The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-31

Patented February Dist, 1865.
THIS INTERVENING DISCOVERY
Farmers, Gu OF New York, atstheir meet
ing in the latter part of June. 1860, and is
i'm pOrtance to our country q the world
was earnestly discussed but the Inventor,
William L. Potter, of Clifton Park, N. ",
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and mas lemon
strated its utility and practlcabil1ty. 4N
roAfter suffering many partial failures IN
compounds of lime in all its various forms
and phases-in sand. granite, plaster, ntn-
eral coal, clay of various kinds, marble
dust. sOap-StOne, cement, cQaI-tar, Vege-
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in all the. pro-
portions and combinations that an intel
tigent and inventive mind could suggest,
tor fourteen gears He tried tue Slate-stohe
also, in many combinations, DeiQfe he DIS
covered that natures aw oireconstructlon
was exceedingly simple requiring onIy
gluten to ldt particles ia CONNECTION
till time and the action OF the elements
Ii ever a roof leaks, It viii be owing to
other causes than the decay OF the cover
ing. Il. will be because the water goes
round, not through 1t. It is O3leQuaJed as a
paInt4oyer new tin, u would preserve Ii
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. It 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 1t, even
In his imperfect manner. Old roofs OF
every desert ption can be repaired much
lLEVlC tNtI AOfI III AA41aDA Il
Slate Ii with any o her material eXtant.
Coal-tar is found to he the yiscious ele-
ment alike of coal and slate; and II was
discovered, not GRUented, and scientific in
vestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tablishing the fact tAat its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dr., serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
d~itiOn-SOLID SLATE.
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN
:. b cause 1t is a better no~n-conductor OF
heat. The rooms under 1t will be cooler
in summer and warmer in winter.
?. 1t will not rust.
3. 1t will not break or crack open liketin
does where jolnted.
one of the finest in New York, was burned
in November, 1865. causing a loss of $780,
coo, from a IRE in its tin ROOF, from the bra
ziers OF some men who were repairing 1t.
5. 1t needs no painting, which on tin
mounts in a few years to the entire cost
of Plastic Slate Roof.
.. Because IL costs halt as much, and lasts
thrice as long.
have. at considerable expense, obtained
from 1.-The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pauy, 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 opper cutters.
Present 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
wilt be kept in order accidents excepted)
fUe years, at the expiration of which time
/ il will be better than when xew.
We have the privilege of referring to
the parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. >.
Tenny, ESQ.,; John J. Deig. ESD; Messrs.
K NeI ana d,, Mbafnexi Nm, I Hei[m nherw EsSdj;
ESQ.,; Joseph p. Elliott, ESQ.,; Messrs.
Forth, Bowles & TO-; 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
Aoanr Charles NJ TfIeSfOp ESQ
JOHN F. GLOVER.
Evansville. Ind. April list, 1871, lapI dem