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Show Raplee- C 474 going, I take it? A Oh, yes. Q And a great deal of traffic? A Yes. Q Did the other men use similar craft to that that you used? A No; I myself and another outfit down about seventy- five miles on the river had a wheel the same as I had; they had on down there; they made theirs after the one I had, and those are the only two that had power there. Q What I was referring to, Mr. Raplee, was craft for getting supplies, material down from Bluff. Did the other outfits have similar boats to yours? A Yes, lots of them had boats. SPECIAL MASTER: I didn't hear your answer. MR. FARNAWORTH: " Yes, lots of them had boats." A Lots of them had boats. Q And they were boats of similar character to those that you have described to his Honor? A Yes. BY THE SPECCIAL MASTER: Q Where were they built? A At Bluff. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q About how many such boats were plying on that river during those three years, would you say, approximately? A I don't know, -- probably fifteen or twenty. Q Fifteen or twenty. I don't suppose you could give any approximation, even, of the tonnage carried? 2440 |