Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-05
EMEGRANT COMPANIES.

EMIGRANT COMPANY.
CHARTERED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROCURING AND AS
SISTING EMIGRANTS FROM FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES TO SETTLE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Incorporated with IN Authorized Capital of
@E,090,GOO.
Paid up Capital s5i0,GOG.
Presidential. G.. HAMMOND, President of Elk
change Bank, Hartford, Conn.
Vice Presidcnt-.FRANCIS GILLETTE, late Sen
ator in Congress from Connecticut
" Direct3rS-A e. Hammond, T. Chamberlain II. K.
WEIGH. John Hooker Hartford, Connecticut; S. P
bert, Boston: James G Slavery, Dcs Moines Iowa.
Bankcrs-Bank of New York, IS Wall street, New
Treasurer and Secrctary-John Hooker: Office. No.
Hills Block, Hartford, Conn.
= General Agent for Emigration-John Williams;
Office, No. Bowling Green, New York
Agent for the State Of Maryland-W. R. COLE, N
E. corner Of Baltimore and North streets.
The object of this Company is to import laborers.
especially skilled aborers, from Great Britain Ger
many, Belgigm, France, Switzerland, Norway, and
other employers OF labor in America, and also to
distribute through the interior of the country emf
SGaDOarl Ci-
ties. To accomplish this it has established extensive
agencies through those countries well as through
the United States, and undertakes to hire men in
their native homes and at the places where they land
ana safely to transfer them to their employers in the
country. system so complete has been put in oper-
aton mere 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 reasonable cost. The Company also Supplies Ia
Dor from New ork and other parties in the interior
OF the country who desire emgrants who have land
n ord.
twenty may be safely sent to any designated
LOCALITY gnder the care of a conductor.
lime REQUIRED FOR EXECUTION.-Such orders can
of course, only be filled the persons described NAV
be obtained but the utmost diligence and will be
and exact attention will be paid to the requirements
specified In the order.
, ExPENsEs.-All orders should be accopanied by
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 spccified
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
CONDITIONS on WHICH THE AMERICAN EMIGRANT COM
PANY UNDERTAKES THE HIRING IN, AND FORWARD
~ ING OF wOREMEN FROM, NEW YORK.
i. That it will ma Ike all practicable effort to obtain
the operatives required, who fulfill nearly as pos
siblc the conditions Of the order
=. That, 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 ior It's repayment.
3. That, if the operatives cannot be obtained the
money advanced to procure the same will be re-
4. That the parties ordering advance to the Com
pany an amount sufficient to dcfray 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 ali
cases to be pad making this applications 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
to order operatives OF every description from any
the following countries, to wit: England, Ireland.
Scotland, Wales Germany, France, Belgium, Switz-
through its widely ramied system of European
AGENCIES, to exercise the utmost possible in the
selection OF the men 1t hreS-to make the necessary
legal contract with them iii their own country to be
duly ratified on their arrival hereto transport them
from their homes III Europe to New Yori-to deliver
Agent.
The Tim necessary for the execution of an order
WI depend upon the nature OF the occupation and
tne natonaIlty OF the men required Orders for or
binary Mechanics, Miners Railroad and Agriculture
laborerS, &c, may however, be expected usually to
be filled from Great Britain in about two months by
steamship, and from Germany, Belgium France
or Switzerland in about three months II
Northern Europe the time required will depend upor
the season of the year in the summer orders can be
filled very promptly. If operatives are ordered by
sailing ship 1t may be expected to occupy about -four
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 WorkmeO
deposit with the Company sum equal to the proba-
bic 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-
livery OF the immigrant, and any balance of the de-
post IS then refunded. The amount necessary ia
deposit viii depend upon the port of embarkation
and the extent OF underwriting in Europe Rut
as general rule, when gold is at a premium of d
per cent about $50 by steamship, and Sa5 by sailing
snip. VIII be suinclent to pay all the expenses o.
British emigrants, and to this about Sl5 should be-
aided i9r EmlSrants from any Of the ports of Cont
mental Europe This, IcE 1t be rendered, is not n
statement OF the exact cost, but estimate of the
probable outlay necessary, any unexpended surplus
OF which will be refunded by the Company to the
importer, and all of the actual expense (eycent tbe
Company fee will be repaid by the workman.
The following are the CONDITIONS on tchich the AME-
RICAN EMIGRANT Company undertakes the ilnporta-
ta0a q foreign tsOrkmeR:
|. That it will deliver Immediately on arrival at
New IOrh, to the parties importing any Operotives
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 to obtain
The operatives required having as careful inquiry
MADE as Is possible IN regard to their moral charac-
ter and capacity workmen.
=. ). That IN advancing money for the expenses of
their emigration to foreign operatives it will use ali
possible pfecauton IN procuring such individual
joint, and collateral security as is obtainabe for t
repayment. 49,
A. That If the operatives ordered cannot be obtain
ed, the money will be refunded
.. lhat 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 Agricultural Labor
erS &e. from $40 to $50 The amount of this charge
VIII 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
being chiefly III Europe in such cases.
The Agent Of the AMERICAN EMIGnANT COMPANY
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 aborcrs of every class
Address apply to w r. GOLF ~
Maryland Agent American Emigrant 90
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