. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . s P. Nicholson, and through their and the area of floor space is enormous, the establishment includ-ing foundry proper, with large cupolas, vast moulding floor, largefinishing shops, cleaning rooms, etc., pattern simps, warehouse,salesroom and office. The work is admirably systematized, so thatno friction is caused by the stoves in their various stages towardcompletion, passing from department to department. An averageforce of 150 skilled hands arc given employment, and among thedesigners, moulders and finishers arc men who have grown old inthe firms
. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . s P. Nicholson, and through their and the area of floor space is enormous, the establishment includ-ing foundry proper, with large cupolas, vast moulding floor, largefinishing shops, cleaning rooms, etc., pattern simps, warehouse,salesroom and office. The work is admirably systematized, so thatno friction is caused by the stoves in their various stages towardcompletion, passing from department to department. An averageforce of 150 skilled hands arc given employment, and among thedesigners, moulders and finishers arc men who have grown old inthe firms employ. The works have ever been noted for the excel-lence of their designs of stoves, heaters, ranges, hollow ware, etc.,as they include many special, advantageous and convenient feat-ures found in no other make. The castings are models for theirsmoothness and strength, being made from the best foundry pigiron, while the fittings are as accurate as the finish is elaborate orthe ornamentation artistic. A prominent new feature of the works. Charles Noble & Companys Stove Works careful attention to the details of the business the house becamejustly famous, winning a national reputation, and increasing anever-widening circle of trade, until, by the successive decease ofDr. Noble and his son and the retirement of Mr. Nicholson, thebusiness of the estate passed under the management of Mr. Wil-liam W. Noble in 1S88. But its progress or prominence did notlessen with the change of management, as Mr. Noble infusedfresh vigor and new ideas into the concern, continued the highstandard of its products, and added fresh laurels to those won byhis predecessors. He is as popular as he is able, and has ever re-tained the confidence of leading commercial circles, sustaining thenational reputation of the Liberty Stove Works, which receiveda valuable medal for its magnificent display at the InternationalExhibition in 1876. The works are located on Brown street, aboveFourth, are of immense size, a
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