The Iron Age : Vol. LIV : No. 24 : December 13, 1894

The ir A Review of the Hardware, Irt I*iaWi8lie<a every Thursday momins by David •Williams, Nos. eCt; OR. M^GKii ifiAL’S gm^. -^lOS Reade St.,I^ew Yorls, VoL LIV: No, 2 ^. New Yorky Thursdayy December /j, i8g^. Reading Matter Contents.page 1094 " "" Classified List of Advertisers_ 95 tT l\yr Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “99 J-wJ-. Advertising and Subscription Rates “1101 $4.80 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. TJ. Ms O. ONLY. INTERIOR RAWHIDE] ‘‘SABLE’^ STAMPED EVERY Trap. Smokeless ASK TOUB DEALER FOR THEM. Walsrode. Send for circular “ I ” to SHULTZ BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS. MO. NEW YORK, N.Y., 118 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. LiOTJIS. Manufacturers of HARROW TEETH, MINING RAILS, SPIKES, TRACK FASTENINGS. Great Reduction In Prices ol Bristoi’s Patent STEEL BELT LACING. Scud for show _ card, circular READY TO Afpor FiwtHCo JOINT aud free samples. THE BRISTOL CO., - Waterbury, Conn. New York Office, 1‘21 Liberty 8t. BRAIDED CORD. New Club. Black Club. Nitro Club Samson and Massachusetts Brands. Send for Samples, SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURNBUCRLE8, Branch Office: 136 Liberty St., New York. Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., * Cleveland, O. 'liie Union IflelnlUe Gndiiilge Go. Bn.ix>ca-3S3:E»on.-r* ooz^z^. RANDOLPH & CLOWES. WATERBURY, - CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, Ill. /104 John St., New York. Branch Office., Pa. ( Room t208 NeaTe Building, Cincinnati, Os SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND ODPPER TUDING. Hot and Cold Rolled Sheet Copper and Brass of all kinds. T T-'\ T r/T > T o J Our business is and has been for (JtlMr\ No years, manufacturing a Packing ^ ^ that would stand in all positions aud under all nTn'KTr\nT^r\ that time actions ot SIMNUmKIJ it has never failed steam and to make a perfect j )int when properly applied Un- pj n T/* l der the increasing high pressure K M (, K I |\| I ^ there never was a time when engi- ^ neers needed 8 packing that would stand as they do to-day. Jenkins’ Packing will do ib. WE GUARANTEE IT. JENKINS BROS., New York, Chicago. Philadelphia. Boston. Rainey fu Connellsville rnace and Foundry Coke. PRDVIDENGE, R. I. The only Coke you can buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. All our work In the heart of the Region, within four miles of Connellsville. Pa. OA.PAhOITY 4,000 TOVTS OJLTLaY. Wi Ji RAlNGTi Mflrnaiitllfi Bank Bullrilnn. GLEYEIM). OHIO Mercantile Bank Building. Hosted by ^ CLEVELAND, OHIO, oogle 2 THB IRON AGB. ^NSONIA g PASS ^ Q opper Qa MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. IWaterbury Brass Co. ThePlume&AtwoodMfi!.Go. MARUFAOTUBBRS OW Sheet and Roll Brass SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings,Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Pisron Rods and Bolt Forgings. f9&2l Cliff Street, New York. Mew Haven Copper Co., BOLl MAUBfl OW POLISHED COPPER irndw Patent of T. Jamea, Sept. 12 , 187 C. ALSO MANXnrAOnTBBBS AND DBALBBSIN BRtZIERS’&SHEATMIKGCePPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MASUFAOTUanU OW Cast steel iiieri ail 6iti ot sspirlor Qialttr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Batabllshed 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, &o., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. CuTtridge Jktetul iti Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MPG. CO.’S Line of Sporting Goods. DEPOTS; 296 Broadway, New York. 125 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. I. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, N. J. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. _ WHEN IN WANT OF ANYTHING IN _^ ^ ^ ^ BRASS AND GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS, COP¬ PER ELECTRICAL WIRE, Pina, Braas Butt Hingea, Jack Chain, Keroaene Burnera, Lamp Trlmminga, <fec. 18 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 71 PEARL ST., BOSTON. 90 MARKET ST., CHICAOO. ROLUNG MILL, THOMASTON, CONN. FACTORIES ; WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY. Manufacturers of WRITE COPPER ROME BRASS & COPPER CO., ROME, N. Y. MATTHIESSEK & HEGELER ZINC GO. LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OE SHELTER AND MANUFACTUEBRS OF SHEET ZINC AND SUL.PHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZiUHOS FOR SR-AySS GI-OODS 3&dCZ'ei-. OO.^ Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, BROlSrZB: DOOR Kinross Sronse and Plated Roses, Combined Bose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shells, &o.. Patent Mirror Pin Onshlon Business Cards, MncUage Broshes. Novelties of new design made to order. , SALESROOM: 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklyn. BRASS Sheet, Wire, Tithes, BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: 428 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 84 Summer Street, Boston, JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AOENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. too 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, Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop* per Bods, Brass Ferrules, Fare Copper Wire§ Sheet and Ingot Coppery Speilor, Tin, Antimony, Bead, ^c. ACID RESISTING MANUFACTURERS OF yDrop Stammers, TnrnbncJkles aod lei Vises. Paral- Deoxidized MERRILL BROS., 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N.Y. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Bronze, J3xrA.Kl.o3r 01^9 Manufaotureri of Bolt Arxxd WH Ja.laa., OOFFBIR -WIRrHl .A-KTU K.rVS'rS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 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., Hosted by Google Bridgeport, Conn* THE IRON AGE. 8 ELEPHANT BRAND y??