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We acknowledge gifts from many other individuals, as well as an anonymous donor; the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies; and the Edison Electric Institute. For the assistance of all these organizations and individuals, as well as for the indispensable aid of archivists, librarians, scholars, and collectors, the editors are most grateful. A Note on the Sources The pages which have been filmed are the best copies available. Every technical effort possible has been made to ensure legibility. PUBLICATION AND MICROFILM COPYING RESTRICTIONS Reel duplication of the whole or of any part of this film is prohibited. In lieu of transcripts, however, enlarged photocopies of selected items contained on these reels may be made in order to facilitate research. LETTERBOOK SERIES General Letterbook Series Letterbook, LB-111 (1916) wmsm investment banker Clarence Dillon, and representatives of Mitusi & Co. The spine is stamped "Letters" and is marked T AEL g^I^book 1 91 6 To May 6 1 916." 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Mr. Edison is rather desirous whlch this inven .on think that your associates •* rr ~ - — • - — “ ;; »«.. am** — . **• th. favor of jo® WM- 1 *«“• ■yours v«.v>v truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. March. 13, 1910. Mr. A. I. Clymer. Man Wert, Ohio. My dear Mr. Clymer: Your letter of the 4th inBtant regarding tha Shares of stock which you own of the Bdi-soo Storage Battery Company received. On account of my recent f ire I. am not abl<t to impair my working- capital just at present, hy buying back the aharea. Yours very truly. 0 March 13th. 1916, 8S?lte„?om*,any of America. Bloomfield, N. j. Replying to. your favor of the eighth instant. I beg to say that there are two Benzol Plante at the Qambria Steel Com- P-y’s works, one of these plants is ov,ned by me and the other by the Cambria Steel Company themselves. At both plants the crude Naphthaline is being collected but no sublimer has yet been installed, although I intend to in¬ stall one for my plant later. At my Benzol plant at Woodward, Ala. we have put up a sublimer and have been selling a considerable quantity of sublimed Naphthaline to the American Oil & supply Company of Newark. Bo you care to buy crude Naphthaline on its Naphthaline contents , which are readily sublimable and made pure. Yours vory truly, March 13th . 1916 She Engineering Magazine, 340 Nassau Street, Hew York City. Gentlemen: Your favor of the 0th instant has been received. In my opinion, the bill introduced by Congressman Tavener is based on a fallacy. It 1. an attempt to prevent effic¬ iency. and would be disastrous to Labor and to the public . She worst enemy of all the Workers is an ineffic¬ iently managed shop, and yet the Labor leaders cannot com- „.b.nd th. fact. - po..lbl» »•«*»» 11 “ “ "en“1 processes of a primary character. There are many ways whereby Labor leaders can topvovc conditions bp l,5islatlo». bnt this bill of Con. „oocmnn Tavener is not one of them- torch 13th. Si s0hjLi Guenther, MitchiH^°r°afyo«ue, Dear Sir: y that x expect to continue tha O-olio kcih after tta oloje 8 „ encouragement of the i(11, e war. I think the M“ for Preparedness - ” ^ le ••••»- —..Mker'e^^r::!^1" **“ — —» C^tTu’Ti".00* 1"' Youxs very truly, 15 March 13th. 1916. Mr. YJalter D'A. Ryan, % The Blackstone, Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Dear Ur. Ryan;-' I received your favor of the fourth in¬ stant. and am glad to learn that you liked the phono¬ graph and records. 1 trust the music v.ill he as great a source of enjoyment to you and your wife as it is The set of exposition views which you so kindly sent me a few weeks ago came to hand. They are certainly very beautiful and have given us all a great deal of pleasure. My wife joins me in kina regards to you and Mr 8 . Ryan. Yours very truly , March 15 th. 1916. Mr. John Bacon, Jr., Edison Benzol Plant, Johnstown, Pa. Bear £ ir : We are having a dispute with J. 1. Morgan & Company, to whom we sold the toluol from the Johnstown plant for one year. 5!hey want. to substantiate our statement that the plant w*e put in operation February 22nd . 1916 . Mr.' Mason says this was the date of actual starting uP of the plant. *ou were present and helped to install and start the plant, and if the date above stated is correct, will you please go before a notary Public and make the affidavit enclosed and return it to mo by next -il. Please put a special delivery stamp on it. Please be sure to have the notary Public put his seal on the paper. yours very tr’jly. £ ABC. 18 taut to Mr. t&teon. Enclosure . March 16th. 1916. The Encyclopaedia Britannioa Corporation 120 West 32nd Street, Hew York City. Attention of Mr. William Patten. Bear Mr. Patten: I am in receipt of your favor of the 13th instant, and in accordance with your instructions v.e have returned to your Corpora¬ tion the set of Encyclopaedia Britannioa sent to the laboratory here for photographic purposes. I shall be glad tohave you acknowledge receipt of same upon its arrival. Yours very truly, listant to Ur. Edison. Mr. H. II. Hanna, President, The Product Sales Company, Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. Bear’ Sir : Your favor of the 13th instunt has been received, end I beg to thank you for your kindness in sending me a copy of your previous letter of February 26th. Both these letters have been brought to Mr. Edison' b attention, and he sjays he will be glad to see samples of the decomposed Feldspar. Just at present, he is not in position to decide definitely as to his requirements for Potash spar, as he is j currying on a line of experiment covering his process for extracting Potash. However, we shall keep your letters on file for future reference as he ge.ts further along. Yours very truly, t- nsaistaut to Mr. Edison. j March 16th. 1916. Mr. F. H. McCormick, Williamsport, Pa. Pear Sir : Your favor of the seventh instant to Mr. Edison was received. He has been extremely busy the last few weeks on some special investigations that have taken his entire time and attention. However, he has now hod on op¬ portunity of reading your letter and looking over the statements in regard to the history of the Edison plant at Sunbury, Pa. He wishes me to say that as far as he can re¬ member your statements are correct. I have not returned the copy of the statement attached to your letter, and if you have no objection I would like to keep it. X am one of the old "boys" and would like to have this to add to my papers . Yours srery truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. March 16th. 1916, Mitsui & Company, limited, 26 Madison Avenue, Mew York City. Attention of Mr. Homura. Your favor of the tenth instant enclosing copy of a letter from the Germania Hosiery MillB was received- I have shown same to Mr. Edison. He says he does not understand the results stated in the Germania letter. Qur Aniline Oil is the same at all times, and has been ever sinoe we commenced to make it. In order to get the black .color, the Germania Hosiery Mills must be using some chemical that lias changed in its nature . For the information of the GermaniaHosiery Mills, Mr. Edison wishes to call their attention to the fact that if their ventilation is had or the rooms too warm thd Aniline vapor will os.use the lips of the workmen to turn blue. All Chemical works making Aniline Oil furnish their men with a change of clothing, so that they never go home in the clothing they wear in the Aniline Oil plant. The men are also compelled to wash their hands thorough¬ ly before eating lunch. All plants making Aniline Oil have trouble with the poi¬ soning of their men in summer, because the vapor of Aniline comes off the Oil very strong when the temperature is high. Mr. Edison recommends that the dye room be kept as cold ss possible and well ventilated. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison., March 17th. 1916, .'he Bobbe-Merrill Company, idianapolie, Ind, Your favor of the ninth in¬ stant to Mr. Edison, together v.ith the complimentary copy of "Creation of Wealth" have ho on reoeivea and handed to him. He wishes us to write in ack¬ nowledgment and to thank you for your >f the hook, which Florida for read- letter and for the copy he will take with him t< Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. Mardh 17, 1916. The Arthur H. Clark Ctengmny , Caxton building, Cleveland, Ohio. Gentlemen Bnclosed is check Ho. 17, 117, aiaquat #46.50, for which kindly ship to Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Laboratory. . West Orange, Hew Jersey, Journal of the Chemical Society 1904-19i4, iac, , 11 years complete, in parta ae issued, as referred to in your letter oi March 13th, sending ub receipted bill therefor. fours very truly. Assistant Secretary. March 16th. E. E. Dickinson & Cb. Inc., EBsex, Conn. Gentlemen : Replying to your favor of the 14th instant let me say that Mr. V. 1. Kinit is an excellent chemist, hut I fear that ho might not he able to satisfy you in the designing of a commercial manu¬ facturing plant. I believe he aid some de¬ signing for the Butterworth-JudBon Company, 61 Wall Street. Mew York City, manufacturers of acid and chemicals. As *hey have had more experience ..with him than I have had, you might write to them. — - - Yours very tnily. Your favor of the 14th instant in regard to Feld¬ spar has been received. It is quite true that Mr. Edison is interested in Feldspar having a high Potash content. H< to use about two carloads a week of Feldspar uaranteed to contain at least 13.551, Potash, , the price is right. He is not. and would not be, interested in securing any property contain¬ ing Feldspar- He is already the owner of a vast acreage containing Feldspar, but does not care to go into the min¬ ing businees. If you have any good Potash Feldspar to offer, we shall be pleased to hear from you with analyses and Yours very truly, torch 16th. 1916, «■ • a. ii.. uay, i66 Albany Avenue, to your fa vo] let. me a ay that I have just completed i indicator for the Uavy. This de- ) tost at the present. It is not my to charge the Government for it. If should fall down in performance vou *nd probably get paid for very truly, 1 -vtik voa to kindly pardon the delay in replying to fevo- 'r'f the 2'jth- ultimo. 1 have been very busy on a ul :1k. of ins tigation, which has held my attention from icon ! o v-veni-y hours a day. 7 t-X so delayed answering your letter for a few ^fys ■ w. nvflar to find out whether I oan obtain the Benzol ZM to manufaoture the additional quantity of Phenol that ^matters stand at the present time I bare only ,-«o'cd for sufficient Benzol to manufacture Jh® of covered by all my contracts, and before obligat- ovself to'deliver further quantities X should want to make of' having contracted for the necessary raw .material. -I....- ,;t gt-ig S S.SSX*K' >U "1 B»«ol If io'oSwiSt »n alaitlon.1 q»a»- fS^SS «S.000 PO«M. per .oath tor oae r from iiay let, 1916 at 70^ per pound. X shall be glad • t be arrived at. Respectfully * . . March. 17th. 1916 Butterworth- Judson Company, 61 Wall Street, flew York City. attention of Mr. J. a. Durkin, Vice President. Gentlemen: I must proteet most emphatically upi ship Mixed Acids in accordance with the contri with you. This contract was the basis of proi line Plant, and I made my contracts with cust( I must have the full quantity of Mixed Aoids i my contraot with you or I shall be unable to c thereby be liable to suits for di- mages. You are about 116 tone- behind on yoi and about the same quantity on February deliv< month you have only shipped us I hai provide aoid from elsewhere to 'fill the gap, f. of your delay in shipping this month it will < a car of aoid from your works to mine so as tc time enough to prevent shutting down the plrnl Department is able to accomplish (. t '.'y the - y; large Bum of money. your , shipr month. 5 arrears are it- aB a formal re ipril , dividing lipped respect?. : please month This is a very serious r.iatt< nphasis I can express in wri.H . Q ^4 — *-~ Si- Clarence Dillon, Esq., / 4 to. 1. Bead & Company, MasBau & Cedar Streets, Mew York City. I am very glad to learn that you have been able to arrange with your people for the continuance of my ?er.zol contract, on the basis of 1,000 gallons per day for one year after the close the present rcMiaot. at 6? i/2 4 P« Kalion, March 17th. 1916 March 17th. Clarence Dillon. Esq.. % Via. A. Head L Company. Nassau & Cedar Streets, New York City. Dear Mr. Dillon: 1 am very glad to learn that you have been able to a nge v.ith your people for the continuance, of ray o* contract, on the basis of 1,000 gallons pe'- .. for one your 'ft or the close of th; ^recent . «ct, at t. . . • f.ailon. Milv.’--. .'ft o Hr :ordin Attention of Mr. Shunzo Takaki . Gentlemen; , o,-, „Y2ur £avor of the 0th instant enclosing letter of Amer- lean Oil & Supply Company in regard to shipments of naphthaline "was received. Unfortunately, as. we'were new in the naphthaline busi¬ ness, there were some mistakes made in the first few shipments, and we were obliged to adjust matters by making: the allowances stated in the letter of the American Oil & Supply Company of It was also understood when the sales of naphthaline were made that the price was P. 0. B. Kewark, so their charging us back with the freight is correct. The discount of lj£ has al¬ ways been understood in their dealings with us, as they usually discount their bills unless otherwise understood. You say in your letter that the amount of the Woodward Iron Company's bill is exactly the same as our bill to the Ameri¬ can Oil & Supply Company. I do not quite see how that can be, be¬ cause one half of these shipments of naphthaline belongs to V.'o-od- ward Iron Company, and the other half to the joint account o'£ Mitsui & Company, limited and Thomas A. Edison in joint ae<\0Unt. Therefore, although you bill the entire shipment to American Oil & Supply Company, the bill of 7/ oodward Iron Company coders only about one half the amount. The other half belongs to, our joint account, although, of course, there is to be ohargp/d to our joint account the bill of the Woodward lion Company for the royalty of 1 1/4 4 per pound we pay to them. You should, therefore, enter against the V.'oodward Iron Company’s account thoir proportion of the deductions made by American Oil & Supply Company and deduct the same when you remit the Woodward Iron Company's share to >l8 , I will write to the Woo4wara iron Company and explain to them. I return the letter and c.heok stub of American Oil & Sup¬ ply Company. Years very truly, ■ mm.,-. SECRETARY. Enc . March. 18th. 1916. J . P . Morgan '& Company , Export Department, 23 Wall Street, Hew York City. Gentlemen: Your letter o f the 8th instant has heen received. As far as the date upon which we began to operate the plant at Johnstown is concerned, this is a matter which you can readily verify if you de¬ sire. The fact is that it was started on February 22, 1915 and has been in active operation ever since, the working force consisting most of the time of a superintendent, about five day operatives and the same number of night operatives; at the beginning the force was some¬ what larger than this. As to your statement that X did not deliver approximately the amount of toluol which I agreed to deliver, I would efW all* times Sid hot agree to deliver any specified amount. In fact, at all times I refused to agree to anything of the kind. At the time the contract was entered into, the plant was in course of erection and no one could possibly predict in advance how much toluol couia be producea from the gases which were to be treated. I simply agreed B«tfor "the whole of the toluol of 98 fc purity produced from this plant, for a period of one year after the plant is in operation . X have al¬ ready delivered to you the greater part of this amount and am await- inn- Rhiivnine facilities for the remainder, as per my letter of March 4th, 1916. The year in question began February 22, 1915 and. ended at midnight February 22, 1916. I cannot see that the capacity of the plant at the present time has anv relevance to the subject, nor is its capacity during the year in Question, except as regards the addi^°?c.!.e^0^e^ letter of February 1916. Tnis addition consisted of an addition¬ al still for refining "benzol and toluol, and it was found possible to r hft?e and install this as a part of the original installation of the plant! so that instead of beginning to operate the addition to the ■nlant about 40 days after the dots approximated for starting the Sthe operation of the addition actuany began at the same time +he rest of the plant. The capacity of the plant was at all times sufficient to takl ca!e of all the gases which I had contracted for. in fact all of such gaBes were treated, and you have had ail the 98$ toluol produoed therefrom during year in question. As regards your suggeBtion that deliveries may be continued, . let me say that I have fulfilled my contract fully and completely bo h ilililifililir n ™Jn+£h6 Camb^iaiSteel Company for the purpose of charging me with riKhem)UP°? &^11tolu?1 Produced, in accordance with my contract tn+v,nhp V. t?0l?8n h0rewith a copy of my letter of March 10 1916 TQifihe-fv^ ambria Steel Company and their reply thereto dated March 1? 1916, from which you will see that the shipments shown in their letter with the shipments of toluol (lots #1 to 8) which have been hilled by me to His Britannic Majesty's Government through mont’ C°?pfny' and 10 are ready and awaiting ship¬ ment, but have not been billed out as yet. a word of explanation is necessary in regard to the item of 23 gallons which will be noted in the list contained in the letter from the Cambria Steel Company. Through a clerical error, on the first shipment of toluol, the Cambria oteal Company charged me with a royalty on only 2916 gallons. This error was not noticed until the month of July when they rendered me a separate bill for the royalty on 23 gallons. March 17th. 1916, Mr. Ji.G.Aoos- Carmen Stree- Havana, Cuba. reaches IfewYork? ’ v/e^eha ??d?ms ^>elia Galli-curci record of her voice? make a Si wiJl tahe up with vou rz is Batisfactorv we proposition: y°U the matt0r of a business Jort. pUaS”,^"” =*Ul-C«roI co„„ ,0 iiS% • Mr. Frank P. Holland, Holland's Magazine, Dallas, Texas. Dear Sir: I have received an appeal from Mr. C. F . Lehmann for a contribution towards a home for superanuated writers of the press and period¬ icals . Unclosed herewith I take pleasure in sending my check for $50.00 for this fund. I would give more, but my big fire, while it did¬ n’t break lae, bent me considerably. yours very truly, c".., Enclosure . Gas par ill a Inn, oa Grande, Fla. 85 March 17th. 191C The Manchester Edison Society, 11, The Avenue, lower Broughton, Manchester, England. Gentlemen: * °Bxau “ne L0De aeiay that has taken place in replying to your esteemed favor of November 1st 1915 t have been exceedingly busy for the last few months on ’a ° f specia! investigation to which I have been obliged to devote my entire time and attention day and night, and haI? obliSed t0 la* many matters ?hit were not immediately pressing. sent me, tion. Allow me to thank you for the and to which I have listened v, record you kindly ith much gratifica- . . gives me pleasure to comply with your request to become a Patron of your Society, and you have my permission to UBe my name as such. Allow me J - all its members a most prosperous You will be glad to loan very long before your members wi ] 1 of some very fine music, as I have prove our methods of recording. Yours verv i that it will not be be able to obtain records boon working hard to im- Murch 17th. Mr. I’. E. Solman, 5 Arctic Street, Worcester, Mass. Dear Sir: In reply to your favor of the 13th instant, let me say that Mr. E. G. ^cheson, the discoverer of carborundum was at one time in my employ as an experimenter. He made a lot of fusions by electricity in the course of his work. He afterward left me and continue these experiments on his own account. I think that it was about two or three years after this .that he discovered carborundum. He was experimenting to make diamonds. His actions, so far as I am concerned were honorable . Yours v rery trud;- , g w^“u,r. ?avor of the 20th. instant addressed to Mr. JEdison v ! t218 mornin« *rid shOT’n t0 Mn just before he teft h T?ry §lad ,lnd60d t0 hc-ve it coSe along today ni£. mind Is now relieved on that subject. e stated- in vr-irUin++r^ea Me £onflfm the purchase of Benzol' as ® , , rhi: _“f5-lT letifcr! from the Milwaukee Coke and Gas Com- per%*T?on'V o 'V to June 30th, 1916 at 70^ Milw®ukn° Co>* li*‘iukeo • wi8< also any Benzol that the ;“r? ,;;nn '^aB Company can spare from May 1st to May 16th, the Milwaukee Cake and Gas Company. K rom Yours very truly, fry - Assistant to Mr. Edison. 101 llerch 21st. 1916, llerck & Company 45 Park Place, Hew York City. Gentlemen ; "n“ °‘k ,ou t0 tlM,» pardon tho delay In replying to poor favor of th. 21st ultl.o regarding p.r.ph.nyl.n.d la»l»» . ;,r ha. h..n very hnoy ;„do.d th. last ,1* or ..von ,M presBinp importance. He wishea us to eny that we could, of course, refine our Paraphenylenedle.ino to oonfor. to ,h. sa.pl. ,ha, ,.« sent as p,t It ...Id so.ro.ly pay a. ... .. .ontr.ot.d «p to .tout th. ll.lt o, our Production. ,„loh 1. us.d hy fur dyers. „ho .... to find our product satisfactory for their purpose. Yours very truly, Edison Laboratory. 106 March 21st. 1916. Mr. Arthur Williams, President, The American Museum of Safety, IB West 24th Street, hew York City. Dear Mr. Williams: I am surely in sympathy with the work of the Museum of Safety. Anything that will prevent accident means not only protection to a man ana his family, hut to the firm -that employs him and to the state and the nation. If a man 1b a skilled mechanic, to injure his effectiveness or to entirely remove him frequently means the upsetting of an entire establishment, or at least a lack of harmonious work, in addition to the loss to the community. If the City of Hew York or any other City can encourage a Museum of Safety in any way, it sure- 1 advancement for our communit' Yours very truly , ^cAvocrr Street, Cel. Your recent letters end records hand, and have been brought to Mr. Miron! tlon* He requests us to say that he has 1 to the violin records, as to which he says the recording apparatus you have is not wa ■-t ten¬ oned great volume and Befc. fine violin recor-: apparatus , and reoords by all the Your -atory i, lurch 22na- 1916. Detroit, Mich. Dear Mr . Heboid : j I have received your favor of the 20th I jnetant. Mr. Edison Ijrft for Florida yesterday, [ the 21st instant, and I hno, that he is very de- ? s 1 roue of having Mr. Ford go down to Fort Myers | and pay him a visit. I am sorry to note from \ letter that there is a‘ shade of douht about it. J hut hope that Mr. Ford will make an effort to 1 go a own and see them. 1 "yours very truly, ! tv ■ - March 22nd. 1916, IBnz & ilaumann , Inc . , 17 Madison Avenue, hew York City. Gentlemen: We are in receipt of your favor of the 21st instant, quoting $£.00 each on the special thermometers. I would say in reply that a competitor has beaten you out. He was here about half an hour ahead of your representative last Saturday morning, and had two samples ready for Mr. Edison by half past eleven Monday morning, and received an order some of these ther momaters , 12 of which were delivered today. His price was else considerably lower than yours. I am afraid you will have to speed up a little next time . Yours very truly, . , Assistant to- Mr. Edison. 145 liar oh ' 2 2nd . 1916. ttgor Mr. Karon : l um g frtij/l you will think X am: enTtalkl^with Sirs* Ediso) n atter of fact, such is not the case. n her^ for her seleo •bout the etchings y°u_f£°^ujht t?K it should he a composite of lion of a photograph , her possession. I asked her to allow several, most of which - - aSd indeed sent a photographer up to the ToZ aid not Wish to have any copies axistenoe. . . .vt.1n existence. he unahle to obtain tM ,u«a xir, fr- hands in his pockets . ana ne nas Yours very truly , 153 Milo. Alice Ver let, 637 i Bon ^ venue , iiew York City. 1 have just received your esteemed favor of yesterday's te, And , of course, I am very glad to act in convoying your wish Mr. Edison, who at this moment is on his way to Florida. It rather distresses me to throw a little cloud on your tloipations, hut I feel it would only he kindness to you to pre- re you for a ooscihle disappointment- She business and social Intions between Mr. Edison* and Mr. Ford are of a very delicate ture , and both gentlemen are exceedingly punctilious in avoiding e slightest encroachment in each others business affaire. V<e have bought quite a considerable number of Ford cars r our business purposes here, but we have always paid exactly the me nrice as if we were all absolute strangers to Ur. Ford or his mpany . neither Ur. Edison nor any of our employees have everre- ived one cent of discount from the Ford Company, and v.e have - -- - — " ■ "■ - "u the other hand, Mr ’*"***’ ° >n phonographs and r Company . neither Ur. Edison nor any eived one cent of discount from the crobably bought fully fifty cars. 0i g.-sople fceoeive no discount whatever « they purchase from us. 1 must also .Hr. Edison and Mr. Fo: asked by personal fri< men preserve a strict affairs, and never gi’ nation another phase of the relations betweei and that is, although they are frequently s for letters of introduction, both gentle- mtrality in regard to each others business these letters of introduction. It is with a good deal of regret an w ite this letter, but I feel it is diy duty, * t you know the facts, and thus to prepare y : /.'ever, this will not detract in the least f • • your request to Ur • Edison, urxrt . therefore > ia should not take this letter as a decision With kind regards, 1 remain, ecret arid hesitation that I ly^duty , in all friendliness to rapore you for a possibility. "least from my friendly advocatr therefore, I would suggest that decision. listant torch 22nd X- / T ^U„trvha'f 1?UliMS, St. , Bear to. Kill lame ; M1,oai . I0“ f“» « ‘to «« In.tan, to !..« ;;;r;::r reht ,ho*3',,'“ph •“» *• lie v:e graph, and liked lt Eft to have it framed 18 V6ry mUCh int0rested in the photo- very much . Indeed , he has asked and hung in the library here. He asked blanks and appreciation, iarry out his wishes. 7,0 t0 v;rite you a letter of and this note iB intended to Hours very truly. You 7.111 be glad to learn, however, that i is reached a still higher degree of purity, means of a special, careful method fhese samples represent this latest mi >n, end we intend to supply this grade rom now on, and expect that discolorat: Edison laboratory. ex. &U*. & I8i BBagSinBBBBBIglW! SB8BBES ■ /?2. March 27th. 1916. , -'ice Proc-i- •on Company, onward, Ala. Before i,ir. Edison left for Florida he sold another car¬ load of Haphthulino Flakes from the Woodward Plant for April delivery ~ at 11 1/4^ per pound- Shis wouia call for one car about April 10th and the second car about April 26th. Our customer also wanted us to contract for a second car¬ load for May delivery, but Mr. Edison said that he did not know whether be would be able' to make it fast enough when the weather gets warm in the month of May. He agreed, however, that if we find we can produce $ fcufft-’iont quantity that month to make up the two carloads he will let ."litouer have the second carload at the same price as the other Uuy namely , 11 S/4 4 per pound. It is understood ihn fc a carload means 10 tons (36,000 pounds) ••'f to be ..auked in barrels. Ih« price is F.O.B. 'iiewf.r:;, i.rot t-;. 1/i aii.cou.nt for cash. • •:-tcd s<;s ! net delays from cau-.-s bey;nd our con. !:.i satisfactory, I remain, '.tours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. tpfi-O ■.71111 am Knocht, ■ri JUghi 47, f'n, Cv/iteerl and . I bog to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 7 th instant, which has been for¬ warded ho Ur. Edison's laboratory. Mr. Edison has had no vacation for about two years, and last week he went down to his place in Florida, where he will remain for foup£>r five I am forwarding your letter to him today, and as soon os I hear from him in regard thereto X shall be very glad to communicate with you further. Confirming our telephone conversation this morning, let me once . j' i;. my apology for having neglected to notify you of the following r _es of sublimed naphthaline from the Woodward Plant to American Oil & 5 :pply Company. 1 carload to he shipped February 9th - 9 ,l/2$? 1 -> n .. n >1 24th - 10 i 1 || " " " March 10 th ■ - 11? 1 " " " 25th - 11? , , 1 « " April 10th- - U 1/4? 1 ii " •» » " 25th - 11 l/M 1 . " .. » " " May delivery - 11 3/4? The American Oil & Supply Company asked us if we would contract for a second carload inthe month of May, but as we do not know whether ve shall be able to make it fast enough when the weather gets warm in the _ month of Hay, Mr. Edison did not want to make a firm contract for a second oar load in that month. He stated, however, that if we find we can produce sufficient in May to make up a second carload we will supply i^to_the_^ American Oil & Supply Company at the same price i IS. 11 3/4^ per pound . i the other carload, ,-i that a carload means 18 tonB (36,000 pounds) of to be packed in barrels, price to bo i'. 0. B. , the usual 1# discount for cash. is made subjeot to delayB from causes beyond our will be satisfactory , I remain, Assistant to Mr. Edison. ” ,r “ llarch 27 th. 1916 Benzol Plant , Bohnstown, Pa ship by express tomorrow, pre¬ toluol to Eastern Labor! Chester , Pont joining from Thomas A. Edison, Orange Toluol that we have been shipping to lunham & Moore. We have arranged to supply the Hercules Powder Company (which belongs to the Du Pont Powder Company) with about 5,180 gallons of pure Toluol early in April, for which they will send a tank car. Please do not put any Toluol in¬ to the tank car, however, until you reoelve definite authority from me as to the exact quantity. I will instruot you about this later morrow, Yours very truly, Assistant to Hr. Edison ;v. ■ March 28th. 1916. John Vi., Joyos , -t. Col., 3rd. Dept., u. ! Com.ran.Uttg, Pica tinny Arsenal, SUBJECT: Phenol Method < . . „ You? favor of the 20th inetant to M away in Florida on a few weeks vacatii In meantime , I can reply for h Jr these matters. In regard to the wooden that they have taken the danger of loss ■ that they can safely ship the cans by lo« the crating where the plug is, and then <■ by a piece of sheet tin which thav wil' - would seem to be in line with your cugges 1'ou will be glad to learn that v -•;« • vanized iron drums to us any mors. w.n< *, in the scrap heap. c that slot from on the crating. The reason that we have galvanized Iron drums is bf.c: the material reach you with tion. If the ordinary steel would in time become move- therefore, willing to go to package for each shin nt . ’ ao t son was anxious to have •possible danger of contaiina- ‘■h screw plug were used, they ty inolde- Mr. Edison was, expense of furnishing a new ** ««* i, 2VT lMtant *“ -»» «. no‘ **u «■« I.aeth or th“ "r' Bu*°» °“"We ,0U "5ttlrM 10 M”llt •« " “« «*• «.< * “1‘on ioia «• «». ... ... »M H, of „ / “M "aa* «P « spec — :r~— - — c« rinisKt6"48 :r— — '-or wes given &ad av.„ t ree dafe after we ffiven „ld are aoff la ^ t"dl80r' *s rath0r i>nz2lod 223 i .2. <f IJewark, jj. Goutlsmon: Attention o f Mr. ,TnnAP “““ *■ »H .0 „„ ot iSM 1 **" **'"^1, ta., f„ ««, tho .mw. « thing. «.« have ep.pp.g ,p «ln„ H1,m «o» i» r,eM to the oo.pi.io, „f th. 01eMe.1 Company ,w the pre.e«oe of ..ter ln ,h. solvent „iplnllt ,hicl no lav. loon .hipping the,. j ..n olllj, e);pros, mj ,w such haB been the caBe. naturally, Mr. Edison wishes to supply only first-class material, and, therefore, I will ask you to notify us when the Bay¬ way Chemical Company sends you a charge for the water, and we will issue a credit to you. Immediately on receipt of your letter of the 22nd instant, I notified our Johnstown Plant by wire to be very careful to elim¬ inate water from the Solvent Haphtha, and I trust there will be no further trouble on thiB score. The letter of the Bayway Chemical Company addressed to you ie returned herewith. Yours very truly. Enclosure . Assistant to Mr. Edison. 224 March 29th. 1916, American Oil & Supply Company, .Lafayette Street, Newark, ii.J. Gentlemen : Attention of Mr. Bnrri»».+. i I Referring to your favor of the 20th instant in re¬ gard to the barrel trouble which arose concerning the very first oar of naphthaline that we shipped to you from Wood¬ ward, Ala, i will try and talk this matter over with Mr. Hoffman when he calls in tomorrow. I nave submitted the whole proposition to our Mr. Mason, and he says that he does not know of any such thing es a standard naphthaline barrel, if there is such an article wo would like to have a sample- If not. could you obtain for us specifications giving size, type, number of hopps, thick¬ ness of staves, etc., etc. Yours very truly. Assistant Mr. Edison. 234 (pi* ^3' March 29th. 1916. Mr. C. H. Opdyke, % Woodward Iron Company Woodward. Ala. P y Dear Mr. Opdyke: X enclose herewith copy of a letter from the Amer¬ ican Oil & supply company in regard to the first April ship¬ ment of naphthaline Flakes from Woodward- as you are already aware, we sold our naphthaline i'lakes to them. you will note that the shipping instructions are quite intricate, and I would ask you to kindly study them over very carefully indeed, and to comply with them to the minutest detail. If there is anything that you do not understand, or upon which you require fuller instructions, please notify me long enough in advance before you make the shipment. Yours very truly, />'y, / • Assistant to Mr. Edison. Enclosure. ?70 Messrs.- Owens & Phillips, #93 Nassau St. , New York City. Gentlemen: Referring to your letter of Maroh 17th, acknowledging receipt of our telephone instructions to af'fis $16,000.00 insurance on stock, including packages on premises of Edison Benzol Plant, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, we are sending you herewith at your request 2 Blueprints Blowing location of our Building and Tanks. The Building is constructed of steel and corrugated iron. If these do not meet your requirements, kindly advise us promptly, and we will endeavor to meet them. iMndTy 8end us policy as soon as same has oome through. Yours very truly. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. RWK/HH Takamine laboratory, Ino., Equitable Building, Hew York City. Your favor of the E4th ultimo in reference to Aoetsnilid was received in due time and submitted to Ur. Edison, who is at present in Elorida. He has requested me to say to you that we cannot afford to make a lower price than originally > make a higher prioed ohemioal, and c April 3rd / 1916 April 5th. 1916. ' instill , Esq . , £3 1 so:; u-noiag, Cr.toaft. . Ill. tear itr - la:; till: S. have received your favor of the 1st itant, enclosing a letter from Miss Dora Gihson, regard to a trial record which she would like have made by our Hecording Department . ■ It will give me great pleasure to put this matter en train, and shall write to Miss Gibeon and to Waiter Miller at our Recording De¬ partment today. 3A1 Dear Sir : X have received a letter advising me that the E. I. DuPont de HemourB & Company, will send an 8,000 gallon tank car to the Plant within the next five or six days. This oar is intended to receive the 8,180 gallons of Toluol in regard to which I wrote you a few days ago. The oar is to receive 8,180 gallons of pure Toluol from us, and about 3,000 gallons of Toluol from the Cambria Steel Company *e Plant, if the oar comes to you first, will you please fill in the 5,180 gallons of pure Toluol, and then advise Mr. Slick, in accordance with a letter I have written to him today, carbon copy of which is attached. When you have loaded the 5,180 gallons of Toluol into this car please send a formal notification to the Cambria Steel Company so that they can render the usual bill to Mr. Edison. Please be careful on this point, so that there will be no slip-up in their making the charge against Mr. Edison for this 8,180 gallons. We have not received any shinping instructions in regard to this car of Toluol, after it has been filled, but I will try to obtain Buch instructions at once. Possibly the Cambria Steel Company will attend to the shipment of the car, as the present programme is to load your 5,180 gallons first, and then turn the car over to the Cambria Steel Company. Yours vory truly, tv ' ' .assistant to Mr. Edison. Enclosure . 