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Show SERVICE GOOD I : IN YELLOWSTONE! More Than 150 Buses and 12 Trucks Being Used to Ac- j commodate Fans All of the 160 buses and twelve trucks are operating on ObOdyear I pneumatic tlrca. which have played a ,ery important part In maintaining the I excellent serv ice for which Yellow- stone hus become noted throughout the country. I The item of tire maintenance for a bus fleet of this magnitude Is really a ! matter to excite wonder. On the various va-rious trucks and buses 648 tires are ! rolling continually and 162 more tiro ; carried as spares The tire Invest-no Invest-no nt alont requires an outlay of more thun $100,000. I The service of 90 drivers are ro-! ro-! quired to tako care of the '.jurists who 'come by train to tho Gardiner, Yellowstone Yel-lowstone and Cody entrances. These 1 1s0 men have been selected from more than 1000 applicants from air par's ' (he country. Many of them are .college men using this means of securing se-curing funds for defralns next sca-'bon's sca-'bon's college expenses. I In the operation of his car each 'driver is compelled to adhere to a ) most exacting schedule, and any violation vio-lation of this schedulo Is followed by immediate dismissal, This Intricate 'schedule stipulates the speed which 'must be. maintained from ono point to lai.othei and oven designates the gear In which the car must be driven. 'Strict adherenco to all i-ules Is required re-quired In the Interest of economy of O f ration and safety to tourists. A few .days ago a driver checked In at a park station with a load of tourists IS minutes In advance of schedule and Iwas Immediately dismissed for his Infraction In-fraction of the rules. A total of 22.000 persons visited the 'park during tho 1313 season, using tho I YcllOWBtona buses, .and based on the attendance up to the present date, ful-1 ful-1 1 v 27.000 will see the park In 1320. Ip addition to the tourists that tour through tho park In their own cars. Iiibout 300 come In dally on the park buses to take the four-day slRht-seelng trip, so that about 1300 persons must I be taken care of dally. Often this number runs up to 1700 when special ipurtlei aro shown through I The park contains 30 miles of lm-' lm-' proved highway. |