/ GENUINE INGOTS & MANUFACTURES BEAR OUR *. REG.JRADE |y|ARKS.' PHOSPHOR-BRONZE . Ingots, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. TheRhosphor Bronze SmeltincCo.Limited 2 2 00 Washington AvEfHiLflDELPHiA., 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 THE WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP and ENGINE BUILDING GO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. -ARB USED BY THE- Canard, Pacific Mail, Hamburg: American, White Star, International, I Morgan, Canadian Pacific, North German Lloyds and many ' other Steam Ship Companies, and principal Naval Powers. Parsons’ White Brass; the Most Approved Anti-Friotion Metal. OILLESS BEARINGS ^ For Loose Pulleys and other bearin firs. Perfectly clean. No cutting or danger of fire from over¬ heating. Send for Loose Pulley circular. North American MefallneCo., 43 to 49 Third Street, Long Island City, N. Y, THE CRAMP METAL MFG. GO., OLNEY, PHILADELPHIA. SHEET COPPER. a. DOUGLAS PETRIE, Agent, Nos. 39 & 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. PATENT LEVELED, COLD ROLLED, TINNED, POLISHED. Solicits Correspondence about Fishing Reels for 15 Cents to 20 Dollars each. Brass Bird Cages “ 60 “ “ 12 “ “ Japanned “ “ 26 “ “ 10 “ “ Standard Bronze, Brass and Steel Chain. Standard Wire Picture Cord. The Andrew B. Henoryx Co., New Haven, Conn.. U. 8. A. IlHIiraiHIII I! aaV%vwv>x9 00-, MANDFACTITKBR3 OF Heavy and Light Brass, Bronze, Composition and Pure Aluminum Castings. THOS. L. FOWLER & CO., Agents, 55 Fultop St., New York City. Chester, Pa. Sx*o33.SBe, etxxd Ooxici.x>osltloxi. Oetstln-Sfli. TRY IT? AMDYOU WILL USE HO OTHER THE NIGHESTAND Pf CHEST GRADE MfCoC. MANOrACTUWED OHLY BY THECRESCENTPHOSPHORIZED METAL CO OFFICE AND WORKS pull .nrl puill pa 2I072I0!-"»ZII( INDIANA Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze" Bearing Metal aid “Crowi ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal." BEanufaotRirer. oi FBOSPEtOR-BicoiFZx: X'O BAJ:i:.xiOA.D. SpeolflcatlonB in Ingot metal or castings. The W.W.<tR.M. KEYS CO. f 'i° ^ ^ BPi,ii>GFEi»opiT, conrnr. PHDSPHDR-TIN By using my phosphor tin manufact URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE OF PHOSPHOR BRONZE THEMSELVES.BY TH[ SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, MUCH CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TO BE HAD IN THE MARKET. NEWOROLD COPPER CAN BE USED. FOR circulars and pric£ ADDRESS HALK &.NAUMANN ^ U.S.'*"°CANADA7<?Ve SOLE Agents Guaranteed Best Anti'Frlotlon Metal for all maohlnery bearings. For high speed and heavy omshlng weight it has no equal. It is used on beaiings where no other known metal will stand. Tbeo. Hlertz dk Son, Solo nitrs., 30th St. and Park Are., St. Lonla, Mo. Manufacturers all grades Babbitt Metals, Solder, Bar Tin, Bar Lead, Lead Oar Seals, eta Boston Casting Co. MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON CASTINGS. «»■ ■III ^ Ey 1^ So. Boston, Mass. We make sound, soft Wrought Iron Castings with a tensile strength of 60,000 to 70,000 pounds per square inch and guarantee the same to be expressly adapted for mechanical and electrical work. The castings will be true to pattern with a shrinkage of one quarter of an inch to the foot. This company is in no way connected with any otliar. Tbe American Metal Go. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St.. New York. P. O. BOX 967. COPPER, COPPER ORBS AND MATTES. TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIHONT, NlCKa, ALUMINUM, BULUON, IRON. Advances mad e on Consignments AGENTS FOR Henry R. Merton & Co.> - - lionden* Merallgesellscliaft, Frankfort«on-in.aln« Williama, Foster & Co«, Ld., Swanaan* Hosted by Google WASHBURN « MOEN MANUFACTURINC CO., Worcester, Mass. New York City. Chicago. San Francisco. Houston, Texas. Waukegan, III. MAKERS OF IRON, STEEL AND COPPER. EVERY VARIETY OF X R ]ES FOR ALL PURPOSES. F.A.TE1TT STB3EL. -WIRE B.A.LE TIES. Wire Rope and Cable, Hard and Soft Drawn Copper Wire for Electrical Pnr- pofles, Oal'vanized Iron and Steel Tele- irraph and Telephone Wire, Olidden Patent Steel Barb Wire, Watch and Clock Main Springs, Eye¬ glass Springs, Steel Wire for Needles and Drills. CROSS HEAD) fADJUSTABlC) {TRIPLE LOOP.) Pump Chain, Two Strand Twisted and Plat Twisted Fence Wire without Barbs, Fence Staples, Stretchers, &c. . Bright, Annealed, Tinned, and Galvan¬ ized and Copper Wire, on Spools, 1 oz. to 1 lb. Send for Price-list*, Circulars and D e - scriptive Pamphlets. farebooses: New Tofk, 16 CM St. Cbicago, 107 & 109 Labe St. San Francisco, 8 & 10 Pine St. Honston, Texas. MOF'ARlvA.ND, IRON F017NDBR9 - - FT. Chilled Cast Wire DIES A BFBOIALTT. Ab| SIz* or Styt* Mad* at Chart Natle*. y-'M 0 PASSAIC. N.J. machinery for making of WIRE STRAND AND ROPE. Winding, Stranding and Closing Ma- __ chines, Ac. Electric Wire and Cable Machinery. Hemp Rope and Cordage Machinery. Plans and Estimates. ' “'TAaUSHEOiS.S IIDUNBAR BROTHERS O MANUFACTURERS OF ^ Sj ^3 STEEL rSSPRlICSi all }\lNDSCr g kg; SMALL SPRINGS p M/VD?' FF^O[vt I t^^SHEETSTEEL&STEEL&BRASSWIRE S § BRISTOL, CONN, s, AAAAA/VLAAAAA/VV/' JK0N«5TEtLWlRt'™KIHD5. jREWilSHffllffCO. ■^I'^.COOPER HEWITT&£OL>^ENTON N <d “Price. 17 BURLING SLIP - ' ^ ^ Wire Mchnt MORGAN CONSTRUCTION CO., ^ WORCESTER, MASS. Continuous and Belgian Rolling Mills, Wire Mill Machinery, Furnaces, Gas Producers, Cranes, Etc. Rolling Mills ft Agricultural Implements, Maohin- Q ery and various other puroosaa. 