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New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
GREAT ELECTRICAL INTERESTS.

The Westinghouse interests with main offices
at Pittsburg comprise about thirty industrial
corporations employing more than fifty thou
sand operatives. The total capitalization IF this
wonderful orgauizatior aTproxjm3tcs $2J00lJ.-
600 while thc annual output amounts 20 about
SlIoOu0uUO They control and operate 20 fac
tories, in different countries. with 10 general
offices ana 2O1 district offices throughout the
United states and foreign countries Situated in
ci-hty- uiun cities of these twenty different coun-
tries special agents are maintained, and the
pr. ducts of tho plants and factories are used in
cv. ~ country af the world
It is safe e. say that the name "Westing-
house" So iulis-alubly linked with the develops
meut 20 tho Industrial interests Of Pittsburg.
has been one of tho largest II not the largest
factor in establishing throughout the worlI the
fact That that city is the greatest Industrial
centre of The universe
\ little owe. forty years ago George Wcs,ing-
house. tho head OF an these corporations. Laid
t!e foundation for these vast interests uy organ
1lrE th" Westinghouse Air Brake Company. 4
small factory. with hfty employees. situated ~
thc corner of 10Th and Liberty streets Pittsburg
was The beginning To-day Tie more important
companies Of the Westinghouse interests are
The following The Westinghouse Air Brake
Comlauy the Westinghouse Machine Company
tlr Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing
conn any. the Union switch and Signal Com
paEy. the Ncrust Lamp Company. the Pittsburs
Meter Company, the K u NuttaH Company
the Westinghouse Lamp Company the Ameri-
can Erakc COMPANY. the Westinghouse Foundry
Company. the Westinghouse Traction Brake
Company. the Westinghouse Automatic and
Steam Coupler Company. the Perkins Electric
Switch Manufacturing Company. the bryant
Electric Company and the Cooper Hewitt EIec-
trio Company. While these companies are all
situated in this country. there are a number Of
others situated in foreign countries the more
important Of which are the Canadian Westine-
house Company the British Westinghouse ana
Manufacturing Company. the Westinghouse
Brake Company. Ltd. the French Westine-
house Company. the Russian Westinghouse
Company and the German Westinghouse Com.
pam.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
ECONOMY IN BOILERS.
Improvements in Construction Since Cler.
mOni'S Time.

George II. Babcock and stephen Wicox the
founders OF the Babcock X Wilcox Company. were
associated in the building Of horizontal steam
engines at Providence la 1N6D stephen Wilcox
had turned his attention To boiler design. and
patented. in 1N-i. the generic steam generator.
containing the original principle IF tEc Btb-
cocl; & Wilcox water circulation. ON April t.
l>SI the Hahcock x Wilcox Company was in
corporatod under tl.c laws Il the State ~ New
Jersey misunderstanding IT'S boilers at Elizabeth
port. y J.. and had its principal Office nt 30
20 Cortland street New York city Tie OBJ
jert- Tor which the company was formed Was
the manufacture Of machinery by means If
which steam is formed. used or applied as a
motive Iower. including steam boilers and their
arpurteuanocs and accessories George IT Bah
cool, was elected ,hc first rrrsidcu, and Ste
lIcu Wilcox vice president
In 1900 'hr company acquired land ou tire kin
van Kul iu the city of Bavouuc which II
has built tts present ,arro Eastern factory. the
site comprising forty acres and about one thou
sand feet ~ waiter frontage In 1876 'Ec plant
OF .lc St.rllng Consolidated Roller Company. al
Ba-brr'uu. ohio. aud the business and patents
or This -auIaUy We're acquired hy purchase. So
taa, The Uab.oek * Wilcox Company owns tile
tw" largest ami best eguippcd boiler ,uHuasaet-
uriuE plants ia America. one no thc East and
one iu The West
of t.sc water tube 'yro. mechanical stokcrs AMI
steam surcrhrlt.rs for stationary cor marine
us, Its Products IIvr been uard almost
every large power iu Htal,atoH In tlc country.
such aa Tie great electrical generating plants of
tie Sew York subway thc New York elevated
lines and aU 81 ihr Nr,. York Iud Nrupkiyr
surface lines. with single exception. TIE
lollcra manufactured hy 'Ar lubbock * Wilcox
Company are also used extensively in the heat
ing lighting and power plants connected with
the great buildings of The country More than
half 81 the Great Office bIi-diugs on broadway
below the Postoricc equipped with these
IoiIcrs The total amount of Hahcu'k a Viii
cox stationary boilers In use the world over ~
something more than SOlOUo horsepower.
The Isabcnck Il wilcox marine boilers can hc
found on all classes OF vessels from a steam
yacht 10 "A blttcship I'll" use nt marine water
tube boilers really had its beginning as far back
IA 1904. when Colonel John stevens invented
and used a water tube boiler which sucrcsst ully
operated a little steamboat IN the Hudson River
thrc" years prior 90 tile famous Clcrm"ht the
steamer making seven miles an hour
About the year 1880 Blbcock x Wilcox. Linn
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
MILLS WHICH ROLL COPPER.
Grea. Business Controlled by Fourth Cen
Grafton.

