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1889. Phonograph - North American Phonograph Company - General (D-89-62)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the North American Phonograph Co. Included are documents concerning stock transactions, the relationship of the company to the Edison Phonograph Works and subsidiary phonograph companies, and the advertising and distribution of phonographs and cylinder recordings. Among the correspondents are Jesse H. Lippincott, president of the company, and Thomas R. Lombard, vice president.
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Office of Jesse H, Lippincott,
Sole Licensee of The American Graphophone Co.
160-164 Broadway, New York,
Jamiary, 16, 1889.
Referring to the enclosed circulars respecting the Phonograph and Phonograph-Graphophone, and the North American Phonograph Company, in which, as the “ Parent Company,” are concentrated all the patent rights for the lease or sale of these instruments and their accessories, I hereby offer for sale 5,000 full-paid Shares, of $100 each, of the North American Phonograph Company, at the price of $75 per Share.
I have deposited these Shares with the Transfer Agents of the Company, Messrs. Winslow, Lanier & Co., 17 Nassau Street, New York, and have authorized them until January 26th, 1889, to receive payment therefor on my account, in the order of application, when accompanied by a deposit of $10 per Share, and to deliver the Shares so subscribed for upon payment of the remaining $65 per Share, on or before February 5th, 1889,
If any further particulars are desired, application should be made to the undersigned,
JESSE H. Lippincott.
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AND (3bSSB P7. LCIPPINGOTIP, SODB LCIGBNSEB OB IPHE
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p. o. BOX 2602. . . ..i(!aE.eh,....6.th., _
James B.Metcalf ,Esq. ,
Nev/ York City.
Dear Siri--
We are assured from the gentlemen in charge of the Phonog¬ raph and Graphophone factories respectively jthat the regular shipment of machines will commence by the first of next week at the latest. It is to be hoped that tlieir expectations may be released and I beg to assure you that everything possible is being done at this office to expedite the delivery of machines. I remain sir,
Yours
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^MBI^IGAN Gr^APHOPHONB @0., ’^^»794°ohn'^’‘'‘'’ '®°’ Broadway,
. May....22nd..., . 9,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
OrangSjN. J,
Dear Sir:-
I am very much obliged for the selection -of musical cylinders you so kindly sent me the other day. They are very fine indeed and you have my sincere thanks for your kind remembrance.
Yours very truly.
' Office OF"
^ftijEliSTH j^MERICAN PHONOGRAPH COMPANY, ' ’ '■
MP JESSE H. LIPPINCOTT, SOLE LICENSEE OF THE
AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
No. 1. NEW York, May 28th, 1889.
PRICE LIST OF SUPPLIES ■ Phonograph f. o. b. Edison Phonograph Works, Orange, N. J.
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Cost Sub°Co. |
Se„,„,P^ce the Public. |
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Phonogram Blanks (each), in bbls. of 150, |
$0.11 |
$0.15 |
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Musical Phonograms, in^^^mes of 6 and 12 (ASSORTED), EACH, |
.45 |
7^c>o |
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Battery, Complete, with Cord, - |
5.50 |
1.2b |
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; ' Cord Alone, ■ - ; Chromic Acid, in Original Packages of about |
.95 |
1.20 |
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200 LBS. - : - - • - ' |
.23 |
.30 |
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1 Packed in Jars, about 30 or 60 lbs. - - |
.27 |
.34 |
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r Zincs for Edison Battery, - - |
.24 |
.30 |
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phonograph-graphophone supplies j F.O.B. manufactory AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE CO., BRIDGEPORT, conn. |
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6 IN, cylinders per BOX (15 IN EACH), - |
$0.45 20 jc |
/ $0.45 |
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" SUB COMPANIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO ADD THE COST OF FREIGHT T '■ AT WHICH THEY ARE TO SELL TO THE PUBLIC IF THEY SO DESIRE. |
0 THE PRICES |
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• ■ . THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER DDE NOTICE. | |
Company to ask your official anavrer to this question.
Is there any liability, and, if so, to what amount, by our Sub Company to the Parent Company for machines either lost or destroyed, either by fire, or theft, or accident?
Supposing, for example, a customer removes to Canada, or to Calcutta, and takes the instrument with him and we never again get trawe of either customer or instrument, what do you claim from iis in the premises?
j^Supposing, again, that by accident a machine is utterly destroyed, as for example, by a fall upon it^of plaster from the ceiling, or a fall upon it of some other hea^^ subsfance totally destructive and wholly unpreventable , v/hat is our liability to you in the premises.^
3N & LEWIS
.yl:^ii> Jime S5t.iiji«aOf '
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Eear Sir;
to your esteemed i'avor^of ^^”213? insf^* • Replying
.v/hich are now being made, and which vnii*aQ the paymgits
Of the indebtedness Sf tAe Ta/K Co" ?o t^if ® are made by means of Mr iiTmincni + ° ’ Mison Phono. Works,
5r:SHn-~4^^^
S“S=£™~“s~^^
Awaiting your fiirther favors, I remain.
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AND elESSB T}. LflPPINGOHlip, SOLiB IXIGENSBB OP IUHE
^MBF^IGAN (aP^APHOPHONB @0., '^^«7e4°oHN."‘'‘'' '®°’ '®2 & 164 Broadway,
BOX 2602. _ JlJTIft R7. _ y/gfi
A« L. Xaylor, Esq«, Xreas«,
257 Fifth Ave., City,
Dear Sir:-
In reply to your favor of the 23rd, we bejs leave to say that by reference to the 5th clause of your license you ^vill see that the questions as to the destruction of na chines by fire or other accident beyond your . control are answered.
As to the question b;f‘tKeft7"we'-e that the local oon>- panies vfill thorou^ly satisfy themselves as to the responsibility of the people ivith whom they intend to do business before the de“ livery of nachines, and that they will not make leases with parties who woiad be liable to run away vrith our property. Should a theft of a machine occur, the chances of Tdiioh are, to think, extremely remote, we vrould expect the local ccnpany to reimburse us to the extent of the cost of the machine'.
Very truly jours.
' Office of ■■
•’ North American Phonograph 'Company ,
160 - 164 Broadway,
New York, July 1, 1889,
Dear Mr. ‘Edison,
In reply to your favor of the S9th in regard to sending phonographs to Canada, I beg leave to inform you that I have declined this request. ',' AA. we are not perfectly sure of the gro'und over there, we thought it was better to da that than to take any risk.
Very trtily yours.
Xo
Xhomas A. ^ison. Esq.
THE NORTH AMERICAN PHONOGRAPH COMPANY,
MD JESSE H, LIPPINCOTT, SOLE LICENSEE OF THE
AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
No. 2. ' NEW YORK, JULY 1ST, 1889,
PRICE LIST OF SUPPLIES.
Phonogram Box for 12 blanks, with Drawer and Two Locks, each, $2.25
Inspector's Case, complete, - - - - . ... 2.50
RuBBEk Stamp FOR Phonograph, WITH ..Pad, - . . ,22
Rubber Stamp for phonograph-Graphophone, with Pad, - . .22
Tin Horn, 14" - ...... . 50
Nickel-Plated Horn, 12" . 1,40
Mailing Box for Phonograph-Graphophone
Cylinders, 6", per 100, 3.75 ■ “ “ “ 4”, “ 3.00
2", “ 2.25
PUMPELLY STORAGE BATTERY, F. 0, B„ AT PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
TYPE. ampere hours. WEIGHT.
23 P. 240 32 Lbs.
U?,P. 190 27 Lbs.
"19 P.C. ^ 150 • 22 Lbs.
THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER DUE NOTICE.
PRICE TO CO'S. $11.50
'10.50
9.50
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TELEPHONE CALL, 180, 162 & IB 4- Broadway,
The Now Jersey Phonograph Co.,
758 Broad St.,
Newark N.J.
fientlanen:-
Prom the orders that we have received from the various oonpanieSjWe find it is necessary to call the attention of each company to the fact that the supplies for the, machines are packed as follows:-
Graphophone Cylinders, 15 in a box, 30 boxes in a orate. The d and 8" cylinders are packed in- boxes of 15 each, that is to say flftedn 4" and fifteen 8" with a mandrel to use with same, which will be found in one of the corner cylinders of each box. These like the rest are packed in crates of 80 boxes each.
Phonogram blanks are packed in barrels of 150 each. Whenever they are ordered in less quantity them that, we will have to charge you for the packing and boxing, the same as we are charged by the Edison Phonograph Works.
In ordering batteries you should distinctly . say what is wanted whether it is the Edison, Mo. 1,100 hour battery, or the old style Edison bi-cromate battery, or Pumpelly Storage Battery, then there will be no confusion and wo will be able to fill your orders in¬ telligently.
In ordering horns and other things, pi ease refer to our price list for terms and styles, so that we will -understand what you wqit. Vie sometimes get confused by parties ordering 30 inch horns when they mean 36, or 18 inch horns when they mean 14.
, A little care in this ordering business and by being careful ■to make out your orders on a separate^^ sheet of paper and not embody them in your letters, will very much^^'^cilitate our getting your goods sent to you quickly and you getting what you want.
Yours very truly,
THE NORTH AMERICAN PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
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AND ^BSSB Y). lilPPINGOiPW, SOLB liIGBNSBB OP IPHE
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TELEPHONE CALL,
16 0, 162 & 164 Broadway,
..Auguat....Ia.t,...., -
The New Jersey Phonograph Co.,
738 Broad Street,
Newark N.J.
Gentlemen:-
We would suggest for your consideration the advisabil¬ ity of making an effort to introduce into all the business schools and colleges, the Phonograph and Phonograph- Graphophone for the purpose of giving instruction to the students.
It would facilitate the introduction of these machines if typewriters were generally instructed in the care and management of them.
Rome of our. Sub-Companies have already taken steps in that direction, and are meeting great success, and in one city in the West the machine has been introduced in the college where heretofore shorthand was taught. The Principal of the college stating that it was unnecessary to teach shorthand any longer with these mach¬ ines coming into, competition.
We do not think there could be any step taken that vrould be more important to the introduction of the machines, than to have the typewriters educated to use it, as business men would be more apt to rent machines, if they found that expert typewiters were familiar with its use.
Yours very truly.
THE NORK
lAPH COMPANY
“lon^ bistance felephone 73S'.'
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PHONOGRUPH.GHAPHOPHOME.
I Jesse H. Llpplncott, Bsq.,
President, North American Phonograph Co. .
i Mr dear Sir;-
I have been, as Ohainnan of the Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Phonograph Company, requested by its Board of Directors to formally present to your Company the claim for j damages sustained by our Company owing to the non-delivery by your Company, as agreed, of both Phonographs and Phonograph- Graphophones-whioh claim has frequently during the past six months been verbally called to your official notice in inter- ■i views with officers of our Company, and with the outlines of |; which you are familiar.
ij Without entering now into a detailed statement of all
our grievances,^ I would beg to call your attention to a few l, facts relating to the expenses of our Company since the first ]: Of January last, and the circumstances under which the greater ;i part of them were incurred. t ropi y t
. undoratond have boon-your oritialpms of what you have boon
ii pleased recently to term our feYtravagant managamentl.
:i When, in December last, the question of renting #257
Fifth Avenue for the offices and salesrooms of, our Company, was
expensive offices in the last week of December, we organized our working force on the basis of orders which we then had on our books, or were promised us as soon as we vfould be ready to fill them, and for vrtiich your Ocanpany had given us reason to expect we would be able to furnish the machines within two weeks. In the face of other promises of your Company, from week to week, almost from day to day, as can easily be proved, when these first were Tonfdlfilled, we did not dare for a long time to reduce our ■ working^’force, as, had the machines been at any of those times delivered , our employees' would all have been fully occupied. As the, months went by however, arid ho machines worth mentioning were delivered us, our subscribers became suspicious that the inven¬ tions were not yet perfected-rumors of injunctions and interfer-
enoes prevailed, and finally, becOTing disgusted vrith our delay, many of them withdrew their names and others refused to receive
the machines when eventually tendered them, seme giving the reasons stated above, others the near approach of the diill summer ■ months, others their unwillingness to sign the extraordinary lease which your Company has seen fit to prescribe, and others frankly stating that as the novelty of the inventionthad worn off they did not care for it.
In other words, the "Boom" for which, in JanuaDy, the Public were prepared, and in which they were then anxious to ^
participate, had spent itself, and when your Company, four or i five months after, were ready to deliver us machines, such as I they were, in any considerable (XfMBiicawaWlaace quantiti'es , the reaction had set in, and we were left to suffer from it.
In the meantime, with the aid of our offices, our exhibi-i tions, our expenditures, and our endeavors to push the enterprise,! your Company has succeeded in profitably placing the stock of j numberless Local Companies all over the Unites States-whilo we, j for the reasons above given, have been unable, up to this time, j to place more than 200 machines in our own district, although we have advertised, employed canvassers, and used every known means to add to our subscription list.
Coming to realize the situation, our Executive Committee has within the past few months out do^m our expenses to a minimum; we have rented^thlrd floor of our building, we have placed our second floor in the market for a tenant, we have discharged our
Superintendent, and have reduced our pay roll over 50;?, but even ^ now our expenses are far in excess of our income, and seem likely to be for some time to come. Our working Capital of $50,000., |
which seemed so ample when we commenced operations, and would ! have been had our expectations as to receiving machines, been i
realized-has been seriously impaired, and only the strictest ;
economy will enable us to tide over these unfortunate conditions,!
As a result, the price of our stock has become merely nominal; it has been offered in the open market at $25, per share, and when, two weeks ago, 100 shares were put in the Auction Room for sale, no bid whatever could be obtained, and it had to be withdrawn; on the other hand your Company has declared a dividend of 3X, and its stowk is quoted at 75, It is not to be denied that your Company has, as above stated, vastly benefited by the expenditures of ours, and that our Company throu^ the failure of yours to meet what we claim to have been its obligations, has j suffered-and is to day suffering-heavy losses. It would seem, I so identified are the interests of the two Companies, and so | interested is yours in the sucdess of ours, that under all these i circumstances you should not-even from a selfish standpoint- | throw yourself upon techinically "legal ri^ts", if any exist , !
but should consider our claim more in the lij^t of justice and equity, I
we
It is 6n this basis that we prefer ’legal rights" in the premises? You
to meet you-but have j will perhaps say thatj
specific time is mentioned in
within which the
your Company, or your ropresontatives fixed a period or periods i within which our Company might expect or should receive the |
deliveries that "reasonable time" within the established rules |
of law became a definite one and you were both in law and equity j
I
bound to deliver or make good the injury a«tl failure oast upon | us. We claim that time to have been, beyond all question, I
not later than the 10th of January last, although many more in- | definite promises were made by your f'epreaentativos, which should' have boon fulfilled much prior to that date, even. so far back as ' in October.
