| Show 0 Ii WOULD R MAKE TOP PART OF VA A T F A win j I SALT LAKE mw FRESH RESERVOIR Gigantic Reclamation Reclamation Scheme Proposed By County Surveyor Dam From Promontory Promontory tory Point to Saltair Suggested CONVERSION of ot the eastern C V of ot Great Grent Suit Silt Lake LttIe Into n a Il r reer reservoir prop proper r eber count land de development Ilo offering both oc scenic nl and routes and other oller fudges I tlona tion which Ilch he hell would re re- re KUlt In III great creat rat material benefit toi toa to both bolh Ogden ind nd bc oun a I er were sere outlined bv John C Bro count Run surveyor or nod r of the th Ogden II Am rl an A Ac- Ac As Association of or Engineers before te I associated clubs dubs committee at t n 0 meeting Ill Much Muth h Ia has been ben sa a d l and writ written ru ten teu about Increasing the iho water sater suoI suo- suo I 1 ply In tho cIt city and ud counts h lie said but little tUt or practically noth nothIng log Ing Iris Inn been done about the tho Ind lind Th The fact tact of ot the tho mittet I hi Weber counts counti needs nods lIan I ain n li lucre thin It hocus needs an 00 increase In water ater e I Is n appal- appal appal pL- pL coW enough water nater Ier If It It were ere Co eco eco- eco used At a n very cry con n conservative n er 0 estimate there are aro about acres of It if land Jand and In eber ber thit could b be made nade e It If It were re prop propel I 1 drained st-n st si-mrY si nH ry r COIt cn This question queston of or I lAnd 1 dr Is suge suggested ld aa as probably Ih Ilie bl bg Iest gest 1 for future solution To assist aist In a 0 compre compre- I Weber eber ober county during the past two years sears ars appropriated I printed 5 to match a like um umP P o b by the federal govern goern- 10 government ern- ern ment thereby C e h has been cn expended under the tho direction of the Ses s geologIcal sun survey ev in making a top- top om-nn om hi the lands iu from the tho lake lao shore lo to the Ibo eber eber river This This survey sursey should be up to and Including the Pro 0 bench of If old Lake Bonnes Bonne Ill to thus embrace all available cultural cultural land With this dat dati dah n as asa aia a 0 bLe baso map the Iho design of ot a dl aln- aln lige 1 i 1 a simple matter The The problem of draining the tho lands londs of ot Weber county could be solved either Ither a ai as an unit or as a component part of the land lands along the bhore thor title lIno of the lake Including Lake Dais Bails and Box Elder coun coon counties ties In some tomo or of o these counties topographic surveys to the theone one or of o Weber counts have beet bee 1 imade made G 1 G I L It It is my firm belief formed more than 12 13 years ears ago that the eastern portion of Great Gret Salt Like Ill ill eventually o be com converted a fresh water ater reservoir with a 0 surface are area of a about bou t 6 66 6 square quare mil miles The three livers h en that reed feed the lake laIe empty their t Into this part of ot It the Beir Deir on the north the tho Weber In the eon eon- cen center ter and the tho Jordan on the south It a n dam dm was as as constructed extend extend- extendIng extend log Ing from Promontory Point to tu Fremont Island thence to Antelope island eland and from froni there to tho the shore bore north of ot Saltair in time this hole holo area would become freshened out as Bear Beor bay by I Is doing doing- north 01 the Southern Pacific till fill and trestle Then this water ator ater could bo be pumped out Into Ino high line canals I about 50 feet abo aboe above e the present lae level and used for lor not only the bench lands along the eastern shor shore but the ag 1 slop slopes of It th the two tao Islands h I mentioned and along both Hid hides of It Promontory Point A ahlO location for the eber ber count pumping station would ouId bo be norl h ot of the Hot Springs IS v such uch a boil bol of ot water eater ter R tho Iho elt cli of or ball Lake h 1 hv pumping Into Inlo could soh solve soIe c It Its it's water e lem iem Without drainage and economical cal anti and use uno of ot lion waters aters aters the tho present production production tion of ot P cher count county cannot lie he materially Sd Just JUt of a what hat hat It would moon menn It If the un- un un unproductive productive lind OS w s nel lid and made to 10 0 provide pro from 40 tore r to acre acre 80 farms for from 1 I it t 1 I 00 ne new flea families It can bl done bi-done done sEW I KO I 5 1 rn But Increased production onano tIC c e must bo be consumption tion lion through a 11 larger market marlet 10 th this market t trans tran facilities l and for a farm farmIng farmIng ins Ing community that spells rod Some of the hC principal ones will viii iii be mentioned er looe w W lien hen the fourth ent fourth tre t Is extended to the brow bro ot of tIle hilt hill In 10 West cst Ogden which Illch III aili probably be this er then ne flea lond development do for the tho part of ot the county must be un on A new road figurative figurative- figuratively ly I I speaking peaking appears to offer the best solution It lies bet between en time tho Hooper post road to pie lic be south and Lano Lane toad load oad to the the former at Its Junction sith Ith the new state road s the tho sand ridge It runs due duo west vest for tor four miles to within about a mile of ot the tho Weber eber river In h hIts Its cou course to toward toward I ward ard the tho south southwest est Upon i cach caching I branchesI I ing this Uns point the road branches to the tIo south to 1110 and to the north to toward ard Warren and ond Plain Cit This route would ouid p PO Ide a great greal central road cast and ond across much of the undeveloped l part of ot the with Hit lateral loads leading from It to- to toward to toward ward rd the tho north and south at e eer eer er half mile Tho The sand ridge route to Salt Lake Lahe mentioned above aboe should bo be consistently Improved ed until It h 13 he e e hard surfaced This rod read readIs Is passable now but l t longay long way ay corn being a a IL first class dirt road It should be bo brought to the tho proper I grade and then covered ered with Ith I crushed limestone to form a IL good macadam base I O the rho Interstate out of 01 Ogden lead north and south with h 0 possible roule routes toward the tile east eastone castone one through Weber canyon the theother theother other through Ogden canyon can on roth ot of these must be bo constantly extend extend- extended extended ed Improved Cd and developed The Weber can on route 19 is on the federal a aid alii 1 system 8 To for Ogden the tho bene benefit f this road must take the Iho most di- di direct direct di direct route from the mouth of the canyon on to the southern part hart of ot tho ho Cit A preliminary sur survey sure of tills this route a was vias made list summer by bythe bythe bythe the count county which appeared to he be feasible leaIle Uhe grade was held do down don n to five per percent percent percent cent fI Two 0 of ot the Un- Un Union Un Union ion Pacific tracks Iracks would eliminate t 1 grade crossings Something definite bo be ex- ex cx relative to this road rod within the nOlt few fea months CerIa Certain an on- on un understandings exist with Dais a Ii county as to the route roule to be bo fol- fol folIo fol followed Io lowed ed If It those these can be modified he 10 Burch Cicek route across the lie hill bl will probably get consideration tY AY The The Ogden MOnte canyon enn Monte on-Monte Cristo road looms loonis In m mv mind as the tho ono one above all 11 others that would mean most to Ogden and l eMr count county It trove traverses rsc the tho count for tor about aboul 11 Ii miles In mi mining 1 ning from Ogden to th the eastern point of or the ho count boun- boun bounda daiv boun-daiv da dam Scenically It Is doubtful If surpasses It In iii the west western esl- esl em ern mountainous countr country 00 00 An airplane capable of travel traveling ing mIles lies on an hour has 1139 ben been deigned |
