August 1st, 1899 letter from George Scherff to Nikola Tesla

New York, Aug. 1rst, 1899
46 & 48 E. Houston Str.

Nikola Tesla, Esq.,
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Dear Mr. Tesla:

Your telegram to send two more clock-works like the very first ones, but stronger shaft on the large wheel, and five grades of silver and bismuth filings, was received this afternoon. The silver and two clockworks have been procured immediately, and work on them will be begun at once; the bismuth we have not yet been able to obtain.

Mr. Uhlman surmised that the silver and bismuth filings are to be mixed together, and he proposes to send each metal separate, of course - six ounces of silver and two and a half ounces of bismuth filings, divided up into five grades. If this is not enough, he says, would you kindly telegraph.

The work of the day has been on the commutator, winding of armature and casting of third independent break.

The sending of the aluminum and nickel wire chips had to be delayed, because more nickel wire has to be gotten and is now being drawn. The quantity cut up does not appear sufficient to Mr. Uhlman.

The inclosed bill was received to-day.

Respectfully,
Geo. Scherff