The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-22
AFTER A SHARP FIGHT.
Helena Men Win tho Contest In
volving Transportation in the
National Park.
Tho Old Company Bought Out
May 8 and Possession Taken
the Next Day.
4. Huntlsy Now Has the Contract with
Uncle Sam for Ton Y~eArs-Opcra-
tions Begin in juno.

In a contest that has waged FOR over q
year. and which has occupied the attention
Of . special committee Of the national house
of representatives for several weeks, ana
filled hundreds Of columns In the newspa-
pers Of the country, Helena men have come
ont victorious. They had to meet the most
powerful opposition with unlimited re-
souroes, but they stuck to their guns. and the
result ID a sweeping victory. Newspaper
readers will recall the fact that the secretary
Of the interior and the National Park asso'
aiation looked horns over the action OF the
former in taking away from the latter the
TRANSFORMATION business Of the National
Park and awarding it to s. .. hun'ey' o.
Helena. This action WAS taken Nov. l last
and then the park association began the e1-
fort to force the secretary to rscede from
his position. II. W. Child was Interested
with Mr.. Huntley in the contract. ana our
inc all the trouble between the park nssoci.
alton and the secretary these two have been
under FIRE. The position occupied has not
been. by any means, q desirable
ana. because there have been hun
dreds of misstatements made
that could mo- be denied. for the reason
that thev came 30 thick and fast that the
Helena men could not keep up with them.
Among them was on to the effect hat they
had given up the fight because they could
not fulfil the contract. This was not much
worse than many stories that had preceded,
but the Helena people bided their time.
and on the fifth of the month they proved
tie fslsity OF all the stories told to drive
them ont of the field. On that day Harry
Child paid over the money in New 1ork
city for the transportation business IN the
National park owned and operated by the
National Park association. OF whlch u.
w, Wakefield, of BoZeman. was the gem
ersl manager. S. S. Huntley took posses
sion of the business May 6, and that ended
the contest, in 80 far as the Helena men are
concerned. Their business since has oeen
to put affairs in such shape as to insure the
travelling public every convenience IN the
mark during the coming season.
In carrying out this object a company
has been incorporated under the laws OF
Montana entitled the Yellowstone National
Park Transportation COMPANY. Inc incor-
porators are S. s. Huntley, II. w. Child. E.
W., Bach, l.. H. Hsrshfeld and Aaron
Hershfeld. S. S.. Huntley will be the gen,
stock is $3.50, 600. The contract given Mr..
Huntley by the government is for ten sea-
sous. beginning Nov. l, 1891. The season
opens june l and to start it the company
has 500 horses, from seventy-tve to lou We
hicles. and will employ about lOO drivers In
addition to the stock tenders. The season
closes Nov. /. Every year the National
park business shows an increase, and 1t Is
no exaggeration to say that in 1888 there
will be many thousand visitors to Wonder
land, coming from all sections OF the globe.
It is one of the best advertised places In the
world, and is visited not only by tourists
but by scientific men AZ we'll. 1t is directly
under the cha &c of the national govern
ment, and the latter endeavors IN every
way to add to the enjoyment Of visitors:
Tickets are sold in every part of the United
States over the Northern Pacific to
Cinnabar, thence into and th ough
the park via tbs line of the trans
portation company. Mr.. Huntley is
is now down along the line of road, getting
ready for the beginning of business. The
Montana men say they are going to prove
to tho country that they are not only stay
ers when they 60 after a thing, but that
when they get it they can do better by the
public than any one has in the past. Mr..
Huntley is peculiarly fitted by experience
to manage the affairs of the ompany sue
cessfullv, having had extensive experience
in tho transportation business, and Helena
people who visit the park this summer will
have no cause to regret that the transporta-
ton company is composed Of local people.
Croekery and rIas ;were at prices that will sur