The Vancouver

DEADY, District Judge.

This is a cause of collision. The libel was filed January 11, 1873. The following facts are admitted by the pleadings or proven by the evidence:

On January 6, 1873, the libellant, Joseph Knott, was the owner of a side-wheel steam ferry-boat, called the Portland, which was then, and a long time before, plying to and fro across the Wallamet river, between the foot of Stark street, in the city of Portland, and L street, in East Portland, a distance of about 1,200 feet. The hull of the Portland is ninety-five feet in length, and the aprons attached to each end are about…