The Iron Age 1900-09-27: Vol 66 Iss 13

/ waties oda “YO°UZul se Pau waa sas ue MOSTTIUEGS > A Review of the Hardware, Iron, Machinery and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co., 232-238 William St... New York. Vol. LXVI: No. 13. New York, Thursday, September Reading Matter Contents.........page 44]; Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “‘ 131]! Classified List of Advertisers .... ‘“ 133 Advertising and Subscription Rates “‘ 51 1900 $5.00 a Year, including Postage, 2 7 ’ Single Copies, Ten Cents Sportsmen Who load their own shells often find them- selves in a locality where the use of several different charges is almost a necessity if they would bring down their full quota of game. U.T1.C. Empty Shells Are adapted to the use of EVERY GRADE OF POWDER. The closest possible atten- Dynano a. hms: Mo. - * SDELTIND New York. Boston. —— ——— | IRON AND wens) tion is given to every detail in their manu- S ‘ i — facture, especially to the PRIMER, which TEEL we XN > a x will be found absolutely reliable, and to the an \C <u> truction of Bases which insure the full gi 5 constru u were Ss - Propucts | carrying power of the charge for which each is particularly designed. Bristol’s Patent Steel Belt Lacing, SAVES Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Money. Winners of Handicap 1893-94-95-97-98-99. GreatestStrength READY TO APPOY FuSHEDVOMT With Least Metal. 343 Broadway, New York. Bridgeport, Conn. Send for Circulars and Free Samp'es. THE BRISTOL CO., Waterbury, Conn. ee CAHALL BOILERS = Alse Massachusetts and Phenix rands of Sash Cerd. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. CAPEWELL HORSE NAILS. TURNBUCKLES. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, Depa Calc Us Branfens. Ben Yors. ST.LOUIS ne. * evelanc i e e Clevelan y Forge and Iron Co wag ‘i DETROIT, DROP HAMMERS. BRANCHES: CINCINNATI MANUFACTURED BY SAN FRANCISCO; MERRILL BROS., Brooklyn, N.Y. rei hag ORE., BALTIMORE, Basic Pic agemmon Girard Bulldin ee THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL COMPANY, PILLING & CRANE Lewis Block, Pittsburgh. HARTFORD, CONN. ” 5 s . 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, Beston, _Pltadeiphia b_Chicage American Sheet Steel Company Battery Park Building New York Manufacturers of all varieties of oman Brass Price High So Use Bright “Swedoh” Stamp- See 124 Pr een ing Steel, Easily Brass Plated and Save Money, page MAGNOLIA METAL. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all Machinery Bearings, Fac-Simile of Bar. ihe Rt SST £ ao Beware of iat DSS 1) ED a imitations. i MAGNOLIA METAL CO,, 266 and 262 West St... London, Chicago, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Owners and Sole Manufacturers, NEW YORK. Boston, Sar Francisco, Philadelphia W. Dewees Wood Company’s Planished Iron Wellsville Polished Steel Sheets THE IRON AGE. ») THE ANSONIA BRass s° COPPER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (TRADE-WMARK REGISTERED.) Condenser,Plates,Pump Linings, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. Waterbury Brass Se. Established 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger- man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing. COPPER RIVETS AND BURS. TAPE MEASURES, 99 john Street, New York. CVV BVAGH Randolph-Clowes Co., Main Office and Mill, WATERBURY, CONN. MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET BRASS & COPPER. BRAZED BRASS & COPPER TUBES. SEAMLESS BRASS & COPPER TUBES TO 36 IN. DIAM. New York Office, 253 Broadway, Postal Tel- egraph Bldg., Room 202. Chicago Office, 602 Fisher Bldg. Boston Office, Cor. Oliver and Purchase Sts. Aaa eee Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, &c., | AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION | | Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. DEPOTS: 60 Centre St., New York. dence, R.!. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, N. J. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. DEOXIDIZED ORDNANCE and re as , <i BRIDGEPORT DEOXIDIZED BRONZE & METAL 0., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS. SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC ACID. Special Sizes of Zinc cut to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographcrs’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks. ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. OUNDERS BRASS Fates J.ARYAN & CO. 88°74 West Monroe St., Chicago. Best Bronze, Babbitt Metals, Brass and Aluminum ©4ST!NSs 1 Wheel, $3.00 5 pacer 83.25 On Short Notice. a Rk mer @ @ 2 © . : susranteed. . _e BATTLE CREEK, MIC H. HENDRICKS BROTHERS | Belleville Copper Rolling Miils, Braziecrs’ MANUFACTURERS OF Bolt and Sheathing COPPER WwW iRE AND RIVETS. Importers and Dealers in Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. No better c made. The Lecomotive Up te Date. ‘reating upon — construction and management of modern jo romotives both simple and compound. By CHas McSHANE. Profusely illustrated with full p ge half-tone cuts and diagrams = acopious index Nineteenth thousand Svo, cloth 82 For sale by David Williams Co,, 232 William St., N.Y. junter R. A. HART, Ingot Copper, META LLC EYELETS, 125 Eddy St., Provi- | COMPOSITION METALS THE PLUME & A1woon Mr6. Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass — WIRE PRINTERS’ BRASS, JEWELERS’ METAL, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS | AND BURRS. | Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kero- sene Burners, Lamps, Lamp Trimmings, &c. — 29 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. 