How long would it take from Prospect up to Crater Lake?
Well, I don’t know. But lots of times it would be late in the evening when I’d get to Crater Lake, to the government camp. It was an all-day trip.
Otto had a number of different jobs. Were you always driving truck during the entire period you were there?
Yeah.
Did you get detailed to do anything else in the park?
Well, sometimes I’d take a road crew out if I didn’t have to make a trip to Medford. I’d take a road crew out to work on the roads.
Mostly grading the roads?
No just patching. When they built the addition on the hotel, I hauled rock from the Watchman to where they built the annex on the hotel. At that time, the contractor had just a tent where he fed his crew. Of course, they loaded me from the Park Service to the contractor during that time that I hauled rock. But I had to east in this makeshift camp they had up there at the Lodge. We hauled the lumber from Chiloquin by truck, what lumber they needed.
Who was the contractor?
Fran Salter. I think his first name was Frank. I’m not sure, but Salter was his last name.
He was out of where, Medford?
I believe he was. I’m not certain where he was from.
How many men do you think worked on that addition to the Lodge?
Oh, I’d hate to even make a guess. I don’t know. All I did was drive truck and haul rock. I stayed at the government camp overnight, but I’d east my meals up there with the contractor and his crew. They had, I’d say, five or six, stone masons laying the rock, but as far as carpenters, I don’t know.
