The Iron Age 1902-02-06: Vol 69 Iss 6

US As «80 AL L UBIUONT I UGS A Review of the Hardware, Iron, Machinery and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co., 232-238 William St., New York, | ‘ol. 69: No. 6. New York, Thursday. February 6, 1902. $5.00 a Year, including Postage, Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents......... page 60f—— Alphabetical Index to Advertisers “‘ 209)) Ciassified List of Advertisers . * 201 — and Subscription Rates a Winter Sportsmen are made of tougher fiber than their “ fair weather *’ friends. They want to hunt in any weather and they Want ammunition that will shoot in any weather. Stendard powders, smokeless or black, will stand a reasonable amount of exposure to cold if properly loaded. » U. M. C. Factory Loaded Shells are loaded only with cer- tain standard powders ‘ under the U.M.C. sys- 4“ Insist on getting the ‘* Time Tried’’ kind— U. M. C. Game Laws, Shooting Rules, THE BRISTOL COMPANY, Waterbury; Conn, Ete. Bristol’s. Recordin ania sey . THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE co., ; For Presqure Temperature BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Silver Medal, Paris Exposition. | 313 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 425 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. All Ranges, Low Prices, and Guar- anieed. Send for Circulars, se erro nto AHALL GAHALL BOILERS sr. 3 , Ns cn CAPEWELL HORSE NAILS. 2 " TORNBUCKLES,. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, : ee erie a0 Ti y ce Re Peet renee noms Cleve veland, 0. acarcom, “Ss BY we tet Yori, 2 TURN BUCKINMBS. BRANCHES: OhIGINNATI fs FER w 1909 \ ‘ MERRILL BROS., SAN FRANCISCO; | be f WZ 9 | ¢ a 485 to 471 Kent. Ave , PORTLAND, ORE., an af : Bréoklyn, E.D., N.Y, BUFFALO, PONT AN artes “ BALTIMORE, at esd Basic Pia. aes a ‘ Girard Buniaing. Fane. THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL COMPANY, = . PILLING & GRANE, Zz Coc, Syst NARTFORD. CONT * ¢ Ls se as .. Ss hc ° “4a X .. “% ? ¥ ae Jenkins Bros.” Valves — : Apollo galvanized iron is ufactured of the best steam metal, and are full 2 eer ct 3 3 a Wt Why caperimapah with cheap valves If you = the & 3 your dealer for valyes manufactured by Jen eet 7 all alike: if eae Traber ell guauiee coe ctompon with Toads Mask lieeaen” : " alike; if not, send bac JENKINS BROTHERS, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston + E ’ aa ealaieteemeat cetera tae itt i carta ritalin Pa ¢ ire : i ee THE AMERICAN TUBE & STAMPING CO, your Jopper at OUF ©X- | HOT AND COLD ROLLED Successor to see (97 -% as . ‘ STRIP STEEL, The WILMOT & HOBBS MF6. CO. . PAGE lvls é ue ai 4 SDD if pense—we shall hear of it. MAGNOLIA METAL. ; *f nS Best Anti-Friction Metal for ail Machinery Bearings. os ‘Amerionn Sheet Sicel Company, New York 4s a MAGNOLIA METAL CO., 260 west sroadvay, Owners and Sole Manufacturers, NEW YORK THE IRON AGE. WATERBURY BRASS C0. ESTABLISHED 1845. Main Office and Mills at Waterbury, Conn. Manufacturers of Brass,German Silver, Copper, IN SHEET, ROLL, ROD, WIRE, BRAZED and SEAMLESS TUBING, Brass Brazing Wire, Spelter Solder, Rivets and Burrs, Metallic Eye- lets, Shells, Ferrules‘-and Small ANsonia Brass p” COPPER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Ceamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot Copper. Tobin Bronze (TRADE-MarRK REGISTERED.) Condenser, Piates,Pump Linings, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 99 John Street, es New York. 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, 258 288 Broadway, Postal Tel- egraph Bidg., Roo: Chicago lOffice, 602 Fisher B Bld Boston Office, Cor. Oliver end erchase Sts, Deoxidized Babbitt. NEVER HAS BEEN BEATEN, Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze & Metal Co. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co.,° LA SALLE, ILLINOIS. SMELTERS OF SPELTER AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC 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. SUNN seen AH a * WW e ACID. ia si mln t Met CN (° ass ae ree INUIT ie dk a lg wis pn seco Brass and Aluminum Founders. er Phosphor Bronze Bearing Castings. cadeninasn Ginamem. ay W. G. ROWELL & CO., Bridgeport, Conn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS | . PROPRIETURS OF THE Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF Brasiers’ Bolt and BSheathing COPPER, COPPER WIRE AND RIVETS. Importers and Dealers in ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST.. NEW YORK. ; — By. (ngs 5) z R. A. HART, Brassweres of every Description. THE PLUME & Atwood MF6. Co | Sheet and Roll Bras: —AND— WIRE PRINTERS’ BRASS, JEWELERS’ METAL, GERMA SILVER AND GILDING METAL, COPPER RIVE AND BURRS. Pins, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kero sene Burners, Lamps, Lamp Trimmings, &c. 29 MURRAY STI., NEW YORK. 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. 199 LAKE ST., CHICAG: FACTORIES ; WATERBURY, CONN. ROLLING MILL : cascemathnaesh CONN. SCOVILL MFG. CO.., Manufacturers of BRASS, CERMAN SILVER Sheets. Rolls, Wire Reds, Bolts and Tubes, Brass Shelis, Cups, Hinges Buttons, Lamp Coods. SPECIAL BRASS GOODS TO ORDER Factories, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS: NEW YORK, CHICAGO, BOSTON. § JOHN” DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOR Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co. DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. 100 John Street, - New York Arthur 1. Rutter SUCCESSOR TO WILLIAM S. FEARING 256 Broadway, NEW YORK. Small tubing in Brass, Copper, Steel, Aluminum, German Silver, &c. Sheet Brass, Copper and Ger- man Silver. Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire. Brazed and Seamless Brass and Copper Tube. Copper and Brass Rod. THE BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. BRIDGEPORT. CONN. z9 Murray St., New York. 85-87 Pearl St., Boston. 