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EDISON GENERAL FILE SERIES

1916

Edison General File Series 1916. Chemicals (E-16-16)

These folders contain correspondence and other documents relating to the expansion, consolidation, and reorganization of Edison's personally owned organic chemical businesses in 1916. Included are items pertaining to the addition of new product lines such as para-amidophenol (used in dyeing and photograph developing); sales, contracts, and deliveries; customer complaints about the quality of the product; and plant design and operations. There are also references to increased chemical production by other companies, declining prices, the search for new phenol and toluol customers, and the decision to discontinue aniline production at the end of the year. Specific issues that received Edison's personal attention include the design of a new benzidine plant, widespread phenol discoloration due to faulty cans, the accumulation of unsold stocks of low-demand chemicals such as naphthaline and myrbane, the sale of toluol to foreign governments, and a contract dispute with Great Britain involving Herbert Lewis, John Fletcher Moulton, and Lord Northcliffe.

Also included are interoffice communications providing summary information regarding plant productivity, contracts for raw materials, the distribution of phenol and paraphenylenediamine to various customers, and the status of Edison's personal chemical plants. A few documents discuss more general issues such as labor conditions, environmental pollution, Edison's opinions about the future of the U.S. chemical industry, and his ideas on color dyes and chlorine products.

Most of the business correspondence was initially handled by Edison's personal assistant, William H. Meadowcroft. By the end of the year, most sales had been turned over to the newly formed Chemical Sales Division under the direction of Frederick D. Lockwood, while specialty products made in smaller volumes were sold in bulk to the American Oil & Supply Co. in Newark. Other Edison employees who appear as authors and recipients include chief engineer Miller Reese Hutchison, who also negotiated sales contracts in his own right; plant designer William H. Mason; H. H. Meno Kammerhoff, supervisor of operations at Edison's chemical plants in Silver Lake, New Jersey; plant managers Wilfred S. Dowling and James T . Phelan; experimenter Peter C. Christensen; and sales managers Archibald C. Emery and Frederick D. Lockwood.

Among the corporate correspondents are E. B. Badger & Sons., Binney & Smith Co., Dominion Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., , Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Eastman Kodak Co., Merck & Co., Mitsui & Co., J. P. Morgan & Co., E. R. Squibb & Sons, and Stein Hirsh & Co., as well as numerous firms in the textile and fur dyeing industries, which were major consumers of Edison's products. Other correspondents include benzol purchasing agent Clarence Dillon, aniline sales broker Stanley Doggett, Swiss chemist William Knecht, and Lieutenant Commander H. Kimberly, powder inspector for the U.S. Navy.

Because Edison's secretaries glued carbon copies of replies to the original incoming correspondence, the items in these folders are not in exact chronological order. Some of the letters may be difficult to read because of the dark brown paper used for the carbons.

Approximately 15 percent of the documents have been selected. The selected documents reflect Edison's personal role in making business and technical decisions, setting overall strategy, and dealing with specific customer relations problems. The unselected material includes routine business correspondence handled by Meadowcroft; inquiries that received standard replies; routine items relating to orders, shipping, and delivery delays; credit checks on prospective customers; routine and unexecuted contracts; sales catalogs; chemical analysis reports; customer lists; multiple copies of form letters; and replies stating that Edison was away in Florida or on a camping trip. Also unselected are technical and business documents not handled by Edison personally such as complaints about product quality; reports on benzol plant operations from Claude H. Opdyke at Woodward, Alabama, and John Bacon, Jr. at Johnstown, Pennsylvania; technical notes on plant design and operations; and routine administrative records relating to the various Silver Lake plants. The numerous outgoing letters that duplicate the correspondence in the General Letterbook Series have not been selected.

Related material can be found in the Harry F. Miller File— Chemical Correspondence and Contracts (Legal Series) and in the Chemical Production Records (Special Collections Series).

Edison General File Series 1916. Chemicals (E-16-16) August

August 1st. 1916.

Ur. Louis Iazard,

92 Willium Street,

Mow York City.

ily dear Mr . hazard :

I' have received your favor of the 29th ultimo, ana once more hog to express my regret that our people at the fao- tory made the mistake of stencilling our name on the packages which went to your London office, ®»is mistake, however, will not bo repeated.

You ask us for an assurance that in case soratf of your customers abroad communicate direot with us that we will refer thefr matter to you.

.Ur* Edison says in rogard to this question that if you kll. furnish us with a list of your customers, we. will pro¬ tect you as we have done in tho case of American customers, hut Otherwise he could not agroo to do so.

Yours very truly.

Woodward Iron Co.,

Woodward, Ala.

Since my telegram of July 26th, market for Naphthaline has dropped very considerably on account large importations from Europe. Am informed market yesterday 7 4 no takers. Are you willing sell one-half joint oarload at best price obtainable. THOMAS A. EDISON.

RECEIVED AT S3S MA1N ST. „ J

91 NY GC 16 ORANGE, N. J}'

WOODWARD ALA AUG 2 350PM ftftP

THIS A EDISON V

ORANGE, Nd

YOUR TELEGRAM DATE WE ARE WILLING TO JOIN WITH YOU IN SELLING NAPHT^AHLINE AT PRICE MENTIONED V‘

WOODWARD IRON CO

August 2nd. 1916.

American Oil & Supply Co., 62 Lafayette Street, Mewark, M.J.

Gentlemen:

In regard to your losses >on the sales of Aniline Oil sb between the price the same haB been billed by us and v/hat you had to sell for, let me say that as to the Aniline Oil sold by you in April, May and June, I will allow you to make a profit of 10$ on the priceB at which you sold, and give you a credit for the difference between that price and the price at which we charged the Aniline Oil to you, aooording to the following figures whioh are copied from the memorandum you gave Mr. Meadoworoft.

| . 0* T Co^J I

Selling :Prioa l

6/8

6/19

6/2

6/9

6/10

6/13

4600 lbs, 4600 1800 1800 4600 4600 22400 4600

$ .64

6oit.<S~

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I will take the same course of procedure in regard to your sales of Aniline Oil in July, 1916, except that in this case I can allow you only 6$ instead of 10$.

. Meadoworoft in this case are

Go a..

Selling Price.

7/17

7/21

7/26

18000 lbs., 6379 " •>

900 " ..

.36

$ .37 1/2 .37 1/2 .37 l/2

I will also follow the same procedure in regard to the loss on your sales of Aniline Salt, allowing you to mate 10J&. fhe figures in this case as given by you to Mr. Meadoworoft, are as follows: • , .

a. a. *-S. Cri /““*

Selling Price. _ Cost -o-rr^

Bate.

7*|l2

7/14

Weight.

1060 lbs..

$ .60

1/2

Yours very truly,

J 7 .

a . £alm

$ .60 .60 .60

august 2nd- 19X6 .

Keith Car Company,

. 122 South Michigan Ave . ,

Chicago, Ill*

Gentlemen :

If you are chort on tenk oars for carrying acid, Mr* Edison is in position to help out with two acia tank cars tliat ho owns personally, Shoy are comparatively now cars, he bought them for now about seven months ago, and wo used thorn for a few months to bring Sulphuric Acia to our works. As wo havo mado othor arrangements for the delivery of our acidB, Mr. Edison is willing to ront these two cars .

If you are l.oking for acia cars, end have any proposi¬ tion lo offor ho will bo glad to hoar from you.

Yours vory truly,

resistant to Mr. Edison.

GcmNTKrG Glass Works

Thomas A. Edison Laboratory,

Orange , N . J.

Gentlemen: - Attention Mr. William H. Meaflgwcrqft

further in reference to your favor of July \

IVth regarding bulbs of heat-resisting quality, capacity approximately 17 gallons, would state that we find we \ no longer have the mould for this size bulb. We have, however, a mould comprising a 18" bulb approximately \ of 12 gallons capacity. If these will answer your purpose, we can furnish you them in any lots desired, delivery to begin within about three to four weeks after receipt of order. \

As to price, these bulbs are quite difficult to \

manufacture. As we have never turned them out very /'X _ _

extensively, we have no very definite records on which / ■ to base a price. However, we will furnish them to you , f\

in lots of from five to twenty five at a price of ijlO.OO ^ . /

each, net, F.O.B. Corning, H. Y. , packages charged. If, \ /

after we have made several, we find that we can manufacture,,.. _

them at a lower cost that the price estimated, we will be pleased to reduce the price to you.

Referring to your last paragraph, outlining the method in which these bulbs were to be used, would state that the heat-resisting glass will be very satisfactory; the only danger might possibly be one of mechanical strain, i»e*f if the material in solidifying should become too hard and cause breakage.

If you find that only the 17 gallon bulb will answer your requirements, we could undoubtedly make these up for you. V/e would first have to construct a mould, the oost for a metal one being approximately $170.00, and that of a wooden one approximately $35.00. We, however, would not recommend a wooden mould inasmuch as it becomes useless after making ten to twelve bulbs, due to the excessive heat of this heat-resisting glass.

Trusting this gives you the desired information.

Very truly yours,

KITING GLASS Y/OKKS,

IBC/H

FY ROCHESTER NY 921AM AUG 3 W G MEADOWCROFT,

^THOMAS A EDISON INC.,

ORANGE Nd

HAVE SO FAR RECEIVED ONLY SIXTEEN POUNDS PARAM IDOPHENOL AM UNABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION AS TO YOUR PROGRAM FOR REGULAR DELIVERIES WERE - ASSURED THAT YOU WOULD DELIVER SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY TO ONE THOUSAND POUNDS BEFORE AUGUST FIRST WE PLANNED ON RECEIVING THIS QUANTITY ALSO REGULAR SHIPMENTS THIS MONTH FAILURE TO RECEIVED PARAM IDOPHENOL VERY SERIOUS WILL YOU WIRE US IMMEDIATELY RELIABLE PARTICULARS WHAT WE MAY EXPECT S'

EASTMAN KODAK CO

1021AM

August- 3*a. 1916.

American Oil & Supply Co.,

62 Lafayette Street,

IJewark, h.j.

Attention of Hr. K. ff. Hoffman.

Gentlemen :

" Soforring to the various conversations I have liaa with you about Banziaino, lot mo say that if you bring to me a firm oontraot for,, say, 2,000 pounds a day for one (1) year, X should bo willing to consider erecting a special plant to mote it, and in such ease would expect to have the plant ready for operation in either six or eight weeks after breaking ground.

fours very truly.

August 3rd. 1916.

Mr. Efison:

• I am dictating this memorandum so as to give you an idea of

what y.o • will have at our disposal in tho way of Carbolic Acid.

1 aslcod Ur. Kammorhoff what ho would have for spot sales, over and abovo all contract requirements during the month of August. Ho has gotten so far ahodd on his contracts that ho will have in tho month of August more than 160,000 pounds for spot solo.

Besides this, he will have more than enough to complete tho two remaining deliveries on that contract for 60 tons, which you made with .'.'arsden-Sewell Corporation.'

In regard to Phenol from Plant #2, Llason is at present only malting at about tho rate that will fill our contract deliveries, which are 5600 pounds a day, as follows:

Heydon Chemical works, 1,000 pounds a day.

American oil & Supply Company, 2600 pounds a day.

Stein, Hirsh & Company, 2,000 pounds a day.

As to. spot Phonol from tho #2 Plant, they have some on hand that was returned by Stein, Hirsh & Company, which was badly discolored I do not know exactly how much, but it is somewhere orotund 14,000 or 16,000 pounds. Stoin, Hirsh & Company will return the stuff from Hoy¬ den, which as ho told you was bo tee on 35 and 40 tons. All of this, of course, will have to bo ro-diBtillod. and your decision was to have it re-distilled by Hr* Kemmerhoff in one of his unused stills. He- oan do this at the rate of 1,000 to 3,000 poundB a day. I'ou decided not 'to have this re-distilled until wo had occasion to call for it, so that there would bo loss chanoo of discolouration.

iie should, therefore, bo able to sell at spot this month, if necessary approximately, 250,000 pounds.

MEAD 017 CHOP I.

Mr. A. C. Emery,

Purchasing Dopt.

Silver Mice, H. J., August 3rd, 1916.

Subject : HE3U1SX2I0HS TOR APPARASDS FOR lEUTRALIZIIJG PHKHOTAW. B

With reference to ny letter of July 2lBt, dealing with the requisitions for the necessary apparatus for the carbonating plant, 1 woe informed by your hr. Gtallaghor that all maohinos end apparatus will be de¬ livered in 30 and 40 days respectively from date of order. This boing the case, 1 hove asked Hr. Edison whether I now should go ahead preparing foundations, pipe lines, etc., for this now errangemont. Hr. Edison gave his 0-K to go ahead, adding: "It must bo in operation within two months, or I cannot got ny money back# Signod "T.A.E., Aug. 1, 1916."

I presume that you will have in the meantime ordered the apparatus and machinery, as por ny previous requisitions mentioned in ny letter of July Slot, and am now herewith handing you a number of other requisitions, preferably for pipeB and aooessorios. I would a3k you to kindly handle all thoso orders bolonging to our shop ordor #2158 ao boing "urgent", i.o«, those quotations for this material should bo given prefer¬ ence for others which secure shortest possible time of delivery, provided, of course, that prioes are within acceptable limits to you.

Our requisitions contain material of standard size and make.

If one or the other material, asked for, cannot be had, in say, 2 or 3 weeks, please let me know before you order, as then wo mlgit bo able to use some other size which io somewhere on hand.

Copy to Hr. Edison.

FOREST HILL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.

Newark N.J., Aug.3,1916.

Ur. Delos Holden, General Counsel, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

West Orange, N.J.

Dear sir:'1Ie8Br8< Dralcef Edward H. Ackley and Charles T. Witt-

stein of our Association's Health Committee, would like to again visit your Silver Lake Plant, at 9:30 A.li. Teusday the eight instant, These gentlemen were on the Committee which visited your Plant before. If this would be convenient to Ur. Uason will y6u kindly have him so advise Mr. WlttBtein at 276 Delavan Avenue. Newark* N.J. and oblige

Very truly yours,

PRESIDENT.

I’OREST HILL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.

Newark ,N. J. , August 3,

1916.

Mr. Delos Holden, General Counsel, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.,

West Orange, N.J.

On the 29th ultimo I acknowledged receipt of your letter or: Jul? 26th. and stated that I. had sent a photographic copy of the same to Chairman Wittstein of our Health Committee and Chairman Parker of our Legal Committee, hut that I had not had an oppor¬ tunity to cnsult with them. I have since seen Chairman Wittstein and Mr. Ackley of our Health Committee and Mr. Jackson, our Vice President. I have also received a letter from the Newark Bureau of Combustibles , dated July 31, 1916 which reads as follows:

"In reply to your letter as to benzol :benzol is classed by us as a highly volatile , highly inflammaie liquid whose vapors when mixed with air are: explosive. We put benzol in the same cat¬ egory as gasoline, benzine and naphtha and regulate the storage in accordance with this idea."

Captain Gasser' s letter gives us concern and in view of tithe recent explosion at Communipw we desire to ask what instructions have been issued to the employes of your Silver. Lake Plant witji regard to the handling of nitro-benzol and who is charged with see¬ ing that these Instructions' are carried out.

You will remember that when our Committee visited your Silver Lake Plant we saw tank cars withawarning notices posted on them on your sidings. We have sinoe been informed that some of these cars , containing thousands of gallons of iiitro-tjenzoi were in imminent danger of exploding in June, when the explosion that shoo* Forest Hill, and the fire which followed, took place, mad that the railroad men refused to handle these cars. We have also learned from the Newspapers that the laws of this state governing the of explosives? were not obeyed at Communipaw, and the great disaster of last Saturday night resulted. .

As you doubtless know, it is claimed that no cars of explosives should have been run onto the docks unless a boat was ready to take them away. We are wondering whether your cf** nitro-benzol are being emptied into your subterranean resorvoirs immediately upon receipt? are also wondering how you get this nitro-benzol out of said resorvoirs and in what quantity and ho w you use it. As we understand it,. it is distilled and in the distill ation process the explosion in June oocured.

The fearless way in which Mr. Mason spoke of nitro-- benzol came to my mind in reading a recent editorial on Black Tom s Bombardment " in the Newark Evening News. After reciting the New Jersey and Federal Statutes governing the handling of explosives the editorial states:

Kr. Delos Holden - 2 -

« Y#t, in spite of ell these regulations and the severity of the criminal law provisions, the disaster occurred. That this was poss¬ ible may be accounted for by over-confidence inspired in the breasts of men who are engaged in the handling of explosives. They have in¬ ured themselves? to the dangers of their occupation and have laughed at the fears of those who have nervously anticipated the coming of Just suoh a dleaBter . This is human nature as it is exemplified in every munition factory., tfen become reckless when they have been engaged'dn explosive manufacture or handling for any lenght of time. They grow to believe that they lead charmed lives .

y * This - is the human element that makes for supreme danger in the munitions business despite all regulatory safeguards. After the Communapaw disaster of five and a half years ago, the Hews declared that the lesson to be learned from it was that ' the handling of high explosives in large quantities, in transit or otherwise, ought to be prohibited within a prescribed distance from centers of popu¬ lations. ' In extraordinary times like the present, there are certain to be large quantities of explosive* in transit and in storage at the shipping points. *hat the increased likelihood of disaster should make for extra precautions is a common place,- but equally so is the over confidence that grows pat of the constant handling of such material at such times."

The purpose of this liter which I am sanding to lKpu by reg- isyered mail, is to call to your attention and that of your Company the need for the utmost care in the handling Of this nitro-benzol, to the end that if life is subsequently lost and property damaged through the violation of 1« by your '•'ompany or its employes , that you and your Company shall not "be held gull ties e for lack of haying had your attention called to the need for careful provision against a reourrence of the explosion which took place in JUne,

I wish again to take advantage of thie opportunity to eay that we believe your Company are taking great responsibility ini manufacturing chemicals and dyes in a locality whioh ie flanked on both Eaet and West by highly developed residential districts whioh were there- before your. Plant was constructed. •

last Itonday night ths odors from yftdf plant during the entire night were worse than I have ever known them. I am sending a copy of thiB letter to the Bloomfield Commwn Council which body I addressed on thie subject of explosives? last June in an endeavor to impress on them the responsibility they were assuming ijJ permitting an industry suoh ae yours to develop in such a localitywhere there are more sal¬ oons than in any other Ward in the City, for whiskey and high ex¬ plosives are a bad combination. w , _

I am also sending a copy of thie letter to the , ewark Ev¬ ening Hewe which has anticipated in its 'columns that the explosions at Communipaw would put more *vlm" into oO> fight on the conduct and

location of your Silver Lake Plant. ^ _ _ _ -

I understand that there have been rafuiale to renew >ire In- sur ancenPoli ciee in the neighborhood of your Silver Lake Plant .1 ha Have been unable to obtain the reasons for thie action by the Tire Coumaniee but they evidehtly are concerned over the eituation.

Very truly yours,

PRESIDENT

American Oil & Supply Comoany, a corporation having it8 plooo of bualnoau at EE Lafayette street. Ho work, il. J., hereby pur¬ chases and ngreoc to receive from Shosas ii. Mi son and the eaid Kiomae ... Edison hereby cello to said /-ooricad Oil & Supply company, i Aiaido Phonol Hydrochloride /"for Photographic purposes Muring tho l‘'* -p— m i»* «« — - a’it, 1917, inclusive, end

(iOALlTY.

JiBABSISK.

ERICS.

DELIVERIES.

!iO bo of good standard quality, cemo r.s rrovloasly furnished.

2o be four the as and (4,000) pounds per month from August let, 1916 to January Met, 1917.

£o be four dolloro ($4.00) per pound, I. 0. S. Silver Lake, i>. J., no charge for package if tho m&toriel is packed ae at precent in kege or boxes lined with waxes paper. If the material or any port of it is requires to be packed in bottles, tho bottles shall be furnlshoS by the American Oil & Supply Company, and Edison will peck the material therein free of charge.

!o bo made and taken at the rate of four thousand (4,000) pounds per mouth, commencing August 1st, 1916 and onding January blet, 1917.

