The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-17

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Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1865.
THIS INTEREsTING DISCOVERY
Farmers Club of New York. at their meet
ing in the latter part of June, 1865, and its
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
William L.. Potter, OF Clifton Park, N. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
strated its utility and practfcabilfty. Ell
After suffering many partial failures In
compounds of lime in all It, various forms
and phases--in sand, granite, plaster, min
eral COAL clay ofevarious kinds, marble
Dust soap-stope, cement, coaI-tar, veee-
S S,e1ts s and coiS,biatiSns tbat an inteI
Hgent and fnventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen gears Q He tried the slate-stone
covered hatnature's aw of reconstruction
was. exceedingly simple, feqairing only
gluten tie hold the pa ticles in connection
till time and the action OF the elements
firmly unite them.
If ever a roof Ieaks,ft will be owing to
other clauses than the decay of the cover
ing. Ii will be- because. the water goes
round, not through it. IL is uneq11oled as
paint over new tin, and would preserve it
and Should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. 1t will repair all defects in
old tin 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 10 do II, even
IN his imperfect manner. Ola roofs OF
every description can be repaired much
more durabLy and cheaply with Plastic
State than with any other material extant.
ment alike of coal and slate: and It was
discovered, not illveilted, and scientific in
vestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tabiishing5 the fact that it's exposure to
heatahd cold, wet and, dry serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
dition-=SoLID SLATE. - - ifAt--f 1st-.-sti
PLASTIC SLA TIE is SUPERIOR 10 TIN
I. Because it Il better non conductor of
heat. the rooms under it Will be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter. -tAH
8. it viii not break or crack openIIke tin
does where to1nted.
1t IT tb e Sa Pr IyRg Vas f bHr8ad
in n ovelnb ben, 1866. causing a loss of S25O.O00,
from IRE an as tin ROOF, from the braziers
of some men who We're repairing IT, # In
81 1t needs no painting, which on TN
AMOUNTS in q few years To the entire cost
OF a Plastic. STATE Roof ~ 81 ftst.ts..ss5 9
3. Because 81 costs half as much, and lasts
ta0tce as long. ~ faaE @Is astsf frttf .arrfr
MANNER or 1fAKLNGi A VIEW PLAS-
TIC SLATE ROOF.
)oItsis not necessary to match, or tongue
and groove the sheating- boards; but the
more solid, aud leyel, and close they are
laid, the better and more durable the roof
will be. They should by ali means be sea-
= a double Iiningso of good lr.oofng-felt is
ened down with cleats. This lining Is de-
signed. to iasisiete, the roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should ipjure 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 slate, is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth of an inch thick, with
trowel or brush, and furnishes a complete
Flexible State Roof. ~, s~sfa. 80 -
have at considerable expense obtained
from " The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
.pany, of New YORK; an exclusive 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 er cutters. fls. ,fs--t - 80
Present price for new Plastic Slate ROOFS |
is eight dollars per square OF ten 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) /
Jtre gears at the expiration of which time |
it will be better than when new. f.,
We have the privilege OF referring tc the |
followins parties for whom We have ap-
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. s. Ten
NY, ESQ John J. Deig, ESQ.,; Messrs. Reitz
81 Haney /; VIVA. Heflman, Esq; Messrs.
Gilbert & 90; Mark Sherwood, Esq; Jo-
seph p. Elliott, ESD; Messrs- Forth, Bowles i
& Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq; Evansville Ma
tional Bank.
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner OF
Main and Seventh Streets. or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. TilestOn, Esq. DO
- - JOHN F. GLOVER.
Evansville, Ind, April LIST, 1867. la pl d6n