The Iron Age 1903-05-14: Vol 71 Iss 20

THE ‘uA GE UBTUOST} WEG IR A Review of the Hardware, Iron, Macnifery ana metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by David Williams Co., 232-238 William St., New York. Vol. 71: No. 20. New York, Thursday, May 14, 1903. $5.00 a Year, including Postage Single Copies, Ten Cents. Reading Matter Contents.........page 61 Alphabetical index to Advertisers “ 175]. Classified List of Advertisers..... “ 167]. Advertising and Subscription Rates “* 174 mee THE BRISTOL COMPANY, Waterbury, Conn. Bristol’s Recording Instruments. For Pressure Towmporatare and Electricity. Bilver } Medal, Paris Exposition. All Ranges, Low Prices, and Guar anteed. Send for Circulars. Also M h essa ms ote and Fh Phenix SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass. aah Branch Office, 11 ay New York. Cleveland City Forge and lronCo., - Cleveland, O TURN BUCH ULES. Es MERRILL BROS., Founpry IRON. Brooklyn, E.D., N.Y, rard Building, Phila. a5 Bank, Pittsb 9 care: Bldg., New Yor f Trade, Boston APOLLO BEST BLOOM GALVANIZED IRON Bend it sharp, tosee if it breaks, or cracks, or weakens, Drive nails through it. Hammer it. Try it according to what you want it for. Every sheet guaranteed to bear any test whatever. Return to your jobber at our expense if defective. American Sheet Steel Company, New York Guaranteed for Nitro Powders. Grade K Made with Remington Blued Steel Barrels Grade K E D. Made witn Damascus Barrels and Automatic Ejector. Send for handsome new Catalog, just issued, containing com plete description of Guns, $25.00 to $75u.00. Majiled free. RAMInNGTON ARMS CO. IrILIOMNM, N. DY. 313-317 Broadway, New York. 86-88 First Street, San Francisco, Cal. Sold by all Gun Dealers. Not Retailed by the Manufacturers. Et REGULAR FATTERM. THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL COMPANY HARTFORD, CONN. 0 0 : CAPEWELL HORSE NAILS: | a x c jw o 7+ £=WNEW YORK, Branches: PORTLAND, ORE., PD 4 e PHILADELPHIA, BUFFALO, “4 io CHICAGO, DETROIT, BALTIMORE, a | ST. LOUIS, CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS, © i - BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER. v a > 4 - i O m i 2 2 Sp» = " neon PATTERS. Exe JENKINS BROTHERS’ VALVES Perfectly tight under all pressures of steam, oils, or acids. Warranted to give satisfaction under the worst conditions. Received the At the Pan-Amer-« Highest Award Gold Meda ican Exposition: Insist on having the genuine stamped with Trade-Mark. JENKINS BROTHERS, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Ghicago. seine ei EES THE AMERICAN TUBE & STAMPING 60, HOT AND COLD ROLLED Successor to SEE 93 STRIP STEEL. The WILMOT & HOBBS MF6. CO. PAGE . MAGNOLIA METAL. Best Anti-Friction Metal for all Machinery Bearings. Pag. Gtaiite oot Bar. > ” ¥ San Francisco. Montreal, ——-, Owners and Sole _ nae and puilede Iphia. e manufacture o Chicage, F Babbitt Metals at competitive prices. a THE ANSONIA BRaAss yp” COPPER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. GOLE MANUFACTURERS robin Bronze (TRADE-MaRK REGISTERED.) Condenser Piates,Pump Linings, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. Seamless Tubes for Boilers and Condensers. 99 John Street, . 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, 253 Broadway, Postal Telegraph Bldg., Room 718. Chicago Office, 602 Fisher Bldg. SOC O84448488 THE IRON AGE. ( SHEET ROD BRASS: | WIRE ( SHEET COPPER. WIRE GERMAN (see SILVER WIRE \ THE PLUME & Atwood MF6. Go.. MANUFACTURER: JF Sheet and Roll Brass —AND— WiIRG 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. LOW BRASS. SHEET BRONZE.| 29 MURRAY ST., NEW YORE. SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER TUBING. BRAZED BRASS AND WATERBURY BRASS (0., WATERBURY, CONN. 130 Centre St., New York. Providence, R. I. RAVAN GENUINE No. 1 BABBITT. Handiest Metal you can use, as there is practicall no shrink in it. ver tried it? Saves in every way—Time, Money and Patience. GREATEST DURABILITY. Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze and Metal Company, Bridgeport. Conn. Ne Nee aN Nee ee ee “ee ee Neb Nee Nee Neb Nee Nec Neb PPB PAAAAACAS Nb Nbc Neb Nebc ha Nb Nb Neb Nbc’ ah 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. ENN mere SeE-:74 west M Best Bronze, Babbitt ID IRON GEARS, IN STOCK RMOALALS BEND FOR OUR 1098 PRIGE T. F. WELCH MFG. CO., 68 SUDBURY STREET, + SOatEK PPA Ee ets onroe St., Chicago. ACU Re TM UUTIIDTITID UU ied ala bc a BRASS, BRONZE and ALUMINUM CASTINGS. Founders, Finishers, W. G. ROWELL & CO., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. HENDRICKS BROTHERS Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Brazsicrs’ aheake aan nena Sheathing COPPER, ANY CooPPrvBEA WwiRrn RIiVTs. Importers and Dealers in ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. R. A. HAR®, 144 HIGH ST., BOSTON. 199 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ROLLING MILL : | FACTORIES ¢ THOMASTON, CONN. | WATERBURY, CONN. SCOVI LL MFG. CO., afacturers of B RAS 8, CERMAN SILVER Sheets, Rolis, Wire, Rods, Bolts and Tubes, Brass Shells, Cups, Hinges, Buttons, Lamp Coods. SPECIAL BRASS GOUDS TO ORDER Factories, — CONN. EPOTS: 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 T. 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. “PHONO-ELECTRIC” WIRE. “1's Toucan.” TROLLEY, TELEPHONE and TELEGRAPH LINES. Bridgeport, BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO., Conn. Murray St., New York No better counter me made. 4 Wheel, $3.06 5 Wheel, $3.25 Guaranteed. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. AN TS ry . , r- aa ‘THE IRON AGE THurspay, May 14, 1903. The Young Sheet Metal Power Shears. The W. C. Young Mfg. Company of Worcester, Mass., are getting out a new line of power shears for boiler makers’ use and for other similar work, designed for cut ting off or splitting sheet metal of any width. These shears are intended for heavy use and are radically different in design from the shears previously manufac- tured by the company. The machine is double geared, the ratio of gearing being about 1 to 20. The gearing is worked witb a friction clutch. The machine carries a 10-inch blade and is made in three sizes, to handle sheet metal 1%, 9-16 and % inch in thickness. The 9-16-inch size, shown in the cut, weighs 3200 pounds. The machine of the machines in the shop was turning wood at 1400 revolutions a minute, and yet when cast iron was substi- tuted for wood at the same speed the lathe tool ran across the piece of cast iron three times at 4-inech feed, 135 per minute. These tests led to the organization of the National Tool Company, whose business of making lathe and planer tools, dies, twist drills, taps, reamers, &ce., grew very rapidly. The result was that increased facili- ties became necessary and it was decided to organize the Omega Steel Company, whose officers are Charles J. Ben- ham, president; Charles Hudson of New Haven, Conn., vice-president; Robert Dunlop, New York, secretary, the other directors being George W. Nock, chief engineer of the Rockwell Engineering Company, New York; Dwight THE YOUNG SHEET METAL POWER SHEARS. is offset for splitting, so that the metal passes through freely. The bolt shown in the cut at the mouth of the shears, which gives additional rigidity to the machine, is removed when splitting is to be done. <cenineiepinililbaeinaainti The Omega Steel Company. ‘The Omega Steel Company have been formed recently with a capital of $3,000,000, to take over the National Tool Company of New Haven, Conn. About five months since the attention of Charles J. Benham, president of the Hamden Mfg. Company, manufacturers of auger bits, was called to a specially treated steel. Mr. Benham gave it a thorough series of tests in the bit shop of the com pany. <A small threading tool was made with which they had thus far not been able to get more than five bits with- out sharpening. The Omega steel tool cut 38 pieces with- out the slightest injury and without sharpening. One Blakeslee, New Haven, Conn; Charles Hudson, New Haven, Conn., and Frank Bayless, New York. At a recent meeting of the directors it was decided to erect a steel plant, which will probably be located in Pennsylvania, this plant to be equipped with the latest machinery. Another tool shop similar to that in New Haven will be started in Boston, employing, like the New Haven shop, about 35 skilled workmen. It is expected that a third shop of the same description will be installed in the Chicago district. The main office at present is at New Haven and a branch office has been established at 7 and 9 Warren street, New York. —$$_ a For tracings that require much handling, linen bond paper is the best medium. It is as transparent and much thinner than common tracing cloth, but the sheets are smaller. It is indestructible, apparently. CLA TNE OA TL EE ERE MAEDA E TRIN eT ae BEN RELA ENN EEN EA TE TALLIS ATE | | | | | PR REN OT RO EL RN A mT OF ee 2 EN NE TT TT MON: eee (CRE, eee em OE ee eee me ne NS EY en ee te nn en ae eee emma Ee REE ee ce motile ve A OT OO ART MORNE eT ee Ge aan auepeentianeeeeeedl ae Ck ORS 2 THE IRON AGE. The Lovering Drawback Bill. Recent Progress in the Movement for Its Passage. WaASHINGION, D. C., May 12, 1903.—The Manufac- turers’ Committee, organized to promote legislation tending to liberalize the drawback laws, has been espe- cially active of late, and substantial progress has been made in several directions. The attention of manufac- turers of iron and steel, especially, is being drawn to the desirability of the passage of the so-called Lovering bill, in view of the high cost of domestic materials in this industry, and much interest has been aroused in the pending measure. Very important progress in this campaign has recent- ly been made among shoe and leather manufacturers, who are particularly anxious to extend their export trade. For several years an active movement has been on foot looking to the repeal of the hide duty, and certain leather manufacturers have withheld their support from the Lovering bill on the ground that the advocacy of that measure would militate against the prospect for the repeal of that duty. At the annual convention of the New England Shoe and Leather Association, which has just been held, it was decided that it will not be possi- ble to secure the repeal of the hide duty during the com- ing Congress, and the Lovering Drawback bill was there- fore unanimously indorsed as a measure which would bring much relief to manufacturers producing goods for export. Another important step has been taken in the pres- entation in the Supreme Court, after much delay, of the issues involved in the question as to whether goods man- ufactured of imported materials are eligible to draw- back when placed on board vessels in the foreign trade intended for use as ship’s stores, but not designed to be landed abroad. The case which has been submitted to the court is that of the Swan & Finch Company vs. the. United States, the claim involving duty paid on im- ported materials used in the manufacture of lubricating oils consumed on shipboard. The Lovering bill provides that all such stores shall be eligible to drawback of duty paid on their imported ingredients, and as the Swan & Finch case will probably be decided within a few days, the Manufacturers’ Committee will soon be . advised whether it is necessary to devote special attention to this section or to strike it from the bill. In either event it is believed that settlement of the case will help the Lover- ing bill. Should the decision be against the claimants, it will emphasize the importance of the early passage of the bill; while if it is against the Government, it will open up a new field for exporters and will attract much at- tention to the practical utility of the drawback laws and the desirability of their liberalization. Recent Drawback Rulings. The Treasury Department has prepared a number of interesting drawback rulings within the past week in- volving rebate of duty paid on materials not heretofore considered in connection with drawback regulations. In other cases regulations heretofore issued have been en- larged to embrace rebates on additional materials. On the application of John R. Keim of Buffalo, N. Y., regulations have been issued allowing drawback of duty paid on imported steel balls used in the