[LB056682], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to American Watchman's Time Detector, June 15th, 1892
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June 15th, 1892 The Am. Watchman’s Time Detector Co., No. 234 Broadway, New York City. Dear Sirs:- I return herewith your bill against Mr. Edison of May 30th, 1892, for $53.80 which cannot be accepted. The three stations ($45) charged for thereon were not ordered. If you will send Mr. Edison’s bill for one box of dials and a clock movement, it will be paid. Your Company offered voluntarily, and unsolicited, to put in working order again and render operative, free of all expense to Mr. Edison, the Watchman’s Time Detector which you installed at the Laboratory some time ago and which was out of repair. Upon the condition named you were permitted to do so. The system inaugurated at the Laboratory when yours became inoperative was found to work very satisfactorily and answered our purpose admirably. We desired nothing better and it was only upon your urgent request that we consented to abandon it and reestablish your [illegible] Mr. Edison would certainly not have done so had he understood [illegible] any expenses would be incurred thereby, and in view of your letter of the 11th of February such an understanding upon his part was not possible. As a matter of fact, we have yet to continue the old system so as to cover the outbuildings of the Laboratory which your constructors did not connect with the instrument and which were connected when your system was originally installed. Under the circumstances as above related to Mr. Edison fails to understand why you should send him a bill for stations or anything else connected with the reconstruction of the system. It is certainly in direct opposition to your agreement, as the latter is understood by Mr. Edison. I trust that this letter will enable you to see the matter in the same light as he does. Yours very truly, Private Secretary.