BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below the Bethlehem Steel Company filed a libel against the steam tug Jess B. Shaw, charging the latter with negligence in causing the loss of a cargo of pig iron loaded on a barge which the tug was towing through the Delaware Canal. That canal, which was 9 feet in depth and about 40 feet wide, was being dredged by the government to a depth of 30 feet and 250 feet width. This was done by leaving the old canal open for passage...
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