The John D. Dailey

CHATFIFLD, District Judge.

Upon the 8th day of January, 1903, late in the afternoon, the W. II. Beard Dredging Company, which had obtained a permit for its tug, the Kimpland, to tow two dredges filled with mud, from the Atlantic Basin to the dumping grounds, half a mile southeast of the Scotland Lightship, off Sandy Hook, entered into a contract with the firm of Booth, Dailey & Ivins to have these two scows towed by the John D. Dailey. Thereupon, between 5 and 6 o’clock in the afternoon, the Dailey proceeded to take on coal, went to Atlantic Dock, took the two scows in tow, scow No. 6 being…