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Show t I The Utah Enterprise Review, January 5, 1977 Page 7b FREE PICKUP & North and South Battle at Waters Edge by Dean Alsup Review Staff Writer Political and industrial powers along the north and south shores of the Great Salt Lake are grouping, ready to do legislative battle before the 1977 Utah Legislature to determine which sides solution will best remedy the problem of the In lakes rising water. preparation, south shore favorites, lawyers and lobbyists, are advocating the merging of lake waters that have been bisected since the construction of the Southern Pacific rail causeway in 1959. South shore industrial companies are considering only two possible solutions as feasible and will soon file two Senate bills representing their stand. Both bills, yet to be finalized, ask that water from the southern portion of the lake be seived or pumped back into the north lake by South one of two ways. shore companies, (NL Industries, Hardy Salt, Morton Salt Company and American Salt), would prefer opening the Southern Pacific rail causeway. Attorneys for NL Industries say a second solution, digging a massive channel to run water back to the north side of the lake, would also be acceptable. Paper Banners Screen Process Graphic Design Magnetics & Decals Convention Signage Machine Showcards "Lakeside Conveyance Open Passage The initial bill drafted by Salt Lake attorneys Kent Shearer and Bryon Mock, will be sponsored by Senator Karl Swan, a Tooele Democrat. The Great Salt lake Improvement Act of 1977 calls for the opening of a 300 foot passage through the rail A three year causeway. study by Harza Engineering of Chicago, fixes the cost of such a project at approximately $3 million. Mock and Shearer, for NL, consider A Plan the best solution but expect strong opposition from north shore companies (most notably Great Salt Mineral and Chemical Corp.) who claim that a large opening in the causeway would reduce the salinity of the northern water. GSL Mineral officials say higher salinity means a higher mineral concentration and they fear a merging of the waters will eventually cut back company productivity and reduce emn ployment at the plant. Originally intended to be permeable, thereby allowing the free flow of water through its sand and rock base, the rail causeway has been the subject of three legal suits since 1959. The souths Plan B or at-tomi- es 150-ma- Doing Business Abroad James E. by Ferguson Director ofMarketing, Salt Lake International Center In my last column in the discussion of trade fairs, I indicated that the U.S. Department of Commerce has many trade centers throughout the world. These trade centers are used for purposes other than trade shows. Between-shoprograms are also promoted by the U.S.D.C. at U.S. trade centers at times when there are no scheduled exhibitions. Individual firms or trade organizations wishing to exhibit and market equipment and services are provided the center's facilities and counseling service for a nominal fee. The center may also be used for holding training programs or Channel Construction Act, is expected (in the Harza report) to cost about $4.5 million. Also sponsored by Swan and drafted by Mock and Shearer, the plan calls for construction of a channel at or about free-flowi- DELIVERY 2365 So. Main ng Lakeside, Utah. The 700 x 200 foot canal w'ould permit the lake to seek a maximum level of 4,200 feet above sea level while not obstructing rail traffic, according to the bill. The lake is presently at 4,202 feet. Dredge the Bottom A second alternative, KEEP IT MOVING! within the same bill, provides for lake bottom dredging for a distance of 3,900 feet to an average elevation of 4, 180 feet above sea level. Dredging w'ould artifically alter the lake bottom, forming a giant pool for the excess water to settle in. Other investigations If you want to keep your business moving, the Review can help. If you're running a business, you cant afford to be have identified three comprehensive alternative concontrol: 1 ) cepts of lake-levDiversion of water flow from the watershed, 2) Depletion of stream flow by expansion of upstream development, and 3) removal by pumping water to the western desert area. All three alternatives would probably not alter salinity within the lake, the Harza report claims, but would meet opposition from ecologists and water conservation advocates. The Harza report calls all three solutions unacceptable. Five south shore companies, operating with seven plants and some 1,000 emel uninformed. The more familiar you are with your total business environment, the better able youll be to take advantage of its opportunities. Because the Review is a specialized publication, we can provide our readers with the most complete, accurate, and diverse reports about the Utah business scene. Growth centers, sales tips, retailing information, advertising analyses, real estate, finance, investment opportunities, industry trends, legislation, management problems (and solutions) and more. It's all in the Utah Enterprise Review each week. Utah business is on the move. Move with it. SUBSCRIBE TODAY (you alljranaffordjiotjto........ send me the Utah Yes, please Enterprise Review. Enclosed is an $24.00 check to cover my one-ye- subscription. P.O. Box 11778, Salt Lake City, Utah 84147. ployees (at full production) claim over $15 million worth of damages to dykes in 1976. The south shore companies Continued on page 8b w seminars. Still another activity conducted at the trade centers is Joint Export Establishment Promotions (JEEP). These shows are limited to U.S. manufacturers new to exporting or new to the particular market. Companies recruited are of complementary, but not competing, product lines. The trade center staff provides publicity services on a shared-cos- t basis. Other export promotion activities sponsored by the Commerce Department include catalog exhibits held at U.S. trade centers, regional trade development centers or U.S. overseas embassies, depending upon the facilities available in that country. Products, catalogs and brochures are displayed. These are particularly attractive for developing countries where opportunities for product exhibits are more limited. This is a very economical means of testing foreign markets prior to engaging in the more costly and resource consuming fairs and shows. 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