The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
A uGUsTA IRON ROOFING
AND
PAINT COMPANY.
MANUFACTURERS OF
IRON, TIN AND CANVASS ROOFING,
SCOUTING. &c.
G. w. MAY CO., PRoPRIEToRs.
{ NJ. HATTON. SUPERINTEND'T.

IRON ROOFING.
S no longer a new thing, as many suppose, but
has been used in many places in Europe and the
United States for more than fifty years, and
would be almost universally used if it could
have been afforded heretofore at as low a cost as
now, and had as good material and a perfect
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 rs USED
in our roofing. This iron we have manufactured
especially for our own use, and all imperfect
sheets are thrown out. The iron is painted on
both sides with III
IRON CLAD PAINT.
This paint has proved to be the best roofing
paint in the world. 1t has an established repu.
tation of fifteen years standing throughout the
United States. 1t is especially adapted as pro-
lection 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 ADVANTA GES YER SHINGLES.
Shingles were once made of the best selected
timber and lasted longer than now; they are
such timber cannot be made into anything
else, and are short-lived at BEST and frequently
gle roofs lis twelve years, and in towns where
coal is used only ten years. Shingles are old
fashioned and have seen their best days. M
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-ttird less in
case o. an iron roof.
ITS ADVANTA GES o VER SLATE
Slate roofing is very costly, all things being
and thawing, and from heat of adjacent fires
will crumble and slide, and will blow off. six
or seven times as heavy as iron, it requires a
an extreme pitch, which makes large amount
OF surface; they often cause q building to settle
out of shape, and the rule of measurement is
always greater than iron roofing. Slate roofs
are condemned at many places. Many people say
they want no more slate roof and many archi-
CIsTERN WATER.
Those using the water from this roofing will
be very much pleased to find how much cleaner
the rain water is than from dirty single or
gravel roof: The covering being smooth, the
wind keeps 1t clean from all dirt, leaving none
to be washed in the cistern.
HOW LONG WILL Ip LASTf
We have frequently been asked how long our
roofing will last, and we answer by saying thai
every person knows that as long as iron does
uSD ~ a.Sos anu nb IL 10 hopb pdluUeQ
Will not rust. There Is never any wear ON the
under side to wear the paint OFF, and If the up-
per SIDE Is painted every ten or twelve years,
we do not see any reason to prevent Its lasting
one hundred years.
Our roofing Is all made in the factory, and put
up In packages of l00 square feet painted on
both sides, cleats and paint enough to give 1t
one heavy coat after the roof is laid.
WE CALL THE ATTENTION
of the public to the following facts:
We order our goods in carload lots: thereby
securing the lowest manufacturers rates, and
also the lowest transportation rates. We keep
constantly employed