17 N. 7th St., Philadelphiz MANUFACTURERS OP Brass { SHEET AND TUBING Copper | WIRE. Lamp Geods of al) Kinds. BRASS AND COPPER GOODS In Great Varieties. er, er, ‘THE IRON AGE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1902. The Hibbard Reversible Grinding Machine. Two Face Plates; Four Independent Grinders. in the manufacture of safes and vaults, as carried on by the Hibbard-Rodman-Ely Safe Company of 253 Broadway, New York, the steel used is so hard that it is absolutely impossible to machine it in the ordinary way, even with the hardest cutting tools and most pow- erful machinery for driving them. It is therefore neces- sary to remove all surplus metal by grinding, this being It will therefore be understood from what we have said that these grinding machines must not only be capable of removing stock rapidly, but also, in the final stages, be able to do work of the greatest possible ac- curacy. In general but two classes of work are re- quired—namely, plane and curved surfaces. The ma- chines which perforni these operations are, naturally, of two classes. In the first--truly flat surfaces—the piece is held immovably, the grinder traveling along the sur- face to be finished. In the second—curved surfaces—the piece is revolved, the grinder traversing over the surface along a line determined by whether the piece is to be View Showing Reversing Mechanism, THE HIBBARD REVERSIBLE the only practicable method known at the present time; and since many of the component parts of a large safe or vanit are of massive proportions this fact and the hard nature of the material make essential the employ- ment of grinding machines which in their design, con- struction and operation are far removed from the ordi- nary type. These considerations have led to the devel- opment of a class of grinders, if we may so term them, Which are unique in the work they do and the way in Which they do it. In work of this character fits of the greatest accuracy are of the utmost importance, as without accuracy the value of the completed structure would be invalidated. The rough blanks or pieces, as received at the works, are as near size as it is possible t» innke them, but no dimensions are less than those illed for in the specifications, for the simple reason 1at while it is possible to remove surplus material it is impossible to supply a deficiency. The metal in each Piece forming a part of the whole structure must be itegral throughout, as any attempt at patching would Cestroy tbe efficiency of the completed vault. H GRINDING MACHINE ground as a cylinder, or a cone, or upon its end. In the present article we only have to do with the machine for circular grinding, in which the work revolves. This machine is the invention of Henry D. Hibbard, vice-president of the Hibbard-Rodman-Ely Safe Com- pany, and is now in operation at their works, Plainfield, N. J. It not only meets all the requirements enumerated abeve and considered as being prerequisite, but it also performs another and most important function. Fre- quently on the pieces or blanks there are imperfections or projecting portions which must be removed. In or- dinary grinding operations these portions can only be operated upon once during each full revolution of the piece. Therefore if the projecting portion is small, com- pared with the entire circumference to be ground, the machine will be doing useful work only during a small part of each revolution. In a grinding action it is well known that only a very small amount of metal is re- moved during each step, and if a complete revolution, either of the tool or work, must be taken to remove a small spot the work is slow and expensive. The machine under consideration provides means whereby a projection may be treated as an independent part of the whole, and reduced without removing the blank any further than may be required to cover the projection itself. To accomplish this object mechanism is provided for reversing the face plate carrying the work and thus enabling the cutting wheel to work con- tinuously on the projection. By this means the grind- ing wheel is always performing useful work, and is never consuming time and power in simply “ fanning the air.’”’ This reversal of the face plate is accomplished automatically, and the extent of its movement between reversals may be set to any desired degree. In general the machine, as shown in the three half- tone engravings and two diagrammatic drawings, con- sists of two face plates mounted one on each end of a shaft. In the present instance the smaller of these TO & ‘IM THE IRON AGE. February 6, | )2 shaft is the pinion F, meshing with the gear G. F here the power is transmitted through a pinion t 7" internal gear on the larger face plate J. Through beits and train of gears just mentioned power is tr» \s mitted from the motor to the face plates. As indicated by the photographs, this machine is vided with four separate and independent grin ng wheels, each operated by its own motor. Exten across each end of the machine is a bed, which 1\\y be adjusted toward or from the machine, on bed pl:‘es let into the floor and held by bolts let into suitable sl.‘s Adjustably held on top of each bed are two grinding wheels. These may he placed in any required position on the bed as may be demanded by the nature of the work to be done. Each grinder is swiveled to its own base, so that it may be set at any desired angle in rela- tion to the work. Each grinding wheel is fed auto- matically across the work. Connected with each grind. ing wheel is a hood, from which leads a pipe through which all dust resulting from the grinding is removed, From what we have said above of the reversing Tux IRON Ace Fig. 2.—Diagrammatic Plan. THE plates is 8 feet in diameter and the larger 14 feet. Mounted above the machine is a shaft driven by the electric motor A, shown in Fig. 2. This shaft carries a wide pulley, Figs, 1, 2 and 3, having two belts, an open one, C, and a crossed one, B, which lead to three pulleys on a shaft in bearings on the bed. The two outside pul- leys are loose on the shaft, the center one being tight. It is evident that the direction of motion of this shaft will depend upon the location of the belts, the shifting of which will reverse the direction. At any places upon the periphery of the smaller plate I may be secured two tappets or dogs, K L, which are formed with projecting fingers or lugs. A rock shaft having a crank in engage- ment with the reciprocating rod of the belt shifter is provided at its outer end with an arm which comes alternately in engagement with the fingers of the tap- pets. Thus the direction of rotation will be changed automatically, and