Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-26
Board of Health.


DR.. POULTON.
AT a meeting of the Board OF Health last
night, DR.. Bliss, from the sanitary police com.
mIttee, to whom had been referred the petition
OF citizens protesting against the appointment
OF DIR. Adams as physician - the poor, read a
letter from that gentleman in explanation of
his acts IS physician - the poor formerly. DR..
Bliss reported that upon investigation he had
found that re charge Of negligence was not
from the Sd District, bat from the 10th Council
district, where Adams was formerly physician,
and be bad further found thatsince mis- appoint
ment DR.. dams had discharged his duty faith
fully, and The committee recommended his con-
hrmatOD; adopted.
a generalization was read from the health
CfCer, Recommending that ia earth ard cop
Ptras water be Us / as d'sinfeetsnt and de-
cdoT1Zer for privy boxes.
Frame built'1g No. 2o2 G. street northwest
absted.
report hat he bad pOtih~d DR.. ". L. POult)n
No. IS Pennsylvania avenue northwest, on The
2ith Instant, 70 call st the Office and register
his name, or his application Tor certificate of
death N rhe &C e OF Mary A. Sullivan, No. 81
ID street nor Invest, would not be received
Dr. Poulton was further notified by the under
taker that he could not get a permit for the
buriai until the regulations OF the toard ha
been complied with. DR.. P. then informed the
urdertaker Henry Lee) that he would not regL-
ter. The registrar was thus compelled to refer
the case 10 the health officer for investigate N
and report a. TO tue cause OF death, in OrEer
Il at the child could be bUriCd at the time ap-
mIttirs this statement, the registrar asked the
Board OF Health to sac slcn Instructions as
wiz enable bim 70 enforce the regulations of
the board IN this and milsr c2~ez, should thew
Cecrr; referred to the attorney Of the board.
THE PROPOSED NEW ANAcosrIA BRIDeE-
Some days since bids were opened by General
Babcock for building an iron bridge over the
Eastern branch OF tie Potomac TIyer at or near
the present AnacOstis bridge. General Bah
cock has, after consultation with the chief
englnetr, decided 10 accept the bid Of MesSrs
Clarke, Reeves & Co, ProprietOrs of the
The plan submitted BE- Clarke, Reeves & Co
consists OF fourteen spans Of wrought ia 1n
Qncluding one draw spaD,l resting upon abut-
nents and piers of sOlid masonry, extending
from the bottom Of the river to the Bird re geats
The total length will be go feet, in spars of
p feet each in the clear. There will also be 3sS
Zee, y. eauseWay; making the total length OF
tTjige and c,sewsy 100 feet. Each span
viii Re sepIrste ana mae ndent of the Others,
and will rest on csst-iTon bfrs - -. -
cRTely anchored 70 the stone cnpiGgs Of the
piers and abatmenJs. one end or each span
Will be fixed, the other arranged to slide IfeeIy.
The Plan OF the iron bridge il what il know q IS
the "MurFhy Whipple truss" and each truss
Will be divided into seven panels OF fourteen
feet each. The upper chords ard posts will be
formed Of Pteenix column iron; the lower chords
and diagOnals OF die forged links without YIELDS.
Turned WrOu yht-irOn prs will lock in one cOu-
necti0n the caps OF the column and diagonal
ties; alsO the bottom chOrds the sea of the co..
umns, the diagonal ties and the floor beam sus-
peLdeTs- The floor beans will be fifteen inch
rolled beams, weighing two hundred pounds
Per yard, and the entire bridge will be so pro-
pOrtioDed that If loaded With a moving load OF
ore hundred ounds per Iquare foot Of the road
way, in ADDITION TO the weight of the structure,
the stain produced by such load, on any part Of
the structure, will not be more than Oue-sixth
Of its breaking weight, The roadway will be
twenty feet wide in tue clear the sidewalks i've
feet, with ornamental wrought iron hard rail-
ing. The cost Will be sl42, SOS, thoughIfa cause
way be substlt Ited lOT one span on the Union
town side OF the river, the cost v N be reduced
10 S131 ,SSS. Ire PEGnixyille Bridge Wo-ks
built the new bridge over the otJmac on the
cite Of tie old Chain bridge.