The Iron Age 1899-07-20: Vol 64 Iss 3

Se THE A Review of the Hardware, Iron ana us. [ROM AGE | eho MUSg ides. Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co., 232-238 William 8t., New York. Vol. LXIV: No. 3. New York, aia tals 20, ali $4.50 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.........page 42 Classified List of Advertisers... .. : Alpbabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 126 Advertising and Subscription Rates ‘‘ 61 TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. LOuUIS, Mo. MANUFACTURERS HARROW TEETH. Bristol’s Patent Steel Belt Lacing. SAVES Time, Belts, Money. Grostast Strength READY TO APPLY FINISHED JOT )«=6with Least Me Send for Circulars and Free Samples. THE BRISTOL CO., Waterbury, Conn. | — SAMSON SPOT CORD Also Massachusetts and Phenix Brands of Sash Curd. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, - Boston, Mass, ee BUCKLES, RANCH OFFICE: 118 . New York. cial City Forge and Iron Co., - ‘Cleveland, O. DROP HAMMERS. MANUFACTURED BY MERRILL BROS., Brooklyn, N.Y. IRON ORES. PILLING & CRANE, toric’ stock, "utepargs. In galvanized iron, casual buyers are just as good as regular ones, when the busi- ness isn’t too much for us. Who, do you think, has to wait in such times as these ? Apollo Iron and Steel Company, Pittsburgh. Straight Shooting ] DEPENDS —Y UPON u Reliable Ammunition. The charge in a factory-loaded shell is always uni- form —its carrying power and accuracy never vary. We make every class of cartridge used in a fire- arm—and will bs pleased to send you descriptive price list at any time. Union WMWetallic Cartridge o., Winners of Handicap, 1893,*94-95-97°98-99. 313 Broadway, New York. Bridgeport, Conn. _ eseoeoer - ee e* ee, CAHALL BOILERS »*=« CAPEWELL HORSE NAILS. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA. CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, BOSTON, DETROIT, CINCINNATI, SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, ORE., BUFFALO, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS. THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL CODIPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. BRANCHES : A S133 Compare Weights WHEN YOU ARE TOLD THAT JENKINS ’96 {8 MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OTHER PACKINGS. Average weight, %” “Jenkins °96,”’ 11 Ibs to the square yard. ‘ \%” Red Packing, 14 “ At 50c. per pound ‘JENKINS °96” is not only very much cheaper, but the best joint packing manffactured. JENKINS BROS., New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicage. Brass Prices High, So Use Bright “Swedoh” Stamp- gee II] ing Steel Easily Brass Plated and Save Money. P##* MAGNOLIA METAL Best Anti-Friction Metal for all Machinery Bearings. Beware of Imitations. Genuine Magnolia Metal is made up In bars of which this is > ta st" tessrasen The name and trade- . Ee ee on each box and bar, and the words in United States” ¢ 2, one “ Patented Sunes, 0," 90,” are stamped on the der side of each bar JENKINS STANDARD PACKING MAGNOLIA METAL CO., (Sz2eeszase') 266 & 267 WEST ST., NEW YORK."icsssouaat wwe ss i IE oct ee te a THE IRON AGE Ansonia Brass & Coprer Co. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. ingot Copper. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (TRADE-MaRK REGISTERED.) Condenser Plates, Pump Linings, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. RANDOL oh — MANUFACTURERS OF= TEETABRAS si COPP ER. SS BRAZED BRASS &, COPPER TUBES. SEAMLESS BRASS & COPPER TUBES”38"DIAM. * ext RN DEPOT, 226 Lay ‘ west CHICAGO, ILL. € sr, AEW YORK ROOM 202 POSTAL TELEGRAPH PryLaneteni ROOM 20 PMILA BANA BLDG YC/NNATI, O. ROOM 308 NEAVE BLOG Waterbury Brass Co. Established 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass ane Ger- man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing. COPPER RIVETS AND BURS. PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, &c., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS, BERDAN PRIMERS. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. DEPOTS: 60 Centre St., New York. 126 Eddy St., Provi- dence, R. 1. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, k, N. J. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. NEW YACHT COLUMBIA All Her BRONZE CASTINGS are made of our... Ordnance Bronze Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze & Metal Co., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zine cut to order. New York. Rolled Battery Plates Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use Selected sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. BRASS COODS MFG. CO.“ * Silver and = ckeled ster Cans oulds. Spanpped Bras Geeds, Brass Lab Rubber Address all | SPECIAL esmmunica - GOODS tions to the MADE TO factory. ORDER, BRONZE DOOR ENOBSB, Brense and Plated Roses, Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates, Socket Shella, &c., Patent Mirror Pin Cushion Business Cards, Mucilage Brushes. Novelties of new design made to order. SALESROOM: | 17 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., Se. Brooklyn, HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Brasiers’, Bolt and Sheathing COPPER. COPPER WIRE AND RIVETS. Importers and Dealers in ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ’sT., NEW YORK. THE PLUME & ATwooo Mré. C6., Sheet and Roll Brass WIRE PRINTERS’ BRASS, JEWELERS’ METAL, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kere- sene Burners, Lamps, Lamp Trimmings, &c. 29 MORRAY ST., NEW YORK. 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. 199 LAKE 8T., CHICAGO, ROLLING MILL : THOMASTON, CONN. | SCOVILL MFG. C0., Manufacturers of BRASS SHEET, WIRE, TUBES, Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods, Nipples, Pumps and Oilers for Bicycles, Braziers’ Solder, Aluminum. Factories, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS : Chicago, FACTORIES : WATERBURY, CONN. New York, JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. 100 John Street, New York. WILLIAM 8. FEARING, 256 Broadway, NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brags, German Silver, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop- per Rods, Brass Ferrules, Pure Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper; Spelter, Tin, Antimony, Lead, &c. “Dedrch-Light” OIL and GAS Bicycle Laniemns. Send tor Circulars and Electrotypes. THE BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO., Bridgeport, Conn. 19 Murray 8t., N. Y._ 17 No. 7th 8t., Fatiedeippis. 