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Show 308 By the Special Master: Q One minute. With relation to the channel, the channel and the bar, the respective relations would be the same; whether that was the particular material of the bar twenty years ago, you would find the bar in the same location? A You would find the bar in the same location. Q And the relations of the channel and the bar would be practically the same? A Would be practically the same; yes, sir. I state in here ) indicating report) what I consider the stability of each bar in great detail, according to that, Mr. Farnsworth. By Mr. Farnsworth: Q Yes, I have read your report; I know that you have; that is in evidence here. Many of these bars-- for instance, the Butterfly: at that time, that time of the 1909 report, as you state, your party took the left channel but recommended the right channel around that bar; is that not correct? A Yes, sir. I said that on November 25, 1909, a survey of the bar was made by the Army Engineer Corps. Conditions at the time of my investigations were not materially different. That channel has widened somewhat, but it is still the main channel. The right channel has widened materially. Q Well, now, at that time there was this bar that separated the river, one channel on one side and one channel 2271 |