The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-06
Great Discovery.
!. Complete Revolution an Roofngi
.sTHE PLASTIC SLATE - For
Roofing and nther .nIIrnnseS

ssTHE PLASTIC SLATE - For
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1885.
THIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
was made known to the world by the
Farmers Club of New York, at their meet
ing in the latter part of June. 1865, and its
gap easnesfV Siscnssed Snt the inventnr
William L. Potter. of Clifton Park, N. T.,
has been carefully experimenting with the
surated its utility and practicability.
compounds of lime in all its various forms
era COL, clay of various kinds. marble
dust, soa o-stOne, cement, coal-tar, veee
table o~-r asphaltum, etc.-in all the pro-
portions 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, it will be owing to
other causes than the decay OF the cover
round, not through it. 1t is unequ0Jed as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve 1t
many years without further attention,
stead of paint. 1t will 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 1t, even
in his imperfect manner. Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
more CIu7ubIy and cheaply with Plastic
State than with any other material extant.
Coal-tar is found to be the viscous ele-
ment alike of coal and slate: and 1t was
discovered, not iarented, and scientific in
veStigatiOn, as well as experience, fully eS-
tablishing the fact that . its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in, their con-
ditiOn-SOLID SLATE.
PLASTIC SID TIE IS SUPERIOR TO TIN.
l. Because it i a better non conductor of
heat. The rooms under 1t will be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter. s ~.
I S. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
does where jointeu. Z H 3F sstf'e ~ 4 -
- 4. 1t is less dangerous. DR.. Tyng's church,
one of the finest in New York, was burned
in November. 1865. causing loss of $3.50, 900,
of some men who were repairing it -tls
s.. 1t needs no painting, which on tin
amounts in a few years to the entire cost
: 6. Because ii. costs hoG as much, and lasts
t,Uice as Tong. .-,. ne 800
MANNER OF JnA KING Il NEW PLAls-
! TIC SLATE ROOF.
1t Is not necessary to match, or tongue
more solid, and level, and close they are
laid, the better and more durable the roof
will be-. They should by all means be sea-
a double lining of good roofng-feit is
laid in. shing.e form, each edge ;. cling fast
ened down with cleats.9 This lining is de-
signed TO i7asuiate the, roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should injure the covering. After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof is COM
pleted, the mastfc. mixed to the consist
ency of thick mortar being more than three
fo,trths sl0tel, is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth of an inch thick, with a.
trowel or brush, and furnishes a complete
Fzegible Slate Roof 90 * - -
1 have at considerable expense obtained
from "The Plastic Slate Joint Stock COM
pany, of New York." an exclusive right
FOR Evansville and Vanderbargh County,
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc,
and cop er cutters. tftPH# FHsaaEss'
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
is eight dollars per square OF ten 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)
fCe yedrs, 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
ny, ESQ.,; John j. Deig, Esq. Messrs. Reitz
81 Haney VIM. Heilman, ESQ.,; Messrs
Gilbert e TO-; Mark sherwood, ESQ.,; Jo-
sepn p Elliott, ESQ.,; Messrs. Forth, BoWlex
& Co.. Anthony Refs, Esq; Evansville Ma
tional Bank.
Orders tor roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lum Der Yard Office, corner of
Main and Seventh Streets. or with nv
Agent. Charles ~ Tileston, Esq;
Evansville, Ind, April LIST. 1867. "a pI d6m-
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