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We are nlwuyA pleased 70 Gait the attention OF
the public to anything of real merit and our re-
potter having nAd occasion yesterday to call at
the of1ee Of tho Chicago E1ast.c Stone-Rooanz
Company, N1A 50 much pleased with their
aEEnngelneLts that he could not refrain rfpm civ.
ing short account 70 Tak TMBrsE readers.
This company IVES organized about rear ago,
md have put up = cnmmodious manu1sctory, u BY
Steam power and machinery ample Tor theIr
wants, Ind located on the Chicago, Burlington 1
Quincy Railroad, between Aalstcd street and
They have established local necnt4 In uear,y 800
q the largest towns In the West from Buffalo. y,
1,sto,t 70 ma rsre they have another
deF5 for material from all directions daily, a. !
gl1nce a. thels shipping took will show.
h} thc addtt!on Of kaolin Or naeE1oNpd porcelain
clay. that II may not run from The tene ol sum
mer heat, and Also rendering the material irr-
fndta rubber and gueerne, ana tic S 'Jls Weoie Is
thoroughly mixed by machinery, The principle Of
nc roof y that upon applyng the material hot to
combined but Simply adEn41ed, rises to the surface
forming flm or envelope oret the Burfacc, pro-
tscunE u from ne action Of TIC atmosphere. Tue
F,Jcer1ne- which will not erapqrate, Keeps II
alwaJa etassicso that 1t Win not crack from celd.
Upon expressing some doubt as to the dre-prooS
properties Of cnnpo&tlon composed Of such In
man, proposed TO demonstrate the point Taling
lafgc sample board nearly i've feet square, M.
Human Inade \ ire covering space two fees In
diameter, Which burned 3ur1ouAy for 1frren
minutes, when xhe burning brands were thrown
Oh md wedgc-ehApc piece cut from the centre to
the outside Of the burned poftion A1d upon turn
Ing 1t back ihc boazds were found barely warmed
and neither course Of feltlns broken, and the
Eecoud course unnaEuieh.
MessA Campbell and II H1Itnan insurance agents.
who were present. suggested building a large nre
on Tic ground and placing the roof above, which
wA done, and the nTe fed with wood and ooal tar,
to nA1e ~ great heat a. posslble- After burning
nearly twenty mlnutear during which time tue
sample Ens 80 completely engelopet In flames It
times that 1t could not he seen, the boards were
burned through, Jet the sootnX failed 70 give way
A few minutes later the fe1iug Is hxpkcn through
with 6ttck to allow the raneA to pA1s through,
Ana ertn then the dre cunnca itself to tho bo1Els
and wenld not spread pFer the ROOF. After baEp-
ing t*eutJ-lre minutes tho test Fas concluded
satslaetorlT. Nearly thfeo-quRrtera OF IN hour on
both aaes Of sample, and the roof get unde-
9troyed. We arpend the following certificate from
Campbell, Whitman 4 Wallace, Insurance. agents
VIC witnessed test q the frc- Proof qualities Of the
Ch!es&o EAstc Stone Roofing Company II thcs work.
this zfttEnonn. and concur In tho description Above
given The test Was the AcvcFc4 md III
The most camrlcte- nf anything of the kind hare
eFt1 witnessed the hsr Will not spread poo the
fscc, nor Eup through fccink the fAtoee FROM below
The rne6Ef has our unqualified approval and IN lnsur
inE building would consider tafe. siAk, covered
usAsertal in our how lcdEe-
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