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Show ( July J-111y J111y ) 30j 1929 ; the depth ( 934 9S4 ) of the ( wator wateir ) on that ( clay day- day ) was 8.6 ; that is , 8.6 feet . It is spoken of in tenths of a foot . ( R . 3830 . ) That is the depth of the water at that point . On August 13 the ( depth deptli ) of the ( wator Nvatqr ) wa 14.2 feet ; the difference between this and 14.4 is . 2 . i ( B . 3931 . ) The readings which appear on the chart ( vcjre ware ) ( taksn takegi ) at the same time he took his samples . Readings for maximums and others that gave representative figures were taken at different periods . In taking the measurements ( he lie ) used a one hundred pound weight ( attached attaclied ) to the end of the cable , and . they were ( taken talmn ) ( from froin ) the cable car which crosses the , river at Goodrich . Compl . ( Exli Exh ) . No . 497 is a chart which shows the : percentage [ ratio ] of silt and suspended matter carried by the river to the discharge or total flow of the river . The dotted line indicates the amount of suspended matter ia per cent and the solid black line indicates the discharge in ( second-feet secondfeet ) . ( R . 3831-3832 . ) ( "Q Q ) . Now , just take ( some soine ) figure on ( there tliere ) , and illustrate what you ( mean inean ) . ( "A A ) . On August 1st the percentage of silt ( was ivas ) about 14 or 15 per cent , and the discharge for the same period was about 23,000 or 24,000 ( second-feet secondfeet ) . However , the peak discharge was not recorded until the second day of August , which was about 27,000 or 28,000 ( second-feet secondfeet ) ; at the same ( time tin-le tinle ) , the ( per- per per-- per ) |