Show DIKE PROJECT SPURS INTEREST Proposed Venture Gains New Now Prominence During Year Standing out as one of the primary problems before Utah's Utah industrial ond and political leaders the proposed fresh freshwater freshwater freshwater water dike on Great Salt lake loke gained more prominence during 1933 The Wayman bill biU introduced in inthe inthe inthe the Utah house of representatives by Representative Wallace R. R Wayman of Carbon county provided that the state sponsor the construction of the fresh water lagoon It was passed by byboth byboth byboth both the house and end senate but was vetoed b by Governor Henry H H. H Blood in n August The governor explained that the time was not yet ripe for the construction a of the dike and that the thc state was not nol yet in position to finance mance such a R project t. t Attracts Interest However the dike Issue is still ot at attracting widespread d Interest and debate debate debate de de- de- de bate and promises to burst Into the spotlight when Utah's legislature convenes convenes con con- venes again A special engineering committee with George W W. Snyder as chairman estimated the cost of erecting the dike at 7 The exponents of ot the he project point out that thal such a n project would segregate an nn area orca of ot square miles from the main bod body of salt water vater The project contemplates the use of fresh water for Utah irrigation irrigation tion and industrial purposes There have been several advocates of ot a state power plant in conjunction lion ion with the proposed dike Representative Warwick WorwIck Lamoreaux of Salt Lake Introduced an amendment to o the Wayman bill empowering the state to set up a steam s am power plant at the lake to generate electric power The lower house passed the bill including In in- Including the Lamoreaux amendment but ut the amendment was stricken by bythe bythe the he senate before it passed the mea mea- sure ure Urged Enactment Among those urging the passage ge of the bill was the Salt Lake City commission The county commission also voted its indorsement of ot the dike plan A. A B B. Young assistant manager manager man ager of the American Smelting and Refining comp company presented figures to o show how the proposed dike would old aid Utah manufacturing In vetoing the bill Governor Blood said aid My reason for not approving this his bill is that nothing certain is known as to what will be the cost of carrying out the provisions that thal require require re reo re- re quire investigation of the effects upon users of water ater of the streams flowing lowing into Great Salt l lake and upon cities discharging their sewage into nto the lake ell all of which ore are required required re- re to be investigated under the direction of the governor by disinterested engineers |