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Show Blake- D 910 direction to make a curve to the opposite side; the water is shallow from the widest point of the bend on one side of the river straight down to the widest point of the bend on the opposite side, and the river continually makes these bends. Therefore the bar crosses the river, and here is where we always find the difficulty in finding a channel if there is any; it may be a little deeper in places than others, but it is invariably more shallow than in any straight stretch of river. THE SPECIAL MASTER: A crossing bar as this witness understands it, is a bar which makes out at the bends of the river as contracted with a bar which may be found in a straight stretch; is that it? THE WITNESS: Yes, your Honor. MR. BLACKMAR: That is my idea, the current comes ( heads) in and hits over here ( indicating). THE SPECIAL MASTER: That is a very frequent formation in every river. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q That is, deflects it across, it goes across and deposits this bar? A Yes sir. Q Did you find those bars frequently in the Green river? A Very frequently. Q This trip you are talking about, up above Greenriver, was the one which was made in company with Mr. Hoyt? 2880 |
