Middletown transcript., 1870-03-12

STUCK, TOULS, AND FIXTURES
OF THE
Peninsular Machine w orks
MIDDLETowN, NEW CASTLE co. DEL.
7NHE subscriber, as Assignee of Jas. II. Hodg-
son, will sell at public sale, without reserv-
alton, on
Tuesday, March 22nd, 1870, at o'clock, p. M
The Tools, Stock and Fixtures of the above
named works. contained in the Machine Shops,
Wood and Pattern Shop, Foundry, Yard, and
Store rooms, as follows:
MACHINE SHOPS:
l0-horse Tubular Locomotive Boiler, in good
order, complete with heater, safety and check
valves, steam guage, guage and blow off cocks,
pumps and all necessary connections, using as
fuel, wood or coal l l5-horse Slide Engine, g.
inch cylinder, SO inch stroke, complete, with gov
ernor, exhaust pipe, fly and drum wheels, all in
good order, with l0-nch leather driving belt,
nearly new; line shaft couplings, and bear
ings inches in diameter, rs feet long, with re-
quisite pulleys and beltings l iron screw cutting
lathe, "a inch swing, IL feet bed, as good new,
aud in complete order, with wrencher and bits;
| boring MILL slide bed, 40 in. swing, 2 upright
hand or power drill presses, small hand or pow
er drill press for reaper-knife work, l Daniels
wood paner, feet bed IL by IL inches, in good
mandri, frame and table complete; upright
| scroll Saw, pueys hangers, counter, shaft and
pulleys / blast ian for driving blacksmith for
ges, with counter, shaft, pulleys, hangers and
belt, in good order, large grind stone, frame
and hangings complete; large vices, as good
as new; vice benches with drawers, Is assort-
ed rose bits from lille to inches, stocks, solid
dies, taper and plug taps, ratchet drill and bits
wrenches, calpers, hammers, compasses cold
chisels, punches, reemers, hack saw and webbs,
key seat drifts, sample shafts and pins, centre
punches, oil cans, waste, &C.
IN THE BLA CKSMITH SHOPS:
81 inch Phila. bellows, l Sc inch ditto,
p-wright anvils (nearly new, oae vice, two vice
benches, tool racks, slack tubs, large assort-
merit of concave and oval swedges, ,swedge blocks,
forms, ceavers, hardies, hammers, punches,
tongs, sedges, rivct head tools, bolt machine
and dies, shoeing box and tools, pair of iron
bench shears, cut off machine, patent tyre ben
der, tyre heating forge, large lot of wrought
iron assorted sizes. Also steel bars round and
square, spring steel lot of good wrought scrap
| iron, forms, squares and other tools Blast pipes
and fixtures, and sheet iron bending machine,
| blacksmiths coal, &c. &c.
tenoning machine (ncw) complete with bits,
belts, &c. gamer head with bits, l emery saw
GUNNER and table complete, hub boring ma
|
! grind stone, frame and pulley, cut off circu-
lar saw and table complete, cylinder bal
| ancing machine, foot mortisng machine, pony
planer and chamfering machine with forms.
| horizontal boring machine with assorted sizes of
| bits, circular saw and table, moulding machine,
4 superior work benches with maple top and iron
bench screws, trussels, cabinet clamps, wood
screws. Lot Of paint cans, paint mill. Lot of
| assorted sizes white pine pattern lumber, and
variety of patterns, forms and templcts.
IN TIE FOUNDRY:
| An iron cupola 8 #, high % inches inside di-
| ameter, new; will melt one ton of metal an hour.
good blast fan, with pipes and tuyeres COM
plete. Line shaft, belts and pulleys in good Or
der. Large lot of good TASKS, assorted wrought
and cast clamps; lot Of moulding sand, charcoal
dust and facings. Ladies' of all sizes, a new
tumbling mill for cleaning small castings. SHOW
els Selves together with large collection of
wood and iron patterns, comprising in part Hus-
sey and Pennington reapcrs, Pelton Urmy, Pitts
and Mix horse powers, Reading and Pennock
| corn shelters, Buckeye wheel horse, rakes, drill
presses, cupalo, lard presses, moving machines,
! Geiser, Westinghouse and other threshers, pull
| leys, mill gearing engine work, sugar mill work.
plows, gang pows and large assortment Of
| iron ratings for yards, verandahs churches,
cemetery work, brackets, balcony and various
other patterns too numerous TO mention. Also
IL large lot of good cast scrap iron.
IN THE STORE ROOMS.
A large quantity of castings and wrought for
gings for repairs of various implements, also
steel knife sections. crank pins, also large sup
ply of carriage bolts, square head and machine
bolts Nuts and washers of all sizes, wire and
wire cloth and steel forgings ready for use.
IN THE YARD.
An assortment of seasoned lumber, various
sizes of oak, maple, poplar, ash and pine, suit
| able
AT the same time will be offered Pennington
reaping machines 81 and ft cut, new and
built in the best manner and OF the best materials.
One S-horse Peton power, new and complete
with shafts sweepes and braces, ground blocks
&c. Nine Reading Corn Shelters new and finished
in the very best manner. One McCorklc Gang
Plow and Cultvator. Blacksmith Drill Pres
scs, new, an invaluable tool in any smith shop,
lot OF unfinished Buckeye Wheel Horse RakeS,
Montgomery Fans. Also spokes, felloes. l yard
crane lor hosting, and Doyies patent pulley
block, will raise and sustain one ton, besides
numerous other articles not specially enumerated.
The Peninsular Machine Works are situated
in the centre of the town of Mdidletown upon
main street, within two squares of the Depot OF
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore X.
X. and have been in operation for twenty years,
doing large and profitable business, being the
best shop OF the kind south Of Wilmington, and
commanding wide range of business territory.
The location Of Middletown, Containing IL to
| inh nhah itan ntslu the direct line nf Rail