The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-20
THE NATIONAL PARK.
The Plan to be Parsued by the Lessees
in Improv,n5 The Pax
for Visitors.

PARK ~nrau,ises to be O grand success.
TIA Lesae.as of the parcels Of land within
the perk, to be used for the purpose, VIII
nYvceed at an early day to organize a
to carry into effect the stipuaa-
tion In the contract executed yesterday.
a number of parties are interested In
fhe scheme. Rufus Hatch Of New YORK
although not one of h parties on the
contract with government, VIII repre-
sent one class of interests and wall oc-
cupy q very prominent place In the COM
nsnv. G., r.. Hobart of Fargo, as2d IL.
r. Doughlas of Fort Ya,es, the cafltfac-
tors with the government, will each rep
resent certain interests. The NAMES OF
their associates in the company nave
not yet been agreed upon. a meeting
a. parties interested will be held some
time the present month, at a time anu
place vet 10 be determined upon. AT
this meeting the company will be or
ganized and other steps taken toward
carrying out the conditions of the agree
ment with the secretary OF the anterior.
Thethree parties named-Hobart, Doug
-. and Hatch-will agree upon the
names of their associates, the unani-
NOUS approval Of all Three being required
in the formation of the company.
They all refuse to give the naine OF the
uarties who may be associated WIN
us they cannot tell now with certainty
vino they will be, and prefern not to make
any names known at present. Giiitlllan
of Minneapolis. and other names, awe
bean mentioned in this connection, but
everything said in this regard TO the
formation Of the company, independent
of the facts already mentioned, is Il mere
matter of conjecture. But some OF the
facts In connection with the project were
brought out in a very interesting inter-
view had by your correspondent to-day
with John Douglas, Of st. Paul, father
Of Henry X. Douglas, N Of the leaders
John Douglas is q relative of Senator
Window. He is q special agent OF the
treasury department, being assigned To
the territory west OF Chicago. He is
here ON s. leave of absence, and returns
to-day to his field Of duty. The PROJECT
Is by no Means 81 new one. MI. Douglas
and others interested in it have had u
In view for some time, but this appeared
TO be the most opportune time for con
summating it, the Northern Pacific, fol
one reason, having been just completed
within eighty miles of the park. JONI
Douglas will belong to the company
and will be one of It's
MOST ENTHUSIASTIC MEMBERS,
although the organization of the com
pany will not take place forthree weeks
Mr.. Douglas said:
$50 far as preparations for work OF
the hotel and the other improvements IL
the park are concerned operations will
Immediately. We expect t
invest within the nine months S5o0,oo
in buildings, stages, liveries and variou
improvements In the park. We expec
machinery will be putin motion within
ten days, and to do everything that ca
be done without loss of time. 1t Is
part of our arrangement with the depart
met to begin work this fall. Our obJec
Ia to have accommodations SO far advan
oed that we can begin to entertain visit
ors at the very opening of the seasoi
next wear. We will send in twenty saw
mills this fall to cut lumber during tn
winter, and will have stone and othe
materials ready for building at tn
earliest possible day-probably by tn
middle of March next. When we WI
employ a sufficient force of men to hav
most of the accommodations for visitor
completed by the beginning of mex
June. We expect to make tbe mai
hotel first class, and intend to have tW
other hotels at remote parts of the pari
These will not be equal i'll style to tn
center m but very comfortable"
How about charges or acconmod&
ton for visitors29'' was asked.
1--WE mean to be very moderate
this respect" Mr.. Douglas replied
"Our Idea is to popularize the park as
national resort, and will not perm
anything In the way Of charges ths
SAVIOR of extortion. Our rates will be s
low as they are in centers of populatio
at any first. class watering places. W
will publish 8 tariff of rates, and ever
man in our employ Whe takes five cen