40 THECANADI AN HORTICULTURIST February, 1909 



Fim DOL LARS SPENT FO R MY SHINGLES 



ADDS $500 TO THE VALUE OF ANY HOUSE OR BARN 



ANY building good enough to be 

 roofed right is too good by_ far to 

 be roofed with wooden shingles. 

 No building worth carrying fire insur- 

 ance on deserves any roof less good than 

 ''Oshawa" Galvanized Steel Shingles. 

 Simply because — 



"Oshawa" Shingles, of 28-gauge semi- 

 hardened sheet steel, make the only roof 

 that absolutely and actually will be a 



good roof for a hundred years. If any 

 "Oshawa"-shingled roof shows the least 

 sign of leaking in twenty-five years, this 

 company will replace that roof with a 

 new Toof, free. That's the kind of a 

 written guarantee you get when you buy 

 "Oshawa" Shingles— and there's $250,000 

 back of the guarantee. 



Thousands of "Oshawa"-shingled roofs 

 cover farm buildings, residences, public 

 edifices, churches, all over Canada. They 

 make a roof handsome enough for any 

 building whatever — and it is the most 

 practical of roofs — for the simple reason 

 that an "Oshawa"-shingled roof can NOT 

 leak. 



It can't leak because, to start 

 with, it is . made of extra-heavy, 

 extra-tough steel, special galvanized. The 

 galvanizing makes these shingles wholly 

 proof against rust — and rust is the only 

 enemy steel has when it's used for roof- 

 ing. That Pedlar-process galvanizing 

 makes it needless to paint an "Oshawa"- 

 shingled roof. Long years of weather- 

 wear won't show on these shingles. That 

 one item of paint saved — of the need for 

 painting entirely done away with — saves 

 you the cost of an ''Oshawa"-8hingled 

 roof in the first few years it's on any of 

 your buildings. And just remember — it 

 will be a good roof for a hundred years. 



Such a roof is not only rain-proof. 



snow-proof, and fire-proof, but it is wind- 

 proof. It makes any building it covers 

 warmer in winter and cooler in summei 

 — because — 



The Pedlar four-way-lock — every shin- 

 gle locked to adjoining shingles under- 



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neath, on all four sides — ^makes an "Osh- 

 awa"-shingled roof practically one solid 

 sheet of steel, without a crevice or a 

 crack. 



That keeps out the slightest suspicion 

 of moisture — it keeps out the winter 



a 



OSHAWA" 



GALVANIZED STEEL 



SHINGLES 



A new roof for nothing 

 if they leak by 1934 



winds and keeps in the warmth — and ini 

 summer it wards off the sun's rays—' 

 won't let them get through. 



And "Oshawa"-shingled roofs are fire- 

 proof — as a matter of course. How could 

 you set fire to a roof of solid sheet steel? 

 Tlie fire-insurance people will make 

 lower rates on a building protected by 

 "Oshawa" Galvanized Steel Shingles. 

 That saving alone will pay for the roof 

 within ten years. 



Some think a corrugated iron roof is 

 fire-proof and about as good as an "Osh- 

 awa"-shingled roof. That isn't so. We 

 make corrugated iron roofing — and it's 

 all right for its kind. Nobody makes any 



better. But corrugated iron isn't the 

 roof for a farm building — nor for any 

 building that is meant to stand a long 

 while. It is a good enough roof for struc- 

 tures that are meant to last only a few 

 years— but only "Oshawa" Shingles are 

 sure to last a hundred years and are 

 good for a century. 



Another thing about these shingles :- 

 They make a bnildinp lightning-proof- 



insulate it far better than any lightning- 

 rod system ever could. Last year light- 

 ning destroyed over half a million dol- 

 lars' worth of farm property. Not a cent 

 of that loss could have happened if the 

 buildings that were struck had been roof- 

 ed right, which means roofed with "Osh- 

 awa" Galvanized Steel Shingles. 



Maybe you think the first cost of these 

 shingles is so high as to outweigh all the 

 savings they make and all the merit? 

 they have? Would it surprise you to 

 know that you can ''Oshawa"-shinglp 

 any roof for $4.50 a square. (A "square" 

 means 100 square feet — an area 10 by 10 

 feet), just about the price of Al cedar or 

 cypress shingles — and they'll be rotted to 

 dust before even the first ten years of 

 the Pedlar guarantee have passed. An 

 "Oshawa"-shingled roof will outlast ten 

 wood-shingled roofs — and be a better roof 

 every minute of the time, in every way 

 a roof ought to be good. 



Anybody can put on these shingles — a 

 hammer and a tinner's shears are all the 

 tools necessary. It is impossible to get 

 them on wrong — you'll see why when you 

 send for a sample shinele and a book 

 nbont "Roofing Risht." Suppose you 

 send for the book and the sample to-day 

 — now. It will pay you to get at the real 

 facts about the right roof. 



Pedlar products include every kind of 

 sheet metal building materials— ton 

 many items to even mention here. You 

 can have a catalog — estimate— prices- 



advice — just for the asking. We'd like 

 especially to interest you in our Art 

 Steel Ceilings and Side Walls — they are 

 a revelation to many people. More than 

 2,000 designs. May we send you booklet 

 and pictures of some of them? 



THE PEDLAR PEOPLE of Oshawa 



ESTABLISHED 



1861 



ADDRESS OUR NEAREST WAREHOUSE : 



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