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IMIiefiATIQl STATION IS ASSURED FOR HALYESTONMEMBERS OF ronniTTRE SAY THAT MOSEY WILE HK HA1SED.City ComniMloper I. If, Kcropnvr I» CffnttdCDi That Work uq 3s‘*?\v Stu-tloi Will Comuieace Soon.City Commissioner Kpmpn^r * * at »‘d y««ler4ay Gnu an out* of the comniiitiw handling tin,1 immigration iiui'siimi. he hod no doiiht but that work tm iht* Million Would be lc«un in a *hort lime. 'The money that was appropriated by the City Commission souiv liine u*so In the amount of $10,000 in insufficient to extend the eJty water in th« iite of the elation. but he said lhai the citizens nf Galveston would roma up with the additional amount required for the extension of the w.‘H«-r,I think It is useless for the station Question to be further agitated beyond Ills regular work lug of the committee. 1 am satisfied cuai the people will not Jftt a i*oolt;l proposition, as this arse is, go by. At the time the City Commissionmade the appropriation it was thought.that $10,001) would ie sufficient to cover tits cost of gluing the water over to the atation. 1 mu satisfied that everything now pending Htljusimcru will come out all right.Concerning the Question now In the committee's hands, Mr. [’. H. Moss of iae Immigration liepiiiiment said;I belie ye the Ualvmnn station will unuouuiediy be const rue ted, and Jit a very jdiori time. Galveston people know a good tiling when they see it. and iho new lm migration sun ion will be a boon hot ouJy to ihe city of Galvesion but to well S m Tcxas Ulld the Sou Hi usenjoyedSK Isaand station In N’ew Yorkt-lty will be embedl*‘ti by this station In Galveston for tin.- handling Of imml-u . money Unit will be expended fcy the city and Individ uni 3 will be a good investment and pay immense returns. Tim Galveston station, when completed, \v[U be the only immigrant station south of Baltimore, The govorn-jnent has been trying to divert immlgra-.?.h to this port. and with the proper facilities for their handling and Inspection immigration will necessarily increase.
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 23, 1909
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