manufacture of bicycle pedals intended for exportation. The drawback entry must show the marks, numbers and dimensions of the shipping cases, the number of pedals contained in each case and the number of steel balls used in the manu- facture. Regulations have also been prepared upon the appli- eation of the Carborundum Company of Niagara Falls allowing drawback of duty paid on imported carborun- dum used in the manufacture of grinding wheels, sharp- ening stones, hones and carborundum paper. In liquida- tion the quantity of imported carborundum which may be taken as the basis for allowance of drawback may equal the quantity declared in the drawback entry after verification of the exported weights, but in no case shal’ the percentage of carborundum used in the manufacture May 14, 1903 of wheels and stones exceed 76.3 per cent. of the net weight of the exported articles, 48.8 per cent. of the net weight of exported carborundum paper and 44.9 per cent. of the net weight of carborundum cloth. To the net weight of each may be added 7.4 per cent. to cover the loss sustained in washing and preparing the crude carbo- rundum for use in the manufacture of the various ex- ported articles. On the application of the BPlectric Storage Battery Company of Philadelphia drawback has been allowed of duty paid on imported lead and antimony used in the manufacture of storage batteries. It is provided that in liquidation the quantities of imported lead and antimony which may be taken as the basis for allowance of draw- back may be those percentages specified in the manufac- turers’ sworn statement filed with the collector at the port of exit. Regulations have been provided upon the application of the Cary Mfg. Company of New York for drawback of duty paid on imported sheet steel cut into strips and riveted together to- form box straps. The drawback en- try is required to show separately the net weight of coils of each size and gauge exported and that the merchan- dise was manufactured of materials and in the manner set forth in the manufacturers’ sworn statement. Wt 6. Canadian Power Development at Niagara Falls. N1aGaRA FALys. N. Y., May 8, 1993.—Indications lead to the belief that the installations to be erected in the new power stations on the Canadian side at Niagara Falls will have much in them that will surpasses the in- stallations of the American side in general interest. The Canadian Niagara power development is proceeding with great vigor, and,three companies have a force of men at work rushing their projects along as speedily as possible. The names of these companies are the Canadian Niagara Power Company, the Ontario Power Company and the Toronto & Niagara Power Company. The Canadian Niagara Power Company have announced their intention to install generators of 10,000 horse-power capacity. In every particular they will be wonderful machines, wound for 12,000 volts, three phase, and will make 250 revolu- tions per minute. The weight of the revolving part of each machine will be about 141,000 pounds. As compared with the generators in the two stations of the Niagara Falls Power Company, these new Canadian generators will each have double the output capacity of the indi- vidual generators on the New York side of the river. While these machines will be remarkable, it is an- nounced that the Toronto & Niagara Power Company will install: generators that will have an individual output capacity of 12,000 horse-power. This will be 7000 horse- power greater than the generators of the Niagara Falls Power Company and 2000 horse-power more than the generators to be used by the Canadian Niagara Power Company. Just at present the scene on the Canadian side at the falls is One of amazing activity. All the other power development projects of the Dominion do not unitedly display the force that is to be developed at Niagara for the use of man. It would appear that the development must have a tremendous influence on the future of the Province of Ontario, if not on the entire Dominion. Even Niagara Falls, N. Y., with the markets of the United States at its command, and 13 years of experience in the use, transmission and application of power, does not show such energy of development as this now taking place in Canada. If the three projects now under way are car- ried to completion and the power used, new industrial conditions will be created, for it is clear that to use the energy present factories must change location or new in- dustries be established. eenveenmungliinadial W. G. Rowell & Co. of Bridgeport, Conn.. are filling an order from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road for 1000 aluminum bronze letters which will spell the railroad’s name on new copper sheathed cars building at the works of the Wason Mfg. Company at Springfield, Mass. May 14, 1903 THE IRON AGE 3 The Improved American Boring and Turning Mill. The accompanying engraving shows the new 37-inch boring and turning mill just brought out by the Ameri- ean Tool Works Company of Cincinnati. ‘The machine is given exceptional strength and rigidity by the fact that the entire frame is cast in one piece, consisting of bed, housing and top brace, and is of box form and thor oughly braced. The cross rail is of box girder fori, with broad bearings, and is raised and lowered rapidl) by power. The saddles are graduated in degrees, and are made right and left, so that the boring bars can be brought close together, if desired. ‘The boring bars are of special hammered steel, octagonal in section, and the to all parts of the machine—frames, cylinders, saddles, tire box sheets inside and details as well. The concentra- tion of yzreatly increased strains from large cylinders and high steam pressures are producing a natural result, and larger factors of safety will have to be given. ‘The Railway Age, ia discussing this matter, says that rec- ords show cracked fire box sheets to be so numerous as to cause serious anxiety. The location is usually in the longitudinal length of the sheet near the bottom, and takes in a circle of about 3 feet diameter. The cracks ure on the fire side and run vertically from one stay bolt to another. When tested in a