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Show Record between Utah and Colorado, north to the rim of the San Juan River; 331 that afternoon and the next day I made Plate 1 of Exhibit 87, my time being consumed in making that map. I then drove to Shiprock, my entire stay on the San Juan River being from 12 o'clock one day until 3: 30 the next afternoon, all of my time being spent making the map, taking photographs and cross sections at that point. 332 I did not go away from the four corners at all during that period. I recall stating on my direct examination that in order to make an intelligent examination of a river it is necessary to examine its tributaries and entire basin. I was never at any point on the San Juan River, either before or after my visit to the four corners Exhibit 84 was made to show how much greater fall these streams 333 have than the ordinary streams used in navigation, and I had navi- 334 gation in mind when I drew this part of my report. The only large rivers in the western section of the country of which I have make a careful study and have compared with the three rivers 335 here in question are the Snake and Salmon Rivers. By no stretch of the imigination are either the Snake or Salmon Rivers navigable. At this point the Special Master called attention to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Scott V. Lattig, 227 U. S. 229, with the comment that in that case the portion of the Snake River involved was held to be navigable. 336- 337 When I made my last answer I had in mind that portion of the Snake River down as far as Pittsburgh Bar; the Snake River is navigated from its confluence with the Columbia as far Pittsburgh Bar. It is not a fact that in giving my answer I had in 338 mind the entire Snake River. I think the Sacramento River is smaller than the Colorado. It probably rises several thousand feet above sea level in the Sierras. I do not know whether its fall per mile is very much greater than the fall of the Colorado, Green and San Juan rivers. The elevation from which I started in determining 341 the fall of the Green River was 5840 feet. and in estimating the fall of the Columbia River for purposes of the exhibit entitled |
