Carbon County news., 1937-10-22
Zone, 152; and Philippine Islands

by auto travellers We're Alaska, 80;
Albania, 5; Argentina, 8; Austr-
ALA, 16; Brazil, S; China, II; Col
ombia, s; Cuba, z; England 81; Ger
many, 8; Hawaii, 4S9; Korea, 81;
Mexico, 48; New Zealand, 6; Nor.
way, 3. -.
Panama, 10;. Philippines, 66;5
Puerto Rico, 2; Palestine, q; Rho
desia, 4; South Africa, Is; Swed-
en-, 3; Switzerland, 8; Venezuela,
z; and West Indies, 26. :s
The final travel figures include
all employees of the national park.
service, cooperating governmental
agencies, contractors, and park OPP.
orators who are temporarily enl-
ployed during the season. Enroll
lees, assigned to the four CCC.
camps, however, are not included
in the final report. q
Northeast Gate Is Busy 7
All entrances to the park re-
corded an increase in travel as
compared with last year, the north
east entrance showing the largest.
increase in percentage with 55,S66
visitors and 16,101 motor vehicles
as compared with 41,168 visitors.
and 12, ,O47 motor vehicles record
ed during 1896. This is an increase
of 34.5 per cent in visitors and
1876 per cent in motor vehicles.
The Yellowstone Park company
extended it's bus service to include
the northeast entrance this season
and 786 people, classified as rail
travel, entered at this gate this
season.
The east entrance recorded the
greatest increase in the number of
visitors, having recorded 152, 1896
persons as compared with d31, ,401
checked in through this gate last
year. This represents an increase
of 20,995 visitors. "A
The south entrance showed the.
second highest increase in percen-
tage, having recorded 64,773 vis-.
itors entering the park this season
as compared with 53,253 recorded
last year. This represents an in.
crease of II, 500 people or 21.6=
per cent. The north entrance show
ed an increase of only % per cent
over last year, although it was
third highest in total travel.
The west entrance led all other
gates in automobile visitors, hav-
ing recorded 149, ,722 visitors tray
cling in ,206 automobiles, while
the east gate was second in num-
ber of automobiles admitted with
las, 8,692 visitors and 45,217 auto
mobiles.
The north entrance admitted Co.,
303 passengers, travelling in 19, ,563
automobiles; the south entrance,
Sc, ,999 people travelling in II, ,491
autos; and the northeast entrance
81, 1854 visitors and 16,032 auto
mobiles. Automobile travel for all
entrances included 15,201 vehicles
and 47,762 visitors which are clas-
sified as reentry travel.
Rail travel favored the west en-
trance in both entrance and exit
travel. Of the 9,678 visitors who
reached the west entrance by rail,
S,313 arrived directly at West yell
lowstone via the Union Pacific rail-
road, 1889 entered via Gallatin
Gateway on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad,
and six arrived by way of Bozeman
on the Northern Pacific railway.
Exit rail travel at the west en-
trance was recorded at 1888 peo-
pie. At the north entrance $3.50
entering rail visitors were record
ed, arriving via the Northern Pac-
ific, while exit rail travel amounted
to 1904 persons. The east entrance
was credited with 3,444 rail visi-
tors who arrived via Cody on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail-
road. Exit travel was recorded as
6,616 people at the east entrance.
Seventy-four rail visitors were
recorded at the south entrance, en-
tering via Victor, Idaho, on the |
Union Pacific railroad, while exit |
rail travel through this gateway
amounted to 127 persons.
Visitors entering by rail through
the northeast. entrance travel to
Red Lodge, Mont, via the Northern
Pacific railway. From this point
they travel to and through the park
on Yellowstone Park company bus
ses. There were 786 rail visitors
who entered the park at this gate
this season and ATT rail travellers
who left the park by this route.
The total rail travel for this
season was recorded as 20y526 Wis
itors, 1,191 of whom were tempor- (
ary employees Of the various park
operators, and 800 who reached the
park by Western Air Express
planes and who were landed at |
West Yellowstone. l.
The greatest single days travel 1t
was recorded on July 4, when 12,- !
AT people and 1880 motor vehi-
cles entered the park. This was be-
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