The Iron Age : Vol. LIV : No. 22 : November 29, 1894

The A Review of the Hardware, Ir^ ^^ p Metal Trades. Published ©very Thursday Morning by David “William*, Nos. 96, 98, lOO 4c 103 Read© StnNew Yorlr. Vol. LIV.: No. 22. New York, Thursday, November 29 1894. Reading Matter Contents .page 966 " .. " " ' Classified List of Advertisers_ “95 _ _ _ _ __ _ m m Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “99 I I 1 Mmi ■ ■ m | ■§■ | M Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 993 ■ IVIa 11 111 I U 111 LI W 11 $4.50 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. INTERIOR w wit RAW H10 E ‘‘SABLE / / STAMPED EVERY /_ TEN FEET Send for circular “ I ” to SHULTZ BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS. MO. NEW YORK, N.Y., 113 Liberty St., A. B. Laurence, Mgr. BOSTON, MASS., 164 Summer St., G. J. Kelley, Mgr. PHILADELPHIA, PA., 129 N. 3d St . J. Garnett, Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. JLiOXTIS. Manufacturers of HARROW TEETH, MINING RAILS, SPIKES, TRACK FASTENINGS. Great Reduction In Prices ol Bristol’s Patent STEEL BELT LACING. Send for show card, circular ready to apkt PUNCHED joint and free samples. THE BRISTOL CO., - Waterbury, Conn. New York Office, 121 Liberty St. BRAIDED CORD. TARGETS REDUCED TO H SIZE. Samson and Massachusetts Brands. Send for Samples. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass TURN BUCKLES. Branch Office : 136 Liberty St., New York. Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., - Cleveland, O. Always Makes a High Score. Target No. 1, 10 shots at 30 yards with 38 S. & W. Revolver. “ No. 2, 10 “ “ 100 “ “ 25 R. F. Stevens Rifle. “ No. 3, 10 “ “ 30 “ “ 38 S. & W. Revolver. The Union Metallic Cartridge Co, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. RANDOLPH •& CLOWES, WATERBURY, - CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, Ill. , 104 John St., New York. i*nffir-AB, Woom 320 Phila. Bank Bldg., Phila., Pa. Branch Offices:^ 9}| MUk » t Boston, Mass. ( Room 208 Weave Building, Cincinnati, O. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND COPPER TUBINC Hot and Cold Rolled Sheet Copper and Brass of all kinds. JEN KINS’ STANDARD PACKING MADE, SOLD, GUARANTEED, To keep leaky Joints TIGHT. It has accomplished this for twenty years. And that’s why it’s best. NEW YORK. BOSTON. Jenkins Bros., PHILADELPHIA. CHICAGO. nr OIIDC You sell the best DC. OUnL qj uc i s possible to make by selling only DODD’S L c ' ? 0 °^ D RHODE ISLAND TOOL GO., Rainey Connellsville Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you oan buy and know you are getting t the heart of the Region, within the best that oan be manufactured. i four miles of Connellsville, Pa. All our works In PROVIDENCE, R. I. Wi j. raineT CAPACITY 4,000 TONS DAJXiY. MAIN OFFICE: Mercantile Bank Building, CLEVELAND, OHIO. Hosted by Google 2 THB IRON AGE. J^NSONIA gRASS iP Q opper Qa MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. jWaterbury Brass Co. The Plume & Atwood Mfc.Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass WIRE, Established 1845. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings,Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 Cliff Street, New York. New Haven Copper Co., SOLI MAURA OF POLISHED COPPER ITader Patent of T. James. Sept. 11,1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BRAZIERS' & SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., UK UlVTiOIDBIU Or Cast Steel inert aid Bits of suerlor oialltr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK! Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger¬ man Silver wire. Brass and Copper Tubing, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Snot Pouches, &c., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty . Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. depots: 296 Broadway, New York. 126 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. 1. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, N. J. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. WHEN IN WANT OF ANYTHINC IN BRASS AND GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &c. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAGO. THOMASTON, CONN. FACTORIES : WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of WRITE COPPER ROME BRASS & COPPER CO., ROME, N. Y. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC GO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zino cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers 1 use. Seleoted Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZINC8 FOB LECLANCHE BATTERY. BZI^lSS GOODS MFG, CO., Mira, ol Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZE DOOR KNOBS arouse 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. mm MANUFACTURERS OF Hammer,, Xurubuckle, aud Faral- MERRILL BROS., 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N.Y. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, BRASS Sheet, Wire, Tubes. BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PURE ALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 438 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street. Chicago. 84 Summer Street, Boston. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. lOO John Street, - New York. WILLIAM S. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire 9 Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop¬ per Bods, Brass Ferrules, Pure Copper Wire , Sheet and Ingot Coppery Spelter, Tin* Antimony, Lead, <0c. ACID RESISTING Deoxidized Bronze, Manufacturers of (rasters’, Bolt and Slieatliliig OOPPBR 'WIK.EJ AND RIVHTS. Importers and Dealers In Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 40 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. Copper or Brass, also Aluminum, Phosphor Bronze and Compositions of all kind In Ingots, Wire Bars and Castings. Large Castings a Specialty. Babbitt Metals. BRIDGEPORT DEOXIDIZED BRONZE and METAL CO., Bridgeport, Conn, Hosted by Google ELEPHANT BRAND All GENUINE INGOTS & MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR *. ; REGJRADE MARKS.