The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-18
Great Discovery.
Complete Reuolution IN Roofngt p
/" THE PLASTIC SLATEl"-For
Roofing and other purposes. "a


THE PLASTIC SLATEF"-For
Roofing and other purposes slit
Patented February 2ist, 1865. % Ist
THIS INTEREsTINGL DIsC9yEEY
farmers Club of New York, at their meet
ing In the latter part of June. 1885, and its
e Ns sesatfy and fSe ihs s
William La Potter. Of Clifton Park, ~. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
lis so a.
compounds OF lime in ali its various forms
snd ppos Clay 81 khs
dust, soap@stone, cement, ocoal-tar, svege-
table tar, asphaltum, etcr-in all the pro-
ligent and Inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen pears He tried the slate-stone
also, in many combinations, before be dis
was Exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the particles In connection
till time and the action Of the elements
If ever q roof leaks, 1t will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover.
ing. II will be because the water goes
paint over new tin, and would preserve II
many years without further attention,
and should Nc be used ., for that pr5pose N !,
old TIN roof, such as rust-holes, cracks, and
breaks, making them permanently water
Df0Ol. more
than 2 fin-smith could afford 70 do IL, even
IN his imperfect manner. Old roofs OF
every description can be repaired much
STATE than With am any o. o her material extans
Coal-tar Is found to be the vfscious ele-
ment alike of coal and slate; and It was
discovered, not i,suented, and scientific in
yestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tablishing the fact that its exposure to
heata and cold, wet and drv,@erves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
dition-S0LID SLATE.
PLASTIC SLATE sS UPERTOR TO TIN
- 4. Because 1t is better non-conductor of
heat The rooms under it viii be cooler
in summer and warmer in winter.
8. twill not break or crack open liketin
does where jointed.o giq1s 4s@es-s4 70 N
one OF the finest In New York was burned
in Novem Der, 1855. causing a loss of ESQ.,.
600, from a fire in its tin roof, from the bra
4 5. 1t needs no painting, which on tn
amounts In a few years to the entire cost
of PkastSc Slate Roof.
! I have. aI considerable expense, obtaines
pauy, OF New York" an. exclusive righf.
for Evansville and Marlborough County
Ind. and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair OLD tin roofs. repair tin, zinc
( Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
eight dollars per square of ten feet; same
dPp4AOo ~ hC~ Vi olO LII AOOis Aouf oOAllte
per square. Cutters repaired at reasonable
rates as to size; and at these prices all Work
will be kept in order, accidents excepted(
f5Ue years, at the expirstfon-of which time.
ii will be better than when new.
We have the privilege of referringsto
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic Slate. Roofing: K 3
Tenny, ESQ.,; John y. Deig, ESQ.,; Messrs.
Reitz and Haney; VIM. Heilman, ESQ.,;
Messrs. Gilbert & Co.; Mark Nherwood,
Eo 1i iss ewPPese Co, antbony keis, ESQ.,;
Evansville National Bank. - =
- Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Once, corner OF
Main and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles d.. Tileston, Esq. IL IlrS
t-assnS qus JOHN r. GLOVER
Evansville. Ind, April lst 1877, fapl d6m