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Show 892 up to Moab on the Grand river and wired the conditions to Mr. Richardson. " I got a wire back calling the outfit out; I think his wire said, ' Take no more chances with life or limb', or something of that kind; so I brought the outfit out." R. 2105. ( Objection; sustained R. Vol. 11, pp. 2105- 2107.) Acting on the telegram which he received from Mr. Richardson, be took the outfit out. ( Objection; overruled R. Vol. 11, p. 2108.) As he recalls they started to take the outfit out about October 25. R. 2109. After the flood subsided he went up the Grand [ Colorado] River, in a motor boat. R 2110. He hired a Ford, and drove overland to Greenriver, where he bought an old paddle wheel that no one was using. R. 2109. He also got the gears and chains that he thought would be necessary to fix up the " Betsy Ann", and Mr. Wimmer hauled this material down to the junction. They placed the small horizontal boiler and the drill engine on the " Betsy Ann". The drill engine had a chuck that turns the drill rods, and they connected this to the paddle wheel and had a steam boat. R. 2110- 2111. They loaded up with coal and left piles of it at inter-vals along the bank and stuck a pole at each pile with a flag on it, so they wouldn't run by it. When they arrived at the junction he believes they had |
