[LB012284], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Thomas B A David, May 11th, 1882
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/LB012284
→ View document with UniversalViewer
→ View document on Archive.org
→ Re-use this digital object via a IIIF manifest
Title
[LB012284], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Thomas B A David, May 11th, 1882
Editor's Notes
Your favor of 5th has followed me here where I am now permanently located.##we have one Locomotive here that can pull four cars containing thirty people each at the rate of 20 miles per hour. It takes about 15 horse power. We are now building a single car which will have the motor underneath. It will carry 80 passengers twelve miles per hour & consume about four horse power This is the best thing for the purpose you name as it is better to have plenty of trains cars to carry a few people than to have few trains each carrying a great number of people.##We have three miles of road built now & the whole thing works splendidly
Author
Recipient
Date
1882-05-11
Type
Subject
Folder/Volume ID
LB012-F
Microfilm ID
81:652
Document ID
LB012284
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University