The administrative offices take only a
small part the floor space; most the third floor was
taken with experimenting. All product
engineer's work was billed the relevant divison managers,
and they were normally the ones who initiated his line of
research.W. Next these
rooms was the office R.X-30
requisitioned the services the laboratory. Miller's staff was housed Kellow's
office. Chart 10-3 shows the floor plan before the changes,
the Music Room one end and Dinwiddie's experimental room at
the other. Kellow, one Edison's
secretaries who also handled all the bookkeeping and work
scheduling the lab.
Chart 10-4 shows the new floor plan. The main office the lab was the third floor
and adjacent was the room Harry Miller, secretary and
treasurer TAE Inc. the other end the third floor was complex of
the drafting and testing services and the office the chief
engineer; the Engineering Department was therefore brought
. The Music Room was
maintained and two small offices were created for recording
research and the disc experiments Dinwiddie.
The changing role the lab the Edison enterprise can
be gauged the reorganization the third floor Building
5 1916. The lab's shop
order system was reformed this time and the management
stressed the importance understanding and using the system.
The total number purchase shop orders was the means to
estimate the value the laboratory's work
