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Show 895 down past Greenriver far enough, they had the " Betsy Ann", two motor boats, and three row boats, and with this outfit he moved on down as far as the junction. R. 2115- 2116. This started in the middle of July, 1914; and was just prior to the drilling operations. R. 2116. Sheets 31 to 36, of Exhibit No. 10, are the survey maps that were made at that time. Above Greenriver he used cars and went on foot, and didn't use the river at all, and he didn't use the river for any of the surveys above Wimmer's Ranch, or just immediately below it. R. 2116. After he started using the river it was necessary to get out of the boat frequently. Captain Yokey had charge of the operations of the motor boats, and the navigating. The motor boats were fourteen or sixteen feet long, and possibly four or five feet wide, and doesn't believe they drew over seven or eight inches. R. 2117. " BY MR. BLACMAR: " Q. Did those boats encounter any trouble with sandbars? " A. Oh, yes. After you have been on the river a week or so you get accounted to those sandbars; they are of continual occurrence, the some as your eating and sleeping, one of the regular things. " Q. What method did you adopt to get off the sandbars? " A. He would jump over into the shallow water and push the barge off; if we couldn't push it off, we would made around to the back end and while some of them worked the scow back and forth, the stern of it, the rest of us would push |
