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EMIGRANT COMPANIESAMERICANEMIGRANT COMPANY,CHARTERED FOR TIIEPURPOSE OF PROCURING AND ASSISTING EMIGRANTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO SETTLE IN THE UNITED STATES.Incorporated with an Authorized Capital of91,000,000.Paid up Capital, 9510.000.President—A. G. HAMMOND, President of Exchange Rank. Jlartlord, Conn.Vice President—FRANCIS GILLETTE, late Sen-ator 111 Congress from Connecticut.Directors—A G. Hammond. F. Chamberlin. If. K. Welch, John Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut; S. P. Lyman, .John V lllmms. New York; Charles ilul-bert, Boston: James C. Savery, Des Moines, Iowa.Bankers—Rank ol New York, 48 Wall street, New York.Agent for the State of Maryland-W. R. COLE, N. h. comer ol Baltimore and North streets.The object of this Company is to import laborers,cspecialy skilled laborers, from Great Britain, Germany, 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 emigrants who have already arrived at the seaboard cities. Jo accomplish this it has established extensive agencies through those countries, as well as throughthe United States, and undertakes to hire men in their native homes, and at the places where they land, and safely to transfer them to their employers in the country. A system so complete has been put in operation here that miners,mechanics (including workers in iron and steel of every class,) weavers, and agricultural, railroad, ami other laborers, cun now be procured without much delay, in any numbers, and at a reasonable cost. The Company also supplies labor lrorn New York and other parties in the interior of the country, who desire emigrants who have landed in this country to be sent forward. Companies of twenty or inure may be safely sent to any designated locality under the care of a conductor.Time Required for Execution.—Such orders can pt course, only be filled as 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 requirementsspecified in the order.Expenses. All orders should be accopanicd bythe sum ol one dollar for each person ordered, as anApplication reo. And in addition to thut a remittance sufficient to pay the traveling expenses of the persons ordered and the commission as specified hereafter. If the order should not be filled this money will be refunded at any time on the draft ofthe party who remitted it, except the Application fee aforesaid.CONDITION'S ON WHICH THE AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY UNDERTAKES THE HIRING IN, AND FOKWAKD-ISO OF WORKMEN FROM, NEW YORK.1. That it will make all practicable ofi'ort to obtain the operatn cs required, who fulfill, us nearly as pos-sible, the conditions ol the order.2. That, in advancing money to pay the traveling expenses of operatives, it will take all possible precaution to procure such security as maybe obtainable for its repayment.3. That, if the operatives cannot be obtained themoney advanced to procure the same will bo refunded.4. That the parties ordering advance to tlio Company an amount sufficient to defray the expenses of the operatives ordered, and the Company’s fuo for the same, such money to he refunded if the operatives are not procured.Terms.—In addition to the fee of one dollar, in nil cagrn to hr paid on making thin application, thu following charges will be made when operatives arc ordered to he sent forward:OPERATIVES IMPORTED SPECIALLY._ The American Emigrant Company, under the sanction of the law to encourage immigration,” imports to order operatives of every description from any of the following countries, to wit: England. Ireland. Scotland, Wales, Germany. Irancc. Belgium. Switzerland Norway, Sweden, Denmark. It undertakes, through its widely ramified system of European agencies, to exercise the utmost possible care in the selection of the men it hires—to make the necessary legal contract with them m their own country, to be duly ratified on their arrival hero—to transport them from their homes in Europe to New York-to deliverAgentm am tlt;J thc iml,orter w his•T|h? Time necessary for I he execution of an order will depend upon the nature of the occupation and the nationality of the men required. Orders for ordinary Mechanics. Miners, Railroad and Agriculturall‘* W1* however, he expected usually tlt;*be tilled from Great Britain in about two months by steamship, and from Germany, Belgium, Franco or Switzerland m about three months. In Northern Europe the time required will depend upon the season of the year; in the summer orders can be tilled very promptly. It operatives are ordered by sailing ship, u may be expected to occupy about four weeks longer t hail by steamer.The Expknsk, except the feo payable to the Company, Mill bo repaid by the emigrant; but it will be necessary in giving an order to import workmen, to deposit with the Company a sum equal to the probable amount necessary to expend iii the transportation of the persons ordered. An exact account of these expenses of emigration is rendered on the delivery ot the immigrant, and any balance of thc d» -poMt is then relunded. I he amount necessary todeposit will depend upon the port of embarkationand the extent ot and-traveling in Europe. l{„ as a general rule. , when gold is. at a premium of 40 per cent., about *10 by steamship, and $55 by sailin'*-ship, will be sufficient to nay all the expenses ,ft Rntish entrants, an.l to tk, about *15sWld h„auded for Emigrants from any of the ports of(Wi ncntnl Kuronc This, let it be rom^rc'd. LnTi statement ot the exact cost, but an cstimitc of the probable outlay necessary, any unexpended surplus ot which will be refunded by the ComDanv to the importer, and all ot the actual expense (except the8 :Q) Wl11 Vi° re|slilt;l by the workman. c following arc theCo.NDiTioxs an ir hick thc Amf-ru'an Emigrant Company undertake* th* import*-tion ttf foreign workmen :1. That it will deliver immediately on arrival at Newiork.to tho parties importing, any operatives whose passage-mon«.*y it Inis paid, if they escape theliunmn lilc anlt;^ ordinary casualties* of2. l’hat it will make all Practicable effort to obtain |he operatives required, having as careful inquirymade as is possible in regard to their moral character and capacity as workmen.3. That m advancing money for the expenses of their emigration to foreign operatives, it will use all possible precaution in procuring such individualrepay men tc ra security as is obtainable for its4. That if thc operatives ordered cannot be obtained. the money will be refunded.5. That the parties importing advance to thc Company the amount necessary to pay the traveling expenses ot the operatives ordered.1 krms.—Mon, including Mechanics of every kind Miners, Gardeners. Railroad and Agricultural labor-i5” ,n ,*^1' V* 'N'd. I he amount of this charge will depend on the quality of the operatives, the number required, residence, Ac., as well as the price ot. sterling exchange, the exnenses of the Company being chiefly m Europe m such cases.1 lie Agent of the American Emigrant Companyfor the Mate ot Maryland, will furnish, upon application, any additional information, in regard to the Plans ot the Company, and will receive orders, upon the terms above specified, for laborers of ercrv elaslt; Address or apply to \V. R. COLE,Maryland Agent American Emigrant Co. oc_-tt N. L. cor. Baltimore and North sts.
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Baltimore Daily Commercial
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Mon, Oct 09, 1865
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