Shirty (SO) days, or loss l?s within ton days from „dato of each shipment, payable in Ben York City funde, in United States gold or its equivalent in ’United Statos currency. -

In the ovont of war, firo, flood, strike, lookout, accident, or other liko causes boyondtho control •of said Edison, interfering with the production, consumption satby transportation of tee goods heroin described, pro-rata deliveries under this contract - □boll coaco for the period required to remove the cause end repair tho damage.

■■■■.- (signed) Shoe. A. Edison. -

>n CO-CtC

Ilr* Thomas A. Edison* l -»•

Al-g^y^rf <Ltt.t,\X\ ll<W L-tfi" C.C.$\ ~bllQ S tltxn*

Subjects _ SUPPLY O? ELE^hua cOhEHI. _. — ' (,

. .

ItttstLaju. j oajJJL U'J-t.^ Tb £p*-c. 3 j Shortly after we Inaialled our second motor generates*

I reported on Jar oh 16 th, 1916, that our load on day time was 950 atorjses, and at nijgit time about 1050 and 1100 amperes. At that tlmg‘*f‘flraw your attention to the increasing consumption of current :■ in tho Aniline Plant, which showed a tendency to bring our load soon up to tho full capacity of tho two generators, i.o., 1600 amperes at 230 volts.

The ' attached records .covering oaoh 34 hours on July 14th and July 17th show that the total consumption of current has now grown so far that our too generators run most of the time noarly full loaded, tho roading showing as much as 1680 amperes. .1 presume that in the’ Aniline Plant the consumption is still on the increase, whilst we ourselves will use quite somo more current ao soon as tho Carbonating Plant oomos into operation. If it is not possible to switch at least a part of tho Aniline Plant over to somo other foeding line (Primary Battery), I think that an enlargement of our power plant is unavoidable.

Vi's have at present installed two motor generator sots from Crocker-V, heeler Co.., each set consisting of a 2300-volt A. C. motor, driving a D. C. dynamo of 200 K. W.

Mr. A. A. Drew, President,

Forest Hill Protective '.saooiation,

530 Parker ;3t., iiewark, H. j.

Bear Sir;

Both your letters of the 3rd instant wera duly received. With reference to the letter relating to the proposed visit of Messrs.

M. S. Drake, Chas. ffl. Wittsteln and Edward H. Ackley to our plant at Silver Lake on Tuesday next at 9.30 A. K., wo will he pleased to have Messrs. Drake and Wittstein visit the plant at that time, and also Mr. Aokloy, provided he is neither a chemist nor a lawyer. Hr. Mason is away at present hut is expected hack on Monday. Should it he impossible for Mr. Mason to meet the above named gentlemen on Tuesday, arrangements will he made for someone else to receive them and show them through the plant.

’■reply, to your other letter of the 3rd instant, relating mostly to benzol, must he deferred until Mr. Mason’B return.

I am sending a copy of this letter to IJr. ittstein.

Yours very truly.

WH/JU

General Counsel,

Kb-stis Cm CoBPMf

PEOPLES GAS BUILDING

1SS SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE

Gmisass®

Aug

**%

We have your letter of August 1st in reply to our communication of July 22nd in regard to renewal of contract No.

Ill for K.T.X. 690 tfhich expires September 1st. 1916.

llote you^ state under your present storage arrangement, you can very readily got along without the use of this car a£ter September 1st, and that you therefore, do not care to renew the lease. /

Thii is entirely satisfactory to us, as we have another contract on Which it is necessary we furnish 100 cars commencing with September 1st of each year, on which we can very readily apply this/car, and we will give you disposition which will enable you to dispose of it prior to September 1st.

/ You have four oilier oars on contract No. 125 which exp ires' November 26th, 1916, and if your storage situation is such that you would also care to release these four cars prior to November 26th, we wouj.4 bo very glad to take possession of them in advance of that date.

/ Y/e are advising you of this so you may not feel obligated

/to continue these' cars in your service until the expiration of uhe

contract if you.-do not need them.

Yours truly,

KEITH CAE COMPANY .

isidont

ol* fc-asC ; ^

PEOPLES GAS BUILDING

Ghboae® Aug 4, 1916.

Mr. Wm. H. Meadowcroft,

Assistant to Mr. Bdison,

Orange, U. J.

Dear Sir:-

V/e have your letter of August 2nd stating Ur. Edison has two acid cars which he is willing to rent at this time, and if we are looking for acid cars and have a proposition to offer, will— he. glad to hear from us.

V/e have never gone into the sub leasing of tank cars, but shall be very glad to assist you in finding some one who would probably need this particular equipment, in which event we would be pleased to refer these parties to you direct, to whom you could probably lease the cars for a very good rental, and you should have no- difficulty in finding service for the cars at this time.

o/ *

m^rr^J c Q$ (gdcd^ri/,

L V/ca/nayy

August 7th. 1916,

Amerioan Oil & Supply Company, a corporation having its place of bus inass at 62 Lafayette Street, Newark, H. J., hereby purohases and agrees to receive from Thomas A. Edison and the said Thomas A. Edison hereby sells to said Amerioan Oil & Supply Company, Para Amido Phenol Base, approximately 90% pure, during the period from August 1st, 1916 to Deoember 31st, 1916, inclusive, and aB follows:

QUALITY. To be of good standard quality, same aB previously

furnished.

QUANTITY. To be fifteen hundred (1600) pounds per month from

August 1st, 1916 to Deoember 3lBt, 1916.

PRICE. To be four dollars ($4.00 ) per pound, F. 0. B.

Silver Lake, N. J. , no charge for package if Ifce material is paoked as at present in kegs or’ boxes lined with waxed paper. If the material or any part of it is required to be paoked in bottleB, the bottles shall be furnished by the American Oil & Supply Company, and Edison will pack the material therein free of oharge.

CONDITIONS.

To be made nne taken at the rate of fifteen hundred (1600) pounds per month, commencing August 1st, 1916, and ending Deoember 31st, 1916.

Thirty (30) days, or Iobb 1% within ten days from late of eaoh shipment, payable in New York City funds, in United States gold or its equivalent in United stateB ourrenoy.

In the event of war, fire, 'flood, strike, lookout, accident, or other like causes beyond the control of said Edison, interfering, with the produotion, consumption and transportation of the goods herein described, pro-rata deliveries under this contract phi'll oease for the period required to remove the cause and repair the damage.

Accepted.

August 8th. 1916.

Mr. Edison:

You quoted Robert Lozier 56^per pound on 6 tone of Phenol for the British Amerioan Chemical Co. yesterday. Mr. Lozier said that the British Amerioan Chemioal Co. had reoeived quotation from reliable sources for Edison Phenol at 64^ per pound. He asks if you will proteot him to the extent of per pound as before.

He has quoted the British fimerioan Chemioal Co. 56^ per pound, but he and the Purchasing Agent of the British Amerioan Chemioal Co. a±e ooming out here to adjust the price. They will be here at llt45 this morning.

To save all the time he oan he wants to know if it will be all riglit^to* notify Mr. Kammerhoff to get 2 l/2 tonB of Phenol ready for shipment by truok» as the British Amerioan Chemioal Co* are very anxious to get this Phenol today sure.

H. P. MILLER.

August 8th. 1916.

Ji; /

Mr. Edison:

Mr. Stevens stated over the telephone that in the latter part of May he sent samples of Carbolio Aoid to many of his correspondents abroad, and quoted them, in accordance with information received from you, at 60^ per pound, I'.A.S.

Hew York. Mr. Stdvens wants to know if there is a change in price, as he considers this price a little high according to the foreign market. He thinks he might reoeive a few orders if the prioe was ohanged.

H. i1. MULES.

SPECIALTIES:

EMERALD OIL GINGINOL RHEO Tooth Powder BRUNELA PEDELLA

MOONE CHEMICAL CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

HIGH-GRADE ANTISEPTICS AND GERMICIDES

Rochester, New York

Edison Laboratories, Orange, N. J.

Gentlemen

8, 1916 , _

Regarding shipment of 250 lbs discolored

Our original order to you called for ship¬ ment to be made by the Lehigh East Freight.

Your letter of yesterday adtises that this has been shipped by the Erie, c/d Lehigh Valley.

/ Deliveries to Rochester on the Erie are

/ notoriously slow and, as we are in urgent need of this I Carbolic Acid, wire your best price on a further 250 V. lbs by express.

It is absolutely necessary that we have thiB phenol at the earliest possible moment and we trust that we can rely on you to help us out^^,^

Have just called up the Brre freight agent and find that they have no knowledge of thiB particular car.

Yours very truly ,

C.T.

Moone Chemical Company

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15 WILLIAM STREET.

Aug. 10, 1916,

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Gentlemen: -

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We aro sorry to iAform youlthat the Carbolic Acid v

which we are now receiving frmn^m n0tjtc>^Sf3P(^0Mv tWr-u-A The shinment delivered to us qn Monday is discolored and only . cluua. <9-t£

partly crystallized. When we have accumulated a 4u-0

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regret that we are compelle

Yours very truly.

K/F.

THE HEYDEN CHBMXCAI WOHKS.

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Mr. Edison^ yj^Jfe

Mr. Lozier just .called Jrp on the telephone and Bald that the BritishUifierican Che®L4al Comneny want to dupliohte

their order for 2 l/2 tons of Phenol, which thpy got on August 8th. What he wants to know is, what is the^latest time tomorrow morning they can notify you they want this Phenpa, in order to get it out the same day. This additional tons is to be at the same prioe, and at the same terms/

H. F. MILLER.

I

August 12 th. 1916..

Hr. Stanley Doggett,

99 John Street,

Hem York City.

Dear Sir: .

I have written you previously asking for shipping inis tract ions for your contract Aniline Oil for tho remaining days of thiB month, but have received no directions or. reply from you.

I must ask you to please favor mo with shipping in¬ structions as 1 have no room for storage, we aie greatly con¬ gested at my plant, and I would also lilco to have you relieve me of the .aniline Oil remaining over your contract quantity for last month.

lours veryntruly.

August 12th* 1916.

Mr. Edison:

Sometime ago Ur. Kammerhoff shipped the Moone Chemical Company a 250 pound drum of discolored Carbolio Aoid. This was at 60^ per pound, E. 0. B. Silver lake. They asked us to trace this shipment, which we did, and upon their zx asking for it at the freight office, they were told that it oheoked short. They are very much in a hurry for this Phenol and asked us for a quotation on another drum of 260 pounds of discolored Phenol, and you

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quoted them £&f' per pound. They telegraph us that due to the fact that the shipment checks short, they want us to duplicate this shipment, at the same prioe of 60^ per pound. Shall we have the first shipment returned?

H. E. MI LUSH.

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Silver Lata, N. J.t Auguat 14th, 1916.

Subject i

Kogarding . the discolored Phenol, X bog to drav; your attention to the foot .that the difficulty which wo have met with during the last two months very probably could not have boon avoided if we had used a dephlegnator and a column. Our Phenol was discolored in tho first plaoe by standing for too long a time in galvanized iron cans, tho galvanized airtn of whioh pooled off. Tho rooult was a more or loss darkish brown color of the previously white Phenol. The pinky discoloration took place when wo started using Nitre Cato, and this, 1 am nuro, will disappear not/ that wo noutralizo usain with Ohamber Acid. I do not boliovo that a dophlegmator and column can purify the Phenol and prevent it from turning red after a few days if tho dieooloration is oaussd by impure raw material, by Eitro Cake containing nitric Acid, or by other impurities. We have, for instanco, redistilled the recovered Phenol, whioh was returned from tho Was Plant, three or four tines, without getting rid of the discoloration, in thia case consisting of all kinds of colors —

When Badger sent us his first still tho construction of tho column and dephlogmator was wrong, and the apparatus did not work at all. Hr. Mason tells ms that ho hod a conversation with Badger' s engineer, who admitted that at the time when they delivered tho first still they did not know much about distilling Phenol. Badger's engineer now claims that their construction, is a perfeot one. This may bo true, but I believe that no dephlogmator and column can create a purer Phenol than we got by distilling our Phenol twioe.

If, however, you want to try Badger's new dephlogmator and column, I bog to sug¬ gest that as a trial one still in your Plant No. H might be ohangod, before wo spend the money for all our stills, and perhaps find out later that the de-

PARFUMERIE M>

IE ANTOINETTE

1L. $terre lalltgnp

MANUFACTURER

“TOILET REQUISITES OF QUALITY"

Thomas A. Edison, Orange,

New Jersey,

Gentlemen:-

ITH ST. NEW YORK 1,7. murV.y mti. I

AUg. 14, 1916. \

llrt 'l1£rt

X few months ago we plirSased from youBomert Paraphenylene Diamin and did not have An opportunity to use it until the last two weeks, having a stodk still on jhand of the imported goods. on^v QX&t-yM iK^ (K-'vCT

VJ^'I IL. uu-T-fr^T al X$~-*-SLcZL <£. o-A^pla

I am somewhat aisappointdd fr^m the result we obtained in using your preparation, although I want to strongly impress in your mind that I am not making a 'complaint, because the make of this product in this country is somewhat new, I do not wish to ' criticise only I thought you wouldlike to be. informed of t following: ULrTfg, w ■» t*>tl

We u&W^this pVqSration . for hair coloring, and

the writer personally used it himself on about 50 ocasionB during the last two weeks. X notice that the color obtained rubs off on everything it comes in contact with and if the hair is washed a few hours after the application, all the color oomes off, although the dye was applied with the usual care, the hair being free from grease and giving time for complete oxidation, after the application before drying it, but in spite of that after washing the hair, every particle comes off, or if left unwashed, rubs off on everything it comes in contact with.

As I said in the beginning of this letter, this is not a complaint but merely a report of the result obtained with your goods, as I do not doubt that you can make a product as perfect as the imported, if you are informed of the weak pointB. And while I do not pretend to have the technical experience of the eminent chemist in charge“>our laboratory, I have 30 years experience in dyeing hair with the product named above, and if I can be of any help to your chemist in furnishing further explanation, I will be very glad to hear from you.

The product we used previous to .this: , and for many years.', is the so-called Drsol-D. if you have any suggestions to make about tile color obtained with your product so as to be fast and lasting, I will appreciate as a special favor to hear from you at your earliest convenience.

IiPV/AK

I

j§>tattbg Snggett

CGnUms, CCipmirals, ®ils mb 4fltm>ral prnhurtH

99 John and 11-18 Cuff Streets

of the 12th and wish to say that I an unable to secure storage space for Aniline Oil and as ny custdmera have asked me to rith-Jiold shipments for a short while longer, I would kiraly ask you to please indulge me a little longer, as I am unable to secure storage facilities as above mentioned. I hope in the near future to ba in a position to take care of these shipments.

Thanking you for your^kindness, X f Eesu»ot fully you:

EAB/EOT

1L $terre TJalltgnp

In my letter to you yesterday, I forgot to say that your product is a brown reddish color, instead of the "iron gray" as the imported Ursol-D, and the shade it gives the hair is very reddish, rather objectionable, ;

Since writing you, we have had two of our customers come back to us complaining that the dye we applied on their hair a few days ago, rubbed off on everything.

Trusting to hear from you soon, we remain.

LPV/AK

Respectfully yours,

L. PIERRE' VAIilGRY,

it

My dour Admiral:

I am enclosing letter received from Office of ilaval Inspector of Powder, -Hast Coast, Post Office Building, Jersey, City, H. J. , Ho. 226-E, on the subject of rejection of phenol.

. Hr. Edison says tills slight pinkish color does not in any way. injure the phenol for use in the manufacture of picric acid. All phenol is apt to discolor in this way, and no chemist has as yet boon able to ascertain why the plight discoloration occurs at intervals. Ho says the melting point and other characteristics are 0. X. and according to contraot, and he seos no reason why the phenol should not be used.

She discoloration in slight, and ho would like very'much indeed to have your powder^Ery some of it to see if the slight discoloration makes any difference in the manufacture of powder.

Bhis phenol was made oxaetly the same as nil the other phenol you have received, v/hich Hr. Edison understands has conformed to your requirements in ovory particular.

With kindest regards, and in which Hr. Edison joins me, I remain.

Yours sinoeroly.

Chief Englnoor.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

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JS/HMK

NAVY DEPARTMENT

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE WASHINGTON. D. C.

August 17, 1916.

My dear Mr. Hutchison:

In reply to your letter of the 16th instant, the question of the pink phenol has already been referred to the Proving Ground, and owing to the ultimate use of this material, that is, for an explosive, they do not advise its acceptance. They are of the opinion that the possible causes of this pink discoloration are objectionable.

I am very sorry that we have to be so partic¬ ular, but so much is at stake that we are compelled to be drastic in all the inspections of materials we get.

With kindest regards,

Mr. M. H. Hutchison,

Chief Engineer, Thomas A. Edison laboratory, Orange, H. J.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

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0033 225_E

OFFICE OF NAVAL INSPECTOR OF POWDER. EAST COAST,

Poet Of floe Building. _

Jersey City1H.J.

Subject: Rejection of phenol.

Sirs:-

1. The Bureau rejects 15,882 pounds, Batches 150/1&7, 161/1&8, and 152/1&7, tested by the Inspector on July 88, 1916, as the material has a decided pinkish color, and therein departs from the specifications.

2. She Inspector will he absent on vacation until August 28th, and will not he able to inspect the replacement lots until that date.

Hespeotfully,

Lieut.Oomdr. U. STllavy , Naval Inspector of Powder, E.C.

. M.R. Hutchison, o/o

Thomas A. Edison laboratory, Orange, N.J. ,

V ^uguet 17th- 1916.

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Mr. Edison: I L- ^-yWSSS*

Ihe President of the Dixon Pharn&cal Company would like to have a quotation from you on your Carbolic Acid, and he would also like to know the strength of your oarbolic acid in com¬ parison with the German Carbolic, its purity and eto. I ashed them the quantity they would want and they said in a we eh and a half they would need 100 pounds and would use it continuously, but didn't say what their requirements would be.

H. P. MX1DEE.

X LU. Mr p P. \f

August 17th. 1916.

Ur. Edison:

Ur. Lozier just oalled up stating that the Brltish- Amerioan Chemical Company wanted an additional 2 l/2 tons of Carbolic Aold to go forward by truck today. He said that In¬ asmuch as they have not paid for the 5 tons they bought from you last week, which amounts to around $5600.00, Ur. lozier thought he would offer you a suggestion. He Bald he would not like to see you get too deep so far as the credit is concerned, and if you wish he would tell them that you do not care to extend your oredit to them iflor more than $6000.00, and Ur. lozier would see if he oouldn't have them accept this 2 l/2 tons they want shipped today, by sight draft attached to .bill of lading.

H. E. UI11ER -

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I.'iT. 1. Pierre Vulligny, __

14 East 44tli Street, ”

ilew York City.

Door Sir: m- . ' r '

Your favor of tho 14th ins ton t har. boon received. V.o cannot understand your complaint, ao n. Hollander & Bon of Bowark, B. 3., and more than twonty othor fur dyors aro using our Paraphonylcnodiaralno. Perhaps our ohioping clerk has cont you tho wrong stuff.4 PIosbo ' Bond ue a sanrolo- and wo will invoBtieato it. If wo find it is wrong wo will ex¬ change it .

Youre very truly,

Edison laboratory.

August 21st. 1916 .

Stanley Jordan & Company would like to have your quotationoon your best Iron by Hydrogen and also what quantity you could offer them for spot.

H. S’. MIUiEB.

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August 21st. 1916.

Mr. Edison:

Mr. Elandreau of Seo. W. Sutton & Company, a Toluol customer of ours, wishes to Enow what prioe you oould quote them and what quantity of Toluol you have on hand, also how much you oould furnish weekly. They think they oan make a oontraot for 100,000 gallons of Toluol over the year. They say that Toluol is quoted at $3.00 per pound for a year. Mr* Meadoworoft quoted them on five drums of Toluol reoently at $3.90 with 20^ a gallon commission to them. We have about 660 gallons of T^uol left in Silver lake,-

H. E. MILLER.

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ATTENTION OF MR. KEL^V.^ ^j- - a -»r ‘ ..^ H

*****

5, £l«» l/VU^Ot — - -r »■

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We have reoeiva^ a Jetter'from our TokioVoltf ice, adyds- (^CrMjfutJJja^ X» nUu £-t»- ^C-o-EJtX.

ing that the first lot ofjC^b^li^a^l^knufactnre^ ii^your

Silver Lake Plant, v was delivered to the Japanes JWavy, who Uht vj>*XC ci-<* Oke. 1s<c.*X LCr*. %««-*'•' ' aooepted same as fine quality. But the second lot was found

to have a slightly red color, and the thjard had much more of the same color, and our people are having difficulty in having the Navy to accept same as pure white oarbolic acid.

