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1 A He hada corpset menwith lrl.m..

2 Can you recall their names?

3 No. We have twenty-five or more menconstantlyemployes.•

4 When was thesite selected?

5 Definitely selected about six yearsago.

6 When wasthe erectionof the dambegun?

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About four years ago.
8 How long was it in the course of construction?

9 A Two years and a half --no, in course of constdurction --.-_,,

10 it was built in sixteen months, from the time of beginning until

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it was completed.
12 Q. Sixteen months from the time you "ltqari '9 J9U ...,. ..

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until it waswfinished?
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A Yes.
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Q Are you positive about the 1ug1dl of time,Mr.Mulholland?
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A No, but I cdandefinitely set the time later byoneof
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other witnesses.
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Q It might have beena little more than sixteen months?
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Yes. a month or two.
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How long did it take to biuld the dam?
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About sixteen or seventeenmonths.
22 When was it completed?

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In May, three 1'8&H -.,. that is, this oOlld.ng May.
24 It would have been in operation threeyearsthis coming

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A Yes.
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Q Was it immediately filled?
28 No, gradually.The first part of theyear
A it was perhaps
29 half filled. We have a definite record dayby dayof all *

30 lowering and falling, of all our reservoirs. We cdanproducethe

31 stage of water in all ourreservoirs.

32 Q As far as you can recall,wasit everfilled to capacity

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