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Show 447 VIRCIL BALDWIN For complainant ( R. Vol. 6 - pp. 1155- 1215) He resides at of Moab, Utah, automobile mechanic and boat pilot, 41 years of age, lived most of his life on farms in Ohio and Indiana. In May, 1921, he moved to Moab, Utah, and commenced working for the Moab Garage Company as mechanic. In 1925 he commenced operating a boat on the Colorado River and since that time he has operated on the Colorado River about three small boats and one large boat. One of the boats operated by Baldwin was twenty- seven feet long, about five feet wide, drew about ten inches of water with an ordinary load, and was powered with a six cylinder automobile engine, fifteen- fifteen propeller. This was called the passenger boat and was for light work. It was equipped with removable seats. The other boat was powered with a Ford motor and was about twenty feet long, probably four feet wide, and drew possibly six or eight inches of water; with the propeller it would be a little deeper. The propeller used was a fourteen inch one with a guard underneath, making about sixteen inches altogether. Another boat was known as the Black boat and another the Evinrude boat, which was about eighteen |