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Show 449 were constructs of twelve inch boards and the boat was loaded toward the front so that the wheel would not extent more than eighteen inches beneath the water. R1159- 1160 " Q. How did you accomplish that in loading the boat? " A. The wheel beams, you might call them, extend over the back of the boat a distance of half way of the wheel, or a little more, so as to have some clearance between the wheel and the boat; consequently while the boat is empty the beam projected over the back; it would be a little lower if the front end of the boat is loaded heavily; it brings the front end down and the back end up a little, that is, out at the center of the wheel; consequently you don't change the position of the paddle wheels very much, maybe two of three inches or three or four inches at the outside, probably, in depth." ( R. 1160) The paddles on the wheel did not extend quite as far down as the bottom of the boat. Until February, 1925, he had never had any experience in operating boats on the Colorado River except a trip or two with the Evinrude boat when he went down the river on a pleasure trip or hunting deer, but didn't have much pleasure. R. 1161 " Q. What do you mean by that? " A. Well, because of the difficulty in getting any place while on the boat. We would get stuck on |