85 to 87 Pearl St., Bosto Par! ‘THE IRO THURSDAY, JULY nN AGE. 20. 1899. Moving a Great Steel Arch. e location of 1 arch and its relation to the rest aia ; depot Il be understood from the plan, Fig. 3. Some time since the Pennsylvania Railroad deter rhe form of the arch is clearly brought out in Fig. 4, the mined to make extensive alterations in its depot at the front elevation looking from the river, and the elevation Jersey City terminus. These consisted in general of na larger scale, Fig. 5 a considerable lengthening of the train shed, rearrang One of the first operations was the placing of two ing and altering the waiting rooms, and providing add 2-inch tie rods across the structure, as shown in Fig. 5, tional office accommodation. From an engineering in order to prevent spreading of the ends during moving. standpoint the most interesting work was connected Mach end was then jacked up to.free it from the founda- With the train shed extension. This was In the moving tion, and nests of rollers, shown in Fig. 7, were placed of a pair of steel arches which were united at a distance as indicated at the left hand in Fig. 5. A double MOVING A of 14% feet, and which formed the end span of the original shed. This combination weighs 300 tons, has a span of 253 feet between the pin centers, and a center hight of 92 feet 3144 inches. It was moved bodily toward the river 125 feet, making the completed shed 777 feet long. The work differed essentially from some engineering operations, such as replacing of bridges, by reason of the fact that time did not enter into the problem except as an economical factor. When we state that the en tire passenger traftic of this road passed beneath this arch during the work it will be appreciated that safety and absolute freedom from any accident were the prin- cipal items. The work has now been finished, the end arch resting in its new position, intermediate arches filling the space between the old end of the shed and the new, with a new roof over the whole. GREAT STEEL ARCH. track had previously been constructed along the path to be followed by the arch. ‘This consisted of ordinary 85-pound rails, between which 2'4-inch steel rollers, 3 feet long, were placed. ‘The end of each roller was formed with a collar, and a cage was pro- vided in order to preserve the perfect alignment of the rollers and thereby prevent their slewing and the conse- quent deviation of the arch from the true line. Swung from the center of the arch was an A frame, built of heavy timbers and which is shown in both elevations in Figs. 5 and 6. Normally. this frame just cleared the station platform, its principal office being to prevent the toppling of the arch during moving or during high winds. After the arch had been moved a short distance the lower part of the frame was blocked up until the structure was to be moved further on its track. Carried on top of the arch were three derricks by means of == Ce eres a le "See SEE LS > ome eR Me. eS > RAT EPPS ae — : 2 - THE IRON which the material of the new arches was put in place. ALte the arch had been cut free from the rest of the S ind the ends placed upon the rollers, it was eet fro e building, its top being old rool Horizontal timbers en secured to the underside of the arch and pro ject beyond it a short distance, and by this means a false wo as provided upon which the members of the ew ar ere constructed \fter this new truss had been completed the end arch was pulled forward { feet and a second truss built in the same way, all of est ses being arranged in pairs 14! feet apart Next the arch was moved forward 46 feet and the inter mediate span built in the same way. One engine was placed upon the ground, as shown in | > the other one being placed on the platform level } n the oppos te end of the are These enwnes were of AGE. July 20, 1899 thorized to bid at auction sales for the lease of such lands in the peninsula of Apheron as are already known to be petroleum bearing. These measures, which virtually place British petroleum companies on an equal footing with Russian subjects engaged in the same in- dustry, are regarded as a fresh proof of the anxiety of the Government to favor the investment of foreign cap- ital in industrial enterprises in Russia. i al An Important Change in Financial Conditions. The tinancial editor of the Chicago Tribune discusses as fellows one of the effects of the great industrial com- pInatlous fhe organization of trusts and industrial combina- tions is causing a revolution in financial conditions which the bankers in the smaller cities are realizing fully as much as bankers in the large reserve cities. In practi- cally all of the recent Company promotions the capital- oe 4 ley “ : ae — ce. = ’ - ‘ Fig. 2.—View Showing Location of North Engine. MOVING A GREAT STEEL ARCH. the ordinary hoisting type, the tackle being arranged to multiply the pull ten times. The arch was pulled at the rate of 5 to 10 feet a minute. The two tie rods men- tioned as connecting the lower ends of the arch were ade necessary by the removal of the permanent beams which united the ends beneath the tracks. The plans were drawn in the olflice of the chief engi- ne f the road, William Hl. Brown, the work being car- ‘ n under the immediate supervision of the division engineer, L. H. Barker. The metal work was all pre d in the bridge shops of the company. During the ‘ \ ‘ is no unusual delay, and no accident ‘ el ( Os fl ne hature ne e Russian Government has granted to the British > companies who last year received authority to acquire and work petroleum bearing lands in the Caucasus the right, not previously possessed by them, of prospecting for naphtha springs over lands belonging to the State in Transcaucasia in their own interest, and subject to the same conditions as Russian subjects. They are also au- ization has been suflicient to wipe out the floating in- debtedness of the various companies combined, and to give the resultant corporation a good working capital. Independent plants in the smaller cities have been merged