15) TAE Review Reviews, Oct 1910, 100829, 277. 277-278.
11) Insull’s notes Meadowcroft Box, #68. TAE Memo, 1888
W.
. July 1901, Letter Book (LB)
100521, 435.
13) Eaton Lewis Tate, June 1889, Miller file 121.
3) TAE Ore Milling Syndicate, Feb 1901, 000608.0. The data available for 1890 shows that the year’s
experimental work was billed about $80,000, showing that
Edison’s estimate operating costs was fairly accurate.ENDNOTES FOR CHAPTER TWO
1) Article Munsey’s Magazine. Nov 1888, 1888 Phono Gen. 246. Henceforth letterbooks will cited LB
number then page number. Lab. Lab General.
4) Batchelor Diary, 1336, Sept 1887, pp.
8) TAE note Edison Electric Light Co, July 1887, Conot,
p. July 1901, 100521, p.
16) Article Munsey's Magazine. 394, 397.
7) Bank records Drexel, Morgan, E2530, 182. 30-38
6) Orange Herald.
12) Bill Book #3, pp.O.
5) Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory described Robert
Friedel and Paul Israel, Edison* Electric Light (New
Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1986)pp.
14) Draft Agreement with Villard, 1888 W.
9) One his first estimates the yearly cost running the
West Orange laboratory was:
1) Interest Investment (opportunity costs an
investment 184,000 5%) $9,200
2) Insurance $1,100
3) Depreciation 9,200
4) Supplies 7,000
5) Labor costs 62,000
This makes total yearly operating costs $88,900.
435. Johnson, undated, 1888 Phono General.H.
10) TAE E.
2) TAE Hood Wright, Nov 1887, N871115
