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Show 461 distribute the members of the crew? What was their work in connection with the operation of the boat? A. Going down stream, if we hadn't been on the river for a day or two or a week, we would always have them up on front, sounding; it would help quite a bit; take an car, one fellow on one side, show me how deep it was." R. 1180- 1181 If the water was the depth of the car blade the boat could be taken through nicely, that would be about two and one- half feet of water. If running regularly there wouldn't be enough work to keep the men busy because she would know very near where to go, but would often get off his course and get stuck. R. 1181- 1182. " Q. Did you discard this Manila rope you carried on the first trip? " A. Oh, yes; we found we had to get a steel line, about five hundred foot line, so we could pull it through the water easier; going to shore we would always have to put the line in the small boat, coil it up in that small boat and reel it out as we go along, so the current wouldn't carry the boat down stream; first thing we know, we wouldn't have any line, by the time we got to the bank. " Q. How frequently did you have to put that line ashore in order to get off these sand bars? " A. Sometimes go down without using it; other times have to use it four or five times, probably." |