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The Washington times., 1904-09-04

~ According to schedules prepared I'm the
offices Of the railroads entering Wash
ington. the Southern Railway will oper-
ate daily nine trains each way, eighteen
in all over the bridge, the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio. BY way OF the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac.
VIII have fourteen. the Seaboard Air
Line viii have ten, the Chess oeate and
Ohio viii have eight. and the Atlantic
Coast Line eight passenger trains. max
ing total of hfty-eiEht passenger
trains alone entering and leaving the
city.
A. TO freight trains il is hard TO give
definite figures. as they Increase or de-
crease according TO business II is esti-
mated however. by competent freight
agents an Washington. chat ne average
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Cident I'm which n Chesapeake and
Ohio passenger train plunged through
the draw into the Potomac n few
months ago. Consequently all who have
anything 10 do with IL are hoping that
record work Will be done on the new
highway bridge, as there was on the
railway bridge, to put it out Of com
mission and off the river
One source Of qualification to the peO-
pie Of the Middle South is he fact that
nearly all of the material for the new
bridge came from Maryland OF nearby
sources Of supply. The ties on the
bridge. Of which there are 4. 500. however.
are Of the yellow pine Of Georgia, being
brought north for the bridge company
by the Southern Railway.
The great piers. which are ten feet
by forty-six on top and from twenty
four TO thirty-nve feet high. are Of white
granite, which came from the quarries
at Port Deposit. Nd The steel beams
were made at Edgemore, Pa, just over
the Maryland line, while the 1O3-pound
rails. that Is 100 pounds 10 the Yard,
were made at Sparrow Point. Nd.
All Of the spikes. bolts. and myriads
Of other kinds Of small things Of iron
and steel also came from Maryland.
The American Bridge Company put
up the trusswork. and Brann & Stewart.
OF Philadelphia. did the other work. II
was Contractors Weand & McDermott
who constructed the piers. this part Of
the work. owing 70 the unstable char
acter OF the bottom Of the Potomac. re-
curing nearly two years to complete.
These contractors had more than 10
men at work daily on the structure dur
ing the construction days.
Mr.. Craig in Charge.
The Pennsylvania Railroad. for which
the bridge was built. had its chief en-
g;leer. W. Il Brown. IN charge. with
Assistant Engineer *. ". Craig in
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daily passage Of such trains over the
bridges will be about sixty. the grand
total of trains, not including specials.
amounting to lis.
This great traffic. which has been
growing rapidly Of late with the Won
derful development in the Southeastern
States. compares favorabIy with all OF
the cities in the country, excepting, OF
course. the great seapOrts-
As the railroads calculate that each
train viii bear more than a hundred
people. the traffic means a daily passage
through or into the city OF 1900 people.
There are few cities in the United States
outside of New York. Chicago. Philadel-
Dhia. and Baltimore that can boast Of
any such traffic.
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four years as a physician I have not
seen a case Of hydrophobia," and DR.
Thomas .. Morton attestod 10 the fact
that during a period of thirty years a.
one or the surgeons Of tine Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia. he knew Of only
two cases of hydrophobia bought there
for treatment. and even they were ques-
tionable
But when il comes TO simulated hydro
phobia. that is an entirely different mat
ter Dr. Birdsall, Of New York, said he
had never seen "a case of rabies. but that
