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Show 3204 Dent- D 1230 MR. FARNSWORTH : Go forward now. You will have some one on the stand who can give that quickly, without taking any time, who knows personally about it. MR. BALCKMAR: As soon as it is available. MR. FARNSWORTH: That will be while these hearings are on? MR. BLACKMAR: Oh, yes. Q All right, colonel. A Shall I explain about the boat? A yes. A We had the Moab Garage Company's so- called passenger boat. It has been testified that boat was about twenty- seven feet long, and five feet beam, which is substantially in accordance with my recollection. The boat in itself drew comparatively little water, but the propeller projected entirely below the bottom of the boat, and was in turn protected by a quite strong steel guard fastened to the back of the boat and to the boat in front of where the propeller shaft penetrated the bottom. The boat squatted a little under full speed. In other wards, it drew more under fall speed than when going at less. It ran quite smoothly until the water got to be in the neighborhood of two and a half feet in depth. When the water got to be about two and a half feet, as ascertained |