May 19th, 1899 letter from George Scherff to Nikola Tesla

New York, May 19, 1899
46 & 48 E. Houston Str.

Mr. Nikola Tesla,
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Dear Mr. Tesla:

Your four dispatches have been received. In answer to one of them I have telegraphed that the cables around the room are 162 feet long each. Pursuant to your order contained in the last one I give herewith an account of the present state of the work and shall make a report every day.

The apparatus has been returned from Chicago in good condition, the boat is set up in the laboratory and Willy has put it in perfect working order. He is now repairing and packing up the break, he wishes to know if the small Crocker-Wheeler motor which drives the disc will have to be shipped to Colorado. The jars have been cleaned and are ready for shipment; one and a half dozen extra bottles are now being ground.

Is the apparatus to be shipped by freight or express? I have inquired by telephone this morning about the charges, and ascertained that by freight it will cost $2.20 per hundred pounds to send the apparatus to Colorado Springs, and it will take from five to eight days to get there; the express rate is $8.50 per hundred pounds and the trip will last three days. Perhaps we might ship the heavy apparatus, such as condensers, transformer, etc., immediately by freight train, and the more delicate machinery by express as soon as it is ready?

Very few letters have been receive so far, none of them of importance, I inclose two.

Respectfully,
Geo. Scherff