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Show 1279 propellers . . The Black boat was a lighter boat than the PunIzin Seed , the Punkin Seed being constructed of double plank redwood . It was a heavy boat . . ( R . . 5015-5017 . ) ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 25 is a picture of the Moab Garage Company barge , and the people shown on it are members of a party of geologists and oil men ; the picture was taken during mealtime . ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 24 is a picture of Shafer No . 1 well , and the machinery , equipment , material , and lumber for the structures shown were taken down to the well on the Moab Garage barge . ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 26 shows a section of the barge as it is operated on the river . ( R . 5017 . ) The boat on the deck of the barge is just a small ( square-end squareend ) canoe that was carried on the barge at that time . It was equipped with an Evinrude motor at times . He operated the barge on its maiden trip and at that time he ( kliew ktiew ) nothing about the channel , it being before he began taking trips in the lighter boats . ( R . . 5018 . ) He had no trouble to speak of on that trip , leaving the docks at Moab at eight ( o'clock oclock ) in the morning and unloading [ at ( the-Shafer theShafer ) No . . 1 well ] by two ( o'clock oclock ) in the afternoon . His brothers , Virgil and Dennis Baldwin , ran ahead of him on that trip with a small boat and felt out the channel , so that he followed them on down . . His brother , Virgil , operated the big barge practically all the time after the first trip . . As he recalls , he was in charge of the boat on another trip when Virgil had his back hurt , the |
