[LB058217], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate, Edison Manufacturing Co to Edison Phonograph Works, October 12th, 1893
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[LB058217], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate, Edison Manufacturing Co to Edison Phonograph Works, October 12th, 1893
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Date
1893-10-12
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Subject
Folder/Volume ID
LB058-F
Microfilm ID
143:404
Document ID
LB058217
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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EDISON MANUFACTURING CO.,
New York October 12, 1893.
Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sirs:-
Referring to your letter of 4th instant to the Edison Manufacturing Company, in regard to giving you credit for scrap wax returned from the Works to Silver Lake and naming certain prices decided upon by Mr. Edison to be paid by the Edison Mfg. Co. for the same, we beg to say that the price of 12 cents per pound for scrap is fair, but that the price for turnings and sweepings is too high. Turnings are not worth any more to us than sweepings, and we cannot afford to pay any more than four cents per pound for either class. Please bring this to Mr. Edison's attention and tell him that we have had Walter Miller go into this matter carefully with the above result. We are prepared to send you credit memorandums for scrap at 12ยข, and for turnings and sweepings 4 cents per pound.
In further explanation of the above we have to advise you that it was at first supposed turnings could be used in the same way that we are able to utilize scrap, but our experience shows that they have to be recovered in exactly the same manner as the sweepings, the reason being that the turnings accumulate as much foreign matter as the sweepings, or at least sufficient to render them unsuitable for use without treatment.
Yours very truly,
A.O. Tate
Gen'l. Manager.
New York October 12, 1893.
Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sirs:-
Referring to your letter of 4th instant to the Edison Manufacturing Company, in regard to giving you credit for scrap wax returned from the Works to Silver Lake and naming certain prices decided upon by Mr. Edison to be paid by the Edison Mfg. Co. for the same, we beg to say that the price of 12 cents per pound for scrap is fair, but that the price for turnings and sweepings is too high. Turnings are not worth any more to us than sweepings, and we cannot afford to pay any more than four cents per pound for either class. Please bring this to Mr. Edison's attention and tell him that we have had Walter Miller go into this matter carefully with the above result. We are prepared to send you credit memorandums for scrap at 12ยข, and for turnings and sweepings 4 cents per pound.
In further explanation of the above we have to advise you that it was at first supposed turnings could be used in the same way that we are able to utilize scrap, but our experience shows that they have to be recovered in exactly the same manner as the sweepings, the reason being that the turnings accumulate as much foreign matter as the sweepings, or at least sufficient to render them unsuitable for use without treatment.
Yours very truly,
A.O. Tate
Gen'l. Manager.