Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-17
w. e. CHILDS & CO.'S
Patent
ELASTIC FIRE AND NATERsEEOOEs
CEMENT ROOFING


ELASTIC FIRE AND WATER-PROOF,
CEMENT ROOFING.
TIKI undersigned having purchased the State RighL for
Tennessee Of the above patent prepared 70 introduce
into general use, and asks the attention Of Architects
Buid Railroad Companies and the public generally TO
exam ne its 50 periority over other Roofing.
iCHITECTS AND BUILDERS shOul not fail to exam
me this roohng, as il is better and cheaper than thing
The material forms hard and smooth surface that VIII
resist the action Of the atmosphere every climate. IL b
mperyOus 70 water, elastic and flexible. IL contracts and
er evaPoate crack nor o and as TO its durability here IL
Il is practically mperishable and win perfseully resist
ordinary exte raj exposure 70 ire ass buRdanty prov
ed and We viii Earrantit water proof We viii engage to
gIes and gravel, zinc and zinc, copper
making difference how steep Fat hey may befOr
seven dollars hundred square feet being cheap
er than Roof Of The old style, and win
Ii viii also b. found to be the best thing ever invented to
cover or end Old leaky @ tar and gravel ROOFS around
shmneys scGtes dormsr Eindows and CUTTERS where the
TN is rused through This Cement can be put on 70 last
long stone, and form perfect adhesion object to
which il sapped Tin Roofs be painted and
aned not TO Leak At two dollars and 1f cents hundred
square feet which cheaper and much better than paint
large Roofs where they are mueh exposed to reuch as
Steam is, Saw Mills, Fact ries Railroad Cars, Bridges
DePots Station Houses Steamboat Decks and in fact ever
kind Of Roof here there exposure Gre.
thereof is perfect, without joint in IT, u presents
burn out without igniting
NJ Insurance oaiees at Cincinnati, and other place.
where Chds Co.'s Cement has been inyure 3uidngs
with Roofs covered with his Cement st the
Tor Ihogs covered with Iron, Copper Or J. lin;
win directions s,T ueino y - = $50
NJ County Rights FOR sale
IL Orders sent the undersgnsd, through the POstOE
1T. NATHURsT,
No. "a, spruce street.
TESTIMONIALS AND RBFBRkNCES.
OFFICE BUcKEYE STATE IzsURAScE COnPANT,l
Cincinnati Dec. IS, 1855. (
To all whom may certify thai have
examined Specimens and Roofs of W. + Childs d Co.'S
eVs t be emineny superiority any other kind Of Roof
a of franz adf
building, which struck directly uPon The roof and conice
Tor nearly an hour stood The srial al
President Buckeye State Insurance Co.
CINCINNATI AsAEoT RoTAL lSsUkAEoE CoMPAET,l
Ihavs examined W Childs& CoistEiastie Fire and
slider great invention, willing insure building
thus protected upon the same terms insure those
Agent Royal Ins. Co. London and Liverpool
From Bennett General Agent Of tna Ins. Co. for the
southern and " esefn States.
CIEerNsATr. Jan 7, 1857.
APalent Elastic Cement Roofing introduced into This city
BY Chds q Co., find be highly in this
CITY by excellent Judges that il is meeting with very
ready and general mrodueon that rs eroiy over the
tar com position Roofing is decided and freely admitted;
summer-havlng intended to use tin but will nv the virtue
Of the "Patent Elastic Roofing as substitute.
oFTIoE or Tas CrE. HAN AND DATroS RGiIEoaD.
Childs Co.'s Patent Cement Roofing is used
Cars with IT, and Master Mechanic reports very
BILE tOit. L'HOMAEDIEU, Pres.
OFFIcE OHIO MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD Co.
Cincinnati, Jan z, 1857.
DRAK SIR:-In 70 your inquiry,
opinion the practical Of your Roof covering
OF thai from cur observation, entertain
avery favorable much that intend testing
thoroughly roofs Of buildings, cars, &C.; we
will with pleas give yOa decided opinion
fy. Yours, truly, LiPPENCOTT,
Supply Agent Ohio & Miss. &. &.
Since the above was written, the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad contracted for covering their depots
bridge between Cincinnati and V1Beennss,
considering it the best article they have used for the purpose
H Lord, Pres Ind and Gin Railroad.
+ Gest, Pres Wilmington and Evansville Railroad.
Searles Pres Merchants q Man ufacturers' Ins Co.
James Carter, Agent Tor Etna and oIher Hartford Co.'S
HecTy Morton, Pres Central Insurance Company.
George CaFlile, President sfay etts Bank.
George Conn, Bell MaBHf'r, No I02 East Second 81
Baker & Won Phul, No e. Fourth street.
Ezra Bailey, Smith street, between Fourth and Finh.
Goden, Tailor an Draper, Fourth street
Miles Greenwood, Iron Foundry.
Judge w GholsOn.
John ShiltO & Co., Dry Goods Dealers, Fourth st..
Mitchell q Rammesberg, Furniture Manufacturers and
Dealers, Fourth 81.
W Il Stewart Builder 345 P um ST.
aierriWether a StilWell, Louisville.
" MeReynOlds & Co.. CaTksvle, Tenn.
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