Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-26
AUGUSTA IRON ROOFING
PAINT COMPANY,
MANUFACTURERS OF
IRON, TIN, AND CANVASS ROOFING,
SCOUTING, &C.
G. w. MAY & CO.,............ PRoPRIEToRs.
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IRON ROOFING

IRON ROOFING
is no longer new thing. as many suppose. ut
has been used in many places in Europe and
the United st ties for more than fifty years, d
would be almost universally used il it cOul
have been afforded heretofore at as low q COS
as now and had as good material and a perfec
mode of construction been known and used,
such as are embraced in the Augusta Iron Roof
ing and Paint.
NONE BUT THE VERY BEST REFINED
IRON IS USED
in our roofing. This iron we have manufac-
tured especially for our own use, and all imper-
feet sheets are thrown out. The iron is paiut-
ed on both sides with
IRON-CLAD PAINT.
This paint has proved to be the best roofing
paint in the world 1t has an established 'epu-
tation of fifteen years standing throughout the
United States. 1t is especially adapted as a.
protection to iron, tin or wood. We apply the
third coat after the roof is put on, and it will
last for years without deterioration.
ITS ADVANTAGES OVER SHINGLES.
Shingles were once made of the best selected
timber and lasted longer than now; they are
now made mostly of limbs, odd cuttings and
such timber as cannot be made into anything
else, and are short-lived at best and frequent
ly leak rain or fine snow. The average life of
sningle roofs is twelve years, and in towns
where coal is use only ten years. Shingles are
old-fashioned and have seen their best days.
NINE-TENTHs OF THE FIRES OCCUR ON
THE ROOFS.
| People are now guarding against fire more
| than ever before. to prevent loss and Increase
| happiness. Insurance is about one-thi7d less an
case of an iron ROOT.
ITS ADVANTAGES OVER SLATE.
| Slate roofing is very costly. all things being
considered. slate roofing will crack by freez-
| ing and thawing, and from heat of adjacent
! tires will crumble and slide. and will blow of.
| Six or seven times as heavy iron, it requires
| a strong and expensive structure 10 bear it up,
l and extreme mitch which makes large
| amount of surface they often cause building
| to settle out of shape. and the rule of measure
| ment is always greater than iron roofing. Slate
| roofs are condemned at many places. Many
pc ople say they want no more slate roof and
many architects advise customers not to have
slate roof.
! CISTERN WATER.
Those using the water from this roofing will
| er the rain water is than from dirty single
or gravel roof. The covering being smooth,
the wind Keeps it clean from ell dirt, leaving
none to be washed In the cisLern.
| HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
We have frequently been asked how long our
| every person knows that long as iron does
not rust it will last and as it is kept painted 1t
nnder side To- wear the paint off and if the up
per side is painted every ten or twelve years,
we 10 not see any reason to prevent It's lastlng
Our roofing is all made in the factory, and put
up in packages of 100 square feet, painted on
both sides, cheats and paint enough 10 give IL
| one heavy coat ate. the roofis laid. !
WE GALL THE ATTENTION
| of the public 10 the following facts =
We order our goods in car load lots thereby
securing the lowest manufacturers rates, and
| also the lowest transportation rates. We keep
| constantly employed
FROM TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE
| first class workmen. including master timers
| ronfers and painters. Our facilities are such,
| that doipg IN immense business, we are able to
| operate on the wholesale plan; thereby saving
| to customers the large profits OF the middle
men, Within the past mon In we have doubled
our shop room, and are. in every way, prepared
| to m eet the increasing demands of the trade.
| These are some of the reasons we can do work
| cheaply and well. and they are someof the rea-
sons why we can afford TO do it
CHEAPER AND BETTER
than any similar concern now operating in
Virginia. We employ none but the best mate
| rial and most skilled worknen enjoying spe-
cial advantages in the purchase of goods,
AND GUARANTEE
| every Job we do, both in price and quality
| SEND in your orders to
GEO. w. MAY CO.,
juneI2 Staunton, Va.