As long as the first lot reached there with pure color, we feel that there must be something wrong with the drums of the seoond and third lots. We take this opportunity to ask you to instruct your to be especially oareful a-

bout the packing, so that there will not be any more complaints of this kind from Japan.

With kind personal regards.

Yours very truly.

(Enlnra, GIfjmurala, ©Ua attii Mineral Prnburta

99 John and 11-18 Cliff Streets NEW YORK '

JCIAl CORRESPONDENTS .It

Thomas A. Edison, Aniline Oil Division, Orange, H.!J, '•

Dear Sir;-.

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Referring. to interview Had with you .. . ...

V\jxer~~

I understand price for balance of Aniline Oil due on oontraot between us including the undelivered Aniline Oil I you are holding at this time for. shipping instructions is to be 40 4 per pound,- a reduction of 10 / per pound on contract price.

I am grateful to you for this concession and will endeavor to give you disposition for the Oil you are holding within a few days.

Very j^spectful^ yours,

8/21/16

SD/HS

PEOPLES GAS BUILDING

Wra. Ii. Meadowcroft, Assistant to I.Ir. lid Orange ,

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Please see your letter of August 2nd, stating Mr. E: id(on would be in a position to loaso two acid tanks which ho owns personally, which are comparatively new cars, at which time wo advised you we had never gone into the sub-leasing of tank oars, but would be glad to assist you in finding some one who could use this particular equipment.

He now have an inquiry from the Mid Continent Chemical Company, Tulsa, Okla. dated August 17th stating they desire to lease a few thirty ton acid cars for the transportation of sulphuric acid, but as we have no acid cars available at this time, we have advised them we are not in a position to take care of their requirements, but stated to them that one of our patrons had two acid tanks which were practically n ew, and which they would possibly bo willing to lease, and we would take the matter up to ascortain if cars were still available, and on what terms they could be leased.

We did not advise tho iiid Continent Chemical Company that Mr . Edison vias the party who had tho cars to spare, as we thought possibly he would not care to have this information given to out- sido parties, and if you consider it advisable, you may comnunicat* direct with tho Mid Continent Chemical Company, or if you desire we will handle tho matter with those people to ascertain on what terms etc cars would be leased.

Yours truly.

KBITII CAR . COUP AH Y •

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suDiifiran jML^N<nnnn3STn2iia <CaDlTOlE<OTI<nU71P

AuguBt 22, 19X6

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, R. J.

Dear Sir:

Referring again to the tjfo samples of Glyoine Bent to your Mr. Meadoworoft and tested^out, we find that our researoh department have been working out a different product than the

Glycine Developer.

We saw an artiole written by a German in regard to Glycine being used in the toning baths. We immediately went to work to produce aome, and, aB we stated ili a letter to you, we could make it in unlimited quantities. This is true as regards the hind we submitted you, but when it comes to making it from Hitro Benzole, we will have to pass it by. If Mr. Meadoworoft will examine formula written out on samples sent you, he will readily see from its oonBtruotion that it is not a reducing agent in same class as Metol.

If our products have any merit in toning baths, we would be pleased to know the faot. Regretting we have caused you any unnecessary experimenting with Bamples Bent you, we are YourB truly,

Oheney Brothers .

Stanley Jordan & Company

Import and Export 116 Broad Street

NEW YORK, August 22, 1916.

Messrs, Thomas A. Edison,

V \hM

T'i. t--

urange, R,'J. ^ '

i: Att dnt i on^of^ L& .^T|a^o waro^-tr.

V7e beg to aofcnowledge reoeipt of information over the

Iron By-Hydrogen for future delivery is off interest to us. Will you not kindly tell us when you will he in a position to deliver from the new unit you are now installing in your plant, and what your price would he on a fair quantity on a contract?

Thanking you in anticipation of this information, we

are

p

Burke & James to

Photographic Apparatus & Supplies

August asnd^ia^i^

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Gentlemen:- ’ aJ IUmA \

We licwe been informed through one of our dealer?, that you are now manufacturing a developer, called, "Monometholparamidol phenol- hydrochlorate, and as we are interested in all chemicals, pertaining to photography, we would ask that you kindly submit to us your very best prices for this chemical, and .if possible favor us with sample for testing purposes.

If the same is found satisfactory, we will no doubt be in a position to favor you with a very large 3hare of our chemical husiness.

We would also like to have your very best prices in bulk.

If you have any formulas which you recommend, with the use of thi s developer, kindly include this information as well.

Hoping to be favored with an early

r

Yours- very truly

BURKE AND JAMES. Inc.

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Silver Laics, II. J.t August 24th, 1916.

Subject: _BEHZOL FOR MAHUFAOTORIHG OFJPHENOI,..

With your approval, we have established the rule that benzol should not be used if it shows that 95$S does not distill over with¬ in, 1° C. or less. We have so for had little difficulty in getting ben¬

zol of the proper quality.

Benzol delivered by the Milwauicee Coke and Gas Co. was always looked upon as being especially good material. We have, however, reoeived these days two oars from them in succession which show to oontain positively bad benzol.

After making numerous tests from benzol oar PSX-2601,

I would ask you to kindly have a sample whioh I bring with me tested in the Laboratory at Orange. Our tests range between 1.7° C. and 2.6° 0. She differences which we obtain in our tests are obviously due to the speed of distilling. All tests show that about of the benzol distills over under normal conditions, but that after this percentage has been distilled over the temperature rises. Shis seems to indicate that the benzol contains fractions of heavier material whioh Should have been eliminated by more carefully distilling it at the benzol plant.

At present we are using a oar KSX-654, reoeived from Woodward, Alabama, the test showing 0.9° 0.

The oar KSX-511, which we reoeived previously from Woodward, Alabama, showed 1.2° C. As we were Bhort on benzol, 1 thought I should try to use this car, in spite of the test showing unsatisfactory results. We experienced, however, when sulphonating the benzol, such

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Hew York le 24 aofct 1916.

l>e Chef d' Escadron COYKdL LAERADELIE

Chef de la Mission dea Poudres aux Etats-Unis

& Monsieur Thomas A. Edison, o/o

Monsieur le Consul Gdndral de France A mil YORK.

Cl/EAD

[TRANSLATION]

Hew York Aug. 24th 1916.

a : le Chef d'Eeoadron Coyral Lapradelie Chief of tho Po-'der Mia a ion in the O.S. ■Do : Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

o/o French Consul, Hew York.

Bear Sirs-

Ihe Frei:ch Consul has informed mo of the application of your private secretary in connection of the delivery of phenol.

If you have really offers of this product to submit to the French Government, kindly send them to. the following address : Conmandant Lapradelie*

room 411, 25 Broad street.

New York, N.Y.

Yours -truly j

august 26th.. 1916

Burke & James, Inc.,

226 Fifth /.venue.

Bow York City.

Sent lemon:

Your favor of the 22nd instant in ref¬ erence to a developer called "tlonomotholparumido- phonol-hyurochlorido" has Boon received. Y.'e hog to say in reply that this chemical is know as Uetol. I manufacture Para Amido Phenol Hydrochlor¬ ide which is considered to be a hotter dovolopor than notol.

Ehis is sold through tho American Oil & iupply Company, 62 lafayotto Ctroot, Ilowark, ii. J.

Yours very truly,

August 26th. 1916,

Hr. Edison:

Hr. Jones of the American Oil A- Supply Company called up on the telephone yesterday stating that he had a customer for all our excess Toluol and could probably make a contract with the same oustomer for 80 gallons a day more or less, from now until December 31st, 1916, from our Johnstown Plant .

A few weeks before Mr. Meadoworoft went on his vacation, he quoted the American Oil & Supply Company $3.50 per gallon for the spot Toluol, and exoess quantity on contract over and above our contract with Du Pont. The American Oil & Supply Company said that the market on Toluol had gone down since Mr. Meadow- croft gave them the quotation and that they would have to get the exoess Toluol and the 80 gallons a day more or less at a price of $3.00 per gallon to them, in order to make their com¬ mission.

I had Mr. Meadoworoft on the telephone last night and he thought that inasmuch as both he and Hr. Hoffman were trying to sell this Toluol for sometime past that this was a good op¬ portunity, even though the price was a little low on the spot.

Dp to ahd including August 24th, we have at Johnstown an excess quantity over our contract with Du Pont of 6,453 gal¬ lons, together with the 2,437 gallons we have in storage at Silver lake, makes a total exoess of 8,890 gallons.

Mr. Meadoworoft said if you wish to make a contract with the American Oil & Supply Company for 80 gallons a day, more or less, he would, when he came back from his vacation, write ar, letter to the Amerioan Oil & Supply Company holding them to their agreement until you came back from your vacation, at which time you could sign the contract.

H. 1. TDXilOCH .

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Orange, NJ Aug 28-1916 W ;H . Me adowcr o f t

Lovetts Field, South Portland, Maine

Mitsui wants all para we can spare up to September eighthenth we have none to spare in August Mr Edison told takaki we oould spare thirty pounds a day in

September Christensen says output in September will be three hundred fifty pounds a day how much would you say we can give them wire imms diately.

H V Miller.

When we made our contract for the present six

months we had hoped to he able to increase our production ana hence we increased the quantity of Oil over our last contract. We had two drums left in stock when our last contract expired and th is has now increased to six drums. We thought we vo uld try to dispose of this surplus on the open market rather thai say aiything to you, hut the en¬ closed letter will show you that we could not afford to make this sacrifice, ana we will therefore ask you to hoia up shipment for the next five drums, as it will he a great accomodation to us.

Your kindness in this rnatto r will he greatly appreciated.

Yours truly.

Colors, GHimirala, ©tla attft fHitwral f rniutcta

NEW YORK 8/28/16

Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir;-

Accept my thanks for your favor of the 23rd confirming understanding in reference to change in price of Aniline Oil.

I take this opportunity to advise you, on two occasions I have teen informed the American Oil and Supply Co. are quoting your Oil as lov; as 26 i per pound while othor dealers and producers are nuoting from 30 to 40/ per pound according to quantity and delivery.

Cannot you use your good office to have the American Oil & Supply Co. boost their price so as not to further demorali-.-.e the Aniline Oil market?

Will appreciate anything you might do in this direction for the interest of all concerned.

YoursXery respectfully,

4h"an- 29 NT. Aug 30 733am count, underline one word get answer

ng Orange ,NJ Aug 29-1916 W.H.Meadowcroft,

Loveitts Field, South Portland, Maine,

Via Portland, Maine,

American oil -can sell '.at twenty-four cents pound five tons aniline oil spot and three tons per week for eighteen weeks foh KewYork drums extra wire answer H F Miller.

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12nyhnll51aa 48 Collect Portland Maine August 29 1916 H V Miller

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Bdison Orange

V9 can let Sakaki have thirty pounds para dally in September am afraid to promise more Christensen might fall down on output hut if he fulfills his promise could let Takaki have sixty pounds daily would not dare however to make firm promise of this larger quantity

W H Meadoworoft.

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August 39, <^/6.

The Edison Laboratory,

Orange, N. J. ^ _ ,.„ .... ,r(.,.c_„^ ...

Gentlemens

we beg to confirm the telephone conversation had with you to the effeot that you will furnish us with Paraphenoline Diamine, at $3.35 per pound, at the rate of from 30 to 60 pounds

per day, from September 1st to 18th.

Our Japan oliente are interested in a quantity up to 1300 pounds, for arrival ..there, by the middle of October. To com¬ ply with their request, we are obliged to ship the Btuff by paroel- post and therefore, we ask you to kindly make the shipment in small parcel-post packages, weighing gross, not over 13# per case.. Kindly mark the following address on eaoh package, together with

remarks of oontentss-

CHEKICAL DEPARTMENT,

MITSUI BUSSAK KAISHA, LTD.,

TOKIO, JAPAN. *

We shall pay the extra charges, such as packing expense, postage and labor. Kindly let us know how much such extra charges will be per poundo

•If ?it 'is impossible for you to secure. packag|^'strcmg

E. L.

8/39/16

enough for export, we will be able to .furnish you with the same,, Below we give you mail schedule from New Yorks- CLOSE. KET YORK ARRIVE AT YOKOHAMA STEAMER.

September 3nd September 18th "EMPRESS OF ASIA"

« 3rd " 26th "NERI IA RU"

4th

5th

14th

18th

28th

5th

10th

"NIPPON MARU" "CHICAGO MARU" "AKI MARU" "SHINYO MARU"

Our people in Japan are in need of the material badly and therefore you will kindly oblige us by Bending the material by parcel-rpost, when it is ready, from time to. time.and send us invoice showing gross and net weight, which we shall pay accord¬ ingly.

Thanking you in advance for giving the above your

prompt attention, we are,

august 30 th. 1916 .

ISr. 1£. Kamnorhoff,

Carbolic Division,

Silver Lako, H.J.

Boar -ir;

In regard to the (junction of additional electric povrar which will bo required on account of your carbonating plant and tbe auditions in the Bonsidine plant, &o., after talcing thic natter up with Hr. Edison, i5r. Hudeon and various othor people, Hr. iidieon aocidod that ho wanted to install in your power plant tho 160 Kb motor generator sot which Hr. Uudeon has purchased for tho Brimary Battery and ie supposed to bo de¬ livered about tho let of Ootobor. I havo aiecutsood this matter to some extent with Hr. Hudson and would suggoet that you also toko the mattor up with him and arrange at oneo for ordering tho necessary instruments and switchboard which will bo ronlrod for connecting this unit in parollol with othor units. 1 have also advicoa our oloetricion that I thought ho chouia purohaso a voltage regulator which could bo used in cosirioction with tho 100 KK generator sot in tho boiler hoime, bo that in eaeo of. emergohey or in charging of heavy loads this engine o an bo thrown in parallol with your present power house.

I era also looking around trying o find a motor generator sot which might be also installed in your power house if wo can find just what wo want.

lours vory truly.

co. to Hr. E. E. Hudson,

Primary Battery Division, Silver lake, H. 3.

Edison General File Series 1916. Chemicals (E-16-16) September

. September 2na. 1916.

Ur. kammerhoff: /

I have received jour report of august 28th in re¬ gard to the distillation of 98$> Benzol from Johnstovm, together with the list of drums containing Benzol heads, Soluol heads and Solvent Uaphtha. I think I oan dispose of' the Benzol heads, loluol heads and Solvont Uaphtha right away, as this material can he used by the Phonograph Works, and the storage Battery Company.

In order to find out about this, I would like to have tro samplebottlos of each. I ao not mean a sample bottle from oaoh drum, but merely two samples of Benzol hoads, two of toluol hoads and two of Solvent Uaphtha, making six bottles in all.

I am going to send these to the Phonograph Works and the storage Battory Company, so that they can tost them and see which will be available for their respective purposes.

W. H. UEADOIVCROPE.

September 2nd* 19X6

Keith Car Company,

122 South Michigan Avenue ,

, Chicago., Ill.

Gentlemen:

Your favor of the 21st ultimo in regard to the two acid tank cars owned by Mr. Edison was received during my ab¬ sence on vacation .

Mr. Edison was extremely busy and thought thot tho matter had better bo loft for ray attontion on ray return.

After our letter of August second was written, one of our Chemical Plants found use for these two oars, temporarily, at least. When they are through with thorn, we shall probably want to lease them.

Mr. Edison wiBheB me to thank you for your courteous attention in this matter, end also to esk whether, when tho oars are released we could make -some arrangement with you. to attend to the leasing of them for him on a commission basis. ’ Possibly he might decide not to lease but to sell them outright when our Chemical Plant is through with them.

' Yours very truly.

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

ANILINE DIVISION THOMAS A. EDISON Silver Lake, N. J. Sept. 2, 1916.

Ur. W. H. Meadowcroft,

As Blatant to Ur. Ediaoni

Replying to your inquiry as to the arrangement we have made with Ur. Kammerhoff to take care of the 33 drums of phenol that were returned by the Heydan Chemical Co. We have requested Ur. Kammerhoff by letter on the 30th to redistill this lot and several other lota that ho now has for our account ae soon as possible, advising him at the time that we were in a position to moke prompt shipments.

We found on the 31st that it was necessary on account of our phenol Department being in trouble to advise ur. Kammerhoff to make shipment of 7750# for our account, and that this amount was to be deducted from the returned phenol that he is now holding for rediatillation. This particular lot of 33 drunB As compared with our records, in several cases does not check up as to drum numbors, and we have token this matter up with the Hoyden Company. There is also a considerable difference in the net weight which they claim they received as compared with the original shipping records hero. In this case there is a difference of 219#, or almost 7 lbs. to the drum.

After I had been here a few days, I noticed the num¬ ber of credits that you had been extending customers on account of short- weight claims. To obviate this discrepancy if possible I have established a system whereby the shipping clerk recheck6 all weights before loading, as I found that heretofore these containers wero filled by the operators and the weights in no case wero rechecked. I am of the opinion that probably you have been shipping about as much overweight as you have underweight, as the incorrect weighto we have discovered in tho containers since thiB rechecking system wae started indicates this. In future these conditions will bd corrected, and I would like to consult you as to whether or not it would be possible to make the teamsterB of these sevorol companies sign for weight as well as for tho number of packages.

s' Manager.

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

ROCH ESTER,

September 5,1916.

Dear Mr. Meadow croft :

Shipments of Paramidophenol have been coming to us with great uncertainty and vastly short of contract quantities. It is true that we have had frequent promises from the American Oil & Supply Company that conditions would soon show a decided improve ment but we regret that we are still without the quantities of Paramidophenol that we need and which we had every reason to count upon receiving. We would like to get some information from you which we could base our plans on and accordingly took the liberty today of telegraphing you as follows: :

"'ll ill you please wire me your frank views on the Paramidophenol situation We have been very much disappointed in deliveries the quantity received being only a very small fraction of what we had counted on Situation very serious How much can we depend upon receiving from you daily."

Yours tru

Mr. W.H.Meadoworoft,

% Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Orange, H.J.

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September 6th. 1916.

C. VV. Markus, Purchasing Agent,'

Eastman Kodak" Company,

Eoohester, H. Y.

Have just; returned from vacation. Have visited Amido Plant to satisfy myself as to conditions. They have had one hard problem but I think that has now been solved and I fully expect to make regular daily shipments now. Shipped about fifty pounds yester¬ day and will ship seventy-five pounds today.

W. H. MEADOWCBOET.

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The Trade News Service

Market Rkpohts-Coumbeoial News 50 PINK STREET NEW YORK CITY

Coal tar (Use typewriter or Penoil - not ink)

Nano of Canpany . Thomas A.. Mip.q^, . .

Manufacturer or dealer? .

Office . . W®.®?. . P®* . ???.???.'. .

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Coal Tar Products

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Xylol .

Toluol

. SoATPftt .Naphtha Naphthaline

Products Manufactured (for sale) Intermdiatea Hitrobenzol Aniline. Oil. Aniline Salt Acetanilid t , Benzidine

DYE.STUFFJ. :

Para, Amido Phenol base Par aphe nolens d i amine

.PhewX

QWffMlM Sulphate .

Para Amido, Phenol Hydrochloride ii#t s \

Products Manufactured ( and consumed) ParauitaoaftstmUiii .Hsnznns.fiulphonate of

' Aoetyl Paraphenylenediamine . Benzene , Sulphonate of

Ben59pp..q\iJp.l}9{)Aq.AoM .

(7o aro regular purchasers of. the following raw materials:

Sulphuric Acid, , , , . . .

Lime

Soda

Mixed .Acid .

Hydrochloric Acid Acetio Acid Sodium Hydrate

£ jf y cu cannot soo your way clear to furnish all information requested, give such data as will assist us to intelligently list your firm. )

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September 7th. 1916.

Commandant Lapradolie, *

iioom 411,

26 Broad Street,

Hot: York city.

