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Show 5175 F. Bennett- D 3187 tunnel on it, to try to guard my propeller from the rocks. Half of the screw works in the tunnel, and the rest of the boat went down on each side. Q What length boat was that? A I think it was twenty- four feet. Q How much draft? A The hind end of the boat where this tunnel was in there made a draft of perhaps sixteen inches; I think it was a fourteen- inch propeller I had. Q What kind of engine? A That was the same engine; I took the engine I had, the engine out of the other boat, before it sank. Q Was this a pretty good engine? A It was a good engine, yes sir. Q Who sold you on the idea oft his tunnel- shaped boat? A Sir? Q Who sold the idea of getting a tunnel boat to you? MR. FARNSWORTH: We object to that. A I don't remember. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Then after you got this boat constructed, as I understand it, you put it on a wagon or truck, and where did you take it? A I took it to the mouth of North wash, to the Colorado river at the mouth of North wash. |
