. Electric railway journal . SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON TRAFFIC CREAMERY AT LAKE WINOLA 940 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 21. SCRANTON & BINGHAM TON TRAFFIC—COAL CAR BEING LOADED SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON TRAFFIC—PORTABLE SUBSTATION needs to be exhausted in retail sales, as witnessed bythe fact that the value of the companys culm holdingshas approximately doubled since acquisition. On theother hand, although the company has never contem-plated entering the coal business either on a wholesaleor retail basis, it has constructed coal pockets, at thetowns of Factoryville, Nicholson and Brooklyn
. Electric railway journal . SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON TRAFFIC CREAMERY AT LAKE WINOLA 940 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 21. SCRANTON & BINGHAM TON TRAFFIC—COAL CAR BEING LOADED SCRANTON & BINGHAMTON TRAFFIC—PORTABLE SUBSTATION needs to be exhausted in retail sales, as witnessed bythe fact that the value of the companys culm holdingshas approximately doubled since acquisition. On theother hand, although the company has never contem-plated entering the coal business either on a wholesaleor retail basis, it has constructed coal pockets, at thetowns of Factoryville, Nicholson and Brooklyn with theintention of providing facilities for the stimulation ofits coal traffic. These pockets are leased to local dealers for a nominalrental, the company looking only for increased coal ship-ments as its source of revenue. The pockets are sup-plied with coal of the required grades and sizes directfrom the mines at Scranton, so that they constitutemerely distributing stations for fuel in the country dis-tricts. The pockets cost about $500 each, and the wis-dom of the investment is clearly indicated by the factth
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