with concerns having their headquarters in the large reserve cities. The first effect from a financial standpoint has been the transfer of funds from the small cities to the big money centers. The piling up of funds has had a similar effect on money rates as the building up of a “ visible supply ” of grain is popularly supposed to have on grain prices. The outside banker has realized this reduction of deposits by reason of transfer of funds to New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, and he is beginning to realize that his loaning facilities are not improved. The creation of a lot of local capitalists in the person of parties who have sold out manufacturing plants to newly formed trusts is simply one incident. The elimination of commercial paper from the market is another. The banker at an interior town who has been accustomed to carry the paper of a local manufacturing concern finds that the consolidation of this concern with others has cut off the supply. The consolidated com- pany has been so financed that it is not in the market with its paper anywhere, and least of all anywhere out- side reserve centers. The outside banker will find that July 20 1899 his opportunities of doing business with the manufactur- ins concerns are slim unless in loans to stockholders of the various companies. and this will require in addition to the care in selection of individuals some exact knowl- edge as to the value of securities. Local bankers figure that a continuance of the combination movement will temporarily at least eliminate commercial paper from the market. Just what will develop when the new con- dition of aftairs becomes settled and the new corpora- tions find need for additional capital for extension of business or carrying stocks of goods is something to be decided several years later. a The Steel & Iron Metal Coating Company, West Chi- cago, Ill., are enjoying a most excellent trade for their 5 Length 777 ft. THE IRON AGE. 3 support, and about one fifth as strong as the bridges of long span and more ambitious appearance. He estimates that these 70,000.C00 weak bridges cause a waste of track labor which amounts to over $21,000 000 a year, and that on 1000 miles of railroad there is an annual loss of $109, VOU in hauling trains over these weak bridges, due to the additional resistance caused by their deflection. —- _ The Chicago Railroad Clearing House. Plans are stated to have matured for the establishment of the great railroad freight clearing house or exchange at Chicago which has been contemplated for several years On a large tract of land in the southwestern part of the city an extensive system of tracks is to be built, with = a ( TWENTY-THIRD ST. FERRY SHED TRAIN = ¥ OFFICE BUILDING OFFICE BUILDING MONTGOMERY ST. — — = } . - ” Zz O = 2) a) YORK > ST, - | Fig. 3.-—Llan ROWAN VAAN —— }——_—— -_—___ + _—— m a EXCHANGE PLACE ( DESBROSSES ST. FERRY - a secon : a ( DESBROSSES ST. FERRY Ne 1: x > ; So al G2s 5 s2 HES O ( CORTLANDT ST. FERRY 26 ENTRANCE TO STATION “al wa j ) zac ZO) <v a* 2) 53 iT CORTLANDT ST. FERRY BROOKLYN ANNEX FERRY of Depot. Fig. 4.—Elevation, Looking from River. MOVING A GREAT STEEL ARCH. aluminum coated sheet steel, which is rapidly replacing galvanized iron for many uses. Some very severe tests have been made of this metal. Particular attention is directed by the company to the following claims: It can be heated to a red heat without destroving its coating; sulphurous gases, brine, salt and acids do not affect it as readily as gaivanized; it can be soldered with common solder and can be seamed and hammered down flat and then bent back straight without flaking. Large quan tities of this metal have been sold to stove and range manufacturers, who are using it in many cases to replace copper in reservoirs. A. Bonzano estimates that there are in the railroad track of the United States about 70,000,000 bridges, with an aggregate length of 11,000 miles. Obviously they are of pretty short span. These bridges, he says, are about one-third as strong as the rails, the ends of which they which every Chicago railroad will be connected, thus making a common or union terminal. Freight coming into Chicago on one road to be shipped out on another will be hauled directly on the cars to this tract, where it can be transferred readily and for but a small part of the expense which would be required in the heart of the city. It is also an important part of the plan to establish an extensive system of warehcuses for the purpose of caring for the freight of the large wholesale houses of Chicago. lt is estimated that such a system would effect a large sav- ing to the wholesale firms, which row spend large sums annually for truckage cf their goods through the down town district. The corporation managing the scheme is the Chicago Transfer & Clearing Company. smn aula we Another accident, which occarred last week to the big timber dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, gives a far- ther illustration of the undesirability of constructing any - pas irany FS. oo ee er Sa ie an Re ae 7 ane corte { THE IRON AGE. more of this class of docks. The authorities say that it will take from one to two years to get the dock again into ondition for service. The Pottstown Bridge Company.-—The Pottstown Bridge Company of Pottstown, Pa., have been organized with a capital stock of $300,000, with officers as follows July 20, 1899 Mellon is a prominent banker of Pittsburgh and Henry G. Morse is president of the New York Shipbuilding Company. The company have sufficient orders booked to keep the works in operation for some months to come. LSE SS The steamship ** Paris’ of the American Line, which ran on the Manacles Rocks off the coast of Cornwall on , ~ ~ ~ ee = PAs = + 4 4 ! \ A } , x A f x zy = ? t * => = n - oe - ‘ z — - ~ ~ x , 2 t it 2 a sr a | if 100 Fig. 5 Fig. 6. Elevations of End Arch. at rn | eee ee Be) Pe Ee Eee Eee tee Be) ee) bee CE Ee Bee Bis Eee | — « = a tia Tie eee | | es) 8 Ce Be BE I ) eee saw _ 5 oe 12 1s ! MT ' | j } } } | } A ry | | 1} | | | | } \ ‘ i, | | } | maa a | ai iin | | ' | | \ , | it | | ia Biihae aay) __ ti Pte Bit mite ti I | es Be) 2S ee i eee eee pees oe eee f TORT ao oo 34 Rod ~~ _—™ = ws ail 4 24 , eee ees ae 4 — 24 F E on Y~ & — ~ J Y YY VEY VY VY VY dl 5 ———+ | | | a > l L —E ‘a Ee U ] 2 > i 5 F iq. 7.