Cdi*on^ lap&tA
A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION
PART III (1887-1898)
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THOMAS A. EDISON PAPERS
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1888. Edison, T.A. - Outgoing Correspondence (D-88-18)
This folder contains copies of outgoing correspondence similar to the material found in the Letterbook Series. Most of the letters cover the period Januaiy-October 1888 and pertain to the phonograph, the phonoplex system, electric lighting, and other technical and business interests. Some of the letters deal with the establishment of electric light systems in foreign countries, particularly Japan and Switzerland, and with management changes at the Edison Spanish Colonial Light Co. Other letters relate to the introduction of the improved phonograph in Great Britain and other foreign countries. There are also letters regarding Edison’s search for improved batteries, the development of improved condensers at the Edison Machine Works, phonoplex production problems at Bergmann & Co., and problems with electric wiring in the homes in Llewellyn Park. There is also some personal correspondence. Much of the correspondence is by Edison’s private secretary, Alfred O. Tate. There are also letters by Charles Batchelor on behalf of the West Orange laboratory and the Edison Phonograph Works.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine personal and business correspondence by Edison, Tate, and Batchelor; routine letters from the West Orange laboratory pertaining to accounts, bills, shipping, and miscellaneous orders for equipment and supplies; duplicate copies of selected documents.
"y J*ta* ' c-'to- ai:-
1 -r , "(11 ton hi? « X’cooivoa lottorc. from yourself'
j aid ilcnnin,"ton undor ditto 'of' Oat. Hov. 1, hov. 10 Mid Doc. 7th, vvitvcn from I unite iu, Pr.m and ri. "Onmota." I have roaaivod arid hrudad +.o him tv/o .'samples! of fibre. As roquet; tod in y.'oitp ' . lot to 5- from lo-iiitoii;, uno.or. date of Hov. 10th, I enclose. herewith aj:ohn»$o for rfi#, ’ r, "djoon ha:; nox j;ivo?i mo my in:,tructionn to aorij. you, but may later in the day. Everythin*} lwro '-is- coins - alon.v; .arimin^ly; tho Laboratory in Completed raid. in ■rnnnin.j- order. .Do tlii up, .very titurtlin,'.; ban -hapi'erod rsirsoo you loft. 1 oxpoct ' that H:nrin";ton will bo in how Jovh in a!) out ton day «, ho started .iVom Ptra on .'Saturday nr Sunday lr.at.
Yoarss truly , 1
■#-. 6.?
I boliovo that you aro tho President of the Vi Oo.. I attach a letter from I'a.ior Tiaton Lf.in a;;ainnt tho Ore £ hilling Oo. Tor clis- t u-cc i.-iont !’« a;7o I wont to ’tutor 'tat on in por- ■ o submit l:ia claim to the Ore, t'illin,'; io., o..J.e msili roco/piition of it .00 would prevent it
1 thin. A month
l I wrote remindin'; him that we
ao’ain aukofi him to forward it.
1 Ci t craimmic.vtion we huvo rooci''
a friendly law emit in promaturo, 3ro;;t of ull concerned if he -would
hvlodcod by tho board of
urec "0)’;; of the Ore hilling Oo.. At: neither myself nor Hr. t.i.wn hold office in tho Ore .rilling Co., I have not replied to . .ajor baton, but with tho above explanation placo '.tho .mat tea* in your liando. Youro truly,
1 flint infjtton, Vu,
V) o a r n i vj:-
| '-I have -.our lottorn of tlio J)Oth and ;>Oth ult.
In i*o forcnco tc tlio former, tho nrrunfjomanb Tdilah you anyKjOBt an to tho . . JMtiori of jour time in quito natinfactory . I hopo that tho Ooquhjhito buttery «ill not i’Oijuii'Q too rituoh nurainG, though iy ha t o' v 'oi , a 1 1 oh t i 9 n ' ■ 1 n . ' hoopnaury aiant bc/^lvon it, acr ' I' uni; voi-y mwcioua- tf natinfy tho. Form. Tl, II, people. I thin]; by to- h ni!;l:t \;o './ill ’j.vc nor.io of r, TWiiion'u nev battery in circuit in ■ono of f o tonjinc roonn, imd ,ju;;t an noon an -,ro ;ot the ooila
onn (supply tho Venn. .!. h. vith'it. “ Ul''U
volution] to your record letter, on a "o. 11 hr.:*' drn\m
xv inra 117 > dlon v/ithout any trouble and a del tho. ■oo, I do not thinl: thoro in any uno in your ,io coil of "rci-tcr rcai at unco than the one \;u uno m that very thoroughly, and foxmd that tho coll »o iicr.; n.vo ~nM the very, boat one wo could :;ot. Vo nhall robably have to ixJco nomo pba%en in it in c anno ct ion v/ 1th tho
icv; battery ;:/ypti;.:had iibt.ter.:vfhiVi ihij ■ tbis,: ;■ /Vv'VvbV;
tv
m i*o - ^tru r,o -1>v.LX;on y.oi’ oi 10 .'oaiii # .it* Jl, , of bulrivory material, ore. 1ev;;wann . \o/ cent , io the anolouoil copy of a lot*or art-
i yeui’w'lf: unt.or * i -o o : uh ulu., in hioh the no prioon
' I ibriatt'o ^thin t.o you in oaan tho ori/jinol lottor ; nhouiu iiuvp tii nc^/rioa., It x;; probably in t’:o V, 0, at iamtiny-
hr, j-\, <T a Kuldonborg,
Broad v/uy, noar, Eranklin St B. Y, City,
Boar B i r : -
'Oh .Cihriptmas Bay in soarohing through various " packagon in my house • far Ohrirstmas protionts, I cnrsio across a package from yourself containing the beautiful tspmplos ; which you so. kindly sent mo, ancl which had boon mislaid by one of my nor-,; vents. X re grot exceedingly that this should hewo ocourrod and hog tho acooptaneo of ;my thanks-' now for the ourionifion, which,
I cunvuro you, I prize voxy highly. hr, English tolls mo that you kavo tho noaroot thing ' to. tho ' oyoballs of a U, fi. fionator, namely, tlio oyobhlln of a tnuntny. Tho first time I am in ITow York I shall do myooif tho pleasure of calling txpon you, vSi on I trust.
Youi’ti truly.
I.ry 3)o nr In null
cncuy c^roaa *.* ^ $£ o°-
nooo nontlcp»r< Ju-vo oomo over f.-om jinon rt- 7, tU-<' u n0 ,,£lPa“-
a Oontral Nation outfit cltlr ™ “ T1'0"0 o1'
«»;■ -ssys&s HIS •
From ”:•. pras:ai« v;hiau in rlrtefeviii-- — <- 1^0 .-lay an entn-iato ,
s Isilir1
. fjcntlonoTi, rha leave for Tir-1:,nr -ool^rn 'Bhori0 ‘Tar™cs°
; 13orJ:inison "and oilier ^ )i if-ii r si ' Jru t cl' i.ru' t * ’ ll v° u,1° to buy.'xtf.ison?- very nonf !..tl»; price that vro dharro'-l If 'fi » ■ f°V .
• COim to nay (01,500 Tor a macl^no .that „hoy arc not
arc they coins, to fay -Sorts ' ?„ y !' t S°| i’or W500. Poithor Ti'i 3J. bo able to purchase all tho jarnSlv v InllS’l'l11 tho-'
. Berlin and Parin' for vdrv >"ieh 1 0£' ' 1 ‘ h';,/ ? 1U11 c ln. London,
. Babcock boilorn or onHiSfiL. Hr" a^tlT I;111 tho'“' buy
s^xr-ss-r ™iW-- " , 1-t,££r;,;££ jrs^svsr “■ ~ s £ ?£££;.£
to' him,
KMmu r™nt ttr the M» Of o..uvitSi °
to put1 S“°5S£° ,£L 8 ? y; ■ ••--•■ *■*<». .
£‘* “ ^-ZtZt^XJSSS ?££%£*
'but X an ope chine lion about people uho cor.io hove to buy aril pay a;-ob r6r machinery . Without nonro arrangement lifco this io mailo they will not, although they vront to very uruoh, buy our machinery.
They alrcntly have mu- price liot, cot i’lum some Control Station.
, 'January fi, 88,
iho' Edison J-inohino. Works,
•f’okcn'op'tafty, Y.
I have /oiu’ loUor of LheV~u: install, in reference to 1 l/;i j/, pondc-noni's. You entirely overlook the foot that wo i o no pro lit; Whatever on those ; condon porn, : sii.iply L XI me them i> ranist tip tlil'i’c./.ciTo k>»^smea( At t ’annltoeturar 'n ; rotten,.
If vre derived any profit -Jw— es, from the) i,alo of lia-uerial, we .
would bo ver y glad to place orders foi1 . aiilralloay':; but you pro practically dealing direct with our licensees. You pro aware of the fact that thoy nro increasing all tho thro, and that v.'o, an tho roiircaontativoti- of 'thono lloonooo!-. (so far as the ordering
of material is concerned), simply cr.pross thoir requirements, Messrs, P.orgmann i; Do. carry.; a- stock of instruments . and do hat . ask us to.;, plijeo - .or dors ahead, ■ and wo .■■■■think that you should do tho same, f
' Jan. 0, 83.
S, A, Vtaconor, '
_ ffoloci’aphora 1 PnJjllahinc C)o«,
La p o v v. o :c i t y , is.
A. C, bavin, • ;anar;c4/j, •
.t ittoro , "id.
i<.:: cl: of ;■ tvo til h:u. tlmore/ tv/cnty-nino M^lor;
. 1 ]! vc lot-tor oi’ tho -ith inntant, oncloning I10 S'1 ‘"i ' ' >*' 1 i-'t the a* rro bo-
laiy, ; tho point a you dor.iro Uho:*.qplo::osV in
''•"jell- : o'yiiii* '.tho'cc t'.vo officer, vith r fnll f.ot. r.t-Mh of ■•'PP.03 io. 1;::;: i n i nt fourth o>~! „■ briclfjo ttondon- Kora for ti;o ivitray-pdfnto • of fie- f or\ tAp nan of, two hundred fiol-
l;:rrj (lilJOrn. /Thin: included tfc <>::pojirto df oat* rxport. who vrauld
■ J /: i ; .■■ v - ■ . . t
put tho o irotut in vvrarhv; nrddr for' pra. \'fe float, of o<jntploto oquir.monir for any Office is ;V), and rj. brJAi'(;o condor.no.- a or fK?’ Wtoi.'.rtaL hrairld all ho billed to yoiiW inanufucU prio/Sn, V/o '.\cld no pore entire Tea- bandana; ' oW bill ft for material ioX* j czu-enitn tore niifiply duplicates of. tho ^.U.^aont uoby tho ma^orn of mu- 1 ippory tun . You will thud Gocjlhr&\n tho above proposition wo W.ayio margin of only tfb-X tib Icovor 'tho oxponson of our Export fto./^NQiu* charge for royalty in >pnb imnclro)i
por yen r. This royalty is our only source of income and the- charge in the same rc{;ardloan of tho lonyth of any Phonoplc;: cir¬ cuit or t. lx) number of offices Hilly oqiiippocV or simply b-'iu,"<;sV am' included in tho circuit. If at any time tho Phonoplox is din continued and tho , inn truurcnt o disconnected, the royalty cannon from tho dato thereof. Our desire in that royaltion 'shall bo paid only upon circuits in ftotual use, hindly lot no. hnow at onoo if • you would, lifcc thin worh done. Oiu* hr. :r,of;uc is near haltinoro now, and I could" forward the inn. mu lentn and.. ;;ot tho circuit in ■ operation for you during -the course of tho next J'ow days, if you no wish. . : : ■■ :f
Yourn truly,
c?. .
(2 ) I _ I . .
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. !.i Ja;i. fi, 8«. |
OTjo- ^dimm -Iteokino .'.’'orks,
Behonoetady, V.
entlomcn: - '
X m in receipt oi* a letter from G. Suriahj ’fonlo ■.’nr’;, in which he pint os that ho hue flipped you 900 ohootp oi1 tissue; he undo the fir fit nhipmojifc two weeks a»;o and at the. came tirno ar.koa you to lot him know n« soon an -poaniblo how it worked j mil lu^rUipy nlioota you. would require kj'shly. Jip to «:o 1 i
time lie has rcc’d no .answer from you. It ‘ is • vory , disc our ajjihe I
not to ho able to obtain from yon an osrprofcsoion of your opinion aii tp .til ip ti nKiip',./; I vVfir.h you would bo >566 d ibnot^jh to o oninunioiito j with "r. Pari oh -bn the sub.io.ct , ’-:.v :i'; 'tt vt j
Yours truly , h • < j
£>ubv,&rino dormunication .
' i#f IvJi if oori'iUJiiootion in lor dtV, w^o;»<. I: havo another I.abora- ■4;or.v.. X licv J' ill. an.’!, .r •« eel <i jkjV j'wbori tory horo, which has proven-boa my yoiiic to Ploi*i»hi it is wintor, but none winter I shall return to my experiments there in oonnootion with tho above anu, if tho success I moot with will warrant it, X will ■ send tho appar¬ atus to establish communication -with the Island and tho main land
1' Industrie tin gar: , transferring the righto obtained by virtue of the afjrooncint with :;r. Edison. I desire to '..know if tlioro its any¬ thin;;. in t In bo agreement e which vail prohibit us from sell in g\ .
Edison lamps in E.wi tssorland which have boon naru fan turod in this country . Thera appeal's to be nothin;; expressed which, would ro- strict uk, hut, I am not sure as to whether or not we are barrod by implication. Our Agent in Antwerp is awaiting instructions ponding the . int»rprotation of this agreement, and I wish thoroforo that- yon would kindly give me the information at your oarly
I .have bo en the estimato of Kossrs, Eraznr Si do., amount inf; to 8k!G,a80, for tho Nagoya plant, and I find that after providing for contain oxponnos, of which I v/aa not awe, and alno for tho o>q>om;o of tho export!)', ‘iontsrn. I’rnxar & Co, tun maJ; ini- only about .11#, I aonoidor thoir ostiinato
January 14 , lfkir?,
Messrs • Boivjmoim ft Co.,
He Vi York city,
Contlomon : -
I have a oornnonioatton •li*'onj our fry, hoguc, in which ho statori that you suggest that wo civ o you nn order for a doaen nets of Phonbplox instruments to carry in stock-, - - Inasmuch an to order thoso instruments from you constantly cmd that you arc avrnro that wo will call upon you at almost any time for thorn, wo consider that you should hoop thorn in stock as a rogular supply.
I find tliat Wo have used a considerable number of those instruments and you certainly should havo no objection to hooping up your own / stoch without roforonco to stock Sr dor s from our solves.
.Yours truly,
Klootr ician, • .'■■■
Jaii ,
Prone is R, Upton, Roq.,
Tho Edison Lnrirp 'io , ,
Harrison, IT. J,
near Sir: W
I have your letter of tho lath instant, in regard to wiring for plants v/horo our lamps roplaoo arc lamps. V!hy not print thoroughly competent instructions? It acorns to mo that this J;inrt of vririna;, with a proper hook of instructions, oan ho dono hy tho man already in charge of arc circuits. It is not so complicated as our regular synton by any moans.
"nth chile!.
Hoar 5 i'r
In rofehonen to your note v.-ithout clrlio, a«I whore you cm coo Hr. r.tlison, I bor; to flay that ho is at his laboratory hero every flay from in A. IT. until !5 P. IT.
Jan-, l'7, ftli.
M V . I! d i o on,
- ' Boar Sir: -
I wont to town. this 'nomine to
attend os. a vjitnona in a suit against tho 7'dison hlcctrio Iiight Co'., : which vmi: postponed until to -morr orr (Wednesday ) morning at tan o'clock, when 1 have to tifjEln attend, as ■■Run noil and wool f are tho only vithenaos they have ih>r the defence.
I BI-M hr. lay lor of the Gold Stock, anti ho showed no copy ol* a contract vfhxclt you oxocvitod on I'ov,. i:%h, IfiSO, and whereby you or; rood to take &14, 000 for your interest in the Canadian i'olc- pliono patent, tho amount to huvo boon paid in seven years-, Sp>,000 por year. The first payment was made in Poo., l!5f>0, ninco which timo you have racoivod the balance in full. Wo, therefore, huvo no claim against the Gold & Stock Oo. Mr. Saylor is. sending me copy of this afjroomcnt in or dor to complete our records; wo do not appear to have one.
. In reference to Col. Gouraud-’s complaint ro^ai’dinc delay in '■'the- -matter of sending him copies, of contracts, those all vrq nt ;
forward on tho Slot Poe. last, Puskas' contracts wore all in , Prone H and I had to have thorn .'.translated, which, of courso* took
some tinn to accomplish, tion and bin ma.ttora two ponaiblo.
I flaw Hi-. Coat oi'. ] soy fi ho will act just ob
Ool. Oouraud is rocoivinjj every atton- boinQ expedited to as. groat an oxtont as
:-!o ■' has . done nothina ftirthor as yot, m ooon as an opportunity prosonto' it no If,
I an noridins out chocks to-nicht for all my bill a for
Jim v.
tv-in;: too la: A 10 inch Krai (toy rihn-o:
:i-.".hcr. A th.voo foot hot] planer, pv ’.0 inch :;ovo\v outtin.;: lathe, first cl , ' vdth hoed novirr; r;i;-o irayo. All tl: J.ot v.io :-.r-ov; ii;t -oditt oly vvIiogo rctho y '.ct: n’ or rc.nJ:n lig a tool maher .
Yours truly.
fttvo so mo ,uttontip'n to nfftiii’s outrsicio.
Ml*., P, Vf, Jones,
Postal Tclocrai’h-Cablo Oo., Horr -York City.
Jon. 1'
1:\ rears' to tbc v.o-ort, 1<\ inob Intbo orf.orefl,
t.0 krk ; on if ~'o orarmt ls-.vo t1:e -ini'le of tiirt lathe rvMto r:VsV. r.orov: ibretU?., 10 pitch, 1 iS/h O.itmotor, V tbroi'cl. 1 Kkcw.lt' a loo like to sent! you o rormor for tho hole in that
will be node i'or tbo centres. Whin ir. very irrportrait rnti if you ct'-n noooibly have it .done an , . o nhoult' bo very ’ el o.;lin«''. »° you.
Yours, '.truly,
I have your letter o;f the 1: ;th loot., in ro throne o to now tolof;rtt<h company vrliioli in to ho ineorpnri.t-d an;1 .••.nr.int.ofi by tho i'civommcnt . I have r.t the nreoent time two or three on with the boBtorn Union, in ro la", ion to :;ome nr »iy to?.crv;*;rdK6[ invention;;, and I eo not want to {O’ttt>conir:o v.] cm .jurt at. tho •
My Door .Tohnnon: -
X will go to tho Ohio ago Convention with you. If you have not already clone go, kindly send mo nil details as tc what day and what time vra loavo Hew York. I understand that you are to have a special car for tho contingent from this end. May I continue in this pleasant belief?
Jon. 24, 88.
Ur. H. II. Livor,
The Hdison Uaohino Works, 10 31oy fit . , Haw York .
hoar f! i r : -
In regard to tho Walters' 10 inch planer that a allure! has now in store, ploaso got us tho host price that ycru can on that tool anti have it sent up to us. h'o quoted $400., hut perhaps you can do hotter than this.
In regard to the i; which .Vrasur quotod $0.1 can on this and tioncl it I s rev in Manning, '!u:r.vc3 do not remembor the prit it to mo .
' inch Rhuping machine travelling head,
H> for, please cot us the host price you out also . The 8:5 inch Hondoy ahnpor that LI * Moore's store is what wo want, hut I jo. Please got lowest price and tolocraph
In ro ■ yu*d to lath.os, you have our order for one 1<) irr;h Bocert lutho, PIouro meSto this order two instead of ono, both to ho made alike as regards spindle and tapers. I want you also to find out for oc how soon they could got us a 10 inch 8 foot lathe and a 20 inch 18 ft, lathe; got mo information an to how lone ' it would take to deliver them and tho lowont prices, Ploaso answer, and. oblige
Yours truly,
A* B, nick Co.,
Ohina,-;n, Ilia,
Pontlonon: -
1 cnoloBo herewith $
- <>«•.- .•..Ui.,0K80(] to the-
™ °f th0 non £ a *, . ,laji It;
Von rill observe that they ntiUe thv a n • corl, , . a conic,, bo !om in that nmoiti-
v, 1 ‘ " °-,'JOctioji with tho o loo trie
° W°Ulf1 bo no ^enmity m
eatisfootion of A. . RC ° b!'
• '• ••'• jonaoson tho hijjh .merits or tv, is Ai'toi- making a note no ,t0w.
thp “ °ntn of t,!ls l«ttor kindly i oti
tho onmo to mo a ,
coord of thin lottor may bo of service1 to
1033 y°U- arrangements with l-r - .
Yours truly,
I lmvo your., letter of thb Mrs, P.rtison and X will bo very glad to s< Mrn, Thurston whenever you arc ablo to oomo to your boys go .'on 'their 'annual inspection tour ooo fc bow hope anil show ■■thcnii my.: Laboratory . .
" Yours truly,
Prof. U, H, 'i'hurston,
Oornoll Univornity,
■ Ithaca, Y.
30th Instant, so yourself and i Orange . V/hon ! will be s;lao to
January
I!}' , .Tosoyh . uvchiwojt.
J|b» :ir:-
Xn i’of oronco to -yow Xottbr of tho .’//tii instant, when X last bow Mr. Ifantin»j3 oncl oonvorsod with him regarding Hauth /.nor i aim bn a. i non a, ho appeared to bo quite willing to give the ; 'a. chi no Vovka the privilege of working in the Argentine Uopnblic, Uruguay oncl Brazil, If you havo not soon him sinco tho rocoipt of my former lottor, X think it would be worth your while to drop in at 15 Broad fitroot any time you nro down that way, Mr, JlcUtson oavr your letter mi dor reply and ho tli ink i; it would bo a good idoo. if the Machine Y/orko would take hold of that bur.inotjr,,
Yoiu’o truly,
Private Seo'y,
Jsai. HO,
Byron Brcmwnll, T’r:n.,
«.'•’> prumabough Gardens,
T. P I J7 B U l\ (i H , _ Scotland,
Dow P.ir:-
X hnvo your letter of loth inot. and on much obliged for copy of the “British Medical Journal “ containing your pnpor on the phonographic registration of tho heart sounds. The .jour¬ nal has not yot cono to hand, but I proaumc it will roach mo in tho o our so of a day or .two, vihen I '.will peruse your paper with much inter oat.
Yours truly,
</ c^T
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I can m;J: ijv; arrangement s with tho hemp no;,- the Ifaohine ■ Y/orlso and tho Mtfit nonpar y (and I wtoh to make a iiimiim- arron-cnort with 'ka-tfiiann * (Jo. )' for n weekly aflvnneo to oovoi- the cost of oxy. or imentu 7/hioh I tftinii conduct in tho inter- oiiU; of oaoh of tho four ooncorna. Thoso nftftauoii rill bo orofli.. toct to tlioir respective ucobunto and every quarter bills will bo i-onrtoi-od fc-om thin office Ibr ouch vrork M boo boon carried on dm- in.; the prococdiU; throe months. and a br lance ntnwJ; which can bo adjusted one vmy or tho other.
In order to arrive at a basin for those advances I have made as close an’ estimate as it is possible to form at the present time, in connection with -work now progress in-;, Peremonn & Oo's proportion of which is $1150.00 per week, n chock for which amount can bo sent me on tho same day as your own pay roll is mot.
