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A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION PARTV (1911-1919)
Thomas E. Jeffrey Senior Editor
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LETTERBOOK SERIES
General Letterbook Series
The thirty-three volumes in this set contain tissue copies of Edison’s correspondence for the period March 1911-June 1918. The last book also contains a few letters from August 1918, January-March 1919, and September 1919. There are no extant letterbooks for the period after September 1 91 9. Most of the letters in the first five books are by Edison and his secretary, Harry F. Miller. The correspondence in the remaining books is primarily by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft, writing as assistant to Mr. Edison."
Many of the items in the earliest books relate to the commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery and . ' ® ^ automobiles, trucks, locomotives, safety lamps for miners and country _house lighting. Several letters pertain to Edison's organization of the battery business in Europe, including the appointment of John F. Monnot as his representative.
There are also numerous letters relating to Edison's phonograph and motion picture businesses. Included are items regarding the introduction of the Diamond Disc phonograph and the Blue Amberol cylinder record in 912 and the selection of suitable music and recording artists--a Process in wh ch Edison was closely involved. Other letters deal with the development of the Home Projecting Kinetoscope and educational films-a project for which William W. Dinwiddie was hired in December 1 911"andthe !"Lr°dU2o" °fg1 5 Kinetophone (motion pictures with sound) in 1918. The contain frequent references to the fire of December 1 914 that destroyed the Edison Phonograph Works.
After the outbreak of World War I in Europe in August 1914, .the j letters discuss the effects of the war upon the American chemical industry, the disruption of markets for the carbolic acid (phenol) fhrt Edwon used in th manufacture of phonograph records, and his experiments synthetic phenol as a substitute for imported carbolic acid.
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Jersey; and the sale of his surplus stocks of benzol, toluol, and other chemical
oroducts. The letters from 1915-1918 contain many references to Edison s role as the head of the Naval Consulting Board; his increasing preoccupation with war-related research for the U.S. Government including submarine research conducted at Sandy Hook, New Jersey; and his extended absence from the laboratory during the period August 1917-May 1918.
A few items deal with Edison's ore milling technologies and the royalties earned by the Edison Crushing Roll Co. Additional correspondence with businessman Henry B. Clifford concerns his proposed application of Edison s ore milling technologies to sites in Colorado. There are occasional lette irs discussing the cement business and Edison s continuing interest in poured concrete houses.
Among the many letters relating to Edison's personal and family affairs are items regarding his health, diet, and sleeping habits; the activities o his children and other family members; his membership in clubs and societies, his book and journal orders; his charitable donations; improvements at Glenmont, his home in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey; and the upkeep of his winter home in Fort Myers, Florida. Also included are letters pertaining to his friendship with Henry Ford, John Burroughs, and Harvey Firestone and his vacations and camping trips with them. In addition, there are numerous etters in which Edison expresses his opinions and prejudices about a variety of social, religious, political, and economic issues. Included are letters discussing Edison's widely reported ideas about the del®Jer'°^ib®.^tsh°f cigarette smoking, his support for womens suffrage and prohibition h attitude toward Jewish bankers and industrialists, his position during he presidential campaigns of 1912 and 1916, and his opinions about the European war.
Approximately 15 percent of the documents, including all substantive letters pertaining to Edison’s business operations and personal affairs, have been selected. The following categories of documents have not been selected: routine letters of transmittal and acknowledgment; non-substantive correspondence concerning the ordering and shipment of materials, etters about routine financial transactions; routine or repetitive responses to letters from individuals seeking employment, requesting advice, and offering advice, and responses to other unsolicited correspondence.
The books are numbered from 25 through 54; LB-099, LB-1 17, and LB- 118 lack numbers. Although every technical effort has been made to ensure
the legibility of the documents reproduced in this edition, some letters may be partially unreadable because of spreading or smearing ink or light imprints. In addition, there are occasional pages that are wrinkled or torn.
Unbound tissue copies of outgoing correspondence and interoffice memoranda can be found in the Edison General File Series and in the company record groups.
General Letterbook Series Letterbook, LB-086 (1911)
This letterbook covers the period March-June 1911. Most of the correspondence is by Edison and Harry F. Miller. There are also some letters by George A. Meister and William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the items relate to the commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery and its use in locomotives, electric vehicles, and lamps for coal miners. Included is correspondence with business associates, such as Ralph H. Beach, Sigmund Bergmann, Henry M. Byllesby, Heinrich H. M. Kammerhoff, and representatives of the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co., as well as J.P. Morgan & Co. Some of the letters concern Edison's disappointment with the development of the storage battery business in Germany. There are also documents pertaining to Edison’s procurement of chemicals and minerals for experimental and production purposes, including purchases of electrolyte potash from Germany. Additional correspondence with Henry B. Clifford concerns his proposed application of Edison's ore milling technologies and the inventor's cooperation with the proposal. Among the selected items is a representative sample of replies to letters seeking information or Edison's advice and opinion on a variety of matters, including the commercial and technical development of his phonograph business and cement house. Included is a letter from Edison concerning the relationship between bankers and inventors, which he sent to engineer Robert Lozier of the Kountze Brothers' investment house. Among the letters pertaining to family and personal matters are items concerning Edison’s homes in West Orange, New Jersey and Fort Myers, Florida; his attitudes on religion, immortality, and agnosticism; his prescriptions for good health and longevity; his collections of books and periodicals; and his charitable donations, including a contribution to the Young Men’s Christian Association in Port Huron, Michigan.
The front cover is marked "TAE Letterbook From March-6-1 91 1 to June 28-1 91 1 ." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number "25." The book contains 700 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 20 percent of the book has been selected.
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March 6th 11.
E. S. Freeman, Esq.,
V. 0. Box No. 236,
Lancaster, N. H.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of the 2nd instant regarding the auto endurance test through New England received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that two of our electrics went through New England hut did not pass your way.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
March 4th 1911 .
Dr. J. Struthers , Secretary,
The Engineers' Club,
32 West 40th Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir;-
placed Club, c Chas . i
Will you kindly see that my name is ti the Application Book of the Engineers' endorser to the application of Mr. Bradley, for membership in the Clu£..
Yours^wrytruly ,
jjarcb 4th 19X3 «
Cfcas. R. Kimberly, EBq. ,
Superintendent Tiverton School,
Walhonding, Ohio.
My dear Sir
I am in receipt of your favor ot a. 1st instant relative to W t„tsrvl.. tending » «“ -M"‘ “f It gives me pleasure indeed, in W perusal of a. various communication. to not. otter people. ,1... on the above mentioned subject.
Kindly accept my thanhe for .
you re very tr^W
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the letter.
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Mar. 8th 11.
Mrs . Martha H. Kirk,
Poet Office Box 544,
South Norfolk, Va.
Bear Madam: -
Replying to your letter of the 3rd instant regarding the magno electric vitalizers which you sent to he recharged, heg to state that we know nothing whatever about them and have no way of charging them. I enclOBe herewith the Two ($2.00) and am returning the vitalizers by separate mail.
YourB very truly,
Secretary.
it i fli
Mr. J. E. Fries,
Crocker-Wheeler Co.,
Ampere, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
Itr. Edison direotB me to write and thank you for the hook entitled "Death and Resurrection" by Bjflrklund, translated by you. He had already purchased a copy from a Chicago concern, he thinks the latter are the publishers of a paper called the "Monist".
Yours Tery truly,
Secretary.
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Mar. 11th 11.
Mr„ Arthur J . Rhoadee ,
cars Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co.,
Greenwich point,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Pear Sir:'-
Your letter of the 9th instant received. Hr. Edison directB me to write you that he shall probably use about 100 pounds daily of cobalt oxide or hydroxide within a few months, if his present experiments wort out.
The market for cobalt oxide is quite limited, new uses should be found before the industry will amount to anything.
Yours very truly ,
Secretary.
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March 16 th. 11 •
American Breeders' Association,
Eugenics Record Office -Euge nice Section,
Mr. H. H. loughlin, Superintendent,
Cold Spring Harbor , Long Island. H. Y>
Dear Sir.-
Bep lying to yours of the 1st instant beg to state that the records mentioned in your letter have not reached us as yet. Kindly send a tracer after them and oblige.
yours
ry truly ,
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March 16th 11 .
Frank Evans, Esq.,
Fourth Avenue,
Kingsland , Auckland ,
llew Zealand.
Fear Sir:-
Youre of the 30th of January received, in reply Mr. Edison directs me to say to you the there is no trouble in concentrating the black sands in Hew Zealand by magnetic apparatus and briquette the ore by furnaces. But there is no market for the ere that Mr. Edison has heard of, Yours very truly,
Secretary' .
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Robert Grau, Esq.,
53 Elm Avenue,
Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Rear Sir:-
A.b requested in yours of t" HI instant I beg to enclose herewith the contj Blip Y/iiich Mr. EdiBon has signed.
Yours very truly,
Secretary
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March 22nd 11
Arthur L. Ill, Esq.,
c/o Win, Campbell Wall Paper Co.,
Hackensack, New Jersey.
hear Sir:-
Youre of the 19th instant requesting information regarding the cement house received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that no companies have, as yet, been formed for exploiting the scheme, and will not until the first house has been successfully cast; probably some time this year. I enclose herewith a booklet which contains al the information available at this time.
Yours very truly,
Secretary
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March. 22nd 11.
Mrs. Kellie Dixon,
Camillus, Hew York, hear Madam: -
Replying to your letter of the 18th instant beg to state that we only use songs that have proven successful. I am returning your words as we have no use for the same.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
torch 22nd 11.
A
V. L. Spoon, Esq, ,
Burlington, H. C.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of the 17th instant regarding tto newspaper article on the Acouetiphone received.
Hr. Edison *trects me to write you that what you 8aw was a newspaper *«.ve; he has not invented such an instrument.
Youra very truly,
Secretary.
March 22nd 11,
Geo. W. Robertson, Esq.,
Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
Dear Sir
Replying to your letter of the 17th instant Mr. Edison directs me to write you that the system you Bpeak of would he a success. You could have an extra battery and work the pump motor from it.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
March 22nd 11 •
jlpenr Sir:-
Your letter of the 16th inetant regarding an Idea of yours for a loud talking telephone received. Mr, Edison directs me to write you that the telephone like cut enclosed has been constructed many years ago. There was no particular advantage or increased loudness.
Regarding a position, beg to state that we have no vacancy which we can offer you.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
V. S. I return herewith your drawing.
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Mar.
22nd 11.
B. von Helve rt ,
Markt 90,
Rooeendaal, Holland.
Bear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of the 4th
in.t.nt Wl»» y°“ „
d. d... ».t .did* yo« .oh... 1. ,r.otlo>W. .»
.ould increase td. “° *“°1‘ “d ”«ulr”
to. mod exertion on tie put of td. driver.
Yours very truly ,
Secretary.
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March 23rd 11.
Prudential Insurance Co.t
Edmund K. Hopper, Esq. ,
Hewark, Hew Jersey.
Hear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 3rd of
. +B tvat the following children October 1910, heg to state that the
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Edison’s life-.--
Marion E» Oeser,
Thomas A, Edison, Jr.,
William L. Edison,
Madeleine Edison,
Charles Edison,
Theodore M. Edison.
If you Will kindly forward the necessary
„ rm I will have it signed by Mr. Edison, amendment form I will
yours very truly ,
Secretary .
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B. E. Beach, Eeq. ,
50 Church. Street,
Hew York City,
Dear Sir:-
Bnclosed herewith find letter from Mr. W. R. Lyle , Bipon, Via. regarding the Beach car, which kindly give the attention you deem necessary.
yours wary truly ,
Secretary.
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E. H. Johnson, Esq.,
care Union League Club,
Hew York City.
My dear Johnson:-
Replying to yours of the 22nd instant would say that the nickel sheet is not what you require. W not come over to the Laboratory and explain to me what is desired?
In all human probability I can put you on the track, and if you bring a young experimenter over-in two weeks you would have what you want.
Yours very truly,
March 24th 11-
Charlton H. Smith, Esq.,
Box 237, R. J1. D. No. 1,
Seattle, Washington.
Bear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of the 9th instant Mr. Edison directs me to write you that the insects without a doubt would he killed, hut it can only he ascertained experimentally if it would or would not injure the tree.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
March 24th
&unuel Insull , Esq.,
139 Adams Street,
Chicago, Ill.
My dear Sammy : -
Yours of the 20th instant at hand. Young Thompson was a mucker at the laboratory many years ago. He was with Kennelly. He was bright, but always appeared to me aB "too Bmart". I have not known of his doings since he left.
He is a nephew I believe , of Joe Clarke, whom I think you will remember as being associated with Albert Pulitzer in starting the New York Journal , and who iB now publicity manager, for the Standard Oil Company.
(Mj impression only) is that you should investigate lhompson pretty thoroughly.
With kina regards, believejme-i" S inc^eay'youigs.
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Perhaps you had bettor have Kline come over and so-- v;hat we aro doing in the battery. So- day we are
12,000 veils behind o -dore., notwithstanding we make 365 cells ■nr,-., d^jr, 3,, April 15th we will tern out 500 cells per day,
°r.d I am making machine rY to run it up to 2,000 colls. ThiB is no romance; Kline can verify. We are replacing lead bat¬ teries at $800.00 when the same people can buy the load at §21.0.00 and these people have used both lead and Bdison.
Shore is no use giving you the reasons why they do so; it would take too long. Perhaps I could sum it up in the remark mfi-'.: by tne Superintendent of Hearn 2= Co. that "A few hundred dollars more or less price between two types of battery was ox no consequence to them if they got reliability and mileage, which they did vrfth the Edison battery, and he believed that the Edison battery was much cheaper in the end then a lead
batters’’ any way."
itov 7 Bergmaun, 1 think I had better not naviso you what to do in connection with the German battery situation, because I do not know all the conditions.
