Show ON BIG BOAT OR rig the milled dimbirs and for the boat which the wab garage company ii Is about to build for uie use on tho the colorado wan was loaded for shipment b the lum ber company nt at rand junction monday and should IH be at thompson by today II 11 C dark clark of if tho the gabrige company spent the gri endter ater part if f lat last week tek at tit the in dependent company mill personally supervising tho the cutting and find shaping of tho lumber to conform with witti the elins for tho the boat bont as ns drawn by en linoir W crepps the mill work hn has ull nil been CAte fatefully CA fully done and each piece has been shaped td ill in ite its place it will only be to assemble and calk thu the beat anil and install tho the power plant in order to hn in e it t ready for tho the water thu work ork will probably be compact axt 1 within two after tho the ma oprial ie is delivered on the river bank the vessel will bo be of 0 scow con At ruction with n length of 45 and n benin of 16 15 feet tho the bow will be rhen a throe three foot rounded rako rake and tajo stern will bo be angled 11 about nine inches tho the hull ia is of very etron strow construction tho the fremo and keel be ing of 8 by 8 inch umber timber the deck tr trin ingers Rera I 1 by 4 and the rib tiring string trot rn 4 by G inch F for or tho the bottom two inch planking will lo 10 used and rind will laid acoss tho the throe foot side ui of four anth thickness and the nido inside floor or deck is of two inch clanks laid fore and aft there being i pace space of ten incho between the bottom and tho the deck four by 1 posts truss the aides alles to the bot lm m and the whole structure Is rat bitted anil and mortised together and tid at short intervals up and down on the sides and across at the bottom with one inch iron truss rods further strength h and rigidity will bo be obtained by bracing throughout with angle irons the craft Is to be driven by an at eight foot wheel ten feet in knath at the stern the power lent lant li Is a forty horsepower contin nal automobile automo bilo engine which con to the wheel by a chain and a sprocket pro ceet drive the cargo space in the centar is to be left open but it is intended to have housing at stem end bow tor for weather protection for nginr and crew equipped for the work for which the boat Is deign design ed e d it is estimated tho the craft will A v beigh about ten to tons and it will draw ten inches of water when load cd ed with ten tons of cargo the lumber which is used in the boat amounts to feet to facilitate loading and handling of cargoes cargo the moab garage corn com pany proposes to build a pier be tween the highway and tre 60 a ort distance below the north end 0 08 the colorado rier bridge piles will ill be driven to support the river face and the ends and the space within will be filed ilea f with dirt and rock to the level of the roadway the th wharf la Is to be equipped with a hoist for handling heavy freight and a small building will be erected for lire ure of employees work wa was start ed d tuesday on grading out tre e place where the barre barge I 1 a to be built primarily the boat is being wrig built for the purpose of tons of drilling equipment to the midwest refining company camp camplon on the big six dome eighteen irella down tho the river from moab the buil builders aers expect however to find a deal of use for the craft after I 1 the freight contract Is filled |