Is the amount asked for a proper and reasonable allowance for the purpose? The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds in its report submitted to this House a few days ago answers to both of these questions in the affirmative and recommends the passage of the bill as amended. They did this after making a trip to Baltimore and seeing for themselves the lamentable lack of facilities for the handling and care of the immigrants. The buildings and pier ae needed for the reason that at present the Government has neither there. and the immigrants land on the private property of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.. end the Government inspection of the Immigrants takes place on this private property. Is this the right and proper thing for this great Government of ours to doto use the private property of a railroad company for its purposes? . Besides. as the situation now is no other railroad company can use this pier without the consent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.. the owner. This company therefore now has. if it cires to exercise it. a monopoly of the business of transporting the immigrants landing there. Boston. Philadelphia. and other cities have Government owned and controlled immigration stations. and the refusal of Congress to give Baltimore one would be a discrimination against the latter city. though through its gates there pass annually over 33.0( 0 aliens of the most desirable type. The hospital and the place of detention are under one roof. and are housed In an old private house refted. I believe. by the steaniship company.
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