Evening star., 1937-07-11
FACILITIES ADDED
AT YELLOWSTONE
New Mammoth Springs
Hotel Available for
Visitors.

YELLOWSTONE PARK, Wyo., July
i0.-In anticipation of the heaviest
travel season on record, facilities for
the care Of the thousands Of expected
guests in Yellowstone National Park
this Summer are reported by author
ities in charge to be the best in sew
eral years.
The project most noticeable to Wis
1tors will be the completion of the new
hotel at Mammoth Hot Springs. After
q partial shutdown for several years,
the new lobby and Office building COM
blnation is receiving the final touches
from the painters and flnishers. The
hotel, with its new dining room and
grill combination adjacent, has been
operating since June 20,
Construction will begin within the
year on the new recreati ton center.
which will be built between the hotel
and the dining room; also series of
modern cabins.
Canyon Is Color Motif.
At the Canyon Hotel, the lounge has
been redecorated. with the color
scheme harmonizing with the colors
to be found in the nearby canyon of
the Yellowstone River. Gene Quaw
and his orchestra of Los Angeles play
concert music each afternoon and
dance music each evening in the
lounge
All the. five lodges, located at NAM
moth Hot Springs, Grand Canyon,
Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful and
Camp Roosevelt, are open for the
Summer and reports indicate that
they will soon be running at near
capacity levels.
For the benefit Of the person who
travels by train, Al new buses of the
latest type have been added to the
fleet, which was partially renovated
last year.
Another project which will attract
the attention of many visitors this
Summer is the new fishing bridge.
which will replace the far famed old
structure. The contract calls for COM
petion by the middle of August, after
which the old bridge will be razed.
The new roadway leaves ample room
FOR fishing from the sides.
New Roads Tap Areas.
Road construction is being carried
on as rapidly as possible on several,
stretches of park highway, but there
Is little interference with travel. Work
Is progressing on the new right of way
from Old Faithful to West Thumb,
but it will be some time before the
road will be completed.
Preliminary estimates of registra-
tlons in the park indicate that more
people will visit the playground in
1887 than in 1885, which year estab-
llshed an all-time record. Already the
travel is 100 per cent ahead of the
same time last year, and a half mil
lion visitors are expected in the five
park gateways
Natures pent-up energy, which un-
derlles the wonder park, found a new
vent early this Summer in the form of
q new eeyser which has sprung up
within the confines Of Yellowstone
Lake.
Rumhlings Herald Advent.
Ranger naturalists this Spring heard
strange rumblings only a few feet
from shore in the West Thumb area
of the lake. After giving off some
steam and emitting sounds similar to
gigantic hammering, the hot spring
threw water into the air to a height
Of approximately so feet.
Dr.. c. Max Bauer, park naturalist,
who has made a study of the strange
phenomenon, is unable to predict
whether new permanent geyser has
started or whether the water spout is
only temporary. It has erupted suff-
ciently during the Summer however,
to indicate that it may continue for
some time.
The geyser is particularly unusual,
according to DR.. Bauer, because the
crater is completely under water. The
shore line has been badly torn up for
a space Of nearly so feet. No danger
to buildings or equipment is foreseen
by ranger naturalists in the area.
Because new geysers are constantly
appearing and old ones are constantly
ceasing to play, DR.. Bauer will not
say whether the new lake phenomenon
will take its place with the more than
200 active craters within Yellowstone
National Park