The Iron Age 1900-09-13: Vol 66 Iss 11

LSS LS mC St“ _i‘é;f THE A Review of the Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams o. i ha es IIIS Hardware, Iron, Machinery and Meta. - rades. » 32-238 William St... New York. Vol. LXVI; No, 11. Reading Matter Contents......... page 44 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 131 Classified List of Advertisers .... ‘‘ 133 Advertising and Subscription Rates “‘ 51 New York, Thursday, $5.00 a Year, including Postage, Single Copies, Ten Cents. September 13, 1900. THE THREE REQUISITES OF A PERFECT GUN, BALANCE, EVEN PATTERN AND PENETRATION, New York. I IRON » AND -Propucts sista’ Patent Stee Belt Lacing, SAVES Time, Belts, Money. Greatest‘ trength READY TO APPLY § FinisHeDJowT With Least Metal. Send for Circulars and Free Samp'!es. THE BRISTOL CO., Waterbury, Conn. SAM SON SPOT CORD husetts and Phenix Aloe Nowensefseat tee SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURNBUCKLES. ranch Office. 11 Broadway, New York, Cleveland City Forge and IronCo., - Cleveland, O. UROP HAMMERS. MANUFACTURED BY MERRILL BROS., Brooklyn, N.Y- COK PILLING & CRANE, Girard Bullding, Philada. American Sheet Steel Company Lewis Block, Pittsburgh. battery Park Building New York Manufacturers of all varieties of ! on and Steel Sheets Elack and Galvanized \. Dewees Wood Company’s P inished Iron \ -lsville Polished Steel Sheets Can only be obtained after years of experience. THE REMINGTON HAMMERLESS is backed by nearly a century’s experience, and the success that rewards the man who shoots a Remington proves that our efforts have not been in vain. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. REMINGTON ARMS CO. 315 Broadway, N. Y. Dlion, WN... GAHALL 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 COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. BRANCHES: Jenkins ’96 Packing. Pronounced by steam users throughout the world the best joint packing manufactured. Expensive? Not at all, as it weighs 30¢ less than other pack- ings sold at about the same price per pound, con- sequently is much cheaper. JENKINS BROTHERS, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago Brass Prices High, So Use Bright“‘Swedoh” Stamp- gue lh ing Steel. Easily Brass Plated and Save Money. pase MAGNOLIA METAL. Best Anti-Fri.tion Metal for all Machinery sas et Fac-Simile of Bar. ? Beware of SS imitations, caLIA METAL C0., 2665an 48267 Wost St, London, Chicago, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Owners and Sole Manufacturers, NEW W_YORK. Boston, San Franc’sco, PhiladelpLia td THE IRON AGE. THE ANSONIA Brass p° COPPER CoO. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. THE PLUME & A1wood MF6. Go., MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass —AND— WiRG PRINTERS’ BRASS, JEWELERS’ METAL, GERMAN Ingot Copper. Waterbury “sent Co. SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS. ee eee Established 1545. ; Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kere-~ + J Tobin Bronze Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, is Soe ae ae (TRADE-MARK REGISTERED.) German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger- Condenser,Plates,Pump Linings, Round, py ar thee _ 29 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump COPPER RIVETS AND BURS. | 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. TAPE MEASURES, | 199 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, 99 John Street N k. METALLIC EYELETS, ROLLING MILL : FACTORIES : ohn Stree - vn : | , :; : e _ edi Brass Kettles. Brass Tags, Fowder Flasks, =| = THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. 020208888 AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Randoiph-Clowes (lo., ¢| Careridee Metal in Shoots or Shells) I SCOVILL MFG. CO., TPC Manufacturers of Main Office and Mill, DEPOTS : | 60 Centre St., New York. 126 Eddy St., Provi- WATERBURY, CONN. dence, R.!. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, N.J. | MANUFACTURERS OF MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. SHEET, WIRE, TUBES. SHEET BRASS & COPPER. | Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods, maczen ness & connen ¢|DEOMIDZED ORDNANCE and sans, n,n TUBES. COMPOSITION METALS___. "Solder. SEAMLESS BRASS sh tea iain: FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. - eae asl sUBES Satisfactory prices. NEW YORK, "CHICAGO, BOSTON. wean ie, Room Be postal Tel- &| BRIDGEPORT DEOXIDIZED BRONZE Boston or. Oe and Purchase St. & METAL C0, ae Pee ee i Ai i i i ttn tn top ty he nd BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. 100 John Street, - New York. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS. SMELTERS OF SPELTER Arthur T. Rutter, AND MANUFACTURERS OF SUCCESSOR TO SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. WILLIAM S. FEARING, Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates, Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. 256 Broadway, New York. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Seen end atieenh Gialin Sheet Brass, German Silver, Cop- per, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tubes, Small Tubing a Specialty. Brass and BRASS Finsness JJARYAN & CO, RE steeete ea ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. — 3 — Sar ae aa 1 Cobeb ae! _ fh — 1a @leblal-t-col Best Bronze, Babbitt Metals, Brass and Aluminum CASTINGS |) THE BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. YOU CAN OBTAIN PROMPTLY the latest work | 79 Murray St. Dew Mork on any subject in which you are interested by ad- : 17 N.7th St., Philadelphia A dressing DAVID WILLIAMS COMPANY, Pub- MANUFACTURERS OF lishers and Booksellers, 232-238 William St., N. Y. HENDRICKS BROTHERS he ae TURING PROPRIETURS OF THE Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, C°PP€® | WIRE. MANUFACTURERS OF Lamp Geoeds of all Kinds. Brazicers’ Bolt and Sheathing BRASS AND COPPER GOODS Cc Cc) =) Pe EBs R, In Great Varieties. COPPER WIRE AND VIvErs. Importers and Dealers in . Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. b Gun © cums @: Guin GREENS ae aE 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. 7. F. WELCH MFG. CO. 63 SUDBURY STREET. BOSTOR BESSEMER STEEL GRASS AND On -TEMPERED SPRINGS. THE IRON AGE. ELEPHANT BRAND PHOSPHOR- | BRONZE. Vu iphi 2. 