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Show Record loads both up and down in operating the boat. Going up I would take whatever there was to go. It would be the passengers coming back, tools that needed repairing, and there was quite a bit of up freight of various kinds from the oil wells while the drilling. 5003 was going on and while preparations were being made for drilling. Anything that was light, that was in a hurry to go out, and the big boat was not available that day, I would take it out on the Punkin Seed to hurry it up. The principal use of this boat was as a passenger boat. There was a smaller boat. It was about 20 feet long and about 4/ 1/ 2 feet wide. It had a model T Ford motor in it, which had been taken from a Ford car. That boat was at times called 5004 the " Black Boat", because it was painted black. I personally operated the Black boat in regular service for about 7 or 8 months between Moab and Shafer No. 1 and 2 wells and Lockhart. Passengers mostly were carried on the Black boat. I generally took about four passengers on it. I have had as high as nine on it but it was over- loaded. Any small packages or items of freight I would carry on that boat also. 5005 In going to Lockhart with the Black boat it would take about four hours going down and 7 or 8 hours to come back. We had another boat equipped with a Chandler motor. It was known as the Chandler boat. It was 26 feet long and 6 feet wide at the top and 5 feet wide at the bottom. The motor was a 5006 38- horsepower motor, I judge. Defendant's Exhibit 23 is the Chandler boat. It does not show much of the boat. I recognize the motor. Defendant's Exhibit marked 22 is the Chandler boat next to the bank and tied to the Chandler boat is a row boat. The big boat on which several passengers appear is the Moab barge. Defendant's Exhibits 22 and 23, being photographs of the Chandler boat, were received in evidence. The Chandler boat drew about 19 or 20 inches of water 5007 empty and about 2 feet loaded. The Chandler boat was used principally for hauling passengers, small freight and anything that could |