, 1872-10-19

were well supplied with money. He
is also reported as having received from another
hotel keeper the sum Of s25 for performing .
Like service The Michigan chi southern Railroad
!: also employs man at Toledo who Is reported to
! have accomplished similar exploits.
| It is q shameful fact that IN city Iks Chi
oago no Boa-d or Commission like the one in
New York should exist. a tremendous atnonnt
Immigration Of that city: They keep o. correct
!. record Of all the immigrants arriving at ana de-
parting from New York, together with their 90
cqpation, nationsllty, ags. ses and Destination
and directed, and is not allowed to leave the in
stitution unless he hns been properly cared for.
An excellent refuge and hospital has been erect
ed on Wards Island. Im1nigrant-house-
| whom they may receive into their respective
houses from the lnnding depot, together with the
/! time Of departure, and their destination. As
to the runners and ticket swindlers, the follow
ing extract from the report Of the New York
Commissioners will show the people Of Chicago
h ow they deal with these fellows in that city:
During the year, your Committee made a vigorous
dlet who in various ways, and By various devices,
hare been defraudng immigrants for the past several
years The earnest representations by your Commit
Tee conded by the prompt assistance Of the prese
enlste the cooperation cf the officers the law TO-
euch ood effect, that four Of these Rwinders have
been CO 1yiccd and sentenced to terms Of imprlso
ment Of five years each in the State Prison.
Nothin Of the kind is done in Chicago. The
facts and statements appearing in this article
had to be oi hanedfrom the different conf
al OF whom had to be interviewed in order to
gain the info1 nation. It is true New York City
collects $3.50, wherewith to defray expenses in-
CURED By their support II the railroad com
panies bringing immisra@nts @ to this 3 city would
Chicago, and turn over this extra half dollar to
q Commissioner or Board, it would amount to
over $4,000 yearly, which would be more than
sufficient to erect refuge and pay lts expenses
nov being built, and whero q complete record
could be Kept, and al the evils above described
could bo obviated. The German Society
for the protection Of immigrants and the
Friendless is unequal to the task on account Of
it's limited means, only receiving such money as
is donated by benevolent German citizens.
11essrs. Annecke sad Enderis, tho agents of the
society. perform wonders With the small a1 amount
at their disposal. They aid from 900 to 1900 !
Immigrants monthly, and devote their time par
ticularly to looking up lost baggage: The office
Of the society at present is at the Globe Theatre,
but will be moved next week to the Metropoi- |
tan Block, corner of LaSalle and Randolph. |
streets |
OF the los, coo immigrants reported above as |
having arrived in this city s., 200 went farther |
west and northwest OF through tickets purchas-
ed in New York, as will be scen by the following !
statement. There were transported by
Chicago Rock Island Road ad................. o,ooo
Burlngton Quincy Road s,soo
., This does not embrace the whole number Of |
immigrants carried by these roads, only those
who bought through tickets at New York being
accounted for in this statement. Those who
purchase tickets in this city arc act entered as
immigrants, but as regular passengers, and If
these are added, the number Will be sTe!jed
rs 600 in addition to the 81 900 above accounted
for, making total Of IS, 600 tlet passed through
this city for ps fRs7 ri TaS sd bo
made this city their permanent hons. More
have remained in this city during the last yeer
than during any like period previous: This is
for b the ge1a need 9i aporesg
two-thirds Of the immigrants thst passed
the other one-tbird seandinayians, English,
and Irish. Germans and scandlnayians
buy small tracts OF Innd on which they settle, and
being very industrious and frugal, soon become
the owners Of larger and more valuable tarms
They adkpt themselves easily to the habits, Gus
TOMS and manners of the country, and soon leap
the chasm Of nationality and become tqbned
with American ideas. Carl Schurz began as 1err
mer, and Colonel Fred. Hecker is farmer still,
and they have nevertheless risen to prominence.
them. Tho Irish aud English Immigrants are
usually poor, but being good laborera and skill
fu artisans: readily find work in this city, and
therefore rarely proceed further 9o wGst: chissso
powerful frames and willing hands to help re-
build our city in so short SPACE of time.
AS has been seen, more immi have passed {
over the Northwestern Railroad thaq over all
,Gttled in Wisconsin and Minnesota, but a stae1l ]
oa,t have gone to Galena and Freeport in this
State, and to the northern part ot iowa. OF the
2 200 immigrants accoantsa for By THIS road
1000 came from Sweden, Denmark, and England.
Their route is over the Iowa Division OF the !
R2ilroad, and they aro usually i
zel taken care OF, Is an: Elder or missionary !
lwayB accompanies them.
The immigrants that paased over the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific RAILROAD settled mostly s
round GeneBeo, Moline, and a1oak Island. in :
his Etste, and III tue neighborhoe4 Of Des- c
inward to the country lying along the line Of ihs
Jnion Pacific Railroad, s7hile others found {
omes in the Stcte Of Kansas.
OF those that vent over the Chicago, Eurling-
On Quincy Railroaa. large number, 1lalnly .
Vatega, in this State. Another part, composed - -
1ostly OF Germans, travelled 1n the Burlington q
Missouri River Railroad, and settled in Iowa y
nd Nebraska, some even going a8 Ter as Cah-
ornia.
Of the Immigrants that passed over the I'LL IT
ois Central Railroad, about two-thirds went to O.
ansas, and the balance settled in the Southern h
tates No immigrants travelled over the CHI al
aSo, Alton d st. Louis Railroad. m
It must here be remarked that, 2lthoug II the al
rival of immigrants during the past year, at CT
CIV York City showed an increase OF Il, 400
ersons as compared with that Of the year a.
revous, yet the number Of Immigrants that ar r.
we'd at Chicago during the same space Of time Sc
less by about 10000 than the year before. ~ ~
bis is accounted for by the fact that Chicago h
lords no protection to immigrants, and leaves 10
lem to the protection Of human vultures The 81
ty is therefore, Stunned by the more sensible af
'1tion Of the immigrants, many Of whom now 81
} by the way Of Grand Haven. frona whence
ea1ners carry them to Milwaukee. This is a by
nsiderabe loss to this city and it is on
at the authorities will take measures whereby ga
% aboye-doseribed evils con BE- avoided and sh
migrants may be afforded the Sims privileges to
ID protection that ere accorded to mora aristo- HI
attic travellers. / Gle
Of
'.- THE LATE MR.. WALLACE. ns Nc
The following information concerning young ]
alacc who killed by the cars at the Union ~ ~