I am avfare of the concession your Company has offered | in regard to not demanding rentals of any machines prior to the j
I
first of month, no matter when*delivered, but, grateful as j
our Company is for any consideration, I believe that, when re- i duoed to a business basis, this offer will appear not to exceed $500. , and cannot therefore be accepted as in full satisfaction of our claim.
Our Executive Committee has most carefully and conscien¬ tiously made an estimate of what damages, under all the circum-
cu
stances, our Company can equitably and justly, swfli^we think also legally^ claim against yours, and place the sum at not less than $10,000,, in which estimate the Committee is sustained by the
full Board of Directors.
It is to lay this claim before you that I write, and I j ask for it your dispassionate consideration, and that of your Company,
Frankly, we believe that it could be sustained at law, but we tnist that there never may be occasionnin this, or in any other matter, for either of our Oranpanies to force the other j into Court for ti^ determination of their respective rights; we j rauSi-^^er to4eideve that the justice of our claim will receive! your, ready recognition, and that, this matter being amicably j
.A ' - i
,ZdibrVs^>of<'!; the^^.wo Companies may work together for their mutualj
'' ''fip ^ ,/<'> . i
.prosperity ^d advancement. , .
'Z '/j 'p (I . ' ' , '
^ >! ' Wltff sincere respect, ^
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riOF^WH ^MBF^IGAN ©HONOGl^APH ©0.,
AND gIbSSB F). IIIPPINGOIPIP, SOLB LfIGBNSBB OH IPHB
flMBF^IGAN Gf^APHOPHONB (so.,
16 0, 162 & 164 Broadway,
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TELEPHONE CALL, ' “794 JOHN."
P. O. BOX 2692.
James B, Metcalf, Esq,,
Ch, Ex,' Com, Met, Phono, Co.,
257 Fifth Ave, , city.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of. the 1st was duly received and has had our carem consideration. In reply thereto,- we beg leave to take exceptions td some of the statements made. The writer may have and probably did o:q)ress himself favorably in regard to your action in leasing the premises now occupied by your company, but as to expressing myself as you put it "strongly", that he has no recol¬ lection of doing* -I doubt very much whether I knew that you in¬ tended to occupy No, 257, Fifth Avenue, until the matter was pretty well settled in your own minds,. I thought it was a good move; if I was- mistaken, it was simply an error of judgment that had been endorsed by your directors or executive committee, when lease. It was my understanding tint in addition to your uptown quarters, you intended to have an office in this vicinity, right among the business houses, and it was in • this connect ion that 1 expressed myself in favor of the uptown premises, but had the question been aubmitt ed to me, as to the advisability of your taking an uptown or a downtown -office, 1 cer¬ tainly should have advised the latter,
You say "As we did not then and have not even yet ob¬ tained rachines of the quality and in the quantity promised", in an^er to this, we beg leave to say that you obtained machines just^as promptly as wo received them. That, if promises were made you that were riot fulfilled, they were based on promises made to us, which, the time, we had every reason to expect wovBd be carried out. In regard to the quality of the instruments, we beg leave to call your attention to the following clause irora-the 13th .'Yhe instruments delivered by the party under this agreement shall at all times possess all the improvements thereon, which at the time of such delivery, or prior thereto* have been adopted by the party of the first part»
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The deliveries we hav3 made we claim have been strictly in compli¬ ance with the above.'
' You state "Vfith the aid of our offices, our exhibitions, our e:q3enditures and our endeavors to push the enterprise, your - company has succeeded in profitably plaoinff the stock of numberless local companies all over the United States". So far as this con^any is concerned, it has tjadl nothing whatever to do with placing the stock of local companies. It sold its territory in many oases to parties who did not visit New York, and who, prior to their purchasea-, had never been in the rooms of the Metropolitan Phonograph Company.
Your inability to place more machines, we think has been owing somewhat to your business methods. So far as we know, your advertisements were inserted in journals that only reached - the very best class of people. Men who were perfectly able to pay for proficient stenographers. Our experience has been that the people who are the most enthusiastic about these machines and who take hold of them most readily are not those that read journals like the Evening Post, but are business men of the medium class who are in a great majority in this country, and flho have never had the advantage of a proficient stenographer. In your employ¬ ment of canvassers we have understood that the price you offered for securing customers was -so inadequate that you could not ob¬ tain proper representatives.
You state that you cannot accept our waiving of rentals prior to July 1st as in full satisfaction of your olaimt- We beg leave to inform you that in relinquishing our right to rentals prior to the date stated above, we made it uniform with all of the sub- companies and that we did not anticipate you woiad give us credit for- it on accoiint of v/hat you supposed to' be a claim against us.
As to the legal points referred to, not having had a con¬ sultation with our attorney, who is now in Europe, we prefer not to discuss them, and \vill close by saying that we -do not consider that you have a-olaim on us for $10,000. or for any other sum.
Very truly yours.
Office of
The North American Phonograph Company, 160-164 Broadway,
New York, August 5, 1889,
■The Jdison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. J,
Gentlomen:-
In reply to your favor of the first, we expect you to credit our account with the old. batt eries as they are returned. They were, as you know, inefficient ,( see your circular letter to the various phonogrtjjh companies) and for that reason they are use¬ less to us and to our Lessees,
Office of
The North American PhonogrEph Company, 160-104 Broadway,
New York, S^t. 19, 1889.
Chas. Batchelor, Esq. ,
"Edison Phonograph Works," Orange,. N. J.
Dear Sir;-
You would confer a great favor upon me if you would take up the matter of a new price on the Edison hundred hour bat¬ tery and supplies for same. We are being very severely criticised by our sub-companies on account of the prices charged for parts of the battery. Eor instance, a jar at 40 cents that some of them claim they can buy at home at from 15 to 18 cents. The difference between the two prices is such that it occasions dissatisfaction and leaves them tinder the impression that our entire business all through is conducted on the same scale and that we are tiaking- a hundred per cent, profit in the articles tint we sell to them.
Very truly yours,
[FROM CHARLES BATCHELOR?]
Jasoe H, Tiippinoott, Kaq.,
North Amerioan Phonocrc^'h Oompa?ii% #lfiO Broafl'way, New Yorh nity#
Dear Sir:-
Answering yoitr Lett or of t,o-dajc on tVio *3attoi'y queo- tJon, wiwld sqj' tS'at vre have been rtiaking these batteriea in snail qv-iantities just an the Ndiaon Phonocrsrh V/orks calLefl for them.
If in future yoiu nan (-jive us orders for larger qtiantitiea, so that we oan deijond on about forty per day- or so, and assure us of pwnpt pai'mQit of our bills, we ean nalce yon better prices. iVe have de¬ cided. that it is better to md-.e the zinc run out at the sfwie tteo as the co'l^per plate, so that it v.'ill be about one-third the prio'o and. 300 hoxirs instead of 000,
Tlie price that we cai {jive you now is as follows:
Pattcry co'inpl et.e, ready for worklnt' §13. 3.^
" ■ , with the exception of the
oxide plates, zincs and soda
Price of extra oxide plates, each
• • • j^incs, , each
• ■ II Glass .Tars, each
7. AS »39 •3li,
J. H.
Prioo of .%tra PorofSLtiin OovorB, saoh S:3
* • » Sodas, por s-tlok l.o
'Vo can allow yoii a discoimt. of 15^ and off these prioeo, and we will iifjree to deliver them to the Kdi son Phonograph 'Vorhs, In Orange, free of ohai’ge, hilt not boxed Ihr ^ipmont.
Vie oan offer yon four oents per lb. for all scrap zinos; that are worn out, and for all used coiiper plates, ten oents per lb., both delivered at our Factory.
The T!di son I tanufnc taring Oompaiy has spent a great d'(sil of mo'noy to perfect this batterj', and has to iiay a la:-go royalty for the use of other patents. Tho royalty cannot, of course, be cypr- ged on those parts of the battery that will be constantly renewed; therefore it follows that we must ask y ax to give us a guarenteo that yax or yaxr Oomi'anies Trill only xxse th'arrx for phonogrijih pur- po ses, and that no extras will be boxight except to replenish bat¬ teries Iji xxscs.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Orango , N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly note the enclosed copy of letter from the Colo¬ rado & Utah Phonograph Company, under date of July 22nd, to which our attention v/as dravm by balance of enclosures herewith, for¬ warded to us yesterday by the Phonograph Works!
Yours very trtily.
[ENCLOSURE]
COLORADO & UTAH PHONOGRAPH COI/^Al'lY.
Denver, Colo., July 22, 1889,
North American Phonofp'aph Co.,
160 Broadway, N. Y.
Gentlemen
Vfc are about disoouraffed in regal'd to "Batteries."
We received two of the How No. 1 batteries by express at a cost of §26.00 express charfro s hoping to get a battery that would do the work as represented.
V/e set up the first one following the printed instruc¬ tions, minutely and find as follows:-
It v/as full 48 hours after setting up before we could turn motor.
We short circuited about ten minutes. The Voltage we were unable to get , but it is evidently very low as it will run motor only to reproduce .
There seems to be a great range current strength in jars probably owing to the depolarizing material. On close circuit one jar registers 10 amperes, one 8, one 7 and one 3. All four con¬ nected in series close circuit 7 amperes,- when motor is running one and a half amperes.
We have used battery two and a half hours in one week and that is all we could get out of it. We opened up the second battery and found one of the jars broken and as we
mot get any-
[ENCLOSURE]
N. A. P. Co. — 2.
thing to I'oplace it here, it is useless to us at present. It may be possible that we have gotten hold of one tliat is not just rijjht. We have three more coming and v/ill try them, but if t hey work no better than the first one they are no good to us.
As things are at present, v/e cannot lease Motor Power Phonographs. We feel very much disappointed, as we have been promising some of our people to furnish a battery as represented to us, to replace the first battery, and said patrons are disgusted and say that v/e must take back the machines.
This hurts our reputation as others wore waiting to see how this battery would work. Can you enlighten or help us out in any way?
Have you tried the Pumpelly Storage Battery? V/hat would be the cost' of recharging, etc., etc.
Yours truly,
THE COLORADO & UTAH PHONO. CO.
COPY.
0FIBIGB 0P
JFhe ^§pfeh Jlmepi®an E*h@^@§papl^ 6©.,
and Jesse i. liippineefeli, S®Ie liieensee ®f- fehe
PEFiepisan Spaph®ph®i^e 6®.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
IKew york,_ . ....0.et.......30.t.h, . .1dS9.
TELEPHONE CALL,
Dear Mr. Edison,
After leaving the Works yesterday, I had quite an ex¬ tended talk with the two gentlemen from "hicago and with Mr, Benson from Omaha. Their opinion is that unless we have a start and stop movement, different from the one now contemplated, that we will make a great mistake. In talking with Mr. Easton of t he Columbia Company on last Monday, he was of the sane opinion. I am also in receipt of a letter from the Pittsburgh Company, which is very em¬ phatic in the same direction. Those people are broufht in daily contact with typewriters and other- practical users of the machines. They want the motion in starting or stopping a nachine to be sim¬ ilar to that made by the typewriter in touching the keys. They say that typewriters, who copy for so much a folio, find fault v/ith any, even slight, impediment in doing their work rapidly. If this movement could be arranged by two keys, it would meet all criti¬ cism.
You may look upon this as a very small or insignificant matter but really the testimony we get lY’om all quarters is so unanimous as to the advisability of using a suitable device, that we would be going greatly against our own interests to not recog¬ nize it.
We are to have a meeting of seven of the near by managers at our office next Monday. I should like very much to be able to Show them the complete machine on thsit day. With the start and stop movement satisfactory and the cylinder the length of the man¬ drel and a single record cylinder for mailing, my conviction is that the graphophone will be. practically shelved.
To
Very truly yours.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
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EATON & LEWIS
^/^/(EQUiw
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Dear Sir:-.
... , , Re Eippineott $65,000,' Note. Pursuant to your
letter given to Mr, Lippincott,,this note was protested, and I have drawn r.a contract extending payment for two months.and- providing S ® =rtens ion note for $65,000. plus.-^ eleven months * inter^t on xno ox CL noxo**
T please find triplicate copies of the said con-
tract. I have submitted them to Mr. Lippincott.and he approves.'.
In + you kindly write your name at the bottcm of the
docments.with a witness, and have the same returned to mo, and oblige.
Very truly yours
ORBIGB @F
jphe ^©Pfeh Jlmepisan E>h@i^@gpapl^ (2©.,
and J©sse Iiippinaafelj, S©I© Liiaens©© ©5 feh©
Hnaepiaan Spaph©ph©^e S©.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
^ew TJork, - N.Q.YgniMc_JL, _ id6 9.
TELEPHONE CALL, P. O. BOX 2S92.
Yours very truly,
c 0BBrce 0F
pFFiei?i©aH I!’h@i^@gmpl^ G©., and Jegse K IiippinQQlsfe, Sale liieensee @f fehe
Hmepiean (apaph®ph@^e d®.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
TELEPHONE C
IKew york,.
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Sec, <'P7^V~r.
Edison's Laboratory, Oranjp , N. J, Dear Sir:-
In talking with Mr. Edison the other day, he informed ms that he hai requested you to send me a copy of an opinion on the graphophone patents given to Col. Gotiraud by his solicitor. As 1 have not yet received it, will you kindly forward it without delay, and oblige.
Very truly yours.
0FIRIGB 0B
jphe ^©pfeh Jlmepisan ^®v
and JeSge i. Liippin©©1jfe, S©Ie liiaensee ©f- fehe
Hmepiaan Spaph©ph©^e G®.,
telephone CALL, IqO, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
P.O.BOX 2502. . JJOYQjIl^Qj, 2l8t..^ . ISS 9
Walter Miller; Esii., ■■ ' '0r6aige;-NVj;'''
Dear Walter :-
V/e sent over an order to-day for two dozen Musical Cylinders, to be sent to Mr. Benson at Chicago. Will you please at¬ tend personally .to the selection of these, and have the records of the very best class of music and all A number one, each record care¬ fully packed. This is very important to all of our interests , and
the attention we ask.
