Mr. Kyle. At that time we believed they were stirring up the water, and the diver told us that the bottom was all soft stuff and it would be naturally stirred up and go into the intake pipe. They can not do that now. There is no question but what our water with the new intake pipe is very much better than we got before.
Mr. Powell. Then, what is the ground of your complaint? Is it against the steamboats in that they stir up the deposit at the bottom of the river, or that they add to the pollution?
Mr. Kyle. At the present time they add to the pollution. I do not think they stir it up to any great extent.
Mr. Powell. And you believe that is a real source of danger?
Mr. Kyle. Yes.
Mr. Magrath. Do you think that the passenger traffic is of sufficient size to be a danger?
Mr. Kyle. I do. I think a thousand people coming out on a boat would produce pollution in the river.
Mr. Gardner. Have you any idea of the number of people that passed up and down the river in boats during a season within the past two years?
Mr. Kyle. The excursion steamer Thousand Islander goes out with a thousand people. It very seldom goes farther than Alexandria Bay, which is about 28 miles from Brockville.
Mr. Powell. How many trips does she make a week?