[LB033365], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Jacob Hobart Herrick, October 31st, 1889
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Title
[LB033365], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Jacob Hobart Herrick, October 31st, 1889
Editor's Notes
In looking over Judge Andrews' decision, I observe that he makes the statement that the New York Board of Aldermen gave the U.S. Company and the Brush Company a franchise, and that the latter invested millions of money &c. Will you please obtain copy of the Resolution of the Board of Aldermen in 1880 or 1881, I think. If my memory serves me right, this resolution only authorizes the United States Company at least, to go underground – not overhead; hence, if they have invested all this money, they had no right to do so, and it may be found in looking over all the resolutions of the Board of Aldermen that the U.S. Company and perhaps the Brush Company have never been authorized to erect overhead wires in New York, and have no standing now in consequences I am impressed with the idea that this is the case, so far as the United States Co. is concerned anyway. Very truly yours, [signed] TAE
Author
Recipient
Date
1889-10-31
Type
Folder/Volume ID
LB033-F
Microfilm ID
139:843
Document ID
LB033365
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University