■^S-pokon iiiio the Phonograph by Thos. R, Lombard. Written from the dictation by
REiCJiilNAJlll:?.
0BFirGB 0B
JPhe ^@i?feh pmepisaH E>h@^@gpapl^ G@., ^3
and Jegse i. liippmcssfefe, S@le ^sendee fehe
PmepigaR Spaph@ph@]^e G@.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
IKew [y ork, — . .D.e,c^.l2ih...,,,.,..^,„^ d8
TELEPHONE O
Edison Phonograph Works, Orange, N.J, Gentlemen;-
We liave repeatedly been requested to 'furnish'’tp1,thje sub companies a catalogue of musical phonograms so that they could order such as they wanted from it. We were inf^orm'diT'a* short '-tiinetago that such a one was in preparation by you,we 'would like to have it expedited as much as possible, and as soo^, as-,we get-^'‘copy we will liave some printed and forward to the companiie'b:’
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Yours very truly, '
The North^ericah Phonograph Co.
\Spoksu inUi ihc Phono^ri^ by Thos, /?, Lombard.
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jphe ]^@Pl5h flmepisan l?h@i^@gpapl2 G^®-,
and Jesse 1. liippineefefe, S@Ie liieensee fehe
piFnepiean Spaphephei^e S@.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
IKew y ork, - Dexainhar_2a±h,,.._'i S5 9 .
TELEPHONE C
Dear Mr. Edison,
I intended to po out to OranRe to see you on Tuesday but found you had left for Akron Monday niRht. I have succeeded in purchasing the 150 shares of stock in the Edison Phonograph Co., owned by Mrs. Mary Kemenway of Boston and I now have the certifi¬ cate in tny possession. You know she paid in $22,200. I made the purchase for $23,400., so we will have no more trouble in that di¬ rection.
On account of the changes in the phonograph and the total cessation of shipments for several weeks, I have concluded it was not wise to attempt to offer the stock of the North Amer¬ ican Company to the public until we reached a point where v/e could deliver the machines lYeely. We have not yet reached that point and will hardly be able to do it for some little time yet. For that reason I would like you to renew my last note and the stock privilege you have for three months, say until March 31st,, next. -It— i-s-not— probab-le-t-hat— I— wi-l-l— ask— of-you-any— fimt-her-e-xtansdon of time. If this meets v/ith your approval, kindly send me a note to Major Eaton by return of mail, telling him to extend my note and the stock privilege until March 31st. The other papers come due next Tuesday, so 1 should like you to send to me the authority granting the extensions by return of mail.
You may not be aware of the fact but the North American Company has paid the Edison Phonograph Works, up to date, the sum of $243 , 000 .
With the compliments of the season and trusting I may have a prompt reply, I am as ever.
Sincerely yours.
1889. Phonograph - North American Phonograph Company - Subsidiary Sales Companies (D-89-63)
This folder contains correspondence concerning the business affairs of various regional sales companies under contract with the North American Phonograph Co. Included are letters about the exhibition of the phonograph and about technical problems with phonographs and phonograph batteries. There is also material relating to the shipment of talking dolls. Among the correspondents are John L. Butterfield, manager of the Michigan Phonograph Co.; Louis Glass, general manager of the Pacific Phonograph Co.; and W. T. Ross, general manager of the Tennessee Phonograph Co.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of acknowledgement and transmittal; routine orders and requests for information; other routine business correspondence.
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(EhE Phoi/ograpl? So.
J. L. ButtfiFlield, HiaijagBr.
Rooms 13, 13 & 17, Detroit Opera House.
Elelpoif, Pf)ia\). . I'ebi?uary....l5.1!.....lSSd,§S....
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Orange, II. J'.
Dear Sir:-
. In aooordanoQ tvith a suggestion made by you, I would be very glad to have Mi’. Greim return and spend a week in the Assembly Room so that he may be familiar with the new Phono¬ graph before it is shipped to us. If you will be kind enough to let me know when it will be desirable to have him rotui’n, I “^vill be very much obliged to you. ~
V/e have orders for several Phonagraphs, and are only waiting for tie maoliines, I trust there will be no unexpected
delay and from now on we shall have a rousing business.
Very truly yours.
Manager ,
Dictated to the Phonograph.
!| ThCDias A. Kdison, i! Orange K.J.
I Dear Mr, Edison:
.Is it possible for me to obtain two or three
Phonographic dolls < I should like to have them very much if
you could do so. One I wisih to give to a very influential
party in Nev^ York who will be of considerable assistance financially
to us^fromitime to time in our business. He expressed the desire to have a doll. Sorry to trouble you in the matter. _ Yours Tnilv't _
|| Mr. A. 0. Tate,
Private Seo'y to Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Nev/ Jersey.
Dear Mr. Jatet—
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of March, 4th. regarding tho attention which you intend to pay to the operators which we are to send to you for instruction on the new Phonograph. Also to Mr. Edison's ;j kind reply to my letter of the 28th. uitt.as regards Pho-
: nograph dolls. I will communicate .atlttLMagsrH _ _
I Jaquesv as suggested by Mr. Edison.
:j Thanking you again very much,'iror your attention.
I am
Yours very truly,
!l DfCTATED TO
|i '^ONOGRAPH-GRAPHOPHONE.
Pacific Phonograph Co.
T. A. Edison, Esq. , Orange, N.J. Doan Sii’ :
V/o.are just in receipt of your letter of March 5" announcing the shipment- of treadle Phonograph by Wells, Eargb Ex¬ press, on iPeb'y 20". The, machine came to hand in proper time,. and wo acknowiodged it to Jesse H.Lipplhcott.
All our people here are greatly pleased with the treadle machine— the governor is perfect in its action and readily changed., As to speed. We are all impressed with the belief that we will have more call for these machines than »pr those actuated by
_?l®_ct?:LQ_P.qwer_and__tmst_you-wlll_be-abla-t6-supply-them;- . .
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear l/ir. Edison;
This v/ill introduce to your kind attentions l/lr. Erastus A. Benson, of, OmaJia.
J'/lr. Benson is the gentleinan \iho has put through in great shape the lov/a, Nebraska, Dakota, Wyoming and ■
Montana companies for Phonograph business, and noirr, having placed the elephant, would like to see where it v/as horn and Drought up.
Any attention you can pay him v.'ould be appreciated both by Mr. Lippincott and myself. i
Yours Truly, j
Pacific Phonograph
March 26 ",1889.
My dear- Tate:
A roan named Le Count came into our office today with a Graphophone cylinder which he wished to have read to him.
He has Just returned from New York and seems to be well acquainted with many of the Phonograph-Graphophone people there. He told me that he was informed at the office of the Metropolitan Company on Pifth Avenue, that the New York Company would receive about 100 machines within two weeks, but that- none would be forwarded to the Pacific Coast for probably ninety days.
Our people are- veiv much dissatisfied here at the deSay in receiving- machines and we have so little information ourselves
-that-we-cannot-make-our-expianation-satisfactory;; — But we tlTlhK -
that we are entitled to our share of -machines as- soon as- any other
agency, and we hope you will do ijJiat you can in Mr.Edison's estab¬ lishment to see that we. gre fairly dealt with. We- sent- Mr.Llp- pincott-an order fow-SOO machines on Janiiary 30th— one half of which were to be treadle. H ave the kindness to let as know •if he has filed this order with you, or if- such is his custom. Please write me also what- are the. probabilities for shipment and whether the- price of the cylinder has been detemined.
With kind regards,! am,
oA. 3. ylX)c
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• THE WESTERlff PMI01ffT^]felSei.Rj^BH-CiipkgA^^
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Mr Thomas A. Edison.
OranjsQ, New Jersey.
Dear Sir;-
I send you by mail today a "musical record" which was taken on the Phonograph last Sunday, it was given us by Mrs, Alice A, Shaw, the famous whistler, and by her request wo send one record to you. Hoping tliat you will receive it all right I remain
Very Truly Yours,
CChE E3iGl?igai? Phoi^ogpapl? So.
J. L. ButtErlisld, fEaijagsp.
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CChE RHiel^igai; Phoi^ogpapl; So.
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J. L. ButtepIiBld, PBaijagen.
Rooms 13, 15 5 17, Detroit Opera House.
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Thos.A. Edison, Esq., . I
Orange, . .
'V^U L o " y
Dear Sir:- j ,,Uctir <rr Sd), '
We are niu|ch sttrprised ^reoe^e ^ letter fro'm -
Bie North American Hionograpli p). in nhich i|t is claimed' tiiat «4 — — e- — f— «• CL-SP
battery is not a part of thejcorap^jete motor* plionogr,aph _
c..w'U o^r
s£e_aJ;onc.e_th.&t_e_v.erKthij:mln_th-0-nature-of)- supplies— is _ \ _
,., tv p-ftv- C<..L.v.v.\ "t — (xi-e-O-'^a -v./vj^- o u,vp— 1
a,' but i|t is certainly) a very unwise and/short^
, _ , , . frrA^V^ c^i s t> I Orxi
siglited policy to insist upon customers b.uying a'Jbattery in order ., /s>
^(^6- G Vv t.-ef
to complete the motor. . V/e have alwayd understood that . ^
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tlie battery vtas a part of the motor machine, was furnished vpith it, and have so stated to our customers* u 4 All of the ordei
orders vre have,!. were give^ with that undjg^*- |
standing, and to tell them now that-the batterer is (extra, would
lead many to cariceTti^e^ or^^/^and would'^rta/^^maice^t ^
Urerv^(L,) (LtTUA-t' UJttUvsjvl/C^. ttv.(..vv-q mudi more difficult to, get orders in the future. , d
iljtliose ^t-Ue i^^ence the 'public very
I would ^ertainj.y be agairSt the phonj|raph. /
It is one oijt largely and
(Lhe EBicl^igai/ Phoi^ogFapl? So
J. L. ButtEFliEld, HBanagEF.
Rooms 13, 15 a 17, Detroit Opera House.
©efraif, I¥)iob' .
We hope to hear at onoo tliat vre v/ere misinformed upon this question. V/o have written to Ihe Nortli Amei-ican Co. o
Very truly yours,
Dictated to the pliono0raph
Extract from letter, from The Wisconsin Phonograph Co., May 15th., 89'' Mr. Miller has arrived here and we have had a very pleasant talk with him. f/lr. Miller, and I experimented on the jig-lpack ar¬ rangement 80 as to see whether it was practicable to have the re¬ producing needle of the Edison machine so set as never to require adjustment, and we have both come to the conclusion that it is per¬ fectly practicable.
In fact, even as it is, I have removed the switch screw of the.re- prb(li;cer as I find that so many records are cut out with it that it is a dangerous thing to have around. ’
Mr.Miller, has got no better results from the little battery have, Vfe cant ship out the Phonographs at all with those i'^^'batterle^s and it is a question with us whether we had better wait
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V -^before s-.l^ping:0Ut Phonographs imtil wo get the new battery from Edisonjpr^^hether we’ shall got some other battery. W^at battery
would you, recommend 7 the Roberts-Brevoort
what?
The ‘•.machines 1 that we
the treadle motor Edii
icrew done away with; both of th
iwitch screws
sances and it wduld bp bettor to have them off than
Very truly yours,
lin Phonograph'
(Ehe Phoi^ograpl? E
J. L. ButtBFliBld, Hiai;agBii.
Roon\s 13, 15 & 17, Detroit Opera House.
Selroif, . I.Ie-...:2S.'.!. . laSO....... . 1§§„
Ur. Tlios, A. Kdison,
Uy clear Sir:-
I eno.losc horowith, a letter frow Ur. 17. tl . Brearley, president of Tlie Michigan Press Association.
It explains itself. I have looked into the nature of the
meeting iioro reforro.-] to. and am satisfied th.at it is one nppor-' tnnity in a thousand for exliibiting our rnaoliino. I shall
go to Grand P.apids and give the exliibition of t;rpe settin.g from phonograph dictation, as he requests, and v/ould be very glad to comply v;ith his second request if it is possible to do it.
Please send me, for e.xhibition at this time, a variety of cylin¬ ders v/ith musical records etc., in order that I may give a general exliitaition of the machine and show its capacity in all directions.
V/ill you please let me know when v/o may expect the bat¬ teries v/hich you are making for the phonograph? 'flie original batteries sent out are not such that v/e can use them.
The business' men are very much opposed to the constant change of U[g|fa!^the general character of the battery.
CEhE Phoi^ogFapl? 2o.
J. L. ButtErField, IBaijageF.
Rooms 13, 15 S 17, Detroit Opera House.
©efpoif, \^)ic\). . . . 1(
I am makinf:: a tost of a ."torago battery here v/hich promises to be very satisf.actory. It runs about one liundred and fifty-five
hours vtithout stopping. I shall use this Storage battery ijj| connootlon tvith the maO-lne, until I get 'some other battery from you.
I am glad to say tliat the phonograph, vrith the oxcop-
Dictated
the Pl'onogreph.
"^csilevn '^enn»^lv>ama '^KonogmpK ®o.
No. 146 KIKTH AVENtlK.
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Mi'tTijOnms A. Edison.
LI v/zelX'-n Par-l; ,
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s' lvania Phnnoj-i-ajih
CIFIC PHONOGRAPH CO.
I send you enclosed, tv/o letters for Mr.Edison- v/ill you have the kindness to see that he gets them i^erconally.
Had a letter from loppy saying he was off for Europe.
Are any of you folks going during the Exposition? Is there any probability of Mr.Edi son going over himself?
Major, Sabin and myself, wlthour families, liavo just returned from a trip to Yosemlte v/here vm had a splendid time- wish you had been along. Vfe hope yet to see you in California and show you how superior it is in all things, to even Now York City and Lewellyn Park.
[ENCLOSURE]
;vs have had applications from a number of Physicians for Phonographs to be used in recording the beating of the heart, pulsations of the blood, etc.
Numerous newspaper items have appeared concerning these matters and these people desire to know whether'in your tests you have Ibund these things practicable; if so, whether special diaphragms are used and your manner of proooediire. Please give me all the information you can for their benefit.
