The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-09
IMMIGRATION,

WHO LAND IN NEW YORK Seeking AMIRI
CAN HONEs-How THEY LOOK, WHAT THEY
BRING, WHAT Is DONE WITH THEM ANp
WHERE THEY GO.
The New York Sun gives this interesting
account of European immigrants: There
are lively times in Castle Garden. for May is
the month which one-fifth of those who seek
homes in the Western Continent choose for
taking the journey. The steamship cora
panies have to increase their accommoda.
lions, and the officials at the garden have
their hands full to take care of the travellers.
Hundreds of the latter lounge around the
buildings and galleries waiting for friends. or
money. or for their baggage be-
fore they push on to fresh scenes in tbs
West. Every arriving ship brings new
load. The officials fly around like candi-
dates on election day. Erand-boys shoot
out OF the door like champagne corks, and
the throng of foreigners in a strange land
at the busy scene. Everything shows life
but there is little confusion. Every immi-
grant that arrives in New York harbor has
10 pass through Castle Garden. At Quaran-
tine the steamship is thoroughly inspected
tor infectious diseases, and when she drops
anchor off tbs battery the Storage passen-
gers are loaded on tugs or barges and landed
at the garden wharf. From this wharf they
are driven like so many sheep through a
marrow Enclosure, where physician iuspect
each as he passes.
THE SICK ARE SORTED OUT
and sent to the temporary hospital. If the,
are bad cases they are hurried away to the
regular hospital. Care is also taken of the
cd and innrm, for, strange as it may seem
TO the uninitiated, immigrants 80 and often
80 years old are among the passengers by
every steamship. Thence the newcomers
are marched past squad of questioners and
Interpreters, who note their nativity, age
place from which they emigrated. destina-
ton, occupation, financial condition, and
host of other questions which help to fill the
tables in the commissioner annual reports
Then they are turned loose in the rotundo.
to wait until their baggage has been hosted
ont of the steamships hold and landed at
the garden. Without going outside they can
hero purchase tickets to any part of the
union and have their baggage checked, ex-
change their foreign money tor greenbaeks,
telegraph to their friends they have ar.
rived, purchase food or cook their own,
write letters or 60 70 prayer meetings. They
are permitted to remain In the garden 48
hours. At the end OF that time they must
make special explanation TO the superin-
tsndent or 60 their way. They are permitted
70 depart As soon as they have been entered
on the books. The scene in che rotunda
when several hundred are waiting is peculiar.
Thsre are
so MANY THoUGHTFUL MEN,
30 many hopeful women, old persons, and
title babies. All have sought America as
the seventh heaven of everything mundane.
and when America is reached the reaction
seems almost painful. Families stand aside
In groups every member clinging to some
article Of household value. The men smoke
their pipes; the children cry and the women
try to hush them. Suddenly some friend
who started years before them, elbows his
way into the group, and then what q chsngei
Boisterous talk and laughter follow. One of
the most curious of the scenes Is to see the
men examine the fractional currency which