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A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION
PART III (1887-1898)
Thomas E. Jeffrey Microfilm Editor
Gregory Field Theresa M. Collins David W. Hutchings Lisa Gitelman Leonard DeGraaf Dennis D. Madden
Mary Ann Hellrlgel Paul B. Israel Robert A. Rosenberg Karen A. Detig Gregory Jankunis Douglas G. Tarr
Reese V. Jenkins Director and Editor
Sponsors
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site New Jersey Historical Commission Smithsonian Institution
University Publications of America Bethesda, Maryland 1993
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3raw.Edison Company.
THOMAS A. EDISON PAPERS
Reese V. Jenkins Director and Editor
Thomas E. Jeffrey Associate Director and Microfilm Editor
Robert A Rosenberg Managing Editor, Book Edition
Helen Endlck
Assistant Director for Administration
Associate Editor
Paul B. Israel
Research Associates Theresa M. Collins David W. Hutchings Karen A. Detig
Assistant Editors Keith A. Nler Gregory Field Usa Gitelman Martha J. King
Secretary
Grace Kurkowskl
Gregory Jankunls
Student Assistant Bethany Jankunls
BOARD OF SPONSORS
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Francis L. Lawrence Joseph J. Seneca Richard F. Foley Rudolph M. Bell
New Jersey Historical Commission Howard L. Green
National Park Service John Maounis Maryanne Gerbauckas Nancy Waters George Tselos Smithsonian Institution Bernard Finn Arthur P. Molella
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
James Brittain, Georgia Institute of Technology Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Harvard University Neil Harris, University of Chicago Thomas Parke Hughes, University of Pennsylvania Arthur Link, Princeton University Nathan Reingold, Smithsonian Institution Robert E. Schofield, Iowa State University
CORPORATE ASSOCIATES
William C. Hittinger (Chairman), RCA Corporation Edward J. Bloustein, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey • Cees Bruynes, North American Philips Corporation Paul J. Christiansen, Charles Edison Fund Philip F. Dietz, Westinghouse Electric Corporation Roland W. Schmitt, General Electric Corporation Harold W. Sonn, Public Service Electric and Gas Company Morris Tanenbaum, AT&T
•Deceased.
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS
PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS
The Alfred P, Sloan Foundation Charles Edison Fund The Hyde and Watson Foundation Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS
National Science Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities National Historical Publications and Records Commission
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
Alabama Power Company Amerada Hess Corporation Anonymous AT&T
Atlantic Electric
Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, Inc.
Battelle Memorial Institute The Boston Edison Foundation Cabot Corporation Foundation, Inc. Carolina Power & Light Company Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Consumers Power Company Coming Glass Works Foundation Duke Power Company Entergy Corporation (Middle South Electric Systems)
Exxon Corporation Florida Power & Light Company General Electric Foundation Gould Inc. Foundation Gulf States Utilities Company Idaho Power Company International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Iowa Power and Light Company
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Katz Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. McGraw-Edison Company Minnesota Power New Jersey Bell New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
North American Philips Corporation Philadelphia Electric Company Philips International B.V.
Public Service Electric and Gas Company RCA Corporation Robert Bosch GmbH Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation
San Diego Gas & Electric Savannah Electric and Power Company Schering-Plough Foundation Texas Utilities Company Thomas & Betts Corporation Thomson Grand Public Transamerica Delaval Inc. Westinghouse Educational Foundation Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
A Note on the Sources
The pages which have been filmed are the best copies available. Every technical effort possible has been made to ensure legibility.
PUBLICATION AND MICROFILM COPYING RESTRICTIONS
ReGl duplication of the whole or of any part of this film is prohibited. In lieu of transcripts, however, enlarged photocopies of selected items contained on these reels may be made in order to facilitate research.
1898 DOCUMENT FILE
1898. Dick (A.B.) Company (D-98-01)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the A. B. Dick Co. There are only 2 items for 1898, including a letter regarding Edison's sale of his stock in the company.
1898. Edison, TA. - General (D-98-02)
This folder contains documents, primarily correspondence, covering a variety of subjects. Some of the material relates to personal matters. Documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not fall under the main subject categories arc also filed in this folder. Among the items for 1898 are letters regarding Edward H. Johnson's relationship with Edison; a proposed letter to President William McKinley on behalf of the inventor, Obcrlin Smith; and the accidental death of the British electrical engineer, John Hopkinson. Also included are letters pertaining to the gift of a phonograph to long-time Edison associate, Spencer Trask, items about William J . Hammer's search through Edison’s records for documentation of electric railway experiments, and a brief note from Andrew Carnegie to Edison.
1898. Edison, TA. - Articles (D-98-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents requesting Edison to write articles; correspondence relating to articles about Edison and his inventions; and letters from journalists seeking to interview Edison. Included is a questionnaire about high explosives by inventor Hudson Maxim.
1898. Edison, TA. - Clubs and Societies (D-98-04)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's membership and activities in social clubs and professional societies. Included is a letter containing Edison's comments regarding the failure of the Royal Society and the Academic des Sciences to formally recognize his accomplishments.
1898. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-98-05) [not Filmed]
This folder contains routine correspondence from or about employees and former or prospective employees. Most of the items are requests for employment at the West Orange laboratory or various Edison companies. Also included are two letters to Francis R. Upton by Thomas Commerford Martin, co-editor of the Electrical Engineer, regarding candidates for the superintendent position at an incandescent lamp firm.
1898. Edison, T.A. - Family - General (D-98-06)
This folder contains correspondence by and about Edison’s family. Included are items regarding the estate of Edison s late father, Samuel, and the financial situation of Samuel’s friend, James Symington. Other documents relate to the death of Mina Edison’s brother, Theodore Miller, from wounds received in the Spanish-Amcrican War and to the wartime army service of Edison’s son, William Leslie Edison.
1898. Edison, T.A. - Family - Edison, T.A., Jr. (D-98-07)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about Edison’s oldest son, Thomas A. Edison, Jr. Included are several letters written by Edison, Jr. to his friend, Edward J. Redington. Other items pertain to Edison, Jr.’s business activities. There is also a note by Edison to Thomas Commerford Martin, co¬ editor of the Electrical Engineer, regarding his son’s personal and intellectual shortcomings.
1898. Edison, TA. - Financial (D-98-08) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's personal investments and other financial interests. Included are items pertaining to personal loans, bonds held by Edison, and his account with J. P. Morgan & Co.
1898. Edison, TA. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Advice (D-98-09)
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements in Edison’s inventions, asking him for advice on technical matters, or requestinghis assistance in improving or promoting an invention. Also included are unsolicited letters from other inventors about their work.
1898. Edison, TA. • Unsolicited Correspondence - Business (D-98-10) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine correspondence requesting agencies for Edison's inventions, inquiring about their purchase or cost, asking for other information about his inventions, or seeking to do business with Edison. Included are several inquiries from Mexico regarding phonographs and kinctographs and other foreign- language documents.
1898. Edison, TA. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Personal (D-98-11) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine personal requests, fan mail, and other items for which no record of a significant response by Edison has been found. Included are letters asking Edison for educational advice, personal information, loans, charitable contributions, exhibits of his inventions, and other personal favors.
1898. Edison, TA. - Visitors (D-98-12)
This folder contains letters of introduction and requests to visit Edison or to tour his West Orange laboratory. Included are documents regarding arrangements for visits by Josef Hofmann, the renowned concert pianist; and by former Governor J. Turner Morehead, accompanied by former laboratory employee Robert T. Lozier. Substantive letters from individuals who visited the laboratory or company shops on business can be found in their appropriate subject folders.
1898. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-98-13)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Included are documents regarding the company’s taxes for 1898 and items concerning a new fan-motor outfit for telephone booths. Related material can be found in D-98-22 (Motion Pictures).
1898. Electric Light - General (D-98-14)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to electric lighting and power. Included are documents regarding the use of silk filaments for incandescent lamps and items about low-voltage lamp experiments. There is also correspondence concerning the annual convention of the National Electric Light Association. 6
1898. Electric Light - Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York (D-98-15)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York. Included is a report by Richard R. Bowker, first vice-president, discussing company operations. There is also a comparative statement outlining the price, capacity, and number of the various meters within the company's system.
1898. Electric Light - General Electric Company (D-98-16)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s involvement with the General Electric Co. Included are a letter regarding a request from the Smithsonian Institution for a collection of incandescent lamps; an item concerning the presentation to Edison of a "Z" dynamo originally used on the S.S. Columbia ; and a report pertaining to a proposed reduction of the company’s capital stock. There are also three letters from the company’s Patent Department, addressed to attorney Richard N. Dyer, in regard to Edison’s alternating-current application, case no, 220,800.
1898. Exhibitions (D-98-17)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning electrical and industrial exhibitions in the United States. Included are letters regarding the exhibition of Edison electrical apparatus at the Trans- Mississippi and International Exposition and an exhibit of the Edison ore concentrating process at the Philadelphia Electrical Exposition.
1898. Expanding Pulley (0-98-18)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents regarding the technical and commercial development of an expanding pulley for variable-speed gears in motor cars. Most of the letters are by Charles M. Johnson, co-inventor of the pulley, and pertain to the patenting and marketing of the invention.
1898. Glenmont (D-98-19)
This folder contains correspondence relating to Edison’s home in Llewellyn Park. There are only 2 items for 1898. Both are letters from S. D. Willard & Co. regarding landscaping at Glenmont.
1898. Mining - General (D-98-20)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mining and ore milling. Included are documents regarding the business of the Edison Iron Ore Concentrating Co., Edison’s interest in the Ortiz gold mine in New Mexico, operations at the Ogden mine, and foreign ore milling matters. There is also one letter concerning a proposed visit by Edison to various Portland cement plants in Pennsylvania. Many of the documents have extensive Edison marginalia.
1898. Mining - Mines and Ores (D-98-21)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mines and ores to be bought, sold, worked, or tested. Many of the letters were written in response to reports of Edison’s interest in developing a separation process for gold ore.
1898. Motion Pictures (D-98-22)
This folder contains correspondence regarding the technical and commercial development of motion pictures. Most of the letters are addressed to the Edison Manufacturing Co. There are also copies of outgoing letters by William E. Gilmore, general manager of the company. Included are documents relating to arrangements with William C. Paley for filming the events of the Spanish-American War. There are also items pertaining to efforts by the company to procure film stock from Lumiere & Sons and Eastman Kodak; and letters from the American Parlor Kinetoscope Co. concerning problems with the motion pictures purchased from the Edison Manufacturing Co. Related material can be found in D-98-24 (Phonograph - General).
1898. Patents (D-98-23)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents to and from Edison’s patent attorneys and agents relating to domestic and foreign patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters. Included are letters regarding patents for Edison’s ore milling system, the phonograph, and the kinetograph. Many of the items pertain to patent applications on Edison’s ore milling system in various foreign countries, such as Great Britain, Germany, Russia, and Spain. Among these are several letters exchanged between attorney Frank L. Dyer and his brother, Lt. George L. Dyer, who was stationed at the U.S. Legation in Madrid at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. One of the letters contains comments by George L. Dyer about political conditions in the United States and Spain on the eve of the war. Related material can be found in D-98-16 (Electric Light - General Electric Company).
1898. Phonograph - General (D-98-24)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the commercial and technical development of the phonograph. The documents pertain primarily to business relations among the various Edison phonograph companies, foreign sales by the United Slates Phonograph Co., and litigation involving the legal firm of Hayes and Lambert. Included are comparative sales statements for the Edison Phonograph Works and the National Phonograph Co. for the years 1896-1897 and a 10-page memorandum in Edison’s hand regarding relations between the Edison Phonograph Works and the Edison United Phonograph Co.
1898. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works (D-98-25)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Phonograph Works. Included are a lengthy report regarding the history and financial condition of the company and specifications for the construction of a new factoiy adjacent to the West Orange laboratoiy.
1898. Phonograph - Edison United Phonograph Company (D-98-26)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison United Phonograph Co. Included are items regarding the company’s financial problems; business relations with the Edison Phonograph Works and with inventor-manufacturers Gianni Bettini and George V. Gress; the formation of the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co., Ltd.; and contractual disputes with French and German phonograph syndicates. There are also company financial statements. Most of the letters are by G. N. Morison, secretaiy of the company, and are addressed to Stephen F. Moriarty, vice-president. There is also correspondence by Moriarty and by John E. Searles, president of the E.U.P.C.
1898. Phonograph - National Phonograph Company (D-98-27)
This folder contains correspondence regarding the business of the National Phonograph Co. Much of the materialpertains to the Maryland Phonograph Co., sales agent for the National Phonograph Co. Included are letters concerning difficultiesin estnblishingcompany operations, relationswith local distributors, and a dispute with agents representing the American Graphophone Co. Most of the letters are from Charles R. Miller co¬ owner of the Maiyland Phonograph Co., to his brother-in-law, Walter S. Malloiy, president of the National
1898. West Orange Laboratory (D-98-28)
Tin's folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the operations of the West Orange laboratory. Included are two items in Edison’s hand concerning orders and prices of chemicals. There is also material regarding the inspection of the boilers and the movement of the storage building and hose house. °
1898. Dick (A.B.) Company (D-98-01)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the A. B. Dick Co. There are only 2 items for 1898, including a letter regarding Edison’s sale of his stock in the company.
Both documents have been filmed.
