Charles Yockel, Mold and Glass Press Manufacturer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Glass Molds and Presses-- Any person conversant with glassware manufacture appreciates the necessity of having perfect workmanship in the preparation of the machinery used, and especially as to the molds, as one little flaw in a mold will destroy the beauty of the article and render it unmarketable. Charles Yockel, of 235 Bread Street, between Second and Third, Philadelphia, has been engaged for many years in the manufacture of molds and presses for glass manufacturers, and now enjoys a reputation for careful workmanship and thorough reliability second to that of no other man in the country engaged in the same line of business. His establishment is 80x20 feet in size, and fitted up in first class style, having the latest improved machinery, consisting of eight lathes, four planers, eight vises, drill presses, etc., etc. He employs at present ten skilled workmen, and personally superintends every operation. The work done is varied in character, and includes, besides molds and presses, glass workers' tools, lettered slides, dies, die-sinking and engraving. Lettering and engraving on the slides and plates have received his special attention, and in order to give satisfaction to his customers he has secured the services of artists of great skill, and procured machinery of wonderful accuracy of workmanship. In this class of work he has produced specimens of unsurpassed beauty. The air chambers are drilled in such a manner that the most delicate lines in portraits, monograms, figures, trademarks, etc., on glass are brought to perfection. Specimens of his skillful manipulation are to be found in the largest and best glass factories in the country. At the time of our visit to his place, a few days ago, Mr. Yockel was finishing some twenty-five molds for the Consolidated Fruit Jar Company of New York, and he has been busy for some months turning out molds for Pittsburgh houses. The large glass houses in Glassboro, Clayton, Bridgeton, Salem, Winslow, Williamstown and Tansboro, N.J., Belker Bros. & Co., Baltimore, as well as Wm. Brookfield, Jeremiah Quinlan and Haggerty Brothers, of New York, use his molds exclusively-- a sufficient guarantee as to their character. Mr. Yockel is now without competition in his line in Philadelphia, being the successor of George H. Myers, Stacy Wilson and Weidig & Yockel. He does his work so well and so promptly that the trade are perfectly satisfied. He has been in the business there for a quarter of a century, and enjoys the confidence of all with whom he has ever done business. We therefore feel no hesitation in commending him.