The Iron Age 1901-06-27: Vol 67 Iss 26

THE IRON. AGE Vr UeItosysreags 2 A Review of the Hardware, Iron, iadildheer and ficial Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co,, 232-238 William St... New York. Vol. 67: No. 26. New York, Thursday, June 27 $5.00 a Year, including Postage, = ’ Single Copies, Ten Cents. ZTgol. Reading Matter Contents Alphabetical Index to Advertisers ‘ Classified List of Advertisers m Advertising and Subscription Rates ‘‘ 143 145 59 \ n & 5 a RODUCTS THE BRISTOL COMPANY, \ Waterbury, Conn. Bristol’s Recording Instruments. For Pressure Temperature and Electricity Silver Medal, Paris ~~ All Ranges, Low Prices, and Guar- anteed. Send for Circulars. husetts and Phenix pane emi ore SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. TURNBUCKLES. Branch Office. 11 Broadway, New York. Gleveland City Forge and IronCo., - Cleveland, O. TURN BUCEKLES. | rae “ee MILL GINDER. Brooklyn, E.D., N.Y. | PILLING & GRANE, fewis frock Fisbur I 56 Loe Flock, fusbureh | ne 8t., New York. | APOLLO BEST BLOOM GALVANIZED IRON The better your galvanized iron, the easier worked it is —saves money. Apollo is workable. American Sheet Steel Company Battery Park Building New York A New U. M. €. .22 Short Smokeless Cartridge AT A REDUCED PRICE. Little Noise. No burning grains of powder from the rifle’s muzzle. Comparatively Cheap. Your Dealer has it or can get it for you. Seud for Illustrated Felder Describing the New .22 Short. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., 355 BROADWAY, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. GAHALL BOILERS =~ CAPEWELL HORSE NAILS. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, BOSTON, DETROIT, CINCINNATI, SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, ORE., ACCURATE, SMOKELESS, CLEAN. BRANCHES: BUFFALO, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS. THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. Jenkins Bros.’ Vaives are manufactured of the best steam metal, and are fully teed. Why experiment with cheap valves? If you want the EST ask your dealer for valves manufactured by Jenkins Brothers. member all genuine are stamped with Trade Mark like cut. JENKINS BROTHERS, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Brass Prices High So Use Bright“Swedoh” Stamp- see 134 __ ing Steel. Easily Brass Plated and Save Money, pave : MAGNOLIA METAL. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all Machinery ae Pac-Simile of Bar. Beware of > imitations. MAGNOLIA METAL CO., Owners and Sole Manufacturers, 266 and 267 West St.; NEW YORK. London, Chicago, Montreal, Pittsburgh, _ Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, HiLN goes re) | JUNE sf rs _\ & 2 %. a tg? x oie 2 eS a THE IRON AGE. THE ANSONIA Brass p” COPPER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER: Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. 6OLE MANUFACTURERS Waterbury Brass Co.| Established 1845. Tobin Bronze Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger- | man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing. COPPER RIVETS AND BURS. TAPE MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, &c., (TRADE-MarRK REGISTERED.) Condenser, Piates,Pump Linings, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 99 John Street, -_ -« New York, ~ . 000000 ee? 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, 258 Broadway, Postal Tel- egraph Bidg., Room 202. Chicago Office, 602 Fisher Bld Boston Office, Cor. Oliver and hase Sts. a Specialty. DEPOTS: 60 Centre St., New York. dence, R.1. 38 Mechanic St., Newark, N. J. MILLS AT WATERBURY, CONN. Deoxidized Bronze Best Acid-Resisting Metal in the United States. . . Send for Price. Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze & Metal Co., BRIDGEPORT, CONN, AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION | Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells | | 126 Eddy St., Provi- *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 Blanks. ZINCS FOR LECLANCHE BATTERY. OUNDERS : BRASS FISHERS J.J, RYAN & CO, @8‘7 4 West Monroe St. Chicago. Best Bronze, Babbitt Metals, Brass and Alaminum S4ST!NGS » On Short Notice. No better counter SPORTING COoOODs. = made. 4 Wheel, $3.00 Discount to Hardware Dealers. 5 W heel, $3.25 Crane B: 08 - Linenoid Mfis., Weatfield, Masa. Guaranteed. BATTLE (CREEK, MICH HENDRICKS BROTHERS PROPRIETORS OF THE Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Braziers’ Bolt and Sheathing COPPER, COPPER WIRE AND RIVETS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST-. NEW YORK. Send for Catalogue. R. A. HART, THE PLUME & ATwooD Mr6. 6o., 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, Kere= sene Burners, Lamps. Lamp Trimmings, &c. 22 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. 199 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, FACTORIES 3; WATERBURY, CONN. ROLLING MILL: , THOMASTON, 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: CHICAGO, NEW 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. Brass 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 Goods of all Kinds. BRASS AND COPPER GOODS In Great Varieties, a — pay n= ETT —_—— es ee Nee WELCH MFC. CO, 68 SUDBURY STREET. ‘THE IRON AGE TuHuRsDAY, JUNE 27, 1901. The Greens Ledge Lighthouse. Norwalk Harbor, Cennecticut. The United States Lighthouse Department is erect ing a new lighthouse on Greens Ledge, Norwalk Harbor, Conn. The work is being done by D. P. Heap, Lieuten ant-Colonel of Engineers, U. S. A., Lighthouse Engineer of the Third District, and under the immediate super- vision of Elliott Jones, representing the Lighthouse De partment. The contractors for the work are the Phila delphia Construction Company of Philadelphia, by whom the contract for the construction and erection of the cast of its principal features. The structure will consist of a circular foundation pier, supporting a four-story circular dwelling, a veranda with boat davits, a circular parapet, and a circular lantern. The foundation pier is a cast iron cylinder open at both ends, and trumpet shaped at the top, as shown in the vertical section, Fig. 6. The lower portion of the structure is a single block of concrete and contains the water cisterns. The upper portion is to be lined by a brick wall, and its interior space—the cellar- is to be divided by one circular and a number of straight brick walls into various compartments for the storage of oil, fuel, provisions, &c., as indicated in the sectional plan, Fig. 7. The annular space between this brick lin .