Boar Sir;

Your favor of tho 24th ultimo to :;r. haison was re¬ ceived after ho had loft for a short vacation. His roturn is expected so otimo nest week, when your letter will bo' brought to his attention.

jir. Eaison is in position to contract for twenty-fivo to fifty tons o month of Phenol, white' crystals, molting point 39 to 41°C. JIo would bo prepared to contract for this quantity either for the remainder of the present year or for a longer period. If you are interested, I shall bo pleased to send you sample.

If you aro interested in pure loluol, I would say for your information that Mr . Edison has a moderate quantity to offer. It complies with the ilobel Specification.

In • tlr • Edison's absence I shall be pleased to come over and see you if you so desire.-

Yours very truly.

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

Ur. C. il. Op dyke, ’ September 7th. 1916,

woodward Iron Company,

Woodward, Ala-.

Pear C'.anae :

Eho price of naphthaline has hoen falling pretty steadily and the market is vory weak, in fact a few days ago there was prime naphthaline offerod at 1$ with no takers. In view of this it is nec¬ essary for us to figure pretty closely on our costs of production so we will know just where we stand and what price we can afford to sell.

I wish' you would go over this matter and give me as close an estimato as possible on the cost of making yo'ir pure white, double sublimed naphthaline loaded in barrels on the cars, per pound. In doing this I think it advisable to discuss the matter with the i.oodVT&rd people as we feel inclined if possible to do so, to close a contract for some six months or a year if possible at a point somewhat below the market if necessary, so that we can fed assured of our shipments from this tlmo on- he also want to know what you estimate you can turn out of tiie white, double sublimed material.

Of course, this naphthaline practically costs ub nothing except the subliming charges and what we pay the „oodward Company.

I would like you to give me this information as soon as possible.

Yours voxy truly.

Thomas A'. Edison, Esq. ,

Orange, Hew Jersey.

Attention of .li ^aciowcrof t

Dear Sir::

Referring to the writer's conversation on the telephone with you a few days ago, we have sent nine sample bottles of Phenol, which represent the shipment from your factory, which we sold to the Japanese llavy.

Before we enter into the discussion of this matter, we wish you would kindly analyze these samples, and find out how the Phenol from your Silver Lake Plant showed such in¬ ferior quality upon its arrival. in Japan. According to the information brought back by our man from Japan, they have found all the drums in perfect condition there, and while a great deal of Phenol was in liquid form, there was no sign of leakage from the drums.

We imagine that there must have been something wrong with the Phenol itself, or there must have been some mistake, when it was packed at your factory.

Our Tokio people advised us that the early

part of your shipment arrived in fine condition, being snow-white and in crysrals, hut the later shipments be¬ gan to show very much inferior quality. Since we are having monthly shipments from you until the end of the year, we wish you would pay serious attention to this matte immediately, so that all the Phenol going out from your factory from now on, will reach Japan in perfect condition.

Thanking you for your prompt attention to

this matter

Yours very truly.

ST/DK

so7 <5

/ You will be interested tcKTearn that

iearn that aocord-

ine 'to/the Woodward reports the* produced 3600 gallons of pure Toluol during the month of August. This shows ayarerage of 115 gallons daily.

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Hew York, H. Y. , sept. 9th, 1916.

le Chef de 1 'iSscadron 00YRA1 1APRADELIE

Chef de la Mission des Poudres aux Etats-Unis

To Mr. Thomas. 'A. Edison, v (TRAHSE. H. J.

Hear Sir:

I beg to acknowledge your favor of Sept. 7th and regret to inform you that we are not interested Phenol nor in Toluol.

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September 11th- 1916.

Hr. earner Paxson, Superintendent,

Grand Central Palace,

' How York City.

hoar Sir;

For :.r. Edison’s Exhibit at the comine national Exposition oi’ Chemical Industries ho will desire o have current for some special lighting. 2his lighting will bo contained in a large frame which we will provide and which we will have wired and furnished v.’.th lamps. Yhe lamps will require 400 watts, bill you , therefore, provide an outlet which will give at least this’ current at Ur. Edison’s space #101. Shis' will he on your 110 volt line.

Yours very truly, „

Assistant to Ur. Edison.

HEMICAL-TECHNIC

f Wallisellen , 11/9/16 (Zurich)^ -

Thelaboratory of

= Thomas A .\ Edison,

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J am confirming your esteemed favour of the 27th of April last, for which please , accept m^besjt thanks^ ^ bjj^ lw. U-* |/v tf

Ref the desired proceeding concerning Par aphenylene diamine, J re\- gret to say, that J cannot ^rmishjpu ji th ^aqy ppr|icularo gput it^s J have never worked with it in my practice. <Ucm ri- <x-t ZZ&et

But J should he very pleased if 'you had any interest for any other proceedings, indicated on my list - J could then gi'v^oir=hny indications.,) about them ana furniBh you with all thi necessary informations, wanted by you.

As you are manufacturings Phenol — it will at any rate be of a • great interest to you, to take up the fabrication of : Ordo-nitro-Phenol,

- O-Anisiaine-Guaicol. crist. and to fabricate, ont of the Guaiool its salts, which, as you know, can be sola in large quantities-

The fabrication of Guaicol.is only a matter for a firm, dispp being over a large capital, as the cost for the different apparatus only amount to about ji 3000.

J willingly shall furnish you with any further information and awai¬ ting you kind reply to my present letter, J remain dear Sir,

Respectfully Yours

Ch

Fr. F. Kuendig imical - Tachrt

‘Wallisellen,

(Zurich)

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JHEMIST ..NEER

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Wallisellen (Suisse)

ophona Nr. 26Pr6parations-pharmaceutiq,ue s .

1. Acia. aoetylo - salicylic.

2. Oreo sot.

3. Gua jacolum orist. de Orthoanisidine .

4. " " * Bulfonatum.

5. Phenacetin.

6. Argentum = Proteinicum.

7. » " » = Colloidale .

8. " " " = Hucleinicum.

9. Atropine = sulfat = Homatropine = hydrobromioum.

10. Codein pur & Phosphor! cum.

11. Weratrine.

12. Aethylmorphine = hydrochloricum.

13. Diacethylmorphine = " " * .

14. Stpycjnirf' pur &^SaIze.

15. Dihthylsulf at .

16. Hydrogen = supperoxyd =H202a. 3$.

17. Cocain pur & hydrochloricum.

18. Phenol = carbolic - acid, ae Benzol.

19. Phenolphthalein.

20. Chlorethyl & Chlormetthyl.

Naphtaline-d$riv<3 .

21. 1.5. HaphtalindiBulfosHure. 1.

22. 1.8. Haphtylaminsulf ostture .

23. 1.7. Haphtylaminmono sulf o siiuro .

24. 1.5. Haphtylaminsulf o sfiure .

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(Zurich)

25. 1.6. Kaphtylaminmonosulfosauro .

26. Naphtolmonoeulfosaure . II. V?.

27. 1.5. Haphtolmonoaulf oafiure . 1.

28. 1.8. 3. 6. Amiao - naphtoiaiaulfoBfiure. H.

29. 1.8. 2. 4. Amiao - naphtoiaisulfos&ure . S.

30. 1.3. 6. 8. ITaphtylamintrisulfoatture .

31. 1.3.6. Amiao - naphtylamintriaulfoaSuro .

32. Chromotrops&ure - DioxynaphtalinaisulfoBtture.

33. GammaaSure.

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Oetobor IS, 1916.

P. Kuendig, Wallisellon, fhurich) Switzerland .

Dear Sir

I beg- to the.nl: you for your favor of the eleventh ultimo, which will be carefully preserved for my files.' ' '

• lot me coy, for your- information, that I do not wish to take-up the manufacture of Guaicol, as other persons hero have started to make it.

Can you find in Switzerland a dye which was made, I think, at Basle. it is called Brio- glaucine. ’ I want to get about 60 pounds ana would pay £12.00 per pound for it. If there is none to be obtained , cWJald you furnish me with the process for making it, and if so, how much would you charge me for such process.

Yours very truly.

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Ur. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Attention of Ur. "■’. HA_Uead,cyorflft-

Dear Sir:

Referring to your letter of the 8th instant, we are sending you today, nine sample bottles of Phenol which our man brought baok from Japan. In order to give you an idea of the difference between your good Phenol, and this which reached Japan in a bad condition, we are sending a sample bottle which you gave us early last year. This sample I had on my desk for a year, and it was exposed to the light, but the nine bottles were always kept in the dark, and yet the color is very bad. I remember that you told me sometime ago that the packing of Phenol must be very carefully done, and you stated that if you clean a drum and leave a screw open for ten minutes, some moisture will get in and lower the meltijig point two or three degrees. I believe the best way is to wait for the return of Ur. Edison, and let him see

these nine bottles, and have him . instruct his man to analyze the same, and find out where the trouble lies.

According to the information from Japan , the early shipments reached there in perfect condition, and the Japanese Navy people thought it perfect, «ftd 4^ - all the later shipments reached there with bad color but our customer went to the expense cf clearing the color and made Salycilic Aoid out of it, and we pre¬ vented them from making a claim. But in the case of our sale to the Government, wf’ca^not f ight^^T and so we had to make a big reduction.

Please be advised that we will negotiate with you with the same friendly spirit, and trust that you will simply meet our views on the basis of the facts.

P. S. One bottle marked A is a sample which you gave us early last year.

Edison , Inc . , Silver Lake , E.

V- ^

I have made an offering of forty thousand pounds of phenol at fifty-four cents less one per cent cash, packed in five hundred or one thousand pound drums, drums extra, for export, to Messrs. Hadjopolous and Sperco.

X stated that Thomas A. Edison, Inc., would submit samples for analysis and would give an affidavit that

goods packed were as per sample submitted.

Kr. Hadjopolous explains that the purpose of taking samples is only to show that the sample comes up to the specifications guaranteed, in the contract, and that he can not do business unless the contract specifies that the phenol

when shitJpedy is U*S*P*

He tells me. 5 that Dow 'Chemical Company and other concerns have no hesitancy in guaranteeing their product U.S.P., and it is necessary for him to have that so specified ";in%he contract that he makes for .this material is for export. ■

> a hd, the foreign. credits require such a guarantee. I might say that the Monsanto Chemical Company have made me the same guarantee. ■ ." . / '

It is npt my disposition to offer any suggestion as to your procedure in this matter. I am simply giving you the circumstances as I know them to he.

As I have already stated, this guarantee only applies to the goods as packed and does not cover the conditions of goods after their acceptance and payment is made.

There is a good deal of export business offered now for phenol and as far as I can find out, it is all done on the terms and conditions- specified by Hessrs. Hadjopolous and Sperco. If you are willing to make this offer on these basis, will you kindly telephone me tomorrow morning. Cable has been sent on another quotation but I have reason to believe that I can close thissbusiness for your account on the terms offered-:

Yours nsery truly, , - .

Ixrfklrxpj KjWtvr —

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September 13th. 1916.

Mr. H. U. Banister, Vice President,

She Y.oodward Iron Company,

V.oodward, Alabama.

My dear Mr. Banisters

In line with our usual policy Hr. iidison has agreed to raise Hr. Opdylce's wages to £250. 00 per month if it is satisfactory to your Company. »Ve fool that Mr. • Op dyke has handled the plant very satisfactorily and qb the .lOodward Iron Company and Mr. iidisori are both paying hie salary we' want wo take this matter up w i th you before mentioning it to Mr. Opdyke. Please give us your views on thooubjeet.

iiith beet regards, I am,

: lours very truly.

. September 14tli. 1916

Mr. Robert 2. Rosier,

141 Broadway,

Ilew York City.

Boar Mr . Losier:

Your favor of the 11th instant was reooivod after a delay of a day. It was addressed to Thomas A . Edison, Inc., Silver lake, 3. j. i presume this was an error on the part of your secretary.

The ou'ickost nay to reach me by mail is to address me not in care of Thomas 'A. Edison, Inc., but at the Laboratory.

:V 'Uoc replying to your inquiry as to guarantee of U. S. P. Carbolic Acid on the quotation you have made to Hadjjopoulos & Sporco, Inc., lot .mo say that Mr. Edison is willing to guarantee that the Phenol when put into the containers is 0. 3. P.

let me say for your information that Carbolic Acid is made in batches, that is to say the still is filled up with the crude Carbolic, the distillation is made and the pure Carbolic is run from the stills into the containers in which it is shipped* If te should receive the order for- this 40,000 pounds, Ur. Edison would have a Hew i'orfc analytical chemist take a sample from each batch of Carbolic that i . run into the containers, and these containers would be marked in the orescnce of the chemist and sealed up. The chemist would make his analysis and report, which we know would show tho Carbolic is U. S. P. Mr. Edison would then check up on this analysis ana would then guarantee that the material when shipped is U. S. P.

I would say for your information that Hadjopoulos & ;iperco, Inc., wrote asking for a quotation on this 40,000 pounds of Carbolic, but we wrote end stated ad you had already uoted them on this lou of our Phenol it would not be business courtesy for us to make a direct quotation.

Yours very truly.

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

September 14th .1916.

Ur. uilliara .S’. Hoffman, ei'> Park Hotel,

Mount Clemons, Mich.

My clear Mr. Hofftou:

I trust you are enjoying the procoi.s of being boil¬ ed up and Incidentally having some fun on the golf links. It you are having as fine weather as wo are getting hore, it is ideal, and you and Mrs. Hoffman ought to be enjoying yourselves immensely. . •

Shines are going along much as usual,- except that . o are makinr a little headway on the rnnido Hydrochloride.. V.e are nor. beginning , to get it white, and I think we shall soon be all to the good. Mr. Edison has been giving come personal atten¬ tion to the Paraphenylene diamine the last two or throe days, and we are -cutting in some additional machinery by which the s «uff will bo* refined and will all come uniform in quality. The out¬ look for laraphenylonediamine is vory good.

1 am sending you herewith copy of a letter which is go¬ ing to your Kewark office today. I think it will Givo you a pleasurable fooling especially as it is voluntary on Mr. i.dlson s part. The pleasure you will experience on rocoipt of this letter is shared in by mo, :.nd X am glad that he did it.

I will aslc you to kindly give my cordial regards to Mrs. Hoffman and to accept a whole lot for yoursolf .

Sours very truly.

Enclosure.

Ho. 148. •

September 15th. 1916.

lir* Phelan:

Herewith i hand you two important documents, namely, copjr of letter of ;:r. Edison to Amoricon Oil Oupply Company’ under date of Soptomber 13th, in which ho agrees to reduce the contract price of Phenol to the American Oil & Supply Company to 66 l/4 cents per pound instead of 72.6 cents per pound, 'fhis change of price is to tike effect September 1st, 1916, so 1 rould ask you to kindly have credit issued for the difference on any Phenol billed between ept- ombor 1st and September 13th.

Ihe other document is a (Sopy of a little memorandum of agreement between I/or • .Edison and itein, Hirsh i: company, also reduc¬ ing the price of their contract Thenoi to 66 l/4 eonts per pound, to take offeot on doliverfcs commencing September 1st, 1916. Kill you please also have the proper credit issued in this case. .

IT. ... MKADOb CHOPS.

GOPPran, LEAD, SPBI

United States Smelting Company, ino.

O 1SQUITABLB BUILDING

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NEW YORK, Sept . 18, 1916

rRWfTia#' ij.^die oil , tf fjfjJ j

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Dear Sir: 1

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Llidvale , Utah, thallium chloride. .,i|ll__you

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please advise whether you would^ffin^erested in this material. If so, pleaser-udviae the quantities you could use and the approximate price you would pay. f

However, if you eannot'use the thallium chloride, will you please let me know whether you can use the thallium in metallic form, in which case I would thank you to let me know the approximate quantities you could use ana price you wouia pay.

Yours very_jtru!71

. acb/gal

iieptomber 21st. 1916

United states S'molting Co. Inc.,

120 Broadway,-

liovr York City.

Attention of a. y. y. Bobertson.

Gentlemen:

1 am in receipt of your favor of the 18th instant* I do not uao Thallium, hut cm interested to know the prico in metallic form, ^ in quantity, so that X may he in position to con¬ sider its usovtoimy experiments show its avail¬ ability. '

Yours very truly.

Ur. Ed la on:

I am in receipt of a cablegram from Hr. Wagner, Manager of our London Offloe, reeding aa follows:

"Claus & Co. Ltd. , Clayton, Man cheater, will take twenty two thousand pounds crystal oarbolio aoid as per sample submitted at price and conditions stated your letter 31st May, delivery six drums nine hundred pounds oaoh immediately balance divided three equal deliveries shipped November 1916, January and March 1917. po you accept offer. Cable reply, also terns of payment."

After conferring with you I oabled Mr. Y/agner in reply as follows:

"Accept offer oarbolio. can make first delivery New York one week. First available steamer "Bovic" October 10th. payment by oredit opened in New York or Satisfac¬ tory guarantee. Immediate advice necessary to obtain freigit room."

Under date of May 31at, I sent Mr. Y/agner several samples of Carbolic Aoid and requested him to visit the whole¬ sale drug trade and submit samples of the Carbolic. At that time I quoted him a prioe of 60j/ per lb., net, f.a.B. Bteamer, New York City, with extra charge for container.

Y/ALTER

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■s. Thomta A. Edison, Inc., Orange , Mew Jersey,

Kindly advise us whether it would bo cbnvextient VY J

for you to inoroaso the deliveries of Phenol which you aV^^ /jt^ making to us against our contract, ’.7c find that we shalV y be able to use, in the near future, a little more than what -

we are getting, 'V, f

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Very truly yours, j ^

GS/P, THE HEYBEH CHEMICAL TOHKS. C /

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Mr. Meadowcroft,

c/o Thos. A. Edison, • Inc. »

Yfest Orange, N. J.

My dear Mr. Meadowcroft:-

Am Bending you via parcel post, four white rabbit skins which Mr. Edison can use in his experiments with para- pheneline diamine. The most practical way to use these skins would he to cut them in small strips.

With kindest regards, I remain

Edison Laboratory ,

Mr. W. A. Meadoworoft, Orange, N.J.

Dear Sirs-

Through the oourteay of Mr. John 0 'Hagan, we have been referred to you regarding various chemicals introduced at this time by Mr. Edison.

in view of the connections that we have established in Buenos Ayres and several other Cities in South America, we Would like to know your best export prices, your specifications, approximate con¬ ditions for delivery, and samples, so that we can send to our different agents of the following list of chemicals that we understand are being manufactured

Phenol or crystal carbolic acid.

Tri-Nitro-Toluol ,

Benzol ,

Aniline oils for dyes,

and other chemicals that you may manufacture.

We are interested especially in the above named chemi cals that go into the manufacture of explosives and would appreciate your early answer to this matter as we would* like to take advantage of the next steamer, if possible, which leaves Monday.

We are ,

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September 25th.l916.

Mr. Haul iiadero , President,

Associated Manufacturers Export Co.,

66 Broadway,

Hew York City.

Dear Mr.^Hadoro: ,

X havo rocolvod year favor of the 23rd instant, . this, Monday morning, which, of course, does not give mo time to write and onable you to take advantage of the .steamer leaving today.

It is quite true that Hr. Edison is making Phenol, Benzol and Aniline oil. He does not males Trinitro Toluol, but he does produce ioluol itself, which is used in the manufacture of Trinitro xoluol.

As a matter of fact, we are not at this time in such a posi¬ tion as to quote you fora regular business with South America, let mo explain.

In the first place, -Sir. Edison put up iill these plants mere¬ ly to help out a temporary situation of shortage^in the United ^tates . In regardPto Phenol, practically all 6ur contracts with customers ex¬ pire at the bnd of this year. At this present moment we “

out (which expires at the end of 'the month) to take the remainder of our entire production* Therefore, we are not in position «o make a positive quotation on Phenol October 2nd.

