The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-02
NAUTS, REAMER Il OWENS.
IRON MERCHANTS,i
Great Discovery.
80 Compiled, Revolution sn Roofing !,
THE PLASTIC SLATE - .4 u 20
Roofing and other purposes.

80 Complete Rerolsttion IN RoofngfN
THE PLASTIC SLATE ~ ~ For
=, Roofing and other purposes. ~
Patented February 2lst, 1885. ..,..s =
vYszzIs INTERESTING DISCOVERY
was made known to the world by the
Farmers' Club ofNew York, at their meet
Ing u the latter part q June IsyP and its
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
William L. Potter, Of Clifton. Park, n. r,
material for many years, and has demon
Strated its utility and practicahilfty. .oue
After suffering many partial failures in
and phases--in sand, granite, plaster, min
eral coal, clay of various Kinds. marble
sss aust soapss1ns cemsn ali The
portions and combinations that an intel
1igent and inventive mind could suggest,
also, in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures law of reconstruction
was exceedingly simple requiring only
Till time and the action OF the elements
III ever roof leaks, it will be owing to
ing. It will be because the water goes
round, not through 1t. It is .u,eqataled as a
paint over newt in, and would preserve it
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint iItwiil repair all defects in
old tin fyoofs, such as rust-hoies. cracks, and
PROOF, and in ore durable, at At. fnrlch less cost
than a tin-smith could afford 10 do it, even
every description can be Il repaired much
more durob!y and cheaplyil with Plastic
ss than WITH any 1thsf b matsria. ma co extans a
ment alike of coal and slate and IT was
discovered, not ifauented, and scientific in~
tss that Is a e
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
reconstruct thstwo elements in their com
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR roI TIN.
heat. The rooms under Ii Will be cooler In
summer and warmer in winter; FDeI IL
5. 1t viii not break or crack open like tin
does where jOinteds 1874 bHE Ja1fa III
4. It's less Dangerous. DR., Tyng's church,
in NoveInber. iss5, causing loss Of Of $50 600,
OF some men who were repairing it = =
amounts in q few years to the entire cost
of a Plastic State Roo. 4.-.....E,, -; II
8. Because 1t costs hdl as much, and lasts
tsoice as long. isN y355 RE 5stt 3le9B eGI
MANNER OF MAKING Il NEW PLAS-
.-,-- p. - TIC SLATE ROOF f.rs...tt .r,.f
It is not necessary 20 match. or tongue
and groove the sheating-b boards; but the
laid, the better and more durable the roof
will be. They should by all means be sea-
sonedi. $50 sl}feW BToW 9d1 10 5sG9s
laid in shingle form, each edge Icing fast
ened down with cleats. This lining Is de-
signed to insuiate thenroofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should injure the covering. After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof is COM
pleted, the maStlc, mixed to- the consist
eney of thick mortar (betag more than three
JostTths sl0te), Is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth of an inch thick, with a
trowel or brush, and furnishes complete
have at considerable expense obtained
from The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pany, of New York. an exclusive right
for Evansville and sVanderburgh County,
Ind, and am pr6pared4 to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc,
and cop er cutters. <hif iAe
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
is eight dollars per square OF ten feet; same
applied to new or old tin roofs, four dollars
per square. Cutters repair ed at reaso nabIe
rates as TO size; and at these prices all work
viii be Kept in, order accidents excepted)
6Ue gears, at the expiration of which time
it will be better than when new.h Msd1 f6f
We have the privilege of referring to the
following parties for whom we have ap-
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. s. Ten
NY. Esq; John J. Deig, Esq; Messrs. Reitz
& Haney VIM. Heilman, ESQ.,; Messrs.
Gilbert s. Co.; Mark Sherwood, Esq; Jo-
seph p. Elliott, Esq. ;Messrs. Forth, Bowles
& Co. Anthony, Reis, Esq; Evansville Ma
tional Bank. f.
Orders for roofing Or repairing may be
left at my Lum Der Yard Office, corner of
Main and Seventh Streets. or with my
Agent, Charles NJ, Tileston, ESQ:
+s-@t - JOHN f. GLOW ER.
Evansville, Ind, April lst. 1857. Ia p1 dom