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PARTY
(1911-1919)

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EDISON GENERAL FILE SERIES

1912

Edison General File Series
1912. Phonograph - General (E-12-64)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the commercial and technical development of Edison's phonograph. Included
is material pertaining to the Diamond Disc Phonograph, which was
demonstrated at the Boston Electric Show in October 1912 and marketed
throughout the United States by the end of the year. Also included are items
dealing with the development of Blue Amberol cylinder records, the Edison
home recording outfit ("shaving machine"), and the Edison School
Phonograph. Among the subjects discussed in the documents are the
manufacture of phonographs, cabinets, and records; the evaluation of singers
and trial records; contracts with artists; trademarks; and patent interferences.
There is also correspondence with Marshall C. Lefferts of the Celluloid Co.,
along with letters from phonograph enthusiasts and requests or suggestions
concerning the improvement and promotion of the phonograph.

In addition to the correspondence, there are drafts of promotional
material, technical notes and drawings by Edison, and instructions to
members of his technical and administrative staff, including Jonas W.
Aylsworth Frank K. Dolbeer, Miller Reese Hutchison, Walter H. Miller,
Alexander N. Pierman, and Carl H. Wilson. Also included are Edison s copies
of interoffice communications, demonstration reports, and minutes from
committee meetings of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

The committee minutes appear at the end of the folder in the following
order: Executive Committee, Amusement Phonograph Department
Committee, Dictating Machine Committee, Manufacturing Committee, and
Phonograph Sales and Advertising Committee. Also included are minutes
from a meeting of salesmen on December 30, 1912, to discuss the marketing
of Diamond Disc phonographs and records. Among the topics discussed in
the Executive Committee minutes are the possibility of making voice
recordings of presidential contenders Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson,
and Champ Clark and the status of the phonograph business in Mexico and
Latin America.

Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material includes unsolicited correspondence with no substantive
reply from Edison, letters of transmittal and acknowledgment, memoranda
concerning billing procedures, circular letters, and weekly summaries of
agreements with disc dealers.

J take this opportunity to also inform you
that the first ten Busi-noea Phonographs with the
oollapsible mandrel are being shipped out of the shop
this week. You probably ’nor- that wo aro paying 250
a machine royalty, when wo use the cylindor ejector
and this collapsible mandrel ir intended to. replace
that flovioo , ro thet the royalty can bo cancelled for
overy nnchine rihippod vitfc u oollapclble rnsnSrol*

If I can add anything further, I will bo
pleased to do bo.

Please confirm this momorand-.ua with mo,
no that thoro will bo no n i nuride ratondi r,g that I have
not notified tho correct party.-

Yours truly,

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hoar Mr. Edison:

I pro 3Umaaf3urTIne _whilo in (Siicaojo Will be
very much occupied. If, however, you can spare au hour
I should take ploasuro in showing you and any of the rest
of your party who are interested how we sell Edison Phonographs
I boliove you will find our systems very interesting. If^you
find that you can spare the time will gladly call for 'you at
your hotel at any time you. suggest, .and. see that' ‘you get back
at your appointed time.<

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X oanNbe reached at any time through my operator
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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Columbia Uttribtmttp

ni«)C<£iti>oHlrt«BotU

830 Livingston Hall.

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Deo. 8, 1911.

V6* flf*'

Ur. H. ?. Miller,

Thomas Edison Laboratory ,

Orange, Hew Jersey.

Dear Mr. Miller

Some time ago you wrote me in behalf of M
Edison for whom I was to make some demonstrations in
regard to the "Human Voice". Of course, I wanted to
for him the extreme things. It is two years since I
have tried singing higher or lower than any music ex

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tent requires - not since I had made some tests before
scientific persons interested in such investigations.

Upon receipt of your letter opening the way to Mr.

Edison I was therefore out of training for doing things
at the extreme limit. I now, however, am getting back
into best training and I soon shall demonstrate to him
a scale of forty-nine or fifty semitones, without strain.
Meanwhile would you approve of my writing to him some of
my ideas concerning "The Hew Basis of Voice". To you,
in this there is a most practical bearing; for better
methods than those now used can be devised for talking!?)
phonographs. Better results can be achieved, here at
Columbia quietly and almost secretly. Dr. Forbes and I

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Columbia TStaftawilp

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have been getting at this subject. Just now Dr* Forbes is
ill and I doubt that he can do anything more this year. I
hope to find some other practical worker, especially in
the making of machines, to assist me; for I have no handi¬
ness in making machines. I know what should be done, how¬
ever.

Again trusting to your kindness, I am,

Yours truly

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Messrs. Philpot: Anderson:

kJAN 1 5 1!'

Please note that all ran (Shinary, gas fittings,
An nnaoFmarv for the Blue Rooord plant, as laid out by 12r. Philpot,
are’ to hi ordered through the laboratory, either fr°|B °^^ide parties,
the laboratory or the faotory, depending on who oan furnish thorn host
and mrlokoat. This will leave nothing but the oarponter work, to-
rotho-^with tho installation of machinery, to be looked °itor_and
taken o^ro of by our faotory help, and this wo should bo amply ablo to
take oare of in time for requirements.

l/l5/l2. / °* H* wilaon*

Copies to Messrs. Edi^fen and Weber.

Tm mn,1o Issue a manufaoturins order for 25 We Shaving Machines to
?a5d fof. do?oastration purposes , j*st as soon as drawings
are received from the Engineering Sept. Also for 26 four-minnta^

wlth 25 shaTiDS machines. Those outfits should he
pushed through as rapidly as possible. 6

the ^ same time issue a manufacturing order for 3.000 Ho5be Shaving
4 3'°°° four-minute recorders, to he manufactured for stock06
“ 3v,s°°n as tools can he completed. The drawings for the four-
iS Popt? a°r haVe alr°ady 130611 furnished tho factory hy the Engineer-

1/3.0/13. y o.ifo.

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dyer: Weber: Wetzel: Dolheer: MoChesnoy:
Goodwin: Maxwell: Bliss.

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Jenuary 26, 1912.'

Mr. Wilson:

The Committee listened to fifteen Blue Amberol
Records at the Meeting held last night. The surfaces generally,
aside from crackles and knocks were found to he excellent. It
was noted however that ten out of the fifteen Records given to the
Committee "ran out" more than we allow for commercial product.

The selections were as follows:

SERIAL HO. SPEC. TITLE

10518 2 THE GREAT CAMPMEETIHG FISK DIVERSITY

JUBIIEE QUARTET

2 Samples oommeroial.

1 " had knocks ana >-
oraokles - runs out - not
commercial.

10518 1 THE GREAT CAMPMEETIHG

8 Samples commercial.

1 " knooks and

oraokles - runs out -
not commercial - had
moulding.

10510 1 SWIEG 10W SWEET CHARIOT

1 Sample. Bad knooks and
oraokle s - runs out - not
oommeroial.

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crackles. Doubtful as to
whether aoceptahle as
oommeroial.

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TAEEHE

FisK dhtversiey

QUARTET

10520 1(a) SHOP! All OVER GOD’S

HEAVER •

(5) UTILE DAVID

2 Samples. Eight Enochs,
hut considered commercial.
1 Sample. Bad EnoohB - not
commercial.'

C. E. GOODWUT

SERIAL HO. SPEC. TITLE

10519 2 MY SOTJL IS A WITNESS

5 Samples - all oommer-
oial.

CHAIR MAR RECORD COMMITTEE,

U.U i'VU

January 30, 1912.'

Mr. WilBon:

The Record Committee have gone over enough. Blue
Amberol Records to establish the following faots :

All of the Records run out badly, an objectionable
feature' that must be overcome.'

“*■ St£t— (.) Praotioally all of the Reoords are full of small

oraoM.es Bnd light knocks, whioh are not in the moulds. These
cracMes may be due to dirt or impurities in the material used.
~g. ^ The general surface of all the Reoords, which the

Committee have heard is considered good enough for commercial
product.

The Committee heard 18 Reoords this afternoon, 6
of which were found to be commercial.

Oat. Bo. Title Talent

232 DREAM OF THE TYR01IEHHE E. VEHETIAH TRIO

Mould Ho. 29

Sample Ho. 1 runs out - kaooks
and oraoM.es - not
commercial.

™ 2 runs out - knocks

and ora Okies - not
commercial.

" 3 runs out - knocks

and crackles - not
commercial t on account
of poor moulding. The
majority of these
knocks are not in the
mould.

Title

BHEAM OF THE TYROLIEHHE

Talent

E. VEHEEEM TRIO

Mould no. 30

Semple Ho. 1 runs out - knocks
and oraoklos - not
commercial.

2 runs out - knocks
and crackles - not
commercial.

3 runs out ~ knooks
and crackles - not
commercial , on account
of poor moulding. Bad
rough spot in the mould.

Mould Ho. 36

Sample Ho. 1 runs out - knooks

and crackles - one
sided" - rough surface
not commercial.

2 runs out - crackles -
surface rough on first
part - commercial.

3 runs out - had rough
spot in center - not
commercial.

Mould Ho. 27

Sample Ho. 1 only slight run out-
light knooks - com¬
mercial .

2 bad run out - good
surface - not com¬
mercial.

3 runs out - loud knocks
- not commercial.

Mould Ho. 37

Sample Ho. 1 runs out - knockB
and o rookie s - not
oommeroial.

2 runs out - light
oraokles - oommeroial.

3 Blight run out - light
oraokles - oommeroial.

Copy Hr. Dyer .

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PHC/W February 3rd 1912

Sear Mr. Edison, v

In accordance with instructions from Mr. Dyer
indicating your wishes I have had tests made of the voioes of
a number of singers and the samples are being sent to Orange
for your examination.

Attached hereto is a memorandum showing name of singer
class and selection sung for teBt purposes.

Enclosed you will find Borne presB notices and par¬
ticulars of the artists whose tests are being forwarded.

I understand from Mr. Dyer you are seeking voices of
a certain quality having in mind their suitability for our work.

If you oare to go a little more in detail as to what
particular characteristics you are seeking I may be able to
give you more intelligent assistance.

I want to oo-operate with and be of Borne real help
to you but feel as if we are groping over here and don't know
whether what we are sending is what you are after.

Most of the singers who Be work we are forwarding have
been secured through the Imperial Concert Agenoy. Some have
voioes which are promising for our work. We have rejeoted many
and are only sending those along whioh in our opinion might

Mr. Edison Contd. Page 2

possibly possess tbs quality you are seeking. Hone have known
a phonographio oareer.

Among those sent I might particularly invite your
attention to the following:

Mar# Holding Dramatio Soprano. Promising for our work.

Phyllis Lett Soprano. A bit nervouB. Sang slightly off,
but might be developed.

Winifred Lewis Contralto. Very good indeed. Would probably
make an excellent addition to our list of Edison Singers.

Alfred Heather. Sootoh Tenor. Very good for our work.
Hubert Eisdell. Tenor. Excellent.

Horman Williams. Bass Baritone. Very good.

Louise Sims Contralto. Oood quality but very nervous
during trial.

We will make additional shipments to you from time

to time and meanwhile if you oare to supplement original in¬
structions we will do all we oan to accomplish what you desire.
Eaithfully yours,

Thomas A. Edison Esq. ,

Orange ,

HAKE OF BXHQ-ER

CLASS

SELECTIOU

Gertrude Reynolds

If do. Mary Conly.

Mr. Richard Ripley.
Hr. Gwynna Davies
Joseph Farrington
Miss Winifred Lewis
Mr. Fredk. Ranalow

Miss Phyllis Lott
Kiss Kay Peters

Soprano "Oh Flowor of all the World”

Ss Seale.

Dramatic "The auld Hoose". & Scale.

Tonor "Mother o' mine". & Scale.

Tenor "Thy Learning eyes". & Scale.
Bass Baritone. "Drake goes West".

Contralto "The Rosary" & Scale.

Bass Baritone. "Drink to me only"

& "The Crocodile".

Contralto "Lillies"

Contralto "One tho hankB of Allan water”

Miss Jennie Taggart Soprano "Bran hraw lads".
Miss Mary Fielding Dramatic "Sunshine & Rain"
Miss Caroline Hatchard Soprano Rohin Adair .

These have already "been . forwarded.

SAME Qg 8XM0EH

CLASS

BBLBCTIOH

Mr. Alfred Heather Tonor , Bonnie Wee thing

Mr. Hubert Eindell 0 "I know of two bright eye a”

& Scale

Mr. Julian Henry Baritone "I'm wearing ara' Jena"

& Scale

Hies Ghrietine Bywator Soprano “If I built a World for you

& Scale .

Ur. Anderson Hiool Tenor "The fond kiss'1 & Scale

Ur. Alexander Webster Tenor "Bonnie Wee thing" & Scale.

Ur. Albert Beresford Counter Tenor "HeSt me to-night in
Dreamland" & Scale.

Ur. Horman Williams Baas "The Wreck" & Scale.

Miss Louise Sims. Contralto "Host thee my dear one"

& Scale.

The above will bo forwarded with the next shipment.

Wo have not yet received pa ticulars and Press notices
of the last three artistB. They will be forwarded when
received.

Foh • 8th, 1912

Mr. Walter Killer,

79 Fifth Ava.,

Mow vork City.

Dear Mr. Kill ear: -

As you are am re, Mr. Rdison has boon advertising
for singers under tho name of "Crenshaw”. Fhese two answers
that T enclose were from an advertisement in "Musical .America."

As you know, Mr. ’Wiser has hat most of the people come out
here, hut he thinks that yon hail hotter write to these tv/o
and ask them to come and make a test at tho Recording Rooms
in 1,'ew vorfe. you can explain that Mr. Rdiaon is expecting
to require some sight rending work done later, as to which he
can comramicato with the parties after you have made the test
records of tho vo:*ce trials.

1 reeoived the enclosed letter from you this morning,
and would say that. I invariably tell the singers to take their
own musio with them when they go to see you. I was particular,
indeed, to toll Mr. Mud dell this, but, he must have forgotten it.

Fours very truly.

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Haymarket

Feb. 20, 1912.

I was delighted to receive the other
day from the Kdieon Works here a phonograph with all
its various equipment, which they tell me you ordered
them tosend me. I hive since recalled. that you spoke
of the machine one day as useful to a literary worker,
and at the some time promising when you wen o some to
send one to me. X think it was extremely line of you
to remember the promise ana me and it will he f

greatest pleasure in using it to know it is a souvenir of
our last Summer's journey together. She machine has
been too lately installed to allow me as yet to ' be
particularly expert in talking into it, but I want the
first effort to be a letter of thanks to you, and I shall
accordingly send on this cylinder, hoping it will safely
reach you.

I am sure I shall shortly become a
phonograph enthusiast. At present I feel a bit self-
conscious in talking into it. but it is "“ft”®**?® 2°
hear the sound of one’s own voice. I should think for
an after dinner speaker or even a more ambitious
it would be excellent in helping one to correct ones
qneakinp- An friend who was in my room

when the machine arrived, tried it and saidit would help
him a lot on the same line. I shall probably get i” the
habit of using it for all kinds of literary and journalistic
work, and I think it will be particularly helpful in
the natural sounds of dialogue in story or

After I parted with you last Summer. I went to Constantinople
with . and while there I sent several post cards

to your family. I hope they got them. I still -think of
ou/tilp together in pleasant remembrance of yow*1 ktoftno SB
and that of your family, especially on that unlucky day

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frS£“ Solc'EeL He told i» touted loet'hle .Mt.ra M.di
before. He seems to remember you all, and Bpeaks ox you with
gratitude i Poor fellow, he is at present without work. He
hopes now that Spring is coming on to find another regular

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job.

I am living in London now, at least
for the time being and Simd it and my work here quite
interesting, but the weather is of course abominable.
Perhaps your family may be interested to hear the new
novel of mine called "The Leverage of Life" which has
just come out in London and in Hew York. I am now busy
on another, and I expect to use the phonograph a good deal
. I think that is about all the news I have on
hand, and knowing too what a busy man you are, I shan't
add more to this, letter, and with my renewed expression ■.
of appreciation for your splendid gift. Please remember*
me most kindly to Mrs. Edison and the other members of
your family, ana believe me dear Mr. Edison,

Your ae voted admirer,

H. A. iJ. Valentine. \

Copy Mr. Dyer .

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February 21st 1912

Mr. W.H. Miller , Manager,

Recording Department,

Thomas A. SdiBon Inc.

79-83, Fifth Avenue,

NEW YORK.

Dear Mr. Miller,

I suppose you have been wondering what, has happened
to the Lyne and Harrold negotiations and for the purpose of
keeping you advised, would state that HammerBtein continues
to he at loggerheads with his Artists and although Bocchi
has been behind him from day to day, he has not been able to
close up to the present time. About ten days ago he insisted
on having submitted to him a Contract on behalf of our .Company
and the Columbia Company drawn by a solicitor. We forwarded
our Contracts drawn in the usual Btyle , and on Saturday last
he advised Bocchi that under no circumstances would he permit
any of his Artists to sign such an Agreement although he
would not indicate wherein the same was not satisfactory.

About an hour ago ho promised to make such altera¬
tions as he wanted in the Contracts to-day or to-morrow and
to send them to us. I have no faith in his promises however,

Mr. W H. Miller Contd. Paso 2

and will not "bo surprised if he does not live up to them, or
if he puts in clauses which will he impossible from our stand¬
point .

’ This is being forwarded in order to catoh to-day's

mail steamer that you may know how the matter stands-
Very truly yours,

Managing Director.

Thomas A. Edison Jnc.

Orange ,N. J.,U. S. A.

Edison Phonographs and Records
Edison Primary Batteries
Edison Kinetoscopes andMotion Picture
Edison Business Phonographs

April lBt, 1912.

Messrs. Berggren, Eckert, Deeming, Watsel, Henderson,

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated,
will supply,

{For Amusement Phonographs, Dictating Maohlnes and Shaving
Machines)

Buhher Tuhing for Hearing lubes

Hard Rubber and other molded pieoes for Hearing Tubes

Mohair Covered Tubes for Speaking Tubes and Flexible
Connections.

Mouth Pieoes and Ferrules for same.

Oil Cans, Screw Drivers, Sapphire Brushes, ChipBruBhes,

& Horn Connections.

Cabinets purchased complete
« Transfers.

4 Post pedestal for Diot. Maohlnes
Celluloid Memo. Strips for Diet. Machines
Penoils and Pencil Holders " "

Burke Motors and parts thereof.

Shaving Machine Motors, and partB thereof.

Homs (including Finished and unfinished)

Horn Bells, ElbowB & Rings made outside
" Transfers.

looks for Dictating & Shaving Machines.

Bottoms & Springs for System Boxes.

Paste Board Boxes for Hearing Tubes, Horns etc.

DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON BUSINESS PHONOGRAPH

-2-

(For KlnetoBOQpoB. Professional Models, )

M. P. lenses and Condensing Lenses ana partB thereof
Rheostats complete (made outBide) and parts thereof.

Sheet Metal Work (Magazines, Lamp Houses, Cones, Heels, Slide
Carriers, Switoh Covers), eto. )

Soreens & BoothB

Cartons

ClasB for Lamp Houses

Oxygen Generators, Saturators and supplies and parts therefor
or used in oonneotion therewith Buoh as Oxone, Ether & Limes

Knife Switches

Transformers, Eoonomy Aros, Compens-aros ana parts thereof.

(For KiwatoHoones. Home Model )

M. P. lenses to Condensing Lenses and parts thereof.

Rheostats ana parts thereof.

Transformers to " "

Sheet Metal Work (lamp Houses, Carrying Cases)

Glasses for Lamp Houb6b.

HernBt Lamps, supplies for and parts thereof.

Aoetylene Generators, Burners, supplies for and partB thereof.
Stage Connectors.

Attaching Plugs,
lamp Sockets.

Screens.

CarhonB.

(For Rectifiers.)

Transformers

Condensers

Switches

For use in oonneotion with Cylindrical Reoords (Amherol & B Min.)

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and BlankB. all materials except those entering into the "Wax"

compositions.

For use in connection with the following:

Thomas A. Edison, Ino, will supply all materials
Master Moulds
Diso EeoordB
Primary Batteries
Film (Professional & Home, )
lantern Slides

exoept materials for parts originating in Edison Phonograph Works,

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She following prices and discount a have boon
for Kouo Recording outfits:

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hist .6.00; dealer S0(J — gG.GO net; joobor

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hist 20 cents; dealer 14 cents; jobbor 12 cents.

;.a the recorder which we will supply will be of the sisc to fit mach-
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ducers' it* will be necessary to supply an adapter ring to cnaolc the
same recorder to be used with machines equipped with speaker arms to
hold the models "0" and "IT" reproducers. Shis adapter ring will r1'
supplied as an extra at a list price of 50 c
jobber SO cents net.

s; dealer !
is of machines 1
listed at the :

Tor the Opera, Arnberola and any other type
build, with stationary reproducer arms, it will
a special recorder, arm and horn, which will be
ing prices:

hist 01.25; dealor SO cents not; jobber 75 cents net.

Outfits comnleto, shaving- machinos only and horns, will be ^packed
its of 5 or multiples thereof. If ordered packet!, m lots or losi

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than°5,' a'*’ charge' for packing vd.il have to bo made.

i'his memo, will enable you and hr. kcCliesney to go ahead with
such price list or catalogue as you want to got olit covoring the homo
P.ooording apparatus.

4/24/12. 0.H.Y/.

Oopios to kessrs. hdi^n: Dyer: UoChesnoy: Stevens: Hind: Bcrggron:
Eckert : Brown: Iiasrwell: P.edfearn: Bile .

n: Maxwell :Sfoi

Messris. Dolbeer: McChesney: Goodwin: Maxwell t^Youmans: Hird: Eedfearn:
Iretron: Brown: Eckert: Deeming: Wetzel: Stevens.

Up to the present time the three types of disc machines
coming through have been known as models 1, 2 and 3. It has Been
decided, however, to change these designations and designate the
different models hy the price of the machine, and hereafter the mach¬
ine and cabinet known as model 1, will he known as model A 250, the
letter indicating the design of mechanism and the number indicating
the style of cabinet and price of complete machine and cabinet;
Likewise the model 2, will be known as model A 200, and the model 3,
as model A 150. This designation of the different machines will
appear in the blank space on the name-plate following the words
"model number" .

To distinguish the type of motor used in the different
machines, that is, whether spring motor or electric, the letters
"S M" will be used to designate the spring motor type, and the letter
"E" to designate the electric type— these letters to be placed in the
blank space following serial number and immediately preceding the
serial number itself. Example:- A name-plate on the $250.00 mach¬
ine might read —

"Edison Disc Phonograph
Model Mo. A 250

Serial No. S M. or E, as the case might be, 179."

In case we should build alternating, direct and universal electric
machihes, the letter E will be followed by the letter A, D or U, as
the case might be.

f/Zb/lZ. C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. Edij4n: Dyer: Weber:

Mr. Bliss:

Mr. Edison advised mo yesterday that you were waiting for
certain ports from factory machine shop for rectifiers controllers
and -business phonograph motors and thatonaocountofthis^worlcon^ho
completed machines was being delayed. Up to this time I have ^

stood from you as well as others, that these parts were oojjdng through
as fast and quietly as could be expected after drawings had been received
and finished parts approved of by yourself or Mr. Bangley; therefore, in
o?der ?o alce^tain the cause of delay on such parts as you°laimyouare
waiting for, I wish you would send mo regularly 0ao^ week until things
got running smoothly a list of such parts as are being turned out by
the machine shop that you require and that on account of ^

furnished are holding up the completed product in the Electrical Dept.

Several months ago it was docidod that yon would fix ovor
tho old mould making plant or a portion thereof, at least, for work on
diamond points, hut so far as I can soo no particular progress has
boon made in thi3 vdixootion. Have you decided not to utilise Bpaco
in this building for that purpose , and if so why? If you still intend
to utilise it, I think the work should bo proooeded with immediately,
for if we aro going to use diamond points for both cylinder and disc
reproducers, wo will want to bo in a position to turn them out much
more rapidly and in much largor quantities than wo aro at present.
Because of our not requiring those points just at this timo, this may
seem an unimportant matter, but it is not, and if loft until too late
wo will find ourselves unable to turn tho points out fast enough.

Please let mo hoar from you concerning this.

5/10/12. C.H.T7.

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Edison's Supreme Effort in the Recording
and Reproducing of Sound is Crowned with
Magnificent Success.

HIS DATEST AHD GREATEST TRIUMPH
THE EDIS01T DISC PH01I0GRAPH
On Sale September 15th, 1912.

It is not improbable that the Edison Disc Phonograph
marks the final limit of human achievement in recording and re¬
producing sound. It is the splendid culmination of thirty-five
years of research and experimentation by <3Ricmtta-AT Edison, the
inventor of the first phonograph and one of the world's greatest
authority on acoustics.

Ever since his original invention of the phonograph,
Edison - grimly scornful of others' bombastic claims and calmly
indifferent to opportunities of commercial exploitation - has
continued, with characteristic patience and tenacity of purpose^
to seek the solution of those baffling problems of acoustics,
which have, until now, stood in the way of a perfect record and
a perfect reproduction of sound.

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AT LAST? THE PERFECT REFRODUCTIOH OF
THE WORLD'S GREATEST MUSIC.

At last it is possible to really interpret the great
masterpieces Of »»ic on the phonograph - «o reproduce a.lio.f.
overtones that have heretofore teen lost i» »•»* reproduction -
to encompaas the most Wjnffioen. .Whoaie. - to truly portrap the
gift, of «e greatest vlrtoo.l - to do fall Jn.tiee to the noblest

themes of the greatest composers.

At last the phonograph 1. greater than euphony eonoertr
ohsmbor music solon-or grand opera perforate , for the zti.on
pise Phonograph can create in the America home a more intense
musical at.oaph.re and a deeper musical culture than could he
derived - ehort of many year. - fro. attendance upon the operas
end eonoerte of the world's great musical centers.

Boot of the people, »ho listen to the operas and
the symphonies, love ..sic or they would not listen, hut f.«
understand or fully appreciate. Id « «“ *“»• *° “a“Ie *
heautiful flower; it is another to both admire and trul|co^
pretend its beauties. On. must study and understand classic
music to feel to the fullest the deep appreciation -

serves. fh.r. are two ways to aog.ire this appr.oiating sense,.
by years of conservatory study or by listening to the »«■»*
repetition of the music. leu do not get the necessary repetition
at the opera or concert, unless you are a faithful attendant

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mtmy successive years. But if you own an Edison Disc Phonograph
you can, within a very brief space of time, familiarize yourself
with the works of the great** composers. You learn

to identify and trace the development of the composer's motif,
you learn to recognize his style, the effects he seeks and his meth¬
ods of achieving them. You learn to know him and his works, and
with that knowledge comes an abiding reverence for his genius.

Edison Disc Phonograph makes all this possible, because
truly interprets music and does not mar and distort ^by an in¬
complete reproduction of the recorded sound waves, the

introduction of the distracting mechanical sounds or noises
peculiar to lateral cut records, f Ur. /dison WiiyurnishWitten
critiques/ or lectures by a well known/us ic^L authority Vo accom-
pW the selections that require th/comm/tar/of a^/sical critic.

! ORIGINAL IHVEMTOR OP THE DISC PH01J0GRAPH

In 1878 - the year following his invention of the cylin¬
der phonograph Edison designed and patented a disc phono¬

graph, but he has steadfastly refused to permit an Edison Disc
Phonograph to be offered to the public until he could accomplish
four things .

First: Successfully impart sweetness and naturalness

of tone to disc records and avoid the tone distortion which gives
the cold, metallic machine-like effect to the reproduction.

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Second: Record and reproduce the exact character and

quality of the original.

Third: Eradicate the scratchy sounds that have

p.en th. »»l«i ol .0 much criticism “ ““ W“l°k

inaudible the fine overtone. that ^ Si« tone "“llty
to muBic.

Fourth: Do away with the constant changing of needle .

HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED ALL OF THIS - AHB VASTLY MOHE

THE TiF.PHOPUCER

reproducer 1» th. vole, of the plo.05r.pl.. 0»
reproducer S& «r. Kdl.ou too designed *>r the Edison
mou.sr.pl. is th. result of many thousand erperl.ent. mad. by hi.
personally mithi. the post five years. dust a. shape, materiel
„d finish eontribut. to the perf.eti.n of a stradlvarius violin,
so do th. contour , torture end formation of the diaphragm of
a phonograph reproducer contribute to th. ton. o«alitle= of a

phonograph. nw

Mr, Edison’s enp.rime.t. have resulted in a„volo. for

th. phonographic* bring, out the finite.- save, that pro¬
duce th. overtone, of ,ua»ty by mhl.h .. distinguish on. i».tr»..t
fro» another - a voice of liquid and mellow tone, of wide range,
and incomparable sweetness.

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THE DIAMOHP STYLUS

He has equipped each reproducer with a diamond repro¬
ducing point, which is impervious to wear. On the Edison
Disc Phonograph there is no wear of needles to distort the
reproduction. There are no worn-out needles to he replaced.
The reproduction is constant and uniform in its perfection.

■THE MOTOR

The motor designed by Mr. Edison for the Edison
Disc Phonograph is many times more accurate and costly
than any heretofore used in disc machines. A serious
defect in other disc machines, particularly after a period of
use, has been that the motors were too weak to properly
control the pitch, with the result that the attempted repro¬
duction of music in many cases fell little short of sheer dis¬
tortion.

long ago Mr. Edison rejected the so-called lateral
cut method of recording sound because the sound waves thus
recorded would - for perfect reproduction - require con¬
ditions that are scientifically and mechanically impossible.
Therefore, the record for the Edison Disc Phonograph em¬
ploys the up and down method of recording. A preponderance of
other disc records continue to be made by the lateral cut method,

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•because of the greater ease of manufacture. If, through a
microscope, you will observe the track made by a reproducing
needle on a "lateral cut" record, you will need no further
explanation of Mr. Edison's rejection of that method of re¬
cording.

The Edison Disc Record is capable of recording 50$
more music than other records of the same size, thus making
it possible to record many beautiful symphony movements and
operatic selections -that have never been reproduced on the
phonograph.

The material used in this record is the result
of an almost unbelievable number of experiments, for
Mr. Edison realized that the record substance was a matter of
immense importance. At last he found the right material.

It is a chemical compound of exceeding density and extreme
hardness. It i3 several times harder than the material used
in any other disc record, but as^ttw result of Mr. Edison's
exhaustive experiments, the "scratch" peculiar to other disc
records has "been eliminated.

Owing to the unusual character of this material
every record indentation - no matter how minute - will retain
its original form and will not become effaced or distorted
by use. Many of the eccentric and discordant sounds that
’proceed from other disc records arc due to the wear or
obliteration of the sound wave indentations.

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OVERTONES

One of the reasons why other talking machines or
phonographs do not give a real interpretation of music is,
that, in addition to their inability to record and reproduce
the fundamental tones without distortion, they are incapable
of reproducing more than one or two of the tone colors or
overtones. Nor do they usually give more than a faint
and intermittent suggestion of the one or two overtones
which they are supposed to reproduce. And furthermore,
thesey being so weakly^roduced, are in many oases rendered
inaudible by the scratchy sounds common to reoords'

The special material used in the Edison Disc B^ograph, com¬
bined with the Edison method of recording and reproducing,
gives a complete and perfect reproduction of the overtones of
voice and instrument, without which the tone quality of the
original cannot be duplicated. There is as great a difference
between the two kinds of reproduction as tbr *» between a
silhouette and a perfectly photographed and perfectly developed
portrait - more difference in fact, for the tone color is
faithfully portrayed by an Edison record while adequate
color reproduction is as yet laoking in photography.

It is worthy of comment that the Edison Phonograph
opens up entirely now fields of music to the phonograph - .
among others, that of Chamber Music, which heretofore ould
not be successfully reproduced on disc records but is
beautifully interpreted by the Edison Disc Records.

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RECORDING

To malco tho phonograph a real interpreter of music
there were many acoustical problems to be solved. While
others , busy with the commercial exploitation of their
instruments, ignored these problems, Mr. Edison worked
eighteen hours a day to find a solution of them. He has
succeeded. He has found that many accepted acoustical
theories are false. He has discovered new principles of
acoustics. He has revolutionized the methods of phono¬
graph recording in his own recording laboratory. All
of his new discoveries are being embodied in the making of
all records for all Edison Phonographs. Ho other phono¬
graph records embody these discoveries.

GEHERA1 CONSTRUCTION

laboratory standards. Richly finished cabinets.
Numerous refinements of construction, such as the jointless
sound amplifier and the automatic stop which causes the in¬
strument to cease playing when a record is finished. No
necessity for and accordingly no unsightly doors.

COMPARISONS

This is an advertisement. Most advertisements are
laudatory. This one is no exception. We have tried to
impress upon you how wonderful a musical instrument this

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new Edison invention is, Hut no words, however extravagant in
their praise, couia ao full justice to the marvelous tone
qualities of Edison's masterpiece.

Therefore, we ask you to compare it with other
souna reproaucing instruments. We ask you to listen to any
song on any other aisc phonograph ana then hear it on the
Edison Disc Phonograph. When you have aone so, we think you
will agree with us that descriptive words fall far short of
doing justice to this magnificent creation of Edison's genius,
patience and devotion to an ideal.

Three Models: $250, §200 and §150 respectively.

Mr. Wetzel:

The laboratory will send down to Mr. Sohall this afternoon
six raotal oabinots for small diso machine. These oabinets are to be
finished up as follows:

1 mahogany piano finish
1 " dull "

1 goldon oak polished finish
1 •' " dull "

1 weathered oak
1 white enamel.

laboratory will send Mr. Wetzel shop order to cover this work. These
oabinets are to be finished up at the earliest possible moment and
sent back to the laboratory.

S/28/12. . C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. EdisSon: Weber: Sohall.

THOM, l>. T). f

Mr, Thos. A. Edison,

Orange, E. J.

My Bear Sir:— ^ ,• j

X am an orthodontic specialist and my work dealsl'\jijth
transformations of tho oral cavity and contignous parts, and in £
number of cases treated I have noticed a change in enunciation, which
I believe was brought about by a greater command of the tongue, lips,
etc. By the assistance of your agents here I have made a few phono¬
graphic records, but which do not meet with my entire satisfaction
for lack of a clear and distinct reproduction. I would liko to have
your assistance and any advice from you will be highly appreciated.

It seems to mo that some means of intensifying the sounds so as to
bring out their every variation wouia be of assistance.

Wish you would keep this in strict confidence as it will take
sometime for me to obtain the desired results, the which I would be
very pleased to send you.

Thanking you in advance for any consideration you may give this
letter, I am

Yours most respectfully

Ems. 206-7 Hagel stein Bldg.

gffljggAL A PORMATIOB

r ’7-

pi/ The Hat below shows the total iteoorfls of various olaeae^ ana kinds
taken from a now complete aataloguo leaned by the Viotor Talking' Haohine
Company under date of May 1912:

English

Hawaiian

Portugese

Purple Label

Bed Seal

Japanese

Korean

TEA IHOH 8 IHRLE FACE

TWELVE I H C H

English
Portugese
Purple Label
Hod Seal
Japanese

TWELVE IEOH S IE RLE FACE

]) 0 P 3 L E FACE

English

Bohemian

Italian

Hungarian

Hob row

Finnish

German

French

Spanish

Polish

Mexican

Frenoh

Arabian

Turkish

Swedish

Chinese

Japanese

Greek

Miscellaneous

TEH IHOH BOOTLE FACE

English

Hebrew

Finnish

German

Italian

Spanish

Chinese

Miscellaneous

TWELVE IHOH BOOTLE FACE

GBAHB TOTAL

5400

I am Bonding you. herewith sample drawer for diso rooordo
showing how partitions should ho arrangod to aooonmodato tho reoords —
this sample having boen gotten up by "cr. KdiBon and approved of by tho
difforont people interested.

As tho record drawers are wider than absolutoly necessary
for oither tho ton or twelve inch rooords, it seoma to me tho oasiest
way to arrange for these partitions would bo to have strips of wood
gang sawed and faotoned in on both oidos instead of attempting to Blot
out tho drawers themcelvos* Shis, of course, refers to only such
drawers as are alroady assembled. On new drawors boing built the
sides should, of courso, be properly slotted before being assembled.

6/0/12.

Messrs. Aiken: McChesney: Hird:

Referring to the method of numbering double face disc
records, it has been decided that instead of using in connection with
the number the letters "A" and »B" to designate the two different
selections that we will simply tse the nurabor, leaving the letter off—
for example, if the selections "Evening Star" and "II Travatoro" were
to go on one double face record and the number given for the record
was to be 8066, this single number is to appear on the edge of the
record and on each label on the 2 faces of the record instead of
0056 -A to indicate "Evening Star" and 8066-B to indicate "II Cravat ore."
This single number without letters is also to bo followed out in our
catalogues and on record boxes.

6/8/12. . C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Goodwin: Dolbeer: Ireton: Stevens: Wurth.

Gentlemen.

I herewith take liberty to call your attention to an.
important invention which might prove to he o f interest to your
esteemed concern.

WK PERFECTED a GLASS GRAMOPHONE 'DISC ^

iic which is a farrS^hing improvement
over the composition disc now An use.1

Everybody who had chance to hear" our GLASS GRAMOPHONE DISCS play^s
surprised about the beautiful pure soft noiseless sounds produced,
this invention is patented in almost every country and we are prepared
to negotiate with regard to selling patent and manufaoturingrights for
the United States and Colonies, or if desired patent and manufaoturing¬
rights for all countries to one concern.

Ve do not send out our sample discs for trial purposes, but are pre¬
pared for personal interview either here or eventually in America if
desired, the latter of oourse on your aooount. If you have a representa¬
tive in Europe lot bin cone, to hear our GLASS DISCS play.

At Mr. EDISON'S last stay in PRAGUE, BOHEMIA the inventor of the
OLASS DISCS had chance to see Mr. EDISON and-as the tine was a too
limited one- was advised to send in directly description and proposition.

AMERICAN IMPORT

lng. HUGO ALTSCHUL,

PRAGUE, KOHLMARKT I.

II.

PRAG, den . 191 .

Enclosed please find description and I shall be plsaosd to give
lull infornation if dsairsd about all points in question,
ths great interest shown from everywhere Bakes quick action a
necessity in case you care to take this Batter up.

Cableaddress • AMSRICAH IHP0R5 PRAGUE K0HLMAR1CT 1 BOHEMIA.

Hoping to be favored with an early reply

lam

very truly yours.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

t taxkihg discs gJ_GXAgSj. \ W

The technical po.eibility ef MM»» «sra °r 0USS

1. to.d.y a fact by ezp.rl.ent., of far-reaching Inpoct.noe, for:

1, the *». di.ce een he -ufacteced cheaper than eh.llac di.ce, hec.ee.

ehellac co.t. e„ an average f~- " ”* “ S1*”’ °'

manufacturing a fd » gl... died amount. te Id pfennig, or leeel.

2) The glaee di.ce are harder and therefor, nor. ear.-*. — . —

diace need heretofore, the pin cannot do any dae.g. t. the gl»e ■"»*
groove., it ~n even he rightly claimed that the latter are iud.e.ructihl.
a. to frequent pur. reproduction of the eounde. "« gl...

diec. nith ep.oi.lly large and heavy ..end ho*.., a. for metanc »»."*
air sound hexes, likewise does not do them any ham.

3, The etruotur. ef the gl... 1. hcnogen.u. hy nature.

i, enooth end hard the glue, die., provided that the po.itlon.touard. the
horizontal plan. 1. about 15 degree., r.prrduce. the eounde clearly with,
out any noise accompanying.

4) Ih. glaee, being hard, ho.og.nou. and enooth, cannot he affected by the
pin, and it he. even teen eh.un that the petty blunting of the pin ..need
hy the Playing ha. a favorable influence on the ..production of the diec,
a. only in thl. oae. the ete.l pin perfectly pr.-e ■"» “
groove., *t lea.. 50* of the pine, therefore, can be e.ved, ultmut

a durable than the sound

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

having to he afraid quality of the disc suffers thereby.

5) The shellac discs break very easily, whereas the glass discs are
durable .

6) The glass discs are not influenced by any change in the teiqperature ,
which cannot be said of the ordinary discs, and they are excellently
suitable for the EXPORT into TROPICAL ACT OTHER CLIMATES .

,) The glass discs may be fancily designed in different colbrs and, on
account of Seeing of course transparent and cheaper and more durable
than shellac discs, they may very conveniently be used for advertising
purposes .

American Import
Hugo Altschul, Engineer,

Kohlmarkt 1,
Prague.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

w

S-/J07X

Die techni3che Mogliclikeit

K55S!SlJSf5.S!! iHI.SErSSS'iifSfoioSoSSS^BeiSStSSgt^iSSn1?11

Die Glagplatton konnen billiger hergeatollt werelen, als Schel-
lackplatten, denn Sehellack koatet durchschnittlicli 4 nal so
viel ala Glas. / Erzeugungspreis einer 25cm Glasplatte betr&gt
hochsten3 15 Pfennig./

Die Glasplatten 3ind harter unci de3wegen dauerhuftcr al3 die bis-
herigen SchalXplatten. Den Glas-Schalifurchen kann die Uadel kei-
nen Schaden zufugen, Ja man kann mit Recht behaupten, dasa sie
im Bezug auf vielfaehe, reine Wiedergabe del’ lone unvorwiistlich
sind. Auch das Abopielen der Glasplatten mit beoonder3 grosses
und schweren Sohalldosen, wie Pressluftachalldosen, scliadet ihnen
nioht im geringsten.

Die Struotur des Glases ist von Hatur aus homogen. Weil das Glas
dazu glatt und hart ist, reprodueiert die Glasplatte, nattirlich
bei einer Stellung der Nadel von ca 15 Grad gegen die Horizontal-
Ebene, die Tone rein ohne Mebengerausch.

Da das Glas hart, homogen und glatt ist, kann en von der Uadel
nicht angegriffen werden und es hat sich sogar gezeigt, dass die
kleine, durch das Spielen hervorgerufene Abstunpfung der Uadel
die Wiedergabe der Platte gUnstig beeinflunst, da sich der Stahl-
stift erst dunn vollkommen den Schallrillen anschmiegt. Man kann
darum mindestens 50% der Nadeln ersparen, ohne befiirchten zu niis-
sen, dass die Qualitiit der Platte liierdurch abniarat.

Die Sohellackplatten brechen sohr leicht, wogegen die GlaBplatten
dauerhaft sind.

Dio Glasplatten vertragen ohne Schaden, im Gegensatzo zu den ge-
wohnlichen Flatten. jede Tempera tureinflusse und eignon sich
vorziiglich zum BXP6RT fur TROPISCHE und AMPERE hl.XMATE.

Die Glasplatten lassen sich geschmackvoll in verschieclenen Far-
bennuancon dprclifuhron und kbnnen, weil sie natilrlich auch durch—
sichtig, billiger und dauerliafter sind ala Schellackplatten, aus-
serordentlich leicht fur Reclaraezwecke verwendet werclen.

AMERICAS IMPORT

Ing. HUQO RLTSCHUl

PRdQ, ivOUu'VlRKf 1.

(i cyiy'

TELEGHAM 6/26/1 2 —PAID.

to. Nelson C. Durand,
Seoond Vioe President,
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
O/o Hotel Fro ntonao,
Quabeo, Qua., Canada.

Merit wins again.
Conservative Equitable life
Assurance Sooioty Just ordored
twenty five Edison Machines.

THOMAS A. EDISON, INC.

Copy for Mr. Bdieon.

M». jjaswoiu ima-w* a**"®” ITet0,,:

Bergeron: Radfoorn: Philips.

MOTVHT.

_ _ -

LIES

JOBBERS

DEALERS

a 275 shmaarton inlaid plain - -

a 290 rt " narquotry

275.00

290.00

60

35

A 275 louis 15,

ranliocrnny oabinot

275.00

425.00

07-1/2

07-1/2

25

A 425 " 15 »

400.00

37-1/2

25

A 450 " 1.6 .

Ciroaas.Wal. "

450.00

37-1/2

25

7/3/13/

Copies to Hoaars. Edison:

Y7.

612 S-2 Still wie die Haotrt

\ B69 Darling Hellie Grey

, 830 3-1 Stabat llator

1035 S-l llanaa'o in the

01snoro3
Hot. Quart.
Kimball & Chorus
Uet. Quart

Cold, Cold Ground

7 Ht-oeic- f ’-'

*) , i. ^ / S'

NAME OF SIHOER
Hi no Ethel Danoy
Uiiio Emilio. Coroi.
hr . Charlon Rof f .

Hi r.ti Hilda Crp.£f?~Jumen .
Hi or. Ethel Hillitu®
Mine Mary 'fliiliUKO
Hr. Berwick Cawley
Carlo Albani.

CLASS

Contralto.

Soprano.

Baritone.

Contralto .

Soprano.

Contralto

Baritone.

Tenor.

SELECTIOH : I-1ASTEPG

Hone in the Bud & Soalo, 2
0 Patria Mia & Scale. 3

Drake goon Vfcc.it. & Soule. 2
Roue in the Bud & Scale. 2
Denrcot Heart. & Scale. 2

The Rod ary & Soule. 2

#5204 Metropolitan Tower,

, July 11, 1912 (-

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Labor at ori es ,

Orgnge, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

Having been informed hy a friend of mine
that the Edison Phonograph Co. expects to manufacture
so called disc records or flat records, the thought
has occurred to me that if this he true , that a
corrugated record would give opportunity to the singer
or performer of giving a much longer selection hy
reason of the increased amount of surface travelled
hy the needle.

If it would he possible to manufacture a
record of this kind, I would he very glad to hear from
you. and if you wish it, call and see you and give
you a few more details in relation to this idea of mine.

p.S. The enclosed rough drawing will give
another detail of my idea.

IsBue manufacturing orders immediately for the following.

DISC OABIflEIS OELY

25 model 300 Circassian Walnut --mnnfaoture^t he ae ^er^mthe
60 11 460 Louis 16th Circassian Walnut

60 " 426 " 16th Circassian Walnut

B0 " 376 " " Mahogany

BO " 290 Sheraton marquetry inlaid

60 " 276 " Plain

20 000 A-60 inoohanisms oomplote including roproduoors ^

2^000 A-60 metal oabinets — finishes to he decided latei

6' 000 Cylinder diamond A reproducers )f or maohines to ho ordered
Bojooo " " B " ) later and for extras.

UTOTOn-mrnm ARMS 10 OHAHGE 0M MACHIUES WOW III USE SO.fHBY CAW JAM
'POT! DIAMOUD BK£H0DUCEri3~I

21600 Gem reproducer arms
2:600 Pireside reproducer arms
10,000 Standard reproducer arms.

Work on all of this apparatus should he started immediately
and rushed all possible with the view of having it all completed
by October 1st.

7/18/12.

Copies to Messrs. Edis/on:

C.H.W.

Dyer: Dolbeer: Weber: Wetzel.

CALTJiRS AT MEW YORK OFFICE.

August, I, 1912.

Weieman, Mr. - and Friend.
Brancone, Job. - Carueo Phono.
Hansen, H. - Metuchen, M. J.
Martinsen, Mr. -

Co., Hew York.

(

( Sent *by Blackman*

i

Angevine, A. J. - South Horwalk, Donn.
Krelechman, H. C. - Philadelphia, Pa.
Maine, J. -
Menzell, S. S.

(

(See Mr. Philips about them.
(

(

August 2, 1912.

Ramus, Dr. Carl, - U. S. Health & Marine Hospital Service.
Glover, Mr. - Plainfield, H. J.

Thompson, W. B. - Thomson Music Co., Port Richmond, S. I.
Rantl, Mr. - of I. Chavalier, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Fisher, Mr. - and Friend, Harrison Moore Co., Woonsocket, R. I
Zahrlskie, H. B. - Ridgewood, N. J.

Allen, E. C. - Multiphone Operating Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

•« s- ■ si2

Mr. Hird:

Issue manuf aotur ing order for 5,000 Amborola V oonoealod
liorn cylinder maohinos to bo listed at about 575.00, and 10,000
Amborola VI oonoealod horn cylinder machines to bo listed at about
$50.00. Worfc on these should be pushed with a view of having them
ready for shipment with other now goods about Oot. 1st, and 100
of eaoh should be put through at the earliest, possible moment to
be used as samples to send to jobbers.

8/2/12. C.H.T7.

Copies to Messrs. Dyer: Edison: ffobor: Wetzel: holbeer: Goodwin.

August 16, 1912.

Mr. Dyer:-

In looking up the correspondence regarding the trade mark
OPERA, I find that we first called the matter to the attention of the
U. S. Phonograph Co. on February 28, 1912 notifying them of our UBe of
the mark and requesting that they consider the advisability of making
a change. They referred the matter to Mr. Fay and on March 5th Mr. Fay
wrote asking whether we had registered the word and whether our use had
been exclusive. We replied on March 8th that the word had been adopted
as a trade mark on September 7, 1911 and in use since November 24, 1911,
that such use had been exclusive and that an application for registra¬
tion had been filed. Mr. Fay replied on March 30th to the effect that
his investigation indicated that the U. S. Company had a prior right
to use the word and recommending to our consideration that our Company
should drop the use of the trade mark. We replied on April 4th asking
for further information as to their prior use of the word and he replied
on April 12th that he was not prepared to state what waB the earliest
use, but that it had been extensively used prior to the dates set up
in our letter of March 8th and that he understands the mark has been
used practically since the organization of the U.'S. Company, also
advising that an application for registration had been filed . This is
all of the correspondence.

The interference was declared on June 4th and the testimony
of the U. S. Company is to be closed by September 4, 1912, they having
informally advised us that they had expe'cted to proceed during the week
beginning August 26th. —

DH/JU

We have uBed the trademark continuously since

November, 1911, and they claim to have used it since some
time in 1909.

From about 1901 to 1907 we used the ,.ord "Opera"
as a code word for a particular type of phonograph, and in
our catalogues this machine was referred to as the "Onera"
phonograph.

It is questionable, however, whether our use of the
name could be considered a trademark use, and it is also
probable that we abandoned the name by discontinuing this
particular machine from our catalogues.

It seems very probable to me that on the merits
the United States Co. are ahead of us and that if the inter¬
ference is contested they will prevail. Under these cir¬
cumstances it seems to me that the best thing to do is to
change the name of the machine, which can be done in the
next edition of our catalogues, instead of going to a lot
of expense in making a contest on an unimportant issue.

Would you have any objection to changing the name
to "Concert"? I make this suggestion because we already
have registered this word as a trademark for phonographB,

Mr. Edif

and the oia Concert machinos have been so long off the market
that I do not think there would he any confusion in the
minds of the trade. Furthermore. "Opera" and "Concert"
are quite similar words.

fid/ito

MELZ-ER BROS..

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Messrs. Wetzel: Hird: Itabino: Sohall: May: Ellis: Morris: Brooks:

Waterman:

We dosiro the following phonographs for ezhobition
purposes at the Boston Electrical Show, and shipment of nano
must bo made from hore not later than September 20th. Please
go over this list very oarofully end report to mo tho date on
which you con completo your part of tho viotls. noco3sary for tho go
machines* I must have this information within the nosefc throe
days#

DI30 ISAOHIUES

3 A-60

) 1 White Enomol
) 1 Mahogany
) 1 Golden Oak

3 A-75

) 1 Mahogany
) 1 Weathorod Oak
) 1 Golden Oak

3 A-100

) 1 Mahogany
) 1 Woathored Oak
) 1 Golden Oak

3 A-150

) 1 Mahogany
) 1 Fumed Oak
) 1 Golden Oak

2 A-200

) 1 Mahogany
) 1 Golden Oak

1 A-260

1 A-300

1 A-275

1 A-290

1 A-376

1 A-425

1 A-450

Mahogany j

Circassian Walnut

Sheraton - plain

Sheraton - marquetry

Mahogany

OiroasBian Walnut

Circassian Walnut

nVT.TTTTKR UACHIUES

2 Amborolas 1 )1 Mahogany piano

)1 Goldon Oak

2 Jhpborolas 111 | 1 mhogany,piano

2 Amborolas V ) 1 Mahogany piano i

) 1 Goldon Oak

2 Amborolas 71 ) 1 Mahogany piano j

) 1 Goldon oak

2 Concert (Opera) 1 Mahogany piano
‘ ) 1 Goldon Oak

2 School outfits j

8/27/l2y .

to

\

August 29, 1912.

Messrs. Weber, Wetzel- Philips- Ireton- Youmans- Teeming- Dolbeer-
■ MoChesney- Stevens- Goodwin- Maxwell- Hird- Berggren-
Eokert- Brown* Redfearn:

Please note it has Been decided to put out two additional
types of Concealed Horn Cylinder Phonographs of designed submitted
by Mr. Weber and approved of by Mr. Edison.

They will be known as "Amberola V", listing at §80, and
"Amberola VI", listing at §60.

These are the two machines for which manufacturing orders
have already been issued for 6,000 and 10,000 respectively, and
every effort must be made to get some of them out for shipment by
October 1st.

It has also been deoided to manufacture a Model A80
Diso Phonograph, which will consist of the same motor as in the
A60 and the cabinet which has been designed by Mr. Rubino and ap¬
proved of by Mr. Edison. Manufacturing order will be issued for
6,000 of these machines— 3500 to be in Mahogany cabinets and 1600
in Oak.

It has also been deeided to manufacture a Model A100
Disc maohine, which will consist of the same meohanism as in the
A60 and a self-supporting oabinet designed by Mr. Rubino and
approved of by Mr. Edison. As this maohine will perhaps affeot
the sale of our Model A160 Diso, and considering that we have 5,000
of them coming through, it has been considered advisable not to
announce this maohine with the others but to hold it baok until the
larger portion of the A160 have been disposed of and we have ac¬
cumulated a sufficient stook of the A100 to meet first orders.
Manufacturing orders will be issued for 5,000 of these machines—
2,000 to be in Mahogany and 1,000 in Oak oabinetB. All material
should be ordered and work pushed ahead as rapidly as possible,
without interfering, however, with the other types of machines
which are to be gotten out ahead of this one.

If this memorandum is not thoroughly understood by all,
please see me.

CHW/IWW

(Copies to

Mr^Ediso^

0. H. Wilson.

and Mr. Byer)

August 29, 1912.

Issue manufacturing orders for 6,000 Mo&el^SO DIbo

Mahogany oahinete and 1600 in Oak*

Also Issue manufacturing order for 6,000 Model £100

DIbo nJSSZ » p.r =«1« 'S^SSoflD

Mr. Weber and Serial for these should

Mahogany oahinets and ^oSLishould progress as

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Dote that the meohanisra for filling the Mode! £®° . _

Ml Hotel A100 Dloo ^I’ao ttSro Jie lo.ooo

SfSVSoK™ S'AoS'orS “^o.. e.000 .Loll

he taken therefrom.

OHW/IWW

(Copies to Messrs.

C. H. Wilson,
i. Edison- Dyer- Weber- Wetsel)

Ur. Victor:

If you are following copies of tlie weokly Idsc
Phonograph report and schedules sent you toy I3f« Hird, you will
toave seen that for the total number of machines estimated as
reaudrod to fill first orders, the model A 250's are practically
finished with tho exception of testing and some of them have been
tested and are packed, also that for the model A 200 s and A 150 S,
work seems to toe progressing favorably, and if Schall and tho
Testing Dept, can finish the cabinets and test the maoninos as
fast as they are receivod toy thorn, wo should toe able to hare
onoutfli of tkeso types ready to taio care of first orders. On
the A 60 however, the work seems to he pr ogres singpathor slowly
and as far as X ean ascertain no promises what over can ho given
hv any of tho various departments as to whonthoy wall nave their
particular parts ready; in other words, Otto Weber has not got
tho tools all finishod yet nor ean he promise when he will hare.
For the horns he has not yet commenced the tools. For the
meohanisms no promises can ho obtained as to when t hoy will bo
ready-some parts have come through tout others are not yet in
sight. For tho cabinets the tools are not all yet completed
and no dato oan too arrived at as to when they will be roady, tho
oahinets assembled and Schall' s work on them oomplotca. For the
reproducers we seem to he all right, although up to the time
Ur, Hird notified some of tho departments this morning, they
were not even aware that they wore to he nickeled instead of
oxidized and as a result were going right ahead and oxidizing
more than we required for the model A 150 typo#

It seems to he you Bhould givo your particular attention to the
model A 60 Machine all tho way through to see if something oannot
too done to hasten its completion.

In addition to tho disc machines above mentioned I am as yet
unable to obtain any satisfactory information concerning tho
Amtoerola 5th and 6th cylinder machines, of which wo vail have
to have suite large quantities to fill initial orders. Won t
you please look into theso machines also.

I am aware that no disc records aro yet roady and/ you may use
this for an excuse for not pushing the machines, hut I don t
think you should do so. Lot us got tho maohinos roady and^thon
extraordinary efforts can he put c
says they aro all right.

i the records when Ur. Edison

Messrs.

Hutchison:

I attach hereto copy of memo. X am sending
to Mr. Bliss, relative to D. C. and A. C. motors for the Highamophone .
It is guite important that we know immediately what motors are to he
used so that no delay will take place in completing the 25 machines,
the meohanical parts of which «Bi'he> completed within the nest month.
9/6/12.

Mr. Bliss:

Will you kindly advise mo whoro the B.C. motor now in uso
on tho Highomophono was purchasoa and if was aeoidod to ho the stan¬
dard to ho used on additional Highamophonos oporatod hy D.O., also
if any docision has over Boon arrivod at as to what A.O. motors would
ho used for those machines and from whom they can ho purchased.

An early reply will oblige.

9/6/12.

O.H.W.

u ft 'Thu. tctuuniJ

Mr, C. H. Wilson: ’

In reference to your neraorundum of the 4th
Machines1 ^rwell^s th^Lberoll v" and’ VI ’cylinder maorfines,

SSfS Jal ^your etat-nt i» ref rd to the go mg**

ass's'ssh- £s °< *>**

Screw Machine parts are eolnG through.

A ♦ ronmduoarfl the forwaan o£ the Kicks! Plating Dept.

s^^Asr^a^ar^ast*^^.-
Si^ssrs £1a«*.3aS' “■•*' ■» Su

SS«»: « J «« (Odd .f «r. UW,r.

r»«n; ss.j £«» - .. «. »«.**•« ■«* *-

atruotions to go ahead,

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SwSSHi“ - ^ — -

^^rr^“*?3!ssKr£^&.

as they are received from Gray, and the tooio^o ^ ^ completed.

- diss for the spring, ruW,°* ef„ ?£. naraw n8nt. and they are also
The swivel pine are being made *" ®?rew wS have plenty of rings

msmss§sms:---~

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The tools for drilling and finiBhing the Diamond Arms ore completed/

Vie expoot that within a day or two, we can deliver lh<ni to Traplmgen
from the Punch Preon Dept. So far we have made 900 diaphragms
and work hao been continuing uteadily on them and within a few days
we shall have the fixture for rounding oho corks, and there in nothing
to otop uo from going ahead on these reproducers. order has been
placed for the oorks and 1000 hao Juot been received and we expeot
to reoeive an additional 2000 in a few days.

The diamond points we are now getting at the rnte of 3B0 for a
10 hr. day. Y/e do not anticipate any hold-up on the diamond situa¬
tion, at any rate, we are pushing this reproducer so no to be able
to make shipment with the first shipment of blue Arab or ol Records.

The situation on Hiamaphones is aa follows: 2 machines com¬
pleted; 26 more will be completed with a month; and 76 more I find
we can complete by the early part of December, if we do not wait for
tools, but continue working on the top plates and the other castings
with temporary fixtures and gauges that wo now have. All work
will be followed up and efery effort is being made to oompleto the
100 machines by December First.

PV//BB

P. Yfeber

The Celluloid Company

TICKS *

CON PiACE i/

K < /! y»^>tembor 5,

\y

conversation rdWootive surface

t different atagoE of the

seaBoning and shipping, to determine if j

\7e shall also polish more highly the inside of our "nozzles!?
for forming the tubes, which are now only smooth finidiod, and soo if
that reduces any of the longitudinal scratches.

Ho particular care has been exorcised in handling these tubes
after making, as this point has never been raised before and wo did not
recognize its desirability. As about 95 percent of the small lateral
scratches are evidently duo to handling by us or during shipping or pos¬
sibly by you after receipt, more careful handling end packing will un¬
doubtedly result in improvement.

As regards the suggested deleterious effect of strong acetone
upon the surface of the "Celluloid" tubes, wo wish you would carry your

nvestlgations further and would be glad to know the re
o our theories and our praotloo along the linos wo arc
e think the advantages of a strong solvent outweighs J

o aooustomod to work.

Ur. .Thomas A. Edison

Sept. 5, 12.

The particles of nitro-cellulose and camphor In our compound uro in such
intimate mixture as to he equivalent to a solution and are ao minute as to
he undetectable under a powerful microscope. Both the camphor and our
form of nitro-cellulose are equally soluble in aootono bo that anhydroue
acetone should show no selective action upon dipping the "Celluloid" into
it. It should tend to soften and sliehtly flow the surface so as to anooth
over all minor imperfections leaving the surface with a polish. Of course
if there should he present in tho surface of the "Colluloid" uny email par¬
ticles of dirt or other insoluble foreign matter, tho acetone might loosen
and carry it away leaving a depression, hut this would he true in any onoo.

1 would suggest, if it has not already occurred to you, to t*o
a white blank containing some of the imperfections discovered under the
mieroBOopc and after marking on tho inner side of tho tube tho points at
which they occur, dip tho blank into various strengths of acetone and then
"print" it; should tho marked dofoots not bo noticeable in tho printed
record, it would either show that tho acetone it was dipped in had cor¬
rected them or else that they wore negligible any way. If new defoots
developed other causes would have to be sought. Variations or improvements
of such a test will of courso suggest themselves to you.

I have instructed tho factory to send you direct say 6 plocoB
of tube 12" long taken from some tube newly run which has been handled as
carefully as practicable. These will be quite fresh and will contain an
excess of camphor over what is in the seasoned tube. later to send you
some moro samples from the seme tubes after seasoning but still subjeotsd
to careful handling.

I understood that tho 100 records among which yon found such t
large percentage of imperfect ones, wore from the earliest that you had
turned out and possibly now machinery end unskilled labor contributed tc
the result. 1 would be glad to hear if later results boar out such a
large percentage of spoiled records and we will v/elcomo any criticisms
of our material which will enable us to perfect it to meet your demands,
if it lies within the nature of tho material itself.

Very truly yours.

President

Sept. 6 ,19 IS

■ 'V

Mr. E. J. Borggren end file;-

Ploase fulfil sh me with Edison Phonograph
Works Board of Directors 1 Resolution authorising the plaoing of
oontraot with Union Drawn Steel Company for three hundred (300)
tons Cold Drawn Screw Hod, to be taken by January 1,1913.

In thiB connection please note that
of this 300 tons is specified for the reason that from 160 to
200 tons will probably he required by the Storage Battery-.Company',

( who have the privilege of drav/ing ugainst this contract) ,ond
59 tone will he immediately deducted on account of over shipment
on the contract just expiring.

The approximate obligation involved ±u

this contract is $ 13500.

HTI/MD H. T, DEEMING}.

00 to Messrs. Ifcrer, Wilson, Bachman, Harry Mil

v^x

Hr. Weber:

Roforring to instructions civ011 hy IDarpor to Eairwoather
relativo to oxidising reproducer and other parts for A-60 diao
machine, I havo just aeon Hr. Edison ana ho has dooiaod that with
the exception of the eahinot rod heads, all other parts, that is,
reproducer, roproduoor damping forrulo, speed adjusting laioh,
opood indicator dial and rod, eahinot front grill Jmoh, are to
ho niclrelod. Cabinet rod hoads are either to ho grainoa tho
same as the oahinets or finished in somo othor way as near tho
color of tho cahinots as possihlo. ELeasc give nooossary
instructions to pooplo interested to this effect.

9/6/13.

fa\

C.H.1

Mr. Water:

accordance with matters decided on yesterday at the Exocutivo
IMtiw,. if*^»?S5.S£r“ provide the MUrtW opparato. In tl.
order mentioned:

(1st) 30 model "B" diamond point reproducers for salesmen^ use hy

September 15th.

*2nd) At least 100, and 200 if possible, model "B" diamond reproducers
for Jotters 1 samples t ©tween September 15th and BOuh.

( ot*rrj l a stock of all types of our present modol cylinder mac hino s ,

SESSStaS^ SSSSlffS ™°enC?heJem?°^oside ^nd Standard
types to accommodate the diamond reproducer.

■SSL* SSSf: S» Zg&S&StfgtZ ardor,

as do not speoify diamond reproducers •

(6th) All cylinder machines for shipment on and after Oct. 1st must
bo made in the four-minute typo only.

&s StsaM.

Ooplee to w. Edls/n: Pyor: Bird, Polt.or: *»«*»• Iroton:

Maxwell: MoOhesney. v

Ur. Weber: arQ nQn applying two-minute recorders with Home and

Triumph Phonograph equipments hut It Has been decided |° dis°°^^e
including them with these equipments on ^fter

will a four-minute recorder he inoluded to taho their place. niuer
Oct. 1st all machines will he shipped without including a recorder
. J.T, _ _ * _ j *nrnexryi’ Please &ovem vour ou’tpu'fc of recorders scoordirgly

^limit^he manufacture of them to use with tho Homo Shaving Out-

Copies to Messrs: E<4/on: Dyer: Wetzel: HLrd: Polheer: Goodwin: Irett
Harwell : MoChesney.

Thomas A. Edison Jnc.

Oranj|e,N.J.,U.S.A.

Edison Phonographs and Records
Edison Primary Batteries
EdisonKinetoscopes undMotion Picture Films
Edison Dictating Machines
Edison Home Kinetoscopes and
Motion Picture Films

Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Recording Dep’t.

79-83 Fifth Avenue

New York September 10, 1912

Ur. Ueadowcroft,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

I have your letter of August 27th which Mrs.
Staats has sent me. In the list of songs she is to sing
you have asked that she sing a duet from "Forza del Destino"
for Soprano and Alto, as there are no duets in this opera
for this particular combination I presume you wish to her
sing with Hrs. Kirwan one of the Tenor and Baritone duets
and as there are three duets for Tenor and Baritone in the
opera, two in the 3rd Act and one in the 4th, kindly adviBe
me which one you refer to. Would also like to know if Mr.
Edison has made any special terms with these artistes.

Yours very /truly,

Mgr. Recording Department

AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON DICTATING MACHINES

dictated to

Mr. Ehilpot :

Beginning immediately you will please arrange to operate
a night force in such of your departments as will enable you to got
out a larger production of Blue Records. As I understand it. from
my talk with you this morning, this will only necessitate the
r^ng of two or three of the departments, as the others are capable
of h-ffn-c in ten hours all that these two or three departments can
turn out in twenty-four. I can't understand why you have not arranged
for this before; in fact, I understood from you a few days ago you
were running nights. Certainly if yon have not moulds enough to
operate all your printing machines during the daytime, the only way
you can increase your production is by working such moulds as you
have double time and that can only be done by putting on a night gang.

9/13/12. O.H.Y/ilsaa.

Copies to Messrs. EdiZn: Byer: Weber: Hehr.

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September 13th, 1912.

Messrs . EDISON; ITXER; Y?IMOK;

The Rudolph 7urlitj!or fiompnny are vary dasiroujr
of having you Inspect the V.'urlitzer "Nnit Orchestra" now
Installed at the Century Kiaatre, New York City, and In
conversation with. Kr. Rudolph Y/urt.itsier rooantly, he re¬
quested mo to advise him when It would ha convenient for
you to make an appointment to hear a demonstration of
this Instrument.

If yon will arrange to set a date, I will ho
pleased to communloate with Kr. 7urt.itr.er as wall as
with their New York representative regarding it.

namely, a sensitive plate or plates or stencil or wax sheet or
sheets at which a business man, say, desiring to conduct his cor¬
respondence without the aid of a stenographer and typewriter, etc.,
could talk his thoughts, producing impressions of the words spoken
.which could be transferred to his letterheads, etc. I appreciate
that you comprehend what I'm driving at, and if it is possible to
evolve the necessary device it should be instantly recognized as a
long step forward of the present methods. True, we have the phono¬
graph, the graphaphone, the. dictagraph and other sound recording
devices, all of which serve admirable purposes, and the scheme I

purpose may be impossible of evolution; it would, of course, involve
a certain automatic selection of impressions to represent quite
countless words, but when you and I as telegraphers consider how
nicely the Yetman sending typewriter, or motor attachment for writing
machines, selects and transmits the letters, figures, etc., I think
you will agree with me that my idea, which may not be new, is feasiole.

If you think this letter worthy of reply kindly address

Very respectfully yours^

/?t.<rfrr^ // Vc a-S-eriiL.^.

CONDENSITE COMPANY OF AMERICA
Glen Ridge ,N. J.

September 14, 1912

Hr. Thos. A. Edison, laboratory,

Orange, il. J.

Pear Sir:-

Y/e ..nclose herewith statement of your
account, which is very much overdue, but which
we presume has escaped your attention. Y,'e
would appreciate your remittance to cover.

Yours truly,

COirDhJSIJE co.xa.:y os at-3xca

President.

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£ jTWJ - ^

j fc s~rt c ~ j t'f

n

■boa Jk. b
:. Mend.

Messrs. Hehr: Riley: Youmans: Rogers: Dolbeer: Irdtoj

It has been deoiled to use corrugated paste-hoai^ bozas for
all domestic shipments of Blue Amberol records, and Mr.
at once order 1,000 each of the following capacity: 200 100 BO 25.

These oases should he received in time for our ^P^tshipmentsof
Amberol records, but if not, we will, of course, have to use the
wooden cases «tiU have to use wooden past¬

ing oases as heretofore.

5/16/1 r

Copies to Meooro. Edison: wot: StoT^o: Wet: LooM.g: Hottol: Boltoam.

°-W

If thoro is anything going ^ o delay our beginning
Mrt. of oyltodor tooltooo tito <U™a roprodrooro o» Oot. lot. as
specified to tedlotto ouch 1. tot lotos sort to too trade. It till 10
too reproaooors, loth models A tod B. So for oo I eon boo too oopo for
too nodol B roprodtoor till rot 1» rooolvod Holly ot too roto of oloot
400. onl too tolshto. thloh oro too soao for models A ond B. till lo
roooltod to lorgor ooortitioe, ood If toooo ortioloo ooo 1. torhod tp
no ropldly OB roooirod. to oosht to hoto o ooooldorollo r-lor of loth
oodolo roody Ootolor lot. I or stotos y"o this toforootlon oo toot
orrorsooooto toy 10 »do to proyort ory doloy to oorplottos too ropro-
duo ore after oupa and weight a are reooivod.

9/16/12. /

CiploB to Hoaara . Edison: Iyer.

Messrs. Weber: Berggren: Dolheer: W. Eckert: Philips: Goodwin: MoOhesney:
Stevens: Xroton: Hird: Youmans: Rogers: H. Eckert: Brown: J.Pelzer:
Parrell : Davidson: Madison: Durand: Hudson: kerning: Wetzel:

Mr. Edison has called my attention to the fact that we are
not "practicing what we preach", in that we are not using Dictating
Machines for our correspondence and other work, and requests that
all departments immediately arrange to do so. In order to’ carry out
his wishes, I have plaoed the matter in Mr. Durand's hahds, and he
will shortly interview you in tho matter, after which ho will write
a detailed report, stating whore Dictating Machines aro now used,
whoro they can and will ho used in tho future, and where, for such
reasons as ho will give, ho does not consider it practicable or
economical to use them. Please co-operate with Mr. Durand in this
matter.

9/16/12.

Copies to Messrs. Dyer: Edison.

l/on

MesBro. V.'ateel - Mitchell
Kiloy - Piles-

9/16/18.

Devine - Moeokel - V.'atoman - Morris -

■2-

la order to be la a position to ship advance orders for Moohineo
for the Pall Trade promptly wo should havo t.ho following stool: ready
as near Oot. 1st as possible.

Gem Model D. Comb. Typo with K Reproducers 800

" 4 Min. Typo only " Binraond B " BOO

Wo hove a stock of 450 Model D Gems on hand 850 of which should
bo changed to 4 Min. Typo and equipped with Diamond B Reproducers;
the balanoe of quantity should bo brought through on the pronont Shop
Order for Model D Kaohines.

Fireside Combination Type with K Reproducers 800

" 4 Min. Type only " Diamond B '* 8000

Bring through 2000 4 Min. Type on present Shop Ordor for
Comb. Type and equip with Diamond B Reproducers.

Standard Model I* Comb. Typo with S Reproducers 200

" " M 4 Min. s " Diamond B " 8000

Change the Reproducer Amo on Model E Machines in stock
but do not pack any until shipping orders are reooived on account
of possible allonge in Horn Equipment.

change over the surplus stook of Model P standard Mohs, over
the 800 required into Model P. Machines and equip with Diamond B
Reproducers hut without Horn Equipment.

Homo Model E Comb. Type with 0 Reproducers loo

" 4 Min. Typo ” Diamond B " 1000

Bring through 1000 4 Min. Type Holis. on present Shop Order
for Comb. Typo and equip with Diamond B Reproducers.

Triumph Model P Conb. Typo with 0 Reproducers
" 4 Kin. Typo " Diamond B "

Bring through BO 4 Min. Type Machines on present Chop
Order for Comb. Typo and equip with Diamond B Reproducers.

Concert Oak with Diamond A Reproducer
" Mahogany " H "

Amberola III Oak" " "

" III Mahog. with Diamond /\ "

" I oak " " "

" I Mahog. " " - »

.26

60

100

400

100

400

Immediate stepD should be taken to efface
the transfer "2 min.-4 min." from all Combination Machines
or bodies of tfaehinos that are to be changed over to the
/, uin. Type and the looking or changing of the 2 min. gears
should aloo be done promptly oo that the Assembling Depart¬
ment will not be hold up in ito work. lie change in the
serial numbers ie necessary but the togs bearing the Serial
Humber should be Btomped to indicate if Machine is Combination
or 4 Min. Type.

/

CC to Messrs. ltdieon - Dyer

C. H. Y11LSOH.

Weber - Dolbeer - Stevens and

MR. SDTSOH: y2* 1

I have looked up the Seoords marked with a blue "x"
on your list with Mr. Miller, and find the talent cost to he ae
follows:

LABIA; #260 per song. Ho royalty.

HBiTTiTWfl- All aeleotions that you now have recorded were made
onTTWn? of #2So per seleotion, hut Mr. Miller is closing or

ha. closed a future ^rangament to^ist

&&ft1S3S the°f irst*grada°above the medium priced Record
a* A? 50 In view of this future contract, and the merit °r

Spalding's wor£, the price of #2.00 is prohahly a suitable one.

nnnPPH- Arrangement with this artist is for 10^ on qur net

have put him in the #1.90 class.

#250 per song. Ho royalty.
ra.VA’ #800T~per song: 10/ on eaoh Record listed and a

SHTeo thifthe to'al royalties from Ul Record^ list ed_will

guarantee

he #1000 per year. '

mWm!tfS.'S<SSS> £S£*iS &*«» S !S* t0

the Reoord any on his acoount.

PAKLOf: *250 per selection and 10^ on our net selling prioe

POLISH: #300 per selection. Ho royalty.

KURgOgy: #100 par selection.

ACETH: #125 per selection.

OISSHHROS : #166 per selection and 10^ on each Record.

KHOTH: #166 par selection.

■.«* on list nrlce with guarantee that royalty will he
atT^iifWaCord Pfn ^61110^0 this he had a guarantee

as a loss and put a price on any Records that you use in your
list that will bring in the most money. To ^ -basis if the
probably get back more money on a ““derate Pr|°Sd„£B£,oa»

■s.’tS SE*s.t«s n««-

"bpktu, boticB: ». »ni.r w* «• *M »» P“

■ate oosTTo"any artist where orohestra is used.

The Record 0. life haw. only K^'^Sin?*
priced 12 one dollar ( *1) ^oordsandf ourjl • *•« » .potions

SS^fi&fcaF.ffi.'srsa

MPMBHRI50 : You do not need to bother about the beJ£ that

will pair and price, Mr. Hird will assign the ri^t nunbers^tna^
indicate the prioe, and another thing, if y°u ohang y

about putting out a Record at the lent minute, even though it hae
been paired, priced and numbered, it will not make any difference
•to withdraw aame, for it la a well known rule with the Trade that
O' ‘tea Record numbera do not run in exact aariea. There hae alwaya
been a few aklpe, and Jobbera or Dealer* do not provide bine for
aklpa .

If there ia any information I have omitted in
this memorandum that will be helpful to you in this complex Job
of pricing and pairing, I will try to get it for you.

C. S. 300DWIN.

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September 18, 1912.

DISC RECORDS LISTED AT 4l.OO.

Whispering Ttlowers
The Pal re at Robs Waltz

Darling Nellie Gray

Mass's in the Cold,
Gold Ground
Heart Btrings Waltz

Love * b Old Sweet Song

Bonnie Sweet BeBBie
Serenade (MoBzkoweki)

The Mocking Bird
(Fantasia)
Flower song (Lnage)

Violin, Flute &
Harp

Tenor & Baritone

Tenor & Mixed
Chorus

Baritone & Chorus

Violin, Flute &
Harp

Viilin, Flute &
Harp

« ,u, i-

-The Two Poets

-.a&srtgiui-

(To he eeleoted)

CATALOg HO.

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81501 1

81502 (

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81503 (

81504 (

SERIAL NO.
832
1022

1077

1021

999

997

1023

title made by

The Heart Bowed Down Baritone-Chalmers.

Traumerei Vlollncello

Old Folks At Home. Contralto *

Chorus

The Evening Star Violinoello-gruppe

Ever of Thee I'm Soprano & Baritone

Fondly Dreaming.

Berceuse - Jocelyn Viollncello-Gruppe

In Happy Moments. Baritone-Chalmers

Simple Aveu Violincello-Gruppe

81505

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Stabat Mater Agnes Kimball and

(To be selected.) Chorus.

w-m^o .x upj«i ™» »« *» «t°'t'

jot rtll ploao. ces-e.oe ai.tllli»B “* ““I Ior t’“

p^a.a ef r.corerdrs .«* ~t.r*1» - — *• ™4 “ *M — “*””
of hlerhe, OTd which yew toll ». the ether «W *»“ “ ”rtl “ ”

«t least V* Par pored. «erh eh UtUW this raterlal shceld ha
aontinead a. rapidly as po.sihle entll yaw era farther adrieed.

9/20/12. / li.n.n— -■

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dyer: Wetor: Aiken: Bohr.

C. H. Wilson.

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Messrs. Dolbeor : MoChesney: Ireton: Goodwin: Maxwell: Youmare:.

Please note that in the outfit for model "A" 160 disc
machine we will inolude, at no additional prioe, six record filing
albums. Mention should he made of this and the albums described
in such printed matter as is gotten out. The albums should be packed
in the same packing case as the machine and cabinet.

