The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-12
REVENUE FROM
RED TRAIL IS
$8,156,000.00
Officials of National Parks
Highway Estimate This
Amount Is Distributed
TRAVEL IS GROWING
Average 3,252 Cars Per Day
Used Trans Continental
Highway, Report Says

Total revenue derived from various
communities on the National Parks
Highway Cred Trail) during the past
tourist season is estimated by Of
ficials Of the organization At $780,
600, according to a report received
by the Bismarck Association Of Com
mcrcc.
4 Records kept at various bureaus
and obtained by cooperation with
state highway departments show as
tonishing figures on the money dis
tributed by motorists making long
distance journeys. The report sets
out:
An average of 3,252 cars used the
2,572 miles of highway between Chi.
cago and Seattle each day between
May Is and October Is, or q total
of 487,O00 car-days for the season.
The total value in revenue to vari-
Gus communities along the highway
is estimated at $8,156.000.
Checks made OF the travel be-
tween Minneapolis and Wenatchee,
Wash.
The Minnesota State Highway de-
partment figures show the average
daily travel over the National Parks
Highway was 1913 foreign cars a day,
or 27,9O0 for the season. At Rob-
insdale there were 371 cars a day;
at Moorhead 116 day.
From Fargo west to Valley CITY
there was an average of III cars
used the Highway each day and the
average at the Bismarck bridge is
given as 85 cars.
Travel Divides.
At Fallon, Mont, where the south
ern route yellowstone TraiD, joins
the National Parks Highway the
count was IS cars. day for the
National Parks Highway and 72 for
the southern route. At Livingston,
Montana, the count showed 1873 cars
a day, many Of them diverting south
at Billings through the eastern on
trance to Yellowstone National Park
Spokane figures show large in
crease over those Of last years, an
average Of 377 cars day being
maintained throughout the season
he seasons figures bring this up to
a total Of $3.50 cars from all roads
As Yellowstone Park is the prin'
cipal objective Of the trans-cont''
mental traveller, the traffic, to a great
extent, divides at this point ana
some of the eastern traffc is lost 10
the Northwest and Pacific Coas'
points, but the large amount OF trat-
Ac east from the coast is said to
offset this.
Almost Four to Car.
A survey of the travel indicates
that each car carried an average OF
31-2 to 4 persons and that the aver
age daily expenditure Of each person
was about IS. The average for the
camper was about $3.50 per day and
of those stopping at hotels about 80
a day. This includes such items as
gas and oil, repairs to the car, food
lodging, clothing and incidentals
The length OF time on the road for
the camper was found to be about
twice that of the one who stopped
in hotels. The average distance
travelled was 160 miles per day.
Indications are, officials of the Ma
tional Parks Highway say that 1924
will see greater increase in auto
mobile travel than in 1928. More
than 10000 inquiries for informa-
tion and literature were received
this year by the headquarters, a
larger percentage coming from tho
eastern states.
Finances provided for the National
Parks Highway organization have
been meager, according, to the report.
Subscriptions in 1923 totalled 3d.
!. 654.S4, from states as follows: Wash
: ington, $72O.5O; Idaho, $50; Montana
1862; North Dakota, $l,817.25; Min
nesota, &123.50 cash, other sources
37l.59.