New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-02

1t has long been felt by the pu bile and is admid
by our best architects and builders, that one of
pressing wants OF our time Is a good substitutsr
| past twenty years the United States, England d
TRANCE have issued nuE dreds of patents for socad
| Artnclsl stone. These patents have covered Q
whole range OF mechanical cements, such as g.
Gum Shellac. Rosin, AsphaItum, Tar, Rubber. :.
number possess any practical merit, for we csn,s
expect substances that are never found in nstsi
stone to make stone; and these only claim the M
! THE UNION STONE COMPANY, in Offering ia
Invention to the public. claim REAL STONE, al.
FIC1ALLY MADE, and the only process yet dlscoyed
capable OF reproducing stone of any REQUIRED IA
from its original element. from purely mineral /.
confidence at first sight, capable of realizirr
architects most elaborate designs, eouaiipg o-ars
Durability while possessing sharpness Of outline
It can be furnished at such low prices as to !.
m,s its General use even where stone is plenty.
ing to the compare iva cost of working X
also be used to dress blocks of natural stone eitf
cheaper method of facing them.
rms invention is not offered to the public
thc men, and its products submitted TO the savss
practicai tests OF atmosphere and FROST The cit
OF the atmosphere is to harden; and carbonic al.
so destructive TO many natural stones comhS
with and indurates the Union Stone The !.
cess Is simple, cheap. certain and expeditions .
artificial heat is required-and on the snot 1ShsIs
Is wanted whether it be in the city or on the q.
ture OF building material from sny m,na,s1
stance at hand. When powdered MARIE satr
seapodncsd are used; marble ate soapstons
rsI,a Judges; The coarse aad fine sand so =
oany distributed over every square mile Of
Duuaaing material only eQuaed by our hest gran.
marble and sandstone. Blocks OF any size Or ia
ornate column, capital or monolithic structurs'
me necessary material for building stone Is fo,,,
and me chemicals forming the cem1
",
I'VE Thousand inhabitants, the local demand Il
calta docks, window caps and sills, Sidewalk
Gus other building purposes will be sntfoienth
b hnSp,e manufacturer to do large and proftat
New articles of utility and ornament are suepa.
ing themselves every day, but the suboined iist 1
eaH TO snow TO what extent this invention has 1.
D Window and Door Caps and Sis, Bricks, :
Gu,,ding STONES OF al kinds in imitation Of Mari
Flies iies. Curbst nes, Pavements, Floors, POI
frSunaatiops for Buildings and Machinery, Roofil'
Vaslts Billiard Fable Beds ETC. ct .''' S"'''' 0<
sr Mss,asslpiecss Table TOPS: and other ornamen
any kind, or in any colora. perfectly polished.
81, rates Tor Artificial Teeth; School and otr
Imposing. Stones for Printers use; Fossil !.
mans mans: copied for Museums OF Natural Histo:
Door % Kocs an as k sara Balls K
liner; Emery Wheels, all sizes and grades, of a quay
hitherto Hogso u nee y, I,....on. :
hardness or tneness. to suit all trades. N'eiooi
Grinding Stones of all sizes and de1raa ~ Er
snd hardness, alike in all parts having no s1
places. ~ o"
Soapstone Sinks and Tubs, without ioin,s
Register Frames and other articles usuaIlv MAO
of Soapstone ~SoaAAy Wae
Paper Weights, Lamp Stands, Msdalliops. Bn,.
oat;n 81 WA fgures OF all kinds, Veneeringr
Letter from DIR. Jackson
BOSTON, Mass, January Is, lsU
8 G;ens,emen-l have tested sample of your A,i-
ana md that the frost Saturated Solnt;orof
oudpna!e OF Soda has not the power of disintera.
ting 1t IN tie least. The trial was made nv da;i 20
islons OF the stone in the Sulphate OF Snds a
~ ION Tor week, and allowing the solution To
LaCs nne stone as much possible and than IA
SIystsnzs From this test it is evident that vn,,,
S.one VIII Withstand the action of frost mora nes
sec.S IMAM any sandstone ordir arr buildin
MS Low ~ use see no reason why it win M
stand % well as granite. " "''A y
Yours, respectfully, =
q. T. JACKSON, MD.
state Assayes.
Samples can be seen at the Mechanics and n
So tAchanse, No. ~ Union street or So O.
:, i is the design of the UNION STONE COMB
NY to license the manufscture of hnidn, ,s.a
ndes their patent, for States cit s ana townX
noeraI terms. They have patented and built
cient machines for making blocks and othsr fox
Oy their process, and are ready To taka ordar3
macn'nss and grant the right 70 nee them. -
-. n. O. HEATHE
m,as, =, =, GsnesAl Agent. % Camp strs%
@s1ou A n.