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Show Anderson- D 740 A Yes, we did, about the same as coming down the other time - or going up. Q Just one sandbar after the other? A Yes; there would be a straight wall of and here, the water would be washing, it kept falling off and falling off; fall over that way, and next day start to go the other way; that is the way it kept shifting; you could see it fall all the time. Q Did you get old back to Greenriver? A No sir. Q Where did you stop on your way up, your second trip? A As far as I remember, we stopped at Ferry riffle, right below Greenriver about half a mile - I don't think it is more than a quarter of a mile. Q How much coal did you have on board when you started downstream? A We had all the bunker would hold; I don't remember how much we did have. Q Did you run out of coal on your way up? A Yes, we did. Q What did you do far a substitute? A Burned driftwood. Q Did you do any damage to your boat on that trip either down or up? A Not in particular, only we burned out the salt plug in the boiler, which is in the top of the boiler, prevents burning the boiler if the water gets low in it; it is of lead; when 2708 |