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Show Record turbid, and generally speaking, contains numerous sand bars, which shift from side to side and change from place to place, so that the channel is not fixed or stable. With regard to rocks or obstructions, they would affect navigation too. Of course such obstructions would have to be removed if they could be at reasonable cost. In connection with the navigability of a stream we take 3711 into consideration the removal of obstructions. In my opinion the obstructions which I have mentioned on the Colorado River could not be removed at a reasonable cost. I made an examination of the Green River North of Greenriver, Utah, for the purpose of locating dam sites at Flaming Gorge, 3712 Ouray, Utah, and Searles. I have made a number of examinations on tributaries. One was on the Yampa. I also made a reconnaissance on mule- back of the San Rafael River. Mr. E. C. Larue made either two or three trips with me in a boat. He went with me from Green River. Wyoming. down the Green River to below Horseshoe Canyon, and another form Hite, Utah, down to Lees Ferry, Arizona. I think he also made a trip down the Grand with me from Moab to the junction. I cannot give you the dates. Plaintiff's Exhibits 481 to 491, inclusive, being certain maps, were received in evidence. 3713 John F. Richardson testified on cross examination as follows: The maps that have been produced, Exhibits 480 to 491, both inclusive, are a part of the report of Lieutenant Leeds made by him as representing the War Department in 1910, pursuant to an Act of Congress. 3714 Before I began my reconnaissance of the Green and Colorado Rivers, and also during that reconnaissance, I referred to the report o Lieutenant Leeds, including the maps that were a part of it. |