—Floating Derrick Lifting Foundation Cylinder from Dock Fig. 2.—Lowering Foundation Cylinder on Derrick. THE GREENS LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE, CONNECTICUT iron cylinder for the foundation was sublet to the Bing Foundry & Machine Company of Philadelphia. The con tract price, exclusive of the light proper, which will be provided by the department after the work has been completed, is $29,780. On the site selected there is a minimum depth of 11 feet at low water. The tides at this place have a mean rise and fall of 7 feet. The surface of the hard bottom upon which the foundation pier rests lies at a depth of 1 foot 3 inches below the surface of the ledge, and was covered by sand mixed with mud. In order to reach rock bottom an excavation of only about 1 foot 3 inches was necessary. General Description. From the specifications for the metal work and erec- tion of the lighthouse we take the following description ing and the circular wall is covered by brick arches car- rying the main gallery floor. The main gallery, which will be accessible from the water by ladders, is to be covered by an iron roof, and surrounded by hand rails, which, like the boat davits, are to be attached to the col- umns supporting the gutter on the outer edge of the roof. The iron dwelling will have the form of a frustum of a cone. It* will rest upon the circular wall of the cel- lar and is to be divided into four stories by four iron floors, supported by the brick lining of the house and center columns. The dwelling is to be covered by an iron gallery floor carrying the parapet, the watch room tioor, the lantern gallery and the lantern. A spiral stair- way of iron will lead from the cellar to the different floors. A fog signal plant, actuating a Daboll trumpet placed on the main gallery, is to be installed in the cellar. Cad de ntti 2. §, Lacie hte oe gar ee ee eee Foundation Pier, The shell of the foundation pier is made of cast iron; it is 33 feet in diameter at the base, and 39 feet 3 inches in hight. It is composed of 192 plates, so arranged in courses of 32 plates each that the plates of the different courses break joints with each other. The plates are formed with ribs and flanges, the latter having correctly spaced cored holes 1% inches in diameter for the passage of 14-inch rough bolts, by which they are united. The plates of the first, second, third and fourth courses are 1% inches and those of the fifth and sixth courses 1 inch in thickness. The lower edge of the lowest row of plates is formed with a cutting edge. Sixteen of these plates are formed with lugs and vertical ribs. These lugs, which are shown in Figs. 1 and 2, were provided for the attachment of the lifting ropes, by means of which it was at first intended to carry the cylinder from its place of assembling to its site. The contractor followed another course, as will appear later. THE IRON AGE. June 27, 1901 ‘in four courses, the first containing 15 and the others 16 cast iron plates each. The castings are % inch in thickness and are formed with flanges, through which they are connected by bolts. The necessary door and window openings are provided for as indicated in the drawing. The floors are of cast iron plates, supported upon the outer shell and iron columns, arranged above each other in the axis of the tower. These columns are 12%4 inches in diameter and have a metal thickness of ¥% inch. The lantern is circular in plan and composed of a parapet, glass sashes with helical bars, soffit, roof, ven- tilator, and furnished with a glass paneled door, by which access to the lantern gallery is obtained. The panes of the lantern are of the best quality of selected plate glass, the surfaces perfectly smooth and highly polished, and free from distorted reflections, flaws or cloudiness. They must be bent to the proper curve and thoroughly annealed after bending. Fig. 5.—Miaring Concrete on Scows; Foundation Cylinder on Dock. THE GREENS LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE, CONNECTICUT. As the joint faces of the plates were not planed, great care was exercised to secure castings of accurate form and size. The limit of variation in the size of the cast- ings was one-quarter of 1 per cent.—that is, % per cent. above and % per cent. below the size given in the speci- fications. Concrete Filling. The concrete filling of the cylinder is composed of 1 part of the first quality American Portland cement, 2 parts of sand, 3 parts of gravel, and 4 parts of broken stone, mixed dry. The specification permitted the use of large stones from 100 to 1000 pounds weight each in the concrete, provided that no stone be placed neater than 12 inches to the inside of the cylinder, to the air shaft, to the bottom of the cisterns or to each other. The walls forming the cisterns, the linings of the foundation cylinder and dwelling house, and also those separating the different compartments in the cellar, are constructed of brick laid in cement mortar. After the structure has been completed and all false work removed, 1500 tons of rip rap are to be placed around the foundation within a distance of 25 feet from it. The stone is to be of sizes up to 1500 pounds in weight in the proper proportion to pack closely. The Tower. The tower, Fig. 6, is to be 21 feet in diameter at the base, 17 feet at the top, 32 feet in hight. It is constructed Method of Erecting Foundation Cylinder. The specifications directed that the foundation cylin- der should.be erected at the shop in the following man- ner: The four lower courses of plates are first to be put up, and when inspected, they are to be taken down, and upon the fifth course the remaining part of the shell, foot plates for the veranda columns, including landing platforms, ladders