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Show 3829 Gerdine- D 1850 say definitely how much horsepower engine, but my recollec-tion it was forty horsepower engine. Q Do you recall the draft of the boat? A Well, that would depend on the load. Q Well, do you know how much of a load it was built to carry? A Well, the purpose of that load was to carry supplies, if possible, from Lees Ferry up the river to the rapids below the mouth of the San Juan river, to replenish these topogra-phic parties that would be operating from that as a center, and we had hopes we would take a considerable amount of supplies up; by that boat. Q The day that you went up the river on that boat, how much of a cargo did it have? A Well, my recollection is we had about maybe a thousand pounds of supplies, food supplies, and then when the various men that were along with the expedition were inside the boat, -- there were seven or eight men -- that would make about twenty- five hundred pounds when the boat was full of men and supplies. MR. FARNSWORTH: What was the length of the boat? BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q About how long was this boat? A My recollection is about twenty- seven feet; twenty-seven feet in length, about seven foot beam; that is my recollection of it; that is my memory. |