machine the cracks open up alarmingly and the sheets also crack when punched, showing that the metal is thoroughly demoralized, so to } all this difficulty is not yet found, speak. The cause of THE IMPROVED AMERICAN racks by which they are operated are cut integral with the bar. They are perfectly counterbalanced and can be fed entirely independently of each other at any angle. The table is 36 inches in diameter, is powerfully geared and has 16 changes of speed. The gearing on both table and pinion is accurately planed from the solid. The table spindle is of large diameter and extra length, and the thrust is taken on steel collars, hardened and ground. The feed is operated by a friction disk, with rapid adjustment, giving a range of from 0 to 5-16 inch vertical and 0 to 5-16 inch horizontal per revolution of the table. The driving cone has four steps, the largest 18 inches in diameter, for 3-inch belt. The driving mechanism is at the back of the machine, avoiding liability to accident while putting on or removing work. The machine is self contained, obviating the necessity of expensive foun dation. ee mE —_—— The high powered locomotives in use on many roads are giving much trouble by breakdowns. This extends BORING AND TURNING MILL but various conjectures are advanced. Some think that the alkaline water they are obliged to use causes foaming to such a degree that the metal is laid bare and over- heated. Whatever the reason may be, if it is not discov- ered and cured mastodonic locomotives will become un- popular. Ilawkridge Brothers, steel merchants, 303 Congress street, Boston, Mass., have just completed a warehouse for the storage of steel. This is located near Boston on the line of the Boston & Maine Railroad, having a spur track running through the building. The dimensions of the building are 18 x 80 x 160 feet high. They propose to use this addition to their present warehouse, to en- able them to carry heavier and more complete lines of steel than ever before, and in more numerous grades. They state that with the slow deliveries that the mills are giving them to-day it is impossible to supply their customers without their carrying very much heavier stocks than heretofore. They will have a storage capac- itv in their two warehouses now of more than 5000 tons. ast oo AEE RE. me RIN He = Ln ere ee ENS NRT AOA A PE SOBA OE UR NS eae lO eR Une, ee ee ee ee Ren eee ee me me. onesie mae 39m SA A Re Ee ae + AO RO CE OS IR oo RE EET SET CT at ER ELC ET E ER RS a S e ee ETRE (ET TS ANY EER mo ~ eee ee ey ne er note, mt a SLO A OS EEE EE OE OR Re A e he Sere eee lhe Notes from Mexico. Silver and the Railways. - DuRANGO, May 5, 1903.—The commission which is struggling with Mexico's monetary question has circular- ized all the principal industrial companies asking for data in relation to their operations, and the effect which silver’s decline has had upon the lines in which they are engaged. At the same time, as if to furnish an exhibi- tion of indifference to the cogitations of financiers, the silver market and the exchange rate have been playing pranks of an acrobatic kind. Getting the impulse from London, silver took a steady upward turn some days ago which it has fairly maintained. Less than a fortnight ago exchange on New York was quoted at 264 and a frac- tion. It is now down to 220. The great difficulty which attends the transaction of business with gold standard countries, under these conditions, is obvious. Reference has been made to the losses suffered by the railway com- panies through the fall in value of the Mexican dollar. As, with very few exceptions, the railways of Mexico are owned by foreign bond holders, and the interest is computed upon a gold basis, while a large percentage of the operating and maintenance expenses are also paid for at gold rates while the earnings are in silver, it is plain that their position is peculiarly hard when the value is being clipped from the silver dollar from day to day. Some impressive figures have been published showing the actual loss suffered by the Mexican Central Railway Company, the most important as well as the most enter- prising and best managed system in the country. These figures demonstrate that, for eight years out of the past ten, the road has been operated at a loss despite its ex- pansion and increased earnings. The other railways have presumably suffered proportionately. It is not sur- prising, therefore, that the railway companies should hesitate to make new extensions, or that they should chafe under existing conditions and view the future with foreboding. The wonder is that they have been so lavish in their expenditures. This of itself is evidence of their confidence in the wisdom and stability of the Gov- ernment, and of their belief that when the monetary sys- tem of the country shall be placed upon a more stable foundation the losses of the past and the present will be recouped. Increase of Banking. One of the most striking of the business developments in this country of quick transformation has been the ex- traordinary expansion of the banking interests. A little more than a decade has passed since the City of Mexico possessed very limited facilities in the way of financial institutions. ‘The National Bank of Mexico, the Bank of London and Mexico and a few unimportant private bank- ing firms transacted all the business there was to be done before the great inrush of United States capital began. To-day there are in the same city half a score of banks and trust companies with large capitalization, conducted upon the most modern system, which have their branches in all the principal cities. They are all prosperous and pay large dividends; indeed, it may be said that there are few more profitable lines of business in Mexico than that of banking. The laws governing it are strict, hence there is no wildcat recklessness in the management of these im- portant institutions. Business men and humble deposi- tors alike are undisturbed by fear for the safety of their hoards, while phantoms of absconding cashiers and stock gambling presidents haunt them not. - Amendments to Mexican Patent Law. An important measure relative