The Iron Age : Vol. LIV : No. 23 : December 6, 1894

- __ - Jldru^ auu AVAdcu jl 1 auc9i Published. GVGryr Thursday Morning by David ^^> 6 , 98 , lOO Sc ±02 Beade St., New York. ------ ■ :.3kg.'-\ ; VoL LIV: No. 23. New York , Thursday , December Reading Matter Contents.page 1040 Classified List of Advertisers_ “ 1 23 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “ 127 Advertising and Subscription Rates “ 1047 S A “XT TTS YOUR POWER V YOUR BEL.TS, YOUR MONEY By covering your pulleys with SHULTZ Patent 1 Leather * Pulley Covering Send for C Ircular I to SHULTZ BELTING _ QQ ST. LOUIS, MO. NEW YORK, N.Y,,113 Liberty St., A.B. Laurenco.Mgr, BOSTON.MASS., 164 Summer St., G. J. Kelley. Mgr. PHILADELPHIA, PA., 129 N. 3d St.. J. Garnett, Mgr. $4.80 a Year, including Postage, Single Copies, Ten Cents. 94 - VALLEY STEEL CO. ST. LiOUIS, Manufacturers of STEEL CUT NAILS. Every Steam Plant Should be provided with BRISTOL’S RECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. Low in Price and Guaranteed. Send for circulars and fac simile chart. THE BRISTOL CO., Water bury. Conn. BRAIDED CORD. Samson and Massachusetts Brands. Send for Sa/nvplen . SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TPRNBUCKIiES. Branch Office: 136 Liberty St., New York. Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., - Cleveland, O. BE SURE You sell the best Glue it is possible to make by selling only DODD’S LI <? UID — CLUE. RHODE ISLAND TOOL GO., PROVIDENCE, R. I. GUN WADS. “Express,” “Shot Felt,” “Salmon,” “ Black Edge,” “ Pink Edge,” “Card Board,” “White Felt,” “Trap” Send for complete descriptive list of Wads, Paper Shells. Primers, &c. The Union Metallic Cartridge Go., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATERBURY* CONN. Manufacturers of Seamless Drawn Brass and Copper Tubing and Large Shells, Brazed Tubes and Mouldings, Sheet Brass, Sheet Copper, German Silver. -SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF- Brown’s Patent Seamless Drawn Copper House Boilers. CANNOT COLLAPSE. WILL NOT LEAK. Ordinary weight tested to 200 lbs., extra heavy to 800 lbs. pressure per square inch. Made of two Seam¬ less Drawn Copper Shells. Handsomest, best and strongest and safest boiler In the market and cheapest in the end. Send for circular and instructions to prevent acoidents from freezing, &o., &o. VALVES. You can try and experiment with all kinds of Valves, and then as a last resort ■ ■ ■ try the JENKINS BROS.’ VALVES, and if yon do not get more satisfaction than from any other make, your money will be refunded. All our Valves are fitted with our new HIGH PRESSURE disc, suitable for high or low pressure. JENKINS BROS., New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston. The Wilmot & Hobbs Mfg. Go., Wh•4nUiroa*hth. trad, tnd prtMdpanj toadrer- Um oar Wonderful Hot aod Cold Boiled** 8wedoh“ BRIDOEPORT, CONN. 8V0BB, MURRAY PT, N*W YORK. “COPPERIZED" STEEL £5 OILERS, LAMPS, FILLERS, TALLOW POTS, TORCHBS, ENGINEERS AND STEAMBOAT SETS/ETC. Ar» CHKAP. DUFU BLR and ELEGANT and AT. all Berrily EJeetro-Uopper Plated Inalde to Prreant ftoettnx and the Oil from'becotnln* Chitty. The Out- aide of the M Ooppertied ” Oliva Perfectly Reeemblee Rainey Connellsville Furnace ancj, Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know you are gettlug the best that can be manufactured. All our work iu the heart of the Region, within four miles of Connellsville, Pa. CAPACITY 4,000 TONS DAILY, W, J. RAINEY, MAIN OFFICE: Mercantile Bank Building. CLEVELAND, OHIO. Google Hosted by 2 THE IRON AGE, J ^wsowia Qrass ^ Qopper Qo. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. Waterbury Brass Co. The Plume & Atwood Mfg.Go. MANUFACTURERS OF 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. THE New Haven Copper Co., VO LB HAK1BA OB POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. IV, 1876. ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND DHALBfiS IN BRAZIERS'& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., a iso UAMVTAotrmaaM or cast steel Auers ail Bin oi Siperior Qialltr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Established 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger¬ man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder 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. I. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, N. J. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. WHEN IN WANT OF ANYTHING IN _ _ BRASS AND WRITE COPPER ROME BRASS & COPPER CO., ROME, N. Y. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMULTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. 8pecial 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. ZINCS FOB LECLANCHE BATTERY. SRA.SS GOODS MFO-. OO., Mrs. ol Stamped Brass, Sliver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BRONZE DOOR KNOBS Srome and Plated Roses, Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells, 8co., 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. MANUFACTURERS OF Prop Hammers, Turn buckles and Paral- 1©1 vises. MERRILL BROS., 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N.Y. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Sheet and Roll Brass WIRE, 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, ROLLING MILL, I FACTORIES : TH0MAST0N, CONN. I WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of BRASS 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. 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 $. