NP, RD 2/13/1863

From the Richmond Dispatch
 
February 13, 1863
 
Test of transportation
   In peace times a barrel and its contents, of the usual weight could be brought from Norfolk to Richmond for twenty five cents. Now one dollar and fifty cents is demanded by the railroad to bring a barrel from the White House to Richmond. These rates operate to swell the price of various articles of food brought from the lower country. Oysters, which now command from $5 to $6 per gallon, would be sold by the venders at half these prices and money be made, could they get transportation at reasonable rates.

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