The Iron Age 1901-04-04: Vol 67 Iss 14

—— er ot — Sa TH I DEX SUPPLEMENT eicés. THE IRON AGE A Review of the sinaihiieis Iron, Machinery and Metal Trades. a Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co.,, 232-238 William St.. New York. $5.00 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Vol. 67: No. 14 New York, ere Reading Matter Contents page 62 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 199 Classified List of Advertisers .. ‘‘ 20! Advertising and Subscription Rates ‘‘ 71 ae? 4 gol. A New U. M. 0, .22 ‘Shor Smokeless Cartridge AT A REDUCED PRicE. 4 : Little fs, No burning grains of powder from the rifle’s muzzle. Comparatively Cheap. Your Deater has it or can get it for you. Seud for Illustrated Folder Describing the New .22 Shert. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., 315 BROADWAY, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. > BAHALL BOILERS =" CAPEWELL HORSE NAILS. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, BOSTON, DETROIT, CINCINNATI, SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, ORE., BUFFALO, BALTIMORE, {ID ACCURATE, eee _|] SeORRLESS, TRON ano _ Xa CLEAN. vids gee Promers | THE BRISTOL COMPANY, Waterbury, Conn. Bristol’s Recording Instruments. For Pressure Eouporature d Electricity Siiver } Medal, Paris Exposition. All Ranges, Low Prices, and Guar- anieed, Send for Circulars. tts and Phenix Aloo Haewnis of aac Cord. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. ‘— = | Branch Office. 11 aay New York. Gieveland City Forge and Iron Co., - Cleveland, O. | rvoRN BU CHE LES. | MERRILL BROS., | Se See) 405 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn. E.D NY | BASIC Pic. a THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL COMPANY, Strerd Butioing. Phila. | PILLING & CRANE, :: pol block, Pittsburgh. | | HARTFORD, CONN. BRANCHES: APOLLO BEST BLOOM GALVANIZED IRON Easy work can be done with common cama! Jenkins Bros.’ Valves are manufactured of the best steam metal, and are fully guaranteed. Why experiment with cheap valves? If you want the Best ask your dealer for valves manufactured by Jenkins Brothers. Re- member all genuine are stamped with Trade Mark like cut. JENKINS BROTHERS, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston. iron. Rill ivigrk - secultes Brass Prices High So Use Bright“Swedoh” Stamp- see 18h Apollo: ing Steel. Easily Brass Plated and Save Money, page all work. MAGNOLIA METAL. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all — Bearings. Apollo facilitates American Sheet Steel Company Battery Park Building New York © 266 ana 267 West St., _ NEW Yor. MAGNOLIA METAL ¢ Owners and Sole fact, _APR 6 1901 01 yt NE Nyt ie TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PHOTODUPLICATION SERVICE WASHINGTON 25, D.C. € yr hee Ae Am ae Ae ae a vr wi. phaetaeel eit eit phaedeiel aE dun ae B hale Wil THE IRON AGE A Review of the Hardware, Iron, Machinery and Metal Trades. _ S Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co., 232-238 William St... New York. Vol.67: No. 14 New York, Thursday, April 4 rgor. See ee See ee Reading Matter Contents . page 62 Sess Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘‘ 199 Advertising and Subscription nates“ 71111 A NOW U, M. C, .22 Short Smokeless Cartridge 7 AT A REDUCED PRiceE, ~%4/ Little fa e. ACCURATE, ae sare tn BTiS } N 0 burning grains mic ie os -| | SMOKELESS | | of powder from TRON ano the rifle’s muzzle. CLEAN. Age 24. way Comparatively or ge Cheap. THE BRISTOL COMPANY, Your Deater has it or can get it for you. s r : 8c 1 28 ’ Waterbury, Conn. eud for Illustrated Folder Describing the New .22 Short Bristol's Recording | | THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., Instruments. For Pressure Temperature 315 BROADWAY, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. . and Electricity. Silver Medal, Paris Exposition. All Ranges, Low Prices, and Guar- wate" anieed, Send for Circulars. son sror ono PAHALL BOILERS sr Also Massachusetts and Phenix meas" | = CAPEWELL HORSE NAILS. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURNBUCKLES. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, Se ae ST. LOUIS Branch Office. 11 Broadway, New York. . Grevetand City Forge and tron Co. - Cleveland, O BOSTON, ° DETROIT, rvueRN BU CELEBS. | BRANCHES: CINCINNATI, MERRILL BROS., SAN FRANCISCO, ee Pree) 405 to 471 Kent Ave., PORTLAND, ORE., Brooklyn. E.D NY BUFFALO, ee BALTIMORE, ns A w IC oa | S. NEW ORLEANS. THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL COMPANY, Girard Building, Phila. | PILLING & CRANE, Less block, Pitabarab. | HARTFORD, CONN. APOLLO BEST BLOOM Jenkins Bros.’ Valves GALVANIZED IRON are manufactured of the best steam metal, and are fully guaranteed. Why experiment with cheap valves? If you want the BEST ask Easy work can be done your dealer for valves manufactured by Jenkios Brothers. Re- s member all genuine are stamped with Trade Mark like cut. JENKINS BROTHERS, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston. . . | with common _ galvanized! | iron. Difficult work requires| Brass Prices High So Use Bright“Swedoh” Stamp- see 18h Apollo: Apollo facilitates} img Steel. Easily Brass Plated and Save Money, pase all work. MAGNOLIA METAL. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all Machinery Bearings. Pac-Simile of Bar. ) AAV Beware of —— New York > ‘Imitations. MAGNOLIA METAL » 266 and 267 West St., London, Ch go, Mon Pitts’ Owners and Sole NEW YORK. fan / Ppilar : | APR G 1901 | American Sheet Steel Company Battery Park Building phia. 2 THE IRON AGE. lite THE ANSONIA Brass p” COPPER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. 6OLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (TRADE-WarRK REGISTERED.) Condenser, Plates,Pump Linings, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. Waterbury ios Co. Established 1845. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, | German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger- man Silver Wire, Brass ard Copper Tubing. COPPER RIVETS AND BURS. TAPE MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, 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. 126 Eddy St., Provi- dence, R.{. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, N. J. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. Deoxidized and Ordnance Babbitt and Anti-Friction Metals, Best and Cheapest. BRIDGEPORT DEOXIDIZED BRONZE & METAL CO., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 99 John Street, “oan New York, Randolph-Clowes Co., Main Office and Mill, WATERBURY, CONN. MANUFACTULERS OF SHEET BRASS & COPPER. BRAZED BRASS & COPPER TUBES. SEAMLESS BRASS & COPPER TUBES TO 36 IN. DIAM. New York Office, 258 — aed Postal Tel- ih B Room 202. egraph Bldg., Chicago lOffice. 602 Fisher Bld Boston Office, Cor. Oliver and Sts. 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 Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blauks. ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. * MURRAY ST., BRASS Finisseas J.J.RYAN & CO, \— i = Fay a an a —)_ 1 ae Cobebue!_ i — iam @iebla!-t-ce Best Bronze, Babbitt Metals, Brass and Alominum CASTINGS No better counter | Buy A SEAMLESS LINENOID FOR $25.00 AND 4 Wheel, 3.00 Paddle Your Own Canoe. 5 Wheel, $3.25 Crane Bros., Canoe Builders, Westfield, Mass. Guaranteed. Ud R. A. HART, HENDRICKS BROTHERS PROPRIETURS OF THE Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Brazsiers’ Bolt and Sheathing COPPER, COPrPrER WIRED AND HNRIVETS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. a 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. a aS La “y ‘ } . } THE PLUME & Atwood Mré. Go., MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass —AND— WIRE PRINTERS’ BRASS, JEWELERS’ METAL, GERMAN SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVETS AND BURRS. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kere- sene Burners, Lamps. Lamp Trimmings, &c. NEW YORK. 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. 199 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ROLLING MILL : THOMASTON, CONN. SCOVILL MFG. CO., Manufacturers of BRASS SHEET, WIRE, TUBES. Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Goods, Nipples, Pumps and Oilers for Bicycles, Braziers’ Solder. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: CHICAGO, PACTORIES : | WATERBURY, CONN. WEW YORK, BOSTON. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY, 100 John Street, - New York. Arthur IT. 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. Brase and , Copper Rods, Brass Ferrules. Sheet and Ingot Copper; Spelter, Tin, Antimony, Lead, etc. THE BRIDGEPORT BRASS 6O., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. z9 Murray St., New York. 85-87 Pearl St., Boston. 17 N. 7th St., Philadelphia, MANUFACTURERS OF Brass { SHEET AND TUBING Copper | WIRE. Lamp Geeds of all Kinds. BRASS AND COPPER GOODS In Great Varieties. Tesemsi==ae F =—W 0.32 — Se = oe ame we om ea oe ome Pe: WELOM MFG. CO_ 68 SUDBURY STREET, BOSTON. tee” ° . bf F — ‘THE IRON AGE THuRsDAY, ApriL 4, 1901. The Heating and Ventilating Plant of the Boyer Machine Company. The heating plant installed by the American Blower Company of Detroit in the works of the Boyer Machine Company of the same city possesses several features of interest. One of particular note is the arrangement of the ducts for conveying the heated air into the building. Instead of being round or rectangular in form, as is cus- tomary in such installations, they are triangular, the bottom of the pipe resting on the bottom chords of the a4 a A ea a ER Pak, = a is KR» f oat Fi mh to deliver about 55,000 cubie feet per minute at this speed, which is sufficient to change the air in the entire building about once every 15 minutes. The amount of air handled at a temperature of 120 degrees weighs about 3750 pounds and is driven along through the ducts at a speed of nearly half a mile a minute. The fan shaft is supported at one end by a bearing in the corridor wall. Thence it passes through the fan to another bearing attached to the fan housing, through the heater and inlet air chamber, where there is another bearing, thence through the flanged coupling to the en- The Fan Room, HEATING AND VENTILATING PLANT OF THE BOYER MACHINE COMPANY. roof trusses, the top having the same angle as the slope of the roof, thus making the pipes hardly noticeable. There is a total of 846,400 cubic feet of space to be heated, the outside exposure having an absorbing ca- pacity of 3,455,284 heat units. The temperature of the ~ building is 70 degrees F. when the thermometer regis- ters 10 degrees below zero outside. To accomplish the desired results there is a heater containing 11,500 lineal feet of 1l-inch pipe, the coils being supplied with ex- haust steam from the main engine, air compressor, pumps, fan engine, &c. In addition to this, there are 767 feet of direct radiation in the office for use when, for any reason, the blower is not in operation. Attached to the heater is a 180-inch full housed fan, set three-quarter style—i. e., the lower quarter of the housing is below the platform supporting it. The wheel is 10 feet in diameter and is calculated to run at a speed of 175 revolutions per minute. This fan has a capacity gine. On this shaft is a pulley, the arrangement being such that by removing the bolts from the fan coupling the fan can be run by belt instead of by the engine. The engine has a cylinder 12 inches in diameter and a stroke of 10 inches. The frame is of the marine type and the valve balanced. There is ample power in this engine to drive the fan up to 300 revolutions per minute should it be desirable. Provision is made for drawing in fresh air through a monitor over the engine room, or this can be closed and the air recirculated through a duct at the floor of the engine room, in the partition petween the latter and the machinery hall. <> A movement is on foot in England for a federation of the employers’ and employees’ unions, in an organiza- tion to be known as the National Federation of Master Associations and Trade Unions, the object being to pro- ee OO LBP ot es wet eS IFS SRB Sipe 268 2 THE mote co-operation of the two interests in respect to the expansion of British trade, and to devise means to meet foreign competition. ieiigliaiesieigetaliaiaatipasimaties A Summer School for Artisans. In order to gain a more thorough knowledge of the principles of their trades many young men in industrial employments are now receiving instruction through the correspondence schools which have been established in this country within