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Show 159 and many of the other bars, apparently, is the widening of the channel. As you will notice here, the banks are-- The Special Master: Please indicate the plate which you are referring to. The Witness: On plate 4 is my plane table survey, which indicates, by means of cross- hatching, that, with the exception of the very small outcrop on the west bank, perhaps 100 feet long, and on the east bank about 400 feet long, which is Dakota stone, the remaining banks are of dirt. There has apparently been a considerable widening of the flood channel, as shown by this map ( indicating), which is a survey made by the Army Engineers, of November 23, 1909, and the conditions as I found them on September 29, 1928. The Special Master: What was the Army Engineers survey made for? Mr. Blackmar: The Army Engineers made a survey of the river to ascertain whether or not it was subject to navigation, and made a report. Mr. Collins: No; whether it was subject to improvement by the United States; whether it justified improvement for navigation. Mr. Farnsworth: Are you going to offer that report in evidence? Mr. Collins: That is coming up later on, in the west. Mr. Farnsworth: He will offer it then, will he? 2120 |