to the patent and trade-mark laws has just been introduced into the Mexi- can Chamber of Deputies. Following is its text: Article 1. Authorization is given to the Executive to amend the legislation on patents of inventions, trade-marks and other forms of industrial property along the following lines: a. Trade-marks and patents will be granted without prior examination as to their novelty or originality. b. The formalities through which applications for trade- marks and patents have to pass will be adjusted so as to be as expeditious and rapid as possible and the taxes on the titles of both will be made as low as possible. ‘ c. A special and entirely adequate system of penalties will be established, to be applied to the persons who infringe trade THE IRON AGE. May 14, 1903 mark and patent rights, and to this end the articles of the penal code that may need be done away with will be repealed. d. A registry of trade-marks will be established in the office having charge of applications therefor, so that transfers of ownersbip cr other modification in the rights involved in the marks in question may be inscribed, without which said trans fers or modifications will have no force against third parties. For this purpose the enactments of the code of commerce wil! be modified in order to harmonize said code with the laws in question. e. A special system to encourage and stimulate the industrial exploitaticns in the country of useful inventions patented will be established by means of suitable provisions that will con- ciliate such exploitation with the exclusive right of operation which patents convey to their owners. f. Without sacrificing the interests of industry and com- merce, an effort will be made to adjust the laws to be issued to the principles most generally accepted in this respect in other countries so that they may with ease be made compatible with the convention of Paris of Mareh 20, 1883, and subsequent modifications of said convention, in case Mexico should form part of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property. Article 2. The Executive will report to the chamber as to the use made of this authorization. industrial Notes, The liquidators appointed by the shareholders of the Yucatan Electric Light & Power Company of Merida ad- vertise tenders for the entire plant as a going concern. This plant was erected three years ago by Siemens & Halske of Berlin at a cost of 571,000 marks. The in- ventory of the company’s property is placed at $1,032,000, Mexican currency. The total zold value of the imports into Mexico dur- ing January of this year was $5,973,712.52, as compared with $5,128,257.93 in January of last year, an increase of $845,454.59. The total first given included machinery and apparatus, $635,690.18 ; vehicles, $99,313.71, and arms and explosives, $143,090.39. A comparison of the exports for the same month shows their aggregate value in Mexican currency as follows: January, 1902, $15,842,662.63; Jan- uary, 1903, $15,679,389.57. The Risdon Iron Works of San Francisco have se- cured an order for 2000 tons of steel pipe for a water power plant which is being built upon an inland river. The order was obtained in competition with Eastern manufacturers, so it is said. , The city of San Juan Bautista, Tabasco, is to be lighted by electricity. The contract for the plant has been given to Volte, Reyes & Castro, a firm of importers in the capital. Segura, Braniff & Co. of Orizaba, V. C., will furnish electric light and power for the nearby city of Cordoba. The company named have a Westinghouse electric plant at Orizaba, and also good water power. A find of coal is reported in the neighborhood of Jiquilpan, in the State of Michoacan, and one of graphite near Willard Station, on the Sonora Railway,in the State of that name. Shipments from this deposit of graphite have been made to the United States. Sugar making machinery of United States manufac- ture is in good demand and is considered superior to all other. Several complete plants have recently been in- stalled in large plantations in different parts of the country. It is announced from Monterey that the steel making department of the works there is about to be started. A number of orders are said to have been booked for steel beams and other products. The shares of the company have sold as low as $100, but they are again advancing. Two new lines of steamships have been established between Mexico and foreign countries. One is the Ham- burg and American Line, which has a fleet of first-class steamers carrying freight and passengers between Eu- ropean, Mexican and Cuban ports, the other being the Chinese Commercial Company’s -line, which consists of four steamers plying between Manzanillo, San Fran- cisco, Hong Kong and other Oriental ports. In addition to the order for rails recently noted as having been placed with a Philadelphia company, a Mexican paper reports that the same railway company, the Mexican Great Eastern, have ordered ten passenger coaches, 200 freight cars and five locomotives for early delivery. Mexico’s production of copper is steadily increasing. During the first seven months of the current fiscal year the exports reached the aggregate value of $11,231,235.18 : May 14, 1908 in the same period lead to the value of $3,371,371.00, and other metals valued at $658,445.77, were exported. These are silver values. The rate of exchange for the payment of import du- ties for the month of May has been fixed at 243.90 per cent. Imports from the United States during the first seven months of the current fiscal year were valued at $23.583,- 685.71, gold, an increase of $4,255,433.05 over the total for the corresponding period in the previous fiscal year. Applications have been made to the Government for two new concessions for manufacturing plants. One is for a factory for making steel files, which is to be built in the Federal District: the other projected enterprise is a manufactory for generators for acetylene gas and for the production of carbides. Capital to the sum of $20,- 000 is to be invested in the first named undertaking, and $500,000 in the last. The Mexican Central Railway Company. on account of the heavy growth of the traffic upon all of their lines, are considering the advisability of largely increasing their recently placed order for locomotives. w. 3. oo The Production of Wire Rods and of Wire Nails. The American Iron and Steel Association has issued the following: The production of iron and steel United States in 1902 amounted to 1,574,393 gross tons, against 1,365,934 tons in 1901. 