366 Your favor of the fifth instant has been received, and in accordance therewith I have instructed our Johnstown Plant to load into the DuPont car 6,180 gallons of Toluol. I have also written to the Cambria Steel Company stating that we understand that they will put about 3,000 gallons of Toluol more Into this car, under contract with DuPont. I trust that everything will come out satisfactorily. It just occurs to me that we have not yet settled en¬ tirely about the billing of this 6,100 gallons of Toluol, ex¬ cept as to the price, which was to be $2.18 per gallon to Mr. Edison. In a telephone conversation which I had with you re¬ cently you spoke of our billing it to the Hercules Powder Com¬ pany, but I suggested to you that we had no order from them for it, and if this 6,180 gallons is to go on account of your contraot, our object of helping you out to this extent on your contract would be defeated. My recollection is that you were going to talk *6 Mr. Mingle about this. By-the-way, you have not said anything as to shipping instructions for returning the car to the DuPont people. Of course, if we put in our 6,100 gallons first, ana then turn the car over to the Cambria Steel Company, I suppose the shipping instructions should be given to them. Will you kindly take this matter into consideration. Yours very truly, Jistant to Mr. Edison. 3nr? Apr 13 8th. 1916. Mr. John Bacon, Jr., Edison Benzol Plant, JohnBtown, Pa. Pear Sir: * Referring to my letter of yesterday as to loading 6,180 gallons of Pure Toluol in a tank oar which will he sent to you, I have received word this morning that this tank car has been shipped from Youngstown to Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown, Pa- This tank oar, is PTX 2115. I judge from this that the car will go to the Cambria Steel Company direct, and I have written Mr. Slick this morning informing him of the fact. Will you please be very particular in giving full attention to the details as comprised in my letter of yester¬ day and the present letter. 1. If you receive the car first, please load into it 6,180 gallons of Pure Toluol. 2. Then turn it over to the Cambria Steel Company, and they will load into it 3,000 gallons of Pure Toluol. 3. Give formal notification to Cambria Steel Com¬ pany, so they can send Mr. Edison their bill for the 6,180 gallons . 4. When you have loaded our 5,180 gallons in the car, please notify me by telegrephat once, and advise me whether you have turned over the car to Cambria Steel Com¬ pany or whether they have already loaded their 3,000 gallons In. 6. I have not yet received instructions for for¬ warding the car when it is filled, but will advise you about that later. 6. I have written to Mr. Slick this morning, giv¬ ing him the number and initials of the car. Yohrs vory tlruly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Mr. Clarence Dillon, I Wm. A. Read & Co. , NasBau & Cedar Streete, Hew York City. Herewith I hag to hand you original and duplicate of the agreement between Newport Hydro Carbon Company and Mr. Edison covering *600 gallons of Benzol per day from July 1st, 1916 to June 30th, 1917. These have been signed by Mr. Edison. You will notice under the head of quantity that. 1 hav< inserted, at Mr. Edison' i "but in any event not exi Mr. Edison desired this for him to take the enti: kindly ask your people ti request, the following limiting words: eeding: seven (700) gallons per day", o be inserted, as the contract oalls e production of the plant. Kill you initial the interlineation, a6 X have done, and return one copy of this oontract to me when it is Bigned . As to the other contract, I shall have to ask your in¬ dulgence for a few days on account of a ouriouB error made by Mr. Edison end myself. You will remember that this was for 500 gallons a day from May 15th to June 30th, 1916. On receiving the contract, Mr. Edison overlooked for the moment the fact that he had previous¬ ly executed the renewal contract,* with the Milwaukee Coke & Gas ■ Company and the Northwestern Iron Company, and had an impression that this was a renewal of 500 gallons for a year. He, therefore, thought that June 30th, 1916 should bo June 30th, 1917, and in a memorandum which he sent up to me with the contracts requested me to change the date accordingly. If I haa stopped a moment to think I should have seen that the date as you had it was cor¬ rect, but I dia not stop to think and made the change to 1917 and noted it at the end of the onntraot. A few minutes afterward I happened to think that x made a mistake, and as I did not want to make an, entire contract, I had it re-oopied and sent aown to him for signature. I shall, therefore, forward this to you in a few days. Yours very truly, Enclosures. April 10th. 1916 1 Kaye & Einstein, 38 West 32nd Street, Hew York City. Gentlemen : I thought you would perhaps like to have a line from me to let you know how greatly pleased X am with the fur lined ooat, as to which the fur part was furnished hy you. It is surely very hand¬ some and oonfortahle. You will he glad also to learn that Mr. Edison also liked the one which you made for him. yours very truly. April 11th. 1916. Mr. K. C. lytle, $ Hotel Rochester, Boohester, H. X. Your favor of the second instant was re¬ ceived and sent down to Mr. Edison, who is spending c. few weeks in Florida. He wishes us to say in reply that your idea would not be practicable. She gases which are af;6a attack the metals if the slightest trace of air s'eic Va, which would be the case with oil pipe lines and fcb'»y would be destroyed. The liq.u«.s which ex¬ pand to gr,S are put into closed steel cylinders under a pressure of 2,000 pounds per square inch, '/ours very truly, Edison laboratory. 4% John Bacon, Jr . , % Edison Benzol Plant Johnstown, Pa Herewith 1 hand you a copy of a letter I have written thiB morning to Mr. Slick. It wiU explain itself. I am trying everything in my power to move Lun- ham & Moore consignment. I have brought to bear all the pressure that I knov? of in three or four directions, but sc far cannot get permission from the Pennsylvania P.ailroad Compuny to their Agent at Johnstown to receive the stuff. I realize what you are up against, and am trying my ut¬ most to get the stuff away. If we cannot do any better, we shall have to provide another storage tank. Of course, it will relieve you to some extent when you load the 1180 ga'.lons in the tank c Yours very truly, 446 April 12-fcH. Mr. Louis Lazard, 92 William Street, Uew York City. Dear lir . Lazard: in regard to the gross weight of the 2,000 pounds of Paraphenylenediamine , 1 called np th. factory Ihey MU ~ that there ~ cheat a hundred end forty poanae of other ~»»ui .eat at the same time, end the only E»o=» »eieht they can ftna i. cheat 2000 poonas. ! should. therefore, ho Inclined to thin* that the 2.000 ponnd. of **- phenylenedlotaine cloae .oald ho cheat no,,**- Yours very truly. 1916. April 13th. 1916 . Harry it. Denton. ri 7 Fifth Avenue , Hew York City. IRSA SS.X" *“ not " <™*Sr «~M W V~?S.bSSS 5al«» • speaks positively about electricity -To.' !- MCa?Ver treatment. We frequently have inon^- - J. you have maae. but Mr. Edison invar : reolies ^o^hwBaKOV0 e£feot* otating at thr . r ti; 8 that he has not personally made n t.', this whateve°n Sn<5 ostmot BP®ak with r ;alty . Yours very m Assir >! April 13 th. 1916. Mr- P. J. Kruasi, $ American laya /Company , Chattanooga, Tenn. Dear Mr. ErueBi: I am in, receipt of your favor of the lath inBtant, ancl in reply wuld aay that I am quite euro Mr. Edison would i.o t. break his .Journey at Chattanooga. However, /you need no accept my oplaipn aB .final on. that subject. If you would like to send.^np-a letter addressed to Mr. Edison, putting the matter plainly hej?pj;e him, I shall take great pleasure In sending i. t down to him In Florida.. i realize the .difficulties, as we are*- trying to persuade, hill tv stop over in. Philadelphia for two. or three hours on h mat tor of exceedingly great hUBineBS Importance, and st this 'jciuont we have: our doubts ns to whether he "will :e know that he will be very anxious ) oratory at the earliest possible mom- get back ends Bear Sir : Your favor of the 12th instant has been received, and in reply v.e beg to say that we are preparing to manufact. Para Amido Fhenol in duantity. but at this time v:e are only in the laboratory stage of production. The grade we have Pr duced so far is the commercial, but undoubtedly you will requi the refine for photographic purposes, t'.e have instructed ou chemist to take up work on the refined, and we shall hope to send you a sample before long . V,e are not making Hetol. and Mr. Edison is just r.c in Florida, We do not know whether or not we will go into 1 manufacture of Metol when he returns. Yours very truly, . laboratory . 481 O / ' April 17th. 1916. . gS5£2 2£Ki propel being Vnewm as "commercial . I am writing to you ^.^[^ut^hfther yot^woul^be* interest- let you know about this ana 1 _„t in a plant. X have not ap¬ od in the product if he decdd®®+ +J: U80 of this material for photo- proaohed any other concern with your concern have "been s° ®x~ bas wK*y£- iGietant to Ur. Edist 7 i / April 17th. 191G . ti:u5. & Company, limited, 26 Madiaon Avenue, hev; York City. Attention of jgr. gakaki. ntlemen ; I am in receipt of your favor of the th instant in regard to galvanized iron drums r shipment of Phenol. Your statement as the total Bhipped to us and the total number used quite right. There are still unused, 66 drums, which kC are not. filled and ready for shipment notified Mr. Homura this after- April 18th. 1916 Berlin Mills Company, Portland, Me. Attention of Ur . Marrinar. Pear Mr. Marrinar: I am going to take the liberty of asking you for some information. At one of our Carbolic Acid Plants v.e are producing Sulphite of Soda as a by-product. I under¬ stand that this chemical is used to a largo extent by paper manufacturers, but I have been told that they make their own supply .generally Bpeaklng. Mr. Edison is away in Florida, and I am trying to line up the sale of our by-products dur¬ ing his absence. 1 am sending you by parcel post a sample of our product, and should be glad to have any information which you care to afford me . She Maine fever is getting into my blood now that the grass is beginning to appear, und I find myself look¬ ing forward to our annual visit to the Cape. tilth kina regardB, I remain, Yours very truly, 17th. 1916 , 535 £77 ^pril 10th. 1914. Keith Car Company, Peoples Gas Building, Chicago, Ill. Gentlemen : I have receives your favor of the sixth instant, and I can only say in reply that all through our transactions it has been a pleasure to deal with you because you have been prompt and fair, and have given us good service. I also appreciate very much the fact that you have dealt with me on such a liberal basis in renewing the leases of the cars which I am renting from you. You may rest assured that your good treatment will not be forgotten, and 1 shall naturally turn to you in whatever future bust no or:, i in your line. y., m very truly, 554 St. Kegit i?aper Company, Water town, !•!. Y. Gentlemon : At one of our Chemical Plants we are producing Sulphite of Soda in' two grades, Anhydrous and hydrated, and we understand that this is used in paper making. If you are interested we shall be glud to send you samples and quote prices. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. 567 April 21st. 1916. ffrawr & Company, 60 Church Otreot, Hew York City. Gentlemen : Your favor of the ICtfc ins tent has been received . v,’e would say j.n reply that we are not making any dyes at all. make the following chem¬ icals : Carbolic Acid , Aniline Oil, Aniline Salt, Acetauilid, Acetate of god-.'., and Paraphenylene- d lamina, inasmuch, an v.o are already contracted up to practically the limits of our production, we do not see that it would avail us anything to send you samples and quote prloaB. Y.'e might say for your information that we have already had a considerable amount of Japan¬ ese business from our friends Mitsui & Company, Ltd. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. 572 V / 7 Eastman kodak Company, Rochester, U.y, Attention of a-. C. \, . Markus. Gentlemen; ',.e received your telegram of the 20th instant, and are mailing today a sample two ounce bottle of our Commercial Para Amido Phenol, which you can try experimentally. Just at thiB time I cannot give you either the prob¬ able price or the estimated output and delivery date. Before he wont away, Mr. Edison started one of our Chemists on a job of producing a small quantity of this material every day in the Laboratory, so that he would be able to decide on his return how much of a plant would be necessary, when it could be pul up, and what the cost would be. On this data he expected to de¬ cide whether or not he would put up a commercial plant. He leaves Florida tomorrow for home and we expect that he will be here at the Laboratory on V.ednesday next. I ehall take the matter up with him on hip return, and will ad¬ vise you further, ¥ours very' truly, yv, Assistant to Ur. Edison, 588 Hon. Josephus? Daniels, Secretary of the Havy, Washington, D. C. Uy dear Sir; Your favor of the 20 Ui instant to Ur. Edison , together with the two itemG of printed matter which you have sent him, have been received. He is en rout-; from Florida, and I expect him at the offico on Y.e flay morning, when the above will be handed to him. Yours very truly , Assistant to Ur. Edison. April 24th. 1916. iir. F. . o. Liobold, Secretary ft Treasurer, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich. ily dear Mr. Liobold: I am in receipt of your favor of the 22nd instant in regard to Carbolic Acid, und I am glad to say that your letter reached the right person, as I have worked with Mr. Edison on the Carbolic Acid business since we started making it. V.hile we are contracted pretty closely to our pro¬ duction, we could certainly tike cars of your' requirements, as they are very moderate. 1 am going to sena to you a sample of the Carbolic Acid which we produce, and which is u»od for pharmaceutical purposes. If this quality is suitable for your use at the Hos¬ pital, we can supply your requirements 'as stated at 77 l/2^ per pound, which is the price we are getting for the pharma¬ ceutical grade . Y/e have several sizes of packages for shipment, name¬ ly, 26 pounds, 50 pounds, 100 pounds and 250. pounds. The con¬ tainers are galvanized sheet iron, and a now container is used for every shipment. Trusting that all t>f the above will bo of interest to you, I remain. Yours very truly, .tipi'll 24th. 1! Dr. William Kneoht, Rue au Righi 47, Zurich, Switzerland. Dear Sir: Since writing to you on the 1st in¬ stant, I have received another memorandum from Mr. Edison in which he says that he would be willing to pay for a. cheaper process than he is now using to make Para Amido Phenol, both commercial and refined. At the present time he makes Para Amido Phenol by nitrating phenol and reducing the resultant para nitro phenol with iron and HC1. Yours very truly, t 'v • * • Assistant to Mr. Edison. April 20t'u McGraw-Hill Book Company, 239 West 39th Street, Hew York City. Gentlemen: Your circular letter was received. Mr. Edison wishes to have a copy of Mr. Frederick C. Wagner's book "Coal and Coke". Will you kindly send copy of this boob addressed to me, with bill made out against Thomas A. Edison and oblige, Youre very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Yours very truly. April 27th. 1916. Hy dear Mr. hazard: I am afraid you must have misunderstood me as we have never had any intention of manufac¬ turing Hydruquinone . Possibly I told you that we were large users of it, and I may not have made my statement clear enough. We purchase our Hydro- quinone from the General Chemical Company, who, so far as I know are the only manufacturers. I have a letter from E. P. Griffiths & Company, 81 Pulton Street, Hew York City on s other matters, and I notice on their letter-head. that they mention Hydroquinone . Whether or not they are manufacturers I have no idea, hut simply mention their name for your information. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison.. TuftE Mass Dear Sir : I have received yon." favor of the 22nd inBtant, ana in reply heg to »ay that I shall have some experimental wor* in th-.i line you men ti on. which could wait until June to he taken up- I could start you at §15. per week. If you want to try it, please let me know.and also say about what date in June you would he ready to commence Yours very .truly, ..pril £913i. 193.0 . Madame Rita V.ilbourno, 3837 Baring Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Madam: lour favor of the 26th instant to Mrs. Edison v,aE referred by her to Mr. Edison, and wo are requested to say in reply that Mr. Edison cannot see his way clear to write a letter comment! nr upon your daughter's ability. She was engaged here on experimental worh only, and if Mr. Edison were to write any comments upon her ability, it would open the door to a great deal of trouble and annoyance for him from many sources. Regretting that you cannot be accommodated, we remain, Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. (>t/v I 0*8 April 28th. 1=46 . Hr. Louis Lazar d, 92 William Street. liew York City. Lear Mr. Laa-ard: iieierring to my previous letter of this date, I am writing to ask what course you wish ue to pursue in regard to Paraphenylenediaraine . You will remember that sometime ago, just before you went to the ’.Vest Indies, you placed an order for one ton for future delivery, and gave us your check for s1400.00 as a 26, u advance payment . In your favor of the 26th instant you ask us to ship our attention. on account of your unfortunate experience in having the first large lot °f0f^nylenediamine turned back m your hands on account of delay b deliver col the ^b al anc e ° o f your "order lor 2.000 pounds. On the contrary, if you wish the or^er ^dS^£g ’ /t® complied with. 1 age and desire ' Yours very truly, Lstant. t< , Kdison. Yours Johns-Manville Co., 239 Halsey Street, •Newark, H. J. Attention o-r U OBborn. if erring again to your favor of the Nr. Edison wishes me to state that ijection to your using the photo- rou have of the phonograph works . > still adheres to his decision that : you using the photograph of the sal Works . Yours very truly, jistant to Hr. Edison, My dear Ur. Kimball ; 'imi wrote to me under date of March 23td in vesard to a form of motor which oan be relied upon to drive a phonograph for ft very considerable length of time without "hanging it a sored characteristics. X wrote to you stat- thSt 1 hadV,-v-t the -etter down to Mr. Edison in Florida, Ird h ashed mo to ^o‘id it until his return. He is bach at Vl‘a Laboratory, ftftd now wishes me to write ana say th.it we have a small motor department and have made a great many SZtJZ n-e mating about 100 per day for our rV“;f rjf-, he y-nve not succeeded, however, hpr euwiUteB * n;; - ;s practicable for the musical pbono- -.v-sins a r,;X w.ouireav.-nts are so severe, ana Ur. .x«.ph Vn y- ^ ny one elBe has produced such a a° 80 * . 1 ur: i- hen me to say to you that he will be Mr. Fred. M. Kimball, Manager Small Motor Department, General Electric Company West Lynn, Mass. 080 May 3rd. i9l6> Newark, IJ. j. Dear Sir: ifcF* - ' - ^ Y/ho can we let we i anf SS £.»& fc - May vanoed were the trl^afe? parta of «» work! J, ^on 20 to 22 l/s ^«+fr PE?88 men* tiie green hand^"? "“"“D aa- like the older men? ^when 8£ h£S &!! learn^^f S*1^ are foufld to be good and Bteady, they general! v°£ s?Wl! time and .press department where a bonus system fn i2:Le° t,°.th9 print euie iouau. to oe gooa ana Bteady ycpress department where a bonue Bystem is^in^Lf0 ths prin ( vthem an opportunity of earning 26 to 28 oentl per’hour?^ giVee *f.y «. tholVcigstly men wd employ because of their lack ^ the usS^qu??- Bnd Whe“ they g6t t0 *•« SrgtifrSKSi-^ Yours very truly, / G98 .b May 4th. 1916. lunham & Moore, Produce Exchange, Hew York City. Gentlemen : Your favor of the seoona inBtant has been re¬ ceived* Mr. hazard wrote to ue about the shipment of 600 pounds of Paraphenylenediamine, but said that the oaseB were to be marked 11. Your letter Baye they are to be marked l.G.Co. london, England. We hare written to Mr. hazard for instructions . The material is praotically ready, and v;e only await Mr. hazard' b instructions for shipment. You will un¬ doubtedly be able to get the goods before the time for the steamer sailing about May 13th. 1916. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. May 4th Mitsui & Company, Limited, 25 Madison Avenue, Mew York City. Attention of Mr. Takakl . Gentlemen : Beplying to your favor of the 1st instant in regard to liquefying chlorine gas plant, Mr. Edison wishes me to say that the Hooker Chemical Company, Miagara Balls, make electrolytic cells for manufacturing soda and chlorine, and he thinks they can furnish you with the outfit you desire. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Mr- iouis hazard, 92 William Street, Mew York City. I am in receipt of your eBteemed favor of the £th instant giving instructions for the shipments? °f 600 pounds and 200 pounds .if Paraphenylenediamine , for London and Bordeaux respectively. These instructions shall have our proper attention. I would say for your information that I am still awaiting instructions about shipment to the Oriental navigation Company. Their office is at 17 Battery Place', bo, of course, we could not ship there, as that 1b an office building. I wrote to them three or four days ago asking for shipping instructions', but have not .yet heard from them. Perhaps you will be kind enough to give them a punch. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. ■cC*- General Letterbook Series Letterbook, LB-112 (1916) This letterbook covers the period May-June 1916. Most of the correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included is correspondence pertaining to Edison’s benzol absorbing plants and other chemical manufacturing interests. Some of the letters deal with the commercial development of phonographs and motion pictures. There are also items relating to the upcoming presidential election, including letters to Guy Emerson of the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League in which Edison endorses Theodore Roosevelt as "the only man that should be considered" and agrees to serve on the League's Advisory Board. A letter to artist Jacques Reich concerns a portrait of Mina Miller Edison. Other correspondents include Arthur E. Kennelly, former chief electrician at the West Orange laboratory, and representatives of Mitsui & Co. and Vickers, Ltd. The spine is stamped "Letters" and is marked "T .A.E. From May 31916 To June 30, 1916." The number "50" also appears on the spine. The book contains 700 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15 percent of the book has been selected. U/jJlfc of CJtT\&J~- (1&YUia{ J^iw fcfa-yu<y-@j j^A-tn^sT yrjZaZ'c*,.. CMj^l s<S- C. 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With all good wishes, 1 remain, Uoutb very, truly . 30 May 4th. 1916. Engineering Magazine, 140 Nassau Street, New York City. Attention of Mr, Punk Gentlemen: A few days ago v.e had a visit from Mr. W. E. Kemble who had an interview with Mr. Edison. He also saw the Chronograph as arranged by Mr. Edison for his own test. Mir. Kemble asked us to send a photograph of this instrument to you, and we take pleasure in forwarding two phctographs of the same. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. Enclosures, May 6th. 1916. Mr. C. E. Adame , Direotor, The Hector Observatory , Wellington, Hew Zealand. Dear Sir: Your favor of March ninth wae handed to me on my return from Florida, let me say in reply that Prof. 0. w. Ritchie of the Carnegie Observatory at Mt. Wilson, Cal. haB been trying to get a fused quartz mirror, and although he has the baching' of the Carnegie Institution he has not been able to get any encouragement. The fused quartz has many bubbles which fill with grinding material and make it impossible to polish the sur¬ face true near where it cuts through one of these bubbles. A 40" mirror weighs 1,000 pounds and a 10* mirror weighs 18,Q00 pounds. Quartz haB not been fused in such large masses . If it could be fused and kept hot for a long period like glasB the bubbles would probably rise and leave the mass clear. This will probably be done some day, and it will bring a very great advance in astronomical mirror efficiency, as the temperature warping is their greatest trouble now. Yours very truly. May 6th. 1916. Mes8rs- RS’sS,4 Company' Hew York City. Gentl emen; OOiiyillEMTTAT. I am in receipt of your inquiry of the 28th ultimo in regard to A. Hollander & Son, Newark, jj. j. They are very large dyers of fure, very enterprising. We Bell them about $6,000. worth of materials per month, and they pay us promptly. ..s nave never investigated their financial conditions as they pay us very promptly. S believe their profits are very high. Yours very truly. 34 jr Uay 4th. 1916. George HenderBon, Esq., 701 Franklin Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir : Referring to your favor of the 28th ultimo, let me say that 1 have been quite buBy day and night since it was received, hence the delay in replying thereto. I have received a letter from Ur. Mallory stating that he has called upon you and had a long talk with you about the matter, and has explained the present situation. If you or your client would desire to have a talk with me also on this matter I should be glad to see either or both of you at any time if you will advise me in advance of your coming. Yours very truly. Ur. Porter Pollock, ‘/ilhe William B. Pollock Co.. YoungBtown, Ohio. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 26th ultimo hae been brought to my attention on my return from Florida. let me aay in reply to your inquiry that I aid not continue my experiments for ex¬ tracting the dust of the gas as it passes from the blast furnace, and, therefore, 1 am unable to help you out. Yours very truly. 37 Dominion Iron & Steel company, <4 Bowrirg is Company, 17 Battery Place, Hew York City. Attention of Mr. F.E.horgan. Referring to oar recent correspondence.- In regard to your o,ude Kap'ntballat, let me say that I have a refining plant at one of ^ BeB..ol ? tr; , in which I refine the exude naphthaline. Thie jslant worses very satisfactorily. Mv proposition to you is that I will erect at my own ex- paiuije a refining plant at your works at Sydney and take over what crude Faphthaline you have on hand and all of that which you make for one ,M to rel’tne tie ..no one PW 7«« 2 *" -3.M naphthaline ehlpped raw «»"■ “1* pl>4t' ™ 6 8“ „lat of !t.». ».o....W et . noni.nl ““ *“ ” *1”' steam at cost to yon. -hie oontrnot to mn for *«■ » W«on “ “ •ontinneior on. additional yew, tith * provide. » **11 ,0“ * the end of the contract for teo-thlrd. do wtual °ri8l»l Youre very truly, ^S'ine . . May 8th. 1916. liltBul & Company, Limited. 26 Attention of .Mr. Tafeaki. Gentlemen: applying to youi iawor of th. fifth *»*»*. ln ”‘ „td to 110.1* ohlorl.ro. I — *• — * * “M“’ „d ho says that th.ro 1. . nhlorlne plant 1» operation .« «- ^ alhall «yandot;e, Ulch. they .ight ..11 you drawings or fornlah you with . pl.nt. *„.!* Hoffs. * ««• » «»— »• *" *"* - ohlorlne at th.ir pla.t at »!..«. — » Botmning co-pany. *o -u «"•*. ~ ‘1*° ““ “0 . r,nthar either of these concerns would he able to We do not know whether eirner =:.--rr.:=r.v. r. El.otro Bleaching oo.pany 1» o,«iPP.* * — Cl1"1 6“' ur. Edison wish.. .. « — * °£ * «“ 'e*a at a ...ting of oh-1-1 aoolotl.. a short ti.o ago. Yours very truly, ABSiBtant to Mr/ Edison. Enclosure . 45 Xiiij »• , ly'i.u VJLCfcurfc 2*51 ted, Vioicers House; Broadway, Westminister, London, England* Gentlemen t- I am transmitting to you "by Mr. Bobert Seville two copies of a proposed agreement between you, Edison Stor¬ age Battery Company and myself, which, if you find satisfactory and rill duly execute both copies thereof and deliver the same l-.hin four months from the date hereof, I wu-i : v.. ... third identical copy duly executed ■■ nr-d ;:ehalf of Edison Storage-Ba^V’y Very t£Uiy' yours , y 3 re up on yvoli 51 May 9th. 1916.-- Mr . Henry M. Howe, Broad Brook Hoad, Bedford Hills, H.l. Bear Sir: •jour favor of the fifth instant was re¬ ceived and brought to Mr. Edison's attention. He has signed the application blank for membership in the American Society for testing Materials. He qvi.it e approves of your suggestion that his occupa¬ tion should bo entered as "Inventor". I return the application for membership ' herewith. Yours very truly, assistant to Mr. Enclosure May 9th. Mr. Williams. Heal, 1400 K Street, M. W., N Washington, D.‘ C. Bear Sir: ^our favor of the third inBtant in re¬ gard tq color process for use in motion picture work has boon received. 1 beg to Bay in reply that we are no longer interested in euoh a pro- iiut- eeee. During theAsix years we have experimented to the extent of over $60,000.00, and lost it. We have al$o lost interest. Yours very truly, "7... Hay 9tb. 1916. Hafsrring to your favor of the 26th ultimo, Mr. wishes me to express hlB appreciation of your kind -n regara to the released reoord, of "Morning, -Moon Might overture". Your good opinion of this record is of much gratification to him. He wishes me to say also that if the horn in an instrument is not set properly seme reproducers will blast. Sometimes the reproducer itself will blast, while others will not. It is very difficult to make them all alike, just, as it. is difficult to make' all violins alike. If your repro¬ ducer is poor, we will Exchange it for a new one without charge . to. «*» » 10 ‘ *8*1" other reproducers. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Mr‘ Avanue, V« fork Oltjr. .„...rine- 5»“ question as to -y '»■ colonel Eoosot.lt fo’r oar «»* Sro.14.ot, I ..old ,.y that I belief ■» “ “• ^ that should t. coo.ld.r.4 at this .raol.l P.rl"d- B. oa, more r.al .tateemanehlp, « »•«" 01 to. most important o..4s of this ooantry. and gr.ut- „ eneoutlve ability to handle the big international problems that .111 .ns. •* the .lose of «*• *“• than all the oth.r proposed oandld.t.e pat together. HI, energy , o.p.olty and rest enp.rlwo. 1» 1“«* affairs of state and nation for many years, tog.th.r wlth his great patriotism and his Intense Amerlcan- ism, and his great knowledge m all line, of ham., endeator ..he hi. deoldedly the most striking figure in American life. yours very truly, /0$~ r . jot* B. Jacksonville , »ia. Lear Sir: Your /favor of been received/ ana he ^greatly please? t Diamond Disc Phonograph 1 He thinks. you will beQAte; 84 < Hr. Edison haB Mt your Satisfaction, jsihaen- putting in a gooVffi in improving the manu- *.,vr.uring technique of the records, add he helievea you will m Vl'io a i- re at improvement in later numbers. An to your idea of utilising the phonograph for mak¬ ing tour trade announcements, he wishes me to state for your formation that the manufacture of the Diamond Disc record. * ^ter of very great d.Ucsoy. involving factory process¬ es that have taken years to perfect, and it -is only by the - ,t «. «».* «• *“l «“* “* Hon 0, the human voice is accomplished. It would be practically possible to carry out your - natural reproduction of the human „lc. ,1th ™ o{ » mak. the griddle” so to speak. It wo a„y attempt to accomplish * ^ Edl80n Dloto,lD6 „ 1 zz - - ** , , r,, .. ba the regular talking machine style of but it would f-a**- do v. .-id woulc not deceive anybody. ”p*oaua «- «•* - — — „ „ ,,o -»««*■ *• «*“ ■1““ “ Yours very truly, Edison Laboratory. 92 May 12th. 1916. Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown, Pa. Attention of Mr. Whittaker. Gentlemen I sent you the following telegram yesterday: "Eeferrlng my letter April 27th to your Mr. Yihittaker, are you will¬ ing I shall take crude Naphthaline on royalty has la of one and quarter oents pound? I have request for quo¬ tation from Johnstown local eonoom", I have had no reply from you as yet, and write now to confirm this telegram. The inquiry for the crude Naphthaline comes to me from the Union Chemical & Refin- * ing Company, Johnstown, Pa,, and I cannot quote them until I receive your answer. Yours very truly, v^cmoj Ct . fr- n’hs J. H. Day Company, Harrison Ave. & ®treet’ Cincinnati, Ohio. Gentlemen : "Sour favor of the 9th instant hao been received, and I thank you for your prompt reply. It seems that 1 did not get a proper understanding of Ur. Edison's retirements .hen I .rote you before. He .ants a regular paint mill for grinding the carter tlack into a thin ™ ***• *1“n eays he is a little afraid of stone grinding sur¬ faces and for his particular purpose .ould "ft 1U» to have metallic grinding suf faces. Have .you any such mill to offer? v0urs very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. May 11' th. 1916 , Guy Emerson, Seorev-r^, Roosevelt Non-Parti Ren -A -at 12 Vanderbilt avenue, iievf York City. Dear Mr. Emerson: I am in receipt of your favor of the 11th instant asking my consent to add my name to the list of the members of your Advisory Bo„d, “» 1 “ you should do so. Yours very truly^. I havG been woxOri the night b, for nearly throe week’8 mail until yesterday replying to your favor of ; ever, it will be in time i'.. uj «r.y s-.-.i night, and through weeks. X did not see my lab t hence .he la.h e$ promptness in -.o sixth instant. I trust, how- • your purppse. In addition to the inventions and discoveries men¬ tioned in your letter, let me suggest the following: the Diesel and Turbine engines ; obtaining nitrogen from the air by electric processes; the nitrifying of bacteria on the legumes, giving- nitrogen to the soil. Surgical transplantation of large narts of the living body, which continue t.o function.' The discovery that the heart* of small aniraals oar. perform their ^-•“ctionB ana can’ continue to beat for months after being de- : f-om the hod v when placed in the proper environment. ootric production of acetylene, oyenarnide, chlorate?. •* nd » *-he- obento s'1 •' *<•>. o invention and introduction -of un»0- n.' m achinerv for manufacturing bottles with great rapidity from the raw materials to the complete bottle. High '-uGod tool steal alloys doubling the productiveness of all tools jSitvvw'ic dvlves on individual machines in manu- •faotuV'J' eithhJlBhaent*. The development of anti-toxins for the cose 4’ typhoid, syphilis and other diseases. ,f the above •. ill be of some service to you : with* kin-’/'re.tardc, I remain. jov:. Va- l; , ^ r. Edmund D. ^®6e^a’ Hawthorne St., OTood^ve.dandei R> x< ,„ar Dr. Chese'bro : delay tn acfc- 3 4 m vindly excuse th% +ie28th ult- imo . X wanted to snow campaigns.^ |enoheB • I am ss s^vs.-r-sa. ln. afraid he will ^ correspondence. *°ek> *at H.TBO vis*108 rae , , « win try the 4+ will not. *?u 111 * v& ^ Klr »■* »«•*• M„s «u. WSS3S" A/7 MUeuJ Company, Limited, co .Madison Avenue, Hew York City Gentlemen ; attention of »r T.lmvt. 01 ^ **' ■»•' eommunice tel to .. the pur„„t tie . r””™Sl°“ "“h ” “ °V,t th« telephone In „g„a t„ he , - ,e» Poluol. „ appears that the, are no. produo. “* "0OaTOH * 1"*“ ’>““«*» « -1»1 than the U0 eai. lone necessary to flu ,our contract „lth ^ ^ Company , and you d.eire t0 ascertain aetier J0„ shall to me a. the earn. prlc. the h.leo gallon. »Meh , recently let ••on have from y0h„ate.« Plan, at ,1.1s per gallon, to „.M. pen to Peep year contract delir.ry to the Hercules Ponder com¬ pany.' or .hether you .h.uld sell the ere... lol.ol produce! at l.oodward and put the proceed, into our Joint account. 