We also have an application from William Hamn Hall, who has char^ of all the U.S. Irrigation Surveys west of the Rocky Mountains, for which Congress made a large appropriation last winter. He wishes one or more Phonographs made poirtable to be turned by hand or dloekwork an! placed within as small a compass as possible. Will you consider applications of this kind? And If so, what will be the cost in addition to the regular rental.
Very truly yours,' '
[ENCLOSURE (INCOMPLETE)]
' PACIFIC PHONOGRAPH CO.
We have a teleeram from you dated May Slat, readlnc
as follows; "Go li£ht on treadle; we have new battery four sizes last one jtwo, three and six months; also motor vroidkd el»otric light circuits — you can run out telephone wire and put sixty Phonosrai:h8 on one circuit supjplying' current from small dynamo and gas engine all made independent by* resistance," sigied "Edison".
The Xai(KX batteries received with machines do not thus far seem to be altogether satisfactory, A single cell will run
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- some-inoti’uraenfrs-up-to-130-revoluti-ons-whilst-others-are barely -
moved and we cannot' get 100 revolutions. Two cells in all instan¬ ces give good results. Now the cost of these batteries is so
great as to be with many of our subscribers prohibitory. It is as follows;
5 lbs. Chromie Acid at 40*013. $ 2.00
12 " Sulphuric Acid at 5 Cts. . .60
5 Gallons Water .-^oo
S 2.60
This will give. us six charges, or 43 Cts. each without estimating the value of the zinc, of which I cannot get the coat. We esti¬ mate the cost twenty days per month, two colls 43 Cts. each, $17.20 Where one cell dobs thw duty ,it will be half of this, or $8.60'.
• ■ , expense ..is^so great . wit2ipu^cpn3lderingjthe.:ilabor re-_
[ENCLOSURE (INCOMPLETE) ]
PACIFIC PHONOGRAPH CO.
required in keeping these batteries up, that we have thought it best to hold back, our machines until we get the dynamo oirduit mentioned in your telegram and tils we want just as soon as it is perfected; we v/ould like,- however, an estimate of the cost as soon as you can give it to visi and it may be cheaper for us to use steam pov^or .rather than the g^s engine.
■ Novf conoemirB shipments of machines. As at present boxed, these machines weigh an average of 250 pounds each and the freight charged' is three 'and a half cents a pound, making $8.75 '
Now, by shipping in car-load lots, the outer box andpacking can i;
be dispens.ed with- which would reduce the weight 100 lbs. and ji
KKHid the cost'to precisely $5. each. This would require but _
143 machines to a carload and would be a very material saving to us ;;
I will say here, that in shipping goods to the Pacific Coast, they
do not require to be as securely boxed if forwarded by ordinary s
freight as by express, the express handling being much more
severe. ■ ■ 'I
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You seem to disparage -the use of treadle machines; we have quite a number of orders from parties who are located in the mountains of California where battery material would be unusually expensive and unless we could supply treadles, we would, in our opinion, be shut out of this territory. It is our eventual purpose to place a machine in every hamlet and village in the States
[ENCLOSURE (INCOMPLETE)]
PACIFIC PHONOGRAPH CO.
ceded to us so as to increase the faoiaity for correspondence by Phonosraphs, and In very nany places, it was our purpose to put treadle machines. The treadle machine sent us wcrks splendidly and we cannot understand why you object to their being leased to the public.
Very truly yours, ~ '
-OFFICE
Wisconsin Phonograph Co.,
TELEPHONE 869.
^1.4 BROKDSa^KY.
9th 1889.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Mr. Edison: -
That pencil shheme of yours which you got up before I started, is a very good one indeed, . and it does away with one of the chief objections to the Phonograph. That is you can cor¬ rect your oivn mistakes. After you have made a mistake on the cylin¬ der you say on the cylinder that you have made a mistake and thea recall the typewriters attention to it. You simply make a mark around it with this black pencil, and before she does any transcribiig she at once ri^^stens around the mark with, her reproducer to find where it is. So you see it_ is a very convenient thing indeed. And 1 think it would be a good idea to send one or itwo with every machine I find that any one can learn how to run, thisspectacle, providiig they will give us the time and attention to learn it. But I find it is very hard work to get a business mans time, if he can not learn it in tern minutes. • -I.vhope that your new spectacle will be a good one, and thatwe will not have to stop the cylinder while adjusting with it. This is a very bad fault with this old spectacle, 1 find that in many
Wisconsin Phonograph Co.,
Sole Licensee for Wisconsin of the North Lippincott. sole Licensee of
TELEPHONE 869.
•41.4 BROKDWKV.
T. A. E. No. 2.
eases that they CQift to stop it and.’ ninytire the record. Mr. Goodwin is quite fond of the foot treadle machine and he thinks it is a daisy. And 1 think they are the macliinethat are going to take like hot cakes. We liave five machines here in practical use , and will put more out as soon as we get suitable battries, or when we get some more foot treadle machines. Mr. Goodwin now does most of his dictating by the Phonograph. I think it would be a very good idea indeed to have someKalam arrangement on the end so to tell how long your cylinder is going to last and how much you can get
the end. I find that when putting them out to people'^are not accus- tom to the machine they will not Imow how long the cylinder is going to last. So that if they had a little alann arrangement they could very easily gage it,?nd know when to stop. if you have yet got any kind of mailing cylinder, or any kind of box to send mailing cylin¬ ders in, 1 wish I could have a half a dozen shipped here, so that I' could use them in mailing them. I would much rather do correspond- ing on. cylinders, than with letters. One of the principal objection* to the Phonograph in the offices is that it is very dirty, the
WiscpNsiN Phonograiph Co.,
msee for Wisconsin of the North American l^honograph Oo„ a Llppincott, Sole -I.lcensee of the American Graphophcne Oo.
TELEPHONE 869,
T. A. E. No. f—
■SI- 1.4 BROKDlniKV.
chipes from the recorder, when handled by an imexperianeed persbn thjiy get it all over the machine, and makes it run veiy hard and and also makes it look very dirty indeed. But this could be veiy easily done av/ay with , by some kind of automatic brush under the cylinder. I find that chips from the cutting off '^^d does not bother in the least. Ho* is the new shell getting along that slips inside the cylinder? I think it would be a capital idea while you are making this shell, try an experiment by having an end on each side of the shell with a center hole in it and slip it into the Phonograph the same as you would workin< the lathe by a spring center. This would do away with the drum alltogether, and would be a very convenient thing to slip on a cylinder and take it off very quickly.
Will the purchase of the Pumpelly Storage Battery by the North American Phonograph Co., effect the sale of t&e Edison new battery? If so I would like to know. I would like to hear from you in regard to any new improvements on the Phonograph, I remain.
Yours very truly,
W. H. Miller.
£EhE fflictigai/ Phoi^ograpl? Go.
J. L. Butteplield, FBai^agep. Rooms 13, 15 S 17, Detroit Opera House.
Thomas A. Edison Esq., Orange, N. J. Dear Sir;-
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Pennlt me to again trouble you in reference to the meeting of The Michigan Press Association and the exhibition of the phonograph which I shall give at that time.
I have just had a talk with Mr Brearly, the President of the Association, and he is extremely anxious to have a phonogram from Mr Edison - if possible.
Probably the best known man in newspaper circles, is Mr Geo. P. Rowell of newspaper advertising fame, and I write to know if it would be convenient to have him visit the Laboratory and prepare a phonogram for this meeting at Grand Rapids. Mr Brearly assures me that we shall have a prominent place in the meeting, and we are very anxious to make the most of it. We have a large funnel, and could, with a cylinder prepared for that purpose, make the machine talk out in meeting. We would be very glad ata to
receive any suggestions, as we want to give a first class general exhibition; of the phonograph.
I am very much obliged td you for Ordering the musical
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J. L. Butteplield, HiaijagBP.
Roon\s 13, 15 5 17, Detroit Opera House.
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cylinders prepared. They will form a very Interesting feature of the exhibition.
Dictated to the Phonograph.
Wisconsin Phonograph Co.,
BROKDlnfHY.
TELEPHONE 869.
17ih.'p
Mr. Thomas A. Edison » P I
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Dear Sir,
Your favor of the late date stating that you had shipped six musical records as a present to the Manager of the Wis. Phono. Co. received. The Manager would have replied before but we are expecting the cylinders and hope to have the pleasure of aclcnowledgeing their receipt. Through some misunderstanding or error the cylinders have not yet arrived. We would be very thankful to receive them.
There are nvunber of minor defects in the new Phonograph which
Mr. Miller has written you about and which will not be necessaiy for
us to repeat, but we hope that they will be renovated at the earliest
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possible moment as the reproduction of the machine is perfect and^that is necessary is to make the running part of it perfect,
Mr. Miller’ s stay with us has been very advant^eous to us indeed and he has worked very faithfully and efficiently and we hope that you may see f&it it is to your interest to have him stay some little time new spectacles come, truly yours,
The Wis. Phonograph Co.
Henry D. Goodwin Manager.
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very much obliged to you for the'musioal cylinders; they^ciiine safely through reaching us to-day.
I have written to Mr.Rowell asking him to visit your lab- / oratory and prepare a cylinder for the Grand Rapids meeting.
Is there a reliable account published of your discovery of '^the Phonograph principle, and your early experiment connected with will you please advise me where it may be had, as I
shall, no doubt, be asked questions on that line and would like to be better informed.
Again thanking you for the cylinders,! am.
Very truly yours.
Dictated to the Phonograph.
Will you ploase inform us what arrancementa liavo been made, if any, in regard to the sale of the “Talking Dolls"', vail it be possible for us to secui-o the sale in Minnesota? Will your Company be able to furnish them by the llolidaysS
Ve are going to have an exhibit in the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition ;vhich opens August i2Ist, and if arrangements can bo made, vfo v^ould like very much to liave one or tv/b samples- on hand Efc that time so tliat we can shov/ them and take orders from the trade.
Any suggestions that you can offer tl:at will tend to the s of the exlaibit will be thankfully received.
An early reply to this v/ill oblige i
Yours Respectfully,
C,'o,V',C.
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Nashville Tonn,August 8th 1889 Mr Thomas A Bdlson*
Bear sir.
Menlo Park, Orange, Now Jersey,
I find a great demand for a Cylinder Biotatod by YOU, and it will be a greqt help to me if you will kindlysend one at once, I am greatly in love with the Phonograph, in fact, it is THE instrument to be pushed, and I sincerely hope to have many of them in use in this state. You have many good friends in Tennessee, and you would bo amused to hear the variety of questions put to mo by some of your old accquaintenoes,in reg- -ard to the Phonograph, and your self, TSo/oof the people for your voioe-.ahd I tope you will at once put mo in possession of an address to the Tenn people. such as you will allow me to use on all oooaslons.
To Mr Batchelor,
■ Once there was a Heathen Chinee*
Very Truly Yours,^^
Gen'll Manager Tenn Phono C,
T, H, Llacdonald, Esq.,
306 Stoolc Eiicliange,
H^ladelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:-
1 enclose you herewith letter from Ivtt-.Batchelor, and w ans
vrer.
If you have any report of progress to make, or suggestions, please enclose your letter with mine.
I hope to see you the latter part of the week.
Respectfully,
L, Halsey v;illiams.
[ENCLOSURE]
Chas, Batclielor, Esq«,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 20tD in regard to cylinders has been re¬ ceived; in reply would say: we are Eujt with the following difficul¬ ties in using present cylinders: -
They break easily from forcing too hard on cylinder, or if Icnock- ed over when standing on end; they slirink unevenly, so that when a retr cord is once made and cylinder removed from mandrel, on putting it back on machine, the reproduction is uneven, so that sometimes one side v/ill be heard and the other not.
The question is, how to give strength to the cylinder and over- . come the other difficulties.
One method that is suggested by our I.lr,liacdonald is to mould the wax on a v;ood base,
• This wood must of course be as light as possible- say white pine or poplar, and not likely to e:q)and and: contract.
The v;ood cylinder on which the wax is to be placed, can be turned out in any lengths by machinery, cut off in pieces to suit at small
expense,
[ENCLOSURE]
The next question is ho\7 to place these cylinders on the inachine.
One idea is to bore the wood cylinder out with a orauge drill, t!iat will bore a large ntmiier at once, and slip these over a small mandrel, or to center them in the machine as in. a lathe, v/ithout bor¬ ing them out.
These ideas, as you see, are all crude, and must be modified as experience shows is necessary,
V/e are making some experiments in Philadelphia, on which we will report to you.
Very Respect ly.
L, Halsey Williams,
Denver, Colorado, _ _ 1 B-S8-
Mr. E. M. Conard
Leadville, Colo.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 1st. inst. to Mr. M. E. Post had been referred to us and in reply we can lease you the latest Phonograph or Grapho- phone, the price of either being $40.00 per year. We can furnish ex¬ tra musical phonograms for from $1.00 to $2.00, although you can easijt get them by having your friends play to the Phonograph. We furnish everything for the machine except the hlank? which will cost you 15 cents each. V/e will furnish tube for one to hear at a time but a pa¬ per funnel can be made so that several can hear at once. We only sup¬ ply the treadle Phonograph at present as we have been unable thus fcir to get a satisfactory battery, '
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American Institute; New York, i877. International Inventors Exhibition, London ibbs
New York City., end v/ill want to move my talking machine also, but I am obliged to ask you to give me back my first love, the •Srapho- phone*. A Civil Engineer and .chambermaid attachment not being v/ith the present machine, I -can't work it and my 'Wife draws the. line at the point of keeping an ektra seinrant to clean up the feathers after each fight. There is no hurry a1)0ut it, but I- hope there will be no question VYhW J §end it to you. _
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THE NEW YORK PHONOGRAPH COMPANY. 257 5th., Ave,,N.Y. City.
October aith.,1889
The North American Phonograph Co.,
160 Broadway, N.Y.City.
Gentlemen: -
We receive a good many complaints regarding the Edison No.l Battery:tho following from our Agent in Rochester, is a sample.
