| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Oct. 13, 1863 |
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| Major M. Morfit |
| QM |
| Petersburg, Va. |
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| Sir, |
| It appears from a report made to this
bureau that salt sent from Lynchburg via Canal, and River, costs but
sixty seven cents per sack for transportation, and that the only
drayage is from the wharf, at Petersburg, to the depot. |
| The cost of transportation by rail-road is
estimated at about one dollar per sack. |
| It is therefore not deemed expedient to
adopt your suggestion, that, hereafter, all salt designated for
southern points, should be shipped from Lynchburg to Petersburg by the
South Side Rail Road. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
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