The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-06

Complete evolsfion an Roofngi
THE PLASTIC SLATE For

Complete Revota1fiOn an lh0ofngi
THE PLASTIC SLATE For
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1865.
THIS INTERFERING DISCOVERY
was made'known to the world by the
ing in the latter part OF June 1865, and its
importance to our country and the world
Was earnestly discussed; bnt the inventor.
4 has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its utility and p~racticability.
After suffering many partial ~fafIures in
compounds of lime in all it's various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
eral coal, clay OF various kinds, marble
| dust, sOip-stone, cement, coal-tar, vege-
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in ali the pro-
POI lions and combinations that an intel
figent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen years. He tried the slate-stone
also. in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures aw OF reconstruction
gluten to hold the particles in connection
till time and the action of the elements
If ever a roof leaks, IL will be owing to
other causes than the decay OF the cover
round, not through 1T. 1t Is u~nequoted as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve it
many yeats without turtle attention,
stead of paint. 1t will repair all defects in
old tin roofs, such as r~ust-holes, cracks, and
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
han a tin-smith could afford 10 do il. even
In his imperfect manner. Old roofs OF
every description can be repaired much
more durdbly and cheaply with Plastic
Slate than with u Oh her material extant.
r, eoai aIs[a rs aS cna, 20 on ps sI a and n was
discovered, not inuented, and scientific in
yestigations as well as experience, fully es-
tabIishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements In their con-
d~ition-SoLID SLATE.
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN
4. cause it is a better non-conductor OF
heat. The rooms under IL will be cooler
in summer and warmer In winter.
8. II viii not break Or crack open like tin
does where jointed.
4. 1t is less dangerous. DIR. Tyng's church
ons Of the finest In New York was burned
ziers of some men who were repairing it.
amounts nss IN a f few years to the entire on cost
Of Plastic Slate Roof.
o. Because d costs haU as much. and lasts
have. az considerable expense, obtained
from "The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
fRor Evansville and vanderbarsh counSty
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
applied to new or Old tin roof -four dollars
rates as TO size; and atthese prices ali work
will be kept in order accidents excepted)
fUe years, at the expiration OF which time
1t Will be better than when new arm
d. We have the privilege OF referring TO
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic Slate Roofng: X. IS.
Tenny, Esq. /; John ]. Deig, Esq. Messrs.
Reitz and Haney; VIM. lehman, Esq;
Esq, Joseph p. Elliott, Esq, Messrs.
Forth, Bowles q Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq;
Evansville National Bank.
Or1QrS for roofing nr ranQfrinO NAV hA
left at my Lumber Yard Office. corner Of
Main and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq.
JOHN r. GLOVER.
yEvansviIle. Ind. April LIST, 1877, (apI dom