"In regard to the hvmdred hour battery about which you wrote me on the Srd. ,inst,I can simply say that none of them have worked even when they were new. The Mr. Riley sent here by the Edison Pho¬ nograph Co., set up a new battery T/hen they first came in and he was unable to make them go, so that their not going is not due to want of cleaning or anything of the kind. I set up a battery myself the day before yesterday, was very careful in every way, and after run¬ ning a half hour or so it stopped and has not run since, and Mr. Wilson of Buffalo writes me that he is having the same Jtrouble." What would you advise in such cases?
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Gentlemen:
Your statement dated Oct. 1st. is at hand. With
reference theretd We desire to state that the batteries have not
met their guarantee. They have both'f-ailed several times after
use of not lottger then three of fovif days, and we have not touched
them at all they having set up and ohargedjiby an employee of
the. Edison Manufacturing^dorapany^aqh tdme#. vWs^quote^f rpm-a
<. -letter reoeivgd, ;^<^/tKei^ Sept. 23rd. as follows. ’ We cannot
guaranteeHhat this battery will run one hundred hours if it is * > -i I • I
only, worked twenty jor thirty -minutes. -a day when, our estimate is
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i'r . Phonograph^and h§ye quite an important
(scientifio )exhibition to make in a edpy ghort time, and it Is ' Ijto the interest of the Phonograph, that we have a Cylinder that (is Dictated by you, and we will presume t, o insist that you send Ijthe same at once.-
j| I have written you several tlaifes for this,aiid hope yoii
jwill not think me prosistent,but in this oasd.I am bound to I appear so.
ii Dont let .any of the Boys put '•Pebbles* in their mouth arid jiimitate you (as has so often been done), but send thd genuine (article, as I will' surely know thwedifferenee,and should atty thia (Of ■the kind ooour,it would do me no good whatever, as I wo Srr (not use lt»
I We hope to make the Hew Machine a great success, as we
I are pushing OHIiY the Phono garaph.
I i have sent the N.A.P.Co. an order for one half J)oz of
(the New Musical Cylinder's for the New Phono, and ^ woiad he 'glad if Walter would select something very loud and distinct (as this is for the Bank of Co meroe, where there are several of jiycuir good friends, and at that place the Machine will only be (Shown -using the 14 Inch Tin Hom.I cannot get them to use it- j otherwise .and it is a place where I shall get many orders,
ji Very Truly Yours.
1889. Phonograph - Talking Doll (D-89-64)
This folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents concerning the manufacture and promotion of Edison’s talking doll. Many of the documents pertain to the organization and management of the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co. Included also are letters requesting dolls or asking for information about them. Among the correspondents are William W. Jacques, president of the Toy Manufacturing Co., and Benjamin F. Stevens, a company director. There are also numerous letters by Edison’s friend, A. B. Dick, who was making inquiries about the manufacture of dolls while traveling in continental Europe.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal and acknowledgement and other routine business correspondence by the Toy Manufacturing Co.; a 19-page list of company stockholders (one page containing Edison’s name has been filmed); unsolicited inquiries regarding the talking doll and the talking doll business; duplicate copies of selected documents; documents that duplicate information in selected material.
Also not filmed is a set of coded cablegram messages exchanged among Edison, Tate, and Samuel Insull. The messages were subsequently decoded and transcribed by Edison’s staff. Photocopies of decoded transcriptions relating to the talking doll have been filmed in this folder. The original decoded transcriptions can be found in D-89-20 (Edison, T.A. - Secretary - Tate, Alfred O.).
[W.H. DEAN TO ALFRED 0. TATE]
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Yours very truly,
President.
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Mr. Edison would like you to wite Jacques, and ask him if he means cutting or talking.
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As I wired you from Boston, I closed a memorandum of •‘ ■7 agreement, which of course will be much enlarged before 'finaliy' ' Vr,'.' ^ closing ^or five years, a copy of which I send you. There^ar^eia number^^of^ffl Vtfii4;ic2U{tx questions which will have to be discuss^ed before/.the ■, oontr^ct"sV|^ are finally closed. I shall write you again ln,a-\day. or two' oh- this poifft^'"* 1 came from Montreal, getting here last night, • and' missed'Barr. all along the Board. He was in Toronto yesterday,' and went to 'Lindsay'last ^ night, ani then to Montreal this mornfiig'r:'‘As''Sobn'-asfl?;hearr'from;'him I will "
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at which the phonog^a^i^, should, beigi^ko^ They are very anxious that the phonograph sho.uld':b.^v-y trj^aiet fron^ the Laboratory,- but theyseem 'to think ■ ■ that your prices:,.^ajiii^h|iinl'" that ‘they have had from: other factortesri -d a much lower ji^ate th^^you have given. I. have, uip doubt they win^
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,ytcu.> May 15th.. isao.
My near Mr. Tate;
I^c iuy mono. uo. Kppiying to of yesterday fron Boston, just at hand, I beg to say;
(1) Vaiether the man. with M. &. G. trhich J. signed as President, binds the Company, depends on the By-laws. But you may safely assu;j,e that technically speaking it dons not bind the Com-
j siTch an important matter, the Directors must act formally Otherwise the action of the President would probably bo void.
(2) V/hether the Directors can grant Mr. Edison an exclusive right to manufacture for foreign use, in view of the aforesaid existing mem»,is of course a question they must decidd for thanselves. You say you have not seen that man. If 1 were you, Iv/ould insist on seeing It. It seems to me that Mr. Edison can afford to take his chancesthai the mem. is void, if the Direct¬ ors are willing to take a like chance.
(3) , You say that St told you that the Directors were
going to consult the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Pro¬ bably that is arrant nonsense. The Chief Justice would show them o ^ St°t quickly. No Chief Justice practises lavf in his
(4) Whether you can get an injunction depends so much
on the facts you could set up in an adfidavit,and on local law and usage, my opinion givenfrom here, without the facts before me, would not be worth much. I suggest that you take advice on this point frcm a local Boston attorney. The name and address of the Boston lawyer who represents the Edison light Co. and the Boston Edison Co., I will ascertain and add at the bottom of this letter. He is an old Boston lawyer of good standing. If for any reason you pre¬ fer to go to sane other lawyer,! suggest Mr. Henry D. Hyde, of Hyde, Dickinson & Howe, 150 Devonshire St. If you will menjtion my n^e to Mr. Hyde, and perhaps remind him who I am, it will set you all right. His firm is one of the best in the City, but very much hi^er priced than the attorney first above mentioned*
(5) It seems tome that if you are stiff, positive and aggressive, you can carry your point. However, the judgnent of a man on the spot like pourself.is far better than the opinion, off-a absentee like myself.
Regretting that 1 cannot give you more positive advice, and trusting that you will appreciate why I cannot do so, I remain,
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Very ttmly yourjS,
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Hotel Vendcme, Boston, Mass.
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Edison to give license for foreign countries, covering all existing inventions and impro’vements pertaining to speaking dolls, and all future inventions and improvements made during next five (5) years, giving exclusive right to manufacture and sell and to .license others to manufacture and sell, but not assignable, for any co uiitry, v/ithout consent in vrriting of Edison'.
Simultaneously the Company gives Edison a contract, sub¬ stantially in form stibmitted, granting exclusive right to manufac¬ ture for sale in foreign countries, for the life of the license referred to'. Edison cannot assign this manufactttring contract except to a corporation in v/hich he retains full voting control'.
A royalty of twenty per cent {20^) of the shop price of movements to be paid Edison!. Edison to Imve one-eighth (1/fe) of the Capital stock of Toy Phono!. Co', and this proportion to be maintained v;ith respect to any further increase so long as Edison retains the stock so issued to him. Edison to liave one representati'VE' on Toy Phono ''.•::aui^S;HBoa;i^ao long as he can qualify!.
Cash now in Company's treasury not to be used to settle
Madden-Gilli land, claim, and Edison's holding of stock to be at least 40.^ greater than, the number of shares issued to M'. & GU or
sold to settle their claimt
Before formal contract is made with Edison, Toy PhonoU Co'i to submit to him copies of all agreements which liave been made by it relative to foreign countries'*
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I liave written to Mr. Tate concerning a few points of interest. I am obliged to you for your introduction to Mr. Stevenson.
It would please, ^me very much to have an interview
with you at Orange concerning the importance of securing the right man
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of tlie last remarks you made to us at Orange, and, its importance has gro™ upon me more and more. The business which we all hope to make a
prosperous one, it seems to me more tlm any other tiling requires the right man in tlie right place, and we should leave no effort untried to secure sucli an one, for no matter how good a business may be, it is subject to leaks and a; person may be smart in.'one way but totally in- different in another. I know from my own business, which is mostly done through agencies. We pay a man a large salary to constantly visit our agencies. He drops in on them when the agents least expect it, and we save more than ten times the salaiy we pay in keeping even
responsible men close to their balances. I think if it is concluded to establish the toy doll business through agencies, it will require a very able and energetic man to look after the interests of the Com¬ pany. Your experience in this direction must be more valuable tlian ours can be and it is for this reason that L hope you will name a day convenient to you when you will see me. Other matters of importance may arise, about which your knowledge will be of the greatest importan¬ ce about starting out. There is but one way to do things, - the right way. Excuse me for troubling you, but I know the interest is mutual.
I’OST OWMCK S^ITAltK,
June 27th. 1889.
Dear, Mi*.' Tate ; X
Sir
The Directors of the Toy Phonograph Conmany held an informal meeting this morning, as I told you they would. They read with a great deal of interest the correspondence of Mr. Dick
with Mr. Edison concerniiig the manufacture and sale of Toy Dolls in foreign countries. Also I presented them with the name of Mr. Steven¬ son as an applicant for a business position. I explained to them the impression I had of the business qualities of that gentleman as thqr appeared to me, and it was thought best to delay any action on their part until after I liad seen Mr. Edison at Orange. I sMll be pleased to meet him again when the subject of a General Manager can be discussed and an intercliange of views given upon this matter,
Which as Mr. Edison stated in our interview was of vital importance to the Company and to him personally as representing more than one- tenth of the stock. I Shan be pleased to l^ave Mr. Edison name a day after tJ,e 4th. proximo when it will be perfectly convenient to him to meet me and perhaps one other of the directors, of this however I am
not so sure as so many of our people get away from the city for a few days to avoid the unrest which usually follows the festivities of the day.
In relation. to the foreign business, I would call your attention to the fact tliat copies of the Crawford and Pleyel contracts were sent to Mr. Edison some. time ago. It is a question if Crawford's contract is binding, but this I mention only in view of the correspondence of Mr. Dick. Mr.-Dean, I think you. will remember, has an agreement concerning Canada. We understood through Mr. Hutch- inson, that Mr. Edison will forego the payment of the .$5ooo. which would be payable July 1st. If this is not so, "there is a misunder- standing widcli should be rectified^g^elee^aph. I think that the matter was talked over with Major on Mr. Hutchinson's last
visit to New, York, subsequent to our invertiew .at Orange. The $5ooo. due Mr. Lippincott win be provided for on Saturday. He was written to on tlie 2oth. but nothing has come to hand yet; consequently he has be« this .orntog, „ be., the, Major else
Should be telegraphed, - wjdch has been done.
I think of nothing else to communicate. I hope to
liear from you in the morning and I shall give prompt attention to your letter.
It is the expression of our Board that every tiling shall be done in their power to work in harmony with Mr. Edison for the good of all concerned on a basis of the strictest business principles
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The Boston Oon^any had a contract with T, o, Crawford, cove¬ ring liVanoe, a copy of whLoh is in Major baton’s hands. Mr. Stevens states in his -letter to mo, \inder date June 37tli, 89:
•It is a question if Crawford's contract is binding.* P. 7„ Maguire came to the Laboratory the other day, and told me that he was associated with Crawford in the matter of this contract, a«i that the agreement had lapsed, and he wanted to obtain from me information in regard to yoiu* relatione with the Toy .Phono. Co., so as to enable himself and Crawford to decide whether th S' would se* a renewal of their contract. If there are any grounds what- evfsr upon whioh the Crawford contract can be abrogated. It is very impo rt^t that' the Boston GompaiV. should take advantage 'bf them. Otherwise Crawford is going to ^;oohtrol the -'bulk of tHh European trade. I have to-night written Mr. Stevens regarding the into vier; I had with Maguire, and as you are to see that gentleman on
Monday, July 8th, I have arran/jod to have this no to presented to you on that day, no you can bJ-lng tills question up for discussion and inipreaa upon the Boston people the necessity of RettiriB rid of Crawford.
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JAMES F. KELLY.
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Scunuel Insull, Esq.,
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19 Dey Street, Mew York City.
Dear Sir;
At your request 1 have tried to acquaint myself with the toy trade, with especial reference to the “doll department." My very limited knowledge of the bvsiness must be ms'’ excuse if I have failed to cover all the points you desired information upon.
The very large jobbers place their import orders in the early part of the year — some as early as January and February, and others in tfe.rch and April. If they find the prospects for a largo business good, so that they are in danger of running out of stock, they place further orders along in July or August.
Only the very largest jobbers import, the smaller fry con¬ tenting themselves with buying from the stock of the big jobbers chiefly in New York and Baltimore. These smaller jobbers buy in August or September, and their purchases drag along even into October and November. In point of fact, the big as wall as the little jeo- bers buy all the year through, though the two great seasons. are. ...ue
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s;-!:v. y j^art of the year (February or mrch) and diu'infj the latter half of the year (August or September. )
If, iiowever, a novelty is iivoroduced, the jobbers v/ill buy the moment it is ready for sale, irrespective of f/hether it is a proper or improper season. The Phonograph doll, for instance, would be gobbled up immediately if it were ready to be put on the market.
Of course, the jobber recommends that only the jobbers be given the handling of such a novelty, saying that if retailers were alloived to handle it that the jobbers would resent the interference with the trade and refuse to push the goods. On the other hand, a salesman of many years' experience, who has travelled all over the country for one of the lai-gest jobbing houses in this City, advised me by all means to place such goods as I had for sale with the very largest retail houses throughout the country, for the reason that some of these retail stores will sell more high-priced dolls than a good-sized jobbing house. As an exajnple of the kii\d of retail house referred to, he cited the house of P. A. 0. Schwarz, 14th Street, this City. This house is controlled by three brothers, one managing the New York house and the other two managing J,wo other houses in as many cities. One of the three does the buying for all the houses and goes to Europe every spring to place his order. Such a house as this probably buys fully as many dolls as would a respectable jobbing house. These re-
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marks of course apply equally v/ell to John Wananaker, of Philadelphia, R.II, t'laoy iU Co. of New York, etc.
