Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-11
EMIGRANT COMPANIES.
AMERICAN
EMIGRANT COMPANY,

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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,O0O.
Paid up Capital $4,000.
change Bank, Hartford, Conn.
Vice President.eFRANCTS GILLETTE, late Sem
ator in Congress from Connecticut.
Weeh, John Hooker Hartford, Connecticut; s. p.
Lyman, John Williams, New York: Charles HUI
New York IS Street. New
York.
Treasurer and Secretary-John Hooker; Office, No.
y Hills Block, Hartford, Conn.
q General Agent for Emigration-John Williams;
;, Agent for the State of Maryland-W. R. COLE, N.
Il. corner OF Baltimore and North streets
The object Of thif COMPANY is to import aborers
many Belgium, France, Switzerland, Norway, and
sweden for Manufacturers, Railroad Companies, ard
other, employers of labor in America, and also to
distribute through the interior of the country emf
grants who have already arrived Mt the seab0ard CT
ties To accomplish this it has established extensive
agencies through those countries, as well through
the United States, and undertakes to hire men in
thelr native homes and at the places where they land
and safely to transfer them to their employers in the
country system complete has been put in oper-
alton here that miners mechanics Including workers
In IRON and steel of every class weavers and agri
cultural, railroad and other laborers, can now be
procured without much delay in any numbers, and
at a reasonable cost. The Company also supplies la
Dor from New York and other parties in the interior
ed IN TINS country to be sent forward Companies of
twenty or more may be safely sent to any designated
LOCALITY under the care of a conductor.
lime REQUIRED FOR EXECUTION.-Such orders can
OF course only be filled the persons described may
be obtained, but the utmost diligence and care will be
used in transmitting operatives ordered in this Way
and exact attention will be paid to the REQUIREMENTS
specified in the order.
=, ExPENsEs.-All orders should be accopanied by
Application Fee. And in addition to that a remit
lance sufficient to pay the travelling expenses of the
hereafter. If 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 EMIGRANT COM
PANY UNDERTAKES THE HIRING IN, AND FORWARD
- ING OF WORkMEN FROM, NEW YORK.
|. That it will make all practicable effort to obtain
the operatives required, who fulfill, nearly as pos
siblc the conditions of the order.
z. That, IN advancing money to pay the travelling
expenses of operatives, it will take all possible pre-
caution to procure such security as may be obtain
able for Its repayment.
3. That, if the operatives cannot be obtained the
funded.
4. That the parties ordering advance to the Com
pany an amount sufficient to defray the expenses of
the operatives ordered and the Company fee for the
same, such money to be refunded if the operatives
TERMS In addition to the fee of one dollar, IN all
eases to be paid on making this application, 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
ton OF the law to encourage immigration" imports
the following countries, to wit: England, Ireland,
sc9tland Wales, Germany, France, Belgium, Swift
erlandi Norway, Sweden. Denmark. 1t undertakes,
through its widely ramiied system of European
agencies to exercise the utmost possible care in the
selection of the men it hiresto make the necessary
legal contract with them in their own country TO be
duly ratified on their arrival hereto transport them
from their homes in Europe to New York-to deliver
Agent.
The Tim necessary for the execution of an order
WI depend upon the nature of the occupation and
tne nationality OF the men required Orders for or
binary Mechanics, Miners, Railroad and Agricultural
iab0rerS, &c., may however, be expected usually to
be illled from Great Britain in about two months by
steamship, and from Germany, Belgium, France
or Switzerland in about three months. In
Northern Europe the time required will depend upon
the season of the year. in the orders can be
filled very promptly. If operatives are ordered By
sailing SHIP 1t may be expected to occupy about foul
weeks longer than by steamer.
The EXPENSE, except the fee payable to the Com
pany, will be repaid by the emigrant; but it will be
necessary. IN giving an order to import workmen to
deposit with the Company sum equal to the prOba-
BILE amount necessary to eXpend in the transporta-
ton of the persons ordered. An exact account OF
these expenses of emigration is rendered on the de-
Vety OF me lhi4lsrant and any balance OF the de-
post is then refunded. The amount necessary to
deposit will depend upon the port of embarkation
and the extent of land travelling in Europe. But
as Il general rule, when gold is ut Il premium of II
per cent, about $40 by steamship, and S55 by sailing
ship: will be sufficient to pay all the expenses Of
British emigrants, and to this about SIS should be
added for EmigrantS from any of the ports of Cont
mental Europe. This, let it be rendered, is not a
hntan actin TO nf H.,
of which will be refunded by the Company to the
importer and all of the actual expense except the
Company fec will be repaid by the workman.
The following are the CONDITIONS ,chich the AME-
RICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY undertakes the fmpoIto-
!. That will deliver Immediately on arrival at
New York, to the parties importing any operatives
whose paSSage-mo II has paid if they escape the
human life.
- That it will make all practicable effort to obtain
me operatives required, having as careful inquiry
made as is possible i'll regard to their moral charac-
ter and capacity as workmen.
). That IN advancing money for the expenses OF
their emigration to foreign operatives it will all
possible preeautlon IN procuring such individual
0nt and collateral security is obtainabe for its
repayment
ed, the money will be refunded.
.. That the parties importing advance to the Com
pany the amount necessary to pay the travelling ey-
pcnseS OF the operatives ordered.
IERMS.-Men, including Mechanics of every kind,
Miners, Gardeners, Railroad and Agricultural labor
ers &c, from $40 to $50 The amount of this charge
will depend on the quality of the operatives the
number required, residence, &C. as well as the price
of sterling exchange, the expenses of the Company
beng chiefly in Europe in such cases.
The Agent OF the AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY
for the State of Maryland, will furnish upon appi-
cation any additional information in regard to the
plans of the Company, and will receive orders upon
the terms above specified for laborers of every class
Address or apply to W. R. COLE
Maryland Agent American Emigrant Co.
Oc2-f N II. cor. Baltimore and North StS