Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-02
EMIGRANT COMPANIES,
AMERICAN
EMIGRANT 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 I'D Capita1 S54O. OO0

Paid up Capital. $4,000.
Presidential. G. HAMMOND. President Of FIX
change Bank, Hartford, Conn.
Vice PresidentceFRANCIs GILLETTE, late Sem
ator in Congress from Connecticut.
Directors-A. G. Hammond F. Chamberlin. II. X.
WEIGH, John Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut; S. P.
Lyman, John Williams, New York; Charles Hull
bert, Boston; James G; Sayery, Des Moines, Iowa
:, Bankers-Bank of New Y rk, IS Wall street, New
Treasurer and Secretary-John Hooker: Office. No.
9 Hills Block, Hartford, Conn
o General Agent for Emigration-John Williams;
Aeen for The bo Stae q Grs%sn New Y9Tk
Il. corner Of Baltimore and North streets.
The object of this Company is to import laborers,
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 emf
grants who have already arrived at the seaboard CT
tes. 10 accomplish this it has established extensive
agencies through those countries well as through
the the. United States and undertakes to hire men in
tner nate homes and at the places where they land
anu saely 10 transfer them to their employers in the
country. system so complete has been put in oper-
atlon mere that miners, mechanics Including workers
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 emigrants who have land
ed in this country to be sent forward. Companies of
twenty or more may be safely sent to any DESIGNATED
loGallty under the care of a conductor.
TIME REQUIRED FOR EXECUTIoN.-Such orders can
OF course only be filled as the persons described may
De ootalned but the utmost diligence and care will he
USED In transmitting operatives ordered in this way
and exact attention will be paid to the requirements
ExPENsEs.-All orders should be accopapied nv
the sum OF one dollar for each person ordered as an
Appncataon rec. And In addition to that a remit
lance suilcent to pay the travelling expenses of the
persons ordered and the commission as specifed
hereafter If the order should not be filled, 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 CON-
PANY UNDERTAKES THE HIRING IN, AND FORWARD
ING OF WoRKMEN FROM, NEW YORK
l. That 1t will make all practicable effort to Obtain
the operatives required who fulfill as nearly as pos
slble, 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 rs may be obtain
B. 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 the Com
pany an amount sufficient to defray the expenses Of
the operatives ordered and the Companys fee for the
same, such money to be refunded if the operatives
are not procured.
TERMs-In addition to the fee of one dollar, in all
cases 10 De pdtd on making is dDpLcation the fol-
lowing charges will be made when operatives are or
dered to be sent forward:
OPERATIVES IMPORTED SPECIALLY,
The American Emigrapt Company, under the sane
ton of the law to encourage Immigration imnori.
to order operatives of every description from any 81
the following countries, to wit England, Ireland
erand or aaes' Germdany France Belgium Swift
through its widely ramifed system of European
aSenties 70 exercise the utmost possible care in the
Selecuon OF the men 1t hireS-to make the
legal contract with them in their own countrv to he
guy ratlned on their arrival hereto transport them
from tnelr MONIES In Europe to New York-to delve1
Agent. -A'p'i'er Ut us
Ihs lime necessary for the execution of an order
VIII depend upon the nature of the occupation and
the nationality of tho men required Orders for orr
dihhary Mechanics Miners Railroad and Agriculture
EioeTerS, &C., may however be expected usually to
De tlled from Great Britain in about two months nv
s SUI and from Germany, Belgium, France
or switzerland in about three months In
Northern Europe the time required will denend ,no
s season OF the year. in the orders can be
n,iGu Ee[y promptly If operatives ordered by
sdnS SNIP III may be expected to occupy about four
weeks eek, longer than by steamer. -''-
Inc E;TPESsE except the fee payable to the Com
pahy VIII pc repaid by the emigrant but it will he
necessary In giving an order to import workmen Ia
deposit with the Company sum equal to the proba.
tom Of b necessary to eXpend in the transporta
these expenses of emigration is rendered on the de
Ol Ine nmgrant and any balance of the de-
deposit Will depend upon the port of embarkatiop
and the extent Of land-trayeling in Europe. But
per cent, about $40 by steamship and S55 bv n
snip, Will be sufficient to pay all the expenses oi
a 6Fn Eel emgrans and to this about SIS should be
ADDED Tor Emlgrants from any of the ports of Cont
mental Europe. This, let it be rendered is not n
statement OF the exact cost, but an estimate of the
Prropaoe outiay necessary, any uneXpended Surplus
OF winch VIII be refunded by the Company TO tbe
importer, and all OF the actual expense (except the
company 1ee) VIII be repaid by the workman
Inc i3LoWing are the CONDITIONS on ohich the ME-
RlcAN EMIGRANT COMPANY undertakes The innort1
ton Of t0retga ,cOrka,en: Wv ''p'''
~ mat 1t Will deliver Immediately on arrival nj
New York, to the parties importing any operativaS
whose passage money 1T has paid if they escape the
dangers ot the sea and the ordinary casualties of
human life. 'i'io' Vi
That it will make all practicable effort 10 obtain
me operatives required, having as careful inouirv
maze as Is possible IN regard to their moral charoc
ter and capacity workmen "-'0
=, D: 1hat In advancing money for the expenses of
tnelr emigration to foreign operatives it will use ali
posslole ,preeautlon IN procuring such individual
lont and collateral security as is obtainabe for its
repayment. " 10
t. That If the operatives ordered cannot be obtain
ed, the money will be refunded.
D. mat the parties importing advance to the Com
pany the amount necessary to pay the travelling ex-
,,!ERNs.TMen, including Mechanics of every kind
Miners, Gardeners, Railroad and Agricultural Labor
erS, &e from $40 to $50. The amount of this charge
will depend on the quality of the Operatives t6e
number required, residence &c as well as the price
Of sterling exchange, the expenses of the COMPANY
Delng chle1y IN Europe in such cases
Inc Agent OF the AMERICAN EMIGRAyT CoMp,Ny
Tor the State OF Maryland will furnish upon appIi
cation any additional information in regard to the
plans OF the Company, and will receive orders upon
the terms above specified for aborers of every class
Address apply to w r. COLE ~
Maryland Agent American Emigrant Go.
oc2-u N. t. cor. Baltimore and North SITS