No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426

Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 0986

The period over which 980 tests were taken ( ms Nvas ) eleven or twelve weeks . If the river had carried 150,000,000 tons in thirteen weeks , the annual discharge would be something over 600,000,000 tons , this being an example based on assumption . There had been rather careful tests made on the Colorado River at Lees Ferry [ for the amount of suspended matter in the water of the river . ( R . 3843 . ) On his trip to ( Goodrich Goodricli ) he reached the San ( Juan Juam ) River first at Bluff but did not stop there . He went to Goodrich from the Washington office , and when he left Goodrich he went directly back to ( Washing Washing- Washing ) ton , and he was not aware of the pendency of this suit , nor did he know anything about the matters in the issue nor about the question of solid matter ( car- car ) ried in suspension by the San Juan River as a matter in issue in this case . He first learned that it would have a bearing on litigation in progress in ( round round- round ) about ways during his stay there [ Goodrich ] . He has no figures to show whether or not there is more solid matter carried near the ( bottom bottoin ) of the river than in any other portion , and in taking ( his bis ) samples he guarded ( against atrainst ) any possible error in this respect by lowering the sample to the bottom and immediately pulling it toward the surface , thus ( get- get ) ting water from all sections and representing as nearly as possible the amount of silt carried between the surface and the bottom . He had information or an understanding that the water carried more silt near the bottom but had no figures to show that fact .