846,291 tons in 1900, 1,036,- 398 tons in 1899, and 1,071,683 tons in 1898, showing an increase of 208,459 tons, or over 15 per cent., in 1902 as compared with 1901. Of the total production in 1902, 1,574,187 tons were steel and 206 tons were iron rods. The following table gives the production by States in the last three ye:rs, in gross tons: wire rods in the Production of Wire Rods. States.—Gross tons. 1900. 1901. 1902 Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and New Jer- OO io fac eSed ee cdeve cureweyn 134,502 176,101 201,653 Pemeay TGs. 66.6.0 cclévccccsees 240,533 386,037 509,802 West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama ee Ge paw cw nen es ba wae wet 244,731 422,679 440,558 Indiana and Illinois............ 226,525 381,117 422,380 WSO... ciccccccdvecssce cc BCC SGG 1,576,908 Pennsylvania made the largest quantity of wire rods in 1902, with Illinois second, Ohio third, and Massachu- setts fourth. Eight other States, Rhode Island, Con- necticut, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Ken- tucky, Alabama and Indiana, also rolled wire rods in 1902. With the exception of West Virginia, which first rolled rods in 1902, all the States named also produced rods in 1901. The following table gives the production of wire nails in 1901 and 1902, in kegs of 100 pounds: Production of Wire Nails. States.—Kegs of 100 pounds. 1901. 1902. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.......... 71,553 309,651 Re TONE: cc es Kee rL eS weer re 136,118 132,854 aad azar 3,118,508 4,219,604 Pennsylvania Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ala- bama and Ohio..... 3,633,894 3,251,918 Indiana and Illinois...... eee 2,902,006 Michigan, Wisconsin and California..... 127,001 166,213 OCs icc cca scccscceguiess .. 9,803,822 10,982,246 The production of wire nails in the United States in 1902 amounted to 10,982,246 kegs of 100 pounds, as com- pared with 9,803,822 kegs in 1901, an increase of 1,178,- 424 kegs, or over 12 per cent. In 1900 the production amounted to 7,233,979 kegs, in 1899 to 7,618,130 kegs, in 1898 to 7.418.475 kegs, in 1897 to 8,997,245 kegs, in 1896 to 4.719.860 kegs and in 1895 to 5,841,408 kegs. The wire nails produced in 1902 were made by 62 works pared with 61 in 1901. The production in 1902 was great- ly in excess of that of any preceding year. Almost all the wire nails produced in 1902 were made of steel. as com EE Protective Measures by Chicago Steam Users. The Steam Users’ Association, which has recently been organized at Chicago, and of which Paul Blatchford is THE IRON AGE. 5 secretary, proposes to develop a policy by which the asso- ciation will undertake to furnish men to occupy the places of strikers in the Chicago territory. The fact that men will be in readiness to take the places made vacant by union engineers and firemen may be a cure for hasty strikes. The members of the association wish it under- stood that it is not their intention to fight unions but to protect employers against loss and damage resulting from the arbitrary actions of the unions. It is the desire of this association to arbitrate any differences which may arise and to nip impending strikes in the bud. But to do this, the first essential is the possession of strength to counteract hasty and ill-advised actions of employees. —— The Lombard Molding [lachine. The N. putting on the market a new type of molding machine, the invention of James Reid, Jr., superintendent of the Hol- The latter company have 65 of \. Lombard Company of Worcester, Mass., are yoke Machine Company. THE LOMBARD MOLDING MACHINE. them in use in their foundry. The machine is simple in construction, as will be seen from the engraving. The raising and lowering motion is accomplished by means of two crank shafts, with two connecting spur gears. The pattern frame slides in two guides, and is also sup- ported at each corner in a half circular slot, thus insuring Compression springs counteract the weight of The gears are covered to keep out the sand. rigidity. the flasks. = ——_—>- The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has laid 1000 tons of nickel steel rail, 85 pounds to the yard, this spring, on curves where traffic is heavy. This rail, when experi- iuents were being made, gave splendid results, the wear being much less than with the ordinary It is considerably harder and although expensive has demonstrated that it is economical in the end. In one test nickel steel was laid in 1897 and new Bessemer steel in 1898S. In 1902 the latter had to be renewed, while the nickel steel appeared good for several more years of sessemer steel. service. ARSE SP Aa ARRIBA faite some OER. CM ES OPT WN + RUD Deegan” Sa A ee OAR ALIEN OO I RE ORR wh Samohi ON ne ee SER ON Te teers ee Aen areas Sa cisceiebusale ilaadatebtiaactaatatnnaanh ett nayeeereees te eee tiethen aaezasaieed teen TE, A AS LE nee emeuinnears. “ome . BES > a aoe. | op “get: Ce ee ems ce see ee 6 THE IRON AGE. Lake Mining Matters. DULUTH, MINnNn., May 10, 1903.