1898. Edison, T.A. - General (D-98-02)
This folder contains documents, primarily correspondence, covering a variety of subjects. Some of the material relates to personal matters. Documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not fall under the main subject categories are also filed in this folder. Among the items for 1898 are letters regarding Edward H. Johnson’s relationship with Edison; a proposed letter to President William McKinley on behalf of the inventor, Oberlin Smith; and the accidental death of the British electrical engineer, John Hopkinson. Also included are letters pertaining to the gift of a phonograph to long-time Edison associate, Spencer Trask, items about William J. Hammer’s search through Edison’s records for documentation of electric railway experiments, and a brief note from Andrew Carnegie to Edison.
All the documents have been filmed except for those that duplicate the information in selected material.
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My dear Mr. Edison:-
I have your dispatch. I enclose copy of an
installment from Mr. Serviss's story in this Evening's Journal.
The announcement made at the top of the installment reads as follows:
"Edison '.s. Conquest of Mars, by Garrett P. Serviss. (Copyrighted 1898, by Garrett P. Serviss.)"
Thomas; A. Edison, Esq;
Mr. Serviss called upon you at my request. My original hope was that you might consent to collaborate in this story. Mr. Serviss sa.id, however, that you were unwilling to do so, but that you were willing to figure in the story as the .hero, if Mr. Serviss, the author, saw fit to use you in that way. You have not been used * otherwise, as you will see if you will read the' story as it progress¬ es. The title of the story distinctly gives you as the hero of it and Mr. Serviss as the author. X shall be greatly obliged if you will tell me in what way our announcement says that you are. a col- . laborator . - - '• v
The story is called Edison's Conquest of Mars, as it might have been called. Tesla' s Conquest of Mars, or Emperor William's, or John L. Sullivan's. There is nothing in this title to connect you with the authorship. ’ -
You havo onco or twice been good enough to oblige me with excel¬ lent interviews, when I have /sent reporters to you or called upon you ‘ personally, and I should be extremely sorry to publish anything concerning you that could; be ; considered derogatory or -unfair As to the use of-the distinguished name of an cc^ia't living c irfoot't’
NEW YORK JOURNAL
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in fiction, I may .refer you for precedent to Mr. John Brisben Walk- . er's story, "Our War with Spain," now running in The Cosmopolitan.
In this story, the American minister to Spain is hanged and Mr. Wan- amaker is made the hero as you are in Mr. Serviss's story.
I should be glad to hear from you that you had acted in regard ... to The Sun card without looking carefully into the matter.
The Evening Journal presents you to its readers as the hero in an extremely clever fiction story— which seems to me to be perfectly legitimate and to which, Mr. Serviss te^ls me, you assented. It pr ab¬ sents you in no other light.
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Letter of Jor.ee Car Kfg. Co., liar, ,37th, 1333 , relative to i’onlo Park pancongor car.
Letter of j, H. Pullar-, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 17, 1383, to Then. A. Edition, velati ve to tho construction of an electric trwrwav in that plaoo.
Lott or of J-. a. Drill, April Cth, 1883, to Thor,, A. Mu loon, rolatlvo to Car Body-.
Lottor of Goo. V: Croon, Jan. 0, 1883, to Thors, a. Edition, rolatlvo to hio work on olootrio railroads.- Mote — There in contsirtor-
ahlo oorronpondenoe with Mr-. Greer, which you night oaro to have.
Letter of F. F. Lowio of the Clovoland-Palnocvillo-Ashtabult*. R. R. Co., April 3th, 1883, donir In.-; infernal iosi and cootrs of Edison's railroad tsyoton.
Lottor of Major Paten, Mar. Od, 1833, to c. G. Curtirs, invit¬ ing hln to join railroad non in an inspection of tho olootrio road at l.tonlo Park.
Letter of John Ott , Menlo Park, Fob. 13, 1883 to Thors. A. Edison, S5 5th Avo.
Letter of Philip s. Justioo & Co. , «„v. mm* ibbi, rolativo to tho equipping of the Minnesota Roacl.
* ,h * ,I,QtiG: of v/- L- HoCrory, President of the Minneapolis . I.yndal Rai]way* referrinS to application of Edison's system to ^ l datod AUS- 31st’ 1882; lotter °f W. L. Mocrory, Odt. railS. ° r ,S lnl'omatlon of results of tests on Edison's electric
. SfJ,ter,fLAlxftln CorMn’ resident of the Lons Island r. R. •Co., AUo. .,5th, 1883, to 33. P. Pabbri, offering to give part of road for equipment with Edison's system.
ancl Jh°^Qo, + Ed^0n, J!ay 84 ’ 1882 ’ t0 Mward Biedormen,
f/ un® 8d’ 1882 t0 Edward Suportae, showing Edison is ready ^ or the equipment of an electric railroad in Switzerland 7 as soon as these parties have their syndicate ready
Transit VVymn’ PrRRidont of tho Staten Island Rapid
Co*’ lcl'Jtivc to tne use of Edison's system on Staton Inland nith tho Mint.., ..lUMns m, SS?
Snntn. . L°ttor of Erastuo Wyman, referring to visit with prominent
friends to Ssu’t? ?er1?ent °C tl10 Iron steamboat Co. , and other friends to visit the electric railroad, Bee. ,14, 1383.
voiona „,„„iI,,0t.tGr °f ■^aRtur! v/yinail< expressing satisfaction at tho mar- elous v.orl. snown by Edison's oleotric railway, dated Dec. 30, 1883 Vi Hard original draft of agreement between Howy
h 1(; ”an“ r10®* A. Edison, relative to the building of two and one half miles of electric railway with freight and passenger locomotives,
Eleetnio rTlTL0f Se?,t‘ ?8*h* 1881 ’ fron! thG Directors of tho Edison Eloctrlo Light Co. , authorising Edison to negotiate with Villard.
Letter of June 34, 1833, from '•’Ira. H. Kelly, roiativo to the equipment or the BrooMyn Brjte, ,1th eMetl, nS&f.X.
TTonsr. n n °„ f " * ’’ Wmn »' Superintendent of Elizabeth & HowrK Morse R. E. Co., desiring to inspeot Edisonlo railroad.
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°°eot !S’oSfr th° propo,5,3d vl8lt to Menlo Parle to 'ini
»rin in G3""t-H railroad; package of papers marked "A", "3", »c« a 1883? cil0le' ^ving estimates of oost of electric railroad in 1881 &
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As I have already stated to you , I havo boon through on onor- rnous amount of papers to secure those which I send you. Host of the boxes of papers which I have bean "chrbttgh, contain a heterogeneous Mix¬ ture of letters, ost inatcc, contracts, telegrams, lamp reports, pay rolls, she to hoc, and othor lainoollanoouo matter. It has taken no* nearly a wool: to find these paper o and go ovor thorn', and I have boon through nearly all of the boxes, which contain the archives of this period,. I think that it is highly desirable that I should finish tho rest while I an at it, and this will not take a great while longer.
In addition to thoso papers, I expect to run hurriedly through tho copy books containing ?v, Edison's letters; and also -through a col¬ lection of. drawings, sketches and blue prints, among v/hioh Mr. Edison thinks I will find some drawings which will prove of value, and whioh he has given me a memorandum of.
. In going ovor the papers whioh I have already inspected, I have found Quito a number of documents, whioh it seems to mo might prove •of value in come or the Company's oases, and should bH among your ar¬ chives. To oite instanoes— Copy of Pacindtti's original article on the Pacinotti Machine, translated by the Assistant Librarian of the British Museum; correspondence betwoon Edison and Longworth Powors, relative to securing duplicate of Faoinotti'o Machine,, which it ray in¬ terest you to know was built by Paoinotti himself; correspondence of Batchelor and Liosqs, relative to the Paris exhibition, referring to Swan's method of lighting, system of distribution, and many othor things; correspondence of Edward K. Johnson tp Thos . A. Edison relative to matters in England, use of safety catches, fixture inoullat ion, reg¬ ulation of dynamos, and many other matters; paper by. F. J. Sprague on electrical distribution, prepared for "La I.uralere Eleotrique "in 1681; report of John Hopkin3on on Edison's machines, and on his own invention for reversing tho current by device shifting brushes.
Those will serve to indicate what I moan., and ifit agrees with your ideas, I will get thoso papers and others together, and if there is no objection on Mr. Edison's part, willsend thorn over for your inspection. I think that it would be well for you to give mo a memor¬ andum of any oases now on your docket, on whioh you desire information, as I can probably put my hand on papers of value, while I have fresh in mind the location of many of the documents I have already been thfough.
After conversation with Messrs. Edison, Batchelor, Unton, Ott Randolph and others, I an sanguine of finding very Bhortly, other pa¬ pers bearing upon the points which you have requested mo to look up. i o anno l say exactly how long it will take me to finish up the rest of tho archives, but I will hurry up tho matter with all possible speed, and l will of course, be guided by your {Judgement in my further search¬ es and in the selection of such napors as I have reforrod to, and oth¬ ers which you may have in mind.
Yours very truly,
Electrical Exhibition Company
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W. jy»Jenks, Sen., secy., 130 Broadway, city. Dear 3 ir :-
Supplement ins ray report of March 33c!, 1808, X Bond you none further pap or o wkioli hear particularly upon the commercial rstatun of Mr. Edison! o work in oonnootion with thooleotrio railroart^’bporation at ■Menlo Park, K.J.; and the negotiation;], agreoraontn , correspondence , estimates^ calculations, personal vipits, &oi., relative to tho equip¬ ment of electric railroads under the Edition System between Rahway end Perth Amboy, II. J., Fairmonnt Park, Philadelphia, Pa., Manhattan Elevat¬ ed R.Rof Hew York, Brooklyn h Atlantic Boacth R.R. , Long Inland R.R. ,
How York, Staten Island, R. R. , Hew York, storage battery for Crystal Palace, London, Eng, building of large locomotive for England, and con¬ trol of system in Great Britain; roads for Cuba, ^enesuela, U. S. of Colombia, Switzerland and other placegy. notably Minnesota and Califor¬ nia. Some of those places roforrod- to in ray previous report.
I send you herewith statement of coot of motive. power and lighting of Manhattan Elevated Railway for t ho month of April 1890. Letter of June 8th, 1880, from Secyy Goddard, referring to the visit iof Col. Hain, Mgr. and Mr. llavarro, orie of the .principal Directors of tho Manhattan •Elovatod 'R.R. to Menlo park to inspect the Edison syotom..
Extract of Major 8. 3. Eaton's letter to Thos. A. Edison,
May 16th, 1383, referring tc the visit of Mr. Shaw and Pennsylvania of-, ficials to Monlo Park, with a view of applying Edison's Electrio R.\ K., to Pair mount Park. Letter also refers. to Major McLaughlin's impatience about tho road for California. (Major McLaughlin was associated with Mr. Edison in his mining interests in California).
Page 337, letter book "A", Edison Laboratory, lot tor to E. H. Johnson of London, from Samuel Instill, K.Y. , dated February 4, 1833, requesting information relative to elevator 7,hioh Mr'; Edison desired to apply to Manhattan Elevated R.R. in New York, in connect! or, with tho oquipraont of that road with his system.
Letter page. 00, letter book "C", from Tho a. A. Edison, Monlo Park to Theo. Turrettini, Geneva, Switzerland, of Sept. 1st, 1883, re¬ ferring to arrangements concluded to build two fivg-nile Edison Electric Railroads in Gonova; also extract from letter of Thos. A. Edison to Theo. Turrettini of of Aug. 37th, 1982, referring to sending working drawings of locomotive & o., and giving detailed explanation of insulat¬ ing track, bonding same, testing, fto.
Pago 538, letter book "A", extract of letter of Thos. A. Edi¬ son to c. f. Havemeyer, II. Y. , referring to sending skilled workmen to Geneva to equip Edison Elcotrio Railway systora.
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Letter book «o», page ISA , lot tor of Then A. Edison, to pro::- ol-Morgan & Co. of Copt. i;j, 1388 , roforvlnc to expend ituros on account of Snell oil looonotive.
Letter of Aug. 7th , 1880, of a. P. Lowrey to Tho a. A. Edison, referring to going 1 '>r> Railroad natters, anti seeing Manors. Vlllard, Pabbri, and llavarro about sane, ami dusiro of Hr. Pabbri interest in;.; himself in the buninonn In England.
Prow' Edison 'o Laboratory scrap book, No. 7, article from Railway corvloo Maganino, Decor, ber , 1881, referring to equipment of fifty miles o'" road in Minnesota by Thos. A. Edison for President Vil- lard.
Prom lot tor book "C", Orange Laboratory, page loo, lot tor of Thos, A. Edison to Sraotuo Nyrian , referring to arrangomnl a for supply¬ ing -olootric looowotlvo on fuutaor. Inland K. it*
Letter of Geo. ?!. JTopkinn to Then. A. Net In on, Aug. 17th, 1080 ' oontaino note in "Ninon 'a handwriting, suggesting t)mt the 3d it or of the so lent if. lo American coned to Menlo Par)-: to no, 3 tho oloo trio looo- notivo climb tho 830 foot grado.
Lottor of E. ?. Nolls to Thos. A. Ndlnon, desiring to ownlot in tho introduction of Edition' a system.
■ Lottor of TSobt. Podge to Thos.' A. Edison, Oot. 10th, 1880, relative to equipment of oleotrio freight railway.
I.oftor of Chau. N. Levis to Thos. A. Ed loon, July 12th, 1880, roforriito to tho doairo of hlnwolf and hin friend Mr. Danker to anoint Edison f inane l olly and othe-^wlne, in the dovoloponent of hin olootric railroad system.
