| Show Many Good Plans For Lake Development The future possibilities of the Great Salt Lake have been a. source of discussion among different-groups for a long OLD TIMERS will remember the large pavillion just west of Salt Lake City when visitors to the lake shore resorts traveled on a train to dance and dine along its But in the past years irrigation water was badly needed for and large storage reservoirs and dams were built east of the Wasatch Front in Salt Lake and Utah These hold thousands of acre feet of that in turn cut down the inflow of water into the THE WATER level of the Great Lake gradually receded lo a point where the resorts were high and This in turn left the north shores of the lake around the islands with a close connection to the This road building was undertaken by Davis County and the municipalities when funds were to be The road was built to Antelope Island from the mainland on the west Syracuse which has in later years been known as An Since the road has been built there has been heavy and snows have left reserve water at the This water has found its way into the lake with a rise of the water Severe storms have in some cases washed out parts of the road for short This has been a problem of the road project in years and thousands of tons of road material have been This year the state took over the upkeep of the road and has kept ahead of the The Continued on page 2 Antelope Continued from front page road is now open to the IN RECENT weeks there has been discussion about building a road from Antelope Island to Fremont Island and ithen on to Promontory Point for a circuit drive with camping facilities and recreational In the past there has been industrial activity for the manufacture of salt and its This production has been steadily BUT THIS is far from being all the lake's An announcement was made recently by oil authorities that under the lake Is a big oil field that should be worth a million dollars a year in revenues to the state when The problems of pollution and zoning must be dealt with before further development can take |
