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Letterbook, LB-048
This letterbook covers the period Februaiy-April 1891. Most of the letters are by Alfred O. Tate. There is also correspondence by Edison, Thomas Maguire, and John F. Randolph. Many of the letters relate to the manufacture and marketing of the phonograph and to legal and financial dealings among the various phonograph companies. Some of the legal correspondence concerns the suit brought against Edison and the Edison Phonograph Works by the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co. Other letters relate to foreign patents, improvements in the incandescent lamp, mining and ore milling, and electric traction systems. There are also letters dealing with Edison’s personal finances, including his investment in the local illuminating company at Sunbuiy, Pennsylvania; his financial relations with Jesse Lippincott and Harry M. Livor; and his transfer of ownership of the Edison home at Glenmont to his wife, Mina. There are several letters pertaining to billing arrangements for experiments conducted at the West Orange laboratoiy for the Edison General Electric Co. There is also correspondence regarding alterations and improvements in the laboratoiy. The front cover is marked "General Letter Book." The book contains 497 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 30 percent of the book has been filmed.
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February 27,
***? °f 5*V°i ~~ »— <* ^‘-ant 'was t„
Jne’ fi!fl 1 r0£jd th° senna with interest. ■' * ‘ :
Yon I’oi'o r to the Coaa t aands of California and Orecon. , ,The 'rouble with those, is that they carry about fc.BO par 'ton, and-
>- ibVty Per °£ thB «“k »«* - «ic, the other 60 ■ ' lav j. lig weathered to a sort of nom^net:
'rlUl thq Tm3HinS Pr°00SS* | «*» **>» ore is too far from iiViJ^aation to be of value. 1
hematite.
inter-
Yours,
February 27, 1S9.1,
Georf
on r.iy return to the Laboratory a l'ow dsyc absence of several weeks 1 find your letter of 16th
endowment fund for the Orange Meir
I regret k very much that it
to subsc:
to this’ fund. 2 already have Moreover, I need every, cent 'I t
iry lieavy drain on tny resource:
spare in,my experimental work
experimenting in directions which
pecuniary
! turns ,
My laboratory expi
sannot afford
to -add to them.
I think the
.ch merchants and bueina:
ones ^?ho should subscribe to the Hos
Ltal fund,
Yours
February; 27, 1891
fiat tickets,
-• A. "Edison. “ Yours truly, jfj
Pr i vat q S & ci*6 tai*y
I bec to confirm the following telegrams enhanced 'self and Mr. Edison to- day:- ’
11 Impossible to Cet scats y ou desir had sixteenth row. BUTLER."
Thomas' But U-r,‘ Esq. ,
Ka ■ 'Jon JJui W i nfs , Broa d St . , ‘inir York City.
Te binary 27, 189;
Your telegram of yesterday in regard to Mr. Kdison's 18 ”0t anS^^>til ^>mi»g owing to •* absence 1 bae t0 00*rfim my telegram in reply, which
Laboratory
illed unexpectedly to Mew York t] will not be here this afternoon.
A. 0. Tate. “
"y' °"d t0l6Gram> if it Will be convenient for
"\° tM.tiiV °” M0nday anomoun, has just been handed to 1U>'bl° t0 r°rly t0 4t owineto Hr. Edison's absence, but ' i,Vl9diately -he rcturns York, either, this after:
.vly to~morrov/ (Saturday)* \
very
Private Socret&ry <
February 27, 1891 •
F{e Stephen A. Northrop, ■ ■ 1 ,
i o r t W a y n e _, Indiana. ' . ,
Upon Mr. Batson* a return to the Laboratory , a few days ac° afts.r an absence of several weeks your letter of 14th instant was handed to him. I return herewith the blank which accompanied **’*' iciest ion and upon which Mr. Edison has written his'
Jujp.i nal opinion of “Christ and .the Bible."
In regard to the statement attributed to Mr. Edisoh and con¬ tained in the clipping forming part of your letter how under reply, t)v sam.- it. correct, excepting that the last words should, read: 'xnoAua? 115 the great Engineer of the universe, “ instead of * •
"and also for the greatest among than all^the- blessed God* »
■Yours very truly, '
Private Secretary.
February 37, 1691.
Felix GiOttscKalk, Ks()., President,
■•Automatic PhonoGraph Exhibition Co.,
#16 Park Row, Nov/ York City.
Deal* Sdri-
Referrinc to. yo,ur recent letter in re card to the soventh naabor lor the Board in the Exhibition Company, I beG to aay that Jir. J, B« Skehan, of Spencer Srask & Co*, would Ise " acceptable to me and has indicates* his willingness to serve if hft be elected. •
February 23, 139;
Yriiu' lettpr of 25th 1 113 1 ant, enciosins anewor of the
'^diaon Phonograph Company in the matter of Stats Taxation, has
^eal) flu?3r received. I note that you desire the answer to be i|fGnod by Mr. Edison as President of the Company . The President Pf the Edison Phonocraph Co. > Mr. Samuel Insull. Should the
V^oium truly
?e binary 23, 1891.
Edison Electric Light Company Room 71, $44 Wall St., Mei
I Atwu herewith list', of Canadian • patents granted to Mr* Ediaon for ‘inventions relati^ to eleotrio 'liehtinc e^u.-ao- oording to the record of the Ottawa Patent Office, the same having accompanied your letter to me dated 84th instant. .
I have examined all of Mr. Edison's patents which are in the Laboratory safe, and find that there are no Canadian patents for inventions in electric lighting or- pov/or work included among them. To be exact, there is only one Canadian patent, and tiat is on the subject of telephones.1 . •
Privat e Secretary.
February 23, 1891.
I>lv dear Instill,* _
The ace ourits of ‘the Edison Phonograph Works . BGiMmt the Month Amain. can Phonograph Company are all in shape . ^ fm t0 Pasa on-; It vdll take about half an hour to arrange' . th«Wwholo matter, after which the accounts can be very rapidly completed and handed in. There is no me in Ware going ahead ' am making , regular bills without your approval of the items.
7* BUah> +'he NVA* ?* do'» attorney, ia mWcinc a formal demand
h* Aay Up0n Enton ** accounts, claims that the af- -
y fairs of the H. A. P. Co. are being injured on account of our clel^, uo tint the first day next week ‘you are able to spare a few. moments' time the matter -could bo settled.
February 23, 1891.
Eclward c
Supplies,
»M-IY to loam that tiro quadruple* imtruoento aim found on\ 3P“ti"' t0 to a««tiva, and I roc tot very enrol, that you have boon put. t0 the trouble of repair!*, th,,. ' fhe.e irrotrunente ohould not teve left tiro Laboratory rf tiny „„ „„t ln ^ „
*<*•"“ * «**> fomyou a bill oovorim the
very truly,
March 2, 189;
Mr. Jana^ Hoaf.il,
Superintendent of tfrack,
D. 1>. & W. R» -R. Co., Hoboken,
We desire tp borrow for two or three .day*. V rail- bonder, for use in establish inC a curve on a lino of track which we are w.nnin c in the laboratory grounds for experimental rail- waj' purposes. ¥/e also wish to borrow for the same period a ,rincii har for drawing spikes > Would y ou lave the kindness -to lend us these? If so., be good enough to send them to your
•am whom we will obtain their
anacei’
j°oap Jtodama.
PllDNnrR “ ; ” °f . thS Feb^ mimbai
' m ,Sn> «•*’«■ « «» Laboi-atory, * (
’ -A? aesona nonibai. is ? ijraat inproveBsnt c
C°o a con-
doubt
cannoi
'Se-oi-o taiy .
March,
" Ponn'a* Oohtiehtrntihg Works. V. 8. >erH^ fedq'., Ti'easurer', Mow York City*
„it! „ ' 800.00, *i0B toeether =11 tor Jl, Mo.oo jMta I !»« rtndma! <t;p ydw <jo,w
^ rfV'U“ *- -to to »o, ^
■“ <**.**.<». n. ...,^ rqcaiM> Kd
■oblige
Yours., trul;
March R, 189:
Collins, Esq.,
£-130 Bay St rest Savannah, Ga.
I bog 'to acknowledge with many thanks the rebeipt of esteemed favor of- 23rd, ult imo, in lb inning me that Elect ri
w&d of Savannah awarded the contract for’ Ijho equipnidht of • Road to Mr.- Slattory, the Agent of the Ediso.n General Elec- Company. • I am much gratified to learn that ^tlie : Eirec tqrq ;i Railroad adopted- the Edison system, and I appreciate very Ly the effort which .you were kind enough to make in. favor of
•al Company. Rest assured that neither yourself
this matter and
.11 regret y
stake
entrusting
y on have mad<
Company the equipment of y<
i sa iorm of c onf id enoe o onC or ning
Re Mary S. Chandler Mortgage for §1,000, and in r to your, letter of 27th ultimo, I wish you' would obtain from y correspondent in Honark the following information, which will enable me to clecide what I shall dp:
valuai
of the property which
{2) Has it ever been rented? If
at how much per annum?
i do horises of about tlie same i i-ghborhood rent for per an mm?
character
Your:
ty truly
Ison General Electric Co,
1 enclose herevrith soine correspondence from P. B. Nation to the Sunbuxy Station. I believe .that you miliar than any one else with the operations which rried on in connec tion with this plant and can there - mo as to' the desirability of accepting Mr'.'awu
are more
propositi
Edison originally took‘41 sin dabt of $4,106; he then cense
of stock of
Company
sente dt
holding,
Sepretary
Mr. Winslow Allderdico,
regard to arc lamp' carbons, and would be 'glad if you will sej half a do son of these so that he may ma];e a teat of the smo. iflaich lie toiU «flaBiBnic&te: with 'you further;-
Yours
Milfoil
Samuel I ns nil, Esq,,
Edison .Building., -Broad St Nev? .York City .
“ i' re no nman named Pi or re Richemond, son of t ho
Engineer from *h6m «r. . Bdiso# obtained the patterns for the triple expansion engine* «ili probably call upon you this week to obtain pension to enter the Works .^t Schenectady aid remain there tor * Poupie of weeks, prior to his sailing fbr Trance to resume his duties in^conueetion with the. Qbmpagnie Continontalo Edison/ • He has . *@peatad*y revues ted Mr . Hdis.on t< go to SchenooVdy and
give hi pi authority t< been referred- to you. Mr. Edison, si that he ip doing too much motor work *t Schenectady po render . safe to tills y^ns man’s request and wants you to polite!
wasa him off. His' father ms yeiy courteous to Mr. Edison who: the latter was in Paris, and w therefore vmt to. let .the boy.d easy. ‘
Yours veiy truly
Private Secretary
• ■ ™8 **» *4won Gsn’l. Riectrio oo,
? agfy wa- yrhffj J'^oe him I win cive 'Jjjri ir$ iBcarylis ' ■
Private Saqratans
tfaroh s, X86\1
tiaj'Or S. 5 #120
A d w a y ,
Hew York City
■Dear $Sr?-
Heferringto the waivers of Toy Fhonograp tohTCH! akecutod * Mr. Edison, I. find that there Wo of «wb 4o»J*i* the first two quarters of the f tlpt Vmqp ©«ay. the quarter ending January 1, 1890, a: 33W. 4**? the contract royalties ware payable with: *** *?*?;***•* -****• • The third quarter would ther< .'** A At -and royalties wpuld he payable Jufy soth , An ■m*rteri«oxm*x$. October .a*t ^nd royalties become pay .^th. The .record Shows tJft the -royalty . which we Ver ,tP:,a4W^ «* *** quarter, that is to say, fo:
^ «r 30th • In proof of tJ
#39 «*py of letter from Daniel Wold, Spp/y. Edison -?cr ^U, io inauai,. Aw^t 3s>;th> vJ.
fSM mV? ip * f""*1* <*. M* held on AW
Mr] lmn y,M present m during which . Ipeul *• >»*•? ? "»*■» Of royalty; ^ iqu
f* #»1r>fiWLno»'W> iHyhioh ha
Q fnd I .an interview /
Obtain the
.paps :
I »• — of‘ .
Tw%* "’"”i""! f°- *•**«. Ooiintl-iss. L tm .m
*!»“ -Wntas it ta Mi w eSs..
!W '■"*"* bo a*
T* f***’* °” « *’»*r f-ien. a«,10,
l""‘ * 1^a*' *”&'*>*: «■ wmmute. of profits, W oouM
Ifhar .Alai*? in addition thereto?
, .Jl 3fi! *s® pp&smpe tip
a$ Qfotej] .ana panada.
**P "«•-» «%*** »o»/o»pii«»t«
*Mw, #* 9»tor. a«i» l,ttor ,^,Uo„ rtu bate, nr
i*j» #. riju you „ Um t0 ^ (h8
Pf^t^ || ;^y . , ■ '
Wr. Edison v/oald all ^ toy ..phonograph noehani,
This 'brines into quaatio]
F*>0 relfetionir
?°«ra ypry truly
private Seorstar
March 3, 1891<
Dear Sir:-
Ref erring to the attached, Mr. Edison has requested nfi to write- a letter to .Ran, dewing the statement of Mr. Ullmann’s • advocate that Mr. Edison had given to Mr. Ratheneau, Manager of the German Company, a list of tin lamps alleged to have been im¬ ported into France from America by the Cie. Continentale Edison,
. -,000 t. w thought that yon would like to read the let-
sfer to dictate
comnunioat ion
we re
the answer yourself, as
Ratheneau. when he was here.
Yours very
Private 'secretary
Mi 8 3 V. K. JicRae,
Daar I latiana , - , ' : | . .
toterrtos to Mr, iw. shbaerlption .for i tyaroa of the Capital stock, of yJu:' MuGazjno. tpIEB PHOMOGRA
“T *° *** “■ »« *«•».' i
a°H^ “=«'» °»4* fo-teo, covo-i^ hat:
amount 01' liis aubscnipt
. the same be ins in accoi’danei
T “%Ur * «*>«*•» Piece, ^«eaee
m*m fop..« th;-^;- sto„ ^ ,W(k.
March
Mr. Pierre Riche'monft,
Hotel Victoria, . Hev; York
Bear
Referring to om1 conve: I beg. to advise you that Mr..Ediso] Edison General Electric «o. * does i
'esterday
possess the
tfaoritr t o grant yon pans:
Companj
Works in GcIei
> samel Insull, 2nd .Vice-
President of the Edison; Gen* 1. Electric Co,
Broad St., Mew
the -gentleman whose consent it will te
necessary for
to obtain.
Mr. Insull at his
office. any morning during the prase
lorve
:’odnction,
Private Secretary
•MBHORANDUU' »OR MR. RAWDQ^PHj
Kxporinem
ho Bdi3on Cienerql
Electric Company yci 11 be billed
the follov/ins manna :
Buildings & Fixtures -3H20»694.8G,
per annum.
The total
of exp orimonts Tor the Ed
septing- those do¬
ll add 30X to the deevesa l
jttttl Inyeg tment • i want? a memo-
oach month,
uinto upon whiah ve
March 4, 1891,
am very much. surprised to learn from
3rd instant that you have Phonograph t
lent the Austr: tlye Toy Phonograph Company-, 'ensed under Mr. Edison's pat aits,
1 expense of taking . oat cert)
Patent on the Toy This Company is simply and though they have paid .rt foreign- pat ents, they liave abso- lntelr no ri^ht 40 th» U»ee belonging 'tj-'hr. .
Wiwn, aid they ehoald have.bSen mt ^Hr. Zdison „he„ ^
.ten from abroad. ,r, no, ii ligation ** .
I.y 0MPW, and the' ohan.es are that if they W Mr. Edison ™»„ these original Patents they rtll refuse to git,' then np .«* jir pelled to do so. Therefore if yoa are unable to get thee, back
it will be necessary for you to .obtain • iopies of the patents that are now in the hands of the Toy Company, certified in such. a manner as will render the copies as serviceable * us as the originals, What patents did you send tp the Toy corjppny?
iippn some other pretext, from abroad
Xours truly.
: March 4, 1391,
tasxirer,
N. J. & Penn'
Concentrating Works ,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
3rl instant, enclosing Certificate for 33 shares of the Capital Stick of your Company, the same being in exchange for ny check of $1,800.. 00 sent to you 2nd instant, and in payment of my bill for ,500,00 for property known as the Morris Pond Tract transferred to your Company, deed of which is in yiour possession. I return herewith voucher which I have receipted, the same having accompanida
tlie letter of your Vice-President dated 2nd instant.
Yours truly
March 4,
“ : ■ l.rttir of 28th ultimo,
«» raft*,, to «.«„ ^or 6100 eharee stock
a™ north ta».„ Phonoertph Companf, the oace oavhrttoo to
“"°0’' OWin0‘0 *he . certain agreement between
««=» and loose H. Mppineott dated l,Uy 8„th, I8S9> „a ^ 1 farther aBr0ement dated April i, 18go.
Secretary
- ... v.j>ton, Kaq.
hw:- m'c: DaP't*» Edison C-er.'l. 331ectri Harrison, IT, j, .
Ve find that carbons marked Jan'y. 2? -and jn* on tost ^ us - and yo» correspond!^ order Mo, ffi. - are very Cood. Ascertain iVom Force and Midkmsh wiki-, difference there is' in the ’ carbons. I also want you to send descriptions of orders previously -nt, so l oan, compare-. * ** y0U1. orders, but don't know how
they are done; therefore cannot compare.
. 106
March 4, 1891.
Sidney B. Pay no, Esq., Gen'l. Manager,
Edison Gen'l. Electric G'o., Maw England District,
#38 Pearl St., Boston, Maes.
Dear Sir:-
Will you ve*y kindly sencV me a reply to ny letter to you dated 12th February last, and also return the letter of Miss Annie K. Doak which accompanied the same.
Yours very truly,
March 4, 1891,
Samuel Instill* Esq*, 2nd Vice-Pres't
Jdison Building.
Hew York City,
The Lamp factory is "off" again, the lamps which they are turning out being very poor, and I am now hunting the bug. ■ I cannot and shall not, undertake to put things to rights and carry On experiments for raising the economy from 15 to 20 if present methods are to continue. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
I now ask that the Company permit me to put raj' the factory, who shall report to me direct. He
Inspecto:
orde:
nor will he interfe:
any way whatever, with the
ment, his duty being simply to report to
methods
being carried out accord:
once
Yours very trulj
>anuel
Edison Building, Broad St., New York Oil
It is absolutely necessary that I should have the ont:
services for several months of Mr. Phelps, the ohi.ei' draughtsman in Mr. Henderson's department. Please arrange this matter with Mr. Henders bn if there is no serious objection.
Yours very truly.
oo
March 4, 1891'
its concerning Mr. Edison contained in the
dipping v/hich accompanied- your letter of 27th ultimo are unt:
Mr. Edison is not a veget!
He, however, experiments
then with his diet,
Should he feel ill for' some time he entirely
shanges his diet
to produce a change of the chemical ra¬
the environment, so that
ho quickly feels all right again.
Privato Secretary
112
March 5, 1891,
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
G. N. Moriaon, RaQ.,. Secretary ,
Mills Building, New York City . ■
Wear Sir.1-
I too to acknowledge the receipt of ,» letter of 3rd imtwt, informing mo that at the annual. feting „r th, holders of four 0,TOW held at Orange, N, J., Hontoy, >toh a.d. ien, i ™ elected a director to serve for the ensuing year! This to to signify ny acceptance of the chid office.
