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Show account of ( keeping keepina ) 27 the river clear for navigation . And again : There would be no difficulty here , except for keeping the narrow channel open for navigation . Stanton without a doubt was a competent ( en- en ) gineer , ( thoroughly-familiar thoroughlyfamiliar ) with problems of ( trans trans- trans ) portation . He had personally been over every foot of the Green and Colorado Rivers below Greenriver , Utah . Above the Grand Canyon he saw no ( navi navi- navi ) ¬ gable possibilities , present or future , because his plan of railroad construction in that section contemplated a permanent roadbed built upon material blasted into the river . ( Stanton's Stantons ) field notes ( Compl . Exhibit 176 ) of his expedition were kept with meticulous care from day to day . They are a model of engineering detail . The experience of this expedition , as recorded by ( Stan- Stan ) ton in the field , demonstrates the absolute unfitness of the Green and Colorado Rivers above the Grand Canyon as highways of commerce . ( Nims Ninis ) , Kane , Edwards , and MacDonald , survivors * of the Stanton expedition , were witnesses , and their oral testimony corroborates ( Stanton's Stantons ) field notes . 2 ( Stanton's Stantons ) subsequent actions support the ( conclu conclu- conclu ) ¬ sions drawn from his field notes . ( 2 1' ) ( Nims Nhns ) , ( Abs . R . Vol . 1 , p . 401 ) ; Kane ( Abs . ( R 11 ) , Vol . 1 , p . 587 ) ; Edwards ( Abs . R . Vol . ( I 1 ) ( , ' ) p . 555 ) ; ( McDonald A-IcDonald AIcDonald ) ( Abs . R . Vol . 1 , p . 604 ) . ( See Photos , Compl . Exhibits 179 to 220 ; Compl . Exhibits 174 , 17-1,178 . ) |