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Show oo SIAMESE CITY BOW AUTOS Million People Live in Progressive Pro-gressive and Thriving Bangkok Bangkok! the capital of Slum. Is one of the mOst thriving i (ties In Asia find in better condition, as far a,s business, busi-ness, Is concerned, thin many European Euro-pean capitals, a. rjordjhg to a representative repre-sentative of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Rub-ber company, who has Just returned I The Blamese metropolis has a popu-. popu-. I.i t Ion of nearly a million and. il-: il-: though the priat majority of the Inhabitants In-habitants are Asiatics Bangkok is I well C4.uiPp.ed from a municipal standpoint stand-point and is up to date In many re-j specks. Bangkok has electric trams, mod-1 ern lighting facilitle-. well-paved j streets, imposing store buildings and iu:n aggressive and successful mor-1 . .. The uitomoblle Is a common j carrH r and there are many motor (rucks Since IMS nca rl 2,000 motor cars havj been imported and at this time oO different makes of well-known cars have their agents in Bangkok. About 20o motor trucks are estimated to be In u.' and this method of transportation trans-portation bids fair to succeed more primitive arrangements. Of course, business development in Slam Is more or less a slow process, but It is rapidly coaling to the fore in improved transportation, according to the Firestone company, j oo |