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Show 4817 Swanholm- D 2831 in 1926, as I came out. Q Did you experience any difficulty on that trip? A Frequent delays. Q From what source? A The delays were always caused by just striking obstructions in the stream, a sandbars, unable to continue. Q Will you tell me approximately how long it took you to make that trip up there on that boat? A The trip on the barge started from the oil camp No. I, which is about twenty miler down stream. And it consumed the entire day, as I remember it. Q Do you recall whether or not on that trip it was necessary to pres a line ashore to get the boat off? MR. FARNSWORTH: don't think counsel ought to lead this witness. MR. BLACKMAR: I am not leading him. MR. FARNSWORTH: Yes, you are, I don't think you ought to ask him if it wasn't necessary to do so and so. The props question is to say, " What if anything was done", " Describe the trip up there". THE SPECIAL MASTER: Just a shorter way of getting at it, I suppose. I think it is rather leading, if you insist. MR. FARNSWORTH: It would be shorter for counsel to read that which he has in his band. MR. BLACKMAR: I will say, for your education, it is not on this slip. I don't know whether he had to pass |
