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Show 6710 4699 quent time during the progress of the hearing. Just so your Honor may at this time have a general knowledge of the nature of the report, I will just take a moment to refer to certain parts. THE SPECIAL MASTER: When this report has been referred to previously I didn't know it was a House document. Of course the court will take judicial notice of it, anyway. MR. FARNSWORTH: 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 be-tween the town of Moan 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 appropriation should be made by Congress for the improvement of navigation. 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 information concerning other sections of the river is hearsay, as the parties stipulated, if you will recall, in washington. But from their information they express the conclu- |
