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Show Record Guy Sterling testified upon re- direct examination as follows: Elgin seems to me to be as much of a town and as important as Greenriver. There were farms there, fruit farms and so forth. The dam site project was one I started myself as a hydraulic engineer. 4689 Counsel for defendant: We now offer in evidence defendant's Exhibit No. 18, being a photostatic copy of original documents, it being stipulated between the parties that the pages included within this exhibit are a full, true and correct copy of original documents on file and a part of the report of the War De-partment. I think the entire exhibit is designated as House of Representatives, Document No. 953, being a report from the War De-partment to Congress, and containing the reports of Lieutenant Leeds and various other officers of the War Department, as well as other data, and it is stipulated that this may be used with the same force and effect as if the original documents were produced. The report was transmitted to Congress in 1910. It has been referred to as the 1909 report of the War Department, and to which reference has 4699 been made at frequent times during the progress of the hearing. The matter of improving the navigation of that portion of the Green River between Greenriver and the junction, and that portion of the Colorado River between the town of Moab and the head of the cataracts was brought to the attention of Congress, and this report was made for their guidance, the ultimate question to be decided being, as I understand the report, whether or not any appro-priation should be made by Congress for the improvement of naviga-tion. The officers and engineers who made the investigation go over each of the riffles or so called rapids, fast water, on the various streams they investigated, and report on the nature of the difficulties. They make an estimate as to what would be the cost of removing any obstruction so as to improve navigation. Their infor-mation concerning other sections of the river ishearsay, as the |