this change may be arranged to take place at any desired interval by properly locating the lugs on the face plate. On the inner end of the lower shaft is the pinion B, engaging with the gear D, on the other end of whose HIBBARD REVERSIBLE GRINDING MACHINE. mechanism it will be apparent that the device may be applied with marked advantage to other machines in which only a small portion ef the article is to be oper- ated upon at once. This is particularly the case in cer- tain lathe and boring work. In the cutting out of the cranks of crank shafts, as sometimes performed, per- haps 90 per cent. of the time of the machine is wasted, as the tool is cutting only for a brief part of the entire revolution, the rest of the time being consumed by the tool waiting for the next cut. This device would auto. matically overcome this fault and correspondingly in- crease the capacity of the machine. The extreme sim- plicity of the device is one of its best points of exce!- lence. neaniaiiatiiainis A New Blast Furnace for Chicago.—The South Cl'- cago Furnace Company, Rookery Building, Chicag). have decided to add another blast furnace to their plait at South Chicago. The company own and are operating the furnace which was formerly known as the Calum:t Furnace, and at that time belonged to the Calumet Iroi & Steel Company. The demand for foundry iron in the a. a ae ee ee y be s iD oper: cer ’ the per sted ntire r the auto y in- sini- xcel February 6, 1902 THE vicinity of Chicago is continually growing, and the ca- pacity of the blast furnaces available for meeting the ‘equirements of the foundry trade is not only inadequate it present, but promises to become much more so, if ar- angements are not made to increase it. The company vill erect a blast furnace with a capacity of 350 tons i. day. The work of construction will begin as quickly is possible, and it is hoped that the furnace can be ready for operation within 12 months. The company have a ine location on the Calumet River, with dock facilities for receiving ore by lake vessel, and have ample room for greatly enlarging their manufacturing operations. Canadian News. Manufacturers Want More Protection, Toronto, January 31, 1902.—A deputation from the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association waited on the Dotwinion Government last week and presented several petitions. First they asked for certain amendments to [IRON AGE 3 It was further brought to the attention of the Min- ister of Customs that, contrary to the customs law, con- siderable quantities of prison made goods had been brought into Canada from the United States. The goods in question were stated to be chiefly hardware and wearing apparel. Representatives of the iron and steel industries had a conferenée with the Minister of Finance touching the need for keeping the duties on their lines in pace with manufacturing developments. For example, it was pointed cut that steel rails and structural iron had for- merly to be imported. Now, however, works exist, or wiJl shortly exist, in Canada for the production of rails and structural forms. No intimation was given by the Ministers that the views of the petitioners would be met by any iramediate change in the tariff, but as the depu- tation included many influential supporters of the pres- ent Government it would not be surprising if some of the requests were conceded. A duty on steel rails may be decided on, though last year the Minister of Finance said the Government preferred assisting Canadian rail Fig. 3. THE HIBBARD the patent act and for such reforms in the Patent Of- fice us would facilitate its operations, considered to be now too cumbersome and slow. It was recognized and admitted to be impossible for any thorough revision of the patent act to be carried through in the next ses- sion of T’arliament, but the deputation indicated a few points in which the law could be altered remedially for the time being and thus check certain modes of infringe- ment that manufacturers are exposed to. An increase in the staff was recommended to overtake arrears of business in the latent Office. Another protest was made against irregularities of appraisement for customs duties. Job lots, it was rep- resented, are imported from the United States and else- where at an undervaluation. It was urged that the true value of such goods be in all cases obtained and the ad valorem duty assessed accordingly. An invoice, it was pointed out, is not a safe guide to follow. They are likely to be a correct statement of the actual bar- gain rate at which the goods were sold, but not always the market price current in the country of production. REVERSIBLE Diagrammatic Side Elevation. GRINDING MACHINE. manufacturers by giving them Government contracts, such as that given the Algoma Steel Company for the Intercolonial Railway. At the annual meeting of the Board of Trade of Brantford, one of Canada’s leading manufacturing cities, the following resolution was carried by a unanimous vote: “That in view of the present conditions of trade and the expansion of Canadian industries, it is highly desira- ble that the Government revise the present tariff with a view to the preservation of our markets against unfair competition, thus assisting to maintain and increase our present industries and to establish new ones.” Strong speeches were made in support of the resolu- tion. My. Waterous called for equality of tariffs as be- tween Canada and the United States. In 1899, he said, agricultural machines to the value of $1,500,000 were imported from the United States. In 1900 the importa- tion ruse to over $2,000,000. Other speakers advocated a leveling up of the Canadian tariff to the American standard. Niagara Power Companies, The report of the Commissioners of the Queen Vic- toria Niagara Falls Park was laid before the Ontario Legislature a few days ago. New agreements have been entered into with both the Canadian Niagara Power Company and the Ontario Niagara Power Company. To the former has been conceded an extension of time. Of course this is a matter to be ratified by legislation, and a bill has already been submitted to the House for the purpose. By the amended agreement the Canadian Niagara Power Company are bound to expend $250,000 on their works before