| From the Richmond Whig |
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| June 25, 1864 |
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| 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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