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[LB035215], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Hargis and Eastin, December 21st, 1889
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Dec. 21, 89
Messrs Hargis & Eastin
Bull Block, Louisville, Ky.
Dear Sirs:-
I have received your letter of 10th instant, and if you will send me a list of the questions which you desire to have answered, I shall be very glad to comply.##The pressure of 500 volts employed on the trolley wire overhead electric railway system, is not dangerous to life; but the other wires to which you refer carry dangerous pressures.##With regard to the fire risk, all electrical lighting and telephone wires which enter buildings should be furnished with safety fuses. 
Yours very truly, 
[signed] Thos A. Edison

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