■Vo could not furnish Trinitro Toluol, but just at the pres¬ ent. moment we havo on hend about 10,000 gallons of Toluolforspo sale- This is of exceeding fine quality, and complies with the iiobel . Specifications. Hr. Edison would sell this lot at ^3.26 g^°n,b t drums included, F. A. S. How York. This offer cannot bo held open, but is subject to prior sale. . « '

' Mr. Edison also has a surplus production of about 300 gallons of Toluol por month until May 1st, 1917, and from May 1st, 1917 to flo- cember. 1917, hb could furnish approximately 125 gallons of Toluol por any. X think ho wouia. contract- all this at §8.75 por gallon. This - quotation is made subject to prior sale. \

As to Benzol, Mr. Edison is a producer, but he uses in'his own manufacturing all :that is produced at kle plants. . In regard-^o Aniline Oil, Mr. Edison only put up his plant to help out a_ set xous^_ ^ situation, and he does’ not expect to manufacture Aniline Oil after the

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end of uhiB year, 'flie present opot price is so small that Mr. Edison ill not moot it, hut what little excess of Anilino Oil ho malcoo over and above our contracts he will probably store and use for other manu¬ facturing purposes next year.

As to terms of payment on the quotations above made , I bog to say that Hr. Edison would require cash against sight draft attached to bill of lading.

lours very truly.

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

.. •? ,

September 25tli.l916.

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’

Anniston Knitting Mills Co., \V

Anniston, Ala. .* \

Gentle-on:

Eop lying to your favor of tbo 19th in¬ stant asking for contract price on aniline oil for 1917, v/e bog to say that you can get lover prices from other manufacturers than ^ you could obtain from us. It is very probable that v,e shall not stay in the Aniline business, as Mr. Edison only put up his plant to help out a serious condition which eiisted •

at the time it was put in operation. \

Yours very truly,

Edison laboratory.

She Trade Hows Service,

SO Pino Street,

Hen lork City.

Gentlemen: ' \

ihr. Edison notea on your roport of the 22nfi instant- that you Jiave completed a cpeoial list of firms handling dyes, dye stuff 8 , extracts arid colors. He wishes mo to ordor this list from you. Rill you kindly.address.it to me and sena your hill made out against Thomas *. Eaieon.

i By-the-way, referring to the first item on your liBt ;<j

of September -22na, ne have a customer who nants 60 pounds of Erioglaucine aye at §12.00 oer pound. Con you give us any ' $5

. information on thiB. ;>]

lours very truly, ;

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

Mr. Meadoworoft,

Referring to the annexed correBpoi^uenoe with the American Oil and Supply Co., I oalled upon STr. Jones yesterday and he informed me that praotically the only use of para-amido-phenol hydro-ohloride is as a photographio developer; that the American Oil and Supply Co. sell# this material only in the original packages in which they obtain ttiea from Mr. Edison, their-pgia.eig»i their principal customers, as I understand it, being Gennert, a dealer in chemicals including photo¬ graphic developers, and the Eastman Kodak Co. I asked him whether or not Mr. Gennert manufactured any photographio developerB or used this material in connection with such manufacture. He said "No", that Gennert simply disposed of it in the same original packages in which he reoeived it and that his principal customers were the various motion picture oonoerns; that no instructions were given by Gennert as to how it should be used and the motion picture concern uses it in accordance with whatever formula it cares to employ, thiB being up to the chemist or photographer in charge; that it isy^requently used as a substitute for metol; ^Mr . Gennert does not recommend the use of sodium hydrate in connection with this material, and if we so desire is willing to recommend to pur chase ns that they do not use sodium hydrate.

Mr. Jones also stated that the only cases which he had heard of sodium hydrate being used is where the bath after a lapse of some time became aoid and enough of the hydrate was added to neutralize the bath, and that an exoess was not desired and was deleterious be¬ cause it produced some effect upon the film which I understood to be a kind of a waviness along the edge.

Mr. Meadoworoft

9/27/16,

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While I was in Mr. Jones* Office, he oalled up Mr. Gennert on the telephone in order to make certain that Mr. Gennert was not using the material himself, that he was selling it only in the original paokages and that he was not instructing the purchaser to use it in connection with sodium hydrate. Mr. Jones told me that Mr. Gennert had corroborated these statements.

In view of the fact that we do not deal with Mr. Gennert ourselves but only with the American Oil and Supply Co., it seems to me that we are justified in aooepting^the^^'^tStem^ts^at this time and that sinoe para-amido-phenol hydro-ohloride a well known photographic developer used in formulas which do not infringe the Thatoher patent, we cannot at this time be charged with knowingly contributing to any infringement of said patent.

The rule of law on this subject, whioh I believe to be the correot one, is set forth by Judge Cross in the following language in Rumford Chemical Works vs. Hygienic, 148 Red. 862 (Affirmed 164 Red. 66; 215 U. S. 196):

"In order to establish contributory infringement, it should be convincingly shown that a granular aoid phosphate manufactured by the defendant went into a baking powder, which infringed the patent in suit, and that the defendant manufactured and sold said phosphate knowing, or having reasonable oause to know, that it was to be used in an infringing baking powder."

I therefore submit forms for letters, one of whioh should be sent by me to Dyer & Taylor in reply to their letter of September 14, 1916, and the other by yourself to the American Oil and Supply Co. in reply to their letter of September 20th.

ENC1.

DH/JU

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

V. \

American Oil & Supply Co.

Oils, Greases, acids, Chemicals

AND DYESTUFFS 92 WILLIAM STREET

SOME OFFICE i NEW YORK ClTY

September 20, 1916.

Hr. Wm. H. Meadowcroft ,

fo The Edison laboratories.

Orange , M . J .

Bear Sir:

In accordance with the promise made to you by the writer, we are enclosing herewith copy of letter addressed to G. Gennert , 24 East 13th Street, Hew York, by the law firm of Dyer & Taylor, with reference to the sale of Para-Amido- Phenol Hydrochloride.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

DYER a TAYLOR 31 NASSAU STREET

sept. 14, 1916.

Thomas A Edison, Inc.,

Orange, E. ,T.

Gentlemen:

Oar client, the Xathol Mfg. Company Inc., this City, ha6 been advised that you are manufacturing pararaidophenol with the intention and purpose of its use as a photographic developer in connection with caustic soda, in infringement of letters Patent Ho. 1,168, 011 granted Oct. 26,1915 under which patent our client is exclusive lioensee.

Specifically our client is informed that you are selling your product to G. Gennert of this City with the intent and purpose that it be sold by that concern in infringement of the above stated patent.

If our information as to this be correct, we are oblig¬ ed to call upon you to discontinue such infringement otherwise y/e shall regretfully be compelled to institute suit against you to protect our client's rights.

A notification has been sent tc air. Gennert today, a copy of vmich iB enclosed for your information, so that you may be made aware of its oontents.

Awaiting your reply, we are.

Yours

very truly, ^ - „ _

JRT:M

Enclosure

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Sept, 14, 1916,

Q. Oennort, Esq.,,

84 E. 13th St., Hew York.

Bear Sirt- ••

Oar client, the Kathol Mfg. Oo.Ino.,haB been advised that yoa are Belling a photographic developer in violation of rightB Beoorad to it by Letters Patent Ho. 1,168, 011 granted Oot, 26,1916:^0 Charles J. Thatcher for photographio developer and under which patent the Katliol! Mfg. Company has an exclusive lioenBe. Oar olient'B information 1b that you are securing orders for end making sales of the photographio developer handl¬ ed by yoa by having your salesmen a all upon dealers and users oalling attention to the above mentioned patent and stating that you are in position to sell a photographio developer, such as represented by that patent, for ase in plaoe of Kathol under which name oar oliont is selling the patented developer.

Our client has been farther informed that your re¬ presentatives have actually sold Paramidophenol end given speoifio instructions to add oaustio soda thereto so as to get the results seoured by the use of Kathol covered by the afore¬ said patent.

If our information be oorreot, you are infringing the above mentioned patent and under instructions from oar client.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

G. Gennert, Esg, -£- Sept. 14,1916.

we shall, unless you immediately discontinue all future in¬ fringement and within ten days from date render ub Batisfaotory aBBurBnoe that you have permanently discontinued suoh infringe¬ ment, he obliged to oommenoe Buit against you for an injunction and aooounting of profits end damages together with the oostB of the aotion.

Youtb very truly,

Soptomber 27th. 1916.

Hoyden Chemical Works,

136 William Stroot,

Ilew York City. .

Attention of Mr. Sijton.

Gentlemen:

■ I am in receipt of your favor of the 22nd instant, -and regrot to say that for the present I shall be unable to increase tho dolivor- ies of Phenol against your contract beyond the 1,000 pounds daily delivery we are regularly making. Yours very truly.

THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH.

September 28, 1916.

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Orange, Hew Jersey.

Gentlemen!

We are very much in need of about 2 lbs. of para aoetphenylene diamine in one of our laboratories, and as I noticed a sample on exhibit at the ohemioal show, I would like to have you furnish it to us, if it would be possible for you to do so. Of oourse you realize the nature of our work is purely for research purposes, and as you have been kind enough to favor us before 1 hope you will be able to do so again.

Thanking you for past favors.

Yours truly,

THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

Purchasing Agent. (Qyf^

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Edison General File Series 1916. Chemicals (E-16-16) October

135 WILLIAM STREET.

Mr. Thornes A. Edison,

Orange, Neva Jersey. Dear Sir:-

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We received your letter of Sept. 27th in regard '

to CARBOLIC ACID, and heg to advise you that we shall he pleased to confer with you in regard to a contract over 1917 whenever you are ready to take up this matter.

Yours very truly.

GS/F.

THE HEYDEII CHEMICAL WORKS.

V. Pres't,

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Mr. Thomas A... Edison,

/Orange, H. J.

Dear Siri-

/ Kindly refer to your telegram of the

October 4, 1916

die, So'eteefaller Institute lor. xaedioRl heeoarch,

, 66th street sal -:.vonu< -Sen. Yozfc'-Citii..

GontleT.fi,; i; Attenl

. Chao. D. Snioa

Beferrinn to your favor of tho B8tfc. ultimo, I toko pleasure in .informing, you that- xjo are a one ins 'to you by -oppress today; tea pounds pei-s Ixsotphcmyleueaiewxae and tract it will be satisfactory for your purpose, be will bill this at .,.'3.7 fc per pound enu shall bo-flau ‘ to furbish farther supplies if you. desire.

fours very truly.

Assistant to . 7 jr. Jidison.

W. H. Meadoworoft, Esq. ,

Edison Laboratories ,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Mr. Meadoworoft : -

I received your favor (■ as I can get the data together, you further.

For your information, we are c stalling at Utica three 8,600 k.w. unitsT^or"® total of 26,600 k.w. I believe the major part of thiB will be available most of the year, but I must get from them how much they will have to spare. We have got the same oondition at Cohoes, with a ohanoe to install a couple of other units, which will be in practically the same oondition. However, as soon as I get this data togeth¬ er, I will communicate with you.

Yours very truly,

(otAAzzy,,

October Tj, 1916

Mr* John Bacon, Jr., '

C/o .Edison Benzol Plant, . * '

Cambria Steel Company ,

Johnstown, ionnsylvania.

Boar fir . Bacon:

At l:;.6t we .arc going to movo our oncosa '■Toluol . I hr, vo sold 10,000 gallons. Of this' thoro is •

' 2,000 gallons at Silver Lalro . you will probably renen- :ber' tho.t two or throe months agaoyou shipped mo thirty odd drums 'to Silver . Lake and- X havo twenty drums loft , so that we will call oh you for about 0*000 gallons.

At' tho present .time, howovoi, no want to havo . only one car-load shipped . . I do not know exactly hov; much there is in a carload, but you can ship the usual, quantity which goeB in a carload.

liar sd on t»5*

Shoro delivery, notifying Eho ilitr.o Pqwdcr Co., Port , Ewon, u.y.

..s wo havo to bo qai to particular about this,

I havo taken the liberty of writing on- a blank bill of lading just the way your Bill of lading should be made out* I just used any form of bill- of lading that I could get so this is only given to show you just how your bill of lading should be mado out. 1 believe you always give duplicate -bills of lading.

bill you please get this 'shipmont off ad uickly as possible. \ '

Yours truly.

Assistant to Ur. Edison.

October 6, 1916.

to. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, N.J.

Dear Sir:-

We are in the market to purchase several items which you have recently advised you were manufac¬ turing.- as follows:

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iu M AA h f- *«•*>

Dear Fir:- l**" AtU-1

looking over the two statements of aooount of Woodward Plant ooverlng the period of about twelve months end¬ ing in July 1st, 1916, we find the following^figwces^-^ ^

Running Expenses for six months ?.r *( ^

up to December 1915 . • • . . i . . .j45,36J,81^

Running Expenses for six months

\ UlK

Quantity of Toluol for six months ,_v , ’

up to Deoember 1915, . . 16,336 gals, ^

Quantity of Toluol for six months

from January to June 1916,. . . . 7?1./? - =i —

_ _ X 40,841 gal Ba

Quantity of BensoX for six months from January to June 1916. . . ./. . . ,

In short ,o i't oodatffua about 1 130,000 to run the plant for twelve months and we got, during the same period, about 40,800 gallons of C. P, Toluol and about 344,000 gallons

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UK Thomas A. Ediaon, “2~

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of Pure Benzol , (During the saw period we made about $30,000. out of Kapthaline and Solvent Naptha, but I will not count thin here but leave it out to be applied for any emergency expense whioh might come up during the ooming year,}

The above means that it will pay us to oontinue to run the plant if we are sure to aell more than 8130. 000o worth of products

(l) I understand that you will not require very muoh

of Benzol out of Woodward next year and if eo, will you authorize ua to sell the entire output of Benzol between January lat 1917 and December 1st, 19177 Your friends, American Oil & Supply Company advise me that they think they oan sell the next year*a output of Benzol from Woodward between 50# and 55# per gallon if we act before the present mar¬ ket changes. Please let ua know of your desire.

(3) Ae to Toluol, we wojild "like to dispose of next

year’s output non 'and if. you will, kindly authorize ue to sell it at any prloe above 83.00 per gallon, we will immediately place this matter in our broker’s hands giving him a oomml ssionof.one-half of the difference be¬ tween $3.00 and the pried he' obtains for ua. Please let

Kindly study this whole situation and let us know what you wish ue to do. We remind you that we have the right to take gas from Woodward Iron Company until July 1st, 1918, but we believe it impossible to sell any produota for 1918.

ST:VC

October 10, 191£r

Kallinckrodt Chemical Worts limited Montreal, Canada. '

Gentlemen :

Replying to your favor of the 6th instant,

I beg to cay that we make Sodium Acetate and Acentanilid, but neither one of them complies with the requirements of the U.' S.(P.

As t° inr Iron By Hydrogen, we make it U.S. P. excepting a slight trace of sulphur. Ehis Iron iB being furnished by me to the Erade generally, and wo are all sold up to the extent of our production. I expect, however, to have an increased capacity in about six weeks. '

Yours very truly,

October 11, 1916

American Oil & Supply Co.,

92 William Street,

Hew York City.

Gentlemen : Attention Hr. A. B. Jones.

Eoplying to your favor of the Sth instant, in regard to moisture content of our Para Amido l->honol Hydrochloride, let me say that iSr. Baison informs me that Just as soon as our new Centrifuge is received all this trouble will be’ done away with. Vie expect to get this Centrifuge within the next two or three weeks .

Yours very truly.

Assistant to Hr. Edison.

N FERNANDO (TRINIDAD )

Trinidad-Tarouba Oil Development Company,

SAN FERNANDO,

Trinidad. B.W.I. HW .X^r..P.?.1'.9.'ber..l3.rl9l6

. M.H. Hutchison,

Chief Engineer r-v'/ ^ — ^ >» >•' .

Edison Storage Battery Co. \jL/ S' YW^ /S.V i

Referring to the subject of fluxed manjak and to thV sanqple which I called to your attention as a binder in mo 1 d e dU. lation, it occurs to me that for soma of your .purposes you may per¬ haps be more particularly interested in a very dry powdered forts of this natural hydro-carbon, of which I enclose a small sample for your inspection. I shall be very glad to hear what you think of it. It is altogether likely that you will find our product ad¬ mirably suited for the manufacture of phonograph records.

The electrical and chemical resistance of this substance

is unusually great. Its specific gravity has been established at 1.125, ike softening point at 383 degrees E. , and the melting point

October 14. rf#/ 6.

«, Inc.,

Attention of Mr. W,

Gentlemen:*

We beg to acknowledge the receipt cf your favor of October 11th and note with great pleasure that you are willing to take all the Benzol from Woodward Plant for the year 1917 at the prioe of 55£ par gallon for the first six months, and 50£ per gallon for the last six months, and we hereby beg to agree that we will sell you all the Benzol from the said plant at the above mentioned prices whioh are f.o.b. Silver Lake, N. JY, same as our oontraot covering up to the end of this year.

Thinking that there might be a little confusion how to determine the total quantity for the first six months, we propose that you pay us 55£ on all the Benzol shipped from Woodward Plant on or before June 30, 1917, and 50£ for all the shipments made between July 1st and December 31st, 1917.

Please consider that this letter of ours takee the plaoe of the contract for the above.

We take this opportunity to thank you sincerely

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■Thomas A. Edison, -2-

for your kind deolalon which relievos ua entirely of the worry and trouble In aelllng all the Benzol from Woodward for the coming year. We further appreciate the very fair prloe you have given ua and aaaure you that we cannot wlah any better than what you have kindly agreed.

Aa to Toluol, we understand from your letter that you authorize pa to aell at any price above $1.75 per gallon, and we are going to employ a broker with the understanding that the net price we must get is $3.00 per gallon and that anything he obtaina above $3.00, we and he will divide half and half.

Thanking you again for your kind aasi stance in agreeing to take all the Benzol for the year 1917 whioh places the aocount of the Woodward Plant in an absolute safe position, and with kindest regards.

Yours very truly.

ST :VC

^tattleg tt

(Unions, (Eljmtcals, Oils anb HJutpral proiutda

> 11-18 Cliff Stkeets

NEW YORK

10/16/16

Ur. 'i'homas A. Edison,

Orange, H.J.

My dear Ur. Edison; -

Have your favor of the 13th and wish to apologize for failure, ere this, to communicate with you respecting deferred shipments of Aniline Oil against my contract due to my being absent from this city considerably late acu¬ pressure of accumulated business requiring my attention upon my return.

I am more than mindful of the friendly disposition you have shown towards me on more than one occasion, the last in connection with reducing your contract price.

I have been doing everything within my power to arrange with customers to accept delivery of Aniline Oil against pnntractfe I have v/ith them* "but on account of falling off in

deSant and^eclinl in. price, naturally customers have fought

hard against accepting deliveries until finally I ha\e insisrea uwon Stein Hirsh & Co: talcing 10 drums due them this month,

ly consent to same.

Accordingly, I would thank you please to get ready and ship to them as heretofore, 10 drums of Ani“"e °i1f??^Jnw111 give you shipping instructions in a day or two xor fifteen or eighteen drum! more to come here and will follow these instructions with more as soon as possible.

Hope to see you tomorrow for a short chat as per my phone talk with your Mr. Meadowcr oft this P.M.

sd/hs

October 17, 1916.

Ur, Stanley Doggett,

99 John Street,

Hew York City, H.Y. *

Dear Mr. Doggett:

Ur. Meaaoweroft has hanaea me your favor of the 16th instant , ana has also given me the eubstanco of the talk you haa with him this morn¬ ing. I appreciate the difficulties you have been up against, but am glaa to learn that you are now beginning to move the Aniline Oil.

Your request to ship ten arums to Stoin, Hirsh. & Company is notea. Ehb aate of shipment is not given in your letter, but Mr, Meadowcroft says you told him to ship October 20th, so we will make shipment that day of those ton drums.

I am much pleased to learn that you osyaoot to give shipping instructions for fifteen to eighteen drums more within a. few flays. Shis will relieve somo of the congestion at Silver lake.

Yours very truly,

06u,

American Oil & Supply Co.

Oils, Greases, acids, Chemicals and Dyestuffs

92 WILLIAM STREET OFFICTE! jNew York City

V /

^ C/W October 18, 1916.

. H. l.Ioadowcroft ,

Edison laboratories ,

Orange, U. d.

r. He ad owe ro ft :

In quoting Eara-Amido -Phenol Hydro- ohloride for export, it is necessary in response to each inquiry to stato the percentage of Para- Amido-Phenol in the material we are offering.

