The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-10

.IHE PLASTIC SLATE For
7 Roofing and other purposes.
| Patented February 2Ist, 1855. 9tl stiit-7
THIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
Gas Ssm f he w1 ser 1S h
| ing in the latter part of June, 1855 and its
| importance to our country and the worlc
Wam E. Yottsr Of con sn'S%r
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its utility and practtea b1lfty. Du
After suffering many partial failures In
compounds of lime In all its various forms
and phaseS-ln sand, granite, plaster, min l,
dust, ssOap-stone, cement, eoal-tar, vege-
table tar, asphaltum, etc--in all the pro-
POI tions and combinations that an intel-
ligent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen gears. He tried the slate-stone
also, in many combinations, before he dis
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, 1t will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round, not through it. It is staeQztdled as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve it
many years without further attention,
and SHOULD be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. 1t will repair all defects in
old TN roofs, such as rust-holes, cracks, and
BREAKS making them permanently water
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
than tin-smith could afford to do it, even
in his imperfect manner. Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
Slate than with any oil her material extant.
Coal-tar is found to be the viscious ele-
ment alike of coal and slate; and it was
discovered, not inuented, and scientific in
vestigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tablishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dr., serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
dition-SoLID SLATE.
PLASTIC SLATE Is.SUPERIOR TO TIN.
/. Bsc cause it is a better nom conductor of
heat. The rooms under it will be cooler
in summer and warmer in winter.
2. II will not rust. 4.
3. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
does where jointed.
4. 1t is less dangerous. Dr. Tyng's church,
one of the finest in New York. was burned
in November, 1865. causing loss of ESQ.,
600, from a fire in its tin root, from the bra
Tiers of some men who We're repairing 1t.
s. 1t needs no painting, which on IN
of Plastic Slate Roof.
8. Because ii costs half as much, and lasts
3 have afconsiderabIe expense, obtained
from "The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Conn
pauy, of New York" an exclusive right
for Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
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 at these prices all work
will be kept in order accidents excepted)
ffve years, at the expiration or which time
1t will be better than when new.
9 We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. S.
Tenny, Esq; John ]. Deig, ESQ.,; Messrs.
Reitz and Haney; VIM. Holman, ESQ.,;
Esq; Joseph p. Elliott, ESQ; Messrs.
Forth, Bowles & Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq.
Evansville National Bank.
p Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner of
Main and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq. Lnfa
Evansville. Ind, April LIST, 1857, (ap1 d6m