I have not changed my mind in the slightest partiou-
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3. Borgraann- 3.
lor as to tho future of tlio battery— its use will be enormous.
1 havo sent you colls and tubos, lithia, etc., to help you out, but Kline will learn that we had to ao it by
■n. thl. elding shipments to others.
J, ;v..r,-. hit d figures gotten out so as to make you a r : .-j' and nickel tubes, which is the most dif-
r , •. ' business.
• -ot chare -.--r r'read expense?. 1 could ship
...j.-.-.y. -j-.-c". in quantity, -’t «vv 'k.V; owing prices:
cubes cample U, M typo, ■ thousand,
I --or Sockets o omr.tr b»> . ' i • 1 . per thousand,
•jfhese prices induce royalty. 'actory Orange,
packing exvra.
At these prices I only charge repairs on tods, depreciation on tools and interest, labor and material, to which I add 12# profit— no general expense- In tiro ■ -
probably be able to materially reduce, as v/c are eoiu- -li experimenting to reduce costs,
Kalcing these tubes here vri.ll require a very considex- •rblo investment of money on my part, should your orders reach
If you buy tubes and pockets, the work in the German •• ...(..j ; ^ be a mere nothing-
i hav-- talked to Eogers and he says wo could not use the tools or machines you have, as our machines have been so constantly improved, as well as methods and dies, that -they would not .work in cur system.
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3* Bergniann- 5.
As to shipping oanploted poo hats, v.'a would tsupply a limited ns our o opacity is "brought to 1000
cells instead of tubes end number until such times cells daily, which will
about August-
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March 25th XX.
Prof. Vincenzo Grimaldo,
Costa Vittorio Emanuele 166,
Bari, Italy.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 21st ultimo Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is so over -worried that he cannot spare the time to prepare a paper.
Youre very truly.
Secretary.
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March. 25 th 11.
S. B. Way, Esq.,
Union Electric Light & Power Co.,
Twelfth and Locust Streets?
St. Louis, Missouri.
Lear Sir;-
Bep lying to your letter of the 16th instant would say that the photo was received but was torn in two pieces, while in transit.
If you would oar. to send another I am sure Sir. Edison would be glad to get it.
Yours very truly,
Secretary .
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March. 25 th 11.
Geurge V/. CurtiSB, Esq., Pres.,
piiee Savings and Trust Company,
Peoria, Illinois.
Ify dear Sir;-
Replying to your letter of the 20th instant regarding the erecting of the monument to ,,_e memory of Mr. Robert G. Ingersoll would say that X not capable of making a public speech; hut I should like to add my mite towards the
Btatue . iX acceptable .
tlon 1 great
Some day when the veil of supersti- Le lifted, Ingersoll will stand out as a personality. .. -
Yours very_ truly ,
March 28th XX*
Hew York Association of the Blind,
Mr. Walter 1. Hervey,
118 Bast 59th Street,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to JO" I«tt0r °f tht 24tb
instant Kr. Mi»» 01”=“ " “ y°“
that to ...» not «*” « “ tl*“4 “ * 00„ltt.. in *lo» »o «n toto »»
YourB very truly,
Secretary.
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March 29 th U*
Messrs. Brentano's,
5th Ave. & 27th St.,
New York City .
Gentlemen : -
Will you kindly Bend the following hooks to the Laboratory
The Christ Myth by Drews,
of ».»->><*• W =>•"■“ CO" K“ T '
Food Adulteration by Wiley.
s.„a «. « “■ M"*tory ““
Yours very truly ,
Secretary.
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Wiitr.ey Blake JoneB, Esq.,
78 Sherman Street,
Canton, Ohio.
March 29th XI.
Dear Sir
your letter of the 27th instant rejecting a position at the Laboratory as cbemlBt r.o.iv.d, ». «... to toow what salary yo» "ould *• ’llU”® t0 work for.
Yours rery truly,
Secretary.
March 29th 11.
/
•Funk and Wagnalle Co.,
44 East 23rd Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen: -
Yours of the 25th instant regarding the expressing in one word a telephonic message received.
People generally say, " received a phone message" or, " he phoned I sh°^d think “phonogram" would he the proper word. They will shorten it to phone.
Yours very--trr'i:tiy*i
ky ec-r w-reviith four tracings of ass
T am sending yon a steel hox for g
blJ rf »iSHt "B-l" 0.11. f« » *° S°
sighting «na firing. assembled sid
in Sheet 1. 1 th. ho*. *h« ™
by r S^r-r^^fhfr «. relish-
LctioIlpS 7 Som talcing the end thrust o. ^ tr-.. ^ _
8 S£^eSeiasS^^l^^n^bf 1:
that reason v/e show in o 0iae 0f the box in^fth°ua^ or the the connection-plug^ £ thls OBBe take the s
Of? oOTi>ioot:lon-pl'iOE* T ooriB,ae, to M «M
< ponVly o' Pl"e' “,M “ *** “
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inf-iudinf- it- 1 'vo, r- yiv arrangemen «b 07 „°t+.4f,ic,ri, hefor
S&? « SrSrS&B'Jrepar/d for your -,ticism
ISWS K up an outfit. ln EoWnt «,
Kindly p«a®pthi|flehOf t,aCRSht to the «t*«
-hat v/e have devoted £- l*°0>
I have no pri^® of tll0°0’
„.+v VOur recommendation.
draPings 7 YorJ.s vary truly.
:indly return •
T.TRH/JVU
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•IX 1st 11 ■
American
Boo k and Bible House,
146 north Tenth Street,
Philadelphia Penna.
Bear Sirs:-
ViJU you fcinaiy enter vnur list tor one years
Mr. Edison's subscription
name
gASTHO-EHTEHOLOGY beginning i issue. Send the bill to the
rith your next laboratory and
oblige ,
Youre very truly ,
Secretary.
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April 1st 11.
E. W. Podge , Esq. ,
Buskin, Tenn.
Pear Sir:-
Your favor of the 27th ultimo received. You are correct in your theory'. There is absolutely no reason why a man should ever aie. Could the arteries he kept free of scale and our bacterial environment fought and proper fuel taken in f life should go on for centuries. All this •riU come in time and through high science.
Yours very truly ,
186
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April 5th. 11.
H. F.ohinson, Esq.,
41 West 33rd St.,
Hew York City. l!y dear Sir:-
Your letter* of the 24th ultimo and 4th instant came duly to hand.
Ur. Edison directs me to Bay to tt.t your book .inyuto" »*
Inventions" i«« »“» “o'®11* *° ll1*
attention. H. — you ,.ry UnUy for a.
mi auyo «• »u“r« “
«*- Yours v ery truly ,
Secretary-
/
206
April 8th 11.
ffeo .. V., Curtiss, Esq., ? res „ ,
Iilme Savings & Trust Co.,
Peoria, Illinois.
I am in receipt of your favor of the 4th instant and cannot possibly do what you request in regard to the address.
However, I enclose herewith my chock for $100.00 tov/ard the Btatue to be presented to the city of Peoria, by the Ingersoll KcnumerjJ Association.
yours v<M.-y truly,
208
April 8tli 11.
The Philadelphia & Heading Coal & Iron Co.,
j. T. -Jennings , Esq., Electrical Engineer,
Electrical Department, Pottsvill®. Henna, year Sir:-
iours of the 30th ultimo addressed to the Edison Storage Battery Co. has been me for my attention.
t „ now constructing at the Laboratory
WW. -*» »— "f “**•
-or tii« purpos. of in “‘“l P'“
.hat 10 ««W »**•*• ? Mlleve 1 C“
what 1. a..troa.v--.6.a.?vw.^»
„o»M you help - «y *• ew.fl»0ht^h_
.m..y if »»■ 1
Yours vw'y truly ,
(/^oCs C'ux-
216
April 12th 11.
C. C. Crabtree, Esq . ,
620 St. Joe Street,
Rapid City, S. D.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 3rd instant enclosing a prospectus of the Royal American Portland Cement Company of Rapid City, S. D. received.
In reply Mr. Edison directB ae to write you that there is not a cement company aatt of the Mississippi that has made a cent in three ye*.T8.
The eastern companies for over three years have been oelling cement at a great loss and five have failed within six months. If is impossible to get capital to put up new plants, at least here in the east.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
sib
April 12 til 11.
M. L. Cox, EBq. ,
Ohio State University,
Columbia , Ohio.
Dear Sir:-
Youra of the 4th instant received. Ur. Edison directs me to say to you that his models are so very much scattered that he positively could not get them together to make any exhibit .
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Apr. 12th 11.
John Blakeley, Esq.,
Commonwealth Trust Bldg.,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 8th instant addressed to the Pyro Electric Co. has Been handed me for attention. I do not know anything about the above mentions d concern except that the Phonograph Works rented them a room and did some work for them a number of years ago.
' Yours very truly,
Secretary.
248
Ho So Heitman, Esq,,
Port MyerB,
Florida.
Bear Sir:- y-0_ 7>//r. .. .• '/
Your letter of the 22nd ultimo received. Ur. Edison directs me to write you and say that he sees no reason why he should pay more than the contract calls for. What is the UBe of a contract if it is not lived up to and if the contractor makes a mistake should he (Ur. Edison) pay for it?
He says he lost on many contracts and no one ever reimbursed him for any of hi:; losses.
Yours very truly,
$;//■..
Secretary.
251
13 th 11
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Mr- J. S. Jennlngi
Electrical Engineer, l Dep't., Pottsville, Penna.
Dear Sirs-
Yours of the 11th instant regarding the miners lamp received. Mr. Edison directs me tc 4 t n at v/in start at once and construct
after they have
fc.rocie of
Lth them to you
it ions which
ery truly.
261
m
Orange, New Jersey, April 20th 11.
J. VI. Howell, EBq. , '
General Electric Co.,
Lamp Department,
Harrison, N. J.
Can you spare me four or five feet Tungsten wire --small size.
(Signed) Edison.
original sent on y.p. pencil Mr. E's h.w.
April 20th 11.
Messrs. Brentano's,
k+Vi Av® • & 27xil St • ,
5th At..^ York city<
Gentleman
Your invoices for the Months of January, February and March, amounting $59.92 received.
The publications forMrs.Lewls Hiller , jhio togbeSer pother ^
sundries have the boolcs ordered by
Will you hindly have the ££opatopy andMrs Mr. Edison billed » ™ Llewellyn Park. Edison's 'bl^*d invoice s as follows, so tnat Also issue new invoic aocount, as foil
To Mr. Thos. A. Bdison: Laboratory:-
l/l7-l The Corsican 2.00
' i Famous Imposters 1.50
1-Insects & Disease x#a5
1/21 1 Marshalls Reproductions ^
' Postage .54
1^25 1 ISmic Prejudices^ a’.OO
‘ 1 Medical Chaos & Crime ,22
2JL
$16.70
TO
lAl KBS’ *5:22 %;y 4.o=
McClures iew'ifi MiH«r^
$17.50
Brentano'i
2/14 10 Place Garde 5 " "
1 Valentine
2 Carde
3/7 McClure e
Muneeye 1911
3/17 3 "If"
2 "If"
Forward $17.50
$6.70
2.50
.50
.05 9.75
1.50'
1,00 2.50
! 50 .95
$30.70
This will make the account chargeable as follows:
Mr. Thomas A. Bdlaon (Lab.) $29.22 Mrs. " " " (1-.?.) 30.70
$59.92.
An early reply will oblige,
Yours very truly,
Q>n _
Assistant Secretary.
207
April 20th 11.
US. Pleasant Cemetery Co.,
Hr. C. H. Prettyman, Sec.,
375 Belleville Avenue,
Hewarfc, Hew Jersey.
Bear Sir:-
Y„„r circular of *•» lnS*“
the let ..mere cl ». *1—“' “•
received. *r. ““» ’’°"14 1U“ *° “•* ””
detail. regards «» •»*—“*
Of the lots.
» earlsr *.PW **u M aPP"clat'4' Yours very truly,
Secretary.
2G9
V;V April 20th 11.
Rev. Jas. L. Meagher, PreB.,
Christian Press Ass’n Pub. Co.,
26 Barclay Street, Mew York.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 10th instant also your book entitled "The Wonders of the Universe" came duly to hand. Mr. Edison directs me to thank you very kindly for the Bame and Bays that he is so over-worked just now that he cannot find time to read it , but hopes to read it thoroughly this summer.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
272
Director of the U. S. Geological Survey,
Mr. George Otis Smith,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Flease Bend, me the address of parties who can supply me with samples of Elaterite, Tabhyite, or Wiedgerite. I desire to make experiments to utilize the same in commerce.
Yours very truly,
-Pres. & Gen. Manager,
Fhila. & Reading Coal & Iron Co. , Pottsville, Penna.
of the 14th instant
liners lamps received. Mr. s to write you that he has
down to you as
Yours very truly,
274
C OHFIDEHTIAL .
April 20th 11.
P. E. Donner, Esq.,
Bonner, Childs Sc Woods,
Union Bank Building ,
Pittsburgh, Penna.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 15th inBtant requesting information regarding Mr. Alfred J. Thompson's integrity, received.
In reply Mr. Edison desires me to write you that the above named person was , when a young man employed as an experimenter at the Laboratory. He was a bright young man, inclined to be "smart" and worked here for two years.
He then went to Havana on Borne machine business and we no nothing of his record since.
He is related to Mr. J. I. C. Clarke,, publicity man of the Standard Oil Company.
Youfs very truly,
Secretary.
April 20th 11.
Messrs. English & Co.,
Box Bo. 1212,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Dear Sira:-
Your letter of the 20th of March regarding the cement houses received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is not ready to talk -business yet. I enclose herewith a booklet giving a full description of the proposed idea.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
April 20th 11.