' You will readily sec that, my object in making this arrange¬ ment is to have each of the shops and the Mf;ht Co. provide cap own work, which I am unable to do, nnd tho method
till far their.
of vrookly remit tancoo- trill X apprehend bo mono antiKihctov around than tho payment of lav nor nurin at Ion nor intorvalo
Jan. HO, 8ii.
MY DEAR IHSWjLf -
I am marine arranfiomonts with tho Ljtnip Company,
' Berf?ivmn * 00 • 021(3 tho Litiht Oo. {and I wish to make a similar npranBQBont with tho "uchino Works) for a weekly advance to cover the cost of oxforinonts whioh I shall conduct in tho interests of each of the four concerns . Those advances will bo credited to thoir re snoot ivo accounts and every quarter bills will 'fee ren¬
dered from tMs office for such work as has boon carried on durlr tho ■precnoflins three months and a ..balance struck whioh can bo adjusted one Tmy or tho othor.
In order to air ivo at a basis for those advances I have made as close an estimate as it is possible to form at the present tim in connection with work how prosrossinc, tlio Tlachino Works pro¬ portion of which in ${5150.00 per wools, a chock for which amount con bo sent me on tho name day as your own pay rool in not.
You will readily soa that my objoct in making this nrrnneo- "»nt is to have each of the shops and the light Oo. provide
i’oi’ their own work, i/l'ioh I uni unable to do, and tlio method v/ookly roKiittoncco v.lll I apprehend bo morn eatiBfuotory.uU around than the payment of largeiksuma at longer intervale.
Youth very truly.
Samuel Imull , Bsq,, (Jon • 1 . Manager ,
Tho Edison Machine Works, Sohonootady, IT, Y.
( a )
Joaoph Y/ctzlor, Vaq,,
"ELootrlonl '-'.'oriel, M
177 Potior Pdf;, j If, V, City,
Pour :;Li* : —
In reference to your letter of the ;wth irist,, I botf to say that Iridium -.lire cannot bo msflo, oo Iridium is a brittle niotal. A twenty por oont -Iridium, with platinum, in, however, made , which in hnrdor than tho -pure platinum'' wiro. All thono metals erneJ; when heated. If brought up by my old prooouo they do not crack and are olantic at a white incandose or.co . I do not know how they w ill stand in air. '
Yours truly,
11 A 11 R I S 0 IT ,
I am fiuikinj; arrangements with the Mfsshino Vorks»
8>- Go. wifi tho Light Oompany ( and I trinfr to, make ■ a similar arranganonb v/ith the Lamp So. ) for a weekly advance : to cover the coat of pxpor imoiits which I -rihall. conduct, in the interests of ouch of tho four oonoornn, Those advances will bo eroditod to thoir reBpoctivo aocountii nnd ovoi'y quarter bills will bo ?. rendered. from tlria office for such wprl< as has boon carried on during tho proceeding throe months and a balance r struck whi oh can bo adjusted ono way or the other.
In order to arriyo at a bania for those advances I lmvo made an close an estimate as it is possible to form at tho pro sent time, in connootion v/ith work now progressing, tho Lamp Go's proportion of whioh ia .'JtfbO.OO per week , a chock for which amount •. oan bo oont mo on the same day as your own pay roll
in mot.
You vri.ll readily boo that my object in miking thin arrange¬ ment i:i to hovo oaoh of the chops ancl the Light Oo. proviso capi¬ tal far their ovm work, which I ran unable to do, tuxl tho not hod of weekly remittances vri.ll I apprehend bo more sn.tinfn.otory nil nrowifl than tho payment of largor aaiutf at longer interval a.
Yourn very truly,
dod indobt ortho
long, and thin §40,000, at .8#";
odd on lot of An -st lent, tl.0 rt!t.o i ^ thn f r:,t •l. Shore kto •'.'till a fov of the old bonds out- t §10,000 worth, which wo hope to tahe tip before
11 m'*° »w notnnl bonded indob tortnooB about ' |
V/o ontorod into a now oontraot with tho Comp acme 1
tho oonclontior tosinoaB. Mr., ffiismi :»ttvfcciB that ho As nwrro of •tho. iaot that Hot York is no place ''to.'.' bity . 'oonflon sorn . Ho sonfc to Enfjlenj . i’or • a supply, tot moamhUo ho would like to borrow from you tho one montionoci above.
■ vourf! truly, . . ■
CL. CD, ^
Priyato Hoc *y,
stoat! of i’03i florin;; otutonontr, quarterly, an proposed in my prbvious lottor, I have "adopted- a ausfiostion of the X!di3on Lamp Oo., nanoly,;
rondor thorn monthly. X oarmot Rot thorn out weekly asi yon trifih
Mison-fUnrns 'torpedo motor,
Col/ Geo, J!.„ Ooumud,
"Tilttlo " onlo," Upper y.ov-ittfQy rini'i’oy , Enf'lanrl.
I bo.'-; to oonfiifl my cabin;;;-; •“Kosiir, j.o’.do;;,
• this riiox’ii in;; an fellWa
bn not approve clomontic . 11
::nnc;;tio talq>honc. X tin not corn to Jsvvc my >, -.wo;! an con¬
nect on with thin in.-itr-itx-nt .
I ha\ ro your cablc/jrar-i oi' Bint ult . , n;; I’oilov;;:: -
"Tiioonne i'o iml; loi-ry lot, torn; on over ''ai mot 1c . 11
'.'.'ho above oublocrnm answers the last part on? your metjoa^o. In' rGfjnrd to loiters v/hich you v/ant, I have searched my records ' ~ thorotifjhly and etui find no cor;- capon donee of the .T.ontlon Utoroo- soopio & i’hotonraphic Co. I 1-avo aacoi-ttt ined that the i utter of the disclaimer was entirely in the Inn eh; of the firm vdth which Hr, ./atorhonao ’.van connected in IB: 50. I pro anno you have consulted ofiriru . V/ato rhour.c, \7intcrbqtham & Harrison. I cm still hunting ,
xt f'ivoe «® much plonmu’o to. crato full y noknovlocTco the
!Ht Tiliich you huvo taken in my vrorki
I tho luist uo noil'
Willy' your oontompla-bf
nnvgiition of my Inter of iln • Yours very truly,
Prof. VI, F. Barrett,
Royal Oollo/jo of Science, nuniilil, Ireland.
Fob. a, OS.
Ur, Iffu-tin 37, Force,
c/o The 'VUnon bmp Oo , ,
Harrison,1 n, J,
I.Iy Door Sir:-
I liavo your letter of tho «oth of January, in res Ter or co to "i’U03?. imEROH’fi Am-Jt-CPhOSP-T! OOHPOUHD." This
man 3 'tele nr is, I tlti.nfc, the name party vrho liao ihu-ina the past Jf eve months ftoon varJeinjj the -!Tow Fn'ilarct ntal.os,' pcfiillinu this cor.iponna iml making umuthorisofl uao of my mmn, I huvo.in- struo to cl niy cosinool, Mr, Jno, <3, 93omlintson, -rf-'i-P Wall nt,, II, Y«, to taieo ; such-. stops inrnoctiat oly as will prevent a continuance of. .this abuse .
I am very rmuih oblieocl to you for having called my attention to tho natter.
Yours truly.
I in old a .o' you a loft or of hrano ion
do liman, Jjyoji, France. I believe 'that ihio men could bo of Brent service to you in Prance in Phonograph matters,' if you should ;H!r' cl anybody there. Ko i;; very energetic anti urn omnand quite a l;\n;o unount of capital in the district in which h.r it; working. Kn comes from a very old family and in very highly respected. Ho has . succeeded iji getting it largo amount Of money invested - and I believe the only money invested in Plane e - in Central Stations i As you vriH boo hy his lattor, ho is very' dissatisfied with his associations with the Tldison light Com- • panios of Paris and wishoa to dovoto his onorgios to something else. I hem written him a letter, stating that I have sent his letter to you, so if you think yon can utilize Iris servioos, plonsc communicato direct with him.
•Col. (i core 9 3-:. mm§m
boar fiir:-
In roforonoo to your tnomoronclum of .Tan. loth, I ani ajiviaocl by m Patent Attorneys, JJoao, byor and Scoly, that tlioy havo tun it you powers ol’ attorney for fill Tiuro- poan countries. They arc quite sm'o' that thosso iU-o eonploto, but if you require any further powers I. would eiuajont that y Oh have . thorn proparoeV and fiend thorn horo to mo for signature. "
Samuel Insull , Esq . ,
The r’clinon Unqhino Vtovks, Schenectady, ", :Y,
D o a r r; ir : yv':;.-
X vri.ll fsnml you tho pat on to that I !;nvo already f»ot and vill also Tii’ito you a lettor of authorisation to have thorn irnnr.forrod to tho nnrno of Tho Edison Eachino V/or3:s. In re¬ turn please send mo a letter from tho Maohino Works, a£jrboin£S to ansumo nny Utility that may occur from lavr suite brought by tho Edison Electric Iiitfht Co. or anybody olso intorostod by those contracts monbionod.
1 cm lr> oo horcwith a ooinrnurL-
^.tioji wliioh I luvo voooivotl ft-om Prof. V. j?. Parrott, Royal Collo/jo of floionoo, JWblln, who toolroo to deliver a loo two
0t*"° 1iil,r unrt ,,inl!0B t0 one of t-jy Phono^rapho
to ex,:!,,!* at the ti». 7. have re ;illod to Pwif. nni,.ottj ^
that the Phonograph in TXiropo was in you, hands and that I had
roforroc to on nd ask yon
da letter to you. X also stated that I vrno arrnnninc y0WS mr‘ t0 ***** ***» «>«» nmohinoc: and that I would i rondoi- Prof, Parrott an much ansi stnnoc as lay in your
power when , those mnohinon reached -you.
V.y Boar Profooaor jiarkor:-
Your 1 ott or -of- tho • Oth • insit. . addrosai&^j 'to. Mr, J’idison, linn oomo during tho- el) sene o. of tho latter in whoro ho .-wont yostorduy to attend tho convontioft* of ‘klison Ill. Oomponios,
" .I’ll' I'i'ort'k. Bromwoll cablafl i.-tr, Btlinon onno timo af;o,; aakinfj; for apparatus for uso in obnnootion with a loeture which wan to ho do livorod at tho Royal Inntitut ion, I think nonio timo tlrin iTioirth.
At tho timo this asblocrcjn was roo 'cl. , Mi*; Edison- expo c tort to none!
in a very short timo one of tho oxper imontora iVom his- Laboratory to England, with a. Phonograph, and I bcliovo ho in ton dot! that this man should takesomo apparatus for Sir .Vrod'k. as woll. The Phonograph, as you know , has been dolayod, and this, 1 prosrtrno, has inter for.od with i'r. l!di son's calculations , As soon as ho re¬ turns from Chicago I will show him your lottor and send oomo definite information to !?ir I'rod'k. Bramwoll.
. • Yours truly,
a.&, %
Privato Roc’y.
m non-:' iV.> Vail:--
In rnforcnoo to your lottor of thoj rtf', instant, ?!r, Allan anyn that ho hku a roaort’in'; m MSlWtor anti trill hnvo it sot up at onoo for th.o tost nr.!’ trill at’ vino yon df tho result of tho latter.
Yours truly,-.
a. &. j.
Privnto Hoc '
J. II. Vail, Esq.
EtUaon Jilootpio 1 A t$it Company,
16 ft lf.i Prond .'Street,
Mio investment wh ich I have boon obliged to make in connection with the erection raid equipment of my now laboratory (upwards of yiSO.OOO) has been such a heavy drain upon my private purse, I find it, necessary to make an arrangement with you who rob; I iruy receive a royular weekly remittance to provido for oxrori- monts which trill bo conducted on your bohalf. This remittance will be employ od by mo to the boat of my ability for the benefit .
. of tho Edison Electric U«M Oo., and as' a basin to estimate the extent of seme I h;vve referred to tho cost of experiments which I tee now conducting for yourselves and which aGGroGnto $1J50 Por week This relates exclusively to your work and is but a very small iraotion of tho wljolo -of .my mnning expenses.
It is my intention to credit those advances to nn account which I shall call ■JJdison'aootrio H,;ht 60. Laboratory Pxpori- raonts," and on tho 1st day of each month I will render you a
utatomont for mioh work on ban boon carr iod on during tho pro- o online nonth iW< yoiir account; aca|mt Which, will bo put tho mount of j'om- artvmioon for tho same period, and. a balance atpuok v/hioh can then bo ad, pint od ono way or tho other.
I doBiro tint thin urranConiont Bhnll tako offoot from tho lot of the proaont month, and ohall bo ,slad to hoar from you in ro for on oo thoroto.
Pob. ?, 88.
Samuel In sail, Bnq., .
SO H B IT ECJADY,
/ n. y,
3) o n r Sir
In reference to South Amorioan business, and to your remark nndo personally to mo yesterday to tho of foot that I had told Hre Oostor “that tho Hachino Works could liondlo tho bu- sinooa bottor than tho Light Company, u I want it to bo distinctly undorstood that I novoj* niado any such assertion to Mr . Ooator or to anyone olso.
I asked Hi-. Ooator what was boing dono in South America,- and if the Light Company woro working all tho toiritory. fo_, jrr.
■ Ooator I novor_ montioncd tho namo of tlm Hnchino Works. lio introduced it himself in rofon-ing me -to 'Hastings by saying "The Light floinpany goto casli in How York for all tho ir sales in South amor ion, and I think they can look after- collections bottor than-, the Machine v/orkn could." I said to Hr. Ooator that I was es¬ pecially interested in tho Argentine Republic and Uruguay because I onco had a contract for that toivitory. • •
I annex copies of lottorn from mo to Hutchinson which oxplain nv interviews with Hastings. I novor told Hast inns that the Hachino Works could run the business hotter than the T.irtrt no.
n imply asked him-tho status of tho Houth Amor icon business ^ ’
if ho was nnti sf3.ort with' what was boim clone. Ho oaid ho thought a ^cat deal more might ho dono and if tho Machine Works could form ho.ttor connections in any part of South America than the Light Go. potjsosaod, ho had no ohjootion to their working such territory.
Ho even went so far as to ton mo tho exact state of all his con¬ tracts in South. America, so 1 could Civo tie Machine Works an idea as to countries available, and expressed a with to discuss tho matter with your Gonpnny. The no facts I gave to Hutchinson (vide
letters annoxod).
I ratio annex copy of a letter which' I have received from Mr. Hutchinson WMch I connidor absolve condonmat ion of himnolf .
V.hon ho know, as ho states, that “his ontortnining thnt opinion would ho traffic! ont, reason for tho Go. entertaining a con¬
trary ono , “ Why did ho not ask some ono oleo-to c airy out tho negotiations? I put matters in such ships that a little diplo¬ macy would hr ve ensured success, and had Hr. Hutchinson, in view of his self confessed weakness, requested mo to continue tho work, IJmyp not tho least doubt that you oould havo ohtainod tho mn- =£22ion, notwithstanding; the opinion you boliovo Hr., dost or to • ' >
entertain towards tho Hachino Works. ,
C. I,
< a )
OTiia attempt to nacktlo mo with the credit of your failm'o in abBOlutoly oontm'ry to tho facts, in unfair and looks vofy ranch an though Mr, Hutchinson tloon not couniflor his constitution stroije. onoufjh to oiory tho vroicht of hi:; ovm error:;
Youra truly.
J, Hutchinson, J!sq. ,
■ vlO hoy stroot,
\ " K. Y. City.
n o a r s i v
Hr, Inaull made personal inontion to wo yestor- day of tho watt or roforrod to in yours of tho oth instant raid it would intorost mo to hnvo you subatantiato tho statomont. whiah you uro good enough to muho,
I attach copy of a lottor which I havo addroaaod to Hr.
.Inaull on tho cubjoat which explains my side of tho quo st ion.
, It Booms to nx3 strango that, knowing how you woro handicapped you should havo attanptod to effect an arranflombntuwith tho Li£jht Company yonrsolf . It might have suggested itself to you that your efforts meant failure in any event, :: in which ease it might also havo suggontod itso If to you that: somo ono othor than Hr. Hutchin¬ son should conduct tho negotiations.
I put matt ora in ouch shape for you that tho exorcise of a modorato amount of diplomacy, in dealing with Hr. Coat or, would ua’/o ro suited in your obtaining tho dooirod concession, and 1
of your knovdodRo of your own wfiaknoao in thin connection : ibid 'ro- quostod no to c! o so,
.The /orood statement vjhioh you attribute to no in olnioiutoly contrary to tho fticts, ancl if you make tho some upon information I im quito proparod to prove to your natisf action that you hayb joon misinformed. ’ • • ■
Vr the attached from Ool , Go’ '.rand, nyor « sody inibrmod uc that they aoiA Col. Gouruud y-auors of attorney for all JTuropenn conntrlo::. I h: vo written the latter, ongjjent ins that if l.o roqnirors mv further por/ern, ho ehorhlti have th.em prepared and ilimutl thorn to you for :;i/y;a,r.u-o.
X do not thin): v.-e should onr.ply- fit]- h:lft aequo:;! to ihruinh blank nouern ni/yiod by you.
An *o tl:o cony of S'roneh patent • "•ir!4>.W,, v/hioh ho anfcs for, it •111 cent ur. font an much ’to have this trannlatod or; a typo- v/ritton no it will coot Col, fronrand to {jot u copy from Pnria.^ I do not think you should part with thcr original, and I hnvo thoro- forq .writ ton CoL. Gouroud. to obtain a copy from Paris.
Yourn truly, .
' t#h '
I ha vo ••your.’ letter of >.ho Mfl instant'-. .
Vffion your friend, Mr, Pon, comes to l-Tow 'York I can assure' • him r.hat ho will htivo -tlio freedom of tho city; but no bo giving'- •• lixni tho fr sodom of; ft- . Edition ' i- laboratory , that is a pri vil ogo v/h ioh is not parmitt od to t hoso in Mr . Edison' s inmodi at o employ .
I shall bo very glad, howovor , to show Hr. Pon this ostablinhmont, ii ho vrill nm. out to Orange, and I ran suro that ho will ho intor- ostod in .{joins thrnigh it. As soon ns Mr, Edison' returns from Chicago .1. will- have him put his auto graph on one of thoso largo photos and sond it to you. Tho oaros of married. life, in ad¬ dition to tho care of this non laboratory., nhioh is tho -largest in the world of its hind, mice oodod in makiryj mo forgot tho promiso v/hich I gave you samo timo ago.
In regard to your battorios, tho oxnoriment is going on now up stairB, and I hopo boforo long to send you something which will bo really roliablo.
boro aril alow you an institution that -rill open your oyoa and you can also ran w your old ao>jnnintanee vrith Hr, Hdinon.' n Hr«, Xhrtunn is with you, lire. '.Cato and nynolp v;ill ho very {;l to moo li.er also,
Yom’a truly,
5%~' &
n hii
) vo i'orj'o'i to ;vo , ’ I -noya, Hoata-n. pym* M r.cnly, to nerd yn
OO. 0’.1V T'iltont attor- bii'.mmiioh ,/ _ok you '^V0 1,0 ;'ho»f,I-a(5:c octants, z oriel one l<>r jii „ p,
•-1 Vnnrioj.Xo;; ooiniociiioun to u houno lino, v.Mch aim a) or.-::
,;I’° U m,ii' in V,Moh ::ni'!i0 ^«trnnont« auo uhnntoa to conploie
ll>0,W ttnrt +'° t]!0 «a«n I n iloaoription of the. oper¬
ation of tiio riK.no inatnino-rt You -ni
1C* lan -‘ion iVoni tl; that on a
“* "»• “ «™ "»«:i «. arc a,ix^ m t),_
to too toto.’*,*, to, »«,*.- totottoton , d„.u bo very Iwppy to supply.
Yourij tiul'Vj
Jllootvioion.
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its' ivpriiiy, % Via vrcnilcl call your at* outfit lovorfhoy in thrown to thu lofv, or cloui
7Z
ir, left open, ana tho iuttiiotic coil ■'■■■in; nl
' A
to wain lino. The coil battery in loft open
rap idly who n left on cloned cirou i t . The matjnot io coil is ahort
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;uinh the di fi’oronco be-
rstroke . " V'irnr. 4- anti !
• loading 'to -'points 3;' and -6,' respectively, slutnv tho .phono out .of tl main lino viliilo tho home offico is vf orkiny , An 'iiir.ulatocl jiointv ■ at cache;1 to tho lov/oi’ point of tho armature of cno triuismittoiv pormittinfj tho spring 0 to mako contact vritlv point . X' .luot: hoforo tho circuit is broken at poin-c '3', v/hon tho annature is ;(opi,osg.qtl„^
• .Yob, 11, Si?,
Gol, /'oorgo r:, C-ournud, '
boar Sir:-' ..
X bo<* oo ooni'ii’ja'W Oi ,.vm of
this i’o 11 o’. rti : —
"Yi Vf' found vory important lotr.ors;- am mailing copies to-day,’1
I attach cony of n letter under flute July ;’.Oth, l.-’ibJ, to Y/atcrhnuse ft vunuorbothr.m, p.ntl also copy of a cablegram sent tl'.om ou somo day. You v;ill notice in the lott.or that the U„: S, patent is referred to an Ho, 1213, n;iO and in the cablegram the number is Given as W13, find-, You can readily ascertain which of t’:030 numbers is oorroot, Prom this ooiTo0r.ond.onco you vrill coo that Yetisrs. AVintnrbothom ft . Y/atorhousn must have- aomoYflio.ro in the ir files all the data in rogarfl to Phonograph and my connection with ITott ago .
I have booh unable to find anything otlnr than vfliat I am now sending. Perhaps this will bo sufficient.
Youi's truly,
.'ob. l
••••. . I’o-fcr.-fct , Vrfl , ,
«AtM3i tho i-nnt throo months v:o lnvn ^ „„ ,w ' oiw.n, «*» «, or o„ p„o„,„.i„x
ns **»-', H-o otNn- ten. ut„n,. »» -jm,, T„ P"yUt0 Va p0^;un y»lt PlK.no circuit intorihro- :
1 Phi lntl blphia rfnd al m k\
work© d tho fli ffionlty me
’il'l* can bo ontxroly
■'net, tho only offoot that they .mil kuvo w ill 'onofit tho TOrkino of tho Horse wiron. j Wou
X would roifp 0 fitfully aajj
"■ °W’ ,:r‘ *■". »<* «■« Pour wives and uut
U °n "" C,1Ual *»«»« “ ^ - hattory power is concord. > n voal nooonaity whoro there io more than one wire taking
'P.efo.rrinri .'.-to tho
Efl Awn lira snhnrt by Oil* XVort'h, Rromwoll if ho v/i lattof in eonnootion with a-lditwro which ho vtta *ir, "kUoon replied tm follows:-. -
■ " ’ 'ollbi'M'f, r.ontUm,
Hon lonvint: Wyn in throe voc will brim; ’..'bttfc apparatus I t '~cii together; all i>iy na.lowla; rtinfcrrbod by mevisv; into new? Laboratory; will thin turnv/eit
On tho bade of the utt adioih lirfctor ixr oopy c •trtiA'dh-. I have ,1’Vit nont to sir. XVort'h, Brnriiwoll. tho opinion that onblo of -.Tan. 18th ban not road in-anmuoh on wo havo nr.vor hart any reply, ‘ X hart .mat tor to Prof, Barkor before tho receipt of your you to writo him alno .
