The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-18
Great Discovery.
b. Complete Revolution IN Roofngl I
''THE PLASTIC SLATE" = For
g Roofing and other purposes.


Patented February 2lst, 1865. 40,
nvHIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
u was made known to the world by the
Farmers Club of New York, at their meet
importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed but the inventor,
William L. Potter, Of Clifton Park, y. T.,
strated its utility and practicability.
compounds of lime in ali its VARIOUS forms
and phases-in sand, granite. plaster, min
zeral coal, clay Of various kinds. marble
table tar, asphaltums etc.-in all the pro-
portions and combinations that an intel
FOR fourteen gears. He tried the slate-stone
also, in many comb cations, before he dis
covered that natures law of reconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the pas ticles in connection
TIL time and the action OF the elements
firmly unite them.
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because. the water goes
round, not throngh il. II Is naeq.soted as |, 2
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose In
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
thana tin-smith could afford do If, even
in his imperfect nanner.ft Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
Slate than with any other material extant.
~ Coal-tar is found to be the viscous ele-
ment alike OF coal and slate; and II was
vestigation, as well as experfence, fully es-
tabiishing 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 SLATE Is SUPERIOR 70 TIN.
l. Because 1t Is a better non-conductor OF
heat Tine rooms under it will be coolertn
Z summer and warmer in winter. ID s asfW =
+ 8. 1t viii not break or crack open like tin
does where jointed- fBi4n 9nltJt1nf is+tga
Of the hesa Sew YoTR Was bnrRed
in Novefn Der. 1885. causing loss of S250.O00,
nom fire in its tin roof, from the braziers
I + s. 1t needs no painting, which on TN
amounts in a few years TO the entire cost
z OF a Plastic State ROOF. .ss8 - nsNs ig'i3
" 9. Because 1T costs hctlf as much, and lasts
ta05ce as long.
aMANNER OF MIXING A NEW PLAS-
sfefs 'iE4ffTfc 5SL1TEs ROoF.os T11''s
!. tt is not necessarysto match. or tongue
and groove the sheating-bo but the
aid the befter ana more durable s ths r oos
win be. They should by all means be sea-
a double lining of good roofing-feIt is
laid in shingle form, each edge efng fast
ened down with cleats. This lining is de-
signed to tsasutdte the roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should iniure the covering. After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof is COM
pfeted, the mast1c, mixed to the consist
ency of thick mortar (6etsg more than three
fottrths state, IS then spread upon the felt,
about e.eighthOf an inch thick, with a
trOwel or brush, and furnishes a complete
FLEXIBLE Slate Roof $1,000
Asf have at considerable expense obtained
from "The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Conn
pauy, of New YOIfk,o- am exclusive right
for Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
Ind. and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tim roofs, repair tin, zinc,
ana cop ler cutters. u 4.gI E-a4.u,'
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
viii be kept In order accidents excepted}
fire gears, at the expiration of which time
it will be better than when new. sp i.l4uf
We have the privilege of referring to the
following parties for whom we. have APP
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. 8. Ten
ny, ESQ.,; John ]. Deig, Esq; Messrs. Reitz
81 Haney; Wm. Heflman, Esq; Messrs.
Gilbert Il Co.; Mark Sherwood, Esq; Jo-
seph p. Elliott, Esq; Messrs. Forth, Bowles
4 Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq; Evansville Ma
tional Bank.
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., -.l,,g
JOHN +. GLOVER.
Evansville, Ind, April LIST, 1857. Ia pl dam