4 one” Bel. CASTINGS, STAMPINGS ano | REG.TRADE MARKS | ‘THE PHOSPHOR st 4 SMELTING Co. |IMITED; ‘2200. WASHINGTON.AVE.PHILADELPHIA. “ELEPHANT BRAND PHOSPHOR-BRONZE~ INGOTS,CASTINGS, WIRE,RODS, SHEETS, etc. — DELTA METAL— FORGINGS | ORIGINAL ano Sore MakeEeRs IN THE U.S. QFhlinois Zinc Company, MANUFACTURERS OF FISHER, Agent, 81-83 Falton St., Telephone, 139 John. Ww. New Vork City. Spelter, Sheet Zinc, Sulphuric Acid and Acid Phosphate. PERU, IL t.. OILLESS ee inas. A strong letter of commendation from a firm whose re ‘world wide” as putati 44 is the manufacturers of the celebrated ‘ * PE 1RLIN New York, Nov. 26, 1897 NORTH AMERICAN METALINE Co., 43 Third &t , Long Island City, N. Y Gentlemen: Your favor of 20th inst. received; in reply are pleased to say that our Met alined Bushings have given us entire satisfacti: n. We first applied them bn 1886 or '87 under very trying conditions, put them in fast ruoning lcose pulleys with high tension belt, ard they gave perfect satisfaciion. Since then, we have extended their use throughout our works, and they hive given satisfaction where- ever we have placed them. Very truly some, JAS. PYLE & SONS. Fe great Tensile Strength, Elasticity and Elongation, coupled with unusual Non-Corrosive qualities, CASTINGS AND PROPELLER WHEELS made from PARSONS MANGANESE BRONZE cannot be excelled. Write for particulars. SOLH MAKHBHRS: THE WILLIAM GRAMP & SONS SHIP and ENGINE BUILDING CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. SSS EE Has sold 2,000,000 standard Fishing Reels in 12 years to Domestic and Foreign Jobbing trade and will mail you any Reel you may select from our illustrated catalogue on receipt of list price, and if not satisfactory will, on return of Reel refund the money. Catalogues mailed free on application. THe Anonew B. Henoryx Co., New Haven, Conn. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. For high speed and heavy crushing weight it has no equal. THEO. HIERTZ & SON, Sole Manutacturers, 30th St. and Park Ave., St. Louis, Me. Manufacturers all grades Babbitt Metals, Solder, Bar Tin, Bar Lead, Lead Car Seals, Pig Tin, Pig Lead, Antimony, Cox per, Spelter, ete. EV VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVYVYVVVVVVVYVYVVYYVYVVYVVVVYVVYVYVVYVYY GRAY IRON, BRASS, ALUMINUM AND BRONZE CASTING OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY. Very much time saved by vsirg clean and soft castings. A trial will convince you. Pickets and Rosettes for wire workers, catalogue of same. Nickel Piatng and Japanni ng, Metal Pattern Making, also Bronze Tablets and Name Plates for Machine ry to order. We invite correspondence JOHN W. CLARKE, ALBANY, N. Y. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA UNITED METALS SELLING co it BROADWAY, NEW YORK. EUROPEAN ACENTS: . S. HENRY & CO., 12Leadenhall St., London, E. Cc. VVVVVTVy" v PAAAAAAAAAAS | | WE MAKE ALL GRADES. PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, WRITE U3 ALWAYS. CHICAGO, BROOKLYN. YOU CAN OBTAIN PRO! PTLY the on any subject in which you daré@- interested by ad- 300KS : OKS dressing DAVID WILLIAMS COMPANY, Publishers i Booksellers, 232-288 William St., N. Y. pee work The American Metal Co ‘LIMITED). Exchange Court Building, 52 Broadway, New York. P.O. BOX 957 COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. Tin, Lead, Spelter, Antimony, Nickel, Aluminum, Bullion, Iron. ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS. AGENTS FOR HENKY R. MERTON & CO.. London, Firminghama, Manchester and Glasgow. METAILLGFSE!tLSCHAFT, Frankfurt-on-Main WILLIAMS, FOSTER & +0. Lid. Swansea, Eng. SOCIETE LE NICKEL, Paris, Frat ce BALBACH SMELTIAG & REFINING Co, , Newark, N.J PHOSPHOR-TIN BY USING MY PHOSPHOR TIN MANUFACT URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE OF PHOSPHOR BRONZE tHemseves. BY THE SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTINC muck CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW.TO BE HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OROLD COPPER CAN BE USED. FORCIRCULARS AND PRICE ADORESS HALK & NAUMANN, NEw-vors \S, orFice AGENTS FOR THEL.S.ANOCANADA& PE Aa yt hosphorized Metal Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Phosphor Tin, Phosphor Bronze, Phosphor Copper, Manganese Copper. LOWEST MARKET PRICES. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. ‘SIHONI rx vz oO > *) D < 2 4) 4 °o oO * (4 Hdl) NU SVU] CHORD | —_ > 3 "T) le > 2 -, 3ONWD BZ OL WOIHL HON! Y-l WOUS 'S3Z!IS 11V ee A > YN N N ms tT Sy apr N A THE IRON AGE. AECOCHRAM, Prat ERT, eo CORRUGATED, SEND FOR CATALOGUE.AND PRICES PATENT COLD . . . GALVANIZING PROCESS, We notify our customers and others that we are cnlarging our Jobbing Plant to a Capacity of “SIX” 25 foct tanks and wi!l be equipped to handle any kind of beavy work up to 25 fect in lengtt > and also, with our special patent machinery and d vices, small work of every ascrev ati ple utsotany We furvish nails, Vs, its e at very } \ ; , size and de- pric« Spect : a ‘ scription and ade : : crantshopright ? aud other li- and ae censes Ou a Troy. ; alty basis. U. S. Electro- Galvanizing Go. LANT 108-110 W. Lith BING St. FI Ss MAIN OF 346 Broadway, New York. 90000 0000000000000000000008 » @ Preserve Your WIRE ROPES, . 4 MANILA ROPES, § 4 LEATHER BELTS, 4 o GEARING. e ° Get Catalogue T. 4 e Ironsides Paints @ 7 or Roofs, Boiler + s Fror ts, stacks and e 4 All Metal Work e a THE 'RONSIDES CO, @ 4 SWELD Fife Columbus, 0.,U.S.4 . SSCSSHOSSSSSSSSSSSOSSESSSSESE de. Md, Mo KELVEY EP, MASON EVANS Seer & Treas, JOHN O.PEW, Bamr Mazcm ¥, CRIMPED EDGE IRON. Se ee oa iis CHUA ITAL RON(&: STEEL ROOFING IRON & STEEL WEATHER BOARDING. SS eed GALVANIZED & BLACK RIDGING. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Eastern Agents: W.H. THOMSON & CO, Philadelphia, Pa Chicago Cffice: 810-811 New York Life Bldg. THE ~BLEICHERT WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY, and other systems of aerial transpor- tation. Manufactured by THE TRENTON IRON CO., TRENTON N.J. * ve ttes $2. ee eel Bleichert Tramway of The Solvay Process Co Engineers and Contractors and sole lice es in North America for the Bleichert System, Also Wire Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist-Conveyors, Surface and Undergrvund Haulage, Etc. Illustrated book upon applicatior New York Orrice—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., 17 Burling Slip CHIcaG) OFrrice—1114 Monadnock Building. CLARK & COWLES, Plainville, Conn. RIVETS, METAL PUNCHING, SPRINGS. Press Work a Specialty. ag Fat wey of yt Cleveland W | RE SP RI NG company. — CLEVELAND, O.—— Oil tempered machinery WIRE . ow, SPRINGS, WE ARE THE ONLY MAKERS OF Columbia Brand Phosphor Tin and Bronze Ingots. syracuse, N.Y. Is a highly polished, NON-COURROSIVE me: Buttons, Name-plates, Stove boards, Refrigerator nickel-plated brass. