Authorized Rates, Crater Lake Company, 1913
Meals at Camp Arant or Crater Lake Lodge. | |
Single meals | $1.00 |
2 or more meals, each | .75 |
Beds, per day, at Camp Arant or Crater Lake Lodge, per person | 1.00 |
Board and lodging, per day, at Camp Arant or Crater Lake Lodge, per person | 3.25 |
Board and lodging, per week, at Camp Arant or Crater Lake Lodge, per person | 17.50 |
Children under 12 years, half rates | |
Unfurnished tents for campers, per day | 1.00 |
Furnished tents for campers (no cooking utensils), per day per person | 1.00 |
Automobile transportation within the park, per mile | .10 |
Saddle horses, pack animals, and burros, per hour | .50 |
Saddle horses, pack animals, and burros, per day | 5.00 |
Launch trip, Wizard Island and return, per person | 1.00 |
Launch trip around Wizard Island and Phantom Ship and return (about 15 miles), per person | 2.50 |
Launch charter, per hour | 5.00 |
Launch charter, per day | 20.00 |
Rowboats, per hour | .50 |
Rowboats, per day | 2.50 |
Rowboats with detachable motor, per hour | 2.50 |
Rowboats with detachable motor, per day | 10.00 |
Provisions, tourist supplies, gasoline, motor, hay, and grain at reasonable rates |
The details of railroad and concession-operated automobile transportation to the park in 1914 was described in a general information circular. It stated:
This park may be reached from Klamath Falls, Chiloquin, Medford, and Ashland on the Southern Pacific Railroad. There is train service between Klamath Falls and Chiloquin only on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. The Southern Pacific Co. will sell excursion tickets to Crater Lake from July 1 to September 25, inclusive. . . .
The Crater Lake Co. operates a triweekly automobile service between Medford and Crater Lake and between Chiloquin and Crater Lake as follows:
Autos leave the Hotels Medford and Nash, Medford, at 9 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, stop for lunch at Prospect, and reach Crater Lake in time for 6 o’clock dinner. Returning, leave Crater Lake at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, reaching Medford in time to connect with the outgoing evening trains.
Autos leave Crater Lake for Chiloquin at 9 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, connecting with the local Southern Pacific train from Klamath Falls. Returning, leave Chiloquin at 1 p.m. the same day and reach Crater Lake in time for 6 o’clock dinner.
Rates for the automobile service were:
Medford to Crater Lake and return. | $18.00 | |
One way (either direction) | $10.00 | |
Chiloquin to Crater Lake and return | 9.00 | |
One way (either direction) | 5.00 | |
Medford to Crater Lake, thence to Chiloquin, or vice versa | 13.50 | [7] |