1^ Write for prices to SABIN MAGNINE CO., MANUFACTURERS. nfOWTPKI.IBR. T*. .AN THE CELEBRATED SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS, FOB SALE BY THB HARDWARE TRADE. GET THB BEST. YOU CAN OBTAIN PROMPTLY the latest Biigkt. Coffered, isnMied ud Tu Plated. |jl III j\ subJcct in which you are interested mifbed to erdw, toond, leiure, oral or flat by addressing DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher TINNED WIRE OF ALL SIZES A SPECIALTY and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade Street New York Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, 5 I nth to 118th Street and Harlem River. Genera! Offices, Foot 1 18th Street, New York. ■ak«r« mt Iran, Bvaaamvr, Slanana-RlArtln and CrnelbU Caat Steal Wire of all klndo, annaalad, aeft and hard drawn | Oohparad Sprink Wire far Famitara Sprlncot Jea*, Capparad Salt Wlraa, Ballnc Wlraa« Snapanalan Brldca and Rapa Wlraa af all klnda« STEEL music WIRES and mUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. •hddlAUy af snaat Gant Staal Wlraa, raand, flat, aanara and any athar ahapa, tamparad and alaa In tha aaft atata, taarantaadea hardan and tanpar. Solid Rlh and Parapan Umbralla Wlraa. Giinallna, Oaroat, Shada Rallar, Laek, Hat, Bmah, Saw. Band Saw, Claak Sprlnp, Glaek Ball, Olaek Yarpa and Wateb Sprinp, Bala and Tapa lilna and Byaplaaa Wlraa, *a. Plano, Maadia, Flab Haak, Drill and Hair Sprinp Wlraa. Spaelal Gaat Staal Wlraa af any kind mada far apaalal pnrpaaaa. Alaa Cararad WIraa-Braldad and Glath and Papar Cayarad—far eiinallna, aoraat and athar pnrpaaaa. Gald Railed and Silt aaft and Vaniparad Staal Strtpa at all kinda and far all pnrpaaaa. Special Wires and etprlnirs ol l>esonptloii. CORRB8PONDBNCB 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 PKOill .00‘.i5 INCH TO H INCH IN BESSEMER. OPEN HEARTH, SWEDISH, AND IN NICKEL AND CRUCIBLE CAST STEEL OF ALI. DESCRIPTIONS, FOR SEWING MACHINE BICYCLE AND TYPEWRITER PARTS. KEYS, CHAINS. CUPS, BELLS. KNOBS. FERRULES. AND HIGHEST GRADES OF SPRING STEEL FOB PENS. CLOCK SPRINGS AND WATCH MAINSPRINGS. ELY & WILLIAMS, SAMUEL T. ROWLEY No. 38 Park Row, New York. No. 1239 Market St., Philadelphia. No. 1030 Monadnock BuildTog, Chicago c>“v^L<.oh>o. BAACKES S COMPANY. Drawers of Wire. GENERAL OFFICES, PITTSBURGH, PA. Mills at New Philadelphia, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. -Manufacturers op- 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 lor Our New Card ot Extras on Wire Najda. Hosted by. -oogle 6 THE IRON AGE. Always Ask For Unequaled for Strength and Durability. Made Only by Broderick & Bascon Rope Co., St. Louis, Ho. S HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest BuildlniTf 119 8.4th 8t. NBW YORK Potter BulldinfiTv SjB Park Row. A LESCHEN 8e SONS’ ROPE CO., MAOTPAOTURBRS OF ST. LOUIS, MO. All grenuine Hercules Wire Rope Is made with a red strand. WASHINGTON Atlantic Bulldlnsr. 928 P St. PATENTS U. S. and Foreign Secnred. 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 Ub S. Supreme, Circuit and Circuit Ap¬ peals Courts, and U. S. Patent Office. Send for Plain Words about Patonts.” Froo. PATENT PRACTICE EXCIiUSITEldT. Referoneeo Fnnilfllied on Applloatlen. Bk B. STOCKING. Attorney at Oil F 8 Tm N. W.b WASHINGTON, D. C. ?!!EEl 87 WilSre,Pa. NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. CO., Manufacturers of WIRE in great variety NEW OONN. CHARLES N. BUTLER, C.E., ATTORNEY IN PATENT GASES 611 Intnal LUe Bonding, lentb and Chestnot Sts., Formerly of the Examining Oorpe, U. S. Patent Office. PHMDELPHU, Pi. H. W. T. JBNNBR, Patent Attorney and Me¬ chanical Bxpert, 608 P, St., Washington, D. C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. Bstablished 1883. W. S. ESTEY, No. 66 PULTON ST., NBW YORK, MANXTTAOTTJRBB OF Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of iffi meshes and grades. For Mining, Milling and all other purposes. Locomotive 8parl& Wire Cloth, ’wxzt.m "won.^ For Bank, Office and Counter Balling, Store Fronts, Window Guards, &c. Galvanized Twiet Netting. Oliver's Patent Decoy Rat Traps. 8 T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. (B rc &jLTSJy IS. SEND FOB OATALOOUB. CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS, 509-51X Market St., - San Francisco, Cal« MANUFACTURERS OF . WIRE ROPE FOR GABLE RAILWAYS AND MINING PURPOSES. HALLIDIE’S PATENT WIRE ROPEWAY, Simplest and most economical means of transxxjrtation. Send tor Illustrated Catalogue. WIRE ROPE GRIP ^ULLEYS, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE NAILS, WIRE STAPLES, BARB COBB & DREW, PLYMOUTH, MASS. Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Brats and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. IMaw York Agency^ Jameu S. Clendex^ son, successor to Dlsosway & Henderson^ Hardware. Agents for Philadelphia Star Carrlags and Tire Bolts. WIRE FENCE, IRON AND WIRE FENCING, WIRE LATHING AND BALE TIES. THE STEWART WIRE COMPANY, Office and Works, EASTON, PENNA. ANNEALED BRIGHT COPPERED RIVET -ALL VARIETIES- LIQUOR BRIGHT SPRING SCREW 239 Brondwayf*^** Wire Straightened and Cut to Specified Lengths. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. Minofictur^rs'of Eveii j(&^I|»tlpn WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTIlitiS, WII^ ^ FB:NC|ir6. Perforated Metals.-^^s:^^ CRnton “Standard” (Number 83 Wiref Pkini^ed Window Screen Wire Cloth. FACTORY AND GENERAL OFFICE I'CLIUTON. MASS. