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Show and April . The cotton ( 211 M ) gins had ( largo large ) sheds built to hold the stuff , and farm products would be stored until the water got high enough for ( steamboats steauiboats ) to ( come caoine ) and get it ; at ( other otlier ) ( times thiies ) cotton was hauled out overland . Leovy ( v- v ) United ( States Statcs ) ( 177 ( IT U ) . S . 621 ) ( William TVilliam ) ( O'Brien OBrien O'Bricn OBricn ) , witness for ( Government Governnient ) , occu . - pation , ( fisherman fislicriiian ) , ( hunter liuiiter ) ( and aiid ) ( general geiieral ) ( workman uorkmau ) , stated that ( he lie ) worked on the dam ( complained comphdued ) of ; that a man named ( John Jolin ) Collet went through the pass ( while iNrhfle ) ( he lie ) was working there ( with -Nvith Nvith ) a lugger which had oysters in it . He did not ( know knoiv ) exactly how much she drew ; may have been 2V , feet or more . Collet came back next day ( through tbrough ) the pass . The boat was going from the river to the gulf . Patrick ( Calaglian Calagha ) , a ( witness witile-ss witiless ) for the ( United T-Tuited TTuited ) States , maintained an orange grove ( and aild ) truck farm and ran a trading boat to Pilot Town all the way down . Stated that he ( was vas ) acquainted ( with Yith ) Red Pass but ( went -went went ) clear through ( with -Nvitli Nvitli ) his boat only once . It was a small yawl boat which was turned into a gaff sail . He could ( not iiot ) say how much water it drew . As far as ( he lie ) could recollect , it was about in 1864 . R . ( M -M M ) . ( While TVhite ) , for the United States , was ( engaged elicraged ) in the trading business ; was acquainted with the ( couiitiy country ) since 1875 . Stated that we have taken out willows ( 011 on ) barges drawing from 4 to 5 feet of water by a tug boat . This occurred a little over 4 years ( ago acro ) . ( He Ile ) saw luggers go through the pass to the Gulf ; ( he lie ) saw boats go ( through througli ) loaded ( witli with ) oysters but ( 110 no ) boat ( can caii ) pass ( through tbrough ) since ( tlie the ) construction of the dam . |