Vierow v. The Rose

The only question presented to me for decision in this case is in regard to the amount proper to be awarded to the owner and crew of the tug Reindeer, for salvage services rendered to a cargo of cotton laden on board the lighter Rose. The lighter was lying- in a slip in the North river, the pier on the lower side of which was the pier of the Morgan Line, which was on fire. The services consisted in towing the lighter, with her cargo of cotton, from this slip to a place remote from the fire.

The claimants have conceded that the services were salvage services, and offered to pay $140 as salvage…