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street. BOSTON, 199 Washington Street. CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street. The Gilbert A Bennett Mfg. Co. Pearl Window Screen Wire Cloth. Ufin r ni flTU IICTTIlin 44 Cliff Street, Calvanlzed Wire Pomitwng. WIKt uLU-NEW YORK. “Cottage” Lawn & Carden Fenolng. Fencing. CaW, Fencing Tool., _ take Street Wire GnnHs Wire Wnrk Chicago. Pearl Window Screen Wire Cloth. Calvanlzed Steel Wire Cloth. Galvanized Wire Poultry Netting. “ Cottage” Lawn & Carden Fencing. “ C. & B.” Web Wire Fencing. Slevee, Riddles, Screens. Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifters. House Furnishing Wire Goods. Fencing, Ca^ea, Fchcing’Tools. ' Wire Goods, Wire Work Stable Fixtures, Railings, Window Guards. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. Factories, GEORGETOWN, CONN. I CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. ESTABLISHED 1818. WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO., w^^ster, Mas,. NEW PROCESS WAiniTAOTintiBS o» nysav bmobipiioh o» "““S"-WIRE CLOTH PHEniHO lA/lDC IICTTIMO Pamted Window Screen Wire Cloth, ■ ■illk II la I llllU.u,,Ba ■ ATUiye uniiec EiiBiiieuiue uiinc Gnnns NARO STEEl. Patented Marob, 1884. Patents Pending. WIRE UTHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOODS. ^ SBND FOR 1.ATEST 0ATA1.O61TIE. I.EP.r.SYLVAPfflA. "WIItB WOItKS. EDWARD DARBY & SONS, ‘“b Q, , PHILADELPHIA, PA., ,, ... Steel, .iakufactx^ekrs Netting. Galvanized WIRE IRON GOODS Window Galvanized llliiLi lllVil UVV/l/IJ Window Wire Cloth. of every description. Screen Wire Cloth. Sieves, Biddles, Bird Cage, Coal and Sand Screens, Wire Work and Window Guards. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, RRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS - = 7 T-;.V.Vr HEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO. LATHING. Ii==== KBHTONo 117 and 119 LIBERTY STREET, MEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 171 and 173 L.AKE STREETg CHICAGO. “JERSEY” POULTRY NETTING AND FARM FENCING. ilS tind *^7 FREMONT STREET* SAN FRANCISCO* METAL PLATE WORK. Its Patterns and Their Geometry. Also notes on metals and rules in mensuration for the use of tin, iron and zinc plate workers, &c. By C. T. MILLIS. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 377 pages, 314 illustrations. ISzxio, Olotllv - - - • 33 . 50 . Sent, postpaid upon receipt of price by DAVID WILIIAMS, Fublisliet and Bookseller, 96-102 Reade St, N.T Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. XO'P.Vv. , WIRBWOBE . WmdcnrCkiaxliiL StaUtFuctmi juinnreM,^* V SaniScraiHia Co«1SctMiis V Ete. _. ;■_■ ;■_■ ,j-J« (■-.■ (■ I C P C- I TI-^ \M\^^ C.V^XW .'I UIIPI^IIIIDC DDIITIICDC cortland. n. y. 11 I U ^ inf lllC DllU I IlCIldj MANUFACTURERS OP Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, Coal Sieves, new process Flour Sieves, Corn Poppers, Cortland Dish Covers, Metallic WIRE CLOTH. ^ Every roll wrapped In Pink GOBl SI6Y6S ^bel^ on MANUFACTURERS OF Every roll wrapped In Pink Paper and has our name on label. Kilmer Manufacturing Co. -Newburgh, N. Y. Mafliifactiir' BALE TIES For Baling Hayp Straw, Rags, Fxoelslor, &o. Ali80 WIRE RODS, BARB WIRE, COIDED STEEL WIRE, WIRE STAPLES, GAL- YANIZED WIRE, ORNAIUEENTAL FENCING, tSz^o., dko. 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 and General Office, Newburgh, N. Y. WZItEI. CHAMPION IRON CO; A A SPECIALTiES. ^ Iron Stairs and Jail Builders* andOr- ^nuliEEUJL namental Iron Work ^HTITTllTT' mtuiuf aot- IjAiUJiXL MB urers of Malleable Iron guaranteed Mjn 44B*FMHlw against breakage; alfo HV* I 111 I I iRm manufacturers of tlae Celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and Lift Pumps. Send for l«6-paffe Catalogne. Largest Iron Fence and Railing Works In U. 8. IBLJEUSTm^OTSTm -> OECXO. Prompt shipment made direct from our Warehouses. TIBS, STA-FLES. FBlSrOE WIRE, WIRE IST-AILS. WRITE US FOR PRICES. LUDLDW-SAYLOR WIRE CO. St. Louis Mo. THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. Office & Salesroom, 1793 East Madison Ave , near Woodland. manufacttobbs of WROUGHT IRON PENCE and RAILING. stable Fixtures, Orestings. Terminals, Wire Oflioe and Counter Rflill]ig,Lawn Beats and Vasea. Iren and Steel Jail Cell Werk. Orna¬ mental and Structural Irenwerk. Slectilc Motor Constmction for Amateus. 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, I*rlce, SleOO. Sent, post-paid, on reoeipt of prloe, by DAVID WIDDIANI«, Publisher and Bookseller, 196-102 Reads St., New York Hosted by Google 9 pON a l^G PERFORiOlHG CC l/lULAbyc liPERFORATORS OF STEEL, IRON, COPPER, ZINC, BRASS AND TIN GRAIN CLEANING AND MINING BIAOHINERY, WCK)LEN, COTTON, PAPER AND PULP MILLS, RICE, FLOUR AND COTTON SEED OIL MILLS, SUGAR AND MALT HOUSES, DISTILLERIES, FILTER PRESSES, FOR USE nt STONE, COAL AND ORB SCREENS, BRICK AND TILE WORKS, FILTERS, SPARK ARRESTERS, GAS AND WATER WORKS. OIL, GAS AND VAPOR STOVES, COFFEE MACHINERY, ETC., ETC. STANDARD SIZES PERFORATED TIN AND BRASS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Main Office and Works, 222 to 240 N. Union St., Chicago, III., U. S. A. Eastern office. No. 284 Peari st.. New York. s TANDING SEAM STEEL ROOFISC AUD STEEL LATH. Pl.9! .,i^ <!<■< ft jJ!! Cfi# <J W. li'lMf* (f> <(*5 iHf> (n.ol I'l 1 1 iniiiiw| A Two specialties that every user, buyer and contractor should investigate. Cheap, easily applied, perfect. The Cincinnati Corrugating Co , Box 312, Piqua, Ohio. / Our ' Little Book, “ THE LIFE OF AN IRON roof or HOW tON.G Will IT LAST,” V Sent Free. rinsst and^argtshVanelyoP"^ FlRST& WASHINGTON StS. 5h6&tM6lals, Produefs manufaetursd in the, U.'§. -r- -r- NEW YORK WIRE CLOTH 00 ., 102 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. WORKS LOCATED AT York, Pa.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Homer, N.Y.; Hamilton, N.Y. -MANUFACTURBBS 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 COi, 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. R oof cresting, GRILLES for interior and exterior use Wire & Iron Work 1.