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Pe en es eer 4iite Zinc Polished for the Trade. SE SYRACUSE BABBITT It is the Best for all Machinery Bearings. PRICE REASONABLE. SYRACUSE SMELTING WORKS, MONTREAL, CANADA. Pye COs — Se 18 OF BD -~ al. packed with paper between each sheet. Is being used for Wash boards, House Numbers, Reflector Lining, Fruit Jar Caps Can be soldered, stamped and bent to the sharpest turn, retaining a polish lik AMERICAN NICKELOID CO., PERU ILLINOIS THE IRON AGE, NG S.A. \ | THE HARRINGTON & KING PERFORATING CO., a Main Office and Works, 209 North Union Street, Chicago, us. § Eastern Office, 284 Pearl Street, New York. = BOOS O84 66888 OOS 8888 BABBITT METAL BRASS INGOTS and SPELTER. Smelters and Refiners. Brand: GOLDEN ROD. SCRAP METALS OF ALL CLASSES BOUGHT. #H. M. SHIMER & CO., - FOR ROLLING MILL AND OTHER MACHINERY. zz1a8 Cherry Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. SPIRAL SPRINGS We make a specialty of making to order only a superior quality of ast Steel Wire Springs, either for extension or compression. These Springs are all oil tempered and are made of an ex- tra quaiity of wire drawn specially for our own use, of the same grade of stock as we use for the Springs that we put in our Spring Scales JOHN CHATILLON & SONS, 85 to 93 Cliff St., and 12 Jacob St., NEW YORK CITY. Established 1835. laa @) NNN pies. ocnane METALig PRICE and QUALITY MY Ne. 3 BEARING METAL HAS STOOD THE TEST AND I CAN PROVE ALL I CLAIM FOR IT. 1. SHONBERG, 172 Hudson Street, N. Y., {20ocyerane uf ra COTTER ‘oq Ss - _ SPLIT KEYS ALL SIZES THE HOLLINGER FENCE Co. GREENVILLE, RIVETED | = ' KEYS OHIO. are the two essentials. | NEW HAVEN WIRE MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF WiIikt:E IN GREAT VARIETY. NEW HAVEN, = CONN. WIRE “— SPRINGS MORGAN SPRING CO., Worcester, Mass. TT SMALL SPRINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION —MADE BY — THE WALLACE BARNES CO., Bristol, Conn., U. S. A. | Established 1857. 4 Flat or Round Wire, Steel or Brass, COLD ROLLED STEEL Kept in Stock. .003 to .049 in. thickness. Springs Enameled or Plated. Send Samples and Write for Quctations. @ eee PLDLSOLOLGE COOOL LOLSLSLOLDLD LOLS OIL TEMPERED SPRINGS «4 FOR ORGANS -PIANOS -GOVERNORS BICYCLES 0 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS «*c SPECIAL SPRINGS —MADE FROM CRUCIBLE SHEET STE | Bee ~~ ™ sg \ SAGIN MACHINE CO. MONTPELIER VT. GRISWOLD WIRE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF CROSS HEAD, IMPROVED, MONITOR, HOOE AND SINGLE LOOP STEEL WIRE BALE TIES. Wire Straightened and cut to lengths, Wire, Wire Nails, etc BRADDOCK, PA. Cary Spring Works, 240 and 242 W. 29th St., N. Y. City. WIRE*°SPRINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. E. JENCKES MFG. CO. PAWTUCKET, R. |. CRESCENT COAT AND HAT HOOKS, BRIGHT WIRE GOODS, COTTERS AND KEYS, SPECIAL WIRE WORK TO ORDER. Sole Selling Agents, JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., 113 Chambers St., New York. ELECTRO GALVANIZING WORKS BLACKIIAN & KING. Specialty made of Galvanizing Steam, Water and Drainage Fittings, Nails, Screws, Bolts and Nuts, Springs, All Kinds of Castings and Wrought Iron Work. 801 Greenwich St., bet. Jane and 12th Sts., New York ELECTRO GALVANIZING ON ALL KINDS OF tron, Steel, Screws, Nails, also Steam and Drainage Fittings. EMPIRE PIPE BENDING AND SUPPLY CO., 235 te ag3 Park Ave., BROOKLYN, N. Y. Telept oLe ° 423 B Main THE IRON AGE R. H. WOLFF & CO., Ltd., MANUFACTURERS OF ALL FINE GRADES OF COLD ROLLED STEEL, For Corset, Band Saws, Clock and Watch Springs and all parts thereof, and all other special purposes. FINEST QUALITIES OF STEEL WIRES, Round, Square, Flat and ali other shapes, for Cables, Wire Ropes, Spokes, Needles, Piano Wire, and all other special purposes, tempered and untempered, etc. a Works: 118th, 117th and 116th Sts. and East River, Wolff-American High Art Cycles, NEW YORK CITY. WE make all kinds of Sheel [letal goods as well as Wire goods. All our work is done by my Automatic [lachines, and consequently cheap in price and good in quality. - a , ee R. 4 JENKINSON & 00. =—21 = ( pais 289-297 Washington St., ° N EWARK, N. J. A few ae the Wire shapes we have made. ‘¢A LITTLE BLUE BOOK ON r4 6 bd 9 ROPE TRANSTISSION,”’ Second Edition—AUG MENTED, Published by THE AMERICAN MANUPACTURING CO. TRANSMISSION THE AMER'CAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 6 65 Wall Street, NEW YORK, SORE Cena comes 81 WATERBURY ROPE CO. DUNBAR BROTHERS, FACTORIES, Brooklyn. OFFICE, 69 South St., | iaeotmie | WIRE ROPE SMALL SPRINGS OF KINDS. SHEET STEEL and Also Manila, Sisal, Russia and STEEL and BRASS WIRE, American Cordage and Binder Twine. BRISTOL, CONN. Wi aa in Steel Straightened and Cut Cuarncoa, IFOM.__.. All Lengths. WM. McFARLAND, Screw Rods, WOOD SCREWS, Iron and Brass. IRON FOUNDER, TRANSOM LIFTERS. TRENTON, - N. J. BiICcYo LE CEHAINS for Bicycles and Mechanical Purposes READING SCREW CO., Norri ng CHILLED CAST WIRE DIES — CO., Norristown, Penna Any Size or sultans tafehons Netic ce. THE STEWART WIRE COMPANY: - ~— Baaree Plans THE BRIGHT ——ALL WOR ut ANNEALED WIRE COODS GOMPANY,| exes |W ~e a | se Hardware and Kitehen Wire Goods. sane —ALL VARIETIES— RIVET Syecialties to Order. SvVEL YTHING iN wee Wire Straightened and Cut to Specified Lengths, THE IRON AGE. ATO & ASA. 8); SUCCESSFUL If-ANITARY VENTILATION fan now be accomplished. — r CQ) *peo1uBseny eq MOU UB, WHYOJINN NOILLWILLNEA NIC ING EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF THE Heavy Steel Témpered National Battery and Bolting Wire-Cloth. RODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO., SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF - a a = ee om ————— a S & > is pp = py _ -_- — i ao — — | i ee ae — & 4 Ss -_ : _ = — - 2 ' o - . = -. oe ——— 5 — oe = = : ——_ pike «Jet ———_ 4 WY —— ee — - a = : th ———__ = Reb | : ES De - THE MOST DURABLE ROPE MADE; IT HAS NO EQUAL, SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. . il “aa Ee ———— ee Cire © oe eo = Sa NaS P € Se Be Citen eee ee Be Fe a) ss te —# ’ - — - as, eee = e rn = ———— — sao — Established Hh8s75 St. Louis, Mo. A. LHSCHAN c&t SONS ROPE Co., SOLE MANUFACTURERS 3 SSS ~< BLESES SS NWIRERR OPE N OVERHEAD WiRE Rope—TRAMWAYS AND CABLEWAYS. = 920-922 NORTH MAIN ST., ST. LOUIS, MO. Brauch Office. 47-49 South Canal St., Chicago. Ts ‘ oe Tae —_ ; 1848 ESTABLISHED ‘i ponte 3 — HAZARD MFG CO0.—— —_ J etal ~ ~~ ~ - : a _ INSULATED WIRES and CABLES. HARD and SOFT DRAWN COPPER WIRE. Warerooms: 50 DEY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: WILKESBARRE, PA. WILLIAMSPORT WIRE ROPE CO., WILLIAMSPORT, PA. ————— ———— SSS MANUFACTURE R°S Osha —————" = Y — WIRE ROPE = =[R'O.N=8-CRU:G] BLESCAS I STEEL STEEL IRON WIRE ROPE & Whyte Manilla Rope, Blocks, Sheaves, Rope Co., Galvanized Wire, Steel Strand. 