1 thank you for calling attention to this matter and ,o.ld say that I think I .ould prefer to hay. you to •a C.1SG gallons at ,1.1s p,t gallon. ,hich oan he taken out of the exc.ee production as it 1, „ad. at thotondtumd Plan. Mr. John Bacon, ,Jr ,, f. Edison Benzol Plant, Johnstown, Pa> Dear Sir: We have been in negotiation-with the Union Chemical and, Refining Company in regard to our orude Naphthaline. They wantAus to quote a price, and we had tb first make some pre¬ liminary arrangements with the Cambria Steel Company, a„ orude .Naphthaline was not specifically mentioned in our contract. We have now arrived at a definite understanding wife, the Cambria Steel Company, and have made a quotation of price to the Union Chemical and Refining Company* We telegraphed them today.- I think that they will undoubtedly take our crude Naphthaline, so please be prepared to let them take it away. I have not yet received their definite order for it, but shall telegraph you the moment I do receive it. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. f Edison Benzol Plant, Johns town. Pa. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your favor of the l!..th instant, and am glad to learn that you will have a shipment of refined Solvent Naphtha ready in two or throe days. Please ship this to the Bayway Chemical Company, as usual. Kindly ex¬ ouse me for reminding you once more that thiB Solvent Naphtha should be free of water. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. P.S. I have requested to send you the our Purchasing Department ten drums of Caustic Soda. 12a May 16th. 1916. Miss nliee Daniels, 1607 V.'ilton Street, Denver, Colo. Dear Madam: Replying to your favor of the 11th instant. we beg to say that Mr. James B. Adams was formerly employed by us. but we dispensed with his services on March 18th. and we do not know hie present address . Yours very truly , Edison Laboratory. 128 ■f Merck & Company, 46 Park Place, Haw York City. Gentlemen : Referring to your favor of the 8th instant, we have requested our plant to send to you samples of our Sodium Sulphite and Sodium Acetate. We shall be glad to have you advise us whether you are interested in these after you have reoeived and examined the samples. In regard to Iron by Hydrogen, we would say that we manufacture large quantities for our storage batteries, and for the last three or four months have been making an excess, which has been sold to several chemical manufactur¬ ers and jobbers* It is a higher grade than U.S.P., but has a trace of Sulphur, which comes from our using sulphates in its manufacture. Wo do not care to use ohlorides, as it would necessitate altering our present apparatus, and we could not produce, it as cheaply as we now do from sulphates. You have already had a sample of this Iron by Hydrogen, and you turned it down on account of the Sulphur. Yours very truly, Edison Laboratory. ,30 | oh Dear Mr. MvW- the 16th inetant, .<* M. «*.» «P *»• "Mle “ r rt on .« «y~“» * « b“iui“6’ „t • *• *»“ia -* “ **■ that he was looking for, ’ ^ life> j think that terosted in continuing the tea ^ machlnes that *ere what he was hoping for «■ one made at Uenlo Park. very much for yr. Edison nvisheB - * * the opportunity «hich you have trouWe ahout it. «s- — Yours very truly. Assistant Mr. Edison. May lbth. 1916 Milo, .'.lice Verlefc, C.3V Madison Avenue, ;iaw York City. My aeor Mile. Verlet: 1 have shown to Mr. Edison your favor of the 13th instant and also the newspaper clipping. There are a lot of mistakes that were made in the preparation of tbla newspaper article ana »• Bdi.cn “ '".ci.llp “«r» that year .... - »«* ■* *“ 1“t‘ “ ’1",“ ” “ .upr.sa to pen bl. sincere regret far tb. o.l.alo. of p.«r He would net bare bad It happen "for a great deal. I an ioo polite to tell lou wbat be thlnbs of v„. »» .be la responsible for tbi. blunder, but I can tell " that ». jSdi.on 1. lare.tlg.tlng and I .P » *“ go bard wltb tb. nan who baa nade these awful nlstabea. v.ith kindest regards, 1 remain, Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. May 17th. 191$: Mr- John Acton, 118 John Street, Brooklyn, Mr. Edison is looking for the old atandard Bogardus paint mill, and the director¬ ies that we have do not give the name "1~ . notice, however , in ono °r tU“ old company. tred. directories th.t So«r «»“• u '1T“ “ a manufacturer of Bogardes steel roller .ills. I write, therefore, te eel the *»•«“ “ ^ Sdi.ee whether these ere fee Bogarde. pei.t.lU • wishes t. grind esrhon hl.oh into a thiah llq.ld and deeirea to hare the hl«o* ground or- ceedingly fine. V,- HI you kindly lei me hear from y at your earliest convenience. ■jours very truly , Assistant to Ur. Edison. may 16 th.. 6nd a ah the pr letter. «»« i8 He device 8» thet ejeoe ,,,!«« eod record. the «« « Youxe very truly. ,„»»* to »*. »“«• ntlirv Of ^'ne V I .Mi1 ’» 6’* ' „ t„ tt. «*“* °f : .!«• «-*» „OTl«rt. P«»“- f" ,.«» “rfw* ®' ' . namely1 , 18th. 1916 175 Irf May 18 th . 1916. - % *»*. ' Uoodwara, *..*&• ~ °:t:: « - - « - - -7 r;w — ‘ Mlso» to a.t aent under their dohnstown Plant. **• "« 4o" aave that quantity o . nW tbey want to repay for Mitsui & 0--;8-O;7;:;°ly want to repay hi, this toluol this 5.180 gallons to Mr. 8T)are<Land still fill *heir °°n- from the Woodward Plant ae i£ oan . Mitsui & Com- «.* - ~ “ T‘"rr:.r:w — - — - — ■ : ::: - - — - *“ * *- ana still have suffioi next shipfflent day. car for the Hercules Powder ^ aot only on ~ you will, there or . ^ that you can send to tions from Mitsui ft Company « ^ &>ieo gallons- Pie-- not Mr. Edison at any time on acoo ^ ^ ^ Eercule8 co. tabs any chance of running *»* ^ ^ Edi8on tbi8 arrange- when you ship any contents, and ship to Thomas a* " make a shiPmen''* and always notify me when y°^ vory truly ' ’ :rprr*~- '<?{i 178 r/ / ? May 18th . 1916. Dear Mr. Yieioher; Your favor of the 16th instant he.Bbeenjho^n^to me by Mr. Meadow croft, and I criticism of the Car- greasy surprised to have you offer any ^c“mthe 26th iSjSof s then sent you was "very satisfactory". i-»* 0«,SS^*Sto'1»S?;? stand how there could possibly lith exceeding great She Phenol that we Bend you J8a£a only the very choice of the (•are. It is double distiliec ana i furnishing distillation is f0^^a®S°HavyUwithii considerable quantity a»rofS»S°?SS! 5.'i4tt* »» •!«>» «“ “"s “ Uavy Inspectors . As to the price, let me say tha^I '°U a higher price than I i have arrangements , such as we larger auantities. and with whom 1 nave o Doubtless you mad!! for a supply throughout the present ^year^u ^ pbenol> will remember that when Q0 and upwards from other customers, I was getting as much as $1. 00 and 0^ate price as I was look- 2J kSd ^VSitUrcf iASfinlss wPith you after the cessation of the war. Yours very truly, May 16th. Mr. Giles, Smith, isnle till secretary, Tacoma Commercial Club end Chamber of Commerce, 'j‘UOM» , V. ;v-;hi ngton . Dear Mr. Smith: I have received your favor of the Qth instant, together with a copy of the Tacoma book. In the present state of the art I do not think it would be practical to make a phonograph that would be capable of doing acceptable work in making the announcements for so large a structure as the Stadium at Tacoma. I would not go so far as to say that it is impossible to produce such an instrument, but it would take a great \ieal of time and experiment, and probably would be a very coBtly affair. In any event, I am simply overwhelmed with work at this time and could not possibly undertake, to experiment upon it just now. Yours very truly, May 16th. 1916. jfcx 20th. 1916. Sometime ago we had a little correspondence with a gentleman of your staff, who hskea Mr. Edison if he could fur¬ nish the Institution with one of the larger type of tin foil phonographs that were made shortly after the invention of that instrument hy Mr. Edison. The correspondence is filed away, hut unfortunately we do not recall the name of the gentleman to whom we wrote. •i'his gentleman tola Mr. Edison in his letter that the collection in the Smithsonian Institution was deficient in that it did not include the example of the type of phonograph to, and Mr. Edison said that he would try to get one and was successful wouia presont it to the Institution. If this instrument id still desired, to make the collec- tion complete, ere read* to *»ieh it « »™ send foil direotloa. for the forrertine of the eame. KiadlJ *«■>» these instructions to me. ¥ours very truly, Assistant to Mr, Edison. 210 20th. 1916. COhSTDBIlglAL Ur. John G. Hibhen, Princeton University, Princeton, h. J. My dear Sir: Keplying to your esteemed favor of the 17th instant, let me say that my doubt as to the Bazaar was founded upon a private report I received which showed that the original pro¬ moters of the Bazaar had a rather shady past. I had them investigated. I shal] help out by purchasing tickets for a number of my men. With kind regards, I remain, yours very truly, Mr. William Maegerlein, 2701 Archer Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir: X Deg to thank you for your favor of the fifth instant and also for the samples of prepared skin. I shall he very glad to have these tested for my diaphragms and other uses I Bhall communicate with you furthe on the matter if I find they can he used to advantage . jry truly. May 16th. 1916 Mr. Bhilip J. Boosevelt, Editor, American Defense, 303 Fifth Avenue, Hew York City. Dear Mr. Boosevelt: I have been working day and night the last three week6, and have just seen your favor of the 11th instant. I shall have to ask you to excuse me from complying with your request for a statement to be published in the current issue of American Defense . X am so busy on some speoial investiga¬ tions I am making that I only get four or five hours sleep a day, - some days not even that, - and I really cannot find time for anything else just now . Yours very truly', 22z May 16th . 1916 542 Fifth Avenue, Ilew ICork City. Bear Major Seaman: I have le.n totting do, «“> nl8M “* 1“t ” ...he, hence there has h.eh d.l.J "» **11- W” favor of th. Uth in.t.nt ha. J«et core to W A„ overwhelming numher of re.iu.eteto eerv. oa committeea , eh... — - - - 1 " he exettBed. The aOT.«ra»oe of n, «a«e In °° « -*« « • — ° rrTai oo.,u.d . mll which adds ao «noh to W Man that al mail, wnicn therefore, to avoid it wherever it ia possible. I« ash to he excused in this case . Dr. Hugo Schweitzer, 117 HudBon Street, Hew York City. Dear Dr. Schweitzer: Allow me to thank you for the pamphlet on Aspirin which you sent to me in care of Mr. Meadoworoft. It seems to me that what you should do is o co - - *«• — I *»“ til" “ lt, »r la¬ th. BWrtMU—*- “ ’ Yours very truly. Way 20th. 1916 Hon. Dun V. StephenB, Houbo of Hepresentatives U. s Washington, D. C. ‘ sty a ear Mr. Stephens: I have received your favor of the 17th instant, together with copy of the Stephens Bill on the subject of price maintenance. i-or some weeks past I have been working about - 140 hours a week on some special experiments that are of vital importance to my business. I am not yet finished, nor do I expect to be for some weeks to come, and it will be impossible for mo to get away to appear before the Committee. I regret my inability to find time to help you in this part¬ icular case. yours very truly, 231 ma 22rd= ISIS- Deaf Sir; I have been in correspondence with Dr. W. Kneoht of 47 i»9 b^ftcTuSVi^ snch process if I cab feel assured that he is a man of good reputa¬ tion. ~Tn our correspondence he has stated that he is a Chemical Sxurineer of the federal jolyteotoioal School of Zurich end f_ the university of Zurich SealsoStates^nt he ne*r tion of first chemiBt with the Usines au ^n wlth the French ,^V?L''£*££.<,SS£ Vlld' ?» <* «•»- nical Manager . H. Bi„. .. “?rSSJ°“aC0”Si6. li£ ■ and I am, therefore, T|n^^?lon ana formulae of the chemical pro¬ price he asks for the desoripti^ and ^ & made to his cess above referred to is |EOO.OO l aamely £41-16-0. on Dondon City Sf tf *»-* «*■* ““ has been forwarded to you. If Dr. meant “ -"“J .“l-SiS’tnins^i JSSli'.Sk’j.o' *»* sans; s.: ■sa s 'sfcsi tsssv# SK.V.k * “m S»«y «»»■« lt t0 3*5 ££■&’ ;o-.n‘-°, .fix it. tor Siting ,0. . littl. ««» txontlo. >»t th.nk- ing ,on «?&».« «x youx ..nxte.y, I x.»l», . , Yours very truly, P.S. Duplicate of these letters will be sent by a later steamer. 232 Dr. William Enecht, 47 Rue du Righi, Zurloh, Switzerland. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 3rd instant to Ur. Meadoworoft has been shown to me by him. X thank you for your attention, and will accept your offer to furnish to me for the sum of £300. 00 your good process of making Paraphenylenediamine, as mentioned in your letter. In order to save time, I have procured a draft for the equivalent of $200.00, payable to your order, Buch draft being in the form of a check of the Union National Bank of .Newark, N. J., drawn on the London City and Midland Bank Ltd., London, England, and have sent it to the American Consul General at Zurich, aBking him to exchange the draft with you for the description of your process, which you pleaBe deliver to him in a sealed envelope for transmission to me. You have given as reference the American Consul General, and I have taken you at your word and have made some inquiries in regard to yourself, as you are a stranger to me at this moment. If he sends me a satisfactory reply, - as X have no doubt he will, I Bhall be glad to conduct further business relations direct with you. lours very truly, P.S. Duplicate of these letters will be sent by later steamer. 242 /V/ May 23rd. 1916. Henry Freund & Bro . . 65 IiaBBau Street, Hew York City. 3entlemen : Your furor of the 19th instant quoting price on the timing instrument has been received and submitted to Ur. Edison. He wishes' to thank you for your prompt response and desires me to say he may need one of these instruments later on. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. L. 1916. lilies Cora Elsie Kinzie, Ihe Miller-Walle School of Spoedh Heading for the leaf and Hard of Hearing, 71 $stey Hall, 17th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. hear Uadam-. I have reoeived you r favor of the 16th instant, and to tell you the truth I have never given any serious thought to the subject of c-poooh reading so far as I am per¬ sonally concerned' Ehere is little doubt that it is help¬ ful. generally speaking, to he able to understand conversa¬ tion through the eye. Personally, however, I would not he able tp spare the time for training in thie direction. X am already working from eighteen to twenty hours a day on mat -ere require my close attention, and it would be simply impossible for me to spare the time to take a course of training, suoh as you suggest. lours very truly, ir. S. C. Pratt, Chief of Burecm, Dapartnie.il!. ':t Commerce , (Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, D. C. I have received your favor of the 16th instant, and in reply would say Chat I can only give you the result •if my own efforts in regard to the establishment of new lb tries in the United States i the result of the Europet I have erected two Benzol and (Toluol absorbing plants, also three chemical works, two of which are for manufacturing Carbolic Acid, and the other for manufacturing Aniline Oil, Aniline Salt, Acetanllid, Acetate of Soda and Paraphenylenediamine . (These plants are all in successful operation at the present time. I have erected and operated them, to help out various industries, and I expect that these plants will be aB dead as Adam when the War is over. Yours very truly. Mr. Eugene II. Poes, B> F. Sturtevant Company, 34 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. In acknowledging receipt of your favo: of' the 20th instant, let me thank you for your courtesy in sending me a copy of "Bussian Prohibi¬ tion" by Mr. Ernest Gordon. This is very inte ing reading, and I am much obliged to you for ing me the copy of it. Mours very truly, 279 J / Hay 22nd. 1916. A. B. Kennelly, Direotor, Ke8eamssac^e?t4 Institute of Technology. Boston, Maes. dear Eennelly : X have received your favor of the 18th instant, t rtlB0 che manuscript of the paper hy you and Ur. 0. B. rurig on tractive resistances to a motor delivery wagon different roads and at different speeds. This is a very paper . »1 »««« of * 10t of 800,1 '"“l' „ glad to have the opportune, of lootlne ft ovor, a you for “ a4’,‘“s °f tuKU°'“' With kind regards, X remain. Mr. {. A. hOCkWOOd, 10 Church Court, Springfield, Vt. Pear Sir: ' 1 am In receipt of j’cur favor of the 20th instant, a, if feel greatly obliged that you have written to m to ash about our cylinder recordB. There- iB absolutely not a word of truth in the rumor that we intend to discontinue the manufacture of the blue amberol recordB. On the contrary, we are pushing them harder than ever, Vi,,d to that end. we are constantly improving the quality of our product and striving to make of it the very best. Some of the agents of our competitors are very un¬ scrupulous and industriously circulate false rumors in order to try and divert business their way. X think you will find that our product in the cylinder records is constantly improving# 292 May 27th. 1916. ■1ST. Edward 1. Hunt, Forest Hills Gardens, long Island, H. Y. Bear Mr . Hunt : I wish to confirm our telephone conversation this morning, and to repeat to you that Mr. Edison sayB that he does not witai ~.o he dragged into politics in any way, shape or manner, and, therefore, he cannot take any action in the matter referred to in the papers submitted by you. He declines to pass any opinion on the subject. Many requests have been made to Mr. Edison to express opinions or to take some active interest in the campaign, but he has absolutely declined in all cases to be dragged into politics in any way. I think it best to return all your papers, and enclose them herewith. Ho one but Mr. Edison and I have seen them, and I am going to return them to you by registered mail for safety sake. Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. Enclosures . 295 t/ May 26th. 1916. . Vino out is. i’urnas, 522 Fifth S treat, jfoi’.invilla, Ky. years , anyone have be , Y';lr :rii-Vt;r the 17th instant with description ®.®®? f,BJ,r”d t0 tir- Edison. He wishes us hl * -h?a iasa is vory ola. and has been 3“.D*: - ^ act number of people in the last thirty ,Tt.^ one of those ideas that is self-evident to with tag phonograph business, and there e'everuj. patents taken out in England and Germany 3 -ruot. ons o.t devices to permit its utilization. ? s-^Rtrumcrit has ISC threads to the inch, and, thcre- wonia play 7 1/2 minutes. There would ......I •.;n,.ty in making as instrument with 200 or even jacls, but most mus.h.ssj selections dbe such that a •on disc is (satisfactory. We return your description and drewing herewith. Tours very truly, Edison laboratory. /•' Enclosures. 309 May 39th. 1916. Ur. Abraham Caban, Editor, Jewish naily Forward, Forward Building, Hew York City. Gear Sir: Your favor of the 36th instant to Mr. Edison has been reoeived and submitted to him. He requests me to say that he will see you any day at the Laboratory. I would suggest that you oall me up in advance of your coming, and then X shall be able to tell you if he will surely be here. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Mr. JP. S. ford, lijisoatine , Iowa . Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your very interest¬ ing favor of the 22nd instant, and wish to thank you for having written me so fully and frankly. Ihere are a great many people, who, same aB yourself, liko the cylinder machine and rooords best. It is certainly a justification cf your view of the matter to he able to say that we are doing a large business in amberola machines and amborol records, notwithstanding the disc. I take pleasure in sending you herewith our latest catalogue of amberola machines and records. u . . — -y Youxb very truly. Enclosures. 314 sot May 39th.. 1916. Mr. Alan R. Hawley, President, Aero Olub of America, 397 Madison Avenue, New York Oity. Dear Sir: Mr. Edison received your favor of the a5th instant, and also the copy of the special edition of the New York World which was delivered to MWU w » »“ me to express his thanks to you. He would like to have you send to me, ,„t » °* *“ *“•* M1' „o» of World! **>» “ "1*“° “ serve for his personal files. lours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. 325 St. Louis, Mo. Dear Ur. Meubauer; l am in r.oBip* ot your faTOr of «* «. «W* «»* h‘v' mlMe” “ ““ „,a tr.aU l» *«**> « _ ,111 M««l» »*• » »10“ ““U“tl „ „ „oo*a or — • *** «*" *“ *“» •“** „ «« » «»• «•<* l“ tt* ima*’ ’ ‘ to the dealer from whom you bought the “ it exchanged for a good one. Vie mahe *00 , anv xeo0rds exchanged for this particular any charge. satis- ,. ™* all •" " “ yours very truly. 336 Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Pres., Columbia University in the City of Hew York, Hew York City. Dear Dr, Butler: Replying to your esteemed favor of the 33nd Instant, let me say that I take pleasure in aocepting the Invitation to become a member of the Honorary Committee of Americans to aid in the restoration of the University of Louvain on the termination of the European War . With kind regards, I remain, Your 8 very truly. 337 May 39th. I'll Dr. John G. Hih'oen, President, Prinoeton University, Princeton, IT. J. My dear Dr. Hibhens I have reoeived your favor of the 36th in¬ stant, in regard to the Allies Bazaar, and would say that since I last wrote you I have written to Mr. C.A. Coffin that I to uld donate a phonograph, and that I have made arrangements to have attendants at the Bazaar from start to finish to give recitals frequently. I am willing to donate a Dictating Machine also, and. have asked Mr. Nelson 0. Durand, the Manager of our Dictating Machine Department to get into oom- munication with you and to arrange the necessary de¬ tails. With kind regards, I remain. Yours sincerely, 339 Gentlemen! . ._d me your favor of the 15tb U: •■*«* *”“* tM PM»Ol 1. »0®4 » - •«-* *tot — “-”4 “ 1* »w — •<* “ °°1‘ 91 190t„ tMt ««. !■ *“ •Ue’“" ««• 1 *•*'*• 01 °T”; „ »«*«»•«“ ... ** -» o°® ; «* 1111 °” M *• "*» °“° 10B PM»ol no- «• .voo'J. a-9*”1 “ ” under «» *«*14 ^ - «*• “iMi ”*“z» ««• « “*• — * iu,r * 1 •“ ^ rzxz ^ » — > * -*1 dirt ii. 0iv« -1 w0 to Japan, ,0 on pure Phenol W «» I0^ ,•„. ...» *“» * ’ Sa„ are «*T rigid. w -the Government. loure very truly , 340 May 51. 1916. Mrs. Marion E. Oeser. Postlagernd, Neuenburg. Baden. Germany. Bear Mrs. Oeeer: Received your wireless meeaage and showed it to Mr. Edison. Glad you are improving from your illness. dia not understand what you meant by the words -don't forget", unless it meant your remittances had. failed to reach you. I took the matter up with the bank, and they say they have been advised that January and February payments reached Ereiburg, hut have not heard of the receipt of March. They are tracing it. On May 27th- our hank transferred to you April and May. I hope these will reach you safelyand find you quite well again, ***■ r J 3 . father iB well and busy as v Yours very truly. Secretary. 357 June 1st. 1916. ! spany i ‘'iorkOity, Gent lams n : Referring to j Ur. Stein, this morning Chemical Company were <> quality of our produce, phonea the Chief angina vestigate this j •.j^vsrss^Srfsr USLSLr o-p tbs Plant end asked him to in- nmciiataiy . ion with the I Works, and II extent in a v rrom our works must have right when they . . - lnt “Ul 14 lift ironin A i »'i tal I? & f ' * rpneral SuTJsrintenderit of tne 1 rn regard to quality, the Getori . .f the 2 «5i« "tS 5»k : ; yours very truly, t ..irlnteudent ;hicf '.'ngineer, •e now shipping Assistant, to 367 Tariff Commission League 133S First National Bank Chicago, in. Building, Attention H. H gross Dear Sir: - - Referring to yo„ favor t6. ^ •tot, let ,.y that X believe i. nniver.al oompuleory Milton elation for every yoeng above eighteen year, of ege. The flr.t period to be for elx „o»th. ana thereafter one .oath for eaoh year for six years. I would not oomplioate this with any or schooling as suggested by you. Yours very truly. l rewards Mr. H. B. Brougham, % Public ledger. Independence Square, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Mr. Brougham: In reply to your favor of the 30th ultimo, let me say that any good motion picture camera taking forty pictures per second couia no used, and the right picture from the many ex¬ posures could he selected and enlarged for the purpose you mention. iours very truly, ^ Juno 1st. 1916. June 2nd. 1916. ttr. W. Herman Greul, Secretary, CO’mmittee of Ten, 52 Broadway, Bew York City. Pear Sir; Your favor of the 29th ultimo, and alBO your tiiegr'cuj! came to hand. _A.s requested by you I sent a to-le grain to the Seoretary of War. it was a pretty strong one, perhaps too strong-, but I am mad olear through to think that a Amerioan should be bo ignorant as to be oohnected, directly or indirectly, with such an astounding proposal. The greatest corse that a workman haB to contend «vi fch 1b an inefficiently managed ahop^ and yet workmen oan- t ot see it. - ^ - - Youre very truly. 151 ' 4 'Massachusetts institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. My dear Kennelly: Your kind note of the 27th ultimo is much ap¬ preciated, a^well as the invitation to attend the open¬ ing ceremony and banquet of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on June 13th and 14th. For some weeks past I have been extremely busy day and night on some very important investigations that are of vital interest to my business. I am right in toe midst of the work, and it is out of the question for me to be away from the laboratory just now. I would like to attend the affair, but am obliged to deny myself the privilege and pleasure. _ With kind regards, I remain,^ Yours very-truly. June 2nd. 1916 # 637 raison Avenue New York city. ^ Jeer Mademoiselle: 18thnuft^®^eforeUthis ' °“r’ °'n “• MooMaVJwSsoiSntS""* on «... eJtl&J10”® • .iuof;1sir.?s.-.r;i.v; !‘L«SC°? *to* »« ■“>»•• - wl<Ufc cvx^iBte . ^ixh. klu^sst TflffnxAn , S"4*’ “a M1 «“« «®.0, I ronam. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. ') Hon. B. K. Tillman, H. S. Senate, Washington, p. c. My dear Hr. Tillman: Committee in Laboratory. 3 somewhat disappointed at the action of the House Naval 3t suggesting a little more money for the ilpe Omental The plans were jade for a works which, when completed and fally equipped, would o«?st five millions of dollars, but the mLiSum construction would boat not less them one and a half millions it to LvS?nire at *** f million after completionoftheiiniLn to lay in a Bupply of materials and start operating. „ Jor quick action, it is necessary to have a considerable stock of supplies of every kind in order that there shall be no de~ lay when the Naval authorities want results quickly, especially if WOri 24 hoursdaily with three shml ofmen, making it possible to accomplish in thirty days what would eanorAn v require three months with one shift of men. in fact with the tool a praposed and -the supplies I believe it couid be SJ to fifteen As to the amount of work to be done and the extension of buildings and machinery to the full extent of the plans and the further sums of money required, all this will, of course, depend upon the de¬ mands made by the Naval authorities. the United States of America desires that its fivhtine machinery be kept up to date and not excelled or even approached bf nation, so as to get machinery that his been tho?- 8 tandardized and so that duplicates can be obtained at low CostB from oompetative manufacturing establishments, then the 18 0n}y P°ssibl-° way this object oln be attained, but whatever you do, vote at least two million. If this is impossible it would be better to dropjli^th-in^-srtpg ether. Tours very truly. 418 jttno 6th. 1916. me. Elsa Gregori, 14.82 Bnoadway, Kew York t>ity. Dear utae . Ciregori: t received your favor of the first Instant, and have replyl»6 to ear. »tll the trim r.oord. of Sls«or Galileo dasparrl next reo.lred an. eho.n to Hr. I find that a report haB been eent to Hr. Hi H. or, the nan^or of our Eeooralos Bepertoent i» »»" *”* Cltr’ “4 undoubtedly he hae oe-unloat.d v.ith you In the ratter. Yours very truly. Assist® t to Mr. Edison. 442 June 6th. 1916. Miss J. e. Hoey, $ She Cairo, Washington, D. C. Sear Madam; Your favor of the 30th ultimo has been reooived and I beg to assure you that 1 am always ready to consider suggest¬ ions. from our friends, and they are always accepted in the spirit in which they are offered. I very much appreciate your kind interest in the Diamond Diso Phonograph. Set me Bay in regard to an automatic winder that we must get power from some source to wind up the mechanism of the instrument , end Just now we are trying out an electrical motor for that purpose. There are many more difficulties about this than you think, but we are keeping at it,, and trust that . we may finally get good results. A3 to the scratching sound on some of the records, let me say that we have recently made a change in the material used in, their manufacture, and 1 think you will find that the records which will come out in the Pall of this year will be far better in that respect than those previously made. Yours veryjtrulyT 44a June S-'sh. 1916, The Hayden Chemical Works. 136 William Street, Hew York City. Gentlemen : 1 regret to learn from your favor of the 31st ult¬ imo that there have been any leaking cans forwarded to .you, from my Phenol Plant. I requested the chief Engineer- to investigate this matter, and he communicated with your faotory. It seems that thore has been a few cans that have leaked, but they were all right when they stood on our floor. I have rather come to the conclusion that the trouble has been that the Phenol was delivered to your truck drivers be¬ fore it had properly crystallized, and perhaps there may have been a little rough handling, which started the seams- in the cans, However, I have given instructions to the faotory to hold the material until it has solidified, and have also asked cur people to give special attention to inspecting eaoh can. Trusting that you will have no further inconvenienoe in this r aspect, I remain, Yours very truly, 462 ‘ ™°?e *• Randolph, Sec'y., Now Brunswick, U. j. Bear Sir; I have received your favor of the 1st instant, for which please accept my thanks. Allow me to express my appreciation of the compliment that haa teeu pai4 me in electing me an honorary member of the Old Time Telegraphers Association of New Brunswiok. I take pleasure in signifying my acceptance and beg you will extend my expressions of thanks and appreciation to your association. Yours very truly. 470 Mr. D. H. Opayke, $ Woodward Iron Company, Woodward, Ala. I reoeived your favor of the 1st instant and would have replied sooner, but unfortunately was unable to do so because I was waiting to hear from the Benzol whioh MitBUi & Company turned over to us in drums, for whioh we are to let them have 10,000 gallons pure Benzol from the woodward Plant. £ suppose you are perhaps wondering how it happened. The fact is, Mitsui & Company bought some Benzol from another oonoem, and had it sold, but the customer went baok on them,, and railroad demurrage was eating them up. They asked Mr. EdiBon if he would accept the lot, which is about 10,000 gallons and let them (Mitsui & Company) take in exohange 10,000 gallons from the Woodward Plant. The Benzol in drums only Just oame in to our place at Silver lake. It iB all right, therefore, for you to let Mitsui i company have 10,000 gallons, and then you will oontinue ship- I have telegraphed asking you to ship a oarload of Solvent naphtha to Bayway Chemical Company, Bayway, M. J., and eo have it free from water. I hope that you have been able to make an early shipment of this. Assistant to Mr. Edison. 486 Mr. Mark Workman, President, Dominion Iron & Steel Company, Montreal, Canada. Dear Mr. workman: I am sorry for the delay in the matter of the con¬ tract. I wrote jou. a note about the cause of it a few days ago. There has-been a little delay on both sides, but the spirit of the agreement is being carried out by shipments and payments for Benzol from your plant. It remains, therefore, only to settle upon the terms of the contract. The agreement that your Company submitted was not quite in accordance with the arrangement covered by the under¬ standing between. Mr . Plummer and myself. That understanding was to the effect that I should take 20,000 gallons of Benzol a month from February to Deoember, 1916 at 26 4 per gallon and an additional 6,000 gallons for the same period at 59^ per gal¬ lon. This did not disturb the option contract for the remainder of the three years. I have, therefore, had the contract re-drawn by my legal Department and enolose two copies herewith, together with the agreement submitted by your Company. If .agreeable, therefore, will you please sign this ««•/ agreement in duplicate and send it to me, and I will return one oopy to you duly exeouted by myself. Yours very truly, Enclosures . Juno 9th. 1916. 1'he Hayden Chemical Works, 136 William Street, Ifew York City. Attention of Mr. G. Simon Gentlemen: I received your favor of the sixth instant refer¬ ring further to your complaint about Carbolic Acid ariving at your factory in some oases with leaky oans. This matter has (.disturbed me quite a little, and I had the matter thor- ougKly investigated. After a good deal of investigation we traced the trouble baok to the manufacturers of the Bheet iron oans. It appears that the manufacturers had recently commenced to make these oans entirely by machinery, instead of making them by hand as they formerly did, and we convinced them on experiment that the machine made can was not as good as the hand made can. We explained to them what a lot of trouble it has caused us, and they have agreed now tu furnish us with the hand made cans. These will be coming along now in a few days, and I sincerely hope that you will not experience any further trouble on this account. In the meantime, let me say that I have instructed our Accounting Department to send you a credit for the 46 pounds shortage covered bj your memorandum of the sixth in¬ stant. Yours very truly, 490 Dear Mr . Speirs : KP. Edison wishes to obtain a hook called "Ihe natural method of voice production" by Dr. Ployd S. Mackey. It Is published by Charles Scribner * sons. Will you please get this end send it to me. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. r fS June loth. 1915 Mr. Ben. Hollander, 5* A. Hollander & Bolts, Newark, H. J. My dear Mr. Hollander: I am sending to you under separate cover (by Registered Mai] so that it- will not get lost) a sample of Para Amido Phenol, which is marked "Special", The reason I marked it special is beoause it rep¬ resents the Para Amido phenol that we will manufacture regularly when the new plant is built. This material ought to be very good, for it iB very careful] made, and is very pure and strong. I want to ask you to kindly have a special test made of this sample, apart from everything else and let me 'mow as quickly as you can how you find it. You will be helping yourself as well as Mr. Edison if you have this done right away. He 4b working hard to hurry the erection of the plant, so that you and others may be able to get a supply of this material. 'fours very truly, iistant to Mr. Edison. 500 Juno loth. 1916. Mr. Stanley Baggett, 99 John street, Hew York City. Bear Sir: iot tao say in reply to your favor of the 7tli instant that I cannot reduce the price of the Aniline oil supplied to you under our contract, for the reason that at the time I made the contraot with you my supplies had teen bought at very high prices. Business could not possibly bo conducted on any suoh basis suoh as you suggest in your letter. You were quite well aware that the manufsu taring of .jiiline Oil was a gamble, and you had as good a chance a3 1 had to placo contracts to cover yourself up to the extent of your Yours v rery truly,- 504 Hr. John Bacon, Jr., jc EdiBon Benzol Plant, ' Johnstown, Pa. I sent you the following telegram this morning: "Please get ready for shipment five thousand gallons pure toluol in drums. See arums are clean. Mailing shipping in¬ structions today." Will you please Bhip these 5,000 gallons of pure Toluol to E. I. Du Pont ae Hemours & Company, Barksdale, Wis. Please mark eaoh drum as follows: Order Ho. 250060-A-Beq. 9996 l/2 - HB. Please he very particular to comply w.ith the above “Has! 2 2WSS1 St SJS.SfS*!:™ gallons . yours very truly. 