The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-23
Great Discovery.

Complete heU0tutIOn en- IIOopng!
THE PLASTIC SLATE - For
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1896.
YyyHHS HNrEREsTING DISCOyEKY
n was made known 70 the world by the
Farmers' Club of New York. at their meet
ing In the latter y srt OF June, 1866, and its
Importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed; but the Inventor,
has b en- carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
straled It's utilit and practtcability.
After suffer ng many partial failures In
com pounds OF lime in all it, various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
eral coal. clay of various Kinds. marble
dust. soap-stone, cement, coal-tar, vege-
table tar, aSphaltum, etc.-tn all the pro-
portions and combInations that an intel
ligent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen ge0rS. lie tried the slate-stone
also, in many comb nations, before he dis
covered that natures law OF reconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten To hold the pa ticles in connection
I'll time and the action oil the elements
If 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
paint over new tin, and would preserve r.
many. years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in,
stead of paint. 1t will repair all defects In
old tin roofs, such rust-holes cracks, and
breaks making them permanently water
than a smith could afford TO do II, even
in his imperfect manner. Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
Slate than with any other material extant.
Coal-tar is found to be the viscous ele-
ment alike of coal and slate; and 1t was
discoUered, not ffsUented, and scientific In
vestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tabiishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
dit1on-SoLID SLATE.
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN.
l. Because 1t IL a better non-conductor Of
heat. the rooms under it viii be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter.
2 1t Will not rust.
g. 1t Will not break or crack open like tin
does where Jointed.
A. 1t is less dangerous. DR. Tyngs church
one Of the finest IN New York, was burned
in November. 1855 causing loss of B250, 900
from fire in its tin ro0C from, the braKiers
of some men who were repairing 1t
8. 1t needs no painting, which on Ten
amounts In few years 70 the entire cost
8. Because IL costs hay as much. and tasss
ft0fce as long.
MANNER or M KING 4 NEH- IoLAS-
TTC SLATE ROOF
1t is not necessary 70 match, or tongue
more solid, aud level, and close they are
laid, the better and more durable the roof
will be. They should by all means be sea-
soned
A double lining of good roofng-feIt Is
laid In shingle form, each edge eing fast
ened down with cleats. This lining lis de-
signed to alstttate the roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should fnture the covering. After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof Ia COM
pleted, the mastic, mixed TO the consist
ency of thick mortar (being more than three
fourths slate, is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth OF an inch thick, with n
trowel or brush, and furnishes a complete
Fzezfbie Slate Roof
have at considerable expense obtained
from 1.-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.
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
LIS 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 ali work
will be kept In order accidents excepted
fUe years, at the expiration of which time
1t Will be better than when new. r.
We have the privilege Of referring to the
parties for whom we have APP
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. S. Ten
ny. Esq; John J. Deig, ESQ; Messrs. Reitz
g. Haney Wm. Holman, ESQ.,; Nessrs.
Gilbert & TO-; Mark Sherwood, Esq; Jo-
seph r. Elliott, Esq; Messrs. Forth, Bowles
& Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq. Evansville Ma
tional Bank. lG4t-
Orders tor roofing or repairing may be
Iefr at my Lumber Yard Once, corner of
Main and seventh Streets. or with nay
Agent, Charles NJ Tileston, Esq.
Ha ~ JOHN r. GLOVER.
Evansville, Ind, April LIST. 1857. Ia II dom