The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-01
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Roofing and other pafpA7. nv =.
Patented February -2Ist, 1855 r.
FyyHIS INTER esq ING. DISCO III cry
= was made known to the worltI " the
Farmers Club ofNew orl<. at their meet
ing in the latter part of June, 1865 add its
Importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
William L. Potter, OF Clifton Park, N. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its utility and practicabiltty. 9e
compounds of lime in ali its various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
eral coal, clay of various Kinds. marble
dust, soap-stone, cement, coal-tar, veg
table tar, asphaltun1, etc.-1n all the pro-
portions and combinations that an intel
ligent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen gears He tried the slate-stone
also, in many comb ations, before he dis
covered that natures law of reconstruction
g Mf to hold the I pa 1icies in connectioS
till time and the action, OF the elements
firmly unite them. -
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing Il viii be because the water. goes
round, not through it. It IS lncQitdled as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve it
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in
! stead of paint. 1t will repair ali defects in
old tim roofs, such as rust-holes, cracks, and
breaks, making them permanently water
proof, and more durable at much less cost
than tin-smith could afford Q do IT, even
in his imperfect manner. Ole roofs of
every description can be repaired much
more durdbty and cheaply with Plastic
Slate than with any other material eXtant.
Iu COal-tar is found to be the viscous eie-
ment alike of coal and slate: and it was
SsseaSsrs Enssea ad sSrnq1s IN
tabiishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
ditiOn-SOLID SLATE.
PLASTIC SLATE IS SUPERIOR TO TIN.
8 |. BECAUSE it "a better ppn.conductpr OF
heat Tne rooms underit will be coolerin
summer and warmer in winter.
2. 1t Will not rust.
g. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
does where jointed.
4. 1t is less dangerous. DIR. Tyng's church.
one of the finest in New York, was burned
in November. 1865, causing a loss of $3.50, 900,
from fire in its tin root, from the braziers
of some men who We're repairing it
amounts in a few years 10 the entire cost
of a Plastic Slate Roof
Q. Because 1T costs hdl( as much, and lasts
tsCice as long.
MANNER OF MAKING Il NEW PLAS-
SE TIC SLATE ROOF. EtKt|
1t is not necessary to match, or tongue
and groove the sheating,boards; but the
laid, the better and more durable the roof
will be. They should by all means be sea- Z
A double lining of GOOD roofng-telt is
laid in shingle form, each edge eing fast
ened down with cleats. This lining is de-
oiSHCu Sateetgfy ioSnHS AlOitl1 Tue
boards, lest their Shrinking and swelling
should injure the covering. After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof is COM
pleted. the mastfc, mixed to the consist
ency of thick mortar being more than three
Jourths sldte}, is then spread uponsfhe felt.
about one-eighth of an inch thick, with
trowel or brush, and furnishes complete
Flexible Slate Roof. E03 Gal
- have at considerable expense obtained
from 1.-The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Cons
pany, of New Yoff, 's an exclusives right
for Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
Ind, and am prepared to put On new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc,
and cop err cutters.
Present price for new PlastictSlate Roofs
is eight dollars per square OFTEN feet; same
applied to new or old tin roofs, four dollars
per square. Cutters repaired at reasonable
rates as to size and at these prices all work
will be kept in order accidents excepted)
ttUe gears, at the expiration OF which time
it will be better than when new.T - IA
We have the privilege of referring to the
following parties for whom we have APP
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. $. Ten
my. Esq; JohnsJ. Deig, ESQ; Messrs. Reftz
~ Haney; VIM. Holman, Esq.,; MeSsrS.
Gilbert & tio.;l Mark Sherwood, Esq; Jo-
seph P. Elliott. Esq Messrs. Forth, Bowles
& Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq. Evansville Ma
tional Bank.
Orders tor roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner of
Nam and Seventh Streets or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq.
.rs- JOHN F. GLOVER.
Evansville, Ind, Al ril lst, 1867 Ia ! / d6m