New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-26
PROSPECTUS.

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ana the greatly increased facilities for travel aud
transportation together with the rapid extension Of our com
day our internal resources ou important geographcs po
on and .k and industry Of our people are becoming
more and more apparent Thee advances have only been com
esuste with be progress Of mercantile and commercial
manuctuyes the prime Trade aud Coorce are
lie cruwniug features Of our whole SOCIAL economy
sd sishbor. Of us sl We write from the other
eme Of country in minutes we travel ana transport our
goods with certainly and dispatch which develops unPIece
Thee is no part OF the United States that has become n
,nstely connected both socsly and commercially, with
every other part and the United states only but oil North
America the Atlantic to the Pacific nom the Caribbean
suI an intimacy Of social and commercial relations has
dered necessary the work we now propose
~ vanfaSes OF Trade Lists the OF ready
bv and those engaged in the various
are often procured expense and are regarded as capital
enhancing the value OF any establishment Therefore "orA
tures only would undoubtedly present the mo ,snibe sd
yet made to commercial literature but the scope o. tns
less than Comrend OF all the matter aud information that
mId be propery cornpre hended in Business Directory
and Dctouary of Useful Ars Manufacture Trade
and Cor merce covering the whole Of North America S will
be- seen by the following plan;
FTt. Commecial biographical aud Statistical de'crip-
tion Of North America c,, 49,, ri..,.,., n
Second; Compend Of the Commercial ana md'ula Ne-
Third: full desergion Of the Geossphy IopGssPay, % G
States Territories, and the British Provinces aPAsoseauy
Ftb Under each OF these Safes Territories and Pro'ln
es the name Of each city and town will be given m aphaoe
rd
iso atom distance and direction the rail
sd station or prominent mecia point, description of
It's mauuaotures ard most important INTERESTS %
reIervth ali the facilities OF communication and transit by
land and water thus making Gazetteer for each state Terri
teeI Tor almost the whole OF North America ,,
FVh Under each OF these towns cities etc w oe seh
ins s OF all Corporations Banking Institutions, win the
amount OF capital employed Newspapers win thef euc"a
SRA Under each Of these, alphabetically arranged the
Of all persons business firms thus forming Business
Directory for and city and combining together more
than twenty thousand and city Drectore making com
pete Business Guide for the whole United states ano th"
word every of interest that be useful 10 any
business including the Ise sghec ana
statistics will be eomPLehenaed Ihe aesiEn n 20
% % that could be derived from personal and
tegent nquson the spot IL is only from the most au
such WORK can made intend and what the country
demands We have organized competent and extensive
epOrters and correspondents well a. an ed
tora bureau through whose hands all the material must pass
BY whom everything false or w De rejected
and everything true and important will be preserved
Our work will comprise about $500 pages imperial 8yo OF
three fsSn ye e.TsS % Information can be as readily OBJ
tanned definition OF WORD N an ordinary douohay
The above presents mere outline OF the extent and com
bned Of the proposed work but any mind Of o
nary capacity at once perceive me vast
which follow it's successful completion by t' directory
or the captsst the producer the SHIPPER the rae
tor the trader and the consumer IN each Dfch oi
dury possessed Of immediate means OF
hus furushrg BUYER and SELLER vehicle OF eonmnnct
ton INN ensey superior all former appliances and in accord
Tie whole Plan and conception of this ,upendou' under.
ki have been aon.ss stfI .nS arsdiate nas eomon
We RELY perfect security upon its high appreciation by
l hat ". incur in its and their behalf aud pledge
selves 10 the complete and faithful execution Of what we nave
assumed TERMS
The work will be substantially bound In leather Prcs blo
The 6rst edition will be published for 'ubsch o9Iy and
will be delivered to them oy ou ssen,s ,rs "a an an
SsnSe Ssg wy EMERSON ALVORD Co.. Publisher,
No Spruce-st., New ork