NP, RW 6/25/1864

From the Richmond Whig
 
June 25, 1864
 
A Great Public Want Supplied
   We invite special attention to the advertisement, in another column, of Excursion Tickets over the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad {Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR}.   
   Precluded, as our greatly increased population is this summer, from opportunities of visiting public watering places or other more private resorts in the country, and destitute as they are of their usual means of riding and driving out of the city, few accommodations more acceptable and useful could be offered them, than those announced in this advertisement.  The hours at which the trains are run between this city and the South Anna River, are precisely those, which are best suited to afford the greatest possible convenience, comfort and healthful recreation.  They enable our people suffering from the heat, dust and impure air of the city, to enjoy for three hours either the freshness and fragrance of the woods and fields in the dewy hours of morning, or their welcome shade and breezes after the exhausting heat of a days labor in the city; without any encroachment on the usual hours of business.  And by the liberal reduction of fare on these tickets to one-half, this comfort is afforded at a cost less than a fourth what any other conveyance would require.  Persons desiring to spend a day in the country or at the beautiful village of Ashland, can avail themselves of these tickets.  To those who cannot spare three hours for a ride on the passenger train, the establishment of a regular schedule of frequent trips at certain hours for the street and steam coach between the depot in this city and Camp Lee, affords a very pleasant ride at a very small cost, with an opportunity in the afternoon of attending the dress parades, and listening to the music of the fine band at Camp Lee.  To ladies and children these excursions are peculiarly welcome and valuable. 

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