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Show THOMAS 534 G . GERDINE For Complainant ( Record , vol . 10 , pp . 3840-1892 ) He resides at Sacramento , California , is ( fifty- fifty ) seven years of age , by profession a topographic engineer with the United States Geographical ( Sur- Sur ) vey , and ( has h'as has ) been employed by the United States Government for practically ( thirty-six thirtysix ) years . His title is Division Engineer and his headquarters are at Sacramento , California . The territory that he , covers consists of practically all the states west of the Rocky Mountains . * He had charge of the survey parties , making a survey on the Colorado River . ( R . 1846-1847 . ) These surveys were made in 1921 , and primarily were to determine the extent and capacity of a reservoir above a proposed dam site , located about five miles above Lees ( Perry Ferry ) , Arizona , in Glen Canyon of the Colorado River . This survey was made with the knowledge that there might be a ( darn dam ) eight hundred feet high at that place , the data ( col- col ) lected being for that height of dam , and the work . done in cooperation with the Southern California Edison Electric Company . He ( wasn't wasnt ) on this particular work throughout the entire survey , as he had many parties ( through through- through ) out the west , and he tried to visit all of them during the field season . He ( -first first ) entered the Colorado . River Country in July , 1921 . ( R . . ( 1848 1-848 ) ) |