Lottor from Edgar Thompson. Stool Co. to Thos, A. Ed loon, ro- lati-o to quotation on stool rails. Appended note by Mr. Edison, re¬ ferring to ontimton then being nude for portion in South America.
Lottor of Don,), ?. Sutler to Thou. A. Edison, July 7th, 1830, exprosolftg beliof in Edison's el 00 trio R« R. plans, and offering as¬ sistance of himoo If and friends.
Lottor of 3. ?. M or h o’ iso , to Thors. A. Edison, referring to visit of promoters of Brooklyn ft Atlantis Boaoh 7ile voted R.R. , to Menlo Park to examine Edison's -Eleo trio Engine.
Lottor of v/. Hiloy, Prosident Hookaway Elevated Railway co., May noth, 1030, to Shoe. A. Edison, stating clot erminat ion intro¬ duce Edison' o syntera on their road, and expressing satisfaction with Edison's syston.
Lotto” of Janos V), Seymour to Thos. A. Edison, referring to strong prospects of Edison Electric Road between Marianas and La Playa, Cuba, Aug. 30th, 1880.
Letter of J. 3. Ramiros to Then, A. Edison asking for informa¬ tion of oleotrio railroad for Vonoauola, and U. B. of Colombia, July 37th, 1330.
Lottor book "B", Edison's Laboratory, page 135, letter of Thos. A. Edison to W. H. Patton, Juno 20th, 1030, in which Mr, Edison refers to perfected system of tranof drring power in operation to Menlo Park on oleotrio railway, and giving information in this and subsequent letters, rolativo to supplying 700 horse power to 13,000 horse power from Lako Tabor and Carson River to Virginia City, Nevada.
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Corraspondonoo rofora to elootrio pumping and hoisting machinery aw Diamond Drill operated hy olootrloity. " ’
Paohago of minoollaneoun let tors, of whioh there!, a verv larro \° chOT th0 1]VKi(!nao amount of detail gone into at Hon- lo Para, in equipping .ho throe miles of road in operation there, and of "InS "t ^ Unf ln th0 S^aratlon 0f estimates, am muhin* In f ir tm Tf f? ° f?ada t0 b0 Metalled m their places.
In t..io eou.~i.ion I o-ill at ton .ion to Lot tor "oooh ,iA", Edison's Laho^*- PaS<;S 374 t0 880’ *asoe 310 to 3.35, and pago^ aS to w^ioh give oxponoos ot olootrlo railroad up to ITov. 10, 1031 «B i'-Q 133 Sw.los.X.*0 Juno 8’ 188J3’ 119 °8’?40-71' «* to Poh. 1st,’ issa.’S + -i T!\i!3 1(3 1 a'00 '' on roaa material and exponses man lot-
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SOME TWO YEARS AGO, WHILE I WAS EXAMINING SOME EXPERIMENTS BY PROF. R. s. HYER, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN SOUTHWESTERN UN I VERS I TY,G EORG ETOWN, TEXAS, W| TH THE X-RAY, HE SHOWED US AN APPARATUS FOR SEEING THE RAY. IT WAS STATED THEN THAT W H|LE YOU AND OTHERS WERE EXPERIMENTING ON SUCH AN APPARATUS, A ND HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF I T, PROF. HYER HAD STUM¬ BLED ON IT, AND H|S MACHINE, OR I NST'RljMENT, RATHER, WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SUCCEED. I BELIEVE IT WAS STATED THAT TH I Sfi FACT WAS COMMUNICATED TO YfflU. PROF. HYER HAS MADE S«ME REMARKABLE DIS¬ COVERIES WITH AND OPERATIONS BY THE X-RA'
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MERCE 0F IT. I MADE THIS STATEMENT* I N PUBLIC NOT LONG AGO,
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W| LyyKINDL-'Y LET ME KNOW, AT YOUR EARLIEST CON VEN I ENCE, T HE
DATE YOU MADE A SUCCESS OF Y(jUR FLORESCSPE, OR ANY INSTRUMENT
BY WHICH YOU COULD SEE THE X-RAY? ALSO, I i ANY COMMUNICATION FROM PROF. HYER, OR FROM ,
REGARDING HIS SUCCESS WITH THY X-RAV?
Yfflii1 iKiN?rw?5«nTAMPED AND ADDRESS ENVtOPE FOR REPLY. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE, I AM, REVLY TRULY,
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[FROM EUGENE GRIFFIN]
New York Office, 44',Broad St.
April 12-98
Dear Mr. Edison:
Mr. Coffin has aslced me to answer your memorandum in reference
to the letter dated March 21st. which you received from E. E. Brown¬ ell, in which he asks you the following questions :-
(1) "Can a singLe trolley electric railroad of„large traction
using eaflth and rail return he remedied under any and all condi¬ tions so as to absolutely prevent the electrolysis of gas, 'wat'frr and other pipes? : “
(2) "is not the double trolley system or any road using an insulated return for the current, a positive preventive of the electrolysis of gas, water and other pipes?"
I presume it is undoubtedly true that the single trolley road cannot be arranged so as t'o absolutely prevent the electrolysis of gas, water and other pipes, and that a perfect double trolley system will absolutely prevent such electrolysis.
The purpose of the writer undoubtedly is to get a negative answer to the first question and a positive answer to the second, so that the same can be used in some way to prevent the introduction or extension of the single trolley system.
Unless you feel under obligations to answer these questions, ■
I would suggest that if the letter becomes lost and no reply is given, it will be the best possible solution so far as the effect ( upon our business is concerned. If, however, you feel obliged tb-^V answer these questions, I trust that you will feel free to say that the single trolley system can be so arranged with supplementary return wires as to practically eliminate electrolysis, and ‘that.
CENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
while the double trolley system will completely eliminate electroly¬ sis, it introduces other troubles and annoyances by the multiplica¬ tion of overhead wires which, everything considered, makes it less desirable than the single trolley system.
^rusting that you may feel free to help us out to at least this extent, I am,
With great respect,
Very cpr* lly your's,
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THE TELEGRAPH AGE.
THE COMING TELEGRAPH TOURNAMENT.
that those living at ti distance who desire to use their machine in the contests need not bring their - typewriters with them to New York. Mr. VV. H Durphy, the New York manager of the company,
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elected secretary. After some discussion1*!! was and^ta-'sfft
hf the?r derisin*6 COnd,t.,on,1 ‘° govern ‘the judged tournTment^vinTake'place" in their decisions, as printed in the circular which 1 1
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The- following letter from Mr. T. A. j
the judges.
The executive committee, consisting of Fred 1 Catlm, A; E. Sink, T. J. Smith, P. B. Delany and ; J. B. Taltavail, heid a meeting immediately after j the judges adjourned. Mr. T. J. Smith was appointed a committee to arrange for suitable phonographic records, and Mr. P. B. Delany provide apparatus for chemical or other recori not phonographic.
The executive committee then adjourned, 1
Edison Battery Fan Outfits
1898 Models.
EDISON IFG. CO.,
THOS. A. EDISON, Proprietor.
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New York, March 15th, 1
Telegraphic Tournament .
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^Madison Square Garden, New York^ May^J898^ x
ONDER the auspices of the New York Electrical Society, a grand Electrical Exposition will be held at Madison Square Garden during the month of May, and it has been decided by the Board of Control that the telegraphic fraternity shall be represented by a fast-sending and receiving tournament, at which liberal prizes will be awarded to the victors. Competent judges will pass upon the merits of the performances, speed and accuracy of transmission and perfect machine recording being the basis upon which the decisions will be rendered.
The transmissions will be of five minutes’ duration, except in the message class, which will be of thirty minutes.
In the first 260 words of the matter to be sent, there are 14 periods, 17 commas, 3 paragraphs, 2 colons (ko), 1 hyphen (hx), 1 dash (dx), 1 interrogation, 1 quotation (qn) and 1 end quotation (qj), which are equivalent to about 12 words.
The omission or addition of any telegraphic character shall constitute an error.
Use all punctuations, including paragraphs. Attention is called to this matter in order that misunderstandings may be avoided.
This circular is published as a guide for operators who contemplate entering fast-
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sending contests, enabling them, chances for success.
The following matter, which was senders, except in the code class, where n
The command of Gideon and the assurance that Jehovah had sent him was distinctively a mission. He, among many other great names, felt he had a mission in life, and faithfully filled it. And finding the secret of his success, we unfold it as the secret of all success. Herein is the secret in profane and sacred history of every well-wrought work — of every
successful life. Fixed In men’s memory, and — -
m the Book of Life, are the names of those m
women who, using the talent God has givei . ,
have allied themselves to omnipotence and so become strong and great.
There is no problem greater and that stares us so continually in the face as this, viz: What is the real purpose of life? Just as you give an answer to that do you make life great or small. Men have thought and worked at many an answer to this problem. The stoic, the epicurean, the philosopher, the miser, the man who seeks for pleasure, the deeply religious soul, have each given his answer.
They are all aiming at this, viz: “How to be happy. ’ And the answer at first seems very easy and natural. Get what you want and you will
: does, to gauge their ability and decide upon their
sd in the contests in ’93, will be used by the t matter will be used :
be happy. But experience teaches us that when we have gotten what we wanted we discover that it is thought it to be. And no sooner is one ‘ " another comes clamorous to the
in and sacred <
want satisfied tl front.
We want to make life longer, broader, deeper. We want to see m it a mission of some kind. Life gift, but with that gift comes a charge, the id charge of duty, and the duty is this : “ Go in this thy might ; have not I sent thee ? “
It is the climax of human wisdom to estimate aright our duty and our ability to do. It is the climax of divine revelation— the promise: * shield, and thv exceeding great reward. 1 i as a sense of his own rr
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do His work, and is ever with him. If you cease to strive, and cease to learn and cease to do for others and know not God, you may as well cease to live. No man can do a truly great work without being virtuous, and no man can be virtuous without God
CLASSIFICATION.
Championship — Open to all. Prizes for senders and receivers.
Ladies’ Class — Free for all. Prizes for senders.
Code Class (Phillips Code)— Open to all. Prizes for senders and receivers. Unknown matter will be used.
Message Class — Prizes for receivers. 50 messages to be sent.
230 Words Class— Open to all. Barring those who have a record of 230 words or better. Prizes for senders. No receiving.
240 Words Class— Open to all. Barring those who have a record of 240 words or better. Prizes for senders. No receiving.
An entrance fee of $2 must accompany each entry, except in the ladies’ class. Entries close April 30.
The contests will probably occupy one afternoon and two evenings, about the middle of May.
Contestants who have entered will be duly informed when dates of trials are defin¬ itely settled.
FRED CATLIN, Mgr. Tournament
Western Union Building, 7th Floor
195 Broadway, New York City
GORHAM <Ss OO. 3 ICE HOUSE LANE H03srca-K:03sra-.
Hong Kong May; 17th 1898.
The Edison Laboratory. ^
Orange, New Jersey.
Gentlemen.-^ ^ave for acknowledgment your favor dated Yokohama April 29th, for which we thank you. The Phonograph, Records, etc, came safely to hand and we have duly honored your draft for cost of same.
We note that you will try and arrange. for a discount on the above on Mr. White’s arrival at home, and we will be glad if this can be managed for we have been obliged to sell the outfit for your published price as per catalogues circulated in Hong Kong. W,e shall have no difficulty in disposing of the blanks here, as also- the records. ,
We very much regret to say that since your Mr. White left us the Plague has shut down like a fog-bank on any prospects of anything like a healthy business for the present and the scare among the Chinese is very great. This has put a stop to the demand for anything in the line of Kinetoscopes, for the natives shun a crowd as they would the pes¬ tilence itself. The young man Tak Cheong and his. brother, with whom
we were arranging for the sale of a couple of Kinetoscopes, Doth aied of the plague shortly after Mr. White left us. / 7 .
As regards the films, we note your further discount of 2C% and we would ask you to credit us with the same on the 28 films purchased from Mr. White, as we find several individual importers have been able to . procure -similar or better terms than those already allowed on the 28 m
question^ refer0nQe tQ your agenCy for Hong Hong and South China, we would be prepared to fit up a showroom in Ice House Lane specially for the exhibition of your specialties, and would offer as a suggestion, that you send us a set of your samples of your various productions in electric batteries, fans, bells, etc, with the fullest particulars as to prices, shipment, packing, etc, etc. and immediately after the hot season is over, say at the end of August, we will set to work and open up the business. 'The samples would always remain with us for your account, and at your orders for disposal if at any time you should see- fit. Our reason. for making the suggestion is the obvious iact that it is a much simpler -matter to sell from samples than from catalogues. If you should make us a shipment kindly mark the goods &.Co. and
ship to "Order11 direct to Hong Kong, via San Franciscp. .
Regarding the Kinetoscope we suggested to Mr. White the desira¬ bility of having an additional arrangement for showing lantern slides whilst the changing of films was in progress. In this connection we would be prepared to supply slides of Chinese and tropical subjects on. verv reasonable terms, and to give you a crude idea of our possible
over 200 different pictures, gotte'n up originally by Mr. Hurley in the form of Christmas cards. .
One word with reference to the Kinetoscope. . We have an inquiry for\this machine but the buyer has heard of the Biograph and does not care to order the former until he can get some particulars of the latter instrument. We should be glad to hear if you manufacture them and to have a description of the same, with quotations as to prices, etc, etc, as they are not familiar to us.
We are,
Yours faithfully.