- PHOS PRO R-BRON ZE . Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. ThePhosphor Bronze Smelting CoJLimited 22 00 Washington AvePhiladelph f a , Pa. ORICINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze in the United States and Sole Make r s °r "ELEPHANT BRAND'' Phosphor-Bronze. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. Parsons’ Manganese Bronze and White Brass. I MADE IN THE UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVELY BY HE WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP and ENGINE BUILDING CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. M-A-NOvA-irESE BRONZE PROPELLERS -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. OILLESS BEARINGS For Loose Pulleys and other bearings. Perfectly clean. No cutting or danger of fire from over¬ heating. Send for Loose Pulley circular. North American Metallne Co., 43 to 49 Third Street, Long Island City, N. Y. THE CRAMP METAL MFG. CO., OLNEY, PHILADELPHIA. SHEET COPPER. 6. DOUGLAS PETRIE, Agent, Nos. 39 & 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. PATENT LEVELED, COLD ROLLED, TINNED, POLISHED. O Solicits Correspondence about Fishing Reels for 15 Cents to 20 Dollars each. Brass Bird Cages “ 60 u u 12 “ “ Japanned “ “ 25 “ “ 10 “ “ Standard Bronze, Brass and Steel Chain. Standard Wire Picture Cord. The Andrew B. Hendryx Co., New Haven. Conn., U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF Heavy and light Brass, Bronze, Composition ancl Pure Aluminum Castings. thos. l. fowler & co„ Agents, 55 Fulton St., New York City. i! TRY IT! 1 AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHE5TANP RICHEST GRADE MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE CRESCENT PHOSPHORIZED METAL CO. CROWN SMEiLTINO COMPANY, Chester, Pa. Ironze, Brass and Oomposltlon Castings. Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Manufacturers OX PHOSPHOR-BRONZE TO PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Specifications In Ingot metal or castings. The W.W.*R.M. KEYS CO, # <£■ * • g & O’ . v o' FHDSPHDR-TIN By using my phosphor tin manufact URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE OF PHOSPHOR BRONZE- themselves. BY THE SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, mucfp CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO BE HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD COPPER CAN BE USED, tor circular^ ano prices address HALK &. NAUMANN BRIDGEPORT, CONN. oOLF. Agents f ** THr - NF.W-YORK OFFICE cSi . ..^.OFFICE e' u.s. a " d c.anada/<? pg\^ mm _ uruanuivGOU Beat Anti-Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. For high speed and heavy crushing weight It has no equal. It Is used on bearings where no other known metal will stand. Tbeo. Hiertzdc Son, Sole Mtrs., 30th St. and Park Are., St. Louis, Mo. ■s all grades Babbitt Metals, Solder, Bar Tin, Bar Lead, Lead Car Seals, etc. , The American Metal Go. Levin Building, 80 Wall St.. New York. P. O. BOX 957. Rnctnn na^tina Hn 122w Firstst ” ™* lEAD - spelter, antimony, nickel, U VJ O IU 1 i UaoLII Ig So. Boston, Mass. ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. MANUFACTURERS OF We make sound, soft Wrought Iron Castings with - _ - \A/DAI | /"N ijt | DAM * tensile strength of 60,000 to 70,000 pounds per Advances made on Consignments W It LJ U v“ 3 l I It w I w square inch and guarantee the same to be expressly - w adapted for mechanical and electrical work. The AGENTS FOR OAOTIMOO S“A°?A^i 1 '^‘ r ,"t^ 5 a . t J! r 5 ^i th ^} irlnka K eof Henr y »•>««««“* c®*. • - Load... MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. T TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. CASTINGS. uaewugB wui w iruo w imvwirfl wi tn a snnnaage or Henry K. Merton <& Co., - . Lraiom. one quarter of an inch to the foot. This company Merallseaellachuft S . is in no way connected with any other. * i . i Frankfort-oa.Hlai*. Williams, Fester & Co., Ld., Bwaista. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. WASHBURN & NIOEN MANUFACTURING CO., WORKS IN WORCESTER, MASS., and WAUKEGAN, ILL. MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL AND COPPER EVERY VARIETY OF VlT" X Jtfc E3 FOR ALL PURPOSES. PINE oiLi tempered springs a. specialty. SPIR FURNITURE, BED AND SPECIAL SPRINGS. FLAT CLOCK and WATCH SPRINGS, EXPORT ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Warehouses: 16 Cliff and 241 Pearl Sts., NewYork; 107 & 109 Lake St., Chicago; 8& 10 Pine St., San Francisco; Houston, Texas. WM. MCFARLAND, IRON FOUNDER, TBENTON, - - IN. or. Chilled Cast Wire DIES A SPECIALTY. Any Size er Style Made at Short Notice. 0 PASSAIC, N. J. machinery for making of WIRE STRAND AND ROPE. Winding, Stranding and Closing Ma- -w- chines, &c. Electric Wire and Cable machinery- Hemp Rope and Cordage Machinery. Plans and Estimates. ^ESTABLISHED !S45 “ Odunbar BROTHERS ft ^Lr^'y & -l^NUFACtUR£R,S-OF . jj) Sj pSlEEBo SPRUES I Sv NDS OF ~= g> SMALL SPRINGS | <05 jM/ID#' FRCM FL ^ SHEET STEEL&STEEL&BRASS WIRE £ g BRISTOL,CONN. AA/LOa/VLVVAAA/V\/ cum Mchny MORGAN CONSTRUCTION CO., WORCESTER, MASS. Continuous and Belgian Rolling Mills, Wire Mill Machinery, Furnaces, Gas Producers, Cranes, Etc. Rolling ©EO. W. PRENTISS & CO HOLYOKE, MASS., -MANUFACTURERS OF- Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated. Finished to order, round, square, oval or flat TINNED WIRE OF ALL SIZES A SPECIALTY A Treatise on Belts and Pulleys. Embracing full explanations of Fundamental Principles; proper Dis¬ position of Pulleys ; Rules for determining widths of leather and vulcanized rubber belts, and belts running over covered pulleys ; Strength and Propor¬ tions of Pulleys, Drums, &c. Together with the principles and necessary rules for Rope Gearing and transmission of power by means of Metallic Cables. By J. Howard Cromwell, Ph. B., author of a Treatise on Toothed Gearing. 