No. 15 Original, Brief for the United States, 1929

Brief for the U.S., 1929, p. 181

181 Thousands of dollars have been spent on ( experi- experi ) ments with commercial ( navigation navigatioii ) on the Green and Colorado Rivers . Large boats , small boats , steamboats using ( coal coil ) or vood for fuel , gasoline boats ( ranging i-anging ianging ) from those equipped with small outboard motors to ( 40-horsepower 40horsepower ) gasoline ( engines eughles ) ; boats ' ( with iith ) paddle - ( vheels iheels ) , propellers in tunnels ; screw propellers ; specially designed riffle climbers ( have liave ) all been tried . The ( Moab Aloab ) Garage boats alone survive , Commercial navigation on these rivers lias ( been beea ) a failure . The revenues derived from freight and passenger traffic represent a small part of the cost of the boats . Failure of ( commercial comniercial ) ( navigation iiavigation ) has been due to the fact that the rivers possess characteristics . ( which Whicli ) will always prevent fliem from serving the public as highways of commerce . ( To-day Today ) there are ( no 11o ) boats of ( any aiiy ) kind on the Green River , none ( in iii ) Glen ( Canyon Canyou ) , none on the San Juan . The three or four at Moab are without freight or passengers and will no ( doubt doiibt ) soon follow flie others into - N ( 'reckaud reckaud ) decay . IX INDIAN RESERVATIONS ADJACENT TO THE ( BIVEBS RIVERS ) Significance of the acts of Congress and Executive orders affecting the Navajo and other Indian ( reservations reservatims ) in Utah On behalf of the ( Government Goverm-nent Govermnent ) certified copies of treaties and official orders concerning the Navajo and other reservations affecting lands in and ( adja- adja )