The Evansville journal., 1867-04-24
Great Discovery.

CrO0IDtefS lLeDOtutIOH IN lLODytnyl
THE PLASTIC SLATE " = For
. Roofing and other purposes g
Patented February 2Isl. 1865. r z-..lb
Fy1HIs INTERESTING DISCOVERY
- was made known to the world by the
ing in the latter part OF June, 1872, and its
Importance to our county and the world
VII Waln sadnfs'P Potsf o e o of tps ParR
has been ca reftilly experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon-
strated itsufility and practIcability. =.
compounds Of lime in all It's various forms
and phases-7tp sand granite, plaster, min
dust, soap-stone, cement coairtarf veee-
table tar, asphaltum, etc. tn all the pro
portions and combination that an intel
Iigent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen years He tried the slate-stone
also, in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures law OF ofreconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the pa ticles ia connection
Til time and the action oi the, elements
Ii ever q 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 10. 1t, IN fAneQuoted as
paint over new TIN, and would preserve 10
many years without further attention,
and and SHOULD be used for that purpose IN
old tin roofs, such as rust-holes, cracks, and
breaks, making them permanently water
than tin-smith could afford 10 do it, even
in his imperfect manner. Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
more .duy0bIy and cheaply with Plastic
Slate than with any other material extant.
Coal-tar is found to be the viscous ele-
ment alike OF coal and slate; and u was
vestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
ttablishing 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.
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN.
/. Because it Is a better non-conductor of
heat. The rooms under /, VIII be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter.
2. IL VIII not rust
3. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
does where jointed.
4. 1t is less dangerous. DIR. TyDg's church,
one of the finest in New York. was burned
IN November. 1865, causing "a loss of S250,00O,
from Jtre IN its tin roof, from the braziers
of some men who were repairing u
5. 1t needs no painting, which on tin
amounts in few years TO the entire cost
of a Plastic Slate ROof.
o. Because ID costs huLf as much and G0Sts
tlOfce as long.
MANNER or MAKING A NEW PLAS-
TIC SLATE ROOF.
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-
soned.
A double lining of good roofing-felt is
laid in shingle form, each edge eing fast
ened down with cieats. This lining Is de-
signed to insuidte 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 mastfc, mixed TO the consist
ency of thick mortar being more than three
f0urths sL0te), lis then spread upon tho felt,
about one-efghth OF an inch thick, with
trowel or brush, aud furnishes a complete
FZezibLe Slate Root.
/ 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 copf er cutters. ,I.llf fLLN
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)
foe years. at the expiration of which. time
IL will be better than when new.
We have the privilege of referring to the
following parties for whom we have ap-
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: II. $. Ten
ny, Esq; John j. Deig, Esq; Messrs. Reitz
q Haney; Wm. -Heilman, Esq; Messrs
seph p. Elliott, Esd; Messrs Forth, Bowles
& Co.; Anthony Refs, ESQ.,; Evansville Ma
tiopal Bank. vta..4 aafn.tffl
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner of
Main and seventh Streets or with nay
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq.
JOHN #. GLOVER.
Evansville, md, Aprtl lst. 1867. Ia II dom