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Show 7243 Blake- C 5223 cost a trip of a man and myself from Denver -- A Suppose we get at it this way, Mr. Blake, as launched in the river, how much, in your opinion, was the Ida B. worth? A I was out over fifteen hundred dollars drawn out of the bank at the time that boat was in the river. Q Does that fifteen hundred dollars also include your labor? A It included the money I spent and the time I started on the project of buying the engine until the boat was launched. Q In your opinion was the Ida B. reasonably worth the sum of fifteen hundred dollars at Greenriver? THE SPECIAL MASTER: What bearing has that, Mr. Blackmar, what the boat was worth? It didn't cost in labor and material over fifteen hundred dollars; what difference does it make how much it was worth? MR. BLACKMAR: Possibly you Honor is right about that. I think I am satisfied with figures of fifteen hundred dollars. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q How much did it cost to build the Utah? A The Utah probably cost seventy- five to one hundred dollars, material and labor on it. I reinstalled the engine from the Ida B. in the Utah. Q Where is the Utah now? A The Utah was left to rot on the shore of the Wilson |
