New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-25

AT NATION L WO l. h. -
TIE UNITED STATES
BUSINESS ENCYCLOPEDIA.
COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY.
CONTAINING
COMPREHENSIVE CLASSIFIED TRADE LISTS OF ALL
THE PROMINENT COMMERCIAL. BANKING,
MANUFACTURING AND PRO
FEssIONAL FIRMS
THE
AMERICAN UNION AND THE CANADAS,
TOGETHER WITH
STATISTICAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND HISTORICAL IN
FORMATION
u vAEIovs pEPARTNENTs or BUSINESS LiFE-Es
HRAcNe FRESH ooNFILATIoS o. TOPOGRAPHY, RE
SOURCES PRODUCTS. INVENTIONS, IMPROVEMENTS. NODES
OF TRANSIT, AND MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, ETC, IN
ALL TIE RANIFIcATIoNs OF INDUSTRY, AID BUSINESS
INCLUDING NOT ONLY BUSINESS DIRECTORY, But Also
AL TIE VALUABLE FEATURES oF Az ENCYCLOPEDIA,
GlzEIrEER and DICTIONARY or COMMERCE, TRADE AND
GENERAL BUSINESS Transactions ~ THE
eKEATEE PORTION OF TIE NORTH AMERICAN coNrNuNT-
TBr WHOLE 4 COMPLETE
STANDARD BOOK or REFERENCE,
.TFoSDIXG OF ACCESS TO TIE PRINCIPAL
NERoHAS1s, NANrFAcTvRERs AND BUSINESS NrS OF All
PROFESSIONS TRADES AND cALLNGs ~ THE UNITED
STATES AND THE c.SApAs AND DISSEMINATING NFoRAA
IIoS OF TIE MOST PRACTICAL BENEFIT AND UTMOST
VALUE IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL nTEReovRsr.
PROSPECTUS
The remarkable changes in the whole theory and practice OF
transportation together with the rapid extension Of
mercs relations obvious every intelligent mind Esch
day vast internal resources cur Important geosephce 20
on and the skill and industry Of people, are becoming
apparent These advances nave only been com
eususte with the progress mercantile and commercial
enterprises; for while agriculture, mining mechanism snd
the crowning features Of our whole social economy
steam ard shnins sHShisiins time and t i have
teme Of the country in minute sye and transport
FOODS with certainty aud dispatch which develops unprece
ia
There part the United States that has not become in
tmateIv connected both socially and commercially, with
eye other part and rot the United States only oil North
America from the Atlantic 20 the Pacific tom the Caribbean
10 Bafil's Bay
such an intimacy Ct social aud commercial relations has
dered necessary the work wenow propose.
The advantages Of Trade Ls and the means OF ready access
y otherwise those engaged the various
trades professions universally appreciated that they
often procured great expense and are regarded as capital
enhancing value any establishment Therefore work
tnrs, ouly would undoubtedly present the valuable sd
don YET commercial literature but the scope OF this
volume embraces other equally important features being no
less than Compend of ell the and information that
could be- properly cornprehended in Business Directory
and Commerce. covering the whole OF North America az will
be seen BY the following Plsn , c...,..,.., LII.
Second, CompeEd Of he Commercial and Industrial Re-
md: foil description of the Geography, Typography,
Resources Population Products Exports etc. OF eech OF the
States Territories, and tie British Provinces alphabetically
Fora Under each Of these ates Territories and Provn-
ces the each city and town will be given in ephabe
cal order s geographical position county 70 which It be-
longs population distance and direction from the neares, ran
road staon prominent commercial point description Of
Manufactures and most important Interests TO-
settler h al the facilities OF Communication aud trsat by
land and thus making Gszet Ger oT each state Terri
tory. all # which combined w form complete GaIet-
teer for almost the whole Of North America.
Fth Under each Of these towns cities etc viii be given
alphabetical order each trade bunefs az profession ncud
ing st Of all Corporations BANKING Insult itons, win me
OF capital employed Newspaper with their cireuls
sim: Under each of these alphabetically ARRANGED, the
names Of all persons end business rms thus forming Business
than twenty thousand and city Directories making com
pce Business Guide for the whole United States aud the
In every matter of interest that be useful TO any
Pfesi .sies vii be ccmrrehended The desisn n to far.
nsh the Counting House ard the once with every matter of
teCent neuiition the 1t only from the most
theIc and from personal and necent inquiry that
be made what we intend and what the country
We have organized competent and extensive corps
reporters and correspondens as well an ed
cra bureau through whose hands al the material pa
and by whom everything afe OF unmpoan VIII be rejected
Our work viii comprise about $500 pages imperial svo Of
tie entire matter will be 50 classified
tanned the definition Of word in an ordinary dictionary
The above presents mere outline OF the extent sni co
which must follow u sucee,sfa BY lie Directory
Nv N, espitsisr the proder tie shipper the fac.
the trader and the consumer in each branch OF human IN
dury possessed Of immediate Of coespondeuee
hrs furnishing BUYER and SELLER vehicle Of comnunes-
mu ouey sTero to ali former appliance ard IN accord
The whole plan and conception Of this s,upendous ander
taking have been months maturing AID tie details are already
lie successful ana immediate COMPLETION
We rely with security ia high apprec alton BY
community eniy us Tor the large
outlay that incur 10 and their behalf and pledge
selves 10 the eoIete and faithful execution Of "hst we nave
assumed
TERMS.
The work will he substantially bouEd IN leather Price $40
peT copy
The fret edition vii he published for .ubscribeTs oay and
will Be delivered them ~ agents uliansouy II all
OF IKE The efcTe pe.son desrne an
early cory will perceive the advantage q subscribing Ia sd
,sn.e EMERSON, ALV0RD I Co., Publishes,
No l Spruce-st., New Yo.k.