Yours truly,
lottor will enable
.701;. lb, 8fi;
Honry Villard, Vr,q.,
ny 3)(far r>ii* : —
.t hruvo npturnod' from ni>ioa;;n, an cl v/ill ho wry ploursod to hoo you horo my day eojivoniont to yonr- so If. I think With- you that At would bo well to have :&•. Vnmlin- son prOBoht, and if you will', mono n day I vrill aoo tlxvfe i'Fr. Tom- linrson io adviRod.
Voui'i:
Pol-;, i;;, :i) .
Hr, ,t. au'ni-ji.n, r.iooirio-'ian,
SO Ponrl frfcroot, nonton, Mass.
Door nil': -
In ro ply to your lottor of the 6th inst . , Mr. TWieon. ask® no to say that oohnoetlng two magnets or two logs of ono magnet in multiple arc: in a oirouit gives tho same inductive offoct ns with a singlo ono noire: one. Inductive effects on tho lino from mgnoth onnnot ho got rid of in this manner. You ni’o right in both cases; in any multiplo arcing dovieo with marjhotn one nido nnint ho non-inductive.
Yours truly,
€. y.
oc ' y,
Priyato S(
,T , 1?. V/aWcinr., _'nq.5 Curator,
Section of Tranisportut ion, U. 8, llitt'l, Muoovmi, V! a fl.h i nc ton , P. 0.
3>op.r Sir: -
In re fbronoo to your lottor of the Gtli inat., say ttfat Hr. Minon htiB prooorvott nearly all of hi a data early electric railroad osq^orimonta.
Yourn truly,
Private secretary.
pob, an, m.
Col. dnorgo 7’. oournud,
hoar Sir: -
In rei'omioc to your mo wo oi' With nit., asking if i filed oomploto or provisional specification in America and the date oi1 same, I bog to nay that there is no ' at oh thine; as filing provisional specification in tliin country, as thoro ir, in T’jigland. Applications for patents uro made here by -tho filing of the complotod specifications and drawings at once. Unlike Bngland, howevor, tho patent do os not bear date until after. the a® lie at ion has boon passed -upon by the Patent Of flop ru'd tho ]j at ent is actually issuod. Tho inventions covorod in“ tho papers sent you by Moss, Pyor & seoly aro included in my applications in this country, Ho* s. 741 and 742, which wore filed llov. 26th, 1887 . I am having Mossrn. P, & g. prop aro another .patont of all new things up to date in connection with tho Phono¬ graph. Tho copies of lettors which wore forwarded you tho other day aro all I havo boon able to find up to this writing boaring ■ upon tho mattor of tho disclaimer.
Fob. xo, as.
Somu cl lnr.nl 1, ."loq , , tfnn'l. "tw&gor,
II 10 Ittlison Uaehino Yfor kn,
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I bn vo your a os'.’ Fob. l(5tb, in regard to parn- tfmph in Hi’. .Tonka ' letter to you,
I attend 0:1 a meeting of tho ■ Standardisin'-; board., I
think was tho first mooting',. and i participated., an ;'r. .Toni:!! tsi'-itl, in a o.i sicuoaion regarding tho. payment of oxppnr.cn. 'i’boro Tvda nothing oof initoly sottlod ijit that mooting, except tho fact that tho .Light. Company limited iitsolf to tho o^onflituro of five thousand dollars for the first six months. SJhia I understood to bo dofinitoly nettled by Mr, .Volmaoh. p,or.* tall: taws made by.:-!*, Borjjntvnn about tho advisability] <?£ the shops paying tho viirolo ox- pnmsos, in order to avoid givinjj jthc Light Company a ob.anco to claim everything whilst paying jsuich a paltry sum. No action nt all was talc on in this matter, T. j
S« X,
It was understood that, tho shops thorn i7i is to bo borne in regard te the torini. Shoy could either do this id
vfould boar whatever expoi/mo ) standard ising of - ola. im- ionnolvco or dale the stnnclur-
tt.iiUn<7 Oomnittoo to t
Oorrpnny v* to do it, rstatort.
r.n the cane of isny thing ilov> the
not to
exceed the
T.’oh. If',
(Personal )
tors tiro rife minis un vory hard, nnd with tho vory slim waowoos which ero ah tho moment available, it plaoos its temporarily in Homowhat of a hole, Thoro are 'some pnrtios vflioso bills are ovor- due who have advised us that they have deposited drafts. Ono
Privato
3?rb . rin
j)onr Pjco formor Parrott : -
X hr.vo your letter of fcko .'id :i. u;t:ijit.
0» tho sinr.Ki flay X '..vote A you a , - < that tho ’'1. t 1 1 ;-! r lyi
Upr>o r "o.-'. omi!, ’-uvv; 5 ,.n;7 that X if/nu mr;\:v;i;v: M Htmi H v.rrv ninn to ■’ •:.;lrocl who v;<.n3.fl v.njy. over nor«cr r.v.\a‘-'inaa \br
j. i-'.- ;;-o !> V.-. ./I .Ti. tMli i-r.rv '(iraf’irt. ?rt;irt Vor oh.vtfc th"<:- • .•« •
v/h:p;P. > rko;: it i unnnibln J/t : x, •„ ,:o-v\ ;wu.
your lofcor, to r.niifl ym.i ono of tho inntrtj^jitfi by t1» firnt m*Jt in If you 7rt.ll, nr, t « n rxjfori i-» ny lot tor above 1 <• .
forroti », oomri'iniciiitc with Ool. bo will an- an 3c to send.
a Phonograph to you.
I bos to thank you for tho Hroeirier of 7*fir>'>rnf>'»(‘" ntroi- on- el ofioflvn'.th your lottor unflor reply,
Yo’.u’s truly,
Unclosed I wind you a tracing of tho oo.i.ipletd comma- 1; cii- .•••!• oho nr.*.: Multiple fly- -r.no , ..or. will soo, r.ho ••*.•.*> ;j;.l
diameter of tho oo’Trrr.r.tor in twelve inohe s, and it has loO blocks.
bar seven imho:: loir;. ’.i-bo cup takes twelve ■;$$'$ t; of c; i :.not or .
The dir; mtor o. who shaft av. ubi.s ; art is A .-/'■• I v'ish /an. to jrrke ;■■<: oor.r '■•tutor coriplotc, vriv.l- a hoy way in it , and .".and ns r. key ..b, -.dil fit it, no that -coil spline on* shaft to' 'suit it. ‘ii.i:- • :d .-mid do on noon an nonaiblo . She corjuntator bar curl bo
m, id;: from isnty oi'£o of bar that you nor? have, in order to who tbit*, oncer ii .ic!; it , rioroo .understand. tb.nt you make tho pattern or. sting
2 olco. wish you would send us fa* this "ti.ob.ine n complete not Of Ho, ilO brush holders, v.'ith blush holder studs and brushes, irs order that wo ah nil not be making here a thing that you con moke so mnoh mono cheaply . In regard to p attorn fca* tho commutator hotly,
I would like to anJ: your ?’:*. ’'mo rri. if he thinks it in at all light for tho work to bo done. The speed is about P>00, and for this spood if ho thinks that tho body should bo hoavior, I see no reason v/hy it cannot bo done. Of course the centrifugal force will bo rather strong and tho weight out at the cups will need ' consider able strength to hold them in. . .blouse lot mo hoar from you on this subject. ' ■
Yours tiuly
Oity.
v.U-j.'.v; in p_r>;.or cons*. the trust iwj i« ’irt’orfoot, icwl ft
also that you will only uno thor.o vi rots which ; • i* e in r;ond eon-
.-.hero in no uood for w ho c-'-VR you nvj orders in regard to the mittor. • In t,!:o loti.or .v.bovo mentioned I thought, that* it would lw H&vJuiwJilo for you not to utjs.es t,ho wires; v.hich arc run from tl:c ssunplo that was sent out hero, but to rwM nnxt wires flora' them.
I pie; roly wanted to lot you hnow that it is vory oanontinl that you ho quite mu'o tliat all the veil’ n:-, lu’o in ;;nod condition when it in connected up to r.iy Station. Your contract with Hr, Auohinoloos calls for that, end I do not want to ho troubled in.’riy • ntatior. with eny difficulties arising from impel’ foot worh.
Yours truly,
In flirt hor roforoneo to your lottor of the SOth nit., in vrhich you impliort that, you hart not published ony- thinp; in regard to tho i’honoplox and hurt not received any cuts,
I enclose herewith two shoots of your issue of Auguat- 21, ' 1880 , upon tho surfaoo of Which I find tho stamp of all my cuts, to-' {jot ho r with a very full dosoription of tho Phonoplox system. 1 {juoss that licht which I roforrort to in a previous lottor has blinded your eyes ns troll as mine. I do not know whether tho so cuts liavo over boon returned to mo or not. I vrish you vroulrt kindly uncertain if you havo them, and, providing you do not vrish to make uno of them in any tray, plonso send thorn to me at #40 Vfall Street .
Yourn truly,
Or. #
doorpo Worthington, hnq.
.Veb . 33, 8f',.
H, 0, uijihloy, 7!nq,, Ps*ai\ of chomiotry,
Racino 0 oil ego,
I! At! I] ‘7’, Via.
Door fji !•:-
lly. i|iron has rocoivod your letter under clcvfco of nth inot., and loumn with much rogrot of tho loan which you have su3t:iinort through tho burning of a portion of your college. Tho appliances v/hioh Mi*, F<d ion io at present us inf; aro all now. Jlis olcl apparatus were nearly all destroyed, fox1 which ho is very sorry, as otherwise ho would have been glad to comply with your .request , ito has recently presented a complete oloctrio lighting outlit to the Maar.achunott o Institute of Technology and ono also to Cornell University, and ho wishes tlx at circumstances would permit him to do tho santo for your Oolloge.
Yours truly,
a.&dK
Private fioorotar
the IVth inst • , I
ljk° t3 «* «“ 1 ■»•«= t«»« to 0,.Pl„i„
you «,o noo to OMol, 1 ,0 m „„ vlrmo tl, M]l0
itouy, roi- ttlo uonoon tl.ot w exportnonto ore not Jot onm- Ploto,!. fc. t„o Prenont i „„„M tt.ffio* ,lm, ,/m, ttog, „„ ^
which yo.! no oo i' (1 i
m(0<o ft dil'foront arfanfjc
went,
„,+ T A„, .A In 1,GJ 01’0nc0 t0 youi* • memorandum of tho . a«tb
S*’*1 *Ully ^oo with you in believing that tho multiplication ' of Phonoginms v/ill result in tho development of a largo and lu- oraun.vo tmeinosa. You can rost assured that I vrill tdko'oaro of ttun duplioatine process.
+. r1°SR1‘lt0 Patent,- v/hioh you otato was not filed for
t oo vods after tho timo it roaohod Fn gland, I consider thin an wuoattonable oolny. Vo haw acoonrplinhod tho same thine horn in a
SlinitS v™'*8 t°+m°,tha* you wieJlt v'lth advantaeo chance your jf' 01 * jfou oamot always count on getting throe weeks to prc- 110 th0 VOry bont 1 oan rov y°w in thin ron- • pant, and who n you roooivo a pat ait you should have a couple of men v/ork on it night and day and put it tlrough in American stylo .
g2TJ*IH6 apjglg PHOFQgRAHS. In regard tb tho no, tho old tin foil vrao oi tho character which you rofor to. I have tried wax cloth and rarer, but there aro many moohanioal difficult i of, which have go., to be oycrcomo, and I hardly think that tho patent v/hioh you suegost vrauld hold. If orenn mnio had to bo roeintorod an closely an tho registration on tho Phonograms, I um «uito satis¬ fied that thoro would novel- bo any orenn music by thut method/
February H 4, 88.
Ooquimbito Battory Oo.,
Halt imnro,
Mrt.
Boar !>irn:-
I am in ' receipt of reports from tho Pennsylvania R. R.
an to tho tost which has boon recently made with your battery in
connection with our Phonoplox system of telegraphy. X rofjrot to
nay that this toot, although satisfactory in r c np o c of
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tho battery, has not complied with othor conditions which aro considered donirablo by the pooplo using it, and no are therefore obliged to return to tho nso of Brnison oolls. Hr. Jio/juo's ar¬ rangement with you was, ttet if your tetter y proved unsatisfac¬ tory wo wero to rotum it, and I have thoroforo instructed him to send yaw cells to you at Bsltimoro, unloss yen wish thorn shipped to <-iny other point, in which case you can communicate direct with Hr. JiO&uo, o/o Pom. R. R, , Altoona, Pa.
' Yours truly,
Hr, 17, R, Lofjuo,
S'obruary S4, 188J5.
I liuvo received all your recent conrami- Ccwlonr., and I am ? ; lad that you hove imcendod in !--U.u,r nnothor circuit from the T’orsinylvania !t. r. ■ ‘
J2r3nirt t0 th° °°Wln,bit0 tott(a’y. I Have written to Hr. Odi:lmby the f it has not proved oatiofnetory to the partiosnsins it and that we have been obliged to return to nun eon cello; aloe stating that I had instructed you to send to Baltimore all the cnila which belong to the dequimbito people, unless they desired otlnr disposition made or them, in which'caob they could 0™ni- onto direct with you at Altoona.
VD HUthoUzod you to-day to draw at one day's fright for bundled dollars (:';.l00); thin confirms my toloyram.
?ob . Sdj8a.
Tho RcUson Jinmjf Ho.,
II a r r i n o n ,
Dear Sirs:-
I attach horavrith a note from Mi*. .Tamos Rig alt on, request Ire that his weekly oho ok bo drawn in ihvor of his wife, BARBARA RIttAMOll, ant dirootod to' South Oranjjo, H. J.
Wo paid Mr. Rioalton hia salary up to tho lhth inst.
Will you ploaso soo that a choc); in sent oaoh week to liia wife • an ho requests ?
Ydfirn t.raly.
Nrmninston 1 a Salary.
. 5’ob . 34, m ,
The NcUnon Lamp no . ,
21 a r r i a o n ,
3T. J.
T> oar Slrn: -
In roforonoo to your lot tor of thoSSfl inat., I find by °W r°00lMn tlm v<0 htivo P»« I*’. Hmniinsfeon'a salary up to tho Ittth lnot. Tho so payments wo will c torso to you v/hon ron- dori^ „ur bills for tho present month. I you would hlndly ^ °ftCh *• Hunninst-on, No. 625 Wfth Avenue,
“mr y°rk ****** a ohooh for twenty dollars ( ) .
Mr, Eflv/fU’cl P. Shariipnon,
■ > to 0 Bookman frtronh , IT, Y, Oity.
Donr Sir: -
In roforonoo to your lottor of tho aiat instant, I shall bo glad to »oo you hero at my Laboratory any time, nring the noldor with you.
Yours ; truly,
CL >4.
*
Ii’oln'um*y 27,
8£! ,
&.0- V-
Col. j). :’-our;:ud,
7. an in receipt of your letter
of the Kth inst ., in l’c.y.i'a to "Polyform. " Tho pax-tier: -"ho 'adver’tiso thin article in Amorist! hnvci no ri.phb whatever to do tho bdj-io tl: in;; in huropo . I ' no not like yonr mu "position, no I do not wish to have hy m*w $so'd in oonnootion with this article in JJiu'ox.o, ami X fool ix> ' ::tron;;Xy in tho matter that 1' shall take action irnedinr. ely a;-- a. nut tho first person who att oripts to use niy iK-.no on .-mu- side o i.' th.o vaster in connection with "Poly-form. "
X do not believe tho oe ,‘-rier&ot«i manufacturers will attempt- it, hnt if they <io I shall spare neither .tine nor monoy in :ny offort.a to lu-or.iiuuto thorn. V.l:»n you wrote me your letter tinder reply you .wore evidently not aware that the no people pennons no iv it to " advertise "Polyfni-n" or noli tho same in Jftirepo,
fflKhT Pi-id! IQBRAH, You'nood have no foar of tho Orephophrinc
people yottinj' a fpcsadm&aaut phonogram across the vrator In udvnnco of ournolven. Thoy have had throe hundred machines built and hum been obliged to have then' nil nont hack to thoir factory. I have boon informed by reliable persons who have hoard th.o yraphophono wi* , that there is abso¬ lutely no comparison bet wo 'oh it laid, tho phonograph in respect to articulation and no Chon ism. Any one who hoarn both these machines
work will not hesitate a moment in shoos in*; tho I’horoyrnph. It is impracticable fox* mo to send you an bxpor inert, al mnehino. ’ill on tho Phonograph roaches you it will bo complete and ready for tho markot, ahfl the effect of such a machine will bo njaoh more bene¬ ficial to tho Puropoan business than would, mi exp or imontal instru¬ ment, vrliich lattor, it seems to me, would only attract people for the purpose of disappoint in" them, as you would, be unable to exhibit it.
SIR ifRKJVJf. nPA'UTKTJ.'f, XJ50IURB. I have cabled you to-dny that I am send in" for sir. .Vrod'k. Bramwell, por 3, 5. "ttJUMAKIO, * which sails vfodnonrtny noxt, dia- ernms, photographs and descriptions of my Recording Voltmeter, Tho Railway Induction Toloyruph ( t olographic oommunicat-ion from moving
I’eb. 38, 88,
1'rnncis !’. Upton, Esq,,
Tho Mi son Lamp Co.,
Harrison, IT. .7.
3) o a r f? i i'
In roibronco to your lottor of tho 3Bd inst. to Hr, Mi non, I return herewith tlio lottor of tho Edison Lamp Oo, to .Tamos Ricalton, in r or; art! to their agreement with tho latter ns to salary and indemnity in tho ovont of death, which lias boon signed by Hr, Ml non an President of tho Edison hamp Oo. ‘
hid Mr, ) Ifinnington leave his address with you? I want to send him a copy of Hr, Brnnnor's lottor, which I will retain until I hoar from you.
Yours truly,
My Poor noi'gnnhn:-
l[avo. you any influonoa with the Edison Wiring Co,? If you havo I wish you would bo kind enough to use it for mo, rb I do not want to bother Jo 3 m son wit Ji minor matters. '.Clio Edison Wiring Go, ao'mo timo ago -made a oontraot with Mr, Auchin- cIoor, J.lowollyn Paid:, to wii*o lain houso. Ho has booh very much annoyed by tho'ir going over there and 'working a day and then going away again, and if, fi.nh 11 y about disgusted. I promised eorao time ago to tnk'o tl»’ mafctor'-aap and look into it, and havo assured him that ho should' hove prompt service. This was on the 14th in stunt . ' I havo writ ton two or three times to tho Wiving Oo but onn got no eat in faction out of than, I have a letter from Mr Auohincloss to-day in which ho sayn:
"I am sorry that I could not soo you this afternoon “to answer your inquiries about tho vri ring men. Yon "wo under a miafcako if you supposo that tl-.cy have been " working night and. day or any small part of any day "on tho job since tho 11th, Prior to that time they "did work on Mondays — yos twice, way back in January,
"but they got tirod and wont away again, P.orgmann ' s "man used to say ovory day wliilo lio was working horo “that thoy wore coming, but they novor enmo, and lant "wo ok ho got tirod or finishod up and he has gone too, "leaving a i'ino kit of tools in tho llorthwoet room "all spread on tho floor. Y?o will lock up the room "and nobody shall touch thorn while he is gono. Wiring ' "men I suppose arc like boss plumbers, and we mu tit wait "until they please to work. X have boon sick, but,
"v/ith returning health I felt a mild curiosity in specu¬ lating when tho soason will bo sufficiently advancod " to wako tho wiring mon from thoi'r winter sloop . "
It is very annoying to .get such letters as this, tho jmoro so when by frequent loiters X can got no satisffiction from tlio V/iring Co, If you will kindly find out for .mo^wSsiiHhoy intend t|o do this job or not, X should be obliged.
1 noo that, tho Wiring Oo. have a contract with Mr. Anoh<n- "hxiJh thoy cnrofiOiy guarrt thonmolvoa gainst any roc pon«xb.aitj, unrt ho has ni/jnofl tho aamo; yot ho iti loft them to- v w, Tfl\othof, h0 cannot got tho worlc clone in hie hour.o
when ho hi poriocsUy willing to pay for it. ■■ If yon can help no in this piottev I should fool vory much obligor!.
Yours truly,
THOMAS A, KDIROH,
M.
S, Borgmnnn, Esq.
TTOAPHOm.
hoar sir: -
I lrnvo y our momornndum of tho
lH-hh instant. Tho old Megaphone has boon destroyed by nxat. As
soon n» I got -timo I1 will molto another for you, I will also got together somo apparatus or largo photographs. . I thinh tho photo¬ graphs would bo hotter, at) tho apparatus would cost a groat rlonl of money, I am well equipped for photography and cm sorrl you somo
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3 yin f! TRIO MOTOR ) TEIifiPMO] I35! RECEIVER ! Phonograph.) |
I am making such an apparatus as you montion, but it is no uso spending money on premature patents. There will bo so nnny now and ossential things como up boforo I got it that tho patent when it is tide on out will without doubt bo a good ono. |
Y'. A, Ohiurtborlin, 21, X),,
fialnt Ohai’lo'ii,
Minn.
D o a r 1} i r
I have roooivort your letter of tla l'i'th inst,
• stating that yat lsnve' roc.oivod a ttttrabbr of r:iy "Yfleeirq-Kiitfnotio Bott'a,* X bog to siij' tiinfc I Jmow nothing whatever of those bolts; that 'they turn riot an invention of 'mine; that 1 ndvor author! sort any one to niontlon tny nemo in its rninoo.ti'An. with them, .iind;t'iiat I will prosooute any one doing so to'tho fullest ox-" tout of tlio law. You vforo, I son, unaware that yon hart boon imposed upon, ancl X should ostoepi it « personal favor if you would expose tho fraud in your: vicinity , "
Yours tiuly.
I mailod you. last niyiit photo¬ graphs, Kid descriptions of tho following, for Sir i’rod'k.
ut.voU^ to be .need in connection with hin ceminy J:oot.wvo and which I vr.it-:}- you would j.-iijdly hand to hir.i:-
"ho "'(i.uon Fhonovlou.
X'ho TViron i'ooordin;; Vhlti v. or'.
Who '■.!»« ;ra;;:-u>t.i(! idyc.
■Cho jicH son -Smith Induction 7olo.;ru;.hy.
'? 1* T'(1i:io;i Vyro-Vayhot io fon orator..
You 'h tore doubtless received :sj cable yran of Holiday,’ stating ti’:ut those would bo onrr Led by tho s. “Worm.-mic , 0 ' which sailed early this morning, I am also sending for Sir IVoder iok as many popular dOBoriptionst of thoso device:; an 1 can gather toy.it hov.
I have forwarded direct to him a number of bloetr leal .journals relating to tho no different devices, .tome o f th an had more non-, tion thin otters. I am endeavor ing to obtain all th.is kind of literature that 1 f;tu' ih order to make my contribution ns comp lot o as possible. Tho issue of tho «H. Y. Si JIT, " loth inst . , containod on article rolativo to tho Phonograph, and I have ordored a dozen '
will rocnivo ^’om no I'l.on
i‘ !Xru;m -So bo tsorrt.
ji:i: 1,0 uhoiio tliiTomif, floviooK, arul you v/ill
j. a • L
for the frame of tho Multiple Dynamo, awl also of the rail. Yhoy . aro inia-j-otl with the number -to cant and with instruction:! 'for them. You IjiilX notice on the bottom half of tho fr.-sno that onch aide i;;
di f foront . Ono cant. ing hr in got ;i flivf nli’.to in the centre of
tho circle, and the other ono ban an angle plate extending out from it to receive .tho honring. I aontl you a rough tracing of the pieces an they are vrhen cant „
I don ire to Rond all such heavy work to you to o.net, if it can bo done- quick enough. ThoralYiro 1 hope you will push it through vritb. all ponniblo opeod. You know ; v. jldinoiv in very !m=.ch. annoyed some timen by having to wait for matorial from tho rldioon Machine Works. I think in thin matter, if yrxi will give it a little attention, you can sorvo un hottor than anybody olno.
