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would be feasible for holding an anchor is uncertain. The probability would be that the anchor 

 would get in the roots of the trees and be impossible to raise it. In order to make it feasible for 

 towing logs, the dam would have to be raised two feet higher in order to cut across the channel of the 

 river. It is impossible to tow following the channel of the river, and that a steamboat going down 

 in a straight line would get stuck on high places and reach bottom. In order to tow by steam you 

 want pretty deep water in order to get power, at least five feet deep. There would be places in the 

 reservoir that wouldn't be deep enough to tow. To run a boat you would have to follow the channel 

 of the river, and that you couldn't do and tow logs because the channel was too crooked. It would be 

 necessary to have a straight channel, 250 feet wide, and it would not be practical to tow logs unless 

 more water was put in the reservoir. Even with the water running twelve to fifteen inches over the 

 top of the dam there were several places along the neighborhood of Elliott's, and from there up to 

 Little Rapids, where the water would not be deep enough to tow. It would be necessary in order to 

 tow when the water was drawn down to dig a channel in the ground and cut oflF the high hummocks; 

 and in order to tow there ought to be five or six feet of water at any rate. 



JOHN McFARLAND testified that towing would have to be done in a direct channel. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES testified that towing could not be done by following the channel of 

 the river ; that in order to tow it would be necessary to clear out a straight channel in the reservoir. 



Moreover, to tow logs a distance of thirteen miles is an unusual length, and therefore extra 

 expensive. 



Even assuming that the dam was fixed over, a channel cleared through the reservoir and the dam 

 raised, or a channel dug deep enough, so that there would be sufficient water to successfully tow, the 

 difficulties in the way would still make a large bill of damages — the expense of towing, if towing could 

 be done, over and above that of driving, would alone make a large bill of damages, while the damages 

 caused by the delays in towing would considerably increase the amount. 



(13.) The Expense of Towing as compared with the Expense of Driving with the 

 River in its Original Condition. 



{a.) Expense of driinng with the river in its original condition. 



The expense of driving, with the river in its original condition, is almost nominal. The evidence 

 is as follows : 



HON. W. \V. VAN AMBER testified that logs could be driven down, with the river in its 

 natural condition, for from four to five cents a thousand. 



JOHN McFARLAND testified that, with the river in its natural condition, it would cost not 

 much of anything to drive; that with an ordinary drive of eight to ten million feet, the logs could 

 be put through for seven or eight cents a thousand. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES testified that, with the river in its original condition, it would cost 

 about ten cents a thousand to float or drive the logs. 



JAMES COSGROVE testified that it w-ould cost about ten cents a thousand feet to drive down 

 logs, with the river in its natural condition. 



{b. ) Cost of towing. 



GEORGE T. CRAWFORD testified that it would be much more expensive to tow across the 

 reservoir than to drive, with the river in its original condition. 



HON. MELVILLE W. VAN AMBER testified that on an average it would cost twenty cents a 

 thousand more to tow the logs down than to drive them down. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES testified that it would cost on an average thirty cents per thousand 

 feet to tow the logs down. 



JAMES COSGROVE testified that it would be twice as expensive to tow down the logs over the 

 reservoir as it would be to drive them down. 



It is to be noticed that, in taking into account the increased cost of towing, the witnesses consider 

 that all the necessary improvements in order to tow have been made, and that when so made that it 

 is still twice as expensive in order to tow as to drive. 



