[MU055], Letter from Edward Hibberd Johnson to Francis Robbins Upton, November 11th, 1881
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[MU055], Letter from Edward Hibberd Johnson to Francis Robbins Upton, November 11th, 1881
Editor's Notes
Re lamp sockets; Johnson has telegraphed his disapproval of the way proposed to correct trouble. "You arrange the socket in what way you please." Faure Batty people using our lamps exclusively. Thinks iso business will use many lamps. "You are welcome to see any & all of my letters to Edison so far as I am concerned--tell Insull this& he will show you some that will probaby interest you." Says that his problem about small orders fr EELC is temporary; "when Edison gets his station in action you will get plenty of orders and the gradual growth of the Isolated business as well as the development of new fields--like mine--will enlarge the demands upon you to a paying point." Says experiments on lamps make financial sense; keep ahead of competition to make best lamp and generates publicity.
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Date
1881-11-11
Type
Folder/Volume ID
MU04-F
Microfilm ID
95:661
Document ID
MU055
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University