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Show 287 boat with an outboard motor on naturally draws more water than the boat without the outboardmotor on it; and we did not have the motor with us down to the junction; consequently, we were about nearly a foot less draft. By the Special Master: Q Did you boat have a swinging propeller? A Yes, sir-- a trip- up. Q A propeller that tripped up, with reference to the meeting of obstruction? A Yes, sir. By Mr. Farnsworth: Q Did you not state, without regard to boats or kinds of motors, or anything else-- did you not state that there were more sandbars, a great many more sandbars, in the Colorado-- A Yes, I stated-- Q Than in the Green River? A Yes, sir. Q And when you speak of sandbars, you mean bars in the river that come to the surface and that must be avoided in navigating the river-- or come near the surface. A Yes, sir. Q Do you mean by that that it has more bars that may impede progress than the other river has? A It probably has; to the boat of my ability or determination, 2250 |