9/20/12. . C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. EcLfySon: Dyer: Weber: Hird:

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Mr. Weber:

With only 38 jobbers out of a possible 100 heard from,
we have thus far received advance orders to be shipped Oct. 1st,
for the following phonographs with diamond reproducers:

Gem 103
Fireside 2699
Standard 500
Homo 182
Triumph 8
Concert 104
Amberola X 14
Amberola XII 15

This means that extraordinary efforts will have to be
made to get these machines out anywhere near on time, and if anything
can be done in any way, shape or manner to increase our present
oapacity, it should be done immediately.

9/23/12. O.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. Edi/on: Dyer.

Yi. Eokorb :

Ploaso issue a shop ordor oovoring labor roquirod to distill
two-minuio scrap wan and rocovor such materials aa can bo uood by us
In tho manufacture of blanks or sold for other purposes, Mio objoct
of this is, wo have several thousand pounds of two -minute scrap vraz
on hand which wo aro unable to disposo of, and Ur. Dodd claims wo can
distill it and recover materials that would bo worth at least 10rf per
pound for uuo in connection with tho manufacture of blanks, and what
wo want to find out is the actual quantity of useful materials that
can be recovered, what thoir value is to uu o* to coll to outside
poople, and what the cost of rocoveriUG then will bo.

If you do not thoroughly understand what is required, see mo.
9/23/12. . C.H.V,'.

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dodd: T/otsel.

Hr. Ehilpot:

Within the next two weeks you will probably bo called upo
to manufacture Kinctophone records. 2o begin with a capacity of 100
per week will probably bo sufficient, but by Boo. 1st, wo should bo
able to turn out 300 per week. Please arrange your manufacturing
facilities along these lines, and al» see about placing your order
for celluloid stock.

9/26/13. C,K*"*

Copies to HoBsrs. Bdij/on: Byor: Weber: Higham: Wurth: Behr.

Wt. Thomaa A. Edison, 4

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We are in receipt of youi- communication , ., t
of sept. 25th. U— ^‘] ^f-r ^ **

in your letter yoa state that yon only «*-

eell yonr goods to Jotters and retailers who enter w,

into special agreements Kith you to maintain prices.

Will yon please explain to us in Khat respect this 1b an^t ^
advantage to the general public who buy your output, 1
and Kith whose money you conduct your business. If Vv.»-~tU
it were not for the men who buy your machines, you «
would not have any output for your investment, there- |
fore - why should you confine to fixed prices againBtJ
this benefactor? We will publish your letter in the /
oldest daily in this state. We presume you will vote
for Taft and advise your employees and backers to do .

likewise .

W.W.M— H.H.

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por your Information X 1 Js to advise y»ttA2f<l*50+S*5?St
condition of disc and cylinder machines and record orders to date,
or approximately so: /

tttf.c PHOHOftRAPHS

Model A 250: Orders receive^ 206; packed 226.

packing is solve ahead daily.

iitodol A 150: °?a°?Q rn£0naMtio!mlPcahinots ’ mookmisms'!' roproduoors

T/c have guTtoa mo&nos.rtth mire coming

t^o^fv/ooiayT and the work of aoscmhling them complete ready for
packing is Going on daily.

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DISC RECORDS

So date we have roooivod orders for between 175 and 200,000.

evT.TTTTTOT? •PTTQHOGRA.PHS WISH JIAMOHJ EBPROIXJOSRS

Orders received: Com 85

Concert 176

Amhorola I 14

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do not turn out dofootivo.

UT.TTO AWnBROl RECORDS

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rapidly as possible, and unless some delay in production ooonrs, we
should -bo able to bogin shipments of thorn some timo in HoVomber.

worfc on tho A 80 Mso maohine which oonsiots practically of tho samo
moohaSsm as in tlS A 60, hut a wooden cabinet. is also being pushed,
and1 thoy should ho coming through ready for shipment shortly after
tho Amherolas V and VI.

10/5/12. 0- H. Wilson.

Copy to Hr. Iyer.

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Messrs. Philpot: Badger: Geo
Yotunans: Ireton: Eolbeer: Goodwin.

Please note that Mr. Hehr has been appointed Production
Clerk for all cylinder records and blanks, and any instructions
given by him as to moulds to be manufactured first and quantity
thereof, records to be manufactured first and quantity thereof,
blanks to bo manufactured, are to bo followed.

Mr. Hehr will keep in close touch with both the selling
and manufacturing ends of the cylinder record business, and there¬
fore be in a position to deoide on above matters.

10/9/12.

Copies to Messrs.

C.H.V/ilson,

Gen. Mgr.

Iyer: Weber.

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diamond roproducor is

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Copies to Mossrs. Edi

Owing to conditions as mentioned in Ur. Water's
IT. Edison, you will pl^so hold up all v/orh
3 far as equipping them with new arm and
eonoomod, until further advised.

Dyer:

C.H.W.

Hutchison: Dolboor:

Iroton.

Messrs. ITehr: Goo. T/ebor: Philpot: Badger: Moore: Grimes:

On Saturday last X started to go up;to 4th floor -lot record
building #24, end found the first floor entrance, as well as the
stairways, lined with employees waiting for the whistle to blow.

She time was not later than throe minutes to twelve. X inured
of several of the people where they worked and was told by some
they worked in the disc record department and by others under Mr.
Philpot. These employees certainly must have *uit their work not
later than 5 minutes to twelve, in order to got their coats and
hats on and be down on the stairway or in the entrance where I

saw: them.

Our closing hour at noon is 12 o'clock and at night sir
unlock. ani .11 WW.. <h»M ™ain at thair «ork nntil th.
vftistl. tlouo inuaatine that tt... Mn. hare It is

„ to you to sso that any hoi, in your doparf ont loan not M
thora no* «»« thoao hours. Purthornur., « ioronan or so.oono
in authority should r.nain in oaoh dopartmont -til the «■««»
hour to so. that th. non do not (fit ahead at tine.

C.H.^fi^on.

io/ig/12.

Hr. HirdJ

Please deliver to Hr. Hutchison a model H reproducer, so
ho can test it out on a homo recorded blank to see how many good
reproductions we can get from tho record. The diamond point
reproducer is too heavy and wears the record out too quickly, and
wo have got to adopt some lighter weight reproducer to offer to
tho public at a very low price, so that they can obtain more
reproductions from the' Homo Recording proposition.

10/18/12. C.H.W.

Copy to Mr. Hutchison.

C on dens it e Company of America

Glen Ridge ,N. J.

Ootober 22, 1912.

Thomas A. Edison, laboratory,

Orange, II. J.

Gentlemen: ’ Attention of Hr. H. P. Miller , See 'y.

V/e beg: to return to you the original of our letter of
Sept . 14th, with your notations therein of our account with you,
which is correct except in\one particular and that is your charge to
us of April 30th- $31.14. \ /

V/ith respect to that charge/we wrote you on July 23rd that the
material for which this ehargeVas made was delivered to us by Thomas
A. Edison, Inc., and has bcen/)\id for by us; we have never received
a reply from you in response/to this letter.

The material in question was V)0 lbs. -iono Chloro Ilapthalene,
as called for by our purchase orders^ 421 and 427 ar.d delivered to us
by Thomas A. Edison, Inc/ in accordance with their Invoices llos. 20430
and 20431, and for which by the way they chargedus $60.

7/ith the cancellation of this charge against us there is left a
balance due us since April 30th of $6.21.

Y/e will appreciate an early investigation of this matter, which
you will find will confirm the above statements.

Very truly,

COIIDllISITE COUPAilY OF AMERICA

President.

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Hossrs. Uolboor: Goodwill: Iroton: BLrd: TCoumons: looming: Grimes :Hooro:

Please note that Hr. % E* Hohr will act aa Production Clork
for the Mac EoeordB, tho samo as ho is nor/ doing for the J31uo Amborol.
Hia dutios^will jConsiat^of-"^ jSop-t . of the number of moulds

required for oaoh selection, in order to turn out the ostiraatod
quantity of rooords required for first ordora — tho Mould 3opt. in
turn to advise Mr. Hohr as fast as moulds are oomplotod end ro,~uy
to manufacture^ ^ aiviB0 tho ianm1faoturing onda of tho number of
rooordo to ho made of oaoh selection, in ordor to fill esdma.ed
•P+rat ohiiminp: orders and for stock.

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ore to he taken off and other moulds tut on in order to produce
stock aooording to orders reooivod or on hand.

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are shipped from atook and balance in stock. . _ n_n

P Fifth: To instruct Shipping Dept, as to what oidors aro
to he filled and shippod first— Shipping fept. then to obtain records
from stock to fill noooBsary orders. „ ^ „„„

Sixth: Keep in clone touch with manufacturing ondo end see
that a sufficient quantity of all materials used

of disc records is either in stook or ordered to taa.e care Oi require
monts— thoso quantities to ho based on tho inoreasos in production

which will ho made from time to time. _

Seventh: See that a stock of envelopes, individual record
boxos, containers, packing oasos (whon styles liavo ooon docideci on)

are kept ^ aucoossfully oaryy out this work, * tvd 1 1 Ji0 .■,?££!!
for Mr. Hohr to know exactly tho nemos and quanuitloD of difforont
matorialo used in tho manufacture of disc rooords, also what our
production at tho start will ho, as well as when and how fast it will
he inoroaeod. This information Hr. Edison lias promised to tfaxnioh.

It will also ho nooossary for thq manufacturing onds to co-operate
in ovory way with Mr. Rohr, in ordor that tho host results may ho
ohteinod throughout and no delays take place.

Copies to Messrs. Edison: l#er

The whole world benefits from your valuable application cf
time; ana that the vocal world way not looe what you have learned
for them, I write for further information as to the truth of measure¬
ment of tone.

My specific question is, Kow may I learn to measure the
truth of voice? By measurement do you mean measurement of vibration
and intensity and volume? V.'e scarcely know just what is meant by
measurement, sinco heretofore we have had no means whereby to measure.

V.’a, the vocal teae'ners, are acknowledging the fact that we
have had no standards. Standardization is being scoffed at by many
while others are urging it. If we have to work it out without your
valuable assistance it may taka years, and perhaps, centuries, while
if you will help us by informing one of us we can arrive at some
definite standard in a very short time.

I find, by training the tongue to a consciousness of its
power in definite formation and action for each vowel and consonant,
(which formation and action is intensified as the pitch of the tono
rises) and also by managing the vowel sc that the tone is always in
front of the highest part of the tongue, that this will give to th9
voice a suraness and beauty that I have been unable to teach defin¬
itely until I studied Lyric Diction as taught by Dora Duty Jone3.

This has given me the first idea of measurement of any kind as regards
tono in vowelization.

f th.j fact that much good has come m wis y.-ork,
I S3 3 only glimmers of light where you sec oroad
teachers ara floundering about, starving xor tha
:.!ay I 00113 and laarn, and so pass my
.visage on to othar teachars? V.'-a naad knov;ladga as to tho natura
voice and how to regulate it dafinitaly so as to give it oruthful
craneo.

it of tha

In spit a <

I am convinced that
daylight. Y.'3 vocal
knowledge that you possess,

of

faulty tc
pitches?

of tone?

Is it faulty vowel conditions that causa i
nao?

Ara moot of tha .faulty tones on high, medium or low
Is forcing tha tone one of tha chief causes of faultiness

Is not our greatest difficulty due to tha fact that
Itave no correlation between the resonance of tone ana speecn
action?

Is it not true that we must learn tc speak well, ('
truthfully as to vowel and consonant on any pitch) before we
hop o to sing baautifully?

You ara our great scientist; I um on-;
voice teachers. May I come to your laboratory
other teachers there) and learn how to measure
do not know how else I can learn this truth.

i of the thousands of
(you say you have had
the truth of tone? I

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Ur. Edison: cK

Ur. Dolbeer asked me to send you tlio attached lis
showing tto photographs of Edison/aingers and biograph
data about them which we have available. xhe list, I
think, is self explanatory. The first column of fiG«r
shows the number of photographs we have of b“n“°r
fancy costumes; tto second column shows the number of ^

In addition to the material referred to above
have rounded up photographs of practically all of the
composers likeMgner, Verdi, etc. V7e also have pie:
of material about each one.

over and talk with you :

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M ^CA

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

FOREIGN & DOMESTIC ARTISTS

Photographs Photographs

(In costume ) (not In costume) Biographies

Bessie Abbott
/Adelina Agoatinelli
' Carlo Albani
Werner Alberti
Hugh Allan
'■Jario Ancona
nselmi

'Harry Anthony
Anthony & Harrison
Irene Armstrong
/Blanche Arral

Arriaga Instrumental Trio

3

1

5

yes

yea

Elsie Baker
Evan Baldwin

Michael Banner & Roy Butin
Harry 3. Barbour
Edward Barrow
Eugeno Battnln
Harriet Bawden
Digby Bell
Joe Belmont
^$reste Benodetti
Andre' Benoist
Albert Bonzler
Romeo Berti
_/arah Bernhardt
John H. Biehllng
^ Biehllng & UacDonough

Johann Biachoff
Karel Bondam
JJma . Boninsiq-na
//Vigil one Borghese 0
/'/Lucrezla Bori
Daisy Boulais
/ Luisa Bresonler

James Brockman
Cornelius BronBgeest
Alois Burgstaller
Maurice Burkhart
Butin & Banner
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Grace Cameron
Sig. Campanarl
Ernesto Caronna

Ernesto Caronna & Luigi Lucenti
Mary Carson
Earl Cartwright
/Anna Case

i loHuses-iu

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yeB

yas

yos

yes

yes

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Donald Chalmers
Thomas Chalmers
Anna Chandler
Edith Chapman
Herbert L. Clarke
Arthur C. Clough
Luigi Cilia
Arthur Collins
Collins & Harlan
Columbo & Garoia
Florencio Constantino
Alpodo Costa
Hiss Hay Cox
Armand Crabbi
^Italo Cristalli

^7 X&osJk

Paul Cromelin
Frank Croxton
Frank Croxton Quartette
\V. 3. Czerwinski

CharleB Daab
Charles D'Alms
Tina de Angelo
Edgar I. Davenport
R. Festyn Davies
Peter Dawson
Eduards do Bury
Eleonora de Cisneros
Guido Deiro
^.de Gregory 0
Alarie Delna
Carrie De Mar
Mary lUsaem de Moss
Will F- Danny
A. de Sogurola
.-'Emma Destinn
Marie Dietrich
Andreas Dlpple
Demotrius Dounla
Frank X. Doyle
Marie Drealer
Gaston Dubois
Louis Duolos
a. H. Dudley
Paul Dufault
Frank L. Dyer

Frederick W. Eoke
Press Eldridgs

EmoS Quartet

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

_JJaria Faraetl 2

''^Edoardo Fat leant 1
/Edward U. Favor
/ Harry Fay

Fritz Foinhals 2

^^Eater Ferrabini

Fifth Avonuo Presbyterian C. Choir

John A. Finnegan

Fisk University Quartet

Itario Florence 2

Arturo Pranoeschlnl 1

Jose Francos

Hanna Foorster 4 Boh. Ptak

Irene Franklin 9

Frosini 1

Garcia 4 Colombo

_ -Luisa Garibaldi

' Robert

Guido Gialdini
Irving Gillette
Dlnh Gilly

" _ Guiseppi Giorgi

" ^Aristederao Giorglni
Lottie Gilson'

Don Giovani

_ .--Guiseppi Godono

Billy Golden
Golden 4 Hughes
Otto Gorltz
Thomas Graf
Burt Green
J>aulo Gruppe
Alice Guszalewicz

— GlnsA^CCe H-m

Charles Haekett
James V.'. Hager
Charles R. Hargreaves
Byron G. Harlan
Harlan 4 Stanley
Charles W. HarriBon
Jamas F. Harrison
Harrison 4 Anthony
J. Hazel

Alexander Hainemann
^•Uelitta Heim

G. W. Helmla
^Heinrich Hansel

H. Bennie Henton
Ethel Hepburn
Victor Herbert

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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Herbert & His Orohestra 1

Hurry K. Hill 1

Hinckley 1

Harvey Hlndormyor
Florence Hinkle
Gustav HinrlchB

The Hoffmann Qunrtette 1

Roland Hogue
Vta. F. Hooley
Miss l«oy__

Gustave Hubordoau
Hughes & Goldon
Harry E. Humphrey

3

yes

yes

yes

International Association Quartette

Hilda Jacobsen
Josephine Jacoby
Eugono A. Jaudas
Madame Jomeli
Ada Jones
Jones & Chorus
Mary Jordan
Karl Jom

'R- }■ H

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Kaisor

Gulseppi Kasohmaim
Knltenbom Quartet
Not M. Koofo
Marcus Kollormann
Margarot Keyes
Agnos Klmmble ft M-l-

John Kiramble '

Kniokerbockor Quartet

_ Hoinrioh Knote

^-Paols. Xoralek
Jiuoette Korsoff
''^Hans Kronold
Annie Krull

//ect-A

V

-»Maria Labia
Felix la Sierra
Harry lander
A. haute Brun
Dr. Franklin Lawson
.--'Bianca Lenzl
Franz Lohar

rh^T ’hr

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Maurice Levi
Arthur C. lichty
/Luigi Luoonti
'Lucentl 4 Carolina

JIarry LiaoDonough
MaoDonough 4 Biehling
Umbrato Maonay liAW-tNio

Guiseppinn Final Hagrini
X^ompllio Ualntasta
/'Manhattan Ladies Quartet
Biccardo Martin

Stella Mayhew
Frank S. Mazziotta
Joe Maxwell
L. C. llcChaaney
Mabel McKinley
Olivo Mead Quartet
Edward Meeker
__^Carmon Molia.

Metropolitan Quartet
Christine Miller
Hood Miller
Ed. Morton
Mary Porter Mitchell
Billy Murray
Pete Murray
. ( W/vt /K cyua> .

11 ‘

yea

X

yea

yea

Mario tlarolle
Agnes Soil
Luis Hucally

1 yes

a..

Will Oakland
Oily Oakley
Frank O-rmsby
Arthur Osmond
Veae L. Ossman

9

1

3

2

Juan Palmer
G. Pasfi.uarlello
Kathleen Parlow
Binalda BavoniX
John Pavolovitz
Erheat Pike
Jack Pleasants

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Fhillippine Constabulary Band
Joseph A. Phillips
Giovanni Poloso
'Steve Portor
Frederick H. Potter
Alexander Prince
Boh. Ptak & Hanna Foorster

5

1

3

yes

yes

yes

Ban W. Quinn

^ilarle Happold
Rappold & Martin
^Romano Rasponi

Mildred Graham Beardon
Josd Rooahruna
Gooreos Regis
Scarphy Resky
Gustave Berl Re sky
0. E. Rinehart
Boh Roberts
Eugene C- Hose
Frederic Rose
Julian Rose
Maude R- Rogers
Manuel Homain
Royal Greek Cuartet
Edward F. Ruhsam

yes

yes

yes

Josie Sadler
Salvaneschi
Jere Sanford
W. H. Santelmann
Henry Santrey
Joseph Saucier
Fritii Soheff
Paul Seebach
Angelo Scandiani
Charles Sohustze
Henri Scott
Antonio Sootti
Frank R. Seltzer
Lieut. Shackleton
Samuel Siegel
Siegel & Butin
Aldo Stanzini
Lina Simeola
Leo Slezak
' W. E. Smith
Wm. Smith
W£j.ter Soompr

yes

yeB

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

T'

AC p-

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John Philip Sousa
Albert Spalding
- — -Elizabeth Spsnoor
Len Sponoer
Spenoer & Jonas
Julius Spindler
Frank C. Stanley
Stanley & Harlan
Sallie Stemhler
Cal Stewart
Oscar Stolberg
Johann Strauss
— '^-Marguerita Sylva

Taeoott
Billy Taylor
That Girl Ouartet
W. H. Thompson
Uaddolona Tied
Vesta Tilley
Leo Tolstoy
Helen Trlx
Tollefaeon Trio
Elisa Tromhen
Sophie Tucker
William Tuson

yes

yes

Walter Van Brunt
Nevada Van dor Veer
Fred Van Epps
^Carel van Hulst
inton \

^inton Van Hooy
Armand Veosey
vtmBtian Instrumental 1

-J!lvlno Ventura
Hegina Vicar ino
Llarx Vidal
Viohna Cuartet
Frits Vogolstrom
Bessie Volokman
Berwick von Norden

3

yeB

yes

yes

y^s

_-^Edyth Walker
"ar. & Mrs. Waterous
Geo. P. Watson
Weber Bros. Quartet
Frederick Weld
Heinald Werrenrath
Carolina Longone-Whlte

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Whitney Brothora <~uartet
Marshall P. Wilder
Billy Williams
Hat H. Wills
Arthur 3- Whitcomb
Prof. D. Wormsor
Bessie Wynn

Zinmerman

Mr. Holden:

Mr. Edison wishes us to arrange immediately to place a
restriction notice on all of our phonographs similar to the one
used hy the Victor Co. on theirs. Please let mo hare as early as
possible the wording which should appear on a notioe of this kind
so that wo can have them printed.

11/4/12. | °’H'Vr*

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dyer.

Mr. Weber:

Please note that the Amberola V and 71 cylinder machines
are not to have the silk back of the Brill work in front of horn.

Also that the use of silk back of grill work in front of horn on
Amberola 1 ana 111 is to be discontinued just as soon as it is
possible for Sohall to properly finish horns so that they will
compare favorably with the finish on cabinet.

Instructions should be given the proper people in the
shop covering this matter at once, and Hr. Dolbeer should arrange
to notify the trade of our action.

Such maohines as are packed, ready for packing- or assembled
complete in cabinets having the silk back of the grill will be
shipped in that manner, but all newly assembled maohines in their
oabinets should not contain the silk.

11/6/12. ' /

Copies to Messrs. Edison: lyor: Dolboer: Ireton: Wetsel: Goodwin:Hird.

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.

Everything Musical

CINCINNATI November 6th, 1912.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange ,

H.ff.

yy dear Hr. Edison;-

I have just returned home, and I take nleasiire,
in send in," "ou, as you requested, a copy of our General net retail
catai O". whioh describes all of the various Orchestra Instruments.

Wo' win be -cleaned to make you a special quotation on any instruments
that vou mieht he interested in, suoh as the flute, clarionet and
Double Basses that you spoke of when I saw you in Orange.

m brother. Hr. Howard E. Wurlitzer will be in How
v0rk about the 18th of Hovember and I hope that you may find it °°^en-

ient at that time to listen to a demonstration of our new instrument,
the Wurlitzer Orchestra, used at the Century Theatre for th
the dramatic production "A Daughter of Heaven”.

with kindest er actings, I remain

, Reply lo THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO.. 117 lo

Long : Distance Telephone. 570 Oxford

The Music Trades Company

wishes, X

Hov. 15th, 1912

Hr. M. H. HutohiBon:-

FQR YOHR lilFQRaATIOH

FOR MR. PHXLPOT

20 CUBhing Machines #594 — f inlBhea ll/o/l2

1300 Backing Machines #598 — 1108 delivered to

aate — 192 more needed — going over next week

3000 Boxes #A/644 and 3000 Bases #A/645 coning in
from outoide — 440 received — root coming
slong swiftly.

125 Reaming Machine cutters coming in from outside
75 received — enough to keep Mr. Philpot
going for months.

POR MR. H. H. 3UCPH - F..S.B.C0.

12 oarhon theostata — 50% finishod.

FOR HR. It. H. HObhARD (LAB)

2 Special recorders - finished Il/l4/l2
25 " " 11/12 A2

FOR MR. GRIMES - Cold Plating Outfit

6 Steel PlateB #l/853 - 25$ finished
6 Master Holders -- 50% " * , .

4 Gold Plating Haohines complete - 75% finished

1 Electrical Vibrato* -- finished 11/14/12

2 Gold Plating KagnetB & Coils - finished 11/15/12

6 Fixtures for turning down label cuts* - 25% finished

FOR MS. MOORE - Disc Equipment

5 Mould Pin Ejector Machines - started ll/.l/l2

2 Sub Master Blank Moulds - " 11/2/12

6 Mould and Rise record inBpeoting Machines

)with mioroscope) finished 11/14/12
21 Centering and ejecting attachments
one finished - Il/l2/l2
12 Varnishing stands - started Il/l3/l2
1 l)iso reoord ejector attachment for printing presses
started Il/l3/l2

-s-

FOR m. KAMKSRHOFF (small cells )

8 Small cells jU,

7 " " #1 to 11/707

5 M-S " h to 15/699 " "

2 Small cells fl to 15/702 " "

7 " #1 to 19/694 " »

6 " " #691 " ••

6 Horizontal oells #A to 6/691 finished Il/l4/l2

3 Small oells #1 to 27/671 " »

2 Hlnors lamps #72 " "

2 " » #76 " "

6 Containers and contacts " «

jrr/es

ASS'T CHIRP KHGtilEER

A#-\

Referring to printed ellpe
which «e recently oomeenoed
putting in Blue Amberol Record*.

Messrs. Dorbeer: MoOhesney: Goodwin: W.Miller: Ireton:Hird:Hehr,

The Legal Department Rare deolded that we fe no right
to print the worde of aonga without flrat obtaining permission
from tha puhliaher or copyright owner. Mr. Miller hae inter-
Tlewed 8 of the Publishers, with the reault that 5 of them
absolutely refused to allow ua to print tf he worda and 3 of them
oonsentat.

It lias, therefore, been deolded to discontinue Immediately
the uae of slips for toosI selections and to remove from all
reoorda now in stock auoh slips, until suoh time as we can
obtain permission in writing from different publishers to use
the words, or until we oan get revised slips printed without
the words, simply containing the name of the selection and a
description thereof.

Mr. Miller will immediately interview all publishers for
the purpose of obtaining their oonaent to use the words and
will hereafter advise the Advertising Department on the record
information sheets whether or not we are permitted to print the
words. '

Mr. MoOhesney will also; immediately look over ou r
present list of selections thus far issued and deoide whioh
ones, if any, are not copyrighted or the oopyrlght haw run out,
and sueh ones as are not copyrighted-, he will advise Mr. Hehr
and slips oan be continued with them.

Briefly summed up, the Method to be followed will be as

follows^st; Ojj ^ instrumental selections we will oontinue
with printed slips as now in effeot, with the except ion that the
words "copyrighted by* are to be added with the nans of the
publisher.

Seeond: On all songs where we can obtain permission from
the publisher to use the words in printed form, we will print
the words on the slips. Vhere permission oannot be obtained
to use the printed words, we will still use the slips giving
the nans of seleotion, publisher, copyrighted by. composer,
and a brief description of tbs {faong, its popularity} *o.

As the Advertising Dept, will neoessarily have. to obtain
information concerning eaoh reoord as to whether the words of
the song oan be printed or not, they will be responsible for
the matter printed on the slips for eaoh different seleotion.

llAsA2. I O.H. Wilson

Copies to Messrs. Edl»-n: Holden.

Brawley.R.F.D.R.

}£#fepfi that

Mr Thomas A. Edison;

West Orange, H.J.;

Honored Sir:-Beforc me is the advertising circular , sent1 <

Batson, setting forth the merits of the special I .

he advertises as your latest improvement , and of!nnri«j£ *o gi^Man ir,->
terest^f^free trial. I recently read a description^- yo^^at ^st
improvement .written by a reporter who had vieit^^Eur ^wlcs, pijd^thes e
witnessed its workings. He claimed great improvem^Wn^ttftd.^lf^^t
talic sound having teen eliminated. From its; descriptiin^jc^wsfe greatly
interested, tut as I compare thdt with the descript ic^fcent o&t ty Lr.
Bascom- I do not feel confident that ,'j^is this last ^ov^ment/hat
he is offering, and I am taking the liberty to write you in ingtiry •
thereto. X am a teacher in a rural district, in Imperial Co. Calyf . I
want to raise funds for a phonograph for the school, if posBibltf, and we
will want the test, if it is within the range of possetilities. Vvhat ■
are the prices of your latest designes.and the terms?

Ky school is to have an entertainment Thanksgiving night,
and we are to have the use of a phonograph on that eft- that occasion,

and hope to start our fund then. I would like the information herein a
asked^. ^hfmore intelligently present the matter to our patrons and

friends. ^ may interest you to know that my toys and girls are great¬
ly interested in you and your work. And one of the older toys is to
set forth our material blessings, and those, who have taught the world
how to use them, as a cause for greatest thanksgiving on that day of
good cheer. You are to! figure -most prominently: in his ;citations-for
rejoicings. You are wielding great influence over a vest army of ris¬
ing workers.^ ^ fe<jl great thankfulness if you can take the time to

I H. Broadway, L^fnge 1 ,* Oal . &•

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Thomas A. Edison, , l; . <>r ,•« *’ . ;

Menlo Park, N. J. ft,**'' /{.^f . {A«^.U*S ’ - 4,f I

Dear Sirs- Xtf V - ^ '\s/' j*> V". .•■ ^ '

pardon me for presuming to address you. I wish tor'cjingrgr-

ulate you on the satisfactory completion of one of your many ta^ks-^tliat
of producing a perfeot phonograph. I gained my inf ormatigriK.row a

newspaper article. I hope to own one of your per feote^nacM^es when

.they are placed on the market. I would be pleased to Ip** if ^hp

Columbia and viotor records can be played on your new phonograph. |

In this connection, I wish. to state that it has seemed to me that
one of the greatest deficiencies of. the phonograph. is inability to play a
piece two or more fines successively without attention.

ifith your perfected machine, requiring no change of needle, it seems such
an improvement oould be worked out. It. way seem presumptious on my

part to suggest anything in this line.

I would think. that. the arm, when it reaches. the point of ending, could ue
made to press against a trigger and thereby put in motion waohinery whion
would raise the arm a. trifle, return it. to. the point of begining and lower
it gently onto the record. The last movement would stop the suplement-

ary machinery andat.the same. time reset the trigger first named.

No doubt, Mr. Edison, you oould work out such an improvement very
easily. I would wish. to own a phonograph with such a desireable addition

In closing I wish. to give expression to the hope that your life may
be indefinitely prolonged, that you may continue to benefit mankind with
the products of your active brain and. indomitable will.

I subscribe myself.

One of your many admirers.

Recordsand Supplies

of Edison Phonographs Recordsand Supplies

34-5 MASS. AVE., _

Tndjanapolis.Ind.

1107001501 Twentieth q

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Dear Sir:- ’ .

you please overlook the impudence of
this extraordinary liberty which I am ^ing^in addressing a
letter' to you and acoept my apologies if I am over: ?T^L — *
hounds. lU - W4< Ua

I cannotljiqlp out feel that in as much as
I have been devoting these many years in making a liveiyhood
out of your products that I have gained some val^a£ie ®^®^®noe *

My effort 8 have oarried me into many channels and branches of
the phonograph business from which I learned a great deal and
which afforded me the “KPoJ^t^fo^a^ul^rtg^^

You wilino doubt recall that I am the manj
who had the honor to apend\ome little time with you thiij : 4a®^
ll1imia- ▼ am anf a in t filling you that I have spent in the neiKhoor
hood of about *3000.00 visiting the principal ®“i®®^°"g^®aL®tr
territory pumping pepper and enthusiasm into, not only the present
dealer s^but^large^cono ems who were contemplating Placingordtrs
for competitive lines. I am proud to say that they trusted m®/
and believed enough in me to wait until I could convince them /that
the Edison line was the best and only one for them to put in./

What I am leading up to now is that while iou
have been showered with praise and deserve, every ^ °f “/for what
you have accomplished with your diBC machine, and while I p e£ad
to report thatall who have heard it have nothing but praise for it,
and concede that it le the best they have ever heard of Ui kind,
tviwra is a very great and serious objection to the fact .that the
names of the artists who make the records do not W®? iB

aiTabsenoe of the finer Conoert numbers which I positively know
must be made and as quickly as possible in ”4«r T4 of it^ *
ments which will be asked of this new invention in s/ite of its
wonderful tone quality and durability. /

As a proof of this I call your/ttention to two
well to do people in our city who had withheld buying a Victrola
until they heard the Li so maohine. Both of^rfese people considered

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it an education to know who the artist wae. They felt like unless
they did know it would be Just like going to a theatre to see a
fine performance and not know who the performers were. Imagine my
disappointment when this fact alone amounted to so much that they
deliberately passed up buying an Edison Disc machine and told me
that if I could deliver a Viotrola with a certain number of very
fine Concert Records, which as you know are made by the Victor
people, that they would have me deliver them at once. In other
words Bimply because I could, give them no assurance that the
artists who made the records would be known to them, they decided
on an inferior machine and record whioh had these advantages.

I beg of you Mr. Edison not to consider me a
"calamity howler", on the contrary one who has gone ahead in the
face of defeat for the past two years and stuck to the game, as
your Mr. Dolbeer and Mr. Wilson will tell you and I am simply making
a humble suggestion to you, that we jobbers who are out in the
field making our bread and butter but of this line should have
every advantage that you can possibly give us to introduce this
new line and I think that one cC the greatest helpB that we oould
possibly have would be to immediately get a few selections of the
best known opera pieces, such as the "luoia Sextette", the "Bigoletto
Quartette” and a few similar ones and you should give the general
public the advantage of knowing who the record was made by.

Hoping that you will accept this letter in
the spirit that it is meant, namely that my heart is with the
Edison line only and that I mean simply to offer a valuable sugges¬
tion to aid the line to the front as quickly as possible, and thank¬
ing you for the time you have honored me with, I remain

Yours very truly,

FIRST PilUBBYTEHIAN CuUROir

o. »„», o. ,>.. ^ ~ ^

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U-^ ' ^°\ (o^ ,ftA

Thos. A. Edison Phonograph Co,

Orange, Hew Jersey.

Gentlemen:- '\JBV' - t-

T have a record which was taken 'on your business phonoi" 'J
graph, which I use in my regular sermonizing work, which was
made by a little son whom X have Just lost through death,
and wish to have it reproduced as the record its self has a
crack clear through it, but it is still intact and by being

held together by a thread wound about it can be held on the
machine and turned, but fearing that it will break with much
use, I wish to get a half dozen made from it.

Can you reproduce theis record if I send it to your
office? If so please inform me of how to pack it for ship¬
ment, as you can imagine, I value it very highly as it is
the only record of his voice that we have.

Yours very truly,

JyCuA. c/3^4

J

Now York Cit

H. Wilson.

General Tanadar .

Then. A. Erl is on, I no.

Orange ,N.J.

In Mr. Hardin's absence T desire t.o report, the following
o at, TTo.10 Fifth Aven e ;--

i'r.Gunlock. Chicago, Ills. With, a party of friends. Gave no
address . Showed df sc' machine and they expressed themselves
as very much pleased, I'r.Gunlock acting as spokesman. Thought,
it the" best, phonograph work yet, produced.

H. Lichtenstein. i?15 West, SCth.St. H.Y. City.

Expressed satisfaction with disc machine; was reti¬
cent but stated the more he h-ard it the more he liked it, pirn-
pressed trs as a dealer or salesman for machines, and seemed
very familiar with this class- of mechanism.

Edward F. KcGrotty. Ridgewood. T-T.J.

Called with another man Whose name was not given,
in the interest, of a Mrs. W. R. Bpelman, Ridgewood, H..T. She
owns cylinder machine; demonstrated disc to HcGrotty; very
enthuiastic; said never heard music like it; pronounced it
"a cracker jack instrument"; stated would make a rood report
to Mrs. Spelman.

Kr.Chevrier . TJ.S.Dist. Court. Trenton, N.J.

- - Ca1 led on invitation of Hr. Madison. Very much in¬
terested and pleased with machine; satisfied it was the host;
states he will have one within a short timo-posr.ibly in three
months .

H. Friedlandor. C4C Tiffany St. "Tiffany Arms". Hew York City.
— to at thig afl(jre!,a very long) .

Owns a Victrolaj soon as nossible wants to got rid
of Victrola ; wants to buy an Edison disc; thinks them wonderful,
beautiful tone.

H.A.Larleo. 6f West, IGSnfl.St.

¥.’crBonson. Tlfga s tTSO+Jb . St . Now York City.

- Very much pleased with disc machine ; thought it won¬
derful and the best phonograph work; suggested would call
again.

Yours very truly,

7)

Chancery Clerk s Office , r'

CHICKASAW COUNTY
HOUSTON,

Ho S.1BS ij^p i t ft,

^"^Jovomher

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Hon. Thoti. Ti. ’.iu is on ,

Orange, II. J.

U'J Sear SJr:-

I an not sure

that I v/ant, hut I an <roin>* to ash you any
tette of i.Me Voices here in out Tom and 1
very rood music, just to be beginners, and
your Kdison Graphophone in Reproducing soim
Hi is on records, but we seem to Inch some secret to this art
as a consequonoe the voices are not distinct and loud as on
of the records imported here. Is this a secret method by wh
these voices can bo reproduced loud and clear? and oai
if so would you kindly tell roe what it is • ad the prii
be irlnd to ray you. Is there some lcind of
the records are placed just after bein'* nr

.y..~ have a Nujjr-

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IV talent on blnrfc

y which
it ho bourht
, and I will
solution through which
, to harden thorn?

I am inclosin'* you a stamped self addressed envelope for
r0ur reply, and I wish to say that we have t^o doaen blank records
initinfr on your reply. If I am resumin'* in writing you in this
•eyard , kindly excuse my ipnoranpe and answer any way.

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The SiodernHipric^cords Ajjocidion

Justice Victor J. Dowling

Gen. Thos. H. Hubbard

Dr. William Milligan Sloane

Robert C. Ogden
John G. Agar

Col. D. L Brainard. U.S.A.
John DeWitt Warner

Roger Foster

William Marion Reedy
JotaPurroy Mitchel

Louis Mansfield Ogden
Justin McGrath
Geoffrey Konta

The National Arts Club . t4 Gramer ey TarK

NewYorkCity December 2, 1912.

Mr. Y/illiam H. Ueadowcroft ,

Edison Laboratory,

Orange , 11 • J •

My dear Mr. Meadoweroft:

Will you please convey to Mr. Edison four great
appreciation of his courtesy and kindness in provid¬
ing us with such an interesting feature for the pro¬
gram of our Annual Meeting. Ur. Hayes and his assist¬
ant fulfilled their part admirably, and the dis¬
tinguished audience present was greatly interested
in the demonstration of the new machine and in the
explanation of the discs and their great value to
our Association for purposes of permanent record.

As you probably know, the discs which Mr. Edison
promised to present to the Association for its archives
have not yet been delivered. I trust that you will
bear this in mind and provide us with them at Mr.
Edison's convenience) keeping in mind that, so far as
it falls in with his own wishes, we particularly desire
that these discs shall be records of a significant na¬
ture . I regret that you could not be present at the
meeting. I was very rauch interested in what

^ you told me of the action of ink on certain parchments

in England, and I hope to keep in touch with you.

Sincerely yours ,

LmX ■

W\ p*>

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New York City. December 3rd, 1S12.

Mr. C.

Dear

H. ’.Tils on.

General Manager.

Thos. A. Edison, Inc.

Orange, N.H.

Sir ;-

Callers at Ko 10 Fifth Avenue today

Hr. J. B. Carruthera. Kingston.Ont. Canada.

Demonstrated the disc machine, the tone and
appearance of which elicited expressions of his
pleasure and approval.

Mr. A. H. talker. No. 587 Clinton St. Brooklyn. II. Y.

Demonstrated the disc machine. Very much
pleased with tone; wonderful reproduction;

Yours very truly.

I K.Y.City. Docramher1 !

Wilson,

|i\iernl I'ansc^r *

Thomas A. Erl Iron, Inc.

Oranco, H.J.

’ flallorc at Eo.10 Fifth Avenue

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Messrs. Wetzel, Hird and leaning:

Deo. 6, 1912

Referring to Mr. Weber's memorandum dated
December 3rd, concerning Amberola V and VI, also Disc A60
and A80 machines, I note he states it is only a case of the
work being closely followed up through the Bhops in order
to bring these machines through at the time he mentions.

You should therefore pay particular attention to these
machines and the parts necessary therefor, and if any delay
does occur, bring the matter to Mr. Weber's or my attention.
If necessary, a special man should be designated to follow
up this work.

CHW/lWW C. H. W.

(Copy to Mr. Edison)

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Mr. Thomas A

Orange. N.J.

Wt1

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years ago, when I v

Presuming upon our acquaintance of many year_ _„_r -

Roosevelt Organ Works and we jointly exhibited, in Irving Hall, your phonograph and
our organ for Rome, Italy, I write this letter on a subject which may interest you.

I have known intimately for some 20 years a French engineer of the highest
standing and character, Mr. touts Chevrillon, both in this country and France, we
both having interests in Mexico, though not even remotely together. He has just
written me from Mexico City in regard to a candelilla wax enterprise, in which he is
interested, and asked me to submit their product to your Company and, if possible,
obtain some data relating to this country's consumption of the commodity. I am not
at all acquainted with the wax industry and my information all comes from him, but
can be implicitly relied upon.

I am sending you a sample of the wax, which will be manufactured in Mexico from
the candelilla plant which thrives on the plateaux of that country, and a copy of
Mr. Sanders' analltlcal report on the product, both sent me by Mr. Chevrillon.

This wax has the identical properties of the Camauba wax of Brazil, which your
Company probably uses extensively, and which Mr. Chevrillon tells me sells at about
$60.00 (U.S. Currency) per kilogram. In a few months the Mexican Company expects to
reach an output of between 500 and 1000 kilograms per day and to be able to undersell
the Camauba wax.

If your Company would be interested to investigate and negotiate for this wax
I will be glad to do all in my power to aid to that end, though I am only interested
to the extent of friendship. I would be glad to call on you on this subjeot if you
care to give me an appointment.

Will you do me the favor of advicing me about what is the annual consumption of
such wax by your Companies and, if possible, what you would guess as the annual con¬
sumption for the United States, including phonograph records, varnishes, shoe polishes,
manifolding supplies, insulation purposes, oto.

soon hear from you and that it may result in our meeting again.
Yours very truly.

I hope that I may

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

COPY.

I have examined a sample of crude candelllJa wax .which was submitted
to me for analysis, and beg to report as follov/a;-
Oonoral characters?

The ait mile was a specimen of unbleached wax, of a
ohocolnto-brown colour, hardt and brittle
Composition:

Water . C,16/i

Extraneous matter . 2,16/5

Wax . 97.66,5

106,00

The extraneous matter was found to consist of earthy natter, mixed with
some plant tiosuo and bits of bark.

The wax on examination was found to conform to the composition of a
natural unbloaohod produot.it contained no added rosin, such as is some¬
times /found as an adulterant of commercial waxos.lt gavo a positive reuc
tion with the liebormann-Storch reaction as all natural unbleached oande
lilla waxes do, but as in the caso of the latter was found to consist of
hydrocarbons (principally Hontriaoontano)higher alcohols and derivatives
of those, its constants wore:

Density at 15° C 0.985
Melting point 72’. 0 0

Solidifying point 66’. 5 0
Iodine value 15.8 >5

Saponification value 45.89

•F.0.3.

Signod :

J. Mo. Connell Sanders

Mr. Edison:

The following masters and samples of disc records were
delivered to Wurth, via Colt’s Express, during week of December
2nd to 7 th, 1912.

SERIAL NO.
2026

2027

2028
2029

Masters Samples

TROVATORE — The vows we plighted

C. W. Harrison 2

GIOCONDA-- Daughter Thy Step

Kimball, Spencer & Chalmers 2

TROVATORE — Home to our Mountains

Spencer & Anthony 3

SAMSON AND DALILA — My heart at thy voice
Eliz. Spencer - - - 2

2031

2032

2030 T0SCA-- Love and Muslo

0 Agnes Kimball

3

0

2033

2034

TROVATORE — At thy mercy T

Spencer and Anthony ------ 0

TROVATORE - Oh Joy he's saved

Kimball & Chalmers ----- 3

0

0

onxX MIGNON— Dost thou know that land

E. Spencer -

2036 RIOOLBTTO QUARTETTE

W. H. Miller

12-9-12

(Copy to Mr. Edison)

Mr. Dodd:

Dec. 11, 1012*
Confiiming our talk this morning 1 understand you
bavo now refined 23,969 lbs. of 2-minute reoord wax, from
whioh you have recovered 13,168 lbs. of material (Stesrio and
Ceresin) whioh oan be UBed in making Dictating Maohine Blanks
and 2-minute Blanks such aB used by the X.C.S., and that
this material is worth to us, after deducting oost of refin¬
ing, eto., 7 2/3 per lb., or equivalent to 4 l/5 per lb.
for the old 2-minute reoord wax.

It would seem to be profitable to continue this pro-
ooss , but the demand for the blanks for whioh the material oan
be used is so small that the quantity thus far refined would
last us about two yearB, and as we have at least 600,000 lbs.
of the 2-minute scrap wax or old records on hand, some other
use must bo found for it.

As at present refined, it oannot be used for the
Master reoord wax, but in view of your statement that by fur¬
ther refining there is a possibility that it oan be used,
you will please continue with your experiments and ascertain
definitely whether or not it oan, und adviBe me as to results.

If it oannot be used for Muster reoord blanks, wo
will endeavor to dispose of it in itB present condition, by
simply molting it up and molding it in Bquares, but so far
we have been unable tc got an offer of more than 1^ a lb.
for it in this shape, and although we are still looking for'
additional markets and a better price, we may not be able to
obtain them.

Pleas# go ahead with this refining for the Master

reoord blank experiment ae rapidly as possible.

CHW/IWW °* H< W*

(Cppy to pseming and Re df earn)

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[INCOMPLETE]

Scientific ^Vivie rican

CqQFJ-

yiuiitf & co.

~vn

e^Lwrf *JL*+>*~* 12th, 1912.

un. <wr <£««*«** “*

Thomas A. Edison, 3squire, '] . ~(f*

Orange, Ilew Jersey ^ CtvC!

Dear Dr. Edison:-^ AtZS&'^f &'t^K O^******'

To you, as President of Thomas A. _ t

Edison, Ino. and consequently vitally interested in th
development of your business from a financial as well qjs
from an inventor's standpoint, I submit the following: ''"'s

The text natter presented to the Seienj^
tifio American subscribers carries with it the firm cofr-
viotion of our highly efficient Editorial Staff that Lb
will be read with real interest. Of oourse, such is t\e
belief of every reputable publisher.

iVhen we devote page after page to the
inventions of Thomas A. Edison there is, then, only one
reason for our doing so, that is, to retain our readers’
full interest. It is certain that Scientific American
has devoted much more spaoe to your inventions and products
than has any other journal having a general circulation.

Granting this. Scientific American ought to be one of the
very best advertising mediums for you to use; for surely
it is an eoonomic plan to advertise to the ran who is
positively predisposed toward a given product.

While you have shown me a record of un¬
filled orders for the 3torage Battery which rakes it Boem
inadvisable to go after additional business at the present
time, yet advertising from an insurance standpoint is a
thought ever present in the minds of many advertisers who
are in exaatly the same position that you are in.

The Edison Business Phonograph would un¬
questionably appeal to a large majority of our readers as
a glance at the enclosed analysis of our circulation will

vho have

Ksw York City. December 12th,191I

I'r. C. E. Cccdv.in;-

Thoas. A. Edin-n.Inc.

Orange, K.J.

ing Hiss. Babbott.

. Thompsi

rolled today, represent-

• She thinks our tons is the finest she has
ever hoard, and states that it is a peat satisfaction
+ „ fpsT the surra tv of the tone, which one door, by lis¬
tening to th^ discs. Hiss • Babbott is looking for a
nhonorraph as a gift for Christmas, and wants k it,
about S75. 00 or JlOO.OO. Che seemed interested in the
f GO. CO "machine and the $125.00 cabinet.

She makes the statement that her Victor
does not do the scratching that ours does. She seemed
to desire to bring it up, and did so after each disc
rendition. I handled It as successfully as I could
-n “e realises that I ’./as showing to her discs which
••‘e bnl used here under difficult conditions, street
dust and' different handlings etc. , I took this line
with her and it seemed to satisfy her.

She is to report to Kiss
lot us know later what Hit'' be done.

Babbott and to

VALTER F. CROSBY

Kr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, :

Dear Sir:

Deckb^mh, QtZ. f

^ iA... £,. -

th pptf-'1' ( j

,&&nger usedy#" \

I have your favor of the llth

I was aware that wax wa^ltt^nger used|#T \ '"if
making the disk records hut wa I under the impr - \ f =
sion that it was still used for the reof on the

Commercial Dictation machine. \l/ j £'t'*r

However, what I thought would interest y\u
most' was its extensive for insulating in the large
amount of that work which your electrical
must do. In that connection a lower price than the
present market, for an equally good product with
assured deliveries, would certainly lasult in a

ject and the probable saving that would result?

h

19 Cut ch eon

Reynolds, Richards &. Is
Attorneys and Counsel<

M'.l

n

yYork December 13, 1912

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T"

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, Hew Jersey
Dear Sir:

fatnt.e. of Jo^n 0. McCutcheon. Our
client, the Estate of John C. KcCutcheon, '
thirty-six shares of the Eorth American Phol
graph Company. Upon mating inquiry in New York
concerning this Company we were informed that
you are a large stockholder, "ill you kindly
inform us what the names and addresses of the
officers of this corporation are.

Thanking you in advance, we remain
Very truly yours

Mr. Be df earn:

Deo. 10, 1912.

Bep lying to your memorandum of the 10th, ad¬
vising that Mr. Xreton had an inquiry concerning a repro¬
ducer or some other means by which wax records cun be used
on Amberole and other stationery arm types of machines, then
are only two ways by which this can be done: One is for

them to buy a new Model "1" reproducer, which was used at
one time for playing the soft records; the other, to devise
some means whereby the Diamond Beproducers can be used for
this purpose, and concerning the latter. Hr. Hutchison ad¬
vises he is now working on a device of this kifad along
Mr. Edison's ideas and hopes to make tests with it within
the next few days. If it works out satisfactorily, we can
doubtless arrange to supply them for the purpose required;
if it does not, then the only thing to do is to resort to
the Model "I".

I would hold up answering all ineuiries of this
nature for a few days at least, or until we hear further
from Mr* Hutohison concerning it.
chw/htw C. H. Vf.

(Copies to Messrs. Dolbeer, Ireton and Hird)

Yrui'« ».'I7 +

Xr. Eolboer:

Ur. Hope ban already reported on hie demonstration at
the residence of Hr..S. L. Howe, the general manager of Marshall
Field t Co. Retail. In a conversation with Hr. Howe the following
morning , the latter expressed considerable disappointment concern¬
ing the surface of the records, but said he was convinced that HH.
Edison would be able to correct this trouble. He promised to get
a Victrola and put it in the same room alongside of our instrument
and compare them. When he does this. I think that he will have
less to say about the surface noises on our records.

One of Marshall Field’s people is criticising our
cabinets. This criticism does not strike me as being a valid
one and apparently Mr. Howe does not attach much importance to it.

Mr. Howe says that ho is not yet ready to give us
his opinion of our new phonograph, and will net be until he has
had it in his house for two or three weeks. He says that he ex¬
pects to invite a good many of his friends to hear the instrument
and X have no doubt that their opinions will influence him con¬
siderably.

It must be confessed that he does not manifest a great
degree of enthusiasm. However, he is so well schooled as a business
man that you could hardly expect him to show enthusiasm over an .
article for which he expected to later attempt ^negotiate on the
most favorable terms.

WH-AH

C. 0. to Messrs. Edison,

Wilson and Goodwin.

^ 19 •

Hossrs. Weber, Hehr, Tfaphagen, Waterman, Weizel, Deeming, IJiokel,

, Honan, Hird: 1

Referring to Engineering Department notice Ho. 1940,
dated Deo. 18th, wherein instructions are given that diamond repro¬
ducer points for Cylinder reproducers are to he shaped at an angle
of 50° instead of 60° as heretofore, the following method of pro¬
duction should be followed:

Such points as Traphagen has in his department in various
stages of completion have been roughed out to the 60° angle and
consequently hill have to be finished up at that angle, and can
be used for Cylinder as well as Disc reproducers until such time
as the 50° stones commence to come through, after which all stones
roughed out for 60° should be completed and held in stock for
Disc reproducers only, and those which are then brought through
at the 50° angle should be used for the Cylinder reproducers.

Beginning immediately. Hr. Hehr should rough out 75$ of
the stones at 50° angle and 25$ at 60°, and Traphagen should fin¬
ish them up in the seme proportion. This will necessitate
Traphagen's changing over a sufficient number of his grinding
machines to bring through 75$ of the stones at the 50° angle.

As we have a large quantity of the rejected stones on
hand which cannot be used for the 60° angle but can be used for
the 50°, Hehr should immediately start work on them and hereafter
from all new lots of stones received he should utilize the larger ones
for the 60° angle points and those of the smaller size for the 50°
angle points.

In making out his weekly reports, Wetzel should hereafter
designate the quantity of 50° stones finished or in process and also

(2)

the quantity of 60°, as it will perhaps become necessary a little
later on to change the proportions above indicated.

i'raphagen will have to arrange in some way to keep the
stones of the two different angles separated, so that the 50° angle
stones will not get in the 60° angle holders.

If this matter is not thoroughly understood, please see

me.

CIH7/IVA7 C. H. Yf.

Deo. 19, 1912*

t. Mr. Edison's Weirs t. red... cur trer.l-

!„ sales f.re. «* ««««. ■**» “ rl“0 “

s.l,.«.» on . oooporatiro Basis, tbs pi» «U »• «

,111 lavs to Be .orbed <mt M* *» •"» "’“'S’1 f” W 7° *

personally^ ^ „„opor«tlvs plsn is to B. .1th

,1« Edison Jobber. end only snob on.s si tB.» a. «» no. hssdlo
otBor line, of Boots. If « tbs plsn .orb. sell, it .« B.

tabon «P 1th those Beilin* otb.r line. W» » «■“» *

2. Wherever possible and agreeable, our salesmen are
to he turned over to the jobbers and become the cooperative men.
Where jobbers want to select their cm man. such man must be satis-

faotory to a. - — * "*» — *

Erpense to fastory and r.tnm, also •«"»>»•• -tlJ* *° **

equally divided between jobber and us.

3. cooperative salesmen to render to us copies of all

orders, reports, letters and expense accounts sent to jobber. ’

4. We regular salesmen of the jobber to be discontinued

because of the addition of cooperative salesman.

6. in addition to cooperative salesman, jobber must
employ a suffioient number of other salesmen, at his own expense,
to properly worh and attend to the practically exclusive territory
whioh we allow him.

6. oooperBtlTS selasmsn 1. to .orb «» Bb.n.Bxepb B..1-
nsss only. Should tbs Jobber .snt him to .orb sn other lino, or
not lo.ots blB ebtiro .» to Pbsn.Br.pb Bnslns.., . spooi.l «-

(2)

rangement will have to he made whereby the share of expense we
are to stand will he less than one-half.

7. Worked on the linos above indicated, wo will stand
one-half cooperative salesman's salary and expenses and Jobber
will stand one-half; advance expense money to he supplied by job¬
ber; jobber to render us weekly a statement of total expenses and
salary of cooperative salesman ana with Bamn Bend us a bill for
one-half the amount shown thereon. Our one-half will then be
paid by rendering oredit to the jobber or Bonding him a oheok,
whichever way oan be most satisfactorily arranged by you.

8. In addition to suoh cooperative salesmen ns we
have in the field, you should pick from four to eight, as re¬
quirements may seem to demand, good field men and assign to eaoh
one a oertain territory over which he iB to have supervision,

the dutieB of suoh field men to be to oall on jobbers and dealers
to see that they are carrying sufficient stock to give us suitable
representation; that the jobbers’ salesmen aro properly working
their territory; instruct jobbers and dealers how the^r stook,
exhibition rooms, window displays, eto. , should be arranged;
instruot jobbers' salesmen how to handle their trade; to aot as
our direot representatives with both jobber and dealer; and to
see that our interests are being properly taken care of.

HOTF.:- It is barely possible that later on a oorpB
of four to eight well qualified repair men will alBO be sent out
by us on a cooperative baBis, working somewhat along the same
linos as cooperative salesmen, but we to stand their salary and
the Jobber or dealer with whom they are working from time to time
to stand their expenses, and this is a matter you should disouss
with the different jobbers when taking up with them the oooperative

(z)

salesmen proposition. I do not see how, with the repair men, we
could otand one-half of tho salary and expenses and the ,] other the
other half, for tho reason that they would probably bo oonstontly
on tho move from one Jobber or dealor to the next, and it would
thorofore be irapre.otioable , if not impossible, to work a division
of the expenses in the eamo manner v/e would with tho cooperative
salesmen, who will remain permanently with one Jobber.

She matter of arranging for $he cooperative salesmen
should be proceeded with as rapidly an you can arrange to soo the
different Jobbers and take it up with them personally.

CHBr/lSW 0. H. Vf.

/

(CSpioo to Messrs. Edison, Maxwell, Goodwin)

.JO'*'

P. R. Relncke. GP4S Rldfte Boulevard.

Bay Rldfte. M.Y.

Han owned Edison cylinder and Victorsleft both in
Germany; wanted to buy either Edison "Amberol or Victor;
says now it is an Edison disc jstatos ;; "You hare the Victor
beaten hollow".

Yours very truly,

VWuor-ta, curs —

H. Wilson.

General Manager .

Callers at Ko.10 Fifth Avenue today.

Mr. J. J. Comer. Automatic Fnunclator .Company .

“ f!o.511 The Rookery. Chicago ,111s .

■Phev furnish reproductions -music , news ,inarkets
etc-over" a phone system;has been using Victor re¬
cords- finds our machine far and greatly ahead of
Victor in tone purity ; regards the disc machine as
"wonderful"; says his company in the future will
use enormous quantities of records; he, or a t.r.
Russell, * 6 Wall Street, who has the business end
of' the company expects to call at Orange in the
near future to take up the matter with the Company.

. Henri G. Chatain.

Has had Victor and Pathe machines ; considers
ours "vastly superior"to anything he has seen;
his repeated phrase was "marvellous ;says in near

/

Yours very truly,

Ur. Wetsel
Hr, Wat or Kan
Hr, Huns on
Hr, Petrowits

Hr. Hitcholl
Hr, P. Driscole
Hr. Pills

Hr . T . Devine
Hr. Riley
Hr. Davies

Please note that the Disc cabinet, Louis VI design, owing
to the front poet projecting over the body of the cabinet, leaves
the space for the motor the same sine as the A-200 type and the
first sample machines which have been sent to me Boston Exhibition
wore fitted with a single barrel motor, "his machine, being sold
at a higher price than the A-200, must have the best motor and there¬
fore those machines must have the same col
machines which are sold at a higher price,

the A-250 and all other

Arrange to equip all of these oabinetn with the A-250 motor,
being made "’ith two spring' barrels , and having oiling device.

She cabinet will not tamo the other parts which go with the
A-250 cabinet and it -is therefore necessary to uso the A-200 support¬
ing bracket and the A-2C0 swinging horn, and an entirely new special
friction rail.

\7e have just fitted up a complete machine which is to bo
shippod to Pranlc 3. Waite, Wore outer, Hass., in place of the ^250
machine which Hr. Waite purchased at mo Boston Exhibl —on a^to
which he objects now. for the reason that the cabins „ is not ,*t,toa
up with the highost priced motor.

PW/BB

V.

Copies

to nosers. Kird, Tiedfcam, Dolbocr

Mr. Wetzel:

Deo. 27, 1912.

Hereafter all Disc Diamond Reproducers are to have
the ivory button attached to diaphragm by three pins similar to the
way they were fastened on some samples reoently submitted to Mr.
Edison and whioh he has now approved.

All reproducers in stock Bhould be ohanged over so that
the ivory button is fastened on with three pins.

Bee that such people as are interested, other than those
to whom I have sent oopies, receive proper instructions concerning
this matter.

CHW/IWW 0.

(Copies to Messrs. Hird, Waterman,

C. jiji'filson.

nerreral Manager.

K. Y. City. December 27th, 1912,

Callors at No. 10 Fifth Avenue today; —

I'r. II. Traeger. Stapleton. S.I.

( By appointment with Mr .Silverman)

Qualified as dealer.

Mr. George YT. Sylvester.

' No. 554 74th, Street.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Owns an Edison cylinder machino;was con¬
nected with Phonograph business for eighteen
years ;delighted with machine (disc)jsays- You
have the Victor beat a thousand miles"; "Never
knew a phonograph could play such music" jwill
give order later to Eckels, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Yours very truly

c

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i attudi~tvu ’ y&te/sfy&f' St /?>uyn-^ ^ tie ^.Ui-n^ik

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\

Mev/ York City. Docomber 30th, 1912.

Hr. C. H. Wilson.

General Manager.

Callers at Ho. 10 Fifth Avenue.

Dec ember ,20th , 191_. ^ Hammo nd . 127 Hanhattan St.H.Y. City.

Also Hr .“Eliot. Dame address. (Invitation).

Very much pleased v/ith everything done by the machine
1,'rc . J. H.Ceballos. 777 Hadir.on.Avo. M. Y. City.

( Invitation) .' Very much pleased v/ith tone repro¬
duction and general work of the machine.

Hiss. Florence Short. 15G West IQGth.otrect.t. Y. City .
Hr s.G.S. Kramer , Same addresi ( Invitation) .

Delighted with* everything the instrument does; "never
1 such music on a phonograph" ; "the finest discs we eve

December 30th. 1912. . . .

- ~ ‘ Mr. James Gaunt. Metropolitan Club. H. Y. City.

( Invitation!!

Pleased with the work of the machine; regrets we do
not have the operatic artists furnished by Victor;

Mr. VT. Nettor. 258 vTest 55t,h. Street. H. Y.Citjv;.

7/as pleased with everything he hea7d evidently hi.
was absolutely non-committal.

Alfred IT. Aarons* S Maiden Lane, N. l.Qi/ty*

(Brought in by A. J. Kurtz. Hewark,!'. J. )

Was very much pleased with machine, tone, mechanism
etc.; stated '"As good as the Victor in all respects |
"Better than the Victor in a ,"OOd many respects . Edison
discs "far superior to Victor .

Yours very truly,

Me 8 sxB • Wetsel, Waterman, Hird, learning: Beo* 2®« 1918*r

Beginning at the earlieat possible moment and until fa¬
ther advised. Phonographs of different types and models should be
brought through from start to finish according to the following
schedule:

(Jem: 200 As rapidly as possible, to fill present shipping orders,

- and then 25 per week.

160 per day, or 900 per week*

100 per day , or 600 per week j
20 per day, or 120 per week.

6 per week-

40 per week (16 Oak; 26 Mahogany)

Amberola 1:

13 per week (8 Mahogany; 3 Golden Oak; 1 Weathered
Oak; 1 Fumed Oak).

Amberola III: 40 per week (26 Mahogany; 8 Golden Oak; 3 Weathered
■ — - Oak; 4 Fumed Oak).

Amberola 7: 100 per day (70 Htfcogany; 30 Oak).

Amberola VI: 200 per day (140 Mahogany; 60 Oak).

Standard Phonographs Equipped for
Language Study Outfitsj_

60 per week-

SnhoM. Outfits: 26 Per week.

•nm-hetw Machines: 126 per week (20 D.O.; 100 A.P.O.; 5 S.

flbeviTig Machines: 30 per week.

Biso A-60: 100 per day (60 Mahogany; 50 Golden Oak).

100 per day (66 Mahogany; 36 Golden Oak).

3 Oak in different

Diso A-80:
Pi so A-160:

100 per day (80 Mahogany;
finishes required).

100 per day (76 Mahogany; 26 Oak in different
finishes required).

60 per day (40 Mahogany; 10 Oak in different
finishes required.

Blue A-gOO :

Piso A-260:

Of the A-60 and A-80 typeB there are a few required in

finishes other than mahogany or golden oak, hut as these two finishes
represent the hulk of shipping orders on hand, they Bhould he gotten
out at the rate specified until present shipping orders are filled,
after which the special finishes oan he brought through.

finished parts for all machines should he looked into im¬
mediately, and where it is found there is a quantity on hand suffi¬
cient to complete more maohineB than sohedule oalls for, work should
he discontinued on such parts until the point is reached where it is
neoeesary to resume, and then they Bhould he brought through only
in sufficient quantities to keep up to the required schedule. Shese
same remarks will apply to oabinets.

While it will, of oourse, he impossible to oomplete machines
according to this sohedule at onoe, the quantities oalled for should
he worked up to as rapidly as possible, and with that end in view
a night foroe of all such departments as oannot bring through the
required quantity during the day should he organised immediately.

Co-operation will he the key to suooesB in the oarrying out
of this sohedule and the work oonneoted therewith- Everybody inter¬
ested should therefore put their shoulders to the wheel and do every¬
thing in their power both in the way of oo-operation with and assist¬
ance to other department foremen, supervisors, inspectors, production
olorks for the purpose of seeing what oen be done in the leaBt possi¬
ble spaoe of time.

CHff/lWW 0* H. Wilson.

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Edison General File Series
1912. Phonograph - General (E-12-64)
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Committee Minutes

MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
THOMAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED, HELD JAN. 31, 1912-

Ire sent: Messrs. Dyer, Wilson, Berggren, Water, Dolbeer,

MoChesney, Stevens.

COLPMBIi. PHONOGRAPH CO.

Mr. Dyer presented a letter from the Columbia
Phonograph Co. in whioh they wished to secure our permission
for EdiBon jobbers to handle their diso goods where they are
dissatisfied with the (Victor Co. for any reason, but it was agreed
that nothing should be done in the matter.

GENERAL

General business oonditions were discussed in
view of Mr. Dyer's return after a months absence, but no action
v/as taken requiring a record thereof.

There being no further business the meeting

adjourned.

Seoretary.

MINUTES OP MEETING OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP
THOMAS A. EDISON, INC ;RI-ORATED , HELD PEB. 7 , 1912.

Present: Messrs. Dyer, Wilson, Berggren, Weber, Dolbeer,

MoOhosney, Stevens.

CE3INRTS FOR DISC MACHINES

The matter of placing orders for a number of
the $200 and §150 type of cabinets was discussed, and
although the finished designs were considered handsome,
they do not represent any pure type of furniture. Sever¬
al designs of cabinets were submitted, some of which the
entire Committee considered better than anything heretofore
designed. Before deciding to place a further order for
oabinets we will wait until modifications of the designs
we had intended ordering are submitted for examination,
with the intention of using the lumber already ordered for
the new types, if accepted.

OPERA MACHINE

We have sold 1234 Opera machines in the two months
this machine has been on the market, the re-orders indioating
that this is going to be a popular machine. We have been
plaoing manufacturing orders for 600 lots heretofore, but
it was decided to now place a manufacturing order for 1000,
all with mahogany oabinets, using the oak oabinets already
arranged for where demanded.

There being no further business the meeting adjourned.

Secretary.

MimilES Op MEETIHG OP Tlffi EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP
THOMAS A. EDXSOH , IHCOHl. ORATED , HELD AIRI1 11, 1912*

pro sent: Messrs. Dyor, Wilson, Berggren, V/eber, Dolbeor,

MoCheBney end S tokens.

BLUE AMBEROL RECORD

A memorandum was submitted from Mr. Goodwin as
Chairman of tho Reoord Committee advocating that the first
list of Blue Amberol records shall consist of, say 126
selections, all entirely new, so as not to duplicate any
of the present wax records in the hands of the trade,
giving as a reason that this duplication would curtail uhe
possibility of the trade getting rid of their present stocks
of such records as may be listed. 149 selections have
been aooepted as usable in the Blue Amberol list.

The concensus of opinion of the Committee was
that it would bo advisable to^start with selections from
the old list, principally because the Recording Department
would be unable to get out 126 new selections in ti ie for
tho requirements, and also because should we liBt 126 now
selections the trade would have to stock up on them and
also continue to handle all of their old selections in the
regular Amberol. By taking selections from the old list.
Jobbers will, of course, have to order them, but they will
probably not order any additional ones of the same selec¬
tions in the regular jgmberol, jn the case of tho Amberol
reoords we started out with a liBt of 60 seleotionB, and

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and it was thought that it would hojSar ^ the now Blue Amberol
with a liBt of, say 100 selections taken from the old list,
ub soon as possible, and then drop the manufacture of the
present Amberol reoords unless oallod for, and get out in
their place the full monthly supplement of 24 selootions
in the Blue Amberol in future; also inoreaBe the list of
Blue Amberol hy putting out from time to time an additional
list of, Bay 50 selections taken from our old list, the
same as was done with the first Amborols. The Recording
Department is now working on records for the August list
of Amberols, so that the first Blue Amberol supplement
cannot he gotten out until September or October, even if
it is deoided that we will be ready to change ovor by that
time.

So far as the old Amberol record stookB are con¬
cerned, Hr. Wilson Baid that the fine thing to do would be
for ub to clean up their stocks of wax Amberol reoordB
and substitute the Blue Amberol in their place, so that
their whole stocks would be new. Hr. I,lc Che sney Baid that
we will not get the business back without doing something
heroio and expensive. It was suggested that when we
deoide on tho list of 100 selections we expoot to make up,
we might advise the trade so that they will reduce their
stocks, and then when we are ready to come out with the
new reoordB, ascertain how many they have in Btook, and
if their stooks are low make an exohange of these 100,
then from time to time make additional exohanges. Mr.

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Llr. Dolboer thought it might not he well to advise them too
far ahead, hut it was pointed out that the sample records
are sent out sixty days in advance each month, so that
they are hound to know that far ahead. Everything con¬
sidered, it was the conoenBus of opinion that it would he
better to notify them in ndvanoe so that their stocks may
he reduced. Mr. Dyer suggested that v;e might handle the
Amberol record situation the same as he proposed for the
2-minute reoords— that is, permit them to sell these at
any price and allow them credit tho same as if returned.

Ihis v/as opposed on the ground that we will still have a
4-minute reoord, although in the Blue .Amberol type. Mr.
Dyer then asked what would happen if the law should he
changed, as may he done, and all restrictions removed.

Mr. Wilson thought that in that case our best Jobbers and
dealers would go out of the business, because the prioeB
would ho so cut as to make it unprofitable for them.

It was deoided that this question of the Blue
Amberol reoords should not ho passed upon now as a separate
proposition hut that tho situation as a whole must ho taken
up and considered and a definite plan covering every phase
of it worked out and agreed upon.

MEW I-HOHOORArH MKBHAMI3M

Mr. Weber submitted a new deBign cylinder phono¬
graph mechanism having a stationary mandrel, ohain of gears,
entirely new swivel arrangement for horn, and which windB
without noise. This machine wbb approved by the Committee

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In preference to the one submitted last week, ub it operates
very satisfactorily and is cheaper to construct. Mr.

Weber is to complete the model, plaoe it in a cabinet and
again submit to the Committee.

DISC SITUATION

Mr. Dolbeer brought up this matter and Ilr.

Wilson stated that everything possible iB being done
by everyone connected with it and it is being followed up
oloBely all the time. In this connection, Mr. Wilson said
that if our jobbers go back on us, we ought to be in a posi¬
tion to open up our own stores, and that after our disc
goods are once on the market and known there will be no
difficulty in getting all the jobbers we want.

Mr. Dyer said that at the present time we ought
to go Just aB lightly with our advertising as possible,
for the reason that it is not as effective now as it will
be when the disc is ready for the market, which Mr.
MoChesney wjgroed with.

There being no further business the meeting ad¬
journed.

Seoretary.

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MINUTES 01’ MEETING OP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
THOMAS A. EDI SOU , INCORPORATED, HELD APRIL 17. 1912 ■

Present: Messrs- Dyer. Wilson, Berggren, Weber. Dolbeer.

MoChosney ana Stevens-

ROOSEVELT | WILSON. CHAMP CLARK RECORDS

Mr. Dolboor in a memorandum recommended that we
secure three or four records of Hr. Roosevelt, two of Governor
Wilson and two of Champ Clark, not because of any anticipated
heavy sale but because their appearance would be timely if
Setten out before the Conventions. We already have some of
Hr. Taft. At the time Ur. Roosevelt was approached before,
he was President, but Mr. Durand thinks he could interest
him at this time, and is also in a position to approach
Governor Wilson, through the use of Rotation machines in
his office, and Hr. Clark throuSh Mr. MoGreal, who is a
Clark delegate. Shis plan was unanimously approved, the
records to bo gotten out as soon as possible as a special

llBt> _ Mr- Wilson and Mr. Durand saw Mr. Edison

inter regarding this and he said not to take them, because
the results would be the same as with the Taft and Bryan
reoords— that is, we might get fairly large orders for
them from the trade but later on would have to take them
back because the publio would not buy them. He did think,
however, that it would be a good idea to get some of the
Roosevelt records, if possible, as they would no doubt be

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constant sellers booause of his popularity and prominenoe
regardless of politlos.

BUREAU FOR 'IRAHSFER OP OVERSTOCKS OF KB COEDS

Mr. Wilson read a letter from Rudolph Yfurlitzer
reoommending that we establish a bureau similar to that of
the Victor Co. for the transfer of ovorstookB of particular
selections from one jobber to another. Ur. Dolbeer Bald
that he had investigated thiB matter some time ago and had
f ou. d that while in Borne cases it worked out very well, in
other oases it was not satisfactory, as one jobber would
try to work off records that had been used and were not fit
to put in stook. He said he had tried to arrange a system
by which jobbers in one city could exchange their overstocks,
but without -Buocoss. Ho also said that the Ball-Fintze Co. ,
our jobbers in Hewark, Ohio, had tried to soil their over¬
stocks to other jobbers at Ibbs than factory prioes, but
could not do so. Inasmuch as our reoordB are more fragile
than the diso it would be more difficult for us to handle
a proposition of this kind and there would alwayB be dis¬
putes. It was decided that we will not establish Buoh
a bureau at this time but later on will endeavor to evolve
a scheme for handling this matter. Mr. Dolbeer is to
write Wurlitzer accordingly.

2-MI HU IE RECORDS

Mr. Dolbeer brought up the subject of £ -minute
reoordB and the idea of getting rid of them in connection

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with a cheap machine. Mr. Wilson said Mr. Edison had told
him they might ho Bold at 26^ oaoh hut would not consider a
reduction of the 4-minute reoords for the present. It
was the concensus of opinion that the public would not huy
them at 26/5 each in sufficient Quantities to relieve the
situation. Hr. Dyer did not think it was necessary to do
anything about this until the Blue Amberol record is ready
to put out, and Mr. MoChesney thought that at that time
it could ho used in some way as a lover to induce them to
put in a stock of the new reoords. Hr- MoChesney also made
the suggestion that in trying to sell their stocks of
2-minute records they would he taking their attention and
effort* from the sale of more profitable stocks, which would
reaot on us. Mr- Dolbeer Bald that we want to keep in
mind the fact that later on we will have the wax Amberol
reoords to get rid of so that it might he well to get the
2-minute records out of the way first. She wax Amberol
reoords cannot he used on machines sold for the Blue Amberol
record because of the heavy weight used in the reproducer.
OJhiB subject was only discussed generally as above and
is to ho taken up for definite aotion as a whole later.

FACTORY REQUIREMENTS

Mr. Weber stated that the Department of Labor are
getting very strict in their requirements and a State law
has recently been passed requiring a 6" pipe for emery wheels
where a 3" pipe was formerly used. This means that our
whole system of piping and exhaust blowers for taking the

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dust from the polishing wheels will have to he replaced, at
a cost running from, say §6,000 to §6,600. Mr. Weher said,
however, that he is planning to arrange this system of pip¬
ing in another way so as to reduce the expense considerably
and at the same time have it adapted for any additions that
may he needed in the future. This will he submitted as soon
as it can he worked out.

Fire drills are now also compulsory, and this
Mr, Weber will take care of.

sample oaim of distinctive toes

The sketohes furnished some time ago by the
Sales and Advertising Committee, showing expensive oahinets
in the style of Louis XT, Louis XTI, Jaoohean and Chippen¬
dale, were discussed. fheBe are the oabinetB recommended
by the SaleB and Advertising Committee to be made up for
display purposes in stores, particularly. Mr. Dyer said
that these cabinets should be gotten out by Mr. Rubino, and
Mr* Weber said that just ub soon aB he got straightened out
a little with his othor work he could go ahead and muke
up these samples. Mr. MoChesney suggested having them
made outside. Mr. Weber will look into it and see what
oan be aone here. The Victor Co. have some very high olass
oabinets, the machines running as high in prioe aB §700.

HOME! RECORDING OOTglT

Mr. WilBon submitted a report from Hird showing
that 26 maohineB arc completed and ready for Btook and that

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tho tools for this .machine will he completed within two
weeks. The Instruction Book was delivered to the
Advertising Department April 12th. Everything is coming
along nioely and no delay is anticipated, although the
cartons for the recording Blanks have Been held up until
Mr. Edison has posed for a new picture, the previous elec¬
trotype of >Hi7i Being discontinued Because it was copyrighted
By the photographer.

HOME KIHKTOSCOHsl

Mr. Wilson submitted report from Wetzel, showing
that there are 664 complete machines and 202 mechanisms less
lighting equipment and minor parts on hand. Machines are
Being, assembled at the rate of 60 machines p|r day, which
will Be increased, and By the 22nd inst. praotically all
of the parts for the firBt shop order will Be in the finished
stock room, the Arc lump Being given preference to the Herns t
and Aoetylene.

DISC PHOTOGRAPH

Mr. Wilson submitted report from Wetzel indicating
that good progress is Being made with these maohlneB.

12 A-l have Been thoroughly teBtea out and are ready for
cabinets and 88 are practically finished. Everything is
Being done to push this work forward.

As to Diso Reproducers A-l 2 and 3, the parts for
these are ooming through in good quantities ana By the end
of the week we will have 200 oomplete speakers on hand.

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Mr. Iraphagen iB going a little slowly with the diamond
arms and points until he is sure the operation works out
oorreotly. He is finishing 70 now and 130 more will he
finished on the 25th. After that the produotion will he
regular.

100 Disc Ho. 3 oahinots will he finished hy May
11th; 95 Diso Ho. 2 will he finished hy May 4th, and Mr.

Buhino has started on 100 Amber o la Ho. 3 type. Shis is
in addition to the cabinets for the firBt 100 Amberola
Ho. 3, on whioh Wetzel reports that both the machines and
cabinets are praotioally completed, the only thing holding
them up being the horns. 26 of these horns have been receiv¬
ed and they will come along at the rate of 25 per day. Sohall
can finish them up in about one week.

There being no further business the meeting ad¬
journed.

Seoretary.

MINUTES OP MEETING OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP
THOMAS A. EDISON, INCORPOEATED , HEED AUGUST 26, 1912.

Present: Messrs. Dyer, Wilson, Berggren, Dolbeer,

MoChesney, Stevens.

