The Golden Age

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

A bridge crosses Newtown creek at Meeker avenue, borough of Queens, city of New York. It consists of a draw, which revolves on a center pan located on a pier in the river, and ends. The ends of the draw, when closed, rest upon stone piers close to the Brooklyn and Long Island shores of the creek. The westerly abutment of the bridge is made of ordinary rough stone blocks with ragged facings. There is testimony that the river faces of the abutment from a mean low water line extend downward for a distance of 8 feet, and then extend outward into the river about 18 inches,…