— Details of Rollers MOVING A GREAT STEEL ARCH. President, Myron C. Wick who has been prominently identified with the National Steel Company; vice presi dent and general manager, Francis H. Saylor, forme rly president of the firm of Cofrode & Saylor and widely known from his long connection with the bridge and structural business: secretary and treasurer, Edwin Mc- Ewen, formerly secretacy of the Union Iron & Steel Com- pany at Youngstown. Of the remaining directors A. W. May 21 and was subsequently abandoned by her owners to the underwriters, was floated on Tuesday and towed into Falmouth Harbor. The Government expenditures during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, exceeded the receipts by $88,875 990, while the receipts for the same period exceeded those of the previous fiscal year by $11,705,664. July 20, 1899 Iron Works and Other Industries in Chile Although the financial condition of the Republic of Chile during the past few years, or since the costly civil war of 1891, has been bad, its obligations abroad and at home have been punctually paid, and now that the fear of a war with Argentina has passed away there is every reason to believe that a rapid and permanent recovery in the state of the country has set in and that if liberal encouragement be given to manufacturing and agricul- ture the country will enter upon a period of almost un- paralleled prosperity. The Republic has a length of 2270 miles and a width varying from 40 to 200 miles. Its area is 293,970 square miles. But narrow as it is, wonderfully fertile is the greater part of its soil, which is in nowise overcrowded, the population now being but about 3,500,000, most ot whom are progressive and energetic. To take advantage of the fertility of the soil special attention is now being given by the Government to the importing of emigrants. Fertile land in the south and greatiy reduced steamship passage rates are furnished those willing to devote their labor to agriculture. Although Chile is noted, as compared with the other South and Central American republics, for its industries, the bulk of the manufactured goods she consumes are imported. and to keep in the country the large amount of money annually sent abroad for the purchase of these goods is the earnest desire of the Government. Various commissions have been appointed to investi- gate the best plan to interest foreign capital in the up- building of the industries of the country from the raw materials found there, with the result that the Govern- ment now offers really liberal inducements for the estab- lishment of certain industries, and will undoubtedly make offers for others ere long. It recently appropriated $500,000 to foster the iron and steel enterprises, as it was demonsirated that a high grade of iron ore exists in abundance in the country, usually in favorable condi- tions for working. and at present there is not an iron works in Chile, although the consumption of iron and steel in the country amounts to over 40,000 tons an- nually. The ore is generally pure and contains but little silica. The following percentages of iron have been shown on assay: Per cent iron Ng Oe a has sai ace adible whleiawiaed dws oaerd 67.20 Curico, Illapel..... aia adits aw tits Wie ak inbrs OLGIA ceric de dain Wiper tN aca dis 62.13 re cain Gace caukns shaite cas Mein Ws a eRww Nn Caen ulieecaleacls 67.36 errr chindin 1HORW eS geWbuee eS when ue ca «see. 08.80 Portezuelo ...... “SERED Sn ne et ee Eee Paco Mendes claus 62,60 Ores from the central provinees contain 47 to 68.76 per cent. of iron and are at present used only as fluxes in silver smelting. The deposits of manganese mined in the country are met with in the district between Valdivia in the south and Atacama in the north. The principal mines are those of Coquimbana and Negra, in the province of Co- quimbo. Other less important mines are in operation, and as a rule the ore yields upward of 50 per cent. of manganese. ‘The production of this in 1888 amounted 1o 25,000 tons, in 1890 to 48,750 tons, in 1893 it was 80,000 tons, and in 1895 over 100,000 tons. The appropriation of the $500,000 to foster the iron and steel industries of the country is the direct result of recommendations first made to the Government by the Chilean Mining Congress in 1896, as follows: 1. It is recommended that prompt acquisition be made by the State of all railways in important mining centers. 2. That metallurgical works utilizing the mineral products of the country be created under the patronage of the State. 3. That the Government nominate a commission of engineers to make a special study of the carboniferous deposits of the Republic, with a view of developing them. In addition to the immense deposits of ore existing in the country there are also extensive forests, principally in the provinces of Llanginhue and Chiloe, and a carbon- iferous formation largely developed in the former proy- ince of Araucania. It has, however, been proved that the lignite of which the deposits of conibustible mineral of the country are composed will not give a coke that can be employed in the blast furnaces, and in consequence the iron industry based upon the exclusive use of raw materials of the country is not possible, even by the use of wood-charcoal, reserving the lignite for the work of casting iron or steel. So it is seen that but two ways to take advantage of these opportunities for the establishment of iron works are possible—viz., by means of imported coke, or coke manufactured in the country from imported coal. Sr. Manuel F. Irarrazaval recently presented a proposition to the Chilean Congress for the establishment of large iron works based upon the manufacture of coke in Chile from Australian coal. The plans, &¢., were drawn up — THE IRON AGE. 5 by the Wellmaun-Seaver Engineering Company of the United States, and the estimate for the construction of the factory, having a capacity of 10,000 tons per year, consisting of a battery of 25 coke ovens, a blast furnace, Bessemer converters and open hearth furnaces, the heat- ing furnaces and the mills necessary for the production of bars, galvanized sheets, rails, wire and nails, was $1,000,000. Sr. Irarrazaval