PARK OMNIBUSF.S 



is provided and the number carried so limited that there is no 

 cro"Wding and all can move about with comfort. 



Forty large sight-seeing motor omnibuses carry visitors at 

 lowest possible rates from the boat landings to the Iqu and 

 playground and on longer trips over the park drives through 

 the mountains and valleys, along the beautiful streams and lake 

 shores, which make this section so charming. These trips are 

 so arranged that visitors may see as much of the park as pos- 

 sible and return in time for the steamers. Special arrangements 

 are made to care for the campers and their equipment, thou- 

 sands of them being transported each week from the city direct 

 to the camps. 



One of the major activities of the Commission is to provide 

 camping facilities for social organizations, so that those with 

 little or no opportunity to get a wholesome vacation may be 

 brought under the most favorable auspices to the mountains 

 and lakes of the park. On the most pictureque lakes of the park, 

 standard mess and play pavilions, sleeping cabins, dependable 

 water and sanitary facilities, all constructed so as to harmonize 

 with their natural surroundings, are made available. These 

 camp plants are rented on an annual tenure to acceptable or- 

 ganizations at a rate dependent upon the size and accommo- 

 dation. A later development of the Commission has been the 

 building of camps for the use of employees of large industrial 

 organizations. The Commission thereby enables these organi- 



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