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Show 157 -- 153-- In his comparison he took the Columbia River at an elevation of 145 feet above sea level, and in his estimation boats operate up the Columbia as far as the mouth of the Snake, and on up the Snake River, and he wanted to select a point on the Columbia River where there would be no question of it being navigable. R. 341. " Q And was that the thought in your mind when you selected the Green River, that it was unquestionably navigable from there down of up ? " Mr. Blackmar: You have a statute in Utah that says this river is navigable through the State of Utah. " Mr. Farnsworth: What, the Green? " Mr. Collins: Yes, sir. " Mr. Blackmar: The Green and the Colorado both. " Mr. Farnsworth: I do not think the statute does say that, but that in wholly immaterial." R. 341- 342- A. He made a study of all the rivers as outlined on the map that covers the Green, Colorado and San Juan Rivers, above Lees Ferry, on the San Juan to Chinle Creek, the Colorado to Grand Junction, and the Green River, to Greenriver, Wyoming, and the reason his figures stop at Greenriver, Wyoming was because that was the end of the river survey. The map he refers to is called " Shaded Relief Map of the Colorado and Green Rivers, with profiles." R. 341A- 342. This map could have been made half as big, or larger if he wanted to. He took the Colorado River from Grand Junction at about an elevation of 4,558 feet. That is also the end of the river survey. R. 342- 342. He does not believe the Geological Survey has any |
