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Show 6820 Wimmer- D 4809 A I know what it cost me. Q State what your experience has been in that respect. A Do you mean down stream, or up stream? Q Both ways. A Well, at this particular time of delivering stuff for the government down to the junction of the rivers I was also hauling for the Standard Chemical Company at the same time with the teams; they are practically the same distance, about ninety- five miles to Trachyte; it is about one hundred miles, we call it, down the junction; we have always called it that, I don't know what your maps read. My cost per ton mile up stream was about twenty- five cents on the river, that is, not including depraciation or overhead, simply the men hired and the fuel burned and the up keep of the boat. Now, my cost per ton mile -- Q This is per ton mile you are speaking of? A Yes sir. -- was thirty- five cents from Trachyte to Greenriver by team; that is not including depraciation nor overhead. Q Which invested capital was the larger, that in the river transportation or in the land transportation? |