289
April 22nd 11.
Mrs. Rosalie Rhodes,
1113 College Avenue,
East St. Louis, Ill.
Dear Madam
Enclosed herewith find money order for $2.00 for four tickets for the purpose of raising the funds to build a Jewish Temple , as per your letter of the 13th instant.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
292
April 22nd 11.
S. Bergmann, Esq.,
25 Oudenarder Str.,
Berlin, H. Germany.
My dear Bergmann
1 was sorry to hear that you could not Bee your way clear to use tubes and go ahead.
Rogers' has gone over the tools arid Bays the following are the only ones he can utilize:-
B landing Die for Nickel Grid,
Slotting Die for " "
First Bend " "
Second " " "
Blanking Die for Iron Grid Hydraulic " " " "—Type "A"
tt ■ « Nickel "--Type "A"
Two Iron Filling Machines.
Put a price on these; the duties are, I believe, 4S per-cent, and this makes it difficult to buy more. I have told him to figure out if we cannot buy some of the parte *h*?e ** tt
293
Tjig itam.
to KCt some Tuugsten Klein was °v6r t0 g
,**-..«—***• — 7:
« it is ’■"i*"*'4 1 *Ul
0„ »t«W »»• “* ''"y
, wpRVB our sales are rapidly. *« ^ la8t tW° about ten thousand dollars per day.
Kind regards, Believe - .
Yours very truly,
299
Newark, New JerBey.
x „ .„di« *»• *.
x.* !»*. ,.»«■ —**• <* — vr '
„„ IT- ia authorized to
view of improving the same. He
■nake atich change, ae he deems necessary. He will^ aXso install a superintendent, who will take -
charge of the factory. You to act as technical adviser.
Please refer to Mr. H. 1.
all office and sales matters..
Yours tjuly .
Yours truly
300
Apr. 29th 11.
Robert E. Doan, Esq.,
1327 G Street, N. W. ,
Washington, D, C.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 25th instant received.
Cut dovra your food gradually. Don’t use the table as a social adjunct, as it causes too much food to be taken, men you have in the course of time, got the total food down to a certain point, you will start to loose weight, men you notice this gradually increase your food and thereafter keep your weight constant. The food you then take will all be assimilated and will pass into the large of storage intestines, free of food value, which will prevent pu trifaction by bnct.ri.l .ctlcn. Ictrif.ctlT. t«l«. .in ..... to p... into th. blood ...a you ail .loop
better.
you Bbould not try to ol».p »" >“<*• nr forty y.»r» I only »l«Pt f»«r Mur. p.r any »a no. ,l„p fro. fir. to fir. onn ono-bnlf. But it i» profound .loop »»d I ric. p.rfbotl, rofro^.a.
You can get into the hahit by gradually reducing your Bleeping hours over a period of, y» three months; until you sleep only six hours. You will be surprised at the change, providing your arteries have not been hardened by over-eating. __ Yours very truly,
Apr. 29th 11.
Richard W. long, Esq.,
50 Church Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replying vo your letter of the 24th instant regarding Iron , Mr. Edison directs
me to write you that for testing «ement the color is too light, and that he can possibly rind a use for it in time.
j enclose herewith our chemist's assay.
yours very truly,
Secretary.
May lot 11.
Clarence I. Peck, Esq.,
Monadnock Block,
Chicago, 111.
Dear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of the 24th ultimo would Bay that 1 eat every kind of food, hut in very small umo-inta. If I find I am losing weight I increase..!.- slightly, until it is constant. I avoid the use of the table as a social adjunct.
prom my observations of other persons, I should say that I eat one -quarter of the general average for persons who take but little exercise. What little I do eat is so perfectly assimilated that it passes into the large or storaga intestine with all food value extracted; leaving nothing that will permit the intestinal bactera to set up putr if action.
fours very truly,
. I
\ stay nt 19U.
H. S. Eeitnian, Esq.,
Port Myers, Florida.
Dear Sir
Mr. Edison is ir. receipt of a latter from the Wallace Company, the tone of ehich is very unsatisfactory to him. He requests me to write yon for the copy of his contract re the swimming pool.
Yours very truly,
Secretary .
323
May 1st 11.
JTai-i.onal Press Intelligence Co.,
25 West Broadway,
Hew York City.
Bear Sirs:-
Mr. Sdison directs me to write you to abolish sending clippings to the Laboratory treating on moving picture subjects.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
Dow, Jones & Co. ,
44 Broad Street,
r0u to discontinue
Mr. Edison instructs me to request mtinue sending t’r-i Wall Street
Yours very truly ,
Rev. W. M. Rochester , Sec.,
The Lord'S Day Alliance of Canada, Confederation Life Building,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 22nd ultimo received.
Ifr. Edison directs me to write you that we tried the experiment of shutting down our kilns Sunday and it seemed to work all right, but Inside of two months nearly all were wrecked and we had to return to Sunday work.
Yours very truly,
Secretary,
lira. Clarence Dally,
103 Clinton Street,
Bast Orange, K. J.
Dear Madam; -
Enclosed herewith find newspaper clipping which Mr. Ediso* desires me to send you.
Yours very truly,
Secretary,
Index - Bergiaann
April 24th 11.
Bdisoncell,
Berlin.
Bergman*:- The prlcea quoted on tubes are the lowest possible; leaves little or no profit. We get hundred twehty five dollars kilowatt hour three hour rate for submarine a eighth inch tubes.
(Signed) EDISON.
May 2nd 1911,
American Lithia & Chemical Co.,
Hr. Wm. H. Crane, President,
50 Church Street, New York .
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 21st ultimo regarding Carbonate of Lithia received. Mr. Edison would like you to name your price for twenty tons, to be delivered one ton per month.
Yours very truly.
Secretary,
:U4
May 2nd 11.
L. B. Markwith, Esq.,
Box No. 886,
Orange , N. J.
Bear Sir:-
Yours of the 29th ultimo requesting Mr. Edison's subscription for one of the concerts in the City of Orange's public perks received. He directs me to write you that he will be unable to comply with yourc request this year.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
351
May
2nd 11.
S. KLyce , Esq. ,
School of Karine Engineering,
Annap ol i s , Mary 1 and .
Bear Sir: -
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is in receipt of your paper on "Supplementary Remarks on Theory of Mat ter « enclosed in your letter of the 27th ultimo.
He says he has read it hut it is heyond his
capacity to comprehend it.
Yours very truly ,
ifiy.
Secretary.
May 2nd 11.
Sam D. Henry , Esq. ,
Coon Rapids Enterprise,
Coon Rapids, Iowa.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 28th ultimo regarding an idea of yours for softening the tone of the phonograph received. Ur* Edison directs me to write you that the idea mentioned by you has been used by many persons for years. Mostly every person likes loud records and this is the reason we never have put a device of this kind on the market.
A number of years ago we started to put out a felt valve in the small part of the horn, but it was afterward abandoned.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
1
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May 3rd 11.
Thos. A. Edison, Jr., Esq. ,
Burlington, Mew Jersey?
BECK Tom
Am sorry you had such had luck with autos. Money is a little tight just now with me, hut if a FQBD runabout will answer your requirements and it will go anywhere in the United States with two persons and is simple. Kas interchangeable parts, which can be gotten quickly, requires cheaper tires,
1 will buy you one; providing you do not tell William I gave it to you but that you Baved money to buy it and to make this the truth I will deduct two ($2.) dollars per Y/eek from the allowance.
Thic car is very economical in gasoline and tires, so you will not have to Bpend much to keep it going. 1 think the price is $750.00
(Signed) Edison.
P.S.— Ford has the largest auto works in the World, and makes one-quarter of all the autos sold in the United States. They are bought mostly by the Western farmers.
May 6th 1911.
p , V. Be Craw, Esq. ,
4th Ass't Postmaster General,
Washington, D. C.
My dear De Graw:-
I enclose herewith a copy of a letter which I have just received from a Mr. Leo, whom I do not know*
Kr. Miller, the postmaster at r wife's brother. He was appointed
by McKinley, they being neighbors give:
square deal.
. I believe he has
ponce is my bKinley
n satisfaction and hope that he will u Yours very truly
V A-;
Way 3rd 11.
Mrs. K. C. Williams,
Wheaton, Minn.
Bear Madam: -
Your letter of the first of March received. It doea not matter what one believes, it will change nothing in the end. Scientific men as a rule do not believe in the immortality of the aoul; because the more they investigate the works of nature the more firmly they reach that conclusion.
It is almost impossible to control one's belief, and if one can believe the religion of the Bible, they had better not try to shake the belief as it is certainly more consoling.
However, if we all carry out the Golden Rule in this life, we have very little to fear from the hereafter, no matter what our be lief^me.-y- "u« T Youtb very ’truly ,
Hay 6th
Dudley S. Crandall, Eeq. ,
R. D. Ho. 1— Box No. 24,
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
My dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 18th of April at hand. It is a fine letter and I thank you f giving me a copy. I enclose herewith a paper called the "Do iwn Homer" , which I have just run across.
Yours very truly ,
May 9th 11
John Ho Wood, Esq.,
156 Broadway,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Edison wants you to cancel the $6500.00 insurance on the Greenhouse, also reduce the insurance on the barn from $6000.00 to $3000.00, and on the horses, vehicles and harness from $6400.00 to $1000.00.
He also wants to know in how many companies you carry the insurance on his house and contents, and if they are all good.
Yours very truly,
Assistant Secretary.
toy 9th 11.
American Lithla & Chemical Co.,
Mr. Wm. H. Crane, President, 50 Church St., New York.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 3rd inBtant received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is ready to receive quotations for one ton of Lithia a month for one year. Contract to start some time this year.
Yours very truly,
~r;:„
Secretary
May 9th
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General Electric Co.,
Ur. W. R. Burrows,
Assistant Engineer,
Harrison, Haw Jersey.
Dear Sir
VourB of the 3rd instant regarding the Tungsten lamps received. In reply Ur. Edison directs me to write you that he wants
one and two-tenth volts 1/2 — 1 — 2 — 3 and 4
candle-power. One watt per candle or less.
He will he at the Laboratory when you come over.
Yours very truly.
Secretary
May 9th 11.
Loon E. Landone, Esq,,
car* Franklin Robison,
Columbia University,
New York City.
Bear Sir:-
Youra of the 3rd inBtant requesting an interview with Mr. Edison regarding the introduction of the kinetoscopes in the common schools received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is at the Laboratory most of the time. Better call up on the phone when you propoae coming, to make sure that he is her. phone No. 907 Orange.
Yours very truly, ^
Secretary.
386
May 9th 19X1.
H. Stamm, Esq. ,
12 Guilford Street,
London, W. C, England.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is so oyer-worked that he cannot find the time to do anything in connection with your very interesting communication of the 26th ultimo.
yours very truly,
Secretary^
May 9th 11
\
S. T. Cherry, Esq.,
Otyognomy,
Parsons, Kansas.
Pear Sir
Ab requested in yours of the 28th ultimo I enclose herewith a photograph of Mr. Edison's ear.
Yours very truly,
Secretary'
403
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May 9th 11..
Robert T. Lozier, Esq.,
care Kountze Brothers ,
New York City.
My dear Sir
Your favor of the 4th instant received. Glad to see that you have made bo good a connection, and also that the large bankers ar9 connecting up. with engineers.
It mates it easier for the struggling inventor who gets fleeced by promoters.
Yours very truly,
404
May 9th 1911.
•T . :? . Morgan & Co . ,
Wall & Broad Sts, t
Hew York City.
Gentlemen
Your letter of the 6th instant regarding the storage battery received. I will be in town this week and will call and see your honorable
Yours very truly,
May 10th 11.
W. S. Mallory, Esq.,
Edison Crushing Roll Co.,
Stewartsville , Hew Jersey.
Dear Mr. Mallory
Please b—,* me copies of all Crushing Roll agreements. I want to have on file to guide me in hilling royalty; also, Mr. Edison may want to see them some time.
Yours very truly ,
A
SecB,tary,
411
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May loth 11.
Niagara Alkali Co.,
H. D. Ruhm, X°M'i
PreB. 4c Gen. Mgr. ,
Niagara Palls, B. Y.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 3rd instant received.
Mr. Edison directB me to write you that we purchase our electrolytic potash from Germany. It is practically free from chlorides and we would he glad to have you quote on supplying us as well as the soda.
Yours very truly,
■ A d
Secretary.
May 10th 11.
Soissons , Count de
Beaufort Mansions,
London, S. W. England.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of the 26th ultimo received.
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that the newspaper clipping which you enclosed is correct.
He works eighteen hours daily, has Been doing tnis daily for forty five years'. This is double the usual amount men do'. This makes ninety years i add twenty years for youth and you have one hundred and ten years as his age. He is still working eighteen hours and expects to keep it up twenty years more, which will make his age one hundred and fifty years.
The reason he can work eighteen hours is because he eats very little, sleeps little and wears clothes that do not pinch the blood veins in the slightest.
Yours very truly,
r-M.
Secretary.
418
May 10th 11.
H. E. Heitman, Esq.,
Port Myers, Florida.
Dear Mr. Heitman:-
I found three letters from Wallace and Company, copies of which I enclose herewith. They clearly state what Wallace proposed to do.
In view of the disagreeable letter he wrote, I am not inclined to pay any further sum and suggest if he thinks he has been unjustly dealt with, that he can sue for it and let the Court decide. I will allow fifty ($50.) dollars toward paying his lawyer. ^
Yours very-'truly ,
Enclosures .
May 11th 11.
J. H. Wood, Esq. ,
156 Broadway,
Hew York.
Dear Slr:-
Bnclosed find the following policies as requested in yours of the 10th inBtant.
