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Show Lumnsden- C 681 Q It was a screw- propellor, was it? A Yes sir, we had twin screws. Q Twin screws? A Yes sir. Q How high were the cabins? A I think about seven feet. Q And how high would you say the floor of the cabin was above the level of the water, with the load you were carrying? A Oh, possibly two feet. Q And the draft of the boat was what? A What? Q The draft of the boat was what? A I was about twelve or fourteen inches. Q Did you wish to be understood as saying, Mr. Lumnsden, that you observed any shifting of channels in the stream between your down trip and your up trip on the Green river? A Yes sir. Q Where did you notice anything of that kind? A The points I wouldn't be able to tell you; but some parts of the river that we went down through all right, coming back we couldn't make it there on that same side; that is the reason I knew the channel had changed. There was a difference in the volume of water flowing in a certain place between the time you came down and the time you sent back? MR. BLACKMAR: Excuse me, he didn't say he meant the 2649 |