516 June 13th. 1916. Mr. John J. Carty, 16 Bey Street, Hew York City. My dear Mr. Carty: I feel somewhat guilty in having unconsciously mis¬ led you disregard to my participating in the program for to¬ morrow night. For the last seven weeks I have been concentrating practically all «^^aJj^aS22w}°to b^conduotfd immediate- special campaign that was n?£aaddi£ion to this and the care of S « ^^e£ee£SetSiA stalffticnV^hercheSl SLT S directions. planned to leave my time open, &o “ gixed up on STtaS S“JeaJeSonro?the Technology Alumni, and had dis¬ posed of my time otherwise. 1 regret very mwji ]£ S^SSSSeSSoee?4 could you will kindly excuse me jnier tte a few words in the have done, -any way, wouid have heento ®£anoimcedi and j couia telephone. My deafness has grow ^afraid the embarrass- of your undi 9feS;nInf I w^ro^f^you'my congratulations upon Buoh a tremendous achievement. With kind regards and all good wishes, X remain. Yours very truly,- 517 4^2. American Oil & Supply Company, 62 Xafayette Street, Hewark , H. J. I have lata out ana am now installing an. eiaaition to my chemical plant, in which I am going to make Para Amiao Phenol. As far as X can see now, tvs ought to he able to begin aeliveries in five or sir weeks, ana I want to assure you that the quality of the Para Amiao phenol that I will furnish will be equal to the best. _ Yours very tru.l-yf'’”” ^ CX — 518 j vi*'" v June 12th. 1916. Iflne. Jane Arctowska, % polish Victims Belief Fund, 33 'Jest 42nd Street, Hew York City. Dear M&dam: I have received your favor of the fifth instant, and regret to say that I shall not he able to accede to your request, 'i'he fact is, I am withdrawing as much as possible from matters of a public or semi-public nature, as the appear- anoe of my name on any committee brings upon me an avalanche of mail which addB to my already heavy burden. let me say that I shall be glad to send $26.00 to the PoliBh victims Relief Fund if I knew the proper person to whom it should be sent . Yours very truly, June ISth. 1916. 5p. Harrv I. Keefer and Mr. Samuel H. Keefer, 143 north Fifth Street, sunhury. Pa. Dear young friends : I received your favor of the first instant also copy of the May number of the "Sunburian High", as well as the copies of the Sunbury Daily Item. These are all very interesting, and helpful in making history of the first three wire plant, which was the one installed at Sunbury. you have certainly been very persevering, and I congratulate you on the foot that you have done a good piece of work. Concerning your desire to see me, let me say that if you are ever coming down this way, please call in and ask for Hr. Meodoworoft, and he will see to it that, you have an opportunity of meeting me personally. let me suggest, how¬ ever, that you send Mr. Meadowcroft a line two days in advance of your ooming so that he could notify you in case I could not be here. yours very truly, June 13th. 1916. j Hon. B. E. Tillman, U. S . Senate, Washington, D.C. My dear Mar. Tillman: I si end you the enclosed printed matter which will he self-oxplan.-tory. These attempts to prevent efficiency will he a ser? thing for preparedness if they become law. They will l -aper every Government work. One of the greatest curses that a workman has to contend with is an inefficiently managed workshop. It is the efficient shop that makes profit and pays good wages and can afford to do so. There are many operations where, for instance!*, twenty motions are necessary to obtain a certain result. In late years, experts have been studying these motions and by certain changes have reduced them to eight or ten, as the case may be, and with Ibbs fatigue to the workman. Thus, the product is greatly cheapened by discard¬ ing useless motions. This saving increases the earnings and permits givir;. ho v tar wages, whereas the inefficient shop, not being abV- to compete, must reduce wagee. If this country is ever to have efficiency, such bills should in no event be passed. Sours very truly, June 14th. 1916. L b b l;i teui Company, limited, 25 Kadis on venue, ji.iv;' YorkCity, Attention of Mr. Takeki. Iw«t Mr, Takaki: In regard to the two earloads of Benzol contained in drums, which vie recently received from you at our Silver lake Plant, I am sorry to bo obliged to make an unfavorable report. I have just received the following from the Manager of our Plant at Silver lake: "Yesterday we concluded unloading two oars of Benzol in drums shipped us by Mitsui & Company for the use of the Plant here . A number of the drums are partly filled, some are empty, and the majority of them show leakage from long handling. A representative sample of the entire lot was given to Mr. Kammorhoff for test, and it showB that 90# distilled at 2.3, tfhich is a very low grade and lower than we have been accustomed to use for Aniline and impossible for use in Carbolic Acid. "When our storage tanks are in condition to receive the same, I will advise you the cost of handling the Benzol under these conditions, as compared with tank cars, and as accurately as possible an estimated value of this grade of Benzol as compared with, what we used in Aniline". Yon will notice from the above that they unloaded the Arums from the two oars, but they have not yet emptied the drums i.nto our tanks- As soon as this has been done I Bhall give you full report, as I suppose you will want to make claim against tho people who sold you the Benzol. Yours very truly, ti'Vi ■ Assistant to Mr. Edison. June IStli. 1916, 01wl5,IS*; ». ». Bear Sir: I bos t» acknowledge receipt of your favor of the ninth to. tint, and also to thank you for your kind- invitation to witness the automobile races at night on June 17th . I shall hops to hath the ploaaoi. of aoo.ptlag Invitation, one W .If. I *«■ •— « " Yours verytruly, can. 555 K. H. Parsons, 17 Charles Street, Hot York City. Dear c* * a. ~ - - »° "T- «-* jet. Via « t0 „a ««» «“ *» ’ Hanoi, 1» 1W 01 *“ alow ». ana Plains E.n.paa»yla»a.l»l«. . . rrtrrr r--- ~ “ tw -i - — - * this, please lat dyeing furs black. ParapkenyleneOiaaine is used Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. 580 June 16th. 1916. Attention of Mr. Herbert E. Smith. Your favor of the 12th instant asking the present status of our Ifap hthaline cbntrac t has been received. I tad hoped before now to have been able to make a contract for a year, but so far the matter has uo"t 1)6611 "to a suoc©ss£u3. issue* At the present moment we have no oontract for naphthaline Slakes, but I hhve no doubt we shall be able to arrange a contract as soon as we oan \urrlve at 'a definite basis as to quality, the trouble has' been that we have been making It too fast. ®y.B? d0“ st jsh^ss.naiej un k-xsv the market for a uniform white product. I have had a talk with Ur. Mason about this.andhaverequest- M S5S?AS1?i2S»rx S.f «&*»&- spjtss; s- getting . I regret to say that the shipment of naphthaline that was made to the Pacific Coast was off color, and the customer out there re¬ used to reoeive it. She freight one way amounted to °ye7jS00.00 ana, we tod rlas^ !i expect, as the matter has been settled on payment of $516.10, comprised of the following items: Allowande on 06,110 lbs. Haphthaline at U per lb. $361.10 Arbitration fees to Mr. W. £• Cohoe 5< Arbitration fee for the umpire 25. Eor incidental expenses ^BlSTT 1 am willing to stand my half of this, and presume that you will be. willing to stand the other half. Si8 8 Juae 19th. 1916. 78 Baefcman Street — *. ».j:: Yori w *»«»*< «*. •**-. ““*• ™ tss^sjsjsr - - ** ^ haSf^enatoeeend £'*%£ tw° s^Pn*nts, £ 5- ■I0 "» to st“a“* « «u avas s^'"4" £&v&,310 !Sf^lsi5gge3HaS Yours very truly. 606 >•' / Juno M. 1916. Hew York Quinine & Chemioal 7/orks, Ita., 114 T/llliam Street, New York City. u-entlenen: I have received your invoioe aatea June 16, 1916 covering 6300 pounds Aniline oil "Returned" hut am entirely unable to understand why you did not receive ana aooept this shipment, it being a portion of the material contraoted for uy you under dato of Ootober 16, 1916. X have refused to reoeive this tshipmont as the goods we re purchased by and delivered to you under said contract and I have no Interest in them except to reoeive payment therefor at the agreed prioe. fill you please inform me why you are attempting to return this ahiiJment, and greatly oblige. Yours truly, June 21st. 1916. MiSB Helen Beholder, 148 West 111th Street, Hew York City, hear Miss Scholder: X have received your note of the 19th instant, and must apologize for not having re¬ plied to your former letter. The trouble is Ur. Edison is on one of his ana day campaigns on improving the manufacturing technique of the record, and he hoe practically laid aside ell other matters for the time being. It fill, there¬ fore, not be possible just non to got any final decision from him about your making .a record. Yours very truly, successful ' operation -our WJBorpAipn^owers- at, the ,:he Aniline';ana CarDoliii^iantfe aiP **. 3. Sheref or e , all ' out waste -Hauers now pans -into.. thi sewer. Van« ati B^es .through tbe Absorption. sna uothinB ob jectionable'- paces' from the :plant, ^,. Yours'v&Ty' ■truly,- : 620 Mr. S. 1). Aravexils, West Orange, H* J» Dear Sir: Replying to your favor of the 16th in¬ stant, let me say that all the property which we have hero was purchased by us for further ex¬ tensions of our factory, therefore, if we should give away any portion of the property it would disturb our plans for the future. I regret to say, therefore, that I shall not be able to donate to your cause a site for a church. Yours very truly, Juno 20th. 1916. is'mo. Erida ■ Benneche , I f- Hotel Wellington, Hew York" City'. .Desr Madame : I have received your favor of the 17th instant to which I oan only say in reply that there is evidently a mis¬ understanding . 'lie have never issued any records of selections sung '0.7 you. You recorded one selection sometime ago, hut this was i*ct accepted by our Committee , and no replicas were ever made. It is true that in our record catalogue of November, 1916, your name appeared among the "Artists who make records", hilt this was purely e mistake ofi the part of our Advertising iepartmeat, where catalogues are made up. As to the letter from Mr. J. E. McCraken, Manager of the Edison Shop in San Eranoisoo, I oannot offer any explanation at all. He has no Edison records bearing a seleetionof yours, aB we have nevor issued any. It is up to him to offer an explana¬ tion of his letter to you. Personally, I regret that any suoli misunderstanding should have arisen, but as you will see it has been no fault of mine. Yours very truly,, Q-Cet*> 626 June 20th. 1916. •if. A . L. Hiker, Vice President, "'he Locomobile Company of America, Bridgeport, Conn. I).-..- iv Mr. Hiker: In reply to yours of the 16th instant, lot m aay that I have just ordered a Locomobile Limousine, which .1 oxpoct to ubs for a town car. I wanted a touring car having 11" dead clearance. The Simplex people say that they have one, or think they can get ono that answers this spepi-fical Yours very truly, - boat ion. £2« p5 *** Az‘~m Juno S0r4. IS 16. .. j 4-y, our plaint for - - ■**“■• :“! « «"•"**• s“* a‘“°1;.uv,-i« ». «** ®” » «-» « «*« *• 00“ . . ,1 .Hit. ««. r w ,°:rr:;::r :-r:r -- - * - rrr.rc:;: .^?:r 011 * s“ipi\°rrrf°t ”ii ««*. *■» “* “”4 ” fI°” ‘ 8”‘U1 s,-oi,.tl» 1» «t®* “ “elt X ,,ti® this t..t S°“ 'A ; * o£ o.W™. «* - “• *• ’• " “ rt* ... - ...V o win aisouBB the mat oe roi_ ; ,w ^ time present the above named sample Yours very truly-s Che World, Hew York City. Gentlemen: X consider it an honor to contribute my donation to the Statue of liberty Illuminati Itrnd. Every American should rally to the su.pp< of such a patriotic movement, liberty onsbrout in darkneBB every night can never be the iruspij tion she should be. I earnestly hope that eve; success will attend the World's canpaign for t: $30,000. fund. —• June 24th. 1916. Hew York winluc- and Chemical Works, limited, 114 William Street, Hew York City. Gentlemen : Your favor of the 22nd instant has been received. 1 must confess X cannot understand why the June sixth ship¬ ment of Aniline Oil should be found unsatisfactory. I am exceedingly busy, and, therefore, could not get over to your works, but I would very much like to have demonstrated to. me personally the unsuitability of the re¬ jected deliveries. I should be very glad to have your Chemist come over to Orange to make the demonstration, if he will kindly do no- Yours very truly, ? 652 s 84th. 1916' S“ ' *>ur ..«.»* s*S°Iio?»S°*«tHi °* v/ritten to yoJ. formula* Bever iK$RIIBVdeC!v this experiment, *n el0otrolytic ) as confidential. _ .,ruly, Yours very Mitsui & Company, limited, 26 Madison Avenue, New Tori City. Attention of Mr. Takalci. 0 ant lemons Once more we unfortunately got in trouble with a oar of Naphthaline Flakes, which was shipped out to the Pacific Coast on tho order of the American Oil & Supply Company, When th9 oar arrived, at San Francisco the customer re¬ fused to receive it on the ground, that it was not pure white. The freight one way was about $620.00, and it would have cost that much more to bring it hack. The American $>il & Supply Company tried to sell it out there, but were not successful, and finally it was agreed that the matter should be submitted to arbitration. The arbitration was hud, and we were fortunate enough to escape at what we consider a reasonable figure, namely, hf per pound, beside the coBt of the arbitration. The total amount being $616.10. We, therefore, send you herewith the charge hill of the American Oil & Supply Company for this amount. We have communicated with the Woodward. Iron Company and eap3.ai.ned the whole matter to them. They have agreed with us in taking this action, and have given their con¬ sent that -half of this $516.10 shall be oharged to them. Will you please, therefore, charge them accordingly. Mr. 2d is on believes he has now arranged matters so that there .will bo no repetition of tronbl e on account of Naphthaline Flakes, as ho has given instructions to re -sublime all that are made at Woodward. This re-subliming brings out the material to a pure white. Yours very truly, :ry !>• Sj4«j 4 Concert a Co*j Dear Mr . Syler.; I have iooeived your favor of the 24th insta „klc» I-'W. «.* * •"* -» °f “t0"*t “* ifioation. let me Bay to you in reply that there are me .imwiti.. 1» *»• w •* „t™* „U.< 1» -rt ■»*>. MP-1.1W *»" recording June 29th, 19X6. Union: Rational Bank, Remark, N< J. Gentlemen: I would he .pleased to have you open a letter of credit for 6 .months, payable $300. per month to Marion E. Oecer Freiburg, Germany. Kindly notify :me when these .payment e are made and I will send y° Chech for eame. Kindly transmit same by wire-lees. Your* very truly, General Letterbook Series Letterbook, LB-113 (1916) This letterbook covers the period June-September 1916. Most of the correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included are letters pertaining to Edison’s benzol absorbing plants and other chemical manufacturing interests. Other documents concern the technical and commercial development of Edison’s phonograph business, his reading habits, and research at the West Orange laboratory. Among the correspondents are General Electric executive Charles A. Coffin, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, industrialists Harvey S. Firestone and Samuel Insull, economist Irving Fisher, and representatives of Mitsui & Co. The spine is stamped "Letters" and is marked "T.A.E. From June 30 - 1916- To Sept. 12 -1916- ." The number "51" also appears on the spine. 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Bdiaon was xe- „fliv.a ,nd has had his personal consideration. ,or* in accordance with your plans you can cone over to the ZL,r, loro. - * - - * , , ». .111 WT. sows record. -d. lor «.»= f01U1'“ . a -atifl+eotory arrangement with cur tests if you can make a satis„ac w5t”ss rrs; i. . u«. «. — — 7 out here .« tM toUI°,‘4- m° «ir> .t orondo »« «» * *“ *““T” no... io. ». -* i *111 OTe *“ ' ■Jours very truly » Assistant to Mr- Edif 1§ July lBt. 1916. fi&rauel Insull, Esq . , 72 West Adams Street , Chicago, Ill. Hoar to. Insull : BleaBe do not think that the matter of Miss Dora Gibson is being ignored. On the contrary, the trial record I wrote you about was made several weeks ago, but to. Edison has been on one of his characteristic day and night campaigns, and has only just had time to hear a bunch of the trial records that have been accumulated for him. Ee has made a rather favorable oomment on Miss Gib¬ son's trial reoord, and thinks that we can possibly use her for tone tests, the matter has now been referred back to Waiter Miller to make further trials to see if we can utilize Miss Gibson's services in our phonograph work. I have written Mr, Miller to expedite it aB much -as he can. lours very truly, Assistant to to* Edison. 1916. :.r- waiter H. Miller, Manager, Thomas A. Bdison, Ino., 79 Pifth Avenue, Hew York City. iear Mr. Miller: Miss Mora Gibson made a trial record a few weeks ago, -rad Mr. liaison has recently heard it. Bis comment was: "Pretty fair singer- Has some shake. Interpretation fair. Possibly could use for tone tests" . Miss Gibson is a friend of Samuel Insull's sister ana I have hud several letters from Ur. Insull himself asking that ire would do what we oould for Miss Gibson- I hope, therefore, that you will go into this matter at your early convenience , as I shall be glad to make some sort of favorable report to Mr. Insull* ..ill you please keep me advised. Yours very truly, July 3rd. w7 President -irestone lire & Rubber Company ^kron, Ohio . ly’ 3ear 'J.r. firestone: In aooordanoe with our understanding at your *“»» >.taday. I data fnatraot- “ a» factory to >«| . package of fir, poando of Paxa- Pkenyleneaiamine addreeo.d to yoa per.oaally. I tra.t lou ..111 rooolyo It In good ooaaon and that yoa may find it use i'ul in your business. iet me remind you that it is poison, and that It ie not advisable to let it get on to the flesh where the skin Is broken. Yours very truly, July 3rd. 1916. i|r> i'. A. Wallace, President, E. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co., Wallingford, Conn. V’osx Sir: Your favor of the 30th ultimo to Ur. Edison was re¬ ceived and has had his personal attention. He wishes me to say that if you will call here at the laboratory he will see you on the matter mentioned in your letter. He is usually here all day and every day. I would suggest, however, that when you get to Hew York you call me up on the telephone (907 Orange), and I will make an appoint¬ ment for you. To oome out here it is best to take the laokawanna Railroad from Hew York, alighting from the train at Orange. You oan then walk up one blook to the Main street and take a trolley for West Orange, whioh will bring you right to the laboratory door* When you oome, please ask to see me and I will attend to the rest. Yours very truly, Assistant to Ur. Edison. 46 July 3rd. 1916. firestone Sire Company, 84 Bank^Street.^^ ^ Attention of Mr. Hanley, near Sir: Replying io your telephone inquiry this morniJar^, 1 6poke to Mr. Edison and asked him the sizes of tires h..e would like to have you send in accordance with Mr. Eireston...e>s court¬ eous offer. He would like '.o have them for his Simple'*, and there are two sizes, namely, 37 X 6" and 36 X 4 l/2”, «> clincher-. She tires should he addressed to Thomas .k. Edison., Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, Orange, M. J. Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. July 3rd. Ur. John Beirne, % ’She 'Alii to Company, Cleveland , Ohio . Bear Sir : Beplying to your favor of the 28th ultimo, let me say that I should prefer not to answer your question, as X do not want to get into the controversy on chain versus won drive. . Yours very truly. 6i July 5th. 1916. Harold Hurlbut , 'aar Sir: 615 filers Building, •Portland, Ore. Y0Vr faVOr of *>• 29th ultimo to £dl8°n "aS b9e“ r®eeived, and he requests OS to say that if you are over visiting hew rh again, you can go to our discording lepart- m£nf' *** -ther record of your voice, which can be sent over here if yCli «*«* it ^ sufficient improvement on ,h,.t yo« did before. Xours very truly, Edison labors to ry. July S*a. Ur. Walter Wellman, 581 Went 161at b treat. Hew York City. Dear Sir*. Your work the "German. Ilopuhlio" , is a an , ana I thank you for senain8 me a copy. It ie * . 1+ 4 s evident that you state all the official aooumente.it is eviaen . „ 7 or mankina when only the truth. It will be a napp., la. - aaont e Eeouhlic as thexx iorm of the German people aaopt - „ wtn ho wiaely read hy Government, ana I hope your took the Germans themselves. Yours very truly. 73 1916. July 7th. 1916, Mrs. F. K. Lawson, 1706 Bhode Island Avenue, Washington, D. C. Dear Madam: Your favor of the SOth ultimo to Mr- Edison has been received and submitted to him. He wishes me to say in reply that if you should at any time happen to be going to Hew fork City, you o ould make a record at our Recording Booms there. If you will let me know a day or two in ad¬ vance, if you happen to be making a trip to Hew York I will arrange with our people to make a trial record, which will be sent over to Orange. Yours very truly. Assistant to llr. Edison* 97 July 7 th. *97.6. Sr. C. C. Clevenger, Stephenson, »&• Hear Six : instant, pledging your *-ox of the Xet *e a. that youx hind *oxds ~ * * ieai D1BC and records have — ^ of pleasure and gratification, and I .is for youx oourteous letter • ^ ^ ia the •“ b r. * - ”ai>i* 10 “ 1 “om”llloe"C you out ty suggesting an. 102 July 7th. 1916. Hr. Charles Sohwager, 466 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, B. Y. Bear Sir: Your favor of the third instant has been received. I am afraid it will be a long time before the Jew will reoeive justice from all nations. In time, when religious supersti¬ tion dies out, and all nations become republics, the Jew will obtain justice and be able to work out his destiny. Yours very truly, lOo July 8 th. • 1916. ;>.i JPon'u de Jiamouw * Company, Wilmington, Del- Attention of Mr E-. - Hill • Referring to . having no tank oar ■.il to you in drums* ' a oar load, which 1 "be aatisfaotor; » ««» »* ~“»jssrsj -t liberty, we will c? faBt ae we accumu- 1 »*— • tue you . tet^e Bay that we 144 : gal; • Sa? 1weTdred^e more WgOj^J^al- '*>££3 ss^'MSSfaiKS- — ” “ ',;i| s.h out 200 gallons per aay. lQBS ^ '*r .«*-♦ f£3,““ ^5“' til the eno o* tt.iB yea , quantity in each case bein^ are produc¬ es ^uary ^de^t our Plant ^ Inasmuch ^ a. » thto ™ e^f to taow^hether it would he satisfac^. ^ • -rJ^SUs per ;ip 'whole SMgalloM Uore or^leSB^P^ ^ $ j,f c. B* toluol 3» ■>«,»*« contraot^whiohtB|y John8town, Pennsylvania . yours very truly, ■ ■ ., Acaiatant to »■ *““»• ' -mg '■ utpu •lg u 'itte £ wc all'- ’.iP ;o t ■ Mr. W. 8. Andrews , % Consulting Engineering Department, General Eleo'trio Company, Schenectady, H. Y. Dear Mr. Andrews: I am going to ask you if you will kindly undertake a little commission for Mr. Edison, and the following will explain. We understand that the General Electric Company is purchas¬ ing residue from the naphthas of the Cambria Steel Company's Benzol Plant, in order to obtain its Qumerone contents. Ur« Edison also has a Benzol Plant, whioh is looated at the Cambria Steel Works at Johnstown, Pa., and we have the same kind of residue, containing Cumerone. So far, Mr. Edison has not oontraoted for its sale, and he wants to ascertain if the General Electric Company wishes to negotiate for its purohase, and bn what basis. He would be much obliged if you will kindly see the proper parties about this end find out something definite about it. I wrote a letter addressed to the General Electric Company on this subject several weeks ago, but we have not even had an ack¬ nowledgment . With kind regards , I remain, very truly, 107 July 10th. 1916. Mr. 0. W. Markus , Purchasing Agent, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, H. 1. Dear Mr. Markus: I have- this morning received your favor of the 7th instant in regard to Para Amido Phenol. I telephoned to our friends, the American Oil & Supply Company, who will have the distribution of this material, and I find that their Mr. Jones is going up tonight to Rochester, and will see you tomorrow morning on the matter. We expeot tD start our plant tomorrow, which is a little earlier than we anticipated at first. I trust that. Mr. Jones will he able to satisfy you as to our produot and come to some arrangements for supplying you. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. 1X0 Stein, Hirsh & Comp tiny. Cl Broadway, Hew 'fork City. X have received your favor of the 8th instant iii regal’ complaints about Carbolic Acid. It is rather surprising that su plaints siiould be coming in at this late Sate. I have supplied large quantities to the U. S. Government and to pharmaceutical h and others, and practically without complaint. The Carbolic acid shipped from my plant liae never in c •single instance been as low as 29° melting point. ^ would bo a ly impossible for any such material to get out oi tey xac >.ory , - it has never beer, made by us with such a low mol ting samples of all we make and every batch is carefully tectc-C, sec¬ tor one moment allow any claim wade on such a basrs as you the Carbolic complained of by your customer shows as low a iiioiu .is £0^* it is because the drums must have beon left open Oj. . r Bcuething has happened to them after they left your Pcssoasrc ~ only necessary or a drum to be left open ■- few minutes ..o ..i .He malting point, as Carbolic acid quickly absorbs moicvuro -r< Uao sphere • 'This is a fact universally known- I do not see that it will serve any particular good •< , fte Carbolic ^cid xo Silver lake. It is the same ■■utility '■•fcvau •ieen shipping to the Heyden Chemical Works on your order arm on own order for many months past. Ho change whs tevor has takanpu. q quality* i5he Government and others find the quality of hi* eai jer.tionally good* I cannot soe why you should think it is unfortunate o: m„ t you have made the statement that my Carbolic U oi meat everts and others say it is, and, tnerefore, 1 eminot £ reason for an admission on my part that. .U «ac a aret~i mis_oj i-..,. *Sl deliver my standard quality Eheno'l tc you. I fi-cpect to be here at the laboratory every day, and : v.i-y glad to see your Hr. Stein ou either Wednesday or Thursday i ■, iid‘ like to come over. 115 Civilian Haval Cruise Committee, Harris Trust Building, Chicago , Ill • Attention of Mr. George J I have received your favor of the 16th ultimo enclosing circular descriptive of the naval, oruise for civilians . The proposition as outlined in your circular is auite attractive and appeals to me very favorably. It seems to me that it ought to he productive of great permanent benefit to our country, and it certainly should be most beneficial in everyway to the individuals who tahe part ■yours very truly. 135 July 12th. 1916. Mr. John Bacon, Jr., Jl Edison Benzol Plant, Johnstown , Pa. Bear Sir: I „ „„ ttl. »,» you full a»d *«S”i?thrS°oS°”.S.”' ft. ,™»ttty that .. ar. ““Vkft 0?$tl a day, Sundays and holidays included, of O.P. Eoluox irom comber 31st, 1916. pl, 14o ^ Shipments are to he ^oned.0&Of°^se! Tknow that^rou SS S? on°hand at^P-s^t^, hut that does^ ^1^1"; dly ^thS'ylar! a£d°140 gallons per day next year- Per instance, you made a shipment^ the BoP ont^pe you in aaoh. case, to tnis ou-^, pifint Is insds • ^ »x„ and. I must ash you to *e absolutely Sure to^eep UPJ0^ mers^ill to sed always that every 4rum is thoroughly will perhaps he well to let “ftS.1? liFffS-’SWSSSS. — *“» " *011 -0l • and,; therefore, enolose copy herewith. I hava jysrsss.’&S’fi*-1®. - *“ the.*9 16 anything uncertain in any ox une July 12 th. • IS** Toronto, Canada* Dear Sir: , . I,„ t,rn ot tt» ZSrt •!«*> ““ 1*“a8 m an& I here S»«a «• »«=»«•“• ' i„ rtwti.«»at “ *«“ -x*"4 ”on11 M v«r «—*» — — 81*4”**S ^““'“1* r:::rr.m- - - — *re- Z> i a-* — 48 °“i * °“0,t t rroo ~ — - r-iLr m. If this is agreeable , please advise me I shall send the oheoii. 162 /l . ^ July 15th* 1916 * Gentleman: + instant has ^f^i^hundred „ -,S"a sg£ tS% .r3.S“.. ES.^SSSS=*““-e““”‘ . ?s y. s. T. 39° to 41® • would melting point from Qf thiB ty f ^o^ound gal ^ - - venized zh pri0e is °»SS“ to'px.vl»«= -• M ^ «.%» ““ YOU ^Vjg^all ^Ibenrdl a tnEly hot weather, ax ^.y ..sealed, even though it ie_^.aa8< Edison laboratory • Mr. Walter H. Miller, Manager, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 79 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Near Mr . Miller : I am returning herewith the manuscript of Edna Bailey "Whose Afraid", which Mr. Edison has 0. K.'d. You will note on the memorandum that he asks how her records are selling. You need not trouble about answering that, t I am getting the data from Gil- Baldwin. Yours very truly. Enclosure . July 12th. 1916. Dr. S. J. Parker, 92 William Street, New York City. Dear Dr. Parker: A few days ago you wrote to me enclosing a letter from Mr. i’. B. Hallook, whose father you hare known for a num¬ ber of years. Mr. Hallook applied for a position as chemist, and I wrote to you on the Birth Instant stating that the only position that had been open was filled a week before. Mr. Edison now has use for another chemist, and re¬ quests me to write you and ask if the young man, Mr. F. B. Hallook, is up in organic chemistry. Awaiting the favor of your reply, I remain, Yours very truly. 167 185 #// ' A'1* ' July 13th. 1916. H. J. Attention of Mr. C. S’. phHe«- Gentlemen : Heplying to youx favor of the tenth instant, let „ „J that ao far the only .ay to B«* natural colored notion pictures 1. to ..lor «- by >»*. « “ “llW'° Sin. to do it. and th. effect re. fine. If you — “ »• it W, you could hire th. Bta* — *• « r-»— «“• « is Quite sometime ago since we aid any of this work, tut we mlgM possibly find the nanes and addresses of some. of these girls if you wish us to do so. y0urs very truly. E. E. Squibb & Sons, 78 Bookman Street, New York City. Your favor of tbe 12th instant has been reoeived, and we note that you are "returning the 40 druniB of rejected Carbolic Acid, whan this material is received at our plant, we win «•»•>■-» of settlement. We are making shipment to you of a 110 galvanized steel drum of Carbolic Acid, in accordance with our arrangements. This will be sent to you by the Wright & Cobb Transportation Company. We expect to deliver it to them today, in which case it would go by their boat tonight, and be in New York at their dock, foot of Roosevelt Street, right by the Brooklyn Bridge, tomorrow morning. If we do not get it off today it will go tomorrow, and so it would be at their dock on Monday. I would suggest that immediately you receive it you had better examine it Lfsee if it is all right. Of course, you under¬ stand as well as we do, that in this hot weather it may not be all solid, but that does not mean a low ^°r. ^®tan^hey were Sim. In order to make sure that there was no ^tor in this liqui , we placed a bottle in a cool place for a while, and it all became solid again. I simply mention this bo that In case somf. of, l^th^sun in the steel drSm has liquefied by standing out on the dock in the sun, you will not come to the conclusion that the material is below xne proper melting point* Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. July 14th. 1916. July 13th. 1916. Mr. George M. Neubauer, Oriel Building , St. Louis i Mo. Dear Sir: let me say in rey.ly to your favor of the 10th instant that X ha-vo been sweating blood for the last two months in my efforts to reduce the surface sounds. She records are coining better and better all the time, and I shall keep at it until there is practically no disagreeable surfaoe sounds left. Let me assure you that these surface sounds get on my nerves worse than they possibly oan do on yours. Yours very truly, July 13th. Mr. W. H. Elbble, 290 Lawrence Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Dear Sir: Your letter ie quite a surprise in view of the fact that, with throe or four exceptions, we have all of the best singers in the country. I would like a list of the best artiBts, singers, for instance, whom you say are superior to ours. Yours very truly. July 13th. 1916 Mr. Frederic A. Whiting, Ogunquit, Maine. Dear Mr. Whiting : I am glad to hear from you again, and alBO to note that you have lost none of your enthusiasm. When you break out into poetry, please do not hesitate to send it to me at any time. 1 have enjoyed your two verses on "With Verdure Clad", and shall gladly take you at your word and re¬ produce them in "Along Broadway". When the other poem entitled "Beoreative Music" is ready, X shall be glad to see it. X trust that you are enjoying your summer in Maine. Yours very truly. Coming Glass Company, Coming, K. Y. Gentlemen : Mr* Edison wants me to writs to yon in regard to your heat-resisting glass* You are making battery jarB for us, and sometime ago you sent to Mr. Edio on a large bulb made of this heat-resisting jlass. This bulb is approximately the size of a carboy, and contains a trifle over 17 gallons. He wants to ascertain whether you. coixld furnishthese large bulbs in quantity, and if so. the price and when deliver¬ ies couia be commenced. His idea is to possibly use thorn to receive the mate: urtiioh comes from a ohemioal apparotor? at about 200° sac*- would solidify in these glass bulbs, and in order to molt it out, the bulb would have to be put in boiling water or subjs ote to the aotion of live steam. Awaiting the favor of your reply, I remain. Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. Miss Mary S>. Mundy, 7 Lamberton lari:, Rochester, B. X. Replying to your favor of the 12th in¬ stent, let me Bay that the diamond point of our re¬ producer is not injured %y placing it on the ernooth part of the record- If one hand guides the repro¬ ducer and the other hand guides the handle, the diamond point can always he plaoed at the edge or start of the lines, and even it it is Pttt on the smooth part there is no harm done tc point. yours very truly, °n* foBsphuc Daniels Secretary of the Wavy. Washington, D. C, % dear Mr. Daniels: tenner jaw now included as a -vy Bill is to prevent efficiency Mimant worta. It is the most 9 of legislation ever attested. % waj toward e preventing this will Nation from be: if. Wilson doesn't op] >er;tai.nly hurt him- Yours very truly, July 18th • 1916 . .. g. 0. Silzer, $> Harger & Bliah, ' Dee Moines » la. s“ "" TZ™ - «. — *-«• 18 8t »“a' 1 “ w Bi°arr«° . •»-***- rour recent VlBiu ™ of getting hotter acquainted. “ ora 7.7. « «- * - *- - c «. « «««• )'o', ■“* °°i “ r: 7"7« rff" „av. always ». «»»• ^ ^ M ;;:r 7. ::r.mry::- - - — also to Mr. Blish- July 19th. 1916. Ur. Stanley Doggett, 99 John Street, Hew York City. Hear Sir: Your favor of the 18th instant has been handed to me. In reply let me say that I oannot con¬ sent to defer making shipments of Aniline Oil under your contract with me, as requested in your letter. I have only two or three days storage capacity, so I shall have to ship to you daily and leave it to you to find storage accommodation^^ , Yours July 17th. 1916. ! Hon. John W. Horhert, Chairman, °0— ‘SKSS’of Commoro.. 16 Exohange Place, Jersey City, H. J* atant, in sssr-s Hb S e-ss^ ass sfaaar solve the problem you mention. old roaas. 2. Use only concrete for new constructions. 3. Por old roads use old menand |i™ tbem ®®™r^e“ei?ghteBt tVlSo S ™« ‘.for. it can *. «■!•«•* »”* >1“ “ keep the drainage clear of debris. hand-carB and repair tools. 