Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-30
w. e. CHILDS g. co.'s
Patent
ELASTIC FIRE AND WATERPROOF

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Patent
ELASTIC FIRE AND WATERPROOF
CEMENT ROOFING.
THE undersigned having purchased the State Right for
tennessee of the above patent prepared TO introduce
n h9'o USE and asks NE sssenSn Of AIchscts
KAN ne its 50 Periority over other Roofing.
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS shouI not fail TO exam.
ne this roofing It is better and cheaper than any thing
use The material forms hard and smooth surface that will
rgss IGe acton o. me smosPhers every climate
expands with The changes Ofthe will Meth
evaPorate crack, nor rot and as 70 its durability, heFs
Ills practically mperishsble and perfsc.fuy resist
any ordinary exposure to fire, abundany
ed, and will warantit water proof We viii engage to
put our DING ordinary good shesthng, old shin
making no difference how steep or ass hey may be~fOr
seven dollars hundred square feet being cheap
eI than any Roof Of the old style, and We sure win
1t will found to be the best thing ever invented to
cover or mend old leaky tim tar and ROOFS
hmneys scuttes dormar and CUTTERS where the
I'm rused through. This Cement put last
which it applied Tin painted over and war
anted not TO leak at two dollars and y per hundred
This Roofing will be found TO be the beet thing for covering
arge Roofs where they mu"h exposed 70 nresueh
steam Mills Saw Mills, Pact ries, Railroad Cars Bridges
DePOs Station Houses Steamboat and fact every
EnI Of Roof here there external Gre
heIooi is Ierisc without joint IN it, presents NO
ehanee or re 10 unieate, and light will
NJ Insurance ofces at Cincinnati, and other places
where Chds q CSs has been use insure Buildings
or , ihoss covered with iron, Copper or Tin:
IL The Cement will be furnished 70 those At distance
with directions for using.
u ? County Rights tor sale.
2 Orders undersigned through the Post-oE
&c, WILDE promptly attended TO rr,,,,a,,
TESTIMONIALS AND RBPkkkNCBS
OFFICE BUCKEYE STATE INSURANCE ConrAxYJ
Cincinnati, Dec I6, 1856. (
To all whom 1t may This TO certify have
examined Specimens aud Roofs Of w. 4. Chds d Co.'s
Elastic Fire and Waterfront u ment Roofing and
sVe ITO be eminenty superior 10 other kind Of Roof
these Roofs from large volume of fame rsm adjoining
building, which struck directly The roof and eornee
for nearly hour stood the trial ond all expectation
PrsIident Buckeye State Insurance Co.
CINCINNATI AGENC ROTAL INsuR CohPANTlt
Ib,v. -n,n.s w cnud.S e. Fs s!s.R,! 8. 49,
Water Proof Cement Roofing and far can judge
slider it great and willing 70 insure buildings
thus upon the same Terms as Insure those
Agent Royal Ins. Co. Lond on ana Liverpool.
Prom Bennett General Agent Of EIna Co. for the
Southern and Western states
CINCINNATI. Jan :, 1887
Patent Elastic Cement RooHng introduced city
Dy Chds Co., ind It be highly recommended in his
ready aud general Introduction; uperiory the
comp stOn Roofing decided freely admitted;
intended to use n but viii Iy the vrtoe
Of the "PaIen' Elastic Roofing" As substitute:
oTTloE or TEE Cir. Han AxD DATroH RAnaoAD.
Childs Co.'s Patent Cement Roofing is used here
Cars with IT, and Master Mechanic reports very avora
BILE 10 it. 8 S L'HOMMKDIEU, Pres.
OTFIcR o. THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD Co. 2
Cincinnati, Jan z, 1857. (
DEAR SIR:-lnansWeT 10 your inquiry, in reference
opinion the practical of your Roof covering
Of may that from observation, entertain
avery favorable one-sO much so, that intend testing
thoroughly roofs Of buildings cars &c. AFTER which
will with pleas give decided opinion TO its u
uy. Yours, truly, LIPPENCOTT,
Supply Agent Ohio d Miss. z. &.
Since the above HriIten the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad have contracted their cars depOs
bridge between Cincinnati and Vncennes with this Cement
considering article they for the purpose
c Lord Pres Ind and Gin Railroad.
Gest, Pres Wilmington and GAINESVILLE Railroad.
Searles, Pres Merchants d hanufaeturers' Ins Co.
James Carter, Agent for Etna and other hartford Co.'S
HeSTy Morton, Pres Central Insurance Company.
George CaTlile, President Lafayette Bank.
George w COmn, Bell MaDUf'T No l02 East Second ST.
Baker & Won Phul, No e. Fourth street.
Ezra Bailey, Smith street, between Fourth and Filth.
Goden, Tailor Draper, Fourth street
Miles Green wood, Iron Foundry.
Judge w GhOlson.
John ShiIlnO & Co., Dry Goods Dealers, Fourth ct.
Mitchell d Rammelsberg, Furniture Manufacturers and
Dealers, Fourth ct.
w Stewart, Builder 345 P um 81.
MerriWether q StlWell, Louisville.
W McReynOlds & Co., Clarksville, TenA.
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