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brass, German Silver, Copper , Brass and German Silver Wire , Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop¬ per Bods f Brass Ferrules f Fare Copper Wire$ Sheet and Ingot Copper) Spelter, Tini Antimony f Bead > <&c. j ACID RESISTING Deoxidized Bronze, Manufacturers of lolt anct Slieatlilxig Copper or Brass, also Aluminum, Phosphor Bronze and Compositions of all kind in Ingots, Wire Bars and Castings. Large Castings a Specialty. Babbitt Metals. OOPPBR K.XVHTS. BRIDGEPORT DEOXIDIZED BRONZE Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. and METAL CO.. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. „ V" ’ Bridgeport, Conn, Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 3 ELEPHANT BRAND ^/GENUINE INGOTS & MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR PHOSPHOR-BRONZE REC.T-RADE MARKS;- .INGOTS, CASTINGS, WIRE, SHEET &C. ThePhos phorBrq nzeSmeltinc Co. Li miteo 2 2 00Washington Ave,Philadelphia, Pa.. ORIGINAL, manufacturers of PhoSphor- Bronze in the United States and Sole" Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND"Phosphor-Bronze, phosphor; BRONZE. Parsons’ Manganese Bronze and White Brass. MADE IN THE UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVELY BY IBB WILLIAM CRAMP 4 SONS SHIP and ENGINE BUILDING CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. MANGANESE 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. 8. DOUGLAS PETRIE, Agent, Solicits Correspondence about Fishing Reels for 15 Cents to 20 Dollars each. Brass Bird Cages “ 50 “ “ 12 «- “ Japanned “ “ 25 u 11 10 “ “ Standard Bronze, Brass and Steel Chain. Standard Wire Picture Cord. The Andhew B. Henoryx Co.. New Haven. Conn.. U. S. A, THE IFV L, G-"'STLO FL 00„, MANUFACTURERS OF Heavy ancl Light Brass, Bronze, Composition and Pure Aluminum Castings. thos. l. fowler & co„ Agents, 55 Fulton St., New York City. 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 Metaline C©.* 43 to 49 Third Street, Long Island City, N. Y. THE CRAMP METAL MFG. CO., OLMEY, PHILADELPHIA. SHEET COPPER. Nos. 39 & 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. PATENT LEVELED, COLD ROLLED, TINNED, POLISHED. TRy IT! • ' AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER THE HIGHCSTAND ■ ; ;: RICHESTGRRDE MflDE. , MANUFACTURED ONLY ' THE CRESCENT PHOSPHORIZED METAL CO ’ OFFICE AND.W0RKS 7107ZIC3---ZIII INDIANA Ay:5 Hl f-“ ELPMIfl ' PA Chester, Pa. Bronze, Brass and Composition Castings. Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” Manufacturer* ox PHOSPHOR-BRONZE TO PENNSYIiVANIA RAIEROAB. Specifications In Ingot metal or castings. The W. W. * R. M. KEYS CO, # £ /f # ^ ^ ^ -y BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Boston Casting Co., :I“L. B _ _ __ MANUFACTURERS OF We make sound, soft Wrought Iron Castings with \A/DI I LJ T I DO IVI a Ensile strength of 60,000 to 70,000 pounds per YY R \*S W VJI n I 111 V/ I w square inch and guarantee the same to be expressly adapted for mechanical and electrical work. The A OTI KI O castings will be true to pattern with a shrinkage of I I N Uu. ◄gK-SjV one quarter of an inch to the foot. This company wr-i w i la , B no way connected with any other. PH OSPHOR-TIN By using my phosphor tin manufactI URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE OF f PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves. BY THE! SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, muctf CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO BE : | HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OR OLD COPPER CAN BE USED, for circulars and prices! «dd«ss HALK &NAUMANN CANADA. Pej^X^ I Sole Agents Fc * Twr U.S AN0 metal will stand. Tbeo. Hlertz <fc Son, Sole IUlrs., 30th St. and Park Are., St. Louis, Mo. Manufacturers all grades Babbitt Metals, Bolder, Bar Tin, Bar Lead, Lead Car Beals, etc. The American Ketal Go. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St.. New York. P. O. BOX 967. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTER. TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKS* ALUMINUM, BULLION, IRON. Advances made on Consignments* AGENTS FOR Henry R, Mertou & Co., - - London*, ftlerallgescllschaft, F rank for t-on-CHainu, Williams, Foster & Co., Lid., Swan sea. Hosted by Google 4 THE IRON AGE. Washburn & Moen Manuf’g Co., WORCESTER, MASS., NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO. MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL AND COPPER EVERY VARIETY OF W IREFOR ALL PURPOSES. WIRE ROPE AND CABLE Ward and Soft Drawn flapper Wire for Electri¬ cal Purposes ; Galvanized Iron and Steel Telegraph and Telephone Wire; Glid~ den Patent Steel Barb Wire; Watch and CIock Main Springs ; Eyeglass Springs ; SUel Wire for JfZdles and Drills ; Pat - ant Steel Wire Bale Ties; Pump Chain : Two 8trand Pwisted and Flat Twisted Pence Wire without Barbs ; Fenee Staples, Stretchers, &c* / Bright, Annealed, Tinned and __ SEND FOR PRICE-LISTS, CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. New York Warehouses, 16 Cliff St., and 241 Pearl St. Chicago Warehouse, 107 & I09 Lake St. San Francisco Warehouse, 8& 10 Pine St, new mra ■«»»«»» > Houston Warehouse, Houston, Texas Galvanized Iron Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging, &c. Galvanized Steel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges. Transmission and Standing Ropes, Hoisting Ropes Tiller Ropes, Switch Ropes Copper, Iron and Tinned Sash Cord, Phosphor Bronze and Copper Wire Rope, Wire Clothes Lines, Picture Cord, Galvanized Wire Seizing, and all the Fixt¬ ures and Appliances required for use with the foregoing. The famous yachts Mayflower, Vol¬ unteer and Sachem are all rigged with our Wire Rope. Wm:» MCFARLAND, IRON FOUNDER, XBBNTON, - - W. J« Chilled Cast lire DIES A SPECIALTY. Any Size er Style Made at Short Notice. ^ PASSAIC. N. J. machinery for making of WIRE STRAND AND ROPE. Winding, Stranding and Closing Mg; ^ chines, &c. Electric Wire and Cable Machinery. Hemp Rope and Cordage Machinery. Plans and Estimates. t v established 1845 0 DUNBAR BROTHERS 0 aSTEElMSSPRUESs Cf? -ALL ..