Men like Batchelor were
amply rewarded with stock, royalties, and share the
profits from manufacturing. Kennelly noted
years after leaving the lab "The privilege which had being
with this great man for six years was the greatest inspiration
of life.
Working the West Orange lab was the basic training
that many captains industry, engineers, and academics
enjoyed the formative days their careers. Samuel Insull used his connection
with Edison rise power and wealth the electrical
utility industry. Some the "boys" were appointed the
boards Edison companies and enjoyed several salaries, others
were given lucrative concessions market new inventions.Ill- 20
manufacturing marketing enterprises. Some of
Edison's workers went become industrialists and inventors
in their own right. Many remembered their life and
work the West Orange laboratory fondly, claiming that Edison
taught them how experiment and innovate. Sigmund Bergmann, for example, used the
fortune amassed manufacturing Edison equipment create
an industrial empire Germany."29
