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Show . 202 who maintained wild game trading stations on ( vari5- vari5 ) ous points on Little River . ( R . 448 , 449 . ) For many years a licensed pilot operated ( steam steam-' steam ) boats on Little River , the largest of which was ( 84 81- ) tons , which drew 3 feet not loaded and up to 5 , feet loaded . ( R . 512 . ) Lumber rafts were frequently operated . ( R . 515 . ) Boats were used for transporting cotton seed ) . wagons , etc . ( R . ( 522 0522 ) . ) Lumber rafts containing ( thirty-five thirtyfive ) to forty thousand feet of lumber . ( R . 555 . ) ( 'Another Another Another ) boat of 19 tons capacity , Government inspected , drawing 2 feet of water . ( R . 600 . ) In the years 1891 and 1892 one witness brought down two lumber rafts containing 60,000 feet ( and and- and ) 90,000 feet of lumber , respectively . ( R . 621 . ) In the years 1893 and 1894 a witness operated a steamboat commercially , the size not given . ( R . 638 . ) Between the years 1881 and 1883 , a witness ( op-- op ) erated three flatboats . The first , 60 feet long and 12 feet wide and the top deck 17 feet wide . The second boat , 9 feet wide and 39 feet long . The third boat , 9 feet wide and 30 feet long . Two of the boats were operated by horsepower and the ( other other- other ) by man power . ( R . 644 . ) The boats were used for carrying stock and for the carriage of freight . ( R . 650 . ) Another witness operated a boat of 5 or 6 tons capacity ( R . 659 ) which was used for transporting , , merchandise on the river ( R . 661 ) . |