Situated in Belleville X. J., is one of the Oldest
organizations Of the American industrial ""fiu
one that can boast Of an unbroken Tcc"rd "l
success the direction u which has been III ll'e
same family FOR 10 years. These copper rol'lhs
mills now occupy the site formerly o''upl'N "S
the Soho copper Works, which were DuI' ''
Harmon Hendricks. a son of Uriah liendTioKa-
1rt,ig ,,,e the FIRST copper rolling mill in the
Tr,i,.d states and was founded IN lSl'}. me
,,.,,;,yirq was comparatively small but inc
,,ro,,,b ~ the business kept pace With nc
evtraordifary devcloI ment Of copper interest"
and mines throughout the country Flre ue-
stro,.ed tl,e plant in 1874, but il was speedily
rebuilt
Tho h,,itding Of yvarships for American service
called for vast quantities Of copper iaIIlSii'''E'
ror el,cothing and fastenings for diHeie'l I'''
OF these vessels. Copper at TINS tiih' WIS 10
generally for steam boilers anu "l '''''''
mace sheets and fiues.
Tho business was originally established by
80, FIepdricks. son Of Aaron Hendricks VIII"
,roroi,rated 10 this country from Holland IN
17c4 when the thirteen colonies stlH iorHed
,av, of the British Empire. The hrst directory
=, Now York city contained the name "i Oflhh
Hendricks and classified him as an lrohihohs'I'
-, which appellatiOn dealers In metals were
designated during the days Of George H. Inc
0rs, location Uriah Hendricks had in New YORK
time the financial and social centre OF the pres
emf metropolis Of the United States. The eX-
nloitation Of the colonies 10y the mother country
during the eighteenth century and the conse-
oueut manufacture in Great Britain OF all metals
,eouired in America made the business OF
,,,.,l dealer an important one Everything was
,nported What obstacles the business must
tavc encountered from the time the Declaration
., Tndc,,eudence was signed until strong fed
- ,o,crnuent was organized. the critical
-, =, American history may be imagined.
- u, ft,rrlon Hendricks's characteristics
-, g. .,>t al tolitical and financial entangle-
- ,d y '.I,. opening Of the nineteenth CEN
tury thc buslns. ~ in a most prosperous con-
dition II has been improved ana deVeioped
until to-day it il second to none OF i'S Aiiiu'
This important business has been handed down
from father 10 son until IL Is now being con-
Quoted boy the fourth generation. namely Ed
rnund. Francis and Harmon w. Hendricks. sons
OF Uriah Hendricks. under the firm name Oh
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
A Builder of Great Railway Systems

are several other stretches Of road that are
also in operation. some four hundred miles. all
told. leaving. perhaps, two hundred miles -
he completed to bring the road from Top'Io-
hampo TO the Rio Grande From san Angelo To
the river anG from Wichita to Kansas C..y
are the chief gaps in the road.
The course OF the line after il leaves Wichita
IS through untouched railroad territory. 1t
swings southwark from the Kansas line, cross
ing into oklahoma and the old cattle ranges II
Texas at point where it touches new land
Southwesterly the road cuts across Texas. tap
ping ,he rich Pacos Valley. one Of the agricult-
ural wonders oi the world. and skrtine region
that is considered one Of The coming sugar fields
of the country Aftcr the road crosses the Rio
Grando and the more uorthcrly mining country
1t shoots west ami southwest from Chihuahua,
traversng the wonderland Of the continent
one IF the old mines in this territory has pro-
duccd the astounding total OF l4ouopDoDp
ounces II silver other giant producers II inn
mcuscly rich ore, which heretofore has been
handled on mulrhacll and by other crude meth
DDS pf transportation. are the Shower of Gold.
the PaImcrizo and the Rio Plata all of which
~ld thousands ot other mining properties VIII
b. given cheap transit for their ores over the
new line
In developing this big project Sir. stilwoli has
had the assistance OF the best OF adviser and
!Ieutcnants Among this group is Edward Dick
cnsnn, n Kansas city. vice president % The Kan
sas city. Mexico & orient Mir DIckrnson's name
is known wherever railroads are operated He
Is general manager Of the new road. J. + psrll.
another OF the vice presidents, was formerly
connected with the New York & New England
in similar capacity George Crockcr. formerly
vice president Of the southern Plcinc. is an
other vice-prcsdcnt. and George II Ross. for
merly vice-prcsid"nt OF the Alton. is a member
of the board Of directors. Besides these. there
a dozen or more of the same calibrc
The Mexican government thought 50 well u
the Orient line that il made a suhvcntiou Of
S3.OOouD0 in gold 10 assist in its construction.
The Mexican line passes through six hundred
miles OF continuous mining country where rich
deposits Of gold. silver. lead. copper and quick
silver await transportation The company has
over four thousand stockholders. who have con
tributed $2l, ,4OO0OO 50 far. a record for number
Of those Interested in the building Of a railroad.
according to Mr. Stilwel
During his career as a railroad builder Mr
StiIwell has opened up 10 cities and villages.
which have aggregate population OF over
three hundred thousand
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
THE HOME OF A CELEBRATED PIANO

