[D8631D], Letter from De Lancey Horton Louderback to Thomas Alva Edison, October 20th, 1886
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- Title
- [D8631D], Letter from De Lancey Horton Louderback to Thomas Alva Edison, October 20th, 1886
- Editor's Notes
- [One-page typed letter, Chicago to New York. Letterhead: Western Edison Light Company] Letter requesting TAE's presence at a "special meeting of the Board of Director's of this company [Western Edison Light]" to be "held at the company's office on Monday, Oct. 25, 1886 at 3 o'clock P.M." ## "The subject for consideration is the installation of a central station plant in the City of Chicago, and subscriptions to the capital stock of a sub-company to operate the same, paying this company a certain proportion of its capital stock for franchises." ## Letter informs TAE that company has closed a deal with "Eastern capitalists" for between $300,000-$400,000 to install a central station in one of our "principal" cities. 2 1/2 percent of capital is in cash, 271/2 percent in stock. Company enthusiastic about current prospects. [Follow-up to D8631B]
- Author
- Louderback, De Lancey Horton
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1886-10-20
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- D8631-F
- Microfilm ID
- 79:888
- Document ID
- D8631D
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 79