Nathan Clifford

Name: New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v. Philadelphia and Savannah Steam Navigation Company — Opinion of the Court
Author: Nathan Clifford

New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

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“New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v. Philadelphia and Savannah Steam Navigation Company — Opinion of the Court”, is a work by Nathan Clifford. It explores elements such as propeller, steamer and collision.

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Nathan Clifford, New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

“ A propeller, whether carrying passengers or engaged and used only for towing, and when having a tow in charge, is still a steamer, subject to all the general rules applicable to steamers; and the rule of law makes no such distinction as would require them to be considered with respect to other steamers as sailing vessels; on the contrary, a steamer with a tow in charge is bound to adopt the same rules with regard to a sailing vessel as a passenger steamer ”

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Nathan Clifford, New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

“ She was a side-wheel steamer, of fifteen hundred tons burden, engaged in carrying freight and passengers, and had proper lights and sufficient and vigilant lookouts. They discovered the lights of the propeller when she was three miles distant, and continued to watch the lights till the collision occurred. On the other hand, the propeller was a vessel of one hundred and twenty-two tons burden, and the tonnage of the barge was about the same. ”

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Nathan Clifford, New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

“ Steamers are required to keep out of the way of sailing vessels, upon the ground that their power and speed are far greater than vessels of the latter class, and because those in charge of them can more readily and effectually command and appropriate that power and speed so as to avoid a collision, when it would be impossible for the sailing vessel to keep out of the way. ”

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Nathan Clifford, New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

“ If they take other craft in tow, those in charge of them ought to augment their vigilance in proportion to the embarrassments they have to encounter, especially when they do not see fit to slacken their speed.
It is insisted, in the second place, that the collision was occasioned through the fault of the steamer; that she changed her course and attempted to pass the bows of the propeller, as is alleged in the libel. ”

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Nathan Clifford, New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

“ Although not bound by the statute, the propeller did adopt the dictates of prudence and good seamanship, by keeping in to the Jersey side of the channel, and leaving the centre of it free.
A tug with a tow in charge is at least as helpless, in comparison with a steamer, as a sailing vessel ”

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Nathan Clifford, New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

“ Lookouts stationed in positions where the view forward, or on the side of the vessel to which they are assigned, is obstructed by the lights or any part of the vessel, do not constitute a compliance with the requirement of the law. ”

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Nathan Clifford, New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

“ On the part of the respondents, this proposition of facts is denied, and they insist that the fault was committed by the propeller, in omitting to port her helm and go to the right. Beyond question, the law is well settled that steamers approaching each other from opposite directions are respectively bound to port their helms and pass each other on the larboard side. ”

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Nathan Clifford, New York and Baltimore Transportation Company v…

“ So, also, the rules of the inspectors, under the authority of the 29th section, in the matter of vessels passing each other, signal lights, &c., embrace only the same class of steamboats, and are intended to avoid collisions between such vessels. ”

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