The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-19
:
Great Discovery.


Complete Reuolution IN Roofngi
THE PLASTIC SLATE For
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1866. t,-...,
NvHIS INTERESTING DISCOVER
was mad s a ~ Ssn e %o the world by te
ing in the latter part of June. 1855, and its
importance to our country and the WCrlC
is E. t.eT 81 hss tfs aIp
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon.
strated Its utility and practicability.
After suffering many partial failures in
compounds OF lime in all its various forms
and phases--in sand, granite, plaster, min.
dust, soap-stone, cement, coai-tar, vege.
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in all the pro-
portions and combinations that an intel.
ugent and inventive mind could suggest
for fourteen years. He tried the slate-stone
also, In many combinations, before he dis.
covered that natures law ofreconstruction
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, 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 it
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in.
stead Of paint. It will repair all defects 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 much
more darobty and cheaply with Plastic
s Coal-tar Is found to be the viscious ele-
ment alike of coal and slate; and 1t was
discovered, not invented. and scientific in
veStigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tablishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
dition-SOLID SLATE. 11rFfffssft
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN
l. Because 1t is a better pon-conductor of
heat. The rooms under It will be cooler
insummer and warmer in winter.
2. II will not rust.
3. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
4. 1t Ia less dangerous. DIR. Tyng's church
one of the finest in New York, was burned
600, from Jige IN its tin s-o6f, from the bra.
ziers OF some men who were repairing it.
arnount sG IN 20 3e paansing, which on "a
of Plastic State Roof. - -
!. 6. Because it costs halt CTS much, and lasts
I have. at considerable expense, obtainec
from the Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com.
pony, of New York" an exclusive right
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc
and copper cutters.
PreseaL price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
eight dollars per square of ten feet; same
applied to new or old tin roof, 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)
fire wears, 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
applied the Plastic Slate Roofing: K. 8
Tenny, ESQ.,; John j. Deig. Esq; Messrs.
Reitz and ,Haney; VIM. ,Heilman, ESQ.,;
Esq: Joseph P Elliott Esq. I; Messrs
Forth, Bowles Sc Co., A nthony Refs, ESQ.,;
Evansville National Bank. J-41 -
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office. corner of
Main and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles 81. Tileston, Esq.
~ y aSL - JOHN r. GLOVER
& Evansville. Ind. April lst, 1861, (ap1 d6m