TESTIMONIALS.

St. Louis, Mo., April 26th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—We have used your Walter’s Metal Shingles on the most prominent buildings of our city, all of which have given universal satisfaction both in appearance and durability. As for us, we can say we give them the preference above all others knowing that when once up there is none its equal.

Yours truly,

MESKER BROS.

Augusta, Ga., April 30th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—I have in the past six years used and carefully compared all the leading makes of Patent Metallic Shingles, and I unhesitatingly pronounce your Walter’s Patent the best shingle on the market. They are simple, and easy to put on, and for a handsome, light and durable roof they are without a parallel. I have used them on many public as well as private buildings in this city, and they have in all instances given the highest possible satisfaction, which has won me the esteem and confidence of the public.

Yours truly,

DAVID SLUSKY.

Las Vegas College, Las Vegas, N. M., April 29th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—I am glad to inform you that we are very well satisfied with the Walter’s Metal Shingles with which the new stone addition of our college is covered. It is about three years since the roof was laid, and your shingles are keeping yet a very neat and nice appearance, defying bravely the eating and inclemency of the weather.

Yours truly,

C. M. CAPILUPI, S. J.

Office of Superintendent, DePaw University, Green Castle, Ind., April 30th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—We beg to say that your Walter’s Shingles with which our college buildings are covered are very satisfactory.

E. T. CHAFFEE, Sup’t.

Colorado State Insane Asylum, Pueblo, Col., April 27th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—I wish to say that the Walter’s Patent Metallic Shingles, with which our buildings are covered, we believe to be superior to anything heretofore introduced in the West in that line.

Yours truly,

P. R. THOMBS, Sup’t.

Daytona, Fla., April 27th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—We have used your Metallic Shingles on the First Congregational Church at this place. As to durability, the roof has been on now about three years, and seems as good as the day it was put on. Its appearance is beautiful, and its rain shedding qualities are perfect. We like the roof first rate, and can conscientiously recommend them to others.

Yours very truly,

CHAS. M. BINGHAM, Pastor.

Ithaca, N. Y., April 28th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—We have put the Walter’s Metallic Shingles upon many buildings in Ithaca, and in each instance our customers have been perfectly satisfied. In our opinion they are the most durable roof we have handled. The writer has his house covered with the Galvanized Tin Shingles, and believes he has the most durable roof in Ithaca, because they need no painting, or care of any kind whatever. While costing more at the start, in the end the matter of economy is with the Walter’s Shingles.

Yours truly,

C. J. RUMSEY & CO.

Taunton, Mass., April 25th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—We have used in less than two years about 800 squares of your Metallic Shingles, and they have given the best of satisfaction in every case, and in our opinion are far ahead in durability and appearance of either slate or wooden shingles.

Yours truly,

N. CRAPO & BRO.

Winthrop St. Baptist Church, Taunton, Mass., May 5th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—We are in every way fully satisfied with the Walter’s Metal Shingles which you put on the roof of our church two years ago. It would be difficult to desire a superior roofing.

Yours very truly,

J. K. WILSON, Pastor.

Centenarian M. E. Church, Beatrice, Neb., May 2d, 1888.

Gentlemen:—I consider the Walter’s Metal Shingle an improvement over anything of the past; superior to slate in appearance; of less weight and cost, and just as durable. When properly put in place it can but give the best of satisfaction. Can heartily recommend it.

Respectfully,

A. C. CALKINS, Pastor.

Matteawan, N. Y., April 25th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—I take great pleasure in giving my unprejudiced opinion of Walter’s Metallic Shingles. I have been using them for the last three years, and have never had any fault found with them of all the roofs that I have put on, and I have had good practical tinners proclaim to me that they consider it the best tin roofing they have ever seen. It is the roof for me when I am building myself. Any person adopting this roof, by giving it a coat of metallic paint every five years, I will warrant them to have a tight roof for two generations.

Yours truly,

SAM’L McKEE.

Minneapolis, Minn., April 27th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—I have put on in the Northwest large amounts of your Metallic Shingles for others, and also covered my own residence some five years ago, and can heartily recommend your goods to any one desiring a substantial and absolutely tight roof of fine appearance, which gives a roof much better than slate and a lower price.