12mo, cloth. $1.50. Any Book Published Sent, Post-paid, on Receipt of the Price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street, New York. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 5 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. Makers ef Iron, Btiwmcr, BUmini-DIartln and Crucible Cast Steal Wire of all kinds, annealed* left and hard drawn i Copeered Sprint; Wire for Furniture Springs* dec.. Coppered Soft Wlrea* Ballot Wlrea, Suapenalon Bridge and Rope Wlrea of all klnda, dee. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRIN6S. Specialty of finest Cast Steel Wlrea* round* flat, aquare and an y other shape, tempered and also In the soft state, guaranteed to harden and temper. Solid Rib and Paragon Umbrella Wlrea. Crinoline, Corset, Shade Roller, Lock, Hat, Brush* Saw, Band Saw, Clook Sprint, Clock Bell, Clook Verge and Watoh Spring, Rule and Tape Line and Eyeglass Wlrea, da. Plano, Needle, Flab Hook, Drill and Hair Spring Wires. Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made for apeolal purposes. Also Covered Wlrea-Bralded and Cloth and Paper Covered-for crinoline, corset and other purposes. Cold Rolled and Silt soft and Tempered Steel Strips of . all kinds and for all purposes. Special Wires and Springe ol Every Deecription. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. SUPERIOR STEEL COMPANY, PITTSBURG. PA. -MANUFACTURERS OF- ■r COLD ROLLED STEEL, IN WIDTHS UP TO 10 INCHES* AND IN EXACT THICKNESSES FROM .0025 INCH TO H INCH IN BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, SWEDISH, AND IN NICKEL AND CRUCIBLE CAST STEEL OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, FOR SEWING MACHINE. BICYCLE AND TYPEWRITER PARTS, KEYS. CHAINS. CUPS, BELLS, KNOBS, FERRULES, AND HIGHEST GRADES OF SPRING STEEL FOR PENS, CLOCK SPRINGS AND WATCH MAINSPRINGS. -AGENCIES -- ELY & WILLIAMS, SAMUEL T. ROWLEY, No. 38 Park Row, New York, _No. 1239 Market St., Philadelphia. No. 1030 Monadnock Building, Chicago. WIRE CLOTH and WIRE GOODS. Hardware Grade Plain and Galvanized and Fanning Mill Wire Cloth, Poultry Netting, Heavy Window Soreeo Wire Cloth, Coal and Sand Soreeae, Riddle*, Aeh Si wet, fro., &o. SCHEELER & SONS, VOLUTE, j WIRE' and FIAT STEEL. mius Offloe and Counter Railings, Elevator Enolosuroo, Wire Stall Guards, Hay Raoks, Feed Boxea, Wlndaw Guarde, F.ower Stands, &o., fco, BUFFALO. N. Y Ct (Agricultural Implement*, Machin- q ery and various other purposes, £/Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO., MANUFACTURERS. MONTPELIER. VT. SPRINGS—RIVETS. Specialties In SHEET HIETtL WORK, CLOCK and INDICATOR POINTERS, CUM a COWLES, PllMIs, Ct. WIRE GOODS COMPANY. Worcester, mass. Hardware and Kitchen Wire Goods. Special¬ ties to order. Everything in Wire. Depreciation of Factories. Mines and Indus¬ trial Undertakitigs and their Valuation. By Ewing Mathrson. Second edition, 143 page*. 8vo. cloth.... ...fif.00 For tale by David Williams, 96-102 Reads St. N, Y. Hosted I Google HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Building, 1 1 9 S. 4th St. NBW YORK Potter Building, S8 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Building, 928 F St. U. S. and Foreign Secured. Trade Marks and Copy Rights, Twenty Years’ Experience. Send model or sketch and brief description of your invention for Free report as to patentability. Expert searches and opinions as to Scope, Valid¬ ity and Infringement Patent Causes Prosecuted and Defended. Practice in U. 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. Kt B. STOCKING) Attorney at Law, Oil F ST.. N. W.. WASHINGTON. D. C. CHARLES N. BUTLER, C.E.. ATTORNEY IN PATENT CASES PHMDELPHIA.PA. Formerly of the Examining Corps, U.S. Patent Office. PATENTS. H. W. T. JENNER, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Expert, 608 F. St M Washington, D. C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Established 1883. W. S. ESTEY, No. 66 FULTON ST., NEW YORK, MANUFACTUBER OF Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of mil meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and all other purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, **" -AND- WAREROOMS: ;87 Liberty j&, Mew York. Wilkesbarre, Pa. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Manufacturers of WIRE in great variety NEW HAVEN, CONN, For Bank, Office and Counter Railing, Store Fronts, Window Guards, &e. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. 8 T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. 0 T SAND SCREENS. BEND FOB CATALOGUE. COBB & DREW, PLYMOUTH, MASS. Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Braoi and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. Hew York Agency 9 Jamei 8. Blender* eon 9 tuccenor to Dlioiwty * Henderson) Hardware. Agents for Philadelphia Star Carriage and Tire Bolts. WIRE ROPE GRIP PULLEYS, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE NAILS, WIRE STAPLE8, BARB WIRE FENCE, IRON AND WIRE FENCING, WIRE LATHING AND BALE TIES. THE STEWART WIRE COMPANY, ANNEALED BRIGHT COPPERED RIVET New York Sales Office, 239 Broadway. -ALL SIZES- -ALL VARIETIES - Office and Works, EASTON, PENNA. _ LIQUOR U"■ BRIGHT JSmM SPRING SCREW * Wire Straightened and Cut to Specified Lengths. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. THE HENDRICK MFC. C0. ( LTD., CiRBONDUE, PA. WICKWIRE BROTHERS. CORTLAND, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, f* Coal Sieves, new process 5* if I Flour Sieves, corn Poppers, Cortland HHUlKRlDish Covers, Metallic WIRECLOTH. C03il Si6V6S Tb 3 ! 1 * aud has our name on Every roll wrapped In Pink Paper and has our name on label. Kilmer Manufacturing Co. Maanfactar^ BILE TIES Newburgh, N. Y. HI ,0M For Baling L" Hay, Straw, I”S jra Rafls, U Fxcelsfor, &c. ALSO WIRE RODS, BARB WIRE, COILED STEEL WIRE, WIRE STAPLES, GAL- YANIZED WIRE, ORNAMENTAL FENCING, &c., &c. Western Warehouse, 543 and 545 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Western Office, 21 Quincy Street, Chicago, Ill. New York Office, in Water Street, New York City. Works ahd General Office, Newburgh, N. Y. Elevator Enclosures. Brass Wire and Iron Rail¬ ings in plain or fancy designs. Wire and Wrought Iron Fences and Window Guards. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO.. 114 & 116 South 4th St., St. Louis, Mo. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. Office & Salesroom, 1793 East Madison Ave , near Woodland. MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. Stable Fixtures, Crestings, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter Railing, Lawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna¬ mental and Structural Ironwork. Write for Prices. INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., Crawfordsville, Ind. CHAMPION 1SHB IRON CO. ’ I T 'll 1 Till SPECIALTIES. — Iroa J JL JJ J XUD ! Stairs and Jail Work, BufldU PrTTTTtr. m orQ , an( j Ornamental Iron Work, and the only manufacturers o£ MalleabU Iron Cresting guaranteed against breakage ; also manufacturers of the Celebrated a a Ohio Champion Iron Force and | f QOTllfrflfl Lift Pumps. Send for 230-page Catalogue. ~j| b jlljSjl Largest Iron Fence and FT |T|W Railing Works in U. 8. IN _ 1 1 B I ^ KENTON, O. ^ Electric Motor Construction for Amateurs. By C. D. PARKHURST. Gives directions and working drawings for making an electric motor to run sew¬ ing machines, small lathes, etc., with rules for constructing the battery to fur¬ nish the electrical current, and much practical relative information. A table indicating the difference in wire gauges is included. 3?rice, $1.00. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Read. St., New York Hosted by Google 8 _ THE IRON AGE. _ . CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., — Manufacturers of Every Description of- WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals._^L™^Wire Cloth and Nettings. Clinton “Standard” (Number 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. FACTORY AND CENERAL OFFICE : CLINTON, MA88. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street._ BOSTON, 199 Washington Street. _ CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street. The Gilbert A Bennett Mfg. Co. TVT A TVTTT71 A /^nPTTT? XT’ I 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. -MANUFACTURE- WIRE CLOTH. NETTING, Fencing, Gates, Fenci ng.Tools, Wire Goods, Wire Work Stable Fixtures, Railings, Window Guards. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND'S METAL FURRING. 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. ^ . ( GEORGETOWN, CONN. Factories, -j CHICAGO| Illinois. A RTiTKH’RTl £jo1ADJu1uJlL EJJ J.OJ.O* WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. NEW PROCESS HARD STEEL GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. Patented March, 1884. Patente Pending. MANITrAOTUBKUS 01 IYSRT DESCRIPTION OP WIRE CLOTH and NETTING Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS. SEND FOR LATEST CATALOGUE. PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS. Brass, Copper, Steel, Iron and Galvanized Wire Cloth. EDWARD DARBY & SONS, PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS WIRE # IRON GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Galvanized Poultry Netting 1 . Painted Window Sereen Wire Cloth. Sieves, Biddles, Bird Cage, Coal and Sand Sc reens, Wire Work and Window Guards. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS the ROEBLING 8TANDARD WIRE LATHING. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH GO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. VKENTON, 117 and 1X9 LIBERTY STREET, 171 and 173 LAKE STREET, US and 27 FREMONT STREET. NEW JER8EY. _ NEW YORK. _ CHICAGO. _ 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. 12mo, Olotli, - $3.50. Sent, postpaid upon receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade St.. N. Y. Hosted by Google TANDING SEIM STEEL ROOFING AND STEEL LATH. **•- Uii'- ... -‘r.0: mmw' Two specialties that every user, buyer and contractor should investigate. Cheap, easily applied, perfect. The Cincinnati Corrugating Co , Box 312, Piqua, Ohio. / o», ^ Little Book, “THE LIFE OF AN IRON ROOF, or HOW LONG WILL IT LAST,” v Sent Free. '/ '/ ' \' Hn&st an^Lardsst VarisiypP : FlRST & WASH INGTON Sts. §h6 &\ Mstais. Prodtiets manufaetured i n- ih& U.5. - u J '.. NEW YORK WIRE CLOTH CO., 102 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. WORKS LOCATED AT York, Pa.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Homer, N. Y.; Hamilton, N. Y. —MANUFACTURERS OF- Painted, Hard Steel, Wire Screen Cloth. DOUBLE SELVAGE, STANDARD QUALITY. Owners of the following well known brands of Hard Steel Wire Cloth : YORK WIRE CLOTH CO., York, Pa., J. H. DE WITT'S SONS. Brooklyn, N. Y„ THE WIRE FABRIC C0„ Homer, N. Y., HAMILTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Hamilton, N. Y., And the DIAMOND Brand. R oof cresting, GRILLES for interior and exterior use Wire & Iron Work 1*“ cr -ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE.- p nr RADNIIM Detroit, mich. E,. I • UJIT1, Mention this paper. Corrugated, and all Other Shapes ot Iroia Roofing and Siding. Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Cornices, Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., Office 5 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. 1 —--- T- " E. H. Titchener & Co.