recent years, and many are being greatly helped in this way. These schools, valuable as they are, do not give personal instruction, however, nor ean they offer any slfop or laboratory facilities. Their students, to this extent, therefore, work under manifest disadvantages. To supply mechanics who are unable to follow any prolonged course in a technical institution with just the kind of practical instruction they need, the IRON AGE, April 4, 1901 tical instruction in the line of their trade, which they would not get in the shops, but it is not the purpose of the school to give the shop practice which they are ex- pected to receive in serving their apprenticeship. At the present time instruction of this kind can only be given during the summer term of six weeks. During the regular college year the shops and laboratories are filled with the regular students, taking the four-years’ professional courses in the College of Engineering. It is possible that, if the demand is sufficient, this instruction to artisans may be organized into a separate school, un- der the auspices of the university, either in Madison or elsewhere, and the work given throughout the entire year in short terms of 6 to 12 weeks. Conditions for Entrance. At present no detailed educational requirements will be specified for entrance upon this work. Each candi- date will be questioned to ascertain his fitness for tak- Fig. 2.—View Showing Ducts. HEATING AND VENTILATING PLANT OF THE managers of the College of Engineering of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wis., have arranged to inau- gurate this year a new plan of industrial education, which promises beneficial results. A summer school for apprentices and artisans has been established, which will be held at Madison during the six weeks beginning July 1 and ending August 9. Purpose of the School, This school is designed for the benefit of machinists, carpenters or sheet metal workers; stationary, marine or locomotive engineers; shop foremen and superintendents; superintendents of water works, electric light plants, power stations, factories, large office and store buildings in cities, and for the young men who wish to qualify themselyes for such positions. For these employments the full four-years’ professional courses in engineering are not required, and yet to satisfy the present demands upon this class of men it is necessary for them to obtain considerable theoretical and practical knowledge not commonly taught in any of our schools. In the case of apprentices the purpose of the school is te give them a certain amount of theoretical and prac- BOYER MACHINE COMPANY. ing the work, and if it seems likely that he will be bene- tited by it and that he will not be a hindrance to the oth- ers, he will be admitted. A speaking and writing knowl- edge of the English language, and a fair knowledge of elementary arithmetic will be found necessary to a profit- able pursuance of the course. No diplomas or formal certificates will be granted to persons taking this work in the University of Wisconsin, but letters will be given by the dean of the College of Engineering stating what work has been taken and the proficiency attained. Students in this school must present themselves on or before the opening day of the term, and they will be ex- pected to remain for the full six weeks. Each student will be expected to elect such work from that which is offered as he desires to take, and for which he is found to be fitted, and in such quantity as to keep him profit- ably employed. In general the managers suggest it would be well to elect two or three lectures a day and to devote the rest of the working day in the shops or labora- tories. The lecture periods are one hour each, and the shop and laboratory periods are four hours each. The school hours are from 8 to 12 a.m., and from 1 to 5 p.m. April 4, 1901 Fees and Expenses, A uniform entrance fee of $15 will be charged for all pupils taking this course, and in addition to the entrance fee there will be shop and _ laboratory fees charged at the rate of 5 cents per hour of actual total time spent in any shop or laboratory. These fees are payable in advance at entrance. The en- trance fee cannot be refunded. In case of sickness, or of other unavoidable withdrawal before the middle of the term, one-half of the shop and laboratory fees paid in will be refurded. Room and board can be obtained from $4 per week and upward. The College of Letters and Science of the university holds a summer session at the same time as this summer school for artisans, and all the classes in this department will be open to those students in the school for artisans who can show a suitable preparation for such courses. There are, also, many entertaining and instructive lec- tures given in this department to which the general pub- lic is admitted and which can be attended by the stu- dents in the school for artisans without any special ar- rangement or permission. Departments of Work. The instruction given in the summer school will be divided: into the following five special departments: I. Courses in Steam Engineering. Lectures on the Elementary Theory of Heat. . Lectures on Steam Engines and Boilers. . Experimental Work in Steam Laboratory. Operation and Management of Engines and Boilers. . Gas and Gasoline Engines. . Traction Engines. tl. Courses in Applied Electricity. Dynamos and Motors. . Electric Wiring. Meters, Transformers and Lighting. . Telephone Service. . Electric Batteries. . Electric Station Recerds. - Elementary Theory of Alternating Currents and their Applications. 8. Electroplating and Electrotyping. iII. Machine Design. 1, Use of Elementary Formule. 2. Mechanical Drawing for Artisans. 8. Mechanical Drawing for Manual Training Teach- ers. iV. The Materials of Construction and Transmission of Power. 1, Lectures on the Properties of Materials. 2. Tests of the Strength of Materials. 3. Tests of Lubricants. 4. Transmission of Power. ¥V. Shop Work. - Bench and Machine Work in Wood. . Foundry Work. . Bench Work in Iron. Production of Flat Surfaces and Straight Edges. . Machine Work in Iron. Practice with the Planing and Milling Machines. . Practice with the Lathe and Milling Machines. . Forge Work. . Tool Making. 