199 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ROLLING MILL: | THOMASTON, CONN. FACTORIES : WATERBURY, CONN. | SCOVILL MFG. CO., Manufacturers of BRASS SHEET, WIRE, TUBES. Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods, Nipples, Pumps and Oilers for Bieyeles, Braziers’ Solder. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: WEW YORK, CHICAGO, BOSTON. JOHN DAVOL & SONS. AGENTS FOR | Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. 100 John Street, New York. Arthur T. Rutter, SUCCESSOR TO _ WILLIAM S. FEARING, | 256 Broadway, New York. | Sheet Brass, German Silver, Cop- per, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless | Brass and Copper Tubes, Small Tubing a Specialty. Brass and Copper Rods, Brass Ferrules. Sheet and Ingot Copper; Spelter, Tin, Antimony, Lead, etc. “PHONO - ELECTRIC” WIRE. “IT’S TOUGH.”’ TROLLEY, i | Reem TELEPHONE a’ Phono-lectric and | TELEGRAPH | LINES. BRIDGEF ORT BRASS CO., 19 Tlwrray St., New York. Mills, | Bridgeport, | Coon. 1 IC 0 N 7 RACTS pag gh a5 "* PRICES eee or DEL THE IRON AGE. ' 4 PHOSPHOR- INGOTS,CASTINGS, WIRE,RODS,SHEETS, etc. _ ———— ooo — “Game” ' 2200, WASHINGTON AVE. PHILADELPHIA “ELEPHANT BRAND PHOSPHOR-BRONZE™ DELTA a — DELTA METAL— METAL CASTINGS, STAMPINGS ano FORSINGS . BRONZE. ORIGINAL ano Soce MakeRSiIN THE U.S. AN | 1s Ul | MANUFACTURERS OF W. FISHER, Agent, S1-S3 Fulten St., New Vork City. Telephone, 139 John. Tlhllinois Zinc Company, Spelter, Sheet Zinc, Sulphuric Acid and Acid Phosphate. PHRU, Ir... OILLESS BEARINGS. A strong letter of commendation from a firm whose ppetation 1 is” world wide’ the manufacturers of the celebrated “ PE. as LINE gw YORK, Nov. 26, 1897. NoRtH AMERICAN METALINE Co., 43 Third St , Long Island City, N. Y Gentlemen: Your favor of 20th inst. receiv ed; inreply are pleased to say that you Metalined Bushings have given us entire satisfaction. We first applied them n 1886 or ’87 under very trying conditions, put them in fast running loose pulleys with high tension belt, ard they gave perfect satisfaction. Since then, we have extended their use throughout our works, and they hive given satisfaction where- ever we have placed them. Very truly 5 os AS. PYLE & SONS. R 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. SOLD MAKERS: THE WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP and ENGINE BUILDING CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. ~SSSS SSAA 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, amd if not satisfactory will, on return of Reel refund the money. Catalogues mailed free on applicetion. Tre ANDREW B. Henoryx Co., New Haven, Conn. Best ‘Antt- Friction Metal for all machinery bearings. For high speed and heavy crushing weight it has no equal. THEO. HIERTZ & SON, Sole Manufacturers, 30th St. and Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Manufacturers all grades Babbitt Mctals, Solder, Bar Tin, Bar Lead, Lead Car Seals, Pig Tin, Pig Lead, Antimony, Copper, Spelte r, ete. EVV VVVVVVVVVVVYVVVVVVYVVYVVVVVVVYVVVVVVVVYVVYVVVYVVYYY GRAY IRON, BRASS, ALUMINUM AND BRONZE CASTING OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY. and wer ew es ues. Very much time saved by using clean and soft castings. A trial will convince you. Pickets elter and Rosettes for wire workers, ¢ atalogue of same. Nickel Plat ng and Japanning, Metal Pattern ’ Making, also Bronze Tablets and Name Plates for Machinery to order. We invite correspondence. JOHN W. CLARE, - ALBANY, N. Y. » AAAAAAAAAA, | AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NITED METALS SELLING CO. 4 iit BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ONE EUROPEAN ACENTS: -S. HENRY & CO., 12Leadenhall St., London, E. C. APH § oe Merchant & C0., inc., ALL GRADES. PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, \ 5 C0,, WRITE U3 ALWAYS. CHICAGO, BROOKLYN. ork. YOU CAN OBTAIN PROMPTLY the latest work O K s on any subject in which you are interested by ad- ES . ‘ dressing DAVID WILLIAMS COMPANY, Pub- tL \@ishers and Booksellers, 2382-238 William St., N. Y. A | The American Metal Co. Exchange Court Building, 52 Broadway, New York. Tin, Lead, Spelter, Antimony, Nickel, ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS. (LIMITED), P. O. BOX 957. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. Aluminum, Bullion, Iron. HENRY R. Manchester and Glasgow. METALLGESELLSCHAFT, Frankfurt-« WILLIAMS, FOSTER & CO. SOCIETE LE NICKEL, BALBACH SMELTING & REFINING C ‘O., Newark, N.J. PHOSPHOR-TIN BY USING MY PHOSPHOR TIN MANUFACT URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE OF PHOSPHOR BRONZE tHemsecves. BY THE AGENTS FOR MERTON & CO., London, Birmingham, Paris, Frarce m-Main. Lid., Swansea, Eng. SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING mucH CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TOBE HAD IN THE MARKET. NEW OROLD COPPER CAN BE USED. FORCIRCULARS AND PRICE HALK & NAUMANN, NEw-vor® FOR THE U.S ANC CANADA'S pe na NTI LOWEST MARKET PRICES. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. hosphorized Metal Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Phosphor Tin, Phosphor Bronze, Phosphor Copper, Manganese Copper. "panigooy Si sapsg Aeg paddiys sazig 490}g 40y Ssapsg | ‘uyauoO OL SHZIS IVIOHdS “ul g OF ‘UI 9 OF ‘UL 8 SIOJOUIIP EpIs}NGO ‘at % sezig edig uol] ‘'SHENL YAddOO anv SSBiq UMBIG SSojleas ‘0 Laddog SStq DlOylaBung *| ‘p = 37 Bestar SNR ES EE AS _ oo ‘ulyuery Pelz *eucyde/o, MZ, COCHRAM, "ata! 2 ER” RU ave? cCORRUGATE, ow / | SEND FOR CATALOGUE.AND PRICES PATENT COLD... GALVANIZING PROCESS, S We notify our customers and others what we are enlarging our Jobbing Plant to a Capacity of “SIX” 26 Coot tanks and will be equipped to handle any kind of heavy ‘work up to 25 feet in length, end also, with eur spvcial a Pateat machinery and de vices, small work of every description, such as We furpish aiafle, screws, bolts . ’ plants of any etc. at very low size and de- a gy sa scription and ae ec ter grantshop right vearly contracts and other li censes On a roy- and large of- alty basis. = Aww ss Pd U. §. Electro- gf | Galvanizing Co. 108-110 W. 11th St. MAIN OFFICE: 346 Broadway, New York. Beeececeeeeeseoeeeeeeseeeees Preserve Your WIRE ROPES, MANILA ROPES, LEATHER BELTS, GEARING. Get Cataloque T. Ironsides Paints for Roofs, Boiler Fror ts, stacks and All Metal Work THE 'RONSIDES CO., he Ab, Sb 2 ELIE, Ma sas THE IRON AGE. MASON EVANS Scr & Treas. VGSN COC. PEM, BEM. MATOLZ V. CRIMPED EDGE IRON. =: a mF, HE WOUNGSTOWN) IRON & STEEL ROOFING ~ COMPANY. — — ar fe ee 2S. oa a Tat So at es a GALVANIZED & BLACK RIDGING. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Chicago Offiee : 810-911 New York Life Bidg. Easterv Agents: W.H. THOMSON & CO., Philadelphia, Pa WIRE ROPE — FOR ALL PURPOSES. IRON anc STEEL WIRE OF ALL KINDS. Cable Hoist Conveyors, Surface and Underground Haulage Plants. Wire Rope Tramways, Hall Patent Excavating Cable Hoist Conveyor, Wire Rope Power Transmission Plants, Log-Skidding and Canal Towage Plants, Suspension Bridges. TRENTON IRON CO., Trenton, N. J. New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., 17 Burling Slip. Chicago Offee—1114 Momadneck Building. CLARK & COWLES, Plainville, Conn. RIVETS, METAL PUNCHING, SPRINGS. Press Work a Specialty. rong iuusecs enter pee Cleveland W | RE S | ® RI N G Company. Of Somers anoy CPI a. WE ARE THE ONLY MAKERS OF Columbia Brand Phosphor Tin and Bronze Ingots. QUALITY GUARANTEED. SYRACUSE, N.Y. WIRE a specialty. E SYRACUSE BABBITT It is the Best for all Machinery Bearings. . PRICE REASONABLE. SYRACUSE SMELTING WORKS, MONTREAL, CANADA. Nickelized-Sheet-Zinc INICHRELOTDp) is ahighly polished MON-COR* OSTVF metal packed with paper between each sheet. Is being used for Wash boards, House Numbers, Reflector: Battons, Name-plates, Stove boards, Refrigerator Lining, Fruit Jar Caps. Can be soldered, stamped and vent to the sharpest turn, retaining a polish lik nickel-plated brass. Zinc Polished for the Trade AMERICAN NICKELOID CO., PERU,ILLINOIS eee l,l,lll, lO fof OGG Eee THE IRON AGE, “Trade Follows the Flag” And the H. @@ K. Flag is at the Head of the Procession Metals Perforated as Required for SCREENS of All Kinds . Perforated Sheet Metals For All Purposes THE HARRINGTON @ KING PERFORATING CO., Chicago, Illinois Main Office and Works, 209 MN. Union Street Eastern Office, 284 Pearl Street, New York NEW HAVEN WIRE MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Wik :E IN GREAT VARIETY. NEW HAVEN, ° CONN. WIRE et MORGAN SPRING CO. besiiinhiateadia Mass. and COLDOS LS LDLDLDLTDLDLOSVNVEGD™ SMALL SPRINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION — MADE BY — THE WALLACE BARNES CO.., Bristol, Conn., U. S. A. Established 1857. Flat or Round Wire, Steel or Brass, COLD ROLLED STEEL Kept in Stock. .003 to .049 in. thiekne ss. Springs Enameled or Plated. Send Samples and Write for Quctation s. CPODOSLQLFLF OO OLDS LBD LOLSVLSDOEFLSLSE SLSO B nn Olt TEMPERED SPRINGS eee ENCTWRAL IMPLEMENTS“ SPRINGS — MADE FROM CRUCIBLE SHEET st SABIN MACHINE CO. MONTPELIER VT. VOSS GOFF HOSS GSSSS SSS O88 S8E2EF BABBITT META FOR ROLLING MILL AND OTHER MACHINERY. BRASS INGOTS and SPELTER. Smelters and Refiners. Brand: GOLDEN ROD. SCRAP METALS OF ALL CLASSES BOLGHT. H. M. SHIMER & CoO., - z1z1a8 Cherry Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. € SO BOOS FOSS BSS 884288 68888 88888 SPIRAL SPRINGS We make a speciaity of making to order only a superior me, a quality of ast Steel Wire Springs, either for extension or compre~=s/on. Tbese Springs are all oil tempered and are made of anex tra quasity of wire drawn specially for our own use, of the same giade of stock as we use for the Springs that we put in our Spring Scales. JOHN CHATILLON & SONS, 85 to 93 Cliff St., and 52 Jacob St., NEW YORK CITY. Established 1835. PRICE and QUALITY are the two essentials. “MY Ne. 3 BEARING METAL HAS STOOD THE TEST AND I CAN PROVE ALL I CLAIM FOR IT. l. SHONBERG, 172 Hudson Street, N. 'Y. Send for eieidiiitiaie ar and Samples. *9 Dealer in Metal. -RIVETED | ~ 7 -) bo 4 2 COTTERS oa me a) eS ee a THE HOLLINGER FENCE Co. OHIO. (CT -3 = = VA Oe = GRISWOLD WIRE CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF CROSS HEAD: IMPROVED, en HOOK AND SINGLE LOOP STEEL WIRE BALE TIES. Wire Straightened and cut t lemgtka, Wirc, Wire Nails, etc. BRADDOCK, PA. Cary Spring Works, 240 and 242 W. 29th St., N. ¥. 