Forty Years of Edison Service: 1882-1922

Forty Years of Edison Service: 1882-1922

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CHAPTER I Invention of the Edison Lamp and Central Station Lighting System

CHAPTER II Early Demonstrations of the Edison System

CHAPTER III Formation of the First New York Edison Company

CHAPTER IV The First Edison Central Station Pearl Street, New York

CHAPTER V Introduction of the Edison Service-Early Customers

CHAPTER VI General Service Growth of The New York Edison Company

CHAPTER VII The Successive Edison Stations on Manhattan Island

CHAPTER VIII Expansion of the Edison Network and Details of the Underground System

CHAPTER IX Some Chief Engineering Features of the New York Edison System and Service

CHAPTER X Financial Aspects of New York Edison Growth-Real Estate-Insurance

CHAPTER XI Relations with the City Street Lighting-High Pressure Water Supply

CHAPTER XII Relations with the Public and Public Service Commission-RateS

CHAPTER XIII Company Publicity, Literature and Advertising

CHAPTER XIV The Company Officials and Employees-Relations with the Industry-Cooperation during the Great War

CHAPTER XV The Next Decade "At Your Service"and Thereafter

Index to Illustrations