Fifty Thousand Feet of Timber

LOWELL, District Judge.

These two rafts of timber were found floating in the harbor of Boston during the ebb -tide in the evening, at a considerable distance from the place where they had been moored, and services were rendered by the libellants which would *48enable them to secure reasonable compensation, at least pro opere & labore, if the court has jurisdiction of the suit as one of salvage, and if salvage services can be performed to a raft of timber. Decisions can be cited against the view that this is a case for salvage; but I am of opinion, nevertheless,' that it is of that character. A-…