Yours t inly , '
Major S. B. Eaton,
irlZO Broaclway , New York Oily ,
Referring to tlie attached correspondence, I do not find, therein any acknowledgement of Hr. Edison's payment of $3,500 for account of tha Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company beyond a paper which purports to be a copy of a. letter from Mr. Idppincott to his attorney, Mr. Bush. The original of this letter it appears from the copy was not signed by Mr. Idppincott himself, hut »por W." Even this letter does not make proper reference' to the check of $3,500 which Mr. Edison drew on August 14th to Mr. Idppincott' s order, but states that Mr. Idppincott paid $7,500 to the A. P. E. Co., with -the request that one half of tte same ($3,750) should be credited to Mr. Edison. Now Mr. Edison did not authorize Mr. Lippincatt to make any payments to the A. P. E. Co. for his account, and either did he agree -with the A. P. E. Co. to make them any advances what ever, beyond the aim of $3,500, which at the time was paid Mr. Edison understood was, with payments from the ^ther stockholders, all the money that the Company' would have to borrow. Mr. Edison infomed the officers of the A. P. E. Co. and also' in-
<0~* **«»'**» * -W
Major S. B,
~2- Martin 6, 1391.
for any further advances. He therefore refuses absolutely to aC^- knowledge himself indebted either to Mr. Lippincott or to the A. P. 13 • Co* -or any sum of, money whatsoever in this connection, and he desires to obtain an acknowledgement of the #3,500 payment mado by him on August 14th last, This chock was dravm to the order of iin lippincott. It appears that Mr. .Lippincott requested the A. P. K. Oo. to credit payments direct, instead of which the A. P. E. Co. hive credited Messrs. Bobinson and Blodgett, Trustees. Query ivero Messrs. Robinson and Blodgett appointed Trustees ty Mr. Lippincott or by the A. P. R.; Co., and v/hat are the conditions of their tirnst? Yfhat kind of an aCkhowledgement has Mr. Lippincott obtained for the moneys which lie lias loaned the A. P. E. Co.? It 'Would seem that the agreement of trust should cover conditions relative to the repayment of this money, and if it does, d certi- • t’ied- copy of the same, together with a direct acknowledgement from the trustees of Mr, Edison’s payment, will lie Satisfactory. • ■Other-wise we are entitled to and must obtain an acknowledgement of the dejbt .direct frail' the A. P» B. Co. The intervention of Hr, Lippincott was purely incidental, lie being merely a medium" be twe on Mr. Edison and, the trustees or ■ the A. P. B. Co.
, ypnrs; very . truly ,
% dear Sir;
Referring to y our
Plant,
— onthoatoohofthatOo^. ^>4raiwaoiiiis
"Sla “8” * W ta wr« pw„nt the
~tlon " ^ *** NaM - ™‘ »
• in order to aealat ftUw,.- «r. ■ Sdiaon oontod later on to a 50X reduction of hie hoMine,
»» 20 1/2 shares. „ the lif„ ^ ^
E'US°“ «"»» twelve hundred doUara „
**" ““ ** OMiC“ “ them to expire. I ^
stood from your first if>+ + 0
■ 1W*er " «- "*»»■ ‘"of «r. Edison ,aa tc
receive stoeh in the „„ compan,. „tho„,
and it certainly seems to » *w4 • >
tor, that suoh an arran8e„ent and no other
a-r. I* tte non atoej be Placed outs ido 20 1/2 shares ;e «* a larde Pr«„, and ^ ^
* T" ** “«*«.. «. mono, which *. '
tdison invostod for th. Sunhurv 0„,TOW io „0 „ aebt by „„„„„
dependent upon
^ng taxed for ,'the
.proceecUncs Court
Yours very trul;;
Private Secretary
118 1
March 5, 1891,
Major s. B. Eaton,
7^120 Broadway,
. , Wav/, York City .
Dear sir:--
I send yon h.rewith 15th prooi * agreement between
*• Eai30n *“ ,to. *“*» s™-1 Co., and ,,.g' „
0«11 your attention to page 7 of'th. same. •
*h, Tina, change »hi.h ahculd be 'mide rea.,.. to work pip.
ibnead outside the Laboratory. This provision did not appear in tS° M0°f f!,°” M’ich i»y. memorandum now in your hands, but
haa b0°- ins*rtM -r- -» *>*■«* tb. ....
T S‘ * ?"TO1"3 Sh°M ^ - *«-«*« as a part « ,» S.P-,000 par year payable to Hr. Hdiaon. Phis ia
The contract givas Hr, ftiaon tb. rigbt to organise his force in
the. Laboratory ior tb. expenditure of , y_. „„„ ^
ior the moment that - are so organise^ and that Hr. .diaon f i„to
1 sgardihg a certain experiment tho* < + v
•that it can ha conducted more ox-
poditiowly and at leas, coat in Schenectady; the aotua! cos, ef
t.« osp.rim.nt ia no, known until i, Js ^ ^
owe that whan the wprk ,» don. it msounted to S5.ooo.
the general Company propose, to that „.,ou„t ir„m Hr. Mia„„-
Major S. E. Eaton.
Mar cih 5, 1891«
allowance . Is Mr. Edison to reduce his force to the extent of five thousand dollars after he finds out what the expense has. been for,Bi8 foreiGn experiment, or how is he t o. protect idmaelf? if he does not reduce his force the effect will be that he will have to pay out of his own rocket the cost of experiment, coveted af, the shops. Jt is most dangerous and most undesirable that the Laboratory ehouW. be hitched up in this agreement .with any otl^ concern. The General Compaq can protect itself by providing that rxo ■ experiments shall be conducted at its shops without special authorization, and when Mr. Edison wishes to take or send work to -"Schenectady .he can obtain the requisite authority. I have altered that portion of the agreement so that- it requires the General Co.- ' to pay the cost of experiments conducted at the shops , riri y ou can •. rearrange the language with respect to special authorization for those • experiments if y «■ consider it imore desirable in the interest of tl© General Company,. t
Iho »>*t ohinss «. is i„ lino. 14 and IS. I have 6,osS,a •"* tte Wrt.! •and.th, .or* to to Son, 6, th. said
Mioon on M.« acoonn. alao ,a aforesaid;-. and inerted' no- .
wits owporno-nt. to to made . for th, north ta.rioa „ company / ** I*0™** to th, tilth section. horoot.. '
Th, third ohmeo is in lam 16, Striite out the words »Th/
****•> ’ «* *»'»ti«nta ..,hr„.fo„«, ot th, esperi- rental labor capacity pf the said-^borstoxy . » .
4 • iftjWBgRh t, g ^ 2 '■ t
The s o two last changes are very important, for the reason that they will show the intention to. divide the Laboratory upon the basis of Labor. I do not think it worth while raakiilC any other
changes in the agreement. Then
3 no tiling wliatever in this
vdiioh vail require any fresh negotiation. That is something, that ' we desire to avoid, and as the contract is now it can be interpre¬ ted in accordance with Mr, Edison's understanding. I do not apprehend that it is your wish to insert in the body of .the con¬ tract- the. schedule showing how cost shall be made up. If a paper something like the following be attached to the contracts and signed by both parties when the agreennnts are reoxecnted it .will I should. think answer all pract'icabra purposes :
Memorandum attached to contract October 1st, 1890, betvreen T» A. Edison and the Edison General Electric Company.
It is agreed by the panties to the above contract that the '.cost of experimentation for tto Edison General Electric. Ooippany' at the Edison Laboratory 9 hall comprise-, the foil owingf
Cost of Labor.
Cost :of -Material .
General Expense (including ordinary recognised experae,- taxes, • insurance, ap-’ pliances arid small tools).
DEPRECIATION
5Son Inves toent Aooount $115,044.86, Buildings & Fixtures • IQ* .on Investment a/c $64,984.70, Machinery & instrmonts.
B. Eaton,
1891
»mto*y Upo„ the basis of direct
product;
w
Marc^i 5, 1391.
Major S. B. Eaton,
#120 Broadway,
New York City..
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith letter under date March 3rd from Ur. GoorGB B. Prescott, transmittinE Clie ok for Mr. Edison' b share
of' the Enslisli Quadruple* royalty . You will notice that Mr. Pres'cott refers to it as the "final payment," and for that reason I send you the papers in connection with the same' ftr your exami¬ nation, the same b'oinc as follows:
A„Bor»nt bstwon I. A. Mlaon, Goo. B. P^sooU Gorritt Smith? iith relation to MM. of. Gt. Britain Ho. 384 of ■ 1S75 and Ho. 197 of 1877,. dated Hay 31, 1877.
Additional agreement between the same parties, dated 12th JanSn°/ l37S by 'which the -.interests of the, various parties . are vested in a Trustee. ' . .
Please return all the papers with your reply, and obliSe.
Yours truly
March 5, 1891.
S. B. Hat on,
How York City
istitute a searoh for tlje deed of
Glenmont, Mr . B&isoj
i si denes
possession. The . only papers which we have liacl in connection with
this property wera those tliat you. sent us at the tine the mortgagi
at the hoxTsoi
New. York.
Mr. Insull if he fcnoWp anything about it,
Yours' very trul;
Private Seoretarj
March 5, 389;
Samuel Insim , J3aq
litre et.
>i' GliRMHOm
Mr. Edison’
(idcai os
Ddla-on Lila
among he:
>apers
the house,
have/ thought
might possibl;
be an the Safe Deposit Lng about the document?
in Hew York,
’ours
mock,
■turn to the Laboratory
leveral v/eo3
xincio:
Jamia:
sams -with imioh interest,
oomplianoi
herewith
rouflh
'atoiy • irhese
made of
are excellent
*’ *’ - al-
,lm6‘ll4y t0 «H3luu,„skl,s desire ana snppiy hiB
' r,hO'l0,:‘''"il' “ ,ou «» iw~,»t is linrop. U con-
Company , x am pro-
abltM *,„*», from Ormi.lUn,, W,onocmr„„ for in tsrrf
W -** 0°»!W 1 -™ r««« u,o letter t,
* °m“ * *» V«*. « am /advising „r.
u-stono*,:, of w ,.«o„ in u,o matter ,» tnisW, .
Youra very truly
w/ ^
C^W/t/^d-A^ . ■ (McO-J^Usi '~^o KpUte? ^d-ct-L,
Ott/MSi? ^Mccu
March
Samuel In:
mil, Esq., Building, Broad How York City
|0nfirm the following' tele
morning:
“Do nothing . in c hear further fs
connection with Livoi finm me. Thoa . A. Ed:
matter until you
very truly.
M. Cert', ! Second Ave., I New York Cit;
Dear S:
! t o your letter of Edison's t ice is ei it is impraoticabl< lo matt are.
inform you tha; own invent ions, sideration to <
Yours truly,
■fViVflt ft ?eoret:4ry
Major S. B. Eaton,
I have your letter of 5th instant .re Thomson- Houston Regulator Patent on. v/hioh Spent' Co. is sued. I. note v/hat you say about sending Mr. Brown out to. the .Laboratory. I think it
to wait, however, unt:
isen the patents
Bousack Cigarette- Machine Company.
Virginia.
Will you vary kindly send to me a catalogue of your machines, and also a prioe list of the same, with the lowest pos¬ sible discounts indicated-. By so doing you will very much oblige
Yours truly,
March 9,
wrth reference to your letter of 61 I «■«,« ,„ Bai3o», th. utter says tut you later as to whether ]ie desires to have out on the Toy Phonograph which In the meantime lie has* Aatort „
stant.
■ 11 advis
Canadian Patent taken patented here March 11th, 1890.
Toy Phonograph Company
yours very truly,
Private Secretary
March 10.
George S', Kims, >
^P2, P 8,|* d, e p_, S. t o,,a t
F/u :Hobo^9nAi N,
My dear Sir: *.
Or,,.- was only to-day tftrt-1 hart the pleasure of re.adirie
yotu, letter of 20th of January, last, in which, you ^.quested me to v/rite to pope Member, of , Coneroadi,, urging,, tho appropriation ,of ^ §50,000 for the Department of Mine, a and Ui»a«. 01 cour3o_ it ,ia trao late to do this, now, Congress, having , adorned. , Had, y our,,, lottpr • reachep, . me inv<se«fo»j, hoyrayer,^ I. would, ■.ha.y©v,,ve,ry (0ladlyy. : acted, upon, ypurj.-3upgoation.:nj:. flio ... envelope., containing your^ cpnuriuni. cation, fell,. l«h'inrt,;t)ip table,. upon which., the Lahoratory,.mail. jo ..... sorted;, each- rooming, , and - it ..vas, only, unearthed and L,opei»ed to.Tday . Recpett ing, that^n^,. letter, should ha^ve had eo unfortunate an ■
^>»Ry^w-5?VBry tpjjljj’,. o H A
Sidney E. Paine, E3q., District Manager,
Edison General Eleotrio Co., #3S Pearl St.,
Boston, Hass.
Dear sir:- •
I . am very much obliged j.‘or your favor of 5th instant, returning Miss Doak's letter of the 11th ult imo. I note with pleasure that Miss Doak may be able to obtain employment ; in your office after the first, of next month. Thanking you for your kindness in the matter
I beg to enclose herewith a letter vrhi ch I have
lived from the District Manager of the Ed:
>pening for you' tin re after, the first of next month',
Yours very truly.
Annie 1C. Doak,
/o Edison Phonograph Toy Mfg. Co.,
•#3 9 Bedford St., Room .3*1, Boston, Mas:
March 10, 1891,
Referring again to your letter of 6th instant, in regal'd to taking out a Canadian patent on the toy phonograph' which was patented here on the 11th of March, 1890, . I beg to
confirm the t eld phone me 3 sage which7- was
to-day, to the effect that
out in the account of the old Edi!
Phonograph
Company
Privat a Secretary,
March 11, 1891
a*®, to. the' attached from Major Katon
•operfcy, Mr. PouCias doss riot. + „
Chandler
Jnj or Eaton' a letter?
March 11, 9:
occurred to
go od t;
Lgnmohts that can't be. found.
MAGUIHR.
I »»ta> toBM, w letter to y on of 5th instant «ioh too atta&od to your rase. of 6th instant in refarrt to the deed of Hr. Raison's ho, no. £ have loosed over the papers in onr safe ^tch «ero received fro, yon at th, tine' the Arnold and Constable .nortcege «, Jn.id, M of tllom oontjlm lhf, ^ .enipti, on that yon rant, an A, * c. »o«,», it„lf is not Oto. safe; the cancellation of it i„ Uv. lidlaon 8„eB9sto tint perlnpo you emu iet o dmefiption of the property Sr«' the resorcin the Oon*.y dtoh's office.
■ (Pj’iy&t o geprot^r/ j
^ ieaa your letter of Idth infant,
SP0P03M °f »» *-»** -***«. «. *'.
“* 5te t0am^ mt’ * «“• —M,. I a.„„, ,
paramap), #0i a „ yoiu,
• «„ ,«,. Haame is f„„ tl)0 .
; ^ «w
“nJr •h9“ * «Hf* *"WP5st, Baisah.P
"t:
Jrancie R. Upton, Esq., General Member,
lamp !.U?g » hep't.* Edison Gen' i. Electric Company,
Dear S:
icl your letter oi‘ 10th instaty
rscard to providing ventilation in the lamp Tost' Room at, the laboratory. He has no objection to your" 'putting a ventilator
ihe roof over the Test Room, and you oart proceed with its
March 9, 189!
Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing C<
We have lad one of your 40. barrel Gasolene Machines
the Laboratory i’i
sral years; it v/orka perfectly
and is one of the moat useful appliances v/e have,
Yours truly
I4rch 11, 1891..
Duko of Marlborough,
Blenheim, .Woodstock,
England,
Dear Sir:-,
Upon Mr. Edison's return to the Laboratory a few clays ago- after an absence qf several weeks?, you r letter dated the 19th of January and your phonogram of same date were b«m$vt to his attention. -
In regard to the suitability of the phonograph for business purposes,- we are using it in- the office here for all our Corres¬ pondence and find no difficulty in getting seven or eight ordinary
business letters on one cylinder, . By reducing the speed of the
, , . . • . per minute,
phonograph to about 80 or 90 revolutions ,^it is possible to get
much more on a phonogram than 'When the machine is running at a' higher, speed, and the' quality of the reproduction is in no way impaired by the reduced speed, ' Che phonogram which will ac¬ company the new style of instrument will have a capacity nearly double that of the phonogram in use at present; it will contain about 1500 words ,
In regard to making corrections : Should it Ip desired to
Duka of MgitthqttailQh
Mttfuli n, 1801,
omit from a letter Bomai'hinfj already recorded on a phonogram* We find that a good plan is to move back the Spectacle arm to that part of the cylinder containing the wordo Which WO deSire omitted, tlien to adjust the recording stylus and speaking tuba and say into the phonograph,' in a loud voice, tadon't write this," or words of 'similar import, which expression will be ’ recorded on the cylinder over the -sounds already there and will be reproduced more dis'tinct ly than the latter. Should we desire to substitute something else for the passage omitted, we record it on another phonogram and direct the operator's attention to it. The best way, -however , is to make the corrections at once* should they occur to« y on while dictating, and in that case it is well for the operator to run • over, each cylinder before commencing to transcribe, as by so doing he learns if t’tere are *iny corrections or omissions to be made and 'is prepared for t hem. ' •
As to the breakage of cylinders, we ‘find that much of this is caused' hi'' tie ors' pushing them too tightly on the brass cylinder.', This letter is being dictated to a phonograph and it takes tip about throe-eighths of the cylinder, tlio instrument running at normal speed. . • '
Yours very truly , .!
J*PlY£.t<) Secretary t
March 11th, 91.
Francis ,R. Upt<
Kaq., Gen'l* Manacer,
Edison Gen' 1* Electric Co.,
Harr:
Will you please send a man to tho Lab orator'/ to cement the floor, of the Pump Room, in the same manner as those at the
Lamp Factory. Please • send the man
£oon
Yours truly
’he Bbnaaek Machine Go<
Preside:
•ones.
Your letter of 8th instant is at hand.
She cigarette machines are for ttsb in ’.Italy*. She Italian
Minister of Finance . is # f riend o t- mine, and ho herb requested war
information' as to price etc. of your machines
which )io in desirous of
•educing
lii s covertly,- provid
lie can obtain t Item On
lonabla ti
vtd a price
which he considers too high.
Yours
39«ar SMc- Gi***,
** "**. rmr ****** *? mk InaUnt B&vr&ea you da ay ft»t«»* of yaatai W®*ttfa©8 14 nt>fc in Ota. S4f0 ut ti -ttow «*»#**» 8 ^pBx.4pti.n «
*P*V»H* SQ?«vt^,
mvoh 13* 1801,
H. H. Windsor, Esq.
"Street Railway Review,
Chi dago, Ills,
Replying to yotV letter of 5th instant addnsaaec* to "?* Edioo*> requesting a description of his new patent on Eleotri « R*y * Motors, I beg to advise you that Mp, Edison has made over twenty different hinds of motors and has not. yet decided Which to adopt. When ady he will be ve«r pleased to furnish you with a ««t, tocether with a description.
Vonrs truly
March 13, 1891-
Major S. B. Baton,
#120 B r o a d it a y , New Y >rk City i
D8ar Sir:
Mr. Edison lias read your comnanication of lath instant.
Youra very truly
Private Secretary,
March 13, '91.
H. M. Livor, Esq.
Mr. Edison has read your letter of '11th instant. He you to let him know when y on are rdady ( at Ogden and he •ight up there.
Yours ve*y truly.
Private secrets xy
Stowlt Ut
?***p m<
* b# «y«J»wa^ga \bp receipt of ymr latter of
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> rov a» Mtsmi? . •
V»ww y#?y iroiy.
^tartsh 14, 1891.
220
CoJ. 4, 9?. Britton,
Vraamw# of Patent Celebration ¥\m,
#1419 0 Smarts**, Washington, j), <3,
Dear $iri»
t m‘lo«3 Wa&itb chaok to rttp> order for twenty -five dollar® ^88), ^ a>«»«rtl»tion to the fnrtd ftar tba Oslo brat ion of the Beginning of tho Second. Gantry of the &#rtO*n Patent System, to bo held in Waa^ton on the 8th, 9th W4 W of rt**t *,ow*h. Ploaaa noti^ *h* fc«, w #„«, copies $f o3ch of the
Memorial and repaid of ^ ohiiGinp
Jows vory tmjy.
