The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
S. S. Jones Advocates Construc-
ton of Dyke in Sections.
BELIEVES IN PROGRESS
NTHoUGHTFUL PLAN FOR SoLU-
TON OF PROBLEM.


quite impracticab.e."
In the fore part Of his remarks he
refers to the almost unbOunded pros
perlty Of the nation, as shown by the
increase in trade, manufactures, ex-
ports and bank affairs footing up TO
milliont and billions. Men of business
and large corporations are cautioned
from reaching out too far and going
into debt. in very conservative man.
ner.
But we trust that men of affairs and
the large corporations will not be too
strenuous along this line of procedure
Tor where much is given. much is re-
CURED; and we certainly hope that
great enterprise of Senator Clark in
regard 10 the Salt Lake & Los Angeles
railroad viii be pushed ahead this en-
suing year, as also the Moffat rail-
road, DOW headed for Salt Lake City
through the great and resOurceful val
ley of Uintah. Then there is the pro-
posed electric road through Utah coun-
". from Lehi to PaysCn, in which Mr.
Smoot is a prime mover, that we trust
VIII not dlSappOint us, not forgetting
the extension OF the plucky little Salt
Lake & Ogden railroad; neither do we
lose sight of the new sugar factory in
Bear River valley about TO be COM
pleted, one of Utah's greatest and
most fiourishing enterprises Nor
should the smaller enterprises and in
dustries of our growing state remain
IN statu quo There are many that need
10 be started, and others enlarged. We
certainly need more cows and cream m
cries The exorbitant price of dairy
products should be reduced, so that the
labOring man and the artisan can pur-
chase few pounds of butter per week
= at reasonable figure. instead of at
famine prices, even if some of the dear
brethren do have to reduce their
profits.
And now to the main point in the con-
troVersy that now confronts Salt Lake
City-water. Schuyler CoIfax once
summed up the prosperity and growth
of Utah in one word-water-witho a
word of praise to the push and energy
or Utah's citizens. But the hundreds
of miles of canals and the thousands
OF miles Of side bitches show that the
great speaker was very near-sighted in
not coupling the one with the other
Inception of Pumping Idea.
About three years since a meeting of
the farmers of Titan county was held
IN Provo City, at which a deputation
Of gentlemen from Salt Lake was pres
eht, among whom was the Hon George
Q. Cannon, Joseph +. Smith. Angus NJ 1
cannon and Engineer A. F. Doremus
the proposition of raising the water in
Utah lake. thereby submerging the
meadow and pasture lands of the cOun-
u
lake was mentioned, but at that time I
was not favorabiy- entertained: but at
this meeting the idea of pumping was I
Ii7st broached. which has been 50 sue
cessfully carried out Now as 70 dyk-
Ing The evaporation OF water is much +
more excessive where it is shallow /
than where it is deep. So much in /
favor of a dyke But in throwing up 4
an embankment, or dyke, around the /
east side of the lake, some old settlers
contend that the material is so porous +
that the lake water would seep through /
and spread out as before We are (
willing to admit this theory provided /
the dyke or embankment thrown up
should be composed of the moss. peat /
and decayed vegetation that fringes the =
shore But 10 go out from one-half to
n mile into the lake and throw up the
sand, mixed with the sediment and silt 4
that has accumulated there for ages.
Is another matter entirely All the
streams emptying into the lake bring
gown immense quantities of silt and
SecIment each year that all settles
along the eastern shore, where the
dyke is to be constructed. It has been
demonstrated that the surging of the
lake has thrown mp an effectual bar
Tler or bar of this material near the
mouth of the Jordan river and con-
lined the lake water so that a trench
has had 10 be cut through this bar TO
let out the water into the Jordan
river.
Use Silt Barrier.
So much for the material that could
be thrown UP by steam dredges to form
the dyke or embankment. The set
things or sediment that the streams
have carried down from the mountains
for centuries have been deposited all
along the east shore, and help TO form
a klSd OF cement, as demonstrated by
the bar near the mouth of the Jordan
The depth of the lake one mile out
from the shore, al the Provo lake re-
sort, and for miles running north and
south at the present time is not more
than four to five feet. and dredges can
work well in this depth of water.
But for arguments sake. let US admit
that the material on the shore is not
suitable for an embankment. Could
not the dyke be commenced at the .
north end, and a tramway built along ,
which other material could be carried
an dump ears at a very light expense in
order that this grand land and water !
saving proposition can be carried out2
\ Schelne that promises wealth from it's
increase OF acreage and its more boun-
Jlful supply OF water. Health from the
draining of the boys and marshes that
surround the lake. 70 say nothing of ]
the beauty of its appearance and the I
conscious pride in the heart of every
one who takes part therein.
Do not let my readers think for one
moment that / uneerrate the great I'M
dertakinS Of dykIns Utah lake from
what is called the south side of Lake
SHORE on the south TO beyond Lehi on
the north. For IL is task that would
tax the resources Of the state, which a
cannot be done Salt Lake and Utah :
counties are the ones concerned in this :
FOR every river and stream that emp ?
ties into Utah lake would have to be .
confined along its banks for distances
according TO their fall and smaller |
dykes thrown up on either side fror,f :
where they now empty into the lake
to the dyke proper
But as Rome was not built in a day. :
neltner could we expect this work COM
pieted in one or two years. 1t might :
take several years to complete it.
Do Work in Sections. I
What ! desire TO call especial atten- /;
non 10 Is the construction of the dyke G
~ sections. For instance, as a trial
ina experiment. suppose a start was to +
oe nlaoe at the north end OF the lake
g a point near the mouth Of the Jor-
ian, and cast up the dyke to where
me iirsf stream discharges its waters
MO the lake, which is the Alpine wa 81
ers. called the Dry creek stream: then
tyhe or secure the north side Of this =
Itream. thus redeeming several hun a
ired acres OF swamp land west and y