[235]The transportation setup as of 1914: Yellowstone Park Transportation Company, Gardiner, Round Trip $25.00; Yellowstone Western Stage Company, Yellowstone, Montana, $20.00; Holm Transportation Company, Cody, Wyoming, five days $25.00; Wylie Permanent Camping Company maintains permanent camps and operates a line from Gardiner, also West Yellowstone and Camp Cody (East Gate). The camps: Swan Lake Basin, Riverside, Upper Geyser Basin, Outlet of Lake, Grand Canyon, Camp Cody and Tower Falls. Lunch stations at Gibbon Geyser Basin and Thumb. Six day tour $40.00. [236]Yellowstone Park Scrap Book, III, 20. Also Henry D. Sedgwick, Jr., “On Horse Back Through Yellowstone,” _World’s Work_, VI (June, 1903). Two of Yancey’s buildings are still standing. [237]Scrap Book, II, 4. [238]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior 1884_, I, 73. [239]A corrupt and incompetent concern called The Improvement Company started a hotel in Mammoth. In 1884 this firm attempted to secure private ownership of land in important localities through Congressional action. When the move failed the firm went under. Its interests were bought by the Yellowstone Park Association which was financed by the Northern Pacific Railway. [240]The Norris Hotel was replaced by a camp hotel and eating house, which served until 1900, when a new one was completed. The hotel at Old Faithful had not been profitable and was not replaced until 1903, when Old Faithful Inn was built. [241]J. E. Rickards, ex-Governor of Montana, to the editor of _The Salt Lake Tribune_, July 17, 1897. [242]Scrap Book, II, 56. [243]_Report of the Department of the Interior 1907_, p. 533. The Boat Company charged three dollars for a ride from Thumb to Lake Fishing Bridge. [244]Henry D. Sedgwick, _op. cit._, p. 3572. [245]Scrap Book, I, 61. [246]_Ibid._, Captain George S. Anderson earnestly prophesied that there would not be a square mile of forest left standing in six months if railroads were permitted to enter. [247]Charles D. Warner, “Yellowstone National Park,” _Harper’s_, XCIV (January, 1897), 323. [248]_Annual Report 1907._ Several wells had to be dug between Norris and Canyon. [249]Horace M. Albright, _Park Service Bulletin_, April 14, 1934, p. 46. [250]Lucien M. Lewis, “To the Old Stage Driver,” _Overland Monthly_, LXIX (July, 1917), 52. [251]Yellowstone Park Automobile Regulations for the Season of 1916. Department of the Interior _Bulletin_. Here is an example of the procedure: SCHEDULE A Gardiner to Norris Miles Not earlier than Not later than Leave Gardiner Entrance 0 6:00 A.M. 6:30 A.M. Arrive Mammoth Hot Springs 5 6:20 7:00 Leave Mammoth Hot Springs 0 6:45 7:15 Leave 8 Mile Post 8 8:00 Arrive Norris 20 8:30 9:00