Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-01-17 | Page 2 | Drainage Man Okehs Work

DRAINAGE DRAINAGE MAN WORK Engineer Cail Calls Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation tion Success L Land Laid Is 38 of Total Area ST LOUTS LOUIS Jan JILB 17 Fhe 17 Th mat on ot of fertile lands lande land when ef ft dently and economically done don has h proved d to be b remunerative to owner own- own er era r conducive to public health and financially ly profitable to the th stat state Lewis A Jones senior drainage f en of the tho th United States Statu tt depart depart- d p rt-ment rt mont ment of ot agriculture declared ct r d In an addres here hr before b or the tho conven- conven convention tion of the tho th National Drainage f Con Con gross grees GOOD ra The Th fourteenth nth ceniu of ot the United State a taken In 1110 1920 shows that at that tIme there wr were 65 acres acrel of ot land nd In Operating opert Ine ing drainage enterprises ex estimated to coat cost when completed Us 14 94 ling or an a anage fr a nage r ot of o a 3 U 54 an acre he h asserted This acreage is approximately x t ly 3 I 8 per p r cent c nt of t I the o ft total area tr of r the h United States te tet There Thero can be b no doubt as a to the general obtained by drain drain- af ago Improvements the theland theland land owners owner who pay the tho th costs ot of such ments nt would loon finda find a method ot of putting a stop top to the wor work SOME ARE AKE r Of course there ther ha ha e e been drainage districts organized and ond constructed that are ar failures failure Some Som of ot these failures are aro ar due du to poor engineering work ioni to a corn corn- ot of noor and poor construction on w work Mid and oth- oth others oth other ers era er to the th tact fact act that proper con con- consideration con Will was wa ont tn El 11 en to the th ox- ox ex pense ot of 0 putting the tho th land Into cui- cui cul after drainage wa we I pUshed pil hed or to the tho th difficulties ot of obtaining for or the tho th new newland Iland land