The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-11
Great, Discdxery.,

sCdOnlnCel6 ILSCOtuttOH IN ItOCJtuy!
1.-THE PLASTIC SLATE" For
2 Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1885, s5of}
THIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
was made known to the world by the
ing in the latter part OF June, 1866, and its
Importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
has been carefully ext erimentfng with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its utility and practicabiltty.
After suffering many partial failures in
compounds of lime in all its various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
dust. soap cn cement, coai-tar, veae-
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in all the pro-
portions and combinations that an intel
for fourteen years. He tried the slate-stone
also, in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures law of reconstruction
gluten to hold the pa ticles in connection
till time and the action OF the elements
firmly unite Them. gs.a.xs--.-....us.u.su.-.ss 10
other causes than the decay Of the cover
ing. 1t Will be because the water goes
pana o ne ne% and + wo Is ss It
many years without further attention,
and Should be used for that purpose in
o In 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 70 do 1t, even
every description can be repaired much
more dlsrd6ty and cheaply with Plastic
Slate than with any other material extant.
CoaI-tar is found to be the viscous ele-
ment alike of coal and slate: and 1t was
discovered, not tnvented, and scientific in
tablishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only TO
reconstruct the two elements IN their con-
Srsr III
PLASTIC SLA XE Is SUPERIOR To TIN.
1. Because it il a better non-conductor of
heat. the rooms under it will be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter. ~.
- 2. 1t will not rust. = 5.f 9tti 80 ,.ftLLA -sg
! 8. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
does where jointed. ..-..-,... dal
4. 1t IS less dangerous. DR.. Tyng's church,
one of the finest in New York, was burned
in November, 1865, causing a loss of S2oO,OOO,
from a fire IL. its tin roof, from the braziers
ofsom men who We're t repalrltng IL ,,,,
amounts in few years to the entire cost
of Pldstic State Root. - ~.
t,oice as long. ~ -'i ~" 1880"
MA NNER OF MAKING Il NEW PLA5S-
49, , - TIC SLATE ROOF, ftgd
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-
a double lining of good roofing-felt is
laid in shingle form, each edge eing fast
ened down with cleats. This lining is de-
signed to ifasuiGte the roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should tnjure the covering. After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof is COM
pleted, the mastfc, mixed to the consist
ency Of thic kmortar (beiaig more than three
fo,tTths sIdte), is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth Of an inch thick, with
trowel'or brush, and furnishes complete
Fzeri6le Slate ROOF. %
have at considerable expense obtained
from 6 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
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 exceptedEj
fUe gears, 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 ar,-
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. S. Ten
NY, Esq; John j. Defg, ESQ.,; MesSrs. Reirz
& Hapey; Wm.s Holman, ESQ.,; Messrs.
Gilbert & 60; Mark Sherwood, Esq; Jo-
& Co.; Anthony Refs, ESQ.,; Evansville Ma
tionaI Bank. ,f
Orders tor roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner of
Main and seventh Streets. or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. THeston, ESQ.
- T.Ito0a ~ JOHN f. GLOVER.
i Evansville Ind, April 1st, 1867. ca pl d6m |
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