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Show Record I have no knowledge of any change to a larger paddle wheel on that boat later. Raymond C. Seitz testified for complainant on direct examination as follows: 3982 I live in Washington in the winter. I am topographical engineer and have been in the employ of the United States Geological Survey since the fall of 1902. 3983 I have been on the Colorado River in Colorado and Utah and other rivers for the purpose of making maps and surveys. I have used boats on Clark's fork of the Columbia, on the Colorado River and on a part of the Rio Grande. 3984 I came in contact with the Colorado River in the fall of 1911 working from Grand Junction, Colorado, to just below Castle 3985 Creek, making a plan and profile survey of the river. There were five, including myself, in the party. We had two flat bottom row boats, about 14 feet long, 4 feet beam, and drew 2 or 3 inches of water. We used the boats for the purposes of the survey in crossing the river, and going down the river from point to point. 3994 The Special Master ruled that the following testimony relating to conditions on the Colorado River from the State of Colorado down to Castle Creek, Utah, were irrelevant, and it was offered and taken for the purpose of making a record on the Master's ruling. It is 173 miles from the mouth of the Green River to 3995 Grand Junction, Colorado. The Colorado River rises near Kremmling, Colorado. From Kremmling down stream for a distance of 100 miles the river runs through a mountainous country. For that distance it might be des- 3996 cribed as a mountain stream, that is, to Glenwood Springs. From Glenwood Springs to Grand Junction the river would average about 200 feet wide. The mountainous portion is very shallow, but as you get down to Glenwood Junction it becomes deeper. From Grand Junction down for a distance of 21 miles the river is in open |
