The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-30

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, Photographic concessions in the park
is third owner in the chain of great
hotels and eating houses and third
owner in the permanent camps that
dot the park
The circuit of the park is a fve-day
'rip-l6o miles by stage. 1t So hap
nened that AIR. Hartman found only a
small party at luncheon at the Foun-
tam, and only small number OF per-
| sons at Ola Faithful Inn. There was
a good sized party one days journe.
ahead, and. fair sized party behind.
but Hartman did not know this and
Sot his early Impression of yellow
stone Park travel from his own OBJ
servations At night in Old Faithful
Inn, after he and the small party a,
the hotel had seen Old Faithful spout
cnce or twice. he remarked that the
Northern Pacific was not likely TO pro-
fit much on Yellowstone business
Then he got gay and drew Haynes out
on stories of the West. and seemed -
enjoy himself hugely. Persons who met
hartman Tor the first time that night
Got the idea that he was one of the
most jovial and kindly of spirits.
Old Faithful Inn is a charming
place II is five stories high and is
built OF logs. In every detail the log
cabin idea is carried out cxcept in
regard to the beds They are gilt. and
they spoil the exquisite harmony OF
an otherwise perfect ard novsl estab-
l'shment. Probably in ali the great
park there are no more remarkable
geysers than in three close to the inn.
Old Faithful. the best known and most
inspiring of the three. Is only few
hundred feet away. Every sixty-nine
minutes 1t comes into action and sends
torrent of steam and boiling water
seventy to 90 feet high. II never fails
and is as regular as is the sun In ris-
ing. AT night. with a searchlight play-
ing on 1t, the spectacle is magnificent
The Giant. little further away. 4.
irregular About once in seven or nino
Gays 1t becomes active and for nearly
an hour shoots it's immense volun.. OF
'apor and water toward the sky Its
power is greater and it's volume larger
than Ola Faithful. but it never can APP
proach Old Faithful in popularity The
castle. which gets it's ma me from the
c2stellated crater, comes into play by
MS and starts. being comparatively
mild for week or more and then
equaiing or surprising the Giant in
me splendor and intensity of its out
bursts.
Yellowstone Lake did not Interest
DIT Hartman much. but he fingered
lot hours at the canyon. The upper
and the lower falls and the Great
gorge, with its bewilderment and riot
or color. made deep impression on
MIN From the canyon he Travelled to
Mammoth Hot Springs. passed through
the Golden Gate and the Silver Gate,
ana then came upon the great terraces
IRON which flow the springs that have
given Mammoth its name. The hotel
at Mammoth is not much to boast of
IN appearance or appointments. but
hartman gave little thought 10 the
motel or its furnishings A materiaHst
always and transportation man to
his hnger tips, nc Gazed in surprise as
stage after stage came in from Gard :
lher loaded with passengers. There
were onr-horse stages and six horse
stages. and as they came up to tho
Motel entrance and discharged their
loads the master of the Union Pacific
frowned
Who are all these peopie?" he in
duired of Mr. Childe. the president Of
the hotel company.
our afternoon arrivals" was the
reply
Hartman walked up and down the
hotel porch once or twice and then
Went to whore Mr.. HAYNES was stand
ing HAYNES" he said I'VE should
nave some of this business" Then and
there ne decided that the Union Pacific
should build from the south and have
an entrance TO the park that would put
II on as good, If not better footing
IMAM the Northern Pacific. Once he
mad come to that determination he was
Impatient for action Tho park had
no further attraction for him He
wanted to get back to, his train at Mon
ida to get in touch with Kruttschnitt.
the road builder He wanted to see
all the surveys ever made of the
country between the Union Pacific lire.
the oregon Short Line and the park
There was an opportunity TO bring
business to the Unicz Pacific That
was enough TO stir the Imagination and
stimulate the energies Of Hartman
Wien kruttsohnitt and Hartman got
,oeether a; Monida. and Hartman told
MS chief aid of his determinations
hrnttschnitt pointed out the heavy cost
of building such line in such n coun-
try. and expressed n, doubt as to its
worth in money way The Season in
Yellowstone Park is only three months
IRON June 15 10 September Is The
business in tho first, fifteen days and
Tue last hfteen days is nothing TO brag