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quire a separate management, a separate overhead expense account, and 

 a separate operating supply base; likewise because there would neces- 

 sarily be duplication in the establishment of garages, gasoline stations, 

 etc. 



Second. Because more than one line would be difficult to control by 

 the park authorities, as questions of right of way on the roads would 

 constantly arise for adjustment; and because there would be friction at 

 railroad terminals, hotels, and other starting points in the handling of 

 passengers. 



Third. Because with more than one competing transportation system 

 the tourist would be subjected to importunities and harassment at rail- 

 road terminals by rival solicitors, chauffeurs, and information clerks ; 

 and because the economic waste involved in the operation of the sev- 

 eral systems would increase the cost of park tours. 



Fourth. Because the investment required to establish a satisfactory 

 transportation line in Yellowstone Park, with necessary operating bases, 

 supply stations and garages, would be very large, and it would be doubt- 

 ful if more than one line could be operated at a profit. 



Having determined the principles that would guide the motorization 

 of the transportation service, reorganization of all of the important con- 

 cessions was necessary before the new transportation concession could 

 be granted. This was finally accomplished by mutual agreement be- 

 tween the various transportation, permanent-camp, and hotel interests. 

 A money consideration accomplished the elimination of one transporta- 

 tion company and the motor line operated from Cody, Wyoming. An 

 adjustment of property interests and another cash consideration passing 

 to a party that wished to withdraw from the camping business made pos- 

 sible the abandonment of the transportation features of the permanent 

 camping business and the combination of the two important permanent 

 camping companies. The third camping company was denied a renewal 

 of its franchise. 



When the reorganization reached the stage where there remained but 

 one hotel company, one transportation company, and two camping com- 

 panies that had disposed of their transportation privileges and combined 

 their other property interests with the consent of the department, the 

 policy of permitting the establishment of a single hotel enterprise, a 

 single permanent camping business, and a single motor transportation 

 line, as three Government-regulated public-utility monopolies, was 

 adopted. 



^ GLACIER NATIONAL PARK 



The outstanding features of the Glacier National Park season are: 

 First, the vast improvement in the road and trail system that has been 

 effected under congressional appropriations ; second, the increase in tour- 

 ist patronage; third, the growth in popularity of the park as a summer 

 resort, as evidenced by the return for another season of a large number 

 of visitors of previous years and a substantial increase in the average 

 length of time spent in the park by its visitors. . . . 