NEW TYPE PHONOGBAPHS

The matter of putting out aeveral new types of
Cylinder and Djjpo machine a was discussed, with the following
result:

It waa deoided that we will put out an Amherola V

Concealed Horn Cylinder Machine, to he listed at $80 and
wooden

an Amherola VI to he listed at $60; also actable cabinet
Disc Maohine with the same meohanism bb in the A60 metal-cabi¬
net machine, to he listed at $80 and known as Model A80, and
a wooden cabinet curved leg DIbc Machine containing the same
meohanism as the A60 metal-cabinet maohine to be fisted at
$100 and known as Model A100. Because of the probable effect
this latter maohine will have on the Bale of the A150 DiBO
and the fact that we have 3,000 of the A168 on manufacturing
order and about 1,000 on shipping order, the A100 maohine will
not be announced to the trade until orders for the A160 have
been filled and we have been able to accumulate a sufficient
stock of the A100 to take oare of first ordera.

On the A80 Diao maohine it was deoided to put through
a manufacturing order for 6,000 oabineta and to use A60 mechan¬
isms, for which manufacturing order has already been issued.

On the A100 Disc it' was deoided to issue manufactur¬
ing order for 3,000 oabinets, the mechanisms to be token

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from those already on manufacturing order for the A60.

SCHOOL OUTFIT

Ihe phonograph used with the School outfit is an
Opera, the name of which machine has recently been changed to
"Concert" . She matter of leaving off the name-plate when
the machine is used with thiB outfit was disoussed, and it
was decided that a name-plate hearing the new name "Concert"
should he substituted for the old one.

The meeting was then adjourned.

Secretary.

l*IKU5i'.3 Oif ili'.KBIi!',} OF SHK- KXKCUflVB G0UU1SZKE OF
THOUaS A. KDI50H, iHGOlhiOSASKD, HKJ» S8W5. 9, 1918.

Present: sioBora. Dyer, Wilson, Weber, Dolbeer, HoOhenney

77 iind Stevens.

Present:

iloonra. Jinxwoll, Goodwin end Iroton alao attondod

BLUE tel HKCOKDS. IBS cmiigKK i'H0H0GB.'-PH3

It was decided that it woe of the utmoet importance

to supply Blue Araberol Koooras to take the

her list of wax Ariberol records which had- ho on -fcunoudwa ac
after the October list. It waa found to ho
iiapoBBihlo to put out the complete firot list of 110 Bluo
Araberol rooords in time to moke ohipmonts during Ootohor
and it wbb therefore daoided to ieauo a firut list of 50
regular records and 5 Concert records, to he followed one
month later *vrith a similar list.

By putting out a first list of 55 Blue Aaborol records
Hr. Thilpot figures that lie oan turn out 4,000 of each of the
55 diforont aelcotiona hy October 15th, tills being tho dato on
which the laat Bhlpaent of advnnoe orders of this lint would

It was also decided us follows:

(1) fhat ho ginning Ootohor 1st all Cylinder machines
except Sea, Fireside and Standard - and these if erdersd at
extra price - he equipped with tho diamond Beproduoor. «M»
Oem, Fireside and Standard are not apeoifiad on orders to he

(8)

eguippod with t}ja Manond reproducer they are to bo aeaipred
with the Sfe).‘fM.ra roprobuoor; that jobbers he p*<j;u.outed to
goaa in tholr edvanae orders for records from tho list of CG,
wltioh^will ho furniBlie A them liars diu holy, and also for machines
with diamond point reprnducnro, to he shipped shout October lot.

fj}> *hat wo sond to eaoh jobber between Sejite/nhor
16th and 20th throe Blue Amborol ra cordis and one Diamond Ee-
produoer by McpxeBB, so that they oou hour results obtained,
end at that time request thorn to send An additional ordure
for records and machine 8.

(3) fhut on October 1st till naohiiwn tire to ho
4-ninute typo only end no Recorders aro to ho included -with
«M outfit.

(4) Shot wo advise the trade that extra Diamond
iioproduoora und Combination Attnohnonta inolttdlng UmsttA
Beprodnoora will ho ready for ohipaont during Ootohor, and
rogue fit orders for them.

(6) fhnt t3» new reoord e-vciuraeo allowanooe
apply on both p-.irohn&eo of m&ohinoB and records, os decided
at mooting hold aono tine ago, » ho put in effeot October lot,
and 4m' take offeot on ell reoord and machine ohipmenta after

that date. '

(6) Shat wo discontinue exchange allowanooo on old
reproducers after October lot.

(7) That beginning liovesiher lat wo permit jobbers
and dealers to soil 8-aUntfco and 4-ninute Menton Wax records

i

(0)

(0) That in printed or advertising mutter to the
trade concerning above subjects they bo advised that following
tho aorkoting of the Blue Arnheml moor to waft our preaorrt typoo
of Cylinder jaachinea with i'deaond Kopmftuoorfl will oeso two
new Concealed Horn Cylinder auchineu eaniypod with almond
reproducers and the Mho eiaohittee and record#.

(3) ffihftfc beginning October lot’, when the Gen,
riroaifie tad Standard are chungod over to d-nimto aaohineo
only, on adopt the ~odel H reproducer ue the atonderd typo
to bo vusod where Diamond reprotooer e^iipraont ia not ordered.

There being no further businena the moving

adjourned.

Secretary.

MINUTES OP MEETING OP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP
THOMAS A. EDISON, IN CORPORATED , HEED SEPT. 18, 1912.

Present: MesBrs. Dyer, Wilson, Berggren, Weber, Dolbeer,

MoChesney ana Stevens.

Mr. Maxwell was also present.

SPECIAL RECORDS AND 4-MIHUTE ATTACHMENT

The matter of supplying 10 Special Blue Amberol
Eeoords ana Attachments with Diamona B Reproauoers at a
special price was aisoussea. This has proved to he an
effective way of getting the 4-minute attachments plaoea
on 2-minute machines in the past. It was aeoiaea that
until we are in a position to supply the aemand for
Diamona reproducers on machines ana as extras we will not
make any attempt to put out the Special Seconds and At¬
tachment so equipped, hut will do so just as soon as we can
supply them.

SHOP ORDER POR FIRESIDES,

We have only about fourteen weeks Bupply of Fire¬
side machines now on manufacturing order, and it was there¬
fore aeoided to isBue a new shop order for 6,000 immedi¬
ately.

st.TP COHTAINING WORDS OP REOOBD. ETC.

The matter was discussed of enclosing in each
record shipped out a slip containing remarks concerning the

of the record and reference to other similar

seleotion, words

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reooras that are for sale. It was agreed that this is a
good plan, and as Mr. Edison has approved it, it was deoiaea
to make arrangements at onoe to put it in operation.

The sample submitted was printed on one side, ana
Hr. Iyer suggested that it might make a better appearance
and be more easily handled if it was in the form of a small
folder. She majority were in favor of the folder and it
was aeoiaed to have it put out in that form, provided it
was found feasible and the cost not much more.

DISC RECORD AEBOMS

The matter of putting out Disc Record Albums with
the A- 150 Disc machine without extra charge was discussed.
Mr. Bolbeer urged that we supply this model complete with
record albums to fill in the space occupied by arawerB in
the other cabinets. The cost of the albums is 50^ each
and it will accommodate six of them. This is considered
all the more necessary beoause the Viotor maohineB are so
equipped, some types having as many as 14 albums. It was
decided that if the price will stand it we will inolude
these albums at no extra cost with the Model A-160 machine.

The meeting then adjourned.

Secretary.

007 13 1912

MI MIXES OF HEEXIHQ OF SUE EXECUTIVE C0MMIT3KE OF
SHOW AS A. EDI SOU, XBC. , HELD OCTOBER 10. 1918.

Irooont: Jlossrs. Dyer, Wiloon, Bergeron, HoChcsnoy, StovenB.

Messrs- Maxwell, Goodwin said Ireton wore also present.

BLUE AHBKKOIi RECORDS:

The matter was aiBouBsed of supplying tho Blue
Amborol reoords for London, Berlin and Baris offiooa, and it
was deoided to odviao thorn that wo will make up the February
list in Blue Araboxol reoords for them, and^Mr. stovons should
arrange correspondingly for Australia.

GRAB 13 01-ERA KK00RP3:

The Reoord Committee has selootod a liat of 76 Grand
Opera rooords from those whioh have heretofore been laid adldo
and not listod but for whioh master molds havo been made. Hr.
Goodwin stated that the suggested plan was to get out a cata¬
logue in whioh all of those reoords are announced but only 16
of whioh will be shipped eaoh month; price to be 76/1 llBt.

Mr. HoChesnoy said that in the light of previous experience)
ho thought it would not pay to list those Grand Opera rooords-
It was pointed out that inasmuch aa theso records have already
boon reoorded (so that thore will be no cost for talent) and
master molds made, the cost of producing these will bo voxy
low; and with the hard record and diamond reproducer the

(2)

reproduction will be very muoh 'bettor than with fowior Grand
Opera reoor&a listed hy us. It was also argued that there
would be a certain advertising value in listing theoo Grand
Opera reoords and the fact that we have suoh a list to offor
would be of advantage in selling machines , even though no
profit were made on the reoords themselves, and besides this
the records can be used to advantage by the Foreign Depart¬
ment in Datin-Amorioan countries. It was deoidod to got
out these 76 Grand Opera reoords in the Blue Amberol at the
rate of 16 a month, beginning with the January list, eithor
a monthly supplement or complete catalogue to bo issued,
cb determined by the .Advertising Committee.

PORF.IGS RECORDS:

The matter of making in Blue Amberol reoords the
Gorman, Mexican and other foreign selections listed in our
domostio catalogues for the United States trade was dis¬
cussed , and it was decided to have the host of thoBe made
over. The Record Committee will moke up a list of the best
sollers and submit it to the Executive Committee at. the next
mooting, an& it will then be decided when wo will begin
listing them.

She meeting then adjourned.

Seorotary.

lilflUTES OS' MEETING OF THU'. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
THOMAS A. EDISOH, IBO. , HEED OCTOBER 24, 1912.

aj

Messrs. Dyer, WilBon, Berggren, Weber, tl
MoCheeney and Stevens.

APVEBTISIHO

Mr* Dolbeer brought up the matter of sjdvertising the
Blue Amherol reoords and both he and Mr. MoOhesney urged that
we Btaouia advertise them strongly for the next three months

at least, as, although the jobbers ana dealers are plaoing orders
for all we can supply at the present time, this aoes not mean
that the publio have had the new product brought to their atten¬
tion in any way, and, not knowing about them, will not buy.

After some aisouBBion it was deoiled to refer thiB matter to
the Sales & Advertising Committee with the request that they
submit their recommendations to the Exeoutive Committee at
their next meeting for their decision.

FIKKS1UIS MACHINE FOR BAB30S

Babson Bros, have urged us to Bupply them with the
Fireside Machine in a speoial eabinet like the sample submitted
by them, which they aeeire to adopt and puBh this season. To
Furnish a specially designed cabinet to Babson Bros, exclusively
would not be fair to our other Jobbers and dealers, nor would
our margin of profit permit of our doing this; furthermore, we
would not oare to undertake this speoial work when we are so

maohlnes already catalogued for thiB season’s busi-

busy on our

(2)

nees. It was therefore decided to decline to supply the Fire-
eide machine except in the regular cabinet, and Mr. Wileon will
write them aooordingly-
gEM PHOHOQRAJH

She Gem Phonograph will not play a whole reeord with
the diamond reproducer on account of its weight, and in riew of
that faot it was decided to use a Model "H" reproducer (which
1B for 4-minute records only) as a part of the Gem equipment-
ADAPTOR BIHO

Where maohines now out equipped for playing the
Amhorol records are changed over to the diamond reproducer and
special am for playing the Blue Amberol records this renders
them unsuitable for the regular Amberol records unless the old
arm is replaced on the machine to accommodate the old reproducer.
In order to overcome this disadvantage, it was deoided that we
will get out an adaptor ring to be plaoed in the diamond repro¬
ducer am. so that the old style small diaphragm reproducer oan
be placed in the same am. these adaptor rings to be sold as an

extra.

wfww RBCOBDIHG OOCTIg

Inasmuch as the diamond reproducer will out the wax
records used in home recording, it will be necessary to supply
e reproducer with the Home Heoording Outfit when Bold with the
new machines. It was therefor, decided to adopt the "B» repro-
duoer for thiB purpose, prices to be as follows:

Jobber,

Dealer,

list,

SI. 60

1.76

8.00.

DISC BE CORD AIBUM

(3)

The following prices for the Diso Beoord Album when
sold as an extra were decided upon:

Jobber, BO i

Sealer , 604

list, 75/>.

OYUHPBR RECORD AIBUM

We have already ordered 1,000 of these Cylinder Eeoord
Albums on instructions of Hr. Edison at a ooBt of $1.00 eaoh.

If after introducing this the demand is sufficient to warrant
our purchasing them in lots of 6,000, the price will be 70jf eaoh,
and in lots of 10,000, 66/i eaoh. It was therefore deoided to
make the following prioes for this Album:

Jobber, #1.86

Dealer, 1.60

list, 2.00.

These prices will not give ub any profit whatever on
the first 1,000, but will give us a profit on future lotB if ord¬
ered in the larger quantities. if the demand is not going to
be sufficient to warrant our purchasing them in the larger quan¬
tities, it will hardly pay us to handle them at all.

2-MIHUTK BDOE AMEEROI RECORDS

Mr. Stevens stated that at the present time we listed
614 Standard and 163 Amberol records in our Mexican catalogue.

The sale of these reoorde is not confined to Mexloo, but they
are used in all Spanish speaking countries. The total sales to
January 1, 1918, of 8-minute Mexican records, were 1,102,414.

Our sales for 1911 were 69,790, and for a little more than nine
months of this present year, 44,406.

(4)

YJlisn advised that we had discontinued the manufacture
of Standard, 2-minute reoorda, Viotor Weiskopf & Co., of Mexico
City, our distributors for the Hepublio of Mexioo, urged us
very strongly to make over these 2-minute record* in the Blue
type, pointing out to us that on aooount of our not continuing
to supply the present wax records and not issuing any farther
lists, they would find it very difficult to dispose of their
present stook of 2-minute wax reoords. In addition to their
present stock of 2-minute and 4-minute records which they have
bought and paid for. they have a stock of 149,496 reoords which
were left in Mexico City on consignment when we closed our
Mexican office nearly two years ago. A large part of these
reoords are out-out selections and 7.360 are Amberol reoords.
Since leaving these consignment records with them, they have dis¬
posed of 22,294 Standard and 963 Amboxol reoords, leaving the
consignment stock of Standard records at 127,202. and the Amberol
reoords at 6,207. She highest number of any one 2-minate reoord
sold is 11,106, and the highest number of one title sold for the
nine months of this year is 366. In urging us to supply the
Blue type 2-minute records. Messrs. Victor Weiskopf & Co. stated
that they would then he able to notify the trade that they were
plaoing on the market a new product, and this would give them
an opportunity of reducing the list price of the Standard oon-
Bignaent reeords, and also the stock of Standard and Amberol
record, whioh they have paid for. *h.J also stated that the
best talent in Mexico w.r. well represented in the Standard
reoords. and it is now impossible for us to obtain th. services
of this talent on a.oount of their being tied up by th. Columbia

(6)

people.

Mx. Stevens made n proposition that he place a definite
order on the factory for 200 each of 200 titles of the test sel¬
lers selected from the 614 Mexican records now listed; these to
he charged direct to the foreign Department, and as this number
is disposed of. further definite orders will he placed from time
to time, or until such time as we increase our present list of
Blue Amberol records. If the Standard records were eliminated
entirely.it would leave only 163 Mexican Amberol records to offer
for sale in Mexico, South America and other Spanish speaking
countries. At the present time there are a large number of
2-minute machines in the countries mentioned which have never
been converted to play Amberol records, although every endeavor
has been made to have such machines equipped with the combina¬
tion attachment.

By supplying these 200 2-mlnute records in the Blue
type, we will render valuable assistance to our Argentine Office
and the trade in Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries, as
they will serve to keep alive the interest and also enable our
distributors and dealers to dispose of their present stocks of
Standard records without suffering a loss- Aside from the prof¬
its to be derived from the sale of these two-minute records, they
will aid vary materially in disposing of the large number of
consignment record. Messrs. Victor Weiskopf ft Co. are now carry¬
ing, which otherwise would be very difficult to dispose of.

in view of Mr. Stevens' statement, and also on account
of his Placing a definite order for 200 each of 200 selections in

(6)

in the Bine Amherol type, it was decided to supply these
Standard reoordc in the 2-minute Blue type.

She meeting then adjourned.

Seoretary.

Minutes of the First Meeting of the
Amusement Phonograph Department Committee
Held December 27th
at 10:00 A. M.

In the Executive Committee Room
and attended by

Deoided that the preliminary work in respect of
demonstrations to women’s clubs throughout the country would be
done from this office. Where we are properly represented by dealers
the actual demonstrations are to be made by them.

V/ith reference to the Oldfield Patent Bill, it was
deoided not to get out another letter to our dealers at present, but
to write to the Hew Jersey senators and congressmen.

It was decided that a greater effort be made to
obtain the names and addresses of those attending demonstrations.
The idea of getting out an invitation in the form of an admission
oard was viewed with favor.

It was deoided to announce the fourth Blue Amberol
list immediately, shipments to commence about February 1st. The
Mexican records now in process of manufacture will be included with
this list.

DETAILS ON FOLLOWING PAGE.

Copies to all committee members
and. Messrs. EdiBon and Wilson.

THOMAS A. EDISON, Ir

present conditions, weoug ouKht to work the demonstrations up

syss j^Jsssr'^rsTs-**-

Mr. Maxwell read letter from Congressman HoCoyoon-
cerning the Oldfield Patent Bill.^^Mr.^MoCoy . o^®^ thought it was
would he reached at the prose letter to our dealers until we knew
inadvisable to get out “”ot\ the Committee agreed. It was

t .»t t. t»e »» JerBejf

senators and congressmen.

jssr^^^^-g-a-issjas.^. ■

ESIii! S

good one!dmMr!a£o!heerwaseincl!ned to agree with this view and will
attend to the matter .

Blue Amherol orders and asked for would complete the

list should be announced. Mr.. Hehr eal^tha ^ in

“5JStlo"tSrSo»menoe ******* ^/o^tfoSS S-t^Wtotely and’

£>ss xstSttrsi.* « "»»■* 10 °™,“e

about February 1st.

Ur. Stevens brought W^iS^t^gedto^iSlSe
records now in process of manufacture and it was decides
them with the fourth list.

Wm. Maxwell

Chairman .

Minutes of the Pirst Meeting of the
Dictating Machine Committee
Held December 24th
at 2:00 1’. 11.

In the lixecutive Committee Room,
and attended by

Messrs. Durand, Stevens, MoChesney and Maxwell:

There occurred a general discussion of the
work to bo taken up by the Committee in the future.

Mr. McChesney stated that he expected
through the Committee to develop a more definite advertising poli¬
cy and a better means of arriving at a fixed annual expenditure
for advertising.

Mr. Durand stated that a very important and
immediate duty of the Committee was to aid him in the selection of
a suitable name for the Dictating Machine equipped with telephone
recording attachment. It was decided that the Committee would
witness a demonstration of the machine and thereupon submit a num¬
ber of names from which a selection could be made.

ISr. Maxwell inquired whether greater selling
effort could not be profitably put forth on potential buyers of one
or two machines - for example, lawyers. He pointed out particular
advantages to lawyers in using a dictating machine. Mr. Durand
etated that our dealers were not likely to find it profitable to
canvass this trade and that our inability to give service in the
smaller towns where no dealers are located would be a considerable
handicap. However, he thought it might be well to give further
consideration to another campaign on lawyers. He stated that con¬
siderable work has been done on them already with a fair amount of
success. This subject will be taken up at the next mooting.

Wm. Maxwell

Chairman .

• cyr*'"

s' - - - THOMAS A. EDISON, Incorporated

/ jOSKtlHG Qjf LlAJJlhV.Cl’UHlilG OOia iTIJJK

Hold January 15th, 1912. L,l}

present: Messrs WilBon, Weber, Bllsa, Rcdfeain and liiid.

Hand shaving Machine for Buainp- s .Blanhs

a working model of Anna .having kachl no for Business
mnntrp hMvlni' a single out steel kniie luivln0 a sen.w
feed adjustment was exhibited end design a;,s approve .
Referred to Cost L;ept. to submit cost figures.

Electric .-.having Machine in Steel Cabinet with iour •L'°p1, 1 Gdc-"i£l
, working model of an Electric ..having machine assembled
to a tit of 1 Cabinet mounted on .4 post pede-taX . .
h th-i + ed snd design opurovet.. 1’he hrujineoiin^ Do-t. .
futhofixmf to mafe doings of this machine as soon as
possible.

Chip Brush for Dictating Phonographs

It was decided to assemble a small emp brush t- the
Reproducer Arm of the Dictating Phonograph and i t. dis¬
continue supplying the regular Chip Brush ab a
ceseory with this Outfit.

Home B having Iviuchine

i working model of a Home .having Machine embodying the

sSoSS

for 12 to be made up and tested thoroughly before a pro¬
duction Order was issued.

Recording Outfit for Oper

and .mhcrola phonographs

Engineering "Dept . was instructed to submit, designs
Recording Outfits for Opera and ar.berola Phonographs.

secretary.

/

Hooting of ’.'.nnufuo taring committee
hold April 11th, 1912

colder for Bun ino no Blank Haok

A earn pie for u holdor for use
poet pedn-’tal to hold the ruo>
fins ino ns Blanks whs exhibited,
not adopted.

tin

!;Ut !

four

nine

framed ctoel Cabinet far Mo tit 'nr. "aahino

i sample of a - rosaod .Iteol Cabinet for
Biot .tlr.g r.uohinen was exhibited, but
not approved. Keforrod to line inner inr
.lepur tmont to make oh. me on in design to
resomblo our : rosent Cabinot.

Aluminum parts for jio t«ti ng ...uohlno

i olio, order for 2B yiotatlng iohir.es
with aluminum l’op , late, oabinot. Top
frame, flim and Base was authorized, it
being understood th.,t those mi oh ino a
wero to be brought through in Uio
regular way, and not special.

A. K. Hird

A.H.

deoretary.

THOMAS A. EDISON, Incorporated

Hooting of I/SamfOoturing Craaraittno
Hold ,T unn lath, 191?,.

Pronont Honor n. Kiln on, Pflbnr, Blino, Boflffmm ft Hint.

Blootrlo Shaving Hnohino In ntnol Cnbinnt

A Sanplo of nn Klootrio ShnvinB Hnohino in Btnal
Cabinot end ntand was oxhibitoft and approvad. Knfbrrnd to
Mr. Durand to toko up thn qunntion of oxolnnivo nao of tho
Cabinot anil otanrt nn dooignod.

Slnglo Cut Shaving KaohinQ.

A nnnplo of ninglo Cut Shaving Kaohino oriboflying tho ohan-
gon nuggontod at Innt mooting wirn oxhibitoft and approved.

A shop ordor for 100 wan authorised.

A. M. H.

sooretary.

.. :M

MINUTES OP A MEETING of the Phonograph Sales and
Committee, hold in the room of Mr. I. C. UeChesney on *
1912, commencing at 2 P. 1!.

Present :

Maxwell (Chairman)

Dolheer

UeChesney

Llinutos of previous meeting approved.

UeChesney statod Callcins £ Holden unahle to atten
in;;, out would he present at the next meeting.

MINUTES OP A MEETING of the Phonograph Sales and
Advertising Committee, held in the Office of Mr. Dyer on March
8, 1912, at 2 P. M.

Presents

Messrs. Dyer, ex-officio member
Maxwell, Chairman
Dolbeer
McChesney

Present as conferees:

Messrs. Goodwin,

Holden (of Calkins £ Holden)

Minutes of previous meeting approved.

Mr. Holden submitted proofs of the six advertisements
decided upon at the previous meeting. Decided: To cut out the
illustration showing Interior of the machine and so annotate the
proof sheet. Hr. Maxwell reported that Mr. Edison desired to
examine the advertisements at his leisure. Decided: That the
advertisements be turned over to Mr. Maxwell to be submitted to
Mr. Edison.

Mr. McChesney brought up the Question of obtaining
certain information from retail dealers by offering Hr. Edison's
picture as a reward (this was discussed at a previous meeting).

Mr. McChesney read the letter which he proposed to send out and
it was approved. Decided: That this experiment be tried in the
State of New York.

Mr. McChesney brought up the question of special printed
matter connected with special hits. Mr. Maxwell thought this
question should be deliberated upon by the individual members and
brought up for discussion at a later meeting. Decided accordingly.

Hr. Maxwell gave notice that the question of salesmen's
co-operation would be brought up at the next meeting.

The next meeting Friday, the 15th inst., at 2 P. M., at
which these minutes will be offered for approval.

MINUTES OP A SPECIAL MEETING of the Phonograph Sales
and Advertising Committee called hy Mr. Maxwell and held in the
offioe of Mr. L. C. McChesney on March 9, 1912, at 9 A. M. .

Present:

Hossrs. Maxwell, Chairman
Dolheer
McChem ey

Mr. Maxwell made the following report concerning the
advertisements submitted to Mr. Edison:

Mr. Edison was immediately conscious of the clouded
effect in these advertisements due to our effort to protect tie
cylinder product. Mr. Edison stated that he wants the advertising
to commence with a strong, clean-cut announcement of the disc phoncgrq?'
He desire fl that evorything ho incorporated in the announcement adver¬
tisement. That greater emphasis he placed upon the improvements in
recording; that stronger claims he made concerning the material
from -which the records are manufactured; that their greater length
he pointed out; and that we make more effective use of the fact
that he invented the first disc machine. Mr. Edison says that the
talk about the musical program and the work Huport Hughes is going
to do should come after the announcement of the disc machine, and
that we can protect the cylinder product hy mentioning- that the im¬
proved recording will he omhodiod in the cylinder records.

Mr. Dolheer said that as he understood it, the way to meet
Mr. Edison's ideas was to out out No. 1 and No. 2 md start in with
No. 3, making the latter very much stronger than it now is. Decided:
That the Committee would, during Mr. Edison's absence , prepare some
new advertisements embodying his ideas and abandon the effort to
protect the cylinder product in the manner first planned, but en¬
deavor to do it in the way suggested hy Mr. Edison.

The Minutes of this Special Meeting will be offered for
approval at the next regular meeting, Friday the 15th Inst.

^c/

Minings OP * MEKTIHC of the Phonograph Sales and
Advertising Committee, held in the Executive Committee
room on March 29, 1912.

Mr. Dyer, ex-officio member
Mr. Wilson, " "

Mr. Maxwell, Chairman
Mr. Dolboer,

Mr. McChesney

Present as a conferee:

Mr. Holden, (of Calkins & Holden)

,n March 1 and Special Meeting on

Minutes of mooting
March 2 approved.

Mr. Maxwell called up Tor discussion the question
of exploiting the Home Recording feature. Mr. Wilson
said the shaving machine would not he ready before June
1st Mr. Holland appeared before tho Committee and des¬
cribed the scene of the Home Recording Instruction Book
that he and Mr. Bliss are preparing. Hr. Dolbeer thoiight
She Instruction Book should be kept entirely separate from
such advertising pamphlets as it seemed advisable to pre¬
pare. Decided: That the Instruction Book should not be
troated as p~5rt of the advertising. Mr. McChesney thought
v:e should got out an advertising pamphlet illustrating
various usbb of homo recording from photographs posed in
tho Bronx Studio. Mr. Maxwell agreed and thought these
illustrations could be lator used in our magazine adver¬
tising ns bo believes that home recording is a thing
that must be specially emphasized in advertising the
cylindor nroduct after the disc machine is put on e
market. Followed a discussion of what illustrations
should bo used. Mr. Wilson thought that pictures
illustrating home recording as a means of amusomont
will bo most effective. Mr. Maxwell thought that some
pictures illustrating sorious and semi-educational
uses of homo recording would also be desirable, tor
example, a young man practicing a speech on the phono¬
graph and a ghost picture showing him delivering the
same, decided: that each number of the Committee would
considor""various interesting uses of home recording and
submit their ideas at the next meeting when a list o
doslred illustrations would be compiled and the pamphlet
would be laid out. Mr. Wilson commented on -he
ablo sale of blank records at present, for example, eig
thousand in the last three weeks. It was the consensus
of opinion that the home recording feature if persistently
exploited would influence the sale of a great many machines.

DECEMBER 31, 1912.

MEETING OF SAIESMEN AT OFFICE DECEMBER 30. 1912.

MR. GOODWIN called attention to recent death of Mr. Rhineberger,
where it was found no provision had Been made for his family. Also
spoke of another salesman who had died sometime since who had
made no arrangements as to his family. Several suggestions were
made as to relief in case of accident or death to men while on the
road. ,

MR. BERGGEEIT said he would look into the matter of insurance. It
was decided that the salesmen notify Mr. Berggren as to what they
wished done in case a misfortune of this character occured to them.

MR. DOIBEKR read a number of highly complimentary letters on the
new Disc output, and it was arranged that copies would be sent to
the salesmen for their use on the road.

The success of some of the salesmen in taking orders for
Disc line, and the poor results of others, was then mentioned, with
the idea of getting an outline o'f the best, way of presenting the
goods. Statements of experiences were made by the various men. Some
showed it was an easy proposition to sell the goodB, and others sala
it was not so easy on account of the talent, rough surface, and delay
in shipment.

Many remarks were made as to the great satisfaction of
the Disc goods' to the general public. Many ownerB of Victor machines
expressed themselveB as astonished at the results, and wanted to
sell out their present machine and secure the new and greatest thing
ever heard. It was stated that if Mr. Edison had Fifty Million
Dollars worth of the new product ready it could be disposed of in the
next year. Musicians spoke of the marvelous results. Victor Jobbers
and dealers, while they naturally did not openly show appreciation of
the merits of the new Disc, seemed forced to at least see and hear
what was going on and stiring up the public.

l wished to be supplied with e

About 36 Disc sample records were sent to salesmen.
Comments on these sampleB - 179 Good - 66 Fair and 32 Poor. Report
records after lot of use as good as when received, and in some cases
seem better.

Salesmen were asked why Mr. Edison could not operate the
Disc machine by electricity. Answer waB the superior results now
shown could probably hot be secured by electric power, but that the
matter was under consideration.

In talking about securing the moBt desirable people to
attend demonstrations. Mr. Scott Btated he preferred list of
automobile owners as good . Most of these people have money and are
good prospective customers. Scott stated he place* his sample

■machine in office of hotel and played same while people "®r®
in and going out, and in that way attracted a good deal of attention.

MR, SKELTON suggeBts hall or large rooms in preference to hotels.

Said to first interest the public and the dealers would soon want to
take on the line. Stated the placing of advertisement of demonstra¬
tion in naner would not reach the better class of people. Best way
to senS out a large number of invitations and in that way more would
attend.

It was also mentioned by some of the men that it was more
desirable to send a small number of invitations to desirable people
than a large number to a class of people that would probably never
purchase such an article.

Comment seemed to favor a hotel demonstration in cities
or large towns, but halls or stores in smaller places.

Some of the men aeemed to favor the production of a
sound modifier where records are reproduced in a small apartment.

The wonderful volume or carrying power of the Disc
reproduction was frequently spoken of by experts or musical people.

The men were asked how they got over the question of
playing Victorrecords on Edison machines. The said this question was
seldom asked, and, when it was, that of course, they could not be
reproduced on the Edison*

Speaking of the hardness of the records, some of the men
had been timid about trying this quality, but others had gone as far
as to throw them on the floor in any place. It was found they were
almost indestructible, and it is safe to say they are four times as
strorng as the Victor, which is true.

It was stated that if the Columbia Co., with their output,
aa* . four months behind their orders, our Company* with the Disc

and its superior results, and the attention it has already secured,
we certainly have a splendid chance with our line.

Could not get the Victor machine in comparison at demonstra¬
tion on account of objection by Jobbers and dealers handling that
line. Occasionally there was a chance .^“Parison, but even

then the listener would want the Victor stopped tef0*® r®£°^
half played - said had heard enough - there was no need of comparison,
the Edison was far ahead of anything ever heard of the kind.

Men all asked for Band selections - were told other
selections would be supplied as fast as possible.

Messrs. Hird and Leming were asked bb to prospects for delivery
of goods. They stated at present the delivery would be small and
slow, but that arrangements were started through the factory to get
an ultimate output of 6000 machines (both cylinder and disc types)
per week. That factory conditions always made it impossible to get
a large output of an article at first, but later on the delivery
would be better.

HR..DOEBEER called attention to fact that the $60 and $80 types of
Disc machines were not yet ready, and it would he sometime yet before
they could he supplied. That the higher priced types - $150. $200
or $250 were further advanced and could he furnished much quicker
and it was therefore desirable that orders he secured for same in
preference to cheaper types. He also called attention of salesmen to
matter of our not granting exclusive territory in any case, and he
sure not to make any such concession in arranging with dealers.

Attention was called to the fact that no $100 type of
Disc machine has been arranged for.

MR. IHETON spoke about the Blue Amberol records, and explained
delay in filling orderB, owing to large orders and factory condi¬
tions. He stated the advance fourth list of these goods would he
sent out in a few days, and shipment commence about February 1st.

The matter of again sending out advance sample cylinder
records to Jobbers wqb brought up, and the salesmen as a body said
to continue this plan, as it was moBt desirable, and -Jobbers would
order more liberally after hearing the samples, and have less chance
of loading up with undesirable and Unsalable selections.

DEMONSTRATIONS OP THE DISC.

At meeting of the salesmen this matter tob discussed
with following results:

MR. STANTON said he could get along without an advance agent. He
would look up the representative people through list of automobile
owners or blue book, and either visit them personally or call them
up on the phone and arrange for their seeing the machine and
hearing the reoordB, and in thiB way assure himself of enough
representation, and to satisfy any prospective dealer who was
doubtful about selling the goods. He claims that the hit and miBs
general invitation was not as likely to be effective, and that
general newspaper announcements, inviting everybody, only makeB
confusion.

MR. HOPE endorses same idea.

MR. SCOTT says he does not need an aBBiBtant, because he iB so
well known that he has already Btarted the DIbc off in good Bhape,
and that demonstrating is to be their fundamental selling plan.

Also that -special programmes is going to be adopted by the three
dealers in pangor just as soon as they can get records. A special
plan of attractive invitations or programmes is going to be in force
as soon as they are supplied with a sufficient number of records,
and that the dealers already established in Maine are anxiou* to
pursue same demontrating ideas.

1®. SKELTON , owing to the large number of Bmall tovmB in his
territory, thinks he could wofck faBter in demonstrating, and wantB
to carry it On for a while yet.

MR. CHEW > working in New York State? would like to try the
assistant demonstrator a little further.

Mr. Hag ancl Mr. Lister also stated they approved the plan of
Mr. Stanton as to further trial demonstration without an
assistant .

Edison General File Series

1912. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works (E-12-65)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the business of the Edison Phonograph Works. The selected items consist of
statements of earnings, expenses, and losses for 1910-1912, along with a
draft organizational chart.

Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been selected.
Letters of transmittal, meeting announcements, and routine correspondence
concerning financial matters have not been selected.

Basedow an estimated GroSs Prefit determined by
age of gross profit realized for the fiscal year

$224 ,557.73

lit determined hy using the

I

J

EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS

Edison General File Series
1912. Phonograph - Foreign (E-12-66)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the marketing of phonographs and recordings in Europe and the selection of
music, songs, and singers. Included is correspondence to and from Paul H.
Cromelin of the National Phonograph Co., Ltd., in London pertaining to the
shipment of music catalogs and trial records to West Orange. Other letters
between Cromelin and Edison discuss negotiations with tenor Giovanni
Martinelli and a demonstration of Edison's disc phonograph for tenor Jean de
Reszke. Several of Cromelin's letters from April 1912 bear the notation:
"Copy of letter presumably mailed on Titanic." There is also correspondence
by Thomas Graf of the Edison Gesellschaft in Berlin and by Humbert F. Tosi,
who was scouting operatic talent in Italy, Russia, and other countries and
hoping to establish an office in Milan to represent Edison. Also included are
a balance sheet for the Edison Gesellschaft; an agreement granting the sales
agency forthe Edison Business Phonograph in Switzerland to Hermann Moos
of Zurich; an agreement between Augustus M. Baldwin and his financial
backers regarding the sales agency of the National Phonograph Co. in China
and India; and a summary of capital shares of the Edison Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd., in which Edison held majority control.

Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists of duplicates, letters of transmittal, and publicity
material relating to singers.

10735.

EDISON- EESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. -

January 20th, 1912

Messrs. Thomas jY. Edison, Inc., ^ cA^**** * '

Klnetophone Studio, <\v^C ^

645 WyS* Str89t> (U

^ <o

Gentleman, fcJL****~"*\ ^7

I heg to acknowledge receipt Of your favour of the 20tl£ ult.,
contents of which have Indeed been very interesting to me.

I am very anxious to carry out at a near date some suggestions
Mr. Edison made; to demonstrate the invention to the court here and
in Vienna. Por this purpose we need not wait until we have re¬
cords with German text, because English is very well understood
and spoken at both courts. Perhape you will have soon an oppor¬
tunity to bring this up to Mr. Edison. I should like to know con¬
siderable time beforehand, when some advance demonstrations could
take place, in order that I can procure permission in time.

Thanking you for the lengthy and interesting information you
have given me, I beg to be,

Very truly Yours

Managing Director

y.UvM- V^jT

iOfteca

(Jb~> JLc

aJL>v\ -

'(//

~7 Rcoc-t'e ^-&s-

Ur. '7. H. Hiller: Seb* 1> 1912 1

I oncslose you herewith copies of agreements
with the various Austrian composers sent us oy Ur. Graf,
together with his letters ro luting to them. I assume you
will want to go over these ctrefully and perhaps confer with

National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

Edison Works

Willesden .Junction, London, N.W.

City Ofttc«*s & . . ms: afl.Clu.-kc-.woIt lio.i.l, C.C.

Edison Phonotjraphs & Rooords

...... not the ?:IC/LV’ February 3rd 191

Dear ”r. Edison,

In accordance with instructions from Hr. Dyer
indicating your Wishes I have had tests made of the voices of
a number of singers and the samples are being sent to Orange
for your examination.

Attached hereto is a memorandum showing name of singer
class and selection sung for test purposes.

Enclosed you will find some pres3 notices and par¬
ticulars of the artists whose tests are being forwarded.

I understand from Hr. Dyer you are seeking voices of
a certain quality having in mind their suitability for our work.

If you care to go a little more in detail as to what
particular characteristics you are seeking I may be able to
give you more intelligent assistance.

I want to oo-operate with and be of some real help
to you but feel as if we are groping over here and don't know
whether what we are sending is what you are after.

■lost of the singers whose work we are forwarding have
•been secured through the Imperial Concert Agency. Rome have
voices which are promising for our work. We have rejected many
and are only sending those along which in our opinion might

DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON DICTATING MACHII

Mr. Edison Contd._ Pape 2

possibly possess the quality you are seeking. Hone have known
a phonographic career.

Among those sent I might particularly invite your
attention to the following:

Mary Fielding . Dramatic Soprano. Promising for our work.

Phyllis Lett .Soprano. A hit nervous. Sang slightly off,
hut might he developed.

Winifred Lewis .Contralto. Very good indeed. Would prohahly
make an excellent addition to our list of Edison Singers.

Alfred Heather. Scotch Tenor. Very good for our work.
Hubert Eisdell. Tenor. Excellent.

Horman Williams . Pass Baritone. Very good.

Louise Sims Contralto. Good quality hut very nervous
during trial.

We will make additional shipments to you from time

Thomas A. Edison Esq. ,
Orange ,

HEW JERSEY.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

NAME OP SINGER CLASS

SELECTION

Gertrude Reynolds

Soprano "Oh Flower of all the World"
& Scale .

Mde. Mary Conly.

Mr. Bichard Ripley.
Mr. G Wynne Davies
Joseph Farrington
Miss Winifred Lewis
Mr. Fredk. Ranalow

Miss Phyllis Lett
Miss May Peters
Miss Jennie Taggart
Miss Mary Fielding
Miss Caroline Hatchard

Dramatic

Tenor

Tenor

Bass 3aritone.

Contralto
Bass Baritone.

Contralto

Contralto

Soprano

Dramatic

Soprano

"The auld Hoose". & Scale.
"Mother o' mine". & Scale.

"Thy Learning eyes". & Scale.
"Drake goes West".

"The Rosary" & Scale.

"Drink to me only"

& "The Crocodile".

"Lillies"

"On; the hanks of Allan water "
"Braw hraw lads " .

- "Sunshine & Rain"

'"Robin. Adair " . ".

These have already been forwarded.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

NAME OF SIHGER GLASS

SELECTION

Mr. Alfred Heather Tenor

Hr. Hubert Eisdell "

Mr. Julian Henry Baritone

Miss Christine Bywater . Soprano

Mr. Anderson Hi col Tenor

Mr. Alexander Webster Tenor

Bonnie Wee thing

"I know of two bright eyes"

& Scale

"I'm wearing awa' Jean"

& Scale

"If I built a World for you
& Scale.

"The fond kiss" & Scale
"Bonnie Wee thing" & Scale,

Mr. Albert Beresford Counter Tenor "Hefet me to-night in
Dreamland" & Scale.

Mr. if or man Williams Bass "The Wreck" & Scai

Miss Louise Sims. Contralto "Rest thee my dear one"

‘ . & Scale.

The above will be forwarded with the next shipment.

We have not yet received pa ticulars and Press notices
of the last three artists. They will be forwarded when
received.

PHC/tW

February 3rd 1912

KECOBD MAKING

Dear Mr. Dyer,

X duly received yours of Dec. 26th. advising me of
Mr. Edison's wishes to which I have given much thought and
study.

You will find enclosed copy of a letter I am sending
him to-day in accordance with your instructions and in com¬

pliance with his wishes.

As regards Bonci and Dani . Ho move has been made hy
me to endeavour to get them, Because of the confusion arising
out of conflicting instructions.

Dec. 14th. Hr. Miller wrote:

"Mr. Edison just now does not seem to think we
require any talent with reputation, and until he
changes his mind in thiB matter it aeemoalmost
useless to hid for talent. However, X think, at
the present time that it is just as well to dis¬
continue engaging artists until suoh ^ time as we
oan see our way clear as to when the new disc
will he placed on the market".

Dec. 22nd. he wrote among other things not to make
any overtures to either Bonci or Dani and concluded hy suggesting
that we call Ashton & Mitchell off. The general impression I
gathered was that it had about been concluded to call a halt

Mr. Dyer Contd. Page 2

until we knew a little mpre as to where we stood on the diso
proposition.

Deo. 26th. your letter with instructions about
seeking new and unknown talent generally confirms this, hut
nevertheless we are instructed to go ahead on deals with
Bonoi and Dani.

Just as we are about to move in this matter along
comes a letter from Mr. Miller dated Deo. 29th. stating he had
juBt received copy of yours to me of Deo. 26th. containing in¬
structions as to Bond and Dani and noting that they were
different from his own instructions he had written you suggest¬
ing that you countermand your instructions of Dec. 26th. He
concluded:

"I truBt you will do nothing until you hear from him".

Haturally I've done nothing, awaiting advices from
you countermanding former instructions. I suppose these have
not come to hand because of your absence, but I have not
answered any of the letters heretofore, expecting each mail
would bring me adviceB which would clear up the situation.

About Dyne and Harrold, my original instructions of
December 5th from you were to offer not more than $1,000
ten songs eaoh and not exceeding 20$ royalty. I was strongly of
the opinion that if I went about it right 1 might be able to
get these artists on an advance on account of royalty proposi¬
tion whioh in my judgment is infinitely to be preferred and
in every way better for the Company than to have to pay the
oash said a royalty. On suoh a' deal we merely make an advance

Mr. Dyer Contd. ?a<:o 3

which ia worked off as the reoorclo aro sold. If wo novor sell
tiny we tiro me roly out our ad van os . If v/a sell leaB than a
number whioh would equal por year at the percentage agreed
upon, our advance we are still to the good. If we sell enough
to yield the artiot something ovar hie advance he has had to
earn it and wo have hud the business. Of course such a deal
io not Quay hut thin is the kind to nuke whenever possible
viewed from the Company's standpoint. Such a deal should be
for as long a period tta possible. provided we don't have to
guarantee a yearly minimum income. Tho Artiot is entitled to
hie royalty u« the records aro sold settlements quarterly
romi-qnuailylpr annually as preferred. It is to hie interest
to add to his reportoire from time to time no an to increase
hie royalties, and it is of greatest importance to him that, he
singB perfectly and an many times an nay be required to insure
perfect recording. He is a partner in the enterprise io
interented in the solo of his records, becomes a boomer for
the Company and tv missionary in t.lio field.

How Hurrold tend Lynne are good long distance pro¬
position for us on this basis. They required minimum guaran¬
ties of #1.000 por year however,. I propose to work it, so we
would have the option of renewing and tie; them up for three or
f ivo ; years. If at any time we felt wo did not wish to retain
their exclusive oervioes wo could arrange VfoJ£ their release
and7 adjust the matter but meanwhile wo hiui them for us on What
in my opinion would be the best basis., Bbfoho deciding to do

this I personally attended two performances and heard them in
ftgoletto and luoia so aB to he sure of the correctness of the
oourse I was talcing.

Mr. Miller oahled Deo. 29th:

"Don't close with Harrold or Lyne for five years,

Wait for letter ",

and I dropped the matter.

When Mr. Miller's letter of December 29th confirm¬
ing the cable reaohed me the suggestion is made that X did not
seem to understand your cable of December 5th. I did, under¬
stand it. There was no doubt as. to your meaning*

Your cable indioated no term for the contract how¬
ever and I set about scheming how to get around the necessity
for paying them the sum named plus a royalty and thought I
had my negotiations well advanced with Hammerstein, one of the
shrewdest men in the buBineeB when the cable of Deo. 29th.
dame and all negotiations ceased.

Meanwhile Haabnerstein went to Amerioa and there ha*
been the subsequent Edison-Columbia negotiations on termB muoh
leas in the interest of the respective companies and the results
are still hanging fire and success in my opinion doubtful.

Personally if it goes through, it is the kind of
deal I want’ to advise against making in the future. X don't refe
to the matter of the Companies pooling their interests on the
Artist proposition for that might prove well worth while. But
the, idea of paying large sum* for promising artists and then
after we have given them their start, taught them the nice¬
ties; of recording so to »peak, leaving it possible for them to go

Ur. I>yar Contd. Page G

over to our competitors does not appeal to ne. In my opinion
tiio principle is radioully wrong. Oet thora tied up to the
longest possible torm, on the smallest possible oommittraont,
reserving all the options to the Company. You can't do it all
thu tino, hut it con frequently ha done.

I‘n tubing the liberty of panning those thoughts
along. Perhaps they don't represent the policy of the
Company and there may he reasons I know nothing of why they
might not fit in noil with its polioy.

I personally believe them sound and would like to
9 :e the Company ,(?ivo them consideration, when wo know where we
stand on tho ditto product and dooide upon our future polioy as
to new recording.

Hoping your wai
>tnd this finds you. in the

Prank L. T)ynr Esq, President,
Thomas a* Edison Ino.
ORANGE. H.ir.

ation haayboen of greatest benefit
best, of trim, :

Very truly •

National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

Edison. Works

Willesden .1 u nctio n, London, N AV.

CUvOmcoH * Showrooms, 35,Cl«rkonwoit Ro«,l,E.C.

Kdison Phonographs &

phc/lw

February 7th 1912

Thomas A. Edison Esq,
Orange. If, J .

Sunnier, le nt i ng former advices, you v/ill find attached
shoring additional trial records which we have made her
forwarding to you this week. These will go forward

with those we have formerly

made hut held here .

You will find press notices and particulars here¬

with of the following artists:

ilorman Williams
D'Aroy Vfoblven
Jackson Potter
Ivor V,1 alters
hiss Violet Elliott
11 Lillian Dillingham
" Laura Evans-Y/illiarns

Lari to lie
Bass Baritone
Tenor
Contralto
Soprano
Soprano .

I have yet to receive press notices from the

following:

Hughes Macklin
Miss Lily Fairney
Miss Janet Hemsley
Leon Fastovsky
Miss Louise Simms
Albert Beresford
These pa-'ti oulars \

Tenor
Contralto
Mezzo Soorano
Tenor

''Contralto

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

HAKE OF SIEGER

Hi sb Laura Evans Williams Soprano

D'Arcy Woollveri Baritone

Janet Hemsley He 220 Soprano

Hiss Lily Fairney Contralto

Just graduated, from Royal Academy.

Jackson Potter Bass Baritone

Promising for our work.

Lilian Dillingham Soprano

Hughes Hacklin Tenor

We've made one commercial record
of this party. Meet me to-night in
Dreamland. Will appear in June list.
He sings for us under the name of
Glandon Roberts.

Leon Fastovski Russian Tenor

Ivor Walters Tenor

Promising for us.

Violet Elliott Contralto

Tosti's Goodby & Scale

Sincerity & Scale

Rose in the Bud & Scale

An Emblem & Scale

I know a lovely garden

& Scale.

Annie Laurie & Scale.

Grey Eyes & Scale

For you alone & Scale.
Like Stars above & Scale

My Dear Soul & Scale.

• ffu*

jEDI5EIN‘EE5E LL5EH AFT M.B.H.

EDlSDN'PHnNDBRAPHEN u-HOLDBUSSWALZEN.
FRIEDR1CHSTR. 10.

ebruary 8th, 1912

Thomas A. Edison,

Edison Laboratory,
Orange

m «K

Lear Mr. Edison,

I heg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd ult.
I have written for complete catalogues to the largest music pu¬
blishing houses in Germany, Austria, St. Petersburg, Copenhague,
Stockholm and Kristiania, and will send you these in patches as
they come in.

Good second hand book firms, specializing in books of music

Anton Goll's Hachflg. , Musikverlag, Wollzeile,

Ludwig Doblinger, Musikverlag, I Lorothepg. , Vienna, Austria-
Karl Hofbauer , Musikverlag, X Karntner Str., Vienna, Austria
Hugo Kneppler, Musikverlag, I Habsburgerg. .Vienna, Austria
Bosworth & Co., Musikverlag, I Wollzeile, Vienna, Austria
Verlag Schuberthaus, I Elisabethstr. , Vienna, Austria
Bote & Bock, KSnigl. Hofmusikalienhandler , Leipzlger Str.

37, Berlin, Germany.

Other* to follow.

Very truly YourB

G.E.

Director

ED I5DN- EE5ELL5EHAFT M.H.H.

EDISON" PHIINIinRAPHEN u. HOLD BUSS WALZEN.
FRIEDRICHSTR. 10.

r/'Y/Ze

Thomas A. Edison Esq.

Edison Laboratory
Orange N. J.

Dear Mr. Edison,

I am sending you to-day under separate cover the first lot
of catalogues received; they are from the following music-publishers;
Edition Peters, Leipzig
Adolf Fuerstner, Berlin
Theaterverlag Ed. Bloch, Berlin
August Cranz, Leipzig.

Very truly yours

^ Co., Ltd.

/V^N * ' ' lidisoix Works

I J&rji. \ Willewden JiiTictio «i, Loiidon,?s.W.

JttZT* Kdisor* 1 ‘ 1 1 < » 1 1 < » « | r i 1 1 » 1 1 S .<• 1 1 y < • < c.r\

(^tiomai (1 Gliioiu / Ay

> A. Edison Bsq. , ■•fT® ' / , •>

Hxc^as A. Edison Ihcorportffcad^jQ 1/ /

Orange , 1T..T. *• [/ / /

Y/e enclose herewith copy of a letter addressed to Hr.

Y/alter Stevens, giving. partic ulars regarding two cases of Test

Hasters con tuning respectively, 20 & 17„ in accordance with the

details gi^plPn the attached list’s.;, . .

\{\ Yours truly, ;«•

M HATIOfFAI.- PHONOGRAPH C0HPA1Y I.TD. ,

Assistant General Manage

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

ju

Hr.

Dear Sir,

Wo e

shipment por

Ain'//i!KP.

3-vono, Hanago:c|g
A. Edison Ine^r
Orange, II. 1. '

9 tli Eehruary 1012.

ro tills day Handing to Messrs. T-urihffiu fc Moore for
g/s "Minnehaha" sailing on the 10th inst. , throe

cases marfcod

, T. _ A.

STI The. Orange ,

1I.J. , U.’i.A.

One of those cases contains too lantern illuminators which are
being forwarded hy Hr. Cromelin’s instructions, and in regard to
which ho will he writing further particulars.. She 0 filer two cases
contain respectively , 20 & 17 Test Master Ilecords made for Hr.
Edison.

We have instructed Honors. iAinham & Hoore to forward

direct to you:-

X. original uAading ,

2 Our invoice for Customs purposes Ko.6698 showing an
amount of £10.12.0.

We head you herewith: duplicate copy of this invoice,
and will forward you duplicate copy of BA^ing aa soon as we

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Ur, '."altar Gtovens;

receive this from Messrs. turiJjam & Moore. *

WO trust you will Have no difficulty in clearing the
shipment, and wo would ask yoi|jfp: forward soma to the factory.

Yours truly,

HATIOHAI. PH01I0GHAHT COMPANY LTD. ,

Diet. 8. 2.12.

Assistant General Manager.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

CONTENTS 03? CASE MARKED : -

JOE Mr. EDISON

ORANGE IT. J. , U.S.A.

Mr. Ivor V/alters.

I.Iioo Violet Elliott.
Miss Lilian Dillingham.
Hr. Hughes Macklin.
Miss Janet Heinsley.

Miss Lily Pairney.

Mr. Leon Eastovsky.
Hiss L. Evana-V/ilJ-iaras.
Mr. D’ Arcy V/oolven.

Mr. Jatkson Potter.

Tenor. Scale.

" Song.

Contralto. Scale.

" Song.

Soprano. Scale.

" Song.

Tenor. Scale.

" Song.

Mezzo Soprano. Scale.

11 11 Song-

Contralto. Scale.

" Song.

Tenor. Scale.

" Song.

Soprano. Scale.

11 Song.

Bass Baritone. Scale.

11 " Song.

Bass Baritone. Scale.
" 11 Song.

1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Ifester.
1 Master.
1 Master
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.

20 Masters.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

CONTENTS OE CASE MARKED : - T. A.

EOR Mr. EDISON.

E. Inc.

ORANGE. N.J. , U.S.A.

Mr. Alfred Heather.

Mr. Albert Beresford.

Mr. Hubert Eisdell.

Mr. Julian Henry.

Mr. Norman Williams.

Mr. Anderson Nicols.

Mr. Alexander debater.
Miss Louise Simms.

Miss Chris tine^Bywater.

Tenor. Song.

Counter Tenor. Song.

« " Scale.

Tenor. Song.

" Scale.

Baritone. Song.

11 Scale.

Bass. Song.

11 Scale.

Tenor. Song.

" Scale.

Tenor. Song.

» Scale.

Contralto. Song.

" Scale.

Soprano. Song.

" Scale.

1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master.
1 Master
1 Master.
1 Master.

17 Masters.

EDISON- GE5ELLSEHAFT M.B.H.

EDISDN-PHIINIIBRAPHEN U.BDLDBUSSWALZEN.
FRIEDRICHSTR. 10.

February 13th. 1912

Thomas A. Edison. Esq.

Edison Laboratory,

Dear Mr. Edison,

I am sending you to-day under separate cover a
further lot of catalogues received; they are from the following music-
publishers: :

Johann Andre in Offenbach
Fr. Kistner .Leipzig
C.F. Kahnt Machfolger Leipzig
Julius Hainauer, Breslau
Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig

Very truly Yours

K.

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PJIO/lAY Dob to ary 3rd 1912

Da ur Dr. Killer,

I have no vena letters from you Which remain un¬
answered and I hare not replied to them heretofor hoping to
receive later instructions from you or hr. Dyer or Kr. Sdison
which might clear tip the conflicting advices X have received
in regard to, the general subject of record -Hiking and in
regard to eert^dn artiste in particular.

1 am .sending you a copy of letter which is being
forwarded to Kr. 2dison in regard to certain trials wo have
made carrying out his wishes as indicated in hr. Dyer's letter
of December fcsth. • I am also writing a litter to '!r. Dyer in
regard to the whole general oubjoot copy of which I hand you
herewith. Same in self explanatory.

h'o advices have ever been received from !Ir. Dyer
countermanding his original instructions of December 23th. and
naturally I ihavo done nothing as regards Bonci and Duni pend¬
ing further! advicuc.

X an also awaiting response to mine cf December 18th
ashing for full and complete information au to how the general
matter of. boohingartists ias handled in the United Dtates

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Mr Hiller Contd Page 2

und indicating ray desire to know what the wishes of the Company
wore .

I pussod the word along to Ashton k Hltoholl on
receipt of yours of Doooraber 22nd and have had oovernl co A-
fercnoOB with hr. Booohi and a report from him as to his
various activities while in Italy and Spain. I have also
sought to obtain- his co-operation in the natter of getting
the test records hr. Edison requires, he feels, and X feol,
that in many instances it will he quite impossible to obtain
those tests, and that while v;o ura working to get them, we
may be losing opportunities to tie up artists of importance
who might get ovor to our competitors.

x.Ytras & HAimoLD.

By my letter to Vx. Ttyer you will see what I
wa3 driving at in the scheme I proposed for these artist-m
Meanwhile, there have been the negotiations jointly on behalf
of ourselvoB and the Columbia Company, but up to the present
time we have not been able to close. Hamraorotein is having
difficulty with the artiots themselves, and as he is entitled
to t)Of- of anything that they cot, the matter is in a moss.

Wo hope to bring it to a head sorno time boforo the clone of
nest we ok.

Word has boon passed along to tho Paris offioe to
negotiate with helna as per the authority given by Mr. Edison,
but tho contract is not actually closed yet.

Bocchi saw Dani in Italy and reported:

"I think this artist has a splendid voice and should bo se¬
cured. Would be willing to oing ten songs for £200".

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Mr. Millar Oontd. Pace ,3

In rognxd to Anaolai . I note by you r late advicoH that
we are likely to gat him for a limited number of selections.
Booohi hud Oft?J.od on him .prior to your advioen eugccating
that should he bo froo from hie oontraot with Pontipia
ho ohould accept ono with our Company. Anaolmi" taunted
Boo chi as not bo*®s the representative of cur Company, but
that ono rirucuoci had been to sac him wan : hti representative
for the hationiU. Phonograph Co. . bcoohi wan worked up over
the whole matter, and wanted to know about Brunaooi.

I told him that while I knew 3runaoci personally I did not
know that he was in any way connected either directly or
indirectly with cur Oonpany, ana would not believe that
he had boon cent evar hero to negotiate with artists on
our account without ay being informed in regard to the matter.

Vill you please advice no wind. relation Brunaoui has
to ub, and if it truo Unit he is our representative in such
negotiations arid ta» ho boon over oj) this side negotiating
on our behalf,

Bpcchi saw Garibaldi while on hie trip and reports
that dta in very much upset ha causa ho lias not rooivod another
Agreement and if m do not renew ho will aoccpt offers from
other Companies. }ie tuirhi:

"I think it io u great pity a b no doubts lie iB one
of the beet, tartlets in I'nly and tire principal
me*z6’rBoprai»tP wo have".

I merely poos thie along for what it is. worth.

If you have any wishes or any instructions in the matter please
let mo hear from you.

I quote below comment in regard to several artists

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Ur. Miller Contd Page 4

and. about other matters wliioh Booohi has made to mo for your
general information and any aotlon you may vrinh to take:

0. D'Avigny.

One of several artists who haa boon tied up a:>
clunively "by a German Company, the Polyphono . Is greatly
dissatisfied, and would he willing to accept £8 per nong.

Hari XHooininl.

Pupil of Do Giorgio. She would oome to Bondon to
record in .Tune , ton songe £00. 'fha protege of Mascagni will
do very well. Splendid voice.

Guv, fie Giorgio. Propone e to sing thirty pieces during two

yas.ro purely ancient music of classical compoaorn such as
Palestrina, Straddle, *tareailo, Pergolesi, Scorlatti,

Handel , Gluck, Cimoroso ao as to fora a sort of library
of songs which would ha suitable for religious communities
and oonnervatoros where lev.) songs ohansonettos and other
unsuitable music is not permitted and therefore the phonograph
is not in good repute . Shis idea would he a nor; departure.

He would uooopt £100 pe. year for two yoare contract, plus
oxpenr.es. 7'ocohi odds:

"I think this idea is a good one and should he
taken up as there iu no doubt that, it would ho :i
success and quite a novelty on.'juiully as Cav. do
Giorgio is the principal toucher of Homo and is
vrell acquainted with all the black aristocracy
and oould give ouch a push to those discs- that
they would isurely.be a groat success."

I have advised Booohi that X did’n" fool oorapotant.
to pans upon such a px'oposition, hut have requested him to
Bubnit a list of about tan or twelve selections such as ho
would nropooo to begin tho repertoire in question. Up to
nov/ ho hue not submitted the list.

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Hr Pillar Contd. Bage &

Anita. G.iaoo.'mmcoi . Oho would accept a contrast for throe,

years ton ccngo fox £60.

"Ii23 avondarful voice, and I foci sure i hat
this young soprano' will rise to the top of
the profauaion, mid in securing her at such
low terns the y.P. Co. will have a splendid
artist on their cooks. She sang for no in
Ro.no and j was delighted with her voice. As
a light soprano'.) she is moot charming *

Kraot iiacconi ■ Mould be willing to accept £60 for each
recitation for not less than five. To-day this party is the
<■<-/ principal artist in Italy and I can easily say that ho is

f** like fialvdrii. He is uppoaring in hew 'fork and will surely

«-K£ I

• he one of -tho big succeusuo.

Cav. Jjoniiini . 3Ie is said to he now free from Ibntibia
>vW»A. He ia the principal baritone at the Soalu l’heatro .fllun
and will be free on tho loth April, and would sing ten
songs for 5250. To secure hi"! would he advisable fron
all points.

Inoo gerrai'S. Soprano appeared with Bonoi at Constant! , Rome.
Created the part- of Sofia in the Cavaho della Rosa with great
success. Think she!. would bo a. good acquisition for the tT.P.Co.
She asks 600 francs por song not lean than ton.

Spanish' Music. If this intereutB tho K.P. 0. I havo neveral
artioto who have . assured me that they will give me the
exclusive rights for their composition. There arc alco a few
Bingorn who would, sing theoe compositions, among them I have
Pablo Buna who has given me tho rights of Molinoe de Viento
which ip at, prudent one of the most popular thing e in Spain.

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Mr. Millor Contd. Page 6

Hasoagni . H&ostro Mascagni would "be pleased to aocept a
oontraot with tho li.P. Co for the production of several disco
from tho Oporu "Jnabouu" £80 par dine, ifaecogni would
arrange a selection for each disc, and would give the
exclusive rights for "iBaboau" for Talking Mao3;ine v;o ri¬
te the V?.?.Co. Se artiste, we could have JCoralok as one
an r.ho is at proaent singing in the Opora and a fovr o thorn
to ha selected of whom Cav. Mc-niiii who is at present per¬
forming in "Isaboau" in Milan could he one.

Bo c chi adao:

"I know for a fact that that Gramophone Co. are trying
their utmost to have the rights of this opera hut for
reason or another Mascagni will not listen to then. I
fool sure T.hat if we could huvo tho exclusive rights
oi'aisaheau” no other company in the world could pro¬
duce the disco of ouch un opera and v/o should havo
great advantage. At first sight it oocme a little
expensive hut I still think that it would ho a
good advertisement and the hoot thing \7e oould do."

I put up to Bocohi tho point aa to whethor or not ho
would pay the price suggested if conditions wore reversed
and he owned cur Company, and got him to admit finally that
ho would not.

I asked hi” how high he would go to secure the
exclusive phenographio righto, and ho suggested that about
£;.00 would ho well worth while. I told him to ooo what
ho could do along this line end let me know as we would
give further consideration to the ouhjoot .

I huvo no comment or. rocoramandation to make
further in respect to the various mat ars which Bocehi

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Mr. Miller Contd. Page 7

has brought to our attention, 'but await your instructions.

Of course, at the present time it io out of the
question for vis to obtain sample test, records of these
singers for most of then are in Spain or Italy, and we
have no one available for the purpose of coin? out to got
the tests nor have we the machine.

I don't understand that if the artist is well
recommended and wo are sure of biiriposition, Hr. Edison would
insist upon having the sample test records before anything
could bo done. If he did, I should consider thio most
unfortunate for I would lihe to feel that When I am ab¬
solutely satisfied as to the importance of or wisdom of'
a deal, wo could close tentatively and not run the chance
of losing the opportunity because of the long delays incident
to shipping samples to America.

Moping to obtain full and complete instructions
at an early date, and with best personal regards, I an,

Very truly youra,^ // \

/ -■

■ -Han gintXpirectoxh^^

T/.H. Hiller Eeq, Uanager,

He cording Department,

Thomas A. Edison Ino.

59/83 Jilfth Avenue,
MEW YOBK.

EDI5I1N-EE5ELL5EHAFT M.H.H.

EDISHN-PHONnERAPHEK u-BBLDBUSSWALZEN.

PR I ED R ICHSTR. 10.

'del/e/H' February 14th. 1912

Thomas A. Edison. Esq.
Edison Laboratory
Orange, N. J.

Dear Mr. Edison, , ,, .

Youreceive to-day under separate cover the cata¬
logues from the following music-publishers:

Oluf By's Musikhandel, Kristiania
Norsk Musikforlag Kristinia
Abr. Lundquists Musik Forlag Stockholm
Elkan & Schildknechts Musik Forlag Stockholm
Schuberthaus, Georg Lewy.Wien.

Iry truly Yours

National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

Edison. Works

Willesden J unction, London, N.W.

Kdison Phonographs & Rcicords bui

the PIICAv; February lHfe 1912

nas A. Ed i sen Esq,
0P.A1TC-E. h.'j.

Dear

Supplementing for' -er

I band you herewi

-ress no tices and particulars rala- ive

following

artists, trial records of whom

hiss lily Fairney
Jiiss Janet Hemslev
leon Fastovsky
Huglies Hacklin

This completes

: been forwarded to you:
Contralto .

Tenor .

Tenor .

about all the artists whose records have beer, forwarded to you

with the following exceptions:

Albert Bereeford Counter Tenor.

V.'e have no press'” notices of this artist and the o'ly
information I can give you is that he is at pr sent tour¬
ing the British "usio halls in the Provinces with a troupe
called "Dare's Minstrels ".

February P.1, 1912,

Mr, Paul II. Croraolin,

£ national Phonograph Co. Ltd. ,

Killosden Junction,

London, II. K. Kngland.

I.-ear Mr. Croraelin:

I£r. Ldlson has finked me to write
to yon enclosing Mb comments on the test rocords
you have recently sent hire. At the sane time ho
desires me to call your attention to the fact
that the scales as sung by your singers are not
quite what he wants, as they do not bring out
somo thingB he is looking for. I an working
with him on the subject here at the laboratory,
and at his request X am enclosing an example of
tho arpeggios that we require of all singers who
come hero. lie ask. sopranos, contraltos, tenors,
and baritones to start on tho middle C, and go
up half a tone at a time, taking the arpeggio for
eaoh tono, until they roach the highest note of
their respective ranges.

If the voice indicates a rich¬
ness in the lower register, wo frequently start
again at tho middle C, taking the arpeggios, hut
descending half a tone at a time.

Kith a hass, we start at his
lowest tone, taking the arpeggios, upward until
he reachos the limit of his range.

In eaoh case we have each
arpeggio sung in one hreath on the word "lo",
and have it Bung smoothly, or, musically expressed,
legato. Tho roo$ronorae indication is intended to
be approximate. If the arpeggios are done too
swiftly dofects in sustaining noteB are slurred

Mr. Paul H. Ororaolin,
page

Foh. 21, 1912.

you.

trusting that thiH will all ho clear to
I ronain.

Yourn Tory truly.

Enc.

on—

ED ISDN - EE5ELL5EHAFT M.ej.h.

EDISON' PH UNOQRAFHEN u.QOLDQUSSWALZEN.
FRIE0RICHSTR.10.

4<f. February 22nd. ID 12

■t&.h

Dear Mr. Edison,

You receive to-day under separate cover
following music-publishers:

Adolf Robitschek, Leipzig & V/ien
Wilhelm Hansen's Musik-Forlag, Kopenhagen

the catalogues from the

Nordidk Musik-Forlag, Kopenhagen
Skandinavisk Musikforlag, Kopenhagen
Peaer Friis' Musik-Forlag Kopenliagen.

Very truly yours

K.

Thomas A. Edison Esq.

Edison Laboratory,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Mr, Edison,

I beg to 3end you under separate
from the following music-publishers
Ziurneraann, St. Petersburg,

Gutheil, Moskau,

'!!. Bessel & Co. St. Petersburg
Leopas, St. Petersburg
Max Brockhaus, Leipzig.

cover a further lot of catalogues

Very truly Yours

K.

THOMAS A. EDISON, Incorporated

'jyxju^p

Pet.

27, 1912.

Hr. Walter H. Miller,

Recording Department,

Sew York.

Dear Sir:

*r. Cronolin write. » 16 "°ie “ l0,*° '

»P the ..tj.ct Ot Contract. '•■«» «“““ ““ jm

„„a I have written to M» »"„»»>»“ .t cron. pirpooeo. I
tore written hie, to-ow to correspond always with yen
to thoee natters. oo that Jon will Know otoctlp whot ie horns
done. ilheroyer nooossery, ploooo consult with Jr. Euroon
or with ne on any leottor that yon wish adrioo, «nd send

no ooploa ot letters yon write hr. Oroneim so that I way he
kept advised of the situation.

Yours very truly.

PIB/ITO

Pro siaent.

Hos. 46628 & 46734 t F v /

/\C n February 28th, 1912.

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acetylene lanys.

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tory, and advise Ur. Edison when delivered.

will he Glad to oarry out any instructions which are

the =...„ JS^tr^SSS? ns meksw

Mr. Edison.

We have actoowledsed Mr. Oromelln-s letter advising that the
matter up with him direct, if necessary.

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Bear I5r. Cromraelin:-

I want to make my views clear fh out the making of
records by Opera Singers.

Wien one of these singers is going to make a record
for us we are given a list of the songs representing his or her
repertoire. Among these. I have frequently found there are many
which consist largely of recitative, or else they are nuoh se¬
lections as, when sung on the stage, are successful because they
are accompanied by dramatic action.

How, in the phonograph, the music comes out of a
hole, and therefore it appeals only to the ear and to the emotions,
unassisted in the slightest degree by the eye. Honce, the song
must of itself contain the elements of beautiful and melodious
music, and must appeal solely to the ear and to the heart.
Recitative, as UBed in operatic music, is largely a musical de¬
vice to introduoo a speaking part which carries part of tho plot,
and as a rule it is accompanied hy dramatic action and, as music,
is not especially interesting, therefore, when it comes out of
a hole, the listener cannot grasp the true relation to the con¬
text, and as recitative is not usually of a melodious nature, it
becomes a bore to the hearer of phonographically reproduced music.

How, in regard to other oper&tic songs, there are

(jj) liar. Oth, 191?..

many that are chosen hy singers largely on account of aramntio
possibilities of the ransio and which nay show off their voices
to particular advantage, although such songs are not especially
notable for distinct melody. While these songs nay repro¬
duce well in the phonograph and nay be admired by a few musical
enthusiasts who may be regarded as "cranks", they are not the
kind that produce the general impression which makes for large
sales of records. There in.no doubt, a respectable number of
people who really like this class of songs, but the vast majori¬
ty of persons enjoy and buy records of songs which have such
a distinct and beautiful melody that a satisfactory recollection
of the song remains in the mind. The operas of Bellini, Donizetti,
Rosini and Verdi, for instance, have many Buoh arias, as you know,
and their popularity never dies.

I am sure there must be a groat number of melodious
songs in existence, ana I have purchased about 100 complete vocal
scores of operas, well known ana otherwise, and am going through
thorn personally, with the aid of a skilled musician, and expect
to select quite a respectable list of available numbers which
we can use to advantage. 1 have done considerable work on this
already, and shall continue the investigation When 1 return from
Florida in about a month. When we engage singers to sing for
us 1 expect to examine their repertoire myself, get the music
of any selections unknown to me and have them played and i-ung
to enable me to judge as to their fitness for the phonograph.

Yours very truly.

tae/es

National Phonograph Co.Xtd.

Edison Works

Willesden J u nctio n, London, N.W.

City OfficnK A Showroom*! 25,Cl«rkc»woli RoiUl.E.C.

Edison Phonotjraphs & Records

PHC/ttY ^ ^ _ : larch ath 1912

Dear "r. Edison,

Attached hereto is a list of Catalogues I am for¬
warding to you ir. compliance with your request of January 2
.'lore will follow fro ’ time to time. With the lot, are sene
have received from second hand shops /nut in most of the ?us
Publishers daces they say they do not keep any old Catalog
of any description. „ew '/usic is always hoinr added to the
stock, and as the new catalogue is '"rought out, all the old
Catalogues are destroyed, as they are of no use and only ta

DICTATED TO AND

TRANSCRIBED FROM

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

LIST OP VC8ICAL CATAL0OTS8, CIRCULARS, VtC»

Itereh Bth 1»18»

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

tmmBR LIMITED. 198 Regent Street. T.

Organ Uuie.

Uuaio for String Inatrunonta.

• ■ •

Patera1 Edition, Horelties 1911.

Theaimatic Mat of now auooeaaful aoaga by Evelyn A ah.

Compositions by Harry Targe on.

Recent Publications.

Augener'a Edition of Vooal Uuaie.

" " Pianoforte uuaie.

■ " Organ Uuaie.

Pianoforte Uuaie.

Uuaio for String Inatruaenta.

Uodera Organ Conpoaera.

Inatrumental Uuaie.

afimnmPKRO HOPIOCD & CHET ITS. . 16 Uortimer Street. U.

Special List of Uuaio.

Aaoherberg's new and popular aonga; Thermatio List Ho.l.

Speeial List of new Uuaie.

The Musical House.

■RAYT.TEY A TKROPSOH. 2 great Marlborough Street. T.

Catalogue of Uuaio for Chur oh Choirs, Musical Associations, fto.

BROOME. T.H. « 15 Holborn. E.C.

Price Liat of Uuaie.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

BHEITKOPJ & HARTKL. 64 Sr eat v.^Thorn»fih Street. W.

Joh. Sol}. Bach, Complete Yorks.

List of Orohestral Studies for various instruments.

. • " ■ • •

Richard Strauss; a complete list of his Compositions.

Claude Debussy} “ "

Granville Bantook; * *

Jean Sibelius; Compositions.

Prederi ok Delius; a complete list of his Publications.

Bthel Smyth .

Breitkopf * Hartel’s Popular Bdition of Classical and Modern
Music 1918.

Musio for Mind Instruments.

» ■ •

Catalogue of Chamber Musio.

Orohestral Music and complete list of Miniature Scores.
Catalogue of Organ and Harmonium Musio.

Catalogue of Music for Mind Instruments.

Inexpensive Editions of Wagner’s Works.

List of miniature soores.

Conrad Kuhnerl teaohing material for t* • pianoforte.
Universal Bdition (cover missing)

Orohestral Music by Russian Composers.

Modern Russian Musio.

Modern Russian Pianoforte Music.

Photo Post Cards of Musical Celebrities.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

nnnfigf & GO., MB Regent

Royal Albert Hall; Grand ItXA Jwtiwnl*

Standard and Popular Songa and Dueta.

Imperial Sdition of Song Books and Rhythmic Series.
Albuma and UiaoeUanaoua Volumes of Songa.

CaTondiah Xueio Books.

• ■

Royal Sdition of Song Booka and Operatic Albums.
Catalogue of Oroheatral and other Inatrumental Muaic.
Uuaioal Cabinet, Sacred Uuaioal Cabinet, Ac.

Booaey ' a Hew and Popular Songa.

. 24 Barnare Street. T.

Monthly Bulletin ond Hot °t *»•*« '» “■»•

Modem British Conponltiono roprotontod in Oomon't Blot.
Specimen Pagea of Sacred Songa and Dueta.

Curwen'a Sena' Voiea Susie.

Recent Kuaio.

Action Songa for Sohool Concerts.
Xqual Voice Choruaaa.

Litolff Sdition} Hat of Horaltiaa 1918#
Snook' a Pianoforte and Toeal Xagaalnaa.
Catalogue of Muaio*. Pari X, Vooal.

• a Part 2, Instrumental.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

VRSTTCIB DAV * l*gj

Order Sheet.

0.W « — * ^ “a pi““,ort- J“'w'

Catalogue of no.lool Publication., *o.

Sixpenny Popular Iditions.

pMwiiR fc SOP. Henman Street. Ptooadilly Clrousi.J*

Sew Conoert end Entr'acte Music.

t »<«-, ~ SBUssafe Siissi^-

Music Students Handy Boole*

The Choristers Companion.

Met of Hew end Popular Publications.

Lffig. * x* SSS. QgSSl SS£a«x2>

— • svsbsx nar of IU*lia ,,r‘°8"

..»»■ * Mi, V- —* *-S‘

statute ftuot MU *"

-y™ a CO., g. "Hf*

Catalogue Of <•..>•> *— *• T°“1

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

T.TEWfnrrng & CO.. ALPHKD. 14 Berners Street. W.

Thematic List of Pianoforte Pieoea in the easier grades.

The PoethumouB Works of Anton Dvorak.

Augener's Edition of Classical and Modern Music.

Peters' Edition; Royalties 19X1.

Lengniok Edition, a new oheap edition of Standard Pianoforte Pieoes.
Muaioal Eovelties, 1912.

Catalogue of Pianoforte Music. -
Popular Pianoforte Compositions by Rudolf Priml.
Alphabetical, Register of all vocal music by Johannes Brahma.
Simrook's Liederperlen.

a a

Catalogue of Violin &o. Music.

" Pianoforte Music.

• Organ Music.

* Songs, Duets, and Vocal Exercises.

MBTZUSR ft CO. (1909) DTD,. 42 great Marlborough Street. W.

Metzler's Mastersongs; Sohubert.

Sunturun.

Orchestral Journal of Danoe Music.

Bizet's "Carmen".

List of newest and most popular Publications.

PRICK & HEaroDDB. AS High Street. Eew Oxford Street. W.C.

Sixpenny Series, Imperial Eovelties.

Sixpenny Series of Popular Songs, Eovelty Dances, fto.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

wTftMTOI & CO- - a.. 268 ""fi""* Street.

.Mw .«««. Of ««.™ ■»»**•

M 3..,. *« «*->•. “a T

Important Text Book. for
Pianoforte Primer By Theme. B. S*ott*

Bupplemento All* Appendlce del Catalogo General..

twevtTOLDB fr no.. 15 Hamer. Street. W.

Humourou. Sons* tor the Drwring Room.

Sixpenny Thermatic Wet of Hupourous Songs, *e.

RfTHOTT ft CQT| IS1? Regent 8treett3

Great Hippodrome Suooe.e By Beo Pall.

