Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-10-30
w. Il. CHILDS s. CO.'S
Patent
ELASTIC FIRE AND WATER-PROOF,


THE undersigned having purchased the State Right To-
TENNESSEE Of the above patent prepared 70 introduce
into general use, aud asks he attention ol architects
eLSn ne hs sqPeriority eyer other 0theI Roohng; ..,.-
use hard and smooth surface that will
resist the action Of the atmosphere every climate II hs
impsrvous 70 vat r elastic flexible. Il
expands with The changes othe amosphee and will neith
eTevsPorate crack o and as TO its durability here
lis practically impershable and will perfec fully resist
any ordinary exposure fire. is abundanty prov
cd, will warnnIH water proof We will engage to
put our Rohag on over ordinary good sheahing od shin
making difference how steep or fat they may be-foT
dOars per hundred square feet being cheap
than any Ro0i The old style, and We are sure Il vii
ID viii also b. found 10 be the best thing invented
end old lcaky tar and gravel roofs around
ehmneys scue dormar windows and CUTTERS, where The
tin rUsted through This Cement csn be pot on to last H
long and form perfect adhesion W any object TO
which tiEapPed Tin Roo car De panied over ana war
EHnied not TO Leak al two dollars and MY cents per hunaeo
square which Is cheaper and much better than paint
This Roofing will be found be the best thing for oyeng
large Roofs They much exposed 10 hresuch
Steam Mills, Mills Fact res, Raj road Cars, Bridges
DepOts Station Houses, Steamboat Decss, and IN fact even
knd Of Roof there external exposure IRE.
IherOO sper Ct, without JOINT in H. presents no
IL ipsurance oaices al Cincinnati and other place,
where Chds Co.'S Cement has been use, insure buildings
with Roofs covered with his Cement! al The same rates az
for those covered with iron, Copper OF Tn.
= The Cement will be furnished 70 those al distance
with directions for using.
= orders sent the undersigned, through the POst-Of
1T. NATHURsT,
TESTIMONIALS AND RBFERkNCBS
oFFIcE BUCKEYE STATE INSURANCE. CoNPANT,l
tmCiuu All, Dec. i6 1856.
To all whom may couceTn: Tins 70 certify that have
e1Hminsd Specimens and Roofs W. b Childs Co.'s
ssRlasc Fire and Waer-Proof &, Roofing and be-
nsve Uto be eminen'y superior . any other KIND Of Roof
Roofs from large youmeoi haue rsm adjoining
building which struck directly The roof and conice
for nearly hour stood the lr'sl all expectation,
and saved the 0uhqlns Ructeve SiSte TaSh n.nr IL
CINoIxNITI AssScT ROYAL iNsUR ANoE COsFANrJ
Ib,,s examined W Childs & Co.'s"EIasuc Fire and
Rooang and as far as canjudge,
Edsr great invention, and am willing 10 insure bulldng'
thus protected upOn Insure those
A Agent Royal lns Co. I.ond N and Liverpool
Prom Bennett General Agent Of Hna lps Co. Tor the
southern and Western states ,r-
Having made inquiry, The merits Of the
PAlent Elastic Cement Roofing introduced into ths city
by Chlds q Co. aud 70 be highly recommended in this
civ BY many excellent judges, thait ls meeting with very
ready general mrOducuou that It's supenoTiy over the
tar comp sion Roofing decided ard freely admitted and
finally, expect adopt torny root which VIII be neh
Eummerhayng INTENDED 20 use TIN but Wl P the virtue
oryIor Goss or TEI Crr HAN .sD 6.TroE R.It6iD
Cbuds & co.'s Patent Cement Rooaug is used here
- our nest classoC Buildings. erng Freight
Can win IT, and our Master @esaiTG ys6qS yey P1s.
OTTIcE or OHIO MrsHssrFFI RAILRoLD Co.
Cincinnati, Jan !, lo51. I
DEAH sm-Inanswer your inquiry, IN reference 10 oGr
opinion The practical use OF your hooinhe covering
of cars may from Preservation, We entertain
syery favorable one,so much 50, shat intend testing
thoroughly roofs OF buidngs cars, &c alter which Ne
vii with pleas 70 decided opinion TO its ui
ny. Yours, truly, X hLiFFENCOIi
Since the above written, the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad have contracted ernE their cars depols ano
bTdge between CiuciR and Vncennes with this Cement
considering IL he best article they have used io the purpose
q Lord, Pres Ind ID Gin Railroad
n Cesl, Pres Whining ton and GAINESVILLE Railroad.
NJ Seares, Pres Merchant q Manufacturers Ins Co.
James Carter agent lor k'na and other Hartford Cos
fssor1s CarlHe, President sfavette BaLk.
SSorSe W Conn, Bell Mauut'T, No lO2 Second 81
SsteT & Won Phul, No IT, Fourth street.
ESra Bailey Smith street, between Fourth aud Fihh
IEodep, Tailor Draper, Fourth street
klfles Greenwood, Iron Foundry.
Image W GhOlsOn.
Tob5 sbilno & Co, Dry Goods Dealers, Fourth st.
Tncheli a RammelsbeTE, Furniture Manufactures an,
Dealers, Fourth 81.
" a stewart, Builder 345 2 um 81.
rI.r,welbrr q StilWel, Louisville.
" NcRevnolds d Co, CRrksvtlle' Tenn.
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