Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-03-19
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At present San Francisco is the
doorway from the orient to this great
land, and when the Panama canal is
completed it will be the gateway for
the European hordes that now seek
| admission through New York to this
country.
At the entrance to the Golden Gate
the guardians of the law and of the
city's safety have been watching al
most helplessly the rising tide of orr
entail invasion. They have had no ia.
Cilities, no equipment for struggling
against it, and the leak in the dyke
of protection has widened ceaselessly.
But now the leak is to be stopped.
| On Angel island is to stand one of the
finest and best equipped immigrant
stations in the country, second to
none, except possibly that on Ellis is
land in New York harbor
Against the tide of Japanese immi-
grafton, against the gathering wave OF
white alien immigration that will
break on these shores through the
Panama canal, against the new but
real Hindu terror; against orientals
who are rotten with contagion of the
body, diseased in mind, lepers in NOR
als-against all these San Francisco
has lifted up her voice in protest;
and, in consequence, over ten acres
have been set apart on Angel island
for station. Plans have been drawn
after months of the most careful
study of the latest immigration re-
quirements, which have been indorsed
by the secretary of state, Secretary
Metcalf and Commissioner General of
immigration Sargent, and work has
already begun on the buildings with
an appropriation of 100000 and $780,.
600 more asked This latter amount
is to include the cost of two boats
one barge for conveying immigrants
to the island from the ships, the other
a launch for accommodation of the
boarding, immigration, medical and
customs officers in whose hands the
duties of protection lie.
Here, as on Ellis island, every op-
portunity, every convenience, every
necessity for careful supervision will
be at hand to evidence that care which
means not only each individuals but
the nations safety.
First there will be large admins.
tration building 800 by 200 feet, two
stories in height. Directly in the front
and middle of this building, to which
all the passengers come from the
wharf are two huge examination
rooms for general inspection of the
"manifests," as the passengers are
called.
The first room is the waiting room
with row upon row of benches Bacl
of this is the ship" where down by
long stalls or counters they pass fo
inspection under the general immigra
ton laws. From this room out at tn,
. back they go; to the right for tn,
= medical department if closer physlca
. inspection is necessary; to the lief
= for more rigid general inspection, OF
II detained, to the European detention
|, department. if white aliens; to tn
=, Japanese and Chinese, if orientals
: Those who pass the general inspeC
q ton may pass out to the baggag
+ room to claim their own and be sen
= on their way rejoicing.
Besides these two front middl
d rooms, at the front right, are the chic
inspectors Office and that of tn
I. physician in charge. Back of thes,
n four rooms for rigid inspection; tn
u vaults for the safe keeping of tn
"A rapprIC-op iu,nOrtort faoturn. q, I,ro
k room for stenographers; the baggag
Y room, and still farther back in III
2. wing, the officers dining.room, II
a public ng-room-European an
G Oriental-with a kitchen in the rear
d In the left front are the officer
10 rooms-cOmmission chief deput
lie statistician; back of these the medic
d. inspection department,
lie Upstairs are the dormitOries OF
Is for stenographers, one for employe
and the European quarters-wom,
d. on one side, men on the other, eat
IN with large pleasant sitting room
Mushrooms with showers, and so G
x There is also a large inclosed pore
tn where the babies and children m
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Ne the same building are the Office
quarters.
d' The oriental quarter is buildi
by itself; upstairs for the Chimes
downstairs for the Japanese-divid
each into mems dormitories and S
ting room on one side and womel
H. on the other, as in the European
vision.
, One of the most important featul
go of the station will be the hospit
which has been beautifully planu