ne had seen cases Of simulated hydro
phobia from fright excited by the bite or
scratch of ii dog. Dr. Parvin. already
quoted. said: Il am Of the opinion that
IL newspapers could be prevailed upon 10
talk less about Il, the number OF So
called attacks OF the disease would be
greatly diminished. as they are mainly
forms of hystcria. more due to the fear
of hydrophobia than To the absorption
Of animal virus"
Dog Bite Harmless.
Il am Of the opinion that the bite Of a
do& is 10 more dangerous than the
scratch Of a pin or the puucture Of an
infectious nail" said Dr. Hearn. of the
Philadelphia College Of Physicians and
Surgeons. but because of the exaggerat-
ed printed and oral accounts the picture
Of hydroDhObia is so stamped upon the
public mind that the thought Of ii. after
being bitten by a dog, throws gina
tive people into such paniCs Of nervous
excitement that they unconsciously re
produce It's supposed symptoms"
SO many cases of supposed genuine
hydrophobia brought TO the notice Of
eminent physicians and surgeons have
turned out TO be simulated cases that
some authorities hold 10 the belief that
.'hydrophobia in human beings is mi
metic Qmitative) disease. caused by ex-
pectaut dread, and not by incubation
with the virus OF a rabid animal"
Victims Die of Fright
The point to be driven home, however,
is this: The vast majority of the per
sons who die from dog bite die from
fright and not from genuine hydro
phobia. Therefore, if you are ever bit
ten by dog. and you would keep your
self from danger of death, do not get
hystericaI and work yourself into that
terrorized state where you will writhe
I'm agony and be terrified by the sight Of
water. Be sensible, and when you are
bitten do the following sensible things:
First OF all, suck the wound thorough
IN. If necessary opening il a little with
a sharp instrument, SO that the blood
will flow more freely. When the lacera-
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charge on the ground. the chief having
too much work on hand 10 give atten-
ton to tho bridge.
These men-the contractors and enEi-
neers-brolze record I'm ironworH con-
struction in bridge building when they
placed the last ran in place on the
structure
Il Will be remembered by those who
have given the matter attention that
the first Of the big iron beams was put
IN place as soon as the last Of the
Ice was out Of the river. so the scows.
which had been fitted as derricks. could
get 10 work without danger Of being
sunk
This was April / No attempt was
made to work at night. on on sun
days. vet August .. five months and
twenty-fOur days later. the first railroad
train. the Bluemont Express. Of the
Southern Railroad, was run over tho
structure. and three days later. August
2S, the bridge was opened to regular
traffic.
This record has been unequaled I'm the
building Of bridges.
1t Cost $4,000.
In round figures the bridge cost SO
0J0 which is SAL to be neither high or
low. The cost compares favorabIy with
the other bridges of the same dimen-
sions in the country.
The Wabash bridge over the river al
Pittsburg Is said TO have cost more than
a million dollars. but this is because the
company had 80 cut a tunnel directly
. through a mountain. The Louisville
bridge cost SS750O1. because of the dis
/ lance the material had 70 be hauled
The Memphis bridge. which is much
larger than the Washington structure
/ is said TO have cost nearly a million
dollars.
| Though these other bridges may Do
I In some respects larger than the Wash
ingtOn structure. there are few of them
that VIII have more traffic % take care
! Of than the one over the Potomac.
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Interesting Facts and Figures About the
Bridge Just Opened, the Longest
and Largest of Its Kind
in the East.
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BRIDGE

