Cornell Steamboat Co. v. United States

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

1. Plaintiff contends that, as a tower, it is not a “carrier by water” within the meaning of the Act. We cannot agree. Plaintiff literally “engage[s] in the transportation by water * * * of * * * property * * * for compensation,” which is the test under § 302(c) and (d). For the dictionary tells us that, nautically, to transport is “to haul a vessel by hawsers.” And a barge is both a “vessel” and “property.” Section 302(h) states that transportation “includes the use of any transportation facility” and § 302(g) includes, in the term “transportation facility,” “any…