I {shall Mfrrc! you V'o dm till in," patterns rJ.no in tho sancs n'pvnmu' , anti X vroulc'! »&{,--«; r.st that v/hon you r.ro mah in;; a nhipmont’ haoh to ns, that you have v.-hutcs-or patterns you hnvo of omo avntott -up ant’ uortt \aU. at the aro tints, so that wo oan always lstvvo thorn ham’.
Private , Score tary ,
'.01. o fiim-Mi non ’loo tv to 'Oovporto flo.,
li ?.u 10 your tiooiro that tho ’’dinon Hnohino "fork a should ho repronontod on tho rsonvd, I vfhnltl vosnoctfnllw nuopo-no • thut JTj* " Innull ho appointor! to fill my piano, if it moot r. tho .. of tho Oonpnny . llo in tho dori'l. Hnnaffor. rend, XvoasUror of tho Huohino
• or!::: and in iVoquontly in tovm, and in nlao tho man that your Company '/ill come in contact with in regard to monnihoturin;; your apparatus. Wi/hine ovory prosperity to tho nucocna of tho ontor- prino, Polio vo me your a very truly,
.T, Jonhs, I>,q . ,
TWinon Kino trio 5f&jt & :in . ,
•'GW Xovk Oit".
n n n r ,«3 i r :-
I ran in roooipt of your loitor of nynn clcvfco, in;; j. C I lrnvo tho unto boohs of tlto original motor oxporl- ul’r”> ’ < i < o '■ui prnoiico is based. mi. if would
that tho no o>q>o rim onto v/oro nonr'uc: fcocl in tho Test ’.loom of ,!.o -on Bachirio Vforl;», r-ooroolc fit root, ?:ow Yorh, and tho note boohs will have to bo truooft f'.on thorn. Tho youm man v/h did all tho o^iorinumtinjj in now o:-.[.loyort by the Anaemia Brans
lend Ooiqioi- "!o.
Yours truly,
THOHAfi A. KB I, BOH..
Yours truly,
■rhoo. A. r.clison'f! Laboratory , By
CHAR. II. DAVIDS, Rup't.
VntiWi
Door
In rofhronoo to your loti; or ol’ 3d imtcmt, I bog to say that I axporicnoo the • smie trouble an you do in Rotting stool to hold man at lam, and cannot surros*'. any remedy. .
Jo J:n 0.
St root.
K. Y,
City,
l.fy hear Sir:-
I have yam* favor of March bth inclosing latter of Mi'. hustings, with relation to lamps export oa to this country by .EnSUj»h-Oonjpany. I my remark that .Mr; ' Us* tinge • statement strikes ns as rather peculiar. How the oxporti'hg of lamps Jry tho Engli sh Oocpnny cun subject mo to liability' i‘oiv dumagos I cannot very well understand, as I de not soo' how the Eflinon ho. of JJ. s. enn hold mo responsible for tlio actions of English parties. Tho y oortninly arc not shipping lamps 'to tJiis country with my pormis- s?.on. My impression is that in tho Engli sh contract tlicro is somo clnuso T/hioh binds tlio Engli tii Company only to soil apparatus in tho territory covered by tho patents which X as signed to thorn, although of this I am not quite uuro. ' The whole of tho papors with relation to tlio English Company are in tho hands of Proxol, Morgan ft ho. they wero joint owners with mo of tho English patents Tho sale of tho patents was made by Hr. X'abbri (thon partner 'of Proxol, Morgan ft do.), and I hayo no
i doubt but what Hr. hooter has
in his lilOB copies of nil contrasts hot worn Enclinh Company aiil my sol f.
t/ 4‘
sism SSTOE
tlo’io. by Hi; ojcttoptine through t iidiaon thinha that your piopor v/i-sli tho ropronontativo of tho fnrnijjh all thn mat or ini ron.uii tory. Hr, Unntincn him nnJcort
arid I vo •■('•it. bon tho formor, toll fry
n 'Spanish Colonial Co. ia to inal:o aomo nrrangomcnl
;on lio oan refer Hr. Aruhfjc him to rofor tho lattor to
you.
Yours truly,
Cl- ■ 0, cZ
Privato Socrotary.
Jlrn'oh 10, (B.
Dr, aoorjjo (loro, jv, H.
Xnutitufgj pf OoicitiiiTio Roaonroh,
v.!07 Dl’Ottd S'- , , ’^iqlUJTl.
• In, reply to your* lott.oi- .of tho' »oth ultimo,
Hr, Kdison asks me to say that, ho has not as yot ’made any dyna¬ mo B-f or prnotiaal metallurgical mv]t. Ho has ‘.lu’r.t iUni echo'd Oho' of throe thouoan cl nmpnroe, rcovoi voltn, v/Meh is nor; bo inf; tooted,
March lOjfK.
Ml*. ' . M. Horttjo, '•
'.Che Mbtol Millard,
Omaha, Tlob.
Dear Sir:- .
In roi’oronco to your lo tt or of tho 7th ,inst ■ , Mr, .Edition would like you to ’ forward samples of tho vox whioh you. hnvo tli Boovorod, Ho trill tost tho same and cornmirvionto further with you.
Yours truly,
A. 0, T n t o ,
Private secretary.
(Die tatod)
March 10,88.
Ool, Ooorgo 8, flouraud,
Do a* Sir:-
In reference to your memorandum of the aotli tat,, ralativo to a mp.rblo. bunt of myself, I nond you by this ni£iil photograph of a bunt executed by hongworth Powers, Villino, Poworsfuori, Porta Homana, Ploi-onoo, Italy, Ho is- tho son of Poworn, who executed. “Tho Crook. fllavo , * This photograph has boon submitted to a numbor o f people o.vpr horn raid they all" consider tho likonosa a good one. I boliove that Power a has tho model in clay; I do not think ho has worked it out in marble, although I may bo mistaken, as this photograph was sont mo a year ago and it- was then Powers' intention to roproduoo tho bust in marble. Yon can oommunioato with Longue rth Powers direct.
Yours truly,
TMOfl. A. EDISON.
March in ,hh .
Hr,. Prior son Poo to,
40 Broadway ,
IT. Y. Oity.
' Sir: -
In ro foronoo to yora- lot tor of tlxs lrtth innt. to Mr Pci i non, I rotum to you to-day by oxprons tlio snrrplo of rough niokol v/iiinh you submitted some time ago. Mr. Brti son has no proaont uso for t, ho aluminium or mgnonium which you mention.
Yours tnily,
A. 0. 1’ a t o ,
Private Rocrotnry,
March lo,8fi.
Mr. S, P, Oarr ,
430 -VfOBt :!n±n St,,
Richmond, vn.
hoar sir : -
I bog to acknowledge rocoipt of ' your lottor of tho ■ 10th Inst . , onaloning a trout iso on 'curing bright tobacco, which Mr, 7!cU non has porunad raid roiiuostod mo to filo.
Yours truly.
0, T n't o,
private Secretary. ,
My no tv ja-unoi,-
X am obliged to you .'.'or your letter of March loth, an it. ijivos no n c bunco to ooimtommd that order. 'fl-.o wheel in ono8 1 ion in not n. fly whonl; it. wro> simply a jiy for drilling. I, hor.-o.vor, do not want it, an X have designed a hotter ono which will i;o up to you later. Please hold the ||?jtiorn at oup sorvioo.
ny finpor int onrtont , Mr, Puvidn, resigned a 'few dry a ayo, tmd, of ■ course, in t.aki-u; ehar;;o ofthono tT’inyr, a;;iin myself I find name methods for ny purpose hotter than hia. '.Clicroforo X havo altoi-ort that,
Plcano pu rti alonj; the other work and lot us lmvo it an noon an possible, Alno lot lira ' know' what .yai aro tjointf- to'.-.iind ’tie big nr./; not. with.
In nnavror to your 1 otter in rc/yrd to papor tubes, I Bond you by separate mail n half-inch bolt which Jl Trent to have paper tub on made for oft ho name thioknonn that. youfltise on your ovin bolts, tind should be clad if you, will lot. mo know what will bo the nut. si do diameter of them, so that. I can drill the holes in- the tomjilat.cn for. the dines which I have got to send to you.
Yours truly.
Mm- Cl’. 21, m*
My hoar Col. flour and, -
I have road all your rocont mcmorcndumrs relating to advertising schemes and there are somo of than to v/hioh I. cannot assent . I rofor ohiofly to your proposed booh, for which you linvo unhod mo to nupplv data, nnd my obj notions aro t nit on gonornlly to tho oxtont to v/hioh you wish to onri-y out these various methods of advertising.
I run vroll av/uro of tho vnluo of tin ansintanco which tho pross is capablo of giving nn, but it appears to mo wholly nn- nooossary to mako a parade after tho fhshion Of hamnm and his vjhito Elo pliant .
Your nnggostion about sending phonograms fi'om boro to Eng¬ land nnd your proposed exhibition after thoir arrival aro to my mind good judgment, but I think vro Should stop thorn. I havo no objection whatever to your advertising ' the Phonograph to any ox- tont you ploaBO, but per nonally I have 'no .desire for notoriety arid do not wish- to bo inoludod in arrangements Which aro distasteful to mo and which, at loast in America, would bo considered undigni¬
fied.
I havo tlioufjht it host to npoi* my mind to you on thin' mV!?— joot vory plainly, not simply ibr tho aafco of criticism, but, bo- cnuso it will saw no much traublo in tin future if we havo a porfoot understanding on this point now.
Your suggestions an to real business methods will always hnvo my attention, raid it in noodloss for mo to say that I will gladly ronrtor you all tho assistance that I consistently, oan during tho ' continuance of our pm sent relations.
Yours vory truly,
March J21,B£{,
J,loasi«R. Chns. Browor ft no.,-
'■ri' Kilby Street,
Kenton, :'nao.
Dorn* Rira:-
in reference to your lottor of the 17th inst., vra aro about to oroot n riant for J-fosm-ft. nithorboes, Sherman ft oo., #40 •Wall Street, How York City. I an a too erecting an experimental l>lnnt at my laboratory horn, anft in throe or four we** it will ho possible for ym to soo this' in operation. It wight bo more satisfactory to yourselves to wait and inspect tho plant which I am or oo ting, after which you can obtain prioos and all other in-' formation that may bo nooossary for transmission to your corres¬ pondents in Mow Zealand .
Messrs. Eraznr, Ohnlmors ft no., Chicago, Ills, deal in voining machines.
Yours truly,
My Dow Kruosi,-
Your lot 6 or of March 31st in rotat'd to tho wivo GoiJt; on that magnot is n surprise to na. .1 think you arc in onw na x*ogarda tho amount ofvrj.ro to so on. Tho depth 'of tho wii-o must, not ho mox*o than an inch, and a quarter, and it do os not nood M have at rip a of wood round it, as you will drop back ono oonvoluuxon. onali tins, so that it. vd.ll taper up towards the ton layer.
JTovr about tho winding, I do not want any more magnet ism than about olio -ha if of what there its on jfunbor ' P,n cor on. On a Kutibor <iO maohu.no wo have «fJ8 square inohos of iron, two foot ions; on tho cast iron pieces yea have KOO squai'o iiwhos, two foot long." !\ly oxpoxlcnco with oast iron corns on a dynamo of tho same dimon- qions exactly as our ordinary onoa, but with tho -oar os of oast iron, has shown ino that at tho same speed vro got just half the volts,’ thus nick in;; one-half tho nag not ism. Thus with 440 lbs. of wa.ro (Mo. 11 n, & 8. ) you got what is cot on a No.' BO.. Thoroforo witn this, with about SCO lbs. of a s iso larger, wo should got tho o if not wo want. of course you vrj.ll say that tho ono is a (straight magnet , and tho other is a horno shoo, hut tho straight ; magnet is what I want.. %t want tin linos of foroo to ho thrown av.ay out from tho iron.
Please ham v/altors figure again on this and soc if I an not protty no nr no it not. Tho magnet roots on those four projecting, pieces, and if you tnko up rary moro anon tluvn about an inch raid a quarter of then tho. body of tho magnet ought to ho cut away on the onds bofoi’o winding. P.loaso answer before winding, ant obligo
■■ y. Oo'.'i Voloernph, • n ;\ X , flimafla .
do imt, ti n t all
, ‘.i’ll on.' inter rat
.•met v-o i f.
trouble has o-i-tn iVon ntsijv; heavy ...,,•,■.1,0 1- that r toft in "nnf.:-o:Jl nx to in.,- raunoti-; of either*:: • /■/mi • 0,1 in i-’ofi.i. tnhoo . 'i’h.cno have tho o' £}'••(• x of .•ovi’d'1 .• •
011 11 "r>i' 1 inn a fr.tnl extent , not. or, ncooujifc of the; I’ni'.i. of tho Vri.ro. around tit on, but boomiBO of the
of I'.bo «n;vtfs. I n:i nev' vnij.n;; a ohnrt i r.:;»o . \rjV.. :m a f'.bJ.o urm+.TO’O. I oquipport twi oirouitn on tl:n Poirinvlvor Av ;”irt t.l:oy 1t:. vo ordered a %: rC, ;-.,d fo -. r. • i.i ; . ■•?l;.,f;o-’3,co,,
•o very 2>fivfc$S&l.fU’ ri,itl 1 at’t very rrueh loaned at tho (fa ocean;
w> tltJll* 1.0.0. - 1 he., a twit at hd no ilu-m: W..,o j.11 bn ablo to rJ.vo tho ?hoslO»lo:< .wot! tor trial, with bettor r.ult!}.
. fnitfit truly.
aw.y
Klootricinn,
Y/ta, rjiuwm, Ka<i,;,
Monlo Park, v. j ,
March 37, 8S.
Do ar fUr:-
At Mr. Mifion'fi inn tractions I ran -now makins cone oiqior Imontn on tin arc loams that you ,ionb to the TMison nBOhino V/orko an\ which they forwarded to us. oan you toll mo what in tho usual j?. I! , i\ and number of amperes am tlvo kind of carbons tHrib m’° wnomlly taken by tho no lamps? P louse answer i.nraodia- toly and oblige
March :i7.
Mr, .Tno, vr, t,:5. or> 9
c/o Sooiotio Sells on, Milan, Italy.
My Boar
',Tr* T:<Ufr’n .tost Mndocl to mo a squib that was fr°m thn' ■^ ■** «*^ .unci Kloctrioal UoviW. • J<oh
I'M-.!:-, l.'Wi, no follows: - . .
"iAiXjijrj: op raiison -sums,- v/o inn,-« +i,n+ • .....
laid c!ot« Tor tte’olo
53 LSS:-- «—* of tiviuhlo ov.iny^to^tho ^ It was f o unci that this was duo partly to a slir-ht ,,h
t;ia^yrSafSatho imhnity °f **
all °V-Ctri” liehti^ oompuny is ’oonsoqnontl y rcnoviwr
o—“‘ SiTiSi'SSg;.*'-
vau yoa bo mm om„.h- t0 Civ„ m tho rmtai*. of «,*. i
” W “ »• - »«. ■» it to oratsStty . ,o„-
uot ton n»0!iBot «r people hope, oepooiolly thono *o ore try 1*5 .
*y~ wrt* th“ «• *"'»»• *'* «. knot. your opihiop
on it and ra ch obliSo, Yours truly,
tubes. Lot mo know your opinion
*• Ct C&.jr&t
U r . Kelly,
o/o Edison Waohino Y/ork
’In-/ york fliivy.
Dow.1 flit*:-
V/o want 8,000 font of 'To. 0 B, VI. ». Undorv/ritora ' lino vrtvo immo flint oly , Hr. Edison hats prominod to mko an inntol-
latioi! in the Armory at Orp.n;jo, anti v/o have no piano that 'v/o ■ ’onii hoil'ov t.Tiifi wire fro m anti no are nhli>;ocl to bny it. In order th.at v/o can make tbo installation it will bo nobon'oary that you KOt thin for -an and deliver it in Oifinjjo thin woeJ: and give us timo onough to put it up. Ploaso lot mo know irmrodiatoly v/hat you nan do and how /soon t/o may expect it.
Yours tntly,
/"S
ult in relation to $bl<n nolaXm, :.vanw., jjunnift, :
SU50 to your memo. oi' tho
"Allah .vo ill in for no, J'oivay, i i’inrt that tho only
'o, l;:i, Doe. lhth, 1877. Tho nnnixu'a of the: others ore r-«i * iV,U,v r,:J. ike::,:, 11;,; , 1,-V.s; ly , ,T, -ol if!
8, i,,/o. Yho pot ent WO.S5 for in yonrss, dated r>oc .
1 ’» , " ;'/* !l p at OnS ' applied for in i, l:o n;;’ 10 of ‘
•e “ t,1! • in 1878, anti wan issued Job. l»tfc, 188;', no. 11 m
z7
-n “«»«o to tli in ;;<3it Ionian , t.!:o oorr ospondonts of pvnr * no.ay ’.o t,;o \ollov.-iiv; inform-.!, ion: « :han. no r. xit a .„>;ra,j j
f ;i° 'l'-itojitod vfith him; ho wnn with Pdiaon in Kow York; ho failod tlio v’ifjon to In phono info --VuiRiu; the concession was (ji-iinfoti oo t):n noli Oo . " Tho fnro;;oiry; is quoted by "oasit . nriui- don ,i oon», of Paris (Pyor r. o-lyhi oor.-nnonderto ) from a letter
nhich. thoy received from tlnir enrronpomtant in fit. T’otorsbur.-j.
I vrill havo u oo nv of tho fro noli patent ho. i;jli187 mado bnt “ !.? ‘}°Anot hn"w wh0™ * J» -tiiors are, and uh my records have 1 to. loo. oo wap ply mo wi th nnv information vrivini-> wmin _ j. _
n:\vo a cony of tho fro noli patent lro. 1:21087 mdo, but knovt whom tho other# are, awl as my records have .pply mo with any information which would onablo mo to you v/ill havo to obtain coni os olnowhoro
X lio. vo no inf on nn patent 14.50:5,
Her ch
Col, (loorgo F, Cowrnud,
poar Sir:-
X l)Oj; to no! nowloflfifi roooj.pt of y >nr •lotto# of t In lfith inst., inclo ain;; torn of asnif-r.nort. of 7!!,ooo shai’o r> of tin Edison aovror noli Solophnno co. of Europe, Vt’d. to Soorfp Edward douraud aril ' Sliomoo Alva Edison,' IChoae fBUirofs, us you are avrnro, wo tho only annota possessed by tlso Ediwn 'Col. Co, of Jto'o'io, Vt'd., and 1 do not understand vfh'nt rl‘;H lliavo afc"T»ro&idont of tliat Company to asnitjn thorn to you nnd to nyr.ol f. Thoy should Oh put in tlio nftmo of tin Edlnai Telephone Co., Ii't'd. and' after that is done I can send you tin power of attorney of that Company to onablo you to voto the shares . I wish you v/nnld have this transfer nado and send the shares to me, after which I will jjivo you the power onrfolin/; you to voto on them.
Yours truly,
.Shipton (vi-oon, . ,
ll» i’ourl fitroot,
liow York City.
n o a r g i r : - ' . ‘ .
i In rcferonoo to my oo nv or nation with you yost.or -
day morning, I bog to say that I hiwo' soon Mr. Mrtison in regard to wood forwarded to now York by ?fo.nsrs. single hurst, Rroeklohurst imd Oo, , of Para, and ho states that it is absolutely useless 'to him.
IFr. Honnington's instructions, his coivosporidonoo and his stntomontn to \is all prove conclusively that tho error which has boon made is tho fault of Messrs, 0. , B. ft Oo., or somo of thoir representatives, and not of Mr. Mimnington.
Tho price which in' charged for' this material is so abnormal that evon if it wore over, so good and suitable for our purposo it would preclude our changing ov cpif loni tho material which wo uso at present , A small shipment such as that just at hand is of no uso to us', because it would not enter into manufacture to a sufficient extent to warrant its substitution for tho material .-wo now employ.
( n )
Mossm. p, B. Bntith ft Bon,
"P" St root not. lMth ft loth stn . , Washington, D. 0.
Drst Sirs:- .
I lmvo received from Mobs , Pitch, Pox ft Brown, Real Potato Brokers, Washington, p, ft., the attached letter -.in regard to some property owned by Mr. Brtiron in that City. As neither Mr, Rrtison nor my sol f know' anything about the location of this property or its probable value, 1 submitted .this letter to Mr. .Richard H, 3)yor, and ho suggested that I should write to you, asking your a:1 vino. The prioo offorod is 70 conto a foot, and tho chances nro tint v/o can obtain 755 cents, I will appreciate very highly any inf oiw.tion that you can give mo.
Yours truly,
a. 0,7-
Private Soorotary,
'.L'lin hdison Lamp On . , Harris
Pqu r Sirs:-
Wo 03io In no herewith two Mils for experiments oonduo- wort in your behalf together amounting to $1, 408.08, 0:io of thono is for labor and material in connection with carbon lllamont experiment conducted prior to'.Tnrimry 1st, 1088, §88.02, and tho ot ho shows tho debits against each difforont experiment carried on for you by hr. Edison during tho month of Jonuai-y and amoun¬ ting to §1 , ftOO . 00 ,
'■'In ivill bo glad to give yea any info mat ion which you may dosiro in regard to those st.atomontn.
fho advance of §8,100 which you made us on account of j.abom- toj'y experiments will cover those bills and leave a balance in your favor of about §700. Vn simply credit that ndvanco to your expor imontal account, and when wo send you in a few days our bills ior tin month of Po binary we can adjust the’ whole matter.
havel} H0,H3.
Thn Edition Each inn Vlnrkti,
R c ]i o n o o t. a d y , it. y.
Iroftr Sirs : -
T7o onoloao ho rovdtli two bill 8, toRCthor amount in>- to §1,077 ,o;3. ono of those in for labor find material in connoc- tion with experiments eonrtuctod prior to' '.Tannery lst, 1888 in your bohRlf, wiountinc to $l,n;jo.l8, and the other is tho amount of your experimental account for tho month of January, amount ins to §001 ,87.
The coat of each separate experiment in entered on'thoao hills, and wo rail bo clad to Rive you any furthor information in l'ocard to theno stat. emont.r; vSiioh you may desire.
”y ..War rau,-
j I enclose herewith a noto which I have ro-
otjXvorl fnem "r. oilliland, from wh ich it appears that l;o is about niarty to nppo int n (Jon'l. A/jent in Owmfla. I have ropliod to thin noto, stating that hr. >.}, ,t. r.torl in;i, is the rum v.hom I rooommond, and I pronumo in tho course o f a few d;yr. jtr, r>torlin/j will receive o oo tnrmmio ut io n i’iow r, Cf.
In i’o lat ion to on Inc end cue w Klcctrio Li;|‘,t no. i:i ’Toronto, I hi i vo no doubt whatever that there is it up londid o*:iuu>o to stiU't ono now. i do not know why Lawson relaxed his efforts last If yoti could interest anybody with capital anti tube *«wrsolf the initiative in stur tin;: a Company in Toronto you ought to bo able to maho u vary ;;oo d thi^g out of iw.
