Show big boat rapidly transporting Trans li ng drilling equipment to I 1 I 1 aln lit 11 tilt I 1 ir inu idt aini limping iti 1 hinr oa 04 r 1111 iliria arp alii ili ail I 1 alca it I 1 arili rill t 1 I if rp on IN tos tin boat returned to it the landing vier HP ile I 1 lw hi ill 11 ili 11 bridif ul tilt r making ith its I 1 arnt trip to the midwest Mid writt hi ii it tn tilt I 1 corrido i laur iab bache ions of if Drill drilling ini baid lUp jilt 4 lit I 1 lu I 1 it oo 00 iod lodi o on in tilt bourth crip s it 1 2 J A it 44 oba ol 01 AW OX I 1 I 1 loi tilt lon 1 of drilling t pi pm pant tit for th hi midat mini at F alora I 1 n binm it 1 it hiu it t I 1 lit on ti aap rt c 1 I down do it ri amr t r io th t h Rt camp anti lurn durn g tin ihl pit t I 1 b lh tit moil ain ir tg i self barp 1 argi ihne round lime muli madi bv b he the bojt boat 0 iii a h to loid tit m sighing from tn t 1 to it ton ibis morning I 1 i t birk I 1 arg IDI tul till it nt n 10 lo ion it Atit tain mth ith its fourth cargo nat thi boat i is a 1 oni coni phu pitt foi fol transporting hean aca I 1 ight or tourist 41 graffi on th colorado riar nver his bean firmed imi g the ack the th rift i is eail handled and when loaded kith tons ton draws oja gibout fifteen inches of nater ater the I 1 m it U leip ip s m n il ith it the etli oi 01 sv si or eight miles per hour hile ile up sir art im th barac brals 1 at ohp rate of from three to ii il mil lit pir r hour As 0 in as the ri river er riia a fool foot or mon inor nuch b tur timi tail be ni idi is oi il it will not then he be to i in the main mani gunnil to avoid making it poi possible sibl to lit Lorn lornas rs and sal aa distinct dis thi tit buge belt iasi morning in on its maiden embarking embar kiny at 8 30 0 it the alid lit imp at 11 0 55 o ahme hours and anti lent five fife minutes being acin the time required for the down don it I 1 chis his d onit time I 1 when hen the boat sot got stuck on a bu b u ii the ncr iler was a cr low lon and it was nag necessary to scout around with ith the motor boat at times to find the channel the up trip was ai made mad in six si hours and twenty five minutes probably t two 0 o hours being heing spent in ao avoiding iding sand sandbars barg and in repairing a sprocket chain aich which broke the subsequent trips have been made mad in much better time due to the fact that the crow crew has become 0 o me more familiar with nith the channel and boat on tuesday a 1 fe few minor changes in the boat were ere made the paddle wheel be ing raised and the boat being braced with truss irons to keep it from bowing bonning As a r result alt of these adjustments the barge rides on a more even keel draws dras less water and makes better speed the moab garage compan who bo have contracted to deliver delier the midwest equipment to the NN eighteen miles below moab are keeping the boat bush bus and a couple more trips will place sufficient materials on the ground to enable the midwest to com mence the erection of its derrick and rig 11 A stine superintendent perin of the midwest expects the rig builders to arrive about march 15 1 and the ertic erection tion of the rig will commence tom mence about march 17 barring aci accidents dents two tao round trips trip are being made N with ith the boat in three days day and it will 01 not require many days to deliver all of the midwest materials to the camp clover cloner C smith will be the Alid midwest Aest tool pusher in charge of operations at the camp he ile is at present drilling a well for the he company in the Ran Rang gele elev f field and is expected to arrive about abou t sunday it is expected that john 1 L shafer well no 1 the first test testa to be put down don on the big si six dome will aill be studded in by the first week in april to shifts will be worked and the drill will ill be kept in constant cong tant motion the hole will be studded in as a a 20 0 inch the midwest camp will aill be connected with aith moab bv telephone within the next few davs manager J W corbin of the midland telephone company has hat had a crew crea of men in the field the past j week constructing con 8 tr acting the line and it is expected that ba b sunday I 1 night the wire ire will ill all be strung three more miles of line remain to bo be installed the phone line will be about eleven miles in length in all this distance only forty poles were necessary as the lini lint for the most mo st part jumps from cliff clift to clift cliff and small iron pegs set iet in the rocks arc are used for poles pole no other phone line in the country passes pases through as rough country as the tin line down town the ncr ricer in the opinion of mr corbin the moab garage company are already giving gibing consideration to the of pro providing iding additional employment for the barge as a at the present rate the midwest equipment will be delivered i within a i week or two A few fen changes in te deck design of the I 1 boat will ill doubtless be he made to make it more adapted to tourist traffic t raff I 1 c A pointed bow bo will probably be installed to give gie the craft more speed and a deck house will ill be built with these improvements prove ments the boat will be in a position to handle tourist traffic in comfort |