The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30
PARAD|SE FOR ALIENS
San Francisco to Have Finest Of
Immigrant Stations.
WILL BE A COMPLETE VILLAGE

WILL BE A COMPLETE VILLAGE
Surrounded by Walks and Rosss,
! Angel Island Station Will Have Its
| Own Lighting and Power Plants.
| Hospitals, Stores and Hotels.
San Francisco bay is to have the
finest immigration station in the world.
| writes Louis j. Stellmann in the San
| francisco Chronicle In another wear
| Angel island. now almost uninhabited.
| will be very lively place. Upon ii
will be erected a model village. which.
| II present plans are carried out, will
| be the cleancst, best arranged and
| in all respects the finest and healthiest
immigration station ever established
even by Uncle Sam, whose hospitality
| to aliens is famous. Indeed, the new
Corners from foreign shores will prob
ably think they have struck paradise
when they emerge from the steerage
| quarters of an ocean liner and land at
| the summer resort which the immigra-
ton bureau has provided for them.
| Here is how it all came about:
Some Years ago congress passed reso-
| luton asking Secretary Victor Metcalf
| to investigate the growing immigra-
| ton demands of the Pacific coast and
report thereon. NIetcalf did a thor
ough job Of it-so thorough that he
made congress see the needs of San
| Francisco through the eyes of her own
| people. Congress was so impressed
that it Immediately appropriated $780,
COO as starter for the work and ac-
cepted the bid and plans of Walter j.
! Mathews. a California architect.
Mathews took Il trip east and visited
the big Ellis island station. secured
data and information from headquar-
tiers and returned to draft a set of
| plans and specifications which Com
missioner General of Immigration Sar-
| gent Endorsed as the best and most
| complete he had ever seen According
| ly work was begun without delay and
is now we'll under way. The big dock.
where vessels of the greatest draft
may tie up without difficulty. has been
completed, and the task of grading is
now being pushed as rapidly as pos
sil1le.
The Angel island station will be q
complete village. surrounded by walks
and roads for every purpose, having
its own lighting and power stations.
| waterworks, hospitals, stores and no.
4 tells, so to speak, and will be con
structed With the strictest regard for
sanitation that is possible. 1t will
/ have a capacity for handling from
/ 1900 to $500 immigrants and sleeping
/ and feeding accommodations for 1000.
4 The principal building will be the adj
4 ter front. This is designed for the rs
ceiving and discharging of hnmi-
grants. 1t contains separate dining
rooms for Europeans Chinese apa
japanese, for employees, visitors and
officers, q baggage room, Offices of the
custom Inspector, board of inquiry.
Chinese inspector, commissioner Of
immigration etc, as we'll as Chinese
and Japanese detention departments
Immigrants are first received and
taken to an examination room, divided
i into compartments separated by iron
| ratings. The Chinese and japanese
are separated from the Europeans and
the women of the latter class are also
received in separate compartment.
Here. under a skylight, the first test
for trachoma, the dreaded Asiatic eye
disease, is made, and if suspicious are
aroused which render further exam
nation necessary the applicants for
admission thus classified are passed on
to the physicians quarters, where,
from a waiting room, they pass to a
/ private examination room equipped
with every late appliance for the ex-
animation of patients.
If found to be diseased-unless the
4 disease be contagious-the applicant is
placed in the hospital and detained to
await developments. If at the end of
a certain time it is found that he can
not pass the physical requirements for
admission to the country, he is deport-
ed. Ii suffering from contagious
disease, he is Of course deported at
once unless his life would be endan-
gered by such action.
II the applicant passes the first test,
he goes into another room, divided into
compartments according to his mani
fest, which gives his mental, moral
and financial qualifications. Here he
Is subjected to further examination
and ii passed goes to the baggage
room, Where he receives his property
and proceeds on his way rejoicing to
the realms of Uncle Sam.
1 If not passed, he is transferred, if an
Asiatic, to the oriental quarters. some
distance away, until his case has been
decided. If European, he goes to the
Caucasian quarters on the second floor
of the administration building. Here
the sexes are again separated and the
Idetained immigrants confined until per
mitted to leave by the authorities. The
same method is followed in the case
OF Asiatics after they have been trans
TERED to the quarters allotted to them
4 The Europeans sleep in dormitoly