and ladder railings, are to be erected. The entire structure up to the lantern gallery is to be completely erected separately at the shop. The lantern is to be fitted to the lantern floor after latter has been taken down. The contractors for the erection of the shell assem- bled the parts on the dock at the end of Wilson’s Point, to which access by railroad is afforded by the Danbury & Norwalk Division of the Housatonic system. The half-tone engraving, Fig. 3, shows in the foreground the scows upon which the concrete was mixed and in the background the completed cylinder on the dock. On the afternoon of May 21 the mammoth floating derrick ‘“ Century,” belonging to the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company of New York, lifted the cylinder from the dock, as illustrated in Fig. 1, swung it to the deck of the derrick, Fig. 2, and lowered it. As it was extremely foggy it was decided to wait until morning before taking the cylinder out to the ledge. The size of this derrick will be appreciated from the fact a Se TO + Fewest 2 EE BAX. a that it is capable of lifting 100 tons at a distance of 25 feet from its side. Early the next morning the derrick was towed out to the ledge and the cylinder sunk on its side. When it first rested upon the bottom it was out of level between 2 and 3 inches. This was quickly remedied, and it soon rested true. Lifting the Cylinder. As stated before, the lugs provided on the lower row of plates were not used for lifting. The contractors pre- June 27, 1901 THE IRON AGE. 3 grip for the ropes, and at the same time obviated all danger of the collapse of the structure. The arrrange- ment of the cross beams and method of bracing them is shown in Fig. 4, while Fig. 5 shows the cylinder in place with the derrick removed. Filling the Concrete, As already stated, the concrete having been mixed dry on scows, was brought to the site. The first concrete was placed in bags and lowered to the bottom. This method was adopted in order to make sure that there Fig. 4.—Foundation Cylinder. Fig. 5.—Foundation Cylinder in Place. THE GREENS LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE, CONNECTICUT. ferred to lift from the interior. In order to do this eight diametrically placed wooden struts were arranged at equal distances in the interior. These struts were made of heavy timbers and were placed one upon another. Since the hoisting ropes were to take hold of the struts as near the ends as possible, the struts were reinforced by short diagonal braces, one on each side of each end of each strut, which extended upward so as to engage with the inside flanges of the plates. Eight pairs of hoisting ropes were employed, a pair being attached to each end of each strut. This method provided a firm would be no washing of the concrete before it reached bottom. After a sufficient quantity of concrete had been lowered in this manner to insure the retaining of the cylinder against any action of the tides, the rest of the concrete was lowered into place by means of buckets. —_ An International Zinc Syndicate.—It is expected that during the current week, or early in July, a second meeting will be held in regard to the formation of an international zinc syndicate. The first gathering began aa ty i a) at — Be ee bed ae PEM a r =~ « VF, ee neh MEH 1 Seed rr td ’ le EE Oe. oo sor pee tee > hee tne Soeur” ae Sec ie £ Sate bee ? ts Boa S VERE. ” ahh “4 4 THE IRON AGE. on May 30, at which the general outline of such a com- bination was completed. Differences between the inter- ests in Silesia developed, however. Representatives have been chosen by the different districts to harmonize. - > The American Locomotive Company.—The following officers and directors have been appointed: President, S. R. Callaway, New York; vice-president, A. J. Pitkin, aaa (al 60" ‘ > ‘ = > i ! k RING TIDES . pentnG TIDES ¥ HIG WAT Re AOA AAA " “~ - -— ’ = Ae : RIP RAP 4 P x . x Se S ~ ie “ aaa — Oey ae % = ¢ ALE OF FEET a id ie 5 Fig. 6 Sectional Vertical Blevration. Schenectady, N. Y.; second vice-president, R. J. Gross, Dunkirk, N. Y.; secretary, Leigh Best, New York; easurer, C. B. Denny, New York; comptroller, C. E. Patterson, New York: counsel, Reed, Simpson, Thacher & Barnum, New York. Directors: Pliny Fisk, Geo. R. Sheldon, S. R. Callaway, W. Seward Webb, A. J. Pitkin, Joseph Bryan, Richmond, Va.; F. H. Stevens, Buffalo, N. Y.: Charles Miller, Franklin, Pa.; J. E. French, New York: Geo. W. Hoadley, Providence, R. 1.; 8. L. Schoon- maker, New York. Executive Committee: Pliny Fisk, George R. Sheldon, 8S. R. Callaway, A. J. Pitkin, J. E. French. The company are a consolidation of the Brooks Locomotive Works, the Cooke Locomotive Works, the Manchester Locomotive Works, the Pittsburgh Loco- 16-0 June 27, 1901 motive Works, Rhode Island Locomotive Works, Sche- nectady Locomotive Works and Richmond Locomotive Works. ‘ _— -_ The British Iron Trade Association. Sir John J. Jenkins, at the close of his presidential term, has made a report to the British Lron Trade Asso- ciation, in which are the following references to this country: American Competition. During the past three or four years much has been written in the public and technical press, in diplomatic and consular reports, and in economic and quasi-eco- nomic books, as to the comparative resources of the lnited States and the United Kingdom, and as to the comparative conditions under which the industries of the two countries are carried on in reference to labor, trade unions, administration, technique, inventive ¢a- pacity, and otherwise. Much of what has been written and spoken has more or less reflected on British condi- tions, which have been pronounced in many quarters to be inferior to those at the command of our rivals. The Board are not about to pronounce any judgment on the question of how far adverse criticisms on such matters are justified by the facts. But they may at least express their opinion that it is likely to be a source of great discouragement to British manufacturers to have their resources and capabilities unfavorably con- trasted with those of their rivals, whether fairly or otherwise, and