New-York tribune., 1890-04-20
IMuIGRIyTS At THE BARGE OFFICE
NEARLY TWO THOUSAND OF THEM LANDED

NEARLY TWO THOUSAND OF THEM LANDED
ruERE-succEss OF TIE NEW SYSTEM.
The Federal Government took possession Of the
immigrant busincS, yesterday, and eighteen hnndiro
immigrants assisted in christening the Barge once as
the gate of the United states OF America sX or
seven hundred unfortunate persons were lanoed IN
uohokcn They escaped the Stale Comm >sloncrs,
however The Barg, Oicc was a scene or %uNHf' >
and Castle Garden place of gloom ana dcso"''on
superntendent Weber and bis stan were on du'y a'
AN early hour and at 80 a. III. large number 81
Immigrants were landed from the Hamburg American
Line steamer Columbia. The steamer VILLAIN Fletcher
brought 30 immigrants to the Barge once plcr'
mart az some ZOO who had arrived on the Columbia.
supcrintcnt Weber. who the per-onincition "i
energy during the day, w;e on the pier ana may
others were there also 70 receive tie nrst Immigrants
10 land there. Captain John j.. Moore. who mas inc
contract for landing immigrants. and supcrnt ndcnt
John simpson took charge OF the arrivals ana seh'
them upstairs to the second floor. where they were
REGISTERED This floor /, divided off into pens for
registration clerks. money changers, telegraph
operaio ors railroad ticket agent and other person.
The immigrants were passed through the Barge 'm''
in less than half hour The first man I" ie and o
WA, Hermann \ Ike, German axe thr'' -aN' Hc
was accompanied by his WIFE lie IS i''h'Nh"h N
trade Colonel Weber gave Vohc a five dollar s"in
niece SAYING that he had kept it for several day Tor
The first immigrant to pass through the Barge once.
Ouf of the entire number Of first arrivals on1y one
Wa, detained "a boy named Heinrich hlu'h VINO
had run away from Hungary Three of ms
unclcs who are In business here, app'a ana sam
that they would teach him 10 be a tailor D'puS
Collector Phclp, Will investigate the case fnr'hcr
The steamer Gcrmanc brought over about o"o III
migrants Among them William Henry I'phm'
.on who. II is charged clopcd with MISS Murphy
from Lincoln England. The official, at the baiS9
Office had no authority for OBTAINING the cpunic ana
they vcr. released. The steamer sdac landed ABOUT
600 passengers at Hobokcn, who were cAaMrH' Oy
A..i.t,ut Superintendent O'BcInc and several en-
M husinc.s was conducted satisfactorily Tor the
Gr.t d,y Superintendent Weber expressed hInseii a.
cnnt.nt with the results Of the day WORK. lhrFc
we're no accidents and hchinc. while hrarly @oVV
Immigrants were landed. Colonel Weber, Supcrlh'
,nmdrut simpson and others SAID they thought th"t
3 900 people could be landed AT the large Oihcc III ono
day. ~ a., ~ - -o,,d .. ,,,,,.
ing day y long hnc ol 'uVh> et"'u u'.i l ,'".
crowd, of idlcrs stood around state comm -l"hIs
stephenson and Starr viewed the situation from hiar
and within the Barge Onicc. Not one OF the ni,ihl
urcd ION, of tie state Commissioners was filhllh
The Castle Garden people received letter rom A.
.iStani secretary T6hcnOr. advsinL them that Ne,c
tary Window would annul the contract applying 70 inc
Ward, Island business with five days nOtcc IL nc
| thought IL necessary.