| Show copper shingle trade Is growing rapidly 0 the rapidity with which the ana conda copper mining company has developed its copper shingle program Is a feature worthy of note reports the dally daily metal trade the first steps toward copper shingle production were taken last october equipment of a plant in perth amboy N J was begun la january and the company now Is turn turning out 2000 copper shingles an hour against orders on books dies and other machinery were installed also a coloring plant which enables the company to turn out shingles in seven colors recent contracts tor for copper shingles include the church of the holy innocents brooklyn N Y the twelfth reform church brook lyn re roofing the clinton avenue congregational church brooklyn the church of the messiah thirty fourth and park avenue new york also several country cluba clubs and many residences A broad foreign interest in copper shingles has been aroused with inquiries from china europe south america and the tropics it has been predicted that 10 per cent of the country a rooting roofing bus busi ness will consist of copper shingles within another year or so this Is of considerable significance to the copper industry about squares of rooting are used la in this country annually according to conservative estimates one million squares or three and one third per cent of 0 the total would take 86 pounds ot of copper 10 per cent would require over pounds legislation Is to many cities against wooden shingles la is ox ex pecked to give impetus to the use ot metal shingles and the makers ot metal shingles assert the relative lightness of their products ie Is a sell ell point in competition with composition roof ings the absorption of the american brass company by the anaconda company has enabled tho the latter w control all of the processes from ore to finished product the copper la Is produced from the comp company anys awu ore and rolled at the ansonia conn mill whence for shingle pur poses the sheets are shipped to perth amboy |
