November 9th, 1899 letter from George Scherff to Nikola Tesla

New York, Nov. 9th, 1899
46 & 48 E. Houston Street

Nikola Tesla, Esq.,
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Dear Mr. Tesla:

The work to-day is on finishing the fourth break and on making such tools as are constantly needed in the shop. 

As many parts of the independent break and the oscillator embodying the features of this break are identical, Mr. Uhlman begs to inquire if you might not think it advisable for him to go ahead and build this oscillator, or, at least, finish such parts as are alike, that is, the pulley, magnets, magnet seat, armature and commutator, for all of which castings are still on hand. He says, there would be but two additional castings required for this oscillator, namely the condenser case and stationary shaft castings, which will not be much changed from the original ones, and he asks if he should have patterns made for these.

Respectfully,
Geo. Scherff