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Show boat from Lees Ferry to a point 21 near Aztec Creek located about 9 miles below the mouth of the San Juan . It was a ( 24-foot 24foot ) motor boat with several men in it . ( R . 947-8 , Vol . 5 . ) We had less trouble on the journey I took with my father and his party in 1909 than on my trip with Mr . Hoyt in 1928 . ( R . 952 , Vol . 5 . ) R . C . Clark testified : I live at Moab ; am an owner of Moab Garage Company which is engaged in the ( transporta transporta- transporta ) ¬ tion business . We file our schedule of rates with the Public Utilities Commission of Utah . My company operates a scow on the Colorado River ; it is 15 feet wide , 75 feet long and 3 feet deep from gunnel to the bottom . The first engine we used in this scow was an automobile engine . Empty its draft is 4 inches and with a ( 15-ton 15ton ) load the draft is 20 inches . I have personally been down the river on that scow and had no difficulty in operating it on any of the trips when I was along . It did not get stuck on any sand bars on the five or six trips I have taken . ( R . 959-63 , Vol . 5 . ) Between March 2 , 1925 , and June , 1929 , that boat has made from 245 to 250 trips , eight of which have been made this year and there are prospects of further freight . We expect that another well will be drilled down there . I am familiar with the bed of the Colorado River from Castle Creek to the junction and have been on the river in all kinds of boats , motor boats , row boats and sail boats . Our scow has never been farther down than Lockhart , about 40 miles below Moab . In my river experience with row boats and motor boats , I have encountered sand bars which are generally found in the same place . They can usually be avoided and I have not been stuck on them for any length of time . ( R . 964-6 , Vol . 5 . ) ( I 1 ) recall the Undine , which was 60 feet long , with a round bottom and propelled by steam . It drew about 18 inches of water . I ( don't dont ) know how many trips it made before they started to go up the river from Moab to Cisco . At Nigger Bill riffle the boat got sidewise in a riffle and turned over . ( R . 966-7 , Vol . 5 . ) Since I started to operate boats on the river I have taken whatever business was offered . I have had four boats in operation at the same time , three power boats and one boat with an outboard motor . I supply the various oil companies with my service . For ( trans trans- trans ) ¬ portation of freight alone the various companies operating below Moab have paid me approximately 40,000 . In ( addi- addi ) |