Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-09
EMIGRANT COMPANIES.
AMERICAN
EMIGRANT COMPANY.

EMlGRANT COMPANY,
CHARTERED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROCURING AND AS
sIsTING EMIGRANTs FROM FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES TO SETTLE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Incorporated with an Authorized Capital of
SI.OOO,OOO.
Paid up Capital, S5fO.OOO.
President-A. G. HAMMOND, President of Ex
change Bank, Hartford Conn VI
Vice President-FRANCIS GILLETTE, late Sen
ator in Congress from Connecticut
Directors-A. G. Hammond F. Chamberlin. tt. X
Welch, John Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut; S. p
Lyman, John Williams, New York: Charles HUI.
bert, Boston: James c. Slavery, Des Moines. Iowa.
', B9nkers-Bank of New York, As Wall street. New
York.
Hills Block, Hartford, Conn
os General Agent for Emigration-John Williams;
Office, No. Bowling Green, New York
Agent for the State OF Maryland-W. r. COLE, N.
h. corner OF Baltimore and North streets.
The object of this Company is to imnort 1oborara
especially skilled laborerS, from Great Britain Ger
many, Belgium, France Switzerland Norway, and
Sweden, for Manufacturers Railroad Companies and
other employers of labor in America, and also to
distribute through the interior of the country emil
grants who have already arrived at the seaboard ci-
ueS 10 accomplish this it has established extensive
agencies through those countries, as well as through
the United States, and undertakes to hire men in
ther naVe homes and at the places where they land
and safely to transfer them their employers in the
country system so complete has been put in oper-
IN iron ana steel OF every Glass; weavers and agri-
cultural, railroad, and other laborers can now he
procured without much delay, in any numbers and
at reasonable cost The Company also supplies Ia
Dor from New York and other parties in the interior
OF the country. who desire emgrants who have land
ca IN thls country to be sent forward. Companies of
twenty or more may be safely sent to any designated
locality under the care of conductor
lime REQUIRED FOR ExBcuTIoN-Such orders can
OF course, only be filled the persons described NAV
be obtained, but the utmost diligence and care will be-
used In transmitting operatives ordered in this way
ana exact attention VIII be paid to the requirements
ExPENsEs.-All orders should be accopanied nv
the sum OF one dollar for each person ordered as an
Application Fee And in addition to that a remit
lance sufficient to pay the travelling expenses of the
persons ordered and the commission as specified
hereafter IL the order should not be filed this
money will be refunded at any time on the draft of
the party who RENTED it, except the Application
Fee aforesaid.
CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE AMERICAN EMIGRAYT COM
PANY UNDERTAKES THE HIRING IN, AND FORWARD
Thai tif of, OF % n31I.S FL FROM. NET YORK
the operatives required who fulfill nearly as pos
sble; the conditions of the order.
Z. mat, IN advancing money to pay the travelling
expenses of operatives, it will take all possible pre-
caution to procure such security may be obtain
able for its repayment.
3. That, if the operatives cannot be obtained. the
money advanced to procure the same will be re-
funded " ~
4. That the parties ordering advance to tho Cam
pany an amount sufficient to deiray the expenses of
the operatives ordered and the Company fee for tbc
same such money to be refunded if the operatives
not procured
TERMs:-In addition to the fee of one dollar in ol
cases to De pad on making this Gppcation the fol-
lowing charges Will be made when operatives are Or
dered to be sent forward
OPERATIVES IMPORTED SPECIALLY.
The American Emigrant Company under the sane
on o. the law to encourage immigration, imports
the following countries, to witt England Ireland
Scotland, Wales, Germany, France, Belgium, swift
erland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark 1t undertak kos
through its widely ramifed system of European
agencies to exercise the utmost possible care in the
selection OF the men 1t hlresto make the necessary
regal contract with them i'll their own country to be
duly ratified on their arrival hereto transporf them
from their homes in Europe to New York-to deliver
them on their arrival here to the importer or his
Agent. '' "a N''
The Tim9 necessary for the execution of m orJIc,
WI depend upon the nature of the occupation and
binary Mechanics Miners, Railroad and Agriculture
iao&TerS' &C. may however, be expected usually to
steamship, and from Germany, Belgium, Franco
Or Swtzerland in about three months. In
the season of the year; in the summer orders can he
hlied very promptly. If operatives are ordered by
Sns sup, II may DC expected to occupy about four
weeks lGngcr than by steamer.
Inc EXPENSE, except the fee payable to the Com
pany VIII pc repaid by the emigrant but it will be
necessary, IN giving an order to import workmen ia
deposit with the Company equal to the proba-
BILE amount necessary to expend in the TRANSPORTS
tion OF the persons ordered An exact account OF
these expenses of emigration is rendered on the de
livery OF the immigrant, and any balance of the dr.
post Is then refunded. The amount necessary +,
aePoslt VIII depend upon the port of embarkatio1
and the extent of d-traveling in Europe RI
as general rule, when gold is at premium Of !,
per cent about $40 by steamship and SIS bv saiIino
ship. will be sufficient to pay all the EXPENSES u
Brush emlgrants, and to this about SIS should b,
a aSaed 9E nLng h from any Of the Of Cont
statement OF the exact cost but an estimate Of thq
probable outlay necessary, any uneypended sUrnn,
OF which Will be refunded by the Componv to The
importer and all OF the actual expense (except the
Company's fee will be repaid by the workman '~
The following are the CONDITIONS on uhich the AuE-
RICAN EMIGRASF COMPANY undertakes the imnorfr.
tom q Jore:gn ecorknten:
l. That twill deliver Immediately on arrival NJ
New YORK, to the parties importing any Operatives
whose passage money it has paid if they escape the
dangers OF the sea and the ordinary casualties of
= That it will make all practicable effort 70 Obtain
me operatives required having as careful inquiry
ter and capacity workmen. ~
3. That In advancing money for the expenses Of
tlgratlon 10 foreign operatives, it will use all
possible precautl0n IN procuring such individual
JOINT and collateral security as is obtainabie for its
repayment. Ava A'N
ed, the money will be refunded ''-
D. lnat the parties importing advance to the Com
pany the amount necessary to pay the travelling ex
penseS OF the operatives ordered.
IERMs.-Men, including Mechanics of every kind
Miners Gardeners, Railroad and grcultural labor
erS &e, from $40 to $50. The amount of this charge
Will depend on the quality of the operatives the
number required residence, &C.. well as the price
Of sterling exchange, the expenses of the Company
The Agent of the AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY
1or the state OF Maryland will furnish, upon appli-
cation any additional information in regard to the
plans of the Company, and will receive orders mon
the terms above specified for aborers of every class
Address apply to W. r. COLE
100 80 Maryland Agent 4 American Emigrant Go.