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Show Anderson- D 722 A We put it on the bank band built the cabins, and launched it -- put machiner y in it, and everything, and then launched it, ready to go down the river. Q What kind of machinery did you put in it? A Put in two Watkine thirty- horsepower engines -- twenty- five horsepower, they were, but rated at thirty horsepower. Q How many cabins did it have in it? A I believe it had six on each side, as far as I remember; six or seven, I don't remember just which. Q The boat was finally launched at Greenriver? A Yes sir. she was a double- decker. Q A double- decker? A Yes sir. Q And the propelling power is a tunnel type of boast? A Yes sir. Q Just what does that mean? A Built up in the bull; the propeller lays up in the bull, the propellor blade; the propellor is even with the bottom of the boat. Q What is the purpose of building a boat that way? A The purpose is, you couldn't use the propellor below on river work, because you break them off, so I had to put them up in the hull that way, to answer the purpose just the same. Q Prior to the time you took this City of Moab out on the Green river, did you go in a skiff to examine the Green river? A How is that? 2690 |