ALKALI AND WATER LOGGED LANDS 



ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 



To the most casual analyst of local opportunity for profitable 

 investment in a drainage enterprise, it must be readily apparent that this 

 area possesses exceptional economic advantages. It lies within a short 

 distance of Salt Lake City, which affords the largest as well as the 



best market in Utah for all 

 produce and is the distrib- 

 uting center of the inter- 

 mountain west. Its prox- 

 imity to the city offers su- 

 perior educational and so- 

 cial advantages with little 

 inconvenience, and nowhere 

 within the State is to be 

 found an undeveloped area, 

 similar in extent, which is 

 so well served with all 

 classes of public utilities. 



The transportation fa- 

 cilities are exceptional. Ex- 

 tending through the cen- 

 tral portion of the tract is 

 the Salt Lake & Los An- 

 geles (Saltair) Railroad, 

 and to the south, within a 

 distance of less than two 

 miles from it, are the lines 

 of the Salt Lake Route 

 and the Western Pacific 



Railroads. Electrical energy for commercial and domestic purposes is 

 easily available from the transmission system of the Utah Power & 

 Light Company, while telephone and telegraph service may be obtained 

 from the lines which traverse this area. Topographical conditions are 

 such that highways of very light grades, leading to almost every section, 

 may be constructed and maintained at very low cost. 



RECLAMATION 



The feasibility of successfully reclaiming these lands by means of 

 drainage has 'advanced beyond the experimental period. This state- 

 ment has been confirmed by the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, acting jointly with the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station on 

 what is known as the "Swan Tract," an area of forty acres in Section 

 5, Township 1 south, Range 1 west, on the line of the Western Pacific 

 Railroad. This acreage was selected as representative of perhaps the 

 worst possible soil condition to be found on the tract. Not only was 

 the land water logged but the alkaline content so high that, in places 



