New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-31
Caution to Passengers arriving ut New-YOrk
OYficE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF EntGAriON }
OF THE STATE or NEw-loRK,
New City Hall, ChambeTS-st.

OfficE on THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGArioN }
on THE STATE or NEw-YoRK, :
New City Hall, ChamberS-st,)
Passengers arriving at the Port of New
York with the intention of proceeding 10 the inte-
nor should make their stay in the city as short as
possible, in order 10 save money IL Will generally
no, be necessary for them to 90 To any hotel or nn
but the passage tickets 10 the interior can be bought
immediately, and the baggage be at once removed
from the ship TO the steamboat towboat, or rall-
road some one OF when starts ererg dry throughout
fhs year This course saves not only much money
for board. lodging, and cartng, but also prevents
many occasions for fraud
hpaSSengers go 10 an inn or boarding house, they
should see, al once whether list OF prices for board
and lodging posted up for their inspection, as rs
rsgtnrsa BY tau
Never employ cart that has no number painted
onh, and be careful 10 note down the number Al
Ways make bargain for the prlce to be paid, before
engaging cart to carry your baggage. The price
allowed by law for cart load, any distance not over
lalt mile Is 81 cents and for each additional hall
mile one third more.
Among the impositions practced on emgrant pas
sengers none IS more common than an orcTchdrge ~
ne hates @ passage 10 the fer',r against rhch fhere
pHo protection, ercept by close attention TO the fol-
loving remarks and 10y insisting on strlct aiher-
thce on the part of forwarierS TO the scale of prices
established by the Mayor of the CITY of New-Nork,
and the Commissioners OF Emigration which viii be
found below
Tsrs are ttco principal routes 10 the interior from,
Nar York
One Is hy way OF Albany and Buffalo. or by the
New-York and Erie Railroad. The passage from
New York 10 Albany costs from twenty Ave cents to
tiy cents, thai dollar). From Albany, there are
No modes of conveyance 10 Buffalo one by Canal,
sMch takes from seven % ten days, al one dollar
1d half the other by Railroad gong through in
aEtysix hours, at four dollars anu no higher prices
Aould be paid
The route TO the south and west is By way OF PHI
lstelphia and fltiShurg. The passage from New
loTk 10 Philadelphia is 81 50. and from there to
Pisburg, 81 to IS, making from New-iork to Pitts
tsfg, from - SO TO - 50.
There Is also a route 10 PnSburg by way OF Al
tsly IN the summer season, which Will cost $5 50.
On all these routes passengers have 10 find their
can provisions, and consequently the difference IN
Neostoe'ween N travelling oy Canal and Railroad is
Ms great as II appears at hrst, as the passengers
yC1ai have pay for weeks provisions more
eAn those travelling BY Railroad, besides losing time
~ being longer exposed TO fraud
Passengers are advised IN event to engage their
usage TO distant small places tina; do not he on the
e.n route, but only 10 engage 10 the nearest main
sAuon and nom their 10 make new engagement
"Aer final place OF destination.
u not differently advised by the Emlgrant Socie-
sss and II all cases when passengers have not been
=" 70 consul these Societies they should never
Hse passage further than Buffalo or P,tshurg. and
ssfe makeanew contract Otherwise their passage
~ae's, though PAID for, may prove good for nothing
raSsengers are cautioned that baggage Is very Of
.e1 aoien, and the owners should always keep an
Ssslon their effects, and not allow themselves TO
snuced OF bulhed INTO giving the transportation Of
y
aeeton
migrants should always decide, Immediately upon
M arrival, what they will do before they spend
xI small remaining means IN the boarding house,
~1 they should generally proceed at once on their
Ss'ney. while they have the means
Va then ARRIVAL here they should not give ear 10
~ representations, enter INTO any ergaeementS
ethout obtaining first the advice and counsel of
sAet the commissioners Of Emigration or the EN-.
giant Society oi the nation " which they belong or
hConsul and IN inQuirlng for the Office Of the So
SNy, or Consul or the Commissioners, they should
reareiul no, 10 be carried t. the wrong place
efe are many individuals sufficiently unscrupu.
~ Intentionally 10 mlslead The stranger II ihe
S-d, toi instance, inquire after the agency Of the
Nnsn Society, OF the lrish Emlgrant Society, the
Iva applied 70 will say that he IS The agent, or
ae VIII take the stranger % the Office of tue Ger
Nciety, but instead OF doing 80 Will take ann
a. pace where he IS almost sure 10 be defrauded
s genera rule, II the emigrani Is urged 10 take
OF has 10 pay for the advice he asks, he may
sNiof sran,ed that he Is not al the place where
haes 10 De and he should bear IN mind to look
oS - name OF The persons or Office he IN search
Lr,h ,hs door OF the house into which he Is shown.
49, Vselgn Ionsuls, and the emigTant societies,
sns e,s me commissioners Of Emigration. have
N< csSss 'ne doors OF their offces. The o1hce Of
Ina spsAan Society Is No rs Greenwich.st, OF the
a, saosrant Society at No. ~ Reale-st and of
kc esSssioaefs OF Emigration IN one OF the pub
NpsSes OF the city, IN the Park
Ru,r.i ine commissioners earnestly advise all
aN"~ss VINO bring money with them, to deposit
Ss,,s as 'hsy erriye IN the Emss,an, Tadnstr,sI
MS nasS, NO. 81 Chambers 81, opposite the Park
ht a. tution was established oy the Legislature
| ss Pss>s purpose of sforing TO Emigran,s
sa drs~ M Maeposn for their moneys, which they
] nd 90 WI pleasure, whenever they want i,
Nc.. x certain psrod, With Interest sddsS 10 4,
sep ~ssy ssesi yow psrsss. 81 "a sSs, S i,s,t. ~ H.