Show navigation ON THE GREEN RIVER successful initial of the gasoline launch wilmont the long looked tor and hobed for of navigating the green river from the railroad point south now appears to be a realia and that the scheme has reached this happ stage is largely due to the efforts of E I 1 wol verton strongly seconded by some en denver bolo men under date of march 21 mr wolver ton wrote his denver associates from elgin directly across the river from green kiver station as follows lam pleased to inform you that the results of our tests of the wilmont es berday were more than satisfactory the boat is a racer of the first mag etude san rapids is now at its worst resulting from this particular stage 0 water I 1 ran up through it twice esterday evening going at a fine rate of speed and holding in reserve what I 1 estimated to be 0 per cent of the power of the en gine I 1 shall time the boat over a measured course at the first opportunity without interfering with our work we will be able to leave green river station on the denver kio grande railroad in the morning and run to cataract canon in the colorado river mile before night E tue moab times of the ath dinst thus speaks of the maiden trip of the wil mont to that town captain E wolverton and part consisting of koss wheeler W E cas sady dick bogers and walter stark in his 27 foot 7 horse power gasoline launch wilmont reached moab Wed needa having made the run from riverside 25 miles below green kiver to moab via the green and grand frers in 31 hours actual running time considerable time w is spent by the party in side ex pl orations and working the channels mr stark the artist of the outfit haa taken bet photographs of tha e en ery along the rivers wr wolverton grand river far surpasses the green river in scenic granduke gran dure the present boat was bunt entirely bj mr wolverton a pioneering boat and the mate ial has already been or cereo for a much larger boat arrange ments have been made with several par ties to be taken over the rivers mr wolverton toc will go to riverside over and this week aftel supplies and on his return will take the trip back over the rivers the large passenger boat city of moab now read to be launched at breon bill reach moab in the course of three weeks and it is expected that within CO das a of the regular arrival and departure of boats will be ready for publication what these ventures will finally lead to is bt end estimation it means the explore tion and opening up a vast area of coun try of which at present very little la known |