Thermatic Bi.t of Popular Violin and Pianoforte «u.ic. Part 1.
m a Pianoforte Ku.iO| Ho.l.

The Beat Pari. Walt.es.

Thermatic Catalogue of Song, and BalUd..
Peter.' Edition, *®T.ltie. 19U.

Music for Wind Instruments.

Richard Wagner mew miniature full score..
Catalogue of Richard Wagner's Works.

Select List cf new and popular instrumental
Composition. By the late Al«. Ouilmant.

vocal puBlioations.

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Thematic Catalogue of new and fashionable waltzeu.

. . a Characteristic Pianoforte pieces,

graded for teaching purposes.

TTunmT MUSIC CO. HD.- go Berners Street^ W.

Catalogue of Part Songs, Cantatas, and Operettas.

Theoretical Tories and Music Text Books.

Catalogue of Music.

The Organ loft.

Thematic list of Pianoforte Musio.
a " Organ Pieoes.

PeacriptiTe Catalogue of the varoou. Muaical Text Book, and Manuals.

wnr uTT.ggR MUSIC CO.. 100 Charlnp Cross Road. TtC.

Popular Sixpenny Xdition.

WTT.T.TMIR 1TD.. J., 52 great Portland Street. W«

Catalogue of Musio, String and Mind.

a « Organ and Harmonium.

Humourous Songs and light comic numbers, Duets, Part Songs, &o.
DcscriptiTe Catalogue of Imperial Iducational Work. on Music.

The Berners Idition of Standard and Operatic Work, by eminent
o composers.

A Circular.

Thematic list of popular Orchestral Pieces.

A Catalogue (oorer missing)

Mew and popular publications 1912 Voice and Pianoforte.

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March. 15 th JUO.2

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Contralto

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Baritone

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The Rosary & Scale
Hearer My C-od to Thee .

'''other's Prayers
My Dear Soul '& Scale .
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’ you Calling Me

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I Know Twc
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Cavaleria £; Scale

Australian Quartette
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(late of Carl Rosa & Moody Manner's Opei
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Miss lydia Care Contralto

(Member of Australian Quartette}

St Paul's Cathedral Choir.

Madrigal from "ihado.

I Dreamt I Dwelt in
Marble Halls,
i Companys also lond.on

0 Dry Those Tears & Scale

God is A Spirit.

National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

Edison Works

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Edison lMionotjraphs & Records

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Hr. Walter H. Hiller:

Regarding Mr. Croraolln's letter to
you of the 8th inst., suggesting the nuking 01 a new
record of Adeste Fidelia" end the German record "Stills
Haoht , Hoiligs Uaoht" . I think both of those are good aug-
.cations and that these records should ho made unless the:
is some definite reason to the contrary.

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National Phonograph Co.Xtd.

Edison. Works

Willesden Junction, London, N.W.

i Phonographs & 1'

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Oopy of lottsr presumably mailed

V/. H. Millor Esq., Manager.

Bo cording Department ,

Thos. A. Edison, Ino.,
Orango, II. J.

Boar .dr . Hiller,

In going through sorao old corrospondonoe I have come
across yours of Oat: 155th and Got: 17th. I am under tho impression
that on a rido over from your office to tho staamor, last iiovambor,

I verbally answered the various questions which you enquired about.
But in view of the fact that the Aot will go into effect on July
1st of this year, I an posting along a few particulars In ropard to
tho samo, which may bo hejhpful to you.

Musical worls published after
oomraonoomont of the Aot.

Before Dialing any mechanical reproduction of uoh a worl,
tho company desiring to mnlo tho same must obtain tho consent or
acquiescence of tho copyright ownor, provided that tho worl has not
been previously made by any othor person or persons with tho consent
or acquiescence of such owner; and in the event that tho musioal
worl has boon previously made by or with tho consent or aorniosoenoo
of tho owner of the oopyright, it is incumbent upon tho company to
give notioe of it’s intontion to male the contrivance, and to pay
in suoh a manner as is proscribed by rules and regulations to bo

DICTATED TO A

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W.H. Miller Eso_., (s)

made by the Board of frado to or for tbs bonofit of tho owner of
tbo copyright, royalties as follows:

For all rooords sold within two years al’tor the

For all roooi'dc sold after July 1st 1914, 5,^ of tho
ordinary retail selling price.

i'ho minimum royalty on any one roaord is to bo in no
oaso ] ess than one halfpenny for eacn sepmrato mu^ioal worj. in
whioh copyright subsists reproduood thereon, and whoro tho
royalty calculated inoludoc the fraction of a fnrtning, sue
fraction is to bo rookoneu as a j.artning.

fho company using the musical work is not authorised to
male any alteration in or omissions from such wort, unless the author
has permitted or acquiesced in the reproduction cf the wort previous¬
ly with alterations and omissions, or unless such alterations or
omissions are reasonably accessary i'o. ,_«la;iing ..i„e vorJ

record . Musical works published before tho

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If any records have boon made or placed on oalo before
July 1st 1910 of a work in which copyright still suocisto no
royalties aro to be payable in respoot of such records which are
sold before July 1st 1913. In other words, wo are to bo given
until July 1st 1913 to oloar up our old stock of rewords of
selections in which copyright still rims. As rospeots other
musical copyrighted selections, whether published either before the
1st day of July 1910 or between that date and the date the Aot goes into
offoot, July 1st 1912, royalties will havo to bo paid on all rooords
sold aftor July 1st 1912, the rate to he Z'/Z’t of tho ordinary retail
selling price. It will bo observed

W.H. Mlllor Esq. (3)

that as roBpeots all of those selections published before the
commencement of the Act the rato is always to remain 2'/zl> and
is not to bo increased to July 1st 1914.

In regard to suoh works it is not necessary to obtain
the consent or acquiosoonce of tho owner. V/o are freo to use any
suoh works at any time v/ithour making applioation for permission
to do so, and tho restrictions as to alterations and omissions
aro not ayn-lioablo in regard to workB published before tho Act
goes into effect.

International Copyright.

Hio benefits of the British Act are extended to oitizons
of foreign countries by the King acting through and by his Privy
Council. The extension of the rights to such foreigners is done by
what is called an Order in Council. Up to the present time no Order
in Council has been mode, at least no order effecting the operation
of tho law in its relation to mechanical musical instruments.

Paragraph E of sub-clause 7 clause 19 of tho Bill provides
that tho right in respect to the making of records, perforated rolls,
eto., oonforrod by an Order in Council relating to a foreign country
shall be limitod specifically to tho extent stated by suoh Order in
Council.

Until tho Orders in Council have been mado and issued,
we will not know to what extent the mechanical reproducer rights
jnay be conferred upon the citizens of foreign oountries as respects
old works, but for the time being tho only selections on which
tho owners will bo entitled to demand oopyrlght foes on

XI. H. Minor Esq., (4)

July lot 1918 aro those of British authors and composers. Erom time
to time as Orders in Council aro issued and wo aro advised, wo will
lot you know.

Erom the commencement of tho Aot, records, perforated rolls,
and other contrivances hy moans of which sounds may ho mechanically
reproducod, shall ho oonsidorod oopyrightablo property entitled to
full protection of the law for fifty years from tho mal-an- of the
original Plato, and the Act is mdo retro-active so as to extend to
records which wore made prior to tho commencement of tho same, the
person who at the commencement of tho Aot is tho owner of tho
original plate or matrix being considered the first owner of tho
copyright, provision being made however so that no duplicate
(dubbed) records shall he construed as having copyright conferred
upon same. It will be much observed that the Act protects tho
person w£o mates an original record hereafter from unlawful
duplication of the same, at the same time protecting the owners of
existing matrices.

Eor your furthur information, tho Board of Trade referred
to from time to time in the Bri4*Ah Act is a government department,
the head of tho Board of Trade Being a member of tho Cabinet. VTe
have not anything corresponding to tho British Board of Trade in
our American practice, the nearest approach to some boing tho
department of Commerce and labour, although that Department has
not anything like the broad powers that tho British Board of Trade

has.

r. H. Hiller Esq

2hs Orders in Council raffered to, aro acts of an
advisory body Inovm s tho irlvy Council, v,hich advisas the Eing
on all matters requiring action, acpooially in relation to fore if
countries, other than such an action as v/ould require a special

National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

Edison. Works

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City" Offices A Sliowrooms! 25,Clorkenwell Rood.,E.C.

Kdison Phonographs & Records

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- - April~Sth 1018-r-

Oorty of lot tor •prasuiaahly rsailod oa fltanlo.

Hr. Waltor II. Hiller, li-napor,
lieoordinp PopartEont ,
79-05 Fifth .'iven.ua.

l>oar Hr. Hiller,

I duly rooeivod yours of torch 21st, in rerard

to

various singers.

iiow that tho Fonotipia Oontraot has boon filsoolved
hy mutual consent , what Is our position as ropardc any singers Who
w.y nov/ t,0 working on an old Oontraot vrith thorn, and in whom wo ray
ho interested? For osnmplo, if mo could mrto a oontraot with Bani
to go into offoct at tho conclusion of his arrangoroont v/ith
Fonotipia. would you wish us to uo so. or to talo any otora along
thoso linos?

I noto that yon holiovo that tho ncoasaary arrange -
rants have boon ma*o v/ith Annolni, and will ho glad to ho advised
as soon as tho oontraot is signed, and have a oopy forwarded horo.

■l'hero is nothing now in tho ilhrrold Lyno cat tor, and
in viovr of tho oontonts of your lottor of torch 8th, indicating
Hr. Edison’s viows wo Iwe not pushod the negotiations. Had wo oon-
oludod an Agreement with HBrrold hy which wo would have to pay
him in advance of hie singing, it w..a our intention to have Lloyds

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Edison Works

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Ci^OWcos & Showrooms: 25,CloA«iwell Road.E.C.

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0o-,-,y of letter -presumably mailed on 'Jitanjio.

Hr. Walter H. Killer, Uameov,

Ko o o rfi inf? iorai' t znont ,

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VU-US 1’ifth .vVOiiao,
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Boar : r. Mil lor.

Yours of March Both, as ropar

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mat, tar has 3«st oomo io bane.

:.b ailviBofl in Kino of iiaroh 11th. wo would not thin!
of r-oinp into any deal with Kiriby if it had to do with Cylinders only.

and tho principal ruirroso of my lotoer wuo to aooortain from you if
poaoiblo what tho intentions v:oro in regard to going ahead with a

British list of Disc Motors.

1 note th vt you nro quite oortain instructions will
bo pivon to po ahead on each a Hat within tho next too months, and
this will bo a pnido for no in oonnootion with deals wo nay have with
local talent. Per the tine ho top tho deal with Kirl-by is off, and
aovoral of tho lording firms are now endeavouring to pot him to

agree to stop only for records which have a recognised position and
not to po on the Biso Bocords soiling for ons shilling am one shilling
and sixpence. A similar deal was attomptod withjilly VXUAam, but
so far without duooosb. ^

JD TRANSCRIBED

N National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

!| \ Edison Works

Willesden Junction.London.N.W.

Attached hereto is a list of Publishers
whose Catalogues we have collected and are forwarding to
you.

These together with those already sent to
you inolude the most important Publishers in the United

DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED FROM T

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PUBLISHERS TOOK TOOK CATALOGUES HAVE BEEfI RECEIVED*

x/ Allan & Son, D.S.

32 Granville Street (West), Glasgow.

v/ Augener ltd*

199 Regent Street, London, tf.

\/ Agate & Co,

18 Poland Street, London, W.

/ Badh & Co*

139 Oxford Street, London, W.

V Barnett, T,H,

48 Mortimer Street, London, R.

v/ Beal Stuttard & Co.

231 Oxford Street, London, H.

V Breitkopf & Harfcel

54 Great Marlborough Street, vr.

Boooey & Co.

295 Regent Street, London, V.

\/ Brookfield, Thoe.

Chester Road, Southport.

y Bnyley & EerguBon

2 Great Marlborough Street, London, 1

y Blanchard, G.B.

44 Do eebury Street, Hull.

y Bdwennan & Co.

43 Poland Street, London, H.

‘''Blackburn & Co.

'S Broadbent, John

73 Earringdon Street, London, E* C.

s~ <Py tUcd «£*•, i t^L.

5 Claremont Avenue, Leeds.

y Cassell & Co. ltd.

La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.

V craaer & Co. Ltd., J.B.

124 Oxford Street, London, V.

y Clowes & Sons Ltd. ,

23 Cook spur Street, London, W.

v/Culley, Robert

26 Pater neater Row, London, E.C.

S Collard Houtrie

50 Southampton Row, London, V?»C.

✓ Cross, Percy J.

10 St. Peters Square, Manchester.

V Carey & Co.

Oxford Circus Avenue, London, W.

/ Chanot & Sons, E.W.

5 Soho Street, London, "ST.

y Cranz & Co.

13 Berners Street, London, W.

y Chappell & Co.

50 Hew Bond Street, London, V.

y Clifford Essex Co. -

15a Grafton Credoent, Bond Street,
London, V,

v/ Church Co. , John

N 45 wigmore Street, London, W.

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j/ Craig, Thomas
\/'Curwen & Son a Ltd*, J.
v/ Cammeyer Muaic Co.

«✓ Dallas & Sons, J.E.

S Dawson, W.

•/ Duff Sbnart & Co.

'/Evans & Co.
x/EUcin & Co. Ltd.

/Evette & Schaefer (Hays &
v' Enoch & Sons
</ Porsyth Bros. Ltd.

*/ Peldman & Co.

«/ El etcher & Sons, W.J.

/ Graham & Black
/ Glen, David
/ Gould & Co.
v'' Hammond & Co. , A*

/ Harrison & Co., E.

1/ Kawkea & Son
/Hays, Alfred
v/ Hughes & Son
V Burnt & Co. , P.

/ Hammond & Wright Ltd.

Hollander, B.

-v Jones, Stanley
S Kohler & Son, X.

■V Kerr, James S,

363 George Street, Aberdeen.

24 BernerB Street, London, W.

97a Jermyn Street, London, SW.

415 Strand, London, W.C.

23 White Hook Street, Liverpool.

13 Little Marlborough Street, W.

24 Castle Street, London, V/.

8 Beak Street, Regent Street, London W.
Co) 26 Old Bond Street, London, W.

14 Great Marlborough Street, W.

26 Great Titohfield Street, London, W.
2/3 Arthur Street, London, W.C.

100 Bishop agate Street Without,

London, E, C.

10 Hewman St. , Oxford St. , London, W.

6 Green side Plane, Edinburgh.

25 Poland Street, London, W.

6 Kingley St. , Regent St. , London, W.
Halifax.

Denman St. , Piooadilly CirouD, London V

26 Old Bond Street, London, W.

Wrexham.

6 Great Marlborough Street, W.

18 Pall Mall, Henley, Stoke-on-Trent*

10 Kewmon Street, London, W.

6/7 Hew Arcade, Herwport.

101 Lei|h Street, Edinburgh.

314 Paisley Road, Glasgow.

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3.

-/Lafleur & Sons
i/Lengniolc & Co., Alfred
V Lawrence Wright & Co,
v/ London Publishing Stores Ltd,
s/ Linwood
>y Laudy & Co.
v/netzler & Co. Ltd,

/ Methven Simpson Ltd,

^ Harch-Cady Publi shine Co.

✓" Marshall Bros, Ltd.

Z Horley & Co. , W.
y Murdochs Ltd.
y uilsom & Sons Wd, , C.
y Moore Etaith & Co.

✓ Musioal Kail Office
y Hovello & Co.
y Oliver & Co. , Alfred
v/ Opus 7iusic Co.
v/ Price & Reynolds
>/ Pohlmann & Son

✓ Parlane, J & R
y Partridge & Co.

/ Phillips & Page

✓ Pitman Hart & Co., P.

/ Paterson & Sons

✓ Rutter & Co.

/ Reeves, ^n.

✓ Rudall Carta & Co. Ltd.

147 Warwour Street , London, W.

14 Berners Street, London, W.

29 Conduit Street, Leicester.

22 London Street, London, E.C.

Eastwood, Notts.

86 Newman Street, London, W.

42 Great Marlborough St., London, W.

22 Reform- Street, Dundee.

16 St. Indies Walk, Clerkenwell, London,
47 Paternoster Row, London, E. C.

6 Great Portland Street, W.

461 Oxford Street, London, W.

15 Milsom Street, Bath.

19 Hanover Square, London, W.

161 Trongate, Glasgow.

160 Wardour Street, London, W.

82 Wroughton Road, London, E.W.

22 Leicester Square, London, E.C.

43 High St. , Oxford St. , London, W.
Prinoess Street, Halifax.

Paisley, Scotland.

32 stockwell Road, London, S.W.

5 Oxford Market, London, W.

20 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.

26 Castle Street, Berners Street, W.

2 Moorland Road, Lands.

83 Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.

23 Berners Street, London, W.

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Reid Brod.

✓ Reeks, H. J.

•''' Swan & Co.
v' Sheard & Co.

«/ Sohott & Co.

Star Hueic Co.

/ Southern Kusio Co.

■y Sfeiith & Co, ltd. , R.
Simoroks

Z Saville & Co., ¥.

1/ Stainer & Bell Ltd.
y Solomon, W.E.

<Z Thumham & Sono, C,
v/ Taylor & Rayward
</ Turner, John Alvey
Vincent KUBio Co. Ltd.
\r Withers & sons, George
s Wood Hu oio Co. , 3.P.

J Warren & Phillip a
y Williams Ltd. , Joseph

✓ Wright & RoundB

✓ WeekeB & Co.

y Watts & Co., H«

'Z Wheatley & Sono
\/ Witmark & Sone, U.
v Williams Ltd.
y Tiokens & Co.

4.

72 Wells St., Oxford St., London, W.

30a Bow Lane, Cheapside, London, E.C,

59 Castle Street, London, W.

196 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.

157 Regent Street, London, W,

51 High St., Oxford St., London, W.C.

23 Siloheater Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea
210 Strand, London, W.C.

14 Berners Street, London, W.

Bruoe Orovejt Tottenham, London, H.

27 Berners Street, London, W.

Church Street, Barnsley, Elescar.
Carlisle.

Vandyok Press, Hull.

39 Oxford Street, London, W.

60 Berners Street, London, W.

22 Leicester Square, London, W.C.

12 Rathhone Place, London, W.

150 Victoria Street, London, S.W.

32 Great Portland Street, London, W.

34 Erskine Street, Liverpool.

14 Hanover Street, London, W.

37 Crovmdale Road, London, N.W.

46 Terraoe Road, Ab eryatwyth. '

186 ShafteBbury Avenue, London, W.

26 Goodge Street, London, W.

Lancashire Court, Hew Bond1 Street,
London, W,'

I hand you herewith copy of agreement between Edison
Gesellschaft, Berlin, and aandor Denes of Budapest, for
the countries of the Hungarian Crown, Bosnia and Herzogewina,
for Edison Dictation Machines for the period of one year,
beginning February 1, 1912, with option for a second year.
Eno- I. VT. Walker.

?.S. I also attach correspondence relating thereto.

National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

Edison. Works

Willesden Junction, London, N.W.

CltJ^Offlcos & Showrooms: 25,ClorlMM«vell Boad.E.C.

Edison Phonographs & Records

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- April S9th 101S

Hr. W.H. Miller, Manager,

Hooording Bep't,

Thomas A. Edison Inc.

Beat lir. Miller,

ITith the next lot of oampleo going forward to
America, you will find a record eung by Archie Anderson en¬
titled "Rill Vo Ho Come Back Again"; aleo one sung by '.Tilliaa
Eavidnon eat itioa "Oh Sing To Me The Auld Scotch Eangts".

These are two very beatiful ealectiono made
particularly in response to a requeat from our Glasgow Dealor,
and after hearing thorn, it eeenm to me that they arabt appeal to
a largo claao of buyers in the United Stateo. They are splendidly
sung, but ip view of the dialect I thought it wise to have prepared
and sent to you a oopy of the words and you will find the same here:
with.

1 am directing your attention to them with the idea tha'
you might find the/a desirable for the American Liot.

Very truly youro.

DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE

Managing Director

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Ur. Dyer.

o sure so ee she auld scotch sahgs.

Written by Dr. Bethune.
Kusio by J. I1. Beeson.

Published by: - Paterson & Sons,
26 Castle St, Iona on, b.C.

When she sat beside ®y °^aQ^0°?h0 atlia sootoh sangs to no.

ss i as K a ss aas: s ^ .-0** «, *» «.

Sing, only o’ the auld sootoh sangs the blithesoine or the sad

sis iv“1r^£s‘2lS^ . ,

is a 2S» Sirs £5 2 :• 5 SK:-2 J. -4 «» -*• *• '

j:g s:r. & £isa isis ss as: £• »M .. -

Snng by Ur. William Davidson, on August Supplement 41S. 1247<t.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Dyer.

WILL YE HO COKE BACK ASAIH.

Written by Lady Hairn.

Published By:- Paterson & Sons,
26, Castle St, London. W.C.

Bonnie Charlie's now awa Safely owre the friendly main,

Mony a heart will break In twa. Should he ne'er come baok again.
Will ye no oome baok again. Will ye no oorae baok again.

Better lo'ed ye oanna be. Will ye no oome baok again.

Ye trusted in your Hieland men, They trusted you dear Charlie,
They kent your hiding in the glen. Death or exile braving.
Will ye no oome baok. again. Will yo no oome baok again,

Better lo’ed ye oanna bo. Will ye no oome baok again.

English bribes were a' in vain, tho' puir and puiror wo maun be.
Siller oanna buy tho heart, that beats aye for thine and thee.
Will ye no oome baok again, Will ye no oomo baok again
Better lo'ed ye oanna be. Will ye no oome baok again.

We wutohed thee in the gloaming hour, we watched thee in tho morning grey
Tho' thirty thousand pound they'd gie. Oh there is nane that wad betray,
Will ye no oome baok again. Will ye no oome baok again.

Better lo'ed ye oanna be. Will ye no oome baok again.

Sweet's the laverlook' s note and long. Lilting wildly up tho glen,
But aye to mo he sings a sang, 7/ill ye no oome baok again.

Will ye no oome baok again. Will ye no oome baok again.

Better lo'ed yo oanna be. Will ye no oome baok again.

Sung by Mr. Arohie Anderson. On August Amberol Supplement 4K. 12471
First three verses only.

May 1st,

191P.

Mr. Paul n. Cromelin,

national Phonograph Co., Ltd. ,

Willesden Junction,

London , H . ff. ,

England.

Lear Mr. Cromfiiin: -

Iir. Edison haa received cory of your favor of the
10th instant , the original of which you say was presumably mail¬
ed by the Titantio. AS we have not received the catalogues men¬
tioned in the list accompanying your letter it seems fair to
assume that they also were on the lost vessel.

AS to duplicating this collection of catalogues,

I should say it might be well to wait for a while longer in
oase there might have been some delay in other quarters.

I will heep your letter before me and write you again within
the: next week or two..

Yours very truly.

whm/es

' National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

Edison Works

Willesden Junction, London.N.W.

City Offices & Showroom*, SS.Clerkeowell Ro«<l,E.C.

Edison Plionotjraphs & Records

Thceuis A. Edison Beg, ,

Thomas A. Edison incorporated,
Orange , E. J.

3rd M«r,?1912.

S\ ^

i \y

Soar Sir,

We hand you herewith oopy of a letter address#* to
Mr. Welter Stevens giving particulars regarding a shipment t
one ease marked:*

Bor Mr. Edison.

Orange, H.J* U.S.A.

This ease contains 18 Test Masters of trial artistes foi
in aeosxdanee with your instructions, as per list endowed hers

with.

DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED

IE EDISON DICTATIl

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

AK//5BO?.

3rd Uay 1913.

'ir. Walter Stevens, Kanager foreign Dopt. ,
Thomas A. 3d i a on Incorporated,

' Orange, H.T-

Vo are forwarding through Hesors. Xuriham & Hooro per
3/3 "Kinnewaska" sailing on the 4th toot. , one cnee marhed: -

It — Inc. EorHr. Edison

Orange , it. J.U.3. A.

Thie case contains 18 Scot Hosiers forwarded against instructions
received from Kr. Edison.

We arc requesting Messrs. Xunham ft Koore to forward you

direct: -

1. Original B/fcading.

2 Our invoice 5742 for Customs purposes showing
the total value of the goods as £o.lo.li.

We now enclose duplicate copy of this invoice, and will forward
duplicate copy of B/Xading as soon as wo receive e«oe from the
factory.

Trusting you will have no difficulty in clearing this

ca3e which we would ash you to hold at the disposition of Mr. Edison,
We remain,

Y°“ WTWMMX ’ PHONOGRAPH CCMPA1TY XTD. ,

Ansintont.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

1/IS/J.2.

CONTACTS OF CAGE i'AHC^D:-.

17762

Mr. P. H. Crons! in,

London, LriRlund.

My dour Li'. CromdLin: -

I have your eriblo of the iL!nd, und huvo

replied ns follows:

“fjoo leucy of huyon of 17th. If ParRhese
io uu But, i of hc to ry for dusts postpone ARontir.olli
concerted selections. V.ill write.

In ay letter to -hyea of the l'/th, I instructed
him to secure u disc record of Lor Rhode end if ho
hid voico was fairly steady it ::lrnt oe worth while to run
a rhmice und sinn duets with ARUstinelli, hut m case nt.
did not wish to tukc this responsibility to have tier uinR
the 6 solos, a list of which wc huvo sent him, and
to have the other 4 selections sung in americu. I u_ucr
otmid he in to upweur in Poston next opera season. X
would insist on him loin* this work and any ^P-nsoincnrred
hy him coming to How York from Moaton wo are willinrr to pay.
If Borphetie dooa not like thin arranges: ant I do not ooo
how wo cun help it, and I would only pay him for the 6 solos
he in to muko, In case it should so happen that he will net
• - - . v/ill take the other 4 selections at some

corio to liooton
later date,

AGOr.IlriELII IUmuruins ARustinelll I would surest that she

- TTin? the 6 soIob we have picked out for her and insist on

her sinRinR the other 4 selections at some later date, he,
of course, to stand any additional expense in the way of
carfare, etc. , when they are made.

Frau vour correspondence I have Rotten the
impression that they insist on filll«C their contracts on
certain dates you have rIvu them and that they will not
stand for a postpohemont , but I think you i/ill bo able to
handle thorn in a satisfactory manner by orlowinK then to
oinr a certain part of their work and pay inn them foi it,
and sincinn th« lwlanco at a later date.

Uuy Z',, I'AZ

Mr. P. H. Crumolin: #2: -

VJi';:'j.’l)KA Regarding this singer, Kayo c has instructions to 1'ini all
out his contract with solos. Ur. h’dison claims that ho will
possibly lot his solo work go to bo used for South American
trade , in which case I would suggest that ho oingB a dace
of soloctions that would go in that territory. Ventura
might suggest certain concert songs available for that
territory.

K0KA1.K-C In your cable you also advise that you notified Kornlek
tc he on bond for use in concerted numbers during the i.onth
of Juno, fir, fid i son has not yet hoard records of her voice,
but will do so in a day or so, I would, however, postpone
the engagement you have made with her. I am quite certain
this can bo done as I understand she is an artist of no
groat prominence and it iB hta*dly probable that her future
bookings arc such as to prevent hor doing her work at a
• later date . •

In case you think legal complications might arise
if wo do not complete Agoutinelli' a contract I would
suggest that oho sing the following 4 selections, but do
not attempt to record them unless absolutely necessary.

Sola nai niei prim! anni— "Lohengrin" (Wagner)

Dal giorno cho mi son data— -Louise" (Charpentier)
Caro nome— "Rigolotto" (Verdi)

Aria del gioielli— "Faust" (Gounod)

Yours very truly,

Mgr. Recording Department

(£//■/.

•->&« s». 532:

pjOftoo note that r.cord .... U* - « ^ Ohi'dAil aOOj
^ MOB, .ill » llrt.d •« ™B W «« ■Othadt^L- Chair. «»d
not by the Edi non Mixed quartette ae Riven on the October
Supplement recently aent you.

6-3-12.

' MEXICAN NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.

[PHOTOCOPY]

[PHOTOCOPY]

[PHOTOCOPY]

[PHOTOCOPY]

oartlfy that; I'; waa praaent l in'- th’o ‘Twenty flrnt day' of Amo
inatant anddld' naaJ.P.R Lanara, Tan Ro and Augustua »urtln;-;v
•' Baldwin tha paraono named li thojpapor writing -or AeraaiBtot*",;;-^
■ haraimtO’annaotad^duly algti the4aald' Agreement and tlmt'.th* nane p
P. A.; Iaploque:fcrCo, Tan Ho and/ASVV.' Baldwin : thereto 'Oubearltadg^
V are of;thoJreBpeotlwe‘propJ • handwriting of’the' a aid-

reapaotlTe proper handwriting of Sthe -aald H. Render Itrri* at

m

if thlnfTwenty-aaoond day of Juao In tha.

nlni hundred

| , | . ROTARY P1TSI1C/. .

Names and Addresses of tlie Persons who are the Directors of

NAMES, ADDRESSES AND OCCUPATIONS.

(Signature) .

(Description)

NAMES, ADDRESSES AND OCCUPATIONS.

National Phonograph Co.,Lt<flW\^

Edison. Works <tfr

Willesden Junction, London, L-

m Phonographs "“'JJ

ThomaB A. Ediaon Esq., \ y
C/o Thomas A. Edison Ltd.,

Orange, Hew Jersey, W.S.A.

vA y

td., W

Dear Sir, ^ encl0Be herewith 00py of letter addressed to
Mr. Walter Stevens advising shipment among other goods
of one case containing sixteen Test Master Records
forwarded in accordance with your instructions.

We also enolose typewritten list showing
particulars of the selections recorded on the Test Master

Yours truly,

THE NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY LTD.

Assistant General Manager.1

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

AFW/MR.

5th July, 1013.

Mr.

Ual WsS :a*s»eno,
Manager Forei*1
Thomas a* 1
Orange,

i DepArtiwnt,

~\Ws Jersey. U<

id,

.A.

Der.r Sir,

,-t>- e.s.«0o6?.nio«
coti n \ o t? to Thou?'

forwarding through Keourx
nail lntt on tie 10th ixiot.
in ». Udieoa Inoorporutoo-j
i:;£ ncr.t street, _

, Lux.hau & Moon
five oases

ir.3 Jest Street,

Be .v York

U.S.A. For 10: .

&& r^irt^tiono

they are being forwarded.

The four oaoes marked:

— E* inc". Special Masters 1-4

122 West Street
Hew York

factory as uouel.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Hr.- Walter Stevenn.

Wo have inotruoteOL Ueoarn. Lunham & Moore to
mail to you direct the neoeoBury Shipping Docurcentn, namely,

1. Original Bill of Lading,

1. our invoices. 5777 (£71.18.4d.) & 5770 (£3.5. 8d.)
ahoving the value of go ode for Customs purpooeo.

?, Connulnr Certificate.,

ancl «ts now enclose! copies of those ' invoices af.rev.itii.
of Lad inf

have eft e clod an Inouraaoe cn the oeventy
Pino Mao tom lor -m amount of £1050., hut tho Teat. Huntero
are not covered hy Insurance.

We truet you .'/ill have no difficulty in i;J.enTing
the no oc.t'f.i.' through the Cnot.omo, and forwarding U> their
reopen tive dootlnation without delay.

Totn-fi truly,

Tiiw nmom vnoKOCBAfH comirr ltd.

A&ftintant General ih.nn.gor.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Copy.

CONTENTS OF CASE MARKED:- T. A.

For Mr. Edison.

E. Inc.

16 Test Masters. 133 West Street NEW YORK

TJ.S.A.

Masters.

Miss Ethel Dancy. Contralto Rose in the Bud. & Scale 3

Miss Emilia Corsi Soprano 0 Patria Mia £ Scale 3

Mr. Charles Roff Baritone Drake Goes West & Soale 3

Mies Hilda Gragg- James Contralto Rose in the Bud & Scale 3

Miss Ethel Williams Soprano DeareBt Heart & Scale 3

Miss Mary Williams Contralto The Rosary & Soale 3

Mr. Berwick Cawley Baritone Love could I only tell

Thee & Soale 3

Carlo Albani Tenor 0 mato aeil. William Te.ll

- & Scale. ' 3

MASTERS: 16

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

WESTEJ

ANGLO -AMERICAN

UNION

i DIRECT UNITED STATES

^) j . CABLEGRAM

Received^l6~BftOAD STREET, NEW YORK
MLBR 380

LONDON 52/61

ZIMOTIC NYK

EDISON SINCE PREVIOUS ADVICES MART I NELL I DES INCAR BY COVENT
GARDEN SYNDICATE TOR SEVERAL YEARS THEY GET HALT HIS TALKING
MACHINE EARNINGS URGING HIM SING FOR GRAMOPHONE VICTOR MEANWHILE
HE OESINdAR FOR METROPOLITAN NEWYORK DESBANDE 1 8 MAKE DEAL

WHEREBY HE WILL SING FOR US IN NEWYORK WILL BULLENKOPF

Translated by — - p

COMANDAVA TAKES PLACE -CROMELIN- by .

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

NAME OF SINGER

CLASS

SELECTION

MASTERS

Mi sb Ethel Danoy

Contralto .

Rose in the Bud

& Scale.

3

Miss Emilia Corel.

Soprano .

0 Patria Mia

& Soale.

3

Mr. Charles Roff.

Baritone.

Drake goes West.

& Scale.

3

Mies Hilda Cragg-JameB.

Contralto .

Rose in the Bud

& Soale.

3

Mise Ethel Williams

Soprano .

Dearest Heart.

& Soale.

3

Miss Mary Williams

Contralto

The RoBary

& Soale.

3

Mr. Berwick Cawley

Baritone .

Love could I only

tell thee
& Scale.

3

Carlo Albani.

Tenor.

0 mato asil. William Tell.

& Scale.

3

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

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Edison Works

Wi 1 1 e vS cl e n . J u n. c t i o n , Lo n d o n , IS . W.

lulison lMionocjrnphs & Records BU‘NO

J^omoiCL&bon.

IH REPLYING .ODRESB 1"! COHPANVNOT THI p J{ C/ AP . - . Ally. _27. til.. 1012.

'.'an. H. i.'eadowcrof t Esq., ,

C/e Thos, A. Edison Inc.,

* Orange, M.J.

Dear i. ar . Meadow or of t ,

I duly received yours of July 8th, and havepurchai
from Reeves all of the works desired by Mr . Edison which -
on hand. As anticipated by.you, many of^these^
but I have obtained a ‘

to How York by next s

still

vou. nany oi uhh »«■» already sold,
interesting lot, and they will be shipped
earner.

duplicate

Herewith please find Reeves catalogues 38 and 39 in
Others will be mailed you as issued.

I will write you later about ^uari tell and send you by
next mail a complete list of books purchased, invoice of

which will be made out to Thomas A. ndison Inc., for Mr. ..dison -
personal account .

Awaiting your further wishes, ■-
Very triily y

ifS

<1(3 ^

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

TELEPHONE- { j§|$)wiLLESDEN.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY, Ltd.

EDISON WORKS,

WILLESDEN JUNCTION,

LONDON, N.W. .

THOMAS A. EDISON, INC. APPARATUS.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY, Ltd

EDISON WORKS,

WILLESDEN JUNCTION,

LONDON, N.W.

SOLD TO Messrs Thomas A Edison Inc.,„

Or png j.

SHIPPED Via.

DATE PKGS. CASES

To oost of Boolcs purchased by i
Mr. William Reeves, Bookss'--er & r

VTlONAt. PHONOGRAPH -

1TES MANUFACTURING CO.'S
3ISON MANUFACTURING CO.'S
9ISON BUSINESS PHONOGRAPH CO.’S
TELEPHONE-No. 10 HARLESDEN (T

27 July 1912

S3 Charing Cross Ra, London, W. C. for
Mr. T. 8. Edison as follr.vs.-

j§.fe in

British Minstrel sie Vol.

Carey's Musical Century
Collection of An thorns
Dibdin's Songs J$p arts 6mnti.i* 7 i’

Perron!. Rapaodie * Pu^-T. 30oro
Clees and Madrigals - Hovel- 5
Hale 14 songs
, 6 "
andel ' s Works.

|tieai-0' Come let us sing
" Victory at Dett ingen

" Predk. Prince of Wales

AtAal ia
Bols7iazzar
Hercules
Jeptia
Joshua
Messiah

Occasional ,

Ode to Queen Anne s birtAday
Ode to St Cecil las Day-
Seme le
Solomon

Utrecht Te Deum
/harmonium Museum
I teller’s Preludes
I Kaituiie 11 - 6 Overtures
j KJerulf Album
KnigAts Musical Library
Lanza 6 Canzonsttas
Loder NigAt Dancers
MontAly Musical Record Vo 1 1 *• “ 55
NigAtingale - Choice S’jlootlon
Panofka B Vocalises
Pascal Album

" In a vi l 1 age
Purcell - Dido fle Aeas
Riemann- Dictionary
RigAini- Vooalises
SoAumann 50 Melodies
Scotland — Goto

Tiorp. 12 Lessons - 9d, 24 Lessons - 9d
Smart - Collection of Songs

Siniti' - 3 Favorite Duets |

Venetian Racoolta
Vn & Pits. Danola, Petite .

David - BuntafleiAe 2 vols.

//ermann 2 vols-
//ering

Music - Song' & Dances
Parry - 12 S ort pieces Parts L re
National Airs ^English )
special notioej/ andel. Overtures

3 Vols

The goods Invoiced hereon

re the subject of conditions set forth in our price, agreement,

in. undertaking upon Jjou
Difference in eeccAange *4. 3 C/4.5

THOMAS A EDISON, _ _ _

ORANGE', N,U,. _ _

REFERRYING MY LETTER JULY TWENTIETH W| HAVE ALREADY 8ECURE8 FIVE

80L08 FROM MARTINELLI TWO DUET8 WITH AGOJJTI NELLI, TREAT MATTER _

CONFIENTIAL UNTIL FURTHER ADVICES,

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TELRPHONBO:{ i;[T Y^OFIMCC .* JoLo HOLDORH

THOMXS A. EDISON LTD.,

Successors to

National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

Edison. Works

Willesden Junction.London^N.W.

3 A. Edi non ,

Thomas A. Edison Incorporated,
Orange, -Hew Jersey, U.S»4«

Dear Sir ,

V.'e hand you merewith copy of letter addressed
to Mr. V/alter Stevens giving particulars regarding a
shipment of five cases which, go forward per S/S
"Hew York." sailing tomorrow the 3rd inst .

Case Ho .4 marked Thomas A. Edison,

122 west Street,

Hew York, U.S.A.

Printed Matter

contains the Music Books purchased here on your he half
in accordance with advi*ea from Mr. Meauow Croft vino
has already been fully advised hy letter from Mr.
cromelin in regard to the titles and cost of the Music
Books contained in this case.

DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

krk1 Amcvoi ,1012*

-■r. T.’alr.or Steveno,

Haunter Eoreign Department,

T'lo.-Hia /;« KUieon In<3()i-r->i*t'.f.od,
orange, lew Jersey, li.S.A.

Dour Sir,

We are forwarding through Heoars.

& Koora par 3/5 "So* York" nailing tomorrow the 3rd
inub., five oaoaa wltn marks and contents no follows;

Cc^io 1 i/.urKou •£, A. How York

:■>* In:;, For Hr., Dyor

contains

1 Syroacope Camera comp.Vty vith lottery.

Cuho ;; marked *?. A, Vow York

i;. Use, 3?or Hr. Dyer oonbnj ns

1 spare battery & 1 fils; box. for
Gyroscope camera,

1 Patna Homo Cinematograph complete

with two fj. lent | 1 spare box lamp
1 bottle owner, t , 1 film mender, & '
•$or?.pi«d knife for opi'incH, 1 box
cleaning accessories , 1 spare red

Casa 5 e.ark«A T. A. Novi York

S, Inc. per Mr. By or contains

1 Tatho screen and frame l‘or Home
Cinematograph

Cano 4 marked Thomas A. Edison
lax "oat street.

Now York, U.S.A. contains

ituaio Books as o numerated on the
'Consular invoice.

Cnuo t> narked T. A, isiZ ’"eot street,

E. Inc. Hew York, U.S.A.

contains;-

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

-2- Mr. Walter Stevengr; . - ;

27 British Amborol Masters as follows: «

3 - 3.8* Pfl "OHRT.GTMA* VAIHISS"
o - (a-J- "Bi'LECl'I OK OP GOUBOD'S WALTZES"

| - 1P503 "VAT.BR KAI"

3~ 12505 "THE FLORAL DAHCTJ"

» - (1?) "THE CORPORAL'S DITTY"

3 - 12504 "ALEXANDER* S BAGPIPE BAUD"

» - 3.2500 "BEAUTIFUL GIRL"

3 - (o) "THAT'S V'HAT THE ROSE SAID TO ME"

3 IPftOB. "FIDDLE BIT DEE".

Cocos ore, two nnd three , containing
Gyroscope camera ami Pat he Home Cinematograph with
accessories should he forwarded to K**.1 Dyer, case four
containing Music Booko should ha forwarded to Mr. Edimn
nnrt case five containing 2? Aiaberol Ep stern (British)
should he forwarded to the factory.

vo have requested Messrs. Dunham a: Moore
to forvrp.d you direct

1. original Bill of Lading
S'..' Our invoice Ho .57 S3 showing m
amount of £69. 5. G. being the
declared va.luo of -all the godds
contained in the five cases
for Cuotoma* purposes.

. 3. Consular certificate covering

the five canes, the total value
Being over £20.

v’e now enclose with this letter

1. Duplicate copy of our invoioe
5792; for Customs' purposes
above referred to
8 .Duplicate copy of our order Ha
•5386 calling for 2,000 Amberol-
records of tits British Hovemhar
Supplement .

and wo will forward duplicate copy of bill of lading

an soon m uu receive same from the shippers. Ve are
advi nine Hr. liaison, Mr. Dyer, and Mr. wilson in regard
to this shipment, and ws hope you will have no diffi city
in clearing the cases through the Customs', and

forwarding same to their respective destination.

fours truly,

THOMAS A. EDISON LTD. *

Enclosures;

Copies of

Invoice 5792, copy of
order 5388.

Assistant General Manager

THOMAS A. EDISON LTD., n p-

c/jnmLOM CL cdwow-

* Successors to

. National Phonograph Co., Ltd.

!$\ Edison. Works

’ Willesden Junction, London, N.W

Edison Pliouocjraphs Records

i just received your cablcgr;

. 1

In reply, ns indicated in my, letter of Ji
which has doubtless reached you, the arrangement _ we . i
Columbia, to beat out the Gramophone on I.hrtinelli i
v,-e could not in good faith refuse them the right to
if wo had the power to uo so. -f

The paper dated August 3rd which I hod Ma
was hurriedly scribbled by me in an interview with h
intention was to tie him up in such a way that he wo
exclusive to the extent we were willing to duplicate
offer he might have from third parties m the fiu.uro
the wording 'closely later, I found that it ties him
way that he is not emooworeu to make an exclusive co
anyone else, but unfortunately is so worded that he
not to sing for others if he wishes to. after we ha
several songs, I too!: this master up with him, und o
language of the letter so as to make him agree not t

52996 August 8-1912.

' MR. F. H. HILLER .

Referring to my memo, of the 3d Inst, regarding shipment
of records from Italy, per s/s "Vaderland," I beg to advise that the second
case of this shipment containing disc reoorda and phonographs has been for¬
warded to Mr. Walter Miller, at 79 5th Avenue, in accordance with his tele¬
phone request.

V>]

wis/ag

WALTj^S^TVEHS.

^ .

Ur. Yf. H. Hiller,

Manager, Recording Cent.,

Thomas A. Edison Inc.,

79-83, Fifth Avenue,

Hew York.

Dear Hr. Miller,

I hand you herewith the original of pur letter
from Martinolli signed August 3rd of which you have hecn
formally advised.

I tried to get an interlineation of the words
■or otherwise" to the agreement, signing Doth copiee with
my initials, hut Martinelli as I have previously written
would not consent to any change in the original draft.

You will notice a memo in Bocchi'e handwriting on the top
of the letter however, in which he makes a record of the
faot that Martinelli gave us hie word that he would never
sing for any other Company without first informing us and
finding out what we intend to do. This is the best we car
do under the circumstances .

Very truly yours.

Managing Director. ^

Dictated by Mr. Cromelin but signed in Ms absence.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Copy

In presence of Miss Amy Evans of the Co vent Garden Theatre
Mr. Martinelli gave me his word that he will never sing for
any Phonograph Co. without informing us first and see what
we intend to do.

(Signed) A. BOO CHI.

Edison Works,

Willesden Junction,
London, N.W.

Aug. 3rd 1913.

National Phonograph Co. Ltd.,
London.

Dear Sirs,

Referring to the ten songs which I have sung for
you and for which you have paid me £43 (forty-two pounds)
per song and are to p^y me a royalty of 10 $ of the wholesale
price of the records sold I hereby confirm my verbal agree¬
ment not to make in this or any other country a oontract to
(?i»e

sing exclusively or otherwise for another person or Company
for mechanioal instruments without first submitting the
offer in writing to you and giving you the right to duplicate
same. If you do not agree to duplicate such offer in 30 days
I am free to enter in any agreement I see fit.

I also confirm that I have not made records for any other
Company.

Very truly yours,

(Signed) G. MARTINELLI.

A.Bocohi.

Aooepted „ ...

National Phonograph Go. Ltd.,
(Signed) PAUL H. CROMELIN,
Managing Direotor.

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Ho.53190

August 13th, 1912,

llr. Meadcmreroft:

I return herewith a letter received from London, referred t
me hy Hr. Edison. We have received documents covering the shipment
referred to therein, and immediately the shipment is cleared through
the customs, we shall make delivery to the proper parties.

ms

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PHC/GA

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31st August 1013.

pi id ojJxu

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I have .-Inly received yours of August 7th con. inning

luch Mr. Edition sent in regard to the tenor

;■. Walter K. Hiller,

Manager, recording Dept .
Thomas A. Edition Ino
70-33, Fifth Avenue
Her York.

; for the
i.xpsotca

oablograv
Martinolli .

An formally ad vised Llextinolli hau not i
Co lumbii Company up to the time ho left hors, and tin
to got- his in Milan later under their general arrangement nith
us - that io - if h« v/iehsd to sing for them. X rill make
inquiry of tha Columbia people and auk thorn what the situation
is, and oou what we can do rith a view to having than stand off
as suggested.

I note that you have been, able to close with Madame
Labia on a proposition for her exclusive services, anti that
Ur. Edioon would like to make a contract along similar linos v/itl
Madame Akte. The latter singer writes that she expeoto to be
here the middle of September, and wo have communioated with her
stating that we have an interesting proposition v
up to her when she is in London.

: want to put
At the present time Bhe io in

Translation.

559

Between the EDI SON-OESELLSCHAFT ra.h.H. .Berlin, Friedrichstr. 10
(hereinafter called the "Company") of the one part and
Mr. Hermann Moos, Zurich I, Lowenstrasse 61 ( hereinafter called
the "Agent") of the other part, it is agreed as follows
' § 1 .

The Company appoints the Agent as sole and exclusive
agent for the sale of Edison Business Phonographs and Accessories
as sold hy, and listed in the catalogues of the Company for
Switzerland.

•' § 2 .

This agreement to be for one year, beginning with
September 1st 1912, but it shall only go into effect if signed
by the authorized Manager of the Company.

§ 3 .

The Agent agrees with the Company to purchase during
the first year of this agreement at least 80 ( eighty )complete
Edison Dictating Machines, exclusive of Shaving Machines. Of this
quantity 20 ( twenty )machines must be taken until the end of
November 1912, 20 (twenty )until the end of February 1913, 20
(twenty) until end of May 1913 and the last 20 (twenty) machines
until end of September 1913.

§ 4 .

If the Agent has fulfilled all the conditions of this
agreement, he has the option to renew the agreement for a second
year on exactly the same terms and conditions, with exception
of the quantity of machines to be purchased during the second
year, which is to be raised to 100 (one hundred) Dictating Ma¬
chines (without Shaving Machines). Of this quantity 25 (twenty- '
five) dictating machines must be taken every three months.

§5.

• The Company's terms and prices to the Agent iwillvbe.y

as follows:-

M.345.-
M.280.-
M.170.-
M.260.-
M. 25.-

EdiBon Dictating Machine with Universal Motor(woad-casing)M.390.-
Edison Dictating Machine with direct current "

Edison Dictating Machine with Spring motor "

Hand Shaving Machine
Electric Shaving Machine
. Machine made of Steel, more

Repair parts and accessories at the prices enumerated in the
German catalogues of the Company. These prices are subject to a
discount of 4 (rfo allowed to the Agent.

The business blankswill be supplied to the Agent at
85 Pfg. each net. Delivery from the Company's warehouse Berlin,

• including packing. Transportation at the Agent's risk.

The Company reserve the right to change, the list prices
from which the before mentioned agent's discount is to be ded^uct-
edj the change in prices to take effect after 30 days from the
date of notice to the agent.

I Conditions of payment; Net cash at delivery of the

goods with rfo discount.

§ 6 . ’

The Belling prices to users in Switzerland will be
fixed by the Agent and the' Company, and they should in general
be in accordance with the selling prices in force in Germany,
but may differ from the German prices in so far as this may be
required on account of the difference between the Swiss and
German custom duties and freight.

§ 7 .

The Company agree to furnish the Agent with a supply
of their regular catalogues and. their other printed matters .
which from time to time are issued and in such quantities as the
Company may consider the Agent may need. All other expenses for
advertising and printed matters are to be paid by the Agent.

§ 8 .

The Agent further agrees to establish Bub-agencies

or dealers in all principal cities in Switzerland, whom he
supplies with the machines at list prices less a suitable retail
discount. The names of the Bub-agentB or dealers, when nominated,
are to be communicated to the Company.

The Agent agrees when appointing sub-agents or dealers,
not to impose upon them heavy conditions, excepting a turnover
guarantee, where this is deemed necessary. It is especially
understood, that the agent is not permitted to Bell, or receive
remuneration for granting sub-Agencies.

§ 9 .

The Agent agrees further to have all customers who .
have brought Edison Dictating Machines through him, visited
regularly, in order to ascertain if the machines are kept in
good condition and are properly used and .he has to use his efforts
to induce the owners of the machines to keep same in good working
order.

§ 10 .

The Agent agrees with the Company to sell during the
time of the agreement only the products of the Company and that
he will not directly or indirectly be interested in the sale of
products in any way competing with the products of the Company.

§ 11 .

The Agent agrees with the Company to refer to the
Company all enquiries and communications he may receive from
other countries. On the. other hand the Company will refer to the
Agent all enquiries and orders received from Switzerland.

§ 12 .

The Agent agrees that all rights arising out of this
agreement are belonging to him personally and are not transferable.

§13.

The Company has the right' to cancel this agreement at
any time, should the Agent fail to make payments when due: to- -the
Company or in the event of the Agent violating any of theV condi¬
tions of this agreement. ■

4 .

§ 14 .

It iB agreed by and between both parties that this
agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws in force
in Germany and for all dispute arising out of this agreement the
competent tribunals are the Amts- or Landgericht Berlin-Mitte.

Zurich, 17th August 1912. signed H.Moos.

Berlin, 2nd September 1912. Edison-Gesellschaft ra.b.H.

signed: ThomaB Graf.

WlLLESDEN JUNCT., LONDON, N

ThomaB A. i Edison Es<i. ,
Orange, New Jersey.

Dear Hr. Edison,

'• 10th Sep

i*.

Referring tf^SAf A^ustjto that Jean

, was about to to Pari Q from a holiday in Deauville,^

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First of oil, tl.ro 1. not&ST’to E**" “£*, ,£%- *- 1 ]

n concert in America thie Winter.^ Bays Mb intention 1b

appear in concert in America thie Winter. % eayB his intention is
to remain in Paris all Winter. He leaves for a visit tp^ie home in
Poland today, and will he hack in Paris in about a

De Reezke expressed the greatest interest ir^he story I
told him of your wonderful improvements in recording and reproducing
the voice. He said that he felt sure you would succeed in doing
this some time, that he had never been satisfied with the tones
produced up to now by various makers of machines, and i* the machine
was as I told him he ' would be glad to sing for you. 1 pointed out
to him the enormous value of this perfected instrument to him in his
teaching and suggested that it was a pity that his work should

ThomaB A. Edison Esq., .2. 10.9.13.

confined to Paris instead of for the benefit of students and music
lovers all over the World which he could make it, and in a manner
which would he satisfactory to all, by means of your new Diso
Phonograph and Records. He asked if I could let him hear a machine,
but I explained that none had been sent over up to the present,
and promised that as soon as I was in position to do so I would
see to it that he was given the opportunity.

I do not know how the idea will strike you, but believe
it would be good business policy for you to present one of the
better class Disc Machines with a representative assortment of
the new DisoB to De Reszke, first of all in order to keep his
interest up and lay the foundation for booking him to sing for us,
and seoondly, with the idea that a good strong testimonial from
Jean De Reszke would be of great value not only in America but
throughout the World.

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PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Memorandum

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22

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September 23, 1912.

Mr. Edison:

1 hand you herewith new catalogue JuBt iBsued hy
the Pathe Co. showing their various forms of Disc phonographs.
You may he interested in seeing what they are doing, and par¬
ticularly the prices they are charging.

I call your attention particularly to their so-called
"Duplex" machine. I cannot read the catalogue myself, hut
it looks to me as if this maohine was a machine with two
records playing in synchronism.

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THOMAS A. EDI SON Em., y _ „a

,.Lee ter <*•♦***

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Dear Sir,!/

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Fop favp esteemed of/^i

C<-C C,0»^/

0 R A H 0 E H.J.

dATJu i„££ »C

il «- ■^z

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n '

lugust B Inst, was duly recei¬

ved and the Instructions therein contained will have *y beet at-

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1 Ven%.«. |

-&-*# ifeff1 w£el » etU/ji£it*lals’ of aver fifty1 singers^
taxon hero In Mjllan, and this will end «y preparatory worX In
$taly.

On the 16 Inst. 9 wUl JP^lreotly to Russia, visi¬
ting St. Petersburg and Moscow*, xrxorthis 3r will go to Poland,
Austria and Hungary and will return to ^taly for a few day s^ at
the end of December, before going south.

hi January and February 9 will visit France, Spain and
probably Portugal, hi March and April will be In Belglus, Hol¬
land, Nortern Germany and probably sweeden and Norway.

Ae we are very much In need of concerted numbers , In
May ft. should return to ihaly to taXe concerted operating reoorda,
using the Artistes that you think have the proper voice# for
this work.

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OFFICE IN MILAM -iur company* like all the

Thomas A. Edison Esq.

other Important talking maohine Companion, should have an offi¬
ce in Milan with recording rooms. This is the operatic oentre
o <t tfs world, and the cnl^r place to engage singers at the proper
time when their pretentions are moderate. The competition among
talking machine companies is going to be verjr keen and good pho¬
nograph voices will be in an increasing demand. We should have
a competent person here to look out for the company » s interest.

Besides these advantages, an office In Milan would save
all the railroad fares now paid to Artistes to go to Paris and
London, The musicians will cost half the price paid them in the
above Maces . *n Milan It will be easier to stake concerted num¬
bers, as nearly all the good singers come thlB city between
engagements.

This office would have importance not for Italian music
only, but for Reiman and French music as welly as the world de¬
mands for nearly everything singable In the Italian language.

The south American, countries , Spain, Italy, Russia, Australia,
etc, wants Oerman and French music in the Italian language and
by Italian tlngere. considering the importance of this office,
and because it mould produce records that could be sold all ©vs*
the world, it should be under the direct dependence of the Facto¬
ry and Recording department, that should appoint a manager to

./•

Thomas A. Edison Esq.

work In harmony with the Officers of the Company at Orange.

*

The Milan office should also attend/^the sale of the factory
products In Italy and southern Europe , as X believe this terri¬
tory was neVer given the due Importance. While I realize that
the autput possibilities would* nt be very large^I believe that
the new venture would pay If properly managed,. The expenses oould
be small and should be devided between the recording and selling
dopartements , and the Company would have the double advantage
of a base of supply of records for the whole world and of a new
outlet for products.

If yos are interested, I shall be glad to go deeper In the
matter and to give you further Informations on the subject.

with kindest regards,

I beg to remain,

Very respectfully yours

f - b t -

Temporary address while in Europe:

Via Benedetto Hurcello 09 - Milano.
Cable address: Edlfono - Milan.-

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Memorandum

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Hr. Edison:

and Graf tc
definitely

October 18, 1912.

Referring to your memorandum, I have cabled Creme lm
> come over as soon as possible and will advise you
when they expect to sail.

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EDISON GESELLSCHAET

H.B.H.

BERLIN

Balance sheet as of 31st October 1912.

ASSETS

Cash on hand & In Bank

Accounts Receivable
less

Reserve for Bad Debts.

Bills Receivable
Deposit Acct (Govt Bonds)
Inventories per Ledger

144 Phonographs
276 Dictating Machines &c.
189,814 Standard Records
82,67 6 Amberol "

Phonograph Supplies
79,959 feet Film

4 Kinetoecopes &c.

75 Home Kinetoscopes
1,272 Dictation Blanks
400 feet II.P.K. film «-o.

Plant & Equipment

Furniture & Fixtures
Machinery & Tools

26,147.42

1,750.00

1, 719.55
11,631.29
20,362.35
"9,016.86
3,253.93
3,517. 62
911.54
1,984.92
171.72
241.53

2,306.09

106.88

24,397.42
2,77 2.33
2,639.26

52.811.31
89,923. 15

2.411.97

Total Assets

LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
Accounts payable
Reserve for Stock Depreciation

Total Liabilities
Deficit as of 31st October 1912

100,000.00
48,474.91
3,750,00
$152,224.91
$ 59,889.79

$58,727.88

1,161.91

Deficit as of 3lBt December 1911
Net Loss ten mos to 31st Oct 1912

BERLIN BRANCH

Trading Account

Ten months ending Oct. 31st 1912.

SALES

Phonographs &

Miscellaneous

185 Phonographs 3496.51
,73114 Standard Recde 9740.10
156 " Opera M 72.80

29309 Amherol H 6670.41
327 " Opera " 253.42

Phonograph Supplies 2665. 76
TOTAL SALES $ 22899.00

Dictating Machines &c .

515 Machines &o. 36667.11

1769 Blanks 398.67

Film & P.K.

Kinetoscopes & Pts. 48.68
1310,085 ft Film 89527.19

Home Klneto &c.

46 Home Kinetos &c. 2086.64

351 ft Home Film&c. 136.06

$2222.7 0

Phonographs 1862.83

Standard Reoords 2231.33

" Opera " 33.80

Amherol Records 3554.19

« Opera " 161.86

Phonograph Supplies 1532. 12
TOTAL EARNINGS $9376.13

Machines & c.
Blanks

GROSS PROFITS

14199.89 Kinetoscopes & Pts 5.20

159.86 Film 24738.95

Home Kinetoscopes &o . 976.08
" Film &c. 90.68

$14359.75

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BERLIN BRANCH

Statement of Expenses
Ten months ending 31st October 1912,

Advert! sing
Travellers Salarie
Packing & Boxing
Office Salaries

Repairs

Insurance

Officials Expenses

Printing & Stationery

Telegrams

Telephone

Postage

Legal Expenses

Customs ■

Commissions
Mi scellaneous
Interest a : Biscount
Freight & Express
Exchange
Light
Duty

Department Heads
Clerks
Stock Clerks

46. SB
4,733.12
1,067. 33

312. 53
308. 66
81. 40
29.88
700.92
308. 9T
76.17
4.69

351.96

519.01

867.13

86.96

452.63

617.00

631.24

537.26

99.12
179.27
644.84
149.60

64.99
32.17
272. 64

35.98
182. 16
173.7 9-

311.25

48.13
121.73
862.49

88.99
1,064.79

616.75

631.25
473.83

P. K.

3, 222. 81
131.84
30.48
3,565.35
597.40

59.50
132.92
714.99
187.94
192. 33
27.39
523.34
38.47
6. 98

3,008.22
352.14
1,049.39
52. 09
389.00
85.42
975.33
616. 25
631.49
413.73

2. 65
'98. 55
210.24

$ 5,882.35 $ 2,812.8i

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6. 25
6.29

7 6.7 2
1.60
15.06

26. 28
113.89
121.25
124.88
39.7 2

$ 1,112.78
: 1.066.76

$ 46.02

Net Loss Phonographs & Miscellaneous
" " Die tati ng Machi nes &c .

” " Home P. K. &c.

$5,882. 35
2,812.86

46.02 $8,7 41. 23

Net Gain, Film & Pro j . Kinetos.

7.728.95

TRADING LOSS $1,012,28

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31st, 1912

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Dear Ur. Edison,

Merely to give you an idea of the kind of advertising
our principal competitor, The Gramophone Company, is doing, I
hand you herewith a page of "The Daily Mail" for yesterday.

This advertisement cost approximately $1500. It is part of a
"broad campaign of publicity.

The Company as you probably have been informed haB been
eminently suooessful and has earned large profits for itB share¬
holders continuously over many yearB. The business is conducted
along normally British lines but they are going after it seriously
with a view to meeting the demands , of 'this^market . ^ _

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Attached copy of letter from Hr. Cromelin to Hr.
Stevens refers to two sets of first list of 50 Blue Amberol
Records for oach of 28 factors; two additional sets for the uso
of Hr. Cromelin1 s travelers; threo each Model "A" and Model "B"
Diamond Reproducers; three each of the different style Arms for
changing over machines from suppliire to diumond point repro¬
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v/ith diamond reproducer, for ouch of 28 factors.

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European Business", shipment of all this material was made

December 21st.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

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Mr. V/alter Stevens,

Manager, Foreign Dept.,

Thomas A. Edison Inc.,

Orange, Dew Jersey.

Dear Mr. Stevens,

I duly received in response to ay cablegram asking
if the Blue Amberols, Diamond Reproducers etc. had been
forwarded yours advising that you expect to ship by the
"Philadelphia® December 21st. I have cabled you to-day as per
copy attached herewith.

I wae under the impression from Mr. Edison's instruc¬
tions that these samples would be shipped at pnoe and expected
them to be in our possession before the end of the present
month. As I advised you. when in America our Blue Amberol
announcements are prepared with a viev^to int.roduoing the product
in February. This means that in the ordinary course, quite
regardless of the samples Ur. Edison as forwarded here, our
orders placed regularly with the Factory for samples and for
Diamon/ Reproducers etc. should have been executed so as to
have the goods reach us before the end of this month. De gat

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

.3.

the samples out to the Factors ordinarily to he in their
possession hy the first of the month preceding the month the
record goes on sale.

I am very sorry to learn hy your telegram that shipment
has not been made and that even now you do not appear sure that
you will ship hy the "Philadelphia" December 31st hut you merely
expect to. I trust that on receipt of my telegram every effort
was made so as to get the shipment off, for in view of the
present state of the cylinder market here we have been anticipating
a revival based cm the announcement of the Blue Amherol, hut you
will realise how ridiculous we will appear to have our January
announcements out booming produot which we may not be able to
deliver.

I will look to you to do your very best to see that our

customers are not disappointed.

Hoping this finds you well and with best personal

regards.

Very truly yours.

Managing Direotor.

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Edison General File Series
1912. Phonograph - Music Publishers (E-12-67)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
the selection of music and songs. Some of the documents bear marginalia by
Edison or otherwise indicate his direct involvement in the evaluation of music
and songs. Included is correspondence with George Maxwell of G. Ricordi
and Co. and Joseph M. Priaulxand other representatives of Charles H. Ditson
and Co.

Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists of routine letters of transmittal, price quotes, and
additional material concerning orders.

~5?/wmtrJ S^: (Qc/tAvrt/,

(^M/riOef *yk$ JBn. ]

Mr. Walter Hiller,

79 Fifth Ave . ,

Hew York City.

Dear Mr. Miller:-

Mr. Edison asked me to look over these programmes
and see whether the music was listed in Schirmer's or Ditson s
catalogues. You will see that I have made remarks opposite
each selection. In most of the cases they do not appear

in either catalogue.

In the second catalogue, the names of operas
are given, hut the particular selection is not named. Mr.
Edison wants you to ask Mr. Vecsey where we can get the music
of the selections we cannot find in the catalogues; also
what the particular operatic selections are; whether they
are published separately, and where we can get the musio.

Yours very truly.

Jan. 17th. 1918.

Mr. George Maxwell,

Managing Director ,

G. Hicorfli 1-. Go.,

14 Mast 43rd St..

Bear 3ir:-

yonr favor of the 13th instent to the Edison
Phonograph Co. has been referred to me for attention,
in reply I heg to say that the earliest form of the Bfllson
Phonograph was the type in which the record was made on a
sheet of tinfoil placed around the cylinder. Shin 'VFS ?n_
vented in the autumn of 1077. and in 1878 there were some
hundreds of them manufactured and sold. As the incandescent
electric light inventions came along in 1879. Mr. Bdison was
continuously busy thereon for some years thereafter. In 1887,
however, he again resumed work on the Phonograph toput.it into
true commercial shape, and evolved the present type, with wax
cylinder. He then commenced the regular manufacture, and the
present type was first put on the market and offered to the
trade in 1088. If there is any other information I can give
you on this natter, please command me.

Hr. Bdison requests me to say that he is greatly
interested in music of all kinds, and just now the Italian

!

G.H. (B) Jan‘ 17j/l8

especially; and he would he pleased to have yon send to him
a complete set of such catalogues as yon have for district J on,
whether they are in Snglioh or other languages. let me suggest
that you address the some to me so that I nay bring them to his

Thanking you in advance, I am

Yours very truly.

attention.

G.Ricordi^G iM

MUSIC 'NEW YORK' PUBLISHERS-

MILAN • ROME • NAPLES • PALERMO
LONDON - PARIS • LE1PS1C • BUENOS -AVRES

K. lioadov/croft ,

Laboratory of ThotnaoA. Kdisoti

January 10, llJ12

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tier contained therein,
sending you a complete c
of any "subject.

innk you for you
catalogues are
Thoy nro divide

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rather numerous , t
sd and sub-divided

and for tilt
I take pleat
facilitate I

findii

Yours vory truly,

aioljn (Siontu & Qloutpattg

jjinporting gailurn
. UD Eaot 3iucutu-tl|irb Street
New farh

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Feb. 15th, 1912.

John Giorno,

116 East 23rd 3t.,

Now York City.

Boar 8ir:-

Yoxir favor of the 9th instant vms received; also the
booklet containing seven Neapolitan popular songs. I would like
to retain this booklet and will renit in payment of same if you will
please advise mo of the net price.

You ask; me if I can use any of these songs for the
phonograph, hut you do not make any mention of the terms upon
which you would he willing to allow me to so use them. Please
let no know. I understand that the first song ("Core -ngrato" )
has already hcen sung hy Caruso for the Victor Company. Have
any of the others been sung for talking machines?

Do you publish any other music? If so, will you

please send me a full catalogue.

Yours very truly,

S.AE/ES

P.S. — When yon reply,
"For Mr.

please put on
y.eadowcroft"

your envelope

TELEPHONE 169 GRAMERCY

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Mr. John Giomo,

116 Bast Ffird !tt.,

3n-f York City.

Dear Sir

Yonr favor of the 16th instant has hoen rnonivod
and its contontr. noted.

I shall let yon know later as to whether I can
use any of the songs which yon have sent.

I thank yon for the com;liaentary copy of the
seven Heapolitan songs which yon sc kindly rent. ne.

Yon do not state in your letter whether or not
you fiefcl in other Music and, if no. whether you have a cata¬
logue. Please let ne know.

Years very tirly,

(Sumto Sc (Gmitpaity

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March f.V+.h, 1912

Mr. J. K. rriaulrc.

10 Hast 34th St.,

Hew York City.

Dear Mr, Driaulx:-

in regard to the -vocal scores of the operas that
yon. have been sending us. I have been so busy that X have only
just had tine to check up the list. You will find enclosed
.four pages containing a list of all the operas of Bellini.
Donizetti. Itossini and Verdi, and you will find that nost of
then are ticked off in pencil- These ticks indicate what I have
received here. There seens to be a discrepancy between the number
that I have on hand and the number covered by your bills. Bid
you make a list by name of the operas as they werr sent to us?

The first bill that we received specified the operas, but the
later ones did not. Unfortunately, the time they came I was
up to the ears in work and opened the packages and just simply
had the books sent up to the Music Boot, where they were cared
for by one of our young men. When Mr. Bdison went away to
Florida I had them brought down to the library, and they have been
under my care since that time. Within the last two days X have
been checking them up. as per the ticked-off lists herewith.

I wish you would kindly have the matter investigated at your

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end or the line.

Of course, we want the full lint, and as you will
8ee ' there are a number that are still require*, especially
of boss ini’ s operas.

„„ yon not think th.ro in » possibility ”r »«• fa0””le
in shipnent b.tws.n your pl«o= sn.l ours* I —*“» «■“
oonnt of th. two rt.niW shipn.nts of shoot nu«o foot ton. >*
(lotos of Pebrbor, 17th »nd fist- «»• r-

o.ivoa hsre. If tho poohof-o is «»~t- *> » *• of

laboratory, it do.. not „o to th. r.f.lnr r«.MW toon, hot
eooo to th. Onto House , th.ro tk«r. in no possibility of «ny oou-
fusion th. nunhor of pn.»en. rnc.iy.d then, in .onm rotiv.ly
snail . TMn « »n=h s noohnf. non. «*■"« «" «-
Dennrtoent of th. Horton, thon. is noorooly on. oh.no. in . hundroi
that it would foil of ».ine d.liv.r.d to no, on their o.n.tnnt

effort in to ol.on th.ir pi... of »H

As to the one copy of fannhauser , you will re¬
member that I sent you sheet music to offset this.

yours very truly.

whk/bs

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

_ Mozart .

"The Violet" -

"Lorely" .

"The Wanderer" -

"A Swan" -

"The Old Mother" -

"Press Thy Cheek Against Mine Own

"dedication" -

"love Song . .

"Adelaide" -

"Golden at my feet

"As My dear Old Itother -

"I love Thee" -

"Prom Monte Pincio"- .

"Eow Gently Here, My Gondolier —

"A1 1 The Torment"- .

"The Sea"- - -

May P.P.nfl , 1912

Mr. J. E. yriawlx,

U afo C. Ditaon & Co..

' 10 East 24th St. ,

Dear Mr.Priaulx:-

1*,» on. CPJ of ...n of t.h. fonowine
,„„es sent «. HU. K. W *><”*'»• 4401 *"rt»

31. Y.

anti charge to ns, aen'-ing WU to r

’’The Violet” -

"lorely” -

"Dreams” — -

"The VTanderer" -

"A Swan" -- -

"The 01(3 Mother" -

"Trees Thy Cheek Against Mine Own’

"Dedication” -

"love none" -

"Adelaide" -

"Golden at my Feet"

-Iiozart

Liezt.

Uagner

Schubert

Grieg

Grieg

Jensen

Schumann

Brahms

Beethoven

Rubenstein

J.M.l’ . («) Ma7 2S/1S

"AG T3y Sear Old Mother " - Dvorak

”1 Love Thee" - Grieg.

"Prom Monte Plnoio" - Grieg.

"Itov; Gently Here, My Gondolier" - Jenaen

, „ _ partorewski

"Ah The Torment" -

. „ „ _ _ I'aeDowell

"The Sea" — - -

, „ _ - Strauss

"Serenade" -

yours very truly.

whm/ks

Mr. C. Oscar Bllefson,

Lock Box 1?V,
Proctor ,

Minn.

Dear Sir:-

vov.r letter to the Bdison Phonograph Co.
has he on shorn to ne, and we are rmch obliged for the Hat
of songs that you suggeat. I shall have them sung for
me and then decide upon their availability for our purposes,
after which I will advise you.

Very truly yours.

TAS/3S

toeived from

C. H« DITSOK & COMPAHY.
June 20th, -1912.

OCAHTITY

3 Copies

y Donizetti

ARTICLE

Aide By Jerai

Alzira

Aroldo

Attilla

Ballo in Masohero
Battglio di Lagnano |t

Don Carlo

Due Posoari n

Ernani

Palstaff

Pinto Stanislao

Porza del Destino ;

Giovanna d' Aroo n

Lombardi

Louisa Miller

Macheth

Masnadieri "

Habuooo n

Oberto
Otello
Rigoletto
Simon Boooanegra
Traviata "

Trovatore
Vespri Sioiliani
II Corsaro
Annq Bolena
BeliBario
Betley "

Don Pas quale

Don Sebastiano "

Duoa D'Alba "

Elisir D'Amore "

Pavorita "

Piglia del Reggimento "

Linda di Chameunix ”

Luoia "

Luorezia Borgia

Maria di Rohan "

Roberto Devereux '

Poliuto

La Regina

L' Ago nell— „ .

Adel s on E. Salvini By Bellini
Beatrioe di Tenda "

Bianoa E. Fernando "

I Capuleti (or Romeo) "

Norma

Pirata "

Puritani

Sonnambula

Straniera ”

II Barbiere di Siviglia By Rossini

Cenerentola "

La Gazza Ladra ”

Italians in Algeri "

II Conte Ory JJ

Moses '

Semiramide
William Tell

Tins MUSICIAN

Hr. Meadowcroft,

Edison laboratory.
Orange, 3. J.

Bear Sir:

Wo b9g to inform you that we can furnish
the complete Unfinished Symphony by Schubert for Small
Orchestra and Piano at 41*60 retail less £ to you, postage

5^«

Regarding Goldmark's Overture "Sakuntala" , same
will coot 47»00 retail lese 20$ to you, postage about 12f^» This
work comes only in the foreign edition.

"Andante" from the "5th Symphony" by Beethoven,
we do not know for Orchestra. Therefore we are unable to
qu0t9 price.

Trusting to b9 favored with your order, we are,

Very truly yours,

Chaa.H.Ditson & Co,

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Fourteen East Forty-third Street

July 9 j 1912

Kindly give totter titlcG for the following:

"Giocor.da" IV atto Quoot' ultimo bacio

'■Gioconda" I . Terzetto, soprano, Mezzo-cop

cant i agli angcli

•< X " Oh cuor dono fur.esto

n XU '• Conccrtato - o op ran on tenore
rezzo-copraro , taooo e oori

e adduci al Lido

following are not our
Andrea Chenier II att
'• IV Vi
Fedora II “

Ieateau IlovituIII
Arnica I "

Unostro Formrene

publications:

o Duetto soprano e tenor Ecco l'altaro
Duotto Vicino a to

'■ Lori3 Iparoff oggi lo Czar
» tenoro e soprano Dormivi Sognavo
•• sopYxmo e tar it one Pin proas o al ciel
Roman zu Portarci via
'• Vontaglio albandonato

I atto - tenore e soprano - Sonrn.no solo jufe
(Hon la sospiro In nontna caootta)

III atto - tenore o soprano )0h dolvi baci) Tonor solo ojOtt

Yours truly,

G.Ricordi & Co.

Messrs. Breitkopf £c Hartel,

24 West ?.Oth St.,

Hew York City.

Gentlemen:-

Elease send to my assistant, W.
the following hooks and charge to me:

On Conducting, hy Felix Weingartner
Ear Training, hy Br. S. JudasBohn
Instrumentation, hy Br. S. Judassohn
Yours very truly.

July 10th, 1912

H. Meadowcroft,

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Mr. Meadowcroft:

Referring to the list of songs headed,
"SOITOS FROM DITSON'S SUMO FOR UR. EDISON" (Selected from
952 songs)

would ask that you kindly send me copies of the follovvinf
num-bers. I spoke to Mr. Edison about this some few days
ago and he was willing that I should have them.

XAHi TfIXS HEART WITH JOY IS BOUNDING -PALOMITA— Glover

charge OF the LIGHT BRIDGE - . G1°Ter

COOi SAYS SHE GENTLE DOVE - Levey

FINALE — Oh curse me but my

FORMOSA - BOAT SONG -

IL SOSPIROJ (The Sigh) - -
y.L'ESTASI (Ecstasy) -

but my infant spare— NORMA - Bellini

LA GIARDIHIERA -

*LA FARFALLETTA (The Butterfly) -

nr PAURA - - IL TROVATORE

m THOU EOT nan! OH HI^-L'ELISIH B'fflOHI Donl.a!

m r.HLY, DA1ICE OMIT - -PALOHITA .

_ _ _ _ - Phelps

SING TO HE GONDOLIER -

X THE BUGLER - - .

XTHE BLUE ALSATIAN MOUNTAINS
X THE BLOOM IS ON THE RYE -

THE BIRD'S REPLY -

isJHE BOAT WITH MY TRUE LOVE'S NAME
VALZIAMO SEMPRE - “

ANTONETTE - -

rtiterx at thy desire
bird of the wing - -

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XBEAUTY'S EYES .

CALL HE YOUR DARLING AGAIN

Tosti

Skelly

DI Q.UAI SC AVI (Why Fall My Tears) —I MARTIN - Donezitti

FOR YOU -

XFLEE AS A BIRD -

HARK.' WHAT I TELL TO THEE - -

XXL BACIO -

X KATHLEEN MAVOURHEEN - -

V LOVE'S DREAM AFTER THE BALL -
X MARGARET AT THE SPINING WHEEL-

X NANCY LEE -

XNO ONE TO LOVE - - - - - -

OF THEE I All THINKING - - •

Smith

Dana

Haydn

Arditl

Grouch

Czibulka

Schubert

HAKEY AdamB

Harvey

Strelezki

X ROSES, ROSES EVERYWHERE - -

X SWEET SPIRIT HEAR MY PRAYER - LURLINE-

Trotere

Wallace

X STRIDE LA VAJSPA(Upwards the . . . Verdi

THE SECRET -

THE SWALLOW - - -

THE SONG OF THE COQUETTE -

TOREADOR, HOLAi - - -

X^THE LOVER AND THE BIRD ----- -

VIENI, 0 RUGGIERO - WILLIAM TELL

(Come dearest Darling)

WHERE THE WATER LILIES GROW - - -

WHEN FIRST ON MY BOSOM - - - - - -

WITHIN MY CHAMBER - - -

WHERE THE BIRDS SING - -

Moroni

Serradell

Mattel

Trotere

Guglielmo

Rossini

Green

Alden

Buck

Hackelton

If you will have them ready I will have our
messenger call for them on Saturday morning.

10-3-12

V/. H. A. Crorikhite

(Copy to Mr. Edison)

g W-vs ■

Dear Sir:- /

Your favor of the 19th to hand. In reply we beg
to 8ay that we have nrneh pleasure in giving you permission
to use an enlargement of/ the chart whioh appears as a frontis¬
piece in the hook,- Orchestral Instruments and What They Do
by Daniel Gregory Mason, makitfg from twenty to twenty-five
blue prints for your private use.

