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Show 1044 same engine. The large wheel was more successful, and he managed to get up the river without so much towing, but he knows it was a decided improvement. With the larger paddle wheel he never took a trip more than ten miles up from Lees Ferry, and he only took that trip once. He has no knowledge from actual observation as to the trouble he might have had if he continued on to Warm Creek. with the small paddle wheel he would get stuck on a bar as often as twice a day and sometimes more than that, " many more times." R. 2479. " Q You recall mentioning in answer to one question the figure - I think you said once or twice - anyway, I know you said twice a day, maybe twice a day you would get stuck. Do you remember that? " A Depending on the section of the river we were in. Making two miles per hour, in eight hours only fifteen or sixteen miles; we only progressed about ten or twelve miles a day: next would find us in different territory: in the Warm Creek area we never made it in less than a day and a half; never made an up- trip in less than a day and a half." R. 2480. After the first paddle wheel was put on, the boat would be stuck more than twice a day in some sections of the river and sometimes not at all. R. 2480. The dam site known as the Edison Company dam site in Glen Canyon is about five miles above Lees Ferry. When Bert Loper was taken up the river the small wheel was on the boat and the trip required practically six days going up, and was a typical trip. The boat was operated usually from daylight, or about six o'clock, until almost dark, with perhaps an hour being taken for noon. The trip was made sometime in |