Itepoh
jfctjo* S* flatww
MOW yofk
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1891, With % w»odiy»fJ t>4« mrr&m ttQ&Voo Am
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AMERICAN ORAPHOPHONE COMPANY,
Washington, ,D. 0. March 12th, 1891.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, >i«w jersey,
hoar sir:-
We ere recently informed that ypu hold all or some of the stock of the Edison Phonograph Company {which was sold by yon to^Jr.'TGipplneott) as collateral security for a note of Mr. lippin- cott'o for the sum -of $65,000, or’$68,000.
W* doom it proper to remind you in this formal way of a fact already known to you* via;- that we hold an agreement made by Mr. Lippineott, shout the date of your agreement with him, to sell and transfer to us at any time Within 8 years all of the rights ac¬ quired by him from you, the Edison phonograph Oo-. and the Edison speaking Phonograph co.
Reepeetfriiiy &«• •
American oraphophone Oo. k <
(SigSWdl per h,M.P. i
Kerch 3.6, 3891.,
Major S, b. Eaton, '
#320 Broadway,
New York city.
Doar Sir;*.
Mr, Edison hag, mad you* letter at I3^h instant, re Assignment of Edison English Electric Eight patents to the Edison and Swan United Electric L%ht Co., limited, and in reply he has instructed mo to say that we had batter tmi* until Mr, Inauil gets well before taking any action in this mat tor; that the Edison h swan Co. has for years failed to carry out its ^cement with him; and tint the coat of obtaining the patents in section was several tinea greater than the money sent. Mr. Edison says further that, of course he wants to get everything that he is entitled to under the contract? that «be Edison & Swan Co. now finds that eo«o of the patents are valuable, and at this, late day, after reaving to pay for the patents, they come in and want to ssanre them. Mr. Edison not only wants all the money which the patents cost him, but 100 per cent additional, besides the interest On the money i Ko does not know what settlement Mr, -Instill mad? ttitfc the Company in regard to the Jumbo Dynamos,
i ths ao„Wlrt)r WOTts,mis4
letter, and which are as follows:
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Major S« E. BaftOrt,
#120 Bpm4»SJ' ,
ttw York City.
Wear Sir:-
*** Mtew 3w **M y«w lett*** instant, in
which you report a Jot® tg&ic bsit/ooh yos^sejf and str, Bush rsi . E. P« Works Olaim v- B# A* $• Oo., and ho has jpafta tha ibjUofribfir note upon the soma:
“MAJOR: 3 niaply wrote -the siw td hrtte it reiUld ' strike Lippincott; % Aid net Big# it* 3n?poa« I,, hitfi written six different propoadtipnc? to ape sdtififr h* would have accoptott, acedia® to thi£ X yfM& be fcththd by all. iva a nice state of affair# if 4 ta&n ta Bj?«nd on an unsigned rosptcrandap),^
foors very th»ly.
Private Sao«»tjjyy.
MaVoH 10, 3391,
Sanuel Inoull, Bsij, , 2nd Vioa-PrOoidant, Edison Oansyrai Eiefitr.iC Cmpsty H&r York City,
Mr, Edison has received vat# Ipti&r of ldt)i instant, onclooirjg copy of a totter fwfim the EH^tep^in-Ohiof of tJ» Edison Gan'l. Electric (JowpahiS with relation to Mr. Phelps,
The arrangement which Mr, Henderson proposes ia entirely eatid^ factoiy to Mr. Edition, and the l&ttor hty? ho objection to Mr. Phelps devoting one day in each woeUt to Mr. Kdidat^cn'^ wohE.
fours truly.
Private Sooretary
March l$9\.
Minis tor of Finartcp,
I bee to aotoowleclge the receipt of yo^ir letter wT SOtfe, ultimo, which reached me in due course -of mil* ' in now rdlarte* with your netpteot, I immediately commaaicstteil With •(&« BdiioQOfe Machine Oorapany, of Salem Virginia, aching ttejn for itoir lotfcflt possible (inotations on c igarattcr machines for ftae in Itsltf , and | am this morning in receipt of a letter frtja the President ef the Company, Mr. D. B. Stroma* , rsferittiug «*» tp ltoea!«j. Sending itfyi Bruning, of Bremen, Gemtany, who are the ■company’ a iftsnopspn. agents. These gentlemen, the President inftrytes me, are mtstiifc prices of machines to Italy very ,)»* eood are fwppitt$v&& tic with purchaser** an in their 3»a^3»eat Mfty sream. heat* that yon my. be able to make sat iei&otory te?w» with thaw
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'■■***• poto&fele, fetrt ha ft* no chart tfife
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of ’SrmUs,
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Its TiXn j^twnirjg to you fco-djjy the Sail Sondfc* witiob yon vary kxnd3,y lo«na 4 tp Mr. BdiaOn a aftort time ae°« WO wovtlfi like to ko%> -the Sa* fo* drawing opikea a few days apace*, and •Will M»* *» Cfltt 4x> eo mlet?a tfs Isaaf from yotf to thO
Voum very truly
Mawih p.0,1931,
V/oaks :
Kansas City, Mo
I hog to following t.lKmn. onc^ngod
between yourself and Mr. Edison to-day
'Shall
next Monday or
Tuesday. Edwin r. Weeks,
"I aeave town early Monday next and absent about ten days. T. A. Edisor
Yours truly
Privati
J-retary ,
Maroh 20, 1891,
Samuel Instill, Eaq.,
Edison Building, Broad Street, New York City,
Dear
I beG to confirm the following telephone messages changed between yourself and Mr* Edison to-day • :
Mr. Edisoi . call at Mr. Instill eleven o‘ olook.
J Mr. Instill.
office to-morrow (Saturday )
. Private Secretary,
HaT-oh PA, 1891,
z>ew»Mv:
fovin very truly.
X' 55*f., Asa^tant Manager, 23 <1 i * o n a e „ r 2, K 1 e o t r ^Ah(5n9o>tfadyf w. y.
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to ■» ■«»««•> .*» *>Mm JaW too ton, or ,* *,*. j.
<se« hat u» jsutoiaofj, »n, M<>m )S!5-
March 2fl, lfldl.
Samuel Insnll, Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad St.,
I bee to confirm the fo 11 ov/ing message telephoned to you this morning from the Laboratory: i
"I have all the correspondence botvfeen the laboratory and the North Am. Phonograph Company since August 1, 1838 to the present date, copied, and the same will go forward to you this morning by special messenger. “
YOtirs very truly ,
*si
March 26, 1891,
Eaton,
Your two la tt Bra of 24th instant to Mr. Edison, one on the Subject of the Lippincott §68,000 note, and the other in regard to the transfer of Glenmont to Mrs. Edison,' wars received this norning. They will be placed before Mr. Edison immediately
■Yours '"very truly
March 26, 1397.4
M»S. C. V, pon'cit
No. 45 East 54th Street,
Your letter of 25th instant has rained unanswered oTrins to the absence of Mr. Edison,
With reference to the electrical test which y m yotov %&t for Waking certain the fact of death, Mr, Edison regrets very wheh that he cannot give you any inhumation on this subjeotj ha dees not know what the teat is. Should you, howa ver, entertain & £ew of. being buried alive, Mr. Edison suggests a good way to prevent such a thing rrould be for you to wake a will and embody •• therein a clause to the ef’feetJjfe-^jyovt should, not he buried- tint il deoorcposition lad fully set i»,Vr A
Yours vary truly, H
Private Secretary.
. . ^4.
At Brown,
c/o Edison General Elect rie C<
Your report on the' working of Pump Room has been and perused by Mr. Edison.
Mr. Edison wants you to be sure and inspect phosphorous every day in dryer and go over the ground on each item every day. He
not enough in detail; also that you are mil
says your report
taken about marking volts. There
voltage sheet taken even
day; Mr. Upton showed a dozen of than to Mr. Edison last week,
Yours very truly
Private
March 27, 1891,
J« \V« Lieb, Esq . ,
Societa Gonerale Italians di Elettricitn Sistema Edison, Milan, Italy.
Boar Sir:-
Mr. Edison has asked raa to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to him dated 6th instant, with relation' to an exhibit of talking dolls at the Children's Exposition which ia to be held at Milan in May next. Hr. Edison .fears that it will be entirely impracticable for him to comply with the request of the tracing Committee in thia connection, much as he would like to do so, v/e have not, however, at the present time one talking doll, in the laboratory which is in working order, The toy phonograph bu¬ siness is at present tied up in litigation, arid the manufacture, of speaking mechanisms has been suspended for several inbnthS . At the same time Mr. Edison desires me to say to you that Jie will endeavor to obtain a couple of speaking do Ha, and if hd succeeds in procuring them, ' he will send the same to you by Mr. Philip S, Dj'er, who is expected to visit America vary shortly,
Youra very truly , ' .
R
Private
v v — &r-
Bear Sir:-
With reference to yew latter bt 21&t instant address?^', to Mr. SdSabft at Ogdenaburg* request ing info rrnat ion in "regard to an engine and crnaftsr for use in connection With the maoiadatai&ing of the roads of yew township* Mr* Hdisoh has instructed me to cay to y cu ,£n repay that the flrcnnan 0 rusher is the ope need by hits* and, in hie opinion* there is no batter Crusher clada * although there way be cheaper ones which cost more to 'repair ‘than ■tH$y ®jbb wtirtin- Mr* Edison regrets that he is unable to offer any suggest- . ions' in regard, >o an engine.-
y««e very truly*
3. W, Bonnell, Esq.,
"White House Station* >!».#«
March 28, 1891,
1891 <
Major S, 3. Eaton,
#130 Broadway,,'
•Haw York City.
D«ir Sit**- ■
• .your letter of 37th instant, enclosing doe d from Mr i . and j.Sra* Edison to Samuel Insnll • for - Glenm'ont , is received.
. Mr, Randolph has not yet received his Commission as a.. Com¬ missioner of Deeds, and he -cannot therefore take the acknowledge¬ ments'. Of- Mr.. and. Mrs. Edison in connect ion with this document.
Do you wish ma to call in another Commissioner of Deeds, 'send the do etna nt t o Mrs . Edison and have her sign it? If so, please tel^Rhone -m to that effect 'on. .'Monday . morning , and I will have the • matter attended to immediately . Perhaps -.we had better wait until Mri Edison ro turns home; as yo.i know, he Isas' not . yet seen your previous .letter on this subject. . . >,
Yoxirs tasty , '■ ■
Pr ivate Secretary .
March 30, 1891
John Krev
General Electric* Co.
Sc hone
Dear S:
X befi to confirm the following telegram cant to yon by
'Please ship drill to Laboratory and. let ujb know when alternator ready for teat. EDISOH. “
yottrs tnily ,
Pr ivat e Secretary ,
Lihore, Esq., Assistant Manager,
1 beg to confirm the following telegram sent to you thi3 morning by Mr. Edison, in reply to your' latter of 30th inst< in regard to mica:
“Please examine samples more carefully. You will seo they are split to proper thickness ready for putting together and there is no waste. You le< out entirely saving in waste and labor of splitt: to size when quoting price. Please answer again, have twenty thousand pounds in stock, but prices quoted would bs a I033 , EDISON. "
Youre very truly .
Privat e Secretary.
Mafrch 31, 1891,
lands, m addition to which, Mr, Edison found that the rap fur- maned- by the Ogden Iron Company was vaiy touch astray , and he ia t tying to get the thing right. As soon as this work ia finished
idy to, complete the transaction « Yours very truly,
Private Secretary.
Your latter of 21st instant has remained twanewered
otring to the absence of Mr. Edison, who only returned to the
Laboratory yesterday.
In reply Mr. Edison has instructed me to say -that if you will ,
P ra3n at °cdeA ^ that he had been to very great
expense in making surveys tof .the Property. His men are' still on
this work and have it veiy nearly completed. You met be aware
that it is not a v„ry easy matter to make surveys in the High-
Coo rge Richards, Eatj.,
Dover, New Jersey >
Private Seoratary.
' March 31, 1891.
Major a. B. Eaton, ... -
$120 Broadway, .
Npw yoric . •
Boar Sin*
Mr. Edison lias read your .letter of PJth instant, ye Oo.oni/,1 Patents and Proposed Asa igra*mt to Brftah Ckwipany, at london., In reply, he has ina true ted /As to say to you that hs *anta everj'thine'in the way of expinsSfl. that Ms contrast en* titles him to. In other words, he wants all he can get. Mr. Edison Bays farther that he mat Obtain the Electric Railway lioenoea before transferring anymore pat eft tB. He also desired to be furnished with copies of the patents.
Yours very truly , •
«. M, Jiivoi*,
ft Parm * a. concantrat 1 mg- Work® ,
Maxell 31, 1891.
. H. j.
D6«r S'it *»
41; J3r% J^ie on‘U w)<it»at I forward to you tha attfUoasd £*&& hfejor Satan, in r^ajid to at^Haih mining jpi'llanoea ty th* mr&nc XJectpaay, thick that obmj^ny id tte-
>*$#»& nelll^v;. >ftr, &4;uj»a desiUesyou to inject this :ofeehinB?5* aod ^api^jTdodta 16 th hint in Heard to it.
Yonra vary truly ,
March 31, 1£<J1.
i3d Phonograph Co.,
G. N. Morison, Esq., Secretary,
Mills Building, Mew York City.
In- reply to your letter of 26th intst ant, in which you that the Australian papers contain accounts of twenty nickel- in-She-elot- inaohinea being exhibited in Australia by a Mr. McMahon you believe, claims to be Mr. Edison’s agent, Mr. Edison has iastrac'ted ras to info an you that the person referred to ia not his dfi'ent, and that lie has nothing whatever to do with him. Also, itJsvt Col. Gouraud sold a couple of phonographs to a man named \r Ribald, who, in turn, hired tliem out to the McMahon Brothers, %lio- arc show-men; these latter, Mr. Edison understands, travelled with the machines .on a lecturing tour throutfi Australia! they *'iii ted London and from there came to New York, a few weeks ago, a. which time they called on Mr. Edison; the latter, however, had no .ii'anaaotioiis • with . them. Mr. Edison understands' that they were very thick with the Nickel -in-the-Slot people, and if the state-
Mr. Udison aayi
ihoulcl be
down ,
Yours
Private
Major St *■' Eaton,
Broadway New York City ,
Dear Ssrt- ■
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• “■T*1 **“l *MS1‘ M» or „K1„.
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totltrtsn,, tumm-in the accompanying ini*,,,',,. IM.lStt will; then bp flOrepJpte.
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to »«»* to tree, of 3iMl ^ lMat,t
%„« Hidee, this is where njr Greenhouse ip sifted, W &
t0 60 t0 . •>““»' *> .«teM be dnei^d in the aa
w , part of Glonmont, . • '
Yflure truly-, -
The H. B* Claflin Company,
Church St., Worth St. & W. Broadway
Now York City
Your let tor of 33rd xxltimo has remained unanswered.
owing to the absence of Mr. Edison, «hP only returned to the
laboratory yesterday'
In regard' tp sending Mr. Anderson's picture to ‘ the Berlin
Exposition, Mr. Edison has instructed* mato say to you that, he
sorry he cannot consent to this. The picture is already hung in
Mr. Edison '•£
.deuce, and he would not like to have it taken
away.
very truly
jrtiiy that the bearer, G. SACCO ALBAWESE, lias
’ Laboratory for the past eight months , eta ring •formed al.T) tha work assigned to ham in a satis-
He is very anxious to acquire a knowledge of
search of a position y/heite lie
opportunity of devoting hi mat? If to that \?o ro¬
lling and reliable young
and I cheerfully
icamrmnd him to any one in need of such ceryicoo ns he ia dapablo
of rendering.
» omo4
April 2, 1391
Mr, James J, I-’ronheiser,
Sup't. Metallurgical Dep’t.,
Cambria Iron. Co., Johnstown, Pa.
Your letter of 23rd ultimo has remained unanswered owing to the absence of Mr. Edison, who Only returned to .the Laboratory yesterday.
In' reply l beg fro infom y ou that Mr. Edison has not -yet ' placed any of his Ore Milling machines on the market? those that have been made thus far he is using himself. Mr'. Edison has just completed the erection of a plant at the Ogden Mine in New Jersey; it is now in operation and has a capacity of two thousand tons of crude ore per day. If you desire it, Mr. ‘Edison will see if he . can arranger to have a car load of your slag run through the ma¬ chine. They are turning. out at Ogdon at the1 present time about 175 tons of 6# metallic iron, .050 phosphorous, fron a 23 \f, ore.
. Yours very truly,
Private Secretary.
April 2, 1891.
Michigamme, Michigan ,
Mr. Edison has read your latter of '"25th ultimo,
Jlosing letter of introduction from Mr. John Birkinbine of Phila¬
delphia. In reply Mr. Edison has instruct 6d use to inform you
that he regrets there is no opening in his mining 'bti3iness at the
lould place you. It is possible, ho we1
present time whe:
tlat there may be an opening some time in the future, and if
mind. Mr. Edison has just completed
Edison will tear yi
tiling plant at Ogden, N. J.; it
the erection of his
operation and has a capacity of two thousand tons of crude
every twenty hours.
Yours very truly
Private Secretary
Florida,
have your letter of 82«d ultimo, that you »m
visit ua this month and square up amount.
M- o„inB »**. W . . ,tatin<mt „f ^ ‘
”ten rw ■alarr 00”en“d - *1 **»*
Privat*
i desire to obtain a '’life of fir. Edison. " There
little l}°ok pnbl ished by Cassall A Co,, in the World Workers
Sorias, entitled “Edison and Morse; " also another one published
in Chicago, of which Col. MpClurd is tpe author. If you have
got the book» 1 refer to in stock, ploasp give a <?opy of each of
them to hearer, alid if ynU hr>e riht got thesi in stock, please
try and obtain them in Hew York and send them out .to me by th<
You can also send ary other hife of Mis Edison flat
mssaebf
Yoitrs
^rivat e' >
C. E. Spicra, Esq.,
The Van Mo strand Company,
#23 Murray St., New York.
April a, mi. '
Mr. ,T . H. Shun,
She Buckeye Pipe Mne Go.1,
Lima, Ohio.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of 2?th ult imo to Hr. Edison, say iris .that yctt d®3 ire to .use- one of oar 40 light incandescent mohinaa on yqtjr. telegraph line- and about 15 c. p. lamps, and asking if th* machine can be uaod auceeaafully for the purpose, has be oh received. In
reply I bog to inform yon that there ffin he no change necessary in your dynamo, provided that 50 volts wil,i be &U that yew, win. need for tel agraphia purpose*:, fhis you can arrange na aheftn in the annexed diagram, and it will give you both polariiie* jn ad¬ dition to your incandescent lamps. If, Wove i*, you require a ' hundred. volts of both polarities, the amat-dra and field magnet windings would have to be altered, for which purpose w«: ahoujd advise yon to ns rid it- to the 3ohenectedy Ttarka of the 33dieo»
Gen’l. Kleotri-o Co.
Yours very truly,
Yours tntJy
Private Secretary,
Dear- Sirs?-
Tjfith reference to your lettei* of* 21st ultimo to Mr« Edison, advising him that the 6th years tax on liis two British Phonopls* patents, Moa. 7584 and 7582, pf 18B5, mat he paid baforo ■Jvtna 2Snd, and t)u fourth years tax on his two Br. patents oh Pyro-iftagrt&tio Motors and Pyi*o -Mag antic- Generators, imlSt be paid before Juno 13th, Mr. Edison says to 1st these by default *
Messrs, Dyei* & SOely,
#26 V? a 1 I S t r o e t , 'Hav/York Qity.
April 3, 1891 1
sending to you by to-night 8 n iy each of the following books:
under separate cover, one co]
B. Morse
Mjhomas A. Udison and Samue ’’‘Edison and his Ih vent ion a.
fcondeft publication;
Trusting that the
Also a copy, of ‘Celebrities of tlis eontaininfe h ShBtoli of Hr. Edition1 will meet with your approval
1 ara, yoaite respectfully
3M 4Pril, 1851.
a. ft. Childs,
#S$ fteado sii*aet,
New Yottc City.
