport, Pa. B. STOCKING, Attorney at Law, 611 F ST., N. W.. WASHINGTON, D. C. PATENTS. H. W. T. JENNEtt. Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert. 519 Seventh St., Washington, D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Established 1883. SPRINGS—RIVETS. Specialties in SHEET METAL WORK, CLOCK and INDICATOR POINTERS, CLARK & COWLES, Plainville, Ct. WAEEBOOIS [87 Liberftf j&, Hew To t\. pa. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Mannlactnrers of WIRE NEW HAVEN, - CONN. Represented In New York by HENRY B. NEWHALL CO., 105 Chambers St. In great Tariety. OALIFOR-KTIA WIRE WORKS, W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 PULTON ST., NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF O JLiOTZE Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and al) other purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth. *** . -AND- WIRE WORK. For Bank. Office and Counter Railing, Store Front' Window Guards, -fee. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. |g T Sand Screen*. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. COBB & DREW. PLYMOUTH, MASS, Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brass and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York Agency, James S. Hender¬ son, successor to DIsosway & Henderson, Hardware. Arents for Philadelphia Star Carriage and Tire Bolts. 509-511 MARKET STREET, - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE FOR CABLE RAILWAYS AND MINING PURPOSES, HALLIDIE’S PATENT WIRE ROPEWAY, jimplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for illustrated Catalogue. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. \ WW XQWA. fftfia rni^x umm iiSf! : : : . Mateos • T'lA.FJl.1 ,- L-M '•’ . • MS ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF GENERAL ^ WIRE WORK. v Window Guards. PERFORATED SHEET METALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Stable Fixtures v MAILINGS, \ Sa-ndScreeus Coal Screens V Etc. n»i« ’mjM .->ii Sy« ,R|yi 3 ■ M V ll .M L ,U rJ-ii’ii* * v-\ _ _• ____ THE HENDRICK MFC. CO., LTD CARBONDALE, PA. WIGKWIRE BROTHERS, COR .I L ^„ Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, CORTLAND, N. Y. E. H. Titchener & Co., BINGHAMTON, N. Y, —MANUFACTURERS OF— Coal Sleies, NEW PROCESS cirapwi Cortland Dlsis Covers, rowER LOom Metallic 1 WIRE CLOTH. Coal Sieves. Every roll wrapped In Pink Paper and has our name on labeL POWER LOOM Kilmer Manufacturing Co. Manufacture 1LE TI -Newburgh, N. Y. M iffl For Balin 9 ■ H Ha y^ 5^ raW> STAPLES in All Varieties, Double-Pointed Tacks, Bed Links, Etc. New York City Agents, HARMON & DIXON, I IS chambers Street. Quick Shipment. Write for Prices. Excelsior, &e. ALSO WIRE RODS, BARB WIRE, COILED STEEL WIRE, WIRE STAPLES, GAL¬ VANIZED WIRE, ORNAMENTAL FENCING, &e., &c. Western Warehouse / 543 and 545 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Western Office 21 Quincy Street, Chicago, Ill. New York Office hi Water Street, New York City. Works and General Office, Newburgh, N. Y. BARBED WIRE". BARBED PLAIN CABLE HAILS STAPLES I STRETCHERS Prompt shipment made direct from our Warehouses. BALE TIES, STAPLES, PENCE WIRE, WIRE 3ST AILS. WRITE US FOR PRICES. LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO., St. Louis, Mo. 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FACTORY AND GENERAL OFFICE: CLINTON, MASS. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street._BOSTON, 199 Washington Street. CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street, The Gilbert A Bennett Mfg. Co IT -- r—-7 -MANUFACTUBK- « Pstrl Window Screen Wire Cloth. Gtlvanlzed Steel Wire Cloth. Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. 11 Cottage” Lawn & Garden Fencing. The World’s Web Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. House Furnishing Wire Goods. WIRE CLOTH, NETTINE, Fencing, Cates, Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRIN6. 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. Factories,-j ^SSSS^SSS' ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. NEW PROCESS HARD STEEL GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. Patented March, 1884. Patents Pending. MANTJFACTURBR8 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WIRE CLOTH m NETTING Pointed Window Screen Wire Cloth, WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOOD?, SEND FOR LATEST CATALOGUE. PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS, EDWARD DARBY & SONS, 233-235 Arch St, Phila., Pa., MANUFACTURERS, BRASS, COPPER; STEEL, IRON and GALV’D WIRE CLOTH. Pennsylvania Galv’d Poultry Netting, Sieves, Riddles, Wire Window Guards, Wire and Iron Goods. Cortland Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, Coal and Sand Screen, Wrought Iron Work of Every Description. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED, PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. . IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS theROEBLINC STANDARD WIRE LATHING. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH GO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. TRENTON, 117 and 119 LIBERTY STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. 25 and 27 FREMONT 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. ismo, Olotn, .... $3.60. Sent postpaid, upon receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS Publisher and Bookseller. 96-102 Reade St., N. Y. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, 9 10 THE IRON AGE, 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. f DUNBAR, BOBABT ft CO„ VBITDIAN, MASS. IiORIlVO A PARKS, PlTMOrTH, MASS I ESTABLISHED IN 1810. ESTABLISHED IN 1842. HRANrwi7S. < A. FIELD A SONS. TAUNTON, MASS# TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, NASS. . \ ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1864. OLD COLONY RIVET CO., PLYMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1806. AMERICAN TACK CO.. FAIRHAVEN, MASS. MANUFAOTX7RBRS OP 1 Tacks, Brads, Snail Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls. Finishing Nalls. Patent Brads, Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Tacks, Esoutoheon Pins, Eyelets, Glaziers’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other articles. We ba 7 e the largest and only complete and fully assorted stock in the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled. The foregoing well known brands 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. MAIN OFFICE, 608 SEARS BUILDING,199 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS . BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE. 81 WARREN ST., NEW YORK. BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSE, 239 & 241 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, III. BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSE, 408 MARKET ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSE . 406 COMMERCE 8T.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSE, 14 WEST GERMAN ST., BALTIMORE , MD. 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, ioo IOO Kegs in a Box, N „ in a p just Assorted 3 to 12 oz. , y * . Retails 2 Kegs for 5 enough to top a pair cents. of shoes; 20 papers in PARISIAN GILT Carton \ 5 cent seller. NAILS. - 20 papers in Car ton. 5 cent seller. DOUBLE ENOUGH -- Cobblers* Nails. 2co ill M k N eg R carpe°t D Nails in a Pa P er - 20 TACKS. Papers in Carton. 5 5 cent seller. [cent seller. BILL NYE BRAD BOX. 168 Papers Wire Brads, assorted to 2 in Each Paper just right to retail for 5 cents. QUARTERS** Chicago, I LL.U.S.A fin&stVari^y of ■ FlRST & WASH INGTON hTS. .Tppcrv P.ITV l\f .1 Sh&stMetals. Products manufaetursd io (he, (J.S. -*• -’■* V 1 ELEMENTS OF COST. By Frederick W. Child. 20 PAGES, 5 x 7M Inches. Paper, 25 cents. An address to the Institute of Accounts, New York, of which the writer is a member, put in form to assist those in charge of manufact¬ uring accounts. Practical forms are included for a series of order books, examples of foreman’s order, form of pay-roll, quarter-time book, job time book, form of summary, charges book, summary of costs, material, labor, cash, expense, manu¬ facturing and improvement acts, store-room, iron foundry, brass foundry. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 98-102 Reade Street. New York. PROTECT 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* ing them stiff and preventing warping in case of flr«. Made from heavy boiler plate iron, made from double corrugated iron or steel, made to lit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. I GARRY IRON t STEEL ROOFING C0„ i The Iron Age , mm CLEVELAND, OHIO. HIGHEST AWARD REC’D AT WORLD’S FAIR A\ Wire and Iron Fences, 'vT-'Voll Bank and Office Railing, Z I Station Houses or Jail Cells, IJ Lawn Vases, Cheese Safes. £ JJ ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE. %-JV E. T. BARN U *1, DETROIT, Sy MICHIGAN. BRASS AND IRON Machine Screws. NEW ENGLAND SCREW CO., 14 MT. WASHINGTON AVE., BOSTON, MASS. GOOD SLOTS, SHARP THREADS, CORRECT TO GAUGE QUICK DELIVERY PRICES RIGHT, Best of Workmanship Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 11 U. S. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION 1876 METROPOLITAN MECHANICS INSTITUTE 1856 AMERICAN INSTITUTE 1855 WORLD’S FAIR, N.Y. 1853 American Screi Company, Providence, Rhode Island, Has Received an Award at the World’s Columbian Exposition For Wood Machine Screws, Bolts and Rivets. AMERICAN INSTITUTE 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 12 THE IRON AGE. ^ .7, ’ ici : if Mai r Hipi' ffl II AJ ■ tm w*- IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. 0UAKE & JOHNSON) Waterbury, Conn. