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Show other ( power-boat powerboat ) operators 115 , they could make little or no progress through rapids and rapid water stretches ; and the testimony of Johnson , ( Abs . R . vol . 2 , p . 786 ) regarding the operation of the steamer Chas . ( H 11 ) . Spencer shows that a brake in the form of a ( 100-foot 100foot ) chain was used while going ( down down- down ) stream in order to make steering possible . Other indications of high velocities are shown by the ( testi- testi ) mony of State witness Fotheringham ( Abs . R . vol . 2 , p . ( 1270 12710 ) ) , relative to the inability to stop the dredge much short of Lees Ferry while they were making a ( move inove ) from one bar to another near the mouth of the San Juan River , and of the Second Powell expedition as related by Jones ( Compl . Exhibit 628 , diary for October 4 , 1871 ) , ( when Nvhen ) in the bedrock section during low water one boat hit bottom with sufficient force to break it . All evidence seems to indicate that for ( considerable considcrable ) portion of the river higher velocities than are shown at Lees Ferry for corresponding stages obtained . Col . Dent ( Abs . R . vol . 11 p . 363 ) testifies that in his judgment the only way a rowboat could have been taken ( up- up ) stream at the 19 rapids he noted in Glen Canyon , would be by dragging the boat by hand . Homer Hite ( Abs . R . vol . 2 , p . 913 ) states how 13 men took 26 days bringing launch and rowboats up through Glen Canyon . Considerable evidence ( Chaffin , Abs . R . vol . 2 , p . 136S ) was introduced by the State to the effect that rowboats have sailed up the Colorado River through portions of the canyon , including the |