10. Machine Construction and Pattern Work. The teachers in this summer school will be selected from the regular staff of professors and assistants in the College of Engineering. A sufficient number of these will be detailed to this work to provide the necessary in- struction for those who attend, provided they make ap- plication before June 1, 1901. Opportunity to Attend, It is anticipated that many of the students in at- tendance upon this school for artisans will be of those who are regularly employed in responsible positions, and who cannot @ttend these summer sessions without obtaining leaves of absence from their employers. These employers may be individuals, or private or public cor- porations, but in any case they might find it to their aaron ABI OH CHAAR HOY THE IRON AGE. 3 advantage to encourage their more studious and intel- ligent apprentices, workmen, foremen and superinten- dents to come to these summer sessions and get a better grounding in fundamental principles, as well as in the latest and most scientific practice, in their several branches of work. It is believed that it would be to the interest of many owners to send one or more of their employees to such a school every summer, in order to in- crease their efficiency in managing their share of the business. Co-operation with the Correspondence Schools, One of the leading purposes of this school for ar- tisans is to supplement the work of the Correspondence Schools. Persons coming with a fair knowledge of the theory of a certain line of practice, could spend their entire time in the shops or laboratories if they chose, and so put into practice, or prove experimentally, the scien- tific principles learned from books, or in the correspond- ence courses. Shop and Laboratory Equipment, The pupils of the summer school will have all the advantages offered in the well equipped shops and laboratories of the College of Engineering. These in- clude a large machine shop, furnished with lathes, plan- ers, shapers, milling machines, &c.; a forging shop, a foundry, with a cupola for melting iron, a brass furnace and a core well, with all the necessary accessories; wood working and pattern shops, a steam testing laboratory, containing a number of steam engines of various kinds, gas and gasoline engine, a refrigerating plant and the necessary instruments for making accurate tests of these engines; also for coal and gas analysis, a testing lab- oratory for the strength of materials and electrical laboratories well supplied with exact scientific and com- mercial instruments with necessary appliances for ac- curate measurements and tests. Persons desiring to attend this school during the coming summer are asked to make application to J. B. Johnson, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., on or before June 1, 1901. In a letter of application information should be given under the following heads: 1. Age and amount of school training. 2. Amount and kind of experience in practical work. 3. The courses in the list which the applicant wishes to take. This information should be given in considerable de- tail. Some of the courses referred to will be given only on condition that there are a sufficient number of stu- dents to warrant forming classes in such subjects. In ease there are more applicants than can be accommo- dated those applying first will be given the preference. It is necessary to know by June 1 about what work will be demanded in order to arrange for the necessary teacb- ing force. ee ee ee The production of pig iron in Germany, in metrie tons, was as follows in 1899 and 1900: 1899. 1900. Mill tron and splegeleisen............ 1,667,694 1,587,194 OE SOR a ie a a ee Pee 534,767 495,790 ES a UE rt le Ea aha. < ee ea 4,424,052 4,780,829 Foundry and direct castings........... 1,424,732 1,487,929 i arg tte Cire ds 6a calta Re Merk aa ae 8,051,245 8,351,742 This shows an increase in 1900 of 3.6 per cent. The Tramways Committee, of the Glasgow Town Council has recommended the acceptance of the tender of the Lorain Steel Company of Lorain, Ohio, of 3000 tons of girder rails at £6 12s. 6d. per ton delivered, and of 150 tons of fish plates at £7. The National Tube Company have made application to the City Council of Benwood, W. Va., for the right to cross certain streets with tracks, and to have others vacated, which are entirely surrounded by property of- fered by the company. The report that the National Tube Company are to build two new blast furnaces and a basic open hearth steel plant at Benwood is officially denied. The company have plans for the extension of the Benwood Works, but which as yet have not been fully defined. Pe mige’ ae ee ee ee ee Ba ad a ee EE ey = ; { ‘ ' THE The Prentice Bros. Radial Drilling Machine. The No. 6 radial drilling machine built by the Pren- tice Bros. Company of Worcester, Mass., is gear driven from the top shaft. Back gears are provided for the head to relieve the shafts and gears of strain. The arm swings on ball bearings, may be clamped in any position and has vertical adjustment by power. The head on the arm is moved by hand wheel, rack and spiral pin- ion and cannot vary its position by accident. The spin- dle is back geared and counterbalanced and has an im- proved quick return and stop motion, permitting it to be quickly returned or approached while power feeding; this also allows the point of the drill to be brought to the work and the power feed thrown in by the same lever while the machine is in operation. All the hand wheels and levers are within easy reach of the oper- ator. The base plate is T-slotted and heavily ribbed. It is driven by friction pulleys at the back or side of the column, as may be ordered, allowing the machine to be placed at right angles to or in line with the main shaft. THE PRENTICE BROS. A universal table, in place of the box table, can be pro- vided. The main dimensions are as follows: Traverse of spindle, 114% inches; traverse of saddle on column, 44 inches; diameter of spindle, 15 inches; hole in spindle, Morse taper No. 4; minimum distance, spindle center to column, 13% inches; to trunnion bear- ing, 8% inches; traverse of head on the arm, 24% inches; will drill to the center of a 76-inch circle; distance, spin- dle to base plate, maximum, 60 inches; minimum, 5 inches; available space on base plate, 42 x 27% inches; table, 20 x 24 x 25 inches high; base plate, 62 x 28 x 4% inches deep; floor space with friction pulleys on back, 102 x 28 inches; at side, 76 x 47 inches; weight, 2750 pounds. ae oe American Malleable Castings Company.