their factory at No. $40 to 52s West f3d street
Ncw York city. This. one Of New f"rk's most
reliable and reputable manufacturing inst.tu-
tons was established IN 1879 Their" arc about
two hundred expert artisans and mechanics reg
ulIrly employed by this concern in the mann
facturc Of pianos and pianos that are operated
by foot pedal, known as playrr-pi1nos. These
latter Instruments are as far beyond ordn'ry
pianos in perfection and ease of operation as the
automobile is beyond the stage coach and buck
board. Tho uiano-pla in the field Of musical
entertainment has already become, through th"
enterprise and skill OF practical piano mlnufact-
urcrs. as great a factor in the business OF piano
making as the motorcycle and automobile arc
to-day in the business OF vehicle building
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
a t. Stilwell Has Projected $4,000
Miles of Railroad, ana His
Greatest Achievement VIII
Soon BE in Operation.

one ~ The most interesting personalities In
The railroad world is A T. Stwen. president
Of the Kansas city. Mexico & orient road. No.
yet hfty years Of age. he has built twenty-five
hundred miles Of railroad which is probably a
record that VIII stand indefinitely. and his
construction operations are being carried forth
with energy at this time the chances are that
the record viii De placed AZ a considerably
higher figure before the half century mark is
reached by Mr.. StiIwelI
MI St!Iweu practically "is the Orient Rail
road" He conceived the idea and he carried
It out. hut in doing SO he had the help 81 a
group IF the most eminent railroad men in thi'
country. which means the whole world. Tho
history Of the enterprise reads like a page IF
Romance. and II il could be made the bas's
Of a drama Il would not be lacking in incident
Of the absorbing type
Before taxing up the orient project Mr. still
well WIS The presiding genius Of the Kansas
City Southern. but in the exigencies Of high
finance he found himself dispossessed early in
1900 Within three days he had organized The
preliminaries for building a railroad from Kan
sas City 70 the west coast Of Mexico passing
through a country that was virgin. so far
railroads were concerned. and was considered
absolutely impassable even for hill-climbing
narrow gauge road
In February. 1900 ne had organized sixteen
engineering crews and started on preliminary
surveys IN the mountains IF Mexico. Mr stu
well ana his associates spent Sl0o0l0 on sur
vey work and at last able 20 report that
a route had been established through the sheer
mountain ranges the maximum grade OF which
Is 2ls per cent.
In 1863. actual work OF construction was com
rnenced and now over nine hundred miles of
trackage are finished and the whole road is IN
such a condition that Mr.. Stilwel says it viii
be in operation from Kansas City 20 Topolo-
bampo in two years From Wichita Kan. to
San Angelo Tex the road is now in operation
and traffic can BE- handled from Kansas cry
practically the whole distance oyer the tracks
OF the Orient road. This is the longest stretch
of track that has been completed 90 date. but
down IN the solemn mountains Of Mexico there
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

pianos embrace many new and special features
fully protected by patents which the Vcser drr,
controls absolutely and which can be found in
no other PLAYER -piano
tn" Wes"r piano proper reeds no Introduction
to the public The firms thirty years of cx-
p"ri'nr" in piano building has enabled it to
produce "a first ass piano at price within the
reach of aIl ana equal in tone. quality ana gen.
,r1l constructs ru 70 pianos of a much highI
price Established i'm 1879. making on an aver
age two pianos month, this concern now man
utacturcs five thousaud pianos annually and has
made nearly seventy thousand pianos since be-
ginning business Wcscr Brothers make up
right pianos only. and besides the Wescr BROTH
ers piano they manufacture for the trade at
large. Their Instruments contain several inn
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
SUPPLIES SAFETY DEVICES.
Railroads Now Demand Safeguards for Pas
sengers and Ereght.

