Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-01-17
w. Z. CHIIIDS & CO .
Patent
ELASTIC FIRE AND WATER-PROOF.
CEMENT ROOFING. "


CEMENT ROOFING.
HB undersigned having purchased the State Right foI
Tennessee, Of the above patent prepared introduce
into general use, and asks Ihe attention Of Architects
Buide Railroad Companies, and the public generally
sAam ne ne gPeIiority over other koOnng.
ARiCHITECTS AND BUILDERS shOul not fail 70 exam
Inc this roofing, It better and cheaper than any hing
use The material forms hard and smooth surface that will
resist the Of atmosphere in every climate.
mPeTTous 70 water, elastic and flexible Il contracts and
expands Win the changes Oft amosPhete, and viii neh
or eyaPoaEe crack, rO sad It's durability, here
no question.
lis practically mperishabls and will perecfully resist
any ordinary external exposure TO re abundaDty prov
ed, aud We viii Warrsntit proof We viii engage o
giles, tar and gravel tin znc and zinc, copper, IRON
making difference how steep hat they may befOr
seven dollars per hundred square iee being cheap
eT than any kOOf OF Ihe old style, and Il will
give better satisfaction.
Il viii also BE- Oundo be the best thing ever invented to
cover ormend old ea tin tar and gravel roofs OF around
ehimnes scates dormar windows, and CUTTERS, where the
I'm rused through This Cement can be put on 20 last as
long stone, and fOm perfect adhesion object TO
which It applied Tin Roofs car be painted over and var
nted not TO Leak al two dollars and my cents per hunsTed
square feet which cheaper and much better Than paint
This ROohng will be found 70 be the Lest thing Tor covering
srge koob where they are much exposed 70 nresqeh as
Steam Ms saw Mills, Fact1Ties Railroad Cars, BFdges
DePos Station Houses Steamboat DecEs and IN acI every
kind Of Roof where there Is an external exposure from nra
thereof lisp srec without joint in 1t, presents no
chance forar5 communicate, and any light substance viii
I[T Insurance Offices at Cincinnati, and other places
where Chds Co.'S Cement has been use, insure Buildings
tor those covered with Iron, Copper or Tin.
IL The Cement will be furnished 10 those e distance
y County Rights tOr sale.
~ Orders the undersgnsd, through the POst-oS
~ p'O'-p1' 1'''-o 1T. NATHURsT,
No. 2As Spruce street.
TESTIMONIALS AND RkPkkENCkS.
OFFICE BUcKETR STATE INSURANCE. COEPAET5l
Cincinnati, Dec. 10, 1880.
To all whom may concern: This certify thai have
examined Specimens and Roofs Of W. Is. Chlds q Co..
aElaso Fire and ~ater-PrOof Cement koonng, and be-
isve ITO be emneny superior % any OlheF Ana o ROO
ing eye witness Of severe trial Of one Of
these Roofs from large yolumeot fame iFsm an adjoining
building, which struck directly upon e 5o9 ahq eoinlce
for nearly an hour stood The fAL an
President Buckeye state Insurance Co.
CINcINEATI AsEEcE ROYAL lNsURANcE Co15PAHT'l
lbave examined W Childs Co.'s Elastic Fire and
Cement Roofing, and asiar as con
slider great inventions and am Wiling 70 insure 9ulangl
prOeceduPon the same terms Us 'Goe SoVeref
BY metal. yGaN IN ., I5N5, Ia ~
Prom Bennett, General Agent OF tna lns Co. for the
southern and " esern States ,.--
Having made considerable inquiry, The merits OF the
aPalent Elastic Cement Roofing, introduced INTO tns ey
by Chds Co.. md II 10 be highly N lnls
city by many excellent Judges That IL is meeting WIN Very
ready and general ntrOducOn that its superiority Overtime
composition Roofing is decided and freely eosa' ano
Misunderstanding Intended tin but will ny ths virtue
Of the "Patent Elastic ROOaing' as substisqis
oTyICE or THR Cir. HAM AKD DAYTok RAlLRoAD.
Childs Co.'s Patent Cemen! hOoAng ls nov usTG aeLe
bestclassof buildings we are covering our
Cans with It, and our Master Meehac aso
bic tOiJ. , L'hOAanl SDlAO5 LLes'
Cincinnati, Jan z, 1881. !
DEAR SIRInansWeT Oury inquiry, In reference 10 Oui
opinion as practical Of yOur Roof covering
OF cars may say that from on preservation, We enen
avery favorable One,-sU much So that we intend testing
thoroughly roofs of buildings cars &c aef Weh w.
will win pleasure give yOu decided opinion as 70 I u
hy. Yours, truly, L LlELI1 49,
Since the above WTIbeu lhe OhO ana AlsalsaPPl
RaOad contracted covering thelf cars Gepo Aho
bridge between CDCRna and Vncenness win nls Ceenb
considering article they used lof tne purpose
h T. Lord, Pres Ind and Gin Railroad.
& Gest, Pres Whining gtOn and GAINESVILLE Raliroad'
N Seares, Pres Merchants q ManulActurers ms CO'
James Carter agent Htna and othsT Hartford Cos
HeSTy Morton, Pres Central Insurance Company
George CaTlile, President Laiaye cite Bank. -
George Conn, Bell ManufT, No lG2 East second 81
Baker & Won Phul, No o. Fourth street,
Ezra Bailey smith street, between FoHrtn ana Fiih
Goden, Tailor Draper, FOurJh street
Miles Greenwood, Iron Foundry, s..-
Judge w Y GhOlsOn.
John ShltO d Co., Dry Goods Dealers Fourth St
Mitchell & Rammelsberg, Furniture Manufacturer ano
Dealers, Fourth ST.
W II Stewart Builder 345 Plum St.
uerriWether & SJilWell, Louisville.
" McKeynolds * Co., Carksvie1 Tenn.
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