[LB016227], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., May 3rd, 1883
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[LB016227], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., May 3rd, 1883
Editor's Notes
I enclose you herewith statement of probable Running expenses & of profits on the several estimates already sent you. As soon as I have copies printed I will send you a number of them.##If you desire it we can reduce the amount of the item for underground conductors by only putting down enough conductors to carry 1600 or 3200 lights (according to which Plant you may elect to install & leave the remainder of the conductors to be put in when you desire to extend the business. I hope to send you some information on this subject either tomorrow or next day##I understand from Mr Borden that you are contemplating wiring the houses at Brockton free of charge to the Consumers I think this is entirely the wrong course to pursue. A Gas Company does not do House Piping free of charge to the Consumers & I see no reason why we should. I trust that you will give up any such idea as I feel confident that you can get the customers to do the work##I enclose you Copy of Balance Sheet of the Waltham Gas Co from which you will see that a Gas Plant for a Town of 11700 inhabitants
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Date
1883-05-03
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Folder/Volume ID
LB016-F
Microfilm ID
82:363
Document ID
LB016227
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University