[LB055536], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Samuel Insull, February 19th, 1892

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Title

[LB055536], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Samuel Insull, February 19th, 1892

Recipient

Date

1892-02-19

Type

Folder/Volume ID

LB055-F

Microfilm ID

143:106

Document ID

LB055536

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
 

Transcription

Orange, N. J.
February 19, 1892.
Samuel Insull, Esq.,
Dear Sir:-
I have received a copy of specifications drawn up by the Engineers of the Northern Pacific R. R. In reply I would state that while it would be a very desirable thing to obtain a Locomotive as specified, I think it would be a waste of money for me to undertake its design, as I do not feel myself competent to devise a reliable Locomotive upon the lines laid down. 
[Here follows a sentence which is indecipherable. Its purport was that Mr. Edison would not consider further the matter of designing the proposed Locomotive].
T. A. Edison
P. S. My impression is that some one of the designers of the two companies could easily devise a Locomotive upon the lines of the specification, but [illegible text].
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