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Show 78 40 or 50 feet in length and possibly half as wide ; they would contain several thousand feet of lumber , and it was the easiest way to get lumber down because the road was very bad . . Usually two or three men would ride the rafts . . I know of equipment of various kinds , including machinery , also freight of other character , that came up the river from points below Moab . I recall several instances of people ( com- com ) ( ing1 ing ) down the river in boats prior to the time when the Moab Garage Company started to operate ; I think these people continued on their journey , and have personal ( knowl- knowl ) edge of their coming down the river to Moab and then proceeding down the river on their journey . ( R . 2866-71 , Vol . 16 . . ) I recall the Undine coming upstream to Moab on ( sev- sev ) eral occasions ; I personally saw it arrive there on several occasions but ( wouldn't wouldnt ) undertake to say how many ( passen- passen ) gers there were on board . Later it was wrecked at a point two or three miles above Nigger Bill Canyon where the river is narrow and the water swift . ( R . 2872-3 , Vol . 16 ) As editor of my paper I have kept in close touch with the operation of Moab Garage boats during the past few years and think those boats made trips with reasonable ( regu- regu ) larity . I know they had lots of delays but they hauled a lot of freight and for a long while were making trips pretty regularly . I believe I saw one of Mr . ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) boats at Green River and know that he came with a boat once or twice to Moab but I ( didn't didnt ) see his boat ; ; I have also heard of Mr . Wolverton in connection with operations on the river . ( R . 2875-7 , Vol . 16 . ) John B . Cleary testified : I am a civil engineer and for 11 years have been in the employ of Midwest Refining Company . My company spent approximately two million dollars during a period of 21 2 years in oil operations ( be- be ) tween Moab and Lockhart . It has no present interest in drilling operations there . I first went to the river on December 31 , 1925 , going to Well No . . 1 on the Moab Garage barge . About half way down we stuck on a sand bar for almost two hours , taking a line to shore to pull the boat off . I remained there seventeen days staking ground covered by permits , , etc , , and investigating a road . ( R . . 2895-2902 , Vol 16 ) ( Transposition Transpartation ) is always a problem in a producing oil field and at times it is necessary to get freight in promptly . . With the method of ( transporta transporta- transporta ) tion then being followed , it was necessary to unload from |