““ -ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE.- E T RAPNI IM DETROIT, MICH, • A • Montlon^this paper. Corrugated, and all Other Shapes ot Iron Roofing and Siding. Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Comlcea, Skylights, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., Office 5 Dey Street, Room 18, NEW YORK. E. H. Titchener & Co., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. —MAHUFAOTUBKW OF— d’TAPLES In AH Varieties Double-Polntfd Tacks, Bsd Links, Etc. , New York City Ajrents, HARMON A DpLON, *; 118 Clianribets Street. Hosted by Google l;| I lit THE IRON AGE. IHUli cliiu DliMwO 111 f CI d| STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &6., For lanatactorers ol light Hardware. l ' .>> g y ww wi i wi^ ^ StUiliWWIk Blaise Sc Johnson /—■>> towmw WATERBURY, CONN. IWlWIW, - NEW CASTLE WIRE NAIL CO., 11 WIRE RODS AND WIRE. Office awd Works, NEW CASTLE, PA. CINCINNATI BARBED WIRE FENCE COMPANY, Manufacturers of BARBED ANNEALED GALVANIZED BALING THE BOND NAIL TXT’T'Rir SiE. ■ ■ m . ■ ■ J bale ties; W W wtKkmwJUm^^wMmmdit oxn^oxist js«r^a-Xpo. The SALEM WIRE NAIL GO. 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* tna Machines and Sets for driylngr these nails. Aadress THE BOND NAIL CO.. P.O.Box 88, RAYNHAM, MASS. -MANUFACTUBBRS 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, C al WIRE CLOTH and WIRE GOODS. Hardware Grade Plaie and Galvaaized and Faaalni Mill ---Wire eietb, Pealtry Netting, BORDEN & LOVELL, ““vy *>■«>•* *»«•■ Cleth, Caal and Sand Soraenc, 70 AND 71 WEST STREET mggie*, Aeh Slevee, *0., fco. NEW YORK. Steel, Iron and Wire Haile SCHEELER & SONS, Offloe and Cennter Rallinge, Elevatar Eaolaenree, Wire Stall Gnarde, Hay Raoka, Faed Btxea, WIndew Gaarda, Flower Stands, &o., &o. - BUFFALO. N. Y. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 11 .S V. 608 SEARS BUILDING. BOSTON, IWASS» U. S. A. I) HOBART A €0.9 WHITHAIf, HASS. AORINO * PARI BRANOHBS: BITIIBAB, HOBART A €0., WHITHAH, HAS! ESTABLISHED DC mo. COES A. A SONS, TAUNTON, HASS. ESTABLISHED DC 1887. AHBRIOAN TACKCO..FA1RHATBN, HASS. ESTABLISHED DC 1887. IASS. AORINO * PARKS, PliTHOUTH, HASS. OOUCSOLIDATBD MTABLWHBD Off UftS. 1801. TAUNTON TACK €0., TAUNTON, HASS. ESTABLISHED H 18BA ISS. OUB OOUONT RIVB T CO. , PUTHOUTH, HASS. ESTABLISHED DC 1806. AA.R.XqrxnPjA.O'TXTRBSHJH OB' Taoka, Brads, Saiall Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Using and Saddle Nalls, Tufting Nails and Buttons, Wire Nalls, Finishing Nalls, Patent Brain, Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks ror Boots and Shoes, Wire Tasks, Esoutoheon Pins, Eyelets^ filazisrs’ Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs, Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other articles. We have the largest and only complete and fully assorted stook In the world. Our manufacturing facilities are unequaled* The foregoing well- taown brands we oontinue to use, and either will be furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone oonneoldon with our New York •tore and our factories. MJLIK OWWICMm SOS BMAMS BUIZBING. 1^9 WASHINGTOK ST., BOSTON, MASS. GRAND CROSSING TACK CO., GRAND CROSSING, CHICAGO, IDD., U. S. A. • Tacks and Small Nalls, Wire Nalls and Brads, Double Pointed Tacks and Staples, Lining and I Saddle Nalls, Slating and Roofing Nails, Brass and Iron Shoe Nails and Specialties. ■ NOVELTY 5c. SELLERS. CHAMPION WOOD KEC^S. CLAW HANDLES. TACKS dearborn. lAURO. (Wlb.jpaO BON^ BLTJB. PARISIAN GILT. MAI I Q ENOUGH. llAILo. (Brass.) DOUBLE ENOUGH. (Iron.) BRADS.bill nye box. New York Offico, 84 WEST BROADWAY. Tm T n A me merican Iron Bolt Co., Successors to L. M. DAYTON. MANUP’RS OF Bar, Roofing And Stove Pipe Iron, Bridge Rods, Hinges, Bolts, Nuts and Gimlet Pointed Coach Screws, Cincinnati, Ohio. ZING GLtZIEIS’ 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, MD. Philadelphia Machine Screw Works, MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINE SCREWS AND STUDS ^ OF EVERY RESCRIFTION, 624-626 RACE STREET, - - PHILADELPHIA. TACK AND NAIL Machinery. BEST I LARGEST ASSORTMENT. IVm, A. Sweetser. Brockton, Mass, The Geo. W. Stanley Co., BEIiI.ETlIiI,E, llili., MANUFACTUBERS OP Cut Nall Machines, Wire Nall Machines, Cut Tack Machines, Double-Point Tack Machines. Modern Design. Thorough Construction. SPECIAL Particular attention glYen production of goods adapted to W^IRE special lines of business. DupU eating samples a specialty. TACES _ TauntonWireNailCo.. ®^A.IIiS* Taunton. Mom. Taunton Wire NailCo., Taunton, Mass. Hosted by Google 12 BAY STATE MILES, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, V. S. A. WJk.CI’XTRSiK.S QVC. WOOD SCREWS, !■ 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 5crew Company, R. Is Chicago Store, No. 19 Lake St* European. Agents, THOMAS & STIRLING, LiTcrpool. Hosted by Google' THE, IRQN AGE. 13 Gantier Steel Department o| Cambria Iron Co.,| mporiaht pobucatiohs - ' V ■ ■■■ V ■ — '—ON— ' JOHNSTO'WKT, FA.. I «. . ■ r.i • -: MANTIPACTUEBBS OP :- WrOU§llt ITOII WOfR. MERCHANT BAB STEEL: including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Rail¬ road Spring, Hoe, Rake, Fork, etc. AGRICULTUBAIi 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 SHIFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office, 102 Chambers $t. Philadelphia Office, $. W. Cor. 6ih & Commerce Sts. Chicago Office, 209 Phenix Building. Southern Office, Chattanooga, Tenn The [ambridbe Iron & Steel S MANUFACTURERS Sketches of modern Wroutrht Iron and Lock- smith Work. By F, Brand. 