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Show 6711 4700 sion that the rivers are not navigable in interstate com-merce, that there are difficulties above and below which prevent such commerce; that no interstate commerces travels over the sections of the river covered by the report. I will just read one or two very Brief extracts, so your Honor will be able -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: What did congress do with the report, anything? THE FARNSWORTH: It was referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, and no appropriation was made. MR. BLACKMAR: What page are you reading from? MR. FARNSWORTH: Page 16, being the conclusion of Lieutenant Leeds of the corps of engineers. He says, in concluding his report of that date -- there is another report in here, I think, of another date -- ( Reads:) " The portions of the Green and Grand rivers which are commercially navigable, therefore, lie entirely within the state of Utah, and they do not form a highway for commerce with other states ore foreign countries by their connection with other waters. " I am therefore of the opinion that the Green and Grand rivers are not navigable waters of the United States, but of the State of Utah, and further, they are not worthy of |