We would ask you to Jrindly print on the copies that
they are copyright by us and that thet are printed for private
^ use with our permission . t

Yours truly. MEADOW C^OFT

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Edison General File Series
1912. Politics (E-12-68)

This folder contains correspondence relating to local and national
politics. The selected documents pertain primarily to the presidential election
of 1912 and Edison's support for Progressive Party candidate Theodore
Roosevelt. Included are the results of an informal presidential preference poll
conducted among workers at the West Orange laboratory.

Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists of announcements, unsolicited invitations and
appeals for funds from political parties, and other unsolicited items with no
substantive reply from Edison.

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PROGRESSIVE PARTY

For President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT _ For Vice-President, HIRAM JOHNSON

West Orange, N. J., August 30, 1912.

TO THE CITIZENS OF WEST ORANGE:

The PROGRESSIVE PARTY of West Orange, vigorously advocating the
the candidacy of THEODORE ROOSEVELT, for President and HIRAM
IOHNSON, for • Vice-President, and resenting the unfair action of the 1 att Steam
Roller at the Chicago Convention, extends to all citizens of the town irrespective of

former Party affiliations, whether Republican, Democratic or any of the old Parties,

a cordial invitation to attend the birth of the new party, locally and enlist in the ranks at a

MASS MEETING

to be held at .

HEDGES’ HALL

Valley Road, opposite St. Mark’s Church, Tuesday evening, 8 o clock sharp,

SEPTEMBER 3rd,

for the purpose of suggesting and endorsing Progressive candidates for town offices such
as Mayor, Tax Collector, Town Clerk, Assessor, and a complete ticket from Constable
to Councilman in each and every one o the five wards. . •

There is a strong sentiment for a change in our local government, and immediately
upon completion of our ticket, an aggressive campaign will be waged.

IMPORTANT .

As il will be necessary for the PROGRESSIVE PARTY to nominate by pet.t.on th.s year,
we give below some D0N>TS F0R PROGRESSIVES

DON’T take part in the Committee or Convention meetings of any other party.

DON’T fail to resign from the Committee of any other party, .f member of such CommUtee
DON’T sign a petition of any candidate for office, unless it bears the name of the PROGKtbSIVt.

PARDON’T register as a member of any other party, or participate in the pritTadw

this year (1912) as such action would handicap you in taking part in the PROGRESSIVE Primaries

"eXt Yo'u can^ register for the General Election on September 10th, September 24th, and October 22nd.
September 24th fs Primary Day for the old parties. It is not necessary to vote in any of the party boxes.

P*°ggNTfe and no longer a

Republican,^pano^at,^Indq)ender^J-eaguer,^or ■ -^3*^ are warned.

If ^ou cannot ^teng^an^^desire^to' enroll under the banner of the new PROGRESSIVE

PARBUSINESS MEE™GSJa™ MONDAY evening, 8 o’clock.

All are Welcome.

Respectfully,

PROGRESSIVE COMMITTEE

f7> NIGHT LETTER

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

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PROGRESSIVE PARTY HEADQUARTERS,

180 Worthington Street,

Honorable Thomas A. Edison,
Orange J,

Dear Sir:-

Springfiel<£ Sep,t. 31, 1913.

kO0w of>°N

f3AT

We were complimented to know that you have en¬
dorsed the Progressive movement. Our club has been hoping
we could get you to come to Springfield and address us.

This section of flew England is the center of the automobile
industry of the east, the United States Armory is located
here and at least one-third of our population are nngaged in
mechanical trade. To these men your history appeals with a
peculiar force. They are interested in whatever you have to
say and would appreciate if in some manner you could arrange
to talk to them. We know it is something of an imposition on
our part to request your presence and we also know that it may
be impossible for you on account of your scientific researches
or labors to give the time to anybody.

We hope if you can spare the time at all you can spare
it for us. If you can come the sooner you could arrange it the
better and we would be glad to suit everything to your convenience.
We want you to talk on your reasons for supporting Colonel
Roosevelt and whether you say much or little it will be valuable
to the cause of Colonel Roosevelt and grateful to his supporters
who are also your admirers.

In the event that it impossible for you to come a
letter t= u. uould b. of greet help end the Progr.e.i.o Party

Club here would treasure it.

Of course if it is possible we want you to come and a
letter while- valuable to us would be a poor substitute for your
presence.

, Fro. a publicity at.ndpoint the nawupor. fro. here

circulate all car beater. Ragland, The Springfield Republic,

n, Springfield Union, The Springfield Daily The Springfield

Tribune, The Springfield U-eetead. Through the., you could t.lh
to an immense audience.

1 doubt if any of the people in this section have ever
seen you unless the few who have met you in other places. This
section the mechanical portion of Hew England would welcome you

ae perhaps no other living American.

,a hop. that you ,111 b. ,»» ua. Tha .are an.odnoa-

•ant that you aro for tha Roo.av.lt oau.a -a ara apr.udlng broad-
cast as you will notice by the enclosed postal.

Respectfully,

Secretary.

'Ui rzusy

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

This Sample Ballot is an exact copy of the Ballot to be used
on Primary Day. THIS BALLOT CANNOT BE VOTED.

Republican Primary Ticket.

Town of West Orange. Ward No. 2. Ejection District No. 2.

Mark a cross X in the square at the left of the name of the person for whom

Favored for United States Senator Vote for One

| FRANK O. BRIGGS

For Member of the House of Representatives

I W. I. LINCOLN ADAMS

Vote for One

Regular Republican

'

WILLIAM C.. WEBSTER

For Members of the General Assembly Vote for Twelve

1

HENRY F. HOLLOWAY

Regular Republican

COLEMAN E. KISSAM

1

1

WILLIAM M. BEARD

WILLIAM E. STAGG

FRED TROUT

THOMAS J. SMITH

ROBERT E. MITCHELL

FRED G. STICICEL, JR.

CHARLES G. LINNENICOHL

MORTIMER LOWY

EDWARD HOFFMAN

JOSEPH STEINER

For County Clerk , Vote for One

J. WILLIAM 1IUEGEL

Republican

JOHN B. WOOLSTON

Republican

For County Supervisor Vote for One

j ANDREW C. SNYDER | Regular Republican

-- - - — t* - * — u.n. Vnlo fnr-Threc

[CONTINUED ON NEXT FRAME]

September 24, 1912.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

This Sample Ballot is an exact copy of the Ballot to be used
on Primary Day. THIS BALLOT CANNOT BE VOTED.

To be torn off by the Judge of Election.
Fold to this line.

Democratic Primary Ticket.

Town of West Orange. Ward No. 2. Election District No. 2.

September 24, 1912.

Mark a cross X in the square at the left of the name of the person for whom

Favored for United States Senator Vote for One

WILLIAM HUGHES |

FRANK M. McDERMIT |

JAMES SMITH. JR. |

Democrat

JOHN W. WESCOTT j

Fo

Member of the House of Representatives Vote for One

| HERBERT W. KNIGHT | Progress.ve Democrat

j EDWARD W. TOWNSEND | Democrat

For Members of the General Assembly Vote for Twelve

1

WILLIAM E. MAGUIRE

Democrat

!_

HUBERT J. ROWE

CHARLES A. NUTTING

1

SIMON L. FISCII '

1

JOHN J. BRACKEN

1

BENNETT II. FISIILER

-

. LAWRENCE McCABE, JR.

LOUIS LEWIS

JOHN A. MATTHEWS

JOSEPH B. BLOOM-

FRANK A. FOLEY

I

JOSEPH F. PAPSCOE

i

DIX W. NOEL

i •

WILFRED C. ROSZEL

i_

F. G. JOHNSON

F

TIMOTHY BARRETT

L. MANCUSI-UNGARO

±_

WILLIAM J. McFADDEN

[CONTINUED ON NEXT FRAME]

F. G. JOHNSON

TIMOTHY BARRETT »>*

L. MANCUSI-UNGARO

WILLIAM J. McFADDEN

•Progressive Democrat

■

ADAM J. ROSSBACH

JAMES C. SPRIGGS

JOHN A. KELLY

JOSEPH MERCY

MAURICE R. WELCH

| JACOB G. BECKER

Fc

r County Clerk

Vote for One

GEORGE GRIMME , • |

Regular Democrat

Joseph McDonough

Democrat

CLARENCE SACKETT .

Progressive Democrat

For County Supervisor

Vote for One

P

JACOB PINKINSON |

Progressive Democrat

EDWARD SCHICKIIAUS

Democrat

Fc

r Members of the Board of Chosen Freeholdei

s Vote for Three

L_

FREDERICK C. STECK

EMMETT J. QUINN

Regular Democrat

JOHN PI. WATERS

NATHANIEL J. WARD

Democrat

JOSEPH A. BRADY

CHARLES N. HART

Progressive Democrat

::

IRVING D. BELLES

For Mayor

, Vote for One

SAMUEL A. MUTA

For Town Clerk

Vote for One

GEORGE W. FOSTER

JAMES LOIIMAN

DITLOW SCHROLL, JR.

For Town Collector

Vote for One

FRANK A. O'CONNOR

F

r Member of Board of Assessors

Vote for One

CHARLES A. McCLOSICEY

NEWELL N. SMITH

F

r Member of Town Council .

Vote for One

| JOHN J. C.ILLICK

F

r Justice of the Peace

Vote for One

| NICHOLAS J. BELOTT

For Constable

Vote for One

| RALPH BELOTT

. F

Vote for One

| FRANK A. O’CONNOR

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] [CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING FRAME]

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

This Sample Ballot is an exact copy of the Ballot to be used
on Primary Day. THIS BALLOT CANNOT BE VOTED.

•n off by the Judge of Election.
Fold to this line.

Socialist Primary Ticket.

Town of West Orange. Ward No. 2. Election District No. 2.

September 24, 1912.

Mark a cross X in the square at the left of the
you wish to vote.

name of the person for whom

1 Favored for United States Senator

Vote for One

r? . —

For Member of the House of Representatives

Vote for One

| T. ALEX CAIRNS i

Socialist Party Member

For Members of the' General Assembly

Vote for Twelve

GUS. W. BERGER

TIMOTHY McEUGOT

TIMOTHY O’LEARY

II. EMMETT PHELPS

STEPHEN A. D. SMITH

PERCY S. SULC

JAMES C. TURNBULL

Socialist Party Member

ANDREW P. WITTEL

WILLIAM 11EUER j

Fc

ir County Clerk

~1

| EDWARD LI ICLUMP

1 For County Supervisor

r

| THOMAS H. MOORE

1 For Members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders Vote for Three

EDWARD II. ASHTON

JAMES B. BACHMAN

■ Socialist Party Member ^

[CONTINUED ON NEXT FRAME]

[ For Members of the General Assembly Vote for Twelve

—

GUS. W. BERGER

- 7

Socialist Party Member

JOHN DENZER

■ MILO C. JONES

J

TIMOTHY McELIGOT

TIMOTHY O’LEARY

-

H. EMMETT PHELPS

OTTO RUllNKE

STEPHEN A. D. SMITH

PERCY S. SULC •

JAMES C. TURNBULL

ANDREW P. WITTEL

WILLIAM HEUER

F<

>r County Clerk Vote for One

| | EDWARD L. ICLUMP | Socialist Party Member

1 For County Supervisor Vote for One

1 | THOMAS H. MOORE | Socialist Party Member

1 For Members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders Vote for Three

r

| EDWARD H. ASHTON

Socialist Party Member

F

[ JAMES B. BACHMAN

| JOHN T. WHERKTT .

TTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

these men, showing how they stand on the three Presidential candidates!

Mr. Thos. A. Edison,

Valley Road,

West Orange, N. J.

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THE RQ DEHEAVER COMPANY

.isHERs of MUSIC PUBLISHERS

TZTZZlo. street Mp>.do^

“GREAT REVIVAL HYMNS

£

Mr Thomas A. Edison,

Orange , H. J.

Dear “ir:~ Having just read the splendid interview with you
01 tho DULL MOOSE subject, we beg to hand you a sample
of one of the greatest Oampaing Novelties with our compliment s,
which is making a wonderfull hit here.

The song is easy and catchy and the men take hold of it
very readily, and they certainly make a great sensation when
they all waive their BANDANNAS while singing the chorus.

If it would appeal to you at all, and you would kindly
recomend it in some of your demonstrations, we would be glad to
make some very low prices for them.

Very Truly, -

P. S. — . Would just mention that •
75/ per doz or 48.00 per gross.

e make the Handerohief at

PROGRESSIVE PARTY

HOTEL MANHATTAN

October 9th, 1912.

My dear Mr. Edison:-

Ever since my visit with you the other day I have been moaning
to write you a note and tell you how much X enjoyed it; and now, in addition to
doing this, I want to tell you how much we all appreciate the splendid interview
you gave the newspaper hoys last Sunday. It has had wide publicity and has done a
great deal of good; in fact Mr. Van Vnlkenburg, of the Philadelphia North American,
told me to-day that he thought it had done more good than any one single thing,
mth best regards, I am,

Sincerely yours^/^ ^ ^

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Valley Road,

Test Orange, N. J.

Harrisburg, Pa., October"M"y "1912.

Hon. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, New Jersey.

Friend Edison:

I was delighted beyond measure when I read in the daily
papers your declaration in favor of Theodore Roosevelt j»a. our
next President.

You will note by the enclosed card that I have been nominated
for Congress in this Congressional district, with some prospect
of election, as the Roosevelt party carried the district by a
good majority last April, when the primary contest took place.

I hope to see you in Harrisburg ere long, and to have the
pleasure of entertaining you while here.

By the way, have you succeeded in purifying Bismuth to the
extent you desired? In a few days I intend to go to the locality
in Colorado where Bismuth ore has been found in the Comstock gold
mine, and I shall probably bring a number of samples with me to my
laboratory here for the purpose of extracting the metal, and
experimenting with it until I have Bismuth in its purest form.

Hoping you are well, and that you are not overworking your¬
self these strenuous days, I remain

FOR MEMBER OF

Sixty-Third congress

Faithfully yours

Col. Henry C. Demining

Harrisburg, Pa., October"!^ ”'19X2.

Hon. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, Hew Jersey.

Friend Edison:

I was delighted beyond measure when I read in the daily
papers your declaration in favor of Theodore Roosevelt j*a. our
next President.

You will note by the enclosed card that I have been nominated
for Congress in this Congressional district, with some prospect
of election, as the Roosevelt party carried the district by a
good majority last April, when the primary contest took place.

I hope to see you in Harrisburg ere long, and to have the
pleasure of entertaining you while here.

By the way, have you succeeded in purifying Bismuth to the
extent you desired? In a few days I intend to go to the locality
in Colorado where Bismuth ore has been found in the Comstock gold
mine, and I shall probably bring a number of samples with me to my
laboratory here for the purpose of extracting the metal, and
experimenting with it until I have Bismuth in its purest form.

Hoping you are well, and that you are not overworking your¬
self these strenuous days, I remain

uxxy yours,

$ rogn>*50ttn> (Enunty (Eommittee

Eaorx (Smutty, Ktui 3ernty
211-213 HALSEY STREET, NEWARK. N. J.

ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF MARKET ST.

‘“Dmarkct ARCH 11 BROOKLYN BRIDGE, HEW YCfRK CITY •

October 29th, 1912. ^ V'

'homao A. Edison, Esq., I ^ 1 , * ^

Llewellyn Park, ( , J- v

We3t Orange, H.J. ^ ° >il ' c

ear Mr. Edison: \ ^ /UC-‘

The progressive Party is making a very active^/
ampaign in Essex County, which necessitates the expenditure ^
lf a good deal of money for printing, postage, clerk hir4

It is not easy to raise this money. A tew 01 .
the greater part of the burden, contributing \
*,*no. aniece. We still need some §3,000

from §500. to §1500. apiece. We still neec
complete our work for this County. Can you help
the extent of §?00. or §1,000. ?

Thanking you in advance for any ass,

will give us, I am,

Very truly yours,

Edison General File Series
1912. Port Huron [not selected] (E-12-69)

This folder contains unsolicited correspondence and other documents

relatina to Port Huron, Michigan, where Edison lived from 1854 to 1863.
Included are appeals 'from civic and charitable organizations and letters
seeking information about Edison's childhood.

Edison General File Series

1912. Proudfoot’s Commercial Agency [not selected] (E-12-70)

This folder contains commercial reports on individuals, companies, and
charitable organizations. Among the documents for 1912 are reports relating
to I'Alliance Frangaise de New York, the Guardians of Liberty, and Oppenheim
& Co. of New York.

Edison General File Series
1912. Radio (E-12-71)

telegraphy.

including reminders regarding the renewal of notes held by Edison.

United Wireless Telegraph Co. Stockholders Association

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

March 13, 1912.

At a meeting of the stockholders association of above
company held on this date it was unanimously voted that the
association go on record as favoring the idea of consolidation
with the Marconi Wireless Co., and that the trustees use all
influence possible towards that end without undue delay.

Also that all stockholders be immediately notified
and kept thoroughly posted in all matters pertaining to such
consolidation.

To date this seems to be the most common-sense ani
logical solution of all the trials and tribulations of the
United Wiroless Telegraph Co.

Most respectfully submitted,

Reuben A. Punnett,

John Krautwurst,

John J. Pisher,

Executive Committee,

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Edison General File Series
1912. Real Estate (E-12-72)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's real estate holdings. Also included are unsolicited letters offering to
sell land or construction services. A sample of these letters, bearing Edison s
reply in the form of marginalia, has been selected. Among the correspondents
for 1912 are Delos Holden of the Legal Department and Talbot Root,
chairman of the Fire Committee in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.

Approximately 10 percent

of the documents have been selected.

You should also be prepared to state how much of
the land is leased and what is obtained for it. I find that
’r lease covers about 30 acres, a part of which is in Belleville,
and brought $350 last year. Assuming that seventeen acres are

HFM

Jan. 10, 1913

in Bloomfield, which is the amount which we are aBB.eesed
on the tract north of the railroad, the rental is about $300.
for the portion in Bloomfield; also that gfie Bloomfield properly
contains two dilapidated houses upon which no insurance is
carried, and for which we get no rental other than the #300.
just mentioned.

You can also testify as to the payment of the taxes
for the years 1906 to 1910 inclusive, the original vouchers
being in Mr. McCarter's possession.

I think it would be well for you to be at Mr. McCarter’s
office a little''head of the hearing, and would suggest that
you make an appointment with him by telephone. G. W. McCarter
4s the name, his office being in the Prudential Building, with
McCarter & English.

Very truly yours,

/•5r ...

BH-MJL

LEGAL DEPARTMENT

Harry F. Miller, Esq.,

Laboratory.

Dear Sir:

I return herewith the vouchera for the
payment of taxes on Mr. Edison's Silver Lake property
at Bloomfield for the years 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
and 1910. I will retain the bills for 1911 till
the question of reduction of assessment has been
determined.

Very truly yours,

■£>r./es

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DH-MJL

enclosures

Newark, II

In reference to the Silver j,uke property, Ur.

Dyke informs me that Mr. Edison says he is always open for an
offer.

As I told you there is an inquiry for this property
and I wish you would have seirS to me data Bhowing the extent
of it. If you have a map or sketch or blue print, I should he
very glad to have the use of it and will return it to you.

I hope you will he able to get this in my hands in
the near future, and with kind regards, I am,

(K

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Thomas A .Edison,
Mania, N.J.
Dear Sirs-

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Florence , Colorado , January 30th, 1913 .

I take this opportunity to. address- you believing I havew
something of great importance to interest you. I have been an ex¬
plorer, or prospector, for the past twenty-six years, and in my travels
I have came in contact with a most wonderful cave. When properly de¬
veloped this cave will equal, if not surpass, the famous Matodth Cave;
of Kentucky. The point I wish to make is this, the cave, at its entrance,
has a room, or what is commonly called an auditorium, that would seat
from 5,000 to. 10,000* people; it iB some two hundred feet to the roof;
the acoustics for recording sound are perfect; man cannot build or
imitates its equal, and this is the point to command your attention.
There is a natural stage for acting; there is a water power within
the cave that would develop power for lightingvsame.say 30 to 50- H.P.
If artificial light can be used for making moving pictures, there is
no place in history discovered that would be so.- dteirable for produc¬
ing picture plays and recording voices or music sounds. This cave
can be secured at a small royalty on pictures and records produced.

The hills, near to the cave, are equal to those of the New. England
states; rivers, brooks, springs, rocks, trees, all that go. to make a picture

beatttiful.

I have an option on 4361 acres of this land near the cave that
I can sell at $4..00 per acre. It is one of the most desirable tracts
to be used as a picture making preserve that can be found in America.

If this interests you and you desire other information,! will
gladly respond to your wishes. Please favor me with a reply and

L. C. BAILEY.

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An ideal tract for a picture making preserve, or stack ranche,
consisting of 4361 acres of unimproved lands on the south Bide, of

river, thirteen miles above . Pretty weil timbered,

saw pine and tie oak; in fact, the timber is worth the price of thee
land. Well watered; one very large spring, a number of smaller onetr,
two small creeks, river on back side in part. Open wood with luxuriant
grass. Mainly secluded, broken hill country in its wild state, yet
fronting in part on the south side on a public road. The best body
of land of this size for a game preserve or stock ranche now available,
in all the river country. Or it would be a sure winner simply

as an investment. One could make the timber pay it out, and so have:
the land left. Then after a few years the present growth of young
timber would be ready for market. Or just let it lie untouched, and
it will double in value in five years. One of these times a rail
road will pull within a mile of it. Mark the predict ion. Then a lot
of fellows will be regretting that they did not buy this very tract..
Within a few miles of railroad. Within 60/ minutes of town of 33„000.
Small towns near by; open winters; best of climatejhas plenty of
good fruit land; near to cave; can sell this land at $4*00. per acre
for picture preserve; perfect title*

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under s to o^f rom^y our son Charley that you were looking
for a good ooniont proporty •

Hr, THCUAS A. BDX30H,

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

n Bloomfield Ave. that you could dispose of 75 or -

without affecting

s of public benefit to the Borough of

The Eire Department now occupy (under a lease) the
building and land on Herman Street, which land runs back to your
side line. The buildings are totally inadequate and we are
greatly cramped for room to house our various apparatus. We can
purchase the building? and land at a reasonable figure, but it

3 without enlarging, '

jt only be very expensive, but -
satisfactory gor future needs, b

the situation, you might, if you felt inclined, sell some of
your land, and at such a figure that the Borough might be able
to purchase; in such event, that would of course, mean the erect¬
ing of a suitable building thereon. We fully realize the im¬
portance of keeping the taxes down, and also the great necessity
for the proper housing of the Department, which branch, if properly
equipped and run, means much as to fire insurance risks, and
premiums for the citizens and owners.

D COUN CXI*

GLKN HlDGK. i

Thomas A. Edison #2

this at a reasonable cost, we may be able to have their
sanction; hence, being a public spirited citizen yourself,
as well as a taxpayer, you can appreciate my going into
particulars.

I am. Very truly.

Chairman of Eire Committee.

In reply to yours of the 6th, written by Hr.
O.A.Meister, your Assistant Secretary, as per your direction
regarding the purchase of some Glen Ridge property, I have
communicated with Mr. Howard E. Davis, a local real estate man
of Bloomfield, H. J, , and he writes as follows:-

That he has sold no property near the point
mentioned, nor ha3 he heard of any being sold. Hot long ago
he sold a tract on the Easterly side of Bloomfield Ave., south
of Orange Street for $3000. This plot was 100 feet front
with an average depth of more than 400 feet. This plot is
below the street grade, and required a good deal of fill.

He states that there is a small plot near it that is up to the
street grade which can be purchased for $40. per front foot.
Neither of these parcels, however, are as good as your land.

In the immediate neighborhood, just north of
Bloomfield Center, he has sold lots with a depth of 100 feet
for $75. per front foot, and north of Clark St. on Bloomfield
Ave. a client of his holds an option for 100 feet front for
$40. per foot. The property runs back to the railroad and
has a depth of over 400 feet.

He writes that the plot X wrote him of, acctr d-
ing to the map appears to be 150 feet on Bloomfield Ave. line
with an average depth of 160 to 185 feet, and thinks if it was
sold in conjunction with the factory property in the rear for

'575. per front foot, it would te
of its value.

You will note that the §75
factory property which faces on !
from Bloomfield Ave. to Bellevil
Borough could afford to purchase
we could get along for the purpo..
letter. for the Fire Department service, wit!
feet frontage, and say to 200 feet in depth.

The piece of property that Mr. Davis me
St., 100 x 400 feet at $40. per front foot,
tance from Bloomfield Center and hut a short

Davis mentions off of Clark
it foot, is not a great dis-
; a short distance from what
3 very many buildings on this

part of Bloomfield Ave.

It occurred to me that as you have a large frontage, some¬
thing like 170 feet, and a great depth, over 500 feet, running
through to Belleville Ave., that you might he willing to sell a
portion of it. As a business proposition or as a residential
piece, I do not consider it of great value.

X think the property is worth $40. per front foot, and
personally should he very glad to take up the matter with my
fell ow- counc ilmen , if terms could he agreed upon with you, and
the Council were satisfied that it was for the best interest of
the Borough to purchase the same for the purpose as already men¬
tioned. Thanking you in advance, I am.

Kindly let me hear from ^ours vexy truly,

tr/cf you’

Chairman of Fire Committee.

wrote you in answer

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a part or the whole ,
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of this property, and what figures you place upop-
same. I have no desire to get your figures o&erthan
for the purpose, if a purchase could he wade, for ^he
use of this land for Fire Dept, and Police Bepa^m-nt

4-*-

Chairman of Five Committee.

Edison General File Series
1912. Receipts [not selected] (E-12-73)

This folder contains receipts for payments made by Edison to members
of his family and others. Included are receipts for his daughter Marion Edison
Oeser and daughter-in-law Beatrice Heyzer Edison. Also included are receipts
for Nellie Edison Poyer, Sarah F. Stilwell, and Nancy Elizabeth (Lizzie)
Wadsworth.

Edison General File Series

1912. Religion and Spiritualism [not selected] (E-12-74)

This folder contains unsolicited correspondence and other documents
regarding Edison's opinions and widely publicized statements about
immortality, theology, superstition, and related subjects. None of the letters
received a substantive reply from Edison.

Edison General File Series
1912. Secretary [not selected] (E-12-75)

This folder contains letters of transmittal and acknowledgment,
unsolicited correspondence, documents concerning the whereabouts of other
documents, and other routine items relating to the duties of Edison's private
secretary, Harry F. Miller, and his personal assistant, William H. Meadowcroft.

Edison General File Series

1912. Stock and Bond Offerings [not selected] (E-12-76)

This folder contains unsolicited correspondence, prospectuses, and
other routine documents relating to the purchase of stocks and bonds.

Edison General File Series
1912. Tasimeter (E-12-77)

This folder contains two documents relating to Edison's tasimeter.
Included is a letter from F. Hess of Pascagoula, Mississippi, who met Edison
at Rawlins, Wyoming, in July 1878, when he used the tasimeter to measure
the heat of the sun's corona during an eclipse.

Both documents have been selected.

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Edison General File Series
1912. Telegraph (E-12-78)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
telegraphy. I ncluded are letters seeking Edison's opinions about technological
developments and his advice on technical matters, along with items regarding
his subscriptions to telegraphic services. Among the documents for 1 91 2 are
numerous letters to and from Edison's attorney Frederick J. Stone pertaining
to the protracted litigation against Jay Gould and the Atlantic & Pacific
Telegraph Co., which was initiated during the 1870s by Edison, George
Harrington, and Josiah C. Reiff. (Related material for 1911 and 1913 can be
found in the "Legal-Litigation" folders in the Edison General File Series.) Also

included is correspondence with Newcomb Carlton, vice president of Western

Union, concerning the use of phonographs in telegraphic operations.

Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected material consists primarily of circulars, letters of transmittal and
acknowledgment, and unsolicited correspondence seeking advice or
information. Some of the items bear perfunctory replies, written by Edison in
the form of marginalia.

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Hewark, N. J.'1; Jan. 15th, 1912.

Mr. Harry Miller,
Edison laboratory.
West Orange, H. J.

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The WestWn Union Telegraph Company in- V
augur at ed what is known as a "Deferred Uable Service
on January 1st, which enables patrons to transmit mes¬
sages to London and Liverpool at one half the regular

The idea is to make use of the wires dur¬
ing the hours when general business 4b suspended but

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Union office .

If it iB found that a delay beyond twenty
four hours is apparent, the Deferred Message will be
sent through with the full paid business without extra
expense to ;the sender.

The innovation no doubt is a good one from
a financial point of view, for the general public and
I would like to have you ask Mr. Edison if he wiil give
the Western Union his personal opinion regarding the
new departure.

Any stipulation you place upon the use of
his letter will be faithfully adhered to.

You might use the conversation we had this
afternoon in order to get this for me and at the same
time give him my "73’ b".

With kindest regardB to you, I am.
Sincerely yourB,

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The Western Union Telegraph Company announces the inauguration
n-p +vir -Pol 1 owing? new classes of Cable Service, at a reduction of
from 50 to 80 per cent} these being in addition to its "Past Regular
Cable Service" at standard rates:

1 - "Cable letters"

2 - "Weeie End Cable Letters"

3 - "Deferred Service"

1. "CABLE LETTERS" in plain English language may be filed at any
hour, to be forwarded to reach London or Liverpool in time for
delivery on the morning of the second day after filing. The rate
for this service is $1.50 for 20 words, with oOpf added for each
additional 6 words plus the local telegraph tolls to New Yorh.

2 "WEEK END CABLE LETTERS" in plain English language may be
filed at any hour up to midnight on Saturday to reach London or
Liverpool in time for delivery on the following Tuesday morning.

The rate for this service is $1.50 for 30 words with 25pf added for
each additional 5 words plus the local telegraph tolls to New YorK.

"CABLE LETTERS" and "WEEK END CABLE LETTERS" destined to
points outside of London and Liverpool, will be delivered by mail,
without extra charge for postage, unless telegraphic delivery is
desired and indicated by sender at time of filing in which letter
event the rate of lpf per word for telegraph transmission (with a
minimum of 12 words including address and signature) will apply
to points in Great Britain and Ireland. To other points in Europe,
the usual tariffs beyond London will apply, in addition to the
cable tolls quoted. "CABLE LETTERS" and "WEEK END CABLE LETTERS’,
talcing mail delivery to points outside London or Liverpool will be
mailed so as to reach destination, as nearly as possible on the
seoond day after filing.

DEFERRED SERVICE AT HALE RATES.

3 The "DEFERRED SERVICE" requirements are that messages must be
written in plain English, or French, or other language of the
country of origin or destination, and the sender must declare
which of these languages is used, by v/riting the letters LCF, LCO
or LCD before the address, according to his declaration, paying
the oharges for one word, thiB being a European Government stipu¬
lation.

The message must have at least one text word; the address may
he a registered Cable Address; house and street numbers, if given,
may be expressed in figures. The text or body of the message must
be written in plain language, without figures, commercial marks
groups of letters, or abbreviations or mutilations, and all numbers,
except in the address, must be written in words. Genuine words,
with not more than fifteen letters will be charged as single words.
Deferred messages will only be delayed until the transmission of
"Fast Regular Cables" on hand has been completed; and in no case
longer than 24 hours, when they will take their turn with fully-
paid business.

The "Deferred Service" at half rates is in effect, at present
only, to the following named countries and places:

Great Britain)
and Ireland)
Germany
France
Algeria
Tunis
Portugal
Sierre Leone
Southern Rhodesia
Aden in Arabia
Ascension Island

Bathurst in ) Labuan Island
British Africa) Northern Nigeria
British No. Borneo Southern Nigeria

Ceylon
Cocos Island
Cyprus
East Africa
Uganda
Gold Coast
India
Burma

Perim Island
Somaliland
So. African Union
Straits Settlements
Malay Station
Zanzibar

Prompt attention will be given all requests as to rates, etc.,
at any Western Union office, or we will be pleased to send a re¬
presentative to fully explain the service, if desired.

Very respectfully,

The Western Union Telegraph Company

May Bth,1912.

Bear Hr, Ryer:-

Thero Is nothing now to report apropos of the two appeals
(consolidated and to ho heard as one and upon one reoord) in tho
United states Supremo Court ) as it looks now, tho appeals will not
he reached for argument before a year from next Sail .and we will not
be celled upon to print, or furnish printed oopies of, tho reoord on
appeal for probably a year to come; X am sorry that the calendars
of the Court are so congested,

I met Mr, Taggart, the general counsel of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, the other day and had a rather informal talk with
him, thd net result of which .leads me to think that perhaps I may be
ab^e sometime to reach a compromise upon some equitable basis amicab¬
ly out of Court, - but this is almost top good to be true.

As to the Reiff estate, there is little, if any, change and
nothing to report except that the Surrogate has approved the pro¬
posed settlement between tho administrators and Drexel, Morgan & Com¬
pany, of which I advised you and to which you and Mr, Edison, as well
as ell the other large creditors gave approval; tho effect of|this
settlement is to reduoe Colonel Reiff* s estate's indebtedness about
$140*000,or #150,000, or thereabouts*

While, Of course, as you know, Ur, Edi90h is not indebted to me
for professional services, nor will he be unless there io a reoovery
and then only for a fes contingent upon the reoovoty, nevertheless,
in view of rry accident and illness cyaequent therouppn and my son* s
Illness in South America, and some other unforeseen events, do you
think Hr. Edison woirfd- be willing t% loan me,uport my demand note,

-over-

i, would you bo willing

with interest,' say 05OO* or $1,000., end, if ao

to ask him if ho would do mo thi3 favor?

I was laid up at home for' oomo six weeks with7 a orushod ankle
and my son has been 111, in South Jtaerioa, with yellow fovor, and' 1
have hod to face somo other unforeseen aooldonts and misfortunes
the net result 'of which is to embarrass, me more or less and without
fault on my part. X know that X havo no right to ask Mr. Edison
to advance mo. or to prepay a contingent foe,, although I fully expeot
to not only barn a good fee in the matter of the Reiff estate, but
a very handsome foe in the appeals pending in the United State a Supr«o
' court at Washington.

X know that, you feel personally kind towards me and X would
feel greatly indebted to you if you could arid would ask and induce
Mr. Edison to 'do mb the favor of loaning -mo on 'my noto $500. or $1000.

I am Just per footing an appeal in the Hew York State Supremo
Oouit-, Appellate Division, involving an accounting of over one million
dollars, but that will probably not bo heard before the Hall, if as
soon; and I have a lot of other business, which is also equally in
arrears, ana unsatisfactory ‘largely on aooount of my illness.

I .-remain, doar sir,- ^

Prank L.nyeryEsqv,. •
Orange, H.J.

F. J. STONE,
NSELLOR-AT-LAW,
13 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK.

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May 13,1912.

Dear Mr. Miller

I have your letter of the 11th in reply to mine of the
9th inst. Please find enoloeed my note for four monthB^^v<

dated May I4th,1912, and payable at Knickerbocker Trust Company

Mr. Taggart's statement, belittling our chance of winning in
the U.S. Supreme Court, would be amusing if it were not ridiculous.

Of course we are not certain to win; we have a difficult and a
very technical case but on the real merits, divesting the case from
technicalities, we ought to win out*

If Mr. Taggart is sincere in his statement to Mr. Edison, I
wonder why he has repeatedly told me that he would advise his cli¬
ents to pay us the "nuisance value of the litigation".

I think and I have always thought, although Colonel Reiff did
not agree with me fully in regard to a compromise, that the case
ought to be settled, if possible, upon some equitable basis amicably

out of Court, and Judge
may be yet effected upon

Parker and I both hope that some compromise
some equitable basis. Your^<^eto^J ,

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The Western Union Telegraph Company

19 5 Broadway

New York ;.:sy 22ml, 1912.

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Sear lir. Edison:

On my return from the Pacific coast I find an in¬
teresting report from I.r. Yorke on the results of a test of the
annlication of the phonograph to telegraphic operation.

You ore no doubt aware of the result of the test and
of the somewhat unsatisfactory character of the signals. This fault
may have been due to several causes, all of which may oe correcued
in time. We have, however, about come to the conclusion that, re¬
ceiving telegraphic signals on wax cylinders is open to many objec¬
tions. This development seems to us less promising than the im¬
provement of the tape machines and the general printing telegraph
developments to which we are bending our energies.

Wo believe that the ultimate solution of the operat¬
ing problem of tbe telegraph lies in the use of tape or printing
apparatus.

Our representative was much impressed by your recti¬
fier which we understand will soon be ready for the market. V/e have
use for these and will be glad to be advised when they are ready for
3ale.

If in the test which was recently made of your tele¬
graphic apparatus there seemed to he any lack of completeness or of

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Dear Hr. Edison:

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Please find enclosed a reply brief which was drafted in reply
to Mr. Taggart's brief in opposition to our motion for a writ of certi¬
orari, I think it conclusively answers the three points upon which Mr.
Taggart relies and as to which the Circuit Court of Appeals were misled
You have already seen our brief in opposition to the motions to dismiss
our appeals and in support of our petition for certiorari, and I hope
that you will be equally satisfied with this reply brief.

X attended the Supreme Court at Washington and when the two
motions to dismiss were called X answered that we had filed a brief in
opposition thereto and also a brief identical, except as to title, in
support of a motion- for a writ of certiorari directed to the United
States Circuit court of Appeals to review all the proceedings in the
case, and by the courtesy of the Chief justice I was permitted to add
orally that Judge Wallace and my associate, Judge Parker, had both
certified over their own signatures that the petition was true as to
fact and sound and correct in law. X also added that I believed there
was a valid preliminary objection! to the two motions to dismiss, namely
a stipulation signed by the moving parties consenting that our two ap¬
peals be consolidated and heard as one before the Supreme Court of the
United States and upon one record as therein agreed. This seemed to
interest the Chief justice and he asked me if that stipulation were
printed, to which I replied that it was not only printed but set forth'
in full on: the last page of the appendix to our leading brief.

In view of the irreconcilable differences between Judge Hazel
opinion and the opinion of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals
no one can tell what will happen, but I am satisfied that we have not
only done everything that was humanly possible, but that we shall have
a full and fair hearing before the court of last resort. We have done
all that we could do and I hope that we may succeed. I need only add
that we are greatly indebted to judge Parker.

If not too much trouble will you kindly let me know what you.
think of our reply brief and especially of the first paragraph.

Ve p^ytrul^youjyi ,

3d

With kind regards.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Jntpretwe (£out't of the HhitwX states,

OCTOBER TERM, 1912.-

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Supreme Court of the TUntteb States,

George Harrington nnd Thomas A. Elli¬
son and Daniel T. Beiff nnd Philip S.
Hill, as Administrators of the Goods
and Chattels of Josinli C. Beiff, de¬
ceased, • , . „ .

Complainants nnd Appellants,

Tub Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company and George J. Gould, Ethvin
Gould, Helen 51. Gould nnd Howard
Gould, ns Executors nnd Trustees under
the Last Will anil Testament of Jay
Gould, deceased,

Defendants nnd Bcspondents.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

No. 409.

i KOItr.E HARRINGTON and Thomas A. Edi¬
son and Daniel T. ReilT and Philip S.
Hill, as Administrators ot the Goods
and Chattels of Josiah C. ReilT, de¬
ceased,

Complainants and Appellants,

I'm-: Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company and George ,T. Gould, Edwin
Gould, Helen M. Gould and Howard
Gould, as Executors and Trustees under
the Last Will and Testament of Jay
Gould, deceased.

Defendants and Respondents.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Appcnls
of the United States for the Second
Circuit.

REPLY BRIEF FOR CLAIMANTS, AP¬
PELLANTS AND PETITIONERS.

to the character of the Hill, as to the pretense of a
uaestion of eon tract, as to the acts of the defendant
Jay Gould and other legal facts, as to the relations
of the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company, in
raising false premises, in deducing conclusions
wholly foreign to this case, and in ci 1 oneously as
serting that there are inconsistencies in complain¬
ants’ position— all to divert the attention of the
Court from the real case, the real facts and the real
questions of law actually involved.

FOINT I.

The bill of complaint specifically
alleges, -and is based upon,— the sit¬
uation that there was no contract be¬
tween the parties, and the memoran¬
dum of December 30, 1874, has been
expressly repudiated by the defend¬
ants and the answer expressly ad¬
mits such repudiation.

Tim reply brief for tlm defendants does not deal
with the ease shown by the record, either ns to the
pleadings or the evidence or the authorities cited.
It does not meet, and it does not fairly discuss, the
facts established liy the proofs or the applications
thereto of the legal authorities applicable thereto.
The defendants’ brief may he described as an in¬
genious attempt to turn aside the Court from a just
and proper consideration of the Hill of Complaint.

Rut for the extraordinary content!
bv defendants’ counsel, it would he unnecessary to
siiv more on this subject. One would suppose that
when it is admitted that a memorandum constituted
no contract (and the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph
Company was not a party thereto), and when such
memorandum has been repudiated by the defend¬
ants and is so sworn to in the pleadings by both

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POINT II.

The authorities . cited by defend¬
ants’ counsel do not meet this case,
as they are all cases of contract and
not cases brought for infringement
of patents, such as the case at bar.

Hnrtell v. Tilglnnnn, 99 U. S. 547, differs es¬
sentially from our ease lieeansc in that case there
was a subsisting contract governing the rights of
the party in the use of (lie invention and it tvas a
mere question upon contract involving some of the
minor points or the contract, and questioning
whether there had been a breach of contract.

The doctrine in Wilson v. Sandford and Hnrtell
v. Tilghman lias been modified in the later case of
Littlefield v. Perry, SS U. S. 205.

Dale Tile Mfg. Co. v. Hyatt, 125 U. S. 140, cited
by the defendants, was an action brought upon an
agreement in writing. It was not. a hill for in¬
fringement. This action was not brought in the
Federal Courts at all, lmt was begun in the City
Court of New York and is n mere action upon <tn
agreement. There was no jurisdiction to take it to
the Supreme Court of the United Stntes.

The case of Albright v. Tens, 100 U. S. 013, was
a ease under contract in which specific performance
was sought, and it hears no analogy to onr case,

The case of Pratt v. Paris (las, etc., Co., 108 U.
S. 255, was a common law action of assumpsit to
recover a sum of money on contract.

The case of Marsh v. Nichols ct ah, 140 IT. S. 344,
was a hill to enforce specific performance of a con¬
tract, and naturally the United Stntes Supreme

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Court held that the suit was not one arising under
tiie patent law of the United States.

The case of Kurtz v. Strauss, 100 Fed. 800, was
a bill for specific performance of an agreement, and
to set aside a forged instrument.

The case of McMullen v. Mowers, 102 Fed. 404,
was a case of license granted by complainant, under
contract, and involved only a construction of that
contract.

Month v. lloyd, 51 Fed. 821, involved the question
of an agreement, and whether the same had been

Land Co.

...... .....a of Williams v.

Rep. 309, cited by defend
upon an express agreement, aim so w«» ” "

Lauder, 105 U. S. 024.

The cases cited by the defendants as to jurisdic¬
tion pretty much all relate to same contract or con-
tnictunl relations. This action, brought by t its
equitable owners for iufringinent, is not based on
contract, as erroneously stated in usp..i.. kills

The present case is of an entirely different char¬
acter and not buscti on contract, but on the pure
infringement of patent rights with proper for
proper incidental and collateral relief.

The respondents’ counsel argues from a false basis
and false premises, lie asserts that there was a
legal transfer of title to the Atlantic cC- Pacific tele¬
graph Com pang, which must first be gotten rid of.
The cr.idc.nee demonstrates this to be without the
slightest foundation. The Atlantic il-Paeifw Tele¬
graph Co. was a mala fide purchase with knowledge
and got no title whutercr. There was no contract
relation entered into between George Harrington,

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

who held the titles, ami that company; and it has
been prosed beyond all doubt, (Mr. Justice Hazel
says the proofs are •‘singularly clear and convinc¬
ing,") that they knew of the situation of fact and
tliat Jay Gould, as a faithless trustee, could not
give them any title until they first yam ■ him, for the
benefit of the associates, 31, SIX) shares of its stock.

POINT III.

The statement in the Respondents'
Reply Brief (page 16) “that no fraud
is charged in the bill against Jay
Gould” is absolutely wrong, as will
be seen from the fact, shown in the
record, that Mr. Gould himself, in his
sworn answer, “denies any fraud as
charged in the bill.”

Ill liis opinion, (143 Fed. Rep. 323) Mr. Justice
Hassbi. states, (referring to complainant's patent
rights) :

“The gru rumen of the Rill is based appar¬
ently, upon the wrongful anil fraudulent up-
propria t ion by the defendants of their patents.

Tn the 15th section ,(fol. (18) or the bill (Record
p. IT), Mr. Gould is specifically charged with
wrongfully causing the deeds to be recorded in the
Patent Office.

It was gross fraud on his (Gould's) part to re¬
cord the deeds and withhold from record the letter
of instruction of April 1(1, 1875, restricting his title.

In his sworn answer (Record, p. !)S), Jay Gonlil
says :

“And this defendant denies all and all man¬
ner of fraud or fraudulent or unlawful com¬
bination and confederacy, wherewith he is by
the said Itill charged,” etc.

So, too, the eminsel for Jay (ion Id's executors
put in the same kind of an answer and also “deny
any and all manner of fraud or fraudulent or un¬
lawful combination, and confederacy'’ wherewith
the said Jay Gould is by the snid bill charged
(Record, pp. 7 and 442).

Mr. Gould’s sworn answer therefore admits that
he was charged in the bill with fraud, and the lower
Court erred in holding otherwise, in its summary
of Gould’s answer, to which rather than to the
answer itself, respondents refer on page 1(1 of their
Reply Rt-ief.

Jay Gould was himself the chief infringer, and
his fraud and unlawful conversion of complain¬
ants’ patents constitute the grossest form of in¬
fringement cognisable or known to the courts.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

Frederick .T. Stone,
Attorney anil Solicitor for
Complainants-Appellants anil Petitioners.

A t.ton R. Parker,

Frederick J. Stone.

Theodor Megaarden,

Of Counsel.

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J. H. Bunnell & Co.,

Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in

Telegraph, Telephone, Railway and Electric Lighting Supplies,

Instruments, Batteries, Insulated Wires and Line Equipment,

BUNNELL. NEW YORK.

20 PARK PLACE,

P. O. BOX. 1286.

Thomas A. Edison Inc.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sirs:-

Aa we are having occasional inquiries regarding Phono
Flex apparatus, and as you appear to have abandoned this depart¬
ment sometime ago, we would like to know if you have on hand any
printed matter that we could send in response to such inquiries.
If you have, we would be pleased to receive same.

Kindly advise us on this subject at your earliest con¬
venience.

Yours truly,

J.H. BUNNELL & GO. ,

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THnltei> States Circuit Court,

Leading Brief for Complainants on
Hearing and Determination of
Exceptions to the Master’s Re¬
port.

Statement of Facts.

This action was brought in May, 1870, to re¬
strain an infringement by the Atlantic & Pacific
Telegraph Company and Jay Gould (in bis life¬
time), of a number of United States Letters Patent,
granted to George Harrington, as assignee, and
Thomas A. Edison, ns inventor, and for an ac-

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

effect the conveyance, a separate instrument
s delivered, which read as follows:

“New York, April ICS, 1875.

Sir: I hand you herewith a specific assign¬
ment of each and every patent and application
for patents, covering all of T. A. Edison’s in¬
ventions for automatic telegraphy, and where¬
by the full and complete title invests.

The consideration to be paid therefor is
thirty-one thousand eight hundred shares of
the stock of the Atlantic & 1’acilic Telegraph
Company.

1 will thank you to withhold the within as¬
signment until the Atlantic & Pacific Tele¬
graph Company shall deliver to you the said
shares of their stock, when the assignment will
be delivered to them.

These shares you please hold subject to de¬
livery to the following named parties :

John McManus, Heading, Pa...
Seyfert, McManus & Co., Phil. . .

William M. Seyfert, Phil .

Win. J. Palmer, Colorado .

John Elliott, lliggs & Co., X. Y

H. C. Dallctt, Jr., Phil .

E. Corning, Albany .

James Dallctt, Trustee, Phil. . .
Alex. Morten, N. Y., 80 ll’dwuy
J. J. Marsh, Haverhill, Mass..

Sam’l B. Parsons, Flushing -

J. C. Reiff, New York. . .

A. & P. Telegraph Co...

T. A. Edison .

J. C. Reiff, Scc’y .

Coo. Harrington .

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320

540

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80

120

500

7,057

1,400

3,000

1,428

Jay Gould, Esq.:

Of the above sum there is the amount of
$40,000 (about) currency, or about 1,000 shares

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

s

(n little less) to be deducted from the uccount
of J. C. Iteill', and redistributed to J. 0; lteilt,
Geo. Harrington, fc>. 13. Parsons, Wm. J. Pal¬
mer, Edison and -McManus. This redistribu¬
tion, as it shall be agreed to, will be banded to
you in form of a paper signed by Hciif, Parsons
and Palmer, and should be approved by Edi-

With such paper please deduct and add to
respectively as that paper will show.”

The approval of Edison also accompanied tile
ibove instrument as follows:

“New York, April 1G, ’75.

I, Thomas A. Edison, owner of one-tbird of
my several inventions for automatic telegraphy,
sold with my consent and approval to Mr. Jay
Gould, do hereby make an allowance to Geo.
Harrington and J. O. lleiff from my 1/3 share
of tile proceeds obtained for said patents, for
their time, trouble and services in connection
with said inventions, and authorize such fur¬
ther deductions from my share as with the 2/3
controlled by Mr. Harrington shall be repaired
to reimburse the several parties by whom money
may have been advanced for automatic pur¬
poses, upon the basis of four in A. & P. stock
to one of cash ; that is to say, in the several
amounts herein set forth.

Thos. A. Edison.”

Exhibit 5, Vol. % p. 53.

On April 10, 1875, George Harrington, ns presi¬
dent of the Automatic Telegraph Company, with
the approval of its directors, assigned to- the At¬
lantic & Pacific Telegraph Company all its inter¬
ests in the telegraph line to Washington, and in
the patents of George Little and others, growing
out of a contract with the National Telegraph Com¬
pany.

This conveyance was also accompanied by a writ¬
ing dated April Hi, 1875, signed by George Har¬
rington, president of the Automatic Telegraph

Edison General File Series
1912. Telephone [not selected] (E-12-79)

This folder contains routine unsolicited correspondence seeking
Edison's advice, information, or assistance on matters relating
Included are letters pertaining to wireless telephones and telephone
answering machines. None of the letters received a substantive response
from Edison.

Edison General File Series
1912. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. - General (E-12-80)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating t°
the financial and administrative operations of Thomas A. Edison, nc. and its
constituent concerns. Most of the documents pertain to the . ass|gnment t of
duties among executives, managers, and committees and the appointment
and resignation of personnel. Included are items relating to the acrimonious
departure 3 President Frank L. Dyer in November 1912 the appo.n rtmert c of
Edison as president, and the subsequent reorganization of dutl®s and
assignments. Also included is a 27-page report to Edison-prepared by Dyer
on August 1, 1912, shortly after his return from Europe-reviewmg | market
conditfons and the operation of Edison's foreign interests in mot'on pictu es
phonographs, and ore milling. In addition, there is discussion °f copyright
Lues9 films in South Africa, and the development of cameras and color film
processes. Some of the documents reveal Edison's direct involvement m the
details of company operations, such as personally answering letters from
complaining customers.

ADDroximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected consist primarily of receipts stock “Jlficf*®8'tJfieeting
announcements, and duplicates and variants of selected documents.

Hr. Goodwin:

What is everybody' s business Is nobody's business, and
where the details of any basic plans are left for several people to
work out and determine, X believe they are all spending more or less
time, giving more or less thought to all of the details, some of whioh
don't concern them in the least, and in the end it is found some one'
detail has been overlooked whioh holds up entire plan. X, therefore,
believe it advisable to oenter in one man the authority to work out
the detail plans of oaoh new line of goods or proposition we have
coming along, such plans, of course, being subject to the approval
of Hr. Edison or Hr. Dyer, before being put into effect f^nd it, of
course, being understood that in working out the details, the one man
is to confer with such others as is neoessary, in order to arrive at
a definite understanding concerning any subject, which perhaps the
others know more about than he does. Furthermore, I believe by putting
the working out of the details up to one man, and by letting all others
Interested, including Hr. Edison and Mr. Dyer, know who that one man
is, considerable time will be Baved when any information is required
concerning the detail plans, inasmuch as they will know the exact
person to apply to for suoh information, instead of. as is under our
present method very often the oase, applying first to one man, only
to find out that he don't know, and then the others until they strike
the one who does know. Believing this is the right course to pursue,
and no w that the basio plans for the Blue Amberol record have been
deoided upon by Hr. Edison, I wish you would take charge of the de¬
tails to be worked out in connection with suoh basic plans, with the
understanding, of oourse, that whenever neoessary, in order to obtain
suoh information as you require, you are to confer with such other
heads of departments or people as are in the best position to give
you such information. A few of tho details whioh are to be worked
out in this detail plan are as follows:

She selections contained in present Amberol list that are
suitable for the first Blue Amberol list, either by having new work¬
ing moulds made from master moulds now on hand, or by having the
selection made over.

She number of eaoh selection to be made for stock before the
new reoord is to be placed on the market.

The number of new moulds for eaoh selection.

The date on whioh the now records ore to be placed on sale—
this question involving the new monthly liBt that we will begin with
and having a sufficient stock of the current selections deoided upon
to place them on sale at the same time.

Style oarton to bo used. Aiken is acquainted with this subject,
and Seely will furnish him samples within the next few days.

Style, oolor and wording of side label to be used.

Color and wording of top label.

A oarton and label that can be UBed universally for reoords in

8,11 1Whfnafhould jobbers be notified of the ohange, in order that they
may plaoe their orders for advance reoords to be made of the Blue
Amberol intelligently. . . _ -

What form letter should be sent jobbers concerning Blue Amberol
reoord, and how should it be worded as regards to change in exohange
percentage allowance.

(3)

Shall we attempt to change over from Amherol to Blue Amber ol,
promotion, speolal, Grand Opera and oonoert records at the same time
we do the lists selected of ourrent selections, or shall wo let them
follow as rapidly as possible after the liBt of ourrent selections
and first advance list have been provided for.

Shall we attempt to change over such foreign selections as we
use in thiB oountry only, at the same time we ohange over ourrent list,
or lot them follow, and which selections shall be ohanged over.

There will, no doubt, be various other questions and details to
be decided upon in connection with this record, and you will doubtless
think of them or they will be brought to your attention from time to
time. It is, of course, understood that several of the questions to
be decided upon will depend entirely on how soon the factory will be
ready to begin manufacturing records, but as both Mr. Edison and
Mr. Philpot have said the plant will be ready in three months, which
will be April 1st, 1 would base ny plans accordingly, and then if there
is any delay in the date on which manufacture is to begin, all of the
dates you figure out can be advanced accordingly.

1/4/12. O.K.V/.

Copies to Messrs* Ecli^on: Dyer: Y/eber: Eolbcor: Maxwell: Iroton:
MoChesney: Stevens: Aiken: Wurth: Philpot.

JAN 2 0 Rec'd

4^'

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Messrs. Dolbeer: Berggren: VI. St ovens: Weber : ilcChesney:

In order to effect a closer co-operation between Sales and
Advertising Departments and to plan greater efficiency in both, please
note that Messrs. Dolbcor, McChesney and Maxwell, have been appointed
as a Sales Advertising Committee, to discuss and formulate advertising
plans .

Lir. Maxwell will act as chairman of this committee.

Messrs. Edison, Dyer and Y/ilson, will bo members ex officio.

Messrs. Calkins £.■ Holden v/ill be called upon to attend the
meetings whenever the committee decide it advisable.

Minutes will bo kept of the doings of the meetings, and
copies will be sent to each member of the Executive Committee and

She appointing of this committee is not intended to affoot
the authority now vested in tlio Sales and Advertising Departments, and
any action beyond these powers must have the approval of the proper
authority before taking effect.

Meetings of the Sales Advertising Committoe will bo held
once a weals, and special meetings can be called by any member v/henever
necessary.

1/26/13. C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. Edi/on: Dyer.

Jloosrs. Water: Borggren:

Por annual stool: taking purposes, we will close
down our entire plant, so far as manufacturing is. concerned, from Wed¬
nesday night, Fat. 28th, to nonday morning, March 4th, and so far as
shipping is conoornod, from Thursday night, Fob. 29th, to Monday morn¬
ing, March 4th.

Plcaso see that proper notices are posted throughout the shops
and offices to this offset. Also add to tho notioe that on acoount
of closing down these three working days, wo will run all day
Washington's tirthday. Tho closing down of manufacturing and shipp¬
ing ends of tho business need not intorfero with tho fitting up of
tho Blue or Disc record departments, or the doing of any repair work,
overhauling machines, &o. whatever throughout the shops , so long as it
dooc not interfere with our stool: rooms.

The closing down doos not apply to tho Primary Battory Dopartmont
at Silver lake. On account of being so far behind orders we will have
to run there, and I will arrange with Mr. Salomon oonooming the taking
of thin stock without closing.

It may also to necessary to run Wurth's Mould Making Department
and Payne's Heoord Testing Department, tut these two departments can
take their stook in a vory short tiwo, and thore is no roason why they
should not continue running if noccssary.

2/l5/l2. C.H.W.

Copies to MossrB. Edisi

Thtimas A. Edison,Inc.

Orange,N.J.,U.S.A.

Edison Phonographs and Records
Edison Primary Batteries
Edison Kinctoscopcs andMoUon Picture Films
Edison Business Phonographs

ZYMOTIC, NEW YC

PRIVATE March 14, 1912.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison, ' Sj ZA, Uj$\sgJT VO

Port Myers, Plorida. cLu^ r"

hear Mr. Edison: L*L^ u W -

It will he necessary for me to make so#
personal payments in March and April amounting to §5000. ^

in March and $5000. in April. Hay I draw this amount against /
whatever may he coming to me for the year just closed? It /
will he a great accommodation to me. Whatever balance there
may he above this amount I would suggest can he paid in month¬
ly payments, as vms done last year.

If you will approve this I will take up the mat¬
ter with Harry Miller.

Yours ^ve ry truly,

pid/iww rr.

DICTATED

TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON BUSINESS PHONOGRAPH

Thomas A. Et’i(VJfti5iA§,A. edison, ir

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1 at he
Baumont

JjUX

Yitagrnph

aolig
Kincto
Tnyler j'ilm
HosnoRolitan
Helioscope
Bison
Luhin
I tala

Cinea

Hilano

Kordisk

rasquali

15 >j C London

Ho iv, vo r tli

Bricks :i martin

I olichinell

Ho lienee

Ai’iiila

Tannhauser.

The liolair Co. has applied to go into the arrange-
mnt hut will he accepted only upon favorable conditions.

She /jahrosio Co- is still -hound hy contract until
October hut negotiations are pending to have the contract

annulled.

negotiations ere at present pending with the
Cernor. manufacturers of the Hess ter. Bioscop and Autoscop

?il!TE

outside

Pho following films are not wanted and will he kept
of the combination:

Vitr.soopo
iaulus j Hater
huskes

V.'c 1 tkin e mat o g r a j.h

K cl ipse

Biograph

Belies

Bssanay

her

Cliami^ion
Bo pub lie
lies tor

lowers

oavoyu

Commorio

Pavilion

Raleigh

j Robert •

X have seen what purports to he the contracts with

1 at 'go , Gnumont and delig, although the minimum guarantees arc
not stated, hut in every case the contract is conditional
upon the capital of 4,000,000 marks being paid in cash and
upon the further condition that the contract shall not go into

Mr. Thomas ... Kdison-

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effect until Juno, 1912.

A propoaitionhhas he on made to Mr . Oraf tnat v/o
Should, go into the combination, and the proposition hi-. a hecn
accepted "by him subject to ratification by the Orange office,
the terms and details to ho worked out in final form, hut
the general conditions being as follows:

1. V/o grant to the Combination the exclusive right
+o ou’’ ■'"ilms in Ocrmi-ny, bweden, liorway and Denmark. ..Iso
the exclusive control of projecting machines in those countries.
Talkinr- Pictures are not inclnaed.

Th.e arrr.ngoirn-nt is to continue for three years
and to bo renewed for n further period of three yoais if
t:o essential points of the agreement have been fulfilled by
both parties".

E. The Combination agrees to purchase films annual¬
ly to the amount of 700,000 Maries ($175,000). The price paid
is 94 pfennigs per metre f.o.b. xaris. inis ui.ioui.u.. -o about
yft per foot.

•Jo pay Oaumont 70 centimes per metro for printing
our positives in laris , not including a alight charge for
titles and sub-titles amounting to 20*5 each. This amounts
to 4 1/f* T*r foot, so that the profit on the price offered
would bo about 2 4/D ft per foot.

v 17 5, 000 worth of film at a foot would be about
B, BOO, 000 feet, and at a profit of 2 4/5 per foot the annual
profit under the arrangement would be about 4-70,000. Do duo u-
ing from this as a liberal estimate $12,500 to cover pro-

Hr. Thomas .l.

. Edison- 4.

THOMAS A. EDISON, Incorporated

portionel expense of negatives, titles, etc., the not profit
would ho $57,500.

At the present time Graf is getting about 7(4 per 'oot
in 3crlin hut is now paying Goman C steal duty, freight, puok-
inf, etc., amounting to about 2 pfennings per metre, which
amounts to about l/5 j4 nor foot. f ..t the present time, ac¬
cording to Graf's figures , our turnover in Germany is epprox-
i mutely 1,300,000 feet per year, so that the arrangement con-
tci.i' lutes a very considerable increase.

Graf states that the arrangements made with other
manufacturers are supposed to be based on a guarantee ocual
to their present business but he says that he believes that
concessions have been made in this, respect , as in oar ct.sc.

For instance, in the case of Gaumont, the guarantee is . ,00!.
feet, which he gays he believes to be an increase of from 20;i
to ZZ}'j. Ho gives no intimation that any concessions have
been made to manufacturers so large us hav e boon offered to
us. Ho points out that this concession was grunted for
two reasons: first, because wo arc new putting cut four rods
per week: and, second, because our turnover in Germany has boon
curtailed in the past by reason of our being very c«..reful of
our credits, end that if we hud run the risk that Oaujaont has
our turnover would have been much larger.

4. Our present stock of old films and machines
in Berlin will he taken over for the sura of $25,000 in cash.-
Graf intimates that he can include also some of the old film
stock from London ana Paris , and that he expects this arrange-

Hr. Thomas Edison- 5.

i immediate pro it of between ^15,000 and

ment to net '

£80,000.

5. In the cuso of Scandinavia the price is
85 pfennigs per metro (0 l/8 t per foot) f.o.h. Paria.

Shipments v/ill he made direct to customers in Scandinavia
and the agreement will specifically provide that films shipped
to Scandinavia shall not he used in Romany. The profit on
films shiiroed to Scandinavia would therefore he 2 3/10 ^
foot ar.a tti. will Ui^tly rccuco the above estimate d prof-

, 4. VaBine 5S would irro'bfcbly

its. *i*ne femoral* oj

not exceed 10/i of the business in terms ny. ■.

The question to ho decided is, slw.ll we fo in.o
this arrangement, assuming that all details arc attended to?

The guaranteed footage founts to shout 50.000 feet per week,
or an average of 1? copies per reel- This is about 50# more
tlual v.o are now doing in these countries, while the price re¬
ceived is not only better hut all expense of handling and

... _ iq removed. Ho one heliovoo

marketing the films in aerm.-n* is

ttot t,„ of fiw .m i™*»M iorfo. th. »«rt «*.

Mt « ***** «* !«« *>»
instance, the gentle Co., one of the Independents in this
country, has made the first hr calc in price by reducing to
^ por foot) . It is true that during three years we might
succeed in substantially increasing our output, hut to go
much beyond P.,500,00 - feet per year will require hard work
and a good doal of expense. Furthermore, any increase in oni
turnover in Germany would depend upon the popularity of the

Ur. Thomas .. Edisoflroi&s

films, and I holievo that this increase would come just the
same if this arrangement were carried out.

On the other lu.nd, suppose v:o uid not go into .he
arrangement? V/n would find ourselves allied with a lot of
second-class films, and the only respectable associates wo
would have would be the Biogra^h, Kalon and Essanay Companies.
Vie would ho opposed to such large concerns as Pa the , Caumont,
Vitagraph, Selig. Cinos, I tala and Kordisk and possibly
Eclair and .Anhrosio. Our position would he s gooa deal
weaker relatively than the moot .redmts in this country ana
whatever business wo had would probably hr. secured only hy
hard work and low prices. Therefore I strongly urge t-.at

lent hr made, -rovidinc J following points con

this arrangement be mtiue ,
he covered:

1. The minimum ■

or quarterly guarantee.

2. The guar ante ■
of projecting machines and .

pKiu feet should
• of a monthly

. fixed stock
: projecting

3. She price paid to us for films should be flex¬
ible enough to tJM care of possible variations in cost, sue):
as increased cost of raw film.

4. The arrangement should he baaed absolutely
upon the payment of the cash capital into the treasury.

5. It should be based upon the assumption that
at least lathe, Guumont, Selig and Vitagraph enter into the
arrangement and that we should have the right to withdraw

Mr. KlOnUi.ES A. A. EDISON, Incorpor

in otiso any two of those concerns withdrew.

6. The agreement should provide that in case
nore than 7,5 per foot is paid to any manufacturer in the
Combination we should have the benefit of the maximum price.

7. It should also provide that in case the minimum
guarantee for any year is exceeded, the minimum for the fol¬
lowing year shell include the amount of the excess. In
other words, if they sell r.oOh.OOO feet the first year, the
minimum guarantee for the second year will be 3,0j0,000 feet.
Possibly other points will occur to you teat ougnt to Ko x.i^o
the agreement.

Crar" writes that we have until April 20th to accept
or reject the proposed plan, so that you will have tine to
think this over and make up your mind when you return.

Personally I think this is important enough for
mo to go over, so that everything will he all right, and
unless you think otherwise I will make arrangements to sail
early in Hay. Frankly, the principal! doubt I have about the
entire arrangement is that these promoters may he promising
too much and may be undertaking burdens that cannot bo car¬
ried. This can only bo decided by a personal investigation
of the conditions of the business.

There are a good many other matters repairing my
attention in London, laris and Berlin, end, except for your
trip of last year, no one has visited the foreign offices
since I was over in the Summer of 1909. Hy idea was to sail
about Hay 4th and bo back about June 16th, giving

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PXD/XVA7

E&iS-flftrM/ft'A. EDISON, Incorporated

1;ho othor sri&o.

Yours very -truly.

1

Messrs. Berggren: Eokert : Brown: Youmans: Stevens: Hudson: Durand: Hird
Bliss: H.Miller: Bangley:

It has Been decided that Hr. Helson 0. Durand will have charge of
the selling end of the apparatus manufactured in the Electrical Dopt.,
which v/ill consist of rectifiers, house lighting controllers, small
motors, oto. All orders received, and all correspondence relating
to this apparatus should, therefore, Bo first sent to Mr. Dyrand, and
ho will pass them along through the regular channels.

The Storage Battery C!o. oaid their selling force are to obtain
ordors wherever possible for rectifiers and controllers, But such
orders, instead of Being shipped and Billed By the Storage Battery
Co., are to Be 3ont to Mr. Durand, and are to Be shipped and Billed
By Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

The Brimary Battery Dept, and its salesmen will also obtain
orders and handle them in the same manner.

To rolmburse the Storage Battery Co. and the Primary Battery
Dept, for obtaining orders, a commission, to Be agreed \ipon later,
will Be given them.

All orders for foreign shipmont will Be handled hy Mr. Stevens
of the Foreign Dept., But, for a time at least, should first Be sent
to Mr. Durand, so that he can keep in touch with the Business obtained
from all sourocs.

4/18/12. O.H. Wilson.

Copies to Messrs. Edia^i: Dyor: WeBor: Bachman.

Messrs. Berggren: Eckert: Brown: Youmans: Stevens: Hudson: Durand:
Hird: Bliss: H. Miller: Bangley.

Suoplementing my memo, of the 18th. ins t. concerning the
Electrical Dept., please note the following changes in paragraphs 2

aIld 4: The Storage Battery Co., instead of acting as salesmen

for the T. A. E. Inc. and sending orders to the T. A. E. Inc. to he
shipped and hilled direct, will handle their own orders and do their
ovm shipping and hilling, that is, if they sell rectifiersor
controllers in connection with storage batteries, . they will place “
order with the T. A. E. Inc. for them, and wnen ready tney are to he
shipped hy the T. A. E. Inc. to the Storage Battery Co., who will
makePshipment to the customer and hill direct. The T. A. E. Inc.
will hill to the Storage Battery Co. The Storage Battery Co., under •
this method of handling, will he treated as a jobber of the 1. A. E. Inc.
and will receive the regular jobbers' discounts.

4/29/12. C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. Ed^/on: Dyer: Weber: Bachman: Bee,

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Memorandum

:>092 April 30. 1912.

(Personal)

Ur. Harry F. Miller:

Will you kindly secure from Mr. Edison
a check to my order for §5000.00.

I outlined the necessities of the caBe in a
letter to Mr. Edison when he was in Florida.

F 1. I

Will you kindly supply the laboratory iravring
Koom with a duplicate list of your revised standardization
sheets regarding sizeB of holes and shafts - for various
fits screw sizes and such other tabulated data as may allow
us to dimension our drawings more correctly for shop use.

We ,*re not at the nraaont conversant with
the newly established limits and err, therefore, liable
to improperly dimension drawings about to be sent you.

Hoping this may moot with your early attention.

D.I\ BLISS

mb/ks

CHI?.?’ KHGIUSKR.

Copies to Kesfirs. Bdison, Anderson and File

THOMAS A. EDISON, li

June IX, 1912.

The Bradstreet Company
776 Broad street,
Hewark, II. J.

Gentlemen. ^ Qul)mJt tVlc f0ix„Wj ns financial statement of
Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, as of February 29th, 191^

685,720.42
590,026. 74
868,014. 63
582,947.89
893,274.40
218,327.85
41,508.83
478,281.54
385,096.44
7,000.00
113.33
5,233. 94
0,846,956.43

10,402,502. 44

Heal Estate * Buildings

Bachinory Tools - Equipment

Haw Material, finished Barts A In Process

Accounts Receivable

Due from Affiliated Companies

Hotes Receivable

Cash deserve & Donas

Cash

Stock in other Companies
liortgnge

linetpi red Insurance Premiums

Accrued Taxes

Patents

Thomas A. Edison ipe'sjjg'lg

Mcou-t,

Capital Stock & Surplus 10,0oi’nnn’nn

Orange Diet. Water Ice. CO Bonds 24.000.00

10,402,502.44

OFFICERS

Frank 1. Dyer,

Carl H. Wilson.
Ernest J. Berggren
Harry F. Biller,

President
Vice-President
Secretary & Treasurer
Asst. Secretary h Treasu

Bradstreet Co. #2 6-12-12

BOARD OS' DIRECTORS

Thomas A. Edj son, Chai man

Frank L. Dyer

Carl H. V/ilson

Harry F. Miller

Ernest J. Berggren

Trusting this is satisfactory, we remain,
Yours very truly,

THOMAS A. EDISON. INC.

Secretary & Treasurer

30 Clinton Street,
Newark, N. J.

Gentl eiaen:

'i'howti « - Vpt-0Ubm1^ the folloT,ine financial statement of
ihonas a. Edison, Incorporated, as of February 29th, 1912.

685,720.42
390,026.74
868,014. 63
582,947.89
893,274.40
218,327.85
41,508.83
478,281.54
385,096.44
7,000.00
H3.33
5,233.94
5,846,956.43

Real Estate & Buildings

Uaohinery Tools & Equipment

Raw liaterial, i’inished Parts ft In Process

Accounts Receivable

Due from Affiliated Comoani es

Notes Receivable

Cash Reserve & Bonds

Cash

Stock in other Companies
Mortgage

Unexpired Insurance Premiums
Accrued Taxes
Patents

Thomas A. Edi son
Accounts Payable
Notes "

Capital Stock & Surplus
Orange Diet. V/ater Ice Co.

124,919.55
126,829.29
45,000.00
10,081,753.60
■Bds. 24.000.00

10,402,502, 44

OFFICERS

Prank L. Dyer,

Carl H. V/ilson,
Ernest J . Berggren,
Harry ?. Biller,

President
Vi ce-President
Secretary & Treasurer
Asst. Secretary ft Treasurer

THOMAS

EDISON, Incorporated

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HOARD OJ? DIRECTORS

Thomas A. Edison, Chairman

Frame L. Dyer

Carl H. Wilson

Harry F. ISiller

Erm;Bt J. Berggreu

Trusting this is sati sfac/l;ory , we remain,
Yourn very truly,

THOBAS A. -'DISOH. INC .

Secretary & Treasurer

Please furnish me with Ur. Edison’s check

for §5000.

Incidentally, my last payment was Anril 30th, for
a like amount.

I v/ould like this check as soon as possible.

J. I. D.

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1 0 H D 0 II

jHUSggET PHOEOGRAgH

Speaking generally, I found the attitude of those
connected with the amusement phonograph to ho one of resigned
discouragement hut with strong hopes that former conditions
will he restored or at least that present conditions will ho
improved when the Disc machine is put out. The same attitude
pervades the trade in Great 3ritain, many of whom are simply
marking time, awaiting the coming of the Disc. Expenses
connected with the amusement phonograph have apparently been
cut down ns low as possible, the idea being to simply carry
the organization along at the minimum cost during the present
period of depression.

The entire trade in England is on a lower plane
than here, and the market is flooded with cheap Gorman

DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON DICTATING MACHINES

Mr. Thomas A. Edison-' 2.

machines and reoords. I saw a small hornless machine that
looked very well, which was sold to the trade with six 6-inch
records for §1.80. Personally I don't believe we will be
able to do very much in England with the disc line , except after
a considerable period of education, or until we can offer a
cheaper line of machines and possibly cheaper records. If wo
do not eventually do so ourselves, I feel confident that when
our reoords appear on the British market, Pathe or someone
else will market an attachment to permit the records to be
played on other machines. This is also the belief of Mr.
Cromolin and Mr. Graf.

DICTATIHG IIACHIIIES

A very good man (Hopkins) is in charge of the Dictat¬
ing machine and has succeeded in very materially developing
sales. . We have an agreement with the Columbia Company on
the subject of price-maintenance on Dictating machines in
Groat 3ritain, and so far there has been very little competi¬
tion from Germany and France. The Pathe people are preparing
to put out a Dictating machine of the disc type, which is to
be marketed in Great Britain by the Heneo Company. The out¬
look for the Dictating machine is hopeful, since the British
business men seem to be slowly awakening to the merits of
typewriters, cash registers, adding machines and other
labor-saving appliances. Y/hen I was in London all shipments
of Dictating machines from America were tied up by the dock
strike and there was not a single machine in stock, but I
arranged to have Mr. Graf send some of his machines to London

Ilr. Thomas A. Edison- 3.

to help them out temporarily.

KIHETOSCOPES

There seems to lie no show for our Kinetoscopcs in
Ore at Britain, since they are much more expensive than French
and English machines, and our lamp-house, arc lamp and stand
are inferior to the usual British standard. I have Brought
this matter to Ur. Gall's attention, so that when our new
Einetoscopc is put out it may comply with foreign require¬
ments, although our high price will always seriously handi¬
cap us.

PIIM The film Business is very satisfactory and is Being

handled- intelligently and economically. Our films are popu¬
lar, But not so popular as the Vitagraph and Biograph films.

It is generally rumored that the Vitagraph Company are cutting
prices and that this accounts for the large use of their films.
Biograph films are handled By the same agent (Hichols) , who
also represents Kalem and luBin films, so that By having three
American films he can give practically a complete service.

In Great Britain the theatres are very much finer
than in this country and charge much higher prices — gener¬
ally from 12(5 to 75(5. More films are shown — generally'
from six to eight, so that ordinarily not more than two shows
per evening talce place. Films are in Better condition than
in Amorioa.

The rental Business in Great Britain is handled
By about twenty exchanges, all of whom are fighting among

Mr. Chon as A. Edison- 4.

themselves, Just as they did in this country in 1908. Under
the effect of this competition the theatres are Sotting ser¬
vice at very low prices and are very prosperous, while the
exchanges are having a hard time of it. Efforts are now
being made to have an understanding among the exchanges to
maintain prices, lease films for limited periods, and other¬
wise control the business, as in this country. One thing
that impressed me very strongly in London was the fact that
there was no English concern making creditable pictures, and
as a matter of fact only about four English concerns making
pictures at all. At the same time, in talking with a number
of film men, both renters and owners of theatres, I got the
impression that they would gladly welcome a good English film.
Furthermore, I 'was approached in London by two parties with
schemes for building studios in England and making pictures
there. Finally, I found that the Vitagraph Company were
operating in England with a small stock company headed by
their principal comedian (Bunny) , and that Lubin also had a
small stock company working on the Southern Coast, near
Brighton. She agont of the Biograph films also told me
that the Biograph Company were seriously thinking of making
some pictures in England. In view of these circumstances
I felt that it was important for us to make some pictures
in England, and I therefore cabled Mr. Plimpton suggesting
that he should send over Mr. Miller as a Director and two
actors, Mr. MacDermott and Miss Hesbitt, and also a camera
man. These people are now in England and oan work there

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 5.

until about October and can take some special English sub¬
jects.

X arranged with the Barker Company in London for
the use of their studio, at a price of §20.00 per day, in¬
cluding the services of two men. V/e only have to pay for
such time as wc may use the studio, and no guarantee was made
as to the number of days we may \ise it. The studio is locat¬
ed in Ealing, about ton mileB from the centre of London, and
is a modern place in every respect, with a stage about 60 x 40,
olectric lights, dressing rooms, property room, carpenter
shop, etc. It is located near several good-sized parks
where outside pictures can be taken.

I also advertised for actors, and before I left we
had a collection of at least thirty, with their photographs,
so that Mr. Miller will have no difficulty in picking out
a competent English company. The rate of pay in England is
about $5.00 per day and less.

Finally, I arranged with Mr. Harry Eurniss to give
his entire time from July 1st to October 1st in helping Mr.
Millor in various ways, such as by suggesting pictures,
overseeing the pictures so that they may be correctly English,
getting costumes and properties and arranging for spooial
privileges, such as making pictures in the Zoo, hospitals,
public institutions, and on some of the larger private estates.
Hr. Furaiss is very well known and popular in England and I
believe his cooperation will be valuable to us. 1 arranged
to pay him a salary of £25. per week ($125) and to take from

Ur. Thomas A. Edison- 6.

him three complete scenarios of dramatic subjects at a cost
of £30 each, so that in the three months we will have to pay
him in the neighborhood of §2000.00.

laubourpe color phocess

I had had some correspondence with a man named
Lamboume , who claimed to have invented a new color process
for films, and I looked into this matter while in London.

I found that the process was practically identical with the
stencil process used by Pathe , although the details and re¬
finements had not been worked out. I saw nothing in the
proposition and therefore turned it down.

