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Show 7040 Baldwin- D 5021 Q Do its own housecleaning there, would it? A Yes sir. Q Now, take a given point where you had any condition of the character you have spoken of created by reason of a flood, when would you encounter difficulty in locating the channel and occasionally be bothered by a sandbar at that point? THE SPECIAL MASTER: You mean what month? MR. FARNSWORTH: No, under what conditions, and on which trip, is what I have in mind. A The first trip, of course, through there, after thereafter had been a big flood and a wash, we would have some difficul-ties at the mouth of the canyon and below, the first trip. Q Now, after the first trip at those places,-- at such and down where you had gone through the first time? A Very little after the first trip. Q And in a few days you say the condition would be restored to normal by the river itself? A Yes sir, a week or ten days it would wash it down. Scatter it out. Q I believe you state that it was a part of your business to keep track of the running of the boats? |