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THE BUMP

No. 12356.

56 F.2d 203 (1932)

THE BUMP. GILDERSLEEVE SHIP BUILDING CO. v. SEABOARD SAND & GRAVEL CORPORATION et al.

District Court, E. D. New York.

January 11, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy & Purdy, of New York City (Edmund F. Lamb, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Foley & Martin, of New York City (J. A. Martin and John R. Stewart, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent Seaboard Sand & Gravel Corporation.

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (J. Dudley Eggleston and Carl F. Vander Clute, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent impleaded.

BYERS, District Judge.

On December 1, 1930, the scow Bump, the property of the libelant, was the fifth barge in a tow of six similar vessels which were towed from Port Morris by the tug Reichert Line, to Port Jefferson, Long Island. The tow was made up in tandem, single file, upon a 9-inch hawser of 60 fathoms. The scows were close coupled until after passing City Island, when hawsers were slackened away, to avoid bumping. Departure was had at about 1:30 o'clock in...

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