Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-19 | Page 11 | Three Companies to Operate Park

THREE COMPANIES TO OPERATE PARK Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Jan. IS. The elimination of horses as a means of transporting- tourists and the operation of hotels, camps and tours by three companies Instead of seven are included in the plans for reorganization reorganiza-tion of the Yellowstone National park ! service for 1917, according to infornia-I infornia-I tion received by W, II. Chevers, general agent of the Union Pacific system. The ! decision to use motor vehicles instead of j the historic horse-drawn coaches means that approximately ivif.ri horses will Ik' turned ir.ro other fields of usefulness during dur-ing the coming tourist season. Acr-ording to Mr. Chevers, it is planned to piaee the management of all rak hotels ho-tels under one head, the management of camps under another and the operation of tours under a third. It is contended that the numerous companies operating heretofore made the situation confusing tor the tourist.