* BINGHAMTON, N. Y. | —MANTJFAOTURKRB OF— STAPLES in All Varieties Double-Pointed Tacks, Bed Links, Etc. New York City Agents, HARMON & DIXOIJ, 118 Chambers Street. Hosted by Google Mm r t 'O NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO., MANUFACTURERS OF r WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office and Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. CINCINNATI BARBED WIRE FENCE COMPANY, Manufacturers of BARBED ANNEALED GALVANIZED BALING wrpii 1 ^ m# mf ■ B M ■ ■ J BALE TIES. W W MMB da dsd CIKroiKTJjJA.TI, o. ^ Tu SALEM WIRE NAIL GO THE BOND NAIL K These nails are made from different sizes oi 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 useful. We also manufacture Dowel ing Machines and Sets for driving these nails Address THE BOND NAIL CO., P. O. Box 28 , RAYNHAM, MASS. -MANUFACTURERS OF- STEEL WIRE NAILS, FENCE STAPLES, ANNEALED and CALVANIZED WIRE. Works: SALEM, 0.; FINDLAY, 0. General Office : - SALEM, OHIO. BRANCH OFFICES : Room 32, 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. Osgood & Howell, 132 Market St., San Francisco, C al “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. ITOR B ALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST. BORDEN & LOVELL, TAOI/ AMR MAII improved 70 and 71 west street I Hull oiliU liHIL Tsck, Shoe 3 nd Wire Nsil new york Machinery. machihsi^'y’. — BEST! LARGEST ASSORTMENT. KIMBAL BROS. & CO., Mfgrs., Steel, ton and Wile Nalls. )Vm A . SweeUer , Brockton . Mass . BR °^!°|.',” 4SS - IMPROVED Tack, Shoe and Wire Nail BROCKTON, MASS. Send for Prices. Hosted by Google 11 BRANCHES: 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. , HOBART A CO., WHITMAN, MASS* LORING * PARKS, DUNBAR, HOBART A CO., WHITMAN, MASS ESTABLISHED IN X810. CONSC A. FIELD A SONS, TAUNTON, MASS* ESTABLISHED IN 1827. AMERICAN TACK CO., FAIRHATEN, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. MASS. LORING * PARKS, PLYMOUTH, MASS. CONSOLIDATED ESTABLISHED IN 1842. 1891. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MASK ESTABLISHED Of 1864. :ass. old colony rivet co., Plymouth, mass. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. MANUFACTURERS OF 1 Tacks, Brads, Small Nails. Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nails, Tufting Nails and Buttons, Wire Nails, Finishing Nalls, Patent Brads, Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Tacks, Escutcheon Pins. Eyelets, Glaziers’ Points, Rivftts, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other articles. We have 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 Yovk Store and our factories. MAIN OEE1 CM, 608 SEARS BUILDING, 199 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, HASS. BRANCH OEEICE A WAREHOUSE. 31 WARREN ST., NEW TORE. BRANCH OEEICE A WAREHOUSE, 193 BARB ST., CHICAGO, ILL. BRANCH OEEICE A WAREHO USE, 408 MARKET ST., SAN ERANCISCO, CAL . BRANCH OEEICE A WAREHOUSE, 339 MARKET ST., EHILADBLEHIA, EA. BRANCH OEEICE A WAREHOUSE, 14 WEST GERMAN ST., BALTIMORE, MB, GRAND CROSSING TACK CO., GRAND CROSSING, CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A. Tacks and Small Nails, Wire Nalls and Brads, Double Pointed Tacks and Staples, Lining and I Saddle Nails, Slating and Roofing Nails, Brass and Iron Shoe Nails and Specialties. I NOVELTY 5c. SELLERS. CHAMPION WOOD KEGS. CLAW HANDLES. TAP.KQ FT. DEARBORN. I AulVOi (U lb. pa.) BONNIE PLUE. PARISIAN GILT. UAll C JUST ENOUGH. NAILo. (Brass.) DOUBLE ENOUGH. (Iron.) BRADS.bill nye box. New York Office, 84 WEST BROADWAY. f—i n American Iron ^ Bolt Co., MANUF’RS OF Bar, Roofing And Stove Pipe Iron, Bridge Rods, Hinges, Bolts, Nuts and Gimlet Pointed Coach Screws, Cincinnati, Ohio. ZINC GLAZIERS' POINTS. Successors to L. M. DAYTON. SPECIAL WIRE Particular attention given to production of goods adapted to special lines of business. Dupll eating samples a specialty. All Sizes Triangles and Sharps. Send for New Illustrated TACKS Price Sheet. SHELTON CO., - Derby, Conn. BRASS SHOE NAILS. PRICES NO HIGHER. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. CLENDENIN BROS., - BALTIMORE, MD, Philadelphia Machine Screw Works, MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINE SCREWS AND STUDS 624-626 RACE STREET, OF EVER* DESCRIPTION, PHILADELPHIA. and Taunton Wire Nail Co., NAILS. _ Taunton, Mass. The Geo. W. Stanley Co., BELLEVILLE, ILL., MANUFACTURERS OF Cut Nail Machines, Wire Nail Machines, Cut Tack Machines, Double-Point Tack Machines. Modern Design. Thorough Construction. Mechanics.— The Technical Student’s Introduction to. Being a series of Practical Papers showing the leading Principles of Physical Science, Exem¬ plified in the Properties of Bodies or Materials: the laws which Regulate the Phenomena of Mo¬ tion, of Heat, of the Atmosphere, of Water at Restand In Motion, etc., etc, as applied to the Practical Work of the Architect and Builder, the Engineer and Machinist, and the General Artisan engaged in the Designing ana Construction of Machines. Tools, and Appliances Useful in the Industrial arts, By Various Writers. Edited by Robert Scott Burn. About 160 illustrations, |2.00 Sale by David Williams S6-102 Reads St., N. Y. Hosted by Google 12 THE IRON AGE. ■i ' - ■ ■ ' 1M 1 " 1 1 11 ■ ~ - ■ American Screw Company, PROVIDENCE, R.. I. TRADE MyARA DMANUrAOTURBRS OJC WOOD SCREWS, In iron. Brass, Bronze and all Varieties of Finish. COACH SCREWS, MACHINE SCREWS, RAILROAD SCREWS, HAND RAIL SCREWS, SIDE KNOB SCREWS, LOCK CAP SCREWS, DOWEL SCREWS, CHANDELIER SCREWS, RIVETS, BURS, TIRE BOLTS, STOVE BOLTS, SLEIGH SHOE BOLTS, SINK BOLTS, STOVE RODS, POINTED WIRES, TAPPED NUTS, WIRE NAILS, DOWEL PINS, TAPS FOR MACHINE SCREWS, TAPS FOR STOVE BOLTS. GOLD FORGED f Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, " Stove Bolts, Forged Wood Screws, Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. V. American Screw Company, PROVIDENCE, I; Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St. European Agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 13 Gautier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Co., JOHNSTOWN, PA. -: MANUFACTUREBS 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. GOLD 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 Building. Chattanooga, Tenn The Cambridge Iron & Steel (o : MANUFACTURERS OF GALVANIZED* Vij BLACK SHEETS for roofing & corrugating ( ,<y Capacity Ra'ngf.sFrom N9 30 ■ . ORRESPONDENCE * 6 W»c to1^40>120^)- A. _^ Solicited ^fige&Works CAMBRIDGE, OHIO. ^►SHEET IRON -—-^ , , PICKLED * &C0LD R0L4ED FOR STAMPING REVOLVING CHIMNEY CAPS, Galvanized Iron. These Caps revolve on heavy glass bearings, and are made from No. 26 iron. All sizes ; cheapest and best. _ Plain, Painted’or Galvanized Corrugated Sheets. SIDING, ROOFING, CEILING, &c., &c. Galvanized and Plain Steel and Iron Sheets. Bars, Hoop and Band Iron, Nails, Spelter, Lead, Tin, &c. Galvanized Riveted Leader, cheapest and b»st in the market. Sheet Iron Piping, Stove Pipe and Fittings of every description. GENERAL GALVANIZING TO ORDER. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., Jobbers in GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Works, Jersey City. Store, 112 John St., New York. Send for Catalogue. 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. 616 pages; cloth .12 The Metallurgy of Steel. Volume I. By Henry M. Howe, A.M., S.Bw* mining and metallurgical engineer; illus¬ trated with many engravings and plates. 383 pages; 11x14 inches.810 The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture of 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 Wlld- berger, with extensive additions by Wm. T. Brannt ; illustrated by 16 engravings; 428 pages; cloth—. 83.00 Steel and Iron. Comprising the practice and theory of the 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 97 diagrams: 536 pages; cloth.$2 Electro-Plating. A practical hand-book on the deposition of copper, silver, nickel, gold, aluminum, brass, platinum, &c. With descriptions of the chemicals, materials, batteries and dynamo machines used in the art. Second edition; carefully revised, with additions. By J. W. Urquhart; 220 pages; cloth.$2 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- oratir - * and beautifying of the articles manu¬ factured therefrom, as well as their preser¬ vation. Edited from various sources by William T. Brannt. 530 pages; cloth.$2.5© Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS. Publisher and Bookseller 96-102 Reade St. New York. STRUCTURAL TUBING Agricultural Implements, Fire Escapes, Railway Signals, Light Iron Buildings, Tops and Masts for Electric Braces -FOR- Wagons, Wheelbarrows, Blowers, Wind Mills, Fences, Hand Railings, Forges, Brake Beams, Light and Trolley Poles, for Car Truck Frames, Bedstead Frames, Railway and Steamship Railings, etc. NATIONAL STRUCTURAL TUBING CO., Potter Building, 38 Park Row, New York. Hosted by Google 24 THE IRON AGE. The First to make Boiler Plates In America. A. F. Huston, Vice-Prest, 0. L. Huston, Qeril, Mgr. Robt. B. Haines, Jr., Secy. INCORPORATED 1890. Jos. Hampton, Treas . Chas. Huston, Prest. A. F. Huston , Vice-Prest, C. L. Huston, Oenl. Mgr. Robt. B. Haines, Jr., Secy. Jos. Hampton, Treas . STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO EXTREME DIMENSIONS. WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET. THICKNESS, No. 12 GAUGE TO 1H INCHES. —HSSrTABILiISHEHlID 1310.- Main Office & Works : New York Office ; Philadelphia Office : Coatesyille, Pa. No. SO Broadway. OS «&> 04 Bullitt Bldgf. FRANK SAMUEL, IM-138 So. 4th St., Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIG IRON— .03 or under. SCR AP— .03 or .05 or under. ORE— For O. H. and Furnaoe 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 OO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, It A NUT A CTTJR1 ALL THUS 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 el all sizes. 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 Edward Corning & Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward,Corning ft Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; Jambs B. Stokes, 183Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. 0. Stitks, 981 The Rookery, CHICAGO. FOTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL GO.. Pottsville, Pa., PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 80UTH 4th 8TREET. 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, HALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Designers and Constructors of Roofs, Trusses, Columns, Abe. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Beach and Otis Streets, PHILADELPHIA 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. NEATEST AND BEST, COMBINING LIGHTNESS WITH STRENGTH. Made by automatic machinery, thus guaranteeing absolute uniformity. No welds, no weak links. Can be furnished in Coll Chain, or made up in Trace Chains, Tie Out Chains, Halters, &c. Al io cut to special lengths as ordered. Man’fd by Garland Chain Co., Rankin, Pa. William H. Wallace & Go., IRON AND STEEL, €6 Broadway, - New York. Steel and Iron. Comprising the practice and theory of the several methods pursued in their manufacture, and of their treatment in the roiling mill, the forge and the foundry. By W. H. Greenwood, $2.00. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of prio-e. bj DA VID WIJLLIAM8, Bookseller and Publisher, 98-102 Reade Street, Jfew York. MINING, CRANE, BLOCK AND STEEL CHAINS. Iron City Chain Works, JAS. McKAY & CO., Pittsburg, Pa. MANUB’ACTTJRERS OP High Grade Tested Chains. All Chain proved on Tinus Olsen & Co. Hydraulic Testing Machine before shipping. Write for Prices. EDWARD CORNING ft CO.. Beams, Channels, Angles, Teesj Elates, Riveted Girders. 29 Broadway, MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. IRON and STEEL 42 I Chestnut St., Bars, Bands, Hoops, Bolts, Nuts, Rivets, Roof Trusses. 70 Kilby St., NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA* BOSTON* Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. W. S. PILLING, T. L CRANE. 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 Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, PLATES db 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 Jacket Iron. 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. JAMES CSr. LinSTOS-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. Strain® 1 56,000 to 64,000 lbs. ( Plates 1 inch thick to No. 12. Capacity. 