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 Re GRAHAS & CO., 13C ambers 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 Wroughs Iron Work. 801 Greenwich St., Ket. Jane and ®th Sts., New York. ELECTRO GALVAN IZING ON ALL KINDS OF iron, Steel, Screws, Nails, also Steam and Drainage Fittings. EMPIRE PIPE BENDING AND SUPPLY C€O., 235 te ag3 Park Ave., BROOKLYN, N. Y. Telephone ‘ 429 B Mais.” 6 THE IRON AG 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 all other shapes, for Cables, Wire Ropes, Spokes, Needles, Piano Wire, and all other special purposes, tempered and untempered, etc. Pa a en Works: 118th, 117th and 116th Sts. and East River, Wolff-American High Art Cycles, NEW YORK CITY. etait — “WE make all kinds of ARTS Sie t hee Sheel [letal goods vy $f as well as Wire goods. ji All our work is done by * Automatic [lachines, and consequently cheap in price and good in quality. = 1.6. JKT & 1, <A OS)D = 289-297 Washington St., Co NEWARK, N. J. A few of the Wire shapes we have made. ‘¢A LITTLE BLUE BOOK ON » Py 9 9 ROPE TRANSTIISSION,’’ Second Edition—AUG MENTED, Published by THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CO. TRANSMISSION THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ra 65 Wall Street, NEW YORK. ’ ~tammane ®1 WATERBURY ROPE CO. DUNBAR BROTHERS, FACTORIES, Brooklyn. OFFICE, 69 South St., N. ¥. MANUFACTURERS OF MAKERS OF —— WIRE ROPE SMALL SPRINGS OF ALL KINDS. MADE FROM SHEET STEEL and Also Manila, Sisal, Russia and STEEL and BRASS WIRE, American Cordage and Binder Twine. WIRE !:.Stee' Rane ent Sut CHARCOAL lron._.. WM. McFARLAND, Screw Rods, W7OOD SCREWS, Iron and Brass. IRON FOUNDER, TRANSOM LIFTERS. TRENTON, - N. J. Bro Vous CHAINS for Bicycles and Mechanical Purposes. READING SCREW CO.., Norri , Penna. CHILLED GAST WIRE DIES G SC CO., Norristown, Penna a sReIALTy, THE STEWART WIRE COMPANY. - - °° 2reMor*s a, Any Size or Style Made at Short Notice BRISTOL, CONN. TEE BRIGHT ——ALL SIZESs— LIQUOR ANNEALED wie cobs towpany,| “| -WAg Ee ean INNED : Hardware and Kitchen Wire Goods. ° ——ALL, VARITIES——— ower Specialties to Order. : . eas siamo tatend nin eee naman Wire™Straightened and Cut to Specified Leneths. SUCCESSFUL Cetahlichod hb. | THE IRON AGE. z u c G Ag \ a\\\ \\ . @ . Sy 45 ; TELLER. 34 4 a . N v\s . a>" AS 3 y 4 35. : 9 | & We) < Qe “«X 3 \’ ‘ AY \ c Wits H oC z As é siti 4 eda uP Py , 5 ono oO, 2 ‘\ . B Op \ \' . \ "42 2p 2 . r al z a =H @ H§ < DLANQ ? sb ‘ EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF THE Heavy Steel Témpered Y National Battery and Bolting Wire-Cloth.. RODERICK & BASCOM ROPE _ SOLE elgg no OF Established a THE MOST DURABLE ROPE MADE; IT HAS NO EQUAL, 8KND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. A. LHSCHEN c& SONS ROFPHE Co., SOLE MANUFACTURERS PATENT SS STRAND / SX SAFE and > SECURE. SSS Mark Registered.) OVERHEAD WIRE Rorpzc—TRAMWAYS AND CABLEWAYS. ) s s Branch Office. 47-49 sonth Conti ot tee. MAIN T., ST. LOUIS, MO. 1848 ESTABLISHED cae WIRE ROPE~ a4. HAZARD MEG Co. INSULATED WIRES and CABLES. Warerooms : 50 DEY STREET, NEW YORK. Works : WHLKESBARRE, PA. WILLIAMSPORT WIRE ROPE CoO., WILLIAMSPORT, HARD and SOFT DRAWN COPPER WIRE. PA. 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. Tw KIC Bros. & Burgher Stee! Wire Company PicKEE’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., 913 F 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. 611 F ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. Estey Wire Works Co. 65 FULTON St., NEW YORK, Manutacturers of every variety of WIRE CLOin = 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&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 Bowls. INGOT ALUMINUM for STEEL MAKERS. DREXEL BUILDING, Philadelphia. H. P. & H. F. WILSON, MANUFACTURERS WIRE BALE TIES ‘or Baling Hay, Straw, Jute, Moss, Rags, Paper Stock and all Compressible Material, 577-579 Tenth Ave., - New York City. Hard Golled Galvanized Steel Wire for Fencing. Eeiiad ae: —_— i We make and seliin the roll to the hardware trade Hard Galvanized Coiled Wire for farm fence purposes. Has twice the strength of soft wire ; the coil perfectly provides for expansion and contraction, and costs about the same as the soft. THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO., Welland, Ont., Canada. “ Cleveilaad, 0. WIRE FENCE. COILED_WIRE. STEEL GATES. | 8 THE IRON AGE. SOOHEO HY de OOH oeoeoe THE SUMMIT: WIRE CO. » CUY AHOGA FALLS, OHIO. S © © © & & & Soefoetoesoefoetontonoatongeds %° Ci * vee Mi:noufacturers of WIRE Ft st o, * Ne eee a a ae ©, OO. 0. OO. & Perret, re Sas 2666. 7) > {arr WIRE, TINNED 4 MATTRESS WIRE, LANTEFN WIRE, BRIGHT MARKET WIRE, COPPERED MARKET WIRE, ANNEALED STONE WIRE. e, * etocentecons o er, otoezoetoe! 2, * Se Ft Ft vt oe. *, * ree WIRE STRAIGHTENED AND CUT TO LENGTHS. ° 2 SDD. Oe Oe 0008, 2, ° . SF) 2, rt tg rt tr tet * & ° - Sr odptpsp sede terrors I $e HARTMAN Steel Rod Picket Fence For Lawns, Parks, Cemeteries, School Grounds; also Tree Guards, Window Guards, Wire Mats, Woven Wire Fence, etc. HARTMAN MFG. CO., @f tliwood City, Pa. N. ¥. @fliee, 369 Bway, N. Y. City. Hassan Lawl ret lawahs oe i eee 4 t f roWewer x yeNC) waa)! i | Ws Layee Sane) iit} J <a 8 ——— 7 ~~, ON en Made especially for Lawns. Parks, Cemeteries and all Public and Private Grounds. Has noe qual Thoroughly G.