If the ^lonograph attachments are to be put into the dolls in this country, it is suggested that, the best plan for getti.ig the dolls here is to import them through some large importer, such as Borgfeld, of 425 Broome St., this City, who is said to be the largest importer in this line of b\isiness, and who will import for a commis¬ sion of 5 per cent.
It is essential that the doll be of such material and general construction as to malce it a good receptacle for the Phonograpii parts, and at the sane time it will be well not to have it depart much from the now accepted or prevailing styles.
Leaving aside the very cheap dolls as being useless for pho¬ nograph purposes, I find that tie most popular dolls are those with Bisc heads and kid bodies, or Bisc head and patent- jointed bodies.
Only the latter is of use for our purpose as the kid body has to be stuffed, and it \vould be impossible to attach moving parts.
Dark -haired dolls are unpopular. In general four-fifths of the dolls made have brown or decidedly blonde hair and the remaining fifth have black hair.
"Human Eyes" should be used in preference to
the cheap glass eye. The hair should be long and banged or curled in the front, and should fall freely from the head; braided hair or anything of that sort being decidedly out of style. The lips siiould be apart slightly showing the teeth.
The very large and clumsy doll is now very seldom called for; the most popular sir.os running 13 in., 20 in. .and 22 in. in height.
An la-in.-doll with "human eyes", good bisc head, long flowing hair, patent-jointed body, etc., can be imported by any large importer at about $7,50 per dozen. Stirn « Lyon, of 20 Park Pl.ace, this City, kindly volunteered to furnish samples with the hope that when we are ready to import we may favor them with an order.
Most good jobbing houses buy on ten days' time. Goods order¬ ed in the early part of t.ne year, (February or March) are not deliv¬ ered until- June or July following.
The above is glea,ned from conversations with either the buyer or one of the principals of nearly every large house in the City. As I have already intimated, I may have overlooked some' very inportant points through ignorance of the business, but i have become so well acquainted with the trade during the past fev/ days that I can very quickly get any additional information you may need.
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By ths -.’/ay, thsre is one point about which I could get very little int'orination, and tint is the probable demand for such a novelty as the Phonograph doll. The remarks of one buyer will serve for allf. "If", said the buyer for Stirn £< Lyon, "you can put a novelty of this “kind on the mai'ket for about $3 you ?/ill sell an enormous nuinbsr, "while it you expect to get $5, you will sell but comparatively f ev/. " "Of course," he continued, "every jobber wxiuld buy a few even at a “still higher price, just for the novelty, but I warn you that any- "thing above a $3 doll v/ill have a slow sale." It v/as impossible to pin him dowii to anything like actual fifjures.
Following are the mmes of the principal jobbers throughout the country:
Rogge « ICooh of Baltimore are the biggest people in the business next to G.Borgfeld & Co. of New York.
a few large retail houses. Baltimore, do
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Cincinnati, Ohio. New Orleans, La. Chicago, Ill.
Milivaulcee, Wis.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Detroit, Itich.
Large Retail Dealers:
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John Wanemaker Plii
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York City, Ladelphia, Pa.
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New York City -July 11th. 1889.
I have made some inquiries regarding the doll business and have more to make, but. think perhaps I had b fetter give you the information as I get it.
I thought it possible that Tiffany might sell some of the high priced dolls at j&nas, but upon asking the question at the store found that they never had done anything of the kind. The same is true of Arnold & Constable and Lord & TaylOr. At Dennings, formerly Stewart's, they sell a good many at Itaas, at prices from $5. to $25. dressed. They' are Imported from Paris, and are called, the
' JUmeau* Jdoll. ( the word may not be properly spelled, but it was pronounced Jvhno. -There is no demand at this house, except at the holiday season, when they sell about 1000 in all of which 2oo or 3oo are at prices from $5, to $25. the rest from 80 cts. up.
I next called on Mr. Geo. Lisner, prop'r of Palais Royal, I4th' St. & Fifth Ave. This place has recently been burned out, but I fortunately met Mr. Lisner just at the door as he
was leaving. The business at this place was in fancy goods,. Mrw
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Lisner considered the business in high priced dolls very limited. The highest priced doll he had ever imported was $56. 'dressed, and of these about six were sold in a year. Of dolls at $8. upwards, he sold say four or five hundred, the larger part being at the lower price. From here;! went to Schwarz, 42 J3.14th. St 45 E. 13th. St & 77 University Place, the largest store of the kind in this city, de¬ voted entirely to toys. Saw Mr, Schwarz himself but didntget much out Of him, he being at first apparently of the impression that 1 was trying to sell him some dolls. After I had succeeded in making him understand my errand, he still seemed disinclined to talk much, sayiig that before last »nas a gentleman from Boston had interviewed him on the subject Of the Edison doll, and that he had given all the infor- nation he could and could say no more. Hie gentleman had said that the dolls would be ready by July 1st., but thqy were not etc, e$,c.
Mr. Schwarz is a German and talks with an accent and we didnt' get along at all well for a wMie, but did better after a little. He said the trade in expensive dolls was limited; he had sold one for $250., thought there were- not many people that oared to pay $l5 or $20. for a doll; there was always a larger demand for than at Xmas;
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eouldnt say how many, - in fact I could not pen him down to an estimate in figures, but always 'a good many* or 'not many*. He was not in the least ill natured or discourteous, but seemed averse to saying much to me, as he had already given the gentleman from Boston all the information he could before last Xmas, but.nothing had come of, it.
Prom my visits to the three stores named above it ap¬ pears that they all agree tliat the market for expensive dolls is limi¬ ted, - and that at Xinas is the time when there is a demand for the higher priced goods; that * expensive* applies to dolls selling upwards of $5. to $8. When 1 endeavored to get Mr. Schwarz to say about what was the sale of dolls at say $16. he replied, 'YoU can judge as well as I can. You would not hesitate to take home a doll at $2.50 but would think a long while before paying $15.* He evidently sized me up as about ah average buyer, and on looking about me I noticed raw on row of dolls ticketed $2.50. All the gentlemen I saw had heard of the Edison doll, and appeared to have expected to see it on the market before this. Mr. Roundtree, the man at Dennings' told me that he heard two years ago that at Ridley’s on Grand St., there were a few of them on sale at $8.
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While I did ray best to get information, I am far from satisfied at the result, and will try again. I shall go to Altman’s, Simpson, Crawford & Simpson’s, O’Neill’s, Stern’s & Rid¬ ley’s, and hope to be able to report less vaguely.
-Yours very truly -
(Signed) Wm. Ratoliffe Jr.
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New York, City, July 12th. 1889.
Dear Mr. Stevens,
Your favor of the 11th. was duly received. I will certainly bear in mind its contents and advise you at the earliest opportunity. Tliere are two or three men ihat I think of, who might fill the bill, but the right man must possess certain qualifications, and so before mentioning them to you, I want to think it over.
As you invite me to write of anything that I think may interest you, I take the liberty of speaking freely, believing that you know me well enough to pardon me if I seem to be over zealous or go beyond what is expected of me. As I wrote yesterday, I was not satisfied with my interviews with Messrsi Roundtree, Li sner and Schwara. Each of them had heard of the Edison doll before, and each spoke in a manner to imply that he thought Uieye was- nothing in it. It was the manner, not the words, that gave me this impression, as brie might say. Oh yes, I know, the Edison doll. 1 heard about that long agoy but it never seems to have come to anything, and I guess it don’t work. Thgr didn’t
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didn't say so, but I felt it, and combated the idea whicJi they seemed to have by slipping in the information that there was a change in the Directory and affairs would be pushed right along. All agreed that it seemed to be a good thing and that it should be brought out before it got stale, and all wanted to see a sample. In each case I replied that it was possible that I might be able to show one in a few days, an invitation to call again being the result. You will remember we spoke Of this the other day and you thought you might be able to send
me one. I am intending to go to several placed on Monday, and real]y think if I could show one of the dolls it would greatly assist. Would you mind sending me a line, as to the probabilities ,and if it is on:y a luestion Of a few days, I would wait, otherwise go ahead without the sample.
One otlier question. ,Do you know if any one else is n-aking inquiries in this city besides me, or is any one selling the don here ? I ask because I heard today that such is the ease; it came to me in this way; My clerk, Mr. Robinson, was at one time with
rassavant & Co. a large importing house, and on the day I received your first letter I enquired of him whether Passavant & Co. ever im-
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ported French Speaking dolls, saying that I wanted to get some infor¬ mation on the subject. They did not, but he Iiad seen in some store
windov/ a large doll on which was a card saying, - This doll says so
and so, - the speech being written out on the card. It was some time since, somewhere about the Jfinas holidays he thought, and he could not remember what store it was, I asked himto walk up that way (the vicinity of 14th. St) to see if he could locate it. Last evening, walking home, and having in mind my question, he went into the store of *The Strobel & Wilken Co* 443 & 445 Broadway, to make inquiry for
me as to speaking dolls, and today tells me that they have none on
hand, but expected a supply very shortly, not of French dolls but of Edison’s Manufacture^ Edison’s man having been in the day before and taken the order.
.1 was under the impression that there were none of the goods in the .ma,rket yet, but I dqn’t want to spread that im¬ pression if I am wrong. ' ' ■ ■ . ,
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Siiooinl Mooting of the Sloekholdcrs ot the Edison Phonograph Toy Hamif _C 3Inino, Jidy 3, 1889, it wns uimnniionsiy Voted : ''Timt tiic Cnpitni Stock of tiiis Coipo ■oby is, inoionsod by lidding tiioroto forty tiioiisiiiid (40,000) simres, of the piir vniiie of t inch, so tiiiit tile cnpitni stock of tiiis corporation siinii bo lixod nt, niid is iioroby dccinrod inis (81,000,000) j and said cnpitni stock is divided into one iiiindrcd tiioiisand (100,000) duo of ton doiinrs (810.00) ench.”
it was fnrttior Voted : “ That tiic Directors of tiiis corporation be, and they iiercby are, nut any or ali tiic simres of stock iviiicii siinii be issued iiiidor tiio vote to incrense tiio onpit iition, for tiic best interests of tiio corporation, and snid Directors are iierotiy niitiiorized to laid stock and use it ns may seem to tiiem for tiic best interests of the conipaiiy.” ig in aeoordance witii tiiis vote, tlic olliccrs of tiiis company iiavo niadc contracts witii T til tile Nortli Anicrienn Piionogrnpii Company, and witii the Edison Phonograpii Coiiipaiiy, Piionograpii Toy Mniiiifnctiiriiig Company acquires tiie exciusivc right to use in doiis and t trios of tiio worid, and for nii time, nit of Mr. Edison’s inventions, wiietiior hitiiorto iiindo iig tile coming live years from tiio date of tiic contracts.
0 contracts further assure to tills Company very substantial rediictions of royalty to be paid icr valiialilc considerations.
ir a contract nindc some time ago, responsible parties lind uiidcrtakon tlie niamif et o n cigii countries, and tlie cstablislinicnt of factories mid agencies connected tlicrcwitli, and I •rod considerable expense. This contract lias been cancelled and thus all inattera coimectei linoss revert to tills company.
iiisideration of the above contracts your Dircctora liavc caused to bo issued to the various 'oiity-foiir thousand (2 1,000) simres of stock out of tlie ineroaso of capital, and liave ret sixteen tlioiisand (10,000) simres in tiic treasury.
rtlior contiact lias been made between tiic Edison Piionograpii Tov Ma f ct i g Com Edison, by which tli/eiitirc ninnufnctiiro of dolls for tiio trade of tlie world is now under JIi porvisioii, and in accordaiico witii which the talking iiicckanisins are fiirnislicd to tiiis com
idisoii lias built and equipped a factory now capable of turning out live liiiiidrcd (.nOO) ilianisms per day, suitable to be placed in dolls, and tins factory is in operation. Tliese fac ixteiided up to a capacity of tlireo thousand per day.
ompany 1ms secured the services of Edgar S. Allien, a gontleinan tlioroiiglily conversant wit tills country and Europe, and Mr. Allien is now in Europe piirchnsiiig dolls suitable to cc raplis.
ompany lias fiirtlicr made contracts with responsible selling agents in France, South America lilic Const of the United States by wliicli tlicso agents agree to piircliasc of tlie company on a iiindrod ttioiisaiid dolls per year for a period of live years.
intended to establish agencies in tlie various otiicr’forcigii countries as rapidly as practical ado is to be supplied directly by tlie company throiigli its general inniingcr. tlic expeotiition of tlie company to deliver complete talking dolls, in qiiiintitics, to the dome ioiiiing holidays.
I your Directors regret the delay necessitated by the making of tliese contracts and by the cl ir umnufactnrei they feci that the franchises and facilities thus acquired, together .with the lady owned, the strong ilnniicial condition of the company, and the large number of orders msincss outlook exceedingly promising.
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BENJAMIN F. STEVENS,) OTIS E. WELD, I
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Portland, Maine, Sept 27, 1889.
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Yoa are hereby notified that the Annual Meeting of the Stoelcholders of said corporation will he held at the office of the Company, to wit: the office of Clarence Male, Mo. 89 Exchange Street, Portland, .Maine, on Thursday, the Seven¬ teenth day of October, 1889, at one o'ctoch in the afternoon, for the following purposes, viz:—
First: — To elect Directors, and all otiicr ncecssary olllccrs.
Sboond: — To transact any other business iviiioii may properly come before said meeting.
Per order of the Directors,
CLAEEMCE MALE,
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SAMUEL INSULL.
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Roforrlng to your favor of the 30th ult., when I wont to Boston to arrange the matter of the contract for making Phonograph Dolls, I took with mo a movement inside of a body so as to show the Phonograph Doll Company exactly vdiat kind of a body wo propose to provide them with. On Mr. Batchelor *s suggestion I told the Directors of the Doll Company not to consider the body I took a modol---the work was far too rough for us to put it in as such. Mr. Batchelor promised to have another body put in shape and let mo have it so that I could file it with the Doll Company as the model agreed upon. If this model has not been prepared it should bo immediately, and I would like to sec it before it is sent to Boston as I want to be sure that it com¬ plies with the exact form of the doll body on which I took the order to go aficad and manufacture.