I received .mono samples of ore to-day from the SKDT', I can¬ not ’give you any definite information in regard to the working of those ores, no they am still ho ini experimented with. It is rather early yet to talk of the common cial aspect of the MAPOC Hines. A groat deal of preliminary work has to bo done in con¬ nection with thorn, and inasmuch nr. wo desj.ro to carry this work on as quietly ns possible it mny consul's n little more time than it otherwise would. Still it will lend to hotter results in the end,
I wi 11 give the cards which you enclosed in your lottor under reply to Hr. A. ',7. Kiddio, barrister ftc., * o. <10 Hall St. how York. ?fr, Kiddio now Isas his name on the door and occupies, a private office.
Yours truly,
A. 0. W a t o .
Poan,
W noor Gillilnnd,-
In roforoneo to your latter of tho .'11 at ult., Mi'. 0. J. R. Sterling, of Toronto, in tho man v/ho X recommend for tho General A^oncy of tho Phonograph in Canada. prom what I know of hin ho appeal’s to ho vory onorgot io , in addition to which ho has a Xittlo money of hin own, sufficient to allow him to swine your business properly.
Yours truly,
A. 0. T a t o .
M.
r„ T. Gilliland, r.sq
Api’il
h'y nodi' itiUilmd,.
In ro foronoo to your lottor of the alst Vilt v/hloh I ha vo j’.iob received, rcgai-din;;; photographs of the I’liono- arailh*' 1 Gannot npJ'° Vmo hero and have therefore telephoned Tm>fm to huv0 thnm Wwmrca in How York.- The -SoiontiHo Amor onn" l100Pl° can doubtless diroot you to norm ono -.vho makes a specialty of photo sraphinw instructs of this ohm-actor.' I ro- trnw hororrith the communication enclosed in your lottor undor ,1'oply fiftm Hr.- Hayulro, of v/ashin(;ton.
Yours titilyj,'
I'liOUAS A. '.i BISOIT. '
M. '
P. T. Gilliland, Ksq.
April
ITtmoia It, Upton, flag.,
Tho Kdinon Lump company,
Jlarrinon, k, ,t.
D o n r r, i r
In roforonoo to yf,m. lot tor op tho ur;t.}i ult. in roijnrfl to ?!owbnre Station, I would nay that I sm opposed to the umv Oo. (join,'.; into any outaldo no homo h. Perhaps among no all wo m£ht bo able to riaJto a deal tho rob y v/o could <;ot control of tho rowburc Station; or, on tho othor hand, wo could wait fbr Villwd's now Oorapony, m<&\ I thin* will ao through. x am, in tho papers a fat days ego that t* Uowburg Arc ho. had collapsed, truly,
THOMAS A. UMSOM.
Your
Klil'il
"ho J’.iUson Lump Oo . ,
K a r r i 4 o » , h. ,t.
Dow nil's: -
In i'o j/oronoo to the attuohort, vro require one arisen sixteen o, p. lumps, Which nr a to bo user! on a photo mot. or in the Lamp Teat room. This in reply to your lot tor oi' tho 31st tilt, cnclonin;; our order Ho . ; 51.17 now return; cl.
A. 0.
a t
’ !y Dot a‘ Dyor,-
In reference to your letter of the h.Vl ult., v,v. Mis on asko mo to any that lie enn cto -someth ln<; for you very soon. V/hi-vt ho vmnts to ,;;ot now or a simply ;;old salphurots-that is,' pure sulphurots containing ;y>lc1 . Ho has perfected his prnooss for viojt'Mhg this kind of oro. If you liavo any samples available you mi|;ht send them forv/ard to the above add roar, and ha vo them tested.
Your s
tiTily,
A. 0. T u t o ,
Paul D. Dyer, Mq.,
Denver, nolo.
April 4 .SS.
Ml", n. V\ Fitagoralrt ,
* o r r a Alt u, tv. va.
3)onr Sir; -
3!r, l3cUu)n asks mo to say in reply to your lottor of tho ;J7th lilt, that are lights Imvo boon mcooss fully usoct in oonnoction with magic lanterns &o., but so fm« incandescent light has not boon a practical at coo ns. Mr. Mi son intends to ta!;o this mutter up as soon as ho has m opportunity. At present ho is so very busy that ho cannot give tho subject attention.
Yours truly,
A. 0. 5? a t o ,
Private Secrotary .
In roforcnoo to your a of tbo :'> rt instant and your lator letter ono losing fonn of proxy, I 'would bo very glad to give you tiiis proxy but for tbo ■ mason that I do not wish to mix in tbo bun inn as at all. I have good raid sufficient ronsons for do- • siring to havo nothing to do with tho proooodings T/hioh you mon-
’!y 'Jonr Upton
.1 onolofso k lot-tor :Ciopi Hr, 'vloimor, of tl-o j-.dlson United ”'f *ijt Oo,, who liar, paid out certain nionoyu on behalf of :v. I>. HoOownn and which ho doairoa to recover.
V'ill you bo go od enough to nond Ur. Poirier » olio oh for forty - tto dolioi-f! f:-. 'll!, oo ) and charge it to Ho do wan's 'account? 1 v.lll nysolf vouch for tho riinbureomont .
liavo you rood tljo lant lott.er which wo received from i!o. Gowan? If not I will so rd it to you. It in vary good rending ano flodowan ip, undergoing r great many hardships in carrying out bin dotoiminat ion to got what 'ir. Edition mints .
Y o u r a truly,
a e>. r
l-’rnncifi n, Upton,
fro;:;-
In x’o :Co ran (s o to y our lo tt to nny tint I’r. Mofjuosvt ion it; not in
Cl-,
1'ho Practical rroohimio,
,e1y ora h a t o r , ;rftSB.
Bora* f?irn:-
■ r. Pdinon attkfi. mn f.o- .nay in ranly ta 7. out* lot tor of' oho v;h instant that ho rtooti not know whon lio will have tho V’yio- 7k.fjnot.io t rotor 'completed. If you will write a-jairi in the eowrno of a fow wcMfrtlu: ho my ho able to :1o oomotliii^j in tlso way of furoiahins yai with auto and data for an illustrated article. ]iG ur.kB mo to thank you for bavins' l»l«ood hia nano on your conj.li- montmiy lint.
Your « truly,
CZ. & JC
Private Soorotary ,
April 10,83.
A, n. Sick Co.,
153 'Lake Otroot ,
Chicago, 111b,
Dour nira:-
Vow letter of the nth inat. to Hr, Edison, in re¬ lation to oxporimonts on a how process of cutting thin fibrous paper hnn boon rocoivort artl v/ill lmvo imortiato attention.
Yours truly,
Hy Door sir: -
th <s
I lmvo received a lotter from tmdor date of nth inat.nnt, -in rthioh thoy state
they rrf.ll nbnrt you a ohook for §48.00., the amount ' due Mo Sovran.
hy Mr.
Yours .truly,
April 10,83.
My Hoar Y/nrthinfjbon, -
A number of yoai-s tyr o somebody wont through tho world with a lantern huntins for ivn honest man. It Mb quite evident that, you worn not olive n± the timo or tho a oar oh would have boon more quickly onrtort.
I nm obliged for yow ohcok ft»4.ol, roproeontins tho amount of ov or char go in your bill of ftos.SS.
Your a truly.
April 1ft,*,;.
hoar fttr:-
Ir reference to your lottnr of tha ;;th inot . , I bog to say that ?U'. j’di son ' s o loo trio light plant ir; not auf fio irnitl y largo to furnish current for street lighting. It in thoroforo imprnot.ionblo for him to give you the bid you ask for.
Your t; truly,
io. x io, r?,
Cwst-iW-ofc.
V, f’. r,f!(J , , floo’y,,
'Clio f.nnhior Mining Company,
, row York City .
Boar r;ir: -
In x’oforwnob to your lottor of tho -;5th inat . , I lxog to nay that wo hove roooivofl tho oro ym roforto, nncTMr. ScUteon i« 'wilting to lxav.o no ho unnays vinflo, 'Mo is also .-waiting for Mr. •Wartntroot. to a one ovor anrt noo tho prooonn. Mill . yon .fcinflly lot Mr* r.rUs-n itnow when it wi.il bo possible for Mi*. ■ Brads troot to core to Ornngo . Tho largo maohino will bo x-oarty in tho e our bo of tJu-oo oi' four v/ooha.
Yours truly,
O^T
Private Bocrotai'y ,
L, \
April 10,
Crystal fipri n(-;s Co.,
0 v y s t n 1 !". p r i ft r a ,
Hiss .
Roar ,'iirs : -
In' reply to your latter of April Oth traiM 8 ay that I. have hc.(1 at my Labored, ory hero u .Vert y Barrel Sjiringfiold rfas Uacli'ijjo, put in by the (filbert ft Bor): nr So. 'Vo use. it entirely l’o r hoatiif i-ru; an?, not at all for illumination, os wo tiro entirely fitted up with ny li^ht. I uso a very cheap oil, 10 cents a Gal¬ lon, I have hunch 'oils of Bunsen burners rann inc throu^i the buil- dirif all the time. I liavn assay furnacos, roast ins and othor fur¬ naces all vrorkod by it, as also a small brass foundry. It is Givi ns perfect satisfaction. I havo not had this ono lone, os I only started the Laboratory last fall. At my works at Bchonoc- tndy, 11, Y. wo have a vory larGO ono that lias boon rurwins fa' about tv/o yoaro aril a half and it is Givinc every satisfaction.
Yours t r u-1 y ,
</.a, £.
' ' ^
/.ijri.l in
Private fjoorotary,
Sofcai notify, y.
Kilv': ;/<« n-rti i'ivo more ra*e Iw.ijia or the Snnla pattern? ;v. ■;.!•! an ir>i'o«i>a no t'.at ho non* ton, lysTfc "in only received jKroni yv,’, i’ivo on r::.y. . if yon have them, pleaso uonrt thrill down, tml I would mils you to Java them yacked very carefully, as nil tho other on no that wore Beni to us woro broken oithor in transit or during our moving.
'•••! ioh :*> essential to sai expor irraitr.1 shop, artl which we par- tioularly specified in .ota* order. 'I’lioso lathes aro ho Rood at all for. our work, and vre should like to non you about it as soon as you nan conveniently send a man.
Yours truly,
- T ho s. A, h d i s o n.
Per Batchelor,
Tho Chicago Mi son Co.,
April 16, 1888.
Chicago, Ills.
Dear sirs : -
Referring to your favor of March 30th, this has caused crosses and vra have tried hard to got a substitute. The proper tiling to do is to connect all y cu r network together; put on two S00 ampere machine A _ safety catches and let them boil. This will bring out defects, then go for thou. This is tin way I used to do. Ho system will ever bo laid in tin present age of intelligence that wont -develop bugs for the 1st six months; it's inevitable and mist bo considered inevitable. With a good bug man, one sum¬ mer ought to get 85 per cent, of the bugs out of a 20,000 light systQn and without stopping one per cent of customers.
Yours truly,
T. A. E.
The above is from Hr. E 1 s notes; copied.
riginal mailed without being
Boar flir: -
Yours of April Kith to hand.
V.’O iS«o giiito oatiafiod that Hr. Biw ids mado a rront mistake in chancing our original or dor, and line! wo bo unde rat ood it wo onrtninly should lint have allowed it to ho flano, ':<a simply thought that in a hanging from a Uib-RoBt, to n v/oight-Ront wo still hart tho power cross -food ant! tap or att aohmejit ns wall an a com¬ pound rent. Tho lathes as at prosont here are exceedingly limi¬ ted in work for us, so much so that vm cannot afford to give them tho room they occupy. If you oan take those lathes book and fill our original order for CHbjRnnt lathes, with compound root s, power cross-food and taper attnohmont, you will very much oblige us,
V.'o shall not use those lathes, and if you can lot us Jrnnv whore to tiltip thorn, wo will nonrt then whorovor you wish.
Yours truly,
T h o n. A. R d i s o n .
Per Put c liol or .
My hoar :>illilan(t:~
1 hrvn your lot tor of iho 10th inat . in relation to tho nronn exhibition. hot. no hrrnv when you thin] should oonro off. I trill nn.it until I ho nr from you..
“ilovrollyn Pnrlc,
D' o n r | i r : -
Vo on do no Ii'i'f'.'Hti bill for ' ,1 ??,•»{), being the amount duo by you for tint portion of your e loo trio %>Sj$n S ion which wo installed,- The cost of feeders raid also tho a ost of digging tronohoo is made, up from actual jfcasufor-ont .- 1'ho pinportion of Teodor .-.'.Jxl .junction box chnrgoatjlo ng.-.inst yourself ,• and amount in; to »«47.-T>r>,- in boned upon tho number of lights with which you oro supplied,- Tho total cost of feeder • and .junction box, including laying,- is ; We have di¬
vided the botwoon yourself,- Hr.,- Audi inol cos and Mr.- rdicon,- in tho pie portion of 150,- 100 and K0.<y ronpootivoly,’ which latter figures i’oprocont tho number of lights installed fir each person n.-wod,- Tho IxO. an oo of tin bill exp Inins itself. •
If you could oblige us with a che ok for all or any portion of the above amount this woo]? , wo would lx) indobtod.'
Yours vory truly,-
(fi.„x '
Privato Sec 1 y .
AjU-.-i 1 3.0, HR;
'"■wif vay
J.OT>T.OI»
} l})utm
0r,Cl0Bi)V! th° I^nnoription rthioh WI pWmiaod nn .
’,,m ,al- m,dp,bPr % I V«*« to yon about r«l 1 ^
° W"" ln C^,I% ,* order 7,’c fu,h , v«
^ *»“*«•... i Hi V-T 1" M",* :,u poj ’ - •:■ : X-,
>»*: rah. ,u: too ,o;,, tion ,rAtf, „ ;l ^ ^
i':v.,v ^.^i&ax m ljy ,p0 riU.W0B ,>l!0
t’ . fc ■,&><:, (U« ja-oiwart to *«nufltotiiro then for- t,iV2 oriiafUcn trade
*!*“ "m ^ Wim°i0nS Wif1ono° '•'° in y trouble
,,|au Ift Othello ocelli-
.1 have ijunt vc- it ton gorwum f. no .
'* il.oiii to fionci
i'oi.fuitl a lull not 'of Phenoplox Airatnimontn' t'O.v'o
Bond you under jiopnrnto covor n fovr uus ivjMo: - syntom, WhioJ) nuy Ijo naotm to -on. rimUy h/v* me nc ori i.tmcfl iatoly and finished at the onrlient Po«,ibie
• ftrtdl -r.
b viol’};
V/o have voi-y little timo in which to , i u r a truly.
hwv.-ion, Rsq
will lx; ready, which m&% he at an early (X'to, art Mr,
v.ry axudtma to !uiv>' t,];o w<>rh oor»n>lotod as (jaichly an
yours truly,
a-#-*
Ilnur Mr, i'rnanr: -
In roforonco to your letter of tho 13th inoh . , my impression in that in order t,n mho a success of tho .phonograph in Japan and Ohinn a trainod exp or t should ho sent out. to ton oh local agontn'.in that country i-s-tho uso of tho im\- chino. Who blank b rand material used in mnninc tho phonograph should bo made in Ohina and Japan and not sent there from this country. Unions an export tabes charfio of the business, as I lrnvo •»\<5COotcfl, I fonr it will not bo a succobk.
Your 8 t r u 1 y,
aZ #./§
7
f.vorott i’rnaar, ^8q#
V?A 'Vat or st., K, y. city.
tori or or tho Laboratory nnclo at nnan, v/iil bo hapl»y to join tha HrooJdyn Institute and onolooo herewith my ohcoJc l’or fin .00 initiation feo. Any otl»r thing yon may fioo in tho Laboratory that you want to borrow yon can havn with plonemro; just oomo over and yen might brine a boy with you to help carry tho tilings bar!;. Vho lot tor of Punn ft Go's Agont in Ruaaia, ha» been ro- i'orroR to ny Agont in London, who has control of tho phonograph in ihwnia. Your a vory tinly, THOg. A. JUIISON.
In mil, Knq.
My Door Ronton: -
Rofoivin/j to yoiuni of April Mist, Mr. T'.dison has tontod tho Bfonj*loH of oro loft horn by nol. Oarpontor, and to- tlay tol pV.od Mm, at. r;t. Aloud Mosul, to oomo ovor to tho •laboratory, td.cn ho will )*ivo «m opportunil v t.o dino-iiin tho rc.ttor porrsonally.
Youth truly,
a.
0. A. Ronton, Jlsq,
H, R, Auehinolo an, Ruq., '
Tjl ov/oll yn Park ,
Orangn > ’>• Sfe*
D o a r 0 5. r
Wo nncloso bill for ?$0»S3..S0, bo inn tho
amount duo by you for tint portion of your electric light in ;;t al¬ lot j.on which va iniitullod.
'I'i'o coot of footlera and rlf» tho cost of 'digging trenches is nualo ?u> fron actual monsuromont .
' ■ Tlio pin fortiori of foe dor and junction box chorgoablo agninst yowwolf, and amonjtf.ire to ,03, is bet sod upon tho number of 1 tii glit a with which you aro atppliod.
Tho total cost of footlor art! junction box, including laying, is §£,-018. 84. Wo have divided this hot v/o on y our sol f, Hr. Burko
and Hr. Edition in tho proportion of ion, l.’-in awl .too, rospoctivoly, v/hioh latter figures I’oprcsont tho numbor of lights installed for each portion nanod. Tho balance of tho bill oqi laina itself.
If you could obi igo us with a chock for tho abovo amount this wort;, v/o would bo obligor!.
GouRAtm, noRY/oon. Al)1.i]L Hn Vi.m
Havo formed Company for manufacturing phonograph; nonoy gets sixty per oont. of p rof its . Have' to-day ' pine otl two hundred nrrt fifty shares at par. no you wish nny? FDIROK,
S T) T. S 0 H . April 31, . 1888 ,
Will tnko bid. an op par; understand none boon or wi 13. bo i an nod lo«a tharf" entire proooorta go Company treasury for manufacturing purposes only that re¬ nin xmng forty covers all royalties payable voti and patentee Company.. Annwor also name total prooont issue, dates payable, names Directors, would like bo one. iTiU your holding nnd mine control Oomnnnv? Vhon will phonograph sail?
i.oi wood. April 31, 1H8S.
Ooppany formed rolatoa to manufacturing only; has contract w i th parent Company allowing tv/cnty per cent full profit on output of fnctory; is capitalised two hundred nnd fifty thousand ; all money paid in to bo used solely far* manufacturing pmposon. I retain voting control, but reooivo forty por cent only from this Company for my contract right to nanufhoturo. Require im-iodi at.o cash for now factory which propose erecting at Bloomfield, Directors r. l. cutting and nw ovm non. This Company has nothing to do with royal¬ ties, but is win manufacturer far tho y/Iiolo world. Thought -yai might dosiro small interest is reason I telegraphed, hourly all goods shipped to-day Bald- Yfin's Express except, phonographs proper. Wo have thorn hero and are making rooords of talking nnd music. Hamilton sails in few days, ’"ill notify you. RfllSOK.
J1 • April &>, 1 Has.
J'lriit, do you not. |o nf total stock raMcl^ some as oann f)ooc3; ? Xf ix> and parent (jntn twenty pm fit h "irnt thon o««h «otn only 4f ; and you ;w pi„B 40 of principal . Ploano make this clear. goo end, on what bnnm does parent not apparatus* Third, how much im- noaiauo oash pxovirtod? fourth, is any stock sold or to t50 loss t Inn par? fifth, is any stock bonus given vatJi any cash .steak or as commission for placing*
' Sixth, amount at my- disposal. Reply by nunbra’ a /for¬ ward agreement with yon imd with paront also by laws.
GMJRAUP, Norwood.
April 21': , lf-!ti8*
ToloCi-am moans just, what it says. Its a manufacturing Company that sots twenty por cent, profit for mnnufnn-" tiu-iii; every instrument and nothing olso. I got forty per cent of stock • for my right to manufacturo; capital gets ra.3<ty por cent. I’m- every sixty ohm* on sold from iroasiuy forty aro issued to mo an fast as sold I maintain control by having issued to me some deferred shams which do not participate in dividends until they are over two nty -five per cent on entire capital.
3To bonus or oorrniissions givdn to anybody, Oompany only organised Wednesday last. Ho stock field or to bo sold losn then par. Two hundred fifty shores already sold, at par. Kvory dollar to go into nachinory aifl buildings, dan rosorvo such an amount as you do Biro if notified within reasonable time. JTOB01T.
April 134, 18B8.
Oablo total actual monoy roquirod raid possible dates whon. What dividend do deferred roeoivo? Po they rank for anything in liquidation? If I takn vfholo halanco ordinary, will you divido profits on doforrod you i*o- taining voting
Cfrvafii
nic flnntinontalo llflinon,
8 rno tin Snumr tin*
V u v i b, XVanoo,
X Ur- v« roooivocl JVom \r, Tlhel, of St.. '’tiorcio, a lott. !!!• in m-p -d to underground tubing. X forward the :wuwi to you Jit! viiv.U it. h nkntoh whi ch *. ■ :j/s contained in ihsr tK-.i-r.-
' and ado t 1 nmi iv !:"s; also that the y have failed. After thin 'lio hit;; n;-;l.od ••>y (ipininn of tho method of constra otiun pur:; uoO by hin,
I .u.oulO have (Ttcih proforr oii that lie hart naked vty opinion Ijoforo
in order that you tiny •.;ivn l.-iio an much of the contents of Shia lottor i'.i; you think prop or to do no. I should infnr ol on that ho lifts not oven r.skod your advice, ait if ho hurt on nn no, your exports v;oulti have prevented hiri frori trying nxtth a contly and rneh oxpori- inont. It in radically wron;; to ur.o paraffined vend to nopu'-ato the copper rods from (inch othoi1 and from t.ho tube, ns wood will abnorb moist.ui’o no matt or how long it lias heart kept in the parnf- ;Jr!^ncl • * notion that Mr, Khol put. the compound into the tubes
without iU'<fn8urn, anti although ho nnyn in hi# letter that ho has cut. n number of irtbon without finding any empty npaoCH, wo have found. in nihnufao fcnring tubon in largo quantities that ; rn 3 absolutely nooo.'-.iiury to prevent having thotio onpty spanon. in n*' 1 r 'r copper should bo wrapped with mnnilla rope
which ’-.at? b< holloa n 1 1 <. 1 oil at a torapovatnro of ‘.sun
jfahronho it until all the -.Watty itt expelled — that in until it aonnoti to ;;ivo off little air bubble n, which appear as ibnm in the 'oil. •Cl-.iw va.ll tale about throe I max. If tl.o rope in p)'--viv:u ::ly hep t in a very fry v.rrm pis-. 00 two hours i.: qui-oc it: i*» i'io ev.t . hope of .",/. : of : ooh :* o:.o/ is .large enM-.gh, ana
$k > ' 1 <.}>% by :.ho lx>t' on the; rot! should bo
about t: roo inches — lit; 1. is, the a»nvnlu fciona of the' repo upon the non •’ :r.:ia .«£ thro ir.ohr.- s fieri or.eh other. Mia tube' should bo till eel with a compound compound of six part,;;, by weight, of rofinotl Vrinidnd nnph. J.tur.;, ana one pari of (genuine) linseed - oil. Whin uhould lx: put in under a pressure of 100 lbs. to tho aqwnro inch.. Aft or it i« in tho r.ubo, how over, it aiionld ho loft to cool at atmosphoi'io pressure. This allows t>;o remaining gases to rise anti o scape . Hr, r.bol's 0 opipo s it i on of refined asphaltnm, I'oisin a no paraffine i s not anything lih.o so good, although it has a highor molting rockdwos i>oint. The largo amount of paraffine mu!;ot; its shrinkage 10# in cooling fx-om «00 to AO ifchronhoit ; coiiannuuntiy tho re its groat, liubili iy to cwipT.y spacos in tr» tube.
