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Show ( K"ii Kii ) i8l : U , * . ; l . 34 . - . - ' < \ * t . . , ( "x x ) * i J > i 1 Mw * ii4 * ( t- t ) * , * < - 1376 going up over the top of the riffles as the boat dropped over onto the leveler part of the stream it had a tendency to pull the stern wheel out , and it would spin , the boat would drop back a little . The water was comparatively level at the top of the riffles ; when the boat came up sort of an incline , slight , of course , but it was an incline , and got down on to the level water , it pulled the stern wheel out . That would be going upstream . ( R . 5339 . ) The change reduced the draft slightly , because the weight of the stern wheel was on one end . ( R . 5339 . ) The draft of the boat ( under tinder ) ordinary load with the side wheel would be three inches less than with the stern wheel . ( R . 5339 . ) When you use side wheels in swift water there is not any danger of the boat being swerved around one way or the other by the water . You go ahead in a comparatively straight course as easily as you can with a stern wheel ; they hold it with a rudder . Used rudder with stern wheel . The rudder had a pair ; the pair set right forward of the stern wheel . The rudders extended lower than the paddle ( wheel- wheel ) than the lowest paddle of the paddle wheel , possibly two inches , but they did not extend lower than the paddles of the stern paddle wheel . ( R . 5340 . ) They place the side wheel a little higher on the boat with reference to the bottom of the boat , we place the side wheel a little higher than we did the stern wheel . Under those circumstances the boat would draw about the same amount of water . ( R . ( 5340- 5340 ) 5341 . |
