. Scenes of modern New York . IMMIGRANT STATION. These fine buildings of brick, stone and terra cotta are located on Ellis Island, a small island between the Liberty Statue and theCommunipaw shore. Here thousands of immigrants are received daily and passed into the United States. All steerage passengers are transferred from thesteamers in which they arrive, and before they can land, must be examined as to their eligibility as citizens and be fully recorded. The Government never ceases toprotect the immigrant until he is prepared to face the new conditions. Over 11,000,000 immigrants have enter
. Scenes of modern New York . IMMIGRANT STATION. These fine buildings of brick, stone and terra cotta are located on Ellis Island, a small island between the Liberty Statue and theCommunipaw shore. Here thousands of immigrants are received daily and passed into the United States. All steerage passengers are transferred from thesteamers in which they arrive, and before they can land, must be examined as to their eligibility as citizens and be fully recorded. The Government never ceases toprotect the immigrant until he is prepared to face the new conditions. Over 11,000,000 immigrants have entered the port of New York since 1880, and the annualaverage is about 600, U. S. CUSTOM HOUSE, Bowling Green, foot of Broadway. Occupies an entire block, and was completed in 1907 at a cost of $7,200,000. This beautifulstructure is the finest customs building in the world. Doric colonnades give a superb air of stateliness to the walls, and the cornice is embellished with statuesemblematic of the great commercial nations. Larger groups representing the continents, America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, by Daniel C. French, flank either sideof the main entrance. A cartouche emblematic of the American Nation, by Carl Bitter, is the crowning feature of the facade. Cass Gilbert, Architect.
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