^inds OF : ifc ^ SMALL SPRINGS I ~.;|v/l:/LD® . FRQfrf' ■ g SHEET STEEL& STEEL& BRASS WIRE g BRISTOL, CONN, g . .AAA/VVtAAAA/VA/VV- EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRICITY. By EDWARD TREVERT. Illustrated. - Cloth. - $1.00. Contents— Some Easy Experiments in Electricity and Magnetism; How to Make Electric Batteries ; A Galvanometer ; An Induction Coil; An Electric Bell; A Magneto Machine ; A Telegraph Instru¬ ment ; An Electric Motor; A Dynamo; Electric Bell Fitting and Gas Lighting; JDlectric Lamps ; Electric Terms. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by SAV1Q WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookseller, MCHNY MORGAN CONSTRUCTION CO., WORCESTER, MASS. Continuous and Belgian Rolling Mills, Wire Mill Machinery, Furnaces, Gas| Producers, Cranes, Etc. VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STEEL. QC Agricultural Implements, Maohin- q ery and various other purposes, 2 Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE CO., MANUFACTURERS. MONTPELIER, TT * CRIMPED ] STEEL [ WIRE J TREE GUARDS and SETTEES, CHEAPER THANjWOOD. 9 6-i02 Reade Street, New York. McCALLIP FENCE AND WIRE WORKS, Columbus, Ohio. Hosted by 3ogle THE IRON AGE. 5 117th to 118th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. ftak#pl Iron * 8I«»ni.Blanln and Crucible Caet Steel Wire oi all kinds, annealed, soft and hard drawn « Coeeered Baring Wire for Fnrnltnre Barings, dec., Coppered Soft Wires, Baling Wires, Suspension Bridge and Roge Wires of all kinds, dee. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRIN6S. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. .1 Hn..t Out 8t..lIWlr.., ronnd, flat, .to.r. and any otta.r .ha... t.m».r.d and al«. In th. .oft .tat., aaarantudt. harden and temaer. Solid Rib and Paragon Umbrella Wires. Crinoline, Corset, Shade Roller, Lock, Hat, Brush Saw Band Saw, Clock gprtng, Clock Bell, Clock Verge and Watoh Spring, Rule and Tape Line and Eyeglass Wires, Plano, Needle, Fish Hook, Drill and Hair Baring Wires. Special Cast Steel Wire, of any k^d made lor special purposes. Also Covered Wlres-Bralded and Cloth and Paper Covered-for crinoline. o®rset and other pnrposes. Cold Rolled and Silt soft and Tempered Steel Strips ol all kinds and for all purposes. Special Wires and Springs ol Every Description. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. SUPERIOR STEEL COMPANY, PITTSBURG, pa. -MANUFACTURERS OF- COLD ROLLED STEEL, IN WIDTHS UP TO 10 INCHES. AND IN EXACT THICKNESSES FROM .00*5 INCH TO H INCH IN BESSEMER OPEN DEARTH, SWEDISH, AND IN NICKEL* AND CRUCIBLE CAST STEEL OF AH. 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. Mills at Cleveland Ohio. Joliet, 111. , BAACKES & COMPANY, Drawers of Wire. „ GENERAL OFFICES, PITTSBURGH, PA. C -manufacturers of- Mills at New Philadelphia, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Wire Rods, Barb and Plain Wire, Tinned, Coppered and Bright Market Wire, Spring Wire of every description, Soft and Hard Drawn Copper Wire. TINNED MATTRESS AND BROOM WIRE. STEEL WIRE NAILS AND STAPLES Please Write for Our New Card ot Extras ou Wire Nails. Hosted by Google Always Unequaled for Strength and Durability. Made Only by Broderick A Bascom Rope Co., St. Louis, Mo. HOWSON AND HOWSON A. LESCHEN & SONS’ ROPE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents rHILADELPHIA Forrest Building, 1 1 9 S. 4th St. NIW YORK Potter Building, 88 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Building, 928 F St. R E ROPE 8t ST. LOUIS, All genuine Hercules Wire Rope Is made with a red strand. 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 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. Bh B. STOCKING, Attorney at Law, ®11 F ST., N. W.. WASHINGTON, D. C. CHARLES N. BUTLER, C.E.. ATTORNEY IN PATENT GASES 611 Mutual Lile Building, Tenth end Chestnut Sts, ™ DE ™' PA. Formerly of the Examining Corps, u. S. Patent Office. PATENTS. H. W. T. JENNER, Patent Attorney and Me- ehanical Expert, 608 P. St., Washington, D. C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Established 1883. W. S. ESTEY, No. 66 FULTON ST., NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF WIRE CLOTH Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of aU meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and aU Other purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, -AND — WIRE WORK For Bank, Office and Counter Railing, Store Fronts, Window Guards, &c. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. 8 T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. I » T ©AND ©CREEN8.I BEND FOR CATALOGUE. ™ s; 87 Liberty pi, Hew York. waSm, p a . NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Manufacturers of WIRE: in great variety in great variety IsTIEW HAVEN, CONN. CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS, 509-511 Market St., - San Francisco, Cal MANUFACTURERS OF WIDE ROPE FOR GABLE RAILWAYS AND MINING PROPOSES. HAILIDIE'S PATENT WIRE ROPEWAY, Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. COBB & DREW, PLYMOUTH, MASS. Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brat* and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York Agency, James 8, Bender son, successor to Dlsosway Sc Henderson, Hardware. Agents for Philadelphia Star Carriage and Tire Bolts. WIRE ROPE GRIP PULLEYS, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE NAILS, WIRE STAPLES, BARB ~ W,RE FENCE, iron AND WIRE FENCING, WIRE LATHING AND BALE TIES. HE STEWART WIRE COMPANY, ANNEALED BRIGHT COPPERED RIVET New York Sales Office 239 Broadway. -ALL SIZES- -ALL VARIETIES- Offlce and Works, EASTON, PENNA. LIQUOR JjHI BRIGHT ZLl SPRING SCREW ” Wire Straightened and Cut to Specified Lengths. Hosted by Google iris \ yjl^x Mm wfei ^An- frl^i : v KLiiTb t: \ -r' iiiiiT'?: ■ 'Mlc-lk- ALSO MANUFACTURERS Of v GUENKRAIi WIJREWOBK. ^WindowGuards ; SiaMa Fixtuiei V RAILINGS* f ^ SffndScreens Coal Screens v Efcc. PERFORATED SHEET METALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. nm Ufmi/Uf|DC QDftTUCDQ cortland, n. y. vvluMVink DnUIntnd, Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, MiF** Coal Sieves, new process Flour sieves, Portland MANUFACTURERS OF Siiaiiiiiil IggDish Covers, ^ Metallic . , Every roll wrapped In Pink uOdl SlGVBS f**, 13 ® 1,and has our name on I power loom Write for Prices. WIRE CLOTH. INDIANA WIRE FENCE CO., r ^ud‘ha^our^ame^on Crawfordsville, Ind. Kilmer Manufacturing Co. Ifftnnfacttnv era of BALE TIES Newburgh, N. Y. ■■ mm For Baling L® Vi Hay, Straw, CHAMPION IRON Fxoelslor, &c. ALSO WIRE RODS, BARB WIRE, COILED STEEL WIRE, WIRE STAPLES, GAL- VANIZED WIRE, ORNAMENTAL FENCING, i&c., <fec. Western Warehouse, 543 and 545 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Western Office, 21 Quincy Street, Chicago, Ill. New York Office, m Water Street, New York City. Works and General Office, Newburgh, N. Y. 4 1 Ft ffiefeal W© IN WIRE, BRASS and WROUGHT IRON. 5^“^ . BANK AND OFFICE COMPANY. work, builders’ ornamental iron work. r Mai. iron cresting. Guaranteed ^ against breakage. Also mfrs.of the ^celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift P a n os ^^^Sendfor220 page ^^^catalogue The largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In the U. 8 KENTON, OHIO. iiSSKsI RAILING’S In Great Variety and of Handsome Designs. ELEVATOR ENCLOSURES. Iron and Wire Fences, Coal and j3sLATL°y Ore Screens, Wire Cloth and Wire Rope, Brass and Copper Sheets and Tubing, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. Send for Catalogue and name this Paper. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. Office & Salesroom, 1793 East Madison Ave .nearWoodland. WROUCHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. aB‘ flffi Jm| stable MxtMea ^Otertb i^d Tera^alVWlre^Offloe and lr4n and Steel^lall Cell ^Work. Orna- Electric Motor Construction tor Amateurs. By C. D. PARKHURST. Gives directions and working drawings for making an electric motor to ran 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. IPrice, $ 1 . 00 . Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade St., New Y ork 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. ^j^^- Wire Cloth and Nettings. Clinton “Standard” (Number 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. FACTORY AND GENERAL OFFICE o CLINTON, MA88. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street. BOSTON, 199 Washington Street. CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street. The Gilbert A Bennett -MANUFACTUBE- WIRE CLOTH. NETTING, Fencing, Cates, 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 6oods. Mfg. Co. 44 Cliff Street, NEW YORK. 148 Lake Street, CHICAGO. *^\SS3E£ZZ£F- ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Worcester, Mass. NEW PROCESS majtotaotubxeub or iyirt dmomption or HA fn" L WIBE CLOTH ffiNETTINO llfinr nirTTiiin Pointed Window Screen Wire Cloth, WIKE NETTING. HARD STEEL WlSf* Patented March, 1884. Patents Pending. WIRE LATHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS. SEND FOR LATEST CATALOGUE. PENNSYLVANIA WERE WORKS. Brass Copper , EDWARD DARBY & SONS, “L Steel PHILADELPHIA, PA., MANUFACTURERS INcUlUg. Galvanized WIRE # IRON GOODS Window Wire Cloth. of every description. Sereen Wire Cloth. Sieves, Riddles, Bird Cage, Coal and Sand Screens, 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 IENTON, 117 and 119 LIBERTY STREET. NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 JLAKE STREET, CHICAGO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. 2S and 27 FREMONT STREET 9 SAN FRANCISCO* A large per cent, of the Nail Mills, Horse Shoe Concerns and Bolt and Nut Works are using our Patent 2 Stave KEGS Furnished in knock-down or ready for use. Crescent Manufacturing Company, DETROIT, MIOH, Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 9 IgjliffON a King Perforating Co wJv**, i mmm $^31 Aoui ^ « 4 s o ° SB =s e Si s 311 * >? s H p r-< m o E an •-* b-3 3$ c*a r 03 ^PERFORATORS of steel, iron, copper, zinc, brass and tin. FOB USE IN GRAIN CLEANING AND MINING MACHINERY, STONE, COAL AND ORE SCREENS. WOOLEN, COTTON, PAPER AND PULP MILLS, BRICK AND TILE WORKS, FILTERS. RICE, FLOUR AND COTTON SEED OIL MILLS, SPARK ARRESTERS, GAS AND WATER WORKS. SUGAR AND MAL T HO USES, OIL, GAS AND VAPOR STOVES DISTILLERIES, FILTER PRESSES, COFFEE MACHINERY, ETC., ETC. STANDARD SIZES PERFORATED TIN AND BRASS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Maid Offioe and Work8, 222 to 240 N. Union St., Chicago, III., U. S. A. Eastern Office, No. 284 Pearl $t., New York. TANDING SEAM STEEL ROOFING AND STEEL LATH. 1 moBncj EOTgfrrpi m Two specialties that every user, buyer and contractor should investigate. Cheap, easily applied, perfect. The Cincinnati Corrugating Co , Box 312, Piqua, Ohio. Little Book, 41 THE life of an iron ROOF, or HOW LONG WILL IT LAST,” V Sent Free. Finest and'Lar^sI Varisty.oP FjRST & Was H I N GTO N Sts. :Shi&t Mstals. Produe Is tnanufactur&d iolii&’U.S. NEW YORK WIRE CLOTH GO., 102 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. WORKS LOCATED AT York, Pa.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Homer, N. Y. j 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 CO., Homer, N. Y., HAMILTON WIRE CLOTH CO., Hamilton, N. Y., And the DIAMOND Brand. I OOF CRESTING, , GRILLES for interior and exterior use 1 Wire & Iron Work -ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE.- E T RAPNITM DETROIT, MICH. • 1 • ^ vJ It Mention this paper. Corrugated, and all Other Shapes ol Iron Roofing and Siding. Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Cornice*, Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BBIDGEAND ROOF CO., Office 5 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. The Metal Worker’s Handy-Book OF RECEIPTS AND PROCESSES, BEING A COLLECTION OF CHEMICAL FORMULAS AND prac¬ tical MANIPULATIONS FOR THE WORKING OF ALL THE METALS AND ALLOYS, INCLUDING THE DECO¬ RATION AND BEAUTIFYING OF ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFRON, AS WELL AS THEIR PRESERVATION. Edited from Various Sources by VSTIXjUI T. BRANNT, 500 Pages, Cloth, 82.50. %mt, Postpaid^ on receipt of price, bp DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Beekselter (Hl-102 Read. Street, New York Hosted by Google 10 THE IRON AGE IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS -ON- Wrought Iron Work. Sketches of Modern Wrought Iron and lock¬ smith W’ork. By F. Brand. 15 plates.$2.00 ' Modern Artistic Wrought Iron Work.“By F. Brechenmacher. . , ,, , x First series. Railings, gates, chandeliers, lustres, .brackets, details. &c. 2U heliotype plates. Folio. $5.40 "Second series. Electric light fixtures. 2i plates. Folio.$&.*0 Wrought Iron Work in Rococo Style. By F. de Cuvillies. Railings, gates/ skylights, bal¬ conies, mountings, keys, balustrades and other sketches for wrought iron work, 12 heliotype plates. Folio.$L00 Art Sinithery. By Joseph Feller. Series I. Wrought iron door panels, with esti¬ mates. 1U0 plates. $3.40 Series II. Gates, balconies, front, stair, roof and .grave railings, consoles, vanes, &c. 100 plates.$4.20 Series II£. Balconies, doors, Illuminating flxt- vures, flower and lamp stands, crosses, &c. J00 iplates.$4.20 Artistic Wrought Iron Work. Railings, bal¬ conies, balustrades, skylight cross-bars, anchors, roof crown work, lightning rods, vanes, &c. By J. Fonteyne. 30 plates. Folio. $5.00 Artistic Wrought Iron Work. Gates, railings, balustrades, escutcheons, grave crosses, &c. By jLouis Fordrin. 80 plates. Large folio, with illus¬ trated title page.$13.40 The Art Iron Worker. By A. Graef and M. URAEF. First series. Railings, doors, balconies, &c. 24 plates, with descriptive German text.$2.50 Second series. Door handles, door knockers, hinges, lighting fixtures, candelabra, &c. 30 • plates, with descriptive text .$3.00 Rococo. A collection of eighteenth century orna- jnents. By F. X. Habermas. 36 heliotype plates. -Folio. $8.40 This most useful work contains an inexhaustible ’stock of charming sketches in correct Rococo style. AArtistic Wrought Iron Work from the Mid- idle Ages aucl Renaissance Period. By Von JBLEFNKR-ALTE ftEcK. Two series, each of 84 plates. JEach series. $14.00 Sketches for Wrought Iron and Other Metal Work in Rococo Style. By G. Huquier. 30 heliotype plates after the original engravings of the collection in the Imperial Museum of Art Industry in Berlin. $6.70 Wrought Iron Work. Collection of Vienna artistic wrought iron work of the eighteenth cent¬ ury in Baroque and Rococo styles. By Dr. albert Ilg. ou heliotype plates...$16.70 Artistic Wrought Iron Work in Liouis XV. 8tyle. Designed and executed at Nancy for King Stanislaus of Poland. By J. Lamour. 28 plates. Large folio.$13.40 lies Grilles de Nancy. Sketches of wrought iron work in the style of Louis XV. 20 plates. Photographs.$8.40 Hand Book of Ornament. A grammar of art industrial and architectural designing in all Its .branches, for practical as well as theoretical une. By F. S. Meyer. 300 plates and numerous illustra¬ tions In the text. Neatly bound. $3.60 Sketches for Wrought Iron Art Work. Chiefly in the styles of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Lamp stands, lighting fixtures, signs, padlocks, railiDgs, hinges, door handles, escutcheons, grave crosses, gates, window grates, balustrades, sign lanterns, flag stands, &c. By F. Moser. 2 a plates. Folio..$6.70 Wrought Iron Work of the Present Time. By Otto Rauschenbach. 30 plates .$5.00 Artistic Wrought Iron Work. Representations of masterpieces of the Renaissance Period. By A. Schubert. 20 heliotype plates. Folio. $6.70 Wrought Iron Railings, in Renaissance and Gothic Styles. Twelve original sketches of plain and ornamental railings with detail draw¬ ings in working size. By A. Schubert, opiates and 12 sheets with details. $ 3.40 The Art Iiocksmithery’iu the Style of'Six- teenth to the Eighteenth Century. By u. Walther. 50 plates .$10.00 Artistic Wrought Iron Work in the Baroque _ and Rococo Styles. By Richard Weisse. 30 Jheliotype plates. $10.00 Sent prepaid on receipt oi price bj DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseller, 48*102 READE ST , NEW YORK. SCHEELER & SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF Wire C ^th and Wire fl oods, ARTISTIC METAL WORK, ETC. 316, 318, 320 Terrace, near Genesee, 61, 63, 65 Jackson Street, Buffalo, N. Y. THE MALIN & CO. 34 and 36 Long St., Cleveland, Ohio, Manufacturers and Dealers In Steel, Copper and Brass Wire of all kinds. Patent Spooled Wire For Retail Hardware Trade and Wire Specialties. Dealers who handle it do away with the Broken Bundle Business and sell small quan¬ tities by the spool only. It is a convenience for both dealer and consumer. It is Shellac Coated and Cannot Rust: is wound like spool cotton on loz., Mlb., H lb., lib. and 51b. Spools. Special Wires Spooled for manufacturing purposes. Send for illustrated Catalogue and prices. Sold by all Hardware Dealers. BOSTON OFFICE, JOHN WALES & CO., No. S Wlnthrop Sq. Re ‘«n% CC °™*t aa u 7Sp “ Established 1882. Capacity 100,000 Tons. THE AMERICAN WIRE CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE RODS, AND DRAWERS OF IRON AND ©TEEL WIRE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. SCREW, RIVET, BOLT AND TELEORAPH WIRE, TELEPHONE AND SCREEN WIRE, GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE, \ A^IRE Straightened H,GH GRADE AND FINE Quality wires A specialty. W/ and Cut to Address AMERICAN WIRE CO., I engths — CLEVELAND , o. LOYAL LOCK Ratchets. Patented March 24, 1891. A Perfect Wire Tightener. A Simple Tension Adjuster. Holds any wire and will not loosen. Saves Posts and Time in Fence Building. 