6 Institute a propel system o £ electing and aaminlotretion con¬ trol oMr “e patrol ie/and their "or*. i» oSSria. «0 propor rood sy.t.m la po.oitlo. Poade mould not to built by oontraotore. Hey tampon «it* stato IwpStS. “Sthe road, aro badly constructed. possible. Yours very truly, 251 July 18th. 1916. Lire. I. M. Irwin, 216 (Third Avenue, Asbury Park, M. J. Dear Madam: Jour favor of the 15th instant in re¬ gard to Mine . Olitzka'e Grand Conoert for the bene¬ fit of the Mew Jersey Soldiers 'Relief league. Inasmuch as I am paying the full salary of 47 of my employees now at the front, it seems to me that I am doing my share. I, therefore, re¬ turn the concert ticket herewith. Yours very truly, Enclosure . July 18th. 1916. Mr* i'7! B- Taltavall, Jo Telegraph and Telephone Age 263 Broadway, Bew York City. Dear Ur. Taltavall: X am m receipt of your favor of the 16th instant, which has had my oareful attention. I hav. not toon roo.lvlng Malting portion of loto l«t n» going to mao on .^.option in oo.o of tho OH tj. itlogroptore ond tt. Onitod Staton Hmt„, fol.gr.pt.ro, to ”h°" 1 “* *rt“a * 0°r41*1 tavitotion to viol. „„ ».aneBJ>yi September 27th next. I will arrange to have our friends shown some of the Plant, and also to provide entertainment, including lunch. As to the arrangement of the details 1 will ask you to get in com¬ munication with Mr. Meadoworoft of my office. I shall be glad to see my old friends and former associates when they come out here on this visit. Yours very truly. ! 269 Mr. I. W. England, % Passaic Metal V/are Company, Passaic , H. J. Bear Mr. England: I received from the Guarantee Mortgage and i'itle Insurance Company, the proposed deed and Blue print, with the plot marked out in red. I have gone over the descrip¬ tion, and find it correot. She reason that I felt uncertain before was that there was no “point"’ marked in the eleventh oourse, and as the total number of feet in that oourse was 498.50, whereas I see it should be really 98. 50, you may quite understand. how I got off the track. ’ If you will now have the deed prepared for signature and send it along, as proposed, Mr. Edison will execute it. let me say for your information that I am going away for a vacation at the end of the month, and Mr. Edison will be go¬ ing away for a vacation sometime in August, so I would suggest that it would be well to give the matter early attention. Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison,. P.S. I return the dr-aft/ aeed and blue print herewith 280 July 22nd • 1916. tfy-n . John 1-elly, g £57 0<?nesee Avenue , Saginaw, Hich. **“ favor of *• 1™ *■*-* *° »* — “ *e.» raoeivoS . K, » - ■« “ ’'•lW “** Ewjint «««•«“* °f "•* l!‘Un ’°r“ ° ' . „ „ „d. o« word w —d »“”» ’Z. ~~“i- “ • f‘vorlto of all .oao.t.at.o.0, ». ti.o.fM « U>‘. to to liberal translation. ^ ^ jUjje translation which yoi the one used '-y the RomeXl C' if we had used it, the sale tholio Church in its i Tour-: 284 July 82n3 . 1916 . Ur* Arthur E. Colburn, !'05 E Street, H. V/., Washington, D. C, Deer Sir: Your favor of the 19th instant has been forwards d to Mr. Edison. He requests us to Bay that' if the Boprano singer whom you mention should ever happen to visit Hew Yoix City, we would be pleahed to make a trial record of her voice at our Heoording' Studici, 79 Fifth Avenue’," Hew York Cit;. . Thi- . j the only- ftecor&ing Studio, we hivey'sna Mr. W. H. Miller, the Manager, will 'have a trial record made if the lady should ’aappen to be in Hew York City. Yours very truly, ' • Edison laboratory. auly 1516- . v 11. siemins Mr' at Cable0* Y,e Hale Bosa* BuoloBures- 315 itanloy Eoggatt, 99 John Street, Hew York City. Sir: July 2Dth. 1916. instant, date you Referring to your favor of the 21st lot mo Bay that I am willing to aocommo- to the extent therein mentioned. - ^ EiimnoB - *«- “«“» **•* °f roiiu°*1 1916 iBBUG of the Ann olume on «,« supplement to this voxum a** Social S0ien°"’ wlth you v*!! find oheok for "Bteaaying Employment . $2.60 aa per your- letter- ■Jours very truly. 4saiatant to Hr- Edison- Enclosure • July 27th. Passaio, H. J* Dear I.Ir . England : I am sorry I had to break off so abruptly In our tol phone conversation, but Mr. Edison had come up from the fae toa buildings and wanted me in a hurry. He looked over the blue print map, and said that he could not identify the property. He asked mo to write to you and suggest, to you to sc to Trenton and get a topographical survey sheet showing the mi district in question and for you to outline on that map the es act location. I think that when you have this ready you had better come over and see him. Yours very truly, Assistant t< Edison. ilr. John Baoon, Jr., 5’ Edison Benzol Plant, Johnstown, Pa. Bear Mr* Bacon: I have sent j u. a night letter as follows: "your letter 26th received. All right to make shinment about 1200 gallons Toluol Du Pont. Do not send more than 5200 Jhis shipment. Be suro drums clean. Bettering on drums same as first shipment. Do not change specifications . Mi-. Edison wants you to mske as good Toluol as made on Morgan contract, hut it is not necessary to change any you have already made. Shipment 900 wasned Benzol all right." The above telegram explains itself pretty I want to Just emphasize on two or tnreo points. You will note that I said ship only 5200 gallons i'. mont of 7500 gallons which I believe we aio feOi -a stuff* The roar, or t'w' I told you in ay telegrai the specifications is because we shall hove ®m ■ nj tlrae to time, and shall have to sell it up .o two same as you made for Morgan- r truly, urs very 345 .0. H. Opdyke , u Woodward iron Company. Woodward, Ala. ■^^ea^Sir : * x? y1^ 01 the,lOT rate of Toluol production at %od- which I let them have from my Johnstown Plant* forp wri++ !jayG decided to accede to their wishes and have, there- B'sTr 2^{-» o«'4e„;*SPSSri‘,?hf.8160 e*11<,“ *> «• *>«s 5180 ffan.-nn!?ayL+aSUSSted Jhat any 02:0038 fuP to the extent at +o thf y°U Say haVe on hGnd aftor making the shipment ^o t.io rtercules Powder Company on Soptombor 17tli shell be ship- do toward with you shall have a talk with Mi-. Mason end see what he can m in roase rate of output, and he will communicate -hat subject. Yours very truly, July svth- 11316 • ""W-"-:*55 “fe- ” T 97417 an0- 1974-lo. hatch #818- nartmoate #197418 S7#^.1 ^ ^ ^ oertinoate^^^^y J35 shov;s the crystalling eaot analysis sno _,a_4-7 00vers ^vstalltzing ^vfa^^rthnxystallizihB - ,Ifrora 6aoh Tsar’S!.-® the same hatch- ss*. M-r . ^ "St,O^““20“ °' »ia« sfS'eoS*"" wo. so« „ «.» »««* 349 July 87th. 19.16 • . Shuns o Takaki, % Mitsui & Company, limited, 26 Madison Avemio, New York City. Dear Mr. Takaki: Mr- Meadoworoft has shown mo jour favor of the 2Gth instant in relation to the production of Toluol at^oc.werd, and the deliveries which you are to make to the IIoicul.o Po.,dei Company . You ask mv consent to defer the delivery by you to me of the 5180 gallons of Toluol which I your JohnBtown Plant some little time ago, to kelp pppordanoe with 17th, it being understood that in, mo: lately a**? ship to the Hercules Powder Company on September 17 , Yours very truly, Enclosure • Stillwell & Gladding, 181 Eront Street, Hew York City. Gentlemen : ah we have now aatiefied our ouetomer aB to the product coming from oux Oarholio Aoid atilla, we shall he able to dispense with the furnishing to them of your certifi¬ cate each day. Will you please, therefore, consider our arrangement as terminated on August second- We mention that day, because while you might receive this letter tomorrow morning, your Hr. Watt may have gone to the plant to take their samples, and we would include in our arrangement the certificate of the samples which might he taken tomorrow. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. 368 July 31st. 1916. Ur. C. A. Coffin, & General Electrio Company, 30 Church Street, Hew York City. friend Coffin*. During the last winter I spent a great deal of money in putting some valuable improvements in^my Cement Plant, and in the Spring opened up with everything in first-olasB shape and we are turning out fine product. She President and General Manager of my Cement Plant tell me that the General Electric Company is going to put up a building in Dayton, Ohio, in which 16,000 barrels of cement will Se used? I understand that our bids are practically the same as those of the other fellows. I know our product is first-class, Naturallv X want to see plenty of business coming our way, and Kd be gladif we could land the General Electric Company's order for the 16,000 barrels, all other things being equal. Yours sincerely. !vn> ' , 371 July 29th. 1916. Mr. J. Stuart Blackton, Vitagraph Studios, v locust Avenue, Brooklyn, B.i. ~ ^ — — - — " th’ “T « - • — - — 'Tj. * find on inquiry that my own poop ^ ^ seems that they a long time past the making of sue a long have teen going ahead gathering the « ™ ^ ^ ^ rm+urally they were expecting “* / t „„ „* „W» . tevor.1.1. «••»«“• « the film- therefore, I can nox your • yours very truly. 378 July 29th* 1916. Mr. W. H. Lighton, Fayetteville, Ark. Dear Mr. lighton: I have received your favor of the 26th instant, aid wish to express my appreciative thanks for it. Ihe next thing io an honest man is a masii lover. At least that is what we think here, so your appreciative letter is received with Joy. We are going to improve things right along . Yours very -truly. 38 o July 31st. 1916. Mr. S. Sanders, Greensboro, Ala. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 27th ultimo has been received- Mr. Edison requests ub to say in reply that bo far as Bert Reese's performance U cono.rned, » do.. Jwet * »**«“• '”‘t M d.8ld. to pxedlot th. Idtor. do 1. sold* o.yo»d u, powers a»d ridloulod.. Yours very truly. Edison laboratory. August 2nd. 19X6 Mr. I, W. ^mgland, Passaic Metal Ware Oo., Passaic, H. J. Pear Mr. England: Mri and Mrs. Edison have executed the deed, and I am now enclosing the same, all completed. You can forward your oheok to Mr. Edison in accordance with the arrangement already made. Sours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Enclosure. AUguet 1st. 1916, i Mr. William Goodell Krost, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky. Bear Mr. lYoat: I reoeived a delightful volume from you entitled "Our Southern Highlanders" whioh I have read with great pleasure and for whioh I am very much obliged. The book is very interesting to me, as I have been over the Smoky and Blue Hidge Mountains personally, prospecting for Cobalt. Yours very truly. 396 August 2nd. 1916. Squibb & Sons, 78 Beekman Street, flew York City. Gentlemen : e:=8 igi x. tin containers.6 O^r er^^ieSfe^ltb^hQ9 P?eno1 1111:0 10a pound fcdirupon^s^xv6 f’i.rs* ss £*33? *S?0l0rea ln tin^ontai^erT^f^ less?eSHowever, facturers we will tLd^ronrof^he^orno^i8370 £rora the manu" eLirfo“iS?ea -in'l^^o^nJSSIrS; ££“* this week,Itrbf0g^et^ntl?TSentembJa?^i0n I*™** mornlng °* tions to ship you one of thesePl ’ B£d w111 leave instruc¬ ts of these 100 pound pack^es ^1?^^8868^ I£ *ou receive 5® Slad if you will kindlyTfnort^bf ?„»«n+n+my1,abeenoe 1 ehall Thomas A. Edison. Inot? cLbolle to* M* ^mmerhorr, am writing to Mr Kammerw? +« D1 vision, Silver lake. If. J. i this letter. -^merhoff to acquaint him' with the contents of Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. 398 ■August 1st. 1916 -Mr* A. A. Sessions, Mountain Home, Idaho. Bear Sir: Mour favor of the 26th ultimo has been received. In reply let me say that my statement i* the article you sent ie oorreot. fhe attempt of Bert Hesse to act as a prophet is ridiculous. While he has some inexplicable power,; he appears to be inclined to enhance them by prophesying. Yours very truly. 400 August 1st. 1916. Hr. Elmer a. Sperry, # She Sperry Gyroscope Co., p Manhattan Bridge Elaza, N. Y. Bear Mr. Sperry: I have received your favor of the 27th ultimo, and under ordinary circumstances would he very glad to meet Prof. Y/atanahe . Just at present X am finishing up some very important investigations which taka every minute of my time day and night. I am trying to get away next week for three weeks’ vacation, so it is pretty hard for me to make any appointments just now. Youtb very truly. 405 . 1 August 3rd. *• *nS5^5Si.*" , +n sale on about you have spoken to Ur ^oratory - “ " - — — -M «r Buflolpk Sulloon when you o y0U will ask for • ^ arraIlge *.* you shall on Saturday morning, see Ur. Edison. Sours very truly. August 2nd ■ 1916. A. Klips tein & Company, 644 Greenwich. str®®i’ Hew York City. Gentlemen: „,«« to r«x 01 tM art ” o.p ttat .. .m s-ant.. *« "“t0 B““1 if ‘1!*, .hlpp.0 in ptaaa oontalnara. ** bo , . PP.no! lor .on. o* oor ooatonara. «“ f°“U1‘0a “ ° ! *. oannot, Ho.ovar. eaarant.o to luralan <*». open It 1. .tip,.* » — *• — 01 “Utar *”/ lro, or tin. a. lattor l. tte aaloat. tot «. -ootootoror. II™ .o not .... to na*e •» »• — — ““ POP.... nap 0. trimnp. tot tt.» P.™« tt. Ptanol to roaop tt. Iron ant tint tp. oonfat. at ton. - - — **“ cans without defects remain white. Yours very truly* Edison laboratory. AugUBt 3rd. 1916 Ur. Irving Wisher, 460 Prospect Street, Hew Haven, Conn. Hear Sir: I am in receipt of your favor of the 1st instant, and in reply would say that I am not a believer in absolute prohibition* I would allow beer containing not more than E# alcohol to be sold, but would prohibit the sale of alcohol in any other form. IhiB would be controlled by the national Government. In this way, on account of the natural limitation of the human stomach, none of the ill effeots of liquor, which prohibition seeks to suppress, wouia be possible, and there would not be any disturbance of the social habits of the people or continuous attempts to repeal the law. In other words it would be practically prohibition. Yours very truly. August 8th. Mrs. Edward Riester, 324 W. Qrand Avenue, C&ippewa Rails, Wis. Pear Madam: I am in receipt of your favor of the second instant, for whioh please accept my thanks. As soon as we can, we will try Chalmers in "Holy City". I agree with you regarding Williamson. Yours very truly. Aigiet 14th. 1916, Mr. E. Or. Heboid, Secretary to HEMRY FORD, Detroit. Mioh. Dear Sir: Your favor of the third instant ad¬ dressed to Mr. Headoworoft has been received, and in accordance vd-th. Mr. Edison's instructions I am forwarding to you under separate cover a oopy of the book entitled "The German Republic" by Mr. Walter Wellman. Yours very truly, Seofetary. ■r. T. W. Belt, President of the Senate, HouseB ot Parliament, Cape Town, South Afrioa. I am in receipt of your favor of the ISth of July ax 1 varioue factories a respire tox keep particles out of the lung, which are many times Dma] j,y*“js“en*i°n‘ lh® yfhftl respirator does not fit the contc rtwW™! faoee of the miners and the valve in them ia of ie dangerous. I use the ordinary rubber reupl ° Si?°??S4.a?d line the whole edge of the rubl i Lff!' 80 ^lt*'”fc£?t ^he edge always fits the nose and •ugSI?Sfes shouIfbf^sS! P°r8 Sp(mse llk6 th°80 sola ,„+ v rf®Pirator is jut in water and then surplus wate J.t leaving it damp. Breathing is very free. The skin on - spoxige and moisture is not irritated and the men soon g fl' j^ere we have 100 men we have a man whose sole busin )h on sponges, keep them in order and keep them clean. : n hat: two, one in use and one for washing, repairing, eti 4 J 5ave men who haVS worked for years in an atmospher< •vith fine dust that one person could not see another fij atant and yet these men are Wealthy. I myself while p-m ar these conditions have worn these respirators for weei i nothing entered ray lungs. ■ Yours vory truly. 1 beg which Mr. Victor S. Fleohter, 600 Fifth Avenue, Hew York City. Dear Sir: Hour favor of the 16th instant address¬ ed to Mr. iSdison has been received and laid be¬ fore him. He requests- me to eay in reply that he intends to visit Hew fork and listen to a number of violins in the later part of September and will August Elst. Mr. Henry J. Brennan, ' Oarbonaale, Pa. Bear Sir: Beplying to your favor of thd 16th ins' taut, I beg to say that for years I have advocated putting power stations at the mines, turning the coal into electricity ana sending it to market over wires. Only one place has carried out this suggestion ana that is in Bova Scotia, and is a great success. Yours very truly. / AuguBt 21st. 1916, Hon- Josephus Daniels, Washington, D. C. My dear Daniels: Your favor of the 16th instant has teen received. Unfortunately 1 leave on a vacation on August 26th for two weeks, and will te tack ty the 16th or 17th of September, when I can come to Washington. Mr- Ford, John Burroughs and Mr. Firestone of the Firestone ‘lire & Hubber Company are going with me on an auto¬ mobile trip in the Catskill and Adirondack mountains. We are going to camp out. X have a full camping outfit. Ib there any possibility that you could go with us for the whole or part of the period- l have a tent and cot for each and the grub will be 0. K. Yours very truly, August 21st. “** B'p^Sa^aia Building. * Philadelphia, Ba. Dear Mr. Bhaw: Your iavor of the 16th instant has been ,...1,0.. *» .»» '»«»» U “ £1" ^ , over . nlllloo " 0l4*t*' ** pl«rt» *»»“«• “ °° . .ow tu*e ••...» •**“ b* to y°“ 1 ’1U let you know when ready • Yours very truly. AUgUBt 218 t. Mrs. M. Smith, 465 *rS£S£ff'i- Dear Madam: I am ia receipt of your favor of the 17th instant in reference to an advertisement to he inserted in the program of the 69th Regimental Pair, and in reply would say X am paying $1400.00 out each week to the huskies from my Works who have gone to Mexico and I csrnnot afford to do what you ask. lours very truly. - - - ttrrri- "«»• ** '«“*,10°- ttot otM to tM *U- — .--I— L to to. toot ttot 00»to«» ^ ^.U.0 to toto However, we wixj. Youre very truly. to-f: e. , ■ , Aseiteut to Uro^iBon. 57 August 23rd. 1916. Mr. Stanley Doggett, 99 John Street, Hew York City. Dear Sir; 1 am in receipt of your favor of the 21st instant, arid beg to Bay in reply that your understanding in referenoe to the ohange of prioe for balanoe of Aniline Oil due on your contract with me for one drum (900; pounds ) of Aniline Oil per working day from January lBt, 1916 to December 31st, 1916, arid also including the undelivered Aniline Oil which we are hcllding for shipping instructions from you, is correct. As understood by you, the prioe of Aniline Oil from nd'w on to the end of the contract, namely, December 31st, 1916, and including the undelivered Aniline Oil on account of the above oontraot, is to be 40 4 per pound, a reduction of 10 4 from the original contraot prioe of 50^ per pound. We hope you can get storage as soon as possible, as we need the space thiB Aniline Oil is taking up. Yours very truly, 575 August 24th. 1916, Hr. John Fining Th0 °f the s^te of how York Hy dear Mr. ffinley; Replying to your favor of the 21st in- .tart. Inviting me an a spatial ga.., to tie .... •ion .han the pictured .,rJ j. t„ le di.0n...a at ta Convocation of th. Caivar.ity of ,le stal. of «.» font, I bag to that I a» a very unr.li.Ue personality when it ocas to attorning pnhli. ft*,, tlono. it 1. possible that I „j com., but it 1. very -uncertain. Your-t very truly, Sppt. let- 1916. Mitsui & Company, limited, 26 Madison Avenue, Mew York City. Attention of Mr. Takaki . Dear Six: Your favor of the 26th ultimo in regard to your personal friena, Mr. I. Kuxoaa, has been hanaea to me to- aay on my return from vacation. It gives me great pleasure to write to Mr. Opayke asking him to take good care of Mr. Kuroda when he goes to see him. I have also sent a tele¬ gram to Mr. Opayke, in case Mr. Kuroda reaches Woodward be¬ fore my letter. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. 618 Sept. 1st. 1916. ft. K. Cochrane, % American Tobacco Co. 11 Fifth Avenue York City. Dear Sir : important experiments before leaving X v,erBon. that he aid not get time to reply to it in person Mr Edison is bo utterly opposed to oigaretteB •»a ha. BhpraBBBa himse^so emphatically ^‘‘•^.hiss % 0yci!°» addresBed to him. Of course, he appreciates your 0^iii made. Yours very truly , Assistant to Mr. Edison. Sept. 1st. 1916. u-r. E. S. Op dyke , Purchasing Agent, The Etason Portland Cement Company , Stewartsville, H. My dear Mr. Opdyke: Your favor of the 21st ultimo has been received by me this morning on my return from vacation, and I then* you for remembering the matter of the three high rolls. Our g0od old friend Mr. Herter has departed, and. of course I cannot ask him about photographs. Anyway, it is not im¬ portant enough to worry any of us. so I thank you for your kind attention and also for your letter of the 26th u enclosing the prints of the roaster, which I will send Miss Colburn. Yours very truly. ?! /A** September 5th • 19X6* Rational Exposition of Chemical Indus tri Siand Central Palaoe, Hew Xork City. Attention of jfea Adrian Magelygort. Gentlemen: . , lour, favor of the 31st ultimo ^ that^oheolc he sent to waiit invoice to oux Cashier 9 ‘narsous who will fo^for the halanoe of $125.00 without delay. She perso^^ 8eaB0n fain attendance atourE^ihit-.na ^ liBt of 0ur is as follow: Acetyl Paxaphenylenediamine Benzol -Pai-aphenylenediamine Coluol , . „ Sodium Aoatnta Solvent haphuha Benzidine Xylol Benzidine Sulphato I'a;:nthsline *ara Amido Phenol Base witrohouzoi jm Amido Phenol Hydrochloride An: lino Oil iron by Hydro gen _i:. vialt -r0I1 hy Hydrogen Grade B, hoc -snilit. Hiokel Solphate Para «:.tyonoatanilid_ _ Cobalt Sulphate Beni:*-** Sa3j?hon1c ,•••«*- Miokel Hydrate Cali'ie a. ^ r\l° Cobalt Hydrate Sodium ienzen »>■••-! sroduoi) Hiokei ?iaE* So&iom Phozwia v* i^fc.on woa.8 Ueroury Oxide Crude Phtnor Iron Oxide iHed) Phe-vi., 0. thQ oar^t on which I ha^o written the copy yocrs very truly. Assistant to Mr- Edison. / BijolOBure . Itae. Grace C. Myers. v20 Dear Madam: t0 Mr. Bdison Your favor of the f«m _ Rhort vacation, tut . . Hb 1b away on a snor » Has teen received- 18 ^ — - - -* * »“«“ “ ' k „„ t„ ani eent over to the I* ora a you n»y «° . „ + i7Q vifth Avenue, hew t0 our Recording ****** ^ ‘ the Manager, * and present thie letter to Mr. V- ■ ^ ^ ^ v/ill have a trial record made of your over to the Laboratory. lours very truly. Assistant to Mr- Edison. 669 saPtem*e* 7«i. 19l6‘ ... V, 3. Telephone Age. ■■ <>«»• General Letterbook Series Letterbook, LB-114 (1916) This letterbook covers the period September-November 1916. 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M- .icil \'&c<Ajl.*j, ■■) ■ -o/' «$* £#* ■' “',•;(. , a2 /y. ■iMt -<- I y _1 n-Wl^ .W *4 a >L C6df : 79- MX - iUi^, rs- ■AauM,?/m UM ■/*-?■** Ulu-:^ '***' ' JnuU-L. -^..U j *-»*-- 1 » N .//. i a. '/. i ; '^.; a'. C;.' ( .lU^ys^Jv-Q, C. Q. jU/!J-‘>-,^>']~ ^ kk ■■■' ' r.,4a|,;-c( ,, ;. ., ^ <1/ vr„ut:Q u~- Urf> . ; y .61 (f yJ. >71 J't& UC f - \yi<uJjyt 0 . V' yLisry^is ' 1 ; /}f<yy Or- ■A U > -4 0 4 . U?,( Lbsu,t> } C- ,.0j. . . JdMl.Jf.-r> i- ■ « %fj-arrr36?-Hy-#7>' s?s ,/jf-/7v-^>o- Ji Li- .nm 77^- 177- nr- m- H3- ,/ 97- 3 34- . 337- ,M>'3- . .2s7- M9- k, . r. i°' L 2M' | . ,'iys- 'Ji:7- . I7.A 3~ • ! 7v;y- Ur. E. H. iambie, 61 Broadway, Hew York City. Bear Ur* lambie: On my return from a short vacation I have received your favor of the fifth instant. I must ask you and Ur* IngerBoll to kindly ex¬ ouse me from having my name appear among those seleoted by Ur. Ingersoll. I want to keep out Ioutb very truly, 14 September 12th. 1916* Dr. Biohard 0. Uaolaurin, Seal Harbor, Maine- Dear Dr. Maolaurln : On returning from a short vaoation I find your favor of the 29th ultimo, which I have read with mnoh in¬ terest. When I next see Mr. Jord I will sound him on the matter that you mention, and see what he will do in regard thereto, let me suggest that you should try Schwab and also the two DuPonts. They have all recently made millions on technology- I myself would help if I could, but my big fire about used me up financially, and I am having a hard struggle to get on my feet again. With kind regards, I remain, fours very truly. September 18th.l916. Miss tflorenoe E. nightingale, 166 High Street, Danvers, Mass. Bear Madam: I thank you for your kind and compliment¬ ary favor of the fifth instant, which is much appre¬ ciated. I am inolined to think that you are right, that many people would be glad to have reoords of QuadrillB with a voice in them calling off the figures. She same remarks would apply to the Virginia Heel. 1 will look into this matter and Bee if we cannot get out some records of this kind. Tours very truly. September 12th.. 19 Mr. Jos. A. Stelnmetz, Bellevue-Stratf ord , Philadelphia, Pa. Pear Mr. Stelnmetz: I have received your favor of the fifth Instant, on my return from a short vacation, let me say in reply that I shall be glaa to see Mr. Spitz if he will oall over at the laboratory. Por your information let me say that I expect to be here all this week, but expect X may be absent from the laboratory on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Please ask Mr. Spitz to get in communication with my Assistant, Mr. W. H. Meadoworoft, at this address. •yours very truly, September 12th. 1916. Mr. a. 'i'raaholt, % Skiensf Jordans kommunale kraftBelskap Lriftsbeetyrereh Porsgrund, Horway. ' ’ Lear Mr. Traaholt: I have received your favor of the 16th ultimo, and am glad to learn that you are doing so well. As to the Edison Storage Battery, let me say that there ie an English Company called the EdiBon Accumulators, Ltd., 2 & 3 Luke Street, off Pioadilly, London, S. W., England. They can supply my batteries, and they are doing a very large business in England on account of the shortage of horses and the high priocB of petrol. X advise you to get in touch with them, as they are a very lively con¬ cern. They have many types of vehicles. I trust that you will oontinue to prosper and make sub¬ stantial progress with your business, and hope that I may hear through our English Company that you have been able to awaken a lively in¬ terest in these lineB. With kind regards, I remain. Yours very truly. 30 s L September 12th. 1* Mr. Frederic A. Whiting, Ogunquit, Maine. Dear Mr. Whiting: On my return from a short vacation I have re¬ ceived your favor of the first instant, which has been read with a great deal of interest. You certainly must have derived a good deal of enjoyment from the Incident you mention. Your point was certainly a good one. Allow me to thank you for the suggestive advertisement which you kindly enolosed in your letter. It is fine, and I am sending it to my people so that they may take advantage of your suggestion. Yours very truly. 32 September 12th. 19] Mr. W. B. Walmsley, 1611 B. Bailey Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Your favor of the seventh instant has been received, and I thank yon for the good words you are pleased to say about the Diamond Disc Phonograph. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to learn that you enjoy it bo much. I have never heard the selections "Old t Comrads March", in fact the composition is not *nown to us, but 1 will get it at one of the music stores, and if it ia found suitable we will record it and put it on a future list. fours very truly. oc oc September 13th. 1916. Mitsui & Company, limited, 25 ..'.adison Avenue, Mew York City. Attention of Ur. Shunzo Takaki. Gentlemen: iour favor of the 11th instant in regard to the Phenol which reached Japan in a had condition has been re¬ ceived. Mr. .Edison has returned from his vacation, and I im awaiting the nine sample bottles which your man brought back from Japan. As soon as these are received I shall bring the matter to his attention, and 1 think that he will possibly desire to have you come and talk it over with him. However, as to that I will let you know either by letter of telephone. Yours very truly. assistant to Mr. Edif 45 Sep temper 14th. 1916. Mitsui & Company, limited, 26 Madison Avenue, Mew York City. Attention of Mr. Shunzo Takaki. Gentlemen ; Shrom the operating reports of the Woodward Benzol Plant we see that they produced 3600 gallons of pure Toluol during the month of August, whioh is an average of 11S1 “gallons per day. Mr • Edison wishes me to ask whether you have a suf¬ ficient surplus Oii hand to make up your quantity for the Her¬ cules people, or will you want some more from him. Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. 47 September 14th. 1916. Schraulowitz, Starobin is Dubin, 716 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, H. Y. y0ur favor of the ninth instant has been received. We re¬ gent axoeedingly to learn that you have had any complaints in regard to ths furs dyed with our Paraphenylene diamine . We do not see why there should be any complaint of this nature, as we have never changed our process of manufacture • We had a complaint from a oustomer a week or two. ago, and sent, our chemist down to the customer's place to investigate. He found that some of their other raw materials were of an inferior quality, which had possibly caused the trouble. Bight there not be something of this kind in your case? If by e» possibility there has been a mistake in any material that we shipped to you we are not aware of it, hut we value your patronage ana very much wish to retain it- Mr. Edison is personally investigat¬ ing the matter. If there is any ohanoe of our being in any way partially to blame, we are willing to make some adjustment with you by sending you without charge Borne Paraphenylenediamine • Please let me know your views on thiB subject, and I will tske the matter up with Mr. Edison. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. September I6th.l9ie. Mitsui & Company, Limited, 26 Madison Avenue, Mew York City. Attention of Mr. Takaki Gentlemen : “ We have sent you from our Silver Lake Plant, as Per request of your Mr. Momura. samples of ten drums selected at random from forty-seven drums of Phenol which are now ready to ship to Japan under our contracts with you. These forty-seven drums will be the September quota on such contracts. Will you please send us shipping directions for these forty-seven drums, and oblige, Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison, Septemb< Mr. Howard Shelley, % Hotel Navarre , Hew York City. % dear Mr. Shelley: I received your favor of the 11th instant, and ”lth “*-■> *»0.t It. H. ,h.t Hi. to lavs the jome A.erloaa aotPM„ , trlal L'T;1 ~ IV. ». address Htt iT™.. ^ ^ « «. am ilhdl, ... Mr. Miller „„ ^ *” “"““T «. sand ,h. trial record orer to Mr. idisc to hear .nl 1 m glad hear tr.. w t regards, I remain, Yours very truly. 64 September 14th. 1916. Ur. George Williams, <4 Henry I. Doherty & Co., ' 60 Wall Street, Mew York City. Dear Ur. Williams: Ur. Meadowcroft has shown me your favor of the 11th instant, whioh has interest¬ ed me very much. Will you please tell Mr. Doherty that I will accept one of the electrical flags with much pleasure, ana will keep it go¬ ing at nights regularly. With thanks ana kina regards, I re¬ main. Youtb very truly. 75 September 15th. 1916.- Mr. Charles K. Austen, Sabetha, Kan. Dear Sir: I have received your favor of the first Instant, and wish to express my thanks to you for the kind things that you sre pleased to say about me. The way of the inventor is hard, but if you are go¬ ing to follow it, the best advioe I can give you is to prepare yourself for lots of work and plenty of disappointments , all of vaioh are compensated for when you achieve success. I am sending you a photograph as you desire, and wish you good luck on the journey. Yours very truly. 76 September 14th. 1916. Ur‘ JfJil“** Carroll Corporation, Hew lork City. Dear Ur. AdemB: A110» »c t. thMk you for jour nice letter of tie uluth Ineteut. I >»T. tie plee.ure ef r.0.1Tl«6 many letter, ef «>e klM you let. «***“- „1 the; come .. ec.ettlhg of » reoomp.nee for ms ■“* ' of her 1 pork lh etr»lo« *0 e.tlefy reel lover, of B°° four letter 1. very yretlfyl^ »* - «»“ “ »hll you here eny objection. If 1 «re « »«• yoer letter yttllehel In e Itttle to the Diso Phonograph? Youxb rery truly, September lBth.1916. i' C. Coom or, 12th instant, ana . Washing , fness is almost impossible to cure. By washing ZZ*Z™°° % 3&~* *•***"*£&? _ arresting the progress « food is a good way of arr “6 „<evu-- oatefyahal deafness. " ^ '•;,;0W 82 Dr. Lowell 0. Frost, 6400 Hollywood Boulevard, loa Angelas, Cal. September 16th. 1916. Your very interesting letter of the second instant has been handed to me, and I want to thank you for the frank and intelligent express of opinion therein. let me say in partial reply that we have been so very busy in developing proper recording and maohinery for production that we have not really paid much attention to catalogues. X have recently completed a large studio containing special sound apparatus, such as a Bemi-spherioal reflaotor , diameter, made of concrete. This is a part of the record ail the works of Beethoven, Brahm, Bach and the other Masters in due time, and when I have produced a large number of them I shall then be able to attend to the production of a proper catalogue th I hope will be worthy of the name. In reference to your remarks about Albert Spaulding , Elman and Kreisler I want to say that if you will study closely each note has hiw own. I am rather surprised that at this late date you place Schu- — RO hiJ,h as a singer. She had a fine voice years ago. but althougn interpretation la Beel¬ ine „V.S Stleto'nhe’hJfB'oe^pSatSS”' '^f.^f.l.rior .Itteo^ ‘•.f’SSt'SSS... 0tLrS«e“hS!d0JeP^' 1SVpE~.er.pS'.™ 1» alv.rtieinB pnrp.,..- ant torSeHe^ \fSSS “l that are not in our catalogue. Yours very truly, 87 September 16th. 1916. Hon. Rosooe C. HoOuHooh, House of Representatives, Washington, D. t-. Slr’ ! „ooi..a ,o« w> »* the “4 r« — « - “**“ *nb ° 8001 1601 of interest. I’1 think your arguments are sound, but, even out. *. ». — * - *“ *• -*“W “llin<,a ■hy the soheme of "dumping". I origiuated this soheme thirty-two years ago. and BOll 11 «« “«* °“t 01 tr°' at that *— ■«“*•*• “* “ *“ 10ll<”rf B°“ t „n„ w «, — — - ««- ”1_ versal- lours very truly. 91 September 16th. 19X6. Mrs. J. H. Oggle, Glen Ellyn, 111 • Pear Madam: Y0ur favor of the 18th instant *as reoeived. In reply I *eB to say that as to th° - *• ” f0'"1 ^ m, «» «-» «. «« “ *»" 7“ ““ts‘ M put on any machine. 108 September 19th* 1916. viteui & Company, A^#a* 26 Madison#^W ^ntlemen: lnBtant enoloetng L,u„ - iSsllBtos SB2W - — voice tor Naphthaline Plates. _ a in reKard to >r of the loth inn wlth their .«« - svs^n: =- jgfcaeasB— - — as-® sr« S.TS3 n Vie have had ra^®r ^ the Woodward I1Be ahipped out reodSed » ^^x^illSlLaSS Already on three °“8 aiiowand - ^ave made sever _ ooTered S? -o^ iber oi ff_o0lor ana r 0Q three care- Tea &8 J’tSlral allowances aire y Oration allowance nave made se —area hy this arbitration nothing She three shipments ®°J8*onpiaint was made ^ tbr0„ the re received 'by the “W^tlne. and Amerioan Oil^ to apply company with gxe result is g^gor’s award, oil l ^ “** “ ISSSS' i-pTm that we na eren after s^^^nrsirs; s~ ^ m Jnil transaction. oration aware — - :eT .ixeotion. ^ourB Tery truly> Assistant , jir. Edison. Enclosures- 115 September 19th. 1916 Mr. iieraert E. smith, Secretary, woodward Iron Company. Y/oodward, Ala. Dear Mr* Smith: lour favor of the 14th instant in regard to flaked naphthaline has been received. I am sorry to say that market ?S8e?re tLtf you would be inclined to agree with ^ Judgment In* the* matter . * She prospective customer wanted to have a trial carload at this price, and Mr. Edison closed the deal and we _o < + waB also being offered from other quarters. I have, ^therefore^telegraphed^Ur . Opdyke today to ship a oarload of 20 tons at this prioe. I suppose you will be glad of it, quite a stock has accumulated. She question now is whether you axe willing onyour *** « »»«£ “vre 5£f.“ T1”' ris SL'S* “”SS £ b. U 1H01U..4 to ■» % -iontraot in regard to his half. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. September 21st. 1916. Mr. U. E. Anger, 369 East Water Street, Milwaukee, Wis. Bear Sir: "our favor of the 7th inBtant has been received and laid before *5r. Edison • He wishes ns to write in reply and sug¬ gest to yon to wash the disc records only with alcohol. Just make a cloth Clamp with it and after rubbing over the record, wipe dry- l'hia will not reduce the noise exoept they should be dirty. We are constantly improving the surface noise of the records and hope in time to get rid of it altogether. The great trouble is to bring out the overtones {which give the quality) and at the same time get the surface smooth. If a reproducer is made Insensitive enough to render the noise inaudible, we lose some of the overtones and impair the quality. four Amberola reproducer has not yet been reoeived. If we find it faulty when it comes to hand we will send you an¬ other one to replace it. fours very truly, Edison Laboratory. September 20th .1916 Mr. William H. Bate:. % Western Union le'legraph Company , 195 Broadway, Kew Yorfc City. Dear Mr. Beher ; ssMsIpM®?