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Show 898 He made his reports to the project engineer at Yuma, Arizona. The outfit was assembled in the early part of August, 1914; and started for the junction in boats, under the general charge of Mr. Wimmer; who had been awarded a contract for freighting the equipment and supplies from Floy, Utah, to the junction [ of the Green and Colorado Rivers.] He arrived at the junction in the neighborhood of noon, on August 26; and immediately set up camp on the right bank of the Green River. R. 2122- 2123. When he returned to the Wimmer Ranch he believes that boat of the loading had all ready taken place. The equipment was loaded on two separate scows planked together with a five foot space between them, making a craft seventeen to eighteen feet wide, by twenty- four feet long. The drilling equipment was loaded on these two scows and Mr. Wimmer's boat, " The Marguerite", was tied fast behind the outfit as power. This boat was used to shove the scows, and he had sweeps on both of the scows, to assist in guiding the outfit. R. 2124. He believes that he also had a little coal on the scows; and that the total load on the two scows would be four tons, in all. Besides the two scows and " The Marguerite" he also had the " Betsy Ann"; which had not then been equipped with power. One of the motor boats pushed the " Betsy Ann" down. R. 2125. In addition to these boats he had three small row boats, |