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Show 7361 Wolverton- D 5341 Q Well, then, your draft with the side wheel would be just about the same as the draft with the stern wheel, if your rudders came down two inches below the paddles? A We place the side wheel a little higher on the boat with reference to the bottom of the boat, we place the side wheel a little higher than we did the stern wheel. Q Yes, but the rudder, you say, came down two inches below the paddle wheel, so that would bring it about the same level as the stern wheel? A Yes. Q So I should suppose under those circumstances the boat would draw about the same amount of water? A Nearly the same. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I didn't want to interrupt, but I wanted to understand the situation, because the picture didn't seem to show any rudder. I see now the very fine line here. ( Five minute recess.) FURTHER DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q In 1903 or 1904, whatever the year was is immaterial, when you put in the seven and a half horsepower engine, did you do any hauling of are of any kind? A We carried considerable supplies from Greenriver down |