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Show 933 shoes on both wheels; broad, rough, heavy iron across them, and a chain run up and fastened to hold the shoes under the wheels; they just dragged and out into the sand rock. " That was an expensive proposition, getting in." R. 2205- 2206. While the dredge was being constructed, fourteen or fifteen carpenters, or ship builders, were employed. After construction was complete, only the operating crew consisting of about eight men, stayed with the dredge. R. 2206- 2207. During the construction and operation of the dredge there were no supplies brought in by way of the river so far as he knows. Dredging operations continued for a period of eight or nine months, and then the outfit went into the hands of a receiver. He was there with his family all of the time. The dredge was still on the river the last time he was there. It was anchored to shore with two steel cables running across the river and up to the pilot house, so the dredge could be moved back and forth. " Q The sand and gravel which you were working, from what part of the river did that come? " A That came from different parts, the center of the river; we worked in and out; we worked across the river on a line backwards and forwards where we thought it would pay. " Q What I want is, did you work the banks of the river and also the river bed? " A Oh, no, not with the dredge. " Q What did you work with it? " A We worked just the rive bed; we got aground with the dredge several times; we had a job getting off, as big as she was." R. 2208. |