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Show U. S. WINS SUIT BY STEAMSHIP CONCERN NEW YORK. Sept. IS. Federal Judge Hough, in a decision renderrd here today, to-day, sustained the contentions made by the Kovernment in the admiralty suit for 1SW.000 brought by the Pacifi- Mail SHeamship company, as owner of the steamer Newport. against the Pan-American Pan-American Railroad company. On Aurust 17, 1912. 230 feet of the bnlfchead of a pier at Balboa, canal aone. collapsed, throwing 1 8,000 tons of earth and two large electrlo cranes into the water. The steamer Newport, which was alongside the dock, was sunk. The Pacific Mall company brought suit, claiming the bulkhead had been improperly improp-erly constructed a nd t ha 1 dredging for the canal work and marine animals had weakened the structure. The Panama railroad, owned by the government, was made defendant. The steamship company com-pany asked $800,000 damage to and cost of raising the Newport and for loss of I cargo and revenue. Judge Hough awarded the government costs of the stilt. In which numerous experts ex-perts were examined and testimony taken both here and in the canal zone. The decision upheld th government's contention. first offered by General George W. Goethals, that the slide was peculiar to the canal zon section and that there was neither any means of prevention pre-vention nor methol of ascertaining the imminence of a side. |