On Mr. Edison's ham
* 5022 Phenix Ins. Co. *2000. Expires Oct. 6, 1912
#•33257 The Home n Co. *4000. Oct. ,
On Horses. Vehicles and Harness #207190 Penna. Piw In.. 0«. «2S00. KP. »
4727 Hartford " " " *3600.
On Greenhouse
#800797 0T.ni« St.« **■ °Ct‘ ^ 12'
„9«9 H.UU »1~ * <*• *2000- 10-6'12
1040507 Commonwealth In,. Co. *«»• ». «*• »• 1912
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
May 11th 11,
Ut. Pleasant Cemetery Co.,
Ur. B. H. Prettyman, Sec.,
375 Belleville Avenue,
Hewark, Hew Jersey.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of the 10th Instant received. Will you kindly advise me if Both of lir. Edison- s lots are in use?
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
421
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Kay 13th 11.
Agnes E. De Monde ,
173 Madison Street,
Brooklyn, New York.
Dear Madam: -
Replying to your letter of the 9th instant Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he will give the hoy a month's trial at the Laboratory at seven dollars per week.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
May 13th 11.
American Lithia & Chemical Co. ,
Mr. Wm. E. Crane, President,
50 Church. St. , New York.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 11th ins tail t quoting on Lithia Carbonate received. In reply Mi-. Edison directs me to write you that he can buy all the I.ithia he wants at fifty five cents per pound, and your offer therefor does not interest him.
Youru very truly.
Secretary.
432
Robert Grau, Esq.,
53 Elm Avenue ,
U?t. Vernon, M. Y.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 13th instant Mr. Edison directs me to write you that the amount is exaggerated; he did not take out foreign patents because he did not realize the value of the invention.
Yours very truly,
Assistant Secretary.
440
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May 17 th 11.
Jaa. W. Byrnes, Bsq. ,
Rogers-Pyatt Shellac Co.,
79 Water Street, Be m York.
Dear Sir
Mr. Bdison directs me to write you that he would like, to loan the hook on Shellac, mentioned in your letter of the 12th inetant.
Yours eery truly,
Secretary.
442
May Wth. 11.
H. H. Blisli, Esq.,
car« Harger & Bliah,
811 w. Walnut St.,
Bas Moines , Iowa.
Bear Sir:-
Your latter of the 9th instant regarding a phonograph record or a heart beat received. Mr. EdiBon directs me to write you that he will have one of hin experimenters see what can be done regarding the same .
Yours Tery truly.
Secretary.
May 19-1911,
J. Park Charming,
42 Broadway,
Hew York.
My dear Sir;-
Knowing of your active connection with some of the large mining enterprises of our country, X believe that you would he much inter¬ ested in a crushing plant which was built last year at Tomkins Cove, Hew York, for crushing lime¬ stone for commercial, purposes, which is equipped with my crushing rolls and stationary screens .
The machinery in this plant has capacity of about 10,000 tons in ten hours, and the large rolls will crush single Btones weighing 15 to 17 tons.
I have instructed our Mr. Mallory to present this letter to you, and he will be glad to accompany you to the Tomkins cove plant, which is located only 36 miles from Hew York, on the west Shore R. R. , any time when it will suit your convenience.
I 'believe that the costa obtainable by this method of crushing will make cownercial some low grade ore propositions, and I trust that you y/111 be able to find time to visit the plant and see for yourself just what^le-'tSSTng done^ • Yolors very truly,
May 19 th. 11,
My dear Kammerhoff >
Mr. RogerB tells me you have resigned from the battery company and leave in July, and that you would like to come over with us.
I could give you a place in some of my enterprises providing Mr. Bergmann is made to understand that I am not trying to take you away. I would not for an instant do anything to hurt Mr. Bergmann.
I would pay about $75.00 per week to start with and if you made a success, I of course would increase the amount.
Yours very truly,
Mny 18th. 11 o
George Otis Smith, Esq.,
Director-U. S. Geological Survey,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
win y.» .!«.• «"■' "• M1*°” ’iai * -»« »“ “lne In a. Hrtrarim a.po.lt. ern.tly otlig., YOUBS very truly,
Secretary .
May 20, 1911.
Messrs. Rogers-Pyatt Shellac Co.,
(Mr. James ff. Byrnes)
79 Water Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen:
Replying to yours of the 17th inst., asking for 500 pounds of re-inf orced shellac, Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is not in a position to make a quantity of anything just now, as he is still in the experimental stage. 1 return herewith your formal order.
Yours very truly,
Seoretary.
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May 20, 1911.
Mr. J. R. Barber ,
1567 Ogden Street,
Denver, Colo.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 15th inet., regarding a dry placer machine, Mr. Edison directs me to write you he has none of these machines left, and does not intend to
make any more.
YourB very truly.
Secretary.
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May SO, 1911.
Mr. Arthur Ton Barth,
o/o Edison Storage Battery Co.,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 17th inBt., regarding a pay roll machine which you have invented, Mr. Edison directB me to write you that the machine is so much out of his line, that he could not consider going into it.
Yours very truly,
Seoretary.
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466
May 20, 1911.
Mr. F. D. Lambie, President,
American Building Corporation,
299 Broadway,
New York City.
Bear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 18th inst., enclosing a letter from the Engineering Record asking for information regarding the Edison Concrete House Moulds, Mr. Edison directs me to write you that of oourBe he is not yet in the business; but you might send Mr. Beall the booklet which is enclosed, and also one of your pamphlets, and tell him that Mr. Edison does not sell the moulds.
Yours very truly.
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Seoretary.
ilr. Arthur .. illiaiss ,
c/o Xew York Edison Co. ,
55 Du tins Street,
Hew York City.
Dear 3ir:-
Replying to yours of the 17th last. , i ■git*dlng the tankers who stood behind tile company ite beginning , yr. Edison directs me to write you the names you mention are the only ones t.oat he- c remember who were financially interested in the X York Company, he also says that Edwin Adams of V. Lanier & Company was interested. He will try to t e public Policy Meeting.
Yours very truly.
at the
498
May 25th 1911.
Electric Locomotive Dep’t., Philadelphia, Penna. Dear Sirs;-
Your letter of the 23rd lnatant received. My men are still figuring. I, personally have gone into the Bcheme to ascertain if it is a business possibility. My conclusions are;-- that if it is done in the way hereafter described that it will be a highly practicable and commercial success.
Loco v/ith battery for 900 horBe-power hours , discharging for thirty minutes over the ten miles at the rate of 1500 horse-power, then ran on siding, charge forty minutes to put back all that was taken out. Crew steps from this loco to a fresh charged one and so on.
Charging both ends. Only take out three- fifths of the capacity on each run bo as to get rapid charge rate with fair economy, and surplus for emergency- like excess coal and water on a steam loco.
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Small cells to be used to get radiating surface, to get cooling from fan to prevent too great a rise of temperature. Charge at both ends reduces battery to one -half what it would be if charged at one end only. In this way coot of electrification no matter how great or complex is reduced down to small batteries. There is no other investment for the reason that the commercial power stations now in operation are abundantly able to supply far more current than will ever be used, and, at a cost so low that the railroad company could not possibly put up stations and make it themselves for the Bame money. The use of the electric loco releases just that many more steam locos over this route, hence, there is no increase here.
It resolves itself down to one item, that iBj— the only cost of electrifying the Chicago B. B. is practically the cost of bo many sets of batteries, and the coBt of running is the depreciation, interest and current for these batteries.
We have only built a few of these special rapid charge and discharge rate cells and cannot give the cost, but think it would be around forty eight to fifty three dollars per horse-power hour, based on a one hour discharge rate. As far as we know now from the endurance tests, they will give within ten per-cent of the rating, over a period of three years. They can then be transferred to another Loco not requiring so much power and run for another at the end of three years the
three years;
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positive plate can l>e renewed for one-half the original cost, making the cost say $78.00 per horse¬ power hour, over* a period of six years, or thirteen per-cent depreciation, and still could be transferred.
The laying on the siding forty or fifty minutes only means that a few extra Locos would be necessary over and above what would be required if there was but little waiting for charge. While waiting there is practically no depreciation, hence it resolves itself into a question of interest on the idle investment.
The scheme of eletrif ication lends itself to a gradual electrification without any disturbance or the raising of large sums of money, or the chance of costly errors.
This feature of taking on current at the end of each short trip (aB a Loco would take on coal and water) is, in my opinion, the proper and commercial way to attain the result.
There is only one thing that must be ascertained and that I eon testing, to wit:- How low can I keep the temperature of the battery down by increasing radiating surface by small cells by the use of ventilating fans. That we will let you know as soon an possible.
Please let me know if I am wrong and where I am wrong on the general idea.
May 25th 1911.
Secretary,
Committee on Admissions,
Engineers Club.
32 Went 40th Street,
New York City,
Dear Sirt-
I desire to have ay name attached to the application of Mr. Gano Dunn as an endorser and would like to suggest that as this gentleman has just been elected -President of American Institute of Electrical Engineers, it would be a welcome act to the great body of its membership if Mr. Dunn's application could be acted upon at an early date so as to place the facilit of the Club at his disposal in the discharge of his presidential duties.
I desire to express my strong personal
admiration for Hr. '™1"°r “*
a man, an. '..Here be .ill mate a net acceptable
membe-'r of our body ,
Yours ve.ry '’truly,
;r. Eobert Sedgwick,
47 William Street,
Eew York City.
7ear Sir:- . (
Beplying to yours of. the 23rd inst., regarding electric automobiles, fcr. Edison directs •e to write you that he only manufactures electric Storage batteries to run electric cars. He thinks tliu-t ;,;rs. Cary probably wants an electric car which hikcs no noise end runs perfectly smooth. There are a number of mukes of electric cars; the most expensive and best is built, by Healy. F,, Co* , of Sew York City and are used by 7. P. Morgan and people of that type. The other builders of less expensive cars are the Detroit Electric and the Baker Electric, both ‘having offices in -Hew York City and build cars far the Edison Batter; If she sends around to them, asking to see an Electric with Edison Battery, he is sure they would bring one t
525
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Zr. Samuel lnsull,
American Institution of Kleotrieal Sngineers, " 29 "eat 39th Street, liew York City.
Dear 3ir:~
Hep lying to yourB of tlie 25th inst regarding your oontemplated visit to Kr. Edison at Orange, would state he requests me to write you that if you oannot oome out to the laboratory he will so into liew York when you are at the convention.
Yours very truly.
Mr. E. V. Maohette.
120 liberty Street.
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replytng to yours of the 27th inst, asking to snpply 10 pounds of Selenium at $5.00 per pound, Mr. Edison renuests me to write you that 10 pounds is more than he needs for experimenting. He will, however, take 5 pounds at that prioe in stioks.
Yours very truly.
M:H
Seoretary.
May 3lBt 1911 .
Miss Anne Morgan,
219 Madison Ave.,
Hew York City.
Sear Miss Morgan
I am in receipt of your favor of the 26 th instant. In reply will say .that I am so over-whelmed with work that I cannot possibly accept your kind invitation.
Yours^-v^ry truly.
June 2nd 19X1.
Jas. R. Reiser, Esq.,
4th Ave, & 27th St.,
Yours of the 29th ultimo regarding the automobile being buil't for you by the Lansden Company has been referred to me. Hr. Edison is the Bole owner of the Lansden Company and lately became dissatisfied with the management, re-organizing the sales and manufacturing departments. This caused a little confusion which has
Your chassis will be shipped to Hew Haven by boat to-morrow, to get the body which I understand is
We are writing the body man to adviBe when he will Bbip the complete machine and will write you on receipt of his letter, and v/ill use every endeavor to get it to you
Regretting the <»eiay and with assurances that everything possible will be do*, to t the mxAlim to you
quickly,
I am,
Your a very truly,
mJM,.
Secretary. /
George 2£hret, £30 , ,
92ncl S t . « 2nd Ave , ,
New York. City.
Near Sir;-
The La.no den Company has been controlled by me for >■ past two years, lately I became dissatisfied with the management and made a change, re-organizing the facto ry and sales departments; Mr. Lansden being no .longer connected with the Company.
It ia now in better shape to turn out first
class machines and I propose completing your order for the five ton trucks at the earliest possible moment, and, to your satisfaction.
545
June 3rd 1911.
W. A. Williams , Esq.,
University Avenue ,
University Heights,
Hew York City.
Hear Sir:-
Your letter ofthe 26th ultimo regarding the Edison Electric Light Co. of Europe, Ltd., received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you -mat the Company was wound up years ago and a small dividend was paid. The patents were knocked out and we did not win out.
YourB very truly,
4. ;
Secretary.
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June 3rd 1911.
Arthur Williams, Esq.,
55 Duane Street,
Hew York City.
My dear William* i-
Yours of the 26th ultimo received. I had to turn down MisB Morgan's invite, I am so completely over-loaded with work.
Sincere
June 3rd 1911.
H. U. Byllesby, Esq.,
206 So. La Salle St.,
Chicago, Illinois.
My dear Byllesby
Your letter of the 9th ultimo
received.
Your address before the University of Pennsylvania is very clear and very good. I am quite surprised that you have such a facility.
I also want to Bay to you that you are missing a great opportunity that you do not come down to Orange and let me explain to you, that recent developements in my new storage battery is Buch that a new epoch in the electric business is now starting, and those who investigate thoroughly will reap the benefit. I believe I know as well aB anyone how things will turn out as a business proposition.
I have read the proceedings of your last convention and am further surprised.
'.yo'j
June 3rd 19X1.
K. F. Parshall , Esq.,
Salisbury House ,
London Wall ,
London, E.C. England.
My dear Parshall : -
Your letter of May 15th received.
