The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21

Great Discovery.

Complete Revolution IN Roofing!
THE PLASTIC SLATE For
Roofing and other purposes.
] Patented February 2st, 1865. I
FKyHIS INTERESTING DISCOVER \
II was made known to he world by the
| Farmers Club OF New York. at their meet
| ing in the latter part of June. 1865. and It's
MAJ. earnestly .disesssesl ! hut. the inventor
William Potter, Of Cnfton Park. n. 4,
has been earefufiy expt rimsnting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its. utility and practice Billy.
4 AFTER sufferfn 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, sotp-stone, cement, coai-tar vege-
poltions aud combinations that am inte /
/ iigent anc fnvenuve mind could suggest {,
| for fourteen years. Hetried the slate-stone
also, IN many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures aw OF reconstruction
| was exceedingly simple, requiring only
| gluten TO hoId the particles IN connection
till time and the action of the Clements
| firmly unite them. fy.s~g 4ss#tt =
| If ever 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 uneQudled as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve it
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. 1t will repair all defects in
oldt,n roofs, such as rust-hoies, cracks, and
| proof. and more durable, at much less cost
than a tin-smith could afford TO do it. even
| IN his imperfect manner. Old roofs OF
every description can be repaired much
more durdbiy and cheaply with Plastic
| Slate than with any o her material extant.
rneiit alike of coal and slate; and it was
discovered, not ia,rented. and scientific in
YES! igation, Is we'll as experience, fully es-
tabiishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, " ct and dr. serves ouly to
reconstruct tile two elements IN their con-
dition-SoLID SLATE. ,.r5-, 81 2
PLASTIC SLATE rs SUPERIOR TO TIN.
/. cause il is better non-copductor of
heat. The rooms under IL will be cooler
in summer and warmer in winter.
2. It viii MOI rust.
3. 1t Will not break or crack open like tin
does where jointed. -
4. 1t is less dangerous. I,r. Tyng's church,
one of the fins st in New York. was burned
in November, 1860. causing loss of $780,
900, from a fire flt its tin root, from the bra
ziers OF some en- who were repairing it.
). It needs no painting, which on tia
of Plastic Slate Roof.
8. Because it costs half as much, and lasts
ttOice as Tong.
l have at consider able expense, obtained
from 1.-THE Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pauy, of New York." an exclusive right
for Evansville and Nanderburgh County,
Ind, and am prepared to put on new ROOFS
and repair old TN roofs, repair tin, zinc
and copper cutters. fs.
eight dollars per square of ten feet; same
applied to nel or old tin roof, four dollars
per square. Cutters repaired at reasonable
rates as to size and at these prices all work
viii be kept in order (accidepts excepted)
!5re gears, at the expiration oi which Time
it will be better than when new.
We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic slate Roofing: II. ).
TenDy Esq. John j. belg, Esq: MessfS.
Reitz'and Haney; VIM Heiiman, Esq
Messrs. Gilbert IL Co.; Mark sherwood,
Esq; Joseph p. Elliott. Esq; Messrs.
Forth, Bow4ss & Co.. Anthony Refs, Esq.
Evansville National Bank. rfi1naY lew ! s.
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner of
Nam and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq. 80
anT brx seH 8H JOHN #. GLOVER.
Evansville. Ind. April LIST, 1871, (apl dom