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Show 166 That year I made several trips on the Green River with two other men . , A . 1 . . Anderson accompanied us down to his ranch on the Green River and no member of the party beside Anderson ( had liad ) ever before made a river trip . We encountered practically no delays on the trip . ( R . 5204-7 , Vol . 30 . . ) We did no towing on that or any subsequent trip with that boat . We encountered no difficulty on the return journey from Moab , This trip was taken at the crest of the extreme high water , Our traveling time from Moab to the junction was five hours and thence up to Green River , Utah , we made about 5 miles an hour From the junction up to Moab our running time was about eight hours . ( R . 5208-11 , Vol . 30 . . ) My next trip was to Townsite Bottom in July . We took down some supplies for ( Mr 1NIr ) . Anderson , also a , barrel of gasoline . In September of the same year I made another round trip from Green River , Utah , to Moab . On neither of the last mentioned trips was any trouble encountered except when I landed at one place I ran on to a slight bar . My September trip to Moab was for compensation . In August of that year I constructed another boat which I ( called called- called ) the Utah and the September trip to Moab was taken in the Utah . My first boat which I called the Ida B . had a draft of ( approxi- approxi ) mately 22 inches and the ( Utah's Utahs ) draft was 18 inches . On the return trip from Moab in September we brought back 1000 pounds of peaches . ( R . 5211-13 , Vol . 30 . ) On the occasion when Mr . Wimmer took a party of Salt Lake business men to Moab , I left Green River , Utah , with twelve or fourteen passengers in my boat , and as I went down the riffle just below the railroad bridge , my view was considerably obstructed ( and ands ) I struck a submerged rock . It required two days for me to repair my ( boat hoat ) and I then left with seven or eight passengers and a lot of supplies . . Aside from the accident to my boat I had no , special trouble or delays on that trip . ( R . 5215-17 , Yol . 30 . ) During this period I took several picnic parties on short trips up the river . . ( R . 5218 , Vol . 30 . ) In 1910 I started to work at the pumping plant and ceased operating ( rny my ) boats . . ( R . 5219 , , Vol . 30 ) ) When I went to Green River I had in mind operating freight boats up to 100 feet in length and with a minimum capacity of a carload and was one of the persons who endeavored to induce the government to improve the navigability of the Green and Colorado Rivers so i that we could run those big boats without obstruction . I was unsuccessful in my endeavor to get the ( government Lrovernment ) to spend the money . . ( R . 5222 , , Vol . . 30 ) ) |