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Show Kolb- D 820 A About ten inches in the center when they were loaded to capacity. Q Were they keel boats, or flat bottom? A They were flat bottom boats. Q Any motive power on them of any kind? A We attached an out- board motor this smaller boat; that I mentioned. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Just one minute, Mr. Blackmar, I want to see if my notes were wrong yesterday; I would like to be corrected, if they are wrong. I have a note that Mr. Kolb testified that on the first trip the boats had been loaded with twelve hundred pounds, had a draft of eight inches. THE WITNESS: Yes sir, that is including the weight of the boat and the oarsman. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q That dose not mean a load of twelve hundred pounds? A No sir. We never weighed those; we guessed at it pretty each; we weighed the boats when they were absolutely dry, and they weighed five hundred pounds, and our own weight, and we just guessed at the weight of the provisions. Q You actually weighed the boats? A We actually weighed the boats; it was in the bill of lading. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Tell me about this second trip as you progressed from Greenriver, Utah, to the mouth of the San Rafael. A Mr. LaRue and Mr. Page and one of the rod men took one boat and 2790 |