V/e would like to have, if possible, an analysis of the Para -Ami do -Phe no 1 Hydrochloride, stating the percentage of Para. If you can get this for me, it will be greatly appreciated.

you will recall that v/e have had up the subiect of packing Para-^mido-Phenol. Our custo¬ mers are complaining that tho material is expen¬ sive and being packed in wooden boxes, in Quantities, part of it gets away from them. They havo asked that we have it packed in five pound paraffined paper bags, and if possible, we would like to comply with their request, for it is an important item, and we suppose that our customers 1 have the right of dictating how they should receive \ the products they purchase.

V.’ill you please let me know as soon as possible whether this packing is feasible, and ii not, what sort of packing you <■•”» ""T,T'n w *hnT' safely carry this article.

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supply that would Yours very truly,

AEJ:B

AMERICAN OIL & SUPPLY CO. •

OILS, GREASES, ACIDS, CHEMICALS * ^

AND DYESTUFFS (jJ& 1/

, 92 WILLIAM STREET •

oFiicK! New York City

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ibj “*■«». tree

yi Edison Laboratories, . j ,q£*v«^

Orange, H. J. jj ,

Dear Ur. Ileadowcroft:

We are again in considerable inq«irgpn**ft*^ Benzidine, and we have several niJl^fefers dffere^jJ? to us, provided we can make shipmer^nj^rioer.

We have hesitated to take on this ffiness^^ /

Will you please advise whether you think that we would be safe in accepting orders for de¬ livery at that time, and if not, when do you think shipments will commence.

A T.niiR t n AH OlLoS: SUPPLY CO.

AEJ:B

lip. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange,

Dear Sirs- _ _

As a record for your files, I have attached here an approximate estimate of tho cost for producing the Amidophenol Hydrochloride for the past week. Chase figures will not vary over 1 to $ as compared with the actual cost, and I am sending you this report as the cost for making this Hydrochloride under the present operating conditions is so expensive that ray idea was that in calling this to your attention there might ho some emergency corrections that you could make that would bring these figures down to a reasonable basis. I have talked a number of times to Hr. Christensen of the necessity of holding this expense down where it is at all possible but his contention has been that the operation as yet is still in the experimental stage and that until such a time as it is standardized cur expense here will be greater than hereafter. V/e have constructed an industrial railroad to handle the raw materials from the Erie siding to help the cost of handling the raw materials as much as possible and we have changes under way that will also help cut later on. At the same time, as compared with the aggregate, this is a s^ll item and although my understand¬ ing is that there are proposed changes now under way which will reduce this cost materially, I have been hoping from day to day to see some of the„e changes go into effect to help the sheaving in this division. Ho doubt you have this matter under close observation but however I took it for granted that these figures attached here would be a guide to you as they may be a help in your calculations for future operations.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Keith Cm Compact

PEOPLES GA.S BUILDING

IBB SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE

Oot. 19th, 1916.

_ ars sarraaKi-jasirJS:

„ 2 =a»“-SSwS£,^S.

billty the rental rates Will « ■*“£/«“ “*£ '£% 22 on oare'to he as vie are being importuned by various ] part ^ now Bnd July lBtf 1917,

delivered under lease oontraetaatanyihtwe $46.00 per month

and while we have not rented any leases, prices as high as

S5»3S SoKetSd. and have been accepted by some of the other car companies.

v. « ssr'Sa’L11 - jt ~ ts“

all oontraots entered half of next year, we are chocking

to get any new equipment *efor ■ oailing the attention of our friends

up all of our unexpired 00^5a°f:“the extent of giving us their business whom we expect to remain with us tetter baBis than others, to the

when we can take care of them on the same conditions existing.

K you are unable to decide at this time, «£“,*£**

fectly satisfactory to us , but we do Soliger than a few days, as

SB XSX'ZZZ will mean8 still higher prices of cars and consequent¬ ly increase the rental rates.

Assuring you of our desire to cooperate with you, we are.

October 20th, 1916.

Ur. neadowcroft:

X cm iu receipt of your Memorandum indicating that you ere in a position to supply Carbolic, Aniline Oil and. paraphenylenedioraino for export shipment.

I have particulars regarding Carbolic Acid, but I shall bo pleased to have you advise mo ea to the present prices of Aniline Oil' and Paruphenylenediamino , together with infor¬ mation regarding the meaner in v;hich theoo chemicals are packed also whether a charge is Bade for packing.

Ootobor 23, 1916.

jf ~ '

/■' Mr. Walter Stevena:

Beplying to your memorandum of the 20th inst. in which you asked me to advise you as to the present prioes of Aniline Oil and Para Phenylonediamine.

At the present time we have only a limited quantity of Aniline Oil to dispose of, and as Iffl r. 2dison does not expect to manufacture this material next year, we shall have only about 5 or 10 tons to offer for 3ale. Aniline Oil is put up in steel drums containing about 900 lbs. each. There is an extra charge for the drums, amounting to §10.00 each, but there is no charge made for packing. At the present time Mr. Edison is willing to dispose of 5 or 10 tons of Aniline Oil at 26-1/2 cents per pound, f.a.s. New York.

AS to Para Phenylene diamine , we put it up in cons containing 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 • pounds respectively For export these can3 are packed in substantial boxes, and there is no charge for package or packing. The price of Para Phenylonediamine is aB follows :

§4.00 per lb. up to 200 lbs.

3.75 " " 200 to 500 lbs.

3.50 " " 600 to 1000 lbs.

3.25 " " in lots of 1000 lbs. and over.

At the present time we do not want to offer the Para Phenyl enediamine in England and Prance, as we have a customer who takes very large quantities from us and has built up a business in England and Prance on our Para Phenylen edi amine .

AH

IY.H. lieadoworoft .

October 20,- 19X6.

Mr. B. D. Woodward.

4i West 64th Street ,

Hew York City, H.Y.

Dear Sir:- '

Defer ring to your favor of the 13th instant, to Hr. Hutchison, we beg to say that this was handed to Hr. Edison together with the small saraplo of fluxea man38k. Mr. Edison wishos me to say in regard to this that in order to try experiments to see whether we can use it, he ought to have at least 100 pounds. If you send this-, will you kindly have it addressed tome, also notifying me by letter of its shipment, and 1 will bring it to Mr. Edison's personal attention. He wishes S to ask the price per pound,. 3?. 0. B.. Oran~o, H.J.

' Yours very truly.

Assistant to Hr. Edison.

OPFICB OF

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(Snlors, QHjmirala, ©tla anil Mineral JjJrnimrta

09 John and 11-18 Cliff Streets spsciai, o

UH NEW YORK

10/20/16

Thomas A. Edison, ^sq.

Orange, N.J ,

Dear Sir;

Have yours of the 17th and it is ali right to make shipment to Stein Hirsh & Co . on the date mentioned.

^ In keeping with phone order to your Ur . Tuck,

ship 11 drums consigned to my order here to arrive the 28t)

understand from Ur. ^eadoweroft you had offered some 01 /out at 25/ per pound, to relieve stock congestion.

■ ‘ Can you offer any through me at that figure? Believe

I can move five or ten tons at 24 or 25/.

A Yours very ^respectfully.

O' M

fl0. J ccCcL t*.c dcJ) ol S t&A ^ ^ k

SPECIALTIES: ANILINE COLORS AND

PRODUCTS.

Manufacturing Processes Devised

and Improved .

Inventions Developed.

A. JANNY, Ph. D.

CONSULTING CHEMIST, 25 FRANKFORT STREET,

NEW YORK.

Chemical Products, Raw Materials, Intermediary and Waste Products Examined and Reported On.

Oct.

21, 1910..

Mr. Thos. A. Edison

Orange, N. J .

Dear Sir:

I noticed your exhibit at .the Chemical exposition in Grand Central Palace. A firm interested in the manufacture of Direct Cotton Colors having charged me with finding out about the supply of raw materials X would ask whether you are ready for contracting the delivery of Benzidine (Basis or Sulfate) and the price you waould charge for same. If you would send me a small sample for ascertaining the quality of your product it would probably facil¬

itate an understanding.

Awaiting your early reply, I

Yours very truly

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October

1916.

American Qil S Supply Co.,

. 92 William Street,

Hew York City, H.Y. • •

Gentlemen: Attention ar. A« E. Jones.

i Your favor of the- loth instant, in regard

to 36ns;idine v;as received and shown to Hr.. Edison. Ho wishes me to tell you that he is working on the Benzi¬ dine himself as the other parties failed to make the process work. He is- at it from eight o'clock in the morning until midnight, and hqES to have his plant in operation at the latter end of Bovember, if he can get the necessary apparatus. He feels very confident that he can get such apparatus. ,

- 4 Yours very truly.

A-ssistant to l.!r. Edison.

October 23, 1915

Messrs. 3. B. Badger & ions Oo. , *' 63-78 Pitts it..

Bouton, Mass.

lontlonon:

Xour letter dated October 18th by Hr. Carswell for attention of Hr. b. a. endow croft, Assistant to ar. adlson, has boon roforrod to the writer for a ttontlon.

Oar Hr. s-illor has turned over to mo your statement dated July 18, 1916, togothor with tho bills listed below:

Date

Hay 1,1915 Bay 4,1918 May 29,1918 .Tuna 9,1915

Juno 19,1915 .TUly 14,1918 July 23,1910 Jan. 25,1916 Jon. 26,1916 Credit Homo. Aug. 19,1915

Credit Homo. Jan. 19,1916

Amount

Your Bo. Hxnianation of bill

72204 2 Sxtonalon She rrnorao tors § 90.00

74094 Otillu, fariks, eto. 8,635.00

76799 Freight on 1 oar of Iron iitilla 50.40

78767 itoilrr;nd fares and expenses,

also labor 78.89

77442 hobor, railroud faros and expenses 96.78

78330 1 Iron Cooler 290.00

78329 Sight Olnssoa for f-henol utill . 72.00

71871 Hnginoorlng aorvioos and expenses ‘ 204.40

85763 ' " " " " 112.45

Credit for extra express on 1 oaso

marked Hew fork 1.75

( Allowance per letter of Jan. i Lase allowance per Hr. tiaeo: i lottar of fob. 19,1916 ( Hot amount of credit

19,19161,759.94

192.51

1,567.43.

Pleaso atnto in oonneotion with these bills and orodits our ordor numbers covering the work, or give us a memorandum of any authority in some other form which may have boon sent you to eovor this work.

Inasmuch aa your work ms done for several of Mr. aaison’ s Interests, the aooountlng for which is handled separately, wo should llko to ask that you kindly give ue a statement of your authority for the work dono for each limit, tho amount of contract, tho amount which has boon paid on account and tho balance duo. In this connection ploaoo hoar in mind that Ur. Edison has two plants at ailvor hsko, 11. 1. manufacturing (Jarbolio Acid, one known ns tho ildleon uurbollo Aoid Division of Thomas A. lidioon, Inoorporatod and tho othor known as tho ihonol Plant of Thomas A. ddison. If possiblo, ploaoo distinguish between those two, either by 3tatlng thoir location, or by authorities roooivad.

If you will kindly holp us out in this oonnootlon as otatod abovo, v/o shall bo glad to go into this matter thoroughly at onoo, and endeavor to straighten out tho aooount

Thanking you for your attention, I am,

Yours vary truly,

ftUJK

Boorotary.

and Mr. Uoadoworof t.

October '24,1216.

Hr. Stanley Doggett, .

99 John St., New York City,

Hew York.

Dear Ur. Doggett:

■Rfi-ferrine to the latter part of your

of th. s ».y 2*i»r if «£““*

ys ss.t*is

S?;»o of. lltfS^LtS. I «U1 ««. J°» »» omorteHty.

Yours very truly, .

October 24,1916.

Keith Oar Company,

122 South Michigan Ave . ,

Chicago, Ill*

Gentlemen: Attention Ur. 0. S. Koith

your favor of the 19th instant, :tn regard to Contract Ko. 15.2, covering two K. I. X. enrB 661 and 664; has been received and shown to, Mr. Edison.

He wishes me to say that he will take advantage of the present rental rates, and will thorefor rent these two cars for another year.

If you will send on the contract, we will have it executed by him.

Yours very truly.

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

October 24,1916.

Mr. Alex ffrauat, Jr.,

161 Eorth 6th Street, ilewark, it. J .

Bear Sirs ■ .

lour favor of the 21st iaot&t has boon roeoived. Mr. .Edison wishes us to say in reply that ho aoos not wish to GO ' any further in the' manufacture of other, chem¬ icals at tills ‘time, and therefore would not he interested in your offer.

. . ■ Yours very, truly.

Edison laboratory.

We have been manufacturing, at our plant at Waverly, N.J., Aniline oolors for sometime. We are interested in - ACID CARBOLIC CRYSTALS. Will you kindly advise us your very best price for spot shipment, in lots of 300 to 350 lbs?

Also - your oontraot price for weekly shipments of 300 to 350 lbs., for a period of three to six months.

Thanking you, we are.

Very truly yourB,

/October 25,1916 .

2tr* A. Jenny,'

.25 Eronkfort Street,

Hew YorE, H.Y. .

Door 'six ' •

replying to your favor of the 21st inst., wo would aa.y that while wo* are preparing to manufacture Benzidine, wo would not bo ready for several weeks to mako dolivories. Vie cannot quote you prices as we hove contracted our entire production to the Amor icon Oil & Supply Oo., 52 Bafayotto St,, llowark, II. J. , ana ’we would refer you to^thor.i for quotation.

. Yours very truly,

Edison laboratory.

N •

Phenol 16 discolored by a number of egonoies. Par lose of impurity than eon bo dotaotod by any chemical means known is euffiolent to aisoolor a large quantity of Phenol. Care must be exercised in regard to the examina¬ tion of ohemiolao used, mo tall io contamination during manu¬ facture, ana the preservation of the Phenol after manufactured.

•if „„„ of invoatigation in the Laboratory,

it con bo elated that the oauoos of discoloration are:

(1) Oxides of nitrogen. SheBe impart an immediate yollow or reddieh - brown color to Phenol. Che oxides ore liberated if nitratoB or nitrites are present as impuritioe in the acid or alkali used. ttheBe should be examined and be of teetea purity. Che lower oxide of nitrogen formed from nitrites are particularly bad.

She yoloration imparted by oxides of nitrogen is immediate. Che coloration of Phenol upon exposure to the air may be due in part to the presence of the minnte traces of nitrous aoid always present in air; Phenol well and care¬ fully prepared, however, resists discoloration, ^therefore Boeme mare probable that the gradual discoloration of Phenol in containers, whether oxpoeed to air or not, ie due to met¬ allic contamination, of which more will be said later.

When Phenol has once been discolored, there ie no simple method of color removal such as precipitation end filtration, etc . , because we are not dealing with an aqueous solution. Cho simplest, end practically the only method of purification, ie to resort to distillation. A single distilla¬ tion suffices if the contamination is metallic; repeated dis¬ tillations are necessary if the coloration 16 due to oxides of nitrogen.

(Z) Metallic Contamination. Iron and copper were found to be the metals with the most dolotorions effect upon Phenol. J*on *5®* iaa particularly high coloring power. Iron appears to be the ooloring agent so much feared because, when Phenol Is in oontaot with iron, some iron is dissolved, even if the discoloration io not immediately apparent . A minirmm 0f vola¬ tile iron salt is formed which distills over with the Phenol. Upon standing the iron salt is elowly oxidised to the ferric • condition and shows the characteristic pink color which so often appears after the shipment of apparently pure snow-white Phenol. Phis explains the high resistance to discoloration possessed by somo Phenol even when exposed; the Phenol contain¬ ing the least of iron salt resists discoloration to the great¬ est extent*

Contact of Phenol with copper, particularly with popper seals, causes a yellow discoloration.

Discoloration of Phenol - Continued- Page 2.

fin ana sino do not aiocolor Phenol. Zino la to be recommended for the composition of worms and oolls.

Vats and pans shoulfl not be of caBt Iron, but should have a heavy galvanised coating.

Containers In which Phenol Is shipped Bhould have a heavy galvanlEed coating or be thoroughly tinned. Some of the tinned cane tested In the Laboratory had a poor coat¬ ing and pOBBessed innumerable "pin holes" of expOBea iron.

She coating upon the tinned cans can he tested by adding a vlsoous solution of gelatine to which a little potassium ferricyanlde has hoen added; blue spots and marts will show wherever the Iron has not hoen covered. .

With regard to glass bottleB, Balter (see LungoTr-) attributes the reddening of phenol in glass bottles to the prosonco of iron in the glass ■ She fact the Merck' e send their silver- labelled product in bluo cobalt glasB Instead of the cheaper brown glass (containing Iron) which would exclude chemically active light just as effectively may have signif¬ icance. It seems advisable to use bottles of bluo cobalt glass in oaso they can bo ■ obtained.

When Phenol has once been colored by metallic con¬ tamination, such as tho pink color formed upon standing, the color can be removed from tho concentrated aqaeOusiBolution by addition of zlno dust and filtration. She color removal appears to be permanent- She reaction in thlB case is not a reduction, but a displacement of iron or copper in aqueous solution by sine, and therefore does not take place In Phenol alone, fhe dilution, treatment with sino dust, and filtration le more bother than simple distillation whioh is generally resorted to. ,

If proper precautions ore taken in its preparation ami preservation. Phenol will not discolor; no repeated dis¬ tillations or rectification will then be necessary.

LABQRA50EX OP fHOiiaS A.EDI20H.

Oe*f*v, Ufa .

October 27,19X6.

Dicks , Davit! ' Company,- .

302 Broadway, iiew Yorlc City,

IJow York.

Gentle nan: Attention . r. a. I-. Bake, greatr-tror.

*. , l,o aro in receipt of your favor of the

24th instant, ana beg to quote you- on Carbolic Aeia Crystals, 55? por pounds, JT, 0. 3'. Cilvor lake, if.J., in lots of 300 to SfcO pounds. Shis price is spot cash -without discount, lie cannot very well make short time contracts as we aro- ooligoa .to contract no less than a years supply of our raw mnter5.als, but we most always hav~ come Hie no 1 for spot delivery at the market. he think you could undoubtedly get what you want from month to month from either our¬ selves or our competitors.

Yours very truly,

Edison laboratory.

American Oil & Supply Co.

Oils, Greases, acids, Chemicals and Dyestuffs 9a william street

office i New York City

Mr. Y7. H. Ueadoworoft,

liaison's laboratories,

Orange, H. J.

Bear Mr. Meadowcroft:

Confirming the writers telephone conversation with you. wouia state that we are still receiving very serious com¬ plaints about the working of the Pharaphenylenediamine . These complaints are particularly aireetea against tne. deliveries we havo male in the month of October, ana we have had complaints on the quality with which adjustments have been made.

Ur. Goodwin tells us that the material which we sent to replace the original bags which he complained about, is .jot a hit better, and that he is having all kinds of trouble with it.

Mr. Bode states that out of the 350 lbs. which we sent him this month, what he has so far used has been anything but satisfactory. He informed us that he has dyed 150,000 dog skins, and that the first lots that were dyed turned in color before the last part of this job of 150,000 skins could be dyed and packed for shipment. This means that the dye turned while in his place within a period of less than two weeks.

He suggests that Mr. Edison send someone , who is re¬ sponsible and knows the workings of Paraphenylonediamine , to their factory, and see just how it is used, and the conditions under which it works, and if there is anything that could be _ suggested to remedy the matter, they are only too willing to he guided by the suggestions.

will you please let us hear from you on this subject,

Yours very truly.

American oil & Supply Co.,

, 92 Viilliam Street,

Hew York City, How York.

Boar Sirs : Attention Mr. A. B. Jones

J have roceivea your favor of the 28th inet., eoneorning complaints about the working of the Bara Bhenylonediamine .

I showed your letter to Mr. Edison this morn¬ ing and ho says that ho cannot understand it at all.

Wo have haa absolutely no other complaints about tho material delivered in October., - ana we have sold a great deal. She well knov. Pur Byers, A. Hollander L Son, are using very large quantities of our- Bara Bhony- lonediamine every day, and they have found it entirely satisfactory, so Mr. Edison cannot, think that tho trouble complained of is duo to our Bara Bhenylenediamino, but fools quite sure there must bo other reasons.

Bono of our people have any experience in ayo'ing furs so there is ne ono thai wo could send over to tho factories of your, customers. , All we can do is to furnish tho Para Phonylonediaraino and lot customers work out tho dyeing according to thoir own different formulas. ‘

Yours vory truly.