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Neuilly-sur-Seine
le SOth. October 1889.
Dear Sir ; I learn that you are placing doll contracts in Paris
and intend to place them on the market here very soon.
I desire to notify you tliat I shall contest your rig^
to nequi-re- the contract you made with me and which you never gave me
the doll promised in accordance with our verbal understanding so as
to be able to carry out tlie contract. I have previously notified you
by letter that I was ready to carry out the terms of the contract if
you would send me a doll as promised. I also have Mr. Briggs' letter
explaining the delay in sending the dolls.
I have placed the ease in the liands of John Dos Passos
Mills Building, N.Y. City and refer you to him for the course you decide
to take in the matter. I did not seek you business and shall use Svir'
eveiy means in niy power both liere & in New York to resist the attempt
to ignore the understanding made with me.
-Yours truly-
( Signed) T. C. Crawford.
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EDISON PHONOGRAPH TOY MAHEG,^ COMPANY,
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T,' 0,' Cravford, Esq,,
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Dear Sir:-
Your favor of 30th ult, is at hand. Before it was received tlie enolosod letter had been written, and v^as about to be nailed,' You vfill see that it was qT;(£.te rinnecessary to brii® a lawyer into the business, but as you have done so a oo'py of the enolo sea has been sent to him,
V/hat you have learned about the Oompany’s plaeirg doll oon- traots in Paris, and its intentions in regard to placing than on the narket there, has no f oundation in ihct,- Somebody has in5)osed upon you, as it was only on Saturday last that wo received a wor¬ king model from Mr, Edison,- V/e shall be pleased to ^ow models to anyone in Nevf York, that yoi may nano, if it v/iU feoilitate bu sin®ss.
Yours very truly,
Daniel Weld,
Secret ary,-
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Dear Sir:-
- Referring to the contract bet7/0!m yoa and this Compaa^, dated Deo., 28th, 1883, the Company Tinderstands that said contract has beai forfeited by you on account of your ihilure to deposit the bonds the'roin called for.
Under the circumstances, however, the Company will not insist upon its right to claim such forfeitur® nov/, but will give you the option to cancel the contract or go on Td.th it aocordi:® to its terms, such option to be cotrmunioatea to tho Company on or before Dec*' 31st, 1389.
Should ycM decide to go on please deposit at once upon such decision satisfactory bonds according to the provisions of said oontraot, aia itimediately upon receipt thereof, tho Conpany will forv/ard you models of dolls, and upon due compliance by you with said contract, the Ccmpansr is ready to carry out the same acoordinK to the torne thereof. °
But it must be undearstood, that unless such bonds are filed with the Company on or before Dec. 31st, 1889, the Oonpany will claim and enforce any and all rights of forfeiture it may lave:, pettier now existing or hereafter arising, and it dsieB not by this letter waive any such present ri^ts unless the teims hereof and of said contract bo strictly complied with, aid in no event does It waive any rigtots arising out olf any future breach or failure on your part.
Yours very truly.
(Signed;)
Daniel Wold, Secretary.
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Dear Sir:
Replying to your valued favor of the 30th uit., just received this morning, I beg to say that I have in my possession one Certificate of Stock in the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, made out in the name of Thomas A.Edison, and not endorsed by him, the said Certificate being No. A 1459, 14,000 shares, of tht face value of $140,000, and dated August 8, IS89. This Certifi¬ cate not being endorsed, it is of cours.e not transferable.
I have also in my possession three agreements, dated August 6, 1889, as follows;
One between the E.-P.T.M'f 'g. .Co. .atid„Thoma3 .A.Edison.
One betweeh the EP.Co. ahd the E.P.T.M’f 'g. Co.
One between Thomas A.Edison and the E;P.T.M’,f 'g. Co.
Hoping you will find the above sa-tisfaqtoryj i remain Very twiiy yours, l^,.
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I hand you enclosed herei7ith Certificate of stock in this Com¬ ply NO.A1459 14,000 shares.made out ih your na^e.aM iLenLrsed. Please acknowledge receipt of some, and oblige,
Very truly yours,
EDGAR S. /(LUEN.
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Mr. English,
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Dear Sir:-
It is necessary that Mr. D.M. Yeomans, our foreign repre¬ sentative, should tate over with him to Europe on Tuesday, a talk¬ ing machine complete with motor (without battery) and at least fifty (50) blank .rings ready to be talked on. Will you kindly
have it ready so that I can ship it to this office when I come- over on Monday. Yc-ur kind attention will greatly oblige Yours very truly.
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J^O. 138 FIFTH yWENUE,
De 0 anb er 17 th, 1889 .
Charles Batchelor, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, N.J.
My dear Mr. Batchelor; -
Business of importance Avill prevent my coming out to the works today. i wrote to the conpany last evening giving the result of our interview yesterday and informing them that they could have Implicit trust in your revising the cost, also stated that Mr. Edison would make a formal reply to Mr. Stevens' letter giving a more definite idea of what the advanced cost vfould be.
If Mr. Edison has returned, will you kindly hand the bearer his answer so that I may become acquainted with its contents, and I will at once forwani it to the company.
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This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the Edison Phonoplex System of Telegraphy. Most of the documents relate to the installation of phonoplex circuits on various American and Canadian railroads. Some of the items deal with the problem of finding suitable batteries, condensers, and other components. There are also documents regarding the phonoplex in Germany. Much of the correspondence is by W.S. Logue, field agent for the phonoplex system. Most of Logue’s letters are addressed to Edison’s secretary, Alfred O. Tate. Tate served as the company’s electrician and oversaw its daily business operations. Edison himself was only tangentially involved in phonoplex operations, and veiy few letters to or from him can be found in this folder.
Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been filmed. The case study approach begun in 1887 continues for the Pennsylvania Railroad; substantive items relating to the operations of the phonoplex on that railroad have been selected. In addition, the following categories of documents have been filmed: documents indicating Edison’s own involvement in the phonoplex; documents regarding the acquisition of phonoplex instruments by the German Imperial Postal Museum; correspondence from Charles Selden of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Co. regarding a special discount for his company’s use of the phonoplex; and an undated summary statement issued by the Edison Phonoplex System.
The following categories of documents have not been filmed: most documents dealing with phonoplex operations on other railroads; testimonials solicited by Tate in late May; correspondence regarding the exhibition of phonoplex equipment at the annual meeting of the Railway Telegraph Superintendents’ Association; routine inquiries from railroad companies; Logue’s accounts and personal correspondence.
Related material can be found in D-89-01 (Batteiy) and D-89-02 (Bergmann & Company).
Yow attention is invited to the follov/ing extract (trans¬
lation) from a letter addressed to this Department by the Postal Ad¬ ministration of Germany, viz
"It is intended to establish in the .Imperial Postal Museum a Division for Telegraph-Apparatus by v/hich.ifi.s possible to send messages in both- direct ions over a single wire# To This class of apparatus belongs the Phonoplex System of Edison, referred' to in the •Scientific American' for March 24, 1888, No. 12, pages 180 and 181i
."As. it is important to knov/' whether it is desirable to buy such an apparatus., the German Office desires the opinions of Otompe- tent persons, relative to the scientific and practical value of the apparatus ;and if these opinions are favorable, to be informed of the price of such- an apparatus, together v/ith fiill • information regarding it;"
The Postmaster General would thank you to furnish him with full information respecting the apparatus referred to, for transmission to the German Offiee^in compliance with its request.
1 am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
Superintendent Foreign Mails. ■
Mr. t;a; Edison,
Orange,
Nev/ Jersey.
Tn a letter of Movenicer 10t!i 1H8;), Mr. Gilliland wrote, stating th»t the rate of Twenty Doilare per year perset, would be the figure for the Phonoplex. He states that he writes in reply to lay letter of the , to Mr. Rdison.
T well remember that we were, the first people to take up the Phonoplexand geve facilities for the testing of it, and that there v/as' an agreement enterred into between Mr. Rdison .and the Oompany for the public, anci another agreement in v/hich the rate was very much reduced, in fact, cut in two.
T write to ask, whether or not it is the intention to stand by this agreement and give our Company the benefit of the reduction
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Referring to your reply, under date of the 2Srd, of January last, to my letter No. 84 396, of the 16th. of the same month, enclosing a desoriptiTO. pamphlet and other documents relative to your'iPhono- “plex System of Telegraphy "for the information of the Postal Admin¬ istration of Germany :and stating that it vfould give you pleasure to present to the German Administration a complete equipment for t¥;o phonoplex terminal stations, for exliibition in the Imperial Postal Museum in Berlin;! have to inform you that the tenor of your commiuiication and the documents referred to v/ere promptly trans¬ mitted to the German Office. '
A communication has now been received from the German Office dated the 29'th .ultimo, to the following extract (translation) from which your attention is invited, viz
"The Imperial German Post Office, has the honor to aoknov/- ledge the receipt of letter of the Post Office Department of Janu¬ ary 28th. 1889, and to express its thanks for the aid given in ac¬ quiring the Edison Phonoplex Telegraph apparatus for the Imperial Postal Museum.
"It is, a special satisfaction .to the Imperial Geman Post Office to learn that Mr. Edison has declared himself vfilling to pre¬ sent to the Imperial German Postal Museum a complete apparatus for '' telegraphic communication between two terminal stations.
"The Imperial German Post Office would request the Post Office Department to express its, thanks to Mr. Edison, and, in recog¬ nition of his kindness, to transmit to him the Books<!:o,¥/hich are this day forwarded in 3 separate packages, addressed to the Post Office Department^ The
Mr T.A.Edison, Orange,
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"The Imperial German Post Office will be still ed to the Post Office Department if it will receive the from Mr. Edison, and. forward it to Berlin."
more oblig- apparatus
The three packages referred to in the foregoing extract are said to contain the following articles, viz
^ "1. Photograph of Burgers Water-color painting 'Union of Posts and Telegraphs,'
^ 2, Postal Guide,
^ 3. Imperial German Postal Territory 1878;2 volumes.
^ 4, Report of the Administration of German Posts and Tele- ' graphs i
^ 5, Statistics of German Posts and Telegraphs,
^ e; Pamphlet 'History and Developement of the Telephone.
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^ V. Experimenta Nova{ut vacantur)Magdeburgica, by^,^^^,^yon ^ a. The Book of the World's Post.
^9. Pfau's Portfolio of Photographs of post office build¬ ings. "
They are now in the custody of the postmaster at New York wh(^if you so desire, v/ill be instructed to forward them to you direct, at Orange, New Jersey.
If you will forward to this Office, securely packed, the phoHoplex apparatus for the Imperial Museum^it will give the Post¬ master General pleasure to cause it to be transmitted to Berlin in compliance with the. 'request of the German Office.
I am, very respectfully.
Your obedient serveint,
SuperintB ndent Poreign -Mails.
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^ April 2pth,l889.
I have to acknov/ledne the receipt of your reply, under yes¬ terday's date^to my letter of the SOth.ultimo.No. 85 295, in which you advise this Department that you are preparing the Phonoplex Telegraph Apparatus which you intend to present to the Qennan Post al Administration for exhibition in the Imperial Postal Museum in Berlin, and that you will fonvard it to this Department as soon as it is ready, for transmission to Geni.any;and also requesting that the packages presented to you by the Geman Office may be forwarded to you at Orange, New Jersey.
In reply, I have to inform you that the (3}paokages in question, in the original wrappers.have been transmitted to you by today's mail, registerec^, under covers addressed to Professor Thomas A. Edison, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey.
I am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
Superintendent Poreign Mails. ,
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Referring to your letter of the 3ra» instant -1 have to acknowledge the receipt of a box and barrel containing the"Phono- -Plex Material "therein referred to, which, together with the apparatus previously forwarded, and the receipt of which was' acknowledged by my letter No. 86 156, of the 1st instant, "constitutes a complete "equipment of Phonoplex Apparatus for establishing telegraphic coimiunication between two terminal Stations."
The complete apparatus will be transmitted - per the North German Lloyd Steamer "ELBE", to sail from New York on Saturday next, the 8th, instant - to the Director General of Posts in Berlin , Germany, for exhibition in the Imperial Postal Museum in Berlin.
I am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
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Aa 0< Tate, Ksq.,
Private Secretary of Thomas A.Edlson,
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Re B. & 0. R.R. license^^dm Phonoplex Patents. Replying to your esteemed ihvor of yesterday, with enclosures, I be^ to. say that I have altered the form of agreement v^hich you sent me
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(1). Change of name, etc., at top of p^ e 1. t2). I suggest that the entire third section be omitted, and tlTat the folio v^ing be inserted in its place:
"THIRfii The party of the first part hereby coven¬ ants and agrees to pay the party of the second t&m/j the following royalty for each and every (complete?) set of phonoplex Instruments covered by said inventions of the party of the second part, or any of than, used on > ■ their lines, to wit, a royalty of twenty dollars ($20). per annum.
■The aforesaid roiralty sjiall begin as regards each of the said sets, v/hen the same is established ready for use, due written notice whereof shall be promptly given by the party of the first part to thq party of the second part. But should the party of the first part at any time cease to use any of the sqid sets and remoye the same, they shall giye written potico thereof to the party of the second part, and upon the said removal having been made, and the said notice having been re¬ ceived by him, the royalty on each and every- set thus
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Should the word "complete" be Inserted neat’ the bfegltining ofthe aboye ? A'ro my pi'ovisiohs about notice beihg given, too onerous ?
X3,) I liave changed a few words In the fifth line of the Iburth section.
(4.) If -the foregoing changes pjeot your* apprpval, or if you have any further ohangea to suggest, ? will make clean Cop¬ ies of the said agie ament for execution, if you will return me the bncld^ed Biahk hgheements.
i5> ) I retura enClosiires as follows; Slat& agreement, letter from you to Mr. Selden-,. dated, March 28, 1889, and Mr. Selden's reply dated April 15^ 1889.
Awaiting your further instructions, I remain.
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Referring to my letter of the' 5th, ultimo, No. 86 204, in reply to your letters of the 30th, of May and 8rd»of June,last;I have to inform you that the German Office has advised this Depart¬ ment, under date of the 26th.ultimo,tliat the Phonoplex Telegraphic Apparatus which you presented t^/the Imperial German Postal Museum I safely reached Berlin,-
/am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
Acting Superintendent Foreign Mails.
