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Show 1289 when they hauled a truck load of concentrates back they charged twelve dollars a ton for it . This is a , low rate . . The coal comes from Sego , Utah , five miles north of Thompson , but they not take freight back all the way to Sego . ( R . . 5060 . ) The only coal transferred overland to Blanding Monticello , , , and Bluff , is for their own use at the Monticello ( -Garage Garage ) . . Their competitors haul coal to different points from Thompson . He does not know of any freight to speak of being : transported on the river other than that which was . taken in the Moab Garage boats . The ( merchants- merchants merchants ) of Moab never used the river to bring in or take out supplies . . Considerable grain is raised in and around Moab , , but most of it is kept for feed . ( R . 5061 ) Wool , , fruit , , turkeys , and hogs are sent out from the viIcinity around Moab on trucks ; some individuals own trucks of their own and use them to haul their own material out . . None of the shipments are taken . out on the river . . ( R . . 5062 . ) The small boats were built after the barge was . . constructed . The passengers hauled were principally oil men and geologists . They came in to Moab and ( vicin- vicin ) Ries temporarily , and their investigations extended over a a period about ( twenty-seven twentyseven ) months , as near as he can recollect . . Most of the passenger business was done after the oil men came in down the river . . ( R . 5063 . ) . ) |
