The Iron Age : Vol. LIV : No. 1 : July 5, 1894

Classified List of Advertisers_ Alphabetical Index to Advertisers Advertising and Subscription Rates "ITS YOUR POWER V JZM your belts, YOUR MONEY By covering your _pulleys with ST. LOUIS, MO. / NEW YORK, N.Y.,113 Liberty St., A B Laurftnpft/ VALLEY STEEL C( ST. LiOXJIS ; Manufacturers of • STEEL CUT NAILi ItAlLS, i CHANNELS^ AND MERCHANT STElj Every Steam Plat Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORD! PRESSURE GAUGE. Low In Price and Guarant Send for circulars and fac-sL chart. THE BRISTOL CO., __ Water bury, Conn BRAIDED CORD. Samson and Massachusetts Br^ndsl Send for Samples, I SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Masj TURN BUCKLES. | Bj^ch Opkioe : 136 Liberty St.. New York. 1 Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., - Cleveland, Cm Tbe WUiot & Hobbs Hfg. Co.| MAIN OFFICE, MILLS AND FACTORIES AT M BR,IIDC3hHIFOR,T, OONN. 1 STORE, 2}4 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 1 (CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE.) i| Annual Capacity 16,000 Annual Capacity 30,000 tons. BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, and the Celebrated and Unequaled ‘‘SWEDOH” ]vr. “TRAP’’ (GREEN) SHELL. The head of the “ Trap ” Shell being independent of the metal outside reinforcement, doubly strengthens it for heavy charges. U. M. C. No. 3 primer used. Use the fol¬ lowing U. M. C. Shells for Nitro and Black Powders. “ Smokeless,” _“ New flLuU-iJ— ” Walsro de.” ’lack Club,” “ Trap.” i f ' I rUlp Co. N-x^. *v OWES, ad Large Shells, Brazed German Silver. / ‘ ir House Boilers. / r LEAK. are inoh. Made of two Seam- cheapest in R USING VALVES. manufacture of JENKINS Its, thickness of flanges, &o. / , / suitable for high or low I #. i ^ suitable for high ' i S' f ^ rith Trade-Mark. V '■ i-'-' ^ os., I 3STOW and CHICAGO. ” Oilers. &c., lied “ SWEDOH ” Steel, ^ ^ are exceedingly durable, - ^ sight because of their celebratf d Cold Rolled excellent advertisement and , rfully large and fine line of i i refer purchasers to those r ?vs, but carry out a broad I ^ -v. . ..v/v.!!. ui all the numerous sIzp.s and ; unfair,^,1 -o otucK oi 5100 to $200 \vorth assoi’ted sizes will be furnished free 111 copper bronzelTnd T price-lists " C.” iilu.stratlng some two dozen sizes of Oilers, &e. printed seen?he salesmen’s dissected salnples of No.^l3^sIze?*^^^ printed in bronze. Have you qKWARE of CHEAP AND INFERIOR IMITATIONS of our “ COPPERIZED’» OILERS, 'C., or any goods iulringing our Trade-Marks or Pateuts, AS WE SHALL PROTECT jg^See Illustration OUR INTERESTS TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. onbackcoW. ONE HUNORED DOLLARS REWARD offered for any iu- lorination which results in our coiivietiog parties so iufringiug. (REGISTERED TRADE-MARK.) • Hot Rolled lx Cold Rolled Rainey pu Sheet, Band ""Strip Steel "'“’““""“SKafK Connellsville Coke. Also COPPERIZED OILERS, Etc. SEE FRONT AND BACK COVER tor Special Notice to the Trade, Furnace and Foundry WJXwb The only Coke you oau buy aud know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. AU our works In the heart of the Region, within four miles of ConuellBTlUe. Pa. OAPA.OITY 4,000 TOITS P ATt. -v- W. J. RAINEY, MAIN OPFIOB: Mercantile Bank Building. GLEYELAIID, OfllO, Hosted by Google 2 THE IRON AGE, ^ WSONIA 0 RASS ^ Q opper Qq. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. Waterbury Brass Co. ThePlume&AiwoodMfc.Go. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass SOLE MANUFACTURERS Established 1845 Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings,Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 &2I Cliff Street, - - New York. THE New Haven Copper Co.. ■OLS ICAUBS or POLISHED COPPER TTndef Patent of T. Jamea, Sept. U, 187S. ALSO MANUTAOTUBEBS AND DBALBBSIN BRIZiERS’&OHEATHMCCOPPEB, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c.. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver. Copper. Brass and Ger¬ man Silver Wire. Brass and I Copper G[?uuiii^Y I COPPER RIVETS AND BURS PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Snot Pouches, &c., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. Cartridge 31etal i/ifi Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the OAPBWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. depots: 296 Broadway. New York. 12B Eddy St.. Provi¬ dence, R. I. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, N. J. _ MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. _ WHEN IN WANT OF ANYTHING IN_- ^ ^ GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL. COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinares, Jack Chain. Kerosene Burners, Lamp Triiiiininss, &:c. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. ROLLING MILL, THOMASTON. CONN. WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of BRASS AND ALSO MAHUVAonmaBs or WRITE COPPER Cast Steel iiiers aid Bits ol siieiloi Qialltr. ROME BRASS & COPPER CO., 294 Pearl St, NEW YORK. ROME, N. Y. NEW YORK. MAHHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SFELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHKET ZINC AND SUDRHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc out to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. -yOIi BA.TTEIIY. <3-oox>ei ivcFcsih. oo., Mfrt. of Stamped Brass, Sliver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BR01TZB2 DOOK. KXTOBS Bronie 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., Y\ ^ TjT O YOU CAN OBTAIN PROMPTLY the latest i 1^1 11 I |4 work on any subject in which you are Xi^ Vy VyXlLky ■ interested by addressing DAVID WILL- I AMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, New York. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, UAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 428 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29 High Street. Boston. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. 100 John Street, - New York. WILLIAM S. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet BrasSf Fancy Sheet Brass, German SH/ver^ Copper, Brass I and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop» per Bods, Brass Ferrules, Fure Copper Wi/re^ Sheet and Ingot Coppery Speller, Tin^ Antimony, Lead, iS^c. MISSOURI METAL COMPANY, 923 Security Building, ST. LOUIS. Manufacturers of JBoXt gUxew.tla.lxi.g OOPPB3R, •WIK.BJ R,rVH!TS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. SPELTER. Hosted by Google THB IRON A6B. 8 ELEPHANT BRAND GENUINE INGOTS 8. MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR*. REG.JRADE MARKS.' phosphor-bronz£ . Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. The PhosphorBronze Smelting Co.Limiteo 2 2 00 WASHINGTON AVE,PHILADELPH |A ,PA. ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in the United States and Sole Makers of'^ELEPHANT BRAND"Ph<5sphor-Br6nze. 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. Afl:A.3SrGI-uA,NESE BRONZE BBOBELEEBS -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 Metal. 8. DOUGLAS PETRIE, Agent, Nos. 39 & 41 Cortlandt Street, New York, Solicits Correspondence about Fishing Reels for 15 Cents to 20 Dollars each. Brass Bird Cages “ 60 “ “ 12 “ “ Japanned “ 26 “ “ 10 “ “ Standard Bronze, Brass and Steel Chain, Standard Wire Picture Cord. Thc Anorcw B. Hcnoryx Co., New Havcn. Conn.. U. S. A. -MANUFACTURERS- Aluminum Bronze Castings, Aluminum Bronze Sheets, Alu¬ minum Bronze Ingots and Pure Aluminum Castings. Box 114T, Ansonia, Conn. Rougrh 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 North Broadway, ST. 1.0U1S, MO. EVANS FRICTION CONES. For regulating the speed of machines au¬ tomatically or by band. Thousands of seta In operation driving all kinds of machmerr which require from 1 to 60 H.-P. Address Evans Friction C »ne Co#, 85 Water Street, Boston, Maas. THE NIGHE5TAND ■■■I ■ Rf CHEST CRAOE MADE) | | # MANUrRCTURED DNL» BY -►- THC CRESCENT PHOSPHORIZED METAL CO {1D72I03‘"»2III INDIANA ;x*oiasz5o, f< Chester, Pa. AXLd 0OXXk.X>OISltlOlX OetlStlULSIBI. Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of i< I Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” BcanuTaoturer. ot FBOSPHOR.Bicorrzx: I'O BA.ix.icoa.i>. SpecUlcatloDS in Ingot metnl or casting,. The W.W. A R. M. KEYS CO. •iN w 55 CONN. Guaranteed Best Antl-Frlotlon Metal for all machinery beanngs. For high speed and heavy crushing weight It has no equal. It Is used on bearings where no other known metal will stand. Tbeo. Hiertz Ac Son, Sole lUfra., • Both St. and Park Avo., St. liouts. Mo, Mfrs. Babbitt Metals, Solder, Lead Car Seals, etc. Boston Casting Co. MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON HASTINGS. 122 W First St, ) So. Boston, Mass. We make sound, soft Wrought Iron Castings with a tensile streneth of 60,00ii to 70,000 pounds per square inch and guarantee the same to be expressly adapted for mechanical and electrical work. The captuigs will be true to pattern with a shrinkage of one quarter ol an inch to the fo'-t. This company is in no way connected with any other. PHDSPHOR-TIN By using my phosphor tin MANur/ URLRS CANMAKC AMV C^.JXDC ■ PHOSPHORBRONZE THLMSsuf.'jr f! SIMPLE PROCESS OFMtU'lN'I mi.ci :heaper than th£Y arf now t: HAD IN THF MAv'^Kf.VNFWOR Ol.b . C A N 6 £ U V) f. . r 0 *i :• 11 > c u i a f? 's a . •.UDKKS hALK NAUMANN. "'v';',:;'' ■-V M r • > 1 r I - Tbe American Metal Go. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall 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 K.IWerton A Co,, - • Uondoii. JHerallwreaellschnlt, Frankfort-on-iUain. Williams, Foster tfc Co., Ld., I^W'auaea. Hosted by Google 4 THS IRON AGS. WASHBURN 4 MOEN MF6. CO. Works: Worcester, Mass., and Waukegan, III. Copper Insulated Glidden' Barbed Waukegan Barbed WIRE Rods Springs Bale Ties Rope and Cable. Malkers of Iron, Steel and Copper. 1 arehonses: New York, 16 Clifl St.; Chicago, 107 & 109 Lake St.; San Francisco, 8 S10 Pine St.; Honston, Texas. ^ STEEllTFiipm/. ^ : A LL v 'l^^rNDS'or „ .g SMALL SPRINGS g FF^Ofvl ^SHEETSTi:i:L&.STEEL& BRASS WIRE gs # BRISTOL, CONN, g /V’-'L/Vu^V'VVVA/'yvVV' THE NEWEST BOOKS ON Metal Working, Iron, Steel aux4 you are looking for. DAVID WILLIAMS, 96-102 Raada 8t.. Naw York Hosted by Google THB IRON A6B. 5 111th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. mi JrmUf B9»9]ner« 81»m0iis-ltlartlii and Cnielble Cast Steal Wire oi all klnds^ annealed* seft and hard drawn | Coppered Sprlnp Wire for Fnrnitnre Spiinps* dee.* Coppered Soft Wires* Ballnp Wires* Suspension Brldpe and Rope Wires of all kinds* STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. Speelaltj of finest Cast Steel Wires* round, flat* sanare and aup other shape* tempered and also In the sofl state* guaranteed te harden and temper. Solid Rib and Parapon Umbrella Wires. Crinoline* Corset, Shade Roller,Xeok* Hat, Brush, Saw, Band Saw, Cleek Sprlnp, Cldek Bell* Clock Terpe and Watch Sprlnp* Rule and Tape Xlne and Byeplass Wires* Plane, Keedle, Fish Hook, Drill and Hair Sprlnp Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made lor special purposes. Also Covered Wlres-Bralded and Cloth and Paper Cevered-for cHnollne* corset and ether purposes. Cold Relied and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips ol all kinds and for all purpeses. etpeoial Wires axicl Stprlnirs of X3ireri^ Xiesorlptlon* CORRBSPQNDBNCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. THE LONGEST COIL OP STEEL EVER ROLLED OP ITS DIMENSIONS, 2 % IN. WIDE X 2250 FEET LONG X .00425 IN. THICK. SUPERIOR STEEL COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pa. . MANDFACTUftERS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF - HOT and COLD ROLLED STRIP STEEL. In widths up to 10 inches and in thickness from .0025 to 2 inches and from ordinary hot rolled soft steel to the finest cold rolled watch mainspring steel. Fine crucible steel onr specialty. Coils Furnished up to 5000 feet long according to width and gauge ordered* -ACFEKCIE© -- Ely & Williams* 38 Park Row, New York; 1239 Market S^* PhitadelphU, Pa.; Samuel T. Rotley* 1030 Monadnqck Bld’g* Chicago. — ■CLARK&C0WLES L ff /Manufacturers op r=-^ »IS5PRlNG5-.