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Show 5825 273 3825 40 per cent? A Yes, sir. Q What date was that? A On September 21, 1929. Q Let me have that figure again. A Do you mean this whole thing? Q Yes. A The gage showed a rise of 6.8 feet in two and a half hours; that was during the night, by the way; but the quantity of suspended matter increased from .44 on the morn-ing of the 20th to 40.6 on the morning of the 21st, when I went down to take the sample. Q In other words, in 100 pounds of water, or 100 pounds of this solution in the river, approximately 40 per cent of it -- Q Sand and silt? By The Special Master: Q Well, I do not understand what he said. Mr. Blackmar. Let us get that straightened out, then. |