A  perusal  of  the  declaration  establishes  that  the  plaintiff  relied  upon
charges  of  general  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  company,  and  upon  specific
omissions :  1st.  Insufficiency  of  light.  2nd.  Want  of  gates,  guards  or  rail-
ings.   3rd.  The  late  arrival  of  the  ferry  boat.
To  this  action  the  appellants  pleaded  the  general  issue,  thus  negativing
■the  allegations  of  care  and  prudence  on  the  part  of  the  plaintiff's  husband,
and  of  negligence,  general  or  special,  on  its  own  part.
The  company's  premises  consist  of  a  large  wharf,  upon  which  the  offices,
etc.,  are  built,  and  a  double  pontoon,  necessary  by  reason  of  the  great  rise


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and  fall  of  the  tide,  to  the  outer  one  of  which  the  ferry  boat  moors.  The
pontoons  are  reached  by  a  slip  in  the'  wharf.  Upon  the  outer  pontoon  is
built  a  large  freight  shed,  through  which  a  passage  about  twelve  feet  wide
by  thirty  feet  long  leads  to  the  river,  and  by  means  of  which  the  ferry  boat
is  reached.
