[LM240573], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to New Jersey Zinc Co, James Bryant Tonking, April 3rd, 1900
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April 3rd, 1900 Mr. James B. Tonking Supt. New Jersey Zinc Co., Franklin Furnace, N.J. Dear Sir:-- Since writing you, I have received Mr. Herter's full report and a sample of rope, and as far as I can see the injury to the rope is due to not placing the clamps on right so the long bucket holder could go over the pulley without the pin bottoming and giving the ripe a bad stretch. Owing to great height of Elevator, I think the next time new ropes are put on, the bottom wheel and some of the buckets should be lightened; also the clamps should be polished, as we do all of ours. We called your attention in a letter, after inspecting some of your clamps, that they were rough. The object of having them smooth is that the fibre shall slide in the clamp and not slide on the rope. Inspection of the rope shows that some have slid on the rope and the sand has worn the wires down one third, and in these worn places wires and have broken. I think it would have been a good idea to have accepted the offer made you several times that we were always ready to give you the benefit of our experience and to have asked you for a man who know all the points of the Elevator, to be present when it was erected. Yours very truly,