if unfairly, it is likely to be all the more discouraging. Moreover, the iron trade of this country depends very largely on its foreign customers, and it need excite no surprise if they should be unfavorably WORK ROOM Fig. 7 Sectional Plan at Top of Foundation. ‘HE GREENS LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE, CONNECTICUT. influenced by such adverse comparisons. At the same time the British Iron Trade Association, as such, has not hitherto been in.a position to make any declarations of any authoritative character on the subject, because it had not taken steps to secure such a body of facts at first hand as would justify it in putting forward a state- ment of actual conditions. American competition has now become so important a factor in ‘relation to the future of the British iron trade that the Board of Management feel that the time has come when the whole matter should be investigated in the interests of the trade as a whole. There are various alternative methods of carrying out such an investigation. The trade press has teemed with articles ine i Reh Mia a ss iP ein Na ea ee le 2 shew rk ate en ae a June 27, 1901 and letters on the subject for many months past, and several influential daily journals, including the Times, have devoted a great deal of attention to it. But all such communications appear to have made it clear that there are two sides to the matter, and that it would hardly be safe to take for granted statements made in any journal, however reliable and influential, while the same remark obviously applies to letters and papers written by unaccredited writers. Under these circumstances, the Board has decided that it is desirable in the interests of the association that an investigation should be made under more ju- dicial, comprehensive, and, as far as possible, expert conditions, than any so far available to the members and the trade as a whole. They have therefore taken steps for this purpose, and will make further communi- cations to the members on the subject when the plans now being considered have been more fully matured. The American Tariff. The attention of the Board has been called to the fact that an increasingly influential party in the United States appears to be clamoring for a repeal of the tariff duties on iron and steel. Recent action has been taken by associations of manufacturers along the Atlantic seaboard and the Canadian border, and especially in New England, to overcome, by repeal, their present handicap in the cost of raw or semi-finished material, including pig iron and billets, and they demand to have these commodities placed immediately on the free list, believing, as a recent communication from a New Eng- land association states, that “these materials are pro- duced in this country (the United States) cheaper than in any other part of the world, and are sold abroad at lower prices than along the seaboard and the Canadian border.” This is a matter in which the Board, while watching its evolution with interest, not unmixed with concern, cannot effectively intervene. Your Board may, however, point out that if the ultimate repeal of the tariff were resolved on, the effect on British commerce could hardly be accurately predetermined. There ap- pears to be very little likelihood of a material increase in British iron and steel exports to the United States, and the most that can be said is that if, as is commonly stated and largely believed, the cost of manufacturing American iron and steel has already reached a bed rock level, no change in tariff policy would be likely to affect disadvantageously our present competitive situation. ae ee Specifications for Installing Engines.—The Engine Builders’ Association of the United States, at the Indian- apolis meeting, worked out the following suggestions to architects and engineers in connection with specifica tions for the installation of steam engines: 1. That con- tracts which provide a penalty for failure to deliver in time or for failure to meet guarantee ought also to provide equal premiums for earlier or better results than specified. 2. That bonds should not be required on installation contracts unless corresponding bonds for similar amounts are given to secure payment, an ex ception always being made in the case of Government, State or Municipal contracts. 3. That settlements or any part of them ought not to extend beyond three months from completion of contract, and that delay on the part of the owner ought not to delay payment be yond a reasonable time. 4. That a guarantee against defective material or workmanship should not be made to cover a period of more than one year from date of shipment. 5. That purchasers of engines ought not to be furnished with complete working drawings, but simply with general drawings showing the assembled engine in outline, with such principal dimensions as will answer for building foundations, the erection of engines or their care. je on The steamship * King Edward,” which was built by Denny Brothers of Dumbarton, Scotland, and which is fitted with Parsons’ turbineengines, underwent a success- ful preliminary trial last week in which she developed a speed of between 19 and 20 knots an hour. It is re- ported that the vessel ran very steadily and without vi- bration. THE IRON AGE. Lake Iron Ore Matters. DuLuTH, MINN., June 24, 1901.