demands certain concessions from the Government, which so far he has been unable to obtain. The two iron products mostly imported, and for which therefore local works would find the readiest sale, are pig iron and corrugated roofing sheets. In effect the 11,300 tons of iron annually imported corresponds to a daily output of about 30 tons, a quantity which it is pos- sible to produce in 24 hours in two furnaces with wood charcoal. But it must be taken into consideration that Chile imports annually a considerable tonnage of iron water pipes, which could be cast in the country. It would theretore be advisable for the Government to grant a bounty of manufacture upon the casting,-as well as upon iron and steel plates, which will ne doubt likely be done. Corrugated roofing sheets are largely imported, and the manufacture of these could profitably support anoth- er special industry, as their consumption corresponds (counting 300 working days in the year) to a production of about 56 tons per 24 hours. The manufacture of these sheets necessitates for their production a certain quan- tity of forge pig, which can very readily be produced in the furnaces with wood charcoal. The manufacture of ordinary sheets, bar iron and steel rails, and similar prod- ucts, in view of the large annual importation, also ap- pears to offer returns for capital invested. The average annual consumption of rails corresponds to a production of 55 tons per 24 hours. A Belgian company have re- cently come to the fore with a project to establish large works, using charcoal as fuel, but really active work has not yet been commenced by them. Given a heavy Gov- ernment subsidy, cheap labor, cheap and pure ore, a fair demand for products, and an import duty imposed on im- ported goods of the same description, as is now the case in Chile, it would appear quite reasonable to suppose that the establishment and working of iron works would be a success. The Chilian Government realizes full well that on the successful working of iron works, or of all works engaged in the production of semi-manufactures, depends the success of the mechanical industries of the country, and so can be relied upon to render every pos- sible assistance in order to insure that success. Three large establishments for the supplying of rail- way equipment, machinery, rolling stock, boilers and en- gines, bridges, &¢c., are now in successful operation in and near Valparaiso. The foremost of these three firms is that of Lever, Murphy & Co., at Caleta Abarea, near Valparaiso and at Valparaiso. These works employ about SOO men and a horse-power of 155 in producing locomotives. bridges, boilers, iron structures and imple- ments for the mining and nitrate of soda industries. Another of these firms, Balfour, Lyon & Co., possess at Valparaiso works which are worthy of special notice. With the single exception of railway locomotives, which they do not construct, their class of manufactures is sim- ilar to that of Lever, Murphy & Co. They employ 700 men. Hardie & Co., the third one of these firms, confine themselves more especially to the construction of rolling stock for railroads and tramways, employing about 600 workmen. The State also owns and operates large shops for railroad equipment at Santiago, Valparaiso and Con- cepcion, where a number of the locomotives used on its lines are constructed. The first-class passenger coaches used on the State lines are all built in the workshops of the State, while only those of the second and third classes are constructed in the shops of the firms mentioned. The most of the railway bridges furnished up to the present time have come from the works of Creusot (France). Chile was the first country in Sonth America to con- struct railroads, and the Government has always pro- moted through large subsidies and wise legislation the upbuilding of its system. At the beginning of the year 1896 the total length of the railroad lines in the Republic was 2080 miles, of which the State owned and operated 838 miles. Private companies owned 1242 miles, repre- sented by 15 different lines. The Government at the time also had 331 miles under construction and being sur- veyed, most of which has since been completed. The leading line is the Grand Central, belonging to the State, which is composed of three divisions—from Valparaiso to Santiago and thence to Melipilla; from Santiago to Talea, from San Fernando to Alcones, and from Pelequen to Peumo; from Talea to Taleahuano, San Rosendo to Traiguen, Santa Fe to Los Angeles, and Robleria to Vic- toria, a total of 766 miles.. Work on the Transandine Railway, connecting Santa Rosa and Mendoza, which has been interrupted for a long time, has again been taken up and will be prosecut- ed vigorously by the Government. When the few re- SF RE HA etree senna Ne iin i ia. iid 1h i i Hi | 17 a ii 2 | S lee Hh | wi § rips hae | te . so Bilt i} ; * Sas bo = = 7 . x oy bd Rs 4 pea inn he x eS as — a 6 THE IRON AGE. « miles of this line shall be completed, the last ink connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Buenos \ires on the former and Valparaiso on the latter, will ive been forged. It is expected that the 622 miles sep arating the two ports named will be covered by express trains in 29 hours. Various railroad projects have recent and as the Government is willing to in subsidies the most of them will be built. The construction and extension of railroads necessitates the mployment of large quantities of iron and steel, and this synopsis of the existing and projected railroads of the country is here given to more clearly point out the possible cit vy come to the fore, grant the ‘mand for the products of iron works. A small nail factory, producing about 1500 kg. per day. is established in the country, in the province of Nuble, and has for several years been paying pver 12 per cent. annual dividends. It must not be inferred from the fact that iron works do not at present exist in Chile that the country is back ward in industrial advancement, as its small population must be taken into consideration. An idea of its prog- ress may be gained from the fact that in 1898, in the Department of Valparaiso, with a population of less than 250,000, there were 457 industrial establishments, which