CONSTRUCTION OF ELLIS ISLAND.


4 Documents Signed of E.A. Roberts, Superintendent of Construction for U.S. Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, being pay vouchers for Ellis Island contractors, 4 pp, 4to, New York, February 2 to March 22, 1901, leaves toned and creased, some separations at fold.Ellis Island opened as an immigration station in 1892. A few years later, the island's pine buildings caught fire, destroying thousands of official records. When the facility was rebuilt, the government insisted that the buildings be fireproof. Of the four receipts here, two are for stone cutters (D.A. Garber and Laris Weschler), one for hardware (Russell & Erwin, Mfg), and one for six tanks (G.A. Suter & Co).