Plan to Settle Ellis Island Spat Offered
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The huddled masses of lawyers and politicians fighting over whether Ellis Island belongs to New York or New Jersey may have to compromise. A court-appointed fact-finder recommended that the U.S. Supreme Court divide the nation’s gateway for 16-million immigrants with New York getting the main building, now a museum, and New Jersey getting most of the rest, including a now-abandoned hospital. It wasn’t clear when the court might rule.
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