The Davidson

BROWN, District Judge.

This libel is for wharfage. I am not satisfied that the Davidson made fast to, or made any use of, the libel-ant’s wharf. The single question therefore is, can the libelant collect wharfage because, while the barge was unloading a cargo of coal at an adjoining wharf, the stern of the barge overlapped his wharf? The wharf is built out to the harbor line. Private ownership ceases at this line, and the waters of the Providence river are a public highway. Chase v. American Steamboat Co., 10 R. I. 79; Clark v. Peckham, 10 R. I. 35, 14 Am. Rep. 654. Counsel for the Davidson…