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Show Record not have any occasion to leave the barge and come to Green River, although we took the launches to meet the barge at Wimmer's ranch and came to the town of Green River with both of the launches. 3429 When the river rises if you go through and agitate the sand, it 3430 cuts a channel. When you come over that same route a day or two or three days later, it is my experience that the channel is enlarged and the current will go into one channel instead of 3431 spreading out into two or more. From my experience on the river I would say that the effect of making frequent trips along the river would not be noticeable through that stretch lying thirty miles below Green River bridge; but form there on down the river frequent trips would cause a channel to be cut and be of benefit in navigating the river and would keep the channel open. During the first thirty miles where frequent travel would have no effect, you encounter gravel, and from there down you find sand. The shallow places that I spoke of below the mouth of the San Rafael 3432 are points at which there is sand but no gravel. On the occasion when I left the Black Eagle downstream and came up with Mr. Wolverton on the Wilmont, we hit a sand bar a couple of times, 3439- 3440 but had no trouble and got off within a short time. During a year like this when there have been no boats run to stir up the sand below the mouth of the San Rafael and the mouth of the Green River, I wouldn't care to accept a contract to deliver freight and merchandise and passengers to points up and down the river along that stretch after the middle of July. If I could go on down and open up a channel, I wouldn't hesitate to accept such a contract, but I wouldn't take it at this time of the year. I Would wish to start in when the river was going down and then agitate the sand and cut the channel after it has settled. At this time of the year I wouldn't take a contract. I took my contract with the government about July 1 and have never had any contract later in the year. I have gone down where boats had not run during the year and I have been stuck a good many times where the river divides |