Dear Si*:-
Your letter of 2Srd ultiiao tea wtoinea unanswered Wife td the absence Of Mr, Edison, who only Miirnsd $0 tha baboratory a day oV do ago.
• in regard to the plan which ym suggest1 for peteordinp tele¬ phony jT^easajT'^a, Mr. jUlisen Jaad instructed p» to say toy on that , iS l&n siQti were 'to ftyeak any parJ;io'xlar ta>pd into the phonogndph. •, "hallo11 for 0xamJ)W» thOro wodid bp no rasemblanoe vrhatatur in their notords , Thid is accounted f6i« by the- .different shapd of each rasp's mdttfch, teeth, etc. etc. 2! ha s$une word uttered by
different peys&nb does not 4d\we the bap© vibrations, it would aom, therefore ? that your plan would not work.
Yours truly.
Private Seore tary .
' i /’ -
■ KsU>
April 4, 1S91.
A. J. Knisaly, Baq., Secretary,
Barrian County Horticultural Society, Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Dear Sir:-
Hr. Edison has rsooivod your lottan of 28th uMino, 'rttl:f1°h •“*—* “r • Pass.d St . rso.n, .
““T °f "" Mi0hic“ *•“ Sooioty, prot.,,^
" ?— • “ ** on ths
Sabbsth*
In Moard to w stntmsnt to «, .HW, that th„ oh,ima|i
,,P ”” af””“i4 *— *» that tho snori.ah
Inventor ntntionsd tMrsin a8 odossd Ms EaWstony *
Uto.faM. Litton „„ dnna^. u *. WiB0„, 4„ ^ „ your qnsstioiy „ *, „h,ti»n t„ ^ ^ ^
stmctM « tf aar to yon that ha dot, not hno, shothsn th. stats- «.nn.a to is tans on not; if ,* Edison Psni. „.«hlt ,as not open on Snip.,, Hn. Edison doss not «*..*» his nspnss.nt-' atitvodosoa ^ „„ rtl.eimg ^
on •» ondon fnos. Hr. Edison, ,„s laM„
Expositions on Sun**., ^ ^ ^ ^
A. Jo Khieoly, Rsq., Secretary;
to visit theni, attd in. his opinion thi Managers of tlief World,' Pair would sate & great mistake should th ey decide to close
■tba Exposition .on. SitndaySk
YOiirs very truly
April 4, 1891.
Oscar VT. Maddaus, Esq,
#197 Pearl Street,
Hew York*
Your letter of- 28th ultimo, enclosing a sample Of fibre.
has been duly received by Mr. Edison, who has flaked to thank
Mr. Edison ia thoroughly familiar with this Class of fibre, which' In referred to as the “Monkey -bast* from Para. Ke lias used large quantities Of it and employed it in connection with many hundreds of lamps. It is not a3 good, however, . ds bamboo.
yours veiy truly.
P»Jva %tt sepreta
its
April .4, im.
&• ‘'SEatfcina, 3?b<j., Secretary*
’Executive Committee for latent Calibration, Ko* $11 G Street, Washington, 3). c.
3»**.JJ4rfc> '
X beg to Acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 31et ultitoo nddrossed to Mr. Edison, notifying him of hja §ppgintv*ent at* an Honorary l£ce~Prasideni of- the Oongyooa of Invent#*? ityid Manni’acttirora of Patented InVcntiona,to be h<si4 in Washington on April 8th, 9th apd 10th, fo)j* the Celebration of the beginning of t l*e -ihxsond Oentwy of the American Patent System. .
1 Peg ne t to say that Mr. Edison is at present absent from home and is not estpeotad to return for several weeks. It will therefore be imprectidable for him to attend the Patent Celebration fours very truly, •
Mac ter G. Herbert Simpson,
East Berkeley, California.
Dear Maate)
Your very interesting; let¬ ted in the absence of Mr. Edison
of 27th ultimo
With reference
thereof, I would
only
who has longed t<
is it other globes than our
that journeys to
planets would be made possible. At present
the difficulty is to obtain sufficient f<
to throi
the limits of the earth’s attraction; for although Mr. Jules Vei
.d this in his novel "Prom the Earth
ild produce, to
oannoi
woven
attract:
i on Id be landed.on a planet
by caret
of the mocenl
,fraid the. dangei
volved in such, an attempt is likely to prevent its boing tried
Just yet, because if the car
luld wheel around the planet aimed at in al:
indless oirclesj
not to speak of the difficulty of maintaining life on arrival
Yours very trul;
Privat ■
itter of -4th instant addressed t.
inform. yon 'that ym will find, a detailed linetBiy^y-th* voltjne •embodying the propead- »«£! .of the Amolri Can Association for the. Ad-
ii» held at St. Lohis, Mo., August 1978. esiatanefl tja^VAnometei’ will won! well if the irith VIheat3totte Bridge.
Yonre very ^ruly
Secretary.
Altfil 8, 1891*
Dear Sir:
Mr, Edison has- read your letter of 3rd instant, in regard to the insertion of the forfeiture clause in the N, J,
Iron Mining Co. Mt. Olive lease, and he woiild like you to explain
to him what this clausa .is and wherein the danger lies.,
Youro very truly
Private Secretary,
0 harass ifetthej bp, Bsq . , #33 Yfest, ,25 th Street, New York City.'
■Replying to your I^ter of 7th instant, received this MliVHihB, in regard to the lease of the Putnam County Ope phoptePty, 1 ** *»fom y*ni that Major Ba$»n -obtained this docnrieift from
mo On the aist of January last, before J had an opportunity of making copies of it. i telephoned Baton g, hevrta #tis morning &ld leamod that Major Baton. was .absen®, Mr. MeadotftSMffc, however, promised to have tha lease looked up. and a copy of it made and
sent to your house to-day if possible. I explained to Mr. Meadow- oroft that you ware urgently in need of it, and ha promised to do the best ho Could.
YOura truly,
' J • Fronhe
Ma ta3. lure ical Dap ' t . Co., Johnatovm, Pa.
letter of 7th instant is at hand.
, Edison las just .returned from Staelton, Pa., where they sd to him the /matter of getting the iron out of the Bessemer
to try and accomplish this by his process and
up with a plant. If the experiment
furnish your Company with a plant
Yours
Privat esioFeti
Prancis R. Upton, Esq., Sen1 1. Manager,
Lamp Mfg. Dep’t. , Edison Gen'
Mr. Edison has read your letter of 8th instant in
regard to the arcing of lamps. He notes that in your opinion
riot in the carbons, but that
rurmihg the lamps too low on the pumps. In reply Mr. Edison
says tint perhaps you are right, but you have better oarbons
Yours very truly.
April 11, 1891.
R. R. Bow2:er, Bsq . , 1st Vic a -Pros i dent.
The Edison Electric Jliximinatinc Go. of Hew York, #16 & 18 Broad Street, New York City ...
Your letter of 7th instant, enclosing copy, of a com¬ munication addressed by you to Mr. John Kraus i , is before no.
I havo from the very beginning- down to the present time always been in favor of assuming that the electric light has come to Btay, that the people will have it, and that a stub- service should be laid at every junction box. Great care, mat be used, however, in capping the end of the stub service* There is no question whatever about thfc great saving it would effect in the course of five or six years.
Yoltrs ven' truly, ,
in
m
mm
April 13, *891,
E. 0. Felteih. Esq. , pupH,
Pennsylvania Steel Company . Steelt on, Vpt
Replying to yot m letter of 11th install* to Mr. r.dlaon,
please send the .sample of Bessemer Converter slag to the laboj
tory*. Orange, H,
and very much oblige
yonr3 truly.
private geoyotary,
April 13, 1691
H. lit lAvor, 33s<j.
M, «T. & Pem’jt. Concentrating Works,
Op-a&nabxvrs, M. J<
Dear Sir!
than by loiter*
Youra very truly
Private Sooreta ry •
April
Mr. Edison lias received your letter of 9 th iristant,
in regard to an instrument for locating mgnotio iron ore,
Sloe instrument referred to fn Mr. Edison’s letter to you of
Nov* 7th, 1889, is not portable enough for ordinary
accurately the exaot
designed for the purpose of locating
for sinking, and it wpuld not be valuable for , rough
l“or simply locating t1*3
ordinary dipping
needle, to be obtained of any dealer- in Surveying Instruments,
quite traffic lent*
Yours vary, truly.
Private Secretary,
Private So creth
Dear Sir:- , '
Your letter of 10th instant is at band.
Mr* Eflison has tw processes for duplicating phonographic reoords. With one it is necessary that t te original? should bo taten on a special Kuchina. With the other vb can Obtain fvoca thirty to fifty duplicates, providing tha original is good, fhe cost for duplicating cylinders is, 65 cents each. The pro case ia' complicated, end to only duplicate at ths -Laboratory,
Yours verj' trnly,
Mr. H, K. fliranaa,
MO. 54 Chester Park,
Boston, Mass.
taltfnel Mciuitfc-
ClWl
($n«wic:fo
/
iantusj ihWai,
* Herewith Certificates Nos, 75 and n of
Electric lerpcdo Compaq,' for 20 share a and i0 .fcarac, respectively, fhcae oertificaeds ttd*o brought to Hr. •pdicon by Ur* *. Scott Sims. -ho desired the former to enl-ortbe at $5ti fetch i\>r the shares named in Co rt^oatg Ho. 75 *■- ?,q ^ >Jtober, the proOfeHla of Vhiel, ware to be paid into the tlwaaiii*
** *“ Sira8"^^9» forredo Oh. As nll inducement ft>r %
to tm thaw shares Hr. Sinjs offered him gntfis the atee* certificate #9£ — 10 shares in number'. Mr. Jidiabn gained tP 4b to the at.oc*, offering you his ri6ht of' subscript i or hi* ^hioh .yon availed yebrwjf. ®hes* eertificatas afe therefore yhwi* properly. .Kindlf ^knowledge fertaipt.-
3W>ttra very truly
$>vi,'y.A t«f fjaero 'ia.ry
April 14, 1391,
Now York City
Respecting the copy sent y ou on 14th nit too of letti from the American Graphophone Company,, dated Maroh 12th, 1891,
regarding the' right of the said Company to purchase certain
ihterestf
Mr. Lippineott - that is to say, the Edison Phoi
Speaking Phonograph Co., I beg to adv:
you that I find no acknowledgement’ has been made of the rece'i
;his inl’ornat:
miliar with the facts. No action will be taken except on youi’
Yours very truly
Private Secretary,
16 1 -rii3UU, J3a,j , ,
0. Box 3,067,
I enclose herewith £
” . “ ‘hit ad lOt.h instant
received by Mr, Edison from Mias v u
Mias V. H. McRae, the Manager o-r "SM? PHONOGRAM. u Miss McRae ^ ,
-3 seoUng advertisements for hot
"~i“ “ tes - «w. ««.tw ta,„01rtw
for "The Phonogram 11 the Co. The publication i
■ ' “onsider worthy of support, o„a » *» Sivo» it t.,o temaot„rt,K 0MW,s ni_
thV"ly -“•» - th. totter rf iMmJc
to UM for by irae b„„ „ „ ^
h°?e tlV-t y™ wiU find dt 'your power to throw some of the aClriai" °f thS **«*™*- C°* the pages Of „** ?H0
fours very truly,
April 14, 1891,
pv S. C. Felton, Sup**., .
I PemW/rlymia $isal pompgtuy,
! elton,, Pa.
Doan Sir.'-
la reply to your latter of 13th instant, 1 bag to Bay that the 100 tons of ora will be shipped from the mill to-day.
I do not understand y<Avr ana jy a is. I'lttj iron seems to tes too low by one unit, and th? -phosphorous? is far too low accordMie to •Uie analysis of £f if ford in Itev Y ork. Howovav, when yoit rooeiya the 100 tons you etui take a general sample! In samplihc rannsmber that the larger particles by the jolting of the Cars will come to the top, and as tJssa ?.ra the ones that contain the silica it, will be batter to sample the material after it has been cMmp ad from the cars.
Yo^re very truly ,
April 14,, 1891.
Miss V, He McRae, }J anager,
'* I "r. « ? h o n o g i' a !iia u New York City .
Deal* Miss Malice, -
Mr-* Edison haw road your latter of 10th instant and ho regrets very mach t)at hie engage manta arc aaoh lie cannot arrange at the present tifffi for a .personal ' interview* He take a imaoh pleasure, however, in forwarding’ t.o you the enclosed letter of introduction to Mr. Samuel Instill, in compliance with your re¬ quest, and I have to-day Witten to Mr. Jnsull, preparing him for an iirterviov/ with you and saying a good word in favor of “She Phonogram “ as an advertising medium.
Hr. Raison will bo very pleased to do whatever lies in his power to assist your enterprise, which has his best wisher, for slice oss.
Yours very truly ,
Private Secretary.
April 14, '1891
-f* Parrott, 13a<i., chief Electrician,
Haml Qmrtoi'3, Mr* Dejartmajit ,
Chicago, 113.3,
Hoar Sir;-
Mr. HcUsoh doaivffs u» $o s«jr in reply to yonr latter of 10th inatant tliat as ho has never personally iqpkoa After the de¬ tails of exhibits in previous Expositions, ]* has no data to cuids him in mamxtfiB yonr question ra^rdang floor space , Ho cays that the- best posted man cm aleotHbal exhibits ig Mr. Y7, J. Hcmi- mer» Tawil* Cowt» Beckman St., Mew York City, who had charge of Mr. Bdigon^ display at the .last’ French position. f.Ir. Harbor has boon at the. head of nearly every electrical exhibit dhpi**j the lust ten yoari and would be w exceedingly valuable msm to yqn.> Ho is d/ring penarRl electrical enejinaefing work «n York and is not identified with oiiy particular intarcat.
YC(u*3 very truly,
Private Swvpt&vy-*
Letterbook, LB-049
u™fcle“e:b0°k C0vers the Period APril-June 1891. Most of the letters are by Alfred O. Tate. There is also correspondence by Edison, Thomas Maguire, John F. Randolph, and E. W. Thomas. Many of the letters relate to Edison s work on an improved phonograph and to legal and financial dealings among the various phonograph companies. Some of the legal correspondence ^°nc®r.n.s the legation involving Edison, the Edison Phonograph Works, and the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co. In addition, there are numerous etters pertaining to the business of the New Jersey & Pennsylvania oncentratmg Works, including the leasing of mining properties and Edison’s vestments in that company. Included also are documents concerning the company s relations with the Edison Phonograph Works, which supplied it with ore-mining machinery and equipment. There is also correspondence relating to the Edison Manufacturing Co. at Silver Lake, N.J. and to the manufacture and marketing of the improved Edison-Lalande primary battery. Other letters deal with electric lighting and with the establishment of billing procedures for experimental work done at the West Orange laboratory for the Edison General Electric Co. The front cover is marked "1891." The book contains 700 filmed^ ^ 30 mdex' APProximately 25 percent of the book has been
April 3.5, 1991,
Charles Batohelor, Esq.
-33 West 25th Street
New York City,
I bee to hand you, i,arewith p special messertc<sr the copy of Profile of proposed tirb 3?e$tN Railroad from P. * ft. C,' b 1, Co’s Ore Mines to the end of the ftailr'dad at -Oroft kino, nhich you asked ibr yesterday when at the Lafidratgiry and Which was received this morning from Mr. Birkinbine.
priyatb JSOcrol
April is, 1891. .
R* 0. Kinkoad, Esq., President,
The Kentucky Phonograph Company,
No. 246 Fifth 3t., Louisville, Ky ,
he,ar Sir:-
I have your letter of 9th instant, in which you ask for information concerning the improved phonograph. In reply I take pleasure in informing you that a model of the mi phonograph has been made and tested, with vary satisfactory result®. This latest machine ia the result of all the 40 axmuiaW experience gained in connection with the regular instrument during tte last few years. In addition to the present size of cylinder a mailing Phonogram can also be used on the improved machine, the ctonge from one to the other being effected % a single movement. The large size cylinder will hold abou* 1500 woyds and the mailing cylinder about 400. The instrument is a very handsome one - much finer looking than its predecessor; it is very easily operated and has been pronounced fey experts 4n the as perfectly
satisfactory in every particular, in ^e mdohine are embodied 41 the improvements and mm9VB that to desired, euqh ^ a
good stop and start fd * to*! £er indi^ti^ phe»
ti$ end of the cylinder ie rOftohed.
,n the Wwxtartlon .X th. »„ M,Mm M the
public, J » sorw x ..nnot ym w m tMs
pci*. a. I have nothin .ha,.,,, * *,h ^
»f ti. Phcno^aph. m, prcin.. bains t0 ^
**■ ,0” "■>" «» tocwcau Phcnc^h 0..
ata.*. ox th, aro-bcti,, .r phchC^a,. ** 8ltM it „
tahiho X., ,h. introduction of th, l^ovna WMh., j to „*
W. I Astana that th.ro i. ,oas „„cmitatio„ ^ on
thS °0W’ 1 “ *•»*»«■ i» rocpTO tc it. ox euro,
I - very mch int.ro. tad in navi* th. „.« lmvm)nt M..M ta
th. haul, ox th, public, but a. in, trot.* in ,M a„^ , ^
40 MU* “ ttet “"•*»«■ *»«* no «.th«i B„
York Corajiany. VI
yours vary f.ycnly t
April 16, 1891,
Mr. B. s. MofYat,
Lackawanna Iron & stool Oo.,
Scranton, pa.
Dear Sir:-
Renri^ to your letter of 13,h imtmt , ^ ^
H “ "* “** » — ««1* your „ew
!00, ». have hod an interview wit), Mr. Clarke artf hove
“• arr“0'”“' t0 100 — « - oonoentrates for trie! it win to fo rwarded to-norrov or next Dia y0„ „
analysis of the want,!, I „,nt to you. Ih8 .h,lsist to ^
“ amly‘i' 8h0’,“a ■0S0 P”°=P»oroue, but the Pennsyl-
“ ^ **“ -005' ”™ — *■ • — - aomwhore of „•
"1*“ 1 *“* “» — P^tes carry .060 instead of
.005. • ,
Yours truly.
If
April 16, 1391.
H* M. Livor, 33a q.,
N. J. & pa. Concentrating V/ork3,
Ogdensbtirg, N. J.
Dear Sir:-'
Replying to your letter of 14th instant, you need not feel any anxiety whatever about the sale of our product. I saw Mr. Clarke, of the Lackawana, and he astonished me by saying that he could use the material in his furnaces, ani that it would not blow out; tint -the price of 7 cents was perfectly satisfactory; * wanted me to send 100 tons right on. I declined payment for the first 100 tons. He says that we will get a fair show and that they are prepared to use the material. I am doing some work for tto parties to whom we have shipped these samples; it will take me there quite often.
Yours very thuly,
April 16, 1891,
Mr, Jas. J, Fronheiaer,
* ' Sup't. Metallurgical Dap' t.,
Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa,
Replying to your letter of 14th instant to uv Secret cry, I bog to say that I an following this matter right up. There is no use making two experiments. I am going to ship a machine to Steelton for the purpose of making preliminary experiments. They have forwarded me a sample of slag, which they say is the run of the dump. Prom, the experiments which I will make at Steoltoh I shall be able to construct a plant that can be used for working these waste dumps, and it can be duplicated for you.
I send you by express a sample of concentrates which are being made at our mill at Ogden, N. J., which has a .daily capacity of 2,000 tons of crude ore and an output of 500 tons of concentrates per day of 20 hours. Please analyse the sample and see if it is valuable for your rise. We are charging seven cents per unit for
the iron, delivered on cars at Ogden, N. J. My impression has
been that the freight would not permit you to use thrse concen¬ trates, but some one was telling me yesterday that your Company was putting in pn trial a plant of the .Ac|am? j^ess, and that t] AOflW fine oWl I have ’ Elyses ^ of
these concentrates. One chemist cave 66 metallic iron and .050 P*o.ptoTOS. a. ps,™yivanla stS8l rwrta 68>S4 n9t4ijio
»~n, «. oMr .005 ph„phoraue. Jhepa la #<u-]r a ^
I think the material will carry .050 phosphorous.
