O'Brien Bros. v. Director General of Railroads

WARD, Circuit Judge.

December 13, 1917, the scow Headlight, chartered by the libelant to the New York Central Railroad under the usual harbor charter of demise, was lying on the north side of Pier 2, Bush’s Stores. In the early morning of the 14th.the company’s tug No. 10 was engaged in making up a tow at the end of Pier 2 for the West Shore Terminal at Weehawken. The tug took the lighter Adams from Fifty-First street, Brooklyn, and landed her at the end of the pier at 12:50 a. m. She then landed the scow Headlight outside of the Adams at 1:25 a. m. and then brought the barge Hoffmans from…