, 1870-09-07
Elastic Stone Roofing.

In view Of the recent great rEc, and The neces-
sity u protection from such disasters, VIC agAn
ioserI the following from THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Ut April -, 1869.
We are alwass pleased TO call the attention Of
toe public 10 anything OF real 1nez1, anu our NJ
i1lter having had occasion to call at the ouce u
tue chiclgo Elastic Stone Roodng Company,
was 50 mneh plensed With their ar1angerrAnts
.hat he could not Icftatn from giving short &C.
count 10 TEE 1RthCsK rcat1erA This company
Il con,Eltllous mauufaclory. 20 by. 70 1eei, TWO
atoE1cs and basement, and located on the ch.cagu,
huntington 4 Quincy tailroad, between ualsfc,i
ktrtet and SewDeTIy avenue.
They have Established local agents in nearly 800
vi tbs largest toNus tn tic West, from Buffalo,
y. T., to Omaha. Aenraska, wpere they have an.
Ulher factory anI branch, and nre having numef.
JUS otlefs for material from ali directions daily,
as glance 1t tneis shipping buck VIII show.
Then roonng ia compohed OF coai tst, thlckeucsa
Ds The addition Of kao'.n, Or nne ground pvrce-
I'm clay, TINT It r1ay not run nom the t1tEeGlr
VI sumner heal, aua also rendering the tna1eEi-
| als are prooi 10 this they add preparation OF
ntfolE Is thoroughly mixed By machinery. The
psnsieie OF the roof that upon app3 Lug The ma
ef1al hot to The surface Of the fris,ug. the rub
ael not being combined, but sa1ply saulxet. zises
to the surface, forming dim Or envelope over
The ku1ta.e, pratecrug II tEom the aetsna ot the
s,mnpaesc ~ Ine Eyce'1ns, which ~ t.. m = @ nos
l Upon expressing some doubt u to the TIRE proof
l pf0pefQcS Of COmpO6lT100 composed OF tQC0 III
I nsulmaNle materials, the Secretary, Nj. c. F,
ilnEan. PROPOSED to demonstrate the point
Taxing = Large sample board nearly i've feet
| square, Sir. utunun made nrc covering Space
tn o feet in diameter. which burned iu1iously for
ntteen minutes, when the burning brands were
| thrown OF ind a weiXe-66Apea piece cut frou1
| thc centre 10 The outStue Of the bufucl portion.
! md upon turning II tack the ooard3 were tointi
| mercy warned, and neither course OF Telling
/ bfoktn, Aud the secpud c. ufte RnharruCd-
! Ae3sIh- Campbell and Whitman, tnsur aucr
agents. who were present., suggested huliriinx n
large ire on the Gruunt, and placing the rout
Huo1 and coal tar, To mae u great heat po4si-
h1e- After burning neaIu twenty minutes, durthx
! which time The sample wuB 80 completely e1vel
UNel in flames III utnes that It could nos be seen
| The boafus were burned through, yet the ruodur
] failed to give way. few minutes later the fc!t
| lug was biuken through with stick 70 A1llw ii,
| n1nes 70 pass through, aud even then the xrs
cannned itseii to sne boards md would nos sosra,
uTer the ruot After burning t"eng-nFe minute
I tho test Nss concluded Satisfactorily. Sex1t
tithrskpuarttrs oi an hour Oh beth s!deA Of sam
| ple. and the root Jet undesnoscd. Ne apron.
| the following certificate f,om Campbell, Nhl;11as
i Wallace, INSURANCE agents:
We Itituraseo te.t u the ffe-pfpm q1alHes Of Ii
Chiearo kla1tio6snnc HnadnE af the eHmp4ny1 VOTE
tbia sitefneyn. and coucrr In the description abev
.h"mo.t eanps-tt. .: anythirk of Tic lind " Aax
wstnssset a.1ae vii! sot tptsia u,sn @ =: 2,
:a rcr ths ka.,e1.a rn nfao 1aG .1ef q
| II from bcloE. The roos9nk hAa or E11"us4 u
nfevza+ and II sntsEink h.saas ~ W~ola eaos:9e-
,,is7 IT, s1s{.S with the 81 sss;sssnt tSs
Cn1csoo, A%sl ii. ls5.