# ward. It in rerv important for my business interests that I should have no delay in th5. ^^ie^of^ioBing8^^^ . I S£ S^ntrSktS Ir&n* that will hare to be my lose. Awaiting the pleasure of seeing you and many other of our friends o^Wednesday the 87 th instant, I remain, Youtb rery truly. ■<wr7 b 7 September 22nd. 1916 Mr* W. a. Hamilton, £608 Seventh Avenue, Beaver Pal la, pa. *>«* taror « a. l.tt !»«», “ " 1,111 a”“ *« “ ■ -a u oP.r.«on • 1 bSlU”- “ 1 “ ~ 2 Maa.. „ * ^ ^ ^ * ■»« he„d a., *. 011If„d 11<4 ‘""*1 080 1“«>« ■&!» a Tery bad Io-n» truly. Private Secretary. 161 September 21et.l9X6 1 !' Hon. James E. Mar tine, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. rj Dear Mr. Martine: j I have received your favor of the fif- j teenth instant enolosing oopy of a letter sent || hy you to Mr. Charles Holzhauer of Uewark, and thank you therefor. I am delighted to learn that you intend to give your support to the measure which is in¬ tended to prevent dishonest advertising. Yours very truly. I 169 September 22n&.1916« Mr. CharleB E. Sherman, % Ehe Glue Specialties 201 Devonshire Boston, M&sb. Co., Street, Dear Mr. Sherman: X am glad to have received your letter, as it bringB to my mind many pleasant remembrances of my younger dayB. My old telegraph days stand out very clearly in my memory, I remember quite perfectly you and all the others that you mention, but you left out Bums and Joe LeBonte. and also the midnight coffee man. Mo doubt you remember theBe as well as I do. I do not see why you should not be called a veteran t.i.er.ph.r, if “■>- "lth «“ 0t,‘016 ’eo,s' '**■ nesday, I shall be glad to see you. Yours very truly, 188 September 25th. 1916. Mr. H. H. Gross , President, Tariff Coramiseion league, 1SS2 First National Bank Building. Chicago, Ill. e Bear Mr. Gross: I have received your favor of the 20th instant enclosing final report on the work of the Tariff Commission league, and I want to congratulate you and the league for the great work that has been done in gaining for the country a permanent Tariff Commission. If everything works as it should, this will result in enormous benefit to the United States of America. __ — lours very truly. September 23rd. 1916. Air. 0. Simmons, Vice President, Phonographs, Ino.t 8 63 Horth. Pryor Street, Atlanta, Sa. Pear Mr. Simmons: I bare received your favor of the 19th instant, and have £oahd it rery InWrtUr It gir» - •»** t, l.ar. that J0a are a. a.arly reedy t. ep» ,.«r a., retail .tore la AUaata. It real! giTO rae a great deel of pleaeare to to preeeat at tae epealag. hat I coal* »ot p—ibly Late «P "* *» «“ 1806,1 Of tl» that ..all be aeoeaeary. Por the her. three aoath. I » plaa- nlBg to he rery h»ay la W »» tt.ol r.oerdihg laboratory there I er- aeet to produoe eoa. Tory flat .ala far her reeorde. Incidentally, I a. git* to e.y that to are taralag oat rec¬ ords at a «ch greater rat. than before. «. fro. »o. •» I - 0 oaf ideal there till aot be any eoaroity. - oar troabl.e are -boat , traet that year op.alrg .111 be rery aa.e.afal aad that the baeineao follow it «U -» thaa -et year erpeotatioae. September 28th. 1916, Mr. E. &• Heboid, Secretary to HEHBY EQBD, Detroit, Uioh. My dear Mr. Heboid : Our people at the Chemical Plants are in¬ terested in the question of small delivery truokB, and they have heard that Mr. Ford is about to put one out very soon. Have you any information on this point that you would like to give out at pres¬ ent, as to probable time of delivery and prioe. Yours very truly. 221 September 28th. 1916. Mias ThixBB Moslier, 408 N. Fifth Avenue, Maywood, Ill. Dear Madam: lour favor of the 24th instant has been received. We beg to say in reply that before we oan make any arrange¬ ments with singers to sing for our records , a trial record must first "be made and submitted to the imsie Committee to pass upon- We haTa only one Recording Studio, and that is in Hew 'fork City. We do not pay the expenses of singers com¬ ing to make trial records, hut if you should happen to he in Hew York at some future time you could take this letter tot Mr. W. H. Miller, the Manager of our Recording Studio, 79 Fifth Avenue, ana he would have a trial record made, which would be regularly submitted for criticism in the usual way. We would say for your information that we have al¬ ready looked into the matter of recording some Christian Science hymns. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. 232 7$ September 29th. 19X6. John Baoon, Jr., io Edison Benzol Plant, Johnstown, Pa. I BuppoBe by Monday you can figure out for me your average production of Toluol per day for five or six months ending September 00th, 1916. Please do this carefully, as I may want to make a oontraot to sell the remainder of our production over and above what we supply to Du Pont. When does your nert oarload go to Du Assistant to i&e. Edison. September 28th < Mat Six. ^ ^ m tMoJt JTO for tlo iiM altar r; ol ,.M. tm I »o *>t x— >« ». *■* I «il *> -«» »“•“* “ *°°Wt 11 y”“ "Cxe’r.--”- « — “*“* ““ to addx.=» « *» "S “Sl „1U baJ>a lt tt> croft at this address , and in. person. Yours vary September 25, 1916 fhe Phonograph Company. of Detroit, Detroit , ‘ Michigan . Gentlemen: I believe the3e Conventions of Dealers are good things. Give my best wishes to all of your Dealers . l'he Disc B9oord situation is now very satis¬ factory. We are commencing to make inroads on the bad: orders for catalog numbers . The surface is getting better all the time. You have probably noticed the more brilliant- tone of the records made by the new technique. This increased brilliancy is due to the fact that the surface on the new records permits even the faintest overtone to be heard. Toll your Dealers that they don't noed to worry about the supply of records. If they want to worry about anything, let them worry about getting in¬ struments this fall. We are doing our best, but the X^eople who hold off too long are likely to have trouble in getting all they need. We are noticing a very big revival in the Oyliner business, and the Diamond Amberolu line is something that deserves the attention of all of your Dealers . Mr- A. Melzer, 106 West 70th Street, New York City, Near Hr. Melzer: let me thank you for the photographs which you so* kindly sent me. You must have a very fine lense in your camera, for the photographs are splendid. Yours very truly. 262 September 30th. 1916. Mr. Bernard a. Richards, Secretary, ■American Jewish Congress, 1 Madison Avenue, Hew York City. Bear Sir: Replying to your favor of the 27th instant, let me say that X am in favor of hav¬ ing a Jewish Congress, as well as every other device that the Jbwb can think of, in order to obtain their rights. I believe the day is not far distant when men will not be persecuted for wanting to go to Heaven in their own way and not in some other people's way. J Yours very 264 Mr. Frederic A. lVhiting, Framingham Center, Maas. Fear Mr. Whiting: I have received your very interesting favor of the 26th instant. It haB afforded me muoh pleasure. I have written to our Recording Department Id obtain for you a oopy of our arrangement of "I Hear You Calling Me". It may he a few days before I receive it, but kindly De a little patient about it. Now in regard to helping out Mr. Wrightson to get¬ ting an instrument on terms he can afford, let me say that we are so strongly tied up by contracts with our dealers not to soli below list prioes that the matter oannot be arrange direct, hut I will find some way so that Mr. Wrightson can get a phono¬ graph on terms that will suit him. Yours very truly. 300 1916. Mies Hose Schunk, 209 Peshine Ave., Newark, H.J. Hear Madam: Your favor of the 2d instant to Mr. Edison has been received. He requests us to say that you may go over to our Reoording Studio, 79 Fifth Avenue, Hew York City, and they will make a regular voice trial and send it over here to be passed upon in the usual way. Please present this note to Mr. Vi. H. Miller, the Manager of the Studio. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. EdiBon. 304 •tiaierzwnu v** “ — Et “ j. 98 YJilliam Street, Hew York City. Gentlemen : Attention of Mr. A. E. Jones- Hoe lying to your favor of the 20th ultimo, on- General Counsel ■ Ur. Holden, called upon your- that he does not dispose ot “^gJP^SS^tSt itaisPtokhfeuBed with such ingredients as "i*1 chaser. I understand ^material may bemused*3 as a photographic developer which in no way infringe the sfores aid pat ent; '.e ^therei^ *e S!deeto°In anyway confute a contributory infringement of the aforesaid patent. Yours very truly, October 6, 1916 , 317 October 6, 1916. Mrs. llarie I*. Banks, Honorary Secretary, The American-European Blind War Belief Fund, Hotel Majestic , West 72d Street, Hew York City, H.Y. Dear Madam : Your favor of August Bth was received here at the Laboratory two days ago. To make a new check will involve a change in accounts that have been closed up* So you can avoid this trouble by endorsing the check tv,1 ice, once in the old name and another in the new name. We therefore return the check herewith. Hr. and Mrs. Edison beg to be execused from having their names used officially irl connection with the fund. They find that suoh use of their names in¬ variably brings upon them avalanche mail which adds to their duties, now more than heavy. Yours very truly, Asst, to Mr. Edison. Enclosure . October 5, 1916. Mr. A. I. Clyaiisr, Van Wert, Ohio. Dear Mr. Clymer: Please pardon the few days delay in replying to your favor of the 20th ultimo. This little delay has been caused by my submitting your question *bout Motion Picture Machines to our experts. faking up the matters in the orders given in your letter, let me say in regard to the Phonograph that we 'have iron-bound contracts with Jobbers and Dealers. These contracts prevent u« from furnishing a machine and reoords at a discount, r 1 uorrsona'J ly. contribute thn difference between what • t nossa the dealer and the regular list price for an Edison I- -moocraph and twenty-five Records for your Y.M.C.A. If, therefore. 7°* decide to buy one of our Phono- ,,,,, mm voc-ords, please let me know what you pay for it and I will send my check for the difference, »b a personal contribution to the 3T.M.C..d. in regard to your «u»ttQtni concerning the Motion latere Machine, let me give you below a copy of the report 319 3.TSS ing reaBonS:iiokQr r#Wo#ft t0 a minimi. E. Very little noise* .4iil ife &Er£SS? »“tek I» the A. 0. fl a^w.T^ss.jvs^! «.«* «» «««» points, sis shown In other words , ,^‘S-* ^^^^'ilgh^spreaas^Tn a* rir^tSrs'oSy rui? *>&« is gathered up by theoondo^sor • Q> arCj iB when 8 Another *»ult »i«h .^ing machine gets in the shutter on ** 6 *r£SaWons , the effect synchronism with the a.zer _ ^ D. C. ho ing -H&s1— i^sur Should he erperienoed^ tiou when screen vSSJSSl? *»"%£&**■ «11 18 ‘t“t " •***». oompens arc will , s,r £"**(2^.) « ««* - .«««»• optical projection" ... v0 of some help to you, I trust the above will be or so 343 /' :• i October 7, 1916. Miss Margaret G. Poliak, 46 Pleasent Street, Danbury, Conn. Dear Madam: Your favor of the 27th ultimo was brought to Mr. Edison's personal attention, and he -hoe reouested me to write and ask you if you will kindly send to me for him, half-dozen of the records which you state have swelled up and cracked. He has a curiosity to learn how they swelled up as we never had any complaint of this kind. Mr. Edison will send you new records for those which have any defect of this kind. Assistant to Mr. Edison. 350 October 7, 1916. Mr. C. Bakels, o/o Qijackenbush & Company, Paterson, New Jersey. Bear Oir:- men who are fro2,the Practical Phs or other proto,®! iooking after my Phonogra- “v :°sjk: s<r ■- **• lours very truly, October 7, 1916. Mr. A. E« & tJ or, Tti coma , Washington . Dear Hr. Eb' tiers X have received your favor of the 27th ultimo, in regard to Mrs. MacClellan Barto, and have spokento Mr. Edison about this lady. When she oomeB to the Laboratory, I will see her and give her a letter to the Manager of our Recording Studio in Hew York so that she may go over and make a regular voice trial under proper auspices. I am glad to hear from Mr. Riley that you are getting along so nicely, and hope that you will continue to keep up the good record that you have made . With kindest regards and best wishes to you and Mrs. Estler, I remain, October. 9, 19X6. Mrs. J. E. White, 94 Jameson Avenue, Toronto, Canada. Dear Madam: Your kind note of the 2d instant, has offered me a great deal of pleasure, as I am always pleased to learn that lovers of good muBic derive enjoyment from the Diamond Disc Phonographs and Records. I also am very fond of classical music, and am preoaring to put out a great deal of it on records. Y/hen my new Recording Studio is finished I expect to record the Sonata Patheti^ue and all the symphonies of Beethoven. Yours very truly. October 11, 1916. Mr* John Bacon, Jr., o/o Edison B-J , Johns tov., . Dear Mr? Bacon: I see that according to your report of yesterday that you have on hand 9483 gallons of pure Toluol" I think this must he a mistake, as you do not seem to have deducted from any of your reports the shipment .-cade to The Marsden-Sewell Corporation, last Saturday, amounting to 4917 gallons. If my assumption is oorreot, this would really leave you with 4666 gallons of pure Toluol on hand at the date of yesterday's report. I am just ■writing thi3 to make sure, because I want to figure on selling Toluol up pretty close to production fox the remainder of this year. Of course we have our contract with the Du Pont, hut that leaves us with some over and it is the excess I want to sell. Please let me hear from you about the above. Yftten you send 90$i Benzol to Silver lake, we distill it, and of course have Benzol Heads and Tails; and Toluol, and Toluol Heads and Tails, etc.. We get pure Benzol, hut the Toluol is in too small a quantity for us to refine it to the point where the quality be¬ comes as good as yours . I think I shall ask Mr . Edison whether we cannot send it to you in the drums and let it go in with yours. Very truly yours, Assistanl Edison. October 9, 1916 S. stanwood ikmVj Chairman Exeeut The Batumi Thirt. jmmittee, surity League , Ino . , Pine Street, New York City.' Lear Sir:- I am strongly in favor of compulsory mili¬ tary education for every healthy young man in the United States.- Six weeks in each y« Yours very truly, for five years. October 11, 1916, Jonner , a Jerry, Virginia. X»luwe received y: r note of the o ': • ■ matter of fact, X ■; ..s a little b: • ! : 4ii ; onr.l part of th*. work in the •••' vo - me, hut «k»t X war. fitting it del i you had a very fine X 3ns . Of cot v / th the finest lens in the world a Sue to - ,.leo he good to make good pictures. proof to you that I like your phoivos.'rf^ • iat if you would not mind sending me Tennessee Mountain scenery taken by j : > •• jciate it very much. Yours very, truly, October 11, lo,!.," . Mitsui & Co., limited, 2& Madison Avenue, Hew York City. Gentlemen: Attention Mr. Shunr.n Tatekl . 1 have received your favor o i/r. the saml. ^ lntereet^ in a oarcfuf.,: ward Benzol fox the ^ear 1917 at 5*>d -nor. '• S5ss£ %*%**■** can sell all the Toluol for $2. 2r l5et'teri If yon can do so I shall ! •'' satisfied - even §1.75 a gallon would he satis: so far as I am concerned. ' .;,,osent. Aood- ?or the Yourf sry truly. 411 October 11, 1916. Mr. P. Allen Whiting, Director, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Mr. Whiting: l have been much interested in reading our favor of the 4th instant, and deeply appreciate the erf nn+h11M,8ent hand^i“e of the Diamond Disc Phono¬ graph in the Museum. I think you are entitlsa to oinoer congratulations upon the splendid results attained, and I wish to thank you for taking the pains to present the music under such favorable auspices. Please accept av thanks also for the illustrated edition of the oettO .<4e which you seiyfc me a short time ago. Yours very truly, fpTOPr II Mr. Stanley Doggett, 11 Cliff Street, New York City, New York. Dear Mr. Doggett: Don’t you think I am entitled to a mnTf. consideration than I am receiving at your to you? and have been giving free storage for some of your Aniline Oil since July. Our contract runs to the end of this year, or, +v,n strength of it and similar contracts I houg. t st 3i^S^inf IhLriun Seta right along, osoept you. Can’t you move thi: I think it is only fair for , been storing for you since J mainder as per contract, nam iniline Oil now? If not, i to pay for what I have y and also pay for the re- j, at the rate of a drum me hear from you quickly^ Yours verytpruiy, CX October 12, 1916. Mr. S. 0. Haline, 4900 Woodland Aye., Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir:- Replying to your favor of the 7th instant, let me say that the Germans are using shells contain¬ ing the pollen of a South American meed, which is far more powerful than Cayenne Pepper. Try again l Very truly yours, 427 October 12, 1916. Mr. Julius H. Zobel, o/o The First Stats Bank of Floodwooa, Floodwood , Minnesota. Bear Sir:- Your favor of the 8th instant has been re¬ ceived. You ask if I know of any chemical which, when injected into the stump of a tree would cause rapid deterioration. I do not know of any chemical that wouia do it cpiick enough.. I suggest that a practical way of removing the tree stumps would be to use sheet iron cones, with chimney attached and then set the stumps on fire. They would burn to the ground and separate the main roots . I have had a rough sketch made of such an arrangement and encloso it herewith. Yours very truly. Enclosure . c*-. 429 October 13, 1916. Mr. Henry J. Forman, Managing Editor, "Colliers" 416 West 13th St., Hw York, H.Y. hoar Mr. X am sorry that X cannot offer you any encouragement for an early interview with Mr. Edison. He is busy every minute of the time and has requested even our own people to disturb him as little as possible. If you were out here I could point out a sign to you, which is placed at the door of the Chemical laboratory where he is working. This •sign says: "Keep Out! llr. Edison does not want to bo disturbed except in case of necessity. See Hr. Meadow- croft". With every wish to be accomodating and to help you out, I think you will see from the above that it is not going to be easy to see him very soon. Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. 432 October 13, 1916. E. R. Squibb & Sons, 78 Beekman Street, New York City, N.Y. Gentlemen : Attention of Mr. Hayden- ru.rehaaj.riR Bent. Your favor of the 11th Instant, has been re¬ ceived. Yi’e are certainly very greatly surprised at its contents, as Mr. Edison has always supposed that all the carbolic with which he supplied you was to be used by you for bottling and supplying to your trade. Of course, we are willing to stand back of our product, but it certainly seems as though there should be a limit somewhere. The Carbolic Acid that has been questioned waB shipped eight months ago, and no one would be more suprlsed than we if it had not discolored in that time, even if it stood unopened in galvanized iron drums. Your customer's letter says "after being ex¬ posed", but nothing is said as to how long or in what manner it was exposed. Y/e would ask you also whether you feel quite sure that there has been no mixture of anything else with it. If you are quite sure of this, you may return the drums to our factory marking same for Carbolic Division, Ihos. A. Edison, Inc., Silver lake, H.J., Plant No. 1. V/hen they are received we will examine them and report. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. Ootober 13, 1916. Prof. Irving Pisher, 460 Prospect Street, Hew Haven, Conn. Idy dear Mr. Pisher : I have received your favor of the 10th inBtant, and am glad to hear from you. I saw young Poyer recently and he appears to me to he com¬ pletely cured of tuberculosis , so I will not put you to the trouble of writing out your experience, although I thanJc you very much for your kind offer to do so. I read all your articles and follow your ac¬ tivities with great interest. fours very truly. 437 October IS, 1916. Mr. Charles M. Lincoln, Managing Editor, "l'he World" Hew York Clt;;, N.Y. Dear Mr. Lincoln: I am in receipt of your io.vor of the 11th instant, and regret to say that I shall t,„ unable to spare time for an interview, as I am overworked just now. liy reasons for supporting Mr. Wilson have already been published, and any interview would simply be a rep- itition, any way. Yours very truly, October 13 Mr. Fr. Ft Kuendig, Wall is ell on, (Zurich! Switzerland. Dear Sir:- I 1)02 to thn.nic you for your favor of the eleventh ultimo, which will he carefully preserved for my files. Tot mo sav for your information, that I do not wish to take Ap the manufacture of Guaiool, as other persons here have started to mate Can you find in Switzerland a dye which was made, X think, at would glaucine . I want ^°S^/;00U Tf there is none to pay |lS.00_per po'ina for ,- h ^ roceBB V »* u «», «o«u J.» me for such process. yours very truly. 449 Ootober 16, 1916. Mr. Miltoa C. Sherman, Shelter Island, Hew York. Keferring to our recent correspondence, MT. Edison says that he 1b willing to give you a trial in his Chemical laboratory and would start you at §12 per week. Advancement would depend en¬ tirely upon yourself. If this is agreeable, please let me know when you would expect to report for duty. Yours very truly, Assistant to Hr. Edit October 16, 1916 October 16, 1916 ^ 3,'ev; Tort City, H.Y. entlemen: — . — 8hm«° TaI^‘ T -,.v. -received your favor of the 14th nstant , in regard to the Benzol from the Woodward llant for the year 1917. I «, afraid yon 11* »?* the 11th instant “^refully |™ngh. fnf Relieve I Stor*f iili; .“t!S°i40f“”s.S1.1»?V Woodward henzol, as I am negouiav ue, tut I will iSl.rSfarU.nf ' th... negotiations con. to Yours very truly, October 18, 1316, ioha Bacon, Jr., c jo Edison Benzol Plant, Johnstown, Penna. Mr. Kammorhoff of the Carbolic plant distills the 90?£ Benzol that you send down to Silver Lake. He gets some Toluol, but it is not as pure as you make it. I have asked him to send it to you as you can put it in with your commercial Toluol and redistill it. He will, therefor, return to you a number of drums containing this material, which we will call commercial Toluol. I am writing this so that you will understand the matter. Yours very truly. IV, 1910 Olymer, i'/ert, Ohio. Clymer : I have received your favor of the ;ant, which has been read with careful atten- ■ have no objection whatever to your making no ament outlined on the second page of your As to the Motion Pictures, I think that the ize picture would be the best size, if the generally poor. In regard to Storage Battery matters, let me the Company is doing finely. If you get short I can get a customer for your stock at par. 487 October 17, 1916. Ur. Stanley Doggett, 99 John Street, New York City, H.Y. Dear Mr. Doggett: Ur. Meadoworoft has handed me your favor of the 16th instant, and has also given me the substance of the talk you had with him this morn¬ ing. I appreciate the difficulties you have been up against, hut am glad to learn that you are now beginning to move the Aniline Oil. Your request to ship ten drums to Stein, Hirsh & Company is noted. The date of shipment is not given in your letter, but Mr. Meadoweroft says you told him to ship October 20th, so wo will make shipment that day of these ten drums. X am much pleased to learn that you expect to give shinping instructions for fifteen to eighteen drums more within a few days. This will relieve some of the congestion at Silver Lake . Yours very truly, f ■ I Coiobor 17, 191C Mr. Frederic A. Whiting, Eleven State Street, Framingham Center, Mass. Dear Mr. Y/hiting: Once more I hrve to tho.Mll you. for a letter and an interesting enclosure. I have read your 8.V. ' ile on "Common Sense Salesmanship". It is very good indeed, and I thank you for the "tip". Y/e shall tr:V n you at your word and make use of this article. Replying to your two questions, let me say, first, that it ia not harmful to wind the instrument when it is playing. Second, it has never occured to me that there is more noise from the record when the motor is wound fully. The only increased noice, if any, is that perhaps the mechanism is slightly louder, due to the increased strain from being fully wound up. Xours very truly, Ootobor 20, 191G ..mot Itagni-Phone Company, 811 H.W.IIollman Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Gentlemen : ''/our favor of ti;o 9t5 handed to Mr. Edison. He roan- he is ready to see a demonstvs' phone. When your Mr. Miller I would suggest that ho oommuai hy letter or telephone so that arrangements . i instant, has been sets me to say that ;icn of the Amet Magni- e.rrives in New York, .cate with ue either we can make the proper Yours very truly. Assistant to Hr. Edison. Western Union Telegraph Co,, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- Heplying to your favor of the 16th ins let me say that there were two group pictures to of the "Old Timers" on the occasion of their vis my laboratory recently. One was of the entire and the other was a smaller group of the "Old lii Telegraphers" . These photographs were made by Underwo Underwood, Photographers, 41V Fifth Ave., Hew Yo U.Y. I think that they would be able to supp with a copy of the photograph of either one of t groups. Yours very truly. October SO, 1916 ])r. Starr Willard. Cutting, ) She Unlvorsity of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Dear Dr. Cutting: I have had the pleasure of reading your very interesting favor of the 10th instant, and assure you that I am glad to have intelligent criticism and suggestions . The steamy sound on the Disc reoords is the worry of my life. If I make everything delicate so as to record all the overtones, the surface sounds are all brought out. On the other hand, if I make everything less sensitive, in order to stop the steamy sounds, I lose overtones and hence sacrifice the quality. Your earlier records nor« mr.ao under a differ¬ ent technique, but they developed intermittent steamy surfaces of such a bad nature that we had to throw away two records in order to obtain one. This made it impossible to manufacture them at a profit, or to obtain anywhere near enough in quantity to supply the public. By the new technique, I can get all the over¬ tones and reproduce louder, and the intermittent steamy sounds are rate, but the general surface sounds are louder. We are constantly at work to diminish the surface sound, but I shall never stop until I get rid of it all together. Yours 518 zfi Mr. Joseph P. Pay, 31 Nassau Street, New York City, N.Y. Youx circular letter to Mr. Edison in regard to the Factory Sites on the Newark Meadows, property of the Newark Factory Sites, Inc., was received, and has had his personal attention. He would like you to give him an idea of prices on these factory sites. Edison laboratory. October 21, 1916, Dr. John H. Finley, President, University of the State of New York, Albany, Ifevv York. Dear Dr. Finley: It occurs to me that you would probably like to have a copy of Mr. Edison's speech of acceptance of the honor conferred upon him last night. I am therefore enclosing a copy herewith, and also a copy of your speech of pre¬ sentation as we heard it over the telephone. Yours very truly, / Assistant to Mr. Edison. Enclosure . 520 , C. E. Goodwin, Manager, The Phonograph Co. Chicago, Ill. I reoeived your favor of the 17th .'hich came in the day after Mr. Edison re- i. otter from Mr. Starr V/illard Cutting. I , Edison your lettor also and then lie says that 1 yon copy of Mr; Cutting's letter and of his i's) reply. You will find them enclosed I am glad to say that Mr. EcLioon lo moll i i o v ' nr himself hugely on S' . me chemical problems. his days and nights in the Chemical Hoorn. •Esc glad to be able to report myself in good v.itli sufficient wort to keep me from getting iith kind regards, I ren October 23, 1 Mr. Welter E. Holland, Blstriot Sales Manage r, Welker Vehicle Company, Chicago , Illinois. 13th inst midnight difficult write to and for t "0" typo Electric He will 1 subject. Mi-. Edison received your favor of the Htt. He is very busy from early morning to in the Chemical Laboratory working out some ; chemical problems, and he has asked me to yon and thank you for your interesting le ttei if, a information that you give him auout the thin plate Edison battery. u- oicn vents mo to asl: you how the sales of Vehicles are progressing on the Pacific Coast -verj inter etteC to hear from you on this sends his kind regards to y< my own. , Edison to add r October 23, 1912 imDOr 01 wraioiuo Sixty-five Liberty Street, Hew York City, Hew York. of Hew York, Allow me to thank you for the invitation to attend the One Hundred and korty-eighth^nmial Banouet of the Chamhar, on Hovemhor sixteenth. I take pleasure in advising you of my ac¬ ceptance of this invitation and of my intention of being present at this Banruet. Yours very truly, Gctob. Hiss Iona M. Siiattuclc, 96 lakefront Ave • , East Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Madam: Your favor of the 18th inst., to Me has been received. He requests us to say in that we have no Recording Studio except our rc located in Mew York City, and it is impossible to decide on the avilability of a singer unlec a trial record of the voice. If you ever vie York, you can call at our Recording Studio, 7^ Hew York City, and see the Manager, Mr. Vi* H. who will take a trial record of your voice, wl be submitted to the Music Committee for eri.t Eo avoid any misunderstanding, we beg to soy ’ not pay the expenses of any singer coming to : record . October 24, 191S> looms' *16 & IV. B0ard Bldg., Sapulpa, Olcla. oar Sir:^ ^ recoivea y0ur fa ' liich has ho en read with a E^3S'ais.tinctiy , hut 1 do annot say that I remember you divine ^ actually SS*« «>* sTd^rm- s \U2! »»* » o?so« ot ■» »‘J“r ”S'- “l “s Yours very truly, very truly, The Warrington, 161 Madison i-ve., Hew York, H.Y. Ur. Marshall C. Lefferts.hns c o no e rnirig t " Geo r ge^Vf ashing ton^Memo rial Building" ^ i®?8s « SSHSSE xtnrv on the George Washington Memorial Burlding «Stil there is some relief, from demands occasion ^theWar! I Believe it will thevhe easy to cc out this project. Yours very truly, October 86,1916 Mrs. Elizabeth A. Evans, care Mrs. H. Fritz, 67 North Maple Ave . , Ridgewood, N.J. Dear Mrs . Evans : I have received your note of the 24th instant, and am glad to learn that you will now have an opportunity to make the trial records we spoke of so long ago- If ill'. Edison were not so very busy I am sure that he would be glad to hear you person¬ ally, but the fact is he is working from early morn¬ ing until midnight on soma special chemical investi¬ gations. It is quite difficult even to arrange for oar own officials to get any of his time just now. However, there is one thing that he does do, he hears/ f all the trial reoords that are made. It may be sooner or later, but he makes time for that. Will you please therefore take this letter over to Mr. W. H. Miller at. our Recording Studio, 79 Fifth Aye., New York City, N.Y., and he will arrange for you to make trial reoords. Saturday is not a good day to go over there as Mr. Miller usually comes over here to the laboratory on that day. Yours very truly, Assistant - perhaps I should sa been approached on th sources . Thus far al favorable results. with Lire . Edison and There will to forgive what nappe in regard to tho hood most fortuitous and a iir. Edison was oviden I feci unite happy ab I thank yon biography. I prosun If you have not a cop have you accept one 1 please advise mo whet I shall be Bulletin containing t whenever it is read:/ . October 191G. ill’. Robert E. Ireton, Editorial Department, Railway gooutivoe Advisory Committee, bl Broadway, 1,'ev; York City. Dear ’ir . Ireton: the 20th instant^that to?form:£’an1n fttvor of against control of the for or would toko a lot of tirae fw ?Mn?-Lthe Government, collection „ are of no toiS?1®** opinlons of Sl'°* involved questions Yours very truly, Lisa May RoBella James, 3820 \V. Congress otraet, Chicago, XU* Your favor of the 22d i Recording Studio we have, vaxcn October 21 , SiS,V> J October 26,1916 Replying to your favor , 1st me Bay D. M. Bliss worked han for some time, but sb his services lae perhaps to the conditions here jxacting. )f the 11th instant, * in the laboratory i were not satisfactory, . which are rather Yours very truly. Ootober 28,1916. Hr. Thos . E. Delaney, 156 Market Street, Paterson, N.J. Dear Sir:- Your favor of the 25th instant to Mr. Henry Miller, has been referred to the laboratory. If you are in New York at any time and will stop in at our Recording Studio, No. 79 Fifth Avenue, New York City, N.Y., and see Mr . Walter ,H. Miller, who will arrange to make a trial record of your voioe to be submitted to the Music Committee. Kindly present this letter- to Mr. Miller, who will see that you will receive the proper attention. Yours very truly, Edison Laboratory. Dr. John H, Finley, President, The University of the State of Hew Yor A 1 "3 a n y , Hew York. Dear Dr. Pinley: itr. tleadoworoft has shown me your favor of the 23d instant, in regard to the super- kinetosoope. 1 I am glad to learn that you have found it so satisfactory, as it gives me an additional pleasure in presenting , it to the University of the State of Hew York, through your good self. I will ask the University to please accept it with my compliments and with the hope that it will nfP«v mm vears of useful service. . — October 87,1916. Messrs. Harry and Samuel Keefer, 143 Ilorth Fifth Street, Sunbury , Ponna . Gentlemen : I have received your letter of the SSth instant, and in reply beg to say that Mr, Edison will bo here Monday next, and if you are in this neighborhood you may drop in and see him. possibly it might be well for you one me in advance telaphi of your October 27,191 Ur. Walter P. 3 chuck, 2513 62d Street, S.JB. Eortlana, Ore. Your favor of the 16th Instant in regard to Hiokol Flake has heen received. We do not sell this product as a rule. We sold some to Professor Baskerville for oatalytio pur coses for fats. He has gotten out a patent °n its use in flake form for this purpose. X suppose i“b a use- in that direction is closed so far as others are concerned. *. js rswa x sars Storage Battery. .... ™ &K S8 ” VKlT&’xSS&b* Yours re ry truly, Managing Editor, COLLIERS, 416 V.'est 13th Street, Hew York City, tj.v. Hear Sir:- I have shown Mr, Edison your favor c 27th inst. He says that he will x-robably he to give your representative an interview some next week. His time this week is all taken u if you will get in touch with me say about V/ed morning next week, I will try and make a dofin October 31,1916 i£r. Robert T, Rosier, 141 Broadway, New York City, If.Y. Bear Mr. Rosier: tlr» lj this tottor m.t 1„ to 'ill Z ntl3. x ™» ■ S Sf^se^ Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. Ur. John Bacon, Jr., c/o Edison Benzol Plant, ' Johnstown, Penna. Liy dear Mr.. Bacon: Will you please let me know at your oarliest convenience when you are- due to ship another car of Toluol to the Dupont people. If you will remember, last month we sold 10,000 gallons to another conoern, but that you have only shipped a little less than 5,000 gallons on . order so far The y may call for the remainder at any hit . \’e aiso soidTo the same people 1,000 gallons for October and 1,000 gallons for IToyember, but they have not yet. called for delivery. I Bee from your Daily Keport that you have plenty of 90^ washed Toluol on hand, so it would be I simple matter to make a lot more pure if they should call on us suddenly for deliveries. Hr. Edison has decided to place the selling of all our products in charge of a regular Commerci-1 Department, and I am arranging to transfer all these matters to them. Ekey will be taking hold in a few Says . ilr. Emery is at the head of this Department, so by ^ and by yon will get into the handling of these mattej with them. In the meantime, until you hear definitely you and 1 will correspond just as usual. Hovember 1.1918, Henry j. Borman, Managing Editor, C0H1IEES , 416 West 13th Street. Hew.Xork City, y.l'. Hear to. Forman: I am in reoeipt of your favor of the 31st ultimo, and in reply hog to say that in accordance with your desire, I will ask h*. £aison to "have a heart”. He is out of town for today and tomorrow, hut I hope he will he here on Friday and will then place your letter before him. 669 'JP*' ^ "in - Uitsui & Company, 25 Madison Avenue, If ew York, N.Y. Up to this time we have teen furnishing the Solvent Uaphtha from both the Woodward and Johns¬ town plants to th© American Oil £b Supply Company, who in turn, had supplied it all to one of their customers . Iff e had a oontract with the American Oil & Supply Co., but this oontract expired AuguBt 1st; They have taken the lost shipment we made, ana now notify us that their customer does not want any more and as the contract has expired, they are not under any obligations to take our Solvent Ilaphtha. X notify you of this so that you may be on the lookout for a customer for your Solvent Ifaphtha from the Woodward plant. The market price is much lower than it was . Under our oontract with the Amer¬ ican Oil & Supply Company, they paid us 25 4 a gallon, but X am told that the market is now down to 17 or 18 <j a gallon . As Hr. Opdyke is now accumulating some of this product, I suppose it would be advisable for you to see if you can dispose of it. Movember 3,1916. Mr. John Bacon, Jr., o/o Edison Benzol Plant, Cambria Steel Works, Johnstown, Pa. Dear Mr. Bacon: Beg to confirm Western Union telegram sent you this afternoon as follows: "Dupont people say we are short 7,000 gallons Toluol on ship¬ ments up to Uovember 1st on their oontraot. They say last shipment was September 12th. What shipments do your records show* Answer quick* I trust we will receive a reply from favorable lines than our message to you along more you. Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. November 6,1916. 691 November 7,19X6. Mr. Joseph P . Pay, 31 Nassau Street, Hew York, II. Y. Pear Sir:- Heplying to your favor of the 31st ultimo, Ur. Edison wishes me to say that you might call some day an'd talk the matter over with him. When you come,, please ask for me. Mr. Edison is usually here fivery dey and all day, except between one and two o'clock when he is likely to be away at lunch. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Meadowcroft. Hoveraher 6,1916. Milan, Ohio. ““ SW”„ to, toototlS »llea “ ■> ttot ,0-i.ve toolto* *° »•»»“ * B»101 “ ““ „11 o ... M„oto .to -» — — “ K11“' I am pleased to hear of this, and think our HUB* people will appreciate the ,-lity of the music, the recording and reproducing of which I am constan j Yours very truly. November 7,1916. Miss Lillies Turner Howe, H evade City, California. Bear young Friend: Your letter of the 30th ultimo to Mr. Edison has been received. He wishes us to say in reply that the matter of recording the special words to be recorded to the tune of "Where the River Shannon Elows", will be submitted to the Music Committee, but we are afraid that you will be disappointed, as it has been our practice not to reoord other words than those which belong to any good time. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. General Letterbook Series Letterbook, LB-115 (1916-1917) This letterbook covers the period November 1916-January 1917. Most of the correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Some of the correspondence pertains to the commercial and technical development of the phonograph. Included are letters discussing customer relations, voice trials by recording artists, selections for music catalogs, and experiments involving microscopic examination of violin strings. There is also correspondence concerning Edison’s storage battery, his benzol absorbing plants and other chemical manufacturing interests, and the development of educational motion pictures. Other letters relate to the death of longtime Edison associate and investor James Gaunt; Edison’s friendship with horticulturalist Luther Burbank, naturalist John Burroughs, and industrialist Henry Ford; and the receipt of an autographed photograph from President Woodrow Wilson. In addition, there are letters containing Edison’s opinions on financial, political, and technical matters, along with items regarding the collection of books for his libraries. The correspondents include industrialist Harvey Firestone, George F. Kunz of Tiffany & Co., Henry Ford’s personal secretary Ernest G. Liebold, and representatives of Mitsui & Co. The spine is stamped "Letters" and is marked "T.A.E. From Nov. 7, 1918 To Jan. 23, 1917." The number "53" also appears on the spine. 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I read it through, and found it very interesting. I myself have been trying agreatnumber of experiments with the violin. v string. She misoroscope shows that Violinists fully. November 8,1916. Ur. Louie lazard, 92 William Street, Mew York, H.¥* Uy dear Mr. lazard’. t Am in receipt of your favor of the 6th instant ^ SSgfest had received * *2,mv?S^iet ter cheeking the .quality of the sbipmente made to lo^on^and Bordeaux.^ Am I not right about this? If they co^laln.4 »I ies, there will be ^ | onr output, and ks “ 3Jn.’,ato,ss«5 « “» oi jo“ "• dere quite promptly. Yours very truly, IS November 7,1916. d07 ~ 208 law Building , Baltimore, Ud! Dear Sir;- 5“L; ‘"'m th" 31 p.»b nwni, tho ' SW l” r-plJ “ “»• « - .town, «« r iw“*iii° « *. « s... 22 -«««,*„, ltbor and ,**«.. * ara ^ nli°*ItSl "»• ““ •» .toPUr dod„e tart Soon as we can obtain good material, we shall be able Yours very intelligent labor and to produce smooth records, truly. 20 November 7,1916. 86 Dear Mr. Eakaki: the Deferring containing parts aoth «iti« > “/USt. 1imu~ »«f l’ SJi'tfc let me s8iL “resenting one of tneao ^ ^ glad if “wu”° -n « s^f-- Yours very truly, 25 November 9,1916. Mitsui & Company, ltd., 26 Madison Avenue, Hew York, M.Y. Gentlemen: Attention Mr. Shunzo gakakl : We have received a letter from the Wood¬ ward Iron Co., Btating that they have deemed it necessary to voluntarily increase the wages of their employees 10^ effective November 1st. We have also received from them the new scale of wages affecting the men at their Benzol and Naphthaline plants. You will find a copy also enclosed herewith. Mr. Edison wishes me to submit this matter to you and ask if it will be satisfactory to you to make this new scale of wages effective as c the Benzol and Naphthaline plants in which you and Mr. Edison are interested. So far as Mr. Edison is concerned, it is satisfactory to him, and if you agree, will you please notify Mr. Opdyke and advise me of your action so that we can reply to the Woodward Iron Company's letter • Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. Enclosure. 38 November 9,1916. Mr. C. Heine, Hinckley, Ills. Dear Sir:- Heplying to your favor of the 6th instant, Mr. Edison wishes us to say that we have recently re¬ corded some Swedish and German songs. We expect and intend to record quite a number, but at the present time we have considerable trouble in getting good singers to render these songs. Yours very truly. Edison laboratory. November 10,1916. Ur. louis hazard, 92 William Street, Hew York, H.Y. My dear Ur. hazard: Your favor of the 9th inst., has been received. I regret to learn that your friend b on the other side have made any criticism about the quality of the Para Pheny- lenediamine. We have tried our utmost to make a uniform quality, and have been supply¬ ing the material in large quantities in this country. let me say, for your information, and I am sure you will be glad to hear, that Mr. Edison has recently made an improvement in the process of manufacture, by reason of which the Para Phenylenediamine will be refined to a higher degree than formerly, and will be very uniform in quality. The nww material will be ready very shortly, probably within two weeks, and I am sure you will receive compliments about it from the other side when we commence Bliipping it. In the moantime I will ask our people to check up carefully on the present standard of quality. And further, for your information, that Mr . Edison’ has decided to conduct the sales of our chemicals through the regular organization of Thos. A. Edison, Inc. The laboratory has done the pioneer work, and Mr. Edison does not wish that the laboratory shall continue to be a selling organ¬ ization. The sales of our chemicals will now be in the hands of Mr. A. C. Emery and his Assistant, Mr. E. D. Lockwood. Hereafter you can addresB your orders and correspondence to Mr. A. C. Emery, c/o Thos. A. Edison, Inc., Orange, H.J. Ur. hazard -2- Il/l0/l6. Ie;t me add in closing that I shall always look hack with the greateB pleasure to the cordial relations which have existed hetwe us since the beginning of our dealings with yo and I am sure you will find it will be very agreeable to continue these dealings with Mr. Emery and his Assistant. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. 44 November 10,1916. Hr . Claude Opdyke , o/o Woodward Iron Co., Woodward, Ala. Dear Ur. Opdyke: Ur. Edison has decided that he did not wish the laboratory to continue ae a Selling Agency, and as we have done the pioneer work, he has turned over the sales of his Chemicals , etc. to the regular organization, Thoe. A. Edison, Inc. Ehe sales end will, therefore, be in charge of Ur. A. C. Emery and his Assistant Mr. S'. D. Lockwood, so where you have heard from me in the past, you will probably hoar from them. Any papers, such as shipping lists, that you have been in the habit of sending to me should now be sent to Ur. K. W. Eellov here at the labora¬ tory. I have greatly enjoyed the cordial relations that have existed between us and I think you will find that everything will go along splendidly under the new arrangements. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison 54 Hovember 11,1916. Mr. Eli C. Bennett, Syndicate Trust Building, St. Louis, Mo. Dear Mr. Bennett: In reply to your favor of the 27th ultimo let me say that I am willing you should use my name as a member of the "One Hun¬ dred Point Committee". I undersxand from your letter that you will not call on me for the expenditure of any time in connection with the work of the Com¬ mittee. I am bo busy that it is not possible for me to give attention to outside matters, and for this and other reasons I am compelled to de¬ cline serving on many Committees, but in this case I have made an exception; so you may add my name to your list. _ Yours very truly, 56 Hovembex I0,19ie, Mrs. iiary Gordon Dyer, 62 Prospect Street, ■East Orange, N.J. Uy dear Mrs. Dyer: Allow me to thank you for your note and for the two old photographs vhioh you have so kindly sent me. I appreciate your thoughtful - nesB in sending them to me, and shall be glad to keep them in my collection. Yours very truly. Uovember 11,1910. Woodward Iron Company, Woodward, Alabama. Gentlemen: Attention Mr. D. IS. Wilson, Treasurer. Replying to your favor of the 6th Instant, in regard to increasing the wages of Benzol plant employees, I bog to advise you that I am quite agree¬ able to this increase of 10jJ as shown by the new scale enclosed with your letter. . yours very truly, ( J Hovember 14,1916 Mr. ChaB. H. Green, Engineer Subsurface Structures, Eublio Service Commission, 120 Broadway, How Yorlc.H.Y. My dear Mr. Green: I have received your favor of the 10th instant and have consulted Mr. Edison about its contents . He wishes me to express his regret that he Bhall be unable to make a record of the Cornell Chimes at present as our portable recording machine is not yet finished. He wub unable to give any approximate date when it wuuld be ready. I am sorry to have to send you such a discouraging report, but of course, cannot help it. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Hr. F. D. lambie , 61 Broadway, Hew York, II.Y. Dear Hr. lambie: Mr. Edison thinks it is very kind of you to suggest a visit to Mr. Wilson, but it would simply be impossible for him to get away to go with the party. He is still hard at work on hi6 chemical problems and is spending hiB days and nights on this work. He is so very busy that he sees very few of our own officials, and even I disturb him with reluctance. Of course, I would like to go, but my first duty is right here to go/'as a "buffer" be¬ tween Mr. Edison and the world and I surely try to be on deck all the time so as to be of the greatest assistance to him. However, there is one thing I am hoping to do and that is to make a trip to Washington at the Inauguration. You will notice I use the word "Hoping". With many thanks for your kind offer, I remafn. Yours very Binoerely, November 14,1916. Mr. X. T. Folder, 1623 Hurt Building , Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir Your favor of the 10th instant, has been received . My experiments on Potash were a great success, .hut on looking up the Patent Office records I found out that another inventor, living at Balti¬ more. had gotton ahoad of mo. By fusing finely ground Feldspar with 75$ of its weight of common salt, practically all of the Potash is made soluable. Nothing could be cheaper or simpler than this process from your standpoint, as there are plenty of Salt Wells near yoij, but the Baltimore man has the Patent. Yours very truly. November 15,1916. Mr. Charles T. Gwynne, Secretary, Chamber of Commerce of the State of Hew York, 65 liberty Street, New York, N.Y. Allow me to thank you for your favor of the 14th instant, enclosing tickets for Box No. 13, First Tier, at the Y/aldorf-Astoria, for Ihureday evening November 16th. I have handed these tickets to Mrs. EdiBon. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr.. Edison. Hovember 15,1916. Guigy Ter-Meer Company, 89 Barclay Street, Hew York, M.Y. Gentlemen: Attention Hr. Kipo. Mr. Edison wishes me to drop you a line to Bay that when your next shipment of the various kinds of Erio dyes come in, he would like to have you send him a half ounce sample of each one, and he will make tests at once and will take BO pounds of the one that answers his purpose. On account of the ex¬ pense of the material, he is quite willing that you shall charge him for the samples at the regular prices. This does not change our telephone arrangements about five or ten pounds, of which you are going to send me a sample today. He will test it out right a way on receipt, and will let you know by Monday morning. Thanking you for your kind attention, I remain, Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. llovember 14,1916. Mr. John W. Herron, President, Commonwealth Trust Company of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Penna. ’ Dear Sir:- I have reoeived your favor of the 11th instant, enclosing copy of the Deed of Trust of the John A. Brashear Fund, and beg to say that the same is satisfactory to me..— Yours very truly, Hovember 14,1916. Dr. George F. Kuna, 405 Fifth Avenue, Hev; York, H.Y. Dear Dootor Kuna: I have received your favor of the 11th instant, in regard to the exhibition which you expeot to make at the Museum of natural History dur¬ ing Christmas week meeting in Hew York City of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At the recent Chemical Exposition, I had an Exhibit Board containing exhibits of my Benzol products. Shis particular board is about eight and one-half feet square and is sixteen inches deep. I could send this over for exhibition if you do not think it too large. At the Chemical Exposition, I also had a small table, about three feet in diameter, on which I exhibited my Alkaline Storage Battery Chemicals and Hickel Flake. I “sn^°?Vl°£ ^ of these things so that you may decide whether_you can avail yourself of either, both, or .neither Yours very truly, s V. c o CX- O-t nST- ' ’ November 15,1916 Ur. Terra Christa Kruna, 130 West 121st Street, New York City, New York. Dear Sir:- In response to your letter, Ur. Edison has directed me to send you his subscription for one year for the "Art World". You will find sub¬ scription paper and check enclosed herewith. YourB very truly. Assistant to Ur. Edison. 92 Movember 15,1916. Hr. IV. M. Palmer, 12 Lincoln Ato., Haddenf ield , D.J. Dear Sir:- Xour favor of the 10th instant to I.lr. Edison enclosing words of the song "De Y/atermilion Hangin on de Vine" has heen received. Mr. Edison wishes me to ask you whether these words have heen set to music, and if so, whether you can give him any information as to the publishers. If he can get the music he will have it looked into by our Music Committee and if satisfactory, will record it. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. 94 November 14,1910. Miss lillia V.’. D. Trask, librarian. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 66th Street and Avenue A, Hew York, H.Y. Dear Madam: Replying to your inquiry of the 11th instant, let me say that the list of Fluorescent Salts was published in the Electrical Engineer, or a publication of that character, edited by T. Commerford Martin. The date of the issue was a few months after the publication of the discov¬ ery of the X ray, which I think was about the latter part of 1095. Somewhere in my laboratory note books, I have a list of Fluoresing Salts far more extensive. Ib there any particular point on which you wish to have information. Yours very truly. November Mitsui & Co., limited, 25 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. Gentlemen: Attention Hr. Shunzo Takakl . I am writing this letter in pursu¬ ance of our conversation this morning in re¬ gard to the complaint concerning 331,400 ibs . of Phenol claimed to be of poor quality, as stated in your favor of the 14th instant with enclosures. If Phenol is used for making Sali¬ cylic Acid, it need not be redistilled. The largest manufacturer in this country, The Hey- den Chemical Company, takes from me Phenol which may be off color and UBes it to the ex¬ tent of two or three thousand pounds daily, in manufacturing Salicylic Aeid. They told me it is not necessary to have white Phenol for manufacturing this article. In this counxry, it costs 3^ per pound, to redistill Phenol, including losses. I am willing to pay $4,971.00, or half the cost of redistilling the Phenol you have com¬ plained of, although if used for Salicylic Acid it would need no redistilling at all. As to the Phenol that was shipped to Japan on your orders, let me say that when it was put into the drums, it was all above 39°0 Melting Point, and was white. Very fre¬ quently the action of the Phenol on the met¬ allic containers causes the material to dis¬ color, even to blackness, and lowers its melt¬ ing point. At the time of making shipments to you it was impossible to get drumB which were properly galvanized, by reason of the Hovember 17,1910 Mr. C. 13. SpeirB, c/o D. Van Hostrand Company, 2b Park Place, Hew York, II. Y. My dear Mr. SpeirB: A few days ago you sent me four books of a popular nature for one of our young men to look at. He has an idea that he wants to make a study of chemistry, but does not know a thing about it. Since then he has gotten hold of some very elementary books which will answer his purpose. The four books which you sent me are as follows: The Hew Knowledge by E.K. Duncan; The Romance of Modern Chemistry by James C. Philip; Chemistry of Pamilar things by Sad tier ; Chemistry of Commerce by Duncan. The two books first above-mentioned we will keep for the Library here and you may bill them to Thomas A. Edison. The two books last-named I am returning to you by Express. Yours very truly, //y; Assistant to Mr. Edii 124 November lG.lgxe. ilitsui & Co., ltd. 2ti Uadison Avenue, Hew York, fl.y. Gentlemen: Attention Mr. st,„. g*- • “imnzo I'ajr Replying to your favor of the 17th 1 4,mir •<“"» V PWobase f™, °f oar plant , b.tw„ January let w Iaomlsp 31stil91?i at the price of $1.25 per gallon. you Will, therefore, be able to go SWay °n y0Ur *» ^pan without any worry about this product from the Woodward plant.. _ Yours very 'truly, y ■ ■■■ G./" November 20,1916 Woodward Iron Company, Y/oodward, Ala. Gentlemen: Attention Hr. R. H. Banister. Referring to your favor of the 16th instant, with regard to the purchase of your Benzol for the year 1917. Complying with the seoond paragraph of your letter, we sent you the following Western Union telegram at 10:00 A.H. this day: "We are supplied with Benzol up to July, 1917. Will want some after that. Edison" Trusting our telegram reached you in due time, Beg to remain. Yours very truly, X ■ ■. ' ' Assistant Mr. Edison. 3 Hovember 16,1916. Ur. George Grantham Bain, 32 Union Square, Hew York.H.Y. Bear Mr. Bain: Mr. Sloane informs me that he has written to you thanking you for your kind¬ ness in arranging to have a letter and some photographs Bent over on the Beutschland for my daughter. I write now to extend my personal thanks for your kindness in this matter and also to express my appreciation of the trouble you have taken. Yours very trjjlj November 21,1916 I Bureau of Standards, Y/ashington, D. C, Dear Sir:- Attention Dr. Wolff: Ur. Edison requests me to write and ask you if you can send him the publication of Coblenta on l.liororadiometer work. If so, will you kindly address them to me and I will bring them to his personal attention when same are received. Yours very truly, Assistant to Ur. Edison. 136 November 20.191C. Current Events, 10 Broadway, Springfield, Mass. Gentlemen: Beplying to your favor of the lbth instant, let me say that I have never received the Nobel Brize, as it is impossible for me to meet the necessary condition, which is that the recipient shall go to Sweden to receive it^ Yours very truly, ' November 21,1916 November 21,19X6 Stein, Hirsh & Co., 61 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Gentlemen: Renlvine: to your inquiry, let me say that according to my experience and that of other manufacturers! the discoloration of Carbolic acia “ not lf^ct its quality.. Before the commence- _ _ jt its quality, neiore ™ “ XT ment c£ the War, I imported largn 4™' • • •* from England and Germany, m l'aci. iathinkCIAwas themia?los? user in country at one time. All the Carbolic Acid that I ever **?. chived from England or it,1but,itsmqualityVwas not affected, and I was always able to 1 1 The discoloration comes from contact of siapsssfis' facturer^hav^fouij^this S. not affect the qual- llr. Frederic A. Whiting, Eleven State Street, Framingham, Maes. Dear Mr. Whiting: Hour favor of the 18tli instant is very interesting, - so much so that if my hear¬ ing were normal I should he very much tempted to make a visit to The Cleveland Museum of Art to get the artistic effects you describe so well, it would do me no good, however, for, as you probably know, I am quite deaf and can only hear the recoids when I sit close by the instrument. If I cannot accomplish any useful result bv eoinp I can at least add to the pleasure of your sonBandShis visitors by sending some records to the numbers . When you are next in Mew York, I shall be es* s”oSs sr^s a dayPor two ahead of your coming so as tojnakji-s that I shall be here. Yours verj>-truly, c-i a five a/imo. November ,1910. Ur. Henry II. Hall, o/o Editorial liooms, She Hew York World, Hew York, N.Y. Hear Sir:- Ur. Edison' received your favor of the 10th instant, and ho wishes me to say that although he cannot at the moment recall Mr. Schivre, he will help your fund along with $20.00. I there¬ fore enclose check for this amount herewith. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Enclosure . A/134G . L51 Hovember 23,1‘JlG. Ur. H. S. Percival, Secretary, Halcyon Park Improvement .assn. , Bloomfield, II. J. Dear Sir:- Ref erring to your recent correspondence with Ur. U. R. Hutchison, I am requested by Mr. Edison to send you his check for ^100.00, payable to the Halcyon Park Improvement Association, the money to be used for the purpose of planting a screen of trees along the property of the Edison Company at Silver lake. I shall be pleased to receive your acknowledgment of this check. lours very truly, listant to Mr. Edisi . X aid not He aelceO. HUout tta* »• x$*&~4 &3£3S4iHs sx^' aB to vefivio^fc c *w '»oxth IE. 25 s@| » “r SJS» «4 «r«s rf ip--1 *~ •« «**». *» *Li „«5,r M. «-» rtl. t, «o =»s ■».. “°"Sr“ 5?-f,;ajs rs ■ ■ ■■ ■iW-.vzv '"'X . .u x-ni.otl i?',' vMfoti b*2b 3 1, Yj&‘ V 5 ilv*1 P Jo a ” 1 Uo^re ir «* ‘iW‘*,V\'-.iv*Yi Ui-umi oouia «o^?ci Director, . ClB’i a few days on -.Government business, c-.yX ? return, your favor of the Kith 'instant. • read with a great deal of interest and I think that you nr* to be con: on having worked out such a norfeot sett; music. Evidently it is a labor of love in whioh I most heartily sympathize. I thank you for your very intss Yours very truly, HA./13S3, lieu-ember 24,1916 kindly dedicated to to the contrary, so .Editor of i\ small publication that the interest of tho Diamond DiBo Phono- Yours very trul-y^"”^ Dr. Arthur C. Wright, c/o State of Maine Augusta State Hospital, August'^.', Maine . Dear Sir:- Xour favor of the 21et instant has been hands i to mo. X would sav in roply^ that I will look uo the songs you mention, ana if they are satisfactory I will have them recorded for the Disc Records. Regarding your inquiry, le* m0.BaL1;k“* the increased surface noise is due, n£tain’m ore over- making a harder record in order to o^^in more_ ^ tones • and second , to the shortage of certain m, mmmgsmm out smooth records hefore long.. Ur. Kdwin C. Barnes, V£ West Adams Stroi Chicago ,• Ill. little publication ,!B well, and I want to extend my congratulations to you on the first birthday of your little Journal— Uoveraber £9,1916 Kiss Anna D. Beatty, Conneaut lake, 1'enna. Dear Madam: Your favor of the 15th instant m as received • We beg to say in reply that Hiss Anno la Florence Wright made a trial record at our according laboratory, but the same mas not favorably passed upon by our Uusic Committee. Please do not think from this that it is any reflection on her Yoice • . _ lt means that there are certain subtle technical requirements that are necessary for successful records for the Edison instrument, and Uiss Wright's voice did not comply with those require- Yours very truly. November BB.lui® , ii -il Stanley Gill. c / o The Gill lumber _ Company , 1 Hippodrome Building, Cleveland , Ohio . Eeplying to your favor of the 24th s taut , let me say that I was named Alva for va Bradley of Cleveland, who was a- great lip owner on the lahes at that time, and who ften visited my father. Xiov ember 28,1916. Dr. Oscar U. Marchman, Wilson Building, Dallas, Texas . Dear Sir:- Beplying to your favor of the 21st instant. Hr. Edison requests us to say that water has been purified not by Glectricity, but by ozone made by electricity. If you are invited to go into any proposition of this hind, you should exeroise very great caution as there are many fakirs abroad in this line of promotion. Yoxtrs vor-y' truly , a/1399 • December 1,19! Hies Mar.> Rogeirs, c/o .J.'s. H. Hoyes, ? 979 Beacon Street, Boston, Maes. Dear Ldi am : Your favor of the 28th ultimo, has been rece'ved, together with your first letter and news¬ paper clipping. We would say, for your information, that before singers are accepted to mahe Phonograph Rec¬ ord they are asic-Ho males a trial record at our Re¬ cording Studio, 79 Fifth kve . , Hew York, H.Y. Shis tri, -j record is then submitted to the Music Committee, wi/ch decides whether it is available for our list. in order to prevent misunderstandings, wo would state that wo do not pay the expenses of singers coming to Hew York to make trial records, but that if you happen to be in the City and will call at the Studio and present this letter, Hr. W. H. killer. the Manager, will have a regular trial record made. Yours very truly, Edison Laboratory, Enclosure. , ... p.S. - newspaper clipped returned herewith. Your favor of the 27 th ultimo has been referred to Ur. Edison. Y/ith every desire to he accomodating, he will he unable to comply with your request to defer further shipments of Aniline Oil._ ^8 .*411 he apparent to you upon reading the following ex¬ planation Mr. Edison went into the mating of Aniline Oil to help the Textile and Rubber Industries out of a very serious situation. A year ago it was impossible to obtain raw materials a^ept&texor- ' bitant prices, and even then it was very diffioal get these raw materials at all. 5^!?“ either lauipped a plant, end was compelled to deoiae either Oil to be delivered over the present year- Saving these contracts, he then made firm contracts for 6 pelled to take, these raw materials for the entile ^ to^ake^the^antire^quantity'^of’^Aniline Oil contracted for. You will see , therefore , that Mr • Edison g*&. ,£? SJtSSS ?dshit in your receiving it. Brentano ' s , l?i'itli Ave. $i -27 th. Street, Hew York , H . Y . ^o^nn PoEk no. g, _SubBc£iEtion • Dear Sire:' ' Referring to your favor of October 27th, ll-c . Edison wishes me to write and eay that he will reuew hie subscription for one year to the follow¬ ing periodicals, namely: life, Century, Ear per a Monthly, Kuueoy, Cosmopolitan, Harpers Weekly , McClures Magas ine, These are to be sent to lirs^_ Marie E. Ooser , Hodenlie liner Str. 4, itolhau.se r blcass, Germany. MV. Edison would like to know whether these periodicals ever reach their destination, as he him¬ self cannot even receive letters. will yon k-ndl.. advise mo on this point . - December 4, 1916. Brentanc's, 5th -We. & 27th St., ;:ew 'fork, II. Tf. Gentlemen: Attention Desk .Ho. 0. Sub script Ion, Dept.. Hr. Edison wishes me to write and say in reply to your letter of October 50th, that he •7/lEhes to renew, for one year, his subscription to the following periodicals, namely. H.l.Eeraldf Daily and Sun) Harpers Monthly, Munsey, McClures Magazine, Everybodys Magazine, Century , Scribners Magazine, Blue Book, Bed Book, Duck, Harpers Yieekly. These are to be sent to Thomas A. Edison, Jr.. Burlington, II. J. yours very truly, r --- . Assistant to Mr. Edison. / 251 December 4, 1916. Hiss Loraine Follett, c/o She Vheosophioal Society, Lincoln Lode0. Lincoln, Ilebraska. Dear Madam: I have read with a great deal of pleasure your interesting letter of the 21st ultimo, and wieh to thank you for writing me so fully and frankly. It is quite appar¬ ent that you think exactly as I do, and I want to assure you that you will be satisfied to the limit before I get through with recording mu6ic. I am going to reply to your various questions in the same order in whioh they appear in your letter. (1) we have had a large number of requests for Pelted slins Vivine the words of all vocal numbers, and we should be n leased to carry out the idea, but unfortunately are prevented by the copyright laws, and publishers will not consent excopt on terms that are prohibitive. (£) be intend to produce records playing an ;slIkL as irsswssss km:1, not had time to get to it. noiseless. (7) I am sorry to say J?? eSand1Ch^ri^tte°Xirwani’as they two records by Marie liar®ne ctlieBe recordB made over are in poor voice. I shall find entirely satis- by other singers, whom I thinx yo factory. Uies loraine Follett, December 4,1916. Hr. Harry P« Bassett, Baltimore, lid. Dear Sir:- I note that Patenu u0. 1,072,686 was issued to you on September 9,1913, for a process of obtaining Potash Salts from Feldspar, and that the patent was assigned to the Spar Chemical Company of Baltimore. I write to inquire whether you or the Spar Chemical -Company are doing any active work in the exploitation of this patent. I shall be glad to have you give me as full information as you consistently can in regard to this matter. Yours very truly. ./146& . December 0, Uni tefl States Hydrographic Office, Washing ton, D. C. Gentlemen: Will you kindly send me a copy of your Bulletin of Hay 13, 191*, in regard to Fessenden ' s Oscillation. So ensure prompt delivery, will you kindly address the Bulletin to my Assistant,' Mr, W. H. Uead< croft, at this address. Yours very truly, , Ehomas i\. haunt, 53 West 50th Street, Hew York City, IS.’ i'he news of your brother's passing away came as a great surprise to mo, and I learned of it with deep regret. I shall miss the genia X shall miss the genial choeriness of his occasional visits to atory, and our pleasant association of many years. Being in the midst of some very important experiments that need my constant attention, 1 was unable to get away to attend the funeral. I wish, however , to extend to you my sincere sympathy and condolence with you in the loss you have sustained . Yours sincerely-. ' Deoembc Kasebier-Chatfield Shellac Co., 17D Pearl Streot, Hew York, II. Y. Gentlemen: Hr. Edison has asked me to write and see if you can furnish him with a copy of your booklet entitled "Shellac". If this can he procured, will you please addrecB it to me and I will bring it to Hr. Edison's personal attention. Thanking yon in advance for your courtesy, I remain, truly, • c.-anioid £. Moses, U. 3. p, Ilavy Yard, inilndelphia, Machinery Division, Philadelphia-. . -/>u I am in receipt of your favor of the 2d instant and in reply beg to say that I strongly approve of direct current drive in Mach Shops. With D. C. generators you will always ha the potentiality of using the current for other purposes, all of which generally require direct choreas the D. c. patoi i practically all e: Decembe: Naval Constructor Klliot Snow, U. S. 11. United States Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Penna Ur- Hutchison has handed me your favor of the Ed instant. In reply let me say I find that in any voice tube the inner walls should not only be smooth like brass tubing, but should also be highly polished and buffed to a glare . If the main tube is only one inch inside the taper part should be two inches diameter at the end in thirty-six inches. Ehis will prevent an excessive number of reflections at the start, which occur with a close fitting mouth-piece on one end of a one inch tube . You will certainly have difficulty with long pipes of small diameter if they are not taper edfachway to the center. Sven one-yxart.r inch in 100 feet is a help, but the greatest help is tub inf of thick walls that will not be set in vi¬ bration by the voice. Such vibrations continue after the sound wave has ceased and produce muff¬ ling! ^hveryhigh polish is desirable to prevent friction from pulling down the height of tne small waves to especially the hissing consonants, ''here is never any trouble with the vowels. It is all! bad t! have the length of pipe vary in calipe measurement. You should look out that there are no Por^instance!^on Soga^eM^ 264 Second Page of latter to Haval Constructor Elliot Snow, u. s. u United States Huvy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. or if th< sound is ,rTv.?,r0dUQ1e1d by c°™e°Ung,the horn to lPh with a rubber tube is allowed, the surprisingly diminished in volume. Yours very truly. a/l487 . 265 December 6, 1910. Ur. P. II. Hargrave, 1405 Catalina Street, los Angeles, Cal. Hear Ur . Hargrave : Your kind favor of the 28th ultimo has been received and is very much appre¬ ciated . I am glad to learn that you enjoy your Phonograph so much, and trust that you may con¬ tinue to do so for many, many years. It is very kind of you to offer me your- song hook, and I will accept it with great pleas¬ ure, as I would vory much like to have it. I am getting together all the old songs that I cun find. In order that it shall roach me safely, will you please address it to my Assistant, Mr. y;. H. Hoadowcroft, liaison laboratory, Orange, 11. J. please accept my thus- Yours vory S'- - ks for your courtesy, trul. y-, ^ A/1479 . Decembi Hr . Sumuel Hill , c/o She University Cluh , Eifth Avenue Si 54th Street, II ev.' York, li.Y. Dear Hr. Hill: Your note of yesterday's date to Ur. Edison has been received and shown to him. Ho it; so busy on some important experi¬ ments that he has no time to write, but has requested me to say that he will be glad to see you and Mr. Uetnikoff tomorrow. X would suggest either between ten and twelve o'clock, or between two and four. Yours very truly, $y. Assistant to Ur. Edison. I 5^ .