Arizona republican., 1921-07-18
TUCSON GIVES FEW.
 TIPS 0N OPERATION IF AUTO CAMP PARK

Establishment of an auto camp park by the local chamber of commerce Is commended by the Tucson Chamber of Commerce in a letter received by Secretary Harry Welch from the Old Pueblo organization. The Tucson orr ganization writes at length regarding an auto camp park established in that city sometime ago, and promises 10 lend every aid in making the Phoe- nix lark genuine success. The let ter follows:
 l.. c. James has called my attention to the tact that the Phoenix Cham Der ot Commerce has purchased land and will construct an auto camp DIX thereon. He has also suggested t>at I write you, giving you some Of the
 points of our auto park.
 We have five acres Of land which
 was leased to the Chamber of Com
 merce by the city and on which we have laid out our park with road ways, additional trees, etc, and Will later stake out camping sites of 1,200
 square feet for each car. Two build ines have been constructed on the
 park. consisting of a supply store and i park attendant quarters, and read ing and club room building. in which 1 are housed the wash rooms for la 1 dies and gentlemen, shower baths, 1 stationary tubs and sanitary features.
 The reading and club room has been | furnished for the convenience of the
 tired traveller in the most comfort able manner. The construction of these buildings and Improvements on 1 the grounds has cost us about S5.o0o, 1 though a considerable bit of the
 maintenance work has been accora- l plished by the city chain gang. | hor a da arlr crfand- l.
 ant who supervises and maintains the
 park and lives on the grounds the full 24 hours of the day. He is per | mitted to sell campers supplies only l at the prevailing city prices. I will l not give you the detailed rules o1 l the park, as I have previously fur
 nished you with same. We are now furnishing to each camper a portable l table, benches free water, fuel and
 light, use of all building facilities open air cooking stoves and park SUI
 pervision and protection, and for thii
 we charge the nominal fee of 50 cent.
 per 24 hours per car, regardless o
 the number of occupants to the car
 Since the opening of tne park. May
 to July l. we have had 1Ss cars reg.
 istered, and the total number of peo'
 pie has been over 500.
 l You can see the va:ue of an auto 1 park as an advertising medium for { l city, and we hope that all cities 1T l Arizona on the direct route Of trave
 will establish similar parks, and a. far as possible, maintain standard system. It is our belief that a nom. l inal parking fee IS justifiable wher' 1 adequate conveniences nave been pro l vided and are maintained. The autt park system has been in vogue il a< ( recent convention of lu,o park off ,l cials there it was decided that the, ! would charge a parking fee of from I 25 cents to s1. according to th' d amount of money invested in th' Il park. After camper has taken ad , vantage of our park he goes ava, I as one of our best boosters. and WI
 have the word of many of our lat
 arrivals that they were advised {,
 stop at the Tucson park as far eas : as New York and New Orleans. 1 l very small percentage of those com , ing to the park make any complain about paying the parKfng fee. and il several cases we have investigate [ the objecting ones and found that tn
 parties themselves were undesirabl Fl campers.
 The parking fee obtained from tn campers Is turned over to the su : perintendent of the park as his onl : pay for services rendered. Later. whe f the amount of traffic has been def : initely established, We propose to en t ter into a 50-50 value and benefits C : the park We have instructed tn t park superintendent to use his dis : cretion in the matter of the parkin : fee; this is. should any desirabl h camper not be in position to pay th o nominal fee asked, the rule is to
 changed to fit the particular case. ' If there are any further detail if that we can furnish you we will | . glad to do so, and We wish you tf # best possible success with your aut
 park undertaking.