The Dean Richmond

THOMAS, District Judge.

At about half past 6 o’clock on the morning of June 27, 1899, the canal boat H. A. Peck was made fast outside the canal boat Ada, which was lying abreast of pier 33 in tbe North river. The Peck had been in this position about half an hour, and was awaiting an opportunity to find a berth in the slip of which such pier was the southern boundary. The slip between piers 33 and 32 is 98 feet wide, pier 32 is 64.89 feet wide, the slip between piers 32 and 31 is 171 feet wide; making a total distance of 333.89 feet from the south side of pier 33 to the north side of pier 31.…