n WINGING across the historic Po-
tomac. huge and red. and just
- completed. IS the longest and gen
orally the largest railroad bridge Of its
kind I'm the East, and about the third
largest in the United States.
This structure is immensely important
70 Washington for a number Of reasons.
the most prominent being that It males
the Capital City the real gateway 0f
traffic from the Southeast to the cities
OF the Northeastern States. without the
time-consuming delay 20 merchants that
has marked all business ever since the
building Of the old wooden structure
across the river.
Because OF the lack Of facilities and
the mesger dimensions of the old struc-
ture. which was built when Washington
was not much more than a village when
compared 10 what It IS today thou
sands OF cars of freight and many pas
sengers were diverted By tho railroads
that -. they were sent around Wash
routes. there being no chance for them
to get through here without al kinds
Of delay.
Change in Traffic Now.
With the new bridge In working order
things have already changed. and al
trains over the Southern Railroad, the
Norfolk and Western, the Chesapeake
and Ohio. the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac. the Atlantic Coast
line, and the Seaboard Air Line. from
the South, and over the Pennsylvania
and the Baltimore and Ohio and their
connections from the North. are passing
through the city without more delay
than the upturned condition or the rail
road part Of the city, consequent upon
the gigantic improvements now goinE
on. demand
Tie bridge IS also important because II
is the first OF the big railroad Improve
nents Of the city 70 be completed il
marks the beginning Of the end OF poor
railroad facilities and the near ap
proach OF the time when Washington. II
the possession Of the new Union Station
and freight and passenger yards, vii
be the railroad. as well as the pOlitlcal
capital OF the United States.
Like Other Bridges.
In matter Of construction, this new
structure differs little from a numbe,
Of other bridges IN the United States
especially those spiderlike structure
that span the Mississippi and the othel
rivers OF the West and Central West
70 IS what is known technically as
plain span" bridge. such as the Amer
ican Bridge Company IS putting up Will
dispatch astonishing 70 the bridge build
ers Of other nations all over the earth
The Washington bridge in size. how
ever. Is a monarch. There are few struc
lures ia any part Of the world that *
coed IL in length.
In fact. the engineers Of the Pensyl
vaniR Railroad Who have had charg
OF the work OF erecting the structur
since its inception, are OF the opinion
that there are only three bridges N tn
United States, Of the same character
that exceed It in size.
One Of these IS the structure over tn
Mississippi at Memphis. and those a
Cincinnati and Louisville.
II Is said that these bridges are from
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ten TO twenty feet longer than tie
washington structure. IN other details
however. they are not superior 10 the
home product
Appearance of Structure.
As to the appearance Of the structure.
1t Is 50 easily seen and observed by the
people Of the city. spanning the yellow
Potomac. its glistening beams standing
out brightly from a background Of green
Virginia hills, that no description Of its
appearance is needed.
There are many things, however. and
most OF them technical and not visible
20 the naked eve. that are worth de-
scripuOn.
In the first place the bridge IS a twelve
span structure, one Of the few Of this
type ever constructed. The reason for
the large number OF spans seems 20 be
the treacherous character Of the bottom
Of the Potomac, shifting mud and sands
making all kinds Of trouble for the con-
tractors VINO put down the granite piers.
and putting long spans like those used
in the Wabash bridge at Pittsburg out
Of the question.
The spans are Of three lengths. The
first on the Washington side Of the
river are two hundred and three feet
six inches long, while the second lot, in
the middle structure. are two hundred
and sixteen feet long, and the last, those
approaching Jackson City. are one hun
dred and seventy-three feet IN length.
The approaches to the bridge are al
most as long as the bridge proper. that
from Water and Fourteenth Streets on
the Washington side being 1900 feet.
The Virginia Approach.
The Virginia approach at Jackson City
is I.sOO feet long, and the bridge struc-
ture proper is 2,52s feet long. The
draw, which is turned by an en-
tirely new sort Of engine and ma
chiuery, Is 172 feet in length The
/ total length Of the bridge proper is 2.52g
| feet from abutment 10 abutment.
| In height the trestle, as the engineers
] call the red iron work. Is much higher
/ than the ordinary. the beams rising
| thlrty-fOUr feet above the level Of the
/ tracks. the added height giving much
/ more strength 10 the structure. and AT
the same time protecting the flying ex-
press trains from high wind storms.
! Double tracks Of the heaviest rails
made are laid on the bed of the bridge.
which IS twenty-eight feet wide. about
!
/ Washington.
! The bridge, counting ties, rails and al
iron work, weighs 1850 pounds a IineaI
/ foot, more than two tons for every foot
/ the bridge is long, which makes Y OOO. 900
/ and a few odd pounds. or 5000 tons for
the whole structure.
In other words, the bridge weighs as
much as one Of Uncle Sans battleships
| Of the smaller size, or the monitors OF
| the Florida OF Arkansas type which Wis
| tied Washington a few days ago. These
waships displace 5000 tons Of water.
Pleases River Men.
! There is one thing about the bridge
/ that gives the yachtsmen and the owners
Of the smaller river craft much JOY. II
is the fact that from the water TO the
under beams Of the bridge at mean high
tide Is more than twenty-one feet. thus
making 81 possible for nearly all of the
! twenty-foot craft 20 sail under the
| structure without having TO wait for
! the opening Of the draw.
AS yet, however. there Is delay, as.the
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Mr.. Craig in Charge.

