The new company had gathered impressive range
of patents and now they had the power choose from several
different technological solutions the same problem. The newly-installed management EGE
began cautious note, looking very carefully into the costs
of experiments before they committed themselves research at
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West Orange Laboratory 1890. EGE commissioned many experimental
projects electricity, and Edison and Villard supported the
costs the remainder. Such was
the case with electric traction. See Sidebar 6-1, ELECTRIC
TRACTION THE LABORATORY
.
Estimated Cost Experiments
BILLED TO
Edison General Electric
Edison Villard
Phonograph Companies
Ore Milling Companies
$17,045
$19,225
$20,984
$21,465
Electrical experiments accounted for the largest
expenditures research