Recent improvements in the battery have put a very different complexion on the whole scheme. A new epoch is opening in the electrical business and I believe of enormous extent. To give you a glimpse I state that I propose to furnish a tender of one car attached to an electric locomotive, containing battery which will absorb 800 horse-power in forty-five minutes and give it out at the rate of 1500 horse-power.
This is for the Baldwin Loco.
Works for electrification of all the Chicago terminals, thirty one railroads. Insull can furnish the current without effecting his regular load, to any great extent. The electric locomotives replace and release the steam locomotives. There is no third rail or complication; the whole thing comes down to investment and depreciation of battery, onlylJl- and the change can take place gradually without disturbance .
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The electric zone in Chicago is to he ten miles from the center and the limit of speed is to he twenty miles per hour. The weight of train 1250 tons.
I am certain this will he a success.
On the other hand,- on a trolley road at Y/ashington, D. C. four miles long with eight percent grade the storage battery car leaves the barn at six A. M. fully charged and goes into the barn at twelve midnight, also fully charged. It stops four minutes at each end of the line and we ram the current in, so that it takes the trip without drawing out the permanent charge.
The old idea of carrying the charge far the whole day has exploded,
X am driving a one-horse
butcher's delivery wagon with only 16 cells, 20 volt motor It starts charged in the morning and at night it 1b fully charged when the days work is over; they booBt at high density every time they come in for a load. This vehicle sells for $700.00
Have sold a bettery for submarine,
2500 horse-power, charging five hours, discharging two hours. This to some foreign government, cannot find out to whom.
Just get your thinking cap on and think out what it means to have a reliable battery which ^wlll take in enough current in ten minutes to run the vehicle^mile s ,
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etc., with a weight of about fifty pounds per horse¬ power hour.
I shall hold off dealing with with anybody for a while, as I think there is a big opening for big finances here.
Beach's battery car is now down to 2?a pounds per seated passenger, and one road at Concord, North Carolina, has abandoned it's trolley.
Bergmann h&8 made a botch of the German Company. Went ahead with the old type against my advice and protest, and now has no capital to go ahead with the new cell. He has'nt the slightest idea of the value of the battery and wants to sen out.
With kindest regards,
Sincerely yours,
Believe
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Juno 5th 1911. .
Lawrence H. lucker, Esq.,
515 First Avenue, South,
Minneapolis , Minnesota .
■Hear Lucker: -
The invitation to your wedding was received a day or eo ago, I am sorry I cannot he present at the ceremony.
Please convey to the future Mrs. Lucker and accept yourBelf my best wishes for $ long and happy married life.
Sincerely yours.
561
June 5th, 1911.
Hr. luoe.
Press Clipping Bureau,
65 Part Plaoe flew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Hoferring to the servioe which you rendered to Hr. Miller Mr. Edison would like
to have you oome out and talk the matter over with him as regards the olippings.
Yours very truly,
AH.
Secretary.
June bth.
1911.
Messrs. Mann Sc Maokeille ,
12 East 46th Street,
Sew York City.
Gentlemen
Replying to yours of the 1st inst. Mr. Edison direots me to write you that the bolts for the new oonorete house are about -65# finished and on account of the rush on the new storage batteries he had to use the tools and stop making the formB.
He hopes to resume soon and finish them up quiokly.
yours very truly.
3eo rotary.
568
Juno 5th, 1911.
Mr. Vi'. K. .:oClintook,
22 Hassau Place,
E. Orange, S.J.
Dear Sir:-
Heplylng to yours of the 2nd inst. rep.arding Storage Eaitery Cars. Mr. Edison direots Be to write you to come over to the laboratory and have a tall: with him on the subject.
you had better oall on the telephone before coming so that Mr. Edison will be sure to be there . Cur telephone number is 908 Orange, 3. J.
yours very truly.
Ail.
Seoretary.
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June 8th 1911.
W. Mo Barrett, Esq., Pres.,
AdamB Express Company,
59 Broadway, New York.
Dear Mr. Barrett:-
We will make twenty (20) one and one-half ton trucks complete, except motor, tires and battery for Thirteen hundred, ninety seven ( $1397 o 00) Dollars each, net cash. Assembling the motors, tires and battery to make complete machine, is included in this price.
We will purchase the tires and motors, getting the manufacturers discount and give you the benefit, without profit to us.
The batteries can be obtained from the Edison Storage Battery Co. at a twenty (20 f) percent discount, through the Adams Vehicle Co,
Should, upon the completion of the vehicle, the accountants find that we have made more than fifteen (15*) percent profit on Labor, Material and overhead expenses, we will refund the excess to you.
We intend to use the heet material and make the heat and most lasting vehicle possible.
We estimate that the twenty machines can be furnished within six weeks from date of order.
We hope in a few days to give you price for the three two ton wagons.
Mr. Charles Deshlev, o/o General Hleotric Go., Harrison, H. .,fit Dear )ir:-
ileplying to yours of the 5th inst. enclosing a letter from Dr. Horne, re- sarding electro-magnets, Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he no longer makes mag¬ netic separators, hut he thinks they are made by the ..etherill Company. The address of this Company can be obtained ftom the Hew Jersey Zinc Company, franklin furnace, Hew Jersey.
Yours very truly,
AH.
P.S.
I return herewith Dr. Horne's letter.
7th. 1911,
Mountpleasant Cemetery Company,
37 & Belleville Avenue,
Hewark, Hevi Jersey.
Gentlemen
Referring to question of $400, which you oharge Y.r. dison for the oare of his two lots, will you kindly inform me if this is subject to withdrawsi^at any time.
Yours very truly.
June 9th 1911
Marcella Qoodopeed,
Hartford, Michigan.
Hear Madam: -
I am in receipt of your letter of the 4th instant. In reply to same would say that the general public have , for years , been calling for louder and still louder records; but I have always maintained that anyone who really had a musical ear wanted soft music.
Of course we could mellow it in the x-acord
itself and we are now working on a record^, in which the tone is very soft and-lnellow.
Yours^very truly,
0/9
June 13 th 11.
R, H. Beach, Esq. ,
50 Church Street,
New Yorlc City.
Beach: -
The opinion of hoyB here is that the bposting charge ia all right at Concord, providing that the temperature never gets above 98, and what is better 95, and that every two weeks the battery should be given a long charge of twelve hours to insure that the iron should not go dopy. Also that particular attention should be given to filling with water. It should be kept up high as per Instructions and never be permitted to go low, as to be too close too plates.
The idea boost is::- take out two— fifths and then boost. If you take out three-fifths before boost it is harder on battery and not so economical.
Better get a days run schedule showing ampere inpap and output on boosts and all data, mileage etc. on boosts, temperature, water line and send it to us.
(Signed)
BJI BOS
June 03 th 11 .
Louis Sinks, Esq.,
71 Saeeau street,
Sew York City.
)ty deai Hicks
Your letter of the 9th instant re the Edieon ve. Allis-Chalmers Co. suit r»flTn*> duly to hand, also ..the copy of Judge Hazel1 b opinion, which 1 have read. It appears very strong. I congratulate you for having won out.
Yours very truly,
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June 16 th IX.
Commonwealth Edison Company,
Louis A- Ferguson, Esq.,
Second Vice President,
120 Wes t Adams St . ,
Chicago, Illinois.
My dear Ferguson: -
Yours of the 8th instant received. The Locomotive type of battery could not he furnished for several months. I have only one tube filling machine which is very complicated and it will require months to make more to turn out cells in quantity.
The Locomotive batteries have tubes one -eighth of an inch in diameter, whereas the truck or auto batteries have tubes of one-quarter inch. The small tubes petmit of double the number of plated in the same cell, hence its great charge and discharge rate .
If you contemplate UBing your road within eight months it would be useless to wait for
the new design. The present one-quarter inch tube cannot be made to charge rapidly enough for Locomotive work.
Henry B. Clifford, Esq.,
320 Fifth Avenue ,
Hew York City.
l£y dear Sir;-
Yours of the 14th instant received.'
The leached ore will not he magnetic. You can easily and cheaply briquette this ore and if original concentration is good, it is a desirable ore for blast furnace, if you get your Bulphur low enough.
Regarding the building of a mill and spending a lot of money , my advice is— ~
"Don't do it." Build a small experimental mill Which will be inexpensive, with output oi two tons daily and work out every detail exhaustively, then you know what you can do and can invest large sums with every assurance of success. My experience is that the majority of men act too quickly on insufficient data.
There is absolutely no reaeon why a failure Bhould be made in a milling proposition if there is an unlimited supply of ore to be had.
There is not a detail in your proposed process that I am not thoroughly familiar with, except cyanidlng.
Yours very truly.
652
Juno 21,1911
?he 7e Laval Separator Co.,
165 Broadway.
Kew York City.
Gentlemen: -
Replying to ycnrs of the 14th inst., regarding a centrifugal machine, Mr. Edison directs me to write you that it is not a liquid shellac at ordinary temperature which he wants to separate hut a liquid about like table syrup at 280°
Fahrenheit .
You is very truly
’/*’ 4
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Secretary.
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June 21,1911
Mr. Henry P. Clifford,
520 Fifth Avenue,
11 ew York City.
Pear Sir:-
Heplying to yours -of the 18 th inst., Mr. Edison directB me to -write you that you had better come over and see him before you go
Yours very truly ,
Secretary.
Si()9
June 17th 11*
Hon. Franklin Murphy,
224 McWhorter Street,
Newark, New Jersey.
Pear Siri»*
Mr. Upton has showed me your letter of June 16th.
In your letter you say:- “It ie only frank to say that information has been received that in some instances the Edison Cement has been unsatisfactory, and the Commission, in the discharge of its duty to the public, felt that in so far aB possible they must use cement of undisputed quality."
I ask that you let me know the instances where Edison Cement has been unsatisfactory , so that I may investigate them.
I hope you will give me full information regarding this, wh^oh I will consider confidential, and that you will permit, me to investigate any complaints which may have been reported to you and place beiore you the Edison Conqaany’s statements regarding them.
Yours very truly,
'>Oj
-June 23, 193]
caidwin Locomotive Works,
Philadelphia, Penn.
Gentlemen:
Heferring to ycur letter of June 21et. We are puehing
the experiments as faet as possible; we are just aB anxious as you are. Our problem seems to be solely a question of keep¬ ing the heat down by blowing. Today we have a new scheme 01 blowing and will test tonight. Just as soon as poseible, we will give you seme of the rough preliminary tests - it looks good. >
»ourc very truly,
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^0^ Index under J. P. Morgan * Co. ,
^ JUHB *6 1911.
Mr. Edison: -
Mr. Porter of J. ?• *• Co. Phoned that It is reported from Parle that you have given up your European rlghte on Battery for Traction on Haile to Beach— 'and for Submarine purposes to another party. What rlghte have you accorded Monnot for the sale of your Battery for other purpoeee.
Mr. Porter would like to cable your reply.
Ur. Edleon 'e answer to the above.
Porter — J. E. Morgan & Co.
Have not parted with any rights . uy agent is selling submarine batteries to European aovernments- Beach haa no rights. Monnot Is simply a dealer In Automobile lighting batteries. I told him to dell in prance ar*L if he did satisfactory buainess I would not sell to other dealers.
Edison.
Message received
and anewered June 26th 1911.
June 2Bth 11,
Bose U. Stevens,
2004 Military Street,
Port Huron, Hich,
Dear Hadam:-
Beplying to your letter of the 21»t instant Ur. Edison directs ms to write you that you may use the name -Edison" for the benefit of the City Hospital. I also enclose herewith a check for $10.00 toward the receipts of your booth.
Yours very truly,
Assistant Secretary.
General Letterbook Series Letterbook, LB-087 (1911)
This letterbook covers the period June-December 1911. Most of the correspondence is by Edison and Harry F. Miller. There are also some letters by George A. Meister and William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the items relate to the commercial and technical development of Edison’s alkaline storage battery and its use in locomotives, electric vehicles, lamps for coal miners, and country house lighting. Included is correspondence with business associates such as William C. Anderson, Ralph H. Beach, and Sigmund Bergmann. Several letters pertain to Edison's organization of the storage battery business in Europe, including the appointment of John F. Monnot as his representative and his relations with financier H. Herman Harjes of Morgan Harjes in Paris. A few items deal with Edison's ore milling technologies and royalties earned by the Edison Crushing Roll Co. Also included are letters to financial consultant Roger Babson about population statistics and other matters and to author Poultney Bigelow about the use of airplanes during the Mexican Revolution. Among the items relating to family and personal matters are letters concerning Edison's tour of Europe in August 1911 with his wife Mina and his three youngest children. There is also correspondence regarding Edison's winter home in Fort Myers, Florida, his collections of books and periodicals, his charitable donations, and his membership in clubs and societies, including the Essex County Country Club.
The spine is marked "T.A.E. From June 28- 1 1 Dec. 3, 1911" and "26." The front cover is marked with similar information. The book contains 699 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15 percent of the book has been selected.
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Ford, Bacon and Bar la,
115 Broadway,
New York City.
Gentlemen
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, alBO the copy of the report which you have made upon the service and equipment of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. for the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission.
I think this is one of the best reports I have ever read and thank you very kindly for the same. ,,
Yours- very truly,
LS
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3*
yy dear Anderson:-
Your favor of the 1st instant received. In reply thereto would say that I actually have three different rectifiers, all on different principles now on test. I cannot afford to put out anything that is not extremely practical.
Yours very truly,
To W. C. Anderson, Esq., Pres.,
Anderson Electric Car Co.,
Detroit, Michigan.
35
July 7th 1911.
Burns D. Caldwell . Esc^. , Vice Pres.,
1).- In ware , Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co.,
90 West Street, New York City.
Bear Mr. Caldwell
Your letter of the 5th instant regarding the application of Rev. V/illiejn Albert Prye , Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Grange, for the privileges of membership in the Bose;-: County Country Club under the rule covering the extension thereof, to clergymen resident of Essex County has been received; and I have to-day written the Committee on membership endorsing your proposition. "
Yours v-ory truly,
36
July 7 th 1911.
