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Show 6716 4705 the San Juan there is no terminus and no objective whatso-ever. There is no object in going to the mouth of the San Rafael. So that any transportation upon the green river, either up or down the Green river, must start at the town of Greenriver, Utah, and in order to work out the transportation you have got to carry the operation of your boats clear yup to the logical terminus, and of course we have no evidence here of the condition at the mouth of the San Rafael, how you get down there, and the terrain and the surrounding terri-tory, and as I view the case it is absolutely beyond any thought that there ever will be a town at the mouth of the San Rafael, so you are driven to Greenriver -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: Supposing there had not been any town of Greenriver, at all, supposing was in existence, would there have been no navigability of the river? MR. BLACKMAR: On the proposition the only way we can judge is by the precedents in the past. That gets into a discussion -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: Your statement gives me the government's idea on it. I just want to be perfectly clear in my mind. Supposing you have rivers in this country where there is no settlement on the river for a considerable |
