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Show 405 " A. The sandbar going downstream, the water very gradually gets shallower, then the sand rolls over and the water all of a sudden becomes deep; therefore when the boat strikes the bar going upstream, the end part of the boat is in deep water and the peddle wheel can work in deep water, and pull off." R. 1035- 1037. Further examination - ( R. Vol. - p. 1037.) By the Special Master: " Q. I should suppose that made it easier to go upstream than to go down, so far as sand bars are concerned, if you got more water at the lower end of the sand bar you wouldn't stick so hard, would you? " A. No, you wouldn't stick so hard." R. 1037. Recross Examination - ( R. Vol. 6 - pp. 1038- 1040.) The trip taken down the Colorado River from Moab to Shafer No. 1 well by him was made either in January or February of 1926. The boat left Moab during the morning and arrived at the oil well sometime during the afternoon and consumed between four and six hours, but in going back up to Moab in the same boat it took practically all day. - about eight or nine hours. He doesn't have any distinct recollection of the time he left the well or the time he arrived at Moab. In going down the river they were hung up about twenty miles on the sand bar, which required the use of the windlass or capstan to dislodge the boat. There were at least ten people besides the crew on the boat at that time but he had no way of determining the amount of freight carried. R. 1038- 1040. |
