April 11, 1913. THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN, 733 W LEWIS &SQN 4 AIR PIPE MANI3 ' .O !?<• BllSTOH, STAFFORDSHIRE..? y Telephone No. 72 Bilston. L0WM00R COLLIERY OWNERS MANUFACTURING BRICKS SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRITISH CLAY-WORKER The Organ of the Brick and Tile Trades. Flibta/ied Monthly. Subscription 8s. per annum post free. Send for Specimen Copy to the Publisher, THE BRITISH CLAY-WORKER, 48, ESSEX-ST., LONDON, W.C. THE COLLIERY OFFICIALS’ LEATHER CAP Is Comfortable, Light and Effective. Worn in British, Colonial and Continental Mines. Send 4/6 for Sample to the Maker— GEO. WHITE, 31, High Street, Normanton, YORKS. G. ALLEN & SONS (TIPTON) LTD., Bradley Lane Works, Princes End, TIPTON. COLLIERY AIR PIPES & 8 2 2 I a ao s £ © o. "55 fi “Best Yorkshire” — IRON = FOR RESISTANCE TO STRAINS OR SHOCKS. Specially adapted for COLLIERIES Prices and full particulars from The L0WM00R GO. LTD., Lowmoor Ironworks, BRADFORD. T ancashire & Yorkshire Wagon Company JU LIMITED (Established 1862), RAILWAY WAGON WORKS, HEYWOOD. NBAS MANCHESTER. MANUFACTURERS of RAILWAY WAGONS of every description, for cash and on deferred payments extending over three, five, or seven years. Railway Wheels and Axles, Axle Boxes^Cast and Wrought Ironwork of* every sort made to pattern or drawings; Wagons repaired; Wheels turned up or re-tyred. Second-hand WAGONS Let out on simple Hire, on Application. GEO. H ROBINSON, Secretary. THE FOR illustrated Catalogue. SMALLMAN HAULAGE CLIPS. New Model: Nine Sizes. Patented 1902, 1906 and 1910. Automatic Detachment. The 1911 lever has large lateral stops and a wedge-shaped head. Drop-forged shells (two sizes), levers (four sizes), catches and couplings. Clips can be had without catches. Patentee and Sole Manufacturer:— JAMES W. SMALLMAN. NUNEATON, England. On Admiralty List of Contractors. ■ John Russell & Go. Ld., ALMA TUBE WORKS, WALSALL. ^w^EITTIWPQ 0F ALL KINDS AND I r I I I HlUW FOR ALL PURPOSES. | EVERYTHING IN CONNECTION - WITH r RAILWAYWHG0N5 Rotherham THE BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES RAILWAY WAGON GO. LTD. NEW OE SECOND-HAND WAGONS PUECHASED AND EE-SOLD FOB PAYMENT OVEE THEEE, FIVE, OE SEVEN YEAES. Omens: BEISTOL. JOHN BICKNELL, Secretary. THOMAS MOY Limited, RAILWAY WORKS PETER BO RO’ BUILDERS OF RAILWAY WAGONS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS FO» CASH, PUBCHABB LBASB, OS OH 8IMPLB HIBB. Makers of Wagon Ironwork. Wheels, Forgings, Iron and Brass Castings. CONTRACTORS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF WAGONS. THE ROLLIHG STOCK COMPAHY, DARLINGTON, WAGON OWNERS. Railway Wagons of all descriptions Let on Simple or Purchase Hire# Wagons bought and sold. Wigan Wagon Co. Ld., SPRINGS BRANCH, WIGAN. Manufacturers of RAILWAY WAGONS of every description for cash and on deferred payments. Dead buffer wagons converted into self-contained Spring Buffer wagons. Colliery Pit Tubs, Wagon Ironwork Cast and Wrought, Brass Bearings, Springs, Wheels and Axles, Bolts and Nuts, &c.» &c. Loco and Wagon Wheels turned up and re-tyred. WAGONS REPAIRED, PAINTED AND LETTERED. Telegrams—*• Wagon. Chorley." TfiiRphon*—No. 2t. Private 127. The GHORLEY RAILWAY WAGON CO. LTD., Chorley, LANCASHIRE:. Branch Works—SPRINGS BRANCH, WIGAN. Builders of Bail way Carriages, Wagons, & Bolling Stock of every description for Cash, Purchase Lease, or on Simple Hire. Wagon ironwork, Wagon Wheels, Forging*, Stamping*. Iron and Bras* Foundry Work. Wagon* maintained In Repair by Contract or otherwise. _______________H. W. KITCHEN, Managing Director. ISCA FOUNDRY AND ENGINEERING CO., RAILWAY PLANT & GENERAL ENGINEERS, Switches, Crossings, Turntables, Water Cranes, Girders, Bridges, Roofs, Pipes, Pumps, Wagons, Tanks, Engines, Boilers, Cranes, Works: NEWPORT, MON. London Office 16 & 17, Devonshire Sq. Bishopscate St., E.C. THE HOLLAND DRILLING CO., HEERLEN, HOLLAND. CONTRACTORS for deep Borings for Oil, Coal, Gas and Minerals.—Contractors to the Dutcn Government. SPECIALISTS in Shaft Sinking through Quicksands by freezing systems. MANUFACTURERS of combined Rotary and Percussion Drilling Plants for all depths to 6,000 feet, with Mud or Saline Flush. L THE HOLLAND COBB BARBEL enables Cores to be extracted from soft formations and mineral deposits. For further particulars apply to— The Manager, Department “C,” JOHN WELLS, Cross Keys House, 56, Moorgate Street, London, E.C. Telephone—2273 Wall. Telegrams—*’ DriUistic, London.” Telegrams—•• Purse, Nottingham.” Phone— £ 2207* LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS MANUFACTURED AND ERECTED. Furse’s Improved System SUPERSEDES ALL OTHERS. COLLIER? CHIMNEYS Built, Raised, Straightened, Pointed, Banded, Razed. No Stoppage o£ Work*, W| El ID Q E Traffic Street, ■ Vl rUnOE, NOTTINGHAM. Also LONDON, LINCOLN, BRISTOL HAGGIE BROS. Ltd. Gateshead-on - Tyne. Established 1800. MANUFACTURERS OF IMPROVED PATENT Flat and Round Wire and Hemp ROPES OF ANY LENGTH FOR COLLIERIES AND RAILWAYS, FROM EITHER BEST SELECTED CHARCOAL IRON, IMPROVED PATENT OR PLOUGH STEEL WIRE. Flexible Galvanized Steel Hawsers (all guaranteed to Lloyd’s test), with Winches or Reels and Stoppers, Wire Signal Lines for Railways and Collieries^ Copper Lightning Conductors, complete. Galvanized Fencing Strand. Galvanized Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging. Galvanized Wire Rope fitted up to order. Picture and Sash Cord made from Copper, Brass Plated or Galvanized Wire. Crane Ropes, made to suit small Drums and Pulleys. We have Crane Ropes working on the same Barrels aa Chain*. Wire Rope Springs; Wire Rope PuUeys. Wire Rope Composition or Grease. White Block Ropes and general Hemp Cordage. Chains of every description. Wire Ropes made specially to suit small Pulleys, We can guarantee uniformity of all our Ropes, as we draw our own Wire from Special Rods, got up to our own specification. 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