The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-06
Great DISCOVERY.

Complete Revolutton an Roofing!
THE PLASTIC SLATE For
81. Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2ist 1856. 90
UvHIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
IL was made known to the world by the
Farmers Club of New York. at their meet
ing in the latter part OF June, 1863, and its
Importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
William L. Potter, of Clifton Park, ". Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
srrated its utility and practicabilfty.
y After suffering many partial failures in
compounds of lime in all its various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster min
eraI coal, clay of various kinds, marble
dust, soap-stone, cement, coal-tar, veee-
portions and combinations that an intel
Hgent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen years. = He tried the siate-stone
also.in many combinations before he dis
covered that natures law of Reconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the particles IN connection
| If ever a roof leaks, it win be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
round, not through 1t. 1t is uleQualed as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve It
many years without 1urtner attention,
stead of paint. 1t will repair all aelecss ~
Old tin roofs, such as rust-holes, cracks, anu
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. Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
e tb omraoX ana n ofbar @h 1Tas,ic
{ Coal-tar is found to be the yfscous ele-
ment alike of coal and slate: and 1t was
discovered. not Invented, and scientific in
vestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tablishing 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. A4" - ~
/. Because it Il better non-conductor of
heat. The rooms under IL Will be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter.
5. it viii vi not break or crack open like tin
does where jointed.
s 4. 1t is less dangerous. DR.. Tyngs church,
one of the finest In New York, was burned
from fire IN its tin roor, from the braziers
OF some men who were repairing 1t
8. 1t needs no painting, which ON tn.
amounts In few years to the entire cost
of a Plastic State Roof -
6. Because it costs hay as much and Iasts
tt0ice as long.
MANNER OF MAKING A NEW PLA.s-
TIC SLATE ROOF
5 It is not necessary to match or tongue
more solid, and level, and close they are
laid, the better and more durable the roof
will BE- They should by all means be sea-
a double lining of good roohng-felt is
laid In single form, each edge Icing fast
ened down with cleats. This lining Is de-
signed to fTasutute the roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should iniure the covering, After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof Is COM
pIeted,. the mastic, mixed to the consist
eney of thick mortar being more than three
Josrths sJdte), Is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth of an inch thick, with q
tEowehor brush, and furnishes a complete
EEerd6le Slate Roof eg'f = - y
have at considerable expense obtained
from The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pany, Of New York. an exclusive right
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc,
and cop er cutters. - Z. ET 81 ss.sr,t..,,.f'
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
is eight dollars per square OF ten feet; same
applied 10 new or old tin roofs, four dollars
per square. Cutters repaired at reasonable
rates as TO size; and at these prices all work
fve years, at the expiration of which time
1t will be better than when new.
We have the privilege of referring to the
following parties for whom we have APP
pied tue Plastic Slate Roofng: r. S. Ten
ny. Esq; John j. Deig, Esq; Messrs. Reitz
& Haney; VIM. Heiiman, ESQ.,; Messrs.
Gilbert q Co.; Mark Sherwood, Esq. yo-
& Co.; Anthony Refs, ESQ.,. Evansville Ma
tionat Bank.
Orders TOR roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner or
Main and Seventh Streets. or with nay
Agent Charles NJ. Tileston, ESQ. 3 =
. Evansville, Ind, April LIST. 1857. Ia ri d6m