during the year employed over 15,000 operatives, with 201 steam engines having a total of 2086 horse-power. Among these establishments were gas works, breweries, sugar refineries, carriage and wagon works, sawmills, tanneries, &c., all employing imported machinery or ma- chinery mapufactured in the country from imported iron. Steam engines are imported annually to the value of $250,000 and more, and the gas works, agricultural and nitrate of soda industries import about the same amount of implements and machinery, in the manufacture of which iron is the leading material. Just previous to the closing of Congress, on February 2 last, several*very useful measures were passed and have become law, among them being the following: An act for the introduction free of duty for ten years of raw cotton and cotton weaving machinery. ; An act to empower the President to spend $50,000 on the survey of the line of telegraph from Punta Arenas to Puerto Moutt An act to empower the President to spend in 1899 the sum of $500,000 on water supply for different towns. _ An act to empower the President to spend $1,160,000 in the extension of existing railways and the construc- tion of new lines in the province of Atacama. An act to empower the President to spend $950,000 in the completion of the circular railway in Santiago. The wealth of Chile undoubtedly lies in the develop- ment of its magnificent resources, and the Government have now come to a full realization of this fact. Its scanty population being insufficient as it is to cope with the task unaided, makes it apparent that those from abroad who seek there shall find. C. PAULO REI. ee The National Tube Company. (he following is the official list of the newly organ ized National Tube Company: , National Tube Works Company McKeesport, Pa. Riverside Iron Works, blast furnaces, rolling mills and pipe works, at Wheeling, W. Va. United States Seamless Tube Park, Pa. National Rolling Mills, McKeesport, Pa. American Tube & Iron Company's plants at Youngs town, Ohio, and Middletown, Pa. National Forge & Iron Company, McKeesport, Pa. Pennsylvania Tube Works, Pittsburgh. Pa. Boston Iron & Steel Company, McKeesport, Pa. Allison Mfg. Company's tube mill at Philadelphia Monongahela Furnaces, McKeesport, Pa. . Morris Tasker & Co.’s Delaware iron plant, at New Castle, Del. Republic Iron Works, Pittsburgh, Pa. Oil Well Supply Company’s Continental tube works and Elba Iron Works, at Pittsburgh, Pa. National Galvanizing Works, Versailles, Pa. Chester Pipe & Tube Company. Chester, Pa. Monongahela Steel Works, McKeesport, Pa Hooven plant, at Norristown, Pa Oil City ‘Tube Works, Oil City, Pa Syracuse Tube Works, Syracuse, N. ¥ Ohio Tube Company, at Warren, Ohio. Vestern Tube Company, contract until 1902 and one- third stock ownership, Kewanee, Il. rhese works are now turning out Company, Christy : 4 about 1,100,000 tous of all classes of tubular goods of wrought iron and steel, embracing hundreds of varieties from 1-16 inch to 3 feet in diameter. This includes all grades of steam. gas and water pipe. hydraulic pipe, locomotive and sta- tionary boiler and water tubes, casing, drive pipe and tubing for oil production and artesian wells, electric July 20, 1899 conduit pipe, telephone and telegraph conduits, trolley poles, ammonia and gas cylinders, bottles, shrapnel shells and projectiles, hand rails, arch pipe and innu- merable other varieties for hundreds of purposes. | President Converse of the new company, in a state-\ ment, said: While the National Tube Company thus practically control the domestic business, they also are a powerful factor in the other markets of the world. Year by year the American manufacturers have been invading new foreign fields and securing large business from the Brit- ish and German manufacturers. The company supply the oil fields of Russia, Bulgaria, Java, Japan and Italy and Canada with tubular goods; the Scandinavian Pen- insula, Holland, Germany, Mexico, Central and South America, China, India, Australia and other countries and colonies with large quantities of merchant pipe; also supply the South African gold and diamond fields with hydraulic and tubular supplies. It was but lately that the company shipped the famous order of 10 miles of 28-inch steel high pressure water line pipe to the Rand mines, earning three bonuses of 1000 pounds each for quick delivery. This order was taken in public competition with the manufacturers of the world. The company also supply boiler tubes to all of the steam using countries of the world. Some of the elec- tric railways in London are supplied by this company, and their trolley poles are seen on nearly every electric line in the world. The company are now supplying large quantities of high pressure gas and water lines, and have heavy contracts with the Standard Oil Com- pany for the supply of high pressure oil lines and other tubular goods used in their oil production. Very high grade charcoal, iron and seamless locomotive boiler tubes are among the company’s specialties, as also boil- ers for battle ships of the Government, notably the “ Oregon,” which used these tubes on its phenomenal voyage without having a single leakage or displacement. The foreign offices of the company are located at Dock House, Billiter street, London. The company give employment to 25,000 men, there being 8000 at their McKeesport mills alone. $< Admiral Charles O’Neil, Chief of the Bureau of Ord- nance of the Navy Department, Capt. Alexander H. Mc- Cormick, Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, and Commander Edwin C. Pendleton, superintendent of the naval gun shops, at the Washington Navy Yard, have been made defendants in the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia in two suits filed by Sir W. G. Arm- strong, Whitworth & Co., Limited, of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, the well-known English ordnance manufacturers. The declaration of the plaintiffs alleges that the Arm- strong Company own the United States patent, dated February 21, 1888, on trunnion bearings for ordnance originally granted to Ralph T. Brankston, which it is charged has been infringed in the recent manufacture of naval ordnance at the Washington Navy Yard. The Armstrong Company ask for damages