1,000,000 in use. Is Unexcelled. In kegs of 1OO. Large Profits. WIRE FENCE SUPPLY CO., 329 MASS. AVE., - INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE 11 The Berlin Iron Bridge Co., OFFICE AND WORKS, EAST BERLIN, CONN. SEND FOR. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. CHAS. M. JARVIS, BURR K. FIELD, GEO. H. SAGE, F. L. WILCOX, Pres, and Chief Engineer . Vice-President . Secretary, Treasurer, Our two-thickness Corrugated Iron Doors and Shutters are the best fire-proof door and window protection there is built. They are mad^ with a heavy angle-iron frame and two thicknesses of corrugated iron, the corrugations running in T opposite directions, heavily banded and firmly riveted. For all ordinary ex¬ posures they furnish a reliable protection against fire from the outside. Hosted by Google 12 THE IRON AGE THE IRON AGE. 13 American Screw Company, PROVIDENCE, K.. I. EAGLE MILLS. PROVIDENCE. RHODE ISLAND, U. S. A. :)MANUrAOTURERS OFC WOOD SCREWS, [r 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 ' Rogers Drive Screws, Side Knob Screws, Lock Cap Screws, Machine Screws, ' Stove Bolts, Forged Wood Screws. Threaded Wires, Fluted Tire Bolts. # American Screw Company, PROVIDENCE, R, X. Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St, European Agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, Liverpool. Hosted by Google 14. THE IRON AGE. ;!!ll l |!! 1 the XAMERICAN^ f IRON and BOL'H company/^ Cincinnati, - - Ohio, U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF i Bar, Roofing and Stove Pipe Iron, k Bridge Rods, Hinges, Bolts, k Nuts and Gimlet Pointed f . . Coach Screws. . . Eastern Agents, J. C. McCARTY & CO., 97 Chambers St. and 81 Reade St., New Yoi'k. Hosted by Google OJT ;1 v 1l £' |'• Jj '• • '*=" ■€!X^?WZVS$7 K -- / Iron #■ Brass Rivets, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, WATERBURY, CONN. NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO., MANUFACTURERS OF STWEW^WTTCE 1 WIRE RODS Office and Works, ILSf ) WIRE. NEW CASTLE, PA. CINCINNATI BARBED WIRE FENCE COMPANY, Manufacturers of BARBED ANNEALED GALVANIZED BALING The SALEM WIR -MANUFACTURERS OF- STEEL WIRE NAILS, FENCE STAPLES, ANNEALED and GALVANIZED 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, Cal. ONE GROSS BOX, Containing a full assortment of CAR PET TACKS, made in polished, blue and tinned. PUT UP IN SALABLE FORM. mm nails. 7\ GOODS. I STABLES. J BALE TIES. OIlMOIKrjWATI, O. THE BOND NAIL These nails are made from different sizes of wire with head at any desired position between the points. For coopers, box and furniture manufacturers’ dowels, they are unsurpassed. Builders and repairers of all kinds will find these nails useful. We also manufacture Dowel¬ ing Machines and Sets for driving these nails. Andress THE BOND NAIL CO., P. O. Box 23, RAYNHAM, MASS. A Complete Line. No Dead Stock. No Large Investment. SEND FOR PRICE. Duplicating Samples a Specialty. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH’ GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS, FOB BALE BY THB HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST. BORDEN & LOVELL, 70 AND 71 WEST STREET NEW YORK. Steel, Iron and Wire Nails. Hosted by Google 16 BRANCHES: 608 SEARS BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. DUNBAR, HOBART & CO., WHITMAN, MASS. lOBINfi A PARKS, PLYMOUTH, MASS, ESTABLISHED IN 1810. CONSOLIDATED ESTABLISHED IN 1842, A* FIELD A SONS, TAUNTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. TAUNTON TACK CO., TAUNTON, MAM. ESTABLISHED IN 1854. OLD COLONY RIVET CO., PLYMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. I AMERICAN TACK CO.. FAIRHAYEN, MASS. OLD COLONY RIVET CO., PLYMOUTH, MASS. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. 7 ESTABLISHED IN 1866. MANUFACTURERS OF 1 Taok8, Brads, Small Nalls. Shoe Nalls, Lining and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nails and Buttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nalls, Patent Brads, Hungarian Nails, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Tacks, Escutcheon Pins, Eyelets, Glaziers’ Points, Rivets, 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 eitner will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New York Store and our factories. MAIN OFFICE, SOS SEARS B UIZBING.199 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. MASS. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE, 81 WABB BN 8T„ NJBW YORK. BRANCH OFFICE A WABJBHOUSE, 193 ZAKE ST., CHICAGO, III. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE. 408 MARKET 8T., SAN FRANCISCO, CAB. BRANCH OFFICE A WAREHOUSE . 339 MARKET ST., BHIZADEZBHIA, BA. BRANCH OFFICE & WAREHOUSE . 