Lineman Death – David G

To who it may concern,

I believe that the damage cause to John Feek’s by the AC power lines, that he was unfortunate enough to come into contact with, is reason for review on the entire AC system. This is not the first time that the AC power system has caused death in humans. I am proposing a complete rework of the system to make it safer to all.

As stated above, the AC system, needs to be revised and replaced. I believe that the Alternating current wires need to be buried underground, where they can be out of the way, like my DC wires. Since my wires are underground, they pose very little, if any, threat to the people of your fair city. Forcing the electric companies to bury their wires underground, would cut back on the number of deaths caused by the system. I understand that the city is a busy place, and digging up the streets would be harmful to the economy of the city. The Edison Electric company has already placed all of our wires under ground. Allow us to continue supplying power to the city, as our wires, do not cause harm to innocent citizens.

Thank you,

Thomas. A. Edison

I take edison’s approach onto this case. I believe that this was good grounds for Edison to attach the  Westinghouse company and the AC system. The fact that westinghouse’s system could cause something like this above ground, is right, because of the damage it did to John Feek’s. I do not believe that this is grounds for saying that the AC system was an entirely wrong approach to how the world received it’s electricity. Edison should of attacked how the AC system was applied, not the system itself. If he had of said that it needed to be buried under ground instead of just hung in the street’s, he would of maintained a lot of his credibility. This would of also harmed the AC industry, as the Edison company already had all of it’s wires buried underground. The AC companies might of lost out to the Edison company, because the cities would have not let the AC companies dig up the cities, when the DC power lines are already buried underneath the city. I believe that if Edison had of taken this approach, and used the Lineman’s death as prove to back up his statement, he would of won, and beaten out the AC industry.