-—Examination is now being made by Eastern men, accompanied by dredge ex- perts from Duluth, of the black ore sands of Lake Su- perior. On the north shore of the lake, in Canada, east of the Nepigon River, are deposits of these sands that seem to be of large size. It is the hope that they can be concentrated and shipped to furnaces. The ore is a magnetite, and when concentrated is said to be very pure and of good physical character. The parties interested have secured concessions from the Canadian Government that will permit their mining these deposits if it shall be found advisable to do so. During April there were shipped through the Sault canals, covering the business of Lake Superior, about 650,000 gross tons of iron ore, out of 900,000 tons that went from the lake district. The total business of the canals for that month was 1,651,520 net tons of freight, compared with 2,340,000 tons for the same month last year, but far above any preceding April in the history of the canal. May will be an important month, and the ship- ments of ore and coal will be phenomenal. The Menominee Range. The district just east of the Crystal Falls mines, run- ning over by the Hope, Hollister, Hollister and Armenia, is liable to receive no little exploration activity this year. The Armenia has been looking well, under the activity of Corrigan, McKinney & Co., and this has brought the dis- trict into favor. The ore bearing formation is rather narrow, as a rule, and there is much mixed ore that has not been cleaned up. But development has not proceeded to sufficient depth to determine anything definitely, as explorations are conducted nowadays, and with greater depth and more careful work it is hoped that there may be results. At the Armenia indications are excellent for the discovery of ore bodies of much importance and of good grade. In the Stambaugh district the Penn Iron Mining Com- pany and Pickands, Mather & Co. have been optioning lands and are to explore at once on a considerable scale. The Oliver Iron Mining Company are also exploring at the Baker farm, to the northeast. The Hiawatha mine, in this district, the property of the Schlitz Mining Com- pany, is understood to be under option to one of the large independent steel making companies, and a sale is liable to be made should examination prove satisfactory. Mining operations are to be resumed at the properties of the Antoine Ore Company, now controlled by the Re- public Iron & Steel Company. The output of the Antoine will be very much increased and the Vulcan silica is to be opened. At the Antoine pumps are at work and about 100 men will be employed. More than 100,000 tons of ore have been placed for this season’s shipment. Electric power will be generated at Vulcan for the use of mines in that region, and preliminary steps have already been taken for the development. Water Power [mprovements. An important water power project is under consid- eration for Chandler Falls, Marquette range, by I. Stephenson and others, and another further up the Bs- canaba River, near Ishpeming, which is designed to trans- mit power to mines. The Lake Superior Iron Company own falls in this river and are supposed to have their improvement for mining uses in mind. On the Mesaba and Vermillion ranges there is every reason to expect that electric power will before long be delivered at the various mines, by reason of the operations of the Great Northern Power Company of Duluth, whose plans are fast reaching ‘the point where actual construction will commence. The company will develop their immense power at Duluth from water falling 365 feet through pipes, and will transmit the power by wire to range points. They are under contract to be delivering power in little more than a year, and are now closing contracts for ma- chinery and with construction companies. Explorations and Development, For the past 15 months the Great Northern Railway Company have been employing both churn and diamond - May 14, 1903 drills in the region west of the Mississippi River, along the trend of the Mesaba range, hoping to find a western extension of the range. Much of this work has been north of Grand Rapids, Minn., and west of there, though some has been on a possible western extension of the Ver- million range, north of Hibbing, Minn. Now all these drills have been withdrawn and work has ceased. It is understood that the company have been unable to find the indications tuey were looking for, though north from Hibbing they have found some quite encouraging indica- tions. Attracted by the work of the Great Northern, many others have been prospecting these fields more or less carefully, but they are all coming out. There is to the west of the Mississippi River an extensive covering of drift over the formation, and it is a very costly and difficult matter to get down to ledge. The Great Northern has let contracts for an extension of its line from the Hawkins mine, western Mesaba range, westerly to the Diamond mine, same range, a dis- tance of about 10 miles. ‘There are a few known ore bodies on the line of the road, but not many of good grade. The Diamond is the property of the United States Steel Corporation and now has no railway connection. It was purchased a few years ago as a reserve by the Oliver Iron Mining Company. With the rapid development of charcoal furnaces in the upper lake region of late the annual consumption of wood is very great. It is stated that with the furnaces at Marquette, Gladstone, Manistique, St. Ignace and New- berry in operation as now, the annual consumption is more than 400,000 cords of wood. With the addition of the Sault furnaces the consumption will be very much in- creased, as these are among the largest charcoal furnaces built. The latest report of the inspector of mines for [ron County, Mich., shows 1450 men employed at 16 mines and explorations. Of these Corrigan, McKinney & Co. have about 600 men, the Oliver Iron Mining Company 400 and other companies the remainder. On June 24, this year, the Lake Superior Iron Com- pany will hold a semi-centennial celebration of the be- ginning of work on their Ishpeming mines. It is ex- pected that James Gayley and other leading Eastern officials of the company, as well as the Western officers from Duluth, will be present. An extensive programme has been made up for the occasion. The mines of the Lake Superior Iron Company have been in operation for half a century and in that time have produced 11,500,000 tons of ore, about the same quantity as those of the Cleve- land Cliffs Iron Company, who held a similar celebration last year. The fact that both of these great companies are larger producers than ever, and have opened reserves for many years to come, is an interesting evidence of the permanence of the ore bodies of the old ranges of Lake Superior. D. E. W. sichnimesstat alae ities Great Railroad Strike in Australia.