July 1, 1902, and $1,500,000 before July 1, 19038, and to complete before July 1, 1904, water connectious for the development of 50,000 horse-power Fig. 4. THE and an outflow for at least 100,000 horse-power, and to have by the last named date 26,000 electrical horse- power actually ready for use, transmission and supply. The company deposit $20,000 as security. As the commissioners point out, the company have undertaken to make their initial development 50,000 horse-power—that is, double what they had contracted to furnish in the previous agreement. They add that the company have shown in a recent statement that they have already expended on work in the park, and have entered into contracts for works in progress, as well as for machinery and plants to be delivered, to the amount of $1.750,000. The commissioners quote the application of the On- tario Niagara Power Company to have their agreement amended in certain particulars, the chief features of which were: THE IRON AGE. HIBBARD REVERSIBLE February 6, 190 1. That the waters of the Welland River should, the first instance, be conducted to a forebay immediate north of the Table Rock House, and used under tl! high head obtained by placing the power house in tl gorge of the river below the falls. 2. That the water for power purposes should ent the park in tunnels beneath the surface of the hig bluff west of the gravel pit, instead of by an ops channel. 3. That a higher level of somewhat greater widt should be given to the waters of the hydraulic lock an forebay in the park than was at first proposed. It was represented by the Ontario Power Compan that these changes had been strongly recommended b their hydraulic experts after a scientific investigatior Tue [RON AGe View of 8-Foot Fuce Plate. GRINDING MACHINE. of all the conditions governing the project. The com missioners had the proposals looked into and decide that they might be complied with. “Up to the present time,” proceeds the report, “ th: company have not commenced active operations, bu the commissioners have the assurance of the president of the power company that the preliminary works ar now sufficiently advanced to admit of an early star being made in the spring.” Many applications have been received for wate power privileges, the commissioners say, some of whic have been refused. Last Vear’s Trade, The report of the Department of Trade and Con merece covering the last fiscal year has just appeared Commenting upon it, the Deputy Minister of Trade an mn er 1 ni ‘ebruary 6, 1902 THE ‘ommerce says that during the year there was a con- nuance of general prosperity so far as the aggregate rade of the Dominion is concerned. “There have been,” he says, ‘* decreases in several in- tances, both as regards imports from and exports to ifferent countries, as well as of various classes of yoods, but all of minor importance, while on the other and the increases have in several instances been large, with an aggregate over the previous year in imports of iearly $1,000,000 in value and in exports of nearly $5,000,000, the exact figures of aggregate trade showing an increase of $5,385,921. Had the usual addition that has prevailed since confederation been made to the ex port:, for goods short reported, the increase shown would have exceeded $10,000,000. While the increase over the previous year has not been as large as in former in- stances, still there has been no backward movement and the progress made since 1895 has been most gratify IRON AGE. 5 there is room for a far greater trade under that head- ing if our manufacturers wish to take advantage of openings aud are prepared to meet the requirements and tastes of foreign consumers. The necessity existing for strict fulfillment of orders, both as to the quality and style of goods and as to packing and shipping, cannot be too strongly impressed upon those desirous of doing an export business, and laxity on their part will prove disastrous. Consumers know what they want and will insist upon having it.” Canadian Pacific Railway Works, The Dominion Government has consented to an in- crease of $20,000,000 in the capital of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, one condition being that the new stock must be sold at not less than par. Of the sum thus raised $9,000,000 is to be expended for new rolling stock, $6,000,000 for double tracking between Fig. 5.—View of 14-Foot Face Plate. THE HIBBARD REVERSIBLE GRINDING MACHINE ing. She figures of total trade for that year have been $224,429,485, as against $386,903,157 in 1901, an increase of, say, in round figures, about 7244 per cent. It will be noted that the imports from Great Britain fell off dur- ing the year about $1,500,000, while those from the United States increased about $5,000,000, all free goods. The exports to Great Britain were less by nearly $2,500,- 000, home produce, while those to the United States slow an increase of nearly $16,000,000, nearly all also home produce. The aggregate trade with other coun- tries shows in most cases small gains, though that with Belgium increased about $2,000,000 and with France over $1,000,000, while there was a falling off in the case of Germauy of over $1,500,000. “A notable advance has been made during the past four or five years in the value of manufactures exported —say, from about $9,500,000 in 1897 to over $16,000,000 in 1901—and in this connection it may be stated that Winnipeg and Fort William, $1,500,000 for the building and equipping of a plant to construct rolling stock, $3,000.000 for teyminal improvements and $500,000 for iniscellaneous alterations Power has been granted to the Dominion Wire Mfg Company to increase their. capital from $150,000 to $1,000,000. Application has been made to the Dominion Govern- ment by the Algoma Steel Company for power to en gage in mining operations; also for a declaration that it is not subject to the Ontario Mining Companies Incor poration act or the Ontario Loan Companies act. Thomas G. Love, Cement City, Mich., whe has a large amount of iron ore along the line of the Kingston & Pembroke Railway, asks if the city of Kingston is will- ing to give another company the same terms as were offered to the Meyers and the Chicago promoters. The matter will be considered by the Kingston City Council. 