'*« m ( 9 >
The mob hod of lifting or bonding t lie so tubon into shape, an ox- . plained in Hr, libel ’ n lottor, no :-,bnt they can bo oosuioc ..oci on thoir ends i« wo ry brd. '.Oho copper connect ion that, in used to I’lnho tho ,!n; :r< . ... ?.!•••: hn bars. of copper should bo rode it-
noli: of flexible wire and there should bo no necessity to throw the ooppor out of shnpo in or for to "she ill in eorsioctiftri, Tho method of prying thorn up with n bar in liable to brook them hoe so fiiini t’-o in: •.ulnt ion. This ionvon a tipnoe batmen the bar :ei:~ tho in.'u.lt.t in; r to rial ..'or nointn.ro arid water to c rotrp rlon<*. riiol r.oeks of kh- .’-’rot ion o' tho, tv. i.-yy. bei-v; • do in boxen <•" not .riito v.nd orotund vf-«t t,Mn hop-.-;; but I am in *10 r xb.ii'’:' of MP.iin: a ;'oint imtween too tubes aft ,;oo-; -.ho regular "’dioon jnnnt ion box, made of a top rod bottom piono of oast i mn, with ball Joints on tho ends of tho tubon, pro inciting at leant throo irtchcr, on tho inaido of tho box. Hr.
P.bol speaks of »»mo of tho iron tubes in that part of tho dis¬ trict which linn boon laid for *mn tf.ro appearing to bo attacked by tho earth. Thin is duo , in »ty opinion, to the hind of earth that they pass through. '-7o have had such onsos occur occasionally, ani' y i*j will romombor thnt this was noticeably the ease in your I'.t.ai.ion at Milan . V/o have generally found, hov/ovor, that it in in fitrootn .that have boon fillod in with anhos or somo othor ouch subBt.nnoo. In such on so a thoy should bo protected by a
Hr, A, A. Oovflon,
X0J.J1 stroc
n. y.
Dofti' B i i' :■
In ro
Hr, Mi a on aakn mo to say ready to make oxporimentB
April S.'i.aa
ihronco to your letter 'of the a.'itV inst. that ho will lot you know T/hen ho ia in oonnootion with pianoforto nniaio.
Yours truly,
A. 0. Tata,
Private Soorotai*y,
April !lfi, 1888 ,
iir, 8. if. '03 my or, Rup't,,
Ohioafjo ft north v-ontorn R'y. On., o i >i a a o, ills.
31 o a r 8 ti r
Y<v.ir letter of an instant. to the Consolidated R'y. Tnlogiviph Co,, iiiak£j$| isitpiiii’y in roll'd to the P’lonoplo-,: hao boon rofbrrod to us.
The Rrcfltoot rtistmoo on vriieh vre could vrorJ- on >v quadruplex circuit' wdMld lyi a 'amt .1:10 i*t5;1o«| ' r,ri ‘linvo no circuits of thin him’ in practical operation, ’oat from tostr. rh io h w~ ratio between '.m VorJt m.'l Philadelphia on o ipincl, circuit wo are mi?, to satisfied that - it can bo operated very successfully. It would also bo practicable to out in tliroo or four way offices. The wuy offices which you refer to as bain*' l'’o nnrt 173 mil or, apart cover too {jroat a ft listened for our system. On an ordinary Horse v/ire vfith not more tlsen 10 offices we can opornto for a distance of 100 miles, P'hon thn efXlcos arc very closo tngothor anti commonco to average one in each four miles, we am obliged to shorten our circuits owire to the Irup'O nraibor of condensers which it is. neces¬ sary to use in shunt ing the Morse rolays. '
The not coot of tho apparatus per sot is about §00.00 for each offico fully equipped, and §10.00 for offices that aro simply
bi’irlfjofT by mo rain of a onmlonncr. v/o ohnr/jo £100, no a yoar royalty
for oaoh circuit, iiTonpoctivo of ito lonoth or the . . i:i&
offiooH oovorod by tho wmo, Tho inntiv.mon kn mv smivpliorl at naivifivt tve'or's prison, pm no far nn tho manorial unofl in oon- oorniid, tho i re i cU . tio Car exactly riot it o sta,
V/o nonet you under noparnto cover mrio of our pnmrlilots in regard to this nyntem v/h.inh nay bo of uno to you, ■*'
miould you require ono of our oxperts to imho, nay, t&> first ijmtallut ion, wo 7/oulcl cJttrrp you his bare cnoofinon only.
'"o will bo very plonhotl to hoar from you further.
Yours -o inly, •
'KlOotr ician.
oablc.'jwmwj ,<mt fay tti. n.-a voooivod
to ounfirm tko {bl lowing
sou?. A' d, unRU'on;.-),
:,;"antli’n,rt thousand total roqiu^fi oroot tend
.1 a 3.X xnotory find. loavo olio ,jh for current fared no 88. A ».oforr ■ t. oh.'t-'o equals r. yc .yO.ar ..'yyi'C. ;fif;r regulars
receive twenty -Jive par cert. «v.,i; sixty-tiro** thousand deferred i« fttod riv? placed in thoy receive
Lo9.v”" : | ^ uwu-
;0. ready said tUirl.y thou:.; and of these. Jf you tuko iirllBifti! of rounlar shavo:; yU.11. divide profit:; on do- for .’oo with you. ••0n0y must bo deposited in' Mow York uuu.-joot. to draft of ilniproy during Pay, Juno, July ' ‘A'wat . Onmat outer into non true to fa- buildings vfitlamt nosh in dank. This factory i0 essential for ;;oiior«l sue sons of oporui.in;; oonpaniao. -MniSOJT.
EP3CR0J:, OJ’.A'Jl??.
If oowntsctly undcrntfl|Ki ‘..'ill probably see opt. Will nafalo decision on receipt letters, documents asked for.
SOTJItAUi-., j ;ojf.v.f003\
V/ill send do cun onto. Very little stock will bo loft for you by tine you roeoivo than. JSDI.'iOl,'.
Y o n r n t r u 1 y,
THOMAS A. HD ISOM,
April BO, fit
!'y boar Innull
' i liutohinnon rent ' . (11,; vrnvo over hor o on
Saturday luar, to have some viro u filar1 Cor fire sn$ innnlnt ion.
•1 •protnvn tint this in all for the ’aJ ion } inch in o "’orbit ' interest, . but X Chink any oapctrimcutn wo rutho horn ou;;l:t to jf|is ore or no h;
you »u> (•‘•’iia-al ; kiswycir , or hr. Aon i strait "•snf.l, t 'answer <
1 pro arum this i» ell ri;;ht nun it lisvi s only boon ovorlrinkocl. If you are in the ainno mincl an mo in ro;;iird to this plonria nrranr'O that wo got nothing to boat oxoept what oomos tlu’ou;;3i' yo\a;;'fiolvon,-
Yours truly,
C) H A f3. .’1 A 'i 0 H T’i T, 0 U
Sfanuol Insull , Tinq,
Hoy X,
>. i\ vfrnlvlor, ".'it'..,
II. fi. '.*inr,-')OTtnul,
Hnrran<Tuilla, Colombia .
n n r
", i v
Vour oatwnoa *v«- of April Oth has boon
aly wooivntl nnfl contents no toil.
Sinoo »»«*. Puyno .8, Itam 11 ton's visit to Oolonbia I [irvc ^ ,iust what io vrcmtod, Howovor, if y« ^ar mythivu! l;ooc1 I would l» vory mudh oljlitjoa x x ynvl woalfl ^.incUy nail no a strip lo.
Yours truly,
Hay ilf
as .
My hoar Mr, aw:-
I Irnvo your lo tt or of tho aoth ult. in reference to t.ho intro ducti on of tho phonograph into Japan and CV: inn. 7. m satisfied that, it would in <j.tito impossible for n« to oor-’dt to pe.p or tho noooBttary instructions fa* headline tho ■ phonograph. Thnro rs r. groat many joints ahnut. it wideh have c;ot to ho lo.-rnod in r-.t-vl practice ;m> which cannot bo loomed proper! y in any other my , There ;.a only 0210 thirc you can do ir. oi' dor to make a sueo onn of tho phono, -rank Irwin oss in th.fi above oountri os, and that in to have it trninod expert take the machines out thoro anrl instinct tin pooplo who m*o going to use thorn. Any other cola- so would to my mind no an p.hfolufco failure which it would tnko a lone timo to recover from. Of course t.hn expense of sen¬ ding an expert is considerable, and yon. can best .iudgo wliothW’ nr not it will bo warranted by tho probable demand for tho instrument. My contract with my Jlnglich agent providos that ho shall- put an export in every country in tho world, excepting Ohina, Japan,
Canada and tie United Staton. If you fool that tho rink w ould bo too groat, I oould turn thono countries ovor to my r.nglish agont
Henry lorgh, Han., Preaidont,
'Clio Am, fjorj i irs y for tho Prevention of Oruolt y to Animals,
H o v/ York (!ity,
D o a r s i r
In reply to your letter of April ::;ith in regard to tho aibst itution of ao mo more ir.mo.no method than the etc struct ion by aroT/ninfj of fsuoh unclaimed animals as it is necessary to de¬ prive of life, Mr, 7Mi.no n desires mo to state that tho ordinary "!nuih current on tho street lighting circuits could bo used for this purpose, any in the day time. It is unlikoly , however, that
the Company would permit, it as they are very Bonnitivo about taking life. A nnull alternating current machine could ho uaod at tho pound, md the dogs could bo made to kill themselves. One polo of tho machine being connooted to a pan containing moat end placed in a block of wood, tho oiler polo connoctod to tho earth, ovory dog which attempted to touch tho moat, would drop dead, and tho attendants need not bo within ion foot. Any numbor of pans could bo usod.
Yours t ruly.
Private fiecrotary,
May H, 83.
Hr. R. T), Spalding,
14 Donator St root,
Atlanta, On.
P o a r ... 3 1 r :-
, " I am very much obliged • i’cr .your letter of the
.'JSth hit, in rnferniroo • to tlio oloetria lie lit plant -wide h Hr. Slattery has no Id to the Markham House Company. • V,'o havQ groat confidence in Hr. Slattery's ability as an Agent," and I ran very riloasod to have ora* opinion of him confirmed-. by' yourself.
You onn rest assured that you liave ratio no mistake in selec¬ ting, an Edison Plant, If it bo possible to make any improvements in olootrlo light, ing in tin future our customers arc going to re¬ ceive tho benefit of. it. Any tier that you may happen to to in How York I shall to very glad to havo you visit my Laboratory.
Yours truly,
Do nr Hr, Waft:-
£i’.onl4 liJ'.o yo;.
rip in ro for on oo
Jo soph
V/(3 have received a letter tofu - :! tUr.ir.jt in tho fifty of V oxioo, who statea that about tin! month of ;.u-ch last ho hnncH:d Ool. boo. Shom-m a lotr.or of credit for eleven Ih.oufUM! d JUKI'S, anti oomnifu; ionod h:'un to p-.u-ehuKO certain *m-
A!1 " U1 •oiitou State « which '.vat; j«onuirtxJ in conn notion with u new ,'r, s; td.su o.l :■ istillcry worts in tho above oity, not, hherr.un ioft tho !.!.r.y of ' texioo on tho ;tid .of "m-eh fox* San ivunoisco , tttionoo ho ’iolocr.-.iihod to the foiyiior pineo liis acifo’ hirival. Rinoo-tJson not. ling: has toon hoard of Urn, anti :\r; Ml art a. rrisUto'ii you to look wound hi a old hnuitn in How Yorfc anti try and locate liin. I remombor when ho t/ob horn bo always r.t ny cd at finiith and Moirclln'. ho Rico used to frequent nil tho Spanish resorts and part of his tine was spent in tho hospital, hindly (;ot to vroifc <>n this as soon aa yon can, and when you have any ’ini!. $$ ion Give it to uh at once.
Mr. James A.. P.nnscll .
It) 11 ,
Y. City.
Youi*b truly,
!■? r-'.y n, ir. .
Borijmami S:. on, are bnhavina mo at scandalously in regard to our orders fa* phonoplax instruments. Tho at to. a hod, lotto?.’ from Loyun refers to some of their nhortoominija . IVory instrument that they liivo sent out for tho Pennsylvania n. I have hud to to tho Vonnnylvnria n topes for rond.lustme nt .
Bor<rpiftnn seems to hwo lost tho art of makisv; tUese in, -it urn: tftj on ci nlthosgh I have hart several porcnni'l intorvioY.’s with hi m hr d veritton scores of letters of complaint, it seems to lsivr. no effect s/lsoiovor. vo also refuting to h.O’-p on hand a triall utook to enable! r.s to fill orclnrct promptly. an wants us to ;;:ivo 1 im an oi’cloj* '.'or ar> or ;50 sots of inert runout, b nnfl pny fa1 them if they arc not mod in throo months. Our roonrdn will show Vat ’’or;;- ujiii has lost iio io'ino. in t'x! phnnoplox '•hmd.noss, v/o 'having used every instrument that ho tines mdo up to dato, on cl ho. is now behind on onr ardor s, I think hits roquest fca’ stock order from un in most unreasonable . If tnnnoll or ra ly outr.i do niamfae tui’or war. handlin'.1; this business thoy would bo perfectly Yfillin;; to tsOte a common sonso viov/ of it, and in consideration of tho vce.y in which it is developing ho q> in hand a srr.ll stock of ins tramonts for oyu’ nooonmodnt.ion. I attach ooipos of a number of letters which 1 have written to hortfiiann ft Co,, from v/hioh ycu T/ill soo that thoy imvo boat notified on puny oooaoions in regard to tho dr had workmanship and careless r.o ss .
H, Romo rn
hi pi reputation vmg ono of hoi
h Arf-ontino Uopublj
iticablo unrl ox-ratio, but was foimd to bo quito-ji capable
ont- inner. Ool. RhorniRn clad
■’olntiowiiip with a number of
marto no mention of his connootinn v/itb th.o family 0f oonnrnl sho man. Hr. Mi an n has ta)<ony$t,opa to ascertain the v/horoabnuts of °ol0 Shormnn, and no soon as Tfo liavo any information via rill bo vra-y ploasort t.o comnunicato with you.
"a, <DJ
The Mi son Limp no.
Dear six's
I have your letter unci or date of Bd instant., in ro for on oo to tho Hoi am- Belgian pat ont , Ho. 799415. I vens under tho impression that this v/ns my invention. There nuat bo some mistake in connection with this matter because if the dosoription given by Hosni's: Pyer A Seely is connect tho invention ro flora to our proaont lamp . P erh Bp s you had Hr. Holder make tho patont out so as not to intorfore with foreign contracts. If so , you had bettor hoop it alive.
Yours vo ry txuly,
;'ny ,s ,
The Edison Tismy Co. ,
H 8 r >* i « o n |
I fe Edison Ima received your letter of 3d instant , imlealnc a lottor from Mr. Mob, and one from the Milan Company, whiehwo now rot urn. Mr. Edison wishes me to say that you should mnko u ton candle out and run a hundred lamps through which ho will tost horo. Mo adds that ho does not think thero will ho ary trouble.
Yours truly,
Private Secretary,
A. B. Bisk,
Tho Bflison Uimooyriiaift*
lf5K c: 1M Jifjko St rook, Ohio a; o, XllB'.
s i V
In i’<5’ ly to yoiv lottor nth inst. ’T. mson ask.-? no 'to giyo ym tho following infonnntion: Boil linseed oil amv >,n ';h0 consistency of moiamtew, which takos. a d»r. float tho v/iix «md' then o:«'ono to tho fumos of throw over it chloride of Gulpjr.a-; experiment on glaso plato till you got films of proper thinness , ovenoss and flexibility. Tho notion of tho sulphur on. the oil is almost inst onto oils v;hon thin.
Yours vory tmly, .
Private secretary.
Tho flprngne Electric K'y. ft Motor no.,
10 Proud St root,
how York nity.
Dear Rirs:-
Mr. Edison has received y air letter under dato of Kd inst., in relation to inoludi^ in your publication of mininc data an illustration of tho Miron drill. Hr. Edison wishes no to say in reply that ho cannot furnish a cut of this drill until ho 'obtains a finished no del. Tho model is in process of'' con¬ st motion now.
Yours very truly,
a (0- &
Private Secretary.
<TOolg<
anh
J-ora* hir:-
I)i ro flironoo to your letter
ready.
I have received the tramslation tin arny/iii;;s which. you sent n» in vo~ ltaion to tho above, nrtl after ;i.n. not Jiirvj. Sn' the invention.
fii-ont variety of thin on hand Ri-
SQ] rj S TT-J PAH I ;
EAUTOaT Shi BE LAT TP.
anything.
-°r tho phonograph.
itiI cello of this t. Perhaps it nvrj do
She Pdinon-Si right .in thii there foro bo
<n Oo. have control of connection, and it would •mpoasiblc for mo to do
'.Chis is an old idoi nothing in it. it : economical .
Yours
(PK0;70!«A?! ! DIOmiOlT ) .
m y ^ 0 fi 3‘ ,T u !i G n 3) o a n:-
I have oorononcofi this week to
Clio tato i loti, or,-; to the ’ ojm,, apb, unci you who r 'o funiliar
00.-10. I ’•{•.VC boon over hove thin even in;; ivr.it throe-, nuvtorn • (’.'Tin;; ••f-ich tine 7. have disponed of about thirty lot, i-.:-:;. •"(■>-! lonviiv i lornin;; pry Stonogjwiphor will cone, take i.ho
51,1 in <»' "‘*>‘1 1 c wi ii iir to.npc.0 lot torn
imei h.-.vo' thorn ready for we to sign by tho tin 1 got back, i ii»n that the uno of thin machine greatly increases tl:o sp oe d
wiUi which correspondence can bo handled. I can cUot.ato to tho
z e-®
Phonograph at tho rate of ?%> words per minute, which is entirely infract ioatolo flhoro dictation in.. -Ivon to a rrt.omv;r»phor . x thong ht that you would bo interested in knowirrs that olio ?i ono- i;rq>h has cone in to practical use, and fcoi’oro cloning I might add that when you rocoivo thin latter you will be the rocipicnt of the first Phonographic comnunioation over ho nt to Canada.
Yours very truly, (jf . (fh^ Privato Roc'y.
(Phonograph nictation)
Private Roorotory.
My Hear' rinttory:-
I havo roooivccl ynra* lottor of tid inut . , '
enclosing a cormranioation fhoin Gov. Gwflom I must oonRiTtjin-
ltito you r,3) tho ouocer.s with v/hieh yon have mot in tho South, find I hope that your of for to in ttet .future will ho at: fruitful as '"'they havo boon in the past, '..bn «sui any to r?ov, ■''oiu'ion that in tho cow no of jsovo )*n.l v.-orj-r. I rill have i*« jjnia mohine in op- ration, Kftor which X will /;ivo him nil tho info .'mat ion th.i’.t he may closiro to have . ■ ■
Moj.vis filuttory, Kfiq.,
o/o Kimball House, Atlanta, (fa.
SL
■ V/m, VI, fimith,
Pronic'tont, kanrtolph Vitatm 'lolJ.o^o, AS’ILAXO, *fA.. ’
(Phonograph Pie-feat Aon ) ,
Hr.- TMiaon has reooivoci ynw lotto r April 17th, nnfclnr; li.lm to prone nt ^ Randolph Knao?i 4uriiyi#» vr ith a Tio. fl Dynamo Mnchino. Ifr* «>oontJ.| pronontoc1 a cwiplnto ©loctriunl outi'it
to tl’.o ”fu:;;ac!>.aot-«) Institute 'm? VoelJiolo^y . i o hns alno -trot "cm itf.cfeotT tho or o jt Ji)ii rtf n now J,:;], orator, y at tliin j.iaoe, which or heavily on .private pur so. }.c r-nv.iv not foot aolo at tho present timo to comply with your roquoat, ant1, asks nt to ogress to yon hia ro(jrot .
Yours vory truly,
Private Hocrotm'-y .•
May IX, «•; .
Prof. Yirn. r>. jlorkfi,
Iho T'dicor. V,, T.it;ht (!o.,
-lo!'. Ohnotnnt St . , Philadelphia, Pa.
My hoar Sir: -
I have your lottor inth ins t .
X boliovo in Babcook boilars and 1^0 lbs. prossurej high spooci onsinos, and «ood engineers with good pay . 1,000 miporo
machines, wi* a margin in them for throe hours of 15200 amporcs and extra .".0 volts -that is, 140 volts to trJco oaro of futura irn- paovonent in high rasistanco lamp.
Yoiu*b vary tnily,
Ool. :rOni;;e
Hoar Sii*:-
X bon to confirm tho following (;abXo;;r;uiii x*o«oivod from you and ' sent by us:-
J’bxho?;,. QK/jum.
flail Sunday... flan I la’inj; yax 'anything baily nemo cables report XYiduy'i; oxhibit widely copied; says failed to show that every word could l» distinguished anl not on; rattle; must bo diminished boforo ban bo used by (everyone,.
dOURAUT), KORV/OOT).
Ploano dony stut mont of invention that Hr. loll has invented nn irnprovonent on tho Phono - graph called (U’nphophono or that I h.nvo marto any oooporativo aivanGomont with him. Tho whole ntory ax- i bos frem tho production by Hr. Taintor of Washington of an impi'ovomont. on tho old Phono¬ graph; tho formation of a stock company and tho uso of Pro foosor 'loll ' a namo for commercial pur¬ poses.
Yours tntly.
My nom' Toft: _
I should liko you, if you possibly could, t,o niv
us six bluo prints of tho now factory, in order thnt I can lay
o * ,ho dxf ioront things that Wo want, to place in tltoro on a
sop ni'afe bluo print. If yon will deliver them to nur off),.,,, Tro
l'l Toy ft root, vr>th +
. .>.-111.? t,0 .r.vp ih-on sent out to tho
>■)<', . uory tho first opportunity, v;o shall -at thorn .pUck.
rioaso lot nr have then as soon as you CfW, and oblige
OHAS. n/\ TOimT, OR .
J. JI. Taft, Kaq . ,
146 Roadway,
How York Oity.
