The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-29

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Patented February 2lst, 1865.
yvHIS INTERESTING DTSCOyEIrT
Il was made known to the world BY the
Farmers Club of New York, at their meet
ing in the latter part OF June, 1853, and its
importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
William l.. Potter, of Clifton Park, N. y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
material formany years, and has Demon
lstrated its utility and pr~acticability. ~
after suffering many partial failures in
compounds of lime 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, veee-
tar asphaltunn, etc.-in all the pro-
portions and combinations that an intel
ligeutand Inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen years. He tried the slate-stone
a oxos,r IN many s9m ro q w ~ re Se1nrf ne d1s,
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the pa .ticles in connection
Till time and the action OF the elements
II ever a roof leaks. it will be owing to
1 other causes than. the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water. goes
round, not tEroetglSst 1t is unequdled as a
paint over new tin. and would preserve IL
many. years without further attention,
stead ofpaint. 1t will repair all defects in
old, tin roofs, such as rust7holes, cracks. and
breaks, making item permanently water,
than a tin-smifh could afford Q do II, ever
in his imperfect manner. Old. roofs of
every u6SCf1DIlOn- can IGpdlTGQ ~InuCn
dssrobIy and ncheaplyf with. Plastic
Slate than with any other material extant.
Coa1-tar Is found to be the viscous ete-
ifnenta1iKe of coal and slate; and it was
Cdfscouered. not fnuented, and scientific in
vestigation.sa as well as experience, fully es-
tabsishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold wet and dry, serves. only to
reconstruct thetwo elements in their con-
~tion-SOLI SLATE.
RLAS1ICS SLATE IS SUPERIOR TO TIN.
l. Because it ! a better non-conductor OF
heat. The rooms under it viii be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter. hwf
s. 1t will not break or crack openlike tin
does where jointed. 9f rf4E
one of the finest In New York, was burned
in November, 1865, causing a loss of $250,o00,
from a. IRE in its TN root, from the braziers
of some men who were repairing it
5. It needs no painting, which on tin
amounts in a few years to the entire cost
of a Plastic Slate Roo. sSfr4 r4aaoH
thrice as long.
A4TNER or 1ARyNG ANEW PEAS
sFI g ~1IC SLATE ROOF. 4c
l1fn is Rot necessary to match, or tongue
and groove the. sheaung-boardsi but tile
laid, the better and more durable the roof
s wllt sseS ThfysA0uldsDy altmsansee sea
A double lining of good ~roofng-felt is
laid in shingle form, eacn edge Icing fast
dosm with eleats. This. lining is de-
SlSHeu 10 tNSutd4Et TIE TOOHnS ITOm the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should injure the covering. After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof is COM
the mastie, mixed 30 the cbnsist-
eney ofthick mortar being papge than three-
fourths stute1 is then spread Upon the felt,
about one-eighth of AN inch thick, with a
trowel or BRUSH and3 furnishes n complete
I have at Considerable experse obtained
from -The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pany. of New. york.u an exclusive right
For Evansville and Vanderburgh County.
Ind. and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair in, zinc,
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
is eight dollars per square often feet; same
applied to new or old tin roofs, -four dollars
per square. Cutters repaired at reasonable
rates as to size; and at these prices all work
will be kept in order accidents ~excepted)
JfUe gears, at the expiration of which time
it will be better than when new.
We have the privilege of referring to the
following parties for whom we have APP \
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. S. Ten |
Esq; John j. Deig, Esq; Messrs. Reitz !
& Haney ;rWm-< Hei1man, ESQ.,; Messrs. |
Gilbert 81 Co.; Mark Sherwood, Esq. Jo-
seph p. Elliott. Esq. Messrs. Forth, Bowles
&Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq; Evansville Ma
tionaI Bank 4
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
at my Lumber Yard Once, corner of
ami Seventh fStreets.- or with nay
Agent, Charles NJ. .Tileston. Esq. i
~ JOHN F. GLOVER. |
Evansville. Ind, April LIST, 1867. lapI dem