Restaurant. Immigrants dining-room and detention quarters.
Detained immigrants are fed here at the expense of the steamship companies.
Here all immigrants must present themselves upon arrival for their
first inspection under the law--sometimes as many as 5,000 a day.
U. S. IMMIGRANT STATION, ELLIS ISLAND, N. Y.
The Slavic immigration since 1880 has been mainly from the more
primitive districts out of touch with the civilization of western
Europe. These people have come, not as settlers, but as laborers in the
mines, factories, and foundries, planning to remain here for a time,