Yours very truly..,
^i«ii*^l^4^aB*5aiasaaa
April 16, 1891.
Sawuel Insull, .Esq,,
P. 0, Box 3067,
Nevr York City.
• Dear SirJ-
Our experimental bills for this year are all held lack pending n settlement respecting the basis /upon whioh wa should bill experiments for the Edison General Electric Company. As I understand it you have already agreed with Mr. Edison that these costs* shall be made up as follows: Labor, Material, General Ex¬ pense, the last inoluding ordinary general expense, appliances in use, taxes, insuranoe and small tools. Nothing is to be allowed for depreciation.
I wish you would kindly confirm this at once, so tint we can make our books up properly. When work gets so far behind it takes almost a couple of nonths to cateh up.
Yours very truly,
April 16, 1891.
H. C. Deeming;, Kao.,
Harr is burg Pa.
Dear Siri-
^pVinc to yonr tottor of uth instant, I beg to oct “ 1 t'° ”°'! k"°” «*>* «» manutaotunao, a,**"*,**
instrument • I beliave Mat that, i..**, maims, a *“* -Wt. in Haokettstown, N. an, teB snch _
Tbioh I think he would sell.
Yonrs truly,
I
John H* Wood, Esq., 18 & SO Lib
April 16, 1891*
9 V t y St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
ViU yoU pl9aaa forw®I’d ^ Major a, B. Eaton, No. 120 Bow v„t Plt>. . oowlet8 u.t of ^
roiawo. ana proMrty in Uaaaliyn ,**. aaM hta a oob) w M» one »hi.h i. on m. « th. haboretory, ana .blob aho*. . total insurance or #14S.*»: aharaaa tho attaabsa list, ronwdoa t. «. b, Major Baton, shous a total of only 573,500.
Eive this yq«r immediate attention.
MW. Edison has Eons aw and win j» absent about a m0nth< t>P«n bar „«nrn ah. -ants all Mliaia. ...arm* bony proparty ' Placed in her hands.
Yours yery truly, ■
y
•vs
April 16, 1891,
Major S, B. Baton,
#120 Broadway,
Hew York city.
Dear Sir:-
The li*t of insurance on Mr. Edison's residence end proparty in Idawallyn Park enclosed vrithyouT letter of 13th instant is incomplete. The total insurance is $148,900.00, whefeac tte list fomarded to me 1* yoturself aho#* a total Of only $?2,500, I have instructed .Mr. Vood to sandy « a copy of the am iist of polioiea.
Yours very truly,
April 1&; 1891.
The Staten Machine Co.,
Hailroad Place & Commerce Street,
Newark, N. J.
Dear Sirs:-
With reference to your letter of 13th instant, you have been misinformed in regard to a portion of the Phonograph Works being available for- outside work. While we are not usin the whole of the factory at the present moment, we may at any time require its full capacity, and we therefore hold it in readiness.
Yours truly, _
April Ik, 1891,
My dear Shaw,-
you au, richt about tha Sunbmy buolre„,' md ,
T ^ 3U0COB3 ln 00™*°tion with the reorganization.
" tells me that Wilson Howell viaited Sunbury ^ mde a
not invest any fresh money «
Yours very truly.
. ' ■' "'v - ^
Private Secretary.
V.- ■U-
p* B. Shaw, Jjsq.,
Williamsport, Pa.
April 18, 1891.
Samuel Inaull, 15aq.f
P. 0. Box 3067, New York City.
Doar Sir:-
Reply ine to your latter of 15th tetont, I ,*0 to w ““ «t the time the Toy Phonograph Co. „„ ,on5ia.ri^
Of fo„is„ lieenee, th, prt0e thot ,hey >or# ^ ^
roo.ri.too by Hr. Rdi.ou ,„d,r . ol.u.. ln ^ tt>
Hcht linl* th9 s™ * hundred thousand
(oJOO.OOO). I havo no memoranda upon which onr ootioiato was
was simply tho result of a conversation between Mr.
““ *hieh 1 >“*»>»'» to embody in . latter to Mr.
Stevens before any action by t„ Tof 0mpmr,, ^
abroad, m order that our view, ,„iei,t I* thoroushly underat ood before they comsitted thameel... i„ any w. elated by
admlMM * “» Company , „ propose
as follows: four-fifth, of tbs same to Mr. Kdteu, '«pr,M„,i^. on*, station of royalty, .M one-fifth „ th, Mi,„„ Pho„oeraph Horns , representing commutation of imnufoo ttar ir3 profit.
Yours vary truly.
MeBaro, Dyer & Seely, #36 Wall St l»
April 18, 1891,
Hew York City,
Dear Sira:-
I bee to confirm nv verbal inst motions of 16th in to the effect that I do not deaire to liave my Portuguese Ore Milling patent worked.
Yours very truly,
April 20, 1891.
P. Brewster, Ksq.,
Grand Hotel,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Dear Sir:-
Voiu- letter of 1st instant tea regained unanswered Ortnc to the absenoe of Mr. Edison, who returned to the Labor.- tory only a few days ago.
In reply Mr. ’Raison haa instructed me to say that it must be obvious to you that every one who first wont into the electric motor business would necessarily conceive of ha vine a Cearless motor. She reason why cearless motors are not used is, that to get the. same power as with gears, they have to be, made enormously' large. The Westinghouse gear less motor would simply pull a bob- tail car on a level; on a slight grade it would get stalled.
Ymirs truly,
Private Secretary.
April 20, 1891.
Sm M« Douglas* Esq.,
German National Bank,
. Newark, H. J.
Dear Sir:-
With reference to your letter of 14th instant addressed to Mr. Edison, the gentleman who negotiated for the puTohaset of the Silver Lake property from Mr. W. Q. Smith, infortns us that there was no agreement tliat Mr. Edison should pay half of the tax for 1890. All of the conditions of the agreement have been ful¬ filled.
Yoi^rs truly.
Private Secretary.
X-4
Thomas Eclaat oi), j}sq>>
school MM*,, OolUBblll 0oUaeOi
Apitil 20, 1891.
St. .* Po„,h Av,„ SmYark'
«o ***,, omy . j™ :r ““°n' ”■
»= •“*« o»ir eot , litu„
‘•W. • oroohe. „ «, ^
a Mt «»"W f*ir lropooo.
Private Seoii^
62
SdiBOn Un ^ Monograph oo.,
G* ”* M°riaon* ®3qt, Soc^ertahy,
New York City. ■
Dear Sir;-
• Refer^C again to' you* lettey of . copies of net-i + < * f "lth Ulstant> the
i°“’ ■l’ooirieationo „a drart . .
*»« n.oei»M „ ... , „ *"**» “n,ll>“a «»>«n,
attention. « *« - »- *<W.
• *°r ffere Atoned to. the 0fisca n,
r bm "wrtM ,or” - - — jr* t “
exceedingly that +h < reived. 2 »cr9t
• tlat th0 “***«*• occurred ^ t *
you ao inconvenienoe* ^ 0aUaed
^ ®iao„ .w. ttat wtMt, m ^
8«> ««. 395, 900, OOO,^ “
inventions eve** * a,,., ' W’ °f tte
•MtaW «J4».V eni ■ ”* eami(>i *" th" "“WWK
vnoie nlr ' * -van tin
net^o .
Vowr? Yfflty truiy t
Pacific Phonograph Company,
San JVanciaOo, Cal.
Dear Sir
instant,
1 t0 confirm the receipt of . ,
ipt of your telegram of iStjj
reading as follow*:
»»Q*h *»«„ ^ ^ to ^
M» m*W pho„wh» *, Io„a. Js u aUrlijbtt
Pacific Phonograph Company ^
#323 Pine St., San Francisco, Cal.
Dear Sir:-
I bee to confirm the following telegram sent to you this morning in reply to your teleCram of 18th instant, the re¬ ceipt of which is confirmed elsewhere j
"A^l right! The instruments are tlnir property.
!i A* Edison. «
Yours truly,
April 20, 1891.
Samuel Insull, Esq.,
Edison 'Building, Broad St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:- -
Vftth reference to your letter of 23rd March, with i*hich was enclosed an extract from a letter received by you from Mr. Philip S. Dyer, in regard to a Children's Exhibit ion. to be held in Milan next month, and at which it is desired soma of Mr. Edison's talking dolls should be exhibited, Mr. Edison has in¬ structed me to say to you that he has been trying to obtain soma Dolls for this purpose, but has not succeeded in doing so. Ihe toy phonograph business, as you are aware, is tied up in litigation, and for that reason Mr. Edison finds it impossible to obtain any dolls. He has alrwady written Mr. Lieb on this subjqot in reply to a letter which in received from that gentlenan.
Yours very truiy ,
April 20, 169a.'
Goorgg P. Kingsley, Esq.,
Orange, », j.
X •»«... herewith tod fr„ *dia ^ ^ ^ A. Muon, 4W1W M*h, IMp, „,• . tract of tans aitrated
t°"“hlP °f »• J- pXeaae hav, thia Weep record
after which ratam it to tHa offioe, aw oMip.
Private Secret;
d>4
April 21, 1891.
Samuel Insull, Esq,, 2nd Vioe-Pres't.,
Edison General Electric Company,
New York City .
Dear Sir':- ,
I enclose herewith a memorandum in regard to the cost of experiments for the Edison General Electric Company ^ which I wish you would be kind enough to approve, so that our authority for billing may be complete. This basis was agreed to at an interview between Mr. Edison, Major Eaton and yourself, held at your house about two months ago. The proposition that cost should include the items entered on the attached sheet emanated from you, and therefore has now, practically, your approval.
I desired to add to the allowance cade by you, certain charges for depreciation, but these you declined to admit. I therefore turn to your own proposition and will be glad to receive tliis authority at an early date.
1 do not know any better way of recording our understanding - and I take it for granted that you agree with me it should be re¬ corded in order to save trouble in the future.
Iifi a great iqany instances, oping to a want of a proper pre¬ liminary understanding, we have suffered serious delay in obtaining
m
settlement of experiment accounts.. We want to avoid this in tie casee of the Edison General and the North American Companies.
When the time comes we will obtain a similar acknowledgment from the latter Company.
Yours very triily,
StaUel Inaull, Esq,
April 21, 1891.
Private Secretary-
April 21, 1891.
MEMORANDUM RESPECTING EXPERIMENTS FOR the EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY CONDUCTED BY MR. EDISON, UNDER CONTRACT DATED OCTOBER 1st, 1890.
It is understood between Mr. Edison and the Edison General Electric Company that the cost of experiments charceable gainst the latter, under contract named, shall consist of the ageregate of the folldwing items:
Cost of Labor.
Cost of Material,.
GENERAL EXPENSE (This includes ordinary general expense, appliances in use, ' taxes, insurance and small tools ).
Approved
Second Vice-President.
April 21, 1891.
Richard N. Dyer, Esq.,
#36 Wall Street, New York City.
iiear Sir:-
Mr. Edison lias asked me to thank you for your mjmo- randum of "Authorities on proposition that in the case of a "license agreement under a patent which provides that the license; "shall pay the royalties upon certain dates, and further provides "that on his failure to pay, the licensor may terminate the license "agreement by notice, such license agreement can be legally termi- unated by the giving of suoh notice." He read the same vat h much interest.
Yotyra very truly •.
Private Secretary.
April 22, -1891.
Mr. Hermann Claudius,
a/o Mrs. Janata,
i 13, Vienna, Austria.
Reply to your letter of 23rd ultimo has be on delay ad owing to the. absence of Mr. Edison.
You are entirely mistaken in attributing to the insulation the trouble mentioned in the newspaper report which you quote, in your letter. The insulation holds out splendidly. The reason the lamps grow dull is because the carbons change their resistance. The trouble is entirely with the lamps, and the street mains lave nothing whatever to do with it} they have now worked satisfactorily for nine years. We have more than 700 miles of tubes laid and we never have had ary trouble with them.
p"''
Friyate Secretary
105
I ro a,d ,.w,a _y ,
I beg to confim the following nesaage telephoned yon ' offioeJ;this nwrningJ ; v.t-sr oi.‘ :!'!*.!■. ivi’itaut < r-wr-r.
“Doll: Company,. .deairpB to rompye some., wrapping paper * 'whioh, is. at -the .Wpi’ksvandr. which; .theyr themselves. : . ; * purchased originally.. Shall ;We;fle;t'tlBm.iiave :it? : . We did npt attach., it.,,,, A» ,0A>J!ate..«, j th„
Private Secretary
April 22, 1891.
107
, April 21st, 1891,
Thomas A. Hdison, Ksq.,
■ My oliont, Mr, Theodore J>. King, of Drakesville in this
h“a r?°«ntly hoard that you are contemplating the purchase from the Board of Propreitors of Eastern New Jersey a tract of land (or the mineral* thereon ) near the easterly shore of lake Hepatoong and a short distanoe north from tho Poroito Powder Works. it is Mr. King’s information that the tract you thirds of buying includes *r°rtof his. tract of 198 73/100 acres, whioh was conveyed to him by Krama 1. Moller and husband by deed dated November 27th, 1882, and recorded in the Morris County Clerk's Office in book Z.10 of deeds on pages 859, Ac, Ip order that you may hot be in ignor- anoe of hiq rights, Mi*. King desires me to write you that his land is a pan of the "James Logen Thact" of 1119 acres, whloh was reW hed^ under f "West "Jersey JooationMn:the early part of the last century (August 22nd, 1715,) the return being recorded in the Sur¬ veyor General's Office at Burlington in Liber B., on page 41. from that time to the present thetitleto thelogan Traot and the eoveral pans thereof has been passed from hand to hand in regular succession, and the entire' chain of title appears upon the records in the Morris country Clerk's Office, dorm to and including the deed to Mr. King. I am aware of ,o ourae that the Bast Jeraet Propriet¬ ors claim the logan title is hot good as against- them. This claim of theirs is disputed by ‘Mr. Kin*' and by the several other parties Who olaim under the logan -patent. But (not to go at this time into the question of the record title ) it is capable of easy proof that tho whole of Mr, King’s land has been held in posession by him and those under whom he claims title for at least fifty years now last past. The greater part of |his land is how fenced in and occupied for farming purposes. Another part is not at present enclosed by boundary fence's, but this part also was fenced for thirty years or more,, and until a few years ago, so that Mr, King's poaepBory title to his whole tract is as we think 'Unassailable .
Mr, King trusts that you will not seek to’ claim "any title in opposition to'4hio, aaffcis would only necessitate a litigation to establish hie title, which haB now remained unquestioned for 175 years.-' And I have to request that Jjefoire you complete your in¬ tended purchase from the Bast jersey1 proprietors you win satisfy
youraoif that tho lines of Wil?. you
no part of the laijda Mr. King’s 'deed, kindly favor me with
you seek to acquire a reply, and oblige
ore
Yours, &e.,
(Signed )
Mahlon Pitney.
- jtotfii hs, li&'i.
Edison Phonograph Works-,.
Hr. Henry C. Ware,
Orang«i ft. 4.
Dear Sir:-
yfbo h>aio%itog ljk dl' it tibltjamo tie Bsagof ra'0*d. .from Major 3>stOu *-»-day in -to air., ihtjuiry oonodhning
ire removal of %W5£piii£ foy ’tlfe S?o# COmpiiWS-
3d .^R ^ M' the
4^JJJ ydili^r 'it, t*n>rtnflp Hi
% a fin -ffe# <^4si*r?' ’ Bo*
fW '&%&& '#&? m *• 0 Maoi
# i» .^; fitwfr-to W>* ‘db»**MsW>*
<m}Y >
$*%■»?» ft * p#***,**! ?
34. assi.
^aPa* Tfcterhotzaa, Winterbota 4
*°* 1 *•» Cou**> ^rey St.. J^»a^3 ^
l^ttidon, W. C. Bnciajja*
Saar Si***:*
J »«E to oonftB, tte, *„»***,
Wotot, *w*Mto. ^ „„ ^ Mitttorta;_
J?9 /y. B4ippn.
Wloasa
2*>ntkm, ^prii .2*, return deed?; *dai^r aerw»ia.
$3$1.
5? ty»P»*n9y, fiomn.* &*&»,"*•
L9tter mailed ^isow.<
*P?il 24,
Yotns
^^2
‘*S^.
■•trSfr'
-April 28, 189^,
J o h n. 0 t t ,*•
Instruct the Might Watchman that he ia to allow ’ absolutely no one iso onto** the laboratory after closing hours at »%ht, tmltBo thoy present ar ordsar from you, Mr. Edison oi i myself, Alfa that ahy feresich of . this rule W3111 cost him his situation.
April ?£, 1891.
Allan Danvers, Esq*,
Jianacing Director A Chief Electrician,
The Ancle- Portugese Telephone Co,, Limited,
Lisbon, Portugal.
My dear Sir,-
About tvro years ago you addressed a phonogram to Mr. Edison, conjointly with Mr. Souz;a, and the latter's expert, who were passing thr ouch Lisbon on their way to South America. •
It reached here in first class condition and has ‘interested a great many people*, ooming as it did from such a distant point.
I have thought that you might be interested in learning how s\ie- cesaful Mr. Edison Ms been with his process of reduplication, and l have therefore fomirded to you four copies of your original phonogmn, whioh I trust will reach your hands in safety. These pore made yesterday after the original had been in constant use for about nineteen months.
Yours very trply, , '
149
April 38, 1891,
Majpp £. p. Baton,
Edison Pull dip/;;, Broad fktreet,
Her/ York City.
Dear Sir:-
1 enp lose herewith answers to questions asked by the Department State Board of ^saesaora with aspect to the Edison Phonograph Works. I have spread these on a separate sheet, so that you might put -them in different share on the return itself • if you consider it desirable. The refnm should be signed, by Mr. Irtsull as treasurer of the Works.
J wish you would kindly give me all the particulars in regard to the increase of the Capital from $600,000.00 to $1,200,000.00. The proper entries have not been made on the books.
In answering the question with respect to the amount of capi¬ tal invested in raahufactttring, I have entered tin full amount of the stock that has been issued, you of course understand that a portion of this stock was given Mr* Edison* for the right of manu¬ facture. Thp balance of the stbok which wap sold for cash, repre- oonts straight investment. The assessed valuation of the Works property if pot nigh, but is fully compensated for by the rate of ym?.on Yflh*83 between ep4 3# of tty fin punt assessed, youjjs yam truly, 1
I enclose herev/ith letter from Hr. W. S. Mallory, in oomeotion with which I wired yon this norning follows
"Walter Mallory writes that lie lias offer to Blake sale of his Chicago hhsihess to advantage. Is inclined to sell, provided results with Ogden ore warrant his going ahead in Michigan. He mat announce decision to-morrow. Wire him di¬ rect No. 7 Wedt Randolph Street', Chicago. A. 0.
Yours vary truly,
Thomas A* Edison, Esc*,
N, J. & Pa. Concentrating Works,
Ogdenshurg, H.< J.
Har'knaaa Fire Extin/juisher Co., Wo. 77 Y/est Houston Street,
May 1, 1391.
New York City.
Dear Sirs:-
Hep lying to your letter of yesterday's date, the small room which your Inspector refers to, is in a comer of the Laboratory Lecture Room, inane diately over the Library. It was constructed merely for temporary use. As explained to your representative, we will have the roof removed from this apartment, whan the sprinkler above it will, I assume', afford anple protection against fir*, The matter will receive imnediate attention.
Trusting that this will be satisfactory I am, yours very truly,
Adolph Halvoraen, Esq,,
Bergen, Norway <
April 24, 1891.
lily dear 8ir:-
I have received through Messrs. W, Iff. Nurlbut & Co., of New York, your esteemed conmunioation of 8th instant, in which .you inform me that, together with your associates, you have de¬ cided to call your new steamer, at present in process of con¬ struction, the "EDISON, " after myself, and asking pjy sanction thereto.
