The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-03
Great Discovery.
Complete Revolution IN Roo6ngi
PLASTIC For


Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 21st, 1865.
TyHIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
u was made known to the world by the
Farmers Club Of New York, at their meet
importance to our couhtry and the world
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
4 William Z. Potter. OF Clifton Park, N. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its,utlity and practicahflity..
: After suffering many partial failures IN
s snd ppbasestin sand. ararnite. pIasta5. o5tns
erai coal, clay OF various kinds, marble
dust, soap-stone, cement, scoaI-taf, yege-
PORTIONS ms and combinsffons that an Intel
Iigenttand i~nventtye mind could suggest,
for fourteen gears Hetried the slate-st9le
1 also, in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures law OF reconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the PARTICLES in connection
till time and the action OF the elements
firmly unite them.
If ever a roof leaks, it will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round, not through it. 1t is t1equdled as a
paint over new tin and would preserve IL
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. 1t VIII repair all defects in
old tin ROOFS, such as rust-holes. cracks, and
breaks, making Them permanently water
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
than a tin-smith could afford 10 do II, even
IL llS 11lPCklCCb Olu IOOlS VI
every description can be repaired much
more dura6ty and cheaply with Plastic
SGte than with y any other lei material exta ant
ment alike of coal and slate; and 1t was
discovered, not tnuented, and scientific in
t~abiishing the fact that Its exposure %
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
ditiOn@SOLID SLATE. oTb
PLASTICSLA TIE IS SUPERIOR TO TIN.
heat. The rooms under it Will be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter.
2. 1t will not rust. Ri
3. 1t will lot break or crack open like tin
4. 1t is less dangerous. DR.. Tyng's church,
one of the finest In New York, was burned
from a fire IN its tin root, from the braziers
of some men who Were repairing it,.
d. 1t needs no painting, which on tin
amounts in a few years 10 the entire cost
of a Plastic Slate Roof
6. Because it costs hdU as much, and lasts
t,Ofce as long.
MANNER OF MAKING n NEW PLAS-
n slate ROOF.
It is not necessary to match, or tongue
and groove the sheattng-boards; but the
more solid, aud level, and close they are
will be. They should by ali means be sea-
a double lining of good ~roofng-felt is
ened down with cleats. This lining is de-
signed to insttdte the roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should iDjure the covering. After the pro-
cess of felting or lining The roof il COM
pleted, the masttc, mixed to the consist
ency of thick mortar (6efng more than three
J0urths sJdte3, is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth Of an inch thick, with a
trOwel or brush, aud furnishes a complete
FZeIfble Slate Roof
1 have at considerable expense obtained
from "The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Conn.,
pany, 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,
and cop er cutters. 49,
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
is eight dollars per square OF ten feet; same
aappliedto new or old Tin roofs, four dollars
per Cutters repaireda at reasonable
rates as to size; and at these prices all work
will be kept in order accidents excepted)
JtUe gears, at the expiration OF which tine
it wilsbe better than when new. |
We have the privilege of referring to the
piled the Plastic Slate koodng L. >. Ten
g. Haney VIM. Heilman, Esq; Messrs.
Gilbert & Co.; Mark Sherwood, Esq; Jo-
seph p. Elliott, Esq. Messrs. Forth, Bowles
&Co.; Anthony keis, Esq; Evansville Ma
tional Bank.
Orders for roofing or repairing may be 4
left at my Lumbe Yard Office. corner of
Main and Seventh Streets or with nay
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq. I
JOHN +. GLOVER. |
Evansville, Ind, April LIST. 1867. la ri d6m