—Work has commenced upon the new plant to be erected for the American Malleable Castings Company. The works are to be located at Chicago Highlands, an industrial town near Chicago, lying at the junction of the Chicago & Northwestern and Outer Belt railroads. The factory is to be built of brick and steel, and will consist of a large building 110 x 540 fect, and an annex 32 x 102 feet. The large building will be divided into a foundry 110 x 300 feet, a mill room 40 x 110 feet, an annealing room, con- taining 14 annealing ovens, 100 x 200 feet. The annex will contain a furnace room, with two melting furnaces, IRON NO. 6 AGE. April 4, 1902 42 x 61 feet; an engine room 32 x 52 feet, and a core room 32 x 60 feet. Fifteen hundred feet of track will be laid to connect with the Chicago & Northwestern and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern railroads. > — jp A Rush Shipment.—Recently one of the two engines of a blooming mill at the Duquesne Steel Works broke down. The parts that gave way were the crank shaft, weighing 65 tons, and the jack shaft, weighing 60 tons. A hurry up order for two new shafts was given to the E. P. Allis Company of Milwaukee. Last Friday even- ing the shafts were ready for shipment, but they were so heavy that special cars had to be provided. The 16-wheel car specially built by the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company to carry the Krupp gun from New York to Chicago, where it was exhibited at the World’s Fair, and another specially constructed iron car, were hur- ried to Milwaukee to be used in transporting the heavy shafts. The two cars left Milwaukee Friday night, an@ reached Chicago Saturday morning. At 5.13 that morn- ing the two cars were pulled out of the Pittsburgh, Fore RADIAL DRILLING MACHINE. Wayne & Chicago yards, with a special engine, and were started on their trip to Pittsburgh. On the train was a representative of the Carnegie Company, whose busi- ness it was to see that no unnecessary delay occurred. The railroad people themselves had orders to rush the cars as fast as possible. The train had the right of way between Chicago and Pittsburgh over all trains, save one or two fast passenger trains. Thus the train went speeding East at a rate sometimes of 45 miles an hour, arriving in Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon at 5.13 o’clock. The shafts were delivered at the Duquesne Works at 10.46 Saturday night. The distance of 450 miles was made in 16 hours and 17 minutes. In the transportation of freight this is said to be a record never before achieved. —_ The Sharon Coke Company of Sharon, Pa., have been incorporated. The incorporators are Frank H. Buhl, John Stevenson, Jr., James P. Whitla, all of Sharon; Wm. Flinn and Geo. W. Darr, Pittsburgh. The new company will erect coke ovens, probably of the by- product type, near their new steel works and blast fur- naces in Sharon, Pa. The American Hardware Mfg. Company have beer organized at Youngstown, Ohio, with a capital of $100,- 000, and will make brass electrical supplies. April 4, 1901 THE The Federal Industrial Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2, 1901.—The Federal In- dustrial Commission will begin a new series of hearings on the 6th inst. with reference to industrial consolida- tions, including the more recent combinations of rail- roads and the big merger now known as the United States Steel Corporation. The hearings will extend over a period of several weeks, and will be held partly in this city and partly in New York, the commission having found it necessary to go to the metropolis in order to secure the attendance of a number of important wit- nesses who, while quite willing to testify, have stated their inability to visit Washington during April for that purpose. The commission is specially desirious of securing a full and authentic statement of the circumstances and considerations which led to the formation of the United States Steel Corporation, and soon after the con- solidation was announced invitations were extended to Andrew Carnegie and to J. Pierpont Morgan to give their testimony on these points. Mr. Carnegie replied in a jocular spirit, stating that he would be quite willing to deliver a lecture on golf, but concerning his views on consolidations in general, and the one under consid- eration in particular, he felt that he could add nothing to oral and written statements made by him several years ago, of which he inclosed copies. Soon afterward Mr. Carnegie sailed for Europe. Mr. Morgan expressed entire willingness to testify before the commission, but stated that his time was so fully mortgaged for some time to come that he could fix no date, and the com- mission has small hopes of being able to secure his at- tendance in the near future. Assurance has been given, however, that President C. M. Schwab will appear be- fore the commission during its New York sessions, and will testify with regard to the practical advantages se- sured by consolidations of large manufacturing plants. The commission desires especially to have Mr. Schwab’s views as to the competitive methods which the big merger proposes to adopt, and will probably propound a good many inquiries that neither Mr. Schwab nor any one connected with the big corporation has as yet com- pletely thought out. Another point of interest to the commission is whether the merger is planning to take in other corporations in the future, and especially whether any general policy will be adopted for the ab- sorption of other companies. The commission is not very sanguine of gathering a large amount of positive information on any of these points, but its members feel that the opportunity of securing authoritative statements during its formative period concerning the most important consolidation in the world’s industrial history should not be neglected. The records of the commission now contain very full testimony given by a prominent official in each of the important combinations in the iron and steel trade that have been effected within the past three