I give my consent to this with pleasure, appreciating a3 1 do the compliment to nyself embodied in such action and the mo¬ tives Which prompted it, and tended to yourself and associates
my sincere "thanks foT the kind expressions contained in your • letter, together with ny bdat wishes for the success uf the.
*jSdlson,'
Yours Very truly,
* May 1, 1891.
smel Bjaiai, 2nd Vice-President,
® d 1 B ° n « 0 » ‘ 1. B 1 9 C t * i o 0 0#>
•New York city .
My dear instill, -
Referring io the attached, I have always in-
*’"*«*’■ • r*«tical , think the
"1*<" «o»PW «.«ld „« him., 0h,ek r„ mw ao,_
*“*' Shore u. no reason ln aoinij „ the?r aiotttd join «iu tonlu pv ofer to hove them make tho present on their on aocount. Mease return Ur. Sm„.a uttm mi M m ^ ^
Yours very truly.,*.
Hay 1, 1891'<
Seunuol Insull , Esq . 2nd Vice-President,
Edison 0- e n » l. Electric Co.,
New York City .
tty dear Insull,-
Jn reference to your letter of 35th ultimo, m regard to Welding, it is no trouble using an ordinary low volt dynamo to do this, work, but I have not given it any par¬ ticular attention, because I consider it "small fry" business. Even under the voiy test auspices it has not proved to be much of a success.
Yours very truly,
■ ' — >
'Oft/S-* 'CL.
M«r 1, 18$X,
Ma^or S. B. Eaton,
#120 Broadway, New York city.
Bear $ir:-
ttv. Edison has read yowl latter of 24th Ultimo in re^ajrti to the transfer of (UenraOnt tb Mrs. Edison. Ad soon as -thi3 Matter is entirely ^bomplatod, Mr. Alison Wants all the papers connected with (i.t, such as deeds, insurance policies etc., put together, to hand to Mrs. Edison, who desires to keep them in her own safe.
Yours very tjiudy,
' * w_
Soci^'fcai’y *
u.
Mar 1891.
My dear Mr. Adams, -
I have received your kind invitation for dinner at eight o'clock Thursday, 7th infant, to meet Colonel Theodore Turret t ini. _ I am coins away during the early part of the week, but eacpect to be back by Wednesday, and if J pan pos¬ sibly arrange niy affairs it will give me Cr£at pleasure to take ad van t a^e of your kind invitation, ■ I will lot you know deficit - ly not later than Wednesday.
yoitre very truly,
.. , „ •**•* ■ r?
Edward D. Adams, Esq.,
#455 Madison Avenue,
New York,
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Samuel IrtaWil , Kail.,
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tfeai* Sir!-
t send ytiu herewith two statement* Of acoottn* afidin&-t the' Sdioon 'PhOtiogjhaph Soy Mffi. Co., which are identified by the latter A ttncl 6, hunting respectively to ^.O^S.SO, ana §g,55&. 13. a total of $03,, 65?. ©3.
lx), regard to statement K, Cost of Manufacture shown $3 &M&, 55, da a ledger debit against labor and material, and at tit* sole¬ ly to tl.-e manufacture of the various parts' of the <1011. it in- ■ Olndes labor and mate-rial for 10,000 movements and bodies de¬ livered -and billed. gelded to this are general atoned, depreai'*- ation and profit, which shows that the coat of manufacture for the whole period during which we operated under orders from the Toy Company was $6 «, 430.66-. Of this amount we liave rendered a bill i'or $Pr9P?.*0O-t leaving a balance due for undellyared Completed P^rts and parte in various stages of manufacture, of $4t,ti87.66.
#9 km in our Store Room certain raw material Which IWpiaae.d allusively fop doll manufacture. % imp %hia WrtWt'W W ^WW at tho price 0am %n the inyentery 0 the
3* *• -2- itesr 4, 1891.
a^Ul^WS, hw total coat of special tool’s an Bhov/n in the ledger, id $25,957.68.
t
j&S&S HBK&RRBllt'^RonUl of Y/ax building and Do 11 building oxple.ih ihowselvna. Under the two last heacto the Toy Company hao bean Charged simply t'o r tho apace oocupied, and 1 have brought the account tip to May i, 1R91, for the reason that notwithstanding the attUohmanf. Upon their goods, ws have never accepted these in lielt of cash. We simply retain them as 4<&V lateral Security and the Toy Company is liable for rental while they are in our pouaeasion, the same as though t hay did not te cli¬ nically belong to the Sheriff. Statement B shows a? balance dbe oh bills rendered $8, $&&.!».
In discussing the question of settlement oh compromise' with the Toy Company , I assume it to bo their intention to remino martn* facturs and to adopt the neWnofl^i, Proceeding on tinoe lines 1 would suggest first 'in regard to
P B P ? I T
The amount of profit to which wa are entitled on the whole business (% w'pji ineltiding bills rendered) is $10,BB0.11. 1 think we
ongljt to naive this 'amount.
MTiUUAh. All this, with the adaption of material repress#* ting a value Of 93, would be available for (Manufacture of .
itfe npw ropdel, can therofor© make art allowance on this item of |5,^7,8P.
& L ,
May 4, 1891.
inWory motion of 4M*« tools i8 M •
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tfoold aij&vtdoriett Vith Olti fadiW.i*ifcii«.»^'fcii4ifevJ»6e.^ JooW ^Wikbw jfc, nCvH^l— <1/ |S £ Sov.fll liiveHtkry vdltot ,l6h Of all tools- 4w! 149; 34,“^
Oust ’as pfeP ludftor-'
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wxceds of iedgd* coci Over inventory) v&lUatibn. 1 j $ G , 80S . 34
*a can of course allow the item, Tool,, available for ««* ««Wi
o 6,890-. S a
And oa your purpose is conciliatory I would in Consideration of all the Ciromstancea, alloys the difference )»tiVSen lodger cost and inventory1 vai«-
*1W °f ** ***— '"~ . ™™ 6,808.34
Sotal credit— . . . "?ia^78Y“
This effects a charge against tha Toy Co. of the inventory valuation of Abandoned tools—--. _ _ 12,358.84
926,957.08
A'fflUTCgffifrt, To obtain a satisfactory settlement, I thin)? we could well afford to dispense with these three items, segregating; $1,978. 66. • As to bills rendered, these win. have to etena Just as they are. The allowance aytf be made in the state- dint of unliquidated damage- (Statemen| A). In cat tine out the profit on all the. manufaot^o, yre of g cures practically mate an allowance. 4,0 the extent of profit on dOlla hilled. There are no Otl^r itoroo on si thgp hf ih«aa ^ate/nenta which to my mind wo Chpld under any cir^numatnnqes y/s.yrqf
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To reeapitdldte
AW 4, 1891.
Of iStat.cfoent A- — >-> - §86,098.80
I sdgceat deditotiorta aa tolloW:
W63?i - -,...
Ra\r Material- -
Special 1'bols -
InttmjQt and Rental-
-$10,580.11
- 5,747.89
- 13,698.84- -,9?8. Qfr„
Balance cine On Bills Tot
Q. $53,093.31
Rendered- - 8.559.13
a 1 ~^61,552.44.‘
H, as I hade intimated, it ware the intention’ of the Toy Company to resume mnufactnhe, we could, in my opinion, afford to’ accept the last named amount - that is - $61,652.44, in settlement ' of all claims. !■
Y.ours very truly,
May 4, 1891.
Major $. b. Eaton, •
Edison Building, Broad St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir':-
I return herewith letter of Mr. J. Adriance Bush whieli accompanied your favor of 27th ultimo to Mr. Edison. The certificate of stock for 6,100 shares of the N. A. P. Oo. which you refer to in your letter, is stamped -Issued for Property Purchased.-
Yours truly,
Privat e Secretary.
IVhite, Esq.,
HillG J3dg . , Rooma 18 & If), Kev; York City.
Dear Sir:- • ,
I bec to advise yon that Mr, Edison has referred you letter of 27th ultimo to Mr. John Muir, Manage* of .the Railway Department, Edioon Gen'l, Electric Co., Edison Bnildine, Broad St,, Nav/ York.
Yotas truly,
Private Secretary.
May 4, 1891.
Major S. B. Baton, •
#120 Broadway
New York City,
Dear Sir;-
I return herewith the opinion 0f .n-Chnno.llor aw aatod 25, h ultimo, which was cnclo.ed >om of ^
instant,
-mnce.ior s opinion refers to a question of lav/, Sb°“ M’S"h 1 *“ “* «»» ♦« .von was aw doubt. If
2** °°"1W **"* ^ *“* “ ■«« «*m. to accept •
“rV“° “ ‘ roit tm an accounting under the contract, m of
«* «-.!« i=, have they got “ ae'“' “ ** - - *««««• «. of la*. It appear, «1S t.»t wo lavs a oood fiohtin, c chance to prove tint they have “ c»0h Poraon hare. X may, of course, be mistaken about thie.
In >■“»- »««. and I therefore bring “ f0r y!™r B any evont *0 desire to ho!,
2 r“ “ Wi0n ** * - PbssibW can do so. fh.ir
” St-^4h”° “ «**-*, for settlement.
Vouro very truly, . ~W:
■■ - ■■ .
May 4, 1891.
John Muir, Eeq., Manager,
Railway Dep't., Edison Gen' 1.- Elect ric Co.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith a latter received by me from Mr.
R. T, White. I think Hr. vhiite is vary anxious to bring soma of lois inventions to the attention of the Genemi Cranpany and tlmt he has been unable to see the proper official, tfo is a cood mn> aid. as he does a great deal of street oar v/ork, it might be de~ . sirable for us to work in with him. As you Will see, his office ia in the Mills Building, and it might be well for you to nail ahc see him, or hen & him a note anc* have' him cotie ahd sec you. ife has built, two or three roads I understand..
Yours very truly.
Maj' 5, 189 1.
Rioterd N. J*ar> j53(1>t
#36 Wall Street New York City.
Dear Sir:-
„ 1 ** *° °0nfl™ * -» «o Von
L.:.r~;::;rr:r:rir
Yours truly,
Private Secretary,
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May 6, 1S91,
?r£moic lu %Wsy, Ssq. , President,
T5io OrdneB C^oss TpW & Bloomfield ftV* Co Orange, R« j.
I lave received your lotto, of tmtant and have Siv.„ iu.truMion.fcr tto remove! „f t„, ,mef ran >Mch yoi< ”1" to, and the restoration of the Mac* to it, ordinal tition. The matter rtu be attended t0 „ wiy ^aetioahie.
very truly,
■z.£s?
May 6, 18,91.
W. S. -Mallory, J3Sq.,
a/o Anderson Hotel,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
,hpar Sir:-
Vour letter of 5th in at ant was received by Mr. Edison thi,» .aftarnpW; and X beg to confim the following telegram' which he sent tp yeti pi reply
u?iette*' ;Juet received* I have not ©hanged ny ad^ae pjinee first telegram. The furnace men are taking kindly to Py© and we are shipping. All X £aid to S warts was not to rush' ahead too quickly . T, A. Edison.'*
Yours truly1,
Private sec'y.
/
#44 iii*oad &t., Edison HujJeUtta, Wow Ygrk City.
3?ear £ir:- '
Re Attaohaent {Suit v ibff do. iti** Sdiaon has made. tj30 following note upon your letter Of 5th ihst&nti-
*1 fjuese we better tie it up a year if it will only coat $3PQ. Edison.#
iquho ' veey truly*
May 6, 1891.
Sd^rM l). .^dams, flay,,
•#455 Madison Avomie,
Now York City.
Dear Slp;-
Referring to ny letter of Sntl instant, I will with great pleasure avail itself of yoilr kind invitation to dinner at eiGitfc o'olonk to-morrow (Thursday) evening, and will bo glad to
• May 6, 1891.
fta8ft*9. %er£ Seely,
# F? .1 1 ,
fla^Yarjc Qipjf.
Dear Sirs;-
Kth reference to your letter or 80th eatimo to (Jr. Eaieon. i„ record to the application of John ,. l0i„hal}i 183,859,. on OomLMor. fto Electric 1»,M, sto)td, JtoaJly
rejected, (Jr. Editor ie of the opinion that it wnld to wdeeo to prosecute the claims further.
Yours vary truly,
Way 9, 1891.
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to 7 " ^ U3el6SS t0 Pr°8e0Ute +'h- CJalmS *■***> ho ^3 to -day & Sooly to that *«•„*. •
Yours trujy,
250
Vgr jS, 1891.
• MW? ra • ft fte fyy ,
jtyf? #1 a 1 % $ t r o o t ,
Neyr V«»X City.
9s 9^3?-
Mp* Wda the follow noto/^pon your
l8t^i' ^ 2Wl ^*y*’ 4n »«*« to *he appeal which .*0Qh 301Be ***» a$> from the decision of the Jjfcmincr to the ?oard of Exwine^ i}) Ohief in Hr. Ediaop's application jfo. S45on a process of ^netic ..potion, and in wh*eh the dcciaio* of the Examiner yas nffiroied by the Board:
above
htf6^9 ia a ^^orencc . j&jy final product
onl, G-STi^ “
I return l»Pev*th the papers which wwmjw^>ow letter referred to..
Yours vans' truly,
Major a. b. Raton> Ma* 7>
Edison Buiioinc, Broad stl,
Wflw York City,
Dear Sir:-
'r ioyot-
* »*». *. »*, te8 ,lready advised yw
of the no_oti ° a peri0d as pwotioabla, pendinc the eoa.pleti Madden. ^ ^ * Mr* *th Mr.
::z^zr- ^ “• - *-
Works in r i 33 9”’ 0i PP0PeHy novr atov°* at the
or'Ist ln Paply to which I beg to submit the -following;
^ the “°°r“ °f tcyc.wm aco,p
«th l*sh,„ism. or ,, '07° "n" «»»«'
„ tte r’ ”* a"™‘ re»» id a parti
p , ^ ~ — - .
«« room M iar which „ an. ohM-ging Ul„ „ntel.
of , *lr;‘r b'“i% ,h*” ~ -o„ «. casas
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S. B. E.
May 7, 1891.
Toy Company* This is the property that is covered ly the attach¬ ment above referred, to. The title to the above property rests with the Edison Phonograph Toy Mamifac tur ing Company'.
<3) There io other property at the Works, consisting of completed mechanisms^ and parts in various stages of manufacture, of which delivery lias never been made, and which appears in a statement that I have prepared and that is now in Mr. Insvtll's hands. The claim covered by this particular statement is knov/n 1 in legal phrase as "Unliquidated Damage. "
how in re surd to whom this property belongs, you will remember that tlie Toy Company's contract for manufacture was made Y/i'th Mr. Edison personally, and subsequently was assigned by Mr. Edison to the Edison Phonograph Works. The Toy Company have never directly participated in this assignment. They may be comitt ed to it by implication. Such evidence Yfould.be furnished by the correspon¬ dence that passed between the Toy Company, the Works and .Mr.
Edison, all of which I turned over to Mr. Lewis. It is my im¬ pression that Mr. Lewis and Mr. Stevenson decided that the title to this property rested with the Phonograph Works, but of this I am not absolutely sure. We liave taken no action against the Toy • Company v/ith respect to unliquidated damage, 0ur claim against •them oovered by attachment being for the balance due on bills ren4ered for goods delivered. At the time this question of title was under discussion you may recollect ny suggestion that Mr, Eclison and the Works should vest in a third party su<Jh interest as
26o
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aitlwr or both of them jnicht lave in the tracts in order to frustrate any move on v/ith respect to the question of title.
Yours very truly,
May r/th, 1891.
property tinder the oon- tho pat’t of tlie Toy Oo.
Private Secretary.
272
T. E» Taltavall, Ps<u>
THE ElSpttiUC AGP,
Nov; York City .
May 7, 1891.
Dear Mr. Taltavall,-
Eeplying to your letter of 5th instant, the name of Mr, Edison' s residence in Llewellyn Park, is "GLENMOMT. " There is no dynamo on the premises, the current for lighting the lamps, of which there are 500, being supplied from the Laboratory. The grounds embrace about fifteen aore3.
Yours very truly,
Private Secretary,
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?• S. Perry, Esq., Treasurer,
He w Jersey & pom*a, Concentrating Works,
Edison Building;, Broad St., New York City.
9
Dear Sir:-
We begj to confim the following: message telephoned t yon to-day:- ’ *
. *(?he following telegram has just been received from Georgy Richards, Dover, Now Jersay; '■Hope
Mr.- Perry will be "able to see me to-morrow (Tuesday), aa I will have- important engagement for Wednesday . and Thursday. Geo. Richards,"
above telegram was addressed to Mr. pdison.
Yours very truly, EPISOM LABORATORY
May 11, 1891.
Morgan, Esq., ’ d/o How Haven aiook Company, i'law Jluvon, Com.
Bear Sir:-
». Miaoo is in receipt of a letter dated April gstl f~» Uv. H. g. Salter, of the national Siena Company, london, a-sland, mneeti,*, inflation in reBard to the loom sto»Be Sattani, and «*«, ttet the reply he cent to yon, ao that yon conic, ooicmunicete pith Mr. Salter hy o,hle, ahonld yon dean it naoaaaaryo . •
Sdiaon has aaked me to eay ' in reply to Mr. Walter's ****** that he ia not using and never has used any of Mr. logan'a battaniee. He ia therefore unable to give any info ration eon-
°^iMe tlWm: • IVlma inte**<* at one time to erect a plant of thestf bhtterioa *t the Wctoff, W i, arranged naa never carried out. Comeqnenfcly Mr. Edison Mows nothing as to the warlto pf the Cell. " .
Yours very truly,
May* 18, 1891*
"William I?, Curtis, Plsq*,
Bureau of the American Republics,
Bep't. of State, Washington, D. 0.
Bear J3ir:-
Vith reference to your letter of 1st instant, aa Mr. Edison had no k^ovrlodg0 °f the request of His Excellency, the President of Chili, for a phonograph, he referred your communi¬ cation to the 3?/<lison United Phonograph Company, Hew York, the Company controlling the inst runeirfc ha Chili, and through whioh a phonograph for use ha that country could only be obtained. Mr. Edison is now in receipt of a communication from the United Compare' to the effect that they have no knowledge of His Excellency's rdquost, and asking for additional informt ion on. the subject.
Mr; Edison would be pleased to hoar fram'ycu ihrther in regard to the matter.
..Private Secretary.
Yours very truly,
May 16 th, 1891.
John K»,
*l««rlo oon^w,
Sahem<jtady,
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Kdison .
i«l „ ■ , ' B"pl0‘ « to.uu.lng rtotor.
iai., of which ypur #2 socket.-
catad i °r 08 ^ reBd0‘ t0 ^0 Avid
cated or improved upon. I have bee.. wnr>. ,
' %inS on the material and have several compounds, which, X think
’ anewer, but in order to test the materials completely would like t
, * aould some of the
washers or base, fro» oaoh watorlal. 0sn yoa h„„( „
Ornish me with one
f the moulds or dies %ich you use for this purpos
1 Also if you
n «i« » an l.oa « the In whloh yon naad.th-u praotlo,
1. .111 greatly Ualljt.t. my .ork, as I .an ^ mur_
lal to tho prooess at moulding no. naod, without raqulriog of apparatus. '
Ypura vary truly,
353
1(5, 1^91.
H r. X 4t n n e 1 1 y
fy representative of the American V/atoh- HU^^id* Company Polled on n» in New York on Thursday .last, arid regret that we were wt nsi^ their system, v/^ifh wfoimiy VP O^loyod at the ^abo^^y. j understand that on e lop trip ItyJjt m-fwM with the wires Nadine to the indi- eator and fused th®, and that the break was never repaired. The Vateh Co. say that they wi;u Go to pp pxppnfy t« jpnt the system
’fl 'iiW,T’£h W°mnc 0rder fw "3» Do it d^ft^e
fer :--s to have, this done?