Committee on Membership,
SsBex county Country Cluh,
■West Orange, Hew Jersey.
Gentlemen: -
Mr. Bums D. Caldwell writes me that he Mas proposed the name of Rev. William Albert Erye , Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Orange for the privileges of membership in the Essex County Country Club under the rule covering the extension thereof to clergymen resident of Essex County, and I desire to add my endorsement to the
proposition. ~*-f
Yours ve ry truly ,
173
August 4th 191') .
.Edison Portland Cement Co.,
¥. Sc Mallory, Esq.., Prss.,
Stewart Bville , Hew Jersey.
Dear Mr. Mallory
Beplying to your letter of the 3rd instant beg to say that the young msn you have reference to regarding the cement hag experiment is Peter Christen sen. He would like to have you send him some more gunny cloth. like the i&8t lot he received.
A letter v<ill reach Mr.
Rdison if sent cars Morgan, Grenfell <i Co.,
#22 Old Broad Street, London.
Yours very truly,
■HIM
Secretary.
251
xJ
Bdiaon Crushing Roll Co.,
W. S. Mallory, Esq., Pres.,
Stewartsville , New Jersey. Dear Mr. Mallory
Replying to your letter ol the 5th instant beg to state that the following accounts show the balances as of July 1st 1911:-
Roll Contract Expense $35,966.71
Legal » other Exp. a/c Rolls_20J1^01 $56,097.72
^ 1 D + n 7A/11 $39,923.22
Royalty on Rolls to 7/1/ i «
RET LOSS $16,174.50
in this connection will say that Hie*. »<™ MUUmX *.«•■ *““* "
do not Enow of as yet .
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
254
Sept. 7, 1911
lr. Jacob Bomn.er , c ,/o 3cgart & Bogart,
•i or 11 Building,
I;en 'iork City.
Dear 3ir:-
heplying to yours ’-f the 5th last., regarding concrete houses, I beg to state tnat the houses Being Built in Virginia highlands near Washington, B. C. are not being built with i.lr. Edison's moulds. J5r. adison's moulds are not yet completed, being only about 60£ finished.
,.e enclose herewith a booklet for your iiu«H!..
tion.
yours very truly.
255
278
sept, nth n.
•Edison Crushing Roll Co.,
W. S. Mallory, Esq., Pres.,
Stewart aville, New Jersey.
Dear Mr. Mallory:-
Your letter of the 9th lne an
warding the Roll *1‘° ”” °f
.r the SIW co. «* »“• k- M1S°“
the **XW 1.1^ »“■* »“i”d-
M to ad.i.e that the agreement
M"‘“g ““V
a.t.e.ent tend, to — *>*« “
within a radian of eeventy five miles frpm City of Detroit?
« «„1, »PW ** M
Yours very truly, / ^
Secretary.
32
The Chat field Mfg. Co.,
Carthage, Ohio.
Dear Sirs:-
Sept. 26 th 11
Your letter of the 14th inetant regarding the application of Dr. Rosensteln received. Our head chemlBt Dr. Goldstein, airectB me to quote you as follows:- "Dr. RoBenstein acted as my assistant in the chemical laboratory for one and one-half years.
His work during that time was satisfactory and he appeared to he an intelligent, steady man.
1 found him well posted in theoretical chemistry, both organic and inorganic, as also in analitical work. Whether ho is qualified to hold a position requiring technical experience such as ie mentioned in the inquiry I am unable to Btate, since he had no occasion to exhibit any such requirements while working with me? (Signed) Goldstein.
Yours very truly,
Assistant Secretary.
Arthur ▼ . Brady, Beq. , President,
American Electric Railroad Association,
Atlantic City, Sew Jersey.
Bear Sir;-
I would suggest that the Association appoint a committee to investigate the storage Battery cars now -in operation in various partB of the country, driven By my new Battery.
I predict a great future for cars of this character and think the committee if appointed will be surprised. Both technically and commercially.
Tours Very truly,
365
Oot. 12th 1911.
< i
My dear Ferguson: -
See enclosed telegram. I started a garage In Chicago, with the understanding we would get a good rate. tBaat can you do for us?
Louis A. Ferguson, Esq. ,
Second Vice-President,
Commonwealth Edison Co.,
120 Vest Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois.
W. U. Barrett, Bsq., Pros.,
Adams Express Company,
59 Broadway, Hew York.
My dear Mr. Barrett
I am as you know 'the owner of tne Lanaden Company and we hare don* everything possible be make a good truck and giv* satisfaction to our customers. But 1 fin* that it is impossible to build a good vehicle and **11 it at a profit, without doing a lot of things no white man should do; so 1 have decided to step building any more
trucks,
Oct. 18th
».
w. u. Lysnar, Soq.,
Gisborne , H«w Zealand.
Hy dear Sir:-
?our letter of the 18th of August regarding the storage battery eleotrlo oar received. Enclosed herewith you will find copy of letter from Mr. R. H. Beach the builder of the care .
I have hot the slightest doubt of the success of the cars ae there are now fourteen cars running in various parts of the United States, three roadB having given second orders, and the aaiars having thirty more on order.
Yours very truly.
Enclosure.
-COPY-
37*
Silver Lake, IT. J. Oct. 16th 1911.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, Sew Jersey.
My dear Mr. Edison:-
.Attached please find letter from W. M. LyBnar, Mayor of Gisborne , Sew Zealand, we have a contract from the City of Gisborne dated July 15th 1911 for two single truck cars. These cars are to he equipped eat* with 105 oells of A8 battery.
We are at work on the cars and we believe from our «tudy of the conditions at Gisborne that the cars will 4o their work satiefactorily. Hr. Harris the agent for Sew Zealand is here and has been here for several months in your battery plant with a view of equipping hiaself with a technical knowledge so that he can handle these batteries properly. He is coming down here to work in a short time and will go out to Sew Zealand with the cars and install them, we feel sure that these cars will prove satisfactory. Think you need have no heoitation In so advising Hr. Lyanar.
Yours truly,
(Signed) fi. H. Beach
President .
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Oct. 18th XI.
My dear 5 ope
I am in receipt of your letter of the 11th instant regarding the organization of the Telephone PioneerB. I am eo far behind in work that I could not poasibly attend the Banquet; hope it will be a great buccbss.
With kindest regards, I am,
Yours very trulyT/1
To Henry W. Pope , Bsq. ,
15 Dey Street,
Mew York City.
Oct. 18, 1911
Ur
Mr* Honry B. Clifford, c/o "/aldorf Astoria, Vev; York City.
Dear 3ir:-
Hoplying to yours of tho loth inst., Mr. iitiaon directs me to write you that ho is making
Borland -Grar.nis Company,
310 East Huron Stroet,
Ohicugo, 111.
tierce n:-
Replying to yours of Sop arding :’r. John H. Marklo, Hr. Sdl3 to write you that ho knew liarklo ir.
3 of electrical lighting as an ongi up many sloctrie lighting stations 3 of an Engineering company. He har ever, followed his career since then
Yours very truly.
413:
Oot. 19th, 1911
i.Ir. S. Bergraann.
23 Oudenarder Btraase,
Berlin, U. Germany.
Bear Bergman*!: -
.'.'hen you get Bench's hook back from Rnthnau please send it to B. Bodor of the Buda Peete Eleotric Co. to look over.
I have jacked those battery people un and you will be certain to get your plates In the time promised.
Did you get Kammerhof's letter quoting prices?
T reduoed the royalty to 40«f until you oan be making money and cut off all general expense and added a very little profit.
Beach 1b getting lots of car orders; has 12 build- ing and 19 running. There seems "fco he a big field for these cars.
m Wlll y°u please get all the data on the Electric Taxicabs in Hamburg. City seems to be full of electric Taxis. Get technical data and also Tudor prices and guarantees.
There is a concern in H or folk. Va. who are making a great success. They are buying lots of batteries. Their scheme is thiB.
They go into a town, put up posters announcing they will exhibit the Edison System of Lighting Houses by
his new Storage Battery at the - Hall. Admission free.
Then they show 6, 8 and 10 Cell A-4, also B-4, with 4. 6 and 10 C.P. Tungsten Lamps 3/4 Watts per candle, and give their prices and terms; they take lots of orders. They make the man give a cash deposit and charge a monthly rental sufficient to pay for battery in six years. I guarantee them five years.
Tne deposit is for full list price of the battery, to be re- turned should he give up lighting his house by Eleotrio.
nAwk®y c^u,r8e the battery^p which costs 14 cents and chare* him .jl.So. They send the cells by freight ana after two or three weekB they ship another, which is to be used when tN firsu one gets near discharge, -- and it is returned to jrorfolk by _reight; one charge for ordinary farmer lastB over a Month.
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They generally put one 10 C.P. lamp in dining room, dine in sitting room, 4 C.P. in hall and bearoomB, ns when they are through dinner they turn out the light and go into sitting room ami turn on the light; when thoy go to "bed they turn that out and light bedroom light until they get to bed; this is the farmer's way. Of co\irse, there are lots of beuter class houses that use more light; then they use A-6 and ship oftener.
They also ao same thing with tug boats, dredges, yachts , and lately have put in fifty sets in automobiles in llorfolk for lighting head and side lights, charging -A.10 for a charged battery. '.Then the owner thinks hiB lights are low he goes to the garage and gets another battery that is oharged. Host of them come to his little charging Btation anc make the exchange. He makes them deposit the value of the battery. This gives him back his working capital, and the rent pays for battery before it dies. He says 'there is no end to the amount of business as it is cheaper and better than the Prestolite and everybody well pleased.
This is a fine chance for men with small capital. *5,000 to build up a big bis. Already several have gone to llorfolk to investigate and are going into it.
I find that since I left we havo sold 16 sets.
60 cells each with gas ana oil engines, for large private houses in the country. Ana the boye aay it is going ro be a big business, but I like the Horfolk Bcheme bes,, as its bo easy; you don't ask anybody to invest money,- juet deposit as surety which can be returned. The llorfolk man says ne is sure they will never ask for return of the money.
rery truly.
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Cfcas. K. Ba*tew,
4S0 Iwt Bleh Street,
ColnaliM, Ohio .
Dear Slr:-
Rep lying to your letter of the 85th ultimo Ur. Bdleen directs u t* write you that hw hae dlecerered the sethed ef dieeelTiag Vzwte ef Seda tr. the feints, but a Hector Petecoea of Hew York City u*»» tetra-wthylawBeuiuB hydroxide* la caeee like this.
Yeur* rery truly,
Oct, £5th
E. Eelhen, Esq.,
care Kolbsn * Co.,
Prug-Vysaceo , Austria.
Py dear Kolben:-
Ia reply to your letter of the 11th ultimo X find in leaking up the contracts that Bergmann has Germany and Austria-Hungary. But it he dess nothing^ he will less his rights. Bait a little while and see what he does.
Xeurs rery truly ,
I
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Oot. 26th, 1911
Mr. E. S. Opdyke,
c/o Che Edison Crushing Roll Co., Stewartsville,-!'. J.
Dear Stra¬
in accordance with Ur. Mallory’s letter of the 26th Inst., we beg to advlso you that during this month to date we have? received checks for royalty on~Rolls and for other charges on account of the Rolls, as follows:- viz.
Oct. 7 Tomkins Cove Stone Co. (Sept.Royalty"Conkins Cove") §1025.23
9 Velltjy Island lime & Transport Co. , 146.99
a/c Salary * expenses J. Hcfadden 7/24 to 8/10
26 Kelleey Island lime k Transport Co.
Sept., royalty "White Rock" plant 365.36
’’ " ’’Marblehead" " 848.13
" " "» in-on" " 272.40
In future we will advise you promptly the receipt of checks whi ch apply particularly against the Roll account, and which will enable you to follow up collections to a better advantage from your end.
eeh/es
Tours very truly.
October 26th, 1911
Mr. Thomas Bag less, little Walsingham,
Norfolk, England.
Bear 3ir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of yi,ura of September 4th also the book that you sent Mr. Edioon for whioh he directs me to thank you.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
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Ootober 26, 1911.
Dr. K. S. Frank,
Siemens & Halske ,
Room 408 West St. Bldg.,
90 West St. , Sew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to yours of the 23rd. , Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is at the Labora* every day and that you can come at any time =ut Mou had better telephone to make sure that he will he here. Cm number is 908-Orange.
Yours vsry truly,
~J ^
seoretary.
M:H
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Earxwni Wireless Telegraph Co. of iotrlca,
J. BottofclAJ , B»5. , Vice-President,
sw vuaiMD street, ir«w y°ric.
Pear Ur. BottoKiey:-
XhSxe leew to be s jrWf by tire Government to put in storage batteries for wireless. I suggest -jrfru tone over to the Laboratory and Look truer our Works . Perhaps we
can stake none arrangement that would b$ mutually beneficial. - -
YoUre very truly,
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October 26 , 1911
Hobart Grau,
53 Elm Avenue.
Mount Vernon, fi. Y.
Dear Sir:-
Beplying to yours of the 26th inst. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he will make the same subscription for your book..
YourB very truly.
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Ire U. Miller, Bb<i. ,
Air an , Ohio.
My Avar Ira:-
Your» of *1 la 2 1st iuetant receiTW*. I am doing aozna •xparimonting as aereral late ef law grade Colorado gold ore, at the inatlgatie* of Mr. Clifford , with the ultimate view af iaatalliug some of aur cement crushing machinery. The problem ie a little teugh, hat I think I can da it.
I hare no eennectien in a bueineae way with Clifford, hut may hare later, if, °F« inraatigatian, I find ha ia reliable.
X am enclosing herewith year •noloeurae an requested.