years, which covers practically the entire period of the consolidation movement under the New Jersey laws. In connection with the further investigation of in- dustrial and railroad consolidations now about to be undertaken, the commission expects to take the testi- mony of Charles R. Flint of the United States Rubber Company, who will discuss not only the combination in the rubber industry, but the ethics of the so-called trusts in general; Jacob Schiff and James Stillman, the well- known bankers, who will testify concerning the financ- ing of the great combinations of capital; James B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco Company; S. M. Felton of the Chicago & Alton Railroad; President Burt of the Union Pacific Railroad; President Guillaudeu of the Old Dominion Steamship Company; M. C. Markham, assistant traffic manager of the Illinois Central Railroad: R. R. Wright of the State Industrial College of Georgia; Samuel Thomas, E. R. Chapman, and others. The com- mission has a much more extensive list of witnesses for the May hearings, but names are withheld until arrangements for their appearance have been completed. It is expected that the New York hearings will de- [IRON AGE. 5 velop an interesting feature in the testimony of certain members of the New York Reform Club, which organi- zation has intimated its desire to argue before the com- mission the proposition that the so-called trusts are pro- tected and practically supported by the present tariff. These arguments, it is thought, will be purely academic, but will doubtless serve to draw rejoinders from the interests whose affairs are discussed. The commission received an intimation some time ago that the Reform Club desired to be heard, and an opportunity would have been afforded during the present month, but for some reason the members of the club have not availed them- selves of the opening, and it is now understood they will not testify until the meetings in New York in May. In this connection much use is being made of a state- ment given to the press within the past week by Rep- resentative Babcock of Wisconsin, author of the free metal bill, who states that when he reintroduces this measure at the beginning of the next Congress it will provide for the repeal of the tariff on tin plate and plate glass, as well as on certain metal manufactures. Mr. Babcock explains that he is not striking at the trusts alone, but goes further and declares that if any indi- vidual “is enabled through the high protective tariff to impose extortionate prices upon the people, he is just as much an object for Congressional legislation as any trust.” He adds that the Dingley act should not be set up “like a Chinese joss, something to be wor- shiped and never altered,” and that a new and very serious problem confronts the country which must be met by the party in power. Mr. Babcock’s statements are being very widely circulated in the interest of tariff revision by both anti-trust agitators and representatives of interests desiring lower duties on certain products which constitute the raw materials of various lines of manufacture. Prefessor Jenks’ report on the industrial consolida- tions of Europe, which has been delayed for certain translations, will not be made public until the conclusion of the April and May hearings. It has been intimated that the report contains references to efforts made by American and European manufacturers to bring about international consolidations, and also that it deals with the alleged practice of some American manufacturers to sell their surplus products abroad at less than the prices received for them in this country, but these state- ments are not confirmed. w. L. C. Oe The American Can Company. In addition to the plants enumerated in The Iron Age as being included in the American Can Company, the following concerns are involved. Those marked with an asterisk have merely parted with the can business, and the machinery, patents, will, &e., in connection with the can business: good *American Lubricator Company, Des Moines, Iowa. *Art Metal Company, New Brunswick, N. J. Baltimore Can Mfg. Company, Baitimore, Md. J. L. Board, Chicago, Ill. U. B. Campbell. Boston, Mass. *Champion Chemical Works, Chicago, II! *Dana & Co., Belpre, Ohio. *Davenport Canning & Mfg. Compary, Daven; William Fait Company, Baltimore, Md *A. Geisel Mfg. Company, St. Louis, Mo. *Gibbs Preserving Company, Baltimore, Md. W. (<. Garrison Mfg. Company, Newark, N. J. J. B. Hanway, Joppa, Md. *Charies Josselyn and Axel Johnson, San Francisco, Cal *E. T. Mason & Co., Chicago, Ill. Norton Can Company, New York City. National Metal Lithographing Company, Camden, N. J *William Numsen & Sons, Baltimore, Md. *E. & O. W. Norton, Chicago, Ill. Phenix Art Metal Company, New Brunswick. N. J. F. A. Robbins Press Works, San Francisco, Cal. Rudolphi & Krummel, Chicago, Il. Soehner & Dister, Dayton, Ohio. *W. H. Smyth, San Francisco, Cal. *San José Fruit Packing Company, San José, Cal. The Seamless Metal Ware Company, Sing Sing. N. ¥. *George H. Tay Company, San Francisco, Cal. Frederick Westerbeck, St. Louis, Mo. Wright Jacket & Can Company, Chicago, Ill. rt, Iowa. The Eastern Can Company, Baltimore, Md., and Louisville Can Company, Louisville, Ky., have not been absurbed by the American Can Company. The names of these companies do not appear on the official list just issued by the latter. oo Gas Engine Passes Unharmed Through Fire. A short time since fire destroyed the entire plant of the Ellwood City (Pa.) Gas Engine Company. After the ruins had sufficiently cooled the débris was removed from about one of their 18 horse-power engines, and after replacing one spring that had been burned off the en- gine was started. It ran at the same speed and with the same steadiness which characterized its operation before the fire, which proved that the governor had not been affected by the heat. The cylinder jacket, being filled with water, explains why the cylinder wall and piston were uninjured. That the engine was in a hot place was shown by the fact that the oil cups were en- tirely burned off, as well as the one spring. Had the THE IRON AGE. April 4, 1901 roads. Only Youngstown capital is interested in the company, the incorporators being George Tod, Thomas H. Wells, John