AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
On September 15, 1928, the tug Mason with four loaded barges, one of which belonged to the libelant Dempsey, and three of which belonged to the libelant Leach, was bound west on the New York State Barge Canal in the vicinity of St. Johnsville Bridge. The tow was made up tandem on two hawsers about 25 to 30 feet in length and was, with its tug, about 520 feet in length. The Chilton, having in tow four barges made up tandem on short...
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