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Show i llA ( i-"l il ) * * ' ' " ( "4ji 4ji ) ( "i i ) ; itJi ; S - ( ite'iii iteiii ) 4 * . ( X'VS XVS ) ' . - . -- . . . . . . . . ( -r r ) i . ( c-s cs ) ( -j''i ji ) , , . ; a , * . soo ( from Eroin ) , the boat to the ( shore hore ) to ( keep 'keep keep ) it ( from favin ) getting too close to rocks . ( R . 3064 . ) The boat built at Warm Creek . It came down river to the ferry and made two ( round rotind ) trips after that . There was some coal ( iu fil ) ( bins bills ) on the last trip . Saw that boat had some coal on it . He recalls another boat , the ( Violet VioZet ) ( Louise LoWse ) , a wooden boat about 40 ft . long ; about 200 yards ( be- be ) low the ferry , where it started out . They loaded the scow to push or pull up river , and the ( Violet Violct ) Louise and scow passed out of sight , and was gone several weeks ; when the boat started up stream Charles H . Spencer was ( on oil ) board . ( R . 3066-3067 . ) The Violet Louise came back floating down the river . Did not see it until after it ( was vas ) caught and tied . ( R . 3067 . ) He does not know how ( Mr iNfi ) . Spencer returned to Lees Ferry on ( that t1at ) trip . ( R . 3067-3068 . ) His testimony the same as his ( brother's brothers ) ( regard regard- regard ) ( ing iug ) the Mullins boat . ( R . 3069 . ) One ferryboat was built and taken up the river , and he never saw it again . The boat was ( 14 -14 ) ft . wide , 40 ft . long , deck over the top and a railing ( on oil ) each side with an apron at the ends . After 1910 , ferryboat often encountered sand bars crossing the river . The bar ( was ivas ) sometimes nearly half way across the river ; would ( work -worll- worll ) ( prob prob- prob ) ably 3 hours getting the boat to shore . That night ( or -or or ) ( next ilext ) morning , the bar would be entirely gone . A few days later there would be another one in the same place , continually changing . ( Sometimes Soinetfines ) |