Simply because of the great necessities of the port of Philadelphia in this respect. The immigration to Philadelphia has been increasing from year to year. and immigrants have been coming to a station that is not owned by the Government of the United States. but which is owned by a railway corporation and is leased to a steamship corporation. so that all those who come to this country for the first time pass in part through other hands than those of the Government. The station at present is entirely inadequate for the purpose for which it is intended. Thirtyfour thousand people now pass annually through this station.
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