The New York herald., 1874-08-10
WARDS ISLAND.

How Sick and Destitute Emi8rants are
Received and Provided for.
TO ascertain what becomes OF those unfortunate
emigrants who come into this port aff1tcted with
sickness or poverty stricken that the payment OF
the passage money necessary to bring them here
has exhausted all their worldly means or Of those
who have to wait for remittances from abroad OF
the interior to carry them to their destination. 1t
is necessary In the nrst place to pay q visit to
Castle Garden. II on our arrival there some pas
senger vessel should be discharging her cargo Of
human freight II may be observed that from the
long stream Of passengers who run the gauntlet Of
the oficials in the rotunda some few are selected
from the crowd assaing tine various of1ces
set apart for the exchange OF m0ney4
the sale Of tickets. &C., who look with hSn2ess.
bewildered stare on all the hustle around them,
and appear TO exhibit By their actions and deportr
ment o kind Of passive wonderment as to what
will happen to them next They seem incapable
Of taking their destiny into their own hands-of
exercising any volitlon toward the guidance OF IT.
and they wait with sort OF undemonstrative
patience to be acted upon-they would have some
ono tell them where to 60. what to do and how to
to care for them here; the destitute, who
can 90 no further, and those who have
prosecute their journey to It's end. For these I'M
fortunates the Commissioners OF Emigration nave
srce Til they can either take care Of themselves
or their friends, II they have any. as
as au seSs q for ns
tiOns fitted mp for them, laoor bureau for those
who can work, where employment may be had
when labor Is in demand, and hospital for tine
sick. But only limited number can be provided
for there, and the surplus are sent to the various
institutions IN charge OF the commissioners on
At the Wards Island Bureau IN Castle Garden
every applicant for admission to the hospital and
90 vwh n ra
furnished with certificate giving details OF the
case, with particulars as to age, nationality, &C..
steamer to ards Island, where they are received
by the physicians and surgeons In attendance
as may be desaSe ofo
looking crowd OF human beings than the steamer
TO Wrys sand sa
imagination to conceive.
The provisions for their accommodates. az n.sn on
Ward's Island are OF the most complete cnatncsess
and in the various buildings applopraieEu :"
soH and sasSss sRs comor aaS S
rooms ,nms and wards arS rSsan aJ and dna nave an
aSDs se'u%SiGus a%ise oomors Sasso wnicn can only
proceed from excellent discipline enforced without
paars ase
tagtOus Diseases a nursery, q barracks ior D0ys,
school, handsome Roman & Cas1on0 S tho the
instituton, and whch is capable OF seating thou
sand persons hall for Protestant worship new
and canaciOus iunstic asylum where most or tho
inmates rive but faint Indications TO casual one
inot ar of their unhappy condition, and number
of xceent resfdencesfor the acting ofcials, be4
sides other necessary and convenient buildings,
An the inmates who are able to work are provided
With suitable employment, the males at farming.
grading, building stone walls &c, and the females
st scrubbing, washing. ironing end the lighter
Finds OF larin labor, such as wedding, &c. This
procedure is beneficial both TO the Institution and
the inmates. the products OF the farm in 1879
on it was done BY those who were obtaining relief
The great falling Oh in the number Of emigrans Ia
this port during the rst halt OF the current year.
reference to which has already been made 10 tho
HERALD has manifested itself here also In ths
diminished number OF those requiring sehek Tho
CONTINUED ON NINTH RAARl