[yV£5J 4 ^ a PLAINVILLE W VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STEEL SPIINCS A^rloultural Implementi, Maohin- Q ery and various other purposes, 2 Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO, MANUFACTURERS. MDNTPSlilSR, TT. WIRE GOODS COMPANY. Worcester, IVIass. Hardware and Kitchen Wire Goods. Special¬ ties to order. Everything in Wire. Notes on the Testlua: and Use ot Hydraulic Cements. By Fred. P. Spaulding. NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF CEMENT: Deflnitlou • Portland Cemeut; Natural Cement; Slag Cement! Setting; Hardening; Adne^lon; Soundness; Per¬ manence of Volume. CEMENT TESTING: Object of Testing; Weight and Specific Gravity; Fineness • Rate of Setting ; Tensile Strength ; Ordinary Tests for Soundness; Accelerated Test for Soundness* Chemical Analysis; Compressive Tests; Adhesive Tests : Microscopic Exaraluatlous; Abrasive Tests • Air Slaking. THE USE OF CEMENT: Sand for Mortar; Water for Mortar; Mixing Mortar; Pren- aration of Concrete; Mixtures of Lime and Cement; Freezing of Mortar; Permeability of Mor¬ tar ; Expansion and t'ontration of Mortar : Re- Wmperiug Mortar; Literature Relatlug to Cement .Si.00 ^or Sale t» Oavid Wlliiamt, 96-102 Utifie St. N. r. Hosted by Google Alwavs Ask I :M For HOWSON AND HOWSON K0 PSo : UnjBjIi^a^f dfor Str^ and Dueabillty. Mad* Only by Biodeiick & Bascom Bopi Co., St. Louis, Ho. A. LESCHEN & SONS’ ROPE CO, Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Building, 1 19 S. 4th St. QT T OfTTC HBW YORK Potter Building, 38 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Building, 928 P St. PATENTS Ua 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 eearches and opinions as to Scope, Valid¬ ity and Infringement Patent Causes Prosecuted and Defended. Practice in U. S. 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Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. $ T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. ei T IS O HJE: JBIN (d. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. PHILLIPS, TOWNSEND & GO. lorth Penn Junction, Pbiladelphla. WIRE NAILS, - - ' - - NORWAY RIVETS Rivets marked “P** are not of om make. We make only first-Olass Nobwav Iron Rivets. IsTEV^ HJLVElsr, . OONIT. Represented in New York by HENRY B. NEWHALL CO., 106 Chambers St. . s IUWN FEMES TREE GUARDS and SETTEES. CHEAPER THAN WOOD. -^v^McCALLIP PENCE AND WIRE WORKS, Columbus, OEilo. Manufacturers of Wire Rope for Cable Railways and Mining Purposes. HALLIIDIE’S PATENT WIRE EOPEWA-T Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, .1 -I -I >^1,00 . vrAoiitiuni^ii or WIHEWOBK. Window-Guards^ Stable FixtuiesL ^ JtAItINGS.' \ SandScreena Coal Sccsens V Etc. c,v^Tw FLAMGE STEEL SCREENS OF PERFORATED METAL For SAND, GRAVEL. 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New York Office, in Water Street, New York City. Works and General Office, Newburgh, N. Y, BARBED PLAIN CABLE WIRE NAILS STAPLES STRETCHERS INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO.. Crawfordsville, Ind. CHAMPION ! IRON CO. SJPX!CIA.LTIXSa. — IroB Stairs and Jail Work, Bond¬ ers’ an^ Ornamental IroB Work, and tbe only manufacturers ot MalleablB Iron Cresting guaranteed against breakage; Blio manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and |J ^ Lift Pumps. Send for 220-p€tge J |B| SiBl Catalogue j Y Irtfll Largest Iron Fence and ‘ T T T|W Ratling Works in U. S. 1111” KENTON, O. *™+a+r COBB & DREW, ______ PLYMOUTH, MASS. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland. Ohio. Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brass _ * and Copper Rivets, Burrs,Washers, Office and Salesroom, 1S7H Baelld Ay#., n o MANDTACTIJRBRS OF Staples. WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. New ITorR Agency, James N, tfenask-o Stable Fixtures jOrestings, TerminsU, Wire Office and son, successor to Dlsosway Sc Ck)nnter RaiUngrLawn Seats and Vases. Henderson, Hardware. Iron and Steal Jail Cell Work. Orna- Agents for PblladelpLiB star CarrlacB mental and Structural Ironwork. and Tire Bolts. Hosted by Google WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS^ Wpi 1^ Perforated Metals. »vsS lWjre Cloth and Nettings. Clinton **Standard*’ (Niimbor 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Clotb* FACTORY AND CENERAL OFFICER CLINTON. MASS. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street. BOSTON, 199 Washington Strert. CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street. • ' ■ .. ^ ■■V.',..' The Gilbert Bennett -MA.Ntri"-A.CTTJIlE- WIRE CLOTH. NETTING, Fencing, Gates, Fencing Tools, Wire Goods, Stable Fixtures, Railings, Window Guards. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND'S METAL FURRING. Pearl Window Screen Wire Cloth. Galvanized Steel Wire Cloth. Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. “ Cottage” Lawn & Garden Fencing. <^ C. & B.” Web Wire Fencing. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. House Furnishing Wire Goods. 44 GUff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. NEW PROCESS MANUVAOTURIBS OV IVBBY DBSOmPTION OV HARD STEEL GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. Patented March, 1884. Patents Pending. WIRE CLOTH m NETTING Painted Window Screen Wire doth, WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS. SEND FOR I.ATEST OATAI.OGI7E. '//n PENNSYLVANIA GALVTJ POULTRY NETTING/ 'CORTLAND PAINTED WlNDOWSCREEII WIRE CLOTH, A.DJUSTABLE WINDOW SCREENS, BRASS ANDIRON GRILLES, WROUGHTIROM RAILINGS, AND WINDOW GUARDS;BRASS,C0PPER,5TEELAND| JRON WIRE cloth: galvanized wire CLOTH.*!i| ^CORRESPONDEWCE SOLtCITED. .^WARD DARBr& SONS."PENNSYL^NimV#'‘-nr^ PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS theROEBLINC STANDARD WIRE LATHING. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO moil, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WISE ClIITH. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. nSNTON, 117 and 119 IaIBERTY STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 JLARE STREET, CHICAGO. and iJ7 FREMONT STREET SAN FRANCISCO* l STAVE NAIL KE6 Stock ^DHT»OiT, MIOH. Hosted by Google 9 THE IRON AGB. SepELER^^GNa i.*' MANUFACTURERS OP C loth and Wire Q oods, ARTISTIC METAL WORK, ETC. 316, 318, 320 Terrace, near Qenesee, 63, 65 Jackson Street, Buffalo, N. Y. MONARCH WIRE An all purpose Wire and the strongest made. Easily seen by stock and harmless. Not affected by Cold and Heat. Easily handled. Measures 14 feet to pound. Not a twist in it. Four strands best Galvanized Steel Wire, braided. Patented March 20 1894. Something New, Low Priced and Salable. Write for sample, prices and discounts. We manufacture the simplest, cheapest and best Wire Ratchet made, also Staple Drivers, etc. WISE FEW SUPPLY CO, Established 1882. Capacity 100,000 Tons. THE AMERICAN WIRE CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE RODS, AND DRAWERS OP IRON AND SXEEL WIRE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. SCREW, RIVET, BOLT AND TELEGRAPH WIRE, TELEPHONE AND SCREEN WIRE, GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. \ Straightened GRADE and fine quality wires a specialty. VV and Cut to Address AMERICAN WIRE CO., Lengths-- Cleveland, o. SYRACUSE SMELTING WORKS. -MANUFACTURERS OF- Dealers in Block Tin, Lead, Antimony, Alu¬ minum, Phosphor Tin, Copper and Brass Ingots, Refined Spelter. Also several grades of Solder, Stereotype and Needle Metals. All Kinds of Brass, Bronze and Babbitt Castings made on short notice. OFFICE AND WORKS : 243 & 245 West Onondaga St., Syracuse, New York. All metals manufactured by us are warranted to be as represented. Give ns a trial and you wDl use no other metal but ours. Special discounts given to jobbers and large consumers. FOUNTAINS FOUNTAIN. #orIiawns9 ^ Parks, Etc. All Kinds, All Sizes, All Prleea* Wire and Iron Wort: of every descriptioa. CATALOGUE FBB& L T. BARNUM, Detroit, Mich. standard Books On . METALLURGY. A Treatise on the Metallurgy of Iron. Containing outlines of the history of iron manufacture, methods of assay and analysed of iron ores, processes of manufacture of iron and steel. &o. By H. Bauerman, F. G. S., associate of the Boyal School of Mines. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Illus¬ trated with numerous wood engravingi 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; 11x14 Inches. $10 The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture of all kinds of alloys, amalgams and solders, used by metsil 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 G^ep- man of A. 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Edited from various sources by WHiLiAM T. Brannt. 630 pages; oloth.$2.60 Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller 96-102 Read# St* New ITorlL* Hosted by Google tHE IRON S^OB Engineers, Architects and Builders in Iron and Steel. OHAS. M. JARVIS, frM. and Chief Mnaineer. BURR" K. FIELD, ^ Ticff-Pre«idette. GEO. H. SAGE, F. L. WILCOX, Seeretfprya Treasurer^ Office and Works : Send for Illustrated Catalogue. EAST BERLIN, CONN. The following is a list of some of the corporations for which we done work, and to which we refer as to the quality of pnr work: Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. The Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Co., Waterbury, Conn. Pratt & Cady Co., Hartford, Conn. Holmes, Booth & Haydens Co., Waterbury, Conn. Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co., Franklin Fur¬ nace, N. J. Waterbury Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn. Stanley Rule & Level Co , New Britain, Conn. Baltimore Electric Refining Co., Baltimore, Md. Ball & Wood Co., Elizabethport, N. J. ^tna Iron & Steel Co , Bridgeport, Ohio. J. Morton Poole Co., Wilmington, Del. Bridgeport Machine Tool Co , Bridgeport, Conn. New Jersey Zinc &Iron Co., Newark, N. J. Lake Erie Engineering Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Eastern Forge Co., Portland, Maine. Duluth Iron &. Steel Co., Duluth, Minn. C. W. Hunt Co., New York, N. Y. Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., New Britain, Conn. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Ha¬ ven, Conn. The Coe Brass Mfg. Co., Torrington, Conn. Ansonia Brass & Iron Co., Ansonia, Conn. Titusville Iron Co., Titusville, Penn. Washburn & Moen Mfg, Co., Waukegan, Ill; Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co, Thomeiston, Conn. Link Belt Engineering Co., Nicetown, Penn. Upson Nut Co., Unionville, Conn. Link Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, Ill. ScoviHe Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Conn. Farrel Foundry & Machine Co., Ansonia, Conn, Montgomery Iron Co., Port Kennedy, Penn. The Franklin Moore Co., Winsted, Conn. Brooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, N. Y. E. W. Bliss Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Pope Mfg. Co., Hartford Conn. Collins Co., Collinsville, Conn. Boies Steel Wheel Co., Scranton, Penn. Delaware Iron Co., ^'ew Castle, Del. Dickson Mfg. Co., Scranton, Pi^nn. Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Build¬ ing Co., Philadelphia, Penn, Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Del. Dry Dock Engine Co., Detroit, Mich. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., Wilkes- Barre, Penn. The Frick Co., Waynesboro, Penn. Samuel F. Hodge & Co., Detroit, Mich. Randolph & Clowes, Waterbury. Conn. Hughes & Patterson, Philadelphia, Penn. Jackson & Woodin Mfg. Co., Berwick, Penn. Sweets Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y. The above Illustration Is taken direct from a photograph and »ho\vs the Interior of a Machine Shop designed \nd built by us for The Dry Dock Engine Co., at Detroit, Mich. The central portion, or Erecting Room, Is 40 feet ivide, with a gallery three stories high on one side, this gallery being 3 feet In width. The upper floor of the gallerj' Is used for storing patterns, while the second floor Is used fo • light machine work, and the lower floor for heavy machine work—this lower floor being controlled by jib cranes, which also swing out into the central portion thus delivering material from the wings by means of the jib cranes and the traveling crane to any portion of the Erect¬ ing Room. The whole frame work of the building is of iron, with brick filling for the side wa Is. The above illustration Is an exterior view of the Boiler Shop and Blacksmith Shop designed and built by us for The Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., at Philadelphia, Fenn. The build¬ ing is 111 feet in width and 315 feet In length, the frame work being of iron, covered with corrugated iron. The above illustration is taken direct from a photograph and shows the interior of a Boiler Shop deigned and built by us for the Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., at Philadelphia, Penn. The Boiler Shop portion of the building is 65 feet in width and 370 feet in leogth. The a^acent Blacksmith Shop (shown on the left) is 69 feet in width and 360 feet in len^h. The Boiler Shop Is 60 feet In height, with 60 ton traveling crane. The building is covered on the sides and roof with corrugated iron. -w Hosted by oogle PROTECT Your Offices^ Stores and Warehouses from fire and burglars by using Metallic Doors am Shutters made from wood and ooTered with Iron or steel, render¬ ing them stiff and preventlnff warplnff In case ol Are* Made from heavy boiler plate Iron. Made from double corrugated Iron or steel. Made to fit any size openlnff. Estimates furnished upon application. CARRY IRON & STEEL ROOFING GO., Mention The Iron Aoe, CX4EVEI.1A.IVI>. OfXTO. SECTIONAL PANEL STEEL CEILINGS. •' :gi ELEGANCE The Superior Merits of our Steel Ceil¬ ings and Side Wall Plates are DUST PROOF JOINTS. ■■ '-t Mouldinffs varylua: In depth from 11-16 inch to 'HH inches. VABIETY INDEFINITE. 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EDWARD CORNING i MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS BEAMS, CHANNELS, | 0% Hk | smoM mmm mmm ■ IRON A"® STEEL. & CO., 29 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 421 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. OUR OFFICES AND MILLS ARE CONNECTED BY TELEPHONES. BARS. BANDS. HOOPS. ^OLTS. NUTS. RIVETS, ROOF TRUSSES. 70 KILBY ST,| BOSTON, Hosted by Google 18 THB IRO^ AG£. EDWARD J. ETTING, mONTOOKER i. COMMISSION MERCHANT an B. ^CUiBD St., PHIIiADBIiPHIA, PA. FIs, Bar Mid BaSroad Iren, Old Balia, Sorap. kaWKT rOB THB MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eaitern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware, ▲areiii: rrxixiN’X'ON ixio^oo.. For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope, lionadale (Va.) and other Fla Ironoa froRAGB Yabd, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which 1b connected with Penn. R. R. and its various oonnections. Negotiable'War^ouse Receipts Issued. CUSB ADVAMCES KADB OM IBOM. W.B. PILLINQa T* I. GRANS PILLING—°—GRANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreigrn, ConcentrateSa Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIG IRON : Low Phosphorus, Open-hehrth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL: In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COKE: For Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S, FOURTH 8T., PHILADELPHIA. BSTABLISHBD 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., The Philadelphia Bsnk Bldg., 421 Chestnut St., PHIUOELPHIA. Fonndryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, 8teel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iren. Consulting Engineers In Metallurgy and Mining. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OP Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OP STEEL, . No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Orders solicited especially for Corrugre^ted, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stacks 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, Muck 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. RalU Cars and Locomotives. Track Equipment. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN U HOGAN S CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, ItS South Fourth St., Phil*. ilOBts for Brier Hill, Leblgh, StntherF AND MVIBKIBK FIG IRON, Delaware Bollliu Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., ConnellBvUle Coke. W. H. THOMSON S CO.. Dealere In IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PaiI.ADBI.PHIA, PA. C. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. C. B. HOUSTON & CO.. Bullitt Building, PfilTIiADEIiPfillA. Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structural Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agrents for Paxton Rollingr Mills. STEEL AND IRON PLATES. Hrancis Wistbr CPIHMISSION MERCHANT, Coke, Coal, Ores. PEA AND BUCKWHEAT (Red and White Ash). National Foundry Coke a l^eclalty. Sulphur less than 0.6. All Sizes National Crushed Coke. 420 Walnut Stree, PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. 131 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. -^OLE AGENT FORr- Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Lai/f'el, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and ConnelUvllle Coke. JA.1AE3S C5I-. XjI3SriDSA.Y &: OO. BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. NEW WATER MOTOR, $ BOLGIANO’S LITTLE GIANT, No. I, Will run your Sewing Machine, Fans and other Light Machinery. A Week's Work Somerville, Mass.. Nov. 21,1893. The Bolglano Mfg. Co., Baltimore, Md. GentlemenYour No. 1 Motor just received. lam more than pleased with It. It will do all you claim for it. I have tried It with several different kinds of light machine work. I shall always have the best word to say for this little wonder. Yours truly, CHAS. E. PARKHURST, 79 Walnut St. Noblesville, Ind., Jan. 99,189L. The Bolgiano Mfg. Co., Baltimore. Md. Gentlemen The “ Little Giant ” Water Motor came to hand in due time, and works the sewing machine like a charm. Yours very truly, NOBLESVILLE MILLING CO. No. 2, $10. Fans, Ice Cream Freez¬ ers, Lathes. Scroll Saws^ Church Organs, etc. Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Bolgjano Mfg. Co., Baltimore, Md. Gentlemen: —We received the — w t- 1 vt-u Lut- Little Giant” Motor No. 2 on April 28, and have tested It In every possible wav and find* that It works perfectly. At present It is running an eight and twelve old style Gordon press, an/takes it at a very fast rate. We are more than Ssoectfully'^® *^®^^““®WOODS®Br3s as a safe Investment for their money. Yours respectfully, WOODS BROS. ui A n aiAVAn m i r For Pans. Printing Presses. Grindstones, I AU Sizes of Light Fans for sale, NO. 3 MOTOR. $15 CoUeS ftlTn” WiXhln* niachlnes. i mSendJor CHrcu,Lre. SAMPLE, NEW HOT AIR CAS IRON Bolgfano’s Perfeciion Gas Iron enables you to do your ironing witliout the use of n stove, and is in every way superior to anything of the kind ever offered the public. Gets hot in 5 miuiitcp* and costs 5 cents a day to heat. You may send me One Dozen Pe»'fec- tlon Gas Irons. Sold 700 charcoal Irons Expect to sell many more of yours. JOHN WANAMAKER, Philadelphia, Pa. Electric Fan Water Motor. CVRRBNT FREE, As It Connects with any Faucet. i.OO. Wholesale and Retail. Q^Send for Descriptive Circulars. THE BOLGIANO MANUFACTURING CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 415 WATER ST., BALTIMORE, MD. BOLGIAlto's PRRFE'dfrON GaS IRON. Paten! applied for, 1»H4. 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