Electrical Lead Reduction Company signed by Pedro G. Salom co founder of Electric Car

Beautifully engraved SCARCE certificate from the Electrical Lead Reduction Company. This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of three allegorical figures. This item has the hand signatures of the Company’s President ( Pedro G. Salom ) and Secretary. This is the first time we have seen this certificate for sale. EF+






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The Electrical Lead Reduction Company was incorporated in 1899 and produced products supporting the manufacturing of early batteries. Pedro G. Salom was the president and was an Electro Chemical Engineer. Pedro G. Salom was on of the co founders of one of the earliest known electric cars and of the first motor vehicle service in the United States as described below.

In 1894, Henry G. Morris and Pedro G. Salom of Philadelphia constructed an electric car, producing four more of these Electrobats in 1895. In 1897, Morris and Salom formed the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company, which ran twelve electric cabs on the streets of New York City under the name of the Electric Vehicle Company. This was the first motor vehicle service in the United States. The company's electric taxicabs were intended to compete with the horse-drawn cabs then in service on the streets of New York City. Morris and Salom's strategy was based upon the model of livery stables that leased horses and carriages by the trip, by the day, or even by the month.

Pedro G. Salom was also the first Treasurer of the American Electrochemical Society elected at its first meeting held at the MANUFACTURERS’ CLUB in Philadelphia on April 3, 1902 which was attended by 52 of the 337 charter members.