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We have for acknowledgment your favor of Hay 25th, contents of which have had attention and for which wo thank you. We must apol¬ ogize for having delayed answering up to this time, which is partly ex¬ plainable by the fact that we were waiting a reply to our communication of May 17th to the Edison Laboratory at Orange, and partly because of the dullness in business matters brought about principally by the plague which caused a stampede amongst the Chinese.
Sin»e the departure of Mr. ait. free, thie Colon, we hare by no wans lost sight Of your interests; but after looking thoroughly into th. matter in all Its bearings .e have reaohed the conclusion1 that your best interests here .ill be much better served by a house having a large retail connection with the Chines, in Hong Kong and Canton, .ho are in
teuoh with this sort of business; rather than by a wholesale mercantile firm.
We have therefore placed the whole matter in the- hands of Messrs Kruse &. Co. of this port, who are beyond question the best people to
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Thos. A. Edison Esq. , / j-9
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Dear Friend: , , ■ j ,4.
In the latter part of the 80’ s D, H. Ogden undertook to build a Cross Town- street Railway running to the Bluffs into a desirable residence district.
He was stalled in getting his franchise and having done a great deal of business with me in former years asked for help.
I first loaned him #500.00 which was not enough and he had to get $2,500.00 more.
He had been dickering with the Thomson - Houston people for apparatus. i
At the time the .Edison interest had taken up the Sprague Com¬ pany and I told Ogden that unless he would deal with them he could have no further assistance from me. He agreed to this and I had him get a report from the Sprague people , who said the Road was feasible and submitted an estimate of the cost and machinery required. , ,
On the strength of this I secured the $2,500.00 for Ogdeiu
He obtained the franchise and started to bMld the Road as directed by the Sprague people.
I soon found that Ogden was addicted to narcotics owing to a long rheumatic illness and had lost his old vim and method.
This forced me to assume the sale of the bonds of the Company and I raised $55,000.00 to complete the Road.
The Sprague apparatus was not adequate to the work required of it on the ten per cent grade and in the winter of 90 everything petered out and the road shut down.
The Sprague people then claimed that their latest motors would do the work and agreed to fix us all up provided we bought two of the latest motors at $3,000.00 each with an extra amount for trucks.
This was agreed to and after about three months work on the part of their expert everything was turned over to the Company.
In the settlement a three months not^was given by the Key City Electric Street Railway Co. for the motors which I endorsed.
I did this because some of our bond holders had agreed to fur¬ nish the money but they were in Europe and the Company heeded the time.
By the time the bond holders returned it had developed that the new motors were not much better than the old and the bond hold¬ ers quit,.
The Road struggled along through the winter but in the Spring of 91 it went into the hands of a Receiver.
The Road was sold and was bought in by the bond holders.
The Bond holders then made a combination with the Allen & Swe- nie line in Dubuque. ,■ This Road used Thomson - and had also been through the Receivership mill.
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The Sprague motors were now taken off 'and much larger motors put Into the service and the road works well and :^oes a fine business
The General Electric or its friends have managed to capture the whole thing.
The note fell to the Edison General Co. and failing to collect from the Key City Electric Street R’y Co. they sued me.
Bear in mind that the Sprague CO. had already received thousands of dollarsfor apparatus at top prices from the Key Oit Co. bought expnessly on their advice much of which was worthless for the use recommended.
This trade came to them by my good will.
You know that I have been a consistent friend of the Edison interests for many years and have turned large amounts of business into their hands.
Under the circumstances I say that the prosecution of this suit against me is unjust .
I think you ought to have this suit withdrawn at once and in¬ structions sent here to have the matter adjusted equitably.
Of course the lawyers think it is a great thing to harrass an individual, . ; They want me to confess a judgment for some
$4,800.00 which means ruin to me at this time.
For a long time motor equipments of double the power of those sold to the Key City Co. have been on the market at $700.00 .
.The idea. of punishing me to such an extent as proposed is malicious in my judgment. .
I have no ill will in this matter. The General Electric has had a great battle to fight and I hope the day is near at hand when it will reap the large profits deserved by the high efficiency now attained. .
Please advise me if you can do anything about this matter and there is need of haste as the case is near trial ..
Sincerely Yours, f
THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH AGENCY,
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^PHONOQRAPHS,
PROJEOTOSOOPE8, ORIGINAL FILMS, KINETOSOOPE8,
ELECTRO DENTAL,
New York, . Deo. . 12th, . 1898
Ur. Thomas A. Hdison,
Edison, N.J.
Dear Sir,- Your favor of Deo. 8th received and care¬ fully noted. You must be misinformed that 1 am advertising myself as your agent, as 1 do not remember ever having done so. 1 styled myself, While in partnership with Mr. Stevens , as •Edison Phonograph Agency", and am obliged to continues the use of that name on my letter-heads and Office door so long th Hdison Phonograph Agency liquidation is: in progress As 1 am still selling Edison phonographs, the use Sf the name oannot be injurious to your interest. 1, however, have no desire to use your name in oonnectlon with the Edison Phonograph Agency longer than is absolute¬ ly necessary to liquidate suoh Agenoy, as 1 find X can sell more goods on my own name than ‘ttnderiany other, and 1 propose, in the future, to advertisa'P.M. Preeeott* . I am only sorry that X did not oome to this conclusion^ years ago. My sales for November were #17,164. I believe the Edison Mfg, Co. received about #1200 of this amount while the National Phonograph Co. received nothing. This month, and from now on, none of your interests will receive directly any orders of mine.
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EDISON PHONOGRAPH AGENCY.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
1 am aware that Mr* Stevens' business is increasing slightly, but I am confident, with all the protection and the backing you and Mr, Gilmore may give him, that it will never amount to what 1 am able to do.
It seems to me that you are paying pretty "dearly for endeavoring to esta¬ blish Mr, Stevens in the business, but so long yoi^are satisfied, 1 have nothing to oompltin of. If you live long enough, *°rae day, 1 think, you will be convinced of the trutbnof thta statements! have been trylbg,to impress upon you* Mr. Gilmore has stated to you and has circulated the story to the trade that 1 have been cut off from receiving your goods because 1 cut prices* but you know arid I know that the onlynpricee 1 have cut have been to follow Stevens' leaddt&d dhdeavor to meet 'his competition And although Mr. Stevens still continual to cut prices and offer phonographs at the ridiculous disdount of 45^/ at which quotation 1 could not possi¬ bly Seli, his supply is not Cut off, doing the same2 thing that 1 have been accused of. The real reason that I was cut off was that Stevens might suCoeed and the trade is thoroughly' aware of that faot to his die-1 credit and; to your discredit,
1 have wrlttentthia long letter as 1 know you do not have time to go into details.and whatever Mr. Gilmore and others tell you, you take for the gospel without hearing the other aide of the story.
Very truly yours.
Spencci'Trask,
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Mew York, Deo. 14th, 1898.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, M. J.
My Dear Mr. Edison: —
Upon my roturn to New York yesterday, I received from Mr. Gilmore a lottor stating that in aooordanoo with instructions recoivod from you, ho was to send me a phonograph, with outfit, So., complete.
I beg to assure you of my appreciation of your thought¬ fulness in this matter, and to thank you for it. This will bo when received, the only substantial thing that I havo received from my firm's connection with the Phonograph Company. I shall take great pride in showing it .
Again thanking you for tho phonograph, as well a3 for tho pleasure which I know my friends and I will derive from it,
Believe mo,
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General Electrio Co. Fron _ _
Address
Mr. W. J. Hammer To26 Cortlandt St.
COPY
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Requisition No. Subject _ _ ^
Date Deo. 26 98
Dear Siri
After a diligent search I can find none of the note books I used at Menlo Park and do not know where they are unless they may happen to be among some papers and relics of mine (kept?) in the Adirondacks.
I have written there to find out. The only book I can find is one containing a description of the Hulks t(?) Ketohane isolated plant on Oct. IB 1881. From some letters though I have established the fact that of ^/connection with the Menlo Park Laboratory not earlier than
the Utter part of 1881 or early in 1882 so that any testimony _
as to the use of coarse field winding would be valueless. I remember it well though on the Z (or A) machines used in connection with the electric road to Pumptown and find one sketch of it in this book though almost obliterated. If I can be of any service will cheerfully do so.
Very Truly Yours F. A. 1/lardlaw
I have your favor of the 23rd inst, and carefully noted. Although you admitted to me last September that there was no reason' why i should not use your name and that you could not stop me from using it if you wanted to, I will see that your request is complied with. , . r
An Associate,;*?# ,|rt>e house of Messrs, .Paths Preres of Paris, the largest fina in Europe in .the pro jectoscope, film and talking machine line, is in Hew York, making' his headquarters With lije. He has brought over sample b of films of his house, also samples of the blanks they are making in Prance, Of course he could not do any phonograph business with you, but he' would like to meet you to talk over the film business, as it is possible you might wish to make some' arrangement whereby you could sell his films in America»or exchange negatives' with* him, he man¬ ufacturing Edison films in Prance from your original Edison negatives and you manufacturing Pathe films in Orange from original Pathe negatives. If you or Mr .Gilmore can spare a few minutes I should be pleased to bring out to Orange this gentleman.at your convenience . He is re¬
turning to Paris on January 7th, so if you will grant him the favor of i interview it must be before that date.
Awaiting your pleasure, I am
[TO W.J. JENKS?]
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Doouments from Orange Laboratory . 'V.- ^
■ ’ "While -awaiting" Mr . Edition yeot'erday'^'i went through a lot of
j-P.apers,;.that had been stored ' in' a Vault'- tinder '.the laboratory; Offlq© .at '-Metilo: Park, Ybu -wiii4n6ti6&!'froa' their appOaraiioe • tkat .-^ii'e^ ktiye-been soaked with'water.' ih# fere all sttiok together. 1 have found some : valuable 'material among 'this.;, 1 . 4 '. 1 W; : ’
' Mr. Buckingham, ‘t'hb1 ^ oth’er day plaoed considerable, stress on
■the 'faot tkat 'Mri-^Ed'isfdn'a mot’OrO were -plkOed under the pla't'f 6xia pps ‘ floor of the oar, 1 ■ J .. •'••••••'•'•'•
1 enclose 'a' letter of Mr, Derails Barnes of Mew York to,,Thoa. •A.' Edison, of November 7th,7 '1883, deferring to #l's investigating, eiec- trio railways; and requesting Mf. Edison'S opinion as jto.'.ilfc- best' metfr- ods of applying eledtrio power to oars. At' the top" yotf will hJote! in Mr,' Edison ro handwriting, instructions to his secretary, and on the baok of the letter in Mr. Edison's handwriting and initialed by him, is stated his opinion that 'the'' motor 'in mbtit ' oases', bo' placed' direct iy ,un- dor the oar, Mr, Edison told me yesterday that he. had 'spent out of his own pooket, $42,000’ oh this road at .Menlo park. As confirming this,' I enclose an interesting statement, dated" February fst,’ 18&3, giving" WW cost of the roadbed, trestles, insulation, rolling stook, eto, , as a- mounting to the stim of $3’7:,720,68, ~‘f' ' ' *■'■". ,
Bearing upon the ' point whioh' I raent ioned' 'the other day of Mr, Sprague's following/'tijpi Mr, Edison's work at Menlo" Park, I enclose letter from Edward HV Johnson of London, England of ‘'.April 11th, 1883 to Mr. Edison, suggesting the employment of Mr. SpraguS to take oharge of his railway experiments, in view of the subsequent arrangement whioh
Messrs. Johnson and 'sprague and their Company made Vith Mr. Edison and the Edison Maohlne W«ke, relative to the manufacture, and sale of tio- tors, working under Mr. .'.Edison's-patOnts,' eto,,‘ this 'iettef indy fee ser¬ viceable as indioatifig that ■ there was no abandonment of Mr, Edison's work. f t,yj (•' ■' ■ •• •' - “
1 alBo. enoiosef'for your in&peot ion , a Copy of the Jnoorporfr* tion of the Electrie Hallway C6, of the united states, dated April 'goth 1883; -also'-«^e«aen:t3'dtweeti;ite’88rs;;%t'e^hen D, Fi'ei&:’et‘;'al -and ThotaAs- A* Edison et al in re 'New 'York dity oClffpCny, dated ' April B0(th». ,188§7n Aodotnpattyiiig ‘tills is th0 lo't'tby* of* S« '3* ^Eaton to Tjioria.8 A** Edisoii*^ of April 23d, 1883, ' '"'V' « [> ^
■ : I "'ono Iobo two' le tt tips . of W , if, Stewart of Saxit'ietgi, Chilli ito Thotoae A, Edison under date of October ‘27th, ''1883' and Deoefijb'er istV " ' 1882, * Both ©f-'thstee letters refer to ’the' exploiting of Map* Edison's system of eleotrioi railroads Itl South'Aribrioa, ' +
. . ; I eric lose a letter of Geo. s, Ladd of. San Francisco to Samuel
insull of April 19th,' '1883, inquiring about Mr,' Edison '.s plwis^pr.’lto* oreasing tract ion for his eleotrio looomotive, “ AttaoHed Vo t&s is ' an interesting' paper, referring to the use. of. magnets, creepers, .and nota¬ bly 'the use of two or more oars t'o give' traction by placing tketfat'or 1 on each car. This nattef bears Upon! ’ the point ' that Mr ' rfr- f erred to • the other day,' 'in whioh the oars were separat‘elyJdtipplled with motors,' instead 'of being drawn by tke loo emotive, !'>*
Letter of C. v/. Rogers to Samuel Insull of Aug. 30th, ISSS* referring to arrangements made to run the road at Menlo Parkt
.Letter of Benjamin Rhodes of Niagara Ralls, to Edison Elec¬ tric Railway Co.,, of January 23d, 1883, desiring to use Mr. Edison's system, and inquiring whether it is on the market' for general use*
Letter of W. Mo crory, of Minneapolis, Minn, to Thomas A, Ed¬ ison, relative to the use of Mr. Edison's system in that city*
Letter of Chas. s. Hurd to Thomas A. Edison, relative to ■building and Edison Eleotrio Railroad.