16 plates.J2.0O modern Artistic Wrought Iron Work. By F. Brechenmacher. First series. Railings, gates, chandeliers, lustres, brackets, details. &c. 20 heliotype plates. Folio. $5.40 Second series. Electric light fixtures. 24 plates. Folio.$6.40 Wrought Iron Work in Rococo Style. By F. DE Cdvilliks. Railings, gates, skylights, bal¬ conies, mountings, keys, balustrades and other sketches for wrought iron work. 12 heliotype plates. Folio.$4.D0> Art Smithery. By Joseph Feller. Series I. Wrought Iron door panels, with esti¬ mates. 100 plates. S3.40 Series II. Gates, balconies, front, stair, roof and grave railings, consoles, vanes, &c. 100 plates.$4.20 Series III. Balconies, doors, illuminating fixt¬ ures, fiower and lamp stands, crosses, fitc. 300 plates.$4.20> Artistic Wrought Iron Work. Railings, bal¬ conies, balustrades, skylight cross-bars, anchors, roof crown work, lightning rods, vanes, &c. By J. Fonteyne. so plates. Folio. $5.00 Artistic Wrought Iron Work. Gates, railings, balustrades, escutcheons, grave crosses, &c. By Louis Fordrin. 30 plates. Large folio, with illus¬ trated title page..;. $13.40 The Art Iron Worker, B.y A. Graef and M. Graef. First series. Railings, doors, balconies, &c. 24 plates, with descriptive German text.$2.50 Second series. Door handles, door knockers, hinges, lighting fixtures, cancielabra, &c. 30- plates. with descriptive text .$3.00 Rococo. A collection of eighteenth century orna¬ ments. By F. X. Habermann. 36 heliotype plates. Folio . $3.40 This most useful work cpntains an inexhaustible stuck of charming sketches in correct Rococo style. Artistic Wrought Iron Work from the mid- Hefner-Altekpck. Two series, each of 84 plates.. Each series... $14.00 Sketches tor Wrought Iron and Other metal Work in Rococo Style. By G. Hdquier. 30 heliotype plates after the original engravings of the collection in the Imperial Museum of Art Industry in Berlin. .$6.70> Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by OAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher &. Boekseller, q6“I02 Reade Street. New York. IMPROVED REVOLVING^^CKIMNEY CAPS, Tack, SIloe and Wire Nail These Caps revolve on heavy glass bearings, and are made from No. 26 Iron. All sizes ; cheapest and best. Plain, Fainted or Galvanized Corrugated Sheets, SIDING, ROOFING, CEILING, &c., &c. Qalvanized and Plain Steel and Iron Sheets, Bars, Hoop and Band Iron, Nails, Spelter, Lead, Tin, &c. Galvanized Riveted Lieader, 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 THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO., Jobbers GALVANIZED MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Works, Jersey City. Store, 112 John St., New York. Send for Catalogue. SaCXXTSiK.'r. KIM8IL BHDS. £ CD.. Mfgts., BROCKTON, MASS. Send for Prices. WIRE G0m1:0MPANY. Worcester, niass. Hardware and Kitchen Wire Goods, Special¬ ties to order. Everything in Wire. STRUCTURAL TUBING Agricultural Implements, Fire Escapes, Railway Signals, Light Iron Buildings, -FOXX- Wagons, Blowers, Fences, Forges, Wheelbarrows, Wind Mills, Hand Railings, Brake Beams. Tops and Masts for Electidc Light and Trolley Poles, Braces for Car Truck Frames, Bedstead Frames, Railway and Steamship Railings, etc. NATIONAL STRUCTURAL TUBING CO., Potter Btrlldlng, 38 Park Row, New York. Hosted by Google 14 THE IRON AGE. JliixlcerLS Ii?oxi # Steel The First to make Boiler Plates In America. Ctiaa, HusUm^ PrcsL A. F. Huston^ Vtce-Frest^ 0. L, Hwrton, QmU Mgr. Bobt B, Haines^ Jr., Secy, Jos. HumpUmt Treat, STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO BXTRBME BIIXIBNSIONS. WIBTKS UP TO 10 FBBT. THICKNESS, No. 12 GAUGE TO IH INCHES. -S]ST.AJ31LiZS£3;S2D ISIO.- ifATTg OrFios & Works : New York Offiob ; Philadelphia Opfiob : OoHteEwille 9 DPa. No. SO Broa^twa.;^* OS Sd 04t Bullitt BldLgr* FIANK SAMUEL, f••-IS8S•.4th St., Phlladilphla. LOW PHOSPHORUS Plfi. IRON—*08 or under. SCIRAP^.03 or .05 or under. ORlE— Por O. H. and Furnace Use. MELTING BAR- (^n Hearth and Bessemer BlUetSi Skelp, Muck Bars and Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Byraouse Tube Ck>.*s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHCENIX IRON OO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, mjrnFAOTUBa all zhkb pboducpib both nr WROUGHT IRON iIND OPEN HEiLRTH STEEEs leaas, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes, Round, Flat and Square BARS el all sizes, Especially adapted lor Bridge and Ship Builders, Fire-proof Buildings, Shaftii^ and all Structural Purposes. Spboaltixs, in Wrought Iron or Steel i—Phoenix Columns and Upset Eye-Bars ol all sizes, Rool Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes ol every description. AHBirTB :-CowAnD Ooiumra a Go., 80 Broudwaj, NBW YORK { EDWABD,OoBimio a Go., 70 EUby BIm BOBTON, MASB; JAxn B. arOKBii 188Kurket BA, BAH FBAHGIBOO. WBBTBBN OFFIGB: A.O. SriTBE.081 The Rookery, GHIGAGO. P0TT8YILLE IRON AND STEEL CO.. PonsviLLE, Pa., PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 226 SOUTH 4tb STREET. KAVUYAiOfUBaBB OF ALL BOnW OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL, Vlz« I Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars | and also Open Hearth Steel Billets, Blooms and Slabs. BREWERY, HALT AMD ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. I>esiignex*s a.i&d Goiustiractors of Roofs, 1'im.sses, Oolumns, Abo. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Beaola and Otlm Streets, I>XIII^AX>X2i:,PIXXA. 