for $20,000. Much interest attaches to the snit, owing to the fact that a prosecution of the Federal Government for the infring- ment of a patent owned by a foreign corporation is un- derstood to be without precedent. A supplemental suit was also brought by the plaintiffs against Admiral O'Neil and Commander Pendleton for $10,000, on practically the , same grounds, Captain McCormick’s name being omitted for technical purposes. The Government has 20 days in which to file an answer to the declaration, and it is un- derstood will deny the allegation that the device now used in the construction of guns at the Washington Navy Yard is in any sense an infringement upon the so-called Brankston patent. The Carnegie Steel Company. Limited, of Pittsburgh, have received a contract to build another armor plate safety’vault. It will be the largest vault of the kind in the world, and will be placed in the offices of the Con- tinental Trust Company, at Baltimore. This makes the fourth vault of the kind built in this country. It will be made of Harveyized armor plates, weighing in the ag- gregate 190 tons, which is 105 tons heavier than the vault built for the Union Trust Company in Pittsburgh. The new vault will cover a floor space of 24 x 25 feet, with a hight of 9 feet, inside measurement. The famous firm of Patricio Milmo e Hijos of Mon- terey, Mexico, have been succeeded by the firm of Patricio Milmo e Hijos Sues, the members being Eugenio Kelly, Alberto Radziwill, Sara V. Milmo de Kelly, Pudenciana V. Milmo de Radziwill, Leonor V. Milmo and Constan- tino de Tarnava, the latter having power of: attorney. Zinc, Copper and Lead is the title of a semi-monthly publication issued by G. C. street, New York. Hume of 117 Chambers July 20, 1899 The Volikommer Apparatus for Handling Large Plates. Parties having to handle quantities of plates of any kind, as plate mill owners, glass manufacturers and deal- ers, boiler makers and many others, will be interested in the handling and conveying table, patents for which have been granted to Theo. J. Vollkommer, 229 North F'uirmount avenue, Pittsburgh. The table was primarily designed to avoid the inconveniences incidental to the use of caster tables at shears, most of which, unless unusually well cared for, are frequently in bad shape, out of level, out of plumb and frequently minus a number _ » } a } OOK } - | rN } \ | Z | NN & | e 5 | e | = | e } am Z 44 33 / A-"t uf g Ast es QQ Be Ne Z id - Z Z ESS Z Z ca Fig. 1.-—Detail of Valve and Joint of Box. Te] : cx ® ® @ @ ®@ || © ) \ ©) ©) S) © @ LQ Y 0 | S) © @ YY } > — } uy 2) Yo y oS 2) UY i }® o ® ® v J] <7] » © @ D) > @ ~ Y THE IRON ao | AGE. sible and, there being no movabie parts, there is noth- ing to get out of order or to wear out. In cases of intermittent running, or if the plates are very irregular in size, it becomes profitable to use a moditication with self regulating air valves, as shown in lig. 1, which is about half size. The valve ball is slightly pressed against the annular seat by a light spring. ‘This seat is loosely inserted from the outside and can easily be removed or exchanged without interfering with the operation of the conveyor. A plate placed on the conveyor will press the valve balls downward, thus opening the valve openings, and it will then be floated on the layer of air escaping from the valves. Naturally only such holes will then be opened as are underneath the plate, and will effectively contribute to the forming of the air cushion, while all others remain closed. The cut, lig. 2, shows a modification as applied to large plate shears, where plates of very great width and length are to be handled, and where the operators need access to every part of the table. Instead of using one continuous air box, of the required length of the conveyor, a num- ber of sectional boxes are used and located in such a manner as to leave a passageway between the air boxes for the operator. A modification of the pneumatic conveyor, 120 feet long, is at present in use at the Union works of the Amer- ican Steel Hoop Company for conveying hoop iron, and it has proven so satisfactory that a second one, of 350 feet in length, is just being completed by the same company. Owing to the different nature of the material to be con- veyed special ditticulties had to be overcome and the fourm of the conveyor to be modified. The results of this practical test leave no doubt as to the advantages of the plate conveyor. Mr. Vollkommer is at present making arrangements with a machine shop for the manufacture of the conveyor. a - The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad have leased the Seaver & Ellwood Railroad for a period of 20 years, from “@ 5 Fig. 2.—Plan and Elevations of Pneumatic Plate Conveyor. THE VOLLKOMMER APPARATUS of caster heads. To overcome these sources of annoy- ance the inventor uses a current of air, with several ounces of pressure, produced by a fan, or, for heavier plates, by a rotary blower. The simpler form, which will be most appreciated by the plate manufacturers, con- sists of a closed box of the dimensions of the table, the cover plate of which is smooth and straight and provided with a number of small holes of the proper size. Air is blown into the interior of the box, and by escaping through the holes in the cover plate lifts and holds in suspension, practically free from friction, on a thin elas- tic air cushion, without vibrations or shocks, any super- imposed plates or articles. The slightest touch will give even a heavy plate any desired longitudinal travel, or rotary motion. If it is to be used as conveyor, the slightest inclination from the horizontal line will make the plates move toward the lower end of the con- veyor by gravity. The construction is the simplest pos- FOR HANDLING LARGE PLATES the Pittsburgh Company, a corporation controlling the interests at Ellwood, Pa. The lease is made at an arbi- trary rental, and carries with it the control of the re- cently incorporated Ellwood Southern Railroad, which extends to the coal mines south of Eilwood City. The lease provides that all competing railroads shall be given access to factories of Ellwood during the continuance of the Lake Erie in possession. The Beaver & Ellwood Railroad was organized by Henry W. Hartman and his associates in the Pittsburgh Company, about five years ago, and has been one of the most important short lines in the Beaver Valley. It is reported that the electric roads in Europe in creased from 904 miles on January 1, 1897, tou 1400 on January 1, 1898, and reached 1783 miles on January 1, 1899. These figures look small when compared with our own development. ee 2 a 7, =2 3s in in ee ee = a ran em i> THE The Japanese Tariff. commercial era 1ited States begins 1899.