—Shipmenis are very heavy. Trains are coming to upper lake docks with a frequeney never before attained. In one day the Du- luth & Iron Range road are handling as high as 40 load- ed ore trains, making a train each way over the system about every 35 minutes. In one day that road received 2409 cars of ore and shipped 66,850 gross tons into ves- sels. There were 17 cargoes loaded, the largest of which was that of the ‘‘ Madeira,” 7006 tons, with an average cargo of nearly 4000 tons. This is the world’s record for shipment, though not for size of cargoes. The week before the Duluth, Missabe & Northern had sent out in 24 hours 63.950 tons. About 90,000 gross tons are being received daily from all Minnesota roads. The Duluth, Missabe & Northern road is to erect at once 2 large and complete car shop and repair plant, and the first building, a brick warehouse, 200 x 60 feet, is under way. This move may possibly indicate that the policy of the United States Steel Corporation is to main- tain the independence of their two ore roads in Minne- sota. President and General Manager House, of the Duluth & Iron Range, has arrived at Duluth and taken hold of the operation of his line. He finds a road not excelled in the United States for road bed and equip- ment, and with subordinates of such consummate skill that the absence of a president and manager at the most critical time of the most strenuous year in its history has not hampered its operation in the slightest degree. In short, his new road is a piece of clocklike precision in every department, due not alone to the former president, Mr. Greatsinger, but to the ability and enthuhiasm of the assistant corps. The office force and records of the Oliver Iron Mining Company, that have been stationed at Pittsburgh and Milwaukee, have arrived at Duluth, their future location. Ultimately this company will absorb the other mining concerns of the United States Steel Corporation. om" I have learned upon what is considered a good au- thority that the price for the entire Corrigan, McKinney & Co. properties, including the Commodore and Stevenson mines, and the Monroe, Mesaba range, their Crystal Falls group of four mines and several prospects, and their Gogebic properties, which are under option to the United States Steel Corporation, is $9,000,000. The Crystal Falls properties are the cream of the Menominee high phosphorus non-Bessemers, and the Mesaba mines are splendid properties. The Commodore is a 40-acre tract and contains 10,000,000 tons of ore, much of which is of the Admiral grade, 64 iron and 0.029 phosphorus. The mine is peculiar in that is contains several flat lenses of ore of different grades, the Admiral being un- der the taconite. The Monroe is said to have 8,000,000 tons shown Mesaba Range. The Mahoning mine is now shipping about 10,000 tons a day and will produce in the neighborhood of 800,- 000 for the year. They are now mining in the third level, and the ore is improving in quality The Sauntry mine is shipping heavily and will put out 500,000 tons for the season. For the 2,500,000 tons in the Sweeney exploration, in 3, 57-21, bought by the Donora Mining Company (Union Steel), the sum of $100,000 and a 10-per cent. advance royalty, making the flat royalty 35 cents, was paid the explorers. This is a big price, but the mine is about the same thing as a natural stock pile, as there is an average of but 11 feet of surface over the ore. The Donora Mining Company have just been organized here with $500,000 capital and will take over the explorations begun by the Union Steel. There is a vast deal of work doing on the Mesaba range; more than in any of the active past years of its history. Exploring is especislly active. At the old Mesaba Chief, which has been drilled and tested fruit- lessly several times in the past ten years, ore is now being found that indicates a large body of good grade. In 31, 57-22, ore has been cut to a depth of 270 feet, of which more than 50 feet is of high grade. Further west, explorations are showing an ore that is too much em Re soe PE aks ee yee eter a 7 oa S 6 THE mixed, generally speaking, to be of great value. In a 40-acre tract adjoining and north of the Fayal open pit, a test pit has shown ore, quantity not yet deter- mined, but it is probable that it runs to the Fayal mine. This has been explored several times in prior years with- out result. The writer recommended this 40 to ap Eastern syndicate not long ago, but no work was done by that interest. Two drills are working in the new part of 20, 58-20, and the Shenango Iron Company’s land, to the south, is being redrilled. A drill is working in the northeast part of 28, 58-20, adjoining the Chis- holm and Monroe mines. The Chisholm is commencing shipment a little ahead of time. Its ore is remarkably high, drill holes having shown a grade of ore running sample after sample up to 67 iron and down to 0.035 phosphorus. Withal, it is coarse and granular. The Stevenson, west of Hibbing, is getting ready to ship from the open pit, and the owners have sold 750,000 tons for this year’s delivery. It is almost a moral cer- tainty that nowhere near that quantity can be sent out. The open pit is about 2000 feet long and 150 feet wide at top, and varies from 28 to 42 feet in depth to the ore. In all to date 340,000 yards have been removed and three shovels are at work. The largest shovel in the iron mines, 150 tons weight, 8 tons dipper capacity, will be in the ore in a few days, but will be forced to work slowly for some time. It is designed to do away with any loosening of the ore ahead of the shovel and works to a charm. It is quite probable that the company’s Commodore mine will be reopened later in the year, in order that sales may be filled. Menominee Range. 0. C. Davidson has been made manager of mines on the Menominee range for the United States Steel Corpo- ration. He has been in charge at Aragon. The Oliver Company have abandoned the Chicagoan mine, where they have been exploring some time. The Columbia and Mansfield, both now of this company, are being very completely rebuilt and will be better mines than ever. The James, at Iron River, has been flooded, and work has stopped. It will be reopened as soon as possi- ble. At Amasa, the Michigan mine will soon be hoisting rapidly after two years of development by the Oliver Company. The Gibson of the same company is develop- ing from three shafts and a drill, and an immense amount of ore is expected to be shown. The old Hem- lock will probably ship this year 125,000 tons. far better than before. At the Bristol mine, Crystal Falls, they are working to the Youngstown deposit, 600 feet down. At Crystal Falls they are shipping 2000 tons daily. The Tobin is being reopened, ready for large operations. Marquette Range. The mining of feldspar will soon commence at a property near Republic, Marquette range, discovered some time ago. A crusher will be put in. The deposit is