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Show 7330 Chaffin- D 5310 rails, track rails. Q Can you give an approximation of the weight of the load on the raft and of the weight of the load on the boat? A The boat approximately had twenty- five hundred on it, a twenty- foot boat, probably not hardly that, somewheres in that neighborhood; and the raft had somewheres in the neighborhood of a thousand or fifteen hundred of lumber, somewheres around three hundred or four hundred feet of twelve- foot rails. Q How many men were there in the party? A There were eight. Q Was your brother, Lew Chaffin, on that trip? A Yes sir. Q Was Mr. A. L. Chaffin, who has been a witness during this last session, was he with you on that trip? A No sir. Q I wish you would state to the court what if any obstacles or obstructions to navigation you encountered on that trip. A Not any. Q What? A Not any. Q Did you get hung up on any sandbars or on any rocks or rapids or otherwise? A No sir. Q Was Mr. Bennett in that party? |