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Show we had to haul . ( R . 5256-7 169 , Vol . 30 . ) The raft trip down to Moab during the spring high water consumed from 2VL to 3 hours ; at low water the trip required as much as ten hours , the water being slower at that time . Two men would accompany a raft . This lumber brought about 22.00 per thousand feet in ( Moab Bloab ) during the years I worked for Mr , Branson . ( R . 5258-9 , Vol . 30 . ) Dave ( Johnson Johmon ) testified : I worked on the big barge of the Moab Garage Company for seven months without ( miss miss- miss ) ¬ ing any shifts between December , 1925 , and June , 1926 . During that period we hauled to the wells of the different companies and tried to average our load so that we would take down about 18 or 20 tons and have hauled as much as 22 tons at one load ( , . ) On a single trip we have taken 18 or 20 tons of coal down . Virgil Baldwin piloted going downstream and I usually piloted coming upstream . On our upstream trips we would haul bent tools , such as stems and bits that needed repairing , and , two or three occasions hauled crude ( oil oll ) . On one of those occasions we brought up 16 barrels of oil , each weighing about 400 or 450 pounds . There was considerable upstream freight . ( R . 5260-4 , Vol . 30 . ) In high water we had scarcely any trouble operating the barge either up or downstream and there was not much difficulty with sand bars when going upstream in low water . We frequently traveled on the barge at night and ( during" during during ) the time that we were making two round trips every three days we would have to travel late or else camp on the river somewhere . We have left points down the river and started upstream with the intention of tying up on the stream over night and concluding the journey next ( morn morn- morn ) ing . ( R . 5264-7 , Vol . 30 . ) At times we had delays which usually occurred in low water . I would say that on half of our trips the barge was not delayed either in going up or coming down the river because of sand bars or other obstacles to navigation . ( R . 5267-8 , Vol . 30 . ) The longest delay I remember encountering at any place while I worked on the barge was not more than two or three hours and I do not recall a single ( time tirne ) when we left Moab that we did not reach our destination the same day . On about two occasions we have left a point down the river with the ( inten inten- inten ) ¬ tion of going clear through to Moab that day and failed to do so . ( R . 5270 , Vol . 30 . ) Among other freight we ( trans trans- trans ) ¬ ported supplies for cattle outfits and , have moved their |