30 feet long. f 70 inches wide. WM. MclLVAIN & SONS, READING, FA., MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL BOIL ER PLA TES. Locomotive, Fire Box, Flange, Shell, Tank Iron and Steel, including Plates for Bridges, Girders, Stacks, Pipe and Fire and Burglar-proof Safes. EDITION FOR. 1884. DIRECTORY -OF THE- Iron and Steel Works OF THE UNITED STATES. Embracing a complete list of the Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Forges and Bloomaries in every State and Territory; also Wire Mills, Wire Nail Works, Car Axle Works, Car Wheel Works, Car Builders, Locomotive Works and Cast Iron Pipe Works and Wrought Iron Pipe Works, Tin Plate Works, Rod Mills, Cut Nail Works, Shipbuilding and Bridge¬ building Works. 304 pages, cloth. Published by The American iron and Steel Association. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 222 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA Pig, Bar and Bailroad Iron, Old Bails, Scrap A.GEHT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. Agent TRENTON IRON CO*, For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Longdale (Va.) and other Pie Iron*. Storage Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which is connected with Penn. R. R. and Its various connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts issued. Cash advances made on Iron. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., The Philadelphia Bank Bldg., 421 Chealnut 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. JUSTICE COX. JR., 218 South 4th St., Phlla., Pa. IRON and STEEL. -AGENT FOE- 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 Billet®* 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., Phllad’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 & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bmilitt Building, 185 South Fourth St*, Phil®. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strothers AMD MUIRKIRK PIG IRON, Delaware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. W. H. THOMSON & CO.. DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL, COAL AND COKE, STEAMSHIP OUTFITS, RAILWAY EQUIPMENT. ROOM 373 BULLITT BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. PRICE, 95 - 00 . Sent on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, - Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street. NEW YORK. 0. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston* C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building, PHILADELPHIA. Pig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structural' Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents for Paxton Rolling Mills. STEEL AND IRON PLATES. Francis Wister COMMISSION MERCHANT, Coke, Coal, Ores. PEA AND BUCKWHEAT (Red and White Aah). National Foundry C oke^^a ^Specialty. Sulphur lee® All Sizes National Crashed Coke. 420 Walaat Street, PHILADELPHIA . Hosted by Google 16 THE IRON AGE. £1 Best Quality, I Bars, Sheets and Plates. Large sssortment of sizes in stock at 91 John St., .... NEW YORK. And other Agencies. I SHEFFIELD, | Gold Medal Paris, I ENGLAND. I 1889. JESSOP’S STEEL • MANUFACTURED BY WM. JESSOP & SONS, L’D. WIRE WORTL.ES, PLATES and JEWEL DIES. DRAWING DIES NEWTON & SHIPMAN, 88 John St., - New York: THE LANDON IRON COMPANY, of Salisbury, Conn. CARBONATE Charcoal Pig Iron. 35,000-44,000 Lbs. Tensile Strength. Used for mortar carriages, government and other guaranteed castings Also special chilling HEMA¬ TITE pifiT iron for car wheels, chilled roils, etc. AGENTS: Thos. W. Stiles, 130 Water St., N. Y. Wm. F. Jarvis & Co., Detroit, Mich. Stay-Bolt* Rivet, D. Link, Axe, Hatchet, Carriage and Wagon Axle IRON. Superior Quality Refined Bar Iron “ VULCAN ” AND '' LOCKHART ” BRANDS. SMALL CHANNELS AND ANGLES, HEXAGON IRON AND STEEL. All Merchant Bar 8lzes of 8oft STEEL; Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 17 Steel Railg, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, Rfreet Rails and Railway Fastenings w WMMJ. ------’ WW1MUU UUiip UUU llUllIIUlj 1 Up UOUIUI^J ) BESSEMER AND OPEN HEARTH BLOOMS, BILLETS AND BARS. Steel Axles, Steel Angles, Steel Channels, Steel Forgings CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, C h lea go *0 m c ^ °P £ cen?x 9 ** 7 (Works at Johnstown, Pa.) New York Office for Rails and Fastenings, 33 Wall Street. Designers and Builders of IPencoyd Iron Works.l » d « Iron and Open-Hearth. works Pencoyd Pa ^Bridges, Viaducts, Steel Bars and Struct-* 0(flce , 261 4. 4 th St., Phila., Pa. JTram-Sheds, Elevated oral Shapes, Car and* $Railroads and All Iron Engine Axles. I A. CC r\ KObertS & L0.| and steel Structures. . Works, Pencoyd, Pa. Office, 261 S. 4th St., Phila., Pa. Bridges, Viaducts, Train-Sheds, Elevated A. MILNEi db OO., Swedish Iron and Steel, BLOOMS, BILLETS, BARS; WIRE, RIVET AND NAIL RODS. FOREIGN tP DOMESTIC IRON & STEEL I Broadway, New York. 8 Oliver Street, Boston. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, Agent for N. M. HOCLUND’S SONS & CO. of Stockholm SWEDISH AND NORWAY IRON. Bessemer and Open Hea.rtli Stool. 19 KILBY ST., BOSTON. IHE MAHONING VALLEY IRON CO. -MANUFACTURER*! OF- Bar, Band, Sheet, Plate and Tank Iran, Angle Iron, Nalls, Boat Spikes and Rlvnte, YOUNC8TOWN, OHIO. PIERSON & CO., -DEALERS IN- IRON and STEEL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, 29 Broadway, cor. Morris St., NEW YORK. IRON CO. A. R. WHITNEY & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL. AGENCIES : CARNEGIE STEEL CO M Limited, Structural Material, Steel and Iron Columns, Beams. Channels, Shapes and Plates. Steel Beams Rolled to 24 inches deep. PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, Merchant Iron. Queries, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., Steel Wire Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVERSIDE IRON WORKS, Steel Pipe. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS, Boiler Flues. AMERICAN WIRE NAIL MACHINES. Over 900 working- satisfactorily in the United States, 25 in Europe and 100 in Canada. THE SEIDELL & HASTINGS CO., Charcoal Iron Boiler Plates. Plans and estimates furnished and contract® made for Iron and Steel Structures of every description. Please address r. O. Box 33. 