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Show 7380 Wolverton- D 5360 split the main channel and drive some of the water to one side or to the middle of the river. Q I find difficulty in understanding what current means, unless it means the swiftest part of the river. What other definition of current is there, unless it means the swift- moving portion of the stream, and doesn't the swift- moving portion of the stream move in what is called the channel? A Not exactly, as I view it. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I am asking for information. I find it difficult to understand the distinction. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Mr. Wolverton, I wish you would explain, if you can, current, let's say a more or less swift current over to the right beak, let's say, and at the same time the deepest part of the river might be over at the left bank. What could cause such a situation as that? A Well, usually there is only one explanation; it is an obstruction of some sort that has gotten into the river; might be a water- logged tree, or it might be a rock thrown in from a wall. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q If that condition kept up long enough, the channel would change, there, wouldn't it? That is, if you got the swift- moving portion of the water going in one direction long |