(.!,,Tl^..,^rrrr ,;VTWy. ' 'fpy'' r December 8, 1916. My dear Mr. Speirs: Mr. Edison Is anxious to i books and periodicals on V/ood-Eulp . Will you kindly take ca: quest, sending same to i hand them to him personally. Thanking you for your prompt attentloi ie, and with kind regards, I remain, Very truly yours. Assistant to Mr. Edison. December 9,1916. Miss Louise Dunham Goiasberry, 427 Fourth Street, II. VI. , Washington, D. 0. Dear Madam: In reply to your favor of the 7th instant, we beg to say 'that Borne of Mr. Sdison’s favorite music is given in the following list: Ah.Uon Fils - le Drophete, Meyerbeer Marie Delna, Contralto, In French (83019) Ava Maria. Schubert-YIilhelmj . Va warl ’ Carl piesch. Violin, (82065) Caro Home (Dearest Hame JIUgoletto Q0 , Alice Verlet, Soprano, in Italian, Depuis le Jour - Louis , Charpentier , Anna Case, Soprano, in French, (82077) SSEr.. Baritone , (500691 Huneari». («M6 1 alia Chorus, ( 80160 ) jolly Fellows Waltz , Volletodi , American Symphony Orchestra, i 50091) Southern Roses Walts, Strauss . .Qfi8j American Symphony orohestiu, (5006S) leenio, Eenie, Weenie - £u*1' *4??**.. Helen Clark and Joseph A. Phijfloms) Contralto and Baritone , ( 82013 ) 0 Shat we Two Were Iiayin with Elizabeth 3pencer and xhomas Chalmers , Soprano and Baritone, (83510) iss iouis Dunham Goiasberry , William Toll Overture, Rossini Raison Concert Bona The numbers refer to the Disc re( the Raison Diumona Disc Phonograph. fours very truly, - Edison laboratory Doccinber 12,1910 Ur. J, E. Franklin, 1130 north Casoade Avenue , Colorado Springs, Colo. I have received your favor of the 6th instant, and regret to say that I b hall he unable to carry out your wishes in regard to the young man you mention. From the experience of previous years, we have found it very undesirable to tako into our employ young men whose talents run to invention. In an establishment like this, employing five to six thousand people, we are obliged to look for a continuous and steady output of manufactured articles, and each employee is expected to turn out his part of the output regularly. I have no Department in which men are employed to perfect inventions. Therefore, I shall be unable to offer the young man apjosdtio: December 12,1916. Mr. Edgell it. Plaisted, Montpelier, Vermont. . Dear Mr. Plaistod : I have been greatly inter¬ ested in reading your kind favor of the 6th instant, and wish to express to you my sincere thanks for writing me so fully and freely. Hie ‘i.'ar has certainly made it a very hard proposition for us to manufacture records. Embargoes have cut us out of material, and Munition Factories have taken our men and made it impossible for us to manufacture sufficient Discs to fully supply our patrons. Up to this time the Victor Company has not been embarrassed by Embargoes, but now they are up against a shel¬ lac embargo in Singapore, and there is not enough in the United States to pull them through if the embargo is not lifted in the near future. The Victor Company has not tied up all, nor even a small number of great artists. They have several of the most prominent ones, but, except in the case of Caruso, it is my opinion that their prominence is not due to their voices, but to personality and dramatic ability. Y.'e claim to have practically all of the best voices. I would not consent to put Farrar on our records. She is a groat actress, but from our technical standpoint her voice is not good. ns a general rule we do not put on artists whose voices have a tremolo. We think this is a defect, and not assumed by the artists, as many people think. This prevents us from using a considerable number of singers wno have a newspaper reputation. Hr. Edgell R. Plaisted, I8/IS/I6. 5 ■7* You will be interested to learn that I have just completed a large special Studio in which I expect to record the Symphonies, Sonatas, etc., of the great masters. Unless for some un¬ foreseen reason, I expect during the coming Summer- that I shall do a groat deal of work in this special Studio. You must understand that if I put out too much high grade music, I get a "howl" from the Dealers to out it out. They say their cus¬ tomers do not want the "high-hrow stuff", etc., eto. But I shall go ahead anyway and if the Dealers will not handle it I will Bell direct to the Phonograph owners who love the real music. Yours very trulyu_, &/15B5 . P.S. Since the above was written, I have heard the two records which you specify as being Out of tune. I had two taken out of our stock and had them played to me in the presence of some of my people, and none of us could agree with you that they were out of tune. I think there may possibly bo something wrong with your machine or its governor. I think you better have your Dealer's man call and fix it. If he fails to do so, please write me and I will have one of our nearest' Repair men call on you. 2. 2. Teague, 11 Fullerton Ave., Montpelier, Vermont. Replying to your favor of the 6th numerable schemes proposed for using Selenium Cells, also bolometers. I myself have been trying a number of them. The agueous vapor of the atmosphere absorbs so much of the lower rays and the ultra violet rays, and there is so much of the hasy atmospheric interferences, that none of the schemes based on light have been made practical up to this time. 2 _ ] December 13,1916 Edward S. Van Zile, c/o She Wheeler Syndicate , 273 Fourth 'Aye . Hew York, Dear S; rYour favor of the 11th instant to Hr. Edison, was received and laid before him. He wishes me to say that he will be unable to gii you an interview at this time as he is on an experimenting campaign interview appearing in t; was given to Hr. Harshai: interview some , two: or vh: Mr. Marshall went to :©*?• took: place during a lull at that time . > . The Marshal: of last Sunday, •, Edison in an iths ago before The interview ,• Edison! s work very truly, Hr. Edison. December 13, Mr. Edward i'. Bigelow, President, She Agassiz Association, Arcadia, Sound Boach, Conn. Doar Ur. Bigelow: . Mr. Baldwin lias shown me your favor of the 8th instant, which I have read with much interest. Ho overtones can be seen with the ordinary arrangement of a microscope, neither can they be photographed. By the aid of a complicated device, however, the overtones and defects can be seen, and they show innumerable more waves than are now seen. Host of the scratch is in the matrix, due to the impossibility of obtaining graphite that will cover the wax master evenly. Phis makeB a new series of waves, which being non¬ periodic, produce noise. Y/e are bound to re¬ duce this noise to a minimum. The Victor, surface can be and is also noisy in the bottom of the groove, but. as any movement up and down does not affect their,d.i»- phragra, no noise is produced. Yours v ery^liruly , . • A/1572. December 14,1910. Ur. Leo 3ugg, 40 Lost 325 Street, lev; lork, li.'M. Dear Sir Replying to your favor of the l£th instant, Ur. Edison requests us to say that there is copper in the old mine on the property referred to. hut the grade is bo low that he does not think it would pay to work it, even at 32 cents per pound. ■yours very truly, Edison Laboratory. ./ 1594, December 1 Ur. Frederick H. Cowles, The Ap thorp, V/est £nd Ave. and 78th St., Dew York, II. Y. Dear Llr . Cowles : It was with deep regret that I learned of the passing away of your Father. Ho wus one of ray early and esteemed friends, and my recollections of him will always he of a most pleasant nature. Allow me to extend my sympathy and condolence with you in the bereavement which has overtaken you. Yours ve£ A/1571. ... • :• i . * Tiy-ravi1-'-. 352 December 14.191G. Mr. E. 3. Johnson, E. D. Ho. 1, Box 35, Claremont, II. II. Your fuvor of October 27th was handed to Ur. Edison, who has hoen exceedingly busy dur- inc? the last tv;o or three months, and has had hut little time to got to his mail. He wishes us to say in reply to your remarks that we have been experimenting for somo time past to make a satisfactory "start", but wo have been so very busy with our regular work that we could not take the time necessary for its prop¬ er development. V,e have not a good start at tho present time, but later we intend to come out with twelve-inch Disc Hacords. When these are ready, we will make a change and then the start ou both typos of records will be satisfactory. We already have an automatic stop, which we have been working on for a long time . It does not need to be set, and wo think will prove very satisfactory. We expect to bring it out bo^oie long. Mr. Edison also requests us to inform you that he is working on producing Grand Opera by film und the Diamond Disc, and will prooably have it ready in about a year. Yours very truly, Edison Laboratory. a/1582. -BBistimt iicdson. Decoi.ilier 19 “• -A™ STiit Chattanooga, 2enn. 1!r“Bl’I „ 1» receipt of poor fov.r of «>o 1«» l“t“t- “* i“t ‘ZTlL arrive1 and has -been brought to Lh. a a . e0 I suppose he v< HI He tool- It up to the house, so r9ad it there at his leisure. With kina regards, I 10“- 'iours very truly, ^ #7\ . Assistant to Ur. Edison. ;,/lOSS 378 Docembor 19,1910. Hr. Roberts , bant Treasurer, 3 Smith-Worthing ton Co., Hartford , Conn. 1'oar Sir X beg to thank you for your favor of the 14th instant, and am glad to learn that Hr. iieb accepted the items mentioned for additions to the Edisonia Collection. Shis is very interesting, and X appreciate your kindness in offering tne same and also in advising me as to the final dis¬ position of same. 1’ours very truly, Assistant to Hr. Edison. a/1C40 Ur. i’rederic A.. 'uniting , Eleven State btroot, Praaineham Center , * -Ii received your favor 01 the lEth- instant,' £nd showed it to Hr. Edison. He wishes me to tell you that Eappold is in had _ voice half the time, and that one of his trouoles is that at times our best singers cannot sing, and he is obliged to reject the master record.. He alEO wishes me to say that the new records have more ovortones anu are louder and better, but the - scratch is Ef eater, and he is working at it 18 hours. a day to got rrd of it. In your letter you say you are unable £ “* 404 December 21,1916. . Eli Ives Collins, Editor, "Beahurst Pointer", Reahurst, Branfora, Conn. De&r Sir:- ISr. Edison has received your note of the 13th instant, and also copy of the "The Redhurst Pointer". He has found it quite interesting and .has requested me to send you a year's subscription for this publication. You will find 50^ enclosed herewith. " yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. a/1669 . December 21 ,e Spar Chemical Co-» Baltimore, Ml* On the 4th instant I *ro*e Mr. H + + latter of *hich 1 enclose a copy. . Bassett a lo^er ox rjai,8eu , I have had no answer from • - 4 »« th. l.t«r « P°“ ' a. I. Du Pont De llemours & G° • Gentlemen Wilmington, Delaware. Attention Mr. M- M- Yi’aad 1 Auditor ‘ Replying to your fayorefthol9^ instant, in regard to Ur. Louis Lazard of 9 William Street, Hew York City. v;e beg to send In addition, let me say that as we SSVaac. but ,us oblisai « 11°. .to We understand that he ships goods througnms London and Prench Branches. -r«ru truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Enclosure . A/1684. 419 December 22,1916. Mitsui & Co., ltd. , 2b Madison Ave . , Mew York, M.Y. Gentlemen: Attention Mr. S. Uomura: Referring to your call on the telephone this afternoon asking whether Mr. Edison could spare 10,000 gallons of Benzol per month, January, February and Maroh, I beg to say that I have laid the matter before him, and he says he cannot Bpare any, as he purchased all the Woodward Benzol for use in his Chemical plants, and could not let any go. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. A/1695. 422 December £2, 1916. Hr. P. H. Hargrave, 1406 Catalina Street, Dos Angeles, Cal. Dear Sir:- I Have received your recent favor, and since then the book of your songs has come to hand. I have given this to Hr. Edison, and he is going to look over it and see what he can find thut will be suitable for records. He wishes me to extend his sincere t.v.nnVE to you for your kindnees in letting him have this book. He wishes to extend the Compliments of the Season to you, in which I heartily join. Yours very truly. Assistant to Hr. Edison. A/1691. December 23,1916 E. B. Badger & Sons Co., 63-75 Pitt Street, Boston, Idas s. Gentlemen : I feel very much gratified this morning because X have had the pleasure of countersigning a check for you in settle¬ ment of the old account. It has been a long time pending, but I am glad it has at last been settled. With the Season's Greetings, X remain. Yours very truly, Assistant to Hr. Edison. December 22,1916. Ur. Joseph P. Day, 31 Ilassau Street, Hew York, H.Y. Dear Ur. Day: Your favor of the 19th instant with map was received, and I handed it to Ur. Edison in the usual way. Ur. Edison does not, write or dictate letters himself, but usually makes a memoran¬ dum on a letter, and I usually answer it accord¬ ingly. It occured to me that as a matter of interest you would like to have his original memorandum on your letter, and although I very seldom let one of these originaly memorandums go outside of the office, I thought you would perhaps like to have it to preserve as a memento of your meeting with him. Therefore I am return¬ ing your letter of the 19th instant, together with the map. Undoubtedly you will write to him in answer to thiB memorandum, and in addition I beg to aBk that you will have your Stenographer write another copy of your letter of December 19th, so that I can keep my files complete. Let me suggest, unless you have a better idea, that in answering Mr. Edison's memorandum you send back the map enclosed , and also at the same time a very much enlarged map of the particular section to which you wish to call his attention. Then I would take a blue pencil and on the large map put a ring around the section of which you send an enlargement. Yours very truly, ij.y ■■■ ‘ ; Assistant to Mr. Edison. December 22, 1916. Greetings to the Members of American Druggists Syndicate: Gentlemen : I have been somewhat interested in your line of sorrow and worry for the last two years, manufacturing many kinds of chemicals for human and inhuman purposes. Although I was the first in the field on some lineE , I shall probably be the first one to retire. There are so many chemical works now being erected, that it will not be very long before practically every known chemical wili be made in -the U. S. A. in quantities to suit. As to price, - don't worry, - cutting prices is a favorite American pastime. That’s why I expect to retire. Yours very trulyr "" A/1678. December £3,1916. p. Bredt & Co., 240 Water Street, Mew York, U.Y. Gentlemen: Attention Ur. Geo. Hi. Brish. Your favor of the.. 21st instant has been received, and I beg to say that we are going to make Benzidine, and can make either Base or Sulphate. I cannot give you any definite date of delivery yet, as we are very much delayed on account of troubles in obtain¬ ing machinery. Wishing you the Compliments of the Season, I remain. Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. December 22,1916- Mr. Charles F. Ring. M. *>., 189 Claremont Avenue, Mew York, H.Y. Dear Sir:- 1 have received your favor of the 19th instant. While I am quite in sympathy with any research work of the character you mention, I shall be unable to be of any fi¬ nancial assistance to you. Ihe big fire that we had at this plant some time ago put a tremendous strain on my finances, and X am not yet entirely out of the woods. Therefore I am not in a position to finance anything but my own business at this Yours very truly , A/1686. December ££,1916. Dr. Cleveland H. Chutt, Hospital Commissioner, City of St. Louis, Missouri. Dear Dr. Shutt: Allow me to acknow ledge receipt of your favor of the 19tii instant and to say that I have read it with a great deal of interest. I am always glad to have our patrons offer sug¬ gestions on musical selections, and I am ,6°inK to look into the one you mention, nuinely, the Triumphal March from Aida, and shall prooably record it. I think the question of recording this came up some time ago, hut just then we were congested with a great amount of music to be recorded, and it was laid aside for future consideration. ltow in regard to the other question discussed in your letter, let mo say that I intend to make a very delicate phonograph to record the sounds you mention, hut on aqpount of the vorv slight' amplitude of the waves it _ will he quite a difficult matter unless a caroon telephone is introduced. Thai conies up anotner difficulty, and that is, I am afraid tnat the telephone would ontirely falsify tne results. I feel quite sure that in various^ there are a great number of low-pi .on waves given out, which are too slow for the ear to catch, but which can he recorded ana made audible by special apparatus. It nas always been a wonder to me that modern science has not produced more apparatus for diagnosis. Lours very truly. .-./1690. December £2, 1916. Mrs. J. S. Barber, Box 46, Cedarville, Ohio. Dear Madam: I have received your very interest¬ ing letter, and beg to express my appreciation of all the good things you are pleased to say about the Diamond Disc Phonograph and Records. In reply to your inquiry, let me say that the Sopranos in the "Hallelujah Chorus" are Mary Carson, Elizabeth Spencer and Marie Kaiser, and in the "Gloria" Gladys Rice and Elizabeth Spencer. Wishing you the Compliments of the Season, I remain, Yours very truly, A/1696. December 26,1910. Hr. If. U. Peiker , Editor, Electrical World , 259 West 39th. Street, Hew York, II. Y. Dear Hr. Peiker: I received your favor of the 2 2d instant, hut have been unable to Becure.. Hr. Edison's attention to the matter until now. Of late, he will not permit any pub¬ lished matter to appear as being un article., written by him. He insists that it shall be in the form of an interview. He made a few additions to your draft, and has requested me to put it In the form of an interview, which I have done and enclose it herewith. Yours very truly, Assistant to Hr. Edison. A/1718. Enclosure, 448 fr H. G. Liebold, , Secretary to Ur. Henry *>rd, Detroit, Uich. jear Ur. Liebold : I received the enclosed letter „ Ttd tiii6 morning stating Crom Uitsui cx Co. . <1^ ln America had been s&srxs Vd?sffsrBAS8- ?S2& ? '<srus -• - you will be posted. . +v..,-t vou have had a very ploas- I trust taut jou na 3&ul>(;l claus was ant Christmas timoanaal^0 ^ wi8hoS for a kind to you. add to these my kindest re- Hapny and prosperous ™ K&rds , believe me, as ever, Yours sincerely. „./17iiC. linclosu.ro • I December £6,l'.Jl Ur. ihonuc . Beta- Hr. Hurray; Yho aniline Plant is on its - .. \,0 ehall stop manufuctur me ^nlline aswa sw&stts expire. iiieie uxe iiu selling at a £«*£ account ' of^conpe tition . I sola none belov; cost. rorevei v. e are mukir.r a'- the Aniline SS«HH?a until it ceases to pay. I v.ill tri ana sell some of ap-oaratus of the Aniline PlaU' for otl Yours very truly, ,../l70d. December 27,1016 Ur . I.Iax Thomsen, c/o Haiserhof Hotel, Chicago, Ill- Dear Hr, Ihomsen: I „ writing . »*«• SJST* note, and I hope you will accept it - in which it ie written. One of our important people has iSSrSa s ‘-£S Sg -attyOU may not gTnilf.fiUo” tor a .Photograph scribed to yourself, and I care to have our leig’oSticSeTtVSrrSi.on*. personal presence. X remain, Wishing you the Compliments of the Season. Yoursvery truly. Assistant to Ur. iidison. A/1716. December 27,1916. 1 Ho 1, Erie, 2a. Deer Extends O.yesS vie all remember you, an 9 fiiv0 up the wanderlust — 1 -- "We4' * axe aiee - «■ *** “ 111804 -rr« “ “rM- fiue man, and jrosper- a/ivbv . 459 “SSi mdies im.. Room 2124, 120 Broadway, Hew York, H.Y. Mr. Edison received the circular letter in regard to Belgian Kiddies , ltd. He has subscribed two shares, and I hand you b„e„Kh ok.ok »»b.r « 10®- f" “ payment therefor# She blank application form has Been marred, and we cannot use it. Will y°* plooo, «k. for otook i» «ko of Iho.BB A. Ediooo. «ko.o addreoe io Orange, 1< • J • Yours very truly. Assistant to Mr. EdiBon. a/1734. Enclosure . December 20,1916. D. Van HOKtrancl Cc., 25 Park Place, Hew York, H.Y. Dear to. Spoira; Attention to. ,C. E- Spe.lrs. Mr. Hdison wants you to send down to bis Florida address a book entitled "Principles of General Physiology" by William Haddock Bayliss, published by Longmans, Green and Co., Hew York. She address is Fort Myers, Florida. Please send bill to Orange. Wishing you a very Happy and Prosperous Hew Year, and with kindest regards. I remain. Yours very truly. Assistant Mr. Kdison. Hathaway & Reynolds , Oriskany Ralls, H.?. Gentlemen: Replying to your favor of the 2Sd instant, let me say that 1 have one of our „» RUI .» the eohem. « automatic¬ ally fro. the closing tc the starting o£ a Disc Seoord. Of cars.. I cannet sen state any approximate time ebon *• ■»* «*»“« *° finiBh the experiments. ,;o already already bars repeat device, .on tbs Cylinder Machines, but have not yet applied them to the Rise. ~ Yours very ,-t-ruly , ^ A/1729. 484 i jJanuary ?. , 191V. lee de PoreBt, Esg.., 1391 Sedgwick Avenue, Hew York, B.Y. Bear Sir: Your favor of the 28th ultimo to Ur. Edison has been received this day. We regret to say that he is confined to the house with a rather severe cold, and acting on the advice of his Physician will probably stay nome a few days longer. As soon as he returns I will bring your letter to his attention. Yours very truly. Assistant to Ur. Edison. / A/1760. r-- t:~.« —— rrr^ _ 4-v.o telephone, except an hear over -he m- * wiiat . r understood most o »■»>»' «" 1 „ ,M 0l a ro0«i.i ««. «« «,wto •»« mrtwMW W“- vonra verytp a/1743- January 4,1917 Mr. K. S. Firestone, Akron, Ohio. Dear Mr. Firestone: Referring once more to the matter of the Rubber Club Dinner, I think it is best to write you to let you know that there is very little, if any, prospect of Mr. Edison being able to get over to the Waldorf -ABtoria next Monday. He has been oonfined to the house for a week with a very severe cold, which for a short time was rather threatening. He has not been down to the laboratory this week and we do not expect hi.m. I think it is well therefore to advise you of this fact, as I think there will be no probability of his being able to go to Hew York next Monday night. Yours very truly, Assistant to Mr. Edison. 493 January 4, 1917. Lee de Forest, Esq... 1391 Sedgwick Avenue, UM York, H.Y. Dear Sir . X have shown Mr. Edison your favor of the £8th ultimo, and be requests me to say in reply that if you will obtain from Secretary Daniels a request to Ur. Edison for the Disc and Diamond point stylus, he. Ur. Edison, will carry out your request. Yours very truly. Assistant to Hr. Edison./ A/1776 • Mr. Edward Bab o ox, Advertising Manager, Firestone Sire & Kubber Co., Akron, Ohio. My dear Mi1. Babcox: X am in reoeipt of your favor of the £& instant snolosing photograph ShOWiBg a hotel at Blue Mountain lake in the Adirondaoks. If the Hotel shown is the Prospeot House, this waB the first isolated hotel in the World to have an incandescent eleotrio light .plant . This plant consisted of two Ed- iBon 2 dynamos and 332 lampB. The lay-out and installation of the plant was done in the early Summer of 1882 under Mr. EaiBon’B personal di¬ rections. The work was actually done by one of our Engineers, Mr. S. W. Waters, and the operation of this early electric light plant was commenced on June 16,1862. The hotel was then isnu, Eailrosd. and the apparatus and ; to be hauled up the mountain by i hotel we a located so far away fr that tlx--: s did not burn coal undo that rated steam for a lo plant. Instead of coal, wood v;a the boi'or, and our Engineer at careful. figures as to the consist <Uid found that 1/4 of a card of to run the electric light plant the usual duration of an evening cost of wood was not much mo machinery bad icule-t earns. The om the Eallvoad r the boiler i. -!■ li.rht :: under, that time kept ntion of fuel, wood vac sufficient for si* aour 8, liKhting. The jfil than &&<f Trusting this informs*! on will answer January 6, My dear Mr. Daniels; , , Allow me to thank you for your kino favor of the 6th instant, you will be glad to learn, X am sure, that Mr. sale or haB been improving m health day by day oinoo Tuesday last. The Doctors strongly advised him to stay in the house all this week, and, wonderful to relate, ho has submitted, although he has a vast amount of work waiting for him ut the laboratory. I wish to thank you i'or your kindnoos in making the arrangements for Mr. McOheeney to obtain certain motion pictures at the 11 aval .acad¬ emy. The letter from the Acting Chief of the Bureau of navigation has been received, and I will hand it to Mr. McCheaney. With all good wishes, I remain, yours Bincerely, lion. Josephus Daniels, The Secretary of the Wavy, Washington, D. C. *«*• Detroit. rfioH. yy >iear Hr . I/lehold •. I must ask you to kinaiy excuse the delay in Jg^Stirt^that Messrs, the £9th ultimo in gio^you^ Qf oalllng to soe°Mr°.rEdl5on regarding different methods of plating • siSIsSIlillk. became *u j,00tor, and the MH°Vio£ Ue was lu V(^ for loo> « his meil. *** A £ . y begun to loo.- u« to hrm. xvi •January Hr. Joseph P. Day. 31 Hassau Street, Hew ¥ork, H.f. My dear Hr. Day: I have heard this afternoon from MX. 111.00 1» regard to the .att.r oi the option gov. hi. o« th. additional lhhd adjoining Porool Ho. 1. He wishes me to write and say to you that he will not take advantage of the option. As I told you over the telephone, he is ill and staying at home, and at present he says he is a Pessimist. Yours very truly , January 9,1917. j i I*. W. S. Mallory, Pres., Edison Portland Cement Co., Broadway & 26th Streot, Hev; York, H.Y. My dear Mr. Mallory: I have received your favor of the 8th instant oonoerning Senator Ackerman's re¬ quest to you to learn whether or not Mr. Edison would he inclined to favor the location of the United States Armor Plate Mill at Cumberland, Ud. I have not submitted this letter to Ur. Edison for two reasons. Birst, the matter of the United States Armor Plate Mill does not come within the province of the Haval Consulting Board of whicn Mr. Edison is Chairman. Socond, Hr. Edison is extremely reluctant in view of his official position, to" exproBS any opinion in regard to these Govern¬ ment questions. I shall, therefore, keep your lot tor or. file as I do not think it would be wise to suomi > it to Mr. Edison. Yours very truly, L A/1841. 562 January 9,19X7. Mr. IS. 2. DeLoach, Millen, Ga. Dear Sir:- Your favor of the 6th instant has been received. Before we can come to any decision as to whether or not a singer is satisfactory for making records, we must first hear a trial record. We could not pass judge¬ ment upon a record made by a phonograph in the home. These trials can only be made at our ■Recording Studio in Mew York City, Mo. 79 5th Avenue, Hew York. We do not pay the expenses of singers coming to make a trial record, but if you should happen to be in Mew York some time, and would call at our Studio and present this letter, they will take a trial record of your voice, to be submitted to the Music Committee. We suggest to you that it would not be worth your while to go to the expense of making a special trip for this purpose, as there are hundreds of fine voices to bo obtained within Yours very truly, Edison Laboratory. a /less. 572 January 10 , 1917 . llr. IUob. P- YJestendorf , 1919 Uichigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Dear Ur. WoBtendorf : I one lose herewith a clipping puM.l»h.d by It. Wildwood lublloMoS <="•• M., onUttod "W HottoW S"“’‘ “0"“' ’I0U will notice on the upper end, a memorandum of to. Edison- a requesting me to send it to you, as he things you might he able to get a song out of this. Assistant 'to Hr. Edison. Enclosure. A/1840. 573 January 10,1917. Mrs. Erank A. Eaton, S17 north Jamison Ave . , lima, Ohio. Dear Madam: Mr. EdiBon wishes me to acknowledge the receipt of your note, together with clipping from a newspaper of a selection "My Mother", and to thank you for kindly sending it to him. Ho is looking into the question of recording it, and will decide the matter later Yours very truly. Assistant to Kv. Edison. A/1849 . 575 January 10,19X7. fv. B. E. Lovelace. Department of Chemistry, Dopartmen 1M University, Baltimore, Md. Dear Sir:- favor ol “o/Ve““i.4 Mr. Edison has *®|n p0®®^ at home, hut X am g°lad\X"Te is improving each day. Ae toyourreauest for ^Xcafsireo- for Chapters Xlll chemical plants which tory. 1 would intended as a jlr. Edison installed were onl/^ lnaustries temporary "stunt to ^e^would not care to pnb- is'1 interested in the Divectory^ whic-n ^^^^ enter to he issued in »•**«"» ^rectory when his order for a copy of this ^ inv0„.e to published. 21?a«ill bring to his immediate me, the forme r X wxll hring^ 1&Uer x will pu- Yours very truly. ^ V/ • .. . Assistant to Mr. Edison. lir. Edgell H. Plaisted, Montpelier, Vermont. Dear Mr. Plaisted: __ . Ite reading of your letter has afforded. me a great deal of pleasure, and I found it very interesting. When I look at the blue print of your drawing of the Corliss Engine, and realize that it was the work of an untaught draftsman, I feel some regret that the original and your letter of applica¬ tion did not reach me some thirty odd-years ago. I see from your letter, however, since that time von have had some practical experience in the World, and possibly you, have enjoyed it as muoh as you might have enjoyed life in my shops . In view of your great love for beauti¬ ful music, with which I am most heartily in aympn thy with you, I am glad to learn that you won a prize in the recent contest, and I trust that yon will never have cause to regret your disposition of a portion of the money, hut on the contrary that you wi'i 2. ^ de¬ rive more and more enjoyment from the music tvts the days go by. let mo thunk you for your letter, also for the blue print, and. last but not least, for the beautiful photograph which you wore kind enough to send me. I have read your verses "Sly Chum and I" with a great deal of pleasure, and I would suggest that you send a copy of them to the magazine of the Agassiz Association "She Guide to Nature" at Sound BeachwQ.onn. I think they would he glad to get it. lily, xCL— ^ 582 j. January 11 ,1917 , Mr. $!. Commerford Her tin 29 West 3Pth 2 vw l!ev; York, X.'.' U;: 3 ear Ur . Hurt I am afraid our .friend ur. Ji'e’J.Ker has rather made a mess of It. In physical appoaranco the article in the Electrical World oi January Ctn MA mis¬ lead nine men out of ten, and would give tnem tue idea tn,. - it v<ae an article by Hr. Edison. When Mr. Feiker sent hits manuscript for Mi*. to look over. Mr. Edison strenuously objected .o thi^ fort... character istic^memo rand um^to11 me objecting to the article it should only appear as an interview. This was done. I did not change hut wrote a little intflyduetory heading con, ey,.ng tn- i..- view idea. I also interjected a ju e otic,. ,«thci es to emphasize the interview idea still tunnel X have just, received this morn.&N tho^ibertfofc^Sng oK 2K special request.. I am afraid (f ‘ ” b5en oSnfinod < vexed if he sees it. ns you * „ , i jor.-tji. for u the house by illness, but is act £/- ,l fit the article short time today, it ',.7oi his attention tc will escape his novice, i -ilL - . not ^hink it it, but if he should nappen Lo.sc, fQr Bnoth«r Interview Tam awfully aorry it happened this way. With kindest regarde. 1 romnin, Yours very truly. k/1860 January 13,1917. Mr. EreS. H. Kimball, Mg’?- . Small Motor Department . General Electric CdEPany. Boston, ET&ss. Dear Mr. Kimball: deferring oftoO moro to your favor of the 3a instant in regard Johnson O'Connor ular questions relating thereto. ' You and I are ola friends, arid I be plain and frank with you. of course, in a Confide tial way. our people are rather v, arm about Hr. O'Oonnor trying.to get to. Edi officially Steti! Lrr^^s^yHh^Mr/o-eonnor W'used" in this connection* Under the circumstances^ Connor explain the whole matter ° • rBonam, If you will insists on trying to ee .Sugdest to another, my suggestion S^^bfJTU.WS; this affair. With kindest regards, I remain, ttotv truly. Assistant to Hr. Edison. A/18G9. January 13;1917 Dr. George E. Kuna, o/o Tiffany & Company. 5th Ave. & 37.th"cltreet, Kew .TCork, U.Y. Kr. EdiBOn wishes .sue to ask if you know of any good ho 6k ''on ‘lapidary work. -hich treats on ouUing'ond polishing gems, and givas details of the operations, machinery and methofis. You Bill note that v;hat he wants is a very prac¬ tical. and not theoretical hook. If you can give me the namo of such a book and th. I "ill •“* f°r 14 “a ■„« it fortsrd.d to » so thst I os» »snd it to isistant to Mr. Bdisin. “• H.».y «... Petr o It, Mich. Hy dear Mr. PiePold: Beplying to your favor of the ,tt U.u.t * ...... « *»>“”. 01 “* co""°“1 t„.„d. W ... ■»*“““• !•* “ are1 coming through the Mill. . ur. Ml... P“"a e..*.*1 0f om »— * “™ **“ " “1. tteVthw «1U P»l “* t“ i“l “ th" ■» „ list., tot ... 1“.“. °f B1” BdCrt.. .» »i “”W' Assistant to Hr. Kdison. A/ 1900. 611 Mitsui & Co., limited. 26 ffiTi.y. Gentlemen: AttentlonJ3r^Jom^. j beS to aohnowlOdge receipt of your favor of the It* «— «. S°” e— to ^.000.00, on — °£" annual profit of oar »oo».r» J«»* £" * latter half of 1916 * PI— for this remittance and for your hind an pr attention.^ ^ ^ fornari the till, of October , Hovember ana Moe.ber, »o «“* count for the latter half of l®16 oan olooofi ■jours very truly. Assistant to Mr. Edison. A/1890. January ' Mrs. S. T. Hot) ins on, 2&9 Dssex Street, Bangor , Maine . Dear Madam: Allow me to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 2d instant, and in reply to say that the phonograph you have in your possession is not one of the very first, hut ls one of the early forms of the present commercial type of cylinder phonographs. It *ould he of no special value to me. as X al¬ ready have several specimens. X remember your father, Vi. K. Wills, „„ P.* 622 January li3,191V . Mr. C. E. Speirs, c/o D. Van Mostrund Co., 2b park Place, Hew York, H.v. Bear Mr. Speirs: Referring to my telephone conversa¬ tion a few days In which X ashed that you kindly eend over some hoohs on lapidary worh for Ur. Kdlson, perusal . look, seat 6ood ,*.r - *• W* *“ »-*• ** Be »pt ■=» °« e»U"B 0rSlt" , . „ nttnUt «• •*“ 11 ** follows, hy E»?n Ijm j.a-oidairo, Chrit’--’ ; ‘I,', on Diamonds, Uawe; ^ stones, W.Ooodohild, niS stones, Burnham, .,oU for your prompt atte January 16, lira . Eva Van Skaik , Sharonville , Route Xio. Ohio. , 1. Dear Madam: We received your manuscript copy of the song "Childhood Memories" together with a separate sheet containing the words. This has Dean examined by our Music Committee, and they d0 not find it available for our records. We. therefore, return the song and words to you, un separate cover, by registered mail. Yours very truly, Edison laboratory. A/1918. 634 January ID, 1917 Kev. IS. U . Guenther, 506 Harrison Street, La Porto , Ind . Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your estoemea favor of the 10th instant, which I have read with a great deal of interest and gratification. Allow me to thank you for your kind expression of opinion in regard to the Diamond Disc. In order to obtain the overtones we are compelled to ubb very hard material and very thick reoords. She lower the temperature, the harder the record becomes, naturally, uy contraction, and the harder the record the more prominent the surface sounds . When the record is warm these sounds are softened. I am working constantly on improvements 1 diminish these surface sounds without diminishing the very fine overtones. If those overtones were not present, the records would sound likethsma-oX. our competitors, which have scarcelg^aay overtones' January 17,1917. Hr. Clarence 1’. Eward, bob W. 65bh Place, Chicago, Ill. Pear Sir:- Replying to your favor of the 15th instant, we beg to say that the only way we can toll whether a voice is suitable for our records is to have a trial record made, whtoh is passed upon in the regular way by our Hus ic Committee. We have only one Recording Studio, and that is at 78