Show 276 the Great Salt Lake of all diking projects however advocates the construction of dikes from the south end of Antelope Island to a point east of Saltair and another from the The most common north end of the island to Syracuse point This would create a fresh water lake in the bay between the island and farm land west of the Yasatoh mountains In order to supply enough water for this proposed lake Weber river would be diverted from a point west of Ogden to the fresh-wat- er lake One suggested route of the diversion canal would follow rather closely the old Hooper canal that once supplied irrigation water for the farms almost as far south as the north end of the proposed lake Most of this old canal is still in use and it would merely need to be enlarged should this plan be adopted Another possible diversion canal could be constructed along the present lake shore beginning near the mouth of Weber river and running south to the proposed lake by Both of these schemes are considered feasible engineers2 Several alterations and proposals concerning actual location of dikes have been suggested Dr T C Adams civil engineer for dikes that 2 See Map has made suggestions and submitted plans would greatly reduce the fresh water lake XIII p 277 |