Yours very truly,
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" i eno lose this memorandum pf the following papers, whioh jl have taken from the laboratory files:- f
Letter of Samuel Insull of N.Y. to Chas. Batchelor, in Paris under date of Oot. 30th, 1802, refering to the eleotrio railroad auk Menlo Park, in whioh a referenod ie made to the locomotive being bufi.t for England; also a letter of Samuel insull of N.Y, to wm. H. Rideing' of Boston, dated Oot. 30th, 1882, refering to Menlo Park road, wtating that Mr. Edison had at that time a passenger looomotive, whioh would attains -speed of upwards of fifty miles, drawing a ooaoh containing forty people; also looomotive capable of drawing ten oars, eaoh oarry- ing four tons of freight, at the fate of ten or twelve miles an hour, and stating that they are now finishing a oar whibh will run by itself having a commutator that works Underneath the oar, whioh oar would car¬ ry thirty people at fifteen miles ah hour, at the expense of two and a half or three horse power; then follows a description of the riad, and closing with a referenoe to the eleotrio looomotive then being built of the capacity of the ordinary Hudson River R.R. looomotive, whioh when tested is to bo sent to England for the purpose of exploiting el¬ eotrio railroads fchere.
Letter of Sami, insull of N.Y. to Geo. E. Gourraud of London, stating that Mr. Edison is laying a new track for his eleotrio railroad about throe miles ^n length; that he is building a looomotive to have a maximum speed W* ftpe-hundred miles an hour, and stating that he is also going to bui^d a freight locomotive.
I enoloj® a letter of Fred A. Soheffjer to Chas. T. Hughes, dated April 17th, 1882, for a brass ring to be made for the new motor. These rings way Pe seen on one of the oars now at Menlo Park. It oo- ours to me |n?. Soheffler, who is now the faotory Superintendent of the Sprague Eleotfi® Co., might giYe some interesting information about the early work, and as he is a warm personal friend of mine, I oan see him should you deem it desirable.
I enolose a letter of June 12th, 1882, signed "White®, being I think, from Judge Andres White, in whioh he refers to the use of Mr. Edison's road pn the Canal, on the Brooklyn Bridge, and in Central Park and on the elevated railroads.
I enolos® a monthly statement from the Jersey City Wheel Foundry and Madhind Works, amounting to$785.14, under date of August 28th, 1882. I 'fcrwiw that this oonoern's name is stamped on some of the wheels now at Men)*} PfcfW. I also note on some of the truoks, the name of S.A.BemiB, patented Ifesl# &e.
I $nolode ypu a monthly statement of December 31, 1881 from John Stephenson Co. for #687,6.0. This is, I believe for the passenger oar whioh I Jhlnk 1 sent you a bill for, and whioh oar is at Present at the Orange Laboratory.
I enclose you eleven freight reoeipts of the Penna. R.R. , of November and December, 1881, whioh in the main refer to material fur¬ nished for Mr. Edison's eleotrio, railroad*
1 enclose statement -foir the P* & R. C. & I. Co. Rolling Mills Reading, Pa; also reoeipt of James MoClfea for #17.60 in paymsnt of gravel delivered to Thomas A. Edison.
When 1 go to Orange, I axpeot to get some other papers show¬ ing the delivery of this material for oonstruoting the road at Menlo Park, the oharaoter and the amount of the deliveries, and from whom they are sent*
1898. Edison, T.A. - Articles (D-98-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents requesting Edison to write articles; correspondence relating to articles about Edison and his inventions; and letters from journalists seeking to interview Edison. Included is a questionnaire about high explosives by inventor Hudson Maxim.
The 5 documents not filmed are routine letters from journalists with no significant response from Edison.
M, T, RICHARDSON CO,, Publishers,
27 pArk place,
New York, . j.an......i5,...x898 .
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Will you be good enough to gratl^r the curiosity of] one > who has always been a warm admirer by saying whether or not your C name as used in a sensational story now being published in a New York newspaper is so used with your approval.
Trusting you will pardon what may seem like presumption, and kindly favor me with a reply, for which I beg to enclose a stamped and addressed envelope, I remain.
Mr. Thos. A, Edison,
Menlo Park
Dear Sir:
Yours respectfully,
HTtfL.
Massachusetts institute of Technology,
(Mar 5th 1898) Boston Mass
Themas A. Edison Esq,
Edison Sussex county h.j.
My dear Sir:-
I have now made up my notes on your works whioh you so kindly allowed mo to visit in February, and in aooordance with your permission I send them to you for revision.
I will in the first place indicate what I would like to have you do for me and then you can decide how muoh of it you care to do.
In the MSS I have marked the statements I am doubtful
about with a red ink underscore ^ _ or with red ink writing.
I shall be very grateful for any of these points on which you can set me right or tell me that I ora right, by scratching out the red line.
in regard to blue prints, I shall be very glad to receive any of the blue prints indicated in the list on the last page.
I am particularly anxious to be set right as to the split wobbler, as its exact construction is not olear to me.
You made a remark in regard to your sprocket conveyors namely that the shearing strength. of steel was only Sooo lbs per square inch. If the ultimate strength of steel is 30000 lbs and shearing is 4/5 of that the shearing strength- would be 48000 lbs and if a faotor of safety of 3/e was used that would bring the safe working load up to 8000 lbs. it seems to .mg. have missed some point in your argument which puts it ..at 2000>'’lbs.<
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ffikJoefcg'tfe sires me further to say that he put the \ capaoity£oi§?a $lime table a little too high, it should be about "** 10 ton^p^c^J^r a table 17 feet in diameter.
In regard to my notes I will nay that if there is any part yo^Tijjjj»»4o treat confidentially I will gladly aoceckfc to your wto^i^you will put a mark on the margin to that effect.
iTs^all not be able to send my MSS to the printer before next August, I understood you to say that all your rights would be protected by that tine, In the mean time I will treat the whole ocfifjyiU.Hy.
Thanking you many times for your kindhess to me I am
MCClure’s Syndicate. _ _ Hastings house, Norfolk ;
. - . The S. S. MCCLURE CO. stran^on.
Thomas A. Edison Edison,, 1T.J.
A\V / NEW YORK, April SI, 1898.
Mr. Theodore Waters wrote an articlo for us some time ago on the solving of the culm problem, by which millions of tons of refuse culm arB turned into good coal. The article is entitled "Another Great Edison Discovery," and I bolieve has had your approval.
Mr. Waters asked us to hold it for a while until you sig¬ nified your willingness tliat it should bo published. We are anxious of course not to have it appoar elsewhere boforo wo use it, and should feel obliged to you if you would let us know whether you have now any objection to our spnding it out to our papers for publication within say three or four wooks^, after hearing from you.
Thanking you for your many courtesies.
Tours vory truly.
C& . rr-
To THOMAS A. EDISON, Esq., Orange,
New Jersey.
Dear sir,
I am soon to publish a book ei titled "High Explosives Warfare ", whion will deal with the science of explosives and th eir application in warfare, embracing submarine mines, automobile tor¬ pedoes, torpedo boats, submarine torpedo boats, aerial torpedoes, and torpedo guns.
I wish to publish in the book some opinions of the wind's eminent men concerning the future of high explosives in warfire. Am soliciting opinions not only from naval and military men and others expert in matters relating to warfare and war material, but also of eminent statesmen, litterateurs, moralists, philosophers, scientists and inventors.
Am sending you,
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descriptive of my system of throwing high explosives from ordnance, including my lecture before the Royal United Service Institution of Great Britain, an article from Engineering, June 10th., and an article from the Cosmopolitan Magazine, and one, from Cassier's Magazine for July, and which will be: largely reproduced in the book.
It will be esteemed a great favor if you will examire the system and give your opinion of it. Any criticisms which you may care to make will be equally thankfully received and appre elate.: d, and will also be published in the book.
■While I am inviting opinions concerning my own system, still I am equally desirous of obtaining opinions of the systems of others relating to the employment of high explosives in warfare, - the Whitehead type of torpedo, the torpedo boat and the submarine torpedo boat.
The main features upon which opinions are desired are em¬ bodied in the following questions, but I do not wish you to be con¬ fined in any way to the following questions in your criticisms or opinions.
QUESTIONS.
1st. What is your opinion of the value of high explosives as a des¬ tructive agent in warfare, and the part destined to be plaje d by them, and ttkeckaecx will' it be a dominant part or a subsidiary one?
2nd. If aerial torpedoes carrying taooc 500 lbs. of high explosive can be thrown at all fighting ranges at sea with equal velocity and accuracy as the projectiles now thrown from twelve inch guns, and carrying half a ton of high explosive, at slightly less velocity, and from a gun weighing no more and costing no more than the pre- sent twelve inch gun, ‘ then what is your opinion of the value and
efficiency of such aerial torpedoes in naval warfare?
3rd. If a sea-coast gun can be built and erected at a cost no greater than the present twelve inch sea coast gun, and which shall be capable of throwing 500 lbs. of high explosive in half a ton of steel ten to twelve miles, half a ton of explosive in a ton of steel eight to nine miles, and a ton of high explosive in a ton of steel four to five miles, what is your opinion of the value and ef¬ ficiency of this weapon as compared with the present twelve inch gun, which throws a projectile weighing half a ton and carrying only thirty-seven pounds of black rifle powder?
4th. What is the likelihood that the above results can be attained by means of the Maxim-Schupphaus multi-perforated progressive burning smokeless powder, in conjunction with the type of gun, form of pro¬ jectile, kind of fuse, and character of fulminating compound pro¬ posed in my system?
5th. What is your opinion as to whether wet compressed guncotton, picric acid, or any other explosive known to you, will be suffic¬ iently insensitive to stand the shock of acceleration in the gun necessary to the attainment of the above results?
6th. What is your opinion of the efficiency and sphere of usefulness of the present torpedo boat, and what modifications in the same would you suggest, if any?
7th. What is your opinion as to the efficiency and sphere of useful¬ ness of torpedoes of the Whitehead type, and to what extent would ' their value be increased could they be sent through the water at a speed from twice to four times greater, say at the rate of from
sixty to 100 miles an hour, without any material alteration in the type?
ah. What is your opinion of submarine boats in general, or of any of the proposed types, as for example, the Holland?
9th. What will probably be the coming dominant type of war vessel? Will it remain the heavily armored expensive battleship, or will this type be modified or replaced by lighter and swifter vessels?
10th. What, in your opinion, are the humanitarian bearings of im¬ proved implements and agencies of warfare?
11th. Should the inventions of civilians be utilised and civilian inventors encouraged by Governments and civilians be given equal opportunities with soldiers, or should all such work be left en¬ tirely to naval and military men.
12th. Have the inventions now being utilised by the most enlightened nations been mostly produced by civilians, or by soldiers, and does not the vastly greater number of civilians above soldiers naturally place greater possibilities of invention with civilians, notwithstanding the special training of naval and military men?
Thanking you in advance, for any opinion. , criticism, or
suggestion,
I am, dear sir,
Yours very respectfully,
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1898. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-98-04)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s membership and activities in social clubs and professional societies. Included is a letter containing Edison’s comments regarding the failure of the Royal Society and the Academie des Sciences to formally recognize his accomplishments.
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7. A. Edison, Esq.
Dear Sir,
I am under the impression that neither the Royal sooiety nor the Academie des Sciences ever bestowed upon you any medal, or prize or membership, or, in fact, ever formally recognized you or your great work. Would you mind telling me if this impression is correct?
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1898. Edison, T.A. - Family - General (D-98-06)
This folder contains correspondence by and about Edison’s family. Included are items regarding the estate of Edison’s late father, Samuel, and the financial situation of Samuel’s friend, James Symington. Other documents relate to the death of Mina Edison’s brother, Theodore Miller, from wounds received in the Spanish-American War and to the wartime army service of Edison’s son, William Leslie Edison.
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Mr. John Randolph, esq. ,
% Thomas Edison,
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Dear Sir:-
I have your esteemed fa/or of yesterday's date asking me to send Master Charles Edison spch postage stamps as I may have for his collection. At one time / had quite an accumulation, but since I have been here, thei4 have been children of friends of mine to whom I have given Jk considerable number. I will see what I have left and will wit/ pleasure forward them to you, and any I may get hold of in the/uture, I will certainly send forward 1 young Edison.
AGENT FOR
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PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES,; BATES NUMBERING MACHINES.
DENTIST MACHINES AND TOOLS, ROENTGEN RAY APPARATUS, EDISON-LALANDE BATTERIES. ELECTRIC PANS AND SUPPLIES.
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Dear Madam,
As attorney for Mr.J.w.S.Peck of New Kaven.l hold
two promissory notes given him by w.L.Edlsonjone of $22.dated Dec. 9/97, the other of $16. 50. dated Dec. 22/97.
Letters sent your son by Mr .Peck, and his New Haven Atty.as well as from me receive no attention.
Upon receipt of check for the amt. I will remit notes with receipt. .Check should be made to my order, as I have to sign receipt.
I cab be seen. at any time at my house as i am confined within door by sciatica.
