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Show About 1910 ( I 1 ) went into the 144 general hauling and delivery business at the town of Green River and then had printed advertisements of my business , which I circulated , and I solicited business for river transportation and engaged in that business . ( R . 4737-8 , Vol . 27 . ) ( I 1 ) made trips with the Marguerite between my ranch and Green River , Utah , ( when when- when ) ¬ ever I had occasion to do so from early spring on through the season so long as there was no ice . For a time my family were on my ranch , but I used to take them to Salt Lake ( during- during during ) the school year and did not take trips so frequently after they ceased living at the ranch . I took the 1914 government party out about Thanksgiving time . I have made trips between my ranch and Green River every month from March to November , unless there was ice in those months , and I ( don't dont ) think there was ice during those months of the year . A conservative statement , which is rather under than over the number , would be that I have made fifty round trips between my ranch and Green River in the Marguerite . My first trip in the Marguerite from Green River , Utah , to Moab was just about Thanksgiving Day , 1909 , when I took ( twenty-five twentyfive ) business men on that journey . Aside from the trips I took to the junction when hauling for the government , I recall three round trips to that point and there might have been more . ( R . 4742-5 , Vol . 27 . ) ( I 1 ) took my family in the Marguerite down to the junction of the rivers and back and on another occasion , in 1915 , ( I 1 ) took some engineers down there and back for compensation . I also took Mr . Richardson on a round trip for compensation . ( R . 4745-6 , Vol . 27 . ) When I was boating freight under contract with the government in 1914 , ( I 1 ) only made a few of the trips ( down dovn ) to the junction . I ( can't cant ) give an estimate of the aggregate tonnage hauled by me under that contract but we would take down eight or ten tons at a trip on the scow , including coal , drill rods , supplies , etc . The Marguerite would start from Green River , Utah , and so would the catamaran scows . We would leave the other scows at the ranch , where they would be loaded with freight delivered there overland . There was a fine traction engine road built to my ranch from Floy , Utah , which was on the railroad and the coal taken down in the scow would be unloaded at Floy and not at Green River , Utah , and hauled from Floy to my ranch , 16 miles away . I took down the river one carload of coal , but I ( can't cant ) state the size of the carload . ( R . 4747-9 , Vol . 27 . ) ( I 1 ) made a number of trips with |