The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-15
Great Discovery.
Complete Revolution IN Roofngf
g THE PLASTIC SLATE " For
Roofing and other purposes.

0ffXhoOung ana OLher purposes,
4 Patented February 2ist, 1865. moo s.ft
HlHIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
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, N. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
compounds Of lime IN all its Various forms
and phasesIin sand, granite, plaster, min
dust, soap-stone, cement, coal-tar. vege-
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in all the pro-
ligent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen pears. He tried the slate-st0ne
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
till time and the action OF the elements
firmly unite them. m
III ever a roof leaks, it will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round, not Through it. 1t is u'aeqatoied as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve IL
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in
old tin roofs, such as rust-holes, cracks, and
breaks, making them permanently water
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
in his imperfect manner. Old roofs of
every description can be repaired mach
more dnaSK snd o sheapy mlth
Coal-tar is tound to be the viscous ele-
ment alike of coal and slate. and it was
discovered, not inUeYtted, and scientific in
vestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
Publishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only TO
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
diion-SoLID SLATE. = ..5tfs4 s,s- e4r
PLASTIC SID zE. Is SUPERIOR TO TIN.
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heat. The rooms under it Will be cooler in
summer and warne r in winter.
y p 1t will not rust. +es8oA .fstlHF ztf
8. 1t will not break OF crack open like tin
does where jointed. 1850 .,t..- -
4. ii il less dangerous Dr. r. "a rs church,
one Of the finest in New York, was burned
in November 1860 causing loss of $50, 900,
from a fsre IN rs I'm roof from the oraziers
Of some men who were repairing It
amounts ina few, yeaIs to the entire cost
OF a Plastic Slate Roo. ,5 $500
6. Because tt costs 'ht.f as 7n,ch, and lasts
tst,ice as Ioagfa 19Wol ZRit aatI Ef5
MA NNER OFsM4KTNG A NEW pLAiS-
b sg4sn . TIC SLAI,E,ROOF. iag saqr
1t Is not necessary to- match, or tongue
and groove the sheating,boards;b but the
more solid, and level, and close they are
will be- They should by all meal be sea-
x double lining Of good roonng-felt is
,ened down with, cleats., This lining Is de-
signed to, insutafe the roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should inJure the covering. = After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof is COM
pleted, the masttc, mixed to the consist
ency of thick mortar (6ei,ig more than h,ree-
Jotsfths stdte), is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth of an inch thick, with a
trowel or brush, aud furnishes complete
Ezeri6le Slate Roof.
III have at considerable xpense obtained
from 1.-THE Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pany, of New York" an exclusive right
Tor 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. ,s...,-..5- ~ r...,. y
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 taccidents excepted
foe years, at the expiration of which time
it will be better than when new
We have the privilege of referring to the
following parties for whom we have APP
piled the Piast ic Slate Roofing r. s. Ten
ny. Esq; John j. Deig, Esq; Messrs. Reitz
a. Haney I; VIM. Heflmal, Esu.: Messrs.
Gilbert. &4fs0.i; Mark Sherwood Esq. 40
seph p Hlliotf, Esq. !; Messrs- Forth, Bowles
tional Bank. I'D Il
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office. Corner of
Main and Seventh Streets or with INV
Agent, Charles NJ. TiIeston, ESQ. fIlt
afsst 1!6i -suf JOHN f. GLOVER
Evansville, md. April ist, 1867. ia pl d8m
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