19 South Canal Street, CHICAGO. OUR TRADE MARK PROTECTS YOU. mee Kidd Bros, & Burgner Stee! Wire Company IicKEE’S ROCKS, PA. Sole Manufacturers of KIDD SPECIAL DRILL RODS, NEEDLE WIRE AND HIGH GRADE STEEL WIRES. Macomber HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellors at Law, Solicitors of Patents. PHILADELPHIA West End Bidg., 82 So. Broad St. NEW YORK Potter Building, 88 Park Row, WASHINGTON National Union Bidg., 918 F St. PATENTS U.S.and Foreign Secured. Trade Marks and Copyrights. Twenty Years’ Experience. Send model or sketch and brief description of your invention and secure report as to patentability. Expert searches and opin ions asto Scope, Validity and Infringement. Patent Causes Prosecuted and Defended. Prac tice in U. S. Supreme, Circuit and Circuit Ap peals Courts, and U. S. Patent Office. Send for *‘ Plain Words about Patents,” Free. PATENT PRACTICE EXCLUSIVELY. References Furnished on Application. E. B. STOCKING, Attorney at Law eee a Estey Wire Works Co. 65 FULTON St., NEW YORK, Manutacturers of every variety of WIRE CLOTH = WIRE WORK Bank and Office Railing, BRASS AND IRON WORK, RIDDLES AND SCREENS. SEND FOR CATALOGUES. GOEPEL & RAEGENER Counselors at Law, Registered Patent Agents, 290 BROADWAY, - Dun Building, - NEW YORK. Special experience in and connections for obtaining Patents in foreign countries. JANNEY, STEINMETZ 4 CO., Seamless Cold Drawn Steel Shelis, Cylinders and Tanks, for Air, Water, Steam, Gas, Soda, Ammonia or Fluids under pressure and explo- sives. Seamless Tubing, Heavy Section Tubes, Hy- draulic Forgings for Cream Separator Bowis. INGOT ALUMINUM for STEEL MAKERS. DREXEL BUILDING, Philadelphia. H. P. & H. F. WILSON, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE BALE TIES For Baling Hay, Straw, Jute, Moss, Rags. Paper Stock and all Compressible Material. 577-579 Tenth Ave., - New York City. ‘THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF ; a —~} | ' | ee | ++ = Steel Farm Gate s, Wedge-Lock Spring Wire Fence and Hard i ' " ‘ s ‘ . 0 led, Galvanized, Steel Wire in the Roll ' Welland, Ontario, Canada. Dleveland, 0. THE IRON AGE. = THE SUMMIT WIRE CO. rr ee ee + » CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO. M aoufacturers of ; ut ot ( BROOM WIRE, TINNED - MATTRESS WIRE, (LANTERN WIRE, BRIGHT MARKET WIRE, COPPERED MARKET WIRE, ANNEALED STONE WIRE. OE FT III I a Ft Ut WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. owrrrrwre rT errrr rrr rrr rr err Fe SS Le oe * * | Seeeeeeooon I Stee! Rod HARTMAN Picket Fence For Lawns, Parks, Cemeteries, School Grounds; also Tree Guards, Window Guards, Wire Mats, Woven Wire Fence, etc. HARTMAN MFG. CO., Of Ellweed City, Pa. N. Y. Office, 309 B’ way, N. Y. City ROSSMAaN'S Lawn FenCE. Made especially for Lawns. Parks, Cemeteries and all Public and Private Grounds. Has no equal Thoroughly Galvanizei and made of best Besse- mer No.6 steel Wire Cheaper and just as sub- stantial as Iron Fence. Write for Latalogue Rossman Woven Wire Fence Co., ROSSMAN, COLUMBIA CO ,N. Y. WL WANT AGENTS TO SELL OUR TRON FENC The largest m’f'r of Iron Fence in the A. . 8 t Al Arcuiteciural ant HT Ornamental! JIror Work, Jails, ete. Write for Catalog 3 THE STEWART 1RON WARKS, “Suid; Fh v 4 AR ROW BR AND ASPHALT READY ROOFING This roofing s already gravel, No quired painting re Ready tor immediate use. Lap Edge. Notice the comes in coated with GEO. W. PRENTISS & CO., - MANUFACTURERS OF Iron and Steel WIRE of every description for General and Special Purposes. HOLYOKE, IAs: LAWN FENCE, WINDOW GUARDS, OFFICE RAILING, TREE GUARDS, FARM FENCE, Send for Catalogue and Discount Sheet. TERRE HAUTE, IND., 959 No.Tenth Street. UP-TO- DATE MFG. co., ‘ DWIGGINS WIRE ee; co. ici, a Ind, Wire Fencing, Ready Made. for Lawn, Farm and Rallroad, Write for Catalogue. Agents Wanted. ORNAMENT AL FENCE! 25 different designs, they are all steel and cheaper than wood fence, Special prices to Churches and Cemeteries. Write us for catalogue. KOKOMO FENCE MCH. CO., Kokom 9, Ind., U. S. A. 38 ad ed lh hd — tor tom iow tows st ‘ ier ber ter per ie er gris Cruciste Sr Oxia Micmac \ OF CA apaciTY FROM Aw Ounc 6 >| eMLABE ERR? re M@ ADAM’S STEEL and IRON WORKS Ornamental Steel Fencing, Woven Wire Fencing Door and Window Guards, Bank Work, Jail Work, ¢: ' SEND FOR CATALOGUE. W. J. ADAM, Joliet, 1 i (ll BRIGHT IRON and BRASS WIRE GOODS Send for Catalogue Oo SPRING COTTERS AND KEYS. aaa All Kinds of Special Wire Goods Made to Order. ASHPALT READY ROOFING CO., 136 Water St., N. Y M. S. BROOKS & SONS, CHESTER, CONN. ES EE THE IRON AGE. The New Dean Wire Stretcher. Strong and reliable. Easy to operate. Made from approved patterns of latest design. The New Dean is well known to the trade and gives good satisfac- tion. We are prepared to execute orders for same promptly, and will tee to furnish a perfect working article, made from best material by competent workmen, WRITE FOR PRICES, ARCADE MFG. CO., FREEPORT, ILLS. WIRE TO ANY SHAPE. Q We have modern machinery for this work. Send Sample for Prices. THE LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO., - St. Louis, Mo. ANYTHING IN ARTISTIC AND LIGHT IRON, WIRE AND BRASS WORK fuch as [ron and Wire Fet.ces of every description, Office and Bank Railings, Window Guards, Fire Fse ipes, ron Stairways, Roof Crestings, Iron Doors ard shutters, Flower Stands and other Floral Designs, tron Vase, rns, Chairs and Set 8, General Builders’ [ron Work etc. ete. 100-page illustrated catal gue, with close prices. s nt free. ORNAMENTAL IRON & WIRE CO., ° . Largest concern of the kind in the entire South Chattanooga, Tenn. F For Operating Windows in Monitor Roofs, 2 ORMSBY’S. ° Cc MELROSE, MASS. , Sky Lights and Transoms in Churches and Schools. J.B. &J. M. CORNELL, MANUPACTURERS OF Annealing Pots for Wite Manufacturers. We make a spzcialty of an extra strong, heat-resisting metal peculiarly adapted for this purpose. UN WRITE FOR PRICES. ‘ORKS: West Point Foundry, Cold Spring-on-Hudson. 26th Street and 11th Avenue, New York. OFFICE: 26th Street and iith Avenue, New York City. Sitas Howr ENOCH PETERSON, Pres. & Treas. The Wm. D. Gibson Co, MANUFACTURERS OF Coiled and Fiat Springs. Any required shape or size. Made to sample or V. Pres. & Secy ae ms specification. Oil tem- wai . f _ ! pered Crucible Cast Steel \ \ Springs for Machinery a Wil) HH (( == specialty, Wa 23-27 North Clinton 8St., | 7 - CHICAGO, ILL. Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co. Steel Buildings, Root Trusses, Structural Iron Work, Dryer Cars, Corrugated ! Sheet Metal ' Coverings. Cor. Coe and Lake Sts., CLEVELAND, OHIO. Conductor Pipe. oins together perfectly. Uniform in size. | Absolutely watertight. Eave Trough Elbowsand Hangers ALL STYLES OF PAINTED AND GAL VANIZED ROOFING AND SIDING, The Kanneberg Roofing and Ceiling Co., Canton, Ohio. i? you see what you want, write us ; if not, write us anyway, for we make many shapes in Springs and Cultivator Shovels not shown in cut. i, ST. JOHNS SPRING COPPANY, i St. Johns, Michigan. & ,WIRECLOTH. WIRE (0% THE IRON AGE. RANCSCO, DENVER, y VOGOG go SH, 899 1gth St/ Plates and Sheets, Bar Steel—AMl Shapes Cold-Drawn Steel Shapes. beams, Channels, Angles. YALE ARUN YO) Tp off = GUY Var f Uy y Uy Y/ Yj Zag jG, Y Yt ZZ VW fh Y Y “hy Y Yi y tét-fjy y Y Z Z Hy --@ SPRINGS, . a s--@ Extcnsion—Compression—Torsion From the tiniest Watch Spring to the heaviest Car or Butfer Spring, all made trom our own special caretully tested Steel. _ Round or Flat Springs to Order _ TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS. Y i, 4 Yj ; UY Y Write for Prices to “iy Yj G L ‘4 UY Y American Steel & Wire Co. 4 Wz YY Yj YH YH Yj, THE IRON AG CONTINUOUS MILLS FOR BILLETS, MERCHANT BAR, RODS, HOOPS, AND COTTON-TIE. WIRE-DRAWING MACHINERY---FOR STEEL, COPPER OR BRASS. MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WORCESTER, MASS., U. S. A. WIRENILS ann CHAIN MACHINERY. DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE TURNER, VAUGHN & TAYLOR CoO., CABLE ADDRESS: *Mameee, Ovrameda Fas20, 0." CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, U.S.A. Requires but few posts and no top M. M. NG. or bottom rail. Is stronger and better, and completed fence costs from 40 per TAD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA E oi 4 il f oO < AVAVAVAVAN _ wit me \/\/\/\ = m cent. to 50 per cent. less than any other. 2. RO T\7\ § Also a large line of Hog, Sheep, Zs VIIA NL ~~ : Field and Cattle Fencing to meet See TNX. $= all requirements, and Steel Web Picket see a ~~~ 83 Fencing with g: ts and rail, f SSETVTNT NT OSes COUR B35 encing wi gates, posts and rail, for = RO tiéi*‘(‘( cl Gee ULSl (téiUtC BR; OC “5 lawns, cemeteries, etc., 65-3444 5§ (AL Meee. FR 424246> >= 3.6, >/44\i/ Sf Ve) Aa aa, hart 4\4\i/4 S*z oF vaWwar $35 DE KALB FENCE CO., ,.eT 7 TT eeelté‘gHh#=COSOeee ae ee OOOO CO.CC TO ) obs xt eH a en Main Office and Factories: sh TT Be) SSOP 46 en LOO” 3° a 224 NGI BD DeKalb, Illinois, U. S. A. oa FE TD wi Selling Agents : 2 “ad aiid, a” Sa a i 3 Rotherham, Wood & Co., Melbourne, Australia _ eed sts al Ms a0 Ae % 7 Buhler & Co., Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic 3 Sy ae = Branch Offices and Warehouses: S Oe a, OF a a = 154- 56 First St., San Francisco, Cal, de ee ee 804 Delaware St., Kansas City, Mo, Patented July 21, 1896, way ani J Patented July 6, 1897. 171 Main Street, Dallas, Texas. DILLON-GRISWOLD WIRE CO., *itis*™: € . MANUFACTURERS OF | i fj (] f Barbed Wire Staples, Steel Wire Nails, Steel Bale Ties, Annealed, Bright and Galvanized i) Market Wire, Woven Wire Fence, Copper, Iron and Steel Rods, Special | : x00) Wires and Wire Straightened and cut to length. : nm ) ‘ v SB ins. qt 8 O00 [artis TLS a VAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVS,:i/AVz Ae CarAracAAc it oA #9 ins. JX] VAVAVAYAVAVAVAVAVAVAVANAVAY AY '8 KILMER’S LAWN FENCE $F in LS. VATA AWAVARAVAVLVAVAVASAVAVAVAV. 4 10 000 feet erected in Lincolu Park. Handsome, VAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAY sar an AGAVANAVAVANAWAVAVAWAPAWAVAYANAWANAWA aN vAVAVAVAVAY/ AYIA LAUWAVAVANAVAVANANAVAYI; vy wi ‘3 DEO a ap \/\/ i\ / i\ L\/ i\/ / LAL / su Durable and Cheap. Never Nags or Gets Loose. Live Agents wanted in every Count Also Mfrs Wire stock Fencing, Bale Te is. Write tor Catalogue. Kilmer Wire [lifg. Co., Chicago. 23, Nal TAA ; v YOK KAAS VA WAY, ey | " AKA eee WAVAV) |: IRON & WIRE FENCING, | a ay ELLIS & HELFENBERGER, ——— A ——— ae 200 SENATE, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. THE IRON AGF. Wire Cloth, Netting, Fencing and Perforated Metal. We Manufacture a Cemplete Line of these Goods, Including *“*OLINTON ”’ Brand. “SILVER FINISH” Brand. Painted Window Soreen Cloth. Galvanized Poultry Netting. * = ° ° Galvanized Poultry Metting. Galvanized Window Screen Cloth. . wire Lath. Woven Wire Fence. % : a mlectrically Welded wire Fenoe. | C%venized Fruit Drying Cloth. PERFORATED METAL FOR °°*': Ore #n¢ Crgwvelsereens Spars ventiry Millis, Rows wes,” Freee Plates: OLINTON WiRT OCOLOTH OoO., CLINTON, MASS. BOSTON. NEW YORK, CHICAGO. SAN FRANCISCO. BOSSHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHSSSHSSHSSHSSSHSSOSSSSSSHHSSHSSHHSSSSHHHSSSHSSHHSHHSHHSSSHOSOSOEESSS (LOTH, § Jhe lle IREGOODS. wire € NETTING. iIber pelt :, W WIRE WORK. cnet “ae 3 ONE. Patecass Netting. r \ aan F Vay 3 fg. (- 153 Lake Street, *“‘Cettage’? Lawn and Garder : TD ” Fencing. FENC! NG wy y “G & B® Web Wire Fencing: z ATES Fencinc TOOLS Sieves, Riddles, Screens. 3 Srasur , Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifter. 28 \ ca) from Chicago), Hil House Furnishing Wire £— WIRE |ATHING WITH HAMMONDS METAL FURRING. os Established 1818. Seeds, =< - THE DLDESTANDLEADING MANUFACTURERS OF GALVANIZED WIRE GOODS rcs” IN AMERICA CEICAGO. etown, Cons. Georg’ Fixruaes as Riilille Nehces ici Pactories:~ Wireton (three miles WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH CoO. Galvanized, Tinned, Coppered. Bright and - Annealed. 4 Cold Rolled Flat, and a Straightened and Gat. SPECIAL WIRES PREPARED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. Tinned, Mattress, Broom and Lantern Wire. Annealed, Tianed and Galvanized Stone and Market Wire. WORCESTER, [IASS. 79 Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. ~ PENNSYLVANIA ’ FRUIT PICKER. This Cut almost speaks for itself—the device being se much like the human han shows at once the util ty of the article. AS A FRUIT PICKER IT HAS NO SUPERIOR. It is made 0° Measy Galvanized Wire, and Fasily Adjusied to a Pole. It has been sold forsereral years, and the demand as it is becomlng kno¥n) is steadily increasing The difficulty of detaching fruit and securing it unbruised is apparent to every one £0 engaged This overcomes the difficulty, and saves the finest fruit, wbich commands the highest prices. THE LOW PRICE AT WHICH IT IS SOLD brings 1t within the reach of those who have but little fruit to gather as well as those who hay large quantities. PRICE, PER VDOVZEN, - - - $3.s5o. iT WILL CATHER APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS, ETC. EDWARD DARBY & SONS. = 233-235 Arch Street, Philadelphia. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE, Wire Netting, Wire Fencing, Wire Cloth, Wire Lathing, THE ROEBLING STANDARD — nebo ag FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTION. IRON, STEEL, GALV’D, BRASS, FLY-SCREEN CLOTH, BRONZE AND COPPER CLOTH. ~<@e=—_HARDWARE GRADES —mt The New Jersey Wire Cloth Co., Trenton, N. J. NEW YORK CLEVELAND, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCIS C‘ THE IRON AGE. 13 WickwikE Brotuers, CortLanp, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH AND NETTINGS. SORTLAND an, WWIGKTWIRE $=, WHITE (ETAL Fiyisy vs WICK WIRE, Nadefrom Hard Drawn Made from Hard Drawn Made from Hard Drawn Galvanized Before or Steel Wire. Bronze Wire. Galvanized Steel Wire. After Weaving. TIGNED, BRIGHT BLUED, BRASS, COPPER WIRE CLOTH, FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. CORN POPPERS, DISH COVERS, METALLIC AND SQUARE GOAL SIEVES, FLOUR SIEVES. NATIONAL WIRE CORP., NEW HAVEN, CONN., Manutact WIRE, WIRE RODS AND WIRE NAILS. Fence, Market, Straightened | Galvanized, ud Gt We Screw, Bolt, {Telephone and spacial Wire Telegraph ’ (tia Eastern Agents, JOHN WALES CO., 141 High St., Boston, Mass. Send for Prices. MICHICAN WIRE CLOTH Co., manuracturers of WIRE CLOTH > ALL KINDS _ Prom BRASS, COPPER, STEEL, IRON, GALVANIZED, TINNED and BRONZE WIRB Including PAINTED, GALVANIZED and BRONZE WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. ESTABLISHED 1863. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. 500 HOWARD ST., DETROIT, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1828. SPENGER WIRE COMPANY, Worcester, Mass. manure? Tron and Bessemer Steel Wire ofa! kines. FINE WIRE A SPECIALTY. Mills at Worcester and Spencer, Mass. No order too small for our best attention. Write us for prices and particulars. = HIGHEST SPEED | 1879 RIPLEY & BARTLETT, 1899 | k M hi | woune || LACK Machines | MFRS. OF <a Ryan's Patents. ||| WM. A. SWEETSER, 39 Montello St., PLYMOUTH, MASS., U.S A. | BROCKTON, MASS. amma 4) cD 4} ce 4-4 com $4} Som ¢ 4) EEE 6) REE FF) SR FS SE Fe meme "NEW FREEDOM WIRE CLOTH CO., MANUFACTURERS OF ‘““SUMMIT’’ BRAND SCREEN WIRE CLOTH. MADE FROM HARD DRAWN STEEL WIRE. PAINTED BLACK, GREEN, OR DRAB. Main Office and Works, - NEW FREEDOM, PA. ee 4 44} Ce} 4} cD 44 ee 44 cme $4 cE +44 ome +) et om +} on ++ ene ' ¢ © =~ - - - 14 THE IRON AGE i ee niin —<—————$— a1 1}! \ SS General Offices: ) | Hh} ) 2 Pa } } | 100 BROADWAY, N. Y. | i | DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF | Y) All Classes of \ . : Metallic Structures. i "i 1 i | We have decided to carry at all our plants a | large stock of Raw Material, from which we can nt i : | } ({ ah furnish with great promptness any ordinary order r Ni 1 4 : for Steel Bridges, Roofs, Buildings, Columns, i : mt Girders, Beams, Channels, Angles, Plates, etc., etc. : RY? Nt i MS ) ¥ | | i ii 1 : | Branch Offices and Works: i ii Boston, Mass., East Berlin, Conn., Albany, N. Y., } : i Groton, N. Y., Rochester, N. Y., Buffalo, N. Y.., (\ " | Elmira, N.Y., Horseheads, N. Y., Pittsburg, Pa., i | | Athens, Pa.., Pencoyd, Pa., Philadelphia, Pa, i : | | Trenton, N.J., Wilmington, Del., Baltimore, Md., i . i Columbus, O., Youngstown, Ohio, Canton, Ohio, \ i Lafayette, Ind., Chicago, II1., Milwaukee, Wis., ») i Minneapolis, Minn., New Orleans, La. | Peewee eeeneeeeeeereere = aaeee ll THE IRON AGE. Tapping, Screw Slotting, Screw Assembling and Riveting Machines. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Agents, Manning Maxwell& Moore, wew vorn, CHicaco. HARVEY HUBBELL. MACHINERY & TOOLS. tus snawasners Brass and Iron Machine Screws. SEWO FOR CATALOGUE. Chandler & FarQuhar, Besron. SAM’L HALL’S SONS, Established 1839, 229-233 West 10th St., New York. ca WH ACH sbulel wee in t i. N q MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY Machine Bolts, Lag Screws, Washers. BRADDOCK MACHINE & MANUFACTURING CO. Engineers, Founders and Machinists, BRADDOCE, PA. Rod Mill Plants, Wire Mill Plants, Nail Machines, Barb Wire Machines, Galvanizing Plants. Wire Drawing Machinery, Flange and Compression Couplings, Hangers and Pillow Blocks, Pulleys and Shafting, Power Transmission Machinery, Air Compressors. Niagara Screw Co,, BUFFALO, N. Y Makers of SET sad CAP SCREWS, STUDS, kte. isso. The Pliymouth Mills, RIVETS ad TACE§ SS, Plymouth, Mass. WILSON & SMITH, Worcester, Mass. SPECIALTIES IN LINE OF PRESS WORK. EVANS? PATENT pence ORSS Gav on ONLY ONES at will d h po . F. H. EVANS, ‘596 to 64 auntie Brooklyn, N.Y. soicstonutac DIAMOND? EXPANSION BOLT. EXPANSION Say = The Best Bolt ine” the Market. THE McCABE HANGER MFG. co., 833-543 West 22d St., N. Y. WRITE FOR PRICES. ONLY 2 PARTS. _ Simplest Fx ENRY B. NEW Tel. 9234 Cortlan 925 usion Bolt in the market. 26 Gertend ¢ 6¢t, N.Z Metal Punching and Die Work. f Nuts «’ Washers || NUT & WASHER MFG. CO.., Milwaukee, Wis. MANUFACTUPERS ‘¢ Wrought and Steel Plate Washers, Felloe Piates, Burrs, &. CORRESPONDENCE REQUESTED, National Elastic Nut Co., MILWAUKEE, WIS. We make a specialty of Square and Hexagon Hot-Pressed Nuts (Elastic and Common); Machine Bolts, Track Bolts, etc., to large users at lowest prices. Our Elastic Self-Locking Steel Nut never works loose, and is the <trongest, best and cheapest Nut on the market. Our Elastic Nut Track Bolt mates the best Rail fastening. Writs fer aor ot "| THE POSITIVE EXPANSION BOLT, SEAMAN’S PAT. SEPT, 7.96/ “CAN'T SLIP. de Mfd by DANIEL ©. SEAMAN & 1638 Hutchinson St., Phila., Pa. Write fo . For ee ty haan & Gaiman, 1s Weer ren St.,.h}ew York. 16 THE IRON AGE. ? it = TEt a. it —==z Iz jt? [se ary) | - IRON ano BRASS RIVETS STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. BLAKE & JOHNSON, WATERBURY, CONN. mal CROSSING TACK COQ.,., Grand Crossing, Chicago, lll, U. S.A. = s Srlimireniia le ri A | iba TACKS. RIVETS, STAPLES, WIRE NAILS, SHOE NAILS Our Rod and Wire Mills are now in full operation and we are well equipped to furnish wie RODS, For information concerning Mt and WIRE, address TELEPHONE, 2529 CENTRAL. BESSEMER and OPEN HEARTH, VARIOUS SHAPES. “WIRE N. D. PRATT, 91 Lake Street, CHICAGO. E. H. Titchener & Co., BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Have made STAPLES —(\n For fifteen years. Know how to make ’em right Ser N. ¥. Milwaukee Tack Co.. MILWAUKEE, WIS. TACKS, NAILS, RIVETS. WRITE FOR PRICES. WIRE NAIL MACHINERY. Improved P All? winse- rsa H. J. MILLER, Bridgewater, Mass. R COBB & DREW, FACTORIES PLYMOUTH, MASS.., and ROCK FALLS, ILLS. 7 E IRON, BRASS and COPPER RIVETS, NAILS and DOU BLE POINTED TACKS. K S STAPLES,BURRS,WASHERS, s By > ae e 20d. BEST STOCK. PERFECT GOODS. { SEND FOR BOOK ON