The G. B. Boren

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by Duden H, Washburn and John T. Washburn, the owners of 375,000 brick loaded at Kingston on the Hudson River, on the barge G. B. Boren, on the 4th day of November, 1902, for transportation to, and delivery in New York City. The barge was loaded at the libellants’ brick yard at East Kingston, by certain employees of the libellants, whose wages were subsequently paid by the barge owners, under the directions of the master of the barge. She was then towed to Kingston Point where she was tied up, in company with some other barges, to await the tug…