6 THE IRON AGE. A deputation of Guelph manufacturers waited on the Minister of Finance some days ago with a petition for a duty on cream separators. Advices received at the Ontario Bureau of Mines fore- shadow new copper works in the vicinity of Bruce Mines. A smelting plant of 800 tons capacity is prom- ised. The chief promoter is said to be John Chase, wno is credited with Iurge experience in the copper produc- ing regions of Lake Superior district. Since January 1 Capt. A. EB. Burke of Ishpeming, Mich., has been in charge of the Helen mine. John F. Stairs of Halifax, president of the Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company, says that the company contemplate the erection of a blast furnace somewhere near North Sydney. OO: &i-O: J — i New French Patent Regulations. Hilary S. Brunot, consul at St. Etienne, reports the foi- lows regarding the new patent regulation in France, which took effect early this year: In order that a patent may be obtained in France, the three following conditions are necessary: That the inven- tion be absolutely new; that it possess an industrial character; that it be not contrary to public order or se- curity, good morals, or the laws of the country. An in- vention is not considered new when, previous to the date of filing of the application, it has received sufficient publicity in France or abroad to render it easy of imita- tion. The patents are not gnaranteed by the Government, which delivers them at the risk and peril of the appli- cant; there may be noticed on thousands of patented in- ventions the letters, “8S. G. D. G.,” meaning “without the guaranty of the Government.” The cost of a French patent is 500 frances ($96.50) for five years, 1000 francs ($193) for ten years and 1500 francs ($289.50) for 15 years. This tax is paid in annui- ties of 100 francs ($19.30) in advance. To obtain a patent, every inventor must file at the prefecture of his department: ‘‘a. An application to the Minister of Commerce and Industry in which is mentioned the subject of his inven- tion as well as the desired duration of the patent. ““b. A complete description of the invention, in dupli- cate. “ce, Drawings or specimens necessary to the under- standing of the description, also in duplicate. “d, A list of the papers thus filed.” The decree above alluded to concerns exclusively the drawings and descriptions of the inventions. The first article prescribes that the descriptions must be writ- ten with the pen in a clear hand, or printed, on paper 33 cm. long by 21 broad (12% x 8 inches), leaving a mar- gin of 4 cm. (1% inches). One side of the paper only must be used, and no design is allowed in the text. The second article refers to the drawings. For the first six months of 1902, the decree will not be applied in an absolute manner. The courts of Lyons have recently rendered a decision interesting to patentees. By the law of 1844 the per- son who has obtained a patent must work his invention in France within two years after the date of patent or he will lose his rights. The courts have decided that the working must be real, and that publicity due to the cession of the patent to another party is not sufficient. a The Industrial Department of the Chicago, Milwau- kee & St. Paul Railway Company, Old Colony Building, Chicago, have issued a very complete map of the State of Wisconsin, which shows the location of the iron ore ranges in that State, the timber district, the localities favored with water power, the lead and zinc districts and the tobacco raising section. A great deal of in- teresting information is printed on the. margin which, taken in connection with the map, presents much yal- uable material to those who desire to be informed con- cerning the natural resources and special features of this great State. The map is folded in a cover, making’ it convenient for handling and for filing. February 6, 1902 Pig Iron Production in 1901. In the last issue of The Iron Age we printed the lead- ing figures of the report on the pig iron production in 1901, compiled by James M. Swank, of the American Iron and Steel Association. We present below some of the details, beginning with the production of charcoal pig iron, in gross tons: Production of Charcoal Pig Iron.—Gross Tons. First half Secondhalf Total 1901. 1901. 1901. Massachusetts ............. 1,952 1,434 3,386 IE, i. 6 4d wdidonioa we 4,621 3,821 8,442 a eee 4,400 18,205 22,605 oo ee eee 2,265 2,496 4,761 Maryland and Virginia...... 2,787 2,309 5,096 SED b:¢ncbcvarsrccaneseas 15,547 11,786 27,333 SE hintcs'h wad Sie uaieas aon 25,008 28,002 538,010 BE SUA) beat anenescvewen® 1,820 953 2,273 Kentucky and Tennessee..... 1,215 1,702 2,917 ER ee Te err rT 4,588 5,479 10,067 I ini fas ace snc 93,981 76,781 170,762 Wisconsin, Missouri, Oregon and Washington.......... 86,547 12,948 49,495 re 194,231 165,916 360,147 The production in Pennsylvania and Ohio by districts was as follows: Production in Pennsylvania and Ohio by Districts.—Gross Tons. First half Second half Total Districts. 1901. 1901. 1901. Pennsylvania : Lehigh Valley............. 265,685 225,589 491,274 Schuylkill Valley......... 247,592 256,477 504,069 Upper Susquehanna Valley. 54,606 25,636 80,242 Lower Susquehanna Valley. 329,980 323,497 653,477 SURRTR WH ov cccccesens 78,116 73,573 151,689 Allegheny County......... 1,705,748 1,984,263 3,690,011 Shenango Valicy.......... 472,591 507,284 979,875 Miscellaneous bituminous... 392,565 395,294 787,859 CRattets <5 ashe osc coed 2,265 2,496 4,761 Nhio- Mahoning Valley......... 702,632 702,225 1,404,857 Ilocking Valley........... 20,660 14,340 35,000 Lake counties.;........... 361,242 422,248 783,490 Miscellaneous bituminous... 382,484 411,226 793,710 Hanging Rock bituminous... 127,244 172,057 299,301 Hanging Rock charcoal.... 4,588 5,479 10,067 The most striking increase, it will be. observed, took place in Allegheny County, which, in 1900, made 3,118,- 761 tons of pig iron, and during the. second half of 1901 produced at the rate of nearly 4,000,000 tons per year. The production of Bessemer pig was as follows: Production of Bessemer Pig Iron.—Gross Tons. First half Secondhalf Total 1901. 1901. 1901. New York and New Jersey... 12,253 16,239 28,492 Pennsylvania : Tehigh Valley...........