14 WEST GERMAN ST., BAZTIMORE, MR GRAND CROSSING TACK CO. GRAND CROSSING, CHICAGO, ILD., U. S. A. Tacks and Small Nails, Wire Nails and Brads, Double Pointed Tacks and Staples, Lining and H Saddle Nails, Slating and Roofing Nails, Brass and Iron Shoe Nails and Specialties. H NOYELTY 5c. SELLERS. «*»'? "WP [ R ' CHAMPION WOOD KEGS. H I | «ep 1 j 1 jHj ^ | || gj NAILS. j § i ^ J ^ S p 1 I BRADS. bill nye box. New York Office, 84 WEST BROADWAY. E. H. Titchener & Co., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. —MAlTUFACTUBWfta OF— TAPLES In All Varieties Double-Pointed Tacks, Bed Links, Ete. New York City Agents, HARMON & DIXON 118 Chambers Street. TICK INC NHL Machinery. BEST! LARGEST ASSORTMENT. Wm. A. Sweetser. Brockton . Mass. IMPROVED Tack, Shoe and Wire Nail MACHINERY. KIM6AL BROS. & CO.. Mfgrs, BROCKTON, MASS. Send for Prices. THE WIRE GOODS COMPANY Worcester, Mass. Hardware and Kitchen Wire Goods. Special¬ ties to order. Everything in Wire. ZINC GLAZIERS’ POINTS. All Sizes Triangles and Sharps. Send for New Illustrated Price Sheet. SHELTON CO., Derby, Conn. IRON COBBLERS’ NAILS. PRICES NO HIGHER. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. CLENDENIN BROS.. - BALTIMORE, MO. Philadelphia Machine Screw Works, MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINE SCREWS AND STUDS -w* OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, 624-826 RACE STREET, - - PHILADELPHIA. i . PROTECT iL Y° ur Offices, Stores and Warehouses from fire If and burglars by using f Metallic Doors and Shutters i Mad© from wood and covered with Iron or steel, rendor- || Ing them still and preventing warping In ease of flro. || Made from heavy boiler plate Iron. | Made from double corrugated iron or steel, i Made to lit any size opening. Estimates furnished upon application. GARRY IRON k STEEL ROOFING GO., CLEVELAND, OHIO. Mention The Iron Age , Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 17 Gautier Steel Department of Cambria Iron Co., J OHNSTOWN, 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. Standard Books On New York Office, 102 Chambers St. Philadelphia Office, S. W. Cor. 6th & Commerce Sts, Chicago Office, 209 Phenix Building. Southern Office, Chattanooga, Tenn. ^ MASERU FACTU RERS ; > 6 F P: BLACK SHEETS __ ; ^pickled . , . For roofing & CORRUGATING : ; y.;- 8,C0L0jtif0«;eD IFOR STAMPING . . (q .. Capacity : Ran6ES;From-N9 30:- ’ y v 'v:v Correspondence,^ ,nches Solicited '.W Jgjgl i iji |j sum jl ||jS Rfel Ejj |:M “Kg 1 m REVOLVING CHIMNEY CAPS, Galvanized Iron. These Caps revolve on heavy glass bearings, and are made from No. 20 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 best 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. Store, 112 John St., New York. Send for Catalogue. 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. Bauer man, F. CL S., associate of the Royal School of Mines. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Illus¬ trated with numerous wood engraving* from drawings by J. B. Jordan. 616 pages; The Metallurgy of Steel. V olume I. By Henry M. Howe, A.M., S. B., mining and metallurgical engineer; illus¬ trated with many engravings and plates. 383 pages; 11x14 inches. $10 The Metallic Alloys. A practical guide for the manufacture of all kinds of alloys, amalgams and solders, used by metal workers; together with their chemical and physical properties and their application in the arts and the industries; with an appendix on the coloring of alloys. Translated and edited chiefly from the Gher¬ man of A. Krtjpp and Andreas W tt.tt . bergbr, with extensive additions by Wm. T. Brannt ; illustrated by 16 engravings; 428 pages; cloth.$ 3.00 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; doth. $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 deo- oratirn 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.$2.50 SECTIONAL PAN EE STEEL CEILINGS. ELEGANCE The Superior Merits of our Steel Ceil¬ ings and Side Wall Plates are DUST PROOF JOINTS. Mouldings varying in depth trom 11-16 inch to inches. VARIETY INDEFINITE, Sagendorph’s Patent Sectional Steel Products Excel and Exceed all others combined. Ceilings and Side Walls Perfection Intact. SOLE MANUFACTURERS, THE PENN IRON ROOFING & CORRUGATING CO. (LIMITED), PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS. Publisher and Bookseller 96-102 Reade St. New York. THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO., BELLEVILLE, ILL., Manufacturers of Double-pointed Tacks, Hoop and Barrel Nails and Staples. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE. WE BEG TO GALL ATTENTION TO OUR “Structural Tubing” (On which and on the machinery and process of manufacture there are patents pending in the United States and foreign countries). This Tubing is not intended to convey liquids, but for construction purposes where rigid¬ ity, elasticity, strength and lightness are required is equal to machinery rounds, and tests have proven conclusively that it is stiffer, stronger and more serviceable than welded pipe. It is manufactured in rounds from ^ inch to 4 inches in diameter, and a large assortment of Squares, Channels and Triangles, which can be used to great advantage by manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Wagons, Wheelbarrows, Fire Escapes, Blowers, Wind Mills, Railway Signals, Fences, Hand Railings, Eight Iron Buildings, Forges, Brake Beams, Tops and Masts for Electric Eight and Trolley Poles, Braces for Car Truck Frames, Bedstead Frames, £ Railway and Steamship Railings, etc. We will be glad to name prices and discounts and furnish samples for tests. NATIONAL STRUCTURAL TUBINU GO., Potter Building, New York. SEXjXjUSTO AGEN TS: JUSTICE COX, Jr., 21 8 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Penna. / F. K. BOWES, No. 5 Exchange, Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, III. THE HOLLAND CO., Hamilton Building, Pittsburgh, Penna. TO MANUFACTURERS AND supply of inferior material on account of misrepresentations of manufacturers thereof, in regard to our Structural Tubing, and our ability to make deliveries. It is far beyond experiment, and is being made daily. Additional size or shape added to list weekly. We invite thorough investigation. With no prospect whatever of advance this winter !n the price of iron or its products, you will lose nothing by delaying the little time necessary for full examination. Write us. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 19 Lukens IronSteel Co. ,Ne “ The First to make Boiler Plates in America. Chat. Bwtcm, Brest. A. F. Huston, Vioe~rrest. C. Ju. Huston, Q&nl. Mgr, Robt. B. Haines, Jr.. Secy. Jos. Humpton, Treos. STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO EXTREME DIMENSIONS. WIDTHS VP TO 10 FEET. THICKNESS, No. 12 GAUGE TO 1H INCHES. -BSTABLiISHED 1810.- Main Office & Works : New York Office .- Philadelphia Office : Coatesville, Pa. No. SO Broadway. OS & 04 Bullitt Bldgf. FRANK SAMUEL, 198-199 So. 4th St. v Philadelphia. low nmoios PIG IRON—.06 or under. SCRAP-r.03 or .06 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 PHOENIX IRON OO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANUFAOTURB 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 ef all sizes. Especially adapted for Bridge and Ship Builders, Fire-proof Buildings, Shafting and all Structural Purposes. Specialties, In Wrought Iron or Steel t—Phoenix Columns and Upset Eye-Bars of all sizes, Roof Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes of every description. AGENTSEdward Oorwihg ft Co., 29 Broadway, NEW YORK ; Edward. Cobbing ft Co., 70 Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS; Jambs B. Brora, 183 Market St, ham FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. O. Brims, 981 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL GO. Pottsville, Pa., PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 80UTH 4th 8TREET. XAHUFAOTUBMB0 OF ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL, Viz- I Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars j 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. 6.” 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 nnwInMfl pL n ] n In Coil Chain, or made up in Trace Chains, Tie Out Chains, Halters, ftc. Also cut to special lengths as ordered. Man’fdby (|3l lulUI If 113 111 uUb| MARINE CHAIN. JAS. McKAY & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers of Stud and Marine Chain of all kinds. All Chain made to the U. S. Admiralty Standard. Certificates of tests furnished with shipment. Write for prices. EDWARD CORNING * CO., Beams, Channels, | Angles, Tees, Plates, I Riveted Girders. ■ 29 Broadway, NEW YORK. manufacturers’ agents and commission merchants. IRON and STEEL 421 Chestnut St,, PHILADELPHIA. Bars, Bands, Hoops, Bolts, Nuts, Rivets, Roof Trusses. 70:Kllby St., BOSTON- WILLIAM H. WALLACE & GO., IRON AND STEEL, 66 Broadway, - New York. Steel and Iron. vuc pxauiaue ttlltl tneOry 01 till several methods pursued in their manufacture and of their treatment in the rolling mill. th sac jMrssss .‘',«,?p,°„rEsr b ‘ Hosted by Google 20 THE IRON AGE. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 222 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron, Old Rails, Scrap ACMOT FOB THE MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West Now Jersey and Delaware. Agent TRENTON IRON CO„ For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Loncdalo (Va.) and other Pig Irena* Storage Yard, Pier Ho. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R. R. and its various connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued, Cash advamcks made om Iron. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME KEELEY & CO., The Philadelphia Bank Bldg., 421 Chestnut St. v PHILADELPHIA. Foundry| Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, ete. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. JUSTICE COX, JR.. 218 South 4th St., PhUa., Pa. IRON and STEEL -AGENT FOB- Haldeman, Grubb & Co's. Chickiea 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. Bare, Angles, Sheets, Tank and Brldgs Plates, Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron and Tool Steel. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO.. Bullitt Building, 135 So. 4th St., Phllad’aJ Iron and Steel Merchants.! PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bars and Shapes. Ran, Cars and Locomotives. Track Equipment. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bnllitt Building, 186 South Fourth St., Phila. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strothers j AND MUIRKIRK PIG IRON, Dataware Rolling Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel I Co., Connellsville Coke. W.8. PILLING, T. I. CRANE. PILLING—“-—CRANE IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates. Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIC 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 Plani shed, Galv anized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, P LA TE cto SHEET IHON. 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. 181 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. SOLE AGENT FOB Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN- 1 DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL AND BESSEMER PIG IRON. Dealer In Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and Connellsville Coke. JAMES O. LINDSAY & OO. BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL _ For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. aw * M,ooo lb.. WM. MclLVAIN & SONS. BEADING, PA. p manufacturers OF IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. Locomotive, Fire Box, Flange, Shell, / -pi . , . Tank Iron and Steel, including Plates for ( Plates 1 inch thick to No. 12. „ ., , 6 Capacity. < 30 feet long. Bridges, Girders, Stacks, Pipe and Fire ( 70 inches wide. and Burglar-proof Safes. EDITION FOR. 1894. 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 e