The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-09

THE PLASTIC SLATE = For
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1865. fi5er p.
YWYHIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
y was made known to the world by the
ing in the latter part of June, 1865, and its
Importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed, f put the lnyentSr'
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its utility and practicability.
After suffering 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
table tar, asphaltum, ete.-in all the pro-
portions and combinations that an intel
ligent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen years. He tried the slate-stone
also, in many combinations, bsfore he dis
covered that natures law OF reconstruction
gluten to hold the pa ticles in connection
till time and the action OF the elements
firmly unite them.
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. It will be because the water goes
round not through it. 1t is unequoted 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 tin roofs, such as rust -holes, cracks, and
breaks making them permanently water
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
in his imperfect manner. Old roofs OF
every description can be repaired much
more duro6ty and cheaply with Plastic
Slate than with any other material eXtant.
Coal-tar is found to be the yiscous ete-
ment alike of coal and slate: and it was
discovered, not fnuented, and scientific IN
vestigation, as we'll 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-
ditlOn-SOLID SLATE. s4ssff ..s-
PLASTIC SLATE IS SUPERIOR TO TIN.
l. Because it i, a better non-conductor of
heat The rooms under 1t VIII De cooler III
summer and warmer IN winter.
2. It Will not rust. .e
3. 1t will not break or crack open Ike tin
does where jOinteG. ~ ...
4. 1t is less dangerous. Dr.Tyng's church,
one of the finest in New York. was burned
in November, 1865, ca using a loss of $50, 900,
from fire IN its tin root, from the braziers
Of-sonle men who were repairing 1T 1tsr
5. 1t needs no painting, which, on tin
amounts in a few years TO the entire cost
of O. Plastic Slate ROOF.
6. Because Il costs half os much, and lasts
t1Uice as tong. avl t3f
WINNER OF MAKING Il NEW PLAS-
TIC SLATE ROOF.
1t is not necessary to match, or tongue
and groove the sheatfng- boards; but the
laid. the better and more durable the roof
will be. They should by ali means besea-
soned.
laid in shingle form, each edge eing fast
ened down with cleats. This lining is de-
signed to iltsufdte 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
Melted, the maStic, mixed to the consist
ency of thick mortar being more than three
foasrths slate, is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth of an inch thick, with a
trowel or brush, and furnishes a complete
FLEXIBLE Sute Roof st.f ~.
have at considerable expense obtained
from 1.-The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
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.
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)
IRE years, at the expiration of which time
it will be better. than when new.
We have the privilege OF referring to the
follOwIna parties for whom We have APP
piled the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. s. Ten
nv. ESQ.,; John J. Deig, Esq; Messrs. Reitz
&. Haney.; VIM. Heilmali, Esq; Messrs.
Gilbert & CO.; Mark Sherwood, Esq; Jo-
seph p. Elliott, Esq; Messrs. Forth, Bowles
& TO-; Anthony Refs, ESQ.,; Evansville Ma
tional Bank.
Orders Tor roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner of
Main and Seventh Streets or with my
Agent, Charles VI. Tileston, Esq.
- - te9aByt JOHN f. GLOVER.
Evansville, Ind, April LIST, 1861. Ia FL dom