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Show 1284 by truck from Thompson to the dock would be about the same as hauling from the dock to well No . . 1 . . ( R . . 5029-5031 . ) Investment in the land outfit was about fifteen thousand dollars , or five thousand dollars apiece for the trucks , and investment in the water outfit was about six thousand dollars , which included change of engines ; so that there was a difference of about nine thousand dollars in the investment between the land outfit and the water outfit . The trucks would ( de- de ) preciate at the rate of about twenty per cent a year , while the boats would depreciate at a rate not over ten per cent . He does not know what the difference in taxes between the land and water equipment was . . The highway between Thompson and the dock is a very good , ( well-kept wellkept ) highway , it being a state road , kept up at public expense . ( R . 5031-5032 . ) He has seen the country along the river from the river , and has been out on top in different places and describes it as being very rough country . . His ( com- com ) pany has delivered freight by land to one of the oil companies operating on Indian Creek , , and he has personally been over it , going down as far as ( Lock- Lock ) hart . . He has been over most of the roads in that country , and his company has been engaged for years in the general freigliting business . In contracting for deliveries he endeavors to make them as low a cost to himself as possible . . ( R . . 5033- 5034 . ) The only road from Moab to the river is the one that goes to Lockhart , and it traverses a very rough |