sentences:  By law passengers were forced to disembark and walk around any canyon that a steamer was lining through and be picked up on the other side.However, by the fall of 1910, the federal steamboat inspector decided that the "BX" was allowed to keep her passengers on board.This gave her a huge advantage over her rivals, all of which had to line through both canyons, wasting time and fuel as well as inconveniencing the passengers.