Yours retry truly.
Pet. 27th 1913 •
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Oct. 27th 11.
Harriet Harden Bar* a,
Jeckean Tark,
Chicage, XXUnoia.
Ky *eer Xadan:-
Tfcur letter ef the 24th in » tent **c*iT*<i' 1 c Taint reccllactien a T
yeur brother at laglanaralie.
Tear sea ca» cane and eee the "
latnatny at Orange **y t tar
Te«r» rory truly.
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October Slat 1911.
Ifr. J. R. Rineey,
Rewark, Raw Jar any.
Pear Bir
Hare la a list of the aaaata of the Laneaan Coaqpany, and the prise at which they art for mle:-
Machinery
Inetrumente and Toole furniture * Fixture a Patterns, Tenplates ft Plea Prawiugs & Design*
Company' e Truaks in Uae hater! ale ft Supplies : Orders in Proeess : Chassis and Bodiea Cjaaplata Chaaaie ft Bodiea
♦»4ia.98
4416.46
4843.22
3116.06
23489 .90 89800.00 ♦151338.33
Referring to the order* in process, ee hare orders bonked amounting to ♦63,000.00, which eould be turned orer to thepurekaser of the assets.
The Coagkany has been In existence over •even years. It has sold a great number of sagons which have given satisfaction, and Its name ant prestige Is an asset of nek value.
yours very truly,
Treasurer.
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Ill* Boont* H. Stoker,
TO Irrlng Plaea,
Saw York. City.
Swt «i*» W»e«;-
Saplyin* to your lattar of tha £6tk lE*t*nt *aqu«fctiag an irrtarria* vlth In. -Miaftn, ojs »H*r Iigireaaioii** of tkO Bur^«*n tr J® , *•£ to WOT that K»< ****** ohfrcta to giriu* inVsxTiaw*.
Yofur» ■*ery truly.
Mr. Robert T. logier,
120 Broadway,
H. Y. C.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter ol* the 30th ult., regarding a gathering of the old Edison men,
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that your suggestion is all right, hut you must not have it later than Feb. 11th, as after that Sate he goes to Florida.
Yours very truly.
M:F
SECRETARY. -
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Hr. Arthur B. Heave,
225 fifth Avo.,
New York City.
Dear 3ir:-
Replying to yours of the 2Bth ult., regarding your hook on scientific detective stories, Kr. -Edison directs rco to write you that he will be very pleased to re¬ ceive a copy of the work when printed. Ho says if you want points for those kind of stories, you had better drop over and see hie: some time*
‘fours very truly.
M:F
SBC RE TAB Y,
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Ur. l<’rank X.. Wilson,
c/o Wilson Consolidated Mining Co.,
Salt lake City, Utah.
Dear 3ir:-
Replying to yours of the 26th ult., ro- garding hisouth, Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is not in the market yet for it, because of some un¬ known reason. He gets good results at times and at other times the results are poor, if he can find the reason ho shall want considerable bismuth.
Yours very truly,
V.f SECRETARY.
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How. 4th 1911.
H. E. Heitman, Esq.,
Fort Myers, Florida.
Dear Slr:-
Replying to your letter of the 27th ultimo Hr. Edison directs me to write you that It will he all right to build the fence as mentioned by you and to hire an extra man to help Zeeman.
He says he will attend to the sprinklers. Tours very truly.
Assistant Secretary.
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Hoy. 3rd, 1911
Br . Joseph Insull,
190 Bartlett Ave.,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Dear Mr. Insull
•Your favor of the 29th ult. \mB received. In reel} 1 would say the proposition referred to in the advertisement o overs an idea of starting a number of men in business for themselves , using their own capital, as agents in exclusive territory, for promoting the use of my storage battery for lighting isolated residences beyond reach of gas or electric mains, either by rent'-l of batteries, or with batteries charged with small generating outfit. Such a business will niece a man also in line for supplying my batteries for lighting and sparking gasoline automobiles, and for recharging these sets.
Bo would also be in a position to take an agency for electric trucks and pleasure vehicles, and for charging batteries gen¬ erally. There are also a great number of other uses for the battery, os you will see by enclosed list. These will be open to the operations of such agents. Beside, there arc some other things coming along, which will fall in lino for their energies.
At this immediate present I am interviewing a
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number of Hev; York and near by applicants in order to size up the pousibilitieB of the idea. In a short time the matter '.vill be crystallised and then I shall be in position to send you written particulars in detail.
Your 8 very truly, -
c—-
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Hovember 6th 1911.
To Whom It May Concern: -
The bearer Thomas Conroy ha.8 been employed by me as Coachman continously for over twenty five years. Hta work was always satisfactory, and there is no better coachman, in my opinion.
He leaves of his own accord.
f' y3i>«mttS Cl
Hovember 7th IX.
My dear Bergmann
Yours of October 24th at hand. It la impossible to quote any lower prices than given, without actual Iosb, and I cannot do this, aB I have outside stoek- holders In the Battery Company and do not own it all.
You say the iron, is too high— that you can mate it cheaper. Ton can probably make iron cheaper, but not the kind of iron we make. We buy pure Horway iron, pure sulphur acid, crystalise our sulphate three times and take the greatest precaitions. Make 1200 pounds dally, pay $1.50 wages and $2.26 for the foreman. Without the iron is made exactly right, I would not guarantee the life for four years, as I do now.
You ask me to quote on nickel hydroxide . This shows you intend to continue with the factory. How you can ever win out, when you aye possessed with the idea that you must compete on price with the lead
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bsittsry 1b more than I can figure out. Your present methods and ideas will certainly make it impossible for you to succeed. You will gain considerable experience from what I am doing in Prance and England . I have arranged to carry a stock of about one thousand, cells in '.Umdon, and the same in Paris, with an expurt tester, and keep this stock up.
The firm in Paris who are to merchandise the battery pay full list-price for battery, less 80 peroent off. They pay forty aents royalty and also pay custom duty. Thi(» makes the cell high in France , but the firm, who are engineers, and who are perfectly familiar with both the lead and Bdlson battery, aay, that the price of the Edison will be no handicap, as by it they are enabled to open up a very large business in directions where the peculiarities of a lead battery make it impassible .
In England we have a large bus ins sb in eight, s specially from engineering concerns, who are using and are familiar with the lead battery.
I am sure my advice to you, 1b correct about doing the business, but in addition get * good business man to work up the
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You rm rary truly,
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3. BergmMin, Esq. ,
23 Oud.ena.rder Str. ,
Berlin, 5. Germany.
spp pp
Replying to y-urs of the 7th inst. regarding n telle me you hr.d better keep him on and do the t> he done until he gets down there. He is no >7 tryin other man end he will not expect the place to he ai sunl.
Vours very truly.
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Nov. 7 th 1911.
American Museum of Safety,
29 West 39th Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your very kind invitation of the 4th. instant, Inviting me to membership on the American Honorary Committee, and while X appreciate the honor thus intended to be conferred on me, I cannot accept, as X do not like to go on honorary committee*.
Yours wery truly,
of the 3 0th oil [ bag tc state 1
■taper:
in business for thsiase nes in exalt) si vs territory -f'0) i for lighting isolated rs: :rio trains either by rents, oiiarged with small genera! mid also place a man in r ;ing and sparking gasoline :s. iie would also be in a •io trucks and pleasure vel
number Ltal as
:he operati
At the present time LSr. Ec of iie\-! fork and nearby applioantt jility of the idea. In a short t'i
the 30th inst,
Dinr.or,
going
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Nov. 15th 11,
My dear Mr. fiarjes:-
I have refrained from writing you about the battery until I had gone over the matter very carefully and decided what to do. While in Europe I have closely observed thing* and I find that it would be impossible to urge the investment of any money in manufacturing the battery, either in France or England, until a certain preliminary introduction of the battery had been made through a small merchandizing channel i whereby a demonstration and creation of a demand was inexpensively brought about.
There is no doubt that there will be an enormous opening for the creation of new business all over Europe, by this battery, but it would be too *
expensive to do it in the usual way; for instance aB Bergmann has done.
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I have arranged to keep a constant supply of batteries in Parle and London. Kr. Eonnot will go ahead, engine or , demonstrate and introduce them gradually, and create a market large enough to warrant the erection of a factory.
I have asked Eonnot
that, when he has demonstrated to everyones satisfaction, that certain large projects are very desirable in a banking point-of- view, that he shall lay the thing before you and your group to become interested.
I am anxious that
anyone who goes into any projects, (based on anything invented by me) shall not meet with loss, but always with profit.
Vith kind regards , I am, Youtb very truly,
Herman H. HarjeB, Esq.,
31 Boulevard Haussmann,
Paris, Prance.
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dov. 16th 11.
Hr. S. G. Varner,
o/o The College of the City of Hew York, Department of Chemistry,
Dew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Ur. Edison directs me to write you that he will accept your proposition, hut that he cannot promise that the position will he permanent, although he anticipates that it will he.
He would like you to start as soon as possible, although he knows you desire to give some rvotic.e to your present employers. He has the camera.
Yourfl very truly,
Secretary.
6Cfo
liov.
17th, 1911
The American Telephone and 'Jeleeraph Co., 15 3cy 3t.,
Mew York City.
Attention of Mr. e.J. Corty, _ Chief 3ng •
Gentlemen: -
Replying to yours of the 16th inst., Mr. Sdison airecte me to write yon to send Mr. Morehouse over any time to look into his storage battery. He hadhetter telephone out to make cure that Mr. ridison will he here.
YaurE very truly.
CKCP.KTAKY ,
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Isaac Harkens, Esq. ,
62 Beaver Street,
Hew York City.
My dear Sir:-
your pamphlet at hand and I have read it with interest. The Jews are certainly a remarkable people, as strange to me in their isolation from all the rest of mankind, as those mysterious people called Gypsies.
While there are some
tt. moment He get. Into Art, ®.le, and Literature the Jew is fine. The trouble with him is that he has been persecuted for centuries by ignorant, malignant bigots and forced into him present characteristics, and he has acquired a
sixth sense, which gives him an almost unerring Judgement in trad, affairs.
Having this natural advantage over tie fellow he taken too great an advantage of it and got himself disliked by many , as I saw in Europe.
I 'believe that In America, where he is free, that in time be *ill ceaae to be bo clannisb and not carry to such extre ernes bie natural advantagea.
I write you thie as I can aee from the tone of your hook that you are trying to uphold the honor of the Jewish race.
Yours very truly..
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Hov. fOth, 1911
iii-. Percy ’taxman.
Flatiron 313 g.t
Uev; York City.
Bear Sin-
Replying to yours of the 17th inst., regarding educational films, Ijr. Edison directs ne to write you that he will have the films and apparatus set up in the laboratory next month. You can drop him a note and he i»ltl let you ’-nov: v, hen you can cone to see them.
Yours very truly.
Mu.. .
7Ti”,.:/T5S
SECRETARY
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LI;; lioar Grai’--
Sinoe my return I have taken up the direction oj the Musical ernl of the new disc, because we have no head to the musical end of our recording department, and our selection of people, arrangement of voices, selection of instruments to accompany, has always been left to a man who I do not think is equal to the duty. Y/e use bands when they should be or¬ chestras. Y/e keep instruments in our orchestra which hurt the whole by beating and interfering with the* other instru¬ ments. '.Ye accompany a singer with a loud strident blast, when it should be soft and mellow. Our men play out of time: they do not tune well and we get beats. We have a flute that on high notes gives a piercing abnormal sound like machinery that wants oiling, because the man has had this defective .lute for years. It is not in any other orchestra that we ,v,-0 records of. Hone of the men we have can recognise a „c,od from a bad opera singer; they think if they sing at the retronolitan Opera House they are fine, whereas it is notorious that many o.C them are press agent singers or are great on dra¬ matic eartB , their singing being indifferent. They select and record opera which is merely recltltive . without tune or con-
fcion when put on the phonograph. They ao nou reoarse nun, ong which, with the aid of the environment of the stage- an scenery night he good, is dead and of no value on the phe ph v/her o the atmosphere of the stage is ehcent. The "id in fact, all wake the same mistake. They ®'’ke another nr :e and think that because n singer la good on the stage he 1 he goon on the phonograph. This is not the oase, hecaui > phonograph exaggerates the tremolo which is present in n every voice. It also misses some of the weaker overtones ich sive hesuty to the voice; some singers nave strong ove oes and others weak, although the former nay have lose vol
1 have been going over all cur records .-.iy .a already gone through 30G0 subjects to got a broad
,5 the aid of several people ho are opera goers ana are th the music and are themselves musicians. Out of this have selected about 25C tunes to be put on the new ds< Lso have listened to several hundred Victor discs of tn<
a tod in good music and I want you to help we, a ietftte to our record deportment just what they
I aw now studying the "oreirn records. - v)g O1.o fine barytone in your Portuguese records named 3*3. ilso a tonor, whose name I cannot just at t-iis moment . toa cvtreiaeiy fine voices for our high-grade work an
i many places tv, Europe
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Hires Vienna. 3xun, Berlin, etc., where there are schools of music "or teaching singing; that there ore local opera houses Where there are permanent singers. It is among those thut I think wo shall find some fine voices suitable for us ana especially for concerted pieces, like Higoletto and Lucia Sextette. I propose to depend upon the quality of the records and not on the reputation of the singers. There are, of course, many people who will huy a distorted, ill-reoorded and scratchy record if the singer has a great reputation, hut there are in-
! beauty of the record, with
.cos, well instrumented and no scratch. inese are .10. music and are the only constant and continuous buyers rds hence I propose to put out only this type, (even
will answer , are Carmen Helies , Ear g arete nylvaa. Agnosre uui , Pallia . Selma Kura has the finest voice of ail in her line, but I understand the Victor and Oramaphone have secured her exclu¬ sively. This is too bad. The greatest contralto in this world •is, in my opinion, SaUia. and if you can tie her up. we have the star of the contraltos. I suppose Eurs is gone beyond
recall.