}\anizei and made of best Besse- mer No.6 ~teel Wire Cheaper and just as sub- stantial as Iron Fence. Write ter _atalogue. Rossman Woven Wire Fence Co., ROSSMAN, COLUMBIA CO ,N. Y. WE WAN1 eats Je TO i 8E OUR The largest m’f’r of Iron Fence in the } u.6 } Architectural and | Ornamental Iror Work, Jails, ete. Write for Catalog 32 THE STEWART 1ROW WORKS, “Smo ha ARROW BRAND ASPHALT READY ROOFING. This roofing comes in : rolis already coated witb gravel. No painting re quired. \ Ready ter immediate Notice the Lap Edge use. ASHPALT READY ROOFING CO., 136 Water St., N. Y JEO. W. PRENTISS & CO,, - MANUFACTURERS OF Iron ané Stee] WIRE of every description for General and Special Purposes. HOLYOKE, IIAss. LAWN FENCE, WINDOW GUARDS, OFFICE RAILING, TREE GUARDS, FARM FENCE, Bené for Catalogue and Disceunt sheet. TERRE HAUTE, IND., 959 No.Teuth Street. UP-TO-DATE MFG. co., bal OWIGGINS WIRE FENCE co. cam Ing. Wire Fencing, Ready Made. for Lawn, Farm and Rallroad, Write for Catalogue. Agents Wanted. NOOOOOOD a I DDDDDDDDDU Y ORNAMENTAL 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... Kokomag, Ind., U. S. A. GARLESOCOTT SPRING Me ew ut STS ) Crueiste Sree. On Treo Macameny Specs . pacity FROM AN One : ae, 7 IBA KL 71050, 7osS ~ ELPHIA. j eae ae, = —— = 8 | . eter tow ter tow t | ~ Tid dd ad ADAM’S STEEL and IRON WORKS. Ornamental Steel Fencing, Woven Wire Pencing. Door and Window Guards, Bank Work, Jail Work, ete. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. W.J. ADAM, - - Joliet, Ill. M. S. BROOKS & SONS, CHESTER, CONN. ma) ALU nunnnnn ut Bright Iron and Brass Wire Goods, SPRING COTTERS AND KEYS. All Kinds of Special Wire Goods Made to Order. Send for Catalogue. i ee ee THE IRON AGE. THE MANUFACTURE OF COILED SPRINGS A SPECIALTY. | 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- don. We are prepared to execute orders for same promptly, and will guarantee to furnish a perfect wor article, made from best mai by competent workmen. WRITE FOR PRICES, ARCADE MFG. CO., FREEPORT, ILLS. ANYTHING IN ARTISTIC AND LIGHT IRON, WIRE AND BRASS WORK Such as [ron and Wire Fences of eve Urns, Chairs and etrees, General Builders’ fron Work etc. etc. 100-page illustrated catalogue. with close prices, sent free. ORNAMENTAL IRON & WIRE CO.,_~ - ’ Largest concern of the kind in the entire South. 4 description, Office and Bank Railings, Window Guards. Fire Fscape3, fron Stairways, Roof Crestings, Iron Doors ard shutters, Flower Stands and other Floral Designs, Iron Vase-, Chattanooga, Tenn. F For Operating Windows in Monitor Roofs, ORMSBY’S VENTILATING SYSTEN MELROSE, MASS. m=-A OAC S ~ , Sky Lights and Transoms in Churches and Schools. J.B. & J. M. CORNELL, MANUPACTURERS OF faneaing Pots for Wire Manufactures We make a specialty of an extra strong, heat-resisting metal peculiarly adapted for this purpose. WRITE FOR PRICES. WORKS: West Point Foundry, ColdSpring-on-Hudson. OFFICE: 26th Street andiith Avenue, 26th Street and 11th Avenue, New York. New York City. Sitas HOWE, ENOCH PETERSOS Pres. & Treas. V. Pres. & Secy The Wm. D, Gibson Co, MANUFACTURERS OF Coiled and Flat Springs. —— a Any required shape or size Made to sample or specification. Oil tem- pered Crucible Cast steel Spring: for Machinery a specialty. ——— - taut iH ec . : CHICAGO, ILL. + ¢ . ° * ° + * + + « * ¢ 4 ° + + ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee er ed Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co. Eave Trough. Conductor Pive. Elbows. Ridging. Cut Offs. Gutters. Hangers. & Cor. Coe and Lake Sts., CLEVELAND, OHIO. . o - + - — > + > od it A Cc H I N E S H O p 5, 7 = bat ——— ———e —_—— as 23-27 North Clinton 8St., AAGIINO F SJOO,y *sBu]s Tempered Springs of all Kinds. , ee, Se ae ay ae ee ee a ae ee Oe ee ee ee ee ee Send for Tool Catalogue THE IRON AGE. g TRADE MARK, jee ; “ = a 7. ha ‘ CA Gj kA ba) Ry Uy mw 6% ‘Ad i ott al ) yj / SEW NORK/ 7 CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER, Benpire Bia. The Rookery. 8 and 10 Pin Steel Plates and Sheets. | Bar Steel—All Shapes. Cold-Drawn Steel Shapes. Beams, Channels, AIT (one WRITE FOR: PRICES. “p 4 _ v4 a Ti a. ben ‘ & > 4 iy’ =a Extcnsion—Compression—Torsion | From the tiniest Watch Spring to the heaviest Car or _ Butter Spring, all made from our own special carefully tested Steel. Round or Flat Springs to Order TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS. Write for Prices to American Steel & Wire Co. THE IRON AGE. 11 CONTINUOUS MILLS FOR BILLETS, MERCHANT BAR, RODS, HOOPS, AND COTTON-TIE. WIRE-DRAWING MACHINERY---FOR STEEL, COPPER OR BRASS. MORGAN GONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WORCESTER. MASS.. U.S. A. a— MODERN— WIRE, WIRE NAIL &® CHAIN i vesiane PLANTS. The Turner, Vaughn & Taylor Co., Oro Sos. a. ** Vaughn, Cuyahoga Falls, 0.’ A. B. C. CODE USED, wwewwevrevrvrervrervrvrvrvevweywyywewVevVYv: 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Cable Address: : 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 a and completed fence costs from 40 per Requires but few posts and no top Mi. M. " . or bottom rail. Is stronger and better, [\ L. a - Aw t. t . less th 3 é tray I\I\IN] g * {VAVAVAVAY! ai ts a “ per se ot iia «ome és VAL AL ALLE PTVINININ/\. «g _ Also a large line of Hog, Sheep, 3§ AWNING aw: ; Field and Cattle Fencing to meet ees g= all requirements, and Steel Web Picket 358 ow at §5 Fencing with gates, posts and rail, for i= Ya = =as lawns, cemeteries, etc., Sé2 : one" > 368 ay a $e } iss R=: DE KALB FENCE CO., 4 ~ va.vane a Main Office and Factories: 226 Pesssy a ie DeKalb, Illinois, U. S. A. ce oe *S &k res? s>. >> Ai OO Dee CO a Selling Agents : —_ a Wy ae 3 Rotherham, Wood & Co., Melbourne, Australia. ss aw ae 1a eatin & Co., Buenos Atres, esi pe % Sa ca. ar = Branch Offices and Warehouses: ¢ ne 154- .56 First 8t., San Francisco, Cal, 3ui Delaware St., Kansas City, Mo, (TRADE MARK.) Patented July 6, 1897, 171 Main Strect, Dallas, Texas. STERLING, SOSOCOOS DILLON-GRISWOLD WIRE CO,., “ius: 2, MANUFACTURERS OF i Barbed Wire Staples, Steel Wire Nails, Steel Bale Ties, Annealed, Bright and Galvanized v1) Wy Market Wire, Woven Wire Fence, Copper, Iron and Steel Rods, Special — | 1 ik | Wires and Wire Straightened and cut to length. ; Mon ONT SB8ins. an DAT OTN TAVAVANAVAVAVAVAVAVAVATAVAVAVA )":AVS@ tees 02S enes 49 ns. TIII VV VV VV VAY Vea. & KILMER’S LAWN FENCE #43.7 CSU VW VAVAVAVAV AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAYAVAVAN 1") VAY ins KAR RAI AAAARARAR AALS 27m Le OOOO DAD OADAAAL AEM “ns. We INV VA VAAL AALAR AL TRY. \ Taw 70 Z\7V VV AVAL AAR N KCZN«AVAVAVAVAWANAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVANAT VA rat ; 7\ « q i \ FAVANAWA' \v; WAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAWAVAVAVAVAWAW .”\'/A¥, AVAVAV/ :< AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVA' ‘i WAN UVAVAVA' © \WAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAY? ;/AWA' + ~ er boeee Pha be '§ ees "3 am vd aatae 10 000 feet erected in Lincoln Park. Handsome, Durable and Cheap. Never Sags or Gets Loose. Live Agents wanted inevery County. Also Mfrs Wire Stock Fencing, Bale Ties, Nails. Write for Catalogue. Kilmer Wire [ifg. Co., Chicago. OOOOO00000 900000000000 000 eer ) IRON & WIRE FENCING, ELLIS & HELFENBERGER, 200 SENATE, — INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 12 THE IRON AGE. { BBSSSSOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOESESEES SSOHSSSSSSSSSHSSSSHSHOSSSHSSSOSHSSSHSSSOSSSSOOSOSCOOCOREE Wire Cloth, Netting, Fencing and Perforated Metal. We Manutacture a Complete Line ot these Goods, Including ‘“*OLINTON ’’ Brand. “ SILVER FINISH” Brand. Painted Window Screen Cloth. Galvanized Poultry Netting. Gaivanised Poultry Wetting. Galvanized Window Screen Cloth. Wire Lath. Woven Wire Fence Miectrically Welded wire Fenoe, | Ge !vanized Fruit Drying Cloth. PERFORATED METAL FOR Com! Ore 2n¢ Graver sercene, Spar Mientras, Stor: wise” Freee Plates. OLINTON WIRD OL0TH OO., OLIFTOR, MASS. BOSTON. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. SAN FRAROISOS. MAESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHOSSSSSSSSHHSSSSOSSSSSSSOESE E(LOTH, = The geo] ry oe LOX) NETTING. Bue Pearl Wire Cloth. = 4 , G alvanized steel Wire Cloth. a VN tg 44 Cliff Street, Gk ! G jalvanined Wire Poultry if EEX *f WE Yorn kz. Netti 4 . ing. : ** Cottage i and Garden Rey) Bae Sao Coness, encing. CHICAGO. “G&B” Web Wire Fencing. (2 TES, Fencinc TOOLS 4 Georgetown, Conn. Sieves, Riddles, Screens. % 3 Stam e Fixtures. RAILINGS, Winpow M § Factories:< Wireton (three miles Gilbert’s Rival Ash Sifter. iv Eas a. from Chicago), tl. House Furnishing Wire Win |ATHING WIth HAMMONDS METAL Fu RRING. 7 Established 1818. » Geods, Ks “2 Py aS, wud OLDEST ANDLEADING MANUFACTURERS OF G GAL prema ) WIRE GOO DS IN AMERICA WRIGHT & COLTON WIRE CLOTH Co. Galvanized, Tinned, oh RR Coppered. Bright ané coe Annealed. — \ v | . ! Cold Rolled Fiat, ané = Straightened and Gat. SPECIAL WIRES PREPARED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. Tinned, Mattress, Broom and Lantern Wire. Annealed, Tinned and Galvanized Stone and Market Wire. WORCESTER, IIASS. 79 Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. " PENNSYLVANIA * FRUIT PICKER. This Cut almost apeaks for itself—the device being so much like the human hand. shows at once the util ty of the article. AS A FRUIT PICKER IT HAS NO SUPERIOR. — ae It is made 0” Reasy Galvanized Wire, and Fasily Adjusted to a Pole. Zz —S It has been sold forse‘ eral years, and the demand as it is becoming known) is steadily increasin LD (~~ 74 a The diffic Ity of detaching fruit and securing it unbruised is apparent to every one so go engage = j llawa =~" This overcomes the difficulty, and saves the finest fruit, which commands the highe-t prices. AN ar THE LOW PRICE AT WHICH IT IS SOLD brings it within the reach of those who have but little fruit to gather as well as those who have Jarge quantities. PRICE, FER VDOWAEN, 7 = = $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, COAL AND SAND SCREENS, THE ROEBLING STANDARD FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTION. FRUIT DRYING CLOTH, IRON, STEEL, GALV’D, BRASS, FLY-SCREEN CLOTH, BRONZE AND COPPER CLOTH. ~e=—_HARDWARE GRADES —ut> The New Jersey Wire Cloth Co., Trenton, N. J. NEW YORK CLEVELAND, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO. THE IRON AGE. 13 WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH AND NETTINCS. Painted e e Bronze e ° Cortland: Wickwire ts veteneta Finish Wickit Weaving. TINNED, BRIGHT BLUED, BRASS, COPPER WIRE CLOTH, FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. CORN POPPERS, DISH COVERS, METALLIC AND SQUARE COAL SIEVES, FLOUR SIEVES. NATIONAL WIRE CORP., NEW HAVEN, CONN., « « Manufacturers of . . WIRE, WIRE RODS AND WIRE NAILS. Fence, Market, Straightened ‘Galvanized, and Cat Wire Screw, Bolt, 4 in. aad sn smaller. Telephone and Special Wire Telegraph For eff Purposes. Eastern Agents, JOHN WALES CO., 141 High St. Boston, Mass. Send for Prices, MICHICAN WIRE CLOTH Co., manuracturers OF WIRE CLOTH or ALL KINDS From BRASS, COPPER, STEEL, IRON, GALVANIZED,TINNED and BRONZE WIRE Including PAINTED, GALVANIZED and BRONZE WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. ESTABIISHED 1868. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. 500 HOWARD ST., DFTROIT, MICH. a) ESTABLISHED 1828. | SPENGER WIRE COMPANY, Worcester, Mass. |) uuncenes Ipgon and Bessemer Steel Wire ot a! 