Chairman. no party question. It is only a question of what is best to be done under the circumstances. and after a committee of fifteen gentlemen have gone there and examined into the whole condition of things. and thirteen out of the fifteen have voted that in their judgment Ellis Island is the most suitable of all the points named it seems to me that ought to decide what shall be done with this joint resolution. My friend from New York has stated that the immigrant station should go to the mainland. and if I knew of some suitable site that belonged to the Government on the mainland I could readily agree with him. but. ir. Chairman. there can not be purchased in the city of New York a suitable site for this purpose for $2.000.000. we can not get Castle Garden. and there isnotsufficient room there if we could. It was suggested to us that we could go to the foot of Fortysecond street. We made some investigation as to the cost of land there in sufficient quantity to locate this landingplace for immigrants. and we found that it would require an immense sum of money. It was suggested by Governor Abbett. of New Jersey. who was before us. that the station might be placed further up the North River. on the west side. but we found upon inquiry that in winter the ice came down the river in such masses that it would be impolitic to go above Castle Garden for the purpose of locating the landingplace. Therefore. aftera full investigation of all these questions. a large majority of the committee came to the conclusion that it had better be located on Ellis Island. and I believe I may state that a large proportion of the committee favor the passage of this joint resolution.
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