29 New York. NORTH BROTHERS MFC. GO., Iron and Brass Founders, HAVE REMOVED their Foundry Department from 23d and Race Sts., and consolidated same with their manufacturing plant at N. E. cor. Lehigh Ave. & American St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, Where New Foundry Buildings have been erected. AMERICAN, PIG IRON STORAGE WARRANT CO- (Bank of America Building.) 44 Wall St., N. Y. Correspondence of Furnaces Invited. FRANKFORD STEEL COMPANY FRANKFORD, PHILA., PA. Steel Railroad and Machine Forgings. SOLID CRUCIBLE STEEL CASTINGS AND Best Grades of Tool and Machinery Steel. i: Hundreds of testimonials showing these eastings have proved the mo>t satisfactory and economical for all purposes requiring strength and durability CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N, Y. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE. ^ETNA-STANDABT> IRON Ac STEEL CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BLACK SHEETS, GALVANIZED, CORRUGATED, TIN AND TERNE PLATES, Sheets Suitable for All Purposes, Cold Rolled or Common, Patent Leveled and Other Specialties, Roofing and Building Supplies. BARS, LIGHT STRUCTURAL SHAPES AND RAILS. Bars, all sizes and qualities, Angles, Tees, Channels, Steel Tire and Toe Calk. Special Sizes and Shapes Made to Order. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES. Large Stocks Carried to Facilitate Prompt Shipment . BRIDGEPORT, OHIO. CARBON STEEL COMPANY , Pittsburgh, pa. -MANUFACTURERS OP- Universal Mill Plates. Sheared Plates and Sheets. Boiler, Ship and Armor Plates. Also Nickel Steel Plates. LIST OP SIZES SENT UPON ^.FElilOATZON, Eastern Office, Havemeyer Building, New York. Western Office, Western Union Building, Chicago. AOBNOIES: Li g# BOOMER, 647 The Rookery, Chicago, Ill. THE CONDIT-FULLER CO., Perry-Payne Building, Cleveland, ». OEO*. KINSEY «fc CO., 249 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, 0. JAS. G. LINDSAY & CO., Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa. FLINT * CO., 68 Broad St., New York, EXPORTERS '—OF—' Rolling Stock, Rails and Railway Supplies of all kinds, Bar and Sheet Iron and Steel, Cast and Wrought Iron Pipe, Boiler Plates, Barb Wire, and all sorts of Steel and Iron Man¬ ufactures to SOUTH AMERICA and WEST INDIES. AGENCIES : __.„ .e, Davidson & Co. Luis de Olazarra, Winfield S. Stern, F. L. Crosby, E. Pavia, Rio de Janeiro. Havana. Valparaiso. Lima. Guayaquil. Correspondence solicited from Manu¬ facturers Interested in export. THE IRON-FOUNDER: A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON THE ART OF MOLDING, INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON CORE-MAKING; LOAM, DRY-SAND, AND GREB& BAND MOLDING; ALSO CRYSTALLIZATION, SHRINKAGE, AND CON TRACTION OF CAST IRON, AND A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE SCIENCE OF PRESSURES IN MOLDS; ADDED TO WHICH ARE FORMULAS FOR MIXTURES OF IRON, TABLES, RULES AND MISCELLANEOUS INFOR¬ MATION. BY SIMPSON BOLLAND, Practical Holder and Manager of Foundries Illustrated with over Three Hundred Engravings. 1 2mo, Cloth, $2.50. Will be sent free on receipt of the price DifiD WILLIAMS, Publisher & Booksellei Meade SU 9 Xetc York . if SPECIAL,” STEEL if TITANIC,’ For Chisels, Taps, Dies. Chilled Roll Turning, Punches, &c., &c. LATHE AND PLANER TOOLS. (The “ Trade-Marks” of which are registered in the United States.) MANUFACTURED ONLY BY SAMUEL OSBORN & CO., - - Clyde Steel & Iron Works, Sheffield, Eng. SOLE KEPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, B. M. JONES & CO., Nos. II and 13 Oliver St., Boston. No. 143 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK._ RIVERSIDE IRON WORKS, “RIVERSIDE” "ZZZT' “RIVERSIDE” Steel Nails. Steel Pipe. Bessemer, Forge and SHl Foundry Pig Iron. Steel Billets, Blooms, Bar Steel,Tand Flat Rails. RIVERSIDE FURNACE, BES8EMER STEEL PLATE MILL AND TUBE DE¬ PARTMENTS AT BENW00D, W. VA. OAR MILL8, FORGE AND COAL MINE8 AT WHEELING, W. VA. NAIL FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSE AT WHEELING, W. VA. SrT fjTEWS FURNACE AND COAL 8HAFT AT 8TEUBENVILLE WHEELING, - ■ W. VA. M^SSSS^S. N°o: N 6°9- « Bt., Cincinnati, 0. 1 \ Crescent Su b SmroRK' Pittsburgh,Pa STEEL GO. 64-8,66 S. CLINTON ST., CHICAGO. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Paterson, N. J. -MAMUTAOTURM- ROLLED STEEL or IRON BEAMS Cfcamli, Ai|Im, Tm, Bara, Rlvatad Wark, Fsrglaga, Eya Bara, fca., M., Also OPEN HEARTH STEEL BILLETS and SLABS. NSW YORK OFFICE, - Rooms 1S1 and 162, No. 46 Broadway. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, 19 established ,n |848 $INCER, NIM1CK * CO., Ltd. P,TTSBURCH ’ PA -- -UAMUFAOTUKEK8 OF ALL KINDS OF- Hammered and Rolled STEEL. Warranted Equal to any Produced. HIGH GRADE SPECIAL Crucible Tool Cast Steel, for all purposes requiring the Tory finest quality. SINGER’S ANNEALED EXTRA Crucible Tool Cast Steel, for Dies, Cutters, Surgical Instruments, Forceps, and all other purposes requiring an extra fine quality. BEST Crucible Tool Cast Steel* for all purposes requiring steel of Standard quality, such as Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear Knives, Cold Chisels, or Edge and Machinists 1 Tools generally, and for Mining and Quarrying purposes. SAW STEEL, for Circular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. HOT ROLLED SHEET STEEL, for Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Nicker Saws, Pocket Knives, Blades and Backs, Drawing and Stamping Cold, &o., &c. BRIGHT COLD ROLLED SHEET and STRIP STEEL, for Cold Drawing, Stamping and Bending; for Bells, Cups, Ferrules, Springs Keys, Chains, Sewing Machine and Type-Writer parts, and to take the place of Sheet Brass, all of unequaled finish and accuracy of gauge, ROUND MACHINERY STEEL* for Shafting, Rollers, Spindles, &c., &c. AGRICULTURAL STEEL. “ Iron Centre 11 Cast Plow Steel. “ Soft Steel Centre 11 Cast Plow Steel. “ Soft Steel Back 11 Cast Plow Steel. “ Extra Thick Face Centre ” Cast Plow Steel. “ Special 11 (Solid Soft Center) Plow Steel, Crucible Cast Plow Steel. Steel Rotary Harrow Discs. Finished Rolling Plow Colters. Agricultural Steel Cut to