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 ATLAS STEAH-SHIP 00. V. STBAltt-SHIF OOLOK. 469 �Atlas Steam-Ship Co. (limîted) ». Bteam-Ship Colon. �{Oircuit Court, 8. D. New York. July 9, 1880.) �1. Salvaoe— Mbasurb of Compensation.— It is the policy of the law to give a proper salvage remuneration to powerful and well-equipped steamers which render service in saving property that is in peril at sea ; but the true cliaraeter of the individual service must be looked at under the circumstances of each particular case. EM, under the circumstances of this case, that the salvage compensation awarded was adequate and liberal. �Everett P. Wheeler, for libellant. �l'homas E. Stillman, for claimant. �Blatchfobd, g. J. The steara-ship Colon was one of a regular line of steamers, owned by the claimant, running between New York and Colon. She left New York on the eeventeenth of August, 1876, bound for Colon, with 140 pas- eengers, and a crew of '74 men, ail told. She was a screw- steamer, built of iron, of 2,686 tons burden, fuU brig rigged, carrying two courses, two lower top-sails, two upper top-sails, two top-gallant sails, two spencers, forestay sail, main-stay Bail, and jib. Her spread df canvas was about 2,200 yards* Her engines were compound engines. She intended to go by the way of the Crooked island passage. On the twentieth of August, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, she broke her low- pressure crank-shaft in the crank. By the accident two men were killed, the four columns which supported the low^press- ure and high-pressure cylinders were broken, and other parts of the machinery were badly damaged. The damage was such that it could not be repaired at sea, and the master decided to make for the port of New York under sail, the pro- peller being useless. �At the time of the accident the vessel was about in latitude 28 degrees 17 minutes north, and longitude 74 degrees west f rom Greenwich. She was distant about 731 miles from New York, and 200 miles from the nearest port, which was Nas- eau, New Providence. Savannah was distant 420 miles, and ����