Manhattan, New York. Charles Peck and Alfred Brown of the Mutual Union Telegraph Company rent a laboratory for Nikola Tesla in lower Manhattan. They agree to split the profits: 33% to Tesla, 33% split between Peck and Brown, and 33% reinvested in R&D. That April, they will form the Tesla Electric Company, and the following month, Szigeti, a longtime friend of Nikola Tesla, will arrive as an assistant. The Manhattan laboratory is at 89 Liberty Street, above the Globe Stationary & Printing Company, which uses steam engines during the day and can supply electricity to Tesla at night, thus accustoming him to working through the night.