Stambaugh, Jr., Edward L. Ford, Hugh B. Wick, J. G. Butler and H. G. Hamilton. All the stock has been subscribed, and all roads will have an equal footing in freight privileges. The line will run from the Ohio plant of the National Steel Company, at Girard, to the Haselton plant of the Republic [ron & Steel Com- pany. * a Production of Pig Iron in Canada in 1900. The production of pig iron in the Dominion of Canada, as ascertained from the manufacturers by the American Iron & Steel Association, amounted in the calendar year 1900 to 86,090 gross tons, as compared with 94,077 tons in 1899, 68,755 tons in 1898, 53,796 tons in 1897, 60,030 tons in 1896, 37,829 tons in 1895 and 44,791 tons in 1894. The statistics of the association do not go back prior to 1894. Of the production last year 70,349 tons were made with coke and 15,741 tons with charcoal. The produc- Tee TRON AGE GAS ENGINE PASSES UNHARMED engine been of intricate construction it is not very likely that it would have been in condition to run after pass- ing through such an ordeal. _ _—— Catalogues for the Patent Office.—The Patent Office in Washington desires to receive from manufacturers and publishers such catalogues, circulars, price-lists or other advertisements relating to the sciences and me- chanical arts as are published by them for gratuitous distribution; notice is, however, given to such manufac- turers or dealers who feel disposed to send their publica- tions that not less than three copies should be for- warded in order that the subjects may be properly in- dexed, classified, and subclassified in the Scientific Li- brary for convenient and ready reference. We are ad- vised that manufacturers will find it advantageous to comply with this request, since catalogues and advertise- ments are frequently cited by examiners and held to be anticipations of claims made by supposed inventors. ———_—> Youngstown, Ohio, mills are to have an independent belt line connecting them all and making connections with the Pittsburgh & Western, the Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie and the Lake Shore rail- THROUGH FIRE. tion of Bessemer pig iron, included above, amounted to 3781 tons. Neither spiegel nor ferromanganese was made. On December 31, 1900, the unsold stocks of pig iron in Canada amounted to 12,465 gross tons, as compared with 9932 tons at the close of 1899 and 9979 tons at the close of 1898. Of the unsold iron on hand on December 31, 1900, 6900 tons were coke pig iron and 5565 tons were charcoal pig iron. On December 31, 1900, there were ten completed fur- naces in Canada and four furnaces were in course of construction. During 1900 one new furnace was com- pleted at Midland, Ontario, by the Canada Iron Furnace Company, Limited. It was blown in early in December, 1900, and was in blast in January last. The other four furnaces referred to were all being erected by the Do- minion Iron & Steel Company, at Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. One of the furnaces was completed early in 1900 and was blown in on February 5. Another will soon be put in blast. ee es ae The boiler makers in Pittsburgh and vicinity have made a demand for an increase in wages, to take effect April 1. The demand is for $3 a day, minimum, of nine hours. April 4, 1901 Coal, Iron and Shipbuilding in Scot- land. The Coal Trade. GuLascow, March 20, 1901.—The price of coal, while still on the down grade, is not so low as it ought to be in Scotland, both in relation to the general industrial con- dition and to the range of prices in other markets. Wages have been adjusted on the basis of 7 shillings per day of eight hours, and this rate has been fixed by the Conciliation Board until April 30. But on their part the miners have resolved not to work more than five days per week instead of 11 days per fortnight, as was arranged when the eight-hour day was introduced into the Fifeshire collieries some years ago and into the Lanarkshire collieries last year. And this resolution, they have just announced to the employers, they pro- pose to carry into effect on and after April 1. The coal owners of the Eastern counties of Scotland have inti- mated in reply that they will not consent to such an arrangement and that they will require their men to keep the pits running for 11 days per fortnight, as hither- to. Their reason is quite clear—that the trade of the Fifeshire and the Eastern collieries is chiefly an ex- port one, which will not allow of the restriction of la- bor to five days per week. In effect the proposed restric- tion of labor will reduce the output about 10 per cent. In 1900 the output of Scotland was, as now declared, 33,- 112,102 tons, as compared with 31,142,012 tons in 1899; an increase of 1,969,492 tons, which closely approxi- mates the increase in the exports from Scotland last year. The general adoption of the five-day policy will reduce the output of 1901 to, say, 30,000,000 tons, and at the same time increase the cost of production by about 6 pence per ton. Therefore the coal owners of Scotland will be unable to compete with the coal owners of the North of England (where wages are regulated by a sliding scale) for the foreign trade, and the exports from Scotland will so fall off that many pits will prob- ably have to close down long before the end of the year. Yet this is the suicidal policy that the Scotch coal miners propose to follow, and curiously enough some of the Western coal masters are by no means unfavor- able to it, for they, too, fancy that it may check a further fall in prices. The coal output of Scotland is only about one-seventh of that of the whole of the United King- dom, and to restrict the output in Scotland can have no effect on prices unless the other districts restrict also. It is not improbable that a rupture may occur between masters and men on the subject, and then toward the end of next month the wage question will revive again, so that the prospect is gloomy. It will be a miracle if the summer is got over without a miners’ strike. If there is a strike no one can predict the effect on prices. if there is no strike prices will come a good deal lower than they are at present, and at present they are 5 shil- lings to 6 shillings per ton lower than they were a year ago, and about 8 shillings below