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BANGOR 



to be superior to that of Switzerland ; the many 

 points of interest are described in the article 

 ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK (which see). Banff 

 iteelf exists only for the entertainment and 

 comfort of tourists. It is unique among Cana- 

 dian towns in that it has no mayor or aldermen, 

 all control being in the hands of the park 

 superintendent appointed by the Dominion 

 government. All land is owned by the Domin- 

 ion and is occupied under leaseholds, and all 

 utilities, including water and electric light, are 

 supplied by the government. 



Banff was settled in 1893, and was named for 

 the Scotch town from which Baron Mount 

 Stephen came. It is eighty-two miles west of 

 Calgary, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 

 about 600 miles east of Vancouver, and about 

 fifteen miles east of the boundary between 

 British Columbia and Alberta. Population in 

 1911, 937. The population in 1916 cannot be 

 stated definitely, as about 300 men, nearly one- 

 third of the permanent population, volunteered 

 for service in the War of the Nations. B.S. 



BANGALORE, bang ga lohr' , a fortified town 

 of Southern India, capital of the state of 

 the same name. It stands on a plateau 3,000 

 feet above sea level and is one of the most 

 pleasant and healthful stations in British India. 

 The modern portion of the town is well 

 planned, with wide, clean streets and hand- 

 some buildings. The palace of the maharaja, 

 the nominal ruler of the state, is a structure 

 of great beauty. There are numerous native 

 and European educational institutions, all 

 well supported. The chief manufactures are 

 silks, cotton cloth, woolens, carpets and gold 

 and silver lace. In the old town stands the 

 fort reconstructed in 1761 and stormed by 

 Lord Cornwallis in 1791. Population in 1911, 

 including the British garrison, 189,485. 



BANGKOK, bangkok', a city of islands, 

 canals and floating houses, the capital of the 

 kingdom of Siam. It is situated on both 

 banks of the river Menam, and on islands 

 formed by its numerous branches. There is a 

 regular communication by steamer with Saigon, 

 Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore. A sea 

 voyage from San Francisco to Bangkok would 

 cover a distance of more than 12,000 miles. It 

 would be necessary to sail first to Honolulu, 

 thence to Hongkong or Singapore, at either 

 of which ports passage may be booked to 

 Bangkok. 



A large portion of the population live in 

 floating houses moored in the river, and many 

 houses are built on piles to escape the floods 



due to the extremely low surface of the land. 

 Bangkok has extensive commerce, but nearly 

 the whole of its domestic and retail business is 

 carried on by Chinese. The exports consist 

 chiefly of rice, sugar, silk, cotton, tobacco, 

 pepper, sesame, ivory, hides and teak. The 

 modern portion of the city has an electric rail- 

 way system and is illuminated by electric 

 light. Population in 1910, 628,675. 



BANGOR, ban' gawr, MAINE, the county seat 

 of Penobscot County, is an important com- 

 mercial and manufacturing center, 138 miles 

 northeast of Portland. It is in the south 

 central part of the state, sixty miles from the 

 ocean, at the head of navigation on the Penob- 

 scot River. The Kenduskeag Stream flows 

 through the city and empties into the Penob- 

 scot. Bridges cross both streams; one which 

 is 1,300 feet long and is built over the Penob- 

 scot connects Bangor with Brewer. The tide 

 rises seventeen feet in the Penobscot River at 

 this point; there is always sufficient depth for 

 the largest steamers. Bangor is served by the 

 Boston and Bangor division of the Eastern 

 Steamship Line and by the Maine Central and 

 the Bangor & Aroostook railroads, and electric 

 interurban lines. The population in 1910 was 

 24,803; it increased to 26,061 in 1914. The 

 area exceeds thirty-two square miles. 



The business section of the city extends 

 along the banks of the Kenduskeag and the 

 west bank of the Penobscot ; the residence sec- 

 tion occupies higher ground back from the 

 rivers. Among the prominent buildings are 

 the fine granite custom house and post office, 

 county courthouse, city hall, the Hersey 

 Memorial building, public library, opera house, 

 high school and auditorium (in which is held 

 the annual eastern Maine musical festival). 

 The important institutions of the city are the 

 Bangor Theological Seminary (Congrega- 

 tional), the University of Maine Law School 

 (the state university is located at Orono, nine 

 miles distant), the Bangor State Insane Hos- 

 pital and the Eastern Maine General Hos- 

 pital. 



Bangor is one of the largest lumber markets 

 in the United States, ships large quantities of 

 ice and has extensive wood-working plants, 

 trunk factories, pulp and paper mills, shoe 

 factories, foundries, machine shops and manu- 

 factories of stoves, canoes and moccasins. 

 Bangor has an important foreign trade, the 

 value of which exceeds $4,000,000 a year, and 

 is the jobbing and distributing center for a large 

 part of the state. It is the outfitting point for 



