Hi Don & All,

I'm very surprised about Don's info on Charles Maiers. It's a bit hard
to imagine how Alex. Farnam could have missed such a company while doing
his intensive research on New Jersey tool makers that led to two books
on the subject. It's certainly possible that he did, but unlikely enough
to make me wonder about any other possibilities. One that immediately
leaps to mind is that Maiers was not ncessarily in business in Newark
for as  long as Don indicates. It was quite common for companies to cite
Est. dates of some other company they succeeded or such; Maiers might
have only worked in NJ under that name for the one year of 1928. There
are other scenarios re his moving into and out of NJ, etc. As Don
indicated, some research of the Newark directories would be needed to
prove the case, but I think Farnam has done that without coming up with
Maiers name. Interesting.

Bob