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 390 FEDEEAL EEPORTEB. �New York the Plainmeller, after putting her machinery in order, proceeded to Philadelphia, where siae waited several days before her cargo was ready for her. The ordinary speed of the Plainmeller, as she was before taking the Adi- rondack in tow, was nine and a half knots. Her speed with the other vessel in tow was about seven knots. �Upon these facts I think there can be no question that the sum demanded by the captain of the Plainmeller and finally assented to by the captain of the Adirondack — £4,000 — was very largely in excess of that liberal compensation which courts of admiralty award for similar services, and that the amoiint tendered, which is a little more than £1,500, is fully up to the measure of salvage award which any court of admi- ralty would give for the service rendered- �The Adirondack was in no present peril. She was teûipo- rarily disabled in her machinery, but unless overtaken by very tempestuous weather her machinery could have been soon repaired, so that she could proceed on her voyage. Her cargo was not perishable. There is no proof that the broken machinery endangered the safety of the ship. She was oth- erwise sound and able to keep the sea for an indeûnite time. The place where she was was the open ocean, with no risk of going ashore. She had no passengers. The Plainmeller dô- viated very little from her voyage. She had neither cargo nor passengers. Although her compensation was contingent on her success there was little risk of failure to complete the service, as she was a powerful' steamer, well able to tow the Adirondack. She incurred very little appreciable danger in rendering the service beyond that incident to every sea voy- age. The necessary delay was not, under the circumstances in which she was placed, such as involved any special damage or inconvenienee to her. In no one of the several elements which the courts of admiralty consider, in estimating the amount of salvage, was the case such as to require an extra- ordinary reward. See The City of Berlin, 37 L. T. 307; The Herman Ludwig, Vice Adm'y Ct. of Nova Scotia; Pacific M. S. S. Co. V. Ten Baies Gunny Bags, 3 Sawy. 187; The Cityof Eichmond, 25 Mitch. Mar. Eeg. 271; The Yorkshire, Id. 114; ����