New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
FOR TUNNELS. FLOORS Ayp ROOFS.

structure be it of nreproof material in every
other respect is valueless without hreproof cellars
and roofs Most fires originals in the former, the
place most difficult for the Fire Department TO get
at and the place 70 which the most combustibIe
material finds its way The hreproof roof, II il
does fall, falls not in pieces but bodily. and
blanketng the fire asphyxiates it-that is if II is
properly constructed asphalt roof. The Limner
rock asphalt brand has been in successful since
1s47 in all parts OF Europe, and since 1876 the
United States and Canada. having proved itself
BY its composition and treatment in manufacture,
10 be especially adapted for floors of such buildings
hotels. arnories, asylums blacksmith shops,
boiler rooms. breweries canneries. car barns, hos
pitfalls and many other dangerous fire risks.
Among the good qualities OF first grade rock
asphalt are its utter imperviousness 10 water OF
damp and its elasticity. which prevents crack
a Sanitary point of view. also. the advantages of a
rock asphalt pavement are ineontestable for II
possesses great antisepttc properties anu owing
70 rs lack of joints IL is impossible for particles
is the best to De procured in Germany ana Is not 1
brands and the numerous limitations OF the Limmer
The sician Asphalt Paving Company, with gen
eraI offices in the Times BqiIaing Me%- dork,
The sole agent in the United States for the rock
asphalt mastics manufactured from the crude rock
wohle Rock AsphaIte Company, Limited. at
Ragusa. Sicily, and Limmer Germany. which
are used FOR laying freproof floors. pavements'
Island OF Sicily. in the Mediterranean sea; IN
Limmer, Province Of Hanover, Germany, NOr-
wOhe. Duchy Of Brunswick. Germany. and the Isl
and of Trinidad, West Indies. 1t has branch ofceS
cities in this country and abroad, from WhlCh L
carries its vast operations.
As a preventive of fire from accidents due to the
overnoWing of hot grease in large kitchens. or 70
other causes. the SCilian asphalt is found nNalu-
able, and it is in use in such well known eSta osh-
mentS the clubhouse of the Liederkranz Society
and the Plaza Hotel, this city The Sicilian- com
panyS product is already in constant and success
'fuI in thousands of the principal establish
ments of various kinds III this country.
The first asphalt floor laid in the United states
that placed in H. ClauSen & son Brew
ing Cumpanys mammoth brewery, in this city,
where 17S.O00 square feet Of the asphalt were put
down. other places where the Siciian company
asphalt car be seen in the armOry of squadron
\. at MadisOn-ave. and East Ninety-fourth-st-; IN
the New York Infant Asylum at Mount vernon
y Y, all the principal breweries, the New 1oTk
and Brooklyn Bridge. the Central Bridge, the Wal
dOrf-AsUOTia Hotel. the Mills Hotel No. and the
German Hospital. The company also laid the
asphalt for the United State. Government in the
Custom House. Havana where more than olu"
square feet were put down, the first ever laid In
For the construction OF hreproof roofs the
SiCiian companys aSphalt is not 10 be eNceIed
For this purpose, a concrete foundation. prop
erIy leVelled and graded. an inch and a haf OF
rock asphalt laid IN coats on three thcknesSeS
of roofing felt cemented with liquid asphalt. VIII
give hrcproof and lasting covering.
The waterproof character or the WORK done DN
the Siciliau company is principal OF the features
of its accomplishment This work was nrst done
in Germany by Henry BOlze. now general manager
of the company, most successfully. and Is now
being carried under his direction here. under
the methods employed in Europe The company
has already done most Of the waterproOnng Work
in tunnels and reservoirs in the United states, and
perhaps the largest engaged in that line of busi-
this side of the water, aud Is largely inter-
ested in supplying the Rapid Transit Company $
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