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Show 13.2 ( "stealing stealing stealing ) ( from froin ) the river , ( " 21 ) or , in other words , the construction of a roadbed on ( material inaterial ) blasted into the river ( channel chanuel ) ( Field Notes , Exhibit 176 . Labyrinth Canyon notes of May 25 , 1889 ; ( Still- Still Still--- Still ) water Canyon notes of May 29 ; Cataract Canyon notes of June 14 ; Narrow Canyon notes of June 22 ; Glen Canyon ( notes iiotes ) , June 29 , ( December Deceinber ) 27 . ) As soon , ( however hoNNtever ) , as he reached a section of the river far below Lees Ferry ( he lie ) recognized that the method of construction ( used used- used ) above would interfere with navigation . Stanton , ( without Nlithout ) a doubt , was a competent ( en- en ) gineer , thoroughly familiar with problems of ( trans trans- trans ) ¬ portation . He had personally been over ( every eiery ) foot of the Green and Colorado Rivers between ( Green- Green ) river , Utah , and the mouth of the Virgin River . On the sections of ( the tlie ) rivers here in question he saw no navigable possibilities , present or future , because his plan of railroad construction in that section contemplated a permanent roadbed built upon material blasted into the river . ( Staiiton's Staiitons Stanton's Stantons ) field notes ( Exhibit 176 ) of his ( expedi expedi- expedi ) tion were kept with meticulous care from day to day . They are a ( model inodel ) of engineering detail . The experience ofthis expedition , as recorded by ( Stan- Stan ) ton in the field , demonstrates the absolute unfitness of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Utah as ( high high- high ) ways of commerce . Nims , Kane , Edwards , ( and aud ) MacDonald , survivors of the Stanton expedition , ( were vere ) witnesses , and their oral testimony corroborates ( Stanton Stanton's Stantons ) field notes . |
