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Show culties ( in ill ) ( navigation Ravigation ) ( 154 1-54 ) , but on the fact , if it be a fact , that the stream in its natural and ordinary condition ( affords affads ) a channel for useful commerce . The character ( of o-fl ofl ) the commerce on the river is stated as follows ( p . ( 57 057 ) ) : Mud River , after passing through the lake , connected at Thief River with a navigable route extending ( westward west-ward westward ) to the Red River of the North and thence ( northward morthward ) into the British possessions . Merchants in the ( set- set ) tlements at Liner and ( Giygla G17gla ) , ( which vhich ) ( were vere ) several miles up ( Mud Xud ) ( River Ri7er ) from the lake , used the river and lake in sending for and bringing in their supplies . ( Eor For ) additional evidence of navigation on ( Mud Xud ) River see appendix , pages 223-227 . With the above principles of law in mind , ( evi- evi ) dence with reference to ( hoats boats ) on the Green , ( Colo- Colo ) rado , and San Juan rivers ( -will will ) be examined . ( "The The ) ( Undine" Undine Undine ) In 1901 , a pretentious boat named ( The Thc ) ( Undine Undinc ) was launched at Greenriver , Utah . This boat had an ( 8-foot 8foot ) beam and ( was -was was ) about 48 feet in ( length leingth ) ( R . 4244 ) ; draft 14 inches loaded ( Vol . 24 , p . 4210 ) . It was a coal burner , equipped with marine engines and propelled by a paddle wheel on the ( stem stern ) . ( See photograph , Exhibit 121 . ) This boat was put on the river strictly for ( com- com ) mercial purposes and the general plan was to ( oper- oper ) ate the boat between Greenriver and Moab and to a |