Prof essoy Thomas AiE&ison, /Orange,
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Dear Sir.
.In ooraplianoe with your instructions I oalled on Mr J. W, Jones, of the Postal Telegraph and cable Co, and arranged to try a Phonoplex circuit between New York and Olean N. Y. about miles or over on one of their Quadruplex wires.
On July I8th , wo put up a set of instiniments in the N. Y, office, after working throe or four days trying to get rid of the interference from the Q,uad, I oalled on Mr Edison , and explained what we had tried, he at once decided that the Phone could not be worked on the wire on account of the way the Dynamo current was used, there being two clear bre^s , one on the long and one on the short end.
We then decided to try it on one of the Duplex wires No 10 D & S I reached Olean on July 26th but on account of wire trotitle and the Postal men being very busy we did not get a test for two or throe days, the test was not very satisfactory, the induction being terrible, as bad as it was on the N. Y. and Waterbary circuit on the 3 & 0 lines. We tried for several days to overcome this but found that v/e could not do so, Olean could just hoar N. Y. but it sounded like a tiuz saw N. Y. said he could not hear a sound but induction. I then went to Binghamton which is very near the centre between N, Y. and Olean we worked fine with Olean and N.Y. got us 0. K. ( Binghamton was a terminal )wa8 compelled to come to N.Y. to readjust the transmit* -ter , 1 then went to Elmira and started that office as a terminal ( distance from N.Y. to Elmira by wire 380 miles or over)
The circuit from Elmira to N.Y. with Binghamton on as an inter - mediate worked very well still the induction was pretty bad.
We turned the circuit over to the Postal Oo on Aug I5th..
I loft a set of instuments at Olean to be used by the Postal Co in oaso they should gat short of wires west of Binghamton.
Both Elmira and Binghamton offices are arranged to be worked' as terminal or intermediate.
Yours truly
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box used for th.o ten colla, and with it a half dozen or i:c of alnco
and plat 00. Those Trill jivo you a f.tir idea of tho condition of
tho butterj-. notwithatnndi-nj th.o yory bad condition o.f th.o battory
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PLEASE FIND BELOW A Lt 8T OF THE CIRCUlTa, WITH THE length OF SAME, AND NUMBER OF OFFICES. WHIIJH WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO • MAKE estimate® ON. YOU WILL PLEASE NOTICE THAT AH- OF THEM aHE.
TOO LONG FOR US TO HANDLE. THE EQUIPMENT OF 100 Ml |,E8 OF ANV DP THE CIRCUITS WOULt^TO THE RAILROADS ANY GOOD, AS THERE ARE NO ■
STATIONS WITHIN THAT Dl STANCE THAT HAS BUSINESS ENOUGH TO RELEI VE
THE WIRE. IF- WE COULD HANDLE CIRCUITS SAY 150 OR 176 MILES LONG _
I THINK THAT WE COULD COME PRETTY NEAR TOUCHER. EDI SONS
OF 200 CIRCUITS IN TWO YEARS. NEARLY ALL THE</r0A08 IN THE WEST REPORT
being SHORT of WIRE FACILITIES, AND WOULD C0N8I OER THE ADVISAGILITY
OF ADOPTING THE PHONOPLEX IF IT WOULD WORK A LONOEIR DISTANCE.
I DID NOT SAY TO ANY OF THE GENTLEMEN THAT WE DECLINED TO TRY THE CIRCUITS , BUT ASKED THEM TO WAI T A SHORT TIME, AS MR EDI SON HAD SOME OF HIS EXPERIMENTERS AT WORK ON THE PHONOPLEX^ AND WE ,^^0T^
TO BE ABLE TO WORK A LONGER Dl STANCE VERY 8j
^ MR. 0. W. sell OF THE LAKE ERIE 4 WESTERN HAS TWO Cl ISO OR 160 MILES WITH 1 5 OR 20 OFFICES.
/ MR. BOYD OF THE I. D. 4W. HAS ^ MR. J. L» ORBISON OF THE Ci
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D. HAS 110 MILES WITH 6 OR 7 OFFICES wants to see the system WORK before he DECIDES.*
EVANS OF THE LOUISVILLE 4 NASHVILLE HAS' T 1 0 MILES 12 OFPiCES
HAS ESTIMATE AND PAPERS IN HANDS OF- GENERAL MANAGER.
I/' UR. C. W. HAMMOND OF THE Ml S80UR1 , PACI F| ,0 HAS SEVERAL Cl RCU I JS ISO . ^ ^ TO 168 MILES LONG THAT HE COULD, USE THE SYSTEM ON* BUT WILL TRY AND SEE IF HE, -CAN FIND A PLACE TO USE IT, SENT AN ASSISTANT FROM ST LOUIS TO KANSAS C| TY TO SEE HOW 1 T .WORKED,
\/ MR. 0. W. LITTLEFIELD OF THE COTTON BELT ROAD WAS IN MR HAMMONDS
.OFFICE WHEN I CALLED, VERY MUCH INTERESTED, CAME TO KANSAS Cl TV WITH ME TO SEE THE. KAN SAB CITY AND FORT. SCOTT CIRCUIT WORK, VERY MUCH
PLEASED, HAS A ci RbuW 164 MI LES LONOiWANTS US TO TRY IT , SAYS
HAS GOOD WIRES 4 NICE COUNTRY , WILL WRITE THE OFFICE. J
MR. J. j. BURNS. OF THE DENVER 4 RI.O GRANDE R. R. SENT MAN,' FROM DENVER TO KANSAS CITY TO iNVESTlOATE THE SYSTEM, WENT AWAY SURPRIZED at THE WAV IT WORKEt, HAS OVRCUIT 1 27 Ml L6S WI TH. 1 3 OFPI OEB,
a 8. I, KANSAS CITY SEPT 1 4TH
HR. SPRAGUE OF THE K.C. FORT SCOTT * MEHPHI S ROAD, WHO IS AT PRESENT WORKING, A CIRCUIT 100 MILES BETWEEN KAN 8A8 CITV & FORT SCOTT , HAS ANOTHER CIRCUIT OF 140 Mt.LES LONG WITH' 7 OR 8 OFFlties ON THAT HE W0Ui;0 LIKE TO TRY IT ON .
I 00 NOT THINK. there IS ANY DOUBT ABOUT MS OUR QETtiNO ALL OF THESE IQMlt CIRCUITS *70 eOUlP IF WE COULO HANDLE THEM', |T SEEMS TO WE THAT IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA TO BRING THE MATTER BEFORE HR, EDISON AS SOON AS HE RETURNS.
MR. SPRAGUE HAS VERY KINDLY SHOWN THE PHONOPLEX TO A NUMBER OF RAIL¬ ROAD TELEGRAPH MEN. AND ALWAYS SPOKEN IN THE HIGHEST PRAISE 6F ITS QOOb- QUALITIES. IT H/S NO BAD ONES WE ALL KNOW
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This folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the operations of the West Orange laboratory. Included is a list of proposed research projects in Edison’s hand. Many of the documents are by Charles Batchelor, superintendent of the laboratory, and Arthur E. Kennelly, chief electrician.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal and acknowledgement; routine requests to conduct tests; routine correspondence about orders and shipments. Also not filmed are monthly meter readings for the electrical system at the laboratory, the Edison Phonograph Works, and Llewellyn Park.
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Vice Frost. & Gai 1, Manager.
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C A B B: B A g g, J ha^jj d9s(i)gnad oss of these , and we are -now making it, Jhe ton; winding Mj.drid unw^Atng without stopping the armature H a Uttld-boapiloAted at itresent, but I shall oertaihiy simplify it .bsfore we get. thirbu^li,
H O B as C AB MOTOR, I ooolaBO you a clipping from the «Eleotra.t^. '
al, World'’ of Jast Kovretober, whiob .shows that, someone else has been working .on the pilnbiple of our O^r }ioto,.. This article Ip dat^d November 1888 and was ^ppare^tly new at.. that j time, ^s we made our Motor in April 1888,, I presume we are far ahead of hi.i, and a, therefore going ahead designing just as if he had not. done anything,
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' Just “els sqptt ee i/.e aee otur lifiy oladt f abajjl go wiij in regdJfd tp' .tW-a baHory, »rar era ftip& gettan^ fcbo .f tgurea dour ^^s .ba.^|>;s^ji
• agalnai the Stbek .Qisotatlon Printer, b^ter lee J* li^e by tha WastOTn Ual^op Ga.» t^SS^Ut. that, aomsiloe- ago Mr . Logue tried one of -theae botterte^ ap one of your phonopiea .oitcntts. in Altoona, .Pa. and it was apparently a failure.
I have dlsoussed the matter with him pnd I thing . I know where his trouble , la ahd have therefore itstrupted bim.to .get everything. that .ha wants from (5lee(,. stone .jfor a new trjal, and I h^ve np dPUbt.. that we shall make It go. to
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^ 0 S 0 6 a ^ P g ?) g a g $v The 30G thread sorew end new Heoarder and ReprodUder work^dke & oharo;.. \h fapt. 1 think if anything .better than the old ■one. There sedms to ha iadd sbratoh. English is putting .op a {etr of the maohlnea a devlQo vhioh.you haja frequently .spoken of .for turning off tha cylinder by ' meand of the Return S^ew^ .Be,, l/dk .got. h yaby slmpi^ aprangeaeni. ot the lever pa the. opposite side the yetupu .sorew ;|mt; ii .Wiks p^n^OOttyi
BvenyKhing neoe^iry tac tfe ara^|d>ipti WnWads , Is oo«4![^- .alohgi ,!■ iigit hi i4^a of inking you' to |l3Qk;,ttjt .the getter pt sabphlt/as .»3fist.;3fbSfc. weffe .hiii .aoribi “ndw^itevhat-.thld .f«' neokbi^^y as Wilk .Will .tuhhleh rflijpts .fldrdr4^ii|.liobdles at.-«^fe:oadb, .and .tshh
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budlBtog of tbe Phonograph Wopka, 1?e Wo '4uglli ajJ to nai' : ordAts aiid,a;re te^lrfuia^/to :get a- fop ahojyd. tliis is <ihiie psoddatoy as ^ou .ttndfr the .oyllnders aboi,l,d,Wnd^-or aomo sooka baWo ljslng,,iursed Off. English fools .sure, that by fcb^ 25t'h. of this aiohth ho oan .bi walfiag 1500 good oylinders per day.
alias- men are still tbn^ix^ ibe dies and ;also making some .that..so found t-oro noooesary, although thor«f^ not- lnoludod in t ho original order. I do Why they sore .loft oft, aJ^, they are qnrto Oasontiai. Wo have r«. ord«
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IS^r is no^ at. the .PWograph Wotko/tsaohing . another man so that, in oase you wont, to .^nd him to AnfwW we shall hare a map.,. ho .can at tend, to that part of the huainess.
In to W Roprtdooar needle on .the Toy, »e bay,^ foup^ that it. is not,
neoeoaary to make a spall burl point, «e simply .punoh..aut. i small .punohlng .o^ f tbU shape g ^ bmmlBhdng the ena. whloh la d9.« in .a few mlhutes
^here. is s«:ffiolent. k a cfrW ^hen W hraea Iq .of the .plgi^t thlokneas .tp make a reporder jjoint. equal ta the pi^r, .tp fant We madq ane of tbiW Style for ,tbh regalar -Phonograi* worfts apparently '.as weli .as the, other . .Car-
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My Dear Kdison,- V/ASTK V/aX.
■ I have had Aylesworth make an experiment in re- Sard to recovering the stearic acid from the old wax, and he finds that he can recover very easily about ninety- two per cent of the steai’ic acid and cerasine. His process is decompo si tloin of the wax by acid, and puriiying and separatins the parts by distil- iaticn in -mouum. He says that steam distillation would answer, but ctonsidoring the danger, trouble and care, and also the expaise of having to boil a considerable quantity of water off afterwards, distillation by vacuum is preferable. The vacu-um is about 26 inches, and is got by an ordinary water pump. I am, therefore:, msking him a kettle about 36 inches diamrter, with a copper top suitable both for getting the vacuum and also for runTiing the distilaets over into suitable ohanbera chesply. Irrmedi ately this is (tone, I tliink we shall be able to give then a price for the old wax.
ORE MIhllHO. The Mallory single raag:net has been done now for a
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’Ve have just made an extended te-st of the single magnet, v/o found that it woxild be necessary to crush a little-^^^^h before putting It on that, machine, and have, therefore, substituted brass bare 3/4 of an inch high on the outside of the drum instead of wooden ones, vhich were on when you were here. I noticed that the ore. v^as fast into the brass cylinder, so ti*t it Wba.ld
soon have worn 'it away. Wo have remedied this by ^ellaoine strips of canvass on, which after our extended tost of tw^ve hours run, with ore continually ritnning on it, did not show the sligljtest sign of being cut up. The heat inside the cylinder reached 205, but I do not consider this as anything:, as it cannot b® exoeedod, this being the hottest season of the year. It has been a '/ory slow job v/ith the other magnet, as I have had to reorganize the bottom shop, discharge a lot of the men, and (;et others Tho wi.ll attend to the business in better shape.
I send you cutting about Wilbur. This is a sorry ending for such brilliant talent.
Yours very truly.
Thomas A. Kdiaon, Kaq.,
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Boar Sir:-
If I remember rightly, just prior to your leav¬ ing for Europe, you wrote up a memorandum vdth relation to certain experimental accounts of Mr. Edison's against tlie Edison Electric Light Company. I would like you to get out a statement of such accounts as you have on your books, v/hioh are charged to the Edison Light Co., together v/i th a memorandum^explanation of same. I v;ill then go over them v/ith you and wo will arrange for tiieir presenta¬ tion to the Light Co's Executive Committee vfith a view to obtain a settlement.
I understand that the Light Company has a counter account a- gainst Mr. Edison of about $1,000.
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Read this. ietter and see what they say. I went down to see this plant and although I did. not sea that tha pullay runs
DUllerthIi^-'’“rf *’*®*’* ® eej’tain somathing about that
pulley that is damn bad espeelally in cong)ari30n with the two fly Engine Which run abLlute”"^ J®'* and if anything ean ba
done to fiJT It up and make that man satlafied I think it ought to V*®™ ® tremendous wobble which is not seen in the
slightest degree on the fly wheals of the engine.
Batchelor.
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