BOLTS TO winsted, Conn. In writing for free Pacific Coast Office, 105 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. ae Taw Franklin Moore San tion The Iro Pittsburgh Screw & Bolt Co. MAKERS OF Set Screws, Square Head Bolts, eSTABLSNED Cap Screws, Coupling Bolts, Milled Stud Bolts, Semi-finished Nuts, Case-hardened Nuts. Also Special Work in Iron, Steel or Brass made on Screw Machines. Hexagon Head Bolts, T and Special Head Bolts, ae parE Stucs, etc., ete. OFFICE AND WORKS: Liberty Ave. and 25th $t., Pittsburgh, Pa. ’ SHELTON COMPANY... TACKS, SMALL NAILS, Etc., CARRIACE, TIRE and STOVE BOLTS. ¢ Factories, SHELTON, CONN. NEW YORK OPFICE and WARBROOM, 64 READE ST. S | Ror t1n sop a oot ett a 414+ aH mR pf ce p99 ames op THE IRON AGE. 17 The [lilton Manufacturing Co., N MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA. U PLAIN, CHAMFERED, SEMI-FINISHED Cold Punche AND CASE HARDENED ALSO, HOT PRESSED ] Wrought and Steel Washers. Cold Punched Nuts a Specialty. « W) : ” eo BRIGHTON, Pa. =. Si} a -* cs MANUFACTURERS OF gg ul:: RIVETS, WIRE & WIRE NAILS. qth, <a ———————— - ge EE a: RHODE ISLAND TOOL Co. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Bolt ana Rivet Clippers, For Cutting off the ends of Bolts and Rivets PR ESS WORKS . Liberal discounts to the trade. CHAIN LINKS, COLLARS, WASHERS, SPECIAL SHAPES. CHAMBERS BROTHERS COMPANY, 52d St. Below Lancaster Ave , PHILADELPHIA, PA SRREEE RRR ALL GRADES OF FINISHED NO Ts AKD AUTOMATIC COLD PRESS KOT MACHINES, 20 Mill Street, ROCKFORD, ILL. All Kinds of Bolts, Lag Screws, Rivets, Washers and odd = Bolt Work. “Mention Tax Inos AGE “ane properties of betural and. artificial | hy draulie ART METAL WORK IN BRASS, STEEI ce ments. together witb an ex ua ve researc DETROIT, AND IRON. £. T BARNUM, hice the analytical and scientific branches of the sub- See Adv. ist Fach Month. eegenaerense Bt DUNHAM NUT OO.. Unienville, Cenn., U. 8. A. BUEREE BERR Ce csaaen ject By Urisn Cuwmincs. 12mo. cloth.. - -$3.00 For sale by David Williams Co., 232 William St., WAY 1s THE IRON AGE. WM. H. HASKELL, Pres. JAOOB STEPHANS, Gen’l Manager. J. MILTON PAYNE, Treas. WM. H. HASKELL MFG. CO., SUCCESSORS TO WM. H. HASKELL CO., and PAWTUCKET NUT CO:, MANUFACTURERS OF Bolts, Coach Screws, Set Screws, Cap Screws, Nuts, Washers, Chain Links, Stirrups, Levers, Clearer Springs, Etc. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO SPECIAL WORK. Office and Works, 451 Main Street, - PAWTUCKET, R. I., U.S.A. WORCESTER MACHINE SCREW CO., Worcester, Mass. SET, MANUFACTURERS OF STUDS FOR CAP AND STEAM ENGINES, MACHINE PUMPS, &c. SCREWS. Ts caw EXPANSION « BOLTS. wal Tr: D y PORT CHESTER | BOLT & NUT CO., PORT CHESTER, N. Y. For fastening all kinds ot structure to brick and stone work, STEWARD & ROMAINE MFG. CO. SoLe MANUFACTURERS. Philadelphia. EXPANSION Bo.ts —-MANUFACTURERS OF-— Cold Punched, Chamfered and Trimmed, Case Hardened and. Semi-Finished For fastening all kinds ofstructure to brick aiid stone Work Patentee and M'f'r, ISAAC CHURCH, Send for Catalogue A. Toledo, Ohids MACHINES FOR MAKING RIVETS, NUTS, AND FOR ROLLING Bicycle Supplies, &c., &c. THREADS. BUILT BY H H The WATERBURY PARREL Tire Bolts a Specialty, FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO »* Se & y PHILADELPHIA MACHINE SCREW WORKS, 624-626 Race St.. Philadelphia Have You TRIANGLE FEED .. for Tack Machines *” — Sat 4 IT IS A WONDER!!! = eter? —™ GUARANTEED INCREASE 25« IN SPEED. — Saat KIMBALL BROS. & SPRAGUE. BROCKTON, MASS. The New Britain Hardware Mfg, Co.,|SET, CAP and New Britain, Conn.. U.S.A MACHINE *s seh nN Sole [lfrs.ofthe Genuine s Huntington Emery Wheel Dresser. Hexagon Nuts, MAKERS OF ALL KINDs ©} Special Machine Screws, Studs, Belts, &c. SCREWS, = BICYCLE PARTS, Finished and SPECIAL HARDWARE. Milled Coupling Case Hardened tternyM ywels and Emery Whe ssere Bolts, etc. = Bam LoL Eesti § Bicycle Parts. Tectia. gn kel P SiGH EWS) Or Ly) THE ‘FRON AGE. 19 SRONZSESAS CHES CNS CSCS Ca CA C0) CO Cs CAN CAC CN CAD CADCAD CADCAD CW) Cr CA CONC CA CO CAN CC CD CON CD CC BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, BOSTON, MASS., ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS FOR ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURAL WORK, Steel Buildings, Roof Trusses, Bridges, Ete,, Large or Small. SEND FOR ESTIMATE. Bg SBSCIANANCND NASA ASANEN NNSA NGSAACNANENESEN AACS MANSASASCNES CS CNCNC HER Sea eeniaaEs Tilia aeeas Vice-Vres i a HN 8. dieains Sec'y aud Treas ROBERT A, MCKEAN, Gen. Mgr, STEEL CONSTRUCTION IN ALL BRANCHES. BUILDINGS DESIGNED AND ERECTED IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Roof Frames, Trusses and Girders, Blast Furnaces and Steel Works, Cupolas, La‘diles, Converters, Koilers, Tanks and Heavy Plate Work, Gas H olde ers Purifie ‘rs, etc. Open Hearth Furnace >» Cas sings, Chi mn “ys . Riveted Pipe, Corrugated Iron RITER-CONLEY MFG. COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S. A. NEW YORK OFFICE: 39-41 CORTLANDT STREET. STEEL BUILDINGS New England Structural Co., Boston Cffice: BRIDGES. 18 P. O. SQUARE. Ornamental Iron Work, woRxs: Bronze Work. EVERETT, MASS. | Corrugated, and all Other Shapes of Iron A. S. MILLER, Jr., Treasurer. R. H. Brown, Chief Engtnee: Rooting and siding. Eastern Bridge and Structural Co., | — ae Ss Engineers, Contractors, and Manufacturers of STEEL STRUCTURAL WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. > dir 7 : ings, 8, b = enh at ae we for buildings, roofs, railroad and highway bridges. Plans and estimates | Snows Betidieen: Maain: Seeen . Shutt sian Wetaatiaaial Works beside tracks of Fit« -hb Ure ant dB &M. Rallroads, ' Sk slights, Bridges 58 Front St., Worcester, Mass. Worcester, Mass. Moseley Iron Bridge rine Roof Co., ) Cortlandt St , Room 123, NEW YORK. STEEL FRAME MILL BUILDINGS, THE WAGGONER WATCHMAN CLOCK. Tanks for Water, Gas or Oil, Latest, Simplest, Best. t and Plate Iron Work, REDUCES INSURANCE. Corrugated Iron, Givesa printed yee ord on the back of the dial of the watchman’'s move Water Filters, 10 to 10,900 gal. capacity. ments ‘he record is hidden, the dial cannot be stopped; any attempt to manipulate the cle ek Is rec r¢ de “10a the dial. Has ALARM feacures that are alone worth its cost. You throw away WM. B, SCAIFE & SONS, = Pittsburgh, Pa. good tools aud buy ne w types thatd» more work. Why no‘ do ths same with your “ out of date” typs of Watchman clock, sod get the best protec- tion vet offered ? The Waggoner Watchman Clock co.,|| DIAMOND TACK GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U.S. A. AND NAIL WORKS, RAYNHAM, MASS. HAAN’S improves WAICHMAN'S Time Detector With Safety Lock Attachment. Highest Award at Columbian Exposition. 