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Show 116 A No, but I did not hang around the wharf there either. Q No, but you saw the wharf many, many times during that period? A Yes, sir. Q You saw the boats there many, many times? A They might have been stuck there, so far as I know. Q You saw boats there at the landing many, many times during that period, did you not? A Yes; there was always a boat tied up there. Q And during that two years' times, you never saw a single occasion when the engines of the boats were kept running in order to-- what was the purpose-- to prevent-- Mr. Blackmar: To prevent a sandbar from stacking up on them. By Mr. Farnsworth: Q. Yes. In order to prevent the sandbar from filling in and preventing the boats from getting out away from the landing. A As I have gone by there I have heard the engines running. What they were running for, I do not know; but I have been told by Virgil Baldwin that that is what they did. Q Well, I suppose that Virgil Baldwin will be a witness here. You answered on direct examination that you personally had not seen such an instance, as I recall your testimony. That is correct, is it not? ( Witness nods his head.) 2076 |