.'viv.uol In at 11, ii-on'1. • :paii:i.‘':oa* # "slum ’Vorka,
'■;! on oct.-idy, V,
My no (ft* ,'3:11*:-
I know that ynu am gotti njj vory anxious about tho inailution. It, however, has taken un all the time since you v;ej'e i.oj'o to got the email juckinory for tie in 3 it tev TOlt,
1 huvo new -of it ::o that wo can put it on in snail 'rpwntitioo in K 1,1 ‘•U» Pfif- tm oo«M as' wo' liwo a mall J.noatlor maohirjo i'ini- w’iioh will 1x5 about' SucacW," I t link wo 17J.ll knwi the pro-
cor,:; ooi’iplnto. In talking over tho mutter wifrh Mr, Kdioon, I hi'. v(.’ euggoatod that it would ho much hotter far the Machino iTorks if you would send down !.&•. Phillips to thoroughly understand the ' l>rooes.o and- method of making the stuff. 1 think this would bo hotter ov on though wo should afterwards send up a ran to ninko the material for a time, as it will place you in n position whore you -will not bo dopondont on any ran for in ibr rat ion. I think Phillips ought to stay hero about tliroo days with ua, and, if it suits you, I think the best time would bo about Tuooday, w Jon wo
eMl th0 ""—i fol. „all
I nay nay that tho material that boob on wo arc: patting it on na
thin as 00 ;t on a sicic, hut of caiwio it oan bo put on as thiol? ns
Hay Ifi*
yovi lifeo. This toots for insulation vory vary high, ovon aft or •’soeicins? for a wo*3c in salt eat or, nncl, of oourso, is absolutely _iro proof. J’loaso lot mo 3.tuw if you intonci to nonet Phillips horo 'nnft vMcm ho vr ill o omoj
Truly your:
f/vr>va
Ve-'J
■tV r.om- fiillilanrt:-
In "o foresee to the abtaohofi lottor from hr. r,‘ ’/k^lor, 1 have coon Ur, Latlu-op an! ho says that wo had cot tor allow V'hnolor to ;;o ahond with the article for1 niu-ycrs. ’"ill o.t kindly no rtd »•>. 'heclor the phoHoijjat.ha which ho qniroo — I sihottltl have said noyxvfc ivos instead of j,i:o..o ;rro.: c.
Von cun' dnuhtlona cot those fion tin i>hpto;.;mi>hor win dirt your work xn oomoction with tho pictures of the Phonograph which yovi already have.
Yours very truly, vv-
&.(0.<£Z
Private Roorotary.
P. 'i . (rill iland , Psq .
make a wotfcly to at .for bo t, '7o. on tho Laboratory A'oob. .'mo lo rs ' a . It vri. U with *'r. romra.!::, aa he
vo arranged with Hr. Komolly t,0 Sion of vmcloivp.ounrt conductors Rdiaon’fl h.onoo, Hr. ^.uO;c ' a unci ’v jonanry, i.lioroforo, that yon consr vory liho]. y wait yon. to have how:
vdl]
May
Ml'. /UT'.lill
Tonncr,
Youh-rirnuni) 17,
Tirtioon lint: r oo'»'Av«fi yonr lottor unfior fin to 8$ irnjtant , rotcl n::):o >•« to way in reply that ho trill cont.ir.xio hi;-, Oborin onto in connection' nith a rooorrtinc Plionoplox. You v/ill ho tl.ily tvdvisoft when Mi'. Mrtioon ban nnyth inc that ho may clouiro to call, to your attontion.
Yoni'B yory truly,.
Privato fioerctotry,
i
X f|v oulcl 15. to to hiwo a switch from t,ho Ovmtsa branch of tho H. Y. A Greenwood Liflco R'y. on to tho plot of land Tiioro my Laboratory stands in Ornnrso. It is tho block bounded by Vnll qy Road, Lakeside Avo. , Aldcn St. and Vfntchnng Avenue, of which your road exits off a cornor. Tho Road Master has boon here to-day and to have /;ono over tho fjround with him and find that it is perfectly practicable to put such a switch in for us. • Will you to kind onou$i to lot us know how soon it vdll bo dono and what will to our proportion of the cost of name
Yours vory truly,
. ’.'r, A. .T, J.av/:»n,
Ed iron r.leetrio Mght , 'System,
liif IVnnoia Xavior fitroot , Montreal, 0 ana da .
D c u i- a i i’ j-
In ro for one o to your .latter 18th' inst. , X cannot, say who n you, vrUl bo able to obtain a Phonograph. Vfo ha. vo not yot cornu ono oft to market thorn in the United Rtatos. v/o am building a largo factory near the laboratory, vrhich 7ri.ll have a capacity of 300 mnehinos per day. ftra* srmxll fee tor jr cit Bloomfield in miming all tho tino and turning out as many ma¬ chines us it in capable of handling, bat it being a nraall affair v/o cannot got. together any considerable stock unci o r I should say a month, and wo cannot, commonco to fill orders until tfe have a sufiici ont stock in hand, to warrant clo ing so. I should think that in about tvo months timo you w on Id ho ahlo to present your Cnnndian Pacific friends with a couple of machines.
Yours very tmly,
. Private Seorot ary
Mote*. fa-
P'/iy.ir'd'jc,
^ficlv/oard !!uybr:id;-o,
«|*ivoi-nity o.f Pomaylvania,
Philacl aLjiTiia, Pa.
ffy Pnai'
+ , Animal Aoonmotion. » P1
tm. m w
h0 PlntOR at' your aonvoni
Vo"i'fi truly.
:'ay
M r. Edi a 0 n,-
Tho bill which wo rondorort Vy. Jl.u'Jco tor hi oIog trio licht installation GAvo nil tho do tails in i-G/>«rd to tronolfofi, lonctte of tubir« fto.. I find t>nt wo could rntika Uv. atrko an rtLlnmmoo of $400, wl-ioh would )rim bin wonk down to cost l'Vioo, but beyond. that wo cannot bo without lonins money o', ir boI v n r, on tho i i ® to 11 at io n .
a. IP-#
'tey 8!>.
}’. B, Auoh incl f?s s, Bnti . ,
Llovollyn Park,
Orange, H. .T.
D o H v 3 i r
Xn ro tbronao to your lottor 17th infit. . , X find that the inf smut ion y ivon ino by the Contractor who flirt tho excavating was incorrect. The fact that the tronohos 3;m throu (■ h your proper ty caused him to infer that tho work was ox- cl naively your own and this orro noons impression was convoyoci to mo.
This ojqponso should bo divided, in tho some ratio as tho rest of tho installation made for joint account, viz., -on tho rat'od number of lamps in use by each por non:
H, B, Auchincloss inn ft n.,",n
John Burke inn B.n:j,
Thos. A. Bdison 300 -16.03
B20. AO
to bsianoo,
pleasure in enclosing chock to your order for ftSA.On Yours tmly.
a. a.
Privuto Secretary.
p
Atchison, lopofcn ft Bantu h'o R. R. Co.,
■<•’ o p o 1; a, .Rnnnnfr.
.'jour tfirs:-
I bti;' * o null your fttorrliion *> ny couture 'nth you unrtoi’ drat o ,ft)Ui day of Juno, IhC), vrith rolat ion to ny Phonopiox system of, 1 olr.i;l‘aphy,
contract providort that, should tl o prolininury oJrouit vdd.cl’. was install led on your linos p mvr ««t isfticfory, y a1, vrould ontor into ci ftu-thw contnie t with mo for tho pom-awnt .rfe of
tho system. .
I should i» glad to town whether or not you do.oiro to com¬ plete tho second contract. 'liho system has boon much improved' sinoo tho tint) of our tests on your lines and wo have novoral snooossful circuits in operation on tho Pennsylvania !?» Rt> The Lohigh valley R. R, ±hfl WUOadolphia and Reading R. R. and others:
I ail sending you under aoparnfco cover some of our pnmphlota’ - " and copies of letters which wo have reooived from a f err of our lie on sees. Should yai wish to equip a circuit X could send you ai expert to install the instmmonts and instruct yow ^orators
y> </
Yours vary truly,
if.
Hay W,t
IfifiEi .
The flontliom Ksnsar. R'y, On.,
I bag t call $ m,v at tontlon to r.y contract, vrf t.h you Unr’oj' da to .Tnly ir>th, 1888, with relation to ry Phonnp lex ay st efiV ■of Tol otfv’ry t$f ' 'sir';'
'Phis contract provided that, should tho pro liminrr , circuit v.H.icl: war; inf.tr' 11 net on your lines prove satisfactory, you would enter into u farther contract with vo fl>r tlso permanent nno ail tlio
1 shou Id bo glad to 3mow whether or not you doniro to com¬ plete tho second, contract. Who ay at an has boon much improved since tho time of our tests on your lines and Vo havo sovornl successful circuits in operation on tho Pomsylvmia R. R., Who Lelii^h Valley R, R,, the Philadelphia Rondi?t» '! . R. and. others.
X !*n send in/' you under soparnto oovor some of our pamphlets cnc1. cop?.. os of letters Which wo have roooivod from a fovr of our lie 031 see rs. fShould you wish to equip n circuit I could send you
an export to install tho inut lumonts and. instisict y our operator s .
D -o b ;• ?! A r : -
tn tiriloi;
ow walls in nun ?honor,iw/.h
+<? jivovont. tho !■ Alai. Aon of
Woi’J ; n X third? it. v<mld bo 'mil for +,o Tiiiuio in tho walls a oortnin nnW-
brv o , inch i..l.lo v?hi tth L will fhrnuth -fcl-.ort i.’;.on horn,
if : loot! . ''‘.boy should bo ])lr.'.u ot! stvinwho y- about t\TO foot
boJov o, and I think vn> outfit bo hwo at Ion at or
oi;vho An oitah of thn vmlla, art j o . inline other in ouch Ijr.ilc'j.vr •
that i!i, in tho V/oab wall of tho hnj; building and about oquril distano0 f«>ar+'* 1 tl-on that to outfit to have at least throe
on etch of tho outer walls. Kind.ly give ouch instruction, to tho niaoon, and oblige
Yours truly,
: !ay
Wy Dear Killili-j-ui:-
Yo^ir several letters hewn boon received.
V/itai ro fei'enos to ymu*s HA-th inert . , you. orut go ahead and got' out your descriptive ysiiphlot; thero it? practically no change in doa i'gn, so ycr.ir cuts will do; tho pricos rjuotcd in your 1 ett or are 0. K. .
Tho o hang os and improvomonts which have boon made in tho Phonograph will add nothing; to tho cost., but rather cheapen it I think.
Your action in regard to cabinets Ac. moots with my approval.
deferring to yours 20 th inst., in relation to exhibiting ; Phonogrfijih in Boston, I h«vo promised hathrop to show it privntoly. to Mrs. Hemingway and the Forbes family. You could arrange to exhibit it before tho Amerioan Institute of Technology the we* after. I don't think I would bothor with tho Club; tho Institute exhibit will answer tho sane purpose and bo more tony.
V.m York City.
D o a r s i r
Oan you give mo tho prioos of all tho rubber covered wires in tho market, rr well as tho prioea of all firo proof wires? Plonne nlro furniRh mo with ono of your prloo lists v/ith’ rtifioount to tho tracio narked on it. X want those to compare with tho prices of the insulations that wo are (jotting in1 for you
Yours t July,
0 H A 8. 3 A I 0 II K L 0 R,
Ky boar byor:-
Your Xotter under date 17th innt, . to Mr. Insull
has boon rofowod to mo, together with a letter from tho formor
sooondiry; your application. X referred both those to Mr, Edison
•aWl ha asks no to write and say to you that tho trouble is ho is
nofilootirij Oro Milling for Phono graph; thfct ho hop os to {50 'at Oro
'Milling' in a month or so, wlrn ho will mhe tilings fly, and Whon
yon may onpoct to hoar from him. I have kept before Mil* Edison
oonntantly your lottor to rcrself, awl I want yon to feel that I
will not forget or allow Hr. Edison to forgot tho application yon
Wh ich ha mo mdo.
a.&.j
> Privnto Secretary.
Paul h, by or, Esq,
liny
I®.
, S, Vflio olor, J’.oq . ,
">r£t Bovonfch Avc.,
IT. Y. city.
D o a r 3 i r j-
I have your letter of tho J33d instant, and X rogrot that you have had rc> imtoh trouble in obtaining tho photo* graphs which vroro promised you. Tho only photographs of tho Phonogrtph which aro in existence aro in the possossion of Mr, Gilliland , Gon'l, Agent of tlio Hdison Phonograph Co., Ko. 1!) hoy Rtroot, H. Y. City., Upon roooipt of your last letter a airing far thoso I sent it iranod lately to Hr. Gilliland and requested him to fbrwnrd you such photographs that ho had. I understand that you saw these and stated that tho y would not ansvror, as thoy had al- ready boon published by other papers, Wo ham baton .entirely tuj- ablo to pro our o now views for your use, nrd X ao tolophonod to Mow York to-day , Via lad a number of viows taken of tho Laboratory and thoy wore sent to the KLoatrio Club, to remain there during 'the' we ck of tho Phonograph exhibition, after which they woro to be rotumod to uu through Mr. Gilliland. Those are the only photographs wile h wo have of the Lab oratory and I requontod Hr. Gilliland to-day to lot you have thorn if tiny wore in his office, and if they wore not in his office to send to tlio Klectria Club . .and got thorn and forward thorn to you. X hope yon will receive the 90 without boing put to further inconvon^icnco .
Yours truly, * i,
a.w-fr
Pr iva.. e Seprotty.’ y.
U. Ro ncinf old , r.nq . ,
«/ 0 " ?ho ", V . 01 ipp oy , "
W Ocmti'e y, nity.
Ry 3ioav RiU-:-
j.i‘. i-cison asks no to than]: y a; for tho copiots of the “Run" conteininc; the rtoaoriptivo article on the Phonograph, 'fltioh woro voi^ mr'adl at oft. ' ?-&•. Tift i ton hao reccivoft yoaj
letter of the »Uh instant .anti will bo clnfl to aoo yaf when you. " return from Root on. Shank ire you also for the paper Xor\Yarrtcrt to
I an, your a very truly,
<2.0/
Private Soorotary,
Mai' 3f>, 88 .
Chas, W, Prioo, Esq,,
• Associate Editor, "Klootrioal Review," How Yoi*k Oity.
My near fiir:-
In rofiironoo to yow lot, tor ?,8th inst., we havo sore excellent photographs of tho Laboratory, which wore takon by 0,lr photographer. You probably saw thoso at tho Electrical Olub. They wore arrungod below Mr, Edison’s portrait during tho Phono - graph exhibition. ,V/ill thoso nnswor your purpose? If so, I will ]-avo thorn sent to you. At tho prooont moment they aro in uso, but I could lot you have them by Thur stlay or Friday of this woolc .
Yours truly,
' ft.®, '/
Private floorotory,
0. Pawnor, j-jgq,.
Jfey 30, sa.
Eliot,
llai.no .
wy noar sirs-
In ™«n-oneo ,0 yo„ letter or the ioth ,„»t.
*• 1 **• *” -T «»* ~ «™» «. t.
*’ S’ **»•• *W. Mathematicians, „ith i„-
*’ ^ ^ tll0„. I », »,«. K.mi, rcply, upon nMoh „r. Wi„„ hao m.
n r" inton, 1M f„r youraolf.
Yours truly.
Private Roorotary,
[TO GEORGE C. S. CHURCHILL]
Truko of Harlboitmgh ,
Alborroarlo Hotel,
How York City.
T) o m r " i r : -
Hr, HtUenn daairoc r© to nay in reply: to yirar letter .. th in atnnt that ho will, bo v«ary plohood to se-o yon at the •Lnborrttory any (lay oonvonimt to yottrnolf. _
Yourn truly, :
am #
Private flee rot ra’y,
May 81,88.
Mr. S.-'S, V/heol or,
82H Movonth ft v armo ,
How York pity.
Dora* Sir: -
V/o have a job that r/o have not timo to nttonfl to, and one in Which tiicrro so no little money . Mr. Mi con would like 'you to call and boo him in roCard to it. You will find him at tho Laboratory horo any day,
(Q.Z-
Private Soorotary,
Hay ;U,8o.
l.!r. Low in H. fioiulhoim,
fit. Cloud Jlotol,.
. . 31. Y. City.
D o a r s i r :~
_ In roibronoo to your lottor under dato acth
inot.,- Mr, Edison vd.ll ho ploiisod to non you hero at tho Labora¬ tory ■■Saturday noxt, Juno ad. ■ ' •
Yours truly.
Private Sioc'y.
(4/~
T • i'. ’-rvl.i),, W»».
“She *.T!}.oo-
:'r* "''lif-ori r’offi.i'ns no to tlainl; yon for yovir yr. •/■■■:■ unuor rlirfc c '';iy .‘a «t , :;c oonniAcru . our an-ypntion in
a -Tory -to .ft «»<• nm’s tsuyss it, xm'.ac- f„~r ■r.n-:.r. an -riooHoni Wat.:!;; >;!y> fry at on. TV. Pcliw-i novor
j ox '■ i -- X -- ::i r.; feir; invention in thn diroction .you : ; r ■ ';r's t.
aid ho will eonmunio&Ao with yen' fnrthor- rojprAins S£W0.
Yours truly,
(Z"'(P'£
Private Sooretary,
.Tune fl, £f!
My jvoaa* Mr. I’rnsur:-
ITr • Edison has received y<mr lot tor of tho 4th instant in rag nr a t.o exhibition . of tho Phono/?* Ri>h before tho ITHIV 7!JTfr3iAHI) SOOITWY to-inorinw ( '.(h'trriduy ) evening,1' KWf also tho exhibition arranged for Saturday afternoon rioxt .
V/'o aro making all m’rangemcrits' to rdc oivc your frionfls in accordance with those dates.
Yours very truly.
Private Secretary.
Evorntt Ifrnzar, Enq.
r
A t h
n o a r a i r
In roi'oronoo to your letter tinder ctr.to Pay -tfJth, Mr* Edison is at present engaged 072 wort? in connection with a 'flatten Picker and hopes ultimately to perfect a cinch iho that Td.ll meet all roquii’cmcnts.
Yours truly,
Private Soorotnry.
J. I. 0. Olai’ko , Psq.,
“tutorial '(nrn of "Tho Morning Journal," how York riii.y.
J> ear Sir : -
In roforcnoo to y air lottos under date lot instant, An relation to the Phonograph, J!r. PcUam tmkn wo to cay: 'that ' ho vmnta to- rait and uivo ycr.v tt now mohino, ' liotWon* • v.trich an£ t!io one you have noon there is no coiqparinoh . I'o oxp oo t:i to have a nuntonr of these shortly.
" I" will !iwo hr. Prtienn retto/*rnph ono of his pliotorjro.phs end ■forward it to you ua oai*ly ns pen Ed bio.
Ymur. truly.
r-.fy Dear run iland : -
X lmvo your lottnr 1st. innt. in regard to Phonograph in Canada. Canadian patent business is a perfect farce The Edison Electric Eight Co. has loot forty thousand dollars already in try ins to manufacture in Canada for the Canadian trade. The coot of manufacture in that country is greater'' than the cost of rm chinos hero with the any added. I think the best thing wo oan 'l0 is to ,!o11 American made inatmniGnts in that country and pay tho Jiocosoary dntios on entry.
/ Yours tiuly.
E. T. Gilliland, Esq,
Mr. .To soph 31. '.‘.'aft,
l'liT Broadway,
ITovr .'ark f)ity.
Boar S i r
I roon.ivocl a fotr of your plains thin mom ins. Bo Jcina enough to »rnd m the ole vat ion of tho boil or house Bl:owins which tray tho roof slants. I should also lifco to have on that roof a ventilator about 10 X 4- foot and about 4 or 0 fo'efc high, with Blats in it, similar to what tlioy have on breweries to let out tho hot air. Ploaso send us a littlo skotoh of how this will bo ns soon ns possible, ns our boilers aro almSst as liigh now as the trails, art! wo onnnot toll from tho drawing any¬ thing about tho position of the roof of tho boilor house.
Yours tiuly,
0 h a s.
B a t c h o 1
.Tuno ", 3:!,
10 poy "tPOOt ,
Ww York Oity , •
fear Sir:-
Answoring your a of .Ttqjws ?tBa in regard to Pratt ancl -hitnoy fa-irr oi'j would soy a Hondoy 10 inch sh«f>or ia quite rod* enough for no. fhoroibrc- ploaao or dor that inatoad of a Pratt and Whitney . ...
In re (/M'd to your otlior lot tor c oncoming tho aei'GV/ machines, would say that yw. Room to hnvo got a good price on those. X should liko if you could send no a Pratt A Whitney catalogue, with a list price of machines ranked on it. There may bo eomo other machines of their o that wo want, but I havo never yot aewi ono of thoir cntnlognea. dan you got me one?
I send forward tho or da' to Pratt A Whitney to-day on one of tho regular order chests of tho Phonograph Works , confirming your vorlnl order , in accordance vrith your letter.
Yours truly,
Choa . BatolvdLor
In rolls rone a to the marked list o f Hdissn Illunti- nat in;; Companion irtAoh yon sent n», the (Stations Trtiiflh rto not pay dividon'eta. are eith-er npondlns tlsodr oarninKS or extending tho ir businem-.; or <ilso they started too win 21 , with tho result that th.oii1 yennr-al expenses oat them up.
Yours truly,'
% Proston Hi?:, Hsq.
3?. river itt, Rbij,
P-f'H ft HOT} Broadway,
How York City,
T> o a r 0 i r
In reply to. your lottnr «th. inat.,' :;r. Jifli cioHiroe m to any that -ho tea not yot tried the experiment in connection with the Phonograph which you sun;;ostod. Via had scverrfL roc opt ions of Associations at tho T,nb oratory this woo] (for which Mr. Edison's assistants hart to prepar e) and ho had not. nn opportunity to tost your idoa. Ho will try it Monday Tuosd.Tr m:rt and ndvino you of tho result.
Yours truly.
Private Secretary,
Mr. John nirklnbrio, Un/jino'Cr,
Messrs* pthorhoos, Sherman ft Oo.,
■«0 ’"nil St., j'lovf York Oity,
Boar s i r
In the nevfctor of so pa rat the magnetic iron
oroa of your Oopjirny I would piopono the follow in;;: -
I TflU rtOKl.fin and hove constructed and shipped to Port 1-ionry, ir. y., one or more of my ?tt«wrtio Separators of a general doeien similar to the ono now in plaoo at Orange, IT. ,T., yon to have th'Q apparatus orootod in n suitable building; the details of suoh oreotionto bo subject to my approval and inspection. The ooet of tho mamfooturo and installation to bo borne by your Conip any .
Your Ooppnny aro to provide all nooosnary o.mshoro, rolls, sorovra fto. for tho proper reduction and sizing of tho oro ready for tho hopper of tho Magnetic.. Separator. Tho apparatus to bo stm’tod by nnd operated by my representative, who shall not bo detained for more than a no nth. If ho is required longor than that timo you are to pay fbr his time and board; if not over a
no nth no compensation to ho made for liis sorvioos.
3?or all noparntod ore ready for sJhipmont your Company is to pay mo a royalty of ton coots por ton, of Ibr.., in <pu>Ytor3y
instnllmoiits . nut :ho vio vr of ost rbli shiny; the initial plant I will afi-oo that if at ro; Lino royalties nro roduood to or below ton oonts per ton, than y oar dorp my shall form tho time of such rodvi ction pay hut RO per cont of tho prior oha-ert :iny other pro- dun or of soparntort magnetic iron oro.
fho payment of r oyal ti os to coranone© tvm tho t :irno that tho experimental test under tho ohaiflo of ry assistant is tormimtad.
It is understood that tho number of lTn:*n'otio ftcgp orators is not roritrintad., hut ’Vitherboos, flhormftn A Co. can, "under th# a/iroament heroin proposed, use an mmy of iTaf-notio' Cop craters as are required for the mines which they oporato. .
Yours
t r
E, ?% Woodward, Ksiii . ,
1V4- hhsrtbors Street, ”0 Vf York ,
3) P fl r S i r :-
In rn?ly to your letter Yth inot., hr. Edison ties :ir on mo to nny that ho trill ho vlor-nort to soo the; member e of th-o '"Ancient. and honorahlo florin;" of London at his Laboratory any afternoon no?* wook o onvoniont to themsolvos.
