New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-29
EoYpr1AN wArEarnoor coAr,so. -we call

the attention of the public, especially tn,
owners Of real estate, to the charter of tn.
Egyptian Waterproof Coating Company
, which will be found in another column Of
to'day's REPUBLICAN. The Office of the Com.
pany is at No. 50 Chartres street.
The Egyptian waterproof coating, which
was patented by the United States Patent
Office on the fourth of Nay, 1869, is new
invention, being composed of materials
which together possess remarkable antisep-
tic qualities, insOluble in water and unaffect-
ed by dampness. Experiments made On
clsserns, flooring of warehouses, fences,
siis and Joists, telegraph posts, crossties,
| bridges, etc., plainly show that dry lumber,
! which is intended to be used in the water or
| IN contact with dampness, will not rot
when coated with the Egyptian. Apple
able for the use of the marine, vessels,
piles, etc., and particularly in the Gulf
OF Mexico, where barnacles destroy any
kind of wood, satisfactory experiments
show that this danger is no more to
be feared. Used on collins as a sanitary
measure, like in Europe, the Egyptian coat
ing has given here full satisfaction in the
experiments made by the most learned and
competent physicians. Even in this warm
and damp climate the causes of infection
from death have no more reason to be ap..
pretended. In using the Egyptian coating
for wood pavements, no material in the
world can enter into serious competition
with it.
The company above mentioned, com.
posed of stockholders of the most honora-
BILE Character, and among the most enter
prlsing gentlemen of this city, have the |
project to organize special corporations for |
the manufacture of the several articles |
connected with the discovery of this new |
produce. One of them is already nearly |
and ready to enter into opera
ton. We are authorized to say that its
object is to create here general under
taking business, similar to those estab-
llshed IN most of the large cities of
Europe, This is indeed very much needed
here, and the public health and comfort
will be unquestionably promoted thereby;
md what is the most important for all will
De the absence of infection, either before or
!fter death and in the neighborhood of our
cemeteries, most all situated in the
middle of our city.
TIE BABcoCK FIRE ExTINGUIsHER ON RAIL.
DAD TRA1Ns.-The advantage of having on
and one OF these machines for extinguish-
ng ipcipient fires, has been so often and so
laborately described that it is now nearly
1perfuous to enlarge upon their merits and
ne economy in having them in every build.
lg, but railroad managers have lately dis
overed, and it is strange it did not occur
them long before, that many of the fear.
II losses by fire may be avoided by having
le or more OF these machines on every
ain. These machines have been lately
dered for the Michigan Cen trial; Illinois
entral; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy:
AXE Shore and Michigan Southern; Union
icifc, and Wlnona and St. Peter and other
ilroads.
Air. Sergeant, Superintendent of the
chigan Central Railroad, on sending out
lrty OF the extinguishers this month, be
the first installment of the one hundred
more that he considers necessary for the
otection Of his road), accompanied each
tn the following card circular of instruc-
ms:
NOTICE TO CONDUCTORS AND TRAIEMEE,
This machine is for use in case Of FIRE
on the train. or anywhere upon the line
ere he company's interest require.
1 ire is noticed rs kindliDg in wood piles
at stations where help is not at hand,
4 Wnere there IS liability of any consider
ndrTp I'LL
machine, or hold the train, as in their
gment seems best, until the charge of
machine is expended, or the fire sub
I'd.
conductors will report all cases Of use OF
train machine.