Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-07-15
w. Il. CHILDS & CO.'S
Patent

! ELASTIC FIRE AND WATERPROOF,
CEMENT ROOFING.
THE undersigned having purchased the State Right 70
L tennessee, OF the above patent prepared 70 hIoluc
general use, and asks the attention of Architects
Builders Railroad Companies, and the public generally
! ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS should not fail to exam
inc this roofing better and cheaper than thing
The material forms hard and smooth surface tnat WI
resist the OF the atmosphere IN every Climate 1t II
imperyous elastic and flexible 1t contracts AM
expands with The changes the atmospheric and VIII nelIa
ev8pOste crack, rot and as 10 It's durability there
lis Practically impsrisha5e and will perec.fuIly ress
any ordinary exposure 30 FIRE, as abundanIy prov
ed, will gaTrauit water proof We Will engage
put our ohBg on over ordinary od sheahhgr od shlh
giles, and gravel n zinc and zinc "copper" iron roofs
making difference how steep or nat they may oe-io
seven dollars per one hundred square ee II Oeihg
than any Root Of the old style, ana we are sure Will
will also b. found to be the best thing ever invented
end old lsky tin tar and gravel ROOFS around
chmneys scuLtes dorar WnaoWs ana cutters, "heLe ns
Tin rusted through ms cement can DC put on 70 sL a.
long stone and form perfect adhesion 10 any object TO
which applied Tin Roofs be painted over and war
raned not 10 Leak at Two dollars ana MY cents per hunaleu
square which cheaper and much better than paint
This Roofing will be found be the best thing for covering
large Roofs where taey are mulh exposed 70 as
Mills, Saw Mills, Fact res, Railroad Cars, Bridges,
DepOts, Station Houses, Steamboat DecSs, and sact
kind of Roof where there Is an external exposure rom nre
thereof perfect, without joint in il, presents no
chance for fire to communicate, and any light substance VIII
n p Insurance Offices at Cincinnati other places
where Chds Co.'s Cementhls been use, insure Buildings
Roofs covered this Cement AT the same rates as
Tor those covered with Iron, Copper or I'm. ,,-
win directions for using.
II = County Rights tOr sale.
= Orders sent 10 the undersigned, through the POst-o
H''' VIII ~ p''-'P--' 1T. NATHURsT,
TESTIMONIALS AND RbFERENCBS.
OFFICE BUCKEYE STATE Insurance COMPANT,t
To all whom may This to certify that have
examined Specimens aud Roofs Of w. Z. Chlds d cos
ELASTIC Fire aer-PrOOf Cement Roofing, and be-
eve eminenty superOrt) any other kind OF Roof
ing witness OF severe trial OF one of
these Roofs large volume of fame frsm adjoining
building directly aPOn The roof and cOrnice
nearly hOOd the trial Beg ond all expectation,
President Buckeye State Insurance Co.
CINCINNATI AGENCY ROYAL Insurance CoNPANT,t
February d, 1851. !
Ihave examined W E Chds q Co.'s ELASTIC Fire and
WATERPROOF Cement Roofing, and as lar as con-
slider great inventions and willing &c insure buildings
thus protected upon the same Terms as those covered
y Agent Royal lns. Co. London ana Liverpool.
From Bennett General Agent OF EIna ms Co. iOr the
CrNcrSSATI, Jan 7, 1857.
Having made considerable inquiry, 10 the merits OF the
Paent Elastic Cement Roodu 90 introduced city
bv Childs d Co. find 1t to highly recommended in this
civ by many excellent judges, that is meeting with very
General ntroducop; tha its 81 perorily over the
tar siton Roofing decided and freely admed and
grSSyISs intended TO use tin but viii Try the virtue
of the Patent Elastic Roofing" as substitute;
OFFICE crS or TaR GIN. HAN AND 6ATroN RAILROAD
Chds d co.'s Cement Roofing is used here
on ou hest class Of Buildings We covering Freight
with IT. and our Master Mechanic reports very layora
OFFICE OF TIE ONO MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD Co.
Cincinnati, Jan :, 1857.
DRAR SR:lnanswer to your inquiry, IN reference 10 our
oDnioG the practical of no Of IN the covering
nj cars we may say that from observation, entertain
yery favorable one-sO much that intend testing
thoroughly on roofs Of buildings, cars, &c; after which
will with pleas give you decided opinion to its ut
ity. Yours, uliy, n LII III E ~. - .
TP Since the above written, the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad have contracted covering their GePots and
bridge Cincinnati and Vincennes with this cement
article they have used for the purpose
n q Lord, Pres ind aud Gin Railroad.
x Gest. Pres Wilmington and GAINESVILLE Railroad.
A M Searles Pres Merchants ManuacIureTs' ms Co.
lanes Carter, Agent for Etna and other Hartford Cos
He,rv Morton, Pres Central Insurance Company.
GeorSe CarliIe, President Lafay cite Bank.
Ge0rge Coffin, Bell MaDut'r, No lO2 East Second ST.
RsksI q Won Phul, No " Fourth street.
EzTs BAILEY smith street, between Fourth and Fifth.
! Goden. Tailor an Draper, Fourth street
Miles Greenwood, Iron Foundry.
Judge w GhOlsOn.
Job5 Shilno q Co., Dry Goods Dealers, Fourth ST.
Mitchell q Rammelsberg, Furniture Manufacturers and
Dealers, Fourth st.
w a Stewart Builder 345 ? um 81.
NierTiv ether & Stilwell, Louisville.
" Nc REYNOLDS d Co, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
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