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO. MANUFACTURERN OF M m m maa^a^i m J r WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. OXFORD IRON AND NAIL GO., Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street , NEW YORK. PHILLIPS, TOWNSEND & CO. north Peon Junction, Philadelphia. WISE NAILS, - - ■ - - NORWAY RIVETS. Rivets marked “P” are not of oui make. We make only first-class Norway Iron Rivets THE BOND NAIL. The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. MANUFACTURERS WIRE NAILS. Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office; - SALEM, OHIO* BRANCH OFFICES a Room 28, 277 Broadway, New York. 415 Phenix Bldg., Chicago* 200 Amer. Central Bld’g, St. Louis. 19-20 Ainsworth Block, Portland, Ore* 38 Pickering Bld’g, Cincinnati, O. f These nails are made from different sizes of wire with head at any desired position between the points. For coopers, box and furniture manufacturers 1 dowels, they are unsurpassed. Builders and repairers of all kinds will find these nails useful, We also man ufactu re Dowel¬ ing Machines and Sets for driving- these nails. Address THE BOND NAIL CO.. P. O. Box23, RAYNHAM, MASS. Corrugatedi Crimped and Clap-Board Iron Roofing & Siding 4 THREE POINTS ON AN IRON ROOF. # It must be Effective, 1 It must be Durable, £ It must be Cheap. # | “Patent Edge” j [ Corrugated Iron l ' Has AH Three. 2 It is the only Corrugated Iron suitable for Roof- # ing. A reliable agent wanted in every county. J Our little book “ The Life of an Iron Roof, # or how long will it last,” sent free. J $ The Cincinnati Corrugating Co., t t BOX 312, PIQUA, OHIO. J Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Cornice* Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO. Office 5 Bey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. DA A TZ O Y0U CAN 0BTAIN PROMPTLY the latest ■ il 11 V |\ work on any subject in which you are interested by addressing DAVID WILL- (AMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, New York. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE pN & King Perforating Co CHICAGO, PERFORATORS OF STEEL, IRON, COPPER, ZINC, BRASS AND TIN. GRAIN CLEANING AND MINING MACHINERY, WOOLEN, COTTON, PAPER AND PULP MILLS, RICE, FLOUR AND COTTON SEED OIL MILLS, SUGAR AND MALT HOUSES, DISTILLERIES, FILTER PRESSES, FOR USE IN STONE, COAL AND ORE SCREENS, BRICK AND TILE WORKS, FILTERS, SPARK ARRESTERS, GAS AND WATER WORKS, OIL, GAS AND VAPOR STOVES, 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. WROUGHT IRON BRIDGE GO. CAKTTOKT, OHIO. NEW YOHH CITY. CHICAGO, IXjXi. HAKiTSAS CITY, MO. COMMUNICATE WITH NEAREST OFFICE. Iron Buildings, Roofs and General Structural Work in Iron and Steel, Ma¬ chine Shops, Foun¬ dries, Power Houses, ftc. The 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 and Structural work. All machinery Is operated by electricity from our own plant. STB 3>T F Medium and Heavy FORGINGS OF CO., - f Iron \ or ( Steel. Forged only Rough Machined or Completely Finished. Latest and best facilities for 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. MANUFACTURERS OF SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS, Studs, Coupling Bolts, Stove Bolts, Finished Nuts, &c. Also Sand and Draw-plate Moulding Machines for Founds Use. NEW HAVEN, CONN. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. SPECIAL WIRE TACKS Particular attention given tc production of goods adapted to- special lines of business. Dupli¬ cating samples a specialty. ami NAILS. Taunton Wire Nail Co. Taunton, Mass. The Phosphates of America. Where and how thev occur; how they are mined; and what they cost. With practical treatises on the manufacture of sulphuric acid, acid phosphate, phosphoric add 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 Reade St., N.„Y. Hosted by Google 14 THE IRON AGE, Standard Books On METALLURGY. A Treatise on the Metallurgy of Iron. Containing outlines of the history of iron manufacture, methods of assay and analyses of iron ores, processes of manufacture of iron and steel. &c. By H. Bauerman, F. G. S., associate of the Royal School of Mines. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Illus¬ trated with numerous wood engravings from drawings by J. B. Jordan. 515 pages: cloth.$2 The Metallurgy of Steel. Volume I. By Henry M. Howe, A.M., S. B.. mining and metallurgical engineer; illus¬ trated with many engravings and plates 383 pages; 11 x 14 inches.$10 Handbook for Charcoal Burners. Translated from the Swedish of G. Svedelius by Prof. R. B. Anderson, and edited with notes by Prof. W. J. L. Nicodemus, C.E.: 23 wood engravings; 217 pages; cloth..