The United states Metal and Manufacturing
Company Incorporated under the laws of the
State Of New Jersey on January /, 1901, started
in the railway supply ana scrap iron and steel
business at No. Il Broadw way. but in two years
it's growth ncccssitatcd its moving TO larger
Offices at 40 - Broad street and then the
rapid Increase of its business forced it to take
its present suite Of Offices on the twenty fourth
floor Of the city Investing Building No. lGJ
broadway. The company has branch Offices In
Pittsburg, Chicago. Lebanon ana Providence.
The business of the concern consists Of rail-
way supplies. under the railroad department,
and scrap iron and steel under the iron and
steel department. The railway devices handled
by this company are in extensive on nearly
all Of the great railroad systems Of the country.
The Durham door dcvice-applicable 10 all types
Of coal cars for the positive locking Of the drop
doors-is now in some twenty-five thou
sand cars distributed among the various coal
carrying roads The Diamond tapered steel pole
is "A new device recently acquired by this COM
pany. and is made up of two plates of steel
troughed out one trOughed plate being forced
inside of the other. thus forming tapercd steel
pole Of great strength for trolley line work. high
tension transmission service and telephone and
telegraph lines. Another device handled by this
company is the Feasible drop brake STAFF, which
is used on fiat cars and drop-end gondola cars.
The concern also handles brake jaws, the
Columbia lock nut, which is in extensive use in
the railroad field. and other similar devices. and
is the sole Eastern agent of the st. Louis Sur
facer and Paint Company, of st. Louis, handling
its fun line of coach and car paints. and is also
the Eastern representative OF the Hutchins Car
Roofing Company. which manufactures metal
and plastic roofs for box cars. The iron and
steel department does extensive scrap irCn
and steel business, this being one of the largest
concerns I'm this line OF business in the United
States.
The officers of the company are H. A. Hege-
man. ir. president NJ. Jackson Crispin. general
manager and treasurer, and r. G. Jeffery. sec
retary and assistant treasurer. The mechanical
department is in charge OF f. ID. Himan. me-
chanical engineer. and the railroad sales de-
partment is under the direction of G. l.. l..
Davis manager of sales
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

tied. an English company formed. whicN
took over the foreign patents and business Of
the Babcock & Wilcox Company
Two other great companies have sprung from
the Babcock & Wilcox Limited: namely Fon
derics ct AtcIers de Ia CoUrncuve. with works
in Paris Chaudiercs BabCoCk 4 Wilcox, head
office. No Il Itue LafcIricrc. Paris, and pcutsche
Babcock < Wilcox DampfEtaselwcrle Actien-
Gcscschaft, with works and head Offices ut
Oherlausen. Germany
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

Weser Brothers were among the first 10 build
interior player pianos The first made by
the Weser firm constructed in 1896. thir-
teen years ago This concern has made a spe-
caI study of the player r-pianO in all of its ap-
pIicatiOns II has approached the situation with
great care weighing well beforehand every
change and improvement added to it's several
STYLES of player pianos The WeseT player
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

Hendricks Brothers. at No ~ Clin street. New
York.
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-11-27
FRESH AIR NECESSARY
FOR A PROPER SLEEP.

TO sleep without plenty OF
fresh air is to take just so much
poison into your system.
1t means that you breathe
the same air over and over
again, and then you wonder
why you feel so heavy and Ian
guild in the morning.
No matter how cold the
night, open your window as far
as it will go. If you wrap your
self up properly, you will not
feel the cold.
Wear a flannel gown and
something over your head. The
last thing before going to bed,
I'LL a bottle with hot water, cork
it tightly and place it in the bed
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-11-27

A large social was held in the
Town Hall last Wednesday
night under the auspices of the
Public Improvement Associa-
ton. President w. w. Price
gave the address Of welcome. A
vocal solo was rendered by Mr..
M. j. Fillius; a piano solo by
Miss Bender; Sergeant Charles
Stiphin rendered a vocal solo;
a recitation by Miss Hollows
followed a vocal solo by Ray
mond FilliUs. Refreshments
were served, and everybody
had a good time.
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LECKIE DENIES CANDI-
DACY.
But Randle Highlands Body
Endorses Him for Commits
eioporebir,

