The Quogue

(after stating the facts as above).

The pier at Sixtieth street extends into the river in such a manner as to form a triangular slip between its easterly end and the end of the pier or dock at Fifty-Ninth street. Within this slip three loaded coal barges lay side by side, the inner barge being up against the bulkhead or dock of the New York Steam Company, and the outside barge being the Lake Huron. There was some dispute whether any portion of the Lake Huron projected into the river beyond the pier line, but the District Court made an express finding, which we accept, that it did not.…