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Show 925 Frisco, up in the mountains, a little mining town above Milford. The route followed was the road over which freight was hauled in southern Utah. R. 2187. He did not try to get any pack animals there. " Q Did you walk from Kanab? " A No, we rode in o wagon we hired at Kanab; Mr. Stanton borrowed six hundred dollars when we got in there, to take us through to Denver, from Mr. Mariger, who was bishop of Kanab at the time, and telegraph operator." R. 2188. After arriving at Denver a second trip was planned and he was asked if he couldn't plan a boat that he thought would run the river and he told them he could. He thereupon drew plans and superintended construction of boats at the Douglas Boat Factory, Waukegan, Illinois. The boats were shipped to Greenriver, Utah, by rail, loaded on to wagons and hauled overland with teams to the Dirty Devil by way of the San Rafael, through Iron Wash, and down North Wash with the boats. R. 2189. The boats were built of oak, and calked, and were soaked overnight to close up the cracks. " Q These boats, did they have air- tight compartments in them? " A They had one hundred and forty- four feet of airtight compartments under the running board, twelve heavy, galvanized iron cans" R. 2190 The boats were constructed with air- tight compartments stem and stern and all along the sides under the running board; " they would float if you tore the bottom out of one of them; with two thousand or three thousand pounds on them they would float, nine or ten inches high; that is the way |