The Pennsylvania Railroad. for which
the bridge was built. had its chief en-
g;aeer. W. r. Brown. in charge. with
Assistant Engineer *. ". Craig. in
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Real HydrOphobia One
of RareSt Diseases
Known to Man.

~HIs is the season Of the year
when people generally get "het
/ up" over mad dog and snake.
They imagine that every dog
tlrry see acting iu an unusual manner
has the rabies and IS more than ready
70 inoculate them with the virus that
produces Eydrophobis, while every
snake they behold gliding through the
grass is only awaiting its opportunity
70 inject deadly poison into their veins
This terror. born of the imagination,
is the chief source of danger TO the life
OF the person possessing it who has
been bitten either by dog or snake. e.
peciaIly is this true as regards the bite
OF a dog. Eminent medical authorities,
both I'm this country and abroad. are
agreed that. while hydrophobia is one
OF the rarest diseases by which man is
afflicted. simulated hydrophobia Is by no
means so uncommon
Never Saw a Case.
DR. Irving G. Rose. +. r. q. S. in a
paper read by him I'm Philadelphia some
wears ago. stated that during many
years Of travel NE mad made diiisent i'll
0uiry Of the Oldest practitioners OF cases
Of hydrophobia which had fallen under
his observation. and that many OF them
told him they had never seen a case.
and that In London only one case was
reported in 1892" He added: THE sta
tistlcs Of New York for thirty-fve years
show nine years I'm which no deaths
occurred, and two successive years in
which there was not one
Dr. Landon Carter Gray stated before
the New York Academy Of Medicine
some years ago that there was rot a
neurologist In New York who had seen
a case in his practice" DR.. II. =. Loom
IS said that "of 10000 neCTODsies az
Bellevue Hospital eight cases Of al
legged hydrophobia showed no RrOss
pathological lesion" and DR.. Charles w
Dulles, a well-knOwn Philadelphia au-
thority. examined seventy-eight cases of
supposed hydrophobia and pronounced
most Of them spurious.
DR.. Parvin Doubts It.
DR.. Parvin. Of the Jefferson Medical
College, put himself on record as fol-
lows: During an experience Of forty
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First of the Big Local Railway Improve
ments to Be Completed, the Prom
Use of Washington s Place as
Railroad Capital.
ESTIMATED TRAFFIC CAPACITY

Trains expected pass daily
Of
Of freight average daily
time each
Number of bridge hold Is
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he shows no sign Of excitement. but
when the dog or man is near enough. he
snaps and resumes his solitary trot-
Emits Hoarse Howl.
II a dog banks. yeIps. whines. or
growls. that dog is not mad. The only
sound a mad dog is ever known 20 emit
is a hoarse howl. and that but seldom.
Even blows Will not eXtort an outcry
from a mad dog.
1t is supposed that the mad dog
froths at the mouth. IL Is not So II
"a dogs jaws are covered or hecked with
white froth, that dog is not mad. The
surest Of all signs that a dog IS mad Is
a thick and rOpy brown mucus clinging
to his lips. which he often tries vainly
10 tear away with his paws or wash
away with water.
If your own dog IS bitten by any 9th
er dog. watch him carefully II he Is
infected by rabies. you Will discover
signs OF it possibly In from six TO ten
days Then he Will be restless, often
getting up. only 10 lie down again,
changing his position impatiently, turn
ing from side TO side. and constantly
licking or scratching some particular part
of his head. limbs, or body He viii be
irritable and inclined 10 dash at other ami
mails. and ne viii sometimes snap al OBJ
jects which ne imagines TO be near him.
lie will be excessively thirsty, tapping
water eagerly and often Then there
will be glaudular sweuings about mis-
Jaws and throat, and he Will vainly en-
deavor 20 rid himself of a thick. rOpy,
mucus discharge from his mouth and
throat
TrOts MouInfully Away.
If he can he will probably stray
away from home and trOt slowly and
mOurnfully along the highway or across
country. meddhng with neither man nor
beast. unless approached, and then Civ
ing a single snap. The only exception to
this behavior occurs in ferOciOus dogs,
which, during the earlier stage of eX-
citement, may attack any living object
in sight.
There you have it, and the extent Of
the ignorance of the public is shown by
the fact that it pretty generally believes
that the mad dog has hydrOphobia. or
the dread of water, whereas it is the hui
man being only that is possessed of this
dread when the Uisease called rabies has
been transplanted to the subject by the
medium Of a bite.
Dog Is Only Nervous.
The dog that is popularity supposed to
be mad and that cuts queer capers and
froths at the mouth, and sends a whole
street fleeing and crying Mad dog is
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Popular Mad Dog.

