[LB056440], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Thomson-Houston Electric Co, Charles Albert Coffin, May 9th, 1892
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May 9, 1892. C.A. Coffin, Esq., Thomson-Houston Electric Company, #621 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- I beg to advise you that I to-day caused to be submitted to Mr. Chas. D. Shain the bid of the Edison Phonograph Works for the manufacture of 500 each of the 1/12 and 1/6 h.p. composite frame fan motors designed at the Laboratory for the Edison General Electric company, a copy of which I enclose herewith. While the prices are lower than the prices which the Edison Gen’l Electric Co. agreed to pay the Crocker-Wheeler Co. for meters of similar capacity, Mr. Shain stated that several bids had been received which were considered lower than those admitted by the Phonograph Works, and instanced particularly the Diehl Motor, which is manufactured by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. In this connection I wish to say that my efforts in producing these motors have been directed towards the acquirement of as great economy as it is possible to obtain from machines of equal size and equal to the Crocker-Wheeler. Dr. Shain stated that economy was not a very important factor. I had supposed that our economy should at least be equal to our own competitors.