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Dear Sir:-
We beg to enclose statement of cable expenses and cash advanced. in connection with your son, Mr. William Edison, in Porto Rico.
Our Mr. Frederick. R. Rohl has returned from. that Island, and says that he had considerable trouble in locating your son there, but after doing so- found him perfectly well.
From copies of correspondence enclosed you will notice that we opened credit in favor of your son for $600.00 with Messrs. Fritze, Lundt & 00., of Ponce. Should your son avail himself of this credit we will advise you as soon as we receive notice thereof from our correspondents.
Yours very truly,
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beg now to confirm 'telephone massage sent you last Monday morning (17th) to cancel by cable the' credit given Mr William L. Edison.
Tf you will recall the telenhone message at the' time ' young Edison was reported sick, you will remember that Mr Edison requested in case his son' was sick give to him every attention necessary, and he certainly did not suppose you would advance him any money provided he was ‘not' sick, he also says that if at the time you had. cabled your representative to make the credit, you haa notified him he would have cancelled it.
Mr Edison greatly appreciates your help in looking up his son and we trust you will succeed in canceling the credit before it has been further drawn on. Please adviGe us at earliest possi¬ ble moment how much of the credit Edison Jr has used.
Yours very truly,
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The New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works, Edison, Sussex Co., N.J,
Dear Sir:-
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of yesterday’s date respecting Hr. Wm. Z. Edison and have taken due note of same. On receiving telephone message last Monday morning, we at once cabled to Porto Rico cancelling the credit and we shall no doubt here from our correspondents in due course as to whether this credit has been availed of. Yours very truly,
1898. Edison, T.A. - Family - Edison, T.A., Jr. (D-98-07)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about Edison’s oldest son, Thomas A. Edison, Jr. Included are several letters written by Edison, Jr. to his friend, Edward J. Redington. Other items pertain to Edison, Jr.’s business activities. There is also a note by Edison to Thomas Commerford Martin, co-editor of the Electrical Engineer, regarding his son’s personal and intellectual shortcomings.
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Yours received some time ago and honestly and truly I have been so awfully busy X dont know where I am half of the time, or what I am doing, so I hope you will excuse me for not replying to your letter before.
Seeing that you are -who you are, I am going to tell you something of my position at the present writing, and let you judge for yourself if I am not in a fine fix for one so horribly young as I am.
If I was only a little older it would be very different for X am greatly handicapped by my age, I seethat very plainly every day, I have confidence in myself but for the first time in my life X must throw up my hands and admit that I filive not a bit of courage.
The Attorney General of California, together with several very prominent business men and engineers, came west especially to see me upon matters pertaining to my scheme to utilize the tides of the sea for power purposes.
They invited me to take dinner with them at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, which I did, and afterwards we held a long consultation in a private room; The details of this meeting would be too long to tell you Ed old man, but the substance of it was that they went simply wild over my scheme, every one of the engineers indorsed it and of course this agitated the other men.
They presented to me seueral propositions all of which means an immense amount of money to me, but the very one that would ultimately give me the largest income is the very one I think I am less capable of handling, and so on down to the
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settles it.
I think however that Sawyer's camp will be satisfactory to us all, for we are rather used to it and that makes a good deal of difference sometimes, dont you think so?
In regards to going over to "Renville" I think it would be too much of a journey for the girls, for we must remember that we are all invalids and I hardly think we could undertake this trip without the assistance of several trained nurses and an ambulance, which of course woud be very impractical) just as you said.
I think Ed we had better close up the deal with Sawyer, at the price you
quoted, so that we can feel assured of this, by the way did he have anything to say about our conduct of last year? Let me know what he had to say, as these things al¬ ways interests me very much.
Now in regards to the provisions, I swear Ed old man I dont see where I am going to get the time to make out the list, for I cant find time even to eat nowdays what somebody else orders, so if it will not be too much trouble, you will greatly relieve me by making out the list yourself.
Two of our fellow campers are going to diet, so I understand, and it will not
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Kay and I have been practicing some music on the Guitar and Mandolin and hope to give you all some fine selections at camp.
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I hope you will pardon me for writing to you on the typewriter, but I have a machine in my room now and am very anxious to become an expert.
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May, 31th, 1898.
Dear Old Ed:-
Well, indeed you have a great pard to neglect you this way, hut honestly I have been going to write you for the last two weeks hut some how I have been unusu¬ ally busy and simply couldn’t do it.
How is the boy anyway? it really seems ages since I last heard from you, but never mind we shall soon be to-gether and we can talk it all over.
X have often wondered how you are getting along with the camping trip, and often felt as though X am putting you to an awful bother in making the arrange¬ ments and everything, but X couldn’t find the time to do anything myself and as some one had to do it no better one then you could be found. •
Have you made out the list of provisions yet? You had better count on nine Ed even though there may be more or less, and we' shall have to make some arrangements so we can get fresh meat and milk every day for May,
I wonder if that boat is going to run on seventh this summer, I hope so for it will be much easier to get the stuff up there,
I am very much afraid I wont be able to get up to camp until the sixth or seventh of July, on account of some business matters which are very important, but this does not interfer with you all going up on the 20th as planned.
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Your letter was received this morning and as usual whs very glad to hear from you. . <
X think I will be able to go up to camp on the 21st, but as yet cannot say definitely, though I shall try to get off by that time if such a thing is possible and it looks a little better just now.
When I get you up at camp I am going to give you a dreadful soolding for asking me if you can invite your friend Mr Bunnell, the idea of such a thing, why of course invite him by all means, and X hope he will go with us.
I dont see just how I can go to Clifton Springs Ed, but still something may turn up so I can, it will be a very nice trip for us and I know we would enjoy ourselves very much indeed, however I will let you know later about it.
I vwrote you a letter yesterday and by this time you should have received it and hope you will answer it soon.
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1898. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Advice (D-98-09)
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements in Edison’s inventions, asking him for advice on technical matters, or requesting his assistance in improving or promoting an invention. Also included are unsolicited letters from other inventors about their work.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of the letters selected for filming received a significant response from Edison.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
West Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:
We have been told that there is a party somewhere in this country who is making patent leather proof against cracking and bursting, by means of an electric drying room invented by yourself. As the acknowledged -official organ of the tanning trade of this country we are anxious to ascer¬ tain whether or not this advice is authentic. We, therefore, respectfully ask your assistance in the matter and if such a party exists, will you kindly furnish us his address.
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experiments upon the .'syiibtiiesstof wireless telegraphy. In one of these articles you are quoted, as saying that you thought that it would be a very pracifccable method of communication between the different islands of an archipelago lying closely together. I have been greatly interested in this subject for the reason that this county comprises a large number of small i slands , known as the fan Juan Archipelago, which is entirely cut off from telegraphic communication. The business of the county would probably not justify the laying of the necessary cables to connect with the large telegraphic systems on the main¬ land. The width of the channels between the islands and the main-land will run from one to eight miles, Ho you think your system of wireless telegraphy would be applicable to this situation and thus obviate the
necessity of cables? Could the telephone be made applicable to your system instead of the telegraph? The telephone would be far more de¬ sirable and I think much more profitable. Will be greatly pleased to hear from you at your convenience, with any suggestion whi chAmay be your pleasure to make .touchi ng any question in connection with this proposition. Will you kindly state what appliance would be necessary and about what the expense of same would be. Hoping to be favored with
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I have been thinking lor some time ol writing you about an Electric Lantern. We do quite a business with the Fire Departments all over the Country in supplying them- with Axes and-our Patent Handle; They tell me that. -there is not a Lantern- made that will remain lighted, in foul -i air, that they will go .out where a man will live. You light a Lantern and put the same lighted match right in over the globe and you will put it out. -; I dont know anything about Electricity,- but after looking the matter over* > the question- that came -into- my mind . was-,- whether, or not a -Lantern could- be- •made with a Battery that would keep the light -burning constantly tor twelve -' hours, and not be- too heavy and . bulky. These Lanterns-, are Lighted.. before » dark and kept burning all night on the Apparatus. In case of a fire these - Lanterns are used inside -of the -buildings, a man may be1 -in- the-- back end of- - a building where there is foul air, and before he is aware of it his light - has gone out. You can appreciate the feelings of a man under those- oi.roum*-'..* stances, groping about in the dark. If an Electric Lantern could be gotten : up to fill the bill,, and not .too expensive, I. think that there • would .be a i good dear of money in— it , for there is",’certai-nly is a big demand: for -it in -i all the Fire Departments throughout the country, I. -have thought again, that • perhaps a belt could be made with a Battery so that a man could buckle, it. . around his -waist, and have;a good -size bulb so that it would throw a good { 1 ight -all ; around' him-j rand, if -he: ’.had -oacasiairc-to - Use both- hands he could | have some way to fasten the- bulb to his coat or hat. I suppose this belt. |
would want to be water proof, and arranged -so as to be able to remove the- < cells when they required renewing, and' put in new -c61 Is- without taking it j off. There, is I understand. an Electric Torch on the market,- hut the. Fire. j
Department' people tellune t‘hat it is not practical, They want a light th% - :
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iviil shine all around them. As- I said belorei II you could" get up something 1 oi this kind,, and- not -have it too expensive,- I think that there- would- be money in it. Vou could hold an interest- in it ,. and.-we...would. introduce it.- in connection with- our-^ther-bus-inessv-These-i-deas- came-'-to'- me after look- • i ing the situation ove-r,- and -.1- thought that-it-would- do -no- harm to mention 1 them to you. Hoping that I have not taken too much oi your valuable time,
I remain.
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• Vol- XXVI, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 24, 1898. No. 55
Mr. Tesla to His Friends.
New York, Nov. 18, 1898.
_ „ 4l> and 48 East Houston St.
Editor of Tins Electrical Engineer, iso Liberty .St., New Yor: City.
contribution to the Electro-Therapeutic Society yoif have final! succeeded— lifter many vain attempts made during a number 0
whatever mortals could do to bring Mr. Tesla forward am cure for him tile recognition that was duly his. Not only ii columns of tills and other journals, but in magazines and b we have striven with ail the ability we possessed to explain Tesla's ideas. The record is before all men. If there is a or a word in it that seeks to do Mr. Tesla "serious injury,' demand its production by him. The man, whoever lie be,
• says we have ever in word or deed or thought tried to do ’ Tesla any sort of injury, lies.
Within tile last year or two Mr. Tesla lias, it seems to us, 1 1 far beyond tile possible in the ideas lie lias put forth, and lie
1 to-day behind him a long trail of licautiful but unfinished in
! lions. By mild criticism and milder banter, not being ab! lend Mr. Tesla tile cordial support of earlier years of achievement, we have only very lately endeavored to express doubts mid to urge him to the completion of some one of many desirable or novel tilings promised. We believe this tc true friendship.
For example, take Mr. Tesla’s latest and furthest enlargen of Ids newest idea, as presented by him in a signed lette; tlic New York "Sun,'' of Nov. 21, unfolding ids' plan to 1 Pause with artillery of the present type. At this moment
SEND A PROJECTILE, at much greater distance, IT W1 NOT BE LIMITED IN ANY WAY- BY WEIGHT amount of explosive charge, we shall be able to submerge i command, TO ARREST IT IN ITS FLIGHT AND CA IT BACK, and to send it out again hnd explode it at will, 1 more than this, IT WILL NEVER MAKE A MISS." When we are expected, wide awake and in our sober sen
but in my qualities both as Chris- lways forgiven you and only pitied nc, though, your offence is graver in have dared to cast a shadow oil
-e willing to face the" consequences.
. Tesla’s real, tangible work is on rec aw the line at such things as these.
tnous men whom you quote, tangible proofs in support of your statement reflecting on my honesty. Being a bearer of great honors from a number of American universities, it is my duty, in view of the slur thus cast upon them, to exact from you that in your next issue you produce these, together with this letter, winch in justice to myself, I am forwarding to other electrical journals. In the absence of sucli proofs, which would put me in the position to seek redress elsewhere, I require that, together with the preceding, you publish instead a . complete and humble apology for your insulting remark which reflects on me as well as on those who honor me.
On this condition I will again forgive yon; but I would ad- vise you to limit yourself, in' your future attacks to statements for which you are not liable to be punished by law.
N. TESLA.
paper, the two letters herewith speak for themselves.
The American Electro-Therapeutic Association.
Dr. Charles R. Dickson, Ex-President.
296 Sherbournc St.
« ‘ , Toronto, Canada, Sept. 26, 1898.
T. Commcrford Martin, Esq,, 120 Liberty St., New' York. • Dear Sir—I was quite surprised to hear on Saturday last fre n"fTI?Cw1’ ?•' ?rbl:“ Ncw,man' of New York< thht the edite of The Electrical Engineer had received no notices of the mc<
desired dimensions. I fully appreciate all that yc
[ENCLOSURE]
the electrical engineer.
•Cly for the loan of the electro, rood condition, continued and increasing s
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/ the necessary vote for you electrical Engineer, you Icnd- ittr transactions, y 5 incites— if our secretary is
incites— it our secretar ’• and illustrations at once, ROBERT NEWMAN, a deserving association and may add as a matter of fact, presented, that 1
Tclr ° •l,‘S f“UCS!i0n “s t0 thc Probable practicability of
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plan practicable, was discussed. pr°1,OSCtl' qZ£ BRACKETT
The Electrical Engineer,' ^wYoS"""'''180' «
Letter received this morning. The “Herald” renort was slant, ally accurate. I will write more to ?ou presently
A. E. DOLBEAR,
“Greatest Discovery of the Age."
