Middletown transcript., 1870-03-05
PEREMPTORY SALE
STOCK, TOOLS, AND FIXTURES
OF THE a
Peninsular Machine w orks
MIppLEToWN, NEW CASTLE CO. DEL.

MIDDLET0wN, NEW CASTLE co. DEL.
TIME subscriber, as Assignee of Jas. II. llodg-
i son, will sell at public sale, without rescry-
alton, on
Tuesday, Mqrca 22ad, 1870, at l 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:
lt MACHINE SHOPS:
l lo-horsc 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 rs
fuel, wood or coal | l5-horse Slide Engine s.
inch cylinder, SO inch stroke complete, with gov
ernor, exhaust pipe, fly and drum Wheels all in
good order, with l0-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 II 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 rcaper-knife work, ! Daniels
wood planer, feet bed IL by IL inches, in good
order; 24-inch circular rip saw, arbor, steel
mandril frame and liable complete; upright
scroll saw, puIcys hangers, counter, shaft and
pulleys ] blast fan for driving blacksmith for
ges, with counter, shaft, puleys, hangers and
belt, in good order, large grind stone, frame
and hangings complete; large vices, as good
as new; 2 vice benches with drawers, Is assort-
cd rose bits, from ll-l6 to inches, stocks, solid
dies, taper and plug taps, ratchet drill and bits
wrenches, calipers, hammers, compasses cold
chisels, punches, reemers, hack saw and wcbbs,
Key seat drifts, sample shafts and pins, centre
punches oil cans, waste, &c.
IN TIE Blu CKSAITH SHOPS:
81 inch Phila. bellows, l SO inch ditto,
p-wright anvis (nearly new, oae vice, two vice
benches, 3 tool racks, slack tubs, large nssort-
ment of concave and oval swedges, ,swedge blocks,
forms, cleavers, hardies, hammers, punches,
tongs, sedges, rivet head TOOLS bolt machine
and dies, l shoeing box and TOOLS l pair tf iron
bench shears, cut off machine, patent tyre ben
der, tyre heating forge n large lot of wrought
iron assorted sizes. Also steel bars round and
square, spring steel a lot of good wrought scrap
| lron forms, squares and other tools. Blast pipes
and fixtures, and sheet iron bending machine,
blacksmiths coal, &C. &c.
IN TIE WOOD AND PATTERN SHOP ::
tcnoning machine (new) complete with bits,
belts, &c. gamer head with bits, | emery saw
GUNNER and table complete hub boring ma
chine wood turning lathe, and tools complete
grind stone, frame aud pulley, cut off circu-
lar saw and table complete, cylinder cross bal
ancng machine foot mortsing machine pony
pianer and ch"mierng machine with forms i
horizontal boring machine with assorted sizes of
bits, circular saw and table, moulding machine
4superior work benches with maple top and iron
bench screws trussclS, cabinet champs wood
screws. Lot OF PANT cnus paint mill. Lot of
assorted sizes white pine pattern lumber, and a
variety OF patterns, forms and templets
IN THE FOUNDRY:
An iron cupola #, high % inches inside di-
ameter, new; will melt one ton of metal IN hour
good blast fan, with pipes and tuyercs COM
pete. Line shaft, belts and pulleys in good or
aer. Large lot of good TASKS, assorted: wrought
and cast clamps; lot Of moulding sand, charcoal
dust aud facings. Ladies' of all sizes, n new
tumbng mill for cleaning small castings shoy-
els, selves, together with II large collection of
wood ana IRON patterns, comprising in pant Ius--
sey ana remington reapers, Pclton, Uriny Pitts
and Mix horse powers, Reading and Pennock
corn shelters, Buckeye wheel horse rakcs, drill
presses, cuptlo, lard presses, moving machines
HetScr, Westinghouse and other threshcrs pul-
ieyS mill gearing, engine work, sugar mill work,
plowS, gang pIOws, and a large assortment of
IRON ratings for yards verandahs, churches.
cemetery work, brackets, balcony and various
other patterns TOO numerous to mention, Also
large lot Of good cast scrap iron
IN TIE STORE ROOMS.
A large quantity of castings and wrought for
steel KNIFE sections, crank pins also large sup
ply OF carriage bolts, square head and machine
poitS 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
aoie Tor agriculture and other work.
Al the same time will lie offered s PENNINGTON
r5e3mn@ machines 50 and #. cut, new and
Dulll in The best manner and OF the Lest materials
one O. horse PeIton power, new and complete
WIN shafts sweepes and braces, ground blocks
&c. Nine Heading Corn Shelters new and finished
IN IN Tue very hest manner. One McCorkle Gang
flow and Cutiyator. Blacksmith Drill Pres
ses, new, an invaluable tool in any smith shop,
lot ot unfinished Buckeye Wheel Horse Rakes,
Montgomery Fans. Also spokes, ielloes. ward
crane Tor hosting and Doyles patent pulley
plock, will raise and sustain one ton, besides
numerous other articles not specally enumerated
Inc Pcnnsular Machine Works are situated
Ill me centre of the town of Mdidletown upon
nam street. within Two squares of the Depot of
me Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore r.
H. ana have been in operation for twenty years,
doing a large and profitable business being the
oest shop of the kind south of Wilmington, and
,' commanding wide range Of business territory
Inc location of Mddetown containing l2 To
LoOO inhahitants) upon the direct line of Rail
road from Norfolk, Va. TO Philadelphia, and The
i".Piuy increasing branches OF the railroads.
give the location an importance as manufi C.
turing town, second TO none on the Peninsula.
The town lies high, is exceedingly healthy and
surrounded for miles by most fertile and highly
productive farms, using large quantities of first
class machinery. The works are under easy
rent and are in good order and comfortaDie.
The most of the TOOLS were new in SGT and are
all in good order. The works can be put in
operation in few hours and with small capi-
tai can be made TO pay good profit, either TO
an individual or stock company. The facilities
for shipping machinery throughout the PENN
sula are unsurpassed while being but 25 miles
south of Wilmington, coal and iron can be had
at very small advance upon city prices
is beyond doubt rare opportunity, and IN
those who purchase and put the works in opera
tion there can be no doubt of snccess, rs almost
all the agricultural machinary for miles around
depend upon these works for repairs, as here
alone are to be found the patterns from which
they were manufactured. A number of machises
manufactured al these shops are fully covered bv
Patent Rights for the Stlte and Peninsula <
large an ha in I.n,, ID