-.. 58,211 64,979 123,190: Schuylkill Valley.......... 41,140 41,080 82,220 Upper Susquehanna Valley. 54,606 25,636 80,242 Lower Susquehanna Valley and Juniata Valley..... 262,894 243,983 506,877 Allegheny County......... 1,360,888 1,537,028 2,897,366 Shenango Valley.......... 860,374 356,441 716,815 Miscellaneous bituminous... 284,920 244,247 479,167 | ee 154,082 143,067 297,149 West Virginia and North Car- a CS er ie 74,630 91,967 166,597 Ohio: " Mahoning Valley.......... 495,708 575,340 1,071,048 eT ee err 340,001 409,056 749,057 Hanging Rock bituminous. 25,687 57,589 83,276 Miscellaneous bituminous... 369,151 364,559 733,710 DN ch. o ke ead aon @ baa 650,614 743,816 1,394,480 Michigan, Wisconsin and Min- OTR sikin.ds Gi die den ar 25,569 14,372 39,941 Missouri and Colorado....... 62,009 85,207 147,216 Detake BI. 6d svicds 4,582,187 5,014,606 9,596,793 eo a 4,461,891 3,482,061 7,943,452. The production of basic pig was as follows: Production of Basic Pig Iron.—Gross Tons. First half Secondhalf Total 1901. 1901. 1901. New York and New Jersey... 6,235 28,085 34,320- Pennsylvania: Allegheny County......... 237,593 330,923 568,516 Other COGS a. occ cvccecs 198,471 244,273 442,744 Virginia and Alabama....... 134,598 166,846 301,444 Ohio and Missouri........... 68,208 33,618 101,826 I: MO s 65.4 excrete 645,105 803,745 1,448,850 a ge ee eee 581,868 490,508 1.072.376 on nah eo ee ef of 2 Ge a ao THE nuary 6, 1902 A New Double Frame Steam Hammer. ‘he new 8000-pound double frame steam hammer bu it by the American Engineering Works of Chicago is at. omatie, double acting and may be readily operated py hand. The cylinder is cast from close grained gray ir) and is provided with a balanced piston valve. The ex aust ports are so arranged as to keep the cylinder alvays drained. The throttle valve is under control of th: operator, and the steam valve is operated by a cam ruuning on a beveled path formed on the back of the rain. The position of this cam is governed by a hand lever in the usual manner. The piston rod is a steel forging, forged solid with the piston head. The frames are of a strong and substantial design, provided with ad- IRON AGE. 7 turn of January 30 rolled 267 gross tons of No. 5 rods, which exceeds any previous 12-hour record. The best previous record for 12 hours was made by the same mill, and was 253 tons. The day and night turn on the same day rolled 498 tons of No. 5 rods, which is the best 24- hour record. Both rod mills of the Joliet works pro- duced 470 tons in the day turn of January 30 and 878 tons in both day and night turn. These figures show a remarkable increase in output. Taken in connection with the records of output recently published, the fact is demonstrated that the No. 2 mill is not making high records spasmodically, but in a regular way and under usual conditions. The converting department of the Joliet works produced, in the month of January, 54,110 tons of Bessemer steel ingots against its best previous A NEW DOUBLE justable V guides for the ram, each guide being held to the frame by well anchored bolts. The frames are made of either cast iron or cast steel as desired. The base is a heavy casting to which the frames are fastened. The ram is of solid steel, having cam paths made integral with it and V grooves to match the guides in the frames. The upper and lower dies are steel castings held in place with dovetails and wedges. The lower one is made sev- eral inches longer than the upper to provide a place for esting work on one end. A pump is provided for sup- lying oil to the valves and cylinder. The company ave increased their plant for the manufacture of ham- ners of this pattern. ee Another Wire Rod Record.—The No. 2 mill of the Joliet works of the Illinois Steel Company on the day FRAME STEAM HAMMER. month’s record of 52,205 tons. The average per turn for January was 1002 tons. The billet mill in January rolled 48,667 tons against its best previous month’s rec- ord of 46,410 tons. eee McKenna Brothers Brass Company, Limited.—The McKenna Brothers Brass Company, Limited, of Pitts- burgh, manufacturers of brass goods and saloon sup- plies, have decided to give 10 per cent. of the net profits of the concern to employees remaining on the pay roll at the end of the year. The division is to be made on the basis of wages earned by each. If the plan proves suecessful it will be continued. The men affected are, as a rule, skilled workmen and their salaries range from $18 to $25 per week. The net profits to be divided among the men will come from the manufacturing part . THE of the plant. The McKenna Brothers Brass Company, Limited, are now occupying their new building, First avenue and Ross street, Pittsburgh, which gives the coucern very much larger facilities for carrying on their business. Lake Mining Matters. Hills Operations on the Mesaba Range. DuLuTH, MINN., February 1, 1902.—The number of mines to be opened in the lake region for shipment the coming season is increasing, and if it were not for the fact that output at some of the great properties of sev- eral ranges was likely to be diminished it would appear that an enormous addition to the production of preceding years was to result. On the Mesaba range Jones & Laughlins, Limited, have let contracts for the sinking of a working shaft on their Grant Mine, in section 20 T 58 R 19, and expect an output there the present year of 50,000 tons. This mine lies adjoining the Sharon of the steel company of that name, and is a large body of ex- cellent ore. It is a State lease, with a royalty of 25 cents per ton on an exceedingly small minimum. Two small ore bodies, in section 32 T 58 R 20, both belonging under lease to the Eastern Railway of Minnesota, are to be opened and will make shipment, and it is possible that other shipments will be from still other properties that have never had a shaft sunk into them, and are not even yet under actual development. On the Menominee range the same is true, and several mines that have not yet been shippers will add to the output of 1902. While allotments for the coming season have not yet been made, it is understood that some of the big- gest properties, like Fayal, Chapin and others, will not equal the production of 1901. It would seem to be the part of wisdom