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[D8522V], Letter from William Preston Hix to Thomas Alva Edison, 1885

Title: [D8522V], Letter from William Preston Hix to Thomas Alva Edison, 1885
Editor's Notes: [Letterhead of The Edison Company for Isolated Lighting] Encloses news clipping ("An Ordinance to be Presented Tonight to the House of Delegates to Abolish Gas)" concerning street (arc) lighting proposal for St. Louis Hix writes at bottom: "Wake up Edison! You will get left! The Bluffs in Illinois are 5 miles away, but it is downhill, so the current will run easy."
Author: Hix, William Preston
Recipient: Edison, Thomas Alva
Date: 1885-00-00
Type: Letter
Subject: Competition and market structure; Central stations; Electrical distribution system
Folder ID: D8522-F
Microfilm ID: 77:586
Document ID: D8522V
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8522V
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 77

Item sets: [D8522-F] (D-85-22) Electric Light -- Edison Co for Isolated Lighting

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