The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-22
Complete Revolution IN Roefngl'
THE PLASTIC SLATE For
Roofing and other purposes.

Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1866.
THIS INTERVENING DISCOVERY
u was made known 10 the world bv the
Farmers Club OF New York. at their meet
importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated It's utility and practicabiiiiy.
Aner suffering many partial failures In
compounds OF lime in all its various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
srai coal. clay Of various kinds, marble
table tar, asphaitum, etc.-in all the pro-
POI tions and combinations that an INTEL
ligent and inventive mind could suggest
for fourteen years. He tried the slate-sione
also, In many combinations, be ore he dis
covered that natures aw OF reconstruction
gluten TO hold the PARTICLES in coni7ectionn
till time and the action of the elemerlg
firmly unite them.
II ever o roof leaks, IL will be owing TO
other causes than the decay OF the cover
ing. IL will be because the water goes
paint over new lin. ana would preserve We A.
MANY yeafs without further Attention,
and should be used for that purpose In
Nead OF paint. IL will repair all defects in
otdttn ROOFS, such as rust-holes, cracks, aud
breaks, making them permanently water
proof, and more durable. Al much less cost
than tin-smith could afford to do IL, even
IN his imperfect manner. Old roofs OF
every description can be repaired much
Si1te than Win ann any belp ~h azasste
Coal-tslr is found 10 he the viscious ele-
ment alike of coal and slate: and IL was
vestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tabiishfng the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and drv, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
dition-SOLID SLATE.
PLASTIC SLATE rs SUPERIOR TO TIN.
!. Because IL j. better non-cDnducfor of
heat. The rooms under IL will be cooler
In summer and wal in winter.
z. 1t Will MOI. rust.
3. 1t will not break or crack ofen like tin
does where tOinted.
4. 1t is less dangerous. or. Tyng's church.
one OF the finest In New York. was burned
IN November, 1860. causing loss of $780,
Ooo, from a Jiye IN as ttn Toof, from the bra
D. IL needs no painting, which on tin
In few years TO the entire cost
Of Plastic State Roof y
8. Because costs hay as much, and lasts
thrice as Tong.
have. al considerable expease, obtained
pauy, OF New York." an exclusive right
for Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
Ind, and am prepared 10 put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin zinc
and copper 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
ates as TO size and atthese prices all work
y III DC KEPT III OIQcl kdcCluenlH eActULG0)
I've years, at the expiration or which time
Will be better than when new.
We have the privilege OF referring to
he following parties for whom we have
Trppiiso I Ine rIasuc Siate h2Snng x: ..
seitz and Haney; VIM. HeiIman, Esq I;
dessrs Gilbert d. Co.; Mark sherwood, =
ESQ; Joseph r. Elliott, Esq; Messrs.
forth, Bowles d Co.; Anthony Refs, ESQ;
Evansville National Bank. .lf
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
eft at my Lumber Yard ONCE. corner OF
lain and Seventh Streets, or with my
AGENT, Charles VI. Tileston, Esq.
JOHN +. GLOVER
Evansville. Ind, April LIST, Is Z, (apl d6m