[LB051594], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to James B Skehan, November 11th, 1891
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474/231 H. F. November 11th, 1891. J.P. Skehan, Esq., Care of Spencer, Trask & Company, 16 & 18 Broad Street, City. My Dear Mr. Skehan:- In reply to your letter of the 7th instant, I am sorry that I cannot give you any information in regard to Mr. Edison’s new system of Electric Railway propulsion except in a very general way. An experimental track has been built at the Laboratory and the system has been working there. The intention is, I believe, to select some road on which to make a practical test and to develop the system in a commercial way; the point where this test will be constructed has not yet been decided upon; it will be determined by the Edison General Electric Company in consultation with Mr. Edison. The system will be given to the public through the Edison General Company: it is expensive and was designed for use only in large cities. I understand that Mr. Edison has stated that it will take probably a year to collect all the data necessary before any general application can be made of the system. Yours very truly, A.O. Tate Private Secretary. No enc.