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 It Arl^nfl Pkain Pfi In GoU Chain, or made up in Trace Chains, Tie Out Chains, Halters, &c. Also cut to special lengths as ordered. Man'fd by USl IBlIU UnSIll uU«| William H.WALi»CE& Co., n^4Jai>w.A.K.E! oha^iiv. IRON AND STEEL, J*S. McKAY & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa., nn n J \r i Manufacturers of Coil, Crane, B. B. B. Crane and Steel Chain. All Chain 6Q BrOS^dWSlVj ** N6W York, tested before shipping and Certificates of Tests furnished. Write for prices. steel and Iron. OomprlEiHF the practice and theory of the several methods pursued In their manufacture, and of their treatment In the rolling mill, the forge and the foundry. By W. H. Gruitwood, 28.00. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of priee, by DAVID WILLIAMS, Bookseller and PabUaher, 26-108 Reade Street, New York. EDWARD CORNING ^ CO., MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. IRON AND STEEL 29 Broadway, 421 Chestnut St., NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. J^TS, Bands. Boops, Bolts, Nuts, Rivets, Roof Trusses. 70:Kiiby St., BOSTON- Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. W. S. PILLING. T. I. CRANE. PILLING CRANE. IRON ORES, PIG IRON. STEEL, COKE, Etc. DEALERS IN Hammer and Roll Scale and Rolling Mill Cinder. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S, FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, I 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 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, IXEnok Bars and Connellsvllle Coke. JA-IABS ca-. XjIN’IDS-A.Y &! oo. BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For ^ purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & CONNiSSION MERCHANT 222*8. Third St., PHILADELPHIA; PA. Pig, Bar and BaUroad Iron, Old Bails, Scrap AeUT VOB THB MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delawart. TltENTOPr IltODr oo«» For the Sale of Wire and Wire Ropa. Lionffdale (Ta.) and other Fig Irena. STORAUK Yabd, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yi^), which Is connected with Penn. R. B. and Its variou I connections. Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issued. Cash advahoes made oh Ieoh. ESTABLISHED 1869. JEROME EEELET & CO., The Philadelphia Bank Bldg., 421 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA. FoandryI Forge Pig Irons. Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Gonsultlng Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining . JUSTICE COX, JR., 218 South 4th St., Phlla., Pa. IRON and STEEL. -AGENT FOR- Haldeman, Grubb & Go’s. Chickies Bessemer Pig Iron.. 156,000 to 64,000 lbs. \||fHI, McILVAIN & SONS, — RSSALXhlPirO, JPAL.s MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND STEEL BOIL ER PLA TES. Locomotive, lire Box, Flange, Shell, Tank Iron and Steel, Including Plates for CAPACITY. jfoteVlon? Bridges, Girders, Stacks, Pipe and Fire (70 inches wide. and Burglar-proof Safes. XTXON OF* 1 8 0 4 . ID IR. B O T O RsTT 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 Temtory; also Wire Mills, Wire Nail Works, Car Axle Works, Car Wheel Works, Car Builders, Locomotive Works and Casi 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. Mahoning Bolling Mill Co.'s Best Quality Skelp Iron and SteeL Pulaski Iron Co.’s _ High Grade Foundry and Forge Pig Iroiu. Hainsworth Steel Co.’s Standard Bessemer Steel Billets. Bars. Angles* Sheets* Tank; and Bridga Plates* muck Bars* Blooms* Scrap Iron and Tool Steel. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., Bullitt Building, 135 So. 4th St., Philtd’a. Iron and Steel Merchants. PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bara and Shapes. Rails Oars and LooomotlTes. Track Equipment. GORRESPONDBNCB SOLIOITBD. JOHN L. HOGAN & C0„ IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS* Bnllitt Building, 186 South Fourth St., Fhlla. kents (or Brier Hill, Leblgli, Stritheis AMD muntKIRK FIG IRON, Delaware RoUi^ MiU, muck bars. Youngstown Stool Co.. Connellsvllle Coke. IN. H. THOMSOH & CO.. DEALERS IN IRON AMD STEEL, COAL AND COKE* STEAMSHIP OUTFITS, RAILWAY EQUIPMENT. ROOM 373 BULLITT BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. PXl-XOElp 95 - 00 . 8JSNT, PO-ST.PAXD, ONBBOXIPT OV BMIOB BY DAVID WIIilJAMS, Publisher and BooksellePr ee-l02 ReadeStreet, - - Row York City. Hosted t 0. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. C.B. HOUSTON & CO., BuUitt Buildiner, PHIIiADELPOlI A. Pig Iron* Coal* Coke* Steel Rails* Structural Iron* Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents for Paxton Rolling MlllSa STEEL AND IRON PLATES. PRANCIS WlSTE^R COMMISSION MERCHANT. Coke, Coal, Ores. PEA AND BUCKWHEAT (Red and White Ash). National Foundry O ojke^^ ^^eclalty* Sulphur All Sizes National Crushed Coke. 420 Walast StrssL PHILADELPHIA. Google 16 THE IRON AGE. Francis Hobson, Seaman a Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD. Sole Manofaoturerf of MOBSON’S “CHOICE” Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. HOSSOIV'S “CHOICE” Es^tra Quality ISTeeaie Wire. SEAMAN’S ** NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, &o. WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. CHAS, HUCILL, Aerent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD, OR.XJO IB3L.Ei OAST S TEEL. ABBOXX, 'W’MBBIvOCK & CO.. Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 3« OIL,IVER SX., BOSXON. «3 CMITB’ SX., NEW YORKf Si & Cl WABDLOWp Sheffield, encland. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel, \m Bars, Sheets and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Carvers, Butchers’ Knives, Files, Band Saws, Clock, Watch and all other Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand ifi C2Lst Steel for Leather Splitting aad Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and I W ■■ all other Tools, Dies and Punchesi Office and Warehouse, 95 John St., New York. Frank S. Pilditch, Agent* CARLISLE 'iaLA.