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Show 5032 Johnson- C 3045 " I found the largest size Johnson out- board motor, two- cylinder, to do very well. The bearings are cased in so the silt doesn't bother them. A home- made row boat that would carry one thousand pounds with a Johnson out- board motor will go up the river in fine shape." Now, when you made that statement, you had in mind just some little section of the river, did you? A Yes sir. Q Probably about mile above Lees Ferry, something like that? A It would go more than a mile, unless you struck a sandbar. Q You meant just the parts of the river where the water was quiet? A Yes sir; that is the only place it could go. MR. FARNSWORTH: We offer the letter in evidence as part of the cross examination of the witness. MR. BLACKMAR: No objection to it. BY THR SPECIAL MASTER: Q Are there any rapids of the kind you mention between Lees Ferry and the mouth of the San Juan river? A Yes sir, there is rapids that the Johnson motor would have to have help. Q Where? I mean between Lees Ferry and the mouth of |
