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Show 109 -- 105-- to 1 or 2 feet in the channel. Mr. Farnsworth: At the bars where you claimed you were stuck? The witness: At the bars where we were stuck." R. 225- 226. [ Complainant's Exhibit No. 79] gives a very graphic sketch of the conditions of the water there. In 1923 the flow generally was equal to or less than 4,000 [ second- feet] for a large part of the month of October. " Mr. Blacker: All right; you may resume now, Mr. Hoyt. The witness: Between Mile 35 and Mile 30, we were extremely careful with the boats, as Mr. Baldwin had reported that, at that point, there were submerged rocks, at which at least one motorboat had been wrecked. Crossing bars were especially troublesome at Miles 40,4, 43. and 46.5. I have shown on here ( indicating) that the motorboat was stuck at about Mile 43.7, and that both boats were stuck at about Mile 46.3. That night we tied up at camp, Frank Schafer's [ Sic. Shafer] Camp No. 1, located just north, I believe, of the county line between Grand County and San Juan County." R. 227. The big boat was stuck twice, once at Mile 43.6 and once at mile 46.3, and at Mile 46.3 " our boat was also stuck. The big boat twice and curs once." R. 227. On the 16 miles that they traveled on October 21, " Mr. Baldwin took nearly continuous soundings when he was operating the boat. This particular boat is fixed |