4 This Clock is neat. thoroughly reliable ana very durable 2 Cannot be comes red with Price mode rate Is adapted to 6. 12 or 18 static having a oifferent key for pac *h. Rexis tering is done by Dum? ore ‘from } to6, 1 to 12 and i to 18, each static m having its number. Send forcire aon, prices and further particulars. C. NANZ & CO., 127 Duane St., New York, U.S.A. MANUFACTURERS. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Crm > a ea oe ae | 20 THE IRON AGE. NATIONAL TUBE COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF BLACK AND GALVANIZED Wrought Merchant Pipe ALL KINDS, SIZES 1-8 TO 30 INCHES. BOILER TUBES. Mild Steel and Charcoal Iron for Stationary, Locomotive and Marine Work. CASING, TUBING AND DRIVE PIPE FOR WELL PURPOSES. GAS AND OIL LINE PIPE. ’ Cylinders Lapwelded and Seamless, tested 100 lbs. to 3,700 Ibs., for Com- pressed Air, Carbonic Acid Gas, Anhydrous Ammonia, Etc., Etc., Etc. Water and Gas Mains. CONVERSE AND MATHESON, LEAD JOINT, PIPE FOR MAINS. SEAMLESS TUBES, SHRAPNEL, PROJECTILES AND MISCELLANEOUS FORGINGS. OFFICE OF OFFICE OF PRESIDENT AND TREASURER, MERCANTILE AND MANUFACTURING DEPT’S, Havemeyer Blidg., New York. Conestoga Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. —~- LOCAL SALES OFFICES Havemeyer Building, New York. 95 Milk Street, Boston. 267 So. 4th Street, Philadelphia Conestoga Building, Pittsburgh. Western Union Building, Chicago. FOREIGN OFFICE — Dock House, Billiter Street, London, E. C., Eng. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, - - TIIBULIFORM, LONDON. a } American Steel Hoop Company General Offices, Battery Park Bldg., New York. MANUFACTURERS BAR IRON Common, Refined and “BB” Iron. Flats, Rounds, Squares, Ovals, &c. Chain and Rivet Iron, Bolt and Nut Iron. “STAR” and “EAGLE” Horse Shoe Iron. Skelp Iron, &e. oe @ Qe % : ® @ @ 9 ) ® @ @ @ @ K ) ® 9 ® % ® XK) ® 9 9 ® @ @ 9% % 9 ° Bessemer and Open Hearth. Flats, Rounds, Squares, Ovals, Angles, Channels, Special Shapes. 9 9 9% @ 9 @ @ @ K @ @ 9 9 K xX ) 9 8 9 93 9 9 9 9g 9 9 9 Round Edge Steel Tire. Agricultural Shapes, &c. BANDS and HOOPS Bessemer and Open Hearth. All widths and gauges. Steel Skelp, Hame Back, Tongue Cap, Cotton Ties, &c. DISTRICT SALES OFFICES Pittsburg Chicago St. Paul Empire Building Marquette Building Endicott Building Philadelphia St. Louis San Francisco Land Title Building Fullerton Building No. 23 Davis Street Boston Cleveland New Orleans No. o Oliver Street Williamson Building Hennen Building Cincinnati Montreal Chamber of Commerce Building Temple Building FOREIGN SALES OFFICE 4 London, E. C., 78 Gracechurch Street seeeeoccennceooseooeonsecoseseoosooesces EA THE IRON AGE. 21 OC UTCOCCCCOCOO SOE B09 8 08 ae ANNAN ANNI III III III TINT III I III ILI LILI ILI III ARAAAALARARAA ee See 22 THE TRON AGE. AMERICAN SHEET STEEL COMPANY Battery Park Building New York ; Manufacturers of all varieties of Iron and Steel Sheets BLACK AND GALVANIZED eee eee W. Dewees Wood Company’s Planished Iron Wellsville Polished Steel Sheets DISTRICT SALES AGENTS STOCKTON & BRAINARD, Marquette Building, Chicago T. W. Stmpers, Land Title Building, Philadelphia W. J. WETSTEIN & JoHN W. Goob, Security Building, St. Louis F. C. MILLIKEN, Times Building, Pittsburgh S. J. WATERMAN, Neave Building, Cincinnati S. L. MircHEL, Hennen Building, New Orleans Hoce & Swirt, Portland, Oregon W. T. SHANNON, 34 West Ninth Street, Chattanooga T. H. Speppy, San Francisco Lee CHAMBERLAIN, Los Angeles F. A. GoopricH & Company, Chamber of Commerce, Detroit L. A. LIASTINGS, 1622 Arapahoe Street, Denver i B. & S. H. THomrson & ComPpaANY, Montreal, Canada. @0S00060000000008060 Swseewrsesooweweseeee: @ | © ® ; ini Tin Plate Company ¢ : MANUFACTURERS..... : : Tin Plate ‘ @ © 4 é 3 “& Terne Plate : @ eeand.. ‘ : Black Plate : ° GENERAL OFFICES: . . 1 S Battery Park Building, new york cry. © | @ | @ ee Op py THE IRON AGE. 23 Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, General Offices, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. MAKERS em Basic Open Hearth Steel. Blooms, Billets and Slabs. Foundry, Forge and Basic Pig Iron. Merchant Bar-Iron and Steel. Steel Castings. Spiegeleisen & Ferro Manganese. MINERS AND SHIPPERS Coal, Coke, Ore, Limestone and Dolomite. Export Factlities through Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Charleston, Port Royal, _ Brunswick, Savannah and Norfolk. Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, Sloss Iron and Steel Company, $ BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. : Manufacturing following well Known brands of foundry iron: | $ “Sloss,” “Florence,” “Sheffield,” “Lady HEnsley.’ SBSeclling Agents: SHIPPERS OF Hugh cet. New Y ‘ity. Hugh: Agr & Pompeo: 1 shee cespSes, yak" | POUNDRY COKE FROM WASHED COAL, D. L. Cobb 1489 Monadnock. Chicago, I! D L. Cond 305 Security Bo g., St. Louis, Vo CELEBRATED J. K. Dumin ek & Comp any, 911 Drexel Bag., Pilade siphia, P , oe tn Salt re J < —_ ard of Trace. Cclumbua, Chio SLOSS PRATT STEAM AND J. R. Letmer i Varnam Strert. Omaha. Neb $ Hacam & Moreno. la Cale ve ian amas 3 Cty of Metco Let eee COAL. & Cable address SLOSS, BIRMIN jHAM, using Lieber’s A-1, Watkins, Westero Union Telegraphic and the Atlantic Cable Directory Cudcs. tee GALVANIZED STEEL SHEETS Corrugated Sheets, Galvanized or Painted BLACK STEEL AND IRON SHEETS ROOFING AND SIDING McCULLOUGH IRON CO., - Wilmington, Delaware. PIERSON & CoO.,, — DEALERS (N— IRON and STEEL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Hicu Grape Po.isHep SHAFTING 29 Broadway, cor. Morris St., AND SPECIAL SHAPES. YOUNGSTOWN, O NEW YORK. CONSOLIDATED IRON & STEEL CO., WILLIAM i. WALLACE & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Refined Bars, Rods, Band and Hoop tron. $/ [RON AND STEEL 4 Offiee—664 BULLITT BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA. > 66 Broadway, - New York. ’ ti h 24 THE IRON AGE. AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING CO. LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA. Proprietors and Operators of the Plants formerly owned by Pennsylvania Bolt and Nut Co., J. H. Sternbergh & Son, National Bolt, Nut and Rivet Works, Lebanon Iron Co., and East Lebanon Iron Co. MANUFACTURERS MERCHANT BAR IKON New YorK SALES OFFICE, 11 Broadway. ATLANTA SALES OFFICE, 1016 Prudential Building. BALTIMORE SALES OFFICE, 806 Equitable building. SAN FRANCISCO SALES OFFICE, 105 Front St. VIP IP IPSPSAISASASASAAASSZAAXAWAWBWAVWAVBAVABABAWAAAAS e ROBT. L. HENRY, Pres. D, B, SCULLY, Vice-Pres, THEO. D. MORGAN, Gen, Mer, WALTER E, STOY,