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tetaWity! Wt #*&MgSment we are Jiist eomplet ivg *& *M> & Mtiftffytt HtMp Springs tract, I beg to say
to fla-Ht at an early day for acquiring
Vfo&typ M to it&s frights together with ah
**4*$ Meta 'of land in that
i p m f*m ^position,
m that, Mt yffivm# % hw&mdmi*k' k
WWW at your mee t in poqfflfjtfy ift*&
fimaanittos to receive from me «# frmHlWfy to i fw ***«» before your wxt meeting* a# ^ tity fWftjXhW*
aa you may see fit to give the 3aid Cocjrqi&i^*
Hoping it will be agreeable to you to authorise y<ptf tive C&imitt.ae to deal with me, aa above suggested* I remain
Very truly yours.
^Z^ffijcMAAA. SlM
May MH.h, 1801
H. M. livor, Esqt,
Now Jersey & Pa. Concentrating: Wftrks, Ogodns'bhrgh,
I bog to confirm- the- following telegram aent you to-
. "Work begun on screws this morning expoct to express Thursday. letter hot yet received. . ' jj, y/,.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) 15. W., THOMAS.
May 19, 189;
Major S. B. Eaton,
Edison Building Broad St., Wow York City.
D»ar Sir:-
I encaoso herewith for you* infarction ooW 0* *
1S“" “i0h Mr> Mla“ — M« to «. B„,« ol
Props- „ tors of t.l» Boston, Division of Hs» J.ra.y ana *hiilh
* **•“ - *• Goodrich, the Snrvefor of w
*" ^ - «» *onrd tholr
to-day.
Yonrci very truly.
COPY.
B.
Orance, N. J, May 18th, 1891.
To the Board of Proprietors
of tho Eastern Division of How Jersey.
Contlomen,-
Sinco writing my letter this morning I have received further information recording the land of the Logan' Tract and have decided to make you the following offer, viz.
1 will pay you ten dollars per acre for the mineral right for an additional thirty acres, extending ten chains to the south west of the tract already purchased by mo, and being thirty chains in width as shown in sketch below, together with tho right to purchase the full title for an additional fifteen dollars per aero one year from roeoipt of deed.
Yours very truly,
M.
( Signed )
Thomas A. Kdii
399
May 19, 1891.
% dear Lowroy , -
You* latter of 16th instant,- dated at Pocantico. mU*' ”* Y*‘ i8 at hand* I «11 attend the hearing of the fta8S in Now York on Monday next, 25th instant.
Yours very truly.
Grosvenor P» Lowrey, Esq.,
‘#15 Broad. St root, New York City.
tmasEg&SsJfii „ H ‘ '* » -"'I * .
19th May, 1891
William E. Curtis,, Esq.,
Bureau of the American Republic^
Dep't. of state, Washington, D. c.
Mr. Sdison i, „„„ ^ ^ ^
” r%*-di'* ~ «.***«* to Chili.
y “ "" miu Uea- ti» **?»«.. oo„t.in.a in
„to *; “ " h*a “ - - *«"— t» to toiled t0
.. ^ Mr.Bdieonhad, ao.,od,M
-»M» to . B.ono^d tor th. or
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, m. of «„ Mioon tt.it* Phono**,* *ww, Vo«
‘M 1 “ *» «”» comountoation no. under
da“T’ **“ *- "f «* oannonicate .ton w
1 ^ “ *““* “* tt. oftoototo or toe Company
Lilian E. Ou:ni8, Esq,
19tli Hay, 189a.
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^™„toS8_WBtalmibroTOrtti>tte |
mhrw ro,la“‘ “—*i* ^ t
hyQtt u®°n this subject. ' |
. Your a very truly.
Private
Secretary,
May 19, 1891.
M» D« Barr, Esq., District Manager, Edison Gen'l. Electric Comparv,
Toronto, Canada."
Dear Sir!-
The storage battery referred to in your letter of 8th instant has been received at the Laboratory, also copy of the Canadian specification on sans. Mr. Insull .has also communi¬ cated with us in regard to this battery, which will be subjected to a thorough test, and the result made known to y ou.
I note tint there are no diagrams included with the papers which you sent, us concerning this battery. The specification seems to bo an imperfect translation of a French patent. Vo would, be in a position to make a more fair test if you could lend us the full Franoh patent, with drawings, or an exact copy of the sane. We would take good care, of these and return them to ycu imnediately the test was completed. Please . advise us if you can
Yours truly,
Edison United Phonograph Compary ,
Mil'll, B u i 1 d i n g , M«JW York City.
19th ? !;ay * 1891.
Dear Sirs:- >
I enclose herewith another letter received by Mr« Edison fsrcn William E. Curtis, Esq., of the Bureau 03? Arne id can Republica, regarding the shipment of a phonograph to Chili, to¬ gether with copy- of r.y reply to same. You will see that the phonograph to which iif. Curtis referred in his letter of 1st instant is tJ a one that was promised some time ago to the Uni¬ versity of Chili , about which we have had some correspondence.
It seems that the President of Chili is desirous or receiving from Secretary Blairs a phonographic message when the machine in ques¬ tion is- shipped, and Mr. Curtis asks how this could he arranged. Will you kill idly corroiuni.cate direct with Mr. Curtis', and very much oblige
Yours truly, ■ />/
Private Secretary.
Way 20, 1SS1.
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tions to advise, you this morning * ai?* ? f°V1ra*'a®d Mm inst mo- as one of the most important parts of hS »Lv trip WW) int®«iiptod> of ttea telephone batLSidtfeiSt iStlono^ ^ int™«*0ti0n}
felsphone Exchanges at w4&w2to2£ • L. * i" th9 *» soi ns to malic these Jars in a dSIiS* Th®, manufacturers the sidaa of the jar win ha r-ihhas- '^rf.nt way » +,l!at is to say, grooves thus formal the ?i2S ?? pamtion let into the
will overcome the difficulty nhanii scaled. This we believe to cow over am see vou to ^ ^ 1 ^ told Gladstone
Give you full, info rim tion^ aslc «k!i 'tha ba*t85|V business and leave New York* \*8 1 Bhai:i probably not be able to
behind on business ^Thaw*^ Randcflph if we wore not running tiring, to obtai?gfor„VtS of\nMrPJhe *?#*'** to *«£* boo>as, as the record which is kert th..^^0*95" frQn tiie haborato^ state of the business. not »t all show the
forging ahead, and ToLiaeliT +Z behind, ,but are the money we have been obSel t o s»r^b<l9S that *° ^ve liad and, condition is fa? W msaftfsfaoto^ ^ correcting them,- our ara about §1800 '• in' excess „5' ^ accounts receivable
»»»« w 4S £S£.T "tavf™hi.*; >*“r of «*•"
books and we rrake otir col last inm, ? hava «° bad debts on dur In a new business where\0 • . prompWy 38 feasibly can.
ww cannot bring as much T^'1*8 t0 ha do"®
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having*™8 paoi>"e "nd w® never open a. new account without ® ,,u0 ,!’61?®t 0,1 th'J financial responsibility of tha onsto-
S‘w T'wl# ,r“ H* Buraian & co?3- 1« H«*?ork,
• repri!!teta+"U' 'vm? Wlth Al*xM'.der, Barney & Chapin, another 1 1 ' h0128 e> »ho will bardie our coo els. In
ns a^aS “Sow 7fresentcd «V Walker * Kepler, vho have given eaav» as SJSi? the prln01Pal afreet for » display, the irSy^nSSSJ 3nd Whw 31,0 'PU3hi^ :ialaa vifbrouaiy. It
* *° havo ona representative firm in /very larre
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n°l f? T ?otlO0ab;ie an,0,m'fc «f -..railway telegniph work until we h afoSx!01!1 i1?1011* and 1 df? «<* think it /ill be very long.
J f,ltlth* stan,P of WProval on our/bat teiy. They haw
thtm lllini l^?dPWi. 09110 in service at Buffalo, and if these give ! ® !*aotJfn.‘ at Wl11 mke ® work elsewhere easy, but we
have sot to wait for the result of this tea/. . It is simply a waste of time and money to send cun around tho country on railway work yhen.y/s can do the whole business right in Mew York, or at least the -most important part of it. At present the Western Union will not honor requisitions from Railway Superintendents of Telegraph lor our battery* As scon as -they "are willing to supply them, we will take care at th» other end. . ’
kz£r? +r,hs Sdia£>n Gen/fr Electric Go .are opening Supply -tores in all the principal cities in Canada, from the Atlantio seaboard, to Winnipeg. We ere arranging with them to carry in each Oj. ohese atorea a stock .of our batteries, which will cover that *“ *UI a» 011 »“•
Bdison General Coropary . . . ■
SOUTH AMERICA AMD WBST HTOB83i We have placed this business in tlie nanto 'of, tho R« S... Greeley and Co. They have several agents who travel through these countries, and these men will £ake ou£ ba^e^ apart of their equipment. Our Spanish catalogue has just beaa completed, and Greeley states that we can undoubtedly do a . very ^ large 'business... I considered it better to place the whole o t ns .rads an the tends of a responsible concern like Greeley's and 3bV* with, them whereby., we are paid. on the 15th .
of each moi^h for -all our shipments whether they have made the-ir collection or not. Thus ire can, ha ye. no bad debts.
v°WJ!rtn recollect that soma, weeks ago we made two yi opuc-,.'.on3 to the people who hold the .LalanOe patents for Great on tain, one of which contemplated oni* making sales in tint
this, information to place baf < 5e Ms Boarfi stat0d t}at ha required he received our letter he h^t o • Jail f hL ,, p™8Ume ttet after counts for the delay of the renlv +«\ b 81d }!ls«ting, which ac~ '
8 rePiJ' to our communicat ion, j
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prtaS StS^XiSis; a,“ ^ *■*
• •J**r is »«G*ti!*tinc with the Chief of the Belgian Telerrapha
Sae JoreLTlT ^ Wl1U ?e abls to a bawS^hS^*
+ V-,1 f ^ sal®s when ha locates in London. Kb ia to ba
™ hia return in the e1w* of a ,,eok riant aryi'f ^ pi?aotloai;iy tIia business centra of the o'onf-
S£ r a ,»Sf teim“ to * ■’*• “’™ •» ~»M>°
ToTlr-fe + ?rrt* ^ * ,0an 'J-earn .°n the subject I believe it is tW° ,nonth? 01; to run through our stock of wax ♦••*• l>~w ~!ah0 and put. it. in shape for aliippingi I have not its «rt
’m re“lvo “•>» ««*®*S££Si
aT it ir^S t)-lJ r.vS rae+e Capa0ity» and ^ve them credits as xx used, t)*t we *111 not issue immediate credits for scrap.
Youra truly,
tOtcuu Suu
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t have your latter in »a<jM*d ta fstm «»n yo».t Qft# p# fitt idea aa to hpw waW j*»tihda of aorap wax ■flfwu «» ruonflfjwj^.ffdrua ta com &%aw a* s*lw bate) w in- U'X'Mon in to m M<sh se *» tfofttfeniantly o*h there oqtl iaaua
tsz'065 ft« to it #§ ft w h*e&t I Want to Obtain aoa* iflta of our. sto.rn#'/ eapao%r* *0 tint *hth hM^fcW’1' th* Efliaop Phonograph ywiv. nan ip tfcox* the n> t,i+4ri*i Vhmn^ypB*
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?,Otfc May, 1891,
Alerter 'BlHott, Jr,,.Es<j», •
•• <i o h r a n H o u a o ,
Newton, N« J.
Dear Sir:-
Your 1 attar of l?th in^Attt is! at WtL, «hd t MU
noted contents of same.
You.,may close With Pafr&M Wp t kHll({ & lltfrM fefMAi# Cpi4o«; to- purchase tha majority of the atodc of the {jWfpi* Wn Tifei oil owns tha Bavehpon Mjbfe,. -at fffc? ^ .
aarrnot got it *i $5»0QQ, Yob ha# ty»ttf»if ff*f $mm the Pthtfa and ask them if tipy win hot come in j&t tha earns price.
Say to the Crane Iron people that w* have been prospecting on the Egbert Church mine, but had to take the nn surety to pros¬ pect another mine; he will soon" return hows veer; the rock is vary much dietrrabed and we were v-eiy much f-ut out by the formation at Egbert Church,
In regard to the Hi It a mine, see what kind, of m option yon can get — how much money they want ibr the right to purchase -it within 18 months, and «iao what is the minimum amount for whs. ah they would lease it.
Alex. Elliott, iTr»
26th May, 1891.
You m ay close -the Howell and Split Rook mines »
How about the Cobb Mina? *
You need not bother' about the Pike’e Peak Mine, as ne find nothing there •
You speak about the Ogden Mine search. Do not forgot that we lave the couple te search of title here in the hands of Mr. Lehman* Please see him. I think the only search you should make ia to see that there is nothing on record about bonds or judgments against the Company or any contracts obligating the Ogden Co« to any particular thing. Mr. Roed has turned over all the documents and searches relating to Ogden to Mr. Lehman and they are here at your disposal. Our search on all the titles of property in con¬ nection with our surveys at Ogden was made by Read, I think.
Mr. Lehman has surveyed Seward, and it does not amount to very ranch. If ho does- not cone down to * reasonable sum, 1 do not think we shall want it very badly. However if you can get a decs}* arrangement with him we had better take it, as it makes the whole thing continuous.
T-Wi Ii«^ca»-wp- »»»■ cole amNwy ‘mid1 tfgsrtr it -anmmU ttr-wwy- ^r,g. \jL Cole (,vfl| vwfc, -4 Attoliw* {'*•» **
You soy 'Please write Mr. Per# a letter About inoreaaine my salary.8 You have made a mistake in regard to this. 1 did not make any arrangement about greasing y^fur salary. The arrange* ment was that you get the same Salary M yon are getting now, but
Alexander Elliott, ffr, ' tty SO, *881,
$15,00 a day, whi^p wording, eftd expense*, you to hire the man on jiwt what teams n* Y<xx please. AH that we want is that he shonia be a good active man*
Regarding yottr letter also of 19th instant, informing me of Z^^icht' T10w I,ratty **11 convinced that the Wright and Welling properties are of no valtttf to w. *0 I a^1S! ^t^°V°ifete Hr> ***■&* tlalt **4 proposition is
not acceptable to tesj then, let the matter drop until suph time aa lie feels inclined to 6m& to our tonne.
tfoxm very truly.
414
May 20,
Th* O^ttnee Cltfb,
Z*PP9{L* tifofl't Tpe tum***
#%> **fy(P«o% St,, Bnst orarttfe, ». J,
Dos** Sir:-
1 enclose Nroviih tyr. Ediaon'e ehOofc to the ordor of tfia Oran co CWb, for $85.00, inpayment of SOj^ of hi* mibaoription to the bondo of your CJttb, i^a«* of Fob, 2nd, }89l, in aCoordonoo with your oircm^or i«rtt»r of eth instant* noaae aotaowledc® receipt.
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May 22, 1891,
Senor Pedro a'rujiiio,
° £C o t a 9 Colombia*
Mr. F, S. Hastings, of the Edison Electric Light' ConW, Mew Yo*# has Mnt to me a copy of your, letter to 'him M6P d8tS' ito°h 1$'ih la8t* reference to the^emark «*, •
—l.iea tterem to tie effect that you haa hoped to receive- lot, tars “i@s faUt mr* ''-aaPP°interl, 1 Should like very much to Jaw upon whitt you bsseo this expectation, aa 1 have no recollection of over having been favored with any cprreepondence frbra yeiiraelf. Had I received any connunioationp fror. y on, 'rest a csu.rM »* «**»« sivj that l a houlfi have teen only too glad to have acknowledged promptly their, receipt.
I note J* your letter that you are desirous of obtaining a . portrait of Mr* Edison, together with acme printed matter relating to ms work, and it- gives ins a great deal of pleasure to gratify .ti)"3 wish, x am sending fcoiyou by tliia mail, under separate cover a photograph of Mr. Edison, upon which I- have had him plaoe hie autograph, and I beg that yen will accept the same with Mr, compliments. ag fta w own. J- am also sending to y
SSw&r PadrO Truj-iUo.
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I note all you oay about OW friend Mc<* dwa», whoae
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rou make in your latte* in thia ejection. " *
With beat wishes, believe m
3fotn<8 -Very truly.
May 26, 1891.
Edison Building, Broad Street* Naw York City.
Dear Sir:~
With reference to your letter of aist inet ant,, asking if Mr. Edison would consent to the rti'tMni^ of Hirdm S. M^i*, to testify in our behalf, 1 ** *„ confirm ^naee which **’* telephoned, to you from thin effU* t*** In repir to your in¬ quiry, to the effect that Mr. Edx**n ****** your ^in±hg Maxim.
Y6hnw ^ruly.
t
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May 27, 1891.
Alexander Elliott, Jr«, Esq.*
Cochran K d ti fi e ,
Netton, M. J«
Dear Sir:~
Your letter of 26th instant is at hand.
You may close with Wright at 25 and 5, and five hundred dollars.—
Leave the- description of the property at Ogden blank.
I return herewith Wright '3 letter ai requested.
Yours truly.
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27th May . 1893=.
i B» Paine, Esq.,, District Manager*
E d 'i s o n Q e n ' 'I. B 1 e° a t r i o 0 < B os't p n , Mass.
Sear Sir !r T
Your letter <!|f' 20th instant' reach'd m " in flue course, arid I ehoiose herewith Copy of" a letted which I haveto-day- adr dressed to'Dr. doit, whtioh I Kopt will have the dpljired effect.
In ease yon succeed in1 obtaining. this Contract, please'tako pains to see that St. Paul’s1 School is furnished ’tit ha first oIssb •plant - one tb&t 'will IgiW entire satisfaction.
Yours vasir truly .
27 th May, 1891.
Jbbtjo Milnttr Co it,
St' P««l!»
CONCORD, Nftw HaWp^ire.
My dear §iy,-
Mr* S* 5* tha 'Mwa^er ^ y,Q ^ Engine-
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27th May, ia®i.
Jobss Selignan, Esq**
Mi 1 1 a Building,,
New York city .
My dear Sir!-
I enclose diWow iih a letfW *IllUh 1 haw received from Prof*.. Barker,, of thii University of Patfajoylvania, relative to furnishing Prof*. Hermanw, of KonigsbOifc Unit ferity, wtih a phono- graph, for use in oomedtion with the -sttf^llifie investigation tl» mechanism of speech., You will so 6 by }'|L>f * Barker's Utt«» that tlie Trustees of the Elizabeth Thbmpsoii Bbionce Fund, of tliitfh .Professor Bowd'itoh, of the Harvard Medical LhOel, is fredidendlj and- circular in regard to whfch iaalac Onc&o soft; >ve *W '&«&*> ri'zed to expend three ;^nndfed dollars to at* Prt*f*Jfeltmann «» <lftpry out his plans , and' tha,t as' much of this tttup) m my be nSoaeestY is available for the pure .base of & phoftOgrepfc* t $SLhk it* cdttti afford to let these people have one of the heir phonographs fer- ^i50*t Th«' instrument;, ae you will dies* iff to b$ Led fiddly ifty) scientific research. If yOn nigra 0 With pat- plead* let M know at' once,., so that I cdp conntuhio4id: with -fiarkfr** and inform hita that urc will furri|iah a phOnbgfflph at half tWO** rthftfa
the- correspondence w^tWyour rbply.
