The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-29

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1.-THE PLASTIC SLATE For
Roofing and other purposes. dat
Patented February 2lst, 1865. ala sna8
THIs INTERFERING DISCOVERY
was made known to the world by the
Farmers, Club of New York, at their meet
ingin he'll latter part of June. 1883, and its
Importance to our country and the world
William L. Potter, OF Clifton Park, N. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and mas demon
strated its utility and practlcability. II
After suffering many partial failures in
compounds of1fme 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 ete;min all the pro
Iigent and mind could suggest,
for fourteen years. He tried the slate-stone
covered hat natures saw DEMONSTRATION
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the particles in connection
TILL time and the action of the elements
If ever a roof leaks, it will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
round, not through il. 1t is uneQuuIed as a
paint over new tin, and. would preserve If
many years WITHOUT further attention,
and hould 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
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than q tin-smith could afford 10 do it, even
In his. imperfect manner. Old roofs Of
s gnveerrsy d dsg anS can cbe De repa aires ! P mueh
Slate than with any other material extant.
Coal-tar is found to be the viscious ele-
DISCOVERED, not inUented, and scientific in
v~eStigation, as we'll as experience, fully es-
tablishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet n dry, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
dition-SoLrD SLATE. +
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN
4. Because II is a better no-n-conductor of
heat. The rooms under it will be cooler
in summer and warmer In winter. % 5Hi5
2. 1t will not rust. aHE @tflst 1851
8. 1t twill not break or crack open like tin
does where jOinted. sifa -fEu = -iaf GU ~
4. 1t is less dangerous. DIR. Tyng's church
one OF the finest in New York. was burned
in November, 1866, causing a loss OF $780,
zlers of some men who were repairing it.
5. 1t needs no painting, which on tin
amounts in a few years to the entire cost
s, Because il costs hay as much, and lasts
t,oice as long.
/ have. at considerable expense, obtained
from The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pauy, OF New York" an exclusive right
for Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
and repair old tin roofs. repair tin, zinc
and copper CUTTERS. -.rr
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 at these prices all work
wilt be kept in order accidents excepted)
fire years, at the expiration OF which time
it Will be better thai when Gew. i
We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic Slate Roofng: r. s.
Reitz and Haney; VIM. Heilman, Esq;
Messrs. Gilbert d Co.; Mark sherwood,
ESQ.,; Joseph p. Elliott, Esq; Messrs.
Forth, Bow1es g. Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq;
Evansville National Bank.
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard ONCE, corner of
Main and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles M. Tileston, Esq,
JOHN F. GLOVER.
Evansville. Ind. April LIST, 1871, iapl d6m