Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07

a kid?' asked one big manufacturer of
railroad supplies of another in the lobby
OF the New Willard last night Yes. You
remember the one about the little bears and
the big bears. and how they all had things
to happen to them when they returned home
after visit in the woods? How one little
bear lost his porridge, etc.? And do you
remember about the littlest bear who pro-
claimed that there somebody In his
bed? Remember that, do you? Well. that's
me. I'm that little bear tonight. There's
somebody in my bed
The hotel people heard the story and
made an investigation. There was some
body in his bed. and hurry call was sent
to learn who 1t was. The intruder was
routed out, and was found to be another
important business man who is attending
the congress, and who wandered into that
particular room because it was the only
empty one he could find in town.
Any little moral there might be in this
tale would seem to point to the fact that
the hotels are full to the OVERLOOKING point.
The managers of all the downtown hostel
ries say they have never had such a crowd
since the Inauguration, and seldom before
that. Every available room is taken, and
in some of the establishments there are
three and four occupants for each room.
The exhibit of the Philip Carey Manu-
featuring Company Is installed in the at
tractive and substantial 25x30-foot building
in which this companys exhibit was housed
at the Louisiana purchase exposition at
St. Louis last year. The many combina-
tons of asbestos and magnesia which this
pipe covering and other similar purposes,
and for roofing for freight cars and build
ings are worth technical attention. The
fiber used Is shown in Canadian and Rus
sian asbestos scanned rocks from which
the raw material Is obtained. The exhibit
contains specimens of the best grade of
asbestos-magnesia for boiler covering. con-
tanning 50 per cent magnesia and Is per
cent asbestos, a combination which is be-
neVed TO be one of the best of practicable
nonconductors of heat. There are also
shown samples of asbestos mill board, a
combination of asbestos and paper fiber
samples of train pipe covering of asbestos
feit, made in layers to prevent breaking or
cracking due to train motion; samples of
ASBESTOS paper, asbestos Irvine and asbestos
rope packing of many sizes, and a sample
theater curtain of asbestos woven WIRE An
interesting feature of the exhibit is a roof
model showing the application OF this COM
pany puriap magnesia asphaltum roofing.
10 insure perfectly waterproof Joints this
roofing material has patent laps covering
.he nails; the lap being cemented down A
demonstration Is also made of the use of
the burlap roofing for freight cars The
material covers the top of the roofing prop
er ana forms complete waterproof pro-
paint. "a
Inc Standard steel works are exhibiting
steei-tred wheels, forged and rolled steel
Wneeis, steer tires and railway springs with
test specimens and sections to show the
character of manufacture. This comnany
received at the Columbian exposition an
award for their method Of manufacturing
tlres from ingots, which refers to the use
Oh olllets cut from long ingots after the
upper segregated part had been rejected,
1nus nsurtng absolutely solid material
rms process now has been adopted in pre-
pairing blanks from which the forged and
rolled steel wheels are made. These wheels
are new and interesting feature in rail-
way equipment. Being made from solid
steel blanks of tire steel hardness and high
physical qualities they may be used where
cast-lron wheels are not strong enough and
where steel-tred wheels are considered too
expensive. In the manufacture of the roll
ed-steel wheels the company has utilized it's
many years of experience in the manufac-
ture and sale of steel-tired wheels, which
are made with centers either of cast steel,
cast iron or wrought iron, and with any
desired method of fastening the tire The
company has new, well-equipped depart
ment for making railway springs, and one
OF the largest FORCES in the country for
making steel and locomotive forgings Be-
sides these products about 5000 tons OF
iron casting and 1000 tons Of steel castings
are produced per month. The works are
located at Burnham Pa, and the general
offices are at Philadelphia