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Show 164 to maintain itself against the floods in the Green River, and has no maintained itself as to resemble very closely what the outline was in 1909. There was a fall of about 31/ 2 feet at the riffle formed by the Auger bar on the day when I was there. Q What is the next bar? A A bar known as Farrer bar and riffle, some five miles below Greenriver. Q Was there a survey also made of that by the Army engineers? A A survey was also made of that. Q As shown on Plate 15? A On Plate 15. The Farrer bar is a so- called crossing bar, and has apparently maintained itself in about the same position. Any different stage of the water will, of course, change conditions there, but the bar itself has maintained, apparently, its same relative position for about 20 years. Q What is a crossing bar? A A crossing bar is a bar which builds itself up in a river, or is built up, generally in straight stretches of the river between bends, and is formed by a deposit of silt and sediment, and a long diagonal bar extending from one bank to the other; it may be 1,000, 2,000, or 3,000 feet long, as compared with a river with a width of 400 or 500 feet. Q What is the next bar that you came to? Mr. Farnsworth: Just what is the purpose of your coming 2125 |
