The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-12-08
Cost or Living In washington

Cost or Living In Washington.
1t nav interea, the many thousand.
who contemplate sojourn at the Ma
'ional Capital this winter, to Ae inform.
ed that they will have to pay very dear
" for the luxury. Last winters prices
we're thought exorbitant, but they were
moderate in comparison with the de
mands made this winter. Hotels, board
ing houses and lodging rooms have ad.
vanccd in price at least fifty per cent:
since the CLOSE Of the las. session Of
Congress. The proprietors OF these
insti, ntions -most Of which are devoted
10 the entertainment OF man in a beast.
" manner-became alarmed three or
four months ago, when gold rose 10
about 300, and immediately clappcd on
from fifty to enc hundred per cent. on
charges already twice what they should
be. they haven't looked a, the mark.
ct reports since and woull not thank
anybody to tell them tha; gold is 2lo
to day and going dpwn, II it should
go up to 4o), however, they woall
soon find it ou', and increase their tar.
lff accordingly. For a,hird story room
in house ,ha. looked az if it would
tumble down before the end OF the
year, from forty % fifty dollars mon,h
IS asked. For tie commoncst kind Ut
meals. a: the commonest kind of board
inghouse, where they serve up for beef
steak what p operly belongs N a tan
yard. and cheat the soap factory to
suppressed the dairy, the demand is ten
dollars a week This is for meals only
two da, which is as much as ary
ordinary stomach can stand of this
particular kind offered. Here is about
iweL.y dollars a week for what, in any
city OF the North, can be had for Ave.
4, the hotels, the figures are proportion
ably large. Five dollars a day will
Get you an attic, 3 Macalamzad mat
hc.S, and two slralli.l meals, at one at
the establishments which are Il 1T class
in name, and about f.urth cl,ss in ac
commela,ion, jaiyed Ly The standard
Of any respectable city in the North II
you 60 into store 10 bny anything,
yeu are swinIlel in the same rai,,
and clerks look upon eacl.
customer tliey me across as q person
who diin't come honestly by Lis money
Any how, anl = transient TO boat. upon
whom the price navy b. "S.nck" with
mnuni;y bird II passage. fiji only to-
be plrcke.l aud sen, on i,is way, certain
never - come ba again.
I, is said ,'st in viex of these facts,
4 great many Congressman, whose
families have heretof re spen, the win
Ter IN Washington, viii vegeta'e 50 as
this season, thou ,h am sorry l., saw
the morals Of so!Ge of the honorable
gentlemen are such that in The io1g run
they won't save a grea. deal in this op.
Grafton. Int gentlemen wto have no
business here, vet foniiy
cherish the hope Of visiting this city
iiring each sue ,eelin. session Of the
National Legislature, AZ II abo,ing un
Ter The Impression that every thing
You'll - wrong in their absence, vii
10 w.l!,o hesitate long enough to coun,
The cost, AID see il they can stand the
pxpease. Unless they come here with
plcthoric pocket books, they will cer
la,nly be seized with an attack Of i'm
pecumo.i,y when they have been here
! week and such a disease, in this
latitude Is more fatal fhan smsll pox.
. Wush Cor. Gin. Con.