New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03
IN THE YELLOWSTONE PARK.
SEVEN DAYS OF UNALLOYED HAPPINESS.
TIE WONDERFUL GEYsERs, HOT SPRINGS AND
GRAND CANON OF TILE NATIONS

PLEASURE GROUND.
Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone Park June 10
Five vehicles rolled down the hillside from the south
last evening, Just the was casting his shadows
over Bunsen's Peak -Four OF the five were stages nav
ing four horses each while the surrey drawn by two
spirited bays Twenty five people returning from
a OF this remarkable reservation, and spent the
night at the hotel built by Rufus Hatch of New-York,
In the early days Of the Yellowstone Park Enjoyable
as the ride has been during the week. and interesting
and varied is the experience In Western stage II
Is not unlikely that the Yellowstone visitor OF the
next decade will know Of 1t by hearsay only, for as
the iron horse has driven staging out of the Yellow
stone Valley so 1t Is not improbable that In the near
future cars either electric or cable. will supersede
the easyridng stages and carriages that go rumbhns
through the Park today Within the last half hour,
petition in this hotel has received Its first signatures
asking Congress to allow the construction OF nm electric
railway through the Park. The petition reads;
To the Senators and Congressman Of the United
states The undersigned having made the tour OF the
Yellowstone National Park during the season OF l592,
respectfully petition you TO permit the construction
in the Park of an electric railway; believe the trip
through the Park woud thus be made much more
satisfactorily and that the natural wonders and beauties
Of the Park would not be in any way injured.
To ride along the brink Of canon, or climb the
sido OF Of these mountain peaks In an electric car
would seem M impossibility, did not one remember
tho SttcctS OF Snn TinclScO n i"S VIM
did not sign the petition, but had enjoyed the week
in the surrey to which reference has been mado,
Thought that perhaps this compromise could be
effected Let the cars take the people part VI the
wby and Tie carriages the rest"
ono thing Is certain however, the great need Of the
Park to-day, whatever the future may develop, Is an
appropriation by Congress that will make possible to
have the roads repaired at once. The Park Assocar
ton stands ready TO expend $4,000 at once In Inn
nny HON can be assured that Congress Will
be liberal enough 10 warrant the outlay. The season
Is short at the best, only four months. and II woud
seem to an outsider that enough money should De
kept each year TO enable the Government TO put
the roads leading TO the principal hotels In order early
in June One of the prettiest drives along the
Gibbon River, constructed recently, cannot lie used
because four hundred yards through the canon
have been washed away. As this road runs past the
Gbbon Falls 1t Is no small deprivation To the tourist
Everything in the West IS cut large pattern and,
therefore, IL Is not surprising TO be told that the
National Park occupying only small corner Oh
Wyoming with thin slices, scarcely missed. from ldaho
and Montana, nearly large the entire state OF
COnncccutBu the area great a II Is. Is not IT, chci
claim upon the traveller. Here he will find hundreds
Of boiling spring, In the midst OF Increasing min
cralogica formations: will be delg GIFTED with scores
Of geysers without rival IN this country, and Win
scarcely worthy one in any land; will gaze speechlesS
upon cnnons. awful In tsr grandeur, and matchless In
their beauty; Will admire numerous WATERWAYS, EiPus
and oascadcs over which the Gibbon. Firehole and
Yellowstone Rivers pour their volumes OF melted
snow will climb mountain peaks testing the strength
OF the most agile will pluck flowers blooming by the
roadside In reckless prodgaity in addition 10 these
natural attractions one may find here bear. elk deer
trout and other mountain game secure in the protec-
ton afforded by the United States Government. An
OF the great taken - prevent The dcstrc-
lion Of game was seen at the Grand Canon the other
Iat rapdp Grad aunv frOm A
heard OF elk and was found by one Of the p)rters
Seeing that IL was week and likely TO die. he took II TO
the hotel and telegram sent 20 the suprnten-
dent Of the )ciaon asking II II could be kept there
since It could hardly live II LEFT out Of doors. The
rrply came back that in view Of the restrictions placed
upon hunters u In the Park. IT wns not wise TO
keep the little animal and II taken back to the
sticam where 1t was found and died there that night
II would seem though IN exception could have been
made In this case. although two men were arrested by
the soldiers and placed IN the guardhouso at the Hot
Springs for having young elk IN their possession
The rule OF the Park Is hat persons found with game
shall have their outfit connScatod. This rule Is made
by thc Secretary Of the Interior. IN whose care The
pnrl was placed by Ougrrs, In It's act Of dedication
The partv OF twenty five now on It's way 10 civil
lizafron contains number of people from New-lork
md PENNSYLVANIA, returning from the recent General
Assembly held AT Portland, Oregon, but all memory
OF the Briggs case the revision debate the new creed
ovcrturs ETC. has been nearly obltcrited from their
minds as the commissioners have stood revfrrnty
gazing on the marvcls here presented. Controversy
has been impossible. and the list OF superaiive
adiectives Of tho descriptive class has been worn
threadbarc especially those relating 10 grandeur
beauty aud surprise Nature In some OF her Vnrleh
aspects has consumed the time and attention OF al
who have been privileged to commune With Der III
this favored retreat
The tour through thc rarh after nights rest at
4. mazda nm "
clerk Of the transportation company according to
tho wishes Of tbc tourists. In former years the Park
Association which leases from the Government the
land upon which the several hotels have been
erected had charge OF the stage line also, but HaSt
winter a change was made by the Injector Depart
mcnt and the transportation was handed over 10 u
company formed for the purpose OF carrying passen-
gers through ahe Park. This new company has
sufficient horses and vehicles TO convey comfortably
the thousands Of visitors expected during the summer
last year nearly four thousand people MADE the ionf
OF the Park and many more than that were eApe"ea
before next october. several large Parties having
sheir dates already arranged.
Az thc head OF this company Is MI . 3 liuhtiey' |
one Of the first stage owners and Of the best known
IN this mart of the West Ills stages have traverse
at different times every mall route In Montana, |
wyoming Idaho Oregon and California. Mr.. Huntcy |
has a large ranch his home at Helena where he
rsaps hundreds OF horses besides needed his
stnge here. many OF them being bloodcd stock And
vet no finds travellers and then who stand ready
TO give him points regarding the stage business
Since assuming control OF this line the company has
enlarged It's stock Of horses harness, stages, car
raves and Surveys until secure any thing he
DESIRES except one-horse buggy. Twenty new |
stages ordered from New Hampshire await the coming
host while new sheds for the rolling stock and new |
Sleeping quarters for the drivers among the I'm |
provemeps noticed. The drivers. by the way. are not
~ IN Huntlcy'S |
employ for twenty years, Wills others have been |
driving I'm TIE Park since IL opened years ago.
They are many OF them driver, guide and companion |
combined.
The association has four large hotels and three
luncheon stations erected at the chief places OF interest
nj which more than two hundred servants are en-
ployed but It is unable TO secure lease for a