Mr. II, W. Phillips, in thc “Criterion" of Nov. to lias an ill., , win lie presented, that be- ““ cJ. llltcryiew with Mr. Tesla, whom lie quotes as follows r. Newman to technical pub- tS3o£«h“l^hfaL?h.»e^*”.li aS a rc,ay f?r stccri"f? dirigib
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ltd appeared in our columns would put the laurels of cveflasting fame on my head!" ’
insinuation . that we took — " -
nd of our contemporaries? The Evolution of the Surface Contact Railway.
1898. Edison, T.A. - Visitors (D-98-12)
This folder contains letters of introduction and requests to visit Edison or to tour his West Orange laboratory. Included are documents regarding arrangements for visits by Josef Hofmann, the renowned concert pianist; and by former Governor J. Turner Morehead, accompanied by former laboratoiy employee Robert T. Lozier. Substantive letters from individuals who visited the laboratoiy or company shops on business can be found in their appropriate subject folders.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been filmed. The documents not filmed are routine requests that received no significant response from Edison. Among these are 3 letters by Charles A. Munn of the Scientific American concerning a proposed visit by Prince Albert of Belgium.
620 Atlantic Ave.
rtl/aw Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J. My dear Mr, Edison:-
✓ CHORGE BULLOCK ROBERT T. LOZIER
BULLOCK ELECTRIC COMPANY
: : ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT EQUIPMENTS : :
v NEW YORK. U. S. A. April^ 2nd ,
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Long- distance Telephone
Cable Address "Billow" N. Y.
1898.
Would it be possible to arrange to have you meet Gov. J. Turner- Morehead, President of the Willson Aluminum Co. at whose works acetylene gas was discovered and developed, and who was personally responsible- as much as anyone else, for its discovery?
May the Governor and I run out to see you at Edison or Llewellyn Park some afternoon? The Governor knows some very interesting things about calcium-carbide, being "away up" in synthetical chemistry, and I have express¬ ed a desire to have him meet you, which he should like to do if it can be arranged. Can this be done? and at what time and place?
Believe me,
Yours very truly, / ^ ,
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BULLOCK ELECTRIC COMPANY
: ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT EQUIPMENTS : :
OFFICES
New York St. Pent Bonding Philadelphia Bonne Building
620 Atlantic Avc,
RTIi/aW NEW YORK. U. S. A. April 12th, 1898.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Mr. Edison:-
I have your very kind favor of/ the 7th, inst. which I find on my return from out of town. On c omnuni cap ing with Gov. Morehead he tells nfe that he will be unable to go to Orange' at present, but trusts to be able efc ( do dt a later time. When the Governor lets me know, I will ascertain if -1 £ ifllV be' convenient for you to see us at Orange.
Governor Morehead wishes me to extend to you his thanks for your emppfivy the matter.
Your's very truly,
1898. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-98-13)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Included are documents regarding the company’s taxes for 1898 and items concerning a new fan-motor outfit for telephone booths.
The 6 documents not filmed are routine domestic and foreign requests for catalogs and price lists and a routine supply requisition.
Related material can be found in D-98-22 (Motion Pictures).
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EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY ST. JAMES BUILDING
get it out sooner.
I also direct your attention to the descriptive article on page 274 of the "Electrical World", September 10th issue,
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referring to the Portable X-Ray outfit on the Hospital Ship "Solacd* which was installed by us. This article also appears in the special Medical and Surgical number of the "Army and Navy |tag Azina" September, 1898.
. Yours very truly,
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1898. Electric Light - General (D-98-14)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to electric lighting and power. Included are documents regarding the use of silk filaments for incandescent lamps and items about low-voltage lamp experiments. There is also correspondence concerning the annual convention of the National Electric Light Association.
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A WEEKLY REVIEW OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ELECTRICITY.
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Dear Hr. Edison!
We are informed that you have written to Prof. Marks in Philadelphia that his meter you consider as now perfected, and the Professor, with your permission, would like to use that letter in the \my of some strik¬ ing advertising. Ho is, however, naturally reluctant to do this without your ccnsent, and will be glad to hear from you that you will allow him to do this in our paper, Marks and X are old friends and we would like to help him all we can, just as you would yourself, and at the same it will be of benefit to us, as he will, be sure to hear from such advertising in our pages.
He is very proud of the document you sent him.
With regards,
Faithfully yours,
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BEACON LAMP COMPANY,
Standard, Series and Miniature Incandescent Lamps,
OFFICE ANO FACTORY,
New Brunswick! N. J., . &/~8/LX%9&«. J89
THOMAS A. HOI SOU,
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Wo conmenc ed the iranufae ture of lamps here, about two ydars ago, and' in their manufacture, we used some silk thread.
The Wes tinghouse have, brought; suit against us for using sillc treated with sugar ar)d sulphuric acid* They haws entered this suit on what is known as the Stanley Patents taken out in
July 28th 1835.
We have understand that you went over this field thorough¬ ly, and used silk both treated and untreated long before -this date.
If you cart, give me any information on this subject regard¬ ing the earliest date at which silk yyas used for Incandesced! lamps, 1 shall be greatly obliged to you.
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3y dirootion of President Insu^l*, I am pleased to extend to you an invitation to attend our ttventy-p'irst convention, to be held in Chioago June 7,8,9 next; headquarte/s and convention hall at the Au¬ ditorium Hotel, /
I beg to inform you that the Annual Convention of the National Electric Light Association, of which you are an Honorary Member, will be held in this Cit,y at the Auditorium Hotel, on June 7th, 8th and 9th, next.
The Association will esteem it a great favor if you can manage to be present on this occassion. If it is not convenient for you to be present during the whole of the meeting, we trust that it will be possible for you to join us on the opening day of the Convention.
Yours truly
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1898. Electric Light - Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York (D-98-15)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York. Included is a report by Richard R. Bowker, first vice-president, discussing company operations. There is also a comparative statement outlining the price, capacity, and number of the various meters within the company’s system.
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RETURNS, 1897 ■
Thn year 1697 chows roturna, above 6/« dividend, of practically §313,500. Tho depreciation charge was continued monthly nt thn same rate ns last yoar, §10,000 per month, .with tho addition of $2,000 por month for tho Manhattan Co., tho intention being to add at tho end of tho yoar to cover any balance of depreciation charges at 1C$ on stoam muchinory, motors, etc., on dynamos, boilers, oto., 3^ on underground and 5$ on buildings. Those rates, figured on tho- inventory of Jan. 1, 1897 , require, approximately , $166,000 or $38,000 in ad¬ dition to monthly charges. Tho Labor Bonofit Fund, figurart as last year, roquiros $23,607, of which §10,898 has been advanced to Edison and $1,876 to Manhattan employes. Had debts (Edison) aro but $18,600, below g/sjS, a most creditable showing, besides $4,800' (high tonsion) already deducted from Manhattan not. In view of tho largo ohangoo from chemical to mechanical motors, I suggest that toward tho $200,000 on chomionl motor account, J5oc. 31, 1897, $50,000 be written off from Profit ft Loss, as was dono by the Berlin Oo. when it began its, meter change.. The two-wiro system represents, approximately, §250*000. on tho Installation Co.'s books, and it is to bo considered whether a depreciation charge '.of , say §135,000 to §150,000, should not be mads toward writing this off through tho Installation Co. Thoro are other considerable amount's, as for oarly engineering expenses and general construction, hot reprosenting plant, to which depreciation charges may be written off, thus taking the remaining net ovor for oonsr, ruction purposes. The bu'dgn t appropriations for 1897, including transfors from 1896, aggregate $783,094, against which total expenditures and contract obligations aggregate $683,317.21, leaving $39,776.79-un- oxpdnctod balance, of which $33,260' is to bo transferred from 1897 to bo dono in 1898--- a close showing.
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS^ 1898.
Tho Co.'s external liabilities outstanding Jan. 1, 1898, aro, Bills Payable $150,000, Contract Obligations, Bills in dispute, etc., $140,000, Ralanco on First Avo. property contract due Jan.- 26, §30,000; a total of $320,000, The Edison budget for 1898 includes approxi¬ mately, $500,000 for station equipment, including condonsing system at Duane St'.', one new unit at 12th St., 2 now units and condensing system at 26th St,, ! arid storage battery at 39th St. j approximately #240,000 for underground extensions, approximately $246,000 for now business, lnoluding subsidiaries, services, meters, city lighting* oto., and approximately $20,000 — a total of $1,000,000. The high tension budget calls for approximately., $135,000. Those figures do not include balance oh mortgage of. §305, 000 on First 'Avo .property. The grand total is §1,458,000 without, or §1,755,000 with payment of First Avo, mortgages, from which is to be deducted, say §260,000, operating earnings over dividends, loaving approximately, $1,200,000, or §1,500,000 capital requirements, 1898. ■ Of now capital, $800,000' before May 1, $500,000 in late summer and $500,000 before Nov. 1, would more than provide for tho requirements 'of 'the' year, except for temporary provision within this month.
R.R.B.
LIABILITIES.
Bills in hand 9,190,90
floods or do cocl not, bi llod 33, ($78,59
Bills in dispute 100,549.03
".’oW: authorized not completed 7,000.00
Balance on Property Contract Jnn. 2(5 Bill a payable
Advances i* -on flen’l ft Ojtst^^nj; A/c
140, 4.13, 44
30,000.
150,000.
533.517.38
5338,930.73
OESEBAL' & "oPKRAXINQ AOflPthw.
Bank Balances Shoe ft Leal, her
Am r loan Exchange
Customers’ A/ns and B/H
Accrued Interest on Bonds
Advances to Construction Account
41,793.89
7,394.57
49,387.88
330,141.11
39,735.
553.517.38 $373,071, 25
LIABILITIES.
; 3ills in hand floods. ordered not billed Bills in dispute Accrued lot erest on Bonds
98,238.84
14,000.
54,393.77
103,920.61 71,858. 1
119.056150
$357,843.11
Div idend No . 51 Feb, 1
March 8,. 1898;
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Statement showing Capuci ty, Price Watt Loss of Thompson Watt Meter Chemical Meters.
THE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY OP N. Y.
Mechanical Meter;
Capacity yiet- No. on on ea.side Price System 7 1/2 amp. "(N. S.$15 .40 ’
(O.S. 14.00 15 " 20.00
Watt loss Watt loss armatuie Field magnets Circuit Full load
3-wire meters-
16 100 "
32 200 "
,48 300 "
,64 400 "
*80 500 "
196 600 "
1’12 700 "
Total
Total No • of Meter
1898. Electric Light - General Electric Company (D-98-16)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s involvement with the General Electric Co. Included are a letter regarding a request from the Smithsonian Institution for a collection of incandescent lamps; an item concerning the presentation to Edison of a "Z" dynamo originally used on the S.S. Columbia-, and a report pertaining to a proposed reduction of the company’s capital stock. There are also three letters from the company’s Patent Department, addressed to attorney Richard N. Dyer, in regard to Edison’s alternating-current application, case no. 220,800.
The 5 documents not filmed are meeting announcements and routine letters concerning patents and financial matters.
CUAu-
CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
of characteristic lamps, showing the decisive changes in manufacture from the beginning, to the present time. This collection would consist of about 17 lappa, and we have all of then here except the following:
#1 Your paper horseshoe lamp
hull, #2'TAhm^b?0T0/5^?n loop-platlm,m screw clamps. Hand blown
.r,l/8 and 2" diameter', tapering to tip, rouns ■
stem, slightly concave at top. Hade 1880
Pactofv 1nStR80Sty^Q°ar?0tl1ancl.cla,nps as ‘ Bulb made at Glass
Side Vass al? ’wood “ “ ' pr888nt prpd'Uot but knots °«*-
of ntmf carbons as and #3. Clamps copper plated to top
ed .al'cap" 1882 S S&me &S #3‘ Plast6r base-large and heavy; round #5^ Bamboo carbon loop. Hydro-Carbon deposited clamps. Have.you any objections to allowing Mr. Deshler to look over your stock and see if he can find the lamps we .want amongst them? Thanking you in advance,
amps we .want amongst them?
'i\V*
CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. Peb..
2, 1898.
R. N. Dyer, Esq.,
31 Nassau St . ,
New York City.
Dear Sir,
Mr. Pish has forwarded us your letter of Dec. 24, 1897, with instructions to confer with you direct, with regard to Edison case Serial No. 220,800.
It seems to us that this is a pretty early date for an Alternating Current application showing a two-wire system feeding one side of a transformer, and a three-wire system fed from the other side. We realize that the broad idea of tension reduction interposed between the two-wire and three-wire system is to some extent disclosed, at least so far as continuous-current devices are concerned, by the former patent 287,516, to which reference was made by the Office. We also realize that the case is handi¬ capped to some extent by the issue of patent No. 524,378, of Aug. 14, 1894, with a single limited claim; how far this patent, which is based on praotically the same disclosure, would, under the decision in Miller versus the Eagle Manufacturing Company, affect this application, is of course to be carefully considered. It does seem to us that we should, either in the patent (the re-
R. N. D., 2,
issue of which we suppose is simply out of the question,— at least we know nothing here that would justify the three and one-half years* delay) , or in this application, get claims covering sub¬ stantially the feature of the single transformer having its pri¬ maries in a two-wire circuit and its secondaries feeding a three- wire circuit, and the combination of two transformers with "their primaries in the main circuit and their secondaries connected in series and feeding a three-wire system. The first of these fea¬ tures is fairly disclosed in the patent, certainly not claimed in it. It could hardly be claimed in this application, as the dis¬ closure does not seem to justify it. The second feature could be claimed in the present case.
fe suggest for your consideration such claims as the follow*
nn,,^IIn/n ^mating-current system of distribution a
rtS«EsD“;r or ,r» ‘““a*- .