But Randle Highlands Body
Endorses Him for Commits
sionership.
A. b. L. Leche was indorsed
for appointment to a District
Commissionership by the Ran
die Highlands Citizens Assoc
citation last Tuesday night.
Mr.. Leckie denied being a
candidate, expressing the be-
lief that the place should seek
the man. He minated, how
ever, that should the position
seek him, it would not find him
unwilling to serve.
In his talk, Mr.. Leclde em-
phasized the necessity for prac-
tical uplift work in the District
stating that Washington is the
handsomest city in the world.
He said this reputation should
be sustained. He favored the
lettering of public institut' ons
in the District. These, he
thought, should be models Of
their kind.
AS it is" he said, "they are
models for no one. This is not
the fault Of the men in charge.
They are hampered. Congress
does not remedy these condi-
tions because Of a lack Of
knowledge, and not from a lack
of desire"
Mr.. Leclde advocated a rep
resentative in Congress for the
District as the best method Of
bringing matters of municipal
improvement before the legis-
lative body.
Capt. j. w. Mitchell, presi-
dent of the association, and
other members agreed with Mr..
Leckie.
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RANDLE HIGHLANDS, DC.
November q, 1909.
THE ITALIANS IN AMER
ICA.
By ANGELOMARIA PENNELLA

What United States owes to
Italy, the native country of
Columbus, the land of art and
song, and the mother of mod
ern civilization, the great Ital-
ian immigration Of recent years
is adding an increasingly inn
portant element to the popula-
ton of our country. More than
q million of Italians will be able
to celebrate Columbus Day on
American soil. Naturally the
sons of Italy feel a special pride
in the progress of the new world
as we'll as in the achievement
of their own race. They can
never forget and they never
shOuld-that America was dis
covered by one italian and
named in honor of another. In
the four centuries that have
elapsed between Columbus and
Marconi comparatively few It
alians have played any con-
spicuous part in the making of
America.
There was none of prOmi-
nence in the Revolution.
There has been none in the
White House. AS late as 1850
there were fewer than four
thousand immigrants from
italy in the whole United States
but in the last ten or fifteen
wears a great change has come
er the italian people. They
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A Thanksgiving service was
held at the Randle Highlands
Baptist Church Thanksgiving
Day A quartette rendered
several very appropriate and
effective hymns.
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The pastor and officers of
Randle Highlands Baptist
Church have resigned their
positions, to take effect to-
morrow night.
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The Home
FARMERS FRUIT CAKE.

FA RME R'S FRUII CAKE.
Cheap and good is this farm
ers' fruit cake. Soak three cup
fuls of dried apples over night
in water to cover. In the
morning chop fine, add to them
one cupful of molasses, then
simmer on the back of the
stove for three or four hours.
Add two eggs, well beaten; one
cupful cold coffee, One-half cup
full good dry drippings or but
ter, one cupful dark brown
sugar, one tablespoonful cinna-
mon, a scant tablespoonful
cloves and nutmeg mixed, one
and one-half cupfuls seeded
raisins or prunes, a teaspOonful
and a half soda and -four to
thicken. Not quite so much
-four will be required as for
other cakes. Bake slowly In
paper-lined tins in a very mod
crate oven.
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Printing aa 3 :! aa = kim Eaa a Apply I5 70
n 4AA ~AAAo theWeekly Views Office
Twenty-Third Street,
RANDLE HIGHLANDS, ID. c.
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Recent Poetry

When you've got a thing to
say,
Say it! Don't take half a day.
When your tales got ittleini it
Crowd the whole thing in a
minutel
Life is short-a deeting vapor,
Don't you fill the whole
blamed paper
With a tale, which, at a pinch,
Could be cOrnered in an inch!
Boil her down until she sim
mers;
Polish her until she glimmers;
When you've got a thing to
say,
Say it! Don't take half a
day"
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ANACOSTIA NEWS.

We regret to hear of a case
Of smallpox in our vicinity
Mr.. Frisbie, Of 18th street.
He has our well wishes for a
speedy recovery.
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COLD WATER HEALTHY

Cold water dashed on the
face and chest in the morning
has tonic effect of a cold plunge
without the shock.
A simple remedy for burns is
made by adding to a cupful Of
olive oil a teaspoonful Of car
bolic acid. Apply bandage
soaked in the mixture.
Relaxation is the secret OF
taking the mental, moral and
physical kinks out of ones sys-
tenn. 1t will take many of the
unsightly lines from your face
and prevent new ones from
forming.
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have begun to travel, to invent,
to manufacture. You will find
Italians today in all parts Of
the world.
''Italian-Born American Citi-
zen" continued next week.