to conserve, as far as might be, these giltedge ores and use with them a proportion of the leaner and less desirable ores that will probably have to come into more prominence later on. And this, it is quite probable, is the idea of the biggest shippers. The most desirable ores of the Mesaba range, in the posses- sion of the Steel Corporation in mines so far opened, are the Genoa, Fayal, Spruce and Auburn, and tremen- dous drafts were made on these mines last season. Their Clark and Chisholm are not large deposits, the Clark especially being quite thin, and their enormous Hibbing deposits, though chemically very rich, are re- garded with somewhat less favor by furnace men at present. Neither are the Virginia and Mountain Iron group held in such favor. The Steel Corporation’s new property adjoining Pillsbury has been named Glen, and will be a shipper of some importance this year. Pickands, Mather & Co. of Cleveland have an option on the western 14 of the southwestern \ of section 32 T 58 R 20, from A. Maitland of Negaunee, who bought the lease a year ago. The present price is $125,000 for the lease, which latter is on the basis of 25 cents a ton. Mr. Maitland has completed a small shaft running 50 feet into the ore to give an opportunity to test physical structure, and it is very probable that the option hold- ers will take the property. There is one hole on this land noted as the deepest hole in ore on the Mesaba range, 460 feet below surface. There is about 50 feet of sur- face on the ore here. It is considered probable that the new Buffalo Steel Company are interested in this pur- chase. The advance in value of the grade of ore found here is well shown by the increase in the price Mr. Mait- land receives over what he paid a year ago, which is nearly $100,000. No work has been done on the land in the time. but neighboring developments have been such as to indicate the possibility of a considerable increase in its ore deposit. 'J. J. Hill on the Mesaba Range. Perhaps the most interesting development of the past year on the Mesaba range has been the struggle of the Eastern Railway of Minnesota, a J. J. Hill organization, to assure itself of a permanency for its ore traffic. With the formation of the United States Steel Cor- poration, Mr. Hill saw that his investments in ore roads and terminals, as well as the exceedingly remunerative IRON AGE. February 6, 192 ore trattic itself, were menaced for the reason that | two roads controlled by the corporation would be lik to handle at least all of their business and to take fr his road traftic from mines that were the property of c cerns becoming constituents of the combination. he at once set about taking lands on the range, buyi. fees and options on leases of every character. ‘Ts policy has been continued, and is still vigorously ) sued. The road has bought a great many tracts si) posed to contain ore, has explored and bought maiy more and has taken leases right and left. It has ~. cured the capital stocks of companies owning well |.- cated lands, and in every possible way has fortified its position. Once these lands are secured in fee tie road withdraws them from exploration or purchase \y mining corporations, except in cases where these con panies have lands of their own on which ore is known (o exist, and the traffic arising from which can be turned! over to the Eastern Railway in return for the privileve of lease of some of its own properties. In other words, the road is rapidly putting itself in a position where it can control the ore situation, so far as newcomers in tly mining and steel business are concerned. The great ii portance of its position can therefore be readily seer By its original purchase of the Wright & Davis inte: ests the road secured not only the Mahoning and Ste venson mines, but an immense area of well located lands on the western part of the range. It was content with this till a year ago. Since then it has secured contracts from the State on thousands of acres, has taken privat contracts on thousands more, has bought the entire capi tal stock of the Wabigon and other land companies ani is now busily engaged in exploring in many localities Just now it is especially busy in the central part of T 5s R 19, and in section 15 alone has half the area of tlie section. Here it has found excellent ore, both above and below taconite. In the same section it has recently purchased the fee to a tract that had been explored by the La Belle Iron Works of Steubenville, and on which the latter have a lease. This township 58-19, which has been least explored of any of the central portion of the Mesaba range, is dotted with Eastern Railway owner- ships. The ore bearing formation across township 57-21 is almost entirely under its control, and much the same ean be said of T 56 R 22. All the ores to be mined by Corrigan, McKinney & Co. on the Mesaba range will be handled by this road. It is said that the Eastern Rail- way expect to move about 3,000,000 tons this year, whic) may possibly be something of an overestimate, though if all is done by concerns along the road that is claimed by them, it is an underestimate. The road has, more over, ores in its possession that will insure it a heavy business for many years, and that will draw to it many properties at present unattached. Of course all this activity is due to the great profit on the haul of ore to | Lake Superior under present rates, which Mr. Hill ex- | pects will be permanent. The Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company have this week commenced active work in their new Negaunee prop erty, which is to be called the Maas, in honor of tlhe man whose skill and persistence opened the deposit at 4 very considerable depth. Unt# now the 500 acres to be opened as a mine were utilized for raising potatoes and cabbage, and in the early days of the Marquette range the land was part of the holdings of the Pioneer Iron Company, who later sold it out to farmers without re- serving the mineral rights, a slip that was not repeate:! in their later sales. The Negaunee Mine was afterwar! found 14 mile away, and the Regent group was opene: Mr. Maas succeeded two years ago in getting options o the land, and at once sunk drill holes with much diff- culty. He gave an option