This had straightened
out order avoid the painful kind litigation the
. was appropriate that lawyer now
ran the organization because one the great challenges ahead
was the reform the complex legal and financial links which
bound Edison his many companies. The chief executive and general manager was
Frank Dyer. The new administration added layer of
vice-presidents between the Chief Executive Officer and the
middle managers.
The newly reorganized National Phonograph Company was
renamed Thomas Edison Incorporated and its stated capital
was $12,000,000. had become Edison's chief patent counsel in
1897 before replacing Gilmore 1908. Edison stood the President the new
organization, the executive management was carried out two
vice-presidents and general manager who, with Edison, formed
the executive committee which decided all matters of
business policy. Dyer was much more suited the legal
maneuvering which played major role the Edison enterprise. Engineering problems often dominated the departmental
meetings salesmen and production managers strove direct
slender engineering resources towards their individual
interest. Gilmore's leaving was
part dispute over Edison's abrupt dismissal one of
Gilmore's proteges.
The monopolistic Motion Picture Patents Company was the
planning stage this time and Dyer was suitable replacement
for the combative Gilmore.VIII-26
to complaints concerning the product and took action correct
them