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 ¥ RIPLEY & BARTLETT, 1899 ° 1879 wove || LACK Machines MFRS. OF ron ES. Ryaa’s Patents. WH. A. SWEETSER, 39 Monteilo St., PLYMOUTH, MASS., U.S A. BROCKTON, MASS. NEW FREEDOM WIRE Sate GO., MANUFACTURERS OF ‘“SSUMMIT’’ BRAND SCREEN WIRE CLOTH. MADE FROM HARD DRAWN STEEL WIRE. PAINTED BLACK, GREEN, OR DRAB. | Main Office and Works, + - NEW FREEDOM, PA es a 14 THE IRON AGE. mens HARVEY HUBBELL. Ste Screw Slotting, Machine Screws, sre neering AC HINERY & TOOLS. «220-00 SEMO FOR CATALOCUE. Riveting Machines. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Agents, Manning Maxwellé Moore, wew vyorn, CHicaco Chandler & FarQuhar, Besron SA M ’L F. A LL’S S ON. >, Established 1839, 229-233 West 10th St., New York. MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY Machine Bolts, Lag Screws, Washers. BRADDOCK MACHINE & MANUFACTURING CO. Engineers, Founders and Machinists, BRADDOCK, 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. NUT & WASHER MFG. CO., Milwaukee, Wis. aN Niagara Screw Co,, a BUFFALO, N. Y am SET and GAP SCREWS, STUDS, Bic gpa redone eraaaeeircpn ra piace lala cea isso. The Plymouth Millis, RIVETS as TACK s, Plymouth, Mass. MANUFACTURERS OF Wrought and Steel Plate Washers, Felloe Plates, Burrs, &. CORRESPONDENCE REQUESTED. eeeeeeeseses eeeceeeeoeoos WILSON & SMITH, Worcester, Mass. A Ohx etal Punching and Die Work. =| S00 wea SPECIALTIES IN LINE OF PRESS WORK. National Elastic Nut Co., MILWAUKEE, WIS. i awe meke oa a spoctalty of = ana . | ay Machine Belts, ang to large OHIO. PENNA. — NEW YORK. rraeteree. KE“ Gy S. 20,000 bat | For Nails, Spikes, Bolts, Nuts, Rivets and Horse Shoes, THE EDWIN BELL & SONS CO.; oa Mfd. by DA . BEAMAN & CO YOUNG : 1688 Hutchinson & ., Pa. Write for prices STOWN, °o For sale by Neat & Barner, I= Warren St., pb ew York N t., Ubi) Bi yxy ocU wr VFTVTVTVVVVe Ve VS ' = THE IRON AGE. —__~— at i FTF OOo eee ermeopomeimcmmnne preecpaay ema GN nr ——— eee eee SoMS$5—=$ot$pSmpMw= eemW22=—— SEOEOEOOeTeTETEeTEeETEOe—O aoe we — tll ete a a <— a i aad a — —= —— ~ = — ——— ee ——— eee cts ee LLL =i ) AMERICAN BRIDGE CO. General Offices: 100 BROADWAY, N. Y. DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF All Classes of Metallic Structures. We have decided to carry at all our plants a large stock of Raw Material, from which we can furnish with great promptness any ordinary order for Steel Bridges, Roofs, Buildings, Columns, Girders, Beams, Channels, Angles, Plates, etc., etc. Branch Offices and Works: Boston, Mass., East Berlin, Conn., Albany, N.Y., Groton, N. Y., Rochester, N. Y., , Buffalo, N. Y., Elmira, N. Y., Horseheads, N. Y., Pittsburg, Pa., Athens, Pa., Pencoyd, Pa., - Philadelphia, P2., Trenton, N.J., Wilmington, Del., | Baltimore, Md., Columbus, O., Youngstown, Ohio, Canton, Ohio, Lafayette, Ind., Chicago, I11., Milwaukee, Wis., Minneapolis, Minn., New Orleans, La. nN ee ee SS SEO —_— = ———— —_—— 1% THE IRON AGE. ret ——— - karti i Al IRON ano BRASS RIVETS STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. | BLAKE & JOHNSON, WATERBURY, CONN. GRAND CROSSING TACK CO,., Grand Crossing, a Hl, U. S.A, Saltaire Our Rod and Wire Mills are now in full operation and we are well equipped to furnish we RODS, For information concerning teen and WIRE, address ‘TELEPHONE, 2529 CENTRAL. BESSEMER and OPEN HEARTH, OF VARIOUS SHAPES. “WIRE FE. Hl. Titchener & Co., BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Wave made STAPLES (| For fifteen years. iKnow how to make ’em right Pectortes: | Cuysuemtar: MY. Milwaukeo Tack Co,, MILWAUKEE, WIS. TACKS, NAILS, RIVETS, WRITE FOR PRICES. WIRE NAIL MACHINERY, Impreved Perkins Pattern. All Sizes—3d. te 20d. Hi. J. MILLER, Bridgewater, llass. ® COBB & DREW, : FACTORIES : PLYMOUTH, MASS., and ROCK FALLS, ILLS. RON, BRASS and COPPER RIVETS, NAILS apd DOU BLE POINTED TAC KS. K S STAPLES,BURRS, WASHERS. dng 7 . BEST STOCK. PERFECT GOODS. N. D. PRATT, 91 Lake Street, CHICAGO. { SEND FOR BOOK ON BOLTS To | T= Franklin Moore Co.. Winsted, Conn. writing tor tree Pacific Coast Office, 105 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. rg Ba og Pittsburgh Screw & Bolt Co. MAKERS OF Square Head Bolts, Hexagon Head Bolts, Set Screws, Cap Screws, Coupling Bolts, Milled Stud Bolts, - — Head Semi-finished Nuts, , Case-hardened Nuts. Also Special Work in Iron, Steel or Brass made on Screw Machines. Rough Studs, ete., ete. Liberty fre. ane 85th ft. ‘Pittsburgh, Pa. Tr ppg eae a 60+ cee +++ comme ++ + ee 04 > ames: | SHELTON COMPANY. ee TACKS, SMALL NAILS, Etc., CARRIAGE, TIRE and STOVE BOLTS. s\i Factories, SHELTON, CONN. NEW YORK OFFICE ead WARGROOM, 64 READE SY. 106+ e009 cD ++) ce +69 cED-¢-4)-ce oy THE JRON AGE. 17 The [tilton N Manufacturing Co., MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U/ } Gold Punched "*iso'diriissonas ¢ ALSO, HOT PRESSED | \e) Wrought and Steel Washers. Cold Punched Nuts a Specialty. New BRIGHTON, Pa. 2:55: MANUFACTURERS OF oj Ul ; -_#) 0 RIVETS, WIRE & WIRE NAILS. Z OF EF _ d in | RHODE ISLAND TOOL Co. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Bolt ana Rivet Clippers, For Cutting off the ends of Botts and Rivets, Liberal discounts to the trade, CHAMBERS BROTHERS COMPANY, 52d 8t., Below Lancaster Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA. DROP FORGED WRENCHES: MILLED OPENINGS FINISHED AND CASEHARDENED. titiieiiiiiiiiiifiii tii. . ALL GRADES OF PINISHED + 7 NO T's @ AKD AUTOMATIC COLD PRESS LJ KUT SACHINES, x © e a = ‘ t =e . The Best Bolt| § > ONLY 2 Pak S ee Fy ak MANUFACTURE BY canes pep est Expansion Bolt im the market. | 1 enn OPS. CO.) Ff wens Bee Gm. » BY. 833-543 West 224 St., N. Y % Unienvilie, Conn., 0. 