Personal reminiscences of James AScrymser, in times of peace and war . ur appreciation of your singleness of purpose, youruntiring application, and your skilful management in the protectionand development of the cable business in which we are mutuallyinterested. Sincerely yours, Drexei,, Morgak & , Lanier & & A. Scrymser, Esq.,Present. Centrai, and South American Telegraph Co. New York, December 7, : I sincerely thank you for the beautiful gift received on Satur-day last, of the Genius of Electricity, and your complimentary let-ter accompanying it. In
Personal reminiscences of James AScrymser, in times of peace and war . ur appreciation of your singleness of purpose, youruntiring application, and your skilful management in the protectionand development of the cable business in which we are mutuallyinterested. Sincerely yours, Drexei,, Morgak & , Lanier & & A. Scrymser, Esq.,Present. Centrai, and South American Telegraph Co. New York, December 7, : I sincerely thank you for the beautiful gift received on Satur-day last, of the Genius of Electricity, and your complimentary let-ter accompanying it. In reciprocating your congratulations I must disclaim havingdone more than my duty to yourselves and others, without whoseaid and encouragement this cable enterprise could not have realizedso signal a success. With such sentiments of mutual confidence I feel assured thatour good work must prosper and extend. I am, gentlemen. Your obedient servant, James A. Drexel, Morgan & Winslow, Lanier & Drexel & Co. 80. GENIUS OF ELBCTRICITY Presented to Captain Sdrymser by Drexel, Morgan and Co.; Winslow,Lanier and Co.; Drexel and Co. • Extension to Brazil THE cable system of the Central and South American Tele-graph Company now extends as far as Buenos Aires in theArgentine Republic. Because of exclusive concessions granted by Brazil to Englishcompanies, we have been unable to extend our cables to the perfection of the Central and South American cable sys-tem I have striven incessantly for forty-six years to gain cablelandings there. The exclusive English concessions referred tohave recently lapsed and, if all goes well, the lines of the Centraland South American Telegraph Company will be landed in Riode Janeiro and in Santos, Brazil, before many months, by authorityof the BraziUan Government. It is vmnecessary to make detailed mention of my effortsto reach Brazil. It will be of interest, however, if I insert in thesereminiscences the init
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