[D8325ZAT], Memorandum, Edison Company for Isolated Lighting, June 9th, 1883
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Title
[D8325ZAT], Memorandum, Edison Company for Isolated Lighting, June 9th, 1883
Editor's Notes
Lengthy (15 page) "Memorandum made June 91h 1883 giving authentic information about Maxim Lights." Detailed survey of all Maxim installations in various regions, often giving the history & some criticism of them. Installations include: Caswell Hazard; Theodore Starr, NYC jeweler; Fiske and Hatch, NYC; Metropolitan Hotel, NYC; St. Nicholas Hotel, NYC; Union club, NYC; Penna Rr (PRR) ferryboads ("we refused to compete against them except at our regular figures and the Maxim people offered to take the job at any price"; Park Chase Station, Metropolitan elevated RR; Hatch and Foote, NYC; J. H. Davis & Co, NYC; New York stock exchange (NYSE) vaults; Equitable Bldg safe deposit vaults; Union League club; Commercial Advertiser; Currier's Dining Room; Hoffman House; R. G. Dun; Cigar store near Wall/Nassau; Park Bank safe deposit vaults; NYC Post Office bldg; Worumboro Co mills, Lisbone, ME; First National Bank, Chicago; U.S. Mint, Phila; Brunswick Hotel, Lowell MA; Boston Herald; Brooklyn Bridge (Weston arc lamps, not Maxim incandescent---report [image 11 of number of lamps out each night]; USELCo "services to the City of New York"= streetlights in Battery Park; in Canada & Europe [image 13].
Date
1883-06-09
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8325-F
Microfilm ID
66:552
Document ID
D8325ZAT
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University