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Show 1031 The line crossed at Warm Creek, and he went perhaps eight times past the line. Prior to these trips he had three years experience in boating in Idaho on Coeur d'Alene Lake and on the St. Joe and St. Mary's rivers in the same state. He was employed as machinist's helper the first year, after as master mechanic and relief engineer running these boats. He has operated stern wheel and propellor boats on a river. R. 2456. " Q In the work you did on the Colorado river, what stage of the water did you find best for the operation of this boat? " A Usually when a flood run by, the flood would take out the majority of the bars, the troublesome bars; we would find the best going after the flood run by, the next few days after the flood went by. " THE SPECIAL MASTER: Just a minute on that. As I recall the testimony, the spring floods are high water, and the floods coming from the rains in September and August occur at low water, so when he says just after the flood is the best time to operate, it doesn't mean very much unless he specifies what the stage of the water is. " BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q Mr. Marrs, supposing you tell us just what stage of the water you mean. " A At the time we went over there, we went about the 1st of August, which would be low water season; a thunder shower would come up: the flood would come down, some wash way up the canyon, flow into the river; that would be the flood that would run by; take a day to run by; while going by it would clean all this sand out; then the next four or five days, maybe a week, the channel would be fairly clean, the troublesome bars. |