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Show principal trouble there on the 157 river was in not having a few sand bars out in the middle of the stream to stop us when we went downstream the last time ; we just kept right on going . When coming down to the first bar we worked or when coming down to the second bar we worked or when bringing in the supplies with our skiff , we were not hung up ( anywhere any-Nyhere anyNyhere ) and had no trouble with sand bars . ( R . 4975-90 , Vol . 28 . ) ( I 1 ) helped take the little boat upstream . We rowed it and did not tow it . All of our upstream trips were in low water . The river did not freeze that winter . Our big boat drew about 18 inches of water loaded . ( R . 4991-2 ( , ; ) Vol . 28 ( , . ) ) ( Clarence Clarc-nee Clarcnee ) E . Baldwin testified : I am 49 years old and Mr . Clark who has testified in this case and . , I are the N principal owners of the Moab Garage ( Company Compan ) ( , ) ) for which company the witness Virgil Baldwin , my brother , worked ; I have personally operated some of our boats and looked after all of them , checking on the freight and equipment . The first boat I operated was called the Punkin Seed ; it was a passenger boat 20 feet long , 9 feet wide , with . a draft of 20 or 22 inches under ordinary load . It was equipped with an old Ford automobile motor and ( Defendant's Defendants ) ( Ex Ex- Ex ) hibit No . 21 is a photograph of that boat . In it we carried groceries , small freight and passengers . It took about four hours to go with that boat from Moab to Lockhart and seven or eight hours for the upstream trip , depending on its load . ( R . 4996-5003 , Vol . 29 . ) We had another ( 20-foot 20foot ) boat with a ( 4i 41 ) ( 2-foot 2foot ) beam , equipped with a Ford automobile motor that we called the Black boat . I operated that boat for seven or eight months between Moab ( -and and and ) Shafer No . ( 1 I ) and No . 2 Wells and Lockhart . It was used for ( passen passen- passen ) gers and small freight and in it the trip ( down dowm ) to Lockhart consumed about four hours and the upstream trip seven or eight hours . We had another boat 26 feet long and 6 feet wide , equipped with a Chandler motor . In ( Defendant's Defendants ) ( Ex Ex- Ex ) hibit No . 22 the Chandler boat is shown next to the bank of the river and the large boat there appearing is our barge . The Chandler boat drew 19 or 20 inches of water empty and about 2 feet loaded . It was used principally for haul ( ¬ . ) ing passengers and for small freight . I have hauled as high as ten passengers and 2500 pounds was a fair load for ( that thEft ) boat , but I have had on it as much as two tons . I have taken trips down to the junction and back , also |