Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-10-24
w. Il. CHILDS & CO.'S
Patent
ELASTIC FIRE AND WATERPROOF,
CEMENT ROOFING.

HR undersigned having purchased the State Right for
general use, and asks attention Of Archscls
Buide Railroad Companies and the public generally 70
It's superiority other Roofing.
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS shouI not fail to exam
inc this roofing cheaper than any thing
The material forms hard and smooth surface that will
resist the the atmosphere every climate II s
impsrVous 10 elastic and flexible. 1t and
expands with the changes atmosPhete and VIII Meth
erevaPoate crack nor o and A 70 Its durability there
Il is practically mporishsble and will peec.uIy resist
any ordinary exposure fire. Ssis Gbundanty prov
put h Ofng ordinary good sheathing, old shin
giles and gravel, lin zinc and zinc, "copper" non
L making difference how steep hat they may befor
dollars per hundred square ee being cheap
than any Koo ol the old syle and sure it will
II viii also b. found be the best thing ever invented to
cover or old eaky tin tar gravel roofs or around
chmneys scute, doTmaT windows and CUTTERS where the
Tin used through. THIS Cement be put 70 last
long as sune and perfect any object to
which il applied Tin Roofs can be painted over and war
rDed leak two dollars and fy cents hundred
This Roofing will found the thing covering
large Roofs where they much exposed 70 hresuch
Steam Mills, Saw Mills, Pact res, Railroad Cars Bridges,
DeDOs Station Houses Steamboat Decks and every
khJ Of Roof Nhsre there external exposure iron fire
theIOot 10 perfect, without Joint IN H. presents no
chance for fire communicate and any light substance will
m y Insurance odoos at Cincinnati, and other places
where Chds Co.'S Cement has been insure Buildings
Roofs covered with this Cement, the
for those covered with Iron, Copper or Tin.
IL The Cement will be furnished TO those at distance
with directions for using.
III County Rights Tor sale.
h , Orders the undeFsignsd through the Posi-Of
bCes NlllDe PtoHpug at'euoSo 70
No. 24s Spruce street.
TESTIMONIALS AN ID RbFBkENCBS.
oTFIcE BUCKEYE STATE INSURANCE CoNPANY,l
Cincinnati, Dec. I6 1850.
examined Specimens and Roofs of W. (. Childs d Co.'s
.Blaste Fire and Maer-Proof Cement Roofing, and be-
ing was an eye witness Of trial Of
these Roofs from large volume Of fame irsm adjoining
building which struck directly upon roof and cornice
for nearly an hour stood The tal beyond all expectation
AnO '1' '"' President Buckeye STATE Insurance Co.
CucIKSITI AsIEcY ROYAL INSURANCE CoMPASTJ
Ihave examined W Childs & Co.'s Elastic Fire and
waIsr-roo Cement Roohng" " and as as canjudge
slider great invention, and Am willing 10 insure buildings
thus pom insure those
BY metal. JUN ;: LAW,
Prom Bennett, General Agent Of Aina lns Co. for the
CrNcrNSATI, Jan :, 1857.
Having rade considerable inquiry the merits OF the
BY Child Co., md to be highly recommended In this
city by many excellent JUDGES that is meeting with very
ready general Introduction; thai its superiority the
composition Roofing decided and freely admitted and
hnsyt expect 10 adopt It for my roof which will be next
summer-hEvng intended tin, but will Try the virtue
Of the 'PaIenI Elastic Roofing as substitute:
Yours truly, BENNETT.
Chuds & Co.'s Patent Cement Roofing is used here
on our best Buildings. We Freight
Can with IL ana our Master 9eshans seEg very aSo
OFFICE OF THE ONO AND MIssIssFFI RAILEoAD Co.
DEAR SR-InansWer your inquiry in reference to
opinion the practical use OF yodr Roof nthe covering
OF may say that from Preservation entertain
avery favorable oneso much 90, that intend testing
thoroughly roofs Of buildings cars &c after which We
will with yOu decided opinion 70 It's u
hy. Yours, truly, LlPPENCOTT,
Supply Agent OhioS Miss. K. r.
? Since the above written, the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad have contracted covering their depo and
bridge between Cincinnati and Vincennes with this Cement
considering The beet article they used for the purpose
h Lord, Pres Ind aud Gin Railroad.
K Gest, Pres Wilmington and Zanesyille Railroad.
Searles Pres Merchants q Manuiactu rers lns Co.
james Carter Agent Tor ua and other Hartford Cos.
HeSy Morton, Pres Central Insurance Company.
George CaTlile, President siayette Bank
(;eouSe W COfn, Bell Mauui'r 40 IO2 Bsst Second 81
RskeT & Won Phul, No t. Fourth street
Kan Bailey, Smith street, between Fourth and Finh
J(;oden, Tailor an Draper, Fourth street
Miles Greenwood, Iron Foundry.
JudFe Y GhosOn.
iobR Shillho d Co., Dry Goods Dealers, Pourth 81
Nitehe s. Rammelsberg, Furniture Manufacturer and
Dealers, Fourth
W n stewart, Builder 3f5 um
VserriWether 4 SulWelI, Louisville.
W sMcReynoids & Co., CiGrksyie, Tenn.
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