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Show 7032 Baldwin- D 5013 delayed a day or two; I had to put new bearing in. Q Aside from that, what is the longest time you ever recall being held up or delayed while operating the Chandler? A Not over thirty minutes. Q And how many times were you delayed as much as thirty minutes from any cause besides this time when you burned out your bearing? A Three or four times that long. Q What proportion of the trip, if there were any, would you say that you had not encountered any delay of any character while operating the Chandler? A How is that question? ( Question read.) A Well, I don't -- Q Well, would it be every trip, or just an occasional trip? A Oh, no; one of ten I would get on a sandbar for a minute or two, or five minutes, generally get right off and go on. Q When you were operating the " Punkin Seed" of the Black boat, was the percentage of tripe when you would encountered any difficulty more or less than when you were operating the Chandler? A It was less. Q Less? |