Most respectfully yours,

M. H. CRITTENDEN.

Ann Arbor, Mich., May 4th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—My roof was the first one in this city on which your tin shingles were used, and they have given entire satisfaction. I would not exchange it for any other roof that I know of.

Yours truly,

GEO. W. MOORE.

Milford, Delaware, May 10th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—Would say that the Walter’s Patent Metallic Shingles, put on the Electric Light Station in this town, by W. P. Cullen, are giving entire satisfaction, making a handsome and durable roof, much preferable in our judgment to the regular tin roofs usually put on such buildings.

Very truly yours,

W. T. JOHNSON.

New Milford, Del., May 15th, 1888.

Perhaps it may be of interest to you to know my views of the Tin Shingle Roofing purchased of W. P. Cullen, of Milford, Del. I can recommend in the highest degree their use, as they possess many advantages over any other material used for that purpose. They require no skilled labor, and are as durable as any tin roof can possibly be. I have watched it during every rainstorm since it was laid, and not one drop has passed through it to my gratification, and to the credit of the inventor. I invite the inspection of any one who may contemplate putting on a roof upon any building.

Respectfully,

P. H. STORM.

Brockton, Mass., April 27th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—Two years ago the Brockton Agricultural Society covered the roof of their main building with your tin shingles, and I am pleased to inform you that they have given perfect satisfaction.

Yours truly,

H. W. ROBINSON, President.

Church of the Holy Apostles, St. Clair, Pa., April 25th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—The Walter’s Patent Metallic Shingles have been the covering to the Rectory of this church since September, 1885. They were put on by novices under disadvantageous circumstances, and have withstood every test that a Pennsylvania mountainous district changeable weather could give. I talk tin shingles to all my friends.

Yours truly,

CHAS. A. MARKS, Rector.

Natchez, Miss., February 16th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—I have been in the tin roofing business for the past 20 years, and I believe that the Walter’s Patent Tin Shingles make the best tin roofing of any of the other patents that are now on the market. I have put on hundreds of squares of them, and they have given me and the property owners entire satisfaction. I will further say that each box of shingles I have bought from them has covered one hundred square feet of roof, which will be understood by tinners to be a great satisfaction in ordering roofing, as the rule is that patent roofing falls short after being laid. I have often been asked by different manufacturing companies for my opinion of the roofing that they manufacture, but this is the first time that I have ever given my opinion, and I would not give my opinion now if the Walter’s Patent Tin Shingles did not deserve it.

I am, yours truly,

P. W. MULVIHILL.

Baton Rouge, La., February 24th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—I beg to say that I have used the Walter’s Patent Tin Shingles for some time, and they have given satisfaction. I think they make the best roofing that can be put on for the money.

Yours truly,

M. J. WILLIAMS.

Milford, Del., May 4th, 1888.

Dear Sirs:—This is to say that I have used several thousand shingles of Walter’s Patent on our roof at the Phosphate Factory, put on by W. P. Cullen, and up to this time not a single drop of water or a weight of snow has drifted through it, and if kept properly painted, I believe the roof will last as long as any person could wish it to.

W. I. SIMPSON.

Canajoharie, N. Y., May 10th, 1888.

Gentlemen:—Having Walter’s Metal Shingles on two of my buildings, put on by F. H. Hodge, the new Courier building being sided with them, I feel that I am competent to speak of the merits of the shingles. My experience has been entirely satisfactory, and I regard the Metallic Shingles as the best roofing and siding extant. If I were to build a hundred houses, and it were possible to use these shingles, I would not hesitate one moment, as I regard them as cheaper and better than any other covering in the market.

Yours, &c.,

WILLET F. COOK.

Hospital for the Insane in Washington Territory, Fort Steilacoom, W. T., May 2d, 1888.

Dear Sirs:—This institution has passed two winters under cover of Walter’s Metal Shingles. Our Winters are very wet, rain falling most of the time, but there has been no leak. The shingles are, therefore, entirely satisfactory.

Yours very truly,

JOHN W. WAUGHOP, M. D.
Sup’t Hospital Insane, W. T.

Woodstock College, Howard Co., Md., December 8th, 1886.

