July 15th, 1899 letter from George Scherff to Nikola Tesla

New York, July 15th, 1899
46 & 48 E. Houston Str.

Nikola Tesla, Esq.,
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Dear Mr. Tesla:

Your telegram to express one of the later type oscillators with accessories and two secondary spools was received this afternoon, and accordingly Mr. Uhlman is having one of them - the one that went to Chicago - looked over, and has also sent sketches to Mr. Merckling for the two secondary spools, which the latter promises to have ready, on Tuesday.

I shall send the first part of the prospectus and patent list to Mr. Rankine, as soon as the letter mentioned in your telegram arrives.

Mr. Uhlman says he has tested the speed of the first independent break and found it to be 1875 revolutions per minute. It runs very smoothly and quietly.

Mr. Coaney sent a messenger here this morning with a stock certificate of the Nikola Tesla Company of 39 shares, standing in the name of Mr. Coaney. He wanted this split up into three parts, of ten, fourteen and fifteen shares respectively, for the purpose of transferring it, and for the sake of convenience, he explained to me over the telephone, as Mr. Adams desired to deposit part of his stock with a trust company. As I was not familiar with filling out the blanks, Mr. Coaney suggested that I forward the stock certificated book to Mr. Rankine, as he would have to sign the certificate anyway. However, upon inquiry he found that Mr. Rankine was not downtown to-day, and so the matter was put off until some other day when Mr. Rankine is in his office. The stock was certified to Mr. Coaney and the book remains here, of course.

I inclose a statement of the expenses for this week.

Respectfully,
Geo. Scherff