JURY CAHERA

A new camera owned by Jury's Imperial Pictures,

Ltd. , had been brought to my attention, which I also looked
into. The essential feature of the camera was the employ¬
ment of a gyroscope to hold the apparatus steady v/hile pho¬
tographing, the feed mechanism being operated by a separate
electric motor. It seemed to me that such a camera might be
useful in the future for talcing photographs of topical sub¬
jects and for use in positions where a tripod could not very
well be handled. I have a sample print made by this camera,
and it shows up very well so far as steadiness is concerned.
An application for a patent in this country has been filed
but the patent has not yet been granted. I secured an
option on the patent on the payment, of §500.00 and with the
understanding that the prosecution of the application should

Ur. Thomas A. Edison- 7.

be turned over to us, and at any time within two years after
the patent is granted we can secure the same on the payment
of $300.00 additional. This option has been turned over to
the Motion Picture Patents Company at the same price, so that
we are nothing out of pocket. If you have any objection to
the Patents Company taking over the patent, please let me know,
because the transfer has not been made and can be stopped.

I have always understood, however, that you approve of the
general principle of turning over to the Patents Company all
patents that may be of general use to the manufacturers. In
addition to the above I agreed to buy two of the Gyroscope
Cameras at not more than $150.00 apiece, and I brought one of
thorn over with me. The other one is expected shortly. This
price is very much less than we could build the cameras for
in this country. With these cameras in our possession, we ,
of course, have a license to use them, even if the option is
not taken up.

HOME PROJECTING MACHIME

A sample of this machine was received while I was
in London, was set up, and has been shown to a number of
phonograph factors. A fair amount of enthusiasm was shown, .
and I believe that in time a satisfactory business can be
developed, principally among our phonograph dealers.

KIITETOPHOHE

I have already reported to you on the new Gaumont
Kino to phone. The presence of that machine in London and its
undoubted success in Paris stirred up more or loss interest

Hr. Thomas A. Edison- 8.

in the trade , although the demonstration in London was of such
a raodiocre character that the interest was not particularly
enthusiastic. I felt that our own position was not suffi¬
ciently settled to enable me to make any definite promises and
for this reason limited my efforts to introduce the ICineto-
phono in Great Britain to Mr. Jury, who has made a proposition
which you have approved.

COPYRIGHT

The new Mechanical Copyright Act in Great Britain
went into effect on July 1, 1912. It provides for royalties
on phonograph records hut the trade generally in Great Britain
have agreed to increase prices to an extent to substantially
cover these royalties so us to throw the burden on the public.

A concern known as "Copyrights Limited" has been
organized for the purpose of acquiring and dealing in mechan¬
ical copyrights. This concern is supported by all the talk¬
ing machine manufacturers and importers in Great Britain
except the Gramophone Company. There are throe Directors ,
including Sir George Harks as Chairman and Hr. Cromelin, so
that we control the policy of the company. The theory of tho
concern is to acquire copyrights for mechanical reproduction
which shall be open to all subscribers. On tho other hand
tho Gramophone Company and the Aoleon Company have formed a
corresponding corporation of their own to acquire copyrights
for their own use. The Gramophone Company invited the rest
of tho trade to go into their organization, but only upon
terms that would have given them complete control, so that every-

Hr. Thomas A. Edison- 9.

ono kept out. By organizing Copyrights limited, competition
has Been eliminated (except hy the Gramophone Company) between
talking machine manufacturers in Great Britain, which I con¬
sider to be a desirable thing, since my competition on the
subject of copyrights merely increases the recording expense.

I believe that by having a corporation such as this, the
amounts paid by manufacturers in royalties and bonuses will
be considerably less then under conditions of competition,
so that Copyrights limited will be practically self-support¬
ing. If not, our proportion of any expense in its operation
will be small, since it is managed from a single office
with only one cleric.

In this connection it was considered that all the
British copyrights in our records so far made should be owned
by the English company, so that if necessary the English com¬
pany could bring suit for infringements. Therefore, while
in london I executed an assignment from ourselves to Thomas
A. Edison, limited, transferring to the latter any British
copyrights that may oxist in our records as so far mado. I
had to take action on short notice, because the assignment had
to be recorded before the Copyright Act went info effect on
July 1st. This assignment has now been ratified in minutes
which have been brought to your attention.

PITHS IB SOUTH AFRICA

We had an arrangement with the African Film Syndicate
to take two prints of each of our subjects at 7 l/2 |5 per foot.
I was advised of the cancellation of the contract by cable

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- XO.

v/hi le in London , the grounds for cancellation being that so
much of our film couia not he absorbed in South Africa and
the arrangement was too inflexible, since it gave no oppor¬
tunity to order more copies of good films and fewer copies of
poor films. I did not see that anything could bo done in
the way of enforcing the contract, because a suit in South
Africa would be oxpensA^nnd uncertain. Furthermore , I felt
that the arrangement was a poor one, since it required the
Syndicate to take two prints of each subject no matter how
inappropriate the subject might be. I therefore advised
both' Mr. Cromolin and Mr- Stevens to consider South Africa to
be open territory, and arrangements were made in London with
buyers to purchase from 3000 to 8000 feet per week at 8£ per
foot. Mr. Stevens can also sell in that territory, so that
I do not think that we will lose by the cancellation of the
contract.

CHA1IGK 0? ITA-TB OF BRITISH COMPAHY

This is a matter that had been brought to my atten¬
tion several timcB by Mr. Cromelin, but there seemed to be no
necessity for hasty action. However, shortly before soil¬
ing for Europe an action was commenced in London against a
new concern called the "national Gramophone Company", who
sent out prospectuses that they expected to enter the market
with a phonograph-cut disc record. One of the promoters of
this enterprise was J. lewis Young. V/e sought an injunction
to prevent them from using the name "national", on the ground
that it was part of our corporate name and that confusion would

Mr. ThomaB a. Edison- 11.

exist, lmt the evidence showed that our records and machines
were a lv; ays known as "Edison Eocords" or "Edison Machines" ,
and the judge intimated very strongly that he thought we could
not prevail. In view of this situation it seemed to mo to be
important, before putting out the new Disc product, that the
name of the British company should be changed to Thomas A.
Edison, limited, so that no confusion could exist with the
national Gr:mophone Company in case they go ahead with their
phonograph-cut disc record. This matter was brought to your
attention by cable , you approved of the change and the change
was made .

QBE MIT, T.IIIG SYNDICATE

There was a balance of £157/6/0 due from you to the
Syndicate in the matter of unpaid subscriptions to stock, but,
as I had understood from letters written by the liquidator,

I assumed that it was not neoossary for you to pay this amount,
because it seemed certain that dividends would be declared to
more than cover the same. I advised you to this effect.

When in London, however, the liquidator said that the payment
of this amount was not optional but was compulsory and ho
threatened to bring suit to recover the some. I therefore
instructed Mr. Cromelin to pay the sum of £157/6/0 to the
liquidator, and his receipt has been handed to Mr. Miller.

This completely disposes of all obligations from you to the
Syndicate , and I am informed by the liquidator that future
dividends will much more than cover this disbursement.

Mr* Thomas A. Edison- 12.

037 ICE ACCOMMODATIONS IN LOHEOM

At the present time we have three places in London,

as follows:

pk Qiericenwell Road: Our present lease runs until

March 25, 1930, hut may he terminated March 25, 1916, and
the annual rent is £420, exclusive of rates, taxes, etc,

•which increase it to £572. Y/e have the entire Gilding at
this location (three floors) . hut they are not fully occupied.
On the ground floor the Dictation machine is handled, and
there is another office with three clerks. In the hack
is a shipping room for handling the Dictation machines. Mr.
Cromelin also has an office on this floor. On the second
floor are Mr. Hayes’ office, reception room for talent, a
recording room and a committee room where records are heard
and trials are tested. In the committee room there are also
samples of the complete British list and some American, French
and German records. On the third floor there arc a large
office where films are handled, including the handling of
posters, a small projecting room (not now in use) and a small
office for handling kinetoscope s and primary batteries. The
building could hold three or four times as many people. It
is located fairly well for a wholesale business. For the
effective handling of Dictation machines the location is a
poor one, and for the display of films the location is quite
out of the question, since all films are shown by all the
manufacturers and agents within a very limited territory, to
which the buyers confine their operations.

Ur. Thomas A. Eaison-, 13.

Y/i Hob don Works: The present lease expires June

24, 1928, hut may he terminated in 1914 or 1921. The annual
rent is £800, to which must he added rates, taxes, etc., which
increase it to about £1,066. Of coxirse the idea of this plant
was that it would he used for manufacturing purposes. At

the present time the office headquarters are located here ,
with accountants, hook-keepers, etc., and I,Tr. Cromclin makes
this his principal office. Except for the storage of records
and machines and for shipping facilities the place is quite
deserted. As an office location, Willesden is about as far
from London as Yonkers is from Hew York.

Gerrard Street: The present lease expires March

25, 1916, hut may he terminated on one year's notice. The
annual rent is £80 (landlord pays rates and taxes). Here
we have a room about 20 feet square (with a projecting room
behind) in which our films are shown. The room is fitted
up neatly with pictures, etc., and there are about 16 cheap
thoatre seats whore the buyers may sit to see our films. The
pictures, being thrown only about 20 feet, are small, but the
illumination is correspondingly bright. This exhibiting room
is on the second floor of a four-story building, the floors
above being used as flats. The stairway is narrow and dark.
Since moving to Gerrard street v/e have been able to show our
films to all the buyers, as the exhibiting room is located in
the proper district. But, nevertheless, a number of people
said to me that this was hardly the place where Edison pictures
ought to be shown. For instance, Mr. Hichols, who handles

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 14.

the Biograph, Lubin and Kalem films, has an exhibiting room
occupying an entire floor, probably 25 feet wide and 60 feet
long, fitted up like a small theatre, with a girl playing
the piano during the exhibition of pictures.

It is perfectly obvious that having these three
places is a very poor and expensive plan of doing business.

The combined rents of three places are high and the office
force is divided among all throe of them, so that work is
being duplicated. It takes a long time to get from ono to
the other. I told Mr. Cromelin that he ought to make every
effort to sub-let the \7i lies den and Clerkenwell Hoad buildings,
so as to have his force located in one building, and that
suitable provision should be made for a more dignified and
attractive exhibition of our films. I believe this can be
done and veiy much better quarters secured at a considerable
saving in money. Mr* Honnot was considering the possibility
of taking over the 7/illesden Y/orke , and negotiations were also
in progress with an automobile concern to take over the lease
of the IVillesden plant. Even if we only succeed in getting
rid of the WillcBdon plant it 'would bo bettor to concentrate
the force at Clerkenwell Road than to divide up between two
places.

BERLIN

Prom London I went to Berlin, where I spent about
a week. The offices are on the third floor of a building
on one of the principal streets, and I am impressed by the
fact that Mr* Craf is conducting his operations as economi-

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 15.

cally as possible. They comprise an outer office, a pro¬
jecting room an a two other offices, one occupied by Hr. Orof
ana the other by Hr. Thorhauer, his assistant, and Hr. Grusser,
who has charge of our film business.

VQH SCHACK C01ITHACT

I went to Europe principally abo^lt this matter, and
the first day I reached Berlin the situation looked discour¬
aging, because one of Von Sehack's associates tola me that
the banks had withdrawn from the arrangement. later, in
London, Von Schack told me that the banks had agreed to fin¬
ance the proposition provided the annual guarantees could be
reduced, and I therefore gave them an option, which is to be
taken up by August 15th and concerning which I have written
you in full. The contract provides for minimum purchases
for Germany alone amounting to 425,000 Marks (§106,000)
annually. I do not by any means feel that this contract will
bo carried out, and Mr. Graf also expressed his doubts to mo
before sailing. Personally it seems to me that a proposition
of this sort is too large and too speculative in character
for the banks to undertake its exploitation. At the sane
tine, I understand that the German banks go into these specu¬
lative ventures more readily than in America. I felt, how¬
ever, that we should make the contract, because similar con¬
tracts had already been made with many other manufacturers,
including Pathe, Vitagraph, Solig,' Biograph, Kalera , and Lubin.

In view, of the serious doubt in my mind that the
contemplated arrangement in Germany would not be curried out,

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 16.

it occurred to me that it might he possible for us to make an
arrangement with Hichols, the European agent for Biograph, Salem
and lubin films, by which we could also represent those films
in Germany in addition to our own. At the present time
Hichols has a very poor representation in Germany, and, con¬
sequently, little business is done there by him. There is
no reason why Biograph, Kalem and Lubin films should not be
popular in Germany if properly handled, and I feel that if wo
could take over those films and have them in our charge , our
position would be very much stronger than it now is and at
the same time the arrangement would be a profitable one,
because we could handle the additional films without material¬
ly increasing our expense. However, nothing definite along
this line was done, although various plans were discussed.

The matter was left in abeyance until the letter part of this
month, when Hichols expects to come over. At that time the
quostion can be taken up again and if possible a suitable
arrangement made which can be submitted to you for approval.

On this point I might say that a similar arrangement was made
with Hichols in RusBia under which he undertakes to handle our
films there, as a result of which we hope to improve our
position in that country. In Russia the arrangement is pure¬
ly informal and can be terminated at any time.

DISPARITY IH EIIH SALES

One question I attempted to investigate in both
Berlin and London was the great disparity in the sales of

It frequently happens that a picture that is

iertain films.

Hr. Thomas A. Edison- 17.

popular in this country falls flat in England or Germany.

On the other hand, .we may consider a film to he rather ordinary
in character and it may he a great success in those countries.

I recall one picture that was actually twice rejected hy the
Committee and was put out only when Mr* Plimpton earnestly
insisted that it should he, end which in both England and
Germany met with more than ordinary success. Why is this?

I obtained a complete report from our film man in London and
am awaiting a similar report from Berlin as to all of our films
sold during the past two or three years, explaining os fully
as possible the reasons for their success or failure, and with
this information before him I hope that Hr. Plimpton will bo
able to avoid the characteristics that may have counted against
our filmB in Europe and emphasize those points that are desir-.
able, without affecting their general character "'or the United
states.

COHSRACTS WITH COMPOSERS

Some time before sailing Mr. Graf advised me that
he had personally made a number of contracts with several of
the loading German and Austrian composers, under which he
obtained from them for limited periods exclusive talking machine
rights in their compositions for all countries, including not
only certain enumerated works but in all the musicul works of
the respective composers published during the perl od of five
years following tho dates of the several contracts.

Hr. Graf has advinced on these contracts up to
January 10, 1912, the sum of 22,637 Harks (approximately

Ur. Thomas A. Edison- 10.

§5,659), ana the question put up to us was whethor or not
we wished to assume these contracts and pay Ur. Graf the money
he has advanced.

There is no question in my mind hut that the con¬
tracts were made hy Ur. Graf for the benefit of the company,
because the contracts provide that the rights therein shall
accrue to Ur. Graf's successor; but nevertheless, in view of
the fact that the contracts have been made by Mr. Graf with¬
out first referring the matter to us, he states that he is quite
willing to retain them personally, and he believes they can
be made the source of profit. As a matter of fact, from
the licenses granted to others to the use of the Opera "Eva" ,
he had up to the time of my visit to Berlin received in roy¬
alties about 3500 Marks.

Before considering the contracts in detail, I will
refer to those general features that are common to all of them.

The contracts provide that they may be extended for
a further period of five years, provided notice of the can¬
cellation of the contract is not given one year before the
expiration of the first five-year period. The composers have
no option to extend the contract themselves.

The agreement recites that they are to be interpreted
according to the German law.

Graf agrees to pay to the composer in each case
one-half of the royalty actually received by him, except on
records made by Graf or his successor (meaning the Edison
Company) . On the latter records the composers receive a

Mr* Thomas A. E Si son- 19.

royalty of 5 fo of the net selling price unless a lower royalty
or license is fixed by la w or established by decisions, c.nd
in the latter case the composer receives ono-half of such
lower royalty instead of 5$.

Each composer receives on advance payment, herein¬
after referred to under the specific contracts.

In the case of Frans lehar this advance poymont is
a yearly guarantee for five years, but with the other con¬
tracts there apparently is no such guarantee.

The contracts contain a provision that Graf is not
responsible for the collection of royalties, and it is left
to him to determine in what manner the royalties shall bo
collected.

Settlement is to be made half yearly, and the com¬
poser has the right to examine the books.

Except in the case of Frans lehar, the composer
agrees to satisfy the claims of authors of the texts and
librettos, so that there will be no extra rpyalties in this
respect.

The oontraets provide for forfeitures or fines in
the event of the composer failing to fulfill his obligations.

Graf agrees to take legal action "as far as possible"
to stop infringements.

Each composer agrees to furnish Graf with the
material of eaoh musical work during rehearsal and at the
latest at least four days before the first performance of the

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 20.

Theso are the more important provisions of the
several contracts, which are quite lengthy.

Specif ically, the contracts in the individual cases
with the names of the composers are as follows:

Franz lohar

Tho contract covers all works not published before
'October 3, 1911, for a period of five years from that date.

J The advance payment to Lehnr was 4,000 Crowns
(about §1000) , with a corresponding advance each year.

The contract may be terminated by Graf (but not by
the composer) by notice in writing "six months before the
expiration of each agreement year".

lehar does not agree to satisfy the claims of
authors of texts and librettos.

Heinrich Heinhardt

Contract covers 'all works published after the expi¬
ration of present agreement with the "Ammre" (a German Copyright
combination), for a period, of five years.

Advance payment 2,000 Crowns (approximately §500) .

Richard Fall

All works published from June 15, 1911, for a period
of five years, including two specified works, namely: "An
Opera in three acts, still without title", by E. Motz, and
"der Golbe Karpfen".

Advance payment 1500 Crowns (approximately §375).

C-.H. Ziehrer

All musical works published from June 15, 1911,
for a period of five years, including a work entitled "Bull
bei Hofe".

Advance payment 2000 Crowns (approximately §500).

Bela Lasky

"Barbara Fritsche" and all works published from

Hr. Thomas a. Edison- 21.

November 10, 1911, for ft period of five years.

Advance payment 250 Crowns (approximately §62.50).

Bruno Graniohstadten

Contract covers "Kasimir's Himmelfahrt" and all
works published from November 1, 1911, for a period of five
years.

Advance 1000 Crovms (approximately §250).

Henry Bereny

Contract covers "Die Blnue luppe" and "Dio Dame
von Maxim" and all works published from June 8, 1911, for
a period of five years.

Graf reserves the right to cancel the agreement
at tho end of each year on six months' notice in writing.

Advance of 2500 Marks (approximately §650).
Hobert Y/intcrberg

The contract covers "Clo-Clo" and all works pub¬
lished from June 15, 1911, for a period of five years.

Graf reserves the right to cancel the agreement
at the end of each year on six' months' notice in writing.

Advance 500 Harks (approximately §125).

Contracts have also been made with Bodanski,

Dr. Willner and ieo Stein, writers of librettos for Franz
Lohar, under which they permit their librettos to bo used
in the wor>s of Xehar or made use of by Graf under the
contraot at lump sums of 500 Crovms each, or a total of 1500
Crovms (approximately §575).

I did not bring these contracts to your attention
before leaving because X was not sure that I fully understood
them, r-nd 1 have therefore talked them over with Mr* Graf

in Berlin. ,

Mr. Thomas A. Edisi

Che total amount of cash disbursements aggregates
$5,659 already paid by Mr. Graf up to January of this year
and about $4,000 payable during the next five years to Frans
lobar, making a total of about §9,500. In addition to this
there would, of course, be royalties to be paid in ease those
selections are used.

Having tho exclusive rights to the compositions of

these composers for a possible period of ton yoais, we <
if the contracts are taken over, grant licenses to othoa
ing machine manufacturers and could probably make some i
out of .the proposition. The questions therefore to be

considered are:

1. shall we let Mr. Graf keep the contract and
make what he can out of them, charging us, of course, the

mini mum royalties for such compositions as we may use, together
with a small sum as an advance payment to cover the propor¬
tion of the advances already made by him?

2. Shall we take over the contracts ourselves, pay¬
ing Mr. Graf the advances already made by him, and allowing
him as our agent in Berlin to make as much profit as possible

out of the contracts?

3. Shall we endeavor to sell the contracts to
Copyrights, limited (referred to on page 8 of this report),,
so that all tho subscribers to that corporation may have tho

benefit of the contracts?

I would like to have your opinion on these questions.
Personally, I believe that since the contracts were made by

I.lr. Thomas A. Edison- 23.

Hr. Graf «th .1,. d.sir. «. w P“rt “

« should either tat. thee, over or endeavor te sell then te

Copyrights limit fid.

diotatihc hachiiies

Share teens te he s very good narhet lor Dict.ting
machines in France. Belgium, Germany and -*»=tria. although
competition is very Men. Ihs Goman nnehin.s are ell
cheaper than ours, «hile the Dictaphone, »Uch is sold Icr
$100 in london. is sold for 860 in Berlin. Shcrt-t.m con¬
tracts h«»o been mad. .ith dealers in France. Belgium and
Austria te handle cur Biotating machines en a basis of
guaranteed minimum yearly purchases, hut non. of the guarantees
have been nod. good, although these agents I believe are nois¬
ing every effort to introduce the -chines. Be arrsng.nonts
can therefor, be cancelled at any time at our option. Possi¬
bly, in order to meet competition, particularly in O.msny and
Austria, it may he necessary to some.hat reduce our selling
prices, and 1 .ill have this matter loowd into and see .hot
can he done. The impression is that ours is the best machine;
its reputation is good; it can oommand a higher prio. than
competing machine.. But » is new so muoh more erp.asive than
o tlior mabhine. that sale, are necessarily limited.

R'l'CVRAGE battery

Hoarding the Storage Battery situation, X saw
Hr. Bergman, in Baden and found hi. looking in good health
but evidently smarting under the sting ef his recent financial

Hr. Thorn b A. Edison- 24.

troubles. He hud gotten around to the point of view of
attributing part of his difficulties to his experiences with
the battery, and ho stated to me that if the Banks had not
had such an unfortunate experience with his 3attery Company
they would have been more lenient with him. He seemed to me
to bo like a man grasping at straws, and I believe he is anx¬
ious to sell the Battery Company at a substantial loss.

In talking about the contract, he stated that it
had been extended by you when you were in Europe. I. had
never heard of this, but on returning to Berlin I saw the
original contract and noted that you had endorsed thereon the
following:

"This contract is hereby extended to nineteen Hundred
and Twenty. Thomas Alva Edison. Berlin, September
23, 1911."

I have advised Hr. Miller of this fact so that our
copy here may correspond with that in Berlin.

I also had a number of interviews with Mr- Monnot
in Berlin, Paris and London, and also an interview with Hr.
Usman in London, but I was particularly careful not to become
involved in any controversy between them. Hr. Monnot insist- •
ed that Boach had given him the European rights tc the Beach
car, but aside from this he felt as the exclusive represen¬
tative of the Edison Battery in Europe, he should also handle
the street car end and not have it complicated by anything that
Mr. Lisman might do. Monnot argued that Lisman was primarily
interested in rehabilitating defunct horse-car and trolley
lines, that it would be to his interest only to sell Beach

Hr. Thomas A. Edison- 25.

cars for those lines; that ho would probably not be interested
in introducing the Beach ear on other lines; that he would
certainly not introduce the Beach car on linos that compete
with his own; and that therefore the introduction of the
battery would not be so rapid as it would be in the hands of
a syndicate that had to do only with the oars and had no con¬
nection whatever with the financing of tramcar systems. Mr.
Monnot claimed that he could secure all the capital necessary
to introduce the Beach car to as large an extent as possible,
in discussing the matter with Mr. Usman he stated that you
did not want Monnot to interest himself in the financing of
street cars or the financing of street car systems, but wanted
him to devote himself exclusively to the introduction of the
battery in all other fields that were opened up. I thought
I recognized in this statement a suggestion as coming direct
from you, and I therefore advised Monnot that in my judgment,
in view of your wishes in the matter and what you had written
to Usman, ho should cooperate with Usman and not oppose him.

I understand from Mr. Beach that Monnot and Usman have now
gotten together end will cooperate.

BARIS

EHEHOH RECORDS

I spent only one day in Baris but had often discussed
the situation with Mr. Graf, as a result of which I made up
my mind that we ought to stop the expense of making any fur¬
ther records in that city intended for the Bronch business.

At the present time we are issuing about 10 records per month

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 26.

at the Baris office, and the sales are practically nothing
This expense should he cut out. and I gave orders that no
more records should he made in Baris intended for the French
popular list. At the present time v,e have sufficient masters
to enable us to put out French records up to December, so that
if you do not agree with me in this, the arrangement can he
commenced again. It does seem to me, however, that this
expense is unnecessary and that if we want to make records for
use in France the masters can he made in London. If the
Pise develops and the business can he done in France to a
sufficient extent to warrant again starting a recording plant
in Paris this can he done.

BASIS OFFICE

At the present time we have no office in Baris hut
maintain a storehouse at Levallois, the rent of which is
§300 per year, and from this the small amount of business that
we do in France is handled; hut there are no facilities for
handling the film business and, consequently, our film busi¬
ness in Franco is very small, averaging only about 12,000
feet per week. some of the other American manufacturers
are doing much better :n Paris, and both Hr. Graf and Hr.
Lolanann felt that if we could have a small office in the city
from which our films could he shown there would he a much bet¬
ter opportunity of accomplishing something. Also, an office
in the city would enable us to do business more effectively
with Gaumont, and Hr. Lehmann tells me that there are still a
few retail customers in Paris who could he supplied from that

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 87.

office. X therefore authorized him to look around for a
small office in Boris where he could locate himself and from
which films might he shown, a limit of $1,000 annually being
Placed for added expense of rent, etc. Even if no additional
business is done, the small added expense of this office will
be probably justified by the increase in efficiency in handling
the present arrangement with Gauraont.

The above are the principal things I attended to in
Europe . A great many minor matters were taken up, such as
considering patents that were offered for sale, examining
new machines introduced by competitors find, examining various
propositions in which it was hoped we might beeme interested.

I also saw a great many people, many of whom were your personal
friends, and all of whom wished me to extend to you their
best wishes.

In addition to accomplishing certain specific things,
I think that my European trip was advisable because of its
psychological effect- The various employees in London,

Berlin and Paris had not hoen visited for three years by an
officer of the company and had gotten to feel that they were
out of touch with us here and that wo oared very little whether
they were suooessful or not. The depression in the phono¬
graph business had also made them discouraged. I was able
to give them encouragement for the future, and I am sure tnat
they will tak<T more interest in their work than they would if
I had not gone.

Yours very truly.

Present?

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Mr. V.'obor:

Referring to storage spaco, Mr. Edison has agrood to our
using such portion of the lowor floor of cement eabinot building
as Holdemoss does not requiro to go on with his experiments, and on
taking the matter up with Holdemoss, I find we can have ovor ono-half
of the lowor floor by removing and cleaning out such stuff as is now
there. It scom3 to mo wo aro more congested in tho cabinet finishing
room than anywhere olso. and as this room is now largely occupied by
iVmberola or A-250 disc cabinets, for Which wo will probably have no
use for tho no act six months at loast, I think you should arrange to
move 3omo of these cabinets ovor to the building above mentioned
at onco. Do not lot fire risk provont your making this raovo
as if considered necessary wo can insuro tho cabinets with outside

partios . I noticoa th0 TOtor dripping through from tho second floor
in some places in tho cement cabinet building and, of courso, stops
should bo taken to prevent this. Perhaps it would bo necessary to
cover tho cebinot3 with oilcloth or tarpaulin.

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Messrs. Dolbeer: Falser: Farrells Hudson: Durand: Goodw3n^»ll:
Weber: Bird: Youmans : Ireton: Stevens:

jrorn now on and until further advised4r. Edison desires
ha\tn

to Enow what complaints are reoeived from theVpuhUo. oustomers
and all sources, regarding our machines, workmanship and attention
to business. As it will he impracticable to send in the original
letters containing these complaints for the reason that in most in¬
stances they also contain orders or some other matter which necessitate
their being kept in their respective departments, you will please have
copies made of all complaints of the nature described and send them
to Mr. Bird, who will hand them to me at the end of each week and 1
will see that Mr. Edison gets them. ^ ^

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Mooting of Manufacturing Committee
Hold Septomber otli, 1912

Present: Moaara. Dyer, Wiloon, V/ober, Hutchison, Redfeam & Hird:
Motal Stand for School Phonograph Outfit.

A samnlo of Motal Stand for School Phonograph was exhibited
mod ol^as^appro ved md ^o^er^r^OO^ai authorized.

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delivered at once, ’balance as required.

Changes in Model "B" Projecting Kinotoscope.

A Model "B" P.IC. Mechanism was exhibited showing th®
following changes made necessa^r on account of complaints

1st? Trolling system for outside shatter mechanism _

2nd. Aperture^ Plato protected insuring uniform bearing
surface forfilm. 3rd. Film Gate changed to accommodate
steel runners which are acted upon by tension sprigs
and pivoted so as to insure equal tension
of film. 4th. lower TenBion Brookot made in two parts,
one swiveling on the other so as to insure perfect con-
Irtth s^lockot. 5th. Tho substitution of larger
Mitro^Gearo^for^thoae now in use. All of these changes
were approvod.

Typewriter Table far Diotating Machine.

A samnlo of motal Stand for Diotating Machine was sub¬
mitted from The Toledo Motal Furniture Company. The
Stand having folding sides made of Quartorod Oak which

Sckmrevo^‘twohsheSos for holding Voice writing Blanks
in tho roar of the machine.

authorized.

A- 80 Mahogany Cabinets.

A sample Cabinet with a Top Grill made in two parts to
subject to tho approval of the Directors.

THOMAS A. EOISON, In

Amber ola ''V1' Mahogany Cabinets.

An order for 1B00 Mahogany CahinotB was authorized
to ho placed with John Somma, il-Y«C. at §9#00 each
not subject to the approval Wiwntn™.

Amhorola ”71" Mahogany Cabinets.

An order for 3000 Mahogany Cabinets woo authorized
to bo placed with John Somma, H.Y.C. at $8.00 each
not, subject to the approval of the Dirootors.

Mame for Loud Speaking Phonograph.

The name chosen for the Loud Speaking Phonograph
was The Edison Kinetophonograph.

A. M. Bird,
Secretary.

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Sept. 17. 13

Mr. C. H. Wilson:-

2hio being the closing day of our
pay roll, I have thiQ day removed the following men
from our list.

D. Xi. Bliss Chief Engineer

S. G. Langloy Superintendent

J. 0. Lyman foreman

J. Johnson Draft sman

J. 2abo Draftsman

J. Pfaff Armature Winder

L. K. Simpson Armature Winder.

'Mr. Hutchison notified us to-day
that the experimental work has been completed and that
the above should be carried on the 'J. A. B. Inc,
pay roll, beginning Sept. 18th 1912.

Doar Hr. Edison:

I respectfully request that you will per¬
mit me to retire from my present position, the resigna¬
tion to take effect December 1, 1912, or at an earlier

date if you wish it.

The coming on of the Disc Phonograph X hope will
mark a period of great prosperity for you, and I think it
better that my successor should take charge of the business
at the start rather than later on.

lly reasons for resigning are the following:

1. My present position is quite untenable •

Many subordinates are reporting directly to you, and I
have reason to believe that in a number of cases you have
indicated to them that you have lost confidence in my abil¬
ity or capacity. Rumors of this sort naturally spread
very rapidly and destroy all possible authority. I cannot
remain in a position where X might be held responsible for
conditions over which I have no control.

DICTATED

AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON DICTATING MACHINES

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 2.

2. My present place of anxiety is intolerable,
in addition to the worries incidental to a business of
this size, both in a commercial and legal sense, there
are the additional worries of trying to please you and
of trying to carry your ideas into effect. Furthermore,
and by no moans least, there are the worries and anxie¬
ties due to disorganization resulting from gossip and
rumors of all sorts, which are gradually undermining the
entire organization and reducing the efficiency of the
force.

So far as my present affairs are concerned. 1
have accepted the situation in a spirit of entire philos¬
ophy. I have certainly labored to the very best of my
ability during the past four and a half years to carry
on your business, and X have a feeling of satisfaction in
knowing that I have been conscientious and have worked to
the utmost of my capacity.

in my recent talk with you, you criticised me
quite severely, but I do not think that your criticisms
were fair or just. I believe that you do not appreciate

the amount of work I have done and what I have accomplished.
There have been satisfactory developments in moving pic¬
tures, primary batteries, business phonographs and number¬
ing machines. These lines have all progressed since I took
charge and are still progressing. The Motion Picture Pat¬
ents Company is a very profitable enterprise . which was
built up and held together almost entirely by my individual

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 3.

efforts; the General Film Company is also a profitable ven¬
ture, and I believe will continue so for many years; the
contracts I have made for you and the negotiations I have
conducted for you have certainly been profitable. I do
not believe that any man, no matter how able, could have
prevented the decline of the phonograph business; that
business has declined solely because we have been trying
to sell goods for which the market is disappearing. This
situation was recognized by me within a few months after
I took charge here; I hired a man on my own responsibility
to experiment on the Disc machine in a room in Hew York
where no one would know about it, and when those experi¬
ments were finished they were brought to your attention
by making the demonstration behind a curtain. The present
Blue Jimberol record, which I hope may revive in a measure
the interest in the cylinder product, was adopted only
after persistent efforts of Mr. Wilson and myself for
more than two years to have you do so. I believe that if
the Blue Amberol record had been taken up more promptly
the decline in the business might have been arrested.

In conclusion, I have soveral suggestions or
recommendations to make;

1. Up to October 31, 1912, I am entitled to
receive §9,997.00, as per statement from Harry F. Miller.
My share in the reservo fund is §7,000.00, making a total
of §16,997.00. I owe the various concerns here §7,951.81,
which leaves a balance due me of §9,045.19. I will be

Mr. Thomas A. Edison- 4.

much obliged if you will let me have a chock for this
amount.

2. X presume you will wish mo to remain until
my successor shall hove become familiar with the duties
of my position. This I will be very glad to do, and at
all times in the future X will be only too glad to be of
any help to you that I can.

3. V/ith the closing up of the foreign offices
as you anticipate and the bringing of Hr. Cromolin over
here , I recommend that he take my place as President of
the Motion Picture Patents Company. It is most import¬
ant that a man should be selected in whom the manufactur¬
ers shall have confidence. I think Mr. Cromolin would

ho a good man for this position. And I suggest also that
he be placed in charge of your moving picture interests,
as he is very much taken up with that branch of the bus¬
iness.

4. I recommend that Mr. Pelzer take my place
as your representative on the Board of Directors of the
General Film Company. He is thoroughly familiar with the
business, is honest, and would look out for your inter¬
ests. He is popular with the other members of the Board,
and I know that there is a strong feeling among the Direc¬
tors to keep the Board composed as far as possible of the
men in whom they have confidence and know personally.

5. I have been billed with the cost of tho
taxicab used by me, and I think this charge should be can-

Hr* Thomas A. Edison- 5. ;

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celled. It amounts to $2875.73. Most of the heads of
departments are supplied at the present time with electric
machines, and I think it only fair that I should have had
the use of a machine myself. Of course, in the case of
my gasolene car I have always stood the expense of running
it.

Finally, in severing my relations with you per¬
mit me to say that I have regarded the opportunity of being
associated with you so long as a very great privilege, and
I shall always entertain for you the strongest feelings of
admiration and personal affection.

Yours very truly,

FU)/ 1 Y/ff ~xTT

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( The following is an official statement of the facts
concerning the recent resignation of Mr. Frank .u Dyer from the
Prosidoncy of Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, ana other Edison
interests at Orange, How Jersey.)

Ur. Dyer, besides having the executive management of
of Mr. Edison's Companies, had other interests which demundod
of his time. These interests have grown so extensive of late

mltitudinous duties which his various
a duty to himself, to Mr. Edison, and
Lch he was connected, decided that he i

.thdraw from his servici

> the Edison Companies

isignation to Mr .Edison, who !

by Mr. Dyer's resignation.

The details of the business of the Edison Company at
Orange have been in the hands of Mr. C. H. Wilson as General Manager
for a number of years; and he will retain his position and in addi¬
tion has been made Vice-President of the Company. Mr. Edison takes
the Presidency iu order that he may direct the policy of the Company
in addition to the technical details which he has always had charge
of. Ho other changes in officials or personnel of the Company

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All business of the company sb^ll to conducted in harmony
rwith the organization outlined herein e&d through the channels

indicated.

PRESIDENT: UR. EDISON.

Will dictate the policies of the company and determine
by the reports hereinafter provided whether the acts of subordinate
officers, department’ heads and department committees are intelli¬
gently in accord with such policies.

Will pass upon all contracts except those executed on
approved forms in the regular course of business.

yjWl aa far as possible, determine in advance the com¬
pany's policies for each fiscal year, in order that subordinate
officers, and department heads may plan their work with adequate
fore thought and proper attention to detail.

Will veto or suspend for further consideration by the
Executive Committee any action proposed by any subordinate officer,
department head or department committee whenever he considers such
proposed action improvident or ill advised.

Is a member of the Executive Committee.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS! AS A'l' PRESENT CONSTITUTED.

Will perform its legal duties,

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
UR . EDISON. MR. WILSON & MR. MAXWELL .

Will engross the general policies of the company as de¬
termined by the President or by the Committee.

Will assist the President in his consideration of the
reports received from subordinate officers* committees or depart¬
ment heads.

Will assist the President in his consideration of mat¬
ters of policy.

Will consider and act upon such proper matters as its
members bring before it.

May refer to department committees such matters as it
desires to have considered and reported upon by those committees.

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VXCE PRESIDENT AMD GENERAL MANAGER; MR, WILSON

Js the immediate superior of the 2nd Vice President,
Treasurer, Secretary, Legal Department, General Auditor ana Statis¬
tical Department.

Shall receive copies of all periodical reports and the
minutes of all committee meetings.

To him shall he referred all matters wherein the policy
of the company is not clear to the aforesaid officers ^^de-

and all Questions of such import t.nat said officers and de
partments are unwilling to assume r.he responsibility of deciding

Will enforce the observance of the policies of the com-
ranv by air subordinate officers, departments and department heads
acting as far as possible through the proper subordinate officers.

Will promulgate th- decisions of the President and Exec¬
utive Committee;

Will decide all matters referred to him wherein the pol¬
icy of the company is clear to him.

May invoke the decision of the President or Executive
Committee on any subject he desires to present.

May call on any department committee for consideration
of and a report upon any subject.

Will perform the legal duties of his position.

Is the general supervisor of the Purchasing Department,
Requisition Department, Traffic Department, Shipping Department,
Picture Committee, Record Committee and Office Manager.

Will render to the President such reports as the latter
shall require from him.

Mr. Hird shall be the direct assistant of the Vice Pres¬
ident and General Manager in respect of machine ‘

matters pertaining thereto; Mr. Hehr snail act m a similar capac
ity in respect of Phonograph record production.

Is a member of the Executive Committee.

DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES: AS FOLLOW:

Amusement. Phonograph; Home Kinetoscope; Professional
Hi ne^-ns cone • Kinetop^one ; Dictating Machine; Electrical Department,
Educational ’Department ; Primary Battery; Bates Numbering Machine,

Each committee to consist of the 2nd Vice President, the
department Sales Manager, the Advertising Manager .Foreign
Department Manager, the production clerk and the iahoratory
engineer. The President and Vice President and General Manager
are ev-officio members of each committee. The Assistant Sales
Manager of the Amusement Phonograph Department is a member of
that department committee.

The purpose of these committees is as follows: 1ST.

To consider al^ complaints and take concerted action for their
correction^ 2ND? To formulate sales plans and insure concerted

5TH. To reduce to the minimum the time occupied in necessary
interdepartmental negotiations.

Each of the aforesaid committee will hold regular meet-
ings at as frequent intervals as shall be necessary to. accomplish
the purpose above set forth.

The President, the Executive Committee, the Vice Resident
and General Manager or the End Vice President may require special
meetings of any of the aforesaid committees.

The minutes of all committee meetings shall be prepared

?,hn1expliceit but "'brief 'account of’ ^nntSe^eedings of®

ere^essent ia 1& t o a@ pr o p e r& c ons idera t i on+' of th e* s ubj e o t& by t he8 Pre s -
. H n+ the Executive Committee and the Vice President and General

and to each member of the committee.

"here the decision of a committe is on a debated question
of policy, the expenditure of money not expressly Provided for, or
dissenting minority so demands, such decision shall take

the minutes containing it.

Where immediate action upon such a fw^i^vice ^res-’
essary, the 2nd Vice President will confer with the 1st Vice Pres
dent and General Manager.

Any committee member may invite the attendance at a
committee meeting of any official or employee whose attendance he
considers desirable, and the committee may excuse production men
or engineers from any meeting at which their presence 1b not re¬
quired.

2ND VICE PRESIDENT — MR. MAXWELL

Is the immediate superior of the Advertising Manager and
the Sales Managers of the various departments.

Ts the direct assistant of the Vice President and General
Manager in all matters of policy, sales and administration.

Shall receive copies of all periodical reports made by
the aforesaid persons for the consideration of the President,
Executive Committee and Vice President and General Manager.

To him shall be referred all matters wherein the policy
of the company is not clear to the aforesaid persons and all
questions nf such import that they are unwilling to assume the
responsibility of deciding the same.

Will decide all sales questions submitted, if the policy
of the company is clear to him, but where it is not, will, and in
all other cases may, invoke the decision of the Vice President and
General Manager or the Executive Committee.

Will pass upon all general letters before they are turned
over to the Advertising Department.

Shall be consulted in regard to the appointment of Jobbers.

Shall be consulted concerning the selection of traveling

Will render to the President and Vice President and General
Manager suoh reports as shall be required of him.

Shall make suggestions and give directions for the promot¬
ion of sales in harmony with the policy of the company.

Is a member of the Executive Committee and all department
Committees.

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TREASURER - - MR. BERGGREN.

Is general supervisor of Cashier’s Department, Pay Roll

Department, Credit Department, Bills Receivable, Bills Payable
and Insurance.

Will decide all questions arising in respect of any of
the foregoing departments or sujects if the policy of the company
is clear to him, but where it is not, will, and in other oases
may, invoke the deoision of the Vice President and General Manager.

Will render to the President and Vice President and
General Manager such reports as shall be required of him.

Will perform the legal duties of his position.

SECRETARY - - - MR. BERGGREN.

Will prepare and act as custodian of the minutes of direct¬
ors' meetings. Will act as custodian of the company's records, files,
stationery and supplies. Will supervise the incoming and outgoing
mail, telegrams and telephone service.

Will decide all questions arising in respect of any of the
foregoing subjects, if the policy of the company is clear to him,
but where it is not, will and in other cases may, invoke the decis¬
ion of the Vice President and General Manager.

Will render to the President and Vice President and General
Manager such reports as shall be required of him.

Will perform the legal duties of his position.

GENERAL AUDITOR} MR. ECKERT

Will act as general supervisor of auditing and inventory,
and of the bookkeeping, costs and billing departments.

Will decide all questions arising in respect of the fore¬
going departments or subjects, if the policy of the company is clear
to him, but where it is not, will, and in other cases may, consult
the Secretary and Treasurer or invoke the deoision of the Vice Pres¬
ident and General Manager.

Will render to the President and Vice President and General
Manager such reports as shall be required of him.

LEGAL DEPARTMENT! MR. HOLDEN, GENERAL COUNSEL.

Will attend to all patent matters. Price cutting oases, the
drawing of contracts and agreements and all other legal matters.

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Shall be consulted concerning all matters of the above
character, and no contracts shall be entered into unless the form
of contract has been approved by the Legal Department.

Will decide all legal questions if the pol icy of the
company is clear to him, but w^ere it is not, will, and in other
cases may, invoke the decision of the Vice President and General.
Manager.

Will render to the President and Vice President and
General Manager such reports as shall be required of him.

Will report direct to the Fresident in respect of pending
patents, patent infringements and patent litigation.

STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT: MR. FROST

In charge of Statistics, Charts and Accident Insurance.

Will render to the President and Vice President and
General Manager such reports as shall be required of him.

PURCHASING DEPARTMENT: MB. DEEMING

Under the direct supervision of the Vice President and
General Manager.

Will purchase all supplies and materials, return rejected
material and dispose of scrap.

REQUISITION DEPARTMENT: MR. YOUMANS

Under the direct supervision of the Vice President and
General Manager.

Will make out all shipping orders
records of shipments, when and where made,
shipments made, etc.

on factory, prepare all
reports of orders received,

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: UR. ROGERS

Under the direct supervision of the Vice President and
General Manager.

Will determine freight rates, classifications and routing;
handle claims; and accelerate transportation service.

SHIPPING DEPARTMENT: MR, RILEY.

Under the direct supervision of the Vice President and
General Manager.

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Will be in charge of all shipments and will work under
approved iKSuKioSa of Traffic and Requisition Departments.

PICTURE COMMITTEE

Under the direct supervision of the Vice President and
General Manager.

Will pass on new pictures for Professional and Home
Kinetoscopesj advise and co-operate with the Negative Stu .

COMMITTEE

Under the direct supervision of the Vice President and
General Manager.

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Department.

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Enajer and head of Educational Department.

OPPICE MANAGER: MR. BERGGRM
Under the direct"supervision of the Vice President and
General Manager.

Will employ or shall he consulted concerning the employment
of all office help.

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Will supervise office help.

scribing JS'hS ffSSWSStfS ““is.

with economy and despatch.

Will he responsible for the prompt and accurate transcribing
of correspondence.

ADVERT I BING DEPARTMENT; MR.

, MoCHESNEY, MGR.

Is the general supervisor of all advertising.

Will decide all advertising questions if the P°li°Y of

of him.

Is a member of all department committees.

BASES MANAGERS

Foreign Department
Amusement Phonograph
Dictating Machine
Educational Dept.
Kinetograph Dept.
Kinetophone Dept.
Primary Battery
Bate3 Numbering Machine
Electrical Department

Mr.

Mr.

Mr. Stevens
. Dolbeer
. Durand
Jr. Ives
Ur. Pelzer
Mr. Pelzer
Mr. Hudson
Mr. Burnham
Mr. Durand.

virrt qABES MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT
SALES MANAGER OF THE AMUSEMENT PHONOGRAPH DEPT.

Will decide all sales questions arising in hie department

other 6 cases^may t SvoKe^thS^cisio'n of\he End Vice President.

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dinates and traveling force.

Will, in addition to such °^®£ej;eP°r£| specified fo^the in-
formatior^of ^hfpSSden^^ice President and General Manager and End
Vice President.

the policies of the company and such decisions as may he made hy
superior officers are to he put into effect hy him.

Each sales manager shall have an assistant, of sufficient
ability and training to effectively carry on the work of the depart¬
ment in the sales manager's absence.

Is a member of his department oommittee.

The Manager of the Foreign Department is a member of all
department committees.

The Phonograph Sales Manager shall in addition to the
foregoing act as a Special Representative for the Amusement Phono¬
graph Department and Educational Department, with the following
duties .

Will be in charge of all exhibitions. ~

Will supervise in the field the work of all Phonograph
salesmen, whether in our employ or in the employ of others.

Will visit Phonograph Jobbers at frequent intervals.

Will render to the President, Vice President and General
Manager and 2nd Vice President such reports as shall be required
of him.

Will supervise sales promotion work in the field for the
Phonograph and Educational Departments and is charged with the duty
of obtaining co-operation from Jobbers, Dealers and Salesmen.

In the absence of the Sales Manager of the Phonograph
Department, the Assistant Sales Manager shall have full power and
responsibility to act in his stead, and in matters wherein he has
initiated action during the absence of the Sales Manager, shall
continue responsible therefor although he may consult with the
Sales Manager.

The foregoing is effective immediately.

C. H. WILSON.

December 16, 1912,

j. Honors. Burnham, Dolbeer, Durand, Hudson, lues, HoChesney, Harwell,
Falser and Stevens, Hutchison, Sail Farrell | Green , Baldwin,

Xreton, Langley, Bird and Hihr .

Flease take notioe that regular meetings of the
various department committees are hereby fixed as follow:

BATHS HACHIKS: Commencing January, 1913, the third
Friday in every month at 2:00 F. X.

AMUSBraiNT PHONOGRAPH: Commencing December 20, 1912,
every Friday , at 10:00 A. H.

DICTATING HACHIKS: Commencing Deoember 24, 1912,
every other Tuesday at 2:00 F. M.

BLSOTBICAL DEFARTKBNT: Commencing January 10, 1913,
every other Friday at 3:00 P. U .

PRIMARY BATTKRY: Commencing January, 1913, aeeond
Friday in every month at 2:00 P. H.

Commencing December 24, 1912

every other Tuesday at 3:00 F. X.

PBOFBSSIOSAL KINBTO SCOPS: Commencing January 14, 1913
every other Tuesday at 2:00 P. U.

HfiiTR yiTTRTOSCOPS: Commeno ing Deoember 24, 1912,
every Tuesday at 10:00 A, 11.

KIKETOPKONE: Commencing December 20, 1912, every

ether Friday at 11:00 A. X.

As no further notice of regular meetings is contem¬
plated, it ia expected that eaoh oommittee member will oarry a
tlokler an the committees to whioh he belongs, and present himself
promptly at the hours and on the dates speolfied herein.

Ingag amenta in conflict with oommittee meetings should
ha avoided as far as possible and vieitore should not ha permitted
to interfere with attendanoe upon any eommittee meeting. Hon-
at tendance upon oommittee meetings hy oommittee members will he
Tiewed as negleot of duty.

All oommittee meetings will he held in the Exeoutive
Committee Hoorn at the General offioe in Orange, N. j.

The 2nd Vioe President will aot as chairman of every
oommittee and diotatetthe minute a of each meeting to a dictating
maohine while the oommittee is in session. He will oauee copies
of the minutes of every oommittee meeting to he sent to eaoh member
of such oommittee and to the President and Vioe! President and Gen¬
eral Manager.

In the absence of the 2nd Vioe ^resident, a ohalrman
shall he chosen from and hy the members present, whose duties in
respect of the meeting over whioh he presides shall he as above
set forth .

Committee meetings shall he oonduoted in accordance
with such rules of procedure as the 2nd Vioe President oonsiders
neoessary to the prompt and orderly transaction of committee
business .

Any member desiring a special meeting of a oommittee
of which he la a member ehould communleate such faot to the 2nd
Vioe President. Regular meetings may, where neoessary, hs con-
t inusd btyond the alletted time of suoh meeting by temporary ad¬
journment to any hour not in oonfliot with other oommittee meetings.

Tht Roll of saoh oommlttss In addition to the President /

-3-

and the Vioe President and General Manager, who are ex-offioio f

mmton* of every committee, and the 2nd Vice President, Advertie-
ing Manager, and foreign Manager, who are regular members of erery
oommitteeVae follows:

BATS3 MACHIBB: Mr. Burnham - and Production Man.
auttbwttot phohQGRAPE: Masers . Dolbeer, Ireton, Hird

and Hthr.

BTOTATIMS MACH1HB: Mr.

Durand - and Production Man.
Messrs. Durand, Bangley,

Hutohison and Production Man.

PRIMARY BATTERY: Mr. Hudson.

MD11C AKOMAD DBBARTMBNT Messrs. Ires, Dolbeer,

Xreton , Pelser and Farrell .

PRm^aKTMAL KXHB'JOBQOPgt Messrs. Pelaer, Green and

Gall.

Hotnii KPintTOSCOPK: Messrs. Pelser, Farrell , Baldwin

and Gall.

iqUETOPHOMB: Messrs

. Pelser , Green, Farrell and

Hutohieon ..

Any committee member may inrite the attendance at a
oommittee meeting of any official or employee whose presence he
oonsiders desirable.

As stated in Key to Organisation Chart, production
men and engineers who are members of a committee may be excuse*
from any meeting at which no matters concerning them are to be

discussed.

In the unavoidable absenee of a department Salea

Manager, his assistant shall *ct in hi* pi*o*.

The Minutes of committed meetings shall he
transcribed in single space with two spaces between paregraphs
on paper of eise suitable to be bound in a minutes booh binder.
Eaoh member shall preserve in fbadily accessible form the minute*
of all meetings of which he is a member. Each department Bale.
Manager shall promptly impart to hi* subordinates any committee
action with which Buoh subordinates are concerned.

As to the jurisdiction and authority of de¬
partment oommitteee and the procedure where disagreement arisee,
see Key to Organization Chart .

Q,. ¥/.

Copy to Mr. Bdison.

Deo. 17, 1912.

In view of the decision hy Hr. Edison to event¬
ually close our European offices so far as the Ariusement Phono¬
graph business is concerned end to handle the Home P. K. and
Dictating Machine business under somewhat different arrangements
than heretofore, all of which has been placed under the control
of Hr. Stevens to follow up and carry out, it is imperative
and necessary that all orders and communications eminating
from the European offioes be referred hereafter to Hr. Stevens,
and he will put them through after conferring with the differ¬
ent department managers in the proper manner.

She Hailing Department will therefore hereafter send
All European orders and correspondence to Mr. Stevens for his
information and attention.

Copy of the instructions issued by Hr. Edison con¬
cerning the department in which you are specially interested
and the method of handling the same will be sent you for your
information*

CHff/lYM C. H. Wilson.

(Copies to Messrs. Edison, Eolcert, Berggren, StevenB)

In view of Mr. Weber's resignation, to take effect
Deoember 28th, Mr. Waterman will until further advised act aB
Supervisor of all departments of the Edison Phonograph Works,
with the exception of the following departments:

Shipping Dept.

Box Making

Cabinet Making

Cabinet Finishing

Phonograph Testing

Packing

Home Film

Professional Film

Electrical

Kinetophone Testing

Phonograph Final Inspection

These departments will be under the supervision of their
respective foremen, who are to co-operate & consult with Mr. Waterman
where the work done in their departments is essential to the final com¬
pletion of machines or work which comes under Mr. Waterman's super¬
vision.

Also, until further advised, Mr. H. T. Deeming will act as
Direct Assistant to the General Manager on all factory matters,'
thereby assuming such factory work as has heretofore been handled by
the General Manager. All details concerning the factory should
therefore be taken up by Mr. Waterman or the different department
supervisors above mentioned with Mr. Deeming, who, if unable to decide
on them himself, will take the matter up with the General Manager.

These instructions do not prevent Mr. Waterman or any of the
department supervisors from coming direct to the General Manager where
they consider it necessary or imperative in order to obtain quickest
and best results} it does mean, however, that Mr. Deeming is to have
charge of the detail work.

Until further advised, Mr. Deeming will, in addition to the
above mentioned work, also continue as Purchasing Agent, with Mr.
Cheshire as his First Assistant, by whom all routine work and regular
Purchasing Department details will be handled.

Mr. Hird, who has heretofore acted as assistant to the
General Manager on factory matters, will devote his entire time to
the Phonograph Department, and will have full charge of and be
responsible for the laying out and following up of work pertaining to
this department.

C. H. Wilson,
Vice-Pres. & Gen'l Mgr.

- J 1 Minutes of a/spefesalOJrWtinK.

1/ called Hr. WITb/i

v To Discuss Ways and Kfwnnfor

. Handling Phonograph/ Dept.

jJ Requisitions , Heports, htc.,

^ Held Dec ember 2Gth at 10:00 A. f~.

In the Executive Committee Hoorn,
and attended by

sssrvsas:

Maxwell.

S5o,iSu1!oS"iuSS“»»i«'‘ « «*• d">'“rtm““ “ f°1'

lows :

PhonoRraph department requisitions to be han¬
dled under the jurisdiction of uJ*e”^^a®"rr^ayyBiiattery . Mver-
KinetoRroph , Dictating Kaohi ®*t t be handled under the

tioina Department and Foreign Depart! f ouoh dGpar;mentG -

jurisdiction of the respective «oloo 1 manat ^ proper perBOn to be in
ecch oales manager to ^PPoiht his department, l'he Phonograph
immediate charge'Of nuch wrh in his deP"™^ handlod by Ur.

Works and Matos Machine requisitions are

Youmons . 1

In order to facilitate the prompt handling of
the requisitions of the ^“^of^ distinctive color and

each department's requisitions shall b^f^ J ^ rQquiBition; the

have a oerinl letter - prefixing. ■.tortim* with Ho. 1. Some changes

srs s StSV.™

ss r;,;; xzt *—•

The Poreign department will bo supplied with
r0quiBitions^onnthel,pro5erVcolored<iblanltc7aooordinRito the°merchnn-

sa*; SJ3&S s^'wsJws&'SiJSa^'ft.

S*S«.rt « »•«•. =■>«« content. ,

weights , e to .

There occurred an extended discussion of the

. zs&s&jBgxsx ^sHLrSsri; gfn&sr’

reduced.

i discussion of how repair shop or-

ocoarr.S "^"d W«~»* /'U

s& rtss x-aJts*J!ssffii

C. II. Wilson .

Vico President t General i'ansper .

Copies to those in attendance
and to kr . Edison.

Edison General File Series
1912. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. - Accounts (E-12-81)

This folder contains documents relating to the financial affairs of
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Among the documents for 1912 is a comparative
statement of earnings and expenses for the periods March-August 191 1 and
March-August 1912. Also included is a copy of the accounting codes
assigned to the various departments, as revised in June 1912. The faint
purple ink may be difficult to read.

All of the documents have been selected.

six months ending 31st August 1911-12

THOHAS A. EDI SOU, IUCOKPORATED

Repai vb to Power Plant Equipment
• » Steam liai nafrom P.P. 1

Engineers & Firemen &c.

5

6

7

8
9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16
— 17

18

13

20

21

22

23

24

1/37

38

• 39
■'40

■ 41

■ 42

• 43
i 44
/ 45
/ 46

• 47
- 48

■ ’ 49

- 60
r' 61
62

(Revised — June 12th,
PRODUCTIVE

Bates numbering Machine
Cabinet Finishing ( . ■

" Making .

" Trimming L

Sapphire

Speaker Assembling
" Parts

Japan Cleaning
Phonograph Assembling
" Packing

" Testing

Max Making

Musical Record Moulding
Disc Record Making
Master Mould Making
P, K« Assembling
Positive Film Plant
Record Inspection & Finish
Drill Press
Gear Cutting ■

Grinding

Jappaning

Jobbing

lathe

1912) '

/e>0 tfr/A

' so/ /*** &ro-/fajnar

/£>& /toww '•

26 Nickel Buffir.g

26 " Plating

27 Polishing & Buffing

28 Punch Pro 33

29 Screw Machine

30 Battery Plant

31 Blacksmith

32 Box Making

* 33 Eattery & Eineto. Packing
34 Record & Phonograpn Access

ories Packing Dept,
55 Home Model Positive Film

• 36 Phonograph Elocking & Final

Equipment Dept,

■'80 Sheet Metal forking

■ 8-1. Cement Cab inst

i'BZ Cooper Plating & Dipping

■'83 Electric Motor

‘ 94 Diamond Grinding

*/ 85 Home Eineto., Testing

^86 Blue Amberol Recoil

— ■' 87 Einetoohone Film

— '' 8B P,K- Screen Dept„
y' 89 Recording Dept*

NON-PRODUCTIVE, FACTORY ADMINISTRATIVE

Pay Roll Department
Advertising^ Printed Forms
Stock Room

Draughting & I>i3tlng
Painting

Electrical & Millwright
Chemical laboratory
Carpenters' Shoo
Yard

Tool Stock
Tinsmith A Plumning
Tool Making
Record Stock

Productive-Receiving & Stock

- 50 Accounting, Cost, P„Rr.

Auditing & Eilling Depts,

< 51 Purchasing

- 52 Order

> 53 Aylasv.'orth iaberetory

- 54 Shipping
. 55 Traffic

< 56 Administrative
• 57 Pov.'e x" Plant

■ 59 Non divisible items that <;•■
not he charged to any Dei

■" 59 Stationery Stock Dept *

''90 Ice Plant
^91 Gas Plant

^92 Stable, Transportation, Gar;

Executive & Selling

Officials

Credit

legal

Advertl sing
Transcribing
Miscellaneous
El nates cope & Film

^■'67 Battery

'-'68 Bates Numbering Machine
/ ■ 69 Wtcmr/ssf- JW****/*ife Sale 3

>•" 70 Amusement " 11

f • 71 Homo Model Protective

Ki ne tog - Film
72 Electric Motor Sales
^/"3 Kinetonhn.-'-

Repairs to Machinery Tools

201 300

301 • 400 , " " Furniture & Fixture.'.

401 - 500 " " Shafting, Pulleys ; L Pelting

501 - 600 " " Founaution & Installation of

K Machinery

601 700 Minor &. Replacement firing Jobs

701 - 800 Repairs to Furnaces

oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo.OoOoOo Oo
LIGHT,. HEAT & POr.'HR

170 Repairs to Power Plant Equipment

171 Repairs to Steam Mains from Power Plant

to Euildings

172 Engineers & Firemen, &c

173 Lubricants & '.Vasto

174 Insurance for Power Plant

175 Incidental Expenses for Power Plant

176 Coal Consumed

177 'A'ater Supply

178 Fuel Oil

179 Electric Current, Gas & Steam (purchased &

transferred )

Includes oalariee of the officeri

sniff ,o? ; •:«Ksau;iys>xi£rA:

-.the Company;

Includes the -f..lhrie*i r f ihoao in j1 ar«e of the'.-'

‘ Soiling A ..' f'Sefti tf vo to *.c.rt -'on ts ■ nUt? iod . o f ik
•'Act pry 'Crpigij/etlnn.

.^cfaar-so'ya'jr/isjoij "

.i^elho'es satiric? q? (tenoral ti c.t y~a ~ , assistant
-tetnagor. C- s ae ra I • Stipe r 1 r. C t m a • o t , -.'^iotar.t
Super in'. '.-.Sor. 1.-, I?.’;’/.;,. , Srci.uc tior;

• oriil "v, InWsefce'rs. la y

teaat, Head HlUr-g Clerk, lies, a Cost Clerk,
/load .tie e-? 5 v j r.,; CI<- rk , Hot a vrie;' Keoo .

Shipping Clerk, Traffic .'i&oager, assistant to ■
Sraf'ic ./iia.gor, far chasing Agent 'and tant

to iurchAiiirig Avorst.

i..;;

neiuo a e _ safari os. c f .' a 11.
ele.rkfi , who tiro charged’
aM i. those 'hot otherwise.

: darks , exclusive, of stock
' to account s-XO? ( Stock Cle
provided for.

ltd r«ien salaries of office toys am1 r.o?. j'e'oiiiirs

•. eraftlpjred In /Mill deliveries; tnii in junior kvrrt i
■ gen o fa! 1? throughout ‘ the . factory-0 ^ c r ;as #

:rT:!?oiiArVin3>A?rc r?f/aso:liESHs

. . Ix.eludes salaries' of -.n mpieyaoa engi
work* taking stenographic or phoc

■30ft . .TAl.’i'gORS, - r53!TEH3 ,j 'gl-SVAlO?-'^::

sspondt
tat ion,

Includes vag<

io/ig aged; .'in caring.'
Ices, and: ^running

TO? 3?0CC ,CI diHkSv

Jrcl.io! salaries of clerke located in- store' rooms wni
• .-/tJ vo mit ana takqlfn material, 'checking and recqrdinj

i . . . _ ... . . . s '

' all ’miscellaneous uns
•ovided for In this cli

'killed labor

:ludbs wages of watchmon aha gate man’.

: publications iesuod by the
root to the trsdo , including
l forir.3 also other exnenses
ising.

Covers cof
: Ad vortisi
tho cost

printing such

I ncludi

ctory and
•incipal i

E laders
Elank Books
Blank Cards

boxes.

Clips

cuttoi

Crayons'
Clips (fasts
Envelopes ft
Erasers
Eyelets J
?as tans ra
Piling. boxes
Incicos

Pens

Pen racks
fins •'

Printod i'orms
Rubber stamps
Rubber bands •
Rule i*3
Ruling Pons

Sponge cups
Stamps (impression)
Tablets
Tans .

Tissue paper (blank
Tracing peper
Tracing cloth •
Typewriter ribbons

Fucilaga; bot.tli
Roto-. books .
Oil. paper ■
Pads

Paper (Is lank)

rCjl ;_5

: ' Includes, sll. amount's paid ir parcn839..pi\o.tl68ec,.

' d-iett'otisrisa. directories and .standard works, 0-f*

' .. . rofaranoa on technical, legal, financial ?r uecotictf-v

lap sbb.iectG; also amounts paia for gubscrlntious
••to newaoapers, magazine a , technical pournufo , .rail.' ■
road guides &c. ■

1 13 dmCS S’JPPIlSd ASP JACIDITISg

Includes first -Dost -only and repairs :l'or .repla.ceniisrot .
• of minor office supplies ana conveniences , such- as : •

Ico

Keys

.laundering
• Ksil- bags
"at chs 3

• ?o no 11 Sharpeners
Pouches
.Punches .

RevolVars

Scales, small • • '

Shears .

Soup .

Scrubbing brushes
•Soap d ibheo

Staple-., fastening Ktiehl nos

■Towels. : V:.

I'aqh .basins
ithlBlcibrohms;

•Vrlngor3

■Ala q any repairs- to' or replacement.- of expensive
and ‘substantial office eopl fences, such as: -

Arif rests
• Baskets,- desk • '
baskets, waste
foxes,

rcocr.3

Brushes , cleaning • .

. 2 r u s he s , 1 co py-i n g
/Cash boxes .

CaiVtdlls ,

-Ch&Ki-.ls • '. .

.dCbmp.iitlngi.-ttibles f book )
Cups

Cuspid ore • : .

Dus, tors •'

•".lectric r-,ns
.Ulairxo slants .

Glanass, 6ri.ikir.ft,

■ -
. Hextogretphs -

n ■ libchines
Aadreseographe
Calewla ring .I'aehinss .-.-
Copy. Presses
Clock. dat ’1 ng stagg .. . „
Drawing boards ;

; Duplies tors ( expensive

Jiucrerihg machines
Typo a- r iters .
"horographs

SiiWiiwlS^ * r

-

■T3 CELT AliSOVS SHOP SUgPlIKS
■ Indl us'ns tide -expenses of all •roisooil&n

• not pthorwieo provided, for. in tM? el

• consumed -In operation ■ of shop, napartm
principal i terra being covered by the

‘ ! -Note- 1: Kot to ■include, iritorisl usofi

•Ase. use only) Clay', fire

- Cloth, cotton. omor

•■"■ . Crucibles

; ' Cord -

only 1 Crocus

• Cheat Handles .

‘Cotton vii-ckip's
Cups, tin ■

Crayon

Cleaning compound
...Candle :r,iek •
ChlcrKc. of 1 line
Tilpp-n-a ' . . ' ■ . . ■
Di si cf-J eta nts , ..
Dusters
. Dust .pans •

Err.? ry

. Emery. -pa oar. . .

7aiicets ,

Giux. soldering '
3-r hph i te. .
•inkling Gaskets

. .. Globes,, j an, torn

Gas rubbor. tube
. Cl no ' ' .

. • . SlU'9 pots .

•v ': ■ : Crease

Gloves , 'rubber
for . Ice
•■those lamps':

•test- ladders

' I red

Acids ( for m:

Alcohol "

Am ibnis-.-:'' ■ . (:■

Scots, rabua.'.
PsrrslsQ’ar disc. u'
Basins (small v.ashl
baskQ-ts
Ban aloe
■ Bees "'ox. ■

Blow hole -cement
• Boiler -compound ,
Eons , case hartf&ltio

Eqtafjh

.£iuu;baso:d . ; ... j

Putty . •

'Paper, bags;
r Soap :

Rosin

Robe, '.hemp--'.
Saw Bust
Stencil .paint-
Pall ow ....

Tadics- >

Toilet 'paper
Twine ■ '

' Vaseline
t'aete eanb '
■Whisk; brooms

rvibtir.g., crocus
tote

!, dusting, fil«

.-. ri'hhing, wire

Bri ek3,

-roxes.'

■Brnshe!
nain.t

Bracks .. ..

’Burn! rshers .

"Broome
Bobbing 'cloth
.Cahs.i- 'oil. C- 3pj
. Carborundum.

-.Goal-, - ami tht-pg..
Ch'i'l k

Chamois ■

Charcoal '

'ChahlefE:

Chen i osiJa A t-ruga.

use-, (os cop'
. f or ■ . la b o ,ru t o ry <
• p" r.poees

V3

•5c?d

• Bir.ic-

Oi-f-^i^rc : i.3 C ■:
pmsM u'ess ~-~i --J
■; Ca tl WciTS K' --C 0'l3
.....
— -r~k

•cis.-r.pa

®|to' - - -

solc.-srine'

'tie c'od iogic.’

Ail cieds except »cuu-
.. «a.ti c ,blQctric.,or. rut*ii!
la the • . '

thread i-ns. .

Eoga . . .

Piefi - .

Si vie d rjj ' - - - - - f—

Sell}’" ?ars-\- • -r - ......

Bra*te*7«8 ••4- Serupai-a. -••

Srt'atr.i’;; t •.>•'- or, 7 vbeoA)--

;:?ti Sira r

:?ul 10 rs -- -r- . .

Tlatttrs .

Geoaa + rio di^-hoBd's —

’rsvv-ri: - - -

0 rind 5 tone - -

.ifstefce ,r a; •

.Batcho'la -

all Ifina’e'^ie.ep t^phaU,-

«£Jtic- and/ steam

net lUBIUC.i.-re.S & V.VTS 1

i , 't- Inciud*f? .coat of 1 Jbri-ot-Urg ciis, grease sru

near1 ia the chop's, agsluoive oi power a Is ‘■.ion.

1 It U1 "37 :v ’ S .SoS* M I

,'hipeneso 'of traveling csflBfrrAfl.

Tin rsAJCi r

lm : •:;•'•? > fa Ter ti-an ' ;br t-, i o r. . hotei-end Oth*./

K-ooasarS' oxnfrnaes for travel for paplpyaps, oxcart'
as follow^: ;

■/Mots l : Crave ling- dipenaes ii atianduf.sii upon
* > outside conye.- tlOES ; n-oe tings uaa

■ e:.hfbiri:,as,' prC'iafca far the ae^CJflt j lie.

Kotn ?; irevo.1 ing . :. 3 sit connection v.i th :

; . ’Quito vnish are Chargeable to aOUiAm t r±~r -

note S : at • ax ■ oi ■ • -v •

&s; to ;i2count *117

r.ota 4; Crave ling exe.s-sg'es incurred or. acc'oV/lt of
> • r special tritss okHVgpsCS^fi to special shot,

■ ' • . ' ' •

113 Ak5ltT;M;;cfe&^ - -

:■:.'■■■■ Includes traveling. and on ter teln. ins bnpenseo. of ►*>;•
Coarvaci'* e oKvlcyrees :n art • .:
oatihij:; of < ' rovro rr : • 1 ;r tvchr.ivf.l

> • t-ione,.-- alsoiall. axpanae. -ir connection 'r 1th e3.hr 5

• ' ' . nl’-X expense in connection with giving .private "dc-r
. •• ; stratio.':. <;t houses, lodges, lanquots , <vtc„' mill

• vr! •.ran* o“ Vdovs . drib iinpy Vb stone , 'fr.ii.j-fc t i Vpi-.'i

'.roccsas incurred .in enter teipiag ousto«<wa

In el ' ■ in npanaetion - iih teio.v.xuoh : ..;

• ■> leprione sa" lea -

IX 3elf 1 i pl'i.nl+'ory '

X V- dlfei/lKX VVa&SX -• T *0 y c ' : ;•>

/ distributed month by ;monti
>s ir. the nust< o,ne- month
;ed :v;ith ;tha’ twelve months'-
id/, theroby'ahoy.' an abnormal,
that .-articular, month .

lief !and his Assistants 01 the ,
taunt. also neymen ts to . ir.e.mba rs
Drills a'po 'an38'orlCE'. 'Alarm v Calls •
330 . connected r;i th. 'the 7ire, Dept,,'

Includes 'amounts held for rantaj
account should be credited.' rob:
property Bvrfted by this company

-Commencing V.ith the .beginhlDgllof : the fiscal, It
year charge 3 to this account rill be made by
journal entry, ; Tho.eati-ratea cost of taxes
to be talon out I In monthly proportion. Vouch¬
ers in payment of taxes v.ill be charged to
"Taxes Accrued "V ?orhthe- same reason given '
above for Insurance, this temporary,'',Tuxea'. .
Acorued’l:.account. v.ill, be carried. . .

: ms 07 ixvssTOKisa & 5:ccha.iaeor

iges paid'
.’ontorlea

jtal.to dales "togons e:
;e of wagons & freight

Covers all e>.ponse3' incidei
lag original purchase ;-ri(
i nitial shipment of vsgons,

nr. co vor3 salaries aha oxt
located at above Company'

ropro:

inaos of. our i
s offices for

i teres i

la? iiicoiaKQ 3tiipr.a:x3

To cover till expenses in connection with incoming
shipments such as Boxes, Bottles, Cratos, Jars,, etc.

13G '■ MOVIES - SXPSMSBS

To cover all expenses in connection with moving of
• Departments from one Building to another or from
one cart of a Euiltfing to another part in same
Building, also all expenses in connection with
moving of Buildings from one location to anothor.

139 H. Y. OFFICE - KAIKTSKAITCS

To cover any exoense in connection with Building located
at “10 Fifth Avenue, ", These expenses will be .paid
when Building is rented.

140 AFFILIATED COi.’FAKY'S ACCOhODATIOK '-VOHE

To cover all work of an expense nature that, we do for
and of the affiliated Companys all work to be done on
special shop orders.

141 ED'JCATIOKAL SXPSII3B

' To cover all expenditures in connection with this
class of work bn phonographs or moving pictures, .
such exnenditures to include traveling oxpens.s of
omoloyebs; attending educational conventions or
exhibitions, and salaries of employees engaged in
this class of work.

142 PRELIMINARY MASTER RSCOHD SSPSIT3F.

This account is ,to cover expenses for travel in
connection with the preliminary arrangements with
an artist relative to making of a talent contract,
or ongaging them for regular work.

Also all exoenses in connection with making a trial
record, including traveling, hotel, payments to
talent, froight for forwarding records etc.

Regarding this last item, if it necessitates ma.cing
an extended trip, the salaries of employees making
such trips should bo charged to this account also.

Open for future use.

142 to 146 inclusive.

• pairing, ■ It. ;

iing-jiba rapt

REPAIRS 1’6 cUJI.rJi:03 _

Labor and material for repairing and partially
ir.p buildings. • '

REPAIRS TO ROAD'.VAYS AHD OROUUDS

and 'material "or repairing of roi
the -Coroany and up keep 01 the g.
;hs. sidev.alks, regrading ana ropi

Cost of, labor
belooKing to-
including pa'

PPPATR3 TO. KYPRAKT5. -VAXER VA1HS A SSYKRPIPnS

'Sqlf Explanatory.

IMPAIRS TO RAII'ROAP TRACKS

•tically ronew-
i the shops and

reoairihg and pari

' is ,Co npany , in
and turntable!

labor and material' fo:

• ' log tracks belonging .

yarns , including trestles

154 REPAIRS TO STEAK. 0A3 AI’D AIR PIPES 1C BUILP1.

labor and material for .repairing and partial:
ing steam, gas and air pipes in all builcinj
noler station.- Repairs to steam mains bates
station and buildings charged to acco an t ?1

: Light, Heat and Power). •

' 155 . u-tTPAlRS TO DICTATORS AID OOKVTYORS.

iplans

arruRE-

Ing.and nart.ialiy
:h shop fixtures t

Iron Sinks

uangorous. places,
Vt'ork benches

111

HEAT & POWER

170 REPAIR3 TO POWER P1AKT F.QJlPK2!iT

Includes cost of labor and ma tori al incurred in repair¬
ing- ana partial] y renov.-ihgonginas, boilers',' air
compressors, generators, transformers, convertors,
sv.-itch-board s, and auxiliary apparatus, also pumps
and pipes in power station.

171 REPAIRS 'TO- 3T2AK SAIHS JROK POWER -PIAHT TO EUILBr?33

Includes cost of labor and muterial for repair! rig and
renewing steam mains connecting buildings with the
power station.

Includes wages paid engineers, fireman, oilors and other-
labor in the power station.

175 LUBRICANTS' Ai-iB ’VASTS

• Includes cost of lubricating oils/ greases, waste etc.
used in power station.

174 - IKSURAUCE ?0R I OWES PIAHT

Includes toiler, fly-wheel, and- any other insurance
applicable to Power Plant.

175 INCIDRIITAI. 1XPR1735S FOR POWER PIAHT •

Includes all minor oxpensos not otherwise provided for
in connection with operating Power 3tution.

.176 COAL C OH 3 D

Includes- cost. of coal consumed.

177 WATER 3UPPIY

Includos cost of water used by Power Station and for
manufacturing purposes. . "

17B EUSI OIL

Includes cost of fuel oil. :

. 179 SISCTRIC CURREKT. GAS & STEAK (-purchased or. transferred )

Includes Electric Current,' Gas and Steem. purchased
or transferred.

Edison General File Series
1912. Tidal Power (E-1 2-82)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's opinions about harnessing hydraulic power from tides. Included are
items pertaining to Edison’s endorsement of a power system proposed by
inventor Thomas A. MacDonald. Among the correspondents for 1 91 2 is Harry
C. Webber, editor of the Bath Independent in Maine.

Less than 10 percent of the documents have been selected. The items
not selected consist primarily of unsolicited correspondence seeking Edison's
advice, information, or assistance on technical or financial matters relating to
tidal power. These letters received no response or merely a perfunctory reply
from the inventor.

wwr»NTflST>AY EVENiyG, JANUARY 24, 1912.

EDISON ENDORSES THE
MACDONALD SYSTEM

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The Wizard Tells Mr. MacDonald to Go Ahead and
Build Plants.

MORE THAN HALF THE CASH NEEDED
FOR WINNEGANCE PLANT SUBSCRIBED

Bath’s Industrial Boom Thus Takes a Most Sub¬
stantial Aspect.

Hydraulic power has a wonderful

■fill future. Go right ahead and
;lio right track. I will help you all
io to do so, and you can refer any
Thomas A. McDonald, inventor of

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

tho contrary it Is very much alive. 20:—

This week what Is the most im- "Through tho efforts of Mr Man-
portant development of the winter In well. It was possible for me
the progress of the scheme came as Mr. Thomas A. Edison at his labors- |
pleasant nows from President Mac- lory in the city of West Orange, U> ,

MACDONAID METHOD OF HARNESSING THE TIDES
ENDORSED BY EDISON WHO PROFFERS HIS HElr

a test of same he said In part: —

" 'HYDRAULIC POWER. HAS A
WONDERFUL FUTURE. GO RIGHT
AHEAD , AND 11UILD POWER
PLANTS; YOV ARE 01* THjS
RIGHT TRACK. I WILL HELP YOU
ALL I CAN WHENEVER IT IS POS¬
SIBLE FOR ME TO DO SO AND
YOU CAN REFER ANY ONE TO

Hydraulic rum ».y.. - -----

o£ Bath, which madiNt ’possible here
for the first practical tide water I
model of tho patent, to operate on
... the tides' last summer and prove that
the theory Is correct, and that the
ocean tides can be harnessed for In¬
dustrial service that Is practically
perpetual motion. Now that the
greatest Inventor and electrician of
tho whole .world, Wizard Edison,

Uneeda

national

has given tho Invention his approval
and endorsement, there can be no
doubt of Its practicability on a largo
and commercial scale, as Is proposed
to be Installed in this city with the
opening of spring.

