Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-06-24
w. n. CHILDS & CO.'S
Patent
ELASTIC FIRE AND WATERsPROOF,
CEMENT ROOFING.

THE updeTsgned having purchased the Stale Right io
L TENNESSEE Of the shove patent prepared % INTRODUCES
it into general USE and asks the attention. Of Architects
Builders Railroad companies and The pubic generally %
examine tie superiority over other Rooaug.
ARCHITECTS AND BUlLUERS should not fail % cram
inc this ro0bg bsIIsr and cheaper tnan any thing
use The material forms hard and smooth sutiaes taat WI
mpsrviOVs Vaer elastic and deKibls. Il contracts and
expands win the changes Oft1e stmosphete aRd w neh-
5VspOras crack ro and as 30 rs duEa3y hers Is
L Is practically impsrsbsbe, and viii Peree fully ross,
any ordinary exposure 70 re, asts aDundauly prov
ed and Ws viii WarnnJit wafer proof We Will engage 70
pat 4 ding Ordinary I'd sheahIDg Old sfh-
Il making difference how steep fat lhes may bsfoT
doa per one hundred square es II being ar cheap
er than any ho9i o. NE Ola sSis' a1a "s arc 's VII
TG also b Snd 10 be the best thing ever invented to
cover or end old saky TN and gravel roofs, arouno
chmnsys scuLss, dOrmar WiBaoWs, ana gurfs heF TIE
u is russed tnTUugn TINS cement en- De Pul on - @ -
Nhch Il applied Tin kUOfs cal b PAINTED over and WET
ransd 70 leak, a. two collars and Any cent? per nunaFsd
square feet when m cheaper better u paint
Ins hoO6ng VIII be 0und % De ths 81 ihlng Tor ogeung
large Roofs Wner tney aie mu exposed u nresach g.
DepOs Houses, Steamboat Decss, and N isct even
kHI Of RoOf where there an external exposure Om IRE
thereof psrpc silnOuJ JOINT IN IL, presents no
chance O Are ~ communicate and any light suosIsnee vii
~ Insurance odises st Cincinnati and other places
Chds CO.'S Cement has been USE insure suialBgs
with Roofs covered sith hIs Cement s eame rates a.
Tor those covered with Iron, CoPperOI I'm.
? The Cement will be furnished 70 those q. distance
win directions FOR using.
OTder; seat the alderuignsd, through the POstOf
aes, viii Be promptly zitsndaa 10 ,-.,-r,r,,,
No, Gas Spruce street.
TESTIMONIALS AND KsFEEENoEs.
OFTIcE BUeEETE srATS issUEASoE LoHPAN'5l
LIucInua.l, Lee. 90, 1851. !
To all whom may concern: Ihs 20 esItiy tnal haE,
EIastie Firgsnd WaIsr-PrOOf Z msnt EooHEs and
sys sninenUy supsHort1 any other Kind Of hoOi
thss Roos rom large volume fame ado .ng
building which struck directly apUn he r0Oi aud cOnlc
nearly hOOd The trni ond All sx peoaon,
President Buckeye slato Insurance. Co.
ClEcrsNArI As .ECT ROYAL Insurance. ConPAHT,l
have examined W Chnds 8 Co.'S -klasue tlre ana
WaIsrprooI cement ROOhDg sad lar rs judge con
r t a great Invention ana Wnng 10 insure OuIlangs
bus projected Don tns same Insure
AGENT Royal ms. Co. Lond q ana Liverpool
Prom Bennett General Agent Ina Ias. Co. for the
southern and " esseru states
CINCINNATI, Jan :, 1857.
Having made considerable inquiry ~ % Eis merits Of lhe
Pagsnt Elastic CsmeLt Roofing Introduced INTO thls cry
by Chnds 10, und % be highly rscUEasnded ia thIs
cry BY excellent JUDGES ma. Is eetlng WIN ven
ready and general ntOdueuOn inaI IT, euof over INT
p,suou Roofing decided AID freely siu d ana
finally, expect 70 adopt iurmy root which viii Dc nsK
sumner-hAvng lntsnaed 70 use un out H ~ me virtue
% NC ''1 Yours ifsi truly, JSBsNNBrT.
OrFIcE Or THE Cru. HAM AED DAYTuN RalLRoAu.
Chnds co.'s Patent cement ROOdug Is DOW used mere
on our best classof Budngs We covering Froign
Cans Win 1t, aud our Master Aeehane Tepors ygy avon
OprIcE o. Tx ONO AyD siIssIsIFFI RAILaoAD Co.
cincinnati, Jan z, 1877. J
DEAR sR-InansWer 70 Jour inquiry N references 70 OuT
opinion as 10 practical Of your RoO nthe covering
OF cars we may from observation, entertain
avery favorable onsso much 50, that intend testing
thoroughly uu roofs hudIngs cars &c alter which
will Win psa are give yOJOuT decided opinion % ils u
~. AolnItruly, n LiFf EtaCOtA,
p Since the above written, the Ohio and Aissspp
Railroad have contracted covering their qepots and
bridge between Cincinnati and NBcsunss, with this cement
considering he beet they have used for The purpose
h @ LORD, Pres md uad Gin kailruad.
r CTsst. Pres Wilmington and ZanesFllle Railroad.
A Ssares. Frss Merchant q Mduuiacturers' ms Co.
James Carter Agent tor Hyul an1 oLhsr Hartford Cos
Hs.ry Morton, Pres Central insurance Company
GeOrgs Garlic, Prs=icen & Hfay ellie Bark.
GeorZs vs. CONN, Bell nanulr, NO lu2 sEss Second A.
BAKER q Won Phui, No - Fourth street.
Ezra Ba ley smith street., between Fourth and FIFTH
Gt.den, latlor an Draper, Fuursh street.
Miles Greenwood, Iron Foundry
Judge W GhOlsyu.
John Shlio O. Co., Dry Goods Dca ere, Fourth s..
mitchell q kamaesbeTgs Furniture dsRuiscturers auo
Dealers, Fourth
" q Stewart. Builder 34j um
HernwethtT g. StllwGii, Louisville.
" Mickey nuids g. 90, GAINESVILLE, Tenn
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