Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-16
FIFrY.YEAR ROOFS.
How Il IL Possible TO Have House Gov.
-ring That " III Last Half Century

The hest roof that can be put N
! house is one mace Of tarre plate, cen,
| mnrly called ty roof-r ard deais,;
/ roofing tin" Il is REST because !:
is araptahe to any light; oOe: 10
| burden the structure with graa-
veig't. II is best because it IS 81
/ proof and weather proof. II is best b.
cause it lasts life tire, When rrop.
| erly iraue AID properly anplia I'd. Thara
are other reasons fer decl-ting i TIE
best reasons that are more fore:'
fully EXPRESSED hy the faults Of ot19,
fcrns If roofing fragile, tile sri
slate, irtiann4abl single. reri-hsol-
gravel, etc.
, But there are many KINDS Of r)0fr-
presuploses the use f ire test. Thl;
oeSt tsrre plate is VI + Rontirg Tn-
years ago by the mos. skillful bleudar;
OF metals in Wales, and Iarterl!
brought to America and improved By
tie American tin pla manufactures
In this conrtrv the process gained il
name and its fame. The letters NJ
are an sbbreviation Ct Most Favored,
a name that suggests its familiar us4
and enormous producr. This terri
rlste is most famed hecaCss it Is a..
that roofing plate should be or car
be. 1t has the heaviest possible cost.
Jog of rich tin and rev lead, apFlle
ny repeatedly hand dipping the csre'
fulls selected black plates. BLACK .
plate is the technical name for ne
sheets which are produced by series
of mauipulations from iron or steel
BLACK pllte' forms the substantial
rigid body of the rhofitg plate. The
America1 Tin Plate compsuy by iti
urtiriGg efforts to Utilize moJern ia
proyetnsnts 10 iron and steel making +
10 the nanufscture of roofing tin has
succeeded in producing bla.k late:
which excel the plates that used - be &
made by the row obsolete process.
The costing of tin and lead q -
thick and 50 tf orougtly amalgams.tl
@i11 J. iron base that 20 moisture
ON ..aetrate. II makes NJ F Roo1c- K
Tia Practically rust proof.
Z. i i tne reason NJ F R07hrs
has iEelUe. lily lasted more than half
CO turv u,der the most trying circnm'
stances.
A. an instance Of tie durability 2i
II + kn3a'g ae mention tte we'll
know !u,i IS building Of Demmie'
Brn5hers. p:- sburg. uhicu was COW
cred ei,h i + in 1889 ard i sopr1
10 Gay : ever. Fl
There is a blorl Of 5uiliIn-s il
Wsrr4n street, Boston Highlands
covered with NJ i Roofing Tin mora
han 20 vars ago thst mas Today ~,
Is so4rd roofs as wien they wsr4
irst il.
AL IL = re Atlantic coast ME- CO.
age, covered with VI + half a ceatC'! ~
$50. Cot c: With ;1is sea air i tee
'evereSt test tin roof can be given.
Instances iunumershle could he M
ID, and r aso for using N T Roclc2
Tin b, given without numt er. bd'
be very fact that this brard ard ~
,ess has snrvivei more than half
entur.'s trade competition Is eEI'
lie 60 Of its worth anu durability.
The history OF Vi + Roofing lin J.
ully set out in a very hanusore tooS'
ct, Under An NJ + Rocf,' wtic1
lso oort4ins directions for lNllI
oof ara for making estimates q
quantity Of tin required for sty slzs
oof. 4 copy of .is useful book nas
'e hal free from w Z Cronem-,rt
gert of the American Tin tI's
,oDpacy Carnegie BGildirE, Fi',''
urg, Pa.