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Show 483 of that computation. We simply got the gauge reading from the field man." R. 1229. The gauge is at Cisco. " We had the Moab Carage Company's so- called passenger boat. It has been testified that boat was about twenty- seven feet long, and five feet beam, which is substantially in accordance with my recollection. " The boat in itself drew comparatively little water, but the propeller projected entirely below the bottom of the boat, and was in turn protected by a quite strong steel guard fastened to the back of the boat and to the boat in front of where the propeller shaft penetrated the bottom. The boat squatted a little under full speed. In other words, it drew more under full speed than when going at less.[ 1230] " It ran quite smoothly until the water got to be in the neighborhood of two and a half feet in depth. When the water got to be about two and a half feet, as ascertained by sounding pole which I carried myself, it became necessary to slow the boat down to about half- speed. " If the depth got to be about two feet, the boat dragged very perceptibly. If the depth got to about one and a half feet it was necessary for somebody to get out and help steer and push. " Mr. Cecil Thompson, the assistant, had a pair of wading boots, and got out from time to time when necessary, to help straighten the boat around, or more to steer it than to actually push it, as the propeller could do more pushing, than the men aboard. " We left the landing just below the Moab bridge, and immediately encountered quite a serious bar. That |
