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Show 5058 F. Johnson- D 3070 there was one built that wasn't satisfactory; he took this boat up the river, and I never saw again. And the ferry boat, the one we were using for a ferry, that came back. But the other one, I don't know what became of it. Q This ferry boat, what kind of boat was that as to size and depth, general construction? A Fourteen feet wide, forty feet long, with a deck over the top, just over the gunnels, then a railing on each side, with an apron at the ends. The aprons were put on later. At that time neither the side rails or the aprons were on. Q When you we operating the ferry there on your se-cond return, did you encounter any difficulties with the sandbars in the operation of the ferry? A You mean after 1910? Q Yes. A Yes sir. Very often we would encounter sand-bars crossing the river; sometimes the bar would come out nearly on? Q Yes sir. A Then I would work for several hours, probably three hours, getting the boat to shore; then probably I would go back that night or the next morning early, and the sandbar would be entirely gone. |