Believe it or not,during that time period,we had the second largest/active train terminal in the country...second to only Chicago.
The original owner of Lackawanna Steel was a man named Scranton,yes,they named the city after him in Pa.He moved operations here(1902) and the city gave that pocket the name Lackawanna...I never new that.
And..those grain wholesalers made bundles too...this might be a "old wives tale" but I was told,years ago,buffalo was the known supplier to Europe.