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Show 1060 RICHARD ELMER CALDWELL For Complainant ( R. Vol. 13, pp. 2522- 2529) He resides at Los Angeles, California. He is a civil engineer by profession, has had experience in hydraulic work, municipal engineering, irrigation, and drainage. He was also a member of the Colorado River Commission, representing Utah, prior to 1922. He was State Engineer of Utah during the term 1920 to 1924. He has been on the Colorado River at three points, entering it on the first occasion at Hall's Crossing September 8th, 1922, when he represented the state of Utah on the Colorado River Commission and went to the river to make general observation, thinking it might be of use in his work and of general value to the state. As he remembers, there were sixteen people in the party, including boatmen. R. 2522- 2523. It was the same party to which Mr. Thomas testified. He heard the testimony of Mr. Thomas, his description of the boats used, and noted that he said the boats were twenty feet long with a five foot beam. In his judgment the boats would draw a foot of water loaded. R. 2524. They were equipped with outboard motors and lined up in tandem with the motor boat at the stern, two in tandem. He didn't make any particular effort to memorize incidents but recalls Whirlpoor Rapids, and some rapids at the Bed Rock dam site. As he recalls, the party made a stop Bed Rock Rapids to make a casual examination of the site from standing on the bank. He did not take any soundings and doesn't recall that |