to the Cleveland Cliffs Con- pany, who put five drills on and sunk 16 holes, provin: Mr. Maas’ find, and locating a far larger ore body. Wor : was started on the working shaft on Saturday of thi: week, after a year of preparation on the part of th» Cleveland Cliffs Company. It will be in the foot wal and will reach the solid ledge in 170 feet from surfac« Much of this surface will be quicksand, and as there i reason to expect a great flow of water, six large pump are on the ground. The shaft will be three-compar' ment and vertical, carrying two skips and a cage. B. te) Ste nds rith Licts "ate ap and reek rop the at 4 » be and Inge [rou ; Fe ate yaril ner s 0 liff'- on ving Jor < this the val ‘ace ‘ei mp yar’ B. another year this will probably be a large and important producer of high grade ore. The explorations of the Clergue syndicate in the Republic district, on lands selected years ago by Prof. R. Pumpelly for iron, but neglected till now, are en- couraging, in that they are showing the formation hoped for. No ore has been cut, and none has been expected, though the drill is down more than 1500 feet. The ex- pectations of Professor Pumpelly and associates that the hanging wall would flatten at depth are proving correct, and the ore is supposed to lie, if at all, in a fold of the diorite under a quartzite capping. They are now working through the capping. Efforts are being made by the mining officials of the United States Steel Corporation toward lessening the number of grades of ore made at the numerous mines of the combination. These grades have increased and mul- tiplied under constituent companies until they are quite burdensome, and can probably be materially reduced in number, now that the constituents are under one management. D. E. W. ————————— ge Australian Tin and Tin [lining. BY JOHN PLUMMER, SYDNEY. Tin deposits are seattered widely throughout Aus- tralia, there being over a hundred and twenty recognized stanniferous Jocalities in New South Wales alone; but comparatively few are worked to any considerable ex- tent, limited water supply and absence of cheap and speedy means of communication with the coast form- ing at present-—apart from fluctuations in market prices —the leading difticulties encountered. Although in the parent State the existence of tin was discovered as far back as 1851, it was not until over 20 years later that mining operations were commenced. In 1872, according to Professor David of Sydney University, tinstone was accidentally discovered while searching for gemstones near Inverell, in the northern part of the State. Mixed with a number of sapphires and other gems in the gravels of the creeks was a heavy black mineral, in water-worn grains, which, on assay, proved to be oxide of tin. The discovery becoming known, a Sydney com- pany took up some ground in the vicinity, and then com- menced a rush to what are now known as the New Eng- land tin fields. Strangely enough, the stream tin, as the black mineral is called, had long been familiar, under the name of “ black sand,” to alluvial gold miners in the district,, where its weight, rendering it difficult of re- moval from the sluice boxes, had caused it to be re- garded as worse than a nuisance. In some places the stockmen, ignorant of the real character of the sand, used it for cleaning their bits. Native tin has been found in the State, but, as in other parts of the world, it is of rare occurrence. The same may be said of stan- nite, or tin pyrites, although it is plentiful, with galena, zineblende and arsenical pyrites, in the Boran Creek Silver Lode, near Inverell. The common ore of tin is the oxide, otherwise known as cassiterite or tinstone, found in New South Wales in several forms and of various colors. At Vegetable Creek, the leading tin field in the State, between 1872 and 1885, 15,000 tons of cassiterite are said to have been extracted from a shallow alluvial deposit within a distance of a little over 5 miles from its source, downward. The total area of ground worked was about 150 acres, which produced 15,000 tons of stream tin, or at the average rate of 100 tons per acre, or half a hundredweight of cassiterite per cubic yard, allowing the mean depth of the wash dirt to be 2 feet 6 inches. The depth of stripping (overlying soil) varied from 6 inches to 9 feet. At Catarrh Creek about 1000 tons of stream tin were obtained from the shallow al- lnvials within a distance of about 1 mile. The width of the deposit varied from three to seven chains, and the depth of sinking to the granite bed rock was from 10 to 14 feet. The Vegetable Creek workings are situated in what, during early tertiary times, formed the main drainage chanuel of this part of the State. In portions of its course there were two distinct flows of lava, an older and a newer, each covering a bed of stanniferous wash dirt. Up to 1886 the produce of these latter was 6000 tons of stream tin in a distance of 2 miles 30 chains. February 6, 1902 THE IRON AGE. 9 At one place an area of 54 acres of gravel, having an average thickness of 3 feet, yielded 2000 tons of tin ore. In the far western portion of the State, at Euriowie and Poolamacea, about 50 miles to the north of Broken Hill, tin ore occurs under conditions differing materially from those of the other New South Wales tin fields, the ore bearing a marked resemblance to that from the Horney Peak mines of Dakota, in the United States, and to such an extent that specimens from the two places cannot be rendily distinguished from each other. A considerable area of ground was pegged out for min- ing purposes when these deposits were first discovered, but probably not more than 100 tons of dressed ore were dispatched from the tield before it was abandoned. The scarcity of water for the necessary concentration proc- esses, and the distance (several hundred miles) which separates the district, which is rich in minerals, from the seaboard, are the chief reasons which led to the ces- sation of mining operations, which are certain to be re sumed when conditions are more favorable. It is, how- ever, as pointed out by E. I. Pittman, in his work on “The Mineral Resources of New South Wales,” in the northern portion of the State that the principal stan niferous deposits occur. From near Ta