Middletown transcript., 1870-03-19


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 gpage, guage and blow off cocks,
pumps and all necessary connections, using as
fuel, wood or coal | 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 lO-inch leather driving belt,
nearly new; line shaft, couplings, and bear
ings, inches in diameter, rs feet long, with re-
quisite pulleys and beltngs; iron screw cutting
lathe, "a inch swing, IL feet bed, as good as new,
and in complete order, with wrencher and bits +;
| boring mill, slide bed, 40 in. swing, upright
hand or power drill presses, small hand or pow
er drill press for reaper-knife work. Daniels
wood planer 8 feet bed 2 by II inches, in good
order; 24=inch circular rip saw, arbor, steel
mandril, frame and table completes ] upright
scroll saw, pulleys, hangers, counter, shaft and
pulleys; blast fan for driving blacksmith for
ges, with counter, shaft, pulleys, hangers and
belt, in good order, large grind stone, frame
and hangings complete; 3 large vices, as good
as new 2 vice benches with drawers II assort-
ed rose bits, from ll-l6 to inches, stocks, solid
dies, taper and plug taps ratchet drill and bits,
chises, 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, sc inch ditto, 3
p-wright anvls (nearly new, J oae vice. two vice
benches, B tool racks, slack tubs, large assort-
mcnt OF concave and oval swcdgcs, swedge blocks
FORMS clcavers, hardies, hammers, punches
tongs sledges, rivet 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 topls. Blast pipes
and fixtures, and / sheet iron bending machine,
blacksmiths coal, sc. &c.
IN THE WOOD AND PATTERN SHOP j.:
tcnonng machine (new) complete with bits,
belts, &c. gamer head with bitts emery SAW
GUNNER and table complete, l hub boring ma
chine, l wood turning LATHE and tools complete,
l grind stone, frame and pulley l cut off crcu-
lar SAW and table complete, cylinder cross bal
ancng machine, foot mortising machine, pony
planer and Chamiering 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, trusses, cabinet clamps, wood
screws Lot Of paint cans, paint mill Lot OF
assorted Sizes white pine pattern lumber, and a
variety Of patterns forms and templets.
IN TIE FO UNDRY:
An iron cupola #, high % inches inside d-
ametcr, 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
tnmhlnu mill for clpauinu small poetinra eboy.
els, selves, together with large collection OF
wood and iron patterns, comprising in part lIus-
| sey and Pennington reapers Pelton, Urmy, Pitts
and Mix horse powers, Reading and Pennoei
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,
| pows, gang plows, and a large assortment OF
| iron ratings for yards, yeranduhs, churches,
cemetery work, brackets, balcony and various
| other patterns too numerous 10 mention. Also
a large lot of good cast scrap iron.
IN THE STORE ROOMS.
A large quantity Of castings and wrought for
gngs 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 TIE YARD.
An assortment of seasoned lumber, various
sizes of oak, maple, poplar, ash and pine, suit
able for agriculture and other work.
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 8 horse Pelton power, new and complete
with shafts sweepes and braces, ground blocks
&c. Nine Reading Corn Shelters new and finished
| in the very Lest manner. One McCorkle Gang
| Plow and Cultivator. Blacksmith Drill Pres
pHrn nluul 1n in ol,o
A lot of unfinished Buckeye Wheel Horse Rakes
Montgomery Fans. Also spokes, felloes. l yart
crane for hosting, and Doyes patent pulley
block, will raise and sustain one toa besides
numerous other articles not specially enumerated
Tho Peninsular Machine Works are situated
in the centre OF the town of Mdidletown, upor
main street, within two squares of the Depot o
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore K
II. and have been in operation for twenty years
doing large and profitable business, being tn,
lest shop OF the kind south OF Wilmington, anC
commanding wide range Of business territory
The location Of Middletown, containing IL L
1900 inhdbitants) upon the direct line OF Raj
Road from Norfolk, Va. to Philadelphia, and TIN
rapidly increasing branches Of the railroads
give the location an importance rs u manufac
turing town, second to none on the Peninsula
The town lies high, is exceedingly healthy ant
sur ounded for miles by most fertile and highl,
productive farms, using large quantities OF frs
class machinery. The works are under an cas-,
rent and are in good order and comfortable
The most Of the tools were new in 1867 and ar
all in good order. The works can be put il
operation in u few hours, and with u small capi
tai can be made to pay II good profit, either t
nm individual or stock company. The iacilitie
for shipping machinery throughout the PENN
sun are unsurpassed, while being but 25 mile
south Of Wilmington, coal and iron Gun be la
at II very small advance upon city prices.
1t is beyond doubt rare opportunity, and /
those who purchase and put the works In operr
ton there can be no doubt OF success, rs aimo,
all the agricultural machinary for miles aroun
depend upon these works for repairs, as her
alone are to be found the patterns from whic
they were manufactured. A number of machist
manufactured at these shops are fully covered b
Patent Rights for the Stale and Peninsula.
large trade can be done in Iron Railing alon,
and tho various patterns are covered by paten
which secure to the purchaser the sole use
them The patterns OF Railings verandahs, 4,
are all of new styles and In good order. II
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