-yglJEan., BSX..X,.Z6I03>3' dl3 OO., SHEFFIELD, WORKS, JLate ^CliSON HAWKSWORTH, BJuIilBON Si; CO., ENOLAND (ESTABLISHED 1826.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents. SI OlilVEB STREET, BOSTON. 98 IilBEBTT STREET, KEW TORS. JONAS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFRELD, ENGLAND. MANtJFACTUEBRS OP ALL KINDS OP STEEL. Tool Steel, Drill Rods, Needle Wire, Hot Rolled Sheet Steel, Cold Rolled Steel for Cor¬ set Springs, Band Saws, Clock and Watch Springs and Parts, and all other Purposes. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly CARI, F. BOKFH), Sole Agents and Importers of Steel and Crucible Wire Rods, &c. JESSOP’S STEEL MANUFACTURED BY WM. JESSOP Sl sons, L’D. 9L Best Quality, W. Bars, Sheets and Plates. Large assortment of sizes In stock at 91 John St., .... NEW YORK. And other Agencies. ENGLAND. Gold Medal Paris, 1889. WIRE WOKTl.ES. FLAXES and JEWEE DIES. DRAWING DIES NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 88 John St., - New Yorks THE LANDON IRON COMPANY, of Salisbury, Conn. CARBONATE Charcoal Pig Iron. 35,000-44,000 Lbs. Tensile Strength. Used for mortar carriages, gover^ent ani^ther guaranteed castings Also special chilling HEMA¬ TITE pig Iron for car wheels, chilled rolls, etc. AGENTS : Thos. W. Stiles, 130 Water St., N. Y. Wm. F. 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PORTAGE IRON COLimited, Merchant Iron, Bars, Angles, Hoops and Cotton Ties. BROOKLYN WIRE NAIL CO., Steel Wire Nails. Export Nails a Specialty. RIVERSIDE IKON 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 contracts made for Iron and Steel Structures of every description. Please address *.29 Broadway, New York. P. O. Box 33. lORTH BROTHEItS MFC. CO., 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. ANIERICAN\ Pie IRON STORAGE WARRANT CO, (Baakof America Building.) 44 Wall St., N. Y. Oorreepondence of Furnaces Invited. Hundreds of testimonials showing these castings hare proved the most satisfactory and economical for all purposes requiring strength and durability, CHROME STEEL WORKS, ^ Brooklyn, N. Y. Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE. -aETi:^.A.-ST.A.pri>Ajax> trois ab steeh, oo., MANTTPACTURBRS OF BLACK SHEETS, GALVANIZED, CORRUGATED, TIN AND TERNE PLATES, Sheets Suitable for All Purposes, Cold Rolled or Common, Patent liOTeled and Other Specialties, Roofins 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. WbITB fob CATAlLOGUB and prices. JLa/rge Stocks Carried to Waoilitate IPrompt Shipment. BRIDGEPORTf OHIO. CARBON STEEL COMPANY ^ Pittsburgh, pa. -MANTTPACTTJBEES OF-- ; Universal Mill Plates. Sheared Plates and Sheets. XjXST ox* Boiler, Ship and Armor Plates. Also Nlekel Steel Plates. SXSS3EI1B sxixarv TJPOXO* .A.PFX.XO.A.O^XOZO', Eastern Office, Havemeyer Building, New York. Western Office, Western Union Building, Chicago. .A.OBIN'OIBIS: li. S. BOOMER, 64r The Rookery, Chicago, Ill. THE CONDIT-FUIiEER CO., Perry-Payne Building, Cleveland, O. OEO. KINSEY & CO., 249 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. JAS. G. liINBSAY 6c CO., Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa. THE IRON FOUNDER A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON The Art of Molding INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON Core-making; Loam, Dry Sand aa 4 Green Sand Molding; also Crystalllza* tion. Shrinkage and Contraction of Cast Iron, and a full ezplanation of the scienct of Pressures in Molds ; added to wbick are Formulas for Mixtures of Iron, Tablet Rules and Miscellaneous Information. BY SIMPSON BOLLAND) Practical Holder and Manager of Foundries^ Dlistrated wltn Oier Tliree Hundred EugraTlip. 12ino. Cloth, $2.50. “ The Iron Founder ” Supplement. A Complete lUnstrated Exposition of THE ART OF CASTING IN IRON, COMPRISING THE Erection and Management of Cu¬ polas, Reverberatory Furnaces, Blowers, Dams, Ladles, Etc.; Mixing Cast Iron; Founding of Chilled Car Wheels; Malleable Iron Cast¬ ings ; Foundry Equipments and Ap¬ pliances ; Gear Molding Machines; Molding Machines ; Burning, Chill¬ ing, Softening ; Annealing ; Pour¬ ing and Feeding ; Foundry Ma¬ terials ; Advanced Molding ; Meas¬ urement of Castings; Wrought Iron, Steel, Etc.; also the Founding of Statues; the Art of Taking Casts ; Pattern Modeling ; Useful Formulas and Tables. -BY- SIMPSON BOLLAND, Practical Molder and Manager of Foundries i Author of “ The Iron Founder,” etc. Dlnshated witb over Two Handred Engravlngi, 400 Pages. 12ino, cloth, $2.50. Bent^ posUpaid, on receipt of price hp DAVID WILLIAMS, Pabllsher & Bookseller 96-102 Rcade St.. New ^ork. ii STEEL ii TITANIC,’' SPECIAL,” FOR 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. For Chisels, Taps. Dies. Chilled Roll Turning, Punones, so., &o. SOLE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, B« M. JONES A CO., Nos. II and 13 pilver St., Boston. _Mo. 143 LIBERTY STREET, MEW YORK._ STEEL PIPE AND NAILS. SAMPLE OP STANDARD RIVERSIDE STEEL PIPE HAMMERED COLD. {Fhm Photograph.) PIG IRON, STEEL BLOOMS, STEEL BILLETS, SMALL STEEL T RAILS. Riverside Iron Works, Wheeling, West Va. REPRESENTATIVES: CHAS. S. STEPHENS, CASEY <Sk DAY, No. 21 Beekman St. New York. Ns. 445 Rookery, Chicago, HU E. R. MANN & CO., THE HAZEN CO., No. 147 So. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. No. 59 W. 4th St., Cincinnati, Q,. : Grescrnt Steel Co. ^ PEARL Sr PlTTC^DfliDnu Pn e4-8c66S.CLJNTONST. NEW YORK , r/i, CH/CAGO. 64-8c 66 S. CL/NTON3T CH/CAGO, PA88AIC ROLLING MILL CO., Paterson, N. J. 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