the top prices of last year. But Scotch coal is no longer the cheapest coal in the market. The Iron Market, The iron markets have refused to be stimulated by the reports of renewed activity and rising prices in the United States. The fact is that iron and steel makers have considerable difficulty in getting orders to keep their works going, and are at the moment more bent on avoiding such loss as idle plant means than in netting profits. So many furnaces have been put out of blast in England and Scotland that the inference is that there is no profit to be made out of smelting at present prices. And yet there ought to be a fair margin on the prices which Scotch smelters are now obtaining, with coal at & comparatively moderate price. There are, however, only 79 furnaces in blast here, as compared with 85 a year ago. While these lines are being written the price of Scotch G. M. B. pig iron is about 53 shillings per ton. By some people it is believed that there will be no gen- eral revival in the manufactured iron and steel trades until the price of pigs comes down to the neighborhood of 40 shillings. There will have to be a drop of sev- THE IRON AGE. 7 eral shillings per ton in coal and of several shillings per week in furnacemen’s wages before that can happen, but the reductions in the price of Spanish iron ore and in the sea freight of it are in favor of cheaper pigs. Spanish ore has come down 7 shillings per ton within quite a short time, and looks like being cheaper. This means a great deal for Scotland, which is now prac- tically dependent on Spain for ore. in 1899 the Scotch furnaces smelted 2,564,672 tons of iron stone, and only 843,585 tons of that was mined in Scotland. Last year the output of the Scotch iron mines was 849,031 tons, but most of it is of inferior quality compared with the Black- band iron stone, upon which the iron industry of Scotland was originally founded. Whatever the prospects are as regards pig iron and whatever the probable effects of the Morgan-Carnegie steel combine, the steel trade of Scotland is dull. There is a decided feeling of disappointment that the great re- ductions in iron and steel prices have not brought the long expected rush of orders for new ships. Our ship- yards remain fairly well employed on contracts, but they are not booking any new orders worth mentioning, and in the allied trades employment seems to become month by month less active. Finished iron manufacturers have had a tair turn of business since they reopened after the new year, but there is no great depth or breadth about the demand and there is always the feeling that such as it is may fizzle out any day. The great hope of all in the iron trade is in ship- building. The world’s fleets must be replenished and the world’s sea traffic is constantly growing. No other na- tion can yet touch us in shipbuilding (you have not got your Subsidies bill passed yet), and no other shipbuild- ing center can beat the Clyde. If the great rush of de mand for ships is not this year it will come next year, and meanwhile we must possess our souls in patience. Not that, of course, we have nothing else to do but build ships here, for our own industries are so varizd that it may be said now of Glasgow as it used to said of old of Niirnberg, that her hand goes into every land. The Naval Programme, The new naval programme laid before Parliament last week holds large promise for Scotch shipbuilders. In the fiscal year beginning on April 1 the Government propose to lay down three battle ships, six armored cruisers, two third-class cruisers, ten torpedo boat de- stroyers, five torpedo boats, two sloops and five sub- marine boats. And of these one battle ship, five ar- mored cruisers, two third-class cruisers, ten destroyers, five torpedo boats, two sloops and five submarine boats are to be allotted on contract to private firms. As a matter of fact the five submarine boats are already un- der construction at the Barrow yard of the Vickers Sons & Maxim Company (whose projected amalgamation with the Cramp Company of Philadelphia has been so long talked about) and will be launched during the summer. But all the other contracts named have to be allotted and it means a very large amount of work for shipyards, though only the initial stages of it will be reached this year. American readers will doubtless be interested to know how much work is already being done by private ship- building and engineering concerns for the Government. In the navy estimates now before Parliament there is a vote of £9,003,256 for purposes of new construction. Of that sum £8,465,406 is required in furtherance and completion of work actually on hand, and without any reference to the new work to be begun during the year under the 1901 programme. And of that £8,465,- 406, no less than £6,685,000 is for distribution among the private firms who are at present building for the Admiralty. This includes payment for engines built by pri- vate engineering firms for vessels whose hulls are being constructed in the Government dockyards. By far the largest proportion of that sum goes to the Clyde. The firm which will draw the largest amount here from the Admiralty this year toward payment of the work in progress are the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Glasgow, whose contract installments will come to over £800,000. The following is a list of the 8 THE IRON AGE. votes in respect of work with the principal contractors during the fiscal year 1901-2: Vote in estimates, Contractors. 1901-2. Vickers Sons & Maxim, Limited, Barrow............. £887,220 Fairfield Company, Glasgow............sscsescessess 831,670 Thames Iron Works Company, London...........++++ 702,050 John Brown & Co., Limited, Clydebank.............. 600,000 London & Glasgow Company, Glasgow.........+-+.+++. 477,700 i oo SORE, pes ccsn ev sentscspeervesess 386,060 Wm. Beardmore & Co. (late Napiers’), Glasgow...... 200,000 Palmers Company, Jarrow-on-Tyne...........+-+e+e0. 261,550 Armstrong & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne............+++05 170,000 In some cases these items include both hulls and engines; in others only the hulls, and there are still oth- ers, not named above, for engines alone. The following shows the distribution of the naval vote in the va