Yes. sir. The first Intention was to build a detention house for the accommodation of immigrants overnight. It would include a few rooms for the sick. but would not be a complete hospital. It would also include administration offices. When the last public bill was in the course of preparation. Mr. LiNTIUCUM asked the Supervising Architect if it would be possible to use a part of the Fort Mcelnry Reservation as a site and asked for a revised estimate. We continued to estimate on the previous bassthat is. to assume that the examination work would remain at the pierand we merely estimated for the detention house with administrative offices.
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