"In an alternating current system of die trfbuUon °ffeCad renV
having its outside conductors connected to the anrin '
CTrn8atinG conene^e0d°to ah
lniermeaiiit e point m the secondary coils, . • ■
In regard to the claims allowed, a copy of which was forwarded
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
R. N. D., 3.
with your letter of the 24th ult. to Mr. Fish, we think there must be sane misunderstanding in regard to the facts in' the corres¬ pondence with Mr. Blodgett. Taking the present case out of the Patent Office was recommended by him on the supposition that Olaims 1 and 2 were to be in the case in the form in which they were prior to the last amendment, that is, without the words “in series" . We cannot understand why it should be your opinionthat "this limitation does not change the claims materially". There is not, so far as we know, a series transformer in use in the United States to-day for power purposes or for lighting; the only position in an electric system in which that sort of transformer is used, is in indicating instruments of various kinds, where such small energy as eight or ten watts is employed. In that case a fine wire winding surrounds a single piece of heavy wire and the transfer of energy is for all practical purposes infini¬ tesimal; power transformers with their primaries in series in the line are impossible. We think that Mr. Blodgett would never have assented to the change indicated. It seems to us that claims ’ on the line of those allowed might also be drawn, limited (as in fact, ifis our opinion that • the whole case should be),- strictly to alternating-current work. ■■■■•■
As; to the method of accomplishing the results indicated, we would leave that of course to your experience. Something of a showing- could, undoubtedly be made if you thought it best to attenpt to withdraw the case from issue, on account of the death of Mr. Blodgett after his letter to you, before the final amendment of
Folio - CENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
B N. D, , 4.
the claims, especially in view of the evident misunderstanding between our department find you; but whether you would do this or file a new application to take the place of this, formally aban¬ doning this on the record in favor of the new application, or al¬ lowing this to forfeit and be renewed and file . . an amendment with the renewal, is for you to consider#
We realize that it may be impossible to accomplish all or any part of the results aimed at, but it is our opinion that these results are worth striving for by any legitimate means, and that any necessary appeal should be taken, although in general we feel that appeals from Mr. Seely's decisions are inadvisable, as we believe him to beVair.
fe are sending a copy of this letter to Mr. lish so that he will be prepared' to discuss the matter with you if you think it advisable.
Yours very truly.
SCHENECTADY, N,Y, February 24, 1898.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Edison: -
We have recently received back the four "Z" dynamos that you equipped the Steamship Columbia with in 1878 or 1879, I forget which. These four dynamos have been in constant service for very nearly 20 years and have' the original armature winding, and some of them the original commutat ors . Our Mr. S. D. Greene, General Manager of the lighting Dept ., before taking up Government service, suggested to send one to you as a trophy, and I, myself, thought you would be very glad to have it as a souvenir of your earliest success in the manufacture of dynamos; all the more, as it has such an elegant record of service rendered. The one that we have sent you is #2, for which I enclose memorandum of shipment; #1 1 have selected for the Trans -Mississippi Exhibition at Omaha, and #3 for the Smithsonian Institute. You will remember that these were next to the dynamo that you sent to the "Jeannette"; the first ones we have built .
Trusting that the receipt of the machine may please you, I
CAUTION.
[ENCLOSURE]
| Bill for this Shipment will be mailed to you from our General Office at Schenectady.
! Memorandum of Shipment. No
j! | Made by THE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. liovo. ml From Schenectady, N. Y„ ’ j„no 4th, inci
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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
Schenectady, N. Y., July n, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the General Electric Company will be held on Wednesday, the 10th day of August, A. D. 1898, at 12 o’clock' noon, at the office of the Company in the City of Schenectady, County of Schenectady, N. Y., for the purpose of voting upon a proposition to reduce the capital stock of said Company from the present amount thereof, consisting of 304,600 shares of common stock of the par value of $100 each, and 42,520 shares of preferred stock of the par value of $100 each, to $20,827,200, to consist of 182,760 shares of common stock • of the par value of $100 each and 25,512 shares of preferred stock of the par value of $100 each.
GORDON ABBOTT,
OLIVER AMES,
C. A. COFFIN,
T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, Jr.,
C. H. COSTER,
THOMAS. A. EDISON,
GEORGE P. GARDNER,
EUGENE GRIFFIN,
F. S. HASTINGS,
H. L. HIGGINSON,
J. PIERPONT MORGAN,
R. T. PAINE, 2ND,
GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY,
The Directors of General Electric Company,
Schenectady, N. V., July ii, 1898.
To the Stockholders of the
■ General Electric Company:
At the last annual meeting of stockholders, held May.ioth, 1898, the stockholders passed the. following vote:
“ Resolved, that the interests of the stockholders require that im'jr proper or necessary adjustment of the hn- pairment of the capital of the Company should he promptly made, with a view to the early resumption of dividends."
At that meeting your Directors stated that while other values 'werd in their opjnioti conser¬ vatively fixed,' a revaluation of patents; franchises and good will (which have been kept on "iW books at substantially $8,o66,ooo"Since the organization of the Company) should be considered at the proper time. - •••
Your Directors are advised by counsel that in consequence of the impairment of its capital, the Company is forbidden by the laws of New York' to pay any dividend whatever until the amount of such impairment shall Tia^e been regained, or until the nominal or share capital stock shall have been reduced to the amount of the actual capital. . • ,;v • -•
Under existing New York law, the nominal or share capital of the. Company may be reduced at any time by a vote of a majority in interest of all the stockholders, and counsel advise that if any reduction be made the common and preferred shares must be reduced alike.
In view of all the foregoing, your Directors regard it their duty to urge the stockholders to make at once such reduction of the nominal or share capital as shall permit the payment of dividends upon both classes of stock with the least practicable delay.
Appended is the consolidated balance sheet of the Company of January 31, 1898 (being the close of the last fiscal year), as it appears in the last annual report of the Company. Your Directors, being of the opinion that the valuation at which patents, franchises and good will were carried in this balance sheet— namely, $8,000,000— was excessive, and that the fair and reasonable value of this item is the sum of $4,000,000, have by resolution directed this item to be reduced to that amount upon the books of the Company as of June 30, 1898. Taking into account the estimated earnings of the Company to August 10, 1898, your Directors believe that a reduction of the share capital of the Company as of August 10, 1898, to sixty per cent, of its present amount would make the share capital of the Company substantially equal to the amount of the net assets which will then be on hand over and
will then be applicable to the payment of accrued dividends on the preferred stock and future dividends on both classes of stock.
Your Directors request the stockholders of the Company to attend a special meeting to be held at the office of the Company, at Schenectady, N. Y., on the tenth day of August, 1898, for the purpose of voting upon a proposition to reduce the Company's share capital to sixty per cent, of its present amount as set forth in the accompanying notice. After such reduction each stockholder will hold, for each five shares of stock which he now holds,' three shares of the reduced stock of the same class. Your Directors recommend that such reduction of the share capital of the Company to sixty per cent, of its present amount be made.
Stockholders who favor the proposed reddction op the capital stock, but are
UNABLE TO BE PERSONALLY PRESENT AT SUCH MEETING, ARE ASKED TO SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AT ONCE IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, ADDRESSED , T.0 M. F. WESTOVER, Schenectady, N. Y.
By order, of the Board of Directors,
. ......... . .. C. A. COFFIN,
President.
M. F. WESTOVER,
General Electric Company, Consolidated Balance Sheet of January 31, 1898.
Mr. E. N. Dyer,
31 Nassau St., New York.
Dear Sir:-
After carefully going over the matter, we have come to the conclusion that the Edison case S. N. 220800 should be allowed to become abandoned.
Yours very truly,
1898. Exhibitions (D-98-17)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning electrical and industrial exhibitions in the United States. Included are letters regarding the exhibition of Edison electrical apparatus at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and an exhibit of the Edison ore concentrating process at the Philadelphia Electrical Exposition.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine correspondence requesting Edison’s participation in an exhibition; letters regarding equipment loans.
Trans-Mississippi^ International Exposition
Department of Exhibits
Mr. Thomas Edison,
Orange, U.J.
Lincoln, -Sma-hatNeb. March 1, 1898.
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C-r.
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My dear Sir,- *
I writs to bog that you lend us some of the pieces of ' apparatus with whioh you have worked in the development of the various applications of Eleotrioity with whioh your name is associated. 1 ap¬ preciate very fully, I hope, the spirit whioh has inspired your work and I know your general disinclination to make any show of self on oc¬ casions like the present, but Expositions are nothing if not educa¬ tional, and in this light T trust you will view the above request. Any exhibit of the various pieces of apparatus whioh you have used in in¬
vestigations now become historio, will in my opinion, have a higher interest and greater educational value than any other exhibit, which we oould obtain. Mr. Martin and others, I believe, have approached you in this oonneotion.
That you have little time for matters of this kind, I appreciate, but if you will indicage that you will lend us some of your apparatus, X will oome on at once, prepare the exhibit with you, relieve you of all labor in connection with it, and.- return same to you without ex¬ pense or trouble at the end of the Exposition.
Trans-Mississippi^ International Exposition
Department of Exhibits
Hoping you will consider this request, favorably and that X may hear from you shortly in this regard, I have the honor to bo,
Very respectfully yours,
& <B. liVw
Director Bureau Electricity.
Address C/o The University of Nebraska,
Lincoln.
2V\t.b t’fefnqj
Trans-Mississippi^ International Exposition
^tr- ’';,;DE PA RTME NT OF EXHIBITS
W'V Lincoln, - -Omaha.. N eb . March ai, 1«;«>.
i\ fr b~., - rl ' Jr’
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, ^ I f J
Or?in?o, UaTf Jersey, '
My dear Sir,-
I have yoS|a'iVv’or
f* iw. ^4/ j
wf «ifl "1t
ot . ‘"V-zyzt
auisf at p-ho last Paris Exposition^ but ^
• experience with apparatus! s
assure you every possible car\# will bo taken in the evejg|gjf you/ lend¬ ing us anything of a similar kind, that a liko experience does not
Indeed your name is so closely connected in the minds of both en¬ gineers and the public with advancement of electrical science, that un¬ less we have some pieces is>r your apparatus, i shall disappoint a vast number of people. As I said before, I will come to your laboratory at any time convenient to you, to colloct such apparatus as you may care to let us have, ship and return the same to you without breakage, with no trouble to you. Particularly, I would like to have a model of your magnetic ore separating machine. May I hope you will give the matter further consideration. Without an exhibit by you wo will be minus one of our chief educational features. Realizing the immense demands upon your time, I do not ask for a largo amount of material, but do please let us have something.
Address c/o University of Nebraska, ^ ^ r°'’)'CH',':t'ia iy yours, ^ ^
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION,
BUSINESS OFFICES, ROOM 2, 1308 ARCH ST.
Mr* Thotoas A. Edison, orange, N, J.
My deai* Edison:-
I sent you the Phonograph cylinder to which 1 referred and which 1 hope you will enjoy listening to.
Referring to our verbal interview in regard to the matter of the Ore Concentrating Process, Mr. Martin advises me that he is having a model built for the New Yorie Electrical show, illustrating the separation of the Ore and has promised me the same,
X have been turning my attention to the matter of the Kinetoscope and have decided that ire should particularly take up War' scenes. Military and Naval, and such thines as machinery in motion. What chance is there to get some views from your Ore Min¬ ing Plant scenes*
I do not think we oare to attract a class of people who would demand of us skirt dancer# and that eort of thing. Would it be treepassing to# much on yotir good nature to have your Secre¬ tary give me a letter to Mr* Maguire?
ARTHUR ORGAN, Supt,
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION,
BUSINESS OFFICES, ROOM 2, 1308 ARCH ST.
HIBITION OPENS Jl
PHILADELPHIA, .
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Laboratory, Orange, H. J.
My Dear Edison,-
I thank you vee'y much indeed for the photograph which you have sent to me, and like it bettor than any I have seen. The pleasant expression upon it must have been caused by the read¬ ing of some pleasant story upon a phonographic cylinder'.
Will it be too much trouble to ask you to dictate a
- . ..
<t * cl-vJUX“
WM. D. MARKS, Director, A. A. LOWRY. Treasurer. GUY KING, Architect.
ARTHUR FALKENAU, Consulting Enc'r. ARTHUR ORGAN, Surt.
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION,
BUSINESS OFFICES, CENTRE OF BUILDING,
818 & 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
EXHIBITION OPENS
JUNE 6, 1898. PHILADELPHIA, _ . 1898.
Mr. Francis R. Upton,
Edison's Lat&atory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Upton:
We have allotted a space eigit by ten to the Edison Ore Concentrating process. This will give you a wall ten feet wide and nine feet high. I will be much obliged if you will have sent to us anything of interest explanatory of the Edison Ore Concen¬ trating process.
I think I have written to you already to say that we shall bo glad to pay your traveling expenses and hotel bill for three or four days at the opening, and Trill be very much obliged to you in¬ deed for your kind attention.
Yours very truly.
Homer* ©ring that you are one of the parties t*o re¬ commended Hr. Luther Stleringor to me as the proper party for the position of Consulting Electrical Engineer for the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, and fooling highly gratified with his services, I deem it proper to v/rite to you to that effect.
In writing this letter I do it feeling that it is due Ur. Stioringer that I acquaint his friends with the able manner