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1 A. He aid the water was muddy and it .,,.. a new leak.

2 in. difference did it make if the water wasmuddy?

3 'l!hat is an indication -- it is taken as a very bad characteristic

4 of a leak through the earth anywheres.It meansthat

5 the earth is cutting, but there was no earth coming from underthe

6 dam. !fbe earth, as I say, camefftnt that side hiil cut.

7 Q, That leak seemed to oome through the soft dirtof a road

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10 A It was visibly doing so.

11 was no·t all the west side saturated?

12 It was.

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14 fore this occurred?

15 A Yes, the road we had there wasa bad road becauseit had

a a very sharp crook in it. We were all of sixmonths in changing

1 the line of the road.

18 Q You werenot changingthe line of the roadbecause the

ground 1fa8 too wet there?

20 A No, I have been up and downit and the ground wasdamp

21 there, but that was all. No, sir, that had nothing to dowith the

22 changing of the road. Thechanging of the road wasdue to tit•
greater convenience in getting up to the dam.

24 Q. When you saw the dam last MonlaF did 11 occur to you

25 that it was in danger?

A. No, sir, it never occurred to me that it was in danger.

I just wanted to see the new leak, naturally.

Q. Can you account for this dam going out?

A I surelywould like to. I would like to be ableto say

in what manner it went out, wb.Y it fell.

Q. By Mr. Scott: Mr. Mulholland, the leak that J'OU speak

\ of is on the west side aawayfrom the main «.m structure?

A yes.

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