, 1926-06-30
MAY DEVELOP DRIVER
LESS CAR SYSTEM In
THE NATIONAL PARKS
Important Meeting Held at Nam.
moth Friday and Saturday, At
tended by Heads of Transport
tation and hotel Companies
of National Parks

first important step in permitting
h use of what is known as "driv-
erless cars" in Yellowstone park,
took place on Friday and Saturday
at Mammoth, when Secretary of the
Interior Stephen T. Mather. Super
'%intendent Horace NJ. Albright and
other park officials met in confer
ence with the presidents and mana
gers of many of the transportation
n hotel companies operating il
national parks, to listen to the pc
tition of H. K. Lee of Thermopolis
and H. P. Kessler. vice president
of the Yellow Cab companies, ask
ing for a permit to operate a fleet
of "driverless-cars" in Yellowstone
park. After the hearing the trans
portation company was given thirty
days to file briefs and show why
a permit should not be granted to
these gentlemen.
In conversation with Mr.. Albright
over the phone. The Enterprise was
given to understand that the park
is considering the petition of Mr..
Lee and his associate very serious
~ anu IL 10 very llhGlN Iudl d new
order of things will be permitted
in the park in future years. t
meet the demands of those who
wish to motor with their own car
through Yellowstone, but who do
not care to make the long drive
>from Atlantic seaboard to the park
entrances. Mr.. Albright, however,
stated that he did not think the
park service would make any chang
es in its regulations this year.
Mr.. Lee. who was accompanied
by Mrs. Lee on this trip to the
park. stopped ove in Cody Tues
day and when interviewed by the
Enterprise man, said that the meet
ing in the park had been a cry
satisfactory on and that he and his
associates were very hopeful that
they would be permitted to operate
yet this season. He has some large
monied men back of him. including
the Yellow Cab company, largest
manufacture of closed cars in the
world, and stated, that if the per-
mission of the park service could
be secured. they are ready to start
operations at once.
The plan is to place cars, possibly
a hundred in all, at the three main
entrances to Yellowstone. Cody, Gar
diner and West Yellowstone. Tour
lists arriving mere by rail could rent
one of these cars for a nominal
rental, drive it through the park
returning to Cody with it, oil for
a small additional fee. could leave
the car at any of the other two en-
frances. Mr.. Lee states that the
Hertz car is to be used, a six-cy-
Under touring or closed model, and
that sixty of these cars are all ready
available for use, and it had been
hoped that the company could start
operations this season.
The parks at the present time
are operated under regulations for
mulated by the park service, and
until these regulations are changed,
it will not be possible for a trans
portation company other than the
one now operating in the park to
secure a concession.
Those attending the meeting at
Mammoth besides Secretary Mather.
'Supt. Albright and Mr.. Lee, were H.
H. Rhodes, superintendent of Rainier
National park, w. l.. White, feneral
manager of the Yosemite Valley
railroad company; Roe Emory, pre-
sident of the transportation COM
pany operating in Glacier National
park; NJ. NJ. Goodsill, general pas
senger agent of the Northern Paci-
fic, at st. Paul; Harry w. Childs,
president of the Yellowstone Trans
portation interests of Grand Canyon
National park; H. P. Kessler, vice
president of the Yellow. Cab Com
rpany of Chicago; w. M. Nichols,
assistant general manager OF the
Yellowstone Transportation company
Vernon Goodwin, president OF the
Camps company in Yellowstonei
Frank NJ. Jocalls, representing the
transportation company of RAINIER
National park; Geo. H. Kelley, trea-
zurer of the White Motor company
of Cleveland, o., Russell A. Schuss-
Ter. representing the Grey Line
Motor company of Salt Lake Guy;
j. L.. Amos, general passenger
agent of the Union Pacific rail-
road of Salt Lake City; u. >.
Spencer, general passenger agent
of the Union Pacific of omaha'
Nebr., P. ]. Rohwitz, general pas
senger agent of the c. b. & g.,
of Omaha; w. d. Sutton, manager
oil the Newhouse hotel, n also
representing the Grey Line Motor
Company of Salt Lake City; F. b.
Weir, attorney for the Yellowstone