The Mr. Maxwell, referred to in
the letter is the chief promoter of
tho Maine Corporation, who has
made several visits to this city this
winter, to secure land and shore
rights at Wlnnegance Creelcand who
Is a friend of Mr. Edison. Tho model
to which allusion Is made in the lot-
ter Is one of seVoral aluminum min¬
iature models owned by tho parent
company In New Jersey.

Not only the MacDonald Co., but
Bath appreciates .tally tho generous j
offer of Mr Edison to aid In tho de- .
volopment of the wonderful, yet slm- .
pie invention of Mr. McDonald, an
invention which has tho most enor¬
mous possibilities in the furnishing
of commercial power, either directly

manufactured products. It Is a stroke I
of almost Providential good tortuno
that tho MacDonald Tide-Water
Power plan of Inventor MacDonald
has thus boon brought before tho
broad and diamond clear Intellect of
the great Edison.

Ahead, now, tho prospect to secure |
tho Wlnnegance dam and plant of
the. MacDonald Co. and the two fac¬
tories already secured for tho power ;

Portland — Ar 23d, schs Charles H
lllnck. Mchaffey. Phlla, coal: Isaiah (

Cleared— Scha Rebecca Palmer,

■ D Nichols, Seavey, Sav hah:

THE BATH INDEPENDENT

tie . Thomas A . Ed i3 on ,

West Orange, H. J.,

Ky dear Sir;-

Certain parties who c
corporation, build a dam c
power from the tides t

Bath, Maine,. January 27, .1912 .

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y... wo

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locay.ty and secure

’ dams in this. - - ^ -

re CriflXirs t-A^-fwtSAv

! giving the public to^nfer or understand

jt~ K-Ac**-«jT U*'—'

that you endorse the projec£ a3 practical ‘and on the

tl“t "" 1“el» to

I should favor anything which^might wouk^iothe Uiterpe-ts
_ J>-H>€r3 IWA (L (hiit u\ tcJ»i=oa At-U I ^

of this section or ’{Increase itefi industrial .activity but 3o much

' J ^ ^P- 'Vv'.oO-uKjUT -rev caSCSo

has been said regard^pgyour ei^^-semgjit^of 0,

a tojtjio publi^from you I'feal that

r\\eLtJL »*-*•>«** U> lire. feflacAwtA-

ill see the po^tLTon^vTiic^-I^tako in ^ot °ar^n&^'^(^Ig? th'j

direct word having t

iment attributed to you is c
JtXHW.-tf — “““*

McDonald system to which it

project upon the strkngt
actually has it. I am er
few nights ago and wdfalc
you would let me know if ^the
and if you do endorse
alludes .

Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of a rnfcLlU I
Yours very truly )

ju

Mr. Thomas Edison,

Llewellyn Park,
West Orange,

Dear Sir:

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Ur. ThomaB MacDonald of Paterson, is trying to /
interest us in his invention of a machine using the power
of the tide and flow of a stream. He has referred u's to
you. May we ask you for your opinion of this invention.

Awaiting your favor, we remain.

Very respectfully yours,

BERGEN REALTY COilPaflY,

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Edison General File Series
1912. Visitors (E-1 2-83)

This folder contains correspondence with individuals planning to meet
with Edison, arranging for others to meet him, or thanking Edison fora recent
meeting. Among the correspondents for 1912 are journalist Joseph. I. C.
Clarke, German thermal engineer Rudolf Diesel, and utilities executive
Charles L. Edgar. There are also letters from Frederick L. Hoffman,
statistician of the Prudential Insurance Co., and Oskar von Miller,
electrification pioneer and founder of the Deutsches Museum. Some of the
letters concern a visit by Charles Schwab and the Argentine Naval
Commission, who dined in Edison's library on April 27, 1912. Other
documents pertain to visits by representatives of the Deutsches Museum and
by industrial safety pioneer Sir Thomas Oliver.

Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected.
Requests for appointments that were declined by Edison and letters that
received no reply have not been selected.

HOTEL RODMAH

PHI I.ADBI.PIII

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Bethlehem Steel Company,

South Bethlehem,Pa. January

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ar Mr. Edison:— j J ;j

Thank you very much i

January l8th, giving i

to visit your laboratory.

I want to take this opportunity of saying that I an
.ng to show these people unusual attention, and suggs
;he other day that if there was anything they especis
;o see or do in the United States, I would endeavor 1
It for them. They instantly said that they would
set Mr. Edison than do anything else they knew of, ai

flow, my thought, my dear Mr. Edison, is this: That

I shall wait until Spring time when the weather is nice, and
bring them from Bethlehem down to visit you some day by automo¬
bile if this will be entirely agreeable. Of course I shall no-
lose the opportunity of coming to visit you myself.

Hoping you are quite well, and with all the compli-

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
ORANGE, N.J.

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Mar ch 2. 1912

Mr. Thos. A. Edison,

Llewellyn Park, N. J.

Dear Sir:

We will appreciate it if you will kindly
favor ua -with data as per enclosed form; the same being
desired in connection with Mr. Bancroft's historical
work on "Wealth and the Achievements of Civilization."

Thanking you in advance for your courtesy,

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Yours faithfully,

THE BAKCHOET COMPANY,

Berlin: rs., March 8th, 1912.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Llewellyn Park, Off tUge, N.J .
U. S. Ar

Ify dear Edison:-

Herewith I take great pleasure in advising y«u

that, a delegation from the "Deutsches Museum"
posed of

Herren Heiohsrat Dr. Oskar von Miller,

Geh. Rat Professor Ilf. V. von Dyck,

\ Exo aliens S t aat saints t*r D*. Graf von Podewils-Ddrniz,

\ OherhUrgermeistef 0«h. Hofrat Dr. W. von Borscht,

SSffiTSS &S2&S&1 Schirmann.
has been appointed to take a trip to America for the purpose of
making a thorough study of the most important libraries, muse¬
ums, lecture halls and industrial establishments and at the same
time to cultivate the acquaintance of prominent persons.

The eommission expects to arrive in America early
in April and I should esteem it a great favor, if you would grant
them ac personal interview. h&urB

io^VVVtJU^M

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DR. COLIN ROSS

DP.S DGUTSCHEH MUSEUMS

SECRETAR I

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Edison Laboratory

Gentlemen:

V.’e, Professor Ur. Archenhold, Director of the
Treptow Observatory in Berlin and I would like to see
your olant and laboratory in Orange to-morrow Karsh 19th
after 1. P. K. .

Iir. Archenhold is a celebrated german Astronomer ;
he is interested in your new invention re films for scient¬
ific photography, furthermore he will place an order.

Please let me .know without delay if our visit is
convenient to you. hr. Archenhold lieves the U. S. already
on the 20th inst. any courtesies extended to him will be
highly appreciated.

Yours very truly:

\J

Mr. Thomas Edison Esq.

Llewellyn Park,

Dear Sir:-

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Sometime ago while I was visiting my home in Milan, Ohio,
your sister, lira Homer Page, now deceased, with whom I was very well
acquainted asked me to call on you, giving me a letter of introduct¬

ion.

As I was exceedingly busy, being a Captain of General
Sessions, Criminal Court of Hew York City which capacity X have held
for over 35 years, I placed this letter away with other papers and
have just happened to come across same.

I would bo very much pleased if you would kindly
acknowledge this note, granting an interview, and stating just 'when
it would be most convenient to call on you.

Yours very truly.

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq., j|W
LLev/ellyn Park,

Orange, K&w Jersey.

Hy dear Ur. Edison: _y

As President of the Salvage Syndicate for
^t^e^t^Srt'V^Gp^et , I venture to address you to know if you
would accord me an^ audience some time in the near future to

would accord r

discuss with you soijie ^submarine problems on which your ad- .
vice would be of extreme <^aiue . May I add that I should

not come as . a ^wfiatgP^ut sim^Ly to address you as a scien-
tifi^man por infonnatiot^oft^ problem in which I am inter¬
ested. jy

x <A-Should, by any chance, you be too o'ccupied, per-

hapb-'ysu will s willing to delegate one of yourVexperts

for a short tali with me.
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were not coi
you.

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With, assurance? of my thanks for attention iV^this
matter, I heg to remainy

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President ,

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April l8th, 1912.

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Llewellyn Park,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:

I am very much obliged to you
for your secretary's letter of the 17th.

I shall give myself the pleasure
of calling on you in the near future, and
will take the liberty of telephoning you

i coming over.

Very truly yours.

/L .

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— = Deutsches Museum =

VON MEISTERWERKEN DER NATURWISSENSCHAFT UND TECHNIK.

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o/o Thomas A Edison Esq
Llewellyn Pork
Orange I! J

Ily dear L!r lieadowcroft

Permit me to acknowledge and thank you for
the photograph taken on the occasion of the visit of
the German Commissioners to your works. The picture
is most attractive, and will bo a splendid memento of
the very delightful occasion.

Yours very truly

IUAM/WvIL.

Alfred J. Thompson

s.a. Foreign Mining 5 Investments

60-Z' BROADWAY
NEW YORK.U.S.

May 15/12. meAqoW GROF L

Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,

Orange, N.J.

My dear old Boss:- Ch-^'

Uncle J. I .C. Clarke and myself
-ill run out to see you on Saturday afternoon
if you can spare enough time to have a little
ohat with us.

Have Mr. Meadow croft drop me a ,
line here, if this date and time is convenient.

I personally am very anxious,
indeed, to get a good autographed picture of you
"for old time's sake", I have been without one
all these years.

Very sincerely.

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Thos. A. Edison Esq

West Orange, JI. J.

Dear Mr Edison

Referring to the conversation of yesterday,
pleasure in forwarding you the Krupp Statistical Data, which 1 tAst will
give you all the information you desire. This Boot of course is not
the Special Jubilee Edition which I referred to. This will he isared

later, end forwarded to you through Thos. Prosser & Son.

’ under separate cover

I aiso heg to enclose^ little pocket hook issued hy our

Branch Works, Pried. Krupp A. G. Grusonwerk, which X trust will he

useful to you.

Now Mr. Edison I do not want to impose upon you, hut would
he very pleased indeed if you could see your way clear to confer upon
me a small favor, and would you he kind enough to send me a little
momento of ny visit to your most interesting place, in the form of a
photograph or a printed picture with your autograph, as I would greatly
appreciate seme, and treasure it as a momento of this visit.

As regards any new inventions in the mining line, as I informed
you^our people would he most happy to deal with you, and X thank you

THOMAS PROSSER & SON,

IB GOLD STREET, P. 0. BOX 878, NEW YORK.
OLD COLONY BUILDING, CHICAGO.

Thos. A. Edison - Sheet 2

▼eiy much for your promise to communicate with Messrs Thos Prosser
& Son whenever there Bhould he something, which you might think would
he of interest to my firm.

Trusting to hear from you in dare of Thos. Prosser & Son, I am
Very sincerely yours

A CUA

- Deutsches Museum — ■

VON MEISTERWERKEN DER NATURWISSENSCHAFT UND TECHNIK.

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Monchen, May....20thT1912,

ISTRASSE 19 - RUKNUMMF.R BOO*.

ipies oflthe

Mr. Thomas Alva Edison,

Level lyn Park,

Orange, Hew Jersey.

, Lear Sir:

I received to-day the copies oflthe photograph which

was taken at the lunch in your library.

I must say that I have seldom in my life better utilised
iff

twenty- fi vo seconds than those, in which I had to hold still while
this picture was being taken. You have created for me in this pic¬
ture a great pleasure for a depade and I beg you to accept my warm¬
est thanks for it.

Faithfully yours.

Dcctsches I.2c.:ovjn

■■■— Deutsches Museum —

VON MEISTERWERKEN DER NATURWISSENSCHAFT UND TECH NIK.

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Ur. Thomas Alva Edison,
teveliyn Park,

Orange, New Jersey.

Dear Sir;

Referring to the visit of our Commission

nission and to the//

letter of our President Dr. Oskar von Miller we desire to express
our wannest thanks for the interest shown by you in our museum.

¥e thank you especially for the kind promise to give us
one of the first original apparatus with which the human voice
wap reproduced by means of flat plates and for the assurance that
you would have the great kindness to send with the Original a
plate spoken into by you personally in your own language about
the invention and importance of the phonograph.

¥e also thank you for the proposed sending of a small
kinematograph with sample pictures showing the way in which you
instruct the youth by means of living pictures.

¥e were very mnch gratified by your kind assurance that
you would see whether you could send still other important origi¬
nal objects which would show the hundred thousand visitors of our
museum what a great advance human culture owes especially to your
inventions and your untiring activity. ¥e may perhaps mention here
that two original dynamo machines, an electromotor and an old car¬
bon fibre electric lamp from you have until now been exhibited in
our museum.while beside them hangs a picture,by no means good, that
shows the visitors the man to whom the world owes so many and such
great inventions.

We should like very much to be able to get specjnens of
ices l&r&rh&S&f hntf'lVartb0 df’ lamp's .paftefff ^'ai'1cot5ifei9t®g'flparts 1
of your first subterranean transmi^^cW'^^f^^^^ 9fi8i!;Wome
mtoltopBItiSW of tyckOr •’eftfctf^y^’m^eft^ rtfur museum. M

has ffl &e model

of your first electric central strfiBSM1;^ Fti$r Nearly
iae^i fcb ® electricity.

.meoJae rigid if

we were able to exlSWfP a^-^e^to^iion of this model in our mu¬
seum. ,\ .v. .Vv\ ^

We should like to be able to call to this2 9^emmnbrance of
the engineers and phyaic^Eft%aifff "¥h% p'reW&nV Vime^W 'feSa* *8$; e rmin -
ation by you of the plant for the distribution oT't^^'rrdnt took
place. We beg you therefore to have the plan of Wall Street and
its neighborhood drawn on a board and on this to stretch the wires
distributing the current with the feeders, to mark the resistances
by simple wire coils and then to show how you determined in ad¬
vance the anticipated loss of current by elements and galvanomet¬
ers. As a matter of course your first telegraph and telephone ap¬
paratus as well as specimens of your other numerous inventions
would be of the greatest value to our museum. We should also like
. very much to have drawings, plans and pictures as well as auto¬
graph letters and reports which we could incorporate in our col¬
lection of documents, in which we already have letters of Faraday,
Ampere.von Siemens ,Bunsen,Liebig &c.

You must kindly excuse us for coming with so many re¬
quests, but it is the multitude of your eminent inventions and ere-*
ations which makes it necessary for us to preserve your memory to
future times by many historically important objects.

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VON MEISTERWERKEN DER NATURWISSENSCHAFT UND TECHNIK.

Monciien, Uay...20th.119.12. .

Mr. Thomas Alva Edison,

Orange .New Jersey.

We have returned to Europe full of hearty thanks for
the lively interest and the energetic furtherance of our efforts
which we found everywhere in the United States, It is of the
greatest value to us to have friends in America who also contri¬
bute to making the scientific, and technical, .acquisitions, of all
times and all countries accessible, to. tne widest, classes of the
people through the German Museum. \

We consider ourselves very fortunate to have won as
friends in the United States those men whose works and inventions
are of the highest importance not only for their own country .but
for the whole civilized world. \

It would afford us special satisfaction if you would
enter into permanent closer rolations to our museum. We intend
therefore to propose to the Governing Council your election as a
lifelong member of the Committee of our museum.

We beg you to kindly inform us whether you would be
willing to accept such an election.

very truly yours,

Deutsches Museum.

Copy of the Statutes,
Certificate of Membership.

EDEN MUSEE AMERICAIN CO.
23d Street, near Broadway

Thomas A. Edison, Esq:-
Orangs, N.J.

Dear Sir:-

Will you please give me an appointment at the Labor¬
atory some morning this week, as I desire to see you, in the absenoe

of Mr. Dyer.

Yours very truly,

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Orange ,

New Jersey.

Dear Sir,

In the Bearer we hare pleasure in introducing Mr. Erwin
Schwartzkopff, a prominent Engineer in the service of the German
Government, who is making a tour of inspection in the United
States and is very anxious to visit your WorkB.

We should esteem it a great favour if you would give
Mr. Schwartzkopff a few minutes of your valuable time, and
afford him every assistance in your power to inspect such
Plants as he may be interested in.

With best thanks in anticipation of any courtesies
you may extend to Mr. Schwartzkopff,

We remain,

AmericanWoodWorkingMachineryCo.

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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Llewellyn Part,

West Orange, H.J.

Dear Sir:-

We are addressing you at the
request of Mr. William Hoberg, an engineer
in the service of the Russian Empire, in the
Department of Forests of the General Depart¬
ment of Agriculture.

Mr. Roberg had the honor of visiting you
at Menlo Park in '79, and has asked us to en¬
deavor to obtain an appointment for an inter¬
view at this time.

The occasion for Mr. Roberg's presence
here is an investigation being made by the
Russian Government to improve their means for
the housing of immigrants in Siberia. He is
interested in your inventions f “r.£he
tion of cement houses, and is of the opinion
that such houses could be erected to advantage
in places remote from timber supplies*

We hope you will find it convenient and
agreeable to grant this request, and assure
you that your compliance will place us under
obligations .

Respectfully yours,

American Wood Workingljachinery Company ,

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Ich habe die Photograph! aen, welche Sie mir mit
Brief vom 3. Juni iibersandtsi, erhalten und epreohe Ihnen
melnen herzliohBten Hank fur dieeelhen aua.

Es iat mir eine groese Ehre, mit Ihnen zusammen auf
einem Bild aufgenommen zu aein und loh freue mioh auoh gflnz
besondere, dass Sie die Bilder mit Ihrer eigenen Untersohrift
versehen hahen,

Soehen erholte ich aus New- York die Mitteilung,
daos miine Photographic , welche ich fur Sie bei dem New-
Yorker Photographen bestellt hatte, nicht gelungen 1st. Ich
erlaube mir deshalb Ihnen ale PoBtpaket meine letzte Aufnah-
me mit meiner TJntersohrift zu ubersenden.

Jlein' Besuoh bei Ihnen 1st mir eine sehr sohone Le-
benserinnerung.

Ioh verbleibe mit beaten Grust

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South Bethlehem.Pa.

my 18th ,19 12

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, E.J .

My dear Mr. Edison:

Our Argentine friends are ready
now to visit your plant any time you say the word.
Will you please let us tow when It will he convenient
for you to hare them d o s o.

With kind regards,

Sincerely yours,

Bethlehem Steel Company,

South Bethlehem.Pa.

JCHWAB,

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, N.J. ^ X\

My dear Mr. Edison: . \ avT tf" , J

We have fixed upon Saturday , A ^ . J<A
August 17th, as the date most suitable to our Argentine ft,* /
friends to visit your plant at Orange. We will- moto^A' ^
there, and probably drop in about 11 A.M. There^/}
will be about fifteen In the party. AAfK \

I trust this date will be entlJ^ 1
convenient for you, and with kindest regards beg to
remain,

Sincerely yours,

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C. M. SCHWAB,

My dear Mr. Edison: -,-£^0^' \JCt^

1 Mr. E . G. Grace, our General Manager, and
I ill accosu-any V . Argentinians i- tftlr visit tc four labora¬
tory at Orange, W.J., on Saturday of this week, August 17 tn
It is our intention to visit your laboratory at Orange and not

ro elsewhere on that date. V/e shall leave r.ers about fa: 00

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o'clock in t-.s morning and expect to r«ac.h the laboratory about
11:00 o'clock. I think v:u cr.n definitely state that there will
be twelve (12) in the party.

I am sending you by express to-day, twelve (12) of
your photographs . Will you please autograph each of these
photographs at your leisure so that they '-ill be ready for tne
Argentinians to take a.vay with them on Saturday. They ..culi! all
be very glad to have your picture and they ..■’.aha this request
of you through me.

I am looking forward with pleasure, as are our Argentine
friends, to meeting you and seeing your laboratory. _

With many thanks and kind regards.

^oWcrqft ^0o“-

MeABo^o£2M°&. oROFT

Bethlehem Steel Company,

South Belhlehem,Pa. August lot .,

C.M. SCHWAB,

Mr. Win. K. Msadowcroft ,

Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

INTERNATIONA!- ELECTROMOTIVE COMPANY
Executive Op-pices
Detroit. U. S. A.

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

Chicago Office, 3710 Racine Avenue.

August 17" 1912 —

Dear Mr. Edison:-

On occasion of my visit to see you

last week, -the first in many years , -afforded me pleasure in helialf of
"Auld lang syne" and great satisfaction to see you looking so very
successfully happy.- A continuing cumfort for me, I find is heing
amplified in that your achievements have securely placed you in the
order of the truly great of Earth.- Being associated with the early
workers for the establishment of one of your first great achievements,
-heroine an abiding joy.- That great opportunities are now open and
calling for attention in behalf of Justice and poor Humanity: is surely
manifest in every direction.- Your published statements emphasize the
situation most helpfully.- Please see a"good message inclosed herewith.

Upon its reading: I marvelled at its parellel s with my experiences
and conclusions —

As voluntarily suggested to you,l will try and give you brief and clear
outline of conditions with me, and environment of my interests at this
time, with view of having such suggestions as you may be pleased to make

“you will remember how difficult it was, in the early days, to interest
ranital in our new Industry, and how a new and unique style of financing
appeared in Michigan during that period, which was given properties and
expression under the title of "The Edison Exploiting Association of
Michigan" .- This Association embodied about one hundred of the most
prominent Citizens of the State and was largely in^r"?cntal .
ing the money to build Central Lighting and Power Stations at once in
Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan and at Columbus, Ohio.-

There naturally grew out of this developeinent a large and valuable
business acquaintance for me in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, many
of them engaged in Transportation.- for it

X believe your new Battery has merit and that a great field for
exists in common road and Railway Transportation and otherwise, and I
would like very much to have you suggest any a^**angcment you

mav think best for me to get the advantages of the strength mentioned
above.- Early results would surely be secured in Michigan and sur¬
rounding States, and rapidly follow elsewhere. -

For nearly a decade I have been working on a "Direct System" .where¬
in a priine mover- say a gas engine-electric.-gcnerator-motor Combination
S em^Sld to Liveythe Conveyance.-,, This Interest is now being handled

be nfol ^ cirtaL classes of work.and now in that you have produced a
dependable Battery, there is no reason in further doubt —

Mr Frank E. Kirby of Detroit, one of our Country's greatest Ship
designers, tells me that he believes Electric Transmission wil?; ®“p®**ceed
the Mechanical on all Marine Craft- This expression come about in

T.A.E. Aug. 17" 1912.

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talking of some iae^ebfi"®tei°1vestCrs°inttheS^dison Detroit Central
Mr. Kirby was among to His opinions touching tills

the first to use Electricity on¬
board his Ships. -

i believe that improvement is possible in the transmission

f rom°batteries°to the which show that

I have made some rough experiments in . charge, of at least 20?0

a greater coefficient can he had from the o sfcru*tures>_
and this, without complication of a special typo of motor.

This Improvement will’ reside p y n an oriinary series motor,

costing not to exceed 10£ more to pr #m partly consist in

““°u™ SSlSrSr^Uonary Car.ct.rl.tlc. of ...

sition of it you may suggest.-

f - rjrsssysjs: y^as

decideto give me a "Jack up" in some way you will know about best.-
X realize how valuable every

with: -that I have three fundamental oombinations ^or sy naye outllned

the Electro-mechanical order, and one, of J*e ” ry V/ork,and will interest

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. , j cnnilltles such as you command without infringing on

-««»» or »y «.t

work) you tell me is best.-

Would it be in line of the "usual" To perfect the battery Combination
in your Laboratory ?.-

With all my best wishes,

vmms Sincerely i

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Bethlehem Steel Company,

South BethIehcm,Pa. August sa/y, 19x2.

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ILy dear friend Hr. Edison:-

I have returned to Bethlehem this
morning from Hew York, after my very delightful trip to your
Laboratory.

I wish I could convey to you by letter
how deeply our Foreign friends and I appreciate your delightful
entertainment and courtesies on Saturday last.

As I have so often expressed to you
personally, I regard you as our greatest American, and this
view is more than shared in by the friends who accompanied me;
but aside from all you* wonderful work, they are more pleased
with your delightful personality. They tell me they are sending
you a group nhoiograph which they have had made expressly for

you.

Again allow me to thank you for your
great kindness and to express the hope that you may arrange
for a visit to Bethlehem and have an equally enjoyable time.

Very truly yours,

President.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, H. J.

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Bethlehem Steel Company,

South BethIehem,Pa. Auguot 22nd, 1912.

My dear Mr. Meadowcroft

Referring to your letter of August
20th. I received copy of the group picture this morning. It
is very good indeed. I shall be glad later on to receive the
inside picture which you mention.

I shall long remember our very happy
visit to the Laboratory on Saturday.

With kind regards.

Yours very truly.

Mr. Vfilliam II. Meadowcroft,

Orange, H. J.

[TRANSLATION FOLLOWS]

Oblige a Vd. a distraerse /un'minuto mas ,de las
tareas del Gran Inventor, y ospero qffe'ou bondad ' me dio-
culpe por olio, pero deseo roiterar las graclas una vez
mas, en nombre do loa oficiales a mis ordenec y on el mio
propio, por la amable acogida que Vd. nos dispenso durante
la visita efectuada a sit oatabloci niento de Orange, N.J.,
y por la afabilidad con que el alto personal del niismo
establecimionto nos dio unas horas de amena 6 instructive,
distrnccion,

Como una domostracidn de admiracion sirvaoe aceptar
mi distinguido Seilor , la ad junta fotografia de todoo los
miombros do la Comision Naval Argentina en Bothlohom,
modesto pero sincero presents, simbolo de alta considera-
cion y de afectuoao rospoto. .

Uuy sinceramonto,

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

[TRANSLATION]

under ny conxnand and in my cam for the kind recaption you
bestowed upon us when wlalting your pleat at Orange, H. J.,
and for the courtesy with whioh the high officials of the
plant entertained us for a few hours.

Distinguished Sir, as a token of admiration
kindly accept the enclosed photograph of all the members
of the Argentine Kaval Commission at Bethlehem, a modest
hut sinosre present, symbol of high consideration and great
respeot.

Sincerely yours,

(Signed) Tamon Gomah reman
Mr. Biomas A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Glerunount ,

Sinoe my Interesting meeting with you in July, in seeing
through your extensive Works, 1 must thank you and your assistants
for the many kindness shown me.

As you are aware 1 am giving a series of lectures on your
life's work, and already, some important engagements have been made
for me commencing in October, in which several gentlemen of Title

and high rank are to preside.

I have Just had word from Mr. F. Dyer that several lantern
slides illustrating the Phonograph and the Storage Battery, hr* being
sent me, but 1 would take it as a Personal favour if you oan see your nr
way to send me many more as I wish to make these lectures very complete
of your whole life's work.

May I mention such as first typewriter, telephones, telegraph
apparatus, and first system of Electric Lighting if you have any proofs,
also your many deaoratlons, Presentations and if possible views of
your Residences and Estates, Etc.

The British public dearly love pioneers, and looking to the -Pd‘
fact that you are still so active and that the Press have had so many
mystical Aladinioal ideas of your existanoe, true facts are appreoiat-

Telegeams-.-formation" Glasgow.
Telephone:- N9SS02 Douglas.

A. B. C. Code used.

w Queen Street Station.

44 West George street,

1 trust you will see your way to oblige, and apologising
for encroaching on your valuable time,

Believe me.

Yours very sinoerely.

B. S. A signed photo of ypurself will be greatly valued. .

Mr. Edison:

Dr. Jaques Bertillon, who is coming over, is the brother of lonis
Alphonse Bertillon, the "finger print" man. They are both sons of Louis
Adolph Bertillon, the inventor of Bertillon measurements.

Dr. Bertillon iB Director of Bureau of Municipal Statistics. He has
translated the report of English Board of Trade on Cost of living, eto.
as well as other Bimilar reports. He is interested in everything per¬
taining to industrial conditions, etc.

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Boston, September 4th, 1912.

Thomas A. Kdison, Esq.,

Orange, N. J.

Uy dear Mr. Edison, -

Thank you very much for your letter of August 1st,
regarding my twenty-f ifth anniversary. I have a very dis¬
tinct recollection of the morning I called on you in Menlo Park
in 1883, and look hack with a great deal of gratitude to the
many kindnesses which you have shov/n me from time to time since
that date. Your name has been an inspiration to all in the
industry and I am no exception to the rule.

I had intended going over to New York today and

going out to Orange tomorrow to see what arrangements I could
make with you about your coming over to Boston during the Show.
They tell me that there is a possibility of your going to the
Edison Convention, and I am therefore putting off my visit to
you, hoping to see you at the Virginia Hot Springs. If you
are not there, I will stop over on my way back and try to per¬
suade you not only to come yourself but to bring Mrs. Edison
and stay two or three days with us some time during the month
of October.

/tfjt-^us fair.

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.Mr. John Fahnestock Wallick,
Soarsdale, H. Y.

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 6th instant to Kr . Edison
received, and contents noted* Mr. Edison directs me to
write you that he can see you here at the Laboratory at
any time you find it convenient to come out. However, it may
he best for you to telephone to me just when you intend

coming.

Your 8 very truly.

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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, H. J.

U. S. A.

My- dear Edison:

This is to introduce Mr. Kettner, who is connec¬
ted with the Foreign Office and who is crossing over to America
hy order of the German Government.

Mr. Kettner is very desirous of shaking hands with you
and I should eBteem it a great favor it you would give him a few
moments of your time and have one of your lieutenants show him
around your works .

Thanking you for any courtesy you may extend to Uv.
Kettner, 1 am,

CINEMATOGRAPH

PUBLISHING

COMPANY

F' Th<7 Modern Historic F.ecords Association tic u*-
ai rous/at their annual meeting to be called shortly , (sc -
cord ini to tno By-laws should be held the third Monday in
November or within two weeks thereafter) e moving picture
and phonographic exhibition of educational or historical
subjects, and I have been re.iu°stea t0 cone over, end in¬
terview Mr. Edison, obtaining his signature to e parchment
and aLso a record of his voice in spoken speech for *re

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Uy dear Ur. Edison:-

The contents of your
letter of the 11th inst. was a surprise,
and waa indeed a curious coincidence; X
am almost tempted to say I am sorry,
however that would not he the r eal truth
as I am rejoiced to learn that you have
the money, which means, of course, less
strain on you personally.

Isn't the proposition
big enough to take my party along? I
think if you and I were to talk the matter
over we might find way3 and means to do
business.

I will go over to the
laboratory some day next week if you care
to discuss the subject with me, and of
course, if nothing comes of it there will
be no great damage done. At any rate,
let me hear from you as to this last
thought of talking the matter over.

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COMPANY

Hew York, Hov, 18, 1912.

Thornes A. Edison Laboratory,

Orange, I1!. J.

Attention Wm. e. iieadowcroft.

Dear Sir:

In reply to yours of Hov. 14th I thank you for
the promise of interviewing "r. Thomas A. Edison, find it
is my intention to attend with ”r. Darned of the nations 1
’lodern Historical Association, Wednesday morning, 20th,
about 10.30 to 11.

Yours faithfully,

N. REMSOff|Vict PnEoiorm ^ ^ , , H.C.Dc GRAFF, Scchcta

AUTOMOB

. . "ApRIAGES, HARNESS, BLANKETS,

""HORSE GOODS, DELIVERY WAGONS repository at

' ■' ■ f AN0 iron STABLE FIXTURES. 740-750 grand street.

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ir. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, Jf.J. ^

Dear Sir:

As manufacturers and dlsburserB of horse-drawn vehicle s
for the past thirty years, we begin to wonder what ultimate effect
the electric and the gasolene truck is going to have on our general
■business. The writer contemplates a trip to Orange, N..T. within
a few days, and would like to inquire if you would care to tell me
your experience and your views upon the situation, provided, rf
course, he were to call at an hour that would be agreeable to you.
There is a train leaving Bew York at 9:10, fc^tTing at Orange 9:59.
Vbuld it be convenient for me t.o call on, say, Friday morning of this
week?

Appreciating your courtesy, I beg to remain,

Very truly youra, t

att/i.

3 LONG ISLAND DEALERS P

Xocomobile AND jjbboir-Pcrroif cars

Mr. Meadoweroft ,

c/o Mr. Thomas A. Id Ison,

Oranc?, N.T.

Dear Sir:

Under date of November 27th, I ’^reived from Mr. Thomas
A. Edison a reply tc a former communication in which I «.Bk9d_for_a_
brief in t orvivw re1 at iv a to electric vT-yelled. j articles , anc he
su7"estTd that I communicate with you and arrange for a mseving.

It is not that I wish to take much of Mr. Edison's time, bu* X Y'allu
to ret at first h«nd eome of his experiences.

There is a train re&chin* Orange about 9: 59, and if agree¬
able to you, would be pleased to go out or. Tuesday or Wednesday o t
next week, December 3rd or 4th.

I await you.- early reply.

Very truly j

AW/li

BROOKLYN

LONG ISLAND DEALERS FOR

Xocomobile and flbboltDc&oit cars

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY.

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

South Bethlehem. Pa.,

Thomas A. Edison,
West Orange,

in January, 1910, you kindly permitted me to bring a
party of Senior Mechanical Engineering students to visit your
West Orange laboratories. The visit was most interesting and
instructive and highly appreciated. I shall be very grateful
if you will grant a similar privilege to this year's class.
There will be about 1 * men in the party, including myself, and
we shall be in New York from Dec. 17th to 20th inclusive.

last year you were unable to grant us a similar
request as you had Just had the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers and some other parties visiting your laboratories,
but you kindly intimated that you might grant us the favor at

some other time.

Hoping to receive a favorable reply, I am,
Very truly you -a.

Edison General File Series

1912. Warren County Warehouse Company [not selected] (E-12-84)

This folder contains documents pertaining to the Warren County
Warehouse Co., a subsidiary of the Edison Portland Cement Co. The one
document for 1912 is a monthly statement sent to Edison on June 1, 1912,
jointly signed by Herman E. Kiefer, secretary, and William H. Mason,
treasurer.

Edison General File Series
1912. West Orange Laboratory - General (E-12-85)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
operations at the West Orange laboratory. Included are notes from Edison to
longtime associate Jonas W. Aylsworth, master machinist Robert A.
Bachman, and other members of his technical and experimental staff. Also
included are items by Edison's personal assistant William H. Meadowcroft;
Walter L. Eckert, general auditor of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; and Carl H.
Wilson, general manager of TAE Inc.

Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include receipts, printed material from employee events,
monthly statement pertaining to the consumption of electrical current on the
third floor of the laboratory, memoranda concerning street cleaning, letters of
transmittal and acknowledgment, duplicates.

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The one lb. of Hydrate, as per your note attached,
left via U, S. Express today.

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September 5, 1912.

Vr . H. F. Iflller:-

You will recall I wrote Mr. Edison
a memorandum regarding carrying on the books, apparatus
which is ^urcn^seu by the Laboratory of a:: investment
nature, and he approved of my suggestion. I v.i oh you
would see me regarding this at your earliest opportunity,
as there are several things in connection with it that I
would like to discuss with you, particularly with a view
of carrying this investment on the Laboratory books
instead of our own.

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October 9, 1912.

Kr. H. F. Killer:*

I am still awaiting a reply from you
regarding the method, of handling purchases which are
made by the Laboratory, and which are of an investment
nature, which have heretofore been charged to the
several experimental Jobe you are carrying on for us.

I am very anxious to settle this matter, and v/i sh you would
see me as soon as possible.

1

Hr. Dodds

Hake up at onoe at leant 10 Darrels of composition for
oiling roadways around factory. Hr. Deeming will obtain for you
the necessary fuel oil for this purpose, and when you have the
mixture made up, or any part of it, advise Hr. Bird and he will arrange

to have it put on the roads.

ll/ 27/12.

Copies to Messrs.

C.H.V7.

looming: Bird: Wurth.

H. V. Hiller:

Dec.

1912.

The way this letter is addressed would indi¬
cate that it was intended for you. If you cannot locate
this up there, return it to me and I will search further.

I. V/. V/.

m. S.

Mr. Haggerty says Brady did not send it.

Edison General File Series

1912. West Orange Laboratory - Hutchison, Miller Reese (E-12-86)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining
to the supervisory duties of Miller Reese Hutchison, who became chief
engineer of the West Orange laboratory in August 1912. The documents are
mainly Hutchison's carbon copies of his communications to Edison and
others, although there are also a few original letters bearing Edison's
marginalia. In addition to communications concerning administrative
procedures and record keeping, there are items relating to changes in the
physical plant, such as the construction of a windowless, concrete structure
alongside the galvanometer room and the proposed addition of "a ladies room
in the laboratory" for the convenience of women employees and guests. Also
included are a memoranda and drawing regarding the proposed allocation of
work and storage space on the third floor of the laboratory.

All of the documents have been selected.

February 1 i 1512 .

Nr , Fdison

I am leaving Wednesday noon for West Point, where
I have been invited to have dinner with the Officers at the
Mill lasy Academy, and spend the night,, giving a lecture
before the student body at 9,30 A. K. Thursday.

This will not do

s any hart
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March 5, 1912.

Mr, Edison, -

That Essex Press in Newark has exhausted my
patience. It has been at least three and one-half weeks
since we submitted proofs of the electros they prepared
subsequent to our electros being burned up in their fire.
They had only 6,500 sets of these reprints to get out.

I have sent down several times, to find when they will
be delivered. They promised faithfully to have them here
last Saturday. They have not yet appeared, I have there¬
fore written them that unless they are received on or
before Saturday the ninth instant, we will refuse to
accept them. I hope you will baok me up in the matter.

It is the only way I can get action on anybody.

Hr;': Edison,

The status of the Chief Engineer of this Laboratory
is not understood at all hy the men. Heretofore there have been
so many bosses/ owing to laok of initiative of BIIsb, that
everyone looks on him as a figure head. As I have no desire to
pose in such oapacity, I want it understood that I am in charge,
of oourse under your supervision. So please sign this notice which
I will tack up l^nday morning.

Hutoh.

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August 19, 1912,

Mr, Edison, -

I have a manufacturing proposition for our
Electrical Department:

At the request of Admiral Dewey, I designed, built,
and installed an instrument for showing the speed of warships,
in June 1908, The original, installation on the U. S. S, TACOMA,
remains in the same calibration as when installed,

This installation caused to be awarded to me the
contract for equipping the tJ. S. S. ELOBIDA at a price con¬
siderably above the price of other tachometers. The in¬
stallation was made and passed without a single criticism.

It remains in satisfactory operation,

I now want to proceed to market this,, tachometer
aggressively. In talking w^th the Argentine Navy men Saturday,
they esp**jagg£dd4adfcBd to -receive full details. I am quite
sure I can put one Of these tachometer setB on each of the
warships they are having built.

I can also place them on the American warships,

Quite a number of railroadB are using them on
their locomotives. The NORTH STAH of the Mutual Transit
Company of Buffalo has one; installed, and operating perfect¬
ly. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Is using one
of these tachometers as their standard of calibrating the

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speed of a model boat they have built.

My Idea la to have the manufacturing done hy our
electrical department. I will sell the apparatus. The
electrical department will hill me with same, and I will '
in turn make payment of bills. I will stand the advertising
and selling expense.

I prefer to have this made in the Works than outside,
and as I want to proceed aggressively in the matter, and also
wish to put some work into our electrical department, I
thought you would he willing to have the same done here.

The instrument is really an assembly of readily
obtainable apparatus. I use Bosch Magnetos, and G, J5.'
dynamometer type voltipeters. The watertight cases etc:? we
can have cast hy the Lovell-McConnell Mfg. Co., and'
machined hy Sloan and Chace of Newark. The assembly can
he made and calibration done in the electrical department.

It *111 therefore run into very little expense as far as -
equipment is concerned.

Respectfully,

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Sept. 16th, 1912

Bear Mr. Hutchison: -

There is a matter of great importance to me
which I am forcea to call to your attention, and as I cannot
seem to get an opportunity to speak to you alone, I take this
means of imparting it to you.

X presume you are aware of the fact that
there is no ladies' room in the laboratory ana that I am
obliged to go down to the top floor of the Office Building.

This is a great inconvenience, as you can no doubt realize,
and also incurs a great loss of time. I do not mind it so much
during the summer, but I do object to it in the winter, as
every time I go out I have to don my hat and coat, (which
also makes it rather embarrassing for me being among a lot of
men) and it really does not seem fair that I have to go way down
to the Office Building in all kinds of storm and weather. Do
you think so?

Another thing - several times lady visitors
have come to me and I have been obliged to trot them dovm to
the Office Building, which they considered ridiculous, especially
for a place like the Edison laboratory.

How, Mr. Hutchison, I hope that you will
look at this from the proper standpoint and do what you can
in this respect, for which I will be very thankful to you.

Very sincerely.

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Sept. 16, 1912.

Mr. Hutchison, -

, Pat Brady says the reason we cannot get
stationery, printed matter, etc. here immediately, is that
he has received orders from Hr. Edison to order all such
matter from T. A. E. Inc.

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"^^^ept. 17th, 1912

Mr. Edison: C\| ^ — ■* . — -ff'"''

Referring to the attached: j

Notwithstanding any statements to the contrary,
there has been no delay, as far as the Advertising
Department is concerned, in producing forms of printed
matter for Laboratory use. I talked with Pat Brady
to-day and ashed whether he had any oomplalnt to offer
the service generally and he replied "no."

The ibrm he referred to sneoif loally in his con¬
versation with the one who wrote Mr. Hutohinson on the
16th, was a Gatekeeper's Pass which was ordered on Brady’s
requisition #14595, dated September 10th. The order
was for 5QM and reached me on the 11th— last Wednesday.

The same day I placed a rush order on one of our printers
for the job. The copy was not particularly clear, so
the safe thing to do was get a proof before printing.

This proof reached ms on the 13th (last Friday); I
mailed it back the same day, and it reached the printer
on the 14th (Saturday). On a run of as many as 5011
it is aoonomy to make electrotypes instead of running
the foim singly. (This is obvious). The plates reached
the printer to-day and the forms are printing now. The
specifications call for the collating of the passes in
pads of 100. The printed forms will not be dry enough
to handle for padding until to-morrow. Delivery of the
completed job will be made to-morrow afternoon.

We haven't lost a moment on the handling of this
form. It oould have been produced quieter, but we were
not advised by Pat Brady that he had to have it immediately.

Thera aren't a dozen concerns in the country getting any

better service oh printed matter than we are getting.

and can get, nor are there any more getting work as

cheaply, considering its quality.

I think we are better equipped than the Storage
Battery Advertising Department to handle Laboratory print¬
ing and I hope you will let us continue with it.

If necessary, I will have Pat Brady set a definite
date of delivery on every order and meet that date, although
in eo doing we may have to pay a little more for some of
our Jobs than at present .

L. tot MoOhesneor.

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Sept. 17th, 1912

Ml.

Edison:-

Wlth Hicolai bending every energy In getting
out l/4" and 1/8" tube loading machines, Philpot now oomeB on the
carpet again for 12 roaming lathes still due. He reports that
Wilson haB told him to put on day and night shiftB and double
his production.

He haB also sent an order for 20 additional
cushioning machines (each amounting to a number of cylinders
and whirling them around to try the rubber solution placed
within them) Parts of these machines were made on the outside
and assembled here. Sfannot all the machines be made on the
outside?

Aiken wants a second edging machine and also
wants another extracting machine, the orders for which are in
Hicolai' s and luhr's jlfcrnrtnents.

The 15 tracks Aiken has for his plate holders
will have to be reconstructed, as the present plate holders
arc only half the depth of the ones first designed for the
truck. This moans about 60 extra grids to be nade and all
the trucks taken apert, the whoelsturned and made absolutely
level.

We have just completed the leveling up of
two of Aiken's baking ovens. He is now asking for the othor
tr/o to be levoled up in like manner, which means another
week's work.

All of this work seems to be unloaded on the
laboratory when we are trying to do some experimenting.

Hope this will let up soon.

Over $1000 /put in on disc record Job by
Hicolai 's room alone last week.

CHIEF E1IG THE ER

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October 7, 1912.

Hess. Wetzel & F. Brown,

Copy to K.R.Hutohison

I wish to advise I have arranged with Ur. Hutchison
that in the future when Mb people require any material from
us to ho used In connection wi th experimental work being
carried on by the Laboratory, they will use the attached form
whioh Is praotl cally the same as our own material slip, except
that the material prooured on these slips should be turned
over to Wetzel who in turn will make out a material sheet,
forwarding sheet to Brown to render a bill weekly. Wetzel
should arrange to advise the different stock keepers to deliver
material on these slips, but to be sure that the slip states
the Laboratory Shop Order the material is to be charged to,
furthermore fct wttk Ww each slip should be approved by either
Ur. Hutchison, or in his absence 11. P. Hiller.

There will be no question about having these slips passed,
inasmuch as when any slips are made out, a duplicate will be
forwarded to Brady of the Laboratory, who in turn will cheok
same with our bill when rendered. This does away with the
Laboratory making out a separate requisition to procure any
material, and also the handling of these requisitions when reoeived
by us.

Wetzel should also advise all of his stock rooms that
whenever one of these slips are presented to a stock room of
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., the stock clerk should change the reading
of the ticket to Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

If there are any comments you wish to make, kindly Bee me.

W. L. ECKERT.

'/

Ur. Hutotaieon:-

Regarding new method of procuring material from
our stock rooms, the above la h carbon copy of Instructions I
am issuing to our Production Department, which I trust you will
find setiefaotory. You will note that I advised rendering a MU
weakly inataad of monthly, inasmuch as I think it will simplify
the method of handling by rendering it in this way, aa the items
may he so amorous during a month that it would mako it cumbersome
to cheok,

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October 25, 1912.

Mr.

Hutch! nson:-

In connection -with the attached slips,

I return them to you inasmuch as they are being used
incorrectly. These slips as you know are intended only
for material which you wish to procure from our stock
rooms in a hurry, so as not to hold up development work
being carried on by you^ on account of complicated system.

The slip covering Galvanized Iron top
covers for Varnish Plate Racks, I assume is in connection
with the equipping of the Pise Record Plant, for which
you have an experimental order from us and also an Edison
Phonograph Works shop order to cover any work in connection
with making of equipment for this plant, consequently it
would only be in order for you to send a memorandum to
have thi s work done charging it to our own shop order
instead of a Laboratory shop order.

You also sent us a memorandum on a material
i slip to run a six inch steam line from the Laboratory

i boilers to our Blue Amberol Record Department. This order-
should have been Bent to us on a regular Laboratory order
blank, 'or if we are to do the work, and as it is work of
a nature that is not experimental, but merely accomodation,
I think it would be no more than fair for you to forward
us a memorandum, allowing us to issue our own shop order,
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1912. West Orange Laboratory and Associated Companies -
Letters and Reports to Edison (E-12-87)

This folder contains letters and reports that were written to keep Edison
informed about laboratory and company operations while he was vacationing
in Florida in March-April 1912. Included are references to Edison's country
house lighting system, the development of an electric starter for the Ford
Motor Co., tests on Lansden vehicles, experiments with nickel hydrate, and
other work involving alkaline storage batteries. There are also reports
concerning Edison's motion picture interests, including the development of
sound motion pictures, color photography, the Home Projecting Kinetoscope,
and educational films. Additional reports relate to the development of the disk
phonograph, the Blue Amberol cylinder record, an Amberola concrete cabinet,
and new reproducers for cylinder phonographs. Some of the reports mention
visitors to the laboratory such as industrialist Henry Ford who discussed the
electric starter with Donald M. Bliss, Edison’s chief engineer, and William G.
Bee, manager of sales for the Edison Storage Battery Co.

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including William W. Dinwiddie, Ignacy Goldstein, Ludwig F. Ott, Charles
Poyer, Harold H. Smith, and Selden G. Warner. They were transmitted to
Edison by his personal assistant, William H. Meadowcroft, who generally
prepared a summary letter along with the individual reports. Many of the
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scattered in other folders in the Edison General File.

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REPORT OF HR. PETIT

March 13, 1912.

HARD RK00ED1HG BLAIOC

Am working to eliminate the air¬
holes, pits or gas hubbies that are present
in the Dope I have given to Mr. Holland
and Mr. Higham for test.

Mr. Holland reports that the con¬
sistency of the Dope is all right for his
use. Mr. Higham reports that he fails to
notice any improvement with the new hard
Dope over the regular Master wax. He finds
the new blank more difficult to shave and
the structure a little coarser and contains
air-holes.

I am working now to produce a
new compound that will not embody those two
objections.

The formula of the Dope I have
given for test to Mr. Holland and Mr. Higham
is as follows:

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(2)

Tetra Cl. Hap. 56
Stearic Acid 40
Synthetic Camphor 8
Carbonate of Soda 10
Shellac 114.

Lly observation of this combination
is that an emulsion. is formed which orystal-
izes on cooling. But if allowed to cool
slowly, the ingredients harden- set or
crystalize, one after the other, to form a
coarser structure than when compulsive
cooling in ice -water-, and the quicker it
cools the finer the structure. This may
explain the reason that the large cylinders
I have given Ur. Higham show to be of coarser
structure — the larger body did not chill as
quickly as the smaller cylinders.

PETIT.

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REPORT OP H. H. SMITH

March 13, 1912.

BISMUTH

The cell we have been running on
"Endurance" at 130° F. for 50 runs, gives
on the 5th cold run (15-hour charge) after
the hot runs only 195 to 1. V. , 207 to . 9 V .
and 222 to .5 V. This is not nearly in
proportion to the output obtained in small
cells. We have not hit the mark yet.

Two Bismuth oells have been ar¬
ranged. so that the can may be connected to
the negative pole on charge and disconnected
on discharge. Four 15-hour runs have been
given under this arrangement but as yet no
change is noted, the cell yielding between
190 and 196 to 1, V.The fact is the output
runs a trifle lower than it did before the
can connection was made. In this case
I think we might expect a longer time to
be neoessary before any results will be

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ar parent.

SEA WATER

Two cells. Sea water is used
exclusively in filling the first. Dis¬
tilled water is used for the second except
that 100 c.c. of sea water are added each

After 60 runs the first yields:

163 to 1 V. , 205 to .5 V. on overcharge.

133 to 1 V. on 7 -hour charge.

The second yields:

180 to 1 V., 203 to .5 V. on overcharge,

160 to IV. on 7 -hour charge.

The effect is apparently just a
matter of voltage, and not oapacity.

t.tet/PKP MATURAI ICE

The two cells that have been fill¬
ed exclusively with melted natural ice after
70 runs yield about 184 to 1 V. and 194 to
Mo ill effects yet.

.5 V. on overcharge.

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HEAVY STOCK Pe POCKETS

The two oe 11s you had made up with

pockets of .005" stock are improving.

2nd run (15 hr. charge)
11th "

6th " (7 hr. charge)

14th "

1 V-
153
176
142
163.

,5 V
172
187

JOHH I.1I T.T.ER 1 S HYDRATE WITH COBALT

Still poor. Average about 147
to 1 V. on 7 -hour charges.

HEW COBALT EXPERIMENT

The plates you treated with cobalt
in Chemical Boom are still soaking. The
water still gives test showing the presence
of chloride. The water is being changed

daily‘ H. H. SMITH.

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' March 15, iSi2.

Dear Ur. Edison:-

I enclose reports from various parties, as

follows:

Maxwell as to production of Home Picture machines;
also copies of minutes of meetings of Sales and Advertising
Committee .

Filly Bee aB to eales of storage batteries.

Harper 1 s photo, of top of small disc machine with
his remarks. This top has been pressed up with the male die
Ho. 2 that I mentioned in a previous letter. It is not quite
.right, and another casting will be machined up. Harper says
that the top cannot be made in one operation. The blank will
have to be punched first, with the two holes, and then formed
l ae^rately.

Dinwiddle is at work on his models and will soon be
ready to make his first films. He is also putting in a little
l t|me occasionally on the card index cf the subjects mentioned
jin your list, classifying, cross-indexing and expanding. He

i.wao down here thi3 morning having a little talk with me, and
incidentally proposed a new idea, which I think will interest
you, as it seems good. It is this: That we can make pictures
of many industrial operations right here at the plant cheaper

Mr. Edison - 2

and easier than to have an operator go to a factory away from
here. For instance, we could hire or buy a knitting machine,
and photo the operations at our leisure and just as we want
to show them, - better than could be done in a factory. Again,
in spectacle making, lens making, etc., the apparatus and ma¬
chines could be readily gotten together and operated here to
much better advantage than could be done in some one else s
place. Beside, iu this case, the successive operations could
be better shown if they were under our own control. This
plap would be applicable in a great many cases, and it would
seem worthy of consideration.

Mr. Beach happened in with some friends, and said
I might tell you he received an order from the Chicago and
Creat Western R.R. for a car; also that he has a third order
from Rock Kill.

il o ore says that Aiken took three transfers for com-
#mqrciai blanks from the German silver plates and they were very
fine surface; better than Monell. Aiken was much pleased with
them.

Moore also says that -urth took three transfers for
sub-masters from German silver. One was very good, but the
others had one or two spots each in the transfers. He thinks
they are due to imperfect cleaning and drying.

rurth also took three transfers from nickel-plated
brass plates, and all were very good.

Mr. Edison - 3

Moore is going ahead with the new reproducer for
cylinder records. He was working on it himself last night.

Wurth says he is pushing every day on the gold
moulding apparatus, and will not let up on it. The glass
jar is promised in a week.

Kighara is working away on recording in the tent. He
has a wooden floor and says the effects are better. He was
making a record of an actor while I was there, and then let me
hear it in comparison with earlier records. To my ear the
later one was clearer and I could get a larger percentage of
the words .

Home Picture Machine; This has been a busy week
in the Committee Room in educating the demonstrators, and they
are pretty nearly ready to start out. There will be more
definite news to report next week as to progress, I am told.

•* Mr. Clifford has asked me to send you the enclosed

letter from Spain. He says this is from the greatest copper
mine in the world. He is still sanguine.

Walter Miller telephoned this morning about Cisneros.
He says she goes away on the 25th of this month and we are
under contract to take her records before she goes. She had
given him her repertoire, but in it there are none of the tunes
you have selected. As the songs she will sing must be orches¬
trated, there is not time to send the music down to you, so

he decided that the only thing he could do would be to select
those which seem to be melodious and in line with your ideas,
and to make the records.

Small disc Machine: Mr. Mudd informs me that work
on the patterns for concrete moulds and for motor castings
is going on without delay.

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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

[PHOTOCOPY]

EDUCATIOHAJi SERIES MOVING PICTURES
Ren or t W. V/. Dinwiddie

Mr. Edison:-

The following cog wheels etc. for elementary machines

have hoen drawn on wood to he sawed out with hand saw;

Equal gears, 1:4 ration, internal, elliptic £&? -

variable velocity, rack: and pinion, ratchet and clock escapement,
and vie are working on others.

T/e have drawings for a model to illustrate that
any motion may he gotten with cams.

The stand for photographing models is about done.

I expect to photograph the glass pump models finally
this week and will arrange them with titles as soon as possible.

We have the glass spiral from Eimer and Amend for
Archimedes screw.

Yours respectfully,

W. W; DINWIDDIE

March 17, 1912

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[PHOTOCOPY]

7 M ' ' ■ ■ - ■ ' ;

REFORT OF PROGRESS FOR WEEK KliDIKO
SATURDAY. HARCH 16TH. 1912

QBKsag cabihet dkpartkeht

The car from C. W. Hunt & Co. arrived Tuesday, Haroh

12th, 1918. At the first: f ■'“I T * — J th» the car WfiajJdS^ot ..
make the ourvos, ,bnt repress <*“■'*

- * .cout?t)iiv..;U_'v;»iioC0i.-»-.MV -the

-- rearing, thus allowing, tho-i - a. lateral 'Blip; withe shaft..

This oloaranoo or Blip mint ho at least i/2M.' We tested the oar
late Friday afternoon and found that the oarmndo the ourvo easily.
Car was built.to hold 1000 lbs., hut was tested at ‘about 2000 lbs.
The maohino work on the hearings wns done at the labor story, hut
is to he charged against C. W. Hunt & ,00.

She carpenters are working on a frame work for this
oar, so as to hold four large moulds, and as soon as this is done
I will start pouring, so as to got the host-method of handling.

I have heard from the Storm Elevator Co. and 1 find
that they are working on the elevator and will have it erected
in the earliest possible time.

C0R0R3TB Fixture

I understand from Iir. Uold ernes s that he ie working
■ ® 8 new mixer oonsiBting chiefly of "Keone’s" oement and thi- '
w ill he mixed hy hand and not by maohine. If you want me to
• -ahead with the' mixer , I: would-liko to ho notified to that of
-'.Aa- ^rnAftrstn^.- this- will" also affeot shelves

ovvm^. -c»o luuIS'Chsst'* /. i--—- — -

-c. completed, large enough to hold six cabinets a

“ piece, arur-ohe" set of shelves holding ten large castB.

IJSTAIi DRAWERS & FRAMES

' we have a .design oompleted for metal drawers ana frame
weiKhlnK about 20 lbs. and I will turn the drawings over to Lr.
Bliss for building an experimental model. This construction Ib
. ± H<ion+inai with the present woodon oonBtruotion, and should

SHost over §.00 a pieo£ Hr. Rodfearn as yet has not figured
on this.

H. Burdick

CEKEHT CA3I3KT DEPARTMENT.

I

March 20, 1912.

Dear Mr. Edison:-

I encloee reports from the following persons,

namely:

Mr. Bliss about Ford starter,

Mr. Smith about battery tests,

Mr. Warner about educational pictures,

Mr. Bee - about battery sales.

Aiken reports as to transfers with paper beneath that he
has taken 5, and after subjecting them to 43° below zero they
were all right. He then subjected them to 140° of heat and one
blistered a little. He is going to put 10 more through and will
report on them later. Aiken also says that good progress is
being made with the manufacturing plant and he is making satis¬
factory headway.

Mr. Philnot reports that the steam fitter is at work put¬
ting in the main steam pipes and trunks and promises completion
of the work next Monday, after which Mr. Philpot will put in
his connections. The benches are ready to be put up when this
work is done. The job is being pushed forward as rapidly as
possible. The small air compressor which was ordered before
you went away has not yet been delivered, but Mr. Philpot is
urging its delivery. Anderson says that progress is being made

Mr. Edison - 3

in his part of the work for this plant, and nothing has occunred
to cause any undue delay.

Dr. Goldstein says he expected to be ready to make a
report today, but wants to make a few more experiments first and
will report about Friday.

Small Pi so Machine: Harper haB another casting for the top
plate of the metal cabinet. It is being planed and by Friday
he hopes to have a sample top pressed out. We will send you
photo. He has found a press in building 10 that is better adapt¬
ed for the pressing. The motor casting patterns are nearly ready,
I saw them in the shop today. The moulds for concrete cabinet,
except the top, are nearly complete, and Louis Ott expects to
make a casting in conorete this week. All the work on this small
disc machine is going ahead without delay.

Peter Weber; He informs me that he has been reorganizing
his force and doing a great deal of preliminary work which will
all show up later in expeditious manufacturing.

Educational Pictures: Dinwiddie had a letter from Prof.

R. W. Willson, the head of Astronomy Dept, at Harvard University,
asking Dinwiddie to go and hear Prof. Archenhold lecture, and also
to meet him as he had been out at the Laboratory to try and see
you. Prof. Archenhold is the man who erected the observatory at
Treplow, near Berlin, and is engaged, as Director of that Observa¬
tory, in popularising astronomy and allied subjects. He designed
his novel form of telescope and built the observatory at Treplow
by popular subscription. Dinwiddie saw him after the lecture and

Mr. Edison - 3

had a talk about eduoational films. He is very enthusiastic on
the subject, and offered to place an order for astronomical pic¬
tures to the extent of 3,000 marks. He-was going back to Berlin
today, and of course, nothing could be done. He said, however,
that if you will send to him in Germany the first of these pic¬
tures that you make he will invite the Emperor to see them. He
thinks thiB would promote good feeling between the countries and
give the films the best advertisement they could have in Germany.
Prof. Archenhold and his wife saw you at the Laboratory several
years ago, and was sorry you did not call to have a look at the
Observatory when you were in Germany last summer.

Visitors; Speaking of Germany reminds me that soon after
your return you will probably have a visit from Mr. Von Mueller
and Mr. Diesel, the inventor of the Diesel engine, who are coming
over to America in April.

Dally says he expects to make report to you on Friday.

Hew speaker for Cylinder: Moore has been making progress
on this. I have just been dpstairs to hear it on some cylinders,
and in my judgment it is very good. The quality is much better,
in fact, it is more like your new diso machine. In trying the
old and the new reproducers on the same cylinder records the new
is clearer and sweeter and there seems to be less interference.
There is not as much volume as with the old type of reproducer,
but Moore thinks he can get that also.

Mr. Edison - 4.

German Silver Plates: Moore says they are going on
making transfers from the German Silver plateB, and they are
all coming out fine.

I shall expect to send you some further reports Friday.
Very truly yours,

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

March 20th, 1912

Mr. W. H. Keadoworoft:-

Ref erring to the progress of the Ford starting ana
lighting equipment, our last teat has been made with five oells
size B-4. With this battery wo have nade over 47.B revolutions
of the engine, starting the engine throughout this run with one
revolution or less of the crankshaft, ana at the end of 47B turns
there was still sufficient energy to start the engine within two
or three revolutions of tlie crankshaft*

Ehe only way to tost the dynamo practioal ly will he
to find the minimum daily run that will keep the battery charged
sufficiently for ignite on. starting and lighting, allowing us two
• hours per day for continuous lighting. Wo are makine this test
now.

We aspect a representative of the Ford Co. , or possi¬
bly Mr. Fora himself, the first of next week.

dhb/ss

CH1BF KHG IITF.HR.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

March 20th, 1912.

Memo to Mr. Bdison:

BISMUTH 0ML1 which had 50 hot runs.

Have already reported output on overcharge.
On 7 hour charge yields 160 to .9V.

UBT.TKD I OB CBLL

162 on normal charge, 75th run
Overcharge output previously reported

003 ALT

Cell containing plates which you treated in chemical
room.

“ 3CThr. charge at 20 amperes
185 to 1. V. 204 to .5 V.

2nd run

r5”hr. charge at 30 amperes
165 to l.V. 195 to .5 V.

Seems pretty good, hut too early to tell much about it
yet.

C 8 COIBAIiT' CELIiS after 175 runs

Tho two cells yiold an average of 175 on normal
charge; this means an efficiency of about 85$.
On overcharge they give average of 210 to l.V.
and 218 to .5 V.

These cells look pretty good.

Smith

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

March 37th, 191P.

nHYSTAIiLIZA'PIOIf EZPSKIIJSHTS FOR
HOTIOii PICTUHESFCP. EDUCATIOHAL PURPOSES

Mr. Edison: -

During the past week I have obtained three pictures
which I thought necessary to complete a 1000 film. These picturos
show a hoy in his kitchen performing experiments in crystallization.
He makes three different experiments showing crytals formed hy
evaporation, hy cooling and hy electrolysis.

These pictures I had made Athe Bronx Studio so that
I could get the kitchen scene, and Yale 3oss performed the
experiments.

I have also made a number of experiments for the
purpose of obtaining data for future subjects. I will he moved
to the Galvanometer Hoora ® me time this week.

Very respectfully.

S. G. Warner.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

February 21, ,1912.

Mr. Edison:

The following is the substance of an oral report made to¬
day by Mr. Farrell's Department.

The Manufacturing Department asserts that it will
have 1,000 machines in stock by April 1st, or a
few days later, and thereafter will manufacture
250 machines per week. Thoy say they can raise
this number to 500 per week as soon as it is
necessary, but' ;t will probably not be necessary
until our film production i3 increased.

The film production is at present behind the
schedule owing to the delay in installing the
third printer. This is promised two weeks hence.

It was originally expected on the ISth of this
month. The fourth printer, which was promised
for March 24th, will, probably be correspondingly
late. . 7/e have on hand as of the 19th ir.st.

. 6$,G75 feet of film. The amount required for the
first thousand machines is 80,000 feet. The
scheduled capacity of film production with present
eoxiipaent is 11,000 feet per week, so that it appears
that we will have sufficient film for the first
thousand machines by the time they are completed.

Film Cans in sufficient euantiti.es are promised
by the American Can Company by April 5th.

Lantern Glide Boxes in desired quantities are
promised by the 1st of April.

Approval of Acetylene Burner by Dr. Grcon is
expected this week.

Mr. Call has approved all of tho demonstrators and thoy
started out on the 18th. Their equipment iB complete except

(1) Burner for Acetylene lighting Equipment .which
will' be supplied this -week.

(2) Steel Carrying-casea, which will be supplied
this week.

f 3 ) 220 volt equipment, which is not yet decided upon.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

(4) She large screen, which will not he ready

for sometime. Each man has a 3 x 3| ocrocn.

Complete data for Instruction :>heet not yet at hand, hut is
promised for Friday the 23rd. i

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

March 21st , 1912.

Mr. Edison: -

Could not absorb enough oxygen with Ferrous Sulphate
in a tower filled with coke.

I made a run yesterday with coke in an iron pipe
heated to about 1500° F. and blew air through; purifying by
passing first through three bottles containing Bichromate of
potash dissolved in dilute- H2 -80*. w&cbr^xidizes tho Hydrocarbons
to C02 which is absorbed in the next four bottles of Ha OH, then
passing through a column of Calium Chloride to dry it, which X
tested after five hours' run with Barium Hydroxide which is a
very delicate test for C 0 2, but could not find a trace.

Dr. Goldstine teBted it for oxygen with a special
apparatus for oxygen and found only one-half of one per cent.

I will send you a sample of the reduced iron oxide
by mail marked Ho. 6 I will have some of same iron to run on
test marked Ho. 5, also some of same iron with 6 $ Mercury Oxide
^ ' put on test marked Ho. 6.

I will make a few more reductions in same way,
except different temp, while reducing; also try the stunts you
mentioned in your letter which I received to-aay.

Dalby.

March 22nd, 1912.

Dear Mr.

Edison:-

You will fin a encloses herewith
Dr. Goldstein
Louis Ott

Billy Bee as to sales.

'■/

reports as follows:

BLUE CYLINDER RECORDS

I have been up to see Hr. Philpott, ana he says
that things are moving along satisfactorily ana real progress
is being made. He showed me his new place on the fifth floor
of BuilSing 24. It is a hive of inaustry just now. The steam
fitters are getting the mains in. Many of the benches are
finishes ana the remainder are in progress. Mr. Philpott is
making up records for the Committee, ana many have been selected
for which the moulds are in the vaults ready to work upon and
turn out stock as soon as the equipment is finished. This work
is going on steaaily Say by day, and so far quite a respectable
stock of working moulds is ready. The new record-making rooms
on the 5th floor look bright, clear, airy and cheerful.

WURTH tells me he has nothing particular to report except
that the German silver transfers are uniformly turning out
fine and that regular work is progressing very favorably. He
also says that he is constantly pushing the apparatus for the
gold plating process, and, so far, nothing has occurred to make
any unlooked for delay. The castings for the apparatus are ready.

AIKEH also has nothing Bp ecial to report today. He says that
good progress is being made in his work and everything going along

well.

f

(2)

smat.T. TiTSO MACHINE

Harper says he has obtained an impression of the
top for the metal cabinet ana it is very good. This is from
the second male die. He is no w going ahead with patterns for
dies for the bottom, ana will make them for the sides. He is
yery sure now that he can make a first class metal cabinet.

The patterns for motor casings ana for frame to hoia the platen

are going to the foundry. As you will see by Ott's report,

the heavy rain spoiled the Keene's cement, but more has been sent

for, and Harper and I. Ott expect to make a cement casting of

the cabinet tonight. We will send you photo when it has properly set.

JMBHR01A C 01? CRETE CABINET

I learned this morning that one of these was shipped
to Chicago and returned here without having been opened. When the
casing was taken off in the works the top was found to be cracked.
Holderness says this must have been badly packed, or else the case
has had a very heavy blow, for he tested this particular cover
before it was assembled. He and Mr. Dyer and Durand stood on it
on the floor of the shop and it was all right then. Another cabinet
has been packed and sent off over the same route. I am sending
you a photograph of the one that came back cracked.

EMM expected to send a report to-day, but he wants to include some
further experiments which will take it over to Monday.

(3)

Winter has been hack with us the last two Says. We
have had snow, hail and rain anfl low temperature. Sleighs were
out again last night ana this morning.

I trust you have haa some gooa fishing Bince you
arrivea at Port Myers, ana also that your vacation is of great
benefit to you.

Yours very truly.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Mar oh22nd , 1912.

Mr. 5. A. Edison:-

Acoording to your advices I am working with 1. Ott
on nickel hydrate and with Dalhy on Iron, and we send you reports
about the progress in our experiments.

Owing to the chemist in the Phonograph Works being
sick I have more analytical work to do, the results you will
fina in my book of analysis.

I am also making different analysis for Mr. J. Miller

of Silver lake.

Yours respectfully,
J. Goldstein.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

March. 22nd, 1912

Mr. T . A. Edison:-
Dear Sir

Herewith please f 'nd a report upon the niokel hydrate
process as you wished to have it carried out. All nicfcel mush
was made up of solutions in the following proportions:

Hiokel Suplhate 27$ Sp. G. 1.335 © 20° 0 690 Grams

Sodium Hydroxide 20$ Sp. G. 1,220 © 20° C ^_|20_grams
Total weight

pry Hydrate which this quantity gives 110 grams

Quantity of Ha 2 SO 4 t H20 = lloO grams

This mush was tried in the small filter press, using various
cloths such as linen (thinking that hy repeated pumping
the pores would clog up)toweling, S.B. Filter Cloth, falter
cloth from Mr. Dodd, felt l/4", felt l/8”.
in all these cases I found that the cake was hard at the
surface and mushy in the center. The bottom cake being a l/8"
cake was the hardest, while the other l/4" cakes became softer
as they were further away fro* the bottom this would not insure
an even result, because the cakes are kept separate in the
drying oven; and one would contain more moisture than the other.
However, I have made two batches in which the cakes have been
fairly even. In the one case I pumped off approximately 645
grams of sulphate liquor. Out of a double batch, that is double
the quantity of substance was used. In the other case with 690
Hi SO 4 + S20 Ha OH I pumped out 520 GramB sulphate liquor.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

(2)

A good deal of the mush remains in the air receiver of the pump.
Some of the mush, about 20 grams, squeezes through the cloths
sometimes, therefore it is hard to give an accurate result.

I have, however, done the following, which will give us accurate
results, so that we can find the limit to which we can go in the
extraction of the sulphate liquor. Below please note sketch:

I put the mush in a hag. tie a cord around it. then it can he
fastened to the clamps and wrung hy turning the handle, the
sulphate liquor comes out fine and clear and every particle of
material is saved, the liquid runs in the trough do™ the pipe
and into the heaker where it is weighed; in this way X have made
the following samples, which are in the drying oven. As there
are 1100 g Sulphate of soda water in each hatch of 690 Hi
SO 4 -I- S20 Ha OH as desorihed previous, the hatches are
110 g Sulphate Sol or 10?

220 g " " " 20$

330 g " • * 30£

440 g " " " 40$

One more sample with 490 g Sol - 44.5?, Bag hurst
I will, however, use another hag this morning and endeavor to
reach 60?.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

(3)

CAB IIIBT

The mould for the cabinet was finished tonight
and I was going to pour it after 6 o'clock so that it would get
more chance to set. I found that the three hags of Keens'
cement which were in the Gold Building were hard as a rock.

We had a very heavy rain which flooded cellars and did consider¬
able damage; the roof leaked and spoiled the cement. I shall
have another two bag to-morrow morning, so we can pour it to¬
morrow night.

Yours respectfully
Ludwig Ott
J. Goldstein

V

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G,

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Orange , N..T., March 25, 1913.

Dear Mr. Edison:-

Encloaed you will find the following

reports:

Burdick, on Cement Cabinets,
Dinwiddie, on Eduoational Pictures,
Warner, on " "

Bliss, as to Ford Starter,
Christensen, as to electrolyte.
Storage Battery and Cement figures,
Billy Bee's report of sales,
Maxwell, as to Home Machine,

Smith, as to Battery Teats.

House Lighting Regulator: Mr. Bachman informs me
that he is Starting this in operation on the house plant to¬
day, and has told Charlie Poyer to keep track of it day and
night. We will probably have a report to send to you on
Wednesday.

Mr. Bliss says he has another of these regulator s
ready for shipment, and two more are being constructed.

Small Disc Machine: Harper reports that he has cast
one of the cabinets in Keene's cement and it came out beauti¬
fully. I have seen it and it looks fine. The lines are clear

-1-

Mr . Edison

-3-

out, and it presents a pleasing appearanoe. Harper says he
need 33 pounds of cement and a pail of water. He poured from
the bottom and kept stirring all the time and then turned it
over and let it set 39 hours. You will find a photograph en¬
closed. The screws on the top are anchored in the cement. The
lower ends are hammered flat and a slot is cut in so as to en¬
gage with the cement. In the next one that he caets he will
insert threaded tubes so that the screws can be inserted after¬
wards. He will also insert into the next one metallic pieces
at the bottom so that feet may be screwed therein. He will
also mold the next one with a hole for the winding crank. There
is no reinforcement in this present casting.

Harper also says that the patterns for dies for
bottom of metal cabinet are now started. When these are done
he will start the mould for the top and front of cement cabinet,
and then patterns for dies for sides of metal cabinet, and in
this way keep all work in progress. He has received the motor
castings, and is going to work on them today.

Mr. Wurth reports that he is still getting fine
results from the German silver tfansfers; and his work on mas¬
ters is holding up good. He is pushing every day on the gold
plating process.

Pisrman has been trying a series of piano-recording
experiments with persistent vibrators, and is pleased with the
results, which he considers encouraging. These records have
been made without horns, and on reproduction the piano tones

Mr. Edison _3_

oome out with much of their natural purity, although not loud
enough. He has made a number of persistent vibrators with paper
stretched over frames of wood, and inserted a metallic tube to
which he attaches a rubber tube which goes to the recorder. The
vibrator is placed on the iron frame inside the piano. He is
saving all these reoords with data for you.

Visit of Von Miller & Diesel: I wrote to you a few
days ago that these two gentlemen expected to call on you in
April. Since then, Harry Miller asked me if I know anything
about the enclosed letter from Bergmann. I told him I had al¬
ready written to you on the matter and obtained the letter from
him to forward to you for your information.

Ford Starter: Mr. Henry Ford is here today and is
with Mr. Bliss and Billy Bee. I suppose there will be a more
detailed report later, but Billy just told me that Mr. Ford is
greatly pleased with the arrangement.

German Silver Platest Moore reports that the trans¬
fers are coming fine, and he is ordering more for Mr. Aiken's
work. As to cleaning the plates, Moore says he has given them
a severe trial. He made eight trials, and in each caBe left
the plates in the cyanide 5 minutes and in the caustic soda
15 minutes. After the eighth trial there was a slight discol¬
oration, easily buffed off. There is electrolytic action in
both baths. In the cyanide jg- volt, and in the caustic soda

Ur. Edison -4-

volt, measured. The transfers taken off Friday and Sat¬
urday, (6 for Wurth, and 3 for Aiken) all came out fine.

Moore has Just come in to say that the cyanide and
caustic soda baths are in galvanised iron tanks and the plates
were stood in on the bottom and touching the side, which caused
the electrolytic action. They have now gotten away from that
by suspending the plateB in the solution.

Hew Cylinder reproducer: Moore has still further
improved the reproducer so as. to improve the quality still more.
He ha 8 also obtained more volume. I have just heard it on two
records up stairs, one of them a violin solo by Spalding, and
X think it runs a very close second to the disc. It may be a
little fool suggestion on my part, but I cannot help wondering
why the same principle could not be applied to the recorder.

Ford Starter: Mr. Bliss has just been in and says
that Mr. Ford is very highly pleased with the starter equipment
and wants us to send him a motor such as we use, in order that
he can equip a vehicle. Mr. Bliss says that so far as he can
judge, Mr. Ford seems to have made up his mind to use the equip¬
ment. The motor will be sent to Mr. Ford.

Our Wagon: Mr. Bliss says that he weather has been
so bad that he did not start on the watts per ton road teBt, but
thinks it may be commenced very soon.

With all good wishes, I remain,

Yours very truly,

Mr. Edison -5-

P.S. Moore has just come in to say that he has just
found out that the varniBh can be removed from the German Silver
with ordinary potash such as is used in the nickel plating room.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

REPORT 0? PR0GRKS3 FOR PKliK KN3IN6
3ATPR3AY. liARCH 23rd. 1912

Carong OABINKT MFG. PLANT

EQUIPMENT — C/R FRAHB

The carpenters have completed frame and shelves to
hold the moulds v/hilo on the oar. I find, however, that the
largo moulds aro too honvy for two men to handle, no will have
to huild either a. oradle to slide in shelves on rollers or put
casters on the moulds. I have consulted our Mr. lioldernoss on
the latter method, and he thinks that casters on the moulds
would he unsatisfactory. She carpenters aro mating one cradle
fitted with casters for experimental purposes.

SEASONING SHELVES ■

1 have seasoning shelves enough completed to hold
30 large caste at one time. This is all I think we Bhotild
finish at the present time, due to the proposed new mixture .

The construction of these shelves is ns follows:

Framework huilt up of 2" X 4" wood on strips

Shelves made of 7/fl" cross strips covered with galvanized
iron, cross strips sorawed on galvanized iron and planed off so as to
present a flat true surface for laying the green cast on.

All exposed wood is covered with a waterproof paint to
prevent warping.

Shelves are piped at the front side, sprays being screwed
into said pipe and so looated as to throw a spray of water over
entire shelf.

This construction has been tosted and I believe will
operate satisfactorily.

SEASONING AHI) STRAHIHG OVENS

I have two ovens, combination seasoning and steaming,
completed up to date. These are oapablo of holding 12 complete
cabinets, and 1 do not recommend building any more for the present.

These are made of wood and lined with galvanized iron.

The sprays, same as for shelves, are placed at the top of oven,
valve operated outside. The Btenm 1b brought in at the bottom
of the oven, and the valve is operated from the outside.

These have been tried and proved satiBfnotory.