I see Hunriorstein in London has started his Op*--
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H on bq and hm. grout success. Ho starts out with announcement that he will use no stars in the Opera World and will put on new talent. He iB a genius and a fine musician himself.
Doubtless you can manage to get some test vecords from his talent and send them over. If O.K. we could tie them up, or get tlie best of their repertoire. I do not intend to r.&y great sums for exclusive, but prefer to pay good price for say 12 records from their particular repertoire which we will select. These v/ill do for list and for advertising purposes and last for two or three years, putting one out nov; and then. If tlio Victor then gat them I do not much care, as they are in our catalogue permanently and about all the good things they have to offer. The Victor would simply get duplicates and, perhaps, a little addition to their repertoire now and then, but they would he under big expense, whereas v:e would not, auu we wculo bo free to find other singers with the money we saved. Uy im- nr ess ion is that i, singer ’would be more easily enticed to give the dozen songs by a large lump sum down, and no tie up, than by a continuing contract with much less' at first ami promises.
I will arrange a list of pieces I want recorded and send them to you to see what you can do. If 1 on cni-d . ir... a. professional musician .familiar with instrumentation of all hinds and of Opera and singers, and who would act ns consult¬ ing musician to you upon the payment of a modest salary for giving you advice, or a sum per hour for each consult.! ..ion, it might be a good th-ng for us. This could be done In Vienna and perteps other cities, and the expense not he great.
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1 Bovemher 20th 11 •
My dear Btrgmann:-
I told you In Berlin that Xammerhof wae here , and that your men could writ, him and got any Information about no* thing* you wanted, and I al.o told you about the new batt.ry orato. *h« ia»
Bargmann, your men don’t take. advantage of tjri-e-*-X opportunities: you better go oyer that* and raise hell.
You must know that we are very buoy
. . _«rrf Your men must ask and
and don’t know what you want. Iour ““
we will give full information and send models, if you request it«
The new tray la a fine improvement, „ the bottoms of the cans are raised one-half inch; ««. .111 » vary Ut.l. **“*
in wet places.
Please tell your men not to offer
of Q.n-w — ...tru-E^y, *■ I
„ J.JpplM . UK ™u or cell, to lonion U yfce** t will keep a permanent supply.
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X h*v» connection* «»*r there that v«y good, and from to* results which I **p«et they «Bt
you will derive great advantage , because they will obow tbs boot way to Mil th* good*. They intend to UM the battery to bring out some thing* which ar* rather large affair*. The battery being a minor part, moot of the application* will be to things where lead batteriee are hnpo.eible. Konnot of Parle, le one of th* technical men. Proa their effort* you will get (without cent) the beat line for operating in Germany.
I sell the batteriee, P.O.B. London and Parle, a* they are taken from my stock for epot cash. I taow what profit 1 «* going to make, hare only one men to pay. H* form, the batteries up and ship* and divide* hi. time between London and Pari*. The partis* pay for war.-houe* and all other expenses.
You should have your battery man write Walter Holland, our electrician of th* JSdi.on Storage Battery Co. for explanation of all kinds; about llthia and .tuff coming out of pockets. Meet of the stuff is the nickel oxide in toe little indents outside of toe tub. wnich stick, in, in filling the tube in the machine. Hothing should ever come out of toe tube it.elf , except in oases where they have neglected to put the right
sffiuat ss. lias* a-mm at iaE!S~
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of the litb.1* In the faotory forming *• ch«ok«4 by tbr** different men. Our t.*t. here .how «h*t it i. ««***» that truck batterie. can be guaranteed for three tal yeare, -all our long endurance teste shoe four yeare. Actual use in Hearn and company', truck., efcich bare now been running within two and on-half months of three yeara, etlll have their full capacity.
lately I mo guaranteeing four (4) yeare, on the b..i. that if tb. battwr «.■«• 100 — 1 tw"
,„ara to b. onpabl. of |hW -»»*■ «» “*
rated capacity. If It tall, rtthln thf. V»» ««
,.t baok twonty-fiv. p.r.«t of tb. 100 ,.»•»* **“'
Tb. otb.r day I ..at oyar and wont ane-balf day »ltb your old frl.nd «•••»• 1 “14 ““
battefl.B fat — ««-«.
tb.» ft f oat yaata. >» * *»* 1 “* d°
anything tb.to and I etart.d to find oat .by. » round
raf. eldctrlalan noald not ». «*—
told rat thw -f ~ good .»d a ft of ««>" If-
rat lnv.otlgatod and fund hi. <•» — ™
in tt. oonc.tn that .old bl> *1 tb. batftl... »•
old nan got bl. natch Of and t.ld hi. »n that If b.
to 1..P bl. lob to got oat of tb. con..f. an that h.roaft.r b. .» going « an. Odl.oa batt.tl.. exclusively.
n find that tb. Blsotrlo Storag. batt.t, Co. Pbll.d.lpbl.-b. a WW a.Ut.tf d.partn.nt dffUUl.. all «•! “* *"»**•
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giving ten peraent oommiasion on tfco battarie* and fifteen (415,00) dollar* for each renewal. Of oourae 1 had no ahow against thin kind of robbery. But three concerns hate discharged their super intends at* and Hearn find Company hah their men in Jail. X was told by a man who worked Tor the Tudor Company in England and Germany that they do the Bane thing. X think that it is a fine thing for me, because when I unearth it, the concern never will buy a lead, battery again.
Beach is full of ordess— has taken another
building.
Xn the morning X will see about shipping the tubes mentioned in the letter of lovember 6th.
About guaranteeing by mileage --don't do it.
You then guarantee the truck. Generally the trucks are rotten. Just guarantee that the battery will, at the end of three years be capable of giving within ten(lO^) percent of its RATED capacity. Bite the word e A p a b x. b l This means— that on account of dirty or bad watsr , you may have to charge 15 or 20 minutes more at the end of the third year, that has nothing to do with the mileage of the truck, because the battery even at the end of three years always has 20 to 25 percent mors capacity than what l. usually used for trucking, and they need, not charge any acre , as they ueually over-dharge
anyway.
629
After you hay* been dolhg business fok a couple of year* anft the thousand* of truck* over her* hare paeaed th* tvc-and- three-quarters to thr«« y«ar* all right, you oan raise tho guarantee to four yoars and *o on.
Bhrat’a load batteries laet ulna month*, that la tha average of hundred*. H« uaa* fire-ton truck* and It* hard on l*ad hatt*ri**; hat duet what w* want for ours.
Regard log the item about paaeenger cars. The Information you want 1* In 'Beach* a hook. Beeide*, your engineer can easily find that out without writing ua to give him information about German oara we never saw.
Ihy don’t he aak ue what the drop of Voltage would he on A Vo. 4 wire from Bergaann to Rathnau’e office, with a request that we should forward from Orange the exact distance, in kilometers, between Honorable Bergaann’* and Honorable Bathnau’s.
With kindest regard*, I «n.
Your* very truly.
8. Bergaann, B*q.,
4 Beast* retraeee,
Berlin, V* Germany.
638
COUPIDBHTIAL .
Sit. 21* t 1*11.
V. 3. Andrew*, Baq. ,
General Bl*o trio C#.,
Schenectady, Haw York, iiy dear Andrew*
Y*ur* *f to* 17to r*c*iw*d.
Han't aaod to* rectifier; haw* an* *f *t*r an itarm •that work* fin*. I an going back, into to* electric business again, ta show **m* p**pl* that I re**nt treatment recelrod. Thia deea net apply t* yn^- peraenally.
Yaura Tory truly.
B4i
JUrember 15 th 1911.
•=e ®tpy =
Kr . J. P. Mermot,
Paiie, Franc* ,
Hear Sir:-
C*sfirealng sur -warieue eanreroatieaa in the nattar «f Xu rap tan ropreetntation of Edison Storage Battery- Company
■With th* exception *f Germany and. Austria, and th* sale of hatt*xi*» for Got- ernniont use, you are to b* the exclue ir* European representative of th* Edison Storage Battery e*s3>a»y in the sal* of th* Edison Storage Battery, *n basin as outlined in th* letter «ddr*ss*d by hr. T. X. Dyer, Vice-pres¬ ident of th* Edison Stor*g» Battery Company , in Octsbsr 1911, to hr. Cromelia, of London, and of which you ha-re a copy.
All inquiries from said Countries coming to the Edison Storage Battery Company or hr. Croat I in, are t» be forwarded to you for attention.
This arrangonent is to endure as lang as your result* are satisfactory te me.
Teure truly,
November 26, 1911*
oo Mitchell Chappie,
Boston. Mass.
Mr. Cliapple;-
! was honored with an Invitation btend the reception tendered to yon and U8. ple on your Twenty Fifth wedding anniversary, the pressure of a thousand and one business ers made it impossible for me to be present.
Although somewhat belated, I i to of for ay sincere oonerotulationa to iW-
ond your.olf ns you enter into yonr Wonty matrimonial yoer. »nd .Wo to 1.1. y« h may see many more anniversaries togcthgn
_ I
‘6. 1911,
the 15th instant,
int photographs which yon
ton tier to yon ray thanks
the finest examples
truly,
Yours
N07. 28th, 1911
Mr. Si grata d Bergmann,
c/o The Borgmarm Electrical Works ,
S3 Oudenarder StrasBe,
Boi-lin, Germany.
My Bear Bergmann
Beplying to your favor of the 9th instant in re¬ gard to early forms of ry plntinumiridium laraps with long filaments attached at various pointB, I suggest that you look up figure 5 of toy United States Patent IIo. 214,637, issued April 22, 1879. You night also examine ny United States Patent llo. 227,227, issued May 4th, 1880. In this caBe, long lengths of platinurairidium v/ire were wound in coils which were grouped together. The coils were connected in series hy wires ns shown in Figure 4 of the last named patent.
As I understand it, theso two references ought to answer your purpose. I do not vno'.v of any models of these old lamps around the laboratory. Undoubtedly they wore dis¬ carded years ago. Slue <-/ & /'’*■" <ft fo f< > ■ >
i{. Yours very truly.
68,
W. C. Anders op, Esq., Pres.,
Anderson Electric Car Co.,
Detroit, Michigan.
My dear Anderson: -
Replying to youra of the 23rd instant would say that the tests on yo^rcar were
s SL.-rsar
£,*£& 3*S S»*«
transmitting mechanism when subjected tt> mcreaseu stresses.
If a 60 volt motor is the standard in a truck to cover grades, wiqr is it not a pleasure vehicle? The dTop of voltage on a 6
eiu&sff jsss~
srffis •SfiSrs ss/arwris. ««.
Regarding American Enpress.
I saw the manager, and it will not he so ®aeyf or the Iron Clad to fool him hereafter. He knows he has been misinformed.
As regards the Adams Express Company, I do not think they will buy, but ft** build their own electrics. aKO *~^<L
' g - Yours very truly.
U\fU. *** 1
695
December 2, 1011 •
H. M. Byllesby*
206 So. La Salle Street,
Chicago , Illinois*
fcy deer Bylleeby : »
Your far or of the 28th ult . received, t have very much to do , having more than 290 experimental eho depend tg>on me dally for directions , and j go away It greatly disturb* the organization and nfe*elf.
Am getting old and more and store like to stay at home. Hoe%v*r, If I can arrange matters, I will go to bo with you the last day.
With kind rega^ (
Yours very trulj^
. rf.w-
Believe me,
696
December 2, 1911-
Th0“ao/^rMiMna9«Bl5*oh<l,ft»
Ity dear Graf : -
Can Adelaide Patti .till ***** Vould it be possible to get a few “L^*r *onea on the new Disc before .be paesee away.
Also can we get something from Jiary Anderson (Krs . Sararro] in
Sand and was our greatest actre.8?
Aleo Duse the Italian actress.
Ve shall need some of Sarah Bernhardt's for the new disc also.
Yours very truly.
CJ~-
General Letterbook Series Letterbook, LB-088 (1911-1912)
This letterbook covers the period December 1911 -March 1912. Most of the correspondence is by Edison and Harry F. Miller. There are also some letters by George A. Meister and William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the items relate to the commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery in the United States and Europe, including the pursuit of financial backing from J. P. Morgan & Co. and the use of batteries in automobiles, locomotives, and safety lamps for miners. There are also letters pertaining to Edison's phonograph and motion picture businesses, the choice of suitable music and singers for phonograph recordings, and the development of educational films-a project for which William W. Dinwiddle was hired during December 191 1. In addition, there are letters to Charles M. Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel Co. referring to a visit with Edison at his laboratory by the Argentinian naval delegation; Max U. Schoop, pioneer developer of thermal spray devices for coating metals, regarding his proposal to treat phonograph plates with nickel tinsel; and physician and author Joseph Grandson Byrne concerning his medical survey on the causes of seasickness. There is also a letter pertaining to Edison's collaboration with Henry B. Clifford, who sought to use Edison's mining and milling technologies at sites in Colorado. Other letters mention the final illness of Mary Valinda Miller, Edison's mother-in-law; the preservation of laboratory buildings from Menlo Park- and the fate of other old machinery and equipment. There are also inquiries concerning either Edison's proposed poured concrete house or its model; correspondence with New York sculptors Frank E. Elwell and James Earl Fraser; and letters relating to books read by Edison or added to his library, the inventor's donations to charities, his membership in organizations, and his reminiscences about acquaintances from earlier in his career. A few letters discuss the work of former employees.
The front cover is marked "T.A. E. Letter Book From December, 4, 1 911 To March, 6, 1912." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number "27." The book contains 700 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15 percent of the book has been selected.
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