Eclipse Lighterage & Transportation Co. v. Cornell Steamboat Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Eclipse Lighterage & Transportation Company, owner of the barge Amherst, against the Cornell Steamboat Company, owner of the tug Williams. Decree for libelant for part damages, and it appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
On the night of April 14, 1912, a tier of barges had been moored on the north side of the Gowanus Canal and another tier had been moored beyond them at their sterns. The outermost barge of the second tier was the Amherst, which was injured. She arrived at about 6 o’clock in the evening in tow of a tug which put her in place. There was only one man aboard the barge; he was in full charge. He retired about 1 o’clock a. m. Respondent’s tug Williams came into the canal with a tow of two barges, one of which, was loaded with stone and had a freeboard of about IS inches. The…
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