on the other hand. the dog that is
popularity supposed To be mad is far
more common. 1t is the innocent cause
Of nearly all of the mad dog scares, and,
aside from the fact that its bite, like
the bite Of any other dog, may induce
blood poisoning. it is as harmless as
IL is innocent. You will at once recog-
nize this dog in the subjoined state
" condensed from information re-
ceived from eminent physicians by John
=. Haines. president of the American
society for the prevention Of cruelty to
animals.
it is supposed that a mad dog breads
water II Is not so. The mad dog is
very likely 10 plunge his head to the
eyes in water, though he cannot swallow
il and laps 1t with difficulty.
1t is supposed that mad dog runs
about with evidence Of intense excite
rnent. II is not so. The mad dog never
runs about in agitation; he never gal
loos; he is always alone, usually in a
strange place, where he joys along slow
~. II he is approached by dog OF man
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,ular Errors About Mad Dogs and Hydrop

ton has been cleared I'm this manner
treat IL with au antiseptic. such as "a
solution Of carboic acid and water, and
bind il with a clean cloth. one anti
septically treated is preferable Then
go 20 your doctor. and If he advises hav-
ing the wound cauterlzed. do as he bids.
Like Any LaceratiOn.
These precautions are those observed
in case of any wound or laceration TO
prevent blood poisoning. They should
be observed In the case OF a dog bite Tor
the same reason. for. believe me. when
you are bitten by "a dog-Or a cat. or
any other animal, for that matter-you
are in greater danger of blood poison
ing than hydrophobia, yet how much
thought do You give the greater peril?
But the dog biting me may be mad
dog?" some one may say
Possibly. but not probably. Genuine
hvdrophobia is rare disease. because a
really re;id dog Is rare. Not mad
dog had been reported in Berlin up to
1897. Eight thousand stray dogs were
picked ~ in London in 1892 and not one
showed symptoms Of rabies According
to DR.. Rose. who made extensive in
vestigations. rabies IS unheard of among
the paria = dogs Of Asia Minor, In Japan
and In Korea. " hich IS Overrun with the
animals. The American society for the
prevention Of cruelty to animals In New
York has destroyed 250.444 dogs i'm ten
years. or 5000 dogs a year, and not "a
dog infected with the disease has been
found among these thousands.
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Dog Is Only Nervous.

The dog that is popularity supposed to
be mad and that cuts queer capers and
froths at the mouth, and sends a whole
street fleeing and crying Mad dog is
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-17
An Object Lesson.

1t is, perhaps, proper for con
gress to aid the sufferers from
Baltimore fire by putting build
ing materials to be used in the
burned district on the free list.
Similar legislation was passed
to aid the sufferers from the
Chicago fire in 1871. Two or
three Inquiries, however, are
suggested by this legislation:
/. If the tariff does not in
crease the cost of building ma
terials, or, in other words, IF
the foreigner pays the tax" as
the Republicans declare. why
remove these duties nowP
2. If the removal of the tar
if duties on building materials
will greatly relieve the Balti-
more fire sufferers, who for the
most part, are wealthy men,
why not take off these duties on
all building materials and thus
greatly relieve the rest Of the
people of the country, who for
the most part, are poor and
are trying to build for them
selves as good homes as their
meager incomes will permit?
Is this a government of, for
and by the rich, and at the ex-
pense of the poor? Are the
special privileges only for the
rich?-Quincy Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-17
There was not a disturbance

There was not a disturbance
OF any kind during the day, it
being thu quietest election ever
held here.
Some of the Folk newspa pers
are alleging that there were
Indians in the twenty-eighth
ward, but this is the "silk hat"
ward and there is nothing
apparent in the charges.
HAYES now has 1872 votes in
the State convention, counting
New Madrid and st. Louis couu-
ties.
The result was a Disappointing
revelation to Mr.. Folks ardent
supporters, who believed that
he had some home support. BY
the compromise made with
Brewer Steuver, Folks friend,
the circuit attorney will have
ten votes from ST. Louis. The
compromise wards, on a test
would have gone for HAYES.
Folk Victory.
West Plains, Mo-, March 12.-
The primary election held in this
county today shows a small ma.
jority for Folk.
This is the home of Judge
Evans, one of Folks managers
who has had charge of the St.
Louis headquarters for several
months, and the county is in
Congressman Vandiver's dis
trict. Both Folk.and Vandiver
have been in the county for sew
eral days, speaking twice a day
Folk money seemed plentiful.
Eight precincts out of II give
Folk a majority of 1876. The
others will increase it to $50.
The result will be a great dis
appointment to the circuit
attorneys friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-17

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In all catarrhal troubles and
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Wood Bros. give their person.
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money If 1t does not effect a
cure.