The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-26
Great Discovery.
Complete Revolution in Roofngi
. THE PLASTIC SLATE For
RooGnn and oAhor nurnoSoS

Complete RerOtutiOn IN Roofng!
THE PLASTIC SLATE For
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1865.
THIS INTERVENING DISCOVERY
was made known to the world by the
Farmers Club of New York, at their meet
ing in the latter part of June. 1855. and its
Importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed but the inventor,
William L. Potter, OF Clifton Park, N. Y,
material for many years, and has demon
strated it's utility and practicability.
After suffering many partial failures in
compounds of limef in all its 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.-in all the pro-
POI lions and combinations that an intel
Iigent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen ueurs. He tried the slate-SIone
also, in many combinations, before ne dis
covered that natures aw o Reconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the particles in connection
till time and the action of the elements
firmly unite them.
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
round, not through IL. 1t is UneQx0ted as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve ii
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. 1t will repair all defects in
old tan roofs. such as rust-holes, cracks, and
breaks, making them permanently water
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
than a tin-smith could afford to do it, even
In his imperfect manner. Old roofs OF
every description can be repaired much
more durabiy and cheaply with Plastic
Slate han with any O, her Material extant.
Coal-tar is found to be the viscions ele-
ment alike OF coal and slate; and 1t was
dtscOrerGR. not t1pUented, and scientific in
veStiga1 3, as well as experience, fully es-
tablishMg the fact that its exposure to
heat and colo, wet ana drv, serves only to
d~itiOn-SOLID SLATE
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN
l. b. cause it is a better non-conductor of
heat. The rooms under it will be cooler
in summer and warmer In winter
2. II will not rust.
3. 1t Will not break or crack open tin
does where jointed.
one of the finest in New York. was burnec
in November, 1865. causing a loss of $780,
900, from a fire in its tin roof, from the bra
ziers of some men who were repairing it.
3. 1t needs no painting, which on tin
AMOUNTS in a few years to the entire cost
6. Because ii costs half as much, and lasts
tt0fce as long.
1 have. at considerable expense, obtained
from ''The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pauy, of New York." an exclusive right
for Evansville and V~anderburgh County,
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc
and copper cutters.
Presene 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 atthese prices all work
Will be kept in order accidents excepted
five gears, at the expiration OF which time
1t will be better thar when new.
We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic Slate Roohng: r. $.
Tenny, Esq. John ]. Deig. Esq. Messrs.
Reitz and Haney; VIM. Heilman, Esq;
Messrs. Gilbert & Co.; Mark sherwood,
Esq; Joseph p. Elliott, Esq; Messrs.
Forth, Bowles 81 Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq.
Evansville National Bank.
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office. corner of
Main and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq.
JOHN r. GLOVER.
Evansville. Ind, April LIST, 1877, (apl dom