—Employees of the State owned railroads of Victoria struck at midnight on May 8, in consequence of a dispute with the Govern- ment regarding the right to affiliate with the Victoria Trades’ Hall, the headquarters of trade unionism in that colony. Before the strike began demonstrations were made in front of the newspaper offices. Troops were sent to patrol the streets. The Government claimed that in case of a strike in other trades affiliated with the Trades’ Hall the railroad men would be obliged to strike in sym- pathy, and therefore the Government notified them that unless they withdrew from the Trades’ Hall before May 12 they would be dismissed. The engineers retorted by demanding the withdrawal of the order by 5 p.m. on May 8. Those who went out will lose rights to pensions. Public opinion indorses the Government. About 11,000 men are out. eo In 1840, or -thereabout, Isaac Dripps, a master me- chanic of the Camden & Amboy Railroad, designed a screw propeller which had the extreme tips of the blades flanged over the whole length in order to confine the water within the area of the wheel. No especial advan- tage was found in it over the straight blades used to- day, but it is a curious fact that this feature has been patented over and over again since. May L4, 190% The Haeseler-Ingersoll Pneumatic Hammer. The main features of the pneumatic hammer here illustrated are the valve mechanism for reciprocating the piston, a locking device for taking up wear and se- curely locking the handle, the valve box and cylinder made integral, and a simple arrangement of throttle valve for controlling the admission of air. The valve is axial, in that its movement, is around a fixed axis or trunnion, the travel forward and back to alternately open and close the admission and exhaust ports being caused by a con- stant air pressure upon the short wing of the valve and intermittent air pressure upon the long wing. The parts in the valve, as well as those in the valve box, are of equal areas and are located diametrically opposite to each other, so that any pressure against either side of the Fig. 1.—Awgial Valre. Fig. 2.—Interior of Valve Bor Throttle Valve Closed. Fig. 8. THE IRON AGE. 7 - der. The construction and operation of the throttle will be understood from the engravings, Figs. 3 and 4. These hammers are made by the Haeseler-Ingersoll Pneumatic Tool Company, 26 Cortlandt street, New York. —————— a New Steel Plant at Byesville, Ohio.—The Cambridge- Byesville Steel Company are building a new plant at Byesville, Ohio, for the manufacture of open hearth steel, billets and bars, which they expect to have in operation about September 1. The plant will be modern through- out and will be equipped with the latest machinery, in- cluding a 35-ton open hearth furnace and billet and bar mills. Adjacent to the mill the company own a large tract of steam coal. C. L. Bailey of Marietta is presi- dent; Lakin C. Taylor, secretary, and A. A. Taylor, treas- urer, both of Cambridge, Ohio. cn iin The firm of Thomas Meadow & Co., English iron and steel manufacturers, have won the appeal which they made from an assessment of duty on soft steel strips used in the manufacture of electrical transformers. The strips were originally assessed for duty as manufactures of metal not otherwise provided for at 45 per cent. ad valorem. As this rate was practically prohibitive, the firm appealed to the General Board of Appraisers, who rendered their decision on May 6, in which they sustained Fig. 4.—Throttle Valve Opened. THE HAESELER-INGERSOLL PNEUMATIC HAMMER. valve is equalized by a corresponding pressure upon the other side, resulting in a balanced valve and consequent absence of friction and wear on the trunnion or axis about which the valve moves. As the movement of the valve is transverse to the direction of the travel of the hammer or piston, the vibration of the entire tool is lessened in operation, and the action of the valve is not disturbed when the hammer blow is struck, but is quick, steady and uniform, and en- tirely free from fluttering or incomplete travel. Both the valve and valve box are made of steel, hardened and accurately ground to gauges. To insure keeping the joints between the faces of the cylinder,* valve box and handle tight by securely locking the parts together, there is provided a simple and strong construction, consisting of a number of slots in the collar of the cylinder and a different number of notches in the end of the handle, the one number not being a multiple of the other. This arrangement permits a fine adjustment to be made when it is desired to take up the wear of the parts, as a notch in the handle will always be in line with one of the slots in the cylinder, without regard to any required position of the handle being necessary. When the handle is screwed up tight the parts are locked together by a key inserted in the registering slot and notch referred to, and this key is held in place by a spring band snapped over it and around the collar of the cylin- the contention of the manufacturers that as the strips were valued at over 4 cents and not over 7 cents per pound, the proper rate of duty should be 1 3-10 cents per pound under the provisions of paragraph 135 of the Ding- ley tariff act. The statement is made that the firm have developed an important business in the manufacture of these strips for American use, and that they expect un- der a favorable rate of duty to greatly increase their ex- ports of steel in this form to this country. The Barnett & Record Company, contractors of Min- neapolis, Minn., are erecting at Buffalo, N. Y., for the Washburne-Crosby Company a fire proof flouring mill and elevator of steel construction eight stories high and of large dimensions. The elevator will contain nine steel bound “tile” bins, each 90 feet high and 20 feet in di- ameter, a new feature in elevator and flour mill con- struction, patented by the Barnett & Record Company. The location is on the inner harbor, with lake, rail and canal connections, permitting grain to be received at the mill by boat, ground and distributed by rail or canal at a considerable saving in the cost of handling. It is quite probable that other mi