Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-06-12
w. H.. CHILDS & CO.'S
Patent
ELASTIC FIRE AND WATER.PROOF,
CEMENT ROOFING.

THE undersigned having purchased the State Right foI
L tennessee of the above patent prepared 70 introduce
Builders Railroad Companies and The pubic generally 70
examine iEs sgPerIoTiIy eyer Other Rooaag
use material forms hard and smooth surface taaI Will
resist the action Of the Atmosphere IN every climate IL Is
mperVious 70 wat5r flexible. u and
expands the changes OftBe atmosphete and viii neith
er eysPorae crack nor o and as tol duaoy here Is
is practically imperishable and will perec.fuy resist
any ordinary exposure re sis abundany prov
ed, and will Warnntit water proof We Will engage 70
puI our r. ohhg on over ordinary god sheahng Old shin
making difference how steep or mar they may 0e-ior
seven dos per ndrsd square iee being cheap
than any hoof OF the old stes and We are sure u VIII
give better satisfaction.
ii viii also b. found thing invented
cover end old sAky tin and gravel roofs, around
ehImneys seutes dormar WndoW ana CUTTERS she0 the
Tin rused through This Cement can De PCT on to last as
long stone, and form perfect adhesion 70 any Cd Get 70
which applied Tin Ros can be painted over and aar
Leak at tWO dollars aud my cents hundred
square feet which cheaper and much better than paint
This Roofing will be found be the best hing covering
large Roofs where shey are mu'h exposes " a
steam Mills, Mills, Fact Tss Railroad Cars Bridges,
DepO Station Houses, Steamboat Decss and N fact, every
kim Of Rooi where there s an ron
heTOO is perfect, Hthout joint IN u, presents no
chance for aIe to communicate and any WI"
burn out without gnlrRg.
N ? Insurance Offices at Cincinnati, and other places
with Roofs covered with This Cement, The rates as
Tor those covered with lroB, Copper Or Tin.
II The Cement will be furnished 10 those at distance
win directions for using.
II = County Rights Tor sale
p Orders the undersigned, through the POst-of
NV VIM 1T. NATHURsT,
No. "a, Spruce street.
TESTIMONIALS AND RBFkRkNUEs. q
OFFICE BUCKEYE STATE Insurance. COHPANT,l
To all whom 1t may concern: TO certify that have
examined Specimens aud Roofs Of W. & Chhds q Co.'s
sElas.c Fireand Waterfront Csment Roofing and BE-
eminenty superior any other kind Of Roof
was an eye witness Of severe vial 81 one o.
for nearly an hour stood the tri yond expectation
and SAVE, thr building I'M. HASk eli,
President Buckeye SIats Insurance Co.
CINCINNATI As.EcT ROYAL iSsURASoE Co4PANT,l
Ihaye examined W Childs d Co.'S" Elastic Fire and
Cement Roofing and as far as can judge con
slider it great invention, ana WingtO insure buildings
thus protected upon the same Terms as those covered
Agent Royal Ins. Co. London and Liverpool
From B Bennett General Agent OF lna ms Co. for the
southern and Western sIates.
CINcINNATI, Jan :, 1857.
Having made considerable inquiry merits the
sPaent Elastic Cement Roofing, introduced into this cy
BY Uhids Co.. nnd 1t 70 be highly recommended in this
ready general ntrOducOn that its superiority over the
finally expect adopt my root which viii be
summe-havIng intended to Tin, but viii y the virtue
OF the Patent Elastic Roofing As substitute p, ,,rr
Yours truly B BbNhEII'
I OFFlcE or Tx Cir. Han AND DAYTON RalLRoAD.
Childs Co.'s Patent Cement Roofing now used here
on our bestc sOf Buidngs We aTecoseHns
Cars with IT, and Master Mechanic reports very ayora
OFFICE OF THE Ono AND MISSISSIPPI RAILRoAD Co.
Cincinnati, Jan Z, 1851.
opinion the practical Of your ROOf the covering
may say that from observation, entertain
avery favorable OnesO much so, that intend testing u
thoroughly rOof3 OF buildings cars, &C; amer which
with pleas yOd decided opinion as 70 us all
/ ity. Yours, truly LlFfENCOlA,
| supply Agent Ohio & Miss. K. &.
II Since the above written the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad contracted covering their cars depots and
bridge between Cincinnati and VnceHnes, with this cement
considering article they have used for The purpose
/ H G Lord, Pres ind AID Gin Railroad.
! K Gest, Pres Wilmington and GAINESVILLE Railroad.
Searles, Pres Merchants q ManuiacLurers' ms CO.
I n TorFar for Nfuan dorhe
! Hecy Morton, Pres Central insurance Company.
] George CaTle, President Lafay ette Bank.
George w Coffin Bell hanuI'f, No l03 EAST Second 81
! Baker & Won Phul, NO u Fourth street.
Ezra Bailey, Smith street, between Fourth and kifh
/ J Goden, Tailor Draper, FOurth street.
| Miles Greenwood, Iron Foundry
! Judge W Y GhOlsOn.
| John Shllt0 & Co., Dry Goods Dealers, Fourth e.
Mitchell Ramm slsberg, Furniture Manufacturers and
| Dealers, Fourth st.
! W n Stewart, Builder 345 I'm 81.
| EerriWether q SulWel, LOuisviIle.
| " 5 McReynolds & Co, Clarksyille, Tenn.
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