City of New York v. Pennsylvania R.

GALSTON, District Judge.

This libel is brought for injuries sustained by D. S. C. Dumper B, as a result of having been struck by respondent’s carfloat No. 24, in tow of respondent’s tugboat No. 6 on the evening of December 26, 1923.

Witnesses for the libelant testified that the D. S. C. Dumper B was moored at the end of Pier No. 1, Walabout Basin, outside of the United States Trucking Company Hoister No. 1, which was removing garbage from the dumper at the time of the collision. Inside of the Dredge No. 1 was an Erie barge, and outside of the Dumper B was another boat known as the Spotlight.…