The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-30
Great Discovery.

C0mple4e sReuol,ttoafaa fR0ofag!s II
----.T HE alPL ASTLC SLATE For
Roofing and other spurpcsessnlat
Patented February 2lsts lS65.ion II 70 II
.DHIs INTERESTING HISC0YERY
was made known to the world by the
Farmers Club of New York, at their meet
was earnestly discussed; but the Inventor,
Williams l.. Potter, of Clifton Park, N.Y.
material for many Years, and has demon
strated it's utility and prsicticabflify. -
con- pounds Of III lime in ali its various forms
and phases-ih sand, granite, plaster. min
esal coal; clay .ofsvariousl kinds, marble
ss da;t tie Sege nge
4poz ions and combinations that AIN fntei-
Iigent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen years. He tried the slate-stone
also, in many combinations, before he dis
covered that nature S iaw OF reconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the particles. in connection
Till time andthe action of the elements
firmly mite them; e<41p.- 0Hig .stf
III ever a roof leaks, 1t will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round, not through it. It is itnequdted as. a
many years without further attention,
ard should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. twill repair all defectsi in
Otd tan roofs, such as rust-hOles, cracks, and
breaks, making them permanently water
proof. and more durable, at much less cost
than tin-smith could aford toto it, even
i'm This imperfect manpero Old roofs OF
every description can be repaired much
more datrabiy and cheaply with Plastic
Slate than with any o. her m aterial extant.
4. Coal-tar is found to be the viscious ele-
rnent alike of coal andIsIale: and it was
dtscorered, not s'igented, and scientific in
tablishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and drFs serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
tor n r n IA +.
Plastic 81 ATE Ks SUPERIOR TO PIN
4. Because It is a better nOn-conductor Of
heat. The rooms under II VIII pc cooler
in sum mer and warmer In winter. r.
. 2. It will not rr1st.3 sAa&l1 9gt 3auI bHl
9. It viii not break or crack open like tim
1. n ia less dangerous, Isr. Tyns's church |
one of the finest In New York. was burnedgI
in November 1865, causing a. loss of $780,
900, from fire In its tin soof, from the bra
zierS of some nen who were repairing it.- 81
5. It needs no painting, which on tin
amount Is in a few years to the entire cost
s. Because IL costs halt as mach, and sast.
I have. al tgconsiderable expense, obtained
for Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
eightt dollars II a r Of o ten feet same
per square. Cutters repaired ut reasonable
rates as TO size; and attheSai prices a1Iwork
will be kept in order accidents excepted)
fee years, at the expiration of which time
it will be better than when rev. -.t
We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic Slate Roofing: R. s.
Tenny, ESQ.,; John j.. Deig, Esq; Messrs.
Reitz and Haney; VIM. Heilman, Esq;
Messrs. Gilbert Il Co.; Mark Sherwood,
Esq; Joseph P. Elliott, Esq; Messrs.
Forth, Bowles 81 Co.: Anthony Reis, ESD;
Evansville National Bank. a-f. :
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 F. GLOVER. =
Evansville. Ind, April lst. 1857. fapl dsm