Gentlemen:—It affords me much pleasure to indorse favorably the Walter’s Patent Metallic Shingles. I have used them on our church buildings in Trinidad, Colo., Albuquerque, N. M., and Woodstock, Md. In the first named place they have been in use over two years, and have withstood, without detriment, the very high winds and occasional driving storms of rain and snow for which that State is so remarkable. In the other places they are also giving satisfaction in every respect.

I consider a roof of this material far superior to the ordinary tin or iron, both in beauty of design and solidity of construction, and see no reason why it should not supersede slate, as it is far less costly, requires a lighter frame, is just as much fire or storm-proof, and equally durable if kept painted.

Hoping your goods may elicit the patronage they justly deserve, I beg to remain, gentlemen,

Yours very truly,

EDWARD BARRY, S. J.

Auburn, N. Y., November 26th, 1889.

Gentlemen:—Your esteemed favor of the 16th duly to hand; by reason of Mr. Stevens’ absence from town, has not had earlier reply. We take great pleasure in speaking a good word for the new roofing we purchased of your house; we find it all it was recommended to be. The condition in which it came to us rendered it very easy to place upon the roof. It makes a tight and substantial roof, one which we believe will be as durable as anything we have ever seen. We remain, with respect,

Yours very truly,

A. W. STEVENS & SON.

Penfield Center, N. Y., October 17th, 1889.

Gentlemen:—I have used about sixty squares of your metal shingles this year, and can say they excel any roof I have used. They are light, tight and cannot help being a life-lasting roof, if they are taken care of.

Yours truly,

G. H. BACON.

Sherman, Texas, October 28th, 1889.

Gentlemen:—I have been contracting and building fifty years, 34 years in North Texas. I recommend your metal roofing as the best I have ever used, and that it gives perfect satisfaction, and if painted every five years it will last a century.

Yours truly,

GEO. MELTON,
Architect and Builder.

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.

Mr. W. F. Wallace, Sec’y and Treas’r, Nat. Sheet Metal Roofing Co.

Dear Sir:—Having used your Galvanized Tin Shingles largely in Maryland, Connecticut and here, and recommended their use in other sections, I have no hesitation in stating that everywhere the results have been completely satisfactory. I shall continue to use the roofing in preference to any that I know.

Yours respectfully,

T. W. HAYES, S. J.

Rome, N. Y., November 4th, 1889.

Dear Sirs:—Nearly two years ago I had the steeples of my church covered with your Galvanized Metal Shingles. I have now no hesitation in stating that in my judgment it is the best roofing material in the market. It is very ornamental, and time seems to have no effect on it, as it still retains the same color. So pleased were the citizens of this place with the work done on my church, that many of them are now using the same material in roofing their houses.

A. MURPHY, Pastor.

Webster, N. Y., October 17th, 1889.

Gentlemen:—I have used your patent shingles on my grist mill and think there is nothing better for fire, wind or weather. They are all right.

Yours truly,

B. SPERRY.

Rome, N. Y., December 2d, 1889.

Gentlemen:—The Walter’s Metallic Shingles put on the roof of our new church in this city, about four months ago, by Mr. James Conley, are in every way satisfactory to our people, and the roof is admired by all who see it. I take great pleasure in recommending your shingles to the public as the best material for roofing that I have seen.

E. W. BRUCE,
Pastor and Chairman of Building Com.

Rome, N. Y., November 5th, 1889.

Gentlemen:—We have used your Metallic Shingles on the steeples of the Welsh Congregational Church, at this place, last summer, and it seems as good as the day it was put on. Its appearance is beautiful and its rain-shedding qualities are perfect. We like the steeple first rate and can conscientiously recommend them to others. They need no painting or care of any kind whatever. These were put on by Mr. James Conley, of Rome, N. Y.

Yours truly,

D. E. PRICHARD, Pastor.

James Thomas, Sec’y.

Rome, N. Y., December 6th, 1889.

Gentlemen:—The Walter’s Metallic Shingles were first brought to my notice by Mr. James Conley, of this city, some two years ago, and I made a personal examination and test of same, and have since specified and had them used in preference on several buildings. They make a light, handsome and durable roof, and I have yet to hear the first complaint.

Respectfully,

WM. H. DAVIES, Architect.

Council Grove, Kansas, November 5th, 1889.