$l .50 The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture oi all kinds of alloys, amalgams and solders, used by metal workers; together with their chemical and physical properties and their application in the arts and the industries; with an appendix on the coloring of alloys Translated and edited chiefly from the Ger¬ man of A. Krupp and Andreas Wild- berger, with extensive additions by Wm.T. Brannt ; illustrated by 16 engravings; 42f pages; cloth.$3.00 The Metal Worker’s Handy Book of Receipts and Pro¬ cesses. Being a collection of chemical formulas and practical manipulations for the working of all the metals and alloys, including the dec- oratiOD and beautifying of the articles manu¬ factured therefrom, as well as their preser¬ vation. Edited from various sources bj William T. Brannt. 530pages; cloth.$2.50 Electro-Plating. A practical hand-book on the deposition ol copper, silver, nickel, gold, aluminum, brass, platinum, &c. With descriptions of tni chemicals, materials, batteries and dynamc machines used in the art. Second edition: carefully revised, with additions. By J. W Urquhart; 220 pages: cloth. $2 Steel and Iron. Comprising the practice and theory of tht several methods pursued in their manufact¬ ure, and of their treatment in the rolling mills, the forge and the foundry. By Will¬ iam Henry Greenwood, F.C.S. With 9^ diagrams: 536 pages: cloth. .$2 An Introduction to the Study of Metallurgy. By W. C. Roberts-Austen, C. B., F. R. S., Associate of the Royal School of Mines, Chemist and Assayer of the Royal Mint. Professor of Metal¬ lurgy in the Royal College of Science, with which the Royal School of Mines is incorporated. Con¬ tents : Physical properties of metals; alloys; the thermal treatment of metals: fuel; materials and products of metallurgical processes: furnaces; means of supplying air to furnaces; typical metal¬ lurgical processes; economic considerations. With numerous diagrams, 292 pages, cloth.$2.50 Sent, postpaid, on receipt oj price , by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publlsherand Bookseller, 56-102 Reade St., New York. Gautier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Co., JOHNSTOWN PA. -: MANUFACTURERS OF :- MERCHANT BAR 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: Flat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs, (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolled Lay, etc. COLD ROLLED 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 Phenlx Buil ding. Chattanooga, Tenn. We Give Better Value 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, fid. SEND FOR SAMPLE CARD AND DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST. H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING CO., Sole Manufacturers of H. W. Johns’ Asbestos Roofing, sheathing, Building Felt, Asbesto* Steam Packings, Boiler Coverings, Roof Paints, Fire Proof-Paints, etc. VULCABESTON Moulded Piston-Rod Packing Bings, Gaskets, Sheet Packing, etc. Established ,8 5 8. 87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. •STEEL ROOFING ■ - •CORRUGATED IRON*EAVE TROUGH- C ONDUCTOR PIPE-ROOF PAINTS-ETC. ^CambridgeRoofing C? Cam oh! o Cfr ' Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 15 -L-ixlcens Iron ^ Steel Oorr™ The First to make Boiler Plates In America. Oftoi. Button, Prat. A. F. Button, Vice-Preet. C. L. Button, OmU Mgr. BobU B. Botnet, Jr., Seen. Jot. Hump ton. Treat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO EXTREME DIMENSIONS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET. THICKNESS, No. 12 GAUGE TO 1H INCHES. -ESTABLISHED 1810.- WORKS : NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: Ooatosville, r»a. No. 88 Broadway. 32 db 34 Bullitt Bldg. FRANK SAMUEL, 136-138 So. 4th St.. Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIG IRON— .03 or under. SCR AP— .03 or .05 or under ORE—For 0. H. and Furnace Use~ MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, Skelp, Muck Bars and Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.'s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANUFACTURE ALL THEIR PRODUCTS BOTH IN WROUGHT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH STEEL. Beams. Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes, Round, Flat and Square BARS of al s’zes r 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. AGENTS — Edwabd Coining & Co., 20 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward Corning & Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; James B. Stokes, 132 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO WESTERN OFFICE : A. C. 8titkb, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. P0TT3YILLE IRON AND STEEL GO, Pottsville, Pa, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4th STREET MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS 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, MALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Designers and. Constructors of Roofs, Trusses, Columns, &c. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Beach and Otis Streets, PHILADELPHI 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 S. T. WELLMAN, President. J. H. ROOP, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent- S. H. CHAUVENET, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO -MANUFACTURERS OF- 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 120 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, E, W. CRAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Successors to E8HERICK, COTTON & CO., Iron and Steel Merchants. AGENTS FOR AMERICAN WIRE GLASS MFG. CO. 418 Walnut St., PHILA. MIFFLIN WHEELER. G. w. NICOLL8. Nicolls, Wheeler *& Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER & CO., 216 South 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 Rails. EDWARD CORNING & CO., BEAMS, CHANNELS. ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, RIVETED GIRDEHS. 29 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. IRON and STEEL 42 1 CHESTNUT ST. f PHILADELPHIA. OUR OFFICES AND MILLS ARE CONNECTED BY TELEPHONES. BARS, BANDS, HOOPS, BOLTS, NUTS, RIVETS, y ROOF TRUSSES. 70 KILBY ST.| BOSTON. Hosted by Google 16 THE IRON AGE. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHAN1 288 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron, Old Bails, Scrap. AGENT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penns., West New Jersey and Delaware. Agent TRENTON IRON CO, ( For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Longdate (Va.) and other Pig Iron*. Storage Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which is connected with Penn. R. R. and its varionf connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued. Gash advances hade on Iron. W. 8. PILLING, T. I. CRANB 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 and Billets, and scrap. COKE : For Furnace and Foundry use. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., The Philadelphia Bank Bldg., 421 Chestnut St, PHILADELPHIA. Foundry! Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. ^Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF PatMt Planished, Galvanized, Common, Beat Refined, Cleaned and Chareoal Bloom, PLATE cfe SHEET IRON. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack. Tank and Boat Iron : Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jaoket Iron. JUSTICE COX. JR. 21 8 South 4th St., Phiia., Pa. IRON and STEEL. — Agent for — Haldeman, Grubb & Co's. Chickies Bessemer Pig Iron. Mahoning Bolling 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. Rare, Angles, Sheets, Tank and Bridge Plates, Mack Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron and Tool Steel. CUMPERUAND NAIU AND IRON CO., MANUFACTURERS OF “ Cumberland ” Nails \ Wiougljt Iron Pipe, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ive., 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 Connellsville Coke. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., Bullitt Building, 135 So. 4th St., Philad’a, Iron and Steel Merchants. MG IRON, •Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bars and Shapes. Ralls, Cars and Locomotives. Track Equipment. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JAMES Gh LINDSAY & 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 & GO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, 135 Sonth Fourth St., Phiia. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strothers AND MUIRKIRR PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connells ville Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. JAMES McKAY Ac CO„ a©TH & 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. 8. Iron. W. H. THOMSON & CO.. Dealers In IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PBII.ADBI.PHIA Flf Iran, Coal, Coke, Steel Ralls, Structure 1 Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick, Sole Afonts for PAXTON ROLLINQ MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES Cold Drawn Seamless Steel Tubes FOB - Locomotives, Fire, Marine and other Boilers, Hydraulic Presses, Hollow Spindles, Bicycles, etc., etc. Ellwood Shafting & Tube Co., Works, Ellwood City, Law. Co., Pa. New York Office, No. 277 Broadway , Room 26. Francis Wister, COMMISSION MERCHANT, Coke, Coal, Ores. PEA AND BUCKWHEAT (Red and White Ash). National Foundry Coke a Specialty. Sulphur less than O.bT I All Sizes National Crushed Coke. 1 420 Walnut Street. - PHILADELPHIA. 1 FITZSIMONS db CO., -MANUFACTURERS- DRAWN SHAFTING ^ CLEVELAND, OHIO. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 17 Francis Hobson, Seaman a Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Sole Manufacturers of HOBSON’S “ CHOICE ” <5^0 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 Chflied Rolls, &c. _ WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. _ CHAS, HUGIL L, Agent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORUO IBLB OAST S TEEL. ABBOTT, WHEELOCK & CO.. Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, (8S OLIVER ST., BOSTON. _ 83 CLIFF ST H NE W YORK. Si & Cl WARBLOW, SHEFFIELD, England. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel. In Bars, Sheets and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Carvers, Butchers’ Knives, Files, Band Saws, Clock, Watch and all other Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand ai Clast 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. HOCLUND’S SONS & CO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Bessemer and. Open. Heartli Steel. 18 KILBY STREET, BOSTON. CARLISLE K-AYfifER., ELLISON dfe CO., SHEFFIELD. WORKS. Late WILSON HAWKSWORTH, ELLISON & CO., ENGLAND (ESTABLISHED 1825.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents. SI OLIVER STREET, BOSTON. 83 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF STEEL. Tool Steel, Drill Rods, Needle Wire, Hot Rolled Sheet Steel, Cold Rolled Steel for Cor¬ set Springs, Band Saws, Clock and Watch Springs and Parts, and all other Purposes. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly CARL F. BOKER), Sole Agents and Importers of Steel and Crucible Wire Rods, &c. JESSOP’S STEEL MANUFACTURED BT _°L Best Quality, K Bars, Sheets Plates, Large assortment of sixes in stock at 01 John St. .... NEW YORK, And other Agencies. W W, JE88QP a SOWS, L’D. I 1 ““»“"» “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 .(ft £69 Per ton in Sheffield Warranted Extra Cast Steel for Taps^Dies, Milling Tools, &c.“60 “ “ »» Warranted Cast Steel for tools. Taps, Dies, Turning Tools, &c.“ 44.10/ ** “ ** Best Crucible Machinery Steel .“ 30 “ 11 ** Best C. S. EXTRA WEIGHT HAND CUT FILES.@ 50* & 4^ cash discount 11 ** No charge for extra sizes when steel is ordered in wholesale quantities of assorted sizes. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE CAMBRIA STEEL, Steel Railg, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, Street Railg and Railway Fastenings, BESSEMER AND OPEN-HEARTH BLOOMS, BILLETS AND BARS. Steel Axles, Steel Angles, Steel Glaa-nnels, Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, Office, 21 8 S. Fourth St., Plilladelpia. Chicago office, Plioenix Buildlns, (Works at Johnstown, Pa.) A. Ac P. ROBERTS Ac COMPANY, Pencoyd Iron Works, PenCOyd Bridge & Construction CO., MANUFACTURERS OF U W J - . , . JA II .1 A | DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Wrought Iron and Open Hearth Steel, Bridges, Viaducts, Turn Tables, Etc wrougm HUH anu upcil nearui Oisei, Bridges, Viaducts, Turn Tables, Etc OFFICB t 261 S. 4th Street, PHILADELPHIA, Pa. WORKS, PENCOYD, PA. EICKEN & CO.’S CRUCIBLE TOOL STEEL H-A.C3-E1N, WESTPHALIA, QEBMANY. SPECIAL No. 8 works and Fine-Finishes the HARDEST Rolls and Material. BOSS Cold Chisel ; HIGH-GRADE ADAPTED Twist-Drill, Tap, Punch, Die, Reamer, Wood and Milling-Cutter-Steel and Blanks. HICHEST QUALITY, LOW PRICES, INDUCEMENTS to the TRADE and large USERS. re edw’d t vobster.!' IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS, Stock for immediate wants and Trial Orders. Exclusive Local Agencies granted. Ha H» Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hlron* wa Mtt-- ^ a _ MILNE db CO., E. H. WILSON & CO., _ , . _ jj J ^ and »24 South Third St., Philadelphia 6C| ISlt (Norway) | |“Q 3-00 Stfifi I _ ^ “:° t KEKS AND _ T BLOOMS, BILLETS, BARS; WIRE, RIVET AND NAIL RODS. * IRON and STEEL. FOREIGN ^ DOMESTIC IRON ^ STEEL. _ Correspondence solicited. _ I Broadway, New York. 8 Oliver Street, Boston. PIERSON & CO..-- -DEALERS IN- IRON and STEEL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, 29 Broadway, cor. Morris St., NEW YORK. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MAOTFA0TUBKB8 AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL. AGENCIES: CARNEGIE STEEL CO., Limited, Structural Material, Steel and Iron Columns. Beams, Channels, Shapes and Plates. Steel Beamt Rolled to 24 inches deep. PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron. Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., Steel Win Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVERSIDE IRON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW TXT BE WORKS, Boiler Flues. AMERICAN WIRE NAIL MACHINES. Ove) 900 working satisfactorily in the Uniter States, 25 in Europe and 100 in Canada. THE SEIDELL & HASTINGS CO., Charcoal- Iron Boiler Plates, Plans and estimates furnished and contract! Biade for Iron and Steel Structures of ever) description. Please address, 29 Broadway New York F. O. Box 33. NORTH BROTHERS MFC. 00., Iron and Brass Founders Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Correspondence solicited. --AMERICAN- FRANKFORD STEEL COMPANY. 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