Time department had hearings on the matter at Ellis Island. and It seems me me that all of Hoboken came in there. The city officials. representativesof -the chamber of commerce. etc.. came to the hearings. They said that Hobokenlived off of the immigrants. They said. "They give us $500.000 a year." The hotels and expressmen were represented at theheamings. and the board of trade and merchants association sent representatives. There were representatives from the hotel companies. from the express companies. and the railroad companies. They filled a great room like this. That room was filled with people protesting against the loss of the rakeoff that they were gettingIn one way or another from the Immigrants. It cost from $5 to $10 or .$15 for an alien to land at Hoboken and then come over to New York. then drop back to the barge office. and then go west. It meant a loss of two days. possibly. and I do not know how many people preyed on him unnecessarily.
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