Youry VOfy tljrcOy*
Mr/
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.encloea herewith copie3
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this sit-bi
'any «dare sutad to
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toon ..J-afeTved'
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l: . •'aq,f secretary, i ’.leoovcry & fighting co, yrd.. nor cat 9 ft, >Bd03t, T.n'ir^'M; V; -i^V- ■
X boR Ao -acknOKledgp the receipt of . your l.o of i- •• to* j.alantlo^oh'aperch i'K't pnto, ”r :••.'■• tie or ns ■ -:?rB >4 ...a.lavnfq and,. Chaperon I an wwv.iV.Miti> ring Ufcene 1 ■. v
•'or Bale -in t*ho tln'i'tod States "and other countries •••■•*; • ■■■> 1 ! " if. a roasbmb >.o working ari*angomtoit.i noluld bo a-.i;ie p -r. - • T'her: • to be planed; on sale in that part of i~r eat >.*<ita • ■ b
L-= so /.fcroxaed .by yc,ur. Coiiipany, I do not desire' -to pure In'- t title to theoo patstUu. 'bu't 'f' arr: '^ ! :i ;g '4o" .1 fair royalty
■ ’.e within your territory, i^Bdoli an arrangemelnt >ka this i not bo iiiru-nfactory to .your Company, perhaps- an/.fifriranjtc-’Oiu it* ”5 f.'iJde :wIn5rvob.y yep 'wp.uld, .purchanc tho cello from me and ». them 'your 'selves' in c'}reW''Ti£it'di«, iri Whioh-sasie I* would hr. a the >'i;.’on j ienjifQo turin^ .Coxr.pany.Vfi®ure on the lowest possible .uric*;. r\ which ihea’e 'ceuidf "be delivered toi your' X Bond to yon under sop.; rata cover some ofythe. ijktlalogues recently, issiiod which sbov. the. imp rot riant made ?by 'rii^tsaljf "in ';the-fi«i!bigr.', of -these ■ r* 1 ?. n . fvh -i :nipx; .ipitpBp from up or a if the battery : express trig aatfi . - i ion "h t> Un /operation, ^ ' I 'KaiKe 1 "iiiv Sstbd'* &'■ tv oi’Si : largo amount 0 -.' mono''..- in ••se«>ji6li'phifiB a_ 'factory tor the Kdison -l.dlande Battery, art! should . be grlaid to asdii'"t6 ! its \ output^ Shpp'ljr. -of /coils ror trw. Britain'-,. » ’Tfe»;ee.ntral-Asat,('ipn ;qf 1 manufacture enables fcht lowest N.it.'. to 'be .ee«j'i»r?d', aWil '.i‘-em Wife' £3fvtyo>tf -tiife wiliinr; to contom- . ' rfo nrWnrteisWBi of tho J^ind Ithat. satisfactory pr-ices could V. •r:c • • y.r.i by the Edison J.fewd'fbetUi,irtg';\3'o^atiy-,' .'
;iv: battery in nweti^it,.>!itl1 j3'piendi'd itubooss i'n this and ad- :«! 0 ounces, unci' it iirouia without dbubt bo well received , in
Ynitrs very truly,
(Signed. ) Tho s, A. l-tdiao:
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London, 1,3th March* 1.S91*
Pvoi: &>r:--
I duly, received your letter of the 17th ultimo, to.* g<s ther with the two catalogues for which I am much obliged*
To- enable my Directors to come to a decision wi;ll you Kindly ls-tr- V»hat. royalty you would suggest should be paid? 2nd,
Yh rough, what channels, you would propose to dispose of the CoJls in Vila Country, and 3rd. What would be the lowest coot at which ’/£»• Cituidi supply- the Cells to this <tas$«uy in case they should to push the 3alea themselves?
An. early reply to the. above will greatly oblige
(Signed) ■ J. H. Hondomon,
Secretary.
l’hos. A. EdiffOn, Esq.,
The Edison Manufacturing Co., Orange, B. J-., U-. S. A.
518
I. April vl6th, 1891.
The General zinc Kecoi
LJhting Co,. Limited-, n d o n, H» C.. KKSLANB,.
I tobg to say In reply So yoh'r <l«at&e.r :;of !<l0'.th ■-ultimq , ■answering the three questions which yon ;asUs therse&ii, .;£ii)ist, that I »m billing to pay 'ydiif Company the same ■r-ojy'al'ty .a® *r$u$sr’tMe«ft» 1«- Lande & Chaperbn, ttflr the privilege of selling ■aaison-iEiianae wells within the territory for which yon .hold thp pkfdntryghtfB'— What is to acy, ,5 cents -per litre 3f®» capacity .Qiijf each joell.' il'tenclosp herewith a sheet upon which we illiiistmt ed •the'war.ibii's ttypoe .whioh are made by the Kdison 'Manufacturing vCompany., ‘showing t£f?e '-riitre capacity of each and the amourtt .of royalty.,. Second •. ;;i!n -Regard to channels through which I would propose 'disposing of <tfi« ''cells in your .country, this would depend altogether upon subsequent oireUm- stahoe. The agent' for the battery in 'stilish Hur.opean wburitrAes i*as we. have the privilege of selling in is Mr» Miflip ’B. ^Dyor, .,o5f Antwerp, Belgium, the '.foreign representative <.o'f the iAnieriican ^Edison factories,. I would p'l&ce .'the cells primarily ‘in *r». iDyer 's.ihanda and leaVe to hi* Judgment the :format'ion of 'a .oon'rfe#,t?iabn with ‘latfal selling bgcfhts. . ...
Tftiid. iveypect to 'the lowest :cost ;at ■wh’®5h%i'r fabtony can supply thbsb cells to yodr Company, in Vase ' you '‘Blibtiitl .‘ddcjji’de .to ptich the your selves, X have had the veiny .lowest -.cefets sis Per
tftined, and wdiiid ullow you It disedunt at BS# from the list prices quoted in bur eatal'b^etVfe %ich 'bYc '■liffir'ealy :i'n ybur iMhids,, .for -ord¬ ers of not less than 'five hundred cello. .'The . very .largest dis- cdurit >hicVi We alfeW t'b the S’deai«r.s In ithis .'tfountry ' is '50#
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•X nriv ohndlnfe yhu, *&n£er cblydr., tsomo sbo.pfo'B -Of «a
"Mcdlb&i Catilb'itiib1' Asfetffrd 'Edison 'faafmfetituWihg ’QVmpatiy..
In ad'ditlbh iJb thb battft,d!%'ir of erred tb r6hb«eih, we'baVB,-, Mii&e theab htt%'Al%d%8 .'RiaSh (a Cgalyanic .'tia‘tt«ry ttfid -a •iefldO's-
•b$tt hatt bt“y» , '$fiWan#B ..hirt teVr fcfc 'hot >iili*Btr'«hWd Ith '-fiftis
adtaldguO j as it wab %&iipTetetty& -the •fimertft ithe t ime ‘this printing Stas dohi. -y8& Will find a 'di'tfbifiptfbn of ‘it .on page 8.
t bfeimfjfhla. Ahfb^fction *i&l% 4& suTfi-cibht ifb "enable i.you'r jji^bbtbrii to t'eabh A 'debfslbn-, Should itybtir --Company determine to ftnft'il* thfe battery W6 Will Supply iyou'^^h '^iy fell informatibh /;.
giVin'ft tlVfe rfedbik %f ;our experienc'd 4nd 7.$'&V&bre *w'i't'h ’'redphet ‘to
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large and small installations, and assist you ip «»pry v&y
If. your Company do(sido to accept a royalty and to ‘tfic l^e^mi’ad Kdiaon Manufacturing Campanil to I « udrilo
llSllTrZZl ohould b* —*« in »
license agreement.
Yours very truly,
(Signed!)
'1H0S. A. 'EDISON'.
GKNRRAI, ZIH0 'RJjppj/IJRy & JJORpHG G$t£>Apy, LTI).
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Dow Sir;-,
r« i&inc jRo^o^ry it i^htine' Co,„
On the lath JI*T>.c.h :l»st , I -wrote yolp. as ;p.er f,ensio^4 i’.ap$y ;bv.t have not .yet repe-Upa ypur reply.,
.As the time :.o.ur Annual Meotihjp id close sat -.hand 'J shall be .glad to have a reply from .you in ori pier that ‘J --may /lay . jit -fcfifsse that Meeting..
■Sours faithfulj ly,
> - TSigned) J.:M. ;Hender»oh*
secretary.
<J 9 t K, &
With reference to yoj*r Mj <»**** of 0th instant, *9i
"*** thin morning: reply to your prevj iou8.*o^hieat ton dated
13th March Was unavoidably delayed, It goo* forward, however, by .thin mail, under aeperdte ,p ewi' ’*
^ran^ie, N, ,J„ ^>ri;i 4pt;, -1.89,1.
Jf M. Henderson, Esq., (too ‘V- •
"* The a; Z. «, jfc z*r Co„ -Limited, London, «, ,c* JWffiUUJB, . ’
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THti GRhKRAI, ZIJIC RROOVHR3C. & LIGilTIHG- .Go^lTY.LTD.
o. England May l»,9l.
T» A. Rateon, >’sq.,
Ortingo, h. J., I/, s. A.
re deneral Zinc Recovery & Mftjbting Oq. . jtitd. i in receipt of yours of the 10th y'ltimo, the co*6*btB of
which are noted and I have submitted same |o my Direo*”'8'
The Annual Gow*l Meeting of the Con^any ia. he held, in the middle of Juno and your proposition wijlp, then he submitted to the# for ' their final determination.
- To enablo me to meet the questions w^jich are. sure to be ad¬ dressed' to me I should be '.glad if you courljf, 8ive m® *" estimate ..(baaed upon your expeAiencd of American f*f88 ahii thh Royalty ac¬ crued due or paid to Lalande 6 Shaper?*1) (jf Tbit this Company night reokon upon as an inaomo from the af pangement .
you will quite understand 1 d° not. w|»h in -any way to bind you buV simply to give mo your awn qeri}n)atV*f j * ®uidd*
I Should be glad if you «Mld ' let me- have that as soon ae possible so as to be 'here in time for the;' Meeting'.
(Signed*
l M, Hdnderson, Secretary.
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R* A. PoiOta^
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jfattwU 4[0WW«WW
28th May., 1891.
Mr. Wn, e. Kibble,
p t# ^ V era-, .
Dear sir:*
, * ' * '
Your’ letter of 13tU inatfcnt was diily tf^vfed byV.tr* Edison, ,
HUvPartor,.^ citt»,.!Ha8,^ilStan Mr, Edison, -asking
for price of engine* pup, belts, Rafting, am a.^8t .Qf ', tools.
So far as the -engine, and Deans ■, pumj^ar arc once msd, th* .ft,w cost
$750, and the fetter. $62, a**toy S^aon will sail both of than
at the pries named, .leas IB^-for tf^h, and, the other articles in
Proportion. Id enable us to dateline the cost of the latter, it
will be -ncoesaary $?r yoh to info»A ,**, to the size of.tha belts uo sena ua
“ *h»r“’» “"%• in th. .host *.4,** te.
ftWi5h: '° olt htthie intbpnat ion ns wly „ p9.Bibl., in th. -MM. »- WBht oi™i,hW ««.*» *** »mnaihE the boiler and engiria. - . '
Youra very truV,
Thomas B. QomorV, Baq.,
Wept OniW i :»• &
My dear Sir:-
I ha^e looked OVar the inscriptions of the Scoop System of Marine Propulsion that ,ypu lei ft at tfie laboratory. «lt lodks all right, but, pf course, the crrijly way to test its ef- ficiency and practicability is by oxpar/iroent,.
In regard to makiflc an appointment to meet Mr. Secar, 1 regret that I cannot do this* . At the present time I am so busily occupied, and. my movements are so uncertain, that were I to make any appointments in nine cases out of ten I would be unable to keep them*
"iai^ra yaiy truly, /
' ■ " . *T
May 28, 1801.
!■(* a ’
Samuel. Insuli, Esq., '* ■ .
Edison Building, Broad St.., . ^ *
Now York City,
Dear Sir:-
, I bag to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
2/jth instant, enclosing certificates of the. Jersey- and -Pom* a. Concentrating Works for ninety-two share, 3 of the Capital Stock of that Company, With transfer attached, the same beine sent to me as further security, for four hundred shares Qt -the stock of the Edison General Electric Company loaned Ito you by myself, and on account of which I already hold,,. as collateral, 260 shares of N, ' vT», & Pa. C. Wks. stock, making a total to date pf 352 shares, to be held by me as security for the said loan, as stated in your letter now under acknowledgement. I note that it is your in¬ tention to deposit further certificates of the aarne stock frem time to time as the ’assessments are paid].
Yours- very truly ,
ADzanJ 40u~
hJTZZ
Henry c. Ware, Esq.,
Edison Phonograph Worfaj, Orange, N« if. '
On enhaitting to Mr. Saloon tile Burning Snamry or Piono^h Worm, H, Ml for ,.e* ehdinejsnh «», lan, h. •iroa n» to ranina ,« in regard to the l,«gth of time „hi.h .as opooifioa ,0 the Edison United Fhonoersphlco. os neeessw for ‘ th. «•** of tools before „rk eonla be ,*,e»o.d on thsir shines. Ur. Ediaon says that frdn the loan, of the pay roll it »nld m tu yon sr, not doing on the tools, sea he
fears that yen rill no, have than a<e» in, hi ,*» na.ea.by yo.
Youra Ve# truly,
Private Secretary*
Afovrepk./ftty,
Ydwr lottw of m* *n*tm $jjL at i#nd, i „»
in the **«*> the
T*** which I pm eonduotine, at a salary 'ri'f twenty dollars Piaase *«*>*» ira w)wn y-m pm pammeo mw duties.
Mi»o «/0 V. Gladstone,
7our favour of the 1st, ih*t I to h*fc*. X that j
carmot send you the diagram' asked #«-* * ** TO* thfti* that r saw one,- fho Eypewheea#f on the Bi:^foao. inatrumento Ifcake 6 g cells^ *** Zh° mt0V* thy sara9‘ the aifor Of i>m<w 'in eaclh case is about 100 days, ihe TO, calls put this min line of nm'oolM & stock has g wires on fit, replacing ^ jy* cells of callaucl, this battery furnish* B current fpr the<lr two longest circuits, they ^o have a 30 o *11 batter that is ** on the veiy sb^t a i reams ° You will remember my yof,t from Chicago, that the
Wo ->U federal -officers in Chicago, dcM^clled all offices west of Buffalo and Pitt, sj burg, and Without /their conaejfit no "office could fdopt our batt ery, Mr SvWaBr»''tihci Electrician of the ^i8|>ric ldeolin4 FQMit '*jis *» Pdt up a bit-fiery freeiuntil we could' show allstter from i Mr, Brown« As I t understand |iij , *a are dependJiW on the success of tip battery at Buffalo, for this lsttexy«|)n amount Jof the failure pf tjhe 30 cell^Mr Kitton
.-.ibvut A it ih. . hawdljr . advisable
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Prof. Rob * t . h. Bxufrrtdn,.
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Private ISocretaiy^
June, , 3#91*
liiVory Baq.,
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®rw Jersey &■ Pehn' a*. Gohesntrii* jLhg Worka, ,
Ogdewaburgi, .
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W- <toar Sirs-
, : Youip letter *)£ aapd .instant is at be,nd and, contents
noted
, *\till try and 6° »P to O^iTvrltehyrti- dt®: ready to oxpori- jnehtl Wiii. the heater* The Iooafflo.tije lantern which I ordered is now at- the haborat ory but the front glass of the same got broken ' in t jansitiy^e are now fixing, it up, making fittihgB eid*,;and at mat ia BiaJdng a, lamp for it. „ I will sand, the lantern, to Ogden aaaxjn dd poisible*.
V Have you got out jioojriight thaye At present* .and if so, ,hoW
doia'it1 wotfki
1 V,
Wra. voty tru}jr» .
your /otter «f 23th liltimo, in ip ear d to obtaining a phonograph. fbr/Profeador Hermann] of Konigsberg University, fdr we by hita’lh the investigation! whicfc'ho is conducting upon the tretahmiam of speech, Cached md in duo course of nail*
In reply 1 be^td say that t /ill 1» vary pleased to do all—
1 ean to Beoure for PjCf. Ho smash a phonograph pit the late at ani beat construction. 'fehe instrument in ^Europe is1( however, con¬ trolled by the Edison United "Phonograph Ccmp&tv » an d a machine for use in deitoany ccttld ohly he Obtained. from. tihem. 1 have rd- fen/d your letter t<? i'tiee foreign Cjoswittae of the Company^atrongly ■urging tint the application of Pro*, Bowditch. Bhcmld be granted and a phonograph fi*mishibd to Prof. He&ann just as soon as the new machines are ready fp? delivery . 1 ‘have rIbo rpo amended that the
inatTwant he. BUPPlicd half-pride. Trusting that the United company\will conBiaeir the matter fpypnablyv
V , Y6m« vpicy ti^Jly,’
Prof. fiewiP. Barker,
university of P'WhsjtivaAia,
U Phi5ad»il>Ha, Pa.
3 June, 3.893*
' ° r 0 1 C n C 6 m m\i ttee qf * the \ , ■ ■
Edison United Phonograph ^njpanyi
*J% 1S92,»
of Prof, Barker to yourselves, your favorable ooneidenrtiou
trusting -tjat it vdll met -with
I ara, yours vary .truly.
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Mr. Bdiacm haa received the 4$ m
patent oh storage Sattery Which. mw sent to *h* J*bf>/rat<«y fyr teat,, anti i» is vary much obliged** y«, for it, yj/a say in your letter Of 3rd instant that you. also .eno^ee fche drawing*, ho^wr,, have not boon, received, the <wty en^eare bBin& the copy °* the Patent, if it ia convenient for jU to*<M m .drawings, tiiey would be of much assistance to Mr* .'fedi-ebtf* .
Ytfure vet#
*s^W« fidcivjtary .
Messrs, Dyer & Seely*
#36 Wall Street* New York 'City*
I beg .to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
6th. instant* enclosing Ann ignrndnt i
•Me liars* King, Burgess,'
Herman and Churchill, to Mr* Edison, of a half interest in the invention of Edward P* King in Glass Making Apparati.ha* the same having been duly recorded iri the Patent Office* .
'June 8, 1892»
Mrs* M« Stillwell,
Menlo Park* Hv J*
Dear Madame ,
I enclose herewith a letter from the Secretary <of tl® ^"Vtaent *<>**■** <* Menlo Park,. Mis Edison would Wa-Ao haua your opinion am to whether he shiouldt instruct ithe SnciB’ty to remove, the plank wal); referred to Or have it repaired* ;He
not desire to spend any.ntonej
Yiours truly.,
Private Sec’y.
H» M. iivor,
Cpnfiantpatihc %g.., ^C'donaBtireh, If. j,
to. Edison ha$ read m* lattftr of ho aays^ that if to. Jackaon's alternant aa to t tailinga la ootoe^, everJr day,s d(5lay ^ loas of over a hurtdred, dollars. '
tfpups tinjly ,
’Pi'ivat’i Secretary,
JM|ne 8, 1891/
Mr, R„ E, Qasterline,
•#116 East 10th Street, •Hew York City.
Mr, Edison has read your l(»ttey <x£. 4^ instgnt, , and . baa instraated me tasay in reply that it will bf ertirbiy, .Batia- factory to. him for you to commence yoti,r duties oh ilondey^ , 2Snd« ; You will please report at the: l[abw»*oyy bn. that «flante<» "
Yours trull'., ;
Private 4jet1retaiy»
*u>f» 8, 18?1.
mm?* J ty/p S: Seely,
#35 17 a 1 1 Street Naw York Oity .
Dear Sirs:-
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► S«> Per$, Eaqij treasurer,
Hevr Jersey & Perm’ a. Concentrating Worhs, New Yor^ City* ' -
I beg to adyj.se yok tl^t the ohec.kvfbr $5,ooo»oo which accompanied your letter of 2nd instant was ti^day- handed to
Mr* Ce0ree. Richa^,. of ,D°y6r >. *-> ,by Hr.r Kdisoh. A .receipted voucher for the amount goes ^ward;to ^u.to^ , under ^at*.
.Private ii'ecjl'et&iy^
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June io;, 1891*
Zippel, Esq,, Agent for Trua,te<
Dear S:
I enclose herewith w check for twenty-five dollars,, in payment Of the 2nd installment of gp/' of w subscription Star five bonds of the Orange Club. Kindly .acknowledge 'receipt*
Yours truly.
10, 1891,
Alfred Ob Tate, !