large and easily mined. The Cleveland Cliffs Com- pany have something new in the way of prizes this year, it being a cash sum for the best vegetable garden. The company’s total of 1901 prizes for best kept gardens and premises amounts to $192, together with reduced prices for plants, &c. In consequence of these prizes and the instruction in gardening, &c., given free, the company's locations are unique among the iron ranges. The Oliver Company have abandoned the Barasa exploration. The Cleveland Cliffs Company have reopened the Tilden, a low grade siliceous ore, and will make shipments this year. Champion's find of rich magnetic ore is showing well, and a shaft is under way. The company, though old and a heavy shipper many years, have more ore in sight to-day than at any period of their career. They are opening the North Champion, where there is a body of ore 250 feet wide at the end of an adit level 1200 feet long. This is to be handled by the milling system, being covered by a thin surface of gravel and hardpan. The ore will be handled by a belt conveyor from the mouth of the shaft to the cars, a method by which Mr. Fitch has raised the grade of Champion ore several points, as it enables hand picking by boys stationed along the belt. ‘The Champion Company own 15,000 acres, much of IRON AGE. June 27, 1901 which is very well located for extensive ore bodies. The old, long abandoned, Erie mine, near Republic, may soon be reopened. It is in a tumble down condition. The Odanah Iron Company are reopening and equip- ping their Windsor and improving their Carey and Supe- rior mines, west of Ironwood, Gogebic range. The McKellar-Hunter locations in the Atikokan, re- cently under option to the American Mining, have been bought by the Atikokan Iron Company, for $156,000. This is a Hunter concern. D. E. W. is — The Iron Industry of Spain. By provinces the production of iron ore in Spain was as follows during the past ten years, the unit being the metric ton: Production of Iron Ore in Spain. Provinces. 1899. 1900. Metric tons. Metric tons. 5,5 5,317,920 WUNORRD ccc cwcssce seb sseeeen scien 6,495,564 5,3 7,920 ESS EEC PEL CLUE SL Lat. 1,158,169 1,117,017 NE a og 56 cine oie mia or) wie ne 668,947 806,600 Almeria et Grenada..........-.+++-- 537,144 562,758 a a See en er 309,688 365,434 SER ori ate Dalgh sla Ont Wily wie Skin « wre 65,944 61,000 Malaga and Jaen...........++++-++: 66,575 68,691 SS EE EEE Ce CE TEN eT 30,162 32,702 Guipuscoa .......- eee ececccsccsecce 27,618 17,476 TAMBO cc cccscsessccsccccscsavcccces 14,000 104,110 Huelva, Burgos, Albacete and others. . 23,923 i 66,429 A I ry 9,397,733 8,480,246 The total exports amounted to 8,613,137 tons in 1899, and to 7,823,270 tons in 1900. The principal export ports were Bilbao in Vizcaya, with 5,512,067 tons in 1899 and 4,556,317 tons in 1900; Santander, with 673,807 and 612,- 109 tons respectively, and Castro-Urdiales, with 662,715 and 674,690 tons, both in Santander province; Cartha- gena, with 430,255 and 436,462 tons; Porman, with 120,- 120 and 128,180 tons, both in Murcia; Garrucha, with 405.153 and 312,087, and Almeria, with 188,858 and 246,351 tons, both in Almeria province; and Sevilla, with 319,026 tons in 1899 and 339,432 tons in 1900. The destination of the iron ore exports, by countries, is shown in the following table: Ewports of Iron Ore from Spain. Countries. 1899. 1900. Metric tons. Metric tons. Ne rer ee tr 6,224,229 5,484,323 ES eo a ssn een coke na aameap ee 1,416,198 1,268,623 EE Soon cas ca eee ews ate bn awe 443,818 450,749 ES |. 5 vdieo 5 cn eenee ne eee uess 254,860 247,351 ce, SECO TOR Oe. CET TT Tee 128,251 172,496 PT Oe, . .cndage peapeen ene e. a 32,422 195,961 Re ONO o cco ssa tccserecrsuce 13,359 3,758 OS EE ee ee Ter TT 8,613,137 7,823,270 The exports to Holland are, of course, for the Ger- man furnaces. In 1900 Spain produced 91,586 tons of Bessemer in- gots, as compared with 68,300 tons in 1899; and also 59,048 tons of open hearth steel as compared with 49,350 tons in 1899. There was produced 65,045 tons of puddle bars in 1900 against 66,568 tons in 1899. The total amount of rolled and forged iron and steel footed up to 212,121 tons in 1900, against 173,566 tons in 1899. Out of these totals the two companies, Altos Hornos and Vizcaya at Bilbao are credited with 70,486 tons of Bes semer steel, 37,592 tons of open hearth steel, 9029 tons of puddled bars and 141,321 metric tons of rolled and forged products. ee The Production of Wire Rods. The American Iron and Steel Association makes the following report: The production of iron and steel wire rods in the United States in 1900 amounted to 846,291 gross tons, against 1,036,398 tons in 1899 and 1,071,683 tons in 1898, showing a decrease of 190,107 tons, or over 18 per cent., in 1900 as compared with 1899. Of the total production in 1900, 1929 tons were iron rods and 844,362 tons were steel. Pennsylvania made the largest quantity of wire rods in 1900, with Illinois second, Ohio third and Massachusetts fourth. Six other States, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Alabama and Indi- ana, also rolled wire rods in 1900. nang sas et scareeane OTT EO?» PRANENETTN ES Pete Vi nel abel aha gered be Pea >So are ST June 27, 1901 THE IRON AGE. T The Bartlett Crushing and Elevating Plant. constructed around the property and a levee at tidewater, behind which a canal will be dug which will drain the land. On the levee are to be erected warehouses, and the space within the wall will be used as sites for factories. Docks are to be constructed on the Hackensack and Passaic rivers and an effort will be made to induce the Iederal authorities to appropriate a sufficient amount of money to dredge these rivers, so they will be made navigable for large vessels. It is understood that the reports regarding the connection of J. Pierpont Morgan with the scheme are inaccurate, and that the capital for the enterprise is being provided by an English syndicate. The accompanying cut shows one of the largest crushing and elevating plants in the country. It is used for crushing and elevating stone for ballast. Its opera- tion is as follows: The