Yom-o truly,
Private .Secret ary ,
My boar (Hllilnnfi:-
In roforonco to yours of Juno r>th, in regard to oduontinfj youna men as Phonogr eph Inspectors, you aro v/ronn partially in your ns auction. I propose to .odneato meohanios,
BO each SBQtoy could bo provided with ono mechanic;' this mechanic to teach as many men ns required .at -ther>ecnoy. If I atton^t eanoatiiTB directly myself I would require tho whole Laboratory. Thirty go o d non tee all that w ould bo necessary; these could teach a thousand if nnoosaary and then aftonmrrla bo cheap at ropair
Juno ir1,, sm.
P $ i e n cl 3 o u r fi u d : -
rCT::it! in »y first mailing phonogram. It will jo to you in tho regular United States mi I from How York, via Southampton, Worth Gorman Tiloyd steamer "Allor,": % send you by Hr.' ) lam 13. ton a now Phonograph— tho first one "of tno now mocha th.rt.-1c.r-; loft ry hands, l't hr.;, boon nut, together very llurrioeUy and is not finished, as yw. 'tS.Xl see. I have sont yn< a quantity of o:si or vionfcp.l Phonograph 'blanks , so yen can talk be.’.ck' to i* . I will send you phonograms of talk and. music by " every • nail loir ring horo until vo got on to tho boat thing for tho puipolso.
■?r». I’d i son an?, tho toby pro do in;; vroll. ‘Vho baby ' a articu¬ lation is quite? loved enough, but a trifle indistinct. It can be improved, but is not baft .-for a first experiment . With kind
. a.s$
Col, George Edward Gouraud,
“Tiittl e Wonlo,“ Beulah Hill,
Upper Horwood, Surrey, England.
PUc '
Juno lH,rr.
Hy Ho nr dill iland : -
In roforonoo to ymu- lot.tor Oth in 'at., in relation to Phonograph for Hr. Pulitzer, I hwo promised Hr. Vlllard, nrtl hr. fJiomons of JJorlin one and fri.ll furnish Hr. Pulit- zor with one also , and will send a good nnn who will deliver this maohi.no a and who eon divide hi a time between Hr. Villard and Hr. Pulitzer', so they mqr be enabled to give dinnor parties Via, and exhibit the Phonograph. All that I nek '"is that ny ojqiort' shall always' bo present to work’ it ldmsolf. X will be able to send those in about tliroo v/ooks. Answer if satisihatory.
Youre tmly.
E. T. (rilliland, hsq.,
19 hoy Street,
N. Y. City.
rofcronco t,o yourn 11th irmtant, you can nonet to put 'in. the porcelain fixture siafoty oatohoe
'Vo Shall trnnt the bench drill a r ion tinned by Garvin' r. ran. '■’('■ shall, substitute those for the f?i;;or.moy , but, lot, the order ran us it has boon "ivnn, Ho. o.’i Stiles ft Par): or iire.v iip; Press '"o my want, but no shall send you the order for this, if it. is the also •;.-c want , aftor I have noai Keller.
fir dor a for rnchinnry V'hiah . you notified us about ordorinfj yesterday have boon sent, by mail to-day to thd different portion.
V/o Vfj.ll forward order to Stiles ft Parhor for Press us por your letter llith inst .
Hill notify you about the drop press later.
Ploano order the navr bench f»m Garvin, as specified by their ag ont .
Will send you. ward about the mi Hint; machines as soon as I have ooiQn Kollor.
'A
l-i'f A. G. Rrartatroot ,
SH Pine Stroofc,
#1. Y. City.
near S i r
Replying to yon;.- latter 13th in at., I have just fininhocl my largo mnehino for noparatijtf iron nron, and am now' vfor3::uv; on a large machine to to used in connootion with fiolrt 01-or.- s. will lot you hnow wJcn the Inttor :lr, in operation, ho you firm come out tvx> boo it for youmolf . ' ' .
four a t mly,
<& a-
d
pm ana vr a 1 * y :_
If you nuccood in interesting your
English ft'ioncls in th-o Iron f>ro uoheme within six months from ,
date, I ar;roo to Givo yai one-third of tho royalty tir cash raoeivocl.
Yours truly,
Juno 1!
Ml*. Ti. M. Pike,
4{Vi' Seventh street,
v.'a:ihin;;tor., IT, VT. , T). n.
hoar Sir: -
"r, r&isjon has roc civet! your loiter under date 1 ir.Tt. , rr d uahn re to cry it v<on>tl 1x5 impossible for hi
t0 05tian-l>ie •"■11 donij.iw which have boon rrubmittod to b:lv:i
the vrojtf, nliro art that ho wait experiment ins upon aerial
ni’.v.L;^it ion. ho is simply trying tsomo fundnnontal cxpcr imcnt whicli it will trh.o in all probability a year to complete, an until those are finislsocl he will formulate no machine. Hoi' cToes ho care to go into the merits or demerits of istichinos a present in existence.
Yours tmly,
Private Secretary,
Juno 10, a°..
IiTi’, Ohao. TI, Ronshaw,
fM5 V.'ainut. Street. ,
Rant Ornnfjo, it, J,
Y J) o a r n l )• :_
It would civo no much ploasuro to fjrruit tho nvV,Bt C°ntalnnfl in V™' lot*or Rth inst. , but tho lootwon which civon in th0 laboratory weekly «» exclusively far employees of Mr, JSrtioon.
Private Eooretary,
•Turin in,R8,
.Tvmo 10, BT..
II, 1', Robs, 7’sq,, Roc'y.,
boston KLootvie Olub, fif> T^yint on Rt., ’’oston, I Taira.
I.fy hoar Sirs -
I have received yonr kind lotfc or of tlio 13th inct., together vdth invitation of the Boot on fllnb to ho preoon't at thoir first anniversary, on 81st instant;
It would give me groat rloo.so.ro to attend this celebration, but y>.v experimental trotk is in such a condition' that it is impos¬ sible for me to leave it oven for a short time. I am sure that the one anion would bo a most enjoyable one, and I wish you would express- to the Olub my regret at being unable to attend.
Yours truly.
It would '*ivo mo w.ioh ylo nnuro • v/or o I ablo to coryly v.'.lth your request contained in your lottor under fr«v. r> lot i!KiV.. Col. iioor.;o H. ftaumufl, who vc-roennts iho ?W>no/:i uyh in * ,!iU;,“ ovo” ,:'!ro »»*ociftl!y to obtain r: -’hono- i:h ;-n’ rc- tL’i'nort 'i(' Ih&’r.'l this moiui»c, tnftinc with him the only perfect inn twin 0.0 1 which has yot bo*n turned out of 'om1 -factory.''' It will bo at least nix v/ooko before vro hare won a ahnll supply of inwt lUiicnts.
•Vhrn I visit Until and I trust I nay have the pleasure of moot in,-; yom* husband, who no name in well hnown to no.
Yours tiuly,
Mrs. Joseph V.', Swan,
haw in ton, Bromley, Kent, Un/jland.
hr. L. H. Latimer,
Edison Elea trio Iiigjit no.,
1« ft m %*oad St., H. Y. Oity.
Dear SirJ-
Mr, Edi bo n iujIcb mo to thnnfc you for the vornen on tho Phonograph enclosed with ymu* l'ottnr under dato ,10th inst. Mr.
Ed iron in coins to put those verses on a cylinder and send them to England.
Private Secret ary,
Comnnrter 0. P, Goodrich, IT* F>. IT.,
M o v; p o v t, n. I.
ti n a r fi i r
In roforenco to your lottor Mo. 0!J9, under data nth in at. ait, it. would (jive mo much pleasure to address tho Officers of tho Torpodo School wore time at my disposal onA ■talent at njr cornnnfl. Thu* in,'; tho past wooJc 1 only havo boar a bio to attain twenty -ono hows ril.oqv, ny oxporimaits 'being in snoh •eflnAitJ.on that 1 can ill afford to lorw a night, lot hi one a day
I have had a noto from Mr. F, .T, Sprague on tho samo sub¬ ject and have suggested to him tho advisability of having Mr, John Howell, of tho Mdison lanr 0o., address tho School, with rolation to inoanrtoso orit lamps.
Than hire yai for your kind invitation to myself and Mrs. F.diajn and rogrotting our- inability to aocopt tho oamo.
.Tuno
an,®.
My hoar Innull: -
I havo yc rar letter loth inst,, returning corres¬ pondence fivm % II. EoJcor t and the Director of Posts and folo- crnphs, franco. I attach copy of ©St* reply to Mr, P<jkovf. I vrJ.ll obtain for you copy of thci report which ho makes to tho ' 1'Vonch Povorr.no nt* Mo my possibly vh-U a saiplo of tubing suoh as is used by tho Metropolitan '.Colon ho no r; 'CoIocr^>h do. , /it being I tlsink quite noooasnry that tuoh sor.iplo should uoooinpai'iy Mr. • EckojM-,8 rqvort, so as to avoid confusion or tho misleading of tho Jh’ench 'inquirers. • » .
. Yours truly, / ■
Samuel Insnll, Esq.
v/. n. Eokort, Fsq., Onn '1. ?!a mcor,
;iottt>iwlitan Telephone ft ToXecrcph do., lo Onrtlanflt fit., now York City*
Dear fj i i> *-
In reference to tho nttnohod raid in reply to yoia- lottor lath inn t. , it in possible that the Bdison people in iVanco law fm-ninJad tho Government with a samplo of our tubinc, although I have no personal knowledge on tho nubjoot mysolf.
I should bo very clad if you would make a rep ort on tho' system of tubinc with which wo furnished your Company and would atesost that whon for war dine your report to Franco you shot ad send a sample of tho tubinc with it. If yon have no available sample wltioh you could forward, I will nond ymt ono.
I roturn herewith oopy of letter roforrod to in yours under reply.
Yours truly,
U. >T, Sprague,
10 8ro nfl Otroot, ,
II; Y. Oityi
,Tuno 20,86. ' ■
My hoar SirS*
l -hat a overlooked your 1 otto v un dor date .4th inst. in regard to addresses trhidi are to bo delivered before tho of¬ ficers of tho CCoi^odo Sohool at Newport.' It is impossible for me to attend thif^^theringy and I should advise you by all means to have' I- town 11 rr.Ico tho address on incandosocnt lamps. I havo roooived a contmtnioation from Ootrmandor Gootlrioh, to which I have replied to tho sane of foot as tho abovo. '
Juno MO,?*;,
J, A, Horschhausor, fist j„,
Onahior Go mania Honk, 8X0 nnwory, H, Y, Oity.
My Dora’ Sir: -
rearing that the inf on; i at ion which I gave you yeatordfy in not full enough to answer nil questions which nay sufj^at' themselves to your Directors , I boc to submit tho fljl- 1 owing: -
Hr, Edison undor certain agiroaiionta' which I can' at any time ■ snto.it. for your perusal has had conforrod. upon him tl» oxclna.vo ri glit to manufacture phonographs ibr tho Whole world, 'those rights he has transferred to the Edison Phonograph Works, a corpo¬ ration organ .izod with a crp ital of $300,000, divided into 3,000 shares of the par value of $100 ouch.
This Oompnny undertakes to supply all orders for tho Unitod States, Dominion of Onnada and all other countries for phonographs and supplies at tho actual cost of manufftoturo, plus twenty per cent of such cost, cost of manufacture being dofinod to include cost of labor, mntorial and general ojipenaoK. This gives tho .Edison Phonogi’fjih Works a profit of MO* on tha output of its
r«oto,.y. Shi. m Am on tho coot 'tttomw. which .0 “ *■”*”* "*ins « —• fc.W « oach phonoOTph;
i^uch wo mo now oroctine has a ottmoity of 300 phono- pop ,loy, t oyot hop with Ihoilitios for a fall „f
«WW*B» on T/Jiloh latter wo alcm nak-o PM,
Ml.on pooolvo. %, „f the cTiM. otoc* of tho W„ Phono Br,ph v,0Ph., op loon oh-pooi in condition 0f tho t»„o-
f»P to that M „M mtmtm natntmturlns ri/iMs
Sfcio W, tho Srnsmry «*, v,.„ „„,ro„.. .
Of tho m o„..« which Mr, >a™ rocoivoa „„ aopoolts sa. OP .,03 .yw *m with a Tract oo upon tho folio tine ooni dltionr, (I rjnn-tn £rrm tho contract);-
11 ’ T&svrs s css* mr-
z zxifniz t° » r ««’»nr
t,l'°0<k ~n flu eh oxcosnjaitfl
( 3 ) That tho party of tho first part hi. i.Pi,.n. ,
Sssr sj * p-ow "“i m "Mr s-i*"0
ssaHrSs-s-™-
Mr, Edison do si rod to h o-qi voting control of the Edison Phonograph Vferko, but did not wish to talcs the lnrfjor ahoro of tho profits, or have his into root represent tho iarcer portion of the Company 1 s property.
bn dor tho arransoaont made ho holds 967 8/to shares of regular sfcook as gainst 1440 dhm-os of Troasuxy stock, tho re- •lation between those t vo hoi dines boine about as” '40 is to 00.
Vho I'roMwy shook is bei nj subscribed for at par. As I oaid to y oi yostorday wo hnyo already placed 900 shm-cs (ftno.OOO). V/e wish to Place about MOO chares ($80,000) more, which will' leave 340 t, ha-cvs in our Treasury.
l‘.i ..tj oi you- harootors would like to soe tho agreements v/hicl. X have roforrod to, or any of o® records, I • would be harpy to take tho papers to your Hank fit any time convenient to yc*Ut”jx>lv-OH, or they can always bo seen at. this office , . *
Yours very troly,
B o a r Si r
hr. SRcii ®n has received yoiu- lottor loth inst. , WM* hua Risked n» to reply to that portion of it vshich concerns the 1’hor.o'fjr i|>h,
Bhi'-t X stated to you wns,. in of foot, that if a phonograph cylinder on wliioh there vms msio, say for inntnnoo “POLIT BY 5311! fflw: ‘'31 v/an rover sort no that it vsould bo roprothicofl baok-
v/arda, the Finnic so rendered would be entirely diffbrent from “Bov« by the Buy; anno River" and would be perfectly hainionious .
'i’he next tine you aio at tha Laboratory I w ill be very
happy to subject a number of tunes to this pi'oeoss, and you can th;cn judge, for y tnu1 s ol
.TunO
Ky Pear Mr. r.’oo d: -
„ ... , It is very likely that Mr. fate will bo
talking to you m a short time In regard to tho insurance of our now mil runt's for tho PhonoCraph Works. In ro?yird to those buil- cUnae I have rtmignoa and laid out for fire prat notion, besides ' the roa-ulnr’ hydrants in tho yard, about (500 swrinklors, which lvili bo o ormect od to the high pressure main running dciwn tire sa'O'Ot .; ihoy will also lie connected to our lore® Worthington pump, which can pump into the a i shorn in case the city wafer Rives out. As r. his wall cost the Company probably §8,800 over and above Wha„ to should regular ly do for fire pur loses, I would ask you to seo -if ym cannot take advantage of this in Rotting us much hotter rates of mairanco. If this cannot bo done, I would like you to let me know, as wo micht decide not to ro to such a heavy expense.
Yours tiuly, . . .
J. H. Wood, Esq.,
67 Liberty St.,
IT.. Y. City.
'1‘hos. J. Plunkett, Bsq . ,
fS3 Bowery, H. y. city.
.. . . • 1 J«ve '/onr X otter 80th ijmt.. iho house which I am
lxvinc in is situate d on Bast Paik Street, Bast Orunrao. tms tw <!f thG Pettiest in the Oran gob and the houso"is all
that, could Iso desired m the way of a surnior residence.' It has all modern impmavomonts and contains nine or ton rooms. Shore 3 s Plenty of stable aoooirno daft, ion. mrinB tho timo I have boon in
V**™” 1nhW0 founcl th« rpafe that I have lived in
«n+ i 81x1 1 8hcmM not ocu’« -to Civo it up were it
not for the fact that my .-family is going away early in July not
th° mifldle 0l“ Soiit-embop. As my lease expires on the 7th of October and as I do not care to live alone in the house I vail turn w lease over to any desirable person. I pay §70 nor month for these premises, at which same rate I would, of oourso, sub lot them. If you wish to -look into this mat tor kindly lot me know at once, as I am in communication with other persons.
.Time
Mr. .T. It. Veil, nen’l. rtup't.,
Ktlinon Elootric Light O01-51a.1v, !
:.fi « 18 Trend fit., H, Y. Oity.
Doai‘ f'iir: -
Xn rcferonq 0 to your letter lffth Inst., we mo doing all to. enn to |nviy tho supply of nine sulphate- for nee of local companion, Vto have already node nemo small quantity for the pm-p 030 of testing and we hope in tho ooimio of a woek to havo a largo nupply on hand. V/o will adviso yai an soon an wo are ready to fill orders.
Qj-
Jgf'.
.Time 22,
Mr. H. If* Livor,
Edison Mach in o WorkB,
Mow York flity.
hoar Rir:-
Voiot Juno 20th roc 'd. Wo send to-day tho official or dor to Garvin for the sew bench.
In regard to tho fipringf io 3d Minor y Oo. salesman, ho seems to bo' working us a little. VJh<*i ho first, came hero I told him that, we had eirondy bought some grinding machines and that you' wore buying all tho machinery for its. I re ttirrod him to you.'"" When he conn hick again hero he told mo that you bad ordorod one nont us on trial, I think it is a good thing to ti’y this, as I believe irt "'gx'inding by- the trot tray in proforenoe to tho dry; ljut I r.M'sfc' ma'int'oa.n that what ho told y>u is oxnetly what' I did not: say.
VfiU write you in regard to tho milling macliinos iM a day or
Wo shall sond order to the Machine Works for the ton counter Shafts for prooisLon lathe, as they are very simple to mek e.
• ■ ' Yours truly.
0 h a s.
B r t c h o 1
Juno 5B8,
8f;.
My hoar Mi*, Vfinnn;-
I have your letter 31 et instant. Vo tri.ll koop the siHphurets you avo sending until the “Oyolono" is sot iji anrl I'ondy to treat then. He have not received blue prints and directions for tho emotion of thp Pulveriser" and would be £jLad if you would have then sent to us. u-
I do not know when we ooulcV (50 over to see the process of pul vo id. sod 00 id, but will oonumhioato with y<n again- lafer in
rotNircVto this matter. .
Yours truly.
Private Rob 'y •
Erast us V/irmn, Pnq.
Mr, .{Sidney A, Phillips,
i)9£i Broadway,
Mow York Oity,
D o a v fi i v
Mr. Pclisan asks mo to thank you i.'or tho "Phillip ' a Window Shoving Mirror" which you sent him oonio days ago.' It is a moat oonvonicnt AeviO'O.
Yours tmlj
•Tuno P.2, 8;j
•Toh n Sra-Jco, Dsq.,
LI m oil yn Park, N. J.
J)onr sir:-
awff?S«as«:
islIssHliiS
lave paid us §8,000, I would fo^* °f thiB Bmtnt ^
« '» —
Yowb truly.
Private Secret i
Mr. .V, 13, Mow, fiup't. of flolocrsgih,
Olw olnnd, Lorain ft ’VhO'elins H. H, Oo.,
0 X (5 v o X rt n d, Ohio.
Loar Sir:-
I run in receipt of your lottor 10th .in at. in regard to hdinjn Phono pi ox System of 'ColOfjrnphy.
" 'Oho coot of oquirr'irc throe office a would iso about 'jl.'iO.OOi I semi yds voider «mmo onw a doRcript ivn pamphlet 5m vrldolr tho crust ■ o ’’ inwtmm-ait a' in mentioned and whl oh trill also Rive you nr.' Ichi# at! to the many noon to vbj.oh the Phonoplcx can bo put. In . equipping fny circuit our custom in to hill, tho 'inntirim'mt'8 fto. at actual coat. v/o «har;;o a yearly royalty of $100 for. each Phonoplcx circuit* which royalty continuon in force only 'oo lone ati the oirouit. is in user.. If at any time after the nyntan has bcii adopted you should desire to abandon it for a period, the royalty onnoos from the clay the instruments are disco sin Co tod, o\tr intention boinn that royalties ''Shift?. be paid only on circuits in actual' use.
’Vo aie- going to' make an exhibition of this system boforo tho
Kin u<vfcol» n<3w my, fatly llth mxt. Porhops it U yonr intonUon to oomn to How York r.t that time. If so, ymi will hav* an opportunity of vitnonsin<5 ' practical to r.t of tho syot-om. A ru,-ihoi- o f th o loadiir; railrn ahn is, tsTi« United fstrtton arc nor twine Phonoplox. :
Yovu’k vary truly,
ELae trio inn,
June fifty sfv.
H. if. T/:tvor, 7.aq.t
10 Dfiy ftt roots, '
"low Yorfe ftity.
fo,. U-, ^o0-n5«H-ifl0^i0n 1 tWnk ^ very much bottm
to / , " J ooisj.011 1 rtf.] 10 wit h tlio oowntorsl-af t pc, tin
r 8t0Cil inBt0.Ra «* **»E a lu-aohot toliolt. ° S;- ,r 310 ?000"lty f0r th0 0:c:;ra °™ntor shaft,
s«''rsstn r^^^srr."
of Wti - ,1° !;, !afU'Cn"3lts aro nofcivon-in tho lottor
t yhti ' .<„* , ‘‘ ' ‘° ru 0 ~'mv- As noon an I rocoivo t] on
Sfi; x sx to «• i**w» *»*■ *• «» «ate a, • 1
I shall ala, send official order for g^nding mchiL ^61:^ of.
your cfnStiSn!1118 ^ matte ia »* -tt*-***
1 romaj.n yours truly,
Thoo. Hoc1.:, j’Hti , ,
fH?.o East nth St root,
”ow York riity.
I) o a r r, x i? : -
I take ploasure in cnelonine horovrith 'V. KcUeon's eh cl- i'or yin, to cover the onions on of yournolf and x'.vioi'ctfi ,i:i connootion with your recent vir.it to, the Laboratory . !.:r, Edition desires wo to thank you for the aneintanoo vfhich you renrtnrod and ho hopes at some future two to have tho ploaswo of socinc you at the Laboratory to woke some testa in connection viith. the nove phonograph, which if; a fjront improvement over the one yr.u tried.
Yo\u-b truly,
r?
Private floe lot ary,
Copy.
J. D. Abbe , Esq.,
rt
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.Tune 25,188 8.
1\a-^
Eear Sir: -
V/ith reference to your lott'er
of the 14th Inst., c on coining the electrical lifting of she-ets of paper from a pile I find that under favorabLe circumstances de¬ tached sheets can bo so lifted but I thir* it a grave question v/hother- th'6 necessary conditions can be practically maintained in actual operation. On a danp day fof example, you would be liable to oithw pick up several sheets at once, or more probably none at all. So that while it might bo worth your while to tiy experi¬ ments under actual condi tions success would be by no moans a foregone conclusion.
Yours faithfully,
Thos.
Edison.
Ixy
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Mr, <T. A. All on, .
Who "iradstroct Oompnny, Mowai’k, K,
Dear S 1 r :■
Who mine of tho Company rofetrod to in your letter ROtli instant in, "KDIfiOlT PHONOGRAPH WORKS. " Who Of¬ ficers nro, 1'hon. A. Edison, President; A. 0. Tate, Sec'y, and Treasurer. The Directors are, T. A, Edison, Ghas. Batchelor,
R. D. Gutting, John 0. Tomlinson and A. 0, Tate. The headquarters of tho Oompswy, Orans*^ M. .T,