The Roanoke

THOMAS, District Judge.

The Manhattan Steamship Company, deriving its franchise from, and hence technically resident of, the state of Yew Jersey, but having its headquarters and residence for the conduct of its business in the city of Yew York, chartered, with an option to purchase, the steamer Roanoke, from the owner, who was a resident of the stale of Indiana. The charterer stipulated to make and to keep the vessel in repair, and for certain initial repairs the charter provided that $4,000 might be deducted from the first installment of hire, and for the three weeks within which the repairs…