stone is quarried and brought to the crushers in tramcars on two tracks, one on each side of the heavy crushers, so that they may be fed from both sides. There are three special crushers, with openings 72 x 24 inches in each. The material is first dumped from the cars as they come from the quarries into large hoppered bins and fed direct to the crushers. From the crushers the crushed product is delivered to an incline elevator, shown in the center, and elevated 83 feet high and de- livered to a heavy revolving screen. The product from this first screen is delivered to two other screens below, the tailings being returned by a belt conveyer to one of the crushers for recrushing. The product passing from SEA Swager sees. ee 2 mes It is officially announced that the General Electric Company have purchased the interests of the German and French shareholders in the British Thomson-Hous- ton Company, Limited, of London, England, and have thus acquired a controlling interest in the company. C. —— ed "Sea. ae #! Pree oe eae ae ee Bice Wate Bies te leit THE the second screens is delivered into three large bins hold- ing several carloads of stone. Under the bins are two railroad tracks, so that two trains of cars may be loaded at the same time. The elevator and revolving screens are driven by a rope drive. The elevator is of the “common sense” type, and designed and built by C. O. Bartlett & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. The buckets are 4 feet long by 2 feet wide, and are carried on self oiling rollers. The speed is slow, caus- ing very little wear, but having a large capacity. This plant has a capacity of 440 tons per hour. The boiler capacity is 650 horse-power, with a 250 horse-power Corliss engine. The plant is operated by the Duerr Con- tracting Company, North Leroy, N. Y., they having a contract with the Lehigh Railroad Company for 2,000,000 yards of crushed stone for ballast. a —_— The Hackensack Meadows Company, incorporated under New Jersey laws a few weeks ago, with a capital stock of $3,900,000, for the purpose of improving about 4000 acres of land on the Hackensack Meadows, propose to reclaim the marsh land in question by establishing a system of dykes. It is announced that a bank will be BARTLETT CRUSHING AND ELEVATING PLANT. A. Coffin, president; Eugene Griffin, first vice-president, and W. J. Clark, general manager of the foreign depart- ment, General Electric Company, will be members of the British Thomson-Houston board, and the closest co- operation will exist between the General Electric and British Thomson-Houston companies. The British Thom- son-Houston Company have been operating under pat- ents of the General Electric Company, but under inde- pendent management. Judge Brown, of the United States Circuit Court at Boston, on Monday handed down a decision adverse to the American Bell Telephone Company in the suit for infringement of patents brought against the National Telephone Mfg. Company, and the Century Telephone Company. Bills in equity entered by the Bell Company are dismissed on the ground that the patent involved in the first case was void, and that affecting the second was either void or so limited as not to be infringed by the defendants. These cases have been pending for six years, having been brought by the Bell Company in Au- gust, 1895. It is stated that the plaintiff will take an appeal from the decrees dismissing the bills. ban) Comba death Wak se 0s em ere Tia “ Re fy wee ee ee. ae; RT OE cae! ee SEO ia “— =. Beye NS ms a =7 oot ee St SUES Canadian News. Dominion Director of Mines. TORONTO, June 21, 1901.—Professor Haanel, recently appointed to the office of Dominion Director of Mines, has gone to New York to purchase apparatus for the Government assay office which is to be established in Vancouver. From New York he goes to the Pacific Coast to attend to business there connected with the as- say office. Professor Haanel’s appointment is expected to open a new era in mining, so far as it comes under the juris- diction of the Federal Government. In the provinces mining matters belong to the local administration, the Crown lands being provincial property. But over the great tract of the Dominion that is not yet organized into provineces—the part known as the Territories—the authority of the Ottawa Government The Northwest Territories—Alberta, Assiniboia, Saskatch- ewan, Athabasca, Keewatin and Yukon—have all given proof of mineral wealth, and it is believed that inany of their resources can be speedily brought to the productive stage if they are made the subject of ener- getic and systematic attention on the part of the Gov- ercment. In that conviction the office of Director of Mines was created, and Professor Haanel of Syracuse, N Y., was selected as the man to fill it. Work of great ‘alue has been done by the Geological Survey in locat- ing mineral bodies, but to make these discoveries fruit- tul industrially it was deemed necessary to bring min- ing under the auspices of the Government. Professor Haanel is an expert of many years’ standing, and he is to give his exclusive attention to all that pertains to the development of mining on the Dominion lands. Any suggestion he may make for the encouragement of min- ing enterprise the Government will consider. One re- sult of the creation of the new office will be the collec- tion and publication every quarter of all mining statis- tics obtainable. Last session of Parliament an act was passed provid- ing for the establishment in Canada of a branch of the Royal Mint. It is to be set up in Ottawa, and-an assay office is to be erected and equipped in Vancouver, B. C. The demand for a mint did not spring from any partic- ular desire for more metallic currency, but originated in an agitation on the part of the British Columbians to get a stronger grip on the trade of the Yukon. All the gold of that Canadian Territory was shipped to Ameri- can ports on the Pacific, and with the gold, of course, went a great part of the trade which it generated. Nat- urally the British Columbia ports of Vancouver and Vic- toria desired to intercept this trade, which ought of