8. A, 4 Tel. 924 Cortlandt. ves WRITE FOR PRICES. BER EE BERR ee} 16 THE IRON AGE. WK. H. HASEELL, Pres. WM. H. HASKELL MFG. CO., WM. H. HASKELL CO., and PAWTUCKET NUT CO:i, MANUFACTURERS OF PARTICULAR Office and Works, 451 Main Street, JACOB STEPHANS, Gen’l Manager. J. MILTON PAYS, Treas. SUCCESSORS TO Bolts, Coach Screws, Set Screws, Cap Screws, Nuts, Washers, Chain Links, Stirrups, Levers, Clearer Springs, Etc. ATTENTION PAID TO SPECIAL WORK. PAWTUCKET, R. I., U.S. A. WORCESTER MACHINE SCREW CO., Worcester, Mass. SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS. Manufacturers of STUDS FOR STEAM ENGINE, PUMPS, &c. ane OS een es aerate re to brick STEWARD & ROMAINE MFG. CO. s Philadelphia. EPAMaION BoLTs For amane wparyd ae to brick ati slone Work ee a , ISAAC CHURCH, Bend ¢ a Toledo, ruc gg Ohios RIVETS, NUTS, AND FOR ROLLING THREADS. BUILT BY The WATERBURY FARREL FOUNDRY & MACHINE C0. Have YOu TRIANGLE FEED for Tack Machines * IT IS A WONDERI!! GUARANTEED INCREASE 25; IN SPEED. KIMBALL BROS. & SPRAGUE, BROCKTON, MASS. ART METAL WORK IN BRASS, STEEL mas. t. Lf BARU, t Each Mo MICH See Ad DETROIT, 7 PORT CHESTER | BOLT & NUT CO., PORT CHESTER, N. Y. —MANUFAOCTURERS OF— Cold Punched, Chamfered and Trimmed, Case Hardened and Semi-Finished s—_] N UTS — Bicycle Supplies, &c., &c. Tire Bolts a Specialty, d ws w umb Screws ta, Bley fs and st id. and Nu trical Work Spied | | fal Machine Scre te and Elec- ta, oO IN hed Manufacturers of all kinds Sole [lfrs.of the Genuine Huntington Bmery SET, CAP and MACHINE SCREWS, Milled Coupling Bolts, etc. = CHICAGO ScREWCB. “Ye “Age aN\\ est ay es Wheel Dresser. J SOn aS 4-108 W.Was Nim Bicycle Parts. Hexagon Nuts, Finished and THE IRON AGE. 19 a [ W. W. LINDSAY & CO., 7 ie J ENGINEERS and CONSTRUCTORS, - A HARRISON BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA. i: i ant determined. This hand-book has a: been written with the hope of serving a the above purpose.” The volume is an : 8vo, cloth bound. Price.......... $3.00 a: & We Carpentry—Frame Construction.—Of | Chemists’ Pocket Book, by Thomas a we eee manvale for carpenters treat- | Bayley, of which the seventh revised iH ing on methods of framing, few are as | #24 enlarged edition now appears, con- as practical and useful to the young me- | tains an immense collection of chemical a chanic as Meloy's Progressive Car-|™emoranda, formulas and tables com- iH pentry, of which an enlarged edition | PTising over 550 pages. The book is a iH now appears (the sixth thousand). The | andy reference for chemists, chemical book presents the authors plumb] ™anufacturers, metallurgists and oth- : and level line system, by which|€rS. It is divided into 14 sections, as H all bevels and cuts may be obtained for follows: Mathematical; Atomie Weights, H any conceivable form of frame work | &¢.; Weights and Measures; Thermom- is without the necessity of making extra | etry, Barometry, &c.; Specific Gravity, a drawing for that purpose, as re-|Hydrometry and Specific Gravity of a.4 quired in other methods. ‘This edi-| Solutions; Melting and Boiling Points; a tion contains 42 examples, cover- Solubility, Eudiometry; Analysis; Min- uA ing problems in framing, and the solu- eralogy; Alcohol; Beer; Sugar; Miscel- 4 : tion of each is simplified by an ac-|!a@neous; Photography. It is leather at companying full page diagram, showing bound, and in convenient form for : the actual construction. The work com- Pocket. Price................4-. $1.50 ae bines accuracy with the greatest sim- . i ; plicity, being a result of the study of all Suuetenction of Small age and i: methods of construction during the long Boilers.— Amateur mechanics and H xxperience of the author as a practical | Others having some acquaintance with a: eager By D. H. Meloy. 89 pages, | %dinary machine work will be inter- ; builder. oa ee. aa | ested in Egbert P. Watson's “ Small ree Seesnds en Meee rapa easnes=« 1-00 | Engines and Boilers.” Specific diree- ; : tions and dimensioned plans are given The Chemistry of Oil, a subject to) tor small steam engines and beilers of which no special work has heretofore | modern device from 5 horse-power been devoted, now receives attention in | gown to model sizes. 108 pages, 8vo, | , the “Oil Chemists’ Hand-Book,” by cjoth. Price ................. $1.25 Erastus Hopkins, A.M.B.Sc., Chemist in ; . , charge of the U. 8. Laboratories at Bos-| Dynamos and Motors.—The publish- ton. We quote from the introduction | ers of Crocker & Wheeler's Practical =—— the statement of the author that “ A de-| Management of Dynamos and Motors sire has long been felt among those in- | have recently printed the ninth thousand ra fr terested in oil testing, whether as man-| of that book, which continues in de- a Li ufacturers, dealers, or chemists, for| mand among electrical engineers, stu- vn a - SE some practical working manual con-| dents and workmen. The manual gives — = taining not only the methods used in| simple directions for the practical use testing and analyzing oils, but also giv-| and management of dynamo electric ing, in a convenient and comprehensive | machines and electric motors, dealing form, the vast amount of analytical! with all the more important matters data by which an unknown oil can be which present themselves in the hand- identified, an adulterated oil easily de-| ling of these machines. 206 pages, tected, and the oil used as the adulter-|cloth. 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