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HOTS — The above npraya are made at the Phonograph 17 or ha and
coat hut a few centB a piece*

OOMOKBEB HgBH

Ab per instructions of Hr. Bliss I inspected a uBod
mixer at the Abbey Brooks Co. of Newark. I found this machine had been
in actual use about one week and wbb in good oondition. It is
made by the Snell Mfg . Co., capacity 4 cu. ft., hand operated,
ana is the tipping type of mixer. While thiB is a hand machine,
yet it can be belted to a motor. The prloeof this ia $40. 00;
n new one coating ;}75.00.

I have notified our Hr. boat! ing to place the order,
ub this machine will prove satisfactory for the present.

The cabinet shipped to Chicago has boon returned.

I am sorry to report that the baok of cover and back of cabinet
adjacent to. cover hinge wore pretty well crooked. This is aue,

I believe, to strains, duo to unloading, not being distributed
over ontire cover. The cabinet was packed with the oover close
to top of packing ease.

We have sent another over the same route, hut re¬
versing the cabinet in the case, bring the oover toward the
end of case containing the machine compartment. . This, I believe,
will distribute the load over the entire oover.

H. Burdick

CEMENT CABINET 2KFT,

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EDUCATIONAL SERIES MOVING PICTURES
REPORT W. W. DINWIDDIE

Mr. Edison:-

We have a satisfactory photograph of the force pump.
All of the difficulties seem to have been solved on the glass
pumps now. Glucose added to the water makes the valves open
wide when the pump is operated very slowly. Silicate of soda
holds the glass plates together very strong, hut water soaks
them apart in a few minutes. . We protect the silicate of soda
by a very small fillet of beeswax and rosin, and use beeswax
and resin to cement the valves in place. The beeswax and rosin
is first squirted in a fine thread ana the thread is laid along
the Joint ana warmed up with a heated rod.

The glass model of steam engine is complete and
we have tried the sal ammoniac fumes in it.

The models of cog wheels etc. have been sawed out
but require some filling to make them good enough.

We hope to finish the photographs of the transparent
models this week. We make them aown at Hr. Thompson's with his
Cooper-IIewitt lights. The other models will be photographed
in Room 17 with arc lights.

Very respectfully,

W. W. Dinwiddle

March 24, 1912

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March 25th, 1912

MOT I OH PICTURES FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
"Crystallization"

Mr. Edison:-

I have now put everything for the completion
of about 1000 feet of film on Crystallization in the hands of
the Film Plant, and this film should now he ready for the
market very shortly.

I am working on another film on the same subject
to supplement the above.

I have moved all of my apparatus to the Galvanometi

Room and set it up. My n ew apparatus is not quite yet ready,

but there is a number of things I can a® with that which X

now have, so there is no need to lose any time.

Very respectfully,

S. 0. Warner

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K w oh 18th, 1912.

TEST or fig ARTIItO I'oynR

Ilo of Cells Five B-4

Average number of turns to start l/fi turn

Average Voltage 7 vplts

Average Currant 40 amperes

Currant when motor stalled 70 amperes

Ho started coll fully charged. The engine wan- turned over by
motor continuously for 400 revolutions of engine shaft.

Y/o usocl battery for sparking.

At the 151st turn of ongina, hnttory was switched on and englno
fired, "e renoatea this at 201nt, 251st, 276th, 301nt , 326th,
351st and 376th turn of engine. At the 401ot turn ongino aia
not explode and we continued to turn engine until a total of
425 turns were made. Gas mixture was too rich to start. Aftor
freeing the cylinders of gas by hand turning, the motor cranked
and fired the engine in the usual half turn.

We cranked and firod engine five turns without any difficulty,
hut on the 6th turn the driving ohain broke on account of olutcn
hub freezing to shaft.

March 19th, 1912.

Wo turned engine with the anno fivo cells in their discharged
state about fifty times. During the la+tor part of this period
motor was running very slow and finally would stall on arriving
at second aonrpro salon* l£otor still ■fired the engine v/hen passing
over the first compression*

There 1b no doubt that 5 cells of B-4 will crank and fire engine
500 times in actual running conditions, without roohsrging.

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March 19th, 1912

TOST OM PIV3 B-4 Cffl.bS

Condition of cells - ‘ discharged

Colls still crank and fire ongine

Mileage reading « 365.5

Baa car about P.9 miles charging
cells at the following rates

10 wiles per hour

5 (*) Amperes

14-1/2 "

20 "

During the evening five lamps aggregating 62 C were used for
two hours, current lined on lamps was amperes. '

Battery was discharged through generator hy accident so that
engine had to he cranked by hand on the hone run.

Mar oh 20th, 1912

Although the cells were discharged the previous evening, they
recovered enough during the night to operate the pranking motor
efficiently. The engino was started several tines and then
car wan token on the road. An offort was node to recharge the
cells, Kngino sparked on battery, in faot tho magneto wire
was disconnected on all battery tests.

Wo tried to run the car at a maximum of 25 miles per hour.

We seldom went over 26 miles per hour and under 20 mileB per
hour. We did not get wuoh response .from the battery for the
first 15 to 20 miles as tested by operating tho cranking motor.

After that tho battery picked up rapidly and at tho oloso of
tho run it seared well reohnreed.

Total mileage of car this day recharging ooIIb - 35 No lights used

Karoh 21st, 1912

We installed an automatic cutout botwoen generator and battery.
Seems to operate very nicely. A number of short runs wore made
this dajf segregating 22 miles. Ho lights used.

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Mar oh 22nfl, 191?-.

3ftttery Operates? ororiking motor on if it wok well charged.
Mileage thin flay =15

Uhls ends? the battery charging tent, bb wo neon to be gaining
on the recharging of coils.

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March 25th, 1912

Mr. Thomas A. Edison:-

I have a new method of making Electrolyte hy
which I oan save the evaporating of nearly 300 gallons of
water per day. That is, if you approve of the method.

When making a new hatch for for lioh, which I
do twice per day or three times, each hatch gets 4 or 5
boilings. First boiling gives a solution of about 4> lioh.

Second boiling gives a solution of about 3 a lioh and so
on until all lioh is washed out. All this solution I
gather together into the evaoprating pots to concentrate it,
which is 12 #j part of this cone. Sol. I use for
crystals, but the largest part I use to mix with 33/a Ke H
to make the electrolytes 21# KoH +■ 50 g li Oh pr. 1. and
25# KoH + 15 frorn silver lake, where they

put solid KoH into water.

If you let me do that, but instead of using pure
water, use the If Oh Sol. from first boiling which is 4<3
evaporate it down to 5# a_50 gr. pr. 1. , run it into a
large tank to cool, then add the right proposition of Solid
LoH to make the Electrolyte 21 + 50 and 25 + 15.

This will save us from evaporating all the water
v/hioh is afterwards again added to the solid KoH to reduce it
to 33#, and still X have to add a few lites of water when making
the electrolyte. The rest of the jjioH sol. I use for crystals,
but that can be used over again every day by adding more to
it after the crystal crop has been removed.

It will save the carting of 33# from Silver lake
and we will not need to have so many drums in service.

On the other hand e
tative Analysis has to be made c
at Silver lake on the 33# KoH.

And we make now an alkalinity determination on
each drum I make, so I do not think there will be much difference.
If you think it if O.K. It will only need a little more toom
and several large tankB.

Respectfully,

Ch. Christensen.

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March 25th, 19X2

TTA-RT) recording blank

Since my last report I have been working to
eliminate the gas huhhles from the dope, and made up five
different sample blanks of dope which contains no shellac; those
are made up essentially of stearic acid and soda and water in
various proportions to produce a mass that does not cut brittle
or mealy. Mr. Holland did not report favorably for his use.
Mr. Hiam also reported that such compounds are too soft to use
with his present outfit. I will now make new blanks of dope
containing shellac.

PETIT

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March 25th, 1912

Memo to Mr. Edison:
COBALT

This cell made of plates treated with cobalt
in chemical room has had 5 runs, the last four of which have
been fifteen hour charges. The capacity to .5V is about 200,
but to l.V. is only aborit 150. The voltage is very low on
discharge. It is also low on charge, the maximum being
1.78 volts. It appears, therefore, that the low voltage
on discharge is not due to abnormal internal resistance.

After the fifth run I reversed the cell for several hours
at half normal rate - this may effect some improvement.

I am treating another set of plates as you treated

LIFE CURVE

Our oldest cell, from which the standard life
curve is plotted, yields only 1B6.A.H. to l.V on overcharge
after 1300 runs. After 1200 runs it yielded 139 A.H. The
solution in this cell was 21 K+90 Li.

The two cells running with it had different solu¬
tions and now run as follows:

21 K + 105 Li

21 K +120 Li 121

TWO LEARS IDLE

Cell, which was given 125 runs and ®®ide

for two years and 4 months discharged, ha® haSv10° *
since the stand, and gives on overcharge 176 to l.V. and

194 to .5 V. On 7-hour charge it gives 154 to I.V.

This alone ought to make the lead fellow anxious.

REJECTED TUBES

The cell you had made up of ttbeB
inspectors because of poor loading, insufficient flake in
ends etc., after 25 endurance runs eives on overcharge n.83
to I.V. and 194 to .5 V., and on normal charge 162 to l.V.
Rather good for rejected material.

H. H. Smith

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Re. HOME PICTURE MACHINE.

Mr. Edison:

Three more jobbers'
ing. This makes four to date.

contracts received this morn-
800 machines and 64,000 feet

rear Mr. Edison: -

Enclosed you will find the following re¬
ports:

Mr. Bee, as to battery sales,

Mr. Maxwell, as to Horae Machines,

Mr. Wilson - General,

L. Ott,

Charlie Poyer - as to House Lighting plant.

Berggren's weekly report.

Colored Motion Pictures: I had a talk with Mr.
Powrie coming over on the train this morning. He is making
progress. He has succeeded in producing an emulsion fast
enough to take 4 pictures a second, g.nd yesterday ran off a
few feet of film which he says showed up satisfactorily.

He has made further progress, he states, in being able to
wash off the coating of emulsion and re-coat it last night.
He is going to take a new series of pictures and run the
film again within a few days, and has promised that I may
see it. Mr. Powrie tells me that this emulsion means that
considerable progress has been made, and he seems greatly
pleased with present results.

Aiken reports that the freezing process on the 10
plates reported last week is still under way and that

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Christensen has promised a report tomorrow. Ke also says
that the carpenter work on the disc manufacture is all com¬
pleted; that the oven in building 31 is finished, and that
the four ovens on the first floor are about 65$ completed.

He further says that the results of transfers with German
silver plates have been very satisfactory up to this time.

Al. Wurth. -He has nothing special to report today,
except that progress is being made on his work. He is try¬
ing his best to crowd the geld plating apparatus to comple¬
tion.

Flue An.berol Record. Mr. Philpot states that the
steam fitters were unable to keep their promise to complete
the mains last Monday, but McCullough assures him it will
be finished today. There may be a little delay on the
minor steam fitting aB some of the parts, such as L's,

T 1 8 , and elbows have not yet been delivered. All the valves
are here, and the carpenter work is almost complete. The
air compressor has been shipped, and is somewhere in transit
between the West and here. It is being traced. In the
meantime, the selection of records is going on and masters
are feeing put in the vault to be ready when the equipment
is complete.

Wagoner: Billy Bee has been over to see Wagoner,

who had no serious change to suggest in the proposed form
of General Contract, and seemed quite satisfied with the
letter I wrote him in accordance with your memorandum sent

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up here a few days ago. Of course, Wagoner will wait until
your return to settle on the final details of the contract
before going out to make arrangements with any stations.

In the meantime, he has evolved a new scheme which he thinks
you will like tetter. This is a plan by which the General
Vehicle Company would carry on the Battery-Service System
themselves by means of and through their agencies in various
towns, they (the G. V. Co.) buying all the batteries them¬
selves. For instance, suppose they have an Agency in Buffa¬
lo, they would arrange with that Agency to conduct a battery-
service system in Buffalo, renting the batteries only to ve¬
hicles of the G. V. Co. To carry on this business the G.

V. Co. would themselves supply the Agency with batteries
at a price agreed on, the G. V. Co. buying from us at the
special rate we make them. This would mean, of course,
the sale of a large number of batteries to the G. V. Co.,
and the form of guarantee given to the Hartford Company
would apply. Ho exclusive privileges as to territory would
be asked under this arrangement. Hence, Anderson or any
one else could go into the same territory and carry on a
battery-service system as to their vehicles under similar
contract relations with us. This proposed arrangement seems
to me to be more preferable than the other one. Territory
is not tied up, and the other truck manufacturers have a free
and equal chance in the same territory. Again, it allows a
more rapid extension of the battery-service system, and our

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chief customer for batteries therefor (the 0. V. Co.) have
the financial backing to enable them to pay their bills
promptly.

Mr. Wagoner does not seem to think that such an
arrangement will altogether supersede the ether exclusive
one with Central Stations, where it may be deemed necessary
or desirable to coi-tinue on the lines heretofore discussed.

I enclose form of contract submitted by Mr. Wagon¬
er, and have attached to it a pencil memorandum shewing a com¬
putation made by Billy Bee and me as to the cost of batteries
per year to the G. V. Co. under the present 8 year and the
proposed 10 year guarantees. The difference is only a few
dollars, but that would probably turn the other way because
under the 10 year guarantee we might actually receive more
cash in a given time, and in that case the interest would
more than offset the difference.

Talking, Pictures: I have been over to the tent and
found them all hard at work. Mr. Higham says he is making
experimental records all the time and thinks he is getting
better results. The weather has been too bad for taking
pictures, but now it has cleared up they hope to take one or
two tomorrow.

L. OTT-has come in to say that he will defer his
report until Friday, in order to include further experiments.

Moore says he has nothing but good news to report
concerning the German Silver plates. They are proving to

be fine for both Wurth's and Aiken's work. As to the
cleaning, Moore says that the potash, (the old style brown
potash), seems to be better than caustic soda. The latter
leaves the plates soapy and takes about fifteen minutes,
but the potash seems to crystallize the varnish, which rolls
up rff the plate and leaves it clean. Beside, it only takes
two or three minutes to do the work. Aiken is going to try
it on a larger -scale. Moore say9 he is making good progress
with the reproducer for cylinder records. He has two good
ones, and is now going to make two more to try and beat them.

All hands wish to be kindly remembered to you, and
hope you are enjoying your vacation. Please count me in.

Yours very truly,

T7m. Meadowcrof t.

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March 27, 1912.

Mr. Edison:

In re Home Picture Machine:

She manufacturing department is confident of having
a thousand machines ready between April let and April 10th.
Machines minus lighting enuipment are being placed on the shelves
now, the idea being to assemble and pack the lighting equipment
as the machines go out on order. We have an adeouate supply
of the Hernst lighting equipment and Hr. Green has 3ust furnished
the markings for the Arc light so that we will be O.K. on the
„rc Lighting Enuipment. Dr. Green has not yet taken action with
reference to the acetylene burner and we have decided to turn the
matter over to Mr. Gall, who will give it speedy attention. It
has also been practically decided to put the inspection of
Hcrnst lamps and lonses under Mr. Gall’s supervision.

Upon consideration it appears that the screens prepared
in accordance with Dr. Green’s specifications will be very
expensive and that a less expensive screen may serve the purpose.
It is likely that the latter can be obtained more ouickly than
the screen of Dr. Green’s specifications. As Dr. Green proposes
a considerable absence in connection with some work for
Mr. Hutchison, the screen matter will also be looked after by
Mr. Gall.

Dr. Green did not got around to the datu for the
Instruction Shoot and Mr. Gall has stepped into the breach.

The Instruction Sheet should he ready on time.

The machine manufacturing schedule is boing gradually

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increase* fro* 250 a woe*, but not a groat deal will bo gained
T>y this until our film manufacturing capacity is increased,
l'hc third printer is nov; promised a week hence.

You have already been advised that four jobbing
connections have thus far been made. Others will, no doubt,
to concluded this week.

Mr. Gall goes to Chicago next week to demonstrate the
acetylene equipment to the national Board of Fire Underwriters
and also to follow up the previous demonstration of tnc electric
equipment upon which a decision is expected in May.

With reference to the equipment for 220 voltage, we
will have sample rheostats and transformers for the Arc Lighting
System on the first of the month. For the Ilernst Lighting
System, it has been decided to connect our present 110 volt
Derust lamps in series with a snail resistance to go on
the inside of the lamp house. A sample is expected in a
few days. \ «

WM-KCK

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REPORT Oil DISC MACHIHES

Model #1. Have assembled complete in cabinet a about ono dozen. _ Have

all parts and are assembling additional motors of this tppo,
but are not placing any raoro in oabinots, as it was found
necessary to raako a slight change in tho arm support bracket .
Castings from tho now pattern will be dolivorod this wo ek
and assembling oc coraplote machines in cnbmots should bo
rosumod next week. Have about 8,000 finished oaoinots in
stock for this typo.

Model #8- Parts for this maohino arc now coming through, but nono

have as yot boon assembled, as owing to change in arm support
braokot tho sample maohino has not yet boon tostod sar
cabinot. llow bracket will bo finished the lattor part of
this week of the beginning of next, when, if test proves
satisfactory, assembling will oommonoo. Havo all raw
material on hand for these machines, and all maohino work
is going through as rapidly as possible. 106 oabinots
are practioally finished and work on balanoo is being
proooedod with.

I.iodol -"3.

, and

Parts for this machine arc interchangeable with #0,
assembling of them will begin as soon as tho test c
has been made. 100 cabinets are now boing mado up -ron
lumber cn hand — additional lumber will bo received nexu
week and bo put through immediately so that there will
be no delay in tho cabinot ond of this typo.

Reproducers •

All parts are" coming through, but no additional ones
have boon assembled since Mr. Edison loft, as wo arc
waiting for tho oomplotion of Gorman silver arms for
reproducer points, a quantity of which in now in Happhiro
Popartnont to have tho diamond points ascomblod in them.
Mr. Vi'ebor states wo will havo some more reproducers lor
testing purposes within tho next wo oh, ond i£ they ucct
out O.xl. , thore Trf.ll ho no furthci* delay in putting these
roproducors through in quantity.

5/27/13.

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March 25th, 1912

TEST OH LIGHT I HO SYSTEM •

III TIPIS Oil STORAGE BATT3HY 00. HOUSE

Started charging the battery at 6 A.M. and charged
until 1 o'clock P.U. Then immediately after charge I started
a discharge on the battery of 44, 30 volt Mazda lamps, and taking
voltage readings of both charge and discharge every half hour.

The gasoline tank holds 3-l/2 gallons; at the end
of the seven hours charging there was 1 quart left, having used
3 gallons and 1 quart; 6 gallons of water, of which 4-1/2 gallons
were used after 5 hours of charging, so 1-1/2 gallons more were
put in, making a total of 6 gallons. The cylinder oil cup was
emptied at the end of the 4-l/B hours of charging and was refilled,
and used one-half of this at the end of seven hours. The connect¬
ing rod oil cup was only filled once for the seven hours.

The voltage of battery before starting the charging
was 21, and as soon as the current of 30 amperes was on the battery,
the voltage rose to 47. At the end of 7 hours the voltage with*

30 amperes charge was 52 with charging current on.

The following is the voltage readings of every l/2
hour, with 44 lamps burning — The voltage before putting on the
load was 42.

1.00 P. M.

Battery voltage 28

4 Points of resistance in on regulator.

1.30 P. M.

Battery voltage 29

1 Point of resistance in on regulator

2.00 P. M.

Battery voltage 27

1 Point of resistance in on regulator

2.30 P. M.

Battery voltage 29

Regulator arm on last point of resistance

3.00 P. M.

Battery Voltage 27
Regulator resistance all out

3.30 P. M. ,

Battery voltage 25-1/2

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4.00 P. II . , .

Battery voltage 23-1/2

4.10 P. II.

The voltmeter is not steady
and d own .

4.30 P. II.

Battery voltage 21

5.00 P. II.

Battery voltage 20

5.30 P. II.

Battery voltage 19

6.00 P. II.

Battery voltage 13

and the lamps flicker up

The voltmeter leads are cut in the line after
the regulator and there is some drop in the wiring, hut a+ter
2 hours of discharge, the actual voltage directly rotobb the
battery is 28, and at the end of 5 hours discharge, the actual
voltage across the battery was 14 volts.

It may be that after such a complete charge and
discharge for 3 days the battery will show bettor results.

C.A. Poyer

going to duplicate same test for 3 days

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March 26th, 1912

TBST ON LIOKTIHO SYSTEM

im RDi''on rtoraok b-ttf.ry co. hoiisb

Ihlu Is the second tost on the system. In seven hours
of charging, the engine used 3 gallons of gasoline, 5-1/2 gallons
of water, ana l/?. pint of cylinder oil. The voltage at tho be¬
ginning of charging was 42 with charging current on ana 36 volts
without charging current on. At the ena of 7 hours of charging
at the rate of 30 amperes, the voltage of battery with charging
current on was 49-1/2. While charging the battery after fa-1/2
hours of running, the engine suddenly slowed up until the circuit
breaker threw out, ana then the engine started up again and I put
in the eirouit breaker. The only way I can account for it, is
that a little piece of sand or something like that got in the
gasoline and atoppea the carburetor, so that the gasoline aia
not spray properly in the neeaie valve.

The following is tho discharge, rending every half
hoiir, burning 44 , 30 volt Mazda Inmps — Tho voltmeter readings
arc across the lampjf circuit.

1.00 P. E.

Voltage of Battery 27

Amperes taken by 44 lamps - 27

Regulator resistance 4 points in

1.30 P. K.

Volts 26-1/2
Amperes 28

Regulator resistance 2 points in

2.00 ?. M.

Volts 30
Amperes 29

Regulator resistance 1 point in

2.30 P. M.

Volts 30-1/2
Amperes 29-1/4

Regulator resistance on last point

3.00 P.

Volts 30
Amperes 29

Regulator resistance all out

The voltage aireotly across tho battery after 2 hours
discharge is 31 volts compared with 28 volts for yesterday.

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1

(2)

4.00

4.30

5.00

5.30

K.

Volts 37
Amperes 27-1/2

A slight flicker was noticed in the lamps, but did
not last long.

II.

Volts 26
Amperes 26

II.

Volts 21
Amperes 23-1/2

6.00

M.

Volts 20-1/2
Amperes 23

The aotual voltage diroct.ly across battery with dis¬
charge load'is 22-1/2 compared with 14 for yesterday's test.

The battery voltage is better then yesterday and I am going
to make same test to-morrow again, and expect better results
than this.

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M 1

aX'

March 20th, 1912.

CMA

„„ „?WIp dpt-'T 017 CATT9F3 OP TROUBLE
ip OPT, IS BROSIVED FROM CTJST0MER3 DURIUG
.-TAPTTARY API FF,BRU?HY 19 1 2.

Section 1. DEFECTS (Fault of E.S.B. CgJ

B-4 B-6 A-4 A-6 A-8 A-8H A-12 Types

Dl Weld leak
B2 Feulty Cnn Stook
D3 Con bulged, duo to
volvo stoppage
B4 Con rusted
D5 Plates S.O. by oontaot
B6 Pin tea- 3. C. by Bediment
D7 Below reted capacity
B8 Corroded con bottom due
to cutting of block
insulator
D9 Miscellaneous

(a) Can injured by 3teel

streps of obsolete S. S. trey

ft) Cen fused by loose

sencretor caps falling tic-
tween cells

(c) Faulty cover soldering

(d) Pole fused by defective
connector

(c) Stript olernp nut thread

(f) Plates loose on pole

(g) Defective tubes fPo.of cells)

(h) Defective pockets " " "

(ij Row of pins omitted 1

Section 2.

IHJUP.IKB (Fault of Customer) (11

B-2 b-4 B-6 A -4 A-6 A-8 A-8H A-13 Types

18

19

Con corroded

Can corroded, plates fused
Can fused externally
Can exploded
Can dented or bent
Injured pole

Plates fused (due to low
solution)

Plates corroded by acid
Miscellaneous

Can injured by rotating shaft
Can cut open by oustomer
Cell injured by shock test
Screw, nail or tack in oell
Rubber parts injured by fire,
plates 0.7. .

139 124

44 46

16 34

6 9

19 12

11 2

15

1

13

3 1

4

3

2

2 1
1

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TOTALS ACT PBR0KFT/5P.S ^

B-2 B-4 B-6 A-4 A-6 A-8 A-8H A12 Types

Total number of colls
m’fr'd to Jen.t,

1912

8205 17991

12 57753 55110

9388

2556

Defective' oella re-
turnea 2 mos. .

3

28

2 71 69

16

0

Percentage defective

.04

.16

16.7 .12 .12

.17

0

Injured cells re¬
turn e a S^iiPOB.

2

12

0 239 . 294

33

1

. 04

.Percentage Injured

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.03

C. H. Benediot

Approved: W.

Holland.

402 151417

0 189

0 .12

4 '585

1.0 .39

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AMD GLASS COI^AHY, LIMITED

Winnipeg,' Mar. 13th, 1912.

The Edison Storage Battery Oo.,

Orange, II . J.

Dear Sirs:-

Y/e are in rooei ;.t of your favor of the 27th. of
Eoby. re the porformanoe of Edison Storage Batteries on our
'• Detroit Truok. Thin truok has Been in use oinoo early
October and the batteries have given every satisfaotion.

Wo were informed that we would have trouble in oold
weather due to the batteries freezing but are glad
to soy we oxporienoed no diffioulty of any kind
whatever.

Wo had a spell of exceedingly oold weather early in
January, duringwwhioh the theromometer frequently registered
35 and 40 below zero. During that period we gave the
batteries every opportunity to freeze up",’ deliberately
loaving the truok for on hour or two at a time in front
of the warehouse. Tho only differenoo in the performance
of the truok whioh we notioed after these tests was that
it was a little slower in getting away i. e. it would
have to run possibly a block or two boforo getting
up to its speed. Under the oiroumstanoes wo have no
hesitancy whatever in saying that our batterioB are eminent¬
ly satisfactory.

Yours very truly,

THE WIOTITEG PAIHT & GLASS 00.,

(Signed) B. W. PaterodnV

Sooretary - Treasurer.

°T

.J., March 29, 1912.

2)eav Mr. Edison:-

EnclOBed you will find the following reports:

H. H. Smith, as to battery teBts,

Charlie Poyer, as to House plant,

Billy Bee, as to Battery sales.

U) ■ S. H trCCcm-"} , ah to t3ix/ ly ,

Home Picture Machines: Our demonstrators gave a
very successful exhibition to the press on Wednesday of
this week, and it gave us some good advertising free. I
enclose clippings from Times and Herald, which speak for
themselves.

Blue Amber ol Record: Mr. Philpott reports that
fair progress is being made with the work of equipment.

The steam mains are almost completed, and the other parts
are coming in each day in small lots. The delivery on the
latter, especially of intermediate connecting parts, is
quits slow and oc visions some delay in pushing the equipment
forward with the rapidity that is desirable. However, Mr.
Philpott is "kicking" every day, with the object of expedi¬
ting matters. In the meantime, he has arranged the fittingB
in bine systemmatioally so that there will not be a moment’s
delay when the essential parts arrive. He is anxiously await¬
ing the arrival of the small air compressor which has been
in transit some time. Tracers have been sent, and all is

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Mr. Edison.

being done that san be done to expedite its delivery. Every¬
thing has been prepared in advance to put it into use, and
when it arrives there will be no delay in making a report.

I happened to meet Mr. Nehr this morning, and in
speaking of the hard record, he told me that in use it seemed
to grow smoother and lose any surface sound it might have
when new. He has one of the first ones that Mr. Philpott
made some time ago of black celluloid, backed with wax. This
has been played 3750 times, that is to say, the first half
of it was played that number of times, and the last half
was played only occasionally to make comparison as to surface
noise. I went in his office to hear it, and was surprised
to hear the first half because it was so clear and distinct
and practically free from sur ace noises. In fact, I could
not hear any. But on playing the second half, the surface
was very perceptible, and the reproduction was not as distinct
and was less agreeable than the first half. Mr. Nehr told me
also that the sapphire began to show some signs of wear on
the 937th time of playing. It is possible that you may know
of this experience, but I have taken the chance of relating
it in case you had not.

Pierman is continuing his experiments on piano
records with persistent vibrators, and thinks he may be on the
track of something that will help. He waB curious to learn
whether the voice would also be recorded in this way (without
horn) and I went upstairs and sung a song with carrying tones

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in it. Both piano and voice recorded, but the reproduction
was faint. I doubt whether you could have heard it, but I
must say that the piano tones were much purer and lees
"tin-panny" than when taken with the horn, and what could be
heard of the voice was free from the horn sounds that are so
frequently characteristic of the phonograph reproduction.

A1 Wurth says the German Silver transfers are
working well, and on the whole he feels that he is in posi¬
tion to say to you that very satisfactory progress is being
made along the line of his work. He is keeping in touch
with the making up of the apparatus for gold plating and says
that if all promises are kept he looks forward to getting a
test on it by the end of next week.

Mr, Bliss reports that the tests on our wagon are
going along satisfactorily, and in a few days he hopes to
have some comparative figures.

He is getting out the motor which Mr. Ford ordered
for starter.

He is also making up seven additional house lighting
regulators that have been orders* .

The work on the first lot of vibrating rectifiers
is proceeding satisfactorily.

Moore says he stij.1 has nothing but good news about
the German Silver plates. He has given Wurth 13 and Aiken
half a dozen up to the present time, and in a few days will
give the latter 30 more. He is also going to put in an order
for another 50.

New Cylinder reproducer: Moore ia at work making
atill further reproducers to beat his previous ones. I was
upstairs this morning and heard a violin solo being^repr oduoed.
It was loud, clear and distinct, and seemed to me to/fully
equal to that one of Spalding's on the disc. Let me repeat
an incident just related by Moore. He was playing a violin
solo with his new reproducer. His back was turned to the
door and unknown to him Aiken stood there. He said "I am
going to send for a cylinder record of a violin solo which
the Committee turned down last night because it was squeaky
and harsh". He sent the boy for it and told him also to ask
Ireton to come up. When the record had been played with the
new reproducer, Ireton said " I don’t know why we need a disc
machine". I told Moore I would relate this incident to you,
and he Baid he was afraid to because it might load you to
expect too much on your return. It seems to me that if the
new reproducer turns out as well as it has started there
ought to be a revival in our cylinder record business.

L. Ott thought he would send a report today, but
says he has had a lot of hard luck in his experiments with
bags bursting, etc., and the report will come later.

Yours very truly,

77m. Meaiowcroft.

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March 29th, 1912.

Memo To Mr. EdiBon:-
COBALT

The cell made of the plates you treated is improving.
On its 9th run it yielded 180 to I.V. and 218 to .6 V. The
oapaoity is good, hut the curve still haB a lopping off tendency
during the latter half of the discharge. It is improving though
on each successive run.

II OH COHCBKTRATIOH

Cells having different amounts of Li from 50 to 90
grams in 215? KOH still show increase in capacity for 700 runs,
where the amount of Li is low. At 80 grams the curve is aboiit
level and at 90 grams it shows a tendency to drop off after about
500 runs. The 90 gram cells, however, still have the greatest
capacity in spite of the opposite trend of the curves.

STAHDIHO EMPTY AND OPEN

A comparative test is being made with two cells
which repeatedly are allowed to stand, about three months at a
time, idle empty and with filler caps open. One stands charged
and the other discharged. The cell which stands discharged is
practically unharmed, but the other has dropped from 186 to 173
on overcharge after one such stand, this capacity being taken
on the 3rd and 4th run after the stand.

IRON

Here are some results from Fes put up by Horton in
small cellB: N

#82-83

R.A. Fe Exp. 1562 10# Hg 0

82- 7.480 Gm. ) Hew iron through 80 mesh.

83- 7.480 " ) Reduced at 900® p. Cooled in H

H replaced by H.

Results.

Hormal Temp. -2110
" " 2175

35° -470 to I.V.
35° -370 " "

#95

( R.A: Fe Exp. 1666 10# Hg 0

( Hew Iron through 100 mesh

8.150 gm. ( Reduced at 800° F. Cooled in H

( H replaced by h.

Hormal temp. -1886 35° -1440 to I.V.

Results.

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#107-108

- 1 R.A.'“fe Exp. 1550 10J5 Hg 0

107- 1-J- It. tamp- { 100 Mesh reduced ana cooled In H replaced by If

7.775 gm. ( Feeds with difficulty. Pockets crimped only,

108- 2-J- lh. tamp- ( not corrugated.

8.675 gm. (1Q7 Kormal Temp> 2900 35o _ 1735

Results ( 108 " " 8950 " 8340

#109-110

109- 3 lh.tarap ( Reg. S.B. Iron lot 1917

9.08 gm. ( .005” stock crimped, not corrugated

110- 2 lh. tamp (

8.98 gm. formal Temp. 2365 35° - 1075

111- 2 lh . -tamp ,
9.59 gm.

112- 3 lh. tamp
10.46 gm.

Results

#111-112

; l Regular iron #1917

( .003" stock crimped, not corrugated Crimped

l 'hntnnan flat surfaces, not regular cr-irminsr

111 normal Temp. 2600 35° - 1695

112 ” " 1550 " - 1090

2 lh. tamp
9.01 gm.

Results

#113

( louis Ott Fe Exp. 6 Elec.

( Ground fine in mortar and

Normal — 1325 35° - 730

Fe 8$ Hg 0

passed through 120 mesh

Attached is a copy of the circular Holland got up
tions have been made this morning.

Smith.

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r

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Free Instruction in Storage Battery Practice

There is a large demand for men competent to care for and to
operate storage batteries in automobiles and elsewhere. The Edison
Storage Battery Co. is constantly being applied to for such men at
salaries ranging from $J 5. 00 to $30.00 per week.

To meet this need Mr. Edison has authorized the formation of a
class under the direction of Mr. W. E. Holland, Chief Electrical
Engineer of the Company, to instruct men free of charge in battery and
vehicle practice; and when they have become proficient, to furnish them
with recommendations, place their names on file to be notified of positions
vacant, and otherwise to assist them in securing suitable employment.

The class will meet one evening a week, commencing about
April 15, 1912, and in addition to the lectures delivered at these
meetings, opportunities will be afforded for the members to witness the
manufacturing processes in the Storage Battery Works.

Application for admission to this class should be made at once by
men over 18 years of age who wish to take advantage of this unusual
opportunity, as the number will be necessarily limited.

There will be no financial obligations of any kind.

Applications must be ntade either in person or in writing,
( stating full name, address, age, whether married or single , previous
and present employment, and references ) to:

MR. HAROLD H. SMITH,

Chief of Battery Department,

Edison Laboratory, Orange, N. J.

EDISON STORAGE BATTERY CO.,

ORANQE, N. J.

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I JEST OH XiIGHTIHG SYSTEM IH E.S?LB._00. HOUSEJ-

March 27, 1912.

This 18 the thira test and was started at 6 A.M. to^
charge the 27 A~4E^ oncells^ ^J^r^and when charging current
battery voltage without cur A-i^rlz 9 The charging usea 3
was put on the voltage rose to 4A’*1/^wat^ aua 1-l/a cuPb of oil
gallons of gasoline. 5 gal. 3 qt. of water flliea only the

e

US'S tSe reading lor every half hour:-

... ~e when ah arsing current was stopp-

The voltage of 1)at*?ry ™e“ afopped to 27.

when discharge was started voltage uropp

Voltage on lamps - 27
Eegulat or8 resist anc e arm 5 points in.

ed 42 t
1:00 P. I

1:30 P. H.

Voltage on lamps ”29
Amperes used - -

Regulator resistance arm 1 point in.

Voltage on lampB
AmpereB used - -

Regulator resistance

arm onfirst point in.

were

2:30

The 6 ampere fuse for the S1** r"“ * ther6

lamps on this line, - fuse replaced immediately.

P‘ M‘' Voltage on lamps - 30~l/2
Amperes used - - 2»-i/c

Regulator arm on first point.

Remarks :-

. t aSeSotW!ast°“t°a few SSrtK^tffiffSS^f'tSS chlrge
andP d is charge seLsTo hfdoing away with this.

3:00 P. M.

was 32.
3:30 P

Voltage on lamps - 30
Amperes used - -

Resistance all out.

M. „„

Voltage on lamps - 30
Amperes used - - 29

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test OH LIGHT IHG SYSTEM IH E.S.B. CO. HOUSE.
Mar oh 27, 1912.

I out off discharging for 10 minutes and started

generator for demonstration of the lighting plant.

4.00 P. Voltage on lamps - 29

Amperes uBed - - 23.B

4. HO P. M. Voltage on lamps - 28

AmpereB used - - 23

5.00 P. M. Voltage on lamps - 26.5

Amperes used - - 27

5:30 P. M. „ -—c c

Voltage on lampB -

AmpereB used - - 26

6.00 P. Voltage on lampB - 23

Amperes used - - 25

After this, discharge of 5 hours the lampB were Uurn-

compared Sltf l2-l/Hhfor^sterday°Hnayi4CforBthe dayWore.

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March 29th, 1912.

bbpobt to r.mr.QM.

The orrrnfjoniertB for the clrns in storage battery
nrscticc hive been completer. I enclose herewith n circular
we hrvc he 6 printed for distribution around the work's,
among the nearby vehicle manufacturers ,lr the large garageB,
such rs the A dans "xpre3S Coopery, end in the v.m.c.a.’s
and High Schools of Ora.rge rr.d TVrsrk. V.o doubt thl 3
notice will hiring a large number of renliea. _ Then we can
croDS esr.mi.ne the applicants, leave out the undesirable end
enroll only the most promising me tori rl, for the class aunt
necessarily he limited in nunher. Te have planned to hrvc
the class start April 1st, hut the notices were held up
for e long time by the printer, and the lent err. elides we
shi-n use ore not yet ready, so decided to postpone the
opening of the class until April 15th. Smith rr.d I have
laid out the course carefully, and it is our plan to hive
examinations at the end. V'e shall enroll only people who
will agree to start In with the first lecture and attend'
the whole seri as.

Do you not think it would he well 1.o send one of
our data hooks of Curves, etc. to each of ihe Teohnicrl
Collowec for their reference libraries. Smith nr.fi 1 hive
crone- over all the Curves and revised them to include the
A-10 end A-12 tyws, end to bring them right up-to-date
in every respect. wc have also tried to plot them so
that they arc sol f-OTcpi a r.r to ry , and clear. They seer: to
moot with groat frvor by all who receive them. 1 have_
a card ir.dox of the names of engineers who receive the data
books, end we ah.ew shall send rev; Curves arfl data from time
to timo to i?dd to the books or to supersede the old Curves.

ourt of
of the

In regard to ileo. Shrct, the conditions there arc
Improvin' wonderfully under the direction of our irsoeetor,

Mr. B1nnrny>who is stationed there still. Mr. IcCompte
resigned his position as garage Superintendent 1
weeks ago. ”0 doubt bte wr-6 forced to 00 thin 01
the' conditions discloshf at f-e 7b ret Carace. The r-
Superintendert, Mr. Madlpcks has no interest out sloe
Oarage, end seems to be very fair and favorable towaj
Batteries. We have made a number of road testa 01
five ton trucks on their regular routes, and find 1 ......

takes considerably over 100 amperes average cur re n... rro t . x
t'hcy cannot do more than 25 or 30 miles without a- boost at
noon: of course on a straight away tost run they would ao
far more than this, but with the heavy loads, baa roads and
long stops in the regular route the mileage is cut down to the
figures mentioned.

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I L ' .<%

Mar. 29th, 1912.

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I have improved our Inspection -Report Forma still
further by increasing tho si kg, ar.d fividing it ” forms
regular report and n special report. Copies rt toeaetoma
are sent yon horev/ith. Tho regular report t

for regular inspection, ar.d will he made out in duplicate,
a copy bring given to the Garage Superintendent or Or. nor,

UP duplicate of this report will he mao?, but the ongtnr 1
copy will he sent to us.

Tr, r era rfi to the signing of reports, heretofore,

, _ - „*L ,'nmr-h.t difficult to ret the oifTfture of the
Owner or Garage Super inter, dent for" the reason that they though
it night he tnl-en as their aunro' - 1 of the report for this ,
nr thp r.cvf renort T fived it so they woulo sign in
receipt for the sony of the report, which T don't believe
anyone ear. object to.

Hoping the fishing is good, ar.d that ;
fine health, I remain

e in

Respectfully yours,

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

> V ' *4&

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Free Instruction in Storage Battery Practice

There is a large demand for men competent to care for and to
operate storage batteries in automobiles and elsewhere. The Edison
Storage Battery Co. is constantly being applied to for such men at
salaries ranging from $15.00 to $30.00 per week.

To meet this need Mr. Edison has authorized the formation of a
class under the direction of Mr. W. E. Holland, Chief Electrical
Engineer of the Company, to instruct men free of charge in battery and
vehicle practice; and when they have become proficient, to furnish them
with recommendations, place their names on file to be notified of positions
vacant, and otherwise to assist them in securing suitable employment.

The class will meet one evening a week, commencing about
April 15, 1912, and in addition to the lectures delivered at these
meetings, opportunities will be afforded for the members to witness the
manufacturing processes in the Storage Battery Works.

Application for admission to this class should be made at once by
men over 18 years of age who wish to take advantage of this unusual
opportunity, as the number will be necessarily limited.

There will be no financial obligations of anyTSSRft9*^’

Applications must be \made^gj£fee? - in person ^orjn- writing,
C stating full name, address, whettw married or single , previous

and present employment, and references) to:

MR. HAROLD H. SMiTH,

Chief of Battery Department,

Edison Laboratory, Orange, N. J.

EDISON STORAGE BATTERY CO.,

ORANGE, N. J.

[ATTACH M ENT/ENCLOSURE]

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

SPECIAL REPORT

EDISON. ^JTORAGE BATTERY COMPANY, SERVICE DEP'T.

(Form to be used for information of a confidential nature and to supplement regular Battery Inspection Reports.)

SUBJECT

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April 1, 1913.

Dear Mr. Edison: -

Enclosed you will find the following re¬

ports:

Burdiok, as to Cement Cabinets,

Dinwiddie, as to Educational Films,

Warner, as to Crystallization Films,

Billy Bee, as to Battery Sales,

Dally, as to Iron - (Samples sent separately)
Smith, as to battery tests.

Warner, came in this morning to bring his report,
and incidentally related some of his difficulties in getting
\a picture of the frost on the window pane. He has found
it anything but easy, it oannot be done by simply moisten¬
ing the window pane, as that just shows a glassy surface
when ftfozen. He has figured it out that in nature the air in
' a room is warmest at the top and under freezing conditions
descends by the window, the vapor growing denser as it gets
lower. His theory is that at the second the vapor gets
sufficiently dense the frost seizes it in minute particles
and deposits them in crystalline form on the window pane.

He is going to try and duplicate natural conditions and see
if he can get his picture in that way. I can well imagine
that it will be a wonderfully fascinating picture when it
is made.

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Ur. Edison.

Aiken reports that the freezing test of the disc
with paper came out all right. They were subjectn>to a tem¬
perature of 40£>'below zero and then kept at 130° above in an
oven for four days, and came out first rate. He also says
that the German silver transfers are working fine, and indeed
are so satisfactory that he has ordered 100 more plates.

As to the equipment, Aiken says the work is making
good progress, and altho' some of the parts are slow in com¬
ing in there is no alarming delay.

yyurth reports that his regular work i3 turning out
fairly satisfactory. He is systemmatizing things so as to
be ready for the gold plating process when the apparatus for
that is ready.

Blue Amber ol Records; I saw Mr. Philpott who says
that the mains for steam are just about finished. The other
parts and accessories are coming in slowly, and he ha3 been
much hampered by the steam fitting manufacturers sending
parts that were not in accordance with orders. They have
to be returned and the waiting for the proper parts occasions
delay. However, Mr. Philpott is on the job every minute
and is doing all he can to push the equipment forward.

Small Disc Cabinet; Harper has made a second cast¬
ing from Keene's cement, and it is a little better than the
other. He has inserted threaded tubes for the top screwB

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Mr. Edison.

and also for feet.' The surface of this casting is better than
that of the first one. He is going to save the second one
just as it is for you to see on your return. The first one
he will try to finish up, so as to be ready for you then.

He was finishing up a mould for the front, and will then make
a mould for the top. The die for the bottom of the metal
cabinet will be sent to the foundry today, and work is pro¬
gressing on the motor. Take it altogether, I think the cab¬
inet is coming on without any loss of time.

Mr. Bliss has received your memorandum of the 35th
March about splitting up the cells on Ford automobile for
lighting and ignition, and will arrange to have it tried out
as soon as possible.

Moore reports that the German silver plates are
turning out very satisfactorily. A1 Wurth made five transfers
last Saturday and they were all fine, having a good polished
surface. There is no doubt fhat they are going to be all
right for his and Aiken's work. Wurth has also had very good
results with transfers from nickel-plated brass plates;
almost as good as the German silver, but there is one thing
to be said in favor of the latter and that is, it can never
flake off as nickel-plating might.

Moore is going ahead with his experiments on the
new reproducer for cylinder records, trying hard to beat
his previous results.

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Mr. Edison.

I enclose newspaper clipping about the powder mill
explosion at pompton this morning. It shook all our buildings
here violently and soared all our people. Everybody rushed
out in affright, fearing it was an explosion of our boilers
or in the ohemical room. The strange thing about it is that
the explosion was felt to the southward but not much north¬
ward.

Hoping you are well and enjoying your holiday, I

remain

Yours very truly,

Wm. H. Meadoworoft.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

H’SPtB? OF PROGRSHS FOR y.'SF,K KI1DIK&
SATURDAY. MARCH 30th, 1912

CAR FRANKS

Frame c no built has not proved entirely satisfactory
up to the pros oh t time, duo to excessive weight of moulds . I
an getting out a design to rack the moulds ono shove tho other
and use a hand hoist for loading and unloading.

She cradle as mentioned in report of March P,3rd
haa not heen tried out yet, hut I expect to try it the early
pnrt of next week* However, I think tho moulds are too heavy
for this to prove a success.

STOIintG OHS ■ TABtB

I am getting out a design for a table whereby the
workmen will not turn the heavy mould over by hand , but it will
bo turned over on a pivoted shaft, and oast removed, then the
mould turned hack and oiled.

For moving from car to table a hand hoist can

be used.

C0U0RST3 MIXER

The mixer, ns mentioned in report of March P3rd,
has been received and set up. I have taken two oasts, using
the old mixture, and it seems to work satisfactorily for mixing.

FUiRViVTCR

I received word from the Storm Ilf g . Co. that they
expected to erect their elevator about Wednesday, April 3rd.

I poured an experimental cast to-day to try the
now screw anchors, and found that they -would be satisfactory.

1 think nemo of the hardware used cn the cabinet
can be oast in place, thus saving work on assembling. I v/ill
have this tried with the no w moulds.

I have turned the blue prints of the inside frame
and drawer over to Mir. Bliss for building arj experimental model.

H. BURDICtC

CEMI3HT CABIHET PEPARTKEHT,

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EDUCAPIOHAL SERIES IJOVXITG PICPURBS
REPORT V7. W, DIIIWIDDIE

Mr. Edison

We have positive films of lift pump, force pump,
double action force pump and steam engine. Phe lift pump is not
satisfactory, however, and will have to he done again.

At night I have arranged the list of subjects for
films in alphabetical order in a oard catalog and have made a
number o^ cross references and some additions, including a list
suggested by Ur. Ueadoworoft. Phe list is now in convenient
shape to be expanded and added to as we run across new subjects
or matter bearing on those already listed.

All of the network of old electric v/ires has been
removed front Room 17. Phe ceiling has beon painted white and
rewired for three large Tungsten lamps. Connections have also
been provided for the arc lights to illuminate models for
photographing.

Phe arc lights ordered for this work arrived Satur¬
day and will he installed ns soon as possible.

Monday April 1st, 1912

Very respectfully,

W. W. Dinwiddie.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

April 1st, 1912

MOTION EI0TUH33 FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ORYSTALUZATI on

Mr. Edison:-

During the past weak I have obtained two pictures
showing orystnllizati on started by ar opping a crystal into a
supersaturated solution. I have also been experimenting to
crystallize water, hut have not yet obtained a satisfactory
result to photograph.

It has been necessary for mo to give more time
than I had expected to the assembling of my 1000 foot film, ns
there is no one at the Film Plant who has handled anything like
it before. Therefore I have had to superintend most of the
work personally. This film has been delayed by an error of
the printer in making the titles, bait it is rapidly nearing
completion.

Very respectfully,

S. G. Warner.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

April 1st , 1912

Mr. saison:-

Ho. rj - Regular Iron Oxide reduced with hydrogen at 1000 F.

finishea the last two hours with nitrogen made from colce.

Ho. 8 - Same as Ho. 7. except mixed with 65? mercury oxide.

Ho. 9 — Duplicate of #7, except reduced at 900 F.

Ho. 3.0 — Same as Ho. 9, except mixed with Gv? mercury oxide
Ho. 3.1 — Duplicate of Ho. 7, except reduced at BRO.

Ho. 18- Same as Ho. 11, except mixed with 6# mercury oxide

Ho. 13 — Reg. iron oxide reduced with hydrogen at 1180 F.
finished the last two hours in 0 02 made from lime rock and sul¬
phur i° a°ia-

Ho. 14 - Same as #18, except mixed with mercury

I intend to duplicate Ho. 7,8, 9, 10, 11 and Ho. 12,
eXcept finishing with C 02 instead o^ nitorgen, which from ap¬
pearance looks just as good.

Dally.

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April 1st. 1912

Memo to 33r. F.diBon:-

Dast week I took four positive plates, soaked them
40 hours in cohalt Biilphate, then 48 hours in 21# KOH tma then
in Alkalintwater until practically free of sulphates. This v/as
like your experiment , I believe, v/ith the exception that you
used cobalt chloride.

The first rim on the new cell (charged 50 hours
at 20 amperes) gave £13 to l.v. and 231.5 to .5 V. The other
on its first rim gave 105 to l.v. and 204 to .6 V. The latter
on its 10th run rnn v/ith the now cell (on its first run) and
gave only 175 to l.V. but 221 to .5 V., shoeing a gain in
capacity, but a loss in voltage.

Daily's iron experiments have been started. The
first ones give the following results at normal temperature:

YOUK 30. _ l.v.

5007 1690

5008 1620

5009 1320

5010 1160

5011 1600

5012 1470

5013 1290

5014 1340

Loading vieighx p u-rans
Cells will nor be run cold as

.5 7.

2335

1960

1090

2250

2090

1050

1925

per your note.

Applications for admission to .Storage Battery Class
already number over 75.

hhs/bs

Dear Hr. Edison:

Enclosed you will find the following

reports:

Hr. Maxwell, as to Home Machines,

Billy Bee, as to Battery sales,

Dr. Goldstein, as to Nickel hydrates,

L. Ott, on same and Cement Cabinet,

Charlie Poyer, as to Lansden Test.

Wagoner: I received your night telegragi and showed

it to Billy Bee, who suggested I telephone to Wagoner.

He was not in but I talked it over with Stevenson, his
secretary, who understands the matter quite well. He said
he did not see how we could keep track of the various bat¬
teries to estimate the possible increasedlife, but I told
him we would have to find a way to do it. When your letter
comes to hand I will take up the matter further with Wag¬
oner himself. It certainly Beems to be no more than right
•that if you so improve the battery that their yearly cost
' is smaller than they are now willing to incur you should
benefit largely.

Storage Battery: Business has surely been fine
this month, and from the batch of letters T enclose,
including reports of Ross and Thompson, prospects are loom¬
ing up quite promising. It certainly looks as if you were

Mr. Edison.

coming into your own, and, for one, I heartily rejoice.

Aiken, has nothing special to report today in re¬
gard to experiments, hut sayB that the equipment work for
making diBC records is proceeding in a satisfactory man-

A1 Wurth also has nothing of special importance to
report today. He is making fair progress with regular
work, and is waiting anxiously for the gold plating appar¬
atus which is promised within the next few days.

Blue Amber ol Records: Mr. Phiipott is making all

the progressive possibly can on equipment, but as I told
you in my last letter the intermediate parts are slow of
delivery. He has some of the parts for each end of his
steam connections but cannot put them together because
the intermediate parts have not yet come. He is pushing
for delivery. In the meantime he is making good progress
in the selection of molds. He has also gotten ready the
forming, and steaming and printing appliances for the
large Higham cylinders.

Dinwiddie is hard at work in his department. In ad¬
dition to a lot of preliminary work he is doing on other
subjects for films, he is working out a film on cams.

In this, after showing the primary idea and working of a
cam, he will show, as a climax, two cams writing out your

Mr. Edison.

name and drawing a profile picture. The card enclosed
was written through the action of two cams he has made.

This part of the film will probably be ready when you
come home. You have certainly drawn a prize in getting
Dinwiddie, I think; just the man for this purpose, as
he lays out the work, it shows that he is capable of
broad conceptions and is analytical to a high degree
besides having good educational ideas. You got him in
good time. He showed me a letter that had been written
to him at Cambridge and was forwarded. It contained an
offer from a large manufacturer of lenses in England,
but he has decided to turn it down.

Pier man told me this morning that by means of a
peculiar combination of a persistant vibrator and a horn
he has had great success in reproducing every note on the
piano without the resonant effect of the horn. He thinks
he is now right on top of the result you have been so long
aiming for, and hopes to have it worked out more fully by
the time you return.

Small Disc Cabinet; Hamper is at work trying to
finish up one of the Cement Cabinets to show you when
you come back. The pattern for the bottom of the metal
cabinet went to the foundry yesterday, and the casting
is expected by Saturday of this week.

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Mr. Edison.

Mr. Wilson just told me that everything relating
to the disc machine is coming through all right. Nothing
of a special nature to report.

Anderson reports that the matters in his charge are
going all right and fchere are no extraordinary delays to
interfere with progress.

Your return. Will you please advise me about the
date of your return so that I may know when to send my
last letter? I expect to write again on Friday of this
week. In the natural course of events I would write again
next Monday. The letter of that date would not reach you
before Wednesday, the 10th. If you expect to leave that
day the Jetter would not reach you. Hence, I shall be
glad to be advised in order that I may act accordingly.

Yours very truly,

Wm. H. Meadowcroft.

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April 2, 1912.

i'r. Edison:

In ro Homo notion Picturo Machine.

110 machines ore now on the shelf, but the uoru

canes for tin: first lot of machines by April 13th.

The sample 220 volt transformers and rheostats have
not yet boon received bat arc momentarily expected. Mr. Farrell's
department will keep after this.

Mr. Gall has completer the Instruction Sheets on the
Hemet end Arc Light Equipment. '."’acre is not so much rush on the
Acetylene Instruction ...hoot, and there o.ro certain additional
data which he wants before writing those instruction:-. These
will he at hand and the Acetylene instructions will bo written
on Hr. Gall’s return, from Chicago.

All of the printed matter seems to ho coming through
in good shape.

It is expected that one or more jobbing connections
will bo established in Hew York City this week. She prospective
jobbers have boon holding off for various reasons, but it scene
1 likely that at least one of the negotiations will culminate in

a contract in the near futuro. Other contract:: elsewhere are
j pending* The phonograph jobbers, in many instances , seem to

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feel tl&® tho margin of profit to them is not sufficient , but
from present indioutions-wo are not going to have any difficulty
in finding a sufficient number of good jobbors.

fh'c lonsos are coming along nil right, also tne
liornat lamps. Ehc latter are showing quite satisfactory results
under the test.

I leave for Chicago this afternoon to meet and
spend a few days with our demonstrator in that territory.

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April 3rd, 1912.

Mr. Thoms A. Edison:-

Dear Sir:- The nickel hydrates which I reported
to you last time were all dried in pie plates, therefore I have
made duplicates of these as follows, using in all cases the
same amount, and specific gravity of both the 111 S04 and Ha OH
solutions.

Six samples made hy pouring into a copper beaker
690 g Hi S04 into 520 g Ha OH while constantly stirring with
an egg heater, let stand two hours, then stirred again and sqxieez-
ing out of the hag, into which the sample was put, the following
percentages of sulphate liquor: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60/5.

These were all done cold. All placed in the monel metal pans
and then dried.

Six samples the same as above, except that the
Hi S04 was heated to 80 -85° 0 and poured into the Ha OH also
heated to 80-85° C under constant stirring , then allowed to he
heated and stirred for 10 minutes to insure an even mixture,
put into hags and squeezed out the 10-20 etc. to 60$ of sulphate
liquor as before, put into monel metal pans and dried.

J. Goldstein

PHOII 0 C A3 BIST

Another mould was poured; the Keene's cement was
mixed very thin in order to see if the results would he any
better. It came out with many large air holes, even though
we kept pumping while it was being poured. So we tried another
one mixed very thick, even thicker than the first one which came
out so good; this one came out fine, even better than the first,
and we shall leave it as it came out o:"’ the mould so you may
see it as it is.

The first mould we shall clean off a little from
finger marks when the holes etc. for the motor frame and horn
bracket are drilled in. After it is cleaned I shall paint it
with a solution of alum, as I find that this hardens the surface
cTiite a little.

Yours respectfully,
ludwig Ott.

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April Sr a, 1912

IiAHSDKH I38T

lOro limed an Teat started yesterday and is run
under the name conditions as hofore. Having a load of 2,600 11)8.
of iron and rvm. '.over the sane course.

Total milos - — 1346.9
Day's milosse — 60.2 Eiileii

Condition of Taruolt

T*ia truolc ia in the Eane condition as whon it
loft Hero, Palou-ufiry 26thiy 1912.

Condition of Conrne

«y»*in hoivvy rs inn have mode tho ntrootn vory Buddy
nnd ospooielly Cherry f.t.

Edison Storage Battery Co.

ClCdi&an-

Orange, N.J.,U.S.A. April 3rd, 1912.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Fort Myers, Fla.

Dear Mr. Edison: -

Please find enclosed copy of reports from Mr. Ross
and Mr. Thompson.

Hote what Mr. Ross says in regard to Mr. Hewcomb
of Horfollc, Va. He has recently lean sending us
a large amount of business and it looks as if in
a small city providing one has capital that this
is the way to do it.

I am sending you copies of letters that Mr. Thompson
received from the Illinois Central Railroad. While
we haven't the official order for the 2500 cells,
the letter from the Vice President Mr. Thompson
claims is as good as an order. Thompson's report
shows prospeots of a very large business with the
Railroad people.

Yours very truly,
(Signed) W. S. Bee.

Manager of Sales.

WSB.GPW.

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April 2nd, 1912.

ME. BEE:

On March 14th I called on Mr. A. D. Newcomb,
President of the Southern Electric light & Power Supply¬
ing Corporation of Norfolk, Va. , and made quite a
thorough investigation of their automobile lighting
proposition.

In the oity of Norfolk (total population

Their system of operation is as follows:
Customer pays §25.00 for having hiB oar wired and
eleotric fixtures installed and agrees to pay them
SI, 50 per month for the rental of the battery, together
with §.50 for each exchange, the Southern Co. retain the
ownership of the battery. Our regular steel boxes are
mounted on the running board and Southern Co. keeps
the key so that customers must come back to them for
recharging and cannot tamper with the battery.

Operating on this system necessarily ties
up a large amount of capital, they fully realize this,
and are willing to invest a half a million dollars if
necessary. They are realizing 50JS a year on the money
thus invested aside from revenue derived from charging and
sale of lamps and accessories. The stock holders are
very enthusiastic and refuse to sell their stock at
prices far in advance of cost to them.

The Company seems to be managed in a very
business-like manner, and as a result of my investigation
I am thoroughly convinced that there are tremendous
possibilities along this line. They are preparing to
open up new territory as rapidly as possible, the
volume of business we may expect to derive from this
source Boeras to be almost unlimited.

Their standard equipment consists of five
cell B-4 battery. Grey & Davis lamps, Cutler Hammer,

Group pull switch and special low consumption Shelby
tungsten lights, consumption 7/8 watts per c.p. So far
they have had no trouble whatsoever, lights seem to stand
up splendidly. Nine and twelve watt lights are used for
head lights according to customer's specifications.

Respectfully,

(Signed) E. J. Ross, Jr.

ABst. Manager of SaleB.

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April 2nd, 1912,

Mr. W. G. Bee:-

I attach herewith three letters from Mr. C. F. Parker,

Vice President of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company. These letters are supposed to constitute
an order, or in other words, authorize us to proceed
with the manufacture of 98 setB type A-8H of 25 oells eaoh.

The letter addressed to me personally from Mr. Parker
was in reply to one from me to him explaining that
it was necessary for us to have immediate authority
for us to proceed with this work, otherwise we could
not guarantee to fill their orfierB in time. I did
this to force their hand and try to find out whether or
not we were to he favored with their business. The
results are explained by these letters.

The Convention of the American Railway Appliance
Association, whero we had in ray mind the best exhibit that
I have seen, was the most successful convention that I
have ever attended. A great deal of enthusiasm was shown
for the Edison Battery and in fact our booth in conjunction
with that of the primary battery was made headquarters
for the railway men attending the convention.

A number of Signal Engineers who have been testing out
our batteries of various sizes claim some remarkable
results for them, and have assured me that they will
in the near future place with us orders for a considerable
amount .

As an instance of a remarkable installation would cite
the case of the Michigan Central Railroad who have eight of
our A-4 operating one semaphore signal. The train service
on this particular branch is Buch that the signal has
about thirty movements per day and Mr. Moore, the Supervisor
of the Michigan Central who has oharge of this particular
installation, assured me that the battery had been in service
for three hundred days without oharge, thus proving to him
one of our claims, viz, that the Edison Battery loses little
or nothing on standing idle as oompared with the lead battery
which lost and would lose over this same period of time at
least 30/5.

The Chicago Great Western Railway, with whom we have an
annual contract assured me that they would within the oourse
of a short time order some 22 odd sets, and before the year
was out their business would at least amount to 75 or 80
sets.

Prom the general tone manifested in my conversation with
various railroad managers and signal engineers we should
expect within the next year a great volume of business and
I am highly elated with the prospects.

H. G. THOMPSOH.

HGT:GPW.

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April 2nd, 1912.

Mr. W. G. Bee:-

The following are live prospeotB which it would
seem to me we should get within the next oouple of
months :

Haw York Central Signal 600 A- 8 and about ZOO A-4

Lake Shore Signal 160 A-4

Illinois Central (Car Lighting) 460 A-12

Hew York Central (Signal Dept. ) 200 A-12

Chioago Groat Western 300 A-8

Besides this there is considerable more business which
I sun unable to tell much about definitely although X
feel sure that we will get without any trouble.

HGT/GPW.

H. G. THOMPSOH.

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COPY

Illinois CEHTRA1 R. R. COMPAHY,

Chioago, Ill., March 25, 1912,
IC LSD

Edison Storage Battery Co. ,

122 S. Michigan Ave. ,

Chioago, Ill.

Sentlemen:-

You will receive within a few days an order through
our Purchasing Agent for Batteries to he used in
oonneotion with all electric lighted oars in our new
passenger equipment.

It is very essential that this material he forwarded
to oar builders ' works at the earliest possible date
so that they will not he delayed in any way in con¬
structing the oars awaiting receipt of your specialties,
and I will appreciate it if you will confer with our Elec-
trioal Engineers relative to having your prints or specifica¬
tions approved prior to receipt of our order.

The contracts for all oars have not as yet been placed.

Am unable, therefore, to give you shipping directions at
this time. Those shipping instructions will accompany
our order.

In this oonneotion it is very essential that we have
your advice as to when this material can be shipped, and
I will bepleased to have an acknowledgment from you
advising just what we may expect.

Yours truly,

(Signed) C. F. Parker,

Vice President.

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IllIHOIS CENTBAL E. E. COMPANY,

Chicago, On Illinois Division
March 27, 1912

IC CFP

Mr. H. G, Thompson,

Eepresentative , Edison Storage Battery Co.,

Peoples Gas Biag. , Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:-

I have your two letters of the 25th. At the present
I have no papers with me and am, therefore, unable to
determine the relative prices as to replacements of
materials. However, I am willing to take a chance on
this, knowing that you will do the right thing and now
beg to advise that we will use the Edison Battery on 98
passenger train oars that we are to have built.

I am unable to give you definite specifications but you
are no doubt familiar with these and I merely write this,
inasmuch as you want an answer by Friday, and I will
arrange the details upon my return to Chicago Thursday.

Your b truly,

(Signed) C. F. Parker.

Vice President/

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ILLINOIS CENTBAL E.

Chicago,

E. COMPANY,

Ill., Mar. 27th,
IC ACM

1912.

Edison Storage Battery Co.,

122 S. Miohigan Ave.,

Chioago.

Gentlemen: -

Beferring to my recent letter advising that we had
instructed the Purchasing Agent of the Central of
Georgia Ey. Co. to plaoe order with you for two
sets of Edison Batteries,

This order, together with order for the new
equipment on the Illinois Central would entitle the
Central of Georgia to your price of §585,00 per set.

Wish you would kindly acknowledge this letter and
oonfirm my understanding. This is the price we gave
the Purchasing Agent of the Central of Georgia Ey. Co.

Yours truly,

(Signed) C. F. Parker,

Vice President.

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April 5, 1913.

Dear Mr. Edison: -

Enclosed you will find the following reports:

Charlie Foyer, as to Lansden Teat,

" " as to House plant,

Billy Bee, as to Battery sales.

Talking Pictures: I went over to the tent yesterday and
today to see what progress is being made by Higham, and have found
him feeling much more encouraged by results he has lately attain¬
ed in recording. I heard several records and could distinguish
everything that was said in a four minute speech, with the ex¬
ception of about five words. The quality of reproduction seemed
to me much better than that of some former records 1 have heard.

In these later records and reproductions there waB none of the
horny, muffled effect which was noticeable in the earlier ones,
in other words, the later results are sharper and more distinct.
Higham and Waddell are feeling more chipper since they have
made this improvement. They felt quite blue and downhearted for
a while as it did not seem that they were making any progress,
but are now more hopeful.

Insulating Battery Cans: I saw Mr, Aylsworth last night.

He says that he coated the outside of a can and let it stand
in caustic potash and could not get any current through it at
110 volts. He first tried to apply the.materiaIAbut ^t was too

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Mr. Edison.

thin and would melt off when he tried to bake it, so he had
some sheets calendered to 1/16 of an inch thick and applied
them and baked them on the bottom and about two inches up on the
outside. He is now going to try it on the inside of the can,
and will form up sheet material in shape like the . can, place
it inside; and inside that a hot water bottle to make the materi¬
al plastic and fit to the interior of the can, after which it
will be baked. In practice, he thinks he will use an air bag,

instead of hot water bottle, to press the material to the sides

of the can and then by heating the can will cause the material
to adhere. He will probably have all this ready when you return.

He says that the oost of the bare material alone, without any

labor, is about 16 cents a pound.

A1 Wurth; He says that the factory has lived up to promise
and has the apparatus for gold plating all ready, but it cannot
be tried yet, as the glass people have fallen down on their
promise. The glass jar is not yet ready but is to be delivered
next Tuesday. It has taken more time than was anticipated to
make the mould. Wurth says the German silver transfers work
out fine, and the remainder of his work is progressing fairly
well.

Aiken says he has nothing special to report except that
the equipment is going more slowly than he ’would wish on account
of the slow delivery of supplies and parts.

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Mr. Edison.

Philnott: Thi3 is also the burden of Mr. Philpott's
song. He is aggravated by the non-delivery of important parts
and also by the delivery of parts not ordered and the attempt
of the supply houses to induce him to use these improper parts.
Philpott says he has designed his plant so that there will not
be a large monthly expense account for repairs, and to this end
he has carefully figured out every detail and knows just what
parts will be most suitable and permanent. While he chafes a
great deal under the delay caused by the hardware and steam¬
fitting supply houses, he thinks it will pay in the long run
to have the plant right in the first place, so he is patiently
weeding out the material and keeping only that which is correct.
In the meantime, he is going on with the printing of records
for selection of moulds so as to be ready for a quick start when
the plant is finished.

Powers is trying hard to have a few feet of colored film
ready to show you on your return. He is not quite sure and does
not want to make any promises, but is trying his best.

Small Disc Cabinet: Harper is making good progress on
this and on all the parts and hopes to have one to show you when
you come back, or very quickly afterward. He expects to get the
castings for dies for bottom of metallic cabinet this afternoon.

Wagoner : I received your memorandum yesterday and showed

it to Billy Bee. After talking the matter over with him, he

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Mr. Edis

said it would be a good thing to send a copy of it to Mr.
Wagoner, and I did so but left blank the name of the R.R. Co.
you mentioned. X thought it would not be well to let the name
be known. Mr. Wagoner will 3ee from your memo, just what "ou
think, and then can go on with any urgent cases he may have
on hand unless he utterly disagrees with your views.

Home Machine: Mr. Farrell has just informed me that he
closed with one New York jobber yesterday, J. H. Holberg,
for 200 machines and the regular quantity of film, - $10,000.

Moore reports that all the German silver transfers are
still fine. He is hard at work on the new reproducer for cyl¬
inder records. He has taken those apart that he has already
made, and is analysing them minutely to see if he can make
improvements so as to beat what he has done.

Mr. Bliss says the Ford dynamo will be ready tomorrow.

In the meantime, the Ford car with equipment is being run daily
and works out all right. As soon as he eets some low volt
lamps, Mr. Bliss will try out your scheme of splitting up the
batteries.

Yours very truly,

Wm. H. Meadowcroft.

(P. ?TU>crrc- rme. 'ca Jizftcytj 'mtrre-

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April 4th, 1912

LAHBBBH TOST

Total Miles — 1497.2
Bay’s Milos — 90.1

Condition of Chassis — Truck running O.K.

Conaition of Course —

Cherry St. too dangerous for the night driver to
go through.

Trips around bourse -- 6 trips

Renarks — O.K.

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April 5th, 1912

LAHSDRlf TEST

Total HileB — 1575.1 Hiles

Bay's Miles — 77.9 Hiles

Condition of OhnsBis — 0. K.

Condition of CourBe — Cherry St. now passable

Remarks — The leads on the ampere hour meter broke loose
last night due to pounding on cobblestones.

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I ' April Bthip 1912

PBSIT OH PRO? Ill V?IKIHO III K.S.B.CO. HOUSE

I took a plug and screwed it into a socket in
tho various rooms ana ran a lamp cora to a double throw
switoh in the basement.

On one side of the double throw switch 1 had
wireB to ray battery, and on the other the wires to the lamp
socket, and in this wny I could very quickly get my readings
of the battery ana of tho lamp.

The readings on the battery wore taken across the line
and after the regulator, so ns not to get tho drop of ny regulator.

In tho sitting room on the aooond floor, which is
the last room on the line from the battery, I could not ice a
drop of l/5 of a volt, ona in tho other rooms Whioh are not so
near tho end of tho line, there was no noticeable drop on the
meter, whioh was 100 scale volt motor.

q .a .

A

April 6th, 1912

Dear IJr. Eflison:-

Herewith X sen?, you reports as follows:

Burdick, as to Cement Cabinet s
Charlie Poyer, as to Dansden Tests
Billy Bee, as to Battery Sales

Ily usual week end condensation of Storage Battery and
Cement Reports.

Allow ne to offer my congratulations on Billy Bee's
report, which is a "bumper " one - Just to think of it, one day's
orders amounting to $162,000 i I hope I may see the day when
this will appear quit'- ordinary.

3AI1I5Y

I enclose a letter from 3illy 3ee about 3ailey's
account. You will also receive a memorandum from Harry Killer
on this matter.

Unless X hear fr an you to the contrary, I will not
write you next Monday, as X do not know what day you expect to
1 eave .

Wishing you a safe journey home, I remain

Yours very truly,

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on? of fh ogre sc for v/f.kk

RUDIHG SATURDAY, APR II. 6th, 1912
cWMaTTm r. \BItT"? DEPARTMENT

BCPIPHEHT

CAB FRAMES

I have given the shelf scheme a fair trial during the
mat week ana ao not belief they will ho satisfactory. These
shelves are all right for the snail raouias, hut the largo mouldB
are too heavier Iwo non to handle. This i^^omactualex-
•nerience. There arc four heavy raouiasto one cabinet, or at
a production of 16 cabinets per day, a totalofSO
for handling. This is fron handling tho old set of moulds,
the new sot being heavier.

I believe by building the frame in four separate
shelves and lifting each shelf with its mould by means of a
hand travelling hoist, this trouble could he overcome.

mho oar in itself "is alrieht, one man being able
to push the oar loaded to its fullest capacity.

TURIUHG OUT TABUS

This table was tried out Thursday, and I believe
with a few modifications and in connection with said hoist,
this will work satisfactorily.

C PITCH HCCKR

For miring material the above seems to work all
right. For manufacturing on a large scale I would euggecta
continuous mixer, because of its automatic feed, insui tag a con
stnnt mixture.

slkvatob

The "Storms” elevator wai? received Friday, April
5th, and their men are at work installing the name.

As per orders of Hr. Edison, with
mixture, I have notified the carpenters and tinsmiths to go
ahead with the seasoning shelves and Bteam ovenB.

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(8)

As per above orders, we had a cabinet crated and
surrounded on all sides with eight inches of excelsior. This
was inspected by Hr. Wober and found to bo correot.

Hr. Weber suggested that we throw the case around
a bit here. This was dona and the case opened up and cabinet
removed. We found the front door oraoked, one leg cracked,
the back door stop broken off, the cover hinge loosened up,
and the oovor cracked on two opposite oorners.

This handling was not as rough as it would receive
unloading from a oar, as the case was not lifted from the floor,
but was rolled over so as to try all four aides ana the two ends,

H. Burdick

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

April 6thij 1912

IAH3DFH TEST

Total Miles — 1669.5

Pay' 8 Miles — 94.4

Cdndltion of ChasdiB — 0. K.

Condition of Course — Rough
Trips around course ~ 6 trips

Remarks : ~ Ampere hour meter completely broken, and a now

will have to he replnared

C? a/l~

^ ft

April 8, 1913.

Dear Mr. Edison:

On inquiry at your bouse I learn that
you will not be home until the end of the week, so there
will be time to reach you with this letter.

Herewith you will find the following reports:
Dinwiddie, on Educational pictures
" on Cam machine

Warner, on Crystallization
Charlie Poyer, on Lansden test
Billy Bee, on Battery Sales
H. H. Smith, on Battery tests.

Aiken reports that about 50# of the castings for
his equipment work have been delivered and are in the ma¬
chine shops. The other 50# in promised for today, so it
is expected that there will be more progress made this
week. He says that the German silver transfers are still
coming fine, and that the cleaning with brown potash is all
right and does not discolor the plates.

A1 Wurth says he hopes to have a test of the gold
plating process by the week end if the glasB people keep
their promise and deliver the jar tomorrow. He says also
that the transfer and soldering processes are good, and he
thinks he is making some progress with sub-masters. There

many difficulties with the latter, but on the whole
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Mr. Edison.

he feelB that he is going forward.

Blue Amberol Records: Mr. Philpott feels more en¬
couraged this morning as to delivery of the parts he lacks.
They are promised during the early part of this week. The
small air compressor arrived a few days ago, and is set up
and connected. Mr. philpott started in to make a test hut
found one of the springs too weak, and will he ready to make
another test tomorrow. If it is made in time to send you
word as to results, I will do so. Mr. Philpott said he did
not want to report on the imperfect teat he made, but said
he felt hopeful.

Talking Pictures; I went over to the tent this morn¬
ing to see if there was anything of moment to report to you.
There was not. Higham is hard at work experimenting with
recording, and I think he has made some improvement. He will
have several things for you to see and hear on your return.

Small Disc Machine: The progress that is being made
on this seems to be quite satisfactory. Harper is keeping
various irons in the fire and appears to have them all well
under control. Unless something unforeseen happens, I think
you will he able to see one model complete on your return to
the Laboratory.

Moore has just been in to report that the transfers
(German Silver) for both Wurth's and Aiken's work- continue
to come out splendidly. There is a large number of addition¬
al plates for both coming through. Moore is still making
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Mr. Edii

progress on the new reproducer for cylinder records, and is
working nights to get as much done as possible this week.

Home Machine: Maxwell is in Chicago and Farrell in
Boston, so I have no report to send. I understand, however,
that prospects are good for closing with several other
jobbers very soon.

Walter Miller says he has made three or four disc
records of solos with choruses and two or three of orchestral
pieces, and is waiting your decision on them, as he does nit
want to go ahead and spend money until he finds out whether
or not he is on the right track.

Musician for you: I have advertised for a player
who can sing, and expect to have answers tomorrow. I will
weed them out (if any reply) and keep the best on the string
until you are ready to make a selection.

I saw Mr. Wilson this morning to ascertain whether
he had anything of importance to report. He said he had not,
but that things were coming along all right.

Unless something of importance comes up tomorrow, I
will not report again before your return, as there might be
some uncertainty about your receiving mail before leaving.

Very truly yours.

Win. H. Mead ower oft.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

I

April li'Ul.

!

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

t |*i vo.'i.vf t.: t:,.» itui« or.' -oo'.iii-K! ’••.i.ioi: writes (.
0r..rr ti.,: - pictures nor.t »o . r ^.-endeseroft*

A rac ino cor. if no r.ftdn »«ry cheaply on tain wiiieiHe
... rir.o •••irr'o-v dinplr.y Tor tee ptscnogri.eu lo:i.

v.ctc" *o run i* it niiculd not cool r.'.ovo than two «o31arn to
)•••)• -’'om. ?j,o two pmn cor id no -out on tan none ehnft- one °
Coo cv: V.VU3.C1 move toe paper nntl the other tUo pun or ponciJ
. ..r-cn.1 ,;o -.70 ii0.vo no" In not nuited to the purpose a*
t„ ~t,0~ t o operation of the ca:.r. in the oinftlest ponsinie f
„0i tn.) une of n no it to connect toe tiro erntn. A very

ln(/ of t«0. !>olt Kill cot tuo Often out of phase.

I >>avo a atrins- bolt for this that doeo not stretch evoh more
tnr.n : pir.i.o Tire. It in couponed of nevon ntrm.-in of hookblnders flax
thread twisted together exactly lil;o a wire rope. Thin if saturated wi
Peesrac er.d rosin, it aado thin after trying all t“f) ^wine and. finis lin

I could find.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

April 8th, 1918

MOTIOIJ PIQgUP.SS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
' "CRYSTALLIZATION"

Mr. Edison:-

jjuring the paBt week I have obtained three pictures,
namely: Washing-soda , Asobenzol and Santonin.

X have also designed and built an apparatus which
enables me to observe the growth of the crystals while the
picture is being taken. Shis apparatus .works very well and
should be applicable to motion picture cameras in general,
with some modifications.

Very r espeetfully,

S. 0. Warner.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

April 8th, 1918.

TiAHS3)B3 TO *

Total Miles — 1716.0

P.t-y'B Miles — 46.5

Condition of Chassis — 0. K.

Condition of course -- Rough
Trips around course — 3 trips

RennrkB: -- Only three trips worn nade Saturday, as the night
driver was Hi ok ana no runs were made at night.

e

Edison General File Series
1912. X-Rays [not selected] (E-12-88)

This folder contains routine requests and unsolicited correspondence
seeking advice or information from Edison about x-rays.

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