Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing Company (World of Nikola Tesla)

Tesla Elecric Light and Manufacturing Company was established in December of 1884 in Rahway, New Jersey from which it is headquartered.

Developer Notes

 * The divergence regarding this company, Tesla's first Company, comes in organization. The idea being that due to the treatment of Tesla by Edison (the 'practical joke' where in Edison was promised a 50,000 bonus for designing a new generator only for Edison to withdraw the bonus saying; "Tesla, you don't understand our American humor." as apparently the promised bonus was a joke as it was hugely impractical for the company- Tesla feeling cheated set out to create his own company and this was the company he established). The idea being that Tesla has not so readily let that go and allowed himself to harden a little from the experience. Thus organizing his company in a less meek fashion for in OTL the board abandoned him, took with them his patients, and set up a new company leaving him penniless. Tesla in OTL had to work manual labor doing repairs on the electrical systems he had designed for the town of Rahway while also digging ditches for $2 a day. In OTL Telsa wrote of this experience; "My high education in various branches of science, mechanics and literature seemed to me like a mockery". Though do not fret over the prospect of Tesla becoming like Edison- Tesla will soften himself again; letting his guard down once convinced that he is in the company of good men (likely Tesla's actions in this period will cause them to reconsider notions of betraying him). This is just a concept but if it's possible to keep the company operational in this timeline I'd like to take it. Such early financial grounding would permit this Tesla to develop and manufacture designs perhaps quicker then in OTL.