right, they claimed, to be done by Canadians, seeing that the substance which gave rise to that trade comes from Canadian mines. The British Columbians main- tained that the sole reason why the gold ships of the Yukon sought American rather than Canadian ports was that the United States offered a gold market, whereas Canada did not. The sine qua non of a gold market, they held, isa mint. To provide this condition of a gold mar- ket and help the trade of British Columbia, the Mint act was passed. extends. As a hecessary adjunct of a mint, an assay office is being established at Vancouver under Professor Haanel’s direction. To Disburse the Iron and Steel Bounties, In accordance with the plan outlined in the House last session by the Minister of Finance, the dispensing of the money earned under the Iron and Steel Bounties act is transferred from the Customs Department to the Department of Trade and Commerce. Owing to the great development of iron and steel industries at Syd- ney and Ferrona, in Nova Scotia, and at Hamilton, Mid- land and Sault Ste. Marie, in Ontario, the sums of money to be paid out under this statute have been enor- mously increased. As the bounties differ according as the source of the ore is domestic or foreign, and as they are to vary from year to year according to a sliding scale, they give rise to an amount of public business that is considerable both in volume and detail. They add materially to the duties of the Trade and Commerce THE IRON AGE. June 27, 1901 Department, over which Sir Richard Cartwright is the presiding Minister. The change goes into effect July 1. The business of disbursing the newly established bounty on lead refining will also fall to the Department of Trade and Commerce. Some idea of the scope of this industry is afforded by the fact that in the ten months ending with April Canada exported 27,220 tons of lead in ores, valued at $2,133,766. With the bounty in force production would go on at least at the same rate, and would therefore throw considerable additional work on the Department. A British Shipbuilder on Shipbuilding in Canada. George B. Hunter of the shipbuilding firm, Swan & Hunter of Walfsend-on-Tyne, who is spending some weeks in Canada and the United States, made some re- marks in an interview about the prospects of shipbuild- ing in Canada. He reason why this country should not develop an important industry in the build- ing of steel vessels, as cheap steel is likely to be pro- duced here by the works at Sydney and Sault Ste. Ma- rie. With cheap steel and labor at a moderate cost he thinks ships ought to be produced in Canadian yards that could be sold in Europe. He spoke very favorably of the Atlantic shipyards of the United States, most of which he has just been looking through. He thinks, however, that the British shipbuilding industry stands in little danger of competition from the United States. sees no Welland Steel Works, BE. A. C. Pew has gone to England upon business coun- nected with his project for establishing great steel works at Welland, Ontario. Before leaving, he stated in Hamilton that all the contracts for the erection of the works are now let, and that the works will be com- pleted and in operation about July, 1902. Employment will be given, he says, to 3000 men. The works are to occupy 192 acres, and the use of natural gas will make the cost of operation unusually low. Hematite ore is to be brought from the Lake Superior district, and mag- netic ore from the Baldwin mine, near Ottawa. The ca- pacity of the works, he says, will be 300,000 tons per an- num. Cc. A. C. Z. _ — The Amalgamated Association Scale. A conference was held in Cleveland, Ohio, last week between the wage committees of the Amalgamated As- sociation and the Republic Iron & Steel Company and the American Steel Hoop Company. The bar iron scale, as adopted by the Amalgamated Association at Milwau- kee, was done very carefully, and there was some objec- tion upon the part of the manufacturers to the proposed noninterruptive clause of the scale. It is desired by the officials of the American Steel Hoop and the Republic Iron & Steel companies that a clause be inserted in the seale this year, and also in all scales in the future, pro- viding that in settlement of the not reached prior to July 1 the mills can continue their operation pending adjustment of the scale. In the scale adopted at Milwaukee such a clause was incorporated, but it provided only for a short extension of the time for conference, with the arbitration feature of the plan eliminated. The manufacturers desire that provision be made for arbitration in case of failure to reach a settle ment with the Amalgamated Association before the scale expires. While no settlement of the bar mill scale was reached, yet it is believed when the next conference is held, which will be in Pittsburgh on Friday, June 28, that the seale will be fixed up and signed by both parties. A conference was also held in Cleveland with officials of the American Tin Plate Company, and, while a settle- ment of the tin plate scale was not reached, it is believed this will also be settled at the next conference, to be held in Pittsburgh at the same time as the bar mill meet- ing, Which will be on June 28. case a seale is _ ——_ H. Sapery, manager of the Syracuse Smelting Works, Montreal, manufacturers of babbitt metal and solder, who bas returned from the Pacific Coast and San Fran- cisco, reports the condition of affairs there as very good. rests = Mu : ' { - SD CT. ae eee st ee eens Ph ae June 27, 1901 THE IRON AGE. J The Carlson Friction Clutch. The friction clutch designed by John Carlson of First avenue and Fifty-third street, Brooklyn, is here illus- trated, the first engraving showing the clutch complete with pulley and the second showing the parts separated. The clutch is cylindrical in design, with no projecting parts whatever. This is an important feature, as it en- tirely obviates all danger to the operator. The clutch consists of a main shell or casing, to which may be at- tached either a pulley or pinion. This part has cast to Wig. 1. The Clutch. Notes from Great Britain. Offices