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

'4^ ^ !j^*r“A'!/'r^AV

0«t. 31, 1916. “

“fr> A A.. rs„,. LfHfiA

■® ^ w«L- , w«s-

,. a. L*.

Dear Kr. I-eadowcroft: ,i^_€ 4t^ ^

After ou* telephonic conversntaSn of this morning,

I took up v.ith the principals who are in the market for ten tons of phenol a reek for six months begining in November, the question of price re discussed. .■ 'They ''said, .that they would like to receive a firm offer from Mr. Edison for their requirements and from what transpired, I believe that the. deal can be closed this v-eek on the basis of forty-eight cents per pound with an allowance of one cent per pound brokerage. This brokerage has got to be split in half so that I will receive one-half of it. The price is for phenol in

> melting point and other characteristics, given to understand that these people were

: and I will telephone you c

Yours pcery trul;

Caminol

Acid Violet 4B Bis. Brovm X Brill B1 am ark Brown 2RN Chrysoidine R Chrysoidine X Croc Orange ;jf02544 Green X.

Green R Methyl Blue BB Methyl Blue RBX Phosphine BBS Quinoline Rhodamine Base Rhodamine BX Violet 6B Cryst.

Acid Green BBA Cressotinio Acid Phltalic Acid

Phenilene Biamene Meta basic l’henylin Bi amine Para Parathenylene diamine Caminol

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THE TRADE NEWS SERVICE

Market Eepohm-Oommeboiai News 50 PINE STREET NEW YORK OITY

Chemicals-Hoavy & Plinraaoouticals-Coul Tor Products-ot

Dottier is in tho markot for l/200 kogs Chlorate of Potash. Rhodnnino B nt ?4.00 '

Manufacturing company is in tho market for 200 lbs, Diroct Bluo, Roddish Shado, ono percent dyoing in raw stock to bo sont with quotations.

Doalor is in tho market for Soda Aah 58% donso, spot or noar futurs .

Loathor Mill is in tho market for Bichromate of soda, '

Consunor is in tho market far 2000 to 3000 lbs. bluo Aleppo ''hole Nut galls Jmmmodiato shipment.

Manuf actuors • agont is in tho markot for about 500 tons of Ammonia Carbonate. A somplo of 500 lbs. will be roquirod.

Doalor is in tho markot for 3 cars Bluo Vitriol. Ono car in Doc,, ono in January, and cno in Fobruary) 99% Largo crystals roquirod. And wishes to uako cdntract for supply of Fommldohydo ovor

2 bbls. Diroct Black at Sl.90i 600 lbs, cyanol bluo at 37,00.

| BENZOL - Pure - Although supplios'aro not offered with any ^usual froodom tho pricos nnmod are somowhat lowor and goods aro available in somo directions at 58 .0

- ? r sfrs1

/ some businoss has passod and tho price quotod to-day by somo factors P -*

' is 38.10 and up to 32.25 depending on seller and quantity; orders aro in tho markot It lower pricos, and it is possible that sellers will take business at tho lowor^^ l'ovolo; on contract the avorago prico quotod is 32.00, although this in somo diroctions , A subscriber desires 1 tank car prompt. tn 20c do-

NXTRO BENZOL - Rodistillod spot is hold at pricos that rango r“ >

ponding cn sollor and needs of buyor; no domand is in ovidonco and supplies aro

PlCnpARANmANILINE - Tho markot is praoticolly baro of spot supplios, favors «°35 quoting howover, for delivery about tho 15th of Novombor at vl*60, is namod. Tho domand for spot and prompt is koon. in

DINTIRO PHENOL - For dolivory in about throo wooks factors aro quantities; the spot market is firm and high, with offerings for * or immodiat

scarce; on contract of frem four to six months tho figuro of 75

I r PARA PHBNYLENE DIAMINE - Although somo factors aro holding strongly at P^cosjhc

/rango from 33.60 to 33.75 in othor diroctions tho lowor figure of 33.25 is nado for

SPOtDI«JID0UpHEN0LS-°Avaiittblo supplios aro limited to a fow contros who advisee! fairly steady domand; spot goods aro quoted at 37.50 in quantities, with h p fer small or businoss ranging up to 010.00, .. . 7p

/ NAPHTHALINE - For spot high grado whito flakos tho avorago spou figuro xs fc *.

ocrao manufaotuorors holding steadily at higher prices, and not seoAng kusinoso. j® factors aro quoting fractionally lowor pricos, quoting at 6-go for D0*n flakos in largo quantities; importod flakos aro still hold in the "“A^bothood o ANILINE COLORS - Trading in the dye markot continues quito good. Loalora inclined to make sales satisfactory in order to retain the good will of their custom ors upon the close of tho war and in this matter are showing considerable for osigh.. Considerable intoroot is shown in Nigrooino jot shido and quite eomo^aiiiicui y has boon oxporioncod in securing a product that is fast and ovon. An o a

is in ovidonco to-day of a good sizod smeunt at a vory attractive prico, Tho asm... d for Eo'sino still continues with practically no offerings m ovidonco, Magenta 'r-_ stals uro also in good domand ono doalor in particular being in tho markot for a largo amount at a modorato prico. - , ■ •

Continuing cur usual custom wo aro listing bolcw somo of tho odors tha. h.w. boon called’ to cur attention to-day. • '

1000 lbs. Higrosino SS Jot Si’. 10 1000 lbs. Chrysophomno 36.00

1500 " Safranino 9.25 200 " Soluble 31uo typo 1,25

75 " Aliz. Rod (Bayern) 10.00 80 11 Magenta Crystals Puro 8.75

80 " Blichsino Pcwdorod cone. 8.00 ■ 45 " Rhodamino 60 . 9.00

200 11 Mul achito Croon Cryotaio' typo9.50 -100 lbo. Cotton Aniline Bluo6’.75

500 " Eosino J ADL 4.50- 200 11 Rirplo Lake 2’.00

100 " Diamino Black BH (Sasolla) 7.40- 1Q0 " Diamond Black (Mots) 6,85

500 . " Nat’l, Diroct Black 4% 1. SO 100 " Zambesi Black D (Berlin) ^35 _ —

300 " Indent hr ono Bluo pewdor 7.85’ 200 ‘fMothylone Bluo 2B~ ■5.75>;

1000 lb9. Nigrosine SS Jot 1500 " Safranino

75 " Aliz. Rod (Bayers)

80 " Fuchsino Pcwdorod co

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The Trade News service

Mahkidt Repokts-Commekoial News 60 PINE STREET NEW YORK CITY

Chomicnlo-Hoavy ft Pharmacouticals-Coal Tar Producto-otc. October 26, 1910.

AWILINE' COLORS (Continued) • ' • „

500 lbB. Patent Bluo A $5.25 ■ 100 lb3.' Solublo Blue R SI 2'. 00

100 " Acid Aliz . Brown 30L (Bayor) 5.05-200 lbn. Aliz. Brown _3JL; - 60|_

100 » Azo Carmine 4.35 -500 <£tjaaaaidittOu*^^^

100 " Eosino 9-.00 100 " Magonta Cryatala 9'.00

200 " Rhodamino B 5'.50 100 " Rhodamino 60 Bayor 14A50

200 " Azo Rubino 5'.40 300 " Acid Scarlot 2R 2.50

100 " Acid Violot 4.75 2 bbla. Baoic Magonta 0.50

DYES" ft DYESTUFFS Panama 07

Moxico 926

Cuba 1.435

Total $ 2,368

CAUSTIC SODA - Spot markot ia somov/hat stiffor in sympathy with tho firnnosa ol Soda ash, and sollcra aro holding with rolativo atoadinoaa at 3.85 and 3.90. Somo inquiry ia noted for nsxt your, but buyers aro unwilling to pay moro than 2.95 on tho flat baais; offora aro mado of 2h, basis 60?. F.O.B. middlo woatorn point, brint. inf. tho flat prioe.to 3.05,-..: Bxporti frcm-Ki 7. To, Italy 1,012,016 lbs; Valuo $39, 832; England, 300,738 lbs j Valuo $10, V82;Nicuareua, 14,180 lbs; Value y530, Moxico, 675,000 lbs; Value/ $2, 380. Cuba, 6,960 Ibsj Valuo $140i San Domingo, 43,875, Valuo $1, 586 J Total - 2,052,739 lbBj Valuo $55,152.

SODA ASH - Firmnosoas apparent to-day, and thora are moro buyors than sollors, tho avorago quotation ia 3c, anf following solos at 2.924- and 3,95, tho markot ia visibly fimor with 2.97^0 ao minimum; quoted at tho close and moat oollors holding firmly at 3c; salsa, in fact woro roportod at this prico. Tho demand is activo, ar, predictions are mado that tho markot will go somewhat higher lovols. Exports from N. Y. To Italy, 635,076 lbs; Valuo $31,181; Moxico, 900 lbs; Valuo $34; Total, 625,97 lbs; Valuo $31,215. • , ,

BICHROMATE OF SODA - A roaction aot in today, and buyora woro ahowingtno aosiro to load up; soiling pro3suro was ovidoncod from somo quarters, and tho price slid slightly with willing sailors at 23u,". and ovon 23^0 was montionod; tho few buyors in tho market woro bidding 21 to 22c. Somo in close touch with tho situation fool that, this is but a tomporury roaction, and prodict future firmnoss; Dominion goods arc of fared in seme directions at 324c, with littlo intoroat shorn by buyors. For noxt your tho price remains 2‘li to 25c. Export from N. Y. to Motherlands, 7,144 lb Valuo $2,500; to Moxico, 9, 275 lbs, Valuo $2,269. . ..

BICHROMATE OF POTASH - Tho 3pot markot is quiot, and sollors quoto at pricos tna range from 40 to 4(>4c; tho technical position of this commodity is strong, and if any important' buying camo into tho market pricos would undoubtedly advance; tho ' fact romains howovor, that many consumors aro substituting the soda successfully . Experts from N. Y. tc Motherlands, 21,999 lbs; Valuo $3,140'.

CHLORATE OF POTASH - Sellers woro moro prominont today than buyors, and sons or- forings woro made today ns law as 64c: in other diroctiono, however, sollors wero holding, at 65 to 65c, and sa broke slightly, thoro woro filled, tho market r.iav go b

CASEIN - A Blight advan is quoted to -day at 2}c to QUEBRACHO EXTRACT - Sons range from 7 to 8c, Tho 6

special bloaching grado is quoted at 5 l/3c in bh*o, =rv». , pr&dos,

SULPHURIC ACID - Prices variations are etill rather large; for thevaroE depending to a large extent on point of shipment; the matter of freight ls.

largely into the spot prices; 66 degroos Brimstone is hold generally y

following some important sales that took much of the low Pr^od goods out of the market; tho averago figuro quoted is $20 por ton, and up to *22, quoted at

Pyrites is hold generally at from $13 to $19; tho 60 degree Brimstone is quote^ from $10 to $12 F.O.B, plant on contract, bringing the J* °* j,’ *i5, galos of about 814 to 815; spot or nearby is generally held at the minimum of 815 Sale ^ 1000 tons of the 60 degroos Pyrites aro mado to-day at a low Pr£°® depending on basis of sales being under 810; Now York pneos range from SlO to $12 depend g

sollers and quantities', • ■ , . . .i n « and un to

■ SAUCYtlC ACID - U.S.P, goods are quotod at the mmimiun of ol. 25 P *

$1,35 depending on seller. Tho market continues wontt, and manufacturers r

* BENZOATE OF^ODA - Spot is held at' prices that range st’^’and

cording to seller; for delivory in Nov. Doc. imported goods aro quoted at ,7 an ^

?7 2BENZ0IC ACID - Quiotnoss prevails, with sellers <f»oting at' from $e8,u0 to i9,00. QUICKSILVER - Tho market is firm at $E0 por 7S pound flask. ovidonoo

CREOSOATE CARBONATE - Spot io hold at 820 to *24, with aome dor.and ^Uor

BORAX - Crystalo or powders are quoted to-day at 7$ to 7 go depend ^ and quntity; the market is stoady under good demand. of 9ic:

FORMALDEHYDE - Several lots changod hands at the relatively , * 1

. . -io inc and ud to lOrc: those cheap lots were picked up

FORMALDEHYDE - Several lots changod hands at the relatively low ripi s

the average inside figure is 10c, and up to lOfci those cheap lots were picked u;

SAL* AMMONIAC - Some demand is in evidence, and tho market st6ady

from 10} to lllc for the white tschnical goods, price depending on quant ity^o^ ^ CAFFEINE - No demand' is' in evidenco, and there are "•illdnE J^^nd advise of range from $11.75 to $12.50. Manufacturers 'a price is unchanged, and advise

CAFFEINE - No demand' is- in evidenco, ana » "**“*"“ ,nd ndviB9 of

range from $11.75 to $12.50. Manufacturers 'a price is unchanged, and advise

St9 CAMPHOR - Domestic refiners have increased their price to-day bobhonow level of SO^c in barrels; this 6c increase due to scarcity of supplies, and demand. ^ MENTHOL - Tho market is quiet with stocks rather limitod at 13. Qrignt

da a slightly vronker undertone caused by the fact that supplies f will be here in about another month, 4 fiaiiro

CHLORATE OF SODA - Spot is fairly firm at from 25 to ^°» . ftt o0^on

quoted by makers; manufacturers report active business form next y -4

co ntract.

Imports at the Port of New York s/s Van Hogondorp from Callo 1472 tags ft 2800 .sacks vanadium, John Hughes ■ s/s Galileo from1 Hull

100 drs. butyl alcohol B. I. du Pont do Nemours ft Co.

28 H CroBylic acid Lohn & Fink

30 casks iron oxide 0. A.' ft E. Mayor

30 hbls. sod oil Cbl3* H- R3i01S

s/s Katalamha from Far East 500 tons mannose oro E. J. Lavino ft Co. Phila.

Edison General File Series 1916. Chemicals (E-16-16) November

Aniline - Phonal, Ami Co phenol & llovembor 2nd, 1916

Bonnidlno Plante of Poroonnl Interests of 2.A.E.

Organl nation - Adoption of Saloe Policy.

Effootlvo llovombor 1, 1916.

Purohasing Sorvioo Department for Ohomioal Saloo Dop't.

V/e havo oorofully noted the contonts of tho above memorandum relative to the change as to tho handling of the ualee of the products of the personal lntoroate of 2. A. E.

Vie wish to aoeuro you that wo will oooporate with Uooare. Emery and Loohwood in every way pooeiblo.

Boday wo havo forwarded to Hr. Emory our anticipated output covering tho Phenol Plant for tho remaining two monthe of this year and tho oontraot ohlpnonts to ho mado against oamo.

3 figures to oovor tho Aniline and Araidophonol will z promptly hut for tho time boing those figuroB will only ho tlvo as ohongos ore now undor woy in both of those plants, which i it Is oxpootod that thoir roBpootivo productions por be inoroasod materially,

J. 2. Phelan,

Messrs, Ohas. Edison, W. H. Hoadoworoft.

Laboratory of Thomas A. ifidison, Orange, W. J. 1 ~

Gentlemen: -

cuson, > ,

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u>-$Acf •^‘C* ^v”y

What is your present price Ati.naw art basis on Aniline Oil for contract over 1917 11 L on 2,000 lbs. per month? ]□*£

Thanking you for early receipt * . of quotation, we remain /

lours very truly, /

KAOiMii KUofiltKXlQMPAWi . / f

t* life & fa'**

Thomas A. Edison Orange ,

H.J.

THE BRTflUm RUBBER COs

FACTORY AND HOME OFFICE

1 ^ BRTflLMR.N.Y. N°v. 2/l6.

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Will you be good enough to advise ub if you have anything to offer in the way of an Aniline Salt or other substanoe, to replace Aniline Oil in rubber .

-'•• - Might mention the faot that we secure,^

your. -nine from the Chemical Engineering Catalog.

Thanking you in antioipatidn of an early reply, we beg to remain

Yours- very truly, '

THE BATAVIA HUBBER COMRAHY.

Jjl \ "t S ‘

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Hovombor 4,1916,

itr. iiobert 2, Lob lor , -

141 Brpadwty, Be* York City, lie* Yoxi..

Dear Ur. loziorj

Confirming our tele /.hone conversa¬ tion or today in regard to your favor of the 31st ultimo, ,lot mo oa„ that if you eon prove to .\;r. hi is on that your principals ara losnonslbla for the ontiro contract., ho would bo inclined to make a deal.

I havo no analysis at hand, and our people, that, is our o'ffico people of the plant havo gono for the day so I cionnot furnish an unalysis today. Let as say, however, that the molting point of our . henol is 39-41pC. it never runs below 39°C. and as a natter of foot, our produot avorages 40°C and bettor.

Yours very truly.

Assistant to .'Sr. Edison,

"'Wafco'1

SfycmwSfyrect? s/Mffst&titiim/

Jlfew-Wor&s uov. 4th, 1916.

OranReA’lIEdj!°n In°’’ Attention: Hr. T/. 'H. Meadowcroft

Orange, II. J. Assistant to Hr. Edison

Dear Sir:-

In confirmation of telephone conversation of even date with vour Ur. W. H. l.Ieadowerof t , am pleased to state that I have finally been successful in securing steamship space on the Str. "Alicante" for the 10,000 Ihs. oarbolio .acid crystals ordered of you sevei'al days ago wider my order #38-S.

Also as stated over the 'phone, I must positively malce shipment of this entire order on IIov. 8th, to the steamship dock so it will he necessary for you to get the shipment off on Monday s Boat without fail.

Regarding payment 7 terms, would say that while it was agreed to ship this order sight draft attached to 3/1, I will in this case comply to the terms as spoken of in our phone con¬ versation. I am therefore pleased to enclose herewith my check for the sum of:

RIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY-THREE DOLLARS ($5,643.00) in full payment of my order as agreed.

I trust you will appreciate the fact that handling-trans¬ actions in this manner is not in accord with our usual practise hut in view of the unfortunate delays and trouble we have alieady had on this order (of course' not on your account) I am making a special concession in this case, so, as to avoi^ny further delays that might occur if the order was shipped with sight draft attached to B/l.

I sincerely hope that you will get this order off on Monday's boat and send me promptly receipted invoices and orig¬ inal b/l, so that I can send oar truckman after the cases the first thing Wednesday morning, Hov. 8th.

Thanking you for past favors, and awaiting with interest your kind news advising of shipment of this order, I beg to remain

Very truly yours,

Zurich,

, November 6th, 1916

In reply to your favcjr of October 6th I would say that after having taken xip the matter with the makers of Erioglau- cine, Messrs. Geigy of Basle, Switzerland, I am advised by them that their produots are sold in Canada and in the United States of America exelusJargljT through~tbtelr ffitracican House, namely:

v Ageny of J.R. Geigy S.A. \ BiSy"§tree'

.BS— Ssaf-o-l'fiy "Street,

I trust that they will be in a position to supply you with the required quantity.

Always with pleasure at your services,

I remain, dear Sir,

Yours truly, per Dr. W. Knecht

WOOKVVJtD XKCI'I CCMEVJ5Y flaBKWi V1AMB

'.'AC" SOAJ^BFT-’KnglVE KO WM& ItJSl&f

L'uparlnteadant Asoiotont Superintendent

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Hnohlniots

» I'.olpor Watchman

275.00

121.00

79.00

2.90

3.65

3.30

2.20

1.80

4.56 3.65 3.30

2.56 2.40 1.00

60.00

3.00

Ho chance in rates shown will ho allowed without ana-oval od executive officers.

wooatti® iho:: con- in? hy

APPELATED:

Vice President

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Wooi>waim> Iro¥ Company

WoomfiVRl),ATA. November 6, 1916. ,

Ur. S7m. H. Ueadoworoft, ('[} a . , i X ^ ^ ! ‘

Assistant to Mr. Edison, \U-0~U v'

Thomas A. Edison, , \ , A

Orange, N. J. \j ! </

Dear Sir:- ~?

In view of the existing labor conditions throifeho^t this territory we have deemed it necessary to voluntarily

inoreaso the wages of our employees 10 percent effective November 1st.

Shis increase, of course, affects the employees at our benzol plant, also those who are operating your plant and ours jointly. We write to advise you of this increase and hope that our action will meet with your approval as far as joint operations of our benzol plants are ooncerned.

>.e are enclosing herewith a copy of the new scale effective November 1st, showing the rates which will now be paid under this inorease if entirely satisfactory to you.

We will be glad to have you advise ub promptly in regard to the matter.

Yours

truly, ^

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Hovombor 7th, 1916

PERSOKAL

SOBJF.CEj Operation and Production of the Aniline Division, Silver lake, II. J. Ur. A. 0. Emory,

Purchasing Service Dopts (Attention «r»

For your files we havo attached here a list of the products manufactured in this division showing the output, solos, sales price and contracts up to the close of 1916,

Those figuros os to production all more or loss hinge on the ohange of the proposed production of Paraphonylonodiomino, as this increased production will nocessarily draw on the output of the other products and until we know just how this new equipment is going to work out, we will not ho able to give you definite figures.

We have shown in the detailed sheets how this in- oreasod production of the Paraphenylonediamlne will effect the surplus of those various produots which will be a guide to you in making future contracts to take care of these surpluses after we have established

Kanagor.

COPY to Ur. W. H. Ueadowcroft

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

- MV.hXOT. DOTSIGET - omnATion fi - hiptwieo

Production Amount Sold Salop l’rioo

_AmiL_ 344, G04 65,790 .27

1.1A.T

296,591

76,500

.16

JOT IE 254,121 49,146

-JCHL

256,910 57 ,600 .10

-fflcata

393,980

40,500

.25

277,500

37,500

.25

Cha normal production of tho plant par day lo 10,500 pound3. Co

' convert thlo Into Aniline Oil at tho rate of 4,500 poando per day, thio operation will oonsuse 7,500 pounds of tho i^yrhono. Cho balance (3,000 pounds! will probably bo roquirod In tho operation of tho Bonzldlno Plant. Cho plant is not equipped to ro-diotill thio product.

SAH3S

Ancriocn Oil ft Supply Co.

Contract 1500 lbs. daily.(Excopt Sundays ft Holidays)

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- ASILIUE Division - rwrttAMOi; f>3 - ICTHCri-Qa

ATin.ra-, OIL.	NBBl	■IM-	1916 asgL	..flfflL-	MELS.
Production	152,101	126,944	152,337	131,141	132,283
Amount Sold	3.26,537	95,426	157,103	92,646	76,591
Solos Price	.40	.47	.40	.53	.51
>Xho normal production oC the plant is 4,500	pounds pc

135,184

97,030

.51

day.

fUtUTQ.

a. ■»«««■« ““^*ss sssaisfiEK S,1S.'”S cssssssss srsyarff- « - — « - —

lator to bo convortod Into Anilino ^alt- qnootion as to Dow to toko oaro of *t.

nraiTOACgS

^ American Oil & Supply Co.

./ American Printing Oo. j Crystal Hosiery Hills <f Haller Gloria Kills / h.X .Quinine & Chemical Works « Pacific Kills ^■'Hacino Rubber Co.

•> Renfrew Kfg. Co.

<f Runnyrsdo Kills, Ino.

•r Scotland Itock Cotton Kills j Horcnlos Powder Co. j Yo«£ Knitting Hill a ✓ Stanley Doggatt

a 5666 monthly. 8667 "

72B ”

900 "

12000 "

2000 "

1000 ”

1000 "

900 dally.

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- ahimhe Division -

OFHAgl(H.r°g...

Ag SSWLM

Z!ado for use in tho l’araphony.lonodicnlno operation* At tho prooont tiro tho clock of I*uro Acotanllido on hand lo 39 CO pounds.

i9iG afp.it, mr ,mm jhh. actgitfs rai^nrayn]

Prodnotion 15,643 18,3Y1 14,094 . 12,463 13,309 5,510

Salon 825 1,550 1,200 00 0

Avoroes) Calcs Prioo .80 1,05 ,84 0 0 0

;iQ..gpimosa

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Sorrel production SCO pounds por cloy.

At the prooont tire additional equipment is lioing in¬ stalled horc to inoroaoo thio production to 1,000 i<oimdB. If tills anticipated lneraase materialises, tMo will roquiro 1,000 pounds Aniline Oil por day which ro tocos tho surplus of the latter to 5,350 pounds.

lois -.('.bux jm -ggs. m sl mm assisasa

Production 6,V15 6,70V 6,-SCl 6,455 6,350 0,050

Sales 5,024 7,104 7,475 4,317 6,563 6,495

gOETCMKH.

A. Hollander 6 Sons requirement at prooont 200 pounds tolly.

Contract is for 100 " "

Araorloon Oil & Supply Co. Contracts for 2525 pounds nonthly Louis Lasard About 1200 a "

Herman & Ho man, Ino. " 1000 n a

Phonograph fforfcs 400 " "

Columbia Dye T7orfes 400 " "

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- ahiliks Division -

CTffiiil

Animus vJJfc

mi L. J&L

Promotion 13,003 5,691

Caloa 6,700 11,410

CfOT.Y „ AUMSE 6,481 0,170

6,451 6,450

4,950

Sales Prion

.73 .63 .63 .66

.70

All tho aarpluo Anilines Oil can bn converted to Salt if necessary, at an inoroaso in coot of about 25$. At the sane tino tho incroaao in e?oicht anounto to 12-l/2$.

C 0171 PACTS

A. Hollander & Sous 240 pounds daily.

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- AiULim: x»m;:loi5- OPURAglOIT J'9

Aa per tho production and sales list ao nherm bolow this production has boon sold but It lias not boon a profitable transaction as on tho salon of Sontccibo? amount Inc to 0850 pounds. It >./ao billed at 11-1/2 cor.to to tho Aaorioan Oil S; Supply Oo. and a credit v/ao iftarflarda issued <*■ ^olciit cents*

At tho prooont time v;o lu.vo a stool.: on hand of about ID tons and tho surplus is acoruinc' at tho rato of about 800 pounds par day. It is hav over a by¬ product which ncounmlates as a rcoult of tho production covorinc tho mamfsoturo of tho Paraphonylonodiaaino. it will cost from about fivo to oix oonts por pound to

prepare it for sale*

	APRIL		JOTF.	1916 iW-LT	Amass	nKreicrcm
Production	0	7,562	8,970	11,435	13,625	12,340
Sales	0	4,970	7,661	10,425	13,250	8,250
Salon frice	0	.11	.11	.115	.115	.115

ffho American Oil & Supply Co. io tho only concern that receives any of the above material.

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AruTOFimnai,

. Elio AmrlcP" Oil & Cupray Co. roaoivo fno ontiro output at

present.

7,1 lc

.he Batavia Rubber Co.,

3ntaviu, how f-trk. \

your favor of the 2d lna.ant has been received. ;jr. Bdieor. wlehec- as. to »}' la retly that there ie a chemical eubetance which wo nako for dyeing furs. It la cr Hod fora Phenylonod iatiino . and ie said to enormous!;/ incroaeo tho opeod of vul¬ canization and only very email quantitioe arc neeeee- i.r”. At prccent this chemical io ;uito ospeneive,

.'£>• to or pound and you robably could no; ulc it on account of" the exponee. to make .uiilin.- Oil, valor white, and Aniline halt, but cannot compote in proson. > rlcoe vsith ono of our big neighbors.

youre very truly.

Ad Icon Aaboratory.

Loverabor 7 , 1910 .

iincino ->ubbor Company,

jic5.no, l.iecone lu.

Jc..tlo::e.-: uttei.ti on . .1 . i<’. Log:.;,', -ur.-font.

Your favor of the 2d insta.it h. e boon reco:i vsei and shown to It, lidiaon, Uc v; i aLoa un to any in roly that he intends to retiro fron the uniline oil bun incjs after tne proa on t ;:oar , iio only v.ent into it to help out tho led an trios durinp a vcr;. bad situa¬ tion, and ho i.ayo that nov: ho 1, coinr; to le.-.r it to the repular "money grubbers" to carry the burdens .

Yours very truly.

iidieon Laboratory

Q&J^i^eaJLo.

AMERICAN OIL & SUPPLY CO. Oils, Greases, acids, chemicals and Dyestuffs

92 WILLIAM STREET New York City

November 10, 1916,

Mr. XI, A, Iioadowcroft,

^Ihomos A. Eclison, Inc. , „

Orange , !/. J.

Dear Mr. Moadoworoft:

You will remember -that I wrote to ■« you before with reference tothe percentage of 5 Benzidino we could guarantee when offering that A product for sale. •

j It is also necessary for us to have

the melting point of the product.

Please be advised that on the Sulphate, the call v/ill be for the material in paste form, and not Anhydrous the way the Base must be sold.

V/ill you please advise us about these particular inquiries, and also about when this article will be ready for shipment. ’

Yours very truly, . . . .

AMERICA!/ OIL & SUPPLY CO.

American Oil * Sup- ly Co.,

92 i. llllum - trea t .

Hot; 'fork City, lion fork.

Ilovember 15,1910.

Gentlemen:

X received your favor of the 10th Instant, In record to Benzidine, and submitted to Ur. Edison. Eo wishes me to say that the Bonzidino plant hos not star tod and It may not bo for co:ao time. Eo cays further that the process w.ileh was given to us lc very coolly to worl: and the yield is not good. He is oxnorimontlnc with it and with other methods, and just now ho would not attempt to give the information you ask for.

lot me oay personally', for your information, that ho lo working on this every day and night here at our Chemical laboratory, and spends a event part of hie time on it.

lours very truly.

Assistant to hr. Edison.

Thio memorandum Id In rolation to our contract and un- writton undorc ia.,d lugs In regard to art- . honylonodi.- nino .

(1J t.. .:i OIL 'ti 0Uvi>Ll£ vO. - Le have four contracts with thorn

' " as follows : '

/^ono contract for 260. pounds monthly, January to Joooabor,

/ 1916, at per pound.

/ one contract for 100 pounds, monthly, fttaunry to Boconbor. / 1916, at JS. 10

Ono contract for 376 pounds monthly, March to Deoombor, 1916, at 53.76 nor pound.

I ono contract for 18jO poundo, monthly, duly to Doconbor,

\ 1916, at ..2.35 V po:md.

\ '•’his 1> ct named contract for 13ou poundo a month vac n.-vor \ ‘.-at Into v.rl-toh forn. but was ucrood upon and v.o have

\ boon chipping accordingly.

Horowlth I enolooo contracts for tho firct throe itono.

;.,uii>3a & ooass

V,o ha vo no v.riiton contraotwitht

Uollondor cons

regarding tho -ura -honylanodlamlno that wo ha vo • b on shinning to thorn all through thlc year. In of tho year ."x, unison ;.roforroe, not to tlo himsolf up more than ho could hoi; with written contracts abput tnic ran. tor is, , and ac tho Ilollandors aio vo ry rolU blo . poeplo :X. .id icon rac quite ogrooeblo to aonl ’Bl' '-h them on tho bade of tin oral understanding. bo have foui.d that tho lx word wae no good no a written conXri-.c^, cji6 ovon hotter. -'or Inctanoo, loot yoar la tho bo( j.nalnr of tho ara rhonylonod ianino businoi a t?h01‘ 1‘ ‘l it0 \ , know our loote, ix. helicon contra, tod to nu. ply nola.udcxc dth :7o noun cc a month at *.31. -hoii v.o cave to mc,.o tho matorlal and found tho coot much hlqn~r than we o.;- v,eo tod, Hollanders voluntarily consontod to a rale o In price and did not try to hold IX.. liaison to his contract.

. th undorc tending with uc ac to quantity to bo eu;dlod to Holland ere waB 600 pounds a week until tho ^cBt two or throe months vthon they rcnuoo.oi ac to give them - poundo a .eel., and possibly noro, ^ wo -could o, we K. bo h&vo been, tiioroforo. chipping td them at tho lattoi rate recently- '*he prico to them is 53.00 por pound.

Memorandum to .j< iiraory on . are .honyloned 1 ; nil no - o on tracts and unwritten underotundingo - COil-IiiU-iD - i’aro two.

(3) LOUIS LA:i.i:D»

V,o hnv no ctutod contract with ,'r • Lasard. oomotimoe ho will nl: co an order for a ton, to be dolivoro.2 in lotc no called for, but &t th; pr.xont t lev:- wo lu.vo no otandinr order from him.

(4) CO&UMBIA itfs WJiXS:

Shooo people havo boon taking about lou pound c of .urn i’honylonoc li.ulno n wool: over einco early 1: ct win tor . c:> co; t for a chort Bine-: of timo whou t.oir buclnoie •■■ac r;uiot. Shop ucually uco about 100 noiinoc a wool:, '..o chorgo thorn ^3, 76 per pound. Shop oro backod-up by a man named H. s. Snwyor a otraw hat rnnuf ac turor in How fork City. ,’!r. hi. lire looked up hio credit and found him alright.

ft) U*30’w£lCX JOS BhaSDIilO & DViiIliO CO’.LaJX,i!-.„ ioiU's

She- oc.oaoionr.lly Bond for 12 pounde, and forv.ard tlio’.r chook' for came ot '4.-01/ nor pound whon ordorinp. Shic ic tho fire t. cue toraor to whom :tr. ..d icon avor cold any ;ara _ hanylonod laraino . . to havo da-.-pliod thorn over cinoo a year ago last Spring .

(6) CCin.TULOli IS.'. , SSaLOBIH & DU3UI:

Shlo concern Iv.c boon t. very a to: dy customer for -arc. hcnylcncd i amine , but i an a li.llo afraid v.o hnvo lo. t thorn ton- orarily on account of tamo poor material they claim to hc.vo recolvod from ue in Juno and July of thlc yoar, and in connootion with this thoy eay thoy cufforod uito Bomo d-mage. v.hon wo cot to the point of chipping the improved qullty of Para -honylonodlanino, I think wo can win thoeo ouBtoraorc back and alco eomo o tho re with whom wo have boon dealing.

(7) SflOii 3 a. liDISWH, IHC..DI2C RSCuhD. DmEOJSHX *

Xhlo department ubob approximately 41 to, 60 pounde a week. Some timeB it will bo a little moi o , and oomo tlmoo a little leee. 1 have planned to keep on hand boro at tho Workc from 310 to 600 r,oundc of Para ihonylonedfiamine which is kept in the stock of the Dieo Icocord Blank Depart¬ ment. At the present time the Dieo iceoord Blank Dept, hao 'about 890 pounds on hand . !

homo: one' u.u to hr. emory - I’(

Phonylonodlanlno - i’gro thrr

(81 0i2i£s-ih liHi-JSES:

I hi. 3 plunnod , whon tie wore ready to ship tho improved quality, to oafco a Systematic •rapolgn to roeovor a nunbor of cuctomorc r.o h; tv :lo » on account o oomo : oor natoa lal v.o turned out dur'nc .tho early ounnor nontha. Lot no re. • chut 1 c&id b- for-.; in rjy Ion,- rooaorancun, and that it to caution you not to aofco any uflnii.-t.ionc about having turn a out any poor quullt: of stuff.

b.ri.rc.i.DOLCEOir:.

JJr. iiooflocoroft:

I h;. vo rocOivod .einorleun Oil oontraote mentioned in tho firot yurt of thlo memorandum thlB date.

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Thos, A. Edison, Esd., Orange, N.J.

V°)

“" B1”‘ to. Co.plalnt about Will -

Enclosed plea.. find a letter dated October Slot, <™

,b. Takejnlne Laboratory to blt.ul d Co. acoo.p.altd by tb. o.t of dooumente .Mob .or. certified by tb. African con.ul c.b.r.l at Yokohama, fro. .blob you .111 find that 331.400# •' ».ool .blob .or. oblppod M your plant .or. found not up to tb. u.».

specification.

I bar. bean trying to .but off all tb... oo.plaluto at boot, and lu fact .ben tb.y o.blod ». ...oral «... to try to cancel tb. ord.r for October Kov.ub.r and P.o.ubor "«!»•»» 1 .......fully managed to ...p tb.. fro. furtb.r and oou-

aequontly I did not bar. to take that .att.r up .Itb you at all.

Ho.over, I fool ««” “at 1 t0 i0 ln “*

tbl. 331,400#, and tru.t tbat you «U talk tb. -at... o.or .l.b .. in tb. uoual frl.udly .plrl«, and ....nd to » your a..l.t«oo, I Will come out to eee you Thursday morning between

- a -

10:30 and 11:00 o'clock. If that Is not convenient to you kindly have Mr. Meadowcroft telephone me.

Very truly yours,

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Tc\k canine LeJaorator^dxic.)

Equitable Building t^-Afew York _ >

October SI,

1916

Hosers-:. Mitsui & Co.,

25 Uadis on Ave.,

l!ov; York City.

With regard to various shipments of Carbolic Acid v.hich Ur. Edison shipped to Sankyo & £2* *n«!at ?he

&^SfSSsXSi&^!& tzz

the Official Documents.

l'ho quantity of Ur. Edison's carbolic acid which is claimed to be bad in the official^tatement ls^g7;gO lvod

calimed by Sonkyo So Co. to be poor.

Will you be good enough to present these facts to

sustained or. account of the poor quality of the good-.

you for your kind attention to this matter, with kind regards, v.e remain,

Very truly yours,

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C/v/oV.

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Hovonbor 16,1916,

tlr. iiraory:

p, CojjSA-eefior" ctroot, liow 2forl: a -r. tnlo ToTIcg me STEorSoon on so no othor nottoro ona^luoidoutally etutod they huvo boon tryinc to cot holdof^.Loc^ood, v.ho hud offered then oono Uoxnnotlvlin Choi’ ctatod that' ho did not cot „ho oum;-lo to “h°'a 1 ll* , tino. and tlioy bourht olootJhoro, but arc non in tho et arilh and '..out. to buy. but nut have ixorn, .t attention.

jjr. ^ioon hirauolf tvac in to coo thoco pooplo thn othor da-, and had a oonvorcatlon with r. nlchton- ct-'in. Ur/.-dlton oromlcod to cond Mr. Lltotonotoin a canplo or our -nor; Sunlit." of :ara honylonodlmiuu* no did not cu- anyth! nr to no about it co I ,1c not fcnow on” thinf^nbout until Mr. Llohtautoin auhod jno thor ue had aont it. Will you Mindly hnvo a liboral eanplo of tho nov ' uullty Cara i-lionylonbaiamin© eont to Goieonholnor t- Co., for tho attention of Mr. hlohouutoin.

Uovember 16,1910.

Geieonhoimor h Co.,

ISO Cedar street,

Kow iork, Ii.i.

Dear hr. Lichtenstein: Attention :.r. Uchto,>cvo.i:;.^

Immediately after hanging tin th telephone receiver t.ie afternoon I cent a note down to Hr. Emoriry and .Jr. Lockwood about . netting In touch with you on the matter of Sylonol iU*ture, and alco ioqueeting that he Bend you a liberal sample. 1 have nevor had anything to do with the rale of this material.

to the j.ara rhenyloned i amine , I ro- mjed-ed them to send you a sample of the now product. Until two weeks an®, 1 attended to the Bales of our Chemicals , but sir. Edison did not want the Laboratory to become a Selling Organization, and ho turned it o v.r to ilr. Emory and Hr. Lockwood who hove organized a Selling Department for chemicals. They will undoubt¬ edly givo you yronryt attention.

I am sending you under separate cover, a sample of Aylonol Uixturo. which is a mixture of the different tylenolo, raosltolB, eto., all of which havo very similar properties. It is insoluble in cold water, and slightly soluble in hot water. It iB sol¬ uble in sodium hydroxide solution, also in alcohol, ether unfl ore Inary solvents, belting Point approi- matoB 7b-86°C.

Tours very truly.

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

WOODTVMJD IK OX COMPAJHT

WOOinCVia),AlA. November lb, 191b.

Ur. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sirt-

We do not know that you would he interested in the purchase of our benzol and toluol for the year 1917* hut in view of the fact that you have made some inquiries far these goods during the past year we thought it advisable to give you an opportunity to say whether or not you would want any part of our produotion.

Please he good enough to wire us on receipt of this latter whether or not interested and now in negotiation with large of henzol, toluol aid solvent an answer from us hy Saturday

rhb-b - - Vioe President.

the best price