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Show 188 3,500 feet long, in a bend of the river, which is barely level. The river is barely below the surface. Now, this type of bar -- the edge of that is constantly being cut and swept into the river, and any small rise will wash the top of this bar ( indicating). This picture ( indicating exhibit) was taken on the 11th of October, following the slight rise in which the surface has all been changed by the flood. Above that is another bar, a higher, bar, whose elevation is generally from three to five feet. Mr. Blackmar: For the purposes of the record, I will say that the witness is referring to Exhibit No. 76. The Witness: Flate 33- A is where I saw a cross section of a bar which was made at mile 80.5. There is the plan of the bar ( indicating). By Mr. Blackmar: Q What plate is that? A Plate 31. This is a cross section cross there ( indicating); this ( indicating) shows there typical conditions at the bar; they are typical conditions of the cross section. The river at this point ( indicating) is in a bend to the right. The outer part of the current follows almost a vertical rook wall. On the inside are the three bars abutting against the mass of talus which forms the extreme flood channel on the right bank. Now, as I stated before, we have about 200 feet of bar which is practically wash, and each slight change in the river washed the surface and cuts into the vertical slopes 2151 |