—A new and the U1 WASHINGTON, July 17, in relations between Japan to-day with the taking effect of a new treaty of com- merce and navigation which was negotiated in Wash- ington nearly five years ago. The treaty marks the from the status of a semi-barbaric nation, this Government relinquish- extraterritoriality in exchange for up of the entire interior of Japan to Ameri- can citizens seeking to do business with its people. An incident of which adds to the significance of the Japan of her new transition ol fully Japan ivilized ing: the principle ol to a the opening special importance, assumption by status, is the institution of a new tariff, which recently took effe and under which a material reduction in duties is secur ad by those desiring To export their goods time but several months prior applying to the most import netals, as cabled to the publ shed 1 The Tron Aage the metal to Japan. At the this new tariff was promulgated, to its taking effect, the average ant manufactures of Japanese. Legation here, were Below will be found the full which have come to rates as text ol] schedules since hand. rhe Japanese to be brought Minister, in explanation of the changes about by the new treaties which Japan has made not only with the United States, but with Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland and Peru, has issued state- nent from the Legation, in part as follows: “To understand the change it is necessary to look at the system under the old treaties. This was essentially based on two principles: First, that foreign residents in Japan shall enjoy the privileges of extraterritoriality— that Is, they should be amenable to the laws and juris- diction of the consul of their own country and not to Japanese jurisdiction; and, second, that foreign residents in Japan shall be confined to certain open ports, outside of which foreigners have not been able to reside, to own property, or to engage in trade. “At the present time, if an American citizen commits an offense in Yokohama, he is tried, not in the Japanese court, but by an American Consul. The same is true as to an offense by a citizen of France, Great Britain and other countries. So in effect we have about 15 or 16 systems of courts in Japan, for the purpose of trying foreigners who commit offenses in Japan. Naturally, it is a most serious inconvenience. Furthermore, most of the Powers have claimed that Japanese laws were not binding upon foreigners. For instance, take our quaran- tine law. While it protected us as against our own peo- ple, vet there was no protection in the case of an infected foreign ship, as the claim was raised that Japanese law was not binding on foreigners. So we not only have had to deal with 15 or 16 foreign courts, but the Japanese laws have not been received in these courts. The only exception as to this was the United States, which recog- nized from the first the binding force of the Japanese law. ‘One of the bad effects of this system was that for- eign residents had entire immunity from taxation. The Japanese paid all the taxes, although foreigners enjoyed the saine advantages which resulted from this taxation. Now all this has disappeared and the foreigners have the same privileges, as well as the same obligations, as the Japanese citizens, no more and no less. The first step in the new system is to put an end to the old fiction of extraterritoriality, by which foreign citizens were judged by different standards from Japanese. The second essential thing is the provision opening the entire interior of Japan to foreign residents and trade. Until now there have been only five treaty ports— Yokohama, Nagasaki, Kobe. Hakodate and Nigata. In these places foreigners had been able to live, to purchase property and to trade, but outside of these they could not even travel without a special permit. ‘These five places are an insignificant part of Japan, and now the entire in- terior of the empire, with its populous cities and inviting fields of industry, is thrown open to foreign residents and trade. They may live anywhere, engage in any kind of business, and they will be assured of the same protection of life and property that is given to Japanese.” Following are the metal schedules which will now take effect at all ports, including those heretofore open to the foreign trade: Group I,—-Arms, Ammunitions, Clocks, Watches, In- struments, Apparatus, Tools and Machinery, Ad valorem rates of duty, per cent 1. Arms and ammunitions, such as cannons, muskets, pis- tols, side arms, projectiles, cartridges, &c...... . Bo 2. Balances, measuring scales and tapes . 10 5. Clocks, standing and hanging, and parts the reof 20 7. Crucibles of all kinds 5 P 10 8. Cutlery, not otherwiss ovided for 20 IRON AGE. 20, 1899 July 10. Electric light apparatus or instruments and parts ET ens hide oa Rae ek web meee eRe Ee 4 10 11. Fire engines and parts thereof................ wis 10 12. Implements and tools of farmers and mechanics, and 7 parts thereof. .....ccccccsccccccccscvcseccess 5 16. Locomotive engines and parts thereof...........+... 10 17. Machinery or machines and engines of all kinds and ; parts thereof, not otherwise provided for....... 10 20. Pumps and parts thereof.............+.++: os 10 21. Sewing machines and parts thereof............. 10 23. Sporting guns and accessories. ..........+e.006. a 24. Steam engines, boilers and parts thereof...... ry ons 10 DS. THDOWTIETS 2.0 cccccrescesenss Tee Toes ere 10 Group IX.—Metals and Metal Manufactures, 202. Antimony, ingot and Slab..........-eeeseeeeees 5 srass ° 203. Bar, rod, plate and sheet 7 see sare ‘ 10 %O